Sentence examples of "shrugs" in English with translation "zucken"

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Translations: all3 zucken3
In North America when a person shrugs his shoulders it means "I don't know". Zuckt in Nordamerika jemand mit den Schultern, heißt das: "Ich weiß nicht."
He just shrugged his shoulders. Er zuckte bloß mit den Schultern.
When I asked him if he knew where she was he just shrugged his shoulders. Als ich ihn fragte, ob er wisse, wo sie sei, zuckte er nur mit den Schultern.
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