Sentence examples of "turns" in English

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Translations: all90 werden43 drehen13 wenden12 wende7 umdrehen1 other translations14

We took turns with the driving. Wir haben uns mit dem Fahren abgewechselt.

Mary and her sister took turns at looking after their sick mother. Mary und ihre Schwester kümmerten sich abwechselnd um ihre kranke Mutter.

The basis of this system is that the students must take turns in teaching, they have to help each other. Auf der Grundlage dieses Systems müssen die Schüler sich abwechselnd unterrichten und sich gegenseitig helfen.

Fred and George took turns with the driving. Fred und George wechselten sich beim Fahren ab.

Heat turns ice into water. Die Hitze verwandelt Eis in Wasser.

Your beauty turns me pale. Ihre Schönheit lässt mich erblassen.

Wait till the light turns green. Warte bis die Ampel grün ist.

John and I took turns driving. John und ich waren abwechselnd am Steuer.

We took turns telling tales of strange happenings. Wir erzählten uns abwechselnd Geschichten über seltsame Begebenheiten.

This particle turns a noun into a verb. Diese Partikel verwandelt ein Nomen in ein Verb.

I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist. Ich bin abwechselnd Optimist und Pessimist.

He always turns to drink to get away from his troubles. Auf der Flucht vor seinen Problemen greift er zum Alkohol.

He turns off the lights so as not to waste electricity. Er macht das Licht aus, um keine Elektrizät zu vergeuden.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. Ich finde Fernsehen sehr lehrreich. Wann immer jemand den Apparat einschaltet, gehe ich ins Nebenzimmer und lese ein Buch.

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