Sentence examples of "was able" in English
Translations:
all232
können106
sich können106
in der lage sein7
sich vermögen1
vermögen1
fähig sein1
im stande sein1
other translations9
Sam was able to enter the school's basketball team.
Sam hat es in die Basketballmannschaft der Schule geschafft.
I was lucky that I was able to find a good babysitter.
Ich hatte Glück, dass es mir gelungen ist, einen guten Baby-Sitter zu finden.
Thanks to my mother's help, I was able to buy a mountain bike.
Dank der Hilfe meiner Mutter war ich in der Lage, mir ein Mountainbike zu kaufen.
Tom asked Mary a few questions that she couldn't answer, but she was able to answer most of his questions.
Tom stellte Mary ein paar Fragen, die sie nicht beantworten konnte, aber sie konnte die meisten seiner Fragen beantworten.
Without actually knowing what "phonetics" meant and probably not even knowing the alphabet, I was able to think to myself that "p" was a harder version of "b" as was "t" to "d", "k" to "g" and "s" to "z".
Ohne wirklich zu wissen, was "Phonetik" bedeutet und wohl sogar ohne überhaupt das Alphabet zu kennen, hatte ich mir klar gemacht, dass "p" eine härtere Version von "b" ist, "t" eine härtere Version von "d", "k" eine entsprechende von "g" und das scharfe "s" eine entsprechende Version des weichen "s".
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