Sentence examples of "while" in English
It took me a while to understand what she was trying to say.
Ich brauchte eine Weile, um zu verstehen, was sie versuchte, zu sagen.
I don't know my address yet, I'm going to stay with my friend for a while.
Ich weiß meine Adresse noch nicht, ich werde eine Zeit lang bei meinem Freund wohnen.
Tom's father comes home once in a while, but he never sticks around for long.
Toms Vater kommt hin und wieder nach Hause, aber er bleibt nie lang.
Mary and John quarreled, but made up after a while.
Mary und John stritten sich, aber nach einer Weile vertrugen sie sich wieder.
After a while he came back with a dictionary under his arm.
Nach einer Weile kam er mit einem Wörterbuch unter dem Arm zurück.
It's been a long while since we had such fine weather.
Es ist schon eine lange Weile her, seit wir so schönes Wetter hatten.
I'm going to keep my distance from her for a while.
Ich werde mich für eine Weile von ihr distanzieren.
He forgot part of his speech and had to ad-lib for a while.
Er vergaß einen Teil seiner Rede und musste eine Weile improvisieren.
That person has had an odd grin on his face for a while. What do you suppose is behind it?
Diese Person hat für eine Weile ein merkwürdiges Grinsen auf ihrem Gesicht gehabt. Was steckt Ihrer Meinung nach dahinter?
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