Sentence examples of "knapp" in German

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Knapp daneben ist auch vorbei. A miss is as good as a mile.

Ich bin knapp bei Kasse. I am short of money.

Er ist knapp über 40. He is a little over forty.

Er ist ständig knapp bei Kasse. He is always short of money.

Manchmal bin ich knapp bei Kasse. Sometimes I run out of money.

Ich bin im Moment knapp bei Kasse. I'm short of cash at the moment.

Ich habe das Flugzeug nur knapp verpasst. I missed the airplane by a minute.

Diesen Monat bin ich knapp bei Kasse. I have a little money this month.

Uns allen wurde damals das Geld knapp. We were all running short of money then.

Ich bin gerade ein bisschen knapp bei Kasse. I'm a bit short of money now.

1994 waren Wasser und Reis in Japan knapp. In 1994, there was a shortage of water and rice in Japan.

Das Problem ist, dass wir knapp bei Kasse sind. The trouble is that we are short of money.

Das Problem ist, dass ich dieser Tage knapp bei Kasse bin. The trouble is that I am short of money these days.

Ich habe es nur knapp vermeiden können, von einem Lastwagen angefahren zu werden. I barely escaped being hit by the truck.

Professoren sollten alles im Detail erklären, nicht knapp sein und immer ihren Studenten auftragen, heimzugehen und ihre Bücher zu lesen. Professors should explain everything in detail, not be succinct and always tell students to go home and read their books.

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