Sentence examples of "sich fest binden" in German
Als er in den Fluss zu stürzen drohte, hielt er sich an dem Baum fest.
As he was about to fall into the river, he took hold of the tree.
Ihr sagt, es ist euer Brauch, Witwen zu verbrennen. Also gut. Wir haben auch einen Brauch: Wenn Männer eine Frau lebend verbrennen, binden wir ein Seil um ihre Hälse und hängen sie. Baut euren Scheiterhaufen; daneben werden meine Zimmermänner einen Galgen bauen. Ihr dürft eurem Brauch folgen. Und dann folgen wir unserem.
You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.
Als wir gestern abend heim kamen, da lagen die anderen schon im Bett und waren fest eingeschlafen.
When we got home last night, the others were already in bed and fast asleep.
Der Verlust beläuft sich auf mehr als eine Millionen Dollar.
The loss adds up to more than one million dollar.
Tom war traurig, weil er der einzige war, der nicht zum Fest eingeladen worden war.
Tom was sad because he was the only one not invited to the party.
Wir luden zu dem Fest einen Schriftsteller und Dichter ein.
We invited a novelist and poet to the party.
Ich benutzte ein Band, um mein Haar zu einem Pferdeschwanz zu binden.
I used a ribbon to tie my hair into a ponytail.
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