Usage examples of "Vorstellung" in German with translation to English

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James Madison hasste die Vorstellung. James Madison hated the idea.
Kein Einlass während der Vorstellung. No admittance during the performance.
Diese Vorstellung ist mir völlig neu. This idea is totally new to me.
Es waren keine Eintrittskarten für die Vorstellung am Freitag verfügbar. There were no tickets available for Friday's performance.
Das ist nicht meine Vorstellung von ihm. That is not my idea of him.
Ehrlich gesagt, gefällt mir diese Vorstellung nicht. Frankly speaking, I don't like the idea.
Hast du eine Vorstellung davon, wie mein Leben aussieht? Do you have any idea what my life is like?
Ich mag die Vorstellung nicht, dass Geld alles ist. I don't like the idea that money is everything.
Früher lachten Menschen über die Vorstellung, die Erde sei rund. People once mocked the idea that the earth is round.
Seine Vorstellungen unterscheiden sich deutlich von meinen. His ideas are quite different from mine.
Wissen ist nichts, Vorstellung ist alles. Knowing is nothing, imagination is everything.
Bitte eine Eintrittskarte für die Vorstellung um sieben Uhr. Please give me a ticket for the seven o'clock show.
Die Vorstellung war sehr interessant. Du hättest sie sehen sollen. The show was very interesting. You should have seen it.
Wer noch nie ein Spinett, Clavichord oder Cembalo neu besaitet hat, macht sich keine Vorstellung davon, welche Probleme von der Saitenauswahl über das eigentliche Aufspannen der Saite bis zum Stimmen auftreten können. Anyone who has never strung a spinet, clavichord, or harpsichord cannot imagine what kinds of problems can arise, from the choice of strings, to the actual stretching of the strings until they are tuned.
Was die Hochzeit betrifft... Das ist eine nie mehr wiederkehrende Chance, im Mittelpunkt zu stehen. Deshalb, statt mit ein paar Groschen auszukommen versuchen, warum nicht alle Register ziehen und eine große Vorstellung geben? About the wedding ... It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be the main attraction so instead of doing it on a shoestring why not pull out all the stops and make a great show of it?
Es gibt in den Vereinigten Staaten von jeher einen Kult der Unwissenheit. Anti-Intellektualismus zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch unser politisches und kulturelles Leben, genährt von der irrigen Vorstellung, Demokratie bedeute, dass "meine Unwissenheit ebenso viel wert ist wie dein Wissen." There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
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