Sentence examples of "curious" in English
The more you study, the more curious you will become.
Je mehr du studierst, desto neugieriger wirst du werden.
The cats are curious about the red dot on the wall.
Auf den roten Punkt an der Wand sind die Katzen neugierig.
"What's happening in the cave? I'm curious." "I have no idea."
"Was passiert in der Höhle? Ich bin neugierig." "Ich habe keine Ahnung."
"What's going on in the cave? I'm curious." "I have no idea."
"Was passiert in der Höhle? Ich bin neugierig." "Ich habe keine Ahnung."
Never again would she be curious about the city.
Niemals wieder würde sie sich für die Stadt interessieren.
I was curious to know why people had been staring at me.
Ich war begierig zu wissen, warum mich die Leute angestarrt hatten.
A curious German word is "entfernen" (to put some distance between), because the prefix "ent-" means to take something away, in this case the distance, but taking away the distance would mean to bring it closer which is the exact opposite of what the word "entfernen" means.
Ein seltsames deutsches Wort ist "entfernen", denn die Vorsilbe "ent-" bedeutet, dass man etwas fortnimmt, in diesem Fall also die Ferne fortnimmt, sich also nähert, was aber das genaue Gegenteil der wirklichen Bedeutung von "entfernen" ist.
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