Sentence examples of "tell off" in English

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Tell those people to back off so that the helicopter can land. Sagen Sie diesen Leuten, sie sollen zurückgehen, damit der Hubschrauber landen kann.

Your remarks are off the point. Ihre Bemerkungen sind neben der Sache.

Tell me the reason why you married her. Sag mir den Grund, warum du sie geheiratet hast.

He's still sponging off his father. Er schnorrt immer noch bei seinem Vater.

Mathematicians are like French people: whatever you tell them they translate it into their own language and turn it into something totally different. Die Mathematiker sind eine Art Franzosen: Redet man zu ihnen, so übersetzen sie es in ihre Sprache, und dann ist es alsbald etwas anderes.

I went on sleeping because the alarm didn't go off. Ich habe weitergeschlafen, da der Wecker nicht geklingelt hat.

You'd better not tell Tom. Du solltest es besser Tom nicht erzählen.

The police persuaded her not to jump off the bridge. Die Polizei überzeugte sie, nicht von der Brücke zu springen.

Tom called Mary to tell her that he might need her help later in the afternoon. Tom rief Mary an, um ihr zu sagen, dass er möglicherweise später am Nachmittag ihre Hilfe benötige.

I put off writing for over a month. Ich habe das Schreiben auf über einen Monat hinausgeschoben.

Do you want to tell me what this is? Sagst du mir, was das ist?

That plane will take off at five. Das Flugzeug wird um 5 Uhr abheben.

As soon as he returns, I will tell you. Sobald er zurückkehrt, sage ich es dir.

The policeman was off duty. Der Polizist war nicht im Dienst.

Could you tell what he said? Kannst du mir erzählen was er sagte?

I took a paid day off yesterday. Ich nahm gestern einen bezahlten Urlaubstag.

"Are you sure you want me to tell you?" "Please, I'm all ears!" "Bist du sicher, dass du willst, dass ich es dir sage?" "Ich bin ganz Ohr!"

When the farmer drops dead off the tractor, then at the edge of the forest, there must be a reactor. Fällt der Bauer tot vom Traktor, steht am Waldrand ein Reaktor.

I can't tell you how sorry I am. Ich kann dir nicht sagen, wie leid es mir tut.

He showed off his new watch. Er stellte seine neue Uhr zur Schau.

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