Sentence examples of "that is to say" in English
He is a man of great knowledge, that is to say, a walking dictionary.
Er hat ein ungeheures Wissen. Mit anderen Worten, er ist ein wandelndes Lexikon.
That is to say, a language is something that we learn and are taught, not something that we know by instinct.
Mit anderen Worten, Sprache ist etwas, das wir lernen und lehren, nicht etwas, das wir instinktiv wissen.
A party will be held next Saturday, that is to say, on August 25th.
Die Party findet nächste Woche Samstag, also am 25.8. statt.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Die beste Art, die Zukuft vorherzusagen ist, sie zu erfinden.
The corrected sentence was just what he wanted to say.
Der korrigierte Satz war gerade das, was ich sagen wollte.
A bodyguard is a person whose job it is to guard the body, and therefore the life, of another person.
Ein Leibwächter ist ein Mensch, dessen Beruf es ist, den Körper, und so das Leben, eines anderen Menschen, zu schützen.
In the wardrobe, there is... I'm not saying what's in the wardrobe; that is remaining my great secret.
Im Schrank sind... nein, ich werde nicht sagen, was im Schrank ist; das bleibt mein großes Geheimnis.
If you know that something unpleasant will happen, that you will go to the dentist for example, or to France, then that is not good.
Wenn man weiß, dass etwas Unangenehmes geschehen wird, dass man zum Beispiel zum Zahnarzt oder nach Frankreich gehen wird, dann ist das nicht gut.
As he didn't know what to say, he remained silent.
Weil er nicht wusste, was er sagen sollte, schwieg er.
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