Sentence examples of "nichts zu tun haben" in German
Er stellte klar, dass er mit der Sache nichts zu tun hatte.
He made it clear that he had nothing to do with the matter.
Du denkst ich hätte nichts zu tun; im Gegenteil, ich bin sehr beschäftigt.
You think I have nothing to do; but on the contrary, I am very busy.
Langsam hatte Alice die Nase voll davon, neben ihrer Schwester auf der Bank zu sitzen und nichts zu tun zu haben: ein zweimal hatte sie einen Blick auf das Buch geworfen, das ihre Schwester las, doch es enthielt weder Abbildungen noch Dialoge; "und wozu taugt ein Buch", dachte Alice, "ohne Abbildungen oder Dialoge?"
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?'
Ich werde noch bis Sonnenuntergang mit den Malerarbeiten zu tun haben.
I shall keep on painting until the sun sets.
Tom behauptete, er habe mit Marias Ermordung nichts zu tun.
Tom claimed he had nothing to do with Mary's murder.
Das Volk kann [...] immer dazu gebracht werden, den Befehlen der Führer zu folgen. Das ist ganz einfach. Man braucht nichts zu tun, als dem Volk zu sagen, es würde angegriffen, und den Pazifisten ihren Mangel an Patriotismus vorzuwerfen und zu behaupten, sie brächten das Land in Gefahr. Diese Methode funktioniert in jedem Land.
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
Der Mann, den ich für den Verbrecher hielt, hatte mit dem Fall überhaupt nichts zu tun.
The man I thought was the criminal didn't have any connection to the incident.
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