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	German	English
	Ihre Hände waren hinter dem Rücken gefesselt.	Their hands were manacled behind their backs.
	Ihre Finger waren liebevoll (ineinander) verschränkt.	Their fingers were lovingly interlocked.
	Seine Eltern waren von seiner Entscheidung sehr angetan.	His parents were pleased by his decision.
	Welche Waren sollte er im Gegenzug erhalten?	What goods was he to receive in exchange/return?
	Wir waren gestern Abend noch etwas trinken.	We had a few bevvies last night. [Br.]
	Sie wurden zwei Stunden in Haft genommen.; Sie waren/saßen zwei Stunden in Haft.	They were held/kept in detention for two hours.
	Die Eintrittskarten waren gratis.	The tickets were comps.
	Seine Nerven waren bis zum Zerreißen gespannt.	His nerves were stretched to breaking point.
	Sie waren müde, aber deswegen nicht weniger begeistert.	They were tired, but not any less enthusiastic on that account.
	Kaufleute boten ihre Waren feil.	Merchants were selling their wares.
	Die Hauptrollen waren gut besetzt.	The main parts were well cast.
	In dieser Hinsicht waren wir erfolgreich.	We have succeeded on that score.
	Die Jagdhunde des Grafen waren (in Hundehütten) hinter den Ställen untergebracht.	The Earl's hound dogs were kennelled behind the stables.
	Das waren die kleinen Biester von nebenan.	It was those little wretches who live next door.
	Die Waren/Genehmigungen sind kontingentiert.	Commoditis/permits are subjected to quotas.
	1920 waren Polen und Russland nach wie vor im Kriegszustand.	In 1920 Poland and Russia were still at war.
	Die Schneefälle im Juni waren eine Laune der Natur.	The snowfall in June was a freak of nature.
	Der einzige Luxus, den er sich gönnte / gestattete, waren exklusive Restaurantbesuche.	His only extravagance was eating out at posh restaurants.
	Die Wahlen waren eine reine Farce.	The elections were a complete sham.
	In einigen Punkten waren wir uns einig, in anderen (wieder) nicht.	We agreed about some things, but we disagreed about others.
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The example sentences [G] were kindly provided by the Goethe Institute. Sentences marked by [EU] derived from DGT Multilingual Translation Memory. The European Commission retains ownership of the copyright in the original data.