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Er scheint davon nicht ganz überzeugt zu sein. He seems half-hearted about it.

Ich scheuchte die Katze halbherzig vom Bett. I half-heartedly shoo the cat off the bed.

Das Schlimme sind die Kompromisse und alles, was halbherzig gemacht ist, sieht letzten Endes kleinlich aus. Und das Kleinliche, das schmerzt. [G] What we want to avoid are compromises; anything that is done half-heartedly ends up looking small-minded. And that is what hurts.

Denn "mit Halbherzigkeit geht nichts." [G] For "a half-hearted approach gets you nowhere."

Ich denke, das Entscheidende ist bei der Veränderung in dieser Stadt, dass es nicht halbherzig geschieht. [G] I think it is crucial that the remodelling of this city is not half-hearted.

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