 English |
 German |
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|---|---|---|
| magpie; madge | Elster {f} [ornith.] | |
| magpies | Elstern {pl} | |
| cannot (quite) put your finger on it (identify an inconsistency) | nicht (genau) wissen / sagen können, was es ist (Unstimmigkeit) {v} | |
| for some reason I can't quite put my fingers on | aus irgendeinem Grund, den ich nicht genau benennen kann | |
| I can't put my finger on it, but there's something different about you. | Ich weiß nicht was, aber irgendetwas an dir ist anders. | |
| Something seemed to be wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it. | Irgendetwas stimmte nicht, aber er konnte nicht genau sagen, was es war. | |
| Madge couldn't quite put her finger on the reason. | Madge konnte nicht genau sagen, was der Grund dafür war. |