Translation of 'through' - German English Dictionary
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| von … bis (Angabe einer Zeitspanne) | from … to; through [Am.]; thru [Am.] (used to express a time span) | |||
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| 1. | Er arbeitet von Montag bis Freitag. | 1. | He works from Monday to Friday.; He works Monday through Friday. [Am.] | |
| 2. | gültig bis | 2. | valid through; valid thru | |
| durch {prp; +Akk.} (räumlich) | through | |||
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| 1. | durch die Stadt laufen | 1. | to walk through the town | |
| über {prp; +Akk.} (zeitlich) | through | |||
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| 1. | die Nacht über | 1. | through the night | |
| dringen; durchdringen {vi} | to come through; to get through | |||
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| 1. | dringend; durchdringend | 1. | coming through; getting through | |
| 2. | gedrungen; durchdrungen | 2. | come through; got through | |
| 3. | er/sie/es dringt | 3. | he/she/it comes through; he/she/it gets through | |
| 4. | ich/er/sie/es drang | 4. | I/he/she/it came through | |
| 5. | er/sie/es ist/war gedrungen | 5. | he/she/it has/had come through | |
| 6. | ich/er/sie/es dränge | 6. | I/he/she/it would come through | |
| durchfahren {vt} | to go through; to pass through | |||
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| 1. | durchfahrend | 1. | going through; passing through | |
| 2. | durchgefahren | 2. | gone through; passed through | |
| 3. | durchfährt | 3. | goes through; passes through | |
| 4. | durchfuhr | 4. | went through; passed through | |
| durch und durch; voll und ganz; bis in die Knochen (vorangestellt) {adv} | through and through (postpositive) | |||
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| 1. | Er ist durch und durch Kavalier. | 1. | He is a gentleman through and through. | |
| 2. | Du bist voll und ganz der Sohn deines Vaters. | 2. | You are your father's child through and through. | |
| 3. | Diese Regierung ist durch und durch/bis in die Knochen korrupt. | 3. | This government is corrupt through and through. | |
| etw. durcharbeiten {vt} (schriftliches Material) | to work through sth.; to go through sth. (written material) | |||
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| 1. | durcharbeitend | 1. | working through; going through | |
| 2. | durchgearbeitet | 2. | worked through; gone through | |
| 3. | sich durch etw. durcharbeiten | 3. | to work one's way through sth. | |
| etw. durchbohren {vt}; durch etw. bohren {vt} | to bore through sth.; to drill through sth. | |||
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| 1. | durchbohrend | 1. | boring through; drilling through | |
| 2. | durchbohrt | 2. | bored through; drilled through | |
| 3. | Um den Tunnel zu bauen, musste man massiven Fels durchbohren. | 3. | To build the tunnel they had to drill / bore through solid rock. | |
| etw. (Begonnenes) durchhalten {vt} | to follow through sth.; to follow through on/with sth. (that has been started) | |||
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| 1. | seine guten Vorsätze nicht durchhalten | 1. | not to follow your good intentions through; not to follow through on your good intentions | |
| 2. | mit seiner Drohung irgendwann Ernst machen | 2. | to follow through on/with your threat | |
| 3. | Am Anfang des Studienjahres lernt sie immer fleißig, aber sie hält es nicht durch. | 3. | She always starts the university year off studying hard, but she doesn't follow through. | |
| 4. | Die Abhandlung hat interessant begonnen, den roten Faden jedoch nicht durchgehalten. | 4. | The essay started interestingly, but failed to follow through. | |
| etw. durchleben; mitmachen [ugs.] {vt} | to live through sth.; to endure sth. | |||
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| 1. | durchlebend; mitmachend | 1. | living through; enduring | |
| 2. | durchlebt; mitgemacht | 2. | lived through; endured | |
| 3. | einen Alptraum durchleben | 3. | to live through a nightmare | |
| 4. | die Generation, die den Bürgerkrieg mitgemacht hat | 4. | the generation that lived through the Civil War | |
| 5. | Wenn ich das durchstehen kann, kann ich alles durchstehen. | 5. | If I can live through this, I can live through anything. | |