there was

Meanings of "there was" with other terms in English German Dictionary : 36 result(s)

	Catégorie	Anglais	Allemand
General
1	General	I/he/she was there	ich/er/sie war dabei
2	General	The author was there himself.	Der Autor was selbst anwesend.
3	General	there was a dead silence	es herrschte Totenstille
Idioms
4	Idioms	couldn't pour water out of a boot (if there was instructions on the heel) (rur.)	Dummkopf [m]
5	Idioms	couldn't pour water out of a boot (if there was instructions on the heel) (rur.)	Schwachkopf [m]
6	Idioms	couldn't pour water out of a boot (if there was instructions on the heel) (rur.)	Idiot [m]
7	Idioms	couldn't pour water out of a boot (if there was instructions on the heel) (rur.)	Depp [m]
8	Idioms	as if there was/were no tomorrow	als gäbe es kein Morgen
9	Idioms	as if there was/were no tomorrow	als ob es kein Morgen gäbe
Phrases
10	Phrases	there was a lot of laughter	Es wurde viel gelacht
Speaking
11	Speaking	Nobody was there but me.	Außer mir war niemand da.
12	Speaking	There was a dead silence.	Es herrschte Totenstille.
13	Speaking	There was a fight over the pistol.	Es gab einen Kampf um die Pistole.
14	Speaking	There was a flash of lightning.	Es hat geblitzt.
15	Speaking	There was a good/large turnout at the citizens' meeting.	Die Bürgerversammlung war gut besucht.
16	Speaking	There was a lack of ...	Es mangelte an ... <mangeln>
17	Speaking	there was a lack of something	es mangelte an etwas
18	Speaking	There was a lot of laughter.	Es wurde viel gelacht.
19	Speaking	There was a lot to do.	Es gab viel zu tun.
20	Speaking	There was a mix-up in the line-up.	In der Aufstellung gab es ein Durcheinander.
21	Speaking	there was a shortage of something	es mangelte an etwas
22	Speaking	There was a spot of trouble.	Es gab etwas Ärger.
23	Speaking	There was a stampede for the door.	Alles stürzte zur Tür.
24	Speaking	There was no escaping.	Es gab kein Entrinnen.
25	Speaking	There was no let-up in our work.	Unsere Arbeit lässt nicht nach.
26	Speaking	There was no other way.	Es war nicht anders möglich.
27	Speaking	There was no sympathy between them.	Sie waren sich nicht sympathisch.
28	Speaking	There was nobody in view.	Es war niemand zu sehen.
29	Speaking	There was nothing more that could be done.	Es war nichts mehr zu machen.
30	Speaking	There was standing room only.	Es gab nur noch Stehplätze.
31	Speaking	There was wine with the meal.	Zum (= zu dem) Essen gab es Wein.
32	Speaking	Who was there?	Wer war da?
33	Speaking	there was no hurry	Es gab keine Eile
Business Correspondence
34	Business Correspondence	there was a shortage of goods	Ein Teil der Ware wurde nicht geliefert
35	Business Correspondence	there was no delay whatsoever	Es gab gar keine Verzögerung
36	Business Correspondence	there was no reason to	Es gab keinen Grund zu