Translation examples
He'd bought the land, ten acres, years ago, in hope of subdividing it and building luxury homes, but some hippie meddlers from the California Historical Society stepped in and had the old two-room chapel declared a historic landmark, thus making it impossible for him to develop his land.
Dieses Land, zehn Morgen, hatte er schon vor Jahren erworben, in der Hoffnung, es unterteilen und dort Luxushäuser bauen zu können, aber irgendwelche Hippie-Spinner von der California Historical Society waren dazwischengegangen und hatten die alte Kapelle zum historischen Wahrzeichen erklärt, so dass er das Land nicht mehr bebauen durfte.
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