Translation examples
Die Eisenbahnverwaltung habe ich fast kniefällig bitten müssen, sofort Recherchen unter den Abonnenten anzustellen.
I almost had to go on my knees to the Railroads to get them to give me a list of season-ticket holders…
Dieser kleine Barbar wagte es, mich, einen arkonidischen Flottenadmiral und Wissenschaftler des Großen Imperiums durch einen lächerlichen Trick kniefällig werden zu lassen!
This barbarian dared to bring me—an Admiral of the Arkonide Fleet and a scientist of the Great Empire—to my knees with such a ridiculous trick!
Es waren sechs und ihr Chef, ein kraushaariger Zambo. Lachend fragte er João, der ihn kniefällig bat, er möge ihn mitnehmen, warum er Cangaceiro werden wollte.
There were six of them, and the leader, a cafuzo with kinky hair and a red bandanna around his neck, laughingly asked João, who had fallen to his knees and was begging him to take him with him, why he wanted to be a cangaceiro.
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