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wake up |
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Translations ? wake up vi (lit, fig) → aufwachen; to wake up to something (fig) → sich (dat) → einer Sache (gen) → bewusst werden; I wish he’d wake up to what’s happening → ich wünschte, ihm würde endlich bewusst or aufgehen or klar, was (hier) vor sich geht; he woke up to a new life → ein neues Leben brach für ihn an; wake up and smell the coffee! (esp US inf) → wach endlich auf! vt sep (lit) → aufwecken; (fig: = rouse from sloth) → wach- or aufrütteln; to wake somebody up to something (fig) → jdm etw klarmachen or bewusst machen or vor Augen führen; to wake one’s ideas up → sich zusammenreißen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They stirred a little in their sleep, but still they did not wake up. A REVIVALIST who had fallen dead in the pulpit from too violent religious exercise was astonished to wake up in Hades. The years that are gone seem like dreams--if one might go on sleeping and dreaming--but to wake up and find--oh |
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