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| past prep | (beyond in position) | hinter Adv |
| | | an [etw] vorbei Präp + Adv |
| | I am a little past the pharmacy right now. |
| | Ich befinde mich etwas hinter der Apotheke. |
| past prep | (beyond in number) | überschreiten Vt, fix |
| | | darüber hinaus Adj + Adv |
| | He is past the retirement age for his company. |
| | Er hat das allgemeine Rentenalter seiner Firma überschritten. |
past,
the past n | (time gone by) | früher Adv |
| | | Vergangenheit Nf |
| | Should we judge the past by today's moral standards? |
| | Früher wuschen wir die Sachen mit der Hand. |
past,
the past n | (background) (Hintergrund) | Vergangenheit Nf |
| | The past helps to explain the present. |
| past n | (personal history) | Vergangenheit Nf |
| | While he seemed like a nice person, he hid his past from everybody. |
| past n | (grammar: past tense) (Grammatik) | Vergangenheitsform Nf |
| | The word "ate" is the past of "eat". |
| | Das Wort „aß“ ist die Vergangenheitsform von „essen“. |
| past adj | (previous) | letzte Adj |
| | | vorherig Adj |
| | Past governments were not friendly to the press. |
| | Die letzte Regierung ging nicht freundlich mit dem Nachrichtenblatt um. |
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| blaze past vi phrasal | figurative (move fast) | losschießen Vi, sepa |
| | | losballern Vi, sepa |
| | (umgangssprachlich) | lospreschen Vi, sepa |
| | The car blazed past in a cloud of exhaust fumes. |
| get past vi phrasal | (move beyond an obstruction) | vorbeikommen Vi, sepa |
| | Rocks had fallen on the road and we could not get past. |
| get past [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (move beyond: an obstruction) (ugs) | an etwas vorbeikommen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | (formell) | etwas passieren Vt |
| | The driver was unable to get past the roadblock. |
| get past [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative, informal (recover from [sth] negative) | über etwas hinwegkommen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | I couldn't get past my disappointment that the trip had been cancelled. |
| look past [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (disregard, not be distracted by) | etwas nicht beachten Adv + Vt |
| | | über etwas hinwegsehen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | It was difficult to look past the unsightly mole on his face. |
| move past vi phrasal | (go by) (Fahrzeug) | vorbeifahren Vi, sepa |
| | | vorbeigehen Vi, sepa |
| | | vorbeilaufen Vi, sepa |
| | The crowd were waving flags as the president's car moved past. |
| move past [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (pain, etc.: get over) | [etw] hinter sich lassen Rdw |
| | | überkommen Vt, fix |
| | Natalie has moved past the disappointment of splitting up with her last boyfriend, and is much happier now. |
| move past [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | (go by, pass) | überholen Vt, fix |
| | | an jmdm/[etw] vorbeigehen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | | an jmdm/[etw] vorbeilaufen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | Thompson moved past the other runners into first position in the race. |
run [sth] by [sb],
run [sth] past [sb] vtr phrasal sep | informal (check [sth] with [sb]) | [etw] mit jmdm absprechen Adv + Vt, sepa |
| | | [etw] mit jmdm abklären Adv + Vt, sepa |
| | I'll run those dates by my boss to make sure he's available then. |
zoom past,
zoom by vi phrasal | figurative (go by fast) | schnell vorbeigehen Adv + Vi, sepa |
| | (übertragen) | vorbeirauschen Vi, sepa |
| | A motorbike zoomed past as I was about to cross the road. |
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| a quarter past expr | (time: fifteen minutes after) | Viertel nach Nn + Präp |
| | | viertel nach Adj + Präp |
| | He arrived at a quarter past nine. |
| a thing of the past n | informal ([sth] obsolete) | ein Ding der Vergangenheit Rdw |
| | | der Vergangenheit angehören Rdw |
| a thing of the past n | informal ([sth] no longer a problem) | ein Ding der Vergangenheit Rdw |
| | | der Vergangenheit angehören Rdw |
| blast from the past n | informal ([sth] unexpectedly nostalgic) | Gruß aus der Vergangenheit, Rauschen aus der Vergangenheit Rdw |
| | | Retro-Feuerwerk Nn |
| blaze past [sb/sth] vi + prep | figurative (pass rapidly) (ugs) | an jmdm vorbeizischen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | (Slang) | an jmdm vorbeiziehen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | | an jmdm vorbeieilen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| blaze past [sb/sth] vi + prep | figurative (sportsperson, team: defeat) (ugs, übertragen) | an jmdm vorbeiziehen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | They blazed past the opposing team to win their first victory of the season. |
| cruise past [sth/sb] vi + prep | (pass by) | an [etw]/jmdm vorbeifahren Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | I motioned to the taxi driver to stop, but he cruised past me. |
| cruise past vi + adv | (pass) | vorbeifahren Vi, sepa |
| | John waved from the car window as he cruised past. |
distant past,
the distant past n | (a time long ago) | ferne Vergangenheit, weite Vergangenheit Adj + Nf |
| | | lang vergangene Zeiten Rdw |
| | | vor langer Zeit Rdw |
| | The light you see from stars is light from the distant past. |
| first-past-the-post adj | (winner of race) | Erster Nm |
| | (informell) | das Rennen machen VP |
| | | Gewinner, Sieger Nm |
| | Pete won some money because he bet on the horse that was first-past-the-post. |
| first-past-the-post n | (election by simple majority) (Politik) | Mehrheitswahl Nf |
| | First-past-the-post is the electoral system used to elect parliament in the UK. |
flyover,
(US),
fly-past,
flypast (UK) n | (aircraft: flypast) | Überflug Nm |
| | | Vorbeifliegen Nn |
| | | Überfliegen Nn |
| | The pilot did a flyover above the children's birthday party. |
| | Der Pilot machte einen Überflug über den Kindergeburtstag. |
| go past vi + adv | (pass by, move past) | vorbeiziehen Vi, sepa |
| | | vorbeigehen Vi, sepa |
| | | vorbeifahren Vi, sepa |
| | The crowd watched as the parade went past. |
| | Die Massen schauten zu, als der Umzug vorbeizog. |
| go past [sth/sb] vi + prep | (pass by) | an [etw]/jmdm vorbeigehen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | Amy went past Joe's house on her way to the church. |
| | Amy ging an Joes Haus vorbei, als sie auf dem Weg zur Kirche war. |
half past,
half prep | (thirty minutes after (the hour)) | halb Präp |
| Anmerkung: In German half past three translates as halb vier (half four). The half is attributed to the next hour instead of the previous one. |
| | School usually finishes at half past three, but today we finished at half two! |
| half past adj | informal (thirty minutes after (the hour)) | halb Adj |
| | | eine halbe Stunde später Rdw |
| | I finish work at 5, so I'll drop by to pick you up at about half past. |
| in the past adv | (previously) | in der Vergangenheit Rdw |
| | | zuvor Adv |
| | | davor Adv |
| | In the past I always cycled to work but I live too far away now. |
| | In der Vergangenheit bin ich immer mit dem Fahrrad zur Arbeit gefahren, jedoch wohne ich jetzt zu weit weg. |
| in the past adv | (long ago, in earlier times) | früher Adv |
| | | in der Vergangenheit Rdw |
| | | ehemals Adv |
| | In the past, long before modern industrialization, all the work was done by hand. |
| | Früher, lange vor der modernen Industrialisierung, wurde alles bei Hand hergestellt. |
past due,
past-due adj | (payment: overdue, late) | rückständig Adj |
| | | überfällig Adj |
| Anmerkung: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | Services will be reconnected when the past-due payment has been paid. |
| past participle n | (perfect-tense verb form) (Sprachw) | Partizip Perfekt Nn |
| | “Eaten” is the past participle of "eat". |
| past perfect n | (grammar: pluperfect, verb tense of action previously completed) (Sprachw) | Plusquamperfekt Nn |
| | We use the past perfect to say that one action happened before another. |
| past tense n | (grammar: verb tense of past actions or states) (Sprachw) | Präteritum Nn |
| | (Sprachw) | Imperfekt Nn |
| | (informell) | erste Vergangenheit Adj + Nf |
| | The past tense of the verb 'to walk' is 'walked'. |
| past time n | (period in history) | Vergangenheit Nf |
| past-due account n | (unpaid debt) | Zahlungsrückstand Nm |
| | | Schulden Npl |
| | The past-due account will be reported to all national credit bureaus. |
| past-due bill n | (notice of late payment) | Mahnung Nf |
| | | Zahlungserinnerung Nf |
| | There was a mountain of past-due bills on the desk. |
| push your way to/through/past v expr | (move by shoving) | schubsen Vt |
| | | stoßen Vt |
| | | drängen Vt |
| | He rudely pushed his way to the stage. |
| | Er schubste sich seinen Weg zur Bühne frei. |
| quarter past n | (fifteen minutes after the hour) | Viertel nach Nn + Adv |
| | It's three o'clock now; I can stay here till quarter past. |
roar by,
roar past vi + adv | figurative (vehicle: go past noisily) | vorbeirasen Vi, sepa |
| | The traffic on the motorway roared by. |
| simple past n | (grammatical tense: preterit) | erste Vergangenheit Adj + Nf |
| | (Sprachwissenschaft) | Präteritum Nn |
| walk past vi + adv | (go by on foot) | vorbeigehen Vi, sepa |
| | | vorbeilaufen Vi, sepa |
| | (gehoben) | passieren Vt |
| | Every day, I sit at my window, watching the children walk past on their way to school. |
| walk past [sth/sb] vi + prep | (go by on foot) | an jemandem vorbeigehen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | | an jemandem vorbeilaufen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | (gehoben) | jemanden passieren Vt |
| whistle past the graveyard v expr | US, figurative (put on a brave face) | das Pfeifen im Walde, das Pfeifen im Wald Rdw |