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biegen in English:

1. to bend to bend


Several critics accused the government of trying to bend ancient religious rules.

English word "biegen"(to bend) occurs in sets:

500 most important German verbs 376 - 400
Common English Words with German

2. turn


Turn left.
One good turn deserves another.
You should stay away from cults like that before you turn into a moron.
At the turn of the century, children still worked in factories.
Police have failed to turn up any new evidence about the murder.
I never turn my back on a friend in need.
Turn to me for help if you are in difficulty.
I've been waiting since six o'clock and still my turn hasn't come.
No, that's not the right way. You have to turn it the other way round.
I can't turn the shower off. Could you check it for me?
The record is finished. Turn it over.
It's very unlikely that any evidence will turn up to prove Tom's guilt.
Our parents took care of us and now it's our turn to take care of them.
This catterpillar will turn into a beautiful butterfly.
You can't turn the heat off as long as the system is operating.

English word "biegen"(turn) occurs in sets:

irregular verbs

3. curve


His car spun out of control going around the curve.
The boy knows how to throw a curve.
The curve illustrates the relationship between the two values. The road curved sharply.
From the castle we could see the whole curve of the river around its base.
At times I confuse "curve" with "carve".
The curve extends from point A to point B.
Seeing as the curvature is smaller than unity, once the curve leaves the unit circle it will not come back.
Draw me the Pareto curve.
A car was coming down the curve of the dirt road
There is a sharp curve in the road that makes it dangerous when you're turning.
The road curves to the left.
You curve wall
a curve in the road; the delicate curve of her ear; to plot a curve on a graph
Steel roofs can be manufactured to a wide range of shapes including curved ones.
A straight line is a trivial example of a curve.