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Doria's voice sounded very grown-up.
Dorias Stimme klang schon sehr erwachsen.
Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / Tintentod
Tintentod
Funke, Cornelia
© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
Inkdeath
Funke, Cornelia
©2007 by Dressler Verlag
©2008 by Anthea Bell
"Brianna is so much more grown-up than Meggie, but sometimes she looks like a lost child whose own beauty seems uncanny to her.
»Brianna ist so viel erwachsener als Meggie, aber manchmal blickt sie drein wie ein verlorenes Kind, dem die eigene Schönheit unheimlich ist.
Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / Tintentod
Tintentod
Funke, Cornelia
© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
Inkdeath
Funke, Cornelia
©2007 by Dressler Verlag
©2008 by Anthea Bell
Every time I visit it, I meet the family who have taken it in,” says the mother of two grown-up children.
Jedes Mal, wenn ich ihn besuche, treffe ich die Familie, die ihn aufgenommen hat“, sagt die Mutter von zwei erwachsenen Kindern.
©2006 Gruppe Deutsche Börse
©2006 Deutsche Börse AG
They are used to having to guess what grown-ups don't tell them.
Sie sind es gewohnt, erraten zu müssen, was man ihnen nicht sagt.
Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / Tintentod
Tintentod
Funke, Cornelia
© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
Inkdeath
Funke, Cornelia
©2007 by Dressler Verlag
©2008 by Anthea Bell
The woman who came out was older than Mo, quite a lot older – although Meggie could never be quite sure how old grown-ups were.
Die Frau, die heraustrat, war älter als Mo, ein gutes Stück älter – obwohl Meggie sich nie ganz sicher war, was das Alter Erwachsener betraf.
Funke, Cornelia / InkheartFunke, Cornelia / Tintenherz
Tintenherz
Funke, Cornelia
© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003
Inkheart
Funke, Cornelia
© 2003 by Dressler Verlag
© 2003 by The Chicken House

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grown-up

noun
SingularPlural
Common casegrown-upgrown-ups
Possessive casegrown-up'sgrown-ups'