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We crossed to the town and began to poke through it -and this is where my story grows slightly amazing, Bones, so prepare yourself!
Wir überquerten den Fluß und begannen, das Dorf zu erforschen - und von hier ab wird meine Geschichte etwas unglaublich, also sei gerüstet!
King, Stephen / Briefe aus JerusalemKing, Stephen / Jerusalems' lot
Jerusalems' lot
King, Stephen
© 1976, 1977, 1978 by Stephen King
Briefe aus Jerusalem
King, Stephen
The passengers see her only at the last moment, and all up and down her side of the bus, men poke out of the windows, hooting and yelling, holding out bottles and beckoning to her.
Die Passagiere sehen sie erst im letzten Augenblick, dann aber lehnen sich überall auf der ihr zugewandten Seite des Busses Männer aus den Fenstern, brüllen und johlen, strecken ihr Flaschen entgegen und winken ihr zu.
Alvarez, Julia / How The Garcia Girls Lost Their AccentsAlvarez, Julia / Wie die Garcia Girls ihren Akzent verloren
Wie die Garcia Girls ihren Akzent verloren
Alvarez, Julia
© 1991 by Julia Alvarez
© ECON Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, Dusseldorf und Wien
How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Alvarez, Julia
© 1991 by Julia Alvarez
"I could buy a hundred Jewboys," Louie told no one in particular, and returned the bills to his poke.
»Ich kann mir hundert Judenbengel kaufen«, sagte Louie und steckte seine Geldscheine wieder weg.
Algren, Nelson / The Man with the Golden ArmAlgren, Nelson / Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm
Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm
Algren, Nelson
© 1983 by Zweitausendeins, Hamburg
© 1949 by Nelson Algren
The Man with the Golden Arm
Algren, Nelson
© 1949 by Nelson Algren, renewed 1976
"We have a saying: Never buy a pig in a poke.
"Wir haben ein Sprichwort: Kauf nie eine Katze im Sack.
Alexander, Lloyd / KestrelAlexander, Lloyd / Der Turmfalke
Der Turmfalke
Alexander, Lloyd
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe bei Arena-Verlag Georg Popp, Würzburg
© 1982 by Lloyd Alexander
Kestrel
Alexander, Lloyd
© Lloyd Alexander, 1982
Poke your fingers into his eyes, Teresa!
Drück ihm die Finger in die Augen, Teresa!
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
Jerry poked the fire vigorously.
Jerry stocherte energisch im Feuer.
Bear, Greg / Blood MusicBear, Greg / Blutmusik
Blutmusik
Bear, Greg
© 1985 Greg Bear
© 2008 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Ubersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munchen, in der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH
Blood Music
Bear, Greg
© 1985, 2002 by Greg Bear
You might have poked the lendri's eye out for us, if you'd only known."
Du hättest das Auge des lendris für uns herausstechen können, wenn du's nur gewußt hättest.«
Adams, Richard / Watership DownAdams, Richard / Watership Down
Watership Down
Adams, Richard
© 2000 für die deutsche Ausgabe by Econ Ullstein List Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, München
© 1975 by Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin
© 1972 by Rex Collings Ltd.
Watership Down
Adams, Richard
© 1972 by Rex Collings Ltd.
© 2000 by Richard George Adams
She knew all too well that the EDF had no qualms about poking their noses into private matters.
Ihr war klar, dass die TVF nicht zögerte, ihre Nase in private Dinge zu stecken.
Anderson, Kevin / Horizon StormsAnderson, Kevin / Sonnenstürme
Sonnenstürme
Anderson, Kevin
© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.
© 2005 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
Horizon Storms
Anderson, Kevin
© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.
Eddie jerked like someone who's been poked with a pin.
Eddie fuhr hoch, als hätte ihn jemand mit einer Nadel gestochen.
King, Stephen / The Dark Tower 6: The Song of SusannahKing, Stephen / Der dunkle Turm 6: Susannah
Der dunkle Turm 6: Susannah
King, Stephen
© 2003 by Stephen King
© 2003 der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
The Dark Tower 6: The Song of Susannah
King, Stephen
© 2004 by Stephen King
Her eyes were closed, the fringe of hair that poked out of her comms hat plastered against her forehead by big, unearthly beads of sweat.
Die Augen waren geschlossen, und die Haare, die unter der Astronautenhaube hervorlugten, klebten an der mit großen Schweißperlen bedeckten Stirn.
Baxter, Stephen / TimeBaxter, Stephen / Zeit
Zeit
Baxter, Stephen
© 1999 by Stephen Baxter
© 2002 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, München
Time
Baxter, Stephen
© 2000 by Stephen Baxter
He wasn’t up on his automatic weapons, but he did know enough to pay attention to people holding them. Ordering everyone out, the soldiers stood at the side of the road, checking IDs and poking at the baggage.
Sie forderten die Passagiere auf auszusteigen und überprüften dann am Straßenrand Ausweise und Gepäck.
Case, John / The Eighth DayCase, John / Der achte Tag
Der achte Tag
Case, John
© 2002 by John Case
© S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, 2004
The Eighth Day
Case, John
© 2002 by John Case
Quiet, cool pines poked up through gray brush and hard, crusty dirt with broken pieces of purple-black and gray rock overlying.
Stille, dunkle Kiefern ragten aus grauem Unterholz und harter, verkrusteter Erde hervor, die von rötlich-schwarzen und grauen Felsfragmenten überlagert wurde.
Bear, Greg / Darwin's ChildrenBear, Greg / Die Darwin-Kinder
Die Darwin-Kinder
Bear, Greg
© 2003 Greg Bear
© Elsevier GmbH, München
Darwin's Children
Bear, Greg
© 2003 by Greg Bear
Moriarty skidded to a landing and took off running across the snow-swept field toward the half-frozen Amur River, where the curve of the stolen Nautilus still poked up through the ice.
Moriarty rutschte über den Schnee und lief sofort los, in Richtung Amur, wo der obere Teil des Nautiloids aus dem Eis ragte.
Anderson, Kevin / League of Extraordinary GentlemenAnderson, Kevin / Die Liga der aussergewöhnlichen Gentlemen
Die Liga der aussergewöhnlichen Gentlemen
Anderson, Kevin
© 2003 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe 2003 by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG, München
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Anderson, Kevin
© 2003 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
The curious boy had caused the maternal robot much grief, not because he misbehaved, but because he constantly asked questions and poked and prodded and dismantled things-which he only rarely managed to reassemble.
Der neugierige Junge hatte dem mütterlichen Roboter großen Kummer bereitet, nicht etwa mit schlechtem Benehmen, sondern weil er dauernd Fragen stellte und alles auseinander nahm, ohne die Dinge wieder zusammensetzen zu können.
Anderson, Kevin / Hidden EmpireAnderson, Kevin / Das Imperium
Das Imperium
Anderson, Kevin
© 2002 by WordFire Inc.
© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG
Hidden Empire
Anderson, Kevin
© 2002 by WordFire, Inc.
The ants’ nest became a mass of jostling and poked elbows and slaps and screeching.
Der Ameisenhügel wurde zum Mittelpunkt eines geselligen Treibens.
Baxter, Stephen / OriginBaxter, Stephen / Ursprung
Ursprung
Baxter, Stephen
© 2001 by Stephen Baxter
© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG, München
Origin
Baxter, Stephen
© 2002 by Stephen Baxter

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poke root
Kermesbeere
poke around
herumstochern
poke about in a fog
im Nebel herumstochern
poke bonnet
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Word forms

poke

verb
Basic forms
Pastpoked
Imperativepoke
Present Participle (Participle I)poking
Past Participle (Participle II)poked
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I pokewe poke
you pokeyou poke
he/she/it pokesthey poke
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am pokingwe are poking
you are pokingyou are poking
he/she/it is pokingthey are poking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have pokedwe have poked
you have pokedyou have poked
he/she/it has pokedthey have poked
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been pokingwe have been poking
you have been pokingyou have been poking
he/she/it has been pokingthey have been poking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I pokedwe poked
you pokedyou poked
he/she/it pokedthey poked
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was pokingwe were poking
you were pokingyou were poking
he/she/it was pokingthey were poking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had pokedwe had poked
you had pokedyou had poked
he/she/it had pokedthey had poked
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been pokingwe had been poking
you had been pokingyou had been poking
he/she/it had been pokingthey had been poking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will pokewe shall/will poke
you will pokeyou will poke
he/she/it will pokethey will poke
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be pokingwe shall/will be poking
you will be pokingyou will be poking
he/she/it will be pokingthey will be poking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have pokedwe shall/will have poked
you will have pokedyou will have poked
he/she/it will have pokedthey will have poked
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been pokingwe shall/will have been poking
you will have been pokingyou will have been poking
he/she/it will have been pokingthey will have been poking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would pokewe should/would poke
you would pokeyou would poke
he/she/it would pokethey would poke
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be pokingwe should/would be poking
you would be pokingyou would be poking
he/she/it would be pokingthey would be poking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have pokedwe should/would have poked
you would have pokedyou would have poked
he/she/it would have pokedthey would have poked
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been pokingwe should/would have been poking
you would have been pokingyou would have been poking
he/she/it would have been pokingthey would have been poking
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am pokedwe are poked
you are pokedyou are poked
he/she/it is pokedthey are poked
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being pokedwe are being poked
you are being pokedyou are being poked
he/she/it is being pokedthey are being poked
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been pokedwe have been poked
you have been pokedyou have been poked
he/she/it has been pokedthey have been poked
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was pokedwe were poked
you were pokedyou were poked
he/she/it was pokedthey were poked
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being pokedwe were being poked
you were being pokedyou were being poked
he/she/it was being pokedthey were being poked
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been pokedwe had been poked
you had been pokedyou had been poked
he/she/it had been pokedthey had been poked
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be pokedwe shall/will be poked
you will be pokedyou will be poked
he/she/it will be pokedthey will be poked
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been pokedwe shall/will have been poked
you will have been pokedyou will have been poked
he/she/it will have been pokedthey will have been poked

poke

noun
SingularPlural
Common casepokepokes
Possessive casepoke'spokes'