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" I," said Sylvester, " have long been acquainted with the little Devil kind that sits on Lothair's shoulder like a tame squirrel.
»Das kleine Teufelchen«, rief Sylvester, »das wie ein zahmes Eichhörnlein unserm Lothar auf der Schulter sitzt, kenne ich noch von alters her.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
The flames here were both tame and mutinous, strange, silent beasts that sometimes bit the hand that fed them.
Hier waren die Flammen zahm und störrisch zugleich, stumme, fremde Tiere, die ab und zu die Hand bissen, die sie fütterte.
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
"Dustfinger showed me how to tame fire.
»Staubfinger hat mir gezeigt, wie man das Feuer zähmt.
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
With the Roamers leaderless and broken, it should have been easy to bring them back into the fold... but they were as hard to catch and tame as angry, wet house cats.
Nach einer vernichtenden Niederlage sollte es leicht sein, sie in die große Familie der Menschheit zurückzuholen. aber sie waren so schwer zu fangen und zu bändigen wie zornige Hauskatzen.
Anderson, Kevin / Scattered SunsAnderson, Kevin / Gefallene Sonnen
Gefallene Sonnen
Anderson, Kevin
© 2006 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
© 2005 by WordFire, Inc.
Scattered Suns
Anderson, Kevin
© 2005 by WordFire, Inc.
Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild, she wrote.
»Horch und pass auf und hör zu; denn das ereignete sich und geschah und trug sich zu und begab sich und war, mein allerliebster Liebling, als die zahmen Tiere wild waren.
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
Fire is destructive; it can be fought and tamed; it goes out.
Das Feuer ist zerstörend; es kann bekämpft und gezähmt w-erden; es erlischt.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
It is, as it were, a process of domestication: a man allows himself to be tamed by the preacher to become God's obedient servant,
Der Prozeß ist sozusagen einer der Zähmung: man läßt sich vom Prediger zu Gottes gehorsamem Diener zähmen.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
The diverse, divided materials of Eliot's poem are tamed to a coherent narrative, the shattered human subjects of the work unified to a single ego.
Die disparaten, verschiedenartigen Stoffe des Gedichtes sind zu einer kohärenten Erzählung gezähmt worden, die zerrütteten menschlichen Subjekte des Werkes zu einem einzigen Ich vereint.
Eagleton, Terry / Literary Theory, An IntroductionEagleton, Terry / Einführung in die Literaturtheorie
Einführung in die Literaturtheorie
Eagleton, Terry
© Terry Eagleton 1983, 1996
© 1997 J.В. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH in Stuttgart
Literary Theory, An Introduction
Eagleton, Terry
© Terry Eagleton 1983, 1996
The human elements in them were long since absorbed, tamed, transfigured.
Die menschlichen Elemente in ihnen sind lange absorbiert, gezähmt, umgestaltet.
Anderson, Poul / GenesisAnderson, Poul / Genesis
Genesis
Anderson, Poul
© 2000 by The Trigonier Trust
© für die deutschsprachige Ausgabe 2001 by Verlagsgruppe Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach
Genesis
Anderson, Poul
© 2000 by The Trigonier Trust

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tame

verb
Basic forms
Pasttamed
Imperativetame
Present Participle (Participle I)taming
Past Participle (Participle II)tamed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I tamewe tame
you tameyou tame
he/she/it tamesthey tame
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am tamingwe are taming
you are tamingyou are taming
he/she/it is tamingthey are taming
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have tamedwe have tamed
you have tamedyou have tamed
he/she/it has tamedthey have tamed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been tamingwe have been taming
you have been tamingyou have been taming
he/she/it has been tamingthey have been taming
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I tamedwe tamed
you tamedyou tamed
he/she/it tamedthey tamed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was tamingwe were taming
you were tamingyou were taming
he/she/it was tamingthey were taming
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had tamedwe had tamed
you had tamedyou had tamed
he/she/it had tamedthey had tamed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been tamingwe had been taming
you had been tamingyou had been taming
he/she/it had been tamingthey had been taming
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will tamewe shall/will tame
you will tameyou will tame
he/she/it will tamethey will tame
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be tamingwe shall/will be taming
you will be tamingyou will be taming
he/she/it will be tamingthey will be taming
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have tamedwe shall/will have tamed
you will have tamedyou will have tamed
he/she/it will have tamedthey will have tamed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been tamingwe shall/will have been taming
you will have been tamingyou will have been taming
he/she/it will have been tamingthey will have been taming
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would tamewe should/would tame
you would tameyou would tame
he/she/it would tamethey would tame
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be tamingwe should/would be taming
you would be tamingyou would be taming
he/she/it would be tamingthey would be taming
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have tamedwe should/would have tamed
you would have tamedyou would have tamed
he/she/it would have tamedthey would have tamed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been tamingwe should/would have been taming
you would have been tamingyou would have been taming
he/she/it would have been tamingthey would have been taming
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am tamedwe are tamed
you are tamedyou are tamed
he/she/it is tamedthey are tamed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being tamedwe are being tamed
you are being tamedyou are being tamed
he/she/it is being tamedthey are being tamed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been tamedwe have been tamed
you have been tamedyou have been tamed
he/she/it has been tamedthey have been tamed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was tamedwe were tamed
you were tamedyou were tamed
he/she/it was tamedthey were tamed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being tamedwe were being tamed
you were being tamedyou were being tamed
he/she/it was being tamedthey were being tamed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been tamedwe had been tamed
you had been tamedyou had been tamed
he/she/it had been tamedthey had been tamed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be tamedwe shall/will be tamed
you will be tamedyou will be tamed
he/she/it will be tamedthey will be tamed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been tamedwe shall/will have been tamed
you will have been tamedyou will have been tamed
he/she/it will have been tamedthey will have been tamed

tame

adjective
Positive degreetame
Comparative degreetamer
Superlative degreetamest