Translations for „take apart“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . take apart VB trans

1. take apart (disassemble):

to take apart ⇆ sth

etw auseinandernehmen [o. zerlegen]

2. take apart inf (analyse critically):

to take apart ⇆ sb/sth

jdn/etw auseinandernehmen fig

to take apart an argument/article

ein Argument/einen Artikel zerpflücken

II . take apart VB intr

to take apart

zerlegbar sein

stop, that doesn't take apart

halt, das kann man nicht auseinandernehmen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to take sth apart fig inf

etw auseinandernehmen inf [o. sl verreißen]

to take sb apart fig inf

jdn auseinandernehmen inf [o. inf in der Luft zerreißen]

stop, that doesn't take apart

halt, das kann man nicht auseinandernehmen

to take apart an argument/article

ein Argument/einen Artikel zerpflücken

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This way they stay off the ground and it is not necessary to take apart the track after it is built!

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The machine is designed to take apart old phones and separate the parts for recycling.

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After two days the water went down and people started to take apart their homes, and fix the damage of fallen trees in their back yards.

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For a table that helps one take apart such names, see.

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They take apart pieces of technology and re-assemble them in order to make the technology serve their purposes.

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Everyone should take apart a drive, it's fun -- just be careful.

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As a kid, she recalls, she used to take apart typewriters, radios and tape recorders to see how they worked.

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Whatever your target text, knowing how to take apart and reassemble text through regular expressions is a powerful skill.

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The team would have to take apart and reassemble the set of parts to transition from one device to the other.

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This is the capability of the individual to take apart complex problems in order to understand the components in problem.

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