asleep

schlafend

Im Schlaf befindlich.

In einfachem Englisch: Sleeping rather than awake.

• The baby is asleep.
• I fell asleep during the film.
• Were you still asleep when I called?

So benutzt man es: be asleep (The children are asleep.); fall asleep (I fell asleep on the train.)

Synonyme: sleeping

Gegenteile: awake

Häufige Wendungen: fall asleep, fast asleep, sound asleep

eingeschlafen, taub

In einem Körperteil nicht normal empfindend, oft mit unangenehmem Kribbeln verbunden.

In einfachem Englisch: Unable to feel normally, often with an uncomfortable feeling like tiny sharp points in a body part.

• My foot is asleep.
• Her arm fell asleep during the long journey.
• Both legs were asleep when he finally stood up.

So benutzt man es: a body part falls asleep (My foot fell asleep after I sat on it.)

Synonyme: numb

Häufige Wendungen: foot is asleep, arm falls asleep, leg is asleep

unaufmerksam

Nicht auf das achtend, was gerade geschieht.

In einfachem Englisch: Not paying attention to what is happening.

• Were you asleep during that discussion?
• The referee seemed asleep and missed the foul.
• Officials were asleep at the wheel as the crisis grew.

So benutzt man es: be asleep at the wheel (The managers were asleep at the wheel while costs rose.)

Synonyme: inattentive, unaware

Gegenteile: alert, attentive

Häufige Wendungen: asleep at work, asleep at wheel