Eine Gesprächspause, die Menschen unangenehm ist.
A pause in the talking that makes people uncomfortable.
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Auf seine Frage folgte ein peinliches Schweigen. — An awkward silence followed his question.
Niemand wusste, wie er das peinliche Schweigen brechen sollte. — Nobody knew how to break the awkward silence.
Nach diesem Witz saßen wir in peinlichem Schweigen da. — After that joke we sat in awkward silence.
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