English Sentence:

What were you thinking?!

German Translation:

Was hast du dir dabei gedacht?!

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Words used:

was

1. what 2. which 3. [informal] something (short for etwas)

Here: what

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haben

1. to have 2. to possess

Here: to have

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du

you

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dir

you, to you

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dabei

1. in the process, in doing so 2. with it 3. but

Here: in the process, in doing so

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denken

1. to think 2. to guess

Here: to think

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