English Sentence:

There is no good unless you do it. / Good things won't happen unless somebody takes the initiative. (often used phrase originally from the German author Erich Kästner)

German Translation:

Es gibt nichts Gutes, außer man tut es.

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Words used:

es gibt

there are, there is

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nichts

nothing

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gut

1. good, well, fine 2. more than (time)

Here: good, well, fine

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außer

1. apart from, except 2. out of

Here: apart from, except

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man

1. one 2. you 3. they

Here: one

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tun

to do

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es

it

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