tank

Example sentences

• Lightning struck a fuel storage tank on Friday, sparking a fire that spread to a second tank on Saturday, resulting in at least one death, 121 people injured and 17 people missing.

  Rai-lakan kona tanke armazén kombustivel nian ida, iha loron sesta, hodi provoka inséndiu ida ne’ebé da’et mós ba tanke daruak iha loron sábadu, rezulta pelumenus ema ida mate, kanek 121 no na’in-17 lakon.

• Please unplug the cable to the water pump, as the water tank is completely full.

  Ajuda losu tiha fiu Sanyo nian lai, tanba bee tanke nakonu hotu ona.

• Scoop out the water in the tank, then clean it before filling it back up.

  Kuru sai bee iha tanke laran, hamoos tiha mak foin enxe fali.

Examples from the 90,000+ sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “tank”

• This tank is full of water.Tanke ne'e, bee nakonu.
• When the septic tank is full, get someone to pump it out.Kuandu tanke sentina nakonu, haruka ema mai supa sai.
• Scoop out the water in the tank, then clean it before filling it back up.Kuru sai bee iha tanke laran, hamoos tiha mak foin enxe fali.
• Uncle has just poured out the water from the tank because the tank is dirty.Tiu ohin fakar sai bee iha tanke ba li'ur tanba fatin tanke fo'er.
• Your petrol tank has a hole in it. Perhaps that's why petrol keeps leaking out.Ó nia tanke mina kuak, karik ne'e mak mina naksuli hela de'it.