Examples of using "Anlauf" in a sentence and their english translations:
Take three steps and jump.
Take a run-up and jump over the fence.
Tom passed his driving test on his first try.
Tom passed his driving test on his first attempt.
Because he received no answer, he started running and shoved the ghost down the stairs, so that it rolled down ten steps and then remained motionless lying in the corner.
Tom rubbed the stone that the good fairy had given him, whereupon he turned into a squirrel and could escape to freedom through the bars of the prison window with ease.