dear+father

Frank: "Do come to Vienna with me? It'd be ever such larks." Mrs. Warren: "No, thank you... I know you through and through by your likeness to your father... Don't you go taking any silly ideas into your head about me. Do you hear?" Frank (gallantly wooing her with his voice): "Can't help it, my dear Mrs. Warren: it runs in the family." (B. Shaw, ‘Mrs. Warren's Profession’, act II) — Фрэнк: "Так едем со мной в Вену, а? Вот было бы весело!" Миссис Уоррен: "Нет, спасибо... Я вас наизусть знаю, потому что вы вылитый отец... Так вот, выкиньте меня из головы, оставьте эти глупости. Слышите?" Фрэнк (нежным голосом, стараясь пленить ее): "Ничего не могу с собой поделать, миссис Уоррен: это у нас фамильное."

...why shouldn't you write poetry? A lot of people do. Your father does. It might run in the family. (M. Drabble, ‘Jerusalem the Golden’, ch. I) —...почему бы вам не писать стихи? Многие пишут. Ваш отец в том числе. Вдруг поэтический дар - ваша фамильная черта?

Headaches run in the family. My father had terrible headaches. (Gr. Greene, ‘The Honorary Consul’, part I, ch. I) — Головная боль в нашей семье переходит по наследству. У моего отца были ужасные головные боли.

nicht um alle Güter der Welt (geh) — not for all the world

das höchste Gút (Philos) — the greatest good

irdische Güter — earthly goods or possessions

unrecht Gut gedeihet nicht — (Spr.) ill-gotten goods or gains never or seldom prosper

Güter — goods; (FrachtGut) freight sing.; goods (Brit.)

jenseits von Gut und Böse sein — (iron.) be past it (coll.)

irdische Güter — earthly goods or possessions

unrecht Gut gedeihet nicht — (Spr.) ill-gotten goods or gains never or seldom prosper

Güter — goods; (FrachtGut) freight sing.; goods (Brit.)

jenseits von Gut und Böse sein — (iron.) be past it (coll.)

uno de los momentos más importantes de mi vida — one of the most significant o important moments in my life

un paso importante para la democracia — an important o a big o a major step for democracy

• dárselas de importante — to give o.s. airs

• lo importante es... — the main thing is...

• poco importante — unimportant

• es importante que — it is important that

¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much

dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much

dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

Ex: The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.

el cielo está cubierto — the sky is overcast o cloudy

el cielo estaba despejado — it was a cloudless o clear day

• a cielo abierto — [mina, explotación] opencast, open cut (EEUU)

• a cielo descubierto — in the open

irse al cielo con todo y zapatos Méx —

juntársele a algn el cielo con la tierra LAm —

tocar el cielo con las manos Cono Sur, Perú, Col —

• ganar el cielo — to win salvation

• ir al cielo — to go to heaven

el jefe es un cielo — the boss is a real sweetie *

cielo máximo — (Aer) ceiling

a cielo abierto — (Min) opencast (before n)

cambiar del cielo a la tierra — (Chi) to change out of all recognition

como caído or llovido del cielo — ( oportunamente)

este dinero me viene como caído del cielo — this money must be heaven-sent

tocar el cielo con las manos — (AmS)

sería tocar el cielo con las manos — it would be a dream come true

sentí que tocaba el cielo con las manos — I was over the moon (colloq)

cielo santo! or santo cielo! — heavens above!

a cielo abierto — (Min) opencast (before n)

cambiar del cielo a la tierra — (Chi) to change out of all recognition

como caído or llovido del cielo — ( oportunamente)

este dinero me viene como caído del cielo — this money must be heaven-sent

tocar el cielo con las manos — (AmS)

sería tocar el cielo con las manos — it would be a dream come true

sentí que tocaba el cielo con las manos — I was over the moon (colloq)

cielo santo! or santo cielo! — heavens above!

Ex: She lingered there a moment and watched the cars move on the highway with a hushing swiftness against the cold gray sky.

Ex: His eyes lift up to heaven, the best of books in his hand.

Ex: Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.