he's had cause to regret it

‘I hope you are well, sir.’ ‘Right as a trivet, sir,’ replied Bob Sawyer. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Pickwick Papers’, ch. L) — - Надеюсь, и вы здоровы, сэр? - Прекрасно себя чувствую, - ответил Боб Сойер.

‘There!’ said Mr. Bailey. ‘He's all right now... He's righter than a trivet!’ (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. XXVIII) — - Ну вот! - сказал мистер Бейли. - Теперь он в порядке... Он здоров как бык!

‘And little Polly is she, too, all right, Jerry?’ ‘Right as ninepense; never seed [= saw] her look better.’ (R. Greenwood, ‘The True History of a Little Rugamuffin’, ch. XI) — - А малышка Полли, она тоже здорова, Джерри? - Отлично себя чувствует. Никогда так хорошо не выглядела.

She was horrified to see that he had a bandage round his head... ‘Landy! Landy! Are you all right?’ He jumped from the train before it had stopped. ‘Right as a bank.’ (D. Cusack, ‘Southern Steel’, ch. XXXI) — Энн пришла в ужас, увидев, что у Лэнди завязана голова... - Лэнди! Лэнди! Ты здоров? - Совершенно здоров, - ответил Лэнди, на ходу соскочив с поезда.

Mrs. Boyle: "There, dear, lie down in the bed, an' I'll put the quilt across you... that's it... you'll be as right as the mail in a few minutes." (S. O'Casey, ‘Juno and the Peacock’, act 2) — Миссис Бойл: "Ложись, сынок, ложись! Дай я прикрою тебя одеялом... Ну вот... так, глядишь, через минуту все пройдет."

The two mates urged the master to go below... Tall young Mr. Creighton smiled down at him cheerfully: ‘She's right as a trivet! Take a spell, sir.’ (J. Conrad, ‘The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’’. ch. III) — Два помощника уговаривали капитана пойти вниз... Мистер Крейтон, высокий молодой человек, весело улыбнулся ему и сказал: - Теперь судно в полном порядке. Вам пора отдохнуть, сэр.

Algernon: "...You don't mean to say Gwendolen refused you? I know it is a way with her. She is always refusing people..." Jack: "Oh, Gwendolen is right as a trivet. We are engaged." (O. Wilde, ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, act I) — Элджернон: "...Не хотите ли вы сказать, что Гвендолин отказала вам? Мне известно, что ей свойственно так поступать. Она всегда отказывает людям..." Джек: "Что вы! С Гвендолин все улажено. Мы обручены."

‘I'm right as the mail,’ he said at length ‘The way I am!’ (A. J. Cronin, ‘Three Loves’, book I, ch. 2) — - Мне и так хорошо живется, - сказал Фрэнк.

‘Hello, Eden. How's things?’ ‘Right as rain, thanks.’ (D. Cusack, ‘Picnic Races’, ch. XIX) — - Привет, Иден. Как дела? - Спасибо, как нельзя лучше.

‘Your dad didn't marry me; I married 'im... I knew he'd make a good 'usband and father. I've never 'ad cause to regret it and no more 'as your dad. That's right, Samuel, isn't it?’ ‘Right as rain, Beatrice,’ he said quickly. (W. S. Maucham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Kite’) — - Не твой папа женился на мне, а я женила его на себе... Я знала, что он будет хорошим мужем и отцом. Я никогда не жалела, что вышла за него замуж. И он не жалел тоже. Верно я говорю, Сэмьюэл? - Совершенно верно, Беатрис, - поспешно подтвердил он.

‘We got to catch up with them all right. Right, boss?’ ‘Right as rain, Mel.’ (M. Wilson, ‘My Brother, My Enemy’, ch. IV) — - Мы должны их догнать, хоть тресни! Правильно, хозяин? - Правильней некуда, Мэл.

¿cuánto pesas? — how much o what do you weigh?

me pesa mucho — I am very sorry about it o to hear it

• pesar sobre — [responsabilidad, preocupación] to weigh heavily on; [amenaza, acusación] to hang over

• pese a (que) — in spite of (the fact that), despite (the fact that)

pese a las dificultades — in spite of o despite the difficulties

lo creo, pese a que ellos lo niegan — I believe it, even though they deny it, I believe it, in spite of o despite the fact that they deny it

sentir o tener pesar por no haber... — to regret not having...

a pesar de todo — in spite of o despite everything

a pesar del mal tiempo — in spite of o despite the bad weather

• a pesar de que — even though

a pesar de que no tiene dinero — even though he has no money, in spite of o despite the fact that he has no money

a pesar mío or muy a mi pesar — much to my regret

cómo pesa! — it's terribly heavy!, it weighs a ton! (colloq)

pesar SOBRE alguien/algo: toda la responsabilidad pesa sobre él all the responsibility falls on his shoulders o on him; la hipoteca que pesa sobre la casa — the mortgage on the house

a pesar mío or muy a mi pesar — much to my regret

cómo pesa! — it's terribly heavy!, it weighs a ton! (colloq)

pesar SOBRE alguien/algo: toda la responsabilidad pesa sobre él all the responsibility falls on his shoulders o on him; la hipoteca que pesa sobre la casa — the mortgage on the house

Ex: This paper discusses the ways in which books may be used to help bereaved children to understand death and other aspects of grief.

Ex: Letters and parcels would be weighed by library staff and franked to show the correct amount in lieu of sticking on postage stamps.

tenía mucha pena después de la muerte de su hijo — she grieved a lot o was extremely upset after her son's death

• alma en pena — lost soul

• dar pena, da pena verlos sufrir así — it's sad to see them suffer like that

me daba pena dejar España — I was sad o sorry to leave Spain

• morir de (la) pena — to die of a broken heart

¿no podéis venir? ¡qué pena! — you can't come? what a shame o a pity!

¡es una pena que no tengamos más tiempo! — it's a shame o a pity that we haven't got more time!, it's too bad we haven't got more time! (EEUU)

mi habitación está que da pena verla — my room is in a terrible state *

• de pena, la economía va de pena — the economy is in a terrible state

• estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry state

• ahorrarse la pena — to save o.s. the trouble, save o.s. the bother *

• merecer o valer la pena — to be worth

• bajo o so pena de — [+ castigo, multa, prisión] on o under penalty of

bajo pena de muerte — on pain of death, on o under penalty of death

tiene prohibido hacerlo, so pena de ser expulsado — he is forbidden to do it, on o under penalty of expulsion

pena máxima — maximum sentence; (Ftbl) penalty

sentir o tener pena — to be o feel embarrassed, be o feel ill at ease

tenía/sentía mucha pena — he was o felt very sad

me da pena verlo — it upsets me o it makes me sad to see it

qué pena! — what a pity o shame!

de pena — (Esp) terrible

estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry o terrible state

vale or merece la pena — it's worth it

no vale la pena intentar convencerlo — there's no point o it's not worth trying to persuade him

me contó sus penas — he told me his troubles o (liter or hum) woes

a duras penas — ( apenas) hardly; ( con dificultad) with difficulty

bajo or so pena de — (frml) on pain of (frml)

quitado de la pena — (Méx) blithely, gaily

tenía/sentía mucha pena — he was o felt very sad

me da pena verlo — it upsets me o it makes me sad to see it

qué pena! — what a pity o shame!

de pena — (Esp) terrible

estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry o terrible state

vale or merece la pena — it's worth it

no vale la pena intentar convencerlo — there's no point o it's not worth trying to persuade him

me contó sus penas — he told me his troubles o (liter or hum) woes

a duras penas — ( apenas) hardly; ( con dificultad) with difficulty

bajo or so pena de — (frml) on pain of (frml)

quitado de la pena — (Méx) blithely, gaily

Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.

ciò che hai fatto è dispiaciuto ai tuoi — your parents are upset (o displeased) at your behaviour, you have upset your parents by what you have done

ti dispiace se fumo? — does it bother you if I smoke? do you mind my smoking o if I smoke?

dare dei -i a qcn. — to cause o give sb. pain

faire le malheur de quelqu'un — to bring somebody nothing but unhappiness; bonheur

le grand malheur! — iron so what!

par malheur, le malheur a voulu que — as bad ou ill luck would have it

porter malheur — to be ou bring bad luck