the plan was a success

make a success of something — bei etwas Erfolg haben

without success — ohne Erfolg, erfolglos

wishing you every success in your exams — mit besten Wünschen für eine erfolgreiche Prüfung

to make a success of sth — mit or bei etw Erfolg haben, mit or bei etw erfolgreich sein

they made a success of their marriage — ihre Ehe war ein Erfolg

to be a success with sb — bei jdm ankommen

the new car is not a success —

the plan was a success — der Plan war erfolgreich or ein voller Erfolg

to meet with success — Erfolg haben, erfolgreich sein

meet with success — Erfolg haben; erfolgreich sein

make a success of something — bei etwas Erfolg haben

His plan was a success. — Его план удался.

He was a poor success as a speaker. — Он был плохой оратор.

He is a success in every way. — Он успешен во всем.

He was spoilt by success. — Его избаловал успех.

His second attempt met with no better success. — Вторая попытка была столь же неудачной.

It was by no means a small success. — Это было, безусловно, немалым успехом.

well-deserved success — заслуженный успех

brilliant / great / huge / resounding / thorough / total / tremendous / unequivocal / unqualified success — громкий успех, ошеломительный успех

the secret of success — секрет успеха

to be a success with smb. / in smth. — иметь успех у кого-л. / в чём-л.

to be a poor success — не иметь успеха

to achieve / attain (a) success — добиться успеха

to be crowned with success — увенчаться успехом

to enjoy success — радоваться успеху

to wish smb. success — пожелать кому-л. успеха

His plan was a success. — Его план удался.

He is a success in every way. — Ему всё удаётся.

box-office success; commercial success — финансовая удача, коммерческий успех

The experiment is a success. — Опыт удался.

I count that book among my successes — я считаю, что эта книга - моя большая удача

She was a great success as a singer. — Её пение имело большой успех.

sudden [deserved, partial] success - неожиданный [заслуженный, частичный] успех

military successes - военные успехи

to achieve success - добиться успеха

the plan met with no success - план потерпел неудачу

to score a success - добиться успеха; выиграть

to wish smb. success - желать кому-л. удачи

I attempted, without success, to persuade him - я безуспешно пытался убедить его

the success of the film with the public - успех фильма у широкого зрителя

to have great success in life - преуспеть в жизни, добиться в жизни успеха

to be a success - пользоваться успехом, иметь успех

the experiment is a success - опыт прошёл удачно, опыт удался

he was not a success as a speaker - как оратор он не пользовался успехом, он был неважным оратором

the evening turned out a success - вечер оказался очень удачным

he was a success as Hamlet - он имел успех в роли Гамлета

I count that book among my successes - я считаю, что эта книга - моя большая удача

varias personas resultaron heridas en el atentado — several people were wounded in the attack

el conductor resultó muerto — the driver was killed

resultó ganador un escritor desconocido — the winner was an unknown writer

varios corredores han resultado positivos — a number of runners have tested positive

resultó no saber nada de aquel asunto — he turned out to know nothing about that matter, it turned out that he knew nothing about that matter

resultar ser — to turn out to be

resultó ser el padre de mi amigo — he turned out to be my friend's father

si resulta ser verdadero — if it proves (to be) true, if it turns out to be true

resulta que — it turns out that

dijeron que lo había hecho él solo, cuando resulta que tenía varios cómplices — he was said to have done it on his own, when it turns out that he had several accomplices

no resultó — it didn't work

resulta difícil decidir si... — it is hard to decide whether...

su versión resulta difícil de creer — his story is hard to believe, it's hard to believe his story

este trabajo está resultando un poco aburrido — this job is getting a bit boring

resulta más barato hacerlo así — it works out cheaper to do it this way

me está resultando fácil — I'm finding it easy

la casa nos resulta muy pequeña — the house is too small for us

me resulta simpático — he seems like a nice guy to me

resultar de — to be the result of, result from

la mayor parte de sus problemas resultan de su falta de diplomacia — most of his problems are the result of a lack of tact

¿quién sabe lo que resultará de todo esto? — who knows what will come of all this?, who knows what the outcome of all this will be?

resultar en — to result in, lead to

tu prima no es una belleza, pero resulta — your cousin is no beauty, but she's got something (about her)

su idea no resultó — his idea didn't work (out); (+ me/te/le etc)

no creo que te resulte — I don't think it will work

resultar + ADJ: resulta más barato así it works out cheaper this way; resultó más cara it proved o turned out to be more expensive; resultaron muertas dos personas (period) two people were killed; resultó tal como lo planeamos it turned out o worked out just as we planned; (+ me/te/le etc) me resulta simpático I think he's very nice; la película me resultó aburrida — I found the movie boring

resultar + inf — to turn out + inf

resultó ser un malentendido — it turned out to be o proved to be a misunderstanding

ahora resulta que era periodista — now it turns out that he was a journalist

resultar EN algo — to result in something, lead to something

resultar DE algo — to be the result of something

¿qué va a resultar de todo esto? — what will come of all this?

su idea no resultó — his idea didn't work (out); (+ me/te/le etc)

no creo que te resulte — I don't think it will work

resultar + ADJ: resulta más barato así it works out cheaper this way; resultó más cara it proved o turned out to be more expensive; resultaron muertas dos personas (period) two people were killed; resultó tal como lo planeamos it turned out o worked out just as we planned; (+ me/te/le etc) me resulta simpático I think he's very nice; la película me resultó aburrida — I found the movie boring

resultar + inf — to turn out + inf

resultó ser un malentendido — it turned out to be o proved to be a misunderstanding

ahora resulta que era periodista — now it turns out that he was a journalist

resultar EN algo — to result in something, lead to something

resultar DE algo — to be the result of something

¿qué va a resultar de todo esto? — what will come of all this?

cuajar algo de — (=cubrir) to cover sth with, adorn sth with; (=llenar) to fill sth with

cuajó el tablero de cifras — he covered the board with figures

cuajar algo de algo — to fill something with something

cuajar algo de algo — to fill something with something

el abogado de la parte contraria — the opposing party's lawyer

tuvo el resultado contrario al deseado — it had the opposite of the desired effect

mi opinión es contraria a la vuestra — I have the opposite opinion to you

se mostraron contrarios al acuerdo — they came out against the agreement, they were opposed to the agreement

lo multaron por ir en dirección contraria — he was fined for travelling in the wrong direction

el portavoz se expresó en sentido contrario — the spokesperson expressed the opposite view

en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj — anti-clockwise

-¿te aburres? -¡que va, al contrario! — "are you bored?" - "no way, quite the opposite!"

se puso el jersey al contrario — he put his jumper on inside out

al contrario de lo que creíamos, hizo muy buen tiempo — contrary to what we thought, the weather turned out very nice

siempre va al contrario de todo el mundo — she always has to be different to everyone else, she always does the opposite to everyone else

soy inocente, hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario — I am innocent until proven otherwise

a mí me pasa lo contrario que a ti — for me it's different than for you

de lo contrario — otherwise, or else

parece ir todo bien, y por el contrario, la situación es muy complicada — it all appears to be going well, when in fact the situation is rather difficult

es todo lo contrario de su marido — she is the exact opposite of her husband

ha sucedido todo lo contrario de lo que esperábamos — exactly the opposite of what we expected has happened

¿cuál es el contrario del negro? — what is the opposite of black?

llevar la contraria —

¿por qué siempre tienes que llevar la contraria? — why do you always have to be so contrary?

siempre me lleva la contraria en todo — he always contradicts me about everything

no le gusta que le lleven la contraria — he doesn't like to be contradicted

vientos contrarios — headwinds

mientras no se demuestre lo contrario — until proven otherwise

pasarse al bando contrario — to change sides

al contrario — on the contrary

vientos contrarios — headwinds

mientras no se demuestre lo contrario — until proven otherwise

pasarse al bando contrario — to change sides

al contrario — on the contrary

a ride in a motor car — eine Autofahrt

in this heat — bei dieser Hitze

the highest mountain in the world — der höchste Berg der Welt

a lady in black — eine Dame in Schwarz

two feet in diameter — mit einem Durchmesser von zwei Fuß

what line of business are you in? — in welcher Branche sind Sie?

she's in insurance — sie ist in der Versicherungsbranche tätig

be [not] in it — (as competitor) [nicht] dabei od. im Rennen sein

a message in code — eine verschlüsselte Nachricht

in writing — schriftlich

in this way — auf diese Weise; so

in a few words — mit wenigen Worten

write something in red — etwas in Rot schreiben

in the eighties/nineties — in den Achtzigern/Neunzigern

4 o'clock in the morning/afternoon — 4 Uhr morgens/abends

in 1990 — [im Jahre] 1990

in three minutes/years — in drei Minuten/Jahren

have it in one [to do something] — fähig sein [, etwas zu tun]

in that — insofern als; see also far 1. 4)

in doing this — (by so doing) indem jemand das tut/tat; dadurch

‘In’ — "Einfahrt"/"Eingang"

find somebody in — jemanden antreffen

ask somebody in — jemanden hereinbitten

be in — gewählt sein

somebody is in for something — (about to undergo something) jemandem steht etwas bevor; (taking part in something) jemand nimmt an etwas (Dat.) teil

we're in for it now! — (coll.) jetzt blüht uns was! (ugs.)

have it in for somebody — es auf jemanden abgesehen haben (ugs.)

be in on the secret/discussion — in das Geheimnis eingeweiht sein/bei der Diskussion dabei sein

be [well] in with somebody — mit jemandem [gut] auskommen

know the ins and outs of a matter — sich in einer Sache genau auskennen

it was in the lorry/bag/car — es war auf dem Lastwagen/in der Tasche/im Auto

he put it in the lorry/car/bag — er legte es auf den Lastwagen/ins Auto/steckte es in die Tasche

go in that direction — gehen Sie in diese or dieser Richtung

in the street — auf der/die Straße

in Thompson Street — in der Thompsonstraße

he lives in a little village — er wohnt auf or in einem kleinen Dorf

sitting in the window — am Fenster sitzend

a flag hung in the window — eine Flagge hing im Fenster

in bed/prison — im Bett/Gefängnis

the highest mountain in Scotland — der höchste Berg Schottlands or in Schottland

the best in the class — der Beste der Klasse, der Klassenbeste

you can find examples of this in Dickens —

rare in a child of that age — selten bei einem Kind in diesem Alter

you have a great leader in him — in ihm habt ihr einen großen Führer

he hasn't got it in him — er hat nicht das Zeug dazu

he doesn't have it in him to... — er bringt es nicht fertig,... zu...

in 1999 — (im Jahre) 1999

in May 1999 — im Mai 1999

in the sixties — in den sechziger Jahren or Sechzigerjahren

in June — im Juni

in the morning(s) — morgens, am Morgen, am Vormittag

in the afternoon — nachmittags, am Nachmittag

in the evening — abends, am Abend

three o'clock in the afternoon — drei Uhr nachmittags

in those days — damals, zu jener Zeit

she is in her thirties — sie ist in den Dreißigern

in middle age — im mittleren Alter

in old age — im Alter

in childhood — in der Kindheit, im Kindesalter

in my childhood — in meiner Kindheit

she did it in three hours — sie machte es in drei Stunden or innerhalb von drei Stunden

in a short time — in kurzer Zeit

I haven't seen him in years — ich habe ihn jahrelang or seit Jahren nicht mehr gesehen

in a moment or minute — sofort, gleich

packed in hundreds — zu Hunderten abgepackt

to walk in twos — zu zweit gehen

to count in fives —

to die in hundreds — zu hunderten or Hunderten sterben

in large/small quantities — in großen/kleinen Mengen

in some measure — in gewisser Weise, zu einem gewissen Grad

in part — teilweise, zum Teil

ratios he has a one in 500 chance of winning — er hat eine Gewinnchance von eins zu 500

one book/child in ten — jedes zehnte Buch/Kind, ein Buch/Kind von zehn

one in five children — ein Kind von fünf

a tax of twenty pence in the pound — ein Steuersatz von zwanzig Prozent

there are 12 inches in a foot — ein Fuß hat 12 Zoll

manner, state, condition to speak in a loud/soft voice — mit lauter/leiser Stimme sprechen, laut/leise sprechen

to speak in a whisper — flüstern, flüsternd sprechen

to speak in German —

to pay in dollars — mit or in Dollar bezahlen

to stand in a row/in groups — in einer Reihe/in Gruppen stehen

she squealed in delight — sie quietschte vor Vergnügen

in anger — im Zorn

in surprise — überrascht

to be in a rage — wütend or zornig sein

in good condition — in gutem Zustand

to live in luxury/poverty — im Luxus/in Armut leben

in one's best clothes — in Sonntagskleidung

in his shirt — im Hemd

in his shirt sleeves — in Hemdsärmeln, hemdsärmelig

in his slippers — in Hausschuhen

dressed in white — weiß gekleidet

she was dressed in silk —

the lady in green — die Dame in Grün

substance, material upholstered in silk — mit Seide bezogen

to paint in oils — in Öl malen

to write in ink/pencil — mit Tinte/Bleistift schreiben

in marble — in Marmor, marmorn

a sculptor who works in marble — ein Bildhauer, der mit Marmor arbeitet

in respect of blind in the left eye — auf dem linken Auge blind, links blind

ten feet in height by thirty in length — zehn Fuß hoch auf dreißig Fuß lang

the trousers are too long in the leg — die (Hosen)beine sind zu lang

five in number — fünf an der Zahl

the latest thing in hats — der letzte Schrei bei Hüten

occupation, activity he is in the army — er ist beim Militär

he is in banking/the motor business — er ist im Bankwesen/in der Autobranche (tätig)

set structures __diams; in + -ing in saying this, I... — wenn ich das sage,... ich

in trying to escape — beim Versuch zu fliehen, beim Fluchtversuch

in trying to save him she fell into the water herself — beim Versuch or als sie versuchte, ihn zu retten, fiel sie selbst ins Wasser

but in saying this —

he made a mistake in saying that — es war ein Fehler von ihm, das zu sagen

the plan was unrealistic in that it didn't take account of the fact that... — der Plan war unrealistisch, da or weil er nicht berücksichtigte, dass...

the train is in — der Zug ist da or angekommen

the harvest is in — die Ernte ist eingebracht

the tide is in — es ist Flut

my luck is in — ich habe einen Glückstag

he's in for a surprise/disappointment — ihm steht eine Überraschung/Enttäuschung bevor, er kann sich auf eine Überraschung/Enttäuschung gefasst machen

it's the in place to go — da gehen jetzt alle hin

the in thing to do — groß in Mode

to know the ins and outs of sth —

I don't know the ins and outs of the situation — über die Einzelheiten der Sache weiß ich nicht Bescheid

the ins — die Regierungspartei