to have bad hearing

to be in bad — US avoir des ennuis

to be in bad with something — US être en froid avec quelqu'un

he's having a bad hair day — (colloq) ce n'est pas son jour

to have bad teeth — avere denti guasti o cariati

to be bad at — andare male in [ subject]

not bad — colloq. non male

it looks bad o things look bad non promette niente di buono; the journey wasn't bad at all il viaggio non è stato affatto male; too bad! — (sympathetic) che sfortuna! (hard luck) tanto peggio!

to feel bad — di spiacersi, essere addolorato ( about per, di; about doing di fare)

this is a bad car for learning to drive in — quest'auto non è adatta o non va bene per un principiante

to have a bad back — soffrire di mal di schiena o avere la schiena malandata

to be in a bad way — colloq. essere malmesso

to be in bad — AE essere nei guai

to be in bad with sth. — AE essere (caduto) in disgrazia con qcs.

he's having a bad hair day — colloq. oggi non è la sua giornata

there is good and bad in everyone — c'è del bene e del male o del buono e del cattivo in tutti

to have bad teeth — avere denti guasti o cariati

to be bad at — andare male in [ subject]

not bad — colloq. non male

it looks bad o things look bad non promette niente di buono; the journey wasn't bad at all il viaggio non è stato affatto male; too bad! — (sympathetic) che sfortuna! (hard luck) tanto peggio!

to feel bad — di spiacersi, essere addolorato ( about per, di; about doing di fare)

this is a bad car for learning to drive in — quest'auto non è adatta o non va bene per un principiante

to have a bad back — soffrire di mal di schiena o avere la schiena malandata

to be in a bad way — colloq. essere malmesso

to be in bad — AE essere nei guai

to be in bad with sth. — AE essere (caduto) in disgrazia con qcs.

he's having a bad hair day — colloq. oggi non è la sua giornata

there is good and bad in everyone — c'è del bene e del male o del buono e del cattivo in tutti

my hearing is getting worse — cada vez oigo peor; (before n)

hearing difficulties — problemas mpl auditivos or de audición

if you must talk about it, do it out of my hearing — si tienes que hablar de ello, hazlo sin que yo esté or sin que yo me entere

he never got a fair hearing — en ningún momento se le permitió explicar su punto de vista; (Jur) no tuvo un juicio justo

hearing aid N — audífono m

hearing dog N — perro m guía (para sordos)

hearing loss N — pérdida f auditiva

hearing problem N — problema m de oído

my hearing is getting worse — cada vez oigo peor; (before n)

hearing difficulties — problemas mpl auditivos or de audición

he couldn't have phoned at a worse time — no podía haber llamado en peor momento or en un momento menos oportuno

the worse — el (or la etc) peor

• it could be worse — podría ser peor

• it's even worse than we'd predicted — es todavía peor de lo que habíamos pronosticado

• to get worse — [weather, situation, crime] empeorar; [patient] empeorar, ponerse peor

it gets worse — (preparing sb for bad news) lo peor no es eso

• to make sth worse — empeorar algo

it'll only make matters or things worse — sólo empeorará las cosas

• he appeared none the worse for his ordeal — no parecía desmejorado a pesar de su terrible experiencia

• there's nothing worse than... — no hay nada peor que...

• to be worse off — (lit, fig) estar peor

• it's like last time, only worse — es como la última vez, solo que peor

• to be the worse for drink — ir cargado de copas *

• what was worse — para colmo (de males)

I sang worse than he did or than him — yo cantaba peor que él

you could or might do worse than give her a call — sería aconsejable que la llamarás

he couldn't have phoned at a worse time — no podía haber llamado en peor momento or en un momento menos oportuno

the worse — el (or la etc) peor

now hear this — (AmE) presten atención

I can't hear myself think — (colloq) no puedo pensar con tanto ruido

I must be hearing things — (colloq) debo de habérmelo imaginado

let's hear it for George! — (AmE colloq) un aplauso para George!

I hear you — (AmE) ya veo, ya te entiendo

to hear FROM somebody: I haven't heard from them for months hace meses que no sé nada de ellos or que no tengo noticias suyas; you'll be hearing from us in a couple of weeks — dentro de unas semanas nos pondremos en contacto con usted

• let's hear it for... — un aplauso para...

• I could hardly make myself heard — apenas pude lograr que se me oyera

• I have heard it said that..., I've heard tell that... — he oído decir que...

• I can't hear myself think — el ruido no me deja pensar or concentrarme

I hear you've been ill — me he enterado de que or he oído decir que has estado enfermo

• have you heard anything of or from him since he left? — ¿has sabido algo or has tenido noticias de él desde que se fue?

• the first I heard of it was when... — lo primero que supe al respecto fue cuando...

• you haven't heard the last of this! — ¡aquí no se acaba esto!

• have you heard the one about...? — ¿te sabes el de...?

to hear him (talk) you'd think he was an expert — por la forma en que habla, cualquiera creería or diría que es un experto

• I've heard it all before — ya conozco la historia

• Lord, hear our prayers — Señor, escucha nuestras plegarias or súplicas

• to hear sb speak — (in public) escuchar a algn

• he likes to hear himself talk — le gusta escucharse a sí mismo

he doesn't or can't hear very well — no oye muy bien

• to hear from sb — saber de algn, tener noticias de algn

hoping to hear from you — (in letter) esperando recibir noticias tuyas

what are you hearing from people there? — ¿qué opina or dice allí la gente?

• to hear of sth — (=come across) oír hablar de algo; (=become aware of) saber de algo

I heard of this school through Leslie — supe de esta escuela por or a través de Leslie

I won't hear of it! — (=allow) ¡ni hablar!

to hear of sb — (=come across) oír hablar de algn; (=have news of) saber de algn, tener noticias de algn

everyone has heard of her — todo el mundo ha oído hablar de ella or sabe quién es

he wasn't heard of for a long time — no se supo nada de él or no se tuvieron noticias de él durante mucho tiempo

now hear this — (AmE) presten atención

I can't hear myself think — (colloq) no puedo pensar con tanto ruido

I must be hearing things — (colloq) debo de habérmelo imaginado

let's hear it for George! — (AmE colloq) un aplauso para George!

I hear you — (AmE) ya veo, ya te entiendo

to hear FROM somebody: I haven't heard from them for months hace meses que no sé nada de ellos or que no tengo noticias suyas; you'll be hearing from us in a couple of weeks — dentro de unas semanas nos pondremos en contacto con usted

to go by train, plane — andare o viaggiare in treno, aereo

to go by o past [person, vehicle] passare, superare; there he goes again! (that's him again) rieccolo là! fig. (he's starting again) eccolo che ricomincia! where do we go from here? — fig. e adesso cosa facciamo?

to go to work — andare a lavorare o al lavoro

when I am gone — quando me ne sarò andato o non sarò più qui

to go Labour — pol. [country, constituency] votare per il partito laburista

we went for two days without food — siamo stati digiuni per due giorni o due giorni senza mangiare

either she goes or I do! — o se ne va lei, o me ne vado io o lo faccio io!

to set sth. going — mettere in funzione o in moto qcs.

to get going — [engine, machine] mettersi in moto; fig. [ business] avviarsi, decollare

to keep going — [ person] tenere duro; [ machine] continuare a funzionare; [ business] continuare ad andare bene

here goes! here we go! forza! ci siamo! once he gets going, he never stops — una volta partito, non si ferma più o non lo ferma più nessuno

to go very deep — [ roots] andare molto profondo; [reasons, habits] avere radici profonde, risalire a molto tempo fa

the story goes that — corre voce o si dice che

how are things going? how's it going? — colloq. come vanno le cose? come va?

how goes it? — scherz. come va?

to go for over Ј 100,000 — andare o essere venduto per oltre 100.000 sterline

"going, going, gone!" — (at auction) "centomila, ecc. e uno, centomila, ecc. e due, centomila, ecc. e tre, aggiudicato!"

to go to charity — [ money] andare in beneficenza

so he goes "what about my money?" — colloq. poi fa "e i miei soldi?"

to go to war — [ country] entrare in guerra; [ soldier] andare in guerra

to go to law — BE o

to the law — AE ricorrere alla giustizia

to go one better than sb. — fare meglio di o superare qcn.

there you go! — colloq. voilà!

to have a go at sth. — provare a o tentare di fare qcs.

to be full of go, to be all go — essere pieno di energia o vita

we have several different projects on the go — abbiamo vari progetti in corso o cantiere

to go by train, plane — andare o viaggiare in treno, aereo

to go by o past [person, vehicle] passare, superare; there he goes again! (that's him again) rieccolo là! fig. (he's starting again) eccolo che ricomincia! where do we go from here? — fig. e adesso cosa facciamo?

to go to work — andare a lavorare o al lavoro

when I am gone — quando me ne sarò andato o non sarò più qui

to go Labour — pol. [country, constituency] votare per il partito laburista

we went for two days without food — siamo stati digiuni per due giorni o due giorni senza mangiare

either she goes or I do! — o se ne va lei, o me ne vado io o lo faccio io!

to set sth. going — mettere in funzione o in moto qcs.

to get going — [engine, machine] mettersi in moto; fig. [ business] avviarsi, decollare

to keep going — [ person] tenere duro; [ machine] continuare a funzionare; [ business] continuare ad andare bene

here goes! here we go! forza! ci siamo! once he gets going, he never stops — una volta partito, non si ferma più o non lo ferma più nessuno

to go very deep — [ roots] andare molto profondo; [reasons, habits] avere radici profonde, risalire a molto tempo fa