(para afirmar)

una tremenda emoción sacudió a la multitud — a great wave of excitement ran through the crowd

sacudir a algn de su depresión — to shake sb out of his depression

sacudir los nervios a algn — to shatter sb's nerves

sacudir dinero a algn — * to screw money out of sb *

sacudió la arena de la toalla — he shook the sand out of the towel

un escalofrío la sacudió de pies a cabeza — a shiver ran through her

una revolución que sacudió los cimientos de la sociedad — a revolution which shook society to its foundations

sacudió la arena de la toalla — he shook the sand out of the towel

un escalofrío la sacudió de pies a cabeza — a shiver ran through her

una revolución que sacudió los cimientos de la sociedad — a revolution which shook society to its foundations

on what basis do you make these assertions? — ¿en qué se basa usted para afirmar eso?

on the basis that... — partiendo de la base de que...

we meet on a regular/monthly basis — nos reunimos regularmente/mensualmente

on a regional/national basis — a nivel regional/nacional

on a daily basis — diariamente, a base diaria

on the basis of what you've said — en base a lo que ha dicho

on what basis do you make these assertions? — ¿en qué se basa usted para afirmar eso?

on the basis that... — partiendo de la base de que...

we meet on a regular/monthly basis — nos reunimos regularmente/mensualmente

on a regional/national basis — a nivel regional/nacional

I don't have enough money to buy it — no me alcanza el dinero para comprarlo

they had more than enough time — tuvieron tiempo de sobra

that's enough for me, thank you — (es) suficiente, gracias

you've had more than enough to drink — ya has bebido más que suficiente

enough is enough! — ya basta!

I've had enough! — ya estoy harto!

you don't go out enough — no sales lo suficiente

make sure it's big/heavy enough — asegúrate de que sea lo suficientemente grande/pesado

that's not good enough — eso no me satisface, con eso no alcanza

I was foolish enough to give him my phone number — fui tan idiota, que le di el número de teléfono

their house is more than big enough for three people — su casa basta y sobra para tres personas

would you be kind enough to open the window? — ¿sería tan amable de abrir la ventana?

the threat was plain enough — la amenaza fue muy clara

it's natural enough that he should want to see her — es muy normal que la quiera ver

he seemed willing enough to help — parecía muy dispuesto a ayudar

I like my job well enough but... — mi trabajo me gusta pero...

it's a nice enough city — como ciudad no está mal

they didn't have enough money to pay the rent — no tenían suficiente dinero (como) para pagar el alquiler

it's not big enough — no es (lo) suficientemente grande, no es lo bastante grande

that's a good enough excuse — esa es una buena excusa

I'm sorry, that's not good enough — lo siento, pero eso no basta

she seems happy enough — parece bien contenta

it's hard enough to cope with two children, let alone with five — ya es difícil defenderse con dos niños, cuanto peor con cinco

when he saw her coming he couldn't get away fast enough — cuando la vio venir desapareció todo lo rápido que pudo

they seem to be settling down well enough — parece que se están adaptando bastante bien

he writes well enough, I suppose — no escribe mal, supongo

that's enough! — ¡basta ya!, ¡ya está bien!

as if that weren't enough — por si eso fuera poco

I have enough to do without taking on more work — tengo ya bastante que hacer (como) para aceptar más trabajo

he has had more than enough to drink — ha bebido más de la cuenta

you can never have enough of this scenery — nunca se cansa uno de este paisaje

I don't have enough money to buy it — no me alcanza el dinero para comprarlo

they had more than enough time — tuvieron tiempo de sobra

that's enough for me, thank you — (es) suficiente, gracias

you've had more than enough to drink — ya has bebido más que suficiente

enough is enough! — ya basta!

I've had enough! — ya estoy harto!

you don't go out enough — no sales lo suficiente

make sure it's big/heavy enough — asegúrate de que sea lo suficientemente grande/pesado

that's not good enough — eso no me satisface, con eso no alcanza

I was foolish enough to give him my phone number — fui tan idiota, que le di el número de teléfono

their house is more than big enough for three people — su casa basta y sobra para tres personas

would you be kind enough to open the window? — ¿sería tan amable de abrir la ventana?

the threat was plain enough — la amenaza fue muy clara

it's natural enough that he should want to see her — es muy normal que la quiera ver

he seemed willing enough to help — parecía muy dispuesto a ayudar

I like my job well enough but... — mi trabajo me gusta pero...

it's a nice enough city — como ciudad no está mal

lo hemos visto ya — we've seen it already

ya han dado las diez — it's past ten already

¿ya has terminado? — have you finished already?

¿ya habías estado antes en Valencia? — had you been to Valencia before?

ya me lo suponía — I thought as much

ya se acabó — it's all over now

ya en el siglo X — as early as the tenth century

ya es la hora — time's up

ya es hora de irnos — it's time for us to go now

ya está aquí — he's here already

ya viene el autobús — here's the bus

ya puedes irte — you can go now

ya podéis ir pasando al comedor — you can start going through into the dining room now

estos zapatos ya me están pequeños — these shoes are too small for me now

¿ya anda? — is she walking yet?

¿ya te vas? — are you leaving already?

lo quiero ya — I want it (right) now

¡cállate ya! — oh, shut up!

¡ya voy! — coming!

ya te llegará el turno a ti — you'll get your turn

ya lo arreglarán — it'll get fixed sometime

ya iré cuando pueda — I'll try and make it when I can

ya verás como todo se arregla — it'll all work out, don't you worry

ya veremos — we'll see (about that)

• ya no — not any more, no longer

ya no vive aquí — he doesn't live here any more, he no longer lives here

ya no viene a visitarnos — he doesn't come to see us any more, he no longer comes to see us

ya no quiero más — I don't want any more

ya no lo volverás a ver — you won't see it any more

Javier ya no es tan alto como su hermano — Javier isn't as tall as his brother any more, Javier is no longer as tall as his brother

ya entiendo — I see

¡ya lo sé! — I know!

-¿no te acuerdas de ella? es la hija de Ricardo -¡ah, ya! — "don't you remember her? she's Ricardo's daughter" - "oh yes, of course!"

ya, pero... — yes, but...

esto ya es un robo — this really is robbery

pues ya gasta ¿eh? — he really does spend a lot, doesn't he?

¿una hora tardas en llegar al trabajo? pues ya está lejos ¿eh? — it takes you an hour to get to work? it must be quite some way away!

ya lo creo que estuvimos allí — you bet we were there

¿que no se ha casado? ya lo creo que sí — you say she hasn't got married? I think you'll find she has

es más pobre que Haití, que ya es decir — it's poorer than Haiti, and that's saying something

¡murió con 104 años, que ya es decir! — she was 104 when she died, which is no mean achievement!

pues si él no viene, ya me dirás qué hacemos — you tell me what we'll do if he doesn't come

rellena el impreso y ya está — fill in the form and that's it

¡ya está bien! — that's (quite) enough!

¡ya me gustaría a mí poder viajar! — I wouldn't mind being able to travel either!

¡ya era hora! — about time too!

¡ya podían haber avisado de que venían! — they could have said they were coming!

¡ya puedes ir preparando el dinero! — you'd better start getting the money ready!

ya por una razón, ya por otra — whether for one reason or another

ya te vayas, ya te quedes, me es igual — whether you go or stay is all the same to me

ya dice que sí, ya dice que no — first he says yes, then he says no, one minute he says yes, the next he says no

no ya aquí, sino en todas partes — not only here, but everywhere

debes hacerlo, no ya por los demás, sino por ti mismo también — you should do it, not just for everyone else's sake but for your own sake too

• ya que — (seeing) as, since

ya que no estudia, por lo menos podía ponerse a trabajar — seeing as she isn't studying, the least she could do is get a job

¿ya te has gastado todo el dinero? — have you spent all the money already?

ya terminé — I've (already) finished

ya te dije que no — I've already said no

ya lo sé — I (already) know

aprietas este botón y ya está! — you press this button, and that's it!

le teníamos tanta fe y ya ves, nos ha defraudado — we had such faith in him and look what happened, he's let us down

dile que venga - ya, pero ¿si no quiere? — tell her to come - yes, but what if she doesn't want to?

ese color ya no se lleva — nobody wears that color any more

ya ni siquiera me escribe — he doesn't even write (to) me any more

estaba muy segura pero ya no sé qué pensar — I was very sure about it, but now I don't know what to think

creo que ya no vienen — I don't think they'll come now

no ya... sino — not (just)... but

estamos hablando no ya de cambios sino de una total reestructuración — we are not (just) talking about changes but about a total restructuring

ya voy! — coming!

la comida ya va a estar — the meal's almost ready

preparados listos ya! — on your mark(s), get set, go!

ya puedes ir haciéndote a la idea — you'd better start getting used to the idea

ya te contaré — I'll tell you all about it

ya lo entenderás — you'll understand one day

éste ya no me gusta tanto — I don't like this one so much

pintado de blanco ya es otra cosa — it really does look much better painted white

ya quisiera yo! — I should be so lucky!

ya era hora — about time (too)!

ya me tienes harta! — I'm (just about) fed up with you!

ya que — since, as

ya que estás aquí — since o as you're here

ya que estoy, limpio éste también — while I'm at it I may as well clean this one too

se puede solicitar ya sea en persona o por teléfono — it can be ordered either in person or by telephone

¿ya te has gastado todo el dinero? — have you spent all the money already?

ya terminé — I've (already) finished

ya te dije que no — I've already said no

ya lo sé — I (already) know

aprietas este botón y ya está! — you press this button, and that's it!

le teníamos tanta fe y ya ves, nos ha defraudado — we had such faith in him and look what happened, he's let us down

dile que venga - ya, pero ¿si no quiere? — tell her to come - yes, but what if she doesn't want to?

ese color ya no se lleva — nobody wears that color any more

ya ni siquiera me escribe — he doesn't even write (to) me any more

estaba muy segura pero ya no sé qué pensar — I was very sure about it, but now I don't know what to think

creo que ya no vienen — I don't think they'll come now

no ya... sino — not (just)... but

estamos hablando no ya de cambios sino de una total reestructuración — we are not (just) talking about changes but about a total restructuring

ya voy! — coming!

la comida ya va a estar — the meal's almost ready

preparados listos ya! — on your mark(s), get set, go!

ya puedes ir haciéndote a la idea — you'd better start getting used to the idea

ya te contaré — I'll tell you all about it

ya lo entenderás — you'll understand one day

éste ya no me gusta tanto — I don't like this one so much

pintado de blanco ya es otra cosa — it really does look much better painted white

ya quisiera yo! — I should be so lucky!

ya era hora — about time (too)!

ya me tienes harta! — I'm (just about) fed up with you!

ya que — since, as

ya que estás aquí — since o as you're here

ya que estoy, limpio éste también — while I'm at it I may as well clean this one too

se puede solicitar ya sea en persona o por teléfono — it can be ordered either in person or by telephone

inclinó el plato para acabarse la sopa — he tilted his plate to finish off his soup

inclinó el respaldo del asiento — he reclined his seat

inclinó la cabeza para olerle el cabello — she leant her head forward to smell his hair

para afirmar inclinó la cabeza — he nodded (his) agreement

inclinaron la cabeza ante el altar — they bowed their heads before the altar

los indecisos inclinaron la balanza hacia la izquierda — the floating voters tipped the balance in favour of the left

este gol inclinó el marcador a su favor — this goal tipped the balance in their favour

la crisis inclina a los consumidores hacia el ahorro — the recession inclines consumers to save their money

eso la inclinó a pensar que yo era el culpable — that led her to think that I was guilty

el informe lo inclinó a cambiar de estrategia — the report swayed him in favour of changing his strategy

inclinó la cabeza a un lado — she tilted her head to one side

árboles inclinados por el viento — trees bowed by the wind

el viento inclinaba los árboles — the wind bent the trees

inclinó la cabeza en señal de asentimiento — he nodded (his head) in agreement

inclinarse a + inf — to be inclined to + inf

inclinarse por alguien/algo: me inclino por su candidato I'm inclined to go for your candidate; me inclinaría por esta opción — I would tend to favor this option

inclinarse ante alguien — to bow to somebody

se inclinó sobre la cuna — she leaned over the cradle

inclinarse hacia adelante/atrás — to lean forward/back

inclinó la cabeza a un lado — she tilted her head to one side

árboles inclinados por el viento — trees bowed by the wind

el viento inclinaba los árboles — the wind bent the trees

inclinó la cabeza en señal de asentimiento — he nodded (his head) in agreement

inclinarse a + inf — to be inclined to + inf

inclinarse por alguien/algo: me inclino por su candidato I'm inclined to go for your candidate; me inclinaría por esta opción — I would tend to favor this option

inclinarse ante alguien — to bow to somebody

se inclinó sobre la cuna — she leaned over the cradle

inclinarse hacia adelante/atrás — to lean forward/back

mantén la caja un momento — hold the box a minute

los pilares que mantienen el puente — the pillars which support the bridge

una vez abierto manténgase refrigerado — once opened keep in a refrigerator

"manténgase en un lugar fresco y seco" — "store in a cool dry place"

hay que mantener actualizada la base de datos — we have to keep the database up to date

para mantener el motor en buen estado — to keep the engine in good condition

mantenga limpia su ciudad — keep your city clean

manténgase fuera del alcance de los niños — keep out of the reach of children

mantuvo en secreto que tenía dos hijos — she kept her two children a secret

me marcho manteniendo mi opinión — I'm leaving, but I stand by my opinion

eran partidarios de mantener el antiguo orden social — they were in favour of preserving the old social order

mantener el orden público — to keep the peace

le cuesta mantener el equilibrio — he finds it difficult to keep his balance

hemos conseguido mantener el equilibrio entre ingresos y gastos — we have managed to maintain a balance between income and expenditure

en las conversaciones que hemos mantenido con el presidente — in the talks we have held with the president

¿han mantenido ustedes relaciones sexuales? — have you had sexual relations?

siempre he mantenido lo contrario — I've always maintained the opposite

mantener la calma/la compostura — to keep calm/one's composure

para mantener su peso actual — to maintain his present weight

mantener las viejas tradiciones — to keep up the old traditions

el euro ha mantenido su valor — the euro has held its value

mantener el equilibrio — to keep one's balance

mantener algo en equilibrio — to balance sth

las negociaciones mantenidas en Ginebra — the negotiations held in Geneva

se mantuvieron en primera división — they kept their place in the first division

la torre aún se mantiene en pie — the tower is still standing

mantenerse a distancia — to keep one's distance

mantenerse en contacto con algn — to keep in touch with sb

se mantuvo neutral en la disputa — he remained neutral in the dispute

mantenerse a base de latas — to live off tinned food

se mantiene a base de vitaminas — he lives on vitamin pills