A Boring Channel

tendremos que cambiar el color de nuestro logotipo — we'll need to change the colour of our logo

eso no cambia mucho las cosas — that doesn't change things much

¿les has cambiado el agua a los peces? — have you changed the water in the fish tank?

ha ido a cambiarle los pañales al niño — she's gone to change the baby's nappy

van a cambiar la oficina al piso de arriba — they are going to move the office up a floor

nos van a cambiar de aula — they are moving us to another classroom

¿tienes para cambiarme 50 euros? — have you got change for a 50-euro note?

desde que te fuiste nada ha cambiado — nothing has changed since you left

nada lo hará cambiar — nothing will make him change

si es así, la cosa cambia — if it's true, that changes things, well that's a different story then

con doce años ya le había cambiado la voz — his voice had already broken at the age of twelve

cuando no le interesa algo, cambia de tema — whenever he isn't interested in something, he changes the subject

su vida cambió de rumbo 180 grados — the course of her life changed completely

tú lo que necesitas es cambiar de aires — what you need is a change of scene

tienes que cambiar en King's Cross — you have to change at King's Cross

¡cambio! — over!

¡cambio y corto!, ¡cambio y fuera! — over and out!

eso no cambia nada — that doesn't change anything

cambiar algo/a alguien DE algo: cambiar los muebles de lugar to move the furniture around; nos van a cambiar de oficina they're going to move us to another office; cambié las flores de florero — I put the flowers in a different vase

le cambió la pila al reloj — she changed the battery in the clock

cambiarle el nombre a algo — to change the name of something

cambiar para peor/mejor — to change for the worse/better

está/lo noto muy cambiado — he's changed/he seems to have changed a lot

así la cosa cambia — oh well, that's different

le está cambiando la voz — his voice is breaking

cambio — over

cambiar de color — to change color

cambiar de marcha — to change gear

no cambies de tema — don't change the subject

cambió de canal — he changed channel(s)

¿te cambiaste los calcetines? — did you change your socks?

cambiarse por alguien — to change places with somebody

me cambié de sitio — I changed places

cambiarse de casa — to move house

cámbiate de camisa — change your shirt

eso no cambia nada — that doesn't change anything

cambiar algo/a alguien DE algo: cambiar los muebles de lugar to move the furniture around; nos van a cambiar de oficina they're going to move us to another office; cambié las flores de florero — I put the flowers in a different vase

le cambió la pila al reloj — she changed the battery in the clock

cambiarle el nombre a algo — to change the name of something

cambiar para peor/mejor — to change for the worse/better

está/lo noto muy cambiado — he's changed/he seems to have changed a lot

así la cosa cambia — oh well, that's different

le está cambiando la voz — his voice is breaking

cambio — over

cambiar de color — to change color

cambiar de marcha — to change gear

no cambies de tema — don't change the subject

cambió de canal — he changed channel(s)

¿te cambiaste los calcetines? — did you change your socks?

cambiarse por alguien — to change places with somebody

me cambié de sitio — I changed places

cambiarse de casa — to move house

cámbiate de camisa — change your shirt

polished rod carrier bar — подвеска устьевого сальникового штока (станка-качалки)

the sound of voices — il brusio

without a sound — senza fare rumore

the Motown sound — il sound Motown

by the sound of it,... — a quanto pare

of sound mind — sano di mente

he has a sound grasp of the basic grammar — ha delle solide basi grammaticali

a sound move — una mossa accorta

he's very sound — è molto fidato

that is sound economics — è molto sensato dal punto di vista economico

our products are ecologically sound — i nostri prodotti sono ecologicamente compatibili

he's politically sound — ha sane idee politiche

to be sound asleep — essere profondamente addormentato, dormire della grossa

to sound one's horn — suonare il clacson

it sounds good — sembra proprio interessante

it sounds as if he's really in trouble — sembra che sia proprio nei pasticci

it sounds dangerous — sembra pericoloso

it doesn't sound to me as if he's interested — non mi pare proprio che sia interessato

to sound banal, boring — sembrare banale, noioso

you make it sound interesting — lo rendi interessante

you sound as if you've got a cold — sembri raffreddato

that sounds like a flute — si direbbe un flauto

you sound like my mother! — mi sembra di sentire mia madre!

I don't want to sound pessimistic — non voglio sembrare pessimista

spell it as it sounds — scrivilo come si pronuncia

she calls herself Geraldine - it sounds more sophisticated — si fa chiamare Geraldine - fa più sofisticato

it may sound silly, but... — può sembrare stupido, ma

the sound of voices — il brusio

without a sound — senza fare rumore

the Motown sound — il sound Motown

by the sound of it,... — a quanto pare

of sound mind — sano di mente

he has a sound grasp of the basic grammar — ha delle solide basi grammaticali

a sound move — una mossa accorta

he's very sound — è molto fidato

that is sound economics — è molto sensato dal punto di vista economico

our products are ecologically sound — i nostri prodotti sono ecologicamente compatibili

he's politically sound — ha sane idee politiche

to be sound asleep — essere profondamente addormentato, dormire della grossa

to sound one's horn — suonare il clacson

it sounds good — sembra proprio interessante

it sounds as if he's really in trouble — sembra che sia proprio nei pasticci

it sounds dangerous — sembra pericoloso

it doesn't sound to me as if he's interested — non mi pare proprio che sia interessato

to sound banal, boring — sembrare banale, noioso

you make it sound interesting — lo rendi interessante

you sound as if you've got a cold — sembri raffreddato

that sounds like a flute — si direbbe un flauto

you sound like my mother! — mi sembra di sentire mia madre!

I don't want to sound pessimistic — non voglio sembrare pessimista

spell it as it sounds — scrivilo come si pronuncia

she calls herself Geraldine - it sounds more sophisticated — si fa chiamare Geraldine - fa più sofisticato

it may sound silly, but... — può sembrare stupido, ma