I know what it means to be alone

I'll tell you what — tu sais quoi

to know what's what — s'y connaître

get him in that hat! — regarde-le avec ce chapeau!

I'm getting there — je progresse

I've got it — j'ai compris

to tell somebody where to get off — envoyer promener quelqu'un

what's got into her? — qu'est-ce qui lui a pris?

not quite five o'clock — noch nicht ganz 5 Uhr

I quite agree/understand — ganz meine Meinung/ich verstehe schon

that is quite a different matter — das ist etwas ganz anderes

quite another story/case — eine ganz andere Geschichte/ein ganz anderer Fall

that is quite a shock/surprise — das ist ein ziemlicher Schock/eine ziemliche Überraschung

quite a few — ziemlich viele

are you quite finished? — bist du jetzt fertig?

he's quite grown up now — er ist jetzt schon richtig erwachsen

I quite agree with you —

that's quite another matter — das ist doch etwas ganz anderes

that's quite enough for me — das reicht wirklich

that's quite enough of that — das reicht jetzt aber

it was quite some time ago — es war vor einiger Zeit

not quite — nicht ganz

you weren't quite early/tall enough — Sie waren ein bisschen zu spät dran/zu klein

I don't quite see what he means — ich verstehe nicht ganz, was er meint

you don't quite understand —

he's not quite the James Bond type — er ist nicht gerade der James-Bond-Typ

it was not quite midnight — es war noch nicht ganz Mitternacht

I'm quite all right, thanks — danke, mir gehts gut

thank you – that's quite all right —

it's quite all right, thank you, I can manage alone — das geht schon, danke, ich komme alleine zurecht

quite likely/unlikely — sehr wahrscheinlich/unwahrscheinlich

quite a few people —

he is quite a good singer — er ist ein ziemlich guter Sänger

yes, I'd quite like to — ja, eigentlich ganz gern

she was a quite beautiful girl — sie war wirklich eine Schönheit

she's quite a girl/friend etc — sie ist ein tolles Mädchen/eine tolle Freundin etc

it's quite delightful — es ist entzückend, es ist einfach wunderbar

it was quite an experience —

he's quite the gentleman now — er ist jetzt ganz der feine Herr

he's quite a hero now —

he's quite a comedian, isn't he? — er ist ja sehr komisch

not quite five o'clock — noch nicht ganz 5 Uhr

I don't need any help; I'm quite all right, thank you — danke, es geht schon, ich komme allein zurecht

I quite agree/understand — ganz meine Meinung/ich verstehe schon

that is quite a different matter — das ist etwas ganz anderes

quite another story/case — eine ganz andere Geschichte/ein ganz anderer Fall

that is quite a shock/surprise — das ist ein ziemlicher Schock/eine ziemliche Überraschung

I'd quite like to talk to him — ich würde ganz gern mit ihm sprechen

quite a few — ziemlich viele

there's so little time — c'è così poco tempo

too little money — troppo pochi soldi

there's little sense o point non ha molto senso; he speaks little German parla poco il tedesco; with no little difficulty non senza difficoltà; I see little of Paul these days — in questi giorni vedo Paul molto di rado

I only ate a little — ne ho mangiato solo un po'

a little of the money — un po' del denaro

the little I saw — quel poco che ho visto

I did what little I could — ho fatto quel poco che ho potuto

he remembers very little — ricorda molto poco

little of what he says is true — poco di ciò che dice è vero

there's little I can do — non posso fare un granché

to have little to do with — c'entrare poco con

to do as little as possible — fare il meno possibile

to know little about — saper(ne) poco di

there's little to worry about — non c'è molto di che preoccuparsi

little of note — poco di interessante

it says very little for her — non depone molto a suo favore, non le fa molto onore

little or nothing — quasi nulla, praticamente niente

little by little — poco a poco, poco per volta, gradualmente

his books are little read — i suoi libri sono poco letti

her results were little better — i suoi risultati non erano molto migliori

little more than an hour ago — poco più di un'ora fa

it's little short of madness — rasenta la pazzia

a little-known novel — un romanzo poco conosciuto

little did he know that — era ben lontano dall'immaginare che

a little (bit) surprised — un po' sorpreso

a little less, more — un po' meno, un po' più

I was not a little offended — ero non poco offeso

for as little as 10 dollars — per soli 10 dollari

I like Mary as little as you do — non mi piace Mary più di quanto piaccia a te

a little house — una piccola casa, una casetta

a little something — qualcosina, una cosina

poor little thing — poveretto

a little old lady — una vecchietta deliziosa

he's a nice little thing — è un cosino delizioso

when I was little — quando ero piccolo, da piccolo

a little voice said... — una vocina flebile disse

he's a little despot — è un piccolo despota

a nasty little boy — un ragazzino tremendo

I'll walk with you a little way — farò un pezzetto di strada con te

stay a little while — rimani un po'

there's so little time — c'è così poco tempo

too little money — troppo pochi soldi

there's little sense o point non ha molto senso; he speaks little German parla poco il tedesco; with no little difficulty non senza difficoltà; I see little of Paul these days — in questi giorni vedo Paul molto di rado

I only ate a little — ne ho mangiato solo un po'

a little of the money — un po' del denaro

the little I saw — quel poco che ho visto

I did what little I could — ho fatto quel poco che ho potuto

he remembers very little — ricorda molto poco

little of what he says is true — poco di ciò che dice è vero

there's little I can do — non posso fare un granché

to have little to do with — c'entrare poco con

to do as little as possible — fare il meno possibile

to know little about — saper(ne) poco di

there's little to worry about — non c'è molto di che preoccuparsi

little of note — poco di interessante

it says very little for her — non depone molto a suo favore, non le fa molto onore

little or nothing — quasi nulla, praticamente niente

little by little — poco a poco, poco per volta, gradualmente

his books are little read — i suoi libri sono poco letti

her results were little better — i suoi risultati non erano molto migliori

little more than an hour ago — poco più di un'ora fa

it's little short of madness — rasenta la pazzia

a little-known novel — un romanzo poco conosciuto

little did he know that — era ben lontano dall'immaginare che

a little (bit) surprised — un po' sorpreso

a little less, more — un po' meno, un po' più

I was not a little offended — ero non poco offeso

for as little as 10 dollars — per soli 10 dollari

I like Mary as little as you do — non mi piace Mary più di quanto piaccia a te

a little house — una piccola casa, una casetta

a little something — qualcosina, una cosina

poor little thing — poveretto

a little old lady — una vecchietta deliziosa

he's a nice little thing — è un cosino delizioso

when I was little — quando ero piccolo, da piccolo

a little voice said... — una vocina flebile disse

he's a little despot — è un piccolo despota

a nasty little boy — un ragazzino tremendo

I'll walk with you a little way — farò un pezzetto di strada con te

stay a little while — rimani un po'

the eyes of the world are on them — die Welt blickt auf sie

the Old/New World — die Alte/Neue Welt

not for anything in the world — um nichts in der Welt

be all the world to somebody — jemandem das Wichtigste/Liebste auf der Welt sein

all alone in the world — ganz allein auf der Welt

somebody is not long for this world — jemandes Tage sind gezählt

come into the world — auf die Welt kommen

the best of all possible worlds — die beste aller Welten

the world's end, the end of the world — das Ende der Welt

know/have seen a lot of the world — die Welt kennen/viel von der Welt gesehen haben

see the world — die Welt kennen lernen

a world of difference — ein weltweiter Unterschied

a world away from something — Welten von etwas entfernt

they are worlds apart in their views — ihre Ansichten sind Welten voneinander entfernt

in the world — auf der Welt

all over the world — auf der ganzen Welt

it's the same the whole world over — es ist (doch) überall das Gleiche

to go (a)round the world — eine Weltreise machen

to sail (a)round the world — rund um die Welt segeln

to feel or be on top of the world — munter und fidel sein

it's a small world — wie klein doch die Welt ist

to live in a world of one's own — in seiner eigenen (kleinen) Welt leben

love makes the world go round — es dreht sich alles um die Liebe

money makes the world go round — es dreht sich alles um das Geld, Geld regiert die Welt

in an ideal or a perfect world — in einer idealen Welt

the New/Old/Third World — die Neue/Alte/Dritte Welt

the business world — die Geschäftswelt

the sporting world — die Welt des Sports

the literary world — die literarische Welt

the animal/vegetable world — die Tier-/Pflanzenwelt

in the Roman world — zur Zeit der Römer

to come or go down in the world — herunterkommen

to go up or to rise in the world — es (in der Welt) zu etwas bringen

how goes the world with you? — wie gehts?, wie stehts?

all the world knows... — alle Welt or jeder weiß...

in the eyes of the world — vor der Welt

to come into the world —

he is not long for this world — er steht schon mit einem Fuß im Jenseits

to bring sb into the world — jdn zur Welt bringen

to bring sth into the world — etw in die Welt setzen

to go to a better world — in eine bessere Welt eingehen

to be (all) alone in the world — allein auf der Welt sein

not for (all) the world — nicht um alles in der Welt

nothing in the world — nichts auf der Welt

what/who in the world — was/wer in aller Welt

a world of difference — ein himmelweiter Unterschied

for all the world like... — beinahe wie...

to mean the world to sb — jdm alles bedeuten