Shops Act

to go to the shops — ir* de compras

what time do the shops close? — ¿a qué hora cierran las tiendas?

to set up shop as a doctor — abrir* una consulta, establecerse* como médico

to shut up shop — cerrar*

to talk shop — hablar del trabajo

to shop FOR something: we were shopping for Christmas presents estábamos comprando los regalos de Navidad; she went shopping for a winter coat — salió a buscar un abrigo de invierno

the shops — las tiendas, los comercios

he's just gone (round) to the shops — acaba de salir a comprar

the weekly shop — la compra de la semana

I hate shopping in supermarkets — odio hacer (las) compras en los supermercados

to work on the shop floor — trabajar en la producción, ser obrero(-a) de la producción

the shop floor (workers) — los obreros

to go to the shops — ir* de compras

what time do the shops close? — ¿a qué hora cierran las tiendas?

to set up shop as a doctor — abrir* una consulta, establecerse* como médico

to shut up shop — cerrar*

to talk shop — hablar del trabajo

to shop FOR something: we were shopping for Christmas presents estábamos comprando los regalos de Navidad; she went shopping for a winter coat — salió a buscar un abrigo de invierno

she wandered around the room in a daze — daba vueltas por la habitación como aturdida

we're going to wander back now — vamos a volver sin prisas

his fingers wandered over the keyboard — sus dedos recorrieron el teclado

don't let the children wander away from the car — no dejes que los niños se alejen del coche

don't wander off! we're leaving in five minutes — no te vayas por ahí, que dentro de cinco minutos nos vamos

don't let your mind wander! — no te distraigas!

to have wandering hands — tener* las manos largas

the Wandering Jew — el Judío Errante

we spent the morning wandering round the old town — pasamos la mañana paseando por el casco antiguo

the sheep had wandered into the next field — las ovejas se habían metido en el prado de al lado

to let one's mind wander — dejar vagar la imaginación

his eyes wandered round the room — paseó la mirada por la habitación

to wander the world — recorrer el mundo entero

she wandered around the room in a daze — daba vueltas por la habitación como aturdida

we're going to wander back now — vamos a volver sin prisas

his fingers wandered over the keyboard — sus dedos recorrieron el teclado

don't let the children wander away from the car — no dejes que los niños se alejen del coche

don't wander off! we're leaving in five minutes — no te vayas por ahí, que dentro de cinco minutos nos vamos

don't let your mind wander! — no te distraigas!

to have wandering hands — tener* las manos largas

the Wandering Jew — el Judío Errante

to have o take a wander fare una passeggiata; to have a wander round the shops — fare un giro per negozi

to wander around town — girare per la città

to wander in and out of the shops — girare per negozi

to wander away — allontanarsi

to wander over to o up to sb. — avvicinarsi tranquillamente a qcn

her mind wandered back to — riandò con la mente a

to wander off the point o subject — allontanarsi dal tema, divagare

to have o take a wander fare una passeggiata; to have a wander round the shops — fare un giro per negozi

to wander around town — girare per la città

to wander in and out of the shops — girare per negozi

to wander away — allontanarsi

to wander over to o up to sb. — avvicinarsi tranquillamente a qcn

her mind wandered back to — riandò con la mente a

to wander off the point o subject — allontanarsi dal tema, divagare

to have a (good) look — guardare (bene)

a look of sadness — uno sguardo triste

to give sb. a kind look — guardare qcn. con gentilezza

to give sb. a dirty o evil look lanciare un'occhiataccia a qcn.; you could tell from the look on his face that — dalla sua espressione si vedeva che

to have a look of sadness about one — avere l'aria triste

I don't like the look of him — non mi piace il suo aspetto, non mi ispira fiducia

I don't like the look of the weather — il tempo sembra mettersi al peggio

I don't like the look of that rash — queste eruzioni cutanee mi piacciono poco

by the look(s) of him — all'apparenza, a giudicare dal suo aspetto

the look for the 90's — il look degli anni '90

he's got the looks, but can he act? — è bello, ma sa recitare?

looks aren't everything — la bellezza non è tutto

he's losing his looks — non è più bello come una volta

you can't go o judge by looks alone — non si può giudicare solo dalle apparenze

if looks could kill, I'd be dead by now — = mi ha fulminato con lo sguardo

to look sb. in the eye, in the face — guardare qcn. negli occhi, in faccia

look who it is! — guarda chi c'è!

now look what you've done! — guarda che cosa hai fatto!

to look one's age — dimostrare gli anni che si hanno

he's 40 but he doesn't look it — ha 40 anni ma non li dimostra

to look one's best — stare benissimo

he still looks the same — non è cambiato

to look a fool — sembrare uno sciocco

it won't look good if you refuse — sembra brutto se rifiuti

he doesn't look himself today — oggi non sembra lui

to look and see what's on TV — guardare cosa c'è in TV

to look at sb., sth. — guardare qcn., qcs.

to look away — distogliere lo sguardo, guardare da un'altra parte

he looks happy, hot — sembra felice, sembra che abbia caldo

he looks young for his age — per uno della sua età ha un aspetto giovanile

he looks about 50 — dimostra una cinquantina d'anni

you look good in that hat — ti sta bene quel cappello

how do I look? — come sto? che aspetto ho?

you look well — hai un bell'aspetto

the picture will look good in the study — il quadro starà bene nello studio

how does it look to you? — che te ne sembra? cosa ne pensi?

it looks OK to me — per me può andare

it looks as if o though it will rain sembra che voglia piovere; it looks likely, certain that — sembra probabile, certo che

to look like sb., sth. — assomigliare a qcn., qcs.

that photograph doesn't look like you o looks nothing like you non sembri (assolutamente) tu in quella fotografia; what does the house look like? com'è la casa? it looks like being funny sembra (che sia) divertente; it looks like rain sembra che voglia piovere; it certainly looks like it — ne ha tutta l'aria

look here, I'm in no mood for jokes — guarda, non sono in vena di scherzi

to have a (good) look — guardare (bene)

a look of sadness — uno sguardo triste

to give sb. a kind look — guardare qcn. con gentilezza

to give sb. a dirty o evil look lanciare un'occhiataccia a qcn.; you could tell from the look on his face that — dalla sua espressione si vedeva che

to have a look of sadness about one — avere l'aria triste

I don't like the look of him — non mi piace il suo aspetto, non mi ispira fiducia

I don't like the look of the weather — il tempo sembra mettersi al peggio

I don't like the look of that rash — queste eruzioni cutanee mi piacciono poco

by the look(s) of him — all'apparenza, a giudicare dal suo aspetto

the look for the 90's — il look degli anni '90

he's got the looks, but can he act? — è bello, ma sa recitare?

looks aren't everything — la bellezza non è tutto

he's losing his looks — non è più bello come una volta

you can't go o judge by looks alone — non si può giudicare solo dalle apparenze

if looks could kill, I'd be dead by now — = mi ha fulminato con lo sguardo

to look sb. in the eye, in the face — guardare qcn. negli occhi, in faccia

look who it is! — guarda chi c'è!

now look what you've done! — guarda che cosa hai fatto!

to look one's age — dimostrare gli anni che si hanno

he's 40 but he doesn't look it — ha 40 anni ma non li dimostra

to look one's best — stare benissimo

he still looks the same — non è cambiato

to look a fool — sembrare uno sciocco

it won't look good if you refuse — sembra brutto se rifiuti

he doesn't look himself today — oggi non sembra lui

to look and see what's on TV — guardare cosa c'è in TV

to look at sb., sth. — guardare qcn., qcs.

to look away — distogliere lo sguardo, guardare da un'altra parte

he looks happy, hot — sembra felice, sembra che abbia caldo

he looks young for his age — per uno della sua età ha un aspetto giovanile

he looks about 50 — dimostra una cinquantina d'anni

you look good in that hat — ti sta bene quel cappello

how do I look? — come sto? che aspetto ho?

you look well — hai un bell'aspetto

the picture will look good in the study — il quadro starà bene nello studio

how does it look to you? — che te ne sembra? cosa ne pensi?

it looks OK to me — per me può andare

it looks as if o though it will rain sembra che voglia piovere; it looks likely, certain that — sembra probabile, certo che

to look like sb., sth. — assomigliare a qcn., qcs.

that photograph doesn't look like you o looks nothing like you non sembri (assolutamente) tu in quella fotografia; what does the house look like? com'è la casa? it looks like being funny sembra (che sia) divertente; it looks like rain sembra che voglia piovere; it certainly looks like it — ne ha tutta l'aria

look here, I'm in no mood for jokes — guarda, non sono in vena di scherzi

car theft — furto d'auto

thefts from tourists, shops — furti a danno dei turisti, nei negozi

car theft — furto d'auto

thefts from tourists, shops — furti a danno dei turisti, nei negozi

she wandered over to me — sie kam zu mir herüber

I'm going for a wander (a)round the shops — ich mache einen Ladenbummel

the bus wandered along the lanes for a couple of hours — der Bus zuckelte ein paar Stunden durch die Sträßchen

the river wandered through the valley — der Fluss zog sich durch das Tal

(= go off, stray) to wander from the path — vom Wege or Pfad abkommen

the cattle must not be allowed to wander —

the children had wandered out onto the street — die Kinder waren auf die Straße gelaufen

the needle tends to wander a bit — der Zeiger schwankt ein bisschen

to let one's mind wander — seine Gedanken schweifen lassen

during the lecture his mind wandered a bit — während der Vorlesung wanderten seine Gedanken umher or schweiften seine Gedanken ab

the old man's mind is beginning to wander a bit — der alte Mann wird ein wenig wirr

to wander from the straight and narrow — vom Pfad der Tugend abirren or abkommen

to wander off a point/the subject — von einem Punkt/vom Thema abschweifen or abkommen

she wandered over to me — sie kam zu mir herüber

do the/one's shopping — einkaufen/[seine] Einkäufe machen

to do one's shopping — einkaufen, Einkäufe machen

do the/one's shopping — einkaufen/[seine] Einkäufe machen

I like shopping — me gusta ir de tiendas

to do the shopping — hacer la compra

make a move — ziehen

be on the move — (moving about) [Person:] unterwegs sein

make a move — (initiate action) etwas tun od. unternehmen; (coll.): (leave, depart) losziehen (ugs.)

make the first move — den Anfang machen

make no move — sich nicht rühren

make no move to help somebody — keine Anstalten machen, jemandem zu helfen

get a move on — (coll.) einen Zahn zulegen (ugs.)

get a move on! — (coll.) [mach] Tempo! (ugs.)

move house — umziehen

not move a muscle — sich nicht rühren

please move your head [to one side] — bitte tun Sie Ihren Kopf zur Seite

move somebody to laughter/anger — jemanden zum Lachen bringen/jemandes Ärger erregen

move somebody to tears — jemanden zu Tränen rühren

move somebody to pity — jemandes Mitleid erregen

be moved to pity — vor Mitleid gerührt sein

move somebody to do something — jemanden dazu bewegen, etwas zu tun

somebody is not to be moved — jemand lässt sich nicht erschüttern

get moving! — beeil dich!

nobody moved — niemand rührte sich von der Stelle

move quickly to do something — schnell handeln und etwas tun

don't move or I'll shoot — keine Bewegung, oder ich schieße

get things moving — vorankommen