a bankrupt in love

mental bankrupt - человек, оказавшийся несостоятельным в решении (какой-л.) задачи; интеллектуальный банкрот

♢ to play the bankrupt - уст. а) растратить чужие деньги; б) не оправдать доверия

bankrupt of ideas - лишённый воображения, неспособный выдвигать или воспринимать новые идеи

to declare one's love (for sb) — (jdm) eine Liebeserklärung machen

to declare war (on sb) — (jdm) den Krieg erklären

to declare a state of emergency — den Notstand erklären or ausrufen

he declared the meeting closed — er erklärte die Sitzung für geschlossen

well I ( do) declare! (dated) — ist es denn die Möglichkeit!

have a talk [with somebody] [about something] — [mit jemandem] [über etwas (Akk.)] reden od. sprechen

have or hold talks [with somebody] — [mit jemandem] Gespräche führen

there's too much talk [of...] — es wird zu viel [von...] geredet

be the talk of the town/neighbourhood — etc. Stadtgespräch/das Thema in der Nachbarschaft usw. sein

keep somebody talking — jemanden in ein [längeres] Gespräch verwickeln

now you're talking! — (coll.) das hört sich schon besser an

that's no way to talk/talk to your uncle — das darfst du nicht sagen/so darfst du aber nicht mit deinem Onkel reden!

it's easy for you/him etc. to talk — du hast/er hat usw. gut reden

look who's talking — (iron.) das musst du gerade sagen

you can (iron.) or can't talk! — sei du nur ganz still!

get talking [to somebody] — [mit jemandem] ins Gespräch kommen

talk of or about somebody/something — über jemanden/etwas reden

everyone's talking about him/his divorce — er/seine Scheidung ist in aller Munde

talk of or about doing something — davon reden, etwas zu tun

[not] know what one is talking about — [gar nicht] wissen, wovon man redet

[not] know what somebody is talking about — [nicht] wissen, was jemand meint od. wovon jemand spricht

talking of holidays — etc. da wir [gerade] vom Urlaub usw. sprechen

talk [a load of] nonsense — [eine Menge] Unsinn od. (ugs.) Stuss reden

talk politics/music — etc. über Politik/Musik usw. reden

to have a talk — ein Gespräch führen/sich unterhalten/sich aussprechen (with sb about sth mit jdm über etw acc )

could I have a talk with you? — könnte ich Sie mal sprechen?

to have a friendly talk with sb — sich mit jdm nett unterhalten, mit jdm plaudern; (giving advice, warning) mit jdm (mal) in aller Freundschaft reden

I have enjoyed our talk — ich habe mich gern mit Ihnen unterhalten

he's all talk — er ist ein fürchterlicher Schwätzer; (and no action) der führt bloß große Reden

to give a talk — einen Vortrag halten (on über +acc )

to talk to or with sb — mit jdm sprechen or reden (about über +acc )

don't talk silly! (inf) — red keinen Stuss! (inf), red nicht so blöd (daher)! (inf)

it's easy or all right for you to talk (inf) — du hast gut reden (inf)

don't (you) talk to me like that! — wie redest du denn mit mir?

who do you think you're talking to? — was meinst du denn, wen du vor dir hast?

hey, that's no way to talk — hör mal, sag doch so was nicht!

he sat there without talking — er saß da und sagte kein Wort

to get/be talking to sb — mit jdm ins Gespräch kommen/im Gespräch sein

he knows/doesn't know what he's talking about — er weiß (schon)/weiß (doch) nicht, wovon er spricht, er hat (davon) ziemlich Ahnung (inf)/(doch) überhaupt keine Ahnung

you can talk! (inf) — du kannst gerade reden!

talking of salaries/films... — da or wo (inf) wir gerade von Gehältern/Filmen sprechen...

talk about impertinence/rude/hot! — so was von Frechheit/unverschämt/heiß! (inf)

everyone was talking about them — sie waren in aller Munde; (because of scandal also) alle haben über sie geredet or geklatscht

to get oneself talked about — von sich reden machen; (because of scandal) ins Gerede kommen

OK, Kowalski, talk! — O.K. or o.k., Kowalski, raus mit der Sprache! (inf)

what sort of sum are we talking about? — um welche Summe geht es?

he simply wasn't talking sense — er hat bloß Unsinn geredet or verzapft (inf)

we're talking big money/serious crime etc here (inf) — heir gehts um große Geld/um schlimme Verbrechen etc (inf)

have a talk [with somebody] [about something] — [mit jemandem] [über etwas (Akk.)] reden od. sprechen

have or hold talks [with somebody] — [mit jemandem] Gespräche führen

be the talk of the town/neighbourhood — etc. Stadtgespräch/das Thema in der Nachbarschaft usw. sein

now you're talking! — (coll.) das hört sich schon besser an

it's easy for you/him etc. to talk — du hast/er hat usw. gut reden

look who's talking — (iron.) das musst du gerade sagen

you can (iron.) or can't talk! — sei du nur ganz still!

talk of or about somebody/something — über jemanden/etwas reden

talk of or about doing something — davon reden, etwas zu tun

[not] know what somebody is talking about — [nicht] wissen, was jemand meint od. wovon jemand spricht

talking of holidays — etc. da wir [gerade] vom Urlaub usw. sprechen

talk [a load of] nonsense — [eine Menge] Unsinn od. (ugs.) Stuss reden

talk politics/music — etc. über Politik/Musik usw. reden

to declare war on o against somebody/something — declararle la guerra a alguien/algo

to declare FOR/AGAINST somebody/something — declararse or pronunciarse a favor/en contra de alguien/algo

well, I (do) declare! — válgame Dios! (ant)

she declared that she knew nothing about it — declaró or manifestó que no sabía nada al respecto

to declare war (on or against sb) — declarar la guerra (a algn)

to declare o.s. against/in favour of sth — pronunciarse or declararse en contra de/a favor de algo

well, I declare! — † ¡vaya por Dios!

to declare war on o against somebody/something — declararle la guerra a alguien/algo

to declare FOR/AGAINST somebody/something — declararse or pronunciarse a favor/en contra de alguien/algo

well, I (do) declare! — válgame Dios! (ant)

I don't know what I'm going to do with you! — no sé qué voy a hacer contigo!; see also do with

what do you do? — ¿usted qué hace or a qué se dedica?

now you've done it! — ahora sí que la has hecho buena! (iró)

would you do the carrots? — ¿me preparas (or pelas etc) las zanahorias?

two shirts will do me — con dos camisas me alcanza or tengo suficiente

he was done for speeding — le encajaron una multa por exceso de velocidad (fam)

I've been done! — me han estafado or timado!

are o (esp BrE) have you done complaining? — ¿has terminado de quejarte?

how are you doing? — ¿qué tal estás or andas or te va?

how do you do? — ( as greeting) mucho gusto, encantado

how do? — (colloq & dial) ¿qué tal?

how are we doing for time/cash? — ¿cómo or qué tal vamos or andamos de tiempo/dinero?

one bottle will do — con una botella basta or es suficiente

I'm not o (BrE) I haven't done yet! — no he terminado todavía

I do not o don't know — no sé

I did not o didn't see her — no la vi

fair dos — (BrE colloq)

fair dos all round — a partes iguales para todos; (as interj) seamos justos!

• to do sth again — volver a hacer algo, hacer algo de nuevo

• what's he ever done for me? — ¿qué ha hecho él por mí?

what can I do for you? — ¿en qué puedo servirle?, ¿qué se le ofrece? (LAm)

that dress doesn't do a lot for you * — este vestido no te queda muy bien

• if you do anything to him I'll kill you — si le haces algo te mato

• what have you done with my slippers? — ¿dónde has puesto mis zapatillas?

• Edmund does all the accounts — Edmund se encarga de or lleva la contabilidad

• to do the cooking — cocinar

• he did a drawing/ portrait of her — la dibujó/retrató, hizo un dibujo/retrato de ella

• to do one's duty (by sb) — cumplir con su deber (con algn)

• to do the ironing — planchar

• we did a lot of talking — hablamos mucho

• to do the dishes — lavar los platos

• to do the silver — limpiar la plata

• to do one's teeth — lavarse los dientes

this room needs doing — hay que hacer or arreglar esta habitación

• to do the flowers — arreglar las flores

• to do one's nails — hacerse or arreglarse las uñas

now you've (gone and) done it! * — ¡ahora sí que la has hecho buena! *

that's done it! * we're stuck now — ¡la hemos fastidiado! * ahora no podemos salir de aquí

that does it! * that's the last time I lend him my car — ¡es el colmo! or ¡hasta aquí hemos llegado!, es la última vez que le dejo el coche

have you done moaning? * — ¿has acabado de quejarte?

I want to do Physics at university — quiero hacer or estudiar física en la universidad

to do Italian — hacer or estudiar italiano

she was doing the worried mother bit ** — hacía el numerito de la típica madre preocupada *

that'll do me nicely — (=be suitable) eso me vendrá muy bien; (=suffice) con eso me basta

I've been done! — ¡me han estafado or timado!

• you would do better to accept — sería aconsejable que aceptaras

• he did right — hizo lo correcto

• do as you think best — haga lo que mejor le parezca

• do as you are told! — ¡haz lo que te digo!

• she was up and doing at 6 o'clock — a las 6 de la mañana ya estaba levantada y trajinando

• you would do well to take his advice — harías bien en seguir su consejo

• you could do a lot worse than marry her — casarte con ella no es lo peor que podrías hacer