a quarter of a million dollars

he made a cool million - он заработал /нажил, сколотил/ кругленькую сумму в миллион (долларов, фунтов и т. п.)

one [two, three, etc] million - один [два, три и т. д.] миллиона

a million and one [two, etc] - миллион один [два и т. д.]

four million one thousand one hundred and one [two, etc] - четыре миллиона одна тысяча сто один [два и т. д.]

the million-one-thousand-one-hundred-and-first, the million-one-thousand-one-hundred-and-second, etc - миллион тысяча сто первый, миллион тысяча сто второй и т. д.

♢ the million - а) множество; б) основная масса населения

cuarto de aseo — toilet, cloakroom, bathroom (EEUU)

cuarto frío — (Culin) cold store

cuarto intermedio Arg, Uru —

cuarto oscuro — (Fot) darkroom; (=trastero) broom cupboard; Arg, Uru voting booth

en otros países ocurre tres cuartos de lo mismo — it's the same story o it's more of the same in other countries

son las seis menos cuarto, es un cuarto para las seis — LAm it's a quarter to six

tuvo su cuarto de hora, ahora nadie lo lleva — it had its day o it was all the rage, now nobody wears it anymore

tardó tres cuartos de hora — it took him o he took three quarters of an hour

es hombre de muchos cuartos — he's got pots of money *

de tres al cuarto — (fam) third-rate

qué... ni qué ocho cuartos! — (fam)

tres cuartos de lo mismo — (fam)

tu hermana es una vaga... y tú, tres cuartos de lo mismo — your sister's bone-idle... and you're not much better (colloq)

la una y cuarto — (a) quarter after (AmE) o (BrE) past one, one fifteen

es un cuarto para las dos or (Esp, RPl) son las dos menos cuarto — it is a quarter to two

tener su cuarto de hora — (AmS) to have had one's day

estoy sin un cuarto — I'm absolutely broke (colloq)

tiene muchos cuartos — he's loaded (colloq)

le pagan cuatro cuartos — he gets paid peanuts (colloq)

de tres al cuarto — (fam) third-rate

qué... ni qué ocho cuartos! — (fam)

tres cuartos de lo mismo — (fam)

tu hermana es una vaga... y tú, tres cuartos de lo mismo — your sister's bone-idle... and you're not much better (colloq)

la una y cuarto — (a) quarter after (AmE) o (BrE) past one, one fifteen

es un cuarto para las dos or (Esp, RPl) son las dos menos cuarto — it is a quarter to two

tener su cuarto de hora — (AmS) to have had one's day

estoy sin un cuarto — I'm absolutely broke (colloq)

tiene muchos cuartos — he's loaded (colloq)

le pagan cuatro cuartos — he gets paid peanuts (colloq)

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Business before pleasure. — ◊ Делу время, потехе час.

Business is business. — ◊ Дело есть дело.

Everybody's business is nobody's business. — ◊ У семи нянек дитя без глазу.

Hit-or-miss business. — ◊ Либо пан, либо пропал

• menos aún — even less

• menos de — [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less than; [con sustantivos contables] fewer than

llegamos en menos de diez minutos — we got there in less than o in under ten minutes

• en menos de nada — in no time at all

• menos que — less than

• al menos — at least

• de menos, hay siete de menos — we're seven short, there are seven missing

me dieron un paquete con medio kilo de menos — they gave me a packet which was half a kilo short o under weight

• echar de menos a algn — to miss sb

• ir a menos — to come down in the world

• lo menos diez — at least ten

• eso es lo de menos — that's the least of it

• ¡menos mal! — thank goodness!

• era nada menos que un rey — he was a king, no less

• no es para menos — quite right too

• por lo menos — at least

• ¡ qué menos!, -le di un euro de propina -¡qué menos! — "I tipped her a euro" - "that was the least you could do!"

• quedarse en menos, no se quedó en menos — he was not to be outdone

• tener a menos hacer algo — to consider it beneath o.s. to do sth

• venir a menos — to come down in the world

• y menos, no quiero verle y menos visitarle — I don't want to see him, let alone visit him

• ¡ ya será menos! — come off it!

• menos... que, A tiene menos ventajas que B — A has fewer advantages than B

no soy menos hombre que él — * I'm as much of a man as he is

este es menos coche que el anterior — * this is not as good a car as the last one

• ser menos que, ganaremos porque son menos que nosotros — we'll win because there are fewer of them than there are of us

cinco menos dos — five minus o less two

• a menos que — unless

ahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now

menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think

cuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)

ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now

menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world

firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

ahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now

menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think

cuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)

ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now

menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world

firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

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