always the way!

- Да, ему трудно, - сказала Лена. Отец поднял взгляд, блеснувший сухо и жёстко. - А это удел каждого, кто пытается угодить и нашим и вашим. - Погоди, папа, - проговорила Лена глухо и отчуждённо. - Я не понимаю, о чём ты. Как это нашим и вашим? - Ну тем, кто был за и кто против. (С. Герасимов, У озера) — 'Yes, it isn't easy,' said Lena. Her father raised eyes that held a hard glitter. 'That's always the way when you try to please both sides.' 'But dad, wait a moment,' said Lena with a muted hostility, 'I don't understand - what do you mean by both sides?' 'Some were for, others against.'

di prima mano — (notizia) first-hand

sotto mano — (vicino) to hand, (furtivamente) secretly

recapitato a mano — (lettera, pacco) (delivered) by hand

alla mano — (persona) easy-going

con i fatti alla mano — with his (o her ecc) facts at the ready

a mano a mano che; man mano che — (mentre) as

man mano — (gradualmente) little by little, gradually

ho le mani legate fig — my hands are tied

avere qc per le mani — (progetto, lavoro) to have sth in hand

mettere la mano sul fuoco per qc fig — to stake one's life on sth

mettere le mani addosso a qn — to lay hands on sb, (molestare) to touch sb up

di prima mano — (notizia) first-hand

sotto mano — (vicino) to hand, (furtivamente) secretly

recapitato a mano — (lettera, pacco) (delivered) by hand

alla mano — (persona) easy-going

con i fatti alla mano — with his (o her ecc) facts at the ready

a mano a mano che; man mano che — (mentre) as

man mano — (gradualmente) little by little, gradually

ho le mani legate fig — my hands are tied

avere qc per le mani — (progetto, lavoro) to have sth in hand

mettere la mano sul fuoco per qc fig — to stake one's life on sth

mettere le mani addosso a qn — to lay hands on sb, (molestare) to touch sb up

• como siempre — as usual

tú tan modesto como siempre — iró modest as ever

• de siempre — [lugar, hora] usual antes de s

• desde siempre — always

• ¡ hasta siempre! — farewell!

• para siempre — forever, for good *

se ha ido para siempre — she has gone forever o for good *

• por siempre — liter for ever

siempre no me caso este año — I'm certainly o definitely not getting married this year

siempre que salgo llueve — every time o whenever I go out it rains

siempre que él esté de acuerdo — as long as he agrees, provided (that) o providing (that) he agrees

siempre que — ( cada vez que) whenever; ( a condición de que) (+ subj) provided (that), providing (that)

podrá entrar siempre que llegue antes de las siete — she'll be able to get in provided o as long as she arrives before seven

siempre que — ( cada vez que) whenever; ( a condición de que) (+ subj) provided (that), providing (that)

podrá entrar siempre que llegue antes de las siete — she'll be able to get in provided o as long as she arrives before seven

Ex: Improvements are, however being made all the time: the dividing line between microcomputer and minicomputer is already blurred.

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me