descent from support to hang

corte de carretera — [para obras, accidente] road closure; [como protesta] roadblock

corte (de helado) — wafer, ice cream sandwich (EEUU)

dale un buen corte y no te molestará más — tell him where to go and he won't bother you any more *

corte de mangas — rude gesture made with the arm and hand which is the equivalent of giving the V-sign or, in the US, the finger

le hizo un corte de mangas a los fotógrafos — he made a o the V-sign at the photographers, he gave two fingers to the photographers, he gave the photographers the finger (EEUU)

no deja de hacerme la corte a ver si le presto dinero — he keeps licking my boots o sucking up to me so that I'll lend him some money

un corte en el suministro eléctrico — (frml) a power cut

darle un corte a alguien — to break o split up with somebody

un traje de buen corte — a well-made o well-cut suit

menudo corte! — what a put-down! (colloq)

darse corte — (RPl fam) to show off

hacerle la corte a alguien — ( cortejar) (ant) to woo somebody (dated or liter)

un corte en el suministro eléctrico — (frml) a power cut

darle un corte a alguien — to break o split up with somebody

un traje de buen corte — a well-made o well-cut suit

menudo corte! — what a put-down! (colloq)

darse corte — (RPl fam) to show off

hacerle la corte a alguien — ( cortejar) (ant) to woo somebody (dated or liter)

Ex: Examples can be found where exchange of publications remains as the only form of contact after severance of diplomatic and trade relations.

Ex: The ARPAnet was an experimental network designed to support military research -- in particular, research about how to build networks that could withstand partial outages (like bomb attacks) and still function.

Ex: The protagonist experiences a jarring descent from the heights of literary distinction at court to the coarseness of common experience.

fall of snow/rain — Schnee-/Regenfall, der

fall down [into] something — in etwas (Akk.) [hinein]fallen

fall down dead — tot umfallen

fall down the stairs — die Treppe herunter-/hinunterfallen

fall [flat] on one's face — (lit. or fig.) auf die Nase fallen (ugs.)

fall into the trap — in die Falle gehen

fall from a great height — aus großer Höhe abstürzen

rain/snow is falling — es regnet/schneit

fall from somebody's lips — über jemandes Lippen (Akk.) kommen

fall out — [Haare, Federn:] ausfallen

fall into sin/temptation — eine Sünde begehen/der Versuchung er- od. unterliegen

his/her face fell — er/sie machte ein langes Gesicht (ugs.)

the fortress fell to the enemy — die Festung fiel dem Feind in die Hände

fall to pieces, fall apart — [Buch, Wagen:] auseinander fallen

fall apart at the seams — an den Nähten aufplatzen

it fell to me or to my lot to do it — das Los, es tun zu müssen, hat mich getroffen

fall into decay — [Gebäude:] verfallen

fall into a swoon or faint — in Ohnmacht fallen

fall into or under a category — in od. unter eine Kategorie fallen

the Fall (of Man) (Eccl) — der Sündenfall

fall of rock — Steinschlag m

there was another heavy fall (of snow) last night — es hat heute Nacht wieder viel geschneit

fall in demand (Comm) — Nachfragerückgang m

in the fall — im Herbst

her eyes fell — sie schlug die Augen nieder (geh)

to fall in sb's estimation or eyes — in jds Achtung (dat) sinken

to fall to the enemy — vom Feind eingenommen werden; (fortress, town also) vom Feind erobert werden

that falls within/outside the scope of... — das fällt in/nicht in den Bereich +gen..., das liegt innerhalb/außerhalb des Bereichs +gen...

to fall ill — krank werden, erkranken (geh)

to fall apart or to pieces (chairs, cars, book etc) — aus dem Leim gehen (inf); (clothes, curtains) sich in Wohlgefallen auflösen (inf); (house) verfallen; (system, company, sb's life) aus den Fugen geraten or gehen