fast prisoner

to break (one's) fast разгове́ться

fast train ско́рый по́езд

fast neutron физ. бы́стрый нейтро́н

fast track ж.-д. ли́ния с движе́нием поездо́в большо́й ско́рости

the watch is fast часы́ спеша́т

the scales are fast весы́ пока́зывают бо́льший вес

fast colour про́чная кра́ска

fast friendship про́чная дру́жба

fast sleep беспробу́дный сон

fast coupling тех. постоя́нная (соедини́тельная) му́фта

to make fast

a fast set о́бщество кути́л

to lead a fast life вести́ беспу́тную жизнь; прожига́ть жизнь

a fast prisoner у́зник

fast tennis-court удо́бная, хоро́шая те́ннисная площа́дка

fast and loose непостоя́нный, изме́нчивый, ненадёжный

to play fast and loose (with) поступа́ть безотве́тственно (с); быть непосле́довательным, ненадёжным; наруша́ть обеща́ние

fast shut пло́тно закры́тый

to be fast asleep кре́пко спать

to live fast прожига́ть жизнь

fast by ( или beside) совсе́м ря́дом

stand fast! воен. стой!

window fast — віконна засувка, шпінгалет

to break one's fast — розговітися

fast sleep — міцний сон

fast friend — вірний друг

fast foe — запеклий ворог

fast prisoner — в'язень

fast train — швидкий поїзд

my watch is 3 minutes fast — мій годинник поспішає на 3 хвилини

fast woman — жінка легковажної поведінки

fast time — переведення стрілки годинника з метою економії електроенергії

to be fast asleep — міцно спати

the door was fast shut — двері були щільно зачинені

to live fast — марнувати життя

to play fast and loose — бути ненадійним; порушувати обіцянку

I have been fasting since breakfast — я нічого не їв від самісінького сніданку

window fast — шпінгалет

a two-mile run — una corsa di due miglia

to go for a run — andare a correre, fare una corsa

at a run — di corsa

to make a run for it — scappare di corsa

to have a run of (good) luck, bad luck — avere una fortuna, una sventura dopo l'altra

to have a six-month run — essere replicato per sei mesi

the run of the cards was against me — mi sono capitate delle carte bruttissime

in the normal run of things — nell'ordine normale delle cose

the run up to York — il viaggio per York

to give sb. the run of sth. — mettere qcs. a disposizione di qcn.

in the long run — a lungo andare, alla lunga

she ran a very fast time — ha fatto un ottimo tempo

to run sb. to the station — portare qcn. alla stazione

to run sth. over to sb.'s house — portare qcs. a casa di qcn.

to run the car into a tree — schiantarsi con la macchina contro un albero

to run one's hand over sth. — passare la mano su qcs.

to run one's eye(s) over sth. — percorrere qcs. con lo sguardo

to run one's pen through sth. — cancellare qcs. con la penna

who is running things here? — chi è responsabile qui dentro?

stop trying to run my life! — smettila di cercare di gestirmi la vita!

to run tests on sth. — effettuare dei test su qcs.

to run a check on sb. — raccogliere informazioni su qcn

to run for o to catch the bus fare una corsa per prendere l'autobus; to run across sth. attraversare qcs. di corsa; to run for the exit precipitarsi verso l'uscita; to run in the 100 metres — partecipare alla gara dei 100 metri

sorry - must run! — scusa - devo scappare

to leave the engine running — lasciare il motore acceso

a pain ran up my leg — un dolore mi percorse tutta la gamba

a wave of excitement ran through the crowd — un'ondata di entusiasmo attraversò la folla

his eyes ran over the page — diede un'occhiata alla pagina

my nose is running — mi cola il naso

tears ran down his face — le lacrime gli scorrevano sul viso, aveva il volto rigato di lacrime

to run for president — candidarsi alla presidenza

the telex runs — il telex dice

so the argument runs — così prosegue il ragionamento

a two-mile run — una corsa di due miglia

to go for a run — andare a correre, fare una corsa

at a run — di corsa

to make a run for it — scappare di corsa

to have a run of (good) luck, bad luck — avere una fortuna, una sventura dopo l'altra

to have a six-month run — essere replicato per sei mesi

the run of the cards was against me — mi sono capitate delle carte bruttissime

in the normal run of things — nell'ordine normale delle cose

the run up to York — il viaggio per York

to give sb. the run of sth. — mettere qcs. a disposizione di qcn.

in the long run — a lungo andare, alla lunga

she ran a very fast time — ha fatto un ottimo tempo

to run sb. to the station — portare qcn. alla stazione

to run sth. over to sb.'s house — portare qcs. a casa di qcn.

to run the car into a tree — schiantarsi con la macchina contro un albero

to run one's hand over sth. — passare la mano su qcs.

to run one's eye(s) over sth. — percorrere qcs. con lo sguardo

to run one's pen through sth. — cancellare qcs. con la penna

who is running things here? — chi è responsabile qui dentro?

stop trying to run my life! — smettila di cercare di gestirmi la vita!

to run tests on sth. — effettuare dei test su qcs.

to run a check on sb. — raccogliere informazioni su qcn

to run for o to catch the bus fare una corsa per prendere l'autobus; to run across sth. attraversare qcs. di corsa; to run for the exit precipitarsi verso l'uscita; to run in the 100 metres — partecipare alla gara dei 100 metri

sorry - must run! — scusa - devo scappare

to leave the engine running — lasciare il motore acceso

a pain ran up my leg — un dolore mi percorse tutta la gamba

a wave of excitement ran through the crowd — un'ondata di entusiasmo attraversò la folla

his eyes ran over the page — diede un'occhiata alla pagina

my nose is running — mi cola il naso

tears ran down his face — le lacrime gli scorrevano sul viso, aveva il volto rigato di lacrime

to run for president — candidarsi alla presidenza

the telex runs — il telex dice

so the argument runs — così prosegue il ragionamento

make one's escape [from something] — [aus etwas] entkommen

have a narrow escape — gerade noch einmal davonkommen

have a lucky escape — glücklich davonkommen

while trying to escape — auf der Flucht

escaped prisoner/convict — entflohener Gefangener/Sträfling

press escape — ‘Escape’ drücken

escape somebody['s notice] — (not be seen) jemandem entgehen

escape notice — nicht bemerkt werden

escape somebody's attention — jemandes Aufmerksamkeit (Dat.) entgehen

he was shot dead while trying to escape — er wurde bei einem Fluchtversuch erschossen

an escaped prisoner/tiger — ein entflohener Häftling/entsprungener Tiger

he escaped from the fire —

he's trying to escape from life on the streets — er versucht, von dem Leben auf der Straße wegzukommen

to escape from poverty — der Armut entkommen

these cuts will affect everyone, nobody will escape — diese Kürzungen betreffen alle, keiner wird ungeschoren davonkommen

the others were killed, but he escaped — die anderen wurden getötet, aber er kam mit dem Leben davon

no department will escape these cuts — keine Abteilung wird von diesen Kürzungen verschont bleiben

he narrowly escaped injury — er ist gerade noch unverletzt davongekommen

he narrowly escaped death — er ist dem Tod mit knapper Not entronnen

he narrowly escaped being run over — er wäre um ein Haar or um Haaresbreite überfahren worden

to escape the worst — vom Schlimmsten verschont bleiben

but you can't escape the fact that... — aber du kannst nicht leugnen or abstreiten, dass...

(= be unnoticed, forgotten by) his name escapes me — sein Name ist mir entfallen

nothing escapes him — ihm entgeht nichts

to escape notice — unbemerkt bleiben

it had not escaped her (attention) — es war ihr or ihrer Aufmerksamkeit nicht entgangen

the thoughtless words which escaped me — die unbedachten Worte, die mir herausgerutscht or entfahren sind

to make one's escape — ausbrechen, entfliehen

the escape was successful — der Ausbruchs- or Fluchtversuch glückte or war erfolgreich

the increasing number of escapes — die zunehmende Zahl von Ausbruchsfällen

what are their chances of escape? —

fishing/music is his escape —

due to an escape of gas — aufgrund or auf Grund ausströmenden Gases

hit escape — Escape drücken

make one's escape [from something] — [aus etwas] entkommen

have a narrow escape — gerade noch einmal davonkommen

have a lucky escape — glücklich davonkommen

while trying to escape — auf der Flucht

escaped prisoner/convict — entflohener Gefangener/Sträfling

escape alive — mit dem Leben davonkommen

press escape — ‘Escape’ drücken

she narrowly escaped being killed — sie wäre fast getötet worden

escape somebody['s notice] — (not be seen) jemandem entgehen

escape notice — nicht bemerkt werden

escape somebody's attention — jemandes Aufmerksamkeit (Dat.) entgehen

my watch is slow, fast — il mio orologio ritarda, va avanti

to set one's watch — regolare l'orologio

to set a watch on sb., sth. — tenere d'occhio qcn., qcs

is there anything worth watching on television? — c'è qualcosa di decente alla televisione?

he watched them run o running — li ha guardati correre

a young artist to watch — un giovane artista da seguire

watch this noticeboard for further details — per ulteriori informazioni tenete d'occhio questa bacheca

watch you don't spill it — fa' attenzione a non rovesciarlo

watch that he doesn't go out alone — guarda che non esca da solo

they are watching to see what will happen next — stanno aspettando di vedere che cosa succederà adesso

it's 10 o'clock by my watch — il mio orologio fa le 10

he was wearing an expensive watch — portava un orologio costoso

to keep a close watch on sb/sth — sorvegliare da vicino qn/qc

to keep watch for sb/sth — stare all'erta per qn/qc

I had the first watch — feci il primo turno di guardia

to watch sb do(ing) sth — osservare qn mentre fa qc

you can't do that! — just you watch (me)! — non puoi farlo! — e come no, sta' a vedere!

to watch one's chance — aspettare il momento propizio

to watch the time — controllare l'ora

I was watching TV — stavo guardando la TV

the police were watching the house — la polizia sorvegliava la casa

to watch one's language — moderare i termini, badare a come si parla

watch it! — attento!

watch how you drive/what you're doing — fai attenzione a come guidi/quel che fai

she watches the calories — sta attenta alle calorie

watch your head — attento alla testa

we shall have to watch our spending — dovremo limitare le spese

to watch sb's interests — badare agli interessi di qn

to watch for sb/sth — aspettare qn/qc

the doctors are watching for any deterioration in his condition — i medici lo tengono sotto osservazione nell'eventualità che le sue condizioni peggiorino

my watch is slow, fast — il mio orologio ritarda, va avanti

to set one's watch — regolare l'orologio

to set a watch on sb., sth. — tenere d'occhio qcn., qcs

is there anything worth watching on television? — c'è qualcosa di decente alla televisione?

he watched them run o running — li ha guardati correre

a young artist to watch — un giovane artista da seguire

watch this noticeboard for further details — per ulteriori informazioni tenete d'occhio questa bacheca

watch you don't spill it — fa' attenzione a non rovesciarlo

watch that he doesn't go out alone — guarda che non esca da solo

they are watching to see what will happen next — stanno aspettando di vedere che cosa succederà adesso

how close is London to the South coast? — wie weit ist London von der Südküste entfernt?

I wish we lived closer to your parents — ich wünschte, wir würden näher bei deinen Eltern wohnen

be/become close to somebody — jemandem nahe stehen/nahekommen

pay close attention — genau aufpassen

a close race — ein Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen

bear a close resemblance to somebody — jemandem sehr ähnlich sehen

come close to the truth — der Wahrheit nahe kommen

close on 2 o'clock — kurz vor 2 [Uhr]

close to somebody/something — nahe bei jemandem/etwas

close together — dicht beieinander

close behind — dicht dahinter

be/come close to tears — den Tränen nahe sein

on looking closer — bei genauerem Hinsehen

close an account — ein Konto auflösen

is Glasgow close to Edinburgh? — liegt Glasgow in der Nähe von Edinburgh?

the buildings which are close to the station — die Gebäude in der Nähe des Bahnhofs or in Bahnhofsnähe

at close quarters —

nobody realized how close a nuclear war was — es war niemandem klar, wie nahe ein Atomkrieg bevorstand

now pay close attention to me — jetzt hör mir gut zu

you have to pay very close attention to the traffic signs —

to keep a close lookout for sb/sth — scharf nach jdm/etw Ausschau halten

it was a close thing or call — das war knapp!

the vote/election was too close to call — der Ausgang der Abstimmung/Wahl war völlig offen

close on — nahezu

close on sixty/midnight — an die sechzig/kurz vor Mitternacht

close by — in der Nähe

close by us — in unserer Nähe

stay close to me — bleib dicht bei mir

close to the water/ground —

close to or by the bridge — nahe (bei) der Brücke

he followed close behind me — er ging dicht hinter mir

to be close to tears — den Tränen nahe sein

close together — dicht or nahe zusammen

my exams were so close together — meine Prüfungen lagen so kurz hintereinander

the closer the exams came the more nervous he got —

that brought the two brothers closer together — das brachte die beiden Brüder einander näher

please stand closer together — bitte rücken Sie näher or dichter zusammen

this pattern comes close/closest to the sort of thing we wanted — dieses Muster kommt dem, was wir uns vorgestellt haben, nahe/am nächsten

if you get too close up... — wenn du zu nahe herangehst...

"closed" — "geschlossen"

don't close your mind to new ideas — du solltest dich neuen Ideen nicht verschließen

to close one's eyes/ears to sth — sich einer Sache gegenüber blind/taub stellen

to close the gap between... — die Diskrepanz zwischen... beseitigen

the matter is closed — der Fall ist abgeschlossen