for three consecutive weeks

on four consecutive days — vier Tage hintereinander

this is the fifth consecutive day that... — heute ist schon der fünfte Tag, an dem...

straight hair — прямые волосы

straight timber — ровные доски (строевые материалы)

The picture isn't quite straight. — Картина висит криво.

the straight sequence of events — правильный ход событий

straight eye — верный глаз, хороший глазомер

straight question — прямой вопрос, вопрос "в лоб"

straight speaking — искренность; прямота

straight tip — сведения из достоверных источников

Twelve straight days after the birthday give a picture of the next year. — Двенадцать дней, следующие непосредственно за днем рождения, показывают, каким будет следующий год.

to ride straight — ехать напрямик

to hit straight — нанести прямой удар

The nearest way to it is straight along this street. — Самый близкий путь туда - прямо по этой улице.

He stared straight ahead. — Он смотрел прямо перед собой.

Are you going straight to London? — Вы едете прямо в Лондон?

He shot straight. — Он метко выстрелил.

People are getting tired of the same show for three weeks straight. — Люди уже устали от одного и того же зрелища в течение трёх недель кряду.

to go / run straight — (начать) вести честный образ жизни

In the seventeenth century men's and women's shoes and slippers seem without exception to be straights. — По-видимому, в 17 веке мужские и женские туфли и тапочки были одинаковыми для правой и левой ноги.

to do sth. to impress sb. — fare qcs. per impressionare qcn

he looked up to see... — guardò in su e vide

the youngest to do — il più giovane a fare

"are you staying?" - "I'd like to but..." — "resti?" - "vorrei ma..."

it is difficult to do sth. — è difficile fare qcs

she's gone to Mary's — è andata da Mary

to Paris — a Parigi

to Spain — in Spagna

to town — in città

the road to the village — la strada per il paese

turned to the wall — girato verso il muro

with his back to them — con le spalle rivolte verso di loro, volgendo loro le spalle

holding the letter to his chest — stringendosi la lettera al petto

back to back — schiena contro schiena

to the end, this day — fino alla fine, fino a oggi

50 to 60 people — dalle 50 alle 60 persone, fra le 50 e le 60 persone

in five to ten minutes — fra cinque-dieci minuti, fra i cinque e i dieci minuti

give the book to Sophie — dai il libro a Sophie

to me it's just a minor problem — per me, non è che un problema secondario

to our dear mother — alla nostra cara mamma

is it to your taste? — è di tuo gusto?

to win by three goals to two — vincere per tre gol a due

perpendicular to the ground — perpendicolare al terreno

next door to the school — di fianco alla scuola

three weeks to the day — tre settimane giuste

to scale — in scala

to time — tempestivamente, a tempo (debito)

to invite sb. to dinner — invitare qcn. a cena

the key to the safe — la chiave della cassaforte

a room to myself — una stanza tutta per me

there's no sense to it — non ha alcun senso

to his (great) surprise — con sua (grande) sorpresa

there's nothing to it — non c'è niente di difficile

to push the door to — chiudere la porta

to do sth. to impress sb. — fare qcs. per impressionare qcn

he looked up to see... — guardò in su e vide

the youngest to do — il più giovane a fare

"are you staying?" - "I'd like to but..." — "resti?" - "vorrei ma..."

it is difficult to do sth. — è difficile fare qcs

she's gone to Mary's — è andata da Mary

to Paris — a Parigi

to Spain — in Spagna

to town — in città

the road to the village — la strada per il paese

turned to the wall — girato verso il muro

with his back to them — con le spalle rivolte verso di loro, volgendo loro le spalle

holding the letter to his chest — stringendosi la lettera al petto

back to back — schiena contro schiena

to the end, this day — fino alla fine, fino a oggi

50 to 60 people — dalle 50 alle 60 persone, fra le 50 e le 60 persone

in five to ten minutes — fra cinque-dieci minuti, fra i cinque e i dieci minuti

give the book to Sophie — dai il libro a Sophie

to me it's just a minor problem — per me, non è che un problema secondario

to our dear mother — alla nostra cara mamma

is it to your taste? — è di tuo gusto?

to win by three goals to two — vincere per tre gol a due

perpendicular to the ground — perpendicolare al terreno

next door to the school — di fianco alla scuola

three weeks to the day — tre settimane giuste

to scale — in scala

to time — tempestivamente, a tempo (debito)

to invite sb. to dinner — invitare qcn. a cena

the key to the safe — la chiave della cassaforte

a room to myself — una stanza tutta per me

there's no sense to it — non ha alcun senso

to his (great) surprise — con sua (grande) sorpresa

there's nothing to it — non c'è niente di difficile

to push the door to — chiudere la porta

go to work/to the theatre — zur Arbeit/ins Theater gehen

to Paris/France — nach Paris/Frankreich

go from town to town — von Stadt zu Stadt ziehen

appoint somebody to a post — jemanden auf einen Posten berufen

from London to Edinburgh — von London [bis] nach Edinburgh

increase from 10 % to 20 % — von 10 % auf 20 % steigen

3 is to 4 as 6 is to 8 — 3 verhält sich zu 4 wie 6 zu 8

speak to somebody — mit jemandem sprechen

a room to oneself — ein eigenes Zimmer

get four apples to the pound — vier Äpfel je Pfund bekommen

to this day — bis heute

five [minutes] to eight — fünf [Minuten] vor acht

want to know — wissen wollen

too young to marry — zu jung, um zu heiraten; zu jung zum Heiraten

too hot to drink — zu heiß zum Trinken

to use a technical term — um einen Fachausdruck zu gebrauchen

he would have phoned but forgot to — er hätte angerufen, aber er vergaß es

she didn't want to go there, but she had to — sie wollte nicht hingehen, aber sie musste

push a door to — eine Tür anlehnen

to and fro — hin und her

to go to the station — zum Bahnhof gehen

to go to the opera/concert etc — in die Oper/ins Konzert etc gehen

to go to France/London — nach Frankreich/London fahren

to go to Switzerland —

to the left — nach links

to the west — nach Westen

he came up to where I was standing —

to fall to the ground — auf den Boden or zu Boden fallen

to turn a picture/one's face to the wall — ein Bild/sich mit dem Gesicht zur Wand drehen

hold it up to the light — halte es gegen das Licht

to count (up) to 20 —

it's 90 kms to Paris — nach Paris sind es 90 km

it's correct to a millimetre — es stimmt bis auf den Millimeter

8 years ago to the day — auf den Tag genau vor 8 Jahren

to this day — bis auf den heutigen Tag

they perished to a man — sie kamen alle bis auf den letzten Mann ums Leben

I have never been to Brussels/India — ich war noch nie in Brüssel/Indien

= secure to he nailed it to the wall/floor etc — er nagelte es an die Wand/auf den Boden etc

they tied him to the tree —

with indirect object to give sth to sb — jdm etw geben

a present from me to you —

who did you give it to? — wem haben Sie es gegeben?

I said to myself... — ich habe mir gesagt...

he was muttering/singing to himself — er murmelte/sang vor sich hin

what is it to you? — was geht dich das an?

he is kind to everyone — er ist zu allen freundlich

it's a great help to me — das ist eine große Hilfe für mich

to drink to sb — jdm zutrinken

= next to with position bumper to bumper — Stoßstange an Stoßstange

close to sb/sth — nahe bei jdm/etw

at right angles to the wall —

parallel to the wall — parallel zur Wand

to the west (of)/the left (of) — westlich/links (von)

25 to 3 — 5 (Minuten) nach halb 3

it was five to when we arrived — es war fünf vor, als wir ankamen

A is to B as C is to D —

by a majority of 10 to 7 — mit einer Mehrheit von 10 zu 7

they won by 4 goals to 2 — sie haben mit 4:2 (spoken: vier zu zwei) Toren gewonnen

3 to the 4th, 3 to the power of 4 — 3 hoch 4

= concerning what do you say to the idea? — was hältst du von der Idee?

what would you say to a beer? — was hältst du von einem Bier?

that's all there is to it — das ist alles

= according to to the best of my knowledge — nach bestem Wissen

it's not to my taste — das ist nicht nach meinem Geschmack

= accompanied by to sing to the guitar —

to sing sth to the tune of... — etw nach der Melodie von... singen

to dance to a tune/a band — zu einer Melodie/den Klängen or der Musik eines Orchesters tanzen

= of ambassador to America/the King of France — Botschafter in Amerika/am Hofe des Königs von Frankreich

secretary to the director — Sekretärin des Direktors

= producing to everyone's surprise — zu jedermanns Überraschung

infinitive to begin to do sth — anfangen, etw zu tun

he decided to come — er beschloss zu kommen

I want to do it — ich will es tun

I want him to do it — ich will, dass er es tut

conditional use of infinitive to see him now, one would never think... — wenn man ihn jetzt sieht, würde man nicht glauben,...

infinitive expressing purpose, result to eat/work to live —

to get to the point,... — um zur Sache zu kommen,...

well, not to exaggerate... — ohne zu übertreiben,...

I arrived to find she had gone — als ich ankam, war sie weg

never to be found again — und wurde nie wiedergefunden

omitting verb I don't want to — ich will nicht

I'll try to — ich werde es versuchen

you have to — du musst

I'd love to — sehr gerne

we didn't want to but we were forced to — wir wollten nicht, aber wir waren dazu gezwungen

I intended to (do it), but I forgot (to) — ich wollte es tun, aber ich habe es vergessen

buy it, it would be silly not to — kaufe es, es wäre dumm, es nicht zu tun

he often does things one doesn't expect him to — er macht oft Dinge, die man nicht von ihm erwartet

set structures __diams; noun/pronoun + to + infinitive he is not the sort to do that — er ist nicht der Typ, der das täte, er ist nicht der Typ dazu

I have done nothing to deserve this — ich habe nichts getan, womit ich das verdient hätte

he was the first to arrive — er kam als Erster an, er war der Erste, der ankam

who was the last to see her? —

there is much to be done — es gibt viel zu tun

what is there to do here? —

now is the time to do it — jetzt ist die (beste) Zeit, es zu tun

the book is still to be written — das Buch muss noch geschrieben werden

are you ready to go at last? — bist du endlich fertig?

it's hard to understand — es ist schwer zu verstehen

it's impossible to believe — das kann man einfach nicht glauben

you are foolish to try it — du bist dumm, das überhaupt zu versuchen

is it good to eat? —

it's too heavy to lift too young to marry — es ist zu schwer zum Heben zu jung zum Heiraten

go to work/to the theatre — zur Arbeit/ins Theater gehen

to Paris/France — nach Paris/Frankreich

go from town to town — von Stadt zu Stadt ziehen

throw the ball to me — wirf mir den Ball zu

appoint somebody to a post — jemanden auf einen Posten berufen

from London to Edinburgh — von London [bis] nach Edinburgh

increase from 10 % to 20 % — von 10 % auf 20 % steigen

with one's back to the wall — mit dem Rücken zur Wand

[compared] to — verglichen mit; im Vergleich zu

3 is to 4 as 6 is to 8 — 3 verhält sich zu 4 wie 6 zu 8

it's ten to one he does something — die Chancen stehen zehn zu eins, dass er etwas tut

speak to somebody — mit jemandem sprechen

secretary to the Minister — Sekretär des Ministers

a room to oneself — ein eigenes Zimmer

get four apples to the pound — vier Äpfel je Pfund bekommen

that's all there is to it — mehr ist dazu nicht zu sagen

what's that to you? — was geht das dich an?

to the end — bis zum Ende

to this day — bis heute

five [minutes] to eight — fünf [Minuten] vor acht

want to know — wissen wollen

do something to annoy somebody — etwas tun, um jemanden zu ärgern

too young to marry — zu jung, um zu heiraten; zu jung zum Heiraten

too hot to drink — zu heiß zum Trinken

to rebel is pointless — es ist sinnlos zu rebellieren

he woke to find himself in a strange room — er erwachte und fand sich in einem fremden Zimmer wieder

to use a technical term — um einen Fachausdruck zu gebrauchen

he would have phoned but forgot to — er hätte angerufen, aber er vergaß es

she didn't want to go there, but she had to — sie wollte nicht hingehen, aber sie musste

push a door to — eine Tür anlehnen

to and fro — hin und her

there's nothing to it — ce n'est pas compliqué