he spends all his money on going out

prenez la première sortie — ( sur une route) take the first exit

‘sortie’ — ( sur un panneau) ‘exit’, ‘way out’ GB

à la sortie de la ville — ( extra-muros) on the outskirts of the town; ( intra-muros) on the edge of the town

l'heure de la sortie — École home time; ( du travail) knocking-off (colloq) time

faire une sortie fracassante — [personne] to make a dramatic exit

sortie sur imprimante — ( processus) printing

sortie laser — ( processus) hardcopy laser output; ( feuille imprimée) laser hardcopy

à la sortie de l'école/l'usine (moment) — after school/work, when school/the factory comes out

Attends-moi à la sortie de l'école. — Meet me after school., (lieu) at the school/factory gates

faire une fausse sortie lit, fig — to make a stage exit

sono rimasto in casa — I stayed at home, I stayed indoors

è nell' editoria/nell' esercito — he is in publishing/in the army

è in fondo all'armadio — it is at the back of the wardrobe

è bravo in latino — he's good at Latin

dottore in legge — doctor of law

in lei ho trovato una sorella — I found a sister in her

in lui non c'era più speranza — there was no hope left in him

nell' opera di Shakespeare — in Shakespeare's works

vivo in Scozia — I live in Scotland

aveva le mani in tasca — he had his hands in his pockets

il pranzo è in tavola — lunch is on the table

se fossi in te — if I were you

un giornale diffuso in tutta Italia — a newspaper read all over o throughout Italy

andare in campagna/in montagna — to go into the country/to the mountains

andrò in Francia — I'm going to France

entrare in casa — to go into the house

entrare in macchina — to get into the car

gettare qc in acqua — to throw sth into the water

inciampò in una radice — he tripped over a root

l'ho messo là in alto/basso — I put it up/down there

spostarsi di città in città — to move from town to town

sta facendo un viaggio in Egitto — he's travelling in o around Egypt

negli anni ottanta — in the eighties

è cambiata molto in un anno — she has changed a lot in a year

in autunno — in autumn

di giorno in giorno — from day to day

in gioventù — in one's youth

in questo istante — at the moment

in luglio, nel mese di luglio — in July

lo farò in settimana — I'll do it within the week

mi piace viaggiare in aereo — I like travelling by plane, I like flying

pagare in contanti/in dollari — to pay cash/in dollars

ci andremo in macchina — we'll go there by car, we'll drive there

siamo andati in treno — we went by train

in abito da sera — in evening dress

tagliare in due — to cut in two

in fiamme — on fire, in flames

in gruppo — in a group

in guerra — at war

tradurre in italiano — to translate into Italian

parlare in italiano — to speak Italian

nell' oscurità — in the darkness

in piedi — standing, on one's feet

in prosa — in prose

in silenzio — in silence

scrivere in stampatello — to write in block letters

in versi — in verse

in marmo — made of marble, marble attr

braccialetto in oro — gold bracelet

lo stesso modello in seta — the same model in silk

me lo hanno dato in dono — they gave it to me as a gift

in favore di — in favour of

in onore di — in honour of

in altezza — in height

arrivarono in gran numero — they arrived in large numbers

in lunghezza — in length

siamo in quattro — there are four of us

in tutto — in all

si è fatto male nel salire sull'autobus — he hurt himself as he was getting onto the bus

nell' udire la notizia — on hearing the news

abito in via Roma — I live in BE o on AE via Roma

passeggiare in centro — to walk in the city centre BE o around downtown AE

viaggiare in Cina, negli Stati Uniti — to travel around o through Cina, the United States

in settimana mangio alla mensa — during the week I eat at the canteen; (entro)

spend money like water or (coll.) as if it's going out of fashion — sein od. das Geld mit beiden Händen ausgeben od. hinauswerfen (ugs.)

it was money well spent — es hat sich ausgezahlt

spend a penny — (fig. coll.) mal verschwinden [müssen] (ugs.)

he spends all his spare time on his car/with his friends — er verbringt jede freie Minute an seinem Auto/mit seinen Freunden

he was spending somewhat too freely — er gab das Geld mit vollen Händen aus

spend money like water or (coll.) as if it's going out of fashion — sein od. das Geld mit beiden Händen ausgeben od. hinauswerfen (ugs.)

spend a penny — (fig. coll.) mal verschwinden [müssen] (ugs.)

nunca he volado en helicóptero — I've never flown in o been in a helicopter

• echar a volar — [+ pájaro] to set free, let go; [+ globo, cometa] to fly

• echarse a volar — [pájaro] (por primera vez) to (begin to) fly; (=levantar el vuelo) to take off

• volar en globo — to balloon

• dejar volar la imaginación — to let one's imagination run riot

• hacer volar algo en pedazos — to blow sth to pieces o to smithereens

¡voy para allá volando! — I'll be right there! *

me preparó la cena volando — he made my dinner in double-quick time *

hice las maletas volando y me fui — I packed my bags as quick as I could and left *

pasó volando en la moto — he whizzed o sped past on his motorbike

• volar a hacer algo — to rush to do sth

cuando me di cuenta, el bolso ya había volado — before I knew it, the bag was gone o had gone o had disappeared

en una semana volaron las diez botellas — the ten bottles went o disappeared in the space of a week

cuando llegó la policía los ladrones ya habían volado — when the police arrived the robbers had vanished o disappeared

el tabaco parece que vuela en esta casa — cigarettes seem to sprout legs in this house *

las entradas se acaban volando — the tickets sell out very quickly o in no time at all

quedar(se) volando — (Méx fam) asunto/persona to be left up in the air

los bombones volaron — the chocolates vanished o disappeared

a volar: niños, a volar OK you kids, go away o get out of here; toma el dinero y a volar take the money and run; mandar a volar a alguien — (Méx) to tell somebody to get lost (colloq)

estaba que se volaba de rabia — she was beside herself with rage o anger

las entradas se acaban volando — the tickets sell out very quickly o in no time at all

quedar(se) volando — (Méx fam) asunto/persona to be left up in the air

los bombones volaron — the chocolates vanished o disappeared

a volar: niños, a volar OK you kids, go away o get out of here; toma el dinero y a volar take the money and run; mandar a volar a alguien — (Méx) to tell somebody to get lost (colloq)

estaba que se volaba de rabia — she was beside herself with rage o anger

Ex: For example, pilots flying on international routes sometimes have problems in understanding weather reports spoken in English but with a heavy local accent.

Ex: By blasting the face of the falls and excavating an underground cavern, the utility company channeled water through pipes to turbines at the base of the falls.

¿qué pasa? — what's happening?, what's going on?, what's up?; [como saludo] how's things? *

¿qué pasa contigo? — what's up with you?; [como saludo] * how's it going? *

• [lo que] pasa es que... — well, you see..., the thing is that...

• la foto fue pasando de mano en [mano] — the photo was passed around

¡pase! — come in!; [cediendo el paso] after you!

• [hacer] pasar a algn — to show sb in

ya ha pasado el tren de las cinco — (=sin hacer parada) the five o'clock train has already gone by; (=haciendo parada) the five o'clock train has already been and gone

• pasar [de largo] — to go {o} pass by

• pasar [por], el autobús pasa por delante de nuestra casa — the bus goes past our house

• tengo que pasar [por] el banco — I've got to go to the bank

• pasar a [ser] — to become

• [hacerse] pasar por — to pass o.s. off as

• yo de [ahí] no paso — that's as far as I'm prepared to go

• de [ésta] no pasa — this is the very last time

• de [hoy] no pasa que le escriba — I'll write to him this very day

• pasar [de] algo/algn, yo paso de política — I'm not into politics

• pasar algo a [limpio] — to make a neat {o} fair {o} clean copy of sth

• pasar algo a [máquina] — to type sth up

te paso con Pedro — [al mismo teléfono] I'll put you on to Pedro; [a distinto teléfono] I'll put you through to Pedro

• pasa [consulta] {o} [visita] a unas 700 personas diarias — he sees 700 patients a day

• pasar algo por [alto] — to overlook sth

pasar de largo — to go right o straight past

pasaba por aquí y... — I was just passing by o I was in the area and...

pasar POR algo: ¿podríamos pasar por el banco? can we stop off at the bank?; pase usted por caja please go over to the cashier; pasa un día por casa why don't you drop o come by the house sometime?; pasar A + INF: puede pasar a recogerlo mañana you can come and pick it up tomorrow; pasaremos a verlos — we'll call in o drop in and see them

pasar de un lado a otro — to go o cross from one side to the other

una tradición que pasa de padres a hijos — a tradition that is handed o passed down from generation to generation

te paso con Javier — ( en el mismo teléfono) I'll hand o pass you over to Javier; ( en otro teléfono) I'll put you through to Javier

no pasarán! — (fr hecha) they shall not pass!

¿quién quiere pasar al pizarrón? — (AmL) who's going to come up to the blackboard?

pasó del quinto al séptimo lugar — she went o dropped from fifth to seventh place

ahora pasa a tercera — (Auto) now change into third

pasar de curso — to get through o pass one's end-of-year exams

por esta vez (que) pase — I'll let it pass o go this time

pasaron muchos años — many years went by o passed

pasaban las horas y no llegaba — the hours went by o passed and still he didn't come

sin electricidad podemos pasar — we can manage o get by without electricity

lo que pasa es que... — the thing o the problem is...

siempre pasa igual or lo mismo — it's always the same

¿qué pasa? — what's the matter?, what's up? (colloq)

hola, Carlos! ¿qué pasa? — (fam) hi, Carlos! how's things o how's it going? (colloq)

pasar POR algo — por crisis/mala racha to go through something

paso de salir, estoy muy cansada — I don't feel like going out, I'm very tired (colloq)

pasa ampliamente de lo que diga la gente — she couldn't care less what people say (colloq)

paso de él — (esp Esp) I don't give a damn o I couldn't care less what he does (colloq)

a esto hay que pasarle una plancha — this needs a quick iron o run over with the iron