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un tuyau long de trois mètres — a pipe three metres [BrE] long, a three-metre [BrE] long pipe

au long cours — Nautisme [voyage, navigation] ocean; [capitaine] fully-licensed

être long (à faire) — [personne] to be slow (to do)

je ne serai pas long — ( pour aller quelque part) I won't be long; ( pour un discours) I will be brief

être long à la détente — (colloq) to be slow on the uptake (colloq)

en dire long/trop long/plus long — to say a lot/too much/more (sur quelque chose/quelqu'un about something/somebody)

un câble de six mètres de long — a cable six metres [BrE] long, a six-metre [BrE] long cable

en long — [découper, fendre] lengthwise

en long et en large — [raconter] in great detail

en long, en large et en travers — (colloq) [raconter] at great length

le long du mur — ( en longueur) along the wall; ( en hauteur) up ou down the wall

tout le long de quelque chose — ( dans l'espace) all along something; ( dans le temps) all the way through something

de longue haleine (projet, combat) — long-term

au long cours NAVIGATION — ocean modif ocean-going

de longue date (amis) — long-standing, [se connaître, être prévu] for a long time

au long de [rues, plage] — along, [annnés, périodes] during

tout au long de [année, vie] — throughout

de long en large [marcher] — to and fro, up and down

en long et en large fig — in every detail

bloccare la visuale — to cut off o break up the view

meno caro — less expensive, cheaper

è meno alto di suo fratello/di quel che pensavo — he is not as tall as his brother/as I thought, he is less tall than his brother/than I thought

ha due anni meno di me — he's two years younger than me

dovresti mangiare meno — you should eat less, you shouldn't eat so much

meno ne discutiamo, meglio è — the less we talk about it, the better

deve avere non meno di trent'anni — he must be at least thirty

meno fumo più mangio — the less I smoke the more I eat

andare all'università diventa sempre meno facile — it's getting less and less easy to go to university

ho speso (di) meno — I spent less

arrivo tra meno di un'ora — I'll be there in less than o in under an hour

sono le otto meno un quarto — it's a quarter to eight Brit o of eight Am

mi hai dato due carte di meno — you gave me two cards too few

eh, se avessi dieci anni di meno! — oh, if only I were ten years younger!

ho una sterlina in meno — I am one pound short

non voglio essere da meno di lui — I don't want to be outdone by him

fare a meno di — to do o manage without

se non c'è zucchero ne faremo a meno — if there isn't any sugar we'll do without

potresti fare a meno di fumare in macchina? — would you mind not smoking in the car?

non ho potuto fare a meno di ridere — I couldn't help laughing

in men che non si dica — in less than no time, quick as a flash

meno male! — good!, thank goodness!, just as well!

meno male che sei arrivato — it's a good job that you have come

men che meno gli inglesi — least of all the English

fammi sapere se verrai o meno — let me know if you are coming or not

quanto meno poteva avvertire — he could at least have let us know

non mi piace come scrive e tanto meno come parla — I don't like the way he writes let alone the way he talks

meno bambini ci sono, meglio è — the fewer children there are the better

meno storie! — stop messing around!

meno tempo — less time

meno turisti — fewer tourists

era il meno che ti potesse capitare — (rimprovero) you were asking for it

parlare del più e del meno — to talk about this and that

per lo meno — perlomeno

i meno — (la minoranza) the minority

a meno che non faccia caldo — unless it is hot

a meno di prendere un giorno di ferie — unless I (o you ecc) take a day off

ci siamo tutti meno lui — we are all here except (for) him

tutti meno uno — all but one

meno di due ore — under o less than two hours

non troverai niente a meno di 200 euro — you won't find anything for less than o for under 200 euros

parlare del più e del meno — to talk about this and that, to shoot the breeze AE

in men che non si dica — before you could say knife, in the bat o wink of an eye, in (less than) no time

fare a meno di — to manage o do without, to dispense with [auto, servizi]

es lässt sich áúshalten — it's bearable

hier lässt es sich áúshalten — this is not a bad place

ich halte es vor Hitze/zu Hause nicht mehr aus — I can't stand the heat/being at home any longer

er hält es in keiner Stellung lange aus — he never stays in one job for long

es bis zum Ende áúshalten (auf Party etc) — to stay until the end

hältst dus noch bis zur nächsten Tankstelle aus? (inf) — can you hold out till the next garage?

er hält viel aus — he can take a lot

er hält nicht viel aus — he can't take much

ein Stoff, der viel áúshalten muss — a material which has to take a lot of wear (and tear)

sich von jdm áúshalten lassen — to be kept by sb

hältst du noch aus? — can you hold out( any longer)?

es lässt sich aushalten — it's bearable; I can put up with it

es ist nicht/nicht mehr zum Aushalten — it is/has become unbearable or more than anyone can bear

er lässt sich von seiner Freundin aushalten — he gets his girlfriend to keep him

es ist nicht/nicht mehr zum Aushalten — it is/has become unbearable or more than anyone can bear

eine große Léístung vollbringen — to achieve a great success

das ist eine Léístung! — that's quite or really something (inf), that's quite an achievement or quite a feat

nach Léístung bezahlt werden — to be paid on results

nicht das Geschlecht, nur die Léístung zählt — your sex isn't important, it's how you do the job that counts

die Léístungen sind besser geworden — the levels of performance have improved; (in Fabrik, Schule auch) the standard of work has improved

seine schulischen/sportlichen Léístungen haben nachgelassen — his school work/athletic ability has deteriorated

er ist auf seine sportlichen Léístungen stolz — he's proud of his athletic achievement(s)

schwache Léístung! — poor show! (dated inf), that's not very good

die Léístung des Wehrdienstes ist Pflicht — completion of national service is obligatory

Bezahlung nach Leistung — payment according to performance or results; (in der Industrie) payment according to productivity

die Leistung einer Fabrik — the output or [production] capacity of a factory

Bezahlung nach Leistung — payment according to performance or results; (in der Industrie) payment according to productivity

die Leistung einer Fabrik — the output or [production] capacity of a factory

er ist auf Schicht (inf) — he's on shift

er ist auf Schicht (inf) — he's on shift

dzień dobry! — ( przed południem) good morning; ( po południu) good afternoon

dzień pracy lub roboczy — weekday

dnia lub w dniu drugiego czerwca — on the second day of June

w dzień lub za dnia — in the daytime

z dnia na dzień — ( stopniowo) from day to day; ( nagle) overnight