immediately after the war

sitôt après — ( tout de suite) immediately after; ( peu de temps) soon after

je n'y retournerai pas de sitôt — I won't go back there in a hurry (colloq)

sitôt dit, sitôt fait — (dated) no sooner said than done

Ex: Sprinkler systems fight fire, and transmit alarm at the same time, immediately after the beginning of a fire.

Ex: Right behind commercialization comes privatization.

sans lendemain — [bonheur, succès] short-lived

il ne faut jamais remettre au lendemain ce qu'on peut faire le jour même — Proverbe never put off till tomorrow what you can do today

au lendemain de — in the days following, figin the wake of

il giorno dopo — the next o following day

dopo aver mangiato è uscito — after having something to eat o after eating he went out

te lo dirò dopo — I'll tell you later o afterwards

hai presente l'incrocio? io abito subito dopo a destra — do you know the crossroads? I live just past o beyond it on the right; (in una gerarchia)

dopo di lei! — (per gentilezza, cortesia) after you! (in una gerarchia)

dopo che ebbe parlato — after he had spoken; (da quando)

il giorno dopo — the day after, the next o following day

• dar un golpe, el coche de atrás nos dio un golpe — the car behind ran into us

• darse un golpe, se dio un golpe en la cabeza — he got a bump on his head, he banged his head

• errar el golpe — to fail in an attempt

• a golpes, la emprendieron a golpes contra él — they began to beat him

• descargar golpes sobre algn — to rain blows on sb

con un total de 280 golpes — (Golf) with a total of 280 strokes

preparar el golpe — (Golf) to address the ball

golpe bajo — (Boxeo) low punch, punch below the belt

golpe de acercamiento — (Golf) approach shot

golpe de castigo — (Ftbl etc) penalty kick

golpe de martillo — (Tenis) smash

golpe de penalidad — (Golf) penalty stroke

golpe de salida — (Golf) drive, drive-off

golpe franco, golpe libre — (Ftbl) free kick

• dar el golpe con algo — to cause a sensation with sth

dieron un golpe en un banco — they did a bank job *

preparaba su primer golpe — he was planning his first job *

• a golpe de, abrir paso a golpe de machete — to hack out a path with a machete

• al golpe — Caribe instantly

• de golpe, la puerta se abrió de golpe — the door flew open

• de un golpe — in one go

cerró el libro de un golpe — she snapped o slammed the book shut

dio unos golpes en la mesa — he tapped on the table; ( más fuerte) he knocked on the table; ( aún más fuerte) he banged on the table

a golpe de — (Ven) around

de golpe — ( repentinamente) suddenly; ( quizás) (Col fam) maybe, perhaps

la puerta se abrió/cerró de golpe — the door flew open/slammed shut

de golpe y porrazo — (fam) ( de repente) suddenly

de un golpe — ( de una vez) all at once; ( de un trago) in one go o gulp

le dio or pegó un golpe en la cabeza — she hit him on the head

dar el golpe con algo — (fam)

con esa indumentaria seguro que das el golpe — you'll be a sensation o a knockout in that outfit

cerró el libro de un golpe — she snapped o slammed the book shut

dio unos golpes en la mesa — he tapped on the table; ( más fuerte) he knocked on the table; ( aún más fuerte) he banged on the table

a golpe de — (Ven) around

de golpe — ( repentinamente) suddenly; ( quizás) (Col fam) maybe, perhaps

la puerta se abrió/cerró de golpe — the door flew open/slammed shut

de golpe y porrazo — (fam) ( de repente) suddenly

de un golpe — ( de una vez) all at once; ( de un trago) in one go o gulp

le dio or pegó un golpe en la cabeza — she hit him on the head

dar el golpe con algo — (fam)

con esa indumentaria seguro que das el golpe — you'll be a sensation o a knockout in that outfit

Ex: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.

Ex: It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.

ich habe einen Whisky getrunken, danách fühlte ich mich schon besser — I had a whisky and after that or afterwards felt better, I had a whisky and felt better after that or afterwards or after (inf)

ich las das Buch zu Ende, erst danách konnte ich einschlafen — only when I had finished reading the book could I get to sleep

als Erster ging der Engländer durchs Ziel und gleich danách der Russe — the Englishman finished first, immediately followed by the Russian or and the Russian immediately after him

bei ihm kommt als erstes die Arbeit, danách lange nichts und dann das Privatleben — work comes first with him, and then, a long, long way behind, his private life

danách war die Stimmung damals ganz anders — we have a report here, according to which the atmosphere at the time was quite different

danách sein (Wetter, Bedingungen, Stimmung etc) — to be right

sie hat den Aufsatz in zehn Minuten geschrieben – danách ist er auch (inf) — she wrote the essay in ten minutes – it looks like it too

sie sieht auch/nicht danách aus — she looks/doesn't look( like) it

danách siehst du gerade aus (iro) — I can just see that (iro)

danách ist es verboten — read paragraph 218, under that it is illegal

mir steht der Sinn nicht danách (geh) — I don't feel inclined to

er griff schnell danách — he grabbed at it, he made a grab for it

hinter ihm war etwas, aber er hat sich nicht danách umgesehen — there was something behind him, but he didn't look round (Brit) or around to see what it was

sie sehnte sich danách, ihren Sohn wiederzusehen — she longed to see her son again

er hatte großes Verlangen danách — he felt a great desire for it

er hatte großes Verlangen danách, wieder einmal die Heimat zu sehen — he felt a great desire to see his home again

danách kann man nicht gehen — you can't go by that

wenn es danách ginge, was ich sage/was mir Spaß macht, dann... — if it were a matter of what I say/enjoy then...

eine Stunde danach — an hour later

voran gingen die Eltern, danach kamen die Kinder — the parents went in front, the children following after or behind

ein Brief ist gekommen; danach ist sie schon unterwegs — a letter has arrived, according to which she is already on her way

ihr kennt die Regeln, nun richtet euch danach! — you know the rules, so stick to or abide by them