it is a worrying time for her

it is a worrying time for her — sie hat zur Zeit große Sorgen

it's very worrying — es macht mir große Sorge

I know it's worrying for you — ich weiß, es macht dir Sorgen

¿cuánto ganas al mes? — how much do you earn o make a month?

como orador no hay quien le gane o no le gana nadie — as a speaker there is no one to touch him, no one outdoes him at speaking

¿qué gano yo con todo esto? — what do I gain o get from all this?

tierras ganadas al mar — land reclaimed o won from the sea

ganar popularidad — to win o earn popularity

• dejarse ganar — [con trampas] to lose on purpose

• ha ganado mucho en salud — his health has greatly improved

• salir ganando — to do well

ganó mucho con su estancia en Berlín — he gained a lot from o got a lot out of his stay in Berlin

supo ganarse el respeto de todos — she managed to win o earn everyone's respect

ganársela — (Esp fam)

se la va a ganar — she's going to get it o she's for it (colloq)

ganó mucho con su estancia en Berlín — he gained a lot from o got a lot out of his stay in Berlin

supo ganarse el respeto de todos — she managed to win o earn everyone's respect

ganársela — (Esp fam)

se la va a ganar — she's going to get it o she's for it (colloq)

Ex: The article 'Women in industry: where and how they administrate' concludes that there are fewer women in management than men and they earn less.

sentido del ridículo, su sentido del ridículo le impidió hacerlo — he felt self-conscious o embarrassed so he didn't do it

tiene un gran sentido del ridículo — she easily feels self-conscious o embarrassed

la vida sin ti no tendría sentido — without you life would have no meaning o would be meaningless

• doble sentido — double meaning

• sin sentido — [palabras, comentario] meaningless

no le veo sentido a esta discusión — I can't see any sense o point in this argument

• sin sentido — [crueldad, violencia] senseless

• tener sentido — to make sense

solo tiene sentido quejarse si así puedes conseguir lo que quieres — it only makes sense to complain if o the only point in complaining is if you can then get what you want

no tiene sentido que te disculpes ahora — it's pointless (you) apologizing now, there's no sense o point in (you) apologizing now

• perder el sentido — to lose consciousness

• recobrar el sentido — to regain consciousness

• en el sentido de las agujas del reloj — clockwise

en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — anti-clockwise, counterclockwise (EEUU)

• en sentido amplio — in the broad sense

• en el buen sentido de la palabra — in the best o good sense of the word

• en cierto sentido — in a sense

• en ese sentido — [con nombre] to that effect; [con verbo] in that sense, in that respect

en ese sentido no sabemos qué hacer — in that sense o respect, we don't know what to do

• en sentido estricto — in the strict sense of the word o term

no es, en sentido estricto, un pez de río — it's not a freshwater fish in the strict sense of the word o term, it's not strictly speaking a freshwater fish

• en sentido figurado — in the figurative sense, figuratively

• en sentido lato — in the broad sense

• tomar algo en el mal sentido — to take sth the wrong way

• en tal sentido — to that effect

un acuerdo en tal sentido sería interpretado como una privatización — such an agreement o an agreement to that effect would be interpreted as privatization

poner los cinco sentidos en algo — to give something one's full attention; ( ante peligro) to keep one's wits about one

no le encuentro sentido a lo que haces — I can't see any sense o point in what you're doing

esa política ya no tiene sentido — that policy doesn't make sense anymore o is meaningless now

gírese en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — turn (round) in a counterclockwise (AmE) o (BrE) an anticlockwise direction

venían en sentido contrario or opuesto al nuestro — they were coming in the opposite direction to us

calle de sentido único or (Méx) de un solo sentido — one-way street

poner los cinco sentidos en algo — to give something one's full attention; ( ante peligro) to keep one's wits about one

no le encuentro sentido a lo que haces — I can't see any sense o point in what you're doing

esa política ya no tiene sentido — that policy doesn't make sense anymore o is meaningless now

gírese en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — turn (round) in a counterclockwise (AmE) o (BrE) an anticlockwise direction

venían en sentido contrario or opuesto al nuestro — they were coming in the opposite direction to us

calle de sentido único or (Méx) de un solo sentido — one-way street

Ex: In establishing subdivisions for use with the names of people or peoples consider the connotation, in addition to the denotation, of the wording and structure of the subdivision.

you'd better go home, your mother will be anxious — es mejor que te vayas a casa, tu madre estará preocupada or inquieta

• to be anxious about sth — estar preocupado por algo

• to become or get anxious — ponerse nervioso

• to feel anxious — estar preocupado, estar inquieto

• with an anxious glance — con una mirada llena de preocupación or inquietud

• in an anxious voice — en un tono angustiado

anxious to please her mother, she cleaned the house — deseosa de or deseando agradar a su madre, limpió la casa

• to be anxious for reform — desear or ansiar una reforma

he is anxious for results — está deseoso de or ansioso por ver resultados

to be anxious for promotion/success — ansiar or ambicionar un ascenso/el éxito

jdn zu Tode quä́len — to torture sb to death

sie quälte sich in das enge Kleid — she struggled into or squeezed herself into her tight dress

er musste sich quä́len, damit er das schaffte — it took him a lot of effort to do it, it was a struggle for him to do it

sich durch ein Buch/die Unterlagen quä́len — to struggle or plough (Brit) or plow (US) through a book/the documents

ich quäle mich jeden Morgen aus dem Bett — it's a struggle for me to get out of bed every morning

er quälte sich aus dem Sessel — he heaved himself out of the chair

das Auto quälte sich über den Berg — the car laboured (Brit) or labored (US) or struggled over the hill

quälende Ungewissheit — agonizing uncertainty

-¿por qué no se lo dices? -¿para qué? — "why don't you tell her?" - "what's the point o use?"

tú ya has pasado por eso, ¿para qué te voy a contar? — you've already been through that, so there's no point o use me telling you

que para qué * —

tengo un hambre que para qué — [uso enfático] I'm absolutely starving *

ahora para las vacaciones de agosto hará un año — it'll be a year ago this o come the August holiday

lo tendré listo para fin de mes — I'll have it ready by o for the end of the month

un cuarto para las diez — LAm a quarter to ten

son cinco para las ocho — LAm it's five to eight