it was pure chance that I saw you

to leave nothing to chance — no dejar nada (librado) al azar

don't take any chances — no te arriesgues, no corras riesgos

finished yet? - give me a chance! — ¿has acabado ya? - espera un poco!

give them half a chance and they'll fleece you — en cuanto te descuidas te despluman

they don't stand much of a chance — lo tienen (bien) difícil

to chance it — arriesgarse*, correr el riesgo

to chance to + INF: I just chanced to be passing your office — pasaba por tu oficina por casualidad

we met by chance in Paris — nos encontramos por casualidad en París

do you have a room available, by any chance? — ¿no tendrá por casualidad una habitación libre?, ¿por casualidad tiene una habitación libre?

all those eligible will get a chance to vote — todas las personas que cumplan los requisitos podrán votar

give me a chance, I've only just got here! — ¡espera un ratito, acabo de llegar!

his chances of survival are slim — tiene escasas posibilidades de sobrevivir, sus posibilidades de sobrevivir son escasas

the chances are that... — lo más probable es que...

it has a one in 11,000 chance (of winning) — tiene una posibilidad entre 11.000 (de ganar)

he never stood a chance, the truck went straight into him — no pudo hacer nada, el camión se fue derecho a él

I'll take that chance — correré ese riesgo, me arriesgaré

to chance doing sth — arriesgarse a hacer algo

to chance to do sth — hacer algo por casualidad

I chanced to catch sight of her as she passed — la vi por casualidad cuando pasaba

to leave nothing to chance — no dejar nada (librado) al azar

don't take any chances — no te arriesgues, no corras riesgos

finished yet? - give me a chance! — ¿has acabado ya? - espera un poco!

give them half a chance and they'll fleece you — en cuanto te descuidas te despluman

they don't stand much of a chance — lo tienen (bien) difícil

to chance it — arriesgarse*, correr el riesgo

to chance to + INF: I just chanced to be passing your office — pasaba por tu oficina por casualidad

das war rein zúfällig — it was pure chance, it was purely by chance

es ist nicht zúfällig, dass er... — it's no accident that he...

das kann doch nicht zúfällig gewesen sein — that can't have happened by chance

"Ähnlichkeiten mit lebenden Personen sind rein zúfällig" — ≈ "any similarities with persons living or dead are purely coincidental"

er ging zúfällig vorüber — he happened to be passing

ich traf ihn zúfällig im Bus — I happened to meet him on the bus, I bumped or ran into him on the bus

das habe ich ganz zúfällig gesehen — I just happened to see it, I saw it quite by chance or accident

wir haben gestern darüber gesprochen, und heute habe ich zúfällig einen Artikel darüber gefunden — we were talking about it yesterday, and quite coincidentally I found an article on it today

wenn Sie das zúfällig wissen sollten — if you (should) happen to know

zúfällig auf ein Zitat stoßen — to chance upon a quotation, to happen to find a quotation

kannst du mir zúfällig 10 Euro leihen? — can you lend me 10 euros by any chance?

ich bin zufällig hier vorbeigekommen — I just happened to be passing

ich bin zufällig hier vorbeigekommen — I just happened to be passing

¿cree en el destino o en la casualidad? — do you believe in destiny or in chance?

nuestra victoria no ha sido fruto de la casualidad — our victory was no fluke

dio la casualidad de que... — it just so happened that...

ese día dio la casualidad de que decidí salir a dar una vuelta — that day I happened to decide to go out for a walk, as luck would have it I decided to go out for a walk that day

nos enteramos casi por casualidad — we found out almost by accident

¿no tendrás un pañuelo, por casualidad? — you wouldn't happen to have a handkerchief, would you?

no toca un libro ni por casualidad — he would never think of picking up a book

¡qué casualidad verle aquí! — what a coincidence meeting you here!, fancy meeting you here!

fue una pura casualidad — it was sheer coincidence

mi carrera profesional es una suma de casualidades — my career has been a series of coincidences

por una de esas casualidades de la vida — by one of life's little coincidences

pasé por ahí de casualidad — I happened to pass by there, I passed there by chance

si por casualidad la ves — if you happen to see her

qué casualidad! — what a coincidence!

ni por casualidad: no se baña ni por casualidad he wouldn't dream of having a bath; no le doy a la bola ni por casualidad — I just can't hit the ball

pasé por ahí de casualidad — I happened to pass by there, I passed there by chance

si por casualidad la ves — if you happen to see her

qué casualidad! — what a coincidence!

ni por casualidad: no se baña ni por casualidad he wouldn't dream of having a bath; no le doy a la bola ni por casualidad — I just can't hit the ball

bianco come la neve — (as) white as snow

veste come suo padre — he dresses like his father

a scuola come a casa — both at school and at home, at school as well as at home

ci vuole uno come lui — we need somebody like him

è come parlare al muro — it's like talking to the wall

come glielo dico? — how will I tell him?

non so come dirglielo — I don't know how to tell him

(il modo in cui) mi piace come scrive — I like the way he writes, I like his style of writing

ecco come è successo — this is how it happened

attento a come parli! — mind your tongue!

(quanto) come è brutto! — how ugly he (o it) is!

come mi dispiace! — I'm terribly sorry!

A come Ancona — A for Andrew

(in quale modo) mi scrisse come si era rotto un braccio — he wrote to tell me about how he had broken an arm

mi ha spiegato come l'ha conosciuto — he told me how he met him

dovevi vedere come lo picchiava — you should have seen the way he was hitting him

sai come sia sensibile — you know how sensitive he is

si comporta come ha sempre fatto — he behaves as he has always done

è meglio/peggio di come mi aspettavo — it is better/worse than I expected

come arrivò si mise a lavorare — as soon as he arrived he set to work, no sooner had he arrived than he set to work

come se n'è andato, tutti sono scoppiati a ridere — as soon as he left, everyone burst out laughing

come (se) — as if, as though

il come e il perché — the whys and the wherefores

come stai? — how are you?

come ti chiami? — what's your name?

come si scrive? — how do you spell it?

sapere come fare — to know how to do

com'è John? — what is John like?

com'è la casa? — what does the house look like?

come? — excuse me? pardon? sorry?

come hai detto? — what did you say?

come sei gentile! — how kind of you!

come sei cresciuto! — haven't you grown! how you've grown!

come ci siamo divertiti! — what a great time we had!

(ma) come! — what!

come no! — of course! sure!

come la maggior parte delle persone — like most people

in una situazione come questa — in such a situation

un cappello come quello — a hat like that one

fai come me — do as I do

ha fatto come gli ho detto — he did it the way I told him

(fai) come vuoi — do as you like

come avevamo deciso — as we had agreed

come sempre — as ever, the same as always

come al solito — as usual

come segue — as follows

ecco come è successo — it happened like this, this is what happened

per come la vedo io — as I see it

nero come il carbone — as black as coal

è intelligente come te — he is as intelligent as you

trattare qcn. come un bambino — to treat sb. like a child

è più facile di come pensavo — it's easier than I thought

di giorno come di notte — by day as well as by night

tanto qui come all'estero — both here and abroad

in un paese come l'Italia — in a country like Italy

lavorare come insegnante — to work as a teacher

presentarsi come candidato — to stand as a candidate

cosa c'è come dessert? — what's for dessert?

come potete vedere — as you can see

T come Tom — T for Tom

avaro com'è, non ti darà nulla — he's so mean, he won't give you anything

come da istruzioni — as requested, as per your instructions

come da programma — according to schedule

rispettala come fosse tua madre — respect her as though she were your mother

mi guardò come per dire "te l'avevo detto" — he looked at me as if to say "I told you so"

si comporta come se fosse a casa sua — he acts like he owns the place

si sono comportati come se niente fosse — they behaved as if nothing had happened

come si è fatto buio sono tornato a casa — as it went dark I came back home

come giro le spalle — as soon as my back is turned

mi ha detto come l'ha trovato — he told me how he had found it

il come e il perché di qcs. — the how and the why of sth

come non detto — forget it, never mind

come minimo — at the very least

vive (da) solo — he lives on his own

è tanto solo — he's very lonely

ci vado da sola — I'll go on my own

riesci a farlo da solo? — can you do it by yourself?

parlare da solo — to talk to oneself

(senza altri) finalmente soli! — alone at last!

vogliono stare sole — they want to be alone

possiamo vederci da soli? — can I see you in private?

c'è un solo libro — there is only one book

ha un solo figlio maschio — she has only one son

è il solo proprietario — he's the sole proprietor

essi sono una persona sola — they are as one

non si vive di solo pane — man does not live by bread alone

l'incontrò due sole volte — he only met him twice

la mia sola speranza è che... — my only hope is that...

non un solo istante ho creduto che... — I didn't believe for a single moment that...

(con agg numerale) veniamo noi tre soli — just o only the three of us are coming

resto solo un giorno — I'm only staying one day

l'ho incontrato solo due volte — I've only met him twice

mancavi solo tu — you were the only one missing, you were the only one who wasn't there

non solo ha negato, ma... — not only did he deny it, but...

solo che cong — but

l'ho visto, solo che non son riuscito a parlargli — I saw him, but I didn't get a chance to speak to him

sono il solo a poter giudicare — I'm the only one who can judge

è la sola che ha chiesto notizie — she was the only one to ask for news

a solo sm Mus — assolo

mi ha lasciato solo — she left me on my own

tutto solo solo soletto all alone; finalmente -i! alone at least! solo al mondo alone in the world; sentirsi solo to feel lonely; vivere (da) solo — to live alone

parlare da solo — to talk to oneself

essersi fatto da solo — to be a self-made man

si è mangiato un pollo da solo — he ate a whole chicken all by himself

il riscaldamento si accende da solo — the heating comes on by itself

il solo modo — the only way

in un solo giorno — in a single day

non un solo cliente — not a single customer

per -i uomini — (for) men only

dopo due -i lavaggi — after only two washes

a -i due giorni dalle elezioni — with only two days to go before the election

al solo pensiero di fare — at the very thought of doing

un uomo con un occhio solo — a one-eyed man

il solo, la -a — the only one

ero il solo a mangiare — I was the only one eating

i -i a capire — the only ones who understood

non sei la -a! — you're not the only one!

a solo — solo

è solo un ragazzo! — he's just a child!

solo lui potrebbe dirvelo — only he could tell you

solo una tazza di tè — just a cup of tea

solo un miracolo potrebbe salvarlo — only a miracle could save him

solo una volta — only once

ci saremo solo noi tre — there will be just the three of us

stavo solo scherzando — I was only joking

spero solo che... — I only hope (that)...

volevo solo dire che... — I just wanted to say (that)...

non solo... ma anche — not only... but also

solo se — only if

solo ieri — only yesterday

solo due giorni fa — just two days ago

verrei, solo che questa sera lavoro — I'd come, only I'm working tonight

volevamo guardare, solo (che) non osavamo — we wanted to watch but we didn't dare

ce la farà solo che lo voglia — he will make it if only he really wants it

essere solo come un cane — to be all alone

vive (da) solo — he lives on his own

è tanto solo — he's very lonely

ci vado da sola — I'll go on my own

riesci a farlo da solo? — can you do it by yourself?

parlare da solo — to talk to oneself

(senza altri) finalmente soli! — alone at last!

vogliono stare sole — they want to be alone

possiamo vederci da soli? — can I see you in private?

c'è un solo libro — there is only one book

ha un solo figlio maschio — she has only one son

è il solo proprietario — he's the sole proprietor

essi sono una persona sola — they are as one

non si vive di solo pane — man does not live by bread alone

l'incontrò due sole volte — he only met him twice

la mia sola speranza è che... — my only hope is that...

non un solo istante ho creduto che... — I didn't believe for a single moment that...

(con agg numerale) veniamo noi tre soli — just o only the three of us are coming

resto solo un giorno — I'm only staying one day

l'ho incontrato solo due volte — I've only met him twice

mancavi solo tu — you were the only one missing, you were the only one who wasn't there

non solo ha negato, ma... — not only did he deny it, but...

solo che cong — but

l'ho visto, solo che non son riuscito a parlargli — I saw him, but I didn't get a chance to speak to him

sono il solo a poter giudicare — I'm the only one who can judge

è la sola che ha chiesto notizie — she was the only one to ask for news

a solo sm Mus — assolo