just over twenty euros

se sentó en el pico de la cama — he sat on the edge o corner of the bed

tiene 50 libros y pico — he has 50-odd books o over 50 books

¡cierra el pico! — shut your trap! *, shut up! *

cierra el pico! — shut up (colloq), keep your trap shut! (colloq)

estar/irse de picos pardos — (fam) to be/go out on the town (colloq)

ser puro pico de gallo — (Méx fam) to be all talk (colloq)

tener un pico de oro — (fam) to be silver-tongued, to have the gift of the gab (colloq)

el acantilado caía a pico — the cliff fell steeply o sharply away

tiene 50 y pico de años — she's fifty odd o fifty something (colloq)

son las dos y pico — it's past o gone two

son 3.105 pero te perdono el pico — it's 3,105 but call it 3,000 (colloq)

salir por/costar un pico — (fam) to cost a fortune (colloq)

cierra el pico! — shut up (colloq), keep your trap shut! (colloq)

estar/irse de picos pardos — (fam) to be/go out on the town (colloq)

ser puro pico de gallo — (Méx fam) to be all talk (colloq)

tener un pico de oro — (fam) to be silver-tongued, to have the gift of the gab (colloq)

el acantilado caía a pico — the cliff fell steeply o sharply away

tiene 50 y pico de años — she's fifty odd o fifty something (colloq)

son las dos y pico — it's past o gone two

son 3.105 pero te perdono el pico — it's 3,105 but call it 3,000 (colloq)

salir por/costar un pico — (fam) to cost a fortune (colloq)

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Tee mit Zitrone — lemon tea, tea with lemon

mit dem Hut in der Hand — (with) his hat in his hand

ein Topf mit Suppe — a pot of soup

ein Kleid mit Jacke — a dress and jacket

wie wärs mit einem Bier? (inf) — how about a beer?

ich fahre mit meinem eigenen Auto zur Arbeit — I drive to work in my own car

mit der Post® — by post (Brit) or mail

mit dem nächsten Flugzeug/Bus kommen — to come on the next plane/bus

mit einem Mal — all at once, suddenly, all of a sudden

mit heutigem Tage (form) — as from today

mit beginnendem Sommer — at the start of summer

er mit seinem Herzfehler kann das nicht — he can't do that with his heart condition

du mit deinen dummen Ideen (inf) — you and your stupid ideas

ein junger Dichter, Rosenholz mit Namen (old) — a young poet, Rosenholz by name or called Rosenholz

wie geht or steht es mit deiner Arbeit? — how is your work going?, how are you getting on with your work?

mit meiner Reise wird es nichts — my trip is off

er ist mit der Beste der Gruppe/Mannschaft — he is one of or among the best in the group/the team

das gehört mit dazu — that's part and parcel of it

etw mit in Betracht ziehen — to consider sth as well

ein Haus mit Garten — a house with a garden

Herr Müller mit Frau — Herr Müller and his wife

ein Sack mit Kartoffeln/Glas mit Marmelade — a sack of potatoes/pot of jam

mit der Bahn/dem Auto fahren — go by train/car

mit einer Tätigkeit beginnen/aufhören — take up/give up an occupation

er ist beim letzten Ausflug nicht mit gewesen — he didn't come [with us] on our last trip

warst du auch mit im Konzert? — were you at the concert too?; s. auch Partie 6)

mit das wichtigste der Bücher — one of the most important of the books

ihr könntet ruhig einmal mit anfassen — it wouldn't hurt you to lend a hand just for once

warst du auch mit im Konzert? — were you at the concert too?; s. auch Partie 6)

non riesco più a sopportarla — I can't stand her any more o any longer

è più furbo che capace — he's cunning rather than able

è più che intelligente — he's clever to say the least

noi lavoriamo più di loro — we work more o harder than they do

mi piace più di ogni altra cosa al mondo — I like it better o more than anything else in the world

non guadagna più di me — he doesn't earn any more than me

è più intelligente di te — he is more intelligent than you (are)

è più povero di te — he is poorer than you (are)

cammina più veloce di me — she walks more quickly than me o than I do

non ce n'erano più di 15 — there were no more than 15

ha più di 70 anni — she is over 70

è a più di 10 km da qui — it's more than o over 10 km from here

più di uno gli ha detto che... — several people have told him that...

si fa sempre più difficile — it is getting more and more difficult

due volte più grande del mio — twice as big as mine

ne voglio di più — I want some more

3 ore/litri di più che — 3 hours/litres more than

una volta di più — once more

ci sono 3 persone in più — there are 3 more o extra people

mi ha dato 3 pacchetti in più — he gave me 3 more o extra packets, (troppi) he gave me 3 packets too many

e in più fa anche... — and in addition to o on top of that he also...

è ciò che ho di più caro — it's the thing I hold dearest

è quello che mi piace di più — it's the one I like the most o best

ciò che mi ha colpito di più — the thing that struck me most

fare qc il più in fretta possibile — to do sth as quickly as possible

è il programma che guardo più spesso — it's the programme I watch most often

più due — (gradi) plus two, two degrees above freezing o above zero

urlava a più non posso — she was shouting at the top of her voice

al più presto — as soon as possible

al più tardi — at the latest

più che altro — above all

più che mai — more than ever

chi più chi meno hanno tutti contribuito — everybody made a contribution of some sort

più o meno — more or less

avrà più o meno 30 anni — he must be about 30

sarò lì più o meno alle 4 — I'll be there about 4 o'clock

minuto più minuto meno — give or take a minute

né più né meno — no more, no less

né più né meno come sua madre — just like her mother

e per di più — (inoltre) and what's more, moreover

tanto più che non sai neppure parlare l'inglese — all the more so as you can't even speak English

chi ha più voti di tutti? — who has the most votes?

più gente viene meglio è — the more the merrier

ci sono più macchine — there are more cars

ci vuole più sale — it needs more salt

i genitori, più i figli — parents plus o and their children

ottenere il più possibile — to get the best possible

tutt'al più o al più possiamo andare al cinema — if the worst comes to the worst we can always go to the cinema

il più delle volte — more often than not, generally

per lo più — perlopiù

tre volte più lungo di — three times longer than o as long as

mangia più di me — she eats more than I do o more than me

non fuma più — he doesn't smoke any more o any longer

una volta di più — once more o again

è attivo quanto lei, se non di più — he is just as active as her, if not more so o or even more so; (con valore superlativo)

il più è convincerlo — the main thing o the most difficult thing is to persuade him