load a gun with shot

un pezzo di pane — a piece o bit of bread

un pezzo di carta — a piece o slip of paper

un pezzo di terreno — a piece o plot o patch of land

due -i di torta — two pieces o slices of cake

un pezzo di sapone — a cake o bar of soap

in -i — in pieces o bits

a -i — (rotto) [ oggetto] in pieces; fig. [ persona] beat, dead tired

tagliare qcs. a o in -i to chop sth. to pieces; rompere qcs. in (mille) -i to break sth. into (a thousand) pieces, to smash sth. to pieces o bits; cadere a o in -i to fall apart o to pieces; fare a -i (rompere) to break [sth.] into pieces [ oggetto]; fig. (criticare) to take o tear [sth.] apart [libro, film]; fare a -i qcn. — fig. to tear sb. to pieces

venduto al pezzo — sold separately o individually

costano 5 euro al pezzo — they cost 5 euros apiece o a piece o each

un bel pezzo di ragazza — a nice bit of stuff BE, a piece

che pezzo d'asino! — what an ass o a fool!

pezzo di bravura — mus. bravura passage

pezzo di carta — colloq. (titolo di studio) = diploma, degree

pezzo forte — pièce de résistance; (di collezione) centre-piece; teatr. speciality act BE, specialty number AE; mus. set piece

pezzo grosso — big shot o noise, bigwig spreg.

pezzo da museo — museum piece (anche scherz.)

jdn mit vorgehaltener Pistóle (zu etw) zwingen — to force sb (to do sth) at gunpoint

jdn auf Pistólen fordern (old) — to challenge sb to a duel (with pistols)

jdm die Pistóle auf die Brust setzen (fig) — to hold a pistol to sb's head

wie aus der Pistóle geschossen (fig) — like a shot (inf)

wie aus der Pistole geschossen — like a shot or a flash

jemandem die Pistole auf die Brust setzen — (fig.) hold a pistol to somebody's head

wie aus der Pistole geschossen — like a shot or a flash

jemandem die Pistole auf die Brust setzen — (fig.) hold a pistol to somebody's head

d'un coup de hache — [couper, tuer] with a single blow from an axe GB ou ax US

à coups de hache — [couper, tuer] with an axe GB ou ax US

donner un coup de quelque chose à quelqu'un — gén to hit ou strike somebody with something

prendre un coup — [personne, voiture] to get a knock

en avoir pris un coup — (colloq) fig ( être très abîmé) to have taken (quite) a punishing

rendre coup pour coup — lit to fight back; fig to give tit for tat

en venir aux coups — to come to blows ( pour over)

les trois coups — Théâtre three knocks signalling [BrE] that the curtain is about to rise

porter un coup (sévère) à — to deal [somebody/something] a (severe) blow [personne, organisation]

en cas de coup dur — ( accident) should anything really bad happen; ( difficulté) if things get rough

ça m'a donné un (sacré) coup — (colloq) it gave me an awful shock

sur le coup de dix heures — (colloq) around ten

se donner un (petit) coup de brosse/peigne — to give one's hair a (quick) brush/comb GB, to brush/comb one's hair (quickly)

tous les coups sont permis — lit, fig no holds barred

blesser quelqu'un d'un coup de fusil or pistolet — to shoot and wound somebody

tuer quelqu'un d'un coup de fusil or pistolet — to shoot somebody dead

monter un coup — to plan a job (colloq)

coup monté! — set-up! (colloq)

mettre quelqu'un dans le coup — to cut somebody in on the deal (colloq)

être sur un gros coup — to be onto something big (colloq)

il a raté son coup — (colloq) he blew it (colloq)

être dans le coup — ( impliqué) to be in on it; ( au courant) to be up to date, to know what's going on

tu n'es plus dans le coup! — fig you're behind the times!

être/rester hors du coup — ( non impliqué) to have/to keep one's nose clean (colloq)

du premier coup — ( immédiatement) straight off; ( à la première tentative) at the first attempt

(encore) un coup pour rien — no go again (colloq)

du coup — (colloq) as a result

du même coup — (colloq) by the same token

pour le coup — (colloq) this time

en un seul coup — in one go (colloq)

sur le coup — ( à ce moment-là) at the time; ( immédiatement) instantly, on the spot

donne-moi encore un petit coup de gin — give me another shot (colloq) of gin

tenir le coup — ( résister à l'épreuve) [personne] to make it (colloq); [véhicule, chaussures] to last out; [lien, réparation] to hold; ( ne pas abandonner) [personne] to hold on; [armée] to hold out; ( faire face) to cope

en mettre un coup — (colloq) to give it all one's got (colloq)

être aux cent coups — (colloq) to be worried sick (colloq), to be in a state (colloq)

faire les quatre cents coups — (colloq) to be up to no good

attraper le coup pour faire quelque chose — (colloq) to get the knack of doing something; pierre

porter un coup fatal à qch fig — to deal a death blow to sth

un coup de poignard dans le dos fig — a stab in the back

tuer qn à coups de fusil — to shoot sb dead (with a rifle)

tué à coups de fusil — shot dead (with a rifle)

tuer qn à coups de revolver — to shoot sb dead (with a handgun)

blessé à coups de revolver — shot and wounded (with a handgun)

réussir son coup — to pull it off *

d'un seul coup (= subitement) — suddenly, (= à la fois) at one go

être dans le coup (= à la page) — to be with it

jdn mit vorgehaltener Pistóle (zu etw) zwingen — to force sb (to do sth) at gunpoint

jdn auf Pistólen fordern (old) — to challenge sb to a duel (with pistols)

jdm die Pistóle auf die Brust setzen (fig) — to hold a pistol to sb's head

wie aus der Pistóle geschossen (fig) — like a shot (inf)

wie aus der Pistole geschossen — like a shot or a flash

jemandem die Pistole auf die Brust setzen — (fig.) hold a pistol to somebody's head

wie aus der Pistole geschossen — like a shot or a flash

jemandem die Pistole auf die Brust setzen — (fig.) hold a pistol to somebody's head

tardaron dos días en quitar los escombros — it took two days to clear o remove the rubble

• quitar la mesa — to clear the table

• quitar el sitio a algn — to steal sb's place

• quitar el hambre, un par de rodajas deben quitar el hambre — a couple of slices should stop you feeling hungry

• quitar la sed — to quench one's thirst

• quitar el sueño, el café me quita el sueño — coffee stops me sleeping

• quitar importancia a algo — to play sth down

• quitando el postre comimos bien — apart o aside from the dessert we had a good meal

quitar a algn de hacer algo — to stop o prevent sb (from) doing sth

¡quita!, ¡quita de ahí! — (=¡aparta!) get out of the way!; (=¡qué va!) get away!, come off it!

eso no quita para que me ayudes — that doesn't stop o prevent you helping me, that doesn't mean you can't help me

quítalo de aquí! — get o take it out of here!

quitar la mesa — (Esp) to clear the table; (+ me/te/le etc)

le quitó la pistola al ladrón — he got o took the gun off the thief

me quitaron la cartera del bolsillo — someone took o stole my wallet from my pocket

de quita y pon — <funda/etiqueta> removable

eso no quita que...: pero eso no quita que se pueda hacer de otra manera but that doesn't mean that there aren't other ways of doing it; ni quitar ni poner (fam): yo aquí ni quito ni pongo I don't count o my opinion doesn't count around here; quien quita y... (Méx fam): quien quita y me saco la lotería maybe I'll even win the lottery; quien quita y lo encontramos — we might still find it

se quita años or la edad — she lies about her age

quítalo de aquí! — get o take it out of here!

quitar la mesa — (Esp) to clear the table; (+ me/te/le etc)

le quitó la pistola al ladrón — he got o took the gun off the thief

me quitaron la cartera del bolsillo — someone took o stole my wallet from my pocket

de quita y pon — <funda/etiqueta> removable

eso no quita que...: pero eso no quita que se pueda hacer de otra manera but that doesn't mean that there aren't other ways of doing it; ni quitar ni poner (fam): yo aquí ni quito ni pongo I don't count o my opinion doesn't count around here; quien quita y... (Méx fam): quien quita y me saco la lotería maybe I'll even win the lottery; quien quita y lo encontramos — we might still find it

se quita años or la edad — she lies about her age

Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.