make head against...

to put one over ou across GB on somebody — (colloq) faire marcher quelqu'un (colloq)

to be o hang in the balance — estar* en el aire; tip II 2) a)

the blow caught him off balance — el golpe lo agarró or (Esp) lo cogió desprevenido

to throw somebody off balance — ( disconcert) desconcertar* a alguien; (lit: topple) hacer* que alguien pierda el equilibrio

the balance of his mind was disturbed — frm su mente estaba desequilibrada

• in balance — en equilibrio, equilibrado

• to keep one's balance — mantener el equilibrio

• to lose one's balance — perder el equilibrio

• the balance of nature — el equilibrio de la naturaleza

• off balance, he's a bit off balance — (mentally) está un poco desequilibrado

to throw sb off balance — (lit) hacer que algn pierda el equilibrio; (fig) desconcertar a algn

• on balance — (fig) teniendo or tomando en cuenta todos los factores, una vez considerados todos los factores frm

• to be out of balance — [mechanism, wheel] estar desequilibrado

• balance of power — (Mil, Comm) equilibrio m de poder; (Phys) equilibrio m de fuerzas

• to redress the balance — restablecer el equilibrio

• he has no sense of balance — no tiene sentido del equilibrio

• to strike a balance — conseguir or establecer un equilibrio

• to be or hang in the balance — (fig) estar pendiente de un hilo

• bank balance — saldo m

• balance carried forward — balance m a cuenta nueva

• closing balance — saldo m de cierre

• credit/ debit balance — saldo m acreedor/deudor

• balance of payments/ trade — balanza f de pagos/comercio

• balance due — saldo m deudor

• balance outstanding — saldo m pendiente

• this increase must be balanced against the rate of inflation — hay que sopesar este aumento y la tasa de inflación

• to balance an account — hacer el balance de una cuenta

• to balance the books — hacer balance, hacer cuadrar las cuentas

• to balance the budget — nivelar el presupuesto

• to balance the cash — hacer caja

balance of payments deficit N — déficit m en la balanza de pagos

balance of terror N — equilibrio m del terror

balance sheet N — balance m, hoja f de balance

balance transfer N — (on credit card) transferencia f de saldo

balance weight N — contrapeso m

to be o hang in the balance — estar* en el aire; tip II 2) a)

the blow caught him off balance — el golpe lo agarró or (Esp) lo cogió desprevenido

to throw somebody off balance — ( disconcert) desconcertar* a alguien; (lit: topple) hacer* que alguien pierda el equilibrio

to meet somebody halfway o in the middle — llegar* a un arreglo con alguien

he met me off the train — me fue a buscar or a esperar a la estación

John, meet Mr Clark — (frml) John, le presento al señor Clark

she could not meet his eye o gaze — no se atrevía a mirarlo a la cara

where shall we meet? — ¿dónde nos encontramos?, ¿dónde quedamos? (esp Esp)

the vehicles met head on — los vehículos chocaron or se dieron de frente

where the three roads meet — en el empalme or en la confluencia de las tres carreteras

you'll never guess who I met on the bus today! — ¿a que no sabes con quién me encontré or me tropecé hoy en el autobús?

we will be meeting the ambassador tomorrow to discuss the situation — mañana tendremos un encuentro or una reunión con el embajador para discutir la situación, mañana nos entrevistaremos or nos reuniremos con el embajador para discutir la situación

he met his death or his end in 1800 — halló or encontró la muerte en 1800

to meet sth head-on — enfrentarse de lleno con algo, hacer frente or plantar cara directamente a algo

he offered to meet the full cost of the repairs — se ofreció a correr con or hacer frente a todos los gastos de la reparación

we could meet for a drink after work — podríamos vernos or quedar para tomar una copa después del trabajo

what time shall we meet? — ¿a qué hora quieres que quedemos or nos veamos?

the two ministers met to discuss the treaty — los dos ministros se entrevistaron or se reunieron para discutir el tratado

it is meet that... — conviene que... + subjun

to meet somebody halfway o in the middle — llegar* a un arreglo con alguien

he met me off the train — me fue a buscar or a esperar a la estación

John, meet Mr Clark — (frml) John, le presento al señor Clark

she could not meet his eye o gaze — no se atrevía a mirarlo a la cara

where shall we meet? — ¿dónde nos encontramos?, ¿dónde quedamos? (esp Esp)

the vehicles met head on — los vehículos chocaron or se dieron de frente

where the three roads meet — en el empalme or en la confluencia de las tres carreteras

dash something [to pieces] — etwas [in tausend Stücke] zerschlagen od. zerschmettern

she made a dash for it — sie rannte, so schnell sie konnte

his dash for freedom was unsuccessful — sein Versuch, in die Freiheit zu entkommen, war vergeblich

or color (US) — ein Farbtupfer m

to dash into/across a room — in ein Zimmer/quer durch ein Zimmer stürzen or stürmen

dash ( it)! (inf) — verflixt! (inf), (verflixter) Mist! (inf)

dash something [to pieces] — etwas [in tausend Stücke] zerschlagen od. zerschmettern

to take turns at doing to take it in turns to do fare a turno a fare; take it in turns! fate a turno! by turns a turni, a rotazione; to speak out of turn — fig. parlare a sproposito

to do a turn — [ dancer] fare un giro

to take a turn for the better — [ person] migliorare; [situation, things, events] andare per il meglio, mettere bene, prendere una buona piega

to take a turn for the worse — [ situation] peggiorare, prendere una brutta piega, volgere al peggio; [ health] peggiorare

to be on the turn — [ milk] cominciare a inacidire; [ tide] cominciare a cambiare

our luck is on turn — la fortuna sta girando o cambiando

a giddy o dizzy turn vertigini; to have a funny turn essere, sentirsi sfasato o fuori fase; it gave me quite a turn it gave me a nasty turn — mi ha fatto venire un colpo

one good turn deserves another — prov. = chi fa del bene riceve del bene, chi semina raccoglie

to turn the key in the door o lock — (lock up) chiudere la porta a chiave; (unlock) aprire la porta con la chiave

to turn one's back on sb. — voltare le spalle a qcn. (anche fig.)

to turn [sth.] on sb. — puntare [qcs.] contro qcn. [gun, hose, torch]; fig. indirizzare, dirigere [qcs.] contro qcn. [anger, scorn]

to turn sth. into — trasformare qcs. in [office, car park, desert]

to turn water into ice, wine — mutare o trasformare l'acqua in ghiaccio, vino

to turn sb. into — [ magician] trasformare o mutare qcn. in [ frog]; [ experience] fare di qcn. [extrovert, maniac]

to turn down o into girare in [street, alley]; to turn towards girare verso o in direzione di [village, mountains]; the conversation turned to Bob — si è finito per parlare di Bob

to turn on — [ argument] incentrarsi su [point, issue]; [ outcome] dipendere da [ factor]

to turn on sb. — [ dog] attaccare qcn.; [ person] prendersela con qcn

to turn to — rivolgersi a [ person]; rivolgersi a, cercare conforto in [ religion]

to turn to sb. for — rivolgersi a qcn. per [help, advice, money]

I don't know where o which way to turn — non so a che santo votarmi o che pesci pigliare

to turn into — [ tadpole] trasformarsi o mutarsi in [ frog]; [ sofa] trasformarsi in [ bed]; [situation, evening] trasformarsi in, risolversi in [farce, disaster]

to turn to — [ substance] trasformarsi in, diventare [ice, gold]; [fear, surprise] trasformarsi in [horror, relief]

to take turns at doing to take it in turns to do fare a turno a fare; take it in turns! fate a turno! by turns a turni, a rotazione; to speak out of turn — fig. parlare a sproposito

to do a turn — [ dancer] fare un giro

to take a turn for the better — [ person] migliorare; [situation, things, events] andare per il meglio, mettere bene, prendere una buona piega

to take a turn for the worse — [ situation] peggiorare, prendere una brutta piega, volgere al peggio; [ health] peggiorare

to be on the turn — [ milk] cominciare a inacidire; [ tide] cominciare a cambiare

our luck is on turn — la fortuna sta girando o cambiando

a giddy o dizzy turn vertigini; to have a funny turn essere, sentirsi sfasato o fuori fase; it gave me quite a turn it gave me a nasty turn — mi ha fatto venire un colpo

one good turn deserves another — prov. = chi fa del bene riceve del bene, chi semina raccoglie

to turn the key in the door o lock — (lock up) chiudere la porta a chiave; (unlock) aprire la porta con la chiave

to turn one's back on sb. — voltare le spalle a qcn. (anche fig.)

to turn [sth.] on sb. — puntare [qcs.] contro qcn. [gun, hose, torch]; fig. indirizzare, dirigere [qcs.] contro qcn. [anger, scorn]

to turn sth. into — trasformare qcs. in [office, car park, desert]

to turn water into ice, wine — mutare o trasformare l'acqua in ghiaccio, vino

to turn sb. into — [ magician] trasformare o mutare qcn. in [ frog]; [ experience] fare di qcn. [extrovert, maniac]

to turn down o into girare in [street, alley]; to turn towards girare verso o in direzione di [village, mountains]; the conversation turned to Bob — si è finito per parlare di Bob

to turn on — [ argument] incentrarsi su [point, issue]; [ outcome] dipendere da [ factor]

to turn on sb. — [ dog] attaccare qcn.; [ person] prendersela con qcn

to turn to — rivolgersi a [ person]; rivolgersi a, cercare conforto in [ religion]

to turn to sb. for — rivolgersi a qcn. per [help, advice, money]

I don't know where o which way to turn — non so a che santo votarmi o che pesci pigliare

to turn into — [ tadpole] trasformarsi o mutarsi in [ frog]; [ sofa] trasformarsi in [ bed]; [situation, evening] trasformarsi in, risolversi in [farce, disaster]

to turn to — [ substance] trasformarsi in, diventare [ice, gold]; [fear, surprise] trasformarsi in [horror, relief]