one of his tricks

And that was hardly fair at the beginning of a luncheon; a poor appetizer for a great lawyer who was going to be a defendant and get large daily doses of his own medicine. (U. Sinclair, ‘Boston’, ch. X) — Какая несправедливость! Такой разговор в начале завтрака не способствовал улучшению аппетита знаменитого юриста, который собирался выступить в качестве защитника и которого ежедневно могли побить его собственным оружием.

Jim was always playing tricks on other boys. Finally they decided to give him a dose of his own medicine. (DAI) — Джим всегда подшучивал над ребятами. В конце концов они решили отплатить ему той же монетой.

And this girl was French, not likely to lose her head, or accept any unlegalized position. (J. Galsworthy, ‘In Chancery’, part I, ch. I) — Девушка эта была француженка, по-видимому, не склонная поступить опрометчиво или согласиться на неузаконенное положение.

She must always have been a cold, self-possessed woman, but it is just with people like that that nature at times plays strange tricks. I am prepared to believe that she lost her head completely. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘A Casual Affair’) — Леди Кастеллан и в ту пору была, вероятно, такой же сдержанной и так же умела владеть собой. Но ведь именно над такими людьми природа порой подшучивает самым неожиданным образом. Видно, она совсем потеряла голову.

Dr. Macphail bent down - he was not a man to lose his head in an emergency - and turned the body over. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Rain’) — Доктор Макфейл нагнулся - он был не из тех, кто теряется в трудную минуту, - и перевернул тело.

‘My servant's a capitalist, begad.’ ‘Oh, sir,’ said Mrs. Brixham, ‘I know it to my cost. I borrowed from him a little money five years ago; and though I have paid him many times over, I am entirely in his power. I am ruined by him, sir.’ (W. Thackeray, ‘Pendennis’, vol. II, ch. XXIX) — - Клянусь небом, мой слуга - капиталист! - О, сэр, - ответила миссис Бриксгем, - я это знаю на своем горьком опыте. Пять лет тому назад я заняла у него небольшую сумму и хотя заплатила ему уже гораздо больше, но до сих пор осталась в его власти. Он разорил меня, сэр.

...if they tried any more of their land-grabbing tricks in Argyll they'd find out to their cost what the spirit was. (C. Mackenzie, ‘Hunting the Fairies’, ch. 4) —...если Кемпбеллы прибегнут к дальнейшим фокусам для захвата земли, то они на собственной шкуре испытают, что значит железная хватка их противников.

il suo giardino — his (o her) garden

sua madre — his (o her) mother

suo padre — his (o her) father

un suo amico — a friend of his (o hers)

è colpa sua — it's his (o her) fault

è casa sua; è la sua casa — it's his (o her) house

per amor suo — for love of him (o her)

Sua Altezza — His (o Her) Highness

la mia barca è più lunga della sua — my boat is longer than his (o hers)

il suo è stato solo un errore — it was simply an error on his (o her) part

vive del suo — he (o she) lives on his (o her) own income

lui è dei suoi — he is on his (o her) side

è dalla sua — (parte) he's on his (o her) side

anche lui ha avuto le sue — (disavventure) he's had his problems too

suo devotissimo — (in lettere) your devoted servant

suo padre, sua madre — (di lui) his father, mother; (di lei) her father, mother

i suoi figli — (di lui) his children; (di lei) her children

Sua Maestà — (il re) His Majesty; (la regina) Her Majesty

un suo amico — (di lui) a friend of his; (di lei) a friend of hers

quel suo compagno di scuola — (di lui) that school friend of his; (di lei) that school friend of hers

questo libro è suo — (di lui) this book is his; (di lei) this book is hers

è il suo, la sua — (di lui) it's his; (di lei) it's hers; (in espressioni ellittiche)

i suoi — (genitori) (di lui) his parents; (di lei) her parents; (parenti) (di lui) his relatives; (di lei) her relatives

Luca non vuole spendere del suo — Luca doesn't want to spend his own money o to pay out of his own pocket

de façon à faire — ( en vue de) in order to do; ( de telle manière que) in such a way as to do

travailler à façon — to work to order ( with supplied materials)

sans façons — [repas] informal; [personne] unpretentious

faire des façons (= des histoires) — to make a fuss, (= des chichis) to stand on ceremony

se telefona qualcuno durante la mia assenza — should anybody phone o if anybody phones while I'm out

la culpa es suya — it's his/her etc fault

- permiso -es suyo — Chile, Méx "excuse me" - "yes?"

no es amigo suyo — he is not a friend of his/hers etc

no es culpa suya — it's not his/her etc fault, it's no fault of his/hers etc

varios libros suyos — (=de ellos) several books of theirs, several of their books

• hacer algo suyo, hizo suyas mis palabras — he echoed my words

• eso es muy suyo — that's just like him, that's typical of him

él es un hombre muy suyo — (=reservado) he's a man who keeps very much to himself; (=quisquilloso) he's a very fussy sort

este libro es el suyo — this book is his/hers etc

los suyos — (=familia) one's family o relations; (=partidarios) one's own people o supporters

suyo afectísimo — yours faithfully o sincerely, yours truly (EEUU)

• de suyo — in itself, intrinsically

• lo suyo — (what is) his; (=su parte) his share, what he deserves

aguantar lo suyo — (=su parte) to do one's share; (=mucho) to put up with a lot

ser muy suyo: eso es muy suyo that's typical of him/her; es muy suya — she's an odd sort (colloq)

el suyo, la suya etc — ( de él) his; ( de ella) hers; (de usted, ustedes) yours; (de ellos, ellas) theirs

hacer (una) de las suyas — (fam) to get up to one's usual o old tricks

ir a lo suyo — to look after number one

lo suyo: tuvo que trabajar lo suyo he had to work very hard; pesa lo suyo it weighs a ton; salirse con la suya — to get one's own way

ser muy suyo: eso es muy suyo that's typical of him/her; es muy suya — she's an odd sort (colloq)

el suyo, la suya etc — ( de él) his; ( de ella) hers; (de usted, ustedes) yours; (de ellos, ellas) theirs

hacer (una) de las suyas — (fam) to get up to one's usual o old tricks

ir a lo suyo — to look after number one

lo suyo: tuvo que trabajar lo suyo he had to work very hard; pesa lo suyo it weighs a ton; salirse con la suya — to get one's own way

Ex: As something you may or may not know, every item going into the processing stream is assigned a priority, and our judgment will in many cases be different from yours, as our needs will be different from yours.

non ha una lira — he hasn't a penny, he's penniless

ho comprato una mela e due pere — I bought one apple and two pears

ho passato un mese in Italia — I spent one month in Italy

era una giornata splendida — it was a beautiful day

un giorno gli ho telefonato — one day I called him

uno gnomo — a gnome

dammene un po' — give me some

è uno sciocco — he's a fool

ho visto un uomo — I saw a man

uno zingaro — a gypsy

ho una paura! — I'm terrified!

ma questo è un porcile! — it's an absolute pigsty in here!

costerà un 300 euro — it'll cost round about 300 euros

a uno a uno — one by one

è uno dei più veloci — it's one of the fastest

uno dei tanti — one of the many

uno di noi — one of us

facciamo metà per uno — let's go halves

se uno vuole — if one wants, if you want

se uno ha i soldi — if one has the money

non confondere gli uni con gli altri — don't confuse one lot with the other

abbiamo visto l'uno e l'altro — we've seen both of them

sono entrati l'uno dopo l'altro — they came in one after the other

si amano l'un l'altro — they love each other

ne hai combinata una delle tue! — you've done it again, haven't you!

ne vuoi sentire una? — do you want to hear a good one?

non me ne va mai bene una — nothing ever goes right for me

uno più uno fa due — one plus one equals two

dipendiamo gli uni dagli altri — we depend on each other o on one another

non o neanche uno ha detto grazie nobody o not one person said thank you; non sono uno che dimentica i compleanni I'm not the kind of person who forgets birthdays; ne ha combinata una delle sue he's been up to his tricks again; non gliene va bene una nothing seems to go right for him; per dirne una — just to mention one thing

una persona su tre — one person in o out of three

l'una — (di notte) one am; (di pomeriggio) one pm

I suspect some trick — es könnte ein Trick sein

it was all a trick — das war [alles] nur Bluff

it was such a shabby trick [to play on her] — es war [ihr gegenüber] eine derartige Gemeinheit od. dermaßen gemein

try every trick in the book — es mit allen Tricks probieren

he never misses a trick — (fig.) ihm entgeht nichts

that should do the trick — (coll.) damit dürfte es klappen (ugs.)

get or find the trick [of doing something] — den Dreh finden[, wie man etwas tut]

be up to one's [old] tricks again — immer noch auf dieselbe Tour reisen (ugs.)

trick or treat — Trick-or-Treat, das (Kinderspiel)

trick of vision/lighting/the light — Augentäuschung, die

trick somebody into doing something — jemanden mit einem Trick od. einer List dazu bringen, etwas zu tun

he knows a trick or two (inf) — der kennt sich aus, der weiß, wie der Hase läuft

he never misses a trick (inf) — er lässt sich (dat) nichts entgehen

he knows all the tricks of the trade — er ist ein alter Hase

he is full of tricks (child, footballer etc) (salesman, politician etc) — er steckt voller Tricks er hat es faustdick hinter den Ohren

it's a trick of the light — da täuscht das Licht

unless my eyes are playing tricks on me — wenn meine Augen mich nicht täuschen

he's up to his ( old) tricks again — jetzt macht er wieder seine (alten) Mätzchen (inf)

how's tricks? ( Brit inf ) — wie gehts?

once you get the trick of adjusting it — wenn du einmal den Dreh or Trick heraushast, wie man das einstellt

there's a special trick to it — da ist ein Trick dabei

that should do the trick (inf) — das müsste eigentlich hinhauen (inf)

to turn a trick — es einem Kunden machen or besorgen (sl)

I've been tricked! — ich bin hereingelegt or übers Ohr gehauen (inf) worden!

he tricked the old lady into giving him her life savings — er hat die alte Dame mit einem Trick um all ihre Ersparnisse betrogen

to trick sb out of sth — jdn um etw prellen, jdm etw abtricksen (inf)

it was such a shabby trick [to play on her] — es war [ihr gegenüber] eine derartige Gemeinheit od. dermaßen gemein

he never misses a trick — (fig.) ihm entgeht nichts

that should do the trick — (coll.) damit dürfte es klappen (ugs.)

get or find the trick [of doing something] — den Dreh finden[, wie man etwas tut]

be up to one's [old] tricks again — immer noch auf dieselbe Tour reisen (ugs.)

trick or treat — Trick-or-Treat, das (Kinderspiel)

trick of vision/lighting/the light — Augentäuschung, die

trick somebody into doing something — jemanden mit einem Trick od. einer List dazu bringen, etwas zu tun

it would be wise to call first — sería prudente or aconsejable llamar antes

to be none the wiser: I'm none the wiser sigo sin entender or sin enterarme; eat one: no-one will be any the wiser cómete una, nadie se va a dar cuenta; to get wise with somebody — (AmE colloq) insolentarse con alguien

to be wise TO something/somebody: don't worry, I'm wise to him/his tricks — no te preocupes que lo conozco muy bien or (fam) ya lo tengo calado/le conozco las mañas

she had grown wiser with age — se había vuelto más prudente or juiciosa con los años

to get wise — (esp US) * darse cuenta, caer en la cuenta *

the police got wise to them — la policía los caló *

to get wise with sb — (esp US) * hacerse el listo con algn

to put sb wise to sth * — poner a algn al corriente or al tanto de algo

it would be wise to — + infin sería prudente + infin, sería aconsejable + infin

wise guy * N — listillo(-a) * m / f pej

wise man N — (=sage) sabio m ; (=witch doctor) hechicero m

Wise Men NPL —

• the (Three) Wise Men — los (Tres) Reyes Magos

wise woman N — (=sage) sabia f ; (=witch doctor) hechicera f

it would be wise to call first — sería prudente or aconsejable llamar antes

to be none the wiser: I'm none the wiser sigo sin entender or sin enterarme; eat one: no-one will be any the wiser cómete una, nadie se va a dar cuenta; to get wise with somebody — (AmE colloq) insolentarse con alguien

to be wise TO something/somebody: don't worry, I'm wise to him/his tricks — no te preocupes que lo conozco muy bien or (fam) ya lo tengo calado/le conozco las mañas