route proceedings

¡por favor, dejen la vía libre! — please make way!

vía de abastecimiento — supply route

vía de acceso — access road

vía de agua — leak

se abrió una vía de agua en el barco — the boat sprang a leak

vía de escape — escape route, way out

Vía Láctea — Milky Way

vía libre —

vía pecuaria — cattle route

vía pública — public highway, thoroughfare

vía romana — Roman road

el tren está estacionado en la vía ocho — the train is (standing) at platform eight

vía ancha — broad gauge

vía doble — double track

vía estrecha — narrow gauge

el proceso ha entrado en una vía muerta — the process has come to a dead end

vía única — single track

vía aérea — airway

vía de comunicación — communication route

vía fluvial — waterway

vía marítima — sea route, seaway

por vía marítima — by sea

vía terrestre — overland route

por vía arbitral — by (process of) arbitration

por vía oficial — through official channels

tercera vía — middle way, compromise

vía judicial —

recurrir a la vía judicial — to go to the courts, have recourse to the law

por vía tópica — topically, externally

por vía interna — internally

por vía intravenosa — intravenously

en vías de: un país en vías de desarrollo — a developing country

una especie en vías de extinción — an endangered species

el asunto está en vías de solución — the matter is on its way to being solved

un vuelo a Nueva York vía Londres — a flight to New York via London

retransmisión vía satélite — satellite broadcast

la vía rápida — the fast route

vía navegable — waterway

dejen vía libre! — clear the way!

tener vía libre — to have a free hand

por vía aérea/marítima/terrestre — by air/by sea/by land

vía aérea — airmail

por la vía diplomática/política — through diplomatic/political channels

en vías de: está en vías de solucionarse it's in the process of being resolved; países en vías de desarrollo developing countries; una especie en vías de extinción an endangered species; el plan está en vías de ejecución — the plan is now being carried out

un tramo de vía única/de doble vía — a single-track/double-track section

por vía oral/venosa — orally/intravenously

vía Miami — via Miami

un enlace vía satélite — a link via satellite

la vía rápida — the fast route

vía navegable — waterway

dejen vía libre! — clear the way!

tener vía libre — to have a free hand

por vía aérea/marítima/terrestre — by air/by sea/by land

vía aérea — airmail

por la vía diplomática/política — through diplomatic/political channels

en vías de: está en vías de solucionarse it's in the process of being resolved; países en vías de desarrollo developing countries; una especie en vías de extinción an endangered species; el plan está en vías de ejecución — the plan is now being carried out

un tramo de vía única/de doble vía — a single-track/double-track section

por vía oral/venosa — orally/intravenously

vía Miami — via Miami

un enlace vía satélite — a link via satellite

abito in una via molto stretta — i live in a very narrow street

abito in via Manzoni 5 — i live at number 5, Via Manzoni

la via dell'oppio — the opium trail

vie di comunicazione — communication routes

che via fai di solito? — what route do you usually take?

sulla via di casa — on one's way home

in via di guarigione — on the road to recovery

paese in via di sviluppo — developing country

la sua laurea gli apre molte vie — his degree offers him many possibilities

tentare tutte le vie — to try everything possible

per vie traverse — by underhand means

non avevo altra via — I had no alternative

via di mezzo — halfway

è una via di mezzo tra... — it's halfway between...

non c'è via di mezzo — there's no middle ground

scegliere la via di mezzo — to compromise

in via eccezionale — as an exception

in via provvisoria — provisionally

in via amichevole — in a friendly manner

adire le vie legali — to take legal proceedings

le vie del Signore — the ways of the Lord

passare alle vie di fatto — to resort to violence

per via aerea — by air

spedire per via aerea — to send by airmail

via satellite — by satellite

via Dover — via Dover

per via di — because of, on account of

le vie respiratorie — the respiratory tracts

la Via Lattea — the Milky Way

l'ho buttato via — i threw it away

dare via qc — to give sth away

sono stato via per 3 settimane — I was away for three weeks

questa macchia non va via — this mark won't come out

(eccetera) e così via — and so on

e via dicendo; e via di questo passo — and so on (and so forth)

via via — (pian piano) gradually

via da prep — away from

non andare via da me — don't leave me

pronti, via! — ready, steady, go!

dare il via — to start the race, give the starting signal

quando darai il via? — when are you going to give the starting signal?

dare il via a un progetto — to give the green light to a project

le -e di Londra — the streets of London

la Via Appia — the Appian Way

via laterale — side street

sulla pubblica via — on the public highway

sulla via del ritorno — on one's way back

prendere la via più lunga — to take the long way round

essere sulla via della perdizione — to be on the road to perdition

la via del successo — the gateway to success

seguire, allontanarsi dalla retta via — to keep to, to stray from the straight and narrow

né rosso né arancione, ma una via di mezzo — neither red nor orange but somewhere (in) between

non c'è via di scampo — there's no way out

in via di completamento — nearing completion

in via di guarigione — on the road to recovery

specie in via d'estinzione — endangered species

paese in via di sviluppo — developing country

per via diplomatica — through diplomatic channels

per -e traverse — by roundabout means

per via legale — through a law suit

per via orale, endovenosa — orally, intravenously

- e respiratorie — respiratory tract

- e urinarie — urinary passage

"per via aerea" — "by airmail"

via di comunicazione — transport link

la Via Lattea — the Milky Way

le -e del Signore sono infinite — God moves in mysterious ways

buttare via qcs. — to throw sth. away

dare via qcs. — to give sth. away

via via inventava delle spiegazioni — he was making up explanations as he went along

via via che la serata proseguiva... — as the evening went on...

il tuo inglese va via via migliorando — your English is improving little by little

al via — at the start

dare il via — to give the starting signal

dare il via a qcs. — to give sth. the go-ahead

via, non può essere vero — get away, it can't be true

uno, due, tre, via! — one, two, three, go!

ai vostri posti, pronti, via! — ready, steady, go!

e così via, e via dicendo, e via di questo passo o di seguito — and so on

ouvrir ses oreilles — to keep one's ears open

ouvrir les bras — to open one's arms

ouvrir sa maison à quelqu'un — to throw one's house open to somebody

ouvrir une route — to build a road

ouvrir l'esprit à quelqu'un — to open somebody's mind

va ouvrir — go and open the door

ouvre-moi! — let me in!

se faire ouvrir — to be let in

ouvrir le dimanche — to open on Sundays

la Bourse a ouvert en baisse — the exchange opened down

ma jupe s'ouvre sur le côté — my skirt opens at the side

un garage va s'ouvrir ici — there's going to be a garage here

Elle a ouvert la porte. — She opened the door.

ouvrir les bras — to open one's arms

ouvrir l'esprit à qn — to broaden sb's mind

ouvrir son cœur à qn — to open one's heart to sb

ouvrir des horizons — to open up new horizons

ouvrir le front à qn — to cut sb's head open

le choc lui a ouvert le front — he cut his head open in the crash

ouvrir l'appétit à qn — to whet sb's appetite

ouvrir la marche — to be at the head of the march

Va ouvrir, on a sonné. — Go and answer the door, the doorbell rang.

Ouvrez! — Open up!

Cette porte ouvre mal. — This door doesn't open properly.

Ils ouvrent à 9h. — They open at 9 am.

ouvrir sur [pièce, terrasse] — to open onto, [livre, film] to open with

ouvrir à trèfle — to open in clubs

guía de datos — data directory

guía del ocio — "what's on" guide

guía del turista — tourist guide

guía de teléfonos — telephone directory

guía gastronómica — food guide

guía telefónica — telephone directory

guía turística — tourist guide

para que le sirva de guía — for your guidance

guía vocacional — vocational guidance

guía de turismo — tourist guide

manual guía — guidebook

cable guía — guiding wire, guide rope

guía turística — tourist guide

guía de hoteles — hotel guide

me sirven de guía — I use them as a guide

guía de turismo — tourist guide

guía espiritual — spirtual leader

guía turística — tourist guide

guía de hoteles — hotel guide

me sirven de guía — I use them as a guide

guía de turismo — tourist guide

guía espiritual — spirtual leader

seine Pforten schlíéßen — to close its doors

wo wurde Ihre Ehe geschlossen? — where did your marriage take place?

wer hat Ihre Ehe geschlossen? — who married you?

(geh: = umfassen) schlíéßen (lit, fig) — to contain sth, to include sth; (indirekt) to imply sth

jdn in die Arme schlíéßen — to embrace sb

lass dich in die Arme schlíéßen — let me embrace you

jdn/etw in sein Herz schlíéßen — to take sb/sth to one's heart

(= befestigen) schlíéßen — to fasten sth to sth

daran schloss er eine Bemerkung — he added a remark (to this)

daran schließt sich eine Diskussion — this is followed by a discussion

sich um etw schlíéßen — to close around sth

die Tür schließt nicht — the door doesn't or won't close or shut

"geschlossen" — "closed"

die Börse schloss fester/schwächer — the market closed stronger/weaker

schlíéßen — to infer sth from sth

schlíéßen lassen — to indicate sth, to suggest sth

von sich auf andere schlíéßen — to judge others by one's own standards

wann wurde Ihre Ehe geschlossen? — when did you get married?

Freundschaft mit jemandem schließen — make friends with somebody

jemanden in die Arme schließen — take somebody in one's arms; embrace somebody