short skirts are coming back in

My mother is in the house

in London

in bed.

He put his hand in his pocket.

in the morning

I'll be back in a week.

They arrived in large numbers.

dressed in a brown coat

walking in the rain

in a hurry

written in English

He is in the army

books tied up in bundles

She is in her sixties.

Is Mr Smith in?

Is the train in yet?

Is he coming in today?

Short skirts are in at the moment.

The tide is (coming) in.

quando sei tornato? — when did you get back?

sono tornato domenica mattina — I got back on Sunday morning

non sono ancora tornati dalle vacanze — they're not back from their holidays yet

tornare da scuola — to come home from school

a che ora torni da scuola? — what time do you get home from school?

torno tra un attimo — I'll be back in a minute

un'occasione così non torna più — such an opportunity won't repeat itself, you won't get another chance like this

non torniamo più sull'argomento — let's drop the subject

continua a tornare sull'argomento — he harps on about it

è tornato alla carica con la sua idea di... — he's gone back to the old idea of...

è tornato a dire/a fare... — he's back to saying/doing...

mi è tornato alla mente — I've just remembered

tornare al punto di partenza — to start again

siamo tornati al punto di partenza — we are back where we started

tornare su — to come up

la cipolla mi torna su — onions repeat on me

il cielo è tornato sereno — it's cleared up again

qualcosa non torna in questa storia — there's something not quite right about this business

tornerà a tuo danno — it will come home to roost

tornare a onore di qn — to be a credit to sb, do sb credit

tornare qc a qn — to return sth to sb, give sth back to sb

tornare in auto, aereo — to drive, fly back

torno subito — I'll be right back

è tornato quello di una volta — he's back to his old self again

è tornato a piovere — it has started raining again

tornare a dormire — to get back to sleep

è tornato al lavoro — he's back at work

tornare all'insegnamento — to go back to teaching

è tornata la calma — calm has been restored

gli è tornata la febbre — he has a temperature again

è un'occasione che non tornerà più — it's an opportunity that won't come again

la corrente è tornata alle 11 — the power came on again at 11

è tornato l'inverno — winter is back again

tornare col pensiero a qcs. — to cast one's mind back over sth

tornare su — to go back on

tornare sulle proprie decisioni — to change one's mind

non torniamo più sull'argomento — let's not go over all that again

tornare utile — to come in handy

tornare a vantaggio di qcn. — to work to sb.'s advantage

mi torna nuovo — it is new to me

la cosa non mi torna — it doesn't figure

ti torna? — does that seem right to you?

tornare come nuovo — to be as good as new

tornare pulito — to be clean again

questa canzone mi fa tornare bambino — this song takes me back to my childhood

tornare in sé — to come to one's senses

tornare in vita — to come back to life

a ride in a motor car — eine Autofahrt

in this heat — bei dieser Hitze

the highest mountain in the world — der höchste Berg der Welt

a lady in black — eine Dame in Schwarz

two feet in diameter — mit einem Durchmesser von zwei Fuß

what line of business are you in? — in welcher Branche sind Sie?

she's in insurance — sie ist in der Versicherungsbranche tätig

be [not] in it — (as competitor) [nicht] dabei od. im Rennen sein

a message in code — eine verschlüsselte Nachricht

in writing — schriftlich

in this way — auf diese Weise; so

in a few words — mit wenigen Worten

write something in red — etwas in Rot schreiben

in the eighties/nineties — in den Achtzigern/Neunzigern

4 o'clock in the morning/afternoon — 4 Uhr morgens/abends

in 1990 — [im Jahre] 1990

in three minutes/years — in drei Minuten/Jahren

have it in one [to do something] — fähig sein [, etwas zu tun]

in that — insofern als; see also far 1. 4)

in doing this — (by so doing) indem jemand das tut/tat; dadurch

‘In’ — "Einfahrt"/"Eingang"

find somebody in — jemanden antreffen

ask somebody in — jemanden hereinbitten

be in — gewählt sein

somebody is in for something — (about to undergo something) jemandem steht etwas bevor; (taking part in something) jemand nimmt an etwas (Dat.) teil

we're in for it now! — (coll.) jetzt blüht uns was! (ugs.)

have it in for somebody — es auf jemanden abgesehen haben (ugs.)

be in on the secret/discussion — in das Geheimnis eingeweiht sein/bei der Diskussion dabei sein

be [well] in with somebody — mit jemandem [gut] auskommen

know the ins and outs of a matter — sich in einer Sache genau auskennen

it was in the lorry/bag/car — es war auf dem Lastwagen/in der Tasche/im Auto

he put it in the lorry/car/bag — er legte es auf den Lastwagen/ins Auto/steckte es in die Tasche

go in that direction — gehen Sie in diese or dieser Richtung

in the street — auf der/die Straße

in Thompson Street — in der Thompsonstraße

he lives in a little village — er wohnt auf or in einem kleinen Dorf

sitting in the window — am Fenster sitzend

a flag hung in the window — eine Flagge hing im Fenster

in bed/prison — im Bett/Gefängnis

the highest mountain in Scotland — der höchste Berg Schottlands or in Schottland

the best in the class — der Beste der Klasse, der Klassenbeste

you can find examples of this in Dickens —

rare in a child of that age — selten bei einem Kind in diesem Alter

you have a great leader in him — in ihm habt ihr einen großen Führer

he hasn't got it in him — er hat nicht das Zeug dazu

he doesn't have it in him to... — er bringt es nicht fertig,... zu...

in 1999 — (im Jahre) 1999

in May 1999 — im Mai 1999

in the sixties — in den sechziger Jahren or Sechzigerjahren

in June — im Juni

in the morning(s) — morgens, am Morgen, am Vormittag

in the afternoon — nachmittags, am Nachmittag

in the evening — abends, am Abend

three o'clock in the afternoon — drei Uhr nachmittags

in those days — damals, zu jener Zeit

she is in her thirties — sie ist in den Dreißigern

in middle age — im mittleren Alter

in old age — im Alter

in childhood — in der Kindheit, im Kindesalter

in my childhood — in meiner Kindheit

she did it in three hours — sie machte es in drei Stunden or innerhalb von drei Stunden

in a short time — in kurzer Zeit

I haven't seen him in years — ich habe ihn jahrelang or seit Jahren nicht mehr gesehen

in a moment or minute — sofort, gleich

packed in hundreds — zu Hunderten abgepackt

to walk in twos — zu zweit gehen

to count in fives —

to die in hundreds — zu hunderten or Hunderten sterben

in large/small quantities — in großen/kleinen Mengen

in some measure — in gewisser Weise, zu einem gewissen Grad

in part — teilweise, zum Teil

ratios he has a one in 500 chance of winning — er hat eine Gewinnchance von eins zu 500

one book/child in ten — jedes zehnte Buch/Kind, ein Buch/Kind von zehn

one in five children — ein Kind von fünf

a tax of twenty pence in the pound — ein Steuersatz von zwanzig Prozent

there are 12 inches in a foot — ein Fuß hat 12 Zoll

manner, state, condition to speak in a loud/soft voice — mit lauter/leiser Stimme sprechen, laut/leise sprechen

to speak in a whisper — flüstern, flüsternd sprechen

to speak in German —

to pay in dollars — mit or in Dollar bezahlen

to stand in a row/in groups — in einer Reihe/in Gruppen stehen

she squealed in delight — sie quietschte vor Vergnügen

in anger — im Zorn

in surprise — überrascht

to be in a rage — wütend or zornig sein

in good condition — in gutem Zustand

to live in luxury/poverty — im Luxus/in Armut leben

in one's best clothes — in Sonntagskleidung

in his shirt — im Hemd

in his shirt sleeves — in Hemdsärmeln, hemdsärmelig

in his slippers — in Hausschuhen

dressed in white — weiß gekleidet

she was dressed in silk —

the lady in green — die Dame in Grün

substance, material upholstered in silk — mit Seide bezogen

to paint in oils — in Öl malen

to write in ink/pencil — mit Tinte/Bleistift schreiben

in marble — in Marmor, marmorn

a sculptor who works in marble — ein Bildhauer, der mit Marmor arbeitet

in respect of blind in the left eye — auf dem linken Auge blind, links blind

ten feet in height by thirty in length — zehn Fuß hoch auf dreißig Fuß lang

the trousers are too long in the leg — die (Hosen)beine sind zu lang

five in number — fünf an der Zahl

the latest thing in hats — der letzte Schrei bei Hüten

occupation, activity he is in the army — er ist beim Militär

he is in banking/the motor business — er ist im Bankwesen/in der Autobranche (tätig)

set structures __diams; in + -ing in saying this, I... — wenn ich das sage,... ich

in trying to escape — beim Versuch zu fliehen, beim Fluchtversuch

in trying to save him she fell into the water herself — beim Versuch or als sie versuchte, ihn zu retten, fiel sie selbst ins Wasser

but in saying this —

he made a mistake in saying that — es war ein Fehler von ihm, das zu sagen

the plan was unrealistic in that it didn't take account of the fact that... — der Plan war unrealistisch, da or weil er nicht berücksichtigte, dass...

the train is in — der Zug ist da or angekommen

the harvest is in — die Ernte ist eingebracht

the tide is in — es ist Flut

my luck is in — ich habe einen Glückstag

he's in for a surprise/disappointment — ihm steht eine Überraschung/Enttäuschung bevor, er kann sich auf eine Überraschung/Enttäuschung gefasst machen

it's the in place to go — da gehen jetzt alle hin

the in thing to do — groß in Mode

to know the ins and outs of sth —

I don't know the ins and outs of the situation — über die Einzelheiten der Sache weiß ich nicht Bescheid

the ins — die Regierungspartei