skull-job

dio con sus huesos en la cárcel — he landed o ended up in jail

darle a la sin hueso — * to talk a lot

irse de la sin hueso, soltar la sin hueso — * to shoot one's mouth off *

hueso de santo — filled roll of marzipan

ser un hueso * —

calado or empapado hasta los huesos — soaked to the skin, wet through

dar con los or sus huesos en algo: fue a dar con sus huesos en la cárcel he finished up o ended up in jail; en los huesos — (fam) nothing but skin and bone(s) (colloq)

ser un hueso (duro de roer) — ( ser difícil) to be a hard o tough nut to crack

calado or empapado hasta los huesos — soaked to the skin, wet through

dar con los or sus huesos en algo: fue a dar con sus huesos en la cárcel he finished up o ended up in jail; en los huesos — (fam) nothing but skin and bone(s) (colloq)

ser un hueso (duro de roer) — ( ser difícil) to be a hard o tough nut to crack

Ex: The large stores of inscription on bones or tortoise shells of the Yin and Shang dynasties unearthed by paleontologists are the seeds of the earliest ancient Chinese archives.

Ex: On Crete the locals eat them by the handful and spit out the pits like watermelon seeds.

dishes with a rice base — platos mpl a base de arroz

to be off base — ( wrong) (AmE) estar* equivocado; (lit: in baseball) estar* fuera de (la) base

to catch somebody off base — ( by surprise) (AmE) pillar or (AmL) agarrar a alguien desprevenido; (lit: in baseball) pillar or (AmL) agarrar a alguien fuera de (la) base

to base something on o upon something — \<\<opinion/conclusion\>\> basar or fundamentar algo en algo

the movie is based on a real event — la película se basa or está basada en una historia real

where are you based now? — ¿dónde estás (or vives etc) ahora?

base metal — metal m de baja ley

to be off base (US) * —

to base sb at — [+ troops] estacionar a algn en

to base sth on — basar or fundar algo en

to be based on — basarse or fundarse en

base camp N — campo m base

base coat N — [of paint] primera capa f

base form N — (Ling) base f derivativa

base jumping N — salto en paracaídas realizado ilegalmente desde rascacielos, puentes etc

base lending rate N — tipo m de interés base

base period N — período m base

base rate N — tipo m de interés base

base station N — (Telec) base f ; (Rad) estación f base

dishes with a rice base — platos mpl a base de arroz

to be off base — ( wrong) (AmE) estar* equivocado; (lit: in baseball) estar* fuera de (la) base

to catch somebody off base — ( by surprise) (AmE) pillar or (AmL) agarrar a alguien desprevenido; (lit: in baseball) pillar or (AmL) agarrar a alguien fuera de (la) base

to base something on o upon something — \<\<opinion/conclusion\>\> basar or fundamentar algo en algo

the movie is based on a real event — la película se basa or está basada en una historia real

where are you based now? — ¿dónde estás (or vives etc) ahora?

base metal — metal m de baja ley

se volete, possiamo partire subito — if you like o want, we can leave right away

prendine quanto vuoi — help yourself, take as many (o much) as you like

parla bene l'inglese quando vuole — he can speak English well when he has a mind to o when he feels like it

che cosa vuoi da me? — what do you want from me?, what do you expect of me?

la tradizione vuole che... — custom requires that...

vuole troppo dai suoi studenti — he expects too much of his students

il verbo transitivo vuole il complemento oggetto — transitive verbs require a direct object

voglio dire... — (per correggersi) I mean...

ci vuol ben altro per farmi arrabbiare — it'll take a lot more than that to make me angry

quanto ci vuole per andare da Roma a Firenze? — to how long does it take to go from Rome to Florence?

è quel che ci vuole — it's just what is needed

volesse il cielo che... — God grant that...

se Dio vuole — God willing

voler male a qn — to dislike sb

sembra che voglia piovere — it looks like rain

volere è potere — where there's a will there's a way

qui ti voglio — that's the problem

non vorrei sbagliarmi, ma... — I may be wrong, but...

senza volere — unwittingly, without meaning to, unintentionally

chi troppo vuole nulla stringe — (Proverbio) don't ask for too much or you may come away empty-handed

voglio vedere se rifiuta — I bet she doesn't refuse

vuoi... vuoi... — either... or...

volersi bene — (amore) to love each other, (affetto) to be fond of o like each other

contro il volere di — against the wishes of

per volere del padre — in obedience to his father's will o wishes

vuole fare l'astronauta — he wants o would like to be an astronaut

vorrebbero andare a casa — they wish o would like to go home

avrei voluto vedere te! — colloq. I'd like to have seen you!

volevo una birra — colloq. I'd like a beer

vieni quando vuoi — come whenever you want o like

cos'altro vogliono da noi? — what else o more do they want of us?

queste piante vogliono un clima umido — these plants require o need a humid climate

questo verbo vuole il congiuntivo — this verb requires o takes the subjunctive

ci vuole pazienza — it takes o you need patience

con quel vestito ci vorrebbe un foulard rosso — (addirsi) a red scarf would go well with that dress

prendine quanto ne vuoi — take as much as you please o want

volerne a qcn. — (serbare rancore) to bear BE o hold AE a grudge against sb., to bear sb. ill will

te la sei voluta — (cercarsela) you brought it on yourself, you asked for it

come vuoi (tu) — as you wish o like

volere male a qcn. — (nutrire rancore) to bear ill will to sb.; (nutrire odio) to hate sb.

volere la pelle di qcn. o volere morto qcn. to want sb. dead; vuoi... vuoi either... or; vuoi vedere che telefona? do you want to bet he's going to call? anche volendo non ce l'avrei mai fatta even had I wanted to, I would never have made it; volendo potremmo vederci domani we could meet tomorrow if we wanted; puoi gridare quanto vuoi, tanto ci vado ugualmente! you can shout until you're blue in the face, I'm going anyway! se Dio vuole Dio volendo God willing; senza volerlo [urtare, rivelare] by accident, unintentionally; cosa vuoi (che ti dica),... what can o shall I say,...; cosa vuoi, sono bambini! what do you expect, they're children! qui ti voglio! let's see what you can do! (è questo il problema) that's just it o the trouble! ce n'è voluto! it took some doing! ( per fare to do); è proprio quello che ci vuole! that's just the job o the (very) thing! ci vuol (ben) altro che... it takes more than...; ci vuole un bel coraggio! it really takes some cheek (a to); ci voleva anche questa! this is just too much! as if we didn't have enough problems! that's all we needed! that's done it! non ci vuole molto a capirlo spreg. it doesn't take much understanding; che ci vuole? it's not all that difficult! quando ci vuole, ci vuole = sometimes you've just got to; volere è potere — prov. where there's a will there's a way

porter quelqu'un à bout de bras — fig to take on somebody's problems

porter des fruits — lit

porter ses fruits — fig to bear fruit

se faire porter malade or pâle — (colloq) to go (colloq) ou report sick

porter bonheur or chance — to be lucky

porter sur — [débat, article] to be about; [mesure, interdiction] to apply to

porter sur — [structure] to be resting on

un canon qui porte à 500 mètres — a cannon with a range of 500 metres [BrE]

se porter bien/mal — [personne] to be well/ill; [affaire] to be going well/badly

se porter sur — [soupçon] to fall on

porter qch sur [registre] — to write sth down in, to enter sth in

porter sur [conférence] — to be about, (= peser) to rest on, [accent] to fall on, (= heurter) [choc] to strike