the safe period

they were found safe and well o safe and sound — los encontraron sanos y salvos

safe sex — sexo m seguro or sin riesgo

we'd better leave at four o'clock to be on the safe side — mejor salgamos a las cuatro por si acaso

better (to be) safe than sorry — más vale prevenir que curar; play II II 1) b)

safe cracker o (BrE) breaker — ladrón, -drona m,f de cajas fuertes

• to feel safe — sentirse seguro

• to be safe from — [+ attack, predator, sarcasm] estar a salvo de; [+ contamination] estar libre de

• to keep sth safe — guardar algo (en lugar seguro)

• the secret is safe with me — guardaré el secreto

• it is a safe assumption that she was very disappointed — a buen seguro que estaba muy decepcionada

• it's a safe bet! — ¡es cosa segura!

• to keep a safe distance from sth — mantenerse a una distancia prudencial de algo; (when driving) mantener la distancia de seguridad con algo

• to be a safe driver — conducir con prudencia or con cuidado

• a team of experts made the building safe — un equipo de expertos se ocupó de que el edificio no constituyese un peligro

• a safe margin — un margen de seguridad

• just to be on the safe side — para mayor seguridad, por si acaso

• the safest thing is to... — lo más seguro es + infin

• he's safe with children — [man] es de fiar con los niños; [dog] no es un peligro para los niños

• to be in safe hands — estar a salvo, estar en buenas manos

• to keep sth in a safe place — guardar algo en un lugar seguro

• safe journey! — ¡buen viaje!

• safe passage — paso m franco, libre tránsito m

• the safe return of the hostages — la vuelta de los rehenes sanos y salvos

• to play (it) safe — ir a lo seguro, no arriesgarse

safe area N — [of country] zona f de seguridad

safe breaker N — ladrón(-ona) m / f de cajas fuertes

safe deposit N — (=vault) cámara f acorazada; (=box) (also: safe deposit box) caja f fuerte, caja f de seguridad

safe haven N — refugio m seguro

safe house N — piso m franco

the safe period * N — (Med) el periodo de infertilidad

safe seat N (esp Brit) (Pol) —

safe sex N — sexo m seguro or sin riesgo

they were found safe and well o safe and sound — los encontraron sanos y salvos

safe sex — sexo m seguro or sin riesgo

we'd better leave at four o'clock to be on the safe side — mejor salgamos a las cuatro por si acaso

better (to be) safe than sorry — más vale prevenir que curar; play II II 1) b)

safe cracker o (BrE) breaker — ladrón, -drona m,f de cajas fuertes

he's safe — er ist in Sicherheit

better safe than sorry — Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht (ugs.)

it is safe to say [that...] — man kann mit einiger Sicherheit sagen[, dass...]

your secrets will be safe with me — deine Geheimnisse sind bei mir gut aufgehoben. See also academic.ru/56066/play">play 2. 1), 3. 5)

all the passengers/climbers are safe — alle Passagiere/Bergsteiger sind in Sicherheit or (not injured) sind unverletzt

you're not safe without a seat belt — es ist gefährlich or nicht sicher, ohne Gurt zu fahren

we've found him – is he safe? — wir haben ihn gefunden! – ist ihm etwas passiert?

thank God you're safe — Gott sei Dank ist dir nichts passiert

he was safe at home all the time — er saß die ganze Zeit wohlbehalten zu Hause

my life's not safe here — ich bin hier meines Lebens nicht sicher

she is not safe on the roads — sie ist eine Gefahr im Straßenverkehr

is this beach safe for bathing? — kann man an diesem Strand gefahrlos or ohne Gefahr baden?

the dog is safe with children — der Hund tut Kindern nichts

it's now safe to turn off your computer — Sie können den Computer jetzt ausschalten

in a safe place — an einem sicheren Ort

safe margin — Spielraum m; (Fin also) Reserve f

they appointed a safe man as headmaster he plays a safe game (of tennis) — sie bestimmten einen gemäßigten Mann als Rektor er spielt (Tennis) auf Sicherheit

is it safe to draw that conclusion? — kann man diesen Schluss so ohne Weiteres ziehen?

do you feel safe just taking on three extra staff? — haben Sie keine Bedenken, wenn Sie nur drei extra Leute einstellen?

the safest thing (to do) would be to wait here for her — das Sicherste wäre, hier auf sie zu warten

better safe than sorry — Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht (Prov)

better safe than sorry — Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht (ugs.)

your secrets will be safe with me — deine Geheimnisse sind bei mir gut aufgehoben. See also play 2. 1), 3. 5)

rest FROM something: I need a rest from cooking/work necesito descansar de la cocina/de mi trabajo; to give something a rest (colloq) dejar de hacer algo; give it a rest! — basta ya!, cambia de disco! (fam)

to lay somebody to rest — (euph) enterrar* or (frml) dar* sepultura a alguien

to lay something to rest — enterrar* algo; (before n) <day, period> de descanso

his eyes came to rest on the letter — sus ojos se posaron sobre la carta (liter)

to rest ON something: his head rested on my shoulder tenía la cabeza recostada en or apoyada sobre mi hombro; the structure rests on eight massive pillars — la estructura descansa sobre ocho columnas gigantescas

to rest ON something — \<\<argument/theory\>\> estar* basado or basarse en algo, descansar sobre algo

to rest ON something/somebody — \<\<eyes/gaze\>\> detenerse* or (liter) posarse sobre algo/alguien

let the matter rest — mejor no decir (or hacer etc) nada más

to rest WITH somebody — \<\<responsibility\>\> recaer* sobre alguien

I stopped for a while to rest my feet/eyes — paré un rato para descansar los pies/ojos; case I 5)

she rested her elbows on the table — apoyó or puso los codos sobre la mesa

• to be at rest — (=not moving) estar en reposo; euph (=dead) descansar

• to come to rest — [ball, vehicle, person] pararse, detenerse; [bird, insect, eyes, gaze] posarse

• day of rest — día m de descanso

• I need a rest from gardening — me hace falta descansar de la jardinería

• try to get some rest — intenta descansar

• to give sth a rest — dejar algo (por un tiempo)

give it a rest! * — ¡déjalo ya!, ¡vale ya! *

• to have or take a rest — tomarse un descanso

why don't you have or take a rest? — (=take a break) ¿por qué no te tomas un descanso?; (=lie down) ¿por qué no descansas un rato?

• to lay sb to rest — enterrar a algn

• to lay or put sth to rest — [+ theory] enterrar algo

his speech should lay those fears to rest — su discurso debería acabar con or enterrar esos temores

• to rest o.s. — descansar

• God rest his soul! — ¡Dios le acoja en su seno!

• to rest one's eyes/ gaze on sth — posar la mirada en algo

• to rest one's case — concluir su alegato

I rest my case — concluyo mi alegato; (fig) hum he dicho

• may he rest in peace — euph que en paz descanse

• the decision rests with her, it rests with her to decide — la decisión la tiene que tomar ella, ella es la que tiene que decidir, la decisión es suya

rest area N — (Aut) área f de descanso

rest cure N — cura f de reposo

rest day N — día m de descanso

rest home N — residencia f de ancianos, asilo m (de ancianos)

rest period N — período m de descanso

rest room N — (US) servicios mpl, baño(s) m(pl) (LAm)

rest stop N — (=pause) parada f para descansar, parada f de descanso

the rest — (=remainder) [of money, food, month] el resto; [of people, things] el resto, los/las demás

I'm taking the rest of the week off — me tomaré el resto or lo que queda de la semana libre

the dog ate the rest — el perro se comió el resto or lo que sobró

you go home - I'll do the rest — tú vete a casa, yo hago lo demás or lo que queda

the rest of them couldn't care less — a los demás or a los otros les trae sin cuidado

it was just another grave like all the rest — no era más que otra tumba, como todas las demás or todas las otras

and all the rest (of it) * — etcétera, etcétera *

he was from a wealthy family, went to Eton, Oxford and all the rest of it — era de familia rica, estudió en Eton, Oxford etcétera, etcétera *

she was a deb and all the rest of it * — era debutante y todo lo demás

rest FROM something: I need a rest from cooking/work necesito descansar de la cocina/de mi trabajo; to give something a rest (colloq) dejar de hacer algo; give it a rest! — basta ya!, cambia de disco! (fam)

to lay somebody to rest — (euph) enterrar* or (frml) dar* sepultura a alguien

to lay something to rest — enterrar* algo; (before n) <day, period> de descanso

his eyes came to rest on the letter — sus ojos se posaron sobre la carta (liter)

to rest ON something: his head rested on my shoulder tenía la cabeza recostada en or apoyada sobre mi hombro; the structure rests on eight massive pillars — la estructura descansa sobre ocho columnas gigantescas

to rest ON something — \<\<argument/theory\>\> estar* basado or basarse en algo, descansar sobre algo

to rest ON something/somebody — \<\<eyes/gaze\>\> detenerse* or (liter) posarse sobre algo/alguien

let the matter rest — mejor no decir (or hacer etc) nada más

to rest WITH somebody — \<\<responsibility\>\> recaer* sobre alguien

I stopped for a while to rest my feet/eyes — paré un rato para descansar los pies/ojos; case I 5)

she rested her elbows on the table — apoyó or puso los codos sobre la mesa

to get o grow o become longer [ days] allungarsi; a friend of long standing — un amico di vecchia data

he's been away a long time — è stato assente per molto tempo o a lungo

to take a long time — [ person] metterci molto (tempo); [ task] richiedere molto tempo

to get o grow long [grass, hair] crescere; [list, queue] allungarsi; she's growing her hair long si sta facendo crescere i capelli; to make [sth.] longer — allungare [ sleeve]

to live a long way away o off abitare lontano; July is a long way off luglio è ancora lontano; don't fall, it's a long way down non cadere, è molto alto; a long way down the list molto in fondo alla lista; I saw it a long way out l'ho visto (molto) in lontananza; he is a long way out in his calculations sta sbagliando di molto i suoi calcoli; it's a long way up to the tenth floor è lunga fino al decimo piano; we've come a long way abbiamo fatto molta strada; to go a long way [ person] (be successful) andare lontano; [ supply] (last long) durare a lungo; to have a long way to go fig. [ worker] dover fare ancora molta strada o molti sforzi; it's the best by a long way è di gran lunga il migliore; to take the long way round — fare un lungo giro o una lunga deviazione

long time no see! — colloq. scherz. sono secoli che non ci vediamo!

before long — (in past) poco dopo, di lì a poco; (in future) fra breve, fra non molto, presto, di qui a poco

as long as you keep me informed — purché o a condizione che tu mi tenga informato

so long! — colloq. ciao! arrivederci!

to long to do — (be impatient) non vedere l'ora o essere impaziente di fare; (desire sth. elusive) sognare di fare

to get o grow o become longer [ days] allungarsi; a friend of long standing — un amico di vecchia data

he's been away a long time — è stato assente per molto tempo o a lungo

to take a long time — [ person] metterci molto (tempo); [ task] richiedere molto tempo

to get o grow long [grass, hair] crescere; [list, queue] allungarsi; she's growing her hair long si sta facendo crescere i capelli; to make [sth.] longer — allungare [ sleeve]

to live a long way away o off abitare lontano; July is a long way off luglio è ancora lontano; don't fall, it's a long way down non cadere, è molto alto; a long way down the list molto in fondo alla lista; I saw it a long way out l'ho visto (molto) in lontananza; he is a long way out in his calculations sta sbagliando di molto i suoi calcoli; it's a long way up to the tenth floor è lunga fino al decimo piano; we've come a long way abbiamo fatto molta strada; to go a long way [ person] (be successful) andare lontano; [ supply] (last long) durare a lungo; to have a long way to go fig. [ worker] dover fare ancora molta strada o molti sforzi; it's the best by a long way è di gran lunga il migliore; to take the long way round — fare un lungo giro o una lunga deviazione

long time no see! — colloq. scherz. sono secoli che non ci vediamo!

before long — (in past) poco dopo, di lì a poco; (in future) fra breve, fra non molto, presto, di qui a poco

as long as you keep me informed — purché o a condizione che tu mi tenga informato

so long! — colloq. ciao! arrivederci!

to long to do — (be impatient) non vedere l'ora o essere impaziente di fare; (desire sth. elusive) sognare di fare

night fell — cayó la noche (liter)

she woke up in the middle of the night — se despertó por la noche or durante la noche

the night before last — anteanoche, antenoche (AmL)

to spend a sleepless night — pasar una noche en vela or en blanco

to have a late/an early night — acostarse* tarde/temprano; (before n) <flight, patrol> nocturno

night shift — turno m nocturno or de la noche

first night — ( Theat) noche f del estreno

it is night — liter es de noche

• all night (long) — toda la noche

• at night — por la noche, de noche

• to have a bad night — dormir mal, pasar una mala noche

• the night before the ceremony — la víspera de la ceremonia

• by night — de noche, por la noche

• night and day — noche y día

• to have an early night — acostarse temprano

• good night! — ¡buenas noches!

• in the night — durante la noche

• last night — (=late) anoche; (=in the evening) ayer por la tarde

• to have a late night — acostarse muy tarde

• we decided to make a night of it and go to a club afterwards — decidimos prolongar la velada e irnos a una discoteca después

• to have a night out — salir por la noche

• I can't sleep nights — (US) no puedo dormir la noche

• to spend the night — pasar la noche

to spend the night together — euph (=to have sex) pasar la noche juntos

• tomorrow night — mañana por la noche

• to work nights — trabajar de noche

• first night — estreno m

• last night — última representación f

night bird N — ave f nocturna

night blindness N — ceguera f nocturna

night bus N — autobús m nocturno

night fighter N — caza m nocturno, cazabombardero m nocturno

night nurse N — enfermera f de noche

night out N —

girls' night out — salida f de chicas

boys' night out — salida f de chicos

night owl * N — (fig) ave f nocturna

night porter N — guarda m nocturno

night safe N — caja f de seguridad nocturna

night school N — escuela f nocturna

night shelter N — albergue m

night shift N — turno m nocturno, turno m de noche

night stand N (US) — = night table

night storage heater N — acumulador m eléctrico nocturno

night table N — mesita f de noche

night vision N — visión f nocturna

night watch N — (=shift) turno m de noche; (Hist) ronda f nocturna (=individual)

night watchman N — (in factory) vigilante m nocturno; (in street) sereno m

night work N — trabajo m nocturno

night fell — cayó la noche (liter)

she woke up in the middle of the night — se despertó por la noche or durante la noche

the night before last — anteanoche, antenoche (AmL)

to spend a sleepless night — pasar una noche en vela or en blanco

to have a late/an early night — acostarse* tarde/temprano; (before n) <flight, patrol> nocturno

night shift — turno m nocturno or de la noche

first night — ( Theat) noche f del estreno

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