the+dead+and+the+injured

cómprate otro abrigo, el que llevas es un auténtico saldo — you should get yourself another coat, the one you're wearing has had it *

eres un auténtico saldo, no sabes ni freír un huevo — you're hopeless o you're a dead loss, you can't even boil an egg *

Ex: Publishers increasingly worried about the bottom line and hesitate to publish books that may be an invitation for backlash from groups opposed to homosexuality.

Ex: So far as possible the international traders exchanged books, but sometimes the balance was unequal and accounts were settled in money.

sus palabras la hirieron profundamente — she was deeply wounded o hurt by his words

sus palabras la hirieron profundamente — she was deeply wounded o hurt by his words

Ex: Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.

tronco de Navidad — (Culin) yule log

María y su tronco — María and her bloke *

-oye, tronco — "hey, man" *

dormir como un tronco — to sleep like a log

estar como un tronco — to be dead to the world (colloq)

es un tronco — he's useless; (colloq)

dormir como un tronco — to sleep like a log

estar como un tronco — to be dead to the world (colloq)

es un tronco — he's useless; (colloq)

Ex: Wood pulp can be made either by grinding up untreated logs (when it is called mechanical wood, or groundwood), or by digesting wood chips chemically (chemical wood).

to get a cut from sth. — tagliarsi o farsi un taglio con qcs.

to give [sth.] a cut — tagliare [hair, grass]

to cut sth. out of — ritagliare qcs. da [fabric, magazine]

to cut [sth.] open — aprire [packet, sack]

to cut sb. from — liberare qcn. da [ wreckage]

to cut sb. free o loose — liberare qcn. ( from da)

to cut into — tagliare [cake, fabric, paper]; incidere [flesh, organ]; fig. incidere su [ leisure time]

to cut in front of sb. — (in a queue) passare davanti a qcn.; (in a car) sorpassare qcn

to cut and run — fig. darsela a gambe

to get a cut from sth. — tagliarsi o farsi un taglio con qcs.

to give [sth.] a cut — tagliare [hair, grass]

to cut sth. out of — ritagliare qcs. da [fabric, magazine]

to cut [sth.] open — aprire [packet, sack]

to cut sb. from — liberare qcn. da [ wreckage]

to cut sb. free o loose — liberare qcn. ( from da)

to cut into — tagliare [cake, fabric, paper]; incidere [flesh, organ]; fig. incidere su [ leisure time]

to cut in front of sb. — (in a queue) passare davanti a qcn.; (in a car) sorpassare qcn

to cut and run — fig. darsela a gambe

murió de muerte natural — he died a natural death o of natural causes

• una lucha a muerte — a fight to the death

• causar la muerte a algn — to kill sb, cause the death of sb

las heridas que le causaron la muerte — the injuries that killed him o caused his death

• encontrar la muerte — to die, meet one's death

• herido de muerte — fatally injured

• pena de muerte — death sentence

• estar a las puertas de la muerte — to be at death's door

• un susto de muerte — a terrible fright

la comida estaba de muerte — the meal was out of this world *

nos detuvimos en un pueblucho de mala muerte — we stopped in a grotty little town **

era un hotel de mala muerte — the hotel was a real dump **, the hotel was really grotty **

este trabajo es la muerte — this job is really hell *

este calor es la muerte — this heat is killing me *

esa noria es la muerte — that big wheel is amazing *

muerte súbita — (Med) sudden death; (Tenis) tie-break; (Golf) sudden death play-off; (Ftbl) sudden death

• dar muerte a algn — to kill sb

la muerte de las civilizaciones indígenas — the death o demise of native civilizations

me dio un susto de muerte — (fam) she scared the living daylights out of me (colloq), she scared me to death (colloq)

cada muerte de obispo — (AmL fam) once in a blue moon

de mala muerte — (fam) < pensión> grotty (colloq), cheesy (AmE colloq)

un pueblo de mala muerte — a dump (colloq), a really grotty place

ser de muerte lenta — (Ven fam) to be fantastic (colloq)

ser la muerte — (fam) ( ser atroz) to be hell o murder (colloq); ( ser estupendo) to be great o fantastic (colloq)

dar muerte a alguien — (frml) to kill somebody

me dio un susto de muerte — (fam) she scared the living daylights out of me (colloq), she scared me to death (colloq)

cada muerte de obispo — (AmL fam) once in a blue moon

de mala muerte — (fam) < pensión> grotty (colloq), cheesy (AmE colloq)

un pueblo de mala muerte — a dump (colloq), a really grotty place

ser de muerte lenta — (Ven fam) to be fantastic (colloq)

ser la muerte — (fam) ( ser atroz) to be hell o murder (colloq); ( ser estupendo) to be great o fantastic (colloq)

dar muerte a alguien — (frml) to kill somebody

Ex: The film parades a frenzy between an old woman being taken by the Reaper and being saved continuously by a playboy doctor with a team of pin-up nurses.

Ex: Typically, the additions to the name will fall within the following categories: title of nobility, title of honour, address, date of birth, and date of death.