there was considerable confusion/en

somebody has been there before — (fig. coll.) jemand weiß Bescheid

there or thereabouts — so ungefähr

be down/in/up there — da unten/drin/oben sein

there goes... — da geht/fährt usw....

are you there? — (on telephone) sind Sie noch da od. (ugs.) dran?

hello or hi there! — hallo!

there's a good etc. boy/girl — das ist lieb [von dir, mein Junge/Mädchen]

so there — und damit basta (ugs.)

there you are wrong — da irrst du dich

there, it is a loose wire — da haben wir's - ein loser Draht

there it is — (nothing can be done about it) da kann man nichts machen

there you are — (giving something) [da,] bitte schön (see also 2. 2))

get there — (fig.) (achieve) es [schon] schaffen; (understand) es verstehen

was there anything in it? — war da irgendetwas drin? (ugs.)

there was once an old woman who... — es war einmal eine alte Frau, die...

there was no beer left — es gab kein Bier mehr

... if ever there was one —... wie er/sie/es im Buche steht

there, there — na, na (ugs.)

there, you've dropped it! — da, jetzt hast du es doch fallen lassen!

near there — da od. dort in der Nähe

look, there's Joe/there's Joe coming — guck mal, da ist/kommt Joe

let's stop there — hören wir doch da auf; (travelling) halten wir doch da or dort an

is Gordon there please? (on telephone) — ist Gordon da?

there is a mouse in the room — es ist eine Maus im Zimmer

there was once a castle here — hier war or stand einmal eine Burg

is there any wine left? – well, there was — ist noch Wein da? – gerade war noch welcher da

there comes a time when... — es kommt eine Zeit, wo...

there will be an opportunity for shopping God said: let there be light, and there was light — es wird Gelegenheit zum Einkaufen geben und Gott sprach: es werde Licht! und es ward Licht

there you go again (inf) — jetzt gehts schon wieder los

there's gratitude for you! (iro) — da haben Sie Ihren Dank!

there you are (giving sb sth) — hier(, bitte)!; (on finding sb) da sind Sie ja!

there you or we are, you see, I knew he'd say that — na, sehen Sie, ich habe es ja gewusst, dass er das sagen würde

you press the switch and there you are! — Sie brauchen nur den Schalter zu drücken, das ist alles

drop it, there's a good dog — lass das fallen, komm, sei brav

hey, you there! (inf) — he, Sie da!

hurry up there (inf) — Beeilung!, Tempo, Tempo!

somebody has been there before — (fig. coll.) jemand weiß Bescheid

there goes... — da geht/fährt usw....

are you there? — (on telephone) sind Sie noch da od. (ugs.) dran?

hello or hi there! — hallo!

there's a good etc. boy/girl — das ist lieb [von dir, mein Junge/Mädchen]

so there — und damit basta (ugs.)

there it is — (nothing can be done about it) da kann man nichts machen

there you are — (giving something) [da,] bitte schön (see also 2. 2))

get there — (fig.) (achieve) es [schon] schaffen; (understand) es verstehen

was there anything in it? — war da irgendetwas drin? (ugs.)

there, there — na, na (ugs.)

near there — da od. dort in der Nähe

me van a aumentar el sueldo — they are going to increase o raise my salary

el número de asesinatos ha aumentado en 200 — the number of killings has increased o gone up by 200

este semestre aumentó la inflación en un 2% — inflation has increased o gone up by 2% over the last 6 months

su popularidad ha aumentado — his popularity has increased o risen

la crispación política aumenta por momentos — political tension is increasing o rising by the moment

aumentar de peso — [objeto] to increase in weight; [persona] to put on o gain weight

el microscopio aumenta la imagen — the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image

el niño aumentó 500 gramos — the child put on o gained 500 grams

aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

el microscopio aumenta la imagen — the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image

el niño aumentó 500 gramos — the child put on o gained 500 grams

aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

Ex: In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.

los han distribuido del siguiente modo — they have been distributed in the following way o frm manner

a mi modo de pensar o ver — in my view, the way I see it

• a mi/tu modo — (in) my/your (own) way

• a modo de — as

• en cierto modo — in a way, to a certain extent

• de cualquier modo — [antes de verbo] anyway, in any case; (=después de verbo) anyhow

de cualquier modo, ahora tenemos que irnos — we have to go now anyway o in any case

hazlo de cualquier modo — do it anyway you like, do it anyhow, do it any old how *

• de modo + adj —

• de ese modo — [antes de verbo] (in) this way; [después de verbo] like that

• grosso modo — broadly speaking

• de mal modo — rudely

• del mismo o de igual modo — in the same way

todos van vestidos del mismo o de igual modo — they are all dressed the same o in the same way

del mismo modo que — in the same way as o that, just as

• de ningún modo o en modo alguno, no quiero de ningún modo o en modo alguno implicarla en esto — I don't want to involve her in this in any way

¡de ningún modo! — certainly not!, no way! *

• de todos modos — anyway, all the same, in any case

aunque no me dejes, me iré de todos modos — even if you don't let me, I'll go anyway o all the same o in any case

¡ni modo! — (=de ninguna manera) no way *, not a chance *; (=no hay otra alternativa) what else can I/you etc do?

• buenos modos — good manners

• malos modos — bad manners

de modo — manner antes de s

me lo pidió de muy mal modo — (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho; a modo de introducción by way of introduction; de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) (indep) in any case, anyway; ( sin cuidado) anyhow; del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that); de modo que ( así que) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that; ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?; de modo que se vean desde aquí so that they can be seen from here; de ningún modo no way; de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept; de todos modos anyway, anyhow; en cierto modo in a way; ni modo (AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? - no, ni modo did they get in? - no, no way (colloq); traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good; ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am (colloq); ni modo que te quedes aquí — there's no way you're staying here (colloq)

con buenos/malos modos — politely/rudely o impolitely

me lo pidió de muy mal modo — (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho; a modo de introducción by way of introduction; de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) (indep) in any case, anyway; ( sin cuidado) anyhow; del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that); de modo que ( así que) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that; ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?; de modo que se vean desde aquí so that they can be seen from here; de ningún modo no way; de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept; de todos modos anyway, anyhow; en cierto modo in a way; ni modo (AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? - no, ni modo did they get in? - no, no way (colloq); traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good; ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am (colloq); ni modo que te quedes aquí — there's no way you're staying here (colloq)

con buenos/malos modos — politely/rudely o impolitely

Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.