they pay their

I've always paid my way and I've never asked a friend for a loan in all my life. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Round Dozen’) — Я всегда жил по средствам и никогда в жизни не просил приятеля одолжить мне деньги.

A job - having enough money to pay your way - seems the most important thing in the world, now. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. 7) — Сейчас для меня работа, возможность сводить концы с концами, кажется, самое важное на свете.

The workers also had no protection whatever against the hazards of unemployment, accidents, sickness, and old age. When they could not pay their way, they were thrown into debtors' prisons - as late as 1833 there were 75,000 workers in these monstrous jails. (W. Foster, ‘History of the Communist Party of United States’, ch. I) — Рабочие всегда были под угрозой безработицы, несчастных случаев, болезней; старость их не была обеспечена. А когда они делали долги, их отправляли в долговую тюрьму. Еще в 1833 году в этих кошмарных тюрьмах находилось 75 000 рабочих.

But it has paid its way... and it has produced an effect on dramatic art and public taste in this country... (B. Shaw, ‘Platform and Pulpit’, ‘The Court Theatre’) — Королевский театр окупал себя... Он оказал большое влияние на драматическое искусство в нашей стране и способствовал улучшению вкуса наших зрителей...

there'll be hell (colloq) ou the devil to pay — ça va barder (colloq)

to pay a visit — (colloq) euph aller au petit coin (colloq)

Great was their amazement, great was their relief, when they found out that their dreaded master breathed nothing but kindness, gentleness and conciliation. The old scores, they found, were not to be paid off, but to be wiped out. (L. Strachey, ‘eminent Victorians’, ‘Cardinal Manning’, ch. VI) — Как противники Мэйнинга были удивлены, какое испытали чувство облегчения, обнаружив, что их владыка, которого они так боялись, стал воплощением доброты, мягкости и дружелюбия. Можно было сбросить со счетов старые обиды, забыть о них.

In the old West they paid off a score with bullets. (RHD) — В былые времена на Западе с врагом сводили счеты меткой пулей.

Hell and Tommy to pay - had mutiny this morning. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Maid in Waiting’, ch. III) — Сегодня утром вспыхнул бунт - теперь неприятностей не оберешься.

‘Then came the elections of 90 and 92,’ added Dr. Jones, ‘and there was Hell to pay.’ (W. Du Bois, ‘The Ordeal of Mansart’, ch. XVI) — - Потом наступили выборы девяностого и девяносто второго года, - подхватил доктор Джонс, - и для нас начались черные дни.

When they were near home, Bob pointed to the muddy and damp condition of their clothes. ‘There's hell to pay for me,’ he said ruefully. (G. Gordon, ‘Let the Day Perish’, part I, ch. XI) — Когда они подъезжали к дому, Боб обратил внимание Энтони на то, что костюмы у них были мокрые и все в грязи. - Будет мне нагоняй, - уныло сказал Боб.

When she woke up and found herself surrounded by thirty other women, there was Hell to pay. She demanded to be put in a private room immediately... (M. Dickens, ‘One Pair of Feet’, ch. VII) — Когда эта пациентка проснулась и увидела, что в палате, кроме нее, еще тридцать женщин, она подняла невероятный шум. Потребовала, чтобы ее немедленно поместили в отдельную палату...

Christ, this room is full of people who've spent most of their lives cheating and breaking laws... And yet they keep making pictures in which crime never pays, in which the evildoer is always punished... (I. Shaw, ‘Two Weeks in Another Town’, ch. III) — Боже мой, эта комната полна людей, которые только тем и занимаются, что нарушают законы и мошенничают... однако это они выпускают кинокартины, в которых преступление всегда осуждается и преступник несет наказание...

• costar caro — to be expensive, cost a lot

• pagar caro algo — to pay dearly for sth

• salir caro, un piso amueblado sale más caro — a furnished flat is more expensive

en total el viaje nos salió muy caro — altogether the trip was o proved very expensive

¡mi caro amigo! — my dear o beloved friend!

la vida está muy cara — everything costs so much o things are so expensive nowadays

en esa tienda venden muy caro — they charge a lot in that store; ver tb caro I 1) b)

la vida está muy cara — everything costs so much o things are so expensive nowadays

en esa tienda venden muy caro — they charge a lot in that store; ver tb caro I 1) b)

Ex: Controlled-language indexing is extremely time-consuming and costly.

• a diferencia de — unlike

• con diferencia — by far

diferencia salarial — (Com) wage differential, pay differential

hay una diferencia de edad de diez años entre ellos — there's an age difference o age gap of ten years between them, there's ten years' difference in age between them

partir la diferencia — frm to split the difference

con diferencia: es, con diferencia, la mejor — she's easily o by far the best

yo pagaré la diferencia — I'll pay the difference o the rest

con diferencia: es, con diferencia, la mejor — she's easily o by far the best

yo pagaré la diferencia — I'll pay the difference o the rest

Ex: Some concepts are described differently in different versions of one language.

estamos pagando la hipoteca del piso — we're paying off o repaying the mortgage on the flat

• cantidad a pagar — amount payable

a pagar en destino — (Correos) postage due

• pagar algo con tarjeta de crédito — to pay for sth by credit card

• pagar algo al contado o en efectivo o en metálico — to pay cash for sth, pay for sth in cash

• pagar algo a plazos — to pay for sth in instalments o (EEUU) installments

• pagar algo por — to pay sth for

¡las vas a pagar! — you've got it coming to you! *, you'll pay for this!

me las vas a pagar! or ya me las pagarás! — you'll pay for this!

pagarle a alguien con la misma moneda — to pay somebody back in their own coin o in kind

me las vas a pagar! or ya me las pagarás! — you'll pay for this!

pagarle a alguien con la misma moneda — to pay somebody back in their own coin o in kind

Ex: I am also committed, however -- and this is what our taxpayers are paying us for -- to serving our library users, the people who are paying our salaries.

• en caso afirmativo — if so

• en (el) caso contrario — if not, otherwise

• en cualquier caso — in any case

• en caso de — in the event of

• en ese caso — in that case

• en el mejor de los casos — at best

• en caso necesario — if necessary

• en caso negativo — if not, otherwise

• en el peor de los casos — at worst

• en su caso — where appropriate

• en tal caso — in such a case

• en todo caso — in any case

• en último caso — as a last resort, in the last resort

• en uno u otro caso — one way or the other

• el caso es que..., el caso es que se me olvidó su nombre — the thing is I forgot her name

• hablar al caso — to keep to the point

• hacer al caso — to be relevant

• pongamos por caso que... — let us suppose that...

• ponte en mi caso — put yourself in my position

• según el caso — as the case may be

necesitan una o dos sesiones de rayos, según el caso — they need either one or two X-ray treatment sessions, as the case may be o depending on the circumstances

• este ejemplo debería servir para el caso — this example should serve our purpose o should do

• no tiene caso — Méx there's no point (in it)

• ¡ vamos al caso! — let's get down to business!

• vaya por caso... — to give an example...

• venir al caso — to be relevant

• verse en el caso de hacer algo — to be obliged to do sth

• es un caso perdido — [situación] it's a hopeless case; [persona] he's a dead loss, he's hopeless

caso fortuito — (Jur) act of God; (=suceso imprevisto) unforeseen circumstance

maldito el caso que me hace — * a fat lot of notice he takes of me *

• ni caso, tú a todo lo que te diga ¡ni caso! — * take no notice of what he says!

• hacer caso omiso de algo — to ignore sth

el caso es que: el caso es que están todos bien the important o main thing is that everybody is all right; el caso es que no sé si... the thing is that I don't know whether...; en caso de: en caso de incendio rómpase el cristal in case of fire break glass; en caso de que no pueda asistir... if you are unable to attend...; en caso contrario otherwise; en cualquier caso in any case; en tal caso in such a (frml) o in that case; en todo caso: no estará para mañana, en todo caso para el jueves it won't be done for tomorrow, maybe Thursday; quizá venga, en todo caso dijo que llamaría she might come, in any case she said she'd ring; llegado el caso if it comes to it; según el caso as appropriate; no hay/hubo caso (AmL fam) it is no good o no use/it was no good o no use; no tiene caso — it is absolutely pointless

el caso Solasa — Solasa affair o case

ser un caso — (fam)

es un caso — he's/she's something else (colloq)

ser un caso perdido — (fam) to be a hopeless case (colloq)

no hizo caso de las señales de peligro — she took no notice of o paid no attention to the warning signs