to dismiss a thought

to dismiss sb from one's mind — sich (dat) jdn aus dem Kopf schlagen

to dismiss a case — die Klage abweisen

he was dismissed for 52 runs — er wurde nach 52 Läufen ausgeschlagen

dismissed! військ. — розійди́сь! ( команда)

to be dismissed from the service — (Mil) ser dado de baja, ser separado del servicio

class dismissed! — (Scol) eso es todo por hoy

they have given $100,000 for/toward a new music room — han dado or donado $100.000/han contribuido con $100.000 para una nueva sala de música

give her something to do — dale algo que or para hacer

don't give us your germs/cold! — no nos pegues tus microbios/tu resfriado! (fam)

the judge gave her five years — el juez le dio cinco años or la condenó a cinco años

I don't give a damn — me importa un bledo or un comino or un pepino (fam)

please give my regards to your mother — dale recuerdos or (AmL tb) cariños a tu madre

why not give it a try? — por qué no pruebas or lo intentas?

he was given a gold watch when he retired — le regalaron or frm obsequiaron un reloj de oro cuando se jubiló

• he gave her a dictionary for her birthday — le regaló un diccionario por su cumpleaños

he was given an award for bravery — le dieron or otorgaron un galardón por su valentía

• to give sb a penalty — (Sport) conceder un penalti or penalty a algn

• to give o.s to sb — entregarse a algn

give them my regards or best wishes — dales saludos de mi parte

to give sb a cold — contagiar el resfriado a algn, pegar el resfriado a algn *

to give sth into sb's hands — liter entregar or confiar algo a algn

to give a party for sb — dar or ofrecer una fiesta en honor de algn

we can give them cava to drink — podemos darles cava para or de beber

• I'll never be able to give you a child — nunca podré darte un hijo

• they gave us a lot of help — nos ayudaron mucho

• it gave us a good laugh * — nos hizo reír mucho

• it gives me great pleasure to welcome you all — es un gran placer para mí darles la bienvenida a todos

• to give sb to believe that... — hacer creer a algn que...

• to give sb to understand that... — dar a entender a algn que...

• he's honest, I give you that — es honrado, lo reconozco

how much did you give for it? — ¿cuánto diste or pagaste por él?

to give it to sb * — (=beat) dar una paliza a algn; (verbally) poner a algn como un trapo *

if I may give an example — si se me permite dar or poner un ejemplo

I don't give a damn * — me importa un comino or un bledo *

• to give way —

give way — (Brit) (Aut) ceda el paso

• don't give me that! * — ¡no me vengas con esas! *

• I'll give you something to cry about! * — ¡ya te daré yo razones para llorar!

holidays? I'll give you holidays! * — ¿vacaciones? ya te voy a dar yo a ti vacaciones *, ¿vacaciones? ¡ni vacaciones ni narices! *

he wants £100? I'll give him £100! * — ¿que quiere 100 libras? ¡ni cien libras ni nada!

I'll give him what for! * — ¡se va a enterar! *

• give me the old songs! — ¡para mí las canciones viejas!

give me a gas cooker every time! * — ¡prefiero mil veces una cocina de gas!

• to give and take — hacer concesiones mutuas

what gives? — ¿qué pasa?, ¿qué se cuece por ahí? *

• give and take, you won't achieve an agreement without a bit of give and take — no vais a conseguir un acuerdo sin hacer concesiones mutuas

a bit of give and take — un poco de toma y daca *

they have given $100,000 for/toward a new music room — han dado or donado $100.000/han contribuido con $100.000 para una nueva sala de música

give her something to do — dale algo que or para hacer

don't give us your germs/cold! — no nos pegues tus microbios/tu resfriado! (fam)

the judge gave her five years — el juez le dio cinco años or la condenó a cinco años

I don't give a damn — me importa un bledo or un comino or un pepino (fam)

please give my regards to your mother — dale recuerdos or (AmL tb) cariños a tu madre

why not give it a try? — por qué no pruebas or lo intentas?

to get o lay one's hands on mettere le mani su [ money]; mettere le mani addosso a [ person]; to keep one's hands off sth. tenere giù le mani da qcs.; to keep one's hands off sb. lasciare in pace qcn.; hands off! colloq. giù le mani! to take sb.'s hand prendere la mano di qcn.; to take sb. by the hand prendere qcn. per mano; they were holding hands si tenevano per mano; to hold sb.'s hand tenere la mano a qcn.; fig. (give support) tendere la mano a qcn.; to do o make sth. by hand fare qcs. a mano; the letter was delivered by hand la lettera fu recapitata a mano; "by hand" (on envelope) "Sue Proprie Mani", s.p.m.; to have one's hands full avere le mani piene; fig. avere molto da fare; hands up, or I shoot! mani in alto o sparo! to be on one's hands and knees essere carponi; we can always use another pair of hands — possiamo sempre trovare qualcun altro che ci dia una mano

to have a hand in — avere parte o mano in [ project]; partecipare a, prendere parte a [ demonstration]

to fall o get into the wrong hands finire nelle mani sbagliate; to be in good o safe hands essere in buone mani; to put one's life in sb.'s hands affidare la propria vita nelle mani di qcn.; to place o put [sth.] in sb.'s hands affidare [qcs.] a qcn. [ office]; mettere [qcs.] nelle mani di qcn. [ matter]; to play into sb.'s hands fare il gioco di qcn.; the matter is out of my hands — la questione non è di mia pertinenza

to get out of hand — [ inflation] sfuggire al controllo; [ children] diventare indisciplinato; [ demonstration] degenerare

to take sth. in hand — prendere in mano [ situation]; affrontare, occuparsi di [ problem]

to take sb. in hand — fare rigare diritto o tenere a freno qcn

to show one's hand — scoprire le proprie carte (anche fig.)

to have [sth.] on one's hands — avere [qcs.] sulle spalle [ unsold stock]

to have sth. to hand — avere qcs. a portata di mano o sottomano

to be on hand — [ person] essere a disposizione o disponibile

to try one's hand at — cimentarsi in [photography, painting]

to set o turn one's hand to sth., doing dedicarsi a qcs., a fare; to keep one's hand in non perdere la mano a; to get one's hand in — fare o prendere la mano a

on the one hand..., on the other hand... — da un lato... dall'altro... o da un canto... d'altro canto

on the other hand — (conversely) d'altra parte, tuttavia, però

the matter in hand — l'argomento in questione; (underway)

the preparations are well in hand — i preparativi sono già a buon punto; (to spare)

to know sth. like the back of one's hand — conoscere qcs. a menadito o come le proprie tasche

many hands make light work — prov. l'unione fa la forza

to hand sb. sth. o to hand sth. to sb. — dare o consegnare o passare qcs. a qcn

to get o lay one's hands on mettere le mani su [ money]; mettere le mani addosso a [ person]; to keep one's hands off sth. tenere giù le mani da qcs.; to keep one's hands off sb. lasciare in pace qcn.; hands off! colloq. giù le mani! to take sb.'s hand prendere la mano di qcn.; to take sb. by the hand prendere qcn. per mano; they were holding hands si tenevano per mano; to hold sb.'s hand tenere la mano a qcn.; fig. (give support) tendere la mano a qcn.; to do o make sth. by hand fare qcs. a mano; the letter was delivered by hand la lettera fu recapitata a mano; "by hand" (on envelope) "Sue Proprie Mani", s.p.m.; to have one's hands full avere le mani piene; fig. avere molto da fare; hands up, or I shoot! mani in alto o sparo! to be on one's hands and knees essere carponi; we can always use another pair of hands — possiamo sempre trovare qualcun altro che ci dia una mano

to have a hand in — avere parte o mano in [ project]; partecipare a, prendere parte a [ demonstration]

to fall o get into the wrong hands finire nelle mani sbagliate; to be in good o safe hands essere in buone mani; to put one's life in sb.'s hands affidare la propria vita nelle mani di qcn.; to place o put [sth.] in sb.'s hands affidare [qcs.] a qcn. [ office]; mettere [qcs.] nelle mani di qcn. [ matter]; to play into sb.'s hands fare il gioco di qcn.; the matter is out of my hands — la questione non è di mia pertinenza

to get out of hand — [ inflation] sfuggire al controllo; [ children] diventare indisciplinato; [ demonstration] degenerare

to take sth. in hand — prendere in mano [ situation]; affrontare, occuparsi di [ problem]

to take sb. in hand — fare rigare diritto o tenere a freno qcn

to show one's hand — scoprire le proprie carte (anche fig.)

to have [sth.] on one's hands — avere [qcs.] sulle spalle [ unsold stock]

to have sth. to hand — avere qcs. a portata di mano o sottomano

to be on hand — [ person] essere a disposizione o disponibile

to try one's hand at — cimentarsi in [photography, painting]

to set o turn one's hand to sth., doing dedicarsi a qcs., a fare; to keep one's hand in non perdere la mano a; to get one's hand in — fare o prendere la mano a

on the one hand..., on the other hand... — da un lato... dall'altro... o da un canto... d'altro canto

on the other hand — (conversely) d'altra parte, tuttavia, però

the matter in hand — l'argomento in questione; (underway)

the preparations are well in hand — i preparativi sono già a buon punto; (to spare)

to know sth. like the back of one's hand — conoscere qcs. a menadito o come le proprie tasche

many hands make light work — prov. l'unione fa la forza

to hand sb. sth. o to hand sth. to sb. — dare o consegnare o passare qcs. a qcn

my idea of Ireland — la idea que yo tengo or me hago de Irlanda

to put ideas in o into somebody's head, to give somebody ideas — meterle ideas en la cabeza a alguien

the idea is to sell it — la idea or el plan es venderlo

• it wouldn't be a bad idea to paint it — no le vendría mal pintarlo

• whose bright idea was it to come this way? — iro ¿quién ha tenido la bonita or feliz idea de venir por aquí? *

• you'll have to buck up your ideas — tendrás que menearte

• the idea never entered my head — ni se me pasó esa idea por la cabeza

• to get an idea for a novel — encontrar una idea para una novela

don't go getting ideas — (=build up one's hopes) no te hagas ilusiones; (=be presumptuous) no se te ocurra

• to get used to the idea of sth — hacerse a la idea de algo

• to give sb ideas — meter ideas en la cabeza a algn

• good idea! — ¡buena idea!

• to have an idea — tener una idea

• he hit on the idea of painting it red — se le ocurrió pintarlo de rojo

• to put ideas into sb's head — meter ideas en la cabeza a algn

• the very idea!, what an idea! — ¡qué ocurrencias!

• have you any idea how ridiculous you look? — ¿tienes idea de lo ridículo que estás?

• I haven't the foggiest idea — no tengo ni la menor or más remota or más mínima idea

• what(ever) gave you that idea? — ¿de dónde sacaste eso?

• to get an idea of sth — hacerse una idea de algo

• you're getting the idea — (=understanding) estás empezando a comprender; (=getting the knack) estás cogiendo el tino or truco

• I haven't the least idea — no tengo ni la menor or más remota or más mínima idea

• I've no idea! — ¡ni idea!

I had no idea that... — no tenía ni idea or la menor idea de que...

• I haven't the slightest idea — no tengo ni la menor or más remota or más mínima idea

• he has some idea of French — tiene algo de idea de francés

she has some odd ideas about how to bring up children — tiene unas ideas muy raras or una opinión muy rara de cómo criar a los niños

• it wasn't my idea of a holiday — no era la idea que yo tengo de unas vacaciones

• if that's your idea of fun — si eso es lo que tú entiendes por diversión

• to have an idea that... — tener la impresión de que...

the whole idea of this trip was to relax — la única intención or idea del viaje era relajarse

we went with the idea of meeting new people — fuimos con la intención or idea de conocer a gente nueva

• what's the big idea? * — ¿a qué viene eso? *

• can you give me a rough idea of how many you want? — ¿puede darme una idea aproximada de cuántos quiere?

my idea of Ireland — la idea que yo tengo or me hago de Irlanda

to put ideas in o into somebody's head, to give somebody ideas — meterle ideas en la cabeza a alguien

to give sb. sth. to give sth. to sb. dare qcs. a qcn.; (politely, as gift) offrire qcs. a qcn.; how much will you give me for it? quanto mi dai per questo? what wouldn't I give for...! — che cosa non darei per...!

to give sb. [sth.] to give [sth.] to sb. fare venire a qcn. [headache, nightmares]; attaccare o trasmettere a qcn. [ disease]; to give sb. pleasure — dare o fare piacere a qcn

to give sb. time — dare o concedere tempo a qcn.

to give sb. enough room — dare o lasciare a qcn. spazio sufficiente

to give sb. sth. to give sth. to sb. — dare qcs. a qcn. [treatment, medicine]; trapiantare qcs. a qcn. [ organ]; mettere qcs. a qcn. [ pacemaker]; fare qcs. a qcn. [injection, massage]

to give sb. sth. — passare a qcn. [number, department]

don't give me that! — colloq. non cercare di darmela a bere!

if this is the big city, give me a village every time — colloq. se questa è la grande città, preferisco mille volte i paesini

I'll give you something to complain about! — colloq. te la do io una ragione per lamentarti!

to give it all one's got — colloq. metterci l'anima

to give sb. what for — colloq. dare a qcn. una lavata di capo

what gives? — colloq. che cosa succede?

to give sb. sth. to give sth. to sb. dare qcs. a qcn.; (politely, as gift) offrire qcs. a qcn.; how much will you give me for it? quanto mi dai per questo? what wouldn't I give for...! — che cosa non darei per...!

to give sb. [sth.] to give [sth.] to sb. fare venire a qcn. [headache, nightmares]; attaccare o trasmettere a qcn. [ disease]; to give sb. pleasure — dare o fare piacere a qcn

to give sb. time — dare o concedere tempo a qcn.

to give sb. enough room — dare o lasciare a qcn. spazio sufficiente

to give sb. sth. to give sth. to sb. — dare qcs. a qcn. [treatment, medicine]; trapiantare qcs. a qcn. [ organ]; mettere qcs. a qcn. [ pacemaker]; fare qcs. a qcn. [injection, massage]

to give sb. sth. — passare a qcn. [number, department]

don't give me that! — colloq. non cercare di darmela a bere!

if this is the big city, give me a village every time — colloq. se questa è la grande città, preferisco mille volte i paesini

I'll give you something to complain about! — colloq. te la do io una ragione per lamentarti!

to give it all one's got — colloq. metterci l'anima

to give sb. what for — colloq. dare a qcn. una lavata di capo

what gives? — colloq. che cosa succede?