to have a few grey

avoir le cheveu rare — to be a bit thin on top

être à un cheveu de quelque chose/de faire — to be within a hair's breadth of something/of doing

ne tenir qu'à un cheveu — to hang by a thread

avoir les cheveux longs — to have long hair

se laver les cheveux — to wash one's hair

se faire couper les cheveux — to have one's hair cut

avoir les cheveux en bataille — to have tousled hair

une histoire à vous faire dresser les cheveux sur la tête — a story that makes your hair stand on end

avoir un cheveu sur la langue — to have a lisp

venir comme un cheveu sur la soupe — to come at an awkward moment

couper les cheveux en quatre — to split hairs

être tiré par les cheveux — to be far-fetched

il s'en est fallu d'un cheveu; Il s'en est fallu d'un cheveu que le "non" l'emporte au référendum. — The "noes" only failed to win the referendum by a whisker.

avoir les cheveux courts — to have short hair

avoir les cheveux en brosse — to have a crew cut

se faire couper les cheveux — to get one's hair cut, to have one's hair cut

With one great lift, the men moved the rock. — Одним мощным усилием мужчины сдвинули камень.

There was so much lift of sea. — Уровень моря очень сильно поднялся.

to get a lift (from smb. or smth.) — испытывать душевный подъём (благодаря кому-л. или чему-л.)

Your words of encouragement gave us a real lift. — Ваши слова одобрения вызвали у нас настоящий душевный подъём.

It was a mere lift of higher ground with a few grey cottages dotted over it. — Это был небольшой возвышенный участок, на котором стояли несколько коттеджей.

to take a lift — пользоваться лифтом.

to operate a lift — управлять лифтом

A liftboy or liftman operates a lift. — Лифтёр следит за работой лифта.

We took the lift to the tenth floor. — Мы поехали на десятый этаж на лифте.

service lift — служебный лифт

The proud lift of her neck was gone. — От её гордой осанки не осталось и следа.

Please lift the packages onto the counter. — Пожалуйста, подними и положи коробки на прилавок.

Lift your head up and pay attention. — Подними голову и внимательно слушай.

The encouraging letter lifted our hopes. — Ободряющее письмо обнадёжило нас.

With the rain, the smog lifted from the city. — Когда пошёл дождь, смог рассеялся.

to lift an embargo — снять эмбарго, отменить эмбарго

The government lifted the ban on tourist travel. — Правительство сняло запрет на приём туристов.

Someone lifted his wallet on the bus. — Кто-то стащил у него в автобусе кошелёк.

to lift a word from / out of context — вырывать слово из контекста

Of course the meaning of words can be distorted if they are lifted from their surroundings. — Конечно, слова могут приобрести совсем другое значение, если они вырваны из контекста.

Whole sentences are lifted out of the context in which they have been presented. — Целые предложения вырываются из контекста, в котором они были произнесены.

There aren't quotation marks around the passage lifted from my work — Отрывок, взятый из моей работы, не оформлен как цитата.

vivo con mis padres — I live with my parents

¿con quién vas a ir? — who are you going with?

atado con cuerda — tied with string

lo tomo con limón — I take it with lemon

con su ayuda — with his help

ducharse con agua fría — to have a cold shower

lo he escrito con bolígrafo — I wrote it in pen

con este sol no hay quien salga — no one can go out in this sun

con el tiempo — in the course of time, with time

un hombre con principios — a man of principle

llegó con aspecto relajado — she arrived looking relaxed

un amigo con aspecto de jugador de rugby — a friend who is built like a rugby player

gente joven con ganas de divertirse — young people out for a good time

murió con 60 años — she died at the age of 60

pan con mantequilla — bread and butter

vodka con naranja — vodka and orange

café con leche — white coffee

arroz con leche — rice pudding

una cazuela con agua caliente — a pan of hot water

un maletín con dinero — a briefcase full of money

se levantó con rapidez — he got up quickly

ábrelo con cuidado — open it carefully

anda con dificultad — she walks with difficulty

desayunamos con apetito — we ate our breakfast with relish

estar con algo, estar con dolor de muelas/la pierna escayolada — to have toothache/one's leg in plaster

está con la gripe — he's got flu

con mucho gusto — certainly, by all means

¿con quién hablas? — who are you speaking to?

voy a hablar con Luis — I'll talk to Luis

se ha casado con Jesús — she's married Jesús, she's got married to Jesús

estoy emparentado con la duquesa — I am related to the duchess

no sabemos lo que va a pasar con nosotros — we don't know what's going to happen to us

me escribo con ella — she and I write to each other

un dólar con cincuenta centavos — one dollar fifty cents

con ser su madre, le odia — even though she is his mother she hates him

con todo (y con eso), la gente se lo pasó bien — in spite of everything, people had a good time

¡con lo bien que se está aquí! — and it's so nice here too!

no me dejó ni un trocito, con lo que me gustan esos caramelos — he didn't even let me have a tiny piece, and he knows how much I like those sweets

con estudiar un poco apruebas — with a bit of studying you should pass

cree que con confesarlo se librará del castigo — he thinks that by owning up he'll escape punishment

con decirle que no voy, se arreglará todo — when I tell him I'm not going, everything will be fine

con llegar a las seis estará bien — if you come by six it will be fine

con llegar tan tarde nos perderemos la comida — by arriving so late we're going to miss the meal

con que me digas tu teléfono basta — if you just give me your phone number that'll be enough

basta con que nos remita la tarjeta cumplimentada — all you have to do is send us the completed card

vive con su novio — she lives with her boyfriend

hablar con alguien — to talk to somebody

está casada con mi primo — she's married to my cousin

te portaste muy mal con ellos — you behaved very badly toward(s) them

he tenido mucha paciencia contigo — I have been very patient with you

se sirve con arroz — serve with rice

pan con mantequilla — bread and butter

una cápsula con cada comida — one capsule with each meal

se levanta con el alba — he gets up at the crack of dawn

¿cómo vamos a ir con esta lluvia? — how can we go in this rain?

con tanta prisa se me olvidó — I was in such a hurry that I forgot

¿no lo vas a llevar, con lo que le gusta el circo? — aren't you going to take him? you know how much he likes the circus

con las veces que te lo pedí! — the (number of) times I asked you!

con lo tarde que es, ya se debe haber ido — it's really late, he should have gone by now

córtalo con la tijera — cut it with the scissors, use the scissors to cut it

lo estás malcriando con tanto mimo — you're spoiling him with all this pampering

andaba con dificultad — she was walking with difficulty

con mucho gusto! — with pleasure!

amaneció con fiebre — he woke up with a temperature

ya estaba con dolores de parto — she was already having labor pains

andaba con ganas de bronca — he was looking for a fight

con las manos en los bolsillos — with his hands in his pockets

¿vas a ir con ese vestido? — are you going in that dress?

una mujer con aspecto de extranjera — a foreign-looking woman

me peino con Gerardo — Gerardo does my hair

se estuvo quejando conmigo — she was complaining to me