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to spend one's breath in vain

  • 1 to spend one’s breath in vain

    to spend one’s breath in vain
    falar à toa.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > to spend one’s breath in vain

  • 2 breath

    [breƟ]
    1) (the air drawn into, and then sent out from, the lungs: My dog's breath smells terrible.) sapa
    2) (an act of breathing: Take a deep breath.) vdih
    •
    - breathlessly
    - breathlessness
    - hold one's breath
    - out of breath
    - under one's breath
    * * *
    [brem]
    noun
    dih, dihanje, sapa; sapica, pihljanje, pihljaj; vonj; figuratively življenje; odmor; figuratively sled; namig; šepet(anje); mrmranje
    above one's breath — polglasno, komaj slišno
    to catch ( —ali bate, hold) one's breath — zadržati dih
    to draw breath — dihati, živeti
    to draw the first breath — roditi se, priti na svet
    to draw one's last breath — izdihniti, umreti
    to knock out s.o.'s breath — presenetiti, osupiti koga
    out of breath — brez sape, zasopel
    below ( —ali under) one's breath — tiho, šepetaje
    the breath of one's nostrils — najljubši; nujno potreben
    in the same breath — v isti sapi, hkrati
    shortness of breath — težko dihanje, sopihanje

    English-Slovenian dictionary > breath

  • 3 breath

    [breƟ]
    1) (the air drawn into, and then sent out from, the lungs: My dog's breath smells terrible.) hálito
    2) (an act of breathing: Take a deep breath.) respiração
    •
    - breathlessly
    - breathlessness
    - hold one's breath
    - out of breath
    - under one's breath
    * * *
    [breθ] n 1 respiração, respiro. he drew a deep breath / ele respirou (profundamente). she held her breath / ela reteve a respiração. 2 hálito, alento, ar respirado. 3 bafo, umidade do ar expelido, que se condensa no ar em tempo frio. 4 fôlego. 5 fig pausa, repouso. 6 brisa, aragem, bafagem. 7 expressão, sussurro, murmúrio. 8 vida. 9 emissão de som mudo, sopro. 10 um pouquinho, pequena quantidade. above his breath quase inaudível. a breath of fresh air um sopro de ar fresco. a breath of water um pouquinho de água. a mere breath apenas um traço, um sopro. at his last breath no seu último alento. bad breath mau hálito. out of breath sem fôlego, esbaforido. shortness of breath falta de ar. take breath tome fôlego, descanse primeiro. to gasp for breath ofegar, respirar com dificuldade. to spend one’s breath in vain falar à toa. to take one’s breath away deixar alguém estupefato. under, below his breath em voz baixa. with bated breath com a respiração contida.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > breath

  • 4 spend

    spend
    past tense, past participle - spent; verb
    1) (to use up or pay out (money): He spends more than he earns.) bruke penger
    2) (to pass (time): I spent a week in Spain this summer.) tilbringe
    •
    - spendthrift
    forbruke
    --------
    tilbringe
    I
    subst. \/spend\/
    ( hverdagslig) utgift, utlegg
    II
    verb ( spent - spent) \/spend\/
    1) ( om penger) bruke, gi ut, legge ned, ofre, spandere, forbruke, sløse bort, koste (på)
    • he spent £150 on the coat
    han brukte £150 på jakken
    2) bruke opp, legge ned, forbruke, uttømme, ødsle bort
    hun brukte alle kreftene sine på jobben bare for å finne ut at det var helt bortkastet
    3) tilbringe, fordrive
    4) ( sjøfart) miste
    5) anvende, bruke
    6) (hverdagslig, vanligvis preteritum) få orgasme, ejakulere
    spend a penny ( slang) slå lens, late vannet
    spend freely strø om seg med penger
    spend one's breath snakke forgjeves
    spend oneself slite seg ut, ofre alle sine krefter rase ut

    English-Norwegian dictionary > spend

  • 5 spend

    1. I
    earn before you spend сначала заработай, а потом уж трать; I haven't much to spend я не могу тратить много [денег]
    2. II
    spend in some manner spend recklessly /rashly/ (freely, lavishly, right and left, etc.) нерасчетливо и т.д. тратить /расходовать/ деньги; I am always spending у меня всегда расходы, я всегда трачу деньги
    3. III
    spend smth.
    1) spend one's money (one's income, one's savings, etc.) тратить /расходовать/ свои деньги и т.д.
    2) spend one's strength /one's force/ (all one's ammunition, etc.) истратить /израсходовать/ свои силы и т.д.
    3) spend a sleepless night (a pleasant evening, a few instructive hours, etc.) проводить бессонную ночь и т.д.;
    4. IV
    1) spend smth. in some manner spend smth. quickly (freely, liberally /lavishly/, right and left, economically, wisely, foolishly, rashly /recklessly/, etc.) быстро и т.д. тратить /расходовать/ что-л.; how do you spend your time? как вы проводите время?; spend smth. in some time spend much money every day (ten dollars today, t 200 a year, etc.) тратить много денег каждый день и т.д.
    2) spend time somewhere spend too much time here (the winter abroad, etc.) проводить слишком много времени здесь и т.д.; I meant to spend the night here я хотел переночевать здесь /провести здесь ночь/
    5. XI
    1) be spent ill-gotten money is soon spent что нечестно наживается, то быстро проживается; be spent towards smth. he contributed a lot of money to be spent towards the improvement of medical care он пожертвовал много денег на улучшение /усовершенствование/ медицинского обслуживания
    2) be spent in doing smth. a week may be spent in seeing the sights на осмотр достопримечательностей отводится неделя
    6. XVIII
    spend oneself his anger will soon spend itself его гнев скоро пройдет, он скоро перестанет сердиться; the storm has spent itself буря улеглась; his rage spent itself on the dog он сорвал свой гнев на собаке; he spends himself for his children он выматывается /выбивается из сил/ ради детей
    7. XXI1
    1) spend smth. on (for) smb., smth. spend money [lavishly (recklessly, etc.)] on oneself (on books, on smb.'s education, on a mere hobby, on cigarettes, etc.) [щедро и т.д.] тратить /расходовать/ деньги на себя и т.д.; spend too much money (very little money, all one's fortune, five pounds, etc.) on smb., smth. тратить /расходовать/ слишком много денег и т.д. на кого-л., что-л.; I spent my whole life on it я этому посвятил всю свою жизнь; spend a lot of money for clothes (for amusements, for books, etc.) тратить много денег на одежду и т.д.; spend a lot of money for nought тратить много денег впустую; I'm willing to spend a lot for a piano на рояль я денег не пожалею; spend smth. in some time we spent more money than ever during our holidays во время нашего отпуска мы истратили больше денег, чем всегда
    2) spend smth. on (for, over, etc.) smth. spend a whole chapter on unimportant details (so many pages on the incident, etc.) отводить целую главу мелким /незначительным/ деталям и т.д.; spend one's blood and life for the cause of liberty отдавать силы и жизнь борьбе за свободу; spend one's strength (one's efforts) in vain (to no purpose) тратить силы напрасно (безрезультатно); spend one's words /one's breath/ in vain тратить слова впустую; it is useless to spend any more pains over it что толку заниматься этим дальше?; spend time on smth. spend much time on research (nearly twenty years on a project, etc.) тратить много времени на изыскания и т.д.; spend time in /at/ some place spend a lot of time in the library (a day at the beach, a delightful day in the country, more than half his life in Paris, the remainder of his years in Japan, etc.) проводить много времени в библиотеке и т.д.; spend many hours in a pleasant conversation проводить часы в приятной беседе, часами вести приятную беседу; spend all one's life in poverty прожить всю жизнь в нищете; spend time with smb. spend months (a fortnight, the day and evening, an afternoon, etc.) with smb. проводить долгие месяцы и т.д. с кем-л.; come and spend a week with us приезжайте и поживите у нас недельку; spend time over smth. spend time over books (over newspapers, etc.) проводить время за книгами и т.д.
    8. XXII
    1) spend money in doing smth. spend money in buying books (in drinking, in gambling, etc.) тратить деньги на покупку книг и т.д.
    2) spend smth. in doing smth. spend one's trouble (one's breath) in trying to help (in convincing him, etc.) тратить немало труда (немало слов), чтобы попытаться помочь и т.д.; spend time in (on) doing smth. spend much time in gardening тратить на свой сад много времени; spend part of the time in fishing часть своего времени заниматься рыбной ловлей; spend a lot of time in dressing уделять много времени своему туалету; spend one's holidays in reading провести весь свой отпуск за чтением /за книгами/; spend a lifetime on developing this theory посвятить всю жизнь разработке этой темы

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > spend

  • 6 Waste

    v. trans.
    Devastate, ravage: P. and V. δῃοῦν, τέμνειν (Eur., Hec. 1204), P. κείρειν, ἀδικεῖν, κακουργεῖν.
    Plunder: P. and V. πορθεῖν, ἐκπορθεῖν, διαπορθεῖν, ἁρπάζειν, ἀναρπάζειν, διαρπάζειν, συλᾶν, λῄζεσθαι, φέρειν, P. ἄγειν καὶ φέρειν, διαφορεῖν, λῃστεύειν, V. πέρθειν, ἐκπέρθειν (also Plat. but rare P.).
    Make desolate: P. and V. ἐρημοῦν, ἐξερημοῦν.
    Wear out: P. and V. τρύχειν (only pass. in P.), Ar. and P. ἀποκναίειν, κατατρίβειν, P. ἐκτρυχοῦν, V. τρύειν (pass. also in Plat. but rare P.), Ar. and V. τείρειν, V. γυμνάζειν.
    Wither, make to pine: P. and V. μαραίνειν, V. ἀμαυροῦν (also Xen. but rare P.), αὐαίνειν, συντήκειν, ἐκτήκειν, Ar. and V. τήκειν; see Wither.
    Wasted with sickness: V. παρειμένος νόσῳ (Eur., Or. 881).
    Spend: P. and V. ἀναλίσκειν, ἀναλοῦν.
    Spend ( money): Ar. and P. δαπανᾶν.
    You waste words: V. λόγους ἀναλοῖς (Eur., Med. 325).
    Wasted are all words of remonstrance: V. περισσοὶ πάντες οὑν μέσῳ λόγοι. (Eur. Med. 819).
    Squander: P. and V. ἐκχεῖν, V. ἀντλεῖν, διασπείρειν.
    Waste one's substance: P. οἰκοφθορεῖν (Plat.).
    Their private means through idleness are wasted and lost in riotous living: V. τὰ δʼ ἐν δόμοις δαπάναισι φροῦδα διαφυγόνθʼ ὑπʼ ἀργίας (Eur., H. F. 591).
    Let slip, throw away: P. and V. ἀποβάλλειν, P. προΐεσθαι.
    Waste time: P. χρόνον κατατρίβειν, χρόνον ἐμποιεῖν, or use P. and V. μέλλειν (absol.), χρονίζειν (absol.), Ar. and P. διατρίβειν (absol.), Ar. τριψημερεῖν (absol.); see Delay.
    They wasted time before it (the town): P. ἄλλως ἐνδιάτριψαν χρόνον περὶ αὐτὴν (Thuc. 2, 18; cp. Ar., Ran. 714).
    That no time may be wasted in the operations: P. ἵνα μηδεὶς χρόνος ἐγγένηται τοῖς πράγμασι (Dem. 445).
    Waste one's labour, do more than is necessary: P. περιεργάζεσθαι, V. περισσὰ πράσσειν, περισσὰ δρᾶν.
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    adj.
    Desolate: P. and V. ἐρῆμος.
    Useless: P. and V. κενός, ἀνωφελής, μάταιος; see Vain.
    Excessive: P. and V. περισσός (Soph., Ant. 780).
    They treated the agreement as so much waste paper: P. ἡγοῦντο εἶναι τὴν συγγραφὴν ἄλλως ὕθλον καὶ φλυαρίαν (Dem. 931).
    ——————
    subs.
    Desolation: P. and V. ἐρημία, ἡ.
    Expenditure: P. and V. ἀνάλωμα, τό.
    This is a foolish waste of breath: V. σκαιόν γε ἀνάλωμα τῆς γλώσσης τόδε (Eur., Supp. 547).
    Extravagance: P. ἀσωτία, ἡ.
    Waste of time: P. χρόνου διατριβή, ἡ, or use P. and V. διατριβή, ἡ alone; see Delay.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Waste

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