with great fame

ti è piaciuto? — sì, molto — did you like it? — yes, very much

ci vorranno a dir molto 3 giorni — it will take 3 days at the most

(distanza, tempo) c'è ancora molto da camminare — there's still a long way to go

ne hai ancora per molto? — will you be much longer?

arriverà fra non molto — he'll arrive soon

molti; molte — many, a lot

molti pensano che sia giusto — many (people) think it's right

- i fiori — many flowers

è da -i anni che — it's a long time that

- a gente — many people

non rimane più molto pane — there isn't much bread left

abbiamo fatto -a strada — we've gone very far

ho -a fame, paura — I'm very hungry, scared

fate -a attenzione — be very careful

avere -a fortuna — to be very lucky, to have a lot of luck

molto più, meno denaro — much more, less money

-e meno persone, -i meno libri — far fewer people, books

è molto più difficile — it's much more difficult

- i di loro — many of them

-i dei luoghi che ho visitato... — many of the places I visited

- i sono pensionati — many (of them) are pensioners

- i sono tentati di crederlo — many people tend to believe him

vincere, scrivere molto — to win, write a lot

ho molto da fare — I've got a lot of things to do

avete già fatto molto per me — you've already done so much for me

non ci vuole molto a capirlo — it doesn't take much understanding

molto di quello che dici è vero — much of what you say is true

non me ne intendo molto di cinema — I don't know much about cinema

aspetti da molto? — have you been waiting long?

non ci vorrà molto a finire — it won't take long to finish

fra non molto — before long

ho aspettato molto — I waited for a long time

è già molto se non ci sbatte fuori — we'll be lucky if he doesn't throw us out

è già molto che sia venuta — it's already saying a lot that she came

è molto per la tua età — it's a lot for your age

la ringrazio molto — I thank you very much

amare molto qcn. — to love sb. very much

va molto a teatro — he goes to the theatre a lot

è cambiato molto — he has changed a lot

non mi piace molto — I don't really like it

molto bene — very well

sto molto bene — I'm really fine, I feel very well

si è comportato molto male — he behaved really badly

molto gentilmente, volentieri — very kindly, with much pleasure

molto prima, dopo — a long time before, after

molto felice, pulito, famoso — very happy, clean, famous

è molto amato a scuola — he's very much loved at school

molto in anticipo — far in advance

sta molto meglio — he's much better

molto meno — much less

lavora molto più velocemente di me — he works much faster than me

sacres porci,

quicquid destinatum est diis, sacrum vocatur,

sacrae (res) sunt quae diis superis consecratae sunt: religiosae quae diis manibus relictae sunt,

quicquam (opp. profanum),

aedificiis omnibus, publicis privatis sacris profanis, sic pepercit, etc.,

locus sacer et profanus,

miscebis sacra profanis,

villae signis et tabulis refertae partim publicis partim etiam sacris et religiosis,

mores autem rapere properant quā sacrum quā puplicum,

(legum) genera sunt tria, sacri, publici, privati juris,

deprecor hoc unum per jura sacerrima lecti,

aedes,

lucus late sacer,

arvum Martis,

ara,

aurum,

pecunia (opp. privata),

arma,

tus,

sanguis (of the sacrificial victim),

ales (so called from its use in augury),

luces (with profestae),

dies (with religiosus),

tempus,

commissum,

laurus,

robur,

aqua,

fontes,

focus,

Tarentum,

fines,

montes (the Alps, because not to be ascended by men),

vates (because dedicated to Apollo),

sacer interpresque deorum Orpheus,

and (for sanctus) of the divinity itself: Vesta,

Cybebe,

v. the context).—Sacer Mons,

os sacrum, quod imum ventrem sustinet,

v. also via, I. A. 2.: sacer morbus,

sacer lapis,

litterae sacrae (eccl. Lat.),

ego te sacram coronam surripuisse scio Jovis,

urna Veneris,

urna Veneria,

Dianae celebris dies,

sepulcrum Batti veteris,

illa insula (sc. Delos) eorum deorum sacra putatur,

infra, II. A.): sacra Jovi quercus,

esculus Jovi sacra,

Nymphis cervus,

Cereri Polyphoetes (as a priest),

pugionem templo Salutis detraxerat gestabatque velut magno operi sacrum,

cupressus Diti sacra,

aesculus Jovi,

Jani mensis, Qui sacer est imis Manibus,

silentium,

laedere amantes,

lingua (Ciceronis),

Maro,

quaedam patris memoria,

O sacer et magnus vatum labor,

heu sacri vatum errores,

disapproved of by Tiberius: (Tiberius) alium dicentem sacras ejus occupationes verba mutare et pro sacris laboriosas dicere coëgit,

auris Caesaris,

sacri lateris custos,

apud aures sacras mentitus est,

se Imperatori mentitum,

non alienum videtur, de condicione eorum hominum referre, quos leges sacros esse certis diis jubent, quod, cum cetera sacra violari nefas sit, hominem sacrum jus fuerit occidi, etc.,

in imitation: uter aedilis fuerit, etc.... is intestabilis et sacer esto,

eum, qui cuiquam nocuerit, sacrum sanciri,

ego sum malus, Ego sum sacer, scelestus,

homo sacerrimus,

di magni, horribilem et sacrum libellum,

hircus alarum,

auri fames,

aurum fame,

venenum (Medeae),

nox,

arma metu,

pavor,

insania,

morbus,

ut immerentis fluxit in terram Remi Sacer nepotibus cruor,

sacrum sacrove commendatum qui cleperit rapsitque parricida esto,

ubi sacro manus sis admolitus,

omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

metuens velut contingere sacrum,

apud Cluacinae sacrum,

Minervae,

theatrum veluti quoddam illius sacri templum vocabimus,

sacrum Herculi facere,

facere Junoni,

facto per Magos sacro,

sollemne sacrum conficere,

ita se habet sacrum (Suovetaurilia),

arma lecta conici in acervum jussit consul sacrumque id Vulcano cremavit,

sacrum piaculare fieri,

sollemne Apollinis sacrum,

pyrā sacri sub imagine factā,

nec de lucernā fas est accendi sacrum,

neve initianto, nisi ut assolet, Cereri, Graeco sacro,

vetabo, qui Cereris sacrum Vulgarit arcanae,

morientibus operire (oculos) rursusque in rogo patefacere, Quiritium ritu sacrum est,

in sacro est,

sacra omnia proferre, Auct. B. Alex. 32, 3: portabant canistris,

Troïa,

velut qui Junonis sacra ferret,

of the same,

cumque suis penetralia sacris,

jactata aequoribus sacra,

pueri Sacra canunt,

sacra ordine in mensā Penatium deorum Ponuntur,

neve ulla vitiorum sacra sollemnia obeunto,

sicut in sollemnibus sacris fieri consuevit,

qui (Mercurius) sacris anniversariis coleretur,

sacrificiis anniversariis colebatur,

128: sacris e principum numero pontifices quinque praefecit,

(Romulus) sacra diis aliis Albano ritu, Graeco Herculi facit,

sacra Jovi facturus erat,

sacra Jovi Stygio Perficere,

ipse (Numa) plurima sacra obibat,

densi circumstant sacra ministri,

arcana sacra,

fera,

nefanda,

mystica,

horrida,

veneranda,

casta,

quo foedere (Romulus) et Sabinos in civitatem ascivit, sacris communicatis,

quod per populum errari fas non erat propter religionem sacrorum,

religio sacrorum,

sacra Cereris conficere,

Cereris,

Eleusina,

Junonis,

Orphica,

Bacchia,

trieterica Bacchi,

Dianae,

15, 489: Isidis,

sacra privata perpetua manento,

an gentilicia sacra ne in bello quidem intermitti, publica sacra et Romanos deos etiam in pace deseri placet?

ut ne morte patris familias sacrorum memoria occideret,

docebant (antiqui) tribus modis sacris adstringi,

magnum est eadem habere monumenta majorum, eisdem uti sacris, sepulcra habere communia,

ut qui natus sit, ignoret, cujus sanguinis, quorum sacrorum sit,

sacra interire illi (majores) noluerunt,

sacrorum alienatio,

sacrum familiare,

nuptialia,

called also jugalia,

mihi jam puero caelestia sacra placebant, Inque suum furtim Musa trahebat opus,

vatum,

Maronis,

inter sacrum et saxum positus,

sacra tori coitusque novos referebam,

peregisse mihi videor sacra tradentium artes,

omnes fere, qui legem dicendi, quasi quaedam mysteria, tradiderunt,

litterarum colere,

studiorum profanare,

están a punto de alcanzar al grupo de cabeza — they are about to catch (up with) the leading group

dentro de poco alcanzará a su padre en altura — he'll soon be as tall as his father

no nos alcanzarán nunca — they'll never catch us

por fin alcanzaron la cima — they finally reached the summit

alcanzó las cajas con un palo — she reached the boxes with a stick

puede alcanzar una velocidad de 200km/h — it can reach speeds of up to 200km/h

alcanzó el rango de general — he reached the rank of general

la producción ha alcanzado las 20 toneladas — production has reached 20 tons

el libro ha alcanzado ya las seis ediciones — the book is already in its sixth edition

las montañas alcanzan los 5.000m — the mountains rise to 5,000m

el termómetro llegó a alcanzar los cuarenta grados — temperatures rose as high as forty degrees

el acuerdo fue alcanzado tras muchos meses de conversaciones — the agreement was reached after many months of talks

las expectativas no se corresponden con los resultados alcanzados — the expectations are out of proportion with the results that have been achieved

alcanzar la paz — to achieve peace

el cambio nos alcanzará a todos — the change will affect us all

uno de los dos disparos alcanzó al presidente — the president was hit by one of the two shots

la lancha fue alcanzada por un obús — the launch was hit by a shell

alcánzame la sal, por favor — could you pass (me) the salt, please?

¿me alcanzas las tijeras? — could you pass me the scissors?

no alcanza más allá de lo que le han enseñado — he's only capable of understanding what he's been taught

no alcanzo — I can't reach

no alcanzaba al timbre — she couldn't reach (as far as) the doorbell

• alcanzar a hacer algo — to manage to do sth

no alcancé a verlo — I didn't manage to see him

no alcanzo a ver cómo pudo suceder — I can't see how it can have happened

no alcanzo a comprender sus razones — I just can't understand her reasons

el sueldo no me alcanza para nada — I can't make ends meet on my salary

¿a cuánto alcanza todo? — how much does it all come to?

lo alcancé en la curva — I caught up with him on the bend

a pesar del tráfico alcancé el avión — despite the traffic I managed to catch the plane

casi no alcanzo el tren — I almost missed the train

alcanza una velocidad de... — it reaches a speed of...

alcanza enormes distancias — it covers vast distances

alcanzar la mayoría de edad — to come of age

se pretende alcanzar los 100 millones de pesos — they are hoping to reach a target of 100 million pesos

alcanzarle algo a alguien — to pass somebody something, to pass something to somebody

¿me alcanzas el libro? — could you pass me the book?

fue alcanzado por un misil — it was hit by a missile

la medida ha alcanzado a la clase trabajadora — the measure has affected the working classes

está muy alto, no alcanzo — it's too high, I can't reach it

hasta donde alcanzaba la vista — as far as the eye could see

alcanzar a + inf — to manage to + inf

no alcanzó a terminar — she didn't manage to finish

hasta donde alcanzo a ver — as far as I can see

el sueldo no le alcanza — he can't manage on his salary

me alcanzará hasta final de mes — it will see me through to the end of the month

con una limpiadita, alcanza — just a quick clean will do

lo alcancé en la curva — I caught up with him on the bend

a pesar del tráfico alcancé el avión — despite the traffic I managed to catch the plane

casi no alcanzo el tren — I almost missed the train

alcanza una velocidad de... — it reaches a speed of...

alcanza enormes distancias — it covers vast distances

alcanzar la mayoría de edad — to come of age

se pretende alcanzar los 100 millones de pesos — they are hoping to reach a target of 100 million pesos

alcanzarle algo a alguien — to pass somebody something, to pass something to somebody

¿me alcanzas el libro? — could you pass me the book?

fue alcanzado por un misil — it was hit by a missile

la medida ha alcanzado a la clase trabajadora — the measure has affected the working classes

está muy alto, no alcanzo — it's too high, I can't reach it

hasta donde alcanzaba la vista — as far as the eye could see

alcanzar a + inf — to manage to + inf

no alcanzó a terminar — she didn't manage to finish

hasta donde alcanzo a ver — as far as I can see

el sueldo no le alcanza — he can't manage on his salary

me alcanzará hasta final de mes — it will see me through to the end of the month

con una limpiadita, alcanza — just a quick clean will do

tanto... quanto... — (quantità) as much... as..., (numero) as many... as...

credevo ce ne fosse tanto — I thought there was (such) a lot, I thought there was plenty

tanti credono sia semplice farlo — many people believe it is easy to do

(altrettanto) tanto quanto — as much as

(con valore indeterminato) riceve un tanto al mese — he receives so much a month

della somma che ho a disposizione tanto andrà per il vitto, tanto per l'alloggio — of the money I've got so much will go on food and so much on accommodation

nell'anno millecinquecento e tanti — in the year fifteen hundred and something

(fraseologia) me ne ha dette tante! — he gave me a real mouthful!

non lavorare tanto! — don't work so hard!

perché piangeva tanto? — why was she crying so (much)?

stanno tanto bene insieme! — they go so well together!

(nei comparativi) tanto... quanto... — as... as...

starai via tanto? — will you be away (for) long?

non stare fuori tanto — don't stay out for long

(con valore moltiplicativo) due volte tanto — twice as much

tanto più insisti tanto più non mollerà — the more you insist the more stubborn he'll be

lo farò, tanto non mi costa niente — I'll do it, after all it won't cost me anything

fanne a meno, tanto a me non importa — do without then, I don't care

tanto è inutile — in any case it's useless

- e volte — many times

- i anni fa — many years ago

non ho -i soldi — I don't have much money

c'è ancora tanto tempo — there's still plenty of time

tanto tempo fa — a long time ago

fare -a strada — to go a long way

- e grazie! — thank you very much!

- i saluti — best regards

ho -a fame, paura — I'm very hungry, scared

la tua visita mi ha fatto tanto piacere — your visit really pleased me

c'era (così) tanto traffico che sono arrivato in ritardo — there was so much traffic (that) I arrived late

non ho tanto denaro quanto te — I haven't got as much money as you (have)

ogni -i anni — every so many years

-e teste, -e opinioni — there are as many opinions as there are people

ho tanto da fare — I've got a lot of things to do

ha ancora tanto da imparare — he still has a lot to learn

non ci vuole tanto a capirlo — it doesn't take much understanding

10.000 euro sono -i — 10,000 euros is a lot of money

- i dei luoghi che abbiamo visitato — many of the places we visited

- i (di loro) sono pensionati — many (of them) are pensioners

siamo in -i — there are many of us

è tanto così più alto di te — he's this much taller than you

è tanto che aspetti? — have you been waiting long?

non ci metterò tanto — I won't be long

è da tanto che non ci vediamo — it's been so long since we last met

non c'è tanto da qui alla stazione — it's not very far from here to the station

è già tanto se non ci sbatte fuori — we'll be lucky if he doesn't throw us out

è già tanto che sia venuta — it's already saying a lot that she came

aggiungi tanto brodo quanto basta per coprire la carne — add enough broth to cover the meat

lo dico non tanto per me quanto per te — I'm not saying it for my benefit but for yours

prenderà la sufficienza, a dir tanto — he'll get a pass, if he's lucky

a dir tanto ci vorranno ancora due ore — it will take another two hours at the outmost

l'Austria non mi attira tanto — Austria doesn't really appeal me

perché te la prendi tanto? — why do you care so much?

senza pensarci tanto — without thinking so much about it

sto tanto bene qui — I feel so good in here

tanto lontano da qui — so far away from here

tanto rapidamente — very quickly

così tanto — so much

tanto amato, chiacchierato — much-loved, much-talked about

tanto atteso — long awaited, longed-for

si crede tanto furbo — he thinks he's so smart

una cosa tanto bella — such a beautiful thing

è davvero tanto importante? — does it really matter?

è tanto più alta di lui — she's much taller than him

ogni tanto di tanto in tanto from time to time, every now and again; vedere qcn. di tanto in tanto — to see sb. occasionally o on and off

due, tre volte tanto — twice, three times as much

cento volte tanto — a hundredfold

è tanto bello quanto interessante — it's as beautiful as interesting

l'ho spiegato tanto a lei quanto a lui — I explained it both to her and to him

ha mangiato tanto da sentirsi male — he ate so much that he felt sick

essere tanto fortunato da fare — to be lucky enough to do

quanto più si invecchia, tanto più si diventa saggi — the older you grow, the wiser you get

tanto più lo conosco, tanto meno lo capisco — the more I know him, the less I understand him

non l'ho mai visto, né tanto meno gli ho parlato — I've never seen him, much less spoken to him

nessuno può andarsene, tanto meno lui — nobody can leave, least of all him

tanto per cambiare — for a change

tanto per cominciare — to begin with, for a start

tanto per parlare o per dire just to say something; tanto per sapere, l'hai fatto veramente? — just for the record, did you really do it?

tanto vale dire che... — you might just as well say that

essere pagato un tanto a pagina, al mese — to be paid so much a page, a month

un tanto alla o per volta — so much at the time

mi guardò con tanto d'occhi — he stared wide-eyed at me

prendilo pure, tanto non mi serve — take it, I don't need it

tanto è lo stesso — it makes no difference

è inutile, tanto non sta a sentire! — it's no use, he won't listen!

tanto peggio! — (so) much the worse! too bad!

tanto meglio (così) — (so) much the better

tanto meglio per te — good for you

tanto di guadagnato — all the better

non lo credevo capace di tanto — I didn't think he would go that far

non sono mai arrivato a tanto — I've never done such things

tanto (mi) basta! — it's enough (for me)!

né tanto né poco — not at all

quel tanto che basta per... — enough to...

se tanto mi dà tanto... — if this is the result..., if that's what I get...

non farla tanto lunga! — don't act it out!

tanto più che... — all the more so because

un camino de montaña — a mountain path

camino de tierra — dirt track

camino sin firme — unsurfaced road

camino de acceso — access road

camino de Damasco — road to Damascus

camino de entrada — access road

camino de herradura — bridle path

camino de ingresos, camino de peaje — toll road

camino de rosas, la vida no es ningún camino de rosas — life's no bed of roses

camino de sirga — towpath

camino trillado, caminos turísticos no trillados — tourist routes that are off the beaten track

este escritor ha recorrido los caminos trillados de sus antecesores — this writer has been down the well-trodden paths followed by his predecessors

camino vecinal — minor road

¿sabes el camino a su casa? — do you know the way to his house?

es mucho camino — it's a long way

está a varios días de camino — it's several days' journey away

después de tres horas de camino — after travelling for three hours

nos quedan 20 kms de camino — we still have 20 kms to go

¿cuánto camino hay de aquí a San José? — how far is it from here to San José?

camino de Lima — on the way to Lima

iba camino de Nueva York — I was on my way to New York

la farmacia me queda de camino — the chemist's is on my way

nos encontramos en el camino a Zaragoza — we met on the way to Zaragoza

tienen dos niños, y otro en camino — they have two children, and another on the way

a medio camino paramos para comer — halfway there, we stopped to eat

a mitad de camino entre Dublín y la frontera — halfway between Dublin and the border

la verdad está a mitad de camino entre las dos posturas — the truth is somewhere between the two views

es el camino a la fama — it's the path to fame

es el camino al desastre — it's the road to ruin

me indicaron el camino a seguir para resolver el problema — they showed me what needed to be done to solve the problem

allanar el camino —

eso sería allanar el camino a sus adversarios — that would make things easy for their rivals

los nervios de su rival le allanaron el camino — her opponent's nerves made it easy for her

estamos en camino de solucionar el problema — we're on the way to solving the problem

está en camino de desaparecer — it's on its way out

ir camino de —

va camino de convertirse en un gran centro financiero — it is on its way to becoming a major financial centre

vamos camino del desastre — we are heading for disaster

las cosas van por buen camino — things are going well

quedarse en el camino —

varios corredores se quedaron en el camino — several runners didn't make it to the end

un 70% sacó el diploma y el resto se quedó en el camino — 70 per cent of them got the diploma, the rest didn't make it

no me fijo en mis rivales, yo sigo por mi camino — I don't take any notice of what my rivals are doing, I just do my own thing

camino de mesa — table runner

están todos los caminos cortados — all the roads are blocked

saberse el camino — to know the way

éste es el mejor camino a seguir — this is the best course to follow

siguen caminos muy diferentes — they're taking very different paths

se abrió camino entre la espesura — she made her way through the dense thickets

abrirse camino en la vida — to get on in life

el camino de regreso — the return journey

se me hizo muy largo el camino — the journey seemed to take for ever

se pusieron en camino — they set off

llevamos 300 kms/una hora de camino — we've done 300 kms/been traveling for an hour

hizo todo el camino a pie — he walked the whole way

queda aún mucho camino por recorrer — there's still a long way to go