young,+william

for him victory was sweet — la victoria le supo a gloria

• are those pies sweet or savoury? — esos pasteles, ¿son dulces o salados?

• sweet and sour — agridulce

• to taste sweet — tener un sabor dulce

• the beer was sweet to the taste — la cerveza tenía un gusto dulce

sweet dreams! — (Brit) (gen) que duermas bien; (to child) ¡que sueñes con los angelitos!

• to smell sweet — tener un olor fragante or aromático

• the sweet taste of victory — el dulce sabor de la victoria

she is a very sweet person — es un verdadero encanto, es una persona muy linda (LAm)

• to keep sb sweet * — tener a algn contento

sweet Jesus! *** — ¡Dios Bendito! **

• to be sweet to sb — ser bueno con algn

to do sweet Fanny Adams or sweet F.A. —

politicians do sweet Fanny Adams or sweet F.A. — (Brit) ** los políticos no hacen más que tocarse las narices **

what a sweet little puppy! — ¡qué perrito más or tan mono!

the cottage was really sweet — la casita era monísima or una monada or (esp LAm) lindísima

• to do sth in one's own sweet time — hacer algo a su aire, hacer algo cuando le parece a uno

• to go one's own sweet way — ir a su aire

sweet basil N — albahaca f

sweet bay N — laurel m

sweet cherry N — cereza f dulce

sweet chestnut N — castaño m dulce

sweet pea N — guisante m de olor, clarín m (Chile)

sweet pepper N — pimiento m (dulce)

sweet potato N — batata f, boniato m, camote m (LAm)

sweet shop N — (Brit) tienda f de chucherías, dulcería f (esp LAm)

sweet talk * N — zalamerías fpl

sweet tooth N —

sweet trolley N — carrito m de los postres

sweet william N — minutisa f

for him victory was sweet — la victoria le supo a gloria

Ex: This is but a myth used instrumentally by delinquents to establish a position on the criminal scene -- as doorkeepers, bodyguards, money collectors or other so-called 'specialists in violence'.

Ex: Dickens's own outrage over the conditions of the poor in Britian conflicted with his revulsion at the criminal underworld & his fear of popular insurgence.

Ex: This is but a myth used instrumentally by delinquents to establish a position on the criminal scene -- as doorkeepers, bodyguards, money collectors or other so-called 'specialists in violence'.

Young Jolyon felt a malicious desire to cut their enjoyment short. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Man of Property’, part I, ch. VII) — Молодой Джолион почувствовал недоброе желание прервать их веселье.

Horne made a movement of protest, perhaps not so much at what the man was saying as at what he was going to say and Elias cut the speech short with cold exactitude. (G. K. Chesterton, ‘The Pocket Book of Father Brown’, ‘The Ghost of Gideon Wise’) — Хорн протестующе махнул рукой, возражая не столько против того, что этот человек говорил, сколько против того, что он собирался сказать, и Элиас, трезво рассудив, сократил свою речь.

William tried to begin an elaborately gallant apology, but she quickly cut him short. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Faraway’, ch. IV) — Уильям пытался начать изысканно-галантное извинение, но она сразу же оборвала его.

There's Bill going to start talking now. Cut it short, Bill! We don't want to listen to you. (SPI) — Теперь Билл начинает болтать. Эй, Билл, замолчи! Мы не желаем тебя слушать.

He wanted to run bootleg whisky to the border, and get into the big time. (S. Bellow, ‘Herzog’) — Папаша Херцог был не прочь заняться доставкой контрабандного виски к границе - он приобщался таким образом к большому бизнесу.

The "big time", as such theatres as Percy Williams' and William Morris' are termed. (Suppl) — Театры Перси Уильямса и Уильяма Морриса относятся к первоклассным театрам.

...I am too old for the Big Time. (Suppl) — Я слишком стар для большого бейсбола.

Many young actors go to Hollywood, but few of them reach the big time. (DAI) — Много молодых актеров приезжают в Голливуд, но лишь немногие становятся звездами.