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COME OF something. ---------- George bush said, our company spent a lot of money looking for oil last year, but unfortunatelly nothing CAME OF it. We didn’t find a single drop. ---------- COME OF something. Salir, resultar. to happen as the result of an event or situation. öğrenmeye başla
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Salir, resultar. to happen as the result of an event or situation. I wrote to over twenty companies asking for work, but nothing came of my efforts. ------ COME OF something.
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BECAME OF somebody/something. ---------- Essy asked, does anyone know what became OF Mary after she left school?. I’ve never heard anything about her. Haber sido de, ó pasar con. if you ask what became of someone or something, you want to know where they are and what happened to them. (see also: happen to). öğrenmeye başla
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Haber sido de, ó pasar con. if you ask what became of someone or something, you want to know where they are and what happened to them. (see also: happen to). If she is sent to prison, what will become of her children?. ---------- BECAME OF somebody/something.
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KNOW OF something/somebody. -------- A news reporter in Ingland said that it is often said that the Royal Family know nothing of real life. ---------- KNOW OF something/somebody. Saber de. No que yo sepa. to have heard of someone or something and to be able to give some information about them, but not very much. öğrenmeye başla
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Saber de. No que yo sepa. to have heard of someone or something and to be able to give some information about them, but not very much. KNOW OF something/somebody. --------- Do you know of anyone who’s looking for a new car?. --------- KNOW OF something/somebody.
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SET OFF ---- Terrorists in London set off a bomb in the city centre, killing two people. ------ SET OFF. Detonar, hacer explotar. to to begin or happen to explode a bomb, firework, alarm, etc. öğrenmeye başla
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Detonar, hacer explotar. to to begin or happen to explode a bomb, firework, alarm, etc. In Washington Dc. there was a loud explosion just as the president stepped out of his car. Someone had set off a bomb.
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SEND OFF, or. SEND OUT. ------ Erick said, we "set off" for work at five-thirty in the morning every day. -- (OR) -- Erick said, we "set out" for work at five-thirty in the morning every day. ------ SEND OFF, or. SEND OUT. Ponerse en camino. to start a journey. (see also: head off). öğrenmeye başla
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Ponerse en camino. to start a journey. (see also: head off).
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PASS something OFF AS something. ---------- The counterfeit banknotes were very good copies. They "passed them off as" real banknotes and no-one noticed at first. --------------- PASS something OFF AS something. Hacer pasar por, hacerse pasar por. to make people believe that a person or thing is something else. öğrenmeye başla
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Hacer pasar por, hacerse pasar por. to make people believe that a person or thing is something else.
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EXPENDITURE --------- Veky felt her "expenditure" on a new car was justified, because she need it to get to work.------ EXPENDITURE. Gasto, desembolso. the act of spending or using money; an amount of money spent. öğrenmeye başla
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Gasto, desembolso. the act of spending or using money; an amount of money spent.
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PUT OFF something.---------- Jane’s not feeling very well today, so we’ve "put the meeting off" until tomorrow. --------------- (put off) something. Posponer. to decide or arrange to do something at a later time. (see also: hold off, put back). öğrenmeye başla
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Posponer. to decide or arrange to do something at a later time. (see also: hold off, put back).
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PAY OFF something. ---------- The Pasilas family took out a loan to buy their house nearly twenty years ago, and they’ll have it completely "paid off" by the end of this year. --------------- (pay off) something. Liquidar, pagar por completo. if you pay off a debt [e.g. loan, mortgage, overdraft], you pay back all the money you owe. (see also: settle up). öğrenmeye başla
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Liquidar, pagar por completo. if you pay off a debt [e.g. loan, mortgage, overdraft], you pay back all the money you owe. (see also: settle up).
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PAY OFF. ---------- Jose Romo said, changing jobs was a gamble, but it’s really "paid off". I make less money than I used to, but I have more free time and I’m a lot happier now. --------------- pay off. Compensar, valer la pena. if something that you have done to try to achieve something pays off, it is successful. öğrenmeye başla
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Compensar, valer la pena. if something that you have done to try to achieve something pays off, it is successful.
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BUY somebody OFF. ------- We can buy him off by making a donation to his wife's hospital. ------- BUY somebody OFF. Sobornar, Comprar a alguien. To bribe, to give someone something so that they will do something dishonest for you. öğrenmeye başla
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Sobornar, Comprar a alguien. To bribe, to give someone something so that they will do something dishonest for you.
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