llorar
cry ; weep ; shed + tears.
As Feng swept by with an almost inaudible 'Good morning, Jeanne' escaping from her lips, Leforte thought she detected the tell-tale indications of crying on her face - the red, swollen eyes, the puffiness.
'Till death do us part' is a 'comedy' programme not in the sense that to be serious we must have straight faces or even, preferably, weep = 'Till death do us part' is a 'comedy' programme not in the sense that to be serious we must have straight faces or even, preferably, weep.
She shed a proud tear or two for her niece (win or lose), because she could see her trying her heart out.
el que no llora, no mama
the squeaky (squeaking) wheel gets the grease (the oil/oiled)
My mother used to tell us that 'the squeaky wheel gets the grease' - as the oldest of eight children, she would know.
hacer llorar
reduce + Nombre + to tears
Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school.
hacer llorar de emoción
move + Nombre + to tears
By the time the 50 minutes of the show were up, everybody was moved to tears, but then, at the very last moment, it left them smiling.
hombro en el que llorar
comforting shoulder
It is difficult to see Prestel, however interactive its buttons might become, providing a comforting shoulder or a receptive ear.
inflarse de llorar
cry + Posesivo + eyes out
George Michael reportedly cried his eyes out after being sentenced to jail.
llorando
in tears
What with Consuelo Feng in tears and Bernice Washington very pale, and startled, all was incomprehensible.
llorando como una ma(g)dalena
in floods of tears
She arrived in floods of tears, having been told nonchalantly by her booker to 'skip a few meals' in the run-up to London Fashion Week if she wanted to work.
llorar a lágrima viva
sob + Posesivo + heart out
cry + Posesivo + heart out
cry + uncontrollably
cry + Posesivo + eyes out
The gentleman was sobbing his heart out the whole time but was totally transformed by the experience.
They were crying their heart out because of seemingly insurmountable problems.
She is fine in the bath but as soon as we take her out she starts getting very distressed and crying uncontrollably.
George Michael reportedly cried his eyes out after being sentenced to jail.
llorar como una ma(g)dalena
sob + Posesivo + heart out
cry + Posesivo + heart out
cry + uncontrollably
cry + Posesivo + eyes out
The gentleman was sobbing his heart out the whole time but was totally transformed by the experience.
They were crying their heart out because of seemingly insurmountable problems.
She is fine in the bath but as soon as we take her out she starts getting very distressed and crying uncontrollably.
George Michael reportedly cried his eyes out after being sentenced to jail.
llorar como un niño pequeño
cry like + a baby
I used to cry like a baby when I sliced onions - not any more.
llorarle a las estrellas
cry for + the moon
ask for + the moon
reach for + the moon
The author's plea that there must be better and closer liaison and cooperation between all these factions may seem like crying for the moon.
In a highly political society like India, wanting an institution free of political interference is like asking for the moon.
Reach for the moon for even if you fail, you'll still land among the stars.
llorar por
mourn
I shall neither cheer nor mourn its passing from the current agenda because to do so would be to demonstrate a partisanship that was not presidential.
quien te quiere te hará llorar
be cruel to be kind
What was clear in the report, however, is that its authors believed that sometimes a government needed to be cruel to be kind.
