morir
die ; pass on ; bite + the dust ; die away ; give up + the ghost ; kick + the bucket ; pass away ; pop + Posesivo + clogs.
I understand that Mr. Haykin was hoping to develop a code for subject practice, but he died and it was never done, so that today we lack a code.
Further, it is true in nature that organisms are born, grow and mature, decline and pass on.
The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy = The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy.
This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's 'Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.
The author hypothesized that schizophrenia patients would show impaired idiom processing for literally plausible idioms (e.g., kick the bucket) but not for literally implausible idioms (e.g., be on cloud nine).
A great deal of traditional indigenous knowledge is being irretrievably lost in New Zealand as the Maori elders age and pass away.
A tenth of the population is planning on working until popping their clogs in an attempt to pay the bills.
amar hasta morir
love + Nombre + to death
I love her to death and don't know what I would do without her - we have the craziest times together!.
antes morir que
would rather + Verbo + than
I would rather a great book or a great picture fell into the hands of the corporation than into the hands of an individual.
a punto de morir
on + Posesivo + deathbed
The seminar explored whether the journal as we know it is on its deathbed.
bicho malo nunca muere
a bad penny always turns up
turn up like + a bad penny
look what the cat (has) dragged in!
However, like my professor likes to say, 'A bad penny always turns up'.
To make matters worse, Rebecca seems to be after Mark, turning up like a bad penny at every social event that he and Bridget are attending.
When I said hello he turned to his gaggle of friends and said 'look what the cat dragged in!' or something lame like that.
casi + morir [Utilizado para expresar sorpresa]
nearly + die
All he said was that she nearly died when she saw him wrapped up in bandages.
deseo inconsciente de morir
death-wish
The main character in the novel viewed his death as the solutions to his problems and was therefore motivated enough by the death-wish to kill with the hopes of retributive capital punishment.
luchar hasta morir
battle + it out
12 poets from UK and Ireland battled it out in a war of words to defend their region's cultural honour.
luchar hasta morir por
battle + it out for
People are unimpressed so far with the campaigns of the two Democrats battling it out for the nomination.
mala hierba nunca muere
a bad penny always turns up
turn up like + a bad penny
look what the cat (has) dragged in!
However, like my professor likes to say, 'A bad penny always turns up'.
To make matters worse, Rebecca seems to be after Mark, turning up like a bad penny at every social event that he and Bridget are attending.
When I said hello he turned to his gaggle of friends and said 'look what the cat dragged in!' or something lame like that.
morir desintegrándose en la tierra [Generalmente referido a las plantas]
die back to + the ground
Perennial plants are often called herbaceous, meaning they have soft or succulent green stems that will die back to the ground in the winter.
morir ahogado
drown
In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
morir al instante
die + there and then
die on + the spot
About two weeks into the battle Fusilier Turrington was shot in the neck by a sniper and died there and then.
Three persons died on the spot, while one was declared dead on arrival al the hospital.
morir al pie del cañón
die in + harness
die in + Posesivo + boots
die with + Posesivo + boots on
die with + Posesivo + clogs on
One in ten expects to be so skint in old age, they plan on dying in harness.
Nancy was beginning to tire of the workload and, as she kiddingly told her husband, George, worried that she'd 'die in her boots at Stoneymead'.
She said she was grieving, but that she was proud that her son died with his boots on.
He applied for an engagement at a variety theatre, saying, 'I know I am dying, and I want to die with my clogs on'.
morir antes de tiempo
die before + Posesivo + time
From suicide to auto accidents and airplane crashes, these music legends died before their time.
morir aplastado
crush to + death
This article presents a hypothetical case in which a lawyer is crushed to death when a bookcase collapses on him = Este artículo presenta una caso hipotético en el que un abogado murió aplastado al caérsele encima una estantería.
morir con dignidad
die with + dignity
have + a dignified death
die + a dignified death
I feel that's what we have to do; let this type of library service die with dignity, and not keep patching it up with money and people.
The article demonstrates that many older people do not have dignified deaths in hospitals.
To me, a head of state, however an evil dictator he was (and he WAS), should die a dignified death at the hand of state.
morir con las botas puestas
die in + harness
die in + Posesivo + boots
die with + Posesivo + boots on
die with + Posesivo + clogs on
One in ten expects to be so skint in old age, they plan on dying in harness.
Nancy was beginning to tire of the workload and, as she kiddingly told her husband, George, worried that she'd 'die in her boots at Stoneymead'.
She said she was grieving, but that she was proud that her son died with his boots on.
He applied for an engagement at a variety theatre, saying, 'I know I am dying, and I want to die with my clogs on'.
morir de agotamiento
die of + exhaustion
He was unmarried and died of exhaustion through overwork, leaving many debts.
morir de amor
die of + a broken heart
die of + love
She was extremely upset and heartbroken so we think she died of a broken heart.
Rees sums it up by saying: 'As for her death, whatever explanation one may give of it will amount in the end to saying that she died of love'.
morir de hambre
starve to + death
die of + hunger
starve of + hunger
die of + starvation
The book focuses on the story of the elephants that were starved to death in Ueno Zoo, Japan, during the War.
He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.
He will dwell in the church that is built by martyrs fighting for justice, by children starving of hunger, by mothers and fathers walking the streets of misery.
Duc was dethroned three days after he was crowned, he was then jailed and died seven days later of starvation.
morir de inanición
starve to + death
die of + hunger
starve of + hunger
die of + starvation
The book focuses on the story of the elephants that were starved to death in Ueno Zoo, Japan, during the War.
He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.
He will dwell in the church that is built by martyrs fighting for justice, by children starving of hunger, by mothers and fathers walking the streets of misery.
Duc was dethroned three days after he was crowned, he was then jailed and died seven days later of starvation.
morir de muerte natural
die + a natural death
die of + natural causes
Terminally ill patients often have concerns in areas such as donation of body parts, right to die a natural death, and other questions.
Jamaica police have confirmed that Bob Woolmer died of natural causes and was not murdered.
morir de parto
die + in childbirth
The number of women dying in childbirth worldwide has dropped dramatically.
morir de pena
die of + a broken heart
She was extremely upset and heartbroken so we think she died of a broken heart.
morir después que
outlive
69% of women who marry will outlive their husbands, they are widowed at an average age of 56, and often experience a loss of half their income with the death of their spouse.
morir de viejo
die of + old age
The article is entitled 'The library movement: dying of old age at thirty: a personal view'.
morir dignamente
have + a dignified death
die with + dignity
die + a dignified death
The article demonstrates that many older people do not have dignified deaths in hospitals.
I feel that's what we have to do; let this type of library service die with dignity, and not keep patching it up with money and people.
To me, a head of state, however an evil dictator he was (and he WAS), should die a dignified death at the hand of state.
morir en el destierro
die in + exile
Everyone is born a king, and most people die in exile, like most kings.
morir en el exilio
die in + exile
Everyone is born a king, and most people die in exile, like most kings.
morir en el intento
die in + the attempt
die + trying
die in + the process
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.
He didn't get rich but he died trying.
We will continue fighting until we succeed or die in the process.
morir en estado de gracia
die in + a state of grace
If the person died in a state of grace, Christ will reward the individual in proportion to his good works.
morir en gracia
die in + a state of grace
If the person died in a state of grace, Christ will reward the individual in proportion to his good works.
morir en la hoguera
die at + the stake
He refused all attempts to convert him, and died at the stake on 2 June 1529 at Innsbruck.
morir en la miseria
die in + poverty
A life long gambler, he ended up dying in poverty in 1762 at the age of 87.
morir en la pobreza
die in + poverty
A life long gambler, he ended up dying in poverty in 1762 at the age of 87.
morir gradualmente
die off
Bees in southern Germany have been dying off in their hundreds of thousands.
morir instantáneamente
die + there and then
die on + the spot
About two weeks into the battle Fusilier Turrington was shot in the neck by a sniper and died there and then.
Three persons died on the spot, while one was declared dead on arrival al the hospital.
morir intentándolo
die + trying
die in + the attempt
die in + the process
He didn't get rich but he died trying.
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.
We will continue fighting until we succeed or die in the process.
morir poco a poco
die off
Bees in southern Germany have been dying off in their hundreds of thousands.
morir por agotamiento
die of + exhaustion
He was unmarried and died of exhaustion through overwork, leaving many debts.
morir quemado en la hoguera
burn + Nombre + at the stake
In days gone by, they'd have burned her at the stake.
morirse de aburrimiento
bore + Nombre + to tears
bore + Nombre + to death
bore + Nombre + stiff
However, before becoming the vivacious student we all loved, Camilla was stuck in a job that bored her to tears.
Money matters bored her to death.
She has just been fired by one of the city's top law firms because she had the honesty to admit the work bored her stiff.
morirse de envidia
salivate at/over
be green with envy
A little over a year ago everyone was salivating over him and now, nothing.
She was teased for being flat-chested as a teen and now she wants her bullies to be green with envy at how good she looks.
morirse de frío
freeze to + death
The deportees died in part starving and freezing to death in concentration camps and in part working themselves to death under a barbaric police regimen.
morirse de ganas por
be raring to
He was an early riser and always raring to go at sunrise, either on vacation trips or to get to the asphalt plant on Chicago's north side.
morirse de hambre
starve
Spain's vultures are starving because of regulations that aim to stop the spread of mad-cow disease.
morirse de las ganas
salivate at/over
A little over a year ago everyone was salivating over him and now, nothing.
morirse de miedo
scare + Nombre + to death
Things get a little harder when Dean himself gets infected by the heebie-jeebies and starts to scare himself to death - literally.
morirse de risa
laugh + Posesivo + head off
split + Posesivo + sides with laughter
be in stitches (with laughter)
Harry was a right laugh. I remember finding him in my bath one night, pissed as a lord, laughing his head off... and then weeping throughout till dawn.
His dad pronounced the strange term to the best of his ability and the young man split his sides with laughter.
Andrea and Mark were very welcoming and Jess was a real scream and had us in stitches.
morirse de susto
scare + Nombre + to death
Things get a little harder when Dean himself gets infected by the heebie-jeebies and starts to scare himself to death - literally.
morirse de vergüenza
squirm with + embarrassment
cringe with + embarrassment
This horrible caricature is supposed to be an Olympic symbol to be proud of, yet at this moment the British public can only be squirming with embarrassment.
What are the books that you loved when you were younger, but now make you cringe with embarrassment?.
morirse por
itch for
be itching to
It seems like he's itching for a change but doesn't know exactly the direction or directions to pursue in order to accomplish the change.
She was itching to give them a ringing good clip on the ear but she didn't because she thought their father was watching.
morirse por + Infinitivo
be dying to + Infinitivo
The article 'What our children are dying to know: AIDS information dissemination and the library' examines the paternalist approach (which censors information available and advocates abstinence) and the neutralist approach (which is based a respect for adolescent autonomy and reservation of moral judgement).
morir trabajando
die in + harness
die in + Posesivo + boots
die with + Posesivo + boots on
die with + Posesivo + clogs on
One in ten expects to be so skint in old age, they plan on dying in harness.
Nancy was beginning to tire of the workload and, as she kiddingly told her husband, George, worried that she'd 'die in her boots at Stoneymead'.
She said she was grieving, but that she was proud that her son died with his boots on.
He applied for an engagement at a variety theatre, saying, 'I know I am dying, and I want to die with my clogs on'.
morir una muerte horrible
suffer + a horrible death
die + a horrible death
Many who were wounded and still alive when this was going on a suffered a horrible death at the hands of the enemy.
The article is entitled 'Making friends with the Web: traditional vendors must accept the Web, or die a horrible death'.
¡muérete de envidia!
eat your heart out!
The article is entitled 'Eat your heart out, Jean Chapelain!'.
nosotros lo hacíamos y no nos moríamos
it never did + Pronombre + any harm
It never did me any harm, it just taught me to bear the consequences of my actions and the effects they had on others.
quien a hierro mata, a hierro muere
those who live by the sword die by the sword
The death of the deposed Libyan leader on Thursday brings to life the old saying that those who live by the sword, die by the sword.
ser para morirse de risa
be a (real) hoot
be a (real) scream
be a (real) laugh
be a (real) riot
Wouldn't it be a hoot if it turned out that chihuahuas actually were a type of rat?.
Andrea and Mark were very welcoming and Jess was a real scream and had us in stitches.
My group had a really great day - it was a real laugh.
These guys were a real riot and I enjoyed my brief encounter with them, even though I had to tolerate their noxious cigarette smoke.
