Dictionary: letter E
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ease in [ease (someone) into something]
(insep) get help to do something or start doing it gradually introducir
- A beginner's guide to easing into a healthy lifestyle.
- If you are really feeling unsure about retirement, try easing into it by gradually reducing work hours.
ease off
(insep) (pain, rain, snow, traffic) becomes less intense aflojar, suavizar
- The pain eased off after he took the tablets.
- The rain should ease off after midday.
- The heavy rain was easing off as we left the hotel, but I borrowed an umbrella just in case.
ease out
(insep) make someone leave a job or place facilitar la salida
- He was eased out of his job after the allegations.
- They want to ease him out of power.
- It took death to ease him out of office.
ease up ease off
aflojar, suavizar
- I wondered if I would ever catch Mike but he started to slow and I kept seeing him closer and closer as he grew tired, and then eased up when I got near.
- I think the snow's easing up a bit.
eat away [eat something away]
destroy something by eating or by chemical
action comerse
- Pollution has eaten away the stonework.
- The metal was eaten away by the acid.
- Salt can eat away at the paint and metal on your vehicle.
eat in
(insep) when you eat in, you eat at home eat out
comer en casa
- We won't eat in tonight.
- I don't fancy going out tonight; shall we eat in?
- We didn't eat in as we wanted to try the local restaurants.
eat out
(insep) eat in a restaurant dine out
eat in
comer fuera
- I'm too tired to cook; why don't we eat out tonight?
- She really enjoys eating out.
eat up [eat up, eat something up] finish eating terminar, acabar, comerse
- Eat up children!
- Eat up your vegetables!
egg on [egg someone on]
encourage someone to do something silly animar, incitar, motivar
- They egged him on to drink the whole bottle.
- They egged him on until he finally jumped.
eke out 1 [eke something out] (rations,
pension, food) make something last longer estirar
- Developing alternative energy sources is one part of the plan to eke out the Earth's resources.
2 (existence,
living, income, life) try hard to make a
living, usually with little money or food scratch
out
subsistir, ganarse la vida
- The land is arid and dry so I imagine it's difficult to eke out a living.
- They eke out an existence by recycling the various materials they find.
end up
(insep) end somewhere
or in a certain way after a series of events. wind up
terminar, acabar
- You'll end up in prison if you go on like that.
- He ended up homeless.
explain away [explaing something away] give an excuse to avoid
blame justificar, dar explicaciones
- She tried to explain away the situation, but the police knew she was guilty.
- I don't know how I'm going to explain that away.
eye up [eye someone up] look at someone in a way that shows
you are sexually interested in them echarle el ojo
- The chap across the room is eyeing her up, but she doesn't seem to notice.