dime

Zehncentmünze

Münze im Wert von zehn Cent, also einem Zehntel eines Dollars.

In einfachem Englisch: A coin worth ten cents, or one tenth of a dollar.

• I found a dime.
• Ten dimes make one dollar.
• Do you have a dime for this machine?

Synonyme: ten-cent coin

Häufige Wendungen: a silver dime, a dime coin, find a dime

Cent, Pfennig

Sehr kleiner Geldbetrag, oft zur Betonung, dass überhaupt kein Geld ausgegeben oder erhalten wird.

In einfachem Englisch: A very small amount of money, often used to emphasize that no money is spent or received.

• It didn't cost a dime.
• She hasn't earned a dime this week.
• He spent every last dime on repairs.

Synonyme: cent, penny

Häufige Wendungen: not a dime, a single dime, every last dime

Kosten, Rechnung

Bezeichnet, wer die Kosten für etwas trägt.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone's responsibility for paying the cost of something.

• Lunch is on my dime.
• She traveled to Paris on the company's dime.
• Why should they take a holiday on the taxpayers' dime?

So benutzt man es: on someone's dime (We stayed at the hotel on the company's dime.)

Synonyme: expense

Häufige Wendungen: on someone's dime, on my dime

verraten, anzeigen

Der Polizei heimlich mitteilen, dass jemand etwas Verbotenes getan hat.

In einfachem Englisch: To secretly tell the police that someone has done something illegal.

• Who dimed on him?
• Someone dimed her out to the cops.
• He feared his partner would dime on him.

So benutzt man es: dime on someone (She dimed on the dealer to the police.)

Synonyme: inform on, rat on, snitch on

Häufige Wendungen: dime on someone, dime someone out

voll aufdrehen

Einen Gitarrenverstärker auf die höchste Lautstärke einstellen.

In einfachem Englisch: To turn a guitar amplifier up to its highest setting.

• He dimed the amp.
• Dime the amplifier for a louder sound.
• She always dimes her amp before playing rock songs.

Synonyme: turn up fully

Häufige Wendungen: dime the amp, dime an amplifier