put through

passare, mettere in comunicazione

Collegare una chiamata alla persona o all’ufficio con cui si vuole parlare.

In inglese semplice: To connect someone’s phone call to the person or department they want.

• I’ll put you through now.
• She put me through to the accounts department.
• Can you put this call through to my office?

Come si usa: put someone through to someone/something (Could you put me through to the manager?); put someone through (Please hold while I put you through.)

Sinonimi: connect, transfer

Contrari: disconnect

Espressioni comuni: put through a call, put through to someone

far passare, sottoporre a

Far vivere a qualcuno una situazione difficile, spiacevole o impegnativa.

In inglese semplice: To make someone experience something difficult, unpleasant, or demanding.

• Don’t put me through this again.
• The coach put us through a tough workout.
• She has been put through months of painful tests.

Come si usa: put someone through something (The argument put our family through a lot of stress.)

Sinonimi: subject to, make undergo

Contrari: spare

Espressioni comuni: put through something, put through training

far passare attraverso, infilare

Far passare qualcosa da un lato all’altro di un’apertura.

In inglese semplice: To move something from one side of an opening to the other.

• Put the letter through the slot.
• She put a thread through the needle.
• Can you put your hand through that gap?

Come si usa: put something through something (Put the cable through the hole in the desk.)

Sinonimi: pass through, push through

Espressioni comuni: put through a hole, put through a slot

sfondare, rompere

Rompere il vetro di una finestra colpendolo e aprendovi un buco.

In inglese semplice: To break a window by hitting it and making a hole in it.

• Someone put the window through.
• The vandals put three shop windows through.
• A thrown brick put the front window through.

Come si usa: put a window through (Someone put our kitchen window through last night.)

Sinonimi: smash, break

Espressioni comuni: put through a window, put through the glass

mandare solo davanti al portiere

Passare la palla a un compagno lasciandolo solo davanti al portiere, in posizione per segnare.

In inglese semplice: To pass a ball to a teammate so they can face the goalkeeper alone and try to score.

• His pass put me through on goal.
• The midfielder put their striker through with a clever ball.
• Can you put her through before the defenders catch up?

Come si usa: put someone through on goal (Her pass put the striker through on goal.)

Sinonimi: play through, send through

Espressioni comuni: put someone through, put through a striker

operazione fuori borsa

Scambio organizzato fuori dalla borsa da un intermediario che mette in contatto un compratore e un venditore.

In inglese semplice: A deal in which a broker brings a buyer and seller together outside the stock exchange.

• The broker arranged a put through.
• Both parties agreed on the price for the put through.
• The shares changed hands in a put through outside the exchange.

Espressioni comuni: a put through, broker’s put through