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  • 1 other

    1. [ʹʌðə] a
    1. ещё (один), дополнительный, другой

    how many other brothers have you? - сколько у вас ещё братьев?

    there are some other people waiting to see you - вас ещё ждут другие, вас ждёт ещё несколько человек

    a few other examples would be useful - неплохо было бы привести ещё несколько примеров

    (any) other business - текущие дела, разное ( в повестке дня)

    2. 1) другой, иной, не тот

    he is busy now, ask him about it some other time - он сейчас занят, спроси его об этом как-нибудь в другой раз

    it must be decided by quite other considerations - при решении этого вопроса нужно руководствоваться совершенно иными соображениями

    change into other clothes - наденьте что-нибудь другое; переоденьтесь

    it was none other than the general - это был не кто иной, как сам генерал

    2) былой, прошлый
    3. второй, другой ( из двух или трёх)
    4. обыкн. в сочетании с сущ. во мн. ч. остальные

    the other tourists remained in the camp - остальные туристы остались в лагере

    Smith was saved but every other man in the ship was drowned - Смита спасли, но все остальные, кто был на корабле, утонули

    5. в грам. знач. сущ.
    1) обыкн. pl ещё, другие, прочие ( в том же роде)

    ... and others ( при перечислении) -... и другие;... и др.,... и пр.

    the six others started at dawn - остальные шестеро отправились в путь на рассвете

    2) другие, иные, не те (предметы, люди и т. п.)

    if these books are no use, can you send me some others? - если эти книги не подойдут, не сможете ли вы прислать мне другие?

    I don't like this lamp, have you any others? - эта лампа мне не нравится, а других у вас нет?

    let others talk, we must act - пусть другие занимаются разговорами, мы должны действовать

    some people will like it, others won't - одним это нравится, другим - нет

    3) филос. противоположное, обратное

    every other week [month] - раз в две недели [в два месяца]

    other than - книжн. иной, другой

    gifts other than flowers - любые подарки, кроме цветов

    I do not wish him any /I would not have him/ other than he is - я хочу, чтобы он именно таким и оставался

    ♢ the other day [night] - а) на днях, недавно; б) уст. завтра; в) уст. вчера

    of all others - именно (этот, тот)

    other days /ways или times/ other manners - иные времена - иные нравы

    other ranks - воен. унтер-офицерский и рядовой состав

    other services - воен. небоевые войска

    some... or other см. some I ♢

    he must have eaten something or other which upset him - он, наверное, съел что-нибудь, от чего ему стало нехорошо

    surely some friend or other will help me - наверняка найдётся кто-нибудь, кто мне поможет

    other things being equal - при прочих равных условиях /обстоятельствах/

    if he doesn't like it, he can /must/ do the other thing - ≅ если ему это не нравится, тем хуже для него

    this, that, and the other - разг. всевозможный, разнообразный; ≅ и то и сё; и пятое и десятое

    the other side - мир иной, загробная жизнь

    2. [ʹʌðə] adv (обыкн. в сочетании с than)
    иначе, по-другому

    he thought he could not do other than leave the town - он считал, что не может поступить иначе, чем уехать из этого города

    I could not do other than I did - я не мог сделать ничего другого; я не мог поступить иначе

    you can't get there other than by swimming - туда иначе как вплавь не добраться

    НБАРС > other

  • 2 other

    1. a ещё, дополнительный, другой

    there are some other people waiting to see you — вас ещё ждут другие, вас ждёт ещё несколько человек

    on the other — с другой,

    2. a другой, иной, не тот

    he is busy now, ask him about it some other time — он сейчас занят, спроси его об этом как-нибудь в другой раз

    it must be decided by quite other considerations — при решении этого вопроса нужно руководствоваться совершенно иными соображениями

    change into other clothes — наденьте что-нибудь другое; переоденьтесь

    to batter at each other — драться, колотить друг друга

    3. a былой, прошлый
    4. a второй, другой
    5. a обыкн. сущ. мн. ч. остальные
    6. a обыкн. ещё, другие, прочие
    7. a другие, иные, не те

    if these books are no use, can you send me some others? — если эти книги не подойдут, не сможете ли вы прислать мне другие?

    8. a филос. противоположное, обратное

    nonbeing is the other of being — небытие — противоположность бытия

    9. adv иначе, по-другому

    he thought he could not do other than leave the town — он считал, что не может поступить иначе, чем уехать из этого города

    other than as stated above — иначе, чем это установлено выше

    Синонимический ряд:
    1. additional (adj.) added; additional; another; else; extra; farther; fresh; further; more; new
    2. different (adj.) different; differentiated; disparate; dissimilar; distant; distinct; divergent; diverse; opposite; otherwise; separate; unalike; unequal; unlike; unsimilar; various

    English-Russian base dictionary > other

  • 3 other

    ˈʌðə
    1. прил.
    1) а) другой, иной other times, other manners (тж. other days, other ways) ≈ иные времена - иные нравы other world Syn: different, some б) другой, второй( из двух, трех) the other side ≈ вторая сторона
    2) добавочный, дополнительный Syn: additional, extra
    3) (с сущ. во мн. ч.) остальные, другие( предметы, люди) ∙ the other day
    2. мест.;
    неопред. другой some day/time or other ≈ когда-нибудь, рано или поздно
    3. нареч. иначе, по-другому Syn: differently, else еще, дополнительный, другой;
    - how many * brothers have you? сколько у вас еще братьев? - he is without * resources других средств у него нет;
    - there are some * people waiting to see you вас еще ждут другие, вас ждет еще несколько человек;
    - he has no * place to go to ему больше некуда идти;
    - a few * examples would be useful неплохо было бы привести еще несколько примеров;
    другой, иной, не тот;
    - he is busy now, ask him about it some * time он сейчас занят, спроси его об этом как-нибудь в другой раз;
    - come some * day приходите как-нибудь в другой раз;
    - it must be decided by quite * considerations при решении этого вопроса нужно руководствоваться совершенно иными соображениями;
    - change into * clothes наденьте что-нибудь другое;
    переоденьтесь;
    - in * circumstances при других обстоятельствах;
    - it was none * than the general это был не кто иной, как сам генерал былой, прошлый;
    - sailing ships of * days парусники прошлого второй, другой;
    - the * half вторая половина;
    - open your * eye откройте второй глаз;
    - take it in your * hand возьмите это в другую руку обыкн. в сочетании с сущ. во мн. ч.: остальные;
    - the * tourists remained in the camp остальные туристы остались в лагере - the two hundred francs остальные двести франков в грам. знач. сущ.: обыкн. pl еще, другие, прочие (в том же роде) -... and *s... и другие;
    ... и др.,... и пр.;
    - there are *s to be considered не надо забывать и о других другие, иные, не те (предметы, люди) ;
    - if these books are no use, can you send me some *s? если эти книги не подойдут, не сможете ли вы прислать мне другие?;
    - I don't like this lamp, have you any *s? эта лампа мне не нравится, а других у вас нет?;
    - some people will like it, *s won't одним это нравится, другим - нет (философское) противоположное, обратное;
    - nonbeing is the * of being небытие - противоположность бытия в сочетаниях: - every * каждый второй;
    - every * day через день;
    - every * week раз в две недели;
    - one after the * один за другим;
    - * than (книжное) иной, другой;
    - gratuities * than money вознаграждение не в виде денег;
    - I do not wish him any * than he is я хочу, чтобы он именно таким и оставался;
    > the * day на днях, недавно;
    (устаревшее) завтра;
    (устаревшее) вчера;
    > of all *s именно (этот, тот) > this day of all *s именно в этот день;
    > * ranks( военное) унтер-офицерский и рядовой состав;
    > * services( военное) небоевые войска;
    > on the * hand с другой стороны > he must have eaten something or * which upset him он, наверное, съел что-нибудь, от чего ему стало нехорошо;
    > surely some friend or * will help me наверняка найдется кто-нибудь, кто мне поможет;
    > * things being equal при прочих равных условиях > one or * of us will be there кто-нибудь из нас там будет;
    > just the * way (round) как раз наоборот > if he doesn't like it, he can do the * thing если ему это не нравится, тем хуже для него;
    > this, that, and the * (разговорное) всевозможный, разнообразный;
    и то и се;
    и пятое и десятое;
    > the * side мир иной, загробная жизнь( обыкн. в сочетании с than) иначе, по-другому;
    - he thought he could not do * than leave the town он считал, что не может поступить иначе, чем уехать из этого города;
    - I could not do * than I did я не мог сделать ничего другого;
    я не мог поступить иначе;
    - you can't get there * than by swimming туда иначе как вплавь не добраться approach each ~ сближаться друг с другом ~ иначе;
    I can't do other than ас cept я не могу не принять other дополнительный, другой;
    a few other examples несколько дополнительных примеров ~ иначе;
    I can't do other than ас cept я не могу не принять ~ pron indef. другой;
    no other than никто другой, как;
    someone( something) or other кто-нибудь (что-нибудь) one or ~ of us will be there (кто-л.) из нас будет там;
    some day (или some time) or other когда-нибудь, рано или поздно other дополнительный, другой;
    a few other examples несколько дополнительных примеров ~ дополнительный ~ pron indef. другой;
    no other than никто другой, как;
    someone (something) or other кто-нибудь (что-нибудь) ~ другой, иной;
    some other time как-нибудь в другой раз;
    other things being equal при прочих равных условиях ~ другой ~ иначе;
    I can't do other than ас cept я не могу не принять ~ иной ~ (с сущ. во мн. ч.) остальные;
    the other students остальные студенты;
    the other day на днях, недавно tother: tother, t'other разг. = the other the ~ world потусторонний мир, "тот свет";
    other times, other manners иные времена - иные нравы ~ (с сущ. во мн. ч.) остальные;
    the other students остальные студенты;
    the other day на днях, недавно ~ другой, иной;
    some other time как-нибудь в другой раз;
    other things being equal при прочих равных условиях thing: ~ (обыкн. pl) дело, факт, случай, обстоятельство;
    things look promising положение обнадеживающее;
    other things being equal при прочих равных условиях the ~ world потусторонний мир, "тот свет";
    other times, other manners иные времена - иные нравы the ~ world потусторонний мир, "тот свет";
    other times, other manners иные времена - иные нравы one or ~ of us will be there (кто-л.) из нас будет там;
    some day (или some time) or other когда-нибудь, рано или поздно ~ другой, иной;
    some other time как-нибудь в другой раз;
    other things being equal при прочих равных условиях ~ pron indef. другой;
    no other than никто другой, как;
    someone (something) or other кто-нибудь (что-нибудь) you are the man of all others for the work вы самый подходящий человек для этого дела;
    think of others не будь эгоистом you are the man of all others for the work вы самый подходящий человек для этого дела;
    think of others не будь эгоистом

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > other

  • 4 school

    school [sku:l]
    1. noun
       a. école f ; ( = secondary school) lycée m ; (up to 16 only) collège m ; (US = university) (inf) fac (inf) f
    • to go to/to leave school aller à/quitter l'école
    • at or in school à l'école
       b. ( = lessons) classe(s) f(pl) ; (secondary) cours mpl
    • he's at law/medical school il est en faculté de droit/médecine
       d. ( = institute) institut m ; ( = department) département m
       e. [of painting, philosophy] école f
       f. [of fish] banc m
    [equipment, edition, doctor, uniform] scolaire
    • out of school hours en dehors des heures de cours ► school inspector noun (British) (secondary) ≈ inspecteur m, -trice f d'académie ; (primary) ≈ inspecteur m, -trice f primaire
    * * *
    [skuːl] 1.
    1) School, University école f

    school starts/finishes — les cours commencent/finissent

    2) US ( university) université f
    3) (of painting, literature, thought) école f
    4) ( of whales etc) banc m
    2.
    noun modifier gen [ holiday, outing, life, uniform, year] scolaire; ( of particular school) [ facilities] de l'école
    3.
    transitive verb dresser [horse]

    English-French dictionary > school

  • 5 bibliographic information system

    1. библиографическая информационная система

     

    библиографическая информационная система
    —
    [ http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en]

    EN

    bibliographic information system
    A coordinated assemblage of people, devices or other resources organized for the exchange of data pertaining to the history, physical description, comparison, and classification of books and other works. (Source: RHW)
    [http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en]

    Тематики

    EN

    DE

    FR

    Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > bibliographic information system

  • 6 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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  • 7 Commemorations, Portuguese historic

       As in so many other activities of Portugal and its people, in historic commemorative work, the past always seems present. For more than a century, Portugal has planned and sponsored a variety of historic commemorations related to the glorious Age of Discoveries era of historic Portugal. The Columban centenary commemorations, involving Spain and Italy in particular, have gained greater world attention, Portugal, nevertheless, has a history of her own commemorations.
       Whatever the political ideology of the governmental system involved, Portugal's historic commemorations have been continuous and well-planned, and have sought to stir national pride as well as regime loyalty. Portugal's official efforts in public commemoration date at least back to 1880, when the Portuguese celebrated the 300th anniversary of the death of the national epic poet, Luís de Camões. Others followed that sought to arouse national remembrance and encourage notions of national revival, by focusing either on biographical or national discovery dates. The next major commemoration was in 1894, when Portugal commemorated the 500th anniversary of the birth in 1394 of Prince Henry of Aviz (Prince Henry the Navigator) and, in 1897-99, the 400th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India.
       The 20th century has seen the most elaborate and publicized historic commemorations for Portugal. Besides its extensive propaganda program beginning in the 1930s, the Estado Novo put considerable effort into extensive historic commemorations, with the purpose of encouraging national pride and international respect, as well as regime loyalty. At least three national commemorations are worthy of note here, although scores of other events were held on a smaller scale. From June to December 1940, Portugal held the grand Double Centenary celebrations, which celebrated Portugal's emergence as an independent monarchy and state in 1140 (800 years) and the restoration of independence from Spain in 1640 (300 years). More than five months of activities included expensive publications of books and tourist materials, exhibits, academic conferences, and an outstanding Lisbon "world's fair" known as the "Exposition of the Portuguese World," staged at Belém, in front of the Monastery of Jerónimos, and involving the unveiling for the first time of the new Monument of the Discoveries.
       Two other commemorations of the Estado Novo deserve mention: the 1947 celebration of the 800th anniversary of the Portuguese taking of Lisbon (1147) from Moorish forces and the 1960 commemoration activities marking the 500th anniversary of the death of the central figure of the Portuguese Discoveries, Prince Henry the Navigator. The latter set of events took place during a time of political sensitivity, when the government's African policy was under strong international pressures.
       Since the Revolution of 25 April 1974, democratic Portugal has put substantial resources into commemorating various persons and events of the Age of Discoveries. In 1980, Portugal's scholars celebrated the 400th anniversary of the death of the national poet Camões in many books, articles, exhibits, and conferences. But this would all be overshadowed by the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Portuguese Discoveries, which would run from 1988 to 2000. This elaborate effort involved the establishment of a government agency, the National Committee for the Commemoration of the Portuguese Discoveries, headed by one of Portugal's most eminent scholars on the subject, Dr. Vasco Graça Moura. Commemoration began in 1988 with the celebration and reenactment of the 1488 voyage of navigator Bartolomeu Dias from Lisbon to beyond the Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa. The 12-year cycle, the longest Discoveries commemorations of any century and of any Western country, put the 1992 Columban Quincentenary events somewhat in the shade.
       Between May and October 1998, Portugal held Expo '98 in Lisbon, a world's fair that was keyed to the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's discovery of an all-water route to India in 1498. This cycle ended in 2000, marking the 500th anniversary of the year that Portugal's Pedro Álvares Cabral discovered Brazil.

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  • 8 Koenig, Friedrich

    SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing
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    b. 17 April 1774 Eisleben, Thuringia, Germany
    d. 17 January 1833 Oberzell, near Würzburg, Germany
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    German inventor of the machine printing press.
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    Koenig became a printer and bookseller. Around 1800 he was among those who conceived the idea of mechanizing the hand printing press, which apart from minor details had survived virtually unchanged through the first three and a half centuries of printing. In 1803, in Sühl, Saxony, he designed a press in which the flat forme, carrying the type, was mechanically inked and passed to and from the platen. Whether this ma-chine was ever constructed is not known, but Koenig found little support for his ideas because of lack of technical and financial resources. So, in 1806, he went to England and was introduced to Thomas Bensley, a book printer off Fleet Street in London. Bensley agreed to support Koenig and brought in two other printers to help finance Koenig's experiments. Another German, Andreas Bauer, an engineer, assisted Koenig and became largely responsible for the practical execution of Koenig's plans.
    In 1810 they patented a press which was steam-driven but still used a platen. It was set to work in Bensley's office the following year but did not prove to be satisfactory. Koenig redesigned it, and in October 1811 he obtained a patent for a steam-driven press on an entirely new principle. In place of the platen, the paper was fixed around a hollow rotating cylinder, which impressed the paper on to the inked forme. In Bensley's office it was used for book printing, but its increased speed over the hand press appealed to newspaper proprietors and John Walter II of The Times asked Koenig to make a double-cylinder machine, so that the return stroke of the forme would be productive. A further patent was taken out in 1813 and the new machine was made ready to print the 29 November 1814 issue—in secrecy, behind closed doors, to forestall opposition from the pressmen working the hand presses. An important feature of the machine was that the inking rollers were not of the traditional leather or skin but a composite material made from glue, molasses and some soda. The inking could not have been achieved satisfactorily with the old materials. The editorial of that historic issue proclaimed, 'Our Journal of this day presents to the public the practical result of the greatest improvement connected with printing, since the discovery of the art itself Koenig's machine press could make 1,200 impressions an hour compared to 200 with the hand press; further improvements raised this figure to 1,500–2,000. Koenig's last English patent was in 1814 for an improved cylinder machine and a perfecting machine, which printed both sides of the paper. The steam-driven perfecting press was printing books in Bensley's office in February 1816. Koenig and Bauer wanted by that time to manufacture machine presses for other customers, but Bensley, now the principal shareholder, insisted that they should make machines for his benefit only. Finding this restriction intolerable, Koenig and Bauer returned to Germany: they became partners in a factory at Oberzell, near Würzburg, in 1817 and the firm of Koenig and Bauer flourishes there to this day.
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    Further Reading
    J.Moran, 1973, Printing Presses, London: Faber \& Faber.
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  • 9 Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus)

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    b. c. 23 AD Como, Italy
    d. 25 August 79 AD near Pompeii, Italy
    [br]
    Roman encyclopedic writer on the natural world.
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    Pliny was well educated in Rome, and for ten years or so followed a military career with which he was able to combine literary work, writing especially on historical subjects. He completed his duties c. 57 AD and concentrated on writing until he resumed his official career in 69 AD with administrative duties. During this last phase he began work on his only extant work, the thirty-seven "books" of his Historia Naturalis (Natural History), each dealing with a broad subject such as astronomy, geography, mineralogy, etc. His last post was the command of the fleet based at Misenum, which came to an end when he sailed too near Vesuvius during the eruption that engulfed Pompeii and he was overcome by the fumes.
    Pliny developed an insatiable curiosity about the natural world. Unlike the Greeks, the Romans made few original contributions to scientific thought and observation, but some made careful compilations of the learning and observations of Greek scholars. The most notable and influential of these was the Historia Naturalis. To the ideas about the natural world gleaned from earlier Greek authors, he added information about natural history, mineral resources, crafts and some technological processes, such as the extraction of metals from their ores, reported to him from the corners of the Empire. He added a few observations of his own, noted during travels on his official duties. Not all the reports were reliable, and the work often presents a tangled web of fact and fable. Gibbon described it as an immense register in which the author has "deposited the discoveries, the arts, and the errors of mankind". Pliny was indefatigable in his relentless note-taking, even dictating to his secretary while dining.
    During the Dark Ages and early Middle Ages in Western Europe, Pliny's Historia Naturalis was the largest known collection of facts about the natural world and was drawn upon freely by a succession of later writers. Its influence survived the influx into Western Europe, from the twelfth century, of translations of the works of Greek and Arab scholars. After the invention of printing in the middle of the fifteenth century, Pliny was the first work on a scientific subject to be printed, in 1469. Many editions followed and it may still be consulted with profit for its insights into technical knowledge and practice in the ancient world.
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    Bibliography
    The standard Latin text with English translation is that edited by H.Rackham et al.(1942– 63, Loeb Classical Library, London: Heinemann, 10 vols). The French version is by A.
    Ernout et al. (1947–, Belles Lettres, Paris).
    Further Reading
    The editions mentioned above include useful biographical and other details. For special aspects of Pliny, see K.C.Bailey, 1929–32, The Elder Pliny's Chapters on Chemical Subjects, London, 2 vols.
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  • 10 run

    1. present participle - running; verb
    1) ((of a person or animal) to move quickly, faster than walking: He ran down the road.) correr
    2) (to move smoothly: Trains run on rails.) circular; moverse
    3) ((of water etc) to flow: Rivers run to the sea; The tap is running.) correr
    4) ((of a machine etc) to work or operate: The engine is running; He ran the motor to see if it was working.) funcionar, estar en marcha
    5) (to organize or manage: He runs the business very efficiently.) dirigir
    6) (to race: Is your horse running this afternoon?) correr
    7) ((of buses, trains etc) to travel regularly: The buses run every half hour; The train is running late.) circular
    8) (to last or continue; to go on: The play ran for six weeks.) estar/permanecer en cartel; seguir vigente (un contrato); durar
    9) (to own and use, especially of cars: He runs a Rolls Royce.) tener; conducir
    10) ((of colour) to spread: When I washed my new dress the colour ran.) desteñir, correrse
    11) (to drive (someone); to give (someone) a lift: He ran me to the station.) llevar
    12) (to move (something): She ran her fingers through his hair; He ran his eyes over the letter.) pasar
    13) ((in certain phrases) to be or become: The river ran dry; My blood ran cold (= I was afraid).) estar; volverse

    2. noun
    1) (the act of running: He went for a run before breakfast.) carrera
    2) (a trip or drive: We went for a run in the country.) viaje; excursión; paseo, vuelta
    3) (a length of time (for which something continues): He's had a run of bad luck.) racha, período, etapa
    4) (a ladder (in a stocking etc): I've got a run in my tights.) carrera
    5) (the free use (of a place): He gave me the run of his house.) (libre) uso
    6) (in cricket, a batsman's act of running from one end of the wicket to the other, representing a single score: He scored/made 50 runs for his team.) carrera
    7) (an enclosure or pen: a chicken-run.) terreno de pasto; corral, gallinero
    •
    - running
    3. adverb
    (one after another; continuously: We travelled for four days running.) seguido, consecutivo
    - runaway
    - rundown
    - runner-up
    - runway
    - in
    - out of the running
    - on the run
    - run across
    - run after
    - run aground
    - run along
    - run away
    - run down
    - run for
    - run for it
    - run in
    - run into
    - run its course
    - run off
    - run out
    - run over
    - run a temperature
    - run through
    - run to
    - run up
    - run wild
    run1 n carrera
    run2 vb
    1. correr
    2. correr / ir por / discurrir
    3. correr
    4. circular
    5. funcionar
    6. llevar / dirigir
    tr[rʌn]
    1 carrera
    3 (sequence) racha
    4 (ski run) pista
    5 (in stocking) carrera
    6 (demand) gran demanda
    7 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL permanencia en cartel
    8 (in cricket) carrera
    9 (in printing) tirada
    10 (at cards) escalera
    intransitive verb (pt ran tr[ræn], pp run tr[rʌn], ger running)
    1 (gen) correr
    ■ run faster! ¡corre más deprisa!
    2 (flow) correr
    3 (operate) funcionar
    4 (trains, buses) circular
    5 (in election) presentarse
    6 (play) estar en cartel; (contract etc) seguir vigente
    7 (colour) correrse
    ■ I washed it and the colours ran lo lavé y se destiñó, lo lavé y los colores se corrieron
    1 (gen) correr
    2 (race) correr en, participar en
    3 (take by car) llevar, acompañar
    ■ could you run me to school? ¿me podrías acompañar al colegio en coche?
    4 (manage) llevar, dirigir, regentar
    5 (organize) organizar, montar
    6 (operate) hacer funcionar
    7 (pass, submit to) pasar
    ■ have you run this data through the computer? ¿has pasado estos datos por el ordenador?
    8 (publish) publicar
    9 (water) dejar correr
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    in the long run a la larga
    to be on the run haber fugado, haber huido
    to break into a run echarse a correr
    to go for a run ir a correr
    to have the run of something tener algo a su entera disposición
    to run in the family venir de familia
    ■ he's had a good run for his money no le ha ido mal, no se puede quejar
    ■ she won the match, but I gave her a run for her money ella ganó el partido, pero la hice trabajar
    run ['rʌn] v, ran ['ræn] ; run ; running vi
    1) : correr
    she ran to catch the bus: corrió para alcanzar el autobús
    run and fetch the doctor: corre a buscar al médico
    2) : circular, correr
    the train runs between Detroit and Chicago: el tren circula entre Detroit y Chicago
    to run on time: ser puntual
    3) function: funcionar, ir
    the engine runs on gasoline: el motor funciona con gasolina
    to run smoothly: ir bien
    4) flow: correr, ir
    5) last: durar
    the movie runs for two hours: la película dura dos horas
    the contract runs for three years: el contrato es válido por tres años
    6) : desteñir, despintar (dícese de los colores)
    7) extend: correr, extenderse
    8)
    to run for office : postularse, presentarse
    run vt
    1) : correr
    to run 10 miles: correr 10 millas
    to run errands: hacer los mandados
    to run out of town: hacer salir del pueblo
    2) pass: pasar
    3) drive: llevar en coche
    4) operate: hacer funcionar (un motor, etc.)
    5) : echar
    to run water: echar agua
    6) manage: dirigir, llevar (un negocio, etc.)
    7) extend: tender (un cable, etc.)
    8)
    to run a risk : correr un riesgo
    run n
    1) : carrera f
    at a run: a la carrera, corriendo
    to go for a run: ir a correr
    2) trip: vuelta f, paseo m (en coche), viaje m (en avión)
    3) series: serie f
    a run of disappointments: una serie de desilusiones
    in the long run: a la larga
    in the short run: a corto plazo
    4) demand: gran demanda f
    a run on the banks: una corrida bancaria
    to have a long run: mantenerse mucho tiempo en la cartelera
    6) type: tipo m
    the average run of students: el tipo más común de estudiante
    7) : carrera f (en béisbol)
    8) : carrera f (en una media)
    9)
    to have the run of : tener libre acceso de (una casa, etc.)
    ski run : pista f (de esquí)
    n.
    • corrimiento s.m.
    p.p.
    (Participio pasivo de "to run") (a program)
    v.
    • ejecutar (un programa) v. (As a machine)
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: ran, run) = andar v.
    (§pret: anduv-)
    • marchar v. (In an election, US)
    v.
    • presentarse (E lección) (•Gobierno•) v.
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: ran, run) = acorrer v.
    • correr v.
    • dirigir v.
    • explotar v.
    • funcionar v.
    • gobernar v.

    I
    1. rʌn
    1) (pres p running; past ran; past p run) intransitive verb

    he ran downstairs/indoors — bajó/entró corriendo

    3) (colloq) ( drive) ir* ( en coche)

    I run down/over/up to Birmingham most weekends — la mayoría de los fines de semana voy a Birmingham

    4)
    a) (go)

    the truck ran into the ditch/over the cliff — el camión cayó en la cuneta/se despeñó por el acantilado

    b) ( Transp)
    5)
    a) ( flow) \<\<water/oil\>\> correr; ( drip) gotear

    the water ran hot/cold — empezó a salir agua caliente/fría

    the river runs through the town/into the sea — el río pasa por la ciudad/desemboca en el mar

    she left the water/faucet (AmE) o (BrE) tap running — dejó la llave abierta (AmL) or (Esp) el grifo abierto or (RPl) la canilla abierta or (Per) el caño abierto

    b) ( pass) pasar
    6) ( travel)

    our thoughts were running along o on the same lines — nuestros pensamientos iban por el mismo camino

    7) ( Pol) \<\<candidate\>\> presentarse, postularse (AmL)

    he is running for Governor again — se va a volver a presentar or (AmL tb) a postular como candidato a Gobernador

    8) (operate, function)

    with the engine running — con el motor encendido or en marcha or (AmL tb) prendido

    it runs off batteries/on gas — funciona con pilas or a pila(s)/a gas

    9) ( extend)
    a) ( in space)

    the path runs across the field/around the lake — el sendero atraviesa el campo/bordea el lago

    this idea runs through the whole book — esta idea se repite or está presente a lo largo del libro

    b) ( in time)
    10)
    a) (be, stand)

    inflation is running at 4% — la tasa de inflación es del 4%

    it runs in the family — es de familia, le (or me etc) viene de familia; water I 3) a)

    b) ( become)

    stocks are running low — se están agotando las existencias; see also dry I 1) c), short II 2)

    to run to something: to run to fat — echar carnes (fam); see also seed I 1) b)

    11) (of stories, sequences) decir*

    how did that line run? — ¿cómo decía or era esa línea?

    12) (melt, merge) \<\<butter/cheese/icing\>\> derretirse*; \<\<paint/makeup\>\> correrse; \<\<color\>\> desteñir*, despintarse (Méx)
    13) \<\<stockings\>\> hacerse* carreras, correrse (AmL)

    2.
    1) vt
    2)
    a) \<\<race/marathon\>\> correr, tomar parte en
    b) ( chase)

    the Green candidate ran them a close third — el candidato de los verdes quedó en tercer lugar a muy poca distancia de ellos

    they were run out of town — los hicieron salir del pueblo, los corrieron del pueblo (AmL fam)

    3)
    a) (push, move) pasar
    b) ( drive) \<\<person\>\> (colloq) llevar ( en coche)

    to run something under the tap — (BrE) hacer* correr agua sobre algo

    5)
    a) ( extend) \<\<cable/wire\>\> tender*
    b) ( pass) (hacer*) pasar
    6)
    a) ( smuggle) \<\<guns\>\> contrabandear, pasar (de contrabando)
    b) ( get past) \<\<blockade\>\> burlar

    to run a (red) light — (AmE) saltarse un semáforo (en rojo), pasarse un alto (Méx)

    7) ( operate) \<\<engine\>\> hacer* funcionar; \<\<program\>\> ( Comput) pasar, ejecutar
    8) ( manage) \<\<business/organization/department\>\> dirigir*, llevar

    who's running this business? — ¿aquí quién es el que manda?

    he runs the financial side of the business — se encarga or se ocupa del aspecto financiero del negocio

    9)
    a) ( Transp) \<\<flight\>\> tener*
    b) ( maintain) tener*
    10) \<\<tests\>\> realizar*, llevar a cabo; \<\<classes/concerts\>\> organizar*; \<\<newspaper\>\> \<\<article\>\> publicar*; fever 1) a), risk I a), temperature b)
    •
    Phrasal Verbs:

    II
    1) ( on foot)

    on the run: the children keep her on the run all day los niños la tienen todo el día en danza; after seven years on the run (from the law) después de estar siete años huyendo de la justicia; to give somebody a (good) run for her/his money hacerle* sudar tinta a algn; to have a good run for one's money: he was champion for six years, he had a good run for his money fue campeón durante seis años, no se puede quejar; to have the run of something tener* libre acceso a algo, tener* algo a su (or mi etc) entera disposición; to make a run for it — escaparse

    2)
    a) (trip, outing) vuelta f, paseo m ( en coche)
    b) ( journey)

    the outward run — el trayecto or viaje de ida

    it's only a short/10-mile run — está muy cerca/sólo a 10 millas

    3)
    a) ( sequence)

    a run of good/bad luck — una racha de buena/mala suerte, una buena/mala racha

    4) ( tendency) corriente f

    in the normal run of events — normalmente, en el curso normal de los acontecimientos

    run ON something: there's been a run on these watches estos relojes han estado muy solicitados or han tenido mucha demanda; a run on sterling una fuerte presión sobre la libra; a run on the banks — una corrida bancaria, un pánico bancario

    6) (Cin, Theat) temporada f
    7) ( Publ) ( print run) tirada f
    8)
    a) ( track) pista f
    b) ( for animals) corral m
    9) (in stocking, knitted garment) carrera f
    10) (in baseball, cricket) carrera f
    11) the runs pl ( diarrhea) (colloq) diarrea f, churrias fpl (Col fam)
    [rʌn] (vb: pt ran) (pp run)
    1. N
    1) (=act of running) carrera f

    • at a run — corriendo, a la carrera

    • to break into a run — echar a correr, empezar a correr

    • to go for/ have a run before breakfast — (salir a) correr antes del desayuno

    • to make a run for it — (=escape) darse a al fuga, huir; (=move quickly) echarse a correr

    • to be on the run — (from police) estar huido de la justicia, ser fugitivo

    he's on the run from prison — (se) escapó or se fugó de la cárcel

    we've got them on the run — (Mil etc) los hemos puesto en fuga; (fig) están casi vencidos

    - give sb a run for their money

    he's had a good run (for his money) * — (on sb's death) ha tenido una vida larga y bien aprovechada

    2) (=outing in car etc) vuelta f, paseo m, excursión f
    3) (=journey) viaje m; (Aer, Rail etc) (=route) ruta f, línea f

    the Plymouth-Santander run — la línea Plymouth-Santander, el servicio de Plymouth a Santander

    4) (=sequence) serie f

    • in the long run — a la larga

    • a run of luck — una racha de suerte

    a run of bad luck — una racha or temporada de mala suerte

    • in the short run — a plazo corto

    • a run of five wins — una racha de cinco victorias

    5) (Theat, TV) temporada f
    6) (=generality)

    • the common run — lo común y corriente

    • it stands out from the general run of books — destaca de la generalidad de los libros

    7) (=trend)

    • the run of the market — la tendencia del mercado

    • they scored against the run of play — marcaron un gol cuando menos se podía esperar

    8) (Comm, Econ) (=increased demand) gran demanda f
    9) (for animals) corral m

    • ski run — pista f de esquí

    10) (Cards) escalera f
    11) (Cricket, Baseball) carrera f

    to make or score a run — hacer or anotar(se) una carrera

    See:
    12) (Publishing)

    a run of 5,000 copies — una tirada de 5.000 ejemplares

    13) (in tights) carrera f
    14) (Mus) carrerilla f
    15) (Aer etc) (=raid) ataque m
    16) (US) (Pol) (=bid for leadership) carrera f, campaña f
    17) (=access, use)

    • they gave us the run of their garden — nos dejaron usar su jardín

    • to have the run of sb's house — tener el libre uso de la casa de algn

    18)

    to have the runs * — andar muy suelto *, tener cagalera **

    2. VT
    1) (gen) correr

    to run the 100 metres — participar en or correr los 100 metros lisos

    • let things run their course — (fig) deja que las cosas sigan su curso

    • to run errands — hacer recados

    • to run a horse — correr un caballo

    - run sb close
    - run it close or fine
    - be run off one's feet
    mile
    2) (=take, drive)

    • to run a boat ashore — varar una embarcación

    • this will run you into debt — esto te endeudará

    • I'll run you home — te llevo a casa

    • to run a car into a lamppost — estrellar un coche contra un farol

    3) (=put, move)

    • to run a comb through one's hair — peinarse rápidamente

    • to run one's eye over a letter — echar un vistazo a una carta

    • to run a fence round a field — poner una valla alrededor de un campo

    • to run one's fingers through sb's hair — pasar los dedos por el pelo de algn

    • let me run this idea past you — (US) a ver qué piensas de esta idea

    • to run a pipe through a wall — pasar un tubo por una pared

    • to run water into a bath — hacer correr agua en un baño, llenar un baño de agua

    • to run one's words together — comerse las palabras, hablar atropelladamente

    4) (=organize etc) [+ business, hotel etc] dirigir, llevar; [+ country] gobernar; [+ campaign, competition] organizar

    • the school runs courses for foreign students — la escuela organiza cursos para estudiantes extranjeros

    • to run the house for sb — llevar la casa a algn

    • he wants to run my life — quiere organizarme la vida

    • they ran a series of tests on the product — llevaron a cabo or efectuaron una serie de pruebas con el producto

    5) (esp Brit) (=operate, use) [+ car] tener; [+ machine] hacer funcionar, hacer andar; [+ train] poner; (Comput) [+ programme] ejecutar

    • to run a new bus service — poner en funcionamiento un nuevo servicio de autobuses

    • we don't run a car — no tenemos coche

    the car is very cheap to run — el coche gasta muy poco or tiene muy pocos gastos de mantenimiento

    • you can run this machine on gas — puedes hacer funcionar esta máquina a gas

    • you can run it on or off the mains — funciona con corriente de la red

    • they ran an extra train — pusieron un tren suplementario

    6) (=enter in contest)

    • to run a horse — correr un caballo

    7) (=publish) [+ report, story] publicar, imprimir
    8) (=smuggle) [+ guns, whisky] pasar de contrabando
    9) (=not stop for)

    • to run a blockade — saltarse un bloqueo, burlar un bloqueo

    • to run a stoplight — (US) saltarse un semáforo en rojo

    gauntlet, risk, temperature
    3. VI
    1) (gen) correr; (in race) competir, correr, tomar parte; (=flee) huir

    • to run across the road — cruzar la calle corriendo

    • to run down the garden — correr por el jardín

    • to run for a bus — correr tras el autobús

    we shall have to run for it — (=move quickly) tendremos que correr; (=escape) habrá que darse a la fuga

    to run for all one is worth, run like the devil — correr a todo correr

    run for your lives! — ¡sálvese el que pueda!

    • to run to help sb — correr al auxilio de algn

    • he ran up to me — se me acercó corriendo

    3) (Naut)

    • to run aground — encallar

    • to run before the wind — navegar con viento a popa

    4) (=function) funcionar

    • the car is not running well — el coche no funciona bien

    • you mustn't leave the engine running — no se debe dejar el motor en marcha

    • the lift isn't running — el ascensor no funciona

    • it runs off the mains — funciona con corriente de la red

    • it runs on petrol — funciona con gasolina, tiene motor de gasolina

    • things did not run smoothly for them — (fig) las cosas no les fueron bien

    5) (=extend)

    • the contract has two years left to run — al contrato le quedan dos años de duración

    • it runs in the family — [characteristic] viene de familia; [disease] es algo genético

    • the play ran for two years — la obra estuvo dos años en cartelera

    • the programme ran for an extra ten minutes — el programa se prolongó diez minutos, el programa duró diez minutos de más

    • the sentences will run concurrently — las condenas se cumplirán al mismo tiempo

    • it runs through the whole history of art — afecta toda la historia del arte, se observa en toda la historia del arte

    • he has a scar running across his chest — tiene una cicatriz que le atraviesa el pecho

    • the road runs along the river — la carretera va a lo largo del río

    • the road runs by our house — la carretera pasa delante de nuestra casa

    • the path runs from our house to the station — el sendero va de nuestra casa a la estación

    • this street runs into the square — esta calle desemboca en la plaza

    • a balcony runs round the hall — una galería se extiende a lo largo del perímetro de la sala

    • the ivy runs up the wall — la hiedra trepa por la pared

    6) (=flow) correr; (Med) [sore] supurar

    • your bath is running — tienes el baño llenándose

    • blood ran from the wound — la sangre manaba de la herida, la herida manaba sangre

    • to run dry — [river, well] secarse; [resources] agotarse

    • the milk ran all over the floor — la leche se derramó por todo el suelo

    • money simply runs through his fingers — es un manirroto

    • his nose was running — le moqueaba la nariz

    • my pen runs — mi pluma gotea

    • the river runs for 300 miles — el río corre 300 millas

    • you left the tap running — dejaste abierto el grifo or (LAm) abierta la llave

    • the tears ran down her cheeks — las lágrimas le corrían por las mejillas

    • when the tide is running strongly — cuando sube la marea rápidamente

    • the streets were running with water — el agua corría por las calles

    7) [colour] correrse, desteñirse
    8) (=melt) derretirse
    9) (=go)

    the thought ran through my head that... — se me ocurrió pensar que...

    seed 1., 1), wild 2., 2)
    10) (=be)

    • the train is running late — el tren lleva retraso

    • the service usually runs on time — el servicio generalmente es puntual

    high 2., low I, 1., 4)
    11) (Pol) (=stand for election) presentarse como candidato(-a)

    are you running? — ¿vas a presentar tu candidatura?

    • to run against sb — medirse con algn, enfrentarse a algn

    12) (=say)

    the text runs like this — el texto dice así, el texto reza así

    13) [stocking] hacerse una carrera
    14) (Comput) ejecutarse
    4.
    CPD

    run time N — tiempo m de ejecución

    * * *

    I
    1. [rʌn]
    1) (pres p running; past ran; past p run) intransitive verb

    he ran downstairs/indoors — bajó/entró corriendo

    3) (colloq) ( drive) ir* ( en coche)

    I run down/over/up to Birmingham most weekends — la mayoría de los fines de semana voy a Birmingham

    4)
    a) (go)

    the truck ran into the ditch/over the cliff — el camión cayó en la cuneta/se despeñó por el acantilado

    b) ( Transp)
    5)
    a) ( flow) \<\<water/oil\>\> correr; ( drip) gotear

    the water ran hot/cold — empezó a salir agua caliente/fría

    the river runs through the town/into the sea — el río pasa por la ciudad/desemboca en el mar

    she left the water/faucet (AmE) o (BrE) tap running — dejó la llave abierta (AmL) or (Esp) el grifo abierto or (RPl) la canilla abierta or (Per) el caño abierto

    b) ( pass) pasar
    6) ( travel)

    our thoughts were running along o on the same lines — nuestros pensamientos iban por el mismo camino

    7) ( Pol) \<\<candidate\>\> presentarse, postularse (AmL)

    he is running for Governor again — se va a volver a presentar or (AmL tb) a postular como candidato a Gobernador

    8) (operate, function)

    with the engine running — con el motor encendido or en marcha or (AmL tb) prendido

    it runs off batteries/on gas — funciona con pilas or a pila(s)/a gas

    9) ( extend)
    a) ( in space)

    the path runs across the field/around the lake — el sendero atraviesa el campo/bordea el lago

    this idea runs through the whole book — esta idea se repite or está presente a lo largo del libro

    b) ( in time)
    10)
    a) (be, stand)

    inflation is running at 4% — la tasa de inflación es del 4%

    it runs in the family — es de familia, le (or me etc) viene de familia; water I 3) a)

    b) ( become)

    stocks are running low — se están agotando las existencias; see also dry I 1) c), short II 2)

    to run to something: to run to fat — echar carnes (fam); see also seed I 1) b)

    11) (of stories, sequences) decir*

    how did that line run? — ¿cómo decía or era esa línea?

    12) (melt, merge) \<\<butter/cheese/icing\>\> derretirse*; \<\<paint/makeup\>\> correrse; \<\<color\>\> desteñir*, despintarse (Méx)
    13) \<\<stockings\>\> hacerse* carreras, correrse (AmL)

    2.
    1) vt
    2)
    a) \<\<race/marathon\>\> correr, tomar parte en
    b) ( chase)

    the Green candidate ran them a close third — el candidato de los verdes quedó en tercer lugar a muy poca distancia de ellos

    they were run out of town — los hicieron salir del pueblo, los corrieron del pueblo (AmL fam)

    3)
    a) (push, move) pasar
    b) ( drive) \<\<person\>\> (colloq) llevar ( en coche)

    to run something under the tap — (BrE) hacer* correr agua sobre algo

    5)
    a) ( extend) \<\<cable/wire\>\> tender*
    b) ( pass) (hacer*) pasar
    6)
    a) ( smuggle) \<\<guns\>\> contrabandear, pasar (de contrabando)
    b) ( get past) \<\<blockade\>\> burlar

    to run a (red) light — (AmE) saltarse un semáforo (en rojo), pasarse un alto (Méx)

    7) ( operate) \<\<engine\>\> hacer* funcionar; \<\<program\>\> ( Comput) pasar, ejecutar
    8) ( manage) \<\<business/organization/department\>\> dirigir*, llevar

    who's running this business? — ¿aquí quién es el que manda?

    he runs the financial side of the business — se encarga or se ocupa del aspecto financiero del negocio

    9)
    a) ( Transp) \<\<flight\>\> tener*
    b) ( maintain) tener*
    10) \<\<tests\>\> realizar*, llevar a cabo; \<\<classes/concerts\>\> organizar*; \<\<newspaper\>\> \<\<article\>\> publicar*; fever 1) a), risk I a), temperature b)
    •
    Phrasal Verbs:

    II
    1) ( on foot)

    on the run: the children keep her on the run all day los niños la tienen todo el día en danza; after seven years on the run (from the law) después de estar siete años huyendo de la justicia; to give somebody a (good) run for her/his money hacerle* sudar tinta a algn; to have a good run for one's money: he was champion for six years, he had a good run for his money fue campeón durante seis años, no se puede quejar; to have the run of something tener* libre acceso a algo, tener* algo a su (or mi etc) entera disposición; to make a run for it — escaparse

    2)
    a) (trip, outing) vuelta f, paseo m ( en coche)
    b) ( journey)

    the outward run — el trayecto or viaje de ida

    it's only a short/10-mile run — está muy cerca/sólo a 10 millas

    3)
    a) ( sequence)

    a run of good/bad luck — una racha de buena/mala suerte, una buena/mala racha

    4) ( tendency) corriente f

    in the normal run of events — normalmente, en el curso normal de los acontecimientos

    run ON something: there's been a run on these watches estos relojes han estado muy solicitados or han tenido mucha demanda; a run on sterling una fuerte presión sobre la libra; a run on the banks — una corrida bancaria, un pánico bancario

    6) (Cin, Theat) temporada f
    7) ( Publ) ( print run) tirada f
    8)
    a) ( track) pista f
    b) ( for animals) corral m
    9) (in stocking, knitted garment) carrera f
    10) (in baseball, cricket) carrera f
    11) the runs pl ( diarrhea) (colloq) diarrea f, churrias fpl (Col fam)

    English-spanish dictionary > run

  • 11 Ohain, Hans Joachim Pabst von

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 14 December 1911 Dessau, Germany
    [br]
    German engineer who designed the first jet engine to power an aeroplane successfully.
    [br]
    Von Ohain studied engineering at the University of Göttingen, where he carried out research on gas-turbine engines, and centrifugal compressors in particular. In 1935 he patented a design for a jet engine (in Britain, Frank Whittle patented his jet-engine design in 1930). Von Ohain was recruited by the Heinkel company in 1936 to develop an engine for a jet aircraft. Ernst Heinkel was impressed by von Ohain's ideas and gave the project a high priority. The first engine was bench tested in September 1937. A more powerful version was developed and tested in air, suspended beneath a Heinkel dive-bomber, during the spring of 1939. A new airframe was designed to house the revolutionary power plant and designated the Heinkel He 178. A short flight was made on 24 August 1939 and the first recognized flight on 27 August. This important achievement received only a lukewarm response from the German authorities. Von Ohain's turbojet engine had a centrifugal compressor and developed a thrust of 380 kg (837 lb). An improved, more powerful, engine was developed and installed in a new twin-engined fighter design, the He 280. This flew on 2 April 1941 but never progressed beyond the prototype stage. By this time two other German companies, BMW and Junkers, were constructing successful turbojets with axial compressors: luckily for the Allies, Hitler was reluctant to pour his hard-pressed resources into this new breed of jet fighters. After the war, von Ohain emigrated to the United States and worked for the Air Force there.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1929, "The evolution and future of aeropropulsion system", The Jet Age. 40 Years of Jet Aviation, Washington, DC: National Air \& Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
    Further Reading
    Von Ohain's work is described in many books covering the history of aviation, and aero engines in particular, for example: R.Schlaifer and S.D.Heron, 1950, Development of Aircraft Engines and fuels, Boston. G.G.Smith, 1955, Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion.
    Grover Heiman, 1963, Jet Pioneers.
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Ohain, Hans Joachim Pabst von

  • 12 plenty

    ˈplentɪ
    1. сущ.
    1) (из) обилие;
    достаток horn of plenty ≈ рог изобилия in plenty ≈ в изобилии to live in plenty ≈ жить в достатке
    2) множество;
    избыток, масса plenty of ≈ много to have plenty of time ≈ располагать временем there was food in plenty ≈ запасов пищи было достаточно plenty of jobs ≈ много работы Syn: multitude, great number
    2. прил.
    1) обильный;
    многочисленный The gopher is very plenty on the west side of Mississippi. ≈ В западной части Миссисипи водится много сусликов. Syn: abundant, plentiful
    2) разг. отличный, превосходный
    3. нареч.;
    разг.
    1) вполне;
    довольно Syn: quite, fully
    2) очень, чрезвычайно;
    весьма, крепко, основательно, сильно I was plenty busy with other things. ≈ Я был очень занят другими вещами. Syn: very, much изобилие;
    достаток - horn of * рог изобилия - land of * страна изобилия - year of * урожайный год, год изобилия - in * в изобилии - resources in * достаточные /солидные/ запасы - to live in (peace and) * жить в (мире и) достатке - to have * to live /(разг) to go/ upon жить в достатке, не нуждаться - the * that comes with peace с миром приходит и достаток (of) множество, избыток - * of money много денег - to have * of time иметь много времени;
    располагать временем - to arrive in * of time приехать заблаговременно - he has * of everything у него всего в избытке /всего много/ - he is in * of trouble у него много неприятностей (a *) обыкн. (американизм) большое количество, много - a * of smoke много дыма - a * of things to be done масса дел, которые нужно сделать > to have * going for smb. иметь большие преимущества перед кем-л.;
    находиться в выгодном положении по сравнению с кем-л. (разговорное) обильный;
    многочисленный - there are * English books here здесь много английских книг - I know * of places to go я знаю много мест, куда можно пойти - that helping is * for me такая порция мне более чем /вполне/ достаточна (разговорное) вполне;
    довольно;
    изрядно, достаточно - * large enough достаточно большой очень, чрезвычайно, исключительно - I was * cautious я был очень осторожен ~ множество;
    избыток;
    plenty of много;
    to have plenty of time располагать временем;
    there was food in plenty запасов пищи было достаточно ~ (из) обилие;
    достаток;
    horn of plenty рог изобилия plenty разг. вполне;
    довольно ~ множество;
    избыток;
    plenty of много;
    to have plenty of time располагать временем;
    there was food in plenty запасов пищи было достаточно ~ (из) обилие;
    достаток;
    horn of plenty рог изобилия ~ обильный;
    многочисленный ~ разг. очень, чрезвычайно;
    крепко, основательно ~ множество;
    избыток;
    plenty of много;
    to have plenty of time располагать временем;
    there was food in plenty запасов пищи было достаточно ~ множество;
    избыток;
    plenty of много;
    to have plenty of time располагать временем;
    there was food in plenty запасов пищи было достаточно

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > plenty

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