Перевод: со всех языков на все языки

со всех языков на все языки

I have to support a large family

  • 1 support

    أَعَالَ \ support: to provide for: I have to support a large family. \ اِرتِكاز \ support. \ تأييد \ support: to help: I need your support at this meeting. \ قَامَ بنفقة (أُسْرَة)‏ \ support: to provide for: I have to support a large family.

    Arabic-English glossary > support

  • 2 support

    support [sə'pɔ:t]
    1 noun
    (a) (backing) soutien m, appui m;
    support for the Socialist Party is declining le parti socialiste est en baisse ou en perte de vitesse;
    the rebels have little support les rebelles bénéficient d'un soutien limité;
    there is widespread support for the government/these policies le gouvernement bénéficie/ces politiques bénéficient d'un très large soutien;
    he's trying to drum up or to mobilize support for his scheme il essaie d'obtenir du soutien pour son projet;
    to give or to lend one's support to sth appuyer ou soutenir qch;
    she gave us her full support elle nous a pleinement appuyés;
    you have my full support on this je vous soutiens à cent pour cent, vous pouvez compter sur mon soutien inconditionnel;
    to speak in support of a motion appuyer une motion;
    they are striking in support of the miners ils font grève par solidarité avec les mineurs;
    a collection in support of the homeless une quête au profit des sans-abri;
    insufficient air for the support of life air en quantité insuffisante pour permettre la vie
    (b) (assistance, encouragement) appui m, aide f;
    I couldn't have managed without the support of the neighbours je n'aurais pas pu y arriver sans l'appui des voisins;
    a mutual support scheme un système d'entraide;
    she gave me the emotional support I needed elle m'a apporté le soutien affectif dont j'avais besoin
    (c) (funding) appui m, soutien m;
    they depend on the government for financial support ils sont subventionnés par le gouvernement;
    with (financial) support from the council avec l'appui ou le soutien (financier) du conseil;
    he has no visible means of support ses sources de revenus sont inconnues;
    what are your means of support? quelles sont vos sources de revenus?;
    she is their only means of support ils n'ont qu'elle pour les faire vivre
    (d) (holding up) soutien m;
    the upper floors need extra support les étages supérieurs ont besoin d'un soutien supplémentaire;
    I was holding his arm for support je m'appuyais sur son bras;
    this bra gives good support ce soutien-gorge maintient bien la poitrine
    (e) (person) soutien m;
    she's been a great support to me elle m'a été d'un grand soutien;
    she is the support of the family (financially) c'est elle qui fait vivre la famille
    (f) (supporting structure, prop) appui m; Building industry & Technology support m; Medicine (bandage) bandage m de maintien;
    the steel supports had buckled les supports en acier s'étaient déformés
    (g) (substantiation, corroboration) corroboration f;
    in support of her theory à l'appui de ou pour corroborer sa théorie;
    the investigation found no support for this view l'enquête n'a rien trouvé pour corroborer ce point de vue;
    this discovery lends support to those who have argued… cette découverte va dans le sens de ceux qui soutiennent que…
    farm supports subventions fpl agricoles
    (i) Cinema (supporting actor) second rôle m; Music groupe m en première partie
    (a) (troops, unit) de soutien
    (b) (hose, stockings) de maintien; (bandage) de soutien
    (c) Building industry & Technology (structure, device, frame) de soutien
    (a) (back → action, campaign, person) soutenir, appuyer; (→ cause, idea) être pour, soutenir; Military (→ troops) soutenir; Sport (→ team) être pour; (actively) être supporter de; (assist → person) soutenir, aider;
    she supports the Labour Party elle est pour ou elle soutient le parti travailliste;
    to support a candidate appuyer ou soutenir un candidat;
    I can't support their action je ne peux pas approuver leur action;
    we support her in her decision nous approuvons sa décision;
    the Democrats will support the bill les Démocrates seront pour ou appuieront le projet de loi;
    the mayor, supported by the clergy le maire, avec le soutien du clergé;
    he supports Tottenham c'est un supporter de Tottenham;
    he made it with only her love to support him il a réussi avec son amour comme seul soutien;
    Cinema & Theatre supported by a superb cast avec une distribution superbe
    (b) (hold up) supporter, soutenir;
    the pillars that support the ceiling les piliers qui soutiennent le plafond;
    her legs were too weak to support her ses jambes étaient trop faibles pour la porter;
    he supported himself on a stick/my arm il s'appuyait sur un bâton/mon bras;
    will you support the shelf while I fix it to the wall? tu peux tenir l'étagère le temps ou pendant que je la fixe au mur?;
    she held on to the table to support herself elle s'agrippa à la table pour ne pas tomber
    (c) (provide for financially → person) subvenir aux besoins de; (→ campaign, project) aider financièrement;
    she has three children to support elle a trois enfants à charge;
    she earns enough to support herself elle gagne assez pour subvenir à ses propres besoins;
    he supports himself by teaching il gagne sa vie en enseignant;
    his parents supported him through college ses parents ont financé ses études;
    the theatre is supported by contributions le théâtre est financé par des contributions
    (d) (sustain) faire vivre;
    the land has supported four generations of tribespeople cette terre a fait vivre la tribu pendant quatre générations;
    the atmosphere on the planet could not support life l'atmosphère de la planète ne permettrait pas le développement d'êtres vivants
    (e) (substantiate, give weight to) appuyer, confirmer, donner du poids à;
    there is no evidence to support his claim il n'y a aucune preuve pour appuyer ses dires;
    a theory supported by experience une théorie confirmée par l'expérience
    (f) Finance (price, currency) soutenir
    (g) Computing (file format, device, technology) permettre l'utilisation de, supporter;
    this package is supported by all workstations ce progiciel peut être utilisé sur tous les postes de travail
    (h) (endure) supporter, tolérer
    ►► support band groupe m en première partie;
    who was the support band? qui est-ce qu'il y avait en première partie?;
    (a) (for therapy) groupe m de soutien
    (b) (at concert) groupe m en première partie;
    Computing support line assistance f technique téléphonique;
    support price prix m de soutien;
    Administration support services services mpl d'assistance technique;
    support staff personnel m de soutien ou des services généraux

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > support

  • 3 family

    family ['fæmlɪ] (pl families)
    1 noun
    (gen) & Biology, Botany & Linguistics famille f;
    have you any family? (relatives) avez-vous de la famille?; (children) avez-vous des enfants?;
    to raise a family élever des enfants;
    a large family une famille nombreuse;
    all the children in the family are redheads tous les enfants de la famille sont roux;
    to start a family avoir un (premier) enfant;
    she's (just like) one of the family elle fait (tout à fait) partie ou elle est (tout à fait) de la famille;
    none of my family like him personne ne l'aime dans ma famille;
    it runs in the family cela tient de famille;
    of good family de bonne famille;
    a family audience un public ou auditoire familial;
    a family business une entreprise familiale;
    family butcher boucher m de quartier;
    family doctor docteur m de famille;
    a family hotel une pension de famille;
    family portraits portraits mpl d'ancêtres;
    we'll keep it in the family (heirloom, land) ça restera dans la famille; (scandal) ça ne sortira pas de la famille;
    he's a family man il aime la vie de famille, c'est un bon père de famille;
    unsuitable for family viewing non approprié aux enfants;
    I wouldn't call it family viewing ce n'est pas exactement un spectacle à conseiller aux enfants;
    this film is not family viewing ce n'est pas un film tout public
    (life) familial, de famille; (car, friend) de la famille; (dinner, likeness, quarrel) de famille; (programme) pour les familles
    ►► British formerly Administration family allowance allocations fpl familiales;
    family Bible Bible f familiale ou de famille;
    Marketing family brand marque f générale;
    family car familiale f;
    family circle cercle m de (la) famille;
    American Law family court = tribunal pour toute affaire concernant des enfants;
    British Administration family credit = prestation complémentaire pour familles à faibles revenus ayant au moins un enfant;
    British Law Family Division = division du "High Court" s'occupant des affaires matrimoniales;
    American family fare (on public transport) tarif m familles;
    British formerly Administration family income supplement complément m familial;
    British formerly Family Income Support complément m familial;
    familiar humorous family jewels (man's genitals) bijoux mpl de famille;
    family law droit m de la famille;
    family leave congé m parental;
    family name nom m de famille;
    family planning planning m familial;
    Family Planning Association Planning m familial;
    family planning clinic centre m de planning familial;
    American family practice médecine f générale;
    American family practitioner médecin m de famille, (médecin m) généraliste m;
    Family Restaurants = chaîne américaine de restaurants bon marché;
    family room (in hotel) chambre f familiale; American (in house) salle f de séjour; British (in pub) salle f réservée aux familles;
    family saloon berline f familiale;
    family tree arbre m généalogique

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > family

  • 4 قام (وقف)، نهض، بنى

    قَامَ (وَقَفَ)، نَهَضَ، بَنَى \ get up: to stand up: He got up from his chair. go up: to be built or put up: Many new houses are going up in our village. rise: to get up from a sitting or lying position: He rose to his feet (from the chair). stand up: to rise from a sitting position: The visitor stood up and walked out. stand, (stood): (of upright things) to be in a certain position: Some pots stood on the shelf., (often with up) to be on one’s feet: The seats were full, so we had to stand (up). \ قَامَ بِـ \ carry on: to control, keep in action: You can’t carry on a business without accounts. do: (used generally instead of a particular verb of action) to attend to; deal with; set in order: Have you done (or written) that report yet? Has the cook done (or prepared) the vegatables for dinner? Have you done (or cleaned) your teeth?. do: to perform (work, one’s duty etc.): I have a lot to do. have: to take: Do you have milk in your coffee?. in the process of: to be doing: I am in the process of painting my house. perform: to do (a duty, an action, etc.). \ See Also تناول (تَنَاوَل)، أنجز (أَنْجَزَ)‏ \ قَامَ بالعمل \ function: to work: My radio isn’t functioning properly. \ قَامَ بتَجْرِبَة \ experiment: to try new ideas (esp. scientific ones): We were experimenting with a special kind of cotton seed. \ قَامَ بدور البُطُولة \ star: to be a leading performer: She is starring in a television show. \ قَامَ بِرِحْلَة \ tour: to make a tour: We toured (around) Europe for three weeks. \ قَامَ بزيارة \ pay a visit, to: to visit (as a duty, rather than for pleasure): I must pay a visit to the doctor. \ قَامَ بزيارة خاطفة \ look in: to pay a short visit: Do look in when you pass this way. \ قَامَ بِزيارَة شخص \ pay (sb.) a visit: to visit (sb.): I’ll pay you a visit when I next go to London. \ قَامَ بصيانة وإصْلاح آلة \ service: to give regular attention to (a machine): I have my car serviced every 6000 miles. \ See Also إلخ \ قَامَ بِعَمَله \ work: (of a machine, an idea, etc.) to do what it is meant to do; to be effective: This watch won’t work, as its spring is broken. Our plans worked smoothly. \ قَامَ بنزهة على الأقدام \ stretch one’s legs: to exercise one’s legs (after sitting for a long time); go for a walk. \ قَامَ بنفقة (أُسْرَة)‏ \ support: to provide for: I have to support a large family. \ قَامَ بِهُجومٍ (جَويّ) مُفاجئ \ blitz: (to make) a sudden and violent attack, esp. by air. \ قَامَ على خِدْمَة... \ wait: (with on) to serve: Hotel servants wait on their guests. \ قَامَ على... \ base: to build on sth. or take it as a starting point: My story was based on true events. \ قَامَ مَقَام \ act for: to perform duties for: The headmaster is ill, and Mr Day is acting for him. stand for: (of signs, letters, etc.) to be instead of; mean: UK stands for United Kingdom. \ قَامَ بمظاهرة \ demonstrate: to show one’s feelings publicly, often with much noise and force: The farmers demonstrated against the control of meat prices.

    Arabic-English dictionary > قام (وقف)، نهض، بنى

  • 5 أعال

    أَعَالَ \ support: to provide for: I have to support a large family.

    Arabic-English dictionary > أعال

  • 6 drag

    I 1. [dræg]
    1) colloq. (bore) barba f., lagna f.
    2) aer. fis. resistenza f.
    3) colloq. (puff) tiro m., tirata f.
    4) (women's clothes worn by men) abbigliamento m. da travestito
    5) colloq. (road)
    2.
    1) teatr. [artist, show] en travesti
    2) aut. sport [race, racing] di dragster
    II 1. [dræg]
    verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - gg-)
    1) (pull) tirare, trascinare (to, up to fino a; towards verso)

    to drag sth. along the ground — trascinare qcs. per terra

    to drag sb. from — tirare qcn. giù da [chair, bed]

    to drag sb. to — trascinare qcn. a [ match]; trascinare qcn. da [ dentist]

    to drag sb. into — trascinare qcn. in, dentro [ room]

    don't drag my mother into this — non tirare dentro mia madre, non coinvolgere mia madre in questo

    2) (search) dragare [river, pond]
    3) inform. trascinare [ icon]
    4) (trail) trascinare, strascicare

    to drag one's feet o heels — strascicare i piedi; fig. essere riluttante (on riguardo a), tirarla per le lunghe

    2.
    verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - gg-)
    1) (go slowly) [hours, days] trascinarsi; [story, plot] trascinarsi, procedere pesantemente

    to drag in — [hem, belt] strisciare, strascicare nel [ mud]

    to drag on — fare un tiro, una tirata a [ cigarette]

    3.
    * * *
    [dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb
    1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) trascinare, tirare
    2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) trascinare
    3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) strascicarsi, strascinarsi
    4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) dragare
    5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) trascinarsi
    2. noun
    1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) ostacolo, impedimento
    2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) boccata
    3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) noia, scocciatura
    4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) abbigliamento di travestiti
    * * *
    drag /dræg/
    n.
    1 (fam.) rottura (di scatole), cosa pallosa: It's a real drag having to get two buses to work every day, è veramente una rottura dover prendere due autobus tutti i giorni per andare a lavorare; Exams are a drag, gli esami sono una palla
    2 (fam.) tipo palloso: Don't bring Howard, he's such a drag, non portare Howard, è un tipo così palloso
    3 [u] (fam.) abbigliamento del sesso opposto, travesti (franc.): to be in drag, essere in travesti; Why do so many man like wearing drag?, perché a così tanti uomini piace vestirsi da donna?; a drag artist, una drag queen ( uomo), una «drag king» ( donna); a drag show, uno spettacolo drag
    4 (fig.) freno, ostacolo: High unemployment is a drag on the economy, un'alta disoccupazione è un freno per l'economia; Having to support a large family was a drag on his career as a writer, il fatto di dover mantenere una famiglia numerosa ha frenato la sua carriera di scrittore; fiscal drag, drenaggio fiscale
    5 (fam.) tirata, boccata: a drag on a cigarette, una tirata di sigaretta
    6 [u] (mecc. dei fluidi) resistenza, trascinamento; (aeron.) resistenza aerodinamica
    7 [u] (fam. USA) autorità, influenza
    9 (agric.) erpice pesante; frangizolle
    10 rozza slitta; treggia
    11 ( un tempo) carrozza chiusa; tiro a quattro
    13 draga; cavafango
    14 (arc.: in un carro agricolo) freno a ceppi; martinicca
    15 (metall.) fondo della staffa
    16 ( slang USA) strada; via
    ● (teatr.) drag act, numero di una drag queen (o di una «drag king») □ (mecc.) drag bar, barra di trazione □ drag boat, peschereccio a strascico □ drag chain, catena d'arresto di una ruota ( in un veicolo); (fig.) ostacolo, peso; (ferr.) catena di aggancio; (autom.) catenella di messa a terra □ drag hunt (o hunting), caccia con lo strascico □ drag king, «drag king», artista che si esibisce travestita da uomo □ (mecc.) drag-link, tirante longitudinale ( dello sterzo); quadrilatero articolato a doppia manovella □ drag queen, drag queen, artista che si esibisce travestito da donna; ( anche) travestito (con tratti femminili esasperati: trucco pesante, ecc.) □ drag race, gara di accelerazione (per ► dragster) □ drag racing, gare di accelerazione ( per dragster).
    ♦ (to) drag /dræg/
    A v. t.
    1 trascinare; tirare ( a fatica, con sforzo): They used horses to drag the plough, usavano dei cavalli per tirare l'aratro; He was dragging his bag behind him, si trascinava dietro la borsa; She was dragging the child along by the arm, trascinava il bambino tirandolo per il braccio; We dragged the wardrobe up two flights of stairs, abbiamo trascinato il guardaroba su per due rampe di scale; The police dragged away two demonstrators, la polizia ha trascinato via due manifestanti; He dragged me into the room, mi ha trascinato a forza nella stanza; Several men dragged him out of the car and beat him up, diversi uomini lo hanno trascinato fuori dalla macchina e lo hanno picchiato; We dragged the children out of bed and made them go for a walk, abbiamo tirato i bambini giù dal letto e gli abbiamo fatto fare una passeggiata; to drag a leg [a foot], trascinare una gamba [un piede]; She dragged a comb through her hair, si è data una passata col pettine sui capelli
    2 (agric.) erpicare ( il terreno)
    3 dragare, rastrellare ( un fiume, un lago, ecc.): They dragged the river for the body, hanno dragato il fiume alla ricerca del cadavere
    5 (comput.) trascinare: Drag the file into the folder, trascinate il file nella cartella
    B v. i.
    1 trascinarsi; strascicare: The bottom of her long skirt dragged on the ground, il fondo della lunga gonna le strascicava per terra
    2 (fig.) trascinarsi, procedere a rilento: The long winter months dragged by, i lunghi mesi invernali si trascinavano; The play dragged badly in the second half, lo spettacolo procedeva davvero a rilento nel secondo tempo
    3 (naut.) arare: The anchor dragged, l'ancora arava
    4 ( di motivo musicale) essere lento; mancare di vivacità
    6 (mecc.) ( dei freni) strisciare; aderire
    7 (fam.) tirare una boccata: She dragged on her cigarette, ha tirato una boccata dalla sigaretta
    ● (comput.) drag and drop, trascina e rilascia ( istruzione) □ to drag oneself, trascinarsi: She managed to drag herself across the room and phoned for an ambulance, è riuscita a trascinarsi attraverso la stanza e ha chiamato un'ambulanza; He dragged himself into work despite having the flu, si è trascinato al lavoro nonostante avesse l'influenza; She dragged herself away from the book and started to tidy up, con grande sforzo, ha posato il libro e si è messa a riordinare □ to drag one's feet (o one's heels), strascicare i piedi; (fig.) tirarla per le lunghe; essere riluttante (a fare qc.): DIALOGO → - Business trip 1- We found out why they've been dragging their heels, abbiamo scoperto il motivo per cui sono andati per le lunghe □ (fig.) to drag sb. kicking and screaming, trascinare q. per i capelli □ (fig.) to drag sb. through the courts, trascinare q. in tribunale □ (fig.) to drag sb. 's name through the mud, trascinare il nome di q. nel fango.
    * * *
    I 1. [dræg]
    1) colloq. (bore) barba f., lagna f.
    2) aer. fis. resistenza f.
    3) colloq. (puff) tiro m., tirata f.
    4) (women's clothes worn by men) abbigliamento m. da travestito
    5) colloq. (road)
    2.
    1) teatr. [artist, show] en travesti
    2) aut. sport [race, racing] di dragster
    II 1. [dræg]
    verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - gg-)
    1) (pull) tirare, trascinare (to, up to fino a; towards verso)

    to drag sth. along the ground — trascinare qcs. per terra

    to drag sb. from — tirare qcn. giù da [chair, bed]

    to drag sb. to — trascinare qcn. a [ match]; trascinare qcn. da [ dentist]

    to drag sb. into — trascinare qcn. in, dentro [ room]

    don't drag my mother into this — non tirare dentro mia madre, non coinvolgere mia madre in questo

    2) (search) dragare [river, pond]
    3) inform. trascinare [ icon]
    4) (trail) trascinare, strascicare

    to drag one's feet o heels — strascicare i piedi; fig. essere riluttante (on riguardo a), tirarla per le lunghe

    2.
    verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - gg-)
    1) (go slowly) [hours, days] trascinarsi; [story, plot] trascinarsi, procedere pesantemente

    to drag in — [hem, belt] strisciare, strascicare nel [ mud]

    to drag on — fare un tiro, una tirata a [ cigarette]

    3.

    English-Italian dictionary > drag

  • 7 sostenere

    support
    ( affermare) maintain
    * * *
    sostenere v.tr.
    1 to support, to hold* up, to sustain: l'ho sostenuto col braccio, I supported him with my arm; sostenere qlcu. per la vita, to hold s.o. up by the waist; il muro è sostenuto da pali, the wall is supported (o propped up) by posts; tutto il peso era sostenuto da una grossa corda, the entire weight was supported by a thick rope // la speranza ci sostiene, hope gives us strength
    2 ( portare) to carry, to take*: questo ponte non può sostenere più di dieci tonnellate, this bridge cannot carry more than ten tons; il tavolino non può sostenere tutto quel peso, the table can't take all that weight
    3 ( appoggiare) to back (up), to support, to uphold*; ( difendere) to defend: fu sostenuto da suo padre in tutti i modi, he was backed (up) by his father in every way; questa teoria è sostenuta dall'esperienza e dai fatti, this theory is supported by experience and by facts; sostenere una teoria, to back up a theory; sostenere una causa, una dottrina, to uphold (o to support o to defend) a cause, a doctrine; sono pronto a sostenere il mio punto di vista, I am ready to uphold (o to defend) my point of view; sostenere una candidatura, to back a candidacy; sostenere un partito, to support a party; ( con finanziamenti) to back a party; il giornale ha sostenuto la sua campagna elettorale, the newspaper backed his election campaign // (dir.): sostenere un'accusa, to support a charge; sostenere la difesa di qlcu. in giudizio, to defend s.o. in court // (econ.): sostenere i prezzi, to peg (o to support) prices; sostenere una moneta, to back (o to support) a currency // sostenere un amico, to stand by a friend // sostenere il buon nome, la reputazione della famiglia, to keep up the good name, the reputation of one's family
    4 ( asserire) to maintain, to assert, to uphold*: l'ho detto e lo sostengo, I said it and I maintain it; sostiene d'averlo visto, he maintains (o asserts) that he saw it; sostenere la propria innocenza, to maintain that one is innocent (o to assert one's innocence); sostenere la verità, to uphold the truth
    5 ( resistere a) to resist; to withstand*: sostenere un attacco nemico, to resist an enemy attack; sostenere il fuoco nemico, to withstand enemy fire
    6 ( sopportare) to bear*; to stand*, to endure; ( reggere) to stand* up to: sostenere le spese di qlco., to bear the cost of sthg.; sostenere perdite, to sustain losses; sostenere la concorrenza, to stand up to (o to meet) competition; sostenere il confronto con..., to stand (o to bear) comparison with...; sostenere un interrogatorio, to undergo questioning; sostenere una prova, to stand a test; gli argini non hanno sostenuto la pressione dell'acqua, the banks did not stand up to the pressure of the water; riuscì a sostenere la tensione per un lungo periodo, he succeeded in standing up to the strain for a long time; non so come riesca a sostenere questo ritmo di vita, I don't know how she stands this pace
    7 ( provvedere al mantenimento) to support: sostenere la propria famiglia, to support one's family
    8 ( esercitare) to hold*: sostenere la presidenza, to hold the presidency; sostenere un incarico, to hold (o to occupy) a position
    9 ( rinvigorire) to strengthen, to sustain: un buon caffè ti sosterrà per qualche ora, a good cup of coffee will keep you going for a few hours.
    sostenersi v.rifl. o intr.pron.
    1 ( tenersi in piedi) to stand* (up) (anche fig.): ( appoggiarsi) to support oneself; to lean*: cammina sostenendosi con un bastone, he walks with a stick; si sosteneva al muro, he was leaning against the wall; è un'ipotesi che non si sostiene, it's a hypothesis that isn't convincing (o doesn't hold water); sostenere reciprocamente, to back each other up
    2 ( sostentarsi) to sustain oneself, to keep* up one's strength: deve sostenere con cibi molto nutrienti, he must sustain himself (o keep up his strength) with nourishing food
    3 ( mantenersi) to support oneself, to keep* oneself: guadagna appena il necessario per sostenere, he hardly makes enough to keep himself; è un giornale che si sostiene con finanziamenti privati, it is a newspaper with private (financial) backing.
    * * *
    1. [soste'nere]
    vb irreg vt
    1) (gen : tenere su) to support, hold up, (con medicina) to sustain
    2) (candidato, partito) to support, back, (famiglia) to support

    sostenere qn (moralmente) to be a support to sb, (difendere) to stand up for sb, take sb's part

    3) (attacco, shock) to stand up to, withstand, (sguardo) to bear, stand, (sforzo) to keep up, sustain, (esame) to take

    sostenere il confrontoto bear o stand comparison

    sostenere delle speseto meet o incur expenses

    4) (teoria) to maintain, uphold, (diritti) to assert, (innocenza) to maintain

    la tesi da lui sostenuta è che... — he maintains that...

    5) Teatro Cine
    1) (tenersi su) to hold o.s. up, support o.s., (con medicine) to keep o.s. going, keep one's strength up

    sostenersi al muro (appoggiarsi) to hold on to the wall, lean on the wall

    2) (uso reciproco) to hold each other up, (fig : moralmente) to stand by each other, support each other
    * * *
    [soste'nere] 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (reggere) to support, to sustain, to bear*, to carry [ peso]; to support, to prop (up) [ muro]; to prop [ tetto]; to hold* up [ scaffale]; to support [ferito, malato]
    2) fig. (appoggiare) to back (up), to stand* by, to prop up [ persona]; to back, to support [partito, candidato causa]; to prop up, to sustain [economia, regime]; to defend, to uphold* [idea, principio, teoria]

    ti sosterrò fino in fondoI'm with you o behind you all the way

    3) fig. (mantenere alto) to keep* [sth.] going [ conversazione]; to keep* up, to sustain [ ritmo]
    4) (affermare) to claim, to assert, to maintain
    5) fig. (sopportare, fronteggiare, tollerare) to bear* [ tensione]; to stand* [ confronto]
    6) (affrontare) to take*, to stand*, to sit* (for) BE [esami, prove]
    7) teatr. to play, to act [ parte]
    8) fig. (nutrire) to nourish, to give* strength to
    2.
    verbo pronominale sostenersi
    1) (reggersi in piedi) to stand* up
    2) (mantenersi in forma) to sustain oneself
    3) (economicamente) to earn one's living, to keep* oneself
    * * *
    sostenere
    /soste'nere/ [93]
     1 (reggere) to support, to sustain, to bear*, to carry [ peso]; to support, to prop (up) [ muro]; to prop [ tetto]; to hold* up [ scaffale]; to support [ferito, malato]
     2 fig. (appoggiare) to back (up), to stand* by, to prop up [ persona]; to back, to support [partito, candidato causa]; to prop up, to sustain [economia, regime]; to defend, to uphold* [idea, principio, teoria]; ti sosterrò fino in fondo I'm with you o behind you all the way
     3 fig. (mantenere alto) to keep* [sth.] going [ conversazione]; to keep* up, to sustain [ ritmo]
     4 (affermare) to claim, to assert, to maintain; si può sostenere che it's arguable that; sostenere il proprio punto di vista to argue one's point; sostenere di essere innocente to claim to be innocent
     5 fig. (sopportare, fronteggiare, tollerare) to bear* [ tensione]; to stand* [ confronto]; sostenere forti spese to go to great expense; non riusciva a sostenere il suo sguardo he couldn't meet her eye
     6 (affrontare) to take*, to stand*, to sit* (for) BE [esami, prove]
     7 teatr. to play, to act [ parte]
     8 fig. (nutrire) to nourish, to give* strength to
    II sostenersi verbo pronominale
     1 (reggersi in piedi) to stand* up
     2 (mantenersi in forma) to sustain oneself
     3 (economicamente) to earn one's living, to keep* oneself.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > sostenere

  • 8 familia

    f.
    family.
    de buena familia from a good family
    no te dé vergüenza, que estamos en familia (figurative) don't be shy — you're among friends
    ser como de la familia to be like one of the family
    venir de familia to run in the family
    familia nuclear nuclear family
    familia numerosa large family
    la familia Real the Royal Family
    * * *
    1 family
    2 (prole) children plural, family
    \
    en familia (con la familia) with the family 2 (con muy poca gente) in private
    estar en familia to be among friends
    sentirse como en familia to feel at home, feel like one of the family
    ser como de la familia to be like one of the family
    ser de buena familia to come from a good family
    ser de familia humilde to be of humble origin
    venir algo de familia to run in the family
    familia numerosa large family
    la Sagrada Familia the Holy Family
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=parentela) family

    ¿cómo está la familia? — how is the family?

    familia numerosa, tiene una familia numerosa — he has a large family

    2) (=hijos)

    ¿cuándo pensáis tener familia? — when are you thinking of starting a family?

    ¿tenéis ya mucha familia? — do you already have lots of children?

    3) (=pariente)

    ¿sois familia? — are you related?

    4) (=comunidad) family
    5) (Bot, Ling, Zool) family
    6) (Tip) fount
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( parientes) family

    es de buena familia or de familia bien — he's from a good family

    b) ( hijos) children
    2) (Bot, Zool) family
    * * *
    = family, home, household.
    Ex. Proper names, for example, names of persons, names of families, names of places.
    Ex. It is recommended for a variety of applications, amongst which are records of suppliers, staff, household possessions and so on, and is likely to find users in both the home and business worlds.
    Ex. For the two-car family, living in the countryside can present few problems, but most households are not in such an advantageous position.
    ----
    * biógrafo de familias = family historian.
    * cabeza de familia = head of the household, head of the family.
    * conciliación del trabajo y la familia = reconciliation of work and family.
    * crear una familia = have + a family.
    * desintegración de la familia = family breakdown.
    * el que mantiene a la familia = breadwinner [bread winner].
    * enano de la familia, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * entre los miembros de la familia = intergenerational.
    * familia adoptiva = foster care home, foster family, adoptive family.
    * familia analfabeta = illiterate home.
    * familia biológica = biological family.
    * familia, cabeza de familia = householder.
    * familia casi analfabeta = subliterate home.
    * familia con dos coches = two-car family.
    * familia con dos sueldos = two-income family.
    * familia de acogida = foster care home, foster home.
    * familia de agricultores = farming family.
    * familia de bajos ingresos = low-income family.
    * familia de la madrastra = stepfamily.
    * familia del padrastro = stepfamily.
    * familia dividida = divided family.
    * familia en la que los dos miembros trabajan = two-parent working family.
    * familia en la que los dos padres trabajan = dual-income family.
    * familia hacendada = landholding family.
    * familia monoparental = one parent family, single parent, single-parent working family, single-parent family, lone-parent family.
    * familia nuclear = nuclear family, nuclear family.
    * familia política = in-laws.
    * familia problemática = problem family.
    * familia real = royal family.
    * familia rota = broken family, broken home.
    * joyas de la familia = family jewels.
    * juzgado de familia = divorce court, family court.
    * lectura en familia = family reading.
    * médico de familia = family practitioner, general practitioner (GP), family doctor.
    * miembro de la familia = family member.
    * orientado hacia la familia = family-oriented.
    * oveja negra de la familia, la = black sheep of the family, the.
    * padre de familia = pater familias, family man.
    * principal sostén de la familia = breadwinner [bread winner].
    * reliquia de familia = heirloom.
    * residencia para familias = family residence.
    * secreto de familia = skeleton in the closet.
    * vengador de la familia = avenger of blood.
    * violencia en la familia = family violence.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( parientes) family

    es de buena familia or de familia bien — he's from a good family

    b) ( hijos) children
    2) (Bot, Zool) family
    * * *
    = family, home, household.

    Ex: Proper names, for example, names of persons, names of families, names of places.

    Ex: It is recommended for a variety of applications, amongst which are records of suppliers, staff, household possessions and so on, and is likely to find users in both the home and business worlds.
    Ex: For the two-car family, living in the countryside can present few problems, but most households are not in such an advantageous position.
    * biógrafo de familias = family historian.
    * cabeza de familia = head of the household, head of the family.
    * conciliación del trabajo y la familia = reconciliation of work and family.
    * crear una familia = have + a family.
    * desintegración de la familia = family breakdown.
    * el que mantiene a la familia = breadwinner [bread winner].
    * enano de la familia, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * entre los miembros de la familia = intergenerational.
    * familia adoptiva = foster care home, foster family, adoptive family.
    * familia analfabeta = illiterate home.
    * familia biológica = biological family.
    * familia, cabeza de familia = householder.
    * familia casi analfabeta = subliterate home.
    * familia con dos coches = two-car family.
    * familia con dos sueldos = two-income family.
    * familia de acogida = foster care home, foster home.
    * familia de agricultores = farming family.
    * familia de bajos ingresos = low-income family.
    * familia de la madrastra = stepfamily.
    * familia del padrastro = stepfamily.
    * familia dividida = divided family.
    * familia en la que los dos miembros trabajan = two-parent working family.
    * familia en la que los dos padres trabajan = dual-income family.
    * familia hacendada = landholding family.
    * familia monoparental = one parent family, single parent, single-parent working family, single-parent family, lone-parent family.
    * familia nuclear = nuclear family, nuclear family.
    * familia política = in-laws.
    * familia problemática = problem family.
    * familia real = royal family.
    * familia rota = broken family, broken home.
    * joyas de la familia = family jewels.
    * juzgado de familia = divorce court, family court.
    * lectura en familia = family reading.
    * médico de familia = family practitioner, general practitioner (GP), family doctor.
    * miembro de la familia = family member.
    * orientado hacia la familia = family-oriented.
    * oveja negra de la familia, la = black sheep of the family, the.
    * padre de familia = pater familias, family man.
    * principal sostén de la familia = breadwinner [bread winner].
    * reliquia de familia = heirloom.
    * residencia para familias = family residence.
    * secreto de familia = skeleton in the closet.
    * vengador de la familia = avenger of blood.
    * violencia en la familia = family violence.

    * * *
    A
    1 (parientes) family
    es de buena familiaor de familia bien he's from a good family
    sus hijos, nietos y demás familia her children, grandchildren and other members of the family
    somos como de la familia we're just like family
    le viene de familia it runs in the family
    pasa hasta en las mejores familias it can happen to the best of us
    hemos pasado las fiestas en familia we spent the holidays with the family
    2
    (hijos): aún no tienen familia they don't have any children o a family yet
    Compuestos:
    foster family
    extended family
    single-parent family
    nuclear family
    (literal) large family; ( Servs Socs) (en Esp) family with more than four children ( entitled to special benefits)
    family of separated parents who arrange for continued family interaction to benefit the children
    B ( Bot, Zool) family
    * * *

     

    familia sustantivo femenino


    mi familia política my wife's/husband's family, my in-laws (colloq);
    es de buena familia or de familia bien he's from a good family;
    somos como de la familia we're just like family;
    le viene de familia it runs in the family


    familia sustantivo femenino family: somos familia numerosa, we are large family
    todos tienen un aire de familia, they all have a family likeness
    ♦ Locuciones: estar en familia, to be among friends
    (con poca gente) en la conferencia de ayer estábamos en familia, there were just a few of us at the conference yesterday
    venir de familia, to run in the family
    ' familia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abusar
    - acoger
    - alma
    - besucón
    - besucona
    - botadura
    - cabeza
    - derecha
    - derrumbarse
    - deshonrar
    - desprecio
    - desunión
    - familiar
    - garbanzo
    - gente
    - honrosa
    - honroso
    - incluso
    - juntar
    - materna
    - materno
    - mía
    - miembro
    - mío
    - nacida
    - nacido
    - pecosa
    - pecoso
    - plena
    - pleno
    - política
    - político
    - proceder
    - recurrir
    - recurso
    - reliquia
    - renegar
    - resto
    - ruin
    - sagrada
    - sagrado
    - sangre
    - seno
    -
    - sostén
    - sostener
    - supeditar
    - sustentar
    - tal
    - ultramar
    English:
    black
    - bosom
    - breadwinner
    - comfortable
    - crest
    - desert
    - disgrace
    - eldest
    - family
    - family film
    - folk
    - foster
    - foster child
    - go back
    - greet
    - have
    - honour
    - household
    - immediate
    - in-laws
    - keep
    - large
    - let down
    - likeness
    - maintain
    - middle
    - offshoot
    - plan
    - portrait
    - provide for
    - relationship
    - remember
    - repudiate
    - reunion
    - run
    - seat
    - side
    - such
    - support
    - sustain
    - with
    - average
    - before
    - brains
    - bread
    - bring
    - dot
    - expect
    - fulfillment
    - head
    * * *
    1. [grupo de personas] family;
    un asunto de familia a family matter;
    el director es familia mía the director is a relative of mine;
    ser como de la familia to be like one of the family;
    venir de familia to run in the family;
    en familia [con la familia] with one's family;
    pasamos el fin de año en familia we spent New Year with the family;
    estábamos en familia [casi solos] there were only a few of us;
    no te dé vergüenza, que estamos en familia don't be shy – you're among friends
    familia adoptiva adoptive family;
    familia desestructurada dysfunctional family;
    familia monoparental single parent family;
    familia nuclear nuclear family;
    familia numerosa large family;
    2. [hijos]
    no tuvieron familia they never had children
    3. [linaje] family;
    de buena familia from a good family
    4. [de plantas, animales] family;
    una familia de plantas a family of plants
    5. Ling family;
    una familia de lenguas a family of languages
    * * *
    f family;
    ser de la familia be one of the family;
    de buena familia from a good family
    * * *
    1) : family
    2)
    * * *
    familia n family [pl. families]

    Spanish-English dictionary > familia

  • 9 familia


    familia sustantivo femenino mi familia política my wife's/husband's family, my in-laws (colloq); es de buena familia or de familia bien he's from a good family; somos como de la familia we're just like family; le viene de familia it runs in the family
    familia sustantivo femenino family: somos familia numerosa, we are large family
    todos tienen un aire de familia, they all have a family likeness Locuciones: estar en familia, to be among friends (con poca gente) en la conferencia de ayer estábamos en familia, there were just a few of us at the conference yesterday
    venir de familia, to run in the family ' familia' also found in these entries: Spanish: abusar - acoger - alma - besucón - besucona - botadura - cabeza - derecha - derrumbarse - deshonrar - desprecio - desunión - familiar - garbanzo - gente - honrosa - honroso - incluso - juntar - materna - materno - mía - miembro - mío - nacida - nacido - pecosa - pecoso - plena - pleno - política - político - proceder - recurrir - recurso - reliquia - renegar - resto - ruin - sagrada - sagrado - sangre - seno - - sostén - sostener - supeditar - sustentar - tal - ultramar English: black - bosom - breadwinner - comfortable - crest - desert - disgrace - eldest - family - family film - folk - foster - foster child - go back - greet - have - honour - household - immediate - in-laws - keep - large - let down - likeness - maintain - middle - offshoot - plan - portrait - provide for - relationship - remember - repudiate - reunion - run - seat - side - such - support - sustain - with - average - before - brains - bread - bring - dot - expect - fulfillment - head

    English-spanish dictionary > familia

  • 10 famiglia

    f family
    famiglia numerosa large family
    * * *
    famiglia s.f.
    1 family: famiglia 'allargata', step (o blended) family; ho una famiglia numerosa, I have got a large family; padre, madre di famiglia, father, mother (of a family); è un figlio di famiglia, he's dependent on his parents; uomo di famiglia, family man; sostegno della famiglia, breadwinner; amico di famiglia, family friend (o a friend of the family); affare di famiglia, family matter; avvocato di famiglia, family lawyer; consiglio di famiglia, family council; gioielli di famiglia, family jewels; nome di famiglia, surname (o family name); hai famiglia?, have you got any family?; farsi una famiglia, to start a family; mettere su famiglia, to get married; vivi ancora in famiglia?, are you still living at home with your parents?; tornare in famiglia, to join the family (o to go back home); con loro mi sento come in famiglia, I feel perfectly at home with them (o I feel like one of the family); si ricordano di me in famiglia, they remember me at home; hanno la stessa aria di famiglia, there is a family likeness between them; famiglia a carico, (form.) dependent family: ha bisogno di quel lavoro, perché ha la famiglia a carico, he needs that job, because he has a family to support // la Sacra Famiglia, the Holy Family // l'umana famiglia, mankind (o the human race) // essere di famiglia con qlcu., to be on familiar terms with s.o. // tipo famiglia, ( non di prima scelta) cheap (o medium grade o low to medium grade); confezione, formato, tipo famiglia, family-size package // fare le cose in famiglia, to do things privately, ( alla buona) to do things informally // (dir.) diritto di famiglia, family law; stato di famiglia, family status // (trib.) imposta di famiglia, local tax (o local rates)
    2 ( stirpe, casato) family, house, birth, stock: è un giovanotto di buona famiglia, he's a young man from a good family (o he comes from good stock o he is of good stock); è di buona famiglia?, does he come from a good family?; è ricco di famiglia, he comes from a rich family
    3 ( corte) household: la famiglia reale, the Royal Household
    4 (bot., zool.) family
    5 ( insieme di cose) family; stock: (mat.) famiglia di curve, family of curves.
    * * *
    [fa'miʎʎa]
    sostantivo femminile family (anche biol. ling.)

    famiglia con due redditiecon. two-income household

    di famiglia — [foto, riunione, medico] family attrib.

    sono madre, padre di famiglia — I'm a mother, a father, I have children

    ••
    * * *
    famiglia
    /fa'miλλa/
    sostantivo f.
    family (anche biol. ling.); una famiglia di musicisti a musical family; famiglia con due redditi econ. two-income household; di famiglia [foto, riunione, medico] family attrib.; sono madre, padre di famiglia I'm a mother, a father, I have children; essere uno di famiglia to be one of the family; essere di buona famiglia to come from a good family; formato famiglia family size; mettere su famiglia to start a family; stato di famiglia family certificate
    \
    essere tutto (casa e) famiglia to be a family person; capita o succede anche nelle migliori -e it can happen to the best o to anybody.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > famiglia

  • 11 raise

    I [reɪz]
    1) AE (pay rise) aumento m.
    2) gioc. (in poker) rilancio m.
    II 1. [reɪz]
    1) (lift) alzare [baton, barrier, curtain]; issare [ flag]; sollevare, alzare, tirare su [box, lid]; aprire [ trapdoor]; recuperare [ sunken ship]

    to raise a glass to sb. — brindare a qcn.

    to raise one's hat to sb. — togliersi il cappello o scappellarsi per salutare qcn.

    nobody raised an eyebrow at my suggestionfig. il mio suggerimento non ha suscitato reazioni o clamore

    to raise sb. from the dead — risuscitare qcn

    2) (place upright) rizzare [ mast]; fare alzare [ patient]
    3) (increase) aumentare [price, offer, salary]; alzare [ volume]; innalzare, migliorare [ standard]; innalzare [ age limit]; alimentare [ hopes]

    to raise sb.'s awareness of sensibilizzare qcn. a; to raise one's voice (to be heard) parlare più forte; (in anger) alzare la voce; to raise the temperature — aumentare la temperatura; fig. fare salire la tensione

    4) (cause) fare nascere, suscitare [doubts, fears]; provocare [ storm of protest]

    to raise a cheer — [ speech] essere accolto con grida di approvazione

    to raise a laugh — [ joke] fare ridere

    5) (mention) sollevare [objection, problem]
    6) (breed) allevare [ livestock]; (bring up) tirare su [child, family]

    to be raised (as) an atheistavere o ricevere un'educazione atea

    7) (find) trovare [capital, money]
    8) (form) radunare [ army]; formare [ team]
    9) (collect) riscuotere [ tax]; ottenere [ support]; raccogliere [ money]

    the money raised from the concert... — il ricavato del concerto

    10) (erect) erigere [ monument] (to sb. in onore di qcn.)
    11) (end) togliere [ ban]
    12) (contact) contattare [ person]
    13) (give)

    to raise the tone — alzare il tono; fig. alzare il livello

    to raise sb.'s spirits — sollevare il morale a qcn

    to raise the bidding (in gambling) aumentare la posta; (at auction) fare un'offerta più alta

    16) mat.
    2.
    * * *
    [reiz] 1. verb
    1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) alzare, innalzare
    2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) aumentare, alzare
    3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) allevare; coltivare
    4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) allevare, tirare su
    5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) sollevare
    6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) raccogliere, radunare
    7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) provocare
    8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) produrre
    9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) innalzare, erigere
    10) (to give (a shout etc).) (provocare)
    11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) contattare
    2. noun
    (an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) aumento
    - raise hell/Cain / the roof
    - raise someone's spirits
    * * *
    raise /reɪz/
    n.
    2 ( poker) rilancio; aumento della posta
    3 (ind. min.) fornello.
    ♦ (to) raise /reɪz/
    v. t.
    1 alzare; sollevare: to raise a weight, sollevare un peso; to raise one's eyes, alzare gli occhi; to raise one's voice, alzare la voce; (naut.) to raise anchor, alzare l'ancora; to raise one's hat, levarsi il cappello; scappellarsi; to raise st. to one's lips, portarsi qc. alla bocca; to raise sb.'s morale [spirits], sollevare il morale a (o di) q.; to raise the country, sollevare il paese
    2 aumentare; elevare: to raise retail prices, aumentare i prezzi al dettaglio; to raise real wages, aumentare i salari reali; to raise the temperature, aumentare la temperatura; to raise the standard of living, migliorare il tenore di vita
    3 raccogliere; radunare; procurarsi: to raise a sum of money, raccogliere (o procurarsi) una somma di denaro; to raise capital, raccogliere fondi; to raise an army, radunare un esercito
    4 sollevare; menzionare; evocare: to raise st. with sb., menzionare qc. a q.; to raise a question (o an issue) sollevare una questione; to raise a problem, evocare un problema; to raise an objection, sollevare (o muovere) un'obiezione; (leg.) sollevare un'eccezione; to raise memories, evocare ricordi; to raise the ghosts of the dead, evocare le anime dei morti
    5 sollevare; suscitare: to raise doubts, sollevare dubbi; to raise suspicions, destare sospetti; to raise fears, suscitare timori; to raise a laugh, suscitare una risata; to raise a disturbance, provocare una sommossa
    6 allevare; crescere: to raise a family, crescere dei figli
    7 ( USA) allevare ( animali); coltivare: to raise rabbits, allevare conigli; to raise cattle, allevare bestiame; to raise corn, coltivare il granturco
    8 erigere, innalzare: to raise a monument, erigere un monumento; to raise a wall, alzare un muro
    9 (mat.) elevare: to raise to the third power, elevare alla terza potenza
    10 ( anche mil.) levare, togliere ( un assedio, un blocco navale, un divieto, ecc.)
    11 (edil.) rialzare; soprelevare
    12 ( radio, ecc.) contattare; mettersi in contatto con
    14 (ind. tess.) garzare
    to raise a claim [a demand], presentare un reclamo [una richiesta] □ to raise dough, far lievitare l'impasto □ to raise one's eyebrows, inarcare le ciglia ( in atto di meraviglia o con disapprovazione) □ ( cricket: dell'arbitro) to raise one's finger, alzare l'indice sopra la testa (segnale di ‘out’) □ to raise a flag, issare una bandiera □ to raise sb. from the dead, risuscitare q. □ (mil.) to raise sb. from the ranks, promuovere q. ufficiale □ to raise one's glass to sb., brindare a q. to raise one's hand to sb., alzare le mani su q. □ (fam.) to raise hell (o Cain, the devil), scatenare un putiferio; sollevare un pandemonio □ (naut.) to raise land, avvistare terra □ to raise a loan, accendere un mutuo □ (fig.) to raise no eyebrows, non destare sorpresa □ to raise oneself, elevarsi (socialmente) □ to raise sb. to the peerage, elevare q. al grado di pari d'Inghilterra □ to raise a shout, lanciare un grido □ to raise the stakes, alzare la posta; rilanciare □ to raise a tax, esigere un tributo □ ( slang USA) to raise up, dare l'allarme □ to raise one's voice against sb., protestare contro q. □ ( boxe) to raise the winner's arm, sollevare il braccio del vincitore.
    * * *
    I [reɪz]
    1) AE (pay rise) aumento m.
    2) gioc. (in poker) rilancio m.
    II 1. [reɪz]
    1) (lift) alzare [baton, barrier, curtain]; issare [ flag]; sollevare, alzare, tirare su [box, lid]; aprire [ trapdoor]; recuperare [ sunken ship]

    to raise a glass to sb. — brindare a qcn.

    to raise one's hat to sb. — togliersi il cappello o scappellarsi per salutare qcn.

    nobody raised an eyebrow at my suggestionfig. il mio suggerimento non ha suscitato reazioni o clamore

    to raise sb. from the dead — risuscitare qcn

    2) (place upright) rizzare [ mast]; fare alzare [ patient]
    3) (increase) aumentare [price, offer, salary]; alzare [ volume]; innalzare, migliorare [ standard]; innalzare [ age limit]; alimentare [ hopes]

    to raise sb.'s awareness of sensibilizzare qcn. a; to raise one's voice (to be heard) parlare più forte; (in anger) alzare la voce; to raise the temperature — aumentare la temperatura; fig. fare salire la tensione

    4) (cause) fare nascere, suscitare [doubts, fears]; provocare [ storm of protest]

    to raise a cheer — [ speech] essere accolto con grida di approvazione

    to raise a laugh — [ joke] fare ridere

    5) (mention) sollevare [objection, problem]
    6) (breed) allevare [ livestock]; (bring up) tirare su [child, family]

    to be raised (as) an atheistavere o ricevere un'educazione atea

    7) (find) trovare [capital, money]
    8) (form) radunare [ army]; formare [ team]
    9) (collect) riscuotere [ tax]; ottenere [ support]; raccogliere [ money]

    the money raised from the concert... — il ricavato del concerto

    10) (erect) erigere [ monument] (to sb. in onore di qcn.)
    11) (end) togliere [ ban]
    12) (contact) contattare [ person]
    13) (give)

    to raise the tone — alzare il tono; fig. alzare il livello

    to raise sb.'s spirits — sollevare il morale a qcn

    to raise the bidding (in gambling) aumentare la posta; (at auction) fare un'offerta più alta

    16) mat.
    2.

    English-Italian dictionary > raise

  • 12 spalla

    f shoulder
    girare le spalle a qualcuno turn one's back on someone
    era di spalle he had his back to me
    * * *
    spalla s.f.
    1 shoulder: avere le spalle larghe, (anche fig.) to have broad shoulders; ha una spalla più alta dell'altra, he has one shoulder higher than the other; mi diede un'amichevole pacca sulla spalla, he gave me a friendly clap on the shoulder; il tuo vestito è troppo stretto sulle spalle, your dress is too narrow across the shoulders; portare il fucile a spalla, to carry one's rifle on one's shoulder // alzare le spalle, to shrug one's shoulders // abbiamo lavorato spalla a spalla per due anni, (fig.) we worked side by side for two years // ha bisogno di una spalla per piangere, (fig.) he needs a shoulder to cry on // (teatr.) far da spalla a qlcu., to act as s.o.'s stooge // (mus.) violino di spalla, second violin
    2 pl. ( dorso, schiena) back (sing.): una pugnalata alle spalle, (anche fig.) a stab in the back; portare qlco., qlcu. sulle spalle, to carry sthg., s.o. on one's back; voltare le spalle a qlcu., to turn one's back to s.o.; (fig.) to turn one's back on s.o.: quando ha avuto bisogno d'aiuto, tutti gli hanno voltato le spalle, when he needed help everyone turned their backs on him; non puoi voltare le spalle alla fortuna, you can't turn your back on luck // non mi stare alle spalle, don't stand behind me; mi prendi quel libro alle tue spalle?, would you give me that book that is behind you? // lo presero alle spalle, they took him from behind; attaccarono il nemico alle spalle, they attacked the enemy from the rear
    3 ( fianco) side: la spalla della montagna, del fiume, the side of the mountain, of the river
    4 (tip.) shoulder
    5 (mar.) spalla del timone, rudder bow
    6 (arch.) abutment
    7 (cuc.) ( prosciutto di) spalla, shoulder of ham.
    ◆ FRASEOLOGIA: avere una famiglia numerosa sulle spalle, to have a large family to support (o on one's hands); vivere alle spalle di qlcu., to live on (o off) s.o.: mangia e beve sempre a casa di suo zio, praticamente vive alle sue spalle, he always eats and drinks at his uncle's, practically speaking he's living off him; avere la testa sulle spalle, to have a head on one's shoulders; prendersi una responsabilità sulle spalle, to take a responsibility upon oneself: non puoi lasciare tutta la responsabilità sulle sue spalle, you can't saddle him with all the responsibility; ascoltate i suoi consigli, ha molti anni di esperienza alle, sulle spalle, listen to his advice, he has years of experience behind him; dire qlco. alle spalle di qlcu., to say sthg. behind s.o.'s back: ridere alle spalle di qlcu., to laugh at s.o. behind his back; mettere qlcu. con le spalle al muro, to put s.o. with his back to the wall; occhio alle spalle!, look out!; con tipi come lui bisogna guardarsi le spalle, with fellows like him you've got to be ready for anything; può permettersi di rischiare perché ha le spalle coperte, he can afford to take risks because he's well covered.
    * * *
    ['spalla]
    sostantivo femminile

    avere le -e larghe — to have broad shoulders; fig. to have a broad back

    2) (schiena) back

    dare le -e a qcn. — to have one's back to sb.

    voltare le -e a qcn., qcs. — to turn one's back on sb., sth. (anche fig.)

    3) arch. (di ponte) abutment
    4) teatr. stooge, straight man*
    5) alle spalle behind

    lasciarsi qcs. alle -e — to leave sth. behind

    pugnalare qcn. alle -e — to backstab sb., to stab sb. in the back (anche fig.)

    fare qcs. alle -e di qcn. — to do sth. behind sb.'s back

    ridere alle -e di qcn. — to laugh at sb.'s expense

    vivere alle -e di qcn. — to live off sb.'s back

    ••

    essere con le -e al muro — to have one's back to the wall, to be in a tight corner

    avere qcn., qcs. sulle -e — to have sb., sth. on one's shoulders

    avere la testa sulle -eto have one's head screwed on o a good head on one's shoulders

    * * *
    spalla
    /'spalla/ ⇒ 4
    sostantivo f.
     1 shoulder; avere le -e larghe to have broad shoulders; fig. to have a broad back; alzare le -e to shrug one's shoulders; questa giacca è stretta di -e this jacket is tight across the shoulders; mettersi il fucile in spalla to shoulder one's gun; una spalla su cui piangere a shoulder to cry on
     2 (schiena) back; dare le -e a qcn. to have one's back to sb.; essere di -e to face backwards; appena giro le -e as soon as my back is turned; scusate le -e I'm sorry I have my back to you; voltare le -e a qcn., qcs. to turn one's back on sb., sth. (anche fig.)
     3 arch. (di ponte) abutment
     4 teatr. stooge, straight man*; fare da spalla a o la spalla di to stooge for
     5 alle spalle behind; lasciarsi qcs. alle -e to leave sth. behind; ha due anni di esperienza alle -e he has two years' experience behind him; guardarsi alle -e to cast a glance over one's shoulder; attaccare il nemico alle -e to attack the enemy in the rear; pugnalare qcn. alle -e to backstab sb., to stab sb. in the back (anche fig.); guardati alle -e! watch your back! (anche fig.)
     6 alle spalle di fare qcs. alle -e di qcn. to do sth. behind sb.'s back; ridere alle -e di qcn. to laugh at sb.'s expense; vivere alle -e di qcn. to live off sb.'s back
    buttarsi tutto dietro le -e to put all that behind one; essere con le -e al muro to have one's back to the wall, to be in a tight corner; avere qcn., qcs. sulle -e to have sb., sth. on one's shoulders; avere la testa sulle -e to have one's head screwed on o a good head on one's shoulders.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > spalla

  • 13 טפל

    טָפַל(b. h.; cmp. טָפַף I) (to join, add, 1) to paste, line. Kel. III, 4 וטְפָלָן בגללין and lined them (the cracked vessels) with a paste of ordure. Ib. 5 הטוֹפֵלוכ׳ if one covers with paste a sound vessel. Bets.34a אין טוֹפְלִיןוכ׳ you must not cover (the fowls) with potters clay (to get the feathers off); Tosef. ib. III, 19 וטובלי‌‌ן ed. Zuck. (corr. acc.). Sabb.80b; Pes.43a; M. Kat. 9b טוֹפְלוֹת אותן בסיד dress their skins with lime (to keep them hairless). Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40d (in Chald. diction) שחוק וטְפוֹל grind it to powder and apply it (as a remedy); a. fr. 2) to add. join. Ḥag.8a בטוֹפֵל when he combines two different funds. Ib. טוֹפְלִין בהמה לבהמהוכ׳ you may use the second tithe money for buying an additional animal to that designated for the pilgrims offering (חֲגִיגָה), but you must not join the two funds (in order to buy a larger animal). Ab. Zar.25b טוֹפְלוֹ לימינו lets the gentile walk to his right side, v. זָמַן; (Tosef. ib. III, 4 נותנו); Ḥull.91a.Part. pass. טָפוּל a) affixed, attached. Y.Sabb.XVI, 15c bot. (ref. to Mish. ib. 2) בשאינו ט׳ לווכ׳ when the casing is not attached to the book, but if it is b) dependent on, supported by. Y.Dem.II, 23a top; Y.Peah IV, 18b bot. טְפוּלִין לאביהן dependent on (living with) their parents (cmp. B. Mets.12b, s. v. סָמַךְ). Nif. נִטְפַּל 1) to be attached, affixed. Lev. R. s. 6; s. 15; Yalk. Is. 281 ונִטְפְּלוּ בישעיה and they were embodied in the Book of Isaiah. Tanḥ. Vayḥi 17 נִטְפַּלְתֶּם בעצמי you will be attached to myself (be called sons of Jacob); Yalk. Gen. 161; (Gen. R. s. 100 זכיתם בעצמי you will have a share in me). 2) (cmp. זָוַג) to meet, join. Ḥull.91a ישראלשנ׳וכ׳, v. זָמַן. Men.65a ניט׳ להםוכ׳ R. J. joined their discussions. Snh.9a הני׳ לעוברי עבירה he who is an accessory to sin. Y.B. Kam.X, 7c top, שלא … נִטְפָּלִין לגנבים that citizens may not be in conspiracy with thieves (and sell the stolen goods to their owner under the pretence of having bought them). 3) to attend to, to nurse, tend. Y.Keth.XII, 35a top מי שני׳ … יִטָּפֵל ביוכ׳ those who attended to me (nursed me) in life, shall attend to me in death; Y.Kil.IX, 32b top; Gen. R. s. 100; Tanḥ. Vayḥi 3. Ib. a. e. להִטָּפֵל בקבורתו to attend to his funeral; a. fr. Hithpa. הִיטַּפֵּל 1) same. B. Kam.10b, a. e. הבעלים מִטַּפְּלִיןוכ׳ the owner has to attend to the disposal of the carcass. B. Mets.28b מִטַּפֵּל בהן must take care of them. Ex. R. s. 20; Deut. R. s. 11 אני בעצמי מט׳וכ׳ I myself shall attend to thy burial; a. fr. 2) (of lower animals) to breed, increase (v. טָפֵל). Kidd.80a ושרצים … מִיטַּפְּלִין שם vermin and frogs breed in the house. Pu., part. מְטוּפָּל (denom. of טָפֵל) burdened with a large family. Taan.16a, sq. מט׳ ואין לו one having a large family with no means of support.

    Jewish literature > טפל

  • 14 טָפַל

    טָפַל(b. h.; cmp. טָפַף I) (to join, add, 1) to paste, line. Kel. III, 4 וטְפָלָן בגללין and lined them (the cracked vessels) with a paste of ordure. Ib. 5 הטוֹפֵלוכ׳ if one covers with paste a sound vessel. Bets.34a אין טוֹפְלִיןוכ׳ you must not cover (the fowls) with potters clay (to get the feathers off); Tosef. ib. III, 19 וטובלי‌‌ן ed. Zuck. (corr. acc.). Sabb.80b; Pes.43a; M. Kat. 9b טוֹפְלוֹת אותן בסיד dress their skins with lime (to keep them hairless). Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40d (in Chald. diction) שחוק וטְפוֹל grind it to powder and apply it (as a remedy); a. fr. 2) to add. join. Ḥag.8a בטוֹפֵל when he combines two different funds. Ib. טוֹפְלִין בהמה לבהמהוכ׳ you may use the second tithe money for buying an additional animal to that designated for the pilgrims offering (חֲגִיגָה), but you must not join the two funds (in order to buy a larger animal). Ab. Zar.25b טוֹפְלוֹ לימינו lets the gentile walk to his right side, v. זָמַן; (Tosef. ib. III, 4 נותנו); Ḥull.91a.Part. pass. טָפוּל a) affixed, attached. Y.Sabb.XVI, 15c bot. (ref. to Mish. ib. 2) בשאינו ט׳ לווכ׳ when the casing is not attached to the book, but if it is b) dependent on, supported by. Y.Dem.II, 23a top; Y.Peah IV, 18b bot. טְפוּלִין לאביהן dependent on (living with) their parents (cmp. B. Mets.12b, s. v. סָמַךְ). Nif. נִטְפַּל 1) to be attached, affixed. Lev. R. s. 6; s. 15; Yalk. Is. 281 ונִטְפְּלוּ בישעיה and they were embodied in the Book of Isaiah. Tanḥ. Vayḥi 17 נִטְפַּלְתֶּם בעצמי you will be attached to myself (be called sons of Jacob); Yalk. Gen. 161; (Gen. R. s. 100 זכיתם בעצמי you will have a share in me). 2) (cmp. זָוַג) to meet, join. Ḥull.91a ישראלשנ׳וכ׳, v. זָמַן. Men.65a ניט׳ להםוכ׳ R. J. joined their discussions. Snh.9a הני׳ לעוברי עבירה he who is an accessory to sin. Y.B. Kam.X, 7c top, שלא … נִטְפָּלִין לגנבים that citizens may not be in conspiracy with thieves (and sell the stolen goods to their owner under the pretence of having bought them). 3) to attend to, to nurse, tend. Y.Keth.XII, 35a top מי שני׳ … יִטָּפֵל ביוכ׳ those who attended to me (nursed me) in life, shall attend to me in death; Y.Kil.IX, 32b top; Gen. R. s. 100; Tanḥ. Vayḥi 3. Ib. a. e. להִטָּפֵל בקבורתו to attend to his funeral; a. fr. Hithpa. הִיטַּפֵּל 1) same. B. Kam.10b, a. e. הבעלים מִטַּפְּלִיןוכ׳ the owner has to attend to the disposal of the carcass. B. Mets.28b מִטַּפֵּל בהן must take care of them. Ex. R. s. 20; Deut. R. s. 11 אני בעצמי מט׳וכ׳ I myself shall attend to thy burial; a. fr. 2) (of lower animals) to breed, increase (v. טָפֵל). Kidd.80a ושרצים … מִיטַּפְּלִין שם vermin and frogs breed in the house. Pu., part. מְטוּפָּל (denom. of טָפֵל) burdened with a large family. Taan.16a, sq. מט׳ ואין לו one having a large family with no means of support.

    Jewish literature > טָפַל

  • 15 prac|ować

    impf vi 1. (trudnić się) to work; (ciężko) to labour, to toil; (być zajętym) to be busy
    - pracować fizycznie/umysłowo to do physical/intellectual work
    - pracować zawodowo/zarobkowo to have a career/a paid job
    - pracować społecznie to do voluntary work
    - pracuję zawodowo od dwudziestu lat I’ve been working for twenty years
    - pracować sezonowo/dorywczo to do seasonal work/odd jobs
    - pracować jako tymczasowo zatrudniony to temp, to work as a temp
    - nie mógł znaleźć stałej pracy, więc pracował dorywczo he couldn’t find a permanent job, so he was temping a. doing odd jobs
    - pracować bez wytchnienia/ze wszystkich sił/od świtu do nocy to work without respite/as hard as one can/from dawn to dusk
    - pracował w pocie czoła, aby wyżywić liczną rodzinę he worked his fingers to the bone to provide for his large family
    - pracować jak wół to work like a Trojan
    - pracować na akord/na dniówkę to be on piecework/be paid on a daily basis
    - pracować na utrzymanie a. życie a. chleb to work for a living, to earn one’s living
    - pracować na czyjeś utrzymanie a. na kogoś to work to support sb
    - pracuję na samochód/nowe mieszkanie I’m working to get enough money to buy a car/a new flat
    - bogate kraje długo pracowały na swój dobrobyt it took rich countries many years of hard work to become prosperous
    - pracować dla kogoś/czegoś to work for sb/sth
    - pracuję od lat dla ich firmy I’ve been working for their company for years
    - pracować nad kimś to work on sb
    - dużo pracował nad sobą, żeby wyćwiczyć pamięć he had to work hard to train his memory
    - pracować nad czymś to work at a. on sth
    - pisarz pracował nad nową książką the author was working on a new book
    - komisja sejmowa pracuje nad ustawą budżetową/o ubezpieczeniach społecznych a parliamentary committee is working on the budget bill/the social insurance bill
    - musisz pracować nad backhandem you must practise your backhand
    2. (zarobkować) to work
    - pracować jako nauczyciel/listonosz to work as a teacher/a postman
    - pracować w fabryce/w szpitalu to work at a factory/hospital
    - pracować w przemyśle/reklamie/ubezpieczeniach to work in industry/advertising/insurance
    - pracować na budowie to work as a builder a. on a building site
    - pracować etatowo/na pół etatu to have a full-time/part-time job
    - pracować na dziennej/nocnej zmianie to work days/nights
    - pracować przy sortowaniu listów to have a job sorting letters
    - pracować na komputerze/tokarce to work at the computer/lathe
    - pracować głową to do intellectual work
    - pracować piórem to live by the pen
    - pracować łopatą to be a labourer
    - kobieta pracująca a working woman
    - pracujące matki working mothers
    3. (współpracować) to work, to cooperate (z kimś/czymś with sb/sth)
    - dobrze mi się z nim pracuje I like working with him
    - komisja pracuje z zespołem doradców the commission cooperates with a team of advisers
    - pracować z młodzieżą to work with young people
    4. (funkcjonować) [serce, płuca, nerki] to work; [biuro, sklep] to work; [maszyna, silnik] to work, to operate, to run
    - serce pracuje prawidłowo the heart is functioning normally
    - podczas pływania pracują wszystkie mięśnie when you swim, all your muscles work
    - jego umysł pracował sprawnie he was of sound mind
    - poczta dzisiaj nie pracuje the post office is closed today
    - sądy pracują opieszale the courts are slow in dealing with the business in hand
    - szpitale pracują bez przerwy hospitals work non-stop
    - sklepy pracują do dwudziestej shops stay open till 8 p.m.
    - wytwórnia pracuje na eksport/na rynek wewnętrzny the plant manufactures for export/for the home market
    - maszyna pracuje bez zarzutu the machine is running smoothly
    - tylko dwa z czterech silników pracują only two of the four engines work a. are working
    pracować pełną parą a. na pełnych obrotach to work a. be working at full stretch pot.
    - pracować na zwolnionych obrotach to work a. be working at a slow pace
    - pracować za dwóch a. trzech to work like nobody’s business pot., to do the work of two a. three (men) pot.
    - czas pracuje dla niego a. na jego korzyść/przeciw niemu a. na jego niekorzyść time is on his side/against him
    - głowa a. główka a. baśka pracuje! pot., żart. the old grey matter is working overtime żart.
    - kto nie pracuje, ten nie je przysł. if you don’t work you shan’t eat przysł.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > prac|ować

  • 16 Л-1

    НЕ СЕМЕРО ПО ЛАВКАМ у кого highly coll NP Invar the resulting phrase is usu. indep. sent fixed WO
    s.o. is not burdened with a large family needing support and care: у X-a не семеро по лавкам - X doesn't have (too) many mouths to feed
    X isn't saddled with a large brood.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Л-1

  • 17 не семеро по лавкам

    [NP; Invar; the resulting phrase is usu. indep. sent; fixed WO]
    =====
    s.o. is not burdened with a large family needing support and care:
    - у X-a не семеро по лавкам X doesn't have (too) many mouths to feed;
    - X isn't saddled with a large brood.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не семеро по лавкам

  • 18 рука

    жен.
    1) hand;
    arm идти под руку с кем-л. ≈ to walk arm-in-arm with smb. вести под руки кого-л. ≈ to support smb. under the arm руки вверх! ≈ hands up! руки по швам! ≈ attention! руки прочь от кого-л./чего-л.! ≈ hands off smb./smth.! у него золотые руки ≈ he is clever with his hands он на все руки мастер ≈ he is a jack-of-all-trades, he is good at everything поднять руку на кого-л. ≈ перен. to lift one's hand against smb. ухватиться за что-л. обеими руками ≈ перен. to jump at the chance, to grab at the offer брать под руку ≈ to link (one's arm through smb.'s arm) рука об руку сложа руки
    2) hand, handwriting;
    signature от руки
    3) перен. (сторона, направление) side, hand по правую руку от чего-л. ≈ on the right of smth.
    4) мн.;
    перен. (власть, владение) hands у кого-л. руки коротки разг. ≈ it's not in (person's) power плыть/проситься/идти в руки ≈ to fall/drop into smb.'s lap иметь на руках попадать в руки попадаться в руки прибирать к рукам
    5) перен. hand;
    source, authority сильная рука ≈ friend at court, friend in high place иметь руку где-л. ≈ to have connections/contact in/at some place
    6) разг.;
    уст. sort, kind, qualityпо рукам! ≈ it's bargain! у него легкая рука ≈ he has a magic touch у него рука набита в чем-л. ≈ he is a practiced hand at smth. у него рука не дрогнет ≈ he won't shrink from doing smth. у него рука не поднимается на кого-л. ≈ he can't bring himself to hit smb. y него работа горит в руках ≈ he is doing a heck of a job у него все валится из рук ≈ he can't do anything right, he can't put his mind to anything у него руки опускаются ≈ he is losing heart/hope боль как рукой сняло ≈ the pain just vanished не покладая рук быть на руку быть не с руки просить руки передавать из рук в руки передавать с рук на руки передаваться из рук в руки покупать с рук сходить с рук ускользать из рук гулять по рукам ходить по рукам пускать по рукам разводить руками наложить на себя руки голыми руками в надежных руках чужими руками с легкой руки кого-л. под горячую руку скорый на руку имеющийся под рукой на руки под рукой из первых рук из вторых рук из рук вон на руку нечист приложить руку рукой подать в третьи руки средней руки рабочие руки
    рук|а - ж.
    1. (кисть) hand;
    (от кисти до плеча) arm;
    в ~е in one`s hand;
    за руку by the hand;
    взять за руки join hands;
    ~ами не трогать! (please) do not touch!;
    брать кого-л. на руки take* smb. in one`s arms;
    держать кого-л. на ~ах hold tight to the arm;
    по правую (левую) руку от чего-л. to the right( the left) of smth. ;

    2. (почерк) hand, handwriting;
    это не его ~ that`s not his hand;
    быть в чьих-л. ~ах be* at smb.`s mercy;
    это мне на руку that suits me down to the ground;
    у него на ~ах большая семья he has a large family on his hands;
    все книги на ~ах the books are all out;
    по ~ам! done!, it`s a bargain!;
    брать кого-л. под руку take* smb.`s arm;
    не говорите под руку! don`t put me off my stroke!;
    попасться кому-л. под руку come* in smb.`s way;
    что попадётся под руку anything one can lay hands upon;
    под ~ой, под ~ами at/to hand, handy, within easy reach;
    с ~и кому-л. convenient for smb. ;
    ~ об руку hand in hand;
    руки вверх! hands up!;
    руки прочь от кого-л., чего-л. ! hands off smb., smth. !;
    ~ не дрогнет у кого-л. (+ инф.) smb. wouldn`t hesitate (+ to inf), smb. wouldn`t think twice (about + -ing) ;
    руки опустились у кого-л. smb. (has) lost all interest;
    ~ не поднимется у кого-л. (+ инф.) smb. cannot bring himself (+ to inf) ;
    ~ой подать a stone`s throw( from) ;
    подать руку помощи кому-л. extend a helping hand to smb. ;
    быть у кого-л. правой ~ой be* smb.`s right hand;
    быть без кого-л., чего-л. как без рук feel* helpless without smb., smth. ;
    брать кого-л. в руки take* smb. in hand;
    брать себя в руки pull oneself together, control oneself ;
    держать себя в ~ах keep* oneself in hand;
    играть в четыре ~и play duets;
    выдать что-л. на руки кому-л. give* smth. to smb. to take away;
    получить что-л. на руки receive smth. in person;
    в собственные руки (надпись) for personal delivery only;
    дать по ~ам кому-л. rap smb. over the knuckles;
    отпускать что-л. в одни руки serve smth. per customer;
    в наших ~ах in our hands;
    передавать что-л. из рук в руки, с рук на руки pass smth. from hand to hand;
    из рук вон плохо thoroughly bad;
    на скорую руку in a hurry;
    от ~и by hand;
    писать что-л. от ~и write* smth. in long hand;
    ходить по ~ам be* passed from hand to hand;
    с рук сбыть что-л. get* rid of smth. ;
    это его рук дело that`s his handiwork;
    ему и книги в руки that`s his strong point;
    мастер на все руки Jack of all trades.

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > рука

  • 19 no bed of roses

    фраз.
    трудная или плохая ситуация

    It is no bed of roses to have no job and a large family to support.

    Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > no bed of roses

  • 20 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.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

См. также в других словарях:

  • Family resource program — Family resource programs are community based organizations that support families in a variety of ways. Examples include family resource centres, family places, family centres and neighbourhood houses. They can also be linked to schools, community …   Wikipedia

  • Family Affairs — Final Family Affairs title card Format Soap opera Starring Cast …   Wikipedia

  • Family — For other uses, see Family (disambiguation). Relationships …   Wikipedia

  • FAMILY, AMERICAN JEWISH — Introduction Any discussion of American Jewish family life as an institution must view it within the context of contemporary American social, economic, and political life. All contemporary American Jews are Jews by choice in that their… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Family Guy — Family Guy …   Wikipedia

  • family — /fam euh lee, fam lee/, n., pl. families, adj. n. 1. parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not. 2. the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family. 3. the spouse and children …   Universalium

  • family — noun 1 group of people related to each other ADJECTIVE ▪ big, large ▪ entire, whole ▪ a summer movie for the whole family ▪ close …   Collocations dictionary

  • Large Hadron Collider — LHC redirects here. For other uses, see LHC (disambiguation). Coordinates: 46°14′N 06°03′E / 46.233°N 6.05°E / 46.233; 6.05 …   Wikipedia

  • Family First Party — Infobox Australian Political Party party name = Family First Party party party wikicolourid = Family First leader = Steve Fielding foundation = 2002 ideology = Social conservatism, Family values headquarters = PO Box 1042 Campbelltown SA 5074… …   Wikipedia

  • Family office — A family office is a private company that manages investments and trusts for a single wealthy family.[1] The company s financial capital is the family s own wealth, often accumulated over many family generations. Traditional family offices… …   Wikipedia

  • support — 1 verb (T) 1 AGREE WITH SB/STH to say that you agree with an idea, group, person etc and want them to succeed: The bill was supported by a large majority in the Senate. | support sb in sth: the peasants who supported Castro in his bid for power | …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»