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121 season
['si:zn] 1. noun1) (one of the main divisions of the year according to the regular variation of the weather, length of day etc: The four seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter; The monsoon brings the rainy season.) estação2) (the usual, proper or suitable time for something: the football season.) temporada2. verb1) (to add salt, pepper, mustard etc to: She seasoned the meat with plenty of pepper.) temperar2) (to let (wood) be affected by rain, sun etc until it is ready for use.) curar•- seasonal - seasoned - seasoning - season ticket - in season - out of season -
122 lady
1 noun∎ Ladies and Gentlemen Mesdames et Messieurs;∎ the lady of the house la maîtresse de maison;∎ old-fashioned a lady doctor une femme médecin;∎ ask the young lady over there (in shop) demandez à la demoiselle que vous voyez là-bas;∎ well, young lady, what have you got to say for yourself? eh bien, ma fille, qu'avez-vous à répondre?;∎ the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street = surnom donné à la Banque d'Angleterre(b) (refined woman) dame f;∎ she's a real lady c'est une vraie dame;∎ she's no lady elle n'a aucune classe∎ my Lady Madame∎ Lady Browne Lady Browne (titre de noblesse féminin);∎ to act like Lady Muck jouer à la grande dame∎ hey lady! eh, ma petite dame!∎ how's your good lady? comment va votre dame?;∎ this is my lady wife voici mon épouse;∎ my young lady (fiancée) ma fiancée, ma future∎ Our Lady Notre-Dame f∎ lady doctor femme f médecin;∎ lady novelist romancière f;∎ lady teacher institutrice f►► pejorative or humorous lady bountiful généreuse bienfaitrice f;Lady Chapel chapelle f de la Sainte Vierge;Lady Day (fête f de) l'Annonciation f;Lady Godiva = au XIème siècle, dame de haut rang qui aurait parcouru la ville de Coventry nue et à cheval pour forcer son mari à réduire les impôts locaux;the Lady of the Lake la Dame du lac;the Lady with the Lamp la Dame à la Lampe (Florence Nightingale, célèbre infirmière anglaise);Lady Luck la chance;lady's maid femme f de chambre;lady's man don Juan m, homme m à femmes;British Lady Mayoress femme f du maire;Botany lady's slipper sabot-de-Vénus m;Botany lady's smock cardamine f des prés;Botany (autumn) lady's tresses spiranthe f spiralée, spiranthe f d'automne -
123 term
term [tɜ:m]termes ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (e), 1 (f), 3 (a), 3 (d) trimestre ⇒ 1 (b) session ⇒ 1 (c) mandat ⇒ 1 (c) peine ⇒ 1 (d) échéance ⇒ 1 (g) appeler ⇒ 2 conditions ⇒ 3 (a) tarifs ⇒ 3 (c) accord ⇒ 3 (e)1 noun∎ in the long/short term à long/court terme;∎ to reach (full) term (pregnancy) arriver ou être à terme;∎ to set or put a term to sth mettre fin ou un terme à qch∎ in or during term (time) pendant le trimestre;∎ autumn term trimestre m d'automne, premier trimestre m∎ the president is elected for a four-year term le président est élu pour (une période ou une durée de) quatre ans;(d) (in prison) peine f;∎ term of imprisonment peine f de prison;∎ to serve one's term purger sa peine(e) (word, expression) terme m;∎ medical/legal term terme m médical/juridique;∎ she spoke of you in very flattering terms elle a parlé de vous en (des) termes très flatteurs;∎ she told him what she thought in no uncertain terms elle lui a dit carrément ce qu'elle pensait;∎ he condemned the invasion in the strongest possible terms il a condamné l'invasion avec la dernière énergieappeler, nommer;∎ I wouldn't term it a scientific book exactly je ne dirais pas vraiment que c'est un livre scientifique;∎ critics termed the play a total disaster les critiques ont qualifié la pièce d'échec complet∎ under the terms of the agreement selon les termes de l'accord;∎ Law terms and conditions of sale/of employment conditions fpl de vente/d'emploi;∎ what are the inquiry's terms of reference? quelles sont les attributions ou quel est le mandat de la commission d'enquête?;∎ what are your terms? quelles sont vos conditions?;∎ to dictate terms to sb imposer des conditions à qn;∎ she would only accept on her own terms elle n'était disposée à accepter qu'après avoir posé ses conditions;∎ not on any terms à aucun prix, à aucune condition∎ we must think in less ambitious terms il faut voir moins grand;∎ he refuses to consider the question in international terms il refuse d'envisager la question d'un point de vue international;∎ in personal terms, it was a disaster sur le plan personnel, c'était une catastrophe;∎ in financial terms financièrement parlant, en matière de finance(c) (rates, tariffs) conditions fpl, tarifs mpl;∎ we offer easy terms nous proposons des facilités de paiement;∎ on easy terms avec facilités de paiement;∎ weekly terms (in hotel) tarifs mpl à la semaine;∎ special terms for families tarifs mpl spéciaux pour les familles∎ to be on good terms with sb être en bons termes avec qn;∎ we're on the best of terms nous sommes en excellents termes;∎ we remained on friendly terms nos relations sont restées amicales;∎ on equal terms d'égal à égal;∎ they're no longer on speaking terms ils ne se parlent plus(e) (agreement) accord m;∎ to make terms or to come to terms with sb arriver à ou conclure un accord avec qn∎ to come to terms with sth se résigner à qch, arriver à accepter qch;∎ she'll have to come to terms with her problems eventually tôt ou tard elle devra faire face à ses problèmesen ce qui concerne, pour ce qui est de;∎ in terms of profits, we're doing well pour ce qui est des bénéfices, tout va bien;∎ I was thinking more in terms of a Jaguar je pensais plutôt à une Jaguar;∎ we really should be thinking more in terms of foreign competition il nous faudrait davantage tenir compte de ou penser davantage à la concurrence étrangère►► Finance term bill effet m à terme;Finance terms of credit conditions fpl de crédit;Finance term day (jour m du) terme m;Finance term deposit dépôt m à terme;Finance term draft traite f à terme;Finance terms of exchange termes mpl d'échange;term insurance assurance f à terme;term of notice période f de préavis;American School & University term paper dissertation f trimestrielle;terms of payment modalités fpl de paiement, conditions fpl ou termes mpl de paiement;Economics terms of trade termes mpl de l'échange -
124 Allen, Horatio
[br]b. 10 May 1802 Schenectady, New York, USAd. 1 January 1890 South Orange, New Jersey, USA[br]American engineer, pioneer of steam locomotives.[br]Allen was the Resident Engineer for construction of the Delaware \& Hudson Canal and in 1828 was instructed by J.B. Jervis to visit England to purchase locomotives for the canal's rail extension. He drove the locomotive Stourbridge Lion, built by J.U. Rastrick, on its first trial on 9 August 1829, but weak track prevented its regular use.Allen was present at the Rainhill Trials on the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway in October 1829. So was E.L.Miller, one of the promoters of the South Carolina Canal \& Rail Road Company, to which Allen was appointed Chief Engineer that autumn. Allen was influential in introducing locomotives to this railway, and the West Point Foundry built a locomotive for it to his design; it was the first locomotive built in the USA for sale. This locomotive, which bore some resemblance to Novelty, built for Rainhill by John Braithwaite and John Ericsson, was named Best Friend of Charleston. On Christmas Day 1830 it hauled the first scheduled steam train to run in America, carrying 141 passengers.In 1832 the West Point Foundry built four double-ended, articulated 2–2–0+0–2–2 locomotives to Horatio Allen's design for the South Carolina railroad. From each end of a central firebox extended two boiler barrels side by side with common smokeboxes and chimneys; wheels were mounted on swivelling sub-frames, one at each end, beneath these boilers. Allen's principal object was to produce a powerful locomotive with a light axle loading.Allen subsequently became a partner in Stillman, Allen \& Co. of New York, builders of marine engines, and in 1843 was President of the Erie Railroad.[br]Further ReadingJ.Marshall, 1978, A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.Dictionary of American Biography.R.E.Carlson, 1969, The Liverpool \& Manchester Railway Project 1821–1831, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.J.F.Stover, 1961, American Railroads, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.J.H.White Jr, 1994, "Old debts and new visions", in Common Roots—Separate Branches, London: Science Museum, 79–82.PJGR -
125 Drummond, Thomas
SUBJECT AREA: Chemical technology[br]b. 10 October 1797 Edinburgh, Scotlandd. 15 April 1840 Dublin, Ireland[br]Scottish inventor of limelight.[br]Drummond entered Woolwich Arsenal as a cadet in 1813 and the Royal Engineers two years later. In 1820 he joined Colonel Colby at work on the ordnance survey, meanwhile continuing his studies in mathematics and chemistry under Brand and Faraday at the Royal Institution. His two chief inventions, limelight, or Drummond light, and the heliostatia, were aimed to facilitate the work of the survey by day and night. The light had a sensational effect on the scientific world; Sir John Herschel has left a vivid account of demonstrations of various lights far surpassed in brilliance by limelight. Limelight was brought into use in the autumn of 1825 during the survey of Ireland. In 1829 Drummond began adapting it for use in lighthouses. It was effective, but expensive to operate, and Drummond was seeking ways of making it cheaper when, after a meeting with Brougham in 1831, he gave up the work and turned to politics and administration. From 1835, he was in all but name governor of Ireland, spending himself in the service of his adopted country until overwork brought about his early death in 1840.LRD -
126 Wallis, Sir Barnes Neville
[br]b. 26 September 1887 Ripley, Derbyshire, Englandd. 30 October 1979 Leatherhead, Surrey, England[br]English aeronautical designer and inventor.[br]Wallis was apprenticed first at Thames Engineering Works, and then, in 1908, at John Samuel White's shipyard at Cowes. In 1913, the Government, spurred on by the accelerating development of the German Zeppelins (see Zeppelin, Ferdinand von), ordered an airship from Vickers; Wallis was invited to join the design team. Thus began his long association with aeronautical design and with Vickers. This airship, and the R80 that followed it, were successfully completed, but the military lost interest in them.In 1924 the Government initiated a programme for the construction of two airships to settle once and for all their viability for long-dis-tance air travel. The R101 was designed by a Government-sponsored team, but the R100 was designed by Wallis working for a subsidiary of Vickers. The R100 took off on 29 July 1930 for a successful round trip to Canada, but the R101 crashed on its first flight on 4 October, killing many of its distinguished passengers. The shock of this disaster brought airship development in Britain to an abrupt end and forced Wallis to direct his attention to aircraft.In aircraft design, Wallis is known for his use of geodesic construction, which combined lightness with strength. It was applied first to the single-engined "Wellesley" and then the twin-en-gined "Wellington" bomber, which first flew in 1936. With successive modifications, it became the workhorse of RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War until the autumn of 1943, when it was replaced by four-engined machines. In other areas, it remained in service until the end of the war and, in all, no fewer than 11,461 were built.Wallis is best known for his work on bomb design, first the bouncing bomb that was used to breach the Möhne and Eder dams in the Ruhr district of Germany in 1943, an exploit immortalized in the film Dambusters. Encouraged by this success, the authorities then allowed Wallis to realize an idea he had long urged, that of heavy, penetration bombs. In the closing stages of the war, Tallboy, of 12,000 lb (5,400 kg), and the 10-ton Grand Slam were used to devastating effect.After the Second World War, Wallis returned to aeronautical design and was given his own department at Vickers to promote his ideas, principally on variable-geometry or swing-wing aircraft. Over the next thirteen years he battled towards the prototype stage of this revolutionary concept. That never came, however; changing conditions and requirements and increasing costs led to the abandonment of the project. Bit-terly disappointed, Wallis continued his researches into high-speed aircraft until his retirement from Vickers (by then the British Aircraft Corporation), in 1971.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1968. FRS 1945.Further ReadingJ.Morpurgo, 1972, Barnes Wallis: A Biography, London: Longman (a readable account, rather biased in Wallis's favour).C.J.Heap, 1987, The Papers of Sir Barnes Wallis (1887–1979) in the Science Museum Library, London: Science Museum; with a biographical introd. by L.R.Day.LRDBiographical history of technology > Wallis, Sir Barnes Neville
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