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  • 81 stumble

    1) (to strike the foot against something and lose one's balance, or nearly fall: He stumbled over the edge of the carpet.) tropezar
    2) (to walk unsteadily: He stumbled along the track in the dark.) avanzar dando tropezonesaspiés
    3) (to make mistakes, or hesitate in speaking, reading aloud etc: He stumbles over his words when speaking in public.) tropezar, atrabancarse; balbucir
    •
    - stumble across/on
    stumble vb tropezar
    tr['stʌmbəl]
    1 tropezón nombre masculino, traspié nombre masculino, trompicón nombre masculino
    1 (trip) tropezar (on/over, con), dar un traspié
    2 (walk unsteadily) tambalearse
    3 (while speaking) atrancarse, atascarse
    stumble ['stʌmbəl] vi, - bled ; - bling
    1) trip: tropezar, dar un traspié
    2) flounder: quedarse sin saber qué hacer o decir
    3)
    to stumble acrossor to stumble upon : dar con, tropezar con
    : tropezón m, traspié m
    n.
    • traspié s.m.
    • trompicón s.m.
    • tropezón s.m.
    • tropiezo s.m.
    v.
    • abarrajar v.
    • pegar v.
    • trompicar v.
    • tropezar v.
    'stʌmbəl
    a) ( trip) tropezar*, dar* un traspié

    to stumble OVER/AGAINST something — tropezar* con algo

    b) ( move unsteadily) (+ adv compl)

    to stumble along/in/out — ir*/entrar/salir* a tropezones or a trompicones

    c) ( in speech) atrancarse*
    Phrasal Verbs:
    ['stʌmbl]
    1.
    N tropezón m, traspié m
    2.
    VI tropezar, dar un traspié

    to stumble on, to go stumbling on — (=keep walking) avanzar dando traspiés

    to stumble through a speech — pronunciar un discurso de cualquier manera, pronunciar un discurso atracándose

    to stumble (up)on or across sth — (fig) tropezar con algo

    * * *
    ['stʌmbəl]
    a) ( trip) tropezar*, dar* un traspié

    to stumble OVER/AGAINST something — tropezar* con algo

    b) ( move unsteadily) (+ adv compl)

    to stumble along/in/out — ir*/entrar/salir* a tropezones or a trompicones

    c) ( in speech) atrancarse*
    Phrasal Verbs:

    English-spanish dictionary > stumble

  • 82 Mark

    I 1. noun
    1) (trace) Spur, die; (of finger, foot also) Abdruck, der; (stain etc.) Fleck, der; (scratch) Kratzer, der

    dirty mark — Schmutzfleck, der

    leave one's/its mark on something — (fig.) einer Sache (Dat.) seinen Stempel aufdrücken

    make one's/its mark — (fig.) sich (Dat.) einen Namen machen

    2) (affixed sign, indication, symbol) Zeichen, das; (in trade names) Typ, der (Technik)

    distinguishing mark — Kennzeichen, das

    Mark 2 version/model — Version/Modell 2

    be a mark of good taste/breeding — ein Zeichen guten Geschmacks/guter Erziehung sein

    something is the mark of a good writer — an etwas (Dat.) erkennt man einen guten Schriftsteller

    3) (Sch.): (grade) Zensur, die; Note, die; (Sch., Sport): (unit of numerical award) Punkt, der

    get good/bad/35 marks in or for a subject — gute/schlechte Noten od. Zensuren/35 Punkte in einem Fach bekommen

    4) (line etc. to indicate position) Markierung, die
    5) (level) Marke, die

    reach the 15 % mark — die 15 %-Marke erreichen

    6) (Sport): (starting position) Startlinie, die

    on your marks! [get set! go!] — auf die Plätze! [Fertig! Los!]

    be quick/slow off the mark — einen guten/schlechten Start haben; (fig.) fix (ugs.) /langsam sein

    7) (target, desired object) Ziel, das

    hit the mark — (fig.) ins Schwarze treffen

    be wide of the mark — (lit. or fig.) danebentreffen

    be close to the mark — (fig.) der Sache nahe kommen

    2. transitive verb
    1) (stain, dirty) Flecke[n] machen auf (+ Dat.); schmutzig machen; (scratch) zerkratzen
    2) (put distinguishing mark on, signal) kennzeichnen, markieren ( with mit)

    the bottle was marked ‘poison’ — die Flasche trug die Aufschrift "Gift"

    mark an item with its price — eine Ware auszeichnen od. mit einem Preisschild versehen

    3) (Sch.) (correct) korrigieren; (grade) benoten; zensieren
    4)

    mark time — (Mil.; also fig.) auf der Stelle treten

    5) (characterize) kennzeichnen; charakterisieren
    6) (heed) hören auf (+ Akk.) [Person, Wort]

    [you] mark my words — höre auf mich; eins kann ich dir sagen; (as a warning) lass dir das gesagt sein

    7) (Brit. Sport): (keep close to) markieren (fachspr.), decken [Gegenspieler]
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/45241/mark_down">mark down
    II noun
    (monetary unit) Mark, die
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) ((also Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark) the standard unit of German currency before the euro.)
    2) (a point given as a reward for good work etc: She got good marks in the exam.)
    3) (a stain: That spilt coffee has left a mark on the carpet.)
    4) (a sign used as a guide to position etc: There's a mark on the map showing where the church is.)
    5) (a cross or other sign used instead of a signature: He couldn't sign his name, so he made his mark instead.)
    6) (an indication or sign of a particular thing: a mark of respect.)
    2. verb
    1) (to put a mark or stain on, or to become marked or stained: Every pupil's coat must be marked with his name; That coffee has marked the tablecloth; This white material marks easily.)
    2) (to give marks to (a piece of work): I have forty exam-papers to mark tonight.)
    3) (to show; to be a sign of: X marks the spot where the treasure is buried.)
    4) (to note: Mark it down in your notebook.)
    5) ((in football etc) to keep close to (an opponent) so as to prevent his getting the ball: Your job is to mark the centre-forward.)
    •
    - marked
    - markedly
    - marker
    - marksman
    - marksmanship
    - leave/make one's mark
    - mark out
    - mark time
    * * *
    mark1
    [mɑ:k, AM mɑ:rk]
    I. n
    1. (spot, stain) Fleck m; (on the skin) Mal nt; (when burnt) Brandmal nt geh; (scratch) Kratzer m, Schramme f; (trace) Spur f; (scar) Narbe f; (fingerprint, footprint) Abdruck m
    the wine left a permanent \mark on his shirt der Wein hinterließ bleibende Flecken auf seinem Hemd
    his fingers had left \marks all over the table auf dem Tisch waren überall seine Fingerabdrücke zu sehen
    dirt/paint \marks Schmutz-/Farbflecken pl
    2. (identifying feature) [Kenn]zeichen nt, Merkmal nt; ZOOL Kennung f; (on fur)
    ▪ \marks pl Zeichnung f
    it's the [distinguishing] \mark of a gentleman/good newspaper to... es zeichnet einen Gentleman/eine gute Zeitung aus [o man erkennt einen Gentleman/eine gute Zeitung daran], dass er/sie...
    the crime bears all the \marks of a planned murder alle Anzeichen weisen auf einen geplanten Mord hin
    distinguishing [or identifying] \marks unverwechselbare Kennzeichen
    3. ( fig: indication) Zeichen nt
    a \mark of appreciation/respect ein Zeichen nt der Wertschätzung/des Respekts
    adjusting \mark TECH Einstellmarke f
    5. (sign to distinguish) Zeichen nt
    \mark of origin Herkunftszeichen nt
    trade \mark Warenzeichen nt, Schutzmarke f
    6. (signature) Kreuz nt
    to make one's \mark [on sth] sein Kreuz [unter etw akk] setzen
    7. (for punctuation) Satzzeichen nt
    exclamation/quotation \mark Ausrufe-/Fragezeichen nt
    quotation \marks Anführungszeichen pl
    8. SCH (grade) Note f, Zensur f
    what \mark did you get for biology? was hast du in Biologie bekommen?
    no \marks for guessing who did this ( fig fam) es ist nicht schwer zu erraten, wer das gemacht hat
    to get bad/good \marks for sth schlechte/gute Noten für etw akk bekommen
    to get full \marks [for sth] BRIT, AUS die Bestnote [für etw akk] erhalten
    full \marks for guessing who I met at the party ( fig fam) hundert Punkte, wenn du drauf kommst, wen ich auf der Party getroffen habe fam
    9. no pl (required standard) Standard m, Norm f
    to be up to the \mark den Anforderungen [o Erwartungen] entsprechen
    to not feel up to the \mark nicht ganz auf der Höhe sein fam
    10. no pl ( fig: distinction) Rang m
    he is a man of \mark er ist eine Persönlichkeit von Rang
    11. (point) Marke f
    sales have already passed the million \mark die Verkaufszahlen haben die Millionenmarke bereits überschritten
    to be over the halfway \mark über die Hälfte geschafft haben
    12. ( also fig: target) Ziel nt, Zielscheibe f a. fig
    to be an easy \mark AM ( fig) leicht reinzulegen sein fam
    to be wide of [or quite off] the \mark das Ziel um Längen verfehlen a. fig
    to hit the \mark [genau] ins Schwarze treffen a. fig
    to miss the \mark vorbeischießen; ( fig) seinen Zweck verfehlen
    to overshoot the \mark über das Ziel hinausschießen a. fig
    13. (in a race) Start m; (starting block) Startblock m; (starting line) Startlinie f
    on your \marks, get set, go! auf die Plätze, fertig, los!
    14. (version of a car) Modell nt
    a \mark 4 Escort ein Escort Modell 4
    15. COMPUT Marke f fachspr
    17.
    ▶ to leave its/one's \mark on sb/sth seine Spuren bei jdm/etw hinterlassen
    she left her \mark on the company sie hat den Betrieb sehr geprägt
    ▶ to make one's \mark auffallen
    ▶ to be slow/quick off the \mark (understand) schwer/schnell von Begriff sein fam; (take action) langsam/[blitz]schnell reagieren
    you'll have to be quick off the \mark with that application du musst dich mit der Bewerbung beeilen
    II. vt
    ▪ to \mark sth etw schmutzig machen
    2. usu passive (scar)
    his face was \marked for life er hat bleibende Narben im Gesicht zurückbehalten
    the man's body was \marked with blows from a blunt weapon die Leiche des Mannes trug Spuren von Schlägen mit einer stumpfen Waffe
    ▪ to \mark sth etw markieren [o bezeichnen] [o kennzeichnen
    4. (label)
    ▪ to \mark sth etw beschriften; (indicate the price of) etw auszeichnen
    the bottle was \marked ‘poison’ die Flasche trug die Aufschrift ‚Gift‘
    they \marked the shirts at €20 sie zeichneten die Hemden mit 20 Euro aus
    to \mark a route on a plan eine Route auf einem Plan einzeichnen
    5.
    ▪ to \mark sth (characterize) etw kennzeichnen [o markieren]; (mean) etw bedeuten
    to \mark the beginning/end of sth den Anfang/das Ende einer S. gen markieren
    to \mark a turning point einen Wendepunkt darstellen
    ▪ to \mark sth an etw akk erinnern
    a concert to \mark the 10th anniversary ein Konzert aus Anlass des zehnten Jahrestages
    a speech to \mark the occasion eine Rede zur Feier des Tages
    7. SCH
    ▪ to \mark sth etw zensieren
    ▪ to \mark sb jdn benoten
    8. (clearly identify)
    ▪ to \mark sb/sth as sb/sth jdn/etw als jdn/etw kennzeichnen [o auszeichnen]
    your clothes \mark you as a man of good taste Ihre Kleider lassen erkennen, dass Sie ein Mann von gutem Geschmack sind
    ▪ to be \marked as/for sth zu etw dat /für etw akk bestimmt sein
    10. SPORT, FBALL
    ▪ to \mark sb jdn decken
    11. SCI
    ▪ to \mark sth receptacle etw eichen
    12.
    ▶ to \mark time (in a parade) auf der Stelle marschieren; ( fig: not move forward) die Zeit überbrücken
    ▶ [you] \mark my words! lass dir das gesagt sein!
    III. vi
    1. (get dirty) schmutzig [o SCHWEIZ a. dreckig] werden, schmutzen, verdrecken SCHWEIZ; (scratch) Kratzer [o Schrammen] bekommen
    2. SCH (give marks) Noten vergeben; (correct) korrigieren
    3. (pay attention)
    \mark! Achtung!
    mark2
    <pl -s or ->
    [mɑ:k, AM mɑ:rk]
    n short for Deutschmark Mark f
    * * *
    [mAːk]
    n
    Markus m
    * * *
    Mark [mɑː(r)k] Eigenn & s BIBEL Markus(evangelium) m(n)
    * * *
    I 1. noun
    1) (trace) Spur, die; (of finger, foot also) Abdruck, der; (stain etc.) Fleck, der; (scratch) Kratzer, der

    dirty mark — Schmutzfleck, der

    leave one's/its mark on something — (fig.) einer Sache (Dat.) seinen Stempel aufdrücken

    make one's/its mark — (fig.) sich (Dat.) einen Namen machen

    2) (affixed sign, indication, symbol) Zeichen, das; (in trade names) Typ, der (Technik)

    distinguishing mark — Kennzeichen, das

    Mark 2 version/model — Version/Modell 2

    be a mark of good taste/breeding — ein Zeichen guten Geschmacks/guter Erziehung sein

    something is the mark of a good writer — an etwas (Dat.) erkennt man einen guten Schriftsteller

    3) (Sch.): (grade) Zensur, die; Note, die; (Sch., Sport): (unit of numerical award) Punkt, der

    get good/bad/35 marks in or for a subject — gute/schlechte Noten od. Zensuren/35 Punkte in einem Fach bekommen

    4) (line etc. to indicate position) Markierung, die
    5) (level) Marke, die

    reach the 15 % mark — die 15 %-Marke erreichen

    6) (Sport): (starting position) Startlinie, die

    on your marks! [get set! go!] — auf die Plätze! [Fertig! Los!]

    be quick/slow off the mark — einen guten/schlechten Start haben; (fig.) fix (ugs.) /langsam sein

    7) (target, desired object) Ziel, das

    hit the mark — (fig.) ins Schwarze treffen

    be wide of the mark — (lit. or fig.) danebentreffen

    be close to the mark — (fig.) der Sache nahe kommen

    2. transitive verb
    1) (stain, dirty) Flecke[n] machen auf (+ Dat.); schmutzig machen; (scratch) zerkratzen
    2) (put distinguishing mark on, signal) kennzeichnen, markieren ( with mit)

    the bottle was marked ‘poison’ — die Flasche trug die Aufschrift "Gift"

    mark an item with its price — eine Ware auszeichnen od. mit einem Preisschild versehen

    ceremonies to mark the tenth anniversary — Feierlichkeiten aus Anlass des 10. Jahrestages

    3) (Sch.) (correct) korrigieren; (grade) benoten; zensieren
    4)

    mark time — (Mil.; also fig.) auf der Stelle treten

    5) (characterize) kennzeichnen; charakterisieren
    6) (heed) hören auf (+ Akk.) [Person, Wort]

    [you] mark my words — höre auf mich; eins kann ich dir sagen; (as a warning) lass dir das gesagt sein

    7) (Brit. Sport): (keep close to) markieren (fachspr.), decken [Gegenspieler]
    Phrasal Verbs:
    II noun
    (monetary unit) Mark, die
    * * *
    Schulnote f. (german monetary unit) n.
    Mark nur sing. m. (school) n.
    Zensur -en f. n.
    Eindruck -¨e m.
    Marke -n f.
    Markierung f.
    Zeichen - n. (on) v.
    einzeichnen (auf) ausdr.
    markieren v. v.
    beachten v.
    kennzeichnen v.
    zensieren (Zensuren geben) v.
    zensieren v.

    English-german dictionary > Mark

  • 83 Language

       Philosophy is written in that great book, the universe, which is always open, right before our eyes. But one cannot understand this book without first learning to understand the language and to know the characters in which it is written. It is written in the language of mathematics, and the characters are triangles, circles, and other figures. Without these, one cannot understand a single word of it, and just wanders in a dark labyrinth. (Galileo, 1990, p. 232)
       It never happens that it [a nonhuman animal] arranges its speech in various ways in order to reply appropriately to everything that may be said in its presence, as even the lowest type of man can do. (Descartes, 1970a, p. 116)
       It is a very remarkable fact that there are none so depraved and stupid, without even excepting idiots, that they cannot arrange different words together, forming of them a statement by which they make known their thoughts; while, on the other hand, there is no other animal, however perfect and fortunately circumstanced it may be, which can do the same. (Descartes, 1967, p. 116)
       Human beings do not live in the object world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. The fact of the matter is that the "real world" is to a large extent unconsciously built on the language habits of the group.... We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation. (Sapir, 1921, p. 75)
       It powerfully conditions all our thinking about social problems and processes.... No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same worlds with different labels attached. (Sapir, 1985, p. 162)
       [A list of language games, not meant to be exhaustive:]
       Giving orders, and obeying them- Describing the appearance of an object, or giving its measurements- Constructing an object from a description (a drawing)Reporting an eventSpeculating about an eventForming and testing a hypothesisPresenting the results of an experiment in tables and diagramsMaking up a story; and reading itPlay actingSinging catchesGuessing riddlesMaking a joke; and telling it
       Solving a problem in practical arithmeticTranslating from one language into another
       LANGUAGE Asking, thanking, cursing, greeting, and praying-. (Wittgenstein, 1953, Pt. I, No. 23, pp. 11 e-12 e)
       We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages.... The world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... No individual is free to describe nature with absolute impartiality but is constrained to certain modes of interpretation even while he thinks himself most free. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 153, 213-214)
       We dissect nature along the lines laid down by our native languages.
       The categories and types that we isolate from the world of phenomena we do not find there because they stare every observer in the face; on the contrary, the world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... We are thus introduced to a new principle of relativity, which holds that all observers are not led by the same physical evidence to the same picture of the universe, unless their linguistic backgrounds are similar or can in some way be calibrated. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 213-214)
       9) The Forms of a Person's Thoughts Are Controlled by Unperceived Patterns of His Own Language
       The forms of a person's thoughts are controlled by inexorable laws of pattern of which he is unconscious. These patterns are the unperceived intricate systematizations of his own language-shown readily enough by a candid comparison and contrast with other languages, especially those of a different linguistic family. (Whorf, 1956, p. 252)
       It has come to be commonly held that many utterances which look like statements are either not intended at all, or only intended in part, to record or impart straightforward information about the facts.... Many traditional philosophical perplexities have arisen through a mistake-the mistake of taking as straightforward statements of fact utterances which are either (in interesting non-grammatical ways) nonsensical or else intended as something quite different. (Austin, 1962, pp. 2-3)
       In general, one might define a complex of semantic components connected by logical constants as a concept. The dictionary of a language is then a system of concepts in which a phonological form and certain syntactic and morphological characteristics are assigned to each concept. This system of concepts is structured by several types of relations. It is supplemented, furthermore, by redundancy or implicational rules..., representing general properties of the whole system of concepts.... At least a relevant part of these general rules is not bound to particular languages, but represents presumably universal structures of natural languages. They are not learned, but are rather a part of the human ability to acquire an arbitrary natural language. (Bierwisch, 1970, pp. 171-172)
       In studying the evolution of mind, we cannot guess to what extent there are physically possible alternatives to, say, transformational generative grammar, for an organism meeting certain other physical conditions characteristic of humans. Conceivably, there are none-or very few-in which case talk about evolution of the language capacity is beside the point. (Chomsky, 1972, p. 98)
       [It is] truth value rather than syntactic well-formedness that chiefly governs explicit verbal reinforcement by parents-which renders mildly paradoxical the fact that the usual product of such a training schedule is an adult whose speech is highly grammatical but not notably truthful. (R. O. Brown, 1973, p. 330)
       he conceptual base is responsible for formally representing the concepts underlying an utterance.... A given word in a language may or may not have one or more concepts underlying it.... On the sentential level, the utterances of a given language are encoded within a syntactic structure of that language. The basic construction of the sentential level is the sentence.
       The next highest level... is the conceptual level. We call the basic construction of this level the conceptualization. A conceptualization consists of concepts and certain relations among those concepts. We can consider that both levels exist at the same point in time and that for any unit on one level, some corresponding realizate exists on the other level. This realizate may be null or extremely complex.... Conceptualizations may relate to other conceptualizations by nesting or other specified relationships. (Schank, 1973, pp. 191-192)
       The mathematics of multi-dimensional interactive spaces and lattices, the projection of "computer behavior" on to possible models of cerebral functions, the theoretical and mechanical investigation of artificial intelligence, are producing a stream of sophisticated, often suggestive ideas.
       But it is, I believe, fair to say that nothing put forward until now in either theoretic design or mechanical mimicry comes even remotely in reach of the most rudimentary linguistic realities. (Steiner, 1975, p. 284)
       The step from the simple tool to the master tool, a tool to make tools (what we would now call a machine tool), seems to me indeed to parallel the final step to human language, which I call reconstitution. It expresses in a practical and social context the same understanding of hierarchy, and shows the same analysis by function as a basis for synthesis. (Bronowski, 1977, pp. 127-128)
        t is the language donn eґ in which we conduct our lives.... We have no other. And the danger is that formal linguistic models, in their loosely argued analogy with the axiomatic structure of the mathematical sciences, may block perception.... It is quite conceivable that, in language, continuous induction from simple, elemental units to more complex, realistic forms is not justified. The extent and formal "undecidability" of context-and every linguistic particle above the level of the phoneme is context-bound-may make it impossible, except in the most abstract, meta-linguistic sense, to pass from "pro-verbs," "kernals," or "deep deep structures" to actual speech. (Steiner, 1975, pp. 111-113)
       A higher-level formal language is an abstract machine. (Weizenbaum, 1976, p. 113)
       Jakobson sees metaphor and metonymy as the characteristic modes of binarily opposed polarities which between them underpin the two-fold process of selection and combination by which linguistic signs are formed.... Thus messages are constructed, as Saussure said, by a combination of a "horizontal" movement, which combines words together, and a "vertical" movement, which selects the particular words from the available inventory or "inner storehouse" of the language. The combinative (or syntagmatic) process manifests itself in contiguity (one word being placed next to another) and its mode is metonymic. The selective (or associative) process manifests itself in similarity (one word or concept being "like" another) and its mode is metaphoric. The "opposition" of metaphor and metonymy therefore may be said to represent in effect the essence of the total opposition between the synchronic mode of language (its immediate, coexistent, "vertical" relationships) and its diachronic mode (its sequential, successive, lineal progressive relationships). (Hawkes, 1977, pp. 77-78)
       It is striking that the layered structure that man has given to language constantly reappears in his analyses of nature. (Bronowski, 1977, p. 121)
       First, [an ideal intertheoretic reduction] provides us with a set of rules"correspondence rules" or "bridge laws," as the standard vernacular has it-which effect a mapping of the terms of the old theory (T o) onto a subset of the expressions of the new or reducing theory (T n). These rules guide the application of those selected expressions of T n in the following way: we are free to make singular applications of their correspondencerule doppelgangers in T o....
       Second, and equally important, a successful reduction ideally has the outcome that, under the term mapping effected by the correspondence rules, the central principles of T o (those of semantic and systematic importance) are mapped onto general sentences of T n that are theorems of Tn. (P. Churchland, 1979, p. 81)
       If non-linguistic factors must be included in grammar: beliefs, attitudes, etc. [this would] amount to a rejection of the initial idealization of language as an object of study. A priori such a move cannot be ruled out, but it must be empirically motivated. If it proves to be correct, I would conclude that language is a chaos that is not worth studying.... Note that the question is not whether beliefs or attitudes, and so on, play a role in linguistic behavior and linguistic judgments... [but rather] whether distinct cognitive structures can be identified, which interact in the real use of language and linguistic judgments, the grammatical system being one of these. (Chomsky, 1979, pp. 140, 152-153)
        23) Language Is Inevitably Influenced by Specific Contexts of Human Interaction
       Language cannot be studied in isolation from the investigation of "rationality." It cannot afford to neglect our everyday assumptions concerning the total behavior of a reasonable person.... An integrational linguistics must recognize that human beings inhabit a communicational space which is not neatly compartmentalized into language and nonlanguage.... It renounces in advance the possibility of setting up systems of forms and meanings which will "account for" a central core of linguistic behavior irrespective of the situation and communicational purposes involved. (Harris, 1981, p. 165)
       By innate [linguistic knowledge], Chomsky simply means "genetically programmed." He does not literally think that children are born with language in their heads ready to be spoken. He merely claims that a "blueprint is there, which is brought into use when the child reaches a certain point in her general development. With the help of this blueprint, she analyzes the language she hears around her more readily than she would if she were totally unprepared for the strange gabbling sounds which emerge from human mouths. (Aitchison, 1987, p. 31)
       Looking at ourselves from the computer viewpoint, we cannot avoid seeing that natural language is our most important "programming language." This means that a vast portion of our knowledge and activity is, for us, best communicated and understood in our natural language.... One could say that natural language was our first great original artifact and, since, as we increasingly realize, languages are machines, so natural language, with our brains to run it, was our primal invention of the universal computer. One could say this except for the sneaking suspicion that language isn't something we invented but something we became, not something we constructed but something in which we created, and recreated, ourselves. (Leiber, 1991, p. 8)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Language

  • 84 tinta

    f.
    ink.
    andarse con medias tintas to be wishy-washy
    cargar o recargar las tintas to exaggerate
    se han escrito ríos de tinta sobre el tema people have written reams on the subject
    saberlo de buena tinta to have it on good authority
    sudar tinta to sweat blood
    tinta china Indian ink
    tinta indeleble marking ink
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: tintar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) ink
    2 (tinte) dyeing
    1 colours (US colors), hues
    \
    cargar las tintas / recargar las tintas figurado to exaggerate
    escribir con tinta to write in ink
    hacer correr mucha tinta figurado to get a lot of coverage
    saber algo de buena tinta figurado to get something straight from the horse's mouth
    sudar tinta figurado to sweat blood
    medias tintas figurado vague words
    tinta china Indian ink
    tinta simpática invisible ink
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [para escribir] ink

    tinta china — Indian ink, India ink (EEUU)

    tinta de imprenta — printing ink, printer's ink

    tinta invisible, tinta simpática — invisible ink

    2) [de pulpo, calamar] ink
    3) (Arte) (=color) colour, color (EEUU)
    pl tintas liter shades, hues

    media tinta — half-tone, tint

    4) (=tinte) dye
    * * *
    a) (Art, Impr) ink

    medias tintas — half-measures

    él no se anda con medias tintas — ( al hablar) he doesn't beat about the bush; ( al actuar) he never does things by halves

    saber algo de buena tinta — to have something on good authority

    sudar tinta — to sweat blood

    b) (del calamar, pulpo) ink
    * * *
    = ink.
    Ex. When balls were compared with rollers in the ninenteenth century, their chief disadvantage was seen to be their cost: they were relatively uneconomical of ink.
    ----
    * bloque de tinta = ink-block.
    * correr ríos de tinta = spill + vast quantities of ink, a lot + be written about, much + be written about.
    * dibujo a tinta = ink drawing.
    * hacer que Alguien sude tinta = give + Nombre + a run for + Posesivo + money.
    * impresión a chorros de tinta = ink-jet printing.
    * impresora de chorro de tinta = ink-jet printer.
    * mancha de tinta = set-off, inkblot.
    * manchado de tinta = inky.
    * media tinta = Mezzotint.
    * mesa de tinta = ink table [ink-table].
    * saber de buena tinta = have + it on good word.
    * sudar tinta = sweat + blood, work + Posesivo + butt off, slog + Posesivo + guts out.
    * tinta de imprenta = printing ink.
    * tinta ferrogálica = iron gall ink.
    * tinta litográfica = lithographic ink.
    * tinta tipográfica = letterpress ink.
    * * *
    a) (Art, Impr) ink

    medias tintas — half-measures

    él no se anda con medias tintas — ( al hablar) he doesn't beat about the bush; ( al actuar) he never does things by halves

    saber algo de buena tinta — to have something on good authority

    sudar tinta — to sweat blood

    b) (del calamar, pulpo) ink
    * * *
    = ink.

    Ex: When balls were compared with rollers in the ninenteenth century, their chief disadvantage was seen to be their cost: they were relatively uneconomical of ink.

    * bloque de tinta = ink-block.
    * correr ríos de tinta = spill + vast quantities of ink, a lot + be written about, much + be written about.
    * dibujo a tinta = ink drawing.
    * hacer que Alguien sude tinta = give + Nombre + a run for + Posesivo + money.
    * impresión a chorros de tinta = ink-jet printing.
    * impresora de chorro de tinta = ink-jet printer.
    * mancha de tinta = set-off, inkblot.
    * manchado de tinta = inky.
    * media tinta = Mezzotint.
    * mesa de tinta = ink table [ink-table].
    * saber de buena tinta = have + it on good word.
    * sudar tinta = sweat + blood, work + Posesivo + butt off, slog + Posesivo + guts out.
    * tinta de imprenta = printing ink.
    * tinta ferrogálica = iron gall ink.
    * tinta litográfica = lithographic ink.
    * tinta tipográfica = letterpress ink.

    * * *
    1 ( Art, Impr) ink
    debes escribir con tinta you must write in ink
    cargar las tintas to go too far
    medias tintas: no me gustan las medias tintas I don't like half-measures, I don't like things to be halfhearted
    políticos de medias tintas wishy-washy politicians
    déjate de medias tintas stop being so vague o wishy-washy
    saber algo de buena tinta to have sth on good authority
    sudar tinta to sweat blood
    2 (del calamar, pulpo) ink
    calamares en su tinta squid in ink
    Compuestos:
    India ink ( AmE), Indian ink ( BrE)
    printer's ink
    ● tinta invisible or simpática
    invisible ink
    * * *

     

    Del verbo tintar: ( conjugate tintar)

    tinta es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    tinta    
    tintar
    tinta sustantivo femenino
    ink;

    escribir con tinta to write in ink (AmE), Indian ink (BrE);
    saber algo de buena tinta to have sth on good authority
    tinta sustantivo femenino
    1 (para escritura, dibujo) ink
    tinta china, Indian ink
    2 Zool (de calamar, pulpo, etc) ink
    3 medias tintas, half-measures
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar (exagerar) cargar las tintas, to exaggerate
    (suscitar grán interés) correr ríos de tinta, an event which gives rise to a lot of written opinions
    (estar bien informado) saber (algo) de buena tinta, to know sthg on good authority
    sudar tinta, to sweat blood
    tintar verbo transitivo to dye

    ' tinta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sudar
    - correr
    - derramar
    - emborronar
    - gastar
    - ojo
    - salir
    - teñir
    English:
    blot
    - bottle
    - in
    - Indian ink
    - ink
    - ink-jet printer
    - printer
    - run
    - short
    - slog
    - smudge
    - source
    - black
    - leak
    * * *
    tinta nf
    1. [para escribir] ink;
    medias tintas: andarse con medias tintas to be wishy-washy;
    no me gustan las medias tintas I don't like half-measures o doing things by halves;
    cargar o [m5] recargar las tintas to exaggerate;
    saberlo de buena tinta to have it on good authority
    tinta china Indian ink;
    tinta indeleble indelible ink;
    tinta invisible invisible ink;
    tinta simpática invisible ink
    2. [de calamar] ink
    3. RP [para pelo] dye;
    hacerse la tinta to dye one's hair
    * * *
    f ink;
    sobre esto ha corrido ya mucha tinta a lot has already been written about this;
    sudar tinta sweat blood fam ;
    recargar las tintas exaggerate;
    de buena tinta fig on good authority;
    medias tintas fig half measures
    * * *
    tinta nf
    : ink
    * * *
    tinta n ink

    Spanish-English dictionary > tinta

  • 85 DREPA

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    (drep; drap, drápum; drepinn), v.
    I. with acc. or absol.;
    1) to stike, beat, knock;
    drepa e-n vendi, to strike one with a rod;
    hann tók hörpu sína ok drap strengi (struck the strings) til sláttar; drepa járn, to hammer iron;
    drepa or drepa högg á dyrr, to knock at the door;
    drepa botn úr keraldi, to knock the bottom out of a tub;
    at eigi drepir þú mik í dúp, that you knock me not into the deep;
    drepa í hel, í dauða, til heljar, to smite to death;
    2) to kill, slay (skulu vér nú fara at honum ok drepa hann);
    3) in a game of chess, to take a piece (þá drap jarl af honum riddara);
    drepa eld, to strike, fire (= drepa upp eld);
    drepa slóð, to make a trail (drápu kyrtlarnir döggslóðina);
    5) with prep., drepa af, to kill, slaughter (cattle);
    drepa niðr, to kill off (þótt hirðmenn þínir sé drepnir niðr sem svn);
    drepa sik ór dróma, to get rid of (throw off) a fetter;
    drepa til e-s, to strike, hit, at one;
    drepa e-t undir sik, to knock or drag down (skaltu standa hiá, er fjándi sá drepr mik undir sik);
    drepa upp eld = drepa eld;
    drepa e-t út, to divulge a thing;
    drepa yfir e-t, to hide, suppress;
    drap hann brátt yfir (he soon mastered) harm sinn;
    6) refl., drepast, to perish, die, esp. of cattle (fé hans drapst aldri af drephríðum);
    recipr. to put one another to death (þá diepast menn fyrir ágirni sakir);
    drepa menn fyrir, to kill one another’s men;
    7) impers., drepr honuin aldregi ský (acc.) í augu, his eyes never get clouded;
    ofrkappit (acc.) drepr fyrir þeim (their high spirits break down), þegar haminjan brestr; drap þó heldr í fyrir honum, he rather grew worse, his eyes grew weaker;
    nú drepr ór hljóð (acc.) fyrst ór konunginum, the king became silent at once;
    þá drap stall ór hjarta hans, his heart failed;
    ofan drap flaugina, the vane was knocked down;
    regn (acc.) drepr í gegnum et, the rain beats through (the thatch);
    II. with dat.;
    1) to put, thrust;
    hendi drap á kampa, he put his hand to his beard;
    drepa fœti (fótum) í eð, to strike (knock) one’s foot against, stumble over (drap fótunum í þrøskuldinn ok lá fallinn);
    drepa höfði, to droop (with) the head (Egill drap höfðin niðr í feld sinn);
    drepa fingri í munn sér, to put the finger into the mouth;
    drepa hendi til es, við em, to give one a slap with the hand;
    drepa hendi við e-u, to wave away with the hand to refuse a kind offer (drepa hendi við boðnu gulli);
    2) to tuck up the sleeves or skirts of a garment (hann hafði drepit upp skautunum);
    drepa hári undir belti sér, to tuck the hair under the belt (of a lady);
    3) to dip, immerse;
    drepa skeggi (the beard) í Breiðafjörð, to be drowned in B. drepa barni I vatn, to baptize a child;
    4) drepa orði, dómi á et, to talk, judge of;
    drepa huldu á et, to hide, keep secret;
    drepa e-u á dreif, see dreif; fig., drepa í egg e-u, to turn a deaf ear to;
    5) spoil (drepa gleði, teiti es);
    drepa kosti es, to destroy one’s happiness;
    impers. drap þá skjótt kosti, the cheer was soon gone;
    6) drepa niðr e-u, to suppress (drepa niðr konungs rétti, illu orði);
    drepa niðr sœmd es, to drag down one’s reputation, to disparage one;
    drepa niðr máli, to quash a lawsuit.
    * * *
    pret. drap, 2nd pers. drapt, mod. drapst, pl. drápu; pret. subj. dræpi; part. drepit; pres. drep; with the suff. neg. pret. drap-a. Orkn.: [A. S. drepan; Dan. dræbe; Swed. drapa; O. H. G. trefan; mod. Germ. treffen, whence the mod. Dan. treffe, in the sense to hit; Ulf. uses slahan and stautjan, but never dripan; in Engl. the word is lost.]
    A. WITH ACC., OR ABSOL. högg ( a blow) or the like being understood, to strike, beat:
    I. act. of music, to strike the chords, (cp. phrases such as, slá danz, to strike up for a dance; slagr is battle and poem, Trolla-slagr and Gýgjar-slagr are names of poems); hann tók hörpu sína ok drap strengi ( struck the strings) til slags, Stj. 458 (hence drápa, a song); d. e-n vendi, to strike with a rod, Skm. 26: to knock, d. á dyrr, or d. högg á dyrr, to knock at a door, Nj. 150; síðan gengu þau heim bæði ok drápu á dyrr, 153; drápu þar á dyrr, Sturl. iii. 154: metaph., d. á e-t, to touch slightly on a matter; d. botn ór keraldi, to knock the bottom out of a jar, Fms. xi. 34; d. járn, to beat iron (a blacksmith’s term) with a sledge-hammer, Grett. 129, cp. drep-sleggja.
    2. esp. with the sense of violence, to knock, strike; áfallit hafði drepit hann inn í bátinn, Bs. i. 422; at eigi drepir þú mik í djúp, that thou knockest me not into the deep, Post. 656 B. 9; herða klett drep ek þér hálsi af, Ls. 57.
    β. as a law term, to smite, strike; ef maðr drepr ( smites) mann, ok varðar þat skóggang, Grág. ii. 116; eigu menn eigi at standa fyrir þeim manni er drepit hefir annan, id.; ef maðr drepr mann svá at bein brotna, 14; nú vænisk sá maðr því er drap, at…, 15; þat er drep ef bein brotna, ok verðr sá úæll till dóms er drepit hefir, 16; nú vænisk hinn því, at hann hafi drepit hann, 19.
    γ. the phrases, d. e-n til heljar, Grág. ii. 161, or d. til dauðs, to smite to death; Josúa drap til dauða alla þjóð Anakim, Stj. 456; d. í hel, id., Hbl. 27; hence
    3. metaph. or ellipt. to kill, put to death, cp. Lat. caedere, Engl. smite; eigi er manni skylt at d. skógarmann, þótt…, Grág. ii. 162; skulu vér nú fara at honum ok d. hann, Nj. 205; þar varð illa með þeim því at Ásgrímr drap Gaut, 39; til þess at d. Grim, Eg. 114; tóku þeir af eignum jarla konungs en drápu suma, Fms. i. 6; er drepit hafði fóstra hans …, eigi hæfir at d. svá fríðan svein …, d. skyldi hvern mann er mann údæmðan vá, 80; konung drápum fyrstan, Am. 97; drap hann ( smote with the hammer) hina öldnu jötna systur, Þkv. 32; d. mátti Freyr hann með hendi sinni, Edda 23.
    β. in a game (of chess), to take a piece; þá drap jarl af honum riddara, Fms. iv. 366; taflsins er hann hafði drepit, vi. 29; Hvítserkr hélt töfl einni er hann hafði drepit, Fas. i. 285.
    γ. adding prepp. af, niðr, to slaughter, kill off; þótt hirðmenn þínir sé drepnir niðr sem svín, Fms. vii. 243: d. af, to slaughter (cattle); yxni fimm, ok d. af, Ísl. ii. 330; láttu mik d. af þenna lýð, Post. 656 B. 9.
    4. metaph. phrases; d. e-m skúta, to taunt, charge one with; áfelli þat er konungr drap oss skúta um, Fms. iv. 310; hjarta drepr stall, the heart knocks as it were against a block of stone from fear, Hkr. ii. 360, Orkn., Fbr. 36 (hence stall-dræpt hjarta, a ‘block-beating’ faint heart): d. upp eld, to strike fire, Fms. iv. 338: d. sik ór dróma, to throw off the fetter, Edda 19: d. e-t undir sik, to knock or drag down, skaltú standa hjá er fjandi sá drepr mik undir sik, Grett. 126, 101 A: d. slóð, to make a slot or sleuth (trail); d. kyrtlarnir slóðina, the cloaks trailed along the ground so as to leave a track, Gísl. 154: to trail or make a track of droves or deer, Lex. Poët.: d. e-t út, to divulge a thing (in a bad sense), Fms. vi. 208; d. yfir e-t, to hide, suppress, drap hann brátt yfir ( he soon mastered) harm sinn, Bs. i. 140 (hence yfir-drep, hypocrisy, i. e. cloaking).
    II. reflex., drepask, to perish, die, esp. of beasts; fé hans drapsk aldrei af megrð ok drephríðum, Eb. 150; drapsk allt hans fólk, Fms. v. 250.
    2. recipr. to put one another to death; þá drepask bræðr fyrir ágirni sakar, Edda 40; nú drepask menn (smite one another), eðr særask eðr vegask, Grág. ii. 92; ef menn d. um nætr, Fms. vii. 296; er sjálfir bárusk vápn á ok drápusk, viii. 53; en er bændr fundu at þeir drápusk sjálfir, 68; drepask niðr á leið fram, Ld. 238; drepask menn fyrir, to kill one another’s men, Fms. vii. 177; görðisk af því fjandskapr með þeim Steinólfi svá at þeir drápusk þar (menn?) fyrir, Gullþ. 14.
    III. impers., drepr honum aldregi ský (acc.) í augu, his eyes never get clouded, of the eagle flying in the face of the sun, Hom. 47; ofrkappit (acc.) drepr fyrir þeim ( their high spirits break down) þegar hamingjan brestr, Fms. vi. 155; drap þó heldr í fyrir honum, he rather grew worse, i. e. his eyes grew weaker, Bjarn. 59; nú drepr ór hljóð (acc.) fyrst ór konunginum, the king became silent at once, Fms. xi. 115; stall drepr ór hjarta e-s, Fbr. 36 (vide above, I. 4); ofan drap flaugina (acc.), the flaug was knocked down, Bs. 1. 422; regn drepr í gögnum e-t, the rain beats through the thatch or cover, Fagrsk. 123 (in a verse).
    β. in mod. usage, drepa is even used in the sense to drip (= drjupa), e. g. þak, hús drepr, the thatch, house lets water through.
    B. WITH DAT.:
    I. denoting gentle movement; in many cases the dat. seems to be only instrumental:
    1. of the limbs; hendi drap á kampa, be put his hand to his beard, Hom. 21; d. fæti (fótum), to stumble, prop. to strike with the foot, Nj. 112, Fas. ii. 558, Bs. i. 742, Hom. 110, Grett. 120; d. fæti í e-t, to stumble against, 103; d. fæti við e-t, id., Fas. ii. 558; d. höfði, to droop, nod with the head; drap í gras höfði, (the horse) drooped with the head, let it fall, Gkv. 2. 5; d. niðr höfði, id., Nj. 32; Egill sat svá opt, at hann drap höfðinu niðr í feld sinn (from sorrow), Eg. 322, O. H. L. 45 (for shame); d. fingri í munn sér, to put the finger into the mouth, Edda 74; fingri drap í munninn sinn (of a child), the words of a ditty; d. hendi til e-s, or við e-m, to give one a slap with the hand (inst. dat.), Nj. 27; hence metaph., d. hendi við e-u, to wave away with the hand, to refuse a kind offer, Bs. i. 636; d. hendi við boðnu gulli, Al. 75: the phrase, d. hendi við sóma sínum, cp. Al. 162.
    2. to tuck up the sleeves or skirts of a garment; d. skautum (upp), Fms. vii. 297; hann hafði drepit upp skautunum, Lv. 85; hann hafði drepit upp fyrir blöðunum undir beltið, Eb. 226: Sigurðr drap blöðunum undir belti sér, Orkn. 474; d. hári undir belti sér, to tuck the hair under the belt (of a lady), hárit tók ofan á bringuna ok drap hón (viz. því) undir belti sér, Nj. 24; hafði hár svá mikit, at hann drap undir belti sér, 272.
    II. to dip; d. skeggi í Breiðafjörð niðr, to dip the beard in the Breidafiord, i. e. to be drowned, Ld. 316; d. hendi, or fingri í vatn, to dip the hand, finger into water (vide above); d. barni í vatn, to dip a baby into water, i. e. to baptize, K. Þ. K. 10: the phrase, d. fleski í kál, to dip bacon into kale broth, Fas. iii. 381; nú taka þeir hafrstökur tvær, ok d. þeim í sýrukerin, Gísl. 7.
    β. the phrase, d. e-u, of wax, lime, butter, or the like, to daub, plaster, fill up with; þú skalt taka vax ok d. því í eyru förunauta þinna, Od. xii. 77; síðan drap eg því í eyru á öllum skipverjum, 177; vaxið er eg hafði drepið í eyru þeim, 200; d. smjöri í ílát, to fill a box with butter.
    γ. metaph. phrases; d. dul á e-t, to throw a veil over, Hkr. ii. 140, in mod. usage, draga dulur á e-t: the phrase, d. í skörðin (the tongue understood), to talk indistinctly, from loss of teeth; d. orði, dómi á e-t, to talk, reason, judge of a thing, Fms. ix. 500; d. huldu á, to hide, cloak, keep secret, xi. 106: d. e-u á dreif, prop. to ‘throw adrift,’ throw aside, i. e. think little of a thing, þessu var á dreif drepit, it was hushed up, Orkn. 248; áðr hafði mjök verit á dreif drepit um mál Bjarnar ( there had been much mystery about Björn), hvárt hann var lífs eðr eigi, sagði annarr þat logit, en annarr sagði satt, i. e. no one knew anything for certain, Bjarn. 20; en eigi varð vísan á dreif drepin ( the song was not thrown aside or kept secret) ok kom til eyrna Birni, 32; drápu öllu á dreif um þessa fyrirætlan, hushed it all up, Eg. 49: d. í egg e-u, prop. to bate the edge of a thing, to turn a deaf ear to, Orkn. 188, metaphor from blunting the edge of a weapon.
    δ. d. e-u niðr, to suppress a thing (unjustly); d. niðr konungs rétti, N. G. L. i. 7 5; d. niðr sæmd e-s, to pull down a person’s reputation, Boll. 346; d. niðr illu orði, to keep down a bad report, suppress it, Nj. 21; d. niðr máli, to quash a lawsuit, 33; drepit svá niðr herörinni, Fms. iv. 207.
    ε. d. glaumi, gleði, teiti e-s, to spoil one’s joy, Lex. Poët.; d. kosti e-s, to destroy one’s happiness, Am. 69: impers., drap þú brátt kosti, the cheer was soon gone, Rm. 98.

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  • 86 coprire

    cover
    errore, suono cover up
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    coprire v.tr.
    1 to cover (up) (anche fig.): il divano era coperto con un telo bianco, the couch was covered with a white sheet; se copri la pentola l'acqua bollirà prima, if you cover the pot the water will boil more quickly; si coprì il volto con le mani e pianse, he covered his face with his hands and sobbed; la neve aveva coperto tutta la campagna, the countryside was covered with snow; Mark aveva le braccia coperte di lividi, Mark's arms were covered with bruises; l'edera copriva tutto il muro, the wall was entirely covered (o overgrown) with ivy; copri bene il bambino, wrap the baby up warmly; copriti le spalle!, cover your shoulders up // (cuc.): coprire una torta di panna, to top a cake with cream; faccio coprire la torta con glassa al cioccolato, I'll have the cake topped with chocolate icing // (med.) coprire un dente con una capsula, to cap a tooth // (edil.): coprire di piastrelle, to tile; coprire di moquette, to carpet; coprire d'intonaco, to plaster // coprire di baci, di ingiurie, to cover with kisses, with abuse; coprire di gentilezze, to overwhelm (o to shower) with kindness; coprire di gloria, di onore, to cover with glory, with honour
    2 ( occultare) to cover (up): grossi nuvoloni coprirono il sole, large dark clouds covered (up) the sun; puoi coprire lo strappo con una toppa, you can cover (up) the tear with a patch; è inutile che tu cerchi di coprire i suoi errori, it's pointless for you to try and cover up his mistakes; non cercare di coprirlo, don't try and cover up for him; la musica coprì le sue parole, the music drowned out (o covered) his words
    3 ( difendere) to cover: la nostra ritirata verrà coperta dall'artiglieria, the artillery will cover our retreat; copritemi ( alle spalle)!, cover me! // coprire il re, ( scacchi) to guard the king
    4 (comm.) ( far fronte) to meet*; ( garantire) to cover: la mia assicurazione mi copre da ogni rischio, my insurance covers me against all risks; coprire le spese, to meet (o cover) expenses
    5 ( includere) to cover: è una regola che copre tutti i casi, it's a rule that covers all cases
    6 ( occupare) to hold*; ( andare a occupare) to fill: copre da anni quella carica, he has been holding that office for years; chi copre la cattedra di inglese?, who holds the chair of English?; chi coprirà il posto rimasto vacante?, who will fill the vacancy?
    7 ( distanza) to cover, to do*: il vincitore ha coperto la distanza in un'ora, the winner covered (o did) the distance in an hour
    8 (zool.) ( montare) to cover; ( di montone) to tup
    9 ( stampa, rad., tv) to cover.
    ◘ coprirsi v.rifl.
    1 to cover oneself (up): copriti bene perché fa un gran freddo, cover yourself up (o wrap yourself up) warmly because it's very cold; pensi sia necessario coprire?, do you think we ought to wear something warm? // coprire di gloria, di onore, to cover oneself with glory, with honour; coprire di vergogna, to bring shame upon oneself // coprire di debiti, to get deep into debt
    2 (comm.) ( garantirsi) to cover oneself: voglio coprirmi da ogni rischio, I want to cover (o insure) myself against all risks
    3 (sport) to guard; to be* on one's guard
    ◆ v.intr.pron.
    1 to be* covered; to get* covered: in primavera i campi si coprono di fiori, in spring the fields are covered with flowers; l'inferriata si è coperta di ruggine, the railings have got covered with rust; nel riordinare mi sono tutto coperto di polvere, I got all covered with dust while tidying up; si è tutto coperto di vesciche, he got covered all over with blisters // coprire di squame, to scale
    2 ( rannuvolarsi) to become* overcast.
    * * *
    1. [ko'prire]
    vb irreg vt
    (gen) to cover, (occupare: carica, posto) to hold, (persona: proteggere: anche), fig to cover, shield, (fig : suono) to drown, (segreto, sentimenti) to conceal

    coprire di o con — (gen) to cover with

    coprire qn di insulti/di doni — to shower insults/gifts on sb

    coprire un rischio Econ, Assicurazione — to cover a risk

    (persona) to wrap (o.s.) up, Assicurazione

    coprirsi contro — to insure o.s. against

    coprirsi di gloria/di ridicolo — to cover o.s. with glory/with ridicule

    3. vip (coprirsi)
    (cielo) to cloud over

    (rivestirsi) coprirsi di — (muffa, macchie) to be covered in

    * * *
    [ko'prire] 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (ricoprire) to cover [oggetto, ferito] ( con with)
    2) (chiudere) to cover, to put* the lid on [ pentola]
    3) (avvolgere) [nebbia, neve, strato] to cover, to envelop [città, superficie]
    4) (nascondere alla vista) to hide*, to cover up

    coprire la vista a qcn. — to block sb.'s view

    coprire qcn. di — to shower sb. with, to shower [sth.] on sb. [doni, complimenti]; to cover sb. with [ baci]

    6) (contro il freddo) (con abiti) to wrap [sb.] up; (a letto) to cover [sb.] up
    7) (essere più forte di) to cover [suono, odore]
    8) (proteggere) (nascondendo la verità) to cover up for [amico, collega]; mil. sport to cover [soldato, zona del campo]

    coprire le spalle a qcn. — to cover sb.'s back

    9) (occupare, esercitare) to hold*, to fill [ carica]
    10) (percorrere) [corridore, veicolo] to cover [ distanza]
    11) (servire) [trasmettitore, radio, ispettore] to cover [ area]
    12) econ. [ somma] to cover [spese, costi]
    13) econ. (garantire) to cover [danno, rischio, persona]; to make* up for [ ammanco]
    14) [ maschio] to cover [ femmina]
    2.
    verbo pronominale coprirsi
    1) (vestirsi) to wrap up, to cover oneself up
    2) meteor. [ cielo] to become* cloudy, overcast, to cloud over
    4) econ.
    * * *
    coprire
    /ko'prire/ [91]
     1 (ricoprire) to cover [oggetto, ferito] ( con with)
     2 (chiudere) to cover, to put* the lid on [ pentola]
     3 (avvolgere) [nebbia, neve, strato] to cover, to envelop [città, superficie]
     4 (nascondere alla vista) to hide*, to cover up; coprire la vista a qcn. to block sb.'s view
     5 (dare in grande quantità) coprire qcn. di to shower sb. with, to shower [sth.] on sb. [doni, complimenti]; to cover sb. with [ baci]
     6 (contro il freddo) (con abiti) to wrap [sb.] up; (a letto) to cover [sb.] up
     7 (essere più forte di) to cover [suono, odore]
     8 (proteggere) (nascondendo la verità) to cover up for [amico, collega]; mil. sport to cover [soldato, zona del campo]; coprire le spalle a qcn. to cover sb.'s back
     9 (occupare, esercitare) to hold*, to fill [ carica]
     10 (percorrere) [corridore, veicolo] to cover [ distanza]
     11 (servire) [trasmettitore, radio, ispettore] to cover [ area]
     12 econ. [ somma] to cover [spese, costi]
     13 econ. (garantire) to cover [danno, rischio, persona]; to make* up for [ ammanco]
     14 [ maschio] to cover [ femmina]
    II coprirsi verbo pronominale
     1 (vestirsi) to wrap up, to cover oneself up
     2 meteor. [ cielo] to become* cloudy, overcast, to cloud over
     3 (riempirsi) - rsi di to become covered with; - rsi di gloria to cover oneself with glory
     4 econ. - rsi contro to cover oneself against.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > coprire

  • 87 lettera

    f letter
    alla lettera to the letter
    lettera assicurata registered letter
    lettera commerciale business letter
    finance lettera di cambio bill of exchange
    lettera espresso (letter sent) express delivery
    lettera raccomandata recorded delivery letter
    * * *
    lettera s.f.
    1 letter: ho ricevuto una sua lettera la settimana scorsa, I got a letter from him last week; spedire una lettera, to send a letter; lettera raccomandata, assicurata, registered letter; lettera per via aerea, air mail letter; lettera espresso, express letter // lettera anonima, anonymous letter; lettera al direttore, letter to the editor; lettera aperta, open letter // lettera apostolica, Papal encyclical // (comm.): lettera circolare, circular letter; lettera commerciale, business letter; lettera di accettazione, letter of acceptance; lettera di ordinazione, order letter; lettera di fideiussione, letter of guaranty (o surety); lettera di riscontro, acknowledgment; lettera di sollecito, reminder; lettera di sollecito del pagamento di un debito, dunning letter; lettera di avviso, letter of advice, advice note; lettera di conferma, confirmation letter; lettera di presentazione, letter of introduction; lettera di richiesta di informazioni, letter of inquiry; lettera di pegno, letter of lien (o lien letter); lettera di vettura, waybill (o consignment note); lettera di accompagnamento, covering letter; lettera di offerta, letter of offer; lettera prestampata, form letter // ( banca): lettera di credito, letter of credit; lettera circolare di credito, circular note; lettera di accreditamento, credit note; lettera di addebitamento, debit note // (amm.): lettera di assunzione, letter of appointment; lettera di raccomandazione, letter of recommendation, testimonial; lettera di domanda di assunzione, letter of application; diramare lettere circolari, to send round circular letters (o to circularize) // (assicurazioni): lettera di garanzia, di indennizzo, letter of indemnity; lettera di copertura, cover note
    2 (dell'alfabeto) letter: lettera maiuscola, minuscola, (block) capital, small letter: scrivi il tuo nome e cognome a lettere maiuscole, write your name and surname in (block) capitals; scrivere un numero in lettere, to write a number in words // giorno da scrivere a lettere d'oro, (fig.) red-letter day // impresso a lettere di fuoco, engraved (on sthg.)
    3 (senso letterale) letter // alla lettera, literally (o to the letter): tradurre alla lettera, to translate literally (o word for word) // attenersi alla lettera della legge, to keep to the letter of the law // rimanere lettera morta, to remain a dead letter
    4 ( Borsa): lettera di offerta, offer; prezzo, cambio, corso lettera, ask price; fare lettera, to fix the selling price
    5 pl. letters, Arts: lettere e filosofia, the humanities; dottore in lettere, Bachelor of Arts (abbr. BA); uomo di lettere, man of letters
    6 (lett.) Epistle; epistles: le Lettere di San Paolo ai Corinzi, St Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians.
    * * *
    ['lɛttera]
    1. sf

    scrivere qc con lettere maiuscole/minuscole — to write sth in capitals o capital letters/in small letters

    eseguire qc alla lettera — (legge, ordine) to carry out sth to the letter

    restar lettera morta — (consiglio, invito) to go unheeded

    diventar lettera morta — (legge) to become a dead letter

    2.
    * * *
    ['lɛttera, 'lettera] 1.
    sostantivo femminile
    1) (segno grafico) letter

    lettera minuscola — small letter; tip. lower-case letter

    lettera maiuscola — capital o big letter; tip. upper-case letter

    scritto a chiare -e — fig. written in black and white

    lettera commerciale o d'affari business letter; per lettera — by letter

    3) alla lettera [applicare, eseguire] to the letter; [tradurre, interpretare] literally; [ descrivere] word-for-word
    2.
    sostantivo femminile plurale lettere
    1) univ. (materie letterarie) arts

    uomo di -e — man of letters, literary man

    •
    ••
    * * *
    lettera
    /'lεttera, 'lettera/
    I sostantivo f.
     1 (segno grafico) letter; lettera minuscola small letter; tip. lower-case letter; lettera maiuscola capital o big letter; tip. upper-case letter; parola di tre -e three-letter word; scrivere la somma in -e to write the sum in full; scritto a chiare -e fig. written in black and white
     2 (messaggio scritto) letter; lettera d'amore love letter; lettera commerciale o d'affari business letter; per lettera by letter
     3 alla lettera [applicare, eseguire] to the letter; [tradurre, interpretare] literally; [ descrivere] word-for-word
    II lettere f.pl.
     1 univ. (materie letterarie) arts
     2 (cultura letteraria) letters; uomo di -e man of letters, literary man
    diventare lettera morta to become a dead letter
    \
    lettera d'addio goodbye letter; lettera aperta open letter (a to); lettera di credito letter of credit; lettera di licenziamento notice of dismissal; - e classiche classical studies; - e credenziali letters of credence; - e moderne arts.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > lettera

  • 88 tablet

    ['tæblɪt]
    1) (pill) compressa f., pastiglia f.
    2) (commemorative) targa f. (commemorativa), lapide f.
    3) archeol. (for writing) tavoletta f.
    4) (of chocolate) tavoletta f.
    5) inform. (pad) mouse pad m., tappetino m. (per il mouse)
    6) AE (writing pad) blocchetto m., bloc-notes m.
    * * *
    ['tæblit]
    1) (a pill: Take these tablets for your headache; a sleeping-tablet (= a tablet to make one sleep).) compressa, pasticca, pastiglia
    2) (a flat piece or bar (of soap etc): I bought a tablet of soap.) tavoletta saponetta
    3) (a piece of usually stone with a flat surface on which words are engraved etc: They put up a marble tablet in memory of his father.) targa
    * * *
    tablet /ˈtæblət/
    n.
    1 tavoletta; tavola
    2 targa: a votive tablet, una targa votiva
    4 (med.) compressa; pasticca; pastiglia: sleeping tablet, pillola per dormire; (pillola di) sonnifero
    5 (archit.) cornicione
    ● a soap tablet, una saponetta □ (comput.) tablet PC, Tablet PC.
    * * *
    ['tæblɪt]
    1) (pill) compressa f., pastiglia f.
    2) (commemorative) targa f. (commemorativa), lapide f.
    3) archeol. (for writing) tavoletta f.
    4) (of chocolate) tavoletta f.
    5) inform. (pad) mouse pad m., tappetino m. (per il mouse)
    6) AE (writing pad) blocchetto m., bloc-notes m.

    English-Italian dictionary > tablet

  • 89 stumble

    intransitive verb
    1) stolpern ( over über + Akk.)
    2) (falter) stocken

    stumble over something/through life — über etwas (Akk.) /durchs Leben stolpern

    3)

    stumble across or [up]on somebody/something — (find by chance) über jemanden stolpern (fig. ugs.) /auf etwas (Akk.) stoßen

    * * *
    1) (to strike the foot against something and lose one's balance, or nearly fall: He stumbled over the edge of the carpet.) stolpern
    2) (to walk unsteadily: He stumbled along the track in the dark.) stolpern
    3) (to make mistakes, or hesitate in speaking, reading aloud etc: He stumbles over his words when speaking in public.) stottern
    •
    - academic.ru/118672/stumbling-block">stumbling-block
    - stumble across/on
    * * *
    stum·ble
    [ˈstʌmbl̩]
    vi
    1. (trip) stolpern, straucheln
    ▪ to \stumble on sth über etw akk stolpern
    2. ( fig)
    the judges noticed the violinist \stumble die Schiedsrichter bemerkten, dass die Violinistin einen Fehler machte
    to \stumble from one mistake to another ( fig) vom einen Fehler zum nächsten stolpern
    to \stumble over the rhythm aus dem Rhythmus kommen
    3. (stagger)
    ▪ to \stumble about [or around] herumtappen
    4. (falter when talking) stocken, holpern
    ▪ to \stumble over sth über etw akk stolpern
    the poet \stumbled over a line in the poem der Dichter stolperte über eine Zeile in dem Gedicht
    ▪ to \stumble across [or [up]on] sb/sth über jdn/etw stolpern fam, [zufällig] auf jdn/etw stoßen
    * * *
    ['stʌmbl]
    1. n
    Stolpern nt no pl, no indef art; (in speech etc) Stocken nt no pl, no indef art
    2. vi (lit, fig)
    stolpern; (in speech) stocken

    to stumble on sth (lit) — über etw (acc) stolpern; (fig) auf etw (acc) stoßen

    he stumbled through a waltz/his speech — stockend or holperig spielte er einen Walzer/hielt er seine Rede

    * * *
    stumble [ˈstʌmbl]
    A v/i
    1. auch fig stolpern, straucheln ( beide:
    at, over über akk):
    stumble in(to) fig in eine Sache (hinein)stolpern oder (-)schlittern;
    a) zufällig stoßen auf (akk),
    b) jemandem zufällig über den Weg laufen
    2. stolpern, taumeln, wanken
    3. fig
    a) einen Fehltritt tun, straucheln, sündigen
    b) einen Fehler machen, stolpern
    4. stottern, sich verhaspeln:
    stumble through a speech eine Rede herunterstottern
    5. sich stoßen, Anstoß nehmen ( beide:
    at an dat)
    B s
    1. Stolpern n, Straucheln n, fig auch Fehltritt m
    2. Fehler m
    * * *
    intransitive verb
    1) stolpern ( over über + Akk.)
    2) (falter) stocken

    stumble over something/through life — über etwas (Akk.) /durchs Leben stolpern

    3)

    stumble across or [up]on somebody/something — (find by chance) über jemanden stolpern (fig. ugs.) /auf etwas (Akk.) stoßen

    * * *
    v.
    stolpern v.

    English-german dictionary > stumble

  • 90 diagram

    диаграмма; схема; график, графическое представление || вычерчивать диаграмму; составлять схему; изображать схематически

    a diagram worths many words — одна схема заменяет тысячу слов; лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать

    - algorithmic diagram
    - ANSI block diagram
    - baseline diagram
    - binary decision diagram
    - block diagram
    - butterfly diagram
    - calculating diagram
    - child diagram
    - circuit diagram
    - column diagram
    - conceptual diagram
    - connection diagram
    - control diagram
    - cording diagram
    - data flow diagram
    - data organization diagram
    - data structure diagram
    - decision diagram
    - distribution diagram
    - edge-valued binary decision diagram
    - elementary diagram
    - engineering logic diagram
    - entity-relationship diagram
    - entity-relation diagram
    - expert-aided diagram
    - eye diagram
    - flow diagram
    - flow-process diagram
    - forward butterfly diagram     - functional diagram
    - Gantt diagram
    - Hamilton-Zeldin diagram
    - hierarchical structure diagram
    - HIPO diagram
    - input-process-output diagram
    - instrument diagram
    - internal diagram
    - key diagram
    - ladder diagram
    - Layton diagram
    - line diagram
    - linear decision diagram
    - logical diagram
    - logic diagram
    - logical sequence diagram
    - mnemonic diagram
    - multiple-sheet diagram
    - Nassi-Shneiderman diagram
    - network diagram
    - pictorial diagram
    - program flow diagram
    - run diagram
    - SADT diagram
    - scanning diagram
    - schematic diagram
    - setup diagram
    - skeleton diagram
    - stability diagram
    - state diagram
    - state transition diagram
    - stick diagram
    - syntactic diagram
    - syntax diagram
    - timing diagram
    - transition diagram
    - tree diagram
    - truth diagram
    - Veitch diagram
    - Venn diagram
    - Warnier diagram
    - waveform diagram
    - wiring diagram
    - word-level decision diagram

    English-Russian dictionary of computer science and programming > diagram

  • 91 ewangeli|a

    f (GD ewangelii) 1. (G pl ewangelii) Relig. (opis życia i nauki Chrystusa) Gospel
    - ewangelie apokryficzne/kanoniczne apocryphal/canonical Gospels
    - ewangelie synoptyczne the Synoptic Gospels, the Synoptics
    2. sgt Relig. (wiara) Gospel
    - głosić ewangelię to spread a. preach the Gospel
    3. sgt Relig. (część nabożeństwa) the (Gospel) reading 4. sgt przen. gospel (truth)
    - słowa ojca traktował jak ewangelię he took his father’s words as gospel
    - wierzyć w coś a. przyjmować coś jak ewangelię to take sth as gospel (truth)
    ■ kłaść głowę pod ewangelię książk. (narażać życie) to risk one’s neck; (pakować się w trudną sytuację) to put a. lay one’s head on the (chopping) block
    - nie będę pakował zdrowej głowy pod ewangeliężart. I’m not going to put a. lay my perfectly good head on the (chopping) block żart.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > ewangeli|a

  • 92 lite|ra

    f (znak graficzny głoski) letter
    - drukowanymi literami in block letters a. in capitals
    - pisanymi literami in script, in cursive (writing)
    - wielka a. duża litera a capital letter
    - pisać coś wielką a. dużą literą to capitalize sth
    - mała litera a small letter
    - pisać coś małą literą to not capitalize sth
    - □ litera drukowana block letter, capital
    - litera minuskułowa Druk. minuscule
    - litery cerkiewne Jęz. Cyrillic alphabet
    ■ cztery litery pot., euf. behind pot., bum GB pot., butt US pot.
    - łykać litery to mumble, to slur one’s words
    - martwa litera Prawo dead letter

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > lite|ra

  • 93 cut

    cut
    A n
    1 ( incision) gen entaille f ; ( in surgery) incision f ; to make a cut in faire une entaille dans [cloth, wood] ; [surgeon] faire une incision dans [flesh] ;
    2 ( wound) coupure f ; to get a cut from sth se couper sur qch ;
    3 ( hairstyle) coupe f ; a cut and blow-dry une coupe-brushing ;
    4 ○ ( share) part f ; a cut of the profits/takings une part des bénéfices/recettes ; she takes a 25% cut of the total sum elle prend 25% de la somme globale ;
    5 ( reduction) réduction f (in de) ; a cut in prices, a price cut une baisse des prix ; a cut in the interest/unemployment rate une baisse du taux d'intérêt/de chômage ; job cuts suppression f d'emplois ; he agreed to take a cut in salary il a accepté qu'on lui diminue son salaire ;
    6 ( trim) to give [sth] a cut couper [hair, grass] ;
    7 Culin morceau m ; fillet is the most tender cut le filet est le morceau le plus tendre ;
    8 ( shape) ( of gem) taille f ; (of suit, jacket) coupe f ;
    9 Cin ( removal of footage) coupure f ; ( shot) plan m de raccord (from de ; to à) ; final cut final cut m ;
    10 ( in editing) coupure f ; to make cuts in faire des coupures dans [article, story] ;
    11 ( shorter route) raccourci m ;
    12 Art, Print cliché m, gravure f ;
    13 Sport coup m tranchant ;
    14 ○ Mus ( track) morceau m ; classic cuts from the 60's des morceaux classiques des années 60.
    B vtr ( p prés - tt- ; prét, pp cut)
    1 ( slice) couper [bread, fabric, metal, paper, slice, wood] ; faire [hole, slit] ; to cut sth out of couper qch dans [fabric] ; découper qch dans [magazine] ; to cut sth in half ou in two couper qch en deux ; to cut sth into quarters/slices/pieces couper qch en quartiers/tranches/morceaux ; to cut sth to shreds ou ribbons mettre [qch] en pièces [fabric, document] ; my hands were cut to shreds mes mains étaient tout abîmées ;
    2 ( sever) couper [rope, ribbon, throat, wire] ; ouvrir [vein] ; couper [flower, stem] ; faucher, couper [wheat] ; fig rompre [ties, links] ;
    3 ( carve out) faire [notch] ; creuser [channel, tunnel] ; graver [initials] (in dans) ; to cut sth open ouvrir [packet, sack] ; [surgeon] ouvrir [chest, stomach] ; to cut one's way through se frayer un chemin dans [undergrowth] ;
    4 ( wound) lit ( once) blesser [victim] ; ( repeatedly) taillader [victim] ; fig [remark] blesser [person] ; to cut one's finger/lip se couper le doigt/la lèvre ; the rocks cut their feet les rochers leur ont tailladé les pieds ; the wind cut me like a knife le vent était mordant ;
    5 ( trim) couper [grass, hair] ; tailler [hedge] ; to cut one's fringe/finger nails se couper la frange/les ongles ; to have one's hair cut se faire couper les cheveux ;
    6 (shape, fashion) tailler [gem, marble, wood] ; découper [pastry] ; tailler [suit] ; [locksmith] refaire [key] ; to cut sth into triangles/strips couper qch en triangles/bandes ; to cut sth into the shape of a bird découper qch en forme d'oiseau ;
    7 ( liberate) to cut sb from sth dégager qn de [wreckage] ; to cut sb/sth free ou loose libérer qn/qch (from de) ;
    8 ( edit) couper [article, film] ; supprimer [scene] ; we cut the film to 90 minutes nous avons réduit le film à 90 minutes ; I cut the article from 3,000 to 2,000 words j'ai réduit l'article de 3 000 à 2 000 mots ;
    9 ( reduce) baisser [price, rate] ; réduire [cost, expenditure, inflation, list, number, staff, wages] (by de) ; diminuer [length, size, working day, salary] ; comprimer [budget] ; we've cut prices by 10% on a baissé les prix de 10% ; we've cut the amount of time we spend on the phone nous passons moins de temps au téléphone ;
    10 ( grow) to cut a tooth percer une dent ; to cut one's teeth faire ses dents ;
    11 ( switch off) éteindre [headlights] ;
    12 ( record) faire, graver [album] ; tracer [track] ;
    13 Comput couper [paragraph, section] ; cut and paste couper-coller ; cut the first paragraph and paste it in at the end coupez le premier paragraphe et collez-le à la fin ;
    14 Games couper [cards, deck] ;
    15 ( dilute) couper [drink, drugs] (with avec) ;
    16 ( intersect) [line] couper [circle] ; [track] couper [road] ;
    17 ○ ( stop) cut the chatter arrêtez de jacasser ; cut the flattery/sarcasm! assez de flatteries/sarcasme! ; cut the crap ◑ ! arrête de déconner ◑ ! ;
    18 ○ ( fail to attend) sécher ○ [class, lesson] ; ne pas aller à [meeting, conference] ;
    19 ( snub) ignorer, snober [person] ; she cut me dead in the street elle m'a complètement ignoré dans la rue ;
    20 Cin ( splice) monter.
    C vi ( p prés - tt- ; prét, pp cut)
    1 (slice, make an incision) couper ; this knife cuts well ce couteau coupe bien ; cardboard cuts easily le carton est facile à couper ; cut along the dotted line coupez suivant les pointillés ; will the cake cut into six? tu crois que le gâteau fera pour six? ; to cut into entamer [cake, pie] ; couper [fabric, paper] ; inciser [flesh, organ] ;
    2 (move, go) to cut across the park couper à travers le parc ; our route cuts across Belgium notre itinéraire traverse la Belgique ; the lorry cut across my path le camion m'a coupé la route ; to cut down a sidestreet couper par une petite rue ; to cut in front of sb ( in a queue) passer devant qn ; ( in a car) faire une queue de poisson à qn ;
    3 Cin the camera cut to the president la caméra s'est braquée sans transition sur le président ; to cut from the street to the courtroom [camera] passer de la rue à la salle d'audience ;
    4 Games couper ; to cut for the deal couper les cartes pour déterminer qui va donner ;
    5 fig to cut into ( impinge on) empiéter sur [leisure time, working day].
    D v refl ( p prés - tt- ; prét, pp cut) to cut oneself se couper ; to cut oneself on the foot/chin se couper au pied/menton ; to cut oneself on broken glass se couper avec un morceau de verre ; to cut oneself a slice of meat se couper une tranche de viande ; cut yourself some cake coupe-toi un morceau de gâteau.
    1 (sliced, sawn) [fabric, rope, pages, timber] coupé ; ready-cut slices tranches prédécoupées ;
    2 ( shaped) [gem, stone] taillé ; a well-cut jacket une veste bien coupée ; the trousers are cut wide le pantalon est coupé large ;
    3 ( injured) [lip] coupé ; to have a cut finger/knee avoir une coupure au doigt/genou ;
    4 Agric, Hort [hay] fauché ; [grass, flowers] coupé ;
    5 ( edited) [film, text] avec coupures (after n).
    to be a cut above sb/sth être supérieur à qn/qch ; to cut and run fig fuir, partir en courant ; to cut both ways [argument, measure] être à double tranchant ; to have one's work cut out to do avoir du mal à faire.
    ▶ cut across [sth]
    1 ( bisect) [path] traverser [field] ;
    2 ( transcend) [issue, disease] ne pas tenir compte de [class barriers, boundaries, distinctions] ;
    ▶ cut across [sb] interrompre.
    ■ cut along se dépêcher.
    ■ cut at:
    ▶ cut at [sth] attaquer [trunk, branches] ; taillader [rope] ; tailler dans [hair, stone].
    ■ cut away:
    ▶ cut away [sth] enlever [dead wood, diseased tissue].
    ■ cut back:
    ▶ cut back faire des économies (on de) ;
    ▶ cut back [sth], cut [sth] back
    1 ( reduce) réduire [production, spending, staffing levels] (to à) ; limiter [expansion] (to à) ;
    2 ( prune) tailler.
    ■ cut down:
    ▶ cut down réduire sa consommation ; ‘would you like a cigarette?’-‘no, I'm trying to cut down’ ‘veux-tu une cigarette?’-‘non merci, j'essaie de fumer moins’ ; to cut down on réduire sa consommation de [alcohol, fatty foods] ;
    ▶ cut down [sth], cut [sth] down
    1 ( chop down) abattre [forest, tree] ;
    2 ( reduce) réduire [consumption, spending, number, time, scale] (from de, to à) ;
    3 ( trim) couper [carpet, curtains] ; couper [article, film] ;
    ▶ cut [sb] down littér [disease] emporter liter [person] ; to cut sb down to size rabattre le caquet à qn.
    ■ cut in:
    ▶ cut in
    1 ( interrupt) ( in conversation) intervenir ; ( in dancing) s'interposer ; ‘what about me?’ he cut in ‘et moi, alors?’ dit-il en interrompant la discussion ; ‘may I cut in?’ ( on dance floor) ‘vous permettez (que je danse avec madame)?’ ; to cut in on sb ( in conversation) interrompre qn ;
    2 ( in vehicle) the taxi cut in in front of me le taxi m'a fait une queue de poisson ;
    ▶ cut [sb] in mettre qn dans le coup ; they cut me in on the deal ils m'ont mis dans le coup.
    ■ cut off:
    ▶ cut off [sth], cut [sth] off
    1 ( remove) couper [hair, piece, slice, top, corner] ; enlever [excess, crusts] ; to cut off one's finger se couper le doigt ; to cut off sb's head/fingers couper la tête/les doigts à qn ; she had all her hair cut off elle s'est fait couper les cheveux très court ;
    2 ( reduce) to cut 1% off inflation réduire l'inflation de 1% ; they've cut 10% off their prices ils ont baissé leurs prix de 10% ; it cut 20 minutes off the journey cela a raccourci le trajet de 20 minutes ; she cut ten seconds off the world record elle a amélioré le record mondial de dix secondes ;
    3 ( disconnect) couper [gas, power, telephone, water, supply lines] ;
    ▶ cut off [sth]
    1 ( suspend) supprimer [allowance, grant] ; suspendre [financial aid] ;
    2 ( isolate) [tide, army] couper [area, town] ;
    3 ( block) bloquer [retreat, escape route] ;
    ▶ cut [sb] off
    1 Telecom couper qn ;
    2 ( disinherit) déshériter qn ; he cut me off without a penny il ne m'a pas laissé un sou ;
    3 ( interrupt) interrompre qn ; she cut me off in mid-phrase elle m'a interrompu en plein milieu d'une phrase ;
    ▶ cut [sb] off, cut off [sb] ( isolate) [group, person] couper [person] ; to be cut off by the tide se faire surprendre par la marée ; to feel cut off se sentir coupé ; to cut oneself off se couper (from de).
    ■ cut out:
    ▶ cut out [engine, fan] s'arrêter ;
    ▶ cut out [sth] supprimer [alcohol, fatty food] ;
    ▶ cut [sth] out, cut out [sth]
    1 ( snip out) découper [article, piece, shape] (from dans) ;
    2 ( remove) enlever [tumour] (from de) ; couper [reference, sentence] ; supprimer [scene, chapter] ;
    3 ( block out) boucher [view] ; éliminer [draught, noise, vibration] ;
    4 ○ ( stop) cut the noise out! arrêtez de faire du bruit! cut out the laughing/fighting! arrêtez de rire/de vous disputer! ; cut it out! ça suffit! ;
    ▶ cut [sb] out
    1 ( isolate) exclure qn ; to cut sb out of one's will déshériter qn ;
    2 to be cut out for teaching/nursing être fait pour être professeur/infirmière ; he's not cut out to be a teacher il n'est pas fait pour être professeur.
    ■ cut short:
    ▶ cut short [sth], cut [sth] short abréger [holiday, visit, discussion] ; to cut the conversation short couper court ;
    ▶ cut [sb] short interrompre.
    ▶ cut through [sth] [knife, scissors] couper [cardboard, plastic] ; [detergent] attaquer [grease] ; [whip] fendre [air] ; [boat] fendre [water] ; [person] éviter [red tape] ; [voice] traverser [noise].
    ■ cut up:
    ▶ cut up ○ US chahuter ;
    ▶ cut [sth] up, cut up [sth] couper [food, meat, onions] ; disséquer [specimen] ; [murderer] couper [qch] en morceaux [corpse] ; to cut sth up into strips/pieces couper qch en bandes/morceaux ;
    ▶ cut [sb] up
    1 ( wound) [gangster] taillader [victim] ;
    2 ( upset) to be very cut up être très affecté (about, by par) ;
    3 ○ Aut faire une queue de poisson à.

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  • 94 مبنى

    مَبْنًى \ building: a structure with walls and a roof. construction: the act of building; sth. constructed: The construction of an aeroplane is complicated. Is this tall construction a radio station?. place: a building or area for a particular purpose: a safe place to swim; my place of work; a market place. structure: sth. that is built; a regular or clearly defined framework: The bridge was a solid structure of steel and woodwork. The structure of a sentence is formed by grouping words in certain ways. There is not enough structure in this poem. \ See Also مكان (مَكَان)‏ \ مَبْنًى خاصّ بالّلاعبين في الملعب \ pavilion: building on a sports ground (where players may change their clothes and keep their equipment. etc.). \ مَبْنًى ضَخْم \ apartment house/building: a large building divided into separate parts (esp. flats or offices): a block of flats; an office block.

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  • 95 רפי

    רפי, רָפָה(b. h.; preced.) to be or make lax. Lev. R. s. 19 רָפוּ ידיהן their hands became lax (they lost their energy).Part. pass. רָפוּי; f. רְפוּיָה. Sabb.141b בר׳ when the shoe on the block is loose (can be taken off without moving the block). Ib. 130a, v. infra. Pi. רִיפָּה 1) to loosen, let go. Mikv. VIII, 5 יְרַפֶּה כדיוכ׳ he must loosen his hold of the objects, so that the water can come in contact with them; Y. Ḥag.III, beg.78d יְרַפֵּם עדוכ׳ be must let them go until 2) to let hang down; to make lax, weaken. Tanḥ. Kdosh. 6 מְרַפִּין כנפיהם they let their wings hang down. Lev. R. l. c. (ref. to Is. 35:3) שרִפִּיתֶם עצמיכםוכ׳ you weakened yourselves through your evil doings. Bekh.5b; Snh.106a (play on ר̇פ̇י̇ד̇י̇ם̇) שרִ֗יפּ֗וּ י̇ד̇יהן מדברי תורה (not עצמן) they let their hands drop from (holding) the words of the Law; Tanḥ. Bshall. 25 שרִפּוּ ידיהן מן התורה (or שרָפוּ, v. supra); a. e.Part. pass. מְרוּפֶּה; f. מְרוּפָּה. Sabb.130a עדיין היא מר׳ בידם (not היא; Ms. O. רְפוּיָה) it is still lax in their hands (they treat the ceremony with laxity), opp. מזחזקת held fast. 3) to soften, teach good manners. Ruth R. to II, 5 רבתה רִפְּתָה לה (or רָפְתָה) her mistress (Naomi) had taught her good manners; Yalk. ib. 601 חמותה מאלפא לה.

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  • 96 רפה

    רפי, רָפָה(b. h.; preced.) to be or make lax. Lev. R. s. 19 רָפוּ ידיהן their hands became lax (they lost their energy).Part. pass. רָפוּי; f. רְפוּיָה. Sabb.141b בר׳ when the shoe on the block is loose (can be taken off without moving the block). Ib. 130a, v. infra. Pi. רִיפָּה 1) to loosen, let go. Mikv. VIII, 5 יְרַפֶּה כדיוכ׳ he must loosen his hold of the objects, so that the water can come in contact with them; Y. Ḥag.III, beg.78d יְרַפֵּם עדוכ׳ be must let them go until 2) to let hang down; to make lax, weaken. Tanḥ. Kdosh. 6 מְרַפִּין כנפיהם they let their wings hang down. Lev. R. l. c. (ref. to Is. 35:3) שרִפִּיתֶם עצמיכםוכ׳ you weakened yourselves through your evil doings. Bekh.5b; Snh.106a (play on ר̇פ̇י̇ד̇י̇ם̇) שרִ֗יפּ֗וּ י̇ד̇יהן מדברי תורה (not עצמן) they let their hands drop from (holding) the words of the Law; Tanḥ. Bshall. 25 שרִפּוּ ידיהן מן התורה (or שרָפוּ, v. supra); a. e.Part. pass. מְרוּפֶּה; f. מְרוּפָּה. Sabb.130a עדיין היא מר׳ בידם (not היא; Ms. O. רְפוּיָה) it is still lax in their hands (they treat the ceremony with laxity), opp. מזחזקת held fast. 3) to soften, teach good manners. Ruth R. to II, 5 רבתה רִפְּתָה לה (or רָפְתָה) her mistress (Naomi) had taught her good manners; Yalk. ib. 601 חמותה מאלפא לה.

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  • 97 רָפָה

    רפי, רָפָה(b. h.; preced.) to be or make lax. Lev. R. s. 19 רָפוּ ידיהן their hands became lax (they lost their energy).Part. pass. רָפוּי; f. רְפוּיָה. Sabb.141b בר׳ when the shoe on the block is loose (can be taken off without moving the block). Ib. 130a, v. infra. Pi. רִיפָּה 1) to loosen, let go. Mikv. VIII, 5 יְרַפֶּה כדיוכ׳ he must loosen his hold of the objects, so that the water can come in contact with them; Y. Ḥag.III, beg.78d יְרַפֵּם עדוכ׳ be must let them go until 2) to let hang down; to make lax, weaken. Tanḥ. Kdosh. 6 מְרַפִּין כנפיהם they let their wings hang down. Lev. R. l. c. (ref. to Is. 35:3) שרִפִּיתֶם עצמיכםוכ׳ you weakened yourselves through your evil doings. Bekh.5b; Snh.106a (play on ר̇פ̇י̇ד̇י̇ם̇) שרִ֗יפּ֗וּ י̇ד̇יהן מדברי תורה (not עצמן) they let their hands drop from (holding) the words of the Law; Tanḥ. Bshall. 25 שרִפּוּ ידיהן מן התורה (or שרָפוּ, v. supra); a. e.Part. pass. מְרוּפֶּה; f. מְרוּפָּה. Sabb.130a עדיין היא מר׳ בידם (not היא; Ms. O. רְפוּיָה) it is still lax in their hands (they treat the ceremony with laxity), opp. מזחזקת held fast. 3) to soften, teach good manners. Ruth R. to II, 5 רבתה רִפְּתָה לה (or רָפְתָה) her mistress (Naomi) had taught her good manners; Yalk. ib. 601 חמותה מאלפא לה.

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  • 98 З-151

    ТАК И ЗНАЙ(ТЕ) coll indep. clause these forms only fixed WO
    (used to intensify a prediction, threat, or comment about a state of affairs) sth. is or will be precisely as I say, I assure you
    you can be sure of that (of one thing...)
    you can be sure (that...) thatis for sure I mean it you can count on that mark my words (in limited contexts) do you hear me?
    (Валентина:) Было, не было - тебе-то что? Было бы, если бы он (Шаманов) захотел! Так и знай (Вампилов 2). (V.:) Whether it happened or not-what's it to you? You can be sure of one thing-it would have happened if he'd (Shamanov had) wanted it to (2a).
    Радиопереклички созывались в году часто. Заело с посевной — радиоперекличка... Не выполняется план по сдаче хлеба - так и знай, будет перекличка (Абрамов 1). Radio linkups were called frequently during the year. If there was a hitch in the sowing campaign—radio linkup....If the Grain Requisition Plan was not being fulfilled, you could be sure there would be a radio linkup (1a).
    Там тебе не верили и тут веры большой давать не будут, так и знай!» (Шолохов 5). "They didn't trust you over there, and back here they won't trust you (much) either, you can count on that!" (5a).
    ...Хотя язык у нее и чесался, рассказывать побоялась, памятуя Прохорове наставление: «Так и знай: скажешь об этом кому хоть слово - положу тебя головой на дровосеку, язык твой поганый на аршин вытяну и отрублю» (Шолохов 5)....Although she was itching to speak, she was afraid, remembering Prokhor's warning, "Mark my words. If you so much as breathe a word to anyone about it, I'll put your head on the chopping block, pull your tongue out till it's a yard long, and cut it off" (5a).
    Дома весь вечер будешь сидеть - так и знай» (Распутин 2). "You're going to spend the whole evening home, do you hear те?" (2a).

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  • 99 так и знай

    [indep. clause; these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (used to intensify a prediction, threat, or comment about a state of affairs) sth. is or will be precisely as I say, I assure you:
    - you can be sure of that <of one thing...>;
    - you can be sure (that...);
    - [in limited contexts] do you hear me?
         ♦ [Валентина:] Было, не было - тебе-то что? Было бы, если бы он [Шаманов] захотел! Так и знай( Вампилов 2). [V.:] Whether it happened or not-what's it to you? You can be sure of one thing-it would have happened if he'd [Shamanov had] wanted it to (2a).
         ♦ Радиопереклички созывались в году часто. Заело с посевной - радиоперекличка... Не выполняется план по сдаче хлеба - так и знай, будет перекличка (Абрамов 1). Radio linkups were called frequently during the year. If there was a hitch in the sowing campaign - radio linkup....If the Grain Requisition Plan was not being fulfilled, you could be sure there would be a radio linkup (1a).
         ♦ "Там тебе не верили и тут веры большой давать не будут, так и знай!" (Шолохов 5). "They didn't trust you over there, and back here they won't trust you [much] either, you can count on that!" (5a).
         ♦...Хотя язык у нее и чесался, рассказывать побоялась, памятуя Прохорово наставление: " Так и знай: скажешь об этом кому хоть слово - положу тебя головой на дровосеку, язык твой поганый на аршин вытяну и отрублю" (Шолохов 5)....Although she was itching to speak, she was afraid, remembering Prokhor's warning, "Mark my words. If you so much as breathe a word to anyone about it, I'll put your head on the chopping block, pull your tongue out till it's a yard long, and cut it off" (5a).
         ♦ "Дома весь вечер будешь сидеть - так и знай" (Распутин 2). "You're going to spend the whole evening home, do you hear me?" (2a).

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  • 100 так и знайте

    [indep. clause; these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (used to intensify a prediction, threat, or comment about a state of affairs) sth. is or will be precisely as I say, I assure you:
    - you can be sure of that <of one thing...>;
    - you can be sure (that...);
    - [in limited contexts] do you hear me?
         ♦ [Валентина:] Было, не было - тебе-то что? Было бы, если бы он [Шаманов] захотел! Так и знай( Вампилов 2). [V.:] Whether it happened or not-what's it to you? You can be sure of one thing-it would have happened if he'd [Shamanov had] wanted it to (2a).
         ♦ Радиопереклички созывались в году часто. Заело с посевной - радиоперекличка... Не выполняется план по сдаче хлеба - так и знай, будет перекличка (Абрамов 1). Radio linkups were called frequently during the year. If there was a hitch in the sowing campaign - radio linkup....If the Grain Requisition Plan was not being fulfilled, you could be sure there would be a radio linkup (1a).
         ♦ "Там тебе не верили и тут веры большой давать не будут, так и знай!" (Шолохов 5). "They didn't trust you over there, and back here they won't trust you [much] either, you can count on that!" (5a).
         ♦...Хотя язык у нее и чесался, рассказывать побоялась, памятуя Прохорово наставление: " Так и знай: скажешь об этом кому хоть слово - положу тебя головой на дровосеку, язык твой поганый на аршин вытяну и отрублю" (Шолохов 5)....Although she was itching to speak, she was afraid, remembering Prokhor's warning, "Mark my words. If you so much as breathe a word to anyone about it, I'll put your head on the chopping block, pull your tongue out till it's a yard long, and cut it off" (5a).
         ♦ "Дома весь вечер будешь сидеть - так и знай" (Распутин 2). "You're going to spend the whole evening home, do you hear me?" (2a).

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