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Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов > built-up horse
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Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
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6 Stephenson, George
[br]b. 9 June 1781 Wylam, Northumberland, Englandd. 12 August 1848 Tapton House, Chesterfield, England[br]English engineer, "the father of railways".[br]George Stephenson was the son of the fireman of the pumping engine at Wylam colliery, and horses drew wagons of coal along the wooden rails of the Wylam wagonway past the house in which he was born and spent his earliest childhood. While still a child he worked as a cowherd, but soon moved to working at coal pits. At 17 years of age he showed sufficient mechanical talent to be placed in charge of a new pumping engine, and had already achieved a job more responsible than that of his father. Despite his position he was still illiterate, although he subsequently learned to read and write. He was largely self-educated.In 1801 he was appointed Brakesman of the winding engine at Black Callerton pit, with responsibility for lowering the miners safely to their work. Then, about two years later, he became Brakesman of a new winding engine erected by Robert Hawthorn at Willington Quay on the Tyne. Returning collier brigs discharged ballast into wagons and the engine drew the wagons up an inclined plane to the top of "Ballast Hill" for their contents to be tipped; this was one of the earliest applications of steam power to transport, other than experimentally.In 1804 Stephenson moved to West Moor pit, Killingworth, again as Brakesman. In 1811 he demonstrated his mechanical skill by successfully modifying a new and unsatisfactory atmospheric engine, a task that had defeated the efforts of others, to enable it to pump a drowned pit clear of water. The following year he was appointed Enginewright at Killingworth, in charge of the machinery in all the collieries of the "Grand Allies", the prominent coal-owning families of Wortley, Liddell and Bowes, with authorization also to work for others. He built many stationary engines and he closely examined locomotives of John Blenkinsop's type on the Kenton \& Coxlodge wagonway, as well as those of William Hedley at Wylam.It was in 1813 that Sir Thomas Liddell requested George Stephenson to build a steam locomotive for the Killingworth wagonway: Blucher made its first trial run on 25 July 1814 and was based on Blenkinsop's locomotives, although it lacked their rack-and-pinion drive. George Stephenson is credited with building the first locomotive both to run on edge rails and be driven by adhesion, an arrangement that has been the conventional one ever since. Yet Blucher was far from perfect and over the next few years, while other engineers ignored the steam locomotive, Stephenson built a succession of them, each an improvement on the last.During this period many lives were lost in coalmines from explosions of gas ignited by miners' lamps. By observation and experiment (sometimes at great personal risk) Stephenson invented a satisfactory safety lamp, working independently of the noted scientist Sir Humphry Davy who also invented such a lamp around the same time.In 1817 George Stephenson designed his first locomotive for an outside customer, the Kilmarnock \& Troon Railway, and in 1819 he laid out the Hetton Colliery Railway in County Durham, for which his brother Robert was Resident Engineer. This was the first railway to be worked entirely without animal traction: it used inclined planes with stationary engines, self-acting inclined planes powered by gravity, and locomotives.On 19 April 1821 Stephenson was introduced to Edward Pease, one of the main promoters of the Stockton \& Darlington Railway (S \& DR), which by coincidence received its Act of Parliament the same day. George Stephenson carried out a further survey, to improve the proposed line, and in this he was assisted by his 18-year-old son, Robert Stephenson, whom he had ensured received the theoretical education which he himself lacked. It is doubtful whether either could have succeeded without the other; together they were to make the steam railway practicable.At George Stephenson's instance, much of the S \& DR was laid with wrought-iron rails recently developed by John Birkinshaw at Bedlington Ironworks, Morpeth. These were longer than cast-iron rails and were not brittle: they made a track well suited for locomotives. In June 1823 George and Robert Stephenson, with other partners, founded a firm in Newcastle upon Tyne to build locomotives and rolling stock and to do general engineering work: after its Managing Partner, the firm was called Robert Stephenson \& Co.In 1824 the promoters of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway (L \& MR) invited George Stephenson to resurvey their proposed line in order to reduce opposition to it. William James, a wealthy land agent who had become a visionary protagonist of a national railway network and had seen Stephenson's locomotives at Killingworth, had promoted the L \& MR with some merchants of Liverpool and had carried out the first survey; however, he overreached himself in business and, shortly after the invitation to Stephenson, became bankrupt. In his own survey, however, George Stephenson lacked the assistance of his son Robert, who had left for South America, and he delegated much of the detailed work to incompetent assistants. During a devastating Parliamentary examination in the spring of 1825, much of his survey was shown to be seriously inaccurate and the L \& MR's application for an Act of Parliament was refused. The railway's promoters discharged Stephenson and had their line surveyed yet again, by C.B. Vignoles.The Stockton \& Darlington Railway was, however, triumphantly opened in the presence of vast crowds in September 1825, with Stephenson himself driving the locomotive Locomotion, which had been built at Robert Stephenson \& Co.'s Newcastle works. Once the railway was at work, horse-drawn and gravity-powered traffic shared the line with locomotives: in 1828 Stephenson invented the horse dandy, a wagon at the back of a train in which a horse could travel over the gravity-operated stretches, instead of trotting behind.Meanwhile, in May 1826, the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway had successfully obtained its Act of Parliament. Stephenson was appointed Engineer in June, and since he and Vignoles proved incompatible the latter left early in 1827. The railway was built by Stephenson and his staff, using direct labour. A considerable controversy arose c. 1828 over the motive power to be used: the traffic anticipated was too great for horses, but the performance of the reciprocal system of cable haulage developed by Benjamin Thompson appeared in many respects superior to that of contemporary locomotives. The company instituted a prize competition for a better locomotive and the Rainhill Trials were held in October 1829.Robert Stephenson had been working on improved locomotive designs since his return from America in 1827, but it was the L \& MR's Treasurer, Henry Booth, who suggested the multi-tubular boiler to George Stephenson. This was incorporated into a locomotive built by Robert Stephenson for the trials: Rocket was entered by the three men in partnership. The other principal entrants were Novelty, entered by John Braithwaite and John Ericsson, and Sans Pareil, entered by Timothy Hackworth, but only Rocket, driven by George Stephenson, met all the organizers' demands; indeed, it far surpassed them and demonstrated the practicability of the long-distance steam railway. With the opening of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway in 1830, the age of railways began.Stephenson was active in many aspects. He advised on the construction of the Belgian State Railway, of which the Brussels-Malines section, opened in 1835, was the first all-steam railway on the European continent. In England, proposals to link the L \& MR with the Midlands had culminated in an Act of Parliament for the Grand Junction Railway in 1833: this was to run from Warrington, which was already linked to the L \& MR, to Birmingham. George Stephenson had been in charge of the surveys, and for the railway's construction he and J.U. Rastrick were initially Principal Engineers, with Stephenson's former pupil Joseph Locke under them; by 1835 both Stephenson and Rastrick had withdrawn and Locke was Engineer-in-Chief. Stephenson remained much in demand elsewhere: he was particularly associated with the construction of the North Midland Railway (Derby to Leeds) and related lines. He was active in many other places and carried out, for instance, preliminary surveys for the Chester \& Holyhead and Newcastle \& Berwick Railways, which were important links in the lines of communication between London and, respectively, Dublin and Edinburgh.He eventually retired to Tapton House, Chesterfield, overlooking the North Midland. A man who was self-made (with great success) against colossal odds, he was ever reluctant, regrettably, to give others their due credit, although in retirement, immensely wealthy and full of honour, he was still able to mingle with people of all ranks.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsPresident, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, on its formation in 1847. Order of Leopold (Belgium) 1835. Stephenson refused both a knighthood and Fellowship of the Royal Society.Bibliography1815, jointly with Ralph Dodd, British patent no. 3,887 (locomotive drive by connecting rods directly to the wheels).1817, jointly with William Losh, British patent no. 4,067 (steam springs for locomotives, and improvements to track).Further ReadingL.T.C.Rolt, 1960, George and Robert Stephenson, Longman (the best modern biography; includes a bibliography).S.Smiles, 1874, The Lives of George and Robert Stephenson, rev. edn, London (although sycophantic, this is probably the best nineteenthcentury biography).PJGR -
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[br]b. 1717 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England d. 1810[br]English pioneer road builder.[br]The son of poor working parents, at the age of 6 an attack of smallpox left him blind; however, this did not restrict his future activities, which included swimming and riding. He learned the violin and was much employed as the fiddle-player at country parties. He saved enough money to buy a horse on which he hunted. He took part in bowls, wrestling and boxing, being a robust six foot two inches tall. He rode to Whitby and went thence by boat to London and made other trips to York, Reading and Windsor. In 1740 Colonel Liddell offered him a seat in his coach from London to Harrogate, but he declined and got there more quickly on foot. He set up a one-horse chaise and a four-wheeler for hire in Harrogate, but the local innkeepers set up in competition in the public hire business. He went into the fish business, buying at the coast and selling in Leeds and other towns, but made little profit so he took up his violin again. During the rebellion of 1745 he recruited for Colonel Thornton and served to fight at Hexham, Newcastle and Falkirk, returning home after the Battle of Culloden. He then started travelling between Yorkshire, where be bought cotton and worsted stockings, and Aberdeen, where he sold horses. He set up a twice-weekly service of stage wagons between Knaresborough and York.In 1765 an Act was passed for a turnpike road between Harrogate and Boroughbridge and he offered to build the Master Surveyor, a Mr Ostler, three miles (5 km) of road between Minskip and Fearnly, selling his wagons and his interest in the carrying business. The road was built satisfactorily and on time. He then quoted for a bridge at Boroughbridge and for a turnpike road between Knaresborough and Harrogate. He built many other roads, always doing the survey of the route on his own. The roads crossed bogs on a base of ling and furze. Many of his roads outside Yorkshire were in Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire. In all he built some 180 miles (290 km) of road, for which he was paid some £65,000.He worked for thirty years on road building, retiring in old age to a cotton business in Stockport where he had six spinning jennies and a carding engine; however, he found there was little profit in this so he gave the machinery to his son-in-law. The last road he built was from Haslington to Accrington, but due to the rise in labour costs brought about by the demand from the canal boom, he only made £40 profit on a £3,000 contract; the road was completed in 1792, when he retired to his farm at Spofforth at the age of 75. There he died, leaving a wife, four children, twenty grandchildren and ninety greatgrandchildren. His wife was the daughter of the landlord of the Granby Inn, Knaresborough.[br]Further ReadingS.Smiles, Lives of the Engineers, Metcalfe, Telford: John Murray.IMcN -
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I 1. adjectiveletzt...for the [very] last time — zum [aller]letzten Mal
who was last? — wer war letzter?
the last two — die letzten beiden
he came last — er war letzter
second last, last but one — vorletzt...
last but not least — last, not least; nicht zuletzt
last evening/night was windy — gestern abend/gestern od. heute nacht war es windig
last evening/week we were out — gestern abend/letzte Woche waren wir aus
2. adverbthat would be the last thing to do in this situation — das wäre das Letzte, was man in dieser Situation tun würde
1) [ganz] zuletzt; als letzter/letzte [sprechen, ankommen]2) (on last previous occasion) das letzte Mal; zuletzt3. nounwhen did you last see him or see him last? — wann hast du ihn zuletzt od. das letzte Mal gesehen?
you haven't heard the last of this matter — das letzte Wort in dieser Sache ist noch nicht gesprochen
that was the last we ever saw of him — das war das letzte Mal, daß wir ihn gesehen haben
2) (person or thing) letzter...I'm always the last to be told — ich bin immer der letzte, der etwas erfährt
3) (day, moment[s])4)II intransitive verbat [long] last — endlich; schließlich [doch noch]
1) (continue) andauern; [Wetter, Ärger:] anhaltenlast from... to... — von... bis... dauern
it can't/won't last — das geht nicht mehr lange so
it's too good to last — es ist zu schön, um von Dauer zu sein
2) (manage to continue) es aushalten3) (suffice) reichenIII nounthis knife will last [me] a lifetime — dies Messer hält mein ganzes Leben
(for shoemaker) Leisten, der* * *I 1. adjective1) (coming at the end: We set out on the last day of November; He was last in the race; He caught the last bus home.) letzt2) (most recent; next before the present: Our last house was much smaller than this; last year/month/week.) letzt3) (coming or remaining after all the others: He was the last guest to leave.) letzt2. adverb(at the end of or after all the others: He took his turn last.) zuletzt- lastly- at long last
- at last
- hear
- see the last of
- the last person
- the last straw
- the last thing
- the last word
- on one's last legs
- to the last II verb1) (to continue to exist: This situation lasted until she got married; I hope this fine weather lasts.) andauern2) (to remain in good condition or supply: This carpet has lasted well; The bread won't last another two days - we'll need more; This coat will last me until I die.) sich halten•- lasting- last out* * *last1[lɑ:st, AM læst]n Leisten mlast2[lɑ:st, AM læst]▪ the \last... der/die/das letzte...they caught the \last bus sie nahmen den letzten Busto arrive/come \last als Letzte(r) f(m) ankommen/kommento plan sth [down] to the \last detail etw bis ins kleinste Detail planento do sth \last thing etw als Letztes tunI always switch on the washing machine \last thing [at night] ich mache als Letztes vor dem Schlafengehen immer noch die Waschmaschine anthe second/third \last door die vor-/drittletzte Türthe \last one der/die/das Letzteour house is the \last one on the left before the traffic lights unser Haus ist das Letzte links vor der Ampelto be the \last one to do sth etw als Letzte(r) tunshe was the \last one to arrive sie kam als Letzte an2. (lowest in order, rank) letzte(r, s)the Mets will surely finish the season in \last place die Mets werden am Ende der Saison sicher Tabellenletzte seinto be fourth/third from \last Viert-/Drittletzte(r) f(m) seinto be \last but one [or next to \last] [or second [to] \last] Vorletzte(r) f(m) seinI'll give you one \last chance ich gebe dir eine letzte Chancethis is the \last time I do him a favour das ist das letzte Mal, dass ich ihm einen Gefallen tuecan I have the \last piece of chocolate? darf ich das letzte Stück Schokolade essen?I'm down to my \last 50p ich habe nur noch 50 Penceit's our \last hope das ist unsere letzte Hoffnungthese are the \last of our supplies das sind unsere letzten Vorrätehe calculated the costs down to the \last penny er hat die Kosten bis auf den letzten Penny berechnetI'm almost finished — this is the \last but one box to empty ich bin fast fertig — das ist schon die vorletzte Kiste, die ich noch ausräumen mussto the \last man MIL bis auf den letzten Mannat the \last minute/moment in letzter Minute/im letzten Momenttill/to the \last minute [or [possible] moment] bis zur letzten Minute/zum letzten Momenthe always leaves important decisions to the \last possible moment er schiebt wichtige Entscheidungen immer bis zum letzten Moment hinaushe waited till the \last minute to submit an offer er wartete mit seinem Angebot bis zur letzten Minutepolice are supposed to use guns only as a \last resort die Polizei soll nur im äußersten Notfall von der Waffe Gebrauch machenthat's my \last word [on the subject] das ist mein letztes Wort [zu diesem Thema]to have the \last word das letzte Wort habenat long \last schließlich und endlich, zu guter Letztat long \last the government is starting to listen to our problems endlich wird die Regierung einmal auf unsere Probleme aufmerksamwhen was the \last time you had a cigarette? wann hast du zum letzten Mal eine Zigarette geraucht?did you hear the storm \last night? hast du letzte Nacht den Sturm gehört?did you see the news on TV \last night? hast du gestern Abend die Nachrichten im Fernsehen gesehen?sb's \last album/book jds letztes Album/Buch\last month/November letzten Monat/November\last Sunday [or on Sunday \last] letzten Sonntagyour letter of Sunday \last ( form) Ihr Brief von letztem Sonntagthe results from \last Sunday:\last Sunday's results die Ergebnisse vom letzten Sonntag\last week/year letzte Woche/letztes Jahrthe week/year before \last vorletzte Woche/vorletztes Jahrin the \last five years in den letzten fünf Jahren▪ the \last sb/sth der/die/das Letztethe \last thing I wanted was to make you unhappy das Letzte, was ich wollte, war dich unglücklich zu machenhe's the \last person I want to see at the moment er ist der Letzte, den ich im Moment sehen möchte6.▶ sb is on their \last legs ( fam: very tired) jd ist fix und fertig fam, jd pfeift auf dem letzten Loch sl; (near to death) jd macht es nicht mehr lange famdigital audio is the \last word in sound reproduction digitales Audio ist zurzeit das Nonplusultra im Bereich der Klangwiedergabe1. (most recently) das letzte Mal, zuletztI \last saw him three weeks ago ich habe ihn zuletzt [o das letzte Mal] vor drei Wochen gesehenwhen did you have a cigarette \last [or \last have a cigarette]? wann hast du das letzte Mal geraucht?2. (after the others) als Letzte(r, s)the horse came in \last das Pferd kam als Letztes ins Zieluntil \last bis zuletzt [o zum Schluss3. (lastly) zuletzt, zum Schluss\last, and most important... der letzte und wichtigste Punkt...and \last, I'd like to thank you all for coming und zum Schluss möchte ich Ihnen allen dafür danken, dass Sie gekommen sind\last but not [or by no means] least nicht zu vergessen, nicht zuletzt\last but not least, I'd like to thank you for coming und ich möchte mich nicht zuletzt auch für ihr Kommen bedankenIII. n<pl ->▪ the \last der/die/das Letzteshe was the \last to arrive sie kam als Letzteto be the \last to do sth als Letzte(r) f(m) etw tunwhy are they always the \last to arrive? warum kommen sie immer als Letzte?why is he always the \last to be told? warum erfährt er immer alles als Letzter?2. (only one left, final one)▪ the \last der/die/das Letzteshe was the \last of the great educational reformers sie war die Letzte der großen Schulreformerto breathe one's \last den letzten Atemzug tun3. (remainder)▪ the \last der letzte Restthat was the \last of the real coffee das war der letzte Rest Bohnenkaffeethe \last of the ice cream/strawberries der letzte Rest Eis/Erdbeeren4. (most recent, previous one)▪ the \last der/die/das Letztethe \last we heard of her was that... das Letzte, was wir von ihr hörten, war, dass...the \last I heard she had lost her job das Letzte was ich von ihr weiß ist, dass sie ihren Job verloren hattethe \last we heard from her,... als wir das letzte Mal von ihr hörten,...the \last we saw of her,... als wir sie das letzte Mal sahen,...that was the \last we saw of her das war das letzte Mal, das wir sie gesehen haben, seitdem haben wir sie nie wieder gesehenLion Cavern came from \last in a slowly run race Lion Cavern holte in einem langsamen Rennen vom letzten Platz auf6. BOXING▪ the \last die letzte Rundethe dying embers sparked their \last die Funken verglühtenyou haven't heard the \last of this! das letzte Wort ist hier noch nicht gesprochen!we'll never hear the \last of it if they win wenn sie gewinnen, müssen wir uns das endlos anhören famto see the \last of sth ( fam) etw nie wieder sehen müssenat \last endlichI've finished my essay at \last! endlich habe ich meinen Essay fertig!to defend one's principles to the \last seine Prinzipien bis zuletzt verteidigenshe is patriotic to the \last sie ist durch und durch patriotischlast3[lɑ:st, AM læst]I. vi1. (go on for) [an]dauernit was only a short trip, but very enjoyable while it \lasted die Reise war zwar nur kurz, aber insgesamt sehr angenehmto \last [for] a month/week einen Monat/eine Woche dauernthe rain is expected to \last all weekend der Regen soll das gesamte Wochenende anhaltenthis is too good to \last das ist zu gut, um wahr zu seinit's the only battery we've got, so make it \last wir habe nur diese eine Batterie — verwende sie also sparsamher previous secretary only \lasted a month ihre vorige Sekretärin blieb nur einen Monatyou won't \last long in this job if... du wirst diesen Job nicht lange behalten, wenn...he wouldn't \last five minutes in the army! er würde keine fünf Minuten beim Militär überstehen!built to \last für die Ewigkeit gebautII. vtwe've only got enough supplies to \last us a week unsere Vorräte werden nur eine Woche reichento \last five years fünf Jahre haltento \last [sb] a lifetime ein Leben lang haltenif you look after your teeth they will \last you a lifetime wenn du deine Zähne gut pflegst, wirst du sie dein Leben lang behalten* * *I [lAːst]1. adj1) letzte(r, s)the last but one, the second last (one) — der/die/das Vorletzte
(the) last one there buys the drinks! — der Letzte or wer als Letzter ankommt, zahlt die Getränke
last Monday, on Monday last — letzten Montag
last year — letztes Jahr, im vorigen Jahr
during the last 20 years, these last 20 years — in den letzten 20 Jahren
last but not least — nicht zuletzt, last not least
2)(= most unlikely, unsuitable etc)
that's the last thing I worry about — das ist das Letzte, worüber ich mir Sorgen machen würdethat was the last thing I expected — damit hatte ich am wenigsten gerechnet
that's the last thing I wanted to happen —
he's the last person I want to see — er ist der Letzte, den ich sehen möchte
you're the last person to be entrusted with it — du bist der Letzte, dem man das anvertrauen kann
2. n1) (= final one or part, one before) der/die/das Letztehe withdrew the last of his money from the bank — er hob sein letztes Geld von der Bank ab
this is the last of the cake — das ist der Rest des Kuchens
that was the last we saw of him —
the last we heard of him was... — das Letzte, was wir von ihm hörten, war...
that was the last we heard of it/him — seitdem haben wir nichts mehr darüber/von ihm gehört
I hope this is the last we'll hear of it — ich hoffe, damit ist die Sache erledigt
the last I heard, they were getting married — das Letzte, was ich gehört habe, war, dass sie heiraten
I shall be glad to see the last of this/him — ich bin froh, wenn ich das hinter mir habe/wenn ich den los bin (inf) or wenn ich den nicht mehr sehe
we shall never hear the last of it —
to look one's last on sth my last (Comm) — den letzten Blick auf etw (acc) werfen mein letztes Schreiben
2)3. advII1. vtit will last me/a careful user a lifetime — das hält/bei vernünftiger Benutzung hält es ein Leben lang
I didn't think he'd last the week — ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass er die Woche durchhält
2. vi(= continue) dauern; (= remain intact cloth, flowers, marriage) haltenit won't last — es wird nicht lange anhalten or so bleiben
it's too good to last — das ist zu schön, um wahr zu sein
he'll stay as long as the beer lasts — er bleibt, solange Bier da ist
will this material last? — ist dieses Material haltbar or dauerhaft?
IIIhe won't last long in this job — er wird in dieser Stelle nicht alt werden (inf)
nLeisten mcobbler, stick to your last! — Schuster, bleib bei deinem Leisten!
* * *last1 [lɑːst; US læst]1. letzt(er, e, es):the last two die beiden Letzten;last but one vorletzt(er, e, es);last but two drittletzt(er, e, es);for the last time zum letzten Mal;to the last man bis auf den letzten Mann;the Last Day REL der Jüngste Tag;last letter Abschiedsbrief m;last rites REL Sterbesakramente;last thing als Letztes (besonders vor dem Schlafengehen);2. letzt(er, e, es), vorig(er, e, es):last Monday, Monday last (am) letzten oder vorigen Montag;a) gestern Abend,b) in der vergangenen Nacht, letzte Nacht;3. neuest(er, e, es), letzt(er, e, es):4. letzt(er, e, es) (allein übrig bleibend):6. äußerst(er, e, es):the last degree der höchste Grad;of the last importance von höchster Bedeutung;my last price mein äußerster oder niedrigster Preis7. letzt(er, e, es) (am wenigsten erwartet oder geeignet):the last man I would choose der Letzte, den ich wählen würde;he was the last person I expected to see mit ihm oder mit seiner Gegenwart hatte ich am wenigsten gerechnet;the last thing I would do das Letzte, was ich tun würde;this is the last thing to happen es ist sehr unwahrscheinlich, dass das geschieht8. letzt(er, e, es), miserabelst(er, e, es), scheußlichst(er, e, es):B adv1. zuletzt, als Letzt(er, e, es), an letzter Stelle:he came last er kam als Letzter;last but not least last, (but) not least; nicht zuletzt; nicht zu vergessen;last of all zuallerletzt, ganz zuletzt2. zuletzt, zum letzten Mal:3. schließlich, zu guter Letzt4. letzt…:last-mentioned letztgenannt, -erwähntC s1. (der, die, das) Letzte:the last to arrive der Letzte, der ankam;he was the last to come er kam als Letzter;he would be the last to say such a thing er wäre der Letzte, der so etwas sagen würde3. umg kurz für last baby, last letter etc:I wrote in my last ich schrieb in meinem letzten Brief;this is our last das ist unser Jüngstes4. umga) letzte Erwähnungb) letztmaliger Anblickc) letztes Mal: → Bes Redew5. Ende n:a) Schluss ma) endlich,b) schließlich, zuletzt;at long last schließlich (doch noch), nach langem Warten;a) bis zum Äußersten,b) bis zum Ende oder Schluss,c) bis zum Tod;breathe one’s last seinen letzten Atemzug tun, sein Leben aushauchen;a) zum letzten Male hören von,b) nichts mehr hören von;we’ve seen the last of him den sehen wir nie mehr wieder;we’ll never see the last of that guy den Kerl werden wir nie mehr loslast2 [lɑːst; US læst]A v/i1. (an-, fort)dauern:too good to last zu schön, um lange zu währen2. bestehen:he won’t last much longer er wird es nicht mehr lange machen (auch Kranker);he didn’t last long in that job er hat es in dieser Stelle nicht lange ausgehalten4. (sich) halten:the paint will last die Farbe wird halten;the book will last das Buch wird sich (lange) halten;last well haltbar seinwhile the money lasts solange das Geld reicht;while stocks last solange der Vorrat reicht;we must make our supplies last wir müssen mit unseren Vorräten auskommenB v/t1. jemandem reichen:it will last us a week damit kommen wir eine Woche ausa) überdauern, -leben,b) (es mindestens) ebenso lange aushalten wielast3 [lɑːst; US læst] s Leisten m:put shoes on the last Schuhe über den Leisten schlagen;stick to one’s last fig bei seinem Leisten bleibenlast4 [lɑːst; US læst] s Last f (Gewicht oder Hohlmaß, verschieden nach Ware und Ort, meist etwa 4000 englische Pfund oder 30 hl)* * *I 1. adjectiveletzt...be last to arrive — als letzter/letzte ankommen
for the [very] last time — zum [aller]letzten Mal
second last, last but one — vorletzt...
last but not least — last, not least; nicht zuletzt
last evening/night was windy — gestern abend/gestern od. heute nacht war es windig
last evening/week we were out — gestern abend/letzte Woche waren wir aus
2. adverbthat would be the last thing to do in this situation — das wäre das Letzte, was man in dieser Situation tun würde
1) [ganz] zuletzt; als letzter/letzte [sprechen, ankommen]2) (on last previous occasion) das letzte Mal; zuletzt3. nounwhen did you last see him or see him last? — wann hast du ihn zuletzt od. das letzte Mal gesehen?
1) (mention, sight)you haven't heard the last of this matter — das letzte Wort in dieser Sache ist noch nicht gesprochen
that was the last we ever saw of him — das war das letzte Mal, daß wir ihn gesehen haben
2) (person or thing) letzter...I'm always the last to be told — ich bin immer der letzte, der etwas erfährt
3) (day, moment[s])4)II intransitive verbat [long] last — endlich; schließlich [doch noch]
1) (continue) andauern; [Wetter, Ärger:] anhaltenlast from... to... — von... bis... dauern
it can't/won't last — das geht nicht mehr lange so
it's too good to last — es ist zu schön, um von Dauer zu sein
2) (manage to continue) es aushalten3) (suffice) reichenIII nounthis knife will last [me] a lifetime — dies Messer hält mein ganzes Leben
(for shoemaker) Leisten, der* * *adj.letzt adj.letzter adj.letztes adj.vorig adj.zuletzt adj. (weather) v.andauern (Wetter) v. v.andauern v.dauern v. -
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[br]b. 4 July 1809 County Armagh, Ireland,d. 31 July 1893 New Rochelle, New York, USA.[br]Irish/American pioneer of tramways for urban transport, builder and innovator of streetcars.[br]Stephenson's parents emigrated to the United States when he was 2 years old; he was educated in public schools in New York, where his parents had settled, and at a Wesleyan seminary. He became a clerk in a store at 16, but in 1828 he apprenticed himself to a coachbuilder, Andrew Wade, of Broome Street, New York. His apprenticeship lasted two years, during which time he learned mechanical drawing in the evenings and started to design vehicles. He was employed for a year on carriage repair work and in 1831 he opened his own coach repair business. Within a year he had built New York's first omnibus; this was bought by Abraham Brower, Stephenson's former employer, who started the city's first bus service. Brower immediately ordered a further three buses from Stephenson, and a further horse-drawn car was ordered by the New York \& Harlem Railroad. He built the car used at the opening of the railroad on 26 November 1832, the first street railway in the world. Orders followed for cars for many street railroads in other cities in the eastern States, and business prospered until the financial panic of 1837. Stephenson's factory was forced to close but he managed to pay off his creditors in the next six years and started in business again, building only omnibuses and coaches to become recognized as the world's foremost builder of streetcars. His first car had four flanged wheels, and a body of three compartments slung on leather straps from an unsprung chassis. He built horse-drawn cars, cable cars, electric and open cars; by 1891 his factory had 500 employees and was producing some twenty-five cars a week. His first patent had been dated 23 April 1833 and was followed by some ten others. During the Civil War, his factory was turned over to the manufacture of pontoons and gun carriages. He married Julia Tiemann in 1833; they had two sons and a daughter. He lived at New Rochelle, New York, from 1865 until his death.[br]Further Reading"The original car builder", 1891, New York Tribune, 10 September.D.Malone (ed.), Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 9, New York: Charles Scribner.IMcN -
10 rock
I [rok] noun1) ((a large lump or mass of) the solid parts of the surface of the Earth: The ship struck a rock and sank; the rocks on the seashore; He built his house on solid rock.) klippe; sten2) (a large stone: The climber was killed by a falling rock.) klippestykke3) (a type of hard sweet made in sticks: a stick of Edinburgh rock.) pebermyntestang•- rockery- rocky
- rockiness
- rock-bottom
- rock-garden
- rock-plant
- on the rocks II [rok] verb1) (to (cause to) swing gently backwards and forwards or from side to side: The mother rocked the cradle; This cradle rocks.) vugge; gynge2) (to swing (a baby) gently in one's arms to comfort it or make it sleep.) vugge3) (to shake or move violently: The earthquake rocked the building.) ryste•- rocker- rocky
- rockiness
- rocking-chair
- rocking-horse
- off one's rocker III [rok]((also rock music) music or songs with a strong, heavy beat and usually a simple melody: She likes rock; ( also adjective) a rock band.) rock; rock-* * *I [rok] noun1) ((a large lump or mass of) the solid parts of the surface of the Earth: The ship struck a rock and sank; the rocks on the seashore; He built his house on solid rock.) klippe; sten2) (a large stone: The climber was killed by a falling rock.) klippestykke3) (a type of hard sweet made in sticks: a stick of Edinburgh rock.) pebermyntestang•- rockery- rocky
- rockiness
- rock-bottom
- rock-garden
- rock-plant
- on the rocks II [rok] verb1) (to (cause to) swing gently backwards and forwards or from side to side: The mother rocked the cradle; This cradle rocks.) vugge; gynge2) (to swing (a baby) gently in one's arms to comfort it or make it sleep.) vugge3) (to shake or move violently: The earthquake rocked the building.) ryste•- rocker- rocky
- rockiness
- rocking-chair
- rocking-horse
- off one's rocker III [rok]((also rock music) music or songs with a strong, heavy beat and usually a simple melody: She likes rock; ( also adjective) a rock band.) rock; rock- -
11 _праця; справа та відпочинок
all lay load on the willing horse all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy all work is noble at the workingman's house, hunger looks in but dares not enter a bad shearer never had a good sickle the best fish are near the bottom the best way to get rid of work is to do it better to be idle than badly employed the busiest men have the most leisure business before pleasure business is to grown men what blocks are to children the cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet the cobbler should stick to his last every man to his trade everybody's business is nobody's business fools and bairns should never see half-done work a good horse should be seldom spurred grasp all, lose all he that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities he who does not work, neither shall he eat he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree a hired horse never tires if you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow if you want a thing well done do it yourself if you would have your business done, go; if not, send in doing we learn it is working that makes a workman Jack of all trades is master in none the labourer is worthy of his hire a man can do no more than he can a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds many hands make work light the more boys that help, the less work they do never do things by halves never send a boy to do a man's job practice makes perfect Rome was not built in a day a short horse is soon curried there are tricks in every trade they must hunger in winter that will not work in summer two of a trade never agree what is a workman without his tools? what is worth doing at all is worth doing well what may be done at any time will be done at no time when pleasure is the business of life, it ceases to be pleasure a wise man without work is a bee without honey a woman's work is never done work is not the curse, but drudgery is work is the only capital that never misses dividends work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it the workman is known by his work you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs you never know what you can do till you tryEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _праця; справа та відпочинок
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12 Cooper, Peter
[br]b. 12 February 1791 New York, USAd. 4 April 1883 New York, USA[br]American entrepreneur and steam locomotive pioneer.[br]Cooper had minimal formal education, but following a childhood spent helping his small-businessman father, he had by his early twenties become a prosperous glue maker. In 1828, with partners, he set up an ironworks at Baltimore. The Baltimore \& Ohio Railroad, intended for horse haulage, was under construction and, to confound those sceptical of the powers of steam, Cooper built a steam locomotive, with vertical boiler and single vertical cylinder, that was so small that it was called Tom Thumb. Nevertheless, when on test in 1830, it proved a match for horse power and became one of the first locomotives to run on an American railway. Cooper did not, however, personally take this line of development further; rather, he built up a vast industrial empire and later in life became a noted philanthropist.[br]Further ReadingJ.F.Stover, 1961, American Railroads, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.Dictionary of American Biography.PJGR -
13 Meikle, Andrew
SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology[br]b. 1719 Scotlandd. 27 November 1811[br]Scottish millwright and inventor of the threshing machine.[br]The son of the millwright James Meikle, who is credited with the introduction of the winnowing machine into Britain, Andrew Meikle followed in his father's footsteps. His inventive inclinations were first turned to developing his father's idea, and together with his own son George he built and patented a double-fan winnowing machine.However, in the history of agricultural development Andrew Meikle is most famous for his invention of the threshing machine, patented in 1784. He had been presented with a model of a threshing mill designed by a Mr Ilderton of Northumberland, but after failing to make a full-scale machine work, he developed the concept further. He eventually built the first working threshing machine for a farmer called Stein at Kilbagio. The patent revolutionized farming practice because it displaced the back-breaking and soul-destroying labour of flailing the grain from the straw. The invention was of great value in Scotland and in northern England when the land was becoming underpopulated as a result of heavy industrialization, but it was bitterly opposed in the south of England until well into the nineteenth century. Although the introduction of the threshing machine led to the "Captain Swing" riots of the 1830s, in opposition to it, it shortly became universal.Meikle's provisional patent in 1785 was a natural progression of earlier attempts by other millwrights to produce such a machine. The published patent is based on power provided by a horse engine, but these threshing machines were often driven by water-wheels or even by windmills. The corn stalks were introduced into the machine where they were fed between cast-iron rollers moving quite fast against each other to beat the grain out of the ears. The power source, whether animal, water or wind, had to cause the rollers to rotate at high speed to knock the grain out of the ears. While Meikle's machine was at first designed as a fixed barn machine powered by a water-wheel or by a horse wheel, later threshing machines became mobile and were part of the rig of an agricultural contractor.In 1788 Meikle was awarded a patent for the invention of shuttered sails for windmills. This patent is part of the general description of the threshing machine, and whilst it was a practical application, it was superseded by the work of Thomas Cubitt.At the turn of the century Meikle became a manufacturer of threshing machines, building appliances that combined the threshing and winnowing principles as well as the reciprocating "straw walkers" found in subsequent threshing machines and in conventional combine harvesters to the present day. However, he made little financial gain from his invention, and a public subscription organized by the President of the Board of Agriculture, Sir John Sinclair, raised £1,500 to support him towards the end of his life.[br]Bibliography1831, Threshing Machines in The Dictionary of Mechanical Sciences, Arts and Manufactures, London: Jamieson, Alexander.7 March 1768, British patent no. 896, "Machine for dressing wheat, malt and other grain and for cleaning them from sand, dust and smut".9 April 1788, British patent no. 1,645, "Machine which may be worked by cattle, wind, water or other power for the purpose of separating corn from the straw".Further ReadingJ.E.Handley, 1953, Scottish Farming in the 18th Century, and 1963, The Agricultural Revolution in Scotland (both place Meikle and his invention within their context).G.Quick and W.Buchele, 1978, The Grain Harvesters, American Society of Agricultural Engineers (gives an account of the early development of harvesting and cereal treatment machinery).KM / AP -
14 build on a rock
"строить на камне", заложить прочный фундамент основываться на чём-л. прочном (отсюда часто built on a rock прочный, устойчивый) [этим. библ. Matthew VII, 24]Local opinion was the rock on which, like a great tactician, he built. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Caravan’, ‘Had a Horse’) — Будучи великим тактиком, он основывался на мнении местных кругов.
Labor unions are built upon the solid rock of the material welfare of the workers. (W. Foster, ‘American Trade Unionism’, ch. 8) — Основой работы профсоюзов должна быть забота об улучшении материального положения трудящихся.
I do wish you... happiness that endures - the happiness that is built upon a rock. (A. Christie, ‘Three Act Tragedy’, ‘Third Act’, ch. 14) — Желаю вам... прочного счастья на многие годы.
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15 Telford, Thomas
[br]b. 9 August 1757 Glendinning, Dumfriesshire, Scotlandd. 2 September 1834 London, England.[br]Scottish civil engineer.[br]Telford was the son of a shepherd, who died when the boy was in his first year. Brought up by his mother, Janet Jackson, he attended the parish school at Westerkirk. He was apprenticed to a stonemason in Lochmaben and to another in Langholm. In 1780 he walked from Eskdale to Edinburgh and in 1872 rode to London on a horse that he was to deliver there. He worked for Sir William Chambers as a mason on Somerset House, then on the Eskdale house of Sir James Johnstone. In 1783–4 he worked on the new Commissioner's House and other buildings at Portsmouth dockyard.In late 1786 Telford was appointed County Surveyor for Shropshire and moved to Shrewsbury Castle, with work initially on the new infirmary and County Gaol. He designed the church of St Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth, and also the church at Madley. Telford built his first bridge in 1790–2 at Montford; between 1790 and 1796 he built forty-five road bridges in Shropshire, including Buildwas Bridge. In September 1793 he was appointed general agent, engineer and architect to the Ellesmere Canal, which was to connect the Mersey and Dee rivers with the Severn at Shrewsbury; William Jessop was Principal Engineer. This work included the Pont Cysyllte aqueduct, a 1,000 ft (305 m) long cast-iron trough 127 ft (39 m) above ground level, which entailed an on-site ironworks and took ten years to complete; the aqueduct is still in use today. In 1800 Telford put forward a plan for a new London Bridge with a single cast-iron arch with a span of 600 ft (183 m) but this was not built.In 1801 Telford was appointed engineer to the British Fisheries Society "to report on Highland Communications" in Scotland where, over the following eighteen years, 920 miles (1,480 km) of new roads were built, 280 miles (450 km) of the old military roads were realigned and rebuilt, over 1,000 bridges were constructed and much harbour work done, all under Telford's direction. A further 180 miles (290 km) of new roads were also constructed in the Lowlands of Scotland. From 1804 to 1822 he was also engaged on the construction of the Caledonian Canal: 119 miles (191 km) in all, 58 miles (93 km) being sea loch, 38 miles (61 km) being Lochs Lochy, Oich and Ness, 23 miles (37 km) having to be cut.In 1808 he was invited by King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden to assist Count Baltzar von Platen in the survey and construction of a canal between the North Sea and the Baltic. Telford surveyed the 114 mile (183 km) route in six weeks; 53 miles (85 km) of new canal were to be cut. Soon after the plans for the canal were completed, the King of Sweden created him a Knight of the Order of Vasa, an honour that he would have liked to have declined. At one time some 60,000 soldiers and seamen were engaged on the work, Telford supplying supervisors, machinery—including an 8 hp steam dredger from the Donkin works and machinery for two small paddle boats—and ironwork for some of the locks. Under his direction an ironworks was set up at Motala, the foundation of an important Swedish industrial concern which is still flourishing today. The Gotha Canal was opened in September 1832.In 1811 Telford was asked to make recommendations for the improvement of the Shrewsbury to Holyhead section of the London-Holyhead road, and in 1815 he was asked to survey the whole route from London for a Parliamentary Committee. Construction of his new road took fifteen years, apart from the bridges at Conway and over the Menai Straits, both suspension bridges by Telford and opened in 1826. The Menai bridge had a span of 579 ft (176 m), the roadway being 153 ft (47 m) above the water level.In 1817 Telford was appointed Engineer to the Exchequer Loan Commission, a body set up to make capital loans for deserving projects in the hard times that followed after the peace of Waterloo. In 1820 he became the first President of the Engineers Institute, which gained its Royal Charter in 1828 to become the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was appointed Engineer to the St Katharine's Dock Company during its construction from 1825 to 1828, and was consulted on several early railway projects including the Liverpool and Manchester as well as a number of canal works in the Midlands including the new Harecastle tunnel, 3,000 ft (914 m) long.Telford led a largely itinerant life, living in hotels and lodgings, acquiring his own house for the first time in 1821, 24 Abingdon Street, Westminster, which was partly used as a school for young civil engineers. He died there in 1834, after suffering in his later years from the isolation of deafness. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRSE 1803. Knight of the Order of Vasa, Sweden 1808. FRS 1827. First President, Engineers Insitute 1820.Further ReadingL.T.C.Rolt, 1979, Thomas Telford, London: Penguin.C.Hadfield, 1993, Thomas Telford's Temptation, London: M. \& M.Baldwin.IMcN -
16 high
high [haɪ]1. adjectivea. haut• how high is that tower? quelle est la hauteur de cette tour ?• how high is the mountain? quelle est l'altitude de la montagne ?• to have the moral high ground ( = moral superiority) avoir l'avantage moralb. (in degree, number, strength) [frequency, latitude, tension] haut before n ; [speed, number] grand before n ; [rent, price] élevé ; [sound, voice] aigu (- guë f)• official reports say casualties have been high selon les rapports officiels, il y a beaucoup de morts et de blessés• to have high expectations of sb/sth beaucoup attendre de qn/qch• to have a high opinion of sb/sth avoir une haute opinion de qn/qch• in high gear en quatrième (or cinquième) vitesse► high in... [+ fat, nitrogen] à forte teneur en2. adverba. [climb, jump, throw] haut ; [fly] à haute altitude• how high can you jump? à quelle hauteur peux-tu sauter ?b. (in degree, number, strength) the numbers go as high as 200 les nombres montent jusqu'à 200• I had to go as high as $200 for it j'ai dû aller jusqu'à 200 dollars pour l'avoir• to play high [gambler] jouer gros (jeu)3. nouna. ( = high point) the cost of living reached a new high le coût de la vie a atteint un nouveau recordc. ( = weather system) zone f de haute pression4. compounds► high-class adjective [hotel, food, service] sélect ; [neighbourhood, flat] (de) grand standing ; [person] du grand monde ; [prostitute] de luxe► high fibre diet noun ( = régime) régime m riche en fibres ; ( = food eaten) alimentation f riche en fibres• to be on one's high horse être sur ses grands chevaux ► high-impact adjective [aerobics, exercise] high-impact inv► high-level adjective [meeting, discussions] à un très haut niveau ; [computer language, programming] de haut niveau► high-octane adjective [petrol] à indice d'octane élevé ; (figurative = powerful, exciting) puissant• the high point of the show/evening le clou du spectacle/de la soirée ► high-powered adjective [car] très puissant ; [person] de haut vol• high-powered businessman homme m d'affaires de haut vol ► high-pressure adjective à haute pression• high-pressure area zone f de haute pression ► high-profile adjective [position, politician] très en vue ; [role] très influent ; [issue] très discuté• high school diploma (US) diplôme m de fin d'études secondaires ≈ baccalauréat m → HIGH SCHOOL ► high seas plural noun• high-speed train train m à grande vitesse ► high-spirited adjective [person] plein d'entrain ; [horse] fougueux• in high spirits ( = lively) plein d'entrain ; ( = happy) tout joyeux ► high spot noun [of visit, holiday] grand moment m• to play for high stakes jouer gros jeu ► high street noun (British) [of village] grand-rue f ; [of town] rue f principale► high-tech adjective de haute technologie ; [computer] sophistiqué ; [industry, medicine, technique] de pointe━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Dans le système juridique anglais et gallois, la High Court est une cour de droit civil chargée des affaires plus importantes et complexes que celles traitées par les « County Courts ». En Écosse en revanche, la High Court (of Justiciary) est la plus haute cour de justice, à laquelle les affaires les plus graves, telles que meurtre et viol, sont soumises et où elles sont jugées devant un jury.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Aux États-Unis, les high schools réunissent les quatre années du deuxième cycle du secondaire (15 à 18 ans). Les élèves reçus à leur examen final se voient remettre leur diplôme au cours d'une importante cérémonie appelée « Graduation ».La vie des high schools a inspiré de nombreux films et téléfilms américains ; on y voit le rôle qu'y jouent les sports (en particulier le football et le basket-ball) et certaines manifestations mondaines comme le bal de fin d'année des élèves de terminale, le « Senior Prom ». → GRADE GRADUATION PROM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━* * *[haɪ] 1.1)2) (colloq)to give somebody a high — [drug] défoncer (colloq) quelqu'un; [success] monter à la tête de quelqu'un
3) (colloq) US School = high school2.1) [building, wall, cliff] haut; [table, forehead, collar] haut (after n)high cheekbones — pommettes fpl saillantes
how high (up) are we? — ( on top of building) on est à combien de mètres au-dessus du sol?; (on plane, mountain) quelle est notre altitude?
2) [number, ratio, price, frequency, volume] élevé; [wind] violent; [hope, expectation] grand (before n)3) ( important) [quality, standard, rank] supérieur4) ( noble) [ideal, principle] noble5) ( acute) [pitch, sound, voice] aigu/-guë; [note] haut6) Culinary [game] faisandéto be high on — être défoncé à [drug]
3.to get high — se défoncer (colloq)
1) ( to a great height) hautto climb higher and higher — [person, animal] grimper de plus en plus haut; fig [figures, unemployment] augmenter de plus en plus
don't go any higher than £5,000 — ne dépasse pas 5000 livres sterling
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I noun1) (piece of rock) Fels, derbe as solid as a rock — (fig.) absolut zuverlässig sein
‘danger, falling rocks’ — "Achtung od. Vorsicht, Steinschlag!"; "Steinschlaggefahr!"
be caught between a rock and a hard place — in einer Zwickmühle stizen (ugs.)
stick of rock — Zuckerstange, die
7)be on the rocks — (fig. coll.): (have failed) [Ehe, Firma:] kaputt sein (ugs.)
8)II 1. transitive verbon the rocks — (with ice cubes) mit Eis od. on the rocks
2) (shake) erschüttern; (fig.) erschüttern [Person]2. intransitive verbrock the boat — (fig. coll.) Trouble machen (ugs.)
2) (sway) schwanken; wanken3) (dance)3. noun(music) Rock, der; attrib. Rock-rock and or 'n' roll [music] — Rock and Roll, der; Rock 'n' Roll, der
* * *I [rok] noun1) ((a large lump or mass of) the solid parts of the surface of the Earth: The ship struck a rock and sank; the rocks on the seashore; He built his house on solid rock.) der Felsen2) (a large stone: The climber was killed by a falling rock.) der Felsen•- academic.ru/62695/rockery">rockery- rocky
- rockiness
- rock-bottom
- rock-garden
- rock-plant
- on the rocks II [rok] verb1) (to (cause to) swing gently backwards and forwards or from side to side: The mother rocked the cradle; This cradle rocks.) schaukeln3) (to shake or move violently: The earthquake rocked the building.) ins Wanken bringen•- rocker- rocky
- rockiness
- rocking-chair
- rocking-horse
- off one's rocker III [rok]((also rock music) music or songs with a strong, heavy beat and usually a simple melody: She likes rock; ( also adjective) a rock band.) die Rockmusik; Rock-...* * *rock1[rɒk, AM rɑ:k]nto be [as] solid as a \rock (hard) hart wie Stein [o steinhart] sein; ( approv fig: reliable) wie ein Fels in der Brandung sein figour team's defense has been as solid as a \rock all year auf unsere Verteidigung war das ganze Jahr über absolut Verlasstheir marriage is solid as a \rock ihre Ehe ist durch nichts zu erschüttern4. (Gibraltar)▪ the R\rock der Felsen von Gibraltar▪ on the \rocks mit Eis, on the rocksstick of \rock Zuckerstange fto head for the \rocks in sein Verderben rennen13.▶ on the \rocks ( fam: in disastrous state) am Ende fam; relationship, marriage in die Brüche gegangen, kaputt famthe company is on the \rocks das Unternehmen ist vom Pleitegeier bedrohtrock2[rɒk, AM rɑ:k]I. nII. vtto \rock sb to sleep jdn in den Schlaf wiegen2. (sway)▪ to \rock sth etw erschüttern3. (shock)4.III. vi1. (move) schaukelnto \rock back and forth hin und her schaukeln3. (be excellent)he really \rocks! er ist ein Supertyp! famthat's his third goal of the game — he \rocks! das ist sein drittes Tor bei diesem Spiel — er ist einfach ein Ass! famthis party really \rocks! diese Party bringt's! fam* * *I [rɒk]1. vtto rock a baby to sleep —
rocked by the waves — von den Wellen hin und her geschaukelt
2) (= shake) town erschüttern, zum Beben bringen; building ins Wanken bringen, erschüttern; ship hin und her werfen; (fig inf) person erschüttern2. vi1) (gently) schaukelnhe was rocking back and forth (in his chair) — er schaukelte (auf seinem Stuhl) vor und zurück
3) (= rock and roll) rocken4) (inf: be exciting, lively) (place) eine aufregende Atmosphäre haben; (music, show) supergut (inf) or echt geil (sl) sein3. n(= pop music) Rock m; (= dance) Rock n' Roll mrock-and-roll — Rock and Roll m, Rock n' Roll m
IIto do the rock-and-roll — Rock n' Roll tanzen, rocken
ncaves hewn out of the rock — aus dem Fels(en) gehauene Höhlen
hewn out of solid rock — aus massivem Stein/Fels gehauen
porous/volcanic rock — poröses/vulkanisches Gestein
as solid as a rock (structure) — massiv wie ein Fels; firm, marriage unerschütterlich wie ein Fels
"danger, falling rocks" — "Steinschlaggefahr"
3) (inf: diamond) Diamant m;4) no pl (Brit: sweet) Zuckerstange f5)* * *rock1 [rɒk; US rɑk] s1. Fels(en) m:a) massiv,b) fig verlässlich, zuverlässig;be between a rock and a hard place umg zwischen Baum und Borke sitzen oder stecken, in einer Zwickmühle sein oder sitzen; → offence 52. koll Felsen pl, Felsgestein n:(as) hard as rock steinhart3. GEOL Gestein n, Felsart f4. Klippe f (auch fig):rock a head! SCHIFF Klippe voraus!;on the rocks fig umga) pleite, bankrott,b) kaputt, in die Brüche gegangen (Ehe etc),c) on the rocks, mit Eiswürfeln (Whisky etc)Rock English Gibraltar-Englisch n;Rock Scorpion (Spitzname für) Bewohner(in) von Gibraltar6. US Stein m7. fig Fels m, Zuflucht f, Schutz m:the rock of ages figa) Christus,b) der christliche Glaube8. Br in Seebädern verkaufte harte, bunte Zuckerstange mit dem Namen des Ortes darauf:9. sl Stein m, besonders Diamant m, pl auch Klunkern pl sl10. US sla) Geldstück n, besonders Dollar mb) pl Knete f sl12. pl vulg Eier pl (Hoden)rock2 [rɒk; US rɑk]A v/t1. wiegen, schaukeln:rock its wings FLUG (mit den Tragflächen) wackeln2. erschüttern, ins Wanken bringen (beide auch fig), schütteln, rütteln:rock in security fig in Sicherheit wiegen4. Sand, ein Sieb etc rüttelnB v/i1. (sich) schaukeln, sich wiegen2. (sch)wanken, wackeln, taumelnrock with laughter sich vor Lachen biegen4. MUS Rock ’n’ Roll tanzen5. MUS rockenC s1. → rock ’n’ rollrock band Rockband f;rock concert Rockkonzert n;rock group Rockgruppe f;rock opera Rockoper f;rock singer Rocksänger(in)* * *I noun1) (piece of rock) Fels, derbe as solid as a rock — (fig.) absolut zuverlässig sein
‘danger, falling rocks’ — "Achtung od. Vorsicht, Steinschlag!"; "Steinschlaggefahr!"
5) no pl., no indef. art. (hard sweet)stick of rock — Zuckerstange, die
7)be on the rocks — (fig. coll.): (have failed) [Ehe, Firma:] kaputt sein (ugs.)
8)II 1. transitive verbon the rocks — (with ice cubes) mit Eis od. on the rocks
1) (move to and fro) wiegen; (in cradle) schaukeln; wiegen2) (shake) erschüttern; (fig.) erschüttern [Person]2. intransitive verbrock the boat — (fig. coll.) Trouble machen (ugs.)
1) (move to and fro) sich wiegen; schaukeln2) (sway) schwanken; wanken3) (dance)3. noun(music) Rock, der; attrib. Rock-rock and or 'n' roll [music] — Rock and Roll, der; Rock 'n' Roll, der
* * *n.Fels -en m.Gestein -e n.Klippe -n f. v.schaukeln v.schwanken v.schütteln v. -
18 Spooner, Charles Easton
[br]b. 1818 Maentwrog, Merioneth (now Gwynedd), Walesd. 18 November 1889 Portmadoc (now Porthmadog), Wales[br]English engineer, pioneer of narrow-gauge steam railways.[br]At the age of 16 Charles Spooner helped his father, James, to build the Festiniog Railway, a horse-and-gravity tramroad; they maintained an even gradient and kept costs down by following a sinuous course along Welsh mountainsides and using a very narrow gauge. This was probably originally 2 ft 1 in. (63.5 cm) from rail centre to rail centre; with the introduction of heavier, and therefore wider, rails the gauge between them was reduced and was eventually standardized at 1 ft 11 1/2 in (60 cm). After James Spooner's death in 1856 Charles Spooner became Manager and Engineer of the Festiniog Railway and sought to introduce steam locomotives. Widening the gauge was impracticable, but there was no precedent for operating a public railway of such narrow gauge by steam. Much of the design work for locomotives for the Festiniog Railway was the responsibility of C.M.Holland, and many possible types were considered: eventually, in 1863, two very small 0–4–0 tank locomotives, with tenders for coal, were built by George England.These locomotives were successful, after initial problems had been overcome, and a passenger train service was introduced in 1865 with equal success. The potential for economical operation offered by such a railway attracted widespread attention, the more so because it had been effectively illegal to build new passenger railways in Britain to other than standard gauge since the Gauge of Railways Act of 1846.Spooner progressively improved the track, alignment, signalling and rolling stock of the Festiniog Railway and developed it from a tramroad to a miniaturized main line. Increasing traffic led to the introduction in 1869 of the 0–4–4–0 double-Fairlie locomotive Little Wonder, built to the patent of Robert Fairlie. This proved more powerful than two 0–4–0s and impressive demonstrations were given to engineers from many parts of the world, leading to the widespread adoption of narrow-gauge railways. Spooner himself favoured a gauge of 2 ft 6 in. (76 cm) or 2 ft 9 in. (84 cm). Comparison of the economy of narrow gauges with the inconvenience of a break of gauge at junctions with wider gauges did, however, become a continuing controversy, which limited the adoption of narrow gauges in Britain.Bogie coaches had long been used in North America but were introduced to Britain by Spooner in 1872, when he had two such coaches built for the Festiniog Railway. Both of these and one of its original locomotives, though much rebuilt, remain in service.Spooner, despite some serious illnesses, remained Manager of the Festiniog Railway until his death.[br]Bibliography1869, jointly with G.A.Huddart, British patent no. 1,487 (improved fishplates). 1869, British patent no. 2,896 (rail-bending machinery).1871, Narrow Gauge Railways, E. \& F.N.Spon (includes his description of the Festiniog Railway, reports of locomotive trials and his proposals for narrow-gauge railways).Further ReadingJ.I.C.Boyd, 1975, The Festiniog Railway, Blandford: Oakwood Press; C.E.Lee, 1945, Narrow-Gauge Railways in North Wales, The Railway Publishing Co. (both give good descriptions of Spooner and the Festiniog Railway).C.Hamilton Ellis, 1965, Railway Carriages in the British Isles, London: George Allen \& Unwin, pp. 181–3. Pihl, Carl Abraham.PJGRBiographical history of technology > Spooner, Charles Easton
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19 racer
noun (a car, bicycle etc built for competitive racing.) coche/bicicleta de carrerastr['reɪsəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (person) corredor,-ra; (bicycle) bicicleta de carreras; (car) coche nombre masculino de carreras; (horse) caballo de carrerasracer ['reɪsər] n: corredor m, -dora fn.• caballo de carreras s.m.• carrerista s.m.,f.• coche de carreras s.m.• corredor, -ora s.m.,f.'reɪsər, 'reɪsə(r)a) ( bicycle) bicicleta f de carrera(s)['reɪsǝ(r)]N (=runner) corredor(a) m / f ; (=horse) caballo m de carreras; (=car) coche m de carreras; (=bike) bicicleta f de carreras* * *['reɪsər, 'reɪsə(r)]a) ( bicycle) bicicleta f de carrera(s) -
20 sea
si:
1. noun1) ((often with the) the mass of salt water covering most of the Earth's surface: I enjoy swimming in the sea; over land and sea; The sea is very deep here; (also adjective) A whale is a type of large sea animal.) mar2) (a particular area of sea: the Baltic Sea; These fish are found in tropical seas.) mar3) (a particular state of the sea: mountainous seas.) mar•- seawards- seaward
- seaboard
- sea breeze
- seafaring
- seafood
2. adjectiveseafood restaurants.) de marisco- seafront- sea-going
- seagull
- sea level
- sea-lion
- seaman
- seaport
- seashell
- seashore
- seasick
- seasickness
- seaside
- seaweed
- seaworthy
- seaworthiness
- at sea
- go to sea
- put to sea
sea n marby sea por mar / en barcoDel verbo ser: ( conjugate ser) \ \
sea es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativoMultiple Entries: sea ser
sea,◊ seas, etc see ser
ser ( conjugate ser) cópula 1 ( seguido de adjetivos) to be◊ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1 es bajo/muy callado he's short/very quiet;es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf; es inglés/católico he's English/(a) Catholic; era cierto it was true; sé bueno, estate quieto be a good boy and keep still; que seas muy feliz I hope you'll be very happy; (+ me/te/le etc) ver tb imposible, difícil etc 2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be; es viuda she's a widow; ver tb estar 1 cópula 2 3 (seguido de nombre, pronombre) to be; ábreme, soy yo open the door, it's me 4 (con predicado introducido por `de'): soy de Córdoba I'm from Cordoba; es de los vecinos it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors'; no soy de aquí I'm not from around here 5 (hipótesis, futuro): ¿será cierto? can it be true? verbo intransitivo 1b) (liter) ( en cuentos):◊ érase una vez … once upon a time there was …2a) (tener lugar, ocurrir):¿dónde fue el accidente? where did the accident happen?b) ( en preguntas):◊ ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him;¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq); ¿qué va a ser de nosotros? what will become of us? 3 ( sumar):◊ ¿cuánto es (todo)? how much is that (altogether)?;son 3.000 pesos that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos; somos diez en total there are ten of us altogether 4 (indicando finalidad, adecuación) sea para algo to be for sth; ( en locs) ¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq); como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what; hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done; el lunes o cuando sea next Monday or whenever; puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like; de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml); ¡eso es! that's it!, that's right!; es que …: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?; es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim; lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something; estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes; o sea: en febrero, o sea hace un mes in February, that is to say a month ago; o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested; o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out; (ya) sea …, (ya) sea … either …, or …; sea como sea at all costs; sea cuando sea whenever it is; sea donde sea no matter where; sea quien sea whoever it is; si no fuera/hubiera sido por … if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for … ( en el tiempo) to be;◊ ¿qué fecha es hoy? what's the date today?, what's today's date;serían las cuatro cuando llegó it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived; ver tb v impers sea v impers to be; sea v aux ( en la voz pasiva) to be; fue construido en 1900 it was built in 1900 ■ sustantivo masculino 1◊ sea humano/vivo human/living beingb) (individuo, persona):2 ( naturaleza):
ser
I sustantivo masculino
1 being: es un ser despreciable, he's despicable
ser humano, human being
ser vivo, living being
2 (esencia) essence: eso forma parte de su ser, that is part of him
II verbo intransitivo
1 (cualidad) to be: eres muy modesto, you are very modest
2 (fecha) to be: hoy es lunes, today is Monday
ya es la una, it's one o'clock
3 (cantidad) eran unos cincuenta, there were about fifty people (al pagar) ¿cuánto es?, how much is it?
son doscientas, it is two hundred pesetas Mat dos y tres son cinco, two and three make five
4 (causa) aquella mujer fue su ruina, that woman was his ruin
5 (oficio) to be a(n): Elvira es enfermera, Elvira is a nurse
6 (pertenencia) esto es mío, that's mine
es de Pedro, it is Pedro's
7 (afiliación) to belong: es del partido, he's a member of the party
es un chico del curso superior, he is a boy from the higher year
8 (origen) es de Málaga, she is from Málaga
¿de dónde es esta fruta? where does this fruit come from?
9 (composición, material) to be made of: este jersey no es de lana, this sweater is not (made of) wool
10 ser de, (afinidad, comparación) lo que hizo fue de tontos, what she did was a foolish thing
11 (existir) Madrid ya no es lo que era, Madrid isn't what it used to be
12 (suceder) ¿qué fue de ella?, what became of her?
13 (tener lugar) to be: esta tarde es el entierro, the funeral is this evening 14 ser para, (finalidad) to be for: es para pelar patatas, it's for peeling potatoes (adecuación, aptitud) no es una película para niños, the film is not suitable for children
esta vida no es para ti, this kind of life is not for you
15 (efecto) era para llorar, it was painful
es (como) para darle una bofetada, it makes me want to slap his face
no es para tomárselo a broma, it is no joke
16 (auxiliar en pasiva) to be: fuimos rescatados por la patrulla de la Cruz Roja, we were rescued by the Red Cross patrol
17 ser de (+ infinitivo) era de esperar que se marchase, it was to be expected that she would leave Locuciones: a no ser que, unless
como sea, anyhow
de no ser por..., had it not been for
es más, furthermore
es que..., it's just that...
lo que sea, whatever
o sea, that is (to say)
sea como sea, in any case o be that as it may
ser de lo que no hay, to be the limit ' sea' also found in these entries: Spanish: adentro - arrastrar - besugo - blanca - blanco - caballito - comunicar - cualquiera - elefante - ser - erizo - erotizar - espada - exclusión - flexible - gruesa - grueso - hipocampo - loba - lobo - lubina - mar - marina - marino - marítima - marítimo - negarse - nivel - no - oportuna - oportuno - orientarse - respeto - segundón - segundona - siquiera - sugestión - un - una - vía - agrado - alto - altura - barco - bendito - breve - bruma - caer - calma - Caribe English: above - apply - as - blast - calm - can - Caribbean - clingy - damn - danger - Dead Sea - devil - facing - however - lost - lung - matter - may - Mediterranean - mist - place - prospect - Red Sea - sea - sea dog - sea lion - sea mist - sea-fish - sea-green - sea-lane - sea-level - sea-water - shame - sink - so - South Sea Islands - spin out - splendid - though - urchin - view - voyage - whenever - whichever - whoever - whose - wonder - word - Adriatic - Aegeantr[siː]1 mar m & f■ the sea is calm/rough today la mar está serena/picada hoy■ a heavy/light sea una mar gruesa/llana1 marítimo,-a, de mar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLat sea en el marby the sea a orillas del marout to sea mar adentroto be all at sea estar perdido,-a, estar confundido,-ato find one's sea legs acostumbrarse al mar, no marearseto go by sea ir en barcoto go to sea hacerse marineroto put (out) to sea zarpar, hacerse a la marto send something by sea enviar algo por marsea air aire nombre masculino de marsea anemone anémona de marsea bass lubina, róbalosea bird ave nombre femenino marinasea bream pagro, pargosea breeze brisa marinasea captain capitán nombre masculino de barcosea change cambio radical, metamorfosis nombre femeninosea cow manatí nombre masculinosea dog lobo de marsea fog brumasea green verde nombre masculino marsea horse caballito de mar, hipocamposea kale col nombre femenino marinasea legs equilibriosea level nivel nombre masculino del marsea lion león nombre masculino marinosea mile milla marina (6000 pies ó 1000 brazas ó 1828,8 metros)sea mist brumasea pink armenia marítimasea trout trucha de mar, reosea urchin erizo de marsea wall dique nombre masculino, rompeolas nombre masculino, malecón nombre masculino, espigón nombre masculinosea ['si:] adj: del marsea n1) : mar mfthe Black Sea: el Mar Negroon the high seas: en alta marheavy seas: mar gruesa, mar agitada2) mass: mar m, multitud fa sea of faces: un mar de rostrosadj.• marinero, -a adj.• marino, -a adj.n.• mar s.f.• mar s.m.• océano s.m.siː1) ca) (often pl) ( ocean) mar m [The noun mar is feminine in literary language and in some set idiomatic expressions]a house by the sea — una casa a orillas del mar, una casa junto al mar
to goavel by sea — ir*/viajar en barco
to put (out) to sea — hacerse* a la mar
we've been at sea for a month — hace un mes que estamos embarcados or que zarpamos
to dump waste at sea — verter* desechos en el mar
to feel/be at sea: this left him feeling completely at sea esto lo confundió totalmente; at first I was all at sea al principio me sentí totalmente perdido or confundido; (before n) <route, transport> marítimo; < battle> naval; < god> del mar; < nymph> marino; the sea air/breeze el aire/la brisa del mar; sea crossing — travesía f
b) ( inland) mar m2) (swell, turbulence) (usu pl)heavy o rough seas — mar f gruesa, mar m agitado or encrespado or picado
3) (large mass, quantity) (no pl)[siː]1. N1) (=not land) mar m (or f in some phrases)•
(out) at sea — en alta marto remain two months at sea — estar navegando durante dos meses, pasar dos meses en el mar
•
beside the sea — a la orilla del mar, junto al mar•
beyond the seas — más allá de los mares•
to go by sea — ir por mara house by the sea — una casa junto al mar or a la orilla del mar
•
heavy sea(s) — mar agitado or picado•
on the high seas — en alta mar•
on the sea — (boat) en alta mar•
rough sea(s) — mar agitado or picado•
to sail the seas — navegar los mares•
the seven seas — todos los mares del mundo•
in Spanish seas — en aguas españolas•
the little boat was swept out to sea — la barquita fue arrastrada mar adentroto go to sea — [person] hacerse marinero
to put (out) to sea — [sailor, boat] hacerse a la mar, zarpar
- be all at sea about or with sthnorth2) (fig)2.CPDsea anemone N — anémona f de mar
sea bathing N — baño m en el mar
sea battle N — batalla f naval
sea breeze N — brisa f marina
sea captain N — capitán m de barco
sea change N — (fig) viraje m, cambio m radical
sea crossing N — travesía f
sea defences NPL — estructuras fpl de defensa (contra el mar)
sea-greensea dog N — (lit, fig) lobo m de mar
sea lamprey N — lamprea f marina
sea legs NPL —
sea serpent N — serpiente f de mar
sea shanty N — saloma f
sea transport N — transporte m por mar, transporte m marítimo
sea turtle N — (US) tortuga f de mar, tortuga f marina
sea urchin N — erizo m de mar
* * *[siː]1) ca) (often pl) ( ocean) mar m [The noun mar is feminine in literary language and in some set idiomatic expressions]a house by the sea — una casa a orillas del mar, una casa junto al mar
to go/travel by sea — ir*/viajar en barco
to put (out) to sea — hacerse* a la mar
we've been at sea for a month — hace un mes que estamos embarcados or que zarpamos
to dump waste at sea — verter* desechos en el mar
to feel/be at sea: this left him feeling completely at sea esto lo confundió totalmente; at first I was all at sea al principio me sentí totalmente perdido or confundido; (before n) <route, transport> marítimo; < battle> naval; < god> del mar; < nymph> marino; the sea air/breeze el aire/la brisa del mar; sea crossing — travesía f
b) ( inland) mar m2) (swell, turbulence) (usu pl)heavy o rough seas — mar f gruesa, mar m agitado or encrespado or picado
3) (large mass, quantity) (no pl)
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