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41 connaître
connaître° [kɔnεtʀ]➭ TABLE 571. transitive verba. to know• connais-tu un bon restaurant ? do you know of a good restaurant?• connaître qn de vue/nom/réputation to know sb by sight/name/reputation• il l'a connu à l'université he met or knew him at university• vous connaissez la dernière (nouvelle) ? have you heard the latest (news)?b. [+ langue, science, auteur] to know• connaître les oiseaux/les plantes to know about birds/plants• il n'y connaît rien he doesn't know anything or a thing about itc. ( = éprouver) [+ faim, privations] to know ; [+ humiliations] to experienced. ( = avoir) [+ succès] to enjoy• cette pièce l'a fait connaître en Angleterre this play brought him to the attention of the English public2. reflexive verba.se connaître (soi-même) to know o.s.b. ( = se rencontrer) to meet• quand il s'agit d'embêter les autres, il s'y connaît ! (inf) when it comes to annoying people he's an expert! (inf)* * *kɔnɛtʀ
1.
1) to know [fait, nom, événement]il ne tient jamais ses promesses, c'est (bien) connu — it is common knowledge that he never keeps his promises
2) to know, to be acquainted with [sujet, méthode, auteur]la mécanique, je ne connais que ça or ça me connaît! — I know quite a bit about mechanics
3) to know [faim]; to experience [crise]; to enjoy [gloire]; to have [difficultés]les problèmes d'argent, ça me connaît! — (colloq) I could tell you a thing or two (colloq) about money problems!
connaître des hauts et des bas — to have one's/its ups and downs
4) to know [personne, acteur]c'est bien mal la connaître — they/you're misjudging her
5) (dated) ( coucher avec) to know (dated), to have a sexual relationship with6) Droitconnaître de — to have jurisdiction over [affaire, cause]
avoir à connaître de — to judge ou hear [cas]
2.
se connaître verbe pronominal1) ( soi-même) to know oneself‘connais-toi toi-même’ — ‘know thyself’
il ne se connaissait plus de joie — fml he was beside himself with joy
2) ( l'un l'autre) to know each other3) ( être compétent)c'est le carburateur qui est bouché ou je ne m'y connais pas — (colloq) if I know anything about it, it's the carburettor GB ou carburetor US that's blocked
••on connaît la chanson or musique! — we've heard it all before!
* * *kɔnɛtʀ vt1) [technique, matière] to know2) [ville, personne] to knowJe ne connais pas du tout cette région. — I don't know this area at all.
Je le connais de vue. — I know him by sight.
faire connaître qch [région, culture] — to introduce people to sth
se faire connaître en faisant qch; Le groupe s'est fait connaître en gagnant le concours Eurovision. — the group found fame when it won the Eurovision song contest.
3) [personne] (= éprouver) [sensation, sentiment] to experience, (= faire l'expérience de) [difficultés, misère, guerre] to experienceIl a fini dans la misère après avoir connu le faste et la gloire. — He ended up destitute, after having known fame and riches.
4) [film, chanson, économie, secteur] (= avoir, rencontrer) to have, to enjoyL'industrie du tourisme connaît une période exceptionnelle. — The tourist industry is having a very good period.
Ce film connaît actuellement un grand succès. — This film is currently enjoying a huge success.
* * *connaître verb table: connaîtreA vtr1 ( avoir connaissance de) to know [fait, nom, événement, résultat]; ne pas connaître sa force not to know one's own strength; vous connaissez la suite you know the rest; je connais les raisons de ta colère I know why you're angry; il nous a fait connaître son avis/ses intentions he made his opinion/his intentions known (to us); tu connais l'histoire de Toto qui… do you know the one about Toto who…; il ne tient jamais ses promesses, c'est (bien) connu it is common knowledge that he never keeps his promises; tes promesses, on connaît! we know all about your promises!; la rue de la Glacière? connais pas○! rue de la Glacière? never heard of it!; je lui connais de grands talents I know that he/she is very talented; je ne leur connais aucun vice I don't know them to have any vices; on te connaît plusieurs amants we know you to have several lovers; ne connaître ni le pourquoi ni le comment de qch not to know the whys and the wherefores of sth; leur vie privée est connue de tous everybody knows about their private life; tu connais la nouvelle? have you heard the news?; tu ne connais pas ta chance you don't know how lucky you are; j'en connais long sur ton passé I know a lot about your past; ne connaître que son plaisir/devoir to think of nothing but one's pleasure/duty; ⇒ Dieu, loup;2 ( pour avoir étudié) to know, to be acquainted with [sujet, méthode, auteur]; la mécanique, je ne connais que ça or ça me connaît! I know quite a bit about mechanics; elle connaît tout du solfège she knows all about music theory; c'est lui qui m'a fait connaître la musique cajun it was he who introduced me to Cajun music; connaître un poème/une partition musicale par cœur to know a poem/a score (off) by heart; en connaître un rayon○ en histoire/théâtre to know one's stuff○ when it comes to history/the theatreGB;3 ( faire l'expérience de) to know, to experience [faim, froid, pauvreté, amour]; to experience [crise, défaite, échec]; to enjoy [gloire, succès]; to have [difficultés, problèmes]; il connaît l'humiliation de la défaite he knows ou has experienced the humiliation of defeat; ils ont connu la défaite they were defeated; il a connu la prison he's been to prison before; il ne connaît pas la pitié/la honte he knows no pity/shame; c'est un homme qui connaît la vie he's a man who knows what life is about; connaître les femmes/hommes to know something about women/men; il a connu son heure de gloire he has had his hour of glory; les problèmes d'argent, ça me connaît○! I could tell you a thing or two○ about money problems!; connaître des hauts et des bas to have one's/its ups and downs; connaître une fin tragique to come to a tragic end; connaître une situation difficile to be in a difficult situation; connaître une forte croissance to show a rapid growth; le club sportif connaît un nouvel essor the sports club is having a new lease of GB ou on US life; ils auraient pu connaître un meilleur sort they could have had a better fate;4 ( de réputation) to know [personne, acteur]; elle est très connue she's (very) well-known; connaître qn de nom/vue to know sb by name/sight; je le connais de réputation mais je ne l'ai jamais rencontré I know ou I've heard of him but I've never met him; une œuvre connue/peu connue a well-known/little-known work (de by); être d'abord connu comme violoniste to be chiefly known as a violinist;5 ( personnellement) to know [ami, parent, relation]; je le connais depuis longtemps I've known him for a long time; vous ne me connaissez pas you don't know me; j'ai appris à connaître mon père en grandissant I got to know my father as I grew up; j'aimerais bien la connaître I'd really like to get to know her; c'est bien mal la connaître que de croire que… they/you're misjudging her if they/you think that…; je le connais trop bien I know him only too well; faire connaître qn à qn to introduce sb to sb; mes parents? je les connais, ils seront ravis! my parents? if I know them, they'll be delighted; Bernadette? je ne connais qu'elle! Bernadette? I know her very well!; il ne me connaît plus depuis qu'il est passé officier he ignores me now that he's an officer;6 †( coucher avec) to know†, to have a sexual relationship with;7 Jur connaître de to have jurisdiction over [affaire, cause]; avoir à connaître de to judge ou hear [cas].B se connaître vpr1 ( soi-même) to know oneself; il se connaît mal he doesn't know himself very well; ‘connais-toi toi-même’ ‘know thyself’; il ne se connaissait plus de joie fml he was beside himself with joy; quand il a bu, il ne se connaît plus when he's drunk, he goes berserk;2 ( l'un l'autre) to know each other; nous nous sommes connus chez des amis communs we met (each other) at the home of some mutual friends;3 ( être compétent) s'y connaître en électricité/théâtre to know all about electricity/theatre; c'est le carburateur qui est bouché ou je ne m'y connais pas if I know anything about it, it's the carburettor GB ou carburetor US that's blocked.on connaît la chanson or musique! we've heard it all before!, it's the same old story!; c'est un air connu it's the same old story; connaître qch comme sa poche to know sth like the back of one's hand, to know sth inside out.[kɔnɛtr] verbe transitifA.[AVOIR UNE IDÉE DE]1. [avoir mémorisé - code postal, itinéraire, mot de passe] to know2. [être informé de - information, nouvelle] to knowje suis impatient de connaître les résultats I'm anxious to know ou to hear the resultsa. [avis, sentiment] to make knownb. [décision, jugement] to make known, to announceje vous ferai connaître ma décision plus tard I'll inform you of my decision ou I'll let you know what I've decided later3. [avoir des connaissances sur - langue, ville, appareil, œuvre] to know, to be familiar with ; [ - technique] to know, to be acquainted with ; [ - sujet] to know (about)je ne connais pas l'italien I don't know ou can't speak Italianje connais un peu l'informatique I have some basic knowledge of computing, I know a little about computingson dernier film l'a fait connaître dans le monde entier his latest film has brought him worldwide famesa traduction a fait connaître son œuvre en France her translation has brought his work to French audiencescette émission est destinée à faire connaître des artistes étrangers this programme is aimed at introducing foreign artistsça me/le connaît (familier) : les bons vins, ça le connaît! he knows a thing or two about ou he's an expert on good wine!connaît pas (familier) : à cet âge-là, la propreté, connaît pas at that age they don't know the meaning of the word cleanlinessy connaître quelque chose en to have some idea ou to know something aboutje ne mange pas de cette horreur! — tu n'y connais rien! I won't eat that horrible stuff! — you don't know what's good for you!B.[IDENTIFIER, ÊTRE EN RELATION AVEC]1. [par l'identité] to knowconnaître quelqu'un de vue/nom/réputation to know somebody by sight/name/reputationa. [révéler son identité] to make oneself knownb. [devenir une personne publique] to make oneself ou to become knownnotre auditeur n'a pas voulu se faire connaître our listener didn't want his name to be known ou wished to remain anonymousla connaissant, ça ne me surprend pas knowing her, I'm not surprisedsi tu fais ça, je ne te connais plus! if you do that, I'll have nothing more to do with you!je te connais comme si je t'avais fait! (familier) I know you as if you were my own ou like the back of my hand!2. [rencontrer] to meetah, si je t'avais connue plus tôt! if only I'd met you earlier!C.[ÉPROUVER]2. [faire l'expérience de] to experienceah, l'insouciance de la jeunesse, j'ai connu ça! I was young and carefree once!enfin, elle connut la consécration she finally received the highest accolade3. [subir - crise] to go ou to live through (inseparable), to experience ; [ - épreuve, humiliation, guerre] to live through (inseparable), to suffer, to undergoil a connu bien des déboires he has had ou suffered plenty of setbacksD.[ADMETTRE]1. [suj: chose] to haveson ambition ne connaît pas de bornes ou limites her ambition is boundless ou knows no bounds2. [suj: personne]ne connaître que: il ne connaît que le travail work is the only thing he's interested in ou he knowscontre les rhumes, je ne connais qu'un bon grog there's nothing like a hot toddy to cure a cold————————se connaître verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)je n'oserai jamais, je me connais I'd never dare, I know what I'm like————————se connaître verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)————————se connaître verbe pronominal intransitifc'est un escroc, ou je ne m'y connais pas! I know a crook when I see one! -
42 passer
passer [pαse]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque passer fait partie d'une locution comme passer sous le nez de qn, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <• où passe la route ? where does the road go?► passer à ( = passer par, aller à)• si nous passions au salon ? shall we go into the sitting room?• le confort, ça passe après comfort is less important► passer avant• passez donc devant ! you go first!• il est passé devant le conseil de discipline he came up before the disciplinary committee► passer par to go through• pour y aller, je passe par Amiens I go there via Amiens• par où êtes-vous passé ? (pour venir ici) which way did you come? ; (pour aller ailleurs) which way did you go?• pour téléphoner, il faut passer par le standard you have to go through the switchboard to make a call• ça fait du bien par où ça passe ! (inf) that's just what the doctor ordered! (inf)► passer sous to go under• l'air passe sous la porte there's a draught from under the door► passer sur to go over ; ( = ignorer) to ignore• et je passe sur la saleté du lieu ! not to mention how dirty the place was!► laisser passer [+ air, lumière] to let in ; [+ personne, procession] to let through ; [+ erreur, occasion] to missb. ( = faire une halte rapide) passer au bureau to call in at the office► passer + infinitif• puis-je passer te voir en vitesse ? can I pop round?► en passant ( = sur le chemin) on the way ; ( = dans la conversation) in passing• il aime tous les sports, du football à la boxe en passant par le golf he likes all sports, from football to golf to boxingd. ( = franchir un obstacle) [véhicule] to get through ; [cheval, sauteur] to get over• ça passe ? (en manœuvrant) have I got enough room?e. ( = s'écouler) [temps] to go by• comme le temps passe ! how time flies!f. ( = être digéré) to go down• ça ne passe pas [repas] I've got indigestiong. ( = être accepté) [demande, proposition] to be accepted• il est passé dans la classe supérieure he's moved up to the next class (Brit) he's been promoted to the next grade (US)• l'équipe est passée en 2e division the team have moved up to the second divisionh. ( = devenir) to becomei. ( = être montré) [film, émission, personne] to be onj. ( = disparaître) [douleur] to pass ; [orage] to blow over ; [beauté, couleur] to fade ; [colère] to subside ; [mode] to die outl. (locutions) qu'il soit menteur, passe encore,... he may be a liar, that's one thing,...• se faire passer pour to pass o.s. off ason a eu la grippe, tout le monde y est passé we've all had flu• si elle veut une promotion, il faudra bien qu'elle y passe (sexuellement) if she wants to be promoted, she'll have to sleep with the boss► passons let's say no more about it2. <a. ( = franchir) [+ frontière] to cross ; [+ porte] to go throughb. ( = donner, transmettre) to give ; [+ consigne, message] to pass on• je vous passe M. Duroy [standard] I'm putting you through to Mr Duroy ; ( = je lui passe l'appareil) here's Mr Duroyc. ( = mettre) [+ vêtement] to put ond. ( = dépasser) [+ gare, maison] to passe. ( = omettre) [+ mot, ligne] to leave out• et j'en passe ! and that's not all!f. ( = permettre) passer un caprice à qn to humour sbg. [+ examen] to takeh. [+ temps, vacances] to spendi. [+ film, diapositives] to show ; [+ disque] to playj. [+ commande] to place3. <a. ( = avoir lieu) to happen• qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ? what happened?• que se passe-t-il ? what's going on?• ça ne se passera pas comme ça ! I won't stand for that!b. ( = se mettre à soi-même) elle s'est passé de la crème solaire sur les épaules she put some sun cream on her shouldersc. (se transmettre) [+ ballon] to pass to each other ; [+ notes de cours, livre, plat] to pass around━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━+1! La traduction la plus courante de passer n'est pas to pass ; passer un examen se traduit par to take an exam.* * *pɑse
1.
1) ( franchir) to cross [fleuve, frontière]; to go through [porte, douane]; to get over [obstacle]2) ( faire franchir)3) ( dépasser) to go past, to passquand vous aurez passé le feu, tournez à droite — turn right after the lights
4) ( mettre)5) ( transmettre) to pass [objet] (à to); to pass [something] on [consigne, maladie] (à to); ( prêter) (colloq) to lend ( à quelqu'un to somebody); ( donner) (colloq) to give ( à quelqu'un to somebody)6) ( au téléphone)attends, je te la passe — hold on, here she is, I'll put her on
je vous le passe — ( sur un autre poste) I'm putting you through
7) ( se présenter à) to take, to sit [examen scolaire, test]; to have [visite médicale, entretien]c'est moi qui fais passer l'oral de français aux nouveaux — I'm taking the new pupils for the French oral
8) ( réussir) to pass [examen, test]9) ( dans le temps) to spend [temps] ( à faire doing)dépêche-toi, on ne va pas y passer la nuit! — (colloq) hurry up, or we'll be here all night!
10) ( pardonner)11) ( omettre) to skip [mot, page, paragraphe]j'en passe et des meilleures — (colloq) ( après énumération) and so on and so forth, I could go on
12) ( utiliser)passer l'aspirateur dans le salon — to hoover® GB ou vacuum the lounge
13) ( étendre)14) ( soumettre)qu'est-ce qu'elle nous a passé! — (colloq) she really went for us! (colloq)
15) ( à travers une grille) to filter [café]; to strain [jus, sauce]; to purée [légumes]16) ( enfiler) to slip [something] on [vêtement, anneau]; to slip into [robe]17) ( faire jouer) to play [disque, cassette audio]; ( projeter) to show [film, diapositives, cassette vidéo]; ( diffuser) to place [annonce]18) ( signer) to sign [contrat]; to enter into [accord]; to place [commande]; to pass [loi, décret]passer un marché — (colloq) to make a deal
19) Automobile ( enclencher)passer la troisième/la marche arrière — to go into third gear/into reverse
20) Jeux
2.
verbe intransitif1) ( parcourir son chemin) [personne, animal, véhicule, ballon] to go past ou by, to passle facteur n'est pas encore passé — the postman hasn't come ou been yet
passer à pied/à bicyclette — to walk/to cycle past
2) (se trouver, s'étendre)ligne qui passe par les centres de deux cercles — line that goes through the centres [BrE] of two circles
3) ( faire un saut)je ne fais que passer — I've just popped in GB ou dropped by for a minute
passer dans la matinée — to call in the morning GB, to come over in the morning
passer prendre quelqu'un/qch — to pick somebody/sth up
4) ( se rendre) to goil est passé devant moi — ( dans une queue) he pushed in front of me
5) ( aller au-delà) to get throughvas-y, ça passe! — go on, there's plenty of room!
il est passé par la fenêtre — ( par accident) he fell out of the window; ( pour entrer) he got in through the window
passer derrière la maison — to get round GB ou around US the back of the house
6) ( transiter)passer par — [personne] lit to pass ou go through; fig to go through
qu'est-ce qui lui est passé par la tête? — what was he/she thinking of?
un sourire passa sur ses lèvres — he/she smiled briefly
des reptiles à l'homme, en passant par le singe — from reptiles to man, including apes
7) (colloq) ( avoir son tour)il accuse le patron, ses collègues, bref, tout le monde y passe — he's accusing the boss, his colleagues - in other words, everyone in sight
que ça te plaise ou non, il va falloir y passer — whether you like it or not, there's no alternative
je sais, j'en suis déjà passé par là — I know all about that, I've been there (colloq)
8) ( négliger)passons! — ( injonction) let's hear no more about it!
passer à côté d'une question — ( involontairement) to miss the point
laisser passer quelque chose — ( délibérément) to overlook something
laisser passer plusieurs fautes — ( par inadvertance) to let several mistakes slip through
9) ( ne pas approfondir)10) (être admis, supporté) [aliment, repas] to go down; [commentaires, discours, critiques] to go down well ( auprès de with); [loi, candidat] to get through; [attitude, pensée] to be acceptedprends un peu de cognac, ça fait passer! — have a drop of brandy, it's good for the digestion
que je sois critiqué, passe encore, mais calomnié, non! — criticism is one thing, but I draw the line at slander
avec lui, la flatterie, ça ne passe pas — flattery won't work with him
passer au premier tour — Politique to be elected in the first round
passer dans la classe supérieure — to move up to the next year ou grade US
(ça) passe pour cette fois — (colloq) I'll let it go this time
11) ( se déplacer)12) ( être pris)faire passer quelqu'un/qch pour exceptionnel — to make somebody/sth out to be exceptional
13) ( disparaître) [douleur, événement] to passquand l'orage sera or aura passé — lit when the storm is over; fig when the storm dies down
ça passera — ( sa mauvaise humeur) it'll pass; ( ton chagrin) you'll get over it
la première réaction passée — once we/they calmed down
nous avons dû attendre que sa colère soit passée — we had to wait for his/her anger to subside
14) (apparaître, être projeté, diffusé) [artiste, groupe] ( sur une scène) to be appearing; (à la télévision, radio) to be on; [spectacle, film] to be on; [cassette, musique] to be playing15) ( être placé)passer avant/après — ( en importance) to come before/after
16) (colloq) ( disparaître)17) ( s'écouler) [temps] to pass, to go by18) ( se mettre à) to turn to19) ( être transmis)20) ( être promu) to be promoted to21) ( être dépensé) [argent, somme] to go on ou in ou into; [produit, matière] to go into22) (colloq) ( mourir)si tu continues à conduire comme ça, tu vas finir par y passer — if you keep driving like that, you'll kill yourself
on y passera tous, mais le plus tard sera le mieux — we've all got to go sometime, the later the better
23) ( se décolorer) [teinte, tissu] to fade24) ( filtrer) [café] to filter25) ( changer de vitesse)passer en troisième/marche arrière — to go into third/reverse
la troisième passe mal or a du mal à passer — third gear is a bit stiff
26) Jeux (au bridge, poker) to pass
3.
se passer verbe pronominal1) ( se produire) to happen2) ( être situé) to take place3) ( se dérouler) [opération, examen, négociations] to go4) ( s'écouler) [période] to go by, to pass5) ( se dispenser)se passer de — [personne] to do without [objet, activité, personne]; to go without [repas, nourriture, sommeil]
6) ( se mettre)7) ( l'un à l'autre)* * *pɒse1. vi1) (= aller) to go, to pass, to pass by, to go byIls sont passés par Paris. — They went through Paris.
2) (= faire une halte rapide) [facteur] to come, to call, (pour rendre visite) to call in, to drop inJe passerai chez vous ce soir. — I'll call in this evening., I'll drop in this evening.
Je lui ai dit en passant que j'allais me marier. — I told him in passing that I was getting married.
3) CARTES to pass4)passe encore de le penser, mais de le dire! — it's one thing to think it, but to say it!
passer sur qch [faute, détail inutile] — to pass over sth
5) (= s'écouler) [temps, jours] to go by, to pass6) (= disparaître) [douleur] to pass, to go away, [mode] to die out, [couleur, papier] to fadefaire passer à qn le goût de qch [homme] — to cure sb of his taste for sth, [femme] to cure sb of her taste for sth
7) (= franchir un obstacle, traverser) [personne] to get through, [courant, air, lumière] to get through, [liquide, café] to go throughfaire passer [message] — to get over, to get across
laisser passer [air, lumière, personne] — to let through, [occasion] to miss, [erreur] to overlook
Il m'a laissé passer. — He let me through.
8) (= être digéré, avalé) to go down10) (= être diffusé) [film, émission] to be on"Titanic" passe à la télé ce soir. — "Titanic" is on TV tonight.
Mon père passe à la radio demain soir. — My father's on the radio tomorrow night.
passer à [ennemi, opposition] — to go over to
passer aux aveux — to confess, to make a confession
passer avant qch/qn fig — to come before sth/sb
passer en seconde AUTOMOBILES — to change into second
passer pour; Il passe pour riche. — He is thought to be rich.
faire passer qn/qch pour — to make sb/sth out to be
2. vt1) (= franchir) [frontière, rivière] to cross, [douane] to go throughNous avons passé la frontière belge. — We crossed the Belgian border.
2) (= transmettre, donner)passer qch à qn — to pass sth to sb, to give sb sth
Passe-moi le sel, s'il te plaît. — Pass me the salt, please.
je vous passe M. Cousin (au téléphone) — I'm putting you through to Mr Cousin
passer qch en fraude (= faire entrer) — to smuggle sth in, (= faire sortir) to smuggle sth out
3) [temps, journée] to spendElle a passé la journée à ne rien faire. — She spent the day doing nothing.
Ils passent toujours leurs vacances au Danemark. — They always spend their holidays in Denmark.
4) (= subir) [examen] to sit, to take, [visite médicale] to haveGordon a passé ses examens la semaine dernière. — Gordon took his exams last week.
5) (= mettre) [vêtement] to slip onpasser la seconde AUTOMOBILES — to change into second
6) (= faire passer) [thé, soupe] to strain7) (= jouer) [film] to show, [disque, CD] to play, to put onOn passe "Le Kid" au cinéma cette semaine. — They're showing "The Kid" at the cinema this week.
8) (= conclure) [marché] to agree on, [accord] to reach9) (= tolérer)10) (= devenir)* * *passer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( franchir) to cross [fleuve, pont, frontière, col]; to go through [porte, douane]; to get over [haie, obstacle]; ils ont fait passer la rivière au troupeau they took the herd across the river; il m'a fait passer la frontière he got me across the border;2 ( faire franchir) passer qch à la douane to get sth through customs; passer qch en fraude or contrebande to smuggle sth; passer qn en fraude ( vers l'intérieur) to smuggle sb in; ( vers l'extérieur) to smuggle sb out; ⇒ gauche;3 ( dépasser) to go past, to pass; quand vous aurez passé le feu, tournez à droite turn right after the lights; passer la barre des dix euros to pass the ten-euro mark; on a passé l'heure it's too late; j'ai passé l'âge I'm too old; le malade ne passera pas la nuit the patient won't last the night;4 ( mettre) passer le doigt sur la table to run one's finger over the table-top; passer la tête à la fenêtre to stick one's head out of the window; elle m'a passé le bras autour des épaules she put her arm around my shoulders; elle m'a passé la main dans les cheveux she ran her fingers through my hair;5 ( transmettre) to pass [objet] (à to); to pass [sth] on [consigne, maladie] (à to); ( prêter)○ to lend (à qn to sb); ( donner)○ to give (à qn to sb); passer le ballon au gardien de but to pass the ball to the goalkeeper; passe-moi le sel pass me the salt; passe le vin à ton père pass your father the wine; faites passer le plat entre vous pass the dish around; fais passer la bonne nouvelle à tes amis pass the good news on to your friends; elle a attrapé la grippe et l'a passée à son mari she caught flu and gave it to her husband; il m'a passé son vélo○ ( prêté) he lent me his bike; ( donné) he gave me his bike; il m'a passé son rhume he's given me his cold;6 ( au téléphone) tu peux me passer Chris? can you put Chris on?; attends, je te la passe hold on, here she is, I'll put her on; je vous le passe ( sur un autre poste) I'm putting you through; pourriez-vous me passer le poste 4834/le service de traduction? could you put me through to extension 4834/the translation department, please?; il est sorti, je vous passe sa secrétaire he's out, I'll put you through to his secretary;7 ( se présenter à) to take, to sit [examen scolaire, test]; to have [visite médicale, entretien]; passer son permis de conduire to take one's driving test; faire passer un test à qn to give sb a test; c'est moi qui fais passer l'oral de français aux nouveaux I'm taking the new pupils for the French oral;8 ( réussir) to pass [examen, test];9 ( dans le temps) to spend [temps, jour, vie, vacances] (à faire doing); passer une nuit à l'hôtel to spend a night at a hotel; nous avons passé de bons moments ensemble we've had some good times together; dépêche-toi, on ne va pas y passer la nuit○! hurry up, or we'll be here all night!; passer sa colère sur son chat/ses collègues to take one's anger out on the cat/one's colleagues;10 ( pardonner) passer qch à qn to let sb get away with sth; il ne me passe rien he doesn't let me get away with anything; elle leur passe tout she lets them get away with murder; passez-lui ses écarts de langage excuse his/her strong language; il passe tous ses caprices à sa fille he indulges his daughter's every whim; passez-moi l'expression/le terme if you'll pardon the expression/the word;11 ( omettre) to skip [mot, page, paragraphe]; je vous passe les détails I'll spare you the details; j'en passe et des meilleures ( après énumération) and so on and so forth, I could go on;12 ( utiliser) passer un chiffon humide sur les meubles to go over the furniture with a damp cloth; passer un coup de fer sur une chemise to give a shirt a quick press; n'oublie pas de passer l'aspirateur dans le salon don't forget to hoover® GB ou vacuum the lounge;13 ( étendre) en passant un peu de cire, les rayures disparaîtront if you go over it with a bit of wax, the scratches will disappear; passer un peu de baume sur une brûlure to dab some ointment on a burn; passer une couche de peinture sur qch to give sth a coat of paint;14 ( soumettre) passez le plat au four put the dish in the oven; passer la pointe d'une aiguille à la flamme to hold the point of a needle over a flame; passer le plancher à la cire to put some wax on the floor; passer qch à l'eau ( pour rincer) to give sth a rinse; ( pour obtenir une réaction) to soak sth briefly in water; qu'est-ce qu'elle nous a passé○! she really went for us○!; ⇒ peigne;15 ( à travers une grille) to filter [café]; to strain [jus de fruit, sauce]; to purée [légumes]; passer des légumes au moulin à légumes to purée vegetables;16 ( enfiler) to slip [sth] on [vêtement, anneau]; to slip into [robe]; ils ont essayé de me passer la camisole they tried to put me in a straitjacket;17 ( faire jouer) to play [disque, cassette audio]; ( projeter) to show [film, diapositives, cassette vidéo]; ( diffuser) to place [annonce];18 ( signer) to sign [contrat]; to enter into [accord]; to place [commande]; to pass [loi, décret]; passer un marché○ to make a deal;20 Aut ( enclencher) to go into [vitesse]; passer la troisième/la marche arrière to go into third gear/into reverse;B vi1 ( parcourir son chemin) [personne, animal, véhicule, ballon] to go past ou by, to pass; passer entre to pass between; regarder passer les trains to watch the trains go past ou by; nous sommes passés devant le palais/près du lac we went past the palace/the lake; passer sous/sur un pont to go under/over a bridge; l'autobus vient juste de passer the bus has just gone; le facteur n'est pas encore passé the postman hasn't been yet; quand passe le prochain car pour Caen? when is the next coach GB ou bus for Caen?; je suis passé à côté de lui/du monument I passed him/the monument; nous sommes passés près de chez toi ce matin we were near your house this morning; passer à pied/à cheval/en voiture/à bicyclette to walk/ride/drive/cycle past; un avion est passé a plane flew past overhead; il est passé en courant/boitant he ran/limped past; j'ai renversé le vase en passant I knocked over the vase as I went by; en passant, achète du lait buy some milk while you're out; le ballon est passé tout près des buts the ball narrowly missed the goal;2 (se trouver, s'étendre) la route passe à côté du lac the road runs alongside the lake; le ruisseau passe derrière la maison the stream runs behind the house; ils ont fait passer la route devant chez nous/près de l'église/derrière le village they built the road in front of our house/near the church/behind the village; ligne qui passe par les centres de deux cercles line that connects the centresGB of two circles; en faisant passer une ligne par ces deux villes drawing a line through these two towns;3 ( faire un saut) je ne fais que passer I've just popped in GB ou dropped by for a minute; quand je suis passé au marché when I went down to the market; quand je suis passé à l'école when I dropped by the school; quand je suis passé chez lui when I called in to see him GB, when I dropped by his place; passer à la banque to call in at the bank GB, to drop by the bank; il est passé déposer un dossier he came to drop off a file; il est passé quelqu'un pour toi someone was looking for you; je passerai un de ces jours I'll drop by one of these days; passer dans la matinée [plombier, représentant] to call in the morning GB, to come over in the morning; passe nous voir plus souvent! come and see us more often!; passer prendre qn/qch to pick sb/sth up; je passerai te prendre à six heures I'll pick you up at six; je passerai prendre le gâteau dans une heure I'll pick up the cake in an hour;4 ( se rendre) to go; passez au guichet numéro 3 go to counter 3; passons au salon let's go into ou through to the lounge; les contrebandiers sont passés en Espagne the smugglers have crossed into Spain; passez derrière moi, je vous montrerai le chemin follow me, I'll show you the way; il est passé devant moi, il m'est passé devant○ ( dans une queue) he pushed in front of me; passer à la visite médicale to go for a medical examination; passer devant une commission to come before a committee;5 ( aller au-delà) to get through; tu ne passeras pas, c'est trop étroit you'll never get through, it's too narrow; on ne peut pas passer à cause de la neige we can't get through because of the snow; impossible de passer tant il y avait de monde you couldn't get through, there were so many people; il est passé au rouge he went through the red lights; il n'a pas attendu le feu vert pour passer he didn't wait for the lights to turn green; il m'a fait signe de passer he waved me on; il a fait passer la vieille dame devant lui he let the old lady go first; vas-y, ça passe! ( à un automobiliste) go on, there's plenty of room!; laisser passer qn to let sb through; laisser passer une ambulance to let an ambulance through; le volet laisse passer un peu de lumière the shutter lets in a chink of light; la cloison laisse passer le bruit the partition doesn't keep the noise out; passer par-dessus bord to fall overboard; il est passé par la fenêtre ( par accident) he fell out of the window; ( pour entrer) he got in through the window; il est passé sous un train he was run over by a train; nous n'avons pas pu faire passer l'armoire par la porte we couldn't get the wardrobe through the door; à cause des travaux, on ne peut pas passer derrière la maison because of the road works, we can't get round GB ou around US the back of the house; ⇒ caravane, casser;6 ( transiter) passer par [personne] lit to pass ou go through; fig to go through; nous sommes passés par Édimbourg we went via Edinburgh; ça ira plus vite en passant par la Belgique it'll be quicker to go via Belgium; la manifestation passera dans cette avenue the demonstration will come along this avenue; passer par qn pour faire qch to do sth through sb; passer par de rudes épreuves to go through the mill, to have a rough time; passer par l'opératrice to go through the operator; passer par une rue to go along a street; passer par l'escalier de service to use the service stairs; nous sommes passés par une agence matrimoniale we met through a marriage bureau; il est passé par tous les stades de la formation he went through the various different stages of training; passer au bord de la faillite to come very close to bankruptcy; il est passé par une très bonne école he went to a very good school; la formation par laquelle il est passé the training (that) he had; il dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête he always says the first thing that comes into his head; je ne sais jamais ce qui te passe par la tête I never know what's going on in your head; une idée m'est passée par la tête an idea occurred to me; mais qu'est-ce qui lui est passé par la tête? what on earth was he/she thinking of?; ça fait du bien par où ça passe○! [aliment, boisson] I needed that!; un éclair de malice passa dans ses yeux his/her eyes gleamed with mischief, he/she had a mischievous glint in his/her eyes; un sourire passa sur ses lèvres he/she smiled for a second; en passant par including; des reptiles à l'homme, en passant par le singe from reptiles to man, including apes; ⇒ maire;7 ○( avoir son tour) il accuse le patron, ses collègues, le cuisinier, bref, tout le monde y passe he's accusing the boss, his colleagues, the cook-in other words, everyone in sight; le rock, le blues, la musique classique, tout y passe rock, blues, classical music, you name it; que ça te plaise ou non, il va falloir y passer whether you like it or not, there's no alternative; la nouvelle secrétaire va y passer aussi the new secretary will get it as well; on ne peut pas faire autrement que d'en passer par là there is no other way around it; je sais, j'en suis déjà passé par là I know all about that, I've been there○;8 ( négliger) passer sur to pass over [question, défaut, erreur]; je préfère passer sur ce point pour l'instant I'd rather not dwell on that point for the moment; il est or a passé sur les détails he didn't go into the details; si l'on passe sur les frais de déplacement if we ignore the travel expenses; passons (là-dessus)! ( injonction) let's hear no more about it!; ( pardon) let's say no more about it!; passer à côté d'une question ( volontairement) to sidestep a question; ( involontairement) to miss the point; laisser passer qch ( délibérément) to let sth pass, to overlook sth; ( par inadvertance) to let sth slip through, to overlook sth; laisser passer une occasion, passer à côté d'une occasion to miss an opportunity, to let an opportunity slip ou go by; laisser passer quelques erreurs par gentillesse to overlook a few errors out of soft-heartedness; on ne peut pas laisser passer une telle erreur we cannot let a mistake like that through; le réviseur a laissé passer plusieurs fautes the proofreader let several mistakes slip through; il leur laisse passer tous leurs caprices he indulges their every whim;9 ( ne pas approfondir) en passant in passing; notons en passant que we should note in passing that; en passant, il a ajouté que in passing, he added that; soit dit en passer incidentally;10 (être admis, supporté) [aliment, repas] to go down; [commentaires, discours, critiques] to go down well (auprès de with); [loi, règlement, mesure] to get through; [attitude, pensée, doctrine] to be accepted; [candidat] to get through; je ne me sens pas bien, ce doit être le concombre qui passe mal I don't feel well, it must be the cucumber; prends un peu de cognac, ça fait passer! have a drop of brandy, it's good for the digestion; vos critiques sont mal passées/ne sont pas passées your criticism went down badly/didn't go down well; ils n'ont jamais pu faire passer leur réforme/leurs idées they never managed to get their reform through/their ideas accepted; que je sois critiqué, passe encore, mais calomnié, non! criticism is one thing, but I draw the line at slander; avec lui, la flatterie, ça ne passe pas flattery won't work with him; passer au premier tour Pol to be elected in the first round; passer dans la classe supérieure to move up to the next year ou grade US; (ça) passe pour cette fois○ this time, I'll let it go;11 ( se déplacer) passer de France en Espagne to leave France and enter Spain; passer de la salle à manger au salon to move from the dining room to the lounge; passer à l'ennemi to go over to the enemy; passer dans le camp adverse to go over to the other side; passer sous contrôle de l'ONU/de l'État to be taken over by the UN/the government; passer sous contrôle ennemi to fall into enemy hands; passer de main en main to be passed around; passer constamment d'un sujet à l'autre to flit from one subject to another; passer d'un amant à un autre to go from one lover to the next; passer de l'opulence à la misère to go from extreme wealth to extreme poverty; passer de la théorie à la pratique to put theory into practice; leur nombre pourrait passer à 700 their number could reach 700; passer à un taux supérieur/inférieur to go up to a higher rate/down to a lower rate; faire passer qch de 200 à 300 to increase sth from 200 to 300; faire passer qch de 300 à 200 to decrease sth from 300 to 200; expression passée en proverbe expression that has become a proverb;12 ( être pris) passer pour un imbécile/pour être une belle ville to be generally thought of as stupid/as a beautiful town (auprès de by); passer pour un génie to pass as a genius; son excentricité passe pour de l'intelligence his/her eccentricity passes for intelligence; il passe pour l'inventeur de l'ordinateur he's supposed to have invented computers; passer pour quelqu'un d'autre to be taken for someone else; il pourrait passer pour un Américain he could be taken for an American; il veut passer pour un grand homme he wants to be seen as a great man; faire passer qn/qch pour exceptionnel/exemplaire to make sb/sth out to be exceptional/a model of perfection; se faire passer pour malade to pretend to be ill; se faire passer pour mort to fake one's own death; il se fait passer pour mon frère he passes himself off as my brother; se faisant passer pour un agent d'assurance by passing himself off as ou by impersonating an insurance salesman; il m'a fait passer pour un imbécile he made me look like a fool;13 ( disparaître) [douleur, événement] to pass; quand l'orage sera or aura passé lit when the storm is over; fig when the storm dies down; ça passera ( sa mauvaise humeur) it'll pass; ( ton chagrin) you'll get over it; la première réaction passée, il a été possible de faire once we/they calmed down it was possible to do; nous avons dû attendre que sa colère soit passée we had to wait for his/her anger to subside; passer de mode [vêtement, style, chanson, expression] to go out of fashion; cette mode est vite passée or a vite passé that fashion was short-lived; faire passer à qn l'envie or le goût de faire to cure sb of the desire to do; les sales gosses, je vais leur faire passer l'envie or l'habitude de tirer sur ma sonnette! those damn kids, I'll teach them to ring my bell!; ce médicament fait passer les maux d'estomac this medicine relieves stomach ache; cette mauvaise habitude te passera it's a bad habit you'll grow out of; ça lui passera avant que ça me reprenne○ it won't last;14 (apparaître, être projeté, diffusé) [artiste, groupe] ( sur une scène) to be appearing; (à la télévision, radio) to be on; [spectacle, film] to be on; [cassette, musique] to be playing; mon ami passe à la télévision ce soir my friend is on television tonight; les films portugais qui passent à la télévision/au Rex/à Paris the Portuguese films (that are) on television/on at the Rex/on in Paris;15 ( être placé) passer avant/après ( en importance) to come before/after; la santé passe avant tout health comes first; il fait passer sa famille avant ses amis he puts his family before his friends;16 ○( disparaître) où étais-tu (encore) passé? where (on earth) did you get to?; où est passé mon livre/le chat? where has my book/the cat got to?;17 ( s'écouler) [temps] to pass, to go by; deux ans ont passé depuis l'événement two years have passed since it happened; le temps a passé, et les gens ont oublié time has passed and people have forgotten; je ne vois pas le temps passer I don't know where the time goes; le week-end a or est passé trop vite the weekend went too quickly;18 ( se mettre à) to turn to; passons aux choses sérieuses let's turn to serious matters; nous pouvons passer à l'étape suivante we can move on to the next stage; passons à autre chose let's change the subject; nous allons passer au vote let's vote now; passer à l'offensive to take the offensive;19 ( être transmis) passer de père en fils/de génération en génération/à ses héritiers to be handed down from father to son/from generation to generation/to one's heirs; l'expression est passée dans la langue the expression has become part of the language; ça finira par passer dans les mœurs it'll eventually become common practice; il a fait passer son émotion dans la salle he transmitted his emotion to the audience;20 ( être promu) to be promoted to; il est passé général he's been promoted to general; elle est passée maître dans l'art de mentir she's an accomplished liar;21 ( être dépensé) [argent, somme] to go on ou in ou into; [produit, matière] to go into; la moitié de mon salaire passe en remboursement de mes dettes half my salary goes on paying off my debts; toutes mes économies y sont passées○ all my savings went into it;22 ○( mourir) y passer to die; si tu continues à conduire comme ça, tu vas finir par y passer if you keep driving like that, you'll kill yourself; on y passera tous, mais le plus tard sera le mieux we've all got to go sometime, the later the better;25 ( changer de vitesse) passer en troisième/marche arrière to go into third/reverse; la troisième passe mal or a du mal à passer third gear is a bit stiff; passer de seconde en troisième to go from second into third;26 Jeux (au bridge, poker) to pass.C se passer vpr1 ( se produire) to happen; ça s'est passé en Chine/à Pékin/le matin/au bon moment it happened in China/in Beijing/in the morning/at the right time; il ne se passe jamais rien dans ce village nothing ever happens in this village; que se passe-t-il?, qu'est-ce qui se passe? what's happening, what's going on?; tout se passe comme si le dollar avait été dévalué it's as if the dollar was devalued;2 ( être situé) to take place; la scène se passe au Viêt Nam/dans les années trente/de nos jours the scene is set in Vietnam/in the thirties/in the present day;3 ( se dérouler) [opération, examen, négociations] to go; comment s'est passée la réunion? how did the meeting go?; tout s'est bien passé everything went well; ça s'est mal passé it didn't go well; la réunion s'est très mal passée the meeting went very badly; tout s'est passé très vite it all happened very fast; ça va mal se passer pour toi si tu continues! you're going to be in trouble if you carry on GB ou continue doing that!; ça ne se passera pas comme ça! I won't leave it at that!;4 ( s'écouler) [période] to go by, to pass; il s'est passé deux ans depuis, deux ans se sont passés depuis that was two years ago; il ne se passe guère de jour (sans) qu'elle ne trouve à se plaindre hardly a day goes by without her finding something to complain about; attendons que ça se passe let's wait till it's over; nos soirées se passaient à regarder la télévision we spent the evenings watching television; ⇒ jeunesse;5 ( se dispenser) se passer de [personne] to do without [objet, activité, personne]; to go without [repas, nourriture, sommeil]; nous nous sommes passés de voiture we did without a car; nous nous passerons de lui we'll do without him; je me passerais bien de tes remarques I can do without your comments; se passer de commentaires to speak for itself; ne pas pouvoir se passer de faire not to be able to help oneself from doing; se passer des services de qn to do without sb's services;6 ( se mettre) se passer la langue sur les lèvres/la main dans les cheveux to run one's tongue over one's lips/one's fingers through one's hair; se passer la main sur le front to put a hand to one's forehead;7 ( l'un à l'autre) ils se sont passé des documents they exchanged some documents; nous nous sommes passé le virus we caught the virus from each other.[pase] verbe intransitif (auxiliaire être)A.[EXPRIME UN DÉPLACEMENT]passer dans: pour empêcher les poids lourds de passer dans le village to stop lorries from driving ou going through the villagea. [devant moi] go in front of me if you can't seeb. [devant tout le monde] go to the front if you can't seepasser sous une voiture [se faire écraser] to get run over (by a car)des péniches passaient sur le canal barges were going past ou were sailing on the canal[fugitivement]un sourire passa sur ses lèvres a smile played about her lips, she smiled briefly3. [emprunter un certain itinéraire]si vous passez à Paris, venez me voir come and see me if you're in Paris[fleuve, route] to go, to run5. [sur un parcours régulier - démarcheur, représentant] to call ; [ - bateau, bus, train] to come ou to go pastle facteur passe deux fois par jour the postman delivers ou comes twice a dayle bateau/train est déjà passé the boat/train has already gone ou leftle prochain bateau passera dans deux jours the next boat will call ou is due in two days6. [faire une visite] to callj'ai demandé au médecin de passer I asked the doctor to call (in) ou to come ou to visit7. [franchir une limite] to get through8. [s'infiltrer] to passpasser dans le sang to pass into ou to enter the bloodstreamle café doit passer lentement [dans le filtre] the coffee must filter through slowly9. [aller, se rendre] to gooù sont passées mes lunettes? where have my glasses got ou disappeared to?passer de Suisse en France to cross over ou to go from Switzerland to FranceB.[EXPRIME UNE ACTION]1. [se soumettre à]ce matin, je suis passé au tableau I was asked to explain something at the blackboard this morningy passer (familier) : je ne veux pas me faire opérer — il faudra bien que tu y passes, pourtant! I don't want to have an operation — you're going to have to!avec lui, toutes les femmes du service y sont passées he's had all the women in his department2. [être accepté] to passelle est passée à l'écrit mais pas à l'oral she got through ou she passed the written exam but not the oralton petit discours est bien passé your little speech went down well ou was well receivedle film passe mal sur le petit écran/en noir et blanc the film just isn't the same on TV/in black and whitepasse (encore): l'injurier, passe encore, mais le frapper! it's one thing to insult him, but quite another to hit him!3. [être transmis] to gola ferme est passée de père en fils depuis cinq générations the farm has been handed down from father to son for five generationsla locution est passée du latin à l'anglais the phrase came ou passed into English from Latin4. [entrer] to passc'est passé dans le langage courant it's passed into ou it's now part of everyday speechc'est passé dans les moeurs it's become standard ou normal practice5. [être utilisé, absorbé] to gosi les socialistes passent if the socialists get in ou are electedRADIO & TÉLÉVISIONpasser à la radio [émission, personne] to be on the radio ou the aira. [personne] to be ou to appear on televisionb. [film] to be on television8. DROIT [comparaître]passer devant le tribunal to come up ou to go before the courtpasser en correctionnelle ≃ to go before the magistrate's courtC.[EXPRIME UN CHANGEMENT D'ÉTAT]1. [accéder - à un niveau]2. [devenir] to become3. [dans des locutions verbales]passer de... à [changer d'état]: passer de l'état liquide à l'état gazeux to pass ou to change from the liquid to the gaseous statela production est passée de 20 à 30/de 30 à 20 tonnes output has gone (up) from 20 to 30/(down) from 30 to 20 tonnescomment êtes-vous passé du cinéma au théâtre? how did you move ou make the transition from the cinema to the stage?il passe d'une idée à l'autre he jumps ou flits from one idea to another4. AUTOMOBILEpasser en troisième to change ou go into third (gear)D.[EXPRIME UNE ÉVOLUTION DANS LE TEMPS]la journée est passée agréablement the day went off ou passed pleasantly2. [s'estomper - douleur] to fade (away), to wear off ; [ - malaise] to disappear ; [ - mode, engouement] to die out ; [ - enthousiasme] to wear off, to fade ; [ - beauté] to fade, to wane ; [ - chance, jeunesse] to pass ; [ - mauvaise humeur] to pass, to vanish ; [ - rage, tempête] to die down ; [ - averse] to die down, to stopfaire passer: ce médicament fait passer la douleur très rapidement this medicine relieves pain very quickly[se faner - fleur] to wilt[pâlir - teinte]4. (auxiliaire avoir) (vieilli) [mourir]il a passé cette nuit he passed on ou away last night————————[pase] verbe transitif (auxiliaire avoir)A.[EXPRIME UN DÉPLACEMENT]1. [traverser - pont, col de montagne] to go over (inseparable), to cross ; [ - écluse] to go through (inseparable)2. [franchir - frontière, ligne d'arrivée] to crosspasser l'arrêt de l'autobus [le manquer] to miss one's bus stoppasser le cap Horn to (go) round Cape Horn, to round the Capequand on passe les 1 000 mètres d'altitude when you go over 1,000 metres highl'or a passé les 400 dollars l'once gold has broken through the $ 400 an ounce mark4. [transporter] to ferry ou to take across (separable)5. [introduire]passer de la drogue/des cigarettes en fraude to smuggle drugs/cigarettes6. [engager - partie du corps] to putpasser son bras autour de la taille de quelqu'un to put ou to slip one's arm round somebody's waistje n'arrive pas à passer ma tête dans l'encolure de cette robe my head won't go through the neck of the dress7. [faire aller - instrument] to runpasse le balai dans l'escalier give the stairs a sweep, sweep the stairs9. SPORT [franchir - obstacle, haie] to jump (over)[transmettre - ballon] to passB.[EXPRIME UNE ACTION]1. [se soumettre à - permis de conduire] to take ; [ - examen] to take, to sit (UK) ; [ - entretien] to have ; [ - scanner, visite médicale] to have, to go for (inseparable)il a passé l'écrit, mais attendons l'oral he's passed the written exam, but let's see what happens in the oralje passe toutes les descriptions dans ses romans I miss out ou I skip all the descriptions in her novels4. [tolérer]passez-moi l'expression/le mot if you'll pardon the expression/excuse the term5. [soumettre à l'action de]passer des légumes au mixeur to put vegetables through the blender, to blend vegetablespasser quelque chose sous l'eau to rinse something ou to give something a rinse under the tappasser quelque chose à quelqu'un (familier) to give somebody a good dressing-down, to tick somebody off (UK)se faire passer quelque chose (familier) to get a good ticking off (UK), to get a good chewing-out (US)6. [donner, transmettre - généralement] to pass, to hand, to give ; [ - maladie] to give ; [ - au téléphone] to put through (separable)je te passe Fred here's Fred, I'll hand you over to Fredpasse-moi Annie let me talk to Annie, put Annie on7. [rendre public - annonce]8. (familier) [prêter] to lendje vais te passer de la crème dans le dos I'm going to put ou to rub some cream on your back11. [enfiler - vêtement] to slip ou to put on (separable)12. AUTOMOBILEpasser la troisième to change ou to shift into third gear[diapositive] to showRADIO [émission] to broadcast14. COMMERCE [conclure - entente] to conclude, to come to (inseparable), to reach ; [ - marché] to agree on (inseparable), to strike, to reach ; [ - commande] to placeC.[EXPRIME UNE NOTION TEMPORELLE]1. [employer - durée] to spendpassez un bon week-end/une bonne soirée! have a nice weekend/evening!as-tu passé une bonne nuit? did you sleep well last night?, did you have a good night?elle ne passera pas la nuit she won't see the night out, she won't last the night3. [assouvir - envie] to satisfy————————passer après verbe plus prépositionil faut le faire libérer, le reste passe après we must get him released, everything else is secondary————————passer avant verbe plus prépositionto go ou to come beforeses intérêts passent avant tout his own interests come before anything else, he puts his own interests before everything else————————passer par verbe plus préposition1. [dans une formation] to go through2. [dans une évolution] to go through, to undergole pays est passé par toutes les formes de gouvernement the country has experienced every form of government3. [recourir à] to go throughpour comprendre, il faut être passé par là you have to have experienced it to understand————————passer pour verbe plus préposition1. [avec nom] to be thought of asje vais passer pour un idiot I'll be taken for ou people will take me for an idiot2. [avec adj]3. [avec verbe]elle passe pour descendre d'une famille noble she is said to be descended from an aristocratic family————————passer sur verbe plus préposition[excuser] to overlookpassons sur les détails let's pass over ou skip the detailspassons! let's say no more about it!, let's drop it!tu me l'avais promis, mais passons! you promised me, but never mind!————————se passer verbe pronominal intransitifla soirée s'est passée tranquillement the evening went by ou passed quietlyqu'est-ce qui se passe? what's happening?, what's going on?il se passe que ton frère vient d'être arrêté, (voilà ce qui se passe)! your brother's just been arrested, that's what's!il ne se passe pas une semaine sans qu'il perde de l'argent aux courses not a week goes by without him losing money on the horses3. [se dérouler - dans certaines conditions] to go (off)l'opération s'est bien/mal passée the operation went (off) smoothly/badlysi tout se passe bien, nous y serons demain if all goes well, we'll be there tomorrowtout se passe comme prévu everything's going according to plan ou going as planned————————se passer verbe pronominal transitifil se passa un peigne/la main dans les cheveux he ran a comb/his fingers through his hair————————se passer de verbe pronominal plus préposition1. [vivre sans] to do ou to go without2. [s'abstenir]3. [ne pas avoir besoin de]————————en passant locution adverbiale1. [dans la conversation] in passingfaire une remarque en passant to remark in passing, to make a casual remark2. [sur son chemin]il s'arrête de temps à autre en passant he calls on his way by ou past from time to time————————en passant par locution prépositionnelle————————1. [dans l'espace] vial'avion va à Athènes en passant par Londres the plane goes to Athens via London ou stops in London on its way to Athens2. [dans une énumération] (and) including -
43 sit
v. oturmak, poz vermek, modellik yapmak, sınava girmek, konmak, tünemek, kuluçkaya yatmak, toplanmak, oturuma katılmak, tam oturmak, yola getirmek, burnunu sürtmek, binmek, oturtmak* * *otur* * *[sit]present participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) oturmak2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) durmak, bulunmak3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) üye olmak, bulunmak4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) tünemek5) (to undergo (an examination).) sınava girmek6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) poz vermek7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) toplanmak, oturum hâlinde olmak•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target, sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
- sit up -
44 sit
[sit]present participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) sedeti; posaditi2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) ležati3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) biti član4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) sedeti5) (to undergo (an examination).) opravljati (izpit)6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) pozirati7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) zasedati•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target
- sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
- sit up* * *I [sit]1.intransitive verbsedeti; (o kokoši) sedeti na jajcih, valiti; čepeti; sedeti kot model (slikarju); biti za vzorec; imeti sedež, bivati; ležati; pristajati (o obleki); opravljati službo (navadno) sedé; biti član kakega telesa ( on a jury porote); zastopati v parlamentu ( for koga); imeti sejo, zasedati; sesti (on na); zaposliti se ( over s čim); študirati ( under pri kom);2.transitive verbsedeti (v sedlu), imeti sedež na ( a mule mezgu); posaditi ( the hen on eggs kokošja jajca)to sit on the bench figuratively biti sodnikto sit on the fence politics slang figuratively stati ob strani, ne se opredeliti, biti nevtralento sit in judgement on s.o. — lastiti si pravico sojenja drugih, soditi, kritizirati kogato sit on one's hands figuratively ne aplavdiratito sit for one's picture — dati se slikati, sedeti (pozirati) za svojo sliko (portret)he is sitting pretty — on je v dobrem položaju, ima dober položajto sit pretty slang imeti dobre karte, figuratively dobro se goditi (komu)to sit upon s.o. figuratively sedeti na kom, jahati kogadon't you be sat upon! colloquially ne pusti se hruliti!to sit tight colloquially ostati neomahljivo na svojem mestu, vztrajati pri stvarito sit on the throne — sedeti na prestolu, vladatiII [sit]nounslang see situation -
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• opasteääni* * *sitpresent participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) istua, istuutua, panna istumaan2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) olla3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) toimia4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) istua5) (to undergo (an examination).) suorittaa tentti6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) istua mallina7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) pitää istuntoa•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target
- sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
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46 dō
dō (old subj. duis, duit, duint, etc.), dedī, datus, are [1 DA-], to hand over, deliver, give up, render, furnish, pay, surrender: dic quid vis dari tibi, T.: pretium: Apronio quod poposcerit: pecuniam praetori: pecuniam ob ius dicendum: pecunias eis faenori: abrotonum aegro, administer, H.: obsides, Cs.: ad sepulturam corpus: manibus lilia plenis, by handfuls, V.: ne servi in quaestionem dentur: catenis monstrum, H.: obsidibus quos dabant acceptis, offered, L.: cui Apollo citharam dabat, was ready to give, V.: Da noctis mediae, da, etc. (sc. cyathos), i. e. wine in honor of, H. — Of letters, to intrust (for delivery), send: litteras ad te numquam habui cui darem, by whom to send: ut ad illum det litteras, may write: tum datae sunt (epistulae), cum, etc., was written: ad quas (litteras) ipso eo die dederam, answered.—To give, bestow, present, grant, confer, make a present of: dat nemo largius, T.: vasa legatis muneri data, Ta.: multis beneficia, S.: Os homini sublime, O.: cratera, quem dat Dido, a present from, V.: divis Tura, offer, H.: munus inritamen amoris, O.: pretium dabitur tibi femina, O.— To give up, surrender, yield, abandon, devote, leave: diripiendam urbem: (filiam) altaribus, Iu.: Siculos eorum legibus: summam certaminis uni, O.: dant tela locum, let pass, V.: dat euntibus silva locum, makes way, V.: ut spatium pila coiciendi non daretur, left, Cs.: tribus horis exercitui ad quietem datis, Cs.: amori ludum, H.: unum pro multis dabitur caput, V.: Mille ovium morti, H.: se rei familiari: sese in cruciatum: se vento, Cs.: da te populo.—With manūs, to offer (for fetters), i. e. to surrender, yield: qui det manūs vincique se patiatur: donicum victi manūs dedissent, N.: dat permotus manūs, yields, Cs.: do manūs scientiae, H.— To grant, give, concede, yield, resign, furnish, afford, present, award, render, confer: des veniam oro, H.: Si das hoc, admit, H.: plurīs sibi auras ad reprehendendum: facultatem per provinciam itineris faciundi, Cs.: hostibus occasionem pugnandi, S.: imperium Caesari: mihi honorem: datus tibi plausus, H.: dextram iuveni (as a pledge), V.: senatus utrique datur, a hearing, S.: si verbis audacia detur, O.: peditibus suis hostīs paene victos, turn over, S.: unam ei cenam, entertain at dinner, T.: Dat somnos adimitque, V.: Dat veniam somnumque dies, i. e. leave to rest, H.: Quā data porta, V.: Das aliquid famae, make a concession, H.— To permit, suffer, allow, let, grant: Da mihi contingere, etc., O.: Di tibi dent classem reducere, H.: cur Non datur audire, etc., V.: da, femina ne sim, O.: date volnera lymphis Abluam, V.: ille dedit quod non... et ut, etc., it was of his bounty, O.: omnibus nobis ut res dant sese, ita, etc., just as circumstances permit, T.: Multa melius se nocte dedere, succeed, V. — To spare, give up, concede, surrender, forgive: da hunc populo, spare for the sake of: non id petulantiae suae, sed Verginio datum, L.: sanguini id dari, that concession is made, L.— To release, let go, give out, relax, spread: curru lora, V.: frena, O.: in altum Vela, set sail, V.: retrorsum Vela, turn back, H.: conversa domum lintea, H. — Meton., to set, put, place, bring, cause: ipsum gestio Dari mi in conspectum, T.: ad eundem numerum (milites), Cs.: corpora in rogos, O.: collo bracchia circum, V.: bracchia Cervici, H.: multum cruoris, shed, O.: in laqueum vestigia, Iu.: te me dextera Defensum dabit, V. — With se, to present oneself, plunge, rush: In medias sese acies, V.: saltu sese in fluvium, V. — To bring forward, cause, produce, yield, present, make, display (poet.): quas turbas dedit, T.: omnes Dant cuneum, form, V.: terga, turn, V.: aetas Terga dedit, passed away, O.: Vina dabant animos, O.: ex fumo lucem, H.: partu prolem, V.: liberos, Ct.: segetes frumenta daturae, H.: ore colores, V.: patientiae documentum, Ta.: Ludentis speciem, H.: spectacula Marti, H.: Da mihi te talem, O. — To represent (on the stage), produce, bring out: Menandri Phasma, T.: fabulam. — To impose, assign, apportion, allot, appoint, inflict: sibi damnum: finem laborum, grant, V.: Nomina ponto, H.: Volnera ferro, O.: genti meae data moenia, fated, V.: dat negotium Gallis, uti, etc., Cs.: quae legatis in mandatis dederat, Cs.: hospitibus te dare iura, are the lawgiver, V.: detur nobis locus, assigned, H.: volnera hosti, O.: Haec data poena diu viventibus, imposed, Iu.: dat (auribus) posse moveri, makes movable, O.— To excite, awaken, produce: sibi minus dubitationis, Cs.: risūsque iocosque, H.: ignīs (amoris), O.—Fig., of expression, to give expression to, give, utter, announce: in me iudicium: legem, enact: ei consilium: dabitur ius iurandum, Te esse, etc., I'll take my oath, T.: fidem, O.: signum recipiendi, Cs.: responsa, V.: cantūs, V.: Undis iura, O.: requiemque modumque remis, O. — Esp.: nomen, to give in, i. e. enlist, Cs.— To tell, communicate, relate, inform (poet.): quam ob rem has partīs didicerim, paucis dabo, T.: iste deus qui sit, da nobis, V.: Seu Aeneas eripuisse datur, O.— To apply, bestow, exercise, devote: paululum da mi operae, attend, T.: imperatori operam date, Cs.: virtuti opera danda est.—Of a penalty, to give, undergo, suffer, endure: consules poenas dederant, S.: Teucris det sanguine poenas, atone with his life, V. — With verba, to give (mere) words, attempt to deceive, pretend, mislead, cheat: Quoi verba dare difficilest, T.: verba dedimus, decepimus. — With dat, predic., to ascribe, impute, attribute, reckon, regard: quam rem vitio dent, T.: laudem Roscio culpae: quae tu commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum.* * *dare, dedi, datus V TRANSgive; dedicate; sell; pay; grant/bestow/impart/offer/lend; devote; allow; make; surrender/give over; send to die; ascribe/attribute; give birth/produce; utter -
47 आप्
āp
(perf. āpa aor. āpat fut. āpsyati inf. āptum) Ā. (perf. 3. pl. āpiré RV. IX, 108, 4,
p. pf. āpāná RV. II, 34, 7,
but alsoᅠ pres. p. ā́pnāna RV. X, 114, 7) to reach, overtake, meet with, fall upon RV. AV. ṠBr. etc.;
to obtain, gain, take possession of RV. AV. etc. MBh. Mn. etc.;
to undergo, suffer Mn. ;
to fall, come to any one;
to enter, pervade, occupy;
to equal:
Pass. āpyate, to be reached orᅠ found orᅠ met with orᅠ obtained;
to arrive at one's aim orᅠ end, become filled TS. etc.:
Caus. P. āpayati, to cause to reach orᅠ obtain orᅠ gain ChUp. etc.;
to cause any one to suffer;
to hit Kathās.:
Desid. P. andᅠ Ā. īpsati andᅠ īpsate Pāṇ. 7-4, 55 to strive to reach orᅠ obtain AV. ṠBr. MBh. etc.:
Desid. of the Caus. āpipayishati, to strive to reach ṠBr. ;
<probably connected with 1. ap;
cf. apna;
+ Gk. ἄφενος, ἀφνειός;
Lat. apiscor, aptus, ops;
Old Germ. uoban;
Mod. Germ. ūben
â̱p
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48 संगम्
saṉ-gam
pf. - jagme;
Vedic forms etc. - gamemahi, - gamāmahai, - ajagmiran, - agata <3. sg.>, - aganmahi, - agasmahi, orᅠ - agaṉsmahi, - gmishīya, - gasīshṭa orᅠ - gaṉsīshṭa, - gaṉsyate etc.;
cf. 1. gam andᅠ Pāṇ. 1-2, 13; VII, 2, 38),
to go orᅠ come together, come into contact orᅠ collision, meet (either in a friendly orᅠ hostile manner), join orᅠ unite with (instr. with andᅠ without saha orᅠ sâ̱rdham) RV. etc. etc.;
to unite sexually with (acc.) Bhaṭṭ. ;
to harmonize, agree, fit, correspond, suit R. Kathās. Vedântas. ;
to go to orᅠ towards, meet (acc.) BhP. ;
to come together orᅠ assemble in (loc.) AV. ;
to undergo orᅠ get into any state orᅠ condition, become (e.g.. with viṡrambham, « to become trustful, confide») BhP. ;
(P.) to partake of (instr.) RV. ;
to go away, depart (this life), decease, die Lāṭy. ;
(P.) to visit (acc.) Pāṇ. 1-3, 29 Sch.:
Caus. - gamayati (ind. p. - gamayya), to cause to go together, bring together, connect orᅠ unite orᅠ endow orᅠ present with (instr. of pers. andᅠ acc. of thing) AV. etc. etc.;
to lead any one to (two acc.) Hit., Introd. ;
to deliver orᅠ hand over to (loc.), transfer, bestow, give MBh. Ragh. ;
to connect, construe (words) Sāh. ;
to cause to go away orᅠ depart (this life), kill MBh. ( Nīlak.):
Desid. - jigaṉsate, to wish to meet with (instr.). Pat. ;
- jigāṉsati, to wish to attain to (acc.) ib.
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49 समास्था
sam-ā-sthā
to go to R. ;
to stop, halt MBh. ;
to enter upon, undergo, undertake (a march), assume (a form), seek (a maintenance), apply (assiduity) to (loc.) MBh. R. etc.;
to perform, accomplish BhP.:
Caus. - sthāpayati, to cause to stop, make to halt R. ;
to cause to be performed orᅠ practised ib.
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50 serve
I [sɜːv]nome sport servizio m., battuta f.II 1. [sɜːv]it's my serve — servo io, tocca a me servire
1) (work for) servire [country, cause, public]; essere al servizio di [employer, family]to serve sb., sth. well — servire bene qcn., a qcs
2) (attend to customers) servire3) gastr. servire [guest, meal, dish]to serve sb. with sth. — servire qcs. a qcn.
serves four — (in recipe) per quattro persone
4) (provide facility) [power station, reservoir] rifornire; [public transport, library, hospital] servire [ area]5) (satisfy) soddisfare [needs, interests]6) (function) essere utile athe table serves me as a desk — il tavolo mi serve o fa da scrivania
to serve a purpose o function servire a uno scopo, avere una funzione; to serve no useful purpose essere senza alcuna utilità, non servire a niente; to serve the o sb.'s purpose — servire allo scopo
7) (spend time)to serve a term — pol. restare in carica per un mandato
to serve five years — scontare o fare cinque anni di prigione
8) dir.to serve a writ on sb. — notificare un mandato a qcn.
to serve a summons on sb. — intimare a qcn. un mandato di comparizione
2.to serve notice of sth. on sb. — notificare qcs. a qcn. (anche fig.)
1) (in shop, church, at table) servire2) (on committee, in government) prestare servizio (as come, in qualità di)to serve on — fare parte di [committee, jury]
3) mil. essere nell'esercito4) (meet a need) servire (as come, da)5) sport battere; (in tennis) servireConti to serve — Conti al servizio, alla battuta
•- serve up••* * *[sə:v] 1. verb1) (to work for a person etc eg as a servant: He served his master for forty years.) servire2) (to distribute food etc or supply goods: She served the soup to the guests; Which shop assistant served you (with these goods)?) servire3) (to be suitable for a purpose: This upturned bucket will serve as a seat.) servire4) (to perform duties, eg as a member of the armed forces: He served (his country) as a soldier for twenty years; I served on the committee for five years.) servire; essere membro di5) (to undergo (a prison sentence): He served (a sentence of) six years for armed robbery.) scontare6) (in tennis and similar games, to start the play by throwing up the ball etc and hitting it: He served the ball into the net; Is it your turn to serve?) servire2. noun(act of serving (a ball).) servizio- server- serving
- it serves you right
- serve an apprenticeship
- serve out
- serve up* * *serve /sɜ:v/n. [uc]1 ( tennis, ping-pong, ecc.) servizio; battuta: an accurate [a powerful] serve, un servizio preciso [potente]♦ (to) serve /sɜ:v/v. t. e i.1 servire; essere a servizio (di); servire (da); fare (da); giovare; servire (o portare) in tavola; bastare: She has served the Joneses since she was a girl, è al servizio dei Jones fin da ragazzina; This box will serve for a table, questa cassetta farà da tavola; Are you being served, madam?, La stanno servendo, signora?; Dinner is served!, il pranzo è servito (o è in tavola); DIALOGO → - Checking into a hotel- Breakfast is served between 7.00 and 9.00, la colazione è servita dalle 7:00 alle 9:00; This explanation will serve to make my theory clearer, questa spiegazione servirà a rendere più chiara la mia teoria; One pound of butter serves him for a week, una libbra di burro gli basta per una settimana3 fare, prestare ( servizio e sim.); essere sotto le armi: to serve one's apprenticeship, fare il proprio apprendistato; He served in the navy, ha servito (ha prestato servizio) in marina; He has served in the army for two years, è nell'esercito da due anni4 (leg.) intimare; notificare; presentare: to serve a summons on sb. (o to serve sb. with a summons) intimare a q. un mandato di comparizione; citare q. in giudizio; to serve a warrant of arrest, presentare un mandato di cattura; to serve a paper, notificare un atto5 (leg.) espiare ( una pena); scontare ( una condanna): a man serving life, un uomo che sconta una condanna all'ergastolo; un ergastolano6 ( tennis, pallavolo, ecc.) battere; servire; effettuare il servizio: to serve well [badly], avere un buon [un cattivo] servizio● (mil.) to serve as an officer, prestare servizio come ufficiale □ to serve as a reminder [as a spoon], servire da promemoria [da cucchiaio] □ to serve at table, servire ai tavoli □ to serve behind the counter, servire (o stare) al banco ( in un negozio, ecc.) □ (mil.) to serve a gun, servire un pezzo; caricare un cannone □ (fig. fam.) to serve sb. hand and foot, servire q. di barba e di capelli □ to serve in the Armed Forces, fare parte delle Forze Armate; essere un militare □ (polit.) to serve in Parliament, essere un membro del Parlamento □ (relig.) to serve mass, servire la messa □ to serve on a committee, fare parte di una commissione; essere membro di un comitato □ (leg.) to serve on a jury, fare parte di una giuria □ to serve a purpose, servire a uno scopo □ to serve sb. 's purpose, servire a q.; andare bene (lo stesso): I haven't got a screwdriver, but a knife will serve my purpose, non ho un cacciavite, ma un coltello va bene lo stesso □ to serve sb. right, trattare q. come si merita; (impers.) meritarsi: It served him right to lose his job: he was always taking time off for no reason, il licenziamento se l'è meritato: faceva sempre assenze ingiustificate □ (polit.) to serve a term ( of office), restare in carica per un mandato □ (fam.) to serve time, essere in carcere; stare al fresco (fam.) □ ( spesso fig.) to serve two masters, servire due padroni □ (polit.: di un presidente, ecc.) to serve two terms, restare in carica per due mandati □ to serve sb. 's wants, soddisfare le necessità di q. □ as occasion serves, quando si presenta l'occasione; al momento opportuno □ It serves my turn (o my need), fa al caso mio; serve al mio scopo □ ( nelle ricette) «serves four», «quattro porzioni»; dosi per quattro persone □ (fam.) Serves you right!, ben ti sta!* * *I [sɜːv]nome sport servizio m., battuta f.II 1. [sɜːv]it's my serve — servo io, tocca a me servire
1) (work for) servire [country, cause, public]; essere al servizio di [employer, family]to serve sb., sth. well — servire bene qcn., a qcs
2) (attend to customers) servire3) gastr. servire [guest, meal, dish]to serve sb. with sth. — servire qcs. a qcn.
serves four — (in recipe) per quattro persone
4) (provide facility) [power station, reservoir] rifornire; [public transport, library, hospital] servire [ area]5) (satisfy) soddisfare [needs, interests]6) (function) essere utile athe table serves me as a desk — il tavolo mi serve o fa da scrivania
to serve a purpose o function servire a uno scopo, avere una funzione; to serve no useful purpose essere senza alcuna utilità, non servire a niente; to serve the o sb.'s purpose — servire allo scopo
7) (spend time)to serve a term — pol. restare in carica per un mandato
to serve five years — scontare o fare cinque anni di prigione
8) dir.to serve a writ on sb. — notificare un mandato a qcn.
to serve a summons on sb. — intimare a qcn. un mandato di comparizione
2.to serve notice of sth. on sb. — notificare qcs. a qcn. (anche fig.)
1) (in shop, church, at table) servire2) (on committee, in government) prestare servizio (as come, in qualità di)to serve on — fare parte di [committee, jury]
3) mil. essere nell'esercito4) (meet a need) servire (as come, da)5) sport battere; (in tennis) servireConti to serve — Conti al servizio, alla battuta
•- serve up•• -
51 sit
[sɪt] 1.1) (put)to sit sb. in, near sth. — mettere a sedere qcn. in qcs., vicino a qcs.
to sit sth. on, near sth. — mettere qcs. su qcs., vicino a qcs
2) BE scol. univ. sostenere, dare [ exam]2.1) (take a seat) sedersi2) (be seated) essere seduto; [ bird] essere appollaiatoto sit over — essere chino su [ books]
3) (meet) [committee, court] riunirsito sit as — essere [judge, magistrate]
to sit on — fare parte di [committee, jury]
5) (fit)to sit well, badly (on sb.) — [ jacket] cadere bene, male (addosso a qcn.)
power sits lightly on her — fig. il potere non le pesa
7) zool.•- sit back- sit down- sit in- sit on- sit out- sit up* * *[sit]present participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) sedersi, far sedere2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) stare3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) (fare parte), (essere in carica)4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) (essere appollaiato)5) (to undergo (an examination).) presentarsi6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) posare7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) (essere in seduta)•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target
- sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
- sit up* * *sit /sɪt/n.3 avvallamento; cedimento; subsidenza.♦ (to) sit /sɪt/(pass. e p. p. sat)A v. i.1 sedere; essere (o stare) seduto: to sit on a chair [in an armchair, on the sofa], sedere (o essere seduto) su una sedia [in poltrona, sul divano]; to sit at table [at one's desk], sedere a tavola [alla scrivania]; She was sitting next to me, era seduta accanto a me; The cat was sitting under the table, il gatto era seduto sotto la tavola; He just sat there watching, se ne stava seduto a guardare; They were sitting round the camp fire, erano seduti intorno al fuoco dell'accampamento2 sedersi; mettersi a sedere: He came into the room and sat beside me, è entrato nella stanza e mi si è seduto accanto; Sit over there!, siediti laggiù; ( a un cane) Sit!, seduto! (cfr. sit down, per le persone)3 ( di uccelli, polli, ecc.) appollaiarsi, posarsi ( su un ramo, ecc.); esserci, essere appollaiato: The thrush was sitting on the tallest branch, il merlo era appollaiato sul ramo più alto5 posare ( per una foto, un ritratto); (pitt.) fare da modello: She sat for a famous painter, fece la modella per un pittore famoso6 (polit.) avere un seggio; essere in carica: to sit in Parliament, avere un seggio in parlamento; essere un deputato; a sitting member, un deputato in carica7 essere in seduta; tenere udienza; essere riunito: Parliament is sitting now, il parlamento è in seduta; (leg.) The court was sitting yesterday, ieri il tribunale ha tenuto udienza8 ( d'abito e fig.) stare; cadere ( bene, ecc.): The dress sat beautifully on her, il vestito le stava magnificamente9 ( di un oggetto) stare; rimanere; restare: My car sat unused in the garage for a month, la mia auto rimase ferma in garage per un mese10 (poet.) essere situato; trovarsi: The cottage sits next to a little creek, la casetta si trova presso un ruscelloB v. t.1 far sedere; mettere a sedere: Sit the baby in the high-chair!, metti il bambino a sedere sul seggiolone!; DIALOGO → - Offering a drink2- Sit yourself down and tell me what's been going on, mettiti a sedere e raccontami come vanno le cose2 (equit.) stare in sella a ( un cavallo); cavalcare: He cannot sit his horse properly, non sa stare in sella come si deve4 ( di un veicolo, ecc.) avere posti a sedere per: This bus can sit forty people, in questo autobus ci sono quaranta posti a sedere6 (nei composti) assistere; badare a: to baby-sit, badare ai bambini; to granny-sit, assistere la nonnina● (autom.) to sit again at the wheel, rimettersi al volante □ (fig.) to sit at sb. 's feet, pendere dalle labbra di q. (spec. un insegnante); essere allievo di q. □ to sit at home, starsene (a casa) in ozio; essere disoccupato □ (fig.) to sit in judgment, impancarsi a giudice □ to sit tight, star seduto senza muoversi; non fare nulla, non prendere iniziative; star fermo al proprio posto; (fam.) tener duro, non mollare; resistere, essere tetragono □ to be sitting on a fortune, avere un sacco di soldi; avere un oggetto preziosissimo □ (fam.) to be sitting pretty, passarsela bene ( a soldi); ( di un'azienda) andare bene (o a gonfie vele); prosperare □ We were sitting at tea [at dinner], stavamo prendendo il tè [eravamo a tavola].* * *[sɪt] 1.1) (put)to sit sb. in, near sth. — mettere a sedere qcn. in qcs., vicino a qcs.
to sit sth. on, near sth. — mettere qcs. su qcs., vicino a qcs
2) BE scol. univ. sostenere, dare [ exam]2.1) (take a seat) sedersi2) (be seated) essere seduto; [ bird] essere appollaiatoto sit over — essere chino su [ books]
3) (meet) [committee, court] riunirsito sit as — essere [judge, magistrate]
to sit on — fare parte di [committee, jury]
5) (fit)to sit well, badly (on sb.) — [ jacket] cadere bene, male (addosso a qcn.)
power sits lightly on her — fig. il potere non le pesa
7) zool.•- sit back- sit down- sit in- sit on- sit out- sit up -
52 Major
1. adjective1) attrib. (greater) größer...major part — Großteil, der
2) attrib. (important) bedeutend...; (serious) schwer [Unfall, Krankheit, Unglück, Unruhen]; größer... [Krieg, Angriff, Durchbruch]; schwer, größer... [Operation]of major interest/importance — von größerem Interesse/von größerer Bedeutung
major road — (important) Hauptverkehrsstraße, die; (having priority) Vorfahrtsstraße, die
3) (Mus.) Dur-2. nounin a major key — in Dur
1) (Mil.) Major, der2) (Amer. Univ.) Hauptfach, das3. intransitive verb(Amer. Univ.)major in something — etwas als Hauptfach haben
* * *['mei‹ə] 1. adjective 2. noun2) ((American) the subject in which you specialize at college or university: a major in physics; Her major is psychology.)3. verb((with in) (American) to study a certain subject in which you specialize at college or university: She is majoring in philosophy.)- academic.ru/44717/majority">majority- major-general
- the age of majority* * *ma·jor[ˈmeɪʤəʳ, AM -ɚ]a \major contribution ein bedeutender [o wichtiger] Beitraga \major event ein bedeutendes Ereignis; (main) Haupt-\major artery Hauptschlagader fyour car is going to need a \major overhaul ihr Auto muss von Grund auf überholt werdena \major catastrophe eine große Katastropheto be a \major influence großen Einfluss habena \major problem ein großes Problema \major crime ein schweres Verbrechento have \major depression eine starke Depression habena \major illness eine schwerwiegende Krankheitto undergo \major surgery sich akk einer größeren Operation unterziehenit's quite a \major operation es ist eine ziemlich komplizierte Operationin C \major in C-DurSmythe \major Smythe der ÄltereII. nshe was a philosophy \major sie hat Philosophie im Hauptfach studiertto have a \major in literature/history/maths Literatur/Geschichte/Mathematik als Hauptfach habento \major in German studies/physics/biology Deutsch/Physik/Biologie als Hauptfach studieren* * *['meɪdZə(r)]1. adj1) Haupt-; (= of great importance) bedeutend; cause, factor wesentlich; incident schwerwiegend, schwer wiegend; part, role groß, führend; (POL) party groß, führend; (= of great extent) großa major road —
a major factor in our decision/his defeat — ein wesentlicher Faktor bei unserem Entschluss/seiner Niederlage
a major poet —
Sapporo, the major city on Hokkaido — Sapporo, die wichtigste Stadt auf Hokkaido
matters of major interest — Angelegenheiten pl von großem or größerem Interesse
major chord — Durakkord m
A flat major — As-Dur nt
3)2. n3) (JUR)4) (US: subject) Hauptfach nthe's a psychology major — Psychologie ist/war sein Hauptfach
3. vi (US)to major in French — Französisch als Hauptfach studieren, das Examen mit Französisch im Hauptfach ablegen
* * ** * *1. adjective1) attrib. (greater) größer...major part — Großteil, der
2) attrib. (important) bedeutend...; (serious) schwer [Unfall, Krankheit, Unglück, Unruhen]; größer... [Krieg, Angriff, Durchbruch]; schwer, größer... [Operation]of major interest/importance — von größerem Interesse/von größerer Bedeutung
major road — (important) Hauptverkehrsstraße, die; (having priority) Vorfahrtsstraße, die
3) (Mus.) Dur-2. noun1) (Mil.) Major, der2) (Amer. Univ.) Hauptfach, das3. intransitive verb(Amer. Univ.)* * *adj.Haupt- präfix.größt adj.hauptsächlich adj. n.Major -e m. -
53 major
1. adjective1) attrib. (greater) größer...major part — Großteil, der
2) attrib. (important) bedeutend...; (serious) schwer [Unfall, Krankheit, Unglück, Unruhen]; größer... [Krieg, Angriff, Durchbruch]; schwer, größer... [Operation]of major interest/importance — von größerem Interesse/von größerer Bedeutung
major road — (important) Hauptverkehrsstraße, die; (having priority) Vorfahrtsstraße, die
3) (Mus.) Dur-2. nounin a major key — in Dur
1) (Mil.) Major, der2) (Amer. Univ.) Hauptfach, das3. intransitive verb(Amer. Univ.)major in something — etwas als Hauptfach haben
* * *['mei‹ə] 1. adjective 2. noun2) ((American) the subject in which you specialize at college or university: a major in physics; Her major is psychology.)3. verb((with in) (American) to study a certain subject in which you specialize at college or university: She is majoring in philosophy.)- academic.ru/44717/majority">majority- major-general
- the age of majority* * *ma·jor[ˈmeɪʤəʳ, AM -ɚ]a \major contribution ein bedeutender [o wichtiger] Beitraga \major event ein bedeutendes Ereignis; (main) Haupt-\major artery Hauptschlagader fyour car is going to need a \major overhaul ihr Auto muss von Grund auf überholt werdena \major catastrophe eine große Katastropheto be a \major influence großen Einfluss habena \major problem ein großes Problema \major crime ein schweres Verbrechento have \major depression eine starke Depression habena \major illness eine schwerwiegende Krankheitto undergo \major surgery sich akk einer größeren Operation unterziehenit's quite a \major operation es ist eine ziemlich komplizierte Operationin C \major in C-DurSmythe \major Smythe der ÄltereII. nshe was a philosophy \major sie hat Philosophie im Hauptfach studiertto have a \major in literature/history/maths Literatur/Geschichte/Mathematik als Hauptfach habento \major in German studies/physics/biology Deutsch/Physik/Biologie als Hauptfach studieren* * *['meɪdZə(r)]1. adj1) Haupt-; (= of great importance) bedeutend; cause, factor wesentlich; incident schwerwiegend, schwer wiegend; part, role groß, führend; (POL) party groß, führend; (= of great extent) großa major road —
a major factor in our decision/his defeat — ein wesentlicher Faktor bei unserem Entschluss/seiner Niederlage
a major poet —
Sapporo, the major city on Hokkaido — Sapporo, die wichtigste Stadt auf Hokkaido
matters of major interest — Angelegenheiten pl von großem or größerem Interesse
major chord — Durakkord m
A flat major — As-Dur nt
3)2. n3) (JUR)4) (US: subject) Hauptfach nthe's a psychology major — Psychologie ist/war sein Hauptfach
3. vi (US)to major in French — Französisch als Hauptfach studieren, das Examen mit Französisch im Hauptfach ablegen
* * *major [ˈmeıdʒə(r)]A s1. MIL Major m2. UNIV USa) Hauptfach nb) Student, der Geschichte etc als Hauptfach belegt hat:she’s a history major sie studiert als oder im Hauptfach Geschichte3. JUR Volljährige(r) m/f(m), Mündige(r) m/f(m):become a major volljährig oder mündig werden4. MUSa) Dur nb) Durakkord mc) Durtonart f5. Logik:B adj1. größer(er, e, es) (auch fig an Bedeutung, Interesse etc), fig auch bedeutend, wichtig, schwerwiegend:major illness schwer(er)e Krankheit;major party POL große Partei;major penalty (Eishockey) große Strafe;major poet großer Dichter;major repairs größere Reparaturen;major road Haupt(verkehrs)straße f;2. Mehrheits…:major vote die von der Mehrheit abgegebenen Stimmen pl3. JUR volljährig, mündig4. MUSa) groß (Terz etc)b) Dur…:C major C-Dur n5. US Hauptfach…6. der ältere oder erste:Cato Major der ältere Cato* * *1. adjective1) attrib. (greater) größer...major part — Großteil, der
2) attrib. (important) bedeutend...; (serious) schwer [Unfall, Krankheit, Unglück, Unruhen]; größer... [Krieg, Angriff, Durchbruch]; schwer, größer... [Operation]of major interest/importance — von größerem Interesse/von größerer Bedeutung
major road — (important) Hauptverkehrsstraße, die; (having priority) Vorfahrtsstraße, die
3) (Mus.) Dur-2. noun1) (Mil.) Major, der2) (Amer. Univ.) Hauptfach, das3. intransitive verb(Amer. Univ.)* * *adj.Haupt- präfix.größt adj.hauptsächlich adj. n.Major -e m. -
54 have
have [hæv]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━2. modal verb4. noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. avoir━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► avoir is the auxiliary used with most verbs to form past tenses. For important exceptions see below.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• haven't you grown! comme tu as grandi !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Note the agreement of the past participle with the preceding direct object.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• if I had seen her I would have spoken to her si je l'avais vue, je lui aurais parlé━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When describing uncompleted states or actions, French generally uses the present and imperfect where English uses the perfect and past perfect.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I have lived or have been living here for 10 years/since January j'habite ici depuis 10 ans/depuis janvier• I had lived or had been living there for 10 years j'habitais là depuis 10 ans► to have just... venir de...b. être━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► être is the auxiliary used with all reflexives, and the following verbs when used intransitively: aller, arriver, descendre, devenir, entrer, monter, mourir, naître, partir, passer, rentrer, rester, retourner, revenir, sortir, tomber, venir.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• you've seen her, haven't you? vous l'avez vue, n'est-ce pas ?• he hasn't told anyone, has he? il n'en a parlé à personne, n'est-ce pas ?d. (in tag responses) he's got a new job -- oh has he? il a un nouveau travail -- ah bon ?• you've dropped your book -- so I have! vous avez laissé tomber votre livre -- en effet !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► (mais) si or (mais) non are used to contradict.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• you haven't seen her -- yes I have! vous ne l'avez pas vue -- (mais) si !• you've made a mistake -- no I haven't! vous vous êtes trompé -- mais non !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• have you met him? -- yes I have est-ce que tu l'as rencontré ? -- oui• has he arrived? -- no he hasn't est-ce qu'il est arrivé ? -- none. (avoiding repetition of verb) have you ever been there? if you have... y êtes-vous déjà allé ? si oui,...• have you tried it? if you haven't... est-ce que vous avez goûté ça ? si vous ne l'avez pas fait,...2. modal verb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► falloir is always used in the third person singular, in an impersonal construction. Note that falloir que is always followed by the subjunctive.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• you're going to have to work hard! tu vas devoir travailler dur ! il va falloir que tu travailles dur !• I'll have to leave now or I'll miss the train il faut que je parte, sinon je vais rater mon train• don't you have to get permission? est-ce qu'on ne doit pas demander la permission ?• do you have to go now? est-ce que vous devez partir tout de suite ?• we've had to work late twice this week nous avons dû rester travailler tard deux fois cette semaine• what kind of equipment would you have to have? quel type de matériel vous faudrait-il ?• it has to be the biggest scandal this year c'est sans aucun doute le plus gros scandale de l'année• do you have to make such a noise? tu ne pourrais pas faire un peu moins de bruit ?► don't/doesn't have to + infinitive━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• you didn't have to tell her! tu n'avais pas besoin de le lui dire !• I don't have to do it je ne suis pas obligé or forcé de le fairea. avoir• I have or I've got three books j'ai trois livres• have you got a suitcase? avez-vous une valise ?• have you got this jumper in black? est-ce que vous avez ce pull en noir ?b. ( = eat, drink, take) he had an egg for breakfast il a mangé un œuf au petit déjeuner• shall we have a coffee? on prend un café ?► will you have...? (in offers)will you have tea or coffee? vous prendrez du thé ou du café ?c. ( = spend) passer• what sort of day have you had? est-ce que tu as passé une bonne journée ?d. ( = smoke) fumere. ( = catch) tenir• I've got him where I want him! (inf) je le tiens !► to let sb have ( = give) donner à qn• I'll let you have it for $100 je vous le cède pour 100 dollars► must have or have to have• I must have £50 at once il me faut 50 livres immédiatement• I must or have to have them by this afternoon il me les faut pour cet après-midi► won't have ( = refuse to accept)I won't have this nonsense! je ne tolérerai pas ces enfantillages !• I won't have it! je ne tolérerai pas ça !• I won't have him risking his neck on that motorbike je ne veux pas qu'il risque sa vie sur cette moto► would have ( = wish)what would you have me do? que voulez-vous que je fasse ?• he had his worst fears confirmed ses pires craintes se sont réalisées► to have sb do sth faire faire qch à qn• she soon had them all reading and writing elle a réussi très rapidement à leur apprendre à lire et à écrire► had better ( = should)4. nouna. faire venira. [+ clothes] porterb. (British = have planned) I've got so much on this week that... j'ai tant de choses à faire cette semaine que...d. Richard has nothing on him! (inf) Richard ne lui arrive pas à la cheville !• the police have nothing on me (inf) la police n'a pas de preuve contre moi► have out separable transitive verb[+ friends, neighbours] inviter* * *[hæv, həv] 1.transitive verb ( uses not covered in NOTE)1) ( possess) avoir2) ( consume) prendre3) ( want) vouloir, prendrewhat will you have? — qu'est-ce que vous prendrez or voulez?
I wouldn't have him/her any other way — c'est comme ça que je l'aime
4) (receive, get) recevoir [letter, information]5) ( hold) faire [party, celebration]; tenir [meeting]; organiser [competition, ballot, exhibition]; avoir [conversation]; mener [enquiry]6) (exert, exhibit) avoir [effect, influence]; avoir [courage, courtesy] ( to do de faire)7) ( spend) passerto have a nice day/evening — passer une journée/soirée agréable
to have a hard ou bad time — traverser une période difficile
8) ( be provided with) (also have got)I have ou I've got letters to write — j'ai du courrier à faire
9) (undergo, suffer) avoirto have (the) flu/a heart attack — avoir la grippe/une crise cardiaque
to have an interview — avoir or passer un entretien
10) ( cause to be done)they would have us believe that... — ils voudraient nous faire croire que...
I would have you know that... — je voudrais que vous sachiez que...
11) ( cause to become)we'll soon have everything ready/clean — nous aurons bientôt fini de tout préparer/nettoyer
if you're not careful you'll have that glass over — si tu ne fais pas attention tu vas renverser le verre
12) ( allow) tolérer13) ( physically hold) tenirshe had him by the throat/by the arm — elle le tenait à la gorge/par le bras
14) ( give birth to) [woman] avoir [child]; [animal] mettre bas, avoir [young]15) ( as impersonal verb)over here, we have a painting by Picasso — ici vous avez un tableau de Picasso
what we have here is a small group of extremists — ce à quoi nous avons affaire ici, est un petit groupe d'extrémistes
16) ( puzzle)you have ou you've got me there! — là tu me poses une colle! (colloq)
17) ( have at one's mercy) (also have got)2.I've got you/him now! — maintenant je te/le tiens!
modal auxiliary1) ( must)I have (got) to leave now — je dois partir maintenant, il faut que je parte maintenant
2) ( need to)you don't have to ou you haven't got to leave so early — tu n'as pas besoin de or tu n'es pas obligé de partir si tôt
3) ( for emphasis)3.this has (got) to be the most difficult decision I've ever made — c'est sans doute la décision la plus difficile que j'aie jamais eu à prendre
1) gen avoir; ( with movement and reflexive verbs) être2) ( in tag questions etc)you've seen the film, haven't you? — tu as vu le film, n'est-ce pas?
you haven't seen the film, have you? — tu n'as pas vu le film?
you haven't seen my bag, have you? — tu n'as pas vu mon sac, par hasard?
‘he's already left’ - ‘has he indeed!’ — ‘il est déjà parti’ - ‘vraiment!’
4.‘you've never met him’ - ‘yes I have!’ — ‘tu ne l'as jamais rencontré’ - ‘mais si!’
having auxiliary verb1) ( in time clauses)having finished his breakfast, he went out — après avoir fini son petit déjeuner, il est sorti
2) (because, since)•Phrasal Verbs:- have in- have on- have up••this car/TV has had it — (colloq) cette voiture/télé est foutue (colloq)
when your father finds out, you've had it! — (colloq) ( in trouble) quand ton père l'apprendra, ça va être ta fête! (colloq)
I can't do any more, I've had it! — (colloq) ( tired) je n'en peux plus, je suis crevé! (colloq)
I've had it (up to here) with... — (colloq) j'en ai marre de... (colloq)
to have it in for somebody — (colloq) avoir quelqu'un dans le collimateur (colloq)
she has/doesn't have it in her to do — elle est capable/incapable de faire
and the ayes/noes have it — les oui/non l'emportent
...and what have you —...etc
there is no milk/there are no houses to be had — on ne trouve pas de lait/de maisons
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[sɪt] 1. pt, pp sat, vi( sit down) siadać (usiąść perf); ( be sitting) siedzieć; ( for painter) pozować; assembly obradować2. vtto sit on — ( committee etc) zasiadać (zasiąść perf) w +loc
Phrasal Verbs:- sit back- sit down- sit up* * *[sit]present participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) siedzieć, sadzać2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) leżeć3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) zasiadać4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) siedzieć5) (to undergo (an examination).) przystępować do6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) pozować7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) obradować•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target
- sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
- sit up -
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[sit]present participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) sēdēt; nosēdināt2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) gulēt; atrasties3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) būt (organizācijas u.tml.) loceklim4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) sēdēt; tupēt5) (to undergo (an examination).) kārtot eksāmenu6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) pozēt7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) noturēt sēdi; būt sēžu periodā•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target
- sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
- sit up* * *sēdēt; apsēdināt; atrasties; ietilpināt; būt loceklim; noturēt sēdi; perēt; apgrūtināt; piegulēt; pieskatīt bērnu -
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[sit]present participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) sėdėti, (pa)sodinti2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) gulėti3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) būti nariu4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) tupėti5) (to undergo (an examination).) laikyti6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) pozuoti7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) posėdžiauti•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target
- sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
- sit up -
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v. sitta; sätta sig; sätta; stanna kvar; vara belägen, finnas; sitta modell; passa, sitta (kläder)* * *[sit]present participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) sitta, sätta, placera2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) ligga3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) sitta i, vara medlem av4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) sitta5) (to undergo (an examination).) genomgå [], gå upp i []6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) sitta []7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) sammanträda•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target
- sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
- sit up -
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1)( indicates perfect tense) haben;he has never been to Scotland before er war noch nie zuvor in Schottland gewesen;we had been swimming wir waren schwimmen gewesen;I've heard that story before ich hab' diese Geschichte schon einmal gehört;I wish I'd bought it ich wünschte, ich hätte es gekauft;\have we been invited? - yes we \have sind wir eingeladen worden? - ja, sind wir;I've passed my test - \have you? congratulations! ich habe den Test bestanden - oh, wirklich? herzlichen Glückwunsch!;they still hadn't had any news sie hatten immer noch keine Neuigkeiten2) (experience, suffer)to \have sth done etw erleiden [o erfahren];she had her car stolen last week man hat ihr letzte Woche das Auto gestohlen;she had a window smashed es wurde ihr eine Scheibe eingeschlagen;we \have the house painted every three years wir lassen alle drei Jahre das Haus streichen;had I known you were coming, I'd \have made dinner wenn ich gewusst hätte, dass ihr kommt, dann hätte ich Abendbrot gemacht vt <has, had, had>1) (own, possess)she's got two brothers sie hat zwei Brüder;to \have a car/ dog ein Auto/einen Hund haben;to \have a degree/ qualification einen Abschluss/eine Qualifikation haben;to \have a job einen Arbeitsplatz haben;to \have a [current] driving licence einen gültigen Führerschein habento \have a cold erkältet sein, eine Erkältung haben;to \have a headache/ toothache Kopfschmerzen pl [o ( fam) Kopfweh nt]; /Zahnschmerzen pl [o ( fam) Zahnweh nt] habenI haven't any sympathy for this troublemaker ich empfinde keinerlei Mitleid mit diesem Unruhestifter;at least she had the good sense to turn the gas off zumindest war sie so schlau, das Gas abzudrehen;he had the gall to tell me that I was fat! hat er doch die Frechheit besessen, mir zu sagen, ich sei dick!;to \have the decency to do sth die Anständigkeit besitzen, etw zu tun;to \have blue eyes/ a big nose blaue Augen/eine große Nase haben;to \have the honesty to do sth so ehrlich sein, etw zu tun;to \have patience/ sympathy Geduld/Mitgefühl haben; idea, plan, reason, suggestion etw haben ( form);\have you reason to think he'll refuse? haben Sie Grund zur Annahme, dass er ablehnen wird?;this wine has a soft, fruity flavour dieser Wein schmeckt weich und fruchtig;( obligation)to \have sth to do etw tun [o erledigen] müssen;I've got several texts to edit before Wednesday ich muss vor Mittwoch noch einige Texte redigieren4) ( engage in activity)to \have a party eine Fete veranstalten;to \have a swim schwimmen;to \have a talk with sb mit jdm sprechen;to \have a try es versuchen;I'd like to \have a try ich würde es gern einmal probieren;to \have a walk spazieren gehen, einen Spaziergang machen5) (eat, drink)to \have sth etw zu sich dat nehmen;I'll \have the trout, please ich hätte gern die Forelle;I haven't had shrimps in ages! ich habe schon ewig keine Shrimps mehr gegessen!;\have some more coffee nimm doch noch etwas Kaffee;we've got sausages for lunch today zum Mittagessen gibt es heute Würstchen;to \have lunch/ dinner zu Mittag/Abend essen6) ( give birth to)to \have a child ein Kind bekommen;my mother had three boys before she had me meine Mutter hat drei Jungen bekommen, bevor ich geboren wurde;to be having a baby ( be pregnant) ein Baby bekommen, schwanger sein7) ( receive)I've just had a letter from John ich habe gerade erst einen Brief von John erhalten;to \have news of sb Neuigkeiten von jdm erfahren;( entertain)my mother's having the children to stay next week die Kinder bleiben nächste Woche bei meiner Mutter;we had his hamster for weeks wir haben wochenlang für seinen Hamster gesorgt;they've got Ian's father staying with them Ians Vater ist bei ihnen zu Besuch;to \have visitors Besuch haben;to \have sb to visit jdn zu [o auf] Besuch haben;they solved their problems, and she had him back sie haben ihre Probleme gelöst und sie ist wieder mit ihm zusammen;to let sb \have sth back jdm etw zurückgeben8) ( prepare)to \have sth ready etw fertig haben;to \have dinner/ lunch ready das Abendessen/Mittagessen fertig haben9) ( cause to occur)to \have sb/ sth do sth jdn/etw [dazu] veranlassen, etw zu tun;to \have sb do sth jdn darum bitten, etw zu tun;I'll \have the secretary run you off a copy for you ich werde von der Sekretärin eine Kopie für Sie anfertigen lassen;I'll \have Bob give you a ride home ich werde Bob bitten, dich nach Hause zu fahren;to \have sb doing sth jdn dazu bringen, etw zu tun;the film soon had us crying der Film brachte uns schnell zum Weinen;Guy'll \have it working in no time Guy wird es im Handumdrehen zum Laufen bringenwe're having a wonderful time in Venice wir verbringen eine wundervolle Zeit in Venedig;we didn't \have any difficulty finding the house wir hatten keinerlei Schwierigkeiten, das Haus zu finden;she had her car stolen last week man hat ihr letzte Woche das Auto gestohlen;\have a nice day/evening! viel Spaß!;( said to departing customers) einen schönen Tag noch!;to \have fun/ luck Spaß/Glück haben11) ( obligation)what time \have we got to be there? wann müssen wir dort sein?;do we \have to finish this today? müssen wir das heute fertig bekommen?;I'm not going back there unless I absolutely \have to ich gehe nicht dorthin zurück, wenn ich nicht unbedingt muss;come on now, put your toys away - oh, Dad, do I \have to? komm jetzt, leg deine Spielsachen weg - oh, Papa, muss ich wirklich?to \have sb mit jdm Sex haben;he asked me how many men I'd had er fragte mich, wie viele Männer ich gehabt habePHRASES:to \have nothing on sb (fam: not be as talented) gegen jdn nicht ankommen, mit jdm nicht mithalten können;he's a good player, but he's got nothing on his brother er spielt gut, aber seinem Bruder kann er noch lange nicht das Wasser reichen;( lack evidence) nichts gegen jdn in der Hand haben, keine Handhabe gegen jdn haben;to \have the time ( know what the time is) die Uhrzeit haben, wissen, wie spät [o wie viel Uhr] es ist;\have you got the time? kannst du mir die Uhrzeit sagen?;( have enough time) Zeit haben;will you \have time to finish the report today? reicht es Ihnen, den Bericht heute noch zu Ende zu schreiben?;the girls tried to explain everything but Mrs Jones wasn't having any of it die Mädchen wollten alles erklären, aber Mrs. Jones wollte nichts davon hören;to not \have sth ( not allow) etw nicht zulassen;( not believe) etw nicht glauben wollen, [jdm] etw nicht abnehmen wollen;I kept telling him you were French, but he wouldn't \have it ich habe ihm die ganze Zeit gesagt, dass du Franzose bist, aber er hat es nicht glauben wollen;I can't \have you doing the hoovering in my house, you're my guest! ich kann doch nicht zulassen, dass du bei mir staubsaugst, du bist schließlich mein Gast!;to \have done with sth mit etw dat fertig sein;to \have it in one das Zeug[s] zu etw dat haben;her speech was really funny, I didn't think she had it in her! ihre Rede war echt witzig, ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass sie das Zeug dazu hat!;the old vacuum cleaner has had it der alte Staubsauger hat den Geist aufgegeben;if she finds out about what you've done, you've \have it! wenn sie herausfindet, was du getan hast, ist der Ofen aus! ( fam)to \have had it with sb/ sth ( fam) von jdm/etw die Nase [gestrichen] voll haben ( fam), jdn/etw satthaben;I've had it with his childish behaviour! sein kindisches Benehmen steht mir bis hier oben!;there's no real Italian cheese to be had round here man bekommt hier nirgendwo echten italienischen Käse n ( fam);the \haves pl die gut Betuchten, die Reichen;the \haves and the \have-nots die Besitzenden und die Besitzlosen -
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[sit]present participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) sedět; posadit2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) ležet3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) zasedat4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) sedět5) (to undergo (an examination).) podstoupit6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) sedět7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) zasedat•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target
- sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
- sit up* * *• sedět• sit/sat/sat
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