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3 economic advantages
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4 advantages from an environmental and economic point of view
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5 advantage
n1) преимущество; превосходство2) польза; выгода•to enjoy definite natural advantages — пользоваться определенными преимуществами географического положения
to offer advantages (through smth) — предоставлять преимущества (посредством чего-л.)
to outweigh an advantage — перевешивать какое-л. преимущество
to take advantage of smth — пользоваться чем-л., извлекать выгоду из чего-л.
- clear advantageto the best advantage — наилучшим / самым выгодным образом
- common advantage
- comparative advantage
- considerable advantages
- decided advantage
- definite advantage
- economic advantages
- financial advantage
- huge advantage
- last-minute advantage
- military advantage over smb
- minus advantage
- mutual advantage
- natural advantages
- one-sided advantages
- political advantage
- special advantages
- strategic advantage
- tangible advantage
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6 foolproof
['fuːlpruːf]прил.; разг.; = fool-proof; букв. "защищённый от дурака"1)а) защищённый от неправильного использования ( о технических устройствах), надёжный ( в указанном смысле)The cost of making nuclear reactors absolutely foolproof would outweigh their economic advantages. — Стоимость обеспечения абсолютной надёжности атомных реакторов превысила бы их экономические преимущества.
б) элементарный в обращении; понятный каждомуThe new videorecorder is supposed to be foolproof. — Предполагается, что этот новый видеомагнитофон очень прост в обращении.
Everywhere we find the same demand to make life easy, safe and foolproof. — Повсюду мы встречаем всё то же требование сделать жизнь лёгкой, безопасной и предсказуемой.
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7 Garforth, William Edward
SUBJECT AREA: Mining and extraction technology[br]b. 1845 Dukinfield, Cheshire, Englandd. 1 October 1921 Pontefract, Yorkshire, England[br]English colliery manager, pioneer in machine-holing and the safety of mines.[br]After Menzies conceived his idea of breaking off coal with machines in 1761, many inventors subsequently followed his proposals through into the practice of underground working. More than one century later, Garforth became one of the principal pioneers of machine-holing combined with the longwall method of working in order to reduce production costs and increase the yield of coal. Having been appointed agent to Pope \& Pearson's Collieries, West Yorkshire, in 1879, of which company he later became Managing Director and Chairman, he gathered a great deal of experience with different methods of cutting coal. The first disc machine was exhibited in London as early as 1851, and ten years later a pick machine was invented. In 1893 he introduced an improved type of deep undercutting machine, his "diamond" disc coal-cutter, driven by compressed air, which also became popular on the European continent.Besides the considerable economic advantages it created, the use of machinery for mining coal increased the safety of working in hard and thin seams. The improvement of safety in mining technology was always his primary concern, and as a result of his inventions and his many publications he became the leading figure in the British coal mining industry at the beginning of the twentieth century; safety lamps still carry his name. In 1885 he invented a firedamp detector, and following a severe explosion in 1886 he concentrated on coal-dust experiments. From the information he obtained of the effect of stone-dust on a coal-dust explosion he proposed the stone-dust remedy to prevent explosions of coal-dust. As a result of discussions which lasted for decades and after he had been entrusted with the job of conducting the British coal-dust experiments, in 1921 an Act made it compulsory in all mines which were not naturally wet throughout to treat all roads with incombustible dust so as to ensure that the dust always consisted of a mixture containing not more than 50 per cent combustible matter. In 1901 Garforth erected a surface gallery which represented the damaged roadways of a mine and could be filled with noxious fumes to test self-contained breathing apparata. This gallery formed the model from which all the rescue-stations existing nowadays have been developed.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1914. LLD Universities of Birmingham and Leeds 1912. President, Midland Institute 1892–4. President, The Institution of Mining Engineers 1911–14. President, Mining Association of Great Britain 1907–8. Chairman, Standing Committee on Mining, Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Fellow of the Geological Society of London. North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers Greenwell Silver Medal 1907. Royal Society of Arts Fothergill Gold Medal 1910. Medal of the Institution of Mining Engineers 1914.Bibliography1901–2, "The application of coal-cutting machines to deep mining", Transactions of the Federated Institute of Mining Engineers 23: 312–45.1905–6, "A new apparatus for rescue-work in mines", Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers 31:625–57.1902, "British Coal-dust Experiments". Paper communicated to the International Congress on Mining, Metallurgy, Applied Mechanics and Practical Geology, Dusseldorf.Further ReadingGarforth's name is frequently mentioned in connection with coal-holing, but his outstanding achievements in improving safety in mines are only described in W.D.Lloyd, 1921, "Memoir", Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers 62:203–5.WKBiographical history of technology > Garforth, William Edward
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8 advantage
n1) преимущество2) выгода; польза; льгота
- added advantage
- additional advantage
- basic advantage
- common advantage
- comparative advantages
- decided advantage
- distinct advantage
- economic advantage
- equal advantage
- financial advantage
- incidental advantage
- main advantage
- major advantage
- manifold advantages
- marketing advantages
- maximum advantage
- mutual advantage
- natural advantages
- net advantages
- obvious advantage
- numerous advantages
- preferential advantages
- price advantages
- prime advantage
- singular advantage
- tax advantages
- for mutual advantage
- assess advantage
- carry a tax advantage over smth
- derive advantage
- evaluate advantage
- gain an advantage
- give advantages
- offset tax advantages
- provide advantages
- score an advantage
- turn to advantage
- use to advantageEnglish-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > advantage
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10 system
n1) система2) способ; метод3) сеть4) строй•to deploy a system — размещать / разворачивать систему (напр. обороны)
to formulate a system — разрабатывать / вырабатывать систему
to overhaul / to reform a country's political system — перестраивать политическую систему страны
- abolition of the systemto set up a system — создавать / учреждать систему
- accounting system
- administrative system
- advanced system
- advantages of the system
- air-based system
- aircraft telecommunications system
- antagonistic systems
- anti-ballistic missile system
- anti-missile defense system
- anti-missile space defense system
- anti-satellite systems
- ASAT systems
- authoritative system
- automated management systems
- automated system
- automatic control system
- automatic data processing system
- banking system
- bipartisan system
- biparty system
- bonus system
- break-up of the system
- British entry into the European Monetary System
- bureaucrat system
- capitalist economic system
- capitalist system
- career development system
- centrally planned system
- clan system
- classified national defense system
- collapse of the system
- collective security system
- communal system
- communications system
- competitive price system
- complex system
- comprehensive system
- compulsory purchase system
- computer system
- constitutional system
- contract system
- control system
- conventional system
- country programming system
- credit and banking system
- credit system
- crisis of the system
- cultural system
- currently-operating system
- decentralized system
- defense system
- deficiency of the system
- delivery system
- democratic political systems
- deterrent system
- different social systems
- disintegration of the system
- distribution system
- dynamic international system
- early warning system
- ecological system
- economic system
- educational system
- effective system
- efficient system
- election system
- electoral system
- electronic system
- EMS
- European Monetary System
- exploitation system
- exploiting system
- fair system
- family-planning system
- federal grant system
- finance and credit system
- financial system
- first-past-the-post voting system
- forecasting system
- formation of the system
- free enterprise system
- free market system
- generalized system of preferences
- global system
- grid system
- ground-based system
- health care system
- health system
- historically established system
- home security system
- immunity system
- industrial system
- inequitable system
- information system
- INIS
- institutional system
- integrated system
- intelligence system
- International Nuclear Information System
- international system
- International Trusteeship System
- irrigation system
- job-by-job system of payment
- judicial system
- land tenure system
- land-based antiballistic missile system
- legal system
- liberalization of the political system
- life-support system
- majority system
- management system
- managerial system
- mandate system
- mandatory system
- market system
- mayor-council system
- merit system
- metric system
- missile and satellite detection system
- missile delivery system
- misuse of the judicial system for political purposes
- monarchical system
- monetary and credit system
- monetary system
- monitoring system
- monopolistic system
- motor-road and railway system
- multifaceted system
- multilateral payments system
- multiparty system
- mutually-acceptable system
- national accounting and control system
- national defense system
- new arms systems
- noncapitalist system
- obsolete social system
- old system
- one-man-one-vote system
- one-member-one-vote system
- one-party system
- opposing social systems
- optimum system
- outmoded system
- overhaul of the tax system
- parliamentary system
- party system
- payments system
- pension system
- people's democratic system
- philosophical system
- planning system
- political system
- post adjustment system
- power system
- preferential system
- premium system
- presidential system
- price system
- private enterprise system
- program budgeting system
- proportional representation system
- public pension system
- records system
- regimented political system
- remnants of the system
- reports system
- republican system
- ruling system
- safeguards system
- satellite-tracking system
- sea-based system
- security system
- social security system
- social system
- socio-economic system
- socio-political system
- space defense system
- space weapons systems
- space-based system
- spoils system
- stability system
- stable system
- state political system
- state system
- state-managed social security system
- strategic nuclear-weapon systems
- submarine-based system
- supply system
- system of collective security
- system of exploitation
- system of geographical distribution
- system of government and public organizations - taxation system
- technologically advanced weapons systems
- territorial system
- training system
- transition to a multiparty system
- tribal system
- trusteeship system
- two-party system
- united economic system
- visa system
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11 balance
balance ['bæləns]équilibre ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b) balance ⇒ 1 (c), 1 (f) contrepoids ⇒ 1 (d) solde, reste ⇒ 1 (e) mettre en équilibre ⇒ 2 (a) faire contrepoids àpeser ⇒ 2 (c) équilibrer, balancer ⇒ 2 (d) solder ⇒ 2 (e) être en équilibre ⇒ 3 (a) s'équilibrer ⇒ 3 (b), 3 (c)1 noun∎ she tried to keep her balance elle a essayé de garder l'équilibre ou son équilibre;∎ I lost my balance j'ai perdu l'équilibre ou mon équilibre;∎ off balance (physically, mentally) déséquilibré;∎ he threw me off balance il m'a fait perdre l'équilibre; figurative il m'a décontenancé;∎ figurative to catch sb off balance prendre qn au dépourvu∎ she tried to strike a balance between the practical and the idealistic elle a essayé de trouver un juste milieu entre la réalité et l'idéal;∎ balance of nature l'équilibre m de la nature;∎ budgetary/economic balance équilibre m budgétaire/économique∎ to hang in the balance être en jeu;∎ our future hangs or lies in the balance notre avenir est en jeu;∎ everything is still (hanging) in the balance rien n'est encore certain;∎ his remark tipped the balance in his favour sa remarque a fait pencher la balance en sa faveur(d) (weight, force) poids m, contrepoids m;∎ the balance of evidence is against him la plupart des preuves lui sont défavorables;∎ she acts as a balance to his impulsiveness elle sert de contrepoids à ou elle contrebalance son impulsivité∎ balance in hand solde m en caisse;∎ balance carried forward solde m à reporter; (on balance sheet) report m à nouveau;∎ balance brought forward solde m reporté; (on balance sheet) report m;∎ balance due solde m débiteur ou dû;∎ I'd like to pay the balance of my account j'aimerais solder mon compte(f) (on hi-fi, amplifier) balance f∎ she balanced the book on her head elle a mis ou posé le livre en équilibre sur sa tête;∎ women balancing pots on their heads des femmes portant des pots sur la tête;∎ Cars to balance the wheels équilibrer les roues(b) (act as counterbalance, offset) faire contrepoids à, contrebalancer;∎ we have to balance the right to privacy against the public's right to know nous devons trouver le juste milieu entre le respect de la vie privée et le droit du public à être informé∎ you have to balance its usefulness against the actual cost vous devez mettre en balance ou comparer son utilité et le coût réel;∎ to balance the advantages against the disadvantages peser le pour et le contre∎ to balance the budget équilibrer le budget;∎ to balance an adverse budget rétablir un budget déficitaire;∎ to balance the books dresser ou établir le bilan, arrêter les comptes;∎ to balance one's chequebook faire ses comptes∎ to balance an account solder un compte(a) (remain in stable position) se maintenir en équilibre; (be in stable position) être en équilibre;∎ to balance on one foot se tenir en équilibre sur un pied;∎ she was balanced precariously on the top of a ladder elle était en équilibre instable en haut de l'échelle∎ the weights balance les poids s'équilibrent∎ I can't get the accounts to balance je n'arrive pas à équilibrer les comptesà tout prendre, tout bien considéré►► balance beam (in gymnastics) poutre f;Finance balance book livre m d'inventaire;Building industry balance bridge pont m basculant;Economics balance of payments balance f des paiements;Economics balance of payments deficit déficit m de la balance des paiements, déficit m extérieur;Politics balance of power (in government) balance f ou équilibre m des pouvoirs; (between states) balance f ou équilibre m des forces;∎ Politics he holds the balance of power il peut faire pencher la balance, tout dépend de lui;Accountancy balance sheet bilan m;∎ off the balance sheet hors de bilan;Accountancy balance sheet auditing contrôle m du bilan;Accountancy balance sheet consolidation consolidation f de bilan;Accountancy balance sheet item poste m de bilan;balance sheet value valeur f bilantielle ou d'inventaire;Economics balance of trade balance f commerciale;Technology balance weight contrepoids m;Technology balance wheel balancier m∎ the advantages and disadvantages balance out les avantages contrebalancent ou compensent les inconvénients;∎ they balance each other out (because of their respective skills) ils se complètent bien;∎ Finance the debits and credits should balance out les débits et les crédits devraient s'équilibrer -
12 alert
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1. сущ.
1) тревога, сигнал тревоги to call an alert ≈ сыграть тревогу to call off (cancel) an alert ≈ сыграть отбой тревоги In case of an alert, every battalion, every company, and every man know their stations. ≈ В случае тревоги каждый батальон, каждый отряд и каждый отдельно взятый человек знают свое место.
2) воен. состояние боевой готовности( to be) full alert ≈ полная боевая готовность red alert ≈ воздушная тревога "красная";
боевая готовность on the alert ≈ (быть) настороже, наготове to keep on the alert ≈ тревожить, не давать покоя to put (troops) on alert ≈ поднять (войска) по тревоге
2. прил.
1) бдительный, внимательный, настороженный Syn: vigilant, watchful, observant
2) живой, проворный amazingly alert ≈ удивительно живой A tall, alert-looking young man entered the room. ≈ В комнату вошел высокий, с виду проворный человек.
3. гл.
1) привести в состояние готовности
2) предупреждать( об опасности и т. п.) (to) We must alert the public to the danger. ≈ Мы должны предупредить людей об опасности. the advantages of alerting the public to economic realities ≈ польза от предупреждения людей о реальной экономической ситуации Syn: awaken
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3) воен. объявлять тревогу, поднимать по тревоге(военное) состояние боевой готовности;
боевое дежурство - high digree of * высокая степень боеготовности - * crew дежурный экипаж - * position положение готовности - * station позиция, занимаемая по тревоге - * weapons дежурные боевые средства - on the * в боевой готовности - on the * начеку, настороже - to put smb. on the * насторожить кого-л тревога, сигнал тревоги воздушная тревога - blue * воздушная тревога "синяя" - white * отбой воздушной тревоги бдительный, настороже, осторожный - suspiciously * подозрительно-настороженный - * to the opportunity ожидающий удобного случая - a good hunting dog is * to every sound хорошая охотничья собака всегда чутко реагирует на любой звук живой, проворный, скорый;
резвый - amazingly * удивительно живой - * sparrow юркий воробей сметливый, понятливый - mentally * с живым умом - he's an * boy он парень бойкий полный( чего-л) ;
живущий( чем-л) - * with hope полный надежд объявлять тревогу. поднимать по тревоге предупреждать (об опасности) - the doctor *ed me to the danger of not getting enough sleep врач предупредил меня об опасных последствиях недосыпания приводить в готовностьalert бдительный, настороженный ~ живой, проворный;
amaringly alert удивительно живой ~ воен. объявлять тревогу, поднимать по тревоге ~ предупреждать об опасности ~ привести в состояние готовности ~ состояние боевой готовности ~ воен. состояние боевой готовности;
(to be) on the alert (быть) настороже, наготове;
to keep on the alert тревожить, не давать покоя ~ тревога, сигнал тревоги~ живой, проворный;
amaringly alert удивительно живой~ воен. состояние боевой готовности;
(to be) on the alert (быть) настороже, наготове;
to keep on the alert тревожить, не давать покоя~ воен. состояние боевой готовности;
(to be) on the alert (быть) настороже, наготове;
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13 quick
quick [kwɪk]1. adjectivea. ( = rapid) [train, movement, decision] rapide ; [recovery, answer] prompt• be quick! dépêche-toi !b. ( = lively) [mind] vif• he was quick to see that... il a tout de suite vu que...• she was quick to point out that... elle n'a pas manqué de faire remarquer que...2. adverb( = quickly) quick, over here! vite, par ici !3. compounds• there is no quick fix to the country's economic problems il n'y a pas de solution miracle aux problèmes économiques du pays ► quick-setting adjective [cement] à prise rapide ; [jelly] qui prend facilement* * *[kwɪk] 1.noun Anatomy, Medicine chair f vive2.to the quick — [bite nails] jusqu'au sang
1) ( speedy) [pace, reply, profit, meal] rapide; [storm, shower] bref/brèvethe quickest way to... — le meilleur moyen de...
2) ( clever) [child, student] vif/vive d'espritto be quick at — être bon/bonne en [arithmetic]
3) ( prompt)4) ( lively)3.••a quick one — = quickie 1, 2
to cut ou sting somebody to the quick — piquer quelqu'un au vif
to make a quick buck — (colloq) gagner de l'argent facile
to make a quick killing — (colloq) faire fortune rapidement
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14 set
[set] adjto be [all] \set [for sth] [für etw akk [o zu etw dat] ] bereit [o vorbereitet] sein, startklar sein ( fam)to get \set [to do sth] sich akk fertig machen[, etw zu tun];at the beginning of the race the starter says ‘ready, get \set, go!’ zu Beginn des Rennens sagt der Ansager „auf die Plätze, fertig, los!“2) ( fixed) bestimmt, fest[gesetzt];\set smile aufgesetztes Lächeln;( Brit) ( unlikely to change)to look \set... so aussehen, als ob...;the weather looks \set fair for the rest of the week das Wetter bleibt wahrscheinlich für den Rest der Woche beständig4) ( determined)to be \set on sth zu etw dat entschlossen sein;to be \set on marrying sb entschlossen sein, jdn zu heiratenPHRASES:on the \set am Drehortthe \set of sb's jaw jds Kieferstellung fshampoo and \set Waschen und Legen4) (collection, group) of stamps, stickers, spoons Kollektion f, Sammlung f; of games, etc Set nt, Satz m;chemistry \set Chemiekasten m;chess \set Schachspiel nt;\set of encyclopaedias Enzyklopädiereihe f;\set of glasses Satz m Gläser;\set of golf clubs Satz m Golfschläger;\set of stamps Satz m Briefmarken;\set of teeth Gebiss nt;tool \set Werkzeugsatz m;\set of twins Zwillingspaar nt;boxed \set Kasten m;to collect a \set eine Kollektion sammelnshe's got in with a very arty \set sie verkehrt in einer sehr künstlerisch angehauchten Cliqueto adjust one's \set das Gerät richtig einstellen;do not adjust your \set ändern Sie nichts an der Einstellung Ihres Gerätsto win a \set einen Satz gewinnento play a \set ein Stück spielen vt <set, set>1) ( place)to \set sb/ sth jdn/etw stellen;the cat \set a dead mouse in front of us die Katze legte uns eine tote Maus vor;in this game you have to \set the bricks one on top of the other bei diesem Spiel musst du einen Klotz auf den anderen setzen;to \set the groceries on a chair die Lebensmittel auf einen Stuhl stellen;a house that is \set on a steep cliff ein Haus, das auf einer steilen Klippe liegtto be \set ( take place in) spielen;‘West Side Story’ is \set in New York ‚West Side Story‘ spielt in New York;the film ‘Gone with the Wind’ is \set against the background of the American Civil War der Film ‚Vom Winde verweht‘ spielt sich vor dem Hintergrund des amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs ab3) (cause to be, start)to \set a boat afloat ein Boot zu Wasser lassen;to \set sth on fire etw in Brand setzen;to \set changes in motion Neuerungen in Gang bringen [o in die Wege leiten];these changes will \set the country on the road to economic recovery diese Änderungen werden das Land zum wirtschaftlichen Aufschwung führen;his remarks \set me thinking seine Bemerkungen gaben mir zu denken;4) ( adjust)to \set sth etw einstellen;( prepare) etw herrichten;to \set the alarm for 7.00 a.m. den Wecker auf 07.00 Uhr stellen;to \set the stage theat die Bühne herrichten;to \set the table den Tisch decken;to \set a thermostat/ timer einen Thermostat/Zeitmesser einstellen;to \set a trap eine Falle aufstellen;to \set a clock/ watch eine Uhr/[Armband]uhr stellen5) (arrange, establish)to \set sth etw festsetzen [o angeben];to \set the budget das Budget festlegen;to \set a date/ time einen Termin/eine Zeit ausmachen;they still haven't \set a date for their wedding sie haben immer noch keinen Termin für die Hochzeit bestimmt;to \set a deadline for sb jdm eine Frist setzen;to \set an example to sb jdm ein Beispiel geben;to \set oneself a goal sich dat ein Ziel setzen;to \set a limit/ norm eine Grenze/Norm setzen;to \set the margin den Rand einstellen;to \set the pace das Tempo angeben [o bestimmen];to \set the policy die [Geschäfts]politik festlegen;to \set a price [on sth] einen Preis [für etw akk] festsetzen;the price for this painting has been \set at £ 125,000 der Preis für dieses Gemälde ist auf 125 000 Pfund festgesetzt worden;to \set a record einen Rekord aufstellen6) anatto \set sth etw einrenken;to \set a broken bone einen gebrochenen Knochen richten;his face was \set in determination sein Gesicht war starr vor Entschlossenheit7) ( arrange)to \set sb's hair jds Haar legen;to have one's hair \set sich dat die Haare legen lassen8) ( adorn)to \set sth with sth etw mit etw dat besetzen;to \set a watch with sapphires eine Uhr mit Saphiren besetzen9) ( insert)she was wearing a bracelet with rubies \set into it sie trug ein Armband mit eingearbeiteten Rubinen10) ( make oppose)to \set sth against sth etw etw dat gegenüberstellen;to \set the advantages against the disadvantages die Vorteile den Nachteilen gegenüberstellen;to \set sb against sb/ sth jdn gegen jdn/etw aufbringen;to \set members of a family against each other Zwietracht zwischen Familienmitgliedern säen;( not favour)to be [dead] \set against sb/ sth [völlig] gegen jdn/etw seinto \set sth to music etw vertonen;to \set a poem/ words to music ein Gedicht/einen Text vertonento \set homework Hausaufgaben [auf]geben;to \set a task eine Aufgabe stellen;to \set sb to work jdn an die Arbeit setzenPHRASES:to \set course for sth auf etw akk Kurs nehmen;to \set eyes on sb/ sth jdn/etw sehen;to \set one's mind at ease sich akk beruhigen;( approach with determination) etw entschlossen angehen;if you would only \set your mind to it, I'm sure you could do it ich bin sicher, dass du es schaffen kannst, wenn du dich nur anstrengst;to \set sail for/from... losfahren nach/von...;( facilitate) den Weg für etw akk frei machen;the scene is \set for the summit next week alles ist unter Dach und Fach für das Gipfeltreffen nächste Woche;leave the jelly in the fridge to \set lass das Gelee im Kühlschrank, damit es fest wird -
15 Anglo-Portuguese Alliance
The world's oldest diplomatic connection and alliance, an enduring arrangement between two very different nations and peoples, with important practical consequences in the domestic and foreign affairs of both Great Britain (England before 1707) and Portugal. The history of this remarkable alliance, which has had commercial and trade, political, foreign policy, cultural, and imperial aspects, can be outlined in part with a list of the main alliance treaties after the first treaty of commerce and friendship signed between the monarchs of England and Portugal in 1373. This was followed in 1386 by the Treaty of Windsor; then in 1654, 1661, 1703, the Methuen Treaty; and in 1810 and 1899 another treaty also signed at Windsor.Common interests in the defense of the nation and its overseas empire (in the case of Portugal, after 1415; in the case of England, after 1650) were partly based on characteristics and common enemies both countries shared. Even in the late Middle Ages, England and Portugal faced common enemies: large continental countries that threatened the interests and sovereignty of both, especially France and Spain. In this sense, the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance has always been a defensive alliance in which each ally would assist the other when necessary against its enemies. In the case of Portugal, that enemy invariably was Spain (or component states thereof, such as Castile and Leon) and sometimes France (i.e., when Napoleon's armies invaded and conquered Portugal as of late 1807). In the case of England, that foe was often France and sometimes Spain as well.Beginning in the late 14th century, England and Portugal forged this unusual relationship, formalized with several treaties that came into direct use during a series of dynastic, imperial, naval, and commercial conflicts between 1373 and 1961, the historic period when the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance had its most practical political significance. The relative world power and importance of each ally has varied over the centuries. During the period 1373-1580, the allies were similar in respective ranking in European affairs, and during the period 1480-1550, if anything, Portugal was a greater world power with a more important navy than England. During 1580-1810, Portugal fell to the status of a third-rank European power and, during 1810-1914, England was perhaps the premier world power. During 1914-61, England's world position slipped while Portugal made a slow recovery but remained a third- or fourth-rank power.The commercial elements of the alliance have always involved an exchange of goods between two seafaring, maritime peoples with different religions and political systems but complementary economies. The 1703 Methuen Treaty establ ished a trade link that endured for centuries and bore greater advantages for England than for Portugal, although Portugal derived benefits: English woolens for Portuguese wines, especially port, other agricultural produce, and fish. Since the signing of the Methuen Treaty, there has been a vigorous debate both in politics and in historical scholarship as to how much each nation benefited economically from the arrangement in which Portugal eventually became dependent upon England and the extent to which Portugal became a kind of economic colony of Britain during the period from 1703 to 1910.There is a vast literature on the Alliance, much of it in Portuguese and by Portuguese writers, which is one expression of the development of modern Portuguese nationalism. During the most active phase of the alliance, from 1650 to 1945, there is no doubt but that the core of the mutual interests of the allies amounted to the proposition that Portugal's independence as a nation in Iberia and the integrity of its overseas empire, the third largest among the colonial powers as of 1914, were defended by England, who in turn benefited from the use by the Royal Navy of Portugal's home and colonial ports in times of war and peace. A curious impact on Portuguese and popular usage had also come about and endured through the impact of dealings with the English allies. The idiom in Portuguese, "é para inglês ver," means literally "it is for the Englishman to see," but figuratively it really means, "it is merely for show."The practical defense side of the alliance was effectively dead by the end of World War II, but perhaps the most definitive indication of the end of the political significance of an alliance that still continues in other spheres occurred in December 1961, when the army of the Indian Union invaded Portugal's colonial enclaves in western India, Goa, Damão, and Diu. While both nations were now North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, their interests clashed when it came to imperial and Commonwealth conflicts and policies. Portugal asked Britain for military assistance in the use of British bases against the army of Britain's largest former colony, India. But Portugal was, in effect, refused assistance by her oldest ally. If the alliance continues into the 21st century, its essence is historical, nostalgic, commercial, and cultural.See also Catherine of Braganza.Historical dictionary of Portugal > Anglo-Portuguese Alliance
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16 European Union
(EU)In 1978, Portugal began accession negotiations with the EU. In January 1986, along with Spain, Portugal joined that organization. Since joining the EU, Portugal's economy has received many benefits: loans, grants, technical assistance, and other economic, social, and educational advantages that are worth billions of dollars. Most of Portugal's trade is with EU members, and Portugal's economy is tied now to EU plans and planning, standards and rules, and philosophy. Starting in January 1993, by previous agreement, all EU tariff barriers for many goods (excluding agricultural goods until 1995-96, in Portugal's case) were removed, and there is concern in Portugal that many small and medium-sized businesses (which are the norm) will not survive the new competition from richer member state. Next to Greece, Portugal remains the poorest, least-developed EU member state, and there is anxiety in Lisbon that, following new pressures for the EU to give massive assistance to former Soviet bloc countries in Eastern Europe and to allow them in time to join the EU, Portugal will be at a disadvantage. Despite complaints about the bureaucracy inherent in the EU, many Portuguese value the connection and acknowledge that Portugal has benefited from EU technical assistance, networking, loans, and grants. In 1999, Portugal joined the European Monetary Union (EMU) and, in January 2000, adopted the euro. This has helped Portugal stabilize its currency and financial connections. In 2004, José Durão Barroso, a Portuguese politician, was elected President of the Commission of the European Union. -
17 advantage
advantage, US [transcription][-"v_nt-"]A n1 ( favourable position) avantage m ; economic/political/psychological/competitive advantage avantage m en termes économiques/politiques/psychologiques/de compétition ; to have an advantage over avoir un avantage sur [person, system, theory, model, method] ; to give sb an advantage over sb donner à qn un avantage sur or par rapport à qn ; to put sb at an advantage avantager qn ; to gain the advantage prendre l'avantage ;2 ( beneficial aspect) avantage m ; there are several advantages il y a plusieurs avantages ; there is an advantage in doing il y a avantage à faire ; the advantage is that… l'avantage est que… ; the advantage that l'avantage que ; there is some/no advantage in doing il est intéressant/il n'est pas intéressant de faire ;3 ( asset) avantage m ; to have the advantage of an education/of living near the sea avoir l'avantage d'avoir fait des études/d'habiter près de la mer ; their big advantage is to have… leur grand avantage est qu'ils ont… ; ‘computing experience an advantage’ ( in job ad) ‘expérience en information atout supplémentaire’ ;4 ( profit) it is to his/their advantage to do il est dans son/leur intérêt de faire ; to do/use sth to one's (own) advantage faire/utiliser qch à son avantage ; it's to everyone's advantage that tout le monde profite du fait que ; to turn a situation to one's advantage transformer une situation à son avantage ;5 ( best effect) to show sth to (best) advantage montrer qch sous un jour avantageux ;6 to take advantage of utiliser, profiter de [situation, facility, offer, service] ; ( exploit unfairly) utiliser, exploiter [person] ;7 ( in tennis) avantage m ;8 Sport France's 3-point advantage l'avantage de 3 points de la France. -
18 Raky, Anton
SUBJECT AREA: Mining and extraction technology[br]b. 5 January 1868 Seelenberg, Taunus, Germanyd. 22 August 1943 Berlin, Germany[br]German inventor of rapid percussion drilling, entrepreneur in the exploration business.[br]While apprenticed at the drilling company of E. Przibilla, Raky already called attention by his reflections towards developing drilling methods and improving tools. Working as a drilling engineer in Alsace, he was extraordinarily successful in applying an entire new hydraulic boring system in which the rod was directly connected to the chisel. This apparatus, driven by steam, allowed extremely rapid percussions with very low lift.With some improvements, his boring rig drilled deep holes at high speed and at least doubled the efficiency of the methods hitherto used. His machine, which was also more reliable, was secured by a patent in 1895. With borrowed capital, he founded the Internationale Bohrgesellschaft in Strasbourg in the same year, and he began a career in the international exploration business that was unequalled as well as breathtaking. Until 1907 the total depth of the drillings carried out by the company was 1,000 km.Raky's rapid drilling was unrivalled and predominant until improved rotary drilling took over. His commercial sense in exploiting the technical advantages of his invention by combining drilling with producing the devices in his own factory at Erkelenz, which later became the headquarters of the company, and in speculating on the concessions for the explored deposits made him by far superior to all of his competitors, who were provoked into contests which they generally lost. His flourishing company carried out drilling in many parts of the world; he became the initiator of the Romanian oil industry and his extraordinary activities in exploring potash and coal deposits in different parts of Germany, especially in the Ruhr district, provoked the government in 1905 into stopping granting claims to private companies. Two years later, he was forced to withdraw from his holding company because of his restless and eccentric character. He turned to Russia and, during the First World War, he was responsible for the reconstruction of the destroyed Romanian oilfields. Thereafter, partly financed by mining companies, he continued explorations in several European countries, and in Germany he was pioneering again with exploring oilfields, iron ore and lignite deposits which later grew in economic value. Similar to Glenck a generation before, he was a daring entrepreneur who took many risks and opened new avenues of exploration, and he was constantly having to cope with a weak financial position, selling concessions and shares, most of them to Preussag and Wintershall; however, this could not prevent his business from collapse in 1932. He finally gave up drilling in 1936 and died a poor man.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsDr-Ing. (Hon.) Bergakademie Clausthal 1921.Further ReadingG.P.R.Martin, 1967, "Hundert Jahre Anton Raky", Erdöl-Erdgas-Zeitschrift, 83:416–24 (a detailed description).D.Hoffmann, 1959, 150 Jahre Tiefbohrungen in Deutschland, Vienna and Hamburg: 32– 4 (an evaluation of his technologial developments).WK
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