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English-Russian dictionary of terms that are used in computer games > fell stroke
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strəuk
1. сущ.
1) удар (как физическое воздействие на некоторый объект: при нападении, работе, в спорте и т.п.) on, at, against - по чему-л, во что-л. He gave him a smart stroke on the cheek. ≈ Он резко ударил по щеке. The old custom of execution by stroke of sword. ≈ Древний обычай решать дело ударом меча. A stroke of his hammer broke a bowl. ≈ Удар его молотка разбил чашу. stroke at the head ≈ удар в голову strokes from the scourge ≈ удар плетью within one's stroke ≈ на расстоянии удара without stroke ≈ без борьбы crippling stroke, massive stroke ≈ массированный удар( авиации) Syn: blow
2) единичное действие, проявление, манифестация какого-либо явления the first stroke of disease ≈ первые признаки болезни a clever stroke ≈ ловкий ход with one stroke of the pen ≈ одним росчерком пера They have not done a stroke of work. ≈ Они палец о палец не ударили. it was a stroke of genius ≈ это было гениально a brilliant stroke ≈ гениальный ход a stroke of luck ≈ улыбка фортуны a stroke of misfortune ≈ удар судьбы at one stroke ≈ разом stroke of lightning ≈ удар молнии
3) такт;
взмах;
удар;
ход (элементарное движение, квант действия, - в серии ему подобных) At the stroke of two she was already at home. ≈ Когда пробило два часа, она была уже дома. Her pulse usually beating 60 strokes in the minute. ≈ Ее обычный пульс - 60 ударов в минуту. In iambic the stroke may come equally on the first syllable. ≈ В ямбе акцент может попадать также и на первый слог. The crew must row at a certain number of strokes per minute. ≈ Команда должна делать определенное количество гребков в минуту. a stroke of the skate ≈ ход конька butterfly stroke ≈ плавание баттерфляем up stroke ≈ ход (поршня) вверх - backstroke
4) мед. перен. паралич, удар;
инсульт to have a stroke, to suffer a stroke ≈ страдать от паралича He had a stroke. ≈ У него был удар. apoplectic stroke ≈ апоплексический удар heat stroke ≈ тепловой удар Syn: apoplexy
5) мазок, черта, штрих( букв. и перен.) finishing strokes ≈ последние штрихи, отделка to portray with a few strokes ≈ обрисовать несколькими штрихами (to describe) in broad strokes ≈ (описывать) в общих чертах
6) легкое прикосновение, поглаживание She gave her hair a casual stroke with the brush. ≈ Она небрежно провела расческой по волосам.
7) редк. амер. совокупление stroke book ≈ порнографическая книжка stroke house ≈ порнографический кинотеатр
8) спорт. гребля загребной
9) тех. ход поршня up stroke ≈ ход поршня вверх down stroke ≈ ход поршня вниз suction stroke ≈ такт впуска exhaust stroke ≈ такт выпуска ∙ to have different strokes for different folks ≈ иметь особый подход к каждому
2. гл.
1) гладить, ласкать( рукой) He stroked his long beard ≈ Он поглаживал свою длинную бороду. A good groom will rather stroke than strike ≈ Хороший конюх скорее приласкает, чем ударит to stroke smb. the wrong way ≈ гладить кого-л. против шерсти
2) перен. успокаивать, улаживать to stroke smb. down ≈ успокоить кого-л. You have to stroke the boss ≈ Ты должен успокоить шефа. to stroke a problem ≈ разрешать проблему How does a small child stroke himself? ≈ Как маленький ребенок успокаивает себя? self-stroking ≈ самоуспокоение
3) вычеркивать, перечеркивать горизонтальной линией
4) уст. штриховать
5) грести( в определенном темпе) The winner stroked an average of 28 ≈ Победители шли в среднем в темпе 28 гребков
6) спорт. наносить удар по мячу (тщательный, выигрывающий очко) удар - mortal * смертельный удар - the * of a hammer удар молота - a * of lightning удар молнии;
удар грома - with one * of the sword одним ударом шпаги - at the first * с первого удара;
разом - at one *, at a * одним ударом, одним махом;
в один миг;
в два счета - to aim a * at smb. направить удар на кого-л. (медицина) припадок, приступ;
удар;
паралич (тж. paralytic *) - he has had a * у него был удар;
его разбил паралич - heat * тепловой удар взмах;
отдельное движение или усилие - a * of the oar гребок;
взмах весла - a * of the skate ход конька - to row a fast * быстро грести прием, ход - clever * ловкий ход - a * of policy (удачный) политический прием /ход/ - it was a * of genius это было гениально неожиданный случай - a * of luck удача, везение - a * of misfortune нежданная беда штрих, мазок - thin *s тонкие мазки /штрихи/ - to portray with a few *s обрисовать несколькими штрихами - with one /a/ * of the pen одним росчерком пера черта - a * of vanity элемент тщеславия (разговорное) дробь, косая черта - seventy-seven * seventy-eight (77/
78) семьдесят семь дробь семьдесят восемь бой часов - (up) on the * of twelve когда начнет бить двенадцать - it is on the * of twelve now сейчас пробьет двенадцать - to be on the * (of time) быть вовремя /точно, минута в минуту/ биение( сердца) стиль( плавания) - broad * пронос руки стороной( спортивное) загребной;
гребец - to row /to pull/ * задавать темп при гребле (техническое) ход (поршня, клапана) ;
такт (работы двигателя) ;
длина хода (тж. length of *) - up * ход поршня вверх - return * обратный ход удар (молота) > * of state ( редкое) государственный переворот > not to do a * of work ничего не делать;
палец о палец не ударить > with many *s is an oak overthrown, little *s fell great oaks (пословица) капля (и) камень долбит /точит/ задавать темп (гребцам) испещрять полосами;
штриховать;
перечеркивать;
проводить черту перечеркивать - he *d out my name он вычеркнул мою фамилию - to * the t's сделать черточку на букве t (спортивное) бить по мячу (разговорное) заниматься( чем-л.) ;
справляться( с каким-л. делом) - to * a problem обмозговать вопрос поглаживание рукой - to give the cat a * погладить кошку (американизм) (разговорное) похвала;
лестное замечание;
награда, льстящая самолюбию - the ability to give *s is a skill умение вовремя похвалить - это искусство( американизм) (разговорное) умение убедить, уговорить, умаслить;
умение оказывать влияние( на кого-л.) или вертеть( кем-л.) - to have * with smb. пользоваться влиянием /авторитетом/ у кого-л. гладить (рукой) ;
поглаживать;
ласкать - to * a cat гладить кошку - to * one's chin поглаживать подбородок - to * down one's hair пригладить волосы - to * one's hair up откинуть волосы со лба (американизм) (разговорное) хвалить;
льстить;
гладить по головке - a bunch of egomaniacs stroking themselves кучка себялюбцев, занимающихся самовосхвалением (американизм) (разговорное) уговаривать, умасливать;
оказывать влияние;
нажимать( на кого-л.) - to * a client обхаживать клиента > to * smb. down успокоить кого-л. > to * smb. (up) the wrong way, to * smb.'s hair /smb.'s fur/ the wrong way, to * smb. against the hair гладить кого-л. против шерсти;
раздражать кого-л. ~ прием, ход;
a clever stroke ловкий ход;
it was a stroke of genius это было гениально;
a stroke of luck удача a finishing ~ решающий довод a finishing ~ удар, сражающий противника ~ штрих, мазок, черта;
finishing strokes последние штрихи, отделка ;
to portray with a few strokes обрисовать несколькими штрихами ~ мед. удар, паралич;
heat stroke тепловой удар;
he had a stroke у него был удар ~ мед. удар, паралич;
heat stroke тепловой удар;
he had a stroke у него был удар stroke бой часов;
it is on the stroke of nine сейчас пробьет девять ~ прием, ход;
a clever stroke ловкий ход;
it was a stroke of genius это было гениально;
a stroke of luck удача key ~ вчт. нажатие клавиши ~ штрих, мазок, черта;
finishing strokes последние штрихи, отделка ;
to portray with a few strokes обрисовать несколькими штрихами ~ загребной;
to row (или to pull) the stroke задавать такт гребцам stroke бой часов;
it is on the stroke of nine сейчас пробьет девять ~ взмах;
отдельное движение или усилие;
the stroke of an oar взмах весла;
they have not done a stroke of work = они палец о палец не ударили ~ гладить (рукой), поглаживать, ласкать;
to stroke (smb.) down успокоить, утихомирить( кого-л.) ~ загребной;
to row (или to pull) the stroke задавать такт гребцам ~ задавать такт (гребцам) ;
to stroke (smb.) the wrong way, to stroke (smb.'s) hair (или fur) the wrong way гладить (кого-л.) против шерсти;
раздражать (кого-л.) ~ поглаживание (рукой) ~ прием ~ прием, ход;
a clever stroke ловкий ход;
it was a stroke of genius это было гениально;
a stroke of luck удача ~ мед. удар, паралич;
heat stroke тепловой удар;
he had a stroke у него был удар ~ удар ~ тех. ход поршня;
up (down) stroke ход поршня вверх (вниз) ~ штрих, мазок, черта;
finishing strokes последние штрихи, отделка ;
to portray with a few strokes обрисовать несколькими штрихами ~ гладить (рукой), поглаживать, ласкать;
to stroke (smb.) down успокоить, утихомирить (кого-л.) ~ задавать такт (гребцам) ;
to stroke (smb.) the wrong way, to stroke (smb.'s) hair (или fur) the wrong way гладить (кого-л.) против шерсти;
раздражать (кого-л.) ~ взмах;
отдельное движение или усилие;
the stroke of an oar взмах весла;
they have not done a stroke of work = они палец о палец не ударили ~ of lightning удар молнии ~ прием, ход;
a clever stroke ловкий ход;
it was a stroke of genius это было гениально;
a stroke of luck удача ~ задавать такт (гребцам) ;
to stroke (smb.) the wrong way, to stroke (smb.'s) hair (или fur) the wrong way гладить (кого-л.) против шерсти;
раздражать (кого-л.) ~ взмах;
отдельное движение или усилие;
the stroke of an oar взмах весла;
they have not done a stroke of work = они палец о палец не ударили ~ тех. ход поршня;
up (down) stroke ход поршня вверх (вниз) with one ~ of the pen одним росчерком пера -
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I1. [strəʋk] n1. ударa stroke of lightning - а) удар молнии; б) удар грома
at the first stroke - с первого удара; разом
at one stroke, at a stroke - одним ударом, одним махом; в один миг; в два счёта
to aim a stroke at smb. - направить удар на кого-л.
2. мед. припадок, приступ; удар; паралич (тж. paralytic stroke)he has had a stroke - у него был удар; его разбил паралич
3. взмах; отдельное движение или усилиеa stroke of the oar - гребок; взмах весла
to row a fast [a slow] stroke - быстро [медленно] грести
4. приём, ходa stroke of policy - (удачный) политический приём /ход/
5. неожиданный случайa stroke of luck - удача, везение
6. 1) штрих, мазокthin [thick] strokes - тонкие [жирные] мазки /штрихи/
with one /a/ stroke of the pen - одним росчерком пера
2) черта3) разг. дробь, косая чертаseventy-seven stroke seventy-eight (77/78) - семьдесят семь дробь семьдесят восемь
7. бой часовto be [to arrive] on the stroke (of time) - быть [явиться] вовремя /точно, минута в минуту/
8. биение ( сердца)9. стиль ( плавания)10. спорт. загребной; гребецto row /to pull/ stroke - задавать темп при гребле
11. тех.up [down] stroke - ход поршня вверх [вниз]
2) удар ( молота)♢
stroke of state - редк. государственный переворотnot to do a stroke of work - ничего не делать; ≅ палец о палец не ударить
with many strokes is an oak overthrown, little strokes fell great oaks - посл. ≅ капля (и) камень долбит /точит/
2. [strəʋk] v1. задавать темп ( гребцам)2. испещрять полосами; штриховать; перечёркивать; проводить черту3. перечёркивать4. спорт. бить по мячу5. разг. заниматься (чем-л.); справляться (с каким-л. делом)II1. [strəʋk] n1. поглаживание рукой2. амер. разг.1) похвала; лестное замечание; награда, льстящая самолюбиюthe ability to give strokes is a skill - умение вовремя похвалить - это искусство
to have stroke with smb. - пользоваться влиянием /авторитетом/ у кого-л.
2. [strəʋk] v1. гладить ( рукой); поглаживать; ласкатьto stroke one's chin [one's beard] - поглаживать подбородок [бороду]
2. амер. разг.1) хвалить; льстить; ≅ гладить по головкеa bunch of egomaniacs stroking themselves - кучка себялюбцев, занимающихся самовосхвалением
2) уговаривать, умасливать; оказывать влияние; нажимать (на кого-л.)♢
to stroke smb. down - успокоить кого-л.to stroke smb. (up) the wrong way, to stroke smb.'s hair /smb.'s fur/ the wrong way, to stroke smb. against the hair - гладить кого-л. против шерсти; раздражать кого-л.
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strəuk I noun1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) slag, hogg2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) lyn(nedslag); skjebnens ironi; lykketreff3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) (klokke)slag4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) (penne)strøk; blyantstrek5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) åretak; slag6) (a movement of the arms and legs in swimming, or a particular method of swimming: He swam with slow, strong strokes; Can you do breaststroke/backstroke?) (svømme)tak7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) slag, tak8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) slag(tilfelle)•II 1. verb(to rub (eg a furry animal) gently and repeatedly in one direction, especially as a sign of affection: He stroked the cat / her hair; The dog loves being stroked.) stryke, klappe2. noun(an act of stroking: He gave the dog a stroke.) kjærtegn, stryking, klappingslagIsubst. \/strəʊk\/1) stryking (med hånden), klapp2) kjærtegn, kosdifferent strokes for different folks ( hverdagslig) hver sin lyst\/smak, noen liker mora og noen liker dattera• well, I don't share your taste, but different strokes for different folksvel, jeg deler ikke din smak, men hver sin lystIIsubst. \/strəʊk\/1) slag, rapp2) hogg3) støt4) ( sport) slag5) (golf, også penalty stroke) straffeslag6) (klokke)slag7) (puls)slag, (hjerte)slag8) (vinge)slag9) ( teknikk) (stempel)slag10) (teknikk, i forbrenningsmotor) takt16) (roing, også stroke oar) stroke (bakerste roer i kapproingsbåt)17) anslag på skrivemaskin18) (skrå)strek19) brøkstrek20) strøkat a stroke eller at one stroke med ett (eneste) slag med ett slag, i ett slag, med ett, på en gangbe off one's stroke være i utakt være ute av slagdo a (good) stroke of business gjøre en god forretningkeep stroke ro i taktlittle strokes fell great oaks ( ordtak) liten tue kan velte stort lassnot do a stroke of work ikke gjøre et arbeidsslag ( overført) ikke legge to pinner i korson the stroke of på slagetpull\/row stroke ( roing) være strokeput someone off one's stroke forstyrre noen, distrahere noen bringe noen ut av fatningstroke of genius genistrek, genialt trekkstroke of luck lykketreff, kjempeflaksIIIverb \/strəʊk\/1) stryke, klappe2) stryke (med hånden) over3) kjærtegne, strykestroke down someone berolige noen, roe noen nedstroke someone the wrong way ( overført) stryke noen mot hårene, irritere noenIVverb \/strəʊk\/1) ( roing) ro taktåren, være stroke2) trekke en strek gjennom3) slå ned, trykke ned4) ( sport) slå (til) (en ball)stroke out stryke over, stryke ut (med en strek) -
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(at a (или one) stroke (редк. at one fell stroke))одним ударом, сразуWas it not a bitter blow for the innocent girl to think that at one stroke he should lose all the love which she cared for in the world! (W. Thackeray, ‘Pendennis’, vol. II, ch. XII) — Каким жестоким ударом было для невинной девушки сразу лишиться всей той любви, для которой она жила на свете.
Here was all the solid foundation knocked from under him at one fell stroke, as if by a cannon. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Genius’, book II, ch. XXI) — Итак, крепкий фундамент, на котором была построена его карьера, мгновенно выбит у него из-под ног, словно ударом ядра.
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expr.Von einem Streich fällt keine Eiche. ausdr.English-german dictionary > A single stroke won't fell an oak.
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I 1. intransitive verb,1) [Wind:] wehen; [Sturm:] blasen; [Luft:] ziehen2) (exhale) blasenblow on one's hands to warm them — in die Hände hauchen, um sie zu wärmen
blow hot and cold — (fig.) einmal hü und einmal hott sagen
4) (be sounded by blowing) geblasen werden; [Trompete, Flöte, Horn, Pfeife usw.:] ertönen5) (melt) [Sicherung, Glühfaden:] durchbrennen2. transitive verb,blew, blown (see also academic.ru/40388/k">k)1) (breathe out) [aus]blasen, ausstoßen [Luft, Rauch]2) (send by blowing)3) blasen [Blätter, Schnee, Staub usw.]4) (make by blowing) blasen [Glas]; machen [Seifenblasen]5) (sound) blasen [Trompete, Flöte, Horn, Pfeife usw.]blow one's own trumpet — (fig.) sein Eigenlob singen
6) (clear)blow one's nose — sich (Dat.) die Nase putzen
blow something to pieces — etwas in die Luft sprengen
8) (cause to melt) durchbrennen lassen [Sicherung, Glühlampe]; durchhauen (ugs.) [Sicherung]9) (break into) sprengen, aufbrechen [Tresor, Safe]10) (coll.): (reveal) verraten [Plan, Komplizen][well,] I'm or I'll be blowed — ich werde verrückt! (salopp)
blow you, Jack! — du kannst mich mal gern haben! (salopp)
blow! — [so ein] Mist! (ugs.)
blow the expense — es ist doch Wurscht, was es kostet (ugs.)
Phrasal Verbs:- blow off- blow out- blow upII nounin or at one blow — (lit. or fig.) mit einem Schlag
a blow-by-blow account — ein Bericht in allen Einzelheiten
come as or be a blow to somebody — ein schwerer Schlag für jemanden sein
* * *I [bləu] noun1) (a stroke or knock: a blow on the head.) der Stoß2) (a sudden misfortune: Her husband's death was a real blow.) der SchicksalsschlagII [bləu] past tense - blew; verb2) ((of eg wind) to cause (something) to move in a given way: The explosion blew off the lid.) umwehen3) (to be moved by the wind etc: The door must have blown shut.) (zu)blasen•- blowhole- blow-lamp
- blow-torch
- blowout
- blowpipe
- blow one's top
- blow out
- blow over
- blow up* * *blow1[bləʊ, AM bloʊ]I. vi<blew, blown>1. wind wehen, blasenan icy wind began to \blow ein eisiger Wind kam auf2. (be moved) wehenthe window blew open/shut das Fenster wurde auf-/zugeweht3. (make a sound) ertönenhe scored just before the whistle blew er schoss kurz vor dem Schlusspfiff ein Torto puff and \blow schnaufen und keuchen6. whale spritzen, blasenthere she \blows! Wal in Sicht!7. (break, go off) fuse, light bulb durchbrennen; gasket undicht werden; circuit-breaker herausspringen; tyre platzenOK folks, I've got to \blow so Leute, ich muss dann mal los fam9.II. vt<blew, blown>1. (propel)the gale blew the ship onto the rocks der Sturm trieb das Schiff auf die Felsen2. (send)3. (play)▪ to \blow sth etw blasento \blow a horn MIL ein Hornsignal gebento \blow the trumpet Trompete spielento \blow the whistle (start a match) [das Spiel] anpfeifen; (stop, end a match) [das Spiel] abpfeifen4. (evacuate)to \blow an egg ein Ei ausblasento \blow one's nose sich dat die Nase putzen5. (create)to \blow bubbles [Seifen]blasen machento \blow a fire ein Feuer anfachento \blow glass Glas blasento \blow smoke rings [Rauch]ringe [in die Luft] blasen6. (destroy)▪ to \blow sth etw zerstören [o fam kaputt machen]; (by bombing) etw in die Luft sprengen [o fam jagen]we blew a tyre uns ist ein Reifen geplatztI've \blown a fuse/light bulb mir ist eine Sicherung/Glühbirne durchgebranntto be \blown to pieces in die Luft gesprengt werden; body zerfetzt werdento \blow a safe open einen Safe [auf]sprengento \blow money Geld verpulvern famto \blow sb's cover jdn [o jds Tarnung] auffliegen lassen famI got some useful information before my cover was \blown bevor ich aufflog sammelte ich wertvolle Informationen9.<blowed, blowed>\blow ! verflixt! famI'll be \blowed! (surprised) ich glaub, mich tritt ein Pferd! fam; (angered) das werden wir ja sehen!I'm \blowed if...! das wollen wir doch mal sehen, ob...!▪ to \blow sth etw vermasseln slyou've \blown it/your chance! du hast es vermasselt! sl12.don't \blow the gaff on us about putting the rat in his desk kein Wort darüber, dass wir die Ratte in seinem Tisch versteckt haben▶ to \blow the lid off sth etw aufdecken▶ to \blow smoke übertreibenhe's just \blowing smoke das ist doch nur heiße Luft fam▶ to \blow sb/sth out of the water (abandon) jdn/etw fallenlassen; (destroy credibility of) jdn/etw diskreditierenlet me have a \blow of your trumpet lass mich mal deine Trompete spielen!2. (with nose)to have a [good] \blow sich dat [gründlich] die Nase putzento go for a \blow einen [ausgedehnten] Spaziergang machenblow2[bləʊ, AM bloʊ]na \blow to the face/head ein Schlag m ins Gesicht/auf den Kopfto cushion [or soften] the \blow den Schock mildern3.▶ \blow for \blow in allen Einzelheiten▶ at one \blow auf einen Schlag▶ to strike a \blow against sb/sth jdm/etw einen [schweren] Schlag versetzen* * *I [bləʊ] Schlag m; (fig = sudden misfortune also) Schicksalsschlag m (for, to für)it came to blows — es gab Handgreiflichkeiten
at a ( single) or one blow (fig) — mit einem Schlag (inf)
to give sb/sth a blow — jdn/etw schlagen
to deal sb/sth a blow (fig) — jdm/einer Sache einen Schlag versetzen
to strike a blow for sth (fig) — einer Sache (dat) einen großen Dienst erweisen
II vb: pret blew, ptp blownto match sth blow for blow —
1. vi1) (wind) wehen, blasen2) (person) blasen, pusten (on auf +acc)3) (= move with the wind) fliegen; (leaves, hat, papers also) geweht werdenthe door blew open/shut — die Tür flog auf/zu
then the whistle blew (Sport) — da kam der Pfiff
5) (fuse, light bulb) durchbrennen; (gasket) platzen6) (whale) spritzen8) (inf: leave) abhauen (inf)2. vt1) (= move by blowing breeze) wehen; (strong wind, draught) blasen; (gale etc) treiben; (person) blasen, pusten (inf)to blow one's nose — sich (dat) die Nase putzen
or horn (US) (fig) — sein eigenes Lob singen
5) (= burn out, blow up) safe, bridge etc sprengen; valve, gasket platzen lassen; transistor zerstörenI've blown a fuse/light bulb — mir ist eine Sicherung/Birne durchgebrannt
to be blown to pieces (bridge, car) — in die Luft gesprengt werden; (person) zerfetzt werden
See:→ gaff8) (Brit inf= damn)
blow! — Mist! (inf)blow this rain! — dieser mistige Regen! (inf)
blow the expense/what he likes! — das ist doch wurscht, was es kostet/was er will (inf)
well, I'll be blowed — Mensch(enskind)! (inf)
I'll be blowed if I'll do it — ich denke nicht im Traum dran(, das zu tun)
... and blow me if he still didn't forget —... und er hat es trotzdem glatt vergessen (inf)
9) (inf)to blow one's chances of doing sth — es sich (dat) verscherzen, etw zu tun
I think I've blown it — ich glaube, ich habs versaut (inf)
10)See:→ mind11) (esp US sl= fellate)
to blow sb — jdm einen blasen (sl)3. nto give a blow — blasen, pusten (inf); (when blowing nose) sich schnäuzen
2) (Brit= breath of air)
to go for a blow — sich durchlüften lassen* * *blow1 [bləʊ]A s1. Blasen n, Wehen n2. a) SCHIFF steife Briseb) Luftzug m:go for a blow an die frische Luft gehenc) umg Sturm m3. Blasen n, Stoß m (in ein Instrument):a blow on a whistle ein Pfiff4. give one’s nose a blow sich die Nase putzen, sich schneuzen5. Eierlegen n, Schmeiß m (der Fliegen)6. TECHa) undichte Stelle, Leck nb) Damm-, Deichbruch m7. METALL Chargengang m (Hochofen), Schmelze f (Konverterbetrieb)B v/i prät blew [bluː], pperf blown [bləʊn]1. blasen, wehen, pusten:it is blowing hard es weht ein starker Wind;blow on one’s coffee to cool it down in den Kaffee pusten, um ihn abzukühlen;blow on one’s hands (sich) in die Hände hauchen, in die Hände blasen;blow hot and cold fig einmal hü und einmal hott sagenon auf dat)3. ertönen (Pfiff etc), (er)schallen (Trompete etc)4. keuchen, schnaufen, pusten umg5. zischen (Schlange)6. spritzen, blasen (Wal, Delfin)7. Eier legen (Schmeißfliege)9. sl verduften, abhauen umg10. TECHa) quellen (Zement)b) Blasen bilden (Papier etc)12. a) explodieren, in die Luft fliegenb) platzen (Reifen)C v/t1. blasen, wehen, (auf)wirbeln, treiben (Wind)4. die Trompete etc blasen, ertönen lassen:a) das Horn blasen, ins Horn stoßen,b) AUTO hupen;a) außer Atem bringenb) verschnaufen lassen6. aufblasen, -blähen:blow bubbles Seifenblasen machen;blow glass Glas blasen8. umga) verpfeifen9. aus-, durchblasen:blow one’s nose sich die Nase putzen, sich schneuzen;blow an egg ein Ei ausblasen;blow an oil well TECH eine Ölquelle durch Sprengung löschen10. sl eine Drogea) rauchen:blow grass kiffenb) schnüffeln, sniffen (inhalieren)11. Damespiel: einen Stein wegnehmen12. umg Geld verpulvern (on für)blow o.s. to sth sich etwas leisten14. sla) eine Klassenarbeit etc versauenb) SPORT etc eine Chance vergeben:I’ve blown my chances with her ich hab mir alle Chancen bei ihr verdorbenblow town aus der Stadt abhauenblow it! verdammt!;I’ll be blowed if … der Teufel soll mich holen, wenn …;blow the expense!, expense be blowed! Kosten spielen keine Rolle!blow2 [bləʊ] s1. Schlag m, Streich m, Hieb m, Stoß m:a) ohne jede Gewalt(anwendung),b) mühelos;come to blows handgreiflich werden, aneinandergeraten;a) es geschah etwas Unvorhergesehenes,b) es kam so, wie ich etc es befürchtet hatte;strike a blow against einen Schlag versetzen (dat) (a. fig);strike a blow for fig sich einsetzen für, eine Lanze brechen für;blow by blow fig genau, minutiös, detailliert2. fig (Schicksals)Schlag m:be a blow to sb ein Schlag für jemanden sein;blow3 [bləʊ]A v/i prät blew [bluː], pperf blown [bləʊn] (auf-, er)blühenB s Blüte(zeit) f:be in full blow in voller Blüte stehen* * *I 1. intransitive verb,1) [Wind:] wehen; [Sturm:] blasen; [Luft:] ziehen2) (exhale) blasenblow on one's hands to warm them — in die Hände hauchen, um sie zu wärmen
blow hot and cold — (fig.) einmal hü und einmal hott sagen
3) (puff, pant) [Person:] schwer atmen, schnaufen; [Tier:] schnaufen4) (be sounded by blowing) geblasen werden; [Trompete, Flöte, Horn, Pfeife usw.:] ertönen5) (melt) [Sicherung, Glühfaden:] durchbrennen2. transitive verb,blew, blown (see also k)1) (breathe out) [aus]blasen, ausstoßen [Luft, Rauch]3) blasen [Blätter, Schnee, Staub usw.]4) (make by blowing) blasen [Glas]; machen [Seifenblasen]5) (sound) blasen [Trompete, Flöte, Horn, Pfeife usw.]blow one's own trumpet — (fig.) sein Eigenlob singen
6) (clear)blow one's nose — sich (Dat.) die Nase putzen
7) (send flying) schleudern8) (cause to melt) durchbrennen lassen [Sicherung, Glühlampe]; durchhauen (ugs.) [Sicherung]9) (break into) sprengen, aufbrechen [Tresor, Safe]10) (coll.): (reveal) verraten [Plan, Komplizen][well,] I'm or I'll be blowed — ich werde verrückt! (salopp)
blow you, Jack! — du kannst mich mal gern haben! (salopp)
blow! — [so ein] Mist! (ugs.)
blow the expense — es ist doch Wurscht, was es kostet (ugs.)
blow it — (lose opportunity) es vermasseln (salopp)
Phrasal Verbs:- blow off- blow out- blow upII nounin or at one blow — (lit. or fig.) mit einem Schlag
come as or be a blow to somebody — ein schwerer Schlag für jemanden sein
* * *n.Hieb -e m.Schlag -¨e m. v.(§ p.,p.p.: blew, blown)= blasen v.(§ p.,pp.: blies, geblasen)schnaufen v.wehen v. -
13 golpe
golpe sustantivo masculino 1 (choque, impacto) knock; darse un golpe contra algo to bang o knock into sth; dio unos golpes en la mesa he tapped on the table; ( más fuerte) he knocked on the table; ( aún más fuerte) he banged on the table;◊ a golpe de (Ven) around;de golpe (y porrazo) suddenly; se abrió/cerró de golpe it flew open/slammed shut; de un golpe ( de una vez) all at once; ( de un trago) in one go o gulp 2 casi lo matan a golpes they almost beat him to death; siempre andan a golpes they're always fighting 3 (Dep) stroke 4b)5 (fam) (atraco, timo) job (colloq); 6 (Pol) tb
golpe sustantivo masculino
1 (que se da o que da alguien) blow (en una fruta) bruise (en una puerta) knock
golpe (de Estado), coup (d'état)
golpe de suerte, stroke of luck
2 Auto bump
3 (contratiempo, disgusto) blow: ha sido un duro golpe para ella, it's been a great blow to her
4 (ocurrencia) witticism: en la comedia de ayer había unos golpes buenísimos, yesterday's comedy had a lot of funny lines
5 (robo) robbery
dar un golpe, to rob
6 (ataque) fit: le dio un golpe de tos y no pudo seguir hablando, he had a sudden coughing fit and couldn't continue talking Locuciones: no dar ni golpe, not to lift a finger
al primer golpe de vista, at a glance
de golpe, all of a sudden
golpe de efecto, a dramatic effect: su dimisión en aquel momento fue un tremendo golpe de efecto, his resignation at that time had a great impact
golpe de mar, large wave: un golpe de mar le tiró por la borda, a large wave washed him overboard
golpe de pecho, breast-beating: había mucho golpe de pecho pero a mí no me engañaron, there was a lot of breast-beating, but they couldn't fool me ' golpe' also found in these entries: Spanish: acusar - amoratada - amoratado - amortiguar - arrear - atizar - azote - batatazo - bocanada - cacharrazo - canto - cardenal - choque - codazo - contundente - descargar - desviar - dolerse - encajar - encima - enérgica - enérgico - errar - esquivar - galleta - herida - hostia - leche - menuda - menudo - mollera - nada - palo - panzada - pedrada - pelotazo - producir - recibir - resentirse - resistir - ruda - rudo - seca - seco - señalada - señalado - sorda - sordo - tacada - testarada English: absorb - accurate - avert - bang - bash - blow - bowl over - break - bump - butt - come round - come to - coup - crack - crushing - deal - death blow - deliver - dodge - drive - elude - fell - fend off - flick - follow through - forehand - glancing - hard - heavy - hit - hit back - jab - knock - lash - low - lucky - lump - mark - miss - on - pow - punch - rap - shot - sidestep - slam - slam to - smack - snap - soften -
14 chop
1. n удар2. n рубящий удар3. n отбивная котлета4. n отрубленный кусок; ломоть; кус5. n зыбь6. n арх. трещина; щель, расселина7. n геол. трещина; сброс8. n с. -х. сечка9. n австрал. новозел. часто соревнование лесорубов10. n австрал. новозел. доля, часть11. v рубить; крошить; нарезать, шинковать12. v провёртывать через мясорубку13. v нарубить14. v прорубитьthe traveller chopped his way through the underbrush — путешественник прорубал себе дорогу через заросли
15. v замахиваться; наносить удар; рубануть16. v прерывать, обрывать17. v урезать; резко сокращать18. v спорт. срезать19. v разг. увольнять; снимать, прогонять с работы20. v амер. с. -х. пропалывать, прореживать21. v амер. уст. бросать, швырять22. v амер. уст. бросаться; кидаться, метаться23. v амер. уст. делать рывком24. n обмен25. v меняться, изменяться26. v обмениваться, меняться; производить обменchop about — меняться, изменяться
27. v пререкатьсяto chop logic — спорить с помощью софизмов, резонёрствовать
28. n клеймо, фабричная марка29. n сорт30. n ист. печать; штамп31. n лицензия или разрешениеgrand chop — таможенная очистка; очистка от пошлин
32. n амер. сл. еда, пища, жратва33. v амер. разг. есть, заглатывать34. v амер. разг. глотать слова, говорить неразборчиво, бормотатьСинонимический ряд:1. blow (noun) belt; blow; kick; punch; smack; stroke; swat; whack2. cuff (noun) box; buffet; clout; cuff; haymaker; poke; slap; sock; spank3. cut (verb) axe; clip; crop; curtail; cut; cut back; cut down; cut off; fell; hack; hew; lop; lower; pare; reduce; rend; saw; shear; slash; trim; whack4. cut up (verb) cube; cut up; dice; divide; hash; mangle; mince; slice5. fell (verb) fell; hew -
15 Historical Portugal
Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims inPortugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and theChurch (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict untilUN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU. -
16 thick
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1. adjective1) (having a relatively large distance between opposite sides; not thin: a thick book; thick walls; thick glass.) grueso2) (having a certain distance between opposite sides: It's two inches thick; a two-inch-thick pane of glass.) de grosor3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) containing solid matter; not flowing (easily) when poured: thick soup.) espeso, denso4) (made of many single units placed very close together; dense: a thick forest; thick hair.) denso, espeso, abundante5) (difficult to see through: thick fog.) denso, espeso6) (full of, covered with etc: The room was thick with dust; The air was thick with smoke.) cargado7) (stupid: Don't be so thick!) tonto
2. noun(the thickest, most crowded or active part: in the thick of the forest; in the thick of the fight.) parte más espesa; corazón; crítico- thickly- thickness
- thicken
- thick-skinned
- thick and fast
- through thick and thin
thick adj1. grueso / gordo2. tupido / poblado3. denso / espeso4. espeso5. corto / burrotr[ɵɪk]1 (solid things) grueso,-a2 (liquid, gas, vegetation etc) espeso,-a3 (beard, eyebrows) poblado,-a4 (cloud, smoke, fog, forest) denso,-a, espeso,-a5 (fur, hedge) tupido,-a7 (accent) marcado,-a, cerrado,-a; (of speech, voice) poco claro,-a1 espesamente, gruesamente\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLthick and fast en cantidadthrough thick and thin a las duras y a las maduras, pase lo que pase, contra viento y mareato be as thick as thieves estar a partir un piñón, ser como uña y carneto be as thick as two short planks ser tan corto como las mangas de un chalecoto be in the thick of something estar metido,-a de lleno en algoto be thick with somebody ser íntimo,-a amigo,-a de alguiento be thick with something estar lleno,-a de algoto get a thick ear recibir una tortato give somebody a thick ear dar una torta a alguiento have a thick head tener resaca, tener la cabeza embotadato have a thick skin ser insensible a las críticasthick ['ɵɪk] adj1) : gruesoa thick plank: una tabla gruesa2) : espeso, densothick syrup: jarabe espeso♦ thickly advthick n1)in the thick of : en medio dein the thick of the battle: en lo más reñido de la batalla2)through thick and thin : a las duras y a las madurasadj.• amazacotado, -a adj.• apelmazado, -a adj.• apretado, -a adj.• brumoso, -a adj.• copudo, -a adj.• craso, -a adj.• de espesor adj.• doble adj.• espeso, -a adj.• grueso, -a adj.• morrocotudo, -a adj.• tupido, -a adj.• turbio, -a adj.• viciado, -a adj.• viscoso, -a adj.• zurraposo, -a adj.n.• espesor s.m.• grueso s.m.
I θɪkadjective -er, -est1)a) <layer/book/fabric> grueso, gordo (fam); <line/brush stroke> gruesoit's 5cm thick — tiene 5cm de espesor or de grosor
b) ( in consistency) <soup/sauce/paint> espesoc) ( dense) <vegetation/fog/smoke> espeso, denso; < fur> tupido; <beard/eyebrows> poblado2) (covered, filled) (pred)to be thick WITH something — estar* lleno de algo
4) (colloq)a) ( stupid) burro (fam), corto (fam)b) ( close) (pred)to be thick (WITH somebody) — estar* a partir (de) un piñón or (CS) un confite (con alguien)
II
a) ( thickly)he slices the bread too thick — corta el pan demasiado grueso or (fam) gordo
b)thick and fast: the snow was falling thick and fast estaba nevando copiosamente; ideas came thick and fast — llovían las ideas
III
in the thick of night — (AmE) en plena noche
[θɪk]through thick and thin — tanto en las duras como en las maduras, tanto en las buenas como en las malas
1. ADJ(compar thicker) (superl thickest)1) (=not thin) [wall, line, slice, neck] grueso; [lips] grueso, carnoso; [waist] ancho; [sweater] gordo; [spectacles] de lente gruesaa thick layer of snow/dust — una espesa capa de nieve/polvo
a thick layer of potatoes/butter — una capa gruesa de patatas/mantequilla
a tree root as thick as a man's arm — una raíz de árbol tan gruesa or gorda como el brazo de un hombre
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how thick is it? — ¿qué grosor tiene?, ¿cómo es de grueso?2) (=dense) [beard, eyebrows] poblado; [carpet, fur] tupido; [forest] tupido, poblado; [vegetation, dust] espeso; [air, atmosphere] cargado, denso; [smoke, clouds, night] denso; [fog] espeso, denso•
to have thick hair — tener mucho pelo, tener una melena tupidathe pavements were thick with people — las aceras estaban abarrotadas or llenas de gente
the air was thick with smoke — el aire estaba cargado or lleno de humo
the air was thick with rumours — (fig) corrían or circulaban muchos rumores
3) (=not runny) [yoghurt, sauce] espesoif the soup becomes too thick, add more water — si la sopa se pone muy espesa, añada más agua
4) ** (=stupid) corto *, burro *he's a bit thick — es un poco corto or burro *
I finally got it into or through his thick head — por fin conseguí que le entrase en esa cabeza hueca *
- be as thick as a brick or two short planks- as thick as5) (=strong) [accent] fuerte, marcado6) (from drink, illness, tiredness) [voice] pastoso7) * (=very friendly)- be as thick as thieves8) (=groggy)2.ADV (=in a thick layer)•
the fog hung thick over the city — una capa espesa de niebla pendía sobre la ciudad•
the dust/snow lay thick — había una capa espesa de polvo/nieve•
slice the bread nice and thick — corte el pan en rebanadas bien gruesas•
he spread the butter on thick — untó una capa gruesa de mantequilla- come/follow thick and fastthe snow was falling thick and fast — nevaba copiosamente or sin parar
- lay it on thick3.Nto be in the thick of sth: he likes to be in the thick of it or things or the action — le gusta estar metido en el meollo del asunto or en el ajo
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I [θɪk]adjective -er, -est1)a) <layer/book/fabric> grueso, gordo (fam); <line/brush stroke> gruesoit's 5cm thick — tiene 5cm de espesor or de grosor
b) ( in consistency) <soup/sauce/paint> espesoc) ( dense) <vegetation/fog/smoke> espeso, denso; < fur> tupido; <beard/eyebrows> poblado2) (covered, filled) (pred)to be thick WITH something — estar* lleno de algo
4) (colloq)a) ( stupid) burro (fam), corto (fam)b) ( close) (pred)to be thick (WITH somebody) — estar* a partir (de) un piñón or (CS) un confite (con alguien)
II
a) ( thickly)he slices the bread too thick — corta el pan demasiado grueso or (fam) gordo
b)thick and fast: the snow was falling thick and fast estaba nevando copiosamente; ideas came thick and fast — llovían las ideas
III
in the thick of night — (AmE) en plena noche
through thick and thin — tanto en las duras como en las maduras, tanto en las buenas como en las malas
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17 dash
1. intransitive verb2. transitive verbdash down/up [the stairs] — [die Treppe] hinunter-/hinaufstürzen
1) (shatter)dash something [to pieces] — etwas [in tausend Stücke] zerschlagen od. zerschmettern
2) (fling) schleudern; schmettern3) (frustrate)3. noun1)make a dash for something — zu etwas rasen (ugs.)
make a dash for freedom — plötzlich versuchen, wegzulaufen
2) (horizontal stroke) Gedankenstrich, der3) (Morse signal) Strich, der4) (small amount) Schuss, derPhrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/119798/dash_away">dash away- dash off* * *[dæʃ] 1. verb1) (to move with speed and violence: A man dashed into a shop.) stürzen2) (to knock, throw etc violently, especially so as to break: He dashed the bottle to pieces against the wall.) schleudern3) (to bring down suddenly and violently or to make very depressed: Our hopes were dashed.) vereiteln2. noun1) (a sudden rush or movement: The child made a dash for the door.) der Sprung2) (a small amount of something, especially liquid: whisky with a dash of soda.) der Schuß4) (energy and enthusiasm: All his activities showed the same dash and spirit.) der Schwung•- dashing- dash off* * *[dæʃ]I. n<pl -es>it was a mad \dash wir mussten uns total abhetzen famto make a \dash for the door/exit zur Tür/zum Ausgang stürzenshe made a \dash for it sie rannte, so schnell sie konnte3. (little bit) kleiner Zusatz, kleine Beimengunga \dash of cinnamon/nutmeg/pepper eine Messerspitze Zimt/Muskat/Pfefferto add a \dash of colour to a dish einem Gericht einen Farbtupfer hinzufügena \dash of salt eine Prise Salza \dash of originality ein Hauch m von Originalität, eine gewisse Originalitäta \dash of rum ein Schuss m Rumdots and \dashes Morsezeichen pl\dash it! (bother!) verflixt!, Mist!III. viI've got to \dash ich muss mich sputen famwe \dashed along the platform and just managed to catch the train wir rannten den Bahnsteig entlang und haben den Zug gerade noch erwischtto \dash out of the room aus dem Zimmer stürmenIV. vthe \dashed his hand against a rock er schlug sich die Hand an einem Felsen aufto \dash sth to pieces etw zerschmettern [o in tausend Stücke schlagen2. (destroy)▪ to be \dashed zerstört [o vernichtet] werdenhis spirits were \dashed by the ridicule of his classmates der Spott seiner Klassenkameraden hat ihn völlig geknicktto \dash sb's hopes jds Hoffnungen zunichtemachen* * *[dʃ]1. n1) (= sudden rush) Jagd fhe made a dash for the door/across the road — er stürzte auf die Tür zu/über die Straße
she made a dash for it — sie rannte, so schnell sie konnte
to make a dash for freedom —
his dash for freedom was unsuccessful — sein Versuch, in die Freiheit zu entkommen, war vergeblich
it was a mad dash to the hospital — wir/sie etc eilten Hals über Kopf zum Krankenhaus
2) (= hurry) Hetze f4)(= small amount)
a dash of — etwas, ein bisschen; (of vinegar, spirits) etwas, ein Schuss m; (of seasoning etc) etwas, eine Prise; (of lemon) ein Spritzer mor color (US) — ein Farbtupfer m
6) (in morse) Strich m2. vt1) (= throw violently) schleudernhe dashed his head on the floor when he fell —
2) (= discourage) sb's hopes zunichtemachen3)See:= darn3. vi1) (= rush) sausen (inf)to dash into/across a room — in ein Zimmer/quer durch ein Zimmer stürzen or stürmen
to dash away/back/up — fort-/zurück-/hinaufstürzen
4. interj* * *dash [dæʃ]A v/t1. schlagen, heftig stoßen, schmettern:dash to pieces in Stücke schlagen, zerschlagen, zerschmettern2. schleudern, schmeißen umg, schmettern, knallen umg:a) zu Boden schmettern oder schleudern,b) fig jemandes Hoffnungen etc zunichtemachen3. überschütten, begießen, an-, bespritzen4. spritzen, klatschen, gießen, schütten:dash water in sb’s face;6. fig zerschlagen, zerstören, zunichtemachen:dash sb’s hopes7. niederdrücken, deprimieren8. verwirren, aus der Fassung bringenB v/i1. stürmen, (sich) stürzen:dash off davonjagen, -stürzen2. (dahin-)stürmen, (-)jagen, (-)rasen3. (heftig) aufschlagen, klatschen, prallen:dash to pieces (in 100 Stücke) zerspringen ( against the stone floor auf dem Steinfußboden)C s1. Schlag m:at one dash mit einem Schlag (a. fig)3. Schuss m, Zusatz m, Spritzer m:wine with a dash of water Wein mit einem Schuss Wasser;a dash of salt eine Prise Salz;4. Anflug m (of von Traurigkeit etc)6. a) (Feder)Strich mb) (Gedanken)Strich m, Strich m für etwas Ausgelassenes7. MUSa) Staccatokeil mc) Plicastrich m (Ligatur)8. (An)Sturm m, Vorstoß m, Sprung m, stürmischer Anlauf:9. Schwung m, Schmiss m, Elan m10. Eleganz f, glänzendes Auftreten:cut a dash eine gute Figur abgeben, Aufsehen erregen* * *1. intransitive verb2. transitive verbdash down/up [the stairs] — [die Treppe] hinunter-/hinaufstürzen
1) (shatter)dash something [to pieces] — etwas [in tausend Stücke] zerschlagen od. zerschmettern
2) (fling) schleudern; schmettern3) (frustrate)3. noun1)make a dash for something — zu etwas rasen (ugs.)
make a dash for freedom — plötzlich versuchen, wegzulaufen
2) (horizontal stroke) Gedankenstrich, der3) (Morse signal) Strich, der4) (small amount) Schuss, derPhrasal Verbs:- dash off* * *n.Elan nur sing. m.Gedankenstrich m.Querstrich m. v.rasen v.schleudern v.schmettern v. -
18 blow
1. n ударretaliatory blow — ответный удар; возмездие
at a blow — одним ударом; сразу
to come to blows — вступить в драку, дойти до рукопашной
2. n несчастье, удар судьбы3. n горн. горный удар; обрушение кровли4. n дуновение; порыв ветра5. n звук духового инструмента6. n звук при сморкании7. n фонтан кита8. n разг. хвастовство9. n разг. хвастун10. n метал. продувка11. n метал. бессемерование12. n метал. геол. выход рудной жилы на дневную поверхность13. n сл. воен. передышка14. n сл. отдых, перерыв, чтобы перекусить15. n сл. кладка яиц мухами16. n сл. сл. кокаин17. v дуть, веять18. v гнать; развевать19. v нестись, быть гонимым ветром20. v играть; дуть21. v издавать звук; свистеть22. v согревать, сушить или охлаждать дыханием23. v раздувать24. v выдувать25. v продувать, прочищать26. v очищать от содержимого27. v взрывать28. v взрываться29. v лопаться; разорваться от внутреннего давления30. v пыхтеть; тяжело дышатьto blow like a grampus — тяжело дышать, пыхтеть
31. v загнать32. v перегорать33. v пережигать34. v распространятьthe rumour has widely blown about, that … — широко распространился слух, что …
35. v бушевать, разражаться гневом36. v разоблачать37. v разг. хвастаться38. v транжирить39. v разг. угощать40. v сл. уходить, удирать41. v сл. проиграть; проворонить42. v сл. ликвидировать; похерить43. v разг. хандритьзабыть текст, реплику
44. v эвф. ругать, проклинать45. v класть яйца46. v выпускать фонтанto blow a cloud — курить табак, пускать облако дыма
47. v разг. курить или вдыхать наркотик48. v уст. разжигать49. v амер. сл. заниматься минетом, феллацио50. v метал. подавать дутьё51. v тех. парить52. n цвет, цветение53. n расцвет54. v цвести55. v расцветатьСинонимический ряд:1. bang (noun) bang; bash; bastinado; bat; biff; bop; crack; lick; pound; slosh; sock; thwack; whack; whop2. break (noun) break; breath; breather; breathing space; breathing spell; respite; ten3. hit (noun) belt; bump; clout; hit; knock; rap; slam; smack; strike; swat; thump4. impact (noun) appulse; clash; collision; concussion; crash; impact; impingement; jar; jounce; percussion; smash; wallop5. misfortune (noun) affliction; calamity; chagrin; jolt; misfortune; mishap; reverse; setback; set-back; shock; trauma6. stroke (noun) stroke; swing; thrust7. wind (noun) air; blast; breeze; gale; gust; squall; storm; typhoon; wind; zephyr8. blossom (verb) bloom; blossom; burgeon; effloresce; flower; outbloom9. bluster (verb) bluster; roar; squall; storm; stream; wail; whip10. boast (verb) boast; brag; cock-a-doodle-doo; crow; gasconade; mouth; prate; rodomontade; vaunt11. expand (verb) expand; fill; inflate12. fail (verb) fail; miscarry; miss13. fan (verb) fan; ruffle; wind; winnow14. fire (verb) blast; blow up; burst; detonate; explode; fire; go off; pop; touch off15. flap (verb) bear; buffet; drive; flap; fling; flutter; rush; sweep; waft; wave; whirl; whisk16. puff (verb) breathe; exhale; flow; gasp; heave; huff; pant; puff; wheeze; whisper17. sound (verb) blare; honk; pipe; play; sound; toot; trumpet; vibrate; whistle18. treat (verb) set up; stand; treat19. waste (verb) blunder away; cast away; consume; dissipate; dribble away; drivel; fool away; fritter; frivol away; muddle away; potter away; prodigalize; riot away; spend; squander; throw away; trifle away; wasteАнтонимический ряд:blessing; caress; comfort; consolation; embrace; good fortune; inhale; relief; sparing -
19 Priestman, William Dent
SUBJECT AREA: Steam and internal combustion engines[br]b. 23 August 1847 Sutton, Hull, Englandd. 7 September 1936 Hull, England[br]English oil engine pioneer.[br]William was the second son and one of eleven children of Samuel Priestman, who had moved to Hull after retiring as a corn miller in Kirkstall, Leeds, and who in retirement had become a director of the North Eastern Railway Company. The family were strict Quakers, so William was sent to the Quaker School in Bootham, York. He left school at the age of 17 to start an engineering apprenticeship at the Humber Iron Works, but this company failed so the apprenticeship was continued with the North Eastern Railway, Gateshead. In 1869 he joined the hydraulics department of Sir William Armstrong \& Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, but after a year there his father financed him in business at a small, run down works, the Holderness Foundry, Hull. He was soon joined by his brother, Samuel, their main business being the manufacture of dredging equipment (grabs), cranes and winches. In the late 1870s William became interested in internal combustion engines. He took a sublicence to manufacture petrol engines to the patents of Eugène Etève of Paris from the British licensees, Moll and Dando. These engines operated in a similar manner to the non-compression gas engines of Lenoir. Failure to make the two-stroke version of this engine work satisfactorily forced him to pay royalties to Crossley Bros, the British licensees of the Otto four-stroke patents.Fear of the dangers of petrol as a fuel, reflected by the associated very high insurance premiums, led William to experiment with the use of lamp oil as an engine fuel. His first of many patents was for a vaporizer. This was in 1885, well before Ackroyd Stuart. What distinguished the Priestman engine was the provision of an air pump which pressurized the fuel tank, outlets at the top and bottom of which led to a fuel atomizer injecting continuously into a vaporizing chamber heated by the exhaust gases. A spring-loaded inlet valve connected the chamber to the atmosphere, with the inlet valve proper between the chamber and the working cylinder being camoperated. A plug valve in the fuel line and a butterfly valve at the inlet to the chamber were operated, via a linkage, by the speed governor; this is believed to be the first use of this method of control. It was found that vaporization was only partly achieved, the higher fractions of the fuel condensing on the cylinder walls. A virtue was made of this as it provided vital lubrication. A starting system had to be provided, this comprising a lamp for preheating the vaporizing chamber and a hand pump for pressurizing the fuel tank.Engines of 2–10 hp (1.5–7.5 kW) were exhibited to the press in 1886; of these, a vertical engine was installed in a tram car and one of the horizontals in a motor dray. In 1888, engines were shown publicly at the Royal Agricultural Show, while in 1890 two-cylinder vertical marine engines were introduced in sizes from 2 to 10 hp (1.5–7.5 kW), and later double-acting ones up to some 60 hp (45 kW). First, clutch and gearbox reversing was used, but reversing propellers were fitted later (Priestman patent of 1892). In the same year a factory was established in Philadelphia, USA, where engines in the range 5–20 hp (3.7–15 kW) were made. Construction was radically different from that of the previous ones, the bosses of the twin flywheels acting as crank discs with the main bearings on the outside.On independent test in 1892, a Priestman engine achieved a full-load brake thermal efficiency of some 14 per cent, a very creditable figure for a compression ratio limited to under 3:1 by detonation problems. However, efficiency at low loads fell off seriously owing to the throttle governing, and the engines were heavy, complex and expensive compared with the competition.Decline in sales of dredging equipment and bad debts forced the firm into insolvency in 1895 and receivers took over. A new company was formed, the brothers being excluded. However, they were able to attend board meetings, but to exert no influence. Engine activities ceased in about 1904 after over 1,000 engines had been made. It is probable that the Quaker ethics of the brothers were out of place in a business that was becoming increasingly cut-throat. William spent the rest of his long life serving others.[br]Further ReadingC.Lyle Cummins, 1976, Internal Fire, Carnot Press.C.Lyle Cummins and J.D.Priestman, 1985, "William Dent Priestman, oil engine pioneer and inventor: his engine patents 1885–1901", Proceedings of the Institution ofMechanical Engineers 199:133.Anthony Harcombe, 1977, "Priestman's oil engine", Stationary Engine Magazine 42 (August).JBBiographical history of technology > Priestman, William Dent
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20 break
̈ɪbreɪk I
1. сущ.
1) а) ломание, раскалывание, разбивание We heard the break and saw the glass fall out of the window. ≈ Мы услышали звук раскалывающегося стекла и увидели, как оно вылетело из окна. б) отверстие, дыра;
пролом;
трещина Water seeped through the break in the basement wall. ≈ Вода просочилась через трещину в цоколе. ∙ Syn: breaking, burst, snap, cracking, splitting;
breach, opening, rupture, hole, crack, gap, gash
2) прорыв
3) разрыв, раскол (отношений и т. п.)
4) перерыв, пауза, интервал;
перемена( в школе) Let's take a short break for lunch. ≈ Давайте сделаем короткий перерыв на завтрак. Syn: interlude, intermission, interval, let-up, lull, pause, recess, respite
5) первое появление break of day ≈ рассвет
6) амер.;
разг. нарушение приличий;
неуместное замечание;
обмолвка, ошибка
7) побег( из тюрьмы)
8) амер. внезапное падение цен
9) разг. благоприятная возможность, счастливый случай, шанс The actress's big break came when she substituted for the ailing star. ≈ У актрисы появился удачный шанс, когда ей пришлось заменить заболевшую звезду. lucky break ≈ удача, счастливый случай Syn: stroke of luck, opportunity, chance, fortune, opening
10) хим. расслоение жидкости
11) геол. разрыв;
малый сброс
12) спорт прекращение боя при захвате (в боксе) ∙ make a bad break
2. гл.;
прош. вр. - broke, прич. прош. вр. - broken
1) а) ломать, разбивать;
разрушать;
взламывать He fell through the windows, breaking the glass. ≈ Он выпал в окно и разбил стекло. I broke my leg skiing. ≈ Катаясь на лыжах, я сломал ногу. б) разламываться, разрушаться;
разбиваться The plane broke into three pieces. ≈ Самолет разломился на три части. The only sound was the crackle of breaking ice. ≈ Только и было слышно, как ломается лед. ∙ Syn: shatter, crack, fracture, rupture, split, splinter, bust;
smash, crush, demolish
2) а) рвать, разрывать, отрывать б) разрываться, отрываться ∙ Syn: detach, separate, pull off, tear off
3) ломаться, выходить из строя, переставать работать The TV set is broken again. ≈ Телевизор снова сломался. Syn: be inoperative, work improperly, become useless;
ruin, destroy
4) рассеиваться, расступаться, расходиться( о тумане, облаках и т. п.)
5) распечатывать (письмо) ;
откупоривать( бутылку, бочку) Once you've broken the seal of a bottle there's no way you can put it back together again. ≈ Если ты сломал печать на бутылке, то ее уже не склеишь обратно.
6) сообщать, объявлять( об известиях и т. п.) Who's going to break the bad news to her? ≈ Кто сообщит ей эту плохую новость? Syn: disclose, reveal, divulge, announce, proclaim, inform, make public, give out
7) прокладывать( дорогу)
8) а) разменивать (деньги) б) разрознивать( коллекцию и т. п.)
9) а) разорять Paying for the house will just about break me. ≈ Плата за дом практически разорит меня. б) разоряться Syn: bankrupt, ruin, wipe out
10) а) ослаблять, уменьшать;
сломить (сопротивление, волю и т. п.) ;
подрывать( силы, здоровье, могущество и т. п.) The net broke the acrobat's fall. ≈ Сеть уменьшила силу удара. Then Louise broke the news that she was leaving me. ≈ И тогда Луиза сказала мне, что уходит от меня. He never let his jailers break him. ≈ Он не позволил тюремщикам сломить его. б) ослабеть ∙ Syn: take the force of, soften, diminish, cushion, weaken, lessen, lighten
11) прерывать (сон, молчание, путешествие и т. п.) ;
временно прекращать, делать остановку Gary decided to break his silence. ≈ Гарри решил наконец высказаться. They broke for lunch. ≈ У них перерыв на обед.
12) прекращать, прерывать (переговоры и т. п.), порывать (отношения и т. п.) He was once a close adviser to Wales, but broke with him last year. ≈ Когда-то он был первым советником у Уэлса, но он ушел от него год назад. The union broke off negotiations and called a strike. ≈ Профсоюзы прервали переговоры и призвали к забастовке. Syn: end, stop, cease, halt, suspend, shut down, interrupt, discontinue
13) нарушать, переступать (закон и т. п.) We didn't know we were breaking the law. ≈ А мы и не знали, что нарушаем закон. I hate to break my promise. ≈ Я ненавижу нарушать обещания. Syn: violate, infringe, transgress, disobey, defy;
disregard, ignore
14) разразиться, начаться внезапно, бурно When the storm breaks, run for the house. ≈ Когда начнется шторм, бегите в дом. He resigned from his post as Bishop when the scandal broke. ≈ Когда разразился скандал, он сам отказался от епскопства. The audience broke into applause. ≈ Аудитория взорвалась аплодисментами. Syn: burst out, come forth suddenly;
happen, occur, appear
15) прорываться, вскрываться( о плотине, нарыве) Syn: burst
16) вырваться, сорваться A cry broke from his lips. ≈ Крик сорвался с его уст.
17) ломаться (о голосе) ;
прерываться( от волнения) Godfrey's voice broke and halted. ≈ Годфри запнулся и замолчал.
18) а) обучать;
дрессировать;
приучать к поводьям (о лошадь) Mustangs must be broken before they can be ridden. ≈ Прежде чем ездить на мустангах, их надо приучить к поводьям. б) избавлять, отучать( от привычки и т. п.) The professor hoped to break the students of the habit of looking for easy answers. ≈ Учитель надеялсь отучить учеников от привычки искать простые ответы. в) избавляться, отучаться You must break yourself of the cigarette habit. ≈ Ты должен избавиться от привычки курить. ∙ Syn: tame, train, master, discipline, control, subdue, overcome, bend to one's will
19) превосходить, превышать;
побить (рекорд) Carl Lewis has broken the world record in the 100 metres. ≈ Карл Льюис побил мировой рекорд в беге на сто метров. This winter broke the record for snowfall. ≈ По количеству снега зима побила все рекорды. Syn: surpass, exceed, better, top, outdo
20) прерывать (ток) ;
размыкать( электр. цепь)
21) текст. мять, трепать
22) сепарировать (масло от обрата, мед от воска)
23) осветлять (жидкость) ∙ break away break back break down break even break forth break in break in on break in upon break into break loose break of break off break out break out in break over break short break through break up II сущ.
1) большая рама для выездки лошадей
2) большой открытый экипаж с двумя продольными скамьями Syn: wagonette пролом;
разрыв;
отверстие, щель;
брешь;
трещина - * in the pipe-line разрыв трубопровода, пробоина в трубопроводе проламывание, пробивание прорыв - long pass * быстрый прорыв длинным пасом (баскетбол) перерыв, пауза;
перемена (в школе) - a * in the song пауза в песне или пении - without a * беспрерывно - a * for commercial перерыв в программе для передачи рекламы - * for P.T., the P.T. * физкультпауза, пятитминутка (на производстве) - there was a * in the conversation разговор прервался, все вдруг замолчали многоточие или другой знак, указывающий на внезапную паузу (стихосложение) цезура раскол;
разрыв отношений - to make a * with smb. порвать с кем-л. первое появление - the * of day /of dawn/ рассвет (американизм) (разговорное) нарушение приличий;
ошибка, неуместное замечание - to make a (bad) * сделать ложный шаг;
сделать неуместное замечание;
проговориться, обмолвиться внезапная перемена - a * in the weather внезапное изменение погоды - a * in one's way of living изменение в образе жизни побег (из тюрьмы;
тж. * out) - to make a * for it (попытаться) сбежать( американизм) (биржевое) внезапное падение цен( американизм) (политика) передача голосов другому кандидату (на съезде) (американизм) (разговорное) шанс;
(благоприятная) возможность;
(счастливый) случай - even *s равные шансы - lucky * счастливый случай - bad * невезение, незадача - the *s were against us нам не везло - he gets all the *s ему всегда везет /фартит/ участок вспаханной земли (под пастбище, пахоту и т. п.) (американизм) (разговорное) кража со взломом (диалектизм) большое количество( чего-л.) игра о борт (хоккей) (геология) разрыв, нарушение;
малый сброс переход лошади с одного шага на другой (спортивное) первый удар;
право первого удара;
удачная серия ударов > * in the clouds просвет( в тучах), луч надежды ломать - to * a rod сломать прут - to * in two разломить, сломать пополам - to * one's leg сломать ногу - to * on the wheel( историческое) колесовать ломаться - the bench broke скамейка сломалась - the branch bent but did not * ветка согнулась, но не сломалась взламывать - to * a lock взломать замок (тж. * up) разбивать - to * a window разбить окно - to * (in) to pieces /asunder/ разбить на куски - to * to atoms разбить вдребезги - to * up an attack расстроить атаку (противника) разбиваться - the vase broke ваза разбилась - the ship broke up on the rocks корабль разбился о скалы - glass *s easily стекло легко бьется - my heart is *ing мое сердце разрывается разрывать, прорывать - to * the tape (спортивное) финишировать - to * the enemy front прорвать фронт противника - to * from one's bonds разорвать оковы, вырваться из неволи - to * open взламывать, открывать силой - to * open a lock взломать замок - to * open a door выломать дверь - to * open a letter распечатать письмо - to * a deadlock найти выход из тупика (по) рваться, разрываться - the rope broke and he fell to the ground веревка порвалась, и он упал вскрыться, прорваться - to * loose /free/ вырваться на свободу - his fury broke loose он дал волю своему бешенству - her hair had broken loose ее волосы рассыпались сорваться с цепи - the boil broke нарыв прорвался портить, ломать, приводить в негодность - to * a clock сломать часы прерывать, нарушать - to * silence нарушить молчание - to * the peace нарушить мир /покой/ - to * one's fast разговеться - to * the thread of a thought прервать нить /ход/ мысли временно прекращать, делать остановку (тж. * off) - to * from work сделать перерыв /передышку/ в работе - let's * (off) for half an hour and have some tea давайте прервемся на полчаса и выпьем чаю - we broke out journey at the village мы сделали привал в деревне прерываться (о голосе) (электротехника) прерывать (ток) ;
размыкать (цепь) (into) врываться, вламываться - to * into a house ворваться в дом - the story was broken into магазин ограбили ослаблять - to * the blow ослабить силу удара - the trees round the house * the force of the wind деревья, окружающие дом, защищают его от ветра слабеть, ослабевать;
прекращаться - the frost broke мороз ослабел /отпустил/ - the spell of fine weather has broken погода испортилась - his attention broke его внимание ослабло рассеиваться, расходиться;
проходить - clouds broke тучи рассеялись - darkness broke темнота рассеялась - his gloom broke его дурное настроение прошло - the enemy broke before them противник отступил в беспорядке начаться, наступить - the day /dawn/ broke рассвело разразиться (тж. * out) - ten minutes later the storm broke десятью минутами позже разразилась буря - his anger broke он разъярился разорять, приводить к банкротству - to * the bank подорвать банк;
(карточное) сорвать банк - the money-lenders soon broke him ростовщики вскоре разорили его - he was completely broken он был совершенно разорен разориться, обанкротиться - he will be broke soon он скоро обанкротится понижать в должности - to * a general разжаловать генерала (американизм) (биржевое) внезапно упасть в цене вырываться, убегать (тж. * out) - to * (out of) prison убежать из тюрьмы - to * cover выйти из убежища (о дичи) срываться - a cry broke from her lips крик вырвался из ее уст лопаться, давать ростки - the buds are *ing почки лопаются (разговорное) случаться, происходить - anything broken? - Nothing much что-нибудь случилось? - Ничего особенного (спортивное) выйти из "боксинга" (о бегунах) ;
освободиться от захвата противника (в боксе) перейти в дифтонг нарушать (слово, обещание, закон и т. п.) - to * one's word не сдержать слова - to * a marriage расторгнуть брак - to * an appointment не явиться в назначенное время или место;
не прийти на свидание - to * faith with smb. обманывать кого-л., нарушать данное кому-л. слово;
не выполнить (данного кому-л.) обещания - to * a law нарушить закон - to * the sanctuary нарушить право убежища сбиться( с ритма и т. п.) - to * the rhythm( спортивное) нарушать ритм - to * step (военное) идти не в ногу;
сбиться с ноги разрознивать (собрание сочинений, коллекцию и т. п.) - to * a set разрознить комплект /набор/;
продавать комплект /набор/ отдельными предметами (в разрозненном виде) - through losing that book you have broken the set потеряв эту книгу, вы разрознили собрание сочинений (железнодорожное) расформировать (состав) расстраивать (ряды) - * ranks! (военное) разойдись! (разговорное) разменивать (деньги) сломить (сопротивление, волю и т. п.;
тж. * down) - to * opposition сломить оппозицию - they couldn't * his will они не могли сломить его волю - to * the spirit of the army сломить дух армии - to * a strike сорвать забастовку сообщать (известия) - to * a secret раскрыть тайну - to * one's mind to smb. (устаревшее) раскрыть кому-л. свою душу - he broke the news of her husband's death to her он сообщил ей о смерти ее мужа - he broke his purpose to me он раскрыл мне свои планы разрыхлять, вскапывать (грунт, почву;
тж. * up) - to * the ground, to * fresh /new/ ground распахивать землю, поднимать целину;
(военное) начинать рытье окопов;
начинать новое дело;
делать первые шаги( в чем-л.) прокладывать, пробивать( дорогу) (тж. * in) выезжать( лошадь) ;
дрессировать;
обучать - to * (in) a horse объезжать /выезжать/ лошадь дисциплинировать, прививать навыки;
обуздывать - to * (in) a child приучать ребенка к дисциплине ссадить, содрать( кожу) появляться (на поверхности) - to * surface появиться на поверхности (о подводной лодке) - to * the water выскочить из воды (о рыбе) резать на куски (дичь, птицу) аннулировать по решению суда (завещание и т. п.) (горное) отбивать( породу) мять, трепать (пеньку, лен) - to break into smth. внезапно начинать что-л.;
неожиданно изменить скорость движения;
начать тратить( о монетах и банкнотах) - to * into (a loud) laughter (громко) рассмеяться, расхохотаться - to * into tears залиться слезами, расплакаться - her face broke into a radiant smile сияющая улыбка озарила ее лицо - to * into a run пуститься бежать - the waiting crowds broke into loud cheers толпа ожидающих разразилась приветственными возгласами - to * into stride( спортивное) войти в свой шаг - to * into column( военное) построиться в колонну - the herd broke into a gallop табун перешел в галоп - to * into a pound note разменять фунт - to break upon smb. представиться кому-л., предстать перед кем-л.;
осенить кого-л., внезапно прийти в голову кому-л. - a new landscape broke upon us нашему взору представился новый пейзаж - the truth broke upon me мне сразу все стало ясно - to break with smb., smth. порывать отношения с кем-л., чем-л. - to * with a firm разорвать отношения с фирмой - he has broken with the past он порвал с прошлым > to * the back (of) изнурять работой, перегружать;
to * the neck (of smth.) > to * one's back сломать себе шею;
перегрузиться;
обанкротиться, потерпеть крах > he won't * his back working он не надорвется на работе > to * the camel's back переполнить чашу терпения > to * (the) neck (of smth.) сокрушить;
сломить сопротивление;
одолеть самую трудную часть( чего-л.) ;
суметь пережить самое тяжелое > to * one's neck сломать себе шею;
нестись, сломя голову > to * the record побить рекорд > to * a jest отпустить /отколоть/ шутку > to * a lance with smb. сражаться на турнире с кем-л.;
ломать копья, спорить с жаром с кем-л. > to * shins (просторечие) занимать деньги > to * ship не явиться на пароход по истечении отпуска > to * the slate( американизм) снять свою кандидатуру (на выборах) > to * bulk начинать разгрузку;
распаковывать;
рассортировать груз по назначению > to * into pictures (кинематографический) (профессионализм) экранизировать;
прорваться на экран( об актере) > to * the bridge дожать из положения " на мосту" (борьба) > to * no squares не причинять вреда, не нарушать порядок;
не иметь большого значения > to * no bones не причинять вреда > no bones are broken ничего плохого не случилось > to * one's head over smth. ломать себе голову над чем-л. > to * the ice сломать лед, сделать первый шаг, положить начало > to * bread( with smb.) есть;
(церковное) причащаться > * it down! (австралийское) перестаньте говорить об этом! > to * even остаться при своих( в игре) ;
(коммерческое) окончиться безубыточно;
покрыть свои расходы > it is the first time in five years we broke even впервые за пять лет мы завершили год без убытка > to * stones выполнять тяжелую работу, зарабатывать на жизнь тяжелым трудом > to * china наделать переполох, вызвать беспорядок > to * a butterfly /a fly/ on the wheel стрелять из пушек по воробьям > who *s pays (пословица) кто разбил, тот и платит;
сам заварил кашу, сам и расхлебывай рама для выездки лошадей большой открытый экипаж с двумя продольными скамьями брейк, сольная импровизация в джазе брейк (танец) break диал. большое количество( чего-л.) ~ быстрое падение цен ~ внезапная перемена ~ амер. внезапное падение цен ~ вскрываться (о реке, о нарыве) ~ вырваться, сорваться;
a cry broke from his lips крик сорвался с его уст ~ избавлять(ся), отучать (of - от привычки и т. п.) ~ (broke;
broken) ломать(ся), разбивать(ся) ;
разрушать(ся) ;
рвать(ся), разрывать(ся) ;
взламывать ~ (о голосе) ломаться;
прерываться (от волнения) ~ ломаться ~ текст. мять, трепать ~ нарушать (обещание, закон, правило) ;
to break the peace нарушить покой, мир ~ нарушать ~ нарушать (право, закон, договор, обязанность и т.д.) ~ обмолвка;
ошибка ~ хим. осветлять (жидкость) ~ ослабеть ~ вчт. останов ~ отверстие;
трещина;
пролом ~ открытый экипаж с двумя продольными скамьями ~ перерыв, пауза;
перемена (в школе) ;
coffee ' break перерыв на чашку кофе ~ перерыв в работе ~ побить (рекорд) ~ поломка ~ порывать (отношения;
with - c кем-л., с чем-л.) ~ спорт. прекращение боя при захвате (в боксе) ;
break in the clouds луч надежды, просвет ~ эл. прерывать (ток) ;
размыкать (цепь) ~ прерывать (сон, молчание, путешествие) ;
to break monotony, нарушить однообразие ~ вчт. прерывать ~ приводить в негодность ~ приучать (лошадь к поводьям;
to) ;
дрессировать, обучать ~ прокладывать (дорогу) ~ прорыв ~ вчт. разбивать ~ разжаловать ~ разменивать (деньги) ~ разорять(ся) ~ разрознивать (коллекцию и т. п.) ~ геол. разрыв;
малый сброс ~ разрывать (отношения) ~ разрывать отношения ~ раскол;
разрыв (отношений) ;
to make a break (with smb.) порвать (с кем-л.) ~ распечатывать (письмо) ;
откупоривать (бутылку, бочку) ~ рассеиваться, расходиться, расступаться ~ хим. расслоение жидкости ~ сепарировать (масло от обрата, мед от воска) ~ сломить (сопротивление, волю) ;
подорвать (силы, здоровье, могущество) ;
ослабить;
to break a fall ослабить силу падения ~ тлг. тире-многоточие ~ разг. шанс, возможность;
to get the breaks использовать благоприятные обстоятельства;
иметь успех;
a lucky break удача broke: ~ p. p. от break (уст.) broken: ~ p. р. от break ~ сломить (сопротивление, волю) ;
подорвать (силы, здоровье, могущество) ;
ослабить;
to break a fall ослабить силу падения to ~ a lance( with smb.) "ломать копья", спорить (с кем-л.) to ~ a secret выдать тайну to ~ a story опубликовать( в газете) отчет, сообщение, информацию to ~ bank карт. сорвать банк to ~ camp сниматься с лагеря to ~ cover выбраться;
выйти из укрытия to ~ cover выйти наружу;
выступить на поверхность;
to break surface всплыть( о подводной лодке и т. п.) ~ down анализировать ~ down выходить из строя ~ down ломаться ~ down не выдержать, потерять самообладание ~ down потерпеть неудачу ~ down провалиться;
потерпеть неудачу ~ down разбивать, толочь ~ down разбирать (на части) ;
делить, подразделять, расчленять;
классифицировать ~ down разрушать(ся) ~ down разрушаться ~ down распадаться( на части) ~ down сломить (сопротивление) ~ down ухудшаться, сдавать( о здоровье) ~ down ухудшаться down: break ~ сломать, разрушить to ~ even остаться при своих (в игре) ;
who breaks, pays посл. = сам заварил кашу, сам и расхлебывай even: break ~ достигать уровня безубыточности break ~ работать рентабельно ~ forth вырваться;
прорваться ~ forth разразиться;
to break forth into tears расплакаться ~ forth разразиться;
to break forth into tears расплакаться to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground воен. начать рытье окопов to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground прокладывать новые пути;
начинать новое дело;
делать первые шаги (в чем-л.) to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground распахивать целину to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground расчищать площадку (при строительстве) ;
рыть котлован ~ in вламываться, врываться ~ in вмешаться( в разговор и т. п.;
тж. on, upon) ;
прервать (разговор) ~ in дрессировать;
укрощать;
объезжать (лошадей) ;
дисциплинировать ~ спорт. прекращение боя при захвате (в боксе) ;
break in the clouds луч надежды, просвет ~ into вламываться ~ into прервать (разговор) ~ into разразиться (смехом, слезами) to ~ into a run побежать to ~ into (smb.'s) time отнять( у кого-л.) время to ~ loose вырваться на свободу to ~ loose сорваться с цепи loose: ~ свободный;
to break loose вырваться на свободу;
сорваться с цепи;
to come loose развязаться;
отделиться ~ прерывать (сон, молчание, путешествие) ;
to break monotony, нарушить однообразие ~ of bulk прекращение погрузки товара навалом ~ of day рассвет;
by the break of day на рассвете ~ of journey прекращение поездки ~ off внезапно прекращать, обрывать( разговор, дружбу, знакомство и т. п.) ~ off отламывать to ~ off action( или combat, the fight) воен. выйти из боя to ~ open взламывать open: to break (или to throw) ~ распахнуть( дверь, окно) ;
to tear open распечатывать (письмо, пакет) ~ out бежать, убежать (из тюрьмы) ~ out вспыхивать( о пожаре, войне, эпидемии и т. п.) ~ out выламывать ~ out появляться;
a rash broke out on his body y него выступила сыпь ~ out разразиться;
he broke out laughing он расхохотался to ~ cover выйти наружу;
выступить на поверхность;
to break surface всплыть (о подводной лодке и т. п.) to ~ the back (или the neck) (of smth.) сломить сопротивление (чего-л.) ;
одолеть самую трудную часть (чего-л.) to ~ the back (или the neck) (of smth.) уничтожить, погубить( что-л.) to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground воен. начать рытье окопов to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground прокладывать новые пути;
начинать новое дело;
делать первые шаги (в чем-л.) to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground распахивать целину to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground расчищать площадку (при строительстве) ;
рыть котлован to ~ the news осторожно сообщать (неприятную) новость ~ нарушать (обещание, закон, правило) ;
to break the peace нарушить покой, мир ~ through прорваться ~ up закрываться на каникулы ~ up меняться( о погоде) ~ up разбивать (на мелкие куски) ;
to break up into groups, categories делить на группы, категории;
классифицировать ~ up распускать( учеников на каникулы) ~ up расформировывать ~ up расходиться (о собрании, компании и т. п.) ~ up расходиться ~ up слабеть ~ up разбивать (на мелкие куски) ;
to break up into groups, categories делить на группы, категории;
классифицировать to ~ wind освободиться от газов ~ of day рассвет;
by the break of day на рассвете career ~ прерывание карьеры;
разрыв в трудовом стаже ~ up разбивать (на мелкие куски) ;
to break up into groups, categories делить на группы, категории;
классифицировать ~ перерыв, пауза;
перемена (в школе) ;
coffee ' break перерыв на чашку кофе coffee ~ короткий перерыв во время работы control ~ вчт. смена управления ~ вырваться, сорваться;
a cry broke from his lips крик сорвался с его уст day is breaking, day ~s рассветает, светает day is breaking, day ~s рассветает, светает ~ разг. шанс, возможность;
to get the breaks использовать благоприятные обстоятельства;
иметь успех;
a lucky break удача ~ out разразиться;
he broke out laughing он расхохотался line ~ вчт. разрыв строки ~ разг. шанс, возможность;
to get the breaks использовать благоприятные обстоятельства;
иметь успех;
a lucky break удача lunch ~ обеденный перерыв to make a bad ~ обанкротиться to make a bad ~ проговориться, обмолвиться to make a bad ~ сделать ошибку, ложный шаг ~ раскол;
разрыв (отношений) ;
to make a break (with smb.) порвать (с кем-л.) page ~ вчт. обрыв страницы to ~ even остаться при своих (в игре) ;
who breaks, pays посл. = сам заварил кашу, сам и расхлебывай predictable ~ прогнозируемый спад ~ out появляться;
a rash broke out on his body y него выступила сыпь soft page ~ вчт. мягкая граница страницы user ~ вчт. прерывание пользователем to ~ even остаться при своих (в игре) ;
who breaks, pays посл. = сам заварил кашу, сам и расхлебывай
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