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1 scout around
بَحَثَ \ look out for: to be ready to see; be on the watch for: We’re looking out for a flat which is nearer my work. search: to look carefully (for sth. that is lost or needed): I’ve searched everywhere for my keys. hunt: to search: I’m hunting for my pen. scout around: to search (not for sth. that is lost): I’ll scout around for a good place to camp. seek: old use (still used formally with a few nouns such as advice, shelter or one’s fortune). look for. \ See Also فَتَّشَ عن -
2 look for
بَحَثَ \ look out for: to be ready to see; be on the watch for: We’re looking out for a flat which is nearer my work. search: to look carefully (for sth. that is lost or needed): I’ve searched everywhere for my keys. hunt: to search: I’m hunting for my pen. scout around: to search (not for sth. that is lost): I’ll scout around for a good place to camp. seek: old use (still used formally with a few nouns such as advice, shelter or one’s fortune). look for. \ See Also فَتَّشَ عن -
3 look out for
بَحَثَ \ look out for: to be ready to see; be on the watch for: We’re looking out for a flat which is nearer my work. search: to look carefully (for sth. that is lost or needed): I’ve searched everywhere for my keys. hunt: to search: I’m hunting for my pen. scout around: to search (not for sth. that is lost): I’ll scout around for a good place to camp. seek: old use (still used formally with a few nouns such as advice, shelter or one’s fortune). look for. \ See Also فَتَّشَ عن -
4 scout around
اِرْتَادَ \ explore: to travel into or through (a place) for the purpose of discovery: Captain Scott explored the Antarctic regions. scout around: to search (not for sth. that is lost): I’ll scout around for a good place to camp. -
5 scout around
اِسْتَطلَعَ \ scout: to search an area to obtain facts (esp. about an enemy). scout around: to search (not for sth. that is lost): I’ll scout around for a good place to camp. snoop: to watch secretly what others are doing, so as to make trouble for them (as by reporting their faults to some official). -
6 работа не бей лежачего ( all you have to do is sit around the pool and make sure nobody drowns . It's money for jam. - Все, что от тебя требуется, сидеть у бассейна и следить, чтобы никто не утонул. Работа н
General subject: money for jamУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > работа не бей лежачего ( all you have to do is sit around the pool and make sure nobody drowns . It's money for jam. - Все, что от тебя требуется, сидеть у бассейна и следить, чтобы никто не утонул. Работа н
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7 разыскивать (for)
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8 poke around
to look or search for something among other things.يُفَتِّش -
9 conical gyrodrive (for stabilization of a space-vehicle around its mass center)
конический гиропривод (для стабилизации космического летательного аппарата вокруг его центра масс)Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > conical gyrodrive (for stabilization of a space-vehicle around its mass center)
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10 en esta época del año
Ex. Around this time of year, professors are up to their eyeballs in work and. are likely handling lots of requests for reference letters.* * *Ex: Around this time of year, professors are up to their eyeballs in work and. are likely handling lots of requests for reference letters.
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11 за несколько минут вокруг света
Новый русско-английский словарь > за несколько минут вокруг света
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12 promener
promener [pʀɔm(ə)ne]➭ TABLE 51. transitive verb2. reflexive verba. ( = aller en promenade) to go for a walk (or drive etc)• aller se promener to go for a walk (or drive etc)b. [pensées, regard, doigts] to wander* * *pʀɔmne
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1) ( faire sortir) to take [somebody] out [personne]va chez le boulanger, ça te promènera — (colloq) go to the baker's, it'll get you out
2) ( transporter) to carry
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se promener verbe pronominal ( à pied) to go for a walk; ( en voiture) to go for a drive; ( en bateau) to go out in a boat; (à bicyclette, à cheval) to go for a ridele dossier s'est promené (colloq) dans toute l'usine — the file did the rounds of the factory
* * *pʀɔm(ə)ne vt1) [personne, chien] to take for a walkCordelia promène son chien tous les jours. — Cordelia takes her dog for a walk every day.
2) (= porter) to carry aroundElle promène son appareil photo partout où elle va. — She carries her camera around with her everywhere.
3) (= faire arpenter) to trail roundElle m'a promené dans le magasin pendant une heure avant de se souvenir qu'ils ne vendaient plus cet article. — She trailed me around the shop for an hour before she realized they didn't sell the item any more.
4) fig, [doigts, regard]* * *promener verb table: leverA vtr1 ( faire sortir) to take [sb] out [enfant, personne]; to take [sth] out for a walk, to walk [chien, animal]; ( faire visiter) to show [sb] around [personne, visiteur]; il est sorti promener le chien he's taken the dog out for a walk; nous l'avons promené partout we took him all over the place; va chez le boulanger, ça te promènera go to the baker's, it'll get you out; il m'a promené dans toute l'usine avant de trouver le bon service he dragged me around the whole factory before finding the right department; le pianiste promenait ses mains sur le clavier the pianist's fingers flowed over the keyboard;2 ( transporter) to lug○ [valise, sac, pancarte, objet encombrant]; to carry [objet, parapluie, sac à main, carnet]; à 13 ans il promène encore son ours en peluche he's 13, but he still carries his teddy bear around with him; il promène sa tristesse/son ennui partout he carries his misery/his boredom around with him wherever he goes; promener son regard or œil sur qn/qch to cast an eye over sb/sth; promener une loupe sur qch to look over sth with a magnifying glass.B se promener vpr1 ( pour se distraire) ( à pied) to go for a walk; ( en voiture) to go for a drive; ( en bateau) to go out in a boat; (à bicyclette, à cheval) to go for a ride; nous sommes allés nous promener dans la vieille ville we went for a walk around the old town; ils sont partis se promener dans les bois they've gone (off) for a walk in the woods; le dossier s'est promené dans toute l'usine the file did the rounds of the factory.[prɔmne] verbe transitif1. [sortir - à pied] to take (out) for a walk ou stroll ; [ - en voiture] to take (out) for a drivej'ai passé le week-end à promener un ami étranger dans Paris I spent the weekend showing a foreign friend around Parispromener le chien to walk the dog, to take the dog for a walk2. (figuré) [emmener - personne][mentir à]3. [déplacer]a. [en jouant] to run one's fingers over the keysb. [pour le toucher] to finger the piano4. (soutenu) [traîner]promener son ennui/désespoir to go around looking bored/disconsolate5. [transporter] to take aroundses récits de voyage nous ont promenés dans le monde entier her travel stories have taken us all around the world————————se promener verbe pronominal intransitif1. [à pied] to go for a walk ou stroll[en voiture] to go for a drive[à bicyclette, à cheval] to go for a ride[en bateau] to go for a sailviens te promener avec moi come for ou on a walk with me2. [mains, regard]3. (familier) [traîner] -
13 redonda
f.1 semibreve(British), whole note (United States) (Music).2 neighborhood, neighbourhood.3 whole note.* * *1 (comarca) region1 MÚSICA semibreve, US whole note\a la redonda around■ la explosión se oyó en varios kilómetros a la redonda the explosion could be heard several kilometres away* * *f., (m. - redondo)* * *SF1) (Mús) semibreve, whole note (EEUU)2) (Tip) roman3)a la redonda: en muchas millas a la redonda — for many miles around
* * *1) (Impr) Roman character2) (Mús) semibreve3)a la redonda: en diez metros a la redonda within a ten meter radius; se oyó a varios kilómetros a la redonda — it could be heard for miles around
* * *1) (Impr) Roman character2) (Mús) semibreve3)a la redonda: en diez metros a la redonda within a ten meter radius; se oyó a varios kilómetros a la redonda — it could be heard for miles around
* * *A ( Impr) Roman characterimpreso en redondas printed in Roman typeB ( Mús) semibreveCa la redonda: no había una sola casa en dos kilómetros a la redonda there wasn't a single house within a two kilometer radiusse oyó a varios kilómetros a la redonda it could be heard for miles aroundlos gritos se oían cuadras a la redonda ( AmL); the shouts could be heard blocks o streets away* * *
redonda sustantivo femenino
1 (Mús) semibreve
2◊ a la redonda: en diez metros a la redonda within a ten meter radius;
se oyó a varios kilómetros a la redonda it could be heard for miles around
redondo,-a adjetivo
1 (cosa, forma, número) round
2 (perfecto) perfect, complete
un negocio redondo, a great deal
♦ Locuciones: caer redondo, to collapse, keel over
girar en redondo, to turn (right) around
negarse en redondo, to refuse point blank
redonda f Mús semibreve
♦ Locuciones: a la redonda, around: en cuatro metros a la redonda, within a four metre radius
' redonda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
granadilla
- melocotón
- mesa
- pecera
English:
blast
- round-table meeting
- around
- round-
- round
- semibreve
- whole
* * *♦ nf2. Imprenta roman character;en redonda in roman (type)♦ a la redonda loc adven 15 kilómetros a la redonda within a 15 kilometre radius;la explosión se oyó en muchos kilómetros a la redonda the explosion was heard for miles around* * *f:a la redonda around, round about* * *redonda nf1) : region, surrounding area2)a la redonda alrededor: aroundde diez millas a la redonda: for ten miles around* * *redonda n -
14 rebuscar
v.1 to search (around in).2 to search painstakingly for, to beat about for, to cast about for, to beat around for.3 to rummage, to forage.* * *1 to search carefully for* * *1. VT1) [+ objeto] to search carefully for; (Agr) to glean2) [+ lugar] to search carefully; [+ montón] to search through, rummage in2.VI (=buscar minuciosamente) to search carefully; (Agr) to gleanestuve rebuscando en los armarios y no lo encontré — I was looking in the cupboards and I couldn't find it
3.See:* * *verbo intransitivorebusqué en sus bolsillos — I went through o searched his pockets
* * *= comb trough, fumble through, rummage (among/through), grub around, root through, forage, comb, root, rifle through.Ex. By contrast, in the 1962 BTI three entry headings, with one entry under each, and seven cross reference headings, have to be combed through to find reference from 'HYDROGEN Peroxide, Bleaching, Cotton' to its reverse.Ex. Stanton drew a breath and went on, 'We'll accept equivalent experience in lieu of professional experience... Let me get the exact wording' -- she fumbled through some papers in a folder -- 'so long as it, ah! here it is, quote, is sufficient to indicate ability to do the job, unquote'.Ex. But searching an Internet database through hot new technique such as Wide Area Information Servers is vastly different from using the BITNET protocols to rummage through files on one of its server computers.Ex. They are often looking for a call number so that they can go into the stacks and grub around in the materials near that call number.Ex. The library would send out squads of trained personnel to root through the piles looking for worthwhile items to be catalogued and shelved.Ex. We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.Ex. All barnacles are filter feeders -- extending feathery legs into the water at high tide to comb plankton from the water.Ex. We let our 4 hens loose to root in the garden but I think it's not a good idea in the long run, as they would kill raspberries and other plants.Ex. We could rifle through history and find many a world leader who has had a misty-eyed public moment.----* mendigo que rebusca en la basura = dumpster rat.* rebuscar en = sift through.* rebuscar en la memoria = comb + Posesivo + memory.* * *verbo intransitivorebusqué en sus bolsillos — I went through o searched his pockets
* * *= comb trough, fumble through, rummage (among/through), grub around, root through, forage, comb, root, rifle through.Ex: By contrast, in the 1962 BTI three entry headings, with one entry under each, and seven cross reference headings, have to be combed through to find reference from 'HYDROGEN Peroxide, Bleaching, Cotton' to its reverse.
Ex: Stanton drew a breath and went on, 'We'll accept equivalent experience in lieu of professional experience... Let me get the exact wording' -- she fumbled through some papers in a folder -- 'so long as it, ah! here it is, quote, is sufficient to indicate ability to do the job, unquote'.Ex: But searching an Internet database through hot new technique such as Wide Area Information Servers is vastly different from using the BITNET protocols to rummage through files on one of its server computers.Ex: They are often looking for a call number so that they can go into the stacks and grub around in the materials near that call number.Ex: The library would send out squads of trained personnel to root through the piles looking for worthwhile items to be catalogued and shelved.Ex: We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.Ex: All barnacles are filter feeders -- extending feathery legs into the water at high tide to comb plankton from the water.Ex: We let our 4 hens loose to root in the garden but I think it's not a good idea in the long run, as they would kill raspberries and other plants.Ex: We could rifle through history and find many a world leader who has had a misty-eyed public moment.* mendigo que rebusca en la basura = dumpster rat.* rebuscar en = sift through.* rebuscar en la memoria = comb + Posesivo + memory.* * *rebuscar [A2 ]virebuscó entre los papeles de la mesa he searched through the papers on the deskrebusqué en sus bolsillos I went through o searched his pocketslos perros rebuscaban en la basura the dogs were rummaging about in the garbage* * *
rebuscar ( conjugate rebuscar) verbo intransitivo:
rebuscaba en la basura he was rummaging about in the garbage
rebuscar verbo intransitivo & vt to search throroughly: rebuscó entre las carpetas, she went through the files with a fine-tooth comb
el gato rebuscaba en la basura, the cat rummaged through the rubbish
' rebuscar' also found in these entries:
English:
forage
- fish
* * *♦ vito search (around);no me gusta que rebusques en mis cajones I don't like you poking around in o going through my drawers;rebusqué por todas partes pero no lo encontré I searched everywhere but I couldn't find it* * *v/t AGR glean; figsearch for* * *rebuscar {72} vi: to search thoroughly -
15 worum
Adv.1. fragend, nach Thema: about what?, what... about?; räumlich: (a)round what; worum handelt es sich? what’s it about?; (was wollen Sie?) what’s the problem?; worum soll ich die Schnur wickeln? what should I wind the string around?2. in Relativsätzen, thematisch: about which; for which; räumlich: around which; etwas, worum du dich kümmern solltest something you ought to be concerned about; worum ich dich bitten möchte, ist... what I want to ask you for is...* * *wo|rụm [vo'rʊm]adv → auch um1) interrog about what, what... about2) rel about which, which... aboutder Ast, worum ich die Schnur gebunden hatte — the branch I tied the rope (a)round
worum die Diskussion auch geht,... — whatever the discussion is about...
* * *wo·rum[voˈrʊm]1. interrog (um welche Sache/Angelegenheit) what... about\worum ging es eigentlich bei eurem Streit? what was your fight all about?\worum handelt es sich? what is this about?\worum hatte sich der Schal gewickelt? what had the scarf wrapped itself around?3. rel (um welche Sache/Angelegenheit) what... aboutalles, \worum du mich bittest, sei dir gewährt (geh) all that you ask of me will be granteddas Bein, \worum der Verband gewickelt ist, ist viel dünner the leg the bandage is around is much thinner* * *1) (interrogativ) around what; what... around2) (relativisch) around which; which... around* * *worum advworum handelt es sich? what’s it about?; (was wollen Sie?) what’s the problem?;worum soll ich die Schnur wickeln? what should I wind the string around?etwas, worum du dich kümmern solltest something you ought to be concerned about;worum ich dich bitten möchte, ist … what I want to ask you for is …* * *1) (interrogativ) around what; what... around2) (relativisch) around which; which... around -
16 en todo el mundo
= worldwide [world-wide], world over, the, around the world, all around the world, all over the world, across the globe, throughout the world, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over, in the whole worldEx. In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.Ex. Despite its faults and inadequacies the public library brings pleasure to, and satisfies some of the needs of, millions the world over.Ex. Today, it is possible to connect a computer terminal to a wide range of online computer-stored data around the world.Ex. Patent lawyers would be hard pressed if they had to operate without abstracts to the millions upon millions of patents issued for centuries all around the world.Ex. All of the schemes are here subjected to considerable criticism but we have as yet nothing better to replace them; they are used in libraries all over the world, and librarians have to learn to live with them.Ex. It is difficult to make comparisons between library services across the globe = Es difícil establecer comparaciones entre los servicios bibliocarios de todo el mundo.Ex. In 1953 UNESCO estimated that 269,000 books were produced throughout the world.Ex. The OCLC bibliographic database has become one of the world's premier library resources, consulted an average of 65 times a second by users around the globe.Ex. Fragmentation, competition and division is giving way to unification and cooperation as knowledge, technology, and capital flows across the world.Ex. It is a shining center of culture and political influence without peer around the planet.Ex. Every scientist, social scientist or humanist draws upon the findings and the thoughts of his predecessors or his current colleagues the world over.Ex. Niagara falls is perhaps the most known attraction of this type in the whole world.* * *= worldwide [world-wide], world over, the, around the world, all around the world, all over the world, across the globe, throughout the world, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over, in the whole worldEx: In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.
Ex: Despite its faults and inadequacies the public library brings pleasure to, and satisfies some of the needs of, millions the world over.Ex: Today, it is possible to connect a computer terminal to a wide range of online computer-stored data around the world.Ex: Patent lawyers would be hard pressed if they had to operate without abstracts to the millions upon millions of patents issued for centuries all around the world.Ex: All of the schemes are here subjected to considerable criticism but we have as yet nothing better to replace them; they are used in libraries all over the world, and librarians have to learn to live with them.Ex: It is difficult to make comparisons between library services across the globe = Es difícil establecer comparaciones entre los servicios bibliocarios de todo el mundo.Ex: In 1953 UNESCO estimated that 269,000 books were produced throughout the world.Ex: The OCLC bibliographic database has become one of the world's premier library resources, consulted an average of 65 times a second by users around the globe.Ex: Fragmentation, competition and division is giving way to unification and cooperation as knowledge, technology, and capital flows across the world.Ex: It is a shining center of culture and political influence without peer around the planet.Ex: Every scientist, social scientist or humanist draws upon the findings and the thoughts of his predecessors or his current colleagues the world over.Ex: Niagara falls is perhaps the most known attraction of this type in the whole world. -
17 rond
rond, e1 [ʀɔ̃, ʀɔ̃d]1. adjectiveb. ( = net) round• être rond comme une bille or comme une queue de pelle to be blind drunk (inf)2. masculine nouna. ( = cercle) ring• s'asseoir/danser en rond to sit/dance in a circle• tourner en rond (à pied) to walk round and round ; (en voiture) to drive round in circles ; (enquête, discussion) to go round in circles• il n'a pas le or un rond he hasn't got a penny to his name• ça doit valoir des ronds ! that must be worth a mint! (inf)3. adverb• qu'est-ce qui ne tourne pas rond ? (inf) what's the matter?• ça fait 50 € tout rond it comes to exactly 50 euros* * *
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ronde ʀɔ̃, ʀɔ̃d adjectif1) ( en forme de cercle) gén round; [bâtiment] circular2) ( arrondi) gén rounded; [seins] full; [visage] round; [personne] tubbyelle se trouve trop ronde — euph she thinks she's too fat
3) ( net) [nombre] round4) (colloq) ( ivre) drunk
2.
faire des ronds dans l'eau — lit to make ripples in the water
Phrasal Verbs:••être rond en affaires — (colloq) to be honest, to be on the level (colloq)
être rond comme une barrique or une queue de pelle or un petit pois — (colloq) to be blind drunk (colloq)
* * *ʀɔ̃, ʀɔ̃d rond, -e1. adj1) (= sphérique, circulaire) roundLa Terre est ronde. — The earth is round.
Il a les joues rondes. — He has round cheeks.
3) * (= ivre) drunk, tight *Il est complètement rond. — He's completely drunk.
4) (= sans détour)2. nm1) (= cercle) circleElle a dessiné un rond sur le sable. — She drew a circle in the sand.
en rond [s'asseoir, danser] — in a circle, in a ring
Ils se sont assis en rond. — They sat down in a circle.
2) * (= sou)je n'ai plus un rond — I haven't a penny to my name, I'm broke *
3. nf1) [surveillance] patrol2) (= danse) round dance3) MUSIQUE semibreve Grande-Bretagne whole note USAà la ronde (= alentour) — around, (= à chacun) around
Il a passé les photos à la ronde. — He passed the photos around., He passed the photos round. Grande-Bretagne
4. advtourner rond [moteur] — to run smoothly
* * *A adj1 gén [objet, table, trou, chapeau, tête, œil] round; [tube, bâtiment] circular; [plat] round, circular; [écriture, lettres] rounded; [bras, mollet, ventre, cuisse, menton] rounded; [seins] full; [visage] round; [personne] tubby; un petit nez rond a button nose; un bébé tout rond a chubby baby; elle se trouve trop ronde euph she thinks she's too fat;2 ( net) [nombre, chiffre] round; un compte rond a round sum; ça fait trois cents euros tout rond that's three hundred euros exactly; elle a sept ans tout rond she's seven years old exactly;3 ○( ivre) drunk;4 Vin [vin] round.B nm1 ( cercle) circle; tracer un rond to draw a circle; danser en rond to dance (round) in a circle; s'asseoir en rond to sit in a circle ou ring; faire des ronds de fumée to blow smoke rings; faire des ronds dans l'eau lit to make ripples in the water; un rond de lumière a patch of light; ⇒ baver;2 ◑( argent) ils ont des ronds they're rich, they're loaded○; n'avoir plus un rond to be broke○; tu as assez de ronds? have you got enough dough○?; coûter des ronds to cost a bundle○!;3 Culin ( morceau de bœuf) round steak;4 ( tranche) slice.C ronde nf1 Danse, Mus round dance; faire une ronde to make ou form a circle; entrer dans la ronde lit, fig to join the dance;2 ( va-et-vient) la ronde des voitures sur la place de la Concorde/le circuit the cars whirling round Place de la Concorde/the circuit; la ronde des notes de service dans un bureau memos going the rounds in an office; la ronde des saisons the passing of the seasons;3 ( inspection) ( de policiers) patrol; (de soldats, gardiens) watch; faire sa ronde to be on patrol ou watch;5 ( écriture arrondie) roundhand.D à la ronde loc adv1 ( autour) around; toutes les cloches à la ronde sonnaient all the bells were ringing for miles around; on entendait le bruit à trois kilomètres à la ronde you could hear the noise three kilometresGB away;2 ( ici et là) around; offrir des gâteaux à la ronde to pass some cakes around.rond à béton Constr reinforcing bar; rond de jambe Danse rond de jambe; faire des ronds de jambe à qn fig to be overly polite to sb; rond de serviette napkin ring; rond de sorcière fairy ring.être rond en affaires○ to be honest, to be on the level○; ouvrir des yeux ronds to be wide-eyed with astonishment; être rond comme une barrique or queue de pelle or un petit pois to be blind drunk○.( féminin ronde) [rɔ̃, rɔ̃d] adjectiffaire ou ouvrir des yeux ronds to stare in disbeliefde jolies épaules bien rondes well-rounded ou well-turned shoulders5. [chiffre, somme] round————————nom masculinfaire des ronds de fumée to blow ou to make smoke rings2. [anneau] ring3. (familier) [sou]4. DANSE————————adverbe(familier & locution)tourner rond to go well, to run smoothlyqu'est-ce qui ne tourne pas rond? what's the matter?, what's the problem?————————en rond locution adverbiale[se placer, s'asseoir] in a circle[danser] in a ring -
18 kramen
I v/i rummage (about) (in, unter + Dat in; nach for); in seinen Erinnerungen kramen fig. take a trip down memory lane; (schwelgen) wallow in memoriesII v/t: etw. aus etw. kramen dig s.th. out of s.th.* * *kra|men ['kraːmən]1. vi1) (= wühlen) to rummage about (in +dat in, nach for)2. vtetw aus etw krámen — to fish sth out of sth
* * *((usually with for) to search for: She fished around in her handbag for a handkerchief.) fish* * *kra·men[ˈkra:mən]I. vi1. (fam)er kramte in der Schublade nach alten Fotos he rummaged around in the drawer for old photosII. vt* * *1.2.in etwas (Dat.) kramen — rummage about in or rummage through something
transitives Verb (ugs.)etwas aus etwas kramen — fish (coll.) or get something out of something
* * *A. v/i rummage (about) (in, unter +dat in;nach for);B. v/t:etwas aus etwas kramen dig sth out of sth* * *1.2.in etwas (Dat.) kramen — rummage about in or rummage through something
transitives Verb (ugs.)etwas aus etwas kramen — fish (coll.) or get something out of something
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19 en el mundo entero
= all over the world, worldwide [world-wide], all around the world, throughout the world, around the planet, the world overEx. All of the schemes are here subjected to considerable criticism but we have as yet nothing better to replace them; they are used in libraries all over the world, and librarians have to learn to live with them.Ex. In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.Ex. Patent lawyers would be hard pressed if they had to operate without abstracts to the millions upon millions of patents issued for centuries all around the world.Ex. In 1953 UNESCO estimated that 269,000 books were produced throughout the world.Ex. It is a shining center of culture and political influence without peer around the planet.Ex. Every scientist, social scientist or humanist draws upon the findings and the thoughts of his predecessors or his current colleagues the world over.* * *= all over the world, worldwide [world-wide], all around the world, throughout the world, around the planet, the world overEx: All of the schemes are here subjected to considerable criticism but we have as yet nothing better to replace them; they are used in libraries all over the world, and librarians have to learn to live with them.
Ex: In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.Ex: Patent lawyers would be hard pressed if they had to operate without abstracts to the millions upon millions of patents issued for centuries all around the world.Ex: In 1953 UNESCO estimated that 269,000 books were produced throughout the world.Ex: It is a shining center of culture and political influence without peer around the planet.Ex: Every scientist, social scientist or humanist draws upon the findings and the thoughts of his predecessors or his current colleagues the world over. -
20 Tompion, Thomas
SUBJECT AREA: Horology[br]baptized 25 July 1639 Ickwell Green, Englandd. 20 November 1713 London, England[br]English clock-and watchmaker of great skill and ingenuity who laid the foundations of his country's pre-eminence in that field.[br]Little is known about Tompion's early life except that he was born into a family of blacksmiths. When he was admitted into the Clockmakers' Company in 1671 he was described as a "Great Clockmaker", which meant a maker of turret clocks, and as these clocks were made of wrought iron they would have required blacksmithing skills. Despite this background, he also rapidly established his reputation as a watchmaker. In 1674 he moved to premises in Water Lane at the sign of "The Dial and Three Crowns", where his business prospered and he remained for the rest of his life. Assisted by journeymen and up to eleven apprentices at any one time, the output from his workshop was prodigious, amounting to over 5,000 watches and 600 clocks. In his lifetime he was famous for his watches, as these figures suggest, but although they are of high quality they do not differ markedly from those produced by other London watchmakers of that period. He is now known more for the limited number of elaborate clocks that he produced, such as the equation clock and the spring-driven clock of a year's duration, which he made for William III. Around 1711 he took into partnership his nephew by marriage, George Graham, who carried on the business after his death.Although Tompion does not seem to have been particularly innovative, he lived at a time when great advances were being made in horology, which his consummate skill as a craftsman enabled him to exploit. In this he was greatly assisted by his association with Robert Hooke, for whom Tompion constructed a watch with a balance spring in 1675; at that time Hooke was trying to establish his priority over Huygens for this invention. Although this particular watch was not successful, it made Tompion aware of the potential of the balance spring and he became the first person in England to apply Huygens's spiral spring to the balance of a watch. Although Thuret had constructed such a watch somewhat earlier in France, the superior quality of Tompion's wheel work, assisted by Hooke's wheel-cutting engine, enabled him to dominate the market. The anchor escapement (which reduced the amplitude of the pendulum's swing) was first applied to clocks around this time and produced further improvements in accuracy which Tompion and other makers were able to utilize. However, the anchor escapement, like the verge escapement, produced recoil (the clock was momentarily driven in reverse). Tompion was involved in attempts to overcome this defect with the introduction of the dead-beat escapement for clocks and the horizontal escapement for watches. Neither was successful, but they were both perfected later by George Graham.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsMaster of the Clockmakers' Company 1703.Bibliography1695, with William Houghton and Edward Barlow, British patent no. 344 (for a horizontal escapement).Further ReadingR.W.Symonds, 1951, Thomas Tompion, His Life and Work, London (a comprehensive but now slightly dated account).H.W.Robinson and W.Adams (eds), 1935, The Diary of Robert Hooke (contains many references to Tompion).D.Howse, 1970, The Tompion clocks at Greenwich and the dead-beat escapement', Antiquarian Horology 7:18–34, 114–33.DV
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