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  • 1 good men and true

    уст.
    честные, порядочные люди [шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]

    Dogberry: "Are you good men and true?" Verges: "Yea, or else it were pity but they should suffer salvation, body and soul." (W. Shakespeare, ‘Much Ado about Nothing’, act III, sc. 3) — Кизил: "Вы люди честные и верные?" Булава: "Еще бы! А то не стоили бы они того, чтобы претерпеть спасение души и тела." (перевод Т. Щепкиной-Куперник)

    On one occasion... Nelson took too much champagne. Such a thing has happened on isolated occasions to many a good men and true. (OED) — Однажды... Нельсон выпил слишком много шампанского. Подобное иногда случается со многими честными и достойными людьми.

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  • 2 Twelve good men and true

    Суд присяжных

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  • 3 twelve good men and true

    Буквально «двенадцать благородных мужчин и истина». На русский язык это словосочетание переводится как «присяжные». Никто точно не знает, почему в английском правосудии существует именно двенадцать присяжных, хотя есть предположение, что это связано с двенадцатью учениками Христа или с двенадцатью коленами Израиля, но возможно, имеются в виду и знаки зодиака. Это выражение существует в разговорной речи с XVI в. В наше время, конечно, присяжными могут быть и женщины.

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  • 4 good

    good [gʊd]
    bon1A (a)-(d), 1B (a), 1C (a), 1C (c), 1C (d), 1D (a)-(e), 1E (a)-(d), 2 (a) beau1A (a), 1D (b) gentil1B (a) sage1B (b) favorable1C (b) bien2 (a), 2 (b), 3 pour ainsi dire5 pour de bon6
    (compar better ['betə(r)], superl best [best])
    A.
    (a) (enjoyable, pleasant → book, feeling, holiday) bon, agréable; (→ weather) beau (belle);
    we're good friends nous sommes très amis;
    we're just good friends on est des amis, c'est tout;
    she has a good relationship with her staff elle a un bon contact avec ses employés;
    they have a good sex life sexuellement, tout va bien entre eux;
    they had a good time ils se sont bien amusés;
    we had good weather during the holidays il faisait beau pendant nos vacances;
    good to eat/to hear bon à manger/à entendre;
    it's good to be home ça fait du bien ou ça fait plaisir de rentrer chez soi;
    it's good to be alive il fait bon vivre;
    wait until he's in a good mood attendez qu'il soit de bonne humeur;
    to feel good être en forme;
    he doesn't feel good about leaving her alone (worried) ça l'ennuie de la laisser seule; (ashamed) il a honte de la laisser seule;
    it's too good to be true c'est trop beau pour être vrai ou pour y croire;
    the good life la belle vie;
    she's never had it so good! elle n'a jamais eu la vie si belle!;
    this is as good as you can get or as it gets c'est ce qui se fait de mieux;
    have a good day! bonne journée!;
    it's good to see you je suis/nous sommes content(s) de te voir;
    American familiar good to see you content de te voir;
    you can have too much of a good thing on se lasse de tout, même du meilleur
    (b) (high quality → clothing, dishes) bon, de bonne qualité; (→ painting, film) bon; (→ food) bon;
    it's a good school c'est une bonne école;
    he speaks good English il parle bien anglais;
    she put her good shoes on elle a mis ses belles chaussures;
    I need a good suit j'ai besoin d'un bon costume;
    this house is good enough for me cette maison me suffit;
    if it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me si ça vous va, alors ça me va aussi;
    this isn't good enough ça ne va pas;
    this work isn't good enough ce travail laisse beaucoup à désirer;
    nothing is too good for her family rien n'est trop beau pour sa famille;
    it makes good television ça marche bien à la télévision
    (c) (competent, skilful) bon, compétent;
    do you know a good lawyer? connaissez-vous un bon avocat?;
    she's a very good doctor c'est un excellent médecin;
    he's a good swimmer c'est un bon nageur;
    she's a good listener c'est quelqu'un qui sait écouter;
    to be good in bed être bien au lit;
    he's too good for that job il mérite une meilleure situation;
    to be good at sth être doué pour ou bon en qch;
    they're good at everything ils sont bons en tout;
    he's good with children il sait s'y prendre avec les enfants;
    to be good with one's hands être habile ou adroit de ses mains;
    they're not good enough to direct the others ils ne sont pas à la hauteur pour diriger les autres;
    you're as good as he is tu le vaux bien, tu vaux autant que lui;
    she's as good an artist as you are elle vous vaut en tant qu'artiste;
    to be good on French history/contract law (author) être bon en histoire de France/sur le droit des contrats;
    to be good on sth (book) être complet sur qch;
    the good gardening guide (title of book) le guide du bon jardinier
    (d) (useful) bon;
    to be good for nothing être bon à rien;
    this product is also good for cleaning windows ce produit est bien aussi pour nettoyer les vitres
    good afternoon! (hello) bonjour!; (goodbye) bon après-midi!;
    good day! British or & American old-fashioned (hello) bonjour!; British old-fashioned (goodbye) adieu!;
    good evening! bonsoir!;
    good morning! (hello) bonjour!; (goodbye) au revoir!, bonne journée!
    B.
    (a) (kind) bon, gentil; (loyal, true) bon, véritable; (moral, virtuous) bon;
    good behaviour or conduct bonne conduite f;
    she's a good person c'est quelqu'un de bien;
    he's a good sort c'est un brave type;
    she proved to be a good friend elle a prouvé qu'elle était une véritable amie;
    he's been a good husband to her il a été pour elle un bon mari;
    you're too good for him tu mérites mieux que lui;
    they took advantage of his good nature ils ont profité de son bon naturel ou caractère;
    he's a good Christian/communist c'est un bon chrétien/communiste;
    to lead a good life (comfortable) avoir une belle vie; (moral) mener une vie vertueuse ou exemplaire;
    they've always been good to me ils ont toujours été gentils avec moi;
    life has been good to me j'ai eu de la chance dans la vie;
    that's very good of you c'est très aimable de votre part;
    he was very good about it il s'est montré très compréhensif;
    it's good of you to come c'est aimable ou gentil à vous d'être venu;
    would you be good enough to ask him? auriez-vous la bonté de lui demander?, seriez-vous assez aimable pour lui demander?;
    would you be good enough to reply by return of post? voudriez-vous avoir l'obligeance de répondre par retour du courrier?;
    old-fashioned or humorous and how's your good lady? et comment va madame?;
    old-fashioned or humorous my good man mon brave;
    literary good men and true des hommes vaillants;
    literary the good ship Caledonia le Caledonia
    be good! sois sage!;
    be a good boy and fetch Mummy's bag sois mignon, va chercher le sac de maman;
    good dog! (encouraging) oh, le beau chien!; (congratulating) c'est bien, le chien!
    C.
    (a) (desirable, positive) bon, souhaitable; (cause) bon;
    it's a good thing she's prepared to talk about it c'est une bonne chose qu'elle soit prête à en parler;
    she had the good fortune to arrive just then elle a eu la chance d'arriver juste à ce moment-là;
    it's a good job or good thing he decided not to go c'est une chance qu'il ait décidé de ou heureusement qu'il a décidé de ne pas y aller;
    all good wishes for the New Year tous nos meilleurs vœux pour le nouvel an
    (b) (favourable → contract, deal) avantageux, favorable; (→ opportunity, sign) bon, favorable;
    to buy sth at a good price acheter qch bon marché ou à un prix avantageux;
    you've got a good chance tu as toutes tes chances;
    she's in a good position to help us elle est bien placée pour nous aider;
    there are good times ahead l'avenir est prometteur;
    he put in a good word for me with the boss il a glissé un mot en ma faveur au patron;
    it's looking good (is going well) ça a l'air de bien se passer; (is going to succeed) ça se présente bien;
    he's looking good (of boxer, athlete, election candidate) il a toutes ses chances
    (c) (convenient, suitable → place, time) bon, propice; (→ choice) bon, convenable;
    it's a good holiday spot for people with children c'est un lieu de vacances idéal pour ceux qui ont des enfants;
    is this a good moment to ask him? est-ce un bon moment pour lui demander?;
    this is as good a time as any autant le faire maintenant;
    it's as good a way as any to do it c'est une façon comme une autre de le faire
    (d) (beneficial) bon, bienfaisant;
    protein-rich diets are good for pregnant women les régimes riches en protéines sont bons pour les femmes enceintes;
    eat your spinach, it's good for you mange tes épinards, c'est bon pour toi;
    hard work is good for the soul! le travail forme le caractère!;
    whisky is good for a cold le whisky est bon pour les rhumes;
    to be good for business être bon pour les affaires;
    he's not good for her il a une mauvaise influence sur elle;
    this cold weather isn't good for your health ce froid n'est pas bon pour ta santé ou est mauvais pour toi;
    it's good for him to spend time outdoors ça lui fait du bien ou c'est bon pour lui de passer du temps dehors;
    he works more than is good for him il travaille plus qu'il ne faudrait ou devrait;
    figurative he doesn't know what's good for him il ne sait pas ce qui est bon pour lui;
    figurative if you know what's good for you, you'll listen si tu as le moindre bon sens, tu m'écouteras
    D.
    (a) (sound, strong) bon, valide;
    I can do a lot with my good arm je peux faire beaucoup de choses avec mon bras valide;
    my eyesight/hearing is good j'ai une bonne vue/l'ouïe fine
    (b) (attractive → appearance) bon, beau (belle); (→ features, legs) beau (belle), joli;
    you're looking good! (healthy) tu as bonne mine!; (well-dressed) tu es très bien!;
    that colour looks good on him cette couleur lui va bien;
    she has a good figure elle est bien faite;
    the vase looks good there le vase rend très bien là
    (c) (valid, well-founded) bon, valable;
    she had a good excuse/reason for not going elle avait une bonne excuse pour/une bonne raison de ne pas y aller;
    I wouldn't have come without good reason je ne serais pas venu sans avoir une bonne raison;
    they made out a good case against drinking tap water ils ont bien expliqué pourquoi il ne fallait pas boire l'eau du robinet
    (d) (reliable, trustworthy → brand, car) bon, sûr; Commerce & Finance (→ cheque) bon; (→ investment, securities) sûr; (→ debt) bon, certain;
    my passport is good for five years mon passeport est bon ou valable pour cinq ans;
    this coat is good for another year ce manteau fera encore un an;
    familiar she's good for another ten years elle en a bien encore pour dix ans;
    familiar he's always good for a laugh il sait toujours faire rire ;
    how much money are you good for? (do you have) de combien d'argent disposez-vous?;
    he should be good for a couple of hundred pounds on devrait pouvoir en tirer quelques centaines de livres;
    they are or their credit is good for £500 on peut leur faire crédit jusqu'à 500 livres
    (e) (honourable, reputable) bon, estimé;
    they live at a good address ils habitent un quartier chic;
    to protect their good name pour défendre leur réputation;
    the firm has a good name la société a (une) bonne réputation;
    she's from a good family elle est de bonne famille;
    a family of good standing une famille bien
    E.
    (a) (ample, considerable) bon, considérable;
    a good amount or deal of money beaucoup d'argent;
    a good (round) sum une somme rondelette;
    a good few people pas mal de gens;
    take good care of your mother prends bien soin de ta mère;
    to make good money bien gagner sa vie;
    I make good money je gagne bien ma vie;
    we still have a good way to go nous avons encore un bon bout de chemin à faire;
    I was a good way into the book when I realized that… j'avais déjà bien avancé dans ma lecture quand je me suis rendu compte que…;
    a good thirty years ago il y a bien trente ans;
    the trip will take you a good two hours il vous faudra deux bonnes heures pour faire le voyage;
    she's been gone a good while ça fait un bon moment qu'elle est partie;
    they came in a good second ils ont obtenu une bonne deuxième place;
    there's a good risk of it happening il y a de grands risques que ça arrive
    (b) (proper, thorough) bon, grand;
    I gave the house a good cleaning j'ai fait le ménage à fond;
    have a good cry pleure un bon coup;
    we had a good laugh on a bien ri;
    I managed to get a good look at his face j'ai pu bien regarder son visage;
    take a good look at her regardez-la bien;
    he got a good spanking il a reçu une bonne fessée;
    familiar we were good and mad on était carrément furax;
    she'll call when she's good and ready elle appellera quand elle le voudra bien;
    I was good and sorry to have invited her j'ai bien regretté de l'avoir invitée
    (c) (acceptable) bon, convenable;
    we made the trip in good time le voyage n'a pas été trop long;
    that's all very good or all well and good but→ c'est bien joli ou bien beau tout ça mais…
    (d) (indicating approval) bon, très bien;
    I'd like a new suit - very good, sir! j'ai besoin d'un nouveau costume - (très) bien, monsieur!;
    she left him - good! elle l'a quitté - tant mieux!;
    he's feeling better - good, let him go il va mieux - très bien, laissez-le partir;
    good, that's settled bon ou bien, voilà une affaire réglée;
    (that) sounds good! (good idea) bonne idée!;
    that's a good question c'est une bonne question;
    familiar that's a good one! (joke) elle est (bien) bonne, celle-là!; ironic (far-fetched story) à d'autres!;
    familiar good on you or for you! bravo!, très bien!;
    good old Eric, I knew he wouldn't let us down! ce brave Eric, je savais qu'il ne nous laisserait pas tomber!;
    good old London le bon vieux Londres;
    the good old days le bon vieux temps
    (a) (as intensifier) bien, bon;
    a good hard bed un lit bien dur;
    I'd like a good hot bath j'ai envie de prendre un bon bain chaud;
    he needs a good sound spanking il a besoin d'une bonne fessée;
    the two friends had a good long chat les deux amis ont longuement bavardé;
    we took a good long walk nous avons fait une bonne ou une grande promenade
    (b) familiar (well) bien ;
    she writes good elle écrit bien;
    the boss gave it to them good and proper le patron leur a passé un de ces savons;
    their team beat us good and proper leur équipe nous a battus à plate couture ou à plates coutures;
    I'll do it when I'm good and ready je le ferai quand ça me chantera;
    I like my coffee good and strong j'aime le café bien fort;
    make sure it's stuck on good and hard vérifie que c'est vraiment bien collé;
    put the paint on good and thick appliquer la peinture en couches bien épaisses
    to make good (succeed) réussir; (reform) changer de conduite, se refaire une vie;
    a local boy made good un garçon du pays ou du coin qui a fait son chemin;
    the prisoner made good his escape le prisonnier est parvenu à s'échapper ou a réussi son évasion;
    they made good their promise ils ont tenu parole ou ont respecté leur promesse;
    he made good his position as leader il a assuré sa position de leader;
    to make sth good (mistake) remédier à qch; (damages, injustice) réparer qch; (losses) compenser qch; (deficit) combler qch; (wall, surface) apporter des finitions à qch;
    we'll make good any expenses you incur nous vous rembourserons toute dépense;
    American to make good on sth honorer qch
    3 noun
    (a) (morality, virtue) bien m;
    they do good ils font le bien;
    that will do more harm than good ça fera plus de mal que de bien;
    to return good for evil rendre le bien pour le mal;
    that organization is a power for good cet organisme exerce une influence salutaire;
    she recognized the good in him elle a vu ce qu'il y avait de bon en lui;
    there is good and bad in everyone il y a du bon et du mauvais en chacun de nous;
    to be up to no good préparer un mauvais coup;
    their daughter came to no good leur fille a mal tourné;
    for good or evil, for good or ill pour le bien et pour le mal
    this book isn't much good to me ce livre ne me sert pas à grand-chose;
    if it's any good to him si ça peut lui être utile ou lui rendre service;
    I was never any good at mathematics je n'ai jamais été doué pour les maths, je n'ai jamais été bon ou fort en maths;
    he's no good il est nul;
    he'd be no good as a teacher il ne ferait pas un bon professeur;
    what's the good? à quoi bon?;
    what good would it do to leave now? à quoi bon partir maintenant?;
    what good will it do you to see her? ça te servira à quoi ou t'avancera à quoi de la voir?;
    familiar a fat lot of good that did you! te voilà bien avancé maintenant!;
    ironic that will do you a lot of good! tu seras bien avancé!, ça te fera une belle jambe!;
    it's no good, I give up ça ne sert à rien, j'abandonne;
    it's no good worrying about it ça ne sert à rien de ou ce n'est pas la peine de ou inutile de vous inquiéter;
    I might as well talk to the wall for all the good it does je ferais aussi bien de parler au mur, pour tout l'effet que ça fait
    (c) (benefit, welfare) bien m;
    I did it for your own good je l'ai fait pour ton (propre) bien;
    a holiday will do her good des vacances lui feront du bien;
    she resigned for the good of her health elle a démissionné pour des raisons de santé;
    it does my heart good to see you so happy ça me réchauffe le cœur de vous voir si heureux;
    much good may it do you! grand bien vous fasse!;
    the common good l'intérêt m commun
    (people) the good les bons mpl, les gens mpl de bien;
    the good and the bad les bons et les méchants;
    only the good die young ce sont toujours les meilleurs qui partent les premiers
    pour ainsi dire, à peu de choses près;
    I'm as good as blind without my glasses sans lunettes je suis pour ainsi dire aveugle;
    he's as good as dead c'est comme s'il était mort;
    the job is as good as finished la tâche est pour ainsi dire ou est pratiquement finie;
    it's as good as new c'est comme neuf;
    he as good as admitted he was wrong il a pour ainsi dire reconnu qu'il avait tort;
    they as good as called us cowards ils n'ont pas dit qu'on était des lâches mais c'était tout comme;
    are you married? - as good as tu es marié? - non, mais c'est tout comme
    pour de bon;
    she left for good elle est partie pour de bon;
    they finally settled down for good ils se sont enfin fixés définitivement;
    for good and all une (bonne) fois pour toutes, pour de bon;
    I'm warning you for good and all! c'est la dernière fois que je te le dis!
    that's all to the good tant mieux;
    he finished up the card game £15 to the good il a fait 15 livres de bénéfice ou il a gagné 15 livres aux cartes
    ►► the Good Book la Bible;
    Good Friday le vendredi saint;
    American familiar good old boy or good ole boy or good ol' boy (white male from Southern US) = Blanc originaire du sud des États-Unis, aux valeurs traditionnelles; pejorative (redneck) plouc m;
    Bible the Good Samaritan le bon Samaritain;
    figurative good Samaritan bon Samaritain m;
    she's a real good Samaritan elle a tout du bon Samaritain;
    American Law the good Samaritan laws = lois qui protègent un sauveteur de toutes poursuites éventuelles engagées par le blessé;
    the Good Shepherd le Bon Pasteur
    ✾ Book 'A Good Enough Parent' Bettelheim 'Pour être des parents acceptables'
    ✾ Book 'Good as Gold' Heller 'Franc comme l'or'
    ✾ Film 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' Leone 'Le Bon, la brute et le truand'
    GOOD FRIDAY En Grande-Bretagne, il est traditionnel, le jour du vendredi saint, de manger des "hot cross buns" (petits pains ronds aux fruits secs, marqués d'une croix).
    THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT Le processus de paix en Irlande du Nord, qui a été amorcé par les cessez-le-feu des groupes paramilitaires républicains et unionistes en 1994, a abouti au "Good Friday Agreement", l'accord de paix signé à Belfast en avril 1998. Cet accord, parrainé par les Premiers ministres britannique et irlandais, et finalement approuvé par le Sinn Féin et par la plupart des partis unionistes, a mis en place la "Northern Ireland Assembly", un parlement quasi autonome avec un partage démocratique du pouvoir entre les communautés protestante et catholique. Cet accord est une étape vers la fin de trente ans de guerre civile en Ulster.
    You've never had it so good Ce slogan a été utilisé pour la première fois aux États-Unis en 1952 par les Démocrates. Il signifie "vous êtes aujourd'hui plus prospères que jamais". En Grande-Bretagne, ce slogan est associé au Premier ministre conservateur Harold Macmillan qui l'utilisa dans un discours en 1957. Aujourd'hui, on utilise cette formule sur le mode ironique lorsqu'une situation n'encourage pas du tout à l'optimisme.

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  • 5 good

    1. adjective,
    1) (satisfactory) gut; (reliable) gut; zuverlässig; (sufficient) gut; ausreichend [Vorrat]; ausgiebig [Mahl]; (competent) gut; geeignet

    his good eye/leg — sein gesundes Auge/Bein

    Late again! It's just not good enough!(coll.) Schon wieder zu spät. So geht es einfach nicht!

    be good at somethingin etwas (Dat.) gut sein

    speak good English — gut[es] Englisch sprechen

    be good with peopleetc. mit Menschen usw. gut od. leicht zurechtkommen

    2) (favourable, advantageous) gut; günstig [Gelegenheit, Augenblick, Angebot]

    too good to be true — zu schön, um wahr zu sein

    the good thing about it is that... — das Gute daran ist, dass...

    you can have too much of a good thingman kann es auch übertreiben

    be good for somebody/something — gut für jemanden/etwas sein

    eat more than is good for one — mehr essen, als einem guttut

    it's a good thing you told himnur gut, dass du es ihm gesagt hast

    3) (prosperous) gut
    4) (enjoyable) schön [Leben, Urlaub, Wochenende]

    the good old daysdie gute alte Zeit

    the good life — das angenehme[, sorglose] Leben

    have a good time!viel Spaß od. Vergnügen!

    it's good to be home again — es ist schön, wieder zu Hause zu sein

    5) (cheerful) gut; angenehm [Patient]

    good humour or spirits or mood — gute Laune

    I'm not feeling too good(coll.) mir geht es nicht sehr gut

    6) (well-behaved) gut; brav

    be good!, be a good girl/boy! — sei brav od. lieb!

    [as] good as gold — ganz artig od. brav

    7) (virtuous) rechtschaffen; (kind) nett; gut [Absicht, Wünsche, Benehmen, Tat]

    would you be so good as to or good enough to do that? — wären Sie so freundlich od. nett, das zu tun?

    that/it is good of you — das/es ist nett od. lieb von dir

    8) (commendable) gut

    good for youetc. (coll.) bravo!

    good old Jimetc. (coll.) der gute alte Jim usw. (ugs.)

    my good man/friend — (coll.) mein lieber Herr/Freund (ugs.; auch iron.)

    that's a good one(coll.) der ist gut! (ugs.); (iron.) das ist'n Ding! (ugs.)

    9) (attractive) schön; gut [Figur, Haltung]; gepflegt [Erscheinung, Äußeres]; wohlgeformt [Beine]
    10) (thorough) gut

    have a good weep/rest/sleep — sich richtig ausweinen/ausruhen/[sich] richtig ausschlafen (ugs.)

    11) (considerable) [recht] ansehnlich [Menschenmenge]; ganz schön, ziemlich (ugs.) [Stück Wegs, Entfernung, Zeitraum, Strecke]; gut, anständig [Preis, Erlös]; hoch [Alter]
    12) (sound, valid) gut [Grund, Rat, Gedanke]; berechtigt [Anspruch]; (Commerc.) solide [Kunde]; sicher [Anleihe, Kredit]

    good sense — Vernünftigkeit, die

    have the good sense to do somethingso vernünftig sein, etwas zu tun

    13) (in greetings)

    good afternoon/day — guten Tag!

    good evening/morning — guten Abend/Morgen!

    14) in exclamation gut

    very good, sir — sehr wohl!

    good God/Lord — etc. see nouns

    15) (best) gut [Geschirr, Anzug]
    16) (correct, fitting) gut; (appropriate) angebracht; ratsam
    17)

    as good asso gut wie

    18)

    make good(succeed) erfolgreich sein; (effect) in die Tat umsetzen; ausführen [Plan]; erfüllen [Versprechen]; (compensate for) wieder gutmachen [Fehler]; (indemnify) ersetzen [Schaden, Ausgaben]. See also academic.ru/6608/best">best 1.; better 1.

    2. adverb as intensifier
    (coll.)

    good and... — richtig...

    hit somebody good and proper — jemanden ordentlich verprügeln. See also best 2.; better 2.

    3. noun
    1) (use) Nutzen, der

    be some good to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache nützen

    he'll never be any goodaus dem wird nichts Gutes werden

    be no good to somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas nicht zu gebrauchen sein

    it is no/not much good doing something — es hat keinen/kaum einen Sinn, etwas zu tun

    what's the good of...?, what good is...? — was nützt...?

    2) (benefit)

    for your/his etc. own good — zu deinem/seinem usw. Besten od. eigenen Vorteil

    for the good of mankind/the country — zum Wohl[e] der Menschheit/des Landes

    do no/little good — nichts/wenig helfen od. nützen

    do somebody/something good — jemandem/einer Sache nützen; [Ruhe, Erholung:] jemandem/einer Sache gut tun; [Arznei:] jemandem/einer Sache helfen

    I'll tell him, but what good will that do? — ich sag es ihm, aber was nützt od. hilft das schon?

    come home £10 to the good — mit 10 Pfund plus nach Hause kommen

    3) (goodness) Gute, das

    the difference between good and bad or evil — der Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse

    4) (kind acts) Gute, das

    be up to no goodnichts Gutes im Sinn haben od. im Schilde führen

    5)

    for good [and all] — (finally) ein für allemal; (permanently) für immer [und ewig]; endgültig

    6) constr. as pl. (virtuous people)
    7) in pl. (wares etc.) Waren; (Brit. Railw.) Fracht, die; attrib. Güter[bahnhof, -wagen, -zug]
    8) in pl.

    the goods(coll.): (what is wanted) das Gewünschte; das Verlangte

    deliver the goods(fig.) halten, was man verspricht

    * * *
    [ɡud] 1. comparative - better; adjective
    1) (well-behaved; not causing trouble etc: Be good!; She's a good baby.) gut
    2) (correct, desirable etc: She was a good wife; good manners; good English.) gut
    3) (of high quality: good food/literature; His singing is very good.) gut
    4) (skilful; able to do something well: a good doctor; good at tennis; good with children.) geschickt
    5) (kind: You've been very good to him; a good father.) gut
    6) (helpful; beneficial: Exercise is good for you.; Cheese is good for you.) gut
    7) (pleased, happy etc: I'm in a good mood today.) gut
    8) (pleasant; enjoyable: to read a good book; Ice-cream is good to eat.) gut
    9) (considerable; enough: a good salary; She talked a good deal of nonsense.) reichlich
    10) (suitable: a good man for the job.) geeignet
    11) (sound, fit: good health; good eyesight; a car in good condition.) gut
    12) (sensible: Can you think of one good reason for doing that?) gut
    13) (showing approval: We've had very good reports about you.) gut
    14) (thorough: a good clean.) gewissenhaft
    15) (healthy or in a positive mood: I don't feel very good this morning.) gut
    2. noun
    1) (advantage or benefit: He worked for the good of the poor; for your own good; What's the good of a broken-down car?) der Nutzen
    2) (goodness: I always try to see the good in people.) das Gute
    3. interjection
    (an expression of approval, gladness etc.) gut!
    4. interjection
    ((also my goodness) an expression of surprise etc.) du meine Güte!
    - goods
    - goody
    - goodbye
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good-for-nothing
    - good humour
    - good-humoured
    - good-humouredly
    - good-looking
    - good morning
    - good afternoon
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good night
    - good-natured
    - goodwill
    - good will
    - good works
    - as good as
    - be as good as one's word
    - be up to no good
    - deliver the goods
    - for good
    - for goodness' sake
    - good for
    - good for you
    - him
    - Good Friday
    - good gracious
    - good heavens
    - goodness gracious
    - goodness me
    - good old
    - make good
    - no good
    - put in a good word for
    - take something in good part
    - take in good part
    - thank goodness
    - to the good
    * * *
    [gʊd]
    <better, best>
    1. (of high quality) gut
    there's nothing like a \good book es geht nichts über ein gutes Buch
    she speaks \good Spanish sie spricht gut Spanisch
    dogs have a \good sense of smell Hunde haben einen guten Geruchssinn
    he's got \good intuition about such matters er hat in diesen Dingen ein gutes Gespür
    your reasons make \good sense but... deine Gründe sind durchaus einleuchtend, aber...
    \good show [or job]! gut gemacht!
    I need a \good meal now jetzt brauche ich was Ordentliches zu essen!
    the child had the \good sense to... das Kind besaß die Geistesgegenwart...
    he only has one \good leg er hat nur ein gesundes Bein
    that's a \good one ( iron) haha, der war gut! iron
    \good appetite gesunder Appetit
    to be a \good catch eine gute Partie sein
    a \good choice/decision eine gute Wahl/Entscheidung
    \good ears/eyes gute Ohren/Augen
    to do a \good job gute Arbeit leisten
    to be in \good shape in guter [körperlicher] Verfassung sein
    \good thinking gute Idee
    \good timing gutes Timing
    to be/not be \good enough gut/nicht gut genug sein
    that's just not \good enough! so geht das nicht!
    if she says so that's \good enough for me wenn sie es sagt, reicht mir das
    to be \good for nothing zu nichts taugen
    to feel \good sich akk gut fühlen
    I don't feel too \good today heute geht's mir nicht besonders fam
    2. (skilled) gut, begabt
    to be \good at sth gut in etw dat sein
    he's a \good runner [or he's \good at running] er ist ein guter Läufer
    she's very \good at learning foreign languages sie ist sehr sprachbegabt
    he's not very \good at maths [or AM in math] er ist nicht besonders gut in Mathe
    this book is \good on international export law dieses Buch ist sehr gut, wenn man etwas über internationale Exportbestimmungen erfahren möchte
    he is particularly \good on American history besonders gut kennt er sich in amerikanischer Geschichte aus
    to be \good with sth with children mit etw dat gut umgehen können
    to be \good with one's hands geschickt mit seinen Händen sein
    to be \good in bed gut im Bett sein fam
    to be \good with people gut mit Leuten umgehen können
    3. (pleasant) schön
    that was a really \good story, Mummy das war echt eine tolle Geschichte, Mama fam
    that was the best party in a long time das war die beste Party seit Langem
    it's \good to see [or seeing] you after all these years schön, dich nach all den Jahren wiederzusehen!
    \good morning/evening guten Morgen/Abend
    \good day esp BRIT, AUS guten Tag; ( dated: said at departure) guten Tag
    to have a \good day/evening einen schönen Tag/Abend haben
    have a \good day schönen Tag noch!
    \good news gute Neuigkeiten
    to have a \good time [viel] Spaß haben
    \good weather schönes Wetter
    to have a \good one ( fam) einen schönen Tag haben
    4. (appealing to senses) gut, schön
    after a two-week vacation, they came back with \good tans nach zwei Wochen Urlaub kamen sie gut gebräunt zurück
    most dancers have \good legs die meisten Tänzer haben schöne Beine
    to look/smell/sound/taste \good gut aussehen/riechen/klingen/schmecken
    sb looks \good in sth clothes etw steht jdm
    to have \good looks, to be \good-looking gut aussehen
    he made a very \good impression at the interview er hat beim Vorstellungsgespräch einen sehr guten Eindruck gemacht
    there's a \good chance [that]... die Chancen stehen gut, dass...
    we got a \good deal on our new fridge wir haben unseren neuen Kühlschrank günstig erstanden
    the play got \good reviews [or a \good press] das Stück hat gute Kritiken bekommen
    it's a \good job we didn't go camping last weekend — the weather was awful zum Glück sind wir letztes Wochenende nicht campen gegangen — das Wetter war schrecklich
    the \good life das süße Leben
    \good luck [on sth] viel Glück [bei etw dat]
    best of luck on your exams today! alles Gute für deine Prüfung heute!
    a \good omen ein gutes Omen
    to be too much of a \good thing zu viel des Guten sein
    you can have too much of a \good thing man kann es auch übertreiben
    \good times gute Zeiten
    to be too \good to be true zu schön, um wahr zu sein
    to have [got] it \good ( fam) es gut haben
    6. (beneficial) vorteilhaft
    to be \good for sb gut für jdn sein
    milk is \good for you Milch ist gesund
    to be \good for business/for headaches gut fürs Geschäft/gegen Kopfschmerzen sein
    7. (useful) nützlich, sinnvoll
    we had a \good discussion on the subject wir hatten eine klärende Diskussion über die Sache
    it's \good that you checked the door gut, dass du die Tür nochmal überprüft hast
    8. (on time)
    in \good time rechtzeitig
    be patient, you'll hear the result all in \good time seien Sie geduldig, Sie erfahren das Ergebnis noch früh genug
    in one's own \good time in seinem eigenen Rhythmus
    to be a \good time to do sth ein guter Zeitpunkt sein, [um] etw zu tun
    10. inv (kind) freundlich, lieb
    the college has been very \good about her health problem die Hochschule zeigte sehr viel Verständnis für ihr gesundheitliches Problem
    it was very \good of you to help us es war sehr lieb von dir, uns zu helfen
    he's got a \good heart er hat ein gutes Herz
    be so \good as to... sei doch bitte so nett und...
    would you be \good enough to... wären Sie so nett und...
    \good deeds/works gute Taten
    to do a \good deed eine gute Tat tun
    11. (moral) gut
    the G\good Book die [heilige] Bibel
    for a \good cause für einen guten Zweck
    to set a \good example to sb jdm ein gutes Vorbild sein
    sb's \good name/reputation jds guter Name/guter Ruf
    to be [as] \good as one's word vertrauenswürdig sein
    \good dog! braver Hund!
    be a \good girl and... sei ein liebes Mädchen [o sei so lieb] und...
    OK, I'll be a \good sport o.k., ich will mal kein Spielverderber sein
    she's been as \good as gold all evening sie hat sich den ganzen Abend über ausgezeichnet benommen
    to be on \good/one's best behaviour sich akk gut benehmen/von seiner besten Seite zeigen
    \good loser guter Verlierer/gute Verliererin
    13. attr, inv (thorough) gut, gründlich
    the house needs a \good clean[ing] das Haus sollte mal gründlich geputzt werden
    have a \good think about it lass es dir noch einmal gut durch den Kopf gehen
    now, now — have a \good cry schon gut — wein dich mal so richtig aus
    they have built a \good case against the suspect sie haben einen hieb- und stichfesten Fall gegen den Verdächtigen aufgebaut
    we had some \good fun at the amusement park wir hatten so richtig viel Spaß im Vergnügungspark
    a \good beating eine gründliche Tracht Prügel
    to have a \good laugh ordentlich lachen
    to have a \good look at sth sich dat etw genau ansehen
    a \good talking to eine Standpauke
    14. pred, inv (valid) gültig; (not forged) banknote echt; (usable) gut
    this car should be \good for another year or so dieses Auto hält wohl schon noch ein Jahr oder so
    he gave us a gift certificate \good for $100 er hat uns einen Geschenkgutschein über 100 Dollar überreicht
    this ticket is only \good on weekends dieses Ticket gilt nur an Wochenenden
    my credit card is only \good for another month meine Kreditkarte ist nur noch einen Monat gültig
    15. attr, inv (substantial) beträchtlich
    we walked a \good distance today wir sind heute ein ordentliches Stück gelaufen
    she makes \good money at her new job sie verdient in ihrem neuen Job gutes Geld
    it's a \good half hour's walk to the station from here von hier bis zum Bahnhof ist es zu Fuß eine gute halbe Stunde
    a \good deal jede Menge
    you're looking a \good deal better now du siehst jetzt ein gutes Stück besser aus
    to make a \good profit einen beträchtlichen Profit machen
    a \good few/many eine ganze Menge
    16. pred, inv FOOD (not rotten) gut
    17. pred, inv (able to provide) gut
    he is always \good for a laugh er ist immer gut für einen Witz
    thanks for the loan and don't worry, I'm \good for it danke für den Kredit und keine Sorge, ich zahle ihn zurück
    her credit is \good sie ist kreditwürdig
    as \good as... so gut wie...
    our firewood is as \good as gone unser Feuerholz ist nahezu aufgebraucht
    to be as \good as dead/new so gut wie tot/neu sein
    they as \good as called me a liar sie nannten mich praktisch eine Lügnerin!
    19. attr, inv (to emphasize) schön
    I need a \good long holiday ich brauche mal wieder so einen richtig schönen langen Urlaub!
    what you need is a \good hot cup of coffee was du brauchst, ist eine gute Tasse heißen Kaffee
    \good and...:
    she's really \good and mad sie ist so richtig sauer
    I'll do it when I'm \good and ready, and not one minute before ich mache es, sobald ich fertig bin und keine Minute früher!
    20. BRIT (said to accept order)
    very \good sehr wohl! veraltet
    \good Lord [or heavens]! gütiger Himmel! geh
    \good gracious! ach du liebe Zeit!
    \good grief! du meine Güte!
    \good egg! BRIT ( dated) ausgezeichnet!; ( iron)
    oh, — \good for you! oh, schön für dich! iron
    22. attr, inv (said to express affection)
    \good old James! der gute alte James!
    the \good old days die gute alte Zeit
    23.
    if you can't be \good, be careful ( prov) wenn man schon was anstellt, sollte man sich wenigstens nicht [dabei] erwischen lassen
    it's as \good as it gets besser wird's nicht mehr
    to give as \good as one gets es [jdm] mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen
    \good to go fertig, bereit
    to have a \good innings BRIT ein schönes Leben haben
    to make \good zu Geld kommen
    to make sth ⇆ \good (repair) etw reparieren; mistake etw wiedergutmachen; (pay for) etw wettmachen fam; (do successfully) etw schaffen
    to make \good time gut in der Zeit liegen
    for \good measure als Draufgabe, obendrein
    \good riddance Gott sei Dank!
    she's \good for another few years! mit ihr muss man noch ein paar Jahre rechnen!
    II. ADVERB
    1. esp AM DIAL ( fam: well) gut
    boy, she can sure sing \good, can't she? Junge, die kann aber gut singen, oder?
    2. ( fam: thoroughly) gründlich
    to do sth \good and proper etw richtig gründlich tun
    well, you've broken the table \good and proper na, den Tisch hast du aber so richtig ruiniert!
    III. NOUN
    1. (moral force) Gute nt
    \good and evil Gut und Böse
    to be up to no \good nichts Gutes im Schilde führen
    to do \good Gutes tun
    the \good pl die Guten pl
    2. (benefit) Wohl nt
    this medicine will do you a [or the] world of \good diese Medizin wird Ihnen unglaublich gut tun
    to do more harm than \good mehr schaden als nützen
    for the \good of his health zum Wohle seiner Gesundheit, seiner Gesundheit zuliebe
    for the \good of the nation zum Wohle der Nation
    for one's own \good zu seinem eigenen Besten
    3. (purpose) Nutzen m
    to be no [or not to be any] /not much \good nichts/wenig nützen
    that young man is no \good dieser junge Mann ist ein Taugenichts
    to not do much/any \good nicht viel/nichts nützen
    even a small donation can do a lot of \good auch eine kleine Spende kann eine Menge helfen
    that won't do much \good das wird auch nicht viel nützen
    it's no \good complaining all day den ganzen Tag rumzujammern bringt auch nichts! fam
    what \good is sitting alone in your room? was bringt es, hier alleine in deinem Zimmer zu sitzen?; ( iron)
    a lot of \good that'll do [you]! das wird [dir] ja viel nützen! iron
    4. (profit)
    we were £7,000 to the \good when we sold our house als wir unser Haus verkauften, haben wir einen Gewinn von 7.000 Pfund eingestrichen; ( fig)
    he was two gold medals to the \good by the end of the day am Ende des Tages war er um zwei Goldmedaillen reicher
    5. (ability)
    to be no \good at sth etw nicht gut können, bei etw dat nicht [sonderlich] gut sein
    6. COMM Gut nt, Ware f
    7.
    for \good [and all] für immer [und ewig]
    * * *
    [gʊd]
    1. ADJECTIVE
    comp better, superl best
    1) gut

    that's a good one! (joke) — das ist ein guter Witz; ( usu iro : excuse ) wers glaubt, wird selig! (inf)

    he tells a good story —

    you've never had it so good! — es ist euch noch nie so gut gegangen, ihr habt es noch nie so gut gehabt

    it's too good to be true — es ist zu schön, um wahr zu sein

    this is as good as it getsbesser wirds nicht mehr __diams; to be good at sth gut in etw (dat) sein

    to be good at sport/languages — gut im Sport/in Sprachen sein

    to be good at sewing/typing — gut nähen/tippen können

    that's not good enough, you'll have to do better than that — das geht so nicht, du musst dich schon etwas mehr anstrengen

    if he gives his word, that's good enough for me — wenn er sein Wort gibt, reicht mir das

    her work/conduct is just not good enough —

    they felt he wasn't good enough for her — sie waren der Meinung, dass er nicht gut genug für sie war

    I don't feel too good — mir ist nicht gut, ich fühle mich nicht wohl

    you look good in that — du siehst gut darin aus, das steht dir gut __diams; to make good mistake, damage wiedergutmachen; threat wahr machen; promise erfüllen

    to make good one's lossesseine Verluste wettmachen

    as good as new —

    he as good as called me a liar/invited me to come — er nannte mich praktisch einen Lügner/hat mich praktisch eingeladen

    2) = beneficial gut

    milk is good for children to be good for toothache/one's health — Milch ist gut or gesund für Kinder gut gegen Zahnschmerzen/für die Gesundheit sein

    to drink more than is good for one — mehr trinken, als einem guttut

    what's good for consumers isn't always good for the economy — was gut für den Verbraucher ist, ist nicht immer gut für die Wirtschaft

    3) = favourable moment, chance, opportunity günstig, gut

    it's a good thing or job I was there — (nur) gut, dass ich dort war

    4) = enjoyable holiday, evening schön

    did you have a good day? — wie wars heute?, wie gings (dir) heute?

    5) = kind gut, lieb

    (it was) good of you to come — nett, dass Sie gekommen sind

    would you be good enough to tell me... — wären Sie so nett, mir zu sagen... (also iro)

    6) = virtuous name, manners, behaviour gut

    if you can't be good, be careful — wenn du es schon tun musst, sei wenigstens vorsichtig

    7) = well-behaved artig, brav (inf)

    be a good girl/boy — sei artig or lieb or brav (inf)

    be a good girl/boy and... — sei so lieb und...

    8)

    = admirable your good lady (dated) my good man (dated)Ihre werte Gemahlin (geh) mein Guter (old)

    good man! — sehr löblich!, gut gemacht!

    the Good Book —

    9) = valid advice, excuse gut; reason gut, triftig; ticket gültig
    10) = handsome looks, figure, features gut; legs, body schön
    11) = uninjured eye, leg gesund
    12) = thorough gut, gründlich, tüchtig (inf)

    to have a good laughordentlich or so richtig lachen (inf)

    13) = considerable hour, while gut; amount, distance, way gut, schön

    a good many/few people — ziemlich viele/nicht gerade wenig Leute

    14) in greetings gut
    15) in exclamations gut, prima

    that's good! — gut!, prima!

    (it's) good to see you/to be here — (es ist) schön, dich zu sehen/hier zu sein

    very good, sir — sehr wohl (old)

    on you/him etc! — gut!, prima!; (iro also) das ist ja toll!

    16) emphatic use schön

    a good strong stick —

    good and hard/strong (inf) — ganz schön fest/stark (inf)

    2. ADVERB
    1) = fine gut

    how are you? – good! — wie gehts? – gut!

    2) = well strictly incorrect gut
    3. NOUN
    1) = what is morally right Gute(s) nt

    to do good —

    2) = advantage, benefit Wohl nt

    this affects us, for good or ill —

    it's done now, for good or ill — es ist nun einmal geschehen

    I did it for your own good — ich meine es nur gut mit dir, es war nur zu deinem Besten

    to do sb good — jdm helfen; (rest, drink, medicine etc) jdm guttun

    much good may it do you (iro inf) — na, dann viel Vergnügen!

    that won't do much/any good — das hilft auch nicht viel/auch nichts

    that won't do you much/any good — das hilft dir auch nicht viel/auch nichts

    a ( fat) lot of good that will do! (iro inf)als ob das viel helfen würde! (iro)

    3)

    = use what's the good of hurrying? — wozu eigentlich die Eile?

    it's no good complaining to me — es ist sinnlos or es nützt nichts, sich bei mir zu beklagen

    it's no good doing it like that — es hat keinen Sinn, das so zu machen

    I'm no good at things like that —

    he wasn't any good for the job —

    4)

    set structures __diams; for good (= for ever) for good (and all) — für immer (und ewig)

    we were 5 points/£5 to the good — wir hatten 5 Punkte zu viel/£ 5 plus

    * * *
    good [ɡud]
    A s
    1. Nutzen m, Wert m, Vorteil m:
    for his own good zu seinem eigenen Vorteil;
    he knows too much for his own good er weiß mehr, als ihm guttut;
    what good will it do?, what is the good of it?, what good is it? was hat es für einen Wert?, was nützt es?, wozu soll das gut sein?;
    it is no (not much) good trying es hat keinen (wenig) Sinn oder Zweck, es zu versuchen;
    a) besonders WIRTSCH als Gewinn- oder Kreditsaldo,
    b) obendrein, extra ( A 2);
    for good (and all) für immer, endgültig, ein für alle Mal
    2. (das) Gute, Gutes n, Wohl n:
    a) jemandem Gutes tun,
    b) jemandem guttun oder wohltun;
    much good may it do you oft iron wohl bekomms!;
    the common good das Gemeinwohl;
    be to the good nur zu seinem etc Besten sein;
    come to good zum Guten ausschlagen;
    it’s all to the good es ist nur von Vorteil ( that dass)( A 1);
    it comes to no good es führt zu nichts Gutem;
    be up to no good nichts Gutes im Schilde führen;
    for good or for evil auf Gedeih und Verderb
    3. the good koll die Guten pl, die Rechtschaffenen pl
    4. PHIL (das) Gute
    5. pl bewegliches Vermögen:
    a) Hab n und Gut n, bewegliche Sachen, Mobiliargut n,
    b) umg Siebensachen
    6. pl WIRTSCH
    a) Br ( besonders Eisenbahn)Güter pl, Fracht(gut) f(n)
    b) (Handels)Güter pl, (Handels)Ware(n) f(pl):
    goods for consumption Verbrauchs-, Konsumgüter;
    goods in process Halbfabrikate, -erzeugnisse;
    a piece of goods sl eine Mieze;
    have the goods on sb US sl etwas gegen jemanden in der Hand haben. deliver A 2
    7. pl US Stoffe pl, Textilien pl
    8. the goods sl das Richtige, das Wahre:
    that’s the goods!
    B adj komp better [ˈbetə(r)], sup best [best]
    1. (moralisch) gut, redlich, rechtschaffen, ehrbar, anständig (Mädchen etc):
    good men and true redliche und treue Männer;
    a good father and husband ein guter oder treu sorgender Vater und Gatte;
    she is a good wife to him sie ist ihm eine gute Frau
    2. gut (Qualität):
    3. gut, frisch, genießbar:
    is this meat still good?;
    a good egg ein frisches Ei
    4. gut, lieb, gütig, freundlich:
    good to the poor gut zu den Armen;
    be so ( oder as) good as to fetch it sei so gut und hol es, hol es doch bitte; enough C
    5. gut, lieb, artig, brav (Kind):
    have you been a good girl? bist du (schön) brav gewesen?; gold A 1
    6. verehrt, lieb:
    his good lady oft iron seine liebe Frau;
    my good man oft iron mein Lieber!, mein lieber Freund oder Mann!
    7. gut, geachtet:
    of good family aus guter Familie
    8. gut, einwandfrei (Betragen etc): certificate A 1
    9. a) gut, erfreulich, angenehm (Nachrichten etc):
    be good news umg erfreulich sein (Sache); nett sein (Person);
    have a good time sich (gut) amüsieren; es sich gut gehen lassen; afternoon A, morning A 1, etc
    b) schön:
    it’s good to be home again;
    too good to be true zu schön, um wahr zu sein
    10. gut:
    a) geeignet, vorteilhaft, günstig, nützlich
    b) gesund, zuträglich
    c) heilsam:
    a man good for the post ein geeigneter oder guter Mann für den Posten;
    good for colds gut gegen oder für Erkältungen;
    milk is good for children Milch ist gut oder gesund für Kinder;
    good for one’s health gesund;
    what is it good for? wofür ist es gut?, wozu dient es?;
    it is a good thing that … es ist gut oder günstig, dass …;
    stay away if you know what’s good for you! das rate ich dir im Guten!;
    he drank more than was good for him als ihm guttat; nothing Bes Redew
    11. gut, richtig, recht, angebracht, empfehlenswert, zweckmäßig:
    in good time zur rechten Zeit, (gerade) rechtzeitig;
    all in good time alles zu seiner Zeit;
    in one’s own good time wenn es einem passt
    12. gut, angemessen, ausreichend, zufriedenstellend;
    his word is good enough for me sein Wort genügt mir;
    his time is only good enough for 4th place SPORT seine Zeit reicht nur für den 4. Platz
    13. gut, reichlich:
    a good hour eine gute Stunde;
    it’s a good three miles to the station es sind gut drei Meilen bis zum Bahnhof
    14. gut, ziemlich (weit, groß), beträchtlich, bedeutend, erheblich, ansehnlich:
    a good many eine beträchtliche Anzahl, ziemlich viele;
    a good many times ziemlich oft; beating 2, way1 5, while A
    15. (vor adj) verstärkend:
    a good long time sehr lange Zeit;
    good old age hohes Alter;
    good and … sehr, ganz schön, mordsmäßig umg (z. B. good and tired hundemüde umg)
    16. gültig:
    a) begründet, berechtigt (Anspruch etc)
    b) triftig, gut (Grund etc):
    a good argument ein stichhaltiges Argument; cause A 2, reason A 1
    c) echt (Geld)
    17. gut, überzeugt (Republikaner etc)
    18. gut, fähig, tüchtig:
    he is good at arithmetic er ist gut im Rechnen;
    he is good at golf er spielt gut Golf;
    be good with one’s hands handwerkliches Geschick haben
    19. gut, zuverlässig, sicher, solide ( alle auch WIRTSCH):
    a good firm eine gute oder solide oder zahlungsfähige oder kreditwürdige Firma;
    a good man WIRTSCH umg ein sicherer Mann (Kunde etc);
    good debts WIRTSCH sichere Schulden;
    good for WIRTSCH (auf einem Wechsel) über den Betrag von ( B 23);
    be good for any amount WIRTSCH für jeden Betrag gut sein
    20. WIRTSCH in Ordnung (Scheck)
    21. JUR (rechts)gültig
    22. wirklich, aufrichtig, ehrlich, echt: faith 3
    23. umg good for fähig oder geneigt zu:
    I am good for a walk ich habe Lust zu einem Spaziergang;
    I am good for another mile ich könnte noch eine Meile weitermarschieren;
    my car is good for another 10,000 miles mein Wagen macht noch leicht 10 000 Meilen ( B 19)
    C adv
    1. umg gut:
    2. as good as so gut wie, praktisch:
    as good as new auch neuwertig
    D int gut!, schön!, fein!:
    good for you! umg (ich) gratuliere!
    G abk
    2. ELEK conductance
    3. good
    * * *
    1. adjective,
    1) (satisfactory) gut; (reliable) gut; zuverlässig; (sufficient) gut; ausreichend [Vorrat]; ausgiebig [Mahl]; (competent) gut; geeignet

    his good eye/leg — sein gesundes Auge/Bein

    Late again! It's just not good enough!(coll.) Schon wieder zu spät. So geht es einfach nicht!

    be good at somethingin etwas (Dat.) gut sein

    speak good English — gut[es] Englisch sprechen

    be good with peopleetc. mit Menschen usw. gut od. leicht zurechtkommen

    2) (favourable, advantageous) gut; günstig [Gelegenheit, Augenblick, Angebot]

    too good to be true — zu schön, um wahr zu sein

    the good thing about it is that... — das Gute daran ist, dass...

    be good for somebody/something — gut für jemanden/etwas sein

    eat more than is good for one — mehr essen, als einem guttut

    it's a good thing you told him — nur gut, dass du es ihm gesagt hast

    4) (enjoyable) schön [Leben, Urlaub, Wochenende]

    the good life — das angenehme[, sorglose] Leben

    have a good time!viel Spaß od. Vergnügen!

    it's good to be home again — es ist schön, wieder zu Hause zu sein

    5) (cheerful) gut; angenehm [Patient]

    good humour or spirits or mood — gute Laune

    I'm not feeling too good(coll.) mir geht es nicht sehr gut

    6) (well-behaved) gut; brav

    be good!, be a good girl/boy! — sei brav od. lieb!

    [as] good as gold — ganz artig od. brav

    7) (virtuous) rechtschaffen; (kind) nett; gut [Absicht, Wünsche, Benehmen, Tat]

    would you be so good as to or good enough to do that? — wären Sie so freundlich od. nett, das zu tun?

    that/it is good of you — das/es ist nett od. lieb von dir

    good for youetc. (coll.) bravo!

    good old Jimetc. (coll.) der gute alte Jim usw. (ugs.)

    my good man/friend — (coll.) mein lieber Herr/Freund (ugs.; auch iron.)

    that's a good one(coll.) der ist gut! (ugs.); (iron.) das ist'n Ding! (ugs.)

    9) (attractive) schön; gut [Figur, Haltung]; gepflegt [Erscheinung, Äußeres]; wohlgeformt [Beine]
    10) (thorough) gut

    have a good weep/rest/sleep — sich richtig ausweinen/ausruhen/[sich] richtig ausschlafen (ugs.)

    11) (considerable) [recht] ansehnlich [Menschenmenge]; ganz schön, ziemlich (ugs.) [Stück Wegs, Entfernung, Zeitraum, Strecke]; gut, anständig [Preis, Erlös]; hoch [Alter]
    12) (sound, valid) gut [Grund, Rat, Gedanke]; berechtigt [Anspruch]; (Commerc.) solide [Kunde]; sicher [Anleihe, Kredit]

    good sense — Vernünftigkeit, die

    have the good sense to do something — so vernünftig sein, etwas zu tun

    good afternoon/day — guten Tag!

    good evening/morning — guten Abend/Morgen!

    14) in exclamation gut

    very good, sir — sehr wohl!

    good God/Lord — etc. see nouns

    15) (best) gut [Geschirr, Anzug]
    16) (correct, fitting) gut; (appropriate) angebracht; ratsam
    17)
    18)

    make good (succeed) erfolgreich sein; (effect) in die Tat umsetzen; ausführen [Plan]; erfüllen [Versprechen]; (compensate for) wieder gutmachen [Fehler]; (indemnify) ersetzen [Schaden, Ausgaben]. See also best 1.; better 1.

    2. adverb as intensifier
    (coll.)

    good and... — richtig...

    hit somebody good and proper — jemanden ordentlich verprügeln. See also best 2.; better 2.

    3. noun
    1) (use) Nutzen, der

    be some good to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache nützen

    be no good to somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas nicht zu gebrauchen sein

    it is no/not much good doing something — es hat keinen/kaum einen Sinn, etwas zu tun

    what's the good of...?, what good is...? — was nützt...?

    for your/his etc. own good — zu deinem/seinem usw. Besten od. eigenen Vorteil

    for the good of mankind/the country — zum Wohl[e] der Menschheit/des Landes

    do no/little good — nichts/wenig helfen od. nützen

    do somebody/something good — jemandem/einer Sache nützen; [Ruhe, Erholung:] jemandem/einer Sache gut tun; [Arznei:] jemandem/einer Sache helfen

    I'll tell him, but what good will that do? — ich sag es ihm, aber was nützt od. hilft das schon?

    come home £10 to the good — mit 10 Pfund plus nach Hause kommen

    3) (goodness) Gute, das

    the difference between good and bad or evil — der Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse

    4) (kind acts) Gute, das

    be up to no goodnichts Gutes im Sinn haben od. im Schilde führen

    5)

    for good [and all] — (finally) ein für allemal; (permanently) für immer [und ewig]; endgültig

    6) constr. as pl. (virtuous people)
    7) in pl. (wares etc.) Waren; (Brit. Railw.) Fracht, die; attrib. Güter[bahnhof, -wagen, -zug]
    8) in pl.

    the goods(coll.): (what is wanted) das Gewünschte; das Verlangte

    deliver the goods(fig.) halten, was man verspricht

    * * *
    adj.
    brav adj.
    gut adj.
    lieb adj. n.
    Gut ¨-er n.

    English-german dictionary > good

  • 6 good

    ɡud
    1. comparative - better; adjective
    1) (well-behaved; not causing trouble etc: Be good!; She's a good baby.) bueno; educado
    2) (correct, desirable etc: She was a good wife; good manners; good English.) bueno, correcto
    3) (of high quality: good food/literature; His singing is very good.) bueno
    4) (skilful; able to do something well: a good doctor; good at tennis; good with children.) bueno, competente
    5) (kind: You've been very good to him; a good father.) bueno, amable
    6) (helpful; beneficial: Exercise is good for you.; Cheese is good for you.) bueno; útil, beneficioso
    7) (pleased, happy etc: I'm in a good mood today.) bueno, buen (humor), satisfecho, contento
    8) (pleasant; enjoyable: to read a good book; Ice-cream is good to eat.) bueno, agradable
    9) (considerable; enough: a good salary; She talked a good deal of nonsense.) bueno, apropiado, adecuado, suficiente
    10) (suitable: a good man for the job.) bueno, apto, cualificado, adecuado
    11) (sound, fit: good health; good eyesight; a car in good condition.) bueno; sano; en buenas condiciones
    12) (sensible: Can you think of one good reason for doing that?) bueno
    13) (showing approval: We've had very good reports about you.) bueno, positivo
    14) (thorough: a good clean.) bueno; profundo
    15) (healthy or in a positive mood: I don't feel very good this morning.) bien, sano, en forma

    2. noun
    1) (advantage or benefit: He worked for the good of the poor; for your own good; What's the good of a broken-down car?) bien, provecho, beneficio
    2) (goodness: I always try to see the good in people.) bien, bondad, lado bueno

    3. interjection
    (an expression of approval, gladness etc.) bueno, bien

    4. interjection
    ((also my goodness) an expression of surprise etc.) ¡Dios mío!
    - goody
    - goodbye
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good-for-nothing
    - good humour
    - good-humoured
    - good-humouredly
    - good-looking
    - good morning
    - good afternoon
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good night
    - good-natured
    - goodwill
    - good will
    - good works
    - as good as
    - be as good as one's word
    - be up to no good
    - deliver the goods
    - for good
    - for goodness' sake
    - good for
    - good for you
    - him
    - Good Friday
    - good gracious
    - good heavens
    - goodness gracious
    - goodness me
    - good old
    - make good
    - no good
    - put in a good word for
    - take something in good part
    - take in good part
    - thank goodness
    - to the good

    good1 adj
    1. bueno
    2. bueno / amable
    he's been very good to me ha sido muy amable conmigo / se ha portado muy bien conmigo
    good for you! ¡bien hecho!
    to be good at something tener facilidad para algo / ser bueno en algo
    El comparativo de good es better; el superlativo es best
    good2 n bien
    what's the good of shouting if nobody can hear you? ¿de qué sirve gritar si nadie te oye?
    tr[gʊd]
    adjective (comp better, superl best)
    1 bueno,-a (before m sing noun) buen
    2 (healthy) sano,-a
    3 (beneficial) bueno,-a
    4 (kind) amable
    5 (well-behaved) bueno,-a
    be good! ¡sé bueno!
    6 (useful) servible
    1 muy
    1 ¡bien!
    1 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL (in shop) género m sing, artículos nombre masculino plural
    1 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL (merchandise) mercancías nombre femenino plural
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    a good deal bastante
    all in good time todo a su debido tiempo
    as good as como si, prácticamente, casi
    for good para siempre
    for the good of en bien de
    good afternoon buenas tardes
    good evening buenas tardes
    Good Friday Viernes Santo
    good heavens!, good grief! ¡cielo santo!
    good morning buenos días
    good night buenas noches
    it's a good job menos mal
    that's a good one! (joke) ¡ésta sí que es buena!
    to be as good as new estar como nuevo,-a
    to be as good as gold ser un ángel
    to be good at tener aptitudes para
    to be good for a laugh familiar ser muy divertido,-a, ser muy cachondo,-a
    he's good for nothing no sirve para nada, es un inútil
    to be up to no good estar tramando algo
    to deliver the goods (literally) repartir las mercancías 2 (fig) cumplir sus compromisos
    to do good hacer bien
    to feel good sentirse bien
    to have a good time pasarlo bien
    to look good (person) tener buen aspecto 2 (food) tener buena pinta
    to make good (be successful) tener éxito, salir bien 2 (reform) reformarse 3 (compensate) indemnizar
    what's the good of «+ ger»? ¿de qué sirve + inf?
    what's the good of denying it? ¿de qué sirve negarlo?
    goods train tren nombre masculino de mercancías
    goods wagon furgón nombre masculino, vagón nombre masculino de mercancías
    goods yard estación nombre femenino de mercancías
    good ['gʊd] adv
    a good strong rope: una cuerda bien fuerte
    2) well: bien
    good adj, better ['bɛt̬ər] ; best ['bɛst]
    1) pleasant: bueno, agradable
    good news: buenas noticias
    to have a good time: divertirse
    2) beneficial: bueno, beneficioso
    good for a cold: beneficioso para los resfriados
    it's good for you: es bueno para uno
    3) full: completo, entero
    a good hour: una hora entera
    4) considerable: bueno, bastante
    a good many people: muchísima gente, un buen número de gente
    5) attractive, desirable: bueno, bien
    a good salary: un buen sueldo
    to look good: quedar bien
    6) kind, virtuous: bueno, amable
    she's a good person: es buena gente
    that's good of you!: ¡qué amable!
    good deeds: buenas obras
    7) skilled: bueno, hábil
    to be good at: tener facilidad para
    8) sound: bueno, sensato
    good advice: buenos consejos
    9) (in greetings) : bueno
    good morning: buenos días
    good afternoon (evening): buenas tardes
    good night: buenas noches
    good n
    1) right: bien m
    to do good: hacer el bien
    2) goodness: bondad f
    3) benefit: bien m, provecho m
    it's for your own good: es por tu propio bien
    4) goods npl
    property: efectos mpl personales, posesiones fpl
    5) goods npl
    wares: mercancía f, mercadería f, artículos mpl
    6)
    for good : para siempre
    adj.
    bueno, -a adj.
    n.
    bien s.m.
    provecho s.m.

    I gʊd
    1) adjective (comp better; superl best) [The usual translation, bueno, becomes buen when it is used before a masculine singular noun]
    2) <food/quality/book> bueno

    it smells good — huele bien, tiene rico or buen olor (AmL)

    to make good something: they undertook to make good the damage to the car se comprometieron a hacerse cargo de la reparación del coche; our losses were made good by the company la compañía nos compensó las pérdidas; to make good one's escape — lograr huir

    3) ( creditable) <work/progress/results> bueno
    4) (opportune, favorable) <moment/day/opportunity> bueno

    is this a good time to phone? — ¿es buena hora para llamar?

    it's a good job nobody was listening — (colloq) menos mal que nadie estaba escuchando

    5) (advantageous, useful) <deal/offer/advice> bueno

    burn it; that's all it's good for — quémalo, no sirve para otra cosa

    it's a good idea to let them know in advanceconvendría or no sería mala idea avisarles de antemano

    good idea!, good thinking! — buena idea!

    6) ( pleasant) bueno

    to be in a good mood — estar* de buen humor

    did you have a good flight? — ¿qué tal el vuelo?

    7) (healthy, wholesome) <diet/habit/exercise> bueno

    I'm not feeling too good — (colloq) no me siento or no me encuentro muy bien

    9)

    good morning — buenos días, buen día (RPl)

    good! now to the next question — bien, pasemos ahora a la siguiente pregunta

    good grief/gracious! — por favor!

    very good, sir/madam — (frml) lo que mande el señor/la señora (frml)

    c) ( for emphasis) (colloq)
    d)

    as good as: it's as good as new está como nuevo; he as good as admitted it — prácticamente lo admitió

    10) (skilled, competent) bueno

    to be good AT something/-ING: to be good at languages tener* facilidad para los idiomas; he's good at ironing plancha muy bien; he is good with dogs/children tiene buena mano con or sabe cómo tratar a los perros/los niños; she is good with her hands — es muy habilidosa or mañosa

    11) (devoted, committed) bueno

    a good Catholic/socialist — un buen católico/socialista

    12)
    a) (virtuous, upright) bueno
    b) ( well-behaved) bueno

    be good — sé bueno, pórtate bien

    13) ( kind) bueno

    to be good TO somebody: she was very good to me fue muy amable conmigo, se portó muy bien conmigo; it was very good of you to come muchas gracias por venir; good old Pete — el bueno de Pete

    14) (decent, acceptable) bueno

    to have a good reputation — tener* buena reputación

    15) ( sound) <customer/payer> bueno
    16) ( valid) <argument/excuse> bueno

    it's simply not good enough! — esto no puede ser!, esto es intolerable!

    17) (substantial, considerable) <meal/salary/distance> bueno

    there were a good many people therehabía bastante gente or un buen número de personas allí

    19) (thorough, intense) <rest/scolding> bueno

    II
    1)
    a) u ( moral right) bien m

    to do good — hacer* el bien

    to be up to no good — (colloq) estar* tramando algo, traerse* algo entre manos

    b) ( people)

    the good — (+ pl vb) los buenos

    2) u
    a) ( benefit) bien m

    for the good of somebody/something — por el bien de algn/algo

    to do somebody/something good — hacerle* bien a algn/algo

    lying won't do you any good at all — mentir no te llevará a ninguna parte, no ganarás or no sacarás nada con mentir

    b) ( use)

    are you any good at drawing? — ¿sabes dibujar?

    3) goods pl
    a) ( merchandise) artículos mpl, mercancías fpl, mercaderías fpl (AmS)

    manufactured goodsproductos mpl manufacturados, manufacturas fpl

    to come up with o deliver the goods — (colloq) cumplir con lo prometido; (before n) <train, wagon> (BrE) de carga; < depot> de mercancías, de mercaderías (AmS)

    b) ( property) (frml) bienes mpl

    III

    it's been a good long while since... — ha pasado su buen tiempo desde...

    you messed that up good and proper, didn't you? — (BrE colloq) metiste bien la pata, ¿no? (fam)

    2) (AmE colloq) (well, thoroughly) bien
    [ɡʊd]
    1. ADJECTIVE
    (compar better) (superl best) When good is part of a set combination, eg in a good temper, a good deal of, good heavens, look up the noun. The commonest translation of good is bueno, which must be shortened to buen before a masculine singular noun.
    1) (=satisfactory)

    at the end of the day, it's a good investment — a fin de cuentas es una buena inversión

    Note that [bueno]/[buena] {etc} precede the noun in general comments where there is no attempt to compare or rank the person or thing involved:

    if he set his mind to it, he could be a very good painter — si se lo propusiera podría ser muy buen pintor

    [Bueno]/[buena] {etc} follow the noun when there is implied or explicit comparison:

    I'm not saying it's a good thing or a bad thing — no digo que sea una cosa buena, ni mala

    Use [ser] rather than [estar] with [bueno] when translating [to be good], unless describing food: Use [estar] with the adverb [bien] to give a general comment on a situation:

    you've written a book, which is good — has escrito un libro, lo que está bien

    his hearing is good — del oído está bien, el oído lo tiene bien

    b)

    she's good at maths — se le dan bien las matemáticas, es buena en matemáticas

    that's good enough for me — eso me basta

    it's just not good enough! — ¡esto no se puede consentir!

    40% of candidates are not good enough to pass — el 40% de los candidatos no dan el nivel or la talla para aprobar

    to feel good — sentirse bien

    I don't feel very good about that *(=I'm rather ashamed) me da bastante vergüenza

    we've never had it so good! * — ¡nunca nos ha ido tan bien!, ¡jamás lo hemos tenido tan fácil!

    how good is her eyesight? — ¿qué tal está de la vista?

    you're looking good — ¡qué guapa estás!

    things are looking good — las cosas van bien, la cosa tiene buena pinta *

    you can have too much of a good thinglo mucho cansa (y lo poco agrada)

    it's too good to be true — no puede ser, es demasiado bueno para ser cierto

    he sounds too good to be true! — ¡algún defecto tiene que tener!

    she's good with cats — entiende bien a los gatos, sabe manejarse bien con los gatos

    good 2., manner 4), a), mood II, 1., time 1., 5)
    2) (=of high quality)
    3) (=pleasant) [holiday, day] bueno, agradable; [weather, news] bueno

    it was as good as a holiday — aquello fue como unas vacaciones

    have a good journey! — ¡buen viaje!

    how good it is to know that...! — ¡cuánto me alegro de saber que...!

    it's good to see you — me alegro de verte, gusto en verte (LAm)

    have a good trip! — ¡buen viaje!

    alive, life 1., 3)
    4) (=beneficial, wholesome) [food] bueno, sano; [air] puro, sano

    it's good for burns — es bueno para las quemaduras

    it's good for you or your health — te hace bien

    all this excitement isn't good for me! — ¡a mí todas estas emociones no me vienen or sientan nada bien!

    it's good for the soul!hum ¡ennoblece el espíritu!, ¡te enriquece (como persona)!

    5) (=favourable) [moment, chance] bueno

    it's a good chance to sort things out — es una buena oportunidad de or para arreglar las cosas

    I tried to find something good to say about him — traté de encontrar algo bueno que decir de él

    it would be a good thing or idea to ask him — no estaría mal or no sería mala idea preguntárselo

    this is as good a time as any to do it — es tan buen momento como cualquier otro para hacerlo

    6) (=useful)

    the only good chair — la única silla que está bien, la única silla servible or sana

    to be good for (doing) sth — servir para (hacer) algo

    he's good for nothing — es un inútil, es completamente inútil

    7) (=sound, valid) [excuse] bueno

    unless you have a good excusea menos que tengas una buena excusa

    for no good reasonsin motivo alguno

    he is a good risk (financially) concederle crédito es un riesgo asumible, se le puede prestar dinero

    word 1., 1)
    8) (=kind)

    that's very good of you — es usted muy amable, ¡qué amable (de su parte)!

    he was so good as to come with me — tuvo la amabilidad de acompañarme

    please would you be so good as to help me down with my case? — ¿me hace el favor de bajarme la maleta?, ¿tendría la bondad de bajarme la maleta? more frm

    would you be so good as to sign here? — ¿me hace el favor de firmar aquí?

    he's a good sortes buena persona or gente

    he was good to me — fue muy bueno or amable conmigo, se portó bien conmigo

    nature 1., 2)
    9) (=well-behaved) [child] bueno

    be good! (morally) ¡sé bueno!; (in behaviour) ¡pórtate bien!; (at this moment) ¡estáte formal!

    - be as good as gold
    10) (=upright, virtuous) bueno

    he's a good man — es una buena persona, es un buen hombre

    I think I'm as good as him — yo me considero tan buena persona como él

    yes, my good man — sí, mi querido amigo

    send us a photo of your good selffrm tenga a bien enviarnos una foto suya

    she's too good for him — ella es más de lo que él se merece

    lady 1., 5)
    11) (=close) bueno

    he's a good friend of mine — es un buen amigo mío

    my good friend Fernandomi buen or querido amigo Fernando

    12) (=middle-class, respectable)

    to live at a good addressvivir en una buena zona or en un buen barrio

    he's got no money but he's of good familyno tiene dinero pero es or viene de buena familia

    13) (=creditable)
    14) (=considerable) [supply, number] bueno

    we were kept waiting for a good hour/thirty minutes — nos tuvieron esperando una hora/media hora larga, nos tuvieron esperando por lo menos una hora/media hora

    a good £10 — lo menos 10 libras

    a good many or few people — bastante gente

    15) (=thorough) [scolding] bueno

    to have a good cry — llorar a lágrima viva, llorar a moco tendido *

    to have a good laughreírse mucho

    to take a good look (at sth) — mirar bien (algo)

    to have a good washlavarse bien

    16)

    good morningbuenos días

    good afternoon/ eveningbuenas tardes

    good day (=hello) ¡buenos días!; (=goodbye) ¡hasta mañana!

    good nightbuenas noches

    with every good wish, with all good wishes (in letter) saludos, un fuerte abrazo

    good! — ¡muy bien!

    (that's) good! — ¡qué bien!, ¡qué bueno! (LAm)

    very good, sir — sí, señor

    good for you! — ¡bien hecho!; (=congratulations) ¡enhorabuena!

    good one!(=well done, well said) ¡muy bien!, ¡sí señor!

    old 1., 5) as good as

    as good as saying... — tanto como decir...

    to come good good and... to hold good valer ( for para) it's a good job

    (it's a) good job he came! * — ¡menos mal que ha venido!

    make 1., 3), riddance, thing 2)
    2. ADVERB

    a good long walk — un paseo bien largo, un buen paseo

    - give as good as one gets
    good and proper

    they were cheated good and proper *les timaron bien timados *, les timaron con todas las de la ley *

    2) (esp US) * (=well) bien

    "how are you?" - "thanks, I'm good" — -¿cómo estás? -muy bien, gracias

    3. NOUN
    1) (=virtuousness) el bien

    to do good — hacer (el) bien

    good and evilel bien y el mal

    he is a power for good — su influencia es muy buena or beneficiosa, hace mucho bien

    for good or illpara bien o para mal

    there's some good in him — tiene algo bueno

    to be up to no good *estar tramando algo

    2) (=advantage, benefit) bien m

    a rest will do you some good — un descanso te sentará bien

    a (fat) lot of good that will do you! *iro ¡menudo provecho te va a traer!

    much good may it do you! — ¡no creo que te sirva de mucho!, ¡para lo que te va a servir!

    for your own good — por tu propio bien

    to be in good with sb — estar a bien con algn

    that's all to the good! — ¡menos mal!

    what good will that do you? — ¿y eso de qué te va a servir?

    what's the good of worrying? — ¿de qué sirve or para qué preocuparse?

    3) (=people of virtue)
    the good los buenos any good

    is he any good?[worker, singer etc] ¿qué tal lo hace?, ¿lo hace bien?

    is this any good? — ¿sirve esto?

    is she any good at cooking? — ¿qué tal cocina?, ¿cocina bien?

    for good (and all) (=for ever) para siempre no good

    it's no good(=no use) no sirve

    it's no good, I'll never get it finished in time — así no hay manera, nunca lo terminaré a tiempo

    it's no good worryingde nada sirve or vale preocuparse, no se saca nada preocupándose

    4.
    COMPOUNDS

    the Good Book N — (Rel) la Biblia

    good deeds NPL= good works

    Good Friday N — (Rel) Viernes m Santo

    good guy N — (Cine) bueno m

    good looks NPLatractivo msing físico

    * * *

    I [gʊd]
    1) adjective (comp better; superl best) [The usual translation, bueno, becomes buen when it is used before a masculine singular noun]
    2) <food/quality/book> bueno

    it smells good — huele bien, tiene rico or buen olor (AmL)

    to make good something: they undertook to make good the damage to the car se comprometieron a hacerse cargo de la reparación del coche; our losses were made good by the company la compañía nos compensó las pérdidas; to make good one's escape — lograr huir

    3) ( creditable) <work/progress/results> bueno
    4) (opportune, favorable) <moment/day/opportunity> bueno

    is this a good time to phone? — ¿es buena hora para llamar?

    it's a good job nobody was listening — (colloq) menos mal que nadie estaba escuchando

    5) (advantageous, useful) <deal/offer/advice> bueno

    burn it; that's all it's good for — quémalo, no sirve para otra cosa

    it's a good idea to let them know in advanceconvendría or no sería mala idea avisarles de antemano

    good idea!, good thinking! — buena idea!

    6) ( pleasant) bueno

    to be in a good mood — estar* de buen humor

    did you have a good flight? — ¿qué tal el vuelo?

    7) (healthy, wholesome) <diet/habit/exercise> bueno

    I'm not feeling too good — (colloq) no me siento or no me encuentro muy bien

    9)

    good morning — buenos días, buen día (RPl)

    good! now to the next question — bien, pasemos ahora a la siguiente pregunta

    good grief/gracious! — por favor!

    very good, sir/madam — (frml) lo que mande el señor/la señora (frml)

    c) ( for emphasis) (colloq)
    d)

    as good as: it's as good as new está como nuevo; he as good as admitted it — prácticamente lo admitió

    10) (skilled, competent) bueno

    to be good AT something/-ING: to be good at languages tener* facilidad para los idiomas; he's good at ironing plancha muy bien; he is good with dogs/children tiene buena mano con or sabe cómo tratar a los perros/los niños; she is good with her hands — es muy habilidosa or mañosa

    11) (devoted, committed) bueno

    a good Catholic/socialist — un buen católico/socialista

    12)
    a) (virtuous, upright) bueno
    b) ( well-behaved) bueno

    be good — sé bueno, pórtate bien

    13) ( kind) bueno

    to be good TO somebody: she was very good to me fue muy amable conmigo, se portó muy bien conmigo; it was very good of you to come muchas gracias por venir; good old Pete — el bueno de Pete

    14) (decent, acceptable) bueno

    to have a good reputation — tener* buena reputación

    15) ( sound) <customer/payer> bueno
    16) ( valid) <argument/excuse> bueno

    it's simply not good enough! — esto no puede ser!, esto es intolerable!

    17) (substantial, considerable) <meal/salary/distance> bueno

    there were a good many people therehabía bastante gente or un buen número de personas allí

    19) (thorough, intense) <rest/scolding> bueno

    II
    1)
    a) u ( moral right) bien m

    to do good — hacer* el bien

    to be up to no good — (colloq) estar* tramando algo, traerse* algo entre manos

    b) ( people)

    the good — (+ pl vb) los buenos

    2) u
    a) ( benefit) bien m

    for the good of somebody/something — por el bien de algn/algo

    to do somebody/something good — hacerle* bien a algn/algo

    lying won't do you any good at all — mentir no te llevará a ninguna parte, no ganarás or no sacarás nada con mentir

    b) ( use)

    are you any good at drawing? — ¿sabes dibujar?

    3) goods pl
    a) ( merchandise) artículos mpl, mercancías fpl, mercaderías fpl (AmS)

    manufactured goodsproductos mpl manufacturados, manufacturas fpl

    to come up with o deliver the goods — (colloq) cumplir con lo prometido; (before n) <train, wagon> (BrE) de carga; < depot> de mercancías, de mercaderías (AmS)

    b) ( property) (frml) bienes mpl

    III

    it's been a good long while since... — ha pasado su buen tiempo desde...

    you messed that up good and proper, didn't you? — (BrE colloq) metiste bien la pata, ¿no? (fam)

    2) (AmE colloq) (well, thoroughly) bien

    English-spanish dictionary > good

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    1. adjective,
    1) (in accordance with fact) wahr; wahrheitsgetreu [Bericht, Beschreibung]

    is it true that...? — stimmt es, dass...?

    [only] too true — nur zu wahr

    that is too good to be true — das ist zu schön, um wahr zu sein

    [that's] true [enough] — [das] stimmt

    come true[Traum, Wunsch:] Wirklichkeit werden, wahr werden; [Befürchtung, Prophezeihung:] sich bewahrheiten

    2) richtig [Vorteil, Einschätzung]; (rightly so called) eigentlich
    3) (not sham) wahr; echt, wahr [Freund, Freundschaft, Christ]
    4) (accurately conforming) getreu [Wiedergabe]

    be true to somethingeiner Sache (Dat.) genau entsprechen

    5) (loyal) treu

    true to one's word or promise — getreu seinem Versprechen

    6) (in correct position) gerade [Pfosten]
    2. noun

    out of [the] true — schief [Mauer, Pfosten, Räder]

    3. adverb
    1) (truthfully) aufrichtig [lieben]

    tell me truesag mir die Wahrheit

    2) (accurately) gerade; genau [zielen]
    * * *
    [tru:]
    1) ((negative untrue) telling of something that really happened; not invented; agreeing with fact; not wrong: That is a true statement; Is it true that you did not steal the ring?) wahr
    2) ((negative untrue) accurate: They don't have a true idea of its importance.) zutreffend
    3) ((negative untrue) faithful; loyal: He has been a true friend.) treu
    4) (properly so called: A spider is not a true insect.) echt
    - academic.ru/76853/trueness">trueness
    - truly
    * * *
    [tru:]
    n COMPUT WAHR
    * * *
    [truː]
    1. adj
    1) (= not false) story, news, rumour, statement wahr

    to come true (dream, wishes) — Wirklichkeit werden, wahr werden; (prophecy) sich verwirklichen; (fears) sich bewahrheiten

    it is true that... — es stimmt, dass..., es ist wahr or richtig, dass...

    that's true — das stimmt, das ist wahr

    can it be true (that he didn't know)? — kann es stimmen or sein(, dass er das nicht wusste)?

    it is true to say that... — es ist richtig, dass...

    too true! — (das ist nur) zu wahr!, wie wahr!

    it is only too true that... — es ist nur allzu wahr, dass...

    we mustn't generalize, (it's) true, but... — wir sollten natürlich nicht verallgemeinern, aber...

    that's wrong! – true, but... — das ist falsch! – stimmt or richtig, aber...

    is it true about Harry? — stimmt es, was man über Harry sagt?

    the reverse is trueganz im Gegenteil

    the reverse is true for... — für... trifft das Gegenteil zu

    he's got so much money it's not true! (inf) — es ist unfassbar, wie viel Geld er hat!

    2) (= accurate) description, report, account wahrheitsgetreu; likeness (lebens)getreu; copy getreu; aim genau

    in the true sense (of the word)im wahren Sinne (des Wortes)

    3) (= real, genuine) feeling, friendship, friend, Christian, heir, opinion wahr, echt; reason wirklich; leather, antique echt

    in a true spirit of friendship/love — im wahren Geist der Freundschaft/Liebe

    what is the true situation? —

    4) (= faithful) friend, follower treu

    to be true to sb — jdm treu sein/bleiben

    to be true to one's word/promise — (treu) zu seinem Wort/Versprechen stehen, seinem Wort treu bleiben

    to be true to oneself —

    true to life — lebensnah; (Art) lebensecht

    true to type — erwartungsgemäß; (Bot) artgetreu

    5) wall, surface gerade; join genau; circle rund
    6) (PHYS) tatsächlich
    7)

    (= applicable) to be true for sb/sth — für jdn/etw wahr sein

    to be true of sb/sth — auf jdn/etw zutreffen

    the same is or holds true for... — dasselbe gilt auch für..., dasselbe trifft auch auf... (acc) zu

    8) (MUS) note richtig; voice rein
    2. n

    out of true (upright, beam, wheels) — schief; join verschoben

    3. adv
    aim genau; sing richtig

    to breed true —

    he speaks true (old) they speak truer than they know (old) — er spricht die Wahrheit sie kommen der Wahrheit näher, als ihnen bewusst ist

    See:
    ring
    * * *
    true [truː]
    A adj (adv truly)
    1. wahr, wahrheitsgetreu (Geschichte etc):
    be ( oder hold) true (for, of) zutreffen (auf akk), gelten (für); come A 12, ring2 B 4
    2. echt, wahr (Christ etc):
    true current ELEK Wirkstrom m;
    true love wahre Liebe;
    true stress TECH wahre spezifische Belastung;
    true value Ist-Wert m;
    (it is) true zwar, allerdings, freilich, zugegeben;
    is it true that …? stimmt es, dass …?;
    too true! wie wahr!; horizon 1
    3. (ge)treu (to dat):
    (as) true as gold ( oder steel) treu wie Gold;
    true to one’s contracts vertragstreu;
    true to one’s principles( word) seinen Grundsätzen (seinem Wort) getreu;
    stay true one’s principles seinen Grundsätzen treu bleiben
    4. getreu (to dat) (von Sachen):
    true to life lebenswahr, -echt, aus dem Leben gegriffen;
    true to nature naturgetreu;
    true to pattern modellgetreu;
    true to size TECH maßgerecht, -haltig;
    true to type artgemäß, typisch; copy A 1
    5. genau, richtig (Gewicht etc)
    6. wahr, rechtmäßig, legitim (Erbe etc)
    7. zuverlässig (Zeichen etc)
    8. TECH genau, richtig (ein)gestellt oder eingepasst
    9. GEOG, SCHIFF, PHYS rechtweisend:
    true declination Ortsmissweisung f;
    true north geografisch oder rechtweisend Nord n
    10. MUS richtig gestimmt, rein
    11. BIOL reinrassig
    B adv
    1. wahrheitsgemäß:
    speak true die Wahrheit sagen
    2. (ge)treu (to dat)
    3. genau:
    C s
    1. the true das Wahre
    2. (das) Richtige oder Genaue:
    a) schief,
    b) TECH unrund
    D v/t oft true up TECH
    a) ein Lager ausrichten,
    b) ein Werkzeug nachschleifen, eine Schleifscheibe abdrehen,
    c) ein Rad zentrieren
    * * *
    1. adjective,
    1) (in accordance with fact) wahr; wahrheitsgetreu [Bericht, Beschreibung]

    is it true that...? — stimmt es, dass...?

    [only] too true — nur zu wahr

    that is too good to be true — das ist zu schön, um wahr zu sein

    [that's] true [enough] — [das] stimmt

    come true[Traum, Wunsch:] Wirklichkeit werden, wahr werden; [Befürchtung, Prophezeihung:] sich bewahrheiten

    2) richtig [Vorteil, Einschätzung]; (rightly so called) eigentlich
    3) (not sham) wahr; echt, wahr [Freund, Freundschaft, Christ]
    4) (accurately conforming) getreu [Wiedergabe]

    be true to somethingeiner Sache (Dat.) genau entsprechen

    5) (loyal) treu

    true to one's word or promise — getreu seinem Versprechen

    6) (in correct position) gerade [Pfosten]
    2. noun

    out of [the] true — schief [Mauer, Pfosten, Räder]

    3. adverb
    1) (truthfully) aufrichtig [lieben]
    2) (accurately) gerade; genau [zielen]
    * * *
    adj.
    echt adj.
    richtig adj.
    treu adj.
    wahr adj.
    zutreffend adj.

    English-german dictionary > true

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    tru:
    1) ((negative untrue) telling of something that really happened; not invented; agreeing with fact; not wrong: That is a true statement; Is it true that you did not steal the ring?) sann, riktig
    2) ((negative untrue) accurate: They don't have a true idea of its importance.) riktig, tro
    3) ((negative untrue) faithful; loyal: He has been a true friend.) trofast
    4) (properly so called: A spider is not a true insect.) ekte, egentlig
    - truly
    pålitelig
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    sann
    I
    subst. \/truː\/
    ( teknikk) nøyaktighet, nøyaktig tilpasning
    out of true unøyaktig innstilt, unøyaktig tilpasset skjev, skakk ute av plan
    II
    verb \/truː\/
    1) ( teknikk) avpasse, tilpasse, innstille, justere
    2) rette inn, rette opp
    III
    adj. \/truː\/
    1) sann, sannferdig, i overensstemmelse med sannheten
    2) riktig, nøyaktig, eksakt, tro
    3) ( biologi) egentlig, ekte
    4) ekte
    5) virkelig, oppriktig, sann, faktisk
    6) ( ofte nedsettende) veritabel, ordentlig, sann
    7) trofast, lojal
    8) tilbørlig, rettmessig
    9) ( spesielt teknikk) rett, jevn, plan
    10) ( spesielt teknikk) nøyaktig tilpasset, riktig justert
    11) ( sjøfart) rettvisende, sann
    12) ( musikk) ren
    13) ( gammeldags) hederlig, ærlig, redelig
    come true eller prove true bli til virkelighet, slå til, gå i oppfyllelse
    find a true bill (amer., jus) anse en tiltale for å være berettiget
    good men and true (om ansette\/respektable menn) gode menn
    hold true eller be true holde stikk, gjelde, være gyldig, ha gyldighet
    hold true of gjelde for
    how true! eller quite true! aldeles korrekt!, det er så sant som det er sagt!
    make true sanne, bekrefte
    sing on true pitch synge rent
    that's true! det stemmer!
    (it is) true ( innrømmende) ganske riktig, riktig nok, visselig, sant nok, vel
    true as steel tro som gull
    true copy (certified) rett kopi bekreftes
    true north sant nord
    true of holde stikk når det gjelder, være tilfelle for
    true story sann historie
    true to facts i overensstemmelse med fakta
    be true to form\/type eller run true to form\/type være karakteristisk, være normal
    true to life virkelighetstro
    true to nature naturtro
    true to oneself tro mot sin overbevisning karakterfast
    be true to one's word\/promise holde sitt løfte, stå ved sitt ord
    true to seed ( botanikk) frøekte
    be true to someone\/something være noe(n) tro, være trofast mot noe(n)
    true to the letter bokstavtro
    true to time til avtalt tid, til fastsatt tid
    true to type raseren ( overført) ikke fornekte seg
    take him to the pub, and he is true to type
    ta ham med på puben, og han fornekter seg ikke
    IV
    adv. \/truː\/
    1) sant, oppriktig
    2) presist, eksakt, nøyaktig
    3) riktig
    4) raseren, av ren rase
    breed true ( biologi) være i fast kultur
    speak\/tell true (amer.) si sannheten, snakke sant

    English-Norwegian dictionary > true

  • 9 good

    /gud/ * tính từ better, best - tốt, hay, tuyệt =very good!+ rất tốt!, rất hay!, tuyệt =a good friend+ một người bạn tốt =good men and true+ những người tốt bụng và chân thật =good conduct+ hạnh kiểm tốt =a good story+ một câu chuyện hay =good wine+ rượu ngon =good soil+ đất tốt, đất màu mỡ =a person of good family+ một người xuất thân gia đình khá giả =good to eat+ ngon, ăn được - tử tế, rộng lượng, thương người; có đức hạnh, ngoan =to be good to someone+ tốt bụng với ai, tử tế với ai =how good of your!+ anh tử tế quá! =good boy+ đứa bé ngoan - tươi (cá) =fish does not keep good in hot days+ cá không giữ được tươi vào những ngày nóng bức - tốt lành, trong lành, lành; có lợi =doing exercies is good for the health+ tập thể dục có lợi cho sức khoẻ - cừ, giỏi, đảm đang, được việc =a good teacher+ giáo viên dạy giỏi =a good worker+ công nhân lành nghề, công nhân khéo =a good wife+ người vợ đảm đang - vui vẻ, dễ chịu, thoải mái =good news+ tin mừng, tin vui, tin lành !to have a good time - được hưởng một thời gian vui thích =a good joke+ câu nói đùa vui nhộn - hoàn toàn, triệt để; ra trò, nên thân =to give somebody a good beating+ đánh một trận nên thân - đúng, phải =it is good to help others+ giúp mọi người là phải =good! good!+ được được!, phải đấy! - tin cậy được; an toàn, chắc chắn; có giá trị =good debts+ món nợ chắc chắn sẽ trả =a good reason+ lý do tin được, lý do chính đáng - khoẻ, khoẻ mạnh, đủ sức =to be good for a ten-mile walk+ đủ sức đi bộ mười dặm =I feel good+ (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) tôi cảm thấy khoẻ - thân, nhà (dùng trong câu gọi) =don't do it, my good friend!+(mỉa mai) đừng làm thế ông bạn ơi! =how's your good man?+ ông nhà có khoẻ không (thưa) bà? =how's your good lady?+ bà nhà có khoẻ không ông? - khá nhiều, khá lớn, khá xa =a good deal of money+ khá nhiều tiền =a good many people+ khá nhiều người =we've come a good long way+ chúng tôi đã từ khá xa tới đây - ít nhất là =we've waited for your for a good hour+ chúng tôi đợi anh ít nhất là một tiếng rồi !as good as - hầu như, coi như, gần như =as good as dead+ hầu như chết rồi =the problem is as good as settled+ vấn đề coi như đã được giải quyết =to be as good as one's word+ giữ lời hứa !to do a good turn to - giúp đỡ (ai) ![as] good as pie - rất tốt, rất ngoan ![as] good as wheat - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) rất tốt, rất xứng đáng, rất thích hợp !good day! - chào (trong ngày); tạm biệt nhé! !good morning! - chào (buổi sáng) !good afternoon! - chào (buổi chiều) !good evening! - chào (buổi tối) !good night! - chúc ngủ ngon, tạm biệt nhé! !good luck! - chúc may mắn !good money - (thông tục) lương cao !to have a good mind to do something - có ý muốn làm cái gì !in good spirits - vui vẻ, phấn khởi, phấn chấn !to make good - thực hiện; giữ (lời hứa) !to make good one's promise - giữ lời hứa, làm đúng như lời hứa - bù đắp lại; gỡ lại, đền, thay; sửa chữa =to make good one's losses+ bù lại những cái đã mất =to make good the casualties+ (quân sự) bổ sung cho số quân bị chết - xác nhận, chứng thực - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) làm ăn phát đạt, thành công, tiến bộ =to make good in a short time+ phất trong một thời gian ngắn (nhà buôn) =to make good at school+ học tập tiến bộ ở trường (học sinh) !to stand good - vẫn còn giá trị; vẫn đúng !to take something in good part - (xem) part !that's a good one (un)! - (từ lóng) nói dối nghe được đấy! nói láo nghe được đấy! !the good people - các vị tiên * danh từ - điều thiện, điều tốt, điều lành =to do good+ làm việc thiện, làm phúc =to return good for evil+ lấy ân báo oán - lợi, lợi ích =to be some good to+ có lợi phần nào cho =to work for the good of the people+ làm việc vì lợi ích của nhân dân =to do more harm than good+ làm hại nhiều hơn lợi =it will do you good to do physical exercises in the morning+ tập thể dục buổi sáng có lợi cho anh =what good is it?+ điều ấy có lợi gì? - điều đáng mong muốn, vật đáng mong muốn - những người tốt, những người có đạo đức !to be up to no good; to be after no good - đang rắp tâm dở trò ma mãnh gì !to come to good - không đi đến đâu, không đạt kết quả gì, không làm nên trò trống gì !for good [and all] - mãi mãi, vĩnh viễn =to stay here for good [and all]+ ở lại đây mãi mãi =to be gone for good+ đi mãi mãi không bao giờ trở lại =to refuse for good [and all]+ nhất định từ chối, khăng khăng từ chối !to the good - được lâi, được lời =to be 100dd to the good+ được lời 100dd =it's all to the good+ càng hay, càng lời, càng tốt

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  • 10 true

    [tru:] adj <-r, -st>
    1) inv
    ( not false) wahr;
    to be \true for sb/ sth für jdn/etw wahr sein;
    to be \true of sb/ sth auf jdn/etw zutreffen, für jdn/etw gelten;
    it is \true [to say] that... es stimmt [o ist richtig], dass...;
    partly \true teilweise wahr;
    to hold \true [for sb/sth] [auf jdn/etw] zutreffen;
    to ring \true glaubhaft klingen
    2) ( exact) richtig; aim genau;
    to be a \true likeness of sb (dated) ein genaues Ebenbild von jdm sein
    3) attr ( actual) echt, wahr, wirklich;
    the \true faith der wahre Glaube;
    \true grit echter Mumm ( fam)
    \true heir rechtmäßiger Erbe;
    \true identity wahre Identität;
    \true love wahre Liebe;
    one's \true self sein wahres Selbst; see also faith 2, grit I. 2
    4) ( loyal) treu;
    good men and \true (old) redliche [o rechtschaffene] Leute;
    to be/remain \true to sb/ sth jdm/etw treu sein/bleiben;
    to be \true to one's word zu seinem Wort stehen;
    to be \true to oneself sich dat selbst treu bleiben
    5) attr ( conforming) echt;
    in \true Hollywood style in echter Hollywoodmanier;
    in the \true sense of a word im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes
    6) pred ( straight) genau;
    none of the drawers were \true keine der Schubladen war genau eingepasst
    PHRASES:
    sb's \true colours jds wahres Gesicht;
    \true to form;
    type wie zu erwarten;
    to come \true wahr werden;
    he's so fat/rich it's not \true! ( esp Brit) er ist unglaublich fett/reich!; see also jest adv
    1) inv ( admittedly) stimmt
    2) ( straight) gerade
    3) ( exactly) genau;
    to aim \true genau zielen
    4) (old: truly) ehrlich;
    tell me \true - do you really love me? sag mir die Wahrheit - liebst du mich wirklich? n
    to be out of \true schief sein;
    the frame must be out of \true der Rahmen muss verzogen sein

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  • 11 Shakespeare's words and phrases

    •• Не знаю, сколько у английского языка «источников» и «составных частей», но два источника современной английской идиоматики можно назвать без колебаний – это Библия в варианте короля Якова (разумеется, не Джеймса!) – the King James Version of 1611 (см. статью Bible words and phrases) и Шекспир. В известном английском анекдоте некая дама говорит, что Шекспир ей нравится, но одно раздражает – обилие клише! Шекспир – самый цитируемый автор, и слова, выражения, иногда целые пассажи из Шекспира встречаются в речи людей, читавших его очень давно или не читавших вообще. Удивительная сила шекспировского слова в не меньшей степени, чем его гений драматурга, заставляет многих сомневаться, что автором великих произведений действительно был ничем не примечательный и, судя по сохранившимся обрывкам исторических сведений, малопривлекательный житель Стрэтфорда. Я разделяю эти сомнения, но здесь рассматривать эту тему нет возможности. К сожалению, в кратком словаре не хватит места и для малой толики шекспировской идиоматики, с которой должен быть хотя бы поверхностно знаком уважающий себя переводчик (в том числе и работающий в основном устно). Ограничимся минимальным «шекспировским ликбезом» в надежде на способность читателя к самообразованию.

    •• Конечно, мало людей, не знающих, что именно Шекспиру принадлежат слова To be or not to be: that is the question или A horse! A horse! My Kingdom for a horse (из «Ричарда III»), или не знакомых с их «каноническими», вошедшими в русский язык переводами (Быть или не быть – вот в чем вопрос и Коня, коня! Полцарства за коня!). Многие правильно укажут и происхождение другого часто цитируемого отрывка:
    •• What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
    •• By any other name would smell as sweet.
    •• (Romeo and Juliet)
    •• В переводе Щепкиной-Куперник:
    •• Что в имени? То, что зовем мы розой,
    •• И под другим названьем сохраняло б
    •• Свой сладкий запах.
    •• Интересны две цитаты, которые по-русски встречаются едва ли не чаще, чем в английских текстах.
    •• All the world’s a stage,
    •• And all the men and women merely players.
    •• Весь мир – театр, и люди в нем – актеры.
    •• (Из комедии As You Like It – «Как вам это понравится»)
    •• There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
    •• Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
    •• Есть многое на свете, друг Горацио,
    •• Что и не снилось нашим мудрецам
    •• (Из «Гамлета» в переводе 1828 года (!) М.Вронченко; именно в таком виде эта цитата вошла в русский язык.)
    •• Но вот еще один «шекспиризм», тоже из «Гамлета» и тоже обращенный к Горацио: In my mind’s eye, Horatio (в переводах, с разными вариациями – В очах моей души, Горацио). Подавляющее большинство говорящих по-английски, употребляя это распространенное выражение, не осознают, что «цитируют Шекспира». (По-русски мы скажем что-нибудь вроде в мыслях я вижу или мысленным взором.)
    •• Несколько аналогичных примеров:
    •• foregone conclusion (из «Отелло»). Прочно вошло в язык. Употребляется, когда речь идет о заранее ясном результате, предрешенном деле, о чем-то не вызывающем сомнений. The outcome of the general elections was a foregone conclusion (International Herald Tribune);
    •• to the manner born (из «Гамлета»). Означает естественную склонность к чему-то, врожденную способность, легкость в выполнении дела или исполнении обязанностей. Существует вариант to the manor born (разница на письме, но не в произношении). Удачный перевод: У него это в крови;
    •• True it is that we have seen better days (из «Как вам это понравится»). Перевод очевиден: Мы видели (у нас были) лучшие времена. Иногда так говорят о женщине не первой молодости: She has seen better days или о политике, переживающем кризис;
    •• to wear one’s heart upon one’s sleeve (из «Отелло») – не скрывать своих чувств. По-русски можно сказать душа нараспашку;
    •• a plague on both your houses. Слова Меркуцио из «Ромео и Джульетты». Нередко употребляются и в русской речи ( чума на оба ваши дома), часто без малейшего представления об источнике;
    •• brevity is the soul of wit. Вошло в поговорку и по-русски (Краткость – душа остроумия). Но все же неплохо знать, что и это – из «Гамлета», где смысл глубже (в переводе М.Лозинского – «Краткость есть душа ума»);
    •• brave new world (из «Бури» – The Tempest). И конечно, из названия ранее полузапрещенного у нас романа Олдоса Хаксли. У Шекспира: O brave new world that has such people in’t (О, дивный мир, где есть такие люди). У Хаксли («Прекрасный новый мир») мы имеем дело с типичным (и, по-моему, довольно скучным) романом-антиутопией. Надо иметь в виду, что это выражение используется чаще всего иронически или с оттенком осуждения;
    •• honorable men (из «Юлия Цезаря» – Julius Caesar). Аналогичный случай: иронически-осуждающее употребление, казалось бы, понятного словосочетания. Правда, нередки случаи, когда оно употребляется и в прямом значении ( достойные люди). Но переводчик должен быть внимателен. Многие говорящие по-английски помнят то место в трагедии Шекспира, где Марк Антоний называет Брута an honorable man, имея в виду совершенно обратное. В письменном переводе помогут кавычки («достопочтенные» граждане), в устном придется рискнуть или сказать нечто нейтральное (человек с известной репутацией);
    •• there is method in the madness. Видоизмененная цитата из «Гамлета». Подразумевается, что за внешней нелогичностью, странностью какого-то поступка или явления кроется своя логика, свой смысл;
    •• more in sorrow than in anger (тоже из «Гамлета»). Пастернаковское «скорей с тоской, чем с гневом» не очень подходит в переводе этого выражения в его современном употреблении. Лучше сказать скорее с сожалением, чем с негодованием/гневом;
    •• more sinned against than sinning. Моя любимая цитата из «Короля Лира» (так говорит о себе главный герой: I am a man/more sinned against than sinning). В прекрасном, незаслуженно забытом переводе М.Кузмина: Предо мной другие/грешней, чем я пред ними. Образец сжатости и точности!
    •• the wheel has come full circle (из «Короля Лира»). Употребляется чаще всего так: we have come full circle – мы пришли к тому, с чего начали;
    •• strange bedfellows (из «Бури»). Нередко цитируют как в пьесе (Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows – В нужде с кем не поведешься), но чаще всего, не подозревая о шекспировских корнях этой фразы, говорят Politics makes strange bedfellows. Свежая модификация из журнала Time: President Jacques Chirac and newly-elected Prime Minister Lionel Jospin make uneasy bedfellows. Имеются в виду странные (на первый взгляд) политические альянсы, коалиции или, как в последнем примере, «сожительства» (фр. cohabitation). Но ведь не просто так, а bedfellows! Говорящие по-английски, несомненно, чувствуют эту «постельную» коннотацию. Так, в журнале Time процитированная фраза сопровождается соответствующей карикатурой. Так что при желании переводчику есть где развернуться;
    •• salad days (из «Антония и Клеопатры»). Иногда цитируется, как в пьесе: My salad days, when I was green in judgment. (В переводе М.Донского: Тогда была/девчонкой я неопытной, незрелой. Пожалуй, слово девчонка все-таки неуместно в устах Клеопатры.) Употребляется довольно часто, иногда с иронией: the salad days of detente (W. Safire) – разрядка (международной напряженности) в ее первом цветении. В разговоре можно воспользоваться русским молодо-зелено. Более «серьезный» перевод – период/эпоха становления;
    •• at one fell swoop (из «Макбета»). Еще один пример, когда шекспировское происхождение фразы почти никем не ощущается (есть и другие – fight till the last gasp – драться/бороться до последнего дыхания из «Генриха VI»/Henry VI; as good luck would have it – по счастью; и тут мне улыбнулась удача из «Виндзорских кумушек/проказниц»/The Merry Wives of Windsor). At one fell swoop – одним махом, в одночасье, в одно мгновение;
    •• sound and fury. Тоже из «Макбета», а также из названия романа Фолкнера (русский перевод «Шум и ярость»). За неимением места невозможно полностью процитировать гениальный монолог Макбета. Главное: [Life] is a tale/Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury/Signifying nothing. В переводе М.Лозинского: Это – новость,/Рассказанная дураком, где много/И шума и страстей, но смысла нет. У Шекспира звучит страшней. Sound and fury в переносном значении может иметь два значения: одно близко к много шума из ничего (кстати, тоже «шекспиризм» – название пьесы Much Ado About Nothing), второе обозначает недюжинные страсти, драматические события. Причем не всегда легко почувствовать контекстуальный смысл;
    •• every inch a king (из «Короля Лира»). В переводе Т.Щепкиной-Куперник Король, от головы до ног. Вместо слова king часто употребляются и другие – gentleman, lady, statesman и т.д. По-русски – самый настоящий, до мозга костей. Внимание: нередко употребляется шутливо, иронически;
    •• ‘tis neither here nor there. Так в «Отелло». В обиходной речи, конечно, it’s. В Англо-русском фразеологическом словаре А.В.Кунина не указано шекспировское происхождение этой фразы. Не стоит переводить ее русским ни к селу, ни к городу (слишком силен русский колорит). Может быть, это не из той оперы? Пожалуй, лучше оставаться в рамках нейтрального стиля: это несущественно/к делу не относится/я говорил о другом;
    •• cry havoc (из бессмертного «Юлия Цезаря»). В пьесе: Caesar’s spirit... shall... cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war. В переводе И.Мандельштама: «Всем смерть!» – собак войны с цепи спуская. В последнее время (может быть, время такое?) популярны обе части этой цитаты – вспомним роман Ф.Форсайта The Dogs of War. Переносный смысл довольно разнообразен – давать сигнал к грабежу, заниматься подстрекательством; вести беспощадную войну, разорять все вокруг и т.д. Но есть и другое значение cry havoc – кричать караул, сеять панику. Ср. play havoc with something – сеять разрушение, опустошать, дезорганизовать.
    •• Что сказать в заключение (и в свое оправдание)? «Нельзя объять необъятного» (это, конечно, не из Шекспира, а из Козьмы Пруткова, но тоже может поставить в тупик переводчика. Возможный – сознаюсь, не блестящий – вариант перевода You can’t cover what’s boundless. Можно сказать и проще: I couldn’t do it if I tried!).

    English-Russian nonsystematic dictionary > Shakespeare's words and phrases

  • 12 Shakespeare's words and phrases

    1. To be or not to be: that is the question (Hamlet)Быть или не быть - вот в чем вопрос

    2. A horse! A horse! My Kingdom for a horse! ("Ричард III") — Коня, коня! Полцарства за коня!

    3. What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet (Romeo and Juliet) — Что в имени ? То, что зовем мы розой, / И под другим названьем сохраняло б / Свой сладкий запах. ( перевод Щепкиной-Куперник)

    4. All the world's a stage, / And all the men and women merely players (As You Like It). — Весь мир — театр, и люди в нем — актеры («Как вам это понравится»).

    5. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy (Hamlet). — Есть многое на свете, друг Горацио, / Что и не снилось нашим мудрецам (Перевод М.Вронченко).

    6. In my mind's eye, Horatio (Hamlet). — В очах моей души, Горацио (мысленным взором)

    The English annotation is below. (English-Russian) > Shakespeare's words and phrases

  • 13 man

    mæn
    1. plural - men; noun
    1) (an adult male human being: Hundreds of men, women and children; a four-man team.) hombre
    2) (human beings taken as a whole; the human race: the development of man.) ser humano, hombre
    3) (obviously masculine male person: He's independent, tough, strong, brave - a real man!) hombre
    4) (a word sometimes used in speaking informally or giving commands to someone: Get on with your work, man, and stop complaining!) hombre, tío, macho
    5) (an ordinary soldier, who is not an officer: officers and men.) soldado
    6) (a piece used in playing chess or draughts: I took three of his men in one move.) pieza, ficha

    2. verb
    (to supply with men (especially soldiers): The colonel manned the guns with soldiers from our regiment.) dotar de personal
    - - man
    - manhood
    - mankind
    - manly
    - manliness
    - manned
    - man-eating
    - man-eater
    - manhandle
    - manhole
    - man-made
    - manpower
    - manservant
    - mansized
    - mansize
    - manslaughter
    - menfolk
    - menswear
    - as one man
    - the man in the street
    - man of letters
    - man of the world
    - man to man
    - to a man

    man n hombre
    tr[mæn]
    1 Isla de Man
    man ['mæn] vt, manned ; manning : tripular (un barco o avión), encargarse de (un servicio)
    man n, pl men ['mɛn]
    1) person: hombre m, persona f
    2) male: hombre m
    3) mankind: humanidad f
    n.
    (§ pl.: men) = hombre s.m.
    obrero s.m.
    ser humano s.m.
    señor s.m.
    soldado s.m.
    varón s.m.
    v.
    dotar v.
    guarnecer v.
    proveer de gente armada v.
    tripular v.
    = Manitoba
    [mæn]
    1. N
    (pl men)
    1) (=not woman) hombre m; (=husband) marido m; (=boyfriend) novio m; (=servant) criado m; (=workman) obrero m; (=ordinary soldier) soldado m; (=ordinary sailor) marinero m

    her man is in the army (husband) su marido está en el ejército; (boyfriend) su novio está en el ejército

    officers and men(=soldiers) oficiales y soldados; (=sailors) oficiales y marineros

    I've lived here man and boyvivo aquí desde pequeño

    he's not the man for the job — no es el más indicado para esa tarea

    man of Godreligioso m, clérigo m

    good man! — ¡bravo!, ¡muy bien!

    my good man buen hombre, amigo mío

    all good men and trueliter todos los que merecen llamarse hombres

    man of lettersliterato m

    it's got to be a local man — tiene que ser uno de aquí

    to make a man of sb — hacer un hombre de algn

    man of meanshombre m acaudalado

    the man in the moonel rostro de (mujer en) la luna

    to feel (like) a new man — sentirse como nuevo

    look here, old man — mira, amigo

    the man on the Clapham omnibusel hombre de la calle

    our man in Washington — (=agent) nuestro agente en Washington; (=representative) nuestro representante en Washington; (=ambassador) nuestro embajador en Washington

    man of partshombre m de talento

    man of propertyhombre m acaudalado

    man of straw(=person of no substance) monigote m, títere m; (esp US) (=front man) hombre m de paja, testaferro m

    the man in the streetel hombre de la calle

    the strong man of the government — el hombre fuerte del gobierno

    that man Jones — aquel Jones

    man to man — de hombre a hombre

    he's a man about townes un gran vividor

    man and wifemarido y mujer

    a man of the worldun hombre de mundo

    a young man — un joven

    - be man enough to do sth
    - reach man's estate
    best 5., cloth, grand 1., 1)
    2) (=humanity in general) (also: Man) el hombre
    3) (=individual, person) persona f

    what else could a man do? — ¿es que se podía hacer otra cosa?

    men say that... — se dice que...

    any man — cualquiera, cualquier hombre

    no man — ninguno, nadie

    as one man — como un solo hombre

    one man one vote — un voto para cada uno

    they agreed to a man — no hubo voz en contra

    then I'm your man — entonces soy la persona que estás buscando

    4) (=type)

    I'm not a drinking man — yo no bebo

    he's a family man — (=with family) es padre de familia; (=home-loving) es muy casero

    I'm not a football man — no soy aficionado al fútbol, no me gusta mucho el fútbol

    he's a man's man — es un hombre estimado entre otros hombres

    he's his own man — es un hombre muy fiel a sí mismo

    I'm a whisky man myself — yo prefiero el whisky

    5) (Chess) pieza f; (Draughts) ficha f
    6) * (excl)

    hey man! — ¡oye, tronco! *

    you can't do that, man — hombre, no puedes hacer eso

    man, was I startled! — ¡vaya susto que me dio!, ¡qué susto me pegué!

    2.
    VT [+ ship] tripular; [+ fortress, watchtower] guarnecer; [+ guns] servir; [+ pumps] acudir a, hacer funcionar
    manned
    3.
    CPD

    man day N — (Comm, Ind) día-hombre m

    man flu * Npej resfriado m

    man Friday Ncriado m fiel

    men's doubles N — (Tennis) dobles mpl masculinos

    men's final N — (Sport) final f masculina

    men's room N(esp US) lavabo m de caballeros

    * * *
    = Manitoba

    English-spanish dictionary > man

  • 14 man

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > man

  • 15 make or break

    (make or break (тж. make or mar))
    возвеличить или погубить; ≈ либо пан, либо пропал

    I always tell my girl to make sure beforehand that she has a good man and true, and the chance will neither make her nor break her. (Ch. Dickens. ‘Barnaby Radge’, ch. III) — я всегда говорю моей дочери: надо сперва убедиться, что имеешь дело с порядочным и преданным человеком, и тогда удачи и неудачи в жизни не будут зависеть от воли случая.

    Certain critics are so influential that they can make or mar a book. (W. S. Maugham, ‘A Writer's Notebook’, ‘Preface’) — Некоторые критики так влиятельны, что могут по своей прихоти вознести книгу или погубить.

    She knew that men in the mining world, with whom she talked politely, could make or break Dick as suited their purposes. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. 24) — Она знала, что этим людям, с которыми она так любезно сейчас разговаривает, ничего не стоит, поскольку они занимают известное положение в горной промышленности, либо помочь ее Дику, либо погубить его, смотря по тому, что им выгоднее.

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  • 16 _добро і зло

    an act of kindness is well repaid bad to do evil, but worse to boast of it the best is the enemy of the good black will take no other hue blushing is virtue's color do good by stealth and blush find it fame evil doers are evil dreaders a good heart cannot lie good can never grow out of evil good men scarce a good word costs no more than a bad one good words cost nothing and are worth much the good you do to others will always come back to you he that spares the bad injures the good heaven protects the good man injure others, injure yourself it is well to remember people's virtues and not their deficiencies it's great to be great, but it's greater to be human kind hearts are more than coronets kind hearts are soonest wronged a kind wife makes a faithful husband kind words are the music of the world kindness always begets kindness kind words never die kindness does more than violence kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with let well alone malice drinks its own poison malice has a sharp sight and a strong memory a man's true wealth is the good he does in the world one never did repent of doing good one scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock the reward of a good deed is to have done it repay kindness with kindness see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil a shady business never yields a sunny life the sun never repents of the good it does, nor does it ever demand a recompense an unkind word is better left unspoken virtue is the best title of nobility virtue is its own reward virtue would not go far if a little vanity walked not with it we cannot do evil to others without doing it to ourselves

    English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _добро і зло

  • 17 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, 714-1140
       The 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, 1140-1385
       Two 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 in
       Portugal (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, 1385-1580
       The 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, 1580-1640
       Despite 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, 1640-1822
       Foreign 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 the
       Church (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, 1822-1910
       During 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, 1910-26
       Portugal'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), 1926-74
       During 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, 1974-76
       Following 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 until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After 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.

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    /hould/ * danh từ - khoang (của tàu thuỷ) * danh từ - sự cầm, sự nắm giữ, sự nắm chặt =to take (get, keep) hold of+ nắm giữ, nắm chặt (cái gì) - (nghĩa bóng) sự nắm được, sự hiểu thấu =to get hold of a secret+ nắm được điều bí mật - (nghĩa bóng) ảnh hưởng =to have a grerat hold on (over) somebody+ có ảnh hưởng (uy tín) lớn đối với ai - vật để nắm lấy; vật đỡ; chỗ dựa - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đồn ải, thành luỹ, pháo đài - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) sự giam cầm - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) nhà lao, nhà tù * ngoại động từ - cầm, nắm, giữ, nắm giữ, giữ vững =to hold a pen+ cầm bút =to hold an office+ giữ một chức vụ =to hold one's ground+ giữ vững lập trường; (quân sự) giữ vững vị trí; giữ vững sức khoẻ không yếu đi (người ốm) - giữ, ở (trong một tư thế nào đó) =to hold oneself erect+ đứng thẳng người =to hold one's head+ ngẩng cao đầu - chứa, chứa đựng =this rooms holds one hundred people+ phòng này chứa được một trăm người - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) giam giữ (ai) - giữ, nén, nín, kìm lại =to hold one's breath+ nín hơi, nín thở =to hold one's tongue+ nín lặng; không nói gì =hold your noise!+ im đi!, đừng làm ầm lên thế! =to hold one's hand+ kìm tay lại (không ra tay trừng phạt đánh đập...) =there's no holding him+ không sao kìm được hắn - bắt phải giữ lời hứa =to hold somebody in suspense+ làm cho ai phải thấm đòn chờ đợi - choán, xâm chiếm, thu hút, lôi cuốn =to hold someone's attention+ thu hút sự chú ý của ai =to hold one's audience+ lôi cuốn được thính giả - có ý nghĩ là, cho là, xem là, coi là; tin rằng =to hold onself reponsible for+ tự cho là mình có trách nhiệm về =to hold strange opinions+ có những ý kiến kỳ quặc =to hold somebody in high esteem+ kính mến ai, quý trọng ai =to hold somebody in contempt+ coi khinh ai =to hold something cheap+ coi rẻ cái gì, coi thường cái gì =I hold it good+ tôi cho cái đó là đúng (là nên làm) - (+ that) quyết định là (toà án, quan toà...) - tổ chức, tiến hành =to hold a meeting+ tổ chức một cuộc mít tinh, họp mít tinh =to hold negotiation+ tiến hành đàm phán - nói, đúng (những lời lẽ...) =to hold insolent language+ dùng những lời lẽ láo xược - theo, theo đuổi, tiếp tục đi theo =to hold a North course+ tiếp tục đi theo con đường về hướng bắc * nội động từ - (thường) (+ to, by) giữ vững, giữ chắc ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng)) =to hold to one's promise+ giữ lời hứa =to hold by one's principles+ giữ vững nguyên tắc của mình =will the anchor hold?+ liệu néo có chắc không? - tiếp tục, kéo dài, còn mãi, cứ vẫn =will this fine weather hold?+ liệu thời tiết này có kéo dài mãi không? - có giá trị, có hiệu lực, có thể áp dụng ((cũng) to hold good, to hold true) =the rule holds in all case+ điều lệ này có giá trị trong mọi trường hợp =does this principle hold good?+ nguyên tắc còn có giá trị nữa không? - (từ lóng) ((thường) phủ định + with) tán thành =not to hold with a proposal+ không tán thành một đề nghị - (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) hold! đứng lại, dừng lại; đợi một tí! !to hold back - ngăn lại, giữ lại, nén lại, kìm lại - giấu, giữ bí mật, giữ riêng (tin tức...) - do dự, ngập ngừng - (+ from) cố ngăn, cố nén !to hold down - bắt lệ thuộc, bắt phụ thuộc, bắt phục tùng; áp bức - cúi (đầu) - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) tiếp tục giữ, vẫn giữ, vẫn (ở trong hoàn cảnh nào...) =to hold down and office+ vẫn giữ một chức vụ !to hold forth - đưa ra, đặt ra, nêu ra (một đề nghị...) - nói; hò hét diễn thuyết ((thường) xấu) =to hold forth to the crowd+ hò hét diễn thuyết trước đám đông !to hold in - nói chắc, dám chắc - giam giữ - nén lại, kìm lại, dằn lại !to hold off - giữ không cho lại gần; giữ cách xa - chậm lại, nán lại !to hold on - nắm chặt, giữ chặt, bám chặt - giữ máy không cắt (dây nói) !to hold out - giơ ra, đưa ra - chịu đựng, kiên trì dai dẳng; không nhượng bộ, không đầu hàng (thành bị bao vây...) - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) không cho, không từ chối cho (cái gì phải cho) !to hold over - để chậm lại, đình lại, hoàn lại - ở lại sau khi hết nhiệm kỳ; ở lại thêm nhiệm kỳ !to hold together - gắn lại với nhau, giữ lại với nhau - gắn bó với nhau, đoàn kết với nhau !to hold up - đưa lên, giơ lên - đỡ, chống đỡ - vẫn vững, vẫn duy trì - vẫn đứng vững, không ngã (ngựa) - nêu ra, phô ra, đưa ra =to be held up to derision+ bị đưa ra làm trò cười - chặn đứng (ô tô...) ăn cướp - làm đình trệ, làm tắc nghẽn (giao thông...) !to hold aloof - (xem) loof !hold hard! - đứng lại! !hold on! - (thông tục) ngừng! !to hold one's own - (xem) own !to hold something over somebody - luôn luôn giơ cái gì đe doạ ai !to hold water - kín không rò (thùng) - đứng vững được (lập luận...)

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  • 20 hold

    /hould/ * danh từ - khoang (của tàu thuỷ) * danh từ - sự cầm, sự nắm giữ, sự nắm chặt =to take (get, keep) hold of+ nắm giữ, nắm chặt (cái gì) - (nghĩa bóng) sự nắm được, sự hiểu thấu =to get hold of a secret+ nắm được điều bí mật - (nghĩa bóng) ảnh hưởng =to have a grerat hold on (over) somebody+ có ảnh hưởng (uy tín) lớn đối với ai - vật để nắm lấy; vật đỡ; chỗ dựa - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đồn ải, thành luỹ, pháo đài - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) sự giam cầm - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) nhà lao, nhà tù * ngoại động từ - cầm, nắm, giữ, nắm giữ, giữ vững =to hold a pen+ cầm bút =to hold an office+ giữ một chức vụ =to hold one's ground+ giữ vững lập trường; (quân sự) giữ vững vị trí; giữ vững sức khoẻ không yếu đi (người ốm) - giữ, ở (trong một tư thế nào đó) =to hold oneself erect+ đứng thẳng người =to hold one's head+ ngẩng cao đầu - chứa, chứa đựng =this rooms holds one hundred people+ phòng này chứa được một trăm người - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) giam giữ (ai) - giữ, nén, nín, kìm lại =to hold one's breath+ nín hơi, nín thở =to hold one's tongue+ nín lặng; không nói gì =hold your noise!+ im đi!, đừng làm ầm lên thế! =to hold one's hand+ kìm tay lại (không ra tay trừng phạt đánh đập...) =there's no holding him+ không sao kìm được hắn - bắt phải giữ lời hứa =to hold somebody in suspense+ làm cho ai phải thấm đòn chờ đợi - choán, xâm chiếm, thu hút, lôi cuốn =to hold someone's attention+ thu hút sự chú ý của ai =to hold one's audience+ lôi cuốn được thính giả - có ý nghĩ là, cho là, xem là, coi là; tin rằng =to hold onself reponsible for+ tự cho là mình có trách nhiệm về =to hold strange opinions+ có những ý kiến kỳ quặc =to hold somebody in high esteem+ kính mến ai, quý trọng ai =to hold somebody in contempt+ coi khinh ai =to hold something cheap+ coi rẻ cái gì, coi thường cái gì =I hold it good+ tôi cho cái đó là đúng (là nên làm) - (+ that) quyết định là (toà án, quan toà...) - tổ chức, tiến hành =to hold a meeting+ tổ chức một cuộc mít tinh, họp mít tinh =to hold negotiation+ tiến hành đàm phán - nói, đúng (những lời lẽ...) =to hold insolent language+ dùng những lời lẽ láo xược - theo, theo đuổi, tiếp tục đi theo =to hold a North course+ tiếp tục đi theo con đường về hướng bắc * nội động từ - (thường) (+ to, by) giữ vững, giữ chắc ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng)) =to hold to one's promise+ giữ lời hứa =to hold by one's principles+ giữ vững nguyên tắc của mình =will the anchor hold?+ liệu néo có chắc không? - tiếp tục, kéo dài, còn mãi, cứ vẫn =will this fine weather hold?+ liệu thời tiết này có kéo dài mãi không? - có giá trị, có hiệu lực, có thể áp dụng ((cũng) to hold good, to hold true) =the rule holds in all case+ điều lệ này có giá trị trong mọi trường hợp =does this principle hold good?+ nguyên tắc còn có giá trị nữa không? - (từ lóng) ((thường) phủ định + with) tán thành =not to hold with a proposal+ không tán thành một đề nghị - (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) hold! đứng lại, dừng lại; đợi một tí! !to hold back - ngăn lại, giữ lại, nén lại, kìm lại - giấu, giữ bí mật, giữ riêng (tin tức...) - do dự, ngập ngừng - (+ from) cố ngăn, cố nén !to hold down - bắt lệ thuộc, bắt phụ thuộc, bắt phục tùng; áp bức - cúi (đầu) - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) tiếp tục giữ, vẫn giữ, vẫn (ở trong hoàn cảnh nào...) =to hold down and office+ vẫn giữ một chức vụ !to hold forth - đưa ra, đặt ra, nêu ra (một đề nghị...) - nói; hò hét diễn thuyết ((thường) xấu) =to hold forth to the crowd+ hò hét diễn thuyết trước đám đông !to hold in - nói chắc, dám chắc - giam giữ - nén lại, kìm lại, dằn lại !to hold off - giữ không cho lại gần; giữ cách xa - chậm lại, nán lại !to hold on - nắm chặt, giữ chặt, bám chặt - giữ máy không cắt (dây nói) !to hold out - giơ ra, đưa ra - chịu đựng, kiên trì dai dẳng; không nhượng bộ, không đầu hàng (thành bị bao vây...) - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) không cho, không từ chối cho (cái gì phải cho) !to hold over - để chậm lại, đình lại, hoàn lại - ở lại sau khi hết nhiệm kỳ; ở lại thêm nhiệm kỳ !to hold together - gắn lại với nhau, giữ lại với nhau - gắn bó với nhau, đoàn kết với nhau !to hold up - đưa lên, giơ lên - đỡ, chống đỡ - vẫn vững, vẫn duy trì - vẫn đứng vững, không ngã (ngựa) - nêu ra, phô ra, đưa ra =to be held up to derision+ bị đưa ra làm trò cười - chặn đứng (ô tô...) ăn cướp - làm đình trệ, làm tắc nghẽn (giao thông...) !to hold aloof - (xem) loof !hold hard! - đứng lại! !hold on! - (thông tục) ngừng! !to hold one's own - (xem) own !to hold something over somebody - luôn luôn giơ cái gì đe doạ ai !to hold water - kín không rò (thùng) - đứng vững được (lập luận...)

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