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  • 1 point

    point 1. noun
    1) (the sharp end of anything: the point of a pin; a sword point; at gunpoint (= threatened by a gun).) spiss
    2) (a piece of land that projects into the sea etc: The ship came round Lizard Point.) nes, odde, pynt
    3) (a small round dot or mark (.): a decimal point; five point three six (= 5.36); In punctuation, a point is another name for a full stop.) tilsvarer desimalkomma; punktum
    4) (an exact place or spot: When we reached this point of the journey we stopped to rest.) punkt, sted
    5) (an exact moment: Her husband walked in at that point.) tidspunkt
    6) (a place on a scale especially of temperature: the boiling-point of water.) (koke-/fryse osv.)punkt
    7) (a division on a compass eg north, south-west etc.) strek
    8) (a mark in scoring a competition, game, test etc: He has won by five points to two.) poeng
    9) (a particular matter for consideration or action: The first point we must decide is, where to meet; That's a good point; You've missed the point; That's the whole point; We're wandering away from the point.) poeng, sak
    10) ((a) purpose or advantage: There's no point (in) asking me - I don't know.) vits, hensikt
    11) (a personal characteristic or quality: We all have our good points and our bad ones.) egenskap; side
    12) (an electrical socket in a wall etc into which a plug can be put: Is there only one electrical point in this room?) stikkontakt
    2. verb
    1) (to aim in a particular direction: He pointed the gun at her.) sikte/rette mot
    2) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) peke (på)
    3) (to fill worn places in (a stone or brick wall etc) with mortar.) fuge, spekke
    - pointer
    - pointless
    - pointlessly
    - points
    - be on the point of
    - come to the point
    - make a point of
    - make one's point
    - point out
    - point one's toes
    detalj
    --------
    poeng
    --------
    prikk
    --------
    punkt
    --------
    punktum
    --------
    spiss
    I
    subst. \/pɔɪnt\/
    1) punkt, prikk
    2) punkt, detalj, moment, sak, omstendighet
    3) punkt, tegn, komma, vokaltegn (i hebraisk)
    one point five (1.5)
    en komma fem (1,5)
    4) tidspunkt, øyeblikk
    på dette tidspunktet, i dette øyeblikk(et)
    5) spiss, takk (på horn), prosjektilspiss
    hakespissen, haken
    6) odde, nes, pynt
    7) grad, punkt
    8) ( i sport e.l.) poeng
    9) mening, vits, poeng, kjernepunkt, hovedsak, springende punkt
    the point is that...
    saken er den at...
    the point was to...
    hovedsaken var å..., det gjaldt å...
    my point is that...
    det jeg mener er at..., det jeg vil ha sagt er at...
    10) side, egenskap
    his best points as a secretary are...
    hans beste egenskaper som sekretær er...
    11) (tekstil, også point lace) sydd eller brodert knipling
    12) (elektronikk, også power point) stikkontakt, strømtilkobling
    13) kompasstrek
    14) ( heraldikk) punkt på skjold
    15) ( typografi) punkt
    16) fast post (plass for trafikkpoliti i gatekryss e.l.)
    17) ( om hund) stand
    18) (jakt, hverdagslig) mål
    19) ( jakt) terrengritt
    20) radernål
    21) ( militærvesen) forpatrulje, etterpatrulje
    22) ( sjøfart) revbånd, revseising
    23) ( jernbane) tungespiss, krysspiss
    24) ( gammeldags) sverd, dolk
    at all points på alle punkter, i alle henseender
    at the point of the sword med kniven på strupen med sverd i hånd, med våpen
    be at the point of death ligge for døden
    beside the point irrelevant
    carry one's point få viljen sin
    catch\/get the point få med seg poenget
    come\/get to the point komme til saken
    come straight to the point gå rett på sak, komme til saken med en gang
    come to points komme i kamp, støte sammen i kamp
    exclamation point (amer., også exclamation mark) utropstegn
    extra point (amer., fotball) ekstrapoeng, enpoenger
    far point ( optikk) fjernpunkt
    First Point of Aries vårjevndøgn
    gain a point få et poeng, ta et poeng
    get points vinne poeng
    get the point forstå hva saken gjelder, skjønne tegningen
    give somebody points ( hverdagslig) være noen klart overlegen
    good and bad points gode og dårlige sider, sterke og svake sider
    have a point ha et poeng
    you have a point there!
    keep\/stick to the point holde seg til saken
    maintain one's point holde på sitt syn, forfekte sitt syn, stå på sitt
    make a point få et poeng, ta et poeng ( om hund) ta\/få stand
    make a point of være nøye med, legge vekt på gjøre til en regel
    make one's point lykkes i å få frem hva en mener
    you've made your point!
    match point ( i tennis) matchball
    miss the point ikke forstå poenget, ikke fatte poenget
    near point ( optikk) nærpunkt
    not to put too fine a point on it for å si det rett ut, for å gå rett på sak
    be off the point være irrelevant, være saken uvedkommende
    on a point of order til dagsorden
    on many points på mange punkter
    point by point punkt for punkt
    point of conscience samvittighetssak
    point of contact berøringspunkt, tangeringspunkt
    the point of death dødsøyeblikket
    point off ( skolevesen) minuspoeng
    point of honour æressak
    point of suspension opphengningspunkt, støttepunkt, festepunkt
    point of view synsvinkel
    points ( på hest) ben ( jernbane) sporveksel, pens
    press the point gå nærmere inn på noe
    raise a point peke på en sak, peke på et forhold
    reach the point of no return eller be at the point of no return ha ingen vei tilbake, ha ingen retrettmuligheter
    rise to a point of order ( parlamentarisk) reise seg for å protestere mot reglementet
    score a point få et poeng, ta et poeng
    see the point of se poenget i
    set point ( i tennis) settball
    stand upon points henge seg opp i detaljer, være pedantisk
    stretch a point gjøre et unntak
    take somebody's point ( spesielt britisk) forstå hva noen mener, innrømme at noen har kommet med en gyldig påstand
    to the point være relevant, være treffende uttrykke seg saklig og konsist
    up to a point til en viss grad
    win on points ( i boksing) vinne på poeng
    your point! ( hverdagslig) et poeng til deg!
    II
    verb \/pɔɪnt\/
    1) peke, rette, sikte
    2) ( om jakthund) gjøre stand, gjøre stand for, stå, markere
    3) (medisin, om byll, kvise e.l.) modne
    4) understreke, fremheve, markere
    5) hvesse, spisse
    6) ( bygg) fuge
    7) sette skilletegn, sette komma, legge til vokaltegn (i hebraisk)
    point a cable ( sjøfart) katte en ende
    point a sail ( sjøfart) stikke revseisinger i et seil
    point at peke mot, være rettet mot, være vendt mot
    point a topmast ( sjøfart) vise en stang i stanghullet
    point off ( matematikk) skille med komma
    point out peke på, påpeke
    point the finger at ( hverdagslig) beskylde, legge skylden på, anklage
    point the yards ( sjøfart) brase rærne
    point to vise, stå på
    peke mot, indikere, antyde, tale for
    være bevis på
    point towards peke mot, være rettet mot, være vendt mot
    point up (amer.) fremheve, markere

    English-Norwegian dictionary > point

  • 2 press

    I 1. noun
    1) (newspapers etc.) Presse, die; attrib. Presse-; der Presse nachgestellt

    get/have a good/bad press — (fig.) eine gute/schlechte Presse bekommen/haben

    2) see academic.ru/58005/printing_press">printing press
    3) (printing house) Druckerei, die

    at or in [the] press — im Druck

    send to [the] press — in Druck geben

    go to [the] press — in Druck gehen

    4) (publishing firm) Verlag, der
    5) (for flattening, compressing, etc.) Presse, die; (for sports racket) Spanner, der
    6) (crowd) Menge, die
    7) (pressing) Druck, der
    2. transitive verb
    1) drücken; pressen; drücken auf (+ Akk.) [Klingel, Knopf]; treten auf (+ Akk.) [Gas-, Brems-, Kupplungspedal usw.]
    2) (urge) drängen [Person]; (force) aufdrängen ([up]on Dat.); (insist on) nachdrücklich vorbringen [Forderung, Argument, Vorschlag]

    he did not press the pointer ließ die Sache auf sich beruhen

    3) (compress) pressen; auspressen [Orangen, Saft]; keltern [Trauben, Äpfel]
    4) (iron) bügeln
    5)

    be pressed for space/time/money — (have barely enough) zu wenig Platz/Zeit/Geld haben

    3. intransitive verb
    1) (exert pressure) drücken
    2) (be urgent) drängen

    time/something presses — die Zeit drängt/etwas eilt od. ist dringend

    3) (make demand)

    press for somethingauf etwas (Akk.) drängen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    II transitive verb

    press into service/use — in Dienst nehmen; einsetzen

    * * *
    [pres] 1. verb
    1) (to use a pushing motion (against): Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.) drücken
    2) (to squeeze; to flatten: The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.) pressen
    3) (to urge or hurry: He pressed her to enter the competition.) drängen
    4) (to insist on: The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.) nachdrücklich bestehen auf
    5) (to iron: Your trousers need to be pressed.) plätten
    2. noun
    1) (an act of pressing: He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.) der Druck
    2) ((also printing-press) a printing machine.) die Presse
    3) (newspapers in general: It was reported in the press; ( also adjective) a press photographer.) die Presse; Presse-...
    4) (the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists: The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.) die Presse
    5) (a device or machine for pressing: a wine-press; a flower-press.) die Presse
    - pressing
    - press conference
    - press-cutting
    - be hard pressed
    - be pressed for
    - press for
    - press forward/on
    * * *
    [pres]
    I. n
    <pl -es>
    1. (push) Druck m
    at the \press of a button auf Knopfdruck
    to give sth a \press [auf] etw akk drücken
    2. (ironing) Bügeln nt kein pl, SCHWEIZ a. Glätten nt kein pl
    to give sth a \press etw bügeln
    3. (instrument) Presse f
    garlic \press Knoblauchpresse f
    trouser \press Hosenpresse f
    wine \press Weinpresse f, Kelter f
    the \press + sing/pl vb die Presse
    the story has been all over the \press die Geschichte wurde in allen Zeitungen gebracht
    freedom of the \press Pressefreiheit f
    to be in [or AM on] \press im Druck sein
    to go to \press newspaper, book in Druck gehen; editorial staff Redaktionsschluss haben
    to hold the \press[es] den Druck verzögern
    to inform the \press [about sth] [mit etw dat] an die Presse [o ÖSTERR a. in die Medien] gehen
    to leak sth to the \press etw der Presse zuspielen
    in the \press in der Presse
    5. (publicity) Presse f
    to have a bad/good \press eine schlechte/gute Presse bekommen, schlechte/gute Kritiken bekommen
    6. (publishing house) Verlag m, Verlagshaus nt
    II. vt
    to \press sth [auf] etw akk drücken
    to speak to an operator, \press ‘0’ now um mit der Vermittlung zu sprechen, wählen Sie jetzt die ‚0‘
    Sammy \pressed his nose against the windowpane Sammy drückte die Nase gegen die Fensterscheibe
    to \press a bell/button/switch auf eine Klingel/einen Knopf/einen Schalter drücken
    to \press on the brake pedal auf das Bremspedal treten [o fam steigen]
    to \press sth ⇆ down etw herunterdrücken
    to \press sth into sth etw in etw akk hineindrücken
    2. (flatten)
    to \press sth etw zusammendrücken
    to \press flowers Blumen pressen
    3. (extract juice from)
    to \press sth etw auspressen
    to \press grapes Weintrauben keltern
    to \press sth etw bügeln [o SCHWEIZ glätten] [o NORDD a. plätten
    to \press sth CD, record etw pressen
    6. ( fig: urge, impel)
    to \press sb jdn bedrängen [o unter Druck setzen]
    to \press sb to do sth jdn bedrängen, etw zu tun
    to \press sb for sth jdn zu etw dat drängen, jdn dazu drängen, etw zu tun
    to \press sb on sb/sth jdn über jdn/zu etw dat befragen
    they are \pressing demands on the country's leaders sie versuchen massiv, ihre Forderungen bei den führenden Vertretern des Landes durchzusetzen
    to \press sb/sth into sth jdn/etw zu etw dat bringen [o zwingen]; of person also jdn zu etw dat nötigen
    to \press sb for an answer/a decision jdn zu einer Antwort/Entscheidung drängen
    to \press sb into a role jdn in eine Rolle hineindrängen
    to \press sb into service jdn [gezwungenermaßen] in Dienst nehmen, jdn einspannen fam
    to \press sb/sth into service [as sth] jdn/etw [als etw] einsetzen [o fam einspannen
    7. (forcefully promote)
    to \press sth etw forcieren
    to \press one's case seine Sache durchsetzen wollen
    to \press one's claim auf seiner Forderung beharren
    to \press one's point beharrlich seinen Standpunkt vertreten, auf seinem Standpunkt herumreiten fam
    8. (insist on giving)
    to \press sth [up]on sb gift, offer jdm etw aufdrängen
    9. usu passive (face difficulty)
    to be \pressed unter Druck stehen
    they'll be hard \pressed to complete the assignment wenn sie den Auftrag ausführen wollen, müssen sie sich aber ranhalten
    10. LAW (bring)
    to \press charges Anklage erheben ( against gegen + akk)
    11.
    to \press home ⇆ sth etw durchzusetzen versuchen
    to \press home one's advantage seinen Vorteil ausnutzen
    III. vi
    1. (push) drücken
    \press down firmly on the lever drücken Sie fest auf den Hebel
    stop \pressing! you'll all get your turn hört auf zu drängeln! es kommen alle an die Reihe
    to \press against a door sich akk gegen eine Tür stemmen
    to \press hard fest drücken
    2. (be urgent) drängen, dringlich sein geh
    time is \pressing die Zeit drängt
    * * *
    [pres]
    1. n
    1) (= machine trouser press, flower press) Presse f; (= racket press) Spanner m
    2) (TYP) (Drucker)presse f; (= publishing firm) Verlag m
    3) (= newspapers, journalists) Presse f

    the daily/sporting press — die Tages-/Sportpresse

    to get a good/bad press — eine gute/schlechte Presse bekommen

    4) (= squeeze, push) Druck m
    5) (dial US = cupboard) Wandschrank m
    6) (= crush) Gedränge nt
    7) (WEIGHTLIFTING) Drücken nt
    2. vt
    1) (= push, squeeze) drücken (to an +acc); button, doorbell, knob, brake pedal drücken auf (+acc); clutch, piano pedal treten; grapes, fruit (aus)pressen; flowers pressen
    2) (= iron) clothes bügeln
    3) (= urge, persuade) drängen; (= harass, importune) bedrängen, unter Druck setzen; (= insist on) claim, argument bestehen auf (+dat)

    to press sb hardjdm ( hart) zusetzen

    he didn't need much pressingman brauchte ihn nicht lange zu drängen

    to press home an advantage — einen Vorteil ausnutzen, sich (dat) einen Vorteil zunutze or zu Nutze machen

    to press money/one's views on sb — jdm Geld/seine Ansichten aufdrängen

    to be pressed for time — unter Zeitdruck stehen, in Zeitnot sein

    to press sb/sth into service — jdn/etw einspannen

    4) machine part, record etc pressen

    pressed steel — gepresster Stahl, Pressstahl m

    3. vi
    1) (lit, fig: bear down, exert pressure) drücken
    2) (= urge, agitate) drängen

    to press for sthauf etw (acc) drängen

    3) (= move, push) sich drängen

    to press ahead or forward ( with sth) (fig) — (mit etw) weitermachen; (with plans) etw weiterführen

    * * *
    press [pres]
    A v/t
    1. (zusammen)pressen, (-)drücken:
    press sb’s hand jemandem die Hand drücken;
    press one’s nose against the window die Nase gegen die Scheibe pressen oder an die Scheibe quetschen; flesh A 1
    2. drücken auf (akk):
    press the button (auf) den Knopf drücken
    3. niederdrücken, drücken auf (akk)
    4. Saft, eine Frucht etc (aus)pressen, (-)quetschen
    6. Kleider plätten, bügeln
    7. (zusammen-, vorwärts-, weg- etc) drängen, (-)treiben:
    press on weiterdrängen, -treiben
    8. MIL (hart) bedrängen
    9. jemanden bedrängen:
    a) in die Enge treiben, Druck ausüben auf (akk):
    press sb for money von jemandem Geld erpressen
    b) jemanden bestürmen, jemandem zusetzen:
    press sb for sth jemanden dringend um etwas bitten;
    be pressed for money in Geldverlegenheit sein;
    be pressed for time unter Zeitdruck stehen, es eilig haben; hard B 2
    10. jemanden, ein Tier antreiben, hetzen
    11. SCHIFF, MIL, HIST zwangsausheben, zum Kriegsdienst pressen, Matrosen auch schanghaien
    12. press sth (up)on sb jemandem etwas aufdrängen oder -nötigen
    13. Nachdruck legen auf (akk):
    press one’s point auf seiner Forderung oder Meinung nachdrücklich bestehen;
    a) eine Forderung etc durchsetzen,
    b) einen Angriff energisch durchführen,
    c) einen Vorteil ausnutzen; charge C 9
    B v/i
    1. a) pressen, drücken
    b) fig Druck ausüben
    2. plätten, bügeln
    3. drängen:
    time presses die Zeit drängt
    4. (for) dringen oder drängen (auf akk), fordern (akk):
    press for the equalizer SPORT auf den Ausgleich drängen;
    press for sb to do sth jemanden drängen, etwas zu tun; darauf drängen, dass jemand etwas tut
    5. (sich) drängen (to zu, nach):
    press forward (sich) vordrängen;
    press in (up)on sb
    a) auf jemanden eindringen,
    b) fig auf jemanden enstürmen (Probleme etc);
    press on vorwärtsdrängen, weitereilen;
    press ahead ( oder forward, on) fig weitermachen ( with mit)
    C s
    1. TECH (auch Frucht- etc) Presse f
    2. TYPO (Drucker)Presse f
    3. TYPO
    a) Druckerei(raum) f(m)
    b) Druckerei (-anstalt) f
    c) Druckerei(wesen) f(n)
    d) Druck m, Drucken n:
    correct the press Korrektur lesen;
    go to (the) press in Druck gehen, gedruckt werden;
    send to (the) press in Druck geben;
    in the press im Druck (befindlich);
    ready for the press druckfertig
    4. the press die Presse (das Zeitungswesen, a. koll die Zeitungen od die Presseleute)
    5. Presse(kommentar) f(m), -kritik f:
    have a good (bad) press eine gute (schlechte) Presse haben
    6. Spanner m (für Skier oder Tennisschläger)
    7. (Bücher-, Kleider-, besonders Wäsche) Schrank m
    8. a) Drücken n, Pressen n
    b) Plätten n, Bügeln n:
    give sth a press etwas drücken oder pressen oder bügeln;
    at the press of a button auf Knopfdruck
    9. Andrang m, Gedränge n, Menschenmenge f
    10. fig
    a) Druck m, Hast f
    b) Dringlichkeit f, Drang m (der Geschäfte)
    11. press of sail, press of canvas SCHIFF
    a) (Segel)Press m (Druck sämtlicher gesetzter Segel)
    b) Prangen n (Beisetzen sämtlicher Segel):
    carry a press of sail Segel pressen;
    under a press of canvas mit vollen Segeln
    12. SCHIFF, MIL, HIST Zwangsaushebung f
    * * *
    I 1. noun
    1) (newspapers etc.) Presse, die; attrib. Presse-; der Presse nachgestellt

    get/have a good/bad press — (fig.) eine gute/schlechte Presse bekommen/haben

    3) (printing house) Druckerei, die

    at or in [the] press — im Druck

    send to [the] press — in Druck geben

    go to [the] press — in Druck gehen

    4) (publishing firm) Verlag, der
    5) (for flattening, compressing, etc.) Presse, die; (for sports racket) Spanner, der
    6) (crowd) Menge, die
    7) (pressing) Druck, der
    2. transitive verb
    1) drücken; pressen; drücken auf (+ Akk.) [Klingel, Knopf]; treten auf (+ Akk.) [Gas-, Brems-, Kupplungspedal usw.]
    2) (urge) drängen [Person]; (force) aufdrängen ([up]on Dat.); (insist on) nachdrücklich vorbringen [Forderung, Argument, Vorschlag]
    3) (compress) pressen; auspressen [Orangen, Saft]; keltern [Trauben, Äpfel]
    4) (iron) bügeln
    5)

    be pressed for space/time/money — (have barely enough) zu wenig Platz/Zeit/Geld haben

    3. intransitive verb
    1) (exert pressure) drücken
    2) (be urgent) drängen

    time/something presses — die Zeit drängt/etwas eilt od. ist dringend

    press for somethingauf etwas (Akk.) drängen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    II transitive verb

    press into service/use — in Dienst nehmen; einsetzen

    * * *
    n.
    (§ pl.: presses)
    = Presse -n (Maschine) f.
    Presse (Zeitung) f. (someone) close to one's heart expr.
    jemanden ans Herz drücken ausdr. v.
    Druck ausüben ausdr.
    bügeln v.
    drängen v.
    drücken v.
    plätten v.
    pressen v.

    English-german dictionary > press

  • 3 point

    [pɔɪnt] 1. сущ.
    1)
    а) точка, пятнышко, крапинка

    body dotted with numerous red points — тело, усыпанное многочисленными красными пятнышками

    Syn:
    б) точка, отметка, точка деления ( на шкале)

    dew-point — точка росы; температура таяния

    The freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit. — Точка замерзания воды - 32 градуса по Фаренгейту.

    The shares reached their highest point on the 13th June 1990, when they might have been sold for $600. — Акции достигли высшей отметки 13 июня 1990 года, когда они могли продаваться по 600 долларов.

    в) мор. румб
    2)
    а) = full point точка ( знак препинания)
    б) мат. точка
    3) пункт, момент, вопрос; дело

    controversial point — спорный вопрос, момент

    talking point — вопрос, могущий быть предметом разговора; (подходящая) тема для разговора; аргумент

    to argue a point — обсуждать вопрос, спорить по поводу чего-л.

    to belabor / labor a point — разрабатывать, исследовать вопрос

    to bring up / raise a point — ставить / поднимать вопрос

    to concede / yield a point — уступить, сдаться в каком-л. вопросе

    to cover / discuss a point — обсуждать вопрос

    to drive / hammer / press a point home — доводить вопрос до сведения

    to emphasize / stress / underscore a point — акцентировать, подчёркивать вопрос

    to strain, stretch a point in smb.'s favour — истолковать дело / вопрос в чью-л. пользу

    She made the point that further resistance was useless. — Она сочла, что дальнейшее сопротивление бесполезно.

    - at all points
    - on this point
    - make a point of smth.
    Syn:

    At that point the audience got up to leave. — В этот момент зрители поднялись, чтобы уходить.

    Syn:
    5)
    а) точка, место, пункт

    I've been in Pakistan and points East for six weeks. — Я шесть недель провел в Пакистане и других восточных странах.

    б) разг. полицейский пост
    6) разг. станция
    7) охот.; разг. место, к которому по прямой мчится собака или дичь
    8)
    а) отличительная черта, особенность

    Tact isn't my strong point. — Тактичность не является моей отличительной чертой.

    Syn:
    б) стать, статья (животного; как показатель его породистости)
    в) ( points) конечности (животного; обычно имеют контрастную окрасу); контрастная окраска конечностей

    The Siamese kittens are born absolutely white and gradually all the points come. — Сиамские котята рождаются абсолютно белыми, но постепенно лапы, кончик хвоста и мордочка темнеют.

    г) ( points) экстерьер ( животного)
    д) ( points) достоинства, преимущества

    A simple story, but it has its points. — Простая история, но в ней есть свои достоинства.

    Getting drunk as a pastime may have its points, but as an exclusive occupation. — В том чтобы напиться в стельку, тоже есть своя прелесть, но только если это происходит в исключительных случаях.

    9) спорт. очко

    points verdict / decision — присуждение победы по очкам (в боксе и т. п.)

    to gain a point, to get points — получить преимущество

    The team won by two points. — Команда выиграла с перевесом в два очка.

    Syn:
    10)
    а) бирж. пункт
    б) ист. талон, единица продовольственной или промтоварной карточки ( в Великобритании во время Второй мировой войны и в послевоенные годы)

    From April 2 imported tinned marmalade will be available on points. — Со 2 апреля импортный джем в банках будут продавать по талонам.

    в) полигр. пункт
    11) ( the point) суть, сущность; "соль" (рассказа, шутки)

    I think I missed the point of his story. — По-видимому, я прозевал суть его истории.

    The point is not who said the words, but whether they are true or not. — Дело не в том, кто сказал эти слова, а в том - истинны они или нет.

    He did not see the point of the joke. — Он не понял, в чем "соль" шутки.

    - come to the point
    - keep to the point
    - get to the point
    Syn:
    12) цель, намерение; важная мысль, заслуживающее внимание замечание

    I have now read the article with interest and appreciation but it doesn't meet my point at all. — Я прочел статью с интересом и пониманием, но она не о том, что я имею (имел) в виду.

    I see. I quite see your point. — Я понимаю. Я вполне понимаю, что вы хотите сказать.

    "The affair'll have to be shelved." "I take your point, sir." — "Дело должно быть отложено. - Я вас понял, сэр."

    Syn:
    13) намёк, подсказка, указание, совет

    There are friends who honestly and in all good faith give a "point" as to buying this or that stock. — Существуют такие друзья, которые честно и от чистого сердца дают "советы" купить те или другие акции.

    Syn:
    14) пойнт (мера веса в ювелирном деле, равная одной сотой карата)
    15) эл. штепсельная розетка

    Helena plugged an electric kettle into a point underneath the table. — Элен воткнула вилку электрочайника в розетку под столом.

    16) геральд.
    18)
    а) остриё; наконечник
    б) кинжал, шпага; шило
    в) гравировальная игла, резец ( гравера)
    19)
    а) тонкий конец, кончик; остроконечная верхушка; острая выступающая часть

    Mr. Calthorpe tapped the points of the fingers of each hand together. — Мистер Калторп постукивал кончиками пальцев друг о друга.

    Syn:
    б) мыс, выступающая морская коса, стрелка
    20) воен. головной или тыльный дозор
    21) ( the Point) амер.; разг. Военная академия США в Вест-Пойнте
    22) ж.-д.; обычно ( points) стрелочный перевод
    24) кончик нижней челюсти (место, в которое наносится удар)
    25) ( points) пуанты

    In a pas de deux with Ted Kivitt, she stepped majestically on point as if there were magnets concealed in her toe shoes. — В па-де-де с Тедом Кивиттом она величественно выступала на пуантах, как будто в ее балетных туфлях были спрятаны магниты.

    28) ист. шнурок с наконечником ( заменявший пуговицы)

    to come / make a point — делать стойку

    ••
    - in point of
    - in point of fact
    2. гл.
    1)
    а) ставить знаки препинания; делать паузы ( в устном тексте), акцентировать подчёркивать
    Syn:
    б) = point off отделять точкой ( десятичную дробь)
    2) точить; заострять; чинить ( карандаш)
    Syn:
    3) оживлять, придавать остроту (словам, действиям)

    The circumstances which pointed and sharpened the public feelings on that occasion. — Обстоятельства, оживившие чувства общественности, по поводу этого события.

    4) намечать с помощью просверливаемых точек (на камне или мраморе) глубину, на которую должна стёсываться скульптура
    5)
    а) стр. расшивать швы
    б) вносить (навоз и т. п.) в землю на небольшую глубину с помощью лопаты
    6)
    а) = point out показывать пальцем, указывать; указывать, обращать (чьё-л.) внимание; отмечать, подчёркивать

    to point the finger (of scorn) (at)указывать пальцем на (кого-л.), насмехаться над (кем-л.)

    It's rude to point at people. — Некрасиво показывать на людей пальцем.

    "There's the coin you dropped!" she said, pointing down. — Вот монетка, которую ты уронил, - сказало она, указывая вниз.

    She pointed through the window of the coach. — Она указала пальцем в окно коляски.

    When asked to explain where all the housekeeping money had gone, Mary pointed to the rising prices. — Когда её попросили объяснить, куда ушли все деньги, выделенные на ведение хозяйства, Мэри сослалась на повышение цен.

    He has pointed out a method of cure. — Он указал на метод лечения.

    He pointed out that there were certain formalities to be observed. — Он подчеркнул, что существуют некоторые формальности, которые должны быть выполнены.

    The finger of scorn is pointed at you. — Над тобой насмехаются.

    б) ( point at) направить (мысли на что-л.); намекать на ( что-л), предполагать (что-л.)
    Syn:
    7) охот. делать стойку ( указывая на дичь - о собаке)

    trained to stop and point where the game lies — обученная останавливаться и делать стойку, указывая, где залёг зверь

    In the next field Satin pointed a leveret. — На следующем поле Сэтин сделал стойку перед зайчонком.

    8) (point at, point to) направлять, наводить ( оружие); целиться, прицеливаться

    Never point a gun at someone, even in fun. — Никогда ни в кого не прицеливайся, даже в шутку.

    Syn:
    9) (point at, point to) указывать на (что-л.), говорить, свидетельствовать о (чём-л.)

    The Minister's remarks seemed to be pointing at an early election. — Казалось, что замечания министра касались досрочных выборов.

    All the signs point to / towards an early election. — Все признаки указывают на досрочные выборы.

    Syn:
    10)
    а) быть обращённым, направленным (в какую-л. сторону)

    This may be noticed in any house which points on to a busy thoroughfare. — Это можно заметить в каждом доме, который выходит на оживлённую улицу.

    The churches of Europe were ordinarily built pointing to the east. — Церкви в Европе обыкновенно строились обращёнными на восток.

    б) иметь целью, стремиться

    It was the goal towards which the policy of the Frankish kings had for many years pointed. — Это была цель, на которую в течение многих лет была направлена политика франкских королей.

    в) спорт. специально готовиться (к игре, к соревнованиям)

    We are not pointing for any team in particular, but are trying to develop for our major games without being knocked off. — Мы не готовимся к конкретной игре с конкретным партнёром, но стараемся сохранить форму и силы к главным матчам.

    11) мед. созревать ( о нарыве)
    12) мор. идти курсом близким к направлению ветра
    13) амер. гнать, погонять ( стадо)
    - point off
    - point out
    - point up

    Англо-русский современный словарь > point

  • 4 press

    pres
    1. verb
    1) (to use a pushing motion (against): Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.) apretar, presionar
    2) (to squeeze; to flatten: The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.) exprimir, estrujar; prensar
    3) (to urge or hurry: He pressed her to enter the competition.) presionar; apremiar
    4) (to insist on: The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.) presionar, insistir
    5) (to iron: Your trousers need to be pressed.) planchar

    2. noun
    1) (an act of pressing: He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.) apretón; planchado
    2) ((also printing-press) a printing machine.) prensa
    3) (newspapers in general: It was reported in the press; (also adjective) a press photographer.) prensa
    4) (the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists: The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.) prensa
    5) (a device or machine for pressing: a wine-press; a flower-press.) prensa
    - press conference
    - press-cutting
    - be hard pressed
    - be pressed for
    - press for
    - press forward/on

    press1 n prensa
    press2 vb apretar / pulsar
    to print the document, press F7 para imprimir el documento, pulsa F7
    tr[pres]
    1 (newspapers) prensa
    the gutter press la prensa sensacionalista, la prensa amarilla
    2 (printing machine) prensa, imprenta
    3 (for grapes, flowers) prensa
    1 (push down - button, switch) pulsar, apretar, presionar; (- accelerator) pisar; (- key on keyboard) pulsar; (- trigger) apretar
    3 (crush - fruit) exprimir, estrujar; (- grapes, olives, flowers) prensar
    4 (clothes) planchar, planchar a vapor
    5 (record) imprimir
    6 (urge, put pressure on) presionar, instar; (insist on) insistir en, exigir
    1 (push) apretar, presionar
    2 (crowd) apretujarse, apiñarse
    3 (urge, pressurize) presionar, insistir; (time) apremiar
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    at the time of going to press al cierre de la edición
    to go to press entrar en prensa
    to have a good/bad press tener buena/mala prensa
    to press a point recalcar un punto
    to press charges against somebody presentar cargos contra alguien, formular cargos contra alguien
    to press home an advantage aprovechar una ventaja
    press agency agencia de prensa
    press conference conferencia de prensa, rueda de prensa
    press cutting recorte nombre masculino de prensa
    press box tribuna de prensa
    press release comunicado de prensa
    press stud botón nombre masculino de presión
    press ['prɛs] vt
    1) push: apretar
    2) squeeze: apretar, prensar (frutas, flores, etc.)
    3) iron: planchar (ropa)
    4) urge: instar, apremiar
    he pressed me to come: insistió en que viniera
    press vi
    1) push: apretar
    press hard: aprieta con fuerza
    2) crowd: apiñarse
    3) : abrirse paso
    I pressed through the crowd: me abrí paso entre el gentío
    4) urge: presionar
    1) crowd: multitud f
    2) : imprenta f, prensa f
    to go to press: entrar en prensa
    3) urgency: urgencia f, prisa f
    4) printer, publisher: imprenta f, editorial f
    5)
    the press : la prensa
    freedom of the press: libertad de prensa
    adj.
    de prensa adj.
    n.
    (§ pl.: presses) = estampa s.f.
    imprenta s.f.
    prensa s.f.
    presión s.f.
    urgencia s.f.
    v.
    empujar v.
    estrechar v.
    estrujar v.
    gravitar v.
    instar v.
    oprimir v.
    planchar v.
    prensar v.
    presionar v.
    pulsar (Tecla, botón) v.
    urgir v.
    pres
    I
    1) u
    a) (newspapers, journalists) prensa f

    the freedom of the press — la libertad de prensa; (before n) <box, gallery> de (la) prensa

    press agency — (BrE) agencia f de prensa

    press agent — encargado, -da m,f de prensa

    press clipping o (BrE) cutting — recorte m de prensa

    press officeoficina f de prensa

    press photographer — reportero gráfico, reportera gráfica m,f

    press releasecomunicado m de prensa

    press run — (AmE) tirada f

    to get a good/bad press — tener* buena/mala prensa, tener* buena/mala acogida por parte de la prensa

    2) c
    a) ( printing press) prensa f, imprenta f
    b) ( publishing house) editorial f
    3) c (for pressing - grapes, flowers, machine parts) prensa f; (- trousers) prensa f plancha-pantalones

    II
    1.
    1) ( push) \<\<button/doorbell\>\> apretar*, pulsar; \<\<pedal/footbrake\>\> pisar
    2)
    a) ( squeeze) apretar*
    b) ( in press) \<\<grapes/olives/flowers\>\> prensar
    c) \<\<disk/album\>\> imprimir*
    d) \<\<clothes\>\> planchar
    3)

    when pressed, she admitted it — cuando la presionaron, lo admitió

    to press somebody FOR something/to + INF: I pressed him for an answer insistí en que or exigí que me diera una respuesta; they pressed him to change his policy — ejercieron presión sobre él para que cambiara de política

    b) ( pursue)

    to press charges against somebodypresentar or formular cargos en contra de alguien


    2.
    vi
    1)

    press firmlypresione or apriete con fuerza

    to press (down) ON something — apretar* algo, hacer* presión sobre algo

    b) (crowd, push) \<\<people\>\> apretujarse, apiñarse
    2) (urge, pressurize) presionar

    to press FOR something: they've been pressing for an inquiry han estado presionando para que se haga una investigación; time presses o is pressing — el tiempo apremia

    Phrasal Verbs:
    [pres]
    1. NOUN
    1) (Publishing)
    a) (=newspapers collectively) prensa f

    to get or have a good/ bad press — (lit, fig) tener buena/mala prensa

    the press — (=newspapers, journalists) la prensa

    the press reported that... — la prensa informó que...

    member of the pressperiodista mf, miembro mf de la prensa

    the national/local press — la prensa nacional/regional

    free 1., 4), gutter I, 2.
    b) (=printing press) imprenta f

    to go to press — entrar en prensa

    hot off the press(es) — recién salido de la imprenta

    to be in press — estar en prensa

    to pass sth for press — aprobar algo para la prensa

    to set the presses rolling — poner las prensas en marcha

    c) (=publishing firm) editorial f
    2) (=touch) (with hand) apretón m

    at the press of a button — con solo apretar un botón

    to give sth a press — planchar algo

    4) (=apparatus, machine) (for wine, olives, cheese, moulding) prensa f ; (also: trouser press) prensa f para planchar pantalones; (for racket) tensor m

    hydraulic pressprensa f hidráulica

    cider 2., printing 2.
    5) (=crush) apiñamiento m, agolpamiento m
    6) (Weightlifting) presa f
    7) (=cupboard) armario m
    2. TRANSITIVE VERB
    1) (=push, squeeze)
    a) [+ button, switch, doorbell] pulsar, apretar; [+ hand, trigger] apretar; [+ accelerator] pisar

    select the option required, then press "enter" — escoja la opción que desee, y luego pulse or apriete "intro"

    he pressed his face against the window — apretó la cara contra el cristal

    she pressed herself against me/the wall — se apretó contra mí/contra la pared

    she pressed a note into his hand — le metió un billete en la mano

    she pressed the lid on (to) the box — cerró la caja apretando la tapa

    he pressed her to him — la atrajo hacia sí

    he pressed his fingertips togetherjuntó las yemas de los dedos

    - press the flesh
    b) (painfully) apretujar

    as the crowd moved back he found himself pressed up against a wall — a medida que la multitud retrocedía, se vio apretujado contra una pared

    2) (using press) [+ grapes, olives, flowers] prensar
    3) (=iron) [+ clothes] planchar
    4) (Tech) (=make) [+ machine part] prensar; [+ record, disk] imprimir
    5) (=pressurize) presionar

    when pressed, she conceded the point — cuando la presionaron, les dio la razón

    to press sb for sth — exigir algo de algn

    to press sb for payment — insistir en que algn pague, exigir a algn el pago de lo que se debe

    to press sb into doing sth — obligar a algn a hacer algo

    to press sb to do sth — (=urge) insistir en que algn haga algo; (=pressurize) presionar a algn para que haga algo

    pressed
    6) (=insist)

    she smiles coyly when pressed about her private life — cuando insisten en querer saber sobre su vida privada, sonríe con coquetería

    7) (=force)

    to press sth on sb — insistir en que algn acepte algo

    8)

    to be pressed into service, we were all pressed into service — todos tuvimos que ponernos a trabajar

    9) (=pursue) [+ claim] insistir en; [+ demand] exigir

    his officials have visited Washington to press their case for economic aid — sus representantes han ido a Washington para hacer presión a favor de la ayuda económica

    to press charges (against sb) — presentar cargos (contra algn)

    the champion failed to press home his advantage — el campeón no supo aprovechar su ventaja

    I shan't press the pointno insistiré más sobre eso

    suit 1., 4)
    3. INTRANSITIVE VERB
    1) (=exert pressure) apretar

    does it hurt when I press here? — ¿le duele cuando le aprieto aquí?

    I felt something hard press into my back — noté la presión de algo duro que se apretaba contra mi espalda

    the bone was pressing on a nerve — el hueso estaba pinzando un nervio

    2) (=move, push)

    he pressed against her — se apretó contra ella

    the crowd pressed round him — la muchedumbre se apiñó en torno a él

    he pressed through the crowd — se abrió paso entre la muchedumbre

    the audience pressed towards the exit — el público se apresuró hacia la salida

    3) (=urge, agitate)

    to press for sth — exigir algo, insistir en algo

    to press for sb to resign — exigir la dimisión de algn, insistir en que algn dimita

    time is pressing — el tiempo apremia

    4) (=weigh heavily)

    to press on sb — pesar sobre algn

    4.
    COMPOUNDS

    press agency Nagencia f de prensa

    press agent Nencargado(-a) m / f de prensa

    press attaché Nagregado(-a) m / f de prensa

    press baron Nmagnate m de la prensa

    press box Ntribuna f de prensa

    press briefing Nrueda f de prensa, conferencia f de prensa

    press card Npase m de periodista, carnet m de prensa

    press clipping N= press cutting

    press conference Nrueda f de prensa, conferencia f de prensa

    to call a press conferenceconvocar una rueda or una conferencia de prensa

    to hold a press conferencecelebrar una rueda or una conferencia de prensa

    press corps Nprensa f acreditada

    press coverage Ncobertura f periodística

    press cutting Nrecorte m (de periódico)

    press gallery Ntribuna f de prensa

    press gang N — (Hist) leva f

    press kit Nkit m de prensa

    press launch Nlanzamiento m de prensa

    press office Noficina f de prensa

    press officer Nagente mf de prensa

    press pack N(=information pack) dosier m de prensa; pej (=group of reporters) grupo m de reporteros; (=sensationalist press) prensa f amarilla

    press pass Npase m de prensa

    press photographer Nfotógrafo(-a) m / f de prensa

    press release Ncomunicado m de prensa

    to issue or put out a press release — publicar un comunicado de prensa

    press report Nnota f de prensa, reportaje m de prensa

    press room Nsala f de prensa

    press run N(US) tirada f

    press secretary Nsecretario(-a) m / f de prensa

    press stud N(Brit) automático m, broche m de presión

    press view Npreestreno m (para prensa)

    * * *
    [pres]
    I
    1) u
    a) (newspapers, journalists) prensa f

    the freedom of the press — la libertad de prensa; (before n) <box, gallery> de (la) prensa

    press agency — (BrE) agencia f de prensa

    press agent — encargado, -da m,f de prensa

    press clipping o (BrE) cutting — recorte m de prensa

    press officeoficina f de prensa

    press photographer — reportero gráfico, reportera gráfica m,f

    press releasecomunicado m de prensa

    press run — (AmE) tirada f

    to get a good/bad press — tener* buena/mala prensa, tener* buena/mala acogida por parte de la prensa

    2) c
    a) ( printing press) prensa f, imprenta f
    b) ( publishing house) editorial f
    3) c (for pressing - grapes, flowers, machine parts) prensa f; (- trousers) prensa f plancha-pantalones

    II
    1.
    1) ( push) \<\<button/doorbell\>\> apretar*, pulsar; \<\<pedal/footbrake\>\> pisar
    2)
    a) ( squeeze) apretar*
    b) ( in press) \<\<grapes/olives/flowers\>\> prensar
    c) \<\<disk/album\>\> imprimir*
    d) \<\<clothes\>\> planchar
    3)

    when pressed, she admitted it — cuando la presionaron, lo admitió

    to press somebody FOR something/to + INF: I pressed him for an answer insistí en que or exigí que me diera una respuesta; they pressed him to change his policy — ejercieron presión sobre él para que cambiara de política

    b) ( pursue)

    to press charges against somebodypresentar or formular cargos en contra de alguien


    2.
    vi
    1)

    press firmlypresione or apriete con fuerza

    to press (down) ON something — apretar* algo, hacer* presión sobre algo

    b) (crowd, push) \<\<people\>\> apretujarse, apiñarse
    2) (urge, pressurize) presionar

    to press FOR something: they've been pressing for an inquiry han estado presionando para que se haga una investigación; time presses o is pressing — el tiempo apremia

    Phrasal Verbs:

    English-spanish dictionary > press

  • 5 press

    1. I
    time (the matter, work, etc.) presses время и т.д. не ждет; have you any business that presses? есть у вас какие-л. срочные /неотложные/ дела?; nothing remains that presses ничего срочного нет
    2. II
    1) press somewhere press forward (upward, westward, etc.) [упорно] продвигаться вперед и т.д.; the crowd pressed forward толпа двинулась вперед
    3. III
    1) press smth. press the button (the knob, the lever, etc.) нажимать [на] кнопку и т.д.; press smb.'s hand пожать /сжать/ чью-л. руку; press smb.'s toe наступить кому-л. на ногу; press the trigger спустить /нажать/ курок
    2) press smth., smb. press grapes (berries, etc.) давить виноград и т.д.; press hay (beef, cotton, fish, etc.) прессовать сено и т.д.; press flowers засушивать цветы (для гербария); don't press me you all не давите вы все на меня
    3) press smth. press clothes (smb.'s suit, one's shirt, one's trousers, etc.) гладить /утюжить/ одежду и т.д.
    4) press smth., smb. press the matter (the point, the question, etc.) добиваться немедленного решения дела /ответа по делу/ и т.д., настаивать на немедленном решении дела /ответа по делу/ и т.д.; I wouldn't press the matter any further if I were you на вашем месте я бы на этом больше не настаивал; press the new method настойчиво внедрять новый метод; press the argument доказывать правильность своих доводов; press one's advantage использовать свои преимущества; press an attack развивать наступление; press one's opponent теснить противника, вести решительное наступление на противника
    5) press smth., smb. press smb.'s departure (smb.'s flight, smb.'s escape, etc.) торопить кого-л. с отъездом и т.д.; it is no good pressing him, he doesn't like to be hurried нет смысла добиваться от него немедленного ответа, он не любит, когда его торопят
    4. IV
    1) press smth., smb. in some manner press smth., smb. vigorously (forcibly, desperately, cautiously, etc.) энергично и т.д. давить /нажимать на/ что-л., кого-л.; he warmly (tenderly, affectionately, passionately, etc.) pressed my hand он тепле и т.д. пожал мне руку; be careful, you are pressing me too hard осторожнее, ты меня раздавишь; the crowd pressed me back толпа оттеснила меня назад; press the two plates together плотно прижимать две пластинки друг к другу
    2) press smb. in some manner press the troops forward спешно двинуть войска вперед; press the enemy hard неотступно теснить противника; poverty pressed him hard он жил в большой нужде
    5. VI
    press smth. to some state press the pastry thin and flat тонко раскатывать тесто
    6. VII
    press smb. to do smth. press smb. to retire (one's guest to stay all night, him to act, him to make a reform, etc.) настойчиво уговаривать /убеждать/ кого-л. выйти в отставку и т.д.; he pressed his horse to go faster он все время подгонял /понукал/ лошадь
    7. XI
    1) be pressed all his things have been pressed ace его вещи были выглажены
    2) be pressed in (against, etc.) smb., smth. I was pressed in the crowd меня сдавили /сжали/ в толпе; I was pressed against the wall меня прижали к стене
    3) be pressed from with. wine is pressed from grapes вино жмут из винограда
    4) be pressed in same manner be very much pressed быть в крайне затруднительном положении; our opponents were hard pressed ваши соперники были в трудном положении; be pressed by smth., smb. be pressed by need (by want, by necessity, by hunger, etc.) быть доведённым до крайности нуждой и т.д.; he was pressed by problems on all sides на него навалилось множество всяких проблем; he was pressed by his creditors его преследовали /на него наседали/ кредиторы; be pressed with smth. he was pressed with work у него был завал работы; be pressed for smth. be pressed for time (for money, for space, etc.) остро ощущать нехватку /недостаток/ времени и т.д.; they are very much pressed for funds они испытывают серьезные финансовые затруднения; when pressed for reason, he explained that... когда от него потребовали объяснения, он сказал, что...; be pressed to do smth. be pressed to answer (to come back, etc.) быть вынужденным отвечать и т.д.
    8. XII
    get (have) smth. pressed where can I get my suit pressed? куда можно отдать отутюжить /выгладить/ костюм?: please have my things pressed я хочу, чтобы погладили мои вещи
    9. XVI
    1) press on smth. press on a pen (on a pencil, on these buttons, etc.) нажимать на перо и т.д.; the bone was pressing on a nerve кость давила на нерв; press against /to/ smth., smb. press against the gates (against the wall, against the barrier, etc.) давить /нажимать, напирать/ на ворота и т.д., press against him прижаться к нему; the child pressed close to his mother ребенок тесно прижался к матери; his face pressed close to the window он прижался лицом к окну; press against each other а) толкаться, теснить друг друга: б) жаться друг к другу
    2) press round smb., smth. press round the singer (round the tent, etc.) толпиться вокруг певицы и т.д., со всех сторон обступить певицу и т.д.; press into smth. press into the yard (into the street, into the theatre, etc.) протискиваться во двор и т.д.
    3) press (up)on smb., smth. press heavily on smb. [очень] тяготить кого-л.: debts press heavily on me меня угнетают [мои] бесчисленные долги; these duties did not press heavily on his time эти обязанности не отнимали у него много времени; these troubles (adverse circumstances, etc.) press upon his mind он все время думает об этих неприятностях и т.д., эти неприятности и т.д. не выходят у него из головы
    4) press for smth. book. press for a serious consideration (for a solution, for larger grants for education, for a decision, for reform, etc.) настоятельно добиваться серьезного разбора /рассмотрения/ и т.д.; I must press for an answer я вынужден требовать ответа
    10. XXI1
    1) press smth. with smth. press smth. with a stone (with a paperweight, etc.) прижать /придавить/ что-л. камнем и т.д.; press smth. in smth. press smth. in one's hands сжимать что-л. в руках; press flowers in the leaves of a book засушивать цветы в книге; press smth., smb. against smth. press one's hand against one's forehead прижать руку ко лбу; press smb. against a fence (against a wall, against a tree, etc.) прижимать кого-л. к заберу и т.д.; press smb., smth. to smth. press the baby to one's breast (the picture to one's heart, one's hands to one's sides, etc.) прижимать ребенка к груди и т.д.; press a kiss to smb.'s lips поцеловать кого-л. в губы; press smth. on smth. press a label on a trunk (a stamp on an envelope, a picture on a paper, etc.) приклеить /наклеить/ этикетку на чемодан и т.д.
    2) press smb., smth. into smth. press smb. into a cell (into a narrow passage, into a hole, into a building, etc.) загнать кого-л. в камеру и т.д.; the crowd pressed him into the comer толпа оттеснила его в угол; press a cork into a bottle загнать пробку в бутылку
    3) press smth. out of /from/ smth. press oil out of the seeds (all the juice from a lemon, etc.) выжимать масло из семян и т.д.
    4) press smb. for smth. press smb. for an answer (for a debt, for money, for a decision, for a reform, etc.) настоятельно требовать от кого-л. ответа и т.д.; press smb. with smth. press smb. with questions требовать от кого-л. немедленных ответов на [многочисленные] вопросы; press smth. on smb., smth. press money (a gift, a favour, etc.) on smb. настойчиво предлагать /навязывать/ кому-л. деньги и т.д.; press wine and food on a guest усиленно угощать гостя /предлагать гостю вино и еду/; press these facts on the notice of the public настойчиво привлекать внимание общественности к этим фактам; press smth. into smth. press science into service поставить науку на службу обществу

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > press

  • 6 point

    1. noun
    1) (tiny mark, dot) Punkt, der
    2) (sharp end of tool, weapon, pencil, etc.) Spitze, die

    come to a [sharp] point — spitz zulaufen

    at gun-point/knife-point — mit vorgehaltener [Schuss]waffe/vorgehaltenem Messer

    not to put too fine a point on it(fig.) um nichts zu beschönigen

    3) (single item) Punkt, der

    agree on a pointin einem Punkt od. einer Frage übereinstimmen

    be a point of honour with somebody — für jemanden [eine] Ehrensache sein

    4) (unit of scoring) Punkt, der

    score points off somebody(fig.) jemanden an die Wand spielen

    things have reached a point where or come to such a point that... — die Sache ist dahin od. so weit gediehen, dass...; (negatively) es ist so weit gekommen, dass...

    up to a pointbis zu einem gewissen Grad

    she was abrupt to the point of rudenesssie war in einer Weise barsch, die schon an Unverschämtheit grenzte

    6) (moment) Zeitpunkt, der

    be at/on the point of something — kurz vor etwas (Dat.) sein; einer Sache (Dat.) nahe sein

    be on the point of doing somethingim Begriff sein, etwas zu tun; etwas gerade tun wollen

    7) (distinctive trait) Seite, die

    best/strong point — starke Seite; Stärke, die

    the point(essential thing) das Entscheidende

    8) (thing to be discussed)

    that is just the point or the whole point — das ist genau der springende Punkt

    come to or get to the point — zur Sache od. zum Thema kommen

    keep or stick to the point — beim Thema bleiben

    be beside the point — unerheblich sein; keine Rolle spielen

    carry or make one's point — sich durchsetzen

    make a point of doing something — [großen] Wert darauf legen, etwas zu tun

    make or prove a point — etwas beweisen

    you have a point thereda hast du recht; da ist [et]was dran (ugs.)

    9) (tip) Spitze, die; (Boxing) Kinnspitze, die; Kinn, das; (Ballet) Spitze, die
    10) (of story, joke, remark) Pointe, die; (pungency, effect) (of literary work) Eindringlichkeit, die; (of remark) Durchschlagskraft, die
    11) (purpose, value) Zweck, der; Sinn, der

    there's no point in protestinges hat keinen Sinn od. Zweck zu protestieren

    12) (precise place, spot) Punkt, der; Stelle, die; (Geom.) Punkt, der

    point of contact — Berührungspunkt, der

    point of no return — Punkt, an dem es kein Zurück mehr gibt

    point of view(fig.) Standpunkt, der

    13) (Brit.)

    [power or electric] point — Steckdose, die

    14) usu in pl. (Brit. Railw.) Weiche, die
    15) usu. in pl. (Motor Veh.): (contact device) Kontakt, der

    prices/the cost of living went up three points — die Preise/Lebenshaltungskosten sind um drei [Prozent]punkte gestiegen

    17) (on compass) Strich, der
    2. intransitive verb
    1) zeigen, weisen, [Person auch:] deuten (to, at auf + Akk.)
    2)

    point towards or to — (fig.) [hin]deuten od. hinweisen auf (+ Akk.)

    3. transitive verb
    1) (direct) richten [Waffe, Kamera] (at auf + Akk.)

    point one's finger at something/somebody — mit dem Finger auf etwas/jemanden deuten od. zeigen od. weisen

    2) (Building) aus-, verfugen [Mauer, Steine]
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/108004/point_out">point out
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    [point] 1. noun
    1) (the sharp end of anything: the point of a pin; a sword point; at gunpoint (= threatened by a gun).) die Spitze
    2) (a piece of land that projects into the sea etc: The ship came round Lizard Point.) die Landspitze
    3) (a small round dot or mark (.): a decimal point; five point three six (= 5.36); In punctuation, a point is another name for a full stop.) der Punkt
    4) (an exact place or spot: When we reached this point of the journey we stopped to rest.) der Punkt
    5) (an exact moment: Her husband walked in at that point.) der Punkt
    6) (a place on a scale especially of temperature: the boiling-point of water.) der Punkt
    7) (a division on a compass eg north, south-west etc.) der Kompaßstrich
    8) (a mark in scoring a competition, game, test etc: He has won by five points to two.) der Punkt
    9) (a particular matter for consideration or action: The first point we must decide is, where to meet; That's a good point; You've missed the point; That's the whole point; We're wandering away from the point.) der Punkt
    10) ((a) purpose or advantage: There's no point (in) asking me - I don't know.) der Zweck
    11) (a personal characteristic or quality: We all have our good points and our bad ones.) die Eigenschaft
    12) (an electrical socket in a wall etc into which a plug can be put: Is there only one electrical point in this room?) der Kontakt
    2. verb
    1) (to aim in a particular direction: He pointed the gun at her.) richten
    2) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) zeigen
    3) (to fill worn places in (a stone or brick wall etc) with mortar.) verfugen
    - pointed
    - pointer
    - pointless
    - pointlessly
    - points
    - be on the point of
    - come to the point
    - make a point of
    - make one's point
    - point out
    - point one's toes
    * * *
    [pɔɪnt]
    I. NOUN
    1. (sharp end) Spitze f; of a star Zacke f; of deer Ende nt fachspr, Sprosse f fachspr
    the \point of the chin die Kinnspitze
    knife/pencil \point Messer-/Bleistiftspitze f
    to hold sb at gun\point/knife \point jdn mit vorgehaltener Pistole/vorgehaltenem Messer bedrohen
    2. (dot) Punkt m
    \point of light Lichtpunkt m
    3. (punctuation mark) Punkt; (in Hebrew) Vokalzeichen nt
    4. (decimal point) Komma
    decimal \point Dezimalpunkt m
    5. (position) Stelle f, Punkt m
    ... at London and all \points west... in London und allen Orten westlich davon
    \point of contact Berührungspunkt m
    \point of departure [or starting \point] Ausgangspunkt m a. fig
    \point of entry (border) Ort m der Einreise; (bullet wound) Einschussstelle f
    to reach the \point of no return den Punkt erreichen, an dem man nicht mehr zurück kann
    at this \point an dieser Stelle
    6. (particular time) Zeitpunkt m
    this seems like a good \point dies scheint ein günstiger Zeitpunkt zu sein
    she was on the \point of collapse sie stand kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch
    I was completely lost at one \point an einer Stelle hatte ich mich komplett verlaufen
    when it comes to the \point that... wenn es einmal so weit kommt, dass...
    they tickled him to the \point of torture sie kitzelten ihn so sehr, dass es fast zur Folter wurde
    at no \point did I think our relationship wouldn't work out zu keinem Zeitpunkt hatte ich daran gezweifelt, dass es zwischen uns nicht klappen würde
    to be [or lie] at the \point of death an der Schwelle des Todes stehen geh, im Sterben liegen
    at this/that \point in time zu dieser/jener Zeit
    at that \point zu diesem Zeitpunkt; (then) in diesem Augenblick
    from that \point on... von da an...
    7. (about to do)
    to be on the \point of doing sth [gerade] im Begriff sein, etw zu tun
    I was on the \point of ringing you myself actually ich wollte dich auch gerade anrufen!
    she was on the \point of telling him the truth when... sie wollte ihm gerade die Wahrheit sagen, als...
    I was on the \point of handing in my resignation beinahe hätte ich gekündigt
    I was on the \point of leaving him ich war kurz davor, ihn zu verlassen
    8. (argument, issue) Punkt m
    ok ok, you've made your \point! ja, ich hab's jetzt verstanden! fam
    you made some interesting \points in your speech Sie haben in Ihrer Rede einige interessante Punkte angesprochen
    what \point are you trying to make? worauf wollen Sie hinaus?
    you have a \point there da ist was dran fam
    she does have a \point though so ganz Unrecht hat sie nicht
    she made the \point that... sie wies darauf hin, dass...; (stress) sie betonte, dass...
    my \point was that... ich wollte sagen, dass...
    my \point exactly das sag ich ja fam
    ok, \point taken o.k., ich hab schon begriffen fam
    that's a \point das ist ein Argument sl
    I take your \point einverstanden
    I can see your \point ich weiß, was du sagen willst
    the \point under dispute der strittige Punkt
    \point of detail Detailfrage f
    to make [or raise] a \point in favour of/against sth ein Argument für etw akk /gegen etw akk einbringen
    to drive home the \point seinen Standpunkt klarmachen
    \point of honour Ehrensache f
    \point of law Rechtsfrage f
    a 5-\point plan ein Fünfpunkteplan m
    to make/prove one's \point seinen Standpunkt deutlich machen
    \point by \point Punkt für Punkt
    9. no pl (most important idea)
    the \point der springende Punkt
    the \point is... der Punkt ist nämlich der,...
    more to the \point, however,... wichtiger jedoch ist...
    your arguments were very much to the \point deine Argumente waren wirklich sehr sachbezogen
    that's beside the \point [or not the \point]! darum geht es doch gar nicht!
    to come [or get] to the \point auf den Punkt [o zur Sache] kommen
    to get the \point of sth etw verstehen
    to keep [or stick] to the \point beim Thema bleiben
    to make a \point of doing sth [großen] Wert darauf legen, etw zu tun
    to miss the \point of sth nicht verstehen [o begreifen], worum es geht
    10. no pl (purpose) Sinn m, Zweck m
    but that's the whole \point! aber das ist doch genau der Punkt!
    what's the \point of waiting for them? warum sollten wir auf sie warten?
    there's no \point of talking about it any longer es hat keinen Zweck, sich noch länger darüber zu unterhalten
    I really don't see the \point of going to this meeting ich weiß wirklich nicht, warum ich zu dieser Besprechung gehen sollte
    but that's the whole \point of doing it! aber deswegen machen wir es ja gerade!
    what's the \point anyway? was soll's?
    11. (stage in process) Punkt m
    from that \point on... von diesem Moment an...
    the high \point of the evening... der Höhepunkt des Abends...
    things have reached a \point where I just can't bear it any longer ich bin an einen Punkt angelangt, wo ich es einfach nicht mehr aushalten kann
    it got to the \point where no one knew what was going on irgendwann wusste dann keiner mehr, was Sache war
    ... when it came to the \point...... als es soweit war,...
    we'll start again tomorrow from the \point where we left off today wir werden morgen da weitermachen, wo wir heute aufgehört haben
    up to a \point bis zu einem gewissen Grad [o Maße
    being single does have its \points single zu sein hat auch seine Vorteile
    bad/good \points schlechte/gute Seiten
    the book has its \points das Buch hat auch seine guten Seiten
    sb's strong \points jds Stärken
    sb's weak \points jds Schwächen
    13. (in sports) Punkt m
    San Francisco has scored 31 \points San Francisco hat 31 Punkte erzielt
    a win on \points ein Sieg m nach Punkten
    to win on \points nach Punkten siegen
    14. (unit) STOCKEX Punkt m; (with prices) [Prozent]punkt m
    to have risen seven \points sieben Punkte gestiegen sein
    15. (for diamonds) 0,01 Karat
    16. (on compass) Strich m; (on thermometer) Grad m
    17. (in bridge) Punkt m
    18. BOXING Kinnspitze f
    19. (in ballet) Spitze f
    to dance on \points auf Spitzen tanzen
    20. BRIT, AUS (socket) Steckdose f
    21. AUTO
    \points pl Unterbrecherkontakte pl
    \points pl Weichen pl
    23. (promontory) Landspitze f
    24. TYPO Punkt m
    the small letters are in 6 \point die kleinen Buchstaben haben Schriftgröße 6 Punkt
    25. (cricket) Position in der Nähe des Schlagmannes
    \points pl of horse, dog Extremitäten pl
    27. (punch line) of a story Pointe f
    28.
    to be a good case in \point [für etw akk] ein gutes Beispiel sein
    sb makes a \point of doing sth für jdn ist es wichtig, etw zu tun
    I know the door was locked because I made a point of checking it ich weiß, dass die Tür abgeschlossen war, weil ich extra nochmal nachgesehen habe
    to not put too fine a \point on sth nicht um den heißen Brei herumreden fam
    not to put too fine a \point on it,... ehrlich gesagt...
    1. (with finger) deuten, zeigen
    to \point at [or to] sth/sb [mit dem Finger] auf etw/jdn zeigen
    it's rude to \point at people man zeigt nicht mit dem Finger auf Leute
    2. (be directed) weisen
    there was an arrow \pointing to the door ein Pfeil wies den Weg zur Tür
    the needle was \pointing to ‘empty’ die Nadel zeigte auf ‚leer‘
    to \point east/west nach Osten/Westen weisen [o zeigen
    to \point to sth auf etw akk hinweisen [o hindeuten]
    all the signs \point to his reinstatement alles deutet darauf hin, dass er wieder eingestellt wird
    4. (use as evidence)
    to \point to sth auf etw akk verweisen
    5. HUNT dog vorstehen
    to \point sth at sb/sth weapon etw [auf jdn/etw] richten; stick, one's finger mit etw dat auf jdn/etw zeigen
    to \point the finger [at sb] ( fig) sich akk [über jdn] beschweren
    to \point sb in the direction of sth jdn den Weg zu etw dat beschreiben
    could you \point me in the direction of the bus station, please? könnten Sie mir bitte sagen, wie ich zum Busbahnhof komme?
    to \point the way [to sth] ( fig) den Weg [für etw akk] ebnen
    3. (extend)
    to \point one's toes die Zehen strecken
    to \point sth etw verfugen [o ausfugen
    5. HUNT
    to \point sth dog etw anzeigen
    to \point sth etw interpunktieren fachspr; (in Hebrew) etw vokalisieren
    to \point a psalm einen Psalm mit Deklamationszeichen versehen
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    point [pɔınt]
    A s
    1. (Nadel-, Messer-, Schwert-, Bleistift- etc) Spitze f:
    not put too fine a point upon sth etwas nicht gerade gewählt ausdrücken;
    at the point of the pistol mit vorgehaltener Pistole oder Waffe, mit Waffengewalt;
    at the point of the sword fig unter Zwang, mit Gewalt
    2. obs
    a) Dolch m
    b) Schwert n
    3. TECH spitzes Instrument, besonders
    a) Stecheisen n
    b) Grabstichel m, Griffel m
    c) Radier-, Ätznadel f
    d) Ahle f
    4. GEOG
    a) Landspitze f
    b) Bergspitze f
    5. JAGD (Geweih)Ende n, Sprosse f
    6. pl Gliedmaßen pl (besonders von Pferden)
    7. LING Punkt m (am Satzende)
    8. TYPO
    a) Punktur f
    b) (typografischer) Punkt (= 0,376 mm)
    c) Punkt m (Blindenschrift)
    9. MATH (geometrischer) Punkt: intersection 2, 3 a
    10. MATH (Dezimal) Punkt m, Komma n:
    (nought) point three ( in Ziffern: 0.3 oder.3) null Komma drei (0,3);
    9 points fig 90%, fast das Ganze;
    possession is nine points of the law (Sprichwort) der Besitzende hat fast immer das Gesetz auf seiner Seite
    11. auch point of the compass Kompassstrich m
    12. Punkt m:
    a) bestimmte Stelle
    b) PHYS Grad m (einer Skala), Stufe f ( auch TECH eines Schalters):
    4 points below zero 4 Grad unter null;
    point of contact Berührungspunkt;
    point of impact MIL Aufschlag-, Auftreffpunkt;
    a) FLUG Gefahrenmitte f, Umkehrgrenzpunkt m,
    b) fig Punkt, von dem es kein Zurück mehr gibt;
    up to a point fig bis zu einem gewissen Grad; boiling point, freezing A 1, etc
    13. GEOG Himmelsrichtung f
    14. Punkt m, Stelle f, Ort m:
    point of destination Bestimmungsort;
    point of entry WIRTSCH Eingangshafen m;
    point of lubrication TECH Schmierstelle f, Schmiernippel m
    15. Anschluss-, Verbindungspunkt m, besonders
    a) ELEK Kontakt(punkt) m
    b) ELEK Br Steckdose f
    16. Grenz-, Höhe-, Gipfelpunkt m, Grenze f:
    point of culmination Kulminations-, Höhepunkt;
    frankness to the point of insult Offenheit, die schon an Beleidigung grenzt;
    it gave a point to their day das setzte ihrem Tag ein Glanzlicht auf
    17. a) auch point of time Zeitpunkt m, Augenblick m
    b) kritischer Punkt, entscheidendes Stadium:
    when it came to the point als es so weit war, als es darauf ankam;
    at this point in diesem Augenblick, weitS. an dieser Stelle, hier (in einer Rede etc);
    at the point of death im Sterben, im Augenblick des Todes;
    be on the point of doing sth im Begriff oder auf dem Sprung sein, etwas zu tun;
    18. Punkt m (einer Tagesordnung etc), (Einzel-, Teil)Frage f:
    a case in point ein einschlägiger Fall, ein (typisches) Beispiel;
    at all points in allen Punkten, in jeder Hinsicht;
    differ on several points in etlichen Punkten nicht übereinstimmen;
    point of comparison Vergleichspunkt;
    a point of interest eine interessante Einzelheit;
    point of order PARL Antrag m zur Geschäftsordnung;
    five-point plan Fünfpunkteplan m; controversy 3, order A 7, question A 2
    19. entscheidender oder springender Punkt, Kernpunkt m, -frage f:
    come (speak) to the point zur Sache kommen (sprechen);
    a) nicht zur Sache gehörig, abwegig,
    b) unwichtig, unerheblich;
    be beside the point auch nichts zur Sache tun;
    to the point zur Sache (gehörig), sachdienlich, sachlich, (zu-)treffend;
    make a point ein Argument anbringen, seine Ansicht durchsetzen;
    the point I’m trying to make is that … was ich sagen will, ist, dass …;
    a) Wert oder Gewicht legen auf (akk), bestehen auf (dat),
    b) sich etwas zum Prinzip machen;
    make the point that … bemerken, dass …;
    that is the point das ist die Frage oder der springende Punkt;
    that’s not the point darum geht es nicht;
    the point is that … die Sache ist die, dass …;
    that’s the point I wanted to make darauf wollte ich hinaus;
    you have a point there es ist etwas dran an dem, was Sie sagen;
    I take your point ich verstehe, was Sie meinen;
    it hasn’t got much point es ist nicht sehr wichtig
    20. Pointe f (eines Witzes etc)
    21. auch point of view Stand-, Gesichtspunkt m, Ansicht f:
    from a political point of view vom politischen Standpunkt aus (gesehen), politisch gesehen;
    make sth a point of hono(u)r etwas als Ehrensache betrachten;
    it’s a point of hono(u)r to him das ist Ehrensache für ihn;
    in point of hinsichtlich (gen);
    in point of fact tatsächlich; press A 13, stretch A 11
    22. Ziel n, Zweck m, Absicht f:
    carry ( oder make) one’s point sich oder seine Ansicht durchsetzen;
    what’s the point of doing that? was für einen Sinn oder Zweck hat es, das zu tun?;
    what’s your point in doing that? was bezweckst du damit?;
    there is no point in going there es hat keinen Zweck oder es ist sinnlos hinzugehen
    23. Nachdruck m:
    give point to one’s words seinen Worten Gewicht oder Nachdruck verleihen
    24. (hervorstechende) Eigenschaft, (Charakter)Zug m:
    good (bad) points gute (schlechte) Eigenschaften;
    a noble point in her ein edler Zug an ihr;
    strong point starke Seite, Stärke f;
    weak point wunder Punkt, schwache Seite;
    it has its points es hat so seine Vorzüge
    25. Tierzucht: besonderes Rassenmerkmal
    26. Punkt m (eines Bewertungs- oder Rationierungssystems):
    point rationing Punktrationierung f
    27. WIRTSCH Börsensprache: Punkt m, Point m (bei Kursschwankungen)
    28. SPORT Punkt m:
    three points from three games drei Punkte aus drei Spielen;
    be on five points bei fünf Punkten liegen;
    win (lose) on points nach Punkten gewinnen (verlieren);
    points defeat Punktniederlage f;
    points win Punktsieg m, Sieg m nach Punkten;
    winner on points, points winner Punktsieger(in);
    beat sb on points jemanden nach Punkten schlagen;
    be in the points auf einem Punkterang liegen;
    finish out of the points außerhalb der Punkteränge enden;
    a) jemandem vorgeben,
    b) fig jemandem überlegen sein;
    be points better than sb fig jemandem hoch überlegen sein; score B 1
    29. Boxen: Punkt m, Kinnspitze f
    30. Würfel-, Kartenspiel: Auge n, Punkt m
    a) Näh-, Nadelspitze f (Ggs Klöppelspitze)
    b) Handarbeitsspitze f
    c) point lace
    d) Stickstich m
    32. MUS
    a) Stakkatopunkt m
    b) Wiederholungszeichen n
    c) charakteristisches Motiv
    d) Imitationsmotiv n
    e) (Themen) Einsatz m
    33. MIL
    a) Spitze f (einer Vorhut)
    b) Ende n (einer Nachhut)
    34. JAGD Stehen n (des Hundes):
    make ( oder come to) a point (vor)stehen (vor dem Wild)
    35. BAHN
    a) Weiche f
    b) Br Weichenschiene f
    36. Heraldik: Feld n (eines Wappens)
    37. potatoes and point sl Kartoffeln mit ohne was dazu
    B v/t
    1. einen Bleistift etc (an-, zu)spitzen
    2. fig seine Worte etc pointieren, betonen
    3. eine Waffe etc richten (at auf akk):
    point one’s finger at sb
    a) (mit dem Finger) auf jemanden deuten oder zeigen,
    b) auch point a ( oder the) finger at sb fig mit Fingern oder dem Finger auf jemanden zeigen;
    point (up)on seine Augen, Gedanken etc richten auf (akk);
    point to den Kurs, jemandes Aufmerksamkeit lenken auf (akk), jemanden bringen auf (akk)
    4. zeigen:
    point the way den Weg weisen (a. fig);
    a) zeigen,
    b) fig hinweisen oder aufmerksam machen auf (akk), betonen,
    c) fig aufzeigen (auch Fehler), klarmachen,
    d) fig ausführen, darlegen;
    point out to sb that … jemanden darauf aufmerksam machen, dass …
    5. auch point up fig betonen, unterstreichen ( beide:
    with mit)
    6. MATH Dezimalstellen durch einen Punkt oder ein Komma trennen:
    point off places Stellen abstreichen
    a) ARCH verfugen,
    b) TECH eine Fuge glatt streichen
    8. JAGD einem Wild vorstehen
    C v/i
    1. (mit dem Finger) deuten, weisen ( beide:
    at, to auf akk)
    2. point to nach einer Richtung weisen oder liegen (Haus)
    3. point to fig
    a) hinweisen, -deuten auf (akk):
    b) ab-, hinzielen auf (akk)
    4. SCHIFF hart am Wind segeln
    5. JAGD vorstehen (Jagdhund)
    6. MED reifen (Abszess etc)
    pt abk
    1. part T.
    3. pint ( pints pl)
    5. port
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (tiny mark, dot) Punkt, der
    2) (sharp end of tool, weapon, pencil, etc.) Spitze, die

    come to a [sharp] point — spitz zulaufen

    at gun-point/knife-point — mit vorgehaltener [Schuss]waffe/vorgehaltenem Messer

    not to put too fine a point on it(fig.) um nichts zu beschönigen

    3) (single item) Punkt, der

    agree on a pointin einem Punkt od. einer Frage übereinstimmen

    be a point of honour with somebody — für jemanden [eine] Ehrensache sein

    4) (unit of scoring) Punkt, der

    score points off somebody(fig.) jemanden an die Wand spielen

    5) (stage, degree)

    things have reached a point where or come to such a point that... — die Sache ist dahin od. so weit gediehen, dass...; (negatively) es ist so weit gekommen, dass...

    she was abrupt to the point of rudeness — sie war in einer Weise barsch, die schon an Unverschämtheit grenzte

    6) (moment) Zeitpunkt, der

    be at/on the point of something — kurz vor etwas (Dat.) sein; einer Sache (Dat.) nahe sein

    be on the point of doing something — im Begriff sein, etwas zu tun; etwas gerade tun wollen

    7) (distinctive trait) Seite, die

    best/strong point — starke Seite; Stärke, die

    the point (essential thing) das Entscheidende

    that is just the point or the whole point — das ist genau der springende Punkt

    come to or get to the point — zur Sache od. zum Thema kommen

    keep or stick to the point — beim Thema bleiben

    be beside the point — unerheblich sein; keine Rolle spielen

    carry or make one's point — sich durchsetzen

    make a point of doing something — [großen] Wert darauf legen, etwas zu tun

    make or prove a point — etwas beweisen

    you have a point there — da hast du recht; da ist [et]was dran (ugs.)

    9) (tip) Spitze, die; (Boxing) Kinnspitze, die; Kinn, das; (Ballet) Spitze, die
    10) (of story, joke, remark) Pointe, die; (pungency, effect) (of literary work) Eindringlichkeit, die; (of remark) Durchschlagskraft, die
    11) (purpose, value) Zweck, der; Sinn, der

    there's no point in protestinges hat keinen Sinn od. Zweck zu protestieren

    12) (precise place, spot) Punkt, der; Stelle, die; (Geom.) Punkt, der

    point of contact — Berührungspunkt, der

    point of no return — Punkt, an dem es kein Zurück mehr gibt

    point of view(fig.) Standpunkt, der

    13) (Brit.)

    [power or electric] point — Steckdose, die

    14) usu in pl. (Brit. Railw.) Weiche, die
    15) usu. in pl. (Motor Veh.): (contact device) Kontakt, der
    16) (unit in competition, rationing, stocks, shares, etc.) Punkt, der

    prices/the cost of living went up three points — die Preise/Lebenshaltungskosten sind um drei [Prozent]punkte gestiegen

    17) (on compass) Strich, der
    2. intransitive verb
    1) zeigen, weisen, [Person auch:] deuten (to, at auf + Akk.)
    2)

    point towards or to — (fig.) [hin]deuten od. hinweisen auf (+ Akk.)

    3. transitive verb
    1) (direct) richten [Waffe, Kamera] (at auf + Akk.)

    point one's finger at something/somebody — mit dem Finger auf etwas/jemanden deuten od. zeigen od. weisen

    2) (Building) aus-, verfugen [Mauer, Steine]
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (Typography) n.
    typographischer Punkt (Schriftgrößenskala) m. n.
    Einzelheit f.
    Punkt -e m.
    Spitze -n (Kinn-, Messer-) f.
    Standpunkt m. v.
    zeigen v.

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  • 7 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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  • 8 go

    I [gəu] 1. гл.; прош. вр. went, прич. прош. вр. gone
    1)
    а) идти, ехать, двигаться

    We are going too fast. — Мы идём слишком быстро.

    Who goes? Stand, or I fire. — Стой, кто идёт? Стрелять буду.

    The baby went behind his mother to play a hiding game. — Малыш решил поиграть в прятки и спрятался за маму.

    Go ahead, what are you waiting for? — Идите вперёд, чего вы ждёте?

    I'll go ahead and warn the others to expect you later. — Я пойду вперёд и предупрежу остальных, что вы подойдёте позже.

    My brother quickly passing him, went ahead, and won the match easily. — Мой брат быстро обогнал его, вышел вперёд и легко выиграл матч.

    As the roads were so icy, the cars were going along very slowly and carefully. — Так как дороги были покрыты льдом, машины продвигались очень медленно и осторожно.

    The deer has gone beyond the trees; I can't shoot at it from this distance. — Олень зашёл за деревья; я не могу попасть в него с этого расстояния.

    You've missed the bus, it just went by. — Ты опоздал на автобус, он только что проехал.

    Let's go forward to the front of the hall. — Давай продвинемся к началу зала.

    I have to go in now, my mother's calling me for tea. — Мне надо идти, мама зовёт меня пить чай.

    The car went into a tree and was severely damaged. — Машина влетела в дерево и была сильно повреждена.

    The police examined the cars and then allowed them to go on. — Полицейские осмотрели машины, а потом пропустили их.

    I don't think you should go out with that bad cold. — Я думаю, с такой простудой тебе лучше сидеть дома.

    It's dangerous here, with bullets going over our heads all the time. — Здесь опасно, пули так и свистят над головами.

    I fear that you cannot go over to the cottage. — Боюсь, что ты не сможешь сходить в этот коттедж.

    I spent a day or two on going round and seeing the other colleges. — Я провёл день или два, обходя другие колледжи.

    This material is so stiff that even my thickest needle won't go through. — Этот материал настолько плотный, что даже моя самая большая игла не может проткнуть его.

    Don't leave me alone, let me go with you! — Не бросай меня, позволь мне пойти с тобой!

    The piano won't go through this narrow entrance. — Фортепиано не пройдёт сквозь этот узкий вход.

    There is no such thing as a level street in the city: those which do not go up, go down. — В городе нет такого понятия как ровная улица: те, которые не идут вверх, спускаются вниз.

    to go on travels, to go on a journey, to go on a voyage — отправиться в путешествие

    He wants me to go on a cruise with him. — Он хочет, чтобы я отправился с ним в круиз.

    в) уходить, уезжать

    Please go now, I'm getting tired. — Теперь, пожалуйста, уходи, я устал.

    I have to go at 5.30. — Я должен уйти в 5.30.

    There was no answer to my knock, so I went away. — На мой стук никто не ответил, так что я ушёл.

    Why did the painter leave his family and go off to live on a tropical island? — Почему художник бросил свою семью и уехал жить на остров в тропиках?

    At the end of this scene, the murderer goes off, hearing the police arrive. — В конце сцены убийца уходит, заслышав приближение полиции.

    Syn:
    г) пойти (куда-л.), уехать (куда-л.) с определённой целью

    to go to bed — идти, отправляться, ложиться спать

    to go to press — идти в печать, печататься

    You'd better go for the police. — Ты лучше сбегай за полицией.

    д) заниматься (чем-л.); двигаться определённым образом (что-л. делая)

    The bus goes right to the centre of town. — Автобус ходит прямо до центра города.

    The ship goes between the two islands. — Корабль курсирует между двумя островами.

    ж) разг. двигаться определённым образом, идти определённым шагом

    to go above one's ground — идти, высоко поднимая ноги

    2)
    а) следовать определённым курсом, идти (каким-л. путем) прям. и перен.

    the man who goes straight in spite of temptation — человек, который идёт не сбиваясь с пути, несмотря на соблазны

    She will never go my way, nor, I fear, shall I ever go hers. — Она никогда не будет действовать так, как я, и, боюсь, я никогда не буду действовать так, как она.

    б) прибегать (к чему-л.), обращаться (к кому-л.)
    3) ходить (куда-л.) регулярно, с какой-л. целью

    When I was young, we went to church every Sunday. — Когда я был маленьким, мы каждое воскресенье ходили в церковь.

    4)
    а) идти (от чего-л.), вести (куда-л.)

    The boundary here goes parallel with the river. — Граница идёт здесь вдоль реки.

    б) выходить (куда-л.)

    This door goes outside. — Эта дверь выходит наружу.

    5) происходить, случаться, развиваться, проистекать

    The annual dinner never goes better than when he is in the chair. — Ежегодный обед проходит лучше всего, когда он председательствует.

    The game went so strangely that I couldn't possibly tell. — Игра шла так странно, что и не рассказать.

    The election went against him. — Выборы кончились для него неудачно.

    What has gone of...? — Что стало, что произошло с...?

    Nobody in Porlock ever knew what has gone with him. — Никто в Порлоке так и не узнал, что с ним стало.

    6)

    The battery in this watch is going. — Батарейка в часах садится.

    Sometimes the eyesight goes forever. — Иногда зрение теряют навсегда.

    I could feel my brain going. — Я чувствовал, что мой ум перестаёт работать.

    You see that your father is going very fast. — Вы видите, что ваш отец очень быстро сдаёт.

    б) ломаться; изнашиваться ( до дыр)

    The platform went. — Трибуна обрушилась.

    About half past three the foremast went in three places. — Около половины четвёртого фок-мачта треснула в трёх местах.

    The dike might go any minute. — Дамбу может прорвать в любую минуту.

    My old sweater had started to go at the elbows. — Мой старый свитер начал протираться на локтях.

    Syn:
    в) быть поражённым болезнью, гнить (о растениях, урожае)

    The crop is good, but the potato is going everywhere. — Урожай зерновых хорош, а картофель начинает повсюду гнить.

    7) разг. умирать, уходить из жизни

    to go to one's own place — умереть, скончаться

    to go aloft / off the hooks / off the stocks / to (the) pot разг. — отправиться на небеса, протянуть ноги, сыграть в ящик

    Your brother's gone - died half-an-hour ago. — Ваш брат покинул этот мир - скончался полчаса назад.

    Hope he hasn't gone down; he deserved to live. — Надеюсь, что он не умер; он заслужил того, чтобы жить.

    The doctors told me that he might go off any day. — Доктора сказали мне, что он может скончаться со дня на день.

    I hope that when I go out I shall leave a better world behind me. — Надеюсь, что мир станет лучше, когда меня не будет.

    8)
    а) вмещаться, подходить (по форме, размеру)

    The space is too small, the bookcase won't go in. — Здесь слишком мало места, книжный шкаф сюда не войдёт.

    Elzevirs go readily into the pocket. — Средневековые книги-эльзевиры легко входят в карман.

    The thread is too thick to go into the needle. — Эта нитка слишком толста, чтобы пролезть в игольное ушко.

    Three goes into fifteen five times. — Три содержится в пятнадцати пять раз.

    All the good we can find about him will go into a very few words. — Всё хорошее, что мы в нём можем найти, можно выразить в нескольких словах.

    б) соответствовать, подходить (по стилю, цвету, вкусу)

    This furniture would go well in any room. — Эта мебель подойдёт для любой комнаты.

    I don't think these colours really go, do you? — Я не думаю, что эти цвета подходят, а ты как думаешь?

    Oranges go surprisingly well with duck. — Апельсины отлично подходят к утке.

    That green hat doesn't go with the blue dress. — Эта зелёная шляпа не идёт к синему платью.

    в) помещаться (где-л.), постоянно храниться (где-л.)

    This box goes on the third shelf from the top. — Эта коробка стоит на третьей полке сверху.

    This book goes here. — Эта книга стоит здесь (здесь её место).

    He's short, as jockeys go. — Он довольно низкого роста, даже для жокея.

    "How goes it, Joe?" - "Pretty well, as times go." — "Как дела, Джо?" - "По нынешним временам вполне сносно".

    10) быть посланным, отправленным (о письме, записке)

    I'd like this letter to go first class. — Я хотел бы отправить это письмо первым классом.

    11) проходить, пролетать ( о времени)

    This week's gone so fast - I can't believe it's Friday already. — Эта неделя прошла так быстро, не могу поверить, что уже пятница.

    Time goes so fast when you're having fun. — Когда нам весело, время бежит.

    Summer is going. — Лето проходит.

    One week and half of another is already gone. — Уже прошло полторы недели.

    12)
    а) пойти (на что-л.), быть потраченным (на что-л.; о деньгах)

    Whatever money he got it all went on paying his debt. — Сколько бы денег он ни получил, всё уходило на выплату долга.

    Your money went towards a new computer for the school. — Ваши деньги пошли на новый компьютер для школы.

    Not more than a quarter of your income should go in rent. — На арендную плату должно уходить не более четверти дохода.

    б) уменьшаться, кончаться (о запасах, провизии)

    We were worried because the food was completely gone and the water was going fast. — Мы беспокоились, так как еда уже кончилась, а вода подходила к концу.

    The cake went fast. — Пирог был тут же съеден.

    All its independence was gone. — Вся его независимость исчезла.

    One of the results of using those drugs is that the will entirely goes. — Одно из последствий приёма этих лекарств - полная потеря воли.

    This feeling gradually goes off. — Это чувство постепенно исчезает.

    They can fire me, but I won't go quietly. — Они могут меня уволить, но я не уйду тихо.

    14)
    а) издавать (какой-л.) звук

    to go bang — бахнуть, хлопнуть

    to go crash / smash — грохнуть, треснуть

    Clatter, clatter, went the horses' hoofs. — Цок, цок, цокали лошадиные копыта.

    Something seemed to go snap within me. — Что-то внутри меня щёлкнуло.

    Crack went the mast. — Раздался треск мачты.

    Patter, patter, goes the rain. — Кап, кап, стучит дождь.

    The clock on the mantelpiece went eight. — Часы на камине пробили восемь.

    15)
    а) иметь хождение, быть в обращении ( о деньгах)
    б) циркулировать, передаваться, переходить из уст в уста

    Now the story goes that the young Smith is in London. — Говорят, что юный Смит сейчас в Лондоне.

    16)

    My only order was, "Clear the road - and be damn quick about it." What I said went. — Я отдал приказ: "Очистить дорогу - и, чёрт возьми, немедленно!" Это тут же было выполнено.

    He makes so much money that whatever he says, goes. — У него столько денег, что всё, что он ни скажет, тут же выполняется.

    - from the word Go

    anything goes, everything goes разг. — всё дозволено, всё сойдёт

    Around here, anything goes. — Здесь всё разрешено.

    Anything goes if it's done by someone you're fond of. — Всё сойдёт, если это всё сделано тем, кого ты любишь.

    в) ( go about) начинать (что-л.; делать что-л.), приступать к (чему-л.)

    She went about her work in a cold, impassive way. — Холодно, бесстрастно она приступила к своей работе.

    The church clock has not gone for twenty years. — Часы на церкви не ходили двадцать лет.

    All systems go. — Всё работает нормально.

    She felt her heart go in a most unusual manner. — Она почувствовала, что сердце у неё очень странно бьётся.

    Syn:
    18) продаваться, расходиться (по какой-л. цене)

    to go for a song — идти за бесценок, ничего не стоить

    There were perfectly good coats going at $23! —Там продавали вполне приличные куртки всего за 23 доллара.

    Going at four pounds fifteen, if there is no advance. — Если больше нет предложений, то продаётся за четыре фунта пятнадцать шиллингов.

    This goes for 1 shilling. — Это стоит 1 шиллинг.

    The house went for very little. — Дом был продан за бесценок.

    19) позволить себе, согласиться (на какую-л. сумму)

    Lewis consented to go as high as twenty-five thousand crowns. — Льюис согласился на такую большую сумму как двадцать пять тысяч крон.

    I'll go fifty dollars for a ticket. — Я позволю себе купить билет за пятьдесят долларов.

    20) разг. говорить
    21) эвф. сходить, сбегать ( в туалет)

    He's in the men's room. He's been wanting to go all evening, but as long as you were playing he didn't want to miss a note. (J. Wain) — Он в туалете. Ему туда нужно было весь вечер, но пока вы играли, он не хотел пропустить ни одной нотки.

    22) ( go after)
    а) следовать за (кем-л.); преследовать

    Half the guards went after the escaped prisoners, but they got away free. — На поиски беглецов отправилась половина гарнизона, но они всё равно сумели скрыться.

    б) преследовать цель; стремиться, стараться (сделать что-л.)

    Jim intends to go after the big prize. — Джим намерен выиграть большой приз.

    I think we should go after increased production this year. — Думаю, в этом году нам надо стремиться увеличить производство.

    в) посещать в качестве поклонника, ученика или последователя
    23) ( go against)
    а) противоречить, быть против (убеждений, желаний); идти вразрез с (чем-л.)

    to go against the grain, go against the hair — вызывать внутренний протест, быть не по нутру

    I wouldn't advise you to go against the director. — Не советую тебе перечить директору.

    It goes against my nature to get up early in the morning. — Рано вставать по утрам противно моей натуре.

    The run of luck went against Mr. Nickleby. (Ch. Dickens) — Удача отвернулась от мистера Никльби.

    Syn:
    б) быть не в пользу (кого-л.), закончиться неблагоприятно для (кого-л.; о соревнованиях, выборах)

    One of his many law-suits seemed likely to go against him. — Он, судя по всему, проигрывал один из своих многочисленных судебных процессов.

    If the election goes against the government, who will lead the country? — Если на выборах проголосуют против правительства, кто же возглавит страну?

    24) ( go at) разг.
    а) бросаться на (кого-л.)

    Our dog went at the postman again this morning. — Наша собака опять сегодня набросилась на почтальона.

    Selina went at her again for further information. — Селина снова набросилась на неё, требуя дополнительной информации.

    The students are really going at their studies now that the examinations are near. — Экзамены близко, так что студенты в самом деле взялись за учёбу.

    25) ( go before)
    а) представать перед (чем-л.), явиться лицом к лицу с (чем-л.)

    When you go before the judge, you must speak the exact truth. — Когда ты выступаешь в суде, ты должен говорить чистую правду.

    б) предлагать (что-л.) на рассмотрение

    Your suggestion goes before the board of directors next week. — Совет директоров рассмотрит ваше предложение на следующей неделе.

    Syn:
    26) ( go behind) не ограничиваться (чем-л.)
    27) ( go between) быть посредником между (кем-л.)

    The little girl was given a bar of chocolate as her payment for going between her sister and her sister's boyfriend. — Младшая сестра получила шоколадку за то, что была посыльной между своей старшей сестрой и её парнем.

    28) ( go beyond)
    а) превышать, превосходить (что-л.)

    The money that I won went beyond my fondest hopes. — Сумма, которую я выиграл, превосходила все мои ожидания.

    Be careful not to go beyond your rights. — Будь осторожен, не превышай своих прав.

    б) оказаться трудным, непостижимым (для кого-л.)

    I was interested to hear the speaker, but his speech went beyond me. — Мне было интересно послушать докладчика, но его речь была выше моего понимания.

    I don't think this class will be able to go beyond lesson six. — Не думаю, что этот класс сможет продвинуться дальше шестого урока.

    - go beyond caring
    - go beyond endurance
    - go beyond a joke
    29) (go by / under) называться

    to go by / under the name of — быть известным под именем

    Our friend William often goes by Billy. — Нашего друга Вильяма часто называют Билли.

    He went under the name of Baker, to avoid discovery by the police. — Скрываясь от полиции, он жил под именем Бейкера.

    30) ( go by) судить по (чему-л.); руководствоваться (чем-л.), действовать в соответствии с (чем-л.)

    to go by the book разг. — действовать в соответствии с правилами, педантично выполнять правила

    You can't go by what he says, he's very untrustworthy. — Не стоит судить о ситуации по его словам, ему нельзя верить.

    You make a mistake if you go by appearances. — Ты ошибаешься, если судишь о людях по внешнему виду.

    I go by the barometer. — Я пользуюсь барометром.

    Our chairman always goes by the rules. — Наш председатель всегда действует по правилам.

    31) ( go for)
    а) стремиться к (чему-л.)

    I think we should go for increased production this year. — Думаю, в этом году нам надо стремиться увеличить производительность.

    б) выбирать; любить, нравиться

    The people will never go for that guff. — Людям не понравится эта пустая болтовня.

    She doesn't go for whiskers. — Ей не нравятся бакенбарды.

    в) разг. наброситься, обрушиться на (кого-л.)

    The black cow immediately went for him. — Чёрная корова немедленно кинулась на него.

    The speaker went for the profiteers. — Оратор обрушился на спекулянтов.

    г) становиться (кем-л.), действовать в качестве (кого-л.)

    I'm well made all right. I could go for a model if I wanted. — У меня отличная фигура. Я могла бы стать манекенщицей, если бы захотела.

    д) быть принятым за (кого-л.), считаться (кем-л.), сходить за (кого-л.)

    He goes for a lawyer, but I don't think he ever studied or practised law. — Говорят, он адвокат, но мне кажется, что он никогда не изучал юриспруденцию и не работал в этой области.

    е) быть действительным по отношению к (кому-л. / чему-л.), относиться к (кому-л. / чему-л.)

    that goes for me — это относится ко мне; это мое дело

    I don't care if Pittsburgh chokes. And that goes for Cincinnati, too. (P. G. Wodehouse) — Мне всё равно, если Питсбург задохнётся. То же самое касается Цинциннати.

    - go for broke
    - go for a burton
    32) ( go into)
    а) входить, вступать; принимать участие

    He wanted to go into Parliament. — Он хотел стать членом парламента.

    He went eagerly into the compact. — Он охотно принял участие в сделке.

    The Times has gone into open opposition to the Government on all points except foreign policy. — “Таймс” встал в открытую оппозицию к правительству по всем вопросам, кроме внешней политики.

    Syn:
    take part, undertake
    б) впадать ( в истерику); приходить ( в ярость)

    the man who went into ecstasies at discovering that Cape Breton was an island — человек, который впал в экстаз, обнаружив, что мыс Бретон является островом

    I nearly went into hysterics. — Я был на грани истерики.

    в) начинать заниматься (чем-л. в качестве профессии, должности, занятия)

    He went keenly into dairying. — Он активно занялся производством молочных продуктов.

    He went into practice for himself. — Он самостоятельно занялся практикой.

    Hicks naturally went into law. — Хикс, естественно, занялся правом.

    г) носить (о стиле в одежде; особенно носить траур)

    to go into long dresses, trousers, etc. — носить длинные платья, брюки

    She shocked Mrs. Spark by refusing to go into full mourning. — Она шокировала миссис Спарк, отказываясь носить полный траур.

    д) расследовать, тщательно рассматривать, изучать

    We cannot of course go into the history of these wars. — Естественно, мы не можем во всех подробностях рассмотреть историю этих войн.

    - go into details
    - go into detail
    - go into abeyance
    - go into action
    33) ( go off) разлюбить (что-л.), потерять интерес к (чему-л.)

    I simply don't feel anything for him any more. In fact, I've gone off him. — Я просто не испытываю больше к нему никаких чувств. По существу, я его разлюбила.

    34) ( go over)
    а) перечитывать; повторять

    The schoolboy goes over his lesson, before going up before the master. — Ученик повторяет свой урок, прежде чем отвечать учителю.

    He went over the explanation two or three times. — Он повторил объяснение два или три раза.

    Syn:
    б) внимательно изучать, тщательно рассматривать; проводить осмотр

    We went over the house thoroughly before buying it. — Мы тщательно осмотрели дом, прежде чем купить его.

    I've asked the garage people to go over my car thoroughly. — Я попросил людей в сервисе тщательно осмотреть машину.

    Harry and I have been going over old letters. — Гарри и я просматривали старые письма.

    We must go over the account books together. — Нам надо вместе проглядеть бухгалтерские книги.

    35) ( go through)

    It would take far too long to go through all the propositions. — Изучение всех предложений займёт слишком много времени.

    б) пережить, перенести (что-л.)

    All that men go through may be absolutely the best for them. — Все испытания, которым подвергается человек, могут оказаться для него благом.

    Syn:
    в) проходить (какие-л. этапы)

    The disease went through the whole city. — Болезнь распространилась по всему городу.

    д) осматривать, обыскивать

    The girls were "going through" a drunken sailor. — Девицы обшаривали пьяного моряка.

    е) износить до дыр (об одежде, обуви)
    ж) поглощать, расходовать (что-л.)
    36) ( go to)
    а) обращаться к (кому-л. / чему-л.)

    She need not go to others for her bons mots. — Ей нет нужды искать у других остроумные словечки.

    б) переходить к (кому-л.) в собственность, доставаться (кому-л.)

    The house went to the elder son. — Дом достался старшему сыну.

    The money I had saved went to the doctors. — Деньги, которые я скопил, пошли на докторов.

    The dukedom went to his brother. — Титул герцога перешёл к его брату.

    And the Oscar goes to… — Итак, «Оскар» достаётся…

    в) быть составной частью (чего-л.); вести к (какому-л. результату)

    These are the bones which go to form the head and trunk. — Это кости, которые формируют череп и скелет.

    Whole gardens of roses go to one drop of the attar. — Для того, чтобы получить одну каплю розового масла, нужны целые сады роз.

    This only goes to prove the point. — Это только доказывает утверждение.

    г) составлять, равняться (чему-л.)

    Sixteen ounces go to the pound. — Шестнадцать унций составляют один фунт.

    How many go to a crew with you, captain? — Из скольких человек состоит ваша команда, капитан?

    д) брать на себя (расходы, труд)

    Don't go to any trouble. — Не беспокойтесь.

    Few publishers go to the trouble of giving the number of copies for an edition. — Немногие издатели берут на себя труд указать количество экземпляров издания.

    The tenant went to very needless expense. — Арендатор пошёл на абсолютно ненужные расходы.

    37) ( go under) относиться (к какой-л. группе, классу)

    This word goes under G. — Это слово помещено под G.

    38) ( go with)
    а) быть заодно с (кем-л.), быть на чьей-л. стороне

    My sympathies went strongly with the lady. — Все мои симпатии были полностью на стороне леди.

    б) сопутствовать (чему-л.), идти, происходить вместе с (чем-л.)

    Criminality habitually went with dirtiness. — Преступность и грязь обычно шли бок о бок.

    Syn:
    в) понимать, следить с пониманием за (речью, мыслью)

    The Court declared the deed a nullity on the ground that the mind of the mortgagee did not go with the deed she signed. — Суд признал документ недействительным на том основании, что кредитор по закладной не понимала содержания документа, который она подписала.

    г) разг. встречаться с (кем-л.), проводить время с (кем-л. - в качестве друга, подружки)

    The "young ladies" he had "gone with" and "had feelin's about" were now staid matrons. — "Молодые леди", с которыми он "дружил" и к которым он "питал чувства", стали солидными матронами.

    39) ( go upon)
    а) разг. использовать (что-л.) в качестве свидетельства или отправного пункта

    You see, this gave me something to go upon. — Видишь ли, это дало мне хоть что-то, с чего я могу начать.

    б) брать в свои руки; брать на себя ответственность

    I cannot bear to see things botched or gone upon with ignorance. — Я не могу видеть, как берутся за дела либо халтурно, либо ничего в них не понимая.

    40) (go + прил.)

    He went dead about three months ago. — Он умер около трех месяцев назад.

    She went pale. — Она побледнела.

    He went bankrupt. — Он обанкротился.

    Syn:
    б) продолжать (какое-л.) действие, продолжать пребывать в (каком-л.) состоянии

    We both love going barefoot on the beach. — Мы оба любим ходить босиком по пляжу.

    Most of their work seems to have gone unnoticed. — Кажется, большая часть их работы осталась незамеченной.

    The powers could not allow such an act of terrorism to go unpunished. — Власти не могут допустить, чтобы террористический акт прошёл безнаказанно.

    It seems as if it were going to rain. — Такое впечатление, что сейчас пойдёт дождь.

    Lambs are to be sold to those who are going to keep them. — Ягнята должны быть проданы тем, кто собирается их выращивать.

    42) (go and do smth.) разг. пойти и сделать что-л.

    The fool has gone and got married. — Этот дурак взял и женился.

    He might go and hang himself for all they cared. — Он может повеситься, им на это абсолютно наплевать.

    Oh, go and pick up pizza, for heaven's sake! — Ради бога, пойди купи, наконец, пиццу.

    - go across
    - go ahead
    - go along
    - go away
    - go back
    - go before
    - go by
    - go down
    - go forth
    - go forward
    - go together
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    to go back a long way — давно знать друг друга, быть давними знакомыми

    to go short — испытывать недостаток в чём-л.; находиться в стеснённых обстоятельствах

    to go the way of nature / all the earth / all flesh / all living — скончаться, разделить участь всех смертных

    to let oneself go — дать волю себе, своим чувствам

    Go to Jericho / Bath / Hong Kong / Putney / Halifax! — Иди к чёрту! Убирайся!

    - go far
    - go bush
    - go ape
    - go amiss
    - go dry
    - go astray
    - go on instruments
    - go a long way
    - go postal
    - Go to!
    - Go to it!
    - let it go at that
    - go like blazes
    - go with the tide
    - go with the times
    - go along with you!
    - go easy
    - go up King Street
    - go figure
    - go it
    - go the extra mile
    - go to the wall
    2. сущ.; разг.
    1) движение, хождение, ходьба; уст. походка

    He has been on the go since morning. — Он с утра на ногах.

    2)
    а) ретивость, горячность ( первоначально о лошадях); напористость, энергичность; бодрость, живость; рвение

    The job requires a man with a lot of go. — Для этой работы требуется очень энергичный человек.

    Physically, he is a wonderful man - very wiry, and full of energy and go. — Физически он превосходен - крепкий, полный энергии и напористости.

    Syn:
    б) энергичная деятельность; тяжелая, требующая напряжения работа

    Believe me, it's all go with these tycoons, mate. — Поверь мне, приятель, это все деятельность этих заправил.

    3) разг. происшествие; неожиданный поворот событий (то, которое вызывает затруднения)

    queer go, rum go — странное дело, странный поворот событий

    4)

    Let me have a go at fixing it. — Дай я попробую починить это.

    - have a go
    Syn:
    б) соревнование, борьба; состязание на приз ( в боксе)

    Cost me five dollars the other day to see the tamest kind of a go. There wasn't a knockdown in ten rounds. — На днях я потратил пять долларов, чтобы увидеть самое мирное состязание. За десять раундов не было ни одного нокдауна.

    в) приступ, припадок ( о болезни)
    5)
    а) количество чего-л., предоставляемое за один раз
    б) разг. бокал ( вина); порция ( еды)

    "The score!" he burst out. "Three goes o' rum!" (R. L. Stevenson, Treasure Island) — А деньги? - крикнул он. - За три кружки! (пер. Н. Чуковского)

    б) карт. "Мимо" (возглас игрока, объявляющего проход в криббидже)
    7) разг.
    а) успех, успешное дело
    б) соглашение, сделка
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    all the go, quite the go — последний крик моды

    first go — первым делом, сразу же

    II [gɔ] сущ.; япон.
    го (настольная игра, в ходе которой двое участников по очереди выставляют на доску фишки-"камни", стремясь окружить "камни" противника своими и захватить как можно большую территорию)

    Англо-русский современный словарь > go

  • 9 historic

    •• historic, historical, historically

    •• * Существование в английском языке двух слов – historic и historical – имеет два противоречащих друг другу следствия. Во-первых, в устной речи нередко смешение этих слов. Мне приходилось слышать, как о событии, еще не «ушедшем в историю» и даже еще не состоявшемся, говорили It is/ will be a/ an historical event. Конечно, правильнее в данном случае historic или history-making. Но и historical event тоже правильно в определенных контекстах:
    •• What historical event do you wish you could stop? If you could go back in time and prevent anything in history from having happened ( as opposed to just passively watching it happen), what particular incident in history would you most want to stop from happening and is there any reason why? (c сайта http://uplink.space.com).
    •• С другой стороны, иногда различие между этими словами существенно и должно учитываться переводчиком. Слово historical, как мне кажется, шире русского исторический, так как охватывает все, что имеет отношение к прошлому, а русское слово – только то, что говорящий интуитивно относит к «истории», т.е. к историческому процессу, «историческим судьбам» и т.п. Русское слово часто, хотя и не всегда, «возвышенней». Среди исключений – например, словосочетание историческая справка. И все же более «бытовой» характер английского слова позволяет употреблять его в тех ситуациях, где говорящий по-русски скорее всего скажет иначе.
    •• В выступлении Кондолисы Райс перед комиссией по расследованию событий 11 сентября это слово встретилось пять раз, плюс historically в значении, о котором будет сказано ниже:
    •• Historically, democratic societies have been slow to react to gathering threats, tending instead to wait to confront threats until they are too dangerous to ignore or until it is too late. – Исторический опыт (или просто опыт) свидетельствует о том, что...
    •• Далее Райс трижды употребляет это слово в отношении документа, представленного президенту Бушу 6 августа 2001 года (о возможных действиях «Аль-Каиды»):
    •• I was in a press conference to try and describe the Aug. 6 memo, which I’ve talked about here in the – my opening remarks and which I talked about with you in the private session. And I said at one point that this was a historical memo, that it was not based on new threat information. <...>
    •• It was not a particular threat report. And there was historical information in there about – about various aspects of al Qaeda’s operations. <...> It did not warn of attacks inside the United States. It was historical information based on old reporting. There was no new threat information. And it did not, in fact, warn of any coming attacks inside the United States.
    •• Один из членов комиссии (демократ) ухватился за эту формулировку:
    •• Well, did you not – you have indicated here that this was some historical document. And I am asking you whether it is not the case that you learned in the P.D.B. memo of Aug. 6 that the F.B.I. was saying that it had information suggesting that preparations, not historically, but ongoing, along with these numerous full field investigations against al Qaeda cells, that preparations were being made consistent with hijackings within the United States.
    •• Конечно, по-русски в данном случае просто невозможно сказать исторический документ, хотя можно – историческая справка, но предпочтительно все же, по-моему, справочный материал, справочная информация. В вопросе – not historically, but ongoing – возможен вариант не в историческом разрезе, а в текущем плане.
    •• Далее у Райс интересная оговорка, тут же исправленная:
    •• This was a historic memo – historical memo prepared by the agency because the president was asking questions about what we knew about the inside.
    •• Исправление оговорки – признак существенного различия двух слов. (Кстати, в качестве антонима historical появляется слово, неоднократно всплывавшее в ходе слушаний и не поддающееся однословному переводу, – actionable:
    •• The president was told this is historical information. I am told he was told this is historical information. And there was nothing actionable in this. The president knew that the F.B.I. was pursuing this issue. The president knew that the director of central intelligence was pursuing this issue. And there was no new threat information in this document to pursue.
    •• Actionable information – пока не могу предложить ничего кроме информация, требующая/ дающая основания для конкретных действий. Длинно.)
    •• Конечно, «оппозиция Его Величества» не замедлила поиграть со словом historical. Из редакционной статьи New York Times:
    •• The administration argument that it had only gotten intelligence about potential terrorist attacks abroad in the summer of 2001 was rather drastically undermined when Ms. Rice revealed, under questioning, that the briefing given Mr. Bush by the C.I.A. on Aug. 6, 2001, was titledBin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States.Ms. Rice continues to insist that the information was historicalrather than a warning of something likely to occur.
    •• Еще более хлестко (но абсолютно неизбежно, удержаться от игры слов невозможно):
    •• What should have made Condi hysterical, she deemedhistorical.” (Maureen Dowd)
    •• Последний пример, кстати, заставляет все-таки выбрать в переводе вариант историческая справка, чтобы попробовать передать игру слов, но все равно сделать это непросто:
    •• Информация, способная вызвать истерическую реакцию, для Конди – не более чем историческая справка.
    •• А теперь о наречии historically. Словари – как толковые, так и переводные, – как правило, не дают отдельного определения или перевода наречий с - ly, считая, что все и так ясно – их смысл и перевод вытекают из соответствующего прилагательного. Но это далеко не всегда так. В статье из New York Times, попавшей в обзор зарубежной прессы на радио «Эхо Москвы», встретилось: Iran has historically denied that it is pursuing a nuclear weapons program. Ведущая так и сказала: Иран исторически отрицал (и т.д.). Здесь, конечно, нужно просто всегда или неизменно. В некоторых случаях хорошо подойдет русское наречие традиционно: historically black colleges – традиционно негритянские колледжи (здесь это прилагательное, по-моему, вполне приемлемо), historically underutilized businesses – компании, традиционно недопредставленные среди подрядчиков, historically disadvantaged – традиционно находящиеся в тяжелом положении. Иногда подходящее русское соответствие – по многолетним наблюдениям ( This is not uncommon historically for the month of April). Наконец, контекст может подсказать и такой вариант, как беспрецедентно: Historically high growth in employment.
    •• Интересный пример из статьи У. Пфаффа в International Herald Tribune:
    •• Historically, in joint ventures with U.S. government and industry, U.S. security and proprietary restraints nearly always have forced the European partners into subordinate roles.
    •• Здесь самый лучший перевод – просто раньше, прежде.
    •• Слово historically, на мой взгляд, не является многозначным, у него одно довольно широкое и несколько расплывчатое значение, но в переводе оно начинает играть своими различными гранями. Разумеется, в приведенном выше примере возможен и перевод Исторически сложилось так, что...
    •• В отличие от historically наречие indefinitely дается в большинстве словарей (например, в БАРСе и ABBYY Lingvo) как отдельная словарная статья. Но упущено довольно частое употребление indefinitely в значении, близком к until further notice. Пример из New York Times:
    •• Thomas Krens, the foundation director, acknowledged as unrealistic the prospect of financing the $950 million project at a time when the museum is cutting budget, staff and programs. Beginning Sunday, for example, the Guggenheim Las Vegas is to go dark indefinitely.
    •• Перевод напрашивается: на неопределенный срок. Кстати, to go dark – есть ли это в словарях? Обычно так говорят, когда, скажем, музей, театр или web-сайт прерывают работу на некоторое время – с возможностью ее возобновления.
    •• Еще один пример интересного с точки зрения перевода и лексикографии употребления наречия (для контекста даю несколько предшествующих фраз):
    •• After months of inaction, I finally turned to former President Bush, who immediately interceded with Crown Prince Abdallah on the FBI’s behalf. <...> The Saudis immediately acceded. <...> Mr. Bush typically disclaimed any credit for his critical intervention, but he earned the gratitude of many FBI agents and the Khobar families. (American Justice for Khobar Heroes. By Louis J. Freeh. Wall Street Journal)
    •• Typically здесь нельзя переводить как типично или даже что для него типично. В каких-то случаях может подойти разговорное что характерно. Но лучше, конечно, в свойственной ему манере или как обычно. Думаю, в двуязычном словаре для такого примера должно найтись место. Во-первых, он показывает идиоматичное употребление английского наречия. Во-вторых, подсказывает перевод.
    •• Наречия типа confusingly обычно не включаются в словари в качестве отдельной статьи. Считается, что перевод таких слов, как amazingly или startlingly, не должен вызывать трудностей, но это не всегда так. На конференции по товарным знакам встретилось выражение confusingly similar. В юридическом словаре есть confusion in trademarks – смешение товарных знаков. Соответственно confusingly similar – схожий/ аналогичный до степени смешения (принятый практиками перевод). Пожалуй, это стоит включить не только в специальный словарь.

    English-Russian nonsystematic dictionary > historic

  • 10 historical

    •• historic, historical, historically

    •• * Существование в английском языке двух слов – historic и historical – имеет два противоречащих друг другу следствия. Во-первых, в устной речи нередко смешение этих слов. Мне приходилось слышать, как о событии, еще не «ушедшем в историю» и даже еще не состоявшемся, говорили It is/ will be a/ an historical event. Конечно, правильнее в данном случае historic или history-making. Но и historical event тоже правильно в определенных контекстах:
    •• What historical event do you wish you could stop? If you could go back in time and prevent anything in history from having happened ( as opposed to just passively watching it happen), what particular incident in history would you most want to stop from happening and is there any reason why? (c сайта http://uplink.space.com).
    •• С другой стороны, иногда различие между этими словами существенно и должно учитываться переводчиком. Слово historical, как мне кажется, шире русского исторический, так как охватывает все, что имеет отношение к прошлому, а русское слово – только то, что говорящий интуитивно относит к «истории», т.е. к историческому процессу, «историческим судьбам» и т.п. Русское слово часто, хотя и не всегда, «возвышенней». Среди исключений – например, словосочетание историческая справка. И все же более «бытовой» характер английского слова позволяет употреблять его в тех ситуациях, где говорящий по-русски скорее всего скажет иначе.
    •• В выступлении Кондолисы Райс перед комиссией по расследованию событий 11 сентября это слово встретилось пять раз, плюс historically в значении, о котором будет сказано ниже:
    •• Historically, democratic societies have been slow to react to gathering threats, tending instead to wait to confront threats until they are too dangerous to ignore or until it is too late. – Исторический опыт (или просто опыт) свидетельствует о том, что...
    •• Далее Райс трижды употребляет это слово в отношении документа, представленного президенту Бушу 6 августа 2001 года (о возможных действиях «Аль-Каиды»):
    •• I was in a press conference to try and describe the Aug. 6 memo, which I’ve talked about here in the – my opening remarks and which I talked about with you in the private session. And I said at one point that this was a historical memo, that it was not based on new threat information. <...>
    •• It was not a particular threat report. And there was historical information in there about – about various aspects of al Qaeda’s operations. <...> It did not warn of attacks inside the United States. It was historical information based on old reporting. There was no new threat information. And it did not, in fact, warn of any coming attacks inside the United States.
    •• Один из членов комиссии (демократ) ухватился за эту формулировку:
    •• Well, did you not – you have indicated here that this was some historical document. And I am asking you whether it is not the case that you learned in the P.D.B. memo of Aug. 6 that the F.B.I. was saying that it had information suggesting that preparations, not historically, but ongoing, along with these numerous full field investigations against al Qaeda cells, that preparations were being made consistent with hijackings within the United States.
    •• Конечно, по-русски в данном случае просто невозможно сказать исторический документ, хотя можно – историческая справка, но предпочтительно все же, по-моему, справочный материал, справочная информация. В вопросе – not historically, but ongoing – возможен вариант не в историческом разрезе, а в текущем плане.
    •• Далее у Райс интересная оговорка, тут же исправленная:
    •• This was a historic memo – historical memo prepared by the agency because the president was asking questions about what we knew about the inside.
    •• Исправление оговорки – признак существенного различия двух слов. (Кстати, в качестве антонима historical появляется слово, неоднократно всплывавшее в ходе слушаний и не поддающееся однословному переводу, – actionable:
    •• The president was told this is historical information. I am told he was told this is historical information. And there was nothing actionable in this. The president knew that the F.B.I. was pursuing this issue. The president knew that the director of central intelligence was pursuing this issue. And there was no new threat information in this document to pursue.
    •• Actionable information – пока не могу предложить ничего кроме информация, требующая/ дающая основания для конкретных действий. Длинно.)
    •• Конечно, «оппозиция Его Величества» не замедлила поиграть со словом historical. Из редакционной статьи New York Times:
    •• The administration argument that it had only gotten intelligence about potential terrorist attacks abroad in the summer of 2001 was rather drastically undermined when Ms. Rice revealed, under questioning, that the briefing given Mr. Bush by the C.I.A. on Aug. 6, 2001, was titledBin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States.Ms. Rice continues to insist that the information was historicalrather than a warning of something likely to occur.
    •• Еще более хлестко (но абсолютно неизбежно, удержаться от игры слов невозможно):
    •• What should have made Condi hysterical, she deemedhistorical.” (Maureen Dowd)
    •• Последний пример, кстати, заставляет все-таки выбрать в переводе вариант историческая справка, чтобы попробовать передать игру слов, но все равно сделать это непросто:
    •• Информация, способная вызвать истерическую реакцию, для Конди – не более чем историческая справка.
    •• А теперь о наречии historically. Словари – как толковые, так и переводные, – как правило, не дают отдельного определения или перевода наречий с - ly, считая, что все и так ясно – их смысл и перевод вытекают из соответствующего прилагательного. Но это далеко не всегда так. В статье из New York Times, попавшей в обзор зарубежной прессы на радио «Эхо Москвы», встретилось: Iran has historically denied that it is pursuing a nuclear weapons program. Ведущая так и сказала: Иран исторически отрицал (и т.д.). Здесь, конечно, нужно просто всегда или неизменно. В некоторых случаях хорошо подойдет русское наречие традиционно: historically black colleges – традиционно негритянские колледжи (здесь это прилагательное, по-моему, вполне приемлемо), historically underutilized businesses – компании, традиционно недопредставленные среди подрядчиков, historically disadvantaged – традиционно находящиеся в тяжелом положении. Иногда подходящее русское соответствие – по многолетним наблюдениям ( This is not uncommon historically for the month of April). Наконец, контекст может подсказать и такой вариант, как беспрецедентно: Historically high growth in employment.
    •• Интересный пример из статьи У. Пфаффа в International Herald Tribune:
    •• Historically, in joint ventures with U.S. government and industry, U.S. security and proprietary restraints nearly always have forced the European partners into subordinate roles.
    •• Здесь самый лучший перевод – просто раньше, прежде.
    •• Слово historically, на мой взгляд, не является многозначным, у него одно довольно широкое и несколько расплывчатое значение, но в переводе оно начинает играть своими различными гранями. Разумеется, в приведенном выше примере возможен и перевод Исторически сложилось так, что...
    •• В отличие от historically наречие indefinitely дается в большинстве словарей (например, в БАРСе и ABBYY Lingvo) как отдельная словарная статья. Но упущено довольно частое употребление indefinitely в значении, близком к until further notice. Пример из New York Times:
    •• Thomas Krens, the foundation director, acknowledged as unrealistic the prospect of financing the $950 million project at a time when the museum is cutting budget, staff and programs. Beginning Sunday, for example, the Guggenheim Las Vegas is to go dark indefinitely.
    •• Перевод напрашивается: на неопределенный срок. Кстати, to go dark – есть ли это в словарях? Обычно так говорят, когда, скажем, музей, театр или web-сайт прерывают работу на некоторое время – с возможностью ее возобновления.
    •• Еще один пример интересного с точки зрения перевода и лексикографии употребления наречия (для контекста даю несколько предшествующих фраз):
    •• After months of inaction, I finally turned to former President Bush, who immediately interceded with Crown Prince Abdallah on the FBI’s behalf. <...> The Saudis immediately acceded. <...> Mr. Bush typically disclaimed any credit for his critical intervention, but he earned the gratitude of many FBI agents and the Khobar families. (American Justice for Khobar Heroes. By Louis J. Freeh. Wall Street Journal)
    •• Typically здесь нельзя переводить как типично или даже что для него типично. В каких-то случаях может подойти разговорное что характерно. Но лучше, конечно, в свойственной ему манере или как обычно. Думаю, в двуязычном словаре для такого примера должно найтись место. Во-первых, он показывает идиоматичное употребление английского наречия. Во-вторых, подсказывает перевод.
    •• Наречия типа confusingly обычно не включаются в словари в качестве отдельной статьи. Считается, что перевод таких слов, как amazingly или startlingly, не должен вызывать трудностей, но это не всегда так. На конференции по товарным знакам встретилось выражение confusingly similar. В юридическом словаре есть confusion in trademarks – смешение товарных знаков. Соответственно confusingly similar – схожий/ аналогичный до степени смешения (принятый практиками перевод). Пожалуй, это стоит включить не только в специальный словарь.

    English-Russian nonsystematic dictionary > historical

  • 11 historically

    •• historic, historical, historically

    •• * Существование в английском языке двух слов – historic и historical – имеет два противоречащих друг другу следствия. Во-первых, в устной речи нередко смешение этих слов. Мне приходилось слышать, как о событии, еще не «ушедшем в историю» и даже еще не состоявшемся, говорили It is/ will be a/ an historical event. Конечно, правильнее в данном случае historic или history-making. Но и historical event тоже правильно в определенных контекстах:
    •• What historical event do you wish you could stop? If you could go back in time and prevent anything in history from having happened ( as opposed to just passively watching it happen), what particular incident in history would you most want to stop from happening and is there any reason why? (c сайта http://uplink.space.com).
    •• С другой стороны, иногда различие между этими словами существенно и должно учитываться переводчиком. Слово historical, как мне кажется, шире русского исторический, так как охватывает все, что имеет отношение к прошлому, а русское слово – только то, что говорящий интуитивно относит к «истории», т.е. к историческому процессу, «историческим судьбам» и т.п. Русское слово часто, хотя и не всегда, «возвышенней». Среди исключений – например, словосочетание историческая справка. И все же более «бытовой» характер английского слова позволяет употреблять его в тех ситуациях, где говорящий по-русски скорее всего скажет иначе.
    •• В выступлении Кондолисы Райс перед комиссией по расследованию событий 11 сентября это слово встретилось пять раз, плюс historically в значении, о котором будет сказано ниже:
    •• Historically, democratic societies have been slow to react to gathering threats, tending instead to wait to confront threats until they are too dangerous to ignore or until it is too late. – Исторический опыт (или просто опыт) свидетельствует о том, что...
    •• Далее Райс трижды употребляет это слово в отношении документа, представленного президенту Бушу 6 августа 2001 года (о возможных действиях «Аль-Каиды»):
    •• I was in a press conference to try and describe the Aug. 6 memo, which I’ve talked about here in the – my opening remarks and which I talked about with you in the private session. And I said at one point that this was a historical memo, that it was not based on new threat information. <...>
    •• It was not a particular threat report. And there was historical information in there about – about various aspects of al Qaeda’s operations. <...> It did not warn of attacks inside the United States. It was historical information based on old reporting. There was no new threat information. And it did not, in fact, warn of any coming attacks inside the United States.
    •• Один из членов комиссии (демократ) ухватился за эту формулировку:
    •• Well, did you not – you have indicated here that this was some historical document. And I am asking you whether it is not the case that you learned in the P.D.B. memo of Aug. 6 that the F.B.I. was saying that it had information suggesting that preparations, not historically, but ongoing, along with these numerous full field investigations against al Qaeda cells, that preparations were being made consistent with hijackings within the United States.
    •• Конечно, по-русски в данном случае просто невозможно сказать исторический документ, хотя можно – историческая справка, но предпочтительно все же, по-моему, справочный материал, справочная информация. В вопросе – not historically, but ongoing – возможен вариант не в историческом разрезе, а в текущем плане.
    •• Далее у Райс интересная оговорка, тут же исправленная:
    •• This was a historic memo – historical memo prepared by the agency because the president was asking questions about what we knew about the inside.
    •• Исправление оговорки – признак существенного различия двух слов. (Кстати, в качестве антонима historical появляется слово, неоднократно всплывавшее в ходе слушаний и не поддающееся однословному переводу, – actionable:
    •• The president was told this is historical information. I am told he was told this is historical information. And there was nothing actionable in this. The president knew that the F.B.I. was pursuing this issue. The president knew that the director of central intelligence was pursuing this issue. And there was no new threat information in this document to pursue.
    •• Actionable information – пока не могу предложить ничего кроме информация, требующая/ дающая основания для конкретных действий. Длинно.)
    •• Конечно, «оппозиция Его Величества» не замедлила поиграть со словом historical. Из редакционной статьи New York Times:
    •• The administration argument that it had only gotten intelligence about potential terrorist attacks abroad in the summer of 2001 was rather drastically undermined when Ms. Rice revealed, under questioning, that the briefing given Mr. Bush by the C.I.A. on Aug. 6, 2001, was titledBin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States.Ms. Rice continues to insist that the information was historicalrather than a warning of something likely to occur.
    •• Еще более хлестко (но абсолютно неизбежно, удержаться от игры слов невозможно):
    •• What should have made Condi hysterical, she deemedhistorical.” (Maureen Dowd)
    •• Последний пример, кстати, заставляет все-таки выбрать в переводе вариант историческая справка, чтобы попробовать передать игру слов, но все равно сделать это непросто:
    •• Информация, способная вызвать истерическую реакцию, для Конди – не более чем историческая справка.
    •• А теперь о наречии historically. Словари – как толковые, так и переводные, – как правило, не дают отдельного определения или перевода наречий с - ly, считая, что все и так ясно – их смысл и перевод вытекают из соответствующего прилагательного. Но это далеко не всегда так. В статье из New York Times, попавшей в обзор зарубежной прессы на радио «Эхо Москвы», встретилось: Iran has historically denied that it is pursuing a nuclear weapons program. Ведущая так и сказала: Иран исторически отрицал (и т.д.). Здесь, конечно, нужно просто всегда или неизменно. В некоторых случаях хорошо подойдет русское наречие традиционно: historically black colleges – традиционно негритянские колледжи (здесь это прилагательное, по-моему, вполне приемлемо), historically underutilized businesses – компании, традиционно недопредставленные среди подрядчиков, historically disadvantaged – традиционно находящиеся в тяжелом положении. Иногда подходящее русское соответствие – по многолетним наблюдениям ( This is not uncommon historically for the month of April). Наконец, контекст может подсказать и такой вариант, как беспрецедентно: Historically high growth in employment.
    •• Интересный пример из статьи У. Пфаффа в International Herald Tribune:
    •• Historically, in joint ventures with U.S. government and industry, U.S. security and proprietary restraints nearly always have forced the European partners into subordinate roles.
    •• Здесь самый лучший перевод – просто раньше, прежде.
    •• Слово historically, на мой взгляд, не является многозначным, у него одно довольно широкое и несколько расплывчатое значение, но в переводе оно начинает играть своими различными гранями. Разумеется, в приведенном выше примере возможен и перевод Исторически сложилось так, что...
    •• В отличие от historically наречие indefinitely дается в большинстве словарей (например, в БАРСе и ABBYY Lingvo) как отдельная словарная статья. Но упущено довольно частое употребление indefinitely в значении, близком к until further notice. Пример из New York Times:
    •• Thomas Krens, the foundation director, acknowledged as unrealistic the prospect of financing the $950 million project at a time when the museum is cutting budget, staff and programs. Beginning Sunday, for example, the Guggenheim Las Vegas is to go dark indefinitely.
    •• Перевод напрашивается: на неопределенный срок. Кстати, to go dark – есть ли это в словарях? Обычно так говорят, когда, скажем, музей, театр или web-сайт прерывают работу на некоторое время – с возможностью ее возобновления.
    •• Еще один пример интересного с точки зрения перевода и лексикографии употребления наречия (для контекста даю несколько предшествующих фраз):
    •• After months of inaction, I finally turned to former President Bush, who immediately interceded with Crown Prince Abdallah on the FBI’s behalf. <...> The Saudis immediately acceded. <...> Mr. Bush typically disclaimed any credit for his critical intervention, but he earned the gratitude of many FBI agents and the Khobar families. (American Justice for Khobar Heroes. By Louis J. Freeh. Wall Street Journal)
    •• Typically здесь нельзя переводить как типично или даже что для него типично. В каких-то случаях может подойти разговорное что характерно. Но лучше, конечно, в свойственной ему манере или как обычно. Думаю, в двуязычном словаре для такого примера должно найтись место. Во-первых, он показывает идиоматичное употребление английского наречия. Во-вторых, подсказывает перевод.
    •• Наречия типа confusingly обычно не включаются в словари в качестве отдельной статьи. Считается, что перевод таких слов, как amazingly или startlingly, не должен вызывать трудностей, но это не всегда так. На конференции по товарным знакам встретилось выражение confusingly similar. В юридическом словаре есть confusion in trademarks – смешение товарных знаков. Соответственно confusingly similar – схожий/ аналогичный до степени смешения (принятый практиками перевод). Пожалуй, это стоит включить не только в специальный словарь.

    English-Russian nonsystematic dictionary > historically

  • 12 pick up

    1) (to learn gradually, without formal teaching: I never studied Italian - I just picked it up when I was in Italy.) aprender
    2) (to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere: I picked him up at the station and drove him home.) recoger, pasar a buscar
    3) (to get (something) by chance: I picked up a bargain at the shops today.) conseguir, encontrar
    4) (to right (oneself) after a fall etc; to stand up: He fell over and picked himself up again.) ponerse de pie, levantarse
    5) (to collect (something) from somewhere: I ordered some meat from the butcher - I'll pick it up on my way home tonight.) coger, recoger
    6) ((of radio, radar etc) to receive signals: We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.) captar, recibir, sintonizar
    7) (to find; to catch: We lost his trail but picked it up again later; The police picked up the criminal.) encontrar, coger
    1. ir a recoger
    2. recoger
    1) lift: levantar
    2) tidy: arreglar, ordenar
    improve: mejorar
    pick up (Radio station, etc.)
    v.
    captar v.
    v.
    alzar v.
    levantar v.
    recoger v.
    1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
    (gather off floor, ground) recoger*; ( take) tomar, agarrar (esp AmL), coger* (esp Esp); ( lift up) levantar

    to pick oneself up — reponerse*; (lit: after falling) levantarse

    to pick up the tab o (BrE also) bill — cargar* con la cuenta, cargar* con el muerto (fam)

    she picked up the check — (AmE) pagó ella

    2)
    a) ( learn) \<\<language\>\> aprender; \<\<habit\>\> adquirir, agarrar (esp AmL), coger* (esp Esp)

    it's not hard, you'll soon pick it up — no es difícil, ya verás cómo enseguida le agarras la onda or (Esp) le coges el tranquillo (fam)

    b) ( acquire) \<\<bargain\>\> conseguir*, encontrar*
    3)
    a) (collect, fetch) recoger*, pasar a buscar

    could you pick up some eggs for me? — ¿me traes unos huevos?

    b) ( take on board) \<\<passenger\>\> recoger*
    c) ( rescue) rescatar
    d) ( arrest) detener*
    e) (colloq) \<\<man/woman\>\> ligarse* (fam), levantar (AmS fam)
    4)
    a) ( receive) \<\<signal\>\> captar, recibir
    b) ( detect) detectar
    5) ( resume) \<\<conversation\>\> reanudar
    6) v + adv + o
    a) ( earn) (colloq) hacer* (fam), sacar* (fam)
    b) ( gain) \<\<speed\>\> agarrar, coger* (esp Esp)
    7) ( tidy) (AmE colloq) \<\<room/house\>\> ordenar
    8) v + o + adv
    a) ( revive) reanimar
    b) ( correct) corregir*

    to pick somebody up on something: she picked him up on a few points of historical detail — le señaló algunos detalles históricos donde se había equivocado

    9) v + adv
    a) ( improve) \<\<prices/sales\>\> subir, repuntar; \<\<economy/business\>\> repuntar; \<\<invalid\>\> mejorar, recuperarse; \<\<weather\>\> mejorar
    b) ( resume) seguir*, continuar*
    10) ( notice) (colloq)

    to pick up on something — darse* cuenta de algo

    1. VT + ADV
    1) (=lift) [+ box, suitcase, cat] levantar; [+ dropped object] recoger, coger; (=take hold of) tomar, coger, agarrar (LAm)

    she picked up a pencil and fiddled with ittomó or cogió or (LAm) agarró un lápiz y se puso a enredar con él

    to pick up the bill or tab (for sth) *pagar la cuenta (de algo)

    to pick o.s. up — (lit) levantarse, ponerse de pie; (fig) recuperarse, reponerse

    piece 1., 1)
    2) (=collect) [+ person] recoger, ir a buscar (esp LAm); (=give lift to) [+ hitch-hiker, passenger] recoger, coger

    did you pick up my laundry? — ¿recogiste mi colada?

    3) (=learn) [+ language, skill] aprender; [+ accent, habit] coger, agarrar (LAm), adquirir frm
    4) (=buy) comprar; (=find) [+ bargain] encontrar; (=catch) [+ disease] coger, agarrar (LAm), pillar *

    an old car he picked up for £250 — un coche viejo que compró por 250 libras

    5) * (=earn, gain) ganar, sacarse

    she picks up £400 a week — gana or se saca 400 libras a la semana

    it picked up the best musical awardganó or se llevó el premio al mejor musical

    to pick up speed — acelerar, coger velocidad, tomar velocidad (LAm)

    6) * (sexually) ligarse a *

    are you trying to pick me up? — ¿estás intentando ligar conmigo?

    7) (Rad, TV) [+ station, channel] captar, coger; (Tech) [+ signal] captar, registrar

    we can pick up Italian televisionpodemos captar or coger la televisión italiana

    8) (=notice, detect)

    she picked up every mistakeno se le escapó ni un error

    I had no difficulty picking up the signals he was sending me — (fig) no tuve problemas para captar las indirectas que me estaba mandando

    scent 1., 3)
    9) (=resume) [+ conversation, narrative] continuar; [+ relationship] reanudar; thread 1., 1)
    10) (=focus on)
    11) (=reprimand) reñir, reprender

    she picked him up for using bad languagele riñó or le reprendió por decir palabrotas

    12) (=correct)

    he picked me up on my grammar — me señaló diversas faltas de gramática

    13) (=rescue) recoger, rescatar
    14) (=arrest) detener
    15) (=revive) [+ person] reanimar
    16) (US) * (=tidy) [+ room, house] recoger
    2. VI + ADV
    1) (=improve) [conditions, weather, sales] mejorar; [market, economy] reponerse; [business, trade] ir mejor; [prices] volver a subir
    2) (=increase) [wind] levantarse
    3) (=continue)

    to pick up where one left off[+ activity, conversation, relationship] continuar donde se había dejado

    4) (=notice, react to)

    I was getting nervous and he picked up on that — me estaba poniendo nervioso y él lo captó or se dio cuenta

    5) * (=become involved with)

    to pick up with sb — juntarse con algn

    6) (=tidy up)

    to pick up after sb — ir recogiendo detrás de algn

    * * *
    1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
    (gather off floor, ground) recoger*; ( take) tomar, agarrar (esp AmL), coger* (esp Esp); ( lift up) levantar

    to pick oneself up — reponerse*; (lit: after falling) levantarse

    to pick up the tab o (BrE also) bill — cargar* con la cuenta, cargar* con el muerto (fam)

    she picked up the check — (AmE) pagó ella

    2)
    a) ( learn) \<\<language\>\> aprender; \<\<habit\>\> adquirir, agarrar (esp AmL), coger* (esp Esp)

    it's not hard, you'll soon pick it up — no es difícil, ya verás cómo enseguida le agarras la onda or (Esp) le coges el tranquillo (fam)

    b) ( acquire) \<\<bargain\>\> conseguir*, encontrar*
    3)
    a) (collect, fetch) recoger*, pasar a buscar

    could you pick up some eggs for me? — ¿me traes unos huevos?

    b) ( take on board) \<\<passenger\>\> recoger*
    c) ( rescue) rescatar
    d) ( arrest) detener*
    e) (colloq) \<\<man/woman\>\> ligarse* (fam), levantar (AmS fam)
    4)
    a) ( receive) \<\<signal\>\> captar, recibir
    b) ( detect) detectar
    5) ( resume) \<\<conversation\>\> reanudar
    6) v + adv + o
    a) ( earn) (colloq) hacer* (fam), sacar* (fam)
    b) ( gain) \<\<speed\>\> agarrar, coger* (esp Esp)
    7) ( tidy) (AmE colloq) \<\<room/house\>\> ordenar
    8) v + o + adv
    a) ( revive) reanimar
    b) ( correct) corregir*

    to pick somebody up on something: she picked him up on a few points of historical detail — le señaló algunos detalles históricos donde se había equivocado

    9) v + adv
    a) ( improve) \<\<prices/sales\>\> subir, repuntar; \<\<economy/business\>\> repuntar; \<\<invalid\>\> mejorar, recuperarse; \<\<weather\>\> mejorar
    b) ( resume) seguir*, continuar*
    10) ( notice) (colloq)

    to pick up on something — darse* cuenta de algo

    English-spanish dictionary > pick up

  • 13 carry

    1. transitive verb
    1) (transport) tragen; (with emphasis on destination) bringen; [Strom:] spülen; [Verkehrsmittel:] befördern

    carry all before one(fig.) nicht aufzuhalten sein

    2) (conduct) leiten

    carry something into effectetwas in die Tat umsetzen

    3) (support) tragen; (contain) fassen
    4) (have with one)

    carry [with one] — bei sich haben od. tragen; tragen [Waffe, Kennzeichen]

    5) (possess) besitzen [Autorität, Gewicht]; see also academic.ru/15886/conviction">conviction 2)
    6) (hold)

    she carries herself wellsie hat eine gute Haltung

    7) (prolong)

    carry modesty/altruism etc. to excess — die Bescheidenheit/den Altruismus usw. bis zum Exzess treiben

    8) (Math.): (transfer) im Sinn behalten

    carry oneeins im Sinn

    9) (win) durchbringen [Antrag, Gesetzentwurf, Vorschlag]

    carry the dayden Sieg davontragen

    2. intransitive verb
    [Stimme, Laut:] zu hören sein
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    ['kæri]
    1) (to take from one place etc to another: She carried the child over the river; Flies carry disease.) tragen
    2) (to go from one place to another: Sound carries better over water.) reichen; übertragen
    3) (to support: These stone columns carry the weight of the whole building.) tragen
    4) (to have or hold: This job carries great responsibility.) mit sich bringen
    5) (to approve (a bill etc) by a majority of votes: The parliamentary bill was carried by forty-two votes.) durchsetzen
    6) (to hold (oneself) in a certain way: He carries himself like a soldier.) sich haben

    ((slang) a fuss; excited behaviour.)

    ((of bags or cases) that passengers can carry with them on board a plane.)

    - carry-all
    - carry-cot
    - be/get carried away
    - carry forward
    - carry off
    - carry on
    - carry out
    - carry weight
    * * *
    car·ry
    <- ie->
    [ˈkæri, AM ˈkeri]
    I. vt
    1. (bear)
    to \carry sb/sth jdn/etw tragen
    to \carry sb piggyback jdn huckepack tragen
    to \carry sth around etw mit sich dat herumtragen
    2. (move)
    to \carry sb/sth somewhere jdn/etw irgendwohin tragen
    the wind carried the leaves up in the air der Wind wirbelte die Blätter hoch
    to be carried downstream/down the river flussabwärts treiben
    to \carry sb/sth jdn/etw transportieren [o befördern]
    the bus was \carrying our children to school der Bus brachte unsere Kinder zur Schule
    the truck was not \carrying a load der Lastwagen war nicht beladen
    the stranded ship was \carrying cargo das gestrandete Schiff hatte eine Ladung an Bord
    4. (sustain the weight of)
    to \carry sb/sth jdn/etw tragen
    I'm so tired my legs won't \carry me ich bin so müde, ich kann mich kaum mehr auf den Beinen halten
    5. (have with you)
    to \carry sth [with one] etw bei sich dat haben [o tragen]
    it's risky to \carry a knife/revolver [with you] es ist riskant, ein Messer/einen Revolver bei sich zu tragen
    she always carries a picture of her mother with her [in her wallet] sie hat immer ein Bild von ihrer Mutter [in ihrer Brieftasche] bei sich
    6. (retain)
    to \carry sth in one's head etw [im Kopf] behalten
    to \carry the memory of sth [with one] etw in Erinnerung behalten
    7. (have, incur)
    to \carry sth etw haben; (have printed on) etw tragen
    murder used to \carry the death penalty auf Mord stand früher die Todesstrafe
    all cigarette packets \carry a warning auf allen Zigarettenpäckchen steht eine Warnung
    to \carry conviction überzeugend sein
    his speech carried a lot of conviction seine Rede klang sehr überzeugt
    to \carry insurance versichert sein
    to \carry a penalty eine [Geld]strafe nach sich ziehen
    to \carry responsibility Verantwortung tragen
    her job carries a lot of responsibility ihre Stelle bringt viel Verantwortung mit sich, sie trägt in ihrem Job viel Verantwortung
    to \carry sail NAUT Segel gesetzt haben
    to \carry weight with sb (influence) Einfluss auf jdn haben; (impress) jdn beeindrucken
    to \carry sth etw enthalten
    9. MUS
    to \carry a tune eine Melodie halten [können]
    10. (transmit)
    to \carry sth etw übertragen
    to \carry electricity/oil/water Strom/Erdöl/Wasser leiten
    11. MED
    to \carry sth etw übertragen
    malaria is carried by mosquitoes Malaria wird von Stechmücken übertragen
    to \carry sb für jdn aufkommen
    to \carry sth etw tragen; (sustain)
    to \carry an animal through the winter ein Tier über den Winter bringen
    the company is currently being carried by its export sales die Firma wird im Moment durch ihre Exporte getragen
    we cannot afford to \carry people who don't work hard Leute, die nicht hart arbeiten, sind für uns nicht tragbar
    many animals store food in autumn to \carry them through the winter viele Tier sammeln im Herbst Futter um damit durch den Winter zu kommen
    13. (have a certain posture, conduct)
    to \carry oneself:
    you can tell she's a dancer from the way that she carries herself an ihrer Haltung erkennt man gleich, dass sie Tänzerin ist
    to \carry one's head high ( fig) den Kopf hoch tragen fig
    to \carry oneself well sich akk gut halten; (posture also) eine gute Haltung haben
    14. (sell) shop
    to \carry sth etw führen
    15. (win)
    to \carry sb jdn auf seine Seite ziehen
    to \carry sth:
    the president carried most of the southern states der Präsident gewann in den meisten südlichen Bundesstaaten die Wahl
    to \carry the day den Sieg davontragen
    the party's popular plans will surely \carry the day at the next election mit ihren populären Vorhaben wird die Partei die nächsten Wahlen bestimmt für sich entscheiden
    16. usu passive (approve)
    to \carry sth etw dat zustimmen
    his motion was carried unanimously/by 210 votes to 160 sein Antrag wurde einstimmig/mit 210 zu 160 Stimmen angenommen
    17. JOURN
    to \carry sth über etw akk berichten, etw bringen fam
    the newspapers all \carry the same story on their front page die Zeitungen warten alle mit der gleichen Titelstory auf
    18. (develop)
    to \carry sth too far mit etw dat zu weit gehen
    to \carry sb's ideas further jds Ideen weiterentwickeln
    to \carry sth to sth etw zu etw dat führen
    to \carry an argument to its [logical] conclusion ein Argument [bis zum Schluss] durchdenken
    to \carry sth to an end etw zu Ende führen
    to \carry sth to extremes [or its limits] etw bis zum Exzess treiben
    to \carry the joke too far den Spaß zu weit treiben
    19. MATH
    to \carry a number (on paper) eine Zahl übertragen; (in one's head) eine Zahl [im Sinn] behalten
    3, \carry 1 3, behalte 1 [o 1 im Sinn
    20. (be pregnant)
    to \carry a child ein Kind erwarten, schwanger sein
    when I was \carrying Rajiv als ich mit Rajiv schwanger war
    21. (submit)
    to \carry one's complaints to sb jdm seine Beschwerden vortragen
    22. FIN
    to \carry interest Zinsen abwerfen
    the bonds \carry interest at 10% die Wertpapiere werfen 10 % Zinsen ab
    23.
    to \carry all before one/it (be successful) vollen Erfolg haben; ( hum: have big breasts) viel Holz vor der Hütte haben hum
    to have to \carry the can BRIT ( fam) die Sache ausbaden müssen fam
    to \carry a torch for sb ( fam) jdn anhimmeln fam
    II. vi
    1. (be audible) zu hören sein
    the actors' voices carried right to the back die Darsteller waren bis in die letzte Reihe zu hören
    2. (fly) fliegen
    the ball carried high into the air der Ball flog hoch in die Luft
    III. n FIN Kreditkosten pl
    positive/negative \carry finanzieller Gewinn/Verlust
    * * *
    ['krɪ]
    1. vt
    1) load, person, object tragen; message (über)bringen
    2) (vehicle = convey) befördern; goods also transportieren

    a boat carrying missiles to Cuba —

    the wind carried the sound to himder Wind trug die Laute zu ihm hin or an sein Ohr

    3) (= have on person) documents, money bei sich haben or führen (form); gun, sword tragen
    4) (fig)

    he carried his audience (along) with himer riss das Publikum mit, er begeisterte das Publikum

    the loan carries 5% interest — das Darlehen wird mit 5% verzinst

    this job carries extra pay/a lot of responsibility — dieser Posten bringt eine höhere Bezahlung/viel Verantwortung mit sich

    the offence carries a penalty of £50 — auf dies Vergehen or darauf steht eine Geldstrafe von £ 50

    5) (bridge etc = support) tragen, stützen
    6) (COMM) goods, stock führen, (auf Lager) haben
    7) (TECH pipe) water, oil, electricity führen; (wire) sound (weiter)leiten, übertragen
    8) (= extend) führen, (ver)legen
    9) (= win) einnehmen, erobern

    to carry the day —

    to carry all before one ( hum woman ) —, woman ) viel Holz vor der Tür haben (inf)

    the motion was carried unanimously —

    10)

    he carries himself well/like a soldier — er hat eine gute/soldatische Haltung

    11) (PRESS) story, photo bringen
    12) (MED)

    people carrying the AIDS virus — Menschen, die das Aidsvirus in sich (dat) tragen

    13) (= be pregnant with) erwarten, schwanger gehen mit (geh)

    to be carrying a child — schwanger sein, ein Kind erwarten

    14) (MATH)

    ... and carry 2 —... übertrage or behalte 2,... und 2 im Sinn (inf)

    2. vi
    1) (voice, sound) tragen

    the sound of the alphorn carried for milesder Klang des Alphorns war meilenweit zu hören

    2) (ball, arrow) fliegen
    * * *
    carry [ˈkærı]
    A s
    1. Trag-, Schussweite f
    2. Golf: Flugstrecke f (des Balls)
    3. US portage A 3
    B v/t
    1. tragen:
    carry sth in one’s hand;
    he carried his jacket er trug seine Jacke (über dem Arm);
    she lost the baby she was carrying sie verlor das Kind, das sie unter dem Herzen trug;
    pillars carrying an arch bogentragende Pfeiler;
    carry one’s head high den Kopf hoch tragen;
    carry o.s. well
    a) sich gut halten,
    b) sich gut benehmen;
    carry a disease eine Krankheit weitertragen oder verbreiten;
    carry sails SCHIFF Segel führen;
    he knows how to carry his liquor er kann eine Menge (Alkohol) vertragen;
    he can’t carry his liquor er verträgt nichts;
    as fast as his legs could carry him so schnell ihn seine Beine trugen;
    a) auf der ganzen Linie siegen oder erfolgreich sein,
    b) hum viel Holz vor der Hütte (einen großen Busen) haben;
    they carry the British hopes sie tragen oder auf ihnen ruhen die britischen Hoffnungen
    2. fig tragen, (unter)stützen
    3. bringen, tragen, führen, schaffen, befördern:
    a taxi carried me to the station ein Taxi brachte mich zum Bahnhof;
    carry mail BAHN Post befördern;
    the pipes carry water die Rohre führen Wasser; coal A 4
    4. eine Nachricht etc (über)bringen:
    he carried his complaint to the manager er trug seine Beschwerde dem Geschäftsführer vor
    5. mitführen, mit sich oder bei sich tragen:
    carry a watch eine Uhr tragen oder haben;
    carry sth in one’s head fig etwas im Kopf haben oder behalten;
    carry sth with one fig etwas im Geiste mit sich herumtragen
    6. fig (an sich oder zum Inhalt) haben:
    carry conviction überzeugen(d sein oder klingen);
    carry a moral eine Moral (zum Inhalt) haben;
    carry no risk mit keinem Risiko verbunden sein;
    carry (a lot of) weight ( oder authority) Gewicht oder Bedeutung haben, viel gelten ( with bei);
    this does not carry any weight with him das beeindruckt ihn nicht im Mindesten
    7. fig nach sich ziehen, zur Folge haben:
    treason carries the death penalty auf Hochverrat steht die Todesstrafe;
    carry consequences Folgen haben
    8. weiterführen, (hindurch-, hinauf- etc)führen, eine Hecke, Mauer, etc ziehen:
    carry the chimney through the roof den Schornstein durch das Dach führen
    9. fig fortreißen, überwältigen:
    carry the audience with one die Zuhörer mitreißen;
    carry sb to victory SPORT jemanden zum Sieg treiben
    10. fig treiben:
    carry sth too far ( oder to excess) etwas übertreiben oder zu weit treiben;
    carry it with a high hand gebieterisch auftreten
    11. fig
    a) erreichen, durchsetzen:
    carry sth into effect etwas verwirklichen oder ausführen; point A 22
    b) PARL einen Antrag etc durchbringen:
    carry a motion unanimously einen Antrag einstimmig annehmen;
    the motion was carried der Antrag ging durch
    12. fig
    a) einen Preis etc erlangen, erringen, gewinnen
    b) siegreich oder erfolgreich aus einer Wahl etc hervorgehen; day Bes Redew
    c) MIL eine Festung etc (ein)nehmen, erobern
    13. Früchte etc tragen, hervorbringen
    14. Mineralien etc führen, enthalten
    15. tragen, unterhalten, ernähren:
    16. einen Bericht etc bringen:
    the press carried the statement without comment die Presse brachte oder veröffentlichte die Erklärung kommentarlos
    17. WIRTSCH
    a) eine Ware führen
    b) eine Schuld etc in den Büchern führen
    c) Zinsen tragen: interest A 11
    d) eine Versicherung etc zahlen:
    carry insurance versichert sein
    18. JAGD die Spur festhalten (Hund)
    19. MUS einen Ton, eine Melodie tragen
    C v/i
    1. tragen ( auch MUS Ton, Stimme)
    2. den Kopf gut etc halten (Pferd):
    3. tragen, reichen (Stimme, Schusswaffe etc):
    his voice carries far seine Stimme trägt weit
    4. sich gut etc tragen lassen
    5. fliegen (Ball etc)
    6. besonders US Anklang finden, einschlagen umg (Kunstwerk etc)
    * * *
    1. transitive verb
    1) (transport) tragen; (with emphasis on destination) bringen; [Strom:] spülen; [Verkehrsmittel:] befördern

    carry all before one(fig.) nicht aufzuhalten sein

    2) (conduct) leiten
    3) (support) tragen; (contain) fassen

    carry [with one] — bei sich haben od. tragen; tragen [Waffe, Kennzeichen]

    5) (possess) besitzen [Autorität, Gewicht]; see also conviction 2)

    carry modesty/altruism etc. to excess — die Bescheidenheit/den Altruismus usw. bis zum Exzess treiben

    8) (Math.): (transfer) im Sinn behalten
    9) (win) durchbringen [Antrag, Gesetzentwurf, Vorschlag]
    2. intransitive verb
    [Stimme, Laut:] zu hören sein
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    v.
    befördern v.
    tragen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: trug, getragen)
    übertragen v.

    English-german dictionary > carry

  • 14 stop

    stop [stɒp]
    arrêt1 (a)-(c), 1 (f) gare1 (a) station1 (a) pause1 (b) arrêter3 (a), 3 (c), 3 (d), 3 (f) cesser3 (a), 4 (b) empêcher3 (b) interrompre3 (d) couper3 (d) mettre fin à1 (d), 3 (e) retenir3 (g) s'arrêter4 (a), 4 (b)
    (pt & pp stopped, cont stopping)
    1 noun
    (a) (stopping place → for buses) arrêt m; (→ for trains) gare f; (→ for underground) station f;
    we get off at the next stop nous descendons au prochain arrêt
    (b) (break → in journey, process) arrêt m, halte f; (→ in work) pause f; Aviation & Nautical escale f;
    ten minutes' stop, a ten-minute stop dix minutes d'arrêt;
    to make a stop (gen) s'arrêter; (of plane, boat) faire escale;
    we made several stops to pick up passengers nous nous sommes arrêtés à plusieurs reprises pour prendre des passagers;
    we travelled/worked all day without a stop nous avons voyagé/travaillé toute la journée sans nous arrêter;
    our first stop was Brussels nous avons fait une première halte à Bruxelles;
    let's have a stop for lunch faisons une pause pour le déjeuner;
    my whole career has been full of stops and starts ma carrière entière est faite de hauts et de bas
    (c) (standstill) arrêt m;
    to come to a stop s'arrêter;
    to bring sth to a stop arrêter qch;
    to be at a stop être arrêté
    to put a stop to sth mettre fin ou un terme à qch
    (f) Sport (save) arrêt m
    (g) (on organ → pipes) jeu m (d'orgue); (→ knob) registre m (d'orgue);
    figurative to pull out all the stops (to do sth) remuer ciel et terre (pour faire qch)
    (h) (plug, stopper) bouchon m
    (i) (blocking device → gen) butoir m; (→ for drawer) butée f; (→ on typewriter) taquet m
    (j) Photography diaphragme m
    (k) Linguistics occlusive f
    (l) (in bridge) contrôle m;
    to have a stop in hearts avoir un contrôle à cœur
    (button, mechanism, signal) d'arrêt
    (a) (cease, finish) arrêter, cesser;
    to stop doing arrêter ou cesser de faire;
    it hasn't stopped raining all day il n'a pas arrêté ou cessé de pleuvoir toute la journée;
    you should stop smoking tu devrais arrêter de fumer;
    he never stops talking il n'arrête pas de parler, il parle sans cesse;
    I wish they'd stop that noise! j'aimerais qu'ils arrêtent ce bruit!;
    she stopped work when she got married elle a arrêté de travailler quand elle s'est mariée;
    stop it! (to naughty child) ça suffit!, assez!;
    stop it, that hurts! arrête, ça fait mal!
    (b) (prevent) empêcher;
    to stop sb (from) doing sth empêcher qn de faire qch;
    it's too late to stop the meeting from taking place il est trop tard pour empêcher la réunion d'avoir lieu;
    she's made up her mind and there's nothing we can do to stop her elle a pris sa décision et nous ne pouvons rien faire pour l'arrêter;
    what's stopping you? qu'est-ce qui vous retient?, qu'est-ce qui vous en empêche?;
    I couldn't stop myself je n'ai pas pu m'en empêcher
    (c) (cause to halt → person, car, machine) arrêter;
    this lever stops the motor ce levier arrête le moteur;
    I managed to stop the car j'ai réussi à arrêter la voiture;
    a policeman stopped the traffic un agent arrêta la circulation;
    we could do nothing to stop the bleeding nous ne pouvions rien faire pour arrêter l'hémorragie;
    a woman stopped me to ask the way to the station une femme m'a arrêté pour me demander le chemin de la gare;
    the sound of voices stopped him short or stopped him in his tracks un bruit de voix le fit s'arrêter net;
    familiar to stop a bullet se prendre une balle;
    stop thief! au voleur!
    (d) (interrupt → activity, production) interrompre, arrêter; (cut off → electricity, gas, water) couper; (suspend → grant, payment, subscription) suspendre;
    once he starts talking about the war there's no stopping him une fois qu'il commence à parler de la guerre, on ne peut plus l'arrêter;
    the referee stopped the fight in the third round l'arbitre a arrêté le combat à la troisième reprise;
    I forgot to stop the newspaper j'ai oublié de faire suspendre mon abonnement au journal;
    his father threatened to stop his allowance son père menaça de lui couper les vivres;
    Military all leave is stopped toutes les troupes sont consignées, toutes les permissions sont suspendues;
    to stop a cheque faire opposition à un chèque
    (e) (put an end to → abuse, rumours) mettre fin à, faire cesser;
    dumping nuclear waste should be stopped il faut qu'on arrête de jeter n'importe où les déchets nucléaires;
    it ought to be stopped il faut que cela cesse
    (f) (arrest) arrêter
    (g) British (withhold → sum of money, salary) retenir;
    the money will be stopped out of your wages la somme sera retenue sur votre salaire;
    he had £10 a week stopped out of his wages on lui retenait 10 livres par semaine sur son salaire;
    taxes are stopped at source les impôts sont retenus à la source
    (h) Sport (check → blow) parer; Boxing (defeat → opponent) mettre un adversaire K.O.
    (i) (block, fill → hole) boucher;
    to stop one's ears se boucher les oreilles;
    to stop a gap (around door etc) boucher un espace; figurative combler une lacune
    (j) (fill → tooth) plomber
    (k) Horticulture pincer
    (l) Music (string) presser; (wind instrument) boucher les trous de
    (a) (halt, pause → person, vehicle, machine) s'arrêter;
    to stop to do s'arrêter pour faire;
    go on, don't stop continue, ne t'arrête pas;
    my watch has stopped ma montre s'est ou est arrêtée;
    does the bus stop near the church? le bus s'arrête-t-il près de l'église?;
    we can stop for tea on the way nous pouvons nous arrêter en chemin pour prendre le thé;
    we drove from London to Edinburgh without stopping nous avons roulé de Londres à Édimbourg d'une traite;
    the bus kept stopping and starting le bus a fait beaucoup d'arrêts en cours de route;
    Nautical to stop at a port faire escale à ou dans un port;
    I used to play football but I stopped last year je jouais au football mais j'ai arrêté l'année dernière;
    she doesn't know where or when to stop elle ne sait pas s'arrêter;
    she did not stop at that elle ne s'en tint pas là;
    they'll stop at nothing to get what they want ils ne reculeront devant rien pour obtenir ce qu'ils veulent;
    we don't have time to stop and think nous n'avons pas le temps de nous arrêter pour réfléchir;
    if you stopped to consider, you'd never do anything si on prenait le temps de réfléchir, on ne ferait jamais rien;
    to stop dead in one's tracks, to stop short s'arrêter net;
    she began talking then stopped short elle commença à parler puis s'arrêta net ou brusquement;
    they stopped short of actually harming him ils ne lui ont pas fait de mal, mais il s'en est fallu de peu
    (b) (come to an end) cesser, s'arrêter, se terminer;
    the rain has stopped la pluie s'est arrêtée;
    wait for the music to stop attendez que la musique s'arrête;
    the road stops a few miles east of Alice Springs la route se termine à quelques kilomètres à l'est d'Alice Springs;
    the matter will not stop there l'affaire n'en restera ou demeurera pas là
    (c) British familiar (stay) rester ; (reside) loger ;
    I'm late, I can't stop je suis en retard, je ne peux pas rester;
    we've got friends stopping with us nous avons des amis chez nous en ce moment;
    which hotel did you stop at? dans quel hôtel êtes-vous descendus ?
    ►► stop bath bain m d'arrêt;
    Computing stop bit bit m d'arrêt;
    Computing stop code code m d'arrêt;
    stop consonant (consonne f) occlusive f;
    stop order ordre m stop;
    stop payment opposition f (à un chèque);
    British stop press
    1 noun
    nouvelles fpl de dernière minute;
    'stop press!' 'dernière minute'
    de dernière heure ou minute;
    stop sign (signal m de) stop m;
    stop valve soupape f ou robinet m d'arrêt
    American familiar passer
    British familiar rester absent
    familiar passer ;
    you must stop by and see us next time you're in London il faut que vous passiez nous voir la prochaine fois que vous venez à Londres;
    I'll stop by at the chemist's on my way home je passerai à la pharmacie en rentrant
    Photography diaphragmer
    (a) Photography réduire l'ouverture
    (b) British familiar (gen) rester en bas ;
    School to stop down a year redoubler une année
    (a) British (stay at home) ne pas sortir, rester à la maison
    (b) (visit) passer ;
    to stop in to see sb passer voir qn
    s'arrêter, faire une halte;
    they're stopping off at Bali for a couple of days on their way home au retour ils font étape à Bali pour quelques jours
    British familiar ne pas rentrer ;
    to stop out all night découcher, ne pas rentrer de toute la nuit;
    to stop out (till) late rentrer tard
    (gen) s'arrêter, faire une halte; Aviation & Nautical faire escale;
    we stopped over at Manchester on the flight to Toronto nous avons fait escale à Manchester en route pour Toronto
    familiar passer
    stop up
    (block → hole) boucher; (→ pipe) obstruer, obturer
    British familiar ne pas se coucher, veiller ;
    to stop up late veiller tard;
    to stop up all night veiller toute la nuit

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  • 15 hold

    I [həʋld] n мор.
    трюм

    after [forward, main] hold - кормовой [носовой, главный] трюм

    II
    1. [həʋld] n
    1. удерживание; захват; хватка

    to have hold of smth. - держать что-л.; держаться за что-л.

    to take /to get, to catch, to seize, to grip, to lay/ hold of smth. - а) брать; хватать; хвататься за что-л.; catch hold of this rope! - хватайся за эту верёвку!; б) добывать; завладевать чем-л.

    where did you get hold of that book? - где ты достал эту книгу?

    to get hold of a secret - узнать тайну, овладеть тайной

    to keep hold of /on/ smth. - не выпускать чего-л. из рук

    to let go /to leave, to lose, to release/ one's hold of /on/ smth. - выпустить что-л. из рук

    to lose one's hold on reality - оторваться от жизни; потерять чувство реальности

    2. ( часто on, over, upon) власть; влияние

    to get hold of smb. - приобрести власть над кем-л.

    after a moment of panic he got hold of himself - после минутной растерянности он овладел собой

    he has a great hold over his young brother - он имеет огромное влияние на своего младшего брата

    the law has no hold on him - по закону с ним ничего нельзя сделать; закону он не подвластен

    to keep a tight hold upon oneself - крепко держать себя в руках, владеть собой; не давать себе распускаться

    3. то, за что можно ухватиться; опора; захват, ушко

    the rock gives no hold for hand or foot - на скале не за что ухватиться и некуда поставить ногу

    4. хранилище, вместилище
    5. арх. тюрьма, место заключения; тюремная камера
    6. 1) убежище, укрытие, приют
    2) логово, берлога
    7. заказ, требование
    8. арх. арест; заключение в тюрьму
    9. арх. крепость
    10. спорт.
    1) захват ( борьба)
    2) держание мяча
    11. кино жарг. «холд», удавшаяся часть съёмки, произведённой в течение съёмочного дня
    12. муз. фермата
    13. спец. фиксация
    14. 1) ав. задержка ( вылета)

    there will be a hold on all takeoffs until the fog has dispersed - все вылеты отменяются (до тех пор), пока не рассеется туман

    2) косм. задержка при предпусковой подготовке

    scheduled [unscheduled] hold - плановая [внеплановая /непредвиденная/] задержка в операциях по предпусковой подготовке

    to keep a good hold of the land - мор. держаться близ берега

    to get hold of the land - мор. привязываться к берегу; опознавать берега

    2. [həʋld] v (held; held, уст. holden)
    I
    1. держать

    to hold a pen [a brush, a spade] - держать перо [кисть, лопату]

    to hold smb. in one's arms - а) обнимать, держать кого-л. в своих объятиях; б) держать кого-л. на руках

    to hold fast to smth. - крепко держаться за что-л., вцепиться во что-л. [ср. тж. 4 и ]

    the wounded man was holding fast to the railings - раненый крепко держался за ограду

    only the goalkeeper may hold the ball in soccer - в футболе только вратарь может брать мяч в руки /касаться мяча руками/

    to hold a threat of disclosure over smb.'s head - держать кого-л. под угрозой разоблачения

    2. удерживать, сдерживать; задерживать; останавливать

    the driver could scarcely hold the horses - возница с трудом сдерживал лошадей

    to hold smb. from a rash venture - удержать кого-л. от необдуманного поступка

    to hold one's breath - затаить /сдерживать/ дыхание, не дышать

    to hold fire - воен. не открывать огонь; воздерживаться от ведения огня

    will they hold (up) the bus till we get there? - они задержат автобус до нашего прихода?

    there's no holding him - его невозможно удержать /остановить/; он не знает удержу

    3. владеть, иметь; быть владельцем, держателем

    the grandson now holds the estate and the title - теперь имение и титул перешли к внуку, теперь внук является владельцем имения и носителем титула

    4. удерживать; сохранять контроль (над чем-л.)

    to hold a fort [position] against the enemy - удерживать форт [позицию] от наступающего противника [см. тж. ]

    to hold the record - спорт. держать рекорд

    to hold (the) pace - спорт. держать скорость шага

    to hold fast - воен. стойко держаться [ср. тж. 1 и ]

    5. вмещать, содержать в себе

    will this suit-case hold all your clothes? - поместится ли вся твоя одежда в этот чемодан?

    the evening held a lot of surprises for us all - вечер был полон неожиданностей для всех нас

    sea-water holds many salts in solution - в морской воде содержится много солей в растворённом виде

    6. держать, хранить (что-л. где-л.)

    my money is held at the bank - мои деньги хранятся в банке; я держу свои деньги в банке

    7. 1) полагать, считать, находить

    I hold it good - я считаю, что это хорошо

    I hold him to be wrong [responsible for it] - я считаю, что он не прав [что он за это отвечает]

    to hold in esteem /in respect/ - уважать, относиться с почтением

    to be held in esteem /in respect/ - пользоваться уважением

    to hold in abhorrence - гнушаться; питать отвращение, омерзение

    to hold a thing to be impossible - считать что-л. невозможным

    we hold these truths to be self-evident - мы почитаем само собой разумеющимися следующие истины

    to be held worthy of smth. - считаться достойным чего-л.

    2) юр. признавать, решать; выносить (судебное) решение

    the court held that... - суд признал /решил, нашёл/, что...

    8. содержать под стражей; держать в тюрьме

    he was held on a charge of theft - он был задержан по обвинению в воровстве

    to hold prisoner [hostage] - держать в плену [заложником]

    to hold captive - а) держать в плену; б) привязывать (аэростат и т. п.)

    9. (of, from) уст. зависеть (от кого-л.); быть обязанным (кому-л. - правом, титулом)
    10. уст. подвергаться (чему-л.); терпеть, выносить (что-л.)
    11. уст. обязывать; вынуждать
    II А
    1. 1) выдерживать (тяжесть, напряжение)

    will the rope [the ice] hold? - выдержит ли верёвка [лёд]?

    this wall won't hold a hook bearing a heavy picture - на эту стену нельзя вешать тяжёлую картину на крюке

    2) поддерживать, держать; нести (тяжесть чего-л.)
    2. продолжаться, держаться, стоять (о погоде и т. п.)

    the fair weather is holding - стоит /держится/ ясная погода

    if the frost holds we shall have skating tomorrow - если мороз удержится, завтра можно будет кататься на коньках

    3. (тж. to hold good, to hold true) иметь силу ( о законе); оставаться в силе (о принципе, обещании)

    does the principle still hold good? - остаётся ли этот принцип в силе?

    the rule holds of /in/ all cases - правило применимо ко всем случаям

    to hold good in law - иметь законную силу, быть юридически обоснованным

    4. занимать (пост и т. п.)

    to hold a rank - иметь звание /чин/

    to hold office - а) занимать пост; б) быть у власти ( о партии)

    5. овладевать ( вниманием)

    to hold the attention of one's audience - заставить себя слушать, завладеть вниманием аудитории

    to hold an audience spellbound - приковать к себе внимание слушателей, зачаровать слушателей

    6. хранить, удерживать ( в памяти)

    I cannot hold all these details in my head /in my memory/ at once - я не могу сразу запомнить все эти подробности

    hold the traditions which you have been taught - библ. держите предания, которым вы научены

    7. придерживаться (взглядов, убеждений)

    to hold strange views - держаться странных взглядов; иметь странные убеждения

    8. резервировать (места, билеты и т. п.)

    we asked them to hold a room for us - мы просили их оставить для нас номер

    9. провести, устроить, организовать ( мероприятие)

    to hold a meeting [an election] - проводить собрание [выборы]

    the election was held in November - в ноябре прошли /состоялись/ выборы

    to hold a discussion [negotiations] - вести дискуссию [переговоры]

    to hold a reception [a press conference] - устроить приём [пресс-конференцию]

    to hold an examination - экзаменовать, проводить экзамен

    to hold correspondence - вести переписку, переписываться

    to hold a feast - пировать; устраивать пир

    to hold an inspection - инспектировать, проводить инспекцию

    to hold a service - церк. отправлять службу

    the college will hold classes today - в колледже сегодня будут (проводиться) занятия

    to hold an anniversary - отмечать /праздновать/ годовщину

    10. не пропускать ( жидкость), быть непроницаемым

    to hold water - не протекать, не пропускать воду (о лодке и т. п.) [см. тж. ]

    a leather bag will hold water but not petrol - в кожаном мешке можно держать воду, но не бензин

    11. зажимать, затыкать (нос, уши)

    when I spoke she held her ears - когда я говорил, она затыкала уши

    12. уст. биться об заклад, ставить ( ставку)
    13. зачать, понести ( о самке)
    II Б
    1. to hold smb., smth. in position держать кого-л., что-л. в каком-л. положении

    to hold oneself upright /erect/ - держаться прямо

    hold yourself still - не шевелитесь, не двигайтесь

    to hold oneself ready /in readiness/ (for smth.) - быть (всегда) готовым (к чему-л.)

    to hold one's head high - а) высоко держать голову; hold your head (up)! - выше голову!; б) задирать нос, важничать, заноситься

    to hold in place - прикреплять, держать

    to be held in place by smth. - держаться на чём-л.

    to hold in check - сдерживать, не пускать

    to hold the enemy in position /to his ground/ - воен. сковывать противника

    to hold on a point - спец. устанавливать в данной точке

    2. to hold back from smth. /from doing smth./, to hold off from smth. /from doing smth./, to hold back on smth. /on doing smth./ воздерживаться от чего-л.

    to hold off from beer - воздерживаться от пива, не пить пива

    buyers are holding back on purchases - ком. покупатели воздерживаются от закупок

    3. to hold to /by/ smth. твёрдо держаться, придерживаться чего-л.

    to hold to a belief [by a principle] - твёрдо держаться какого-л. убеждения [какого-л. принципа]

    to hold by /to/ an opinion - придерживаться мнения

    I still hold to my former views - я остаюсь при старом мнении, я не изменил своих взглядов

    I hold to what I have always said - я не отказываюсь от того, что всегда говорил

    to hold by what N. says - прислушиваться к мнению N.

    4. to hold smb. to smth. требовать от кого-л. соблюдения чего-л.

    to hold smb. to his promise - настаивать на выполнении кем-л. своего обещания

    to hold smb. to terms - настаивать на соблюдении условий

    5. to hold (up) with smth. одобрять что-л.; соглашаться с чем-л.

    the political principles that few would hold with - политические принципы, с которыми мало кто согласится

    my father did not hold up with farming - занятие фермерством не нравилось моему отцу

    6. to hold with smb.
    1) соглашаться с кем-л., придерживаться одинаковых взглядов с кем-л.

    I hold with you that this author is very talented - я, как и вы, считаю, что этот писатель очень талантлив

    2) одобрительно относиться к кому-л.

    I can't hold with him, he is insupportable - я его не переношу, он невыносим

    7. to hold in with smb. дружить с кем-л.
    8. to hold out for smth. стремиться к чему-л.

    to hold out for a higher wage offer [price] - добиваться более высокой зарплаты [цены]

    9. to hold on for some place держать путь куда-л.

    to hold copy - полигр. подчитывать ( корректуру)

    to hold the sprint - спорт. бежать с предельной скоростью

    to hold one's hand - воздержаться ( от действий); занять выжидательную позицию

    to hold hand - уст. а) помогать; б) состязаться; успешно соперничать

    hold fast /hard/! - а) стой!, подожди!; б) мор. стоп; [ср. тж. I 1 и 4]

    to hold one's own /one's ground/ - а) сохранять свои позиции, не сдаваться; he can hold his own against anyone - он может постоять за себя перед кем угодно; он может дать отпор любому; he can hold his ground with the older boys - он не уступает старшим мальчикам; б) сохранять достоинство, самообладание; не поддаваться (болезни и т. п.)

    the patient is holding his own - больной /пациент/ не теряет присутствия духа

    to hold water - выдерживать критику; быть убедительным, логичным, обоснованным (о гипотезе, утверждении и т. п.) [см. тж. II А 10]

    to hold it against smb. - иметь претензии к кому-л., иметь что-л. против кого-л.

    he never remembers my birthday but I don't hold it against him - он никогда не помнит о моём дне рождения, но я не обижаюсь на него (за это)

    to hold at bay см. bay2 I 2

    to be left holding the bag см. bag1 I

    to hold a brief см. brief I 2

    to hold smb. in (the hollow of one's) hand - держать кого-л. в кулаке, подчинить кого-л. полностью

    he is neither to hold nor to bind - с ним никто не может справиться, с ним сладу нет

    to hold in play - занимать (работой, развлечениями)

    hold your horses! - а) ≅ легче на поворотах!; не выходите из себя!; б) подождите!; не торопитесь!

    hold it! - а) подождите!; не торопитесь!; б) не двигайтесь!; не шевелитесь!

    to hold the stage - а) театр. жарг. приковывать к себе внимание зрителей; затмить остальных актёров; б) затмить всё, отодвинуть на второй план всё остальное; в) держаться на сцене, не сходить со сцены ( о спектакле)

    to hold one's tongue /one's peace/ - молчать, держать язык за зубами, прикусить язык

    hold your noise /your row, сл. your jaw/! - перестань(те) шуметь!, замолчи(те)!

    hold, enough! - уст. хватит!; замолчите!

    to hold the fort - а) занимать твёрдую позицию, не уступать; «держать оборону»; б) поддерживать нормальную жизнь; вести дела (в отсутствии кого-л.); [см. тж. I 4]

    a skeleton staff was left to hold the fort at the office on Saturdays - по субботам в учреждении оставались лишь немногие сотрудники для ведения необходимых дел

    hold the fort! - амер. держитесь!

    to hold cheap - ни в грош не ставить; не дорожить

    to hold smth. lightly - не придавать чему-л. значения

    to hold in store - готовить, предвещать

    we cannot tell what the future may hold (in store) for us - мы не знаем, что нам сулит будущее

    to hold one's sides with laughter - покатываться со смеху; хохотать до упаду

    hold the line! - не вешайте трубку!, не кладите трубку! ( по телефону)

    hold your hat! - разг. ≅ ну, теперь держись!

    НБАРС > hold

  • 16 there

    there [ðeə(r), unstressed ðə(r)]
    1 (a)-(d) y1 (a) il y a2
    they aren't there ils ne sont pas là, ils n'y sont pas;
    we never go there nous n'y allons jamais;
    we're there! nous voilà arrivés!;
    who's there? qui est là?;
    is Margot there? est-ce que Margot est là?;
    see that woman there? that's Marlene tu vois cette femme là-bas? c'est Marlene;
    so there we were/I was donc, on était/j'étais là;
    she got there in the end (reached a place) elle a fini par arriver; (completed a task) elle a fini par y arriver;
    put it there mets-le là; (shake my hand) serre-moi la main;
    it's there on the desk c'est là sur le bureau;
    she just sat/stood there elle était assise/debout là;
    move along there, please! circulez, s'il vous plaît;
    we go to Paris and from there to Rome nous allons à Paris et de là à Rome;
    here and there çà et là;
    there it is le voilà;
    it's around there somewhere c'est quelque part par là;
    back there là-bas;
    in there là-dedans;
    on there là-dessus;
    over there là-bas;
    under there là-dessous;
    that car there cette voiture-là;
    those cars there ces voitures-là;
    your friend there votre ami;
    familiar figurative I've been there je suis passé par là, j'ai connu ça;
    familiar I've been there before non merci, j'ai déjà donné;
    familiar been there, done that (got the T-shirt) non merci, j'ai déjà donné
    it's there if you need it c'est là si tu en as besoin;
    she's always been there for me elle a toujours été là quand j'avais besoin d'elle
    I couldn't believe he was really there je n'arrivais pas à croire qu'il était vraiment là;
    the central problem is still there le principal problème est toujours là
    we disagree there, there we disagree nous ne sommes pas d'accord là-dessus;
    there's or there lies the difficulty voilà le problème, le problème est là;
    there you're wrong là vous vous trompez;
    you're right there là vous avez raison;
    let's leave it there restons-en là;
    we'll have to stop there for today nous nous arrêterons là pour aujourd'hui;
    could I just stop you there? puis-je vous interrompre ici?;
    as for the food, I've no complaints there pour ce qui est de la nourriture, là je n'ai pas à me plaindre;
    familiar you've got me there! là, je ne sais pas quoi vous répondre ou dire!
    hello or hi there! salut!;
    hey there! hep, vous là-bas!;
    there they are! les voilà!;
    there they come les voilà (qui arrivent);
    there you go again! ça y est, vous recommencez!;
    there she goes, complaining again! voilà qu'elle recommence à se plaindre!;
    there's the bell, I must be going tiens ça sonne, je dois partir;
    ironic there's gratitude for you c'est beau la reconnaissance!;
    now finish your homework, there's a good boy maintenant sois un grand garçon et finis tes devoirs
    he's not all or not quite there (stupid) il n'a pas toute sa tête; (senile) il n'a plus toute sa tête
    there was/were il y avait;
    there will be il y aura;
    there is or there's a book on the table il y a un livre sur la table;
    there are some books on the table il y a des livres sur la table;
    there isn't any il n'y en a pas;
    there's a bus coming il y a un bus qui arrive;
    well, there's that girl I was telling you about before… il y a bien cette fille dont je t'ai déjà parlé…;
    what happens if there's a change of plan? qu'est-ce qui se passe si on change d'idée?;
    there must have been a mistake il a dû y avoir une erreur;
    there was once a king il était ou il y avait une fois un roi;
    there was singing and dancing on a chanté et dansé;
    there were some pieces missing il manquait des pièces;
    there weren't any more, were there? il n'en restait pas, si?;
    there's one slice left il reste une tranche;
    there are or familiar there's two slices left il reste deux tranches;
    there's nothing we can do to help them on ne peut rien faire pour les aider;
    there's no stopping her rien ne peut l'arrêter;
    there's no knowing what he'll do next il est impossible de prévoir ce qu'il fera ensuite;
    there was no denying it c'était indéniable;
    there now follows a party political broadcast = formule annonçant la diffusion télévisée des messages électoraux des différents partis;
    there comes a time when you have to slow down il arrive un moment où il faut ralentir le rythme;
    there still remain several points to be resolved il reste encore plusieurs problèmes à résoudre;
    there arose a murmur of disapproval un murmure de désapprobation s'éleva
    there now, don't cry! allons ou là! ne pleure pas!;
    there, that wasn't so bad, was it? voilà, ça n'était pas si terrible que ça, si?;
    there, there! allez!
    there (now), what did I say? voilà, qu'est-ce que je t'avais dit?;
    there, now you've made me lose count! et voilà, tu m'as fait perdre le compte!
    there (now), that's done! là! voilà qui est fait!
    but, there, it's not surprising mais enfin, ce n'est pas surprenant
    voilà!
    après tout;
    but there again, no one really knows mais après tout, personne ne sait vraiment
    we did the trip there and back in three hours nous avons fait l'aller retour en trois heures;
    it will take you about an hour/cost you about £50 there and back l'aller retour vous prendra à peu près une heure/vous coûtera environ 50 livres
    sur-le-champ;
    I decided there and then to have no more to do with him j'ai tout de suite décidé de ne plus avoir affaire à lui
    it wasn't the ideal solution, but there you are or go ce n'était pas l'idéal, mais enfin ou mais qu'est-ce que vous voulez
    just press the button and there you are or go! vous n'avez qu'à appuyer sur le bouton et ça y est!
    (c) (I told you so) voilà, ça y est
    (d) (here you are) tenez, voilà

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > there

  • 17 this

    A det this paper is too thin ce papier est trop mince ; this man is dangerous cet homme est dangereux ; this lamp doesn't work cette lampe ne marche pas ; all these books belong to Josephine tous ces livres appartiennent à Josephine ; do it this way not that way fais-le comme ça et pas comme ça ; this woman came up to me une femme est venue vers moi .
    B pron what's this? qu'est-ce que c'est? ; who's this? gen qui est-ce?, c'est qui? ; ( on telephone) qui est à l'appareil? ; whose is this? à qui appartient ceci?, ceci est à qui? ; this is the dining room voici la salle à manger ; where's this? ( on photo) c'est où? ; after this we'll have lunch après ceci nous allons déjeuner ; perhaps he'll be more careful after this peut-être qu'il fera plus attention maintenant ; before this he'd never been out of France avant cela il n'était jamais sorti de France ; you should have told me before this tu aurais dû me le dire avant ; this is my sister Pauline ( introduction) voici ma sœur Pauline ; ( on photo) c'est ma sœur, Pauline ; this is the book I was talking about c'est or voici le livre dont je parlais ; this is not the right one ce n'est pas le bon ; what did you mean by this? qu'est-ce que tu voulais dire par là? ; this was not what she had intended ce n'était pas ce qu'elle avait prévu ; who did this? qui a fait ça? ; we'll need more than this il nous en faudra plus (que ça) ; it happened like this ça s'est passé comme ça ; what's all this about? qu'est-ce que c'est que cette histoire? ; what's all this about Frank resigning? qu'est-ce que c'est que cette histoire, il paraît que Frank démissionne ; at this he got up and left en entendant cela il s'est levé et il est parti ; hold it like this tiens-le comme ça ; I never thought it would come to this je ne pensais pas qu'on en arriverait là ; this is what happens when you press the red button voilà ce qui se passe quand on appuie sur le bouton rouge ; this is what happens when you disobey your parents! voilà ce qui arrive quand on désobéit à ses parents!
    C adv it's this big c'est grand comme ça ; when she was only this high quand elle était haute comme ça ; having got this far it would be a pity to stop now lit, fig maintenant qu'on est arrivé jusque-là ce serait dommage de s'arrêter ; I can't eat this much je ne peux pas manger tout ça ; I didn't realize it was this serious/difficult je ne m'étais pas rendu compte que c'était sérieux/difficile à ce point-là ; ⇒ much.
    we talked about this, that and the other on a parlé de choses et d'autres ; we sat around talking about this and that nous avons parlé de tout et de rien ; ‘what have you been up to?’-‘oh, this and that’ ‘qu'est-ce que tu as fait?’-‘pas grand-chose’ ; to run this way and that courir dans tous les sens.

    Big English-French dictionary > this

  • 18 break

    break [breɪk]
    casser1 (a), 1 (c) briser1 (a), 1 (i), 1 (j) fracturer1 (b) enfoncer1 (e) violer, enfreindre1 (f) rompre1 (h) couper1 (h) ruiner1 (k) amortir1 (l) se casser2 (a) se briser2 (a) se fracturer2 (b) cassure, brisure3 (a) fissure, fente3 (b) ouverture3 (c) interruption3 (d) pause3 (e) évasion3 (f) chance3 (g) changement3 (h)
    (pt broke [brəʊk], pp broken ['brəʊkn])
    (a) (split into pieces → glass, furniture) casser, briser; (→ branch, lace, string, egg, toy) casser;
    break the stick in two cassez le bâton en deux;
    to break sth into pieces mettre qch en morceaux;
    to get broken se casser;
    to break a safe forcer un coffre-fort;
    Religion to break bread (priest) administrer la communion; (congregation) recevoir la communion;
    figurative to break bread with sb partager le repas de qn;
    figurative to break sb's heart briser le cœur à qn;
    Ross broke her heart Ross lui a brisé le cœur;
    it breaks my heart to see her unhappy ça me brise le cœur de la voir malheureuse;
    figurative to break the ice rompre ou briser la glace
    (b) Medicine (fracture) casser, fracturer;
    to break one's leg se casser ou se fracturer la jambe;
    to break one's neck se casser ou se rompre le cou;
    the fall broke his back la chute lui a brisé les reins;
    familiar figurative they broke their backs trying to get the job done ils se sont éreintés à finir le travail;
    familiar we've broken the back of the job nous avons fait le plus gros du travail;
    familiar I'll break his neck if I catch him doing it again! je lui tords le cou si je le reprends à faire ça!;
    familiar figurative break a leg! merde! (pour souhaiter bonne chance)
    (c) (render inoperable → appliance, machine) casser;
    you've broken the TV tu as cassé la télé
    (d) (cut surface of → ground) entamer; (→ skin) écorcher; Law (seals → illegally) briser; (legally) lever;
    the seal on the coffee jar was broken le pot de café avait été ouvert;
    the skin isn't broken la peau n'est pas écorchée;
    to break new or fresh ground innover, faire œuvre de pionnier;
    scientists are breaking new or fresh ground in cancer research les savants font une percée dans la recherche contre le cancer
    the river broke its banks la rivière est sortie de son lit;
    to break the sound barrier franchir le mur du son;
    to break surface (diver, whale) remonter à la surface; Nautical (submarine) faire surface
    (f) Law (violate → law, rule) violer, enfreindre; (→ speed limit) dépasser; (→ agreement, treaty) violer; (→ contract) rompre; (→ promise) manquer à; Religion (→ commandment) désobéir à; (→ Sabbath) ne pas respecter;
    she broke her appointment with them elle a annulé son rendez-vous avec eux;
    he broke his word to her il a manqué à la parole qu'il lui avait donnée;
    Law to break parole = commettre un délit qui entraîne la révocation de la mise en liberté conditionnelle;
    Military to break bounds violer la consigne
    (g) (escape from, leave suddenly) Law
    to break jail s'évader (de prison);
    to break camp lever le camp;
    to break cover (animal) être débusqué; (person) sortir à découvert
    (h) (interrupt → fast, monotony, spell) rompre; Electricity (→ circuit, current) couper; Typography (→ word, page) couper;
    we broke our journey at Brussels nous avons fait une étape à Bruxelles;
    a cry broke the silence un cri a déchiré ou percé le silence;
    the plain was broken only by an occasional small settlement la plaine n'était interrompue que par de rares petits hameaux;
    Military to break step rompre le pas
    (i) (put an end to → strike) briser; (→ uprising) mater;
    the new offer broke the deadlock la nouvelle proposition a permis de sortir de l'impasse;
    he's tried to stop smoking but he can't break the habit il a essayé d'arrêter de fumer mais il n'arrive pas à se débarrasser ou se défaire de l'habitude;
    to break sb of a habit corriger ou guérir qn d'une habitude;
    to break oneself of a habit se corriger ou se défaire d'une habitude
    (j) (wear down, destroy → enemy) détruire; (→ person, will, courage, resistance) briser; (→ witness) réfuter; (→ health) abîmer; (→ alibi) écarter;
    torture did not break him or his spirit il a résisté à la torture;
    this scandal could break them ce scandale pourrait signer leur perte;
    the experience will either make or break him l'expérience lui sera ou salutaire ou fatale
    (k) (bankrupt) ruiner;
    her new business will either make or break her sa nouvelle affaire la rendra riche ou la ruinera;
    to break the bank (exhaust funds) faire sauter la banque;
    humorous buying a book won't break the bank! acheter un livre ne te/nous/ etc ruinera pas!
    (l) (soften → fall) amortir, adoucir;
    we planted a row of trees to break the wind nous avons planté une rangée d'arbres pour couper le vent
    (m) (reveal, tell) annoncer, révéler;
    break it to her gently annonce-le lui avec ménagement
    (n) (beat, improve on) battre;
    to break a record battre un record;
    the golfer broke 90 le golfeur a dépassé le score de 90
    (o) (solve → code) déchiffrer
    to break sb's service (in tennis) prendre le service de qn;
    Hingis was broken in the fifth game Hingis a perdu son service dans le cinquième jeu
    (q) (divide into parts → collection) dépareiller; (→ bank note) entamer;
    can you break a £10 note? pouvez-vous faire de la monnaie sur un billet de 10 livres?
    (r) (horse) dresser
    (t) Nautical (flag) déferler
    to break wind lâcher un vent
    (a) (split into pieces → glass, furniture) se casser, se briser; (→ branch, stick) se casser, se rompre; (→ lace, string, egg, toy) se casser;
    to break apart se casser ou se briser (en morceaux);
    the plate broke in two l'assiette s'est cassée en deux;
    to break into pieces se casser en morceaux;
    figurative her heart broke elle a eu le cœur brisé
    (b) Medicine (fracture → bone, limb) se fracturer;
    is the bone broken? y a-t-il une fracture?;
    humorous any bones broken? rien de cassé?
    (c) (become inoperable → lock, tool) casser; (→ machine) tomber en panne;
    the dishwasher broke last week le lave-vaisselle est tombé en panne la semaine dernière
    (d) (disperse → clouds) se disperser, se dissiper; Military (→ troops) rompre les rangs; (→ ranks) se rompre
    to break free se libérer;
    the ship broke loose from its moorings le bateau a rompu ses amarres
    (f) (fail → health, person, spirit) se détériorer;
    the witness broke under questioning le témoin a craqué au cours de l'interrogatoire;
    she or her spirit did not break elle ne s'est pas laissée abattre;
    their courage finally broke leur courage a fini par les abandonner
    (g) (take a break) faire une pause;
    let's break for coffee arrêtons-nous pour prendre un café
    (h) (arise suddenly → day) se lever, poindre; (→ dawn) poindre; Press & Television (→ news) être annoncé; (→ scandal, war) éclater
    (i) (move suddenly) se précipiter, foncer
    (j) (weather) changer; (storm) éclater
    (k) (voice → of boy) muer; (→ with emotion) se briser;
    she was so upset that her voice kept breaking elle était tellement bouleversée que sa voix se brisait
    (l) (wave) déferler;
    the sea was breaking against the rocks les vagues se brisaient sur les rochers
    her waters have broken elle a perdu les eaux
    (n) American familiar (happen) se passer, arriver ;
    to break right/badly bien/mal se passer
    (o) Linguistics (vowel) se diphtonguer
    (p) Sport (boxers) se dégager;
    break! break!, stop!
    (q) Sport (ball) dévier
    (r) Sport (in billiards, snooker, pool) donner l'acquit
    to break even (gen) s'y retrouver; Finance rentrer dans ses frais
    3 noun
    (a) (in china, glass) cassure f, brisure f; (in wood) cassure f, rupture f; Medicine (in bone, limb) fracture f; figurative (with friend, group) rupture f; (in marriage) séparation f;
    a clean break (in object) une cassure nette; Medicine (in bone) une fracture simple;
    the break with her husband was a painful experience ça a été très pénible pour elle quand elle s'est séparée de son mari;
    her break with the party in 1968 sa rupture avec le parti en 1968;
    to make a clean break with the past rompre avec le passé
    (b) (crack) fissure f, fente f
    (c) (gap → in hedge, wall) trouée f, ouverture f; Geology (→ in rock) faille f; (→ in line) interruption f, rupture f; Typography (→ in word) césure f; (→ in pagination) fin f de page;
    a break in the clouds une éclaircie
    (d) (interruption → in conversation) interruption f, pause f; (→ in payment) interruption f, suspension f; (→ in trip) arrêt m; (→ in production) suspension f, rupture f; (→ in series) interruption f; Literature & Music pause f; (in jazz) break m;
    guitar break (in rock) (courte) improvisation f de guitare;
    Electricity a break in the circuit une coupure de courant;
    Radio a break for commercials, a (commercial) break un intermède de publicité; Television un écran publicitaire, une page de publicité;
    Television a break in transmission une interruption des programmes (due à un incident technique)
    (e) (rest) pause f; (holiday) vacances fpl; British School récréation f;
    let's take a break on fait une pause?;
    we worked all morning without a break nous avons travaillé toute la matinée sans nous arrêter;
    he drove for three hours without a break il a conduit trois heures de suite;
    you need a break (short rest) tu as besoin de faire une pause; (holiday) tu as besoin de vacances;
    an hour's break for lunch une heure de pause pour le déjeuner;
    lunch break pause f de midi;
    do you get a lunch break? tu as une pause à midi?;
    a weekend in the country makes a pleasant break un week-end à la campagne fait du bien;
    familiar give me a break! (don't talk nonsense) dis pas n'importe quoi!; (stop nagging) fiche-moi la paix!
    (f) (escape) évasion f, fuite f;
    Law jail break évasion f (de prison);
    she made a break for the woods elle s'est élancée vers le bois;
    to make a break for it prendre la fuite
    (g) familiar (opportunity) chance f; (luck) (coup m de) veine f;
    you get all the breaks! tu en as du pot!;
    to have a lucky break avoir de la veine;
    to have a bad break manquer de veine;
    this could be your big break ça pourrait être la chance de ta vie;
    she's never had an even break in her life rien n'a jamais été facile dans sa vie;
    give him a break donne-lui une chance; (he won't do it again) donne-lui une seconde chance
    (h) (change) changement m;
    a break in the weather un changement de temps;
    the decision signalled a break with tradition la décision marquait une rupture avec la tradition
    (i) (carriage) break m
    at break of day au point du jour, à l'aube
    to have a service break or a break (of serve) (in tennis) avoir une rupture de service (de l'adversaire);
    to have two break points (in tennis) avoir deux balles de break;
    he made a 70 break (in snooker, pool etc) il a fait une série de 70
    ►► Computing break character caractère m d'interruption;
    Computing break key touche f d'interruption
    (a) (move away) se détacher; (escape) s'évader;
    I broke away from the crowd je me suis éloigné de la foule;
    he broke away from her grasp il s'est dégagé de son étreinte
    (b) (end association with) rompre; (province → from State) se séparer;
    a group of MPs broke away from the party un groupe de députés a quitté le parti;
    as a band they have broken away from traditional jazz leur groupe a (complètement) rompu avec le jazz traditionnel
    (c) Sport (in racing, cycling) s'échapper, se détacher du peloton
    détacher;
    they broke all the fittings away from the walls ils ont décroché toutes les appliques des murs
    (in tennis) = gagner le service de son adversaire après avoir perdu son propre service
    (a) (vehicle, machine) tomber en panne;
    the car has broken down la voiture est en panne
    (b) (fail → health) se détériorer; (→ authority) disparaître; (→ argument, system, resistance) s'effondrer; (→ negotiations, relations, plan) échouer;
    radio communications broke down le contact radio a été coupé;
    their marriage is breaking down leur mariage se désagrège
    to break down in tears fondre en larmes
    (d) (divide) se diviser;
    the report breaks down into three parts le rapport comprend ou est composé de trois parties
    (e) Chemistry se décomposer;
    to break down into sth se décomposer en qch
    (a) (destroy → barrier) démolir, abattre; (→ door) enfoncer; figurative (→ resistance) briser;
    we must break down old prejudices il faut mettre fin aux vieux préjugés
    (b) (analyse → idea, statistics) analyser; (→ reasons) décomposer; (→ account, figures, expenses) décomposer, ventiler; (→ bill, estimate) détailler; (→ substance) décomposer;
    the problem can be broken down into three parts le problème peut se décomposer en trois parties
    literary (light) jaillir; (storm, buds) éclater; (blossom) s'épanouir subitement
    (a) (train → person) former; (→ horse) dresser;
    a month should be enough to break you in to the job un mois devrait suffire pour vous faire ou vous habituer au métier
    (b) (clothing) porter (pour user);
    I want to break these shoes in je veux que ces chaussures se fassent
    (c) (knock down → door) enfoncer
    (a) Law (burglar) entrer par effraction
    (b) (speaker) interrompre;
    to break in on sb/sth interrompre qn/qch
    (a) (of burglar) entrer par effraction dans; (drawer) forcer;
    they broke into the safe ils ont fracturé ou forcé le coffre-fort;
    they've been broken into three times ils se sont fait cambrioler trois fois
    the audience broke into applause le public s'est mis à applaudir;
    to break into a run/sprint se mettre à courir/à sprinter;
    the horse broke into a gallop le cheval a pris le galop
    (c) (conversation) interrompre
    (d) (start to spend → savings) entamer;
    I don't want to break into a £20 note je ne veux pas entamer un billet de 20 livres
    (e) Commerce (market) percer sur;
    the firm has broken into the Japanese market l'entreprise a percé sur le marché japonais
    (a) (separate) se détacher, se casser;
    a branch has broken off une branche s'est détachée (de l'arbre)
    (b) (stop) s'arrêter brusquement;
    he broke off in mid-sentence il s'est arrêté au milieu d'une phrase;
    they broke off from work (for rest) ils ont fait une pause; (for day) ils ont cessé le travail;
    to break off for ten minutes prendre dix minutes de pause;
    to break off for lunch s'arrêter pour déjeuner
    she's broken off with him elle a rompu avec lui
    (a) (separate) détacher, casser;
    to break sth off sth casser ou détacher qch de qch
    (b) (end → agreement, relationship) rompre;
    they've broken off their engagement ils ont rompu leurs fiançailles;
    to break it off (with sb) rompre (avec qn);
    Italy had broken off diplomatic relations with Libya l'Italie avait rompu ses relations diplomatiques avec la Libye
    (door) enfoncer; (lock, safe, till) forcer; familiar (bottle of wine etc) ouvrir, déboucher ;
    to break a desk open ouvrir un bureau en forçant la serrure
    (a) (begin → war, storm) éclater; (→ disease, fire) se déclarer; (→ fight) se déclencher
    to break out in spots or in a rash avoir une éruption de boutons;
    to break out in a sweat se mettre à transpirer;
    she broke out in a cold sweat elle s'est mise à avoir des sueurs froides
    (c) (escape) s'échapper;
    to break out from or of prison s'évader (de prison);
    we have to break out of this vicious circle il faut que nous sortions de ce cercle vicieux
    (bottle, champagne) ouvrir
    (sun) percer;
    I broke through the crowd je me suis frayé un chemin à travers la foule;
    the troops broke through enemy lines les troupes ont enfoncé les lignes ennemies;
    she eventually broke through his reserve elle a fini par le faire sortir de sa réserve
    percer; figurative & Military faire une percée;
    figurative his hidden feelings tend to break through in his writing ses sentiments cachés tendent à transparaître ou percer dans ses écrits
    (a) (divide up → rocks) briser, morceler; Law (→ property) morceler; (→ soil) ameublir; (→ bread, cake) partager;
    she broke the loaf up into four pieces elle a rompu ou partagé la miche en quatre;
    illustrations break up the text le texte est aéré par des illustrations
    (b) (destroy → house) démolir; (→ road) défoncer
    (c) (end → fight, party) mettre fin à, arrêter; Commerce & Law (→ conglomerate, trust) scinder, diviser; Commerce (→ company) scinder; Politics (→ coalition) briser, rompre; Administration (→ organization) dissoudre; (→ empire) démembrer; (→ family) séparer;
    his drinking broke up their marriage le fait qu'il buvait a brisé ou détruit leur mariage
    (d) (disperse → crowd) disperser;
    break it up! (people fighting or arguing) arrêtez!; (said by policeman) circulez!
    (e) familiar (distress) bouleverser, retourner;
    the news really broke her up la nouvelle l'a complètement bouleversée
    her stories really break me up! ses histoires me font bien marrer!
    (a) (split into pieces → road, system) se désagréger; (→ ice) craquer, se fissurer; (→ ship) se disloquer;
    the ship broke up on the rocks le navire s'est disloqué sur les rochers
    (b) (come to an end → meeting, party) se terminer, prendre fin; (→ partnership) cesser, prendre fin; (→ talks, negotiations) cesser;
    when the meeting broke up à l'issue ou à la fin de la réunion;
    their marriage broke up leur mariage n'a pas marché
    (c) (boyfriend, girlfriend) rompre;
    she broke up with her boyfriend elle a rompu avec son petit ami;
    they've broken up ils se sont séparés
    (d) (disperse → clouds) se disperser; (→ group) se disperser; (→ friends) se quitter, se séparer
    we break up for Christmas on the 22nd les vacances de Noël commencent le 22;
    when do we break up? quand est-ce qu'on est en vacances?
    (g) American familiar (laugh) se tordre de rire
    (a) (end association with → person, organization) rompre avec;
    the defeat caused many people to break with the party la défaite a poussé beaucoup de gens à rompre avec le parti
    (b) (depart from → belief, values) rompre avec;
    she broke with tradition by getting married away from her village elle a rompu avec la tradition en ne se mariant pas dans son village

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  • 19 visto

    Del verbo ver: ( conjugate ver) \ \
    visto es: \ \
    el participio
    Del verbo vestir: ( conjugate vestir) \ \
    visto es: \ \
    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
    Multiple Entries: ver     vestir     visto
    ver 1 sustantivo masculino 1 ( aspecto):
    ser de buen visto to be good-looking o attractive
    2 ( opinión):
    a mi/su visto in my/his view

    ver 2 ( conjugate ver) verbo transitivo 1
    ¿ves algo? can you see anything?;
    no se ve nada aquí you can't see a thing in here; lo vi hablando con ella I saw him talking to her
    b) ( mirar) ‹programa/partido to watch;
    esa película ya la he visto I've seen that movie before; no poder (ni) visto a algn: no la puede visto he can't stand her 2 (entender, notar) to see;
    ¿no ves lo que está pasando? don't o can't you see what's happening?;
    se la ve preocupada she looks worried; hacerse visto (RPl) to show off 3
    a) (constatar, comprobar) to see;
    ¡ya vistoás lo que pasa! you'll see what happens; ¡ya se vistoá! we'll see
    ¡nunca he visto cosa igual! I've never seen anything like it!;
    ¡si vieras lo mal que lo pasé! you can't imagine how awful it was!; ¡hubieras visto cómo se asustaron! (AmL) you should have seen the fright they got! 4
    a ver: (vamos) a visto ¿de qué se trata? OK o all right, now, what's the problem?;
    está aquí, en el periódico — ¿a visto? it's here in the newspaperlet's see; apriétalo a visto qué pasa press it and see what happens; a visto si escribes pronto make sure you write soon 5
    a) ( estudiar):
    tengo que visto cómo lo arreglo I have to work out how I can fix it; ya vistoé qué hago I'll decide what to do later
    ¿la ha visto un médico? has she been seen by a doctor yet?
    6
    a) (juzgar, considerar):
    a mi modo or manera de visto the way I see it no le veo la gracia I don't think it's funny 7 (visitar, entrevistarse con) ‹amigo/pariente to see, visit; ‹médico/jefe to see;
    ¡cuánto tiempo sin vistote! I haven't seen you for ages!
    8
    tener … que ver: ¿y eso qué tiene que visto? and what does that have to do with it?;
    no tengo nada que visto con él I have nothing to do with him; ¿qué tiene que visto que sea sábado? what difference does it make that it's Saturday? verbo intransitivo 1 ( percibir con la vista) to see; no veo bien de lejos/de cerca I'm shortsighted/longsighted 2 ( constatar):
    ¿hay cerveza? — no sé, voy a visto is there any beer? — I don't know, I'll have a look;
    pues vistoás, todo empezó cuando … well you see, the whole thing began when … 3 ( pensar) to see; estar/seguir en vistoemos (AmL fam): todavía está en vistoemos it isn't certain yet; seguimos en vistoemos we still don't know anything verse verbo pronominal 1 ( refl) (percibirse, imaginarse) to see oneself 2 ( hallarse) (+ compl) to find oneself; me vi obligado a despedirlo I had no choice but to dismiss him 3 (esp AmL) ( parecer): no se ve bien con ese peinado that hairdo doesn't suit her 4 ( recípr)
    nos vemos a las siete I'll meet o see you at seven;
    ¡nos vemos! (esp AmL) see you!
    b) (visitarse, encontrarse) to see each other;
    vistose con algn to see sb
    vestir ( conjugate vestir) verbo transitivo 1
    a)niño/muñeca to dress
    2 (liter o period) ( llevar puesto) to wear verbo intransitivo 1 [ persona] to dress; visto de algo ‹de uniforme/azul›) to wear sth; visto de etiqueta to wear formal dress 2 ( ser elegante): de visto ‹traje/zapatos smart vestirse verbo pronominal ( refl)
    date prisa, vístete hurry up, get dressed
    se viste a la última moda she wears the latest styles; siempre se viste de verde she always wears green
    c) ( disfrazarse) vistose de algo to dress up as sth

    visto 1
    ◊ -ta adjetivo
    1
    a) (claro, evidente) obvious, clear;
    está/estaba visto que … it is/was clear o obvious that …
    b)
    2 [estar] (común, trillado): eso ya está muy visto that's not very original 3 ( considerado): estaba mal visto que las mujeres fumaran it was not the done thing o it was frowned upon for women to smoke
    visto 2 sustantivo masculino
    a) (Esp) check (AmE), tick (BrE)
    b)
    tiene que dar el visto bueno she has to give her approval
    visto 3 see vestir, ver 2
    ver 1 m (aspecto exterior) aún estás de buen ver, you're still good-looking
    ver 2 I verbo transitivo
    1 to see: vi tu cartera sobre la mesa, I saw your wallet on the table
    no veo nada, I can't see anything
    puede ver tu casa desde aquí, he can see your house from here ➣ Ver nota en see; (mirar la televisión) to watch: estamos viendo las noticias de las tres, we are watching the three o'clock news (cine) me gustaría ver esa película, I'd like to see that film
    2 (entender) no veo por qué no te gusta, I can't see why you don't like it (considerar) a mi modo de ver, as far as I can see o as I see it
    tus padres no ven bien esa relación, your parents don't agree with that relationship (parecer) se te ve nervioso, you look nervous
    3 (averiguar) ya veremos qué sucede, we'll soon see what happens fam (uso enfático) ¡no veas qué sitio tan bonito!, you wouldn't believe what a beautiful place!
    4 a ver, let's see: a ver si acabamos este trabajo, let's see if we can finish this job
    me compré un compacto, - ¿a ver?, I bought a compact disc, - let's have a look!
    5 (ir a ver, visitar) to see, visit: le fui a ver al hospital, I visited him in hospital
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 to see: no ve bien de lejos, he's shortsighted, US nearsighted
    2 (dudar, pensar) ¿me prestas este libro?, - ya veré, will you lend me this book?, - I'll see
    3 (tener relación) no tengo nada que ver con ese asunto, I have nothing to do with that business
    solo tiene cincuenta años, - ¿y eso qué tiene qué ver?, he's only fifty, - so what? Locuciones: no poder ver a alguien: no puede (ni) verle, she can't stand him
    ¿To see, to watch o to look?
    Los tres verbos reflejan tres conceptos muy distintos. To see hace referencia a la capacidad visual y no es fruto de una acción deliberada. A menudo se usa con can o could: I can see the mountains from my bedroom. Puedo ver las montañas desde mi dormitorio.
    To look at implica una acción deliberada: I saw an old atlas, so I opened it and looked at the maps. Vi un atlas antiguo, así que lo abrí y miré los mapas.
    To watch también se refiere a una acción deliberada, a menudo cuando se tiene un interés especial por lo que ocurre: I watched the planes in the sky with great interest. Miraba los aviones en el cielo con gran interés. Igualmente puede indicar el paso del tiempo (we watched the animals playing for half an hour, durante media hora observamos cómo jugaban los animales), movimiento (they stood there watching the cars drive off into the distance, se quedaron allí de pie viendo cómo se marchaban los coches) o vigilancia (the policemen have been watching this house because they thought we were thieves, los policías estaban vigilando la casa porque pensaban que éramos ladrones). Para hablar de películas u obras de teatro usamos to see: Have you seen Hamlet?, ¿Has visto Hamlet? To watch se refiere a la televisión y los deportes en general: I always watch the television in the evening. Siempre veo la televisión por las noches. I like to watch football. Me gusta ver el fútbol. Al hablar de programas o partidos específicos podemos usar tanto to watch como to see: I like to see/watch the news at 9:00. Me gusta ver las noticias a las 9.00. Did you see/watch the match last night?, ¿Viste el partido anoche?
    vestir
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (poner la ropa a alguien) to dress frml to clothe
    2 (llevar puesto) to wear: vestía un traje gris, he was wearing a grey suit
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (llevar) to dress
    viste de rojo, she's wearing red
    vestir bien, to dress well (ser apropiado, elegante) to look smart
    visto,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (considerado socialmente) estar bien visto, to be considered correct o acceptable
    estar mal visto, to be frowned upon/on
    2 (común, poco original) estar muy visto, not to be very original: ese reloj está muy visto, everybody is wearing watches like that
    3 fam (obvio) estar visto, to be obvious o clear
    4 (al parecer) por lo visto, apparently
    5 Jur visto para sentencia, ready for judgement
    II sustantivo masculino visto bueno, approval ' visto' also found in these entries: Spanish: colarse - contada - contado - cosa - jamás - merodear - peor - perjurar - pretender - quien - repetida - repetido - tampoco - ver - vista - acordar - alguno - asegurar - junto - perfil English: apparently - appearance - approval - assent - before - blow - censor - clear - endorse - endorsement - evidently - frown on - goings-on - have - life - miss - not - OK - okay - point-blank - seal - sorry - they - tick - us - will - worst - anywhere - bill - check - deal - done - frown - go - lot - no - obviously - report - rubber - socially - sound - state - still - unseen

    English-spanish dictionary > visto

  • 20 Vignoles, Charles Blacker

    [br]
    b. 31 May 1793 Woodbrook, Co. Wexford, Ireland
    d. 17 November 1875 Hythe, Hampshire, England
    [br]
    English surveyor and civil engineer, pioneer of railways.
    [br]
    Vignoles, who was of Huguenot descent, was orphaned in infancy and brought up in the family of his grandfather, Dr Charles Hutton FRS, Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. After service in the Army he travelled to America, arriving in South Carolina in 1817. He was appointed Assistant to the state's Civil Engineer and surveyed much of South Carolina and subsequently Florida. After his return to England in 1823 he established himself as a civil engineer in London, and obtained work from the brothers George and John Rennie.
    In 1825 the promoters of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway (L \& MR) lost their application for an Act of Parliament, discharged their engineer George Stephenson and appointed the Rennie brothers in his place. They in turn employed Vignoles to resurvey the railway, taking a route that would minimize objections. With Vignoles's route, the company obtained its Act in 1826 and appointed Vignoles to supervise the start of construction. After Stephenson was reappointed Chief Engineer, however, he and Vignoles proved incompatible, with the result that Vignoles left the L \& MR early in 1827.
    Nevertheless, Vignoles did not sever all connection with the L \& MR. He supported John Braithwaite and John Ericsson in the construction of the locomotive Novelty and was present when it competed in the Rainhill Trials in 1829. He attended the opening of the L \& MR in 1830 and was appointed Engineer to two railways which connected with it, the St Helens \& Runcorn Gap and the Wigan Branch (later extended to Preston as the North Union); he supervised the construction of these.
    After the death of the Engineer to the Dublin \& Kingstown Railway, Vignoles supervised construction: the railway, the first in Ireland, was opened in 1834. He was subsequently employed in surveying and constructing many railways in the British Isles and on the European continent; these included the Eastern Counties, the Midland Counties, the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyme \& Manchester (which proved for him a financial disaster from which he took many years to recover), and the Waterford \& Limerick. He probably discussed rail of flat-bottom section with R.L. Stevens during the winter of 1830–1 and brought it into use in the UK for the first time in 1836 on the London \& Croydon Railway: subsequently rail of this section became known as "Vignoles rail". He considered that a broader gauge than 4 ft 8½ in. (1.44 m) was desirable for railways, although most of those he built were to this gauge so that they might connect with others. He supported the atmospheric system of propulsion during the 1840s and was instrumental in its early installation on the Dublin \& Kingstown Railway's Dalkey extension. Between 1847 and 1853 he designed and built the noted multi-span suspension bridge at Kiev, Russia, over the River Dnieper, which is more than half a mile (800 m) wide at that point.
    Between 1857 and 1863 he surveyed and then supervised the construction of the 155- mile (250 km) Tudela \& Bilbao Railway, which crosses the Cantabrian Pyrenees at an altitude of 2,163 ft (659 m) above sea level. Vignoles outlived his most famous contemporaries to become the grand old man of his profession.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society 1829. FRS 1855. President, Institution of Civil Engineers 1869–70.
    Bibliography
    1830, jointly with John Ericsson, British patent no. 5,995 (a device to increase the capability of steam locomotives on grades, in which rollers gripped a third rail).
    1823, Observations upon the Floridas, New York: Bliss \& White.
    1870, Address on His Election as President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
    Further Reading
    K.H.Vignoles, 1982, Charles Blacker Vignoles: Romantic Engineer, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (good modern biography by his great-grandson).
    PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Vignoles, Charles Blacker

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