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1 travailler
travailler [tʀavaje]➭ TABLE 11. intransitive verba. to work• faire travailler sa tête or sa matière grise to set one's mind to work• fais travailler ta tête ! use your head!• travailler en usine/à domicile to work in a factory/at home• dans ce pays on fait travailler les enfants à huit ans in this country they put children to work at the age of eightb. ( = s'exercer) [artiste, acrobate, musicien] to practise ; [boxeur] to trainc. [métal, bois] to warp2. transitive verba. ( = façonner) [+ matière, verre, fer] to work• travailler la pâte ( = pétrir) to knead the doughb. ( = potasser, améliorer) to work on• travailler le chant/piano to practise singing/the piano► travailler à [+ livre, projet] to work on ; [+ cause, but] to work for ; ( = s'efforcer d'obtenir) to work towardsc. [doutes, faits] to worry ; [douleur] to torment• cette idée/ce projet le travaille this idea/this plan is very much on his mind* * *tʀavaje
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1) ( pour perfectionner) to work on [style, matière scolaire, voix, muscles]; to practise [BrE] [sport, instrument, chant]2) ( manipuler) to work [bois, métal]; Culinaire to knead [pâte]; Agriculture to work, to cultivate [terre]; to cultivate [vigne]3) ( préoccuper)travailler quelqu'un — [affaire, idée] to be ou prey on somebody's mind, to bother somebody; ( tourmenter) [jalousie, douleur] to plague somebody
ce sont ses dents qui le travaillent — ( parlant d'un bébé) he is out of sorts because he's teething
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travailler à verbe transitif indirecttravailler à — to work on [projet, dissertation]; to work toward(s) [objectif]
travailler à rétablir la paix — to endeavour [BrE] to restore peace
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verbe intransitif1) ( faire un effort) [personne, machine] to work; [muscles] to work2) ( exercer un métier) to worktravailler en équipes/de nuit — to work shifts/nights
travailler au noir — gén to work without declaring one's earnings; ( exercer un second emploi non déclaré) to moonlight
3) Commerce ( faire des affaires) [commerçant, magasin, hôtel] to do businesstravailler à perte — [entreprise, commerce] to run at a loss
4) ( produire un revenu)5) ( œuvrer)nous voulons la paix et c'est dans ce sens que nous travaillons — we want peace and we are working toward(s) it
6) ( s'entraîner) [athlète] to train; [boxeur] to train, to work out; [musicien, danseur] to practise [BrE]7) ( se modifier) [bois] to warp; [vin] to ferment8) ( se déformer) [poutre] to be in stress* * *tʀavaje1. vi1) [personne] to work2) [bois] to warp2. vt1) (= façonner) [bois, métal] to work, [pâte] to knead, [objet d'art] to work on2) [discipline]travailler son piano — to do one's piano practice Grande-Bretagne to do one's piano practise USA
3) (= préoccuper)4) (= influencer) to work ontravailler à — to work on, (= contribuer à) to work towards
travailler à faire — to endeavour to do Grande-Bretagne to endeavor to do USA
* * *travailler verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( pour perfectionner) to work on [style, matière scolaire, mouvement, voix, muscles]; to practiseGB [sport, instrument, chant, sonate]; travailler son latin to work on one's Latin; travailler le saut en longueur to practiseGB the long jump;2 ( manipuler) to work [bois, métal]; Culin to knead [pâte]; to stir [sth] until smooth [sauce]; Agric to work, to cultivate [terre]; to cultivate [vigne];4 ( préoccuper) travailler qn [affaire, idée] to be ou prey on sb's mind, to bother sb; ( tourmenter) [jalousie, douleur] to plague sb; je ne sais pas ce qui le travaille I don't know what's bothering him; un doute me travaillait I had a nagging doubt; c'est la jalousie qui le travaille he's plagued ou tormented by jealousy; ce sont ses dents qui le travaillent ( parlant d'un bébé) he is out of sorts because he's teething.B travailler à vtr ind travailler à to work on [projet, dissertation]; to work towards [objectif]; travailler quatre ans à sa thèse to work on one's thesis for four years; travailler à rétablir la paix to endeavourGB to restore peace; travailler à la perte de qn to try to engineer sb's downfall.C vi1 ( faire un effort) [personne, machine] to work; [muscles] to work; travailler de ses mains to work with one's hands; travailler sur un texte/projet to work on a text/project; faire travailler un élève to make a pupil work; faire travailler ses biceps to use one's biceps; faire travailler son cerveau to apply one's mind; ton imagination travaille trop you have an overactive imagination;2 ( exercer un métier) to work; travailler en usine/à domicile to work in a factory/at home; travailler dans l'édition/le textile to work in publishing/textiles; travailler comme secrétaire to work as a secretary; travailler en équipes/de nuit to work shifts/nights; travailler en indépendant to work freelance, to be self-employed; ta mère travaille? does your mother work?; il a hâte de travailler he can't wait to start work; faire travailler les enfants to put children to work; travailler au noir gén to work without declaring one's earnings; ( exercer un second emploi non déclaré) to moonlight;3 ( faire des affaires) Comm [commerçant, magasin, hôtel] to do business; bien travailler to do good business; l'épicier/restaurant ne travaille pas beaucoup the grocer/restaurant isn't doing much business; travailler avec l'étranger to do business abroad; travailler pour l'exportation to work in exports; nous travaillons surtout l'été/avec les touristes most of our trade is in the summer/with tourists; travailler à perte [entreprise, commerce] to run at a loss;4 ( produire un revenu) [argent] to work; faire travailler son argent to make one's money work for one;5 ( œuvrer) travailler pour/contre qn to work for/against sb; nous voulons la paix et c'est dans ce sens que nous travaillons we want peace and we are working toward(s) it; travailler pour/contre ses intérêts to act in/against one's own interests;6 ( s'entraîner) [athlète] to train; [boxeur] to train, work out; [musicien, danseur] to practiseGB; travailler aux barres parallèles to work on the parallel bars;7 ( se modifier) [bois] to warp; [vin] to ferment; [pâte] to prove, to rise;8 ( se déformer) [poutre] to be in stress.[travaje] verbe intransitif1. [être actif] to worktu as le temps de travailler avant dîner you've got time to do some work ou to get some work done before dinnertravailler à ou sur une chanson to work at ou on a songtravailler comme un bœuf ou forçat to slave away, to work like a Trojan2. [avoir une profession] to workvous travaillez? do you work?, do you have a job?j'ai arrêté de travailler à 55 ans I stopped work ou retired at 55travailler pour payer ses études to work one's way through college/universitytravailler en free-lance to do freelance work, to be a freelancer3. [faire des affaires] to do (good) businessentreprise qui travaille bien/mal/à perte thriving/stagnating/lossmaking firm4. [pratiquer son activité - artiste, athlète] to practise, to train ; [ - boxeur] to work out, to trainfaire travailler ses jambes to make one's legs work, to exercise one's legsc'est ton imagination qui travaille your imagination's working overtime, you're imagining things6. [suivi d'une préposition]travailler à [succès] to work ou to strive fortravailler contre/pour to work against/forle temps travaille contre/pour nous time is working against us/is on our side————————[travaje] verbe transitif1. [façonner - bois, bronze, glaise] to work[CUISINE - mélange, sauce] to stirb. [peintre] to work the paste2. [perfectionner - discours, style] to work on (inseparable), to polish up (separable), to hone ; [ - matière scolaire] to work at ou on (inseparable), to go over (inseparable) ; [ - concerto, scène] to work on, to rehearse3. [obséder] to worryêtre travaillé par le remords/l'angoisse to be tormented by remorse/anxiety4. [tenter d'influencer] to work on (inseparable) -
2 gros
gros, grosse [gʀo, gʀos]━━━━━━━━━1. adjective4. adverb5. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <a. (dimension) big, large ; [personne, ventre, bébé] fat ; [lèvres, corde, pull, manteau] thick ; [chaussures, averse] heavyb. ( = important) [travail, problème, ennui, erreur] big ; [somme, entreprise] large ; [soulagement, progrès] great ; [dégâts] extensive ; [fièvre] high ; [rhume] badc. ( = houleux) [mer] roughd. ( = sonore) [soupir] deepf. ( = rude) [drap, laine, vêtement, plaisanterie, traits] coarse• nous dire ça, c'est un peu gros saying that to us was a bit thick (inf)2. <a. ( = personne) fat manb. ( = principal) le gros du travail est fait the bulk of the work is doned. ► en gros• dites-moi, en gros, ce qui s'est passé tell me roughly what happened3. <4. <b. ( = beaucoup) il risque gros he's risking a lot• je donnerais gros pour... I'd give a lot to...• il y a gros à parier que... it's a safe bet that...5. <► grosse caisse ( = instrument) bass drum► gros porteur ( = avion) jumbo jet* * *
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grosse gʀo, gʀos adjectif1) gén big, large2) ( épais) thick3) ( gras) fat4) ( important) big, large5) ( grave) [problème, erreur] serious, big; [déception, défaut] big, major6) ( fort) [rhume] bad; [sanglots] loud; [soupir, voix] deep; [pluie, chute de neige] heavy; [orage] big; [temps, mer] rough; [buveur, fumeur] heavygros malin! — (colloq) you silly fool! (colloq)
7) ( rude) [rire] coarse; [drap, laine] coarse
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nom masculin, féminin fat man/woman
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1) ( en grands caractères) [écrire] big2) ( beaucoup) [miser, perdre] lit a lot of money; fig a lotjouer gros — lit, fig to play for high stakes
il y a gros à parier que... — it's a good bet that...
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nom masculin invariable1) ( plupart)le gros de — the majority ou bulk of [spectateurs, passagers]; the main body of [manifestants, expédition]; the bulk of [travail]; most of [hiver, saison]; most of [déficit]
2) Commerce wholesale tradede gros — [magasin, prix] wholesale
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en gros locution adverbiale1) ( dans les grandes lignes) roughlyen gros je suis d'accord — basically, I agree
2) Commerce [acheter] wholesale3) ( en grands caractères) in big letters•Phrasal Verbs:- gros lot- gros mot- gros sel••en avoir gros sur le cœur or la patate — (colloq) to be very upset
* * *ɡʀo, ɡʀos gros, -se1. adj1) (fruit, maison, paquet) big, large, (câble, trait) thick, heavy2) (personne) fat3) (travaux, dégâts) extensive, (problème, quantité) great4)2. adv1) (= beaucoup)2)3. nm1) COMMERCE2)le gros de (= la majeure partie de) — most of, [travail] the bulk of
Le gros de l'hiver est derrière nous. — The worst of the winter is behind us now.
* * *A adj (before n)4 ( important) [entreprise, exploitation] big, large; [commerçant, producteur, industriel, actionnaire, client] big; [contrat, investissement, marché] big; [dégâts] considerable; [dépense, héritage, somme] big; [récolte, cueillette] big; un de nos plus gros clients/actionnaires one of our major customers/shareholders;6 ( fort) [mensonge, surprise] big; [rhume] bad; [sanglots] loud; [soupir, voix] deep; [câlin, larmes, appétit] big; [pluie, chute de neige] heavy; [orage] big; [temps, mer] rough; [buveur, fumeur] heavy; [mangeur] big; par gros temps in rough weather; avoir une grosse fièvre to have a very high temperature; avoir une grosse faim to be very hungry; d'une grosse voix in a very serious voice; pendant les grosses chaleurs when the weather is at its hottest; gros malin! you silly fool○!; un gros fainéant/porc a real lazybones/dirty pig;B nm,f fat man/woman; un petit gros a small fat man; une bonne grosse a plump old dear; mon gros my old thing; les petits payent pour les gros fig the rich live off the backs of the poor.C adv1 ( en gros caractères) [écrire] big ou in big letters; essaie d'écrire moins/plus gros try to write smaller/bigger;2 ( beaucoup) [miser, risquer, gagner, perdre] lit a lot of money; fig a lot; jouer gros lit, fig to play for high stakes; il y a gros à parier que… it's a good bet that…D nm1 ( plupart) le gros de the majority ou bulk of [spectateurs, lecteurs, passagers]; the main body of [manifestants, troupes, armée, expédition]; the bulk of [travail]; the main part of [effort, dépenses, revenus]; most of [été, hiver, saison]; most of [déficit]; le gros de la troupe a suivi the main body of the group followed;3 Pêche game fish; la pêche au gros game fishing.E en gros loc1 ( dans les grandes lignes) [expliquer, raconter] roughly; en gros, voilà ce qui s'est passé that's roughly what happened; il s'agit, en gros, de savoir si… what's roughly involved is finding out if…; en gros je suis d'accord avec toi basically, I agree with you;3 ( en gros caractères) [écrit, imprimé] in big letters.F grosse nf1 ( copie d'acte) engrossment;2 ( douze douzaines) gross.gros bétail Agric large livestock; gros bonnet○ big wig○ GB, big shot○; gros bras○ strong man; gros coup○ a big deal; réussir un gros coup to pull off a big deal; gros cube○ Aut, Transp big bike○ ou motorbike, big hog○ US; gros cul○ big truck; gros gibier Chasse big game; fig big time criminals (pl); gros lard○ fat slob○; gros linge heavy washing; gros lot Jeux first prize, jackpot; gagner or décrocher le gros lot lit, fig to hit the jackpot; gros morceau○ ( travail) big job; s'attaquer à un gros morceau to tackle a big job; gros mot swearword; dire des gros mots to use bad language, to swear; gros œuvre Constr shell (of a building); nous avons fini le gros œuvre we've finished the shell (of the building); gros plan Cin close-up; en gros plan in close-up; faire un gros plan sur to do a close-up of; gros plein de soupe○ fatso○; gros rouge○ red plonk○ GB, cheap red wine; gros sel Culin coarse salt; gros titre Presse headline; être en gros titres dans les journaux to hit the (newspaper) headlines; grosse caisse Mus bass drum; grosse légume○ = gros bonnet; grosse tête○ brain box○ GB, brain○.faire une grosse tête à qn◑ to give sb a thick ear○ GB, to beat sb upside the head○ US; avoir le cœur gros to have a heavy heart; en avoir gros sur le cœur or la patate○ to be very upset; gros comme le poing as big as my fist; gros comme une tête d'épingle no bigger than a pinhead; c'est un peu gros comme histoire! that's a bit of a tall story!; il dit des bêtises grosses comme lui he says ridiculous foolish things.( féminin grosse) [gro, gros] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet [groz]) adjectifune grosse boîte de haricots a large ou big can of beansle paquet est/n'est pas (très) gros the parcel is/isn't (very) bigprends-le par le gros bout pick it up by the thick ou thicker endun gros pull a thick ou heavy jumperde grosses jambes fat ou stout legs3. [en intensif]un gros appétit/mangeur a big ou hearty appetite/eaterun gros bruit a loud ou big noiseun gros soupir a big ou heavy sigh4. [abondant] heavyson usine a de gros effectifs his factory employs large numbers of people ou has a large workforce5. [important] bigle gros avantage des supermarchés the big ou major advantage of supermarketsde gros dégâts extensive ou widespread damageune grosse entreprise a large ou big companyavoir de gros moyens to have a large income ou considerable resourcesde gros profits big ou fat profitsun gros rhume a bad ou heavy coldde gros ennuis serious trouble, lots of trouble6. [prospère] big7. [rude]une grosse voix a rough ou gruff voicel'astuce/la supercherie était un peu grosse the trick/the hoax was a bit obvious[exagéré]8. MÉTÉOROLOGIEpar gros temps/grosse mer in heavy weather/seas9. (soutenu) [rempli]————————, grosse [gro, gros] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet [groz]) nom masculin, nom féminingros nom masculin1. [majorité]2. COMMERCEgros adverbecoûter/gagner gros to cost/to win a lot (of money)elle donnerait gros pour savoir she'd give her right arm ou a lot to find out————————de gros locution adjectivale[commerce, prix] wholesale————————en gros locution adjectivalebulk (modificateur)————————en gros locution adverbiale1. [approximativement] roughly2. [en lettres capitales]————————gros bonnet nom masculin————————grosse légume nom féminin[officier] brass (hat) -
3 business
business [ˈbɪznɪs]1. noun• what line of business is he in? (inf) qu'est-ce qu'il fait (dans la vie) ?• now we're in business! (inf) ( = ready) maintenant nous sommes prêts !• "business as usual" « nous restons ouverts pendant les travaux »b. ( = volume of trade) our business has doubled in the last year notre chiffre d'affaires a doublé par rapport à l'année dernièrec. ( = firm) entreprise fd. ( = task) affaire f• it's time the government got on with the business of dealing with inflation il est temps que le gouvernement s'occupe sérieusement du problème de l'inflation• that's my business! c'est mon affaire• mind your own business! (inf) mêlez-vous de vos affaires !e. ( = undertaking) moving house is a costly business cela coûte cher de déménagerf. ( = situation) affaire f2. compounds[lunch, meeting, trip] d'affaires• the business end of a rifle le canon d'un fusil ► business hours plural noun [of shops] heures fpl d'ouverture ; [of offices] heures fpl de bureau* * *['bɪznɪs] 1.1) [U] ( commerce) affaires fplthey're back in business — Commerce ils ont repris leurs activités
she's gone to Brussels on business — elle est allée à Bruxelles pour affaires or en voyage d'affaires
it's good/bad for business — ça fait marcher/ne fait pas marcher les affaires
‘business as usual’ — ( on shop window) ‘nous restons ouverts pendant les travaux’
it is/it was business as usual — fig c'est/c'était comme à l'habitude
2) (custom, trade)we are doing twice as much business as last summer — notre chiffre d'affaires a doublé par rapport à l'été dernier
3) (trade, profession) métier m4) (company, firm) affaire f, entreprise f; ( shop) commerce m, boutique f5) [U] ( important matters) questions fpl importantes; (duties, tasks) devoirs mpl, occupations fpl‘any other business’ — ( on agenda) ‘questions diverses’
6) ( concern)mind your own business! — (colloq) occupe-toi or mêle-toi de tes affaires! (colloq)
7) ( affair) histoire f, affaire fit's a bad ou sorry business — c'est une triste affaire
8) (bother, nuisance) histoire f2.noun modifier [ address, letter, transaction] commercial; [ pages] affaires; [ meeting, consortium] d'affairesbusiness people — hommes mpl d'affaires
••she can play the piano like nobody's business — (colloq) elle joue du piano comme personne
to work like nobody's business — (colloq) travailler d'arrache-pied
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4 World War II
(1939-1945)In the European phase of the war, neutral Portugal contributed more to the Allied victory than historians have acknowledged. Portugal experienced severe pressures to compromise her neutrality from both the Axis and Allied powers and, on several occasions, there were efforts to force Portugal to enter the war as a belligerent. Several factors lent Portugal importance as a neutral. This was especially the case during the period from the fall of France in June 1940 to the Allied invasion and reconquest of France from June to August 1944.In four respects, Portugal became briefly a modest strategic asset for the Allies and a war materiel supplier for both sides: the country's location in the southwesternmost corner of the largely German-occupied European continent; being a transport and communication terminus, observation post for spies, and crossroads between Europe, the Atlantic, the Americas, and Africa; Portugal's strategically located Atlantic islands, the Azores, Madeira, and Cape Verde archipelagos; and having important mines of wolfram or tungsten ore, crucial for the war industry for hardening steel.To maintain strict neutrality, the Estado Novo regime dominated by Antônio de Oliveira Salazar performed a delicate balancing act. Lisbon attempted to please and cater to the interests of both sets of belligerents, but only to the extent that the concessions granted would not threaten Portugal's security or its status as a neutral. On at least two occasions, Portugal's neutrality status was threatened. First, Germany briefly considered invading Portugal and Spain during 1940-41. A second occasion came in 1943 and 1944 as Great Britain, backed by the United States, pressured Portugal to grant war-related concessions that threatened Portugal's status of strict neutrality and would possibly bring Portugal into the war on the Allied side. Nazi Germany's plan ("Operation Felix") to invade the Iberian Peninsula from late 1940 into 1941 was never executed, but the Allies occupied and used several air and naval bases in Portugal's Azores Islands.The second major crisis for Portugal's neutrality came with increasing Allied pressures for concessions from the summer of 1943 to the summer of 1944. Led by Britain, Portugal's oldest ally, Portugal was pressured to grant access to air and naval bases in the Azores Islands. Such bases were necessary to assist the Allies in winning the Battle of the Atlantic, the naval war in which German U-boats continued to destroy Allied shipping. In October 1943, following tedious negotiations, British forces began to operate such bases and, in November 1944, American forces were allowed to enter the islands. Germany protested and made threats, but there was no German attack.Tensions rose again in the spring of 1944, when the Allies demanded that Lisbon cease exporting wolfram to Germany. Salazar grew agitated, considered resigning, and argued that Portugal had made a solemn promise to Germany that wolfram exports would be continued and that Portugal could not break its pledge. The Portuguese ambassador in London concluded that the shipping of wolfram to Germany was "the price of neutrality." Fearing that a still-dangerous Germany could still attack Portugal, Salazar ordered the banning of the mining, sale, and exports of wolfram not only to Germany but to the Allies as of 6 June 1944.Portugal did not enter the war as a belligerent, and its forces did not engage in combat, but some Portuguese experienced directly or indirectly the impact of fighting. Off Portugal or near her Atlantic islands, Portuguese naval personnel or commercial fishermen rescued at sea hundreds of victims of U-boat sinkings of Allied shipping in the Atlantic. German U-boats sank four or five Portuguese merchant vessels as well and, in 1944, a U-boat stopped, boarded, searched, and forced the evacuation of a Portuguese ocean liner, the Serpa Pinto, in mid-Atlantic. Filled with refugees, the liner was not sunk but several passengers lost their lives and the U-boat kidnapped two of the ship's passengers, Portuguese Americans of military age, and interned them in a prison camp. As for involvement in a theater of war, hundreds of inhabitants were killed and wounded in remote East Timor, a Portuguese colony near Indonesia, which was invaded, annexed, and ruled by Japanese forces between February 1942 and August 1945. In other incidents, scores of Allied military planes, out of fuel or damaged in air combat, crashed or were forced to land in neutral Portugal. Air personnel who did not survive such crashes were buried in Portuguese cemeteries or in the English Cemetery, Lisbon.Portugal's peripheral involvement in largely nonbelligerent aspects of the war accelerated social, economic, and political change in Portugal's urban society. It strengthened political opposition to the dictatorship among intellectual and working classes, and it obliged the regime to bolster political repression. The general economic and financial status of Portugal, too, underwent improvements since creditor Britain, in order to purchase wolfram, foods, and other materials needed during the war, became indebted to Portugal. When Britain repaid this debt after the war, Portugal was able to restore and expand its merchant fleet. Unlike most of Europe, ravaged by the worst war in human history, Portugal did not suffer heavy losses of human life, infrastructure, and property. Unlike even her neighbor Spain, badly shaken by its terrible Civil War (1936-39), Portugal's immediate postwar condition was more favorable, especially in urban areas, although deep-seated poverty remained.Portugal experienced other effects, especially during 1939-42, as there was an influx of about a million war refugees, an infestation of foreign spies and other secret agents from 60 secret intelligence services, and the residence of scores of international journalists who came to report the war from Lisbon. There was also the growth of war-related mining (especially wolfram and tin). Portugal's media eagerly reported the war and, by and large, despite government censorship, the Portuguese print media favored the Allied cause. Portugal's standard of living underwent some improvement, although price increases were unpopular.The silent invasion of several thousand foreign spies, in addition to the hiring of many Portuguese as informants and spies, had fascinating outcomes. "Spyland" Portugal, especially when Portugal was a key point for communicating with occupied Europe (1940-44), witnessed some unusual events, and spying for foreigners at least briefly became a national industry. Until mid-1944, when Allied forces invaded France, Portugal was the only secure entry point from across the Atlantic to Europe or to the British Isles, as well as the escape hatch for refugees, spies, defectors, and others fleeing occupied Europe or Vichy-controlled Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. Through Portugal by car, ship, train, or scheduled civil airliner one could travel to and from Spain or to Britain, or one could leave through Portugal, the westernmost continental country of Europe, to seek refuge across the Atlantic in the Americas.The wartime Portuguese scene was a colorful melange of illegal activities, including espionage, the black market, war propaganda, gambling, speculation, currency counterfeiting, diamond and wolfram smuggling, prostitution, and the drug and arms trade, and they were conducted by an unusual cast of characters. These included refugees, some of whom were spies, smugglers, diplomats, and business people, many from foreign countries seeking things they could find only in Portugal: information, affordable food, shelter, and security. German agents who contacted Allied sailors in the port of Lisbon sought to corrupt and neutralize these men and, if possible, recruit them as spies, and British intelligence countered this effort. Britain's MI-6 established a new kind of "safe house" to protect such Allied crews from German espionage and venereal disease infection, an approved and controlled house of prostitution in Lisbon's bairro alto district.Foreign observers and writers were impressed with the exotic, spy-ridden scene in Lisbon, as well as in Estoril on the Sun Coast (Costa do Sol), west of Lisbon harbor. What they observed appeared in noted autobiographical works and novels, some written during and some after the war. Among notable writers and journalists who visited or resided in wartime Portugal were Hungarian writer and former communist Arthur Koestler, on the run from the Nazi's Gestapo; American radio broadcaster-journalist Eric Sevareid; novelist and Hollywood script-writer Frederick Prokosch; American diplomat George Kennan; Rumanian cultural attache and later scholar of mythology Mircea Eliade; and British naval intelligence officer and novelist-to-be Ian Fleming. Other notable visiting British intelligence officers included novelist Graham Greene; secret Soviet agent in MI-6 and future defector to the Soviet Union Harold "Kim" Philby; and writer Malcolm Muggeridge. French letters were represented by French writer and airman, Antoine Saint-Exupery and French playwright, Jean Giroudoux. Finally, Aquilino Ribeiro, one of Portugal's premier contemporary novelists, wrote about wartime Portugal, including one sensational novel, Volframio, which portrayed the profound impact of the exploitation of the mineral wolfram on Portugal's poor, still backward society.In Estoril, Portugal, the idea for the world's most celebrated fictitious spy, James Bond, was probably first conceived by Ian Fleming. Fleming visited Portugal several times after 1939 on Naval Intelligence missions, and later he dreamed up the James Bond character and stories. Background for the early novels in the James Bond series was based in part on people and places Fleming observed in Portugal. A key location in Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale (1953) is the gambling Casino of Estoril. In addition, one aspect of the main plot, the notion that a spy could invent "secret" intelligence for personal profit, was observed as well by the British novelist and former MI-6 officer, while engaged in operations in wartime Portugal. Greene later used this information in his 1958 spy novel, Our Man in Havana, as he observed enemy agents who fabricated "secrets" for money.Thus, Portugal's World War II experiences introduced the country and her people to a host of new peoples, ideas, products, and influences that altered attitudes and quickened the pace of change in this quiet, largely tradition-bound, isolated country. The 1943-45 connections established during the Allied use of air and naval bases in Portugal's Azores Islands were a prelude to Portugal's postwar membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). -
5 business
A n1 ¢ ( commerce) affaires fpl ; to be in business être dans les affaires ; to go into business se lancer dans les affaires ; they made a lot of money in business ils ont gagné beaucoup d'argent dans les affaires ; to be honest in business être toujours honnête en affaires ; to set up in business s'établir à son compte ; she went into ou set up in business as a translator elle s'est établie comme traductrice ; the firm is no longer in business l'entreprise a fermé ; to do business with sb traiter avec qn, faire des affaires avec qn ; they do a lot of business with Germany ils font beaucoup d'affaires avec l'Allemagne ; they're in business together ils sont associés ; he is a man I can do business with c'est un homme avec qui je peux travailler ; to go out of business faire faillite ; they're back in business Comm ils ont repris leurs activités ; she's gone to Brussels on business elle est allée à Bruxelles pour affaires or en voyage d'affaires ; he's away on business at the moment en ce moment il est en déplacement pour affaires ; the recession has put them out of business la récession les a obligés à cesser leurs activités ; it's good/bad for business ça fait marcher/ne fait pas marcher les affaires ; to talk business parler affaires ; now we're talking business! fig maintenant on commence à parler sérieusement! ; are you in London for business or pleasure? êtes-vous à Londres pour affaires ou pour le plaisir? ; to mix business with pleasure joindre l'utile à l'agréable ; business is business les affaires sont les affaires ; ‘business as usual’ ( on shop window) ‘nous restons ouverts pendant les travaux’ ; it is/it was business as usual fig c'est/c'était comme à l'habitude ;2 (custom, trade) to lose business perdre de la clientèle ; how's business comment vont les affaires? ; business is slow at the moment les affaires marchent au ralenti or ne vont pas fort en ce moment ; most of our business comes from tourists la plupart de nos clients sont des touristes ; we are doing twice as much business as last summer notre chiffre d'affaires a doublé par rapport à l'été dernier ;3 (trade, profession) métier m ; what's your line of business?, what (line of) business are you in? vous travaillez dans quelle branche?, qu'est-ce que vous faites dans la vie? ; he's in the hotel/insurance business il travaille dans l'hôtellerie/les assurances ; he's the best comedian/chef in the business ○ fig c'est le meilleur comique/chef qui existe ;4 (company, firm) affaire f, entreprise f ; ( shop) commerce m, boutique f ; small businesses les petites entreprises ; she runs a small dressmaking/mail-order business elle dirige une petite affaire de confection/de vente par correspondance ;5 ¢ ( important matters) questions fpl importantes ; (duties, tasks) devoirs mpl, occupations fpl ; let's get down to business passons aux choses sérieuses ; the business before a meeting Admin l'ordre m du jour ; we got through a lot of business at the meeting on a réglé beaucoup de questions au cours de la réunion ; can we get down to business? on peut s'y mettre? ; to go about one's business vaquer à ses occupations ; to deal with daily business expédier les affaires courantes ; we still have some unfinished business to discuss nous avons encore des choses à discuter ; he got on with the business of tidying up/letterwriting il s'est mis à faire le rangement/la correspondance ; ‘any other business’ ( on agenda) ‘questions diverses’ ;6 ( concern) that's her business ça la regarde, c'est son affaire ; it's none of your business! ça ne te regarde pas!, ce n'est pas ton affaire! ; it's no business of yours what he does in his private life sa vie privée ne te regarde pas ; to make it one's business to find out se charger de découvrir la vérité ; mind your own business ○ ! occupe-toi or mêle-toi de tes affaires ○ ! ; he had no business telling her! ce n'était pas à lui de le lui dire! ; she had no business to be there elle n'avait rien à faire là-bas ; there I was minding my own business when … j'étais là tranquille dans mon coin, quand … ;7 ( affair) histoire f, affaire f ; it's a bad ou sorry business c'est une triste affaire ; the newspapers are full of this murder/drugs business les journaux ne parlent que de cette histoire de meurtre/de drogue ; what a dreadful business! quelle histoire horrible! ; no funny business! et pas d'histoires! ; a nasty business une sale affaire ; I'm fed up with the whole business j'en ai ras le bol ○ ;8 (bother, nuisance) histoire f ; moving house is quite a business! c'est toute une histoire de déménager! ; what a business! quelle histoire! ;B modif [address, law, letter, transaction] commercial ; [pages] affaires ; [meeting, travel, consortium] d'affaires ; business people hommes mpl d'affaires ; the business community le monde des affaires.now we're in business! maintenant nous sommes prêts!, maintenant on peut y aller! ; to be in the business of doing avoir pour habitude de faire ; she can sing/play the piano like nobody's business ○ elle chante/joue du piano comme personne ; to work like nobody's business ○ travailler d'arrache-pied ; that's the business ○ ! c'est super ○ ! ; she means business! elle ne plaisante pas! ; to send sb about his business envoyer promener qn ○ ; to give sb the business ○ US en faire voir de toutes les couleurs à qn ○. -
6 balance
ˈbæləns
1. сущ.
1) весы (любой конструкции) quick balance Roman balance
2) равновесие( в прямом и переносном смысле) balance of forces balance of nature balance of terror balance of power keep one's balance lose one's balance be off balance the strategic balance favourable balance unfavourable balance
3) элк. баланс (соотношение мощностей правого и левого канала в стереозаписи)
4) то же, что Libra
5) противовес( в прямом и переносном смысле)
6) маятник;
балансир, баланс ( в механизмах)
7) соотношение сил (необязательно равновесное), характеристика этого соотношения
8) коммерч. баланс, сальдо bank balance strike a balance credit balance debit balance trade balance trial balance balance in hand balance due balance of payments balance of trade
9) амер. разг. остаток( по коммерческим операциям) Syn: left-over
10) балласт( по ошибочной ассоциации с ballast) ∙ - balance weight be in the balance tremble in the balance swing in the balance hang in the balance hold the balance upon a fair balance the beam of a balance balance-yard balance-fish balance-knife balance-man balance-master balance-mistress - balance-sheet balance-seat balance-step the balance of advantage lies with him ≈ на его стороне значительные преимущества to be weighed in the balance and found wanting( Дан., 5-
27) ≈ не оправдать надежд
2. гл.
1) сохранять равновесие, быть в равновесии;
уравновешивать( что-л.;
что-л. чем-л.) One thing balances another. ≈ Одно компенсирует другое. balance oneself balance disadvantage by smth. to balance disadvantage with smth.
2) взвешивать, обдумывать;
сопоставлять( with, against) to balance а trip to the mountains against the chance of a summer job ≈ решать, что выбрать: поездку в горы или возможность получить работу на лето We must balance the two proposals. ≈ Нам надо взвесить достоинства этих двух предложений. balance income with expenditure
3) колебаться, медлить He balanced in indecision. ≈ Он медлил в нерешительности.
4) балансировать, качаться Balanced herself half over the balcony-rail. ≈ Она наполовину перевесилась через перила балкона.
5) коммерч. подводить баланс the accounts don't balance ≈ счета не сходятся balance one's accounts balance outвесы - quick /Roman/ * безмен, пружинные весы - assay * пробирные весы чаша весов - to tip the * склонять чашу весов, давать перевес равновесие;
состояние равновесия - stable * устойчивое равновесие (тж. в спорте) - * of nature природное равновесие - off * неустойчивый, шаткий - to maintain a strict * of forces строго поддерживать равновесие сил - to hold the * even сохранять равновесие - to keep /to hold, to preserve/ one's * удерживать /сохранять/ равновесие - to lose * потерять равновесие - to make out the * уравновешивать, приводить в состояние равновесия - the blow threw him off his * удар сбил его с ног душевное равновесие;
спокойствие;
уравновешенность - to be off one's * потерять равновесие /душевный покой/ - to lose one's * выйти из себя, потерять равновесие - she was thrown off her * with anger она была вне себя от негодования - he kept his * even at the most trying moments он не терял самообладания даже в самые трудные минуты пропорциональность;
гармоническое сочетание - the * of colours гармония красок (специальное) баланс - heat * (физическое) тепловой баланс решающий фактор;
решающее влияние или значение - to hold the * осуществлять контроль, распоряжаться - the * of advantage lies with him на его стороне значительные преимущества - the * of out fortune rests with him наша судьба в его руках противовес, компенсатор;
гиря баланс (шест канатоходца) маятник, балансир, баланс (в часовом механизме) (финансовое) баланс;
сальдо;
остаток - adverse * пассивный баланс - trade *, * of trade торговый баланс - favourable * активный баланс - sterling *s стерлинговые счета, стерлинговые авуары - * of payments платежный баланс - *s with foreign banks остатки на счетах в заграничных банках, иностранные авуары - * in hand денежная наличность, наличность кассы - * of an account остаток счета - on * после подведения баланса - to strike the * подводить баланс;
подводить итоги - to bring accounts to a * составлять сводный баланс( разговорное) остаток - he spent the * of his life in travel остаток жизни он провел в странствиях - he gave the * of his dinner to the dog он бросил остатки обеда собаке (B.) (астрономия) Весы (созвездие и знак зодиака) (спортивное) брусья;
стойка - one hand * стойка на одной руке > upon /on/ (a) * по зрелом размышлении, хорошо взвесив обстоятельства;
с учетом всего вышесказанного;
в конечном счете, в итоге - to be in the * быть нерешенным - the future is in the * будущее неясно - to swing /to be, to tremble/ in the * висеть на волоске, быть в критическом положении;
колебаться, сомневаться - to hang in the * быть брошенным на чашу весов - to weigh in the * взвешивать, обсуждать, оценивать (доводы, достоинства и т. п.) - to be weighed in the * and found wanting не выдержать проверки - to turn the * склонить чашу весов - a moth will turn the * мелочь /случайность/ может изменить все балансировать, сохранять равновесие, быть в равновесии - do these scales *? чаши весов уравновешены? балансировать - the little boy was balancing himself on the edge of a chair мальчик качался /балансировал/ на краю стула приводить в равновесие;
уравновешивать, уравнивать - to * foreign trade (экономика) сбалансировать внешнююторговлю - the teams were perfectly *d силы команд были совершенно равны удовлетворять потребность( в товаре) (бухгалтерское) подсчитывать, подытоживать;
сводить, заключать, закрывать( счета, книги) ;
погашать;
подбивать баланс - to * an account уравнять /погасить/ счет - to * the books закрыть /забалансировать/ (бухгалтерские) книги - to compute and * one's gain and loss подводить итог приходу и расходу сводиться, балансироваться - the accounts don't * счета не сходятся взвешивать, определять вес (приблизительно) взвешивать, обдумывать;
сопоставлять - to * probabilities сопоставлять возможности - she *d her answer to the sum with his она сравнила свой и его ответы на задачу медлить, колебаться - a disposition to * and temporize склонность к медлительности и колебаниям - to * in indecision быть в нерешительности (by, with, against) противопоставлять, нейтрализовать, компенсировать - to * a disadvantage by /with/ smth. восполнять ущерб чем-л.;
нейтрализовать вред - the advantages more than * the disadvantages достоинства вполне покрывают недостатки - her lack of politeness was *d by her readiness to help недостаток вежливости сглаживался у нее готовностью помочь( специальное) добавлять недостающее количество делать балансе (в танце)account ~ остаток на счете account ~ остаток при расчетеto ~ one's accounts подытоживать счета;
the accounts don't balance счета не сходятсяadverse ~ неблагоприятный платежный баланс adverse ~ неблагоприятный торговый баланс adverse ~ пассивный платежный баланс adverse ~ пассивный торговый балансadverse ~ of payments неблагоприятный платежный баланс adverse ~ of payments пассивный платежный балансadverse ~ of trade неблагоприятный торговый баланс adverse ~ of trade пассивный торговый балансadverse cash ~ неблагоприятный баланс наличности adverse cash ~ пассивный баланс кассовой наличностиbalance ком. баланс, сальдо (тж. balance in hand) ;
balance of payments платежный баланс;
balance of trade активный баланс (внешней торговли) ;
to strike a balance подводить баланс;
перен. подводить итоги ~ баланс, сальдо, остаток ~ баланс ~ балансировать;
сохранять равновесие, быть в равновесии;
уравновешивать ~ балансировать ~ (B). Весы (созвездие и знак зодиака) ~ весы;
quick (или Roman) balance безмен, пружинные весы ~ весы ~ взвешивать, обдумывать;
сопоставлять (with, against) ~ закрывать счета ~ колебаться (between) ~ компенсировать ~ маятник;
балансир, баланс (в часовом механизме) ~ медлить, колебаться ~ нейтрализовать ~ разг. остаток ~ остаток ~ погашать ~ ком. подводить баланс ~ подводить итог ~ подсчитывать ~ приводить в равновесие ~ пропорциональность ~ противовес ~ равновесие;
balance of forces равновесие сил;
balance of power политическое равновесие '(между государствами) ~ равновесие ~ решающий фактор ~ сальдировать ~ сальдо ~ состояние счета ~ уравнивать ~ уравновешиватьthe ~ of advantage lies with him на его стороне значительные преимущества~ of an account остаток на счете ~ of an account остаток при расчете ~ of an account сальдо счета~ of current accounts сальдо текущих счетов~ of current transactions сальдо по текущим сделкам~ равновесие;
balance of forces равновесие сил;
balance of power политическое равновесие '(между государствами)~ of freight сальдо фрахта~ of order остаток заказаbalance ком. баланс, сальдо (тж. balance in hand) ;
balance of payments платежный баланс;
balance of trade активный баланс (внешней торговли) ;
to strike a balance подводить баланс;
перен. подводить итоги ~ of payments платежный баланс~ of payments disequilibrium неравновесие платежного баланса~ of payments equilibrium равновесие платежного баланса~ of payments figures итог платежного баланса~ of payments gap дефицит платежного баланса~ of payments statistics статистические данные платежного баланса~ of payments surplus активное сальдо платежного баланса~ равновесие;
balance of forces равновесие сил;
balance of power политическое равновесие '(между государствами) ~ of power равновесие сил ~ of power соотношение сил~ of services баланс услугbalance ком. баланс, сальдо (тж. balance in hand) ;
balance of payments платежный баланс;
balance of trade активный баланс (внешней торговли) ;
to strike a balance подводить баланс;
перен. подводить итоги ~ of trade торговый баланс~ of trade improvement улучшение торгового баланса~ of trade surplus активное сальдо торгового баланса~ of unclassifiable transactions остаток от неклассифицируемых операций~ on current account остаток на текущем счете~ on giro account остаток на жиросчете~ on investment income сальдо доходов от инвестирования~ on long-term capital account остаток на долгосрочном счете движения капитала~ on short-term capital account остаток на краткосрочном счете движения капитала~ on transfer account остаток на жиросчетеto ~ one's accounts подытоживать счета;
the accounts don't balance счета не сходятся~ the accounts выводить сальдо счетов ~ the accounts закрывать счета ~ the accounts определять остаток на счетах~ the books закрывать бухгалтерские книги~ to be carried forward сальдо к переносу на следующую страницуbank ~ баланс банка bank ~ остаток на банковском счете bank ~ остаток счета в банке bank ~ сальдо банковского счетаto be (или to tremble, to swing, to hang) in the ~ висеть на волоске, быть в критическом положенииto be off one's ~ потерять душевное равновесиеto be weighed in the ~ and found wanting не оправдать надеждcarry down a ~ бухг. делать перенос сальдоclassified trial ~ систематизированный предварительный баланс с группировкой статей по форме финансового отчетаcleared ~ окончательное сальдоcommencement ~ баланс на начало периодаcredit ~ кредитовое сальдо credit ~ кредитовый баланс credit ~ кредитовый остаток credit ~ остаток кредита credit ~ отрицательное сальдоcurrent external ~ текущее состояние внешних расчетовexternal ~ состояние внешних расчетовfavourable trade ~ активный торговый баланс favourable trade ~ благоприятный торговый балансgiro ~ жиробалансgross investments ~ баланс валовых капиталовложенийto hold the ~ распоряжатьсяin ~ на балансеinitial ~ исходный балансintercompany ~ межфирменный балансinvisibles ~ баланс невидимых статей балансаto keep one's ~ сохранять равновесие;
перен. оставаться спокойным;
to lose one's balance упасть, потерять равновесие;
перен. выйти из себяloan ~ остаток непогашенной ссудыto keep one's ~ сохранять равновесие;
перен. оставаться спокойным;
to lose one's balance упасть, потерять равновесие;
перен. выйти из себяmonthly ~ месячный балансnegative cash ~ отрицательный кассовый остатокnegative net ~ пассивный чистый балансnet ~ сальдо net ~ чистый остатокnet external ~ сальдо по внешним расчетамnonoil trade ~ торговый баланс без учета нефтиoff ~ несбалансированныйold ~ выч. сальдо за предыдущий периодon ~ на балансеpassive ~ неблагоприятный платежный баланс passive ~ пассивный платежный баланс passive: ~ фин. беспроцентный;
passive balance пассивное сальдо;
passive bonds амер. беспроцентные облигацииpositive ~ активный баланс positive ~ положительное сальдоpositive cash ~ положительный кассовый остаток~ весы;
quick (или Roman) balance безмен, пружинные весыredress the ~ восстанавливать равновесие redress: ~ исправлять;
восстанавливать;
to redress the balance восстанавливать равновесиеremit a ~ сальдировать счетrestore the ~ восстанавливать балансRoman ~ безменspring ~ пружинные весы, безменbalance ком. баланс, сальдо (тж. balance in hand) ;
balance of payments платежный баланс;
balance of trade активный баланс (внешней торговли) ;
to strike a balance подводить баланс;
перен. подводить итоги strike a ~ подводить балансsurplus ~ активный балансtorsion ~ мотор-весы, динамо-весыtotal ~ итоговый балансtotal current ~ итоговое сальдо по контокоррентуtrade ~ торговый баланс trade: ~ attr. торговый;
trade balance торговый балансtrial ~ предварительный баланс trial ~ пробный балансunfavourable trade ~ пассивный торговый балансupon a fair ~ по зрелом размышленииupset the ~ нарушать равновесие
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