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121 get
get [get]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = have, receive, obtain) avoir━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Some get + noun combinations may take a more specific French verb.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• first I need to get a better idea of the situation je dois d'abord me faire une meilleure idée de la situation► have/has got• how many have you got? combien en avez-vous ?• I've got it! ( = have safely) (ça y est) je l'ai !• you're okay, I've got you! ne t'en fais pas, je te tiens !b. ( = find) trouver• it's difficult to get a hotel room in August c'est difficile de trouver une chambre d'hôtel en août• you get different kinds of... on trouve plusieurs sortes de...c. ( = buy) acheter• where do they get their raw materials? où est-ce qu'ils achètent leurs matières premières ?d. ( = fetch, pick up) aller chercher• can you get my coat from the cleaners? est-ce que tu peux aller chercher mon manteau au pressing ?• can I get you a drink? est-ce que je peux vous offrir quelque chose ?e. ( = take) prendref. ( = call in) appelerg. ( = prepare) préparerh. ( = catch) [+ disease, fugitive] attraper ; [+ name, details] comprendre• we'll get them yet! on leur revaudra ça !• he'll get you for that! qu'est-ce que tu vas prendre ! (inf)• you've got it in one! (inf) tu as tout compris !• let me get this right, you're saying that... alors, si je comprends bien, tu dis que...j. ( = answer) can you get the phone? est-ce que tu peux répondre ?• I'll get it! j'y vais !► to get + adjective━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► This construction is often translated by a verb alone. Look up the relevant adjective.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• when do you think you'll get it finished? ( = when will you finish it) quand penses-tu avoir fini ?• you can't get anything done round here ( = do anything) il est impossible de travailler ici► to get sb/sth to do sth━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• to get sth going [+ machine] faire marcher qch► to get sb/sth somewhere• how can we get it home? comment faire pour l'apporter à la maison ?• to get sth upstairs monter qch► to get sb/sth + preposition• to get o.s. into a difficult position se mettre dans une situation délicate• how do you get there? comment fait-on pour y aller ?• can you get there from London by bus? est-ce qu'on peut y aller de Londres en bus ?• what time do you get to Sheffield? à quelle heure arrivez-vous à Sheffield ?► to get + adverb/preposition• how did that box get here? comment cette boîte est-elle arrivée ici ?• what's got into him? qu'est-ce qui lui prend ?• now we're getting somewhere! (inf) enfin du progrès !• how's your thesis going? -- I'm getting there où en es-tu avec ta thèse ? -- ça avance• where did you get to? où étais-tu donc passé ?• where can he have got to? où est-il passé ?• where have you got to? (in book, work) où en êtes-vous ?► to get + adjective━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► This construction is often translated by a verb alone.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• how stupid can you get? il faut vraiment être stupide !• to get used to sth/to doing s'habituer à qch/à faire► to get + past participle (passive)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Reflexive verbs are used when the sense is not passive.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► to get to + infinitive• students only get to use the library between 2pm and 8pm les étudiants ne peuvent utiliser la bibliothèque qu'entre 14 heures et 20 heures► have got to + infinitive ( = must)• have you got to go and see her? est-ce que vous êtes obligé d'aller la voir ?• you've got to be joking! tu plaisantes !► to get + -ing ( = begin)• I got to thinking that... (inf) je me suis dit que...3. compounds• he's got lots of get-up-and-go il est très dynamique ► get-well card noun carte f de vœux (pour un prompt rétablissement)a. ( = move about) se déplacer• he gets about with a stick/on crutches il marche avec une canne/des béquilles• she gets about quite well despite her handicap elle arrive assez bien à se déplacer malgré son handicapb. ( = travel) voyagerc. [news] circuler• the story had got about that... des rumeurs circulaient selon lesquelles...• it has got about that... le bruit court que...• I don't want it to get about je ne veux pas que ça s'ébruite► get above inseparable transitive verb• to get above o.s. avoir la grosse tête (inf)• you're getting above yourself! pour qui te prends-tu ?► get across[person crossing] traverser ; [meaning, message] passer• the message is getting across that people must... les gens commencent à comprendre qu'il faut...b. ( = manage) se débrouiller• to get along without sth/sb se débrouiller sans qch/qnc. ( = progress) [work] avancer ; [student, invalid] faire des progrèsd. ( = be on good terms) (bien) s'entendre→ get about→ get rounda. [+ object, person, place] atteindreb. [+ facts, truth] découvrirc. ( = suggest) what are you getting at? où voulez-vous en venir ?d. (British) ( = attack) s'en prendre àa. ( = leave) partir• we are not going to be able to get away this year nous n'allons pas pouvoir partir en vacances cette année• get away (with you)! (inf) à d'autres !b. ( = escape) s'échapper• she moved here to get away from the stress of city life elle est venue s'installer ici pour échapper au stress de la vie citadine• he went to the Bahamas to get away from it all il est allé aux Bahamas pour laisser tous ses problèmes derrière lui( = suffer no consequences)• you'll never get away with that! on ne te laissera pas passer ça ! (inf)a. ( = return) revenir• let's get back to why you didn't come yesterday revenons à la question de savoir pourquoi vous n'êtes pas venu hier• can I get back to you on that? (inf) puis-je vous recontacter à ce sujet ? ; (on phone) puis-je vous rappeler à ce sujet ?b. ( = move backwards) reculer• get back! reculez !a. ( = recover) [+ sth lent, sth lost, stolen] récupérer ; [+ strength] reprendre ; [+ one's husband, partner] faire revenirb. ( = return) rendre• I'll get it back to you as soon as I can je vous le rendrai dès que possible► get back at (inf) inseparable transitive verb( = retaliate against) prendre sa revanche sura. ( = pass) passerb. ( = manage) arriver à s'en sortir (inf)• may I get down? (at table) est-ce que je peux sortir de table ?• get down! ( = climb down) descends ! ; ( = lie down) couche-toi !c. ( = make note of) noterd. ( = depress) déprimer• when you get down to it there's not much difference between them en y regardant de plus près il n'y a pas grande différence entre euxa. [person] ( = enter) entrer ; ( = be admitted to university, school) être admis• do you think we'll get in? tu crois qu'on réussira à entrer ?b. ( = arrive) [train, bus, plane] arriverc. ( = be elected) [member] être élu ; [party] accéder au pouvoira. [+ harvest] rentrer• did you get your essay in on time? as-tu rendu ta dissertation à temps ?b. ( = buy) acheterc. ( = fit in) glisser• he managed to get in a game of golf il a réussi à trouver le temps de faire une partie de golf► get into inseparable transitive verba. ( = enter) [+ house, park] entrer dans ; [+ car, train] monter dans• to get into the way of doing sth ( = make a habit of) prendre l'habitude de faire qchb. [+ clothes] mettre• I can't get into these jeans any more je ne peux plus rentrer dans ce jean► get in with inseparable transitive verba. ( = gain favour of) (réussir à) se faire bien voir deb. ( = become friendly with) se mettre à fréquenter• he got in with local drug dealers il s'est mis à fréquenter les trafiquants de drogue du quartier► get off• to get off to a good start [project, discussion] bien partirc. ( = escape) s'en tirerd. ( = leave work) finir ; ( = take time off) se libérera. [+ bus, train] descendre deb. [+ clothes, shoes] enleverc. ( = dispatch) I'll phone you once I've got the children off to school je t'appellerai une fois que les enfants seront partis à l'écoled. ( = save from punishment) faire acquittera. to get off a bus/a bike descendre d'un bus/de vélo• get off the floor! levez-vous !b. ( = be excused) (inf) to get off gym se faire dispenser des cours de gym► get off with (inf) inseparable transitive verb► get onb. ( = advance, make progress) avancer• how are you getting on? comment ça marche ? (inf)• how did you get on? comment ça s'est passé ?c. ( = succeed) réussir• if you want to get on, you must... si tu veux réussir, tu dois...d. ( = agree) s'entendre( = put on) [+ clothes, shoes] mettrea. ( = get in touch with) se mettre en rapport avec ; ( = speak to) parler à ; ( = ring up) téléphoner àb. ( = start talking about) aborder• we got on to (the subject of) money nous avons abordé la question de l'argent► get on with inseparable transitive verba. ( = continue) continuer• while they talked she got on with her work pendant qu'ils parlaient, elle a continué à travaillerb. ( = start on) se mettre à• I'd better get on with the job! il faut que je m'y mette !► get out• get out! sortez !• let's get out of here! sortons d'ici !b. ( = escape) s'échapper (of de)• you'll have to do it, you can't get out of it il faut que tu le fasses, tu ne peux pas y échapper• some people will do anything to get out of paying taxes certaines personnes feraient n'importe quoi pour éviter de payer des impôts• he's trying to get out of going to the funeral il essaie de trouver une excuse pour ne pas aller à l'enterrementc. [news] se répandre ; [secret] être éventé• wait till the news gets out! attends que la nouvelle soit ébruitée !a. ( = bring out) [+ object] sortirb. ( = remove) [+ nail, tooth] arracher ; [+ stain] enleverc. ( = free) [+ person] faire sortirb. ( = recover from) to get over an illness se remettre d'une maladie• I can't get over the fact that... je n'en reviens pas que... + subja. [+ person, animal, vehicle] faire passerb. ( = communicate) faire comprendre ; [+ ideas] communiquer► get over with separable transitive verb( = have done with) en finir• I was glad to get the injections over with j'étais content d'en avoir fini avec ces piqûres► get round= get abouta. [+ obstacle, difficulty, law] contourner• I don't think I'll get round to it before next week je ne pense pas trouver le temps de m'en occuper avant la semaine prochaine► get throughb. ( = be accepted, pass) [candidate] être reçu ; [motion, bill] passer• I phoned you several times but couldn't get through je t'ai appelé plusieurs fois mais je n'ai pas pu t'avoird. ( = communicate with) to get through to sb communiquer avec qna. [+ hole, window] passer par ; [+ hedge] passer à travers ; [+ crowd] se frayer un chemin à traversb. ( = do) [+ work] faire ; [+ book] lire (en entier)• we get through £150 per week nous dépensons 150 livres par semained. ( = survive) how are they going to get through the winter? comment vont-ils passer l'hiver ?• we couldn't get through a day without arguing pas un jour ne se passait sans que nous ne nous disputionsa. [+ person, object] faire passer• to get the message through to sb that... faire comprendre à qn que...• this is the only place where villagers can get together c'est le seul endroit où les gens du village peuvent se réunir[+ people, ideas, money] rassembler ; [+ group] former( = pass underneath) passer par-dessous• to get under a fence/a rope passer sous une barrière/une corde► get up• what time did you get up? à quelle heure t'es-tu levé ?b. (on a chair, on stage) montera. we eventually got the truck up the hill on a finalement réussi à faire monter le camion jusqu'en haut de la côtea. ( = catch up with) rattraperb. ( = reach) arriver à• where did we get up to last week? où en sommes-nous arrivés la semaine dernière ?• do you realize what they've been getting up to? tu sais ce qu'ils ont trouvé le moyen de faire ?• what have you been getting up to lately? qu'est-ce que tu deviens ?* * *Note: This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeunerget is used in many idiomatic expressions ( to get something off one's chest etc) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc). This is also true of offensive comments ( get lost etc) where the appropriate entry would be lostRemember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else ( to get a room painted etc) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive ( faire repeindre une pièce etc)When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc) as a single verb often suffices ( s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc)For examples and further uses of get see the entry below[get] 1.1) ( receive) recevoir [letter, grant]; recevoir, percevoir [salary, pension]; Television, Radio capter [channel]2) ( inherit)to get something from somebody — lit hériter quelque chose de quelqu'un [article, money]; fig tenir quelque chose de quelqu'un [trait, feature]
3) ( obtain) ( by applying) obtenir [permission, divorce, licence]; trouver [job]; ( by contacting) trouver [plumber]; appeler [taxi]; ( by buying) acheter [item] ( from chez); avoir [ticket]to get something for nothing/at a discount — avoir quelque chose gratuitement/avec une réduction
to get somebody something —
to get something for somebody — ( by buying) acheter quelque chose à quelqu'un
4) ( subscribe to) acheter [newspaper]5) ( acquire) se faire [reputation]6) ( achieve) obtenir [grade, mark, answer]he got it right — ( of calculation) il a obtenu le bon résultat; ( of answer) il a répondu juste
7) ( fetch) chercher [object, person, help]to get somebody something —
8) (manoeuvre, move)to get somebody/something upstairs/downstairs — faire monter/descendre quelqu'un/quelque chose
can you get between the truck and the wall? — est-ce que tu peux te glisser entre le camion et le mur?
9) ( help progress)10) ( contact)11) ( deal with)I'll get it — ( of phone) je réponds; ( of doorbell) j'y vais
12) ( prepare) préparer [breakfast, lunch etc]13) ( take hold of) attraper [person] (by par)I've got you, don't worry — je te tiens, ne t'inquiète pas
to get something from ou off — prendre quelque chose sur [shelf, table]
to get something from ou out of — prendre quelque chose dans [drawer, cupboard]
14) (colloq) ( oblige to give)to get something from ou out of somebody — faire sortir quelque chose à quelqu'un [money]; fig obtenir quelque chose de quelqu'un [truth]
15) (colloq) ( catch) gen arrêter [escapee]got you! — gen je t'ai eu!; ( caught in act) vu!
16) Medicine attraper [disease]17) ( use as transport) prendre [bus, train]18) ( have)to have got — avoir [object, money, friend etc]
19) ( start to have)to get (hold of) the idea ou impression that — se mettre dans la tête que
20) ( suffer)21) ( be given as punishment) prendre [five years etc]; avoir [fine]22) ( hit)to get somebody/something with — toucher quelqu'un/quelque chose avec [stone, arrow]
23) (understand, hear) comprendrenow let me get this right... — alors si je comprends bien...
‘where did you hear that?’ - ‘I got it from Paul’ — ‘où est-ce que tu as entendu ça?’ - ‘c'est Paul qui me l'a dit’
24) (colloq) (annoy, affect)what gets me is... — ce qui m'agace c'est que...
25) (learn, learn of)to get to do — (colloq) finir par faire
how did you get to know ou hear of our organization? — comment avez-vous entendu parler de notre organisation?
26) ( have opportunity)to get to do — avoir l'occasion de faire, pouvoir faire
27) ( start)to get to doing — (colloq) commencer à faire
then I got to thinking that... — puis je me suis dit que...
28) ( must)to have got to do — devoir faire [homework, chore]
you've got to realize that... — il faut que tu te rendes compte que...
29) ( persuade)30) ( have somebody do)31) ( cause)2.1) ( become) devenir [suspicious, old]how lucky/stupid can you get! — il y en a qui ont de la chance/qui sont vraiment stupides!
2) ( forming passive)3) ( become involved in)to get into — (colloq) ( as hobby) se mettre à; ( as job) commencer dans; fig
4) ( arrive)how did you get here? — ( by what miracle) comment est-ce que tu es arrivé là?; ( by what means) comment est-ce que tu es venu?
5) ( progress)6) (colloq) ( put on)to get into — mettre, enfiler (colloq) [pyjamas, overalls]
•Phrasal Verbs:- get at- get away- get back- get by- get down- get in- get into- get off- get on- get onto- get out- get over- get up••get along with you! — (colloq) ne sois pas ridicule!
get away with you! — (colloq) arrête de raconter n'importe quoi! (colloq)
I'll get you (colloq) for that — je vais te le faire payer (colloq)
he's got it bad — (colloq) il est vraiment mordu
to get it together — (colloq) se ressaisir
to get with it — (colloq) se mettre dans le coup (colloq)
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122 set
set [set](verb: preterite, past participle set)1. nouna. [of oars, keys, golf clubs, spanners] jeu m ; [of chairs, saucepans, weights] série f ; [of clothes] ensemble m ; [of dishes, plates] service m• you can't buy them separately, they're a set vous ne pouvez pas les acheter séparément ils forment un lotd. ( = group of people) bande f2. adjectivea. ( = unchanging) [price, time, purpose] fixe ; [smile, jaw] figé ; [idea] (bien) arrêté ; [lunch] à prix fixeb. ( = prearranged) [time, date] fixé ; [book, subject] au programmec. ( = determined)d. ( = ready) prêt• on your marks, get set, go! à vos marques, prêts, partez !• to be all set to do sth être prêt à or pour faire qcha. ( = put) [+ object] placer• his stories, set in the Paris of 1890,... ses histoires, situées dans le Paris de 1890,...b. ( = adjust) régler ; [+ alarm] mettre• have you set the alarm clock? est-ce que tu as mis le réveil ?c. [+ arm, leg] plâtrerd. [+ date, deadline, limit] fixere. [+ task, subject] donner ; [+ exam, test] choisir les questions de ; [+ texts] mettre au programmef. ( = cause to be, do, begin) to set sth going mettre qch en marche• to set o.s. to do sth entreprendre de faire qcha. [sun, moon] se coucherb. [broken bone, limb] se ressouder ; [jelly, jam, concrete] prendrec. ( = start)5. compoundsa. ( = begin) se mettre àb. ( = attack) attaquera. [+ argument, fact] opposerb. [+ person] monter contre[+ person] distinguera. ( = keep) mettre de côtéb. [+ objection] ignorer ; [+ differences] oubliera. [+ development, progress, clock] retarder• the disaster set back the project by ten years le désastre a retardé de dix ans la réalisation du projetb. ( = cost) (inf) it set me back £1000 ça m'a coûté 1 000 livresa. ( = put down) [+ object] poserb. ( = record) noter ; [+ rules, guidelines] établir= set off[+ idea, plan, opinion] exposer[complications, difficulties] survenir( = leave) se mettre en routeb. ( = enhance) mettre en valeura. attaquerb. ( = order to attack) he set his dogs on us il a lâché ses chiens sur nous► set outb. ( = attempt) he set out to explain why it had happened il a essayé d'expliquer pourquoi cela s'était produit► set up( = start business) s'établira. ( = place in position) mettre en placeb. [+ organization] fonder ; [+ business, company, fund] créer ; [+ system, procedure] mettre en place ; [+ meeting] organiserd. ( = strengthen) [food, drink] mettre d'attaquef. ( = falsely incriminate) (inf) monter un coup contre* * *[set] 1.1) ( collection) (of keys, spanners, screwdrivers) jeu m; (of golf clubs, stamps, coins, chairs) série f; ( of cutlery) service m; ( of encyclopedias) collection f; fig (of data, rules, instructions, tests) série fthey're sold in sets of 10 — ils sont vendus par lots mpl de 10
a set of fingerprints — des empreintes fpl digitales
a set of traffic lights — des feux mpl (de signalisation)
2) (kit, game)3) ( pair)my top/bottom set — ( of false teeth) la partie supérieure/inférieure de mon dentier
5) ( television) poste mthe smart ou fashionable set — les gens mpl à la mode
7) ( scenery) Theatre décor m; Cinema, Television plateau m8) Mathematics ensemble m9) GB School (class, group) groupe m10) ( hair-do) mise f en plis2.1) ( fixed) (épith) [procedure, rule, task] bien déterminé; [time, price] fixe; [menu] à prix fixe; [formula] toute faite; [idea] arrêtéset phrase — expression f consacrée
set expression — locution f figée
to be set in one's ideas ou opinions — avoir des idées bien arrêtées
2) ( stiff) [expression, smile] figé3) School, University ( prescribed)5) ( determined)to be (dead) set against something/doing — être tout à fait contre quelque chose/l'idée de faire
to be set on something/on doing — tenir absolument à quelque chose/à faire
6) ( firm) [jam, honey] épais/épaisse; [cement] dur; [yoghurt] ferme3.1) (place, position) placer [object]; monter [gem]to set something before somebody — lit placer quelque chose devant quelqu'un; fig présenter quelque chose à quelqu'un
to set something straight — lit ( align) remettre quelque chose droit [painting]; fig ( tidy) remettre de l'ordre dans quelque chose
to set matters ou the record straight — fig mettre les choses au point
2) ( prepare) mettre [table]; tendre [trap]to set the stage ou scene for something — fig préparer le lieu de quelque chose
to set one's mark ou stamp on something — laisser sa marque sur quelque chose
3) (affix, establish) fixer [date, deadline, place, price, target]; lancer [fashion, trend]; donner [tone]; établir [precedent, record]to set a good/bad example to somebody — montrer le bon/mauvais exemple à quelqu'un
4) ( adjust) mettre [quelque chose] à l'heure [clock]; mettre [alarm clock, burglar alarm, timer]; programmer [magnétoscope]to set the oven to 180° — mettre le four sur 180°
I set the heating to come on at 6 am — j'ai réglé le chauffage pour qu'il se mette en route à six heures
5) ( start)to set something going — mettre quelque chose en marche [machine]
to set somebody laughing/thinking — faire rire/réfléchir quelqu'un
6) (impose, prescribe) [teacher] donner [homework, essay]; poser [problem]; créer [crossword puzzle]7) Cinema, Literature, Theatre, Television situerto set a book in 1960/New York — situer un roman en 1960/à New York
8) Music9) ( in printing) composer [text, type] (in en)10) Medicine immobiliser [broken bone]11) ( style)12) ( cause to harden) faire prendre [jam, concrete]4.1) [sun] se coucher2) [jam, concrete] prendre; [glue] sécher3) Medicine [fracture] se ressouder•Phrasal Verbs:- set back- set by- set down- set in- set off- set on- set out- set to- set up- set upon••to be well set-up — (colloq) ( financially) avoir les moyens (colloq)
to make a (dead) set at somebody — (colloq) GB se lancer à la tête de quelqu'un (colloq)
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123 wide
wide [waɪd]1. adjectivea. ( = broad) [road, river] large ; [selection] grand• how wide is the room? quelle est la largeur de la pièce ?b. ( = off target) the shot was wide le coup est passé à côté2. adverb• wide open [door, window] grand ouvert3. compounds* * *[waɪd] 1.1) ( broad) gen large; [margin] grand2) ( immense) vaste3) ( extensive) [variety, choice] grand4) Sport [ball, shot] perdu2.to be wide of the mark — [ball] être à côté; fig [guess] être loin de la vérité
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124 level
adj. slät; jämn; jämställd; plan; på samma plan--------n. nivå; jämnhöjd; höjd; yta; plan; vattennivå; vattenpass--------v. jämna till, planera (även nivå); balansera; göra likställd; göras likställd; jämna med marken* * *['levl] 1. noun1) (height, position, strength, rank etc: The level of the river rose; a high level of intelligence.) nivå, standard2) (a horizontal division or floor: the third level of the multi-storey car park.) plan, våning3) (a kind of instrument for showing whether a surface is level: a spirit level.) vattenpass4) (a flat, smooth surface or piece of land: It was difficult running uphill but he could run fast on the level.) jämn yta (mark)2. adjective1) (flat, even, smooth or horizontal: a level surface; a level spoonful (= an amount which just fills the spoon to the top of the sides).) jämn, slät, plan, struken2) (of the same height, standard etc: The top of the kitchen sink is level with the window-sill; The scores of the two teams are level.) i jämnhöjd, jämn3) (steady, even and not rising or falling much: a calm, level voice.) jämn, stadig3. verb1) (to make flat, smooth or horizontal: He levelled the soil.) jämna (platta) ut (till)2) (to make equal: His goal levelled the scores of the two teams.) utjämna3) ((usually with at) to aim (a gun etc): He levelled his pistol at the target.) rikta mot4) (to pull down: The bulldozer levelled the block of flats.) jämna med marken, rasera•- level crossing
- level-headed
- do one's level best
- level off
- level out
- on a level with
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125 miss
3) ( title)M\miss Smith Fräulein [o Miss] Smith;M\miss America Miss Amerika6) ( Brit);1) ( failure) Fehlschlag m, Misserfolg m; sports Fehltreffer m, Fehlschuss m, Fehlwurf m; auto Fehlzündung f; med Fehlgeburt f;I've never had a car accident, but I've had a few near \misses ich hatte noch nie einen Unfall, aber ein paar Beinahezusammenstöße2) ( skip)PHRASES:1) ( not hit) nicht treffen, danebengehen2) ( be unsuccessful) missglücken, fehlschlagen1) ( not hit)to \miss sth etw nicht treffen [o verfehlen];to \miss the target das Ziel verfehlen2) ( be too late for)to \miss sth bus, train etw versäumen [o verpassen];to \miss a deadline einen Termin nicht [ein]halten3) ( not be present for)to \miss sth etw versäumen [o verpassen];4) ( not take advantage)to \miss sth opportunity etw verpassen;his new film is too good to \miss seinen neuen Film darf man sich einfach nicht entgehen lassen;you didn't \miss much du hast nicht viel verpasst5) ( avoid)to \miss sth etw vermeiden [o umgehen];I narrowly \missed being run over ich wäre fast überfahren worden6) ( not see)to \miss sb/ sth jdn/etw übersehen;he's over there, you can't \miss him er ist da drüben, du kannst ihn gar nicht übersehen7) (not hear: deliberately)to \miss sth etw überhören8) ( not perceive)to \miss sth etw nicht bemerken; ( approv)Susan doesn't \miss much Susan entgeht einfach nichts9) ( not have)to \miss sth etw nicht haben [o tun];I've \missed my period ich habe meine Tage nicht bekommen ( fam)I've decided to \miss breakfast ich habe beschlossen, nicht zu frühstückento \miss sb/ sth jdn/etw vermissen;I \miss having you here to talk to du fehlst mir hier zum Reden11) ( notice loss)to \miss sth etw vermissenPHRASES:( fail to understand) etw nicht mitbekommen ( fam)to \miss the bus ( fam) den Anschluss verpassen;to \miss the mark das Ziel [o den Zweck] verfehlen;to \miss the point nicht verstehen, worum es geht;( notice)she never \misses a trick ihr entgeht nichts -
126 track
[træk] ndirt \track Sandstraße f‘keep off the \tracks’ „Betreten der Gleise verboten“;to leave the \tracks entgleisen;to be on the \track of sb [or sb's \track] jdm auf der Spur sein;to cover up one's \tracks seine Spuren verwischen;to leave \tracks Spuren hinterlassenI tried to follow the \track of his argument ich versuchte, seinem Gedankengang zu folgen;the company is on \track to make record profits die Firma ist auf dem Weg, Rekordgewinne zu erzielen;to be on the right/wrong \track auf der richtigen/falschen Spur sein;to get off [the] \track vom Thema abweichen;to get back on \track wieder in den Zeitplan kommenGermany has a three-\track educational system Deutschland hat ein dreigleisiges Bildungssystem;the fast \track die Überholspur ( fig)to change \track eine neue Richtung einschlagenPHRASES:off the beaten \track abwegig;( count) jdn/etw zählen;to lose \track of sb/ sth jdn/etw aus den Augen verlieren;to throw sb off the \track jdn täuschen;in one's \tracks an Ort und Stelle;\track medal Rennsportmedaille f vt1) ( pursue)to \track a criminal/ an animal einen Kriminellen/ein Tier verfolgen;the terrorists were \tracked to Amsterdam die Terroristen wurden in Amsterdam aufgespürtto \track sand/ dirt in the house Sand-/Schmutzspuren im Haus hinterlassen3) ( follow trail)to \track a storm/ hurricane einen Sturm/Orkan verfolgen;to \track a target ein Ziel aufspüren vi2) ( adjust settings) einstellen -
127 hit
1. III1) hit smb. hit the girl (the boy, one's sister, etc.) ударить /стукнуть, побить/ девочку и т. д., hit a man when he is down бить лежачего; don't hit the child не бей ребенка; hit smth. hit the target /the mark/ (the bull's eye, a window, a fence, etc.) попасть в цель и т. д., the bullet (the stone, etc.) hit his arm (his head, etc.) пуля и т. д. попала ему в руку и т. д.; hit a ball ударить по мячу; the car hit the tree (the wall, etc.) машина налетела на /врезалась в/ дерево и т. д., а bursting shell hit his shoulder осколок снаряда задел его плечо; hit a blow нанести удар2) hit smth., smb. it will hit his pocket это ударит его по карману; the discovery hit the headlines об этом открытии писали все газеты;. hit smb.'s fancy поразить чье-л. воображение; how did it hit you? какое это произвело на вас впечатление?3) hit smth. hit the right path (the trail, the road, etc.) напасть на правильную тропинку и т. д.2. IV1) hit smb., smth. in some manner hit smb., smth. hard (cruelly, brutally, repeatedly, etc.) сильно и т. д. ударить /стукнуть/ кого-л., что-л.2) hit smb., smth. in some manner depression hit them badly кризис жестоко ударил по ним /сильно на них отразился/; his sarcasm (the taunt, his words, etc.) hit me hard его насмешки и т. д. больно меня задели3) hit smth. somewhere we've hit a problem (a difficulty) here здесь мы столкнулись с серьезной проблемой ( с трудностью)3. Vhit smb. smth. hit smb. a blow on the head (a box on the ear, a heavy blow on the chest, etc.) нанести кому-л. удар /дать кому-л./ по голове и т. д.4. XI1) be hit by smth. he was hit by a bullet в него попала пуля; he was hit by a car fro сбила машина; the car was hit by a bus автобус столкнулся с машиной; the building was directly hit by a bomb бомба попала прямо в это здание2) be hit by (at) smth. the crops were badly hit by the storm урожай сильно пострадал от бури; we are hit by the petrol shortage мы остро ощущаем нехватку горячего /бензина/; he was hard hit by the economic depression (by extra hardness of taxation, by his failure, etc.) на нем тяжело отразился экономический кризис и т.д., экономический кризис и т. д. подкосил его; he was hard hit by what you said твои слова поразили его в самое сердце; he was hard hit at the news он был сражен этой новостью5. XVI1) hit against smth., smb. hit against the table (against the pavement, against the ground, etc.) удариться /стукнуться/ о стол и т. д., hit against a tree (against a fence. against a wall, etc.) налететь на дерево и т. д. [и удариться]; hit against a passer-by столкнуться с прохожим2) hit (up)on smth. hit on the right word (on a passage in a book, on a small valley, etc.) случайно найти нужное слово и т. д., I hit (up)on a plan (upon an idea, upon a solution, upon an answer to the riddle, (up)on a device, upon a stratagem, etc.) мне пришел в голову план и т. д.6. XXI1hit smth. against (over) smth. hit one's knee against the door (one's ankle against the leg of the table, one's head against a shelf, one's elbow against a wall, one's foot against a stone, one's nose against the ground, etc.) удариться /стукнуться/ коленкой о дверь и т. д.; hit a ball over the fence ударить по мячу так, чтобы он перелетел через забор; hit smb. in /on/ smth. hit smb. in the eye (in the face, in the back, etc.) ударить кого-л. /дать кому-л./ в глаз и т. д.; hit smb. on the head (on the forehead, on the back, etc.) ударить / стукнуть/ кого-л. по голове и т. д.; hit smb., smth. with smth. hit smb., smth. with a stick (with a hammer, with a stone, with a bat, etc.) ударить кого-л., что-л. палкой и т. д.7. XXIIhit smth. in doing smth. hit one's head (one's knee, etc.) in falling при падении ударить голову и т. д. -
128 miss
1. I1) the bullet missed пуля пролетела мимо; aim very carefully or you will miss целься точнее, иначе [ты] промахнешься2) there is a volume (a page, a book, a case, etc.) missing не хватает /недостает/ одного тома и т.д.2. IImiss at some time miss again (sometimes, often, etc.) снова и т.д. промахнуться; he seldom misses он редко не попадает в цель; he will never miss он никогда не промахнется; miss in some manner miss deliberately (completely, etc.) намеренно и т.д. промахнуться./не попасть в цель/; he missed accidentally он случайно промахнулся3. III1) miss smth., smb. miss a mark (a target, a nail, a bird, etc.) не попасть в цель и т.д., he missed his aim он промахнулся; he missed the ball он пропустил мяч /не смог ударить по мячу/; he missed his blow его удар не достиг цели; this criticism misses the point эта критика не по существу /бьет мимо цели/2) miss smth., smb. miss the rope (the rails, etc.) не суметь поймать /ухватиться за/ веревку и т.д.; miss one's hold сорваться, не удержаться; miss one's footing оступиться, поскользнуться, сорваться; miss the ball не поймать мяч; miss the turning (the way, the church, the entrance, etc.) пропустить /не заметить/ поворот и т.д., пройти /проехать/ мимо поворота и т.д.; you can't miss our house if you follow the street вы не можете не найти нашего дома, если пойдете по этой улице; miss the notice in the paper не заметить /пропустить/ объявление в газете; if you don't see it you'll be missing something! если вы этого не увидите, то много потеряете!; you haven't missed much не жалейте, вы немного потеряли; you are missing all the fun! вы пропускаете самое интересное!; miss the first part of the speech (the remark, etc.) не расслышать /пропустить/ первую часть доклада и т.д.: miss the point of a remark (the true meaning of the text, the whole point, the point of the argument, the obvious, etc.) не понять смысла замечания /реплики/ и т.д.; he missed the joke до него не дошла шутка /не дошел смысл, не дошла соль шутки/; miss one's breakfast (one's dinner, one's lunch, etc.) пропустить завтрак и т.д.; не успеть к завтраку и т.д., не позавтракать и т.д.; miss one's train (the boat, the train, the plane, etc.) опоздать на поезд и т.д.; miss the post не успеть опустить письмо до выемки почты; miss one's appointment опоздать или не прийти на свидание; miss several lessons пропустить несколько уроков; miss classes пропускать занятия; I have missed my turn я пропустил /прозевал/ свою очередь; miss one's chance /one's opportunity/ упустить случай /возможность/; he missed his true profession он не нашел своего истинного призвания; I called at his house but missed him я заходил к нему домой, но не застал его3) miss smth. miss one's letter (L 100, one's purse, one's spectacles, etc.) обнаружить пропажу письма и т.д.4) miss smb., smth. miss one's mother (one's child, smb.'s talks, the tree that was before the window, etc.) скучать по своей матери и т.д.; I miss you мне вас недостает; I miss our long walks мне не хватает наших длинных прогулок; I am not allowed cigarettes, but I do not miss them мне запрещены сигареты, но я спокойно обхожусь без них4. IV1) miss smth., smb. in some manner miss smth. deliberately (completely, etc.) намеренно и т.д. не попасть во что-л.; the ball (the stone, the bullet, etc.) almost (nearly, just, quite, narrowly, etc.) missed smb., smth. мяч и т.д. пролетел мимо, едва не задев и т.д. кого-л., что-л.; I would not have missed his speech for anything я бы ни за что не пропустил его выступления; miss smth. at some time he seldom misses his aim он редко не попадает в цель /бьет мимо цели/; miss one's holiday this year не иметь /остаться без/ каникул в этом году;2) miss smth., smb. at some time I haven't missed anything yet у меня пока [еще] ничего не пропало; all at once I missed him он вдруг пропал /я его вдруг потерял/ из виду3) miss smb., smth. in some manner miss smb., smth. badly (terribly, very much, sadly, etc.) сильно и т.д. скучать по ком-л., чем-л.5. XI1) be missed an opportunity not to be missed возможность, которую нельзя упустить2) be missed at some time the money is going to be missed immediately пропажу денег сразу же обнаружат; be missed in some manner we are sure to be missed наше отсутствие наверняка заметят; be missed somewhere the exhibit was missed from the museum была обнаружена пропажа экспоната из музея3) be missed you will be missed по тебе будут скучать; he won't be missed о нем никто не пожалеет /не вспомнит/; his lectures will be missed его лекций будет недоставать6. XIVmiss doing smth. do not miss seeing the churches обязательно посмотрите церкви; he never missed attending the lectures он никогда не упускал случая посетить лекции; the truck just missed hitting the boy грузовик чуть не сшиб мальчика; I just missed being run over by a truck я чуть не попал под грузовик; he barely missed being killed он едва избежал гибели7. XVIbe missing from smth. smth. is missing from the safe (from smb.'s purse, etc.) что-то пропало из сейфа и т.д.; is anything missing from your wallet? у вас что-нибудь пропало из бумажника?; there is a shilling missing from my purse у меня из кошелька пропал шиллинг; she is missing from school (from the office, etc.) она не является в школу и т.д., ее нет в школе и т.д., he is missing from home он пропал из дому; be missing in smth. some pages are missing in this book в этой книге недостает нескольких страниц; he's been reported missing in action сообщают, что он пропал в бою без вести; сообщают, что он был в бою и пропал без вести8. XXI11) miss smth. by smth. miss smth. by an inch (by a couple of inches, by a large margin, etc.) пролететь /пройти/ в дюйме и т.д. от чего-л.; the stone missed my head by a hair's breadth камень пролетел на волосок от моей головы2) miss smth. out of /from/ smth. don't miss my name out of /from/ your list [смотрите] не пропустите в списке моей фамилии; miss smth. by smth. miss a train (a boat, etc.) by half a minute (by three minutes, etc.) опоздать на поезд и т.д. на полминуты и т.д., miss smb. at some place miss smb. at the hotel не застать кого-л. в гостинице; miss smb. at the station (in the crowd, etc.) потерять кого-л. [из виду] на вокзале и т.д.; I missed him in his usual seat его не было на его обычном месте3) miss smth. from smth. miss money from the cashbox (one's umbrella from the stand, etc.) не обнаружить деньги в кассе и т.д., обнаружить пропажу денег из кассы и т.д. miss smth. at some time I missed the key only in the evening я хватился ключа только вечером; he didn't miss his purse till next morning он не обнаружил пропажи кошелька до утра; I didn't miss my purse till I got home я хватился, что у меня пропал кошелек, только когда пришел домой9. XXVmiss what... I missed what you said я не расслышал, что вы сказали
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