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1 vital

adjective

1) (essential to life) lebenswichtig

vital organs — lebenswichtige Organe

2) (essential) unbedingt notwendig; (crucial) entscheidend, ausschlaggebend [Frage, Entschluss] (to für)

it is of vital importance or vital that you... — es ist von entscheidender Bedeutung, dass Sie...

3) (full of life) lebendig, kraftvoll [Stil]; vital [Person]

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adjective

1) (essential; of the greatest importance: Speed is vital to the success of our plan; It is vital that we arrive at the hospital soon.) (lebens)wichtig

2) (lively and energetic: a vital person/personality.) lebendig

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vi·tal

[ˈvaɪt^əl, AM -t̬^əl]

adj

1. (essential) essenziell, unerlässlich; (more dramatic) lebenswichtig, lebensnotwendig

to play a \vital part eine entscheidende Rolle spielen

to be of \vital importance von entscheidender Bedeutung [o von größter Wichtigkeit] sein

▪ to be \vital to sth für etw akk lebenswichtig [o unerlässlich] sein

▪ it is \vital to do sth es ist äußerst wichtig, etw zu tun

▪ it is \vital that... es ist von entscheidender Bedeutung, dass...

2. ( approv form: energetic) person vital, lebendig

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['vaɪtl]
1. adj

1) (= of life) vital, Lebens-; (= necessary for life) lebenswichtig

vital organs — lebenswichtige Organe pl

vital spark (fig) — zündender Funke

2) (= essential) unerlässlich

of vital importance — von größter Wichtigkeit

this is vital — das ist unbedingt notwendig

your support is vital to us — wir brauchen unbedingt Ihre Unterstützung

is it vital for you to go?, is it vital that you go? —

it's vital that this is finished by Tuesday — das muss bis Dienstag unbedingt fertig sein

how vital is this? — wie wichtig ist das?

such skills are vital for survival — derartige Fähigkeiten sind überlebenswichtig

3) (= critical) argument, issue entscheidend; error schwerwiegend, schwer wiegend

at the vital moment — im kritischen or entscheidenden Moment

the vital problem — das Kernproblem

4) (= lively) person vital; artistic style lebendig

2. n

the vitals — die lebenswichtigen Organe; ( hum

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vital [ˈvaıtl]

A adj (adv vitally)

1. Lebens…:

vital functions ( principle, etc);

vital energy ( oder power) Lebenskraft f;

vital index (Statistik) Vitalitätsindex m (Verhältnis zwischen Geburts- und Sterbeziffern);

vital records standesamtliche oder bevölkerungsstatistische Unterlagen;

vital spark Lebensfunke m;

vital statistics

a) Bevölkerungsstatistik f,

b) umg hum Maße pl (einer Frau);

Bureau of Vital Statistics US Personenstandsregister n; → node 2

2. lebenswichtig (to für):

vital industry (interests, organ, etc);

vital parts → B 1;

vital necessity Lebensnotwendigkeit f

3. wesentlich, grundlegend

4. (hoch)wichtig, entscheidend ( beide:

to für):

vital problem Kernproblem n;

vital question Lebensfrage f;

of vital importance von entscheidender Bedeutung

5. fig lebendig (Stil etc)

6. vital, kraftvoll, lebensprühend (Persönlichkeit etc)

7. lebensgefährlich, tödlich (Wunde etc)

B spl vitals

1. MED edle Teile:

a) lebenswichtige Organe pl

b) Genitalien pl

2. fig (das) Wesentliche, wichtige Bestandteile pl

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adjective

1) (essential to life) lebenswichtig

vital organs — lebenswichtige Organe

2) (essential) unbedingt notwendig; (crucial) entscheidend, ausschlaggebend [Frage, Entschluss] (to für)

it is of vital importance or vital that you... — es ist von entscheidender Bedeutung, dass Sie...

3) (full of life) lebendig, kraftvoll [Stil]; vital [Person]

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adj.

entscheidend adj.

grundlegend adj.

wesentlich adj. n.

wesentlich adj.

English-german dictionary > vital
2 problem

n

1) проблема; трудность

2) задача

3) вопрос

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to add to a country's problems — увеличивать трудности, испытываемые страной

to address a problem — заниматься проблемой; браться за решение вопроса

to aggravate a problem — обострять / осложнять проблему

to alleviate a problem — снимать остроту вопроса

to appreciate the seriousness of the problem — осознавать / понимать серьезность проблемы

to attack a problem — браться за решение проблемы

to avoid problems — избегать проблем

to bring up a problem — поднимать / ставить на обсуждение проблему

to combat economic problems — бороться с экономическими трудностями

to come up against a problem — сталкиваться с проблемой

to complicate a problem — осложнять проблему

to compound the problems already facing smb — осложнять и без того трудные проблемы, стоящие перед кем-л.

to confront a problem — сталкиваться с проблемой

to constitute the core of the problem — составлять суть проблемы

to cope with a problem — справляться с задачей

to counteract a problem — принимать меры по какой-л. проблеме

to create a problem — создавать проблему / трудность

to deal successfully with problems — решать проблемы; успешно справляться с проблемами / с трудностями

to deal with a problem — подходить к вопросу; рассматривать проблему; справляться с трудностью

to define a problem — определять проблему

to deflect from one's internal problems — отвлекать внимание от своих внутренних проблем

to discuss a problem — обсуждать проблему

to dodge a problem — уклоняться от решения проблемы

to drag one's feet on a problem — затягивать обсуждение какого-л. вопроса на переговорах

to ease a problem — облегчать / упрощать решение проблемы

to engender a new problem — создавать новую проблему

to exacerbate a problem — обострять проблему

to examine a problem — изучать проблему

to face a problem — сталкиваться с проблемой

to find a solution to a problem — находить решение проблемы

to get to grips with a problem — браться за решение проблемы / задачи

to get to the bottom of a problem — добираться до сути проблемы

to grapple with a problem — пытаться справиться с проблемой

to handle a problem — решать проблему / задачу

to iron out a problem — урегулировать вопрос / проблему

to meet a problem — разрешать проблему

to overcome a problem — разрешать проблему; преодолевать трудность

to overstate a problem — драматизировать проблему

to play down a problem — преуменьшать значение проблемы

to politicize a problem — придавать проблеме политический характер

to pose a problem — создавать проблему

to promote solution of problems — способствовать решению проблем

to provide a permanent solution to a problem — обеспечивать постоянное решение проблемы

to put problems on the table — открыто излагать проблемы

to put forward a problem — выдвигать / ставить проблему

to reflect the magnitude of the problem — отражать важность проблемы

to resolve a problem — решать задачу / проблему

to respond to agricultural problems — реагировать на трудности в сельском хозяйстве

to run into a problem — сталкиваться с проблемой

to see eye to eye on a problem — иметь одинаковые взгляды по какому-л. вопросу

to settle a problem — урегулировать проблему

to show sympathetic understanding of a problem — относиться с пониманием к проблеме

to side-step a problem — уходить от решения вопроса

to simplify a problem — упрощать проблему

to solve a problem — решать / разрешать проблему

to sort out problems — разбираться с проблемами

to speak out about a problem — высказываться по проблеме

to suffer economic problems — испытывать экономические затруднения

to sweep problems back under the carpet — откладывать решение проблем

to tackle a problem — решать проблему; бороться за решение вопроса

to thrash out a problem — утрясать проблему

to touch upon a problem — касаться проблемы; затрагивать проблему

to wash one's hands of a problem — умывать руки; прекращать заниматься решением вопроса

to work out a problem — решать задачу

- acute problem
- age-old problem
- agrarian problem
- anticipated problem
- balance-of-payment problem
- basic problem
- border problem
- burning problem
- cardinal problem
- cash-flow problem
- chief problem
- common problem
- competitiveness problem
- complex problem
- complexity of a problem
- complicated problem
- comprehensive consideration of a problem
- conflict problem
- contentious problem
- controversial problem
- critical problem
- crucial problem
- cultural problem
- current problem
- daily problem
- dark problem
- debt problem
- deep problem
- deep-seated problem
- delicate problem
- difficult problem
- diplomatic problem
- disputable problem
- domestic problem
- drug problem
- easy ways out of economic problems
- economic problem
- education problem
- elaboration of economic problems
- employment problem
- endemic problem
- environmental problem
- ethnic problem
- farming problem
- financial liquidity problem
- financial problem
- focal problem
- food problem
- foreign debt problem
- formidable problem
- fuel and energy problem
- global problem
- grave problem
- growing problems
- hair-raising problem
- half-way solution of the problem
- hard core of a problem
- heart of the problem
- heavy problem
- high priority problem
- housing problem
- human problems
- human rights problem
- humanitarian problem
- immediate problem
- important problem
- inability to solve urgent problems
- incipient problems
- industrial problems
- infrastructure problem
- inherited problem
- insuperable problem
- insurmountable problem
- interconnected problems
- interdisciplinary problem
- interlinked problems
- internal problem
- international problem
- interrelated problems
- intractable problem
- intricate problem
- key part of the problem
- key problem
- kindred problem
- labor problems
- labor-shortage problem
- logistical problem
- long-standing problem
- long-term problem
- main problem
- major problem
- mammoth problem
- market problem
- massive problem
- minor problem
- monetary and financial problem
- nationalist problem
- nationality problem
- nation-wide problem
- number one problem
- outstanding problem
- painful problem
- pending problem
- perennial problem
- persistent problem
- personnel problem
- pivotal problem
- political problem
- pollution problem
- present-day problem
- pressing problem
- priority problem
- problem becomes more acute
- problem comes under scrutiny in most papers
- problem facing the country
- problem is compounded by smth
- problem of development
- problem of first priority
- problem of great concern for smb
- problem of instability
- problem of paramount importance
- problems demand the urgent attention of smb
- problems of mutual concern
- problems of peace, security and cooperation
- problems of the elderly
- problems of war and peace
- problems to be sorted out
- problems which face the world today
- range of problems
- regional problem
- related problem
- resolution of a problem
- root problem
- safety problem
- sale problem
- scientific problem
- sensitive problem
- serious problem
- settlement of a problem
- severe problem
- social problem
- socio-economic problem
- sociological problem
- solution of a problem
- solution to a problem
- solvable problem
- specific problem
- spectrum of problems
- stirring problem
- surmountable problem
- technical problem
- territorial problem
- Third World debt problem
- thorny problem
- topical problem
- touchy problem
- trading problem
- traditional problem
- transport problem
- universal problem
- unprecedented problem
- unresolved problem
- unsolved problem
- urgent problem
- vital problem
- world food problems
- world-wide problem

Politics english-russian dictionary > problem
3 vital

1. n редк. жизненно важный орган

is vital — важный

vital rhythm — жизненный цикл

vital cargo — особо важный груз

vital factor — жизненный фактор

vital factors — жизненные факторы

2. a жизненный

vital force — жизненная сила

vital functions — жизненные отправления, жизнедеятельность

vital area — жизненно важный район

vital capacity — жизненная емкость

of vital concernment — жизненно важный

vital issue — жизненно важная проблема

vital problem — жизненно важная проблема

3. a биол. витальный

4. a жизненно важный, имеющий жизненно важное значение; насущный

vital interests — жизненные интересы

vital necessity — насущная необходимость

crying vital capacity — жизненная емкость легких при крике

vital nutrients — жизненно важные питательные вещества

5. a крайне необходимый

secrecy is vital to the success of the scheme — конспирация абсолютно необходима для успеха плана

6. a энергичный, полный жизни; живой

vital personality — человек, полный жизни

7. a гибельный, роковой

vital wound — смертельная рана

8. a поэт. живой, живущий; одушевлённый

9. a биол. жизнеспособный

vital biotype — жизнеспособный биотип

10. a демографический

vital rates — демографические показатели

vital statistics — статистика естественного движения населения, демографическая статистика

Синонимический ряд:

1. living (adj.) alive; animate; animated; breathing; live; living; zoetic

2. necessary (adj.) basic; cardinal; constitutional; constitutive; critical; essential; fundamental; important; indispensable; integral; necessary; requisite

3. vigorous (adj.) active; dynamic; energetic; lively; lusty; red-blooded; robust; strenuous; vibrant; vigorous; vigourous; virile; vivacious

Антонимический ряд:

dead; lethargic; secondary; trivial; unimportant; unnecessary

English-Russian base dictionary > vital
4 Key

I 1. [kiː]
nome

1) (locking device) chiave f.

a set o bunch of keys un mazzo di chiavi; under lock and key — sotto chiave

2) (winding device) chiavetta f. ( for di)

3) tecn. chiavetta f., bietta f.

4) (on computer, piano, phone) tasto m.; (on oboe, flute) chiave f.

5) fig. (vital clue) chiave f.

his diary holds the key to the mystery — nel suo diario c'è la chiave del mistero

exercise is the key to health — il moto è il segreto per mantenersi in forma

6) (explanatory list) legenda f.; (for code) chiave f.

7) (answers) soluzione f. (anche scol.)

8) mus. tono m., tonalità f.

in a major, minor key — in (una tonalità) maggiore, minore

to sing in key — cantare con la giusta tonalità

to sing off key — cantare in modo stonato

9) geogr. banco m. di sabbia, isolotto m.
2.
modificatore [figure, role, point, problem] chiave; [industry, document] fondamentale
II [kiː]
verbo transitivo

1) (type) immettere, digitare [ data]

2) (adapt) adattare, adeguare [ speech]

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[ki:] 1. noun
1) (an instrument or tool by which something (eg a lock or a nut) is turned: Have you the key for this door?) chiave

2) (in musical instruments, one of the small parts pressed to sound the notes: piano keys.) tasto

3) (in a typewriter, calculator etc, one of the parts which one presses to cause a letter etc to be printed, displayed etc.) tasto

4) (the scale in which a piece of music is set: What key are you singing in?; the key of F.) tono

5) (something that explains a mystery or gives an answer to a mystery, a code etc: the key to the whole problem.) chiave

6) (in a map etc, a table explaining the symbols etc used in it.) legenda
2. adjective
(most important: key industries; He is a key man in the firm.) chiave

- keyboard
- keyhole
- keyhole surgery
- keynote
- keyed up
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(Surnames) Key /ki:/
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I 1. [kiː]
nome

1) (locking device) chiave f.

a set o bunch of keys un mazzo di chiavi; under lock and key — sotto chiave

2) (winding device) chiavetta f. ( for di)

3) tecn. chiavetta f., bietta f.

4) (on computer, piano, phone) tasto m.; (on oboe, flute) chiave f.

5) fig. (vital clue) chiave f.

his diary holds the key to the mystery — nel suo diario c'è la chiave del mistero

exercise is the key to health — il moto è il segreto per mantenersi in forma

6) (explanatory list) legenda f.; (for code) chiave f.

7) (answers) soluzione f. (anche scol.)

8) mus. tono m., tonalità f.

in a major, minor key — in (una tonalità) maggiore, minore

to sing in key — cantare con la giusta tonalità

to sing off key — cantare in modo stonato

9) geogr. banco m. di sabbia, isolotto m.
2.
modificatore [figure, role, point, problem] chiave; [industry, document] fondamentale
II [kiː]
verbo transitivo

1) (type) immettere, digitare [ data]

2) (adapt) adattare, adeguare [ speech]

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- key in

English-Italian dictionary > Key
5 key

1. noun
1) (lit. or fig.) Schlüssel, der

the key to success — der Schlüssel zum Erfolg

the key to the mystery — des Rätsels Lösung

2) (set of answers) [Lösungs]schlüssel, der; (to map etc.) Zeichenerklärung, die; (to cipher) Schlüssel, der

3) (on piano, typewriter, etc.) Taste, die; (on wind instrument) Klappe, die

4) (Mus.) Tonart, die

sing/play in/off key — richtig/falsch singen/spielen
2. attributive adjective
entscheidend; Schlüssel[frage, -position, -rolle, -figur, -industrie]
3. transitive verb
(Computing) eintasten

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/88514/key_in">key in

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[ki:] 1. noun
1) (an instrument or tool by which something (eg a lock or a nut) is turned: Have you the key for this door?) der Schlüssel

2) (in musical instruments, one of the small parts pressed to sound the notes: piano keys.) die Taste

3) (in a typewriter, calculator etc, one of the parts which one presses to cause a letter etc to be printed, displayed etc.) die Taste

4) (the scale in which a piece of music is set: What key are you singing in?; the key of F.) die Tonart

5) (something that explains a mystery or gives an answer to a mystery, a code etc: the key to the whole problem.) der Schlüssel

6) (in a map etc, a table explaining the symbols etc used in it.) die Zeichenerklärung
2. adjective
(most important: key industries; He is a key man in the firm.) maßgebend

- keyboard
- keyhole
- keyhole surgery
- keynote
- keyed up
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key¹

[ki:]

n [Korallen]riff nt, Korallenbank f

the Florida \keys die Florida Keys

key²

[ki:]

I. n

1. (for a lock) Schlüssel m

2. (button) of a computer, piano Taste f; of a flute Klappe f

to hit [or strike] [or press] a \key eine Taste drücken

3. COMPUT (code) Kennzahl f, Passwort nt SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR

4. no pl (essential point) Schlüssel m fig

the \key to confidence is liking yourself um Selbstvertrauen haben zu können, muss man sich akk selbst mögen

the \key to a mystery der Schlüssel zu einem Geheimnis

5. (to symbols) Zeichenschlüssel m, Zeichenerklärung f, Legende f; (for solutions) Lösungsschlüssel m

6. MUS Tonart f

change of \key Tonartwechsel m

in the \key of C major in C-Dur

to sing in/off \key richtig/falsch singen

II. n modifier (factor, industry, role) Schlüssel-; COMM Schwerpunkt-

\key contribution/ingredient Hauptbeitrag m/-zutat f

\key currency Leitwährung f

\key decision wesentliche Entscheidung

\key point springender Punkt

\key witness Hauptzeuge, -zeugin m, f, Kronzeuge, -zeugin m, f

III. adj (of crucial importance)

\key to the success of sth wesentlich [o ausschlaggebend] für den Erfolg von etw dat

IV. vt

1. (type)

▪ to \key sth etw eingeben [o eintasten]

to \key data into a computer Daten in einen Computer eingeben

2. (aimed at)

▪ to \key sth to sb/sth etw auf jdn/etw abstimmen

3. AM ( pej fam: to use a key to scratch something)

▪ to \key sth vehicle etw mit dem Schlüssel zerkratzen

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[kiː]
1. n

1) Schlüssel m

2) (fig: solution) Schlüssel m

education is the key to success — Bildung ist der Schlüssel zum Erfolg

the key to the mystery — der Schlüssel zum Geheimnis, des Rätsels Lösung

this was the key to the murderer's identity — das gab Aufschluss darüber or das gab den Hinweis, wer der Mörder war

3) (= answers) Lösungen pl, Schlüssel m; (SCH) Schlüssel m, Lehrerheft nt; (MATH ETC) Lösungsheft nt; (for maps etc) Zeichenerklärung f

4) (of piano, typewriter COMPUT) Taste f

5) (MUS) Tonart f

to sing off key — falsch singen

change of key — Tonartwechsel m, Modulation

in the key of C — in C-Dur/c-Moll

6) (BUILD) Untergrund m

2. adj attr
(= vital) Schlüssel-, wichtigste(r, s); witness wichtigste(r, s)
key area — Schlüsselbereich m

key factor — Schlüsselfaktor m (in sth bei etw)

education is a key issue — Bildung ist eines der entscheidenden Themen

key industry — Schlüsselindustrie f

key man — Schlüsselfigur f

key point — springender Punkt

key position — Schlüsselposition or -stellung f

key question — Schlüsselfrage f

key role — Schlüsselrolle f

3. vt

1) speech etc (to or for one's audience) (auf jdn) abstimmen or zuschneiden (to, for auf +acc), anpassen (
to, for +dat)
2) (COMPUT) (= input) text, data eingeben; (= hit) character, F7 etc drücken

4. vi (COMPUT)
Text/Daten eingeben
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key¹ [kiː]

A s

1. Schlüssel m:

turn the key absperren, abschließen;

power of the keys KATH Schlüsselgewalt f

2. fig (to) Schlüssel m (zu):

a) Erklärung f (für)

b) Lösung f (gen):

the weather holds the key to our success unser Erfolg hängt vom Wetter ab

3. fig (to) Schlüssel m (zu):

a) Lösungsbuch n (für, zu)

b) Zeichenerklärung f (für, zu)

c) Code m (für, zu)

4. BOT, ZOOL (Klassifikations)Tabelle f

5. Kennwort n, -ziffer f, Chiffre f (in Inseraten etc)

6. TECH

a) Keil m, Splint m, Bolzen m, Passfeder f

b) Schraubenschlüssel m

c) Taste f (der Schreibmaschine etc)

7. ELEK

a) Taste f, Druckknopf m

b) Taster m, Tastkontakt m, -schalter m

8. Telegrafie: Taster m, Geber m

9. TYPO Setz-, Schließkeil m

10. Tischlerei: Dübel m, Band n

11. ARCH Schlussstein m

12. MUS

a) Taste f (bei Tasteninstrumenten):

black ( upper, auch chromatic) key schwarze (Ober)Taste

b) Klappe f (bei Blasinstrumenten):

closed (open) key Klappe zum Öffnen (Schließen)

13. MUS Tonart f:

in the key of C in C;

key of C (major) C-Dur;

key of C minor c-Moll;

sing off ( oder out of) key falsch singen;

be in (out of) key with fig

a) (nicht) in Einklang stehen oder (nicht) übereinstimmen mit,

b) (nicht) passen zu

14. → key signature: → major key, minor A 5

15. fig Ton m:

(all) in the same key eintönig, monoton;

in a high key

a) laut,

b) MAL, FOTO in hellen Tönen (gehalten);

in a low key

a) leise,

b) MAL, FOTO in matten Tönen (gehalten),

c) wenig spannend oder abwechslungsreich

16. the Keys PARL die Mitglieder des House of Keys

B v/t

1. key in ( oder on) TECH ver-, festkeilen

2. TYPO füttern, unterlegen

3. key in COMPUT Daten eintippen, -tasten

4. MUS stimmen

5. key (up) to, key in with fig abstimmen auf (akk), anpassen (dat) oder an (akk):

key sb up for jemanden einstimmen auf (akk)

6. key up jemanden in nervöse Spannung versetzen:

keyed up nervös, aufgeregt ( about wegen)

7. key up fig steigern, erhöhen

8. ein Inserat etc mit einem Kennwort versehen, chiffrieren

C adj fig Schlüssel…:

key industry (position, role, etc);

there is one key difference es gibt einen entscheidenden Unterschied;

key official Beamte(r) m oder Beamtin f in einer Schlüsselstellung;

key player SPORT Leistungsträger(in);

key witness JUR Hauptzeuge m, -zeugin f

key² [kiː; keı] → cay

key³ [kiː] s US sl Kilo n (Drogen, besonders Haschisch):

a key of hash

* * *
1. noun
1) (lit. or fig.) Schlüssel, der

the key to success — der Schlüssel zum Erfolg

the key to the mystery — des Rätsels Lösung

2) (set of answers) [Lösungs]schlüssel, der; (to map etc.) Zeichenerklärung, die; (to cipher) Schlüssel, der

3) (on piano, typewriter, etc.) Taste, die; (on wind instrument) Klappe, die

4) (Mus.) Tonart, die

sing/play in/off key — richtig/falsch singen/spielen
2. attributive adjective
entscheidend; Schlüssel[frage, -position, -rolle, -figur, -industrie]
3. transitive verb
(Computing) eintasten

Phrasal Verbs:

- key in

* * *

(music) n.

Tonart -en (Musik) f. n.

Passfeder f.

Schlüssel m.

Taste -n f. v.

eingeben v.

English-german dictionary > key
6 come to grips with

( come (или get) to grips with)

1) (smb. или smth.) вступить в борьбу с кем-л. или с чем-л., пойти на конфликт [этим. спорт. схватиться (о борцах)]

The cat and the dog moved from floor to cardboard box, to suitcase, like a couple of chess knights who cannot get to grips. (Gr. Greene, ‘The Quiet American’, part IV, ch. II) — Кошка и собака прыгали с пола на картонки, а оттуда на чемодан, как шахматные кони, которые никак не могут сразиться друг с другом.

He reasoned: if he could finally learn what bedeviled Kelt, between them they might come to grips with it. (A. Halley, ‘Airport’, part III, ch. I) — Мэл рассуждал следующим образом: если бы мне удалось разузнать, что мучит брата, то вместе мы нашли бы способ справиться с его бедой.

2) (smth.) столкнуться с чем-л.; вплотную заняться чем-л., близко познакомиться с чем-л.; затронуть что-либо

Amnesty has a powerful and attractive mass appeal and comes to grips with many of the vital issues involved in this struggle to restore and defend the Bill of Rights, to repeal and nullify the Smith and McCarran Acts, to combat war hysteria. (E. Dennis, ‘Letters from Prison’) — Призыв к амнистии находит сильнейший отклик в массах и затрагивает множество важнейших проблем, связанных с борьбой за восстановление и защиту Билля о правах, за отмену и упразднение законов Смита и Маккарена, против военной истерии.

Adam at last came to grips with the Skeffington campaign. (E. O'Connor, ‘The Last Hurrah’, part II, ch. VII) — Наконец-то Адаму довелось познакомиться с политической кампанией, проводимой Скеффингтоном.

But before I come to closer grips with the problem, I want to get rid of my headache. (J. Wain, ‘Strike the Father Dead’, part V, ‘Jeremy’) — Сначала я должен избавиться от головной боли, а уж потом вплотную заниматься этой проблемой.

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7 fundamental

1. adjective
(of great importance; essential; basic: Respect for law and order is fundamental to a peaceful society.) fundamental

2. noun
(a basic or essential part of any thing: Learning to read is one of the fundamentals of education.) fundamento, piedra angular, aspecto básico

- fundamentally

fundamental adj fundamental

fundamental adjetivo fundamental
fundamental adjetivo fundamental
la diferencia fundamental, the basic difference ' fundamental' also found in these entries: Spanish: elemental - primordial - principio - sustancial - sustantiva - sustantivo - básico - esencial - primero - sagrado - vital English: basic - cardinal - essential - fundamental - hygiene - main - primal - primary - vital - central - imperative - part

fundamental

tr[fʌndə'mentəl]

adjective

1 (central, basic) fundamental, básico,-a

2 (necessary, essential) esencial (to, para)

plural noun fundamentals

1 (essential part, basic rule) fundamentos nombre masculino plural, reglas nombre femenino plural básicas

fundamental [.fʌndə'mɛntəl] adj

1) basic: fundamental, básico

2) principal: esencial, principal

3) innate: innato, intrínseco

fundamental n

: fundamento m

fundamental

adj.

• fundamental adj.

• principio, -a adj.

n.

• fundamento s.m.

'fʌndə'mentḷ
adjective

a) ( basic) <principle/error> fundamental, básico

to be fundamental TO something/-ING — ser* fundamental or básico para algo/+ inf

b) ( essential) <skill/constituent> esencial

c) (intrinsic, innate) < absurdityuth> intrínseco; < optimism> innato

[ˌfʌndǝ'mentl]
1. ADJ

1) (=basic) [question, problem, principle] fundamental

they are being denied their fundamental human rights — se les está privando de los derechos humanos fundamentales

2) (=profound, great) [change, difference] fundamental

it is a fundamental mistake to think that... — es un error fundamental pensar que...

3) (=essential) fundamental, esencial

to be fundamental to sth — ser fundamental or esencial para algo

it is fundamental to our understanding of the problem — es fundamental or esencial para que entendamos el problema

4) (=intrinsic) [honesty, good sense] intrínseco

2.

NPL

the fundamentals — los fundamentos, lo básico

* * *
['fʌndə'mentḷ]
adjective

a) ( basic) <principle/error> fundamental, básico

to be fundamental TO something/-ING — ser* fundamental or básico para algo/+ inf

b) ( essential) <skill/constituent> esencial

c) (intrinsic, innate) <absurdity/truth> intrínseco; < optimism> innato

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8 critical

adjective

1) (judging and analysing: He has written several critical works on Shakespeare.) crítico

2) (fault-finding: He tends to be critical of his children.) crítico, severo

3) (of, at or having the nature of, a crisis; very serious: a critical shortage of food; After the accident, his condition was critical.) crítico, grave, serio

critical adj crítico

the injured man is in a critical condition el herido está en condición crítica

to be critical of something criticar algo

critical

tr['krɪtɪkəl]

adjective

1 (anaylsis, essay, work, etc) crítico,-a

2 (negative, finding fault) criticón,-ona, quisquilloso,-a

3 (decisive, crucial, very serious) crítico,-a

■ he's in a critical condition se encuentra en estado crítico

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be critical of something/somebody criticar algo/a alguien

to be very critical ser dado,-a a las críticas

to go critical (of nuclear reactor) iniciar una reacción en cadena

to receive critical acclaim recibir buenas críticas

critical temperature temperatura crítica

critical ['krɪt̬ɪkəl] adj

: crítico

critical

adj.

• criticón, -ona adj.

• crítico, -a adj.

• decisivo, -a adj.

• extremo, -a adj.

'krɪtɪkəl
adjective

1)

a) ( censorious) <remark/report> crítico

to be critical OF something/somebody — criticar* algo/a alguien

b) (journalistic, academic) crítico

2)

a) ( very serious) <condition/shortage> crítico

b) (decisive, crucial) < period> crítico; < decision> de importancia fundamental

['krɪtɪkǝl]
1. ADJ

1) (=important) [factor, element] crítico; [issue] apremiante; [problem] muy serio

it is critical to understand what is happening — es de vital importancia entender lo que está ocurriendo

of critical importance — de vital importancia

how you finance a business is critical to its success — el éxito de un negocio depende de forma crucial de cómo se financie

2) (=decisive) [moment, stage] crítico

it was a critical time for the nation — fue un período crítico para la nación

at a critical juncture — en una coyuntura crítica

3) (=perilous, serious) [situation, state] crítico

4) (Med) [patient, condition, illness] grave

to be on the critical list — estar en la lista de enfermos graves

to be off the critical list — estar fuera de peligro

5) (=fault-finding) [attitude, remark, report] crítico

he's too critical — siempre está criticando, critica demasiado

to watch sb with a critical eye — observar a algn con ojo crítico

to be critical of sth/sb — criticar algo/a algn

6) (=analytical) [person, reader, analysis] crítico

7) (Cine, Literat, Mus, Theat) crítico

the film met with critical acclaim — la película fue aplaudida por la crítica

to be a critical success — [book, play etc] ser un éxito de crítica

8) (Phys, Nuclear physics) [temperature, pressure] crítico

to go critical — empezar una reacción en cadena

2.

CPD

critical angle N — (Aer) (Opt) ángulo m crítico

critical care unit N — unidad f de cuidados intensivos, unidad f de terapia intensiva (S. Cone, Mex)

critical edition N — edición f critica

critical essays NPL — ensayos mpl de crítica

critical mass N — masa f crítica

critical path analysis N — análisis m inv del camino crítico

* * *
['krɪtɪkəl]
adjective

1)

a) ( censorious) <remark/report> crítico

to be critical OF something/somebody — criticar* algo/a alguien

b) (journalistic, academic) crítico

2)

a) ( very serious) <condition/shortage> crítico

b) (decisive, crucial) < period> crítico; < decision> de importancia fundamental

English-spanish dictionary > critical
9 Philosophy

   1) There Are Ideas That Have Their Own True and Immutable Nature

   And what I believe to be more important here is that I find in myself an infinity of ideas of certain things which cannot be assumed to be pure nothingness, even though they may have perhaps no existence outside of my thought. These things are not figments of my imagination, even though it is within my power to think of them or not to think of them; on the contrary, they have their own true and immutable natures. Thus, for example, when I imagine a triangle, even though there may perhaps be no such figure anywhere in the world outside of my thought, nor ever have been, nevertheless the figure cannot help having a certain determinate nature... or essence, which is immutable and eternal, which I have not invented and which does not in any way depend upon my mind. (Descartes, 1951, p. 61)

   2) Examine What Is within Our Reach

   Let us console ourselves for not knowing the possible connections between a spider and the rings of Saturn, and continue to examine what is within our reach. (Voltaire, 1961, p. 144)

   3) Modern Philosophy Starts with the Cartesian Catastrophe

   As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in the splitting up of the world into the realms of matter and mind, and the identification of "mind" with conscious thinking. The result of this identification was the shallow rationalism of l'esprit Cartesien, and an impoverishment of psychology which it took three centuries to remedy even in part. (Koestler, 1964, p. 148)

   4) The Rightful Claims of Philosophy

   It has been made of late a reproach against natural philosophy that it has struck out on a path of its own, and has separated itself more and more widely from the other sciences which are united by common philological and historical studies. The opposition has, in fact, been long apparent, and seems to me to have grown up mainly under the inﬂuence of the Hegelian philosophy, or, at any rate, to have been brought out into more distinct relief by that philosophy.... The sole object of Kant's "Critical Philosophy" was to test the sources and the authority of our knowledge, and to fix a definite scope and standard for the researches of philosophy, as compared with other sciences.... [But Hegel's] "Philosophy of Identity" was bolder. It started with the hypothesis that not only spiritual phenomena, but even the actual world-nature, that is, and man-were the result of an act of thought on the part of a creative mind, similar, it was supposed, in kind to the human mind.... The philosophers accused the scientific men of narrowness; the scientific men retorted that the philosophers were crazy. And so it came about that men of science began to lay some stress on the banishment of all philosophic inﬂuences from their work; while some of them, including men of the greatest acuteness, went so far as to condemn philosophy altogether, not merely as useless, but as mischievous dreaming. Thus, it must be confessed, not only were the illegitimate pretensions of the Hegelian system to subordinate to itself all other studies rejected, but no regard was paid to the rightful claims of philosophy, that is, the criticism of the sources of cognition, and the definition of the functions of the intellect. (Helmholz, quoted in Dampier, 1966, pp. 291-292)

   5) The Philosophy of Philosophy

   Philosophy remains true to its classical tradition by renouncing it. (Habermas, 1972, p. 317)

   6) Philosophy Is a Field Which Has Certain Central Questions

   I have not attempted... to put forward any grand view of the nature of philosophy; nor do I have any such grand view to put forth if I would. It will be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the history of "howlers" and progress in philosophy as the debunking of howlers. It will also be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the enterprise of putting forward a priori truths about the world.... I see philosophy as a field which has certain central questions, for example, the relation between thought and reality.... It seems obvious that in dealing with these questions philosophers have formulated rival research programs, that they have put forward general hypotheses, and that philosophers within each major research program have modified their hypotheses by trial and error, even if they sometimes refuse to admit that that is what they are doing. To that extent philosophy is a "science." To argue about whether philosophy is a science in any more serious sense seems to me to be hardly a useful occupation.... It does not seem to me important to decide whether science is philosophy or philosophy is science as long as one has a conception of both that makes both essential to a responsible view of the world and of man's place in it. (Putnam, 1975, p. xvii)

   7) The Central Task of Philosophy

   What can philosophy contribute to solving the problem of the relation [of] mind to body? Twenty years ago, many English-speaking philosophers would have answered: "Nothing beyond an analysis of the various mental concepts." If we seek knowledge of things, they thought, it is to science that we must turn. Philosophy can only cast light upon our concepts of those things.

   This retreat from things to concepts was not undertaken lightly. Ever since the seventeenth century, the great intellectual fact of our culture has been the incredible expansion of knowledge both in the natural and in the rational sciences (mathematics, logic).

   The success of science created a crisis in philosophy. What was there for philosophy to do? Hume had already perceived the problem in some degree, and so surely did Kant, but it was not until the twentieth century, with the Vienna Circle and with Wittgenstein, that the difficulty began to weigh heavily. Wittgenstein took the view that philosophy could do no more than strive to undo the intellectual knots it itself had tied, so achieving intellectual release, and even a certain illumination, but no knowledge. A little later, and more optimistically, Ryle saw a positive, if reduced role, for philosophy in mapping the "logical geography" of our concepts: how they stood to each other and how they were to be analyzed....

   Since that time, however, philosophers in the "analytic" tradition have swung back from Wittgensteinian and even Rylean pessimism to a more traditional conception of the proper role and tasks of philosophy. Many analytic philosophers now would accept the view that the central task of philosophy is to give an account, or at least play a part in giving an account, of the most general nature of things and of man. (Armstrong, 1990, pp. 37-38)

   8) Philosophy's Evolving Engagement with Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science

   In the beginning, the nature of philosophy's engagement with artificial intelligence and cognitive science was clear enough. The new sciences of the mind were to provide the long-awaited vindication of the most potent dreams of naturalism and materialism. Mind would at last be located firmly within the natural order. We would see in detail how the most perplexing features of the mental realm could be supported by the operations of solely physical laws upon solely physical stuff. Mental causation (the power of, e.g., a belief to cause an action) would emerge as just another species of physical causation. Reasoning would be understood as a kind of automated theorem proving. And the key to both was to be the depiction of the brain as the implementation of multiple higher level programs whose task was to manipulate and transform symbols or representations: inner items with one foot in the physical (they were realized as brain states) and one in the mental (they were bearers of contents, and their physical gymnastics were cleverly designed to respect semantic relationships such as truth preservation). (A. Clark, 1996, p. 1)

   9) The Enduring Value of Philosophy

   Socrates of Athens famously declared that "the unexamined life is not worth living," and his motto aptly explains the impulse to philosophize. Taking nothing for granted, philosophy probes and questions the fundamental presuppositions of every area of human inquiry.... [P]art of the job of the philosopher is to keep at a certain critical distance from current doctrines, whether in the sciences or the arts, and to examine instead how the various elements in our world-view clash, or fit together. Some philosophers have tried to incorporate the results of these inquiries into a grand synoptic view of the nature of reality and our human relationship to it. Others have mistrusted system-building, and seen their primary role as one of clarifications, or the removal of obstacles along the road to truth. But all have shared the Socratic vision of using the human intellect to challenge comfortable preconceptions, insisting that every aspect of human theory and practice be subjected to continuing critical scrutiny....

   Philosophy is, of course, part of a continuing tradition, and there is much to be gained from seeing how that tradition originated and developed. But the principal object of studying the materials in this book is not to pay homage to past genius, but to enrich one's understanding of central problems that are as pressing today as they have always been-problems about knowledge, truth and reality, the nature of the mind, the basis of right action, and the best way to live. These questions help to mark out the territory of philosophy as an academic discipline, but in a wider sense they define the human predicament itself; they will surely continue to be with us for as long as humanity endures. (Cottingham, 1996, pp. xxi-xxii)

    10) The Distinction between Dionysian Man and Apollonian Man, between Art and Creativity and Reason and Self- Control

   In his study of ancient Greek culture, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche drew what would become a famous distinction, between the Dionysian spirit, the untamed spirit of art and creativity, and the Apollonian, that of reason and self-control. The story of Greek civilization, and all civilizations, Nietzsche implied, was the gradual victory of Apollonian man, with his desire for control over nature and himself, over Dionysian man, who survives only in myth, poetry, music, and drama. Socrates and Plato had attacked the illusions of art as unreal, and had overturned the delicate cultural balance by valuing only man's critical, rational, and controlling consciousness while denigrating his vital life instincts as irrational and base. The result of this division is "Alexandrian man," the civilized and accomplished Greek citizen of the later ancient world, who is "equipped with the greatest forces of knowledge" but in whom the wellsprings of creativity have dried up. (Herman, 1997, pp. 95-96)

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10 issue

['iʃu:] 1. verb
1) (to give or send out, or to distribute, especially officially: The police issued a description of the criminal; Rifles were issued to the troops.) izdati

2) (to flow or come out (from something): A strange noise issued from the room.) priti ven
2. noun
1) (the act of issuing or process of being issued: Stamp collectors like to buy new stamps on the day of issue.) izdaja

2) (one number in the series of a newspaper, magazine etc: Have you seen the latest issue of that magazine?) številka

3) (a subject for discussion and argument: The question of pay is not an important issue at the moment.) predmet razprave

* * *
I [ísju:, íšu:]
noun

odtok, izhod; izdaja (knjige, znamk); zvezek, številka (časopisa), naklada; economy denarna emisija; posledica, rezultat, zaključek; potomec, potomci, rod, otrok, otroci; izdajanje (odredb); economy dohodek (od posestva); juridically sporno vprašanje, predmet razprave, oporekanje, bistveno vprašanje; medicine izliv (krvi, gnoja)

at issue — sporen

at issue with s.o. — v sporu s kom

matter at issue — sporna zadeva

point at issue — sporna točka

issue of fact — dejansko stanje stvari

issue of law — izpodbijanje, oporekanje

to join issue with s.o. — prepustiti rešitev sporne zadeve sodišču

to evade the issue — izogniti se vprašanju

to take issue with s.o. — prerekati se s kom, trditi nasprotno

the question raises the whole issue — to vprašanje popolnoma spremeni

in the issue — končno

to bring s.th. to a successful issue — kaj uspešno izpeljati

to force an issue — izsiliti odločitev

to die without issue — umreti brez potomcev

free issue and entry — prost prihod in vstop

to face the issue — spoprijeti se z zadevo

to raise issue — začeti vprašanje

to reach the issue — poravnati spor

a vital issue — problem bistvene važnosti

a side issue — postranski problem

economy issue of securities — izdaja vrednostnih papirjev

economy bank of issue — emisijska banka

economy issue of bill of exchange — izdaja menice v promet
II [ísju:, íšu:]
1.

intransitive verb

priti ven, priti na dan, izvirati, izhajati iz ( from); iztekati; priti v promet (knjiga), biti izdan (povelje); imeti za posledico;

2.

transitive verb

izdati (publikacijo); military razdeliti, izdati (hrano, obleko, municijo); economy dati v promet (denar, vrednostne papirje), emitirati; razglasiti; commerce izpolniti menico; opremiti ( with s, z); dobaviti

English-Slovenian dictionary > issue
11 right

1. adjective
1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) derecho

2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) correcto

3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) bien

4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) adecuado, apropiado

2. noun
1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) derecho

2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) cierto, razón

3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.) derecha

4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) derecha

3. adverb
1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) exactamente

2) (immediately: I'll go right after lunch; I'll come right down.) inmediatamente

3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) justo

4) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) totalmente, completamente

5) (to the right: Turn right.) a la derecha

6) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) bien, correctamente

4. verb
1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) enderezar

2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) corregir

5. interjection
(I understand; I'll do what you say etc: `I want you to type some letters for me.' `Right, I'll do them now.') de acuerdo, bien

- righteous
- righteously
- righteousness
- rightful
- rightfully
- rightly
- rightness
- righto
- right-oh
- rights
- right angle
- right-angled
- right-hand
- right-handed
- right wing
6. adjective
((right-wing) (having opinions which are) of this sort.) de derecha

- right-winger
- by rights
- by right
- get
- keep on the right side of
- get right
- go right
- not in one's right mind
- not quite right in the head
- not right in the head
- put right
- put/set to rights
- right away
- right-hand man
- right now
- right of way
- serve right

right¹ adj

1. correcto

the right answer la respuesta correcta

can you tell me the right time? ¿me puedes decir la hora exacta?

is this the High Street? That's right ¿es la Calle Mayor? Así es

2. derecho

he broke his right leg se rompió la pierna derecha

to be right hacer bien

you were right to resign hiciste bien en dimitir

to be right tener razón

I was right about Paul tenía razón sobre lo de Paul

right² adv

1. bien

she can't spell her name right no sabe escribir bien su propio nombre

2. a la derecha

turn right at the traffic lights en el semáforo, gira a la derecha

3. justo / exactamente

it landed right in the middle of the desert aterrizó justo en medio del desierto

I'm right behind you estoy justo detrás de ti

right away enseguida

right now ahora mismo right sirve también para dar énfasis en algunas frases

I had to walk right to the top floor tuve que subir andando hasta el último piso de todos

right³ n

1. derecha

the toilet is on your right el servicio está a la derecha

take the next street on your right coge la próxima calle a la derecha

2. bien

right and wrong el bien y el mal

3. derecho

we believe in equal rights creemos en la igualdad de derechos

right

tr[raɪt]

adjective

1 (not left) derecho,-a

■ my right leg hurts me duele la pierna derecha

■ I've lost my right shoe he perdido el zapato del pie derecho

2 (correct) correcto,-a

■ that's not the right answer ésa no es la respuesta correcta

3 (just) justo,-a

■ it's not right that he should suffer no es justo que sufra él

4 (suitable) apropiado,-a, adecuado,-a

■ I don't think he's the right person for the job no creo que sea la persona adecuada para el puesto

■ that hat doesn't look right ese sombrero no queda bien

5 familiar (total) auténtico,-a, total

■ he's a right idiot es un idiota total

6 familiar (okay) bien

■ this watch hasn't been right since it was repaired este reloj no ha ido bien desde que lo repararon

■ you don't look right no tienes buena cara

adverb

1 a la derecha, hacia la derecha

■ turn right at the traffic lights en el semáforo, gira a la derecha

2 (correctly) bien, correctamente

■ you can't do anything right no haces nada bien

3 (exactly) justo

■ they arrived right after the explosion llegaron justo después de la explosión

■ it hit him right in the eye le dio de lleno en el ojo

■ she's right next to you está justo a tu lado

■ right at the end al final de todo

4 (well) bueno, bien

■ right, I'm going to bed bueno, yo me voy a la cama

5 familiar (very) muy

■ she's not right happy no está muy contenta

noun

1 (not left) derecha

■ in Spain they drive on the right en España conducen por la derecha

2 (entitlement) derecho

■ you have no right to do that no tienes derecho a hacer eso

transitive verb

1 corregir

2 SMALLMARITIME/SMALL enderezar

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

all right! ¡bien!, ¡conforme!, ¡vale!

it serves you «(him, etc)» right te (le, etc) está bien empleado

right away en seguida

to be right tener razón

■ he's absolutely right tiene toda la razón

to get it right acertar

to put right arreglar, corregir

right and wrong el bien y el mal

right angle ángulo recto

right of way (public access) derecho de paso 2 (when driving) prioridad nombre femenino

right wing SMALLPOLITICS/SMALL derecha

right ['raɪt] vt

1) fix, restore: reparar

to right the economy: reparar la economía

2) straighten: enderezar

right adv

1) : bien

to live right: vivir bien

2) precisely: precisamente, justo

right in the middle: justo en medio

3) directly, straight: derecho, directamente

he went right home: fue derecho a casa

4) immediately: inmediatamente

right after lunch: inmediatamente después del almuerzo

5) completely: completamente

he felt right at home: se sintió completamente cómodo

6) : a la derecha

to look left and right: mirar a la izquierda y a la derecha

right adj

1) upright: bueno, honrado

right conduct: conducta honrada

2) correct: correcto

the right answer: la respuesta correcta

3) appropriate: apropiado, adecuado, debido

the right man for the job: el hombre perfecto para el trabajo

4) straight: recto

a right line: una línea recta

5) : derecho

the right hand: la mano derecha

6) sound: bien

he's not in his right mind: no está bien de la cabeza

right n

1) good: bien m

to do right: hacer el bien

2) : derecha f

on the right: a la derecha

3) or right hand : mano f derecha

4) entitlement: derecho m

the right to vote: el derecho a votar

women's rights: los derechos de la mujer

5)

the Right : la derecha (en la política)

right

adj.

• acertado, -a adj.

• ajustado, -a adj.

• correcto, -a adj.

• debido, -a adj.

• derecho, -a adj.

• diestro, -a adj.

• enderezado, -a adj.

• exacto, -a adj.

• justo, -a adj.

• lícito, -a adj.

adv.

• a la derecha adv.

• bien adv.

• justo adv.

• mismo adv.

interj.

• cabal interj.

n.

• derechazo s.m.

• derecho s.m.

• justicia s.f.

• privilegio s.m.

• razón s.f.

v.

• adrizar v.

• enderezar v.

• endrezar v.

I raɪt
adjective

1) ( correct) <answer/interpretation> correcto

you made the right choice — elegiste bien

are we going in the right direction? — ¿vamos bien?

are you sure this is the right house? — ¿estás seguro de que ésta es la casa or de que es aquí?

did you press the right button? — ¿apretaste el botón que debías?

do you have the right change? — ¿tienes el cambio justo?

do you have the right time? — ¿tienes hora (buena)?

2) ( not mistaken)

to be right — \<\<person\>\> tener* razón, estar* en lo cierto; \<\<clock\>\> estar* bien

how right she was! — cuánta razón tenía!, si habrá tenido razón!

I hope you're right — ojalá no te equivoques

that can't be right! — no puede ser!

to be right ABOUT something/somebody — tener* razón en cuanto a algo/alguien

to be right IN something: am I right in thinking this has happened before? si no me equivoco esto ya había pasado antes ¿no?; to get something right: you got two answers right acertaste dos respuestas; did I get your name right? ¿entendí bien tu nombre?; I guess you're Bobby - that's right! tú tienes que ser Bobby - el mismo! or así es!; two o'clock tomorrow, right? - right! — a las dos mañana ¿de acuerdo? - de acuerdo! or (esp Esp fam) vale!

3) (good, suitable) adecuado, apropiado

the right temperature — la temperatura adecuada

were the curtains the right length? — ¿estaban bien de largo las cortinas?

the right side of the material — el derecho de la tela

if the price is right — si el precio es razonable, si está bien de precio

just right — perfecto

I can't find the right key — no encuentro la llave que corresponde

he knows all the right people — tiene muy buenos contactos

you said all the right things — dijiste todo lo que tenías que decir

this isn't the right time — éste no es el momento (apropiado)

those shoes don't look right with the coat — esos zapatos no quedan bien con el abrigo

he's still on the right side of forty — todavía no tiene cuarenta

that job is just right for him — el trabajo está hecho a su medida

they're just right for each other — están hechos el uno para el otro

4) (just, moral) (pred)

to be right — ser* justo

to be right to + inf — hacer* bien en + inf

5) (pred)

a) ( in order)

it's too quiet: something's not right — hay demasiado silencio, algo pasa

to put something right — arreglar algo

b) (fit, healthy) (colloq) bien

she's not quite right in the head — no está muy bien de la cabeza

6) ( complete) (BrE colloq) (before n)

he's a right idiot — es un idiota redomado or de marca mayor

he got himself into a right mess — se metió en un tremendo lío (fam)

7) ( Math)

right angle — ángulo m recto

right triangle — (AmE) triángulo m rectángulo

8) (before n) <side/ear/shoe> derecho

II

adverb

1) (correctly, well) bien, correctamente

I had guessed right — había adivinado, no me había equivocado

nothing goes right for them — todo les sale mal, nada les sale bien

to do right by somebody — portarse bien con alguien; serve I 2)

2)

a) (all the way, completely)

the road goes right along the coast — la carretera bordea toda la costa

right from the start — desde el principio

he put it right at the back — lo puso bien al fondo (de todo)

she filled it right up — lo llenó hasta el borde

they kept hoping right up until the last moment — no perdieron las esperanzas hasta el último momento

b) ( directly)

I live right next door — vivo justo al lado

it's right in front of you — lo tienes allí delante or (fam) delante de las narices

he was right here/there — estaba aquí mismo/allí mismo

right now — ahora mismo

right then — en ese preciso momento

c) ( immediately)

right after lunch — inmediatamente después de comer

I'll be right back — vuelvo enseguida

3) <turn/look> a la derecha

III

noun

1)

a) c u ( entitlement) derecho m

right to something/+ INF — derecho a algo/+ inf

the right of reply — el derecho a responder

in her/his/its own right: she is Queen in her own right es Reina a título propio or por derecho propio; she is also a composer in her own right ella también es compositora; the title is his by right el título le corresponde a él; by what right? — ¿con qué derecho?

b) rights pl derechos mpl

film rights — derechos cinematográficos

all rights reserved — reservados todos los derechos

to be within one's rights — estar* en su (or mi etc) derecho

2) u c ( what is correct)

to know right from wrong — saber* distinguir entre el bien y el mal

to be in the right — tener* razón, llevar la razón, estar* en lo cierto

by rights you should have asked my permission — lo que correspondía era que me pidieras permiso

to put o set something to rights — (esp BrE) arreglar algo

3)

a) u ( opposite the left) derecha f

on the right — a la derecha

the one on the right — el/la de la derecha

to drive on the right — manejar or (Esp) conducir* por la derecha

keep (to the) right — mantenga su derecha

on o to my/your right — a mi/tu derecha

b) ( right turn)

take the next right — tome or (esp Esp) coja la próxima a la derecha

to make o (BrE) take a right — girar or torcer* or doblar a la derecha

c) ( Sport) ( hand) derecha f; ( blow) derechazo m

4) u ( Pol)

the right — la derecha

IV

transitive verb

a) ( set upright) enderezar*

b) ( redress) \<\<injustice\>\> reparar

to right a wrong — reparar un daño

V

interjection (colloq) bueno!, vale! (Esp fam)

[raɪt]
1. ADJ

1) (=morally good, just) justo

it is not right that he should pay for their mistake — no es justo que él pague por su error

it is/seems only right that she should get the biggest share — es/me parece justo que ella reciba la mayor parte, está/me parece bien que ella reciba la mayor parte

it doesn't seem right that his contribution should not be acknowledged — parece injusto que no se reconozca su aportación

it's not right! — ¡no hay derecho!

I thought it right to ask permission first — me pareció conveniente preguntarle antes, pensé que debía preguntarle antes

would it be right for me to ask him? — ¿debería preguntárselo?

it is only right and proper that people should know what is going on — lo suyo es que la gente sepa lo que pasa

to do the right thing, do what is right — hacer lo correcto, actuar correctamente

to do the right thing by sb — portarse como es debido con algn

doing the right thing by a pregnant girlfriend meant marrying her — hacer lo que Dios manda con una novia embarazada significaba casarse con ella

2) (=suitable) [tool, clothes] apropiado, adecuado; [time] oportuno

to choose the right moment for sth/to do sth — elegir el momento oportuno para algo/para hacer algo

that's the right attitude! — ¡haces bien!

I haven't got the right clothes for a formal dinner — no tengo ropa apropiada or adecuada para una cena de etiqueta

you're not using the right tool for the job — no estás empleando la herramienta apropiada or adecuada para el trabajo

he's the right man for the job — es el hombre más indicado para el cargo

I don't think he's the right sort of person for you — me parece que no es la persona que te conviene

they holiday in all the right places — toman sus vacaciones en todos los sitios que están de moda

• the balance of humour and tragedy is just right — el equilibrio entre humor y tragedia es perfecto

she's just right for the job — es la persona perfecta para el puesto

the flat is just right for me — el piso es justo lo que necesito

"is there too much salt in it?" - "no, it's just right" — -¿tiene demasiada sal? -no, está en su punto justo

• Mr Right — el novio soñado, el marido ideal

• to know the right people — tener enchufes or (LAm) palanca

he knows all the right people — tiene enchufes or (LAm) palanca en todas partes

• I just happened to be in the right place at the right time — dio la casualidad de que estaba en el sitio adecuado en el momento adecuado

• if the price is right — si el precio es razonable

• he's on the right side of 40 — tiene menos de 40 años

• to say the right thing — decir lo que hay que decir, tener las palabras justas

• we'll do it when the time is right — lo haremos en el momento oportuno or a su debido tiempo

• the right word — la palabra exacta or apropiada

3) (=correct) correcto, exacto

right first time! — ¡exactamente!, ¡exacto!

"she's your sister?" - "that's right!" — -¿es tu hermana? -¡eso es! or ¡así es! or ¡exacto!

that's right! it has to go through that hole — ¡eso es! tiene que pasar por ese agujero

she said she'd done it, isn't that right, mother? — dijo que lo había hecho ¿no es así, madre? or ¿a que sí, madre?

you mean he offered to pay? is that right, Harry? — ¿dices que se ofreció a pagar? ¿es eso cierto, Harry?

and quite right too! — ¡y con razón!

am I right for the station? — ¿por aquí se va a la estación?, ¿voy bien (por aquí) para la estación?

• the right answer — la respuesta correcta; (Math) (to problem) la solución correcta

• right you are! * — ¡vale!, ¡muy bien!

• I was beginning to wonder whether I had the right day — empezaba a preguntarme si me habría equivocado de día

• to get sth right — (=guess correctly) acertar en algo; (=do properly) hacer algo bien

I got the date right but not the time — acerté en la fecha pero me equivoqué de hora

it's vital that we get the timing right — es esencial que escojamos bien el momento

you didn't get it right, so you lose five points — no acertaste or te equivocaste, así que pierdes cinco puntos

let's get it right this time! — ¡a ver si esta vez nos sale bien!

we must get it right this time — esta vez tenemos que hacerlo bien or nos tiene que salir bien

• is this the right house? — ¿es esta la casa?

• he can't even sing the right notes — no sabe ni dar las notas bien

• are you sure you've got the right number? — (Telec) ¿seguro que es ese el número?

• to put sb right — sacar a algn de su error; (unpleasantly) enmendar la plana a algn

I'm confused, and I wanted you to put me right — tengo dudas y quisiera que tú me las aclararas

if you tell the story wrong the child will soon put you right — si te equivocas al contar la historia, el niño enseguida te corrige or te saca de tu error

to put a clock right — poner un reloj en hora

to put a mistake right — corregir or rectificar un error

• is this the right road for Segovia? — ¿es este el camino de Segovia?, ¿por aquí se va a Segovia?

are we on the right road? — ¿vamos por buen camino?, ¿vamos bien por esta carretera?

• it's not the right shade of green — no es el tono de verde que yo busco

• the right side of the fabric — el (lado) derecho de la tela

• is the skirt the right size? — ¿va bien la falda de talla?

it's not the right size/length — no vale de talla/de largo

• the right time — la hora exacta

is that the right time? — ¿es esa la hora?

do you have the right time? — ¿tienes hora buena?, ¿sabes qué hora es exactamente?

- get on the right side of sb

4) (=in the right)

to be right to do sth — hacer bien en hacer algo

you were right to come to me — has hecho bien en venir a verme

• to be right — [person] tener razón, estar en lo cierto

you're quite right, you're dead right * — tienes toda la razón

how right you are! — ¡qué razón tienes!

• to be right about sth/sb, you were right about there being none left — tenías razón cuando decías que no quedaba ninguno

you were right about Peter, he's totally unreliable — tenías razón en lo de Peter or con respecto a Peter: no hay quien se fíe de él

• am I right in thinking that we've met before? — si no me equivoco ya nos conocemos ¿no?

you were right in calling the doctor, it was appendicitis — hiciste bien en llamar al médico, era apendicitis

5) (=in order)

I don't feel quite right — no me siento del todo bien

I knew something wasn't right when she didn't call as usual — supe que algo no iba bien cuando no llamaba como de costumbre

his leg hasn't been right since the accident — tiene la pierna mal desde el accidente

my stereo still isn't right — mi equipo sigue sin ir bien

• it will all come right in the end — todo se arreglará al final

• she's not quite right in the head — no está en sus cabales

• to be in one's right mind — en su sano juicio

• to put sth/sb right, I hope the garage can put the car right — espero que me sepan arreglar el coche en el taller

you've offended her but it's not too late to put things right — la has ofendido pero aún puedes arreglarlo

it's nothing a night's sleep won't put right — no es nada que no se arregle durmiendo toda la noche de un tirón

a couple of aspirin will put me right — con un par de aspirinas me pondré bien

that's soon put right — eso se arregla fácilmente, eso tiene fácil arreglo

• all's right with the world — todo va bien

- be/feel as right as rain

she'll be as right as rain in a few days — en unos pocos días se repondrá completamente de esto

6) (=not left) derecho

I'd give my right arm to know — daría cualquier cosa or todo el oro del mundo por saberlo

we are a right of centre party — somos un partido de centro derecha

- it's a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing

7) (Math) [angle] recto

8) (Brit)
* (as intensifier) (=complete)
he's a right idiot — es un auténtico idiota

I felt a right twit — me sentí como un verdadero imbécil

she made a right mess of it — lo hizo fatal *, le salió un buen churro (Sp) *

you're a right one to talk — iro mira quién habla
Charlie
9) see all right

2. ADV

1) (=directly, exactly)

• right away — en seguida, ahora mismo, ahorita (mismo) (Mex, And)

• it happened right before our eyes — ocurrió delante de nuestros propios ojos

• she was standing right behind/in front of him — estaba justo detrás/delante de él

• right here — aquí mismo or (CAm) mero

• he was standing right in the middle of the road — estaba justo en el centro or (CAm) en el mero centro de la calle

• right now — (=immediately) ahora mismo; (=at the moment) (justo) ahora

I want this done right now — quiero que se haga esto ahora mismo

she's busy right now — ahora mismo or justo ahora está ocupada

• he could tell right off that I was a foreigner — reconoció de inmediato que yo era extranjero

• to go right on — seguir todo derecho

right on! * — † ¡eso es!, ¡de acuerdo!

he (just) went right on talking — siguió hablando como si nada

it hit him right on the chest — le dio de lleno en el pecho

• she should come right out and say so — debería ser clara y decirlo

• it fell right on top of me — me cayó justo encima

2) (=immediately) justo, inmediatamente

• I'll do it right after dinner — lo haré justo or inmediatamente después de cenar

• I'll be right back — vuelvo en seguida

• come right in! — ¡ven aquí dentro!

• I'll be right over — voy en seguida

• I had to decide right then — tenía que decidirme allí mismo

3) (=completely)

• we were sat right at the back — estábamos sentados atrás del todo

we'll have to go right back to the beginning now — ahora habrá que volver al principio del todo

• he put his hand in right to the bottom — introdujo la mano hasta el mismo fondo

• their house is right at the end of the street — su casa está justo al final de la calle

she was a very active old lady, right to the end — fue una anciana muy activa hasta el final

to go right to the end of sth — ir hasta el final de algo

• to push sth right in — meter algo hasta el fondo

• there is a fence right round the house — hay una valla que rodea la casa por completo

• to read a book right through — leer un libro hasta el final

you could see right through her blouse — se le transparentaba la blusa

• he filled it right up — lo llenó del todo

4) (=correctly) bien, correctamente

you did right to/not to invite them — hiciste bien en invitarlos/en no invitarlos

to understand sb right — entender bien a algn

if I remember right — si mal no recuerdo, si no me falla la memoria

it's him, right enough! — ¡seguro que es él!

5) (=fairly)

• to do right by sb — portarse como es debido con algn

• don't worry about the pay, John will see you right — no te preocupes por el sueldo, John se encargará de que te paguen lo que te corresponde

• to treat sb right — tratar bien a algn
serve
6) (=properly, satisfactorily) bien

you're not doing it right — no lo estás haciendo bien

I felt nothing was going right for me — sentía que nada me iba bien

nothing goes right with them — nada les sale bien

7) (=not left) a la derecha

he looked neither left nor right — no miró a ningún lado

• eyes right! — (Mil) ¡vista a la derecha!

• to turn right — torcer a la derecha

right (about) turn! — ¡media vuelta a la derecha!
left II, 1., 1)
8) (as linker)

right, who's next? — a ver, ¿quién va ahora?

right then, let's begin! — ¡empecemos, pues!

9) (in titles)

the Right Honourable Edmund Burke — el Excelentísimo Señor Edmund Burke

the Right Honourable member for Huntingdon — Su Señoría el diputado por Huntingdon

my Right Honourable friend — mi honorable amigo

Right Reverend — Reverendísimo

3. N

1) (=what is morally right, just)

right and wrong — el bien y el mal

I don't know the rights of the matter — no sé quién tiene razón en el asunto

to know right from wrong — saber distinguir el bien del mal

• by rights the house should go to me — lo suyo or lo propio es que la casa me correspondiera a mí

• to be in the right — tener razón, estar en lo cierto

• to put or set sth to rights — arreglar algo

this government will put the country to rights — este gobierno va a arreglar el país

to set or put the world to rights — arreglar el mundo

• to have right on one's side — tener la razón de su parte
wrong 3.
2) (=prerogative) derecho m

they have a right to privacy — tienen derecho a la or su intimidad

people have the right to read any kind of material they wish — la gente tiene derecho a leer lo que desee

you had no right to take it — no tenías (ningún) derecho a llevártelo

what gives you the right or what right have you got to criticize me? — ¿qué derecho tienes tú a criticarme?

who gave you the right to come in here? — ¿quién te ha dado permiso para entrar aquí?

• as of right — por derecho propio

• by right of — por or en razón de

by what right do you make all the decisions? — ¿con qué derecho tomas tú todas las decisiones?

• to own sth in one's own right — poseer algo por derecho propio

she's a celebrity in her own right now — ahora es una celebridad por méritos propios

the baby is a person in his own right — el bebé es una persona de pleno derecho

• right to reply — derecho m de réplica

• right of way — derecho m de paso; (Aut etc) (=precedence) prioridad f
abode, assembly, exercise, reserve 2., 1)
3) rights derechos mpl

• civil rights — derechos mpl civiles

• film rights — derechos mpl cinematográficos

• human rights — derechos mpl humanos

• insist on your legal rights — hazte valer tus derechos legales

• they don't have voting rights — no tienen derecho al voto or de voto

• to be (well) within one's rights — estar en su derecho

you'd be well within your rights to refuse to cooperate — estarías en tu derecho a negarte a cooperar

• women's rights — derechos de la mujer

all rights reserved — es propiedad, reservados todos los derechos

4) (=not left) derecha f

• reading from right to left — leyendo de derecha a izquierda

• to keep to the right — (Aut) circular por la derecha

keep to the right — manténgase a la derecha

• our house is the second on the right — nuestra casa es la segunda a or de la derecha

• on or to my right — a mi derecha

5) (Pol)

the right — la derecha

to be on or to the right of sth/sb — (Pol) estar a la derecha de algo/algn

he's further to the right than I am — es más de derecha or (Sp) de derechas que yo

6) (=right turn)

it's the next right after the lights — es la próxima a la derecha después del semáforo

to take or make a right — girar a la derecha

7) (Boxing) (=punch) derechazo m; (=right hand) derecha f

4.

VT (=put straight) [+ crooked picture] enderezar; (=correct) [+ mistake] corregir; [+ injustice] reparar; (=put right way up) [+ vehicle, person] enderezar

• he tried to right himself but the leg was broken — intentó ponerse de pie pero tenía la pierna rota

• to right itself — [vehicle] enderezarse; [situation] rectificarse

• to right a wrong — deshacer un agravio, reparar un daño

5.

CPD

right angle N — ángulo m recto

to be at right angles (to sth) — estar en or formar ángulo recto (con algo)

right back N — (Sport) (=player) lateral mf derecho(-a); (=position) lateral m derecho

right half N — (Sport) medio m (volante) derecho

rights issue N — emisión f de acciones

right to life N — derecho m a la vida
right-to-life
right triangle (US) N — triángulo m rectángulo

right turn N —

to take or make a right turn — (Aut) girar a la derecha; (Pol) dar un giro a la derecha

right wing N — (Pol) derecha f; right-wing; (Sport) (=position) ala f derecha

* * *

I [raɪt]
adjective

1) ( correct) <answer/interpretation> correcto

you made the right choice — elegiste bien

are we going in the right direction? — ¿vamos bien?

are you sure this is the right house? — ¿estás seguro de que ésta es la casa or de que es aquí?

did you press the right button? — ¿apretaste el botón que debías?

do you have the right change? — ¿tienes el cambio justo?

do you have the right time? — ¿tienes hora (buena)?

2) ( not mistaken)

to be right — \<\<person\>\> tener* razón, estar* en lo cierto; \<\<clock\>\> estar* bien

how right she was! — cuánta razón tenía!, si habrá tenido razón!

I hope you're right — ojalá no te equivoques

that can't be right! — no puede ser!

to be right ABOUT something/somebody — tener* razón en cuanto a algo/alguien

to be right IN something: am I right in thinking this has happened before? si no me equivoco esto ya había pasado antes ¿no?; to get something right: you got two answers right acertaste dos respuestas; did I get your name right? ¿entendí bien tu nombre?; I guess you're Bobby - that's right! tú tienes que ser Bobby - el mismo! or así es!; two o'clock tomorrow, right? - right! — a las dos mañana ¿de acuerdo? - de acuerdo! or (esp Esp fam) vale!

3) (good, suitable) adecuado, apropiado

the right temperature — la temperatura adecuada

were the curtains the right length? — ¿estaban bien de largo las cortinas?

the right side of the material — el derecho de la tela

if the price is right — si el precio es razonable, si está bien de precio

just right — perfecto

I can't find the right key — no encuentro la llave que corresponde

he knows all the right people — tiene muy buenos contactos

you said all the right things — dijiste todo lo que tenías que decir

this isn't the right time — éste no es el momento (apropiado)

those shoes don't look right with the coat — esos zapatos no quedan bien con el abrigo

he's still on the right side of forty — todavía no tiene cuarenta

that job is just right for him — el trabajo está hecho a su medida

they're just right for each other — están hechos el uno para el otro

4) (just, moral) (pred)

to be right — ser* justo

to be right to + inf — hacer* bien en + inf

5) (pred)

a) ( in order)

it's too quiet: something's not right — hay demasiado silencio, algo pasa

to put something right — arreglar algo

b) (fit, healthy) (colloq) bien

she's not quite right in the head — no está muy bien de la cabeza

6) ( complete) (BrE colloq) (before n)

he's a right idiot — es un idiota redomado or de marca mayor

he got himself into a right mess — se metió en un tremendo lío (fam)

7) ( Math)

right angle — ángulo m recto

right triangle — (AmE) triángulo m rectángulo

8) (before n) <side/ear/shoe> derecho

II

adverb

1) (correctly, well) bien, correctamente

I had guessed right — había adivinado, no me había equivocado

nothing goes right for them — todo les sale mal, nada les sale bien

to do right by somebody — portarse bien con alguien; serve I 2)

2)

a) (all the way, completely)

the road goes right along the coast — la carretera bordea toda la costa

right from the start — desde el principio

he put it right at the back — lo puso bien al fondo (de todo)

she filled it right up — lo llenó hasta el borde

they kept hoping right up until the last moment — no perdieron las esperanzas hasta el último momento

b) ( directly)

I live right next door — vivo justo al lado

it's right in front of you — lo tienes allí delante or (fam) delante de las narices

he was right here/there — estaba aquí mismo/allí mismo

right now — ahora mismo

right then — en ese preciso momento

c) ( immediately)

right after lunch — inmediatamente después de comer

I'll be right back — vuelvo enseguida

3) <turn/look> a la derecha

III

noun

1)

a) c u ( entitlement) derecho m

right to something/+ INF — derecho a algo/+ inf

the right of reply — el derecho a responder

in her/his/its own right: she is Queen in her own right es Reina a título propio or por derecho propio; she is also a composer in her own right ella también es compositora; the title is his by right el título le corresponde a él; by what right? — ¿con qué derecho?

b) rights pl derechos mpl

film rights — derechos cinematográficos

all rights reserved — reservados todos los derechos

to be within one's rights — estar* en su (or mi etc) derecho

2) u c ( what is correct)

to know right from wrong — saber* distinguir entre el bien y el mal

to be in the right — tener* razón, llevar la razón, estar* en lo cierto

by rights you should have asked my permission — lo que correspondía era que me pidieras permiso

to put o set something to rights — (esp BrE) arreglar algo

3)

a) u ( opposite the left) derecha f

on the right — a la derecha

the one on the right — el/la de la derecha

to drive on the right — manejar or (Esp) conducir* por la derecha

keep (to the) right — mantenga su derecha

on o to my/your right — a mi/tu derecha

b) ( right turn)

take the next right — tome or (esp Esp) coja la próxima a la derecha

to make o (BrE) take a right — girar or torcer* or doblar a la derecha

c) ( Sport) ( hand) derecha f; ( blow) derechazo m

4) u ( Pol)

the right — la derecha

IV

transitive verb

a) ( set upright) enderezar*

b) ( redress) \<\<injustice\>\> reparar

to right a wrong — reparar un daño

V

interjection (colloq) bueno!, vale! (Esp fam)

English-spanish dictionary > right
12 Empire, Portuguese overseas

(1415-1975)

   Portugal was the first Western European state to establish an early modern overseas empire beyond the Mediterranean and perhaps the last colonial power to decolonize. A vast subject of complexity that is full of myth as well as debatable theories, the history of the Portuguese overseas empire involves the story of more than one empire, the question of imperial motives, the nature of Portuguese rule, and the results and consequences of empire, including the impact on subject peoples as well as on the mother country and its society, Here, only the briefest account of a few such issues can be attempted.

   There were various empires or phases of empire after the capture of the Moroccan city of Ceuta in 1415. There were at least three Portuguese empires in history: the First empire (1415-1580), the Second empire (1580-1640 and 1640-1822), and the Third empire (1822-1975).

   With regard to the second empire, the so-called Phillipine period (1580-1640), when Portugal's empire was under Spanish domination, could almost be counted as a separate era. During that period, Portugal lost important parts of its Asian holdings to England and also sections of its colonies of Brazil, Angola, and West Africa to Holland's conquests. These various empires could be characterized by the geography of where Lisbon invested its greatest efforts and resources to develop territories and ward off enemies.

   The first empire (1415-1580) had two phases. First came the African coastal phase (1415-97), when the Portuguese sought a foothold in various Moroccan cities but then explored the African coast from Morocco to past the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. While colonization and sugar farming were pursued in the Atlantic islands, as well as in the islands in the Gulf of Guinea like São Tomé and Príncipe, for the most part the Portuguese strategy was to avoid commitments to defending or peopling lands on the African continent. Rather, Lisbon sought a seaborne trade empire, in which the Portuguese could profit from exploiting trade and resources (such as gold) along the coasts and continue exploring southward to seek a sea route to Portuguese India. The second phase of the first empire (1498-1580) began with the discovery of the sea route to Asia, thanks to Vasco da Gama's first voyage in 1497-99, and the capture of strong points, ports, and trading posts in order to enforce a trade monopoly between Asia and Europe. This Asian phase produced the greatest revenues of empire Portugal had garnered, yet ended when Spain conquered Portugal and commanded her empire as of 1580.

   Portugal's second overseas empire began with Spanish domination and ran to 1822, when Brazil won her independence from Portugal. This phase was characterized largely by Brazilian dominance of imperial commitment, wealth in minerals and other raw materials from Brazil, and the loss of a significant portion of her African and Asian coastal empire to Holland and Great Britain. A sketch of Portugal's imperial losses either to native rebellions or to imperial rivals like Britain and Holland follows:

   • Morocco (North Africa) (sample only)

   Arzila—Taken in 1471; evacuated in 1550s; lost to Spain in 1580, which returned city to a sultan.

   Ceuta—Taken in 1415; lost to Spain in 1640 (loss confirmed in 1668 treaty with Spain).

   • Tangiers—Taken in 15th century; handed over to England in 1661 as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry to King Charles II.

   • West Africa

   • Fort/Castle of São Jorge da Mina, Gold Coast (in what is now Ghana)—Taken in 1480s; lost to Holland in 1630s.

   • Middle East

   Socotra-isle—Conquered in 1507; fort abandoned in 1511; used as water resupply stop for India fleet.

   Muscat—Conquered in 1501; lost to Persians in 1650.

   Ormuz—Taken, 1505-15 under Albuquerque; lost to England, which gave it to Persia in the 17th century.

   Aden (entry to Red Sea) — Unsuccessfully attacked by Portugal (1513-30); taken by Turks in 1538.

   • India

   • Ceylon (Sri Lanka)—Taken by 1516; lost to Dutch after 1600.

   • Bombay—Taken in 16th century; given to England in 1661 treaty as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry for Charles II.

   • East Indies

   • Moluccas—Taken by 1520; possession confirmed in 1529 Saragossa treaty with Spain; lost to Dutch after 1600; only East Timor remaining.

   After the restoration of Portuguese independence from Spain in 1640, Portugal proceeded to revive and strengthen the Anglo- Portuguese Alliance, with international aid to fight off further Spanish threats to Portugal and drive the Dutch invaders out of Brazil and Angola. While Portugal lost its foothold in West Africa at Mina to the Dutch, dominion in Angola was consolidated. The most vital part of the imperial economy was a triangular trade: slaves from West Africa and from the coasts of Congo and Angola were shipped to plantations in Brazil; raw materials (sugar, tobacco, gold, diamonds, dyes) were sent to Lisbon; Lisbon shipped Brazil colonists and hardware. Part of Portugal's War of Restoration against Spain (1640-68) and its reclaiming of Brazil and Angola from Dutch intrusions was financed by the New Christians (Jews converted to Christianity after the 1496 Manueline order of expulsion of Jews) who lived in Portugal, Holland and other low countries, France, and Brazil. If the first empire was mainly an African coastal and Asian empire, the second empire was primarily a Brazilian empire.

   Portugal's third overseas empire began upon the traumatic independence of Brazil, the keystone of the Lusitanian enterprise, in 1822. The loss of Brazil greatly weakened Portugal both as a European power and as an imperial state, for the scattered remainder of largely coastal, poor, and uncolonized territories that stretched from the bulge of West Africa to East Timor in the East Indies and Macau in south China were more of a financial liability than an asset. Only two small territories balanced their budgets occasionally or made profits: the cocoa islands of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea and tiny Macau, which lost much of its advantage as an entrepot between the West and the East when the British annexed neighboring Hong Kong in 1842. The others were largely burdens on the treasury. The African colonies were strapped by a chronic economic problem: at a time when the slave trade and then slavery were being abolished under pressures from Britain and other Western powers, the economies of Guinea- Bissau, São Tomé/Príncipe, Angola, and Mozambique were totally dependent on revenues from the slave trade and slavery. During the course of the 19th century, Lisbon began a program to reform colonial administration in a newly rejuvenated African empire, where most of the imperial efforts were expended, by means of replacing the slave trade and slavery, with legitimate economic activities.

   Portugal participated in its own early version of the "Scramble" for Africa's interior during 1850-69, but discovered that the costs of imperial expansion were too high to allow effective occupation of the hinterlands. After 1875, Portugal participated in the international "Scramble for Africa" and consolidated its holdings in west and southern Africa, despite the failure of the contra-costa (to the opposite coast) plan, which sought to link up the interiors of Angola and Mozambique with a corridor in central Africa. Portugal's expansion into what is now Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe (eastern section) in 1885-90 was thwarted by its oldest ally, Britain, under pressure from interest groups in South Africa, Scotland, and England. All things considered, Portugal's colonizing resources and energies were overwhelmed by the African empire it possessed after the frontier-marking treaties of 1891-1906. Lisbon could barely administer the massive area of five African colonies, whose total area comprised about 8 percent of the area of the colossal continent. The African territories alone were many times the size of tiny Portugal and, as of 1914, Portugal was the third colonial power in terms of size of area possessed in the world.

   The politics of Portugal's empire were deceptive. Lisbon remained obsessed with the fear that rival colonial powers, especially Germany and Britain, would undermine and then dismantle her African empire. This fear endured well into World War II. In developing and keeping her potentially rich African territories (especially mineral-rich Angola and strategically located Mozambique), however, the race against time was with herself and her subject peoples. Two major problems, both chronic, prevented Portugal from effective colonization (i.e., settling) and development of her African empire: the economic weakness and underdevelopment of the mother country and the fact that the bulk of Portuguese emigration after 1822 went to Brazil, Venezuela, the United States, and France, not to the colonies. These factors made it difficult to consolidate imperial control until it was too late; that is, until local African nationalist movements had organized and taken the field in insurgency wars that began in three of the colonies during the years 1961-64.

   Portugal's belated effort to revitalize control and to develop, in the truest sense of the word, Angola and Mozambique after 1961 had to be set against contemporary events in Europe, Africa, and Asia. While Portugal held on to a backward empire, other European countries like Britain, France, and Belgium were rapidly decolonizing their empires. Portugal's failure or unwillingness to divert the large streams of emigrants to her empire after 1850 remained a constant factor in this question. Prophetic were the words of the 19th-century economist Joaquim Oliveira Martins, who wrote in 1880 that Brazil was a better colony for Portugal than Africa and that the best colony of all would have been Portugal itself. As of the day of the Revolution of 25 April 1974, which sparked the final process of decolonization of the remainder of Portugal's third overseas empire, the results of the colonization program could be seen to be modest compared to the numbers of Portuguese emigrants outside the empire. Moreover, within a year, of some 600,000 Portuguese residing permanently in Angola and Mozambique, all but a few thousand had fled to South Africa or returned to Portugal.

   In 1974 and 1975, most of the Portuguese empire was decolonized or, in the case of East Timor, invaded and annexed by a foreign power before it could consolidate its independence. Only historic Macau, scheduled for transfer to the People's Republic of China in 1999, remained nominally under Portuguese control as a kind of footnote to imperial history. If Portugal now lacked a conventional overseas empire and was occupied with the challenges of integration in the European Union (EU), Lisbon retained another sort of informal dependency that was a new kind of empire: the empire of her scattered overseas Portuguese communities from North America to South America. Their numbers were at least six times greater than that of the last settlers of the third empire.

    See also Luso-Tropicalism; Rose-colored map; Ultimatum, English.

Historical dictionary of Portugal > Empire, Portuguese overseas
13 essential

1. adjective
1) (fundamental) wesentlich [Unterschied, Merkmal, Aspekt]; entscheidend [Frage]

2) (indispensable) unentbehrlich; lebenswichtig [Nahrungsmittel, Güter]; unabdingbar [Erfordernis, Qualifikation, Voraussetzung]; unbedingt notwendig [Bestandteile, Maßnahmen, Ausrüstung]; wesentlich, entscheidend [Rolle]

essential to life — lebensnotwendig od. -wichtig

it is [absolutely or most] essential that... — es ist unbedingt notwendig, dass...
2. noun, esp. in pl.
1) (indispensable element) Notwendigste, das

the bare essentials — das Allernotwendigste

2) (fundamental element) Wesentliche, das

the essentials of French grammar — die Grundzüge der französischen Grammatik

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[i'senʃəl] 1. adjective
(absolutely necessary: Strong boots are essential for mountaineering; It is essential that you arrive punctually.) wesentlich
2. noun
(a thing that is fundamental or necessary: Everyone should learn the essentials of first aid; Is a television set an essential?) das Wesentliche

- academic.ru/25041/essentially">essentially

* * *

es·sen·tial

[ɪˈsen(t)ʃ^əl]

I. adj

1. (indispensable) unbedingt erforderlich, unentbehrlich, unverzichtbar

it is \essential to record the data accurately eine genaue Aufzeichnung der Daten ist unabdingbar

\essential vitamins lebensnotwendige [o lebenswichtige] [o fachspr essenzielle] Vitamine

▪ to be \essential to [or for] sb/sth für jdn/etw von größter Wichtigkeit sein

it is \essential [that] our prices remain competitive unsere Preise müssen unbedingt wettbewerbsfähig bleiben

2. (fundamental) essenziell; element wesentlich; difference grundlegend

\essential component Grundbestandteil m

\essential subject zentrales Thema

II. n usu pl

▪ the \essentials pl die Grundlagen, das Wesentliche kein pl, die wichtigsten Punkte

I regard my car as an \essential mein Auto ist für mich absolut unverzichtbar

the \essentials of Spanish die Grundzüge des Spanischen

the bare \essentials das [Aller]nötigste

to be reduced to its \essentials auf das Wesentliche reduziert werden

* * *
[I'senSəl]
1. adj

1) (= necessary, vital) (unbedingt or absolut) erforderlich or notwendig; services, supplies lebenswichtig

it is essential to act quickly —

it is essential that he come(s) — es ist absolut or unbedingt erforderlich, dass er kommt, er muss unbedingt kommen

it is essential that you understand this — du musst das unbedingt verstehen

do it now – is it really essential? — mach es jetzt – ist das wirklich unbedingt nötig?

this is of essential importance — dies ist von entscheidender Bedeutung

certain vitamins are essential for good health — bestimmte Vitamine sind für die Gesundheit unerlässlich

she's become essential to me — sie ist mir unentbehrlich geworden

the essential thing is to... — wichtig ist vor allem, zu...

2) (= of the essence, basic) wesentlich, essenziell (geh), essentiell (geh); (PHILOS) essenziell, essentiell, wesenhaft; question, role entscheidend

essential features — wesentliche Eigenschaften

the essential feature of his personality — der Grundzug or der grundlegende Zug seiner Persönlichkeit

I don't doubt his essential goodness — ich zweifle nicht an, dass er im Grunde ein guter Mensch ist

to establish the essential nature of the problem —

to establish the essential nature of the disease — feststellen, worum es sich bei dieser Krankheit eigentlich handelt

2. n

1)

(= necessary thing) a compass is an essential for mountain climbing — ein Kompass ist unbedingt notwendig zum Bergsteigen

the first essential is to privatize the industry — als Erstes muss die Industrie unbedingt privatisiert werden

just bring the essentials — bring nur das Allernotwendigste mit

with only the bare essentials — nur mit dem Allernotwendigsten ausgestattet

2) pl (= most important points) wichtige Punkte pl, Essentials pl

the essentials of German grammar — die Grundlagen pl or die Grundzüge pl der deutschen Grammatik

* * *

essential [ıˈsenʃl]

A adj (adv → essentially)

1. wesentlich:

a) grundlegend, fundamental

b) inner(er, e, es), eigentlich, (lebens)wichtig, unentbehrlich, unbedingt erforderlich (to, for für):

essential to life lebensnotwendig, -wichtig;

it is essential for both of them to come es ist unbedingt erforderlich, dass sie beide kommen;

essential condition of life BIOL Lebensbedingung f;

essential goods lebenswichtige Güter;

the essential vows REL die drei wesentlichen Mönchsgelübde (Keuschheit, Armut, Gehorsam)

2. CHEM rein, destilliert:

essential oil ätherisches Öl

3. MUS Haupt…, Grund…:

essential chord Grundakkord m

B s meist pl

1. (das) Wesentliche oder Wichtigste, Hauptsache f, wesentliche Umstände pl oder Punkte pl oder Bestandteile pl:

the bare essentials das Allernotwendigste

2. (wesentliche) Voraussetzung (to für):

an essential to success

3. unentbehrliche Person oder Sache

* * *
1. adjective
1) (fundamental) wesentlich [Unterschied, Merkmal, Aspekt]; entscheidend [Frage]

2) (indispensable) unentbehrlich; lebenswichtig [Nahrungsmittel, Güter]; unabdingbar [Erfordernis, Qualifikation, Voraussetzung]; unbedingt notwendig [Bestandteile, Maßnahmen, Ausrüstung]; wesentlich, entscheidend [Rolle]

essential to life — lebensnotwendig od. -wichtig

it is [absolutely or most] essential that... — es ist unbedingt notwendig, dass...
2. noun, esp. in pl.
1) (indispensable element) Notwendigste, das

the bare essentials — das Allernotwendigste

2) (fundamental element) Wesentliche, das

the essentials of French grammar — die Grundzüge der französischen Grammatik

* * *

adj.

Pflicht- präfix.

notwendig adj.

wesentlich adj. n.

wesentlich adj.

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14 Leblanc, Nicolas

SUBJECT AREA: Chemical technology

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b. 6 December 1742 Ivey-le-Pré, France

d. 16 January 1806 Paris, France

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French chemist, inventor of the Leblanc process for the manufacture of soda.

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Orphaned at an early age, Leblanc was sent by his guardian, a doctor, to study medicine at the Ecole de Chirurgie in Paris. Around 1780 he entered the service of the Duke of Orléans as Surgeon. There he was able to pursue his interest in chemistry by carrying out research, particularly into crystallization; this bore fruit in a paper to the Royal Academy of Sciences in 1786, published in 1812 as a separate work entitled Crystallotechnie. At that time there was much concern that supplies of natural soda were becoming insufficient to meet the increasing demands of various industries, textile above all. In 1775 the Academy offered a prize of 2,400 livres for a means of manufacturing soda from sea salt. Several chemists studied the problem, but the prize was never awarded. However, in 1789 Leblanc reported in the Journal de physique for 1789 that he had devised a process, and he applied to his patron for support. The Duke had the process subjected to tests, and when these proved favourable he, with Leblanc and the referee, formed a company in February 1790 to exploit it. A patent was granted in 1791 and, with the manufacture of a vital substance at low cost based on a raw material, salt in unlimited supply, a bright prospect seemed to open out for Leblanc. The salt was treated with sulphuric acid to form salt-cake (sodium sulphate), which was then rotated with coal and limestone to form a substance from which the soda was extracted with water followed by evaporation. Hydrochloric acid was a valuable by-product, from which could be made calcium chloride, widely used in the textile and paper industries. The factory worked until 1793, but did not achieve regular production, and then disaster struck: Leblanc's principal patron, the Duke of Orléans, perished under the guillotine in the reign of terror; the factory was sequestered by the Revolutionary government and the agreement was revoked. Leblanc laboured in vain to secure adequate compensation. Eventually a grant was made towards the cost of restoring the factory, but it was quite inadequate, and in despair, Leblanc shot himself. However, his process proved to be one of the greatest inventions in the chemical industry, and was taken up in other countries and remained the leading process for the production of soda for a century. In 1855 his family tried again to vindicate his name and achieve compensation, this time with success.

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Further Reading

A.A.Leblanc, 1884, Nicolas Leblanc, sa vie, ses travaux et l'histoire de la soude artificielle, Paris (the standard biography, by his grandson).

For more critical studies, see: C.C.Gillispie, 1957, "The discovery of the Leblanc process", Isis 48:152–70; J.G.Smith, 1970, "Studies in certain chemical industries in revolutionary and Napoleonic France", unpublished PhD thesis, Leeds University.

LRD

Biographical history of technology > Leblanc, Nicolas
15 Lister, Samuel Cunliffe, 1st Baron Masham

SUBJECT AREA: Textiles

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b. 1 January 1815 Calverly Hall, Bradford, England

d. 2 February 1906 Swinton Park, near Bradford, England

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English inventor of successful wool-combing and waste-silk spinning machines.

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Lister was descended from one of the old Yorkshire families, the Cunliffe Listers of Manningham, and was the fourth son of his father Ellis. After attending a school on Clapham Common, Lister would not go to university; his family hoped he would enter the Church, but instead he started work with the Liverpool merchants Sands, Turner \& Co., who frequently sent him to America. In 1837 his father built for him and his brother a worsted mill at Manningham, where Samuel invented a swivel shuttle and a machine for making fringes on shawls. It was here that he first became aware of the unhealthy occupation of combing wool by hand. Four years later, after seeing the machine that G.E. Donisthorpe was trying to work out, he turned his attention to mechanizing wool-combing. Lister took Donisthorpe into partnership after paying him £12,000 for his patent, and developed the Lister-Cartwright "square nip" comber. Until this time, combing machines were little different from Cartwright's original, but Lister was able to improve on this with continuous operation and by 1843 was combing the first fine botany wool that had ever been combed by machinery. In the following year he received an order for fifty machines to comb all qualities of wool. Further combing patents were taken out with Donisthorpe in 1849, 1850, 1851 and 1852, the last two being in Lister's name only. One of the important features of these patents was the provision of a gripping device or "nip" which held the wool fibres at one end while the rest of the tuft was being combed. Lister was soon running nine combing mills. In the 1850s Lister had become involved in disputes with others who held combing patents, such as his associate Isaac Holden and the Frenchman Josué Heilmann. Lister bought up the Heilmann machine patents and afterwards other types until he obtained a complete monopoly of combing machines before the patents expired. His invention stimulated demand for wool by cheapening the product and gave a vital boost to the Australian wool trade. By 1856 he was at the head of a wool-combing business such as had never been seen before, with mills at Manningham, Bradford, Halifax, Keighley and other places in the West Riding, as well as abroad.

His inventive genius also extended to other fields. In 1848 he patented automatic compressed air brakes for railways, and in 1853 alone he took out twelve patents for various textile machines. He then tried to spin waste silk and made a second commercial career, turning what was called "chassum" and hitherto regarded as refuse into beautiful velvets, silks, plush and other fine materials. Waste silk consisted of cocoon remnants from the reeling process, damaged cocoons and fibres rejected from other processes. There was also wild silk obtained from uncultivated worms. This is what Lister saw in a London warehouse as a mass of knotty, dirty, impure stuff, full of bits of stick and dead mulberry leaves, which he bought for a halfpenny a pound. He spent ten years trying to solve the problems, but after a loss of £250,000 and desertion by his partner his machine caught on in 1865 and brought Lister another fortune. Having failed to comb this waste silk, Lister turned his attention to the idea of "dressing" it and separating the qualities automatically. He patented a machine in 1877 that gave a graduated combing. To weave his new silk, he imported from Spain to Bradford, together with its inventor Jose Reixach, a velvet loom that was still giving trouble. It wove two fabrics face to face, but the problem lay in separating the layers so that the pile remained regular in length. Eventually Lister was inspired by watching a scissors grinder in the street to use small emery wheels to sharpen the cutters that divided the layers of fabric. Lister took out several patents for this loom in his own name in 1868 and 1869, while in 1871 he took out one jointly with Reixach. It is said that he spent £29,000 over an eleven-year period on this loom, but this was more than recouped from the sale of reasonably priced high-quality velvets and plushes once success was achieved. Manningham mills were greatly enlarged to accommodate this new manufacture.

In later years Lister had an annual profit from his mills of £250,000, much of which was presented to Bradford city in gifts such as Lister Park, the original home of the Listers. He was connected with the Bradford Chamber of Commerce for many years and held the position of President of the Fair Trade League for some time. In 1887 he became High Sheriff of Yorkshire, and in 1891 he was made 1st Baron Masham. He was also Deputy Lieutenant in North and West Riding.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

Created 1st Baron Masham 1891.

Bibliography

1849, with G.E.Donisthorpe, British patent no. 12,712. 1850, with G.E. Donisthorpe, British patent no. 13,009. 1851, British patent no. 13,532.

1852, British patent no. 14,135.

1877, British patent no. 3,600 (combing machine). 1868, British patent no. 470.

1868, British patent no. 2,386.

1868, British patent no. 2,429.

1868, British patent no. 3,669.

1868, British patent no. 1,549.

1871, with J.Reixach, British patent no. 1,117. 1905, Lord Masham's Inventions (autobiography).

Further Reading

J.Hogg (ed.), c. 1888, Fortunes Made in Business, London (biography).

W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London; and C.Singer (ed.), 1958, A History of Technology, Vol. IV, Oxford: Clarendon Press (both cover the technical details of Lister's invention).

RLH

Biographical history of technology > Lister, Samuel Cunliffe, 1st Baron Masham
16 key

key

A n

1 ( locking device) clé f, clef f ; a front-door/car key une clé de maison/voiture ; a set ou bunch of keys un jeu de clés ; to leave the key in the door laisser la clé sur la porte ; under lock and key sous clé ;

2 ( winding device) gen remontoir m (for de) ; ( for clock) clé f (de pendule), remontoir m ;

3 Tech clé f ; radiator key clavette f à radiateur ;

4 ( control) (on typewriter, computer, piano, phone) touche f ; (on oboe, flute) clé f ;

5 fig ( vital clue) (to happiness, success etc) clé f, secret m (to de) ; his diary holds the key to the mystery son journal renferme la clé du mystère ; exercise is the key to health l'exercice est le secret de la santé ; the key to being a good teacher is to listen le secret pour devenir un bon enseignant est d'écouter ;

6 ( explanatory list) ( on map) légende f ; (to abbreviations, symbols) liste f ; (for code, cryptogram) clé f ; ‘pronunciation key’ ‘liste phonétique’, ‘tableau m phonétique’ ;

7 ( answers) (to test, riddle) solutions fpl ; Sch corrigé m ;

8 Mus ton m, tonalité f ; what key is the sonata in? dans quel ton est la sonate? ; change of key lit, fig changement m de ton ; a major key un ton majeur ; in a major/minor key en majeur/mineur ; to sing/play in key chanter/jouer juste ; to sing/ play off key chanter/jouer faux ;

9 Geog caye m.

B modif [industry, job, element, document, figure, role] clé inv (after n) ; [difference, point] capital ; [problem] essentiel/-ielle ; key workers des travailleurs occupant des postes clés.

C vtr

1 ( type) saisir [data, information] ;

2 ( adapt) adapter [remarks, speech] (to à).

Phrasal verb

■ key in:

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17 personal

personal [ˈpɜ:snl]

1. adjective

personnel ; [habits] intime ; [application] (fait) en personne ; [remark, question] indiscret (- ète f)

• my personal belief is... je crois personnellement...

• a letter marked "personal" une lettre marquée « personnel »

• to make a personal appearance apparaître en personne

• the argument got personal la discussion prit un tour personnel

• don't be personal! (inf) ne sois pas si blessant !

• his personal life sa vie privée

• for personal reasons pour des raisons personnelles

• the president believes his personal safety is at risk le président craint pour sa sécurité personnelle

• to give sth the personal touch ajouter une note personnelle à qch

2. compounds

► personal ad (inf) noun petite annonce f personnelle

► personal assistant noun secrétaire mf de direction

► personal best noun record m personnel

► personal call noun (British) (private) appel m privé

► personal chair noun (British)

to have a personal chair être titulaire d'une chaire ► personal cleanliness noun hygiène f intime

► personal column noun annonces fpl personnelles

► personal computer noun ordinateur m personnel

► personal details plural noun ( = name, address) coordonnées (inf) fpl

► personal friend noun ami (e) m(f) intime

► personal hygiene noun hygiène f intime

► personal identification number noun code m personnel

► personal insurance noun assurance f personnelle

► personal loan noun prêt m personnel

► personal organizer noun organiseur m personnel

► personal pronoun noun pronom m personnel

► personal space noun espace m vital

► personal stereo noun baladeur m

► personal trainer noun entraîneur m personnel

► personal tuition noun cours mpl particuliers (in de)

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✎ personnel ends in -el instead of -al and has a double n.

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['pɜːsənl] 1.
noun US petite annonce f personnelle
2.
adjective [opinion, life, problem, attack, call, matter] personnel/-elle; [safety, freedom, choice, income, profit, insurance] individuel/-elle; [service] personnalisé

don't be so personal! — ne fais pas d'allusions personnelles!

the discussion became rather personal — la discussion a pris un ton personnel

on ou at a personal level — sur le plan personnel

to take care of one's personal appearance — prendre soin de son apparence

to make a personal appearance — venir en personne (at à)

he paid them a personal visit — il leur a rendu visite en personne

personal belongings ou effects ou possessions — effets mpl personnels

personal hygiene — hygiène f intime

my personal best is 10 seconds — mon meilleur temps est de 10 secondes

as a personal favour to you — pour te faire plaisir

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18 crux

crux [krʌks] (pl cruxes or cruces ['kru:si:z])

noun

(a) (vital point) point m crucial ou capital; (of problem) cœur m;

∎ the crux of the matter le nœud de l'affaire

(b) (in climbing) passage-clef m

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