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101 Historical Portugal
Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims inPortugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and theChurch (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict untilUN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU. -
102 middle
ˈmɪdl
1. сущ.
1) середина а) центральная часть чего-л. in the middle of Syn: centre, midst, center б) среднее состояние, положение, выбранное между двумя крайностями Syn: mean II
1.
2) разг. талия Syn: waist
3) грам. медиальный залог, средний залог (тж. middle voice)
4) подача мяча в центр поля (футбол) ∙ in the middle of nowhere ≈ неизвестно в каком месте;
непонятно где
2. прил.
1) средний, центральный Syn: medial, central
2) промежуточный Syn: intermediate
3) относящийся к эпохе средневековья
4) грам. медиальный, средний ( о залоге) ∙ middle age ≈ средний возраст Middle Ages ≈ средние века, средневековье middle years ≈ зрелые годы upper middle class ≈ крупная буржуазия lower middle class ≈ мелкая буржуазия middle finger ≈ средний палец middle way ≈ умеренная позиция;
золотая середина
3. гл.
1) тех. а) поместить в середину б) найти центр, отцентровать
2) а) разделить пополам, разделить на две части б) мор. согнуть пополам
3) подать мяч на середину поля (в футболе)
4) разг. мошенничать, надувать Syn: befool, cheat
2. середина - (right) in the (very) * of the room (прямо) в (самой) середине комнаты - in the * of the speech во время речи - the * of life зрелый возраст - in the * of life в середине жизни - there is a pain in the * of my back у меня боль в пояснице талия - to catch /to seize/ smb. round the * обнять кого-л. за талию - he was up to his * in water он был по пояс в воде (разговорное) живот - he became fatter round the * у него вырос животик - I've got a pain in my * у меня болит живот (грамматика) средний или медиальный залог (тж. * voice) (морское) мель посредине входа или фарватера подача мяча на середину поля (футбол) небольшой газетный очерк на литературную, социальную или этическую тему (тж. * article) > to knock smb. into the * of next week нокаутировать (тж. перен.) > in the * of nowhere Бог знает где;
у черта на рогах /на куличках/, в Тмутаракани > a village in the * of nowhere деревенька в самой глубинке средний - * position среднее положение;
положение посередине - * finger средний палец - * height средний рост - a man of * size человек среднего роста;
человек средней комплекции - * school средняя школа - * years /age/ зрелые годы, зрелый возраст - during his * age когда он уже был немолодым - * name второе имя (отчество) - * ear (анатомия) среднее ухо - * deck (морское) средняя палуба - * latitude (география) средняя широта - * distance средний план - * dough stage( сельскохозяйственное) восковая спелость( зерна) - these grapes are of * quality этот виноград не очень высокого качества, средний виноград ( грамматика) средний, медиальный (о залоге) (фонетика) медиальный, среднего подъема (о гласном) (логика) средняя посылка > the * way средний путь, умеренная позиция, позиция золотой середины > to take a * course держаться середины > the * watch( морское) ночная вахта( с 12 ч. ночи до 4 ч. утра) (специальное) поместить в середину (морское) складывать пополам - to * a rope сложить трос пополам подать мяч на середину поля (футбол) in the ~ of в середине (чего-л.) in the ~ of во время( какого-л. дела, занятия) ~ подача мяча в центр поля (футбол) ;
in the middle of nowhere неизвестно в каком месте;
непонятно где middle грам. медиальный или средний залог (тж. middle voice) ~ подать мяч на середину поля (в футболе) ~ подача мяча в центр поля (футбол) ;
in the middle of nowhere неизвестно в каком месте;
непонятно где ~ поместить в середину ~ середина ~ средний;
middle age (или years) зрелые годы;
the Middle Ages средние века ~ средний ~ разг. талия ~ finger средний палец the ~ reaches of the Danube среднее течение Дуная ~ school средняя школа ~ watch мор. ночная вахта (с 24 ч. до 4 ч.) the ~ way умеренная позиция;
= золотая середина -
103 house
n [haʊs]let's go to John's \house lass uns zu John gehen;Sam's playing at Mary's \house Sam spielt bei Mary;\house and home Haus und Hof;to eat sb out of \house and home jdm die Haare vom Kopf fressen ( fam)to be a mad \house ( fig) ein Irrenhaus sein;to keep \house den Haushalt führen;to keep to the \house zu Hause bleiben;to set up \house einen eigenen Hausstand gründen2) ( residents)you woke the whole \house! du hast das ganze Haus geweckt!the pastries are made in \house das Gebäck wird hier im Hause hergestellt;in a gambling casino, the odds always favour the \house in einem Spielkasino hat immer die Bank die größten Gewinnchancen;the rules of the \house die Hausordnung;publishing \house Verlag m;on the \house auf Kosten des Hausesto dress the \house mit Freikarten das Haus füllen;to play to a full \house vor vollem Haus spielen;to set the \house on fire das Publikum begeistern7) ( royal family)the H\house of Hapsburg/ Windsor das Haus Habsburg/Windsorthe H\house das Parlament, die Abgeordneten pl;9) ( for animal)bird \house Vogelhaus nt, Voliere f;PHRASES:\house of cards Kartenhaus nt;to collapse like a \house of cards wie ein Kartenhaus in sich akk zusammenfallen;to get on like a \house on fire ausgezeichnet miteinander auskommen;to set one's \house in order seine Angelegenheiten in Ordnung bringen;like the side of a \house fett wie eine Tonne ( pej)a \house divided cannot stand ( cannot stand) man muss zusammenhalten;it's time this company clean \house and get some fresh blood into the management (Am) es ist an der Zeit, dass diese Firma Ordnung bei sich schafft und frisches Blut in das Management bringt;1) ( kept inside)2) ( of establishment) Haus-;\house rules Hausordnung f;1) ( accommodate)to \house sb jdn unterbringen [o beherbergen]; criminal, terrorist jdm Unterschlupf gewähren;the jail \houses 300 prisoners in dem Gefängnis können 300 Gefangene eingesperrt werden2) ( contain)to \house sth;the museum \houses a famous collection das Museum beherbergt eine berühmte Sammlung;to be \housed somewhere irgendwo untergebracht sein3) ( encase)to \house sth etw verkleiden -
104 register
A n1 gen, Admin, Comm registre m ; Sch cahier m des absences ; to keep a register tenir un registre ; to enter sth in a register inscrire qch dans or sur un registre ; to take the register Sch remplir le cahier des absences ; register of births, marriages and deaths registre public de l'état civil ; missing persons' register registre des personnes disparues ;2 Mus, Ling, Comput, Print registre m ; lower/middle/upper register Mus registre grave/médium/aigu ;B vtr1 ( declare officially) [member of the public] déclarer [birth, death, marriage] ; faire immatriculer [vehicle] ; faire enregistrer [luggage] ; déposer [trademark, patent, invention] ; faire enregistrer [company] ; déclarer [firearm] ; déposer [complaint] ; to register a protest protester ;2 [official] inscrire [student] ; enregistrer [name, birth, death, marriage, company, firearm, trademark] ; immatriculer [vehicle] ; she has a German-registered car elle a une voiture immatriculée en Allemagne ; to be registered (as) disabled/unfit for work être officiellement reconnu handicapé/incapable de travailler ;3 [measuring instrument] indiquer [speed, temperature, pressure] ; ( show) [person, face, expression] exprimer [anger, disapproval, disgust] ; [action] marquer [emotion, surprise, relief] ; the earthquake registered six on the Richter scale le tremblement de terre a atteint la magnitude six sur l'échelle de Richter ;4 ( mentally) ( notice) remarquer ; ( realize) se rendre compte ; I registered (the fact) that he was late j'ai remarqué qu'il était en retard ; she suddenly registered that, it suddenly registered (with her) that elle s'est soudain rendu compte que ;5 (achieve, record) [person, bank, company] enregistrer [loss, gain, victory, success] ;8 Print mettre [qch] en registre [printing press].C vi1 ( declare oneself officially) [person] (to vote, for course, school) s'inscrire ; ( at hotel) se présenter ; (with police, for national services, for taxes) se faire recenser (for pour) ; ( for shares) souscrire (for à) ; to register for voting/for a course/for a school s'inscrire pour voter/à un cours/dans une école ; to register with a doctor/dentist s'inscrire sur la liste des patients d'un médecin/dentiste ;2 ( be shown) [speed, temperature, earthquake] être enregistré ;3 ( mentally) the enormity of what had happened just didn't register on ne se rendait pas compte de l'énormité de ce qui était arrivé ; his name didn't register with me son nom ne me disait rien ;4 Tech [parts] coïncider. -
105 honour
1. nouna. honneur m• in honour of... en l'honneur de...• to what do we owe this honour? qu'est-ce qui nous vaut cet honneur ?c. (title) Your/His Honour Votre/Son Honneurd. (British = degree) to take honours in English ≈ faire une licence d'anglais• he got first-/second-class honours in English ≈ il a eu sa licence d'anglais avec mention très bien/mention bienhonorer ; [+ agreement] respecter3. compounds• to be honour-bound to do sth être tenu par l'honneur de faire qch ► honours degree noun (British) ≈ licence f━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ The French word honneur has a double n.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Un honours degree est un diplôme universitaire que l'on reçoit généralement après trois années d'études en Angleterre et quatre années en Écosse. Les mentions qui l'accompagnent sont, par ordre décroissant: « first class » (très bien), « upper second class » (bien), « lower second class » (assez bien), et « third class » (sans mention). Le titulaire d'un honours degree peut l'indiquer ainsi à la suite de son nom: Peter Jones BA Hons. → ORDINARY DEGREE━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━La Honours List est la liste des personnes proposées pour recevoir une distinction honorifique. Cette liste, établie par le Premier ministre et approuvée par le monarque, est publiée deux fois par an au moment de la nouvelle année ( New Year's Honours List) et de l'anniversaire de la reine en juin ( Queen's Birthday Honours List).* * *1.GB, honor US ['ɒnə(r)] noun1) ( privilege) honneur mto give somebody ou do somebody the honour of doing — faire à quelqu'un l'honneur de faire
to what do I owe this honour? — sout ou iron que me vaut cet honneur? sout ou iron
2) ( high principles) honneur mto impugn somebody's honour — sout mettre en doute l'honneur de quelqu'un
3) ( in titles)2.honours plural noun University3.first/second class honours — ≈ licence avec mention très bien/bien
transitive verb1) ( show respect for) honorerto feel/be honoured — se sentir/être honoré (by par)
to honour somebody by doing — sout faire l'honneur à quelqu'un de faire
2) (fulfil, be bound by) honorer [cheque, contract, obligation]; tenir [promise, commitment]; remplir [agreement]••to do the honours — (serve food, drinks) faire les honneurs; ( introduce guests) faire les présentations
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106 select
[sɪ'lɛkt] 1. adjschool, district ekskluzywny; group doborowy2. vt* * *[sə'lekt] 1. verb(to choose or pick from among a number: She selected a blue dress from the wardrobe; You have been selected to represent us on the committee.) wybierać2. adjective1) (picked or chosen carefully: A select group of friends was invited.) wybrany, wyselekcjonowany2) (intended only for carefully chosen (usually rich or upper-class) people: That school is very select.) ekskluzywny•- selective
- sellectively
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107 age
eɪdʒ
1. сущ.
1) возраст to live to (reach) an age ≈ дожить до определенного возраста people of all ages ≈ люди всех возрастов the voting age is 18 ≈ участие в голосовании принимают лица, достигшие 18 лет a boy 10 years of age ≈ десятилетний мальчик to be one's age ≈ вести себя соответственно возрасту to act one's age ≈ вести себя соответственно возрасту advanced age age group age of discretion age of stand age of teething awkward age early age legal age middle age old age retirement age retiring age ripe old age tender age venerable age young age at an early age at a very young age Syn: lifetime
2) совершеннолетие to be of age ≈ быть совершеннолетним to be under age ≈ быть несовершеннолетним to come of age ≈ достичь совершеннолетия Syn: majority
2)
3) старость extreme old age ≈ глубокая старость the infirmities of age ≈ старческие немощи Syn: oldness, senility
4) поколение Syn: generation
5) век;
период, эпоха( ист.;
геол.) to usher in an age ≈ возвещать о приходе какой-л. эпохи to usher in the computer age ≈ возвещать о наступлении компьютерной эры entering the atomic age ≈ вступление в атомный век golden age, heroic age ≈ золотой век the age of Pericles ≈ век Перикла Middle Ages Dark ages Bronze age Iron age nuclear age Stone age Ice Age Syn: period
6) обыкн. мн.;
разг. долгий срок through the ages ≈ сквозь века We've not seen you both for ages. ≈ Мы вас обоих не видели целую вечность. haven't seen him in ages ≈ не видел его годами ∙ to bear one's age well ≈ хорошо выглядеть для своего возраста;
казаться моложе своих лет
2. гл.
1) стареть, стариться Syn: mature
2) вызревать letting cheese age ≈ позволить сыру вызреть
3) перех. старить An Arctic night and an Arctic day age a man more rapidly and harshly than a year anywhere else. ≈ Арктическая ночь и арктический день старят человека быстрее и резче, чем год в каком-либо другом месте. Syn: make old, make look old
4) перех. выдерживать;
подвергать старению
5) определять возраст (особенно в науке) The forester is able to age trees by studying the growth rings or annuli. ≈ Лесничий способен определить возраст дерева, изучая рост годовых колец.возраст;
- middle * средний возраст;
- a man of middle * человек средних лет;
- the awkward * переходный возраст;
- what is your *? сколько вам лет?;
- at the * of twelve в возрасте двенадцати лет;
- five years of * пяти лет (от роду) ;
- I have a son your * у меня сын вашего возраста;
- of uncertain * неопределенного возраста;
- twice my * вдвое старше меня;
- to act one's * вести себя сообразно своему возрасту;
- to bear one's * well выглядеть моложе своих лет;
- to look one's * выглядеть не старше и не моложе своих лет, выглядеть на свой возраст;
- over * старше установленного возраста;
- he won't be called up for military service, he is over * его не призовут в армию, он вышел из призывного возраста;
- what's the * of that church? когда построена эта церковь? продолжительность, срок жизни;
- the * of human life средняя продолжительность жизни человека (юридическое) совершеннолетие;
- to be of * достичь совершеннолетия;
- to be under * не достичь совершеннолетия, быть несовершеннолетним;
- * of discretion возраст ответственности;
- * of consent брачный возраст;
возраст, с которогго женщина или мужчина правомочны давать согласие на половые отношения (геология) период, эра;
- the Ice A. ледниковый период;
- A. of Mammals кайнозой, кайнозойская эра;
- A. of Reptiles мезозой, мезозойская эра( историческое) век, эпоха;
- the Stone A. каменный век;
- the Middle Ages средневековье, средние века;
- the golden * золотой век;
- the Elizabethan A. елизаветинская эпоха;
эпоха королевы Елизаветы I;
- atomic *, the * of atom атомный век, век атома;
- A. of Reason век разума, рационализма;
- to be behind the * отстать от века обыкн. pl (разговорное) долгий срок, вечность;
- *s ago давным-давно;
- I have not seen you for *s я не видел вас целую вечность старость, дряхлость;
- to join the strength of youth and the wisdom of * сочетать силу юности с мудростью старости;
- from youth to * с юных лет до старости;
- the infirmities of * старческие болезни (возвышенно) поколение;
- *s yet unborn грядущие поколения( техническое) срок службы (машины) ;
- the * of concrete возраст бетона( карточное) игрок, сидящий слева от сдающего в грам. знач. прил.: возрастной( преим. в статистике) - * group возрастная группа;
- * composition возрастной состав стареть, стариться состарить;
старить;
- grief *d him overnight горе состарило его за одну ночь (специальное) выдерживать;
- to * wine выдерживать вино( специальное) подвергать искусственному старению (специальное) вызревать (специальное) (электротехника) тренироватьage век;
период, эпоха (тж. геол.) ;
the Middle Ages средние века;
Ice Age ледниковый период ~ возраст;
age of discretion возраст, с которого человек считается ответственным за свои поступки( 14 лет) ;
awkward age переходный возраст;
tender age ранний возраст ~ возраст ~ (часто pl) разг. долгий срок;
I have not seen you for ages я не видел вас целую вечность;
to bear one's age well хорошо выглядеть для своего возраста;
казаться моложе своих лет ~ период ~ тех. подвергать старению ~ поколение ~ совершеннолетие;
to be of age быть совершеннолетним;
to be under age быть несовершеннолетним;
to come of age достичь совершеннолетия ~ срок службы ~ стареть ~ старить ~ старость;
the infirmities of age старческие немощи~ at expiry of policy возраст на момент истечения срока страхования~ of admission возраст для поступления~ of admission to school возраст для поступления в школу~ of consent брачный возраст ~ of consent возраст для вступления в брак consent: ~ разрешение;
age of consent совершеннолетие;
silence gives consent посл. молчание - знак согласия~ of criminal responsibility возраст для привлечения к уголовной ответственности~ возраст;
age of discretion возраст, с которого человек считается ответственным за свои поступки (14 лет) ;
awkward age переходный возраст;
tender age ранний возраст~ of majority достичь совершеннолетия ~ of majority совершеннолетие~ of mending "период штопания" (непрерывные попытки исправить негативные последствия для трудящихся от внедрения новой техники и технологий)middle ~ средний возраст;
to be (или to act) one's age вести себя соответственно возрасту;
this wine lacks age это вино недостаточно выдержано;
age of stand лес. возраст насаждения~ возраст;
age of discretion возраст, с которого человек считается ответственным за свои поступки (14 лет) ;
awkward age переходный возраст;
tender age ранний возраст awkward: ~ age переходный возраст~ совершеннолетие;
to be of age быть совершеннолетним;
to be under age быть несовершеннолетним;
to come of age достичь совершеннолетияmiddle ~ средний возраст;
to be (или to act) one's age вести себя соответственно возрасту;
this wine lacks age это вино недостаточно выдержано;
age of stand лес. возраст насаждения~ совершеннолетие;
to be of age быть совершеннолетним;
to be under age быть несовершеннолетним;
to come of age достичь совершеннолетия~ (часто pl) разг. долгий срок;
I have not seen you for ages я не видел вас целую вечность;
to bear one's age well хорошо выглядеть для своего возраста;
казаться моложе своих летcall-up ~ возраст призыва на военную службу~ совершеннолетие;
to be of age быть совершеннолетним;
to be under age быть несовершеннолетним;
to come of age достичь совершеннолетия come: ~ of age достигать совершеннолетияfull ~ совершеннолетиеfull legal ~ совершеннолетие~ (часто pl) разг. долгий срок;
I have not seen you for ages я не видел вас целую вечность;
to bear one's age well хорошо выглядеть для своего возраста;
казаться моложе своих летage век;
период, эпоха (тж. геол.) ;
the Middle Ages средние века;
Ice Age ледниковый период~ старость;
the infirmities of age старческие немощиmarriageable ~ брачный возрастmarrying ~ брачный возрастmiddle ~ средний возраст;
to be (или to act) one's age вести себя соответственно возрасту;
this wine lacks age это вино недостаточно выдержано;
age of stand лес. возраст насаждения middle: ~ средний;
middle age (или years) зрелые годы;
the Middle Ages средние векаage век;
период, эпоха (тж. геол.) ;
the Middle Ages средние века;
Ice Age ледниковый период middle: ~ средний;
middle age (или years) зрелые годы;
the Middle Ages средние векаminimum ~ минимальный возраст minimum ~ минимальный срок службыof ~ совершеннолетнийpension ~ пенсионный возрастpensionable ~ пенсионный возраст pensionable: pensionable дающий право на пенсию;
pensionable age пенсионный возрастretirement ~ возраст выхода на пенсию retirement ~ пенсионный возраст retirement: ~ age пенсионный возрастretiring ~ пенсионный возраст~ возраст;
age of discretion возраст, с которого человек считается ответственным за свои поступки (14 лет) ;
awkward age переходный возраст;
tender age ранний возрастmiddle ~ средний возраст;
to be (или to act) one's age вести себя соответственно возрасту;
this wine lacks age это вино недостаточно выдержано;
age of stand лес. возраст насажденияunder ~ несовершеннолетний under: ~ age не достигший определенного возраста;
несовершеннолетний;
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108 letter
ˈletə I
1. сущ.
1) буква block letter ≈ прописная печатная буква capital letter, large letter, upper-case letter ≈ прописная (заглавная, большая) буква lower-case letter, small letter ≈ маленькая, строчная буква
2) полигр. литера
3) прямой и строгий смысл, буква ( чего-л.) the letter of the law ≈ буква закона in letter and in spirit ≈ по форме и по существу to the letter ≈ буквально;
точно
4) спорт университетская степень или отличие, обозначаемые первой буквой названия колледжа или института;
особ. амер. награда, присваемая за достижения в спорте He had earned his high-school letter in four sports. ≈ Он получил награду в институте по четырем видам спорта.
5) письмо, послание;
документ to certify a letter ≈ зарегистрировать письмо to drop a letter into a mailbox амер. ≈ бросить письмо в ящик to drop a letter into a letter box брит. ≈ бросить письмо в ящик to get a letter, receive a letter ≈ получить письмо to register a letter ≈ зарегистрировать письмо to send a letter ≈ отправить, послать письмо to take (down), transcribe a letter ≈ записать письмо (под диктовку) to type a letter ≈ напечатать письмо to write a letter ≈ написать письмо anonymous letter ≈ анонимное письмо dead letter ≈ письмо, не востребованное адресатом или не доставленное ему Your letter of the 15th May is (или has come) to hand. ≈ Ваше письмо от 15 мая получено нами. Your letter of the 15th May is at hand. ≈ Мы получили Ваше письмо от 15 мая. to deliver letter ≈ доставить письмо to forward a letter ≈ отправить письмо to mail a letter ≈ отправить, послать письмо to post a letter ≈ отправить, послать письмо brief letter ≈ короткое письмо business letter ≈ деловое письмо detailed letter ≈ подробное письмо fan letter ≈ письмо поклонника love letter ≈ любовное послание night letter ≈ телеграмма по ночному тарифу open letter ≈ открытое письмо personal letter ≈ письмо личного характера poison-pen letter ≈ анонимное письмо, кляуза rambling letter ≈ бессвязное письмо airmail letter certified letter chain letter confirmed letter of credit covering letter documentary letter of credit express letter follow-up letter form letter letter of advice letter of attorney letter of credit letters credential letters of credence letter of guarantee letter of instruction letters of administration letter of indemnity letters of recall registered letter special-delivery letter Syn: message
1., epistle
6) мн. литература man of letters ≈ писатель the profession of letters ≈ профессия писателя Syn: literature, belles-lettres
7) образованность, ученость, эрудиция Syn: erudition, learning
2. гл.
1) помечать буквами;
надписывать чертеж Syn: print
2.
2) вытиснять буквы, заглавие( на корешке книги), обозначать имя, название( магазина и т. п.) Every boat shall be lettered and numbered in some conspicuous manner. ≈ На каждой лодке будет четко написано название и номер.
3) писать письма;
разносить письма
4) выигрывать спортивную награду (в колледже, институте) II сущ. лицо, сдающее внаем( квартиру, дом, лошадь и т. п.) hirers and letters of private carriages ≈ те, кто берет напрокат, и те, кто дает внаем, частные экипажи буква - capital * прописная буква - initial * начальная буква (полиграфия) литера - * company( военное) литерная рота( полиграфия) шрифт - black * старинный английский готический шрифт - white *s латинский шрифт, антиква;
прямой шрифт буква, шифр( завода-изготовителя) буква, формальная сторона( чего-л.) - the * of the law буква закона - * for * дословно, точно - in * and in spirit по форме и по существу - to the * буквально, в точности - to carry out instructions to the * выполнять указания точно /в точности/ - to know smth. to the * знать что-л. досконально письмо;
послание;
депеша - business * деловое письмо - registered * заказное письмо - general * циркулярное письмо, циркуляр - * testimonial, * of recommendation рекомендательное письмо грамота, документ - *s citatory (юридическое) судебный вызов - *s credential, *(s) of credence( дипломатическое) верительные грамоты - *s of recall( дипломатическое) отзывные грамоты - * order( военное) директива, письменный приказ - * of attorney( письменная) доверенность - * of indemnity /of guarantee/ гарантийное письмо - * of inquiry письменный запрос - * of transmittal препроводительное письмо - * of convocation извещение о созыве (ассамблеи и т. п.) - * of instruction (военное) (оперативная) директива литература, особ. художественная - man of *s литератор - the profession of * профессия писателя - commonwealth /republic/ of * литераторы, писательская братия эрудиция, ученость элементы, основы чтения;
азы - to teach a child his *s обучать ребенка чтению (устаревшее) летопись, записи начальная буква названия учебного заведения ( присваивается за спортивные достижения) - to win one's * заслужить право быть членом спортивной организации помечать буквами надписывать чертеж( полиграфия) вытиснять буквы, заглавие (на корешке книги) (университетское) заслужить право быть членом спортивной команды - she *ed in three sports in college в колледже она была в командах по трем видам спорта сдатчик;
квартиросдатчик;
тот, кто сдает внаем или в аренду (помещение, землю и т. п.) accompanying ~ сопроводительное письмо airmail ~ письмо, отправленное авиапочтой allotment ~ уведомление подписчика о числе выделенных ему ценных бумаг и необходимости их оплатить answering ~ ответное письмо audit ~ уведомление о ревизии back ~ гарантийное письмо bank ~ банковский документ block ~ вчт. печатная буква block ~ прописная печатная буква business ~ деловое письмо call ~ требование очередного взноса chain ~ письмо (обыкн. религиозно-мистического содержания), рассылаемое по нескольким адресам с тем, чтобы получатель разослал его по другим адресам code ~ вчт. кодовый знак collection ~ инкассовое поручение comfort ~ письмо с выражением поддержки commitment ~ письменное обязательство confirmed ~ of credit подтвержденный аккредетив cottage ~ арендодатель коттеджа cover ~ сопроводительное письмо dog's ~ старинное название буквы R drive ~ вчт. имя диска drop ~ вчт. буквица dunning ~ письменное требование уплаты долга dunning ~ письмо с настойчивым требованием уплаты долга engagement ~ рев. письмо-соглашение express ~ срочное письмо first-class ~ заказное письмо follow-up ~ письмо-напоминание follow-up ~ повторное рекламное письмо follow-up ~ (амер.) рекламное письмо, посланное вслед за другим (в случае непоступления заказа) form ~ бланк письма franked ~ франкированное письмо hand-delivered ~ письмо, передаваемое из рук в руки in ~ and in spirit по форме и по существу insured ~ заказное письмо internal circular ~ внутренний циркуляр inventory ~ заявление клиента об инвентаризации letter буква ~ полигр. буква ~ буква;
the letter of the law буква закона;
to the letter буквально;
точно ~ вытиснять буквы, заглавие (на корешке книги) ~ документ ~ полигр. литера ~ полигр. литера ~ pl литература;
man of letters писатель;
the profession of letters профессия писателя ~ наймодатель, арендодатель ~ письмо;
послание;
letter of advice извещение;
авизо;
letter of attorney доверенность ~ письмо, послание ~ письмо ~ помечать буквами ~ помечать буквами;
надписывать чертеж ~ послание ~ регистрировать ~ шифр завода-изготовителя ~ шрифт ~ эрудиция, образованность;
to win one's letter заслужить право быть членом спортивной организации и носить ее инициалы Letter: Letter: President's ~ послание президента (США) letter: letter: proposal ~ предложение о заключении контракта ~ by express delivery срочное письмо ~ by special delivery заказное письмо ~ for further particulars заявление с изложением новых деталей ~ of accreditation аккредитация ~ письмо;
послание;
letter of advice извещение;
авизо;
letter of attorney доверенность ~ of advice авизо ~ of advice извещение ~ of advice уведомление ~ of allotment уведомление о подписке на акции ~ of allotment уведомление о подписке на облигации ~ of appointment приказ о назначении ~ of approval извещение об одобрении ~ of approval извещение об утверждении ~ письмо;
послание;
letter of advice извещение;
авизо;
letter of attorney доверенность ~ of attorney доверенность ~ of attorney письменная доверенность ~ of authority доверенность ~ of cancelation уведомление об аннулировании ~ of cancellation уведомление о расторжении договора ~ of claim претензия ~ of comfort письменное выражение поддержки ~ of commitment гарантийное письмо ~ of complaint письменная жалоба ~ of confirmation письменное подтверждение ~ of credit аккредитив ~ of credit фин. аккредитив;
letters credential, letters of credence (of recall) дип. верительные (отзывные) грамоты ~ of credit opening письмо об открытии аккредитива ~ of guarantee гарантийное письмо ~ of guardianship уведомление об опеке ~ of health свидетельство о состоянии здоровья ~ of hypothecation залоговое письмо ~ of identity удостоверение личности ~ of indemnity гарантийное письмо ~ of instruction директивное письмо;
letters of administration судебное полномочие на управление имением или имуществом умершего ~ of intent гарантийное письмо ~ of intent письмо о намерении совершить сделку ~ of intent письмо-обязательство Международному валютному фонду ~ of introduction письмо-представление ~ of invitation письменное приглашение ~ of invitation to tender письменное приглашение на торги ~ of recall отзывная грамота ~ of recommendation рекомендательное письмо ~ of recommendation рекомендация ~ of reference характеристика ~ of renunciation письменный отказ ~ of reply письменный ответ ~ of representation сопроводительное письмо ~ of request письменное ходатайство ~ of resignation заявление об увольнении ~ of resignation предупреждение об увольнении ~ of resignation уведомление об отставке ~ of rights свидетельство о правах ~ of subrogation страх. объявление о суброгации ~ of subscription бирж. уведомление о подписке ~ of termination уведомление о прекращении действия ~ буква;
the letter of the law буква закона;
to the letter буквально;
точно ~ of the law буква закона ~ of understanding протокол о взаимопонимании ~ to stockholders письмо акционерам ~ of credit фин. аккредитив;
letters credential, letters of credence (of recall) дип. верительные (отзывные) грамоты ~ of instruction директивное письмо;
letters of administration судебное полномочие на управление имением или имуществом умершего letters: letters: ~ of administration полномочия администратору на управление наследством ~ of administration полномочия душеприказчику на управление наследством ~ of credit фин. аккредитив;
letters credential, letters of credence (of recall) дип. верительные (отзывные) грамоты lowercase ~ вчт. строчная буква ~ pl литература;
man of letters писатель;
the profession of letters профессия писателя man: ~ of letters писатель, литератор, ученый;
man of office чиновник;
man of the pen литератор management ~ письменный ответ администрации management ~ служебное письмо night ~ телеграмма, отправляемая ночью со скидкой official ~ пат. официальное заключение official ~ официальное письмо open ~ инф. открытое письмо open: trial in ~ court открытый судебный процесс;
open letter открытое письмо (в газете и т. п.) the order was obeyed to the ~ приказ был выполнен точно original ~ оригинал письма post-free ~ письмо без почтовой оплаты ~ pl литература;
man of letters писатель;
the profession of letters профессия писателя letter: proposal ~ предложение о заключении контракта dog's ~ старинное название буквы R r: r: the three R's разг. чтение, письмо и арифметика (reading, (w) riting, (a) rithmetic) trill: trill фон. вибрирующее r ~ фон. произносить звук r с вибрацией registered ~ заказное письмо registered: ~ зарегистрированный;
отмеченный;
registered letter заказное письмо rights ~ документ, дающий право участвовать в новом выпуске акций rogatory ~ судебное поручение sales ~ письменное уведомление о продаже sea ~ морской паспорт stamp a ~ ставить штамп на письмо standard ~ типовое письмо threatening ~ письмо с угрозами ~ буква;
the letter of the law буква закона;
to the letter буквально;
точно undeliverable ~ письмо с неправильно указанным адресом understamped ~ письмо с недостаточным количеством марок uppercase ~ вчт. заглавная буква ~ эрудиция, образованность;
to win one's letter заслужить право быть членом спортивной организации и носить ее инициалы work ~ ведомость выполненных работ -
109 up
1. [ʌp] n1. поезд, автобус и т. п., идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север2. редк.1) лицо, занимающее высокое положение2) предмет, находящийся наверху3. сл.1) приятная мысль; приятное событие2) = upper I 6♢
in two ups - австрал. в момент, моментально, мигомon the up - поднимающийся, растущий
2. [ʌp] aon the up and up - а) честный, открытый; б) честно, открыто; в) преуспевающий, процветающий
1. следующий в большой город, столицу или на север (о поезде, автобусе и т. п.)an up train - поезд, идущий в столицу и т. п.
the up platform - платформа, у которой останавливаются поезда, идущие в столицу и т. п.
2. поднимающийся вверх3. растущий; улучшающийсяthe up trend - тенденция к росту /к развитию, к улучшению/
4. 1) шипучий ( о напитках)2) живой, оживлённый3) разг. быстрый ( о темпе в джазовой или танцевальной музыке)3. [ʌp] v (past тж. up)1. разг. поднимать2. разг.1) повышать (цены и т. п.)do you want me to up his fee? - вы хотите, чтобы я повысил его гонорар?
2) увеличивать (выпуск продукции и т. п.)3) увеличивать ставку (в картах и т. п.)3. разг. вскакивать4. амер. разг. употр. для усиления глаголаto up and do smth. - взять и сделать что-л.
4. [ʌp] adv♢
to up with one's hand /one's arm/ - поднять руку; замахнуться1) снизу вверх вверх, наверх; передаётся тж. глагольной приставкой под-will you carry the box up? - отнесите, пожалуйста, этот ящик наверх
lift your head up - поднимите голову; выше голову
half way up - пройдя полпути вверх [см. тж. 2, 1)]
hands up! - руки вверх!
up periscope! - мор. перископ поднять!
up all hammocks! - мор. койки убрать!
2) в город, в столицу или в какой-л. центр вto go up to town - поехать в город /в центр/
to go up to the university [to Oxford, to Cambridge] - поехать (поступать) в университет [в Оксфорд, в Кембридж]
3) в глубь страны, территории, с юга на север, к верховью реки в глубь (территории); в; на; поthe army marched up the country - армия продвигалась /двигалась/ в глубь страны
2. указывает на1) нахождение наверху наверху, вверхуwhat are you doing up there? - что вы делаете там наверху?
we live up on a hill - мы живём на вершине холма /на холме/
have you ever been up in an aeroplane? - вы когда-нибудь летали?
half way up - на полпути вверх [см. тж. 1, 1)]
❝this side /end/ up!❞ - «верх!» ( надпись на ящике)the moon is up - вышла /появилась/ луна
2) положение выше какого-л. уровня выше, над3) нахождение в городе, столице или в каком-л. центре вwill you be up during the vacation? - вы будете в университете /в колледже/ во время каникул?
4) нахождение в глубине страны, территории и т. п. или в более северном районе:the city is twenty miles up in the country - город находится на расстоянии двадцати миль от берега, границы и т. п.
a divan up right - театр. диван в глубине справа ( на сцене)
5) положение в седле разг. верхом, в седлеthe horse might have won with a better jockey up - лошадь могла бы выиграть, если бы жокей был лучше
3. указывает на1) изменение положения из горизонтального в вертикальное, из лежачего в в стоячее - часто передаётся глагольной приставкой вс-to get up - а) вставать ( с постели); б) подниматься (со стула и т. п.)
up with you! - встань(те)!
now then, up! - встать!; вставай, вставай! (приказание лошади, собаке)
to be /to stay/ up till late - поздно лечь (спать); не ложиться допоздна
4. указывает на приближение к кому-л., чему-л. к; часто передаётся тж. глагольной приставкой под-he came up and asked the way - он подошёл и спросил, как пройти [ср. тж. up to 4, 1)]
to follow smb. up - идти следом за кем-л.
to catch up with smb. - догнать кого-л. [ср. тж. up to 4, 1)]
to keep up with smb. - не отставать от кого-л., поспевать за кем-л.
to keep up with the times - не отставать от века; шагать в ногу со временем
5. указывает на1) увеличение стоимости, повышение оценки и т. п. - часто передаётся глагольной приставкой под-bread [sugar] is up - хлеб [сахар] вздорожал /поднялся в цене/; цена на хлеб [сахар] повысилась
2) продвижение, повышение в чине, ранге и т. п. или на высокое положениеto come [to move] up in the world - занять более заметное место в обществе
people who have got up in the world - люди, которые преуспели
to be high up in the civil service - занимать высокий пост на государственной службе
6. указывает на1) появление, возникновение или сооружение чего-л.:many new cities have sprung up in our country - в нашей стране появилось много новых городов
to set up a post - ставить /устанавливать/ столб
2) возникновение какого-л. вопроса или разбор дела в какой-л. инстанции или каким-л. лицом:the subject may come up in the committee - этот вопрос может всплыть в комитете
to come up before the bench - быть вызванным в суд /к судье/
to be up for trial - разг. находиться под судом
the boy was sent up to the headmaster - мальчика отправили к директору ( для наказания или получения награды)
4) возбуждение какого-л. действия или процесса - часто передаётся глагольными приставками вс-, воз-, раз-5) увеличение интенсивности действия, активности процесса, громкости голоса и т. п.:sing up! - пой(те) громче!
speak up! - говори(те) громче! [см. тж. 8]
hurry up! - поторопи(те)сь!
cheer up! - не унывай(те)!
6) муз. повышение тона вышеParliament is up - сессия парламента закрылась, парламент распущен (на праздники, каникулы)
8. указывает на завершенность действия, доведение его до конца до конца, полностью, совершенно; часто передаётся глагольными приставкамиto drink [to eat] up - выпить [съесть] всё (до конца)
to draw up a will - составить /написать/ завещание
speak up! - выскажи(те)сь откровенно! [см. тж. 6, 5)]
to invite smb. up for dinner - пригласить кого-л. к обеду
to praise smb. up - расхвалить кого-л.
10. спорт.:to be up - а) быть впереди противника на какое-л. число очков; to be one up - быть на одно очко впереди; б) иметь равное количество очков; the score is seven up - счёт по семи
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steam is up - мор. пары подняты❝road up❞ - «проезд закрыт», «идёт ремонт» ( надпись)hold yourself up! - держитесь прямо!
to be hard up - нуждаться, не иметь средств
to be up in arms - а) быть вооружённым, быть готовым к бою /к борьбе, к сопротивлению/; б) быть охваченным восстанием
the whole nation was up in arms against the invaders - весь народ восстал против захватчиков
up against smth. - лицом к лицу с чем-л.
to be up against smb. - столкнуться с кем-л.; иметь дело с кем-л.
to be up against it - быть в трудном положении, особ. материальном
to run /to knock/ up against smb. - столкнуться с кем-л., наткнуться на кого-л.
what's up? - в чём дело?; что случилось?
what's up with you? - что с вами /с тобой/?
something is up - что-то затевается; что-то тут неладно
it is all up with him - а) с ним всё кончено; он в безнадёжном положении; б) он разорён
the game is up - всё кончено; игра проиграна
to be laid up with smth. - быть прикованным к постели какой-л. болезнью
to be up for N. - быть выставленным на выборах от округа N.
to be (well) up in smth. - знать что-л. очень хорошо, быть сведущим в чём-л.
he is thoroughly up in /амер. on/ physics - он основательно подкован в физике
he was ill last week, but now he's up and about - он был болен на прошлой неделе, но теперь он уже на ногах
up (with)... - да здравствует...
другие сочетания см. под соответствующими словами5. [ʌp] prep1. движение1) снизу вверх (вверх) по, в, на; передаётся тж. глагольными приставками под-, в-2) в сторону центра или вдоль какого-л. предмета при направлении к цели к, (вдоль) поthey were coming up the street to meet us - они шли по улице нам навстречу
3) в глубь страны, сцены и т. п. вглубь, по4) по направлению к верховью реки (вверх) поto sail up the river [the Thames] - плыть вверх по реке [по Темзе]
2. нахождение1) на верху чего-л. на2) дальше от говорящего, ближе к центру на; по3) в глубине страны, сцены и т. п. в глубине3. продвижение, успехи, повышение в чине, ранге:he steadily went up the social scale - он продвигался вверх по общественной лестнице
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110 up
1. [ʌp] n1. поезд, автобус и т. п., идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север2. редк.1) лицо, занимающее высокое положение2) предмет, находящийся наверху3. сл.1) приятная мысль; приятное событие2) = upper I 6♢
in two ups - австрал. в момент, моментально, мигомon the up - поднимающийся, растущий
2. [ʌp] aon the up and up - а) честный, открытый; б) честно, открыто; в) преуспевающий, процветающий
1. следующий в большой город, столицу или на север (о поезде, автобусе и т. п.)an up train - поезд, идущий в столицу и т. п.
the up platform - платформа, у которой останавливаются поезда, идущие в столицу и т. п.
2. поднимающийся вверх3. растущий; улучшающийсяthe up trend - тенденция к росту /к развитию, к улучшению/
4. 1) шипучий ( о напитках)2) живой, оживлённый3) разг. быстрый ( о темпе в джазовой или танцевальной музыке)3. [ʌp] v (past тж. up)1. разг. поднимать2. разг.1) повышать (цены и т. п.)do you want me to up his fee? - вы хотите, чтобы я повысил его гонорар?
2) увеличивать (выпуск продукции и т. п.)3) увеличивать ставку (в картах и т. п.)3. разг. вскакивать4. амер. разг. употр. для усиления глаголаto up and do smth. - взять и сделать что-л.
4. [ʌp] adv♢
to up with one's hand /one's arm/ - поднять руку; замахнуться1) снизу вверх вверх, наверх; передаётся тж. глагольной приставкой под-will you carry the box up? - отнесите, пожалуйста, этот ящик наверх
lift your head up - поднимите голову; выше голову
half way up - пройдя полпути вверх [см. тж. 2, 1)]
hands up! - руки вверх!
up periscope! - мор. перископ поднять!
up all hammocks! - мор. койки убрать!
2) в город, в столицу или в какой-л. центр вto go up to town - поехать в город /в центр/
to go up to the university [to Oxford, to Cambridge] - поехать (поступать) в университет [в Оксфорд, в Кембридж]
3) в глубь страны, территории, с юга на север, к верховью реки в глубь (территории); в; на; поthe army marched up the country - армия продвигалась /двигалась/ в глубь страны
2. указывает на1) нахождение наверху наверху, вверхуwhat are you doing up there? - что вы делаете там наверху?
we live up on a hill - мы живём на вершине холма /на холме/
have you ever been up in an aeroplane? - вы когда-нибудь летали?
half way up - на полпути вверх [см. тж. 1, 1)]
❝this side /end/ up!❞ - «верх!» ( надпись на ящике)the moon is up - вышла /появилась/ луна
2) положение выше какого-л. уровня выше, над3) нахождение в городе, столице или в каком-л. центре вwill you be up during the vacation? - вы будете в университете /в колледже/ во время каникул?
4) нахождение в глубине страны, территории и т. п. или в более северном районе:the city is twenty miles up in the country - город находится на расстоянии двадцати миль от берега, границы и т. п.
a divan up right - театр. диван в глубине справа ( на сцене)
5) положение в седле разг. верхом, в седлеthe horse might have won with a better jockey up - лошадь могла бы выиграть, если бы жокей был лучше
3. указывает на1) изменение положения из горизонтального в вертикальное, из лежачего в в стоячее - часто передаётся глагольной приставкой вс-to get up - а) вставать ( с постели); б) подниматься (со стула и т. п.)
up with you! - встань(те)!
now then, up! - встать!; вставай, вставай! (приказание лошади, собаке)
to be /to stay/ up till late - поздно лечь (спать); не ложиться допоздна
4. указывает на приближение к кому-л., чему-л. к; часто передаётся тж. глагольной приставкой под-he came up and asked the way - он подошёл и спросил, как пройти [ср. тж. up to 4, 1)]
to follow smb. up - идти следом за кем-л.
to catch up with smb. - догнать кого-л. [ср. тж. up to 4, 1)]
to keep up with smb. - не отставать от кого-л., поспевать за кем-л.
to keep up with the times - не отставать от века; шагать в ногу со временем
5. указывает на1) увеличение стоимости, повышение оценки и т. п. - часто передаётся глагольной приставкой под-bread [sugar] is up - хлеб [сахар] вздорожал /поднялся в цене/; цена на хлеб [сахар] повысилась
2) продвижение, повышение в чине, ранге и т. п. или на высокое положениеto come [to move] up in the world - занять более заметное место в обществе
people who have got up in the world - люди, которые преуспели
to be high up in the civil service - занимать высокий пост на государственной службе
6. указывает на1) появление, возникновение или сооружение чего-л.:many new cities have sprung up in our country - в нашей стране появилось много новых городов
to set up a post - ставить /устанавливать/ столб
2) возникновение какого-л. вопроса или разбор дела в какой-л. инстанции или каким-л. лицом:the subject may come up in the committee - этот вопрос может всплыть в комитете
to come up before the bench - быть вызванным в суд /к судье/
to be up for trial - разг. находиться под судом
the boy was sent up to the headmaster - мальчика отправили к директору ( для наказания или получения награды)
4) возбуждение какого-л. действия или процесса - часто передаётся глагольными приставками вс-, воз-, раз-5) увеличение интенсивности действия, активности процесса, громкости голоса и т. п.:sing up! - пой(те) громче!
speak up! - говори(те) громче! [см. тж. 8]
hurry up! - поторопи(те)сь!
cheer up! - не унывай(те)!
6) муз. повышение тона вышеParliament is up - сессия парламента закрылась, парламент распущен (на праздники, каникулы)
8. указывает на завершенность действия, доведение его до конца до конца, полностью, совершенно; часто передаётся глагольными приставкамиto drink [to eat] up - выпить [съесть] всё (до конца)
to draw up a will - составить /написать/ завещание
speak up! - выскажи(те)сь откровенно! [см. тж. 6, 5)]
to invite smb. up for dinner - пригласить кого-л. к обеду
to praise smb. up - расхвалить кого-л.
10. спорт.:to be up - а) быть впереди противника на какое-л. число очков; to be one up - быть на одно очко впереди; б) иметь равное количество очков; the score is seven up - счёт по семи
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steam is up - мор. пары подняты❝road up❞ - «проезд закрыт», «идёт ремонт» ( надпись)hold yourself up! - держитесь прямо!
to be hard up - нуждаться, не иметь средств
to be up in arms - а) быть вооружённым, быть готовым к бою /к борьбе, к сопротивлению/; б) быть охваченным восстанием
the whole nation was up in arms against the invaders - весь народ восстал против захватчиков
up against smth. - лицом к лицу с чем-л.
to be up against smb. - столкнуться с кем-л.; иметь дело с кем-л.
to be up against it - быть в трудном положении, особ. материальном
to run /to knock/ up against smb. - столкнуться с кем-л., наткнуться на кого-л.
what's up? - в чём дело?; что случилось?
what's up with you? - что с вами /с тобой/?
something is up - что-то затевается; что-то тут неладно
it is all up with him - а) с ним всё кончено; он в безнадёжном положении; б) он разорён
the game is up - всё кончено; игра проиграна
to be laid up with smth. - быть прикованным к постели какой-л. болезнью
to be up for N. - быть выставленным на выборах от округа N.
to be (well) up in smth. - знать что-л. очень хорошо, быть сведущим в чём-л.
he is thoroughly up in /амер. on/ physics - он основательно подкован в физике
he was ill last week, but now he's up and about - он был болен на прошлой неделе, но теперь он уже на ногах
up (with)... - да здравствует...
другие сочетания см. под соответствующими словами5. [ʌp] prep1. движение1) снизу вверх (вверх) по, в, на; передаётся тж. глагольными приставками под-, в-2) в сторону центра или вдоль какого-л. предмета при направлении к цели к, (вдоль) поthey were coming up the street to meet us - они шли по улице нам навстречу
3) в глубь страны, сцены и т. п. вглубь, по4) по направлению к верховью реки (вверх) поto sail up the river [the Thames] - плыть вверх по реке [по Темзе]
2. нахождение1) на верху чего-л. на2) дальше от говорящего, ближе к центру на; по3) в глубине страны, сцены и т. п. в глубине3. продвижение, успехи, повышение в чине, ранге:he steadily went up the social scale - он продвигался вверх по общественной лестнице
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111 top *****
I [tɒp]1. n1) (highest point: of mountain, page, ladder) cima, (of list, table, queue) testa, (of career) apice mat the top of the stairs/page/street — in cima alle scale/alla pagina/alla strada
on top of — in cima a, sopra, (Brit: in addition to) oltre a
to reach the top — (fig: of career) raggiungere l'apice
2) (surface) superficie f, (of box, cupboard, table) sopra m inv, parte f superiore, (roof: of car) tetto, (upper part: of bus) piano superiorethe top of the table needs wiping — bisogna pulire la superficie or il piano della tavola
seats on top! — (Brit: in double-decker bus) ci sono posti di sopra!
the top of the milk Brit — la panna
5) (also: top gear)to change into top — mettere la quarta (or quinta)
6)on top of (all) that — per di più, inoltreto be/feel on top of the world fam — essere/sentirsi al settimo cielo
to be/get on top of things fig — dominare/cominciare a dominare la situazione
over the top Brit — (fam: behaviour) eccessivo (-a)
to go over the top Brit fam — esagerare
2. adj1) (highest: floor, step) ultimo (-a), (shelf, drawer) (ultimo (-a) in alto, (price) più alto (-a), (in rank) primo (-a)top gear — la marcia più alta, quarta (or quinta)
2) (best) miglioreto come top of the class — avere i voti più alti di tutta la classe, risultare il (la)migliore della classe
he came top in maths or Am math — ha avuto i voti migliori in matematica
3) (last: layer) ultimo (-a)4) (most important) principale, più importante3. advit's worth £200 tops — vale al massimo 200 sterline
4. vt1) sormontare2) (be first in) essere in testa a3) (exceed) superareand to top it all... fig — e come se non bastasse...
profits topped £50,000 last year — i profitti hanno superato le 50.000 sterline l'anno scorso
4) (vegetables, fruit) tagliare le punte a•- top off- top upII [tɒp] n(toy) trottola -
112 top
top [tɒp]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun2. plural noun3. adverb4. adjective6. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = highest point) [of mountain, hill] sommet m ; [of tree] cime f ; [of ladder, stairs, page, pile] haut m ; [of list] tête f► at the top of [+ hill] au sommet de ; [+ stairs, ladder, page] en haut de ; [+ list, division] en tête de ; [+ profession] au faîte de• there was a thick layer of cream on top of the cake il y avait une épaisse couche de crème sur le gâteau• he's bought another car on top of the one he's got already il a acheté une autre voiture en plus de celle qu'il a déjà• then on top of all that he refused to help us et puis par-dessus le marché il a refusé de nous aider► from top to bottom [redecorate] complètement ; [clean] de fond en comble ; [cover] entièrement• to go over the top [soldier] monter à l'assaut• to be over the top (inf) [film, book] dépasser la mesure ; [person] exagérer ; [act, opinion] être excessifb. ( = upper part, section) [of car] toit m ; [of bus] étage m supérieur ; [of box, container] dessus m• "top" (on box) « haut »c. [of garment, bikini] haut m2. plural noun3. adverb• it'll cost £50, tops ça coûtera 50 livres max (inf)4. adjectivea. ( = highest) [shelf, drawer] du haut ; [floor, storey] dernier• in the top class ( = top stream) dans le premier groupe• he was or came top in maths il a été premier en mathsd. ( = maximum) the vehicle's top speed la vitesse maximale du véhiculea. ( = remove top from) [+ tree] écimerb. ( = kill) (inf!) to top o.s. se flinguer (inf !)c. ( = exceed) dépasser• and to top it all... et pour couronner le tout...d. ( = be at top of) [+ list] être en tête de6. compounds► top banana (inf!) noun• to pay top dollar for sth payer qch au prix fort ► top-down adjective [approach, management] directifin top gear (four-speed box) en quatrième ; (five-speed box) en cinquième ► top hat noun haut-de-forme m► top-heavy adjective [structure] trop lourd du haut ; [business, administration] où l'encadrement est trop lourd► top-level adjective [meeting, talks, discussion] au plus haut niveau ; [decision] pris au plus haut niveau► top-selling adjective = best-sellingcan I give you a top-up? je vous ressers ? adjective ► top-up card noun (for mobile phone) carte f prépayée• can I top you up? (inf) je vous ressers ?* * *[tɒp] 1.1) ( highest or furthest part) (of page, ladder, stairs, wall) haut m; ( of list) tête f; (of mountain, hill) sommet m; (of garden, field) (autre) bout m; ( of vegetable) fane f; (of box, cake) dessus m; ( surface) surface fat the top of — en haut de [page, stairs, street, scale]; au sommet de [hill]; en tête de [list]
to be at the top of one's list — fig venir en tête de sa liste
to be at the top of the agenda — fig être une priorité; Military
2) ( highest position)to get to ou make it to the top — réussir
to be top of the class — être le premier/la première de la classe
to be top of the bill — Theatre être la tête d'affiche
3) (cap, lid) ( of pen) capuchon m; ( of bottle) gen bouchon m; ( with serrated edge) capsule f; (of paint-tin, saucepan) couvercle m4) ( item of clothing) haut m5) ( toy) toupie f2.1) ( highest) [step, storey] dernier/-ière; [bunk] de haut; [button, shelf, layer, lip] supérieur; [speed] maximum; [concern, priority] fig majeurthe top notes — Music les notes les plus hautes
to pay the top price for something — [buyer] acheter quelque chose au prix fort
to get top marks — School avoir dix sur dix or vingt sur vingt
2) ( furthest away) [field, house] du bout3) ( leading) [adviser, authority, agency] plus grand; [job] élevé; [wine, restaurant] meilleur3.on top of prepositional phrase1) sur [cupboard, fridge, layer]to live on top of each other — fig vivre les uns sur les autres
to be on top of a situation — fig contrôler la situation
things are getting on top of her — fig ( she's depressed) elle est déprimée; ( she can't cope) elle ne s'en sort plus
2) ( in addition to) en plus de [salary, workload]4.transitive verb (p prés etc - pp-)1) ( head) être en tête de [charts, polls]2) ( exceed) dépasser [sum, figure]3) ( finish off) gen compléter ( with par); Culinary recouvrir [cake]5.(colloq) reflexive verb (p prés etc - pp-)Phrasal Verbs:- top off- top up••on top of all this —
to top it all — par-dessus le marché (colloq)
to be over the top —
to be OTT — (colloq) [behaviour, reaction] être exagéré
to be/stay on top — avoir/garder le dessus
to come out on top — ( win) l'emporter; ( survive) s'en sortir
to say things off the top of one's head — ( without thinking) dire n'importe quoi
I'd say 30, but that's just off the top of my head — ( without checking) moi, je dirais 30, mais c'est approximatif
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113 Howe, Elias
[br]b. 9 July 1819 Spencer, Massachusetts, USAd. 3 October 1867 Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA[br]American inventor of one of the earliest successful sewing machines.[br]Son of Elias Howe, a farmer, he acquired his mechanical knowledge in his father's mill. He left school at 12 years of age and was apprenticed for two years in a machine shop in Lowell, Massachusetts, and later to an instrument maker, Ari Davis in Boston, Massachusetts, where his master's services were much in demand by Harvard University. Fired by a desire to invent a sewing machine, he utilized the experience gained in Lowell to devise a shuttle carrying a lower thread and a needle carrying an upper thread to make lock-stitch in straight lines. His attempts were so rewarding that he left his job and was sustained first by his father and then by a partner. By 1845 he had built a machine that worked at 250 stitches per minute, and the following year he patented an improved machine. The invention of the sewing machine had an enormous impact on the textile industry, stimulating demand for cloth because making up garments became so much quicker. The sewing machine was one of the first mass-produced consumer durables and was essentially an American invention. William Thomas, a London manufacturer of shoes, umbrellas and corsets, secured the British rights and persuaded Howe to come to England to apply it to the making of shoes. This Howe did, but he quarrelled with Thomas after less than one year. He returned to America to face with his partner, G.W.Bliss, a bigger fight over his patent (see I.M. Singer), which was being widely infringed. Not until 1854 was the case settled in his favour. This litigation threatened the very existence of the new industry, but the Great Sewing Machine Combination, the first important patent-pooling arrangement in American history, changed all this. For a fee of $5 on every domestically-sold machine and $1 on every exported one, Howe contributed to the pool his patent of 1846 for a grooved eye-pointed needle used in conjunction with a lock-stitch-forming shuttle. Howe's patent was renewed in 1861; he organized and equipped a regiment during the Civil War with the royalties. When the war ended he founded the Howe Machine Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut.[br]Further ReadingObituary, 1867, Engineer 24.Obituary, 1867, Practical Magazine 5.F.G.Harrison, 1892–3, Biographical Sketches of Pre-eminent Americans (provides a good account of Howe's life and achievements).N.Salmon, 1863, History of the Sewing Machine from the Year 1750, with a biography of Elias Howe, London (tells the history of sewing machines).F.B.Jewell, 1975, Veteran Sewing Machines, A Collector's Guide, Newton Abbot (a more modern account of the history of sewing machines).C.Singer (ed.), 1958, A History of Technology, Vol. V, Oxford: Clarendon Press (covers the mechanical developments).D.A.Hounshell, 1984, From the American System to Mass Production 1800–1932. TheDevelopment of Manufacturing Technology in the United States, Baltimore (examines the role of the American sewing machine companies in the development of mass-production techniques).RLH -
114 Massey, Daniel
SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology[br]b. 1798 Vermont, USAd. 1856 Canada[br]American agricultural machinery manufacturer and co-founder of the Massey Harris Company (now Massey Ferguson).[br]In about 1800 Daniel Massey's family moved to Upper Canada. At the age of 6 he was sent back to stay with his grandparents in Waterton, USA, where he attended school for three years. He returned to his parents in 1807, and for the next twelve years he remained on his father's farm.At the age of 19 he forfeited his rights to his inheritance and rented land further west, which he began to clear. By the age of 21 he owned 200 acres, and during the next twelve years he bought, cleared and sold a further 1,200 acres. In 1820 he married Lucina Bradley from Water-town and returned with her to Canada.In 1830 he decided to settle down to farming and brought one of the first US threshing machines into Canada. From frequent visits to his family in the US he would return with new farm equipment, and in 1844 he handed his farm over to his eldest son so that he could concentrate on the development of his farm workshop. In 1845 he formed a brief partnership with R.F.Vaughan, who owned a small factory in Durham County near Lake Ontario. He began the production of ploughs, harrows, scufflers and rollers at a time when the Canadian Government was imposing heavy import duties on agricultural equipment being brought in from the USA. His business flourished and within six months he bought out his partner.In 1848 he bought another foundry in Newcastle, together with 50 acres of land, and in 1851 his son Hart joined him in the business. The following year Hart returned from the USA with the sole rights to manufacture the Ketchum mower and the Burrell reaper.The advent of the railway four years later opened up wider markets, and from these beginnings the Massey Company was to represent Canada at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. The European market was secured by the successes of the Massey reaper in the "World" trials held in France in 1889. Two years later the company merged with the Harris Company of Canada, to become the Massey Harris Company. Daniel Massey retired from the company four years after his son joined it, and he died the following year.[br]Further ReadingGraeme Quick and Wesley Buchele, 1978, The Grain Harvesters, American Society of Agricultural Engineers (gives an account of harvest machinery development, in which Massey Harris played a vital role).Merrill Denison, 1949, Harvest Triumphant: The Story of Massey Harris, London.AP -
115 Sellers, William
SUBJECT AREA: Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering[br]b. 19 September 1824 Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USAd. 24 January 1905 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA[br]American mechanical engineer and inventor.[br]William Sellers was educated at a private school that had been established by his father and other relatives for their children, and at the age of 14 he was apprenticed for seven years to the machinist's trade with his uncle. At the end of his apprenticeship in 1845 he took charge of the machine shop of Fairbanks, Bancroft \& Co. in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1848 he established his own factory manufacturing machine tools and mill gearing in Philadelphia, where he was soon joined by Edward Bancroft, the firm becoming Bancroft \& Sellers. After Bancroft's death the name was changed in 1856 to William Sellers \& Co. and Sellers served as President until the end of his life. His machine tools were characterized by their robust construction and absence of decorative embellishments. In 1868 he formed the Edgemoor Iron Company, of which he was President. This company supplied the structural ironwork for the Centennial Exhibition buildings and much of the material for the Brooklyn Bridge. In 1873 he reorganized the William Butcher Steel Works, renaming it the Midvale Steel Company, and under his presidency it became a leader in the production of heavy ordnance. It was at the Midvale Steel Company that Frederick W. Taylor began, with the encouragement of Sellers, his experiments on cutting tools.In 1860 Sellers obtained the American rights of the patent for the Giffard injector for feeding steam boilers. He later invented his own improvements to the injector, which numbered among his many other patents, most of which related to machine tools. Probably Sellers's most important contribution to the engineering industry was his proposal for a system of screw threads made in 1864 and later adopted as the American national standard.Sellers was a founder member in 1880 of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and was also a member of many other learned societies in America and other countries, including, in Britain, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Iron and Steel Institute.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsChevalier de la Légion d'honneur 1889. President, Franklin Institute 1864–7.Further ReadingJ.W.Roe, 1916, English and American Tool Builders, New Haven; reprinted 1926, New York, and 1987, Bradley, Ill. (describes Sellers's work on machine tools).Bruce Sinclair, 1969, "At the turn of a screw: William Sellers, the Franklin Institute, and a standard American thread", Technology and Culture 10:20–34 (describes his work on screw threads).RTS -
116 Wren, Sir Christopher
SUBJECT AREA: Architecture and building[br]b. 20 October 1632 East Knoyle, Wiltshire, Englandd. 25 February 1723 London, England[br]English architect whose background in scientific research and achievement enhanced his handling of many near-intractable architectural problems.[br]Born into a High Church and Royalist family, the young Wren early showed outstanding intellectual ability and at Oxford in 1654 was described as "that miracle of a youth". Educated at Westminster School, he went up to Oxford, where he graduated at the age of 19 and obtained his master's degree two years later. From this time onwards his interests were in science, primarily astronomy but also physics, engineering and meteorology. While still at college he developed theories about and experimentally solved some fifty varied problems. At the age of 25 Wren was appointed to the Chair of Astronomy at Gresham College in London, but he soon returned to Oxford as Savilian Professor of Astronomy there. At the same time he became one of the founder members of the Society of Experimental Philosophy at Oxford, which was awarded its Royal Charter soon after the Restoration of 1660; Wren, together with such men as Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, John Evelyn and Robert Boyle, then found himself a member of the Royal Society.Wren's architectural career began with the classical chapel that he built, at the request of his uncle, the Bishop of Ely, for Pembroke College, Cambridge (1663). From this time onwards, until he died at the age of 91, he was fully occupied with a wide and taxing variety of architectural problems which he faced in the execution of all the great building schemes of the day. His scientific background and inventive mind stood him in good stead in solving such difficulties with an often unusual approach and concept. Nowhere was this more apparent than in his rebuilding of fifty-one churches in the City of London after the Great Fire, in the construction of the new St Paul's Cathedral and in the grand layout of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich.The first instance of Wren's approach to constructional problems was in his building of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford (1664–9). He based his design upon that of the Roman Theatre of Marcellus (13–11 BC), which he had studied from drawings in Serlio's book of architecture. Wren's reputation as an architect was greatly enhanced by his solution to the roofing problem here. The original theatre in Rome, like all Roman-theatres, was a circular building open to the sky; this would be unsuitable in the climate of Oxford and Wren wished to cover the English counterpart without using supporting columns, which would have obscured the view of the stage. He solved this difficulty mathematically, with the aid of his colleague Dr Wallis, the Professor of Geometry, by means of a timber-trussed roof supporting a painted ceiling which represented the open sky.The City of London's churches were rebuilt over a period of nearly fifty years; the first to be completed and reopened was St Mary-at-Hill in 1676, and the last St Michael Cornhill in 1722, when Wren was 89. They had to be rebuilt upon the original medieval sites and they illustrate, perhaps more clearly than any other examples of Wren's work, the fertility of his imagination and his ability to solve the most intractable problems of site, limitation of space and variation in style and material. None of the churches is like any other. Of the varied sites, few are level or possess right-angled corners or parallel sides of equal length, and nearly all were hedged in by other, often larger, buildings. Nowhere is his versatility and inventiveness shown more clearly than in his designs for the steeples. There was no English precedent for a classical steeple, though he did draw upon the Dutch examples of the 1630s, because the London examples had been medieval, therefore Roman Catholic and Gothic, churches. Many of Wren's steeples are, therefore, Gothic steeples in classical dress, but many were of the greatest originality and delicate beauty: for example, St Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside; the "wedding cake" St Bride in Fleet Street; and the temple diminuendo concept of Christ Church in Newgate Street.In St Paul's Cathedral Wren showed his ingenuity in adapting the incongruous Royal Warrant Design of 1675. Among his gradual and successful amendments were the intriguing upper lighting of his two-storey choir and the supporting of the lantern by a brick cone inserted between the inner and outer dome shells. The layout of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich illustrates Wren's qualities as an overall large-scale planner and designer. His terms of reference insisted upon the incorporation of the earlier existing Queen's House, erected by Inigo Jones, and of John Webb's King Charles II block. The Queen's House, in particular, created a difficult problem as its smaller size rendered it out of scale with the newer structures. Wren's solution was to make it the focal centre of a great vista between the main flanking larger buildings; this was a masterstroke.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1673. President, Royal Society 1681–3. Member of Parliament 1685–7 and 1701–2. Surveyor, Greenwich Hospital 1696. Surveyor, Westminster Abbey 1699.Surveyor-General 1669–1712.Further ReadingR.Dutton, 1951, The Age of Wren, Batsford.M.Briggs, 1953, Wren the Incomparable, Allen \& Unwin. M.Whinney, 1971, Wren, Thames \& Hudson.K.Downes, 1971, Christopher Wren, Allen Lane.G.Beard, 1982, The Work of Sir Christopher Wren, Bartholomew.DY -
117 second
Ⅰ.second1 ['sekənd]seconde ⇒ 1 (a)-(c), 1 (f), 1 (h) second ⇒ 1 (d), 2 (a), 2 (b) deuxième ⇒ 1 (d), 2 (a), 2 (b) en seconde place ⇒ 3 (a) deuxièmement ⇒ 3 (c)1 noun(a) (unit of time) seconde f;∎ the ambulance arrived within seconds l'ambulance est arrivée en quelques secondes∎ I'll be with you in a second je serai à vous dans un instant;∎ I'll only be a second j'en ai seulement pour deux secondes;∎ just a or half a second! une seconde!(d) (in order) second(e) m,f, deuxième mf;∎ I was the second to arrive je suis arrivé deuxième ou le deuxième;∎ to come a close second (in race) être battu de justesse∎ seconds out! soigneurs hors du ring!∎ in second en seconde∎ an upper/lower second une licence avec mention bien/assez bien∎ major/minor second seconde f majeure/mineure∎ every second person une personne sur deux;∎ Charles the Second Charles Deux ou II;∎ the second of March le deux mars;∎ for the second time pour la deuxième fois;∎ to be second in command (in hierarchy) être deuxième dans la hiérarchie; Military commander en second;∎ he's second in line for promotion il sera le second à bénéficier d'une promotion;∎ he's second in line for the throne c'est le deuxième dans l'ordre de succession au trône;∎ Grammar in the second person singular/plural à la deuxième personne du singulier/pluriel;∎ his wife took second place to his career sa femme venait après sa carrière;∎ and in the second place… (in demonstration, argument) et en deuxième lieu…;∎ it's second nature to her c'est une seconde nature chez elle;∎ he's second only to his teacher as a violinist en tant que violoniste, il n'y a que son professeur qui le surpasse ou qui lui soit supérieur;∎ as a goalkeeper, he's second to none comme gardien de but, il n'a pas son pareil;∎ her short stories are second to none ses nouvelles sont inégalées ou sans pareil(b) (another, additional) deuxième, second, autre;∎ a second Camus/Churchill un nouveau Camus/Churchill;∎ he was given a second chance (in life) on lui a accordé une seconde chance (dans la vie);∎ you are unlikely to get a second chance to join the team il est peu probable que l'on vous propose à nouveau de faire partie de l'équipe;∎ to take a second helping se resservir;∎ would you like a second helping/a second cup? en reprendrez-vous (un peu/une goutte)?;∎ can I have a second helping of meat? est-ce que je peux reprendre de la viande?;∎ they have a second home in France ils ont une résidence secondaire en France;∎ France is my second home la France est ma seconde patrie;∎ I'd like a second opinion (said by doctor) je voudrais prendre l'avis d'un confrère; (said by patient) je voudrais consulter un autre médecin;∎ I need a second opinion on these results j'aimerais avoir l'avis d'un tiers sur ces résultats;∎ to have second thoughts avoir des doutes, hésiter;∎ are you having second thoughts? est-ce que vous hésitez?;∎ he left his family without a second thought il a quitté sa famille sans réfléchir ou sans se poser de questions;∎ on second British thoughts or American thought I'd better go myself réflexion faite, il vaut mieux que j'y aille moi-même3 adverb(a) (in order) en seconde place;∎ to come second (in race) arriver en seconde position;∎ she arrived second (at party, meeting) elle est arrivée la deuxième;∎ the horse came second to Juniper's Lad le cheval s'est classé deuxième derrière Juniper's Lad∎ he's the second oldest player in the team après le doyen de l'équipe c'est lui le plus vieux;∎ the second largest/second richest le second par la taille/second par le revenu;∎ the second largest city in the world/in Portugal la deuxième ville du monde/du Portugal(c) (secondly) en second lieu, deuxièmement∎ I'll second that! je suis d'accord!∎ are there any seconds? il y a du rab?►► second ballot deuxième tour m;second base (in baseball) deuxième base f;1 nounpis-aller m inv;∎ I refuse to make do with second best je refuse de me contenter d'un pis-aller;∎ she knew she would never be more than second best (in person's affection) elle savait qu'elle ne serait jamais plus qu'un second choix; (athlete) elle savait qu'elle serait toujours deuxième2 adverb∎ to come off second best être battu, se faire battre;second childhood gâtisme m, seconde enfance f;∎ he's in his second childhood il est retombé en enfance;Railways second class seconde f (classe f);Religion the Second Coming le second avènement du Messie;second cousin cousin(e) m,f issu(e) de germains;British second eleven (in soccer, cricket) équipe f de réserve (dans le cadre scolaire ou amateur);Cars second gear seconde f;Sport second half deuxième mi-temps f inv;second hand (of watch, clock) aiguille f des secondes, trotteuse f;second language deuxième langue f;Journalism second lead gros titre m de deuxième ordre;second lieutenant (in army) ≃ sous-lieutenant m; Belgian & Swiss ≃ lieutenant m; (in air force) ≃ sous-lieutenant m;second name nom m de famille;Nautical second officer (officier m en) second m;second row (in rugby) deuxième ligne f;second showing deuxième représentation f;second sight seconde ou double vue f;∎ to have second sight avoir un don de double vue;Military second strike seconde frappe f, deuxième frappe f;Sport second team équipe f de réserve;second teeth deuxième dentition f, dentition f définitive;Music second violin deuxième violon mⅡ.second2 [sɪ'kɒnd]∎ she was seconded to the UN elle a été détachée à l'ONU;∎ Peter was seconded for service abroad Peter a été envoyé en détachement à l'étranger -
118 Whipple, Squire
SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering[br]b. 1804 Hardwick, Massachusetts, USAd. 15 March 1888 Albany, New York, USA[br]American civil engineer, author and inventor.[br]The son of James and Electa Whipple, his father was a farmer and later the owner of a small cotton mil at Hardwick, Massachusetts. In 1817 Squire Whipple moved with his family to Otego County, New York. He helped on the farm and attended the academy at Fairfield, Herkimer County. For a time he taught school pupils, and in 1829 he entered Union College, Schenectady, where he received the degree of AB in 1830; his interest in engineering was probably aroused by the construction of the Erie Canal near his home during his boyhood. He was first employed in a minor capacity in surveys for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and for the Erie Canal. In 1836–7 he was resident engineer for a division of the New York and Erie Railroad and was also employed in a number of other railroad and canal surveys, making surveying instruments in the intervals between these appointments; in 1840, he completed a lock for weighing canal boats.Whipple received his first bridge patent on 24 April 1841; this was for a truss of arched upper chord made of cast and wrought iron. Five years later, he devised a trapezoidal truss which was used in the building of many bridges over the succeeding generation. In 1852–3 Whipple used his truss in an iron railroad bridge of 44.5 m (146 ft) span on the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad. He also built a number of bridges with lifting spans.Whipple's main contribution to bridge engineering was the publication in 1847 of A Work on Bridge Building. In 1869 he issued a continuation of this treatise, and a fourth edition of both was published in 1883.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsHonorary Member, American Society of Civil Engineers.IMcN -
119 house
I[haus]1. n տուն, շենք, բնակարան. դաստակերտ, կալվա ծա տուն. a detached house առանձնատուն. duplex house երկու բնակա րանից բաղկացած շի նու թյուն. terraced house սանդղավանդի վրա գտնվող տուն. weekend house ամառանոցային տնակ. stone/brick/wooden houseքարե/աղյուսե/ փայ տե տուն, շինություն. dwelling house բնա կե լի տուն. apartment house բազմաբնակարան տուն/ շենք. country house ամառանոց. (ընտա նիք, տնտեսություն) noisy house աղմկոտ ըն տանիք. You’ll wake the whole house Բոլորին կարթ նացնես. keep house տնտե սությամբ զբաղ վել. keep to the house տանից դուրս չգալ. move house տեղափոխվել. set up a house բնակություն հաստատել. keep open house հյուրընկալ տուն լինել. (ֆիրմա, հիմնարկ) public house պանդոկ. trading/busi ness/wholesale/publishing/fashion house առևտրի պալատ. մեծածախ առևտրի տուն, հրատարակչություն, նորաձևության սրահ. opera house օպերա. the House of Commons, Lower House Համայնքների պալատ. the House of Lords, Upper House Լորդերի պալատ. the House of Representatives Ներկայացուցիչների պալատ. the House of Romanovs Ռոմանովների դինաստիա. թատր. հանդիսատեսներ a poor/full house կի սադատարկ/լեփ-լեցուն դահլիճ. Full House Բո լոր տոմսերը վաճառված են. bring down the house բուռն ծափահարություններ առաջացնել. last house (կինո) վերջին սեանս. The round of drinks is on the house Խմիչքը տիրոջ հաշվին է.2. a տնային. house slippers տնային կոշիկներ, հողաթափեր. a house plant տնային բույս. house arrest տնային բանտարկությունII[hauz] v բնակարանով ապահովել, օթևան տալ., տեղավորել. house homeless families անտուն ընտանիքներին կացարան տալ. The block can house ten families Մաս նաշենքը կարող է տասն ընտանիք ապահո վել. The exhibition is housed in the school Ցու ցահանդեսը տեղավորված է դպրոցում. They housed the car in the shade Մեքենան ծածկի տակ դրեցին -
120 age
[eɪdʒ]age век; период, эпоха (тж. геол.); the Middle Ages средние века; Ice Age ледниковый период age возраст; age of discretion возраст, с которого человек считается ответственным за свои поступки (14 лет); awkward age переходный возраст; tender age ранний возраст age возраст age (часто pl) разг. долгий срок; I have not seen you for ages я не видел вас целую вечность; to bear one's age well хорошо выглядеть для своего возраста; казаться моложе своих лет age период age тех. подвергать старению age поколение age совершеннолетие; to be of age быть совершеннолетним; to be under age быть несовершеннолетним; to come of age достичь совершеннолетия age срок службы age стареть age старить age старость; the infirmities of age старческие немощи age at entry возраст на момент страхования age at expiry возраст на момент истечения срока страхования age at expiry of policy возраст на момент истечения срока страхования age of admission возраст для поступления age of admission to school возраст для поступления в школу age of consent брачный возраст age of consent возраст для вступления в брак consent: age разрешение; age of consent совершеннолетие; silence gives consent посл. молчание - знак согласия age of criminal responsibility возраст для привлечения к уголовной ответственности age возраст; age of discretion возраст, с которого человек считается ответственным за свои поступки (14 лет); awkward age переходный возраст; tender age ранний возраст age of majority достичь совершеннолетия age of majority совершеннолетие age of mending "период штопания" (непрерывные попытки исправить негативные последствия для трудящихся от внедрения новой техники и технологий) age of retirement пенсионный возраст middle age средний возраст; to be (или to act) one's age вести себя соответственно возрасту; this wine lacks age это вино недостаточно выдержано; age of stand лес. возраст насаждения attained age достигнутый возраст age возраст; age of discretion возраст, с которого человек считается ответственным за свои поступки (14 лет); awkward age переходный возраст; tender age ранний возраст awkward: age age переходный возраст age совершеннолетие; to be of age быть совершеннолетним; to be under age быть несовершеннолетним; to come of age достичь совершеннолетия middle age средний возраст; to be (или to act) one's age вести себя соответственно возрасту; this wine lacks age это вино недостаточно выдержано; age of stand лес. возраст насаждения age совершеннолетие; to be of age быть совершеннолетним; to be under age быть несовершеннолетним; to come of age достичь совершеннолетия age (часто pl) разг. долгий срок; I have not seen you for ages я не видел вас целую вечность; to bear one's age well хорошо выглядеть для своего возраста; казаться моложе своих лет call-up age возраст призыва на военную службу age совершеннолетие; to be of age быть совершеннолетним; to be under age быть несовершеннолетним; to come of age достичь совершеннолетия come: age of age достигать совершеннолетия full age совершеннолетие full legal age совершеннолетие age (часто pl) разг. долгий срок; I have not seen you for ages я не видел вас целую вечность; to bear one's age well хорошо выглядеть для своего возраста; казаться моложе своих лет age век; период, эпоха (тж. геол.); the Middle Ages средние века; Ice Age ледниковый период age старость; the infirmities of age старческие немощи marriageable age брачный возраст marrying age брачный возраст middle age средний возраст; to be (или to act) one's age вести себя соответственно возрасту; this wine lacks age это вино недостаточно выдержано; age of stand лес. возраст насаждения middle: age средний; middle age (или years) зрелые годы; the Middle Ages средние века age век; период, эпоха (тж. геол.); the Middle Ages средние века; Ice Age ледниковый период middle: age средний; middle age (или years) зрелые годы; the Middle Ages средние века minimum age минимальный возраст minimum age минимальный срок службы of age совершеннолетний pension age пенсионный возраст pensionable age пенсионный возраст pensionable: pensionable дающий право на пенсию; pensionable age пенсионный возраст retirement age возраст выхода на пенсию retirement age пенсионный возраст retirement: age age пенсионный возраст retiring age пенсионный возраст age возраст; age of discretion возраст, с которого человек считается ответственным за свои поступки (14 лет); awkward age переходный возраст; tender age ранний возраст middle age средний возраст; to be (или to act) one's age вести себя соответственно возрасту; this wine lacks age это вино недостаточно выдержано; age of stand лес. возраст насаждения under age несовершеннолетний under: age age не достигший определенного возраста; несовершеннолетний; to sell under cost продавать ниже стоимости upper age limit верхнее ограничение по возрасту voting age возрастной ценз
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