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2 spare
[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) undvære2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) afse; afsætte3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) spar4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) skåne5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) spare6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) spare for2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) ekstra2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) fri-3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) reservedel2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) reservehjul•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare* * *[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) undvære2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) afse; afsætte3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) spar4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) skåne5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) spare6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) spare for2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) ekstra2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) fri-3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) reservedel2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) reservehjul•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
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3 way
[wei] 1. noun1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) passagem2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) caminho3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) rua4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) distância5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) modo6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) modo7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) hábito8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) caminho2. adverb((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) de longe- wayfarer- wayside
- be/get on one's way
- by the way
- fall by the wayside
- get/have one's own way
- get into / out of the way of doing something
- get into / out of the way of something
- go out of one's way
- have a way with
- have it one's own way
- in a bad way
- in
- out of the/someone's way
- lose one's way
- make one's way
- make way for
- make way
- under way
- way of life
- ways and means* * *[wei] n 1 modo, estilo, maneira. 2 jeito, feitio, forma. she will never get it done that way / ela nunca conseguirá fazê-lo desta forma. 3 método, meio. 4 ponto, particular, detalhe, aspecto. 5 direção, lado. 6 distância, trajeto. 7 rumo, curso. they each went their different ways / cada qual tomou o seu caminho. 8 caminho, atalho, vereda, trilha, rua, via, estrada. we asked our way / perguntamos o caminho. 9 lugar. 10 hábito, costume, modo, peculiaridade (também ways). 11 vontade, desejo. 12 coll condição, estado. 13 movimento, progresso, marcha. 14 porte, comportamento, conduta. • adv embora, longe. a good way uma boa distância. a great/ long way off a grande distância daqui, de longe. all the way a) inteiramente. b) todo o caminho. c) durante todo o tempo. any way you please de qualquer forma que queira. a way out uma saída. by the same way pelo mesmo caminho. by the way a) de passagem, a caminho. b) a propósito. by way of a) via. b) em vez, como. c) a fim de. by way of excuse como desculpa. by way of jest por brincadeira. covered way passagem coberta. from way back de muito tempo, antigo. half the way a meio caminho, meio. he is in my way ele está no meu caminho, está me atrapalhando. he made the best of his way (to) ele seguiu o mais depressa que pôde (para). he mended his ways ele melhorou, corrigiu-se. her mild ways seus modos suaves, meigos. he works his way Amer ele progride pelo próprio esforço. how did she get that way? como foi possível ela ficar assim? if you had your own way se tudo fosse como você quer. in a family way de modo familiar, não cerimonioso. in a way de certo modo. in the way of business em matéria de negócios. I paved the way for him fig preparei o caminho para ele. I put/ threw it in his way fi-lo chegar a suas mãos. I set out on my way parti, pus-me a caminho. it is in your way é seu campo, de sua alçada. it is out of my way a) isto não é meu campo, disso eu não entendo. b) não é de minha alçada. he went out of his way (to do) / ele se deu ao trabalho, ele teve a gentileza (de fazer). it pays its way vale a pena. it will go a great way toward contribuirá grandemente. I was just up her way sl eu estive justamente perto dela. not by a long way, no way de forma alguma, de jeito nenhum. once in a way uma vez, excepcionalmente. one way uma direção. one way or the other por um meio ou por outro, de um jeito ou de outro. one-way street Traffic via de uma só mão, direção única. on our way through em nosso caminho por. on the way out tornar-se impopular. on the way (to) a caminho (para). out of the way a) fora do caminho. b) fig que despista, desvia. c) extraordinário, fora do comum. d) na prisão. e) morto. they put him out of the way / eles afastaram-no, liquidaram-no (mataram-no). put him in the way of doing it dê-lhe a oportunidade de fazê-lo. right of the way a) direito de passagem, servidão. b) Traffic preferência, direito de tomar a frente. that is always the way with him é sempre assim com ele. the hard way sl por esforço próprio. the Milky Way a Via-Láctea. the other way about/ round ao contrário. the way of the world o caminho da vida (ou do mundo). the ways of war as peculiaridades da guerra. they begged their way eles passaram mendigando. they pay their way eles não têm dívidas. they put him in the way of success eles contribuíram para o seu êxito. this way! por aqui! to be in the family way estar grávida, esperando bebê. to get one’s (own) way obter, ganhar, fazer do próprio jeito, como quer. I got it my own way / fiz do meu jeito, fiz como queria. to give way a) dar passagem. b) dar vazão. c) ceder. they gave way / eles cederam, recuaram. to give way to a) sucumbir. b) dar prioridade a. to go all the way with concordar plenamente com. to go one’s way partir. to go one’s (own) way agir independentemente. to go out of the way a) dar(-se) ao trabalho de. b) fazer muito esforço para realizar algo. to go someone’s way favorecer alguém. to go the way of all flesh morrer. to go under way a) pôr-se em marcha, partir. b) fig estar em andamento. to have a way with saber lidar com, ter jeito. to have it both ways jogar dos dois lados. to have it one’s (own) way fazer, pensar do jeito que agrada a si próprio. let him have it his own way / deixe-o fazer o que ele quer. to have one’s way conseguir o que quer. to have way Naut estar em movimento. to look the other way a) desviar o olhar. b) não perceber. to lose one’s way perder-se, perder o caminho. he lost his way / ele perdeu-se, perdeu o caminho. to make one’s way a) ir para a frente, continuar (com dificuldade). b) progredir, alcançar o sucesso. they made their way / fig eles abriram o seu caminho, venceram. to make way a) dar lugar a. I made way for him / eu dei lugar a ele. b) progredir. she made way / ela venceu, progrediu. to set in one’s ways apegar-se a velhos hábitos. under way. a) a caminho, em marcha. b) fig em andamento. way off muito longe. Way of the Cross via-sacra. way up bem alto. we did/ had it all our own way fizemos o que queríamos. we took our way nós partimos. where there’s a will, there’s a way onde há uma vontade, há um meio. which way? por onde? which way did they go? / para/por onde foram eles? -
4 spare
speə
1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) prescindir, pasar sin2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) disponer de3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) perdonar4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) evitar5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) escatimar6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) evitar
2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) de repuesto, de sobra2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) libre
3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) pieza de recambio, pieza de repuesto2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) rueda de recambio•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare
spare1 adj1. de repuesto / de recambio2. de sobra / sobrante / de máshave you got a spare ticket? ¿tienes una entrada de más? / ¿te sobra una entrada?spare2 vb1. dar / dejar / tenercan you spare me £10? ¿me puedes dar diez libras?can you spare me five minutes? ¿tienes cinco minutos?2. perdonar... to spare... de sobratr[speəSMALLr/SMALL]■ have you got any spare change? ¿tienes algo suelto?2 (thin, lean) enjuto,-a1 (spare part) recambio, repuesto1 (do without) prescindir de, pasar sin■ can you spare a few coins? ¿te sobran algunas monedas?■ can you spare me five minutes? ¿tienes cinco minutos?, ¿puedes dedicarme cinco minutos?2 (begrudge) escatimar3 (save, relieve) ahorrar, evitar4 literal (not harm, not kill, show mercy) perdonar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto spare de sobra■ have you got any bread to spare? ¿tienes algo de pan de sobra?to spare a thought for somebody pensar un momento en alguiento spare somebody's blushes ahorrarle un bochorno a alguien, no hacer que alguien pase vergüenzaspare part (pieza de) recambio, pieza de repuestaspare time tiempo librespare wheel rueda de recambio1) : perdonarto spare someone's life: perdonarle la vida a alguien2) save: ahorrar, evitarI'll spare you the trouble: le evitaré la molestia3) : prescindir deI can't spare her: no puedo prescindir de ellacan you spare a dollar?: ¿me das un dólar?4) stint: escatimarthey spared no expense: no repararon en gastos5)to spare : de sobraspare adj1) : de repuesto, de recambiospare tire: llanta de repuesto2) excess: de más, de sobraspare time: tiempo libre3) lean: delgadoadj.• descarnado, -a adj.• desocupado, -a adj.• disponible adj.• enjuto, -a adj.• libre adj.• sobrante adj.• sobrero, -a adj.• suelto, -a adj.n.• pieza de recambio s.f.• recambio s.m.• repuesto s.m.v.• ahorrar v.• economizar v.• escasear v.• evitar v.
I sper, speə(r)a) ( not in use) de máshave you got a spare umbrella you could lend me? — ¿tienes un paraguas de más que me puedas prestar?
have you got any spare paper o (BrE also) any paper spare? — ¿tienes un poco de papel que no te haga falta?
to go spare — (BrE colloq) ( become distraught) enloquecerse*, volverse* loco; (lit: be available) sobrar
b) ( in case of need) (before n) <key/cartridge> de repuestoc) ( free) libre
II
a) ( reserve)b) spares pl ( spare parts) (BrE) repuestos mpl or (Méx) refacciones fpl
III
1)a) ( do without)can you spare your dictionary for a moment? — ¿me permites el diccionario un momento, si no lo necesitas?
if you can spare the time — si tienes or dispones de tiempo
b) ( give)to spare (somebody) something: can you spare me a pound? ¿tienes una libra que me prestes/des?; can you spare me a few minutes? ¿tienes unos minutos?; to spare a thought for somebody — pensar* un momento en alguien
c)have you got a few minutes to spare? — ¿tienes unos minutos?
we arrived at the station with half an hour to spare — llegamos a la estación con media hora de anticipación
2)a) (keep from using, stint) (usu neg)b) (save, relieve)to spare somebody something — \<\<trouble/embarrassment\>\> ahorrarle algo a alguien
c) (show mercy, consideration toward) perdonar[spɛǝ(r)]to spare somebody's feelings — no herir* los sentimientos de alguien
1. ADJ1) (=extra) de más, de sobra; (=reserve) de reserva; (=free) librethere's a spare blanket if you're cold — hay una manta de más or de sobra si tienes frío
I always keep a bit of spare cash for emergencies — siempre guardo un poco de dinero extra para emergencias
is there a seat spare? — ¿queda algún asiento libre?
is there any milk spare? — ¿queda leche?
have you got a spare jacket I could borrow? — ¿tienes otra chaqueta para prestarme?
spare time — tiempo m libre
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to go spare * — (=be available) sobrar, quedar; (Brit) (=get angry) ponerse como loco *there are two tickets going spare — quedan or sobran dos entradas
2) (=lean) [body, build] enjuto liter3) (=sparse) liter austero, sobrio2. N1) (gen)always carry a spare in case you have a puncture — lleve siempre una rueda de recambio or repuesto por si tiene un pinchazo
3. VT1) (=make available)can you spare the time? — ¿dispones del tiempo?, ¿tienes tiempo?
I can spare you five minutes — le puedo conceder or dedicar cinco minutos
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to spare a thought for sb — pensar un momento en algn2) (=do without)can you spare this for a moment? — ¿me puedo llevar esto un momento?
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we completed the job with three days to spare — terminamos el trabajo con tres días de antelaciónI arrived at the station with two minutes/time to spare — llegué a la estación con dos minutos de antelación/con tiempo de sobra
there's enough and to spare — basta y sobra, hay más que suficiente para todos
3) (=be grudging with)they spared no expense in refurbishing the house — no repararon en or escatimaron gastos a la hora de renovar la casa
4) (=show mercy to) perdonar5) (=save) ahorrar, evitar•
I'll spare you the gory details — me ahorraré los detalles escabrosos, te evitaré los detalles escabrosos•
to spare sb the trouble of doing sth — ahorrar or evitar a algn la molestia de hacer algoblush 1., 1)I could have spared myself the trouble — podía haberme ahorrado or evitado la molestia
4.CPDspare bedroom N — cuarto m de invitados, habitación f de invitados
spare part N — (pieza f de) repuesto m, (pieza f de) recambio m, refacción f (Mex)
spare room N — cuarto m de invitados, cuarto m para las visitas
spare tyre, spare tire (US) N — (Aut) neumático m de recambio, llanta f de recambio (LAm); (Brit) hum michelín m
spare wheel N — (Aut) rueda f de repuesto or recambio
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I [sper, speə(r)]a) ( not in use) de máshave you got a spare umbrella you could lend me? — ¿tienes un paraguas de más que me puedas prestar?
have you got any spare paper o (BrE also) any paper spare? — ¿tienes un poco de papel que no te haga falta?
to go spare — (BrE colloq) ( become distraught) enloquecerse*, volverse* loco; (lit: be available) sobrar
b) ( in case of need) (before n) <key/cartridge> de repuestoc) ( free) libre
II
a) ( reserve)b) spares pl ( spare parts) (BrE) repuestos mpl or (Méx) refacciones fpl
III
1)a) ( do without)can you spare your dictionary for a moment? — ¿me permites el diccionario un momento, si no lo necesitas?
if you can spare the time — si tienes or dispones de tiempo
b) ( give)to spare (somebody) something: can you spare me a pound? ¿tienes una libra que me prestes/des?; can you spare me a few minutes? ¿tienes unos minutos?; to spare a thought for somebody — pensar* un momento en alguien
c)have you got a few minutes to spare? — ¿tienes unos minutos?
we arrived at the station with half an hour to spare — llegamos a la estación con media hora de anticipación
2)a) (keep from using, stint) (usu neg)b) (save, relieve)to spare somebody something — \<\<trouble/embarrassment\>\> ahorrarle algo a alguien
c) (show mercy, consideration toward) perdonarto spare somebody's feelings — no herir* los sentimientos de alguien
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5 que
que [kə]━━━━━━━━━1. conjunction2. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. (complétive) that━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► that introduisant une subordonnée complétive est souvent sous-entendu en anglais.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• tu crois qu'il réussira ? do you think he'll succeed?• mais il n'a pas de voiture ! -- il dit que si but he has no car! -- he says he has━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Avec un verbe de volonté, l'anglais emploie une proposition infinitive. Si le sujet de cette infinitive est un pronom, l'anglais utilise la forme objet du pronom.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque que remplace une conjonction comme si, quand, comme, que, la conjonction est soit répétée soit omise en anglais.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• si vous êtes sages et qu'il fait beau, nous sortirons if you are good and (if) the weather is fine, we'll go out• comme la maison est petite et qu'il n'y a pas de jardin... as the house is small and there's no garden...• il ira, qu'il le veuille ou non he'll go whether he wants to or not• qu'il parte ou qu'il reste, ça m'est égal whether he leaves or stays, it's all the same to med. (but) tenez-le, qu'il ne tombe pas hold him so he doesn't falle. (temps) elle venait à peine de sortir qu'il se mit à pleuvoir she had no sooner gone out than it started raining• ils ne se connaissaient pas depuis 10 minutes qu'ils étaient déjà amis they had only known each other for 10 minutes and already they were friendsf. (souhait) qu'il se taise ! I wish he would be quiet!• eh bien, qu'il vienne ! all right, he can come!• qu'il essaie seulement ! just let him try!• que je l'aide ? tu plaisantes ! me, help him? you must be joking!• « viens ici ! » qu'il me crie (inf) "come here!" he shoutedh. (locutions)► que... ne• j'avais déjà fini de déjeuner qu'elle n'avait pas commencé I'd already finished my lunch and she hadn't even started► que oui ! yes indeed!• il était fâché ? -- que oui ! was he angry? -- he certainly was!► que non ! certainly not!• tu viens ? -- que non ! are you coming? -- no I am not!2. <• que tu es lent ! you're so slow!• que de voitures ! there's so much traffic!• que d'erreurs ! there are so many mistakes!qu'est-ce qu'il est bête ! he's such an idiot!• qu'est-ce qu'il joue bien ! doesn't he play well!3. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Le pronom relatif que n'est souvent pas traduit.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'on utilise un pronom relatif pour désigner une personne en anglais, il y a trois possibilités: whom, qui est d'un registre soutenu, who qui n'est pas correct, mais très fréquemment utilisé, et that.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Le pronom relatif que n'est souvent pas traduit.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'on utilise un pronom relatif pour désigner un animal ou une chose en anglais, il y a deux possibilités: that et which, qui s'utilise surtout pour des choses.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• la raison qu'il a donnée the reason (that or which) he gavec. (en incise)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque la relative est en incise, on n'emploie jamais that, mais which pour une chose et who(m) pour une personne.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• un certain M. Leduc, que je ne connais pas, m'a appelé a certain Mr Leduc, who (inf) or whom I don't know, called me• la lettre, que j'ai postée lundi, est arrivée vendredi the letter, which I posted on Monday, arrived on Fridaye. (autres) quel homme charmant que votre voisin ! what a charming man your neighbour is!• tout distrait qu'il est, il s'en est aperçu absent-minded though he is, he still noticed it4. <• que fais-tu ? what are you doing?• qu'en sais-tu ? what do you know about it?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Dans les cas où il y a un choix, on emploie which.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• que préfères-tu, de la compote ou un crème caramel ? which would you prefer, stewed fruit or crème caramel?• qu'est-ce que tu fais ? what are you doing?• qu'est-ce que tu préfères, le rouge ou le noir ? which do you prefer, the red one or the black one?► qu'est-ce qui what• qu'est-ce qui l'a mis en colère ? what made him so angry?* * *
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( qu' before vowel or mute h) kə conjonctioncomme tu ne veux pas venir et que tu ne veux pas dire pourquoi — since you refuse to come and (since you) refuse to say why
2)qu'il soit le meilleur, nous nous en sommes déjà rendu compte — we were already well aware that he's the best
approche, que je te regarde — come closer so I can look at you
que vous le vouliez ou non, que cela vous plaise ou non — whether you like it or not
il n'était pas sitôt parti qu'elle appela la police — no sooner had he left than she called the police
j'avais déjà lu dix pages qu'il n'avait toujours pas commencé — I had already read ten pages while he hadn't even started
qu'on veuille bien m'excuser mais... — you must excuse me but...
qu'il crève! — (sl) let him rot! (colloq)
2.
pronom interrogatif whatque dire? — what can you ou one say?
que faire? — ( maintenant) what shall I/we do?; ( au passé) what could I/we do?
3.
pronom relatifPierre, que je n'avais pas vu depuis 20 ans, est venu me voir hier — Pierre, whom I had not seen for 20 years, came to see me yesterday
c'est la plus belle femme que j'aie jamais vue — she's the most beautiful woman (that) I've ever seen
3) ( employé comme attribut) that
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‘vous ne leur en avez pas parlé?’ - ‘oh que si!’ — ‘haven't you spoken to them about it?’ - ‘yes I have!’
‘tu en as besoin?’ - ‘que oui!’ — ‘do you need it’ - ‘I certainly do!’
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que conjonction de subordination se traduit généralement par that: elle a dit qu'elle le ferait = she said that she would do it; il est important qu'ils se rendent compte que ce n'est pas simple it's important that they should realize that it's not simpleOn notera que that est souvent omis: je pense qu'il devrait changer de métier = I think he should change jobsQuand que suit un verbe exprimant un souhait, une volonté, l'anglais utilise un infinitif: je voudrais que tu ranges ta chambre = I'd like you to tidy your room; elle veut qu'il fasse un stage de formation = she wants him to do a training courseOn trouvera ci-dessous quelques exemples supplémentaires mais on pourra toujours se reporter aux verbes, adjectifs et substantifs qui peuvent être suivis de que, comme montrer, comprendre, apparaître, certain, évident, idée etc. De même les locutions ainsi que, alors que, bien que sont traitées respectivement sous ainsi, alors, bien. Pour les emplois de que avec ne, plus, moins etc on se reportera à ne, plus, moins etcque pronom relatif se traduit différemment selon qu'il a pour antécédent un nom de personne: l'homme que je vois = the man that I can see; = the man I can see; = the man who I can see; = the man whom I can see; les amis que j'ai invités = the friends that I've invited; = the friends I've invited; = the friends who I have invited; = the friends whom I have invited (dans les deux cas ci-dessus la traduction avec whom appartient au registre de la langue écrite); ou un nom de chose, concept, animal: le chien que je vois = the dog that I can see; = the dog I can see; = the dog which I can see; l'invitation que j'ai reçue = the invitation that I received; = the invitation I received; = the invitation which I received. Voir III ci-dessous* * *kə1. conj1) (introduisant complétive) thatIl sait que tu es là. — He knows you're here., He knows that you're here.
Je veux que tu acceptes. — I want you to agree.
Je veux que tu viennes. — I want you to come.
Il a dit que oui. — He said he would.
Quand il rentrera et qu'il aura mangé... — When he gets back and has eaten...
Si vous y allez ou que vous... — If you go there or if you...
qu'il le veuille ou non — whether he likes it or not, (souhait)
4) (but) (= de sorte que) so, so thatTenez-le, qu'il ne tombe pas. — Hold it so it doesn't fall., Hold it so that it doesn't fall.
5) (après comparatif) thanplus... que — more... than
C'est plus difficile que je ne le pensais. — It's more difficult than I thought.
Il est plus grand que moi. — He's bigger than me.
6) (équivalence) asaussi... que — as... as
Elle est aussi jolie que sa sœur. — She's as pretty as her sister.
Le train est aussi cher que l'avion. — The train is as expensive as the plane.
See:plus; aussi; autantne... que (= seulement) — only
Il ne boit que de l'eau. — He only drinks water.
Je ne l'ai vu qu'une fois. — I've only seen him once.
à peine... que; Elle venait à peine de sortir qu'il se mit à pleuvoir. — She had just gone out when it started to rain., No sooner had she gone out than it started to rain.
il y a... que; ça fait... que; Il y a 4 ans qu'il est parti.; Ça fait 4 ans qu'il est parti. — It is 4 years since he left.
See:2. advqu'il est...; Qu'il est bête!; Qu'est-ce qu'il est bête! — He's so silly!
Qu'il court vite!; Qu'est-ce qu'il court vite! — He runs so fast!
que de... — such a lot of..., so many...
3. pron1) (relatif) (personne) that, whomla dame que j'ai rencontrée hier — the lady I met yesterday, the lady that I met yesterday
l'homme que je vois — the man I can see, the man that I can see
2) (chose) that, whichLe gâteau qu'elle a fait est délicieux. — The cake she made is delicious., The cake that she made is delicious., The cake which she made is delicious.
le livre que tu vois — the book you see, the book that you see, the book which you see
3) (temps) (= où)un jour que j'étais... — a day when I was...
4) (interrogatif) whatQu'est-ce que...? — What...?
Qu'est-ce que c'est? (en désignant qch) — What is it?, What's that?, (en entendant qch) What's that?
* * *que ⇒ Note d'usage (qu' before vowel or mute h)A conj1 ( reprenant une autre conjonction) comme tu ne veux pas venir et que tu ne veux pas dire pourquoi since you refuse to come and (since you) refuse to say why; si vous venez et que vous avez le temps if you come and (if you) have the time;2 je crains que tu (ne) fasses une bêtise I'm worried (that) you might do something silly; le fait qu'il se soit enfui prouve sa culpabilité the fact that he has run away is proof of his guilt; qu'il soit le meilleur, nous nous en sommes déjà rendu compte we were already well aware that he's the best; taisez- vous que j'entende ce qu'il dit stop talking so (that) I can hear what he's saying; approche, que je te regarde come closer so I can look at you; qu'il pleuve et toute la récolte est détruite if it rains the harvest will be ruined; que vous le vouliez ou non, que cela vous plaise ou non whether you like it or not; il voudrait faire échouer le projet qu'il ne s'y prendrait pas autrement if he wanted to ruin the project he couldn't have chosen a better way to do it; il l'aurait fait qu'il ne voudrait pas l'admettre even if he did do it he wouldn't admit it; il n'était pas sitôt parti qu'elle appela la police no sooner had he left than she called the police; vous dormiez encore que j'avais déjà fait une longue promenade you were still asleep, while I had already been for a long walk; j'avais déjà lu 10 pages qu'il n'avait toujours pas commencé I had already read 10 pages while he hadn't even started; il ne se passe pas de jour qu'il ne pleuve not a day goes by without rain ou when it doesn't rain; que tout le monde sorte! everyone must leave!; qu'on veuille bien m'excuser mais… you must excuse me but…; qu'il se taise! I wish he would be quiet!; que n'êtes vous-arrivés hier soir! fml if only you'd arrived last night!; que ceux qui n'ont pas compris le disent let anyone who hasn't understood say so; qu'on le pende! hang him!; qu'il crève◑! let him rot○!, he can rot○!; que j'aille le voir! you expect me to go and see him!; que je leur prête ma voiture! you expect me to lend them my car!; que je sache as far as I know;3 ◑( à la place de l'inversion du sujet) et alors? que je lui ai dit so? I said to him; approche! qu'il m'a dit come closer! he says to me○.B pron inter what; que fais-tu ? what are you doing?; que dire? what can you ou one say?; que faire? ( maintenant) what shall I do?, what am I to do?; ( au passé) what could I do?, what was I to do?; que veux-tu pour ton anniversaire? what do you want for your birthday?; qu'est-ce que tu en penses? what do you think?; je ne sais que dire I don't know what to say; je ne sais pas ce qu'il a dit I don't know what he said; que sont ces traces? what are those tracks?; qu'est-ce que c'est que ça? what's that?; qu'importe? what does it matter?C pron rel1 ( ayant un nom de personne pour antécédent) Pierre, que je n'avais pas vu depuis 20 ans, est venu me voir hier Pierre, whom I had not seen for 20 years, came to see me yesterday; c'est la plus belle femme que j'aie jamais vue she's the most beautiful woman (that) I've ever seen;2 ( ayant un nom de chose ou d'animal pour antécédent) je n'aime pas la voiture que tu as achetée I don't like the car (that) you've bought; le livre qu'il a écrit juste après la guerre the book that he wrote just after the war; les photos que vous regardez ont été prises à Rome the photographs that ou which you are looking at were taken in Rome; c'est la plus belle fleur que j'aie jamais vue it's the most beautiful flower (that) I've ever seen;3 ( employé comme attribut) that; la vieille dame qu'elle est devenue the old lady that she has become; énervé qu'il était il n'a pu terminer son discours he was so worked up that he couldn't finish his speech; de petite fille sage qu'elle était elle est devenue une petite peste she's changed from the good little girl that she was into a real pest; bête que je suis fool that I am; stupide que tu es! you silly thing!D adv que vous êtes jolie! how pretty you are!; que c'est difficile/ennuyeux how difficult/boring it is; que c'est joli it's so pretty; ce que vous êtes jolie! you're so pretty!; que de monde/d'eau what a lot of people/water; qu'avait-il besoin de faire? why did he have to do?; que ne le disais-tu plus tôt? fml why didn't you say so earlier?; ‘vous ne leur en avez pas parlé?’-‘oh que si!’ ‘haven't you spoken to them about it?’-‘oh yes I have!’; que non! definitely not!; ‘tu en as besoin?’-‘que oui!’ ‘do you need it’-‘indeed I do!’; c'était une époque turbulente que le XVIe siècle what a turbulent period the 16th century was.1. [combien]que tu es naïf! you're so naive!, aren't you naive!que de bruit ici! it's so noisy here!, what a lot of noise there is in here!2. [exprimant l'indignation]que ne l'as-tu (pas) dit plus tôt! why didn't you say so earlier?, I wish you had said so ou that earlier!————————sa sœur, que je n'avais pas vue depuis 10 ans, était là aussi her sister, whom ou who I hadn't seen for 10 years, was there toole contrat que j'ai signé the contract (which) ou that I signedje ne suis pas la seule, que je sache I'm not the only one as far as I know4. [pour souligner une caractéristique]fatiguée qu'elle était, elle continuait à l'aider tired though ou as she was, she carried on helping himde timide qu'il était, il est devenu expansif once a shy man, he's now an extroverten bon père/électricien qu'il était being the good father/electrician he wasune chance, que cette panne! very lucky, this breakdown!5. [dans des expressions de temps, de durée]un soir qu'il faisait très chaud one very hot evening, one evening when the weather was very hotle temps que tu te prépares, il sera trop tard by the time you're ready it'll be too latechaque fois que je m'absente, il téléphone every time I'm out he phones————————1. [dans le discours direct] whatqu'est-ce que je vois/j'entends? [ton menaçant ou hum] what is this I see/hear?2. [dans le discours indirect] what————————1. [après des verbes déclaratifs ou des verbes d'évaluation] thatexigez qu'on vous indemnise demand compensation ou to be compensated[en début de proposition]que leur fils ait fugué, cela ne devrait pas nous surprendre the fact that their son ran away shouldn't come as a surprise to usque tu pleures ne changera rien your ou you crying won't change anything2. (à valeur circonstancielle) [et déjà] thanil n'a pas fini de lire un roman qu'il en commence un autre no sooner has he finished one novel than he starts reading another[afin que] so thatapproche-toi, que je te voie mieux come closer so that I can see you better[à tel point que]elle tousse que ça réveille tout le monde (familier) she coughs so much (that) she wakes everybody upil est têtu que ça en devient un vrai problème (familier) he's so ou that stubborn (that) it's a real problem[dialecte: parce que]ne viens pas, que si je te vois je te tue! don't come, 'cos if I see you I'll kill you!3. (suivi du subjonctif) [pour formuler un ordre, un souhait, une éventualité]a. [faites-la parler] make her talk!b. [laissez-la parler] let her speak!eh bien, qu'il s'en aille s'il n'est pas content! he can leave if he doesn't like it!qu'il m'attaque et je dis tout just let him (try and) attack me, and I'll reveal everything4. (soutenu) [dans une double hypothèse]5. [répète la conjonction précédente]6. [formule de présentation et d'insistance]je croyais l'affaire faite et voilà qu'elle n'est pas d'accord I thought the deal was clinched and now I find she disagreessi je n'ai rien dit, c'est que je craignais de te vexer if I said nothing, it was because I was afraid of upsetting youtu n'iras pas — que si! you won't go — oh yes I will ou I will too!7. [dans une formule interrogative]————————que... ne locution conjonctiveaucune décision n'est prise que je ne sois préalablement consulté no decision is made without my being consulted first————————que... ou non locution conjonctivewhether... or not————————que... (ou) que locution conjonctivewhether... orqu'il fasse beau, qu'il pleuve, je sors me promener come rain or come shine, I go out for a walk -
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speə 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) spare/skåne for2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) avse3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) spare, skåne4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) skåne5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) spare på6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) spare for2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) ekstra, reserve-, til overs2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) fri-3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) reservedel2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) reservedekk•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spareknapp--------overflødigIsubst. \/speə\/1) reservedel2) reservehjulIIverb \/speə\/1) avse, unnvære• can you spare a pound?• can you spare a few minutes?2) ( stivt) skåne, spare• spare me!3) spare for, skåne for, forskåne• spare me the details, please!4) spare på, bruke sparsomt5) reservere, sette\/legge til side6) være skånsom7) være sparsom, spareenough and to spare mer enn nokspare oneself spare\/skåne seg, spare sine krefterspare oneself the trouble spare seg bryet med å, ikke gjøre seg noe besvær med åspare someone's feelings være hensynsfull overfor noens følelserspare someone's life la være å drepe noenIIIadj. \/speə\/1) ekstra, ekstra-, reserve-, til overs, i reserve, ledig• I've lost my key, do you have a spare one?2) mager• he was a tall, spare man3) sparsom, knapp, enkel, magerspare cash penger man har til overs -
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[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) sjá af2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) hafa (ekki) efni á3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) þyrma, sÿna miskunn4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) hlífa5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) vera spar á6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) hlífa við2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) auka-2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) umfram-, frí-3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) varahlutur2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) varadekk•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
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fölösleges, pót-, pótkerék, tartalék, szikár to spare: nélkülözni tud, takarékoskodik, megtakarít, kímél* * *[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) nélkülözni tud, nélkülözni lehet2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) megtakarít3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) kíméletes vkivel4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) (meg)kímél5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) kímél6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) (meg)kímél (vkit vkitől)2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) fölösleges; tartalék, pót-2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) szabad3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) (pót)alkatrész2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) pótkerék•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
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[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) dispensar2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) dispensar3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) poupar4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) poupar5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) poupar6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) poupar2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) vago2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) livre3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) peça sobresselente2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) pneu sobresselente•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare* * *[spɛə] n objeto de reserva. • vt+vi 1 poupar, tratar com indulgência, ter dó ou consideração. spare me all this! / poupe-me de tudo isso! spare his life! / poupe sua vida! 2 aliviar, desobrigar, isentar, dispensar. 3 tomar em consideração, respeitar. spare her blushes / respeite seu melindre. 4 economizar. 5 abster-se, privar-se. 6 dispensar. can you spare me a moment? / você dispõe de um momento para mim? 7 ter em excesso, de sobra. I have not a minute to spare / não tenho nem um minuto de sobra. we have time to spare / temos tempo de sobra. • adj 1 excedente, de sobra. 2 de reserva, extra, sobressalente. 3 magro. 4 pouco, esparso, parco, frugal. enough and to spare mais do que suficiente. to drive someone spare deixar alguém louco, furioso. to go spare ficar furioso, ficar bravo. to have to spare ter de sobra. to spare no expense não poupar gastos. -
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adj. yedek, fazla, boş, az, yetersiz, az kullanan, zayıf, sıska, cimri, eli sıkı, hasis————————n. yedek parça, ihtiyat————————v. kıymamak, canını bağışlamak, korumak, öldürmemek, esirgemek, harcamamak, ayırmak, kaçınmak, idareli kullanmak, tutumlu olmak, bağışlanmak* * *1. ayır (v.) 2. yedek (n.)* * *[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) onsuz olmak2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) ayırmak3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) bağışlamak, öldürmemek4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) kaçınmak, sakınmak5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) sakınmak, esirgemek6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) kurtarmak, vermemek2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) fazla, boş2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) boş3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) yedek parça2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) yedek lastik•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
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[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) pogrešati2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) lahko pogrešati3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) prizanesti4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) prihraniti5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) varčevati6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) prihraniti (komu kaj)2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) odvečen2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) prost3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) nadomestni del2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) nadomestno kolo•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare* * *I [spʌ/ə]transitive verbvarčevati, varčno uporabljati; prihraniti, dati na stran, imeti v rezervi; odstopiti, lahkó pogrešati, biti brez (česa), imeti odveč; prizanesti (komu), oprostiti (kazen), prihraniti (komu ali sebi) (trud itd.); ne povzročiti (sramu, rdečice); intransitive verb varčevati, skopariti; opustiti (kaj); prizanesti, pustiti (komu) življenjeenough and to spare — na pretek, še preveč, več kot preveč, obilospare my blushes! — ne spravljajte me v sramoto, prihranite mi sramoto, ne blamirajte me!can you spare the car today? — lahko pogrešate svoj avto danes?can you spare me a cigarette? — imaš cigareto odveč zame?spare us these explanations! — prizanesite nam s temi razlagami!spare my feelings! — imej obzir do mojih čustev!spare me! — prizanesite mi!, milost!spare me your objections! — prizanesite mi s svojimi ugovori!to spare o.s. — prihraniti si trudnot to spare o.s. — ne varčevati s svojimi močmito spare the rod and spoil the child — varčuj s šibo in pokvaril boš otroka, šiba novo mašo pojeI have no time to spare — ne smem izgubljati časa, nimam dosti časaII [spʌ/ə]nountechnical (često plural) nadomestni, rezervni del (zlasti pnevmatika); sport rezerva; varčevanje; American zrušenje vseh kegljev z dvema metomato make spare of obsolete varčevati zIII [spʌ/ə]adjective ( sparely adverb)varčen, skop, pičel; prost (čas); preostal, odvečen, neuporabljen, razpoložljiv; nadomesten, rezerven; mršav, suh; redek (lasje)spare money — preostali, odvečni denarspare time — prosti čas, brezdelica -
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• tulla toimeen ilman• niukka• joutilas• jouto• hintelä• vara• vara-• armahtaa• vapaa• vähäeleinen• liietä• liikenevä• salskea• suoda• sääliä• säästää• ylimääräinen• käyttämätön• laiha* * *speə 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) tulla toimeen ilman2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) olla varaa3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) säästää4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) säästää5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) säästellä6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) säästää joltakulta vaiva2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) vara-, ylimääräinen2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) vapaa-3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) varaosa2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) varapyörä•- sparing- sparingly
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I 1. [speə(r)]2.use my pen, I've got a spare — prendi la mia penna, io ne ho una di riserva
1) (surplus) [ cash] di riserva; [capital, land, seat] restante, ancora disponibile; [ copy] d'avanzo; [ moment] libero2) (in reserve) [component, bulb] di ricambio; [ wheel] di scorta3) (lean) [person, build] esile; [building, style] semplice5) BE colloq. furiosoII 1. [speə(r)]1)have my pen, I've got one to spare — prendi la mia penna, io ne ho una di riserva
the project was finished with only days to spare — il progetto fu terminato pochi giorni prima della data stabilita
2) (treat leniently) risparmiare [person, animal]to spare sb. sth. — risparmiare qcs. a qcn
3) (be able to afford) avere (da offrire) [ money]; dedicare [ time]2.to spare sb. for — fare a meno di qcn. per [ job]
to spare oneself sth. — risparmiarsi qcs
••* * *[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) (fare a meno di)2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) risparmiare, dedicare3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) risparmiare4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) risparmiare, (avere riguardo per)5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) privarsi6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) risparmiare2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) disponibile2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) libero3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) ricambio2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) (pezzo di ricambio)•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare* * *I 1. [speə(r)]2.use my pen, I've got a spare — prendi la mia penna, io ne ho una di riserva
1) (surplus) [ cash] di riserva; [capital, land, seat] restante, ancora disponibile; [ copy] d'avanzo; [ moment] libero2) (in reserve) [component, bulb] di ricambio; [ wheel] di scorta3) (lean) [person, build] esile; [building, style] semplice5) BE colloq. furiosoII 1. [speə(r)]1)have my pen, I've got one to spare — prendi la mia penna, io ne ho una di riserva
the project was finished with only days to spare — il progetto fu terminato pochi giorni prima della data stabilita
2) (treat leniently) risparmiare [person, animal]to spare sb. sth. — risparmiare qcs. a qcn
3) (be able to afford) avere (da offrire) [ money]; dedicare [ time]2.to spare sb. for — fare a meno di qcn. per [ job]
to spare oneself sth. — risparmiarsi qcs
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1. adjective1) (not in use) übrigspare time/moment — Freizeit, die/freier Augenblick
are there any spare tickets for Friday? — gibt es noch Karten für Freitag?
2) (for use when needed) zusätzlich, Extra[bett, -tasse]2. nounspare room — Gästezimmer, das
Ersatzteil, das/-reifen, der usw.3. transitive verb1) (do without) entbehrencan you spare me a moment? — hast du einen Augenblick Zeit für mich?
4) (fail to use)not spare any expense/pains or efforts — keine Kosten/Mühe scheuen
no expense spared — an nichts gespart. See also academic.ru/62742/rod">rod 3)
* * *[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) verschonen2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) erübrigen4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) ersparen5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) sparen6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save( a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) ersparen2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) Ersatz-...3. noun2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) der Reservereifen•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare* * *[speəʳ, AM sper]I. vt1. (not kill)▪ to \spare sb jdn verschonen2. (go easy on)▪ to \spare sb jdn schonento \spare sb's feelings jds Gefühle schonen, Rücksicht auf jds Gefühle nehmen3. (avoid)▪ to \spare sb sth jdm etw ersparenthe government troops have been \spared loss of life bis jetzt sind den Regierungstruppen Verluste [an Menschenleben] erspart geblieben\spare us the suspense and tell us who won the first prize spann uns nicht auf die Folter und erzähl uns, wer den ersten Preis gewonnen hatto \spare sb embarrassment/worry jdm Peinlichkeiten/Sorgen ersparen4. (not use)5. (do without)▪ to \spare sb/sth jdn/etw entbehren, auf jdn/etw verzichtencan you \spare one of those apples? kannst du mir einen dieser Äpfel geben?to \spare room for sth für etw akk Platz [frei] habento have sth to \spare etw übrig haben6. (make free)there's no time to \spare es ist keine Zeit übrigto \spare [the] time [for sth] Zeit [für etw akk] übrig habento not have time to \spare keine Zeit zu verlieren haben7. (give)▪ to \spare sb sth jdm etw gebencould you \spare me £10 [or £10 for me]? kannst du mir 10 Pfund leihen?to \spare a thought for sb an jdn denken8.▶ to \spare übrig habenI caught the plane with only two minutes to \spare ich erreichte das Flugzeug zwei Minuten vor dem AbflugII. adjall children should bring a \spare set of clothes alle Kinder sollten Kleider zum Wechseln mitbringenis this seat \spare? ist dieser Platz noch frei?\spare [bed]room Gästezimmer ntto have some \spare cash noch etwas Geld übrig haben\spare key Ersatzschlüssel mto have a \spare minute [or moment] einen Moment Zeit habendo you want this piece of cake? — yes, if it's going \spare willst du dieses Stück Kuchen? — ja, wenn es sonst keiner will\spare build hagerer Körperbauto survive on a \spare diet mit dürftiger Kost auskommen\spare meal mageres Essenthe room was \spare in design der Raum war sparsam ausgestattetto drive sb \spare jdn wahnsinnig machen famto go \spare durchdrehen slIII. nI seem to have lost my key but luckily I always carry a \spare ich habe wohl meinen Schlüssel verloren, aber glücklicherweise trage ich immer einen Ersatzschlüssel bei mir2. (parts)▪ \spares pl Ersatzteile pl* * *[spɛə(r)]1. adjhave you any spare string?, have you any string spare? — kannst du mir (einen) Bindfaden geben?, hast du (einen) Bindfaden für mich?
I can give you a racket/pencil, I have a spare one — ich kann dir einen Schläger/Bleistift geben, ich habe noch einen or ich habe einen übrig
take a spare pen in case that one doesn't work — nehmen Sie noch einen Füller mit, falls dieser nicht funktioniert
it's all the spare cash I have —
when you have a few spare minutes or a few minutes spare —
3)to drive sb spare (inf) — jdn wahnsinnig machen (inf)
to go spare — durchdrehen (inf), wild werden (inf)
2. nErsatzteil nt; (= tyre) Reserverad nt3. vt1) usu neg (= grudge, use sparingly) sparen mit; expense, pains, effort scheuendon't spare the horses (hum) — steig aufs Gas (inf)
we must spare no effort in trying to finish this job —
there was no expense spared in building this hotel — beim Bau dieses Hotels ist an nichts gespart worden or hat man keine Kosten gescheut
spare the rod and spoil the child (prov) — wer mit der Rute spart, verzieht das Kind (Prov)
to spare sb sth — jdm etw überlassen or geben; money jdm etw geben
can you spare the time to do it? — haben Sie Zeit, das zu machen?
I can spare you five minutes —
there is none to spare — es ist keine(r, s) übrig
to have sth to spare —
there's enough and to spare — es ist mehr als genug da
to have a few minutes/hours to spare — ein paar Minuten/Stunden Zeit haben
I got to the theatre/airport with two minutes to spare — ich war zwei Minuten vor Beginn der Vorstellung im Theater/vor Abflug am Flughafen
3) (= do without) person, object entbehren, verzichten auf (+acc)I can't spare him/it — ich kann ihn/es nicht entbehren, ich kann auf ihn/es nicht verzichten, ich brauche ihn/es unbedingt
can you spare this for a moment? — brauchst du das gerade?, kannst du das im Moment entbehren?
to spare a thought for sb/sth — an jdn/etw denken
the fire spared nothing —
5)(= save)
to spare sb/oneself sth — jdm/sich etw ersparenspare me the gory details — verschone mich mit den grausigen Einzelheiten
to spare him any embarrassment — um ihn nicht in Verlegenheit zu bringen
he has been spared the ordeal of seeing her again — es blieb ihm erspart, sie noch einmal sehen zu müssen
* * *spare [speə(r)]A v/t(not) spare o.s. sich (nicht) schonen;spare his blushes bring ihn doch nicht in Verlegenheit!2. sparsam oder schonend umgehen mit, schonen:spare me the trouble erspare mir die Mühe;spare me these explanations verschone mich mit diesen Erklärungen4. jemanden entbehren5. etwas entbehren, erübrigen, übrig haben:can you spare me a cigarette (a moment)? hast du eine Zigarette (einen Augenblick Zeit) für mich (übrig)?;B v/i sparsam lebenC adj1. Ersatz…, Reserve…:a) Reserve-, Ersatzreifen mb) Br umg hum Rettungsring m (Fettwulst um die Hüfte);spare part → D 1;2. überflüssig, -schüssig, übrig:do you have five spare minutes? haben Sie fünf Minuten Zeit (übrig)?;spare moment freier Augenblick;spare room Gästezimmer n;3. sparsam, kärglich4. sparsam (Person)5. mager (Person)a) jemanden auf die Palme bringen,b) jemanden verrückt machen ( with mit);go spare auf die Palme gehenD s1. TECH Ersatzteil n/m2. Reserve-, Ersatzreifen m* * *1. adjective1) (not in use) übrigspare time/moment — Freizeit, die/freier Augenblick
2) (for use when needed) zusätzlich, Extra[bett, -tasse]spare room — Gästezimmer, das
2. noungo spare — (Brit. coll.): (be very angry) durchdrehen (salopp)
Ersatzteil, das/-reifen, der usw.3. transitive verb1) (do without) entbehren3) (not hurt) [ver]schonennot spare any expense/pains or efforts — keine Kosten/Mühe scheuen
no expense spared — an nichts gespart. See also rod 3)
* * *adj.frei adj.übrig adj. v.entbehren v.erübrigen v.jemandem etwas ersparen ausdr.jemanden verschonen ausdr.schonen v.sparen v.verschonen v.übrig haben ausdr. -
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[spɛə(r)] 1. adj 2. n, see spare part 3. vt( save) trouble etc oszczędzać (oszczędzić perf) +gen; ( make available) przeznaczać (przeznaczyć perf); ( afford to give) użyczać (użyczyć perf) +gen; ( refrain from hurting) oszczędzać (oszczędzić perf)* * *[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) obywać się bez2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) poświęcać3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) oszczędzać4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) oszczędzać5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) oszczędzać6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) oszczędzać2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) zapasowy2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) wolny3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) część zapasowa2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) część zapasowa•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare -
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[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) iztikt bez2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) atļauties; atlicināt3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) []žēlot; apžēlot4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) []žēlot; pasargāt (no raizēm u.tml.)5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) taupīt6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) aiztaupīt (pūles u.tml.)2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) rezerves-; lieks; papildu-2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) brīvs (laiks)3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) rezerves daļas2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) rezerves ritenis•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare* * *rezerves daļa; rezerves riepa; rezerves spēlētājs; taupīt; atlicināt; aiztaupīt, pasargāt; atturēties; rezerves, lieks; nabadzīgs, trūcīgs; kalsns, vājš -
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[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) apsieiti be2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) leisti sau3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) pasigailėti4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) pagailėti5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) gailėtis6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) apsaugoti2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) atliekamas2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) laisvas3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) atsarginė dalis2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) atsarginis ratas•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare -
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adj. extra, reserv-; ledig; fritids-; knapp, klen; mager, smal--------n. reservdel; reservhjul--------v. avvara; skona; avstå från; bespara; spara; vara sparsam; undvara* * *[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) avvara, undvara2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) sätta av, få över3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) skona4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) skona5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) sky, spara6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) bespara2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) ledig, extra-, reserv-2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?)3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) reservdel2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) reservhjul•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare -
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[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) obejít se bez2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) vyšetřit (si)3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) ušetřit4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) šetřit (někoho)5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) šetřit, litovat6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) ušetřit2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) rezervní2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) volný3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) náhradní díl2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) náhradní pneumatika•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare* * *• náhradní -
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[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) obísť sa bez, postrádať2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) ušetriť (si), venovať3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) ušetriť4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) šetriť (koho)5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) šetriť, ľutovať6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) ušetriť2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) náhradný, rezervný2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) voľný3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) náhradný diel2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) náhradná pneumatika•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare* * *• volne použitelný• volný• zbytocný• zvyšný• skúpy• striedmy• tenký• ušetrit• prebytocný• hostinský• chudý• rezervná pneumatika• rezervný• pre hostov• náhradný• nadbytocný• náhradná súciastka• núdzový
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