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1 business

noun

1) (trading operation) Geschäft, das; (company, firm) Betrieb, der; (large) Unternehmen, das

2) no pl. (buying and selling) Geschäfte Pl.

on business — geschäftlich

he's in the wool business — er ist in der Wollbranche

business is business — (fig.) Geschäft ist Geschäft

set up in business — ein Geschäft od. eine Firma gründen

go out of business — pleite gehen (ugs.)

go into business — Geschäftsmann/-frau werden

do business [with somebody] — [mit jemandem] Geschäfte machen

be in business — Geschäftsmann/-frau sein

3) (task, duty, province) Aufgabe, die; Pflicht, die

that is my business/none of your business — das ist meine Angelegenheit/nicht deine Sache

what business is it of yours? — was geht Sie das an?

mind your own business — kümmere dich um deine [eigenen] Angelegenheiten!

he has no business to do that — er hat kein Recht, das zu tun

4) (matter to be considered) Angelegenheit, die

‘any other business’ — "Sonstiges"

5) (serious work)

get down to [serious] business — [ernsthaft] zur Sache kommen; (Commerc.) an die Arbeit gehen

mean business — es ernst meinen

business before pleasure — erst die Arbeit, dann das Vergnügen

6) (derog.): (affair) Sache, die; Geschichte, die (ugs.)

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['biznis]
noun

1) (occupation; buying and selling: Selling china is my business; The shop does more business at Christmas than at any other time.) das Geschäft

2) (a shop, a firm: He owns his own business.) das Geschäft

3) (concern: Make it your business to help him; Let's get down to business (= Let's start the work etc that must be done).) die Angelegenheit

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- academic.ru/9798/businesslike">businesslike
- businessman
- on business
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busi·ness

<pl -es>

[ˈbɪznɪs]

I. n

1. no pl (commerce) Handel m, [kaufmännisches] Gewerbe

is your visit for \business or pleasure? ist ihr Besuch dienstlicher oder privater Natur?

to combine [or mix] \business with pleasure das Angenehme mit dem Nützlichen verbinden

never mix \business with pleasure Dienst ist Dienst und Schnaps ist Schnaps fam

to do \business with sb mit jdm Geschäfte machen [o geschäftliche Beziehungen unterhalten] [o Handel treiben]

to go into \business Geschäftsmann/Geschäftsfrau werden

he went into \business as a caterer er ging ins Gaststättengewerbe

to go out of \business das Geschäft aufgeben

to talk \business zur Sache kommen

on \business beruflich, dienstlich, geschäftlich

2. no pl (sales volume) Geschäft nt; (turnover) Umsatz m

how's \business at the moment? was machen die Geschäfte?

\business is booming/slow die Geschäfte gehen hervorragend/nicht gut

3. (profession) Branche f

what line of \business are you in? in welcher Branche sind Sie tätig?

4. (company) Unternehmen nt, Firma f, Betrieb m

small \business Kleinunternehmen nt

to start up [or establish] a \business ein Unternehmen gründen

5. no pl (matter) Angelegenheit f; ( fam: concern, affair) Angelegenheit f, Sache f

see [or go] about your \business ( fam) kümmere dich um deine eigenen Angelegenheiten

that's none of your \business ( fam) das geht dich nichts an

to be a time-consuming \business eine zeitraubende Angelegenheit sein

to have no \business to do [or doing] sth nicht das Recht haben, etw zu tun

to make sth one's \business sich dat etw zur Aufgabe machen

to mind one's own \business ( fam) sich akk um seine eigenen Angelegenheiten kümmern

6. no pl

to mean \business (be serious) es [wirklich] ernst meinen

7. no pl (process)

to get on with the \business of sth mit etw dat weitermachen

8. BRIT (affairs discussed) die Sitzungsthemen des Unterhauses

\business committee Unterhausausschuss m für die Einteilung der Sitzungszeit

9.

▶ to be the \business BRIT (sl) Spitze sein fam

▶ to do one's \business ( euph: person) austreten, sich akk erleichtern euph; (dog) sein Geschäft verrichten euph

▶ to do the \business BRIT (sl) es treiben sl, eine Nummer schieben sl

▶ to get down to \business zur Sache kommen

▶ to be in the \business of [doing] sth dafür zuständig sein, etw zu tun

I'm not in the \business of telling you what to do es ist nicht meine Sache, Ihnen zu sagen, was Sie zu tun haben

▶ like nobody's \business ( fam) ganz toll fam

to hurt like nobody's \business ganz arg weh tun fam

to run like nobody's \business ganz schnell rennen

▶ \business before pleasure ( prov) erst die Arbeit, dann das Vergnügen prov

▶ to be \business as usual ( prov) den gewohnten Gang gehen

▶ what a \business was für ein Umstand

II. n modifier (account, letter, meeting, partner) Geschäfts-

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['bIznɪs]
n

1) no pl (= commerce) Geschäft nt; (= line of business) Branche f

to be in business — Geschäftsmann sein

I am in business with him — ich habe geschäftlich mit ihm zu tun

to go into business — Geschäftsmann werden

to go into business with sb — mit jdm ein Geschäft gründen

what line of business is she in? — was macht sie beruflich?

to be in the publishing/insurance business — im Verlagswesen/der Versicherungsbranche tätig sein

to set up in business — ein Geschäft gründen

to set up in business as a butcher/lawyer etc — sich als Fleischer/Rechtsanwalt etc niederlassen

to go out of business — zumachen

to do business with sb — Geschäfte pl mit jdm machen

business is business — Geschäft ist Geschäft

"business as usual" (during renovation etc) — das Geschäft bleibt geöffnet

it's business as usual — alles geht wie gewohnt weiter

how's business? — wie gehen die Geschäfte?

business is good — die Geschäfte gehen gut

to look for business — sich nach Aufträgen umsehen

to go to Paris on business — geschäftlich nach Paris fahren

he is here/away on business — er ist geschäftlich hier/unterwegs

to know one's business — seine Sache verstehen

to get down to business —

to combine or mix business with pleasure — das Angenehme mit dem Nützlichen verbinden

you shouldn't mix business with pleasure — man sollte Geschäftliches und Vergnügen trennen

looking for business? (asked by prostitute) — na, Süßer, wie wärs?

2) (fig inf)

now we're in business — jetzt kanns losgehen (inf)

to mean business — es ernst meinen

it's/she's the business — das/sie ist spitze (inf)

3) (= commercial enterprise) Geschäft nt, Betrieb m

a small business — ein kleines Unternehmen

a family business — ein Familienunternehmen nt

4) (= concern) Sache f, Angelegenheit f; (= task, duty also) Aufgabe f

that's my business — das ist meine Sache or Angelegenheit

that's no business of mine/yours, that's none of my/your business — das geht mich/dich nichts an

to make it one's business to do sth — es sich (dat) zur Aufgabe machen, etw zu tun

you should make it your business to see that all the products... — Sie sollten sich darum kümmern, dass alle Produkte...

you've no business doing that — du hast kein Recht, das zu tun

we are not in the business of doing that — es ist nicht unsere Aufgabe, das zu tun

to send sb about his business — jdn in seine Schranken weisen

I must be about my business (form) — ich muss( jetzt) meinen Geschäften nachgehen

See:

→ mind

5) (= difficult job) Problem nt

6) (inf: affair) Sache f

I am tired of this protest business — ich hab genug von dieser Protestiererei (inf)

moving house can be a costly/stressful business — ein Umzug kann ganz schön teuer/stressig sein

See:

→ funny

7) (THEAT) dargestellte Handlung

8) (inf: defecation of dog, child) Geschäft nt (inf)

to do one's business — sein Geschäft machen or verrichten (inf)

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business [ˈbıznıs]

A s

1. Geschäft n, Beruf m, Tätigkeit f, Gewerbe n, Arbeit f:

in the music business im Musikgeschäft;

on business geschäftlich, beruflich, in Geschäften, in einer geschäftlichen Angelegenheit;

be away on business dienstlich oder geschäftlich unterwegs sein, auf Dienst- oder Geschäftsreise sein;

on the way to business auf dem Weg zur Arbeit(sstätte);

politics is a dirty business die Politik ist ein schmutziges Geschäft;

carry on business as an estate agent als Grundstücksmakler tätig sein;

discuss business über geschäftliche Dinge reden;

he knows his business er versteht sein Geschäft

2. a) Kaufmannsberuf m

b) Geschäftsleben n, Handel m:

be in business Geschäftsmann oder Kaufmann sein, ein Geschäft haben;

be back in business wieder im Geschäft sein;

go into business Kaufmann werden;

go out of business

a) das Geschäft oder seinen Beruf aufgeben,

b) den Betrieb einstellen;

business is business Geschäft ist Geschäft

3. WIRTSCH Geschäft(sgang) n(m), Geschäftsvolumen n, Umsatz m:

bad for business schlecht fürs Geschäft;

how is business? wie gehen die Geschäfte?;

business is slack das Geschäft ist flau;

business done (Börse) Umsatz(betrag) m, (tatsächlich getätigte) Abschlüsse pl;

no business (done) (Börse) ohne Umsatz;

do good business gute Geschäfte machen ( with mit);

lose business Kundschaft oder Aufträge verlieren, geschäftliche Einbußen erleiden

4. WIRTSCH Geschäft n, (Geschäfts)Unternehmen n, (-)Betrieb m, Firma f

5. (Laden)Geschäft n

6. Arbeit f, Tätigkeit f, Beschäftigung f:

business before pleasure erst die Arbeit, dann das Vergnügen;

he puts pleasure before business für ihn ist das Vergnügen wichtiger als die Arbeit; → mix A 7

7. auch business of the day Tagesordnung f

8. Sache f, Aufgabe f, Pflicht f:

that’s your business (to do) das (zu tun) ist deine Aufgabe;

make it one’s business to do sth, make a business of doing sth es sich zur Aufgabe machen, etwas zu tun

9. Angelegenheit f, Sache f:

life is a serious business das Leben ist eine ernste Angelegenheit;

that’s my business das ist meine Sache, das geht niemanden etwas an;

this is nobody’s business das geht niemanden etwas an;

this is none of your business, that is no business of yours das geht Sie nichts an;

get down to business zur Sache kommen;

I’m trying to keep out of this demonstration business umg ich versuche, mich aus der ganzen Demonstriererei herauszuhalten;

send sb about their business jemandem heimleuchten umg; → absolutely 1, mean¹ A 1, mind B 3

10. Anliegen n:

what is your business? was haben Sie auf dem Herzen?

11. Anlass m, Grund m, Berechtigung f:

you have no business doing ( oder to do) that Sie haben kein Recht, das zu tun;

what business did he have to say that? wie kam er dazu, das zu sagen?

12. THEAT Aktion f (stumme Szenen, Bewegungen etc; Ggs Sprechtext)

13. Geschäft n euph (Notdurft):

do one’s business sein Geschäft erledigen oder machen oder verrichten

B adj geschäftlich:

business problems;

for business reasons aus geschäftlichen Gründen

bus. abk business

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noun

1) (trading operation) Geschäft, das; (company, firm) Betrieb, der; (large) Unternehmen, das

2) no pl. (buying and selling) Geschäfte Pl.

on business — geschäftlich

he's in the wool business — er ist in der Wollbranche

business is business — (fig.) Geschäft ist Geschäft

set up in business — ein Geschäft od. eine Firma gründen

go out of business — pleite gehen (ugs.)

go into business — Geschäftsmann/-frau werden

do business [with somebody] — [mit jemandem] Geschäfte machen

be in business — Geschäftsmann/-frau sein

3) (task, duty, province) Aufgabe, die; Pflicht, die

that is my business/none of your business — das ist meine Angelegenheit/nicht deine Sache

what business is it of yours? — was geht Sie das an?

mind your own business — kümmere dich um deine [eigenen] Angelegenheiten!

he has no business to do that — er hat kein Recht, das zu tun

4) (matter to be considered) Angelegenheit, die

‘any other business’ — "Sonstiges"

5) (serious work)

get down to [serious] business — [ernsthaft] zur Sache kommen; (Commerc.) an die Arbeit gehen

mean business — es ernst meinen

business before pleasure — erst die Arbeit, dann das Vergnügen

6) (derog.): (affair) Sache, die; Geschichte, die (ugs.)

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adj.

geschäftlich adj. n.

Angelegenheit f.

Geschäft -e n.

Problem -e n.

Sache -n f.

English-german dictionary > business
2 look

look

A n

1 ( glance) coup m d'œil ; to have ou take a look at sth ( briefly) jeter un coup d'œil à or sur qch ; ( closely) examiner qch ; to have ou take a good look at examiner [qch] soigneusement [car, contract, patient] ; regarder [qch] de près [suspect, photo] ; I didn't get a good look at the thief je n'ai pas bien vu le voleur ; to have a look inside/behind sth regarder à l'intérieur de/derrière qch ; to have a look round faire un tour de [house, town] ; I had a quick look round ( in town) j'ai fait un petit tour ; ( in shop) j'ai jeté un coup d'œil ; to have a look round the shops faire le tour des magasins ; to have a look through ( peer) regarder dans [telescope] ; regarder par [crack, window] ; ( scan) chercher dans [archives, files] ; parcourir [essay, report] ; she took one look at him and screamed elle l'a regardé et s'est mise à crier ; I took one look at him and knew that he was ill j'ai tout de suite vu qu'il était malade ; let's have a look at that grazed knee voyons ce genou écorché ; to take a long hard look at sth fig étudier sérieusement qch ;

2 ( search) to have a look chercher ; to have a look for sth chercher qch ; I've had several looks j'ai regardé or cherché plusieurs fois ; I had a good look in the attic j'ai bien cherché dans le grenier ;

3 ( expression) regard m ; a look of fear/anger un regard rempli de terreur/de colère ; a look of sadness un regard triste ; to give sb a kind/pitying look regarder qn avec bonté/pitié ; he gave me a look of sheer hatred il m'a lancé or jeté un regard de pure haine ; did you see the look he gave me? tu as vu le regard qu'il m'a jeté? ; she gave me such a look! elle m'a jeté un de ces regards! ; he got some odd ou funny looks on l'a regardé d'un drôle d'air ; I don't like the look on his face ou in his eye je n'aime pas son air ; you could tell from the look on his face that à sa tête ○ on voyait que ; to give sb a dirty/evil look regarder qn d'un sale œil/d'un air méchant ;

4 ( appearance) ( of person) air m ; (of building, car, design, scenery) aspect m ; to have a look of weariness/sadness about one avoir l'air abattu/triste ; the car has a dated look la voiture ne fait pas très moderne ; she has a look of her father about her elle a quelque chose de son père ; to have the look of a military man/seasoned traveller avoir l'allure d'un militaire/d'un voyageur expérimenté ; I like the look of it ça a l'air bien ; I like the look of the new computer/car j'aime bien la ligne du nouvel ordinateur/de la nouvelle voiture ; I like the look of him il a l'air sympa ○, il a une bonne tête ○ ; I don't like the look of him il ne m'inspire pas confiance ; I don't like the look of the weather le ciel n'annonce rien de bon ; I don't like the look of that rash ces rougeurs m'inquiètent ; by the look(s) of him he must be about 40 à le voir on lui donnerait la quarantaine ; by the look(s) of the barometer à en juger par le baromètre ;

5 ( style) look ○ m, style m ; the look for the 90's le look des années 90.

B looks npl he's got the looks, but can he act? il a le physique, mais sait-il jouer? ; looks aren't everything il n'y a pas que la beauté qui compte ; to keep one's looks rester beau/belle ; he's losing his looks il n'est pas aussi beau qu'autrefois ; you can't go ou judge by looks alone il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences.

C vtr

1 (gaze, stare) regarder ; look what he's done! regarde ce qu'il a fait! ; look how/where… regarde comment/où… ; to look sb in the eye/in the face regarder qn dans les yeux/en face ; to look sb up and down ( appraisingly) regarder qn de haut en bas ; ( critically) toiser qn des pieds à la tête ; to look one's last on jeter un dernier regard sur [house, view] ; look what arrived this morning regarde ce qui est arrivé ce matin ; look who it is! regarde qui voilà! ; look who's just walked in! regarde qui vient d'arriver! ; now look what you've done! regarde ce que tu as fait! ; look what time it starts! tu as vu à quelle heure ça commence! ;

2 ( appear) to look one's age faire son âge ; to look one's best être à son avantage ; she still looks the same elle n'a pas changé ; to look an idiot ou a fool avoir l'air ridicule ; it won't look good if you refuse ça sera mal vu si tu refuses ; he doesn't look himself today il n'a pas l'air dans son assiette aujourd'hui.

D vi

1 regarder (into dans ; over par-dessus) ; to look and see who's at the door regarder qui est à la porte ; to look and see what's on TV regarder ce qu'il y a à la télé ; to look at sb/sth regarder qn/qch ; to look away détourner le regard or les yeux ; to look in at the window regarder (à l'intérieur) par la fenêtre ; to look out of ou through the window regarder par la fenêtre ; to look the other way lit regarder ailleurs ; fig fermer les yeux ; to look up and down the street regarder partout dans la rue ; I didn't know where to look fig je ne savais plus où me mettre ; ( in shop) I'm just looking je ne fais que regarder ;

2 ( search) chercher, regarder ; to look down parcourir [list] ; to look for sth chercher qch ; a group of youths looking for trouble une bande de jeunes qui cherchent la bagarre ; are you looking for a smack in the mouth ○ ? tu veux mon poing sur la figure ○ ? ;

3 (appear, seem) avoir l'air, paraître ; he looks happy il a l'air heureux, il paraît heureux ; it's nice to see you looking happy ça fait plaisir de te voir heureux ; you look hot/cold tu as l'air d'avoir chaud/froid ; he doesn't look French il n'a pas l'air français, il ne fait pas français ; he looks young for his age il fait or il paraît jeune pour son âge ; she's 40 but she doesn't look it elle a 40 ans mais elle ne les fait pas ; he looks about 50 il doit avoir la cinquantaine ; that dress makes you look younger cette robe te rajeunit ; how do I look? comment me trouves-tu? ; you look well tu as bonne mine ; you don't look well tu as mauvaise mine ; you look good in that hat ce chapeau te va bien ; you look good enough to eat! tu es mignon à croquer ○ ! ; that cake looks good ce gâteau a l'air bon ; the picture will look good in the study le tableau ira bien dans le bureau ; how does my tie look? comment est ma cravate? ; it doesn't look straight il n'est pas droit, il est de travers ; it doesn't look right ça ne va pas ; how does it look to you? qu'est-ce que tu en penses? ; it looks OK to me ça m'a l'air d'aller ; does the meat look cooked to you? est-ce que tu crois que la viande est cuite? ; things are looking good les choses se présentent bien ; things aren't looking too good ça ne va pas très bien ; it looks to me as if ou though j'ai l'impression que ; this looks to me like the right street j'ai l'impression que c'est la bonne rue ; it looks as if ou though it will rain/snow on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir/neiger ; it looks likely that il semble probable que (+ subj) ; it looks certain that il semble certain que (+ indic) ; he looks to be the strongest il semble être le plus fort ; it looks to be a question of time/money ça a l'air d'être une question de temps/d'argent ;

4 to look like sb/sth ressembler à qn/qch ; it doesn't look anything like a Picasso! ça ne ressemble absolument pas à un Picasso! ; that photograph doesn't look like you ou looks nothing like you on ne te reconnaît pas du tout sur cette photo ; what does she look like? comment est-elle? ; what does the house look like? comment est la maison? ; it looks like being funny/interesting cela promet d'être amusant/intéressant ; you look like being the only man there il y a de fortes chances pour que tu sois le seul homme présent ; she looks like being the first to finish il y a de fortes chances pour qu'elle soit la première à finir ; it looks like he's dying tout porte à croire qu'il est mourant ; it looks like rain/snow on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir/neiger ; it certainly looks like it ça en a tout l'air ; ‘are you having trouble?’ ‘what does it look like?’ iron ‘tu as des ennuis?’ ‘à ton avis?’ iron ; what does it look like to you? murder? qu'en pensez-vous? c'est un meurtre? ; it looks like cancer to me je pense que c'est un cancer ; you look like you could do with a drink/bath j'ai l'impression qu'un verre d'alcool/un bain ne te ferait pas de mal ;

5 ( also look here) écoute ; look, this is ridiculous écoute, c'est ridicule ; look, it wasn't my fault écoute, ce n'était pas ma faute ; look here, I'm in no mood for jokes écoute-moi bien, je ne suis pas d'humeur à plaisanter ;

6 ( be oriented) to look north/south [house, room] être orienté au nord/sud.

E - looking (dans composés) serious/distinguished-looking [person] à l'air sérieux/distingué ; dubious/sinister-looking [place, object] à l'aspect douteux/sinistre ; he's not bad-looking il n'est pas mal.

Idiom

if looks could kill, I'd be dead by now il/elle/etc m'a fusillé du regard.

Phrasal verbs

■ look about = look around.

■ look after:

▶ look after [sb/sth]

1 ( care for) soigner [patient, sick animal] ; garder [child] ; s'occuper de [customer, guest] ; s'occuper de [animal, plant] ; entretenir [car, equipment] ; prendre soin de [belongings, toys] ; he's being looked after by his grand-parents ce sont ses grand-parents qui le gardent ; these books have been well looked after on a pris soin de ces livres ; to look after sb's needs satisfaire les besoins de qn ;

2 ( be responsible for) s'occuper de [administration, finances, business, shop] ; surveiller [class, schoolchildren] ; to look after sb's interests veiller aux intérêts de qn ; look after my luggage, I'll be back in a minute! surveille mes bagages, je reviens tout de suite! ;

▶ look after oneself

1 ( cope) she's too frail to look after herself elle est trop fragile pour se débrouiller toute seule ; I'm old enough to look after myself je suis assez grand pour me débrouiller tout seul ;

2 ( be careful) safe journey, and look after yourself bon voyage, sois prudent!

■ look ahead lit regarder devant soi ; fig regarder vers l'avenir ; we must look ahead to the future now nous devons penser à l'avenir maintenant ; she's looking ahead to the next Olympics elle se prépare pour les prochains jeux Olympiques ; and now, looking ahead to tomorrow's programmes Radio, TV et maintenant, un aperçu des émissions de demain.

■ look around:

▶ look around

1 ( turn around) se retourner ;

2 ( glance around) regarder autour de soi ; to look around at one's friends/ colleagues fig passer en revue ses amis/collègues ;

3 ( search) chercher ; to look around for sb/sth chercher qn/qch ;

4 (visit, examine) (in building, town) faire un tour ; ( in room) jeter un coup d'œil ;

▶ look around [sth] visiter [church, town] ; faire le tour de [room] ; they spent the morning looking around London/the shops ils ont passé la matinée à visiter Londres/à faire les magasins.

■ look at:

▶ look at [sth]

1 gen regarder ; ( briefly) jeter un coup d'œil sur ; look at the state of you! regarde un peu de quoi tu as l'air! ; just look at the state of this room! regarde un peu l'état de cette pièce! ; look at this coat/book! regarde-moi ○ ce manteau/ce livre! ; just look at this! regarde-moi ça ○ ! ; you'd never guess, to look at her à la voir on ne devinerait jamais ; he's/it's not much to look at il/ça ne paie pas de mine ;

2 ( examine) vérifier [equipment] ; [doctor] examiner [patient, wound] ; [workman] jeter un coup d'œil à [car, plumbing] ; étudier [problem, implications, effects, ways, offer, options] ; you should get that wound looked at tu devrais faire examiner cette blessure (par le médecin) ;

3 (see, view) voir [life, events, situation] ; envisager [problem] ; try and look at it my way essaie de voir les choses de mon point de vue ; his way of looking at things sa façon de voir les choses ; look at it this way, if he offers, I won't refuse écoute, s'il me fait une proposition, je ne la refuserai pas ; that's how I look at it c'est comme ça que je vois les choses ; the problem needs to be looked at from all angles il faut envisager ce problème sous tous ses aspects ; you can't be too careful, look at Tom! il faut être très prudent, regarde ce qui est arrivé à Tom! ;

4 ( face) to be looking at [firm] être au bord de [bankruptcy, collapse] ; [criminal] risquer [life sentence, fine] ; you're looking at major repairs here dites-vous bien qu'il s'agit ici de réparations importantes ; you're looking at a bill for about 3,000 dollars ça va vous coûter aux alentours de 3 000 dollars.

■ look back:

▶ look back

1 ( turn around) se retourner ; to look back at sb/sth se retourner pour regarder qn/qch ;

2 (reflect, reminisce) let's look back to the year 1964 revenons à l'année 1964 ; if we look back to the 19th century si l'on considère le dix-neuvième siècle ; since then she's never looked back depuis tout s'est très bien passé pour elle ; to look back on se tourner sur [past] ; repenser à [experience] ; faire le bilan de [career, marriage] ; looking back on it, I think I made the right decision rétrospectivement, je pense que j'ai pris la bonne décision.

■ look down:

▶ look down (with modesty, shame) baisser les yeux ; ( from a height) regarder en bas ; from the hilltop she looked down on the city elle regardait la ville du haut de la colline ;

▶ look down on [sb/sth]

1 ( despise) mépriser [person, lifestyle] ;

2 ( dominate) [fortress, tower] dominer [town, valley].

■ look for:

▶ look for [sb/sth] ( search for) chercher qn/qch ;

▶ look for [sth] ( expect) attendre [commitment, co-operation, result, reward] (from de) ; what I'm looking for from you is a guarantee ce que j'attends de vous c'est une garantie ; what do you look for in a new recruit? qu'est-ce que vous attendez d'une nouvelle recrue?

■ look forward: to look forward to [sth] attendre [qch] avec impatience ; I was so looking forward to it j'attendais ça avec tant d'impatience, je m'en faisais une telle joie ; she's looking forward to going on holiday elle a hâte de partir en vacances ; I'm not looking forward to the interview/party la perspective de l'entretien/la fête ne me réjouit pas ; I look forward to hearing from you ( writing to a friend) j'espère avoir bientôt de tes nouvelles ; ( in formal correspondence) dans l'attente de votre réponse.

■ look in

1 ( pay a visit) passer ; I'll look in again tomorrow je repasserai demain ; to look in on passer voir [person, class, rehearsals] ; look in on the baby and check she's still asleep va voir si le bébé dort ;

2 ( watch TV) if there are any viewers looking in who want more details, please contact us les téléspectateurs qui désirent obtenir plus de renseignements peuvent nous contacter.

■ look into:

▶ look into [sth] examiner, étudier [matter, possibility, problem] ; examiner [accounts, background] ; enquêter sur [death, disappearance, theft].

■ look on:

▶ look on [crowd, spectators] regarder ; we looked on admiringly as she danced nous l'avons regardée danser avec admiration ; I was forced to look on as the house was ransacked j'ai été forcé d'assister au pillage de la maison ;

▶ look on [sb/sth] considérer [person, event etc] (as comme ; with avec) ; we look on him as a son nous le considérons comme notre fils ; I look on it as a privilege je considère que c'est un privilège.

■ look onto:

▶ look onto [sth] [house, room] donner sur [sea, garden, street].

■ look out:

▶ look out ( take care) faire attention (for à) ; ( be wary) se méfier (for de) ; you must look out for snakes faites attention aux serpents ; look out for motorists turning out of side roads méfiez-vous des automobilistes qui débouchent des petites routes ; look out! attention! ;

▶ look out for [sb/sth] guetter [person] ; être à l'affût de [new recruits, talent] ; être à la recherche de [apartment, book] ; guetter l'apparition de [signs, symptoms] ; repérer [cases, examples] ; être à l'affût de [bargain, special offer] ;

▶ look out for [oneself] se débrouiller tout seul, s'occuper de soi ;

▶ look out over [sth] [window, balcony] donner sur [sea, park].

■ look over:

▶ look [sb] over passer [qn] en revue [new recruits, troops] ;

▶ look [sth] over examiner [car, equipment] ; [vet] examiner [animal] ; get an expert to look the car over before you buy it fais examiner la voiture par un spécialiste avant de l'acheter ;

▶ look over [sth]

1 ( read) ( in detail) examiner [document, contract] ; ( rapidly) parcourir [essay, lines, notes] ; jeter un coup d'œil sur, parcourir [document, report] ; I'll get Rose to look it over quickly je demanderai à Rose d'y jeter un petit coup d'œil ;

2 ( visit) visiter [factory, gardens, house].

■ look round

1 ( look behind one) se retourner ; she looked round to see who it was elle s'est retournée pour voir qui c'était ;

2 ( look about) regarder autour de soi ; I'm just looking round ( in shop) je ne fais que regarder ; we're looking round for a new house nous cherchons une nouvelle maison ;

▶ look round [sth] visiter [town, building].

■ look through:

▶ look through [sth]

1 ( read) consulter [archive, material, files] ; parcourir [essay, list, script, report, notes] ; ( scan idly) feuilleter [book, magazine] ;

2 ( search) fouiller dans [belongings, drawers, briefcase] ; I caught him looking through my diary je l'ai trouvé en train de lire mon journal intime ; try looking through that pile of papers regarde dans cette pile de papiers ;

▶ look through [sb] faire semblant de ne pas voir [person].

■ look to:

▶ look to [sb/sth]

1 ( rely on) compter sur qn/qch (for pour ; to do pour faire) ; they look to him for leadership ils comptent sur lui pour les diriger ;

2 ( turn to) se tourner vers [future] ; he looked to his friends for support il s'est tourné vers ses amis pour qu'ils le soutiennent ;

▶ look to [sth] ( pay attention) veiller à [defences, interests] ;

▶ look to do ( expect) espérer faire ; we're looking to break even/make a profit nous espérons rentrer dans nos frais/faire des bénéfices.

■ look up:

▶ look up

1 ( raise one's eyes) lever les yeux (from de) ;

2 ( raise one's head) lever la tête ; to look up at the clouds/tree-tops regarder les nuages/le sommet des arbres ;

3 ( improve) [business, prospects] aller mieux ; [conditions, situation] s'améliorer ; [property market] reprendre ; things are looking up for us les choses s'arrangent pour nous ;

▶ look up [sth] regarder à l'intérieur de [chimney] ; to look up sb's skirt regarder sous la jupe de qn ;

▶ look [sb/sth] up, look up [sb/sth]

1 ( check in book) chercher [address, phone number, price, word] (in dans) ; look his number up in the phone book cherche son numéro de téléphone dans l'annuaire ;

2 ( visit) passer voir [acquaintance, friend] ; look me up if you're ever in New York passez me voir or faites-moi signe si jamais vous vous trouvez à New York ;

▶ look up to [sb] admirer [person].

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1. noun

2. plural noun

3. intransitive verb

4. transitive verb

5. compounds

6. Phrasal Verbs

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1. noun

   a. ( = glance) do you want a look? tu veux jeter un coup d'œil ?

• and now for a quick look at the papers et maintenant, les grands titres de vos journaux

► to have/take a look

• let me have a look ( = may I) fais voir ; ( = I'm going to) je vais voir

• let me have another look ( = may I) je peux regarder encore une fois ?

• to take a look at sth jeter un coup d'œil à qch

• take a look at this! regarde !

• to take another look at sth examiner qch de plus près

• to take a good look at sth bien regarder qch

• to take a good look at sb regarder qn avec attention

• take a good look! regarde bien !

• to take a long hard look at sth examiner qch de près

• to take a long hard look at o.s. (psychologically) faire son autocritique

• to have a look round the house visiter la maison

• I just want to have a look round (in town) je veux simplement faire un tour ; (in a shop) je ne fais que regarder

• have a look through the telescope regarde dans le télescope

   b. ( = expression) regard m

• an inquiring look un regard interrogateur

• we got some very odd looks les gens nous ont regardé d'un drôle d'air

• I told her what I thought and if looks could kill, I'd be dead (inf) je lui ai dit ce que je pensais et elle m'a fusillé du regard

   c. ( = search) to have a look for sth chercher qch

• have another look! cherche bien !

   d. ( = appearance) air m

• there was a sad look about him il avait l'air plutôt triste

• I like the look of her (inf) je trouve qu'elle a l'air sympathique

• I don't like the look of him (inf) il a une tête qui ne me revient pas (inf)

• by the looks of him (inf) à le voir

• by the looks of it (inf) de toute évidence

• you can't go by looks(PROV) il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences

• I don't like the look of this at all (inf) ça ne me dit rien qui vaille

   e. ( = style) look (inf) m

• I need a new look il faut que je change de look (inf)

2. plural noun

looks (inf) beauté f

• looks aren't everything la beauté n'est pas tout

• she has kept her looks elle est restée belle

• she's losing her looks elle n'est plus aussi belle qu'autrefois

3. intransitive verb

   a. ( = see, glance) regarder

• look over there! regarde là-bas !

• look! regarde !

• look and see if he's still there regarde s'il est encore là

• look what a mess you've made! regarde le gâchis que tu as fait !

• look who's here! (inf) regarde qui est là !

• to look the other way ( = avert one's eyes) détourner le regard ; (figurative) fermer les yeux (fig) (PROV) look before you leap il faut réfléchir avant d'agir

► to look + adverb/preposition

• he looked around him for an ashtray il a cherché un cendrier des yeux

• to look down one's nose at sb (inf) regarder qn de haut

• she looks down her nose at romantic novels (inf) elle méprise les romans à l'eau de rose

• to look down the list parcourir la liste

• look here, we must discuss it first (inf) écoutez, il faut d'abord en discuter

• look here, that isn't what I said! (inf) dites donc, ce n'est pas (du tout) ce que j'ai dit !

• she looked into his eyes elle l'a regardé droit dans les yeux ; (romantically) elle a plongé son regard dans le sien

• to look over sb's shoulder regarder par-dessus l'épaule de qn ; (figurative) être constamment sur le dos de qn

• to be looking over one's shoulder (figurative) être sur ses gardes

• he looked right through me (inf) il a fait comme s'il ne me voyait pas

   b. ( = face) [building] donner

• the house looks onto the main street la maison donne sur la rue principale

   c. ( = search) chercher

• you should have looked more carefully tu aurais dû chercher un peu mieux

   d. ( = seem) avoir l'air

• he looks about 40 il doit avoir la quarantaine

• he looks about 75 kilos il doit faire environ 75 kilos

• she's tired and she looks it elle est fatiguée et ça se voit

• he's 50 and he looks it il a 50 ans et il les fait

• how did she look? (health) comment va-t-elle ? ; (on hearing news) quelle tête elle a fait ?

• how do I look? comment me trouves-tu ?

• how does it look to you? qu'en pensez-vous ?

► to look as if

• try to look as if you're glad to see them! essaie d'avoir l'air content de les voir !

• it looks as if it's going to snow on dirait qu'il va neiger

• it doesn't look as if he's coming on dirait qu'il ne va pas venir► to look + adjective/noun

• she looks her age elle fait son âge

• it will look bad ça va faire mauvais effet

• you must look your best for this interview il faut que tu présentes bien pour cet entretien

• they made me look a fool ils m'ont ridiculisé

• he looks good in uniform l'uniforme lui va bien

• that dress looks good on her cette robe lui va bien

• that pie looks good cette tarte a l'air bonne

• how are you getting on with your autobiography? -- it's looking good comment avance ton autobiographie ? -- elle avance bien

• it looks good on paper c'est très bien sur le papier

• that hairstyle makes her look old cette coiffure la vieillit

• it makes him look ten years older/younger ça le vieillit/rajeunit de dix ans

• he looks older than that il a l'air plus âgé que ça

• to look the part avoir le physique de l'emploi (inf)

• how pretty you look! comme vous êtes jolie !

• it looks promising c'est prometteur

• it looks all right to me ça m'a l'air d'aller

• to make sb look small rabaisser qn

• she looks tired elle a l'air fatigué(e)

• you're looking well vous avez bonne mine

• she doesn't look well elle n'a pas bonne mine► to look like

• what does he look like? comment est-il ?

• he looks like his father il ressemble à son père

• the picture doesn't look like him at all on ne le reconnaît pas du tout sur cette photo

• he looks like a soldier il a l'air d'un soldat

• it looks like salt ( = seems) on dirait du sel

• this looks to me like the right shop cela m'a l'air d'être le bon magasin

• it looks like rain (inf) on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir

• the rain doesn't look like stopping la pluie n'a pas l'air de vouloir s'arrêter

• it certainly looks like it ça m'en a tout l'air

• the evening looked like being interesting la soirée promettait d'être intéressante

4. transitive verb

regarder

• to look sb in the face regarder qn en face

• to look sb up and down toiser qn

• look where you're going! regarde où tu vas !

• look what you've done now! regarde ce que tu as fait !

5. compounds

► look-alike (inf) noun sosie m

• a Churchill look-alike un sosie de Churchill ► look-in (inf) noun

• our team didn't have or get a look-in notre équipe n'a jamais eu la moindre chance de gagner

6. Phrasal Verbs

► look about intransitive verb regarder autour de soi

• to look about for sb/sth chercher qn/qch (des yeux)► look after inseparable transitive verb

[+ invalid, child, animal, plant] s'occuper de ; [+ one's possessions] prendre soin de ; [+ finances] gérer

• she doesn't look after herself properly elle se néglige

• look after yourself! (inf) prends soin de toi !

• she's quite old enough to look after herself elle est assez grande pour se débrouiller (inf) toute seule

• he certainly looks after his car il bichonne sa voiture

• we're well looked after here on s'occupe bien de nous ici

• they looked after the house while we were away ils se sont occupés de la maison en notre absence

• will you look after my bag for me? tu peux surveiller mon sac ?

• to look after one's own interests protéger ses intérêts► look ahead intransitive verb

(in front) regarder devant soi ; (to future) penser à l'avenir

• I'm looking ahead at what might happen j'essaie d'imaginer ce qui pourrait se passer► look around intransitive verb regarder autour de soi

• to look around for sb/sth chercher qn/qch (des yeux)► look at inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = observe) [+ person, object] regarder

• just look at this mess! regarde un peu ce fouillis !

• just look at you! (inf) regarde de quoi tu as l'air !

• to look at him you would never think that... à le voir, on n'imaginerait pas que...

• it isn't much to look at (inf) ça ne paie pas de mine

   b. ( = consider) [+ situation, problem] examiner

• let's look at the facts examinons les faits

• he now looked at her with new respect il commença à la considérer avec respect

• that's one way of looking at it c'est une façon de voir les choses

• it depends on how you look at it tout dépend comment on voit la chose

   c. ( = check) vérifier ; ( = see to) s'occuper de

• will you look at the carburettor? pourriez-vous vérifier le carburateur ?

   d. ( = have in prospect) (inf) you're looking at a minimum of £65 ça va vous coûter 65 livres au minimum

• they are looking at savings of $3 million les économies pourraient atteindre 3 millions de dollars► look away intransitive verb détourner les yeux ( from de ) ; (figurative) fermer les yeux

► look back intransitive verb regarder derrière soi

• she looked back at Marie and smiled elle se retourna pour regarder Marie et lui sourit

• after that he never looked back (inf) après, ça n'a fait qu'aller de mieux en mieux pour lui

• there's no point looking back ça ne sert à rien de revenir sur le passé

• looking back, I'm surprised I didn't suspect anything avec le recul, je suis étonné de n'avoir rien soupçonné

• to look back on sth ( = remember, evaluate) repenser à qch

• when they look back on this match... lorsqu'ils repenseront à ce match...

• we can look back over 20 years of happy marriage nous avons derrière nous 20 ans de bonheur conjugal► look behind intransitive verb regarder en arrière

► look down intransitive verb baisser les yeux

• to look down at the ground regarder par terre

• don't look down or you'll fall ne regarde pas en bas, sinon tu vas tomber► look down on inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = despise) mépriser

   b. ( = overlook) dominer

• the castle looks down on the valley le château domine la vallée► look for inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = seek) [+ object, work] chercher

• to be looking for trouble (inf) chercher les ennuis

   b. ( = expect) [+ praise, reward] espérer► look forward to inseparable transitive verb

[+ event, meal, trip, holiday] attendre avec impatience

• I'm looking forward to seeing them j'ai hâte de les voir

• I look forward to meeting you on the 5th je vous verrai donc avec plaisir le 5

• looking forward to hearing from you (in letter) en espérant avoir bientôt de vos nouvelles

• I look forward to hearing from you (formal) dans l'attente de votre réponse (frm)

• I look forward to the day when... j'attends avec impatience le jour où...

• are you looking forward to your birthday? tu te réjouis pour ton anniversaire ?

• we'd been looking forward to it for weeks on attendait ça depuis des semaines

• I'm really looking forward to it je m'en réjouis à l'avance► look in intransitive verb regarder à l'intérieur

• to look in on sb passer voir qn

• the doctor will look in again tomorrow le docteur repassera demain► look into inseparable transitive verb

( = examine) examiner

• there's obviously been a mistake. I'll look into it il y a dû y avoir une erreur. Je vais m'en occuper► look on

1. intransitive verb

regarder (faire)

• they just looked on while the raiders escaped ils ont regardé les bandits s'enfuir sans intervenir

• he wrote the letter while I looked on il a écrit la lettre tandis que je le regardais faire

2. inseparable transitive verb

considérer► look out

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = look outside) regarder dehors

• to look out of the window regarder par la fenêtre

   b. ( = take care) faire attention

• I told you to look out! je t'avais bien dit de faire attention !

• look out! attention !

2. separable transitive verb

(British) ( = look for) chercher ; ( = find) trouver

• I'll look out some old magazines je vais essayer de trouver des vieux magazines

• I've looked out the minutes of the meeting j'ai trouvé le procès-verbal de la réunion► look out for inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = look for) chercher ; ( = watch out for) [+ sth good] essayer de repérer ; [+ danger] se méfier de

• look out for special deals soyez à l'affût des bonnes affaires

• look out for ice on the road faites attention au verglas

   b. ( = look after) (inf) [+ person] s'occuper de

• we look out for each other on se tient les coudes► look over separable transitive verb

[+ document, list] parcourir ; [+ goods, produce] inspecter ; [+ town, building] visiter ; [+ person] (quickly) jeter un coup d'œil à ; (slowly) regarder de la tête aux pieds

► look round

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = glance about) regarder (autour de soi)

• we're just looking round (in shop) on regarde

   b. ( = search) chercher

• I looked round for you after the concert je vous ai cherché après le concert

   c. ( = look back) se retourner

• I looked round to see where he was je me suis retourné pour voir où il était

• don't look round! ne vous retournez pas !

2. inseparable transitive verb

[+ town, factory] visiter► look through inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = scan) [+ mail] regarder ; (thoroughly) [+ papers, book] examiner ; (briefly) [+ papers, book] parcourir

   b. ( = revise) [+ lesson] réviser ; ( = re-read) [+ notes] relire

   c. ( = ignore) he just looked right through me (inf) il a fait comme s'il ne me voyait pas► look to inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = seek help from) se tourner vers

• many sufferers look to alternative therapies de nombreux malades se tournent vers les médecines parallèles

• I look to you for help je compte sur votre aide

   b. ( = think of) penser à

• to look to the future penser à l'avenir

   c. ( = seek to) chercher à

• they are looking to make a profit ils cherchent à réaliser un bénéfice► look up

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = glance upwards) regarder en haut ; (from reading) lever les yeux

   b. ( = improve) (inf) [prospects, weather] s'améliorer ; [business] reprendre

• things are looking up ça va mieux

• oil shares are looking up les actions pétrolières remontent

2. separable transitive verb

   a. ( = seek out) (inf) [+ person] passer voir

• look me up the next time you are in London passez me voir la prochaine fois que vous serez à Londres

   b. (in reference book) [+ name, word] chercher

• to look up a word in the dictionary chercher un mot dans le dictionnaire

• you'll have to look that one up [+ word] il va falloir que tu cherches dans le dictionnaire

3. inseparable transitive verb

[+ reference book] consulter

► look upon inseparable transitive verb considérer

► look up to inseparable transitive verb

( = admire) admirer

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[lʊk] 1.
noun

1) ( glance) coup m d'œil

to have ou take a look at something — jeter un coup d'œil à or sur quelque chose

to have ou take a good look at — fig examiner [quelque chose] soigneusement; lit regarder [quelque chose] de près

I didn't get a good look — je n'ai pas bien vu

to have a look inside/behind something — regarder à l'intérieur de/derrière quelque chose

to have a look round — faire un tour de [house, town]

to have a look round the shops — faire le tour des magasins

to have a look through — ( scan) chercher dans [archives, files]; parcourir [essay, report]

I took one look at him and knew that he was ill — j'ai tout de suite vu qu'il était malade

let's have a look at that grazed knee — voyons ce genou écorché

to take a long hard look at something — fig étudier sérieusement quelque chose

2) ( search)

to have a (good) look — (bien) chercher

3) ( expression) regard m

a look of sadness/anger — un regard triste/rempli de colère

to give somebody a pitying look — regarder quelqu'un avec pitié

he got some odd ou funny looks — on l'a regardé d'un drôle d'air

I don't like the look on his face — je n'aime pas son air

from the look on his face... — à son expression...

4) ( appearance) ( of person) air m; (of building, scenery) aspect m

to have a dated look — ne pas faire très moderne

she has a look of her father — elle a quelque chose de son père

to have the look of a military man — avoir l'allure d'un militaire

I like the look of it — ça a l'air bien

I like the look of him — il a l'air sympa (colloq)

I don't like the look of him — il ne m'inspire pas confiance

I don't like the look of the weather — le ciel n'annonce rien de bon

I don't like the look of that rash — ces rougeurs m'inquiètent

by the look of him... — à le voir...

5) ( style) look (colloq) m
2.
looks plural noun

he's got the looks — il a le physique

looks aren't everything — il n'y a pas que la beauté qui compte

to keep one's looks — rester beau/belle

he's losing his looks — il n'est pas aussi beau qu'autrefois

you can't go by looks alone — il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences
3.
transitive verb

1) (gaze, stare) regarder

to look somebody in the eye/in the face — regarder quelqu'un dans les yeux/en face

to look somebody up and down — ( appraisingly) regarder quelqu'un de haut en bas

look who it is! — regarde qui voilà!

2) ( appear)

to look one's age — faire son âge

she's 40 but she doesn't look it — elle a 40 ans mais elle ne les fait pas

he looks about 50 — il doit avoir la cinquantaine

to look one's best — être à son avantage

she still looks the same — elle n'a pas changé

to look a fool — avoir l'air ridicule

it won't look good — ça sera mal vu

he doesn't look himself — il n'a pas l'air dans son assiette
4.
intransitive verb

1) regarder ( into dans; over par-dessus)

to look and see who's at the door — regarder qui est à la porte

to look away — détourner le regard or les yeux

to look out of the window — regarder par la fenêtre

to look the other way — lit regarder ailleurs; fig fermer les yeux

to look up and down the street — regarder partout dans la rue

I didn't know where to look — fig je ne savais plus où me mettre; ( in shop)

I'm just looking — je ne fais que regarder

2) ( search) chercher, regarder

to look down — parcourir [list]

3) (appear, seem) avoir l'air, paraître

you look cold — tu as l'air d'avoir froid

he looks young for his age — il fait jeune pour son âge

that makes you look younger — ça te rajeunit

how do I look? — comment me trouves-tu?

you look well — tu as bonne mine

you look good in that hat — ce chapeau te va bien

you look good enough to eat! — tu es mignon/-onne à croquer! (colloq)

the picture will look good in the study — le tableau ira bien dans le bureau

it doesn't look right — ça ne va pas

how does it look to you? — qu'est-ce que tu en penses?

it looks OK to me — ça m'a l'air d'aller

things are looking good — les choses se présentent bien

it looks to me as if ou like... (colloq) — j'ai l'impression que...

it looks as if it will snow — on dirait qu'il va neiger

it looks likely that — il semble probable que (+ subj)

it looks certain that — il semble certain que (+ indic)

to look like somebody/something — ressembler à quelqu'un/quelque chose

that photograph doesn't look like you — on ne te reconnaît pas du tout sur cette photo

what does the house look like? — comment est la maison?

it looks like being fun — cela promet d'être amusant

you look like being the only man there — il y a de fortes chances pour que tu sois le seul homme présent

it looks like rain — on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir

it certainly looks like it — ça en a tout l'air

it looks like cancer to me — je pense que c'est un cancer

4) ( listen) écoute

look here — écoute-moi bien

5) ( be oriented)

to look north — [house, room] être orienté au nord
5.
- looking combining form

distinguished-looking — [person] à l'air distingué

sinister-looking — [place] à l'aspect sinistre

he's not bad-looking — il n'est pas mal

Phrasal Verbs:

- look after

- look ahead

- look around

- look at

- look back

- look down

- look for

- look forward

- look in

- look into

- look on

- look onto

- look out

- look over

- look round

- look through

- look to

- look up

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if looks could kill... — il/elle etc m'a fusillé du regard

English-French dictionary > look
4 look

look [lʊk]

coup d'œil ⇒ 1 (a) regard ⇒ 1 (c) air ⇒ 1 (d) mode ⇒ 1 (e) regarder ⇒ 2 (a), 3 (a) chercher ⇒ 3 (b) écouter ⇒ 3 (c) avoir l'air ⇒ 3 (d) chercher à ⇒ 3 (f) beauté ⇒ 4

1 noun

(a) (gen) coup m d'œil;

∎ to have or to take a look (at sth) jeter un coup d'œil (sur ou à qch), regarder (qch);

∎ familiar let's have a look (show me) fais voir;

∎ would you like a look through my binoculars? voulez-vous regarder avec mes jumelles?;

∎ one look at him is enough to know he's a crook on voit au premier coup d'œil que c'est un escroc;

∎ it's worth a quick look ça vaut le coup d'œil;

∎ we need to take a long hard look at our image abroad il est temps que nous examinions de près notre image de marque à l'étranger;

∎ did you get a good look at him? vous l'avez vu clairement?;

∎ did the mechanic have a proper look at the car? est-ce que le mécanicien a bien regardé la voiture?;

∎ and now a look ahead to next week's programmes et maintenant, un aperçu des programmes de la semaine prochaine;

∎ do you mind if I take a look around? ça vous gêne si je jette un coup d'œil?;

∎ we'll just have a quick look round the garden nous allons jeter un coup d'œil dans le jardin;

∎ we had a look round the town nous avons fait un tour dans la ville;

∎ I took a quick look through the drawers j'ai jeté un rapide coup d'œil dans les tiroirs

(b) (search)

∎ to have a look for sth chercher qch;

∎ have you had a good look for it? est-ce que tu as bien cherché?;

∎ have another look cherche encore

(c) (glance) regard m;

∎ a suspicious/nasty/angry look un regard soupçonneux/mauvais/méchant;

∎ she gave me a dirty look elle m'a jeté un regard mauvais;

∎ you should have seen the looks we got from passers-by! si tu avais vu la façon dont les passants nous regardaient!;

∎ we were getting some very odd looks on nous regardait d'un drôle d'air;

∎ he didn't say anything, but if looks could kill! il n'a pas dit un mot, mais il y a des regards qui tuent!

(d) (appearance, air) air m;

∎ he had a strange look in his eyes (expression) il avait un drôle de regard;

∎ the old house has a neglected look la vieille maison a l'air négligé;

∎ she has the look of a troublemaker elle a une tête à faire des histoires;

∎ she has the look of someone who's going places elle a l'air de quelqu'un qui réussira dans la vie;

∎ by the look or looks of her, I'd say she failed the exam à la voir ou rien qu'en la voyant, je dirais qu'elle a raté son examen;

∎ it has the look of a successful marriage cela a l'air d'un mariage heureux;

∎ there's trouble brewing by the look of it or things on dirait que quelque chose se trame;

∎ I quite like the look of the next candidate j'aime assez le profil du prochain candidat;

∎ I don't like the look of it ça ne me dit rien de bon ou rien qui vaille;

∎ I didn't like the look of her at all son allure ne m'a pas du tout plu;

∎ I don't like the look of the weather le temps a l'air inquiétant

(e) (fashion) mode f, look m;

∎ the sporty/punk look le look sportif/punk

2 transitive verb

(a) (in imperative)

∎ look who's coming! regarde qui arrive!;

∎ look who's talking! tu peux parler, toi!;

∎ look what you've done/where you're going! regarde un peu ce que tu as fait/où tu vas!

(b) (idioms)

∎ to look one's last on sth jeter un dernier regard à qch;

∎ to look sb up and down regarder qn de haut en bas, toiser qn du regard;

∎ to look sb (full or straight) in the face regarder qn (bien) en face ou dans les yeux;

∎ I can never look her in the face again je ne pourrai plus jamais la regarder en face

3 intransitive verb

(a) (gen) regarder;

∎ look, there's Brian! regarde, voilà Brian!;

∎ what's happening outside? let me look qu'est-ce qui se passe dehors? laissez-moi voir;

∎ have you cut yourself? let me look tu t'es coupé? montre-moi ou laisse-moi voir;

∎ go on, nobody's looking vas-y, personne ne regarde;

∎ they crept up on me while I wasn't looking ils se sont approchés de moi pendant que j'avais le dos tourné;

∎ I'm just looking (in shop) je regarde;

∎ look and see if there's anyone there regarde voir s'il y a quelqu'un;

∎ if you look very carefully you can see a tiny crack in it si tu regardes bien, tu verras une toute petite fissure;

∎ look this way regardez par ici;

∎ to look into sb's eyes regarder qn dans les yeux;

∎ she looked along the row/down the list elle a parcouru la rangée/la liste du regard;

∎ he was looking out of the window/over the wall/up the chimney il regardait par la fenêtre/par-dessus le mur/dans la cheminée;

∎ to look on the bright side voir les choses du bon côté;

∎ to look over sb's shoulder regarder par-dessus l'épaule de qn; figurative surveiller ce que fait qn;

∎ to look the other way détourner les yeux; figurative fermer les yeux;

∎ proverb look before you leap = il faut réfléchir deux fois avant d'agir

(b) (search) chercher;

∎ you can't have looked hard enough tu n'as pas dû beaucoup chercher

(c) (in imperative → listen, pay attention) écouter;

∎ look, I can't pay you back just yet écoute, je ne peux pas te rembourser tout de suite;

∎ now look, Paul, I've had enough of this! bon écoute, Paul, ça suffit maintenant!;

∎ look here! dites donc!

(d) (seem, appear) avoir l'air;

∎ to look old avoir l'air ou faire vieux;

∎ to look ill avoir l'air malade, avoir mauvaise mine;

∎ to look well (person) avoir bonne mine;

∎ that looks delicious! ça a l'air délicieux!;

∎ you look or are looking better today tu as l'air (d'aller) mieux aujourd'hui;

∎ how do I look? comment tu me trouves?;

∎ you look absolutely stunning in that dress tu es vraiment ravissante dans cette robe;

∎ it makes him look ten years older/younger ça le vieillit/rajeunit de dix ans;

∎ he's 70, but he doesn't look it il a 70 ans mais il n'en a pas l'air ou mais il ne les fait pas;

∎ I can't hang the picture there, it just doesn't look right je ne peux pas mettre le tableau là, ça ne va pas;

∎ it looks all right to me moi, je trouve ça bien;

∎ how does the situation look to you? que pensez-vous de la situation?;

∎ that's not how it looks to the man in the street ce n'est pas comme ça que l'homme de la rue voit les choses;

∎ things will look very different when you leave school les choses te sembleront très différentes quand tu quitteras l'école;

∎ it'll look bad if I don't contribute ça fera mauvaise impression si je ne contribue pas;

∎ things are looking black for the economy les perspectives économiques sont assez sombres;

∎ the crops look promising la récolte s'annonce bien;

∎ she's not as stupid as she looks elle est moins bête qu'elle n'en a l'air;

∎ I must have looked a fool j'ai dû passer pour un imbécile;

∎ to make sb look a fool or an idiot tourner qn en ridicule;

∎ he makes the rest of the cast look very ordinary à côté de lui, les autres acteurs ont l'air vraiment quelconques;

∎ to look like sb/sth (resemble) ressembler à qn/qch;

∎ she looks like her mother elle ressemble à sa mère;

∎ what does she look like? (describe her) comment est-elle?; (she looks a mess) non mais, à quoi elle ressemble!;

∎ it looks like an oil refinery ça ressemble à une raffinerie de pétrole, on dirait une raffinerie de pétrole;

∎ I don't know what it is, but it looks like blood je ne sais pas ce que c'est, mais on dirait ou ça ressemble à du sang;

∎ it looks like rain on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir;

∎ it looks (to me) like he was lying j'ai l'impression qu'il mentait;

∎ is this our room? - it looks like it c'est notre chambre? - ça m'en a tout l'air;

∎ the meeting looked like going on all day la réunion avait l'air d'être partie pour durer toute la journée;

∎ you look as if you've seen a ghost on dirait que tu as vu un revenant;

∎ it looks as if Natalie's going to resign Natalie a l'air de vouloir démissionner;

∎ it looks as if he didn't want to go il semble qu'il ne veuille pas y aller;

∎ it doesn't look as if they're coming on dirait qu'ils ne vont pas venir;

∎ you're looking good tu as l'air en forme;

∎ he looks good in jeans les jeans lui vont bien;

∎ that hat looks very good on you ce chapeau te va très bien;

∎ it'll look good on your CV ça fera bien sur ton curriculum ou CV;

∎ things are looking pretty good here les choses ont l'air de se présenter plutôt bien ici

(e) (face → house, window)

∎ to look (out) onto a park donner sur un parc;

∎ to look north/west être exposé au nord/à l'ouest

(f) (intend)

∎ to be looking to do sth chercher à faire qch;

∎ she'll be looking to improve on her previous best time elle cherchera à améliorer son meilleur temps;

∎ we're looking to expand our export business nous cherchons à développer nos exportations;

∎ I'm not looking to cause any trouble je ne veux pas causer de problèmes

4 looks plural noun

∎ (beauty) she's got everything - looks, intelligence, youth... elle a tout pour elle, elle est belle, intelligente, jeune...;

∎ he's kept his looks il est resté beau;

∎ looks don't matter l'apparence ne compte pas;

∎ she's got her mother's looks elle a la beauté de sa mère;

∎ he's lost his looks il n'est plus aussi beau qu'avant

➲ look after inseparable transitive verb

(a) (take care of) s'occuper de;

∎ my mother's looking after the kids/the cat this weekend ma mère va s'occuper des enfants/du chat ce week-end;

∎ she has a sick mother to look after elle a une mère malade à charge;

∎ you should look after your clothes more carefully tu devrais prendre plus grand soin de tes vêtements;

∎ he helps me to look after the garden il m'aide à m'occuper du jardin;

∎ figurative look after yourself! fais bien attention à toi!;

∎ you're well looked after on s'occupe bien de vous;

∎ the car has been well looked after la voiture est bien entretenue;

∎ don't worry, he can look after himself ne t'inquiète pas, il est capable de se débrouiller tout seul

(b) (be responsible for) s'occuper de;

∎ they look after our interests in Europe ils s'occupent de nos affaires en Europe

(c) (watch over) surveiller;

∎ can you look after my bag for a couple of minutes? tu peux surveiller mon sac deux minutes?

➲ look ahead intransitive verb

regarder vers l'avenir;

∎ looking ahead three or four years dans trois ou quatre ans;

∎ let's look ahead to the next century/to next month's meeting pensons au siècle prochain/à la réunion du mois prochain

➲ look around = look round

➲ look at inseparable transitive verb

(a) (gen) regarder;

∎ she looked at herself in the mirror elle se regarda dans la glace;

∎ they looked at each other ils ont échangé un regard;

∎ oh dear, look at the time! oh là là, regardez l'heure!;

∎ just look at you! (you look awful) mais regarde-toi donc!;

∎ it's not much to look at ça ne paie pas de mine;

∎ she's not much to look at ce n'est pas une beauté;

∎ he's not much to look at il n'est pas très beau;

∎ you wouldn't think, to look at him, that he's a multi-millionaire à le voir on ne croirait pas avoir affaire à un multi-millionnaire;

∎ I haven't looked at another woman in the last forty years en quarante ans, je n'ai pas regardé une autre femme;

∎ just look at the mess we're in! regarde les ennuis qu'on a!

(b) (consider) considérer;

∎ look at the problem from my point of view considérez le problème de mon point de vue;

∎ that's not the way I look at it ce n'est pas comme ça que je vois les choses;

∎ they won't even look at the idea ils refusent même de prendre cette idée en considération;

∎ if you don't have money, he won't even look at you si vous n'avez pas d'argent, il ne vous regardera même pas;

∎ familiar my brother can't even look at an egg mon frère ne supporte pas ou déteste les œufs

(c) (check) vérifier, regarder;

∎ could you look at the tyres? pouvez-vous regarder les pneus?;

∎ to have one's teeth looked at se faire examiner les dents;

∎ familiar you need your head looking at! ça va pas, la tête?

➲ look away intransitive verb

détourner les yeux

➲ look back intransitive verb

(a) (in space) regarder derrière soi;

∎ she walked away without looking back elle est partie sans se retourner

(b) (in time) regarder en arrière;

∎ there's no point in looking back ça ne sert à rien de regarder en arrière;

∎ the author looks back on the war years l'auteur revient sur les années de guerre;

∎ it seems funny now we look back on it ça semble drôle quand on y pense aujourd'hui;

∎ we can look back on some happy times nous avons connu de bons moments;

∎ figurative after she got her first job she never looked back à partir du moment où elle a trouvé son premier emploi, tout lui a réussi

➲ look down intransitive verb

regarder en bas; (in embarrassment) baisser les yeux;

∎ we looked down on or at the valley nous regardions la vallée en dessous

➲ look down on inseparable transitive verb

(despise) mépriser

➲ look for inseparable transitive verb

(a) (seek) chercher;

∎ go and look for him allez le chercher;

∎ she's still looking for a job elle est toujours à la recherche d'un emploi;

∎ are you looking for a fight? tu cherches la bagarre?

(b) (expect) attendre;

∎ it's not the result we were looking for ce n'est pas le résultat que nous attendions

➲ look forward intransitive verb

(to the future) regarder vers l'avenir

➲ look forward to inseparable transitive verb

attendre avec impatience;

∎ we're looking forward to the end of term nous attendons la fin du trimestre avec impatience;

∎ I'm looking forward to the weekend vivement le week-end!;

∎ to look forward to doing sth être impatient de faire qch;

∎ I'm looking forward to seeing her again (eager) il me tarde de la revoir; (polite formula) je serai heureux de la revoir;

∎ I look forward to meeting you je serai heureux de faire votre connaissance;

∎ see you on Saturday - right, I'll look forward to it à samedi alors - oui, c'est entendu;

∎ I'm not exactly looking forward to going je n'ai pas vraiment envie d'y aller;

∎ they had been looking forward to this moment for months cela faisait des mois qu'ils attendaient cet instant;

∎ I look forward to hearing from you soon (in letter) dans l'attente de votre réponse;

∎ I'm not looking forward to the operation la perspective de cette opération ne m'enchante guère

➲ look in intransitive verb

(a) (inside) regarder à l'intérieur

(b) (pay a visit) passer;

∎ to look in on sb rendre visite à ou passer voir qn;

∎ I'll look in again tomorrow je repasserai demain;

∎ he looked in at the pub on the way home il s'est arrêté au pub en rentrant chez lui

(c) (watch TV) regarder la télévision

➲ look into inseparable transitive verb

examiner, étudier;

∎ it's a problem that needs looking into c'est un problème qu'il faut examiner ou sur lequel il faut se pencher

➲ look on

1 inseparable transitive verb

considérer;

∎ I look on him as my brother je le considère comme mon frère;

∎ to look on sb/sth with favour/disfavour voir qn/qch d'un œil favorable/défavorable

2 intransitive verb

regarder;

∎ the passers-by just looked on les passants se sont contentés de regarder

➲ look out

1 separable transitive verb

∎ British I'll look that book out for you je te chercherai ce livre;

∎ have you looked out those photos to give me? est-ce que tu as trouvé les photos que tu devais me donner?

2 intransitive verb

(a) (person) regarder dehors

(b) (room, window)

∎ the bedroom looks out on or over the garden la chambre donne sur le jardin

(c) (be careful) faire attention;

∎ look out, it's hot! attention, c'est chaud!;

∎ you'll be in trouble if you don't look out tu vas t'attirer des ennuis si tu ne fais pas attention

➲ look out after inseparable transitive verb

American (take care of) prendre soin de

➲ look out for inseparable transitive verb

(a) (be on watch for) guetter;

∎ I'll look out for you at the station je te guetterai à la gare;

∎ look out for the sign to Dover guettez le panneau pour Douvres;

∎ she's always looking out for bargains elle est toujours à la recherche ou à l'affût d'une bonne affaire;

∎ you have to look out for snakes il faut faire attention ou se méfier, il y a des serpents

(b) familiar (idioms)

∎ to look out for oneself penser à soi;

∎ you've got to look out for number one! chacun pour soi!

➲ look over inseparable transitive verb

(glance over) jeter un coup d'œil sur; (examine) examiner, étudier

➲ look round

1 inseparable transitive verb

(museum, cathedral, factory) visiter; (shop, room) jeter un coup d'œil dans

2 intransitive verb

(a) (look at surroundings) regarder (autour de soi);

∎ I'm just looking round (in shop) je regarde;

∎ I'd rather look round on my own than take the guided tour je préférerais faire le tour moi-même plutôt que de suivre la visite guidée;

∎ I looked round for an exit j'ai cherché une sortie

(b) (look back) regarder derrière soi, se retourner

➲ look through inseparable transitive verb

(a) (window, screen) regarder à travers

(b) (book, report) jeter un coup d'œil sur ou à, regarder

(c) figurative (person)

∎ he looked straight through me il m'a regardé comme si je n'étais pas là

➲ look to inseparable transitive verb

(a) (turn to) se tourner vers;

∎ it's best to look to an expert il est préférable de consulter un expert ou de demander l'avis d'un expert;

∎ don't look to her for help ne compte pas sur elle pour t'aider;

∎ they are looking to us to find a solution to this problem ils comptent sur nous pour trouver une solution à ce problème

(b) formal (attend to) veiller à;

∎ he should look to his reputation il devrait veiller à sa réputation;

∎ look to it that discipline is properly maintained veillez à ce que la discipline soit bien maintenue

➲ look up

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (in reference work, directory etc) chercher;

∎ look the word up in the dictionary cherche le mot dans le dictionnaire

(b) (visit) passer voir, rendre visite à;

∎ look us up when you're in New York passe nous voir quand tu seras à New York

2 intransitive verb

(a) (raise one's eyes) lever les yeux

(b) (improve) s'améliorer;

∎ things are looking up for the economy les perspectives économiques semblent meilleures

➲ look upon inseparable transitive verb

considérer

➲ look up to inseparable transitive verb

respecter, avoir du respect pour

✾ Book ✾ Film 'Don't look now' Du Maurier, Roeg 'Ne vous retournez pas'

✾ Play ✾ Film 'Look back in Anger' Osborne, Richardson 'La Paix du dimanche' (pièce), 'Les Corps sauvages' (film)

ⓘ Here's looking at you kid Ce sont les mots que prononce Rick Blaine, le personnage incarné par Humphrey Bogart dans le film Casablanca (1942), lorsqu'il dit adieu à la femme qu'il aime, jouée par Ingrid Bergman. Aujourd'hui on utilise souvent cette phrase en référence au film lorsque l'on porte un toast à quelqu'un.

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > look
5 look

1. I
abs

look! (посмотрите!; look, the sun is up! глядите, солнце встало /взошло/!; we looked but saw nothing мы (подсмотрели, но ничего не (увидели; it is no good looking какой смысл смотреть?; I did it while he wasn't looking я это сделал, пока он не смотрел; look who's here! посмотри, кто пришел!
2. II
look somewhere

1) look around оглядываться, осматриваться, все оглядывать; look aside смотреть в сторону, отводить глаза, отворачиваться; he looked aside when I spoke to him когда я с ним разговаривал, он отворачивался; look away отворачиваться, отводить взгляд; look back [behind, round] оборачиваться, оглядываться; don't look round, I don't want him to notice us не оглядывайся, я не хочу, чтобы он нас заметил; look down смотреть вниз; look forward /ahead/ смотреть вперед; look in /inside/ заглядывать внутрь; look out выглядывать, высовываться; look up /upward/ поднять глаза. взглянуть; he looked up and saw me он поднял глаза и увидел меня; look up from one's writing (from his book, etc.) бросить писать и т. д. и поднять голову; look right and left (this way, that way, etc.) (по-) смотреть направо и налево и т. д.; look the other way отвернуться, смотреть в другую сторону. сделать вид, что ты кого-л. не узнал /не заметил/; I happened to be looking another way я в этот момент смотрел в другую сторону

2) the house (the window, the terrace, etc.) looks south (west, east, etc.) дом и т. д. выходит на юг /обращен к югу/ и т. д., which way does the house look? куда выходит дом?
3. III
look smb. look an honest man (every inch a gentleman, every inch a king, a queen, a rascal, a clown, a dandy, etc.) иметь вид честного человека и т. д.; look one's usual again снова принять свой обычный вид, оправиться, поправиться; you don't look yourself ты на себя не похож; he looked a perfect fool у него был совершенно дурацкий вид; look smth. look a perfect sight ужасно выглядеть; look the very picture of health быть воплощением / олицетворением/ здоровья; look the very picture of his father быть вылитым портретом своего отца; the actor looked his part актер выглядел так, как и требовалось по роли; look one's age (one's years, sixteen. etc.) выглядеть на свой годы /не старше сваях лет/ и т. д., he is only thirty but he looks fifty ему только тридцать, а на вид можно дать все пятьдесят; she is forty but she doesn't look it ей уже сорок, но она выглядит моложе /на вид ей столько не дашь/; this investment looked a sure profit казалось, что это капиталовложение сулит верный доход
4. IV
look smb. in some mariner look smb. all over осмотреть кого-л. с ног до головы /с головы до пят/; look smb. up and down смерить кого-л. взглядом, окинуть кого-л. взглядом с головы до пят
5. X
look to be in some state look pleased (alarmed, worried, worn out, unconcerned, disheartened, etc.) выглядеть довольным и т. д.
6. XI
1) be looked at the house, looked at from the outside... дом, если смотреть на него снаружи...

2) be looked upon as smb., smth. he is looked upon as an absolute authority (as an impartial judge, as a judicious critic, etc.) его считают /он считается/ непререкаемым авторитетом и т. д., he is looked upon as a likely candidate его рассматривают, как возможную /вероятную/ кандидатуру

3) be looked after he is wonderfully looked after there он получает там прекрасный уход; be looked over the brakes need to be looked over тормоза требуют осмотра /проверки/
7. XV
look to be in some quality or of some state look young (old, tired, angry, sad, grave, happy, guilty, innocent, etc.) выглядеть молодым /молодо/ и т. д.; look to be of some kind look foolish (pale, wise, brave, good-natured, thin, charming, uninviting, etc.) иметь глупый и т. д. вид, выглядеть глупо и т. д., he looked trustworthy у него был вид человека, которому можно доверять; look blank выглядеть /казаться/ рассеянным или растерянным; this book looks very tempting эту книгу очень хочется почитать; look well (ill) хорошо (плохо) выглядеть; he looks well in uniform ему идет форма; the hat looks well on you шляпа вам к лицу; things look very ugly /black/ дела обстоят плохо /не сулят ничего хорошего/; things are looking a little better дела понемногу поправляются; you look blue with cold вы посинели от холода; the clouds look rainy судя по тучам, будет дождь
8. XVI
1) look at smb., smth. look at each other (at his fellow-traveller, at the watch, at the ceiling, at the illustrations, etc.) смотреть друг на друга и т. д., look at oneself in the glass (поосмотреться в зеркало; what are you looking at? куда /на что/ вы смотрите?; look at me! взгляните на меня! I enjoy looking at old family portraits я люблю рассматривать старые фамильные портреты; look [up] at the stars (at the roof, at the tree-tops, etc.) взглянуть на звезды и т. д.; let me look at your work (at your results, at this sentence, etc.) дайте мне взглянуть на вашу работу и т. д., just look at this! [вы] только посмотрите!; to come to look at the pipes (at the drains, at the roof, etc.) прийти, чтобы осмотреть /проверить/ трубы и т. д., what sort of a man is he to look at? что он собой представляет внешне, как он выглядит?; the man is not much to look at внешне он ничего собой не представляет; to look at him one would say... судя по его виду можно сказать...; to look at the illustrations it will be observed... судя по иллюстрациям можно отметить...; she will /would/ not look at him (at his offer, at my proposals etc.) она и смотреть на него и т. д. не хочет; look at smb., smth. in some manner look at the boy (at the picture, etc.) closely (critically, questioningly. threateningly, keenly, reproachfully, wistfully, significantly, etc.) смотреть на мальчика и т. д. пристально и т. д.; he looked at me vacantly он посмотрел на меня пустым /ничего не выражающим/ взглядом; look at smb., smth. with (in) smth. look at smb., smth. with pity (with respect, with kindness, with interest, etc.) смотреть на кого-л., что-л. с жалостью и т. д.; look at me in embarrassment (in fear, in admiration, etc.) посмотреть на меня в смущении и т. д.; look about (round, before, behind, etc.) smb., smth. we hardly had time to look about us мы едва успели осмотреться; the boy was looking before him мальчик смотрел перед собой; look round the room (round the shop, etc.) окинуть комнату и т. д. взглядом; look after the train (after the ship, after the girl as she left the room, etc.) смотреть вслед поезду и т. д., провожать поезд и т. д. взглядом /глазами/; the child looked behind me to make sure that I was alone ребенок посмотрел, нет ли кого-л. сзади меня; look behind the door посмотреть за дверью; look down (up) smth. look down the well [внимательно] (подсмотреть в колодец; look down the list просмотреть весь список, проверить список сверху донизу; look down (up) the street внимательно осмотреть улицу, посмотреть вниз (вверх) no улице; look from /out of/ smth. look from /out of/ a window смотреть из окна; look out of the corner of one's eye посмотреть краешком глаза; look in /into/ smth. look in a mirror (посмотреться в зеркало; look in smb.'s face (in smb.'s eyes) (подсмотреть кому-л. в лицо (в глаза); look into smb.'s face (into smb.'s eyes) заглядывать кому-л. в лицо (в глаза); look in that direction смотреть в том /в указанном/ направлении; look into a well (into a shop window, into the darkness of the forest, into the fire, into a mirror, into the garden, into the sky, etc.) всматриваться /вглядываться, смотреть/ в колодец и т. д.; look into a room заглядывать в комнату; look into the future (into the hearts of other people, etc.) заглянуть в будущее и т. д.; he looked [down] into my face он [нагнулся и] посмотрел мне в лицо; look over smth. look over one's spectacles посмотреть поверх очков; look over one's shoulder посмотреть /кинуть взгляд/ через плечо; look over their heads смотреть поверх их голов; look over the wall (over the fence, etc.) заглядывать через стену и т. д.; look to smth. look to the right (to the left) посмотреть направо (налево); look [up] to heaven посмотреть [вверх] на небо; look through smth. look through the window (through a telescope, etc.) смотреть в окно и т. д., look through the keyhole смотреть /подсматривать/ в замочную скважину; his greed looked through his eyes в его глазах горела /светилась/ жадность; his toes look out through the shoe у него пальцы из ботинок вылезают, у него ботинки "каши просят"; look towards smth. look towards the horizon (towards the sea, etc.) смотреть в сторону горизонта /по направлению к горизонту/ и т. д.

2) look on (upon, to, towards, etc.) smth. the drawing-room (the window, the house, etc.) looks on the river (on the sea, on the street, upon the garden, on the park, to the east, towards the south, towards the Pacific, across the garden, etc.) гостиная и т. д. выходит /выходит окнами, обращена/ на реку и т. д., look [down] into the street (down on the lake, down on the river, etc.) стоять на возвышенности /возвышенном месте/, откуда открывается вид на улицу и т. д., the castle looks down on the valley замок стоит на вершине, откуда открывается вид на долину

3) look after smb., smth. look after children (after the old man, after a dog, after a garden, after smb.'s house, etc.) ухаживать /следить, присматривать/ за детьми и т. д.; who will look after the shop while we are away? на чьем попечении / на кого/ останется магазин на время нашего отсутствия?; I look after the саг myself я сам ухаживаю за машиной; he is able to look after himself a) он в состоянии обслужить [самого] себя; б) он может постоять за себя; look after her when I am gone присмотрите за ней, пока меня не будет; he is young and needs looking after он еще мал, и за ним нужен присмотр /уход/; did you get someone to look after the child? вы нашли кого-нибудь для ухода за ребенком?; look after smb.'s interests блюсти /соблюдать/ чьи-л. интересы; look after smb.'s rights охранять /оберегать, защищать/ чьи-л. права; look after smb.'s wants ухаживать за кем-л., исполнять чьи-л. желания; look after the affair веста какое-л. дело; look to smth. look to smb.'s tools (to the fastenings, to the water-bottles, etc.) отвечать за инструменты и т. д., следить, за инструментами и т.д., look to your manners следи за своими манерами /за тем, как ты себя ведешь/; the country must look to its defences страна должна заботиться об обороне; look to the future (подумать /(побеспокоиться/ о будущем: look to it that this does not happen again (that everything is ready, etc.) смотря, чтобы это не повторилось /чтобы этого больше не было/ и т. д.

4) look for smb., smth. look for one's brother (for smb.'s hat, for the lost money, for employment, for a job, for gold, for a shorter route to the East, etc.) искать брата и т. д., what are you looking for? что вы ищете?; что вам надо?; I am looking for а, room мне нужна комната, я ищу комнату; look for trouble напрашиваться на неприятности; look for smth. somewhere look for spectacles in the bureau drawers (in the jar, around the room, etc.) искать очки в ящиках стола и т. д., one has not to look very far for the answer за ответом далеко ходить не, надо; look to smb. for smth. look to smb. for help (for advice, for guidance, for comfort, for a loan of money, etc.) прибегать /обращаться/ к кому-л. за помощью и т. д., искать у кого-л. помощи и т. д.; he looks to me for protection он ищет защиты у меня; it is no good looking to them for support нечего ждать от них поддержки; ' look to smb. to do smth. look to smb. to put things right (to make the arrangement, to protect them from aggression, etc.) рассчитывать, что кто-л. все уладит и т. д.; he looks to me to help him он полагается на то, что я помогу ему

5) look at /on, upon/ smth. look at all the facts (at /upon/ the offer, at smb.'s motives, at this matter seriously, on smb.'s proposal from this point of view, etc.) рассматривать все факты и т. д., it is a new way of looking at things это новый подход к вопросу; look upon death without fear относиться к смерти без страха; look only at /on/ the surface of things поверхностно подходить к вопросу; look (up)on smb., smth. as smb., smth. look upon him as my teacher считать его своим учителем, смотреть на него как на своего учителя; I look on that as an insult я рассматриваю это как оскорбление; I look on it as an honour to work with you для меня большая честь работать с вами; look on smth., as being in some state look on smth. as useless (as necessary, as unusual, as unfortunate, etc.) считать что-л. бесполезным и т. д.; you can look upon it as done можешь считать это [уже] сделанным /выполненным, готовым/

6) look into smth. look into a problem рассматривать проблему, разбираться в вопросе; will you look into the question of supplies? вы займетесь вопросом снабжения?; the police will look into the theft полиция займется расследованием этой кражи

7) look for smth., smb. look for the arrival of the heir (for a great victory, for much profit from the business, for no recompense, for the news, for a line from you, etc.) ожидать приезда наследника и т. д., I'll be looking for you at the reception я надеюсь увидеть вас на приеме; I never looked for such a result as this я и не ожидал такого результата /не рассчитывал на такой результат/; death steals upon us when we least look for it смерть подкрадывается к нам, когда мы ее меньше всего ждем; look to /towards/ smth. look to the future (to greater advances in science and technology, towards the day when world peace will be a reality, to a quiet time in my old age, etc.) надеяться на будущее и т. д., стремиться к будущему и т. д.
9. XIX1
look like smb., smth. look like a sailor (like a gentleman, like an elderly clerk, like a perfect fool, etc.) быть похожим на матроса и т. д., he looks like an honest (a clever, etc.) man у него вид честного и т. д. человека; this dog doesn't look much like a hunting dog этот пес мало похож на охотничью собаку; I have no idea what it (he) looks like понятия не имею, как это (он) выглядит; it looks like granite (like business, like a dream coming true, etc.) это похоже на гранит и т. д.; it looks like rain (like snow, like storm) похоже, что будет /собирается/ дождь (снег, буря); it looks like a fine day день обещает быть хорошим
10. Х1Х3
look like doing smth. he looks like winning похоже, что он выигрывает; which country looks like winning? у какой страны больше шансов на успех?; do I look like jesting? разве похоже, что я шучу?
11. XXI1
look smb., smth. in smth. look smb. full (straight. squarely, frankly, etc.) in the face (in the eyes) смотреть кому-л. прямо и т. д. в лицо (в глаза); look death in the face смотреть смерти в лице; look smb. (in)to (out of, etc.) smth. look smb. into silence взглядом заставить кого-л. (замолчать; look smb. to shame пристыдить кого-л. взглядом; look smb. out of countenance взглядом смутить кого-л. /заставить кого-л. смутиться/; look smth. at smb. look daggers at smb. смотреть на кого-л. убийственным взглядом; look one's annoyance at a person смотреть на кого-л. с раздражением; he looked a query at me он посмотрел на меня вопросительно
12. XXV
1) look what... (when..., where..., whether..., etc.) look what time the train arrives /when the train arrives (when the train starts, where you are, whether the postman has come yet, etc.) посмотреть, когда прибывает поезд и т. д., look what time it is посмотри, который час; don't look till I tell you не смотри /не поворачивайся, не поворачивай головы/, пока я не скажу

2) look as if... (as though...) look as if he wanted to join us (as if you had slept badly, as though he were thinking of mischief, ere.) похоже на то, что он хочет присоединиться к нам и т. д.; he looks as if he had seen a ghost у него такой вид, [как] будто он увидел привидение

3) look that... (how..., etc.) look that everything is ready (that he is on time, how you behave, etc.) проследить за тем, чтобы все было готово и т. д.; look that you do not fall смотри, не упади; it looks as if they were afraid (as if he wouldn't go, as if trouble were brewing, etc.) создается такое впечатление /кажется/, что они боялись и т. д.
13. XXVII2
look to smb. as if... /as though. / it looks to me as if the skirt is too long мне кажется, что юбка слишком длинна; it looks as if it is going to turn wet (as if it were going to be fine, as though we should have a storm, etc.) похоже, пойдут дожди и т. д.

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > look
6 for

1. preposition
1) (representing, on behalf of, in exchange against) für; (in place of) für; anstelle von

what is the German for "buzz"? — wie heißt "buzz" auf Deutsch?

2) (in defence, support, or favour of) für

be for doing something — dafür sein, etwas zu tun

it's each [man] or every man for himself — jeder ist auf sich selbst gestellt

3) (to the benefit of) für

do something for somebody — für jemanden etwas tun

4) (with a view to) für; (conducive[ly] to) zu

they invited me for Christmas/Monday/supper — sie haben mich zu Weihnachten/für Montag/zum Abendessen eingeladen

what is it for? — wofür/wozu ist das?

be saving up for something — auf etwas (Akk.) sparen

5) (being the motive of) für; (having as purpose) zu

reason for living — Grund zu leben

a dish for holding nuts — eine Schale für Nüsse

6) (to obtain, win, save)

a request for help — eine Bitte um Hilfe

study for a university degree — auf einen Hochschulabschluss hin studieren

phone for a doctor — nach einem Arzt telefonieren

take somebody for a ride in the car/a walk — jemanden im Auto spazieren fahren/mit jemandem einen Spaziergang machen

work for a living — für den Lebensunterhalt arbeiten

run/jump etc. for it — loslaufen/-springen usw.

7) (to reach) nach

set out for England/the north/an island — nach England/Norden/zu einer Insel aufbrechen

8) (to be received by) für

that's Jim for you — das sieht Jim mal wieder ähnlich

9) (as regards)

checked for accuracy — auf Richtigkeit geprüft

be dressed/ready for dinner — zum Dinner angezogen/fertig sein

open for business — eröffnet

have something for breakfast/pudding — etwas zum Frühstück/Nachtisch haben

enough... for — genug... für

that's quite enough for me — das reicht mir völlig

too... for — zu... für

there is nothing for it but to do something — es gibt keine andere Möglichkeit, als etwas zu tun

10) (to the amount of)

cheque/ bill for £5 — Scheck/Rechnung über od. in Höhe von 5 Pfund

11) (to affect, as if affecting) für

things don't look very promising for the business — was die Geschäfte angeht, sieht das alles nicht sehr vielversprechend aus

it is wise/advisable for somebody to do something — es ist vernünftig/ratsam, dass jemand etwas tut

it's hopeless for me to try and explain the system — es ist sinnlos, dir das System erklären zu wollen

12) (as being) für

what do you take me for? — wofür hältst du mich?

I/you etc. for one — ich/ du usw. für mein[en]/dein[en] usw. Teil

13) (on account of, as penalty of) wegen

famous/well-known for something — berühmt/ bekannt wegen od. für etwas

jump/ shout for joy — vor Freude in die Luft springen/schreien

were it not for you/ your help, I should not be able to do it — ohne dich/deine Hilfe wäre ich nicht dazu in der Lage

14) (on the occasion of)

for the first time — zum ersten Mal

why can't you help for once? — warum kannst du nicht einmal helfen?

what shall I give him for his birthday? — was soll ich ihm zum Geburtstag schenken?

15) (in spite of)

for all... — trotz...

for all that,... — trotzdem...

16) (on account of the hindrance of) vor (+ Dat.)

for fear of... — aus Angst vor (+ Dat.)

but for..., except for... — wenn nicht... gewesen wäre, [dann]...

17) (so far as concerns)

for all I know/care... — möglicherweise/was mich betrifft,...

for one thing,... — zunächst einmal...

18) (considering the usual nature of) für

not bad for a first attempt — nicht schlecht für den ersten Versuch

19) (during) seit

we've/we haven't been here for three years — wir sind seit drei Jahren hier/nicht mehr hier gewesen

we waited for hours/three hours — wir warteten stundenlang/drei Stunden lang

how long are you here for? — wie lange bleiben Sie hier?

sit here for now or for the moment — bleiben Sie im Augenblick hier sitzen

20) (to the extent of)

walk for 20 miles/for another 20 miles — 20 Meilen [weit] gehen/weiter gehen

21)

be for it — (coll.) dran sein (ugs.); sich auf was gefasst machen können (ugs.)
2. conjunction
(since, as proof) denn

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[fo:] 1. preposition
1) (to be given or sent to: This letter is for you.) für

2) (towards; in the direction of: We set off for London.) nach

3) (through a certain time or distance: for three hours; for three miles.) für

4) (in order to have, get, be etc: He asked me for some money; Go for a walk.) nach

5) (in return; as payment: He paid $2 for his ticket.) für

6) (in order to be prepared: He's getting ready for the journey.) für

7) (representing: He is the member of parliament for Hull.) für

8) (on behalf of: Will you do it for me?)

9) (in favour of: Are you for or against the plan?) dafür

10) (because of: for this reason.) wegen, aus

11) (having a particular purpose: She gave me money for the bus fare.) für

12) (indicating an ability or an attitude to: a talent for baking; an ear for music.) für

13) (as being: They mistook him for someone else.) für

14) (considering what is used in the case of: It is quite warm for January (= considering that it is January when it is usually cold).) für

15) (in spite of: For all his money, he didn't seem happy.) trotz
2. conjunction
(because: It must be late, for I have been here a long time.) denn

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for

[fɔ:ʳ, fəʳ, AM fɔ:r, fɚ]

I. conj ( liter or dated) denn

II. prep

1. (intended to be given to) für + akk

I bought a new collar \for my dog ich habe ein neues Halsband für meinen Hund gekauft

this is a birthday present \for you hier ist ein Geburtstagsgeschenk für dich

there are government subsidies available \for farmers für Bauern gibt es Zuschüsse vom Staat

2. (in support of) für + akk

to vote \for sb/sth für jdn/etw stimmen

they voted \for independence in a referendum sie haben sich in einem Referendum für die Unabhängigkeit ausgesprochen

▪ to be \for sb/sth für jdn/etw sein

his followers are still \for him seine Anhänger unterstützen ihn noch immer

to be \for a good cause für einen guten Zweck sein

to be all \for sth ganz für etw akk sein

to be \for doing sth dafür sein, dass etw getan wird

are you \for banning smoking in public places? sind Sie dafür, das Rauchen in der Öffentlichkeit zu verbieten?

3. (regarding sb) für + akk

I'm happy \for you that it finally worked out ich freue mich für dich, dass es endlich geklappt hat

you're not making it easy \for me to tell you the truth du machst es mir nicht gerade einfach, dir die Wahrheit zu sagen

the coffee was too strong \for me der Kaffee war mir zu stark

luckily \for me, I already had another job zu meinem Glück hatte ich bereits eine andere Stelle

the admiration she felt \for him soon died ihre Bewunderung für ihn war schnell verflogen

is this seat high enough \for you? ist Ihnen dieser Sitz hoch genug?

I feel sorry \for her sie tut mir leid

to feel nothing but contempt \for sb/sth nichts als Verachtung für jdn/etw empfinden

▪ to be concerned \for sb/sth um jdn/etw besorgt sein

to feel \for sb mit jdm fühlen

as \for me was mich betrifft [o angeht]

Jackie's already left and, as \for me, I'm going at the end of the month Jackie ist schon weg, und was mich angeht, ich gehe Ende des Monats

4. (regarding sth) für + akk

how are you doing \for money? wie sieht es bei dir mit dem Geld aus?

\for my part was mich betrifft

\for all I know möglicherweise

\for all I know, he could have left the country möglicherweise hat er schon das Land verlassen

to be responsible \for sth für etw akk verantwortlich sein

to prepare \for sth sich akk auf etw akk vorbereiten

5. (comparing) für + akk

the summer has been quite hot \for England für England war das ein ziemlich heißer Sommer

▪ to be too big/fast \for sb/sth zu groß/schnell für jdn/etw sein

she's very mature \for her age sie ist für ihr Alter schon sehr reif

the weather is warm \for the time of year für diese Jahreszeit ist das Wetter mild

he's quite thoughtful \for a child of 8 für einen Achtjährigen ist er ziemlich rücksichtsvoll

6. (to get, have)

oh \for something to drink! hätte ich doch bloß etwas zu trinken!

oh \for a strong black coffee! und jetzt einen starken schwarzen Kaffee!

he did it \for the fame er tat es, um berühmt zu werden

even though he's in this \for the money, we still need him auch wenn er es nur wegen des Geldes tut, wir brauchen ihn

she's eager \for a chance to show that she's a capable worker sie möchte gerne beweisen, dass sie eine fähige Mitarbeiterin ist

demand \for money Bedarf m an Geld

to send \for the doctor den Arzt holen

to apply \for a job sich akk um eine Stelle bewerben

to have a need \for sth etw brauchen

to look \for a way to do sth nach einer Möglichkeit suchen, etw zu tun

to ask \for sth um etw akk bitten

7. (on behalf of, representing) für + akk

he's an agent \for models and actors er ist Agent für Models und Schauspieler

next time you see them, say hi \for me grüß sie von mir, wenn du sie wieder siehst

the messenger was there \for his boss der Bote war in Vertretung seines Chefs dort

to do sth \for sb etw für jdn tun

to do sth \for oneself etw selbst tun

8. (as ordered by) für + akk

▪ to do sth \for sb/sth etw für jdn/etw tun

they had to do extra work \for their boss sie mussten noch zusätzliche Arbeiten für ihren Chef erledigen

I have some things to do \for school ich muss noch etwas für die Schule machen

9. (employed by) bei + dat

she is a tutor \for the Open University sie ist Tutorin an der Fernuniversität

to work \for sb/sth bei jdm/etw [o für jdn/etw] arbeiten

10. (purpose, aim) für + akk

what's that \for? wofür ist das?

that's useful \for removing rust damit kann man gut Rost entfernen

that's not \for eating das ist nicht zum Essen

a course \for beginners in Russian ein Russischkurs für Anfänger

\for your information zu Ihrer Information

\for the record der Ordnung halber

the spokesman told the press \for the record that the president was in good health der Sprecher sagte der Presse für das Protokoll, der Präsident sei bei guter Gesundheit

for rent/sale zu vermieten/verkaufen

bikes \for rent Räder zu vermieten

to be not \for sale unverkäuflich sein

to wait \for sb/sth auf jdn/etw warten

to wait \for sb to do sth darauf warten, dass jd etw tut

▪ to do sth \for sth/sb etw für etw/jdn tun

what did you do that \for? wozu hast du das getan?

what do you use these enormous scissors \for? wozu brauchst du diese riesige Schere?

he is taking medication \for his heart condition er nimmt Medikamente für sein Herz

you need to move closer \for me to hear you du musst ein bisschen näher herkommen, damit ich dich hören kann

11. (because of) wegen + gen; (out of) aus + dat; (with) vor + dat

I don't eat meat \for various reasons ich esse aus verschiedenen Gründen kein Fleisch

I could dance and sing \for joy! ich könnte vor Freude tanzen und singen!

he apologized \for being late er entschuldigte sich wegen seiner Verspätung

Bob was looking all the better \for his three weeks in Spain nach seinen drei Wochen Spanien sah Bob viel besser aus

how are you? — fine, and all the better \for seeing you! wie geht's? — gut, und jetzt wo ich dich sehe, gleich noch viel besser!

I could not see \for the tears in my eyes ich konnte vor Tränen in den Augen gar nicht sehen

if it hadn't been \for him, we wouldn't be here right now ( form) ohne ihn wären wir jetzt nicht hier

\for fear of sth aus Angst vor etw dat

\for lack of sth aus Mangel an etw dat

to be arrested \for murder wegen Mordes verhaftet werden

\for that [or this] reason aus diesem Grund

to be famous \for sth für etw akk berühmt sein

to love sb \for sth jdn für etw akk lieben

she loves him just \for being himself sie liebt ihn einfach dafür, dass er so ist, wie er ist

12. (as destination) nach + dat

this train is \for Birmingham dieser Zug fährt nach Birmingham

he made \for home in a hurry er eilte schnell nach Hause

just follow signs \for the town centre folgen Sie einfach den Schildern in die Innenstadt

to go \for sb [with one's fists] [mit den Fäusten] auf jdn losgehen

to run \for sb/sth zu jdm/etw laufen

I had to run \for the bus ich musste laufen, um den Bus noch zu kriegen

13. (meaning)

to be \for sth für etw akk stehen

A is \for ‘airlines’ A steht für ‚Airlines‘

to stand \for sth etw bedeuten, für etw akk stehen

what does the M.J. stand \for? María José? was bedeutet M.J.? María José?

what's the Spanish word \for ‘vegetarian’? was heißt ‚Vegetarier‘ auf Spanisch?

14. (in return, exchange) für + akk

she paid a high price \for loyalty to her boss sie hat einen hohen Preis für die Loyalität zu ihrem Chef gezahlt

that's \for cheating on me! das ist dafür, dass du mich betrogen hast!

how much did you pay \for your glasses? wie viel hast du für deine Brille gezahlt?

a cheque \for £100 eine Scheck über 100 Pfund

not \for a million dollars [or \for all the world] um nichts in der Welt

I wouldn't go out with him \for a million dollars ich würde für kein Geld der Welt mit ihm ausgehen

to do sth \for nothing etw umsonst machen

to buy/sell sth \for 100 euro/a lot of money etw für 100 Euro/viel Geld kaufen/verkaufen

you can buy a bestseller \for about £6 Sie bekommen einen Bestseller schon für 6 Pfund

to trade sth \for sth etw gegen etw akk [ein]tauschen

15. (with a period of time) für + akk; (ongoing) seit + dat

I'm just going to sleep \for half an hour ich lege mich mal eine halbe Stunde schlafen

he was jailed \for twelve years er musste für zwölf Jahre ins Gefängnis

my father has been smoking \for 10 years mein Vater raucht seit 10 Jahren

\for the next two days in den beiden nächsten Tagen

\for a bit/while ein bisschen/eine Weile

play here \for a while! spiel doch mal ein bisschen hier!

I'm just going out \for a while ich gehe mal kurz raus fam

\for eternity/ever bis in alle Ewigkeit

this pact is \for ever dieser Pakt gilt für immer und ewig

\for the moment im Augenblick

\for a time eine Zeit lang

\for a long time seit Langem

I hadn't seen him \for such a long time that I didn't recognize him ich hatte ihn schon so lange nicht mehr gesehen, dass ich ihn nicht erkannte

\for some time seit Längerem

\for the time being für den Augenblick, vorübergehend

16. (a distance of)

\for a kilometre/mile einen Kilometer/eine Meile

he always jogs \for 5 kilometres before breakfast er joggt immer 5 Kilometer vor dem Frühstück

17. (at a certain date, time, occasion) für + akk

he booked a table at the restaurant \for nine o'clock er reservierte in dem Restaurant einen Tisch für neun Uhr

they set their wedding date \for September 15 sie setzten ihre Hochzeit für den 15. September fest

I need some money \for tonight ich brauche etwas Geld für heute Abend

what did you buy him \for Christmas? was hast du ihm zu Weihnachten gekauft?

he arrived at 8.00 \for dinner at 8.30 er kam um acht zu dem für halb neun verabredeten Abendessen

to invite sb \for dinner/lunch jdn zum Abendessen/Mittagessen einladen

\for the first time zum ersten Mal

\for the [very] last time zum [aller]letzten Mal

\for the first/second time running im ersten/zweiten Durchlauf

18. (despite) trotz + gen

, ungeachtet +gen geh

\for all that trotz alledem

\for all his effort, the experiment was a failure das Experiment war trotz all seiner Anstrengungen ein Fehlschlag

19. (per) für + akk

there is one teacher \for every 25 students in our school in unserer Schule kommt auf 25 Schüler ein Lehrer

\for every cigarette you smoke, you take off one day of your life mit jeder Zigarette, die du rauchst, verkürzt sich dein Leben um einen Tag

to repeat sth word \for word etw Wort für Wort wiederholen

20. (the duty of)

▪ to [not] be \for sb to do sth [nicht] jds Sache sein, etw zu tun

it's not \for me to tell her what to do es ist nicht meine Aufgabe, ihr vorzuschreiben, was sie zu tun hat

the decision is not \for him to make die Entscheidung liegt nicht bei ihm

21. (as) für + akk

she thought it \for a lie but didn't say anything sie hielt es für gelogen, sagte aber nichts

I \for one am sick of this bickering ich für meinen Teil habe genug von diesem Gezänk

22.

▶ \for Africa SA ( fam) Unmengen + gen

I've got homework \for Africa ich habe noch jede Menge Hausaufgaben fam

▶ to be [in] \for it ( fam) Schwierigkeiten bekommen

you're in \for it! jetzt bist du dran! fam

▶ \for crying out loud um Himmels willen

▶ an eye \for an eye Auge um Auge

▶ that's Jane/Mark/etc. \for you so ist Jane/Mark/etc. eben!, das sieht Jane/Mark/etc. mal wieder ähnlich!, das ist wieder mal typisch für Jane/Mark/etc.!

that's children \for you! so sind Kinder eben!

▶ that's/there's sth \for you ( pej)

there's gratitude \for you! und so was nennt sich Dankbarkeit! fam

there's manners \for you! das sind [mir] ja schöne Manieren! iron fam

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I [fɔː(r)]
1. prep

1) (intention) für; (purpose) zu, für; (destination) nach

a letter for me — ein Brief für mich

clothes for children — Kleidung f für Kinder, Kinderkleidung f

destined for greatness — zu Höherem bestimmt

what for? — wofür?, wozu?

what is this knife for? — wozu dient dieses Messer?

he does it for pleasure — er macht es zum or aus Vergnügen

what did you do that for? —

a room for working in/sewing — ein Zimmer zum Arbeiten/Nähen

a bag for carrying books (in) — eine Tasche, um Bücher zu tragen

fit for nothing —

to get ready for a journey — sich für eine Reise fertig machen

ready for anything —

this will do for a hammer — das kann man als Hammer nehmen

to go to Spain for one's holidays — nach Spanien in Urlaub fahren

the train for Stuttgart — der Zug nach Stuttgart

to leave for the USA — in die USA or nach Amerika abreisen

he swam for the shore — er schwamm auf die Küste zu, er schwamm in Richtung Küste

to make for home — sich auf den Heimweg machen

2)

(indicating suitability) it's not for you to ask questions — Sie haben kein Recht, Fragen zu stellen

it's not for me to say — es steht mir nicht zu, mich dazu zu äußern

she's the woman or the one for me — sie ist die (richtige) Frau für mich

married life is not for me — das Eheleben ist nichts für mich

3)

(= representing, instead of) I'll speak to her for you if you like —

I need someone to make up my mind for me — ich brauche jemanden, der die Entscheidung für mich trifft

to act for sb — für jdn handeln

D for Daniel — D wie Daniel

agent for Renault — Vertreter(in) m(f) für Renault

she works for a bank (in the bank) — sie arbeitet bei or in einer Bank; (outside the bank) sie arbeitet für eine Bank

4) (= in defence, in favour of) für

are you for or against it? — sind Sie dafür oder dagegen?

I'm all for it — ich bin ganz or sehr dafür

I'm all for helping him —

the case for nuclear power — die Argumente für die Atomkraft

5)

(= with regard to) anxious for sb — um jdn besorgt

I'm very happy for you — ich freue mich sehr für euch

for my part — was mich betrifft

as for him/that — was ihn/das betrifft

warm/cold for the time of year — warm/kalt für die Jahreszeit

he is tall for his age — er ist groß für sein Alter

what do you want for your birthday? — was wünschst du dir zum Geburtstag?

it's all right or all very well for you (to talk) — Sie haben gut reden

for further information see page 77 — weitere Informationen finden Sie auf Seite 77

6) (= because of) aus

for this reason — aus diesem Grund

he did it for fear of being left — er tat es aus Angst, zurückgelassen zu werden

he is famous for his jokes/his big nose — er ist für seine Witze bekannt/wegen seiner großen Nase berühmt

to jump for joy — einen Freudensprung machen

to go to prison for theft — wegen Diebstahls ins Gefängnis wandern

to choose sb for his ability — jdn wegen seiner Fähigkeiten wählen

if it were not for him — wenn er nicht wäre

do it for me — tu es für mich

7) (= in spite of) trotz (+gen or (inf) +dat)

for all his wealth — trotz all seines Reichtums

for all that, you should have warned me — Sie hätten mich trotz allem warnen sollen

8) (= in exchange) für

to pay four euros for a ticket — vier Euro für eine Fahrkarte zahlen

he'll do it for ten pounds —

pound for pound — Pfund für Pfund

9)

(= in contrast) for every job that is created, two are lost — für jede Stelle, die neu geschaffen wird, gehen zwei verloren

10) (in time) seit; (with future tense) für

I have not seen her for two years — ich habe sie seit zwei Jahren nicht gesehen

he's been here for ten days — er ist seit zehn Tagen hier

I had/have known her for years — ich kannte/kenne sie schon seit Jahren

then I did not see her for two years — dann habe ich sie zwei Jahre lang nicht gesehen

he walked for two hours — er ist zwei Stunden lang marschiert

I am going away for a few days — ich werde (für or auf) ein paar Tage wegfahren

I shall be away for a month — ich werde einen Monat (lang) weg sein

he won't be back for a week — er wird erst in einer Woche zurück sein

I'll be back home for Christmas — Weihnachten bin ich wieder zu Hause

can you get it done for Monday/this time next week? — können Sie es bis or für Montag/bis in einer Woche fertig haben?

I've got a job for you for next week — ich habe für nächste Woche Arbeit für dich

for a while/time — (für) eine Weile/einige Zeit

the meeting was scheduled for 9 o'clock — die Besprechung sollte um 9 Uhr stattfinden

11)

(distance) the road is lined with trees for two miles — die Straße ist auf or über zwei Meilen mit Bäumen gesäumt

we walked for two miles — wir sind zwei Meilen weit gelaufen

there are roadworks on the M8 for two miles — auf der M8 gibt es eine zwei Meilen lange Baustelle

for miles — meilenweit

for mile upon mile — Meile um Meile

12)

(with verbs) to pray for peace — für den or um Frieden beten

to hope for news — auf Nachricht hoffen

to look for sth — (nach) etw suchen

See:

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13) (after n: indicating liking, aptitude etc) für

a weakness for sweet things — eine Schwäche für Süßigkeiten

his knack for saying the wrong thing — sein Talent, das Falsche zu sagen

14)

(with infin clauses) for this to be possible — damit dies möglich wird

it's easy for him to do it — für ihn ist es leicht, das zu tun, er kann das leicht tun

I brought it for you to see — ich habe es mitgebracht, damit Sie es sich (dat) ansehen können

the best thing would be for you to leave — das Beste wäre, wenn Sie weggingen

there's still time for him to come — er kann immer noch kommen

their one hope is for him to return — ihre einzige Hoffnung ist, dass er zurückkommt

15)

(phrases) to do sth for oneself — etw alleine tun

for example — zum Beispiel

you're (in) for it! (inf) — jetzt bist du dran! (inf)

oh for a cup a tea! — jetzt eine Tasse Tee - das wäre schön!

2. conj
denn
for it was too late — denn es war zu spät

3. adj pred
(= in favour) dafür
17 were for, 13 against — 17 waren dafür, 13 dagegen
II abbr frei Bahn
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for [fɔː(r); unbetont fə(r)]

A präp

1. allg für:

it is good (bad) for him;

it was very awkward for her es war sehr peinlich für sie, es war ihr sehr unangenehm;

he spoilt their holidays (bes US vacation) for them er verdarb ihnen den ganzen Urlaub;

she brought a letter for me to sign sie brachte mir einen Brief zur Unterschrift

2. für, zugunsten von:

a gift for him ein Geschenk für ihn;

this letter is for me dieser Brief ist an mich;

for and against für und wider; → academic.ru/69264/speak_for">speak for 1

3. für, (mit der Absicht) zu, um (… willen):

apply for the post sich um die Stellung bewerben;

die for a cause für eine Sache sterben;

come for dinner zum Essen kommen

4. (Wunsch, Ziel) nach, auf (akk):

a claim for sth ein Anspruch auf eine Sache;

the desire for sth der Wunsch oder das Verlangen nach etwas;

call for sb nach jemandem rufen;

wait for sth auf etwas warten;

oh, for a car! ach, hätte ich doch nur ein Auto!

5. a) (passend oder geeignet) für

b) (bestimmt) für oder zu:

tools for cutting Werkzeuge zum Schneiden, Schneidewerkzeuge;

the right man for the job der richtige Mann für diesen Posten

6. (Mittel) gegen:

a remedy for lumbago;

he took a couple of aspirins for his headache;

treat sb for cancer jemanden gegen oder auf Krebs behandeln;

there is nothing for it but to give in es bleibt nichts (anderes) übrig, als nachzugeben

7. (als Belohnung) für:

a medal for bravery

8. (als Entgelt) für, gegen, um:

I sold it for £10 ich verkaufte es für 10 Pfund

9. (im Tausch) für, gegen:

I exchanged the knife for a pencil

10. (Betrag, Menge) über (akk):

a postal order for £2

11. (Grund) aus, vor (dat), wegen:

for this reason aus diesem Grund;

die for grief aus oder vor Gram sterben;

weep for joy aus oder vor Freude weinen;

I can’t see for the fog ich kann nichts sehen wegen des Nebels oder vor lauter Nebel;

she couldn’t speak for laughing sie konnte vor (lauter) Lachen nicht sprechen

12. (als Strafe etc) für, wegen:

he was punished for theft

13. dank, wegen:

were it not for his energy wenn er nicht so energisch wäre, dank seiner Energie;

if it wasn’t for him wenn er nicht wäre, ohne ihn; he would never have done it, if it hadn’t been for me talking him into it wenn ich ihn nicht dazu überredet hätte

14. für, in Anbetracht (gen), im Hinblick auf (akk), im Verhältnis zu:

he is tall for his age er ist groß für sein Alter;

it is rather cold for July es ist ziemlich kalt für Juli;

for a foreigner he speaks English fairly well für einen Ausländer spricht er recht gut Englisch

15. (Begabung, Neigung) für, (Hang) zu:

an eye for beauty Sinn für das Schöne

16. (zeitlich) für, während, auf (akk), für die Dauer von, seit:

for a week eine Woche (lang);

come for a week komme auf oder für eine Woche;

for hours stundenlang;

for a ( oder some) time past seit längerer Zeit;

for a long time past schon seit Langem;

not for a long time noch lange nicht;

the first picture for two months der erste Film in oder seit zwei Monaten;

for months ahead auf Monate (hinaus)

17. (Strecke) weit, lang:

run for a mile eine Meile (weit) laufen

18. nach, auf (akk), in Richtung auf (akk):

the train for London der Zug nach London;

the passengers for Rome die nach Rom reisenden Passagiere;

start for Paris nach Paris abreisen;

now for it! Br umg jetzt (nichts wie) los oder drauf!, jetzt gilt’s!

19. für, anstelle von (oder gen), (an)statt:

he appeared for his brother

20. für, in Vertretung oder im Auftrag oder im Namen von (oder gen):

act for sb in jemandes Auftrag handeln

21. für, als:

books for presents Bücher als Geschenk;

they were sold for slaves sie wurden als Sklaven verkauft;

take that for an answer nimm das als Antwort

22. trotz (gen oder dat), ungeachtet (gen):

for all that trotz alledem;

for all his wealth trotz seines ganzen Reichtums, bei allem Reichtum;

for all you may say sage, was du willst

23. as for was … betrifft:

as for me was mich betrifft oder an(be)langt;

as for that matter was das betrifft;

for all I know soviel ich weiß;

for all of me meinetwegen, von mir aus

24. nach adj und vor inf:

it is too heavy for me to lift es ist so schwer, dass ich es nicht heben kann;

it is impossible for me to come es ist mir unmöglich zu kommen, ich kann unmöglich kommen;

it seemed useless for me to continue es erschien mir sinnlos, noch weiterzumachen

25. mit s oder pron und inf:

it is time for you to go home es ist Zeit, dass du heimgehst; es ist Zeit für dich heimzugehen;

it is for you to decide die Entscheidung liegt bei Ihnen;

it is not for you to inf

a) es ist nicht deine Sache zu inf,

b) es steht dir nicht zu inf;

he called for the girl to bring him some tea er rief nach dem Mädchen und bat es, ihm Tee zu bringen;

don’t wait for him to turn up yet wartet nicht darauf, dass er noch auftaucht;

there is no need for anyone to know es braucht niemand zu wissen

26. (ethischer Dativ):

that’s a wine for you das ist vielleicht ein Weinchen, das nenne ich einen Wein

27. US nach:

he was named for his father

B konj denn, weil, nämlich

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1. preposition
1) (representing, on behalf of, in exchange against) für; (in place of) für; anstelle von

what is the German for "buzz"? — wie heißt "buzz" auf Deutsch?

2) (in defence, support, or favour of) für

be for doing something — dafür sein, etwas zu tun

it's each [man] or every man for himself — jeder ist auf sich selbst gestellt

3) (to the benefit of) für

do something for somebody — für jemanden etwas tun

4) (with a view to) für; (conducive[ly] to) zu

they invited me for Christmas/Monday/supper — sie haben mich zu Weihnachten/für Montag/zum Abendessen eingeladen

what is it for? — wofür/wozu ist das?

be saving up for something — auf etwas (Akk.) sparen

5) (being the motive of) für; (having as purpose) zu

reason for living — Grund zu leben

a dish for holding nuts — eine Schale für Nüsse

6) (to obtain, win, save)

a request for help — eine Bitte um Hilfe

study for a university degree — auf einen Hochschulabschluss hin studieren

phone for a doctor — nach einem Arzt telefonieren

take somebody for a ride in the car/a walk — jemanden im Auto spazieren fahren/mit jemandem einen Spaziergang machen

work for a living — für den Lebensunterhalt arbeiten

run/jump etc. for it — loslaufen/-springen usw.

7) (to reach) nach

set out for England/the north/an island — nach England/Norden/zu einer Insel aufbrechen

8) (to be received by) für

that's Jim for you — das sieht Jim mal wieder ähnlich

9) (as regards)

checked for accuracy — auf Richtigkeit geprüft

be dressed/ready for dinner — zum Dinner angezogen/fertig sein

open for business — eröffnet

have something for breakfast/pudding — etwas zum Frühstück/Nachtisch haben

enough... for — genug... für

that's quite enough for me — das reicht mir völlig

too... for — zu... für

there is nothing for it but to do something — es gibt keine andere Möglichkeit, als etwas zu tun

10) (to the amount of)

cheque/ bill for £5 — Scheck/Rechnung über od. in Höhe von 5 Pfund

11) (to affect, as if affecting) für

things don't look very promising for the business — was die Geschäfte angeht, sieht das alles nicht sehr vielversprechend aus

it is wise/advisable for somebody to do something — es ist vernünftig/ratsam, dass jemand etwas tut

it's hopeless for me to try and explain the system — es ist sinnlos, dir das System erklären zu wollen

12) (as being) für

what do you take me for? — wofür hältst du mich?

I/you etc. for one — ich/ du usw. für mein[en]/dein[en] usw. Teil

13) (on account of, as penalty of) wegen

famous/well-known for something — berühmt/ bekannt wegen od. für etwas

jump/ shout for joy — vor Freude in die Luft springen/schreien

were it not for you/ your help, I should not be able to do it — ohne dich/deine Hilfe wäre ich nicht dazu in der Lage

14) (on the occasion of)

for the first time — zum ersten Mal

why can't you help for once? — warum kannst du nicht einmal helfen?

what shall I give him for his birthday? — was soll ich ihm zum Geburtstag schenken?

15) (in spite of)

for all... — trotz...

for all that,... — trotzdem...

16) (on account of the hindrance of) vor (+ Dat.)

for fear of... — aus Angst vor (+ Dat.)

but for..., except for... — wenn nicht... gewesen wäre, [dann]...

17) (so far as concerns)

for all I know/care... — möglicherweise/was mich betrifft,...

for one thing,... — zunächst einmal...

18) (considering the usual nature of) für

not bad for a first attempt — nicht schlecht für den ersten Versuch

19) (during) seit

we've/we haven't been here for three years — wir sind seit drei Jahren hier/nicht mehr hier gewesen

we waited for hours/three hours — wir warteten stundenlang/drei Stunden lang

how long are you here for? — wie lange bleiben Sie hier?

sit here for now or for the moment — bleiben Sie im Augenblick hier sitzen

20) (to the extent of)

walk for 20 miles/for another 20 miles — 20 Meilen [weit] gehen/weiter gehen

21)

be for it — (coll.) dran sein (ugs.); sich auf was gefasst machen können (ugs.)
2. conjunction
(since, as proof) denn

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conj.

als konj.

denn konj.

für konj.

nach konj.

zu konj.

English-german dictionary > for
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luk 1. verb
1) (to turn the eyes in a certain direction so as to see, to find, to express etc: He looked out of the window; I've looked everywhere, but I can't find him; He looked at me (angrily).) se (på/etter)

2) (to seem: It looks as if it's going to rain; She looks sad.) se ut som

3) (to face: The house looks west.) vende (ut mot)
2. noun
1) (the act of looking or seeing: Let me have a look!) titt

2) (a glance: a look of surprise.) blikk

3) (appearance: The house had a look of neglect.) utseende

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- look-alike
- - looking
- looks
- looker-on
- looking-glass
- lookout
- by the looks of
- by the look of
- look after
- look ahead
- look down one's nose at
- look down on
- look for
- look forward to
- look here!
- look in on
- look into
- look on
- look out
- look out!
- look over
- look through
- look up
- look up to

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subst. \/lʊk\/

1) blikk, titt, øyekast

• let me have a look

la meg se

2) utseende

• the town has a European look

byen ser europeisk ut

• the house had a neglected look

huset så vanskjøttet ut

• affairs took an ugly look

det begynte å se utrivelig ut

3) uttrykk, mine, oppsyn

• an ugly look on his face

et stygt uttrykk i ansiktet hans

• a look of pleasure came to her face

hun fikk et tilfreds uttrykk i ansiktet

• I can tell it by your look

jeg kan se det på deg

4) stil, mote

• the latest look from French designers

by the look of something etter utseendet å dømme, det ser ut som

a forward look at et fremadrettet blikk på

freeze somebody with a look gi noen et iskaldt blikk, drepe noen med blikket

have\/take a look at titte på, ta en titt på, kaste et blikk på

• have a close look at the building

undersøke bygningen nøye

have the look of se ut som

• it has the look of murder

det ser ut som drap

improve on one's looks se bedre ut, forbedre utseendet

a look of inquiry et spørrende blikk

looks ( om person) utseende

• she has her mother's looks

hun har sin mors utseende

the new look den nye looken (klesstil lansert i 1947)

throw a look at someone\/something eller throw someone\/something a look kaste et blikk på noe(n)

with a look of entreaty med et bedende blikk
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verb \/lʊk\/

1) se, titte, kikke

• I was so embarrassed I didn't know where to look

jeg var så flau at jeg ikke visste hvor jeg skulle se

2) lete, søke

• we looked everywhere but couldn't find it

vi har lett overalt, men kunne ikke finne det

3) se ut, virke, synes, te seg, se ut som, ligne

• he looked a typical Italian

han ligner en typisk italiener

• how do I look?

hvordan ser jeg ut?, hvordan tar jeg meg ut?

• things look bad for him

det ser dårlig ut for ham

• it looks odd to me

jeg synes det virker rart

• he looks good in uniform

han kler uniform

• he looked to be stronger than he was

han så ut til å være sterkere enn det han var

• it looks to me as if...

jeg synes det ser ut som om...

• he looks it

det ser han ut som

• she looks 50

hun ser ut som om hun er 50

• what a fright you look!

som du ser ut!, du ser fryktelig ut!

• he looks himself again

han er seg selv igjen, han ser frisk ut igjen

• it looks a larger room than it is

rommet ser større ut enn det er

4) ha utsikt, vende, ligge

• the house looks west

huset er vestvendt

5) ( overført) peke i retning av, tyde på

• everything looks to a war

alt peker mot krig

• all the facts look the other way

alle fakta tyder på det motsatte

6) vente seg, forvente, regne med

• the company is looking to expand business

7) ( gammeldags) se til at

• look it be done

se til at det blir gjort

here's looking at you ( hverdagslig) skål!

look about se seg omkring

• he looked about the room

han så seg om i rommet

• he was looking about for a job

han så seg om etter en jobb

look about one se seg omkring ( overført) tenke over saken, tenke over det hele, tenke seg om

• I hardly had time to look about me

jeg hadde knapt tid til å tenke meg om

se seg for, se opp, passe seg

• look about you!

se deg for!, se opp!

• look well about you

se deg godt for

look a fool se dum ut være til latter, dumme seg ut

• don't make her look a fool

ikke gjør henne til latter

look after se etter, se til, passe på, ha et øye på, ta hånd om

• look after one's health

• look after one's interests

se etter, titte etter, følge med blikket, lete etter

look after oneself klare seg selv, ta hånd om seg selv være forsiktig

look alive! eller look lively! ( hverdagslig) raska på!, la det nå gå litt kvikt!

look and see se etter, finn ut, få rede på

• look and see whether she's right

se etter om hun har rett

look around se seg om, se seg omkring ( overført) undersøke forholdene, sette seg inn i forholdene

look around one se seg for, se opp, passe seg

• look carefully around you

se deg omhyggelig for

look at se på, titte på

• he wouldn't even look at her

han ville ikke engang se på henne

• he is the sort of person you wouldn't look twice at

han er ikke en slik type man ser to ganger etter

• you wouldn't think so to look at her

det skulle man ikke tro når man ser henne, hun ser ikke sånn ut

( også overført) betrakte, se på

• that's how I look at it

sånn ser jeg det, det er mitt syn på saken

• he doesn't look twice at his money

han snur ikke på skillingen, han er ikke gjerrig

se i, lese

• I never look at a newspaper

jeg leser aldri en avis

undersøke, vurdere

• he wouldn't look at my proposal

han ville ikke vurdere forslaget mitt

look away se bort, se vekk, se en annen vei

look back se tilbake, tenke tilbake ( i negativ form) ikke lykkes, ha motgang, lide nederlag

• she started her career ten years ago, and has never looked back

hun begynte sin karriere for ti år siden, og har bare hatt medgang

bakke ut, gå tilbake

• you can't look back now

look before you leap! tenk før du handler!

look big se viktig ut

look daggers ha mord i blikket, gi noen et drepende blikk

• he looked daggers at me

han ga meg et drepende blikk

look down (up(on)) ( spesielt overført) se ned (på)

• he looked down upon him

han så ned på ham

look down one's nose at ( overført) se ned på

look favourably upon something være velvillig innstilt til noe

look for lete etter, titte etter, søke vente seg, regne med, håpe på

look for oneself eller judge for oneself dømme selv, se selv

look for trouble utfordre skjebnen

look forward to se frem til, glede seg til, lengte etter

• I look forward to his coming

jeg ser frem til at han kommer

look hard at somebody stirre stivt på noen

look here! se!, se her! hør her!, nå skal du høre!

look high ( overført) sikte høyt

look in on someone se inn til noen hilse på hos noen, stikke innom noen

look into vende ut mot, ha utsikt til se inn i se i

• look into a book

undersøke, forske i, granske

• I'll look into the matter

jeg skal undersøke saken

look like se ut som, ligne

• it looks like gold

• what does he look like?

hvordan ser han ut?

• it looks like being a fine day

det ser ut til å bli en fin dag

• she looked like crying

hun så ut som om hun skulle gråte

• she doesn't look much like a professor

hun ser ikke akkurat ut som en professor

look on se på, være tilskuer

look on to vende ut mot, ha utsikt til

look out se ut, titte ut

• look out of the window

se ut gjennom vinduet

se seg for, se opp, passe på, ha øynene oppe, være på vakt

look out! se opp!, se deg for!, pass deg!

look out for se opp for, se (seg om) etter

• look out for cars

forberede seg på, vente

• look out for trouble

• you can look out for me at six

du kan vente meg klokken seks

( britisk) finne (ut), få rede på, se etter, velge ut

• look out a word in a book

look out on eller look out over ha utsikt over, vende mot

• the room looks out on the seafront

look over se over, se i

• can I look over your book?

se igjennom, lese igjennom, se over, se på, granske, undersøke

• look over a house before byuing it

• the doctor looked him over

look round (for) se seg om (etter), se seg omkring (etter)

• look around the town

se seg om i byen

look sharp! skynd deg!, fort deg!

look small ( overført) se liten ut, se ynkelig ut

look someone in the eye\/face møte noens blikk, se direkte på noen

look someone through and through gjennomskue noen fullstendig

look someone up ( hverdagslig) ta kontakt med noen

look someone up and down mønstre noen fra topp til tå, måle noen med blikket

look something up slå opp noe (i en ordbok e.l.)

look the other way ( overført) lukke øynene for

look thoroughly into a matter gå en sak nærmere etter i sømmene

look through se gjennom, se i

• look through a telescope

se gjennom, bla gjennom, lese gjennom, undersøke

• look through some letters

• he looked the proposals through

( overført) gjennomskue, se tvers gjennom ( overført) ikke la seg merke med, overse, behandle som luft synes gjennom, (også overført) skinne gjennom

• his greed looked through his eyes

grådigheten lyste ut av øynene hans

look to vende ut mot, ha utsikt til peke på at det blir ( overført) se på, ta i betraktning se om, sørge for, tenke på, passe på

• look to your manners

• look to it that...

se til at...

regne med, vente seg, se frem til, håpe på

look to someone for something vente noe av noen, håpe på å få noe av noen

• I look to her to help me

jeg stoler på at hun skal hjelpe meg

look towards vende ut mot, ha utsikt til peke mot, peke på at det blir se mot ( slang) skåle for

• I look toward you!

look twice at se to ganger på

look up se opp

• look up to her

respektere henne

( handel) gå opp, stige, ta seg opp, bli bedre

• things are looking up

det lysner, det tar seg opp

look upon (as) ( overført) betrakte (som), anse (for)

• I look upon them as friends

jeg ser på dem som venner

look where you are going! se deg for!, se hvor du går!

look you! eller look'ee! ( dialekt) hører du!, legg merke til det!, (innskutt) forstår du

English-Norwegian dictionary > look
8 look

luk
1. сущ.
1) а) взгляд to have/take a look at ≈ посмотреть на;
ознакомиться с to steal a look ≈ украдкой посмотреть б) выражение глаз, выражение лица to dart, shoot a look ≈ бросить взгляд to get, have, take a look ≈ встретить отсутствующий взгляд to give smb. a look ≈ посмотреть на кого-л. to steal a look ≈ перехватить взгляд blank, distant, faraway, vacant look ≈ отсутствующий взгляд She had a faraway look in her eyes. ≈ У нее был отсутствующий взгляд anxious, worried look ≈ беспокойный взгляд close, hard look ≈ пристальный взгляд come-hither, inviting look ≈ зовущий взгляд curious, strange look ≈ странный взгляд dirty, nasty, vicious look ≈ масляный взгляд disapproving, stern look ≈ осуждающий взгляд eloquent, meaningful look ≈ выразительный взгляд inquiring, searching look ≈ пытливый взгляд pensive, thoughtful look ≈ задумчивый взгляд baleful look ≈ злобный взгляд furtive look ≈ хитрый взгляд grim look ≈ жуткий взгляд haggard look ≈ изможденный вид hungry look ≈ голодный взгляд knowing look ≈ проницательный взгляд penetrating look ≈ проницательный взгляд piercing look ≈ пронизывающий взгляд pleading look ≈ умоляющий взгляд provocative look ≈ дерзкий, вызывающий взгляд puzzled look ≈ озадаченный взгляд rapt look ≈ восхищенный взгляд scathing look ≈ враждебный взгляд sharp look ≈ острый взгляд sinister look ≈ зловещий взгляд skeptical look ≈ скептический взгляд steady look ≈ твердый взгляд sullen look ≈ сердитый взгляд suspicious look ≈ подозрительный взгляд tender look ≈ нежный взгляд troubled look ≈ обеспокоенный взгляд withering look ≈ испепеляющий взгляд
2) вид, внешность, наружность, облик Syn: appearance, aspect ∙ not to have a look in with smb. ≈ быть хуже, чем кто-л., не сравниться с кем-л. upon the look ≈ в поисках
2. гл.
1) а) смотреть, глядеть;
осматривать;
перен. быть внимательным, следить to look ahead ≈ смотреть вперед (в будущее) look ahead! ≈ берегись!;
осторожно! to look through blue-coloured (rose-coloured) glasses ≈ видеть все в непривлекательном (привлекательном) свете to look things in the face ≈ смотреть опасности в глаза Syn: gaze, glance, glare, peer, stare, see б) перен. выходить на..., быть обращенным на...;
'смотреть' (об окнах, дверях, выходах и т.д.) My room looks south. ≈ Моя комната выходит на юг.
2) как глагол-связка в составном именном сказуемом выглядеть, казаться to look big ≈ принимать важный вид to look well (ill) ≈ выглядеть хорошо (плохо) to look like ≈ выглядеть как, походить на, быть похожим на it looks like rain(ing) ≈ похоже, что будет дождь to look one's age ≈ выглядеть не старше своих лет to look oneself again ≈ принять обычный вид, оправиться
3) показывать, выражать( взглядом, видом) He looked his thanks. ≈ Весь его вид выражал благодарность. ∙ look about look after look ahead look aside look at look back look down look for look forward look in look into look on look out look over look round look through look to look toward look towards look up look upon look before you leap ≈ не будьте опрометчивы look here! ≈ послушайте! look sharp! ≈ живей!;
смотри(те) в оба! to look at home ≈ обратиться к своей совести, заглянуть себе в душу to look at him ≈ судя по его виду look alive ≈ спешить, торопиться взгляд - kind * добрый взгляд - to have /to take, to give/ a * at smth. посмотреть /взглянуть/ на что-л.;
/бегло/ ознакомиться с чем-л. - to take a good * at smb., smth. внимательно посмотреть на кого-л., что-л.;
хорошенько рассмотреть кого-л., что-л. - to cast /to shoot/ a * бросить взгляд - to flash a * at smb. метнуть взгляд на кого-л. - to steal a * посмотреть украдкой - may I have a * at your passport? позвольте взглянуть на ваш паспорт? вид, наружность - to have a * of smb., smth. чем-то (смутно) напоминать кого-л., что-л.;
быть похожим на кого-л., что-л. - I don't like the * of him мне не нравится его вид /его внешность/ - he had an odd * about him у него был странный вид - the house had a dismal * дом выглядел довольно мрачно - judging by the * of his rash, he has scarlet fever судя по (виду) сыпи, у него скарлатина - affairs took on an ugly * дела приняли дурной оборот - I don't like the new * in evening wear мне не нравится последняя мода вечерних туалетов - it has given the shop a new * от этого магазин совсем преобразился выражение - a * of pleasure came to her face довольное выражение появилось на ее лице - there was an ugly * in his eye вид у него был угрожающий обыкн. pl наружность (человека) - good *s красота, миловидность - to be in good *s хорошо выглядеть - she has *s and youth она молода и красива - she's beginning to lose her *s она начинает дурнеть поиск - to have a * for smth. искать /разыскивать/ что-л. - to be upon the * (for) быть в поисках (чего-л.) > by the *(s) of it с виду;
по виду;
видимо > by the *(s) of it we shan't have much rain this year похоже, что в этом году будет мало дождей > I don't like the *(s) of it мне это кажется подозрительным;
меня это настораживает > to give smb. the * заигрывать с кем-л. > women still gave him the * женщины все еще заглядывались на него /интересовались им/ смотреть, глядеть - to * but see nothing смотреть, но ничего не видеть - to * at smb., smth. смотреть на кого-л., что-л. - to * at the ceiling смотреть в потолок - don't * at me! не смотрите на меня! - to * on smb. with dislike смотреть на кого-л. с отвращением - to * black at smb. смотреть на кого-л. сердито /со злостью/ - to * after the train as it is leaving the station провожать глазами отходящий поезд - to * another way смотреть в другую сторону /в другом направлении/ - *! смотри!, вот! - * this way! смотри сюда /в эту сторону/! - to * throug a glass смотреть сквозь стекло - he *ed about the room он обвел глазами комнату взглянуть, посмотреть - to * into the window заглянуть в окно - to * out of /(амер) out/ smth. выглянуть откуда-нибудь - he *ed out of the window to see if she was coming он посмотрел /выглянул/ в окно, не идет ли она - to * over smth. просмотреть, осмотреть что-л. - to * over one's manuscript просмотреть свою рукопись - to * over the house осмотреть дом - to * through smth. просматривать;
виднеться, проглядывать - to * through smb.'s papers просмотреть /проверить/ чьи-л. документы /бумаги/ - his greed *ed through his eyes по его взгляду можно было сказать, что он жадный человек - to * about one осматриваться - we hardly had time to * about us before we had to continue our journey мы еле-еле успели осмотреться, как уже было пора отправляться в путь - not much to * at некрасивый, непрезентабельный;
смотреть не на что выглядеть, иметь вид, казаться - to * happy выглядеть /казаться/ счастливым, иметь счастливый вид - to * big принимать важный вид - to * small иметь жалкий вид - he made me * small он меня унизил - to * one's age выглядеть не старше /или не моложе/ своих лет - not to * oneself измениться до неузнаваемости, быть непохожим на самого себя - to * oneself again оправиться, прийти в себя, принять свой обычный вид - to * one's part внешне соответствовать образу (об актере) - you don't * yourself вас узнать нельзя;
на вас лица нет - everybody *ed tired у всех был усталый вид - does this hat * well on me? мне идет эта шляпа? - things * promising положение обнадеживающее /благоприятное/, дела принимают хороший оборот - things * black дела плохи, дела принимают плохой оборот - that *s heavy на вид /по виду/ это тяжело - I never saw her * better она никогда не выглядела лучше - she *s her best in blue синий цвет ей больше всего к лицу - he made me * a fool он поставил меня в дурацкое положение - that *s suspicious это подозрительно( like, as of) быть похожим;
напоминать;
производить то или иное впечатление - she *s like her father она похожа на своего отца - he *s like an honest man он производит впечатление порядочного человека - it *s like rain /like raining/ похоже на (то, что будет) дождь - you * as if something has happened у тебя такой вид, будто что-то случилось - it *s as if /as though/ we are going to have trouble похоже на то, что /видимо/, у нас будут неприятности - you * as if you slept badly ты выглядишь, как будто ты не выспался - it would * as if you are afraid можно подумать, что вы боитесь проверить, посмотреть, в чем дело - to * into a matter разбираться в деле, рассматривать проблему - to * into a question изучать вопрос - will you * at this sentence, please? проверьте /взгляните, пожалуйста, на/ это предложение - the plumber has come to * at the pipes водопроводчик пришел, чтобы проверить трубы - I must get my car *ed at надо, чтобы посмотрели /проверили/ мою машину - when one *s more closely если вдуматься( хорошенько) - it is something that needs *ing это требует расследования (to) заботиться о( ком-л., чем-л.) ;
следить за( кем-л., чем-л.) - just * to it that this doesn't happen again проследите за тем, чтобы это не повторилось - the country must * to its defences страна должна обеспечивать свою оборону - * to your manners, boy! веди себя как полагается, мальчик! (towards, on to, into, down) выходить (тж, * out) ;
быть обращенным (куда-л., в какую-л. сторону) - the room *s south комната выходит на юг - the windows * (out) on the garden окна выходят в сад выражать (взглядом, видом) - to * one's consent выражать свое согласие взглядом - he *ed his thanks весь его вид выражал благодарность - she has *ed "yes" ее глаза сказали "да" (с инфинитивом) (американизм) ожидать с уверенностью;
надеяться - he *ed to hear from her он ждал, что она даст о себе знать - we *ed to have immediate success мы надеялись /рассчитывали/ сразу добиться успеха в грам. знач. междометия: послушайте!, эй! (тж. * here!;
привлекает внимание собеседника) - *, old boy - go easy with her! послушай, старина, поосторожнее с ней! - * who's here! кого я вижу! - now * what you've done! смотрите, что вы наделали! - * who's talking! не вам бы говорить - to look on /upon/ smb. as smb. считать кого-л. кем-л. - to * on /upon/ smb. as an authority считать кого-л. авторитетом - to look on /upon/ smth. as smth. рассматривать что-л. в качестве чего-л. или как что-л. - I * on /upon/ it as an ill omen я считаю это дурным предзнаменованием - to look to smb. for smth. обращаться к кому-л. за чем-л., рассчитывать, надеяться на кого-л. - to * to smb. for help рассчитывать на чью-л. помощь - I * to you for protection я ищу у вас защиты - to look after smb., smth. присматривать, ухаживать за кем-л., чем-л.;
заботиться о ком-л., чем-л. - to * after one's health заботиться о своем здоровье - to * after flowers ухаживать за цветами - to give one's valuables to the bank to * after сдать свои ценности в банк на хранение - who will * after the children? кто посмотрит за детьми?, кто позаботится о детях? - he's well able to * after himself он не нуждается в посторонней помощи, он все умеет делать сам;
он отлично умеет защищать свои интересы - to look for smb., smth. искать кого-л., что-л. - he is *ing for his son он разыскивает своего сына - she is *ing for her keys она ищет ключи подыскивать, присматривать - to * for an apartment подыскивать /присматривать/ себе квартиру - he is *ing for a wife он ищет себе жену - to * for trouble напрашиваться на неприятность надеяться, ожидать - rain may be *ed for можно ждать дождя - to look + пассивный инфинитив: ожидать - to * to be helped ждать помощи > * and see смотрите во все глаза > * after your own business не суй свой нос в чужие дела > to * through smb. пронизывать кого-л. взглядом;
не замечать, смотреть как на пустое место > to * throug rose-coloured glasses смотреть (на все) сквозь розовые очки, видеть все в привлекательном свете > to * through blue-coloured glasses смотреть (на все) пессимистически, видеть все в непривлекательном свете > to * at him... если судить по его виду... > to * at it... с внешней стороны..., если посмотреть снаружи... > not to * at smth. больше не прикасаться к чему-л., отказываться вмешиваться во что-л. > he wouldn't * at the proposal он и думать /слышать/ не хотел об этом предложении > * sharp! не зевай!, не мешкай! > * alive /lively/! живей!, пошевеливайся! > to * down one's nose at smb. смотреть сверху вниз /свысока, с едва скрываемым презрением или неудовольствием/ на кого-л. > to * up and down искать везде, перерыть все;
смерить взглядом > to * smb. in the face смотреть смело /прямо/ в лицо кому-л. > to * danger in the face смотреть опасности в глаза > to * like a million dollars( американизм) прекрасно выглядеть > he never *ed behind him всю жизнь ему сопутствовал успех;
он неуклонно шел вверх по служебной лестнице > * before you leap сначала посмотри, потом прыгай affairs took on an ugly ~ дела пошли плохо ~ to указывать на;
the evidence looks to acquittal судя по свидетельским показаниям, его оправдают;
look toward = look to ~ вид, наружность;
good looks красота;
миловидность look взгляд;
to have (или to take) a look at посмотреть на;
ознакомиться с ~ выражать (взглядом, видом) ;
he looked his thanks весь его вид выражал благодарность ~ upon смотреть как на;
считать за;
he was looked upon as an authority на него смотрели как на авторитет, его считали авторитетом to lose one's ~s дурнеть;
I don't like the look of him мне не нравится его вид ~ towards: I ~ towards you пью за ваше здоровье to ~ like выглядеть как, походить на, быть похожим на;
it looks like rain(-ing) похоже, что будет дождь ~ смотреть, глядеть;
осматривать;
перен. быть внимательным, следить;
to look ahead смотреть вперед (в будущее) ;
look ahead! берегись!;
осторожно! ~ смотреть, глядеть;
осматривать;
перен. быть внимательным, следить;
to look ahead смотреть вперед (в будущее) ;
look ahead! берегись!;
осторожно! ~ ahead упреждение ~ at посмотреть (в чем дело), проверить;
one's way of looking at things (чьи-л.) взгляды;
(чья-л.) манера смотреть на вещи ~ at смотреть (на что-л., на кого-л.) to ~ at home обратиться к своей совести, заглянуть себе в душу;
to look at him судя по его виду to ~ at home обратиться к своей совести, заглянуть себе в душу;
to look at him судя по его виду ~ back вспоминать, оглядываться на прошлое ~ back оглядываться ~ before you leap не будьте опрометчивы;
look here! послушайте!;
look sharp! живей!;
смотри(те) в оба! ~ down ком. падать (в цене) ~ down смотреть свысока, презирать (on, upon) ~ for искать ~ for ожидать, надеяться на ~ for a job искать работу ~ before you leap не будьте опрометчивы;
look here! послушайте!;
look sharp! живей!;
смотри(те) в оба! ~ in заглянуть (к кому-л.) ~ in смотреть телепередачу ~ into заглядывать ~ into исследовать ~ on = look upon ~ on наблюдать to ~ one's age выглядеть не старше своих лет to ~ oneself again принять обычный вид, оправиться ~ out быть настороже;
look out! осторожнее!, берегись! ~ out быть настороже;
look out! осторожнее!, берегись! ~ out выглядывать( откуда-л.) ~ out иметь вид, выходить (on, over - на что-л.) ~ out подыскивать;
to look out for a house присматривать (для покупки) дом ~ out подыскивать;
to look out for a house присматривать (для покупки) дом ~ over не заметить ~ over просматривать ~ over простить ~ round взвесить все (прежде чем действовать) ~ round оглядываться кругом ~ before you leap не будьте опрометчивы;
look here! послушайте!;
look sharp! живей!;
смотри(те) в оба! sharp: look ~! живей! look ~! смотри(те) в оба! to ~ things in the face смотреть опасности в глаза ~ through видеть (кого-л.) насквозь ~ through просматривать (что-л.) ~ through смотреть в (окно и т. п.) through: I have read the book ~ я прочел всю книгу;
to get through пройти;
to look through просмотреть to ~ through blue-coloured (rose-coloured) glasses видеть все в непривлекательном (привлекательном) свете ~ to заботиться о, следить за;
look to it that this doesn't happen again смотрите, чтобы это не повторилось ~ to надеяться на ~ to рассчитывать на ~ to стремиться, быть направленным ( к чему-л., на что-л.) ;
иметь склонность( к чему-л.) ~ to указывать на;
the evidence looks to acquittal судя по свидетельским показаниям, его оправдают;
look toward = look to ~ to указывать на;
the evidence looks to acquittal судя по свидетельским показаниям, его оправдают;
look toward = look to ~ to заботиться о, следить за;
look to it that this doesn't happen again смотрите, чтобы это не повторилось ~ to указывать на;
the evidence looks to acquittal судя по свидетельским показаниям, его оправдают;
look toward = look to ~ towards: I ~ towards you пью за ваше здоровье ~ up искать (что-л. в справочнике) ~ up вчт. искать ~ up разг. навещать( кого-л.) ~ up повышаться( в цене) ~ up смотреть вверх, поднимать глаза;
to look up and down смерить взглядом;
to look up (to smb.) смотреть почтительно( на кого-л.) ;
уважать( кого-л.) ;
считаться( с кем-л.) ~ up смотреть вверх, поднимать глаза;
to look up and down смерить взглядом;
to look up (to smb.) смотреть почтительно (на кого-л.) ;
уважать (кого-л.) ;
считаться (с кем-л.) ~ up разг. улучшаться( о делах) ;
things are looking up положение улучшается ~ up смотреть вверх, поднимать глаза;
to look up and down смерить взглядом;
to look up (to smb.) смотреть почтительно (на кого-л.) ;
уважать (кого-л.) ;
считаться (с кем-л.) ~ on = look upon ~ upon смотреть как на;
считать за;
he was looked upon as an authority на него смотрели как на авторитет, его считали авторитетом ~ как глагол-связка в составном именном сказуемом выглядеть, казаться;
to look well (ill) выглядеть хорошо (плохо) ;
to look big принимать важный вид to lose one's ~s дурнеть;
I don't like the look of him мне не нравится его вид ~ выходить на..., быть обращенным на...;
my room looks south моя комната выходит на юг new ~ новая мода (о фасонах) not to have a ~ in (with smb.) быть хуже, чем (кто-л.), не сравниться (с кем-л.) ~ at посмотреть (в чем дело), проверить;
one's way of looking at things (чьи-л.) взгляды;
(чья-л.) манера смотреть на вещи to cast a ~ бросить взгляд, посмотреть;
to steal a look украдкой посмотреть ~ up разг. улучшаться (о делах) ;
things are looking up положение улучшается upon the ~ в поисках ~ выражение (глаз, лица) ;
a vacant look отсутствующий взгляд

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > look
9 look

1. [lʋk] n
1. взгляд

kind [scornful, angry, vacant] look - добрый [презрительный, сердитый, отсутствующий] взгляд

to have /to take, to give/ a look at smth. - посмотреть /взглянуть/ на что-л.; /бегло/ ознакомиться с чем-л.

to take a good look at smb., smth. - внимательно посмотреть на кого-л., что-л., хорошенько рассмотреть кого-л., что-л.

to cast /to shoot/ a look - бросить взгляд

to flash a look at smb. - метнуть взгляд на кого-л.

to steal a look - посмотреть украдкой

may I have a look at your passport? - позвольте взглянуть на ваш паспорт?

2. 1) вид, наружность

to have a look of smb., smth. - чем-то (смутно) напоминать кого-л., что-л., быть похожим на кого-л., что-л.

I don't like the look of him - мне не нравится его вид /его внешность/

he had an odd look about him - у него был странный вид

the house had a dismal look - дом выглядел довольно мрачно

judging by the look of his rash, he has scarlet fever - судя по (виду) сыпи, у него скарлатина

affairs took on an ugly look - дела приняли дурной оборот

I don't like the new look in evening wear - мне не нравится последняя мода вечерних туалетов

it has given the shop a new look - от этого магазин совсем преобразился

2) выражение

a look of pleasure came to her face - довольное выражение появилось на её лице

there was an ugly look in his eye - вид у него был угрожающий

3. обыкн. pl наружность ( человека)

good looks - красота, миловидность

to be in good looks - хорошо выглядеть

she has looks and youth - она молода и красива

she's beginning to lose her looks - она начинает дурнеть

4. поиск

to have a look for smth. - искать /разыскивать/ что-л.

to be upon the look (for) - быть в поисках (чего-л.)

♢ by the look(s) of it - с виду; по виду; видимо

by the look(s) of it we shan't have much rain this year - похоже, что в этом году будет мало дождей

I don't like the look(s) of it - мне это кажется подозрительным; меня это настораживает

to give smb. the look - заигрывать с кем-л.

women still gave him the look - женщины всё ещё заглядывались на него /интересовались им/
2. [lʋk] v
I

1. смотреть, глядеть

to look but see nothing - смотреть, но ничего не видеть

to look at smb., smth. - смотреть на кого-л., что-л.

to look at the ceiling - смотреть в потолок

don't look at me! - не смотрите на меня

to look on smb. with dislike [with distrust] - смотреть на кого-л. с отвращением [с недоверием]

to look black at smb. - смотреть на кого-л. сердито /со злостью/

to look after the train as it is leaving the station - провожать глазами отходящий поезд

to look another way - смотреть в другую сторону /в другом направлении/

look! - смотри!, вот!

look this way! - смотри сюда /в эту сторону/

to look through a glass [through a window pane] - смотреть сквозь стекло [через окно] [см. тж. 2]

he looked about the room - он обвёл глазами комнату

2. взглянуть, посмотреть

to look into smth. - заглядывать во что-л.

to look into the window - заглянуть в окно

to look out of /амер. out/ smth. - выглянуть откуда-нибудь

he looked out of the window to see if she was coming - он посмотрел /выглянул/ в окно, не идёт ли она

to look over smth. - просмотреть, осмотреть что-л.

to look over one's manuscript - просмотреть свою рукопись

to look over the house [apartment] - осмотреть дом [квартиру]

to look through smth. - а) просматривать; to look through smb.'s papers - просмотреть /проверить/ чьи-л. документы /бумаги/; б) виднеться, проглядывать

his greed looked through his eyes - по его взгляду можно было сказать, что он жадный человек; [см. тж. 1]

to look about one - осматриваться

we hardly had time to look about us before we had to continue out journey - мы еле-еле успели осмотреться, как уж было пора отправляться в путь

not much to look at - некрасивый, непрезентабельный; смотреть не на что

3. 1) выглядеть, иметь вид, казаться

to look happy [sad, ill] - выглядеть /казаться/ счастливым [печальным, больным], иметь счастливый [печальный, больной] вид

to look big - принимать важный вид

to look small - иметь жалкий вид

he made me look small - он меня унизил

to look one's age - выглядеть не старше или не моложе своих лет

not to look oneself - измениться до неузнаваемости, быть непохожим на самого себя

to look oneself again - оправиться, прийти в себя, принять свой обычный вид

to look one's part - внешне соответствовать образу ( об актёре)

you don't look yourself - а) вас узнать нельзя; б) на вас лица нет

everybody looked tired - у всех был усталый вид

does this hat look well on me? - мне идёт эта шляпа?

things look promising - положение обнадёживающее /благоприятное/, дела принимают хороший оборот

things look black - дела плохи, дела принимают плохой оборот

that looks heavy - на вид /по виду/ это тяжело

I never saw her look better - она никогда не выглядела лучше

she looks her best in blue - синий цвет ей больше всего к лицу

he made me look a fool - он поставил меня в дурацкое положение

that looks suspicious - это подозрительно

2) (like, as if) быть похожим; напоминать; производить то или иное впечатление

she looks like her father - она похожа на своего отца

he looks like an honest man - он производит впечатление порядочного человека

it looks like rain /like raining/ - похоже на (то, что будет) дождь

you look as if something has happened - у тебя такой вид, будто что-то случилось

it looks as if /as though/ we are going to have trouble - похоже на то, что /видимо/, у нас будут неприятности

you look as if you slept badly - ты выглядишь, как будто ты не выспался

it would look as if you are afraid - можно подумать, что вы боитесь

4. 1) проверить, посмотреть, в чём дело

to look into a matter - разбираться в деле, рассматривать проблему

to look into a question - изучать вопрос

will you look at this sentence, please? - проверьте /взгляните, пожалуйста, на/ это предложение

the plumber has come to look at the pipes - водопроводчик пришёл, чтобы проверить трубы

I must get my car looked at - надо, чтобы посмотрели /проверили/ мою машину

when one looks more closely - если вдуматься (хорошенько)

it is something that needs looking at - это требует расследования

2) (to) заботиться о (ком-л., чём-л.); следить за (кем-л., чем-л.)

just look to it that this doesn't happen again - последите за тем, чтобы это не повторилось

the country must look to its defences - страна должна обеспечивать свою оборону

look to your manners, boy! - веди себя как полагается, мальчик!

5. (towards, on to, into, down) выходить (тж. look out); быть обращённым (куда-л., в какую-л. сторону)

the room looks south - комната выходит на юг

the windows look (out) on the garden - окна выходят в сад

6. выражать (взглядом, видом)

to look one's consent - выражать своё согласие взглядом

he looked his thanks - весь его вид выражал благодарность

she has looked❝yes❞ - её глаза сказали «да»

7. ( с инфинитивом) амер. ожидать с уверенностью; надеяться

he looked to hear from her - он ждал, что она даст о себе знать

we looked to have immediate success - мы надеялись /рассчитывали/ сразу добиться успеха

8. в грам. знач. междометия послушайте!, эй! (тж. look here!; привлекает внимание собеседника)

look, old boy - go easy with her! - послушай, старина, поосторожнее с ней!

look who's here! - кого я вижу!

now look what you've done! - смотрите, что вы наделали!

look who's talking! - не вам бы говорить!

II Б

1. 1) to look on /upon/ smb. as smb. считать кого-л. кем-л.

to look on /upon/ smb. as an authority [as a leader, as one's teacher] - считать кого-л. авторитетом [вождём, своим учителем]

2) to look on /upon/ smth. as smth. рассматривать что-л. в качестве чего-л. или как что-л.

I look on /upon/ it as an ill omen - я считаю это дурным предзнаменованием

2. to look to smb. for smth. обращаться к кому-л. за чем-л., рассчитывать, надеяться на кого-л.

to look to smb. for help - рассчитывать на чью-л. помощь

I look to you for protection - я ищу у вас защиты

3. to look after smb., smth. присматривать, ухаживать за кем-л., чем-л.; заботиться о ком-л., чём-л.

to look after one's health - заботиться о своём здоровье

to look after flowers - ухаживать за цветами

to give one's valuables to the bank to look after - сдать свои ценности в банк на хранение

who will look after the children? - кто посмотрит за детьми?, кто позаботится о детях?

he's well able to look after himself - а) он не нуждается в посторонней помощи, он всё умеет делать сам; б) он отлично умеет защищать свои интересы

4. to look for smb., smth.

1) искать что-л., кого-л.

he is looking for his son - он разыскивает своего сына

she is looking for her keys [her bag] - она ищет ключи [сумочку]

2) подыскивать, присматривать

to look for an apartment - подыскивать /присматривать/ себе квартиру

he is looking for a wife - он ищет себе жену

to look for trouble [for a fight] - напрашиваться на неприятность [на драку]

3) надеяться, ожидать

rain may be looked for - можно ждать дождя

5. to look + пассивный инфинитив ожидать

to look to be helped [to be protected] - ждать помощи [защиты]

♢

look and see - смотрите во все глаза

look after your own business - не суй свой нос в чужие дела

to look through smb. - а) пронизывать кого-л. взглядом; б) не замечать, смотреть как на пустое место

to look through rose-coloured glasses - смотреть (на всё) сквозь розовые очки, видеть всё в привлекательном свете

to look through blue-coloured glasses - смотреть (на всё) пессимистически, видеть всё в непривлекательном свете

to look at him... - если судить по его виду...

to look at it... - с внешней стороны..., если посмотреть снаружи...

not to look at smth. - больше не прикасаться к чему-л., отказываться вмешиваться во что-л.

he wouldn't look at the proposal - он и думать /слышать/ не хотел об этом предложении

look sharp! - не зевай!, не мешкай!

look alive /lively/! - живей!, пошевеливайся!

to look down one's nose at smb. - смотреть сверху вниз /свысока, с едва скрываемым презрением или неудовольствием/ на кого-л.

to look up and down - а) искать везде, перерыть всё; б) смерить взглядом

to look smb. in the face - смотреть смело /прямо/ в лицо кому-л.

to look danger in the face - смотреть опасности в глаза

to look like a million dollars - амер. прекрасно выглядеть

he never looked behind him - всю жизнь ему сопутствовал успех; он неуклонно шёл вверх по служебной лестнице

look before you leap см. leap1 II ♢

to look a gift horse in the mouth см. gift I ♢

НБАРС > look
10 look

1. n

1) погляд

to cast (to shoot) a look — кинути погляд, зиркнути

to flash a look at smb. — кинути оком, блимнути очима на когось

to give a look — глянути, подивитися

to have (to take) a look at smth. — подивитися (глянути) на щось; ознайомитися з чимсь

to steal a look — зиркнути крадькома

to take a good look at smb., smth. — уважно подивитися на когось, щось; добре розгледіти когось, щось

2) вигляд; стан

3) вираз (очей, обличчя)

4) pl зовнішній вигляд

good looks — краса, миловидність

to have good looks — бути гарним

◊ I don't like the look of him — мені не подобається його вигляд

◊ affairs took on an ugly look — справи повернули на погане; справи пішли кепсько

◊ upon the look — у пошуках

2. v

1) дивитися; оглядати; перен. бути уважним, стежити

look! — дивися!

to look ahead — дивитися уперед; думати про майбутнє

look ahead! — обережно!

to look into the window — заглянути у вікно

2) глянути, подивитися

I'll look what time the train starts — я гляну, коли відходить поїзд

3) мати вигляд, здаватися

to look happy (sad) — мати щасливий (сумний) вигляд

you look quite ill — у тебе зовсім хворий вигляд

she looks like her mother — вона схожа на свою матір

it looks like rain (raining) — схоже, що буде дощ

to look one's age — на вигляд бути не старшим за свої роки

4) перевірити (подивитися), в чому справа

to look into a question — вивчити питання

5) виходити на, бути зверненим на

my room looks south — моя кімната виходить на південь

6) виражати (поглядом)

◊ to look after flowers — доглядати за квітами

◊ to look after one's health — піклуватися про своє здоров'я

◊ look after your own business — не сунь носа до чужого проса

◊ to look at home — заглянути собі в душу

◊ to look big — набирати важного вигляду

◊ to look small — мати жалюгідний вигляд

◊ to look things in the face — дивитися небезпеці у вічі

◊ to look through blue-coloured glasses — бачити усе у непринадному світлі

◊ to look through rose-coloured glasses — дивитися крізь рожеві окуляри

◊ to look to smb. for help — розраховувати на чиюсь допомогу

◊ look alive (sharp)! — жвавіше!, мерщій!

◊ look here! — послухайте!

□ look about — а) озиратися, орієнтуватися; б) роздивлятися; знайомитися з навколишнім (середовищем); в) розшукувати

□ look after — а) стежити поглядом (очима); б) придивлятися за, піклуватися про

□ look at — а) дивитися на (когось, щось); б) подивитися (у чому справа); перевірити

to look at him — судячи з його вигляду

□ look back — оглядатися

□ look down — а) понуритися, нахнюпитися; б) дивитися з презирством (звисока); зневажати (когось — on, upon); в) дешевіти

□ look for — а) шукати, переглядати; б) сподіватися, очікувати; покладати надію на

□ look forward — чекати, очікувати; передчувати

□ look in — заходити (до когось); заглядати

□ look into — а) заглядати; б) досліджувати

□ look on — спостерігати

□ look out — виглядати; висовуватися; виходити (на щось — on, over); бути насторожі; підшукувати, підбирати

□ look out! — обережно!, стережися!

□ look over — переглядати; не помітити, недоглянути; простити

□ look round — оглядатися навколо; зважити усі можливості

□ look through — переглядати, передивлятися; бачити щось наскрізь; пронизувати поглядом; дивитися у (вікно тощо)

□ look to — дбати, піклуватися про; стежити за

□ look up — дивитися угору, підводити голову (очі); відвідати; поліпшуватися; підвищуватися (про ціну)

to look up and down — зміряти поглядом

□ look upon — дивитися як на; вважати за

* * *
I [luk] n
1) погляд

2) вигляд, зовнішність; вираз ( обличчя), вигляд

3) pl зовнішність ( людини)

4) пошук
II [luk] v
1) дивитися

2) глянути, подивитися

3) виглядати, мати вигляд, здаватися; (like, as if) бути схожим; нагадувати; справляти те чи інше враження

4) перевірити; подивитися, у чому справа; (to) піклуватися про (кого-небудь, що-небудь); пильнувати ( кого-небудь)

5) (into, down) виходити; бути поверненим ( у який-небудь бік)

6) виражати (поглядом, виглядом)

7) aмep. ( з інфінітивом) очікувати з упевненістю; сподіватися

8) послухайте!, агов! (look here!; привертає увагу співрозмовника)

9) - out! увага! обережно!

10) to look on /upon/ smb

as smb — вважати кого-небудь ким-небудь; to look on / upon / smth as smth розглядати що-небудь у якості чого-небудь або як що-небудь

11) to look to smb for smth звертатися до кого-небудь за чим-небудь; розраховувати, сподіватися на кого-небудь

12) to look after smb; smth доглядати за ким-небудь, чим-небудь; піклуватися, дбати про кого-небудь, що-небудь

13) to look for smb; smth шукати що-небудь, кого-небудь; підшукувати; сподіватися, очікувати

English-Ukrainian dictionary > look
11 look up

1. phr v поднимать глаза

thievish look — вороватый взгляд, вороватые глаза

2. phr v уважать

he is looked up to by everybody — он пользуется всеобщим уважением

3. phr v обращать взоры; прибегать к помощи

we all look up to you for guidance — мы все рассчитываем на ваше руководство

look as — выглядеть как

look down — потупить взор

look for help — рассчитывать на помощь

to look tarty — выглядеть как уличная девка

you still look the same — вы выглядите, как и прежде

4. phr v искать; наводить

please look up a fast train to Leeds — пожалуйста, посмотрите расписание скорого поезда в Лидс

look for — искать

to look for new markets — искать новые рынки

5. phr v разг. навестить

6. phr v разг. улучшаться

business conditions are beginning to look up — деловая конъюнктура начинает улучшаться

7. phr v ком. разг. повышаться

Синонимический ряд:

1. communicate (verb) approach; call; communicate; contact; get in touch with; reach; speak to; talk

2. improve (verb) ameliorate; convalesce; gain; improve; mend; perk up; recuperate

3. visit (verb) come by; come over; drop by; drop in; look in; pop in; run in; see; step in; stop by; stop in; visit

English-Russian base dictionary > look up
12 look up

look up

1) (raise one's eyes) alzare gli occhi, lo sguardo

2) (raise one's head) alzare la testa

to look up at the clouds — guardare le nuvole

3) (improve) [ business] andare meglio, migliorare; [ situation] migliorare; [ property market] riprendersi; look [sb., sth.] up, look up [sb., sth.]

4) (check in book) cercare [phone number, price, word]

5) (visit) andare a trovare, fare un salto da [ friend]; look up to [sb.] ammirare, guardare con ammirazione [ person]

* * *

1) (to improve: Things have been looking up lately.) migliorare

2) (to pay a visit to: I looked up several old friends.) andare a trovare

3) (to search for in a book of reference: You should look the word up (in a dictionary).) cercare

4) (to consult (a reference book): I looked up in the encyclopedia.) consultare

* * *

1. vi + adv

1) (glance) alzare gli occhi

2) (improve: prospects) migliorare, (business) riprendersi, (sales) aumentare, (shares) essere in rialzo, (weather) mettersi al bello

things are looking up — le cose stanno migliorando

2. vt + adv

1) (information, word) cercare

if you don't know a word, look it up in the dictionary — se non conosci qualche parola cercala sul dizionario

2) (visit: friend) andare a trovare

* * *

look up

1) (raise one's eyes) alzare gli occhi, lo sguardo

2) (raise one's head) alzare la testa

to look up at the clouds — guardare le nuvole

3) (improve) [ business] andare meglio, migliorare; [ situation] migliorare; [ property market] riprendersi; look [sb., sth.] up, look up [sb., sth.]

4) (check in book) cercare [phone number, price, word]

5) (visit) andare a trovare, fare un salto da [ friend]; look up to [sb.] ammirare, guardare con ammirazione [ person]

English-Italian dictionary > look up
13 look up

look up

1) ( raise one's eyes) lever les yeux ( from de)

2) ( raise one's head) lever la tête

to look up at the clouds — regarder les nuages

3) ( improve) [business] aller mieux; [situation] s'améliorer; [property market] reprendre

things are looking up for us — les choses s'arrangent pour nous

look [somebody/something] up, look up [somebody/something]

4) ( check in book) chercher [phone number, price] (in dans)

5) ( visit) passer voir [acquaintance]

look up to [somebody] admirer [person]

English-French dictionary > look up
14 look up

1. intransitive verb
1) aufblicken

2) (improve) besser werden; [Aktien, Chancen:] steigen

things are looking up — es geht bergauf

business is looking up again — das Geschäft läuft wieder besser
2. transitive verb
1) (search for) nachschlagen [Wort]; heraussuchen [Telefonnummer, Zugverbindung usw.]

2) (coll.): (visit)

look somebody up — bei jemandem reingucken (ugs.)

3)

look somebody up and down — jemanden von Kopf bis Fuß mustern

* * *

1) (to improve: Things have been looking up lately.) sich bessern

2) (to pay a visit to: I looked up several old friends.) aufsuchen

3) (to search for in a book of reference: You should look the word up (in a dictionary).) nachschauen

4) (to consult (a reference book): I looked up in the encyclopedia.) nachschlagen

* * *

◆ look up

I. vi

1. (glance up) nach oben sehen [o blicken] [o schauen]

▪ to \look up up at sb/sth zu jdm/etw hinaufsehen

▪ to \look up up [from sth] [von etw dat] aufsehen [o aufschauen] [o aufblicken

2. (improve) besser werden; figures, prices steigen

I hope things will start to \look up up in the New Year ich hoffe, dass es im neuen Jahr wieder aufwärtsgeht

II. vt

1. ( fam: visit)

▪ to \look up up ⇆ sb bei jdm vorbeischauen fam

\look up me up when you're in LA schau mal bei mir vorbei, wenn du in L.A. bist fam

2. (search for)

▪ to \look up up ⇆ sth etw nachschlagen

to \look up up a telephone number eine Telefonnummer heraussuchen

* * *

1. vi

1) (lit) aufsehen or -blicken

don't look up — guck nicht hoch (inf)

2) (= improve) besser werden; (shares, prices) steigen

things are looking up — es geht bergauf

2. vt sep

1)

to look sb up and down — jdn von oben bis unten ansehen or mustern

2)

(= visit) to look sb up — bei jdm vorbeischauen, jdn besuchen

3) (= seek) word nachschlagen; phone number, address heraussuchen

* * *

look up

A v/i

1. hinaufblicken, -sehen, -schauen, heraufblicken, -sehen, -schauen

2. aufblicken, -sehen, -schauen ( alle:

from von;

fig to zu):

look up from one’s book;

she needs sb to look up to sie braucht jemanden, zu dem sie aufblicken kann

3. a) sich bessern, besser werden:

things are looking up es geht bergauf ( for mit),

b) steigen (Chancen etc), (Aktien, Kurse, Preise auch) anziehen;

B v/t

1. a) ein Wort etc nachschlagen (in in dat)

b) nachschlagen in (dat);

2. a) vorbeischauen bei, besuchen

b) sich in Verbindung setzen mit;

3. look sb up and down jemanden von oben bis unten mustern

* * *
1. intransitive verb
1) aufblicken

2) (improve) besser werden; [Aktien, Chancen:] steigen

things are looking up — es geht bergauf

business is looking up again — das Geschäft läuft wieder besser
2. transitive verb
1) (search for) nachschlagen [Wort]; heraussuchen [Telefonnummer, Zugverbindung usw.]

2) (coll.): (visit)

look somebody up — bei jemandem reingucken (ugs.)

3)

look somebody up and down — jemanden von Kopf bis Fuß mustern

* * *

v.

aufschauen v.

aufsehen v.

betrachten v.

nachsehen v.

suchen v.

English-german dictionary > look up
15 look after

(to attend to or take care of: to look after the children.) cuidar, ocuparse de

look after vb cuidar / encargarse de

she looked after my dog while I was on holiday cuidó mi perro mientras estaba de vacaciones

look after

v.

• cuidar v.

v + prep + o

a) (care for, protect) \<\<invalid/child/animal\>\> cuidar, cuidar de; \<\<guest/tourist\>\> atender*

he's old enough to look after himself — ya es grandecito y puede arreglárselas solo

look after yourself! — cuídate!

b) ( keep watch on) cuidar, vigilar

will you look after Tommy for a minute? — ¿me cuidas a Tommy un momento?

c) ( be responsible for) encargarse* or ocuparse de

VI + PREP

1) (=take care of) [+ invalid, animal, plant] cuidar, cuidar de; [+ one's possessions] velar por

he can look after himself — sabe cuidar de or valerse por sí mismo

she can't look after herself any more — ya no puede valerse por sí misma

2) (=mind) [+ child] vigilar, cuidar; [+ shop, business] encargarse de

3)

to look after sth for sb — (=watch over) [+ luggage, house] vigilar algo a algn; (=keep temporarily) guardar algo a algn

* * *

v + prep + o

a) (care for, protect) \<\<invalid/child/animal\>\> cuidar, cuidar de; \<\<guest/tourist\>\> atender*

he's old enough to look after himself — ya es grandecito y puede arreglárselas solo

look after yourself! — cuídate!

b) ( keep watch on) cuidar, vigilar

will you look after Tommy for a minute? — ¿me cuidas a Tommy un momento?

c) ( be responsible for) encargarse* or ocuparse de

English-spanish dictionary > look after
16 look up

1) (to improve: Things have been looking up lately.) mejorar

2) (to pay a visit to: I looked up several old friends.) visitar, ir a ver

3) (to search for in a book of reference: You should look the word up (in a dictionary).) buscar

4) (to consult (a reference book): I looked up in the encyclopedia.) consultar

look up vb buscar

if you don't know the word, look it up in the dictionary si no conoces la palabra, búscala en el diccionario

look up

v.

• averiguar v.

• consultar v.

1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o

a) ( try to find) \<\<word\>\> buscar* ( en el diccionario)

b) ( visit) \<\<person\>\> ir* a ver

2) v + adv ( improve) mejorar

things are/business is looking up — las cosas/los negocios van mejorando

1. VI + ADV

1) (=glance) levantar la vista, alzar la vista

2) (=improve) mejorar

things are looking up — las cosas van mejor

2. VT + ADV

1) [+ information] buscar

if you don't know a word, look it up in the dictionary — si no conoces una palabra, búscala en el diccionario

2) (=visit) [+ person] ir a visitar

* * *

1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o

a) ( try to find) \<\<word\>\> buscar* ( en el diccionario)

b) ( visit) \<\<person\>\> ir* a ver

2) v + adv ( improve) mejorar

things are/business is looking up — las cosas/los negocios van mejorando

English-spanish dictionary > look up
17 look after

عُنِيَ بِـ \ care for: to look after: Who will care for these fatherless children?. mind: to attend to; look after (a baby, animals, a machine, sth. that is left in one’s care for a short time, etc.): His wife minds the shop while he has a meal. Mind your own business! (keep out of other people’s affairs!). take care of: to look after: I’ll take care of your children while you’re away. look after: to take care of: He looks after his old parents.

Arabic-English glossary > look after
18 look up

[ʹlʋkʹʌp] phr v
1. поднимать глаза

when I came in she didn't even look up - она даже головы не подняла, когда я вошёл

2. (to)

1) уважать

to look up to smb. - смотреть почтительно на кого-л., уважать кого-л.

he is looked up to by everybody - он пользуется всеобщим уважением

2) обращать взоры (к кому-л.); прибегать к помощи

we all look up to you for guidance - мы все рассчитываем на ваше руководство

3. искать (в словаре, справочнике и т. п.); наводить ( справку)

please look up a fast train to Leeds - пожалуйста, посмотрите расписание скорого поезда в Лидс

4. разг. навестить (кого-л.)

look me up next time you're in London - зайдите ко мне, когда снова будете в Лондоне

5. 1) разг. улучшаться (о делах, деловой конъюнктуре)

business conditions are beginning to look up - деловая конъюнктура начинает улучшаться

2) ком. разг. повышаться ( о ценах)

НБАРС > look up
19 look up

1) смотреть вверх, поднимать глаза to look up and down ≈ смерить взглядом to look up to smb. ≈ смотреть почтительно на кого-л.;
уважать кого-л.;
считаться с кем-л.
2) искать( что-л. в справочнике) If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in a good dictionary. ≈ Если не знаешь, что значит слово, посмотри его в хорошем словаре.
3) разг. улучшаться( о делах) things are looking up ≈ положение улучшается
4) повышаться (в цене)
5) разг. навещать кого-л. While you're in London, do look up our old teacher, he'll be pleased to see you. ≈ Когда окажешься в Лондоне, отыщи своего старого учителя, он будет рад тебя видеть. поднимать глаза - when I came in she didn't even * она даже головы не подняла, когда я вошел (to) уважать - to * to smb. смотреть почтительно на кого-л., уважать кого-л. - he is looked up to by everybody он пользуется всеобщим уважением обращать взоры (к кому-л.) ;
прибегать к помощи - we all * to you for guidance мы все рассчитываем на ваше руководство искать (в словаре, справочнике и т. п.) ;
наводить( справку) - please * a fast train to Leeds пожалуйста, посмотрите расписание скорого поезда в Лидс (разговорное) навестить( кого-л.) - look me up next time you're in London зайдите ко мне, когда снова будете в Лондоне (разговорное) улучшаться (о делах, деловой конъюнктуре) - business conditions are beginning to * деловая конъюнктура начинает улучшаться (коммерческое) (разговорное) повышаться (о ценах)

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > look up
20 -Business trip 2-

At work Business trip 2
There was some good news as well. Ci sono state anche notizie positive.

We went to visit a potential supplier. Siamo andati a trovare un potenziale fornitore.

They seemed much more professional than the other company. Sono sembrati molto più professionali dell'altra azienda.

We discussed prices and quality with the company and got a few samples. Abbiamo discusso i prezzi e la qualità con l'azienda e abbiamo ricevuto alcuni campioni.

We're thinking of placing a small trial order with them. Stiamo pensando di dare loro un piccolo ordine di prova.

Where are they based? Dove hanno sede?

They're based on the outskirts of Bombay. La loro sede è nella periferia di Bombay.

It looks promising. Sembra promettente.

We went there just to have a look around the production sites. Siamo andati là solo per dare un'occhiata ai siti di produzione.

They showed us new products and materials. Ci hanno mostrato nuovi prodotti e materiali.

They looked after us very well and were very hospitable. Si sono presi cura di noi e sono stati molto ospitali.

The good news is that we signed the contract for that big order. La buona notizia è che abbiamo firmato il contratto per quel grosso ordine.

We finalized all the details and they should go into production next month. Abbiamo definito tutti i dettagli e dovrebbero andare in produzione il prossimo mese.

Well done! Ben fatto!

That's excellent news! Che bella notizia!

English-Italian dictionary > -Business trip 2-

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to look for business

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