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to make up a bouquet

1 bouquet

I.

bouquet¹ [bukε]

masculine noun

   a. [de fleurs] bunch of flowers ; (soigneusement composé, grand) bouquet

• bouquet d'arbres clump of trees

• faire un bouquet to make up a bouquet

• bouquet garni bouquet garni (bunch of mixed herbs)

   b. [de feu d'artifice] finale (in a firework display)

• c'est le bouquet ! (inf) that takes the cake! (inf)

   c. [de vin] bouquet

• vin qui a du bouquet wine which has a good bouquet

   d. (TV) multichannel package ; (Business) bouquet de services range of services

II.

bouquet² [bukε]

masculine noun

( = crevette) prawn

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bukɛ
nom masculin

1) ( floral)

bouquet (de fleurs) — bunch of flowers; ( composé) bouquet; ( petit) posy

2) ( de feu d'artifice) final flourish

bouquet final — crowning piece

3) ( d'arbres) clump

4) ( de fines herbes) bunch

5) ( de vin) bouquet

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Phrasal Verbs:

- bouquet numérique

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c'est le bouquet! — (colloq) ( le comble) that's the limit! (colloq)

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bukɛ nm
1) [fleurs] bunch

un bouquet de fleurs — a bunch of flowers

un bouquet de roses — a bunch of roses

2) TV (= offre) [chaînes, programmes] package

3) [persil] bunch

4) (= parfum) bouquet

5) fig crowning piece

c'est le bouquet! — that takes the biscuit! Grande-Bretagne that takes the cake! USA that beats everything!

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bouquet nm

1 ( floral) bouquet (de fleurs) bunch of flowers; ( composé) bouquet; ( petit) posy; faire un bouquet to make a bouquet;

2 ( de feu d'artifice) final flourish; bouquet final crowning piece; en or comme bouquet final fig to crown it all;

3 ( d'arbres) clump;

4 ( de fines herbes) bunch;

5 ( crevette) prawn;

6 Vin bouquet;

7 Comm down payment on a property (subsequent payments being in the form of an annuity to the owner).

Composés

bouquet garni bouquet garni; bouquet numérique TV digital channel package.

Idiome

c'est le bouquet○! ( le comble) that's the limit○!; ( le coup de grâce) that's the last straw○!

[bukɛ] nom masculin

1. [fleurs - généralement] bunch ; [ - grand, décoratif] bouquet ; [ - petit] sprig, spray

2. [groupe - d'arbres] clump, cluster

3. [dans un feu d'artifice] crowning ou final piece, the (grand) finale

alors ça, c'est le bouquet! (familier) that's the limit!, that takes the biscuit (UK) ou cake (US)!

4. CUISINE

bouquet garni bouquet garni

5. œNOLOGIE bouquet, nose

6. TÉLÉVISION

bouquet numérique channel package channel bouquet

7. ZOOLOGIE (common) prawn

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > bouquet
2 Strauß

m; -es, -e; ORN. ostrich

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Strauß2

m; -es, Sträuße bunch; (Blumenstrauß) bunch of flowers; bes. zu einem Anlass: bouquet; kleiner, bunter: auch spray; ein Strauß Nelken a bunch of carnations

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Strauß3

m; -es, Sträuße; altm. fight, struggle; (Streit) quarrel; einen Strauß mit jemandem ausfechten (have a) fight with s.o., fight it out with s.o.; (etw. ausdiskutieren) have it out with s.o. umg.

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der Strauß

(Blumen) bunch; bouquet; bunch of flowers;

(Vogel) ostrich

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I [ʃtraus]
m -es, -e
ostrich
wie der Vogel Stráúß — like an ostrich
II
m -es, Sträuße
['ʃtrɔysə]
1) bunch; (= Blumenstrauß) bunch of flowers; (als Geschenk) bouquet, bunch of flowers; (= kleiner Strauß, Biedermeierstrauß) posy

einen Stráúß binden — to make up a bouquet

2) old = Kampf auch fig) struggle, battle

mit jdm einen harten Stráúß ausfechten (lit, fig) — to have a hard struggle or fight with sb

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der

1) (a type of large bird which cannot fly.) ostrich

2) (a small bunch of flowers: a posy of primroses.) posy

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Strauß¹

<-es, Sträuße>

[ʃtraus, pl ˈʃtrɔysə]

m bunch [of flowers]

Strauß²

<-es, -e>

[ʃtraus]

m ostrich

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I
der; Straußes, Sträuße bunch of flowers; (bes. als Geschenk) bouquet [of flowers]; (von kleinen Blumen) posy
II
der; Straußes, Strauße (Vogel) ostrich
•• Cultural note:
Straußwirtschaft

An inn set up temporarily by a local wine-grower for a few weeks after the new wine has been made. A bunch of flowers and vine leaves above the door shows that the new vintage is ready for tasting. See also Besenwirtschaft

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Strauß¹ m; -es, -e; ORN ostrich

Strauß² m; -es, Sträuße bunch; (Blumenstrauß) bunch of flowers; besonders zu einem Anlass: bouquet; kleiner, bunter: auch spray;

ein Strauß Nelken a bunch of carnations

Strauß³ m; -es, Sträuße; obs fight, struggle; (Streit) quarrel;

einen Strauß mit jemandem ausfechten (have a) fight with sb, fight it out with sb; (etwas ausdiskutieren) have it out with sb umg

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I
der; Straußes, Sträuße bunch of flowers; (bes. als Geschenk) bouquet [of flowers]; (von kleinen Blumen) posy
II
der; Straußes, Strauße (Vogel) ostrich
•• Cultural note:
Straußwirtschaft

An inn set up temporarily by a local wine-grower for a few weeks after the new wine has been made. A bunch of flowers and vine leaves above the door shows that the new vintage is ready for tasting. See also Besenwirtschaft

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-¨e m.

bouquet n.

bunch of flowers n.

ostrich n.

(§ pl.: ostriches)

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Strauß
3 binden

to tie; to bind; to link; to ligate; to hoop

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1. vt

1) (= zusammenbinden) to tie; (= festbinden) to bind; (fig geh) to bind, to unite

binden — to tie or bind sth into sth

2) (= durch Binden herstellen) to bind; Strauß, Kranz to make up; Knoten etc to tie; Fass to hoop

3) (= zubinden) Schal to tie; Krawatte to knot

die Schuhe binden — to tie (up) one's shoelaces

4) (= fesseln, befestigen)(an +acc to) to tie (up); Ziege, Pferd auch to tether; Boot to moor; (fig ) Menschen to bind, to tie; (an einen Ort) to tie; Geldmittel to tie up; (Versprechen, Vertrag, Eid etc) to bind

jdn an Händen und Füßen binden — to tie or bind sb hand and foot

jdm die Hände auf den Rücken binden — to tie sb's hands behind his back

mir sind die Hände gebunden (fig) — my hands are tied

nichts bindet mich an Glasgow — I have no special ties to keep me in Glasgow

sie versuchte, ihn an sich zu binden — she tried to tie him to her

See:

→ auch gebunden, Nase

5) (= festhalten) Staub, Erdreich to bind; (CHEM) (= aufnehmen) to absorb; (= sich verbinden mit) to combine with

6) (=zusammenhalten AUCH COOK) Farbe, Soße to bind

7) (= verbinden) (POET) to bind; (fig geh auch) to unite; (MUS ) Töne to slur; gleiche Note to tie

was Gott gebunden hat, soll der Mensch nicht trennen — what God has joined together let no man put asunder

2. vi
(Mehl, Zement, Soße etc) to bind; (Klebstoff) to bond; (fig) to be tying, to tie one down; (Erlebnisse) to create a bond
3. vr
(= sich verpflichten) to commit oneself ( an +acc to)
ich will mich nicht binden — I don't want to get involved

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1) (to tie up: The doctor bound up the patient's leg with a bandage; The robbers bound up the bank manager with rope.) bind

2) (to fasten together and put a cover on the pages of (a book): Bind this book in leather.) bind

3) ((often with to, on etc) to fasten with a string, rope etc: He tied the horse to a tree; The parcel was tied with string; I don't like this job - I hate being tied to a desk.) tie

4) (to fasten by knotting; to make a knot in: He tied his shoelaces.) tie

5) truss

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bin·den

< band, gebunden>

[ˈbɪndn̩]

I. vt

1. (durch Binden zusammenfügen)

▪ etw [zu etw dat] \binden to bind [or tie] sth [to sth]

Fichtenzweige wurden zu Kränzen gebunden pine twigs were tied [or bound] [together] into wreaths

\binden Sie mir bitte einen Strauß roter Rosen! make up a bunch of red roses for me, please

bindest du mir bitte die Krawatte? can you do [up] my tie [for me], please?

kannst du mir bitte die Schürze hinten \binden? can you tie my apron at the back for me, please?

2. (fesseln, befestigen)

▪ jdn/etw/ein Tier an etw akk \binden to tie [up sep] sb/sth/an animal to sth

jdn an Händen und Füßen \binden to bind sb hand and foot

jdm die Hände \binden to tie sb's hands

▪ [sich dat] etw um etw akk binden to tie sth round [one's] sth

sie band sich ein Tuch um den Kopf she tied a shawl round her head

3. (festlegen)

▪ jdn [an jdn/etw] \binden to bind sb [to sb/sth]

ein Vertrag bindet immer beide Seiten a contract is always binding on both parties

durch die Anstellung wurde sie an München gebunden as a result of her appointment she was tied to Munich

ihn band ein furchtbarer Eid he was bound by a terrible oath

4. (emotional verbinden)

▪ jdn an etw akk \binden to tie sb to sth

er hatte immer den Eindruck, dass ihn nichts an diese Stadt bindet he always had the impression that he had no ties with this town

5. (festhalten)

▪ etw [mit etw dat/durch etw akk] \binden to bind sth [with/by means of sth]

Kapital \binden to tie [or lock] up capital

6. CHEM

▪ etw \binden to bind sth

7. KOCHK to bind [or thicken] sth

eine Soße \binden to bind a sauce

8. VERLAG (mit Einband versehen)

▪ etw \binden to bind sth

9. MUS

Akkorde/Töne \binden to slur chords/tones

eine Note \binden to tie a note

10.

▶ jdm sind die Hände gebunden sb's hands are tied

II. vi to bind

dieser Klebstoff bindet gut this glue bonds well; Soße to bind

III. vr (sich verpflichten)

▪ sich akk an jdn/etw \binden to commit oneself to sb/sth

ich möchte mich momentan nicht \binden I don't want to tie myself down [or get involved] right now

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) (bündeln) tie

etwas zu etwas binden — tie something into something

2) (herstellen) make up <wreath, bouquet>; make < broom>

3) (fesseln) bind

4) (verpflichten) bind

5) (befestigen, auch fig.) tie (an + Dat. to)

nicht an einen Ort gebunden sein — (fig.) not be tied to one place

jemanden an sich (Akk.) binden — (fig.) make somebody dependent on one

6) (knüpfen) tie <knot, bow, etc.>; knot < tie>

7) (festhalten) bind <soil, mixture, etc.>; thicken < sauce>

8) (Buchw.) bind
2.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb (als Bindemittel wirken) bind
3.
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb tie oneself down

ich bin zu jung, um mich schon zu binden — I am too young to be tied down

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binden; bindet, band, hat gebunden

A. v/t

1. (fesseln) auch fig tie (

an +akk to);

fig

jemanden an sich binden tie sb to o.s.;

jemanden an Händen und Füßen binden bind sb hand and foot;

fig

mir sind die Hände gebunden my hands are tied;

fig

mich bindet nichts an diesen Ort I have no real ties to this place

2. (festmachen) tie down (

an +akk to);

einen Strick an einen Pfahl binden tie a rope (up) to a post; → Nase¹ 5

3. (zusammenbinden, zubinden) tie (up); (Knoten) tie; (Schlips) tie (a knot in); ( Strauß; Kranz) make;

eine Schleife binden make a bow;

einen Besen binden make a broom;

Rosen zu einem Strauß binden tie roses into a bouquet, make a bouquet of roses

4. (verpflichten) bind, commit;

jemanden mit einem Eid binden bind sb by oath

5. (Buch) bind;

zum Binden geben have a book bound

6. CHEM (Substanz) bind; auch PHYS (Wärme) absorb

7. TECH bond, cement

8. GASTR (Soße etc) thicken, bind

9. MUS (gleiche Noten) tie; (legato spielen) slur

10. LING link

11. WIRTSCH (Geldmittel) tie up; (Preise) fix

B. v/i

1. bind

2. GASTR bind, thicken

3. Klebstoff: stick; Zement etc: harden, set; Kunststoff: bond

4. fig (Gemeinsamkeit schaffen) create a bond;

Verpflichtungen binden obligations bind

C. v/r

1. commit o.s., tie o.s. down (

an +akk to); vertraglich: bind o.s. (to); ehelich: tie o.s. down; pej get tied down;

wir möchten uns überhaupt nicht binden we don’t want to get involved at all;

sie will sich noch nicht binden auch she doesn’t want to commit herself yet

2. CHEM bind, combine;

etwas bindet sich an etwas s.th binds with sth

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) (bündeln) tie

etwas zu etwas binden — tie something into something

2) (herstellen) make up <wreath, bouquet>; make < broom>

3) (fesseln) bind

4) (verpflichten) bind

5) (befestigen, auch fig.) tie (an + Dat. to)

nicht an einen Ort gebunden sein — (fig.) not be tied to one place

jemanden an sich (Akk.) binden — (fig.) make somebody dependent on one

6) (knüpfen) tie <knot, bow, etc.>; knot < tie>

7) (festhalten) bind <soil, mixture, etc.>; thicken < sauce>

8) (Buchw.) bind
2.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb (als Bindemittel wirken) bind
3.
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb tie oneself down

ich bin zu jung, um mich schon zu binden — I am too young to be tied down

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v.

(§ p.,pp.: band, gebunden)

= to bind v.

(§ p.,p.p.: bound)

to ligate v.

to link v.

to spellbind v.

to tie v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > binden
4 composer

composer [kɔ̃poze]

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1. transitive verb

   a. ( = faire) [+ plat] to make ; [+ médicament] to make up ; [+ équipe sportive] to put together ; [+ poème] to write ; [+ musique] to compose ; [+ tableau] to paint ; [+ programme] to work out ; [+ bouquet] to arrange

   b. [+ numéro de téléphone] to dial ; [+ code] to enter

   c. ( = constituer) [+ ensemble, produit, groupe] to make up ; [+ assemblée] to form

• composé à 50 % de papier recyclé made of 50% recycled paper

2. intransitive verb

   a. (à un examen) to do a test

• composer en anglais to take an English test

   b. ( = traiter) to compromise

3. reflexive verb

► se composer ( = consister en)

se composer de

• être composé de to comprise

• notre équipe est composée à 70 % de femmes 70% of our team are women

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kɔ̃poze
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( constituer) [éléments, personnes] to make up

composé de — made up of

le groupe est composer à 90% de femmes — 90% of the group are women

2) ( réaliser) [personne] to put [something] together [menu]; to select [équipe]; to make up [bouquet]

3) Art, Littérature, Musique to compose [morceau, texte]; to paint [tableau]

4) to dial [numéro]

composer son code secret — to enter one's pin number

5) ( en imprimerie) to typeset [page, texte]

2.

fml verbe intransitif ( trouver un compromis) to compromise

composer avec — to come to a compromise with [personne]

3.

se composer verbe pronominal

1) ( être constitué)

se composer de — to be made up of

2) ( adopter) to assume [attitude, expression]

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kɔ̃poze
1. vt

1) [musique, texte] to compose

2) [mélange, équipe] to make up

3) (= faire partie de) to make up, to form

4) TYPOGRAPHIE to typeset, to set, (par extension: sur un clavier, un digicode) to key, to key in

composer un numéro (au téléphone) — to dial a number

2. vi

1) ÉDUCATION to sit a test, to do a test

2) (= transiger) to come to terms

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composer verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( constituer) [éléments, personnes] to make up; onze joueurs composent l'équipe eleven players make up the team;

2 ( réaliser) [personne] to put [sth] together [programme, menu]; to select [équipe]; to work out [décor]; to make up [bouquet];

3 Art, Littérat, Mus [personne] to compose [morceau, texte]; to write [discours]; to work out the composition of [tableau];

4 to dial [numéro]; composer le 19 to dial 19; composer son code secret to enter one's secret code;

5 Imprim to typeset [page, texte];

6 ( adopter) fml to assume [attitude, expression]; to compose [visage].

B fml vi ( trouver un compromis) to compromise; composer avec to come to a compromise with [personne]; composer avec sa conscience to square it with one's conscience.

C se composer vpr

1 ( être constitué) se composer de to be made up of [éléments, personnes];

2 ( adopter) to assume [attitude, expression]; se composer un personnage to put on an act.

[kɔ̃poze] verbe transitif

1. [rassembler - équipe, cabinet] to form, to select (the members of) ; [ - menu] to prepare, to put together (separable) ; [ - bouquet] to make up (separable)

2. [écrire - roman, discours] to write ; [ - poème, symphonie] to compose ; [ - programme] to draw up (separable), to prepare

3. [faire partie de] to (go to) make up (inseparable)

être composé de to be made up of, to consist of

4. (littéraire) [apprêter, étudier - attitude]

composer son personnage to create an image for oneself

5. TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS [numéro de téléphone] to dial

[code] to key (in)

6. IMPRIMERIE to set

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[kɔ̃poze] verbe intransitif

1. [transiger] to compromise

tu ne sais pas composer you're (too) uncompromising

composer avec quelqu'un/sa conscience to come to a compromise with somebody/one's conscience

2. ÉDUCATION to take an exam

composer en histoire to take a history test ou exam

3. MUSIQUE

il ne compose plus depuis des années he hasn't composed ou written anything for years

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se composer verbe pronominal transitif

se composer un visage de circonstance to assume an appropriate expression

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se composer de verbe pronominal plus préposition

to be made up ou composed of

l'équipe se compose de onze joueurs the team is made up of ou comprises eleven players

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > composer
5 composition

composition [kɔ̃pozisjɔ̃]

feminine noun

   a. ( = confection) [d'assemblée] formation ; [d'équipe sportive] selection ; [d'équipe de chercheurs] setting-up ; [de bouquet] arranging ; [de symphonie, tableau] composition

• une œuvre de ma composition a work of my own composition

• les boissons qui entrent dans la composition du cocktail the drinks that go into the cocktail

   b. ( = œuvre musicale, picturale) composition

• composition florale flower arrangement

   c. ( = constituants) composition

• quelle est la composition de l'équipe ? who is on the team?

   d. ( = examen) test

• composition de français (en classe) French test ; (à l'examen) French paper

• composition française ( = rédaction) French essay

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kɔ̃pozisjɔ̃
nom féminin

1) ( éléments constitutifs) (de gouvernement, délégation) make-up, composition; ( d'équipe) line-up, composition; (de produit, d'aliment) ingredients (pl); (chimique, pharmaceutique) composition

2) ( mise en place) ( de gouvernement) formation; ( de comité) setting up; ( d'équipe) selection; (de liste, menu) drawing up; ( de bouquet) making up

de ma/leur composition — of my/their invention

3) Art, Littérature, Musique composition (de by)

composition florale — flower arrangement

4) Cinéma, Théâtre ( incarnation) performance (de as)

5) École end-of-term test

6) ( en imprimerie) typesetting

l'article est à la composition — the article is being typeset

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être de bonne composition — to be good-natured

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kɔ̃pozisjɔ̃ nf
1) [mélange, plat] composition, [équipe] line-up

2) [oeuvre musicale ou poétique] composition

3) (= oeuvre) composition

une composition de Debussy — a composition by Debussy

4) ÉDUCATION test

Nous avons une composition de français cet après-midi. — We've got a French test this afternoon.

composition française — French essay

5) TYPOGRAPHIE typesetting, composition

6) (= accommodement)

de bonne composition — accommodating

amener qn à composition — to get sb to come to terms

7) (action de préparer, constituer) [mélange, plat] preparation, [équipe] forming

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composition nf

1 ( éléments constitutifs) (de gouvernement, délégation, société) make-up, composition; ( d'équipe) line-up, composition; (de produit, d'aliment) ingredients (pl); (chimique, pharmaceutique) composition; ( de capital) structure; entrer dans la composition de ( faire partie de) [gaz, sel] to make up part of; ( servir à fabriquer) to be used in; entrer à 40% dans la composition de [gaz, sel] to make up 40% of; la farine entre à 90% dans la composition de ce pain this bread contains 90% flour;

2 ( mise en place) ( de gouvernement) formation; ( de comité) setting up; ( d'équipe) selection; (de liste, menu) drawing up; ( de bouquet) making up; de ma/leur composition of my/their invention;

3 Art, Littérat, Mus ( tous contextes) composition (de by); étudier la composition to study composition; composition florale flower arrangement;

4 Cin, Théât ( incarnation) performance (de as);

5 Scol ( pour classer) end-of-term test;

6 Imprim typesetting; l'article est à la composition the article is being typeset;

7 Ling composition.

Composés

composition du capital Fin share structure; composition française ( devoir) essay; ( activité) essay writing; composition murale mural.

Idiome

être de bonne composition to be good-natured.

[kɔ̃pozisjɔ̃] nom féminin

1. [fabrication, assemblage - d'un produit, d'un plat, d'un menu] making up, putting together ; [ - d'un bouquet] making up, arranging ; [ - d'une équipe, d'une assemblée, d'un gouvernement] forming, formation, setting up

composition florale flower arrangement

2. [écriture - d'une symphonie] composition ; [ - d'un poème, d'une lettre] writing ; [ - d'un programme] drawing up

3. [éléments - d'une assemblée, d'un gouvernement, d'un menu] composition ; [ - d'un programme] elements

quelle sera la composition du jury? who will the members of the jury be?, who will make up the jury?

CUISINE & PHARMACIE & CHIMIE composition

des conservateurs entrent dans la composition du produit this product contains preservatives

‘composition: eau, sucre, fraises’ ‘ingredients: water, sugar, strawberries’

4. ART & PHOTOGRAPHIE [technique, résultat] composition

avoir le sens de la composition to have a good eye for composition

5. IMPRIMERIE typesetting, composition

composition automatique ou programmée automatic typesetting

6. ÉDUCATION [dissertation] essay, composition

[examen] test, exam, paper

composition française French paper

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à composition locution adverbiale

(soutenu)

amener quelqu'un à composition to lead somebody to a compromise

arriver ou venir à composition to come to a compromise

de bonne composition locution adjectivale

accommodating, good-natured, easy-going

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de composition locution adjectivale

[rôle] character (modificateur)

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de ma composition locution adjectivale,

de sa composition etc. locution adjectivale

il a chanté une petite chanson de sa composition he sang a little song he'd written

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > composition
6 arranger

arranger [aʀɑ̃ʒe]

➭ TABLE 3

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = disposer) to arrange ; [+ coiffure] to tidy up

• arranger sa cravate/sa jupe to straighten one's tie/skirt

   b. ( = organiser) to arrange

• il a tout arrangé pour ce soir he has arranged everything for tonight

   c. ( = régler) [+ différend] to settle

• il a essayé d'arranger les choses or le coup (inf) he tried to sort things out

• tout est arrangé everything is settled

• et il est en retard, ce qui n'arrange rien ! and he's late, which doesn't help!

   d. ( = contenter) to suit

• ça ne m'arrange pas tellement it doesn't really suit me

   e. ( = réparer) to fix ; ( = modifier) to alter

   f. (Music) to arrange

2. reflexive verb

► s'arranger

   a. ( = se mettre d'accord) to come to an arrangement

   b. ( = s'améliorer) [querelle] to be settled ; [santé] to get better

• le temps n'a pas l'air de s'arranger it doesn't look as though the weather is getting any better

• tout va s'arranger everything will work out all right

• il ne fait rien pour s'arranger he doesn't do himself any favours

   c. ( = se débrouiller) to manage

• arrangez-vous comme vous voudrez mais je les veux demain I don't mind how you do it but I want them for tomorrow

   d. ( = se faire mal) (inf) tu t'es bien arrangé ! you do look a mess! (inf)

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aʀɑ̃ʒe
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( organiser) to arrange [voyage, réunion]; to organize [vie]

2) ( régler) to settle [conflit]; to sort out [malentendu, affaires]

cela ne va pas arranger les choses — that won't help matters

pour ne rien arranger, pour tout arranger — iron to make matters worse

le temps arrangera peut-être les choses — perhaps things will improve with time

3) ( disposer) to arrange [objets, fleurs, pièce]

4) ( remettre en ordre) to tidy [cheveux]; to straighten [châle, gilet]

ton coiffeur t'a bien arrangé! — iron your hairdresser has made a right mess of your hair! (colloq)

5) ( modifier) to rearrange [texte]; to arrange [morceau de musique]; iron to doctor [faits]

6) ( réparer) to fix

7) ( convenir)

tu dis ça parce que ça t'arrange — you say that because it suits you

2.

s'arranger verbe pronominal

1) ( s'améliorer) to improve

tout finira par s'arranger — things will sort themselves out in the end

2) ( se mettre d'accord)

s'arranger avec quelqu'un — to arrange it with somebody

s'arranger à l'amiable — to come to a friendly agreement

3) ( prendre des dispositions)

arrange-toi pour être à l'heure — make sure you're on time

4) ( se débrouiller)

il n'y a que trois lits mais on s'arrangera — there are only three beds but we'll sort something out

arrange-toi avec ça — try and make do with that

5) (colloq) ( s'habiller)

elle ne sait pas s'arranger — she doesn't know how to do herself up nicely

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aʀɑ̃ʒe vt
1) (= disposer) to arrange

arranger des fleurs dans un vase — to arrange flowers in a vase

2) (= réparer) to fix, to put right

3) (= régler) [problème, difficulté] to settle, to sort out

Ça ne va pas arranger les choses. — That isn't going to help matters.

4) (= convenir de) [réunion, rencontre] to arrange

arranger qch avec qn — to arrange sth with sb

5) (= convenir à) to suit, to be convenient for

Ça m'arrange de partir plus tôt. — It suits me to leave earlier.

Ça ne m'arrange pas du tout. — That doesn't suit me at all.

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arranger verb table: manger

A vtr

1 ( organiser) [personne] to arrange [voyage, réunion]; to organize [vie]; arranger des rencontres entre hommes d'affaires to arrange meetings between businessmen;

2 ( régler) to settle [différend, querelle, conflit]; to sort out [difficulté, malentendu, affaires]; cela ne va pas arranger les choses that won't help matters; ça n'arrange rien de se mettre en colère getting angry isn't going to help matters; pour ne rien arranger, pour tout arranger iron to make matters worse; le temps arrangera peut-être les choses perhaps things will improve with time;

3 ( disposer) to arrange [objets, fleurs, bouquet, pièce]; arranger des livres sur une étagère to arrange books on a shelf; elle a joliment arrangé sa chambre she arranged her bedroom nicely;

4 ( remettre en ordre) to tidy [cheveux, coiffure]; to straighten [écharpe, châle, gilet]; arranger son chapeau (sur sa tête) to straighten one's hat; arranger sa tenue to make oneself presentable;

5 ( modifier) ( en améliorant) to rearrange [texte, plan, article]; iron ( en déformant) to doctor [histoire, faits];

6 ( réparer) to put right, to fix [mécanisme, montre]; to fix [jouet]; ‘mon ourlet est défait’-‘donne, je vais (t')arranger ça’ ‘my hem's come down’-‘here, I'll mend it for you’; faire arranger une montre to have a watch mended ou fixed; cela ne t'a pas arrangé de veiller si tard○! it hasn't done you much good staying up so late!;

7 ( convenir) [fait, événement] to suit [personne, affaires]; leur faillite nous arrange their bankruptcy suits us fine; tu dis ça parce que ça t'arrange you say that because it suits you; ton retard m'arrange it's quite convenient for me that you're late; ça n'arrange pas mes affaires that's really inconvenient for me; il est difficile d'arranger tout le monde it's difficult to please everybody; il ne garde que ce qui l'arrange he keeps only what suits him; ça m'arrangerait que tu viennes plus tôt, tu m'arrangerais en venant plus tôt it would suit me better if you came earlier; si cela peut vous arranger if it's all right with you; remboursez-moi le mois prochain si cela vous arrange pay me back next month if that's easier for you; si ça ne vous arrange pas, on peut changer la date if it's inconvenient for you, we can change the date;

8 ○ iron ( maltraiter) [personne, vent, pluie] to make a right GB ou complete mess of○ [coiffure, plantes]; [critique] to lay into [auteur, œuvre]; ton coiffeur t'a bien arrangé! your hairdresser has made a right mess of your hair!;

9 ○( battre) to give [sb] a good going-over○; se faire arranger to get a good going-over;

10 Mus to arrange [morceau de musique].

B s'arranger vpr

1 ( s'améliorer) [situation, temps] to get better; [santé] to improve; elle ne s'est pas arrangée depuis la dernière fois! fig, hum she hasn't got GB ou gotten US any better ou hasn't improved since the last time; s'arranger avec l'âge fig, hum to improve with age; tout finira par s'arranger things will sort themselves out in the end;

2 ( se mettre d'accord) s'arranger avec qn to arrange it with sb; s'arranger avec qn pour faire to arrange with sb to do; elle s'est arrangée avec sa voisine pour la garde des enfants she arranged with her neighbour^GB to look after the children; s'arranger à l'amiable to come to a friendly agreement;

3 ( prendre des dispositions) arrange-toi comme tu voudras, mais sois ici à midi do as you like but be here by 12; s'arranger pour faire to make sure one does; arrange-toi pour être à l'heure make sure you're on time; arrangez-vous pour que la pièce soit propre d'ici demain make sure that the room is tidy by tomorrow; il s'est arrangé pour ne pas partir en même temps que moi he managed not to leave at the same time as me;

4 ( se débrouiller) il n'y a que trois lits mais on s'arrangera there are only three beds but we'll sort it out; je paye tout et on s'arrangera après I'll pay for everything and we'll sort it out later;

5 ( se contenter de) s'arranger de to make do with; il s'arrange du peu d'argent qu'il a he makes do with what little money he has; son bureau est petit mais il s'en arrange his study is small but he makes do; arrange-toi avec ça try and make do with that;

6 ○( s'habiller) elle ne sait pas s'arranger she doesn't know how to do herself up nicely;

7 ( être réparé) ta montre ne peut pas s'arranger your watch can't be mended ou fixed.

[arɑ̃ʒe] verbe transitif

1. [mettre en ordre - chignon] to tidy up (separable) ; [ - tenue] to straighten ; [ - bouquet] to arrange ; [ - chambre] to lay out (separable), to arrange

il a bien arrangé son appartement his appartment is nicely laid out

2. [organiser - rencontre, entrevue] to arrange, to fix ; [ - emploi du temps] to organize

c'est Paul qui a arrangé la cérémonie/l'exposition Paul organized the ceremony/put the exhibition together

arranger quelque chose à l'avance to prearrange something

3. [résoudre - dispute, conflit] to settle, to sort out (separable)

c'est arrangé, tu peux partir it's all settled, you're free to leave now

et mes rhumatismes n'arrangent pas les choses ou n'arrangent rien à l'affaire my rheumatism doesn't help matters either

voilà qui n'arrange pas mes affaires! that's all I needed!

4. MUSIQUE to arrange

5. [convenir à] to suit

ce soir ou demain, comme ça t'arrange tonight or tomorrow, as it suits you ou as is convenient for you

mardi? non, ça ne m'arrange pas Tuesday? no, that's no good for me

on ne peut pas arranger tout le monde you can't please everybody

6. (familier) [réparer - radio, réveil, voiture] to fix ; [ - chaussures] to fix, to mend ; [ - robe] to alter

7. [modifier - histoire, récit] to alter, to modify

je ne t'ai jamais rien promis, tu arranges l'histoire (à ta façon) I never promised you anything, you're just twisting things

8. (familier) [maltraiter] to sort out (UK) (separable), to work over (separable)

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s'arranger verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)

1. [s'habiller, se maquiller]

elle sait s'arranger she knows how to make the best of herself

2. [se faire mal]

tu t'es encore bien arrangé/bien arrangé la figure! (familier & ironique) you've made a fine mess of yourself/your face again!

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s'arranger verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)

[se mettre d'accord] to come to an agreement

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s'arranger verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [se débrouiller] to manage

s'arranger pour: je me suis arrangé pour vous faire tous inviter I've managed to get an invitation for all of you

il s'arrange toujours pour partir plus tôt he always manages to leave early

on s'était arrangé pour que ce soit une surprise we'd arranged it so that it would be a surprise

2. [s'améliorer - santé, temps] to improve, to get better

les choses s'arrangeront d'elles-mêmes things'll sort themselves out ou take care of themselves

tout a fini par s'arranger everything worked out fine in the end

tu ne t'arranges pas avec les années! (humoristique) you're not getting any better in your old age!

3. [se dérouler] to turn out

comment ça s'est arrangé, tes histoires de bagnole? (familier) what happened with your car then?

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s'arranger avec verbe pronominal plus préposition

to come to an agreement with

on s'est arrangé avec les voisins we sorted something out with the neighbours

je m'arrangerai avec lui pour qu'il garde les enfants I'll arrange for him to look after the children

il s'est arrangé à l'amiable avec ses créanciers he came to an amicable agreement with his creditors

arrange-toi avec lui you'll have to sort it out with him

je m'arrangerai avec ce que j'ai I'll make do with what I've got

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s'arranger de verbe pronominal plus préposition

to put up with, to make do with

ce n'est pas confortable, mais on s'en arrange it's not comfortable, but we make do

il s'arrange de tout he's very easy-going

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > arranger
7 piétiner

piétiner [pjetine]

➭ TABLE 1

1. intransitive verb

a. ( = trépigner) to stamp (one's feet)

b. ( = ne pas avancer) [personne] to stand about ; [discussion] to make no progress

2. transitive verb

[+ sol] to trample on ; [+ parterres, fleurs] to tread on

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pjetine
1.

verbe transitif lit to trample [something] underfoot [bouquet, fraisiers]; fig to trample on [droits, croyances]

piétiner le sol — to stamp one's feet

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( sur place)

piétiner d'impatience — to hop up and down with impatience

2) ( marcher lentement) ( à cause de la foule) to shuffle along; ( à cause de la neige) to trudge along

3) fig [négociations, enquête] to make no headway

je piétine — I'm not getting anywhere

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pjetine
1. vi

1) (= trépigner) to stamp (one's foot)

2) (= marquer le pas) to stand about, fig to be at a standstill

2. vt

to trample on

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piétiner verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 lit to trample [sth] underfoot [bouquet, fraisiers, drapeau]; piétiner le sol (d'impatience, de rage) to stamp one's feet; périr piétiné to be trampled to death;

2 fig to trample on [droits, croyances].

B vi

1 ( sur place) piétiner d'impatience/de rage to hop up and down with impatience/with fury;

2 ( marcher lentement) ( à cause de la foule) to shuffle along; (à cause de la boue, la neige) to trudge along; piétiner dans la boue to trudge through the mud;

3 ( ne pas avancer) [négociations, enquête] to make no headway; je piétine I'm not getting anywhere.

[pjetine] verbe intransitif

1. [s'agiter] to walk on the spot

piétiner de rage to stamp one's feet in rage

piétiner d'impatience (figuré) to be fidgeting with impatience, to be champing at the bit

2. (figuré) [stagner] to fail to make (any) progress ou headway

on piétine, il faut se décider! we're not getting anywhere ou we're just marking time, let's make up our minds!

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[pjetine] verbe transitif

1. [écraser] to trample ou to tread on

2. (figuré) [libertés, traditions] to trample underfoot, to ride roughshod over

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > piétiner
8 binden;

bindet, band, hat gebunden

I v/t

1. (fesseln) auch fig. tie (an + Akk to); fig. jemanden an sich binden tie s.o. to o.s.; jemanden an Händen und Füßen binden bind s.o. hand and foot; fig. mir sind die Hände gebunden my hands are tied; fig. mich bindet nichts an diesen Ort I have no real ties to this place

2. (festmachen) tie down (an + Akk to); einen Strick an einen Pfahl binden tie a rope (up) to a post; Nase1 5

3. (zusammenbinden, zubinden) tie (up); (Knoten) tie; (Schlips) tie (a knot in); ( Strauß; Kranz) make; eine Schleife binden make a bow; einen Besen binden make a broom; Rosen zu einem Strauß binden tie roses into a bouquet, make a bouquet of roses

4. (verpflichten) bind, commit; jemanden mit einem Eid binden bind s.o. by oath

5. (Buch) bind; zum Binden geben have a book bound

6. CHEM. (Substanz) bind; auch PHYS. (Wärme) absorb

7. TECH. bond, cement

8. GASTR. (Soße etc.) thicken, bind

9. MUS. (gleiche Noten) tie; (legato spielen) slur

10. LING. link

11. WIRTS. (Geldmittel) tie up; (Preise) fix

II v/i

1. bind

2. GASTR. bind, thicken

3. Klebstoff: stick; Zement etc.: harden, set; Kunststoff: bond

4. fig. (Gemeinsamkeit schaffen) create a bond; Verpflichtungen binden obligations bind

III v/refl

1. commit o.s., tie o.s. down (an + Akk to); vertraglich: bind o.s. (to); ehelich: tie o.s. down; pej. get tied down; wir möchten uns überhaupt nicht binden we don’t want to get involved at all; sie will sich noch nicht binden auch she doesn’t want to commit herself yet

2. CHEM. bind, combine; etw. bindet sich an etw. s.th binds with s.th.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > binden;
9 aparecer

v.

1 to appear (ante la vista).

su número de teléfono no aparece en la guía her phone number isn't (listed) in the phone book

Ricardo aparece al final siempre Richard appears at the end always.

2 to turn up (algo perdido).

¿ya ha aparecido el perro? has the dog been found yet?

3 to appear (person).

aparecer por (informal) to turn up at (lugar)

4 to appear to, to appear in front of.

Se me apareció una persona A person appeared to me.

Me apareció un fantasma A ghost appeared to me.

5 to encounter.

Se nos apareció un problema We encountered a problem.

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aparecer

Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer

► verbo intransitivo

1 to appear

■ no aparece en la lista de invitados she's not on the guest list

2 (dejarse ver) to show up, turn up

■ ya apareció el dinero the money finally turned up

■ espero que no aparezca por mi casa I hope he doesn't show his face near my house

3 (en el mercado) to come out (en, onto)

■ ya ha aparecido su nuevo libro her new book has just been published

► verbo pronominal aparecerse

1 to appear

■ se le apareció la Virgen the Virgin appeared to her

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verb

1) to appear, turn up

2) come out

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1. VI

1) (=presentarse) to appear, turn up *

apareció en casa sin avisar — he appeared o turned up * at the house without warning

apareció borracho — he turned up drunk

2) [algo oculto] to appear, turn up *

aparecieron dos nuevos cadáveres en la fosa — two more bodies appeared o turned up * in the trench

3) [algo perdido] to reappear, turn up *

ya ha aparecido mi paraguas — my umbrella has finally reappeared o turned up *

4) (=surgir) to appear

han aparecido los primeros síntomas — the first symptoms have appeared

han aparecido pintadas en la fachada del ayuntamiento — some graffiti has appeared on the front of the town hall

5) (=editarse) [libro, disco] to come out

6) (=figurar) [dato, nombre] to appear

mi nombre no aparece en el censo electoral — my name does not appear on the electoral register, my name is not on the electoral register

aparece brevemente en una película reciente — he appears briefly in a recent film

2.

See:

aparecerse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) síntoma/mancha to appear

b) objeto perdido to turn up

hizo aparecer un ramo de flores — he produced a bouquet of flowers

c) ( en documento) to appear

mi nombre no aparece en la lista — my name doesn't appear on the list

d) revista to come out; libro to come out, be published

2) persona

a) (fam) ( llegar) to appear, turn up

b) (fam) ( dejarse ver) to appear, show up (colloq)

no ha vuelto a aparecer por aquí — he hasn't shown his face round here again

c) (en película, televisión) to appear

3) (liter) ( parecer) to seem
2.
aparecerse v pron

a) fantasma/aparición

aparecerse a alguien — to appear to somebody

b) (AmL fam) persona to turn up

no te vuelvas a aparecer por aquí! — don't you dare show your face round here again!

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= appear, become + available, come into + being, feature, give, occur, rise, pop up, show up, come into + existence, burgeon, surface, dawn, come through, come up, come with, come on the + scene, set in, crop up.

Ex. The statement of authorship is also transcribed and it appears in the work.

Ex. Mini and micro computers will become cheaper and information retrieval software will become available in more financially attractive, user friendly and tried and tested packages.

Ex. I think it would be useful to take just a few minutes to talk about how our institutions come into being.

Ex. If a corporate body is deemed to have some intellectual responsibility for the content of a work, then the name of that body will usually feature as a heading on either a main or added entry.

Ex. An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.

Ex. In DOBIS/LIBIS, this occurs only when entering multiple surnames.

Ex. The public library has two choices: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.

Ex. It can pop up in one form one week and in another form another week.

Ex. Problems of community service seem to show up more clearly in the countryside.

Ex. Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.

Ex. The other principal omission from UNESCO's 1950 listing was report literature -- a field of published record which has burgeoned in the last thirty years = La otra omisión principal de la lista de 1950 de la UNESCO fueron los informes, un área que se ha desarrollado en los últimos treinta años.

Ex. Power struggles are surfacing at major academic institutions across the USA.

Ex. However, because of the long duration of feudal society, modern civilization, including modern libraries, dawned in China later than in the industrialized Western countries.

Ex. More sophisticated accreditation systems are coming through, but these are currently relatively little used in these areas, and are more common in ecommerce applications.

Ex. She outlined the tasks she had been assigned and mentioned that if any emergencies came up she was the person to bring them to.

Ex. The problem comes with ideographic languages.

Ex. This is the first CD price cut since the media format came on the scene in the 1980's.

Ex. Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.

Ex. Although same problems with software applications, hardware and user training programmes had cropped up periodically, on balance, users are reasonably pleased with their acquisitions.

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* aparece frecuentemente en = in evidence in.

* aparecer amenazadoramente = rear + its head.

* aparecer aquí y allá en = intersperse.

* aparecer en abundancia = come out of + the woodwork.

* aparecer en escena = hit + the scene.

* aparecer en gran número = pour (in/into).

* aparecer en la lejanía = loom.

* aparecer impreso = appear + in print.

* aparecer juntos = stand + together.

* aparecer por primera vez = premiere.

* aparecer por sí solo = stand on + Posesivo + own.

* aparecer repentinamente = spring up.

* aparecerse la virgen = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet, strike + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.

* aparecer solo = stand + alone.

* aparecer tarde = be a late arrival on the scene, be late on the scene.

* aparecer y desaparecer = come and go.

* hacer aparecer = cause + display of.

* idea + aparecer = idea + surface.

* los otros con los que aparece(n) = neighbours [neighbors, -USA].

* no aparecer = be not included.

* principio de archívese según aparece = file-as-is principle.

* que no aparece en primer lugar = nonfirst [non-first].

* sistema en el que el documento aparece representado en un único lugar del ín = one-place system.

* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).

* volver a aparecer = resurface.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) síntoma/mancha to appear

b) objeto perdido to turn up

hizo aparecer un ramo de flores — he produced a bouquet of flowers

c) ( en documento) to appear

mi nombre no aparece en la lista — my name doesn't appear on the list

d) revista to come out; libro to come out, be published

2) persona

a) (fam) ( llegar) to appear, turn up

b) (fam) ( dejarse ver) to appear, show up (colloq)

no ha vuelto a aparecer por aquí — he hasn't shown his face round here again

c) (en película, televisión) to appear

3) (liter) ( parecer) to seem
2.
aparecerse v pron

a) fantasma/aparición

aparecerse a alguien — to appear to somebody

b) (AmL fam) persona to turn up

no te vuelvas a aparecer por aquí! — don't you dare show your face round here again!

* * *

= appear, become + available, come into + being, feature, give, occur, rise, pop up, show up, come into + existence, burgeon, surface, dawn, come through, come up, come with, come on the + scene, set in, crop up.

Ex: The statement of authorship is also transcribed and it appears in the work.

Ex: Mini and micro computers will become cheaper and information retrieval software will become available in more financially attractive, user friendly and tried and tested packages.

Ex: I think it would be useful to take just a few minutes to talk about how our institutions come into being.

Ex: If a corporate body is deemed to have some intellectual responsibility for the content of a work, then the name of that body will usually feature as a heading on either a main or added entry.

Ex: An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.

Ex: In DOBIS/LIBIS, this occurs only when entering multiple surnames.

Ex: The public library has two choices: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.

Ex: It can pop up in one form one week and in another form another week.

Ex: Problems of community service seem to show up more clearly in the countryside.

Ex: Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.

Ex: The other principal omission from UNESCO's 1950 listing was report literature -- a field of published record which has burgeoned in the last thirty years = La otra omisión principal de la lista de 1950 de la UNESCO fueron los informes, un área que se ha desarrollado en los últimos treinta años.

Ex: Power struggles are surfacing at major academic institutions across the USA.

Ex: However, because of the long duration of feudal society, modern civilization, including modern libraries, dawned in China later than in the industrialized Western countries.

Ex: More sophisticated accreditation systems are coming through, but these are currently relatively little used in these areas, and are more common in ecommerce applications.

Ex: She outlined the tasks she had been assigned and mentioned that if any emergencies came up she was the person to bring them to.

Ex: The problem comes with ideographic languages.

Ex: This is the first CD price cut since the media format came on the scene in the 1980's.

Ex: Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.

Ex: Although same problems with software applications, hardware and user training programmes had cropped up periodically, on balance, users are reasonably pleased with their acquisitions.

* aparece frecuentemente en = in evidence in.

* aparecer amenazadoramente = rear + its head.

* aparecer aquí y allá en = intersperse.

* aparecer en abundancia = come out of + the woodwork.

* aparecer en escena = hit + the scene.

* aparecer en gran número = pour (in/into).

* aparecer en la lejanía = loom.

* aparecer impreso = appear + in print.

* aparecer juntos = stand + together.

* aparecer por primera vez = premiere.

* aparecer por sí solo = stand on + Posesivo + own.

* aparecer repentinamente = spring up.

* aparecerse la virgen = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet, strike + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.

* aparecer solo = stand + alone.

* aparecer tarde = be a late arrival on the scene, be late on the scene.

* aparecer y desaparecer = come and go.

* hacer aparecer = cause + display of.

* idea + aparecer = idea + surface.

* los otros con los que aparece(n) = neighbours [neighbors, -USA].

* no aparecer = be not included.

* principio de archívese según aparece = file-as-is principle.

* que no aparece en primer lugar = nonfirst [non-first].

* sistema en el que el documento aparece representado en un único lugar del ín = one-place system.

* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).

* volver a aparecer = resurface.

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aparecer [E3 ]

vi

A

1 «síntoma/mancha» to appear

los carteles han aparecido en diversos puntos de la ciudad the posters have appeared in various parts of the city

los tesoros arqueológicos que han ido apareciendo durante la excavación the archaeological treasures which have appeared o turned up during the dig

2 «objeto perdido» to turn up

¿aparecieron tus llaves? have your keys turned up yet?

hizo aparecer un ramo de flores he produced a bouquet of flowers

3 (en un documento) to appear

mi nombre no aparece en la lista my name doesn't appear on the list, my name isn't on the list

una cara que aparece mucho en las portadas de las revistas a face that often appears o features on the covers of magazines

4 «revista» to come out; «libro» to come out, be published

B «persona»

1 ( fam) (llegar) to appear, turn up, show up

2 ( fam) (dejarse ver) to appear, show up ( colloq)

no ha vuelto a aparecer por aquí he hasn't shown his face round here again

3 (en un espectáculo) «personaje/actor» to appear

apareció en dos o tres películas he was in o he appeared in two or three movies

C ( liter) (parecer) to seem

todo aparecía como un sueño borroso it all seemed like a hazy dream

el programa de explotación aparecía oscuro the operating program did not seem clear

■ aparecer

vt

( Méx) to produce, make … appear

■ aparecerse

v pron

1 «fantasma/aparición»: aparecerse A algn; to appear TO sb

su padre se le apareció en sueños his father appeared to him in his dreams

2 ( AmL fam) «persona» to turn up

se apareció de vaqueros she turned up o showed up in jeans

¡y no te vuelvas a aparecer por aquí! and don't you dare show your face round here again!

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aparecer ( conjugate aparecer) verbo intransitivo
1
a) [síntoma/mancha] to appear

b) [ objeto perdido] to turn up;

◊ hizo aparecer un ramo de flores he produced a bouquet of flowers

c) ( en documento) to appear;

◊ mi nombre aparece en la lista my name appears on the list

d) [revista/libro] to come out

2 [ persona]
a) (fam) ( llegar) to appear, turn up

b) (fam) ( dejarse ver) to appear, show up (colloq)

c) (en película, televisión) to appear

aparecerse verbo pronominal
a) [fantasma/aparición] aparecerse a algn to appear to sb

b) (AmL fam) [ persona] to turn up;

◊ ¡no te vuelvas a aparecer por aquí! don't you dare show your face round here again!

aparecer
1 verbo intransitivo
1 to appear: su nombre aparece en los títulos de crédito, his name is on the credits
2 (acudir alguien, encontrar algo perdido) to turn up: apareció con su hija, he turned up with his daughter
el pasaporte apareció un mes más tarde, the passport turned up a week later
' aparecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dejarse
- sacar
- salir
- surgir
- venir
- amanecer
- improviso
English:
alive
- appear
- arise
- conjure
- crop up
- develop
- listing
- materialize
- pop up
- return
- show
- show up
- sight
- spring
- surface
- turn up
- unaccounted
- view
- woodwork
- emerge
- mushroom
- pop
- reappear
- roll
- scene
- turn
- unaccounted for

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aparecer

♦ vt
Méx [presentar] to produce;
inesperadamente Pedro apareció mis llaves Pedro quite unexpectedly produced my keys;

el mago apareció un conejo de un sombrero the magician pulled a rabbit out of a hat

♦ vi

1. [ante la vista] to appear;

el sol apareció detrás de las murallas the sun appeared o came up from behind the city walls;

aparecer de repente to appear from nowhere;

el mago hizo aparecer un conejo de su chistera the magician pulled a rabbit out of his hat;

su número de teléfono no aparece en la guía her phone number isn't (listed) in the phone book

2. [publicación] to come out;

la revista aparece los jueves the magazine comes out o is published on Thursdays

3. [algo perdido] to turn up;

¿ya ha aparecido el perro? has the dog been found yet?;

ha aparecido un cuadro inédito de Miró a previously unknown Miró painting has turned up o been discovered

4. [persona] to appear;

aparecer en público to appear in public;

aparece en varias películas de Ford she appears in several of Ford's films;
Fam
aparecer por [lugar] to turn up at;
Fam
hace días que Antonio no aparece por el bar we haven't seen Antonio in the bar for days, it's several days since Antonio showed his face in the bar;
Fam
¡a buenas horas apareces, ahora que ya hemos terminado! it's a bit late turning up now, we've already finished!;
Fam
¡y no se te ocurra volver a aparecer por aquí! and don't let me see your face round here again!

♦ See also the pronominal verb aparecerse

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aparecer

v/i appear

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aparecer {53} vi

1) : to appear

2) presentarse: to show up

3) : to turn up, to be found

♦ See also the reflexive verb aparecerse

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aparecer vb

1. (en general) to appear

apareció un delfín muerto en la playa a dead dolphin appeared on the beach

2. (encontrarse) to turn up

¿ha aparecido tu cartera? has your wallet turned up?

3. (figurar) to be

su nombre no aparece en la lista your name isn't on the list

4. (llegar) to show up [pt. showed; pp. shown]

apareció en casa dos días después she showed up at home two days later

Spanish-English dictionary > aparecer
10 subsanar

v.

1 to resolve.

2 to correct.

3 to excuse.

4 to remedy, to make up for, to correct, to make good.

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subsanar

► verbo transitivo

1 (remediar) to rectify, correct

2 (dificutad etc) to overcome

3 (compensar) to make up for

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VT [+ falta] to overlook, excuse; [+ perjuicio, defecto] to repair, make good; [+ error] to rectify, put right; [+ deficiencia] to make up for; [+ dificultad, obstáculo] to get round, overcome

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verbo transitivo < error> to rectify, correct; < carencia> to make up for; <obstáculo/dificultad> to overcome

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= remedy, cure.

Ex. After 1728, the initiative for investigating and remedying the state of the public records passed to the House of Commons.

Ex. If static is a problem, it can usually be cured by the use of an anti-static mat and regular applications of anti-static sprays, both available from accessory suppliers.

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* subsanar daños = remedy + the damage, repair + the damage.

* subsanar una falta = remedy + fault.

* subsanar un defecto = remedy + defect, remedy + fault.

* subsanar un error = extirpate + error.

* subsanar un problema = remedy + problem.

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verbo transitivo < error> to rectify, correct; < carencia> to make up for; <obstáculo/dificultad> to overcome

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= remedy, cure.

Ex: After 1728, the initiative for investigating and remedying the state of the public records passed to the House of Commons.

Ex: If static is a problem, it can usually be cured by the use of an anti-static mat and regular applications of anti-static sprays, both available from accessory suppliers.

* subsanar daños = remedy + the damage, repair + the damage.

* subsanar una falta = remedy + fault.

* subsanar un defecto = remedy + defect, remedy + fault.

* subsanar un error = extirpate + error.

* subsanar un problema = remedy + problem.

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subsanar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹error› to rectify, correct, put right

2 ‹deficiencia/carencia› to make up for

3 ‹obstáculo/dificultad› to overcome

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subsanar ( conjugate subsanar) verbo transitivo ‹ error› to rectify, correct;
‹ carencia› to make up for;
‹obstáculo/dificultad› to overcome
subsanar verbo transitivo
1 (enmendar un error) to rectify, correct
(resarcir) to make up for, repair
2 (disculpar un desacierto) to excuse
' subsanar' also found in these entries:
English:
amend

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subsanar vt

1. [problema] to resolve;
[error] to correct;
le mandó un ramo de flores para subsanar su falta de cortesía he sent her a bouquet of flowers to make amends for his discourtesy

2. [disculpar] to excuse

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subsanar

v/t defecto, error rectify; problema resolve

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subsanar vt

1) rectificar: to rectify, to correct

2) : to overlook, to excuse

3) : to make up for

Spanish-English dictionary > subsanar
11 distinguere

distinguish

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distinguere v.tr.

1 to distinguish, to tell*; to discriminate, to differentiate: al telefono non distinguo la tua voce da quella di tua sorella, on the telephone I can't tell your voice from your sister's; non li so distinguere, I can't tell which is which; non so distinguerlo da suo fratello, sono così simili!; he and his brother are so much alike that I can't tell them apart; stai facendo confusione; distinguiamo!, you're getting everything mixed up; let's distinguish one thing from another!; distinguere tra bene e male, to tell good from evil; non so più distinguere i diversi odori, I can't pick out the different smells any more (o I can no longer tell the difference between the smells)

2 ( scorgere) to distinguish, to discern, to perceive, to make* out, to see* clearly: in quella stanza senza luce non riuscivo a distinguere i suoi lineamenti, in the darkened room I couldn't make out his features; tua sorella era troppo lontana per poter distinguere quello che succedeva, your sister was too far away to be able to see clearly what was going on

3 ( caratterizzare) to distinguish, to mark, to characterize: che cosa distingue l'uomo dagli animali?, what distinguishes man from animals?; una coda molto lunga distingue questa specie, this species is characterized by a very long tail; grandi progressi nelle scienze applicate distinsero il corso del diciannovesimo secolo, enormous advances in applied science marked the course of the nineteenth century; con la grazia che lo distingue mi ha urtato violentemente, he crashed into me with all his characteristic gracefulness

4 ( contrassegnare) to mark: distingue le proprie pecore con segni particolari, he marks his own sheep in a special way

5 ( separare, dividere) to divide, to separate: distinguiamo le opere di questo pittore in tre periodi, let's divide the works of this painter into three periods

6 ( segnalare) to distinguish, to mark: il suo coraggio lo distinse nell'ultima guerra, his courage distinguished him in the last war.

◘ distinguersi v.intr.pron. to stand* out for, to distinguish oneself (by sthg.): si distingue per la sua diligenza, he distinguishes himself by his diligence; si distingue perché porta sempre dei cappelli eccentrici, she makes herself conspicuous by always wearing odd hats; le due parole si distinguono dall'accento, the two words are distinguishable by the stress pattern.

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1. [dis'tinɡwere]
vb irreg vt
1) (differenziare) to distinguish, single out

distinguere tra — to tell the difference between

non li distinguo tra loro — I can't tell the difference between them

distinguere il vero dal falso — to tell truth from falsehood

la sua energia lo distingue dagli altri — his energy distinguishes him o sets him apart from the others

2) (percepire) to distinguish, discern

era troppo buio per distinguere la sua faccia — it was too dark to see o make out his (o her) face

non riesco a distinguere il numero dell'autobus — I can't see the number of the bus

3) (contrassegnare: con etichetta) to mark, indicate

4) (frm : dividere) to divide, separate

2. vip (distinguersi)

1) (essere riconoscibile) to be distinguished

2) (emergere) to stand out, be conspicuous, distinguish o.s.

un whisky che si distingue per il suo aroma — a whisky with a distinctive bouquet

si è sempre distinta per la sua eleganza — her elegance always makes her stand out from the crowd

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[dis'tingwere] 1.
verbo transitivo

1) (separare) to distinguish ( tra between; da from)

è difficile distinguere i gemelli — it's difficult to tell the twins apart

distinguere il bene dal male — to know o tell right from wrong

2) (percepire le differenze) to distinguish, to discern [ colori]; to make* out [ contorni]; to catch* [suoni, odori]

3) (differenziare) [dettaglio, qualità] to set* [sb., sth.] apart [persone, animali, oggetti] (da from)

ciò che distingue Parigi da Roma — what makes Paris different from Rome, what distinguishes Paris from Rome

4) (caratterizzare) to characterize [epoca, azienda]
2.
verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

bisogna saper distinguere — you have to be able to tell the difference

distinguere tra A e B — to discriminate o distinguish between A and B, to draw a distinction between A and B
3.
verbo pronominale distinguersi

1) (differire) [persona, organizzazione] to differ (da from)

2) (farsi notare) [sportivo, candidato] to stand* out, to distinguish oneself

- rsi dal gruppo — to rise above the group

deve sempre -rsi! — spreg. he always has to be different! he always wants to stand out!

3) (essere percepito) to be* distinguishable

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distinguere

/dis'tingwere/ [40]

I verbo transitivo

1 (separare) to distinguish ( tra between; da from); è difficile distinguere i gemelli it's difficult to tell the twins apart; distinguere il bene dal male to know o tell right from wrong

2 (percepire le differenze) to distinguish, to discern [ colori]; to make* out [ contorni]; to catch* [ suoni, odori]

3 (differenziare) [ dettaglio, qualità] to set* [sb., sth.] apart [ persone, animali, oggetti] ( da from); ciò che distingue Parigi da Roma what makes Paris different from Rome, what distinguishes Paris from Rome

4 (caratterizzare) to characterize [ epoca, azienda]

II verbo intransitivo

(aus. avere) bisogna saper distinguere you have to be able to tell the difference; distinguere tra A e B to discriminate o distinguish between A and B, to draw a distinction between A and B

III distinguersi verbo pronominale

1 (differire) [ persona, organizzazione] to differ ( da from)

2 (farsi notare) [ sportivo, candidato] to stand* out, to distinguish oneself; - rsi dal gruppo to rise above the group; deve sempre -rsi! spreg. he always has to be different! he always wants to stand out!

3 (essere percepito) to be* distinguishable.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > distinguere
12 abultar

v.

1 to puff out (hinchar) (mejillas).

2 to be bulky (ocupar mucho espacio).

el equipaje abulta mucho the luggage takes up a lot of room

3 to augment, to blow up, to exaggerate, to bulge.

Ricardo abulta sus virtudes Richard exaggerates=augments his virtues.

La inflamación abulta el ganglio The inflammation bulges the ganglion.

4 to occupy a lot of space.

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abultar

► verbo transitivo

1 to enlarge, increase

2 figurado to exaggerate

► verbo intransitivo

1 to be bulky

■ la caja abulta mucho the box takes up a lot of space

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verb

to bulge

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1. VT

1) (=aumentar) to increase; (=agrandar) to enlarge; (=hacer abultado) to make bulky

2) (=exagerar) to exaggerate

2. VI

1) (=tener bulto) to be bulky, be big

2) (=tener más importancia) to increase in importance

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1.
verbo intransitivo

a) ( formar un bulto) to make a bulge

la pistola le abultaba debajo de la chaqueta — the gun made a bulge under his jacket

b) ( ocupar lugar) to be bulky

dóblalo bien para que no abulte — fold it neatly so that it lies flat
2.
abultar vt <cifras/resultados> to inflate

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= bulk, bulge.

Ex. Such entries bulk the catalogue, making its weeding increasingly difficult and time-consuming.

Ex. Finally, the scores of amendments, which had been issued to change rules or clarify their meaning, had mounted to the point where catalogers copies of the AACR were seriously out-of-date, if they were not bulging with tip-ins.

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* abultar poco = be skimpy.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

a) ( formar un bulto) to make a bulge

la pistola le abultaba debajo de la chaqueta — the gun made a bulge under his jacket

b) ( ocupar lugar) to be bulky

dóblalo bien para que no abulte — fold it neatly so that it lies flat
2.
abultar vt <cifras/resultados> to inflate

* * *

= bulk, bulge.

Ex: Such entries bulk the catalogue, making its weeding increasingly difficult and time-consuming.

Ex: Finally, the scores of amendments, which had been issued to change rules or clarify their meaning, had mounted to the point where catalogers copies of the AACR were seriously out-of-date, if they were not bulging with tip-ins.

* abultar poco = be skimpy.

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abultar [A1 ]

vi

1

(formar un bulto): ¿qué tienes en el bolsillo que te abulta? what have you got in your pocket that's making it stick out?

la pistola le abultaba debajo de la chaqueta the gun made a bulge under his jacket

2

(ocupar lugar): abulta mucho pero no es pesado it takes up a lot of room o it's very bulky but it's not heavy

dóblalo bien para que no abulte fold it neatly so that it lies flat

ponle un poco de verde al ramo para que abulte más add some greenery to fill the bouquet out a bit

■ abultar

vt

to inflate

abultan artificialmente las cifras they inflate o ( colloq) beef up the figures artificially

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abultar ( conjugate abultar) verbo intransitivo
a) ( formar un bulto) to make a bulge

b) ( ocupar lugar) to be bulky

verbo transitivo ‹cifras/resultados› to inflate
abultar
I verbo intransitivo to be bulky: este sillón abulta mucho, this armchair takes up a lot of room
II vtr (una cifra, una noticia) to exaggerate

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abultar

♦ vt

1. [mejillas] to puff out

2. [cifras, consecuencias] to exaggerate

♦ vi

1. [ocupar mucho espacio] to be bulky;

el equipaje abulta mucho the luggage takes up a lot of room

2. [formar un bulto] to bulge;

la pistola le abulta debajo de la americana you can see the bulge of his gun under his jacket

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abultar

I v/t

1 swell

2 ( aumentar) increase

II v/i be bulky;

no abulta casi nada it takes up almost no room at all

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abultar vi

: to bulge

abultar vt

: to enlarge, to expand

* * *

abultar vb to be bulky

el paquete abulta mucho the parcel is very bulky

Spanish-English dictionary > abultar
13 binde

4

свя́зывать, завя́зывать; привя́зывать

bínde af — отвя́зывать

bínde ind — переплета́ть ( книги)

bínde om — обвя́зывать

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bind, fetter, hitch, strap, tie, truss, yoke

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vb (bandt, bundet)

( fastbinde; knytte) tie ( fx a horse to a tree, somebody's hands, a piece of ribbon into a knot);

( holde fast, forpligte) bind ( fx bind him with rope, bind the loose sand, bind nations to each other, this promise binds me for life);

( gøre ufri, F) fetter ( fx fettered by convention);

( uden objekt: klæbe) stick,

(om dør etc) stick, jam;

[ med sb:]

[ binde buketter (, kranse)] make bouquets (, wreaths);

[ binde en buket] tie a bouquet;

[ binde kapital] tie up capital;

[ binde en knude] tie (el. make) a knot (på in);

[ binde sit slips] tie one's tie;

[ binde en sløjfe] tie a bow,

(se også I. sløjfe);

[ binde støvet] lay the dust;

[ med præp, adv, sig:]

[ binde an med] tackle;

[ binde en for øjnene] blindfold somebody;

[ binde for en sæk] tie up a sack;

[ pengene er bundet i] the money is locked up in ( fx the business; shares);

[ binde bøger ind] bind books;

[ binde bånd om] tie up, put a piece of string round;

[ binde op]

( løse) untie ( fx a knot);

( samle kornet i neg) tie the sheaves;

[ binde håret op] bind up one's hair;

[ binde roserne op] tie up the roses;

[ binde en på hænder og fødder] tie (el. bind) somebody hand and foot;

[ binde en noget på ærmet] make somebody believe something,

T take a rise out of somebody, pull somebody's leg;

[ binde noget sammen] tie something together;

( til et bundt) tie something up;

[ binde sig] bind oneself, commit oneself,

F pledge oneself ( til to);

[ binde en sæk til] tie up a sack;

(se også bindende, bunden).

Danish-English dictionary > binde
14 escoger

v.

1 to choose.

tiene dos sabores a escoger there are two flavors to choose from

tener mucho donde escoger to have plenty of choice, to be spoiled for choice (British)

tenemos que escoger entre tres candidatos we have to choose between three candidates

María escoge los maduros Mary chooses the ripe ones.

Ella escogió bailar She chose dancing.

2 to make a choice, to take a choice, to choose.

María escogió Mary made a choice.

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escoger

Conjugation model [ PROTEGER], like link=proteger proteger

► verbo transitivo

1 to choose, pick out, select

■ escogió un libro del montón she chose a book from the pile

■ escogió entre cuatro libros he chose between four books

■ lo escogió para/por marido she chose him as her husband

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a escoger to choose from

■ hay cuatro premios a escoger there are four prizes to choose from

no hay donde escoger they are all just as bad

tener donde escoger to have a good choice

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verb

to choose, pick, select

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1.

VT to choose, pick; [por votación] to elect

yo escogí el azul — I chose o picked the blue one

escogió los mejores vinos para la cena — he picked out o chose o selected the best wines to go with the meal

2.

VI to choose

no hay mucho donde escoger — there isn't much to choose from, there isn't much choice

hay que escoger entre los dos — you must choose between the two

puestos a escoger, me quedo con estos — faced with the choice, I'll keep these

tener donde escoger — to have plenty to choose from, have plenty of choice

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verbo transitivo to choose

escoge el libro que quieras — pick o choose whichever book you want

tener mucho (de) donde escoger — to be spoilt for choice

no hay mucho (de) donde escoger — there isn't a great deal of choice, there isn't much to choose from

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= choose, click off, cull, opt (for), pick out, select, single out, pick and mix, mix and match, elect, pick, take + Posesivo + pick, go for.

Ex. A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.

Ex. We may some day click off arguments on a machine with the same assurance that we now enter sales on a cash register.

Ex. The contents of an extract will often be culled from the results, conclusions or recommendations, i.e. the concluding segments, of the document.

Ex. However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.

Ex. This process proceeds by examining in turn every one of a large set of items, and by picking out those which have certain specified characteristics.

Ex. An extract is one o more portions of a document selected to represent the whole document.

Ex. Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.

Ex. Modular courses are already in place from which a student can pick and mix.

Ex. It is possible to mix and match from copyright law, patent law and trade secret and contract law, and the choice of avenue offering the best protection will depend upon many variables.

Ex. This Act defined the right of workers to organize and to elect representatives.

Ex. The network itself is assumed to be unreliable; any portion of the network could disappear at any moment ( pick your favorite catastrophe -- these days backhoes cutting cables are more of a threat than bombs).

Ex. We can offer them both and let our users take their pick.

Ex. If flexibility is required, it may be better to go for a general-purpose data base management system.

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* escoger al azar = pick at + random.

* escoger aleatoriamente = pick at + random.

* escoger con cuidado = pick and choose.

* escoger con esmero = pick and choose.

* escoger cuidadosamente = handpick.

* escoger las palabras = choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* escoger una opción = choose + setting, take up + option.

* ser exigente al escoger = pick and choose.

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verbo transitivo to choose

escoge el libro que quieras — pick o choose whichever book you want

tener mucho (de) donde escoger — to be spoilt for choice

no hay mucho (de) donde escoger — there isn't a great deal of choice, there isn't much to choose from

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= choose, click off, cull, opt (for), pick out, select, single out, pick and mix, mix and match, elect, pick, take + Posesivo + pick, go for.

Ex: A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.

Ex: We may some day click off arguments on a machine with the same assurance that we now enter sales on a cash register.

Ex: The contents of an extract will often be culled from the results, conclusions or recommendations, i.e. the concluding segments, of the document.

Ex: However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.

Ex: This process proceeds by examining in turn every one of a large set of items, and by picking out those which have certain specified characteristics.

Ex: An extract is one o more portions of a document selected to represent the whole document.

Ex: Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.

Ex: Modular courses are already in place from which a student can pick and mix.

Ex: It is possible to mix and match from copyright law, patent law and trade secret and contract law, and the choice of avenue offering the best protection will depend upon many variables.

Ex: This Act defined the right of workers to organize and to elect representatives.

Ex: The network itself is assumed to be unreliable; any portion of the network could disappear at any moment ( pick your favorite catastrophe -- these days backhoes cutting cables are more of a threat than bombs).

Ex: We can offer them both and let our users take their pick.

Ex: If flexibility is required, it may be better to go for a general-purpose data base management system.

* escoger al azar = pick at + random.

* escoger aleatoriamente = pick at + random.

* escoger con cuidado = pick and choose.

* escoger con esmero = pick and choose.

* escoger cuidadosamente = handpick.

* escoger las palabras = choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* escoger una opción = choose + setting, take up + option.

* ser exigente al escoger = pick and choose.

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escoger [E6 ]

vt

to choose

escogió las mejores flores para hacer el ramo he picked out o chose o selected the best flowers to make the bouquet

escoge el libro que quieras pick o choose whichever book you want

escoge los dos o tres mejores pick out o choose the best two or three

no hay mucho donde escoger there isn't a great deal of choice, there isn't much to choose from

tuve que escoger entre los dos I had to choose between the two of them

me escogieron de entre 90 candidatos I was chosen o selected from among 90 applicants

fue escogido para representar a su clase he was chosen o picked to represent his class

tuvo mucho cuidado al escoger sus palabras he picked o chose his words very carefully

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escoger ( conjugate escoger) verbo transitivo
to choose;
◊ escoge que quieras pick o choose whichever (one) you want;

no hay mucho (de) donde escoger there isn't a great deal of choice, there isn't much to choose from
escoger verbo transitivo to choose [entre, between] [de, from]: escogerán a los más preparados, they'll select the best-trained ones ➣ Ver nota en choose

' escoger' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
elección
- elegir
English:
choose
- select
- single out
- pick
- single

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escoger

♦ vt

to choose;

escoge una carta pick a card;

de (entre) cien candidatos lo escogieron a él out of a hundred candidates they chose o selected him;

escogemos la mejor fruta para nuestros clientes we select the best fruit for our customers;

tiene dos sabores a escoger there are two flavours to choose from;

tener mucho donde escoger to have plenty of choice, Br to be spoilt for choice;

tenemos poco donde escoger we don't have much to choose from

♦ vi

to choose ( entre between);
te toca escoger it's your turn to choose;

tenemos que escoger entre tres candidatos we have to choose between three candidates

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escoger

v/t choose, select

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escoger {15} vt

elegir, seleccionar: to choose, to select

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escoger vb to choose [pt. chose; pp. chosen]

escogió el vestido azul she chose the blue dress

Spanish-English dictionary > escoger
15 opgemaakt

opgemaakt

1 [van make-up voorzien] made up

2 [gerangschikt] made (up) ⇒ laid out

♦voorbeelden:

1   een opgemaakte acteur • an actor wearing make-up

     een opgemaakt gezicht • a made-up face

     (te) zwaar opgemaakt • heavily made up

2   een opgemaakt bed • a made (up) bed

     een sierlijk opgemaakt bloemstuk • an elegantly made-up/arranged bouquet

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > opgemaakt
16 Р-310

РАЗВЙЗЫВАТЬ/РАЗВЯЗАТЬ РУКИ кому VP subj: human, collect, or abstr more often pfv) to give s.o. complete freedom of action by releasing him from his previous commitments, obligations, ties etc: X развязал Y-y руки — X untied (freed) Y's hands.
Теперь ЧКГБ имеет против меня полный судебный букет (по их кодексу, разумеется) - и это только развязало мне руки, я стал идеологически экстерриториален! (Солженицын 2). Now the KGB had a whole bouquet of criminal charges to pin on me (according to their legal code, of course), yet this had only untied my hands, given me ideological extraterritoriality! (2a).

(Лидия:) Застрелитесь, пожалуйста, поскорей!.. Вы мне развяжете руки, и уж в другой раз я не ошибусь в выборе или мужа, или... ну, сами понимаете кого (Островский 4). (L..| Shoot yourself, do, and be quick about it!...You'll free my hands, and the next time I won't make a mistake when I choose a husband, or a... Well, you know yourself what I mean (4a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Р-310
17 развязать руки

• РАЗВЯЗЫВАТЬ/РАЗВЯЗАТЬ РУКИ кому

[VP; subj: human, collect, or abstr; more often pfv]

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⇒ to give s.o. complete freedom of action by releasing him from his previous commitments, obligations, ties etc:

- X развязал Y-y руки≈ X untied (freed) Y's hands.

♦ Теперь ЧКГБ имеет против меня полный судебный букет (по их кодексу, разумеется) - и это только развязало мне руки, я стал идеологически экстерриториален! (Солженицын 2). Now the KGB had a whole bouquet of criminal charges to pin on me (according to their legal code, of course), yet this had only untied my hands, given me ideological extraterritoriality! (2a).

♦ [Лидия:] Застрелитесь, пожалуйста, поскорей!.. Вы мне развяжете руки, и уж в другой раз я не ошибусь в выборе или мужа, или... ну, сами понимаете кого (Островский 4). [L.:] Shoot yourself, do, and be quick about it!...You'll free my hands, and the next time I won't make a mistake when I choose a husband, or a... Well, you know yourself what I mean (4a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > развязать руки
18 развязывать руки

• РАЗВЯЗЫВАТЬ/РАЗВЯЗАТЬ РУКИ кому

[VP; subj: human, collect, or abstr; more often pfv]

=====

⇒ to give s.o. complete freedom of action by releasing him from his previous commitments, obligations, ties etc:

- X развязал Y-y руки≈ X untied (freed) Y's hands.

♦ Теперь ЧКГБ имеет против меня полный судебный букет (по их кодексу, разумеется) - и это только развязало мне руки, я стал идеологически экстерриториален! (Солженицын 2). Now the KGB had a whole bouquet of criminal charges to pin on me (according to their legal code, of course), yet this had only untied my hands, given me ideological extraterritoriality! (2a).

♦ [Лидия:] Застрелитесь, пожалуйста, поскорей!.. Вы мне развяжете руки, и уж в другой раз я не ошибусь в выборе или мужа, или... ну, сами понимаете кого (Островский 4). [L.:] Shoot yourself, do, and be quick about it!...You'll free my hands, and the next time I won't make a mistake when I choose a husband, or a... Well, you know yourself what I mean (4a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > развязывать руки
19 de

de [də]

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1. preposition

2. article

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► de + le = du ; de + les = des ; de becomes d' before a vowel or silent h.

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► Lorsque de fait partie d'une locution du type décider de, content de, de plus en plus, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.

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   a. (provenance) from

• s'échapper de to escape from

• il arrive du Japon he has just arrived from Japan

• nous recevons des amis du Canada we've got friends from Canada staying with us

• l'avion de Londres the plane from London

• je l'ai vu en sortant de la maison I saw him as I was coming out of the house

   b. (lieu) in

• les magasins de Londres the shops in London

• les voisins du 2^e étage the neighbours on the 2nd floor

   c. (destination) to

• l'avion de Bruxelles the plane to Brussels

• la route de Tours the road to Tours

   d. (appartenance) of

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► Lorsque de sert à exprimer l'appartenance, il se traduit par of ; on préférera toutefois souvent le génitif lorsque le possesseur est une personne ou un animal.

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• les oreilles du lapin the rabbit's ears

• la maison de David David's house

• la maison de notre ami our friend's house

• un ami de la famille a friend of the family

• un ami de mon père a friend of my father's

• la porte de la maison the door of the house

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► Après un pluriel se terminant par un s, l'apostrophe s'utilise sans s.

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• la maison de nos amis our friends' house

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► On ajoute cependant le 's après un nom commun se terminant par ss.

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• la loge de l'actrice the actress's dressing-room

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► Dans le cas où le possesseur est une chose, l'anglais supprime parfois le 's.

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• le pied de la table the table leg

• le bouton de la porte the door knob

• les romanciers du 20^e siècle 20th-century novelists

   e. (contenu) of

• une bouteille de vin a bottle of wine

• une pincée de sel a pinch of salt

• une collection de timbres a collection of stamps

   f. (matière)

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► En anglais, un nom en apposition sert souvent à décrire la matière dont quelque chose est fait.

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• un vase de cristal a crystal vase

• une table de chêne an oak table

   g. (qualité) un homme de goût a man of taste

• quelque chose de beau something lovely

• rien d'intéressant nothing interesting

   h. (agent) by

• un film de Fellini a Fellini film

• un concerto de Brahms a concerto by Brahms

• c'est de qui ? who is it by?

• ce poème n'est pas de moi I didn't write the poem

   i. ( = avec)

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► Lorsque de signifie avec, au moyen de, à l'aide de, ou exprime la manière ou la cause, la traduction dépend du contexte ; reportez-vous à l'autre mot.

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• il l'attrapa de la main gauche he caught it with his left hand

• marcher d'un pas lent to walk slowly

• rougir de honte to go red with embarrassment

• être fatigué de répéter to be tired of repeating

• couvert de boue covered in mud

   j. ( = par) il gagne 30 € de l'heure he earns 30 euros an hour

   k. ( = durant) de jour during the day

• de nuit during the night

• 3 heures du matin 3 o'clock in the morning

• je ne l'ai pas vu de la soirée I haven't seen him all evening

   l. (locutions) il y a deux verres de cassés there are two broken glasses

• j'ai une semaine de congé I've got a week's holiday

• il est d'une bêtise ! he's so stupid!

• tu as de ces idées ! you have the strangest ideas!

• le jour de Noël Christmas Day

• cette saleté de temps this rotten weather

• la ville de Paris the city of Paris

• le mois de juin the month of June

• une pièce de 6 m² a room 6 metres square

• un enfant de 5 ans a 5-year-old child

• un voyage de trois jours a three-day journey

• il y aura une attente de quelques heures you will have to wait a few hours

• un chèque de 100 € a cheque for 100 euros

• il est professeur d'anglais he's an English teacher

► de... à from... to

• de chez moi à la gare, il y a 5 km it's 5km from my house to the station

• du 2 au 7 mai from 2 to 7 May

• les enfants de 9 à 12 ans children from 9 to 12► de... en from... to

• il va de village en village he goes from village to village

• de jour en jour from day to day

• le nombre diminue d'année en année the number is decreasing every year

• nous allions de surprise en surprise we had one surprise after another

2. <

   a. (affirmation)

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► L'article de n'est souvent pas traduit mais il peut parfois être rendu par some.

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• au déjeuner, nous avons eu du poulet we had chicken for lunch

• j'ai du travail à faire I've got work to do

• j'ai des voisins charmants I've got lovely neighbours

• boire de l'eau to drink water

• ils vendent des pommes they sell apples

• il mange des biscuits toute la journée he eats biscuits all day

• elle a de jolies mains she's got lovely hands

• il portait des lunettes he was wearing glasses

• il a joué du Chopin he played Chopin

• cela demande de la patience it takes patience

• c'est du vol ! that's robbery!

• j'ai acheté des pommes I bought some apples

   b. (interrogation, hypothèse)

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► Dans les questions et les hypothèses, de soit ne se traduit pas, soit est rendu par any ou some.

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• accepteriez-vous de l'argent liquide ? would you take cash?

• as-tu de l'argent ? have you got any money?

• as-tu rencontré des randonneurs ? did you meet any hikers?

• si tu achètes du vin, j'en prendrai aussi if you buy some wine, I'll buy some too

• s'il y a des problèmes if there are any problems

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► Dans les offres polies, on utilise plus souvent some.

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• tu veux de l'aide ? do you want any help? ; (plus poli) would you like some help?

• voulez-vous des œufs ? would you like some eggs?

• vous ne voulez vraiment pas de vin ? are you sure you don't want some wine?

   c. ► pas... de... not any... no...

• je n'ai pas acheté de pommes I didn't buy any apples

• je n'ai pas de voisins I haven't got any neighbours

• il n'y a pas de pain there isn't any bread there's no bread

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(d' before vowel or mute h) də, d préposition

1) ( indiquant l'origine) from

le train de Bruxelles — the train from Brussels

il arrive du Japon — he's just come from Japan

à 20 mètres de là — 20 metres [BrE] from there

un enfant de mon premier mari — a child by my first husband

un vin de Grèce — ( rapporté de là-bas) a wine from Greece; ( fait là-bas) a Greek wine

né de parents immigrés — born of immigrant parents

il est de père italien — his father is Italian

de méfiant il est devenu paranoïaque — he went from being suspicious to being paranoid

2) ( indiquant la progression)

de...à, de...en — from...to

de 8 à 10 heures — from 8 to 10 (o'clock)

du matin au soir — from morning till night

d'heure en heure — from hour to hour

3) ( indiquant la destination) to

4) ( indiquant la cause)

mourir de soif — to die of thirst

pleurer de rage — to cry with rage

trembler de froid — to shiver with cold

5) ( indiquant la manière) in

parler d'un ton monocorde — to speak in a monotone

tirer de toutes ses forces — to pull with all one's might

6) ( indiquant le moyen) with

pousser quelque chose du pied — to push something aside with one's foot

vivre de saucisses — to live on sausages

7) ( indiquant l'agent) by

un poème de Victor Hugo — a poem by Victor Hugo

avoir un enfant de quelqu'un — to have a child by somebody

8) ( indiquant la durée)

travailler de nuit/de jour — to work at night/during the day

ne rien faire de la journée — to do nothing all day

9) (indiquant l'appartenance, la dépendance)

les chapeaux de Paul — Paul's hats

un élève du professeur Talbin — one of professor Talbin's students

l'immensité de la mer — the immensity of the sea

le toit de la maison — the roof of the house

la porte de la chambre — the bedroom door

le cadran du téléphone — the dial on the telephone

c'est bien de lui — it's just like him

10) ( détermination par le contenant)

le foin de la grange — the hay in the barn

le vin du tonneau — ( qui s'y trouve) the wine in the barrel; ( qu'on a tiré) the wine from the barrel

11) ( détermination par le contenu) of

une tasse de café — a cup of coffee

12) ( détermination par la quantité) of

une minute de silence — one minute of silence, a minute's silence

13) ( détermination par le lieu) of

les pyramides d'Égypte — the pyramids of Egypt

14) ( détermination par le temps) of

le 20 du mois — the 20th of the month

la réunion de samedi — Saturday's meeting

la réunion du 20 juin — the meeting on 20 June

le train de 15 heures — the 3 o'clock train

les ventes de juin — the June sales

15) (détermination par la dimension, la mesure)

un livre de 200 pages — a 200-page book

être long de 20 mètres — to be 20 metres [BrE] long

7 euros de l'heure — 7 euros an hour

trop lourd de trois kilos — three kilos too heavy

16) (détermination par la nature, fonction, matière)

un billet de train — a train ticket

une robe de coton rouge — a red cotton dress

une bulle d'air — an air bubble

17) ( apposition) of

le mois de juillet — the month of July

le nom de Flore — the name Flore

18) ( avec attribut du nom ou du pronom)

trois personnes de tuées — three people killed

deux heures de libres — two hours free

20 euros de plus — 20 euros more

l'ourlet a deux centimètres de trop — the hem is two centimetres [BrE] too long

quelque chose/rien de nouveau — something/nothing new

c'est quelqu'un de célèbre — he's/she's famous

c'est ça de fait — (colloq) that's that out of the way

19) ( avec un infinitif)

ça me peinait de la voir ainsi — it upset me to see her like that

et eux de rire — and they laughed

20) ( après un déverbal)

le filtrage de l'eau pose de gros problèmes — filtering water poses big problems

21) ( après un superlatif) gén of; ( avec un lieu ou ensemble assimilé) in

le plus grand restaurant de la ville — the biggest restaurant in the town

22) (colloq) (en corrélation avec le pronom un, une)

pour une gaffe, c'en est une, de gaffe! — as blunders go, that was a real one!

23) ( dans une comparaison chiffrée) than

plus/moins de 10 — more/less than 10

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La préposition

Certains emplois de la préposition de sont traités ailleurs dans le dictionnaire, notamment

lorsque de introduit le complément de verbes transitifs indirects comme douter de, jouer de, de verbes à double complément comme recevoir quelque chose de quelqu'un, de certains noms comme désir de, obligation de, de certains adjectifs comme fier de, plein de

lorsque de fait partie de locutions comme d'abord, de travers ou de composés comme chemin de fer, pomme de terre

lorsque de est utilisé dans la structure de déterminants indéfinis comme peu de, moins de etc

lorsque de fait suite à être dans certaines tournures être I

D'autres renvois essentiels apparaissent dans l'entrée ci-dessous, mais on se reportera également aux notes d'usage répertoriées pour certaines constructions

L'article indéfini

de article indéfini pluriel est traité avec un I

L'article partitif: de, de l', de la, du

Lorsqu'il exprime une généralité non quantifiée ou une alternative, de, article partitif ne se traduit pas: manger de la viande/du lapin/des oeufs = to eat meat/rabbit/eggs; il ne boit jamais de vin = he never drinks wine; tu prends du café au petit déjeuner? = do you have coffee for breakfast?; voulez-vous de la bière ou du vin? = would you like beer or wine?; il ne veut pas de vin mais de la bière = he doesn't want wine, he wants beer

Lorsque l'idée de quantité est présente il se traduit par some ou any: achète de la bière/des bananes = buy some beer/some bananas; voulez-vous de la bière? = would you like some beer?; évidemment, tu leur as donné de l'argent? = of course, you gave them some money?; y a-t-il du soleil? = is there any sun?; il n'y a pas de soleil = there isn't any sun, there's no sun; il y a rarement du soleil = there's seldom any sun; il n'y a jamais de soleil = there's never any sun; il n'y a plus de vin = there isn't any more wine

Et lorsque qu'il s'agit d'une partie déterminée d'un tout, il se traduit par some of ou any of: elle a mangé des gâteaux que j'ai achetés = she has eaten some of the cakes I bought; a-t-elle bu du vin que j'ai apporté? = did she drink any of the wine I brought?; je ne prendrai plus de ce mélange = I won't take any more of this mixture

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de
1. nm

1) (à jouer) dice

un coup de dés — a throw of the dice

2) (dé à coudre) thimble

2. dés nmpl

1) (= jeu) dice, game of dice

2) CUISINE

couper en dés — to dice

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de ⇒ Note d'usage (d' before vowel or mute h) prép

1 ( indiquant l'origine) from; leur départ/le train de Bruxelles their departure/the train from Brussels; il arrive du Japon he's just come from Japan; de la fenêtre, on peut voir… from the window, one can see…; à 20 mètres de là 20 metres^GB from there; de ce moment fml from that moment; un enfant de mon premier mari/mariage a child by my first husband/from my first marriage; elle est de Taiwan she's from Taiwan; un vin de Grèce ( rapporté de là-bas) a wine from Greece; ( fait là-bas) a Greek wine; né de parents immigrés born of immigrant parents; il est de père italien et de mère chinoise his father is Italian and his mother Chinese; le bébé est de février the baby was born in February; de méfiant il est devenu paranoïaque he went from being suspicious to being paranoid; d'ici là between now and then; d'ici la fin du mois by the end of the month; ⇒ par;

2 ( indiquant la progression) de…à, de…en from…to; de 8 à 10 heures from 8 to 10 (o'clock); de mardi à samedi, du mardi au samedi from Tuesday to Saturday; du matin au soir from morning till night; d'une semaine à l'autre from one week to the next; de Lisbonne à Berlin from Lisbon to Berlin; de l'équateur aux pôles from the equator to the poles; de ville en ville from town to town; d'heure en heure from hour to hour; de déception en désillusion from disappointment to disillusion; ⇒ Charybde, long, moins, moment, place, plus;

3 ( indiquant la destination) to; le train de Paris the train to Paris, the Paris train;

4 ( indiquant la cause) mourir de soif/de chagrin/d'une pneumonie to die of thirst/of a broken heart/of pneumonia; phobie de l'eau/la foule fear of water/crowds; des larmes de désespoir tears of despair; un hurlement de terreur a scream of terror; pleurer de rage to cry with rage; hurler de terreur to scream with terror; trembler de froid to shiver with cold; ⇒ joie;

5 ( indiquant la manière) in; parler d'un ton monocorde to speak in a monotone; s'exprimer de manière élégante to express oneself in an elegant way; plaisanterie d'un goût douteux joke in dubious taste; tirer de toutes ses forces to pull with all one's might; il a répondu d'un geste obscène he answered with an obscene gesture; ⇒ beau, cœur, concert, mémoire, tac, trait;

6 ( indiquant le moyen) with; pousser qch du pied to push sth aside with one's foot; soulever qch d'une main to lift sth with one hand; gravure/graver de la pointe d'un couteau engraving/to engrave with the point of a knife; suspendu des deux mains hanging by two hands; déjeuner/vivre de saucisses et de haricots to lunch/to live on sausages and beans; il a fait de sa chambre un bureau he made his bedroom into a study; ⇒ coup, coude;

7 ( indiquant l'agent) by; un poème/dessin de Victor Hugo a poem/drawing by Victor Hugo; avoir un enfant de qn to have a child by sb; respecté de tous respected by all;

8 ( indiquant la durée) travailler de nuit/de jour to work at night/during the day; ne rien faire de la journée/semaine to do nothing all day/week; de ma vie je n'avais vu ça I had never seen such a thing in my life; ⇒ temps;

9 (indiquant l'appartenance, la dépendance) les chapeaux de Paul/de mon frère/de mes parents Paul's/my brother's/my parents' hats; les oreilles de l'ours/de mon chat the bear's/my cat's ears; la politique de leur gouvernement/de la France their government's/France's policy, the policy of their government/of France; un élève du professeur Talbin one of professor Talbin's students; l'immensité de l'espace/la mer the immensity of space/the sea; le toit de la maison the roof of the house; la porte de la chambre the bedroom door; les rideaux de la chambre sont sales the bedroom curtains are dirty; j'ai lavé les rideaux de la chambre I washed the bedroom curtains; le cadran du téléphone the dial on the telephone; c'est bien de lui it's just like him;

10 ( détermination par le contenant) le foin de la grange the hay in the barn; le vin du tonneau ( qui s'y trouve) the wine in the barrel; ( qu'on a tiré) the wine from the barrel;

11 ( détermination par le contenu) of; une tasse de café a cup of coffee; un sac de charbon a sack of coal;

12 ( détermination par la quantité) of; cinq pages de roman five pages of a novel; deux mètres de tissu two metres^GB of material; trois litres de vin three litres^GB of wine; une minute de silence one minute of silence, a minute's silence; quatre heures de musique four hours of music; deux milliardièmes de seconde two billionths of a second; le quart de mes économies a quarter of my savings; la totalité or l'ensemble de leurs œuvres the whole of their works; les sept maisons du hameau the seven houses of the hamlet;

13 ( détermination par le lieu) of; les pyramides d'Égypte the pyramids of Egypt; le roi de Brunéi the King of Brunei; le premier ministre du Japon the prime minister of Japan, the Japanese prime minister; le comte de Monte-Cristo the Count of Monte-Cristo;

14 ( détermination par le temps) of; les ordinateurs de demain the computers of tomorrow; le 20 du mois the 20th of the month; la réunion de samedi Saturday's meeting; la réunion du 20 juin the meeting on 20 June; le train de 15 heures the 3 o'clock train; les ventes de juin the June sales;

15 (détermination par la dimension, la mesure) un livre de 200 pages a 200-page book; un spectacle de deux heures a two-hour show; une grue de 50 tonnes a 50-tonne crane; être long de 20 mètres, avoir 20 mètres de long to be 20 metres^GB long; 20 euros de l'heure 20 euros an hour; enceinte de trois mois three months' pregnant; on aura deux heures d'attente we'll have a two-hour wait; on aura deux heures de retard we'll be two hours late; trop lourd de trois kilos three kilos too heavy; plus/moins de trois more/less than three; elle est la plus âgée/jeune de deux ans she's the oldest/youngest by two years;

16 (détermination par la nature, fonction, matière) un billet de train a train ticket; une statue de cristal a crystal statue; un livre de géographie a geography book; un professeur de botanique a botany teacher; un chapeau de cow-boy a cowboy hat; une salle de réunion a meeting room; une robe de coton rouge a red cotton dress; une bulle d'air/de savon an air/a soap bubble; un joueur de tennis a tennis player; un produit de qualité a quality product; un travail de qualité quality work; un spécialiste de l'électronique an electronics expert, an expert in electronics; un homme de bon sens a man of common sense; la théorie de la relativité the theory of relativity; ⇒ bois, laine;

17 ( apposition) of; le mois de juillet the month of July; la ville de Singapour the city of Singapore; le titre de duc the title of duke; le nom de Flore the name Flore; le terme de quark the term quark;

18 ( avec attribut du nom ou du pronom) trois personnes de tuées three people killed; une jambe de cassée a broken leg; un seul ticket de valable only one valid ticket; deux heures de libres two hours free; 200 euros de plus 200 euros more; l'ourlet a deux centimètres de trop the hem is two centimetres^GB too long; ton imbécile de frère your stupid brother; quelque chose/rien de nouveau something/nothing new; je n'ai jamais rien vu de semblable I've never seen anything like it; c'est quelqu'un de célèbre he's/she's famous; c'est ça de fait○ that's that out of the way, that's that taken care of;

19 ( avec un infinitif) de la voir ainsi me peinait seeing her like that upset me; ça me peinait de la voir ainsi it upset me to see her like that; et eux/toute la salle de rire and they/the whole audience laughed; être content de faire to be happy to do;

20 ( après un déverbal) le filtrage de l'eau pose de gros problèmes filtering water poses big problems; le remplacement de la chaudière a coûté très cher replacing the boiler was very expensive;

21 ( après un superlatif) gén of; ( avec un lieu ou ensemble assimilé) in; le plus jeune des trois frères the youngest of the three brothers; le roi des rois the king of kings; le plus grand restaurant de la ville the biggest restaurant in the town; le plus vieux de la classe/famille the oldest in the class/family;

22 ○(en corrélation avec le pronom un, une) pour une gaffe, c'en est une, de gaffe! as blunders go, that was a real one!; est-ce que j'en ai une, moi, de voiture? and me, have I got a car?;

23 ( dans une comparaison chiffrée) than; plus/moins de 10 more/less than 10.

[də] (devant voyelle ou 'h' muet d' [d], contraction de 'de' avec 'le' du [dy], contraction de 'de' avec 'les' des [de]) préposition

A.[INDIQUANT L'ORIGINE, LE POINT DE DÉPART]

1. [indiquant la provenance] from

il n'est pas d'ici he's not from (around) here

il a sorti un lapin de son chapeau he produced ou pulled a rabbit out of his hat

2. [à partir de]

de quelques fleurs des champs, elle a fait un bouquet she made a posy out of ou from a few wild flowers

faire un drame de rien to make a fuss over nothing

3. [indiquant l'auteur] by

4. [particule]

Madame de Sévigné Madame de Sévigné

épouser un/une de quelque chose (familier) to marry a man/woman with an aristocratic sounding name

B.[DANS LE TEMPS]

1. [à partir de] from

de ce jour from that day

2. [indiquant le moment]

de jour during the ou by day

travailler de nuit to work nights

il n'a pas travaillé de l'année he hasn't worked all year

je ne le vois pas de la semaine I don't see him at all during the week

le train de 9 h 30 the 9.30 train

[depuis]

de longtemps, on n'avait vu cela such a thing hadn't been seen for a long time

C.[INDIQUANT LA CAUSE]

rougir de plaisir to blush with pleasure

mourir de peur/de faim to die of fright/of hunger

pleurer de joie to cry for joy

souffrir de rhumatismes to suffer from rheumatism

se tordre de douleur/de rire to be doubled up in pain/with laughter

D.[INDIQUANT LE MOYEN, L'INSTRUMENT]

faire signe de la main to wave

il voit mal de l'œil gauche he can't see properly with his left eye

E.[INDIQUANT LA MANIÈRE]

manger de bon appétit to eat heartily

de toutes ses forces with all one's strength

F.[AVEC DES NOMBRES, DES MESURES]

1. [emploi distributif]

50 euros de l'heure 50 euros per ou an hour

2. [introduisant une mesure]

un appartement de 60 m² a 60 m² flat

un homme d'1 m 80 a man who is 1 m 80 tall

une femme de 30 ans a 30-year-old woman

un moteur de 15 chevaux a 15 h.p. engine

un cadeau de 50 euros a gift worth 50 euros

une équipe de 15 personnes a team of 15

3. [indiquant une différence dans le temps, l'espace, la quantité]

distant de cinq kilomètres five kilometres away

ma montre retarde de 10 mn my watch is 10 minutes slow

ce colis est trop lourd de 100 grammes this parcel is 100 grammes too heavy

G.[INDIQUANT L'APPARTENANCE]

la maison de mes parents/Marie my parents'/Marie's house

la porte du salon the living room door

les pays de l'UE the countries in the EU, the EU countries

pour les membres du club for members of the club ou club members

les élèves de sa classe the pupils in his class

H.[MARQUANT LA DÉTERMINATION]

1. [indiquant la matière, la qualité, le genre etc.]

un buffet de chêne an oak dresser

un bonhomme de neige a snowman

une réaction d'horreur a horrified reaction

une pause de publicité a commercial break

un livre d'un grand intérêt a book of great interest

elle est d'un snob! she is so snobbish!, she's such a snob!

2. [indiquant le contenu, le contenant]

l'eau de la citerne the water in the tank

un pot de fleurs

a. [récipient] a flowerpot

b. [fleurs] a pot of flowers

3. [dans un ensemble]

le plus jeune de la classe the youngest pupil in the class

le plus jeune des deux the younger of the two

4. [avec une valeur emphatique]

l'as des as the champ

le fin du fin the very latest thing

I.[SERVANT DE LIEN SYNTAXIQUE]

1. [après un verbe]

parler de quelque chose to speak about ou of something

se séparer de quelqu'un to leave somebody

se libérer du passé to free oneself from the past

instruire quelqu'un de ses intentions to notify somebody of one's plans

ce champ est entouré d'une palissade this field is surrounded by a fence

2. [après un substantif]

l'amour de quelque chose the love of something

troubles de l'audition hearing problems

3. [après un adjectif]

sûr de soi sure of oneself

il est facile de critiquer it's easy to criticize

4. [après un pronom]

rien de nouveau nothing new

quoi de plus beau que la mer? what is more beautiful than the sea?

5. [devant un adjectif, participe ou adverbe]

c'est une heure de perdue that's an hour lost

restez une semaine de plus stay (for) one more ou an extra week

6. [introduisant un nom en apposition]

le mois de janvier the month of January

au mois de janvier in January

cet imbécile de Pierre that idiot Pierre

7. [indiquant le sujet d'un ouvrage]

‘De l'art d'être mère’ ‘The Art of Being a Mother’

8. (littéraire) [introduisant un infinitif]

et tous de rire they all burst into laughter

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[də] (devant voyelle ou 'h' muet d' [d], contraction de 'de' avec 'le' du [dy], contraction de 'de' avec 'les' des [de]) article partitif

1. [dans une affirmation]

j'ai acheté de la viande I bought (some) meat

c'est de la provocation/de l'entêtement! it's sheer provocation/pig-headedness!

j'ai bu de ce vin I drank some of that wine

manger de la viande to eat meat

chanter du Fauré to sing some Fauré ou a piece by Fauré

[dans une interrogation]

prends-tu du sucre dans ton café? do you take sugar in your coffee?

[dans une négation]

il n'y a pas de place there's no room, there isn't any room

2. [exprimant une comparaison]

il y a du prophète chez lui he's a bit like a prophet

ça c'est du Julien tout craché ou du pur Julien that's Julien all over, that's typical of Julien

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[də] (devant voyelle ou 'h' muet d' [d], contraction de 'de' avec 'le' du [dy], contraction de 'de' avec 'les' des [de]) article défini

[dans une affirmation]

il a de bonnes idées he has ou he's got (some) good ideas

[dans une négation]

nous ne faisons pas de projets pour cet été we are not making any plans for this summer

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de... à locution correlative

1. [dans l'espace] from... to

2. [dans le temps] from... to

d'un instant à l'autre

a. [progressivement] from one minute to the next

b. [bientôt] any minute ou time now

d'ici à demain by tomorrow

3. [dans une énumération] from... to

4. [dans une évaluation]

ça vaut de 100 à 150 euros it's worth between 100 and 150 euros

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de... en locution correlative

1. [dans l'espace] from... to

2. [dans le temps]

de jour en jour from day to day

l'espoir s'amenuisait d'heure en heure hope dwindled as the hours went by

le nombre d'étudiants augmente d'année en année the number of students is getting bigger by the year ou every year ou from one year to the next

3. [dans une évolution]

de déduction en déduction, il avait trouvé le coupable he'd deduced who the culprit was

aller de déception en déception to go from one disappointment to the next

un musée où vous irez de surprise en surprise a museum where many surprises await you

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > de

20 distinguere

1. [dis'tinɡwere]
vb irreg vt
1) (differenziare) to distinguish, single out

distinguere tra — to tell the difference between

non li distinguo tra loro — I can't tell the difference between them

distinguere il vero dal falso — to tell truth from falsehood

la sua energia lo distingue dagli altri — his energy distinguishes him o sets him apart from the others

2) (percepire) to distinguish, discern

era troppo buio per distinguere la sua faccia — it was too dark to see o make out his (o her) face

non riesco a distinguere il numero dell'autobus — I can't see the number of the bus

3) (contrassegnare: con etichetta) to mark, indicate

4) (frm : dividere) to divide, separate

2. vip (distinguersi)

1) (essere riconoscibile) to be distinguished

2) (emergere) to stand out, be conspicuous, distinguish o.s.

un whisky che si distingue per il suo aroma — a whisky with a distinctive bouquet

si è sempre distinta per la sua eleganza — her elegance always makes her stand out from the crowd

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