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21 grass
1. noun1) Gras, das2. transitive verb(cover with turf) mit Rasen bedecken3. intransitive verbgrass on somebody — jemanden verpfeifen (ugs.)
* * *1) (the green plant which covers fields, garden lawns etc.) das Gras3) ((slang) marijuana.)•- academic.ru/32177/grassy">grassy- grasshopper
- grassland* * *<pl -es>[grɑ:s, AM græs]I. na vase of dried flowers and \grasses eine Vase mit Trockenblumen und Gräsernwe put most of the garden down to \grass wir haben den größten Teil des Gartens mit Rasen bepflanzta blade/tuft of \grass ein Grashalm m/Grasbüschel ntto cut the \grass den Rasen mähento play on \grass auf Rasen spielento be at \grass cattle auf der Weide seinto put cattle out to \grass [das] Vieh auf die Weide treibento put an animal out to \grass ( fig) einem Tier das Gnadenbrot gebento put sb out to \grass ( fig) jdn in Rente [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ Pension] schicken [o in den Ruhestand versetzen]he felt much too young to be put out to \grass er fühlte sich noch viel zu jung, um schon aufs Abstellgleis geschoben zu werden8.▶ the \grass is [always] greener on the other side [of the fence] ( prov) die Kirschen in Nachbars Garten schmecken immer süßer prov▶ to [not] let the \grass grow under one's feet etw [nicht] auf die lange Bank schieben\grass matting Grasmatten pl\grass skirt Bastrock mIII. vt▪ to \grass sth etw mit Gras [o Rasen] bepflanzenIV. vi BRIT, AUS (sl) singen sl* * *[grAːs]1. n1) (= plant) Gras ntgrass seed — Grassamen m
the grass is always greener (on the other side of the fence or hill) (Prov) — auf des Nachbars Feld steht das Korn immer besser (Prov), die Kirschen in Nachbars Garten... (Prov)
to put or turn out to grass ( Brit, cattle ) — auf die Weide führen or treiben; old horses das Gnadenbrot geben (+dat); (inf) employee aufs Abstellgleis schieben (inf)
3) (inf: marijuana) Gras(s) nt (inf)2. vtground mit Gras bepflanzen3. vi (Brit inf)singen (inf) (to bei)to grass on sb — jdn verpfeifen (inf)
* * *A v/tb) grass over mit Rasen bedecken3. Wäsche etc auf dem Rasen bleichen4. SPORT besonders US den Gegner zu Fall bringen, legen6. einen Fisch an Land ziehenB v/i1. grasen, weiden2. our garden is grassing (up) well in unserem Garten wächst das Gras gut3. Br sl singen (to bei):grass on sb jemanden verpfeifen umgC s2. pl Gras(halme) n(pl)3. Grasland n, Weide(land) f(n)4. Gras n, Rasen m:on the grass im Gras6. sl Gras(s) n (Marihuana)a) auf der Weide sein, weiden, grasen (Vieh),b) umg in Rente sein;the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence) ( oder in the other man’s field) bei anderen ist immer alles besser;a) auf die Weide gehen (Vieh),b) umg in Rente gehen;hear the grass grow fig das Gras wachsen hören;“keep off the grass” „Betreten des Rasens verboten!“;let the grass grow over Gras wachsen lassen über (akk);let the grass grow under one’s feet die Sache auf die lange Bank schieben umg;not let the grass grow under one’s feet nicht lange fackeln, keine Zeit verschwenden;a) Vieh auf die Weide treiben,b) besonders einem Rennpferd das Gnadenbrot geben,c) umg jemanden in Rente schicken* * *1. noun1) Gras, das2. transitive verbput or turn out to grass — auf die Weide treiben od. führen; (fig.) in den Ruhestand versetzen
(cover with turf) mit Rasen bedecken3. intransitive verbgrass on somebody — jemanden verpfeifen (ugs.)
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22 sit
sitpresent participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) sitte2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) stå, ligge3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) sitte (på), være medlem av4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) sitte5) (to undergo (an examination).) være oppe til eksamen6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) sitte modell7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) være samlet, holde møte•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target
- sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
- sit uppasse--------ruge--------sitteIsubst. \/sɪt\/1) tid tilbragt sittende2) passformII1) sitte, sette seg2) (parlamentarisk, om domstol e.l.) holde (retts)møte, være samlet, være inne (om jury)3) ( om klær) sitte, passe4) (britisk, om eksamen) ta, gå opp til5) ( på hest) sitte på, sitte godt, ri6) ( om dyr) sitte (hund, fugl), ligge (fugl), ruge (fugl)7) (amer. sport) sitte på benken, ikke spille8) ( ofte i sammensetninger) være barnevakt, passe9) (om bord, rom og bygning) ta, romme, være plass til10) passe (sammen med), behage11) (amer.) ståsit at somebody's feet være noens elev, være noens disippelsit back sette seg til rette, lene seg tilbake hvile seg, koble av ( overført) sitte med armene i kors, forholde seg passivsit by sitte med hendene i fanget, forholde seg passivsit down sette (seg) ned, sitte ned, slå seg ned• won't you sit down?( fly) lande sette seg til forhandlingsbordetsit down before innlede beleiringen avsit down under finne seg isit for sitte modell forrepresentere, være parlamentsmedlem for( om eksamen) gå opp til, være oppe tilsit heavy on somebody ( overført) tynge noen, bekymre noensit in overvære, være til stede, delta ( protestaksjon) okkupere et sted, delta i en sit-in ( hverdagslig) sitte barnevakt ( musikk) spille (sammen) medsit in for vikariere forsit in on delta i\/på, være til stede påsit lightly on somebody bære noe godtsit on sitte på ( hverdagslig) holde nede, ydmyke, sette på plassdysse ned ( mest jus) sitte i, tilhøre( hverdagslig) sitte på, ikke behandlesit on one's arse ( vulgært) sitte på ræva (ikke gjøre noen ting)sit on somebody's tail ( bilkjøring) ligge kloss oppisit (heavy) on the stomach ( om mat) være tungt fordøyeligsit out sitte ute sitte over, stå oversitte (igjen) til det er slutt\/ferdig• did she sit the play out?bli lenger enn, ri av• did you sit out the other guests?sit somebody up hjelpe noen med å reise seg opp, reise opp noensit through sitte (igjen) til det er slutt, bli sittendesitting pretty sitte trygt i det, være sikretsit up sitte oppreist, sitte rett, sette seg opp• sit up straight!sitte oppe, vake( overført) våkne, skjerpe seg, spisse ørenesit up straight sitte rett strekke på seg -
23 rug
noun1) (for floor) [kleiner, dicker] TeppichPersian rug — Perserbrücke, die
pull the rug [out] from under somebody — (fig.) jemandem den Boden unter den Füßen wegziehen
* * *1) (a mat for the floor; a small carpet.) der Vorleger2) ((also travelling-rug) a thick usually patterned blanket for keeping one warm when travelling.) die Reisedecke* * *[rʌg]n* * *[rʌg]n2) (= blanket) (Woll)decke f* * *rug [rʌɡ] s1. (kleiner) Teppich, (Kamin-, Bett) Vorleger m, Brücke f:pull the rug (out) from under sb fig jemandem den Boden unter den Füßen wegziehen;2. besonders Br dicke, wollene (Reise- etc)Decke* * *noun1) (for floor) [kleiner, dicker] TeppichPersian rug — Perserbrücke, die
pull the rug [out] from under somebody — (fig.) jemandem den Boden unter den Füßen wegziehen
2) (wrap, blanket) [dicke] Wolldecke* * *n.Vorleger - m. -
24 fall
fall [fɔ:l]1. noun2. plural noun• the ground fell steeply to the valley floor le terrain descendait en pente raide vers le fond de la valléeb. ► to fall + adjective4. compounds( = retreat) reculer• some money to fall back on un peu d'argent en réserve► fall behind intransitive verb rester en arrière ; [runner] se laisser distancera. tomberb. ( = fail) [person] échouera. she leaned over the pool and fell in elle s'est penchée au-dessus de la piscine et elle est tombée dedansb. [troops] former les rangs[+ trap] tomber dans ; [+ disfavour, disuse] tomber en• the city fell into decline at the end of the 16th century le déclin de la ville remonte à la fin du 16e siècle• the students fall into three categories les étudiants se divisent en trois catégories► fall in with inseparable transitive verb• he fell in with a bad crowd il s'est mis à avoir de mauvaises fréquentations► fall off intransitive verba. tomberb. [sales, numbers, attendances] décliner( = quarrel) se brouiller* * *[fɔːl] 1.1) lit gen chute f ( from de); (of snow, hail) chutes fpl; (of earth, soot) éboulement m; (of axe, hammer, dice) coup mto have a fall — faire une chute, tomber
2) (in temperature, shares, production, demand, quality, popularity) baisse f (in de); ( more drastic) chute f (in de)3) (of leader, regime, town) chute f; ( of monarchy) renversement m; ( of seat) perte f4)fall from grace ou favour — disgrâce f
5) US ( autumn) automne m6) (in pitch, intonation) descente f7) ( in wrestling) tombé m; ( in judo) chute f2.falls plural noun chutes fpl3.1) ( come down) tomberto fall from ou out of — tomber de [boat, nest, bag, hands]
to fall off ou from — tomber de [chair, table, roof, bike, wall]
to fall on — tomber sur [person, town]
to fall in ou into — tomber dans [bath, river]
to fall down — tomber dans [hole, stairs]
to fall under — tomber sous [table]; passer sous [bus, train]
to fall through — passer à travers [ceiling, hole]
to fall to the floor ou to the ground — tomber par terre
2) ( drop) [quality, standard, level] diminuer; [temperature, price, production, number, attendance, morale] baisserto fall below zero/5% — descendre au-dessous de zéro/5%
3) ( yield position) tomberto fall to — tomber aux mains de [enemy, allies]
5) fig ( descend) [night, silence, gaze] tomber (on sur); [blame] retomber (on sur); [shadow] se projeter ( over sur)6) ( occur) [stress] tomber (on sur)to fall into/outside a category — rentrer/ne pas rentrer dans une catégorie
7) ( be incumbent on)8) ( throw oneself)to fall to ou on one's knees — tomber à genoux
to fall at somebody's feet/on somebody's neck — se jeter aux pieds/au cou de quelqu'un
•Phrasal Verbs:- fall for- fall in- fall off- fall on- fall out- fall to••did he fall or was he pushed? — hum est-ce qu'il est parti de lui-même ou est-ce qu'on l'a forcé?
the bigger you are ou the higher you climb, the harder you fall — plus dure sera la chute
to stand or fall on something — reposer sur quelque chose, dépendre de quelque chose
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25 grow
1. intransitive verb,1) wachsen; [Bevölkerung:] zunehmen, wachsengrow out of or from something — (develop) sich aus etwas entwickeln; (from something abstract) von etwas herrühren; [Situation, Krieg usw.:] die Folge von etwas sein; [Plan:] aus etwas erwachsen
2) (become) werdengrow used to something/somebody — sich an etwas/jemanden gewöhnen
grow apart — (fig.) sich auseinander leben
he grew to be a man — er wuchs zum Manne heran (geh.)
grow to love/hate etc. somebody/something — jemanden/etwas liebenlernen/hassenlernen usw.
2. transitive verb,grow to like somebody/something — nach und nach Gefallen an jemandem/etwas finden. See also academic.ru/32680/growing">growing; grown 2.
grew, grown2)grow one's hair [long] — sich (Dat.) die Haare [lang] wachsen lassen
grow a beard — sich (Dat.) einen Bart wachsen lassen
Phrasal Verbs:- grow into- grow on- grow out of- grow up- grow up into* * *[ɡrəu]past tense - grew; verb2) (to become bigger, longer etc: My hair has grown too long; Our friendship grew as time went on.) wachsen3) (to cause or allow to grow: He has grown a beard.) wachsen lassen4) ((with into) to change into, in becoming mature: Your daughter has grown into a beautiful woman.) sich entwickeln5) (to become: It's growing dark.) werden•- grower- grown
- growth
- grown-up
- grown-up
- grow on
- grow up* * *<grew, grown>[grəʊ, AM groʊ]I. vi1. (increase in size) wachsenhaven't you \grown! bist du aber gewachsen [o groß geworden]!roses grew up against the wall Rosen rankten sich an der Wand hochto \grow taller größer werden, wachsen2. (flourish) plants gedeihen3. (increase) wachsen, zunehmen, steigenfootball's popularity continues to \grow Fußball wird immer populärerto \grow by 2% um 2 % wachsen [o zunehmen5. (become) werdenhe is finding it hard to cope with \growing old er tut sich mit dem Älterwerden schwershe has \grown to hate him mit der Zeit lernte sie, ihn zu hassento \grow wiser weiser werdento \grow to like sth langsam beginnen, etw zu mögen6.II. vt▪ to \grow sth1. (cultivate) etw anbauento \grow coffee/maize/tomatoes Kaffee/Mais/Tomaten anbauento \grow flowers Blumen züchtento \grow one's own fruit/vegetables selbst Obst/Gemüse anbauento \grow sth from seed etw aus Samen ziehen2. (let grow) etw wachsen lassento \grow a beard/moustache sich dat einen Bart/Schnurrbart wachsen [o stehen] lassento \grow one's hair [sich dat] die Haare wachsen lassen3. (develop) etw entwickelnthe male deer \grows large antlers dem Hirsch wächst ein mächtiges Geweihfurry animals \grow a thicker coat in winter Pelztiere bekommen im Winter ein dichteres Fell* * *[grəʊ] pret grew, ptp grown1. vt1) plants ziehen; (commercially) potatoes, wheat, tea etc anbauen, anpflanzen; (= cultivate) flowers züchten2)to grow a beard/one's hair — sich (dat) einen Bart/die Haare wachsen lassen
2. vi1) (= get bigger, longer etc) wachsen; (person, baby) wachsen, größer werden; (hair) wachsen, länger werden; (in numbers) zunehmen; (in size) sich vergrößern; (fig = become more mature) sich weiterentwickelnto grow in stature/wisdom — an Ansehen/Weisheit zunehmen
my, how you've or haven't you grown! — du bist aber groß geworden!
fears were growing for her safety — man machte sich zunehmend Sorgen um ihre Sicherheit
the economy/market/population is growing by 2% a year — die Wirtschaft/der Markt/die Bevölkerung wächst um 2% pro Jahr
2) (= become) werdento grow to do/be sth — allmählich etw tun/sein
to grow to hate/love sb — jdn hassen/lieben lernen
to grow used to sth — sich an etw (acc) gewöhnen
* * *A v/i1. wachsen:grow together zusammenwachsen, (miteinander) verwachsen;2. BOT wachsen, vorkommen3. wachsen, größer oder stärker werden4. fig zunehmen (in an dat), anwachsen:grow in wisdom klüger werdengrow less sich vermindern;grow warm warm werden, sich erwärmen6. verwachsen (to mit) (auch fig)B v/t1. Gemüse, Wein etc anbauen, anpflanzen, Blumen etc züchten:grow from seed aus Samen ziehen2. sich einen Bart etc wachsen lassen:grow a beard auch sich einen Bart stehen lassen;grow one’s hair long sich die Haare lang wachsen lassen3. fig ausbauen, erweitern* * *1. intransitive verb,1) wachsen; [Bevölkerung:] zunehmen, wachsengrow out of or from something — (develop) sich aus etwas entwickeln; (from something abstract) von etwas herrühren; [Situation, Krieg usw.:] die Folge von etwas sein; [Plan:] aus etwas erwachsen
grow in — gewinnen an (+ Dat.) [Größe, Bedeutung, Autorität, Popularität, Weisheit]
2) (become) werdengrow used to something/somebody — sich an etwas/jemanden gewöhnen
grow apart — (fig.) sich auseinander leben
grow to love/hate etc. somebody/something — jemanden/etwas liebenlernen/hassenlernen usw.
2. transitive verb,grow to like somebody/something — nach und nach Gefallen an jemandem/etwas finden. See also growing; grown 2.
grew, grown2)grow one's hair [long] — sich (Dat.) die Haare [lang] wachsen lassen
grow a beard — sich (Dat.) einen Bart wachsen lassen
Phrasal Verbs:- grow on- grow up* * *v.(§ p.,p.p.: grew, grown)= anbauen v.anwachsen v.sich ausweiten (zu) v.wachsen v.(§ p.,pp.: wuchs, ist gewachsen)werden v.(§ p.,pp.: wurde, ist geworden)zunehmen v.züchten v. -
26 cut
1.[kʌt]transitive verb, -tt-, cutcut one's finger/leg — sich (Dat. od. Akk.) in den Finger/ins Bein schneiden
he cut himself on broken glass — er hat sich an einer Glasscherbe geschnitten
the remark cut him to the quick — (fig.) die Bemerkung traf ihn ins Mark
cut something in half/two/three — etwas halbieren/zweiteilen/dreiteilen
cut one's ties or links — alle Verbindungen abbrechen
cut no ice with somebody — (fig. coll.) keinen Eindruck auf jemanden machen
cut (p.p.) flowers — Schnittblumen
cut one's nails — sich (Dat.) die Nägel schneiden
cut a key — einen Schlüssel feilen od. anfertigen
cut figures in wood/stone — Figuren aus Holz schnitzen/aus Stein hauen
5) (meet and cross) [Straße, Linie, Kreis:] schneiden6) (fig.): (renounce, refuse to recognize) schneiden7) (carve) [auf]schneiden [Fleisch, Geflügel]; abschneiden [Scheibe]8) (reduce) senken [Preise]; verringern, einschränken [Menge, Produktion]; mindern [Qualität]; kürzen [Ausgaben, Lohn]; verkürzen [Arbeitszeit, Urlaub]; abbauen [Arbeitsplätze]; (cease, stop) einstellen [Dienstleistungen, Lieferungen]; abstellen [Strom]9) (absent oneself from) schwänzen [Schule, Unterricht]10)11)cut something short — (lit. or fig.): (interrupt, terminate) etwas abbrechen
cut somebody short — jemanden unterbrechen; (impatiently) jemandem ins Wort fallen
12) (Cards) abheben13)14)be cut and dried — genau festgelegt od. abgesprochen sein
15) (Computing)2. intransitive verb,-tt-, cut1) [Messer, Schwert usw.:] schneiden; [Papier, Tuch, Käse:] sich schneiden lassencut both ways — (fig.) ein zweischneidiges Schwert sein (fig.)
3) (pass)3. nouncut through or across the field/park — [quer] über das Feld/durch den Park gehen
1) (act of cutting) Schnitt, der2) (stroke, blow) (with knife) Schnitt, der; (with sword, whip) Hieb, der; (injury) Schnittwunde, die3) (reduction) (in wages, expenditure, budget) Kürzung, die; (in prices) Senkung, die; (in working hours, holiday, etc.) Verkürzung, die; (in services) Verringerung, die; (in production, output, etc.) Einschränkung, diemake cuts — Streichungen/Schnitte vornehmen
Phrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/98633/cut_away">cut away- cut back- cut down- cut in- cut off- cut out- cut up* * *1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) schneiden2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) aus-, abschneiden3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) schneiden4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) schneiden5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) kürzen6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) schneiden7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) schneiden8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) abheben9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') `Schnitt`10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) abkürzen11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) schneiden12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) schwänzen2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) der Schnitt2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) der Schnitt3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) das Stück•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) scharf- cut glass- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) halsabschneiderisch, mörderisch- a cut above- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short* * *[kʌt]I. NOUNto make a \cut [in sth] [in etw akk] einen Einschnitt machensirloin is the most expensive \cut of beef die Lende ist das teuerste Stück vom Rindcold \cuts Aufschnitt mher hair was in need of a \cut ihre Haare mussten geschnitten werdendeep \cut tiefe Schnittwundeto get a \cut sich akk schneidenwhere'd you get that \cut? wo hast du dich denn da geschnitten? famwhen am I going to get my \cut? wann bekomme ich meinen Anteil? m\cut in emissions Abgasreduzierung f\cut in interest rates Zinssenkung f\cut in prices Preissenkung f, Ermäßigung f\cut in production Produktionseinschränkung f\cut in staff Personalabbau mto take a \cut eine Kürzung hinnehmenhe took a \cut in salary er nahm eine Gehaltskürzung hinmany people have had to take a \cut in their living standards viele Menschen mussten sich mit einer Einschränkung ihres Lebensstandards abfinden9. (less spending)▪ \cuts pl Kürzungen pl, Streichungen plbudget \cuts Haushaltskürzungen plto make \cuts in the budget Abstriche am Etat machento make a \cut in a film eine Szene aus einem Film herausschneidento make \cuts Streichungen vornehmento have a \cut schwänzen fam12. SPORTto give the ball a \cut den Ball anschneiden13.▶ to be a \cut above sb/sth jdm/etw um einiges überlegen seinII. ADJECTIVE\cut flowers Schnittblumen pl2. (fitted) glass, jewel geschliffenIII. INTERJECTION\cut! Schnitt!IV. TRANSITIVE VERB<-tt-, cut, cut>1. (slice)▪ to \cut sth etw schneidendid you already \cut some bread? hast du schon etwas Brot aufgeschnitten?to \cut a hole in sth ein Loch in etw akk schneidento \cut sth in[to] several pieces etw in mehrere Teile zerschneidenhow can I \cut this cake in two pieces? wie kann ich diesen Kuchen halbieren?to \cut sb/sth free jdn/etw losschneiden; (from wreck) jdn/etw herausschneidento \cut sth loose etw losschneidento \cut sth open etw aufschneiden▪ to \cut sb sth [or sth for sb] jdm [o für jdn] etw schneidencould you \cut me a slice of bread? könntest du mir eine Scheibe Brot abschneiden?2. (sever)▪ to \cut sth etw durchschneidenshe nearly \cut an artery with the new hedge-trimmer sie durchtrennte fast eine Arterie mit der neuen elektrischen Heckenschere3. (trim)▪ to \cut sth etw [ab]schneidento \cut one's fingernails sich dat die Fingernägel schneidento \cut flowers Blumen abschneidento \cut the grass den Rasen mähento \cut sb's hair jdm die Haare schneiden4. (injure)I've \cut my hand on that glass ich habe mir die Hand an diesem Glas geschnittenhe \cut his head open er hat sich den Kopf aufgeschlagen5. (clear)▪ to \cut sth road, tunnel etw bauen; ditch, trench etw grabenthey're planning to \cut a road right through the forest sie planen, eine Straße mitten durch den Wald zu schlagen6. (decrease)▪ to \cut sth etw senken [o herabsetzen] [o reduzieren]they should \cut class sizes to 30 die Klassengröße sollte auf 30 Schüler verringert werdento \cut costs die Kosten senkento \cut one's losses weitere Verluste vermeidento \cut overtime die Überstunden reduzierento \cut prices die Preise herabsetzen [o senken]to \cut wages die Löhne kürzenour company is \cutting its workforce by 20% unsere Firma baut 20 % ihres Personals ab7. (break)▪ to \cut sth etw unterbrechenthey \cut our supply lines sie schnitten uns unsere Versorgungslinien ab8. (abridge)to \cut a film einen Film kürzento \cut short ⇆ sth etw abbrechen; (interrupt)to \cut sb short jdn unterbrechen, jdm ins Wort fallen9. (remove)to be \cut from the team aus dem Team entfernt werdento \cut a scene in a film eine Szene aus einem Film herausschneiden10. (miss)▪ to \cut sth etw auslassenshe decided to \cut some of her meetings sie entschied sich, einige ihrer Treffen nicht wahrzunehmen11. (turn off)to \cut the motor [or engine] den Motor abstellen13. (shape)to \cut a diamond einen Diamanten schleifen14. AUTOto \cut a corner [too sharply] eine Kurve [zu scharf] schneiden15. (teethe)to \cut a tooth einen Zahn bekommen, zahnen16. CARDSto \cut the cards die Karten abheben17. MUSto \cut a record/CD eine Platte/CD aufnehmen18. COMPUTto \cut and paste sth etw ausschneiden und einfügen19. MATH▪ to \cut sth etw schneiden20. SPORTto \cut the ball den Ball [an]schneiden21.▶ you should \cut your coat according to your cloth BRIT ( prov) man muss sich akk nach der Decke strecken prov▶ to \cut corners schnell und kostengünstig arbeiten▶ to \cut sb dead jdn schneidentoday in the store Martha \cut me dead heute im Supermarkt hat Martha mich keines Blickes gewürdigt▶ to \cut the ground from under sb's feet jdm den Boden unter den Füßen wegziehen▶ to \cut no [or very little] ice with sb keinen Eindruck auf jdn machen▶ to \cut sb to the quick [or heart] jdn ins Mark treffen▶ to be \cut from the same cloth aus dem gleichen Holz geschnitzt sein▶ to \cut sb some slack AM mit jdm nachsichtig sein▶ to \cut a long story short der langen Rede kurzer Sinn, um es kurzzumachen▶ to be so thick that you can \cut it with a knife zum Zerreißen gespannt seinthe tension was so thick in the air that you could \cut it with a knife die Atmosphäre war zum Zerreißen gespannt<-tt-, cut, cut>1. (slice) knife schneiden3. (take short cut)to \cut over a field eine Abkürzung über ein Feld nehmen4. CARDS abhebento \cut for dealer den Geber auslosento \cut [in line] sich akk vordrängelnto \cut in front of sb sich akk vor jdn drängelnno \cutting! nicht drängeln!6. COMPUTto \cut and paste ausschneiden und einfügen7. (withdraw)8.▶ to \cut loose AM, AUS alle Hemmungen verlierenshe really \cuts loose when she dances sie tobt sich beim Tanzen richtig aus* * *cut [kʌt]A s1. a) Schnitt mb) Schnittwunde f2. Hieb m:b) fig (feindseliges) Hin und Her, Widerstreit m;rhetorical cut and thrust Wortgefecht n3. fig Stich m, (Seiten)Hieb m, Bosheit f4. umg Schneiden n:give sb the cut direct jemanden ostentativ schneiden7. TECH Ein-, Anschnitt m, Kerbe f8. TECH Schnittfläche f9. TECH Schrot m/nb) Graben m11. Schnitte f, Stück n (besonders Fleisch):12. US umg Imbiss m13. umg Anteil m (of, in an dat):my cut is 20%14. besonders USa) Mahd f (Gras)b) Schlag m (Holz)c) Schur f (Wolle)15. FILM, TV Schnitt m16. FILM, RADIO, TV: scharfe Überblendung, Schnitt m17. Abkürzung(sweg) f(m), direkter Weg18. Tennis etc: Schnitt m19. Stück n, Länge f (von Stoff, Tuch)20. (Zu)Schnitt m, Fasson f (besonders von Kleidung)21. Schnitt m, Schliff m (von Edelsteinen)22. fig Art f, Schlag m:of quite a different cut aus ganz anderem Holz geschnitzt23. Gesichtsschnitt m24. umg (soziale etc) Stufe:a cut above eine Stufe höher als25. TYPOb) Druckstock mc) Klischee n26. Holzschnitt m28. Streichung f, Auslassung f, Kürzung f (in einem Buch etc)29. WIRTSCH Kürzung f, Senkung f:cut in salary Gehaltskürzung30. SCHULE, UNIV umg Schwänzen n31. Kartenspiel:a) Abheben nb) abgehobene Karte(n pl)32. umg Strohhalm m (zum Losen):draw cuts Strohhalme ziehen, losen33. Golf: Cut m (maximale Schlagzahl, mit der sich ein Spieler für die letzten beiden Runden eines Turniers qualifiziert):make the cut den Cut schaffenB adj1. beschnitten, (zu)geschnitten, gestutzt, gespalten, zersägt:cut flowers Schnittblumen;cut glass geschliffenes Glas2. BOT (ein)gekerbt3. gemeißelt, geschnitzt, behauen4. verschnitten, kastriert:a cut horse ein Wallach6. Br sl blau, besoffenC v/t prät und pperf cut1. (be-, zer)schneiden, ab-, durchschneiden, einen Schnitt machen in (akk):cut sb sth jemandem etwas abschneiden;cut to pieces zerstückeln;2. abhacken, abschneiden, absägen, SCHIFF kappen:cut a book ein Buch aufschneiden;cut coal Kohle(n) hauen;cut grass Gras mähen;cut trees Bäume fällen;cut turf Rasen stechen;cut wood Holz hacken3. eine Hecke etc (be)schneiden, stutzen:cut sb’s hair jemandem die Haare schneiden; → story1 44. eine Schnittwunde beibringen (dat), verletzen:cut one’s finger sich in den Finger schneiden;he cut himself on the lid er schnitt sich am Deckel5. schlagen:6. Tiere kastrieren, verschneiden7. ein Kleid, einen Teppich etc zuschneiden, etwas zurechtschneiden, einen Schlüssel anfertigen, einen Braten vorschneiden oder zerlegen9. (ein)schnitzen, einschneiden, -ritzencut one’s way sich einen Weg bahnen12. MATH etc durchschneiden, kreuzen13. AUTOb) ein Verkehrszeichen etc überfahren14. einen Text etc, auch einen Betrag etc kürzen, beschneiden, zusammenstreichen (to auf akk):cut film einen Film schneiden;cut the wages die Löhne kürzen;16. die Geschwindigkeit herabsetzen, verringern17. cut one’s losses WIRTSCH weiteren (finanziellen) Verlusten vorbeugen18. a) CHEM, TECH verdünnen, auflösenb) umg verwässern19. TECH abstoßen, Metall, auch Gewinde schneiden, beschroten, fräsen, scheren, schleifen21. ELEK, AUTO, TECHa) den Motor etc ab-, ausschaltenb) den Motor drosseln22. FILM, RADIO, TV: abbrechen23. (auf Tonband etc) mitschneiden24. fig eine Verbindung abbrechen, aufgeben25. figa) betrüben:it cut him to the heart es tat ihm in der Seele weh, es schnitt ihm ins Herz26. umg jemanden schneiden:cut sb dead jemanden völlig ignorieren27. SCHULE, UNIV umg eine Stunde etc schwänzen28. Karten abheben29. Tennis etc: den Ball (an)schneiden30. umg Gewinne teilenD v/i1. schneiden (in, into in akk), bohren, hauen, sägen, stechen:the knife doesn’t cut das Messer schneidet nicht;a) es ist ein zweischneidiges Schwert,b) das gilt für beide Teile (gleichermaßen)2. einschneiden, drücken (Kragen etc)3. sich (gut etc) schneiden lassen4. durchbrechen (Zähne)5. (auf dem kürzesten Wege) hindurchgehen, den kürzesten Weg einschlagen6. umga) rasen, flitzenb) abhauen:cut and run Reißaus nehmen7. wehtun, kränken8. Kartenspiel: abheben9. SPORT den Ball (an)schneiden10. FILM etca) schneiden, überblenden:b) abbrechen11. SCHULE, UNIV umg (die Stunde etc) schwänzen13. umg die Gewinne teilen* * *1.[kʌt]transitive verb, -tt-, cut1) (penetrate, wound) schneidencut one's finger/leg — sich (Dat. od. Akk.) in den Finger/ins Bein schneiden
the remark cut him to the quick — (fig.) die Bemerkung traf ihn ins Mark
cut something in half/two/three — etwas halbieren/zweiteilen/dreiteilen
cut one's ties or links — alle Verbindungen abbrechen
cut no ice with somebody — (fig. coll.) keinen Eindruck auf jemanden machen
3) (detach, reduce) abschneiden; schneiden, stutzen [Hecke]; mähen [Getreide, Gras]cut (p.p.) flowers — Schnittblumen
cut one's nails — sich (Dat.) die Nägel schneiden
4) (shape, fashion) schleifen [Glas, Edelstein, Kristall]; hauen, schlagen [Stufen]cut a key — einen Schlüssel feilen od. anfertigen
cut figures in wood/stone — Figuren aus Holz schnitzen/aus Stein hauen
5) (meet and cross) [Straße, Linie, Kreis:] schneiden6) (fig.): (renounce, refuse to recognize) schneiden7) (carve) [auf]schneiden [Fleisch, Geflügel]; abschneiden [Scheibe]8) (reduce) senken [Preise]; verringern, einschränken [Menge, Produktion]; mindern [Qualität]; kürzen [Ausgaben, Lohn]; verkürzen [Arbeitszeit, Urlaub]; abbauen [Arbeitsplätze]; (cease, stop) einstellen [Dienstleistungen, Lieferungen]; abstellen [Strom]9) (absent oneself from) schwänzen [Schule, Unterricht]10)11)cut something short — (lit. or fig.): (interrupt, terminate) etwas abbrechen
cut somebody short — jemanden unterbrechen; (impatiently) jemandem ins Wort fallen
12) (Cards) abheben13)14)be cut and dried — genau festgelegt od. abgesprochen sein
15) (Computing)2. intransitive verb,-tt-, cut1) [Messer, Schwert usw.:] schneiden; [Papier, Tuch, Käse:] sich schneiden lassencut both ways — (fig.) ein zweischneidiges Schwert sein (fig.)
2) (cross, intersect) sich schneiden3) (pass)3. nouncut through or across the field/park — [quer] über das Feld/durch den Park gehen
1) (act of cutting) Schnitt, der2) (stroke, blow) (with knife) Schnitt, der; (with sword, whip) Hieb, der; (injury) Schnittwunde, die3) (reduction) (in wages, expenditure, budget) Kürzung, die; (in prices) Senkung, die; (in working hours, holiday, etc.) Verkürzung, die; (in services) Verringerung, die; (in production, output, etc.) Einschränkung, die4) (of meat) Stück, das5) (coll.): (commission, share) Anteil, dermake cuts — Streichungen/Schnitte vornehmen
Phrasal Verbs:- cut away- cut back- cut down- cut in- cut off- cut out- cut up* * *(injury) n.Schnittwunde f. adj.geschnitten adj. n.Schnitt -e m. (into) v.einschneiden v. v.(§ p.,p.p.: cut)= anschneiden v.beschneiden v.kürzen v.mähen v.schneiden v.(§ p.,pp.: schnitt, geschnitten) -
27 tuck
tuck [tʌk]1. noun4. compounds► tuck-shop noun (British) petite boutique où les écoliers peuvent acheter des pâtisseries, des bonbons etc( = put away) ranger[+ shirt, flap] rentrer ; [+ bedclothes] border* * *[tʌk] 1.noun gen pli m; ( to shorten) pli m horizontal2.transitive verb glisserPhrasal Verbs:- tuck in- tuck up -
28 mahogany
[mə'hɒgənɪ]1) Общая лексика: из красного дерева, коричневато-красный (о цвете), коричневато-красный цвет, красное дерево, обеденный стол (put (stretch, have) one's knees (feet) under somebody's mahogany - обедать у кого-либо пользоваться чьим-либо гостеприимством жить на чей-либо счёт), сделанный из красного дерева, Махагон (красное дерево)2) Биология: акажу (Swietenia mahagoni), красное дерево (Swietenia mahagoni), махагониевое дерево (Swietenia mahagoni)3) Разговорное выражение: стол (особ. обеденный)4) Австралийский сленг: красное дерево (род Eucalyptus сем. Myrtaceae; название используется для нескольких разновидностей эвкалиптов с твёрдой красно-коричневой древесиной)5) Архитектура: цвет красного дерева -
29 light
I 1. noun1) Licht, dasbe in somebody's light — jemandem im Licht sein
while the light lasts — solange es [noch] hell ist
light of day — (lit. or fig.) Tageslicht, das
go out like a light — (fig.) sofort weg sein (ugs.)
3) (signal to ships) Leuchtfeuer, dasat the third set of lights — an der dritten Ampel
put a/set light to something — etwas anzünden
6)bring something to light — etwas ans [Tages]licht bringen; see also academic.ru/65424/see">see 1. 1)
according to one's lights — nach bestem Wissen [und Gewissen]
8) (aspect)in that light — aus dieser Sicht
seen in this light — so gesehen
in the light of — (taking into consideration) angesichts (+ Gen.)
2. adjectiveput somebody in a good/bad light — jemanden in einem guten/schlechten Licht erscheinen lassen
3. transitive verb,light-blue/-brown — etc. hellblau/-braun usw
1) (ignite) anzünden2) (illuminate) erhellen4. intransitive verb,light somebody's/one's way — jemandem/sich leuchten
Phrasal Verbs:- light upII 1. adjective1) leicht[for] light relief — [als] kleine Abwechslung
2) (small in amount) geringtraffic is light on these roads — auf diesen Straßen herrscht nur wenig Verkehr
3) (not important) leicht4) (nimble) leicht [Schritt, Bewegungen]have light fingers — (steal) gern lange Finger machen (ugs.)
6)with a light heart — (carefree) leichten od. frohen Herzens
7)2. adverbfeel light in the head — (giddy) leicht benommen sein
III intransitive verb,travel light — mit wenig od. leichtem Gepäck reisen
light [up]on something — auf etwas (Akk.) kommen od. stoßen
* * *I 1. noun1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) das Licht3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) das Feuer4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) das Licht2. adjective1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) licht, hell3. [lit] verb1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) erleuchten2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) anzünden•- lighten- lighter- lighting
- lighthouse
- light-year
- bring to light
- come to light
- in the light of
- light up
- see the light
- set light to II2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) leicht4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) zu leicht5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) leicht6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) leicht7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) heiter8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) leicht9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) locker•- lightly- lighten- light-fingered- light-headed
- light-hearted
- lightweight
- get off lightly
- make light of
- travel light III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb(to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.)* * *light1[laɪt]I. nis there enough \light? ist es hell genug?artificial/natural \light künstliches/natürliches Lichtthe \light of the sun das Sonnenlichtby the \light of the moon bei Mondscheinby the \light of the candle im Schein der Kerzeas the \lights went... als die Lichter ausgingen,...to put [or switch] [or turn] the \light on/off das Licht einschalten/ausschalten [o fam anmachen/ausmachenhave you got a \light, please? Entschuldigung, haben Sie [vielleicht] Feuer?to catch \light Feuer fangento set \light to sth BRIT etw anzündento strike a \light ein Streichholz [o SCHWEIZ a. Zündholz] anzündenat [the] first \light bei Tagesanbruch5. (for decoration)▪ \lights pl:Christmas \lights Weihnachtsbeleuchtung fthe light in his eyes das Strahlen in seinen Augentry to look at it in a new \light versuch' es doch mal aus einer anderen Perspektive zu sehenshe started to see him in a new \light sie sah ihn plötzlich in einem ganz neuen Lichtto show sth in a bad/good \light etw in einem schlechten/guten Licht erscheinen lassento put sth in a favourable \light etw in ein günstiges Licht rückenI saw the \light! mir ging ein Licht auf! fam▪ \lights pl [geistige] Fähigkeitento do sth according to one's \lights etw so gut machen, wie man es eben kann\light and shadow Licht und Schatten16.▶ to bring sth to \light etw ans Licht bringen▶ to come to \light ans Licht kommen▶ to hide one's \light under a bushel sein Licht unter den Scheffel stellen▶ in the \light of sth [or AM usu in \light of sth] angesichts einer S. gen, im Lichte einer S. gen liter▶ to see the \light of day (come into being) das Licht der Welt erblicken; (become known) ans Licht kommenII. adj1. (bright) hellit's slowly getting \light es wird allmählich hellsummer is coming and the evenings are getting \lighter der Sommer kommt und es bleibt abends länger hellIII. vt<lit or lighted, lit or lighted>1. (illuminate)his investigations lit the way for many other scientists seine Forschungen waren wegweisend für viele andere Wissenschaftler2. (turn on)3. (guide with light)▪ to \light sb jdm leuchten4. (ignite)to \light a candle/match eine Kerze/ein Streichholz anzündenIV. vi<lit or lighted, lit or lighted>1. (burn) brennenher face lit with pleasure sie strahlte vor Freude über das ganze Gesichtlight2[laɪt]I. adj1. (not heavy) leichtto be as \light as a feather federleicht [o leicht wie eine Feder] sein2. (deficient in weight) zu leichtthis sack of rice seems about 2 kilos \light ich habe den Eindruck, dieser Sack Reis wiegt 2 Kilo zu wenigto give sb \light weight jdm zu wenig abwiegen3. (not sturdily built) leicht\light clothes leichte Kleidung4. (for small loads) Klein-\light aircraft/lorry Kleinflugzeug nt/-lastwagen m\light railway Kleinbahn f5. MIL\light infantry leichte Infanterie6. (not fully loaded) aircraft/ship/vehicle nicht voll beladena \light diet eine fettarme Diät\light food leichtes Essena \light meal eine leichte Mahlzeit\light pastry lockerer Teig\light wine leichter Wein8. (porous)\light soil lockeres Erdreich9. CHEM leicht\light isotope leichtes Isotop10. (low in intensity)the traffic was quite \light es war kaum Verkehrit's only \light rain es nieselt nur\light breeze leichte Brise11. (easily disturbed)\light sleep leichter Schlafto be a \light sleeper einen leichten Schlaf haben12. (easily done) nachsichtig, mild\light sentence mildes Urteil\light housework leichte Hausarbeitto have a \light touch MUS einen weichen Anschlag haben14. (graceful)\light building elegantes Gebäude\light figure anmutige Gestalt15. (not bold)\light type eine schlanke Schrifttype\light entertainment leichte Unterhaltung\light opera Operette f\light reading Unterhaltungslektüre f\light tone Plauderton mwith a \light heart leichten Herzensa \light girl ein leichtes Mädchen veraltend19.▶ to be \light on one's feet leichtfüßig seinII. adv1. (with little luggage)to travel \light mit leichtem Gepäck reisen2. (with no severe consequences)to get off \light glimpflich [o fam mit einem blauen Auge] davonkommen* * *I [laɪt] vb: pret, ptp lit or lighted1. n1) (in general) Licht ntby the light of a candle/the fire — im Schein einer Kerze/des Feuers
at first light —
hang the picture in a good light — häng das Bild ins richtige Licht
to cast or throw or shed light on sth (lit) — etw beleuchten; (fig also) Licht in etw (acc) bringen
the moon cast its silvery light on... — der Mond beleuchtete... silbern or warf sein silbernes Licht auf (+acc)...
this story shows his character in a bad light — diese Geschichte wirft ein schlechtes Licht auf seinen Charakter
to see sb/sth in a different light — jdn/etw in einem anderen Licht sehen
it showed him in a different light —
in the light of — angesichts (+gen)
the theory, seen in the light of recent discoveries — die Theorie im Licht(e) der neuesten Entdeckungen betrachtet
in the light of what you say — in Anbetracht dessen, was Sie sagen
to come to light —
to see the light (liter) (= be born) (= be made public) — das Licht der Welt erblicken (liter) veröffentlicht werden
finally I saw the light (inf) — endlich ging mir ein Licht auf (inf); (morally) endlich wurden mir die Augen geöffnet
to see the light of day (report) — veröffentlicht werden; (project) verwirklicht werden
2) Licht nt; (= lamp) Lampe f; (= fluorescent light) Neonröhre fput out the lights before you go to bed — mach das Licht aus, bevor du ins Bett gehst
the lights (of a car) —
all ships must show a light while at sea lights out (Mil) — alle Schiffe müssen auf See Lichter führen Zapfenstreich m
lights out for the boys was at 8 pm — um 20 Uhr mussten die Jungen das Licht ausmachen
the lights are on but nobody's (at) home (fig inf) — er/sie ist geistig weggetreten (inf)
3)(= flame)
have you (got) a light? — haben Sie Feuer?to put a light to sth, to set light to sth — etw anzünden
5) (in eyes) Leuchten nt6)(= standards)
according to his lights — nach bestem Wissen und Gewissen2. adj (+er)hellit's getting or growing light —
3. vt1) (= illuminate) beleuchten; lamp, light anmachento light the way for sb — jdm leuchten; (fig)
his pioneering work lit the way for a whole generation of scholars — seine Pionierarbeit war wegweisend für eine ganze Gelehrtengeneration
to light a fire under sb ( esp US fig ) — jdm Feuer unter dem Hintern machen (inf)
4. vi(= begin to burn) brennen II1. adj (+er)leicht; taxes niedrig; punishment mildeshe has a very light touch on the piano — sie hat einen sehr weichen Anschlag
to be a light eater — wenig essen, kein großer Esser sein
light comedy — Lustspiel nt, Schwank m
light opera — Operette f
a light and cheerful approach to life — eine unbeschwerte, fröhliche Einstellung zum Leben
you shouldn't make light of her problems — du solltest dich über ihre Probleme nicht lustig machen
2. advIIIvi pret, ptp lighted or lit (liter)sich niederlassen* * *light1 [laıt]A s1. Licht n, Helligkeit f:let there be light! BIBEL es werde Licht!;a) jemandem im Licht stehen,b) fig jemandem im Weg stehen;stand in one’s own lighta) sich im Licht stehen,b) fig sich selbst im Weg stehen;get out of the light geh aus dem Licht!;he can see the light at the end of the tunnel fig er sieht Licht am Ende des Tunnelsin subdued light bei gedämpftem Licht3. Licht n, Schein m:by the light of a candle beim Licht oder Schein einer Kerze, bei Kerzenschein4. a) Licht(quelle) n(f) (Sonne, Lampe, Kerze etc):hide one’s light under a bushel sein Licht unter den Scheffel stellen5. Br meist pl (Verkehrs) Ampel f:6. SCHIFFa) Leuchtfeuer nb) Leuchtturm ma) das Licht der Welt erblicken, geboren werden,b) fig herauskommen, auf den Markt kommen ( → A 9, A 11);at first light bei Tagesanbruch;8. Tagesanbruch m:at light bei Tagesanbruch9. fig (Tages) Licht n:bring (come) to light ans Licht bringen (kommen);10. fig Licht n, Aspekt m:I have never looked on the matter in that light von dieser Seite habe ich die Angelegenheit noch nie gesehen;put sth in its true light etwas ins rechte Licht rücken;reveal sth in a different light etwas in einem anderen Licht erscheinen lassen;see sth in a different light etwas mit anderen Augen sehen;show sth in a bad light ein schlechtes Licht auf eine Sache werfena) Licht auf eine Sache werfen,b) zur Lösung oder Aufklärung einer Sache beitragen;a) zur Einsicht kommen,b) REL erleuchtet werden ( → A 7, A 9);I saw the light mir ging ein Licht auf, mir gingen die Augen auf;by the light of nature mit den natürlichen Verstandeskräften12. pl Erkenntnisse pl, Informationen pl13. pl Wissen n, Verstand m, geistige Fähigkeiten pl:a) so gut er es eben versteht,c) für seine Verhältnisse14. MALa) Licht n:b) Aufhellung f15. Glanz m, Leuchten n (der Augen):the light went out of her eyes der Glanz ihrer Augen erlosch16. Feuer n (zum Anzünden):have you got a light? haben Sie Feuer?;strike a light ein Streichholz anzünden17. a) Fenster(scheibe) n(f)b) Dachfenster n20. pl sl Gucker pl (Augen)B adj hell, licht (Farbe, Raum etc):light hair helles Haar;a) Hellrot n,b) hellrotC v/t prät und pperf lighted, lit [lıt]he lit a cigarette er zündete sich eine Zigarette an2. be-, erleuchten, erhellen:light up hell beleuchten4. jemandem leuchtenD v/ia) sich erhellen, hell werden,b) fig aufleuchten (Augen etc)3. light upa) Licht machen,b) die Straßenbeleuchtung einschalten,c) AUTO die Scheinwerfer einschaltenlight2 [laıt]1. leicht (von geringem Gewicht):2. (spezifisch) leicht:light metal Leichtmetall n4. leicht (zu ertragen oder auszuführen):5. leicht (nicht tief):6. leicht, Unterhaltungs…:light literature Unterhaltungsliteratur f;light music leichte Musik, Unterhaltungsmusik f;light opera komische Oper, Spieloper f;light reading Unterhaltungslektüre f, leichte Lektüre7. leicht (geringfügig):a light eater ein schwacher Esser;a light error ein kleiner Irrtum;light traffic geringer Verkehr;no light matter keine Kleinigkeit;a) etwas auf die leichte Schulter nehmen,b) etwas verharmlosen oder bagatellisieren8. leicht:a) leicht verdaulich:a light meal eine leichte Mahlzeitb) mit geringem Alkohol- oder Nikotingehalt (Wein, Zigaretten etc)9. locker (Erde, Schnee etc):light bread leichtes oder locker gebackenes Brot10. leicht, sanft (Berührung etc)11. flink:be light on one’s feet flink auf den Beinen sein12. graziös, anmutig:13. a) unbeschwert, sorglos, heiter, fröhlich:with a light heart leichten Herzensb) leichtfertig, -sinnigc) unbeständig, flatterhaftd) unmoralisch:a light girl ein leichtes Mädchen14. be light in the head (leicht) benommen sein15. SCHIFF, MIL leicht (Artillerie, Kreuzer etc):in light marching order mit leichtem Marschgepäck16. a) leicht beladenb) unbeladen, leer, ohne Ladung:a light engine eine allein fahrende Lokomotive17. TECH leicht (gebaut), für leichte Beanspruchung, Leicht…:light plane Leichtflugzeug n;18. PHONa) unbetont, schwach betont (Silbe, Vokal)b) schwach (Betonung)c) hell, vorn im Mund artikuliert (Laut)light3 [laıt] prät und pperf lighted, lit [lıt] v/i2. obs oder poet fallen (on auf akk):3. obs oder poet sich niederlassen (on auf dat):4. fig obs oder poet (zufällig) stoßen (on auf akk)5. fig obs oder poet fallen (on auf akk):* * *I 1. noun1) Licht, daswhile the light lasts — solange es [noch] hell ist
light of day — (lit. or fig.) Tageslicht, das
go out like a light — (fig.) sofort weg sein (ugs.)
3) (signal to ships) Leuchtfeuer, das5) (to ignite) Feuer, dasput a/set light to something — etwas anzünden
6)throw or shed light [up]on something — Licht in etwas (Akk.) bringen
bring something to light — etwas ans [Tages]licht bringen; see also see 1. 1)
7) in pl. (beliefs, abilities)according to one's lights — nach bestem Wissen [und Gewissen]
8) (aspect)in the light of — (taking into consideration) angesichts (+ Gen.)
2. adjectiveput somebody in a good/bad light — jemanden in einem guten/schlechten Licht erscheinen lassen
3. transitive verb,light-blue/-brown — etc. hellblau/-braun usw
1) (ignite) anzünden2) (illuminate) erhellen4. intransitive verb,light somebody's/one's way — jemandem/sich leuchten
Phrasal Verbs:- light upII 1. adjective1) leicht[for] light relief — [als] kleine Abwechslung
2) (small in amount) gering3) (not important) leicht4) (nimble) leicht [Schritt, Bewegungen]have light fingers — (steal) gern lange Finger machen (ugs.)
5) (easily borne) leicht [Krankheit, Strafe]; gering [Steuern]; mild [Strafe]6)with a light heart — (carefree) leichten od. frohen Herzens
7)2. adverbfeel light in the head — (giddy) leicht benommen sein
III intransitive verb,travel light — mit wenig od. leichtem Gepäck reisen
light [up]on something — auf etwas (Akk.) kommen od. stoßen
* * *adj.blond adj.erhellen adj.hell adj.leicht adj. n.Licht -er n.Lichtschein m.Schein -e m. v.(§ p.,p.p.: lit)= anzünden v.beleuchten v.erleuchten v. -
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1. transitive verb,-tt-, put1) (place) tun; (vertically) stellen; (horizontally) legen; (through or into narrow opening) steckenput plates on the table — Teller auf den Tisch stellen
don't put your elbows on the table — lass deine Ellbogen vom Tisch
put a stamp on the letter — eine Briefmarke auf den Brief kleben
put salt on one's food — Salz auf sein Essen tun od. streuen
put the letter in an envelope/the letter box — den Brief in einen Umschlag/in den Briefkasten stecken
put something in one's pocket — etwas in die Tasche stecken
put sugar in one's tea — sich (Dat.) Zucker in den Tee tun
put petrol in the tank — Benzin in den Tank tun od. füllen
put the car in[to] the garage — das Auto in die Garage stellen
put the cork in the bottle — die Flasche mit dem Korken verschließen
put the ball into the net/over the bar — den Ball ins Netz befördern od. setzen/über die Latte befördern
put one's arm round somebody's waist — den Arm um jemandes Taille legen
put a bandage round one's wrist — sich (Dat.) einen Verband ums Handgelenk legen
put one's hands over one's eyes — sich (Dat.) die Hände auf die Augen legen
put one's finger to one's lips — den od. seinen Finger auf die Lippen legen
put the jacket on its hanger — die Jacke auf den Bügel tun od. hängen
where shall I put it? — wohin soll ich es tun (ugs.) /stellen/legen usw.?; wo soll ich es hintun (ugs.) /-stellen/-legen usw.?
we put our guest in Peter's room — wir haben unseren Gast in Peters Zimmer (Dat.) untergebracht
put the baby in the pram — das Baby in den Kinderwagen legen od. (ugs.) stecken
not know where to put oneself — (fig.) sehr verlegen sein/werden
put it there! — (coll.) lass mich deine Hand schütteln!
2) (cause to enter) stoßen3) (bring into specified state) setzenput through Parliament — im Parlament durchbringen [Gesetzentwurf usw.]
be put in a difficult etc. position — in eine schwierige usw. Lage geraten
be put into power — an die Macht kommen
put something above or before something — (fig.) einer Sache (Dat.) den Vorrang vor etwas (Dat.) geben
be put out of order — kaputtgehen (ugs.)
put somebody on to something — (fig.) jemanden auf etwas (Akk.) hinweisen od. aufmerksam machen
put somebody on to a job — (assign) jemandem eine Arbeit zuweisen
4) (impose)put a limit/an interpretation on something — etwas begrenzen od. beschränken/interpretieren
5) (submit) unterbreiten (to Dat.) [Vorschlag, Plan usw.]put something to the vote — über etwas (Akk.) abstimmen lassen
be put out of the game by an injury — wegen einer Verletzung nicht mehr spielen können
7) (express) ausdrückenlet's put it like this:... — sagen wir so:...
that's one way of putting it — (also iron.) so kann man es [natürlich] auch ausdrücken
8) (render)put something into English — etwas ins Englische übertragen od. übersetzen
9) (write) schreibenput something on the list — (fig.) sich (Dat.) etwas [fest] vornehmen; etwas vormerken
10) (imagine)put oneself in somebody's place or situation — sich in jemandes Lage versetzen
11) (invest)put money etc. into something — Geld usw. in etwas (Akk.) stecken
put work/time/effort into something — Arbeit/Zeit/Energie in etwas (Akk.) stecken
12) (stake) setzen (on auf + Akk.)put money on a horse/on something happening — auf ein Pferd setzen/darauf wetten, dass etwas passiert
13) (estimate)put somebody/something at — jemanden/etwas schätzen auf (+ Akk.)
14) (subject)put somebody to — jemandem [Unkosten, Mühe, Umstände] verursachen od. machen
15) (Athletics): (throw) stoßen [Kugel]2. intransitive verb,-tt-, put (Naut.)put [out] to sea — in See stechen
put into port — [in den Hafen] einlaufen
Phrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/59262/put_about">put about- put away- put back- put by- put down- put in- put off- put on- put out- put over- put up- put upon* * *[put]present participle - putting; verb1) (to place in a certain position or situation: He put the plate in the cupboard; Did you put any sugar in my coffee?; He put his arm round her; I'm putting a new lock on the door; You're putting too much strain on that rope; When did the Russians first put a man into space?; You've put me in a bad temper; Can you put (=translate) this sentence into French?)2) (to submit or present (a proposal, question etc): I put several questions to him; She put her ideas before the committee.) formulieren3) (to express in words: He put his refusal very politely; Children sometimes have such a funny way of putting things!) ausdrücken4) (to write down: I'm trying to write a letter to her, but I don't know what to put.) schreiben5) (to sail in a particular direction: We put out to sea; The ship put into harbour for repairs.) fahren•- put-on- a put-up job
- put about
- put across/over
- put aside
- put away
- put back
- put by
- put down
- put down for
- put one's feet up
- put forth
- put in
- put in for
- put off
- put on
- put out
- put through
- put together
- put up
- put up to
- put up with* * *<-tt-, put, put>[pʊt]1. (place)▪ to \put sth somewhere etw irgendwohin stellen [o setzen]; (lay down) etw irgendwohin legen; (push in) etw irgendwohin steckenthey \put a horseshoe above [or over] their door sie brachten ein Hufeisen über ihrer Tür anhe was \put up against the wall man stellte ihn an die Wandhe looked at the pile of work his boss had \put before him er sah sich den Haufen Arbeit an, den seine Chefin ihm hingelegt hatteyou've got to \put the past behind you du musst die Vergangenheit vergangen seinlassen [o begraben]\put your clothes in the closet häng deine Kleider in den Schrankhe \put his hands in his pockets er steckte die Hände in die Taschenshe \put some milk in her coffee sie gab etwas Milch in ihren Kaffeeto \put the ball in the net (tennis) den Ball ins Netz schlagen; (football) den Ball ins Netz spielenthis \puts me in a very difficult position das bringt mich in eine schwierige SituationI \put my complete confidence in him ich setze mein volles Vertrauen auf ihn [o in ihn]\put the cake into the oven schieb den Kuchen in den Backofenthey \put the plug into the socket sie steckten den Stecker in die Steckdosehe \put salt into the sugar bowl by mistake er hat aus Versehen Salz in die Zuckerdose gefülltthey \put him into a cell sie brachten ihn in eine Zelleto \put sth into storage etw einlagernto \put a child into care ein Kind in Pflege gebento \put sb into a home jdn in ein Heim steckento \put sb in[to] prison jdn ins Gefängnis bringento \put fear into sb's heart jdn ängstigen, jdm Angst machento \put an idea in[to] sb's head jdn auf eine Idee bringenwhatever \put that idea into your head? wie kommst du denn darauf?to \put one's ideas into practice seine Ideen in die Praxis umsetzenSam will eat anything you \put in front of him Sam isst alles, was man ihm vorsetzt\put the soup spoons next to the knives leg die Suppenlöffel neben die Messerwe should \put my mum next to Mrs Larson wir sollten meine Mutter neben Frau Larson setzenshe \put her coffee cup on the table sie stellte ihre Kaffeetasse auf den Tischdo you know how to \put a saddle on a horse? weißt du, wie man ein Pferd sattelt?I \put clean sheets on the bed ich habe das Bett frisch bezogenhe \put his head on my shoulder er legte seinen Kopf auf meine Schulteryou can't \put a value on friendship Freundschaft lässt sich nicht mit Geld bezahlena price of £10,000 was \put on the car das Auto wurde mit 10.000 Pfund veranschlagtshe \put her arm round him sie legte ihren Arm um ihnhe \put his head round the door er steckte den Kopf zur Tür hereinhe \put his finger to his lips to call for silence er hielt seinen Finger vor die Lippen und bat um Ruheto \put a glass to one's lips ein Glas zum Mund führenshe \put the shell to her ear sie hielt sich die Muschel ans Ohrto \put sb to bed jdn ins Bett bringenhe was \put under the care of his aunt er wurde in die Obhut seiner Tante gegebenI didn't know where to \put myself ich wusste nicht wohin mit mirto \put sb/sth in jeopardy jdn/etw in Gefahr bringento \put sb in a rage jdn wütend machenthis \puts me in a very difficult position das bringt mich in eine sehr schwierige Situationhe was able to \put them in a good mood er konnte sie aufheiternto stay \put person sich nicht von der Stelle rühren; object liegen/stehen/hängen bleiben; hair haltento \put the shot SPORT Kugel stoßen2. (invest)to \put effort/energy/money/time into sth Mühe/Energie/Geld/Zeit in etw akk stecken [o investieren]we \put most of the profits towards research wir verwenden den Großteil der Gewinne für die Forschungeveryone could \put £3 towards a new coffee machine jeder könnte 3 Pfund zum Kauf einer neuen Kaffeemaschine dazugebento \put money into an account Geld auf ein Konto einzahlenshe \put money on a horse sie setzte auf ein Pferdwe \put back all our profits into the company all unsere Gewinne fließen in die Firma zurück3. (impose)to \put the blame on sb jdm die Schuld gebento \put demands upon sb von jdm etwas verlangento \put an embargo on trade ein Handelsembargo verhängento \put sb under oath jdn vereidigento \put a premium on sth etw hoch einschätzento \put pressure on sb jdn unter Druck setzento \put sb under pressure [or strain] jdn unter Druck setzento \put a restriction [or limitation] on sth etw einschränkenthe children were \put on their best behaviour den Kindern wurde gesagt, dass sie sich ja gut zu benehmen habento \put a tax on sth etw besteuern [o mit einer Steuer belegen]to \put sb/sth to the test jdn/etw auf die Probe stellen; (put a strain on) jdn/etw strapazierento \put sb on trial jdn vor Gericht bringento \put sb to a lot of trouble jdm viel Mühe bereiten [o machen4. (present)to \put sth to a discussion etw zur Diskussion stellento \put an idea [or a suggestion] to sb jdm etw vorschlagento \put one's point of view seinen Standpunkt darlegento \put a problem to sb jdm ein Problem darlegento \put a proposal before a committee einem Ausschuss einen Vorschlag unterbreitento \put a question to sb jdm eine Frage stellento \put sth to a vote etw zur Abstimmung bringen5. (include)\put some more salt in füge noch etwas Salz hinzu6. (indicating change of condition)she always \puts her guests at ease right away sie schafft es immer, dass ihre Gäste sich sofort wohl fühlento \put sb at risk [or in danger] jdn in Gefahr bringento \put sb in a good/bad mood jds Laune heben/verderbento \put one's affairs in order seine Angelegenheiten in Ordnung bringento \put a plan into operation einen Plan in die Tat umsetzento \put sb/an animal out of his/its misery jdn/ein Tier von seinen Qualen erlösento \put sb to death jdn hinrichtento \put sb to flight jdn in die Flucht schlagento \put sb to shame jdn beschämento \put sb under arrest jdn unter Arrest stellento \put sb under hypnosis jdn hypnotisierento \put sth right etw in Ordnung bringento \put sb straight jdn korrigierento \put sb out of the competition jdn aus dem Rennen werfen7. (express)▪ to \put sth etw ausdrückenlet me \put it this way lass es mich so sagenhow should I \put it? wie soll ich mich ausdrücken?to \put it bluntly um es deutlich zu sagento \put it mildly, we were shocked at your behaviour wir waren, gelinde gesagt, geschockt über dein Verhaltenthat's \putting it mildly das ist ja noch milde ausgedrücktas Shakespeare \put it wie Shakespeare schon sagteshe didn't know how to \put her thoughts into words sie wusste nicht, wie sie ihre Gedanken in Worte fassen sollte\putting Shakespeare into modern English is difficult Shakespeare in zeitgenössisches Englisch zu übertragen ist schwierigshe really \puts passion into her performance sie steckt viel Leidenschaftlichkeit in ihren Vortragto \put one's feelings into words seine Gefühle ausdrückento \put a verb into the past tense ein Verb in die Vergangenheit setzen8. (write)to \put a cross/tick next to sth etw ankreuzen/abhakento \put one's signature to sth seine Unterschrift unter etw setzenplease \put your signature here bitte unterschreiben Sie hier9. (estimate, value)I wouldn't \put him among the best film directors ich würde ihn nicht zu den besten Regisseuren zählenshe \puts her job above everything else für sie geht ihr Beruf allem anderen vor, sie stellt ihren Beruf vor allem anderenI'd \put him at about 50 ich schätze ihn auf ungefähr 50I would \put her in her 50s ich würde sie so in den Fünfzigern schätzento \put sb/sth in a category jdn/etw in eine Kategorie einordnenit can't be \put in the same category as a Rolls Royce man kann es nicht auf eine Stufe mit einem Rolls Royce stellento \put sb/sth on a level [or par] with sb/sth jdn/etw auf eine Stufe mit jdm/etw stellento \put a value of £10,000 on sth den Wert einer S. gen auf 10.000 Pfund schätzen10. (direct)▪ to \put sb onto sth/sb jdn auf etw/jdn aufmerksam machenthe phone book \put me onto the dentist durch das Telefonbuch kam ich auf den Zahnarztthey \put three people on the job sie setzen drei Leute ein für diesen Job11. (see someone off)he \put his girlfriend on the plane er brachte seine Freundin zum Flugzeugto \put sb onto the bus jdn zum Bus bringento \put sb in a taxi jdn in ein Taxi setzen12. (install)to \put heating/a kitchen into a house eine Heizung/Küche in einem Haus installierenwe \put a new hard drive on our computer wir haben eine neue Festplatte in unseren Computer eingebaut▪ to \put sb on sth jdm etw verschreibenthe doctor has \put her on a strict diet der Arzt hat ihr eine strenge Diät verordnetNAUT anlegen, vor Anker gehento \put into the dock am Dock anlegen, vor Anker gehento \put into Hamburg/harbour in Hamburg/in den Hafen einlaufento \put to sea in See stechenIII. NOUNSTOCKEX Verkaufsoption f* * *put [pʊt]A sC v/t prät und pperf put1. legen, stellen, setzen, tun:put it on the table leg es auf den Tisch;I shall put the matter before him ich werde ihm die Sache vorlegen;put the matter in(to) his hands leg die Angelegenheit in seine Hände;I put him above his brother ich stelle ihn über seinen Bruder;put sb on a job jemanden an eine Arbeit setzen, jemanden mit einer Arbeit betrauen;put eleven men behind the ball FUSSB die ganze Mannschaft defensiv spielen lassen;his time put him in 3rd place SPORT seine Zeit brachte ihn auf den 3. Platz; → a. die Verbindungen mit den entsprechenden Substantiven2. stecken (in one’s pocket in die Tasche):put a lot of work into viel Arbeit stecken in (akk)3. jemanden ins Bett, in eine unangenehme Lage etc, etwas auf den Markt, in Ordnung etc bringen:he put her across the river er brachte oder beförderte sie über den Fluss;put the cow to the bull die Kuh zum Stier bringen;put into shape in (die richtige) Form bringen;4. etwas in Kraft, in Umlauf, in Gang etc, jemanden in Besitz, ins Unrecht, über ein Land etc setzen:put o.s. in a good light sich ins rechte Licht setzen;put the case that … gesetzt den Fall, dass …; → action 1, 2, end Bes Redew, foot A 1, place A 3, trust A 15. put o.s. sich in jemandes Hände etc begeben:put o.s. under sb’s care sich in jemandes Obhut begeben;put yourself in(to) my hands vertraue dich mir ganz an6. unterwerfen, aussetzen ( beide:to dat):I have put you through a lot ich habe dir viel zugemutet; → death 1, expense Bes Redew, inconvenience A 2, question A 6, shame A 2, sword, test1 A 27. put out of aus … hinausstellen, verdrängen oder werfen aus, außer Betrieb od Gefecht etc setzen: → action 13, running A 28. Land bepflanzen (into, under mit) the fields were put under potatoes auf den Feldern wurden Kartoffeln gepflanztput sb to work jemanden an die Arbeit setzen, jemanden arbeiten lassen;put to school zur Schule schicken;put to trade jemanden ein Handwerk lernen lassen;put sb to a joiner jemanden bei einem Schreiner in die Lehre geben;put sb to it jemandem zusetzen, jemanden bedrängen;be hard put to it arg bedrängt werden, in große Bedrängnis kommen;they were hard put to it to find a house sie taten sich schwer, ein Haus zu finden;put sb through a book jemanden zum Durchlesen oder -arbeiten eines Buches zwingen;10. veranlassen, verlocken ( beide:on, to zu)11. in Furcht, Wut etc versetzen:put sb in fear of their life jemandem eine Todesangst einjagen; → countenance A 2, ease A 2, guard C 4, mettle 2, temper A 412. übersetzen, -tragen ( beide:into French ins Französische)I cannot put it into words ich kann es nicht in Worte fassen;put one’s feelings into words seine Gefühle aussprechen;how shall I put it? wie soll ich mich oder es ausdrücken?;14. schätzen (at auf akk):I put his income at £100,000 a year15. (to) verwenden (für), anwenden (zu):put sth to a good use etwas gut verwenden16. eine Entscheidung etc gründen (on auf akk)17. eine Frage, einen Antrag etc stellen, vorlegen:a) ich appelliere an Sie, ich wende mich an Sie,b) ich stelle es Ihnen anheim;on auf akk)put a tax on sth etwas besteuernon dat)22. die Uhr stellen23. (in, into) hinzufügen (dat), (hinein)tun, geben (in akk):put sugar in one’s coffee Zucker in seinen Kaffee tun25. schleudern, werfenin, into in akk)D v/ifor nach):put to land an Land gehen;2. SCHIFF segeln, steuern, fahreninto in akk)b) jemanden ausnutzen, -nützen,c) jemanden betrügen* * *1. transitive verb,-tt-, put1) (place) tun; (vertically) stellen; (horizontally) legen; (through or into narrow opening) steckenput salt on one's food — Salz auf sein Essen tun od. streuen
put the letter in an envelope/the letter box — den Brief in einen Umschlag/in den Briefkasten stecken
put sugar in one's tea — sich (Dat.) Zucker in den Tee tun
put petrol in the tank — Benzin in den Tank tun od. füllen
put the car in[to] the garage — das Auto in die Garage stellen
put the ball into the net/over the bar — den Ball ins Netz befördern od. setzen/über die Latte befördern
put a bandage round one's wrist — sich (Dat.) einen Verband ums Handgelenk legen
put one's hands over one's eyes — sich (Dat.) die Hände auf die Augen legen
put one's finger to one's lips — den od. seinen Finger auf die Lippen legen
put the jacket on its hanger — die Jacke auf den Bügel tun od. hängen
where shall I put it? — wohin soll ich es tun (ugs.) /stellen/legen usw.?; wo soll ich es hintun (ugs.) /-stellen/-legen usw.?
we put our guest in Peter's room — wir haben unseren Gast in Peters Zimmer (Dat.) untergebracht
put the baby in the pram — das Baby in den Kinderwagen legen od. (ugs.) stecken
not know where to put oneself — (fig.) sehr verlegen sein/werden
put it there! — (coll.) lass mich deine Hand schütteln!
2) (cause to enter) stoßen3) (bring into specified state) setzenput through Parliament — im Parlament durchbringen [Gesetzentwurf usw.]
be put in a difficult etc. position — in eine schwierige usw. Lage geraten
put something above or before something — (fig.) einer Sache (Dat.) den Vorrang vor etwas (Dat.) geben
be put out of order — kaputtgehen (ugs.)
put somebody on to something — (fig.) jemanden auf etwas (Akk.) hinweisen od. aufmerksam machen
put somebody on to a job — (assign) jemandem eine Arbeit zuweisen
4) (impose)put a limit/an interpretation on something — etwas begrenzen od. beschränken/interpretieren
5) (submit) unterbreiten (to Dat.) [Vorschlag, Plan usw.]put something to the vote — über etwas (Akk.) abstimmen lassen
7) (express) ausdrückenlet's put it like this:... — sagen wir so:...
that's one way of putting it — (also iron.) so kann man es [natürlich] auch ausdrücken
8) (render)put something into English — etwas ins Englische übertragen od. übersetzen
9) (write) schreibenput something on the list — (fig.) sich (Dat.) etwas [fest] vornehmen; etwas vormerken
10) (imagine)put oneself in somebody's place or situation — sich in jemandes Lage versetzen
11) (invest)put money etc. into something — Geld usw. in etwas (Akk.) stecken
put work/time/effort into something — Arbeit/Zeit/Energie in etwas (Akk.) stecken
12) (stake) setzen (on auf + Akk.)put money on a horse/on something happening — auf ein Pferd setzen/darauf wetten, dass etwas passiert
13) (estimate)put somebody/something at — jemanden/etwas schätzen auf (+ Akk.)
14) (subject)put somebody to — jemandem [Unkosten, Mühe, Umstände] verursachen od. machen
15) (Athletics): (throw) stoßen [Kugel]2. intransitive verb,-tt-, put (Naut.)put [out] to sea — in See stechen
put into port — [in den Hafen] einlaufen
Phrasal Verbs:- put away- put back- put by- put down- put in- put off- put on- put out- put over- put up- put upon* * *(clamp) the lid on something (US) expr.gegen etwas scharf vorgehen ausdr.sperren v. (take) into care expr.in Pflege geben (nehmen) ausdr. v.(§ p.,p.p.: put)= ausgeben v.legen v.setzen v.stellen v. -
31 fall
fo:l 1. past tense - fell; verb1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) falle, dette, ramle2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) falle om, synke/styrte sammen3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) falle, synke4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) falle5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) falle, bli6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) tilfalle2. noun1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) fall2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) -fall3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) fall4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) høst•- falls- fallout
- his
- her face fell
- fall away
- fall back
- fall back on
- fall behind
- fall down
- fall flat
- fall for
- fall in with
- fall off
- fall on/upon
- fall out
- fall short
- fall throughdette--------fall--------falle--------grålysning--------skråning--------skumring--------tussmørkeIsubst. \/fɔːl\/1) fall2) fall, undergang• what caused the fall of the Ottoman Empire?3) nedgang, reduksjon, fall4) (amer.) høst5) (ned)fall6) helling, utforbakke, fall(høyde)7) ( bryting) fall8) ( av skog) hugst, felling9) ( om elv) utløp10) senking (av stemme)13) ( på damehatt) slørbe riding for a fall gå undergangen i møte, være ille ute, komme til å gå en ille, hovmod står for fallfall of rain nedbør (i form av regn), regnfall, regnmengdefall of snow snøfall, nedbør (i form av snø)fall of the hammer ( ved auksjon) hammerslagfalls (vann)fall, fosshave a fall falle, ramlespeculate for a fall ( handel) ligge i baissenthe fall of darkness mørkets frembruddtry a fall with somebody ( bryting) ta brytetak på noen ( overført) ta et nappetak med noen, måle sine krefter med noenwork somebody's fall se ➢ ruin, 1II1) falle, ramle, dette2) falle om, ramle om, trille3) styrte (sammen), falle sammen, kollapse4) gå ned, synke, falle5) gå under, styrte, fallefestningen er falt\/erobret6) falle på, falle over, senke seg7) falle på, inntreffe1. påskedag faller på første søndag i april i år8) synke sammen, synke ned9) falle ned, henge (ned), nå, rekke (ned)10) helle, skråne, slutte (nedover), senke segslutte brått, stupe11) falle, dø i kamp13) kaste seg ned, knele14) ( gammeldags) falle (for en fristelse), synde15) avta, legge seg, løye, slokne17) ( spesielt om lam) bli født18) bli• fall illfall about ( hverdagslig) le uhemmetfall across støte på, treffe påfall among thieves ( bibelsk) falle iblant røvere, råke iblant røverefall apart eller fall to pieces ( også overført) falle fra hverandre, gå i stykker, gå i oppløsning, rase sammen(spesielt amer.) være fra segfall asleep sovne, falle i søvnfall astern ( sjøfart) sakke akterut, bli akterutseiltfall away svikte, falle fra falle bort, bortfalle, forsvinne tære vekk, svinne falle bratt, gå nedover, skrånefall back falle tilbake trekke seg tilbake gi plass, vike unnafall back (up)on ( militærvesen) trekke seg tilbake til ta sin tilflukt til, ty til, falle tilbake påfall behind sakke akterut, bli (liggende) etter, ikke henge med• as they were talking business, I fell behindligge etter, komme på etterskuddfall behind somebody bli passert av noen, bli distansert av noenfall below ligge under, ikke overstigefall by falle for (noens hånd, sverd e.l.)fall down falle ned, ramle ned, falle (om), falle sammen, rase (sammen), styrte (sammen)falle ned, kaste seg nedmislykkes, feilefall for ( hverdagslig) falle for, bli forelsket ihan falt pladask for henne, han ble kjempeforelsket i hennegå på, la seg lure av, gå med påfall foul of eller run foul of kollidere med, tørne sammen med havne i konflikt medfall from falle (ned) frabli styrtet fra, falle frafall in falle sammen, ramle sammen, kollapse, styrte sammen, rase (sammen)falle i, ramle i( militærvesen) mønstre, stille oppfall in! ( militærvesen) oppstilling!fall into komme inn i, henfalle til, falle inn i falle i, synke ned ikomme inn i, henfalle til, falle inn ifalle i, la seg dele inn i, kunne deles inn ifall into a rage bli rasendefall into a conversation komme i snakkfall into disrepair forfallefall into place falle på plass, ordne segfall into the trap gå i fellenfall in (up)on overraske, besøke uventetfall in with treffe, bli kjent medgå med på, være med på, være enig i, like, rette seg etterpasse (bra) sammen med, gå (bra) sammen med, gli inn i, stemme overens med, sammenfalle medfall off falle av, ramle av, falle ned fra, ramle ned fraavta, minske, synke, gå ned, gå tilbaketape seg, bli dårligere, forringesfalle fra, trekke seg unna, svikte( sjøfart) falle (av), avvike (fra kurs)fall on one's feet ( overført) komme ned med begge beina først (komme seg relativt uskadet fra en vanskelig situasjon)fall on somebody kaste seg over noenfall out falle ut, ramle ut, falle av (om hår) ende, skjefalle seg (så), vise seg( militærvesen) tre av, tre ut av geledd bli uenige, komme på kantfall out laughing (slang, amer.) holde på å ramle av stolen av latter, holde på å le seg i hjelfall out of komme ut av, legge bortfall out with komme på kant medfall over falle om, ramle om, velte, falle over endefall over oneself være overivrig, snuble av iver, anstrenge seg til det ytterste (overført)fall short ikke nå målet, ikke strekke til, begynne å ta slutt, komme til kortfall silent bli stille, stilnefall through falle gjennom falle igjennom, falle i fisk, mislykkesfall to falle på, ramme, tilkomme, påhviletilfalle, komme (noen) til delfalle forslå igjen, smelle igjen( om mat) hugge inn, lange inn begynne (på), gi seg til, ta fatt (på), sette i gang (med)fall together ( språkvitenskap) sammenfalle, bli identiskfall under falle (inn) under, komme (inn) under, høre (inn) under, høre til, sortere under, rangeres blandtråke ut for, bli utsatt forfall (up)on falle påpåhvile, tilkommeangripe, overfalle, kaste seg overkomme på, råke påråke ut for, rammes avfall within falle inn (under), høre til, inngå ihave fallen behind with ligge etter med, være på etterskudd med -
32 get
ɡetpast tense - got; verb1) (to receive or obtain: I got a letter this morning.) recibir2) (to bring or buy: Please get me some food.) traer, ir a buscar, procurar; comprar3) (to (manage to) move, go, take, put etc: He couldn't get across the river; I got the book down from the shelf.) ir, cruzar, atravesar; tomar4) (to cause to be in a certain condition etc: You'll get me into trouble.) meter, arrastrar, poner5) (to become: You're getting old.) hacerse (por ej. mayor), volverse, convertirse6) (to persuade: I'll try to get him to go.) convencer, persuadir7) (to arrive: When did they get home?) llegar8) (to succeed (in doing) or to happen (to do) something: I'll soon get to know the neighbours; I got the book read last night.) conseguir, llegar a, lograr9) (to catch (a disease etc): She got measles last week.) coger, pillar, cazar, agarrar, contraer10) (to catch (someone): The police will soon get the thief.) atrapar, coger11) (to understand: I didn't get the point of his story.) coger, pillar, comprender, entender•- getaway- get-together
- get-up
- be getting on for
- get about
- get across
- get after
- get ahead
- get along
- get around
- get around to
- get at
- get away
- get away with
- get back
- get by
- get down
- get down to
- get in
- get into
- get nowhere
- get off
- get on
- get on at
- get out
- get out of
- get over
- get round
- get around to
- get round to
- get there
- get through
- get together
- get up
- get up to
get vb1. comprar2. coger / tomar3. recibir / conseguir4. llevarse5. hacer / ponerse6. traercould you get me a coffee, please? ¿me puedes traer un café, por favor?7. buscar / recoger8. llegarwhat time did you get home? ¿a qué hora llegaste a casa?how do you get to the restaurant? ¿cómo se va al restaurante?tr[get]1 obtener, conseguir■ she got £1,000 for her car le dieron mil libras por su coche■ what did you get in maths? ¿qué sacaste en mates?2 recibir■ how did you get that cut? ¿cómo te hiciste ese corte?3 comprar■ where did you get your jeans? ¿dónde compraste tus vaqueros?4 traer5 coger6 captar, recibir, coger7 pedir, decir; persuadir, convencer■ can you get her to lend us the money? ¿puedes convencerla para que nos deje el dinero?8 preparar■ can I get you something to eat? ¿te preparo algo para comer?9 familiar entender, captar, coger10 familiar poner nervioso,-a, fastidiar11 ganar, cobrar12 poner con; contestar, atender, coger; abrir■ can you get me the Embassy Hotel? ¿me puede poner con el Hotel Embassy?13 conseguir, lograr14 hacer algo a uno15 dar, alcanzar1 ponerse, volverse2 ir■ how do you get there? ¿cómo se va hasta allí?■ can you get there by bus? ¿se puede ir en autobús?1 figurative use ir, llevar■ where do you think she's got to? ¿dónde crees que se ha metido?1 llegar■ how did you get home? ¿cómo llegaste a casa?2 llegar a3 llegar a4 empezar a■ we got talking empezamos a hablar, nos pusimos a hablar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLget along with you! ¡déjate de bobadas!, ¡no seas bobo,-a!to get along without something pasar sin algoto get better mejorarto get dark oscurecerto get dirty ensuciarseto get divorced divorciarseto get down on one's knees arrodillarseto get dressed vestirseto get drunk emborracharseto get into trouble meterse en un líoto get late hacerse tardeto get lost perderseto get married casarseto get old hacerse mayor, envejecerto get on somebody's nerves irritar a alguien, poner nervioso,-a a alguiento get one's own way salirse con la suyato get paid cobrarto get ready preparar, prepararseto get rid of deshacerse deto get tired cansarseto get wet mojarseto get worse empeorar1) obtain: conseguir, obtener, adquirir2) receive: recibirto get a letter: recibir una carta3) earn: ganarhe gets $10 an hour: gana $10 por hora4) fetch: traerget me my book: tráigame el libro5) catch: tomar (un tren, etc.), agarrar (una pelota, una persona, etc.)6) contract: contagiarse de, contraershe got the measles: le dio el sarampión7) prepare: preparar (una comida)8) persuade: persuadir, mandar a hacerI got him to agree: logré convencerloto get one's hair cut: cortarse el pelo10) understand: entendernow I get it!: ¡ya entiendo!to have got : tenerI've got a headache: tengo un dolor de cabezato have got to : tener queyou've got to come: tienes que venirget vi1) become: ponerse, volverse, hacerseto get angry: ponerse furioso, enojarse2) go, move: ir, avanzarhe didn't get far: no avanzó mucho3) arrive: llegarto get home: llegar a casa4)to get to be : llegar a sershe got to be the director: llegó a ser directora5)to get ahead : adelantarse, progresar6)to get along : llevarse bien (con alguien), congeniar7)to get by manage: arreglárselas8)to get over overcome: superar, consolarse de9)to get together meet: reunirseto get up : levantarseexpr.• desmoralizar v. (Profits, etc.)v.(§ p.,p.p.: got) or p.p.: gotten•) = lucrarse v. (Understand)v.• comprender v.v.(§ p.,p.p.: got) or p.p.: gotten•) = adquirir v.• alcanzar v.• buscar v.• coger v.• ganar v.• lograr v.• obtener v.(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-fut/c: -tendr-•)• procurar v.• recibir v.• sacar v.• tomar v.get
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2)a) ( obtain) \<\<money/information\>\> conseguir*, obtener*; \<\<job/staff\>\> conseguir*; \<\<authorization/loan\>\> conseguir*, obtener*; \<\<idea\>\> sacar*where did you get that beautiful rug? — ¿dónde conseguiste or encontraste esa alfombra tan preciosa?
these pears are as good as you'll get, I'm afraid — estas peras son de lo mejorcito que hay (fam)
to get something from somebody/something: we get our information from official sources sacamos la información de fuentes oficiales; you can get any information from my secretary — mi secretaria le podrá dar toda la información que necesite
b) ( buy) comprarto get something from somebody/something: I get my bread from the local baker le compro el pan al panadero del barrio; I got it from Harrods lo compré en Harrods; we get them from Italy — ( they supply our business) los traen de Italia
c) (achieve, win) \<\<prize/grade\>\> sacar*, obtener* (frml); \<\<majority\>\> obtener* (frml), conseguir*he gets results — consigue or logra lo que se propone
d) ( by calculation)e) ( on the telephone) \<\<person\>\> lograr comunicarse conI got the wrong number — me equivoqué de número; ( having dialled correctly) me salió un número equivocado
3)a) ( receive) \<\<letter/reward/reprimand\>\> recibirdo I get a kiss, then? — ¿entonces me das un beso?
he got 12 years for armed robbery — lo condenaron a or (fam) le cayeron 12 años por robo a mano armada
to get something from somebody: all I ever get from you is criticism lo único que haces es criticarme; she got a warm reception from the audience el público le dio una cálida bienvenida; I do all the work and she gets all the credit yo hago todo el trabajo y ella se lleva la fama; I seldom get the chance rara vez se me presenta la oportunidad; the kitchen doesn't get much sun — en la cocina no da mucho el sol
b) (Rad, TV) \<\<station\>\> captar, recibir, coger* (esp Esp fam), agarrar (CS fam)c) ( be paid) \<\<salary/pay\>\> ganarI got £200 for the piano — me dieron 200 libras por el piano
d) ( experience) \<\<shock/surprise\>\> llevarseI get the feeling that... — tengo or me da la sensación de que...
e) ( suffer)how did you get that bump on your head? — ¿cómo te hiciste ese chichón en la cabeza?
4) (find, have) (colloq)we get mainly students in here — nuestros clientes (or visitantes etc) son mayormente estudiantes
5) ( fetch) \<\<hammer/scissors\>\> traer*, ir* a buscar; \<\<doctor/plumber\>\> llamarget your coat — anda or vete a buscar tu abrigo
she got herself a cup of coffee — se sirvió (or se hizo etc) una taza de café
6)a) ( reach) alcanzar*b) ( take hold of) agarrar, coger* (esp Esp)c) (catch, trap) pillar (fam), agarrar (AmL), coger* (esp Esp)d) (assault, kill) (colloq)7) ( contract) \<\<cold/flu\>\> agarrar, pescar* (fam), pillar (fam), coger* (esp Esp)she got chickenpox from her sister — la hermana le contagió or (fam) le pegó la varicela
8) ( catch) \<\<busain\>\> tomar, coger* (Esp)9) (colloq)a) ( irritate) fastidiarb) ( arouse pity)it gets you right there — (set phrase) te conmueve, te da mucha lástima
c) ( puzzle)what gets me is how... — lo que no entiendo es cómo...
10)a) ( understand) (colloq) entender*don't get me wrong — no me malentiendas or malinterpretes
get it? — ¿entiendes?, ¿agarras or (Esp) coges la onda? (fam)
b) (hear, take note of) oír*did you get the number? — ¿tomaste nota del número?
11) ( answer) (colloq) \<\<phone\>\> contestar, atender*, coger* (Esp); \<\<door\>\> abrir*12) ( possess)13) (bring, move, put) (+ adv compl)they couldn't get it up the stairs — no lo pudieron subir por las escaleras; see also get across, get in
14) ( cause to be) (+ adj compl)I can't get the window open/shut — no puedo abrir/cerrar la ventana
they got their feet wet/dirty — se mojaron/se ensuciaron los pies
15) to get somebody/something + ppI must get this watch fixed — tengo que llevar a or (AmL tb) mandar (a) arreglar este reloj
16) (arrange, persuade, force)to get somebody/something to + inf: I'll get him to help you ( order) le diré que te ayude; ( ask) le pediré que te ayude; ( persuade) lo convenceré de que te ayude; she could never get him to understand no podría hacérselo entender; you'll never get them to agree to that no vas a lograr que acepten eso; I can't get it to work — no puedo hacerlo funcionar
17) ( cause to start)to get somebody/something -ing: it's the sort of record that gets everybody dancing es el tipo de disco que hace bailar a todo el mundo or que hace que todo el mundo baile; can you get the pump working? — ¿puedes hacer funcionar la bomba?
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get vi1) ( reach) (+ adv compl) llegar*can you get there by train? — ¿se puede ir en tren?
how do you get to work? — ¿cómo vas al trabajo?
can anyone remember where we'd got to? — ¿alguien se acuerda de dónde habíamos quedado?
to get somewhere — avanzar*, adelantar
to get there: it's not perfect, but we're getting there — perfecto no es, pero poco a poco...
2)a) ( become)to get dressed — vestirse*
b) (be) (colloq)3) to get to + infa) ( come to) llegar* a + infb) ( have opportunity to)in this job you get to meet many interesting people — en este trabajo uno tiene la oportunidad de conocer a mucha gente interesante
when do we get to open the presents? — ¿cuándo podemos abrir los regalos?
4) ( start)to get -ing — empezar* a + inf, ponerse* a + inf
right, let's get moving! — bueno, pongámonos en acción (or en marcha etc)!
•Phrasal Verbs:- get at- get away- get back- get by- get down- get in- get into- get off- get on- get onto- get out- get over- get past- get to- get up[ɡet] (pt, pp got) (US) (pp gotten) When get is part of a set combination, eg get the sack, get hold of, get sth right, look up the other word.1. TRANSITIVE VERB1) (=obtain) [+ information, money, visa, divorce] conseguir; [+ benefit] sacar, obtener•
he got it for me — él me lo consiguióI got the idea off ** or from a TV programme — saqué la idea de un programa de televisión
he gets all his clothes off ** or from his elder brother — hereda toda la ropa de su hermano mayor
where did you get that idea from? — ¿de dónde sacaste esa idea?
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we shan't get anything out of him — no lograremos sacarle nadawhat are you going to get out of it? — ¿qué vas a sacar de or ganar con ello?
a good coach knows how to get the best out of his players — un buen entrenador sabe cómo sacar lo mejor de sus jugadores
2) (=have) tener3) (=receive)a) [+ letter, phone call] recibir; [+ wage] ganar, cobrar; [+ TV station, radio station] coger, captarshe gets a good salary — gana or cobra un buen sueldo
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how much did you get for it? — ¿cuánto te dieron por él?neck 1., 1)•
he gets his red hair from his mother — el pelo rojizo lo ha heredado de su madreb)Some get + noun combinations are translated using a more specific Spanish verb. If in doubt, look up the noun.•
I never got an answer — no me contestaron, no recibí nunca una respuesta•
they get lunch at school — les dan de comer en el colegiofine II, 1., sentence 1., 2)•
I got a shock/ surprise — me llevé un susto/una sorpresa4) (=buy) comprarwhere did you get those shoes? — ¿dónde te has comprado esos zapatos?
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I got it cheap in a sale — lo conseguí barato en unas rebajas5) (=fetch) [+ glasses, book] ir a buscar, traer; [+ person] ir a buscar, ir a por; (=pick up) [+ goods, person] recogerwould you mind getting my glasses? — ¿te importaría ir a buscarme or traerme las gafas?
can you get my coat from the cleaner's? — ¿puedes recogerme el abrigo de la tintorería?
quick, get help! — ¡rápido, ve a buscar ayuda!
to get sth for sb, to get sb sth — ir a buscar algo a algn, traer algo a algn
could you get me the scissors please? — ¿puedes ir a buscarme or me puedes traer las tijeras, por favor?
can I get you a drink? — ¿te apetece beber or tomar algo?, ¿quieres beber or tomar algo?
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to go/ come and get sth/sb, I'll go and get it for you — voy a buscártelo, voy a traértelogo and get Jane will you? — vete a buscar a Jane, ve a por Jane
phone me when you arrive and I'll come and get you — cuando llegues llama por teléfono y te iré a buscar or recoger
6) (=call) [+ doctor, plumber] llamar7) (=answer) [+ phone] contestarcan you get the phone? — ¿puedes contestar el teléfono?
I'll get it! — (telephone) ¡yo contesto!; (door) ¡ya voy yo!
8) (=gain, win) [+ prize] ganar, llevarse, conseguir; [+ goal] marcar; [+ reputation] ganarseshe got first prize — ganó or se llevó or consiguió el primer premio
correct, you get 5 points — correcto, gana or consigue 5 puntos
he got a pass/an A in French — sacó un aprobado/un sobresaliente en francés
I have to get my degree first — antes tengo que acabar la carrera or conseguir mi diplomatura
9) (=find) [+ job, flat] encontrar, conseguirhe got me a job — me encontró or consiguió un trabajo
10) (=catch) [+ ball, disease, person] coger, agarrar (LAm); [+ thief] coger, atrapar (LAm); [+ bus] coger, tomar (LAm); [+ fish] pescargot you! * — ¡te pillé! *, ¡te cacé! *, ¡te agarré! (LAm)
got you at last! — ¡por fin te he pillado or cazado! *
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to get sb by the throat/arm — agarrar or coger a algn de la garganta/del brazo•
sorry, I didn't get your name — perdone, ¿cómo dice que se llama?, perdone, no me he enterado de su nombre•
did you get his (registration) number? — ¿viste el número de matrícula?•
you've got me there! * — ahí sí que me has pillado *bad 3., religionto get it from sb —
11) (=reach, put through to)get me Mr Jones, please — (Telec) póngame or (esp LAm) comuníqueme con el Sr. Jones, por favor
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you'll get him at home if you phone this evening — si le llamas esta tarde lo pillarás * or encontrarás en casa•
you can get me on this number — puedes contactar conmigo en este número•
I've been trying to get you all week — he estado intentando hablar contigo toda la semana12) * (=attack, take revenge on)I'll get you for that! — ¡esto me lo vas a pagar!
13) (=hit) [+ target] dar en14) (=finish)15) (=take, bring)•
how can we get it home? — (speaker not at home) ¿cómo podemos llevarlo a casa?; (speaker at home) ¿cómo podemos traerlo a casa?•
I tried to get the blood off my shirt — intenté quitar la sangre de mi camisaget the knife off him! — ¡quítale ese cuchillo!
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I couldn't get the stain out of the tablecloth — no podía limpiar la mancha del mantel•
to get sth past customs — conseguir pasar algo por la aduana•
we'll get you there somehow — le llevaremos de una u otra manera•
we can't get it through the door — no lo podemos pasar por la puerta•
to get sth to sb — hacer llegar algo a algn•
where will that get us? — ¿de qué nos sirve eso?16) (=prepare) [+ meal] preparar, hacerto get breakfast — preparar or hacer el desayuno
17) with adjectiveThis construction is often translated using a specific Spanish verb. Look up the relevant adjective.18) with infinitive/present participleto get sb to do sth — (=persuade) conseguir que algn haga algo, persuadir a algn a hacer algo; (=tell) decir a algn que haga algo
we eventually got her to change her mind — por fin conseguimos que cambiase de idea, por fin le persuadimos a cambiar de idea
can you get someone to photocopy these — puedes decirle or mandarle a alguien que me haga una fotocopia de estos
I can't get the door to open — no puedo abrir la puerta, no logro que se abra la puerta
I couldn't get the washing machine to work — no pude or no logré poner la lavadora en marcha
I couldn't get the car going or to go — no pude poner el coche en marcha, no pude arrancar el coche
19) ("get sth done" construction)a) (=do oneself)•
you'll get yourself arrested looking like that — vas a acabar en la cárcel con esas pintas•
to get the washing/dishes done — lavar la ropa/fregar los platos•
when do you think you'll get it finished? — ¿cuándo crees que lo vas a acabar?•
you'll get yourself killed driving like that — te vas a matar si conduces de esa formab) (=get someone to do)•
to get one's hair cut — cortarse el pelo, hacerse cortar el peloI've got to get my car fixed this week — tengo que arreglar or reparar el coche esta semana, tengo que llevar el coche a arreglar or reparar esta semana
20) * (=understand) entender(do you) get it? — ¿entiendes?; [+ joke] ¿lo coges?, ¿ya caes? *
point 1., 7), wrongI've got it! — [+ joke] ¡ya caigo!, ¡ya lo entiendo!; [+ solution] ¡ya tengo la solución!, ¡ya he dado con la solución!, ¡ya lo tengo!
21) * (=annoy) molestar, fastidiarwhat gets me is the way he always assumes he's right — lo que me molesta or fastidia es que siempre da por hecho que tiene razón
what really gets me is his total indifference — lo que me molesta or fastidia es su total indiferencia
22) * (=thrill) chiflar *this tune really gets me — esta melodía me chifla *, esta melodía me apasiona
23)• to have got sth — (Brit) (=have) tener algo
what have you got there? — ¿qué tienes ahí?
2. INTRANSITIVE VERB1) (=reach, go) llegarhow do you get there? — ¿como se llega?
how did you get here? — ¿cómo viniste or llegaste?
how did that box get here? — ¿cómo ha venido a parar esta caja aquí?
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I've got as far as page 10 — he llegado hasta la página 10•
to get from A to B — ir de A a B, trasladarse de A a B•
to get to — llegar ahow do you get to the cinema? — ¿cómo se llega al cine?
where did you get to? — (=where were you?) ¿dónde estabas?, ¿dónde te habías metido?
where can he have got to? — ¿dónde se puede haber metido?
not to get anywhere —
to get nowhere —
we're getting absolutely nowhere, we're getting nowhere fast — no estamos llegando a ningún sitio
to get somewhere —
to get there —
"how's your thesis going?" - "I'm getting there" — -¿qué tal va tu tesis? -va avanzando
- get to sblane 1., 3)don't let it get to you * — (=affect) no dejes que te afecte; (=annoy) no te molestes por eso
2) (=become, be) ponerse, volverse, hacerseAs expressions with get + adjective, such as get old, get drunk etc, are often translated by a specific verb, look up the adjective.•
how did it get like that? — ¿cómo se ha puesto así?how do people get like that? — ¿cómo puede la gente volverse así?
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how stupid can you get? — ¿hasta qué punto llega tu estupidez?, ¿cómo puedes ser tan estúpido?•
to get used to sth — acostumbrarse a algo- get with itSee:BECOME, GO, GET in becomea) (=be)•
he often gets asked for his autograph — a menudo le piden autógrafos•
we got beaten 3-2 — perdimos 3 a 2•
to get killed — morir, matarseI saw her the night she got killed — (accidentally) la vi la noche que murió or se mató; (=murdered) la vi la noche que la asesinaron
do you want to get killed! — ¡¿es que quieres matarte?!
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he got run over as he was coming out of his house — lo atropellaron al salir de casaget going! — ¡muévete!, ¡a menearse!
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I got to thinking that... * — me di cuenta de que..., empecé a pensar que...5) (=come)with infinitive•
he eventually got to be prime minister — al final llegó a ser primer ministro•
when do we get to eat? — ¿cuándo comemos?•
to get to know sb — llegar a conocer a algn•
he got to like her despite her faults — le llegó a gustar a pesar de sus defectos•
so when do I get to meet this friend of yours? — ¿cuándo me vas a presentar a este amigo tuyo?•
I never get to drive the car — nunca tengo oportunidad de conducir el coche•
to get to see sth/sb — lograr ver algo/a algn6) * (=go)get! — ¡lárgate! *
7)to have got to do sth — (expressing obligation) tener que hacer algo
why have I got to? — ¿por qué tengo que hacerlo?
- get at- get away- get back- get by- get down- get in- get into- get off- get on- get out- get over- get up* * *[get]
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2)a) ( obtain) \<\<money/information\>\> conseguir*, obtener*; \<\<job/staff\>\> conseguir*; \<\<authorization/loan\>\> conseguir*, obtener*; \<\<idea\>\> sacar*where did you get that beautiful rug? — ¿dónde conseguiste or encontraste esa alfombra tan preciosa?
these pears are as good as you'll get, I'm afraid — estas peras son de lo mejorcito que hay (fam)
to get something from somebody/something: we get our information from official sources sacamos la información de fuentes oficiales; you can get any information from my secretary — mi secretaria le podrá dar toda la información que necesite
b) ( buy) comprarto get something from somebody/something: I get my bread from the local baker le compro el pan al panadero del barrio; I got it from Harrods lo compré en Harrods; we get them from Italy — ( they supply our business) los traen de Italia
c) (achieve, win) \<\<prize/grade\>\> sacar*, obtener* (frml); \<\<majority\>\> obtener* (frml), conseguir*he gets results — consigue or logra lo que se propone
d) ( by calculation)e) ( on the telephone) \<\<person\>\> lograr comunicarse conI got the wrong number — me equivoqué de número; ( having dialled correctly) me salió un número equivocado
3)a) ( receive) \<\<letter/reward/reprimand\>\> recibirdo I get a kiss, then? — ¿entonces me das un beso?
he got 12 years for armed robbery — lo condenaron a or (fam) le cayeron 12 años por robo a mano armada
to get something from somebody: all I ever get from you is criticism lo único que haces es criticarme; she got a warm reception from the audience el público le dio una cálida bienvenida; I do all the work and she gets all the credit yo hago todo el trabajo y ella se lleva la fama; I seldom get the chance rara vez se me presenta la oportunidad; the kitchen doesn't get much sun — en la cocina no da mucho el sol
b) (Rad, TV) \<\<station\>\> captar, recibir, coger* (esp Esp fam), agarrar (CS fam)c) ( be paid) \<\<salary/pay\>\> ganarI got £200 for the piano — me dieron 200 libras por el piano
d) ( experience) \<\<shock/surprise\>\> llevarseI get the feeling that... — tengo or me da la sensación de que...
e) ( suffer)how did you get that bump on your head? — ¿cómo te hiciste ese chichón en la cabeza?
4) (find, have) (colloq)we get mainly students in here — nuestros clientes (or visitantes etc) son mayormente estudiantes
5) ( fetch) \<\<hammer/scissors\>\> traer*, ir* a buscar; \<\<doctor/plumber\>\> llamarget your coat — anda or vete a buscar tu abrigo
she got herself a cup of coffee — se sirvió (or se hizo etc) una taza de café
6)a) ( reach) alcanzar*b) ( take hold of) agarrar, coger* (esp Esp)c) (catch, trap) pillar (fam), agarrar (AmL), coger* (esp Esp)d) (assault, kill) (colloq)7) ( contract) \<\<cold/flu\>\> agarrar, pescar* (fam), pillar (fam), coger* (esp Esp)she got chickenpox from her sister — la hermana le contagió or (fam) le pegó la varicela
8) ( catch) \<\<bus/train\>\> tomar, coger* (Esp)9) (colloq)a) ( irritate) fastidiarb) ( arouse pity)it gets you right there — (set phrase) te conmueve, te da mucha lástima
c) ( puzzle)what gets me is how... — lo que no entiendo es cómo...
10)a) ( understand) (colloq) entender*don't get me wrong — no me malentiendas or malinterpretes
get it? — ¿entiendes?, ¿agarras or (Esp) coges la onda? (fam)
b) (hear, take note of) oír*did you get the number? — ¿tomaste nota del número?
11) ( answer) (colloq) \<\<phone\>\> contestar, atender*, coger* (Esp); \<\<door\>\> abrir*12) ( possess)13) (bring, move, put) (+ adv compl)they couldn't get it up the stairs — no lo pudieron subir por las escaleras; see also get across, get in
14) ( cause to be) (+ adj compl)I can't get the window open/shut — no puedo abrir/cerrar la ventana
they got their feet wet/dirty — se mojaron/se ensuciaron los pies
15) to get somebody/something + ppI must get this watch fixed — tengo que llevar a or (AmL tb) mandar (a) arreglar este reloj
16) (arrange, persuade, force)to get somebody/something to + inf: I'll get him to help you ( order) le diré que te ayude; ( ask) le pediré que te ayude; ( persuade) lo convenceré de que te ayude; she could never get him to understand no podría hacérselo entender; you'll never get them to agree to that no vas a lograr que acepten eso; I can't get it to work — no puedo hacerlo funcionar
17) ( cause to start)to get somebody/something -ing: it's the sort of record that gets everybody dancing es el tipo de disco que hace bailar a todo el mundo or que hace que todo el mundo baile; can you get the pump working? — ¿puedes hacer funcionar la bomba?
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get vi1) ( reach) (+ adv compl) llegar*can you get there by train? — ¿se puede ir en tren?
how do you get to work? — ¿cómo vas al trabajo?
can anyone remember where we'd got to? — ¿alguien se acuerda de dónde habíamos quedado?
to get somewhere — avanzar*, adelantar
to get there: it's not perfect, but we're getting there — perfecto no es, pero poco a poco...
2)a) ( become)to get dressed — vestirse*
b) (be) (colloq)3) to get to + infa) ( come to) llegar* a + infb) ( have opportunity to)in this job you get to meet many interesting people — en este trabajo uno tiene la oportunidad de conocer a mucha gente interesante
when do we get to open the presents? — ¿cuándo podemos abrir los regalos?
4) ( start)to get -ing — empezar* a + inf, ponerse* a + inf
right, let's get moving! — bueno, pongámonos en acción (or en marcha etc)!
•Phrasal Verbs:- get at- get away- get back- get by- get down- get in- get into- get off- get on- get onto- get out- get over- get past- get to- get up -
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1. rest noun1) (a (usually short) period of not working etc after, or between periods of, effort; (a period of) freedom from worries etc: Digging the garden is hard work - let's stop for a rest; Let's have/take a rest; I need a rest from all these problems - I'm going to take a week's holiday.) descanso, reposo2) (sleep: He needs a good night's rest.) descanso, sueño3) (something which holds or supports: a book-rest; a headrest on a car seat.) apoyo, soporte4) (a state of not moving: The machine is at rest.) en reposo
2. verb1) (to (allow to) stop working etc in order to get new strength or energy: We've been walking for four hours - let's stop and rest; Stop reading for a minute and rest your eyes; Let's rest our legs.) descansar, reposar2) (to sleep; to lie or sit quietly in order to get new strength or energy, or because one is tired: Mother is resting at the moment.) descansar, reposar(se)3) (to (make or allow to) lean, lie, sit, remain etc on or against something: Her head rested on his shoulder; He rested his hand on her arm; Her gaze rested on the jewels.) descansar sobre, apoyar(se)4) (to relax, be calm etc: I will never rest until I know the murderer has been caught.) relajarse, estar tranquilo5) (to (allow to) depend on: Our hopes now rest on him, since all else has failed.) depender de6) ((with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to: The choice rests with you.) corresponder•- restful- restfully
- restfulness
- restless
- restlessly
- restlessness
- rest-room
- at rest
- come to rest
- lay to rest
- let the matter rest
- rest assured
- set someone's mind at rest
II rest- the restrest1 n1. descanso / reposoI'm tired, I need a rest estoy cansado, necesito un descanso2. los demáswhere are the rest of the players? ¿dónde están los demás jugadores?3. el restorest2 vb1. descansar2. apoyartr[rest]1 quedar■ you may rest assured that... puede tener la seguridad de que...1 el resto■ I spent half of the money and put the rest in the bank gasté la mitad del dinero y metí el resto en el banco■ Tom came, but the rest stayed at home vino Tom, pero los demás se quedaron en casa————————tr[rest]1 (repose) descanso, reposo3 (support) soporte nombre masculino; (in snooker etc) diablo; (for head) reposacabezas nombre masculino; (for arms) apoyabrazos nombre masculino1 (relax) descansar2 (lean) apoyar1 (relax) descansar2 (be calm) quedarse tranquilo,-a3 (depend) depender (on, de)1 (lean) apoyar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLat rest en reposogive it a rest! ¡déjalo ya!, ¡basta ya!Rest in peace Descanse en pazto come to rest pararseto lay to rest enterrarto set somebody's mind at rest tranquilizar a alguienrest cure cura de reposorest ['rɛst] vi1) repose: reposar, descansar2) relax: quedarse tranquilo3) stop: pararse, detenerse4) depend: basarse (en), descansar (sobre), depender (de)the decision rests with her: la decisión pesa sobre ella5)to rest on : apoyarse en, descansar sobreto rest on one's arm: apoyarse en el brazorest vt1) relax: descansar2) support: apoyar3)to rest one's eyes on : fijar la mirada enrest n1) relaxation, repose: reposo m, descanso m2) support: soporte m, apoyo m3) : silencio m (en música)4) remainder: resto m5)to come to rest : pararsen.• descanso s.m.• espera s.f.• feria s.f.• huelga s.f.• parada s.f.• pausa s.f.• paz s.f.• poso s.m.• reposo s.m.• restante s.m.• resto s.m.• silencio s.m.v.• apoyarse v.• descansar v.• quedar v.• reposar v.• sestear v.• sosegar v.rest
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1) noun2)a) c ( break) descanso mrest FROM something: I need a rest from cooking/work necesito descansar de la cocina/de mi trabajo; to give something a rest (colloq) dejar de hacer algo; give it a rest! — basta ya!, cambia de disco! (fam)
b) u ( relaxation) descanso m, reposo mtry to get some/a good night's rest — trata de descansar un poco/de dormir bien esta noche
to lay somebody to rest — (euph) enterrar* or (frml) dar* sepultura a alguien
to lay something to rest — enterrar* algo; (before n) <day, period> de descanso
3) u ( motionlessness) reposo mto come to rest — detenerse*
4) c ( support) apoyo m5) c ( Mus) silencio m6) ( remainder)the rest: the rest of the money el resto del dinero, el dinero restante; the rest of them have finished los demás han terminado; the rest of the children los demás niños, los otros niños; and all the rest of it — y todo eso, etcétera, etcétera
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1)a) ( relax) descansarto rest easy — estar* tranquilo
b) ( lie buried) (liter) descansar (liter)2)a) ( be supported)to rest ON something: his head rested on my shoulder tenía la cabeza recostada en or apoyada sobre mi hombro; the structure rests on eight massive pillars — la estructura descansa sobre ocho columnas gigantescas
b) (be based, depend)to rest ON something — \<\<argument/theory\>\> estar* basado or basarse en algo, descansar sobre algo
c) ( stop)to rest ON something/somebody — \<\<eyes/gaze\>\> detenerse* or (liter) posarse sobre algo/alguien
3)a) ( remain)let the matter rest — mejor no decir (or hacer etc) nada más
b) ( be responsibility of)to rest WITH somebody — \<\<responsibility\>\> recaer* sobre alguien
c) ( Law)the prosecution/defense rests — ha terminado el alegato del fiscal/de la defensa
2.
vt1) ( relax) descansarI stopped for a while to rest my feet/eyes — paré un rato para descansar los pies/ojos; case I 5)
2) ( place for support) apoyarshe rested her elbows on the table — apoyó or puso los codos sobre la mesa
•Phrasal Verbs:- rest up
I [rest]1. N1) (=repose) descanso mI need a rest — necesito descansar, me hace falta un descanso
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to be at rest — (=not moving) estar en reposo; euph (=dead) descansar•
I need a rest from gardening — me hace falta descansar de la jardinería•
try to get some rest — intenta descansar•
to give sth a rest — dejar algo (por un tiempo)give it a rest! * — ¡déjalo ya!, ¡vale ya! *
why don't you have or take a rest? — (=take a break) ¿por qué no te tomas un descanso?; (=lie down) ¿por qué no descansas un rato?
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to lay sb to rest — enterrar a algnbed 3., change 1., 1), mind 1., 1), wickedhis speech should lay those fears to rest — su discurso debería acabar con or enterrar esos temores
2) (Mus) silencio m3) (=support) apoyo m, soporte m ; (Billiards) soporte m ; (Telec) horquilla f2. VT1) (=give rest to) descansar•
to rest o.s. — descansar•
God rest his soul! — ¡Dios le acoja en su seno!2) (=support) apoyar (on en, sobre) ( against contra)3) (=settle)•
to rest one's eyes/ gaze on sth — posar la mirada en algo4) (Jur)I rest my case — concluyo mi alegato; (fig) hum he dicho
3. VI1) (=repose) descansarlaurel•
may he rest in peace — euph que en paz descanse2) (=lean, be supported) [person] apoyarse (on en); [roof, structure] estar sostenido (on por); (fig) [responsibility] pesar (on sobre)3) (=alight) [eyes, gaze] posarse4) (=depend, be based) [argument, case] basarse (on en); [sb's future] depender (on de)the future of the country rests on how we teach our children — el futuro del país depende de la enseñanza que demos a nuestros hijos
5) (=be, remain) quedarassure, easy 1., 2)•
the decision rests with her, it rests with her to decide — la decisión la tiene que tomar ella, ella es la que tiene que decidir, la decisión es suya6) (Theat)euph7) (Jur)the defence/prosecution rests — la defensa/el fiscal concluye su alegato
4.CPDrest area N — (Aut) área f de descanso
rest home N — residencia f de ancianos, asilo m (de ancianos)
rest period N — período m de descanso
(Aut) = rest arearest stop N — (=pause) parada f para descansar, parada f de descanso
- rest up
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[rest]Nthe rest — (=remainder) [of money, food, month] el resto; [of people, things] el resto, los/las demás
I'm taking the rest of the week off — me tomaré el resto or lo que queda de la semana libre
the dog ate the rest — el perro se comió el resto or lo que sobró
you go home - I'll do the rest — tú vete a casa, yo hago lo demás or lo que queda
I'll take half of the money - you keep the rest — yo me llevo la mitad del dinero, tú te quedas con el resto
the rest of the boys — los otros chicos, los demás chicos
the rest of them couldn't care less — a los demás or a los otros les trae sin cuidado
what shall we give the rest of them? — ¿qué les daremos a los otros?
the rest of the soldiers — los otros soldados, los demás soldados
all the rest of the books — todos los demás libros, todos los otros libros
it was just another grave like all the rest — no era más que otra tumba, como todas las demás or todas las otras
and all the rest (of it) * — etcétera, etcétera *
he was from a wealthy family, went to Eton, Oxford and all the rest of it — era de familia rica, estudió en Eton, Oxford etcétera, etcétera *
historyonly there did his age show, for the rest, he might have been under seventy — solo en eso se le notaba la edad, por lo demás, podía haber tenido menos de setenta años
* * *[rest]
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1) noun2)a) c ( break) descanso mrest FROM something: I need a rest from cooking/work necesito descansar de la cocina/de mi trabajo; to give something a rest (colloq) dejar de hacer algo; give it a rest! — basta ya!, cambia de disco! (fam)
b) u ( relaxation) descanso m, reposo mtry to get some/a good night's rest — trata de descansar un poco/de dormir bien esta noche
to lay somebody to rest — (euph) enterrar* or (frml) dar* sepultura a alguien
to lay something to rest — enterrar* algo; (before n) <day, period> de descanso
3) u ( motionlessness) reposo mto come to rest — detenerse*
4) c ( support) apoyo m5) c ( Mus) silencio m6) ( remainder)the rest: the rest of the money el resto del dinero, el dinero restante; the rest of them have finished los demás han terminado; the rest of the children los demás niños, los otros niños; and all the rest of it — y todo eso, etcétera, etcétera
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1)a) ( relax) descansarto rest easy — estar* tranquilo
b) ( lie buried) (liter) descansar (liter)2)a) ( be supported)to rest ON something: his head rested on my shoulder tenía la cabeza recostada en or apoyada sobre mi hombro; the structure rests on eight massive pillars — la estructura descansa sobre ocho columnas gigantescas
b) (be based, depend)to rest ON something — \<\<argument/theory\>\> estar* basado or basarse en algo, descansar sobre algo
c) ( stop)to rest ON something/somebody — \<\<eyes/gaze\>\> detenerse* or (liter) posarse sobre algo/alguien
3)a) ( remain)let the matter rest — mejor no decir (or hacer etc) nada más
b) ( be responsibility of)to rest WITH somebody — \<\<responsibility\>\> recaer* sobre alguien
c) ( Law)the prosecution/defense rests — ha terminado el alegato del fiscal/de la defensa
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vt1) ( relax) descansarI stopped for a while to rest my feet/eyes — paré un rato para descansar los pies/ojos; case I 5)
2) ( place for support) apoyarshe rested her elbows on the table — apoyó or puso los codos sobre la mesa
•Phrasal Verbs:- rest up -
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futplural - feet; noun1) (the part of the leg on which a person or animal stands or walks: My feet are very sore from walking so far.) fot2) (the lower part of anything: at the foot of the hill.) fot(stykke), sokkel3) ((plural often foot; often abbreviated to ft when written) a measure of length equal to twelve inches (30.48 cm): He is five feet/foot six inches tall; a four-foot wall.) engelsk fot•- footing- football
- foothill
- foothold
- footlight
- footman
- footmark
- footnote
- footpath
- footprint
- footsore
- footstep
- footwear
- follow in someone's footsteps
- foot the bill
- on foot
- put one's foot down
- put one's foot in itfot--------infanteriIsubst. (flertall: feet) \/fʊt\/, flertall: \/fiːt\/1) ( anatomi) fot2) ( overført) fot, nedre del, nederste del, underdel, fotende3) fot, stativ, sokkel4) ( måleenhet) fot (12 inches = omtrent 30,48 cm)5 fot 6 tommer (= 1,67 m)5 fot 6 tommer (= 1,67 m)5 fot høy (= 1,52 m)5) ( på symaskin) fot, trykkfot, labb6) versefot7) (militærvesen, tar verb i flertall) infanteri, fotfolk8) ( geometri) fotpunkt9) (flertall: foots) bunnfall, sediment10) (musikk, på orgel) pipefot11) (sjøfart, på seil) underlikat someone's feet for noens føtterbe on one's feet stå, reise seg være på beina, være frisk være på fote (økonomisk), greie segbe run off one's feet ( hverdagslig) ha mer enn nok å gjøre, være stressetcarry someone off one's feet kaste noen over ende ( overført) ta noen med storm, overvelde noen, gjøre noen helt henførtcatch someone on the wrong foot overraske noenfall\/land on one's feet komme (seg) ned på beinafeel one's feet eller find one's feet sette bein under seg, lære seg å gå ( overført) lære å stå på egne ben, finne seg til rette, få fotfestefleet of foot rask til bens, lett på fotenget off on the right\/wrong foot få en god\/dårlig startget\/have one's foot in eller get\/have a foot in the door ( overført) få en fot innenforget one's foot under the table bli husvarmget (up) on one's feet reise seg, stille seg opp (for å tale) ( overført) komme på fote, komme på rett kjølhave\/keep a foot in both camps stå med én fot i hver leirhave feet of clay ha en svak side, være svakt fundert, ha leirføtterhave one foot in the grave stå med ett ben i graven, ha ett ben i gravenhave one's feet \/ both feet planted firmly on the ground stå med begge føttene på jordahave\/know the length\/measure of someone's foot ( gammeldags) kjenne en persons svake siderhelp someone to his\/her\/their feet hjelpe noen på fote, hjelpe noen oppjump to one's feet springe oppkeep one's feet holde seg på beina, holde balansen, ikke falleknock someone off his\/her feet slå noen over ende, slå noen i bakken ( overført) overrumple noen fullstendigmy foot! særlig!, sludder!, pisspreik!• peace my foot!fred, du liksom! \/ og det kaller du fred?on foot til fots, gående i gang, i gjæreput a foot wrong gjøre noe galtput one's best foot foremost\/forward sette det lengste benet foranput one's feet up ( hverdagslig) sette seg ned, hvile seg, hvile bena, legge bena på bordetput\/set one's foot down være bestemt, si fra, protestere, nekte, slå i bordet, sette ned fotenput one's foot down (hverdagslig, om bil) gi gassput one's foot down with someone sette noen stolen for døren, presse noen til å ta en beslutningput one's foot in it trampe i klaveret, dumme\/tabbe seg ut, tråkke i salatenput one's foot in one's mouth (amer.) trampe i klaveret, dumme seg utrise to one's feet reise seg, stå opprush someone off their feet vippe noen av pinnen, bringe noen ut av fatningset foot in\/on sette sin fot i\/påset something on foot sette i gang noe, starte noeshoot oneself in the foot ( hverdagslig) skyte seg i foten, dumme seg grundig ut, gjøre det verre for seg selvsit at the feet of somebody eller sit at someone's feet ( spesielt overført) sitte ved noens føtter, sitte ved noens knestand on one's own two feet stå på egne beinstart to one's feet springe opptake one's feet in one's hand ta beina på nakkentread under foot ( overført) trampe på\/under føtteneunder foot se ➢ underfootIIverb \/fʊt\/1) sette ny fot i (strømpe)2) ( bankvesen) legge sammen, summere3) ( irsk) stable torvfoot it gå til fots, ta beina fatt, traske, strene danse, svinge seg i dansenfoot the bill betale regningen\/kalaset\/fornøyelsensitte igjen med ubehaget \/ måtte betale gildetfoot up summere, legge sammenfoot up to beløpe seg til -
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adverb1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) (hacia) abajo2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) al suelo3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) a través de los tiempos4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) abajo5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) abajo
2. preposition1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) abajo2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) hacia abajo3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) por
3. verb(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) tragarse rápidamente- downward- downwards
- downward
- down-and-out
- down-at-heel
- downcast
- downfall
- downgrade
- downhearted
- downhill
- downhill racing
- downhill skiing
- down-in-the-mouth
- down payment
- downpour
- downright
4. adjectiveHe is a downright nuisance!) total- downstream
- down-to-earth
- downtown
- downtown
- down-trodden
- be/go down with
- down on one's luck
- down tools
- down with
- get down to
- suit someone down to the ground
- suit down to the ground
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noun(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) plumón- downie®- downy
down adv prep abajodon't look down! ¡no mires hacia abajo!she walked down the road bajó la calle andando down también combina con muchos verbos. Aquí tienes algunos ejemplostr[daʊn]1 (on bird) plumón nombre masculino; (on peach) pelusa; (on body, face) vello, pelusilla; (on upper lip) bozo, pelusilla————————tr[daʊn]1 (to a lower level) (hacia) abajo2 (at a lower level) abajo■ can you see that cottage down below in the valley? ¿ves aquella casita allá abajo en el valle?3 (along) por5 (in time) a través de■ why don't you go and lie down? ¿por qué no te echas?2 (at lower level) abajo■ down here/there aquí/allí abajo4 (less - of price, quantity, volume, etc)■ sales are down by 10% las ventas han bajado un diez por ciento5 (on paper, in writing)6 (of money - to be paid at once in cash) al contado; (- out of pocket) menos1 (to a lower level- escalator) de bajada; (- train) que va hacia las afueras2 familiar (finished, dealt with) acabado,-a, hecho,-a■ seven down, three to go! ¡he hecho siete, faltan tres!3 (not in operation) no operativo,-a4 familiar (depressed) deprimido,-a1 (knock over, force to ground) derribar, tumbar1 (to dog) ¡quieto!\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLdown to (as far as) hastadown under (en) Australiadown with...! ¡abajo...!to be down on somebody tenerle ojeriza a alguiento be down to something quedar sólo algoto be/come/go down with something SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL estar con algoto down tools dejar de trabajarto have a down on somebody tenerle ojeriza a alguien, tenerle manía a alguiento keep food down retener comidato put something down dejar algo■ can you put that book down for a second? ¿puedes dejar ese libro un momento?to put the phone down colgardown ['daʊn] vt1) fell: tumbar, derribar, abatir2) defeat: derrotardown adv1) downward: hacia abajo2)to lie down : acostarse, echarse3)to put down (money) : pagar un depósito (de dinero)4)to sit down : sentarse5)to take down, to write down : apuntar, anotardown adj1) descending: de bajadathe down elevator: el ascensor de bajada2) reduced: reducido, rebajadoattendance is down: la concurrencia ha disminuido3) downcast: abatido, deprimidodown n: plumón mdown prep1) : (hacia) abajodown the mountain: montaña abajoI walked down the stairs: bajé por la escalera2) along: por, a lo largo dewe ran down the beach: corrimos por la playa3) : a través dedown the years: a través de los añosadj.• acostado, -a adj.• descendente adj.• triste adj.adv.• abajo adv.• bajo adv.• hacia abajo adv.n.• borra s.f.• plumón s.m.• vello s.m.prep.• abajo de prep.v.• derrocar v.
I daʊn1)a) ( in downward direction)to look down — mirar (hacia or para) abajo
down, boy! — abajo!
b) ( downstairs)can you come down? — ¿puedes bajar?
2)a) ( of position) abajodown here/there — aquí/allí (abajo)
down under — (colloq) en Australia
b) ( downstairs)I'm down in the cellar — estoy aquí abajo, en el sótano
c) (lowered, pointing downward) bajadod) ( in position)the carpet isn't down yet — aún no han puesto or colocado la alfombra
e) ( prostrate)3) (of numbers, volume, intensity)my temperature is down to 38° C — la fiebre me ha bajado a 38° C
4)a) (in, toward the south)to go/come down south/to London — ir*/venir* al sur/a Londres
b) (at, to another place) (esp BrE)5)a) (dismantled, removed)once this wall is down — una vez que hayan derribado esta pared; see also burn, cut, fall down
b) ( out of action)the system is down — ( Comput) el sistema no funciona
c) ( deflated)6) ( in writing)he's down for tomorrow at ten — está apuntado or anotado para mañana a las diez
she's down as unemployed — consta or figura como desempleada
7) ( hostile)to be down on somebody — (colloq)
my teacher's down on me at the moment — la maestra me tiene ojeriza, la maestra la ha agarrado conmigo (AmL fam)
8) down toa) ( as far as) hastab) ( reduced to)c) ( to be done by)
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1)a) ( in downward direction)b) ( at lower level)2)a) ( along)we drove on down the coast/the Mississippi — seguimos por la costa/a lo largo del Misisipí
b) ( further along)the library is just down the street — la biblioteca está un poco más allá or más adelante
c) (to, in) (BrE colloq)3) ( through)
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1) (before n) ( going downward)the down escalator — la escalera mecánica de bajada or para bajar
2) ( depressed) (colloq) (pred) deprimido
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1) ua) ( on bird) plumón mb) (on face, body) vello m, pelusilla fc) (on plant, fruit) pelusa f
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a) ( drink) beberse or tomarse rápidamenteb) ( knock down) \<\<person\>\> tumbar, derribar
I [daʊn] When down is an element in a phrasal verb, eg back down, glance down, play down, look up the verb.1. ADV1) (physical movement) abajo, hacia abajo; (=to the ground) a tierra•
to fall down — caerse•
I ran all the way down — bajé toda la distancia corriendo2) (static position) abajo; (=on the ground) por tierra, en tierrato be down — (Aer) haber aterrizado, estar en tierra; [person] haber caído, estar en tierra
he isn't down yet — (eg for breakfast) todavía no ha bajado
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down by the river — abajo en la ribera•
down on the shore — abajo en la playa3) (Geog)•
he came down from Glasgow to London — ha bajado or venido de Glasgow a Londresto go down under — (Brit) * (=to Australia) ir a Australia; (=to New Zealand) ir a Nueva Zelanda
4) (in writing)5) (in volume, degree, status)I'm £20 down — he perdido 20 libras
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I'm down to my last cigarette — me queda un cigarrillo nada más7) (=ill)8)down to: it's down to him — (=due to, up to) le toca a él, le incumbe a él
9) (as deposit)to pay £50 down — pagar un depósito de 50 libras, hacer un desembolso inicial de 50 libras
down with traitors! — ¡abajo los traidores!
11) (=completed etc)one down, five to go — uno en el bote y quedan cinco
12) (esp US)to be down on sb — tener manía or inquina a algn *
2. PREPlooking down this road, you can see... — mirando carretera abajo, se ve...
2) (=at a lower point on)he lives down the street (from us) — vive en esta calle, más abajo de nosotros
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face down — boca abajo3. ADJ1) (=depressed) deprimido2) (=not functioning)3) (Brit) [train, line] de bajada4. VT*1) [+ food] devorar; [+ drink] beberse (de un trago), tragarse2) [+ opponent] tirar al suelo, echar al suelo; [+ plane] derribar, abatir- down tools5.Nto have a down on sb — (Brit) * tenerle manía or inquina a algn *
6.CPDdown bow N — (Mus) descenso m de arco
down cycle N — (Econ) ciclo m de caída
down payment N — (Econ) (=initial payment) entrada f ; (=deposit) desembolso m inicial
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[daʊn]N (on bird) plumón m, flojel m ; (on face) bozo m ; (on body) vello m ; (on fruit) pelusa f ; (Bot) vilano m
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[daʊn]N (Geog) colina fthe Downs — (Brit) las Downs (colinas del sur de Inglaterra)
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I [daʊn]1)a) ( in downward direction)to look down — mirar (hacia or para) abajo
down, boy! — abajo!
b) ( downstairs)can you come down? — ¿puedes bajar?
2)a) ( of position) abajodown here/there — aquí/allí (abajo)
down under — (colloq) en Australia
b) ( downstairs)I'm down in the cellar — estoy aquí abajo, en el sótano
c) (lowered, pointing downward) bajadod) ( in position)the carpet isn't down yet — aún no han puesto or colocado la alfombra
e) ( prostrate)3) (of numbers, volume, intensity)my temperature is down to 38° C — la fiebre me ha bajado a 38° C
4)a) (in, toward the south)to go/come down south/to London — ir*/venir* al sur/a Londres
b) (at, to another place) (esp BrE)5)a) (dismantled, removed)once this wall is down — una vez que hayan derribado esta pared; see also burn, cut, fall down
b) ( out of action)the system is down — ( Comput) el sistema no funciona
c) ( deflated)6) ( in writing)he's down for tomorrow at ten — está apuntado or anotado para mañana a las diez
she's down as unemployed — consta or figura como desempleada
7) ( hostile)to be down on somebody — (colloq)
my teacher's down on me at the moment — la maestra me tiene ojeriza, la maestra la ha agarrado conmigo (AmL fam)
8) down toa) ( as far as) hastab) ( reduced to)c) ( to be done by)
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1)a) ( in downward direction)b) ( at lower level)2)a) ( along)we drove on down the coast/the Mississippi — seguimos por la costa/a lo largo del Misisipí
b) ( further along)the library is just down the street — la biblioteca está un poco más allá or más adelante
c) (to, in) (BrE colloq)3) ( through)
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1) (before n) ( going downward)the down escalator — la escalera mecánica de bajada or para bajar
2) ( depressed) (colloq) (pred) deprimido
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1) ua) ( on bird) plumón mb) (on face, body) vello m, pelusilla fc) (on plant, fruit) pelusa f
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a) ( drink) beberse or tomarse rápidamenteb) ( knock down) \<\<person\>\> tumbar, derribar -
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(to dismiss (someone) or to be dismissed (usually from a job): He got the boot for always being late.) despedir, ser puesto de patitas en la callegive vb1. darcan you give him a message? ¿le puedes dar un recado?2. regalarwhat did you give him? ¿qué le regalaste?tr[gɪv]1 (gen) dar■ you've given me a great idea! ¡me has dado una idea estupenda!■ his training gave him a good start in life su formación le proporcionó un buen comienzo en la vida2 (deliver, convey) dar, entregar■ could you give him a message? ¿le podrías dar un mensaje?3 (as a gift) dar, regalar4 (provide) dar, suministrar5 (pay) pagar, dar■ how much did you give for it? ¿cuánto pagó por ello?■ many people would give anything for a decent job mucha gente daría cualquier cosa por tener un buen empleo6 (perform a concert etc) dar; (speech) pronunciar7 (dedicate) dedicar, consagrar8 (cause) causar, ocasionar9 (yield) ceder, conceder■ I'll give you that it isn't easy le concedo que no es fácil, te doy la razón en que no es fácil1 (yield) ceder; (cloth, elastic) dar de sí\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLnot to give a damn importarle a uno un bledoto give evidence prestar declaraciónto give it all one's got dar lo mejor de síto give the game away descubrir el pastel'Give way' (road sign) "Ceda el paso"don't give me that! familiar ¡no me vengas con esas!give me... every time! familiar ¡para mí no hay nada como...!to give somebody one's support prestarle apoyo a alguiento give somebody up for dead dar por muerto,-a a alguienwhat gives? familiar ¿qué pasa?1) hand, present: dar, regalar, obsequiargive it to me: dámelothey gave him a gold watch: le regalaron un reloj de oro2) pay: dar, pagarI'll give you $10 for this one: te daré $10 por éste3) utter: dar, pronunciarto give a shout: dar un gritoto give a speech: pronunciar un discursoto give a verdict: dictar sentencia4) provide: darto give one's word: dar uno su palabrato give a party: dar una fiesta5) cause: dar, causar, ocasionarto give trouble: causar problemasto give someone to understand: darle a entender a alguien6) grant: dar, otorgarto give permission: dar permisogive vi1) : hacer regalos2) yield: ceder, romperseit gave under the weight of the crowd: cedió bajo el peso de la muchedumbre3)4)to give out : agotarse, acabarsethe supplies gave out: las provisiones se agotarongive nflexibility: flexibilidad f, elasticidad fn.• elasticidad s.f.expr.• criticar (a alguien) v.• hacer (a alguien) pasar mal expr.expr.• cantarle las cuarenta verdades* (a alguien) expr.• decir cuántas son cinco* expr.expr.• dar esquinazo* v.• lograr escaparse (de alguien) expr.• lograr zafarse (de alguien) expr.v.(§ p.,p.p.: gave, given) = dar v.(§pres: doy, das...) subj: dé-pret: di-•)• donar v.• entregar v.• obsequiar v.• ofrecer v.• ofrendar v.• otorgar v.• presentar v.• prestar v.• regalar v.• rendir v.
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1. gɪv2)a) (hand, pass) dar*give her/me/them a glass of water — dale/dame/dales un vaso de agua
b) ( as gift) regalar, obsequiar (frml)to give somebody a present — hacerle* un regalo a alguien, regalarle algo a alguien
c) ( donate) dar*, donarthey have given $100,000 for/toward a new music room — han dado or donado $100.000/han contribuido con $100.000 para una nueva sala de música
d) (dedicate, devote) \<\<love/affection\>\> dar*; \<\<attention\>\> prestarto give it all one's got — dar* lo mejor de sí
e) ( sacrifice) \<\<life\>\> dar*, entregar*f) \<\<injection/sedative\>\> dar*, administrar (frml)3)a) (supply, grant) \<\<protection\>\> dar*; \<\<help\>\> dar*, brindar; \<\<idea\>\> dar*give her something to do — dale algo que or para hacer
b) (allow, concede) \<\<opportunity/permission\>\> dar*, conceder (frml)given the choice, I'd... — si me dieran a elegir, yo...
he's a good worker, I'll give him that, but... — es muy trabajador, hay que reconocerlo, pero...
it would take us 15 months, give or take a week or two — nos llevaría unos 15 meses, semana más, semana menos
4)a) ( cause) \<\<pleasure/shock\>\> dar*; \<\<cough\>\> dar*don't give us your germs/cold! — no nos pegues tus microbios/tu resfriado! (fam)
b) ( yield) \<\<results/fruit\>\> dar*5)a) (award, allot) \<\<title/degree\>\> dar*, otorgar* (frml), conferir* (frml); \<\<authority/right\>\> dar*, otorgar* (frml), conceder (frml); \<\<contract\>\> dar*, adjudicar*; \<\<mark\>\> dar*, poner*the judge gave her five years — el juez le dio cinco años or la condenó a cinco años
b) ( entrust) \<\<task/responsibility\>\> dar*, confiar*6) (pay, exchange) dar*7) ( care) (colloq)I don't give a damn — me importa un bledo or un comino or un pepino (fam)
8)a) ( convey) \<\<apologies/news\>\> dar*please give my regards to your mother — dale recuerdos or (AmL tb) cariños a tu madre
she gave me to understand that... — me dio a entender que...
b) (state, reveal) \<\<information\>\> dar*9) (make sound, movement) \<\<cry/jump\>\> dar*, pegar* (fam); \<\<laugh\>\> soltar*to give somebody a kiss/a wink — darle* un beso a alguien/hacerle* un guiño a alguien
why not give it a try? — por qué no pruebas or lo intentas?
10) ( indicate) \<\<speed/temperature\>\> señalar, marcar*11)a) ( hold) \<\<party/dinner\>\> dar*, ofrecer* (frml)b) \<\<concert\>\> dar*; \<\<speech\>\> decir*, pronunciar
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vi1)a) ( yield under pressure) ceder, dar* de síb) (break, give way) \<\<planks/branch\>\> romperse*2) ( make gift) dar*to give to charity — dar* dinero a organizaciones de caridad
•Phrasal Verbs:- give in- give off- give out- give up
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mass noun elasticidad f[ɡɪv] (pt gave) (pp given)1. TRANSITIVE VERBWhen give is part of a set combination, eg give evidence, give a lecture, give a party, give a yawn, look up the other word.1) [+ possession, object] dar; (for special occasion) regalar, obsequiar frm; [+ title, honour, award, prize] dar, otorgar frm; [+ organ, blood] dar, donar; (Scol) [+ mark] ponerhe was given a gold watch when he retired — le regalaron or frm obsequiaron un reloj de oro cuando se jubiló
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he gave her a dictionary for her birthday — le regaló un diccionario por su cumpleañoshe was given an award for bravery — le dieron or otorgaron un galardón por su valentía
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to give sb a penalty — (Sport) conceder un penalti or penalty a algn•
to give o.s to sb — entregarse a algn2) (=pass on) [+ message] dar; [+ goods, document] dar, entregar more frm ; [+ illness] contagiar, pegar *give them my regards or best wishes — dales saludos de mi parte
can you give Mary the keys when you see her? — ¿puedes darle las llaves a Mary cuando la veas?
to give sb a cold — contagiar el resfriado a algn, pegar el resfriado a algn *
to give sth into sb's hands — liter entregar or confiar algo a algn
3) (=offer) [+ party, dinner] darto give a party for sb — dar or ofrecer una fiesta en honor de algn
why don't you give them melon to start with? — ¿por qué no les das melón para empezar?
we can give them cava to drink — podemos darles cava para or de beber
what can I give him to eat/for dinner? — ¿qué puedo hacerle para comer/cenar?
4) (=provide) [+ money, information, idea] dar; [+ task] dar, confiarcan you give him something to do? — ¿puedes darle algo para hacer?
give or take... —
12 o'clock, give or take a few minutes — más o menos las doce
in A.D. 500 give or take a few years — aproximadamente en el año 500 después de J.C.
5) (=cause) [+ shock, surprise] dar, causar; [+ pain] causar, provocar•
it gives me great pleasure to welcome you all — es un gran placer para mí darles la bienvenida a todosto give sb a kick/push — dar una patada/un empujón a algn
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to give sb to believe that... — hacer creer a algn que...I was given to believe that... — me hicieron creer que...
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to give sb to understand that... — dar a entender a algn que...6) (=grant, allow)a) [+ permission] dar, conceder; [+ chance, time] darcan't you give me another week? — ¿no me puedes dar otra semana?
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he's honest, I give you that — es honrado, lo reconozcob) * (predicting future)how long would you give that marriage? — ¿cuánto tiempo crees que durará ese matrimonio?
7) (=dedicate) [+ life, time] dedicar8) (=sacrifice) [+ life] dar9) (=pay) darwhat will you give me for it? — ¿qué me das por ello?
how much did you give for it? — ¿cuánto diste or pagaste por él?
10) (=put through to) poner concould you give me Mr Smith/extension 3443? — ¿me podría poner con el Sr. Smith/con la extensión 3443?
11) (=punish with)to give it to sb * — (=beat) dar una paliza a algn; (verbally) poner a algn como un trapo *
12) (=present) presentar aladies and gentlemen, I give you our guest speaker this evening,... — damas y caballeros, les presento a nuestro conferenciante de esta noche,...
13) (in toast)14) (=produce, supply) [+ milk, fruit] dar, producir; [+ light, heat] dar; [+ result] arrojar; [+ help, advice] dar, proporcionarit gives 6% a year — rinde un 6% al año
to give the right/wrong answer — dar la respuesta correcta/equivocada
if I may give an example — si se me permite dar or poner un ejemplo
16) (=care)I don't give a damn * — me importa un comino or un bledo *
17) (=make) [+ speech] dar, pronunciar frm; [+ lecture, concert] dar18)•
to give way —a) (=collapse) [bridge, beam, floor, ceiling] ceder, hundirse; [cable, rope] romperse; [legs] flaquearthe chair gave way under his weight — la silla no soportó su peso, la silla cedió bajo su peso
b) (=break) [rope] rompersec)to give way (to sth) — (=be replaced) ser reemplazado (por algo); (to demands) ceder (a algo); (to traffic) ceder el paso (a algo)
give way — (Brit) (Aut) ceda el paso
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don't give me that! * — ¡no me vengas con esas! *•
I'll give you something to cry about! * — ¡ya te daré yo razones para llorar!holidays? I'll give you holidays! * — ¿vacaciones? ya te voy a dar yo a ti vacaciones *, ¿vacaciones? ¡ni vacaciones ni narices! *
he wants £100? I'll give him £100! * — ¿que quiere 100 libras? ¡ni cien libras ni nada!
I'll give him what for! * — ¡se va a enterar! *
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give me the old songs! — ¡para mí las canciones viejas!give me a gas cooker every time! * — ¡prefiero mil veces una cocina de gas!
children? give me dogs any time! — ¿niños? ¡prefiero mucho antes un perro!
2. INTRANSITIVE VERB1) darplease give generously — por favor, sean generosos
to give to charity — hacer donativos a organizaciones benéficas, dar dinero a organizaciones benéficas
- give as good as one gets2) (=give way)a) (=collapse) [bridge, beam, floor, ceiling] ceder, hundirse; [knees] flaquearthe chair gave under his weight — la silla cedió bajo su peso, la silla no soportó su peso
b) (=break) [rope] rompersec) (=yield) [door] ceder3) (US)*what gives? — ¿qué pasa?, ¿qué se cuece por ahí? *
3.NOUN (=flexibility) [of material] elasticidad fthere's a lot of give in this chair/bed — esta silla/cama es muy mullida
how much give has there been on their side? — ¿cuánto han cedido ellos?
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give and take, you won't achieve an agreement without a bit of give and take — no vais a conseguir un acuerdo sin hacer concesiones mutuas- give in- give off- give out- give up* * *
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1. [gɪv]2)a) (hand, pass) dar*give her/me/them a glass of water — dale/dame/dales un vaso de agua
b) ( as gift) regalar, obsequiar (frml)to give somebody a present — hacerle* un regalo a alguien, regalarle algo a alguien
c) ( donate) dar*, donarthey have given $100,000 for/toward a new music room — han dado or donado $100.000/han contribuido con $100.000 para una nueva sala de música
d) (dedicate, devote) \<\<love/affection\>\> dar*; \<\<attention\>\> prestarto give it all one's got — dar* lo mejor de sí
e) ( sacrifice) \<\<life\>\> dar*, entregar*f) \<\<injection/sedative\>\> dar*, administrar (frml)3)a) (supply, grant) \<\<protection\>\> dar*; \<\<help\>\> dar*, brindar; \<\<idea\>\> dar*give her something to do — dale algo que or para hacer
b) (allow, concede) \<\<opportunity/permission\>\> dar*, conceder (frml)given the choice, I'd... — si me dieran a elegir, yo...
he's a good worker, I'll give him that, but... — es muy trabajador, hay que reconocerlo, pero...
it would take us 15 months, give or take a week or two — nos llevaría unos 15 meses, semana más, semana menos
4)a) ( cause) \<\<pleasure/shock\>\> dar*; \<\<cough\>\> dar*don't give us your germs/cold! — no nos pegues tus microbios/tu resfriado! (fam)
b) ( yield) \<\<results/fruit\>\> dar*5)a) (award, allot) \<\<title/degree\>\> dar*, otorgar* (frml), conferir* (frml); \<\<authority/right\>\> dar*, otorgar* (frml), conceder (frml); \<\<contract\>\> dar*, adjudicar*; \<\<mark\>\> dar*, poner*the judge gave her five years — el juez le dio cinco años or la condenó a cinco años
b) ( entrust) \<\<task/responsibility\>\> dar*, confiar*6) (pay, exchange) dar*7) ( care) (colloq)I don't give a damn — me importa un bledo or un comino or un pepino (fam)
8)a) ( convey) \<\<apologies/news\>\> dar*please give my regards to your mother — dale recuerdos or (AmL tb) cariños a tu madre
she gave me to understand that... — me dio a entender que...
b) (state, reveal) \<\<information\>\> dar*9) (make sound, movement) \<\<cry/jump\>\> dar*, pegar* (fam); \<\<laugh\>\> soltar*to give somebody a kiss/a wink — darle* un beso a alguien/hacerle* un guiño a alguien
why not give it a try? — por qué no pruebas or lo intentas?
10) ( indicate) \<\<speed/temperature\>\> señalar, marcar*11)a) ( hold) \<\<party/dinner\>\> dar*, ofrecer* (frml)b) \<\<concert\>\> dar*; \<\<speech\>\> decir*, pronunciar
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vi1)a) ( yield under pressure) ceder, dar* de síb) (break, give way) \<\<planks/branch\>\> romperse*2) ( make gift) dar*to give to charity — dar* dinero a organizaciones de caridad
•Phrasal Verbs:- give in- give off- give out- give up
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get [get]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = have, receive, obtain) avoir━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Some get + noun combinations may take a more specific French verb.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• first I need to get a better idea of the situation je dois d'abord me faire une meilleure idée de la situation► have/has got• how many have you got? combien en avez-vous ?• I've got it! ( = have safely) (ça y est) je l'ai !• you're okay, I've got you! ne t'en fais pas, je te tiens !b. ( = find) trouver• it's difficult to get a hotel room in August c'est difficile de trouver une chambre d'hôtel en août• you get different kinds of... on trouve plusieurs sortes de...c. ( = buy) acheter• where do they get their raw materials? où est-ce qu'ils achètent leurs matières premières ?d. ( = fetch, pick up) aller chercher• can you get my coat from the cleaners? est-ce que tu peux aller chercher mon manteau au pressing ?• can I get you a drink? est-ce que je peux vous offrir quelque chose ?e. ( = take) prendref. ( = call in) appelerg. ( = prepare) préparerh. ( = catch) [+ disease, fugitive] attraper ; [+ name, details] comprendre• we'll get them yet! on leur revaudra ça !• he'll get you for that! qu'est-ce que tu vas prendre ! (inf)• you've got it in one! (inf) tu as tout compris !• let me get this right, you're saying that... alors, si je comprends bien, tu dis que...j. ( = answer) can you get the phone? est-ce que tu peux répondre ?• I'll get it! j'y vais !► to get + adjective━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► This construction is often translated by a verb alone. Look up the relevant adjective.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• when do you think you'll get it finished? ( = when will you finish it) quand penses-tu avoir fini ?• you can't get anything done round here ( = do anything) il est impossible de travailler ici► to get sb/sth to do sth━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• to get sth going [+ machine] faire marcher qch► to get sb/sth somewhere• how can we get it home? comment faire pour l'apporter à la maison ?• to get sth upstairs monter qch► to get sb/sth + preposition• to get o.s. into a difficult position se mettre dans une situation délicate• how do you get there? comment fait-on pour y aller ?• can you get there from London by bus? est-ce qu'on peut y aller de Londres en bus ?• what time do you get to Sheffield? à quelle heure arrivez-vous à Sheffield ?► to get + adverb/preposition• how did that box get here? comment cette boîte est-elle arrivée ici ?• what's got into him? qu'est-ce qui lui prend ?• now we're getting somewhere! (inf) enfin du progrès !• how's your thesis going? -- I'm getting there où en es-tu avec ta thèse ? -- ça avance• where did you get to? où étais-tu donc passé ?• where can he have got to? où est-il passé ?• where have you got to? (in book, work) où en êtes-vous ?► to get + adjective━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► This construction is often translated by a verb alone.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• how stupid can you get? il faut vraiment être stupide !• to get used to sth/to doing s'habituer à qch/à faire► to get + past participle (passive)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Reflexive verbs are used when the sense is not passive.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► to get to + infinitive• students only get to use the library between 2pm and 8pm les étudiants ne peuvent utiliser la bibliothèque qu'entre 14 heures et 20 heures► have got to + infinitive ( = must)• have you got to go and see her? est-ce que vous êtes obligé d'aller la voir ?• you've got to be joking! tu plaisantes !► to get + -ing ( = begin)• I got to thinking that... (inf) je me suis dit que...3. compounds• he's got lots of get-up-and-go il est très dynamique ► get-well card noun carte f de vœux (pour un prompt rétablissement)a. ( = move about) se déplacer• he gets about with a stick/on crutches il marche avec une canne/des béquilles• she gets about quite well despite her handicap elle arrive assez bien à se déplacer malgré son handicapb. ( = travel) voyagerc. [news] circuler• the story had got about that... des rumeurs circulaient selon lesquelles...• it has got about that... le bruit court que...• I don't want it to get about je ne veux pas que ça s'ébruite► get above inseparable transitive verb• to get above o.s. avoir la grosse tête (inf)• you're getting above yourself! pour qui te prends-tu ?► get across[person crossing] traverser ; [meaning, message] passer• the message is getting across that people must... les gens commencent à comprendre qu'il faut...b. ( = manage) se débrouiller• to get along without sth/sb se débrouiller sans qch/qnc. ( = progress) [work] avancer ; [student, invalid] faire des progrèsd. ( = be on good terms) (bien) s'entendre→ get about→ get rounda. [+ object, person, place] atteindreb. [+ facts, truth] découvrirc. ( = suggest) what are you getting at? où voulez-vous en venir ?d. (British) ( = attack) s'en prendre àa. ( = leave) partir• we are not going to be able to get away this year nous n'allons pas pouvoir partir en vacances cette année• get away (with you)! (inf) à d'autres !b. ( = escape) s'échapper• she moved here to get away from the stress of city life elle est venue s'installer ici pour échapper au stress de la vie citadine• he went to the Bahamas to get away from it all il est allé aux Bahamas pour laisser tous ses problèmes derrière lui( = suffer no consequences)• you'll never get away with that! on ne te laissera pas passer ça ! (inf)a. ( = return) revenir• let's get back to why you didn't come yesterday revenons à la question de savoir pourquoi vous n'êtes pas venu hier• can I get back to you on that? (inf) puis-je vous recontacter à ce sujet ? ; (on phone) puis-je vous rappeler à ce sujet ?b. ( = move backwards) reculer• get back! reculez !a. ( = recover) [+ sth lent, sth lost, stolen] récupérer ; [+ strength] reprendre ; [+ one's husband, partner] faire revenirb. ( = return) rendre• I'll get it back to you as soon as I can je vous le rendrai dès que possible► get back at (inf) inseparable transitive verb( = retaliate against) prendre sa revanche sura. ( = pass) passerb. ( = manage) arriver à s'en sortir (inf)• may I get down? (at table) est-ce que je peux sortir de table ?• get down! ( = climb down) descends ! ; ( = lie down) couche-toi !c. ( = make note of) noterd. ( = depress) déprimer• when you get down to it there's not much difference between them en y regardant de plus près il n'y a pas grande différence entre euxa. [person] ( = enter) entrer ; ( = be admitted to university, school) être admis• do you think we'll get in? tu crois qu'on réussira à entrer ?b. ( = arrive) [train, bus, plane] arriverc. ( = be elected) [member] être élu ; [party] accéder au pouvoira. [+ harvest] rentrer• did you get your essay in on time? as-tu rendu ta dissertation à temps ?b. ( = buy) acheterc. ( = fit in) glisser• he managed to get in a game of golf il a réussi à trouver le temps de faire une partie de golf► get into inseparable transitive verba. ( = enter) [+ house, park] entrer dans ; [+ car, train] monter dans• to get into the way of doing sth ( = make a habit of) prendre l'habitude de faire qchb. [+ clothes] mettre• I can't get into these jeans any more je ne peux plus rentrer dans ce jean► get in with inseparable transitive verba. ( = gain favour of) (réussir à) se faire bien voir deb. ( = become friendly with) se mettre à fréquenter• he got in with local drug dealers il s'est mis à fréquenter les trafiquants de drogue du quartier► get off• to get off to a good start [project, discussion] bien partirc. ( = escape) s'en tirerd. ( = leave work) finir ; ( = take time off) se libérera. [+ bus, train] descendre deb. [+ clothes, shoes] enleverc. ( = dispatch) I'll phone you once I've got the children off to school je t'appellerai une fois que les enfants seront partis à l'écoled. ( = save from punishment) faire acquittera. to get off a bus/a bike descendre d'un bus/de vélo• get off the floor! levez-vous !b. ( = be excused) (inf) to get off gym se faire dispenser des cours de gym► get off with (inf) inseparable transitive verb► get onb. ( = advance, make progress) avancer• how are you getting on? comment ça marche ? (inf)• how did you get on? comment ça s'est passé ?c. ( = succeed) réussir• if you want to get on, you must... si tu veux réussir, tu dois...d. ( = agree) s'entendre( = put on) [+ clothes, shoes] mettrea. ( = get in touch with) se mettre en rapport avec ; ( = speak to) parler à ; ( = ring up) téléphoner àb. ( = start talking about) aborder• we got on to (the subject of) money nous avons abordé la question de l'argent► get on with inseparable transitive verba. ( = continue) continuer• while they talked she got on with her work pendant qu'ils parlaient, elle a continué à travaillerb. ( = start on) se mettre à• I'd better get on with the job! il faut que je m'y mette !► get out• get out! sortez !• let's get out of here! sortons d'ici !b. ( = escape) s'échapper (of de)• you'll have to do it, you can't get out of it il faut que tu le fasses, tu ne peux pas y échapper• some people will do anything to get out of paying taxes certaines personnes feraient n'importe quoi pour éviter de payer des impôts• he's trying to get out of going to the funeral il essaie de trouver une excuse pour ne pas aller à l'enterrementc. [news] se répandre ; [secret] être éventé• wait till the news gets out! attends que la nouvelle soit ébruitée !a. ( = bring out) [+ object] sortirb. ( = remove) [+ nail, tooth] arracher ; [+ stain] enleverc. ( = free) [+ person] faire sortirb. ( = recover from) to get over an illness se remettre d'une maladie• I can't get over the fact that... je n'en reviens pas que... + subja. [+ person, animal, vehicle] faire passerb. ( = communicate) faire comprendre ; [+ ideas] communiquer► get over with separable transitive verb( = have done with) en finir• I was glad to get the injections over with j'étais content d'en avoir fini avec ces piqûres► get round= get abouta. [+ obstacle, difficulty, law] contourner• I don't think I'll get round to it before next week je ne pense pas trouver le temps de m'en occuper avant la semaine prochaine► get throughb. ( = be accepted, pass) [candidate] être reçu ; [motion, bill] passer• I phoned you several times but couldn't get through je t'ai appelé plusieurs fois mais je n'ai pas pu t'avoird. ( = communicate with) to get through to sb communiquer avec qna. [+ hole, window] passer par ; [+ hedge] passer à travers ; [+ crowd] se frayer un chemin à traversb. ( = do) [+ work] faire ; [+ book] lire (en entier)• we get through £150 per week nous dépensons 150 livres par semained. ( = survive) how are they going to get through the winter? comment vont-ils passer l'hiver ?• we couldn't get through a day without arguing pas un jour ne se passait sans que nous ne nous disputionsa. [+ person, object] faire passer• to get the message through to sb that... faire comprendre à qn que...• this is the only place where villagers can get together c'est le seul endroit où les gens du village peuvent se réunir[+ people, ideas, money] rassembler ; [+ group] former( = pass underneath) passer par-dessous• to get under a fence/a rope passer sous une barrière/une corde► get up• what time did you get up? à quelle heure t'es-tu levé ?b. (on a chair, on stage) montera. we eventually got the truck up the hill on a finalement réussi à faire monter le camion jusqu'en haut de la côtea. ( = catch up with) rattraperb. ( = reach) arriver à• where did we get up to last week? où en sommes-nous arrivés la semaine dernière ?• do you realize what they've been getting up to? tu sais ce qu'ils ont trouvé le moyen de faire ?• what have you been getting up to lately? qu'est-ce que tu deviens ?* * *Note: This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeunerget is used in many idiomatic expressions ( to get something off one's chest etc) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc). This is also true of offensive comments ( get lost etc) where the appropriate entry would be lostRemember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else ( to get a room painted etc) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive ( faire repeindre une pièce etc)When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc) as a single verb often suffices ( s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc)For examples and further uses of get see the entry below[get] 1.1) ( receive) recevoir [letter, grant]; recevoir, percevoir [salary, pension]; Television, Radio capter [channel]2) ( inherit)to get something from somebody — lit hériter quelque chose de quelqu'un [article, money]; fig tenir quelque chose de quelqu'un [trait, feature]
3) ( obtain) ( by applying) obtenir [permission, divorce, licence]; trouver [job]; ( by contacting) trouver [plumber]; appeler [taxi]; ( by buying) acheter [item] ( from chez); avoir [ticket]to get something for nothing/at a discount — avoir quelque chose gratuitement/avec une réduction
to get somebody something —
to get something for somebody — ( by buying) acheter quelque chose à quelqu'un
4) ( subscribe to) acheter [newspaper]5) ( acquire) se faire [reputation]6) ( achieve) obtenir [grade, mark, answer]he got it right — ( of calculation) il a obtenu le bon résultat; ( of answer) il a répondu juste
7) ( fetch) chercher [object, person, help]to get somebody something —
8) (manoeuvre, move)to get somebody/something upstairs/downstairs — faire monter/descendre quelqu'un/quelque chose
can you get between the truck and the wall? — est-ce que tu peux te glisser entre le camion et le mur?
9) ( help progress)10) ( contact)11) ( deal with)I'll get it — ( of phone) je réponds; ( of doorbell) j'y vais
12) ( prepare) préparer [breakfast, lunch etc]13) ( take hold of) attraper [person] (by par)I've got you, don't worry — je te tiens, ne t'inquiète pas
to get something from ou off — prendre quelque chose sur [shelf, table]
to get something from ou out of — prendre quelque chose dans [drawer, cupboard]
14) (colloq) ( oblige to give)to get something from ou out of somebody — faire sortir quelque chose à quelqu'un [money]; fig obtenir quelque chose de quelqu'un [truth]
15) (colloq) ( catch) gen arrêter [escapee]got you! — gen je t'ai eu!; ( caught in act) vu!
16) Medicine attraper [disease]17) ( use as transport) prendre [bus, train]18) ( have)to have got — avoir [object, money, friend etc]
19) ( start to have)to get (hold of) the idea ou impression that — se mettre dans la tête que
20) ( suffer)21) ( be given as punishment) prendre [five years etc]; avoir [fine]22) ( hit)to get somebody/something with — toucher quelqu'un/quelque chose avec [stone, arrow]
23) (understand, hear) comprendrenow let me get this right... — alors si je comprends bien...
‘where did you hear that?’ - ‘I got it from Paul’ — ‘où est-ce que tu as entendu ça?’ - ‘c'est Paul qui me l'a dit’
24) (colloq) (annoy, affect)what gets me is... — ce qui m'agace c'est que...
25) (learn, learn of)to get to do — (colloq) finir par faire
how did you get to know ou hear of our organization? — comment avez-vous entendu parler de notre organisation?
26) ( have opportunity)to get to do — avoir l'occasion de faire, pouvoir faire
27) ( start)to get to doing — (colloq) commencer à faire
then I got to thinking that... — puis je me suis dit que...
28) ( must)to have got to do — devoir faire [homework, chore]
you've got to realize that... — il faut que tu te rendes compte que...
29) ( persuade)30) ( have somebody do)31) ( cause)2.1) ( become) devenir [suspicious, old]how lucky/stupid can you get! — il y en a qui ont de la chance/qui sont vraiment stupides!
2) ( forming passive)3) ( become involved in)to get into — (colloq) ( as hobby) se mettre à; ( as job) commencer dans; fig
4) ( arrive)how did you get here? — ( by what miracle) comment est-ce que tu es arrivé là?; ( by what means) comment est-ce que tu es venu?
5) ( progress)6) (colloq) ( put on)to get into — mettre, enfiler (colloq) [pyjamas, overalls]
•Phrasal Verbs:- get at- get away- get back- get by- get down- get in- get into- get off- get on- get onto- get out- get over- get up••get along with you! — (colloq) ne sois pas ridicule!
get away with you! — (colloq) arrête de raconter n'importe quoi! (colloq)
I'll get you (colloq) for that — je vais te le faire payer (colloq)
he's got it bad — (colloq) il est vraiment mordu
to get it together — (colloq) se ressaisir
to get with it — (colloq) se mettre dans le coup (colloq)
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noun1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) luz2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) luz, lámpara3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) fuego4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) perspectiva
2. adjective1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) claro, luminoso2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) claro
3. lit verb1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) iluminar2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) encender•- lighten- lighter- lighting
- lighthouse
- light-year
- bring to light
- come to light
- in the light of
- light up
- see the light
- set light to
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1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) ligero2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) leve3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) ligero4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) más ligero5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) ligero6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) ágil7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) ligero8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) fino9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) arenoso•- lightly- lighten- light-headed
- light-hearted
- lightweight
- get off lightly
- make light of
- travel light
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= light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb(to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.)light1 adj1. claro2. ligero / que pesa poco3. luminoso / claro4. suavelight2 n1. luz2. fuegohave you got a light? ¿tienes fuego?light3 vb1. encender / prender2. iluminar / alumbrar
light /lajt/ adjetivo invariable ‹ cigarrillos› low-tar; ‹ alimentos› low-calorie; ‹ refresco› diet ( before n)
light adj inv (cigarrillos) fuma Camel Light(tm), he smokes Camel Lights(tm) ' light' also found in these entries: Spanish: aeroplano - alumbrar - amanecer - año - aplique - avioneta - barrio - bombilla - buena - bueno - caballería - candela - cegador - cegadora - clara - claridad - claro - contraluz - deslumbrar - disco - duermevela - encender - enfocar - esclarecer - foco - fotómetro - fuego - iluminar - interruptor - leve - ligera - ligero - lumbre - luminosa - luminoso - luz - penumbra - piloto - pluma - precisa - preciso - prender - semáforo - sueño - tenue - tonadilla - trasluz - vaporosa - vaporoso - velomotor English: beam - blink - chink - deflect - fall - feather - flash - flicker - fluorescent light - go on - hand - infrared - light - light bulb - light switch - light up - light year - light-headed - light-hearted - off - pilot light - red light - red light district - see - shed - sleeper - strip light - tail-light - tone - traffic light - traffic lights - warning light - watt - absorb - admit - beacon - blind - block - bright - brighten - brilliant - bulb - candle - cast - come - dark - day - dazzle - dazzling - diettr[laɪt]■ as light as a feather ligero,-a como una pluma2 (sentence, wound) leve3 (head) mareado,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be light on something familiar andar mal de algoto be light on one's feet ser ligero,-a de piesto have light fingers tener los dedos largos, tener los dedos rápidosto make light of something dar poca importancia a algoto travel light viajar con poco equipajewith a light heart con el corazón alegrelight aircraft avionetalight ale cerveza claralight opera operetalight reading lectura fácil————————tr[laɪt]————————tr[laɪt]1 (gen) luz nombre femenino3 (for cigarette, fire) fuego■ could you give me a light, please? ¿tiene fuego, por favor?1 (ignite) encender2 (illuminate) iluminar, alumbrar1 encenderse1 (colour) claro,-a; (complexion) blanco,-a2 (bright) con mucha claridad\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLaccording to one's own lights formal use según su propio criterioin (the) light of SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL en vista de, teniendo en cuentato bring something to light sacar algo a la luzto come to light salir a luzto go out like a light familiar quedarse roqueto see the light at the end of the tunnel ver la luz al final del túnelto see things in a new light ver las cosas bajo otro aspectoto shed light on something aclarar algo, arrojar luz sobre algoto show somebody in a bad light hacer quedar mal a alguiento throw light on something aclarar algo, arrojar luz sobre algolight bulb bombillalight industry industria ligeralight meter fotómetrolight year año luz1) illuminate: iluminar, alumbrar2) ignite: encender, prenderle fuego alight vi: encenderse, prender1) land, settle: posarse2) dismount: bajarse, apearselight ['laɪt] adv1) lightly: suavemente, ligeramente2)to travel light : viajar con poco equipajelight adj1) lightweight: ligero, liviano, poco pesado2) easy: fácil, ligero, livianolight reading: lectura fácillight work: trabajo liviano3) gentle, mild: fino, suave, levea light breeze: una brisa suavea light rain: una lluvia fina4) frivolous: de poca importancia, superficial5) bright: bien iluminado, claro6) pale: claro (dícese de los colores), rubio (dícese del pelo)light n1) illumination: luz f2) daylight: luz f del día3) dawn: amanecer m, madrugada f4) lamp: lámpara fto turn on off the light: apagar la luz5) aspect: aspecto min a new light: con otros ojosin the light of: en vista de, a la luz de6) match: fósforo m, cerillo m7)to bring to light : sacar a (la) luzadj.• airoso, -a adj.• blondo, -a adj.• claro, -a adj.• ingrávido, -a adj.• leve adj.• ligero, -a adj.• liviano, -a adj.• luz adj.• rubio, -a adj.• suelto, -a adj.• sutil adj.• tenue adj.n.• candela s.f.• claro s.m.• fuego s.m.• lumbre s.f.• lumbrera s.f.• luz s.f.• lámpara s.f.v.(§ p.,p.p.: lit) = alumbrar v.• brillar v.• cebar v.• encender v.laɪt
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1) u luz flight and shade — luz y sombra; ( Art) claroscuro m
hold it up to the light — ponlo al trasluz or a contraluz
in o by the cold light of day it didn't seem such a good idea — al pensarlo mejor or en frío, no parecía tan buena idea
at first light — al clarear (el día), con las primeras luces
to bring something to light — sacar* algo a la luz
to come to light — salir* a la luz
to hide one's light under a bushel — ser* modesto
to see the light — abrir* los ojos, comprender las cosas
to see (the) light at the end of the tunnel — vislumbrar el fin de sus (or mis etc) problemas
to see the light (of day) — ver* la luz (del día)
to throw o cast o shed light on something — arrojar luz sobre algo; (before n)
light meter — fotómetro m
2) ca) ( source of light) luz f; ( lamp) lámpara fto turn the light off — apagar* la luz
to turn the light on — encender* or (AmL tb) prender or (Esp tb) dar* la luz
warning light — señal f luminosa
to go out like a light — (colloq) ( become unconscious) caer(se)* redondo; ( fall asleep) dormirse* como un tronco, caer* como piedra (AmL fam); (before n)
b) (of car, bicycle) luz fc) ( traffic light) semáforo m3)a) ( aspect) (no pl)to see something/somebody in a good/bad/new o different light — ver* algo/a alguien con buenos/malos/otros ojos
b)in the light of o (AmE also) in light of — (as prep) a la luz de, en vista de
4) c ( for igniting)have you got a light? — ¿tienes fuego?
to put a o set light to something — prender fuego a algo
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1) adjective -er, -estit's lighter than the other one — pesa menos que el otro, es más ligero or (esp AmL) liviano que el otro
she's a very light sleeper — tiene el sueño muy ligero or (esp AmL) liviano
3)a) ( Meteo) <breeze/wind> suavelight rain — llovizna f
b) ( sparse)the losses were fairly light — las pérdidas fueron de poca consideración or de poca monta
c) ( not strenuous) <work/duties> ligero, liviano (esp AmL)d) ( not severe) < sentence> leve4) ( not serious) <music/comedy/reading> ligeroto make light of something — quitarle or restarle importancia a algo
5)a) ( pale) <green/brown> clarob) ( bright)it gets light very early these days — ahora amanece or aclara muy temprano
it's already light — ya es de día, ya está claro
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1) (past & past p lighted or lit) ( set alight) encender*, prender2) (past & past p lit) ( illuminate) \<\<room/scene\>\> iluminardimly/brightly lit — poco/muy iluminado
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Phrasal Verbs:- light up
I [laɪt] (vb: pt, pp lit or lighted)1. N1) (=not darkness) luz fshe was sitting with her back to the light or with the light behind her — estaba sentada de espaldas a la luz
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against the light — al trasluzto hold sth against the light — acercar algo a la luz, mirar algo al trasluz
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by the light of the moon/a candle — a la luz de la luna/de una vela•
at first light — al rayar el día•
you're (standing) in my light — me quitas la luz, me haces sombra•
to hold sth up to the light — acercar algo a la luz, mirar algo al trasluz- see a light at the end of the tunnel- bring sth to light- shed or throw or cast light on sth- come to light- light dawned on him/her- hide one's light- see the light- see the light of dayleading 2.2) (=lamp) luz fto switch on or turn on the light — encender la luz
to switch off or turn off the light — apagar la luz
- go out like a lightbright 3., runway3) (=electricity) luz felectric light — luz f eléctrica
4) (Aut) (on vehicle) luz f5) (=traffic signal) semáforo ma red/green/amber light — un semáforo en rojo/verde/ámbar
green 4.the lights were at or on red — el semáforo estaba en rojo
6) (=viewpoint)•
according to or by sb's lights — frm según el parecer de algn•
to see things/look at sth in a different or new light — ver las cosas/mirar algo con una perspectiva distinta or desde otro punto de vista•
in the light of what you have said... — en vista de or a la luz de lo que has dicho...7) (=glint, twinkle) brillo m8) (=flame)strike 2., 3)9) (Archit) cristal m, vidrio m2. ADJ(compar lighter) (superl lightest)1) (=bright) [room, hallway] con bastante luzwhile it's still light — mientras es de día or hay luz
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to get light — hacerse de día2) (=pale) [colour] claro; [hair] rubio, güero (CAm, Mex); [skin] blancolight blue/green — azul/verde claro
3. VT1) (=illuminate) iluminarto be lit up * — estar achispado *
2) (=ignite) [+ match, candle, fire] encender, prender; [+ cigarette] encender4.VI (=ignite) encenderse, prenderthe fire wouldn't light — el fuego no se encendía, el fuego no prendía
5.CPDlight bulb N — bombilla f, foco m (And), bombillo m (Col, Ven)
light fitting N — instalación eléctrica donde se colocan bombillas, tubos fluorescentes etc
light meter N — (Phot) fotómetro m
light show N — espectáculo m de luces
lights out N — hora f de apagar las luces
what time is lights out? — ¿a qué hora se apagan las luces?
light switch N — interruptor m
light wave N — onda f luminosa
light year N — año m luz
- light up
II [laɪt]1. ADJ(compar lighter) (superl lightest)•
you need a light touch to make good pastry — necesitas manos de seda para conseguir una buena masa2) (=scanty, slight) [breeze] leve, suave; [shower] ligero3) (Culin) [meal, food, cake] ligero, liviano (LAm)4) (=low-alcohol) de bajo contenido alcohólico, de bajo contenido en alcohol; (=low-calorie) light, bajo en calorías; (=low-tar) light, de bajo contenido en alquitrán5) (=soft) [sound] leve; [voice] suave6) (=not demanding) [work, duties] ligero- make light work of sth7) (=not serious) [novel, music] ligero•
to make light of sth — quitar importancia a algo8) (=not harsh) [sentence] leve9) (=shallow)10) (=loose) [soil] poco denso2.ADV•
to travel light — viajar con poco equipaje3. N1) lights (Culin) † pulmones mpl2) (=cigarette) cigarrillo m light, cigarrillo m de bajo contenido en alquitrán4.CPDlight aircraft N — avión m ligero
light ale, light beer (US) N — cerveza f rubia, cerveza f clara
light cream N — (US) (=single cream) nata f líquida
light entertainment N — (TV) programas mpl de variedades
light heavyweight N — (=cruiserweight) peso m semipesado
light industry N — industria f ligera
light infantry N — infantería f ligera
light opera N — (=show) opereta f; (=genre) género m lírico
light verse N — poesías fpl festivas
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[laɪt](pt, pp lit or lighted) VIto light on sth — liter dar con algo, tropezar con algo, encontrar algo
* * *[laɪt]
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1) u luz flight and shade — luz y sombra; ( Art) claroscuro m
hold it up to the light — ponlo al trasluz or a contraluz
in o by the cold light of day it didn't seem such a good idea — al pensarlo mejor or en frío, no parecía tan buena idea
at first light — al clarear (el día), con las primeras luces
to bring something to light — sacar* algo a la luz
to come to light — salir* a la luz
to hide one's light under a bushel — ser* modesto
to see the light — abrir* los ojos, comprender las cosas
to see (the) light at the end of the tunnel — vislumbrar el fin de sus (or mis etc) problemas
to see the light (of day) — ver* la luz (del día)
to throw o cast o shed light on something — arrojar luz sobre algo; (before n)
light meter — fotómetro m
2) ca) ( source of light) luz f; ( lamp) lámpara fto turn the light off — apagar* la luz
to turn the light on — encender* or (AmL tb) prender or (Esp tb) dar* la luz
warning light — señal f luminosa
to go out like a light — (colloq) ( become unconscious) caer(se)* redondo; ( fall asleep) dormirse* como un tronco, caer* como piedra (AmL fam); (before n)
b) (of car, bicycle) luz fc) ( traffic light) semáforo m3)a) ( aspect) (no pl)to see something/somebody in a good/bad/new o different light — ver* algo/a alguien con buenos/malos/otros ojos
b)in the light of o (AmE also) in light of — (as prep) a la luz de, en vista de
4) c ( for igniting)have you got a light? — ¿tienes fuego?
to put a o set light to something — prender fuego a algo
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1) adjective -er, -estit's lighter than the other one — pesa menos que el otro, es más ligero or (esp AmL) liviano que el otro
she's a very light sleeper — tiene el sueño muy ligero or (esp AmL) liviano
3)a) ( Meteo) <breeze/wind> suavelight rain — llovizna f
b) ( sparse)the losses were fairly light — las pérdidas fueron de poca consideración or de poca monta
c) ( not strenuous) <work/duties> ligero, liviano (esp AmL)d) ( not severe) < sentence> leve4) ( not serious) <music/comedy/reading> ligeroto make light of something — quitarle or restarle importancia a algo
5)a) ( pale) <green/brown> clarob) ( bright)it gets light very early these days — ahora amanece or aclara muy temprano
it's already light — ya es de día, ya está claro
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1) (past & past p lighted or lit) ( set alight) encender*, prender2) (past & past p lit) ( illuminate) \<\<room/scene\>\> iluminardimly/brightly lit — poco/muy iluminado
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Phrasal Verbs:- light up -
39 table
'teibl1) (a piece of furniture consisting of a flat, horizontal surface on legs used eg to put food on at meals, or for some games: Put all the plates on the table.) mesa2) (a statement of facts or figures arranged in columns etc: The results of the experiments can be seen in table 5.) tabla, cuadro3) (the people sitting at a table: The whole table heard what he said.) mesa•- table linen
- tablespoon
- tablespoonful
- table tennis
- lay/set the table
table n1. mesa2. tablato lay the table / set the table poner la mesatr['teɪbəl]1 (gen) mesa2 (chart) tabla, cuadro3 SMALLSPORT/SMALL clasificación nombre femenino1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (motion, report, etc) presentar1 tablas nombre femenino plural, tablas nombre femenino plural de multiplicar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLat table en la mesato be on the table (issue) estar sobre el tapeteto clear the table quitar la mesato drink somebody under the table poder beber más que alguiento lay the table poner la mesato set the table poner la mesato turn the tables on somebody volver las tornas a alguienunder the table bajo manotable lamp lámpara de mesatable manners modales nombre masculino plural en la mesatable of contents índice nombre masculino de materiastable wine vino de mesatable ['teɪbəl] n1) : mesa fa table for two: una mesa para dos2) list: tabla fmultiplication table: tabla de multiplicar3)table of contents : índice m de materiasn.• cuadro s.m.• elenco s.m.• entablamiento s.m.• mesa s.f.• meseta s.f.• tabla s.f.• tablero s.m.v.• catalogar v.• dar carpetazo a v.• disponer en una tabla v.• poner sobre la mesa v.
I 'teɪbəl1) ( piece of furniture) mesa fcome and sit at o (BrE also) on our table — siéntate con nosotros
to lay o set the table — poner* la mesa
to clear the table — levantar or (Esp) quitar la mesa
on the table: to put something on the table ( present something for discussion) (esp BrE) poner* algo sobre el tapete; ( postpone discussion on something) (AmE) posponer* or (esp AmL) postergar* algo; to do something under the table hacer* algo bajo cuerda or mano; to drink somebody under the table: she can drink me under the table me da cien mil vueltas bebiendo; to turn the tables: the tables are turned se ha vuelto or (CS) se dio vuelta la tortilla (fam), se han cambiado las tornas; to turn the tables on one's adversaries volverles* las tornas a sus (or mis etc) adversarios; (before n) <knife, lamp, wine> de mesa; table football (BrE) futbolín m, taca-taca m (Chi), metegol m (Arg), futbolito m (Ur); table linen mantelería f, ropa f de mesa (Esp); table mat (mantelito m) individual m; table manners — modales mpl en la mesa
2)a) ( list) tabla fmultiplication o (used by children) times tables — tablas de multiplicar
b) ( league table) (BrE) liga f, clasificación f
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a) ( postpone) (AmE) \<\<debate/bill\>\> posponer*, postergar* (esp AmL)b) ( submit) (BrE) \<\<proposal/motion\>\> presentar['teɪbl]1. N1) (=piece of furniture) mesa fI'd like a table for two, please — (quiero) una mesa para dos, por favor
kitchen table — mesa f de cocina
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they were at table when we arrived frm — estaban sentados a la mesa cuando llegamosyou will join us at our table, won't you? — se sentará (a la mesa) con nosotros ¿verdad?
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to clear the table — quitar or recoger or levantar la mesa•
to lay the table — poner la mesa•
why isn't dinner on the table? — ¿por qué no está servida la cena?•
to set the table — poner la mesa•
to sit down to table — sentarse a la mesaunder the table —
I'll be under the table if I have any more wine — si bebo más vino me voy a caer redondo or no voy a tenerme en pie
he was accepting money under the table * — aceptaba dinero bajo cuerda or bajo mano
- get one's feet under the table- turn the tables- turn the tables on sbcard I, 1., 1), drink 2., high 4., wait2) (=people at table) mesa f4) (for discussion) mesa f de negociaciones•
he managed to get all the parties around the table — consiguió que todos los interesados se sentaran a la mesa de negociaciones•
to put sth on the table — (Brit) poner algo sobre el tapetethey're willing to put 12 million dollars on the table to get this company — están dispuestos a pagar 12 millones de dólares para conseguir esta empresa
5) (=chart) tabla f, cuadro ma table of the top 12 best and worst performers — una tabla or un cuadro de los 12 mejores y los 12 peores
periodictable of contents — índice m de materias
6) (Math) (also: multiplication table) tabla f de multiplicar7) (Sport) (also: league table) liga f, clasificación f2. VT1) (Brit) frm (=propose) [+ motion, amendment] presentar2) (US) (=postpone) aplazar, posponer3.CPDtable dancing N — striptease m en pasarela or en barra
table football N — futbolín m
table lamp N — lámpara f de mesa
table linen N — mantelería f
table manners NPL — comportamiento msing en la mesa, modales mpl en la mesa
Table Mountain N — Montaña f de la Tabla
table napkin N — servilleta f
table runner N — tapete m
table salt N — sal f de mesa
table setting N — cubierto m, servicio m
table talk N — sobremesa f, conversación f de sobremesa
table tennis N — ping-pong m, pimpón m, tenis m de mesa
table wine N — vino m de mesa
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I ['teɪbəl]1) ( piece of furniture) mesa fcome and sit at o (BrE also) on our table — siéntate con nosotros
to lay o set the table — poner* la mesa
to clear the table — levantar or (Esp) quitar la mesa
on the table: to put something on the table ( present something for discussion) (esp BrE) poner* algo sobre el tapete; ( postpone discussion on something) (AmE) posponer* or (esp AmL) postergar* algo; to do something under the table hacer* algo bajo cuerda or mano; to drink somebody under the table: she can drink me under the table me da cien mil vueltas bebiendo; to turn the tables: the tables are turned se ha vuelto or (CS) se dio vuelta la tortilla (fam), se han cambiado las tornas; to turn the tables on one's adversaries volverles* las tornas a sus (or mis etc) adversarios; (before n) <knife, lamp, wine> de mesa; table football (BrE) futbolín m, taca-taca m (Chi), metegol m (Arg), futbolito m (Ur); table linen mantelería f, ropa f de mesa (Esp); table mat (mantelito m) individual m; table manners — modales mpl en la mesa
2)a) ( list) tabla fmultiplication o (used by children) times tables — tablas de multiplicar
b) ( league table) (BrE) liga f, clasificación f
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a) ( postpone) (AmE) \<\<debate/bill\>\> posponer*, postergar* (esp AmL)b) ( submit) (BrE) \<\<proposal/motion\>\> presentar -
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ɡetpast tense - got; verb1) (to receive or obtain: I got a letter this morning.) få2) (to bring or buy: Please get me some food.) bringe, hente, kjøpe, skaffe3) (to (manage to) move, go, take, put etc: He couldn't get across the river; I got the book down from the shelf.) bevege seg, komme, rekke, ta, legge4) (to cause to be in a certain condition etc: You'll get me into trouble.) få til å, sørge for at5) (to become: You're getting old.) bli6) (to persuade: I'll try to get him to go.) få til å, overtale7) (to arrive: When did they get home?) (an)komme8) (to succeed (in doing) or to happen (to do) something: I'll soon get to know the neighbours; I got the book read last night.) få, lære å9) (to catch (a disease etc): She got measles last week.) få10) (to catch (someone): The police will soon get the thief.) få tak i, fange11) (to understand: I didn't get the point of his story.) skjønne/få tak i poenget•- getaway- get-together
- get-up
- be getting on for
- get about
- get across
- get after
- get ahead
- get along
- get around
- get around to
- get at
- get away
- get away with
- get back
- get by
- get down
- get down to
- get in
- get into
- get nowhere
- get off
- get on
- get on at
- get out
- get out of
- get over
- get round
- get around to
- get round to
- get there
- get through
- get together
- get up
- get up tobli--------få--------henteIsubst. \/ɡet\/1) ( foreldet om dyr) avkom2) (brit., hverdagslig) tosk, idiot3) (austr., newzealandsk, hverdagslig) fluktget up and go ( hverdagslig) ambisjon, initiativII1) få, motta2) skaffe seg3) (om sykdom, lidelse) pådra seg, få4) ( om fordeler e.l.) oppnå, få5) hente, skaffe til veie• will you get me a drink, please?6) finne, få, ha (på et gitt sted eller i en gitt situasjon)• for someone used to the weather we get in Norway, it shouldn't be too bad7) ( om transportmidler) ta, kjøre med, rekke, nå8) ( matematikk) få• what do you get if you subtract sixteen from twenty-eight?9) ( som reaksjon på ringesignal) åpne (døren), ta (telefonen)10) bli11) få sjanse til, få anledning til12) ( om transportmidler) komme, ankomme• what time does the plane get here?13) ( om situasjoner) få opp i, sette14) komme (fra et sted til et annet), komme seg15) anholde, ta til fange16) treffe, slå• you got me right in the eye!17) ( hverdagslig) straffe, skade, drepe• my big brother will get you for this!18) ( hverdagslig) irritere, plage19) ( hverdagslig) more• you have got me now, I have no idea what to say or do21) forstå• what does it mean? I just don't get it22) ( gammeldags) tilegne seg, lærefor getting on ( om tid) i nærmere, i bortimotget about sette i gang medla oss sette i gang med arbeidet reise rundt, røre på seg, forflytte seg( om pasient) være oppe ( om rykte) komme ut, spre segget above oneself ( hverdagslig) briske seg, være brautende, bli høy på pæraget abroad ( om rykte) komme ut, spre segget across (to) ( hverdagslig) gå inn (hos), gå hjem (blant), finne gehør (hos), nå frem (til)irritere, forarge, ergreget across the footlights ( teater) nå frem til publikumget across with komme på kant medget ahead gjøre suksess, ha fremgang, komme seg fremget ahead of gå forbi, komme forbi, passereget along klare seg, overlevekomme videre, komme fremover, gjøre fremskritt gå (sin vei)• get along with you!kom deg vekk! \/ stikk!(spesielt amer.) komme overens, trives sammen, være vennerget along! (spesielt britisk, hverdagslig) gi deg, da!, slapp av!get at få tak i, nå, skaffeforståsikte til, mene, insinuere, hinte om• who are you getting at?• what are you getting at?hvor er det du vil?\/hva er det du prøver å si?( hverdagslig) bestikke, kjøpe(britisk, hverdagslig) hakke på, trakassereget at it! ( hverdagslig) sett i gang!get away (from) komme seg vekk (fra), dra (fra), slippe fra, komme fra• did you manage to get away this Easter?slippe unna (fra), rømme, unnslippe (fra), stikke av (fra)• there's no getting away from the fact that...man kommer ikke bort fra at...get away with ( hverdagslig) lykkes med, hale i land, gå fri, vri seg unna, slippe unna medget away with you! ( hverdagslig) sludder!, tøv!, ikke tull!get back få igjen, få tilbake, skaffe tilbakekomme\/gå tilbake, vende tilbakeget back at somebody eller get one's own back on somebody ( hverdagslig) ta revansje over noen, hevne seg på noen, gjøre gjengjeld overfor noenget before komme førget behind komme etter forstå, komme på, komme bakget busy ( hverdagslig) sette i gangget by komme (seg) forbiklare seg, passere, duge• can I get by in these clothes?get by someone with something narre noen til å tro noeget cracking ( hverdagslig) begynneget down (amer., slang, gambling) legge pengene på bordetlegg pengene på bordet, alle sammen, så vi får begynt(eksamen, prøve) skjerpe seg, gjøre det godt(amer., slang, vulgært) ha samleie• I can't relate to a guy who's only interested in getting down every time we meetjeg kan ikke forholde meg til en type som bare er interessert i å gå til sengs hver gang vi møtesfå ned, få i segnotere, skrive ned• did you get the conversation down?bli lei seg, slite på, tyngeikke ta det så tungt\/ikke la det gå inn på deggå av, gå ned, stige av, stige ned, gå fra bordethan satte\/la seg på bakken(amer., hverdagslig) slå seg løs på dansegulvet• get down and party!get down on (amer., slang) gi innget down on one's knees se ➢ knee, 1get down to begynne, sette i gang medget forward komme fremover, gå fremover, gjøre fremskritt, komme seg frem (i verden), gå påget home ( hverdagslig) gjøre inntrykkget going komme i gang, dra av gårdeget his\/hers etc. få som fortjent ( hverdagslig) bli dreptget in få inn, ta inn, få under tak, hente inninnkasseresette innføye til, ta med, få medfå hjem, få i hus( hverdagslig) rekke, ha tid tilankomme, komme (seg) inn, gå inn( sport) komme i mål ( om politisk parti eller politiker) komme inn, bli innvalgt( sjøfart) komme på kloss hold avget in on komme inn i, få et ben innenforget into ( om transportmiddel) gå inn i, sette seg inn i( om klær) komme i, få på seg ( om situasjon) havne i, dumpe opp ikomme inn i, bli vant med( overført) bli tent på, bli bitt av( om følelser) påvirke, styre, komme overget into a rage se ➢ rage, 1get in with komme sammen med, bli kjent med, gjøre seg til venns medget it done with bli ferdig med noe, få unna noe, få noe unnagjortget it in the neck se ➢ neck, 1get it off (slang, vulgært) la det gå for en, få utløsning• he was no fun in bed, he got it off before we'd even startedhan var ikke noe morsom i senga, det gikk for ham før vi var skikkelig i gangget it together ( hverdagslig) få ting til å fungere, lykkes med livetget lost bli borte, gå seg bort• get lost!get off få av (seg), få opp, få løs, ta av (seg), ta oppsende av gårde, få av gårdefå til å sovnebli frikjent, slippe straffklare seg, slippe unnabli ferdig med, forlatedra, komme seg av gårde, startegå av, stige av• can you tell me where to get off?gå vekk fra, gå ned fragifte bort, bli giftgi oppget off (on something) (amer., slang) nyte (noe), digge (noe), bli tilfredsstilt (av noe)• can you believe it, back in the '80s I used to get off on this kind of musickan du skjønne det, på 80-tallet digget jeg denne typen musikk(narkotika, slang) ruse seg (på noe), få rus (av noe)• they said it was a blast to get off on that new drug everyone's talking about(amer., om jazzmusiker) foreta en vellykket improvisasjonget off it! kutt ut!, hold opp!get off on the right\/wrong foot se ➢ foot, 1get something off one's chest se ➢ chest, 1get off somebody's back se ➢ back, 1get off to bed se ➢ bed, 1get off to sleep se ➢ sleep, 1get off with ( hverdagslig) bli kjent med, stå i med(britisk, hverdagslig) ha sex, ligge medget off work se ➢ work, 1get on få på, sette på( om klær) ta på seg, få på segøke, sette opp anspore, inspirere, spore( om transportmidler) gå på, komme på, stige på, sette seg pågå videre, fortsette, komme seg fremklare seg, slå seg frem, lykkes, ha fremgang, trives• how is he getting on?( om arbeid) gå fremover, gå unna• how is work getting on?• get on or get out!komme overens, trives sammenvi kommer godt overens \/ vi trives sammenbli eldreget one's act together se ➢ act, 1get oneself together skjerpe seg, ta seg sammenget oneself up pynte seg, kle seg opp, gjøre seg finhun var velstelt og velkledd\/hun var elegantget one's mad up\/out ( slang) bli sintget on like a house on fire se ➢ house, 1get (up) on one's feet se ➢ foot, 1get on one's nerves se ➢ nerve, 1get one's own back kunne hevde seg, kunne måle seg med noenget on to komme med( om telefon) få tak i, få snakke med( hverdagslig) fatte, forstågjennomskuemerke, få greie på ( spesielt britisk) ta kontakt medget on with ( om arbeid) gå fremover, gå unna• how is work getting on?fortsette, holde på med, sysle medget on (with it)! skynd deg!, fort deg!get out få fremta frem, hente fremfå ut, ta ut, få oppgi ut, komme ut med( om plan e.l.) lage komme (seg) opp av, gå av komme ut, lekke ut( som interjeksjon) forsvinn, ut med deg ( som interjeksjon) sludder, tullget out from under komme seg ut av knipenget out of ( om transportmidler) gå av, gå ut av, komme ut av, stige ut av, slippe ut avkomme (seg) unna, unnslippe, snike (seg) unnaget out of here! (spesielt amer.) gi deg!get out of line være frempå, være frekkget outside of ( slang) helle i seg (drikke), stappe i seg (mat)• you've got outside of the lot!( slang) fatte, forståget over komme over, gå over overvinne, komme overkomme seg etter (sykdom e.l.) komme over, glemme• you can't get over the fact that...get round eller get around omgå, komme utenom, komme forbilure, narre, lokke, overtalebli frisk, komme seg løse (et problem) reise rundt, røre på segget round to doing something få anledning til å gjøre noe, få tid til å gjøre noe, ha tiltak tilget shot\/shut of ( hverdagslig) bli kvittget someone sette noen fast• you've got me there!ta noen• I'll get you!• I got you!nå har jeg deg! \/ der tok jeg deg!• get him!get someone back kjøre noen tilbake, følge noen hjem, passe på at noen kommer vel hjemget someone down gjøre noen deprimert, ta motet fra noenget someone going få noen i gangget someone in (to do something) få noen hjem til seg (for å gjøre noe)get someone into få noen inn isette noen i, dra noen inn i, få noen til å havne iget someone\/something to do something få noen\/noe til å gjøre noeget something across to somebody få noen til å forstå gjøre lykke hos noenget something done sørge for at noe blir gjort, få noe gjortget something down notere, skrive noe ned (om mat, drikke) få noe ned, svelge unnaget something out (om ytring, publikasjon e.l.) få noe ut, utgi noe (britisk, om oppgave eller problem) lykkes medget something out of få noe ut av, sko seg på, oppnåget something out of somebody lokke noe ut av noenget something over ( om idé e.l.) formidleget something over with få noe unnagjortget something sorted out få noe gjort, ordne opp i noeget straight ( hverdagslig) ordne i rekkefølge• in this case, it is important to get the facts straight• get this straight!get stuck into ( slang) begynne jobbe intenstget the best\/worst of somebody få frem det beste\/verste i noenget thee behind me, Satan ( bibelsk) vik fra meg, Satanget there komme seg dit, nå sitt mål, lykkesget through få gjennom, drive gjennomgå gjennom, komme (seg) igjennom, bli ferdig med, greie, avslutte( kommunikasjon) komme frem• I don't know where she is, I've been trying to get through to her all daykomme ut, sive ut, lekke utbruke opp, kvitte seg med( overført) nå frem til, få kontaktget through with bli ferdig med, avslutte, hale i landget through to nå frem til, komme innpåget to bli etter hvert, lære seg åkomme (frem) til, nåkomme i gang medbegynne å spise gå noen på nervene( hverdagslig) gjøre inntrykkget to be bli (etter hvert)get together få sammen, samle (sammen), samles, treffes, møtes(amer.) være enige, enes ordne (opp), sette i stand, ryddeget to know få vite, få greie på• how did you get to know it?bli kjent medget to see treffe, ha mulighet til å treffe• do you ever get to see him?get under få kontroll over, få bukt medkue, undertrykkeget up få opp, få til å reise seg, løfte opp stå oppreise seg, stille seg opp( som interjeksjon) opp med deg, reis deg stige til hest ordne, fikse, arrangere, ordne i stand, stille opp, få sammensette sammen, monterefinne på, dikte opputstyrekle ut (til), pynte, utstyre( om teaterstykke) sette opp, iscenesette vaske og strykefå (opp), opparbeide segforbedre (helsen), opparbeide (følelser) tilegne seg, lære seg, lese seg til, lese seg opp påsette seg inn i, trene opp( om tap) ta igjen ( om vind eller bølger) tilta, bli kraftigere, øke på, friskne påøke, tilta, få fartkomme frem, fly ut av(skog, kratt e.l.)get up to komme til, nå frem tilfinne på, stelle til, ha noe (galt) foreget (out) while the getting's good ( hverdagslig) slutte mens leken er god, komme seg ut mens det ennå er muligget weaving ( slang) begynneget with it ( slang) være med på tinggot up kunstig, tilgjorthave got ha, eie• what have you got?hva er det? \/ hva har du der?have got to være nødt til, måttewhat you see is what you get eller WYSIWYG ( hverdagslig) det blir ikke bedre enn som så den leveres i denne utførelsen ( EDB) det du ser (på skjermen) er det du får ut (som utskrift)
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