with the sole aim of

¿cuál es el propósito de su visita? — what is the purpose of his visit?

nunca nos hemos hecho el propósito de gastar más dinero — it has never been our intention to spend more money

tengo el firme propósito de irme de casa — I am determined to leave home, I am intent on leaving home

era la persona a propósito para el trabajo — he was very suitable for the job, he was the right person for the job

hizo varios comentarios a propósito — he made various comments on the matter

me he comprado un traje a propósito para la boda — I've bought a dress especially for the wedding

he venido a propósito para verte — I have come especially to see you

esa observación vino muy a propósito — that was a timely remark, that remark was very well-timed

a propósito, ¿qué vais a hacer en Semana Santa? — by the way, what are you doing at Easter?

• a propósito de — [después de verbo] about; [uso independiente] talking of, à propos of

estuvieron discutiendo a propósito de las elecciones — they were having a discussion about the election

¿a propósito de qué me dices eso ahora? — why do you say that now?

tiene el firme propósito de dejar de fumar — she's determined to give up smoking

se ha hecho el propósito de adelgazar — she's decided to lose weight

buenos propósitos — good intentions

se fue con el firme propósito de volver — he left with the firm intention of returning

se puso a ahorrar con el propósito de comprarse un coche — he started saving up to buy a car

a propósito: no lo hice a propósito I didn't do it deliberately o on purpose; se hizo un vestido a propósito para la ocasión she had a dress made specially for the occasion; a propósito, Carlos te manda saludos by the way, Carlos sends his regards; a propósito de trenes ¿cuándo te vas? — speaking of trains o on the subject of trains, when are you leaving?

tiene el firme propósito de dejar de fumar — she's determined to give up smoking

se ha hecho el propósito de adelgazar — she's decided to lose weight

buenos propósitos — good intentions

se fue con el firme propósito de volver — he left with the firm intention of returning

se puso a ahorrar con el propósito de comprarse un coche — he started saving up to buy a car

a propósito: no lo hice a propósito I didn't do it deliberately o on purpose; se hizo un vestido a propósito para la ocasión she had a dress made specially for the occasion; a propósito, Carlos te manda saludos by the way, Carlos sends his regards; a propósito de trenes ¿cuándo te vas? — speaking of trains o on the subject of trains, when are you leaving?

avec la mission exclusive de... — with the sole mission of...

dans le but exclusif de... — with the sole aim of...

agent exclusif — sole agent

elle est venue toute seule — she came alone

elle m'a laissé seul — she left me on my own

vous êtes seul dans la vie? — are you single?

parler tout seul — to talk to oneself

elle a mené la révolution à elle seule — she single-handedly led the revolution

il a mangé un poulet à lui tout seul — he ate a whole chicken all by himself

une seule femme — only one woman

un seul d'entre eux — only one of them

la seule et unique personne — the one and only person

pas un seul client — not a single customer

l'espion et l'ambassadeur sont une seule et même personne — the spy and the ambassador are one and the same person

d'une seule pièce — in one piece

pour cette seule raison — for this reason alone

dans le seul but de faire — with the sole aim of doing

à la seule idée de faire — at the very idea of doing

seul de son espèce — unique

ils ont parlé d'une seule voix — they were unanimous

elle seule pourrait vous le dire — only she could tell you

l'offre est réservée à nos seuls employés — the offer is open only to our employees

le seul, la seule — the only one

j'ai été le seul à aimer le spectacle — I was the only one who enjoyed the show

ils sont les seuls à croire que — they're alone in thinking that

il n'y en a pas un seul qui se soit levé — not a single person stood up

Je suis seul. — I am on my own.

Il est seul. — He is on his own.

faire cavalier seul — to go it alone

se sentir seul — to feel lonely

un seul... — only one..., a single...

Vous avez droit à un seul livre. — You're entitled to one book only.

Il reste une seule nectarine. — There's only one nectarine left.

Il ne reste pas une seule pomme. — There isn't a single apple left.

le seul... — the only...

C'est le seul Agatha Christie que je n'aie pas lu. — That's the only Agatha Christie I haven't read.

ce livre seul — this book alone, only this book

le seul et unique... — the sole...

à lui (tout) seul — single-handed, on his own

vivre seul — to live alone, to live on one's own

parler tout seul — to talk to oneself

faire qch (tout) seul — to do sth (all) by oneself, to do sth (all) on one's own

Elle a fait ça toute seule? — Did she do it by herself?

Elle est venue seule. — She came by herself.

seul à seul — in private

Seul ce livre peut résoudre votre problème. — Only this book can solve your problem.

il en reste un seul — there's only one left

pas un seul — not a single one

Il n'en reste pas une seule. — There isn't a single one left.

le seul; la seule — the only one

C'est la seule que je ne connaisse pas. — She's the only one I don't know.

jouer au plus fin avec quelqu'un — to try to outsmart somebody

avoir l'ouïe fine — to have a keen sense of hearing

avoir le nez fin — to have a keen sense of smell

le fin mot de l'histoire — the truth of the matter

être fin prêt — to be all set

à la fin des années 70 — in the late '70s

en fin de matinée — late in the morning

jusqu'à la fin — to the (very) end

prendre fin — to come to an end

avoir des fins de mois difficiles — to find it hard to make ends meet at the end of the month

c'est la fin de tout — it's the last straw

mener quelque chose à bonne fin — to bring something to a successful conclusion

à toutes fins utiles — for whatever purpose it may serve

arriver à ses fins — to achieve one's aims

Elle n'a pas regardé la fin du film. — She didn't watch the end of the film.

"Fin" — "The End"

à la fin — in the end, eventually

À la fin, il a réussi à se décider. — In the end he managed to make up his mind.

fin mai — at the end of May

Il sera en vacances fin juin. — He'll be on holiday at the end of June.

à la fin de la guerre — at the end of the war

en fin de journée — at the end of the day

en fin de semaine — at the end of the week

en fin de compte — when all's said and done

prendre fin — to come to an end

toucher à sa fin — to be drawing to a close

mettre fin à — to put an end to

mener à bonne fin — to bring to a successful conclusion

à cette fin — to this end

à toutes fins utiles — for your information

la lingerie fine — luxury lingerie

du linge fin — fine linen

avoir l'ouïe fine — to have keen hearing

avoir l'oreille fine — to have sharp ears

un fin connaisseur de qch — a connoisseur of sth

un fin gourmet — a gourmet

un fin tireur — a crack shot

le fin fond de — the very depths of

le fin mot de — the real story behind

la fine fleur de — the flower of

fin prêt — quite ready

fin soûl — quite drunk

vouloir jouer au plus fin avec qn — to try to outsmart sb

atteindre son but — to reach one's goal

marcher sans but — to walk aimlessly

nous touchons au but — our goal is in sight

mon but dans la vie est de — my aim in life is to

il s'est fixé pour but la présidence — he has set his sights on the presidency

dans ce but — with this aim in view

faire quelque chose dans un but désintéressé — to do something with no ulterior motive

aller droit au but — to go straight to the point

demander/déclarer de but en blanc — to ask/declare point-blank

annoncer quelque chose de but en blanc à quelqu'un — to spring something on somebody

toucher au but — to achieve one's goal

Ils n'ont pas de but dans la vie. — They have no aim in life.

Quel est le but de votre visite? — What's the reason for your visit?

avoir pour but de faire — to aim to do

dans le but de faire — in order to do, to do, with the intention of doing

Je suis venue dans le but de vous aider. — I came to help you.

le but recherché — the intention

Ce n'est pas le but recherché. — That wasn't the intention.

marquer un but — to score a goal

de but en blanc — point-blank

object to somebody/something — etwas gegen jemanden/etwas haben

if you don't object — wenn Sie nichts dagegen haben

object to somebody's doing something — etwas dagegen haben, dass jemand etwas tut

I strongly object to this tone — ich verbitte mir diesen Ton

he was an object of scorn —

with this object in view or in mind — mit diesem Ziel vor Augen

with the sole object (of doing) —

that defeats the object —

money/distance is no object — Geld/Entfernung spielt keine Rolle, Geld/Entfernung (ist) nebensächlich

I don't object to that — ich habe nichts dagegen (einzuwenden)

if you don't object — wenn es (Ihnen) recht ist, wenn Sie nichts dagegen haben

do you object to my smoking? — stört es (Sie), wenn ich rauche?, haben Sie etwas dagegen, wenn ich rauche?

he objects to my drinking — er nimmt daran Anstoß or er hat etwas dagegen, dass ich trinke

I object to your tone — ich verbitte mir diesen Ton

I object to people smoking in my living room — ich verbitte mir, dass in meinem Wohnzimmer geraucht wird

I object most strongly to his smoking — ich missbillige es aufs Äußerste, dass er raucht

I object to him bossing me around —

she objects to all that noise —

with the object of doing something — in der Absicht, etwas zu tun

object to somebody/something — etwas gegen jemanden/etwas haben

if you don't object — wenn Sie nichts dagegen haben

object to somebody's doing something — etwas dagegen haben, dass jemand etwas tut

I strongly object to this tone — ich verbitte mir diesen Ton

penna a punta fine — fine-point pen

non è fine mangiare con le mani — it's not polite to eat with your fingers

avere un secondo fine — to have an ulterior motive

a fin di bene — with the best of intentions

l'ho fatto a fin di bene — I did it with good intentions

il fine giustifica i mezzi — the end justifies the means

al fine di fare qc — (in order) to do sth

condurre qc a buon fine — to bring sth to a successful conclusion

alla fine — in the end, finally

porre fine a — to put an end to

a fine anno/mese — at the end of the year/month

alla fine — in the end

alla fine lo ha perdonato — in the end she forgave him

alla fine della giornata — at the end of the day

verso la fine di giugno — in late June

fine settimana — weekend

alla fin fine — at the end of the day, in the end

dall'inizio alla fine — from beginning to end

a lieto fine — with a happy ending

mi piacciono le storie a lieto fine — I like stories with a happy ending

volgere alla fine — to draw to an end

fare una brutta fine — to come to a bad end

che fine ha fatto? — what became of him?

essere in fin di vita — to be at death's door

un quadro fine Ottocento — a late nineteenth-century painting

articoli di fine serie — oddments

svendita di fine stagione — end-of-season sale

una signora molto fine — a woman of great distinction

(a) fine maggio — (at) the end of May

a fine giornata — at the end of the day

alla fine degli anni '70 — in the late 70's

a fine mattina — late in the morning

a che fine? — what for? what's the point?

senza secondi -i — without any ulterior motive

al fine di — in order to

non è fine a se stesso — it's not an end in itself

condurre qcs. a buon fine — to bring sth. to a satisfactory conclusion

andare a buon fine — to turn out well

добиться своей цели — to achieve / to effect one's aim / purpose, to secure one's aim / ends

достичь своей цели — to achieve / to gain one's ends, to achieve / to attain one's object, to attain / to gain one's aim, to achieve / to get / to reach a goal

идти прямо к цели — to go straight to the target

иметь целью — to aim at

искажать цели — to falsify the objectives

использовать в политических целях — to use for political ends

определить цель — to define the goal

отвечать цели — to answer / to meet the purpose

отказаться от цели — to retreat from the goal

преследовать цель — to pursue an aim / an objective

преследовать свои собственные цели — to pursue one's own ends

соответствовать целям — to fit purposes

цели поездки разнообразны — the purposes of the trip are manifold

благородная цель — noble purpose

великие цели — great objectives

военные цели — military purposes

в военных целях — for military purposes

враждебные цели — hostile purposes

главная / основная цель — principal / main / central purpose

гуманистические цели — humanitarian goals

далеко идущие цели — far-reaching aims

долгосрочная цель — long-range goal

единые цели — shared objectives

заветная цель — cherished goal

законная цель — legitimate object

истинная цель — genuine / true goal

маскировать истинные цели — to cover up the true goals

конечная цель — final / ultimate aim / goal

конкретная цель — specific aim

ложные цели — false aims

мирные цели — peaceful purposes

невоенные цели — nonmilitary purposes

непосредственная цель — immediate aim

объективная цель — objective goal

общепризнанная цель — avowed goal

общие цели — common aims

определённая цель — special / settled purpose

особая цель — specific purpose

первоочередные цели — primary objectives

подлинная цель — original purpose

политические цели — political objectives

преступная цель — criminal objective

реальная цель — practicable aim

совместно поставленные цели — jointly set goals

согласованная цель — agreed goal

отойти от согласованной цели — to go astray / to drift away from the objective agreed

узкокорыстные цели — self-serving aims