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1 smarten
smarten ['smɑ:tən]∎ to smarten (the appearance of) sth arranger qch;∎ to smarten oneself se faire beau (belle)∎ to smarten one's pace accélérer l'allure(a) (improve appearance → person) se faire beau (belle); (→ restaurant) devenir plus chic, être retapé; (→ town, street) devenir plus pimpant;∎ I went upstairs to smarten up je suis monté me faire beau∎ a coat of paint would help smarten the restaurant/the car up une couche de peinture et le restaurant/la voiture aurait déjà meilleure allure;∎ to smarten oneself up se faire beau (belle), soigner son apparence(b) (production) accélérer∎ you'd better smarten up your ideas or your act! tu ferais bien de te reprendre□ ; (to lazy person) tu ferais bien de te secouer∎ smarten up! ouvre les yeux!, cesse de faire l'imbécile! -
2 smarten
1. transitive verb1) (make spruce) herrichtenhe smartened his hair/clothes — er brachte sein Haar/seine Kleidung in Ordnung (ugs.)
smarten oneself — (tidy up) sich zurechtmachen; (dress up) sich herrichten; (improve appearance in general) auf sein Äußeres achten
2) (accelerate)2. intransitive verbsmarten one's pace — seinen Schritt/seine Schritte beschleunigen
Phrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/120799/smarten_up">smarten up* * *( often with up) verb (to make or become smarter: He has smartened up a lot in appearance lately.) sich herausputzen* * *smart·en[ˈsmɑ:tən, AM ˈsmɑ:rt-]I. vtII. vi▪ to \smarten up mehr Wert auf sein Äußeres legen* * *['smAːtn]1. vthouse, room herausputzen; appearance (her)richten, aufmöbeln (inf)you'd better smarten up your ideas (inf) — du solltest dich am Riemen reißen (inf)
2. vi(= dress up) sich in Schale werfen (inf); (= improve appearance) sich herausmachen; (pace) schneller or flotter (inf) werden* * *smarten [ˈsmɑː(r)tn]A v/t2. fig jemanden aufwecken, auf Draht bringen1. sich schön machen, sich in Schale werfen2. fig aufwachen3. sich verschärfen* * *1. transitive verb1) (make spruce) herrichtenhe smartened his hair/clothes — er brachte sein Haar/seine Kleidung in Ordnung (ugs.)
smarten oneself — (tidy up) sich zurechtmachen; (dress up) sich herrichten; (improve appearance in general) auf sein Äußeres achten
2) (accelerate)2. intransitive verbsmarten one's pace — seinen Schritt/seine Schritte beschleunigen
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3 smarten up
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4 despabilarse
1 (despertarse) to wake up■ despabílate, es tarde wake up, it's late2 (avivarse) to get one's act together, buck one's ideas up, wise up* * *VPR1) (=despertarse) to wake updespabílate que son ya las diez — wake up, it's ten o'clock already
2) (=estar alerta) to wake up, buck up *despabílate si no quieres que te tomen por tonto — you'd better wake up o buck up * if you don't want people to take you for a fool
3) (=apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on ** * *(v.) = pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out, smarten upEx. So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.Ex. This man isn't going to stop working, so those of you who can't work because of your 'disability' could do with pulling a finger out!.Ex. The article 'Motherboards smarten up' reports on recent technological developments in motherboards = El artículo "Las placas madres aprenden" informa sobre los recientes avances tecnológicos de estas placas.* * *(v.) = pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out, smarten upEx: So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.
Ex: This man isn't going to stop working, so those of you who can't work because of your 'disability' could do with pulling a finger out!.Ex: The article 'Motherboards smarten up' reports on recent technological developments in motherboards = El artículo "Las placas madres aprenden" informa sobre los recientes avances tecnológicos de estas placas.* * *v/r figget one’s act together
См. также в других словарях:
smarten — smart|en [ˈsma:tn US ˈsma:r ] v smarten up [smarten sth<=>up] phr v 1.) smarten yourself up to make yourself look neat and tidy ▪ You d better smarten yourself up. 2.) to make something look neater ▪ We need to smarten the place up a bit. 3 … Dictionary of contemporary English