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1 will

will¹ n

1. voluntad / ganas

you must have the will to win debes tener la voluntad de ganar

2. testamento

he left everything to his wife in his will dejó todo a su mujer en su testamento

will² vb

1.

Se emplea para formar el tiempo futuro de los verbos

when will they arrive? ¿cuándo llegarán?

2.

Se emplea para pedir a alguien que haga algo

will you close that door, please? ¿quieres cerrar esa puerta, por favor?

will

tr[wɪl]

auxiliar

1 (future)

■ she will be here tomorrow estará aquí mañana

■ we won't finish today no acabaremos hoy

■ it won't rain, will it? no lloverá, ¿verdad?

■ you'll catch it if you hurry lo cogerás si te das prisa

■ I'll see you next week hasta la semana que viene

■ I will always love you siempre te amaré

■ what will you do if she's late? ¿qué harás si llega tarde?

2 (be disposed to, be willing to)

■ (no), I won't no quiero

■ I'll do it lo haré (yo)

■ he won't open the door se niega a abrir la puerta

■ the car won't start el coche no arranca

■ I won't have it! ¡no lo permito!

■ will you stay for dinner? ¿quieres quedarte a cenar?

■ won't you take a seat? ¿quiere sentarse?, siéntese, por favor

3 (requests) querer

■ will you do me a favour? ¿quieres hacerme un favor?

■ you won't forget to tell him, will you? no se te olvidará de decírselo, ¿verdad?

■ make me a cup of tea, will you? hazme una taza de té, ¿quieres?

4 (general truths, custom)

■ accidents will happen siempre habrá accidentes

■ boys will be boys así son los chicos

5 (orders, commands)

■ will you be quiet! ¡quieres callarte!, ¡cállate!

■ you will report in my office tomorrow preséntese en mi oficina mañana

6 (insistence, persistence) insistir en

■ she will play her music at full volume insiste en poner la música a tope

■ he will leave the door open es que no hay manera de que cierre la puerta

7 (can, possibility) poder

■ this phone will accept credit cards este teléfono va con tarjetas de crédito

■ this washing machine will take 5 kgs esta lavadora aguanta 5 kilos

8 (supposition, must, probability) deber de

■ that'll be John será John, debe de ser John

■ they'll be home by now ya estarán en casa, ya deben de estar en casa

intransitive verb

1 formal use dated (wish) querer

■ what you will lo que quieras

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

if you will si así lo quiere

I will (in wedding) sí, quiero

will do muy bien, lo haré

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will

tr[wɪl]

noun

1 (control, volition) voluntad nombre femenino; (free will) albedrío

■ she's lost the will to live ha perdido la voluntad de vivir

■ a clash of wills un conflicto de voluntades

■ he's got a strong will tiene mucha voluntad

■ it is God's will es la voluntad de Dios

2 SMALLLAW/SMALL testamento, últimas nombre femenino plural voluntades

■ he left me this ring in his will me dejó este anillo en su testamento

■ have you made a will? ¿has hecho (tu) testamento?

transitive verb

1 (make or intend to happen by power of mind) desear, querer

■ we were willing him to win estábamos deseando que ganara

■ she willed it to happen logró que pasara por fuerza de voluntad

2 formal use (intend, desire) querer, ordenar, mandar

■ if God wills si Dios lo quiere

3 SMALLLAW/SMALL legar, dejar en testamento

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

against one's will contra su voluntad, a pesar suyo

at will a voluntad

of one's own free will por voluntad propia

where there's a will there's a way querer es poder

with a will con ilusión, con entusiasmo, con ganas

last will and testament última voluntad nombre femenino

will ['wɪl] v, past would ['wʊd] ; pres sing & pl will vi

wish: querer

do what you will: haz lo que quieras

will v aux

1) (expressing willingness)

no one would take the job: nadie aceptaría el trabajo

I won't do it: no lo haré

2) (expressing habitual action)

he will get angry over nothing: se pone furioso por cualquier cosa

3) (forming the future tense)

tomorrow we will go shopping: mañana iremos de compras

4) (expressing capacity)

the couch will hold three people: en el sofá cabrán tres personas

5) (expressing determination)

I will go despite them: iré a pesar de ellos

6) (expressing probability)

that will be the mailman: eso ha de ser el cartero

7) (expressing inevitability)

accidents will happen: los accidentes ocurrirán

8) (expressing a command)

you will do as I say: harás lo que digo

will vt

1) ordain: disponer, decretar

if God wills it: si Dios lo dispone, si Dios quiere

2) : lograr a fuerza de voluntad

they were willing him to succeed: estaban deseando que tuviera éxito

3) bequeath: legar

will n

1) desire: deseo m, voluntad f

2) volition: voluntad f

free will: libre albedrío

3) willpower: voluntad f, fuerza f de voluntad

a will of iron: una voluntad férrea

4) : testamento m

to make a will: hacer testamento

will

v.

• legar v.

• lograr por fuerza v.

• querer v.

(§pret: quis-) fut/c: querr-•)

aux.

(Verbo modal para indicar el futuro) v.

n.

• gusto s.m.

• placer s.m.

• testamento s.m.

• volición s.f.

• voluntad s.f.

I
1. wɪl
modal verb (past would) [ 'll es la contracción de will, won't de will not y 'll've de will have]

1)

a) ( talking about the future)

he'll come on Friday — vendrá el viernes, va a venir el viernes

he said he would come on Friday — dijo que vendría or iba a venir el viernes

he won't ever change his ways — no cambiará nunca, no va a cambiar nunca

will you be staying at Jack's? — ¿te vas a quedar en casa de Jack?

at the end of this month, he'll have been working here for a year — este fin de mes hará or va a hacer un año que trabaja aquí

you won't leave without me, will you? — no te irás sin mí ¿no?

b) ( expressing resolution) (with first person)

I won't let you down — no te fallaré, no te voy a fallar

2)

a) ( expressing willingness)

will o would you do me a favor? — ¿quieres hacerme un favor?, ¿me haces un favor?

she won't tell us what happened — no nos quiere decir qué pasó

I won't stand for this — no pienso tolerar esto

b) ( in orders)

be quiet, will you! — cállate, ¿quieres?, quieres callarte!

c) ( in invitations)

will you have a drink? — ¿quieres tomar algo?

you'll stay for dinner, won't you? — te quedas a cenar ¿no?

3) ( expressing conjecture)

won't they be having lunch now? — ¿no estarán comiendo ahora?

you will have gathered that... — te habrás dado cuenta de que...

that would have been in 1947 — eso debe (de) haber sido en 1947

4)

a) (indicating habit, characteristic)

I'll watch anything on television — yo soy capaz de mirar cualquier cosa en la televisión

he'd get drunk every Saturday — se emborrachaba or solía emborracharse todos los sábados

he will jump to conclusions — él siempre tiene que precipitarse a sacar conclusiones

you won't be told, will you? — qué cosa! ¿por qué no haces caso?

b) ( indicating capability)

it will do 40 miles per gallon — hace 40 millas por galón

this door won't shut — esta puerta no cierra or no quiere cerrar

2.

vt (past & past p willed)

1)

a) (urge, try to cause)

I was willing her to get the answer right — estaba deseando con todas mis fuerzas or con toda mi voluntad que diera la respuesta correcta

b) (desire, ordain) (frml) \<\<God\>\> disponer*, querer*

2) ( bequeath) legar*, dejar en testamento

II

noun

1) u

a) ( faculty) voluntad f

this machine has a will of its own — esta máquina está endiablada

b) (determination, willpower) voluntad f

to break somebody's will — doblegar* a alguien

to lose the will to live — perder* las ansias or las ganas de vivir

they set about their tasks with a will — se pusieron a trabajar con empeño

where there's a will, there's a way — querer es poder

c) (desire, intention) voluntad f

it was God's will — Dios así lo quiso, fue la voluntad divina

patients may come and go at will — los pacientes pueden entrar y salir a voluntad or cuando quieren or (frml) cuando les place

2) c ( testament) testamento m

last will and testament — última voluntad y testamento

I [wɪl] (pt would)
1. MODAL VB

1) (talking about the future)

a)

I will or I'll finish it tomorrow — lo terminaré mañana

I will or I'll have finished it by tomorrow — lo habré terminado para mañana

you won't lose it, will you? — no lo perderás ¿verdad?; (stronger) no lo vayas a perder

you will come to see us, won't you? — vendrás a vernos, ¿no?

it won't take long — no llevará mucho tiempo

we'll probably go out later — seguramente saldremos luego

I'll always love you — te querré siempre

what will you do? — ¿qué vas a hacer?

we'll be having lunch late — vamos a comer tarde

we'll talk about it later — hablamos luego

b) (emphatic language)

I will do it! — ¡sí lo haré!

no he won't! — ¡no lo hará!

2) (in conjectures)

he will or he'll be there by now — ya debe de haber llegado or ya habrá llegado

she'll be about 50 — tendrá como 50 años

that will be the postman — será el cartero

3) (expressing willingness)

a) (in commands, insistence)

will you sit down! — ¡siéntate!

will you be quiet! — ¿te quieres callar?

he will have none of it — no quiere ni siquiera pensarlo

"I won't go" - "oh yes you will" — -no voy -¿cómo que no?

I will not or I won't put up with it! — ¡no lo voy a consentir!

I will not have it that... — no permito que se diga que... + subjun

I will — (marriage service) sí quiero

b) (in offers, requests, invitations, refusals)

come on, I'll help you — venga, te ayudo

will you help me? — ¿me ayudas?

wait a moment, will you? — espera un momento, ¿quieres?

will you have some tea? — ¿quieres tomar un té?

will you sit down? — ¿quiere usted sentarse?, tome usted asiento more frm

won't you come with us? — ¿no quieres venir con nosotros?

Tom won't help me — Tom no me quiere ayudar

4) (expressing habits)

a) soler, acostumbrar a

she will read for hours on end — suele leer or acostumbra a leer durante horas y horas

b) (expressing persistence)

she will smoke, despite what the doctor says — a pesar de lo que dice el médico, se empeña en fumar

accidents will happen — son cosas que pasan

boys will be boys — así son los chicos

he will keep leaving the door open — siempre tiene que dejar la puerta abierta

if you will eat so much, you can hardly expect to be slim — si insistes en comer tanto, no pensarás adelgazar

5) (expressing capability)

the car won't start — el coche no arranca

the car will cruise at 100mph — el coche podrá alcanzar las 100 millas por hora

a man who will do that will do anything — un hombre que es capaz de eso es capaz de todo

2.

VI (=wish) querer

(just) as you will! — ¡como quieras!

if God wills — si lo quiere Dios

say what you will — di lo que quieras

do as you will — haz lo que quieras, haz lo que te parezca bien

look where you will, you won't find one — mires donde mires, no vas a encontrar uno

II [wɪl]
1. N

1) (=inclination, wish) voluntad f

• against sb's will — contra la voluntad de algn

• at will — a voluntad

• to do sb's will — hacer la voluntad de algn

Thy will be done — hágase tu voluntad

• to do sth of one's own free will — hacer algo por voluntad propia

• the will of God — la voluntad de Dios

• iron will, will of iron — voluntad f de hierro

• to have a will of one's own — tener voluntad propia

• it is my will that you should do it — frm quiero que lo hagas

• the will to win/live — el deseo de ganar/vivir

• to work with a will — trabajar con ahinco

• with the best will in the world — por mucho que se quiera

- where there's a will there's a way
ill 1., 2)
2) (=testament) testamento m

• the last will and testament of... — la última voluntad de...

• to make a will — hacer testamento

2. VT

1) (=urge on by willpower) lograr a fuerza de voluntad

he willed himself to stay awake — consiguió quedarse despierto a fuerza de voluntad

I was willing you to win — estaba deseando que ganaras

2) (=ordain) ordenar, disponer

God has so willed it — Dios lo ha ordenado así

3) (=leave in one's will)

to will sth to sb — legar algo a algn, dejar algo (en herencia) a algn

he willed his pictures to the nation — legó sus cuadros a la nación

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I
1. [wɪl]
modal verb (past would) [ 'll es la contracción de will, won't de will not y 'll've de will have]

1)

a) ( talking about the future)

he'll come on Friday — vendrá el viernes, va a venir el viernes

he said he would come on Friday — dijo que vendría or iba a venir el viernes

he won't ever change his ways — no cambiará nunca, no va a cambiar nunca

will you be staying at Jack's? — ¿te vas a quedar en casa de Jack?

at the end of this month, he'll have been working here for a year — este fin de mes hará or va a hacer un año que trabaja aquí

you won't leave without me, will you? — no te irás sin mí ¿no?

b) ( expressing resolution) (with first person)

I won't let you down — no te fallaré, no te voy a fallar

2)

a) ( expressing willingness)

will o would you do me a favor? — ¿quieres hacerme un favor?, ¿me haces un favor?

she won't tell us what happened — no nos quiere decir qué pasó

I won't stand for this — no pienso tolerar esto

b) ( in orders)

be quiet, will you! — cállate, ¿quieres?, quieres callarte!

c) ( in invitations)

will you have a drink? — ¿quieres tomar algo?

you'll stay for dinner, won't you? — te quedas a cenar ¿no?

3) ( expressing conjecture)

won't they be having lunch now? — ¿no estarán comiendo ahora?

you will have gathered that... — te habrás dado cuenta de que...

that would have been in 1947 — eso debe (de) haber sido en 1947

4)

a) (indicating habit, characteristic)

I'll watch anything on television — yo soy capaz de mirar cualquier cosa en la televisión

he'd get drunk every Saturday — se emborrachaba or solía emborracharse todos los sábados

he will jump to conclusions — él siempre tiene que precipitarse a sacar conclusiones

you won't be told, will you? — qué cosa! ¿por qué no haces caso?

b) ( indicating capability)

it will do 40 miles per gallon — hace 40 millas por galón

this door won't shut — esta puerta no cierra or no quiere cerrar

2.

vt (past & past p willed)

1)

a) (urge, try to cause)

I was willing her to get the answer right — estaba deseando con todas mis fuerzas or con toda mi voluntad que diera la respuesta correcta

b) (desire, ordain) (frml) \<\<God\>\> disponer*, querer*

2) ( bequeath) legar*, dejar en testamento

II

noun

1) u

a) ( faculty) voluntad f

this machine has a will of its own — esta máquina está endiablada

b) (determination, willpower) voluntad f

to break somebody's will — doblegar* a alguien

to lose the will to live — perder* las ansias or las ganas de vivir

they set about their tasks with a will — se pusieron a trabajar con empeño

where there's a will, there's a way — querer es poder

c) (desire, intention) voluntad f

it was God's will — Dios así lo quiso, fue la voluntad divina

patients may come and go at will — los pacientes pueden entrar y salir a voluntad or cuando quieren or (frml) cuando les place

2) c ( testament) testamento m

last will and testament — última voluntad y testamento

English-spanish dictionary > will
2 Will

will¹ n

1. voluntad / ganas

you must have the will to win debes tener la voluntad de ganar

2. testamento

he left everything to his wife in his will dejó todo a su mujer en su testamento

will² vb

1.

Se emplea para formar el tiempo futuro de los verbos

when will they arrive? ¿cuándo llegarán?

2.

Se emplea para pedir a alguien que haga algo

will you close that door, please? ¿quieres cerrar esa puerta, por favor?

will

tr[wɪl]

auxiliar

1 (future)

■ she will be here tomorrow estará aquí mañana

■ we won't finish today no acabaremos hoy

■ it won't rain, will it? no lloverá, ¿verdad?

■ you'll catch it if you hurry lo cogerás si te das prisa

■ I'll see you next week hasta la semana que viene

■ I will always love you siempre te amaré

■ what will you do if she's late? ¿qué harás si llega tarde?

2 (be disposed to, be willing to)

■ (no), I won't no quiero

■ I'll do it lo haré (yo)

■ he won't open the door se niega a abrir la puerta

■ the car won't start el coche no arranca

■ I won't have it! ¡no lo permito!

■ will you stay for dinner? ¿quieres quedarte a cenar?

■ won't you take a seat? ¿quiere sentarse?, siéntese, por favor

3 (requests) querer

■ will you do me a favour? ¿quieres hacerme un favor?

■ you won't forget to tell him, will you? no se te olvidará de decírselo, ¿verdad?

■ make me a cup of tea, will you? hazme una taza de té, ¿quieres?

4 (general truths, custom)

■ accidents will happen siempre habrá accidentes

■ boys will be boys así son los chicos

5 (orders, commands)

■ will you be quiet! ¡quieres callarte!, ¡cállate!

■ you will report in my office tomorrow preséntese en mi oficina mañana

6 (insistence, persistence) insistir en

■ she will play her music at full volume insiste en poner la música a tope

■ he will leave the door open es que no hay manera de que cierre la puerta

7 (can, possibility) poder

■ this phone will accept credit cards este teléfono va con tarjetas de crédito

■ this washing machine will take 5 kgs esta lavadora aguanta 5 kilos

8 (supposition, must, probability) deber de

■ that'll be John será John, debe de ser John

■ they'll be home by now ya estarán en casa, ya deben de estar en casa

intransitive verb

1 formal use dated (wish) querer

■ what you will lo que quieras

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

if you will si así lo quiere

I will (in wedding) sí, quiero

will do muy bien, lo haré

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will

tr[wɪl]

noun

1 (control, volition) voluntad nombre femenino; (free will) albedrío

■ she's lost the will to live ha perdido la voluntad de vivir

■ a clash of wills un conflicto de voluntades

■ he's got a strong will tiene mucha voluntad

■ it is God's will es la voluntad de Dios

2 SMALLLAW/SMALL testamento, últimas nombre femenino plural voluntades

■ he left me this ring in his will me dejó este anillo en su testamento

■ have you made a will? ¿has hecho (tu) testamento?

transitive verb

1 (make or intend to happen by power of mind) desear, querer

■ we were willing him to win estábamos deseando que ganara

■ she willed it to happen logró que pasara por fuerza de voluntad

2 formal use (intend, desire) querer, ordenar, mandar

■ if God wills si Dios lo quiere

3 SMALLLAW/SMALL legar, dejar en testamento

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

against one's will contra su voluntad, a pesar suyo

at will a voluntad

of one's own free will por voluntad propia

where there's a will there's a way querer es poder

with a will con ilusión, con entusiasmo, con ganas

last will and testament última voluntad nombre femenino

will ['wɪl] v, past would ['wʊd] ; pres sing & pl will vi

wish: querer

do what you will: haz lo que quieras

will v aux

1) (expressing willingness)

no one would take the job: nadie aceptaría el trabajo

I won't do it: no lo haré

2) (expressing habitual action)

he will get angry over nothing: se pone furioso por cualquier cosa

3) (forming the future tense)

tomorrow we will go shopping: mañana iremos de compras

4) (expressing capacity)

the couch will hold three people: en el sofá cabrán tres personas

5) (expressing determination)

I will go despite them: iré a pesar de ellos

6) (expressing probability)

that will be the mailman: eso ha de ser el cartero

7) (expressing inevitability)

accidents will happen: los accidentes ocurrirán

8) (expressing a command)

you will do as I say: harás lo que digo

will vt

1) ordain: disponer, decretar

if God wills it: si Dios lo dispone, si Dios quiere

2) : lograr a fuerza de voluntad

they were willing him to succeed: estaban deseando que tuviera éxito

3) bequeath: legar

will n

1) desire: deseo m, voluntad f

2) volition: voluntad f

free will: libre albedrío

3) willpower: voluntad f, fuerza f de voluntad

a will of iron: una voluntad férrea

4) : testamento m

to make a will: hacer testamento

will

v.

• legar v.

• lograr por fuerza v.

• querer v.

(§pret: quis-) fut/c: querr-•)

aux.

(Verbo modal para indicar el futuro) v.

n.

• gusto s.m.

• placer s.m.

• testamento s.m.

• volición s.f.

• voluntad s.f.

I
1. wɪl
modal verb (past would) [ 'll es la contracción de will, won't de will not y 'll've de will have]

1)

a) ( talking about the future)

he'll come on Friday — vendrá el viernes, va a venir el viernes

he said he would come on Friday — dijo que vendría or iba a venir el viernes

he won't ever change his ways — no cambiará nunca, no va a cambiar nunca

will you be staying at Jack's? — ¿te vas a quedar en casa de Jack?

at the end of this month, he'll have been working here for a year — este fin de mes hará or va a hacer un año que trabaja aquí

you won't leave without me, will you? — no te irás sin mí ¿no?

b) ( expressing resolution) (with first person)

I won't let you down — no te fallaré, no te voy a fallar

2)

a) ( expressing willingness)

will o would you do me a favor? — ¿quieres hacerme un favor?, ¿me haces un favor?

she won't tell us what happened — no nos quiere decir qué pasó

I won't stand for this — no pienso tolerar esto

b) ( in orders)

be quiet, will you! — cállate, ¿quieres?, quieres callarte!

c) ( in invitations)

will you have a drink? — ¿quieres tomar algo?

you'll stay for dinner, won't you? — te quedas a cenar ¿no?

3) ( expressing conjecture)

won't they be having lunch now? — ¿no estarán comiendo ahora?

you will have gathered that... — te habrás dado cuenta de que...

that would have been in 1947 — eso debe (de) haber sido en 1947

4)

a) (indicating habit, characteristic)

I'll watch anything on television — yo soy capaz de mirar cualquier cosa en la televisión

he'd get drunk every Saturday — se emborrachaba or solía emborracharse todos los sábados

he will jump to conclusions — él siempre tiene que precipitarse a sacar conclusiones

you won't be told, will you? — qué cosa! ¿por qué no haces caso?

b) ( indicating capability)

it will do 40 miles per gallon — hace 40 millas por galón

this door won't shut — esta puerta no cierra or no quiere cerrar

2.

vt (past & past p willed)

1)

a) (urge, try to cause)

I was willing her to get the answer right — estaba deseando con todas mis fuerzas or con toda mi voluntad que diera la respuesta correcta

b) (desire, ordain) (frml) \<\<God\>\> disponer*, querer*

2) ( bequeath) legar*, dejar en testamento

II

noun

1) u

a) ( faculty) voluntad f

this machine has a will of its own — esta máquina está endiablada

b) (determination, willpower) voluntad f

to break somebody's will — doblegar* a alguien

to lose the will to live — perder* las ansias or las ganas de vivir

they set about their tasks with a will — se pusieron a trabajar con empeño

where there's a will, there's a way — querer es poder

c) (desire, intention) voluntad f

it was God's will — Dios así lo quiso, fue la voluntad divina

patients may come and go at will — los pacientes pueden entrar y salir a voluntad or cuando quieren or (frml) cuando les place

2) c ( testament) testamento m

last will and testament — última voluntad y testamento

[wɪl]
N (familiar form) of William
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I
1. [wɪl]
modal verb (past would) [ 'll es la contracción de will, won't de will not y 'll've de will have]

1)

a) ( talking about the future)

he'll come on Friday — vendrá el viernes, va a venir el viernes

he said he would come on Friday — dijo que vendría or iba a venir el viernes

he won't ever change his ways — no cambiará nunca, no va a cambiar nunca

will you be staying at Jack's? — ¿te vas a quedar en casa de Jack?

at the end of this month, he'll have been working here for a year — este fin de mes hará or va a hacer un año que trabaja aquí

you won't leave without me, will you? — no te irás sin mí ¿no?

b) ( expressing resolution) (with first person)

I won't let you down — no te fallaré, no te voy a fallar

2)

a) ( expressing willingness)

will o would you do me a favor? — ¿quieres hacerme un favor?, ¿me haces un favor?

she won't tell us what happened — no nos quiere decir qué pasó

I won't stand for this — no pienso tolerar esto

b) ( in orders)

be quiet, will you! — cállate, ¿quieres?, quieres callarte!

c) ( in invitations)

will you have a drink? — ¿quieres tomar algo?

you'll stay for dinner, won't you? — te quedas a cenar ¿no?

3) ( expressing conjecture)

won't they be having lunch now? — ¿no estarán comiendo ahora?

you will have gathered that... — te habrás dado cuenta de que...

that would have been in 1947 — eso debe (de) haber sido en 1947

4)

a) (indicating habit, characteristic)

I'll watch anything on television — yo soy capaz de mirar cualquier cosa en la televisión

he'd get drunk every Saturday — se emborrachaba or solía emborracharse todos los sábados

he will jump to conclusions — él siempre tiene que precipitarse a sacar conclusiones

you won't be told, will you? — qué cosa! ¿por qué no haces caso?

b) ( indicating capability)

it will do 40 miles per gallon — hace 40 millas por galón

this door won't shut — esta puerta no cierra or no quiere cerrar

2.

vt (past & past p willed)

1)

a) (urge, try to cause)

I was willing her to get the answer right — estaba deseando con todas mis fuerzas or con toda mi voluntad que diera la respuesta correcta

b) (desire, ordain) (frml) \<\<God\>\> disponer*, querer*

2) ( bequeath) legar*, dejar en testamento

II

noun

1) u

a) ( faculty) voluntad f

this machine has a will of its own — esta máquina está endiablada

b) (determination, willpower) voluntad f

to break somebody's will — doblegar* a alguien

to lose the will to live — perder* las ansias or las ganas de vivir

they set about their tasks with a will — se pusieron a trabajar con empeño

where there's a will, there's a way — querer es poder

c) (desire, intention) voluntad f

it was God's will — Dios así lo quiso, fue la voluntad divina

patients may come and go at will — los pacientes pueden entrar y salir a voluntad or cuando quieren or (frml) cuando les place

2) c ( testament) testamento m

last will and testament — última voluntad y testamento

English-spanish dictionary > Will
3 can

I [ forma debole kən] [ forma forte kæn]
verbo modale (pass. could; forma negativa del pres. cannot, can't)

1) (expressing possibility)

we can rent a house — possiamo affittare una casa

it can also be used to dry clothes — può anche essere usato per far asciugare i vestiti

you can't have forgotten! — non puoi averlo dimenticato!

it cannot be explained logically — non si può spiegare in modo logico

2) (expressing permission)

you can turn right here — qui si può svoltare a destra

can we park here? — possiamo parcheggiare qui?

I can't leave yet — non posso ancora andare via

3) (when making requests)

can you do me a favour? — puoi farmi un favore?

can I ask you a question? — posso farti una domanda?

can't you get home earlier? — non puoi arrivare a casa prima?

4) (when making an offer)

can I give you a hand? — posso darti una mano?

what can I do for you? — cosa posso fare per lei?

5) (when making suggestions)

you can always exchange it — può sempre cambiarlo

6) (have skill, knowledge to)

she can't drive yet — non sa ancora guidare

can he type? — sa battere a macchina?

7) (have ability, power to)

computers can process data rapidly — i computer possono elaborare i dati rapidamente

to do all one can — fare tutto il possibile

I cannot understand why — non capisco o non riesco a capire perché

8) (have ability, using senses, to)

can you see it? — lo vedi?

I can't hear anything — non sento nulla

9) (indicating capability, tendency)

she can be quite abrupt — sa essere piuttosto brusca

it can make life difficult — può rendere la vita difficile

10) (expressing likelihood, assumption)

it can't be as bad as that! — non può essere così tremendo!

it can't have been easy for her — non deve essere stato facile per lei

11) (expressing willingness to act)

we can take you home — possiamo portarti a casa

12) (be in a position to)

they can hardly refuse — non possono certo rifiutare

I can't say I agree — non posso dire di essere d'accordo

13) (expressing surprise)

what can she possibly want from me? — che può mai volere da me?

you can't o cannot be serious! non dici sul serio! can you believe it! — l'avresti creduto?

14) (expressing obligation)

if she wants it she can ask me herself — se lo vuole può venirlo a chiedere lei stessa

if you want to chat, you can leave — se volete chiacchierare, potete farlo fuori

you can get lost! — colloq. va' al diavolo! va' a quel paese!

15) (avoiding repetition of verb)

"can we borrow it?" - "you can" — "possiamo prenderlo in prestito?" - "certo"

leave as soon as you can — partite appena possibile

"can anyone give me a lift home?" - "we can" — "qualcuno può darmi un passaggio a casa?" - "sì, noi"

as happy as can be — felicissimo

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no can do — colloq. non posso
II [kæn]
nome

1) (of food) barattolo m., scatola f.; (aerosol) bomboletta f.; (for petrol) fusto m., bidone m., latta f.; (of drink) lattina f.

2) pop. (lavatory) cesso m., latrina f.

3) colloq. (prison) galera f., gattabuia f.

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a can of worms — un imbroglio, un bel po' di marcio

to be in the can — colloq. [ film] essere pronto per la distribuzione; [ negotiations] essere cosa fatta

to carry the can for sb. — colloq. prendersi la colpa al posto di qcn
III [kæn]
verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - nn-)

1) gastr. inscatolare, mettere in scatola [fruit, vegetables]

2) colloq.

can it! — piantala!

* * *
[kæn] I negative - can't; verb
1) (to be able to: You can do it if you try hard.)

2) (to know how to: Can you drive a car?)

3) ((usually may) to have permission to: You can go if you behave yourself.)

4) (used in questions to indicate surprise, disbelief etc: What can he be doing all this time?)
II 1. noun
(a metal container for liquids and many types of food: oil-can; beer-can; six cans of beer.)
2. verb
(to put (especially food) into cans, usually to preserve it: a factory for canning raspberries.)

- canned
- cannery
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I [ forma debole kən] [ forma forte kæn]
verbo modale (pass. could; forma negativa del pres. cannot, can't)

1) (expressing possibility)

we can rent a house — possiamo affittare una casa

it can also be used to dry clothes — può anche essere usato per far asciugare i vestiti

you can't have forgotten! — non puoi averlo dimenticato!

it cannot be explained logically — non si può spiegare in modo logico

2) (expressing permission)

you can turn right here — qui si può svoltare a destra

can we park here? — possiamo parcheggiare qui?

I can't leave yet — non posso ancora andare via

3) (when making requests)

can you do me a favour? — puoi farmi un favore?

can I ask you a question? — posso farti una domanda?

can't you get home earlier? — non puoi arrivare a casa prima?

4) (when making an offer)

can I give you a hand? — posso darti una mano?

what can I do for you? — cosa posso fare per lei?

5) (when making suggestions)

you can always exchange it — può sempre cambiarlo

6) (have skill, knowledge to)

she can't drive yet — non sa ancora guidare

can he type? — sa battere a macchina?

7) (have ability, power to)

computers can process data rapidly — i computer possono elaborare i dati rapidamente

to do all one can — fare tutto il possibile

I cannot understand why — non capisco o non riesco a capire perché

8) (have ability, using senses, to)

can you see it? — lo vedi?

I can't hear anything — non sento nulla

9) (indicating capability, tendency)

she can be quite abrupt — sa essere piuttosto brusca

it can make life difficult — può rendere la vita difficile

10) (expressing likelihood, assumption)

it can't be as bad as that! — non può essere così tremendo!

it can't have been easy for her — non deve essere stato facile per lei

11) (expressing willingness to act)

we can take you home — possiamo portarti a casa

12) (be in a position to)

they can hardly refuse — non possono certo rifiutare

I can't say I agree — non posso dire di essere d'accordo

13) (expressing surprise)

what can she possibly want from me? — che può mai volere da me?

you can't o cannot be serious! non dici sul serio! can you believe it! — l'avresti creduto?

14) (expressing obligation)

if she wants it she can ask me herself — se lo vuole può venirlo a chiedere lei stessa

if you want to chat, you can leave — se volete chiacchierare, potete farlo fuori

you can get lost! — colloq. va' al diavolo! va' a quel paese!

15) (avoiding repetition of verb)

"can we borrow it?" - "you can" — "possiamo prenderlo in prestito?" - "certo"

leave as soon as you can — partite appena possibile

"can anyone give me a lift home?" - "we can" — "qualcuno può darmi un passaggio a casa?" - "sì, noi"

as happy as can be — felicissimo

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no can do — colloq. non posso
II [kæn]
nome

1) (of food) barattolo m., scatola f.; (aerosol) bomboletta f.; (for petrol) fusto m., bidone m., latta f.; (of drink) lattina f.

2) pop. (lavatory) cesso m., latrina f.

3) colloq. (prison) galera f., gattabuia f.

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a can of worms — un imbroglio, un bel po' di marcio

to be in the can — colloq. [ film] essere pronto per la distribuzione; [ negotiations] essere cosa fatta

to carry the can for sb. — colloq. prendersi la colpa al posto di qcn
III [kæn]
verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - nn-)

1) gastr. inscatolare, mettere in scatola [fruit, vegetables]

2) colloq.

can it! — piantala!

English-Italian dictionary > can
4 can

I.

can¹ [kæn]

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► vb: neg cannot or can't

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1. modal verb

   a.

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► can is often translated by the appropriate form of pouvoir.

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• can you come tomorrow? pouvez-vous venir demain ?

• can I help you? est-ce que je peux vous aider ?

• where can he be? où peut-il bien être ?

• it can be very cold here il peut faire très froid ici

• he will do what he can il fera ce qu'il pourra

   b. (indicating possibility) their behaviour can seem strange leur comportement peut sembler bizarre

• can he have done it already? est-il possible qu'il l'ait déjà fait ?

   c. (indicating impossibility) it can't have been him ça ne peut pas être lui

• he can't be dead! ce n'est pas possible, il n'est pas mort !

• you can't be serious! vous ne parlez pas sérieusement !

• she can't be very clever if she failed this exam elle ne doit pas être très intelligente si elle a échoué à cet examen

   d. ( = know how to) savoir

• he can read and write il sait lire et écrire

• she can't swim elle ne sait pas nager

   e.

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► can used with a verb of perception is not usually translated.

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• I can see you je vous vois

• I can't hear you je ne t'entends pas

2. compounds

► can-do (inf) adjective

[person, organization] dynamique

II.

can² [kæn]

1. noun

   a. (for oil, petrol) bidon m

   b. [of food] boîte f (de conserve)

• a can of beer une canette de bière

2. transitive verb

[+ food] mettre en conserve

• canned fruit fruits mpl en conserve

• canned food conserves fpl

• canned music (inf) musique f enregistrée

3. compounds

► can opener noun ouvre-boîtes m inv

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I [kæn]
modal auxiliary (prét, conditional could; nég au prés cannot, can't)

1) ( expressing possibility)

we can rent a house — nous pouvons louer une maison

it can also be used to dry clothes — on peut aussi s'en servir pour sécher le linge

you can't have forgotten! — tu ne peux pas avoir oublié!

it cannot be explained logically — ça n'a pas d'explication logique

it could be that... — il se peut que... (+ subj)

could be — (colloq) peut-être

it could be a trap — c'est peut-être un piège, ça pourrait être un piège

I could be wrong — je me trompe peut-être, il se peut que j'aie tort

you could have been electrocuted! — tu aurais pu t'électrocuter!

‘did she know?’ - ‘no, how could she?’ — ‘est-ce qu'elle était au courant?’ - ‘non, comment est-ce qu'elle aurait pu l'être?’

the computer couldn't ou can't have made an error — l'ordinateur n'a pas pu faire d'erreur, il est impossible que l'ordinateur ait fait une erreur

nothing could be simpler — il n'y a rien de plus simple

2) ( expressing permission)

you can turn right here — vous pouvez tourner à droite ici

I can't leave yet — je ne peux pas partir pour le moment

could I interrupt? — puis-je vous interrompre?

3) ( when making requests)

can you leave us a message? — est-ce que tu peux nous laisser un message?

can I ask you a question? — puis-je vous poser une question?

4) ( when making an offer)

can I give you a hand? — est-ce que je peux te donner un coup de main?

what can I do for you? — ( in shop) qu'y a-t-il pour votre service?

5) ( when making suggestions)

you can always exchange it — tu peux toujours l'échanger

we could try and phone him — nous pourrions essayer de lui téléphoner

6) (have skill, knowledge to)

she can't read yet — elle ne sait pas encore lire

can he type? — est-ce qu'il sait taper à la machine?

7) (have ability, power to)

computers can process data rapidly — les ordinateurs peuvent traiter rapidement les données

to do all one can — faire tout ce qu'on peut or tout son possible

he couldn't sleep for weeks — il n'a pas pu dormir pendant des semaines

I wish I could have been there — j'aurais aimé (pouvoir) être là

8) (have ability, using senses, to)

can you see it? — est-ce que tu le vois?

I can't hear anything — je n'entends rien

I could feel my heart beating — je sentais mon cœur battre

9) (indicating capability, tendency)

she could be quite abrupt — elle pouvait être assez brusque

10) (expressing likelihood, assumption)

it can't be as bad as that! — ça ne peut pas être aussi terrible que ça!

he couldn't be more than 10 years old — ( now) il ne peut pas avoir plus de 10 ans

11) ( expressing willingness to act)

we can take you home — nous pouvons te déposer chez toi

I couldn't leave the children — ( didn't want to) je ne pouvais pas laisser les enfants; ( wouldn't want to) je ne pourrais pas laisser les enfants

12) ( be in a position to)

they can hardly refuse — ils peuvent difficilement refuser

I couldn't possibly accept the money — je ne peux vraiment pas accepter cet argent

13) ( expressing a reproach)

they could have warned us — ils auraient pu nous prévenir

you could at least say sorry! — tu pourrais au moins t'excuser!

how could you! — comment as -tu pu faire une chose pareille!

14) ( expressing surprise)

what can she possibly want from me? — qu'est-ce qu'elle peut bien me vouloir?

who could it be? — qui est-ce que ça peut bien être?

you can't ou cannot be serious! — tu veux rire! (colloq)

can you believe it! — tu te rends compte?

15) ( for emphasis)

I couldn't agree more! — je suis entièrement d'accord!

they couldn't have been nicer — ils ont été extrêmement gentils

you couldn't be more mistaken — tu te trompes complètement

16) ( expressing exasperation)

I was so mad I could have screamed! — j'aurais crié tellement j'étais en colère!

I could murder him! — (colloq) je le tuerais! (colloq)

17) ( expressing obligation)

she can ask me herself — elle peut venir me le demander elle-même

you can get lost! — (colloq) va te faire fiche! (colloq)

18) ( avoiding repetition of verb)

‘can we borrow it?’ - ‘you can’ — ‘est-ce que nous pouvons l'emprunter?’ - ‘bien sûr’

leave as soon as you can — partez dès que vous le pourrez

‘can anyone give me a lift home?’ - ‘we can’ — ‘est-ce que quelqu'un peut me déposer chez moi?’ - ‘oui, nous’

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as happy/excited as can ou could be — très heureux/excité

no can do — (colloq) non, je ne peux pas
II 1. [kæn]
noun ( of food) boîte f; ( aerosol) bombe f; ( for petrol) bidon m; ( of drink) cannette f
2.
transitive verb (p prés etc - nn-) Culinary mettre [quelque chose] en conserve
3.
canned past participle adjective

1) [food] en boîte

2) (colloq) [laughter] enregistré

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a can of worms — une affaire dans laquelle il vaut mieux ne pas trop fouiller

in the can — (colloq) Cinema ( of film) dans la boîte; ( of negotiations) dans la poche

to carry the can for somebody — (colloq) porter le chapeau à la place de quelqu'un (colloq)

English-French dictionary > can
5 can

I.

can ⇒ Usage note: can, modal aux ( prét, cond could ; nég au prés cannot, can't)

1 ( expressing possibility) we can rent a house nous pouvons louer une maison ; anyone can enrol n'importe qui peut s'inscrire ; they can't ou cannot afford to fly ils ne peuvent pas se permettre de prendre l'avion ; it can also be used to dry clothes on peut aussi s'en servir pour faire sécher le linge ; how can one know in advance? comment peut-on savoir à l'avance? ; we are confident that the job can be completed in time nous sommes convaincus que le travail peut être fini à temps ; you can't have forgotten! tu ne peux pas avoir oublié! ; it can be described as on peut le décrire comme étant ; it cannot be explained logically ça n'a pas d'explication logique ; it could be that… il se peut que… (+ subj) ; could be ○ peut-être ; they could be dead ils sont peut-être morts ; it could be a trap c'est peut-être un piège, ça pourrait être un piège ; I could be wrong je me trompe peut-être, il se peut que j'aie tort ; this could be our most important match c'est peut-être or ça pourrait être le match le plus important pour nous ; the engine could explode le moteur pourrait exploser ; it could be seen as an insult ça pourrait être considéré comme une insulte ; it could be argued that on pourrait dire que ; could it have something to do with the delay? est-ce que ça pourrait avoir un rapport avec le retard? ; you could have been electrocuted! tu aurais pu t'électrocuter! ; ‘did she know?’-‘no, how could she?’ ‘est-ce qu'elle était au courant?’-‘non, comment est-ce qu'elle aurait pu l'être?’ ; the computer couldn't ou can't have made an error l'ordinateur n'a pas pu faire d'erreur, il est impossible que l'ordinateur ait fait une erreur ; they couldn't ou can't have found out so soon ils ne peuvent pas avoir compris si vite, il est impossible qu'ils aient compris si vite ; nothing could be simpler il n'y a rien de plus simple ;

2 ( expressing permission) you can turn right here vous pouvez tourner à droite ici ; I can't leave yet je ne peux pas partir pour le moment ; we cannot allow dogs in the café nous ne pouvons pas autoriser les chiens dans le café ; can we park here? est-ce que nous pouvons nous garer ici? ; people could travel without a passport on pouvait voyager sans passeport ; we could only go out at weekends nous ne pouvions sortir ou nous n'avions le droit de sortir que le week-end ; could I interrupt? puis-je vous interrompre? ;

3 ( when making requests) can you leave us a message? est-ce que tu peux nous laisser un message? ; can you do me a favour? est-ce que tu peux me rendre un service? ; can I ask you a question? puis-je poser une question? ; can't you get home earlier? est-ce que tu ne peux pas rentrer plus tôt? ; could I speak to Annie? est-ce que je pourrais parler à Annie?, puis-je parler à Annie? ; could she spend the night with you? est-ce qu'elle pourrait dormir chez toi? ; you couldn't come earlier, could you? est-ce que tu pourrais venir un peu plus tôt? ; couldn't you give us another chance? est-ce que vous ne pourriez pas nous donner une autre chance? ;

4 ( when making an offer) can I give you a hand? est-ce que je peux te donner un coup de main? ; what can I do for you? qu'est-ce que je peux faire pour vous aider? ; you can borrow it if you like tu peux l'emprunter si tu veux ;

5 ( when making suggestions) you can always exchange it tu peux toujours l'échanger ; I can call round later if you prefer je peux passer plus tard si ça t'arrange ; we could try and phone him nous pourrions essayer de lui téléphoner ; couldn't they go camping instead? est-ce qu'ils ne pourraient pas faire du camping à la place? ;

6 (have skill, knowledge to) she can't drive yet elle ne sait pas encore conduire ; can he type? est-ce qu'il sait taper à la machine? ; few people could read or write peu de gens savaient lire ou écrire ; she never told us she could speak Chinese elle ne nous a jamais dit qu'elle savait parler chinois ;

7 (have ability, power to) computers can process data rapidly les ordinateurs peuvent traiter rapidement les données ; to do all one can faire tout ce qu'on peut or tout son possible ; he couldn't sleep for weeks il n'a pas pu dormir pendant des semaines ; if only we could stay si seulement nous pouvions rester ; I wish I could have been there j'aurais aimé (pouvoir) être là ; I wish I could go to Japan j'aimerais (pouvoir) visiter le Japon ; I can't ou cannot understand why je ne comprends pas pourquoi, je n'arrive pas à comprendre pourquoi ;

8 (have ability, using senses, to) can you see it? est-ce que tu le vois? ; I can't hear anything je n'entends rien ; we could hear them laughing on les entendait rire ; I could feel my heart beating je sentais mon cœur battre ;

9 (indicating capability, tendency) she could be quite abrupt elle pouvait être assez brusque ; it can make life difficult ça peut rendre la vie difficile ; Italy can be very warm at that time of year il peut faire très chaud en Italie à cette période de l'année ;

10 (expressing likelihood, assumption) the cease-fire can't last le cessez-le-feu ne peut pas durer ; it can't be as bad as that! ça ne peut pas être aussi terrible que ça! ; it can't have been easy for her ça n'a pas dû être facile pour elle ; he couldn't be more than 10 years old il ne peut pas avoir plus de 10 ans ;

11 ( expressing willingness to act) I cannot give up work je ne peux pas laisser tomber le travail ; we can take you home nous pouvons te déposer chez toi ; I couldn't leave the children ( didn't want to) je ne pouvais pas laisser les enfants ; ( wouldn't want to) je ne pourrais pas laisser les enfants ;

12 ( be in a position to) one can hardly blame her on peut difficilement le lui reprocher ; they can hardly refuse to listen ils peuvent difficilement refuser d'écouter ; I can't say I agree je ne peux pas dire que je suis d'accord ; I couldn't possibly accept the money je ne peux vraiment pas accepter cet argent ;

13 ( expressing a reproach) they could have warned us ils auraient pu nous prévenir ; you could at least say sorry! tu pourrais au moins t'excuser! ; how could you! comment as-tu pu faire une chose pareille! ;

14 ( expressing surprise) what can she possibly want from me? qu'est-ce qu'elle peut bien me vouloir? ; who could it be? qui est-ce que ça peut bien être? ; where could they have hidden it? où est-ce qu'ils ont bien pu le cacher? ; you can't ou cannot be serious! tu veux rire ○ ! ; can you believe it! tu te rends compte? ;

15 ( for emphasis) I couldn't agree more! je suis entièrement d'accord! ; they couldn't have been nicer ils ont été extrêmement gentils ; you couldn't be more mistaken tu te trompes complètement ;

16 ( expressing exasperation) I was so mad I could have screamed! j'aurais crié tellement j'étais en colère! ; I could murder him ○ ! je le tuerais ○ ! ;

17 ( expressing obligation) if she wants it she can ask me herself si elle le veut elle peut venir me le demander elle-même ; you can get lost ○ ! tu peux toujours courir ○ ! ; if you want to chat, you can leave si vous voulez bavarder allez faire ça dehors ; if he doesn't like it he can lump it ○ même si ça ne lui plaît pas il va falloir qu'il fasse avec ○ ;

18 ( avoiding repetition of verb) ‘can we borrow it?’-‘you can’ ‘est-ce que nous pouvons l'emprunter?’-‘bien sûr’ ; leave as soon as you can partez dès que vous pourrez ; ‘can anyone give me a lift home?’-‘we can’ ‘est-ce que quelqu'un peut me déposer chez moi?’-‘oui, nous’.

Idioms

as happy/excited as can ou could be très heureux/excité ; no can do ○ non, je ne peux pas.

II.

can

A n

1 ( of tinned food) boîte f ; ( aerosol) bombe f ; ( for petrol) bidon m ; ( of drink) cannette f ;

2 ◑ ( lavatory) chiottes ◑ fpl, toilettes fpl ;

3 ○ ( prison) taule ○ f ;

4 ○ US ( rump) fesses fpl ; to kick sb in the can botter les fesses à qn ○ ;

5 ○ US Naut destroyer m.

B vtr ( p prés etc - nn-)

1 Culin mettre [qch] en conserve [fruit, vegetables] ;

2 ○ can it! I'm trying to sleep ferme-la ○, j'essaie de dormir! ;

3 ○ US ( dismiss) virer ○.

C canned pp adj

1 [food] en boîte ;

2 ○ [music, laughter, applause] enregistré ;

3 ○ ( drunk) bourré ○.

Idioms

a can of worms une affaire dans laquelle il vaut mieux ne pas trop fouiller ; in the can ○ Cin ( of film) dans la boîte ; ( of negotiations) dans la poche ; to carry the can for sb ○ porter le chapeau à la place de qn ○.

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6 will

I 1.
[wɪl]transitive verb, only in pres. will, neg. (coll.) won't [wəʊnt], past would [wʊd], neg. (coll.) wouldn't [wʊdnt]

1) (consent to) wollen

They won't help me. Will/Would you? — Sie wollen mir nicht helfen. Bist du bereit?

you will help her, won't you? — du hilfst ihr doch od. du wirst ihr doch helfen, nicht wahr?

the car won't start — das Auto will nicht anspringen od. springt nicht an

will/would you pass the salt, please? — gibst du bitte mal das Salz rüber?/würdest du bitte mal das Salz rübergeben?

will/would you come in? — kommen Sie doch herein

now just listen, will you! — jetzt hör/hört gefälligst zu!

will you be quiet! — willst du/wollt ihr wohl ruhig sein!

2) (be accustomed to) pflegen

he will sit there hour after hour — er pflegt dort stundenlang zu sitzen; (emphatic)

children 'will make a noise — Kinder machen [eben] Lärm

..., as young people 'will —..., wie alle jungen Leute [es tun]

he 'will insist on doing it — er besteht unbedingt darauf, es zu tun

it 'would have to rain — natürlich musste es regnen

3) (wish) wollen

will you have some more cake? — möchtest od. willst du noch etwas Kuchen?

do as/what you will — mach, was du willst

call it what [ever] you will — nenn es, wie du willst

would to God that... — wollte Gott, dass...

4) (be able to)

the box will hold 5 lb. of tea — in die Kiste gehen 5 Pfund Tee

the theatre will seat 800 — das Theater hat 800 Sitzplätze
2. auxiliary verb, forms as
I

1) expr. simple future werden

this time tomorrow he will be in Oxford — morgen um diese Zeit ist er in Oxford

tomorrow he will have been here a month — morgen ist er einen Monat hier

one more cherry, and I will have eaten a pound — noch eine Kirsche und ich habe ein Pfund gegessen

2) expr. intention

I promise I won't do it again — ich verspreche, ich machs nicht noch mal

You won't do that, will you? - Oh yes, I will! — Du machst es doch nicht, oder? - Doch[, ich machs]!

will do — (coll.) wird gemacht; mach ich (ugs.)

3) in conditional clause

if he tried, he would succeed — wenn er es versuchen würde, würde er es schaffen

he would like/would have liked to see her — er würde sie gerne sehen/er hätte sie gerne gesehen

4) (request)

will you please tidy up — würdest du bitte aufräumen?
II 1. noun
1) (faculty) Wille, der

freedom of the will — Willensfreiheit, die

have a will of one's own — [s]einen eigenen Willen haben

an iron will, a will of iron — ein eiserner Wille

2) (Law): (testament) Testament, das

3) (desire)

at will — nach Belieben

will to live — Lebenswille, der

you must have the will to win — du musst gewinnen wollen

against one's/somebody's will — gegen seinen/jemandes Willen

of one's own [free] will — aus freien Stücken

do something with a will — etwas mit großem Eifer od. Elan tun

where there's a will there's a way — (prov.) wo ein Wille ist, ist auch ein Weg

4) (disposition)

with the best will in the world — bei allem Wohlwollen; in neg. clause beim besten Willen
2. transitive verb
durch Willenskraft erzwingen

will oneself to do something — sich zwingen, etwas zu tun

will somebody to win — jemandes Sieg mit aller Kraft herbeiwünschen

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will¹

<would, would>

[wɪl]

I. aux vb

1. (in future tense) werden

we \will be at the airport wir werden am Flughafen sein

do you think he \will come? glaubst du, dass er kommt?

so we'll be in Glasgow by lunchtime wir sind also um die Mittagszeit [herum] in Glasgow

I'll be with you in a minute ich bin sofort bei Ihnen

it won't be easy es wird nicht leicht sein

by the time we get there, Jim \will have left bis wir dort ankommen, ist Jim schon weg

you'll have forgotten all about it by next week nächste Woche wirst du alles vergessen haben; (in immediate future)

we'll be off now wir fahren jetzt

I'll be going then ich gehe dann

I'll answer the telephone ich gehe ans Telefon

2. (with tag question)

you won't forget to tell him, \will you? du vergisst aber nicht, es ihm zu sagen, oder?

they'll have got home by now, won't they? sie müssten mittlerweile zu Hause sein, nicht?

3. (expressing intention)

▪ sb \will do sth jd wird etw tun

I \will always love you ich werde dich immer lieben

I'll make up my own mind about that ich werde mir meine eigene Meinung darüber bilden

I'll not be spoken to like that! ich dulde nicht, dass man so mit mir redet!

I won't have him ruining the party ich werde nicht zulassen, dass er die Party verdirbt

4. (in requests, instructions)

\will you give me her address, please? würden Sie mir bitte ihre Adresse geben?

\will you stop that! hör sofort damit auf!

\will you let me speak! würdest du mich bitte ausreden lassen!

you'll do it because I say so du tust es, weil ich es dir sage!

hang on a second, \will you? bleiben Sie bitte einen Moment dran!

just pass me that knife, \will you? gib mir doch bitte mal das Messer rüber, ja?

give me a hand, \will you? sei so nett und hilf mir mal

\will you sit down? setzen Sie sich doch!

won't you come in? möchten Sie nicht hereinkommen?

won't you have some cake? möchten Sie nicht etwas Kuchen?

5. (expressing willingness)

who'll post this letter for me? — I \will wer kann den Brief für mich einwerfen? — ich [kann es]

anyone like to volunteer for this job? — we \will! meldet sich jemand freiwillig für diese Arbeit? — ja, wir!

I keep asking him to play with me, but he won't ich frage ihn ständig, ob er mit mir spielt, aber er will nicht

6. (not functioning)

the car won't start das Auto springt nicht an

the door won't open die Tür geht nicht auf

7. (expressing facts)

fruit \will keep longer in the fridge Obst hält sich im Kühlschrank länger

new products \will always sell better neue Produkte verkaufen sich einfach besser

that won't make any difference das macht keinen Unterschied

the car won't run without petrol ohne Benzin fährt der Wagen nicht

8. (expressing persistence)

accidents \will happen Unfälle passieren nun einmal

he \will keep doing that er hört einfach nicht damit auf

they \will keep sending me those brochures sie senden mir immer noch diese Broschüren

9. (expressing likelihood)

that'll be Scott das wird Scott sein

I expect you'll be wanting your supper ich nehme an, du möchtest dein Abendbrot [haben]

as you \will all probably know already,... wie Sie vermutlich schon alle wissen,...

II. vi ( form) wollen

as you \will wie du willst

do what you \will with me machen Sie mit mir, was Sie wollen

will²

[wɪl]

I. n

1. no pl (faculty) Wille m

▪ to do sth with a \will etw mit großem Eifer tun

everyone heaved with a \will to get the car out of the mud alle hoben kräftig mit an, um das Auto aus dem Schlamm zu befreien

to have an iron \will [or a \will of iron] einen eisernen Willen haben

only with a \will of iron nur mit eisernem [o einem eisernen] Willen

strength of \will Willensstärke f

political \will politischer Wille

to have the \will to do sth den [festen] Willen haben, etw zu tun

to lose the \will to live den Lebenswillen verlieren

2. no pl (desire) Wille m

Thy \will be done REL Dein Wille geschehe

▪ to be the \will of sb [or sb's \will] jds Wille sein

it was God's \will [that...] es war Gottes Wille[, dass...]

against sb's \will gegen jds Willen

at \will nach Belieben

they were able to come and go at \will sie konnten kommen und gehen, wann sie wollten

an actor has to be able to cry at \will ein Schauspieler muss auf Kommando weinen können

3. LAW letzter Wille, Testament nt

she remembered you in her \will sie hat dich in ihrem Testament bedacht

holograph \will handgeschriebenes Testament

nuncupative \will mündliches Zeugentestament

the reading of the \will die Testamentsverlesung

to change one's \will sein Testament ändern

to draw up/make a \will ein Testament aufsetzen/machen

4.

▶ with the best \will in the world beim besten Willen

▶ to have a \will of one's own einen eigenen Willen haben

▶ where there's a \will, there's a way ( saying) wo ein Wille ist, ist auch ein Weg prov

II. vt

1. (try to cause by will power)

▪ to \will sb to do sth jdn [durch Willenskraft] dazu bringen, etw zu tun

I was \willing you to win ich habe mir ganz fest gewünscht, dass du gewinnst

▪ to \will oneself to do sth sich akk dazu zwingen, etw zu tun

2. ( form: ordain)

▪ to \will sth etw bestimmen [o verfügen]

God \willed it and it was so Gott hat es so gewollt und so geschah es

3. (bequeath)

▪ to \will sb sth [or sth to sb] jdm etw vererben [o [testamentarisch] vermachen]

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I [wɪl] pret would
1. modal aux vb

1) (future) werden

I'm sure that he will come — ich bin sicher, dass er kommt

you will come to see us, won't you? — Sie kommen uns doch besuchen, ja?

I'll be right there — komme sofort!, bin gleich da!

I will have finished by Tuesday — bis Dienstag bin ich fertig

you won't lose it, will you? — du wirst es doch nicht verlieren, oder?

you won't insist on that, will you? – oh yes, I will — Sie bestehen doch nicht darauf, oder? – o doch! or o ja! or doch, doch!

2)

(emphatic, expressing determination, compulsion etc) I will not have it! — das dulde ich nicht, das kommt mir nicht infrage or in Frage (inf)

will you be quiet! — willst du jetzt wohl ruhig sein!, bist du or sei jetzt endlich ruhig!

you will not talk to me like that! — so lasse ich nicht mit mir reden!

he says he will go and I say he won't — er sagt, er geht, und ich sage, er geht nicht

3) (expressing willingness, consent etc) wollen

he won't sign — er unterschreibt nicht, er will nicht unterschreiben

if she won't say yes — wenn sie nicht ja sagt

he wouldn't help me — er wollte or mochte mir nicht helfen

wait a moment, will you? — warten Sie einen Moment, ja bitte?; (impatiently) jetzt warte doch mal einen Moment!

will she, won't she? — ob sie wohl...?

4)

(in questions) will you have some more tea? — möchten Sie noch Tee?

will you accept these conditions? — akzeptieren Sie diese Bedingungen?

won't you take a seat? — wollen or möchten Sie sich nicht setzen?

won't you please come home? — komm doch bitte nach Hause!

there isn't any tea, will coffee do? — es ist kein Tee da, darf es auch Kaffee sein? or tut es Kaffee auch? (inf)

5)

(insistence) well, if he will drive so fast — also, wenn er (eben) unbedingt so schnell fahren muss

well, if you won't take advice — wenn du (eben) keinen Rat annimmst, na bitte

he will interrupt all the time — er muss ständig dazwischenreden

6)

(assumption) he'll be there by now — jetzt ist er schon da, jetzt dürfte er schon da sein

was that the doorbell? that will be for you — hats geklingelt? – das ist bestimmt für dich or das wird or dürfte für dich sein

this will be our bus —

this will be the one you want — das dürfte (es) wohl sein, was Sie wünschen

7)

(tendency) the solution will turn red if... — die Lösung färbt sich rot, wenn...

sometimes he will sit in his room for hours — manchmal sitzt er auch stundenlang in seinem Zimmer

8)

(capability) will the engine start now? — springt der Motor jetzt an?

the car won't start — das Auto springt nicht an or will nicht anspringen

the door won't open — die Tür lässt sich nicht öffnen or geht nicht auf (inf)

the cut won't heal — die Schnittwunde will nicht ( ver)heilen

the car will do up to 120 mph — das Auto fährt bis zu 120 Meilen pro Stunde

2. vi
wollen
say what you will — du kannst sagen, was du willst

as you will! —

it is, if you will, a kind of mystery — das ist, wenn du so willst, eine Art Rätsel
II
1. n

1) Wille m

to have a will of one's own — einen eigenen Willen haben; (hum) so seine Mucken haben (inf)

the will to win/live — der Wille or das Bestreben, zu gewinnen/zu leben, der Sieges-/Lebenswille

(to go) against one's/sb's will — gegen seinen/jds Willen (handeln)

if that's your will — wenn das dein Wunsch ist

at will — nach Belieben, nach Lust und Laune, beliebig

fire at will! — ohne Befehl schießen

of one's own free will — aus freien Stücken, aus freiem Willen

with the best will in the world — beim or mit ( dem) (aller)besten Willen

where there is a will there is a way (Prov) — wo ein Wille ist, ist auch ein Weg

to do sb's will (dated) to have one's will (dated) Thy will be done — jdm seinen Willen tun seinen Kopf durchsetzen Dein Wille geschehe

to work with a will — mit (Feuer)eifer arbeiten

See:

→ goodwill, ill

2) (= testament) Letzter Wille, Testament nt

the last will and testament of... — der Letzte Wille or das Testament des/der...

to make one's will — sein Testament machen

2. vt

1) (old: ordain) wollen, bestimmen, verfügen (geh)

God has so willed — Gott hat es so gewollt or gefügt or bestimmt

2) (= urge by willpower) (durch Willenskraft) erzwingen

to will sb to do sth — jdn durch die eigene Willensanstrengung dazu bringen, dass er etw tut

he willed himself to stay awake — er hat sich (dazu) gezwungen, wach zu bleiben

she willed herself to get better — sie hat ihre Genesung durch ihre Willenskraft erzwungen

he willed the ball into the net — er hat den Ball ins Netz hypnotisiert (inf)

3) (by testament) (testamentarisch) vermachen, vererben (sth to sb jdm etw)

3. vi
wollen
if God wills — so Gott will

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will¹ [wıl] inf und imp fehlen, 1. und 3. sg präs will, 2. sg präs (you) will, obs (thou) wilt [wılt], pl will, prät would [wʊd], 2. sg prät obs (thou) wouldst [wʊdst], pperf obs wold [wəʊld], would

A v/aux

1. ( zur Bezeichnung des Futurs, Br 1. sg und pl meist umg, und als Ausdruck eines Versprechens oder Entschlusses) werden:

they will see very soon sie werden bald sehen

2. wollen, werden, willens sein zu:

will you pass me the bread, please? würden Sie mir bitte das Brot reichen;

won’t you sit down nehmen Sie doch bitte Platz;

I will not go there again ich gehe da nicht mehr hin;

I will not stand such nonsense! ich dulde solchen Unfug nicht!;

will do! umg wird gemacht!

3. (immer, bestimmt, unbedingt) werden (oft unübersetzt):

people will talk die Leute reden immer;

accidents will happen Unfälle wird es immer geben;

you will get in my light! du musst mir natürlich (immer) im Licht stehen!; → academic.ru/8546/boy">boy A 1

4. (zur Bezeichnung einer Erwartung, Vermutung oder Annahme) werden:

you will not have forgotten her du wirst sie nicht vergessen haben;

they will have gone now sie werden oder dürften jetzt (wohl) gegangen sein;

this will be about right das wird oder dürfte ungefähr stimmen

5. (in Vorschriften etc) besonders MIL müssen

B v/i & v/t wollen, wünschen:

come when you will komm, wann du willst!;

as you will wie du willst; → will² B, C

will² [wıl]

A s

1. Wille m ( auch PHIL): → impose A 2

2. Wille(nskraft) m(f):

a weak will ein schwacher Wille

3. Wille m, Wollen n:

against one’s will gegen seinen Willen;

at will nach Belieben oder Laune oder Lust;

where there’s a will there’s a way (Sprichwort) wo ein Wille ist, ist auch ein Weg;

of one’s own (free) will aus freien Stücken;

with a will mit Lust und Liebe, mit Macht;

I can’t do that with the best will in the world ich kann das (auch) beim besten Willen nicht tun;

have one’s will seinen Willen haben;

take the will for the deed den guten Willen für die Tat nehmen; → tenancy 1

4. Wille m, Wunsch m, Befehl m:

Thy will be done BIBEL Dein Wille geschehe

5. Wille m, (Be)Streben n:

have the will to do sth den Willen haben oder bestrebt sein, etwas zu tun;

the will to live der Lebenswille;

will to win SPORT Siegeswille;

will to peace Friedenswille;

will to power Machtwille, -streben

6. Wille m, Gesinnung f (jemandem gegenüber):

good will guter Wille;

I don’t bear him any ill will ich trage ihm nichts nach; → goodwill

7. meist;

last will and testament JUR Testament n, Letzter Wille, letztwillige Verfügung:

make one’s will sein Testament machen;

I was left £5,000 in her will sie hat mir 5000 Pfund hinterlassen

B v/t 2. sg präs will, obs (thou) willest [ˈwılıst], 3. sg präs wills, obs willeth [ˈwılıθ], prät und pperf willed [wıld]

1. wollen, entscheiden:

God wills ( oder willeth) it Gott will es

2. ernstlich oder fest wollen

3. jemanden (durch Willenskraft) zwingen ( to do zu tun):

will o.s. into sich zwingen zu

4. JUR (letztwillig oder testamentarisch)

a) verfügen

b) vermachen:

he willed me his gold watch;

5.;

will sb on SPORT jemanden zum Sieg treiben

C v/i wollen

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I 1.
[wɪl]transitive verb, only in pres. will, neg. (coll.) won't [wəʊnt], past would [wʊd], neg. (coll.) wouldn't [wʊdnt]

1) (consent to) wollen

They won't help me. Will/Would you? — Sie wollen mir nicht helfen. Bist du bereit?

you will help her, won't you? — du hilfst ihr doch od. du wirst ihr doch helfen, nicht wahr?

the car won't start — das Auto will nicht anspringen od. springt nicht an

will/would you pass the salt, please? — gibst du bitte mal das Salz rüber?/würdest du bitte mal das Salz rübergeben?

will/would you come in? — kommen Sie doch herein

now just listen, will you! — jetzt hör/hört gefälligst zu!

will you be quiet! — willst du/wollt ihr wohl ruhig sein!

2) (be accustomed to) pflegen

he will sit there hour after hour — er pflegt dort stundenlang zu sitzen; (emphatic)

children 'will make a noise — Kinder machen [eben] Lärm

..., as young people 'will —..., wie alle jungen Leute [es tun]

he 'will insist on doing it — er besteht unbedingt darauf, es zu tun

it 'would have to rain — natürlich musste es regnen

3) (wish) wollen

will you have some more cake? — möchtest od. willst du noch etwas Kuchen?

do as/what you will — mach, was du willst

call it what [ever] you will — nenn es, wie du willst

would to God that... — wollte Gott, dass...

4) (be able to)

the box will hold 5 lb. of tea — in die Kiste gehen 5 Pfund Tee

the theatre will seat 800 — das Theater hat 800 Sitzplätze
2. auxiliary verb, forms as
I

1) expr. simple future werden

this time tomorrow he will be in Oxford — morgen um diese Zeit ist er in Oxford

tomorrow he will have been here a month — morgen ist er einen Monat hier

one more cherry, and I will have eaten a pound — noch eine Kirsche und ich habe ein Pfund gegessen

2) expr. intention

I promise I won't do it again — ich verspreche, ich machs nicht noch mal

You won't do that, will you? - Oh yes, I will! — Du machst es doch nicht, oder? - Doch[, ich machs]!

will do — (coll.) wird gemacht; mach ich (ugs.)

3) in conditional clause

if he tried, he would succeed — wenn er es versuchen würde, würde er es schaffen

he would like/would have liked to see her — er würde sie gerne sehen/er hätte sie gerne gesehen

4) (request)

will you please tidy up — würdest du bitte aufräumen?
II 1. noun
1) (faculty) Wille, der

freedom of the will — Willensfreiheit, die

have a will of one's own — [s]einen eigenen Willen haben

an iron will, a will of iron — ein eiserner Wille

2) (Law): (testament) Testament, das

3) (desire)

at will — nach Belieben

will to live — Lebenswille, der

you must have the will to win — du musst gewinnen wollen

against one's/somebody's will — gegen seinen/jemandes Willen

of one's own [free] will — aus freien Stücken

do something with a will — etwas mit großem Eifer od. Elan tun

where there's a will there's a way — (prov.) wo ein Wille ist, ist auch ein Weg

4) (disposition)

with the best will in the world — bei allem Wohlwollen; in neg. clause beim besten Willen
2. transitive verb
durch Willenskraft erzwingen

will oneself to do something — sich zwingen, etwas zu tun

will somebody to win — jemandes Sieg mit aller Kraft herbeiwünschen

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v.

vermachen v.

wollen v.

(§ p.,pp.: wollte, gewollt) aux.

werden (Zukunft) aux. n.

Wille nur sing. m.

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I [wɪl] would pt
1. modal aux vb

1)

(forming future tense) will you be there? — ci sarai?

he will come — verrà

will you do it? — yes, I will/no, I won't — lo farai? — sì (lo farò)/no (non lo farò)

I will finish it tomorrow — lo finirò domani

I will have finished it by tomorrow — lo finirò entro domani

you won't lose it, will you? — non lo perderai, vero?

2)

(in conjectures) he will or he'll be there by now — dovrebbe essere arrivato ormai

that will be the postman — sarà il postino

3)

(in commands, requests, offers) will you be quiet! — vuoi fare silenzio?

will you come? — vieni?

won't you come with us? — non vuoi venire con noi?

will you have a cup of tea? — vorresti una tazza di tè?

will you help me? — mi puoi aiutare?

I won't go — oh yes you will, my lad! — non ci andrò — oh sì che ci andrai, ragazzo mio!

I will not or won't put up with it! — non intendo tollerarlo!

will you sit down — (politely) prego, si accomodi, (angrily) vuoi metterti seduto!

4)

(expressing habits, persistence, capability) the car will do 100 mph — la macchina fa 100 miglia all'ora

accidents will happen — gli incidenti possono capitare

he will often sit there for hours — spesso rimane seduto lì per ore

the car won't start — la macchina non parte

he WILL fidget! — e continua a muoversi!

2. vi

(wish) volere

(just) as you will! — come vuoi!

say what you will — di' quello che vuoi
II [wɪl]
1. n

1) volontà

to have a will of one's own — avere una volontà indipendente

to do sth of one's own free will — fare qc di propria volontà

the will to win/live — la voglia di vincere/vivere

against sb's will — contro la volontà or il volere di qn

at will — a volontà

to work with a will — lavorare di buona lena

with the best will in the world — con tutta la più buona volontà del mondo

where there's a will there's a way — volere è potere

a strong will — una forte volontà

2) (testament) testamento

the last will and testament of — le ultime volontà di

to make a will — fare testamento

he made a will — ha fatto testamento

2. vt

1)

(urge on by willpower) to will sb to do sth — pregare (tra sé) perché qn faccia qc

he willed himself to stay awake — si costrinse a restare sveglio

he willed himself to go on — andò avanti con un grande sforzo di volontà

2)

(leave in one's will) to will sth to sb — lasciare qc a qn in eredità

English-Italian dictionary > will ****
8 ἐνεργέω

ἐνεργέω 1 aor. ἐνήργησα; pf. ἐνήργηκα; aor. pass. inf. ἐνεργηθῆναι; ptc. ἐνεργηθέντα (s. ἐνέργεια; Just., D. 78, 6, A I, 26, 4) (Aristot.+).

① intr. to put one’s capabilities into operation, work, be at work, be active, operate, be effective

ⓐ act. (Philo Mech. 59, 48; 96, 12; Vett. Val. 226, 2; Herm. Wr. 12, 11ab; PGiss 78, 4 [II A.D.] καλῶς δὲ ποιήσεις καὶ περὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἐνεργήσασα; Wsd 15:11; 16:17; Jos., Ant. 15, 290, Vi. 156) τὸ θέλειν καὶ τὸ ἐ. the will and the action Phil 2:13b. Used w. ἐν and dat. of pers. (TestDan 5:5 ἐνεργούντων ἐν ὑμῖν τῶν πνευμάτων; TestSim 4:8; without ἐν Ath. 10, 3) αἱ δυνάμεις ἐνεργοῦσιν ἐν αὐτῷ miraculous powers are at work in him Mt 14:2; Mk 6:14; cp. Eph 2:2. Of God (Julian 4, 142d ἐνεργεῖν ἐθέλει) ὁ ἐνεργῶν B 2:1 (s. HWindisch, Hdb. ad loc.). W. dat. of advantage (cp. Pr 31:12) ὁ ἐνεργήσας Πέτρῳ the one who was at work for Peter Gal 2:8 (the εἰς foll. supplies the goal of the activity, as Ro 7:5; s. b below).

ⓑ mid., in our lit. always w. impers. subj. (Diod S 13, 85, 2 the siege ‘went into effect’, ‘began’; Herm. Wr. 12, 11c τὰ ἀσώματα) τὰ παθήματα ἐνηργεῖτο ἐν τ. μέλεσιν the passions were at work in our members Ro 7:5 (the εἰς foll. introduces the goal; s. a above on Gal 2:8). ἡ παράκλησις ἡ ἐνεργουμένη ἐν ὑπομονῇ consolation that functions in (the act of) enduring 2 Cor 1:6. ὁ θάνατος ἐν ἡμῖν ἐνεργεῖται death is at work in us 4:12 (Lucian, Charon 2 ἐνεργεῖν τὰ τοῦ θανάτου ἔργα). Of God’s word 1 Th 2:13. δύναμις ἐνεργουμένη ἐν ἡμῖν the power that works in us Eph 3:20; cp. Col 1:29. πίστις διʼ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη faith working (=expressing itself) through love Gal 5:6. τὸ μυστήριον ἐνεργεῖται τῆς ἀνομίας the secret force of lawlessness is at work = is in operation 2 Th 2:7. δέησις ἐνεργουμένη effective prayer Js 5:16. τὰ ἐνεργούμενα the forces at work 1 Cl 60:1. τὰ καθʼ ἕκαστα βλέποντες ἐνεργούμενα we see how one thing after the other works itself out = comes to pass B 1:7.—JRoss, ἐνεργεῖσθαι in the NT: Exp. 7th ser., 7, 1909, 75–77; JMayor, ibid. 191f; AGarvie, ET 55, ’43/44, p. 97. For the view that the passages in b are passive, not mid., s. the art. by Clark below, p. 98ff and ref. there.

② trans. to bring someth. about through use of capability, work, produce, effect w. acc. (of pers. Just., A I, 26, 4; Ath. 9, 1 al.) of thing (Philo Mech. 59, 48; Polyb. 3, 6, 5; Diod S 13, 85, 2; POxy 1567; Pr 21:6; 31:12; Jos., Ant. 3, 155; 15, 283; Just., A I, 12, 5 ταῦτα; 23, 3 ἀσεβῆ ἔργα al.; Iren. 3, 21, 2 [Harv. II 114, 6]; δαίμονες ἐ. λοιμούς Orig., C. Cels. 1, 31, 27; ἡ Ἰησοῦ δύναμίς ἐστιν ἐνεργοῦσα τὴν ἐπιστροπφήν 1, 43, 39; Hippol.) τί someth.: of God ὁ τὰ πάντα ἐνεργῶν Eph 1:11 (cp. EpArist 210). Of the Spirit 2:2. τὶ ἔν τινι produce someth. in someone ὁ ἐνεργῶν τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν 1 Cor 12:6; cp. vs. 11. ὁ ἐνεργῶν ἐν ὑμῖν τὸ θέλειν the one who produces the will in you Phil 2:13a. οὐδὲ ἐνεργῆσαι δύναται εἰς αὐτούς it cannot influence them Hm 5, 2, 1 (cp. Just., D. 18, 3 τὰ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων … ἐνεργούμενα εἰς ἡμᾶς); δυνάμεις ἐ. Gal 3:5 (Just., D. 7, 3); ἐνέργειαν ἐ. Eph 1:20. (W. acc. and inf.: Just., A I, 62, 1 al.)—GWhitaker, ET 26, 1914/15, 474–76; KClark, The Mng. of ἐνεργέω and καταργέω in the NT: JBL 54, ’35, 93–101.—M-M. TW.

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9 Artificial Intelligence

   1) Programs and the Complexity of Human Mental Processes

   In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)

   2) Artificial Intelligence Is an Engineering Discipline

   Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)

   3) A Sceptical View of Artificial Intelligence

   Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inﬂated predictions....

   When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)

   4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, Eventually

   Just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)

   5) Problems in Machine Intelligence Arise Because Things Obvious to Any Person Are Not Represented in the Program

   Many problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)

   6) The Meaning of a Symbolic Description

   What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)

   7) The Principle of Artificial Intelligence

   [AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)

   8) Artificial Intelligence Recognizes the Need for Knowledge in Its Systems

   The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)

   9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract Form

   The basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)

    10) There Are Many Types of Reasoning

   There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:

    Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins ﬂy? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can ﬂy, so robins probably can ﬂy."

    Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)

    11) Programs Are Beginning to Do Things That Critics Have Asserted to Be Impossible

   Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)

    12) The Synthesis of Man and Machine

   Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)

    13) The Thesis of Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Intelligence (GOFAI)

   The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)

    14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory Formation

   It is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)

    15) Four Kinds of Artificial Intelligence

   We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.

   ♦ Nonpsychological AI

   Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.

   ♦ Weak Psychological AI

   Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.

   ♦ Strong Psychological AI

... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)

   ♦ Suprapsychological AI

   Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)

    16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular Contexts

   Even if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)

    17) Form and Content Are Not Fundamentally Different

   Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)

    18) The Assumption That the Mind Is a Formal System

   Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)

    19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial Intelligence

   The primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.

   The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)

    20) Mathematical Logic Provides the Basis for Theory in AI

   The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....

   AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)

    21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary Propositions

   In artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)

    22) Definitions of Artificial Intelligence

   Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)

    23) The Computer Can Not Be a Model of the Mind

   Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)

    24) Computers Will Not Always Be Inferior to Human Brains

   The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)

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