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  • 1 former

    former [fɔʀme]
    ➭ TABLE 1
    1. transitive verb
       a. [+ liens d'amitié] to form ; [+ équipe] to set up
       b. ( = être le composant de) to make up
       c. ( = dessiner) to form
       d. ( = éduquer) to train ; [+ caractère, goût] to form
    2. reflexive verb
       a. ( = se développer) to form
       b. ( = apprendre un métier) to train o.s. ; ( = éduquer son goût, son caractère) to educate o.s.
    * * *
    fɔʀme
    1.
    1) ( prendre l'aspect de) to form [rectangle]
    2) ( constituer) to form
    3) ( donner une formation à) to train [personnel] ( à faire to do); ( éduquer) to educate [personne, goût]; to develop [intelligence]; to form [opinion]
    4) ( produire) to form [abcès, pellicule]
    5) ( mettre en forme) to form [lettres, phrases]

    2.
    se former verbe pronominal
    1) ( se créer) to form
    2) ( être créé) to be formed
    3) ( acquérir une formation) to train, to be trained (à in)
    4) ( s'éduquer) [caractère, personnalité, style] to develop; [personne] to educate oneself
    5) ( concevoir) to form
    * * *
    fɔʀme vt
    1) (= créer) to form
    2) (= éduquer) [soldat, ingénieur] to train
    * * *
    former verb table: aimer
    A vtr
    1 ( prendre l'aspect de) to form [cercle, rectangle]; la rivière forme un coude the river forms a bend;
    2 ( constituer) to form, constitute; les personnes formant le comité the people forming the committee; ils forment un couple très uni they are a very close couple; il forme avec son partenaire une brillante équipe he and his partner make a brilliant team; formez des groupes de cinq get into groups of five;
    3 (réunir les éléments de, réaliser) to form; former un gouvernement to form a government; former un train to form a train; former une équipe/une commission/une association to form a team/a commission/an association;
    4 ( donner une formation à) to train [personnel] (à faire to do); ( éduquer) to educate [personne, goût]; to develop, form [personnalité, caractère, esprit]; to develop [intelligence]; to form [opinion]; former qn au traitement de texte to train sb in word processing; enseignement qui permet de former des individus responsables teaching which produces responsible people; ⇒ jeunesse;
    5 ( produire) to form [abcès, pellicule];
    6 ( mettre en forme) to form [lettres, phrases];
    7 ( concevoir) fml to conceive [projet]; je forme le vœu que tout se passe bien I hope that everything goes well.
    B se former vpr
    1 ( se créer) to form; un caillot s'est formé dans l'artère a clot has formed in the artery; l'image qui se forme sur la rétine the image that forms on the retina; il se forme de la buée condensation forms;
    2 ( être créé) to be formed; le gouvernement s'est formé autour d'une politique commune the government was formed around a common policy;
    3 ( acquérir une formation) to train, to be trained (à in); se former à la vente/au marketing to train in sales/in marketing; il est allé se former au Japon he went to train in Japan;
    4 ( s'éduquer) [caractère, personnalité, style] to develop; [personne] to educate oneself; son style s'est formé peu à peu his style developed gradually; il s'est formé à l'école de la vie he was educated in the university of life;
    5 ( concevoir) to form.
    [fɔrme] verbe transitif
    1. [donner un contour à - lettre] to shape, to form ; [ - phrase] to put together, to shape
    2. [créer - gouvernement, association] to form
    3. [se constituer en] to form
    ils ont formé un cortège/attroupement they formed a procession/a mob
    4. [dessiner] to form
    5. [constituer] to form
    6. [faire apparaître] to make, to form
    7. (soutenu) [créer, faire par la pensée]
    former des vœux pour le succès de quelqu'un/quelque chose to wish somebody/something success
    9. ÉDUCATION & INDUSTRIE to train
    10. [développer - caractère, goût] to develop
    ————————
    se former verbe pronominal intransitif
    1. [apparaître - croûte, pellicule, peau] to form ; [ - couche, dépôt] to form, to build up
    2. [se placer en]
    se former en to form, to make
    3. [se perfectionner] to train oneself
    ————————
    se former verbe pronominal transitif

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > former

  • 2 гангстер был убит своим бывшим сообщником

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > гангстер был убит своим бывшим сообщником

  • 3 Ingersoll, Simon

    [br]
    b. 3 March 1818 Stamford, Connecticut, USA
    d. 24 July 1894 Stamford, Connecticut, USA
    [br]
    American mechanic, inventor of a rock drill
    [br]
    Ingersoll worked on his father's farm and spent much of his time carrying out all kinds of mechanical experiments until 1839, when he went to Long Island, New York, to work on another farm. Having returned home in 1858, he received several patents for different mechanical devices, but he did not know how to turn his inventive talent into economic profit. His patents were sold to others for money to continue his work and support his family. In 1870, working again on Long Island, he by chance came into contact with New York City's largest contractor, who urged him to design a mechanical rock drill in order to replace hand drills in the rock-excavation business. Within one year Ingersoll built several models and a full-size machine at the machine shop of Henry Clark Sergeant, who contributed several improvements. They secured a joint patent in 1871, which was soon followed by a patent for a rock drill with tappet-valve motion.
    Although the Ingersoll Drill Company was established, he again sold the patent rights and went back to Stamford, where he continued his inventive work and gained several more patents for improving the rock drill. However, he never understood how to make a fortune from his patents, and he died almost penniless. His former partner, Sergeant, who had formed his own drill company on the basis of an entirely novel valve motion which led to compressed air being used as a power source, in 1888 established the Ingersoll- Sergeant Drill Company, which in 1905 merged with Rand Drill Company, which had been a competitor, to form the Ingersoll-Rand Company. This merger led to many achievements in manufacturing rock drills and air compressors at a time when there was growing demand for such machinery.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    Dictionary of American Biography (articles on both Ingersoll and Sergeant). W.L.Saunders, 1910, "The history of the rock drill and of the Ingersoll-Rand Company", Compressed Air Magazine: 3,679–80 (a lively description of the way in which he was encouraged to design the rock drill).
    WK

    Biographical history of technology > Ingersoll, Simon

  • 4 Herr

    m; -n, -en
    1. (Mann) auch vornehmer etc.: gentleman; als Tanzpartner etc. einer Frau: partner; Herren Toilette: Gentlemen, Men; SPORT men; bei den Herren SPORT in the men’s event; Alte Herren SPORT veterans; Studentenverbindung: old members; mein alter Herr umg., hum. my old man; ein feiner oder sauberer Herr iro. a fine one; die Herren der Schöpfung umg., hum. the lords of creation; den ( großen oder feinen) Herrn spielen play lord of the manor, act the big shot umg.
    2. vor Namen: Mr, Am. Mr.; vor Titeln: meist nicht übersetzt; die Herren N. und M. Messrs N and M; Herr Doktor / Professor etc. doctor / professor etc.; Herr Präsident! Mr ( oder Mr.) Chairman; im Unterhaus: Mr ( oder Mr.) Speaker; zum Präsidenten der USA: Mr. President; der Herr Präsident the Chairman etc.; meine ( Damen und) Herren! (ladies and) gentlemen!; Sehr geehrter Herr N. in Briefen: Dear Sir; vertraulicher: Dear Mr ( oder Mr.) N; Ihr Herr Vater geh. your father; Herr Ober, ein Bier bitte! waiter, a beer, please; bitte schön, der Herr! beim Servieren: here you are, sir; umg., hum. oder iro. for you, kind sir; meine Herren! umg. als Ausruf: would you believe it; Gesang(s)verein
    3. (Gebieter) master (auch eines Hundes); bes. Adliger: lord; (Herrscher) ruler; mein Herr und Gebieter my lord and master; seinen Herrn und Meister finden in (+ Dat) meet one’s match in; aus aller Herren Länder from the four corners of the earth; sein eigener Herr sein be one’s own boss; Herr im eigenen Hause sein be master ( oder have the say) in one’s own house; zwei Herren dienen serve two masters; Herr der Lage sein have everything under control, be master of the situation; Herr über Leben und Tod sein have power over life and death; Herr werden (+ Gen) oder über (+ Akk) get s.th. under control; Problemen: get on top of; eines Gegners: get the upper hand over; seiner Gefühle Herr werden get a grip of oneself; nicht mehr Herr seiner selbst sein be unable to contain oneself; wie der Herr, so’s G(e) scherr Sprichw. like master, like man
    4. KIRCHL.: der Herr (Gott, Christus) Lord; Gott, der Herr the Lord God; der Herr Jesus the Lord Jesus; im Jahre des Herrn in the year of our Lord; Brüder und Schwestern im Herrn in the Lord; er ist ein großer Angeber etc. vor dem Herrn umg. he’s a mighty show-off etc. before the Lord; Herr des Himmels! umg. Lord above!, God in heaven!; sein2 I 2
    * * *
    (Anrede) Mr; Sir; Mister;
    der Herr
    (Gebieter) master; lord;
    (Gott) the Lord;
    (Mann) gentleman; gent
    * * *
    Hẹrr [hɛr]
    m -(e)n, -en
    1) (= Gebieter) lord, master; (= Herrscher) lord, ruler (
    über +acc of); (von Hund) master

    sein eigener Herr sein — to be one's own master or boss

    Herr im eigenen Haus sein — to be master in one's own house

    Herr der Lage or Situation sein/bleiben — to be/remain master of the situation, to have/keep the situation under control

    nicht mehr Herr seiner Sinne sein — not to be in control of oneself any more

    Herr über Leben und Tod sein — to have the power of life and death (gen over)

    über jdn/etw Herr werden — to master sb/sth

    man kann nicht or niemand kann zwei Herren dienen (prov) — no man can serve two masters (prov)

    wie der Herr, sos Gescherr! (Prov) — like master, like man! (prov)

    See:
    → Land
    2) (= Gott, Christus) Lord

    Gott, der Herr — the Lord God

    Herr, du meine Güte! — good(ness) gracious (me)!

    er ist ein großer Schwindler/Esser etc vor dem Herrn (hum inf) — what a great fibber/eater etc he is

    3) (= feiner Herr, Mann) gentleman

    ein adliger Herr, ein Herr von Adel — a nobleman

    den (großen) Herrn spielen or markieren (inf) — to give oneself airs, to put on airs

    See:
    → alt
    4) (vor Eigennamen) Mr; (vor Titeln) usu not translated (in Anrede ohne Namen) sir

    (mein) Herr! — sir!

    bitte, der Herr (beim Servieren) — there you are, sir

    der Herr wünscht? — what can I do for you, sir?

    Herr Nachbar (old) — excuse me, sir

    Herr Dr./Doktor/Professor Schmidt — Dr/Doctor/Professor Schmidt

    Herr Präsident/Vorsitzender — Mr President/Chairman

    der Herr Präsident/Vorsitzende — the President/Chairman

    an den Herrn Abgeordneten C. Schmidt — C. Schmidt, MP

    werte Herren, sehr geehrte Herren (in Brief) — Dear Sirs (Brit), to whom it may concern (US)

    5) (allgemein gesehen = Tanzpartner, Begleiter) gentleman; (auf eine bestimmte Dame bezogen) partner; (bei Cocktailparty, Theaterbesuch etc) (gentleman) companion
    6) (SPORT)
    * * *
    der
    1) (a polite word for a man: Two gentlemen arrived this morning.) gentleman
    2) (God; Christ.) the Lord
    3) (a master; a man or animal that has power over others or over an area: The lion is lord of the jungle.) lord
    4) (an owner (of a slave, dog etc): The dog ran to its master.) master
    5) ((abbreviated to Mr when written) a polite title given to a male adult, either in writing or in speech: Good morning, Mr Smith; Ask Mr Jones.) Mister
    * * *
    Herr(in)
    <-n, -en>
    [hɛr]
    1. nur m (männliche Anrede: vor Eigennamen) Mr
    die \Herren Schmidt und Müller Messrs Schmidt and Müller
    der \Herr Botschafter/Professor the Ambassador/Professor
    \Herr Doktor/Kollege... Dr/Mr...
    tut mir Leid, der \Herr Doktor ist heute Nachmittag nicht in der Praxis I'm sorry, but the doctor is not in his office this afternoon
    \Herr Präsident/Vorsitzender Mr President/Chairman
    sehr geehrter \Herr... Dear Mr...
    sehr geehrte \Herren! Dear Sirs
    gnädiger \Herr (veraltend) sir
    der \Herr wünscht? what can I do for you, sir?
    der \Herr sir
    hat der \Herr schon gewählt? is sir ready to order?
    2. (iron: sarkastisch) sir iron
    wenn sich der \Herr für so etwas zu fein ist if this is beneath you, sir
    mein \Herr (geh) sir form
    bitte, mein \Herr, nach Ihnen after you, sir
    meine \Herren gentlemen
    [aber] meine \Herren! gentlemen, please!
    „\Herren“ “gentlemen”, “men”, “gents” BRIT
    jds \Herr Onkel/Vater/Sohn etc. sb's uncle/father/son etc.
    ach, das ist Ihr \Herr Onkel auf dem Foto? oh, that's your uncle in the picture?
    4. nur m (Tanzpartner, Begleiter) [gentleman] companion, partner
    5. nur m (geh: Mann) gentleman
    wir führen alles für den modebewussten \Herrn we stock everything for the well-dressed man
    ein geistlicher \Herr (geh) a clergyman
    6. (Herrscher) ruler, sovereign
    ▪ \Herr/ \Herrin über jdn/etw sein to be ruler of sb/sth; (Gebieter) master, mistress fem
    \Herr über [jds] Leben und Tod sein to have the power of life and death [over sb]
    der \Herr des Hauses the master of the house
    \Herr im eigenen Hause sein to be master in one's own house
    der gnädige \Herr (veraltet) the master [of the house]
    der junge \Herr (geh) the young master
    \Herr der Lage sein to be master of the situation, to have the situation under control
    nicht mehr \Herr seiner Sinne sein to no longer be in control of oneself
    sein eigener \Herr sein to be one's own master [or boss]
    nicht \Herr über jdn werden to not be able to control [or master] sb
    7. (Besitzer) master
    sind Sie der \Herr dieses Hundes? do you own this dog?, are you the owner of this dog?, does this dog belong to you?, is this your dog?
    8. REL (Gott) Lord
    ▪ der \Herr the Lord God
    der \Herr der Heerscharen the Lord of hosts
    9.
    ▶ jds alter \Herr (hum fam) sb's old man sl
    ▶ mein \Herr und Gebieter [o Meister] (hum) my lord and master hum
    ▶ wie der \Herr, so 's Gescherr! (prov) like master, like man! prov
    ▶ den großen \Herrn spielen [o markieren] (fam) to act like the lord of the manor
    ▶ \Herr des Himmels! (emph) good Lord!
    ▶ aus aller \Herren Länder[n] from all over the world, from the four corners of the earth
    ▶ mein \Herr! sir!
    ▶ die \Herren der Schöpfung (hum) their lordships hum
    ▶ man kann nicht [o niemand kann] zwei \Herren dienen (prov) no man can serve two masters prov
    * * *
    der; Herrn (selten: Herren), Herren
    1) (Mann) gentleman

    das Kugelstoßen der Herren — (Sport) the men's shot-put

    mein Alter Herr — (ugs. scherzh.): (Vater) my old man (coll.)

    Alter Herr — (Studentenspr.) former member

    Herr Professor/Dr. Schulze — Professor/Dr Schulze

    Herr Minister/Direktor/Studienrat Schulze — Mr Schulze

    Herr Minister/Professor/Doktor — Minister/Professor/doctor

    Herr Vorsitzender/Präsident — Mr Chairman/President

    Sehr geehrter Herr Schulze! — Dear Sir; (bei persönlicher Bekanntschaft) Dear Mr Schulze

    bitte sehr, der Herr! — there you are, sir

    Ihr Herr Vater/Sohn — your father/son

    3) (Gebieter) master

    mein Herr und Gebieter — (scherzh.) my lord and master (joc.)

    die Herren der Schöpfung — (ugs. scherzh.) their lordships (coll. joc.)

    Herr der Lage sein/bleiben — be/remain master of the situation

    aus aller Herren Länder[n] — (geh.) from the four corners of the earth; from all over the world

    4) (Besitzer) master (über + Akk. of)
    5) (christl. Rel.): (Gott) Lord
    * * *
    Herr m; -n, -en
    1. (Mann) auch vornehmer etc: gentleman; als Tanzpartner etc einer Frau: partner;
    Herren Toilette: Gentlemen, Men; SPORT men;
    bei den Herren SPORT in the men’s event;
    Alte Herren SPORT veterans; Studentenverbindung: old members;
    mein Alter Herr umg, hum my old man;
    sauberer Herr iron a fine one;
    die Herren der Schöpfung umg, hum the lords of creation;
    den (
    Herrn spielen play lord of the manor, act the big shot umg
    2. vor Namen: Mr, US Mr.; vor Titeln: meist nicht übersetzt;
    die Herren N. und M. Messrs N and M;
    Herr Doktor/Professor etc doctor/professor etc;
    Herr Präsident! Mr ( oder Mr.) Chairman; im Unterhaus: Mr ( oder Mr.) Speaker; zum Präsidenten der USA: Mr. President;
    der Herr Präsident the Chairman etc;
    meine (Damen und) Herren! (ladies and) gentlemen!;
    Sehr geehrter Herr N. in Briefen: Dear Sir; vertraulicher: Dear Mr ( oder Mr.) N;
    Ihr Herr Vater geh your father;
    Herr Ober, ein Bier bitte! waiter, a beer, please;
    bitte schön, der Herr! beim Servieren: here you are, sir; umg, hum oder iron for you, kind sir;
    meine Herren! umg als Ausruf: would you believe it; → Gesang(s)verein
    3. (Gebieter) master (auch eines Hundes); besonders Adliger: lord; (Herrscher) ruler;
    mein Herr und Gebieter my lord and master;
    seinen Herrn und Meister finden in (+dat) meet one’s match in;
    aus aller Herren Länder from the four corners of the earth;
    sein eigener Herr sein be one’s own boss;
    Herr im eigenen Hause sein be master ( oder have the say) in one’s own house;
    zwei Herren dienen serve two masters;
    Herr der Lage sein have everything under control, be master of the situation;
    Herr über Leben und Tod sein have power over life and death;
    Herr werden (+gen) oder
    über (+akk) get sth under control; Problemen: get on top of; eines Gegners: get the upper hand over;
    seiner Gefühle Herr werden get a grip of oneself;
    nicht mehr Herr seiner selbst sein be unable to contain oneself;
    wie der Herr, so’s G(e)scherr sprichw like master, like man
    4. KIRCHE:
    der Herr (Gott, Christus) Lord;
    Gott, der Herr the Lord God;
    der Herr Jesus the Lord Jesus;
    im Jahre des Herrn in the year of our Lord;
    im Herrn in the Lord;
    vor dem Herrn umg he’s a mighty show-off etc before the Lord;
    Herr des Himmels! umg Lord above!, God in heaven!; → sein2 A 2
    Hr. abk (Herr) Mr, Mr.
    * * *
    der; Herrn (selten: Herren), Herren
    1) (Mann) gentleman

    das Kugelstoßen der Herren — (Sport) the men's shot-put

    mein Alter Herr — (ugs. scherzh.): (Vater) my old man (coll.)

    Alter Herr — (Studentenspr.) former member

    2) (Titel, Anrede)

    Herr Professor/Dr. Schulze — Professor/Dr Schulze

    Herr Minister/Direktor/Studienrat Schulze — Mr Schulze

    Herr Minister/Professor/Doktor — Minister/Professor/doctor

    Herr Vorsitzender/Präsident — Mr Chairman/President

    bitte sehr, der Herr! — there you are, sir

    Ihr Herr Vater/Sohn — your father/son

    3) (Gebieter) master

    mein Herr und Gebieter — (scherzh.) my lord and master (joc.)

    die Herren der Schöpfung — (ugs. scherzh.) their lordships (coll. joc.)

    Herr der Lage sein/bleiben — be/remain master of the situation

    aus aller Herren Länder[n] — (geh.) from the four corners of the earth; from all over the world

    4) (Besitzer) master (über + Akk. of)
    5) (christl. Rel.): (Gott) Lord
    * * *
    -en m.
    Mr n.
    gent n.
    gentleman n.
    (§ pl.: gentlemen)
    master n.
    mister n.
    sir n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Herr

  • 5 były

    adj

    były premier — the former lub ex-Prime Minister

    * * *
    ipf.
    zob. być.
    a.
    former, ex-; były prezydent former president, ex-president.
    mp
    (= były mąż l. partner) ex.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > były

  • 6 Д-245

    В ДОЛЕ с кем, у кого бытье В ДОЛЮ с кем войти В ДОЛЮ принять, взять кого PrepP these forms only the resulting PrepP is subj-compl with copula (subj: human or adv
    (to be, become, take s.o. as) an associate in some business or undertaking of mutual interest
    go shares (halves) with s.o.
    join s.o. (take s.o. on) as (a) partner be partners (in partnership) (with s.o.) go (be) in on it (on sth.) (with s.o.) come into one's share.
    Сначала им (табачнику Коле и его жене Даше) пришлось довольно туго, но потом, во времена нэпа, персидский коммерсант снова открыл свою кофейню-кондитерскую, на этот раз осторожно назвав её «Кейфующий пролетарий». Он взял в долю бывшего табачника... (Искандер 3). At first they (the tobacco merchant Kolya and his wife Dasha) were rather hard up. Then, during the era of the New Economic Policy, the Persian merchant opened his coffeehouse and bake shop again-this time cautiously naming it the Idle Proletariat-and took on the former tobacco merchant as partner... (3a).
    Младший продавец, когда начали продавать мёд из запасной бочки, видно, кое о чём догадался... Шалико никак не мог решить - заткнуть ему рот парой тридцаток или не стоит унижаться? Не стоит, наконец решил он, пусть с моё поишачит, а потом будет в долю входить (Искандер 4). The junior salesman must have caught on when they began selling honey from the reserved barrel....Shaliko could not decide: should he stop the man's mouth with a pair of thirty-ruble bills, or was it worth demeaning himself? It's not worth it, he decided finally, let him do as much scutwork as I did, and then he'll come into his share (4a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Д-245

  • 7 в доле

    • В ДОЛЕ с кем, у кого быть; В ДОЛЮ с кем войти; В ДОЛЮ принять, взять кого
    [PrepP; these forms only; the resulting PrepP is subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or adv]
    =====
    ⇒ (to be, become, take s.o. as) an associate in some business or undertaking of mutual interest:
    - go shares < halves> with s.o.;
    - join s.o. <take s.o. on> as (a) partner;
    - be partners < in partnership> (with s.o.);
    - go <be> in on it <on sth.> (with s.o.);
    - come into one's share.
         ♦ Сначала им [табачнику Коле и его жене Даше] пришлось довольно туго, но потом, во времена нэпа, персидский коммерсант снова открыл свою кофейню-кондитерскую, на этот раз осторожно назвав её "Кейфующий пролетарий". Он взял в долю бывшего табачника... (Искандер 3). At first they [the tobacco merchant Kolya and his wife Dasha] were rather hard up. Then, during the era of the New Economic Policy, the Persian merchant opened his coffeehouse and bake shop again-this time cautiously naming it the Idle Proletariat-and took on the former tobacco merchant as partner... (3a).
         ♦ Младший продавец, когда начали продавать мёд из запасной бочки, видно, кое о чём догадался... Шалико никак не мог решить - заткнуть ему рот парой тридцаток или не стоит унижаться? Не стоит, наконец решил он, пусть с моё поишачит, а потом будет в долю входить (Искандер 4). The junior salesman must have caught on when they began selling honey from the reserved barrel....Shaliko could not decide: should he stop the man's mouth with a pair of thirty-ruble bills, or was it worth demeaning himself? It's not worth it, he decided finally; let him do as much scutwork as I did, and then he'll come into his share (4a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в доле

  • 8 в долю

    • В ДОЛЕ с кем, у кого быть; В ДОЛЮ с кем войти; В ДОЛЮ принять, взять кого
    [PrepP; these forms only; the resulting PrepP is subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or adv]
    =====
    ⇒ (to be, become, take s.o. as) an associate in some business or undertaking of mutual interest:
    - go shares < halves> with s.o.;
    - join s.o. <take s.o. on> as (a) partner;
    - be partners < in partnership> (with s.o.);
    - go <be> in on it <on sth.> (with s.o.);
    - come into one's share.
         ♦ Сначала им [табачнику Коле и его жене Даше] пришлось довольно туго, но потом, во времена нэпа, персидский коммерсант снова открыл свою кофейню-кондитерскую, на этот раз осторожно назвав её "Кейфующий пролетарий". Он взял в долю бывшего табачника... (Искандер 3). At first they [the tobacco merchant Kolya and his wife Dasha] were rather hard up. Then, during the era of the New Economic Policy, the Persian merchant opened his coffeehouse and bake shop again-this time cautiously naming it the Idle Proletariat-and took on the former tobacco merchant as partner... (3a).
         ♦ Младший продавец, когда начали продавать мёд из запасной бочки, видно, кое о чём догадался... Шалико никак не мог решить - заткнуть ему рот парой тридцаток или не стоит унижаться? Не стоит, наконец решил он, пусть с моё поишачит, а потом будет в долю входить (Искандер 4). The junior salesman must have caught on when they began selling honey from the reserved barrel....Shaliko could not decide: should he stop the man's mouth with a pair of thirty-ruble bills, or was it worth demeaning himself? It's not worth it, he decided finally; let him do as much scutwork as I did, and then he'll come into his share (4a).

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  • 9 Verflossene

    m, f; -n, -n; umg. ex, männlich: ex-boyfriend, weiblich: ex-girlfriend; (geschiedener Partner) ex, männlich: ex-husband, weiblich: ex-wife; länger zurückliegend: auch umg., hum. old flame
    * * *
    Ver|flọs|se|ne(r) [fɛɐ'flɔsənə]
    mf decl as adj (inf)
    ex (inf); (= Mann) ex-boyfriend; (nach Scheidung) ex-husband; (= Frau) ex-girlfriend; (nach Scheidung) ex-wife
    * * *
    Ver·flos·se·ne(r)
    f(m) dekl wie adj (fam)
    ▪ jds \Verflossene sb's ex- [or former] husband/girlfriend etc.
    * * *
    Verflossene m/f; -n, -n; umg ex, männlich: ex-boyfriend, weiblich: ex-girlfriend; (geschiedener Partner) ex, männlich: ex-husband, weiblich: ex-wife; länger zurückliegend: auch umg, hum old flame

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Verflossene

  • 10 П-552

    ТУГО (КРУТО) ПРИХОДИТСЯ/ПРИ-шлбсь кому coll VP impers) s.o. finds himself in a difficult situation (often in refer, to having to work very hard to make a living, learn sth., accomplish sth. etc)
    X-y туго придется = things will be difficult (rough, tight etc) for X
    X will have a hard (rough, tough etc) time X will have it rough (tough) X will have his share of troubles X is in for a rough time ( a rough ride) (in refer, to financial hardships only) X will be hard up.
    Уходя из дома, она (Людмила) не взяла с собой кружку, не взяла хлеба казалось, что она всю дорогу не будет ни есть, ни пить. Но на пароходе... ей мучительно захотелось есть, и Людмила поняла, что ей круто придется (Гроссман 2). She (Lyudmila) hadn't brought a mug or even any bread, she had thought she wouldn't want to eat or drink during the journey. On the steamer, however, she had felt desperately hungry..and had realized that things were going to be difficult (2a)
    У самой Аны детей не было. Зато у ее трех братьев и двух сестер было в общей сложности 44 ребенка... Ана сказала, что... большинство из них, вырастая, хотят иметь высшее образование, и ее братьям и сестрам приходится туго - им нужно много работать, чтобы дети имели высшее образование (Лимонов 1). Ana herself had no children. But all in all her three brothers and two sisters had forty-four children....Ana said that...most of them, as they grew up, wanted to have a higher education, and things were tight for her brothers and sisters —they had to work very hard so that the children could have more education (1a).
    Советский паспорт, советское гражданство... Сколько возвышенных слов сочинено о том, какая честь быть гражданином СССР. Честь, конечно, большая, но туго приходится тем, кто пытается от нее отказаться (Войнович 1). A Soviet passport, Soviet citizenship....How many exalted words have been written about the honor it is to be a citizen of the USSR. It is, of course, a great honor, but anyone who tries to renounce it is in for a rough time (1a).
    Сначала им (табачнику Коле и его жене Даше) пришлось довольно туго, но потом, во времена нэпа, персидский коммерсант снова открыл свою кофейню-кондитерскую, на этот раз осторожно назвав ее «Кейфующий пролетарий». Он взял в долю бывшего табачника... (Искандер 3). At first they (the tobacco merchant Kolya and his wife Dasha) were rather hard up. Then, during the era of the New Economic Policy, the Persian merchant opened his coffeehouse and bake shop again - this time cautiously naming it the Idle Proletariat - and took on the former tobacco merchant as partner (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > П-552

  • 11 круто приходится

    • ТУГО < КРУТО> ПРИХОДИТСЯ/ПРИШЛОСЬ кому coll
    [VP; impers]
    =====
    ⇒ s.o. finds himself in a difficult situation (often in refer, to having to work very hard to make a living, learn sth., accomplish sth. etc):
    - X-y туго придется≈ things will be difficult (rough, tight etc) for X;
    - X will have a hard (rough, tough etc) time;
    - [in refer, to financial hardships only] X will be hard up.
         ♦ Уходя из дома, она [Людмила] не взяла с собой кружку, не взяла хлеба; казалось, что она всю дорогу не будет ни есть, ни пить. Но на пароходе... ей мучительно захотелось есть, и Людмила поняла, что ей круто придется (Гроссман 2). She [Lyudmila] hadn't brought a mug or even any bread, she had thought she wouldn't want to eat or drink during the journey. On the steamer, however, she had felt desperately hungry..and had realized that things were going to be difficult (2a)
         ♦ У самой Аны детей не было. Зато у ее трех братьев и двух сестер было в общей сложности 44 ребенка... Ана сказала, что... большинство из них, вырастая, хотят иметь высшее образование, и ее братьям и сестрам приходится туго - им нужно много работать, чтобы дети имели высшее образование (Лимонов 1). Ana herself had no children. But all in all her three brothers and two sisters had forty-four children....Ana said that...most of them, as they grew up, wanted to have a higher education, and things were tight for her brothers and sisters - they had to work very hard so that the children could have more education (1a).
         ♦ Советский паспорт, советское гражданство... Сколько возвышенных слов сочинено о том, какая честь быть гражданином СССР. Честь, конечно, большая, но туго приходится тем, кто пытается от нее отказаться (Войнович 1). A Soviet passport, Soviet citizenship....How many exalted words have been written about the honor it is to be a citizen of the USSR. It is, of course, a great honor, but anyone who tries to renounce it is in for a rough time (1a).
         ♦ Сначала им [табачнику Коле и его жене Даше] пришлось довольно туго, но потом, во времена нэпа, персидский коммерсант снова открыл свою кофейню-кондитерскую, на этот раз осторожно назвав ее "Кейфующий пролетарий". Он взял в долю бывшего табачника... (Искандер 3). At first they [the tobacco merchant Kolya and his wife Dasha] were rather hard up. Then, during the era of the New Economic Policy, the Persian merchant opened his coffeehouse and bake shop again - this time cautiously naming it the Idle Proletariat - and took on the former tobacco merchant as partner (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > круто приходится

  • 12 круто пришлось

    • ТУГО < КРУТО> ПРИХОДИТСЯ/ПРИШЛОСЬ кому coll
    [VP; impers]
    =====
    ⇒ s.o. finds himself in a difficult situation (often in refer, to having to work very hard to make a living, learn sth., accomplish sth. etc):
    - X-y туго придется≈ things will be difficult (rough, tight etc) for X;
    - X will have a hard (rough, tough etc) time;
    - [in refer, to financial hardships only] X will be hard up.
         ♦ Уходя из дома, она [Людмила] не взяла с собой кружку, не взяла хлеба; казалось, что она всю дорогу не будет ни есть, ни пить. Но на пароходе... ей мучительно захотелось есть, и Людмила поняла, что ей круто придется (Гроссман 2). She [Lyudmila] hadn't brought a mug or even any bread, she had thought she wouldn't want to eat or drink during the journey. On the steamer, however, she had felt desperately hungry..and had realized that things were going to be difficult (2a)
         ♦ У самой Аны детей не было. Зато у ее трех братьев и двух сестер было в общей сложности 44 ребенка... Ана сказала, что... большинство из них, вырастая, хотят иметь высшее образование, и ее братьям и сестрам приходится туго - им нужно много работать, чтобы дети имели высшее образование (Лимонов 1). Ana herself had no children. But all in all her three brothers and two sisters had forty-four children....Ana said that...most of them, as they grew up, wanted to have a higher education, and things were tight for her brothers and sisters - they had to work very hard so that the children could have more education (1a).
         ♦ Советский паспорт, советское гражданство... Сколько возвышенных слов сочинено о том, какая честь быть гражданином СССР. Честь, конечно, большая, но туго приходится тем, кто пытается от нее отказаться (Войнович 1). A Soviet passport, Soviet citizenship....How many exalted words have been written about the honor it is to be a citizen of the USSR. It is, of course, a great honor, but anyone who tries to renounce it is in for a rough time (1a).
         ♦ Сначала им [табачнику Коле и его жене Даше] пришлось довольно туго, но потом, во времена нэпа, персидский коммерсант снова открыл свою кофейню-кондитерскую, на этот раз осторожно назвав ее "Кейфующий пролетарий". Он взял в долю бывшего табачника... (Искандер 3). At first they [the tobacco merchant Kolya and his wife Dasha] were rather hard up. Then, during the era of the New Economic Policy, the Persian merchant opened his coffeehouse and bake shop again - this time cautiously naming it the Idle Proletariat - and took on the former tobacco merchant as partner (3a).

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  • 13 туго приходится

    • ТУГО < КРУТО> ПРИХОДИТСЯ/ПРИШЛОСЬ кому coll
    [VP; impers]
    =====
    ⇒ s.o. finds himself in a difficult situation (often in refer, to having to work very hard to make a living, learn sth., accomplish sth. etc):
    - X-y туго придется≈ things will be difficult (rough, tight etc) for X;
    - X will have a hard (rough, tough etc) time;
    - [in refer, to financial hardships only] X will be hard up.
         ♦ Уходя из дома, она [Людмила] не взяла с собой кружку, не взяла хлеба; казалось, что она всю дорогу не будет ни есть, ни пить. Но на пароходе... ей мучительно захотелось есть, и Людмила поняла, что ей круто придется (Гроссман 2). She [Lyudmila] hadn't brought a mug or even any bread, she had thought she wouldn't want to eat or drink during the journey. On the steamer, however, she had felt desperately hungry..and had realized that things were going to be difficult (2a)
         ♦ У самой Аны детей не было. Зато у ее трех братьев и двух сестер было в общей сложности 44 ребенка... Ана сказала, что... большинство из них, вырастая, хотят иметь высшее образование, и ее братьям и сестрам приходится туго - им нужно много работать, чтобы дети имели высшее образование (Лимонов 1). Ana herself had no children. But all in all her three brothers and two sisters had forty-four children....Ana said that...most of them, as they grew up, wanted to have a higher education, and things were tight for her brothers and sisters - they had to work very hard so that the children could have more education (1a).
         ♦ Советский паспорт, советское гражданство... Сколько возвышенных слов сочинено о том, какая честь быть гражданином СССР. Честь, конечно, большая, но туго приходится тем, кто пытается от нее отказаться (Войнович 1). A Soviet passport, Soviet citizenship....How many exalted words have been written about the honor it is to be a citizen of the USSR. It is, of course, a great honor, but anyone who tries to renounce it is in for a rough time (1a).
         ♦ Сначала им [табачнику Коле и его жене Даше] пришлось довольно туго, но потом, во времена нэпа, персидский коммерсант снова открыл свою кофейню-кондитерскую, на этот раз осторожно назвав ее "Кейфующий пролетарий". Он взял в долю бывшего табачника... (Искандер 3). At first they [the tobacco merchant Kolya and his wife Dasha] were rather hard up. Then, during the era of the New Economic Policy, the Persian merchant opened his coffeehouse and bake shop again - this time cautiously naming it the Idle Proletariat - and took on the former tobacco merchant as partner (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > туго приходится

  • 14 туго пришлось

    • ТУГО < КРУТО> ПРИХОДИТСЯ/ПРИШЛОСЬ кому coll
    [VP; impers]
    =====
    ⇒ s.o. finds himself in a difficult situation (often in refer, to having to work very hard to make a living, learn sth., accomplish sth. etc):
    - X-y туго придется≈ things will be difficult (rough, tight etc) for X;
    - X will have a hard (rough, tough etc) time;
    - [in refer, to financial hardships only] X will be hard up.
         ♦ Уходя из дома, она [Людмила] не взяла с собой кружку, не взяла хлеба; казалось, что она всю дорогу не будет ни есть, ни пить. Но на пароходе... ей мучительно захотелось есть, и Людмила поняла, что ей круто придется (Гроссман 2). She [Lyudmila] hadn't brought a mug or even any bread, she had thought she wouldn't want to eat or drink during the journey. On the steamer, however, she had felt desperately hungry..and had realized that things were going to be difficult (2a)
         ♦ У самой Аны детей не было. Зато у ее трех братьев и двух сестер было в общей сложности 44 ребенка... Ана сказала, что... большинство из них, вырастая, хотят иметь высшее образование, и ее братьям и сестрам приходится туго - им нужно много работать, чтобы дети имели высшее образование (Лимонов 1). Ana herself had no children. But all in all her three brothers and two sisters had forty-four children....Ana said that...most of them, as they grew up, wanted to have a higher education, and things were tight for her brothers and sisters - they had to work very hard so that the children could have more education (1a).
         ♦ Советский паспорт, советское гражданство... Сколько возвышенных слов сочинено о том, какая честь быть гражданином СССР. Честь, конечно, большая, но туго приходится тем, кто пытается от нее отказаться (Войнович 1). A Soviet passport, Soviet citizenship....How many exalted words have been written about the honor it is to be a citizen of the USSR. It is, of course, a great honor, but anyone who tries to renounce it is in for a rough time (1a).
         ♦ Сначала им [табачнику Коле и его жене Даше] пришлось довольно туго, но потом, во времена нэпа, персидский коммерсант снова открыл свою кофейню-кондитерскую, на этот раз осторожно назвав ее "Кейфующий пролетарий". Он взял в долю бывшего табачника... (Искандер 3). At first they [the tobacco merchant Kolya and his wife Dasha] were rather hard up. Then, during the era of the New Economic Policy, the Persian merchant opened his coffeehouse and bake shop again - this time cautiously naming it the Idle Proletariat - and took on the former tobacco merchant as partner (3a).

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  • 15 дружина

    I ж
    ( жінка) wife; літ. consort, spouse; (help)mate, companion, partner ( in life)
    II ж
    1) іст. ( військо) armed force
    2) ( група) squad, group, team

    народна дружина — volunteer public order squad, voluntary people's patrol ( in former USSR)

    Українсько-англійський словник > дружина

  • 16 Ockrent, Christine

       Born 1944, a Belgian journalist who became one of the most important television news and current-affairs presenters on French television. After working in the USA on CBS News's 60-Minutes programme, Ockrent returned to France, where in 1981 she became the first woman to serve as anchor on one of the main evening news programmes on French TV, the 8 p.m. ( Vingt heures) news on the state TV channel Antenne 2 (now called France 2). Although she became the most respected of France's evening TV news anchors, she left to become Director of the commerial channel TF1. In the following years, the was editor of l'Express newsmagazine, then returned to chair current affairs programmes on television, notably the very popular and long-running France-Europe Express. She is the partner of the former (2008) French Foreign Secretary, Bernard Kouchner.

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Ockrent, Christine

  • 17 Trade

       Owing to the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, England ( Great Britain after 1707) was, until the 1920s, Portugal's main trading partner. The Methuen Treaty (1703) stipulated that Portuguese wines and English woolens would be exempt from custom duties. The imperial nationalist economic ideas of the Estado Novo directed Portuguese trade toward its Africa colonies of Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea- Bissau. The historical importance of the British export market to Portuguese trade necessitated Portugal becoming a charter member of the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) in 1959.
       When Britain joined the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973, Portugal had to follow, with a trade agreement with the European Union (EU). Negotiations between Portugal and the EU produced an accord that stipulated mutual tariff reductions, until their disappearance in mid-1977 on industrial products, while EU member states were allowed to restrict some Portuguese textiles and paper and cork products. Tariffs were also reduced for Portuguese tinned tomatoes and fish, as well as for port wine. Since gaining full membership in the EU in 1986. Portugal's trade has shifted strongly toward continental EU member states. In the 1990s, EEC/EU member states purchased nearly 75 percent of Portugal's exports and supplied nearly 70 percent of its imports. Within the EEC/EU, Britain, Germany, France, and Spain are Portugal's a main trading partners. Portuguese trade with its former colonies fell sharply after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, as Portugal turned away from Africa and toward Europe.
       In 2007, Portugal's major commodity exports have been textiles, clothing, footwear, machinery, transportation equipment, paper and cork products, wine, tomato paste, chemicals, and plastic products. Portugal's comparative advantage lies in its low hourly costs for skilled labor, which are about 20 percent lower than other EU member states. Manufactured goods account for about 75 percent of merchandise imports; food and beverages about 10 percent; and raw materials (mainly petroleum) about 15 percent.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Trade

  • 18 Stephenson, George

    [br]
    b. 9 June 1781 Wylam, Northumberland, England
    d. 12 August 1848 Tapton House, Chesterfield, England
    [br]
    English engineer, "the father of railways".
    [br]
    George Stephenson was the son of the fireman of the pumping engine at Wylam colliery, and horses drew wagons of coal along the wooden rails of the Wylam wagonway past the house in which he was born and spent his earliest childhood. While still a child he worked as a cowherd, but soon moved to working at coal pits. At 17 years of age he showed sufficient mechanical talent to be placed in charge of a new pumping engine, and had already achieved a job more responsible than that of his father. Despite his position he was still illiterate, although he subsequently learned to read and write. He was largely self-educated.
    In 1801 he was appointed Brakesman of the winding engine at Black Callerton pit, with responsibility for lowering the miners safely to their work. Then, about two years later, he became Brakesman of a new winding engine erected by Robert Hawthorn at Willington Quay on the Tyne. Returning collier brigs discharged ballast into wagons and the engine drew the wagons up an inclined plane to the top of "Ballast Hill" for their contents to be tipped; this was one of the earliest applications of steam power to transport, other than experimentally.
    In 1804 Stephenson moved to West Moor pit, Killingworth, again as Brakesman. In 1811 he demonstrated his mechanical skill by successfully modifying a new and unsatisfactory atmospheric engine, a task that had defeated the efforts of others, to enable it to pump a drowned pit clear of water. The following year he was appointed Enginewright at Killingworth, in charge of the machinery in all the collieries of the "Grand Allies", the prominent coal-owning families of Wortley, Liddell and Bowes, with authorization also to work for others. He built many stationary engines and he closely examined locomotives of John Blenkinsop's type on the Kenton \& Coxlodge wagonway, as well as those of William Hedley at Wylam.
    It was in 1813 that Sir Thomas Liddell requested George Stephenson to build a steam locomotive for the Killingworth wagonway: Blucher made its first trial run on 25 July 1814 and was based on Blenkinsop's locomotives, although it lacked their rack-and-pinion drive. George Stephenson is credited with building the first locomotive both to run on edge rails and be driven by adhesion, an arrangement that has been the conventional one ever since. Yet Blucher was far from perfect and over the next few years, while other engineers ignored the steam locomotive, Stephenson built a succession of them, each an improvement on the last.
    During this period many lives were lost in coalmines from explosions of gas ignited by miners' lamps. By observation and experiment (sometimes at great personal risk) Stephenson invented a satisfactory safety lamp, working independently of the noted scientist Sir Humphry Davy who also invented such a lamp around the same time.
    In 1817 George Stephenson designed his first locomotive for an outside customer, the Kilmarnock \& Troon Railway, and in 1819 he laid out the Hetton Colliery Railway in County Durham, for which his brother Robert was Resident Engineer. This was the first railway to be worked entirely without animal traction: it used inclined planes with stationary engines, self-acting inclined planes powered by gravity, and locomotives.
    On 19 April 1821 Stephenson was introduced to Edward Pease, one of the main promoters of the Stockton \& Darlington Railway (S \& DR), which by coincidence received its Act of Parliament the same day. George Stephenson carried out a further survey, to improve the proposed line, and in this he was assisted by his 18-year-old son, Robert Stephenson, whom he had ensured received the theoretical education which he himself lacked. It is doubtful whether either could have succeeded without the other; together they were to make the steam railway practicable.
    At George Stephenson's instance, much of the S \& DR was laid with wrought-iron rails recently developed by John Birkinshaw at Bedlington Ironworks, Morpeth. These were longer than cast-iron rails and were not brittle: they made a track well suited for locomotives. In June 1823 George and Robert Stephenson, with other partners, founded a firm in Newcastle upon Tyne to build locomotives and rolling stock and to do general engineering work: after its Managing Partner, the firm was called Robert Stephenson \& Co.
    In 1824 the promoters of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway (L \& MR) invited George Stephenson to resurvey their proposed line in order to reduce opposition to it. William James, a wealthy land agent who had become a visionary protagonist of a national railway network and had seen Stephenson's locomotives at Killingworth, had promoted the L \& MR with some merchants of Liverpool and had carried out the first survey; however, he overreached himself in business and, shortly after the invitation to Stephenson, became bankrupt. In his own survey, however, George Stephenson lacked the assistance of his son Robert, who had left for South America, and he delegated much of the detailed work to incompetent assistants. During a devastating Parliamentary examination in the spring of 1825, much of his survey was shown to be seriously inaccurate and the L \& MR's application for an Act of Parliament was refused. The railway's promoters discharged Stephenson and had their line surveyed yet again, by C.B. Vignoles.
    The Stockton \& Darlington Railway was, however, triumphantly opened in the presence of vast crowds in September 1825, with Stephenson himself driving the locomotive Locomotion, which had been built at Robert Stephenson \& Co.'s Newcastle works. Once the railway was at work, horse-drawn and gravity-powered traffic shared the line with locomotives: in 1828 Stephenson invented the horse dandy, a wagon at the back of a train in which a horse could travel over the gravity-operated stretches, instead of trotting behind.
    Meanwhile, in May 1826, the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway had successfully obtained its Act of Parliament. Stephenson was appointed Engineer in June, and since he and Vignoles proved incompatible the latter left early in 1827. The railway was built by Stephenson and his staff, using direct labour. A considerable controversy arose c. 1828 over the motive power to be used: the traffic anticipated was too great for horses, but the performance of the reciprocal system of cable haulage developed by Benjamin Thompson appeared in many respects superior to that of contemporary locomotives. The company instituted a prize competition for a better locomotive and the Rainhill Trials were held in October 1829.
    Robert Stephenson had been working on improved locomotive designs since his return from America in 1827, but it was the L \& MR's Treasurer, Henry Booth, who suggested the multi-tubular boiler to George Stephenson. This was incorporated into a locomotive built by Robert Stephenson for the trials: Rocket was entered by the three men in partnership. The other principal entrants were Novelty, entered by John Braithwaite and John Ericsson, and Sans Pareil, entered by Timothy Hackworth, but only Rocket, driven by George Stephenson, met all the organizers' demands; indeed, it far surpassed them and demonstrated the practicability of the long-distance steam railway. With the opening of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway in 1830, the age of railways began.
    Stephenson was active in many aspects. He advised on the construction of the Belgian State Railway, of which the Brussels-Malines section, opened in 1835, was the first all-steam railway on the European continent. In England, proposals to link the L \& MR with the Midlands had culminated in an Act of Parliament for the Grand Junction Railway in 1833: this was to run from Warrington, which was already linked to the L \& MR, to Birmingham. George Stephenson had been in charge of the surveys, and for the railway's construction he and J.U. Rastrick were initially Principal Engineers, with Stephenson's former pupil Joseph Locke under them; by 1835 both Stephenson and Rastrick had withdrawn and Locke was Engineer-in-Chief. Stephenson remained much in demand elsewhere: he was particularly associated with the construction of the North Midland Railway (Derby to Leeds) and related lines. He was active in many other places and carried out, for instance, preliminary surveys for the Chester \& Holyhead and Newcastle \& Berwick Railways, which were important links in the lines of communication between London and, respectively, Dublin and Edinburgh.
    He eventually retired to Tapton House, Chesterfield, overlooking the North Midland. A man who was self-made (with great success) against colossal odds, he was ever reluctant, regrettably, to give others their due credit, although in retirement, immensely wealthy and full of honour, he was still able to mingle with people of all ranks.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, on its formation in 1847. Order of Leopold (Belgium) 1835. Stephenson refused both a knighthood and Fellowship of the Royal Society.
    Bibliography
    1815, jointly with Ralph Dodd, British patent no. 3,887 (locomotive drive by connecting rods directly to the wheels).
    1817, jointly with William Losh, British patent no. 4,067 (steam springs for locomotives, and improvements to track).
    Further Reading
    L.T.C.Rolt, 1960, George and Robert Stephenson, Longman (the best modern biography; includes a bibliography).
    S.Smiles, 1874, The Lives of George and Robert Stephenson, rev. edn, London (although sycophantic, this is probably the best nineteenthcentury biography).
    PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Stephenson, George

  • 19 Reading

       1) The Discovery of Truth Depends on the Thoughtful Reading of Authoritative Texts
       For the Middle Ages, all discovery of truth was first reception of traditional authorities, then later-in the thirteenth century-rational reconciliation of authoritative texts. A comprehension of the world was not regarded as a creative function but as an assimilation and retracing of given facts; the symbolic expression of this being reading. The goal and the accomplishment of the thinker is to connect all these facts together in the form of the "summa." Dante's cosmic poem is such a summa too. (Curtius, 1973, p. 326)
       The readers of books... extend or concentrate a function common to us all. Reading letters on a page is only one of its many guises. The astronomer reading a map of stars that no longer exist; the Japanese architect reading the land on which a house is to be built so as to guard it from evil forces; the zoologist reading the spoor of animals in the forest; the card-player reading her partner's gestures before playing the winning card; the dancer reading the choreographer's notations, and the public reading the dancer's movements on the stage; the weaver reading the intricate design of a carpet being woven; the organ-player reading various simultaneous strands of music orchestrated on the page; the parent reading the baby's face for signs of joy or fright, or wonder; the Chinese fortune-teller reading the ancient marks on the shell of a tortoise; the lover blindly reading the loved one's body at night, under the sheets; the psychiatrist helping patients read their own bewildering dreams; the Hawaiian fisherman reading the ocean currents by plunging a hand into the water; the farmer reading the weather in the sky-all these share with book-readers the craft of deciphering and translating signs....
       We all read ourselves and the world around us in order to glimpse what and where we are. We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but read. Reading, almost as much as breathing, is our essential function. (Manguel, 1996, pp. 6-7)
       There is a pitched battle between those theorists and modellers who embrace the primacy of syntax and those who embrace the primacy of semantics in language processing. At times both schools have committed various excesses. For example, some of the former have relied foolishly on context-free mathematical-combinatory models, while some of the latter have flirted with versions of the "direct-access hypothesis," the idea that skilled readers process printed language directly into meaning without phonological or even syntactic processing. The problems with the first excess are patent. Those with the second are more complex and demand more research. Unskilled readers apparently do rely more on phonological processing than do skilled ones; hence their spoken dialects may interfere with their reading-and writing-habits. But the extent to which phonological processing is absent in the skilled reader has not been established, and the contention that syntactic processing is suspended in the skilled reader is surely wrong and not supported by empirical evidence-though blood-flow patterns in the brain are curiously different during speaking, oral reading, and silent reading. (M. L. Johnson, 1988, pp. 101-102)

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