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  • 1 ♦ vote

    ♦ vote /vəʊt/
    n.
    1 (polit.) voto: a vote for (o in favour of) st. [sb.], un voto a favore di qc. [q.]; a vote against st. [sb.], un voto a sfavore di qc. [q.]; to cast one's vote, dare il proprio voto; votare; to count the votes, contare (o scrutinare) i voti; the deciding vote, il voto decisivo NOTA D'USO: - vote, mark o grade?-
    2 votazione; voto: The result of the vote is expected to be announced next week, il risultato della votazione dovrebbe essere annunciato la prossima settimana; to have (o take) a vote on st., votare su qc.; to put st. to the vote, mettere qc. ai voti; a vote of confidence [of no confidence], un voto di fiducia [di sfiducia]; a vote of censure, un voto di censura
    3 (numero dei) voti: The Lib Dems gained 28% of the vote in local elections, i democratici liberali hanno ottenuto il 28% dei voti nelle elezioni amministrative
    4 scheda (o pallina) di votazione; scheda votata: The mayor placed his vote in the ballot box, il sindaco ha infilato la sua scheda nell'urna
    5 (i) voti ( di una particolare categoria): the women's vote, il voto delle donne; il voto femminile; the Italian vote in New York, il voto degli oriundi italiani a New York
    6 (leg.) the vote, il diritto di voto: Women were not given the vote until 1928, le donne hanno ottenuto il diritto di voto solo nel 1928
    vote by secret ballot, voto a scrutinio segreto □ vote by proxy, voto per delega □ vote by roll call, voto per appello nominale □ vote by show of hands, votazione per alzata di mano □ vote-catcher, espediente per prendere più voti □ vote-catching, che fa prendere voti; che porta voti □ (polit.) vote-getter, chi ottiene (molti) voti: He was the biggest vote-getter in the election, nelle elezioni ha ottenuto il maggior numero di voti □ (form.) vote of thanks, discorso di ringraziamento: to move (o to propose) a vote of thanks, suggerire ( o proporre) un discorso di ringraziamento □ (polit.) vote rigging, broglio elettorale □ vote-seeking, (agg.) che cerca voti, che chiede il voto; (sost.) ricerca di voti, caccia al voto □ (polit.) vote-winner, persona (o iniziativa) che fa prendere molti voti a un partito □ to carry a vote, approvare una mozione □ to pull in votes, portare voti ( a un candidato) □ to take the vote, procedere allo scrutinio.
    ♦ (to) vote /vəʊt/
    v. t. e i.
    1 votare: DIALOGO → - Discussing an election- Who are you going to vote for?, per chi voti?; He voted for the Labour candidate, ha votato per il candidato laburista; They voted to refer the matter back to the appeal committee, hanno votato a favore del rinvio della questione alla commissione d'appello; to vote Labour [Conservative, Democrat, etc.], votare per i laburisti [i conservatori, i democratici, ecc.]; It was voted best film, è stato votato come miglior film; She was voted most popular singer of the year, è stata eletta cantante più popolare dell'anno
    2 decidere; deliberare (stabilire, assegnare, ecc.) mediante votazione: to vote a sum for travelling expenses, votare lo stanziamento d'una somma per spese di viaggio
    3 (fam.) dichiarare unanimemente; riconoscere concordemente: The evening was voted a success, sono stati tutti concordi nel dichiarare che la serata è stata un successo
    4 (fam.) votare; suggerire: I vote ( that) we leave without him, io voto per andar via senza di lui
    ● (fig. fam.) to vote with one's feet, manifestare dissenso con la propria assenza.

    English-Italian dictionary > ♦ vote

  • 2 vote

    1. noun
    1) (individual vote) Stimme, die

    my vote goes to X, X has my vote — (fig. coll.) ich stimme od. bin für X

    2) (act of voting) Abstimmung, die
    3) (right to vote)

    have/be given or get the vote — das Stimmrecht haben/bekommen

    4) (collective) Stimmen; (result) Abstimmungsergebnis, das

    the vote in favour of capital punishmentdie Stimmenzahl für die Todesstrafe

    5) (expression of opinion) Votum, das

    give somebody a vote of confidence/no confidence — jemandem sein Vertrauen/Misstrauen aussprechen

    vote of confidence/no confidence — Vertrauens-/Misstrauensvotum, das

    2. intransitive verb
    abstimmen; (in election) wählen

    vote for/against — stimmen für/gegen

    vote to do something — beschließen, etwas zu tun

    vote by ballot/[a] show of hands — mit Stimmzetteln/durch Handzeichen abstimmen

    vote Conservative/Labour — etc. die Konservativen/Labour usw. wählen

    3. transitive verb
    1) (elect)

    vote somebody Chairman/President — etc. jemanden zum Vorsitzenden/Präsidenten usw. wählen; (approve)

    2) (coll.): (pronounce) bezeichnen

    vote something a success/failure — etwas als Erfolg/Misserfolg bezeichnen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/93531/vote_down">vote down
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    [vəut] 1. noun
    ((the right to show) one's wish or opinion, eg in a ballot or by raising a hand etc, especially at an election or in a debate: In Britain, the vote was given to women over twenty-one in 1928; Nowadays everyone over eighteen has a vote; A vote was taken to decide the matter.) das Stimmrecht, die Abstimmung
    2. verb
    1) (to cast or record one's vote: She voted for the Conservative candidate; I always vote Labour; I shall vote against the restoration of capital punishment.) stimmen, wählen
    2) (to allow, by a vote, the provision of (something) eg to someone, for a purpose etc: They were voted $5,000 to help them in their research.) bewilligen
    - voter
    - vote of confidence
    - vote of thanks
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    [vəʊt, AM voʊt]
    I. n
    1. (expression of choice) Stimme f
    to cast [or record] one's \vote seine Stimme abgeben
    2. (election) Abstimmung f, Wahl f
    to hold [or take] a \vote eine Abstimmung durchführen
    to put sth to the [or a] \vote über etw akk abstimmen lassen
    3. (of group) Stimmen pl
    the working-class \vote die Stimmen pl der Arbeiterklasse
    4. no pl (right)
    the \vote das Wahlrecht [o Stimmrecht]
    to have the \vote das Wahlrecht [o Stimmrecht] haben
    II. vi
    1. (elect candidate, measure) wählen
    to \vote in an election zu einer Wahl gehen
    to \vote against/for sb/sth gegen/für jdn/etw stimmen
    2. (formally choose)
    to \vote to do sth dafür stimmen [o sich akk dafür aussprechen], etw zu tun
    to \vote on sth über etw akk abstimmen
    to \vote on a proposal über einen Vorschlag abstimmen
    4.
    to \vote with one's feet mit den Füßen abstimmen
    III. vt
    to \vote sb in jdn wählen
    to \vote sb into office jdn ins Amt wählen
    to \vote sb out [of office] jdn [aus dem Amt] abwählen
    2. (propose)
    to \vote that... vorschlagen, dass...
    3. (declare)
    to \vote sb/sth sth jdn/etw zu etw dat erklären
    she was \voted the winner sie wurde zur Siegerin erklärt
    the evening was \voted a tremendous success der Abend wurde als überwältigender Erfolg bezeichnet
    4. (decide to give)
    to \vote sb/sth sth [or sth for [or BRIT to] [or AM towards] sb/sth] etw jdm/etw bewilligen
    to \vote £1 million for a project eine Million Pfund für ein Projekt bewilligen
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    [vəʊt]
    1. n
    1) (= expression of opinion) Stimme f; (= act of voting) Abstimmung f, Wahl f; (= result) Abstimmungs- or Wahlergebnis nt

    to put sth to the voteüber etw (acc) abstimmen lassen

    the vote for/against the change surprised him — dass für/gegen den Wechsel gestimmt wurde, erstaunte ihn

    See:
    2) (= vote cast) Stimme f

    to give one's vote to a party/person — einer Partei/jdm seine Stimme geben

    single-vote majorityMehrheit f von einer Stimme

    one man one voteeine Stimme pro Wähler, ein Mann or Bürger, eine Stimme

    a photo of the Prime Minister casting his vote —

    he won by 22 voteser gewann mit einer Mehrheit von 22 Stimmen

    10% of the voters invalidated their votes — 10% der Wähler machten ihren Stimmzettel ungültig

    3) (POL

    collective) the Labour vote — die Labourstimmen pl

    4) (= franchise) Wahlrecht nt
    5) (= money allotted) Bewilligung f
    2. vt
    1) (= elect) wählen
    2) (inf: judge) wählen zu

    I vote we go back — ich schlage vor, dass wir umkehren

    3) (= approve) bewilligen
    3. vi
    (= cast one's vote) wählen

    to vote for/against sth — für/gegen etw stimmen

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    vote [vəʊt]
    A s
    1. (Wahl)Stimme f, Votum n:
    give one’s vote to ( oder for) seine Stimme geben (dat), stimmen für;
    vote for Jastimme; censure A 1, confidence 1, split A 3
    2. Abstimmung f, Stimmabgabe f, Wahl f:
    put sth to the vote, take a vote on sth über eine Sache abstimmen lassen;
    take the vote die Abstimmung vornehmen, abstimmen
    3. Stimmzettel m, Stimme f:
    4. the vote das Stimm- oder Wahlrecht:
    get the vote wahlberechtigt werden
    5. the vote koll die Stimmen pl:
    vote-catcher, vote-getter Wahllokomotive f
    6. Wahlergebnis n
    7. Beschluss m:
    8. Bewilligung f, bewilligter Betrag
    9. obs
    a) Gelübde n
    b) glühender Wunsch
    B v/i abstimmen, wählen, seine Stimme abgeben:
    vote against stimmen gegen;
    vote for ( oder in favo[u]r of) stimmen für (a. umg für etwas sein), jemanden wählen;
    they voted by 52 to 24 for sie stimmten mit 52 zu 24 für; against B, favor B 1
    C v/t
    1. abstimmen über (akk):
    vote down niederstimmen;
    vote sb in jemanden wählen;
    vote sb out (of office) jemanden abwählen;
    vote sth through etwas durchbringen;
    vote that … dafür sein, dass …; vorschlagen oder beschließen, dass
    2. (durch Abstimmung) wählen oder beschließen oder Geld bewilligen
    3. umg allgemein erklären für oder halten für oder hinstellen als:
    4. vorschlagen:
    I vote (that) you avoid her in future
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    1. noun
    1) (individual vote) Stimme, die

    my vote goes to X, X has my vote — (fig. coll.) ich stimme od. bin für X

    2) (act of voting) Abstimmung, die

    have/be given or get the vote — das Stimmrecht haben/bekommen

    4) (collective) Stimmen; (result) Abstimmungsergebnis, das

    give somebody a vote of confidence/no confidence — jemandem sein Vertrauen/Misstrauen aussprechen

    vote of confidence/no confidence — Vertrauens-/Misstrauensvotum, das

    2. intransitive verb
    abstimmen; (in election) wählen

    vote for/against — stimmen für/gegen

    vote to do something — beschließen, etwas zu tun

    vote by ballot/[a] show of hands — mit Stimmzetteln/durch Handzeichen abstimmen

    vote Conservative/Labour — etc. die Konservativen/Labour usw. wählen

    3. transitive verb

    vote somebody Chairman/President — etc. jemanden zum Vorsitzenden/Präsidenten usw. wählen; (approve)

    2) (coll.): (pronounce) bezeichnen

    vote something a success/failure — etwas als Erfolg/Misserfolg bezeichnen

    Phrasal Verbs:
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    v.
    abstimmen (für) v.
    abstimmen v.
    stimmen für ausdr.
    wählen v. n.
    Abstimmung f.
    Stimme -n f.
    Wahl -en f.
    Wahlstimme f.

    English-german dictionary > vote

  • 3 vote

    1.
    1) голосование; баллотировка
    2) голос; право голоса

    to approve smth by vote — одобрять что-л. открытым голосованием

    to boost smb's votes — увеличивать число голосов за кого-л.

    to campaign for a "no" vote — вести кампанию за отрицательное голосование ( в ходе референдума)

    to cancel a vote — отменять голосование / баллотировку

    to cast one's vote for / in favor of smb — голосовать / отдавать свой голос за кого-л.

    to change one's vote — изменять свое голосование

    to choose smb by 30 votes to 20 — избрать кого-л. тридцатью голосами против двадцати

    to corral almost all the black votesразг. получать голоса почти всего чернокожего населения

    to court smb's votes — добиваться чьих-л. голосов

    to decide smth by a majority vote — решать что-л. большинством голосов

    to defer a vote — откладывать / переносить голосование

    to double one's share of the votes — собирать вдвое больше голосов (чем, напр. на предыдущих выборах)

    to elect smb by direct vote — избирать кого-л. прямым голосованием

    to enter a name in the vote list / roll — вносить кого-л. в список избирателей

    to exercise one's vote — воспользоваться своим избирательным правом

    to explain one's vote — выступать по мотивам голосования

    to gather the votes of smb — собирать / заполучать чьи-л. голоса

    to get a "yes" vote — добиваться голосования "за"

    to get the vote — набирать нужное число голосов; побеждать на выборах

    to give a casting vote — подавать голос, дающий перевес; подавать решающий голос

    to give a resounding vote of confidenceвыражать кому-л. убедительный вотум доверия

    to have a simple "yes"-or-"no" vote — проводить простой референдум, варианты ответа при котором только "да" или "нет"

    to have the right to vote — обладать избирательным правом; иметь право голоса

    to increase one's share of the votes — увеличивать процент собранных голосов

    to look to smb for vote — рассчитывать на чьи-л. голоса

    to lose one's Assembly vote — лишать права голоса в Генеральной Ассамблее ООН

    to pass a vote by a show of handsпринимать что-л. открытым голосованием

    to peel off smb's vote — отколоть часть голосов избирателей, ранее голосовавших за кого-л.

    to poll 43 per cent of the vote — набрать 43% голосов

    to postpone a vote — откладывать / переносить голосование

    to push off / to put off a vote — откладывать голосование

    to put smth to a vote — ставить что-л. на голосование

    to put the "yes" vote well behind the "no" vote — собирать намного больше голосов "против", чем голосов "за"

    to reverse a vote — голосовать за решение, обратное принятому в результате предыдущего голосования

    to secure the vote of smbзаручаться чьими-л. голосами

    to stand by one's vote — подтверждать результаты своего голосования

    to strengthen smb's vote — увеличивать число голосов, поданных за кого-л.

    to submit oneself to a vote of confidence — ставить вопрос о вотуме доверия в отношении своей политики

    to take a vote on smth — голосовать / проводить голосование по какому-л. вопросу

    to tally the vote — вести подсчет голосов, подсчитывать голоса

    to transfer smb's vote to — переносить полученные кем-л. голоса на...

    - yes vote
    - 3000 electorate are still undecided how to cast their votes
    - absentee vote
    - act of vote
    - affirmative vote
    - annual vote
    - binding vote
    - black votes
    - bloc votes
    - block vote
    - bull vote
    - bullet vote
    - by direct vote
    - calling for a postponement of the vote
    - cemetery vote
    - chase for vote
    - clean vote
    - close vote
    - clothespin vote
    - collapse of the vote for a party
    - complimentary vote
    - compromise vote
    - conclusion of the vote
    - concurring votes
    - confidence vote
    - confirmation vote
    - conservative votes
    - convincing vote
    - crossover vote
    - crucial vote
    - direct vote
    - dissenting vote
    - division of votes
    - early vote
    - electoral college vote
    - electoral vote
    - eligible to vote
    - equality of vote
    - equally divided votes
    - explanation of vote after
    - explanation of vote before
    - fair count of votes
    - final vote
    - floating votes
    - free vote
    - heavy vote
    - if the vote goes against him
    - in pursuit of votes
    - inconclusive vote
    - ineligible to vote
    - it will lose them votes
    - majority vote
    - massive no vote
    - minority vote
    - nationwide vote
    - negative vote
    - no-confidence vote
    - non-recorded vote
    - number of votes
    - open vote
    - opposition vote
    - outcome of the vote
    - overwhelming vote
    - party-line vote
    - payroll vote
    - plural vote
    - popular vote
    - postal vote
    - primary votes
    - protest vote
    - proxy vote
    - recorded vote
    - rejection as the result of an equal vote
    - rerun of a vote
    - rising vote
    - roll-call vote
    - secret vote
    - separated vote
    - silent votes
    - skewed vote
    - soft votes
    - solid votes
    - straw vote
    - strong female votes
    - swing votes
    - the casting vote
    - the die was cast for a vote of no-confidence
    - the opposition vote was split
    - there is equality of vote
    - ticket vote
    - tie vote
    - token vote
    - unanimous vote
    - validly cast votes
    - vendible votes
    - voice vote
    - vote and proceedings
    - vote article by article
    - vote at the rostrum
    - vote by yes and no
    - vote by a tiny margin
    - vote by cards
    - vote by correspondence
    - vote by proxy
    - vote by roll-call
    - vote by secret ballot
    - vote by show of hands
    - vote by sitting and standing
    - vote cast against smb
    - vote cast for favor of smb
    - vote cast in favor of smb
    - vote cast
    - vote ended in defeat
    - vote for change
    - vote for more of the same
    - vote in the normal way
    - vote is not binding
    - vote is not conclusive
    - vote is taking place in a climate of nervousness
    - vote of censure
    - vote of confidence in smb
    - vote of no confidence in the President
    - vote of thanks
    - vote on defense
    - vote on the floor
    - vote puts the party narrowly forward of its rivals
    - vote without debate
    - votes are being counted
    - white votes
    - without a vote
    - write-in vote
    2. v
    голосовать; баллотировать

    to be entitled to vote — обладать избирательным правом, иметь право голоса

    to vote smb back in — снова избирать кого-л.

    to vote according to smb's conscience — голосовать так, как велит / подсказывает совесть

    to vote article by article — голосовать отдельно по статьям, проводить постатейное голосование

    to vote by "yes" and "no" — голосовать ответом "да" или "нет"

    to vote by a big majority to do smthпринимать решение сделать что-л. значительным большинством голосов

    to vote by roll-call — голосовать поименно; проводить поименное голосование

    to vote conservativeбрит. голосовать за консерваторов

    to vote green — голосовать за партию "зеленых"

    to vote in the affirmative — голосовать "за"

    to vote into a committeeизбирать кого-л. в члены комитета

    to vote labourбрит. голосовать за лейбористов

    to vote Mr. X. — голосовать за г-на Х.

    to vote narrowly against smth — голосовать / принимать решение незначительным большинством голосов

    to vote narrowly for / in favor of smthголосовать за что-л. незначительным большинством

    to vote oneself out of existence / to vote oneself out of office — голосовать за самороспуск

    to vote smb back as mayor — снова избирать кого-л. мэром

    to vote smb back into office — переизбирать кого-л. на еще один срок

    to vote smb down — забаллотировать кого-л.

    to vote smb in — избирать кого-л. на какой-л. пост

    to vote smb into parliament — избирать кого-л. в парламент

    to vote smb out — отстранять кого-л. от власти, смещать кого-л. в результате выборов

    to vote smth down — отклонять / проваливать что-л. в результате голосования

    to vote the straight ticketполит. жарг. голосовать за всех кандидатов, выдвинутых партией

    - Which way to vote?

    Politics english-russian dictionary > vote

  • 4 vote

    [vəʊt] UK / US
    1. n
    Stimme f, (ballot) Wahl f, (result) Abstimmungsergebnis nt, (right to vote) Wahlrecht nt
    2. vt
    (elect) wählen
    3. vi

    to vote for/against sth — für/gegen etw stimmen

    English-German mini dictionary > vote

  • 5 vote

    [vəʊt] UK / US
    1. n
    Stimme f, (ballot) Wahl f, (result) Abstimmungsergebnis nt, (right to vote) Wahlrecht nt
    2. vt
    (elect) wählen
    3. vi

    to vote for/against sth — für/gegen etw stimmen

    English-German mini dictionary > vote

  • 6 vote

    vote1 v PERS, POL abstimmen; wählen (elections) vote2 PERS, POL Stimme f; Wahl f, Abstimmung f, Votum n, Bewilligung f durch Abstimmung (act of voting); Wahlergebnis n (result)

    Englisch-Deutsch Fachwörterbuch der Wirtschaft > vote

  • 7 vote result

    Политика: результат голосования (в тексте перед термином стоял опред. артикль; англ. термин взят из репортажа BBC News)

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > vote result

  • 8 result of the vote


    rezultat glasovanja

    English-Croatian dictionary > result of the vote

  • 9 continue rejecting the vote result as illegitimate

    Политика: продолжать отказываться от признания результатов голосования как нелегитимных (англ. цитата - из репортажа агентства Thomson Reuters)

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > continue rejecting the vote result as illegitimate

  • 10 rejection as the result of an equal vote

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > rejection as the result of an equal vote

  • 11 rejection as the result of an equal vote

    Politics english-russian dictionary > rejection as the result of an equal vote

  • 12 poll

    1. noun
    1) (voting) Abstimmung, die; (to elect somebody) Wahl, die; (result of vote) Abstimmungsergebnis, das/Wahlergebnis, das; (number of votes) Wahlbeteiligung, die

    take a poll — abstimmen lassen; eine Abstimmung durchführen

    at the poll[s] — bei den Wahlen

    go to the pollseine Stimme abgeben; zur Wahl gehen

    a heavy/light or low poll — eine starke/geringe od. niedrige Wahlbeteiligung

    2) (survey of opinion) Umfrage, die
    2. transitive verb
    1) (take vote[s] of) abstimmen/wählen lassen
    2) (take opinion of) befragen; (take survey of) [demoskopisch] erforschen
    3) (obtain in poll) erhalten [Stimmen]
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    [pəul] 1. noun
    1) (an election: They organized a poll to elect a president.) die Abstimmung
    2) (the number of votes: There has been a heavy poll (= a large number of votes).) die Wahlbeteiligung
    3) ((also opinion poll) a test of public opinion by asking people questions.) die Umfrage
    2. verb
    (to receive a number of votes: He polled fifty per cent of the votes.) erhalten
    - academic.ru/117948/polling-booth">polling-booth
    - polling-station
    - go to the polls
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    [pəʊl, AM poʊl]
    I. n
    1. (voting) Abstimmung f; (public survey) Erhebung f
    a [public] opinion \poll eine [öffentliche] Meinungsumfrage
    the latest opinion \poll gives the Democrats a clear lead einer neueren Meinungsumfrage zufolge liegen die Demokraten klar in Führung
    to conduct [or carry out] [or take] a \poll eine Umfrage machen
    the \polls pl die Wahllokale pl
    to go to the \polls wählen [gehen]
    3. (result of vote) [Wähler]stimmen pl
    to head the \poll in Führung liegen
    4. (number of votes cast) Wahlbeteiligung f
    a heavy/light \poll eine hohe/geringe Wahlbeteiligung
    II. vt
    1. (canvass in poll)
    to \poll sb jdn befragen
    half the people \polled said... die Hälfte der befragten Leute gab an, dass...
    to \poll sth:
    the party \polled 67% of the vote die Partei hat 67 % der Stimmen erhalten
    3. AGR (remove horns)
    to \poll an animal ein Tier kappen fachspr
    to \poll sth etw abrufen
    * * *
    [pəʊl]
    1. n
    1) (POL) (= voting) Abstimmung f; (= election) Wahl f

    a poll was taken among the villagersunter den Dorfbewohnern wurde abgestimmt

    poll of polls — ≈ Politbarometer nt

    2) (= total of votes cast) Wahlbeteiligung f; (for individual candidate) Stimmenanteil m

    there was an 84% poll — die Wahlbeteiligung betrug 84%

    they got 34% of the poll — sie bekamen 34% der Stimmen

    3)

    to go to the polls — wählen gehen, zur Wahl gehen

    a crushing defeat at the polls — eine vernichtende Niederlage bei den Wahlen, eine vernichtende Wahlniederlage

    4) (= opinion poll) Umfrage f

    to take a poll (of 3,000 people) — (3000 Personen) abstimmen lassen

    5) (old: head esp back of head) Schädel m
    2. vt
    1) votes erhalten, auf sich (acc) vereinigen
    2) (in opinion poll) befragen

    40% of those polled supported the Government — 40% der Befragten waren für die Regierung

    3) horns, trees stutzen

    polled cattleRinder mit gestutzten Hörnern

    4) (COMPUT, INTERNET) pollen
    3. vi
    1)

    he polled badly (in the election) —

    the nationalists polled well — die Nationalisten erhielten bei der Wahl viele Stimmen, die Nationalisten schnitten bei der Wahl gut ab

    2) (COMPUT, INTERNET) pollen
    * * *
    poll1 [pəʊl]
    A s
    1. besonders ZOOL Hinterkopf m
    2. breites, flaches Ende (eines Hammers etc)
    3. (Einzel)Person f
    4. POL Wahl f, Stimmabgabe f, Abstimmung f:
    heavy (poor) poll starke (geringe) Wahlbeteiligung
    5. Stimm(en)zählung f
    6. a) Wählerliste f
    b) Steuerliste f
    7. Wahlergebnis n, Stimmenzahl f
    8. US meist pl Wahllokal n:
    go to the polls zur Wahl gehen
    9. (Ergebnis n einer) (Meinungs)Umfrage f:
    do a poll eine Meinungsumfrage durchführen
    B v/t
    1. Haar etc stutzen, ein Tier, Haare etc scheren
    2. einen Baum kappen, eine Pflanze köpfen, einem Rind die Hörner stutzen
    3. JUR eine Urkunde gleichmäßig (ohne Indentation) zuschneiden
    4. in eine Wähler- oder Steuerliste eintragen
    a) erhalten, auf sich vereinigen (Wahlkandidat)
    b) abgeben (Wähler)
    6. die Bevölkerung befragen
    7. IT Terminals etc zyklisch abfragen oder abrufen
    C v/i wählen, abstimmen, seine Stimme abgeben:
    poll for stimmen für
    poll2 [pɒl; US pɑl] polly
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (voting) Abstimmung, die; (to elect somebody) Wahl, die; (result of vote) Abstimmungsergebnis, das/Wahlergebnis, das; (number of votes) Wahlbeteiligung, die

    take a poll — abstimmen lassen; eine Abstimmung durchführen

    at the poll[s] — bei den Wahlen

    go to the poll — seine Stimme abgeben; zur Wahl gehen

    a heavy/light or low poll — eine starke/geringe od. niedrige Wahlbeteiligung

    2) (survey of opinion) Umfrage, die
    2. transitive verb
    1) (take vote[s] of) abstimmen/wählen lassen
    2) (take opinion of) befragen; (take survey of) [demoskopisch] erforschen
    3) (obtain in poll) erhalten [Stimmen]
    * * *
    n.
    Abstimmung f. (Comp.) v.
    pollen v.

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  • 13 poll

    [pəʊl, Am poʊl] n
    1) ( public survey) Erhebung f;
    a [public] opinion \poll eine [öffentliche] Meinungsumfrage;
    the latest opinion \poll gives the Democrats a clear lead einer neueren Meinungsumfrage zufolge liegen die Demokraten klar in Führung;
    to conduct [or carry out] [or take] a \poll eine Umfrage machen
    the \polls pl die Wahllokale ntpl;
    to go to the \polls wählen [gehen]
    3) ( result of vote) [Wähler]stimmen fpl;
    to head the \poll in Führung liegen
    4) ( number of votes cast) Wahlbeteiligung f;
    a heavy/light \poll eine hohe/geringe Wahlbeteiligung vt
    to \poll sb jdn befragen;
    half the people \polled said... die Hälfte der befragten Leute gab an, dass...
    2) ( receive)
    the party \polled 67% of the vote die Partei hat 67% der Stimmen erhalten
    to \poll an animal ein Tier kappen fachspr

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  • 14 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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    1. transitive verb
    1) folgen (+ Dat.)

    you're being followed — Sie werden verfolgt

    2) (go along) folgen (+ Dat.); entlanggehen/-fahren [Straße usw.]
    3) (come after in order or time) folgen (+ Dat.); folgen auf (+ Akk.)
    4) (accompany) [nach]folgen (+ Dat.)
    5) (provide with sequel)

    follow something with somethingeiner Sache (Dat.) etwas folgen lassen

    6) (result from) die Folge sein von; hervorgehen aus
    7) (treat or take as guide or leader) folgen (+ Dat.); sich orientieren an (+ Dat.); (adhere to) anhängen (+ Dat.)
    8) (act according to) folgen (+ Dat.) [Prinzip, Instinkt, Trend]; verfolgen [Politik]; befolgen [Vorschrift, Regel, Anweisung, Rat, Warnung]; handeln nach [Gefühl, Wunsch]; sich halten an (+ Akk.) [Konventionen, Diät, Maßstab]
    9) (keep up with mentally, grasp meaning of) folgen (+ Dat.)

    do you follow me?, are you following me? — verstehst du, was ich meine?

    10) (be aware of the present state or progress of) verfolgen [Ereignisse, Nachrichten, Prozess]
    2. intransitive verb
    1) (go, come)

    follow after somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache folgen

    2) (go or come after person or thing) folgen

    follow in the wake of something — etwas ablösen; auf etwas (Akk.) folgen

    3) (come next in order or time) folgen
    4)

    follow from something (result) die Folge von etwas sein; (be deducible) aus etwas folgen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/28605/follow_on">follow on
    - follow through
    - follow up
    * * *
    ['foləu] 1. verb
    1) (to go or come after: I will follow (you).) folgen
    2) (to go along (a road, river etc): Follow this road.) folgen
    3) (to understand: Do you follow (my argument)?) folgen können
    4) (to act according to: I followed his advice.) befolgen
    - follower
    - following 2. adjective
    1) (coming after: the following day.) folgend
    2) (about to be mentioned: You will need the following things.) folgend
    3. preposition
    (after; as a result of: Following his illness, his hair turned white.) als Folge
    4. pronoun
    (things about to be mentioned: You must bring the following - pen, pencil, paper and rubber.) das Folgende
    - follow-up
    - follow up
    * * *
    fol·low
    [ˈfɒləʊ, AM ˈfɑ:loʊ]
    I. vt
    1. (take same route as)
    to \follow sb/sth jdm/etw folgen
    to \follow sb about [or around] jdm überallhin folgen
    to \follow sb close jdm auf dem Fuß folgen
    2. (pursue)
    to \follow sb/sth jdn/etw verfolgen
    3. (keep to)
    to \follow sth etw dat folgen
    after that, the train \follows/the railway lines \follow the coastline danach fährt der Zug/führen die Bahnschienen die Küste entlang
    to \follow a road/sign einer Straße/einem Schild folgen
    4. (come/happen next)
    to \follow sth auf etw akk folgen
    \follow by gefolgt von
    we had roast lamb \followed by a soufflé [or with a soufflé to \follow] es gab Lammbraten, gefolgt von einem Soufflé
    5. (succeed)
    to \follow sb jdm nachfolgen
    he \followed his father as head of the firm er folgte seinem Vater als Firmenchef nach
    6. (imitate)
    to \follow sb es jdm gleichtun
    to \follow sth etw nachmachen
    Sophie always \follows what her sister does Sophie macht ihrer Schwester alles nach
    \follow that! mach mir das erst mal nach!
    7. (obey)
    to \follow sth etw befolgen; (go along with) etw dat folgen
    he \follows the teachings of the Koran er hält sich an die Lehren des Koran
    to \follow one's conscience seinem Gewissen gehorchen
    to \follow fashion mit der Mode gehen
    to \follow ancient traditions nach alten Bräuchen leben
    to \follow a trend einem Trend folgen
    8. (support)
    to \follow a team Anhänger(in) m(f) einer Mannschaft sein
    to \follow sb's view jds Ansichten zustimmen
    to \follow sb/sth jdm/etw folgen
    his lecture was difficult to \follow man konnte seinem Vortrag nur schwer folgen
    do you \follow me?, can you \follow? können Sie mir folgen?
    10. (try to achieve)
    to \follow sth etw verfolgen
    he \follows the law er will Jurist werden
    to \follow one's pleasure seinem Vergnügen nachgehen
    11. (have an interest in, watch)
    to \follow sth etw verfolgen
    to \follow sth etw verfolgen
    to \follow sth on television sich dat etw regelmäßig [im Fernsehen] ansehen
    12.
    to \follow the crowd der Herde folgen fig, mit der Herde laufen fig
    to \follow sb/sth with one's eyes jdm/etw mit den Blicken [o Augen] folgen; (watch leaving, moving away) jdm/etw nachsehen; (watch every move) jdn/etw mit Blicken verfolgen
    my eyes \followed him as he walked up to the stage mein Blick folgte ihm, als er zur Bühne hinaufschritt
    to \follow in sb's footsteps in jds Fußstapfen treten
    \follow your nose ( fam: trust your instincts) vertrau deinem Instinkt; (go straight ahead) immer der Nase nach
    to \follow suit nachziehen fam, dasselbe machen
    II. vi
    1. (take the same route) folgen; MIL nachstoßen
    to \follow after sb/sth jdm/etw folgen
    2. (come/happen next) folgen
    letter to \follow Brief folgt
    in the hours/days that \followed... in den darauf folgenden Stunden/Tagen...
    as \follows wie folgt
    3. (result) sich ergeben; (be the consequence) die Folge sein
    to \follow from/upon sth (be the result) sich aus etw dat ergeben; (be the deduction) aus etw dat folgen [o resultieren]; (be the consequence) die Folge einer S. gen sein
    just because I agreed last time, it doesn't necessarily \follow that... nur weil ich das letzte Mal zugestimmt habe, heißt das noch lange nicht, dass...
    * * *
    ['fɒləʊ]
    1. vt
    1) person, car, road, sign folgen (+dat), nachgehen/-fahren etc (+dat); (= pursue also) verfolgen; (= succeed) folgen (+dat), kommen nach

    follow me — folgen Sie mir; (by car also) fahren Sie mir nach

    his eyes followed her, he followed her with his eyes — er folgte ihr mit den Augen

    he arrived first, followed by the ambassador — er kam als Erster, gefolgt vom Botschafter

    he followed his father into the business —

    the dinner will be followed by a concertim Anschluss an das Essen findet ein Konzert statt

    the toast was followed by a vote of thanks —

    follow that ( if you can)! (said after a good performance etc) — das soll mir/ihm etc erst mal einer nachmachen!

    potatoes are the most popular food, followed by white bread — Kartoffeln sind das beliebteste Essen, und an zweiter Stelle steht Weißbrot

    2) (= keep to) road, path folgen (+dat), entlanggehen/-fahren etc
    3) (= understand) folgen (+dat)
    4) profession ausüben, nachgehen (+dat); course of study, career verfolgen
    5) (= conform to) fashion mitmachen; advice, instructions befolgen, folgen (+dat); party line folgen (+dat)

    to follow (the dictates of) one's heart/conscience — auf die Stimme seines Herzens/Gewissens hören

    6) (= read, watch regularly) serial verfolgen; strip cartoon regelmäßig lesen; (= take an interest in) progress, development, news verfolgen; athletics, swimming etc sich interessieren für; (= listen to attentively) speech (genau) verfolgen
    2. vi
    1) (= come after) folgen (on sth auf etw acc)

    what is there to follow? (at meals)was gibt es noch or (planning the meal) hinterher or anschließend?

    2) (results, deduction) folgen (from aus)

    it follows from this that... — hieraus folgt, dass...

    it doesn't follow that... — daraus folgt nicht, dass...

    3) (= understand) folgen

    I don't follow — das verstehe ich nicht, da komme ich nicht mit

    * * *
    follow [ˈfɒləʊ; US ˈfɑ-]
    A s
    1. Billard: Nachläufer m
    2. follow-up A 5
    B v/t
    1. allg folgen (dat):
    a) (zeitlich oder räumlich) nachfolgen (dat), folgen auf (akk), sich anschließen (dat) oder an (akk):
    a dinner followed by a dance ein Essen mit anschließendem Tanz;
    this story is followed by another auf diese Geschichte folgt noch eine (andere)
    b) nachfolgen, -laufen:
    follow sb close jemandem auf dem Fuße folgen
    c) auch MIL jemanden verfolgen
    d) sich jemandem anschließen, jemanden begleiten
    e) jemandem im Amt etc nachfolgen, jemandes Nachfolger sein
    f) jemandem (als Führer oder Vorbild) (nach)folgen, sich jemandem, einer Partei etc anschließen
    g) jemandem gehorchen
    h) sich anpassen (dat) (auch Sache)
    i) eine Mode etc mitmachen
    j) einen Rat, Befehl etc befolgen, beachten
    k) sich einer Ansicht anschließen, teilen (akk)
    follow sb’s example auch es jemandem gleichtun
    m) einen Weg verfolgen
    n) entlanggehen, -führen (akk):
    o) (mit dem Auge oder geistig) verfolgen, beobachten:
    p) zuhören (dat)
    2. ein Ziel, einen Zweck verfolgen, anstreben
    3. einer Beschäftigung etc nachgehen, sich widmen (dat), ein Geschäft etc betreiben, einen Beruf ausüben:
    follow one’s inclinations seinen Neigungen nachgehen; das tun, wozu man Lust hat;
    follow one’s pleasure seinem Vergnügen nachgehen;
    follow the law Jurist sein; sea 1
    4. folgen (können) (dat), verstehen:
    do you follow me? können Sie mir folgen?
    5. folgen aus, die Folge sein von (oder gen)
    6. follow sth with sth einer Sache etwas folgen lassen
    C v/i
    1. (zeitlich oder räumlich) (nach)folgen, sich anschließen:
    follow after sb jemandem nachfolgen;
    follow (up)on folgen auf (akk);
    letter to follow Brief folgt;
    as follows wie folgt, folgendermaßen
    2. meist unpers folgen, sich ergeben ( beide:
    from aus):
    it follows from this hieraus folgt ( that dass);
    it does not follow that … dies besagt nicht, dass …
    * * *
    1. transitive verb
    1) folgen (+ Dat.)
    2) (go along) folgen (+ Dat.); entlanggehen/-fahren [Straße usw.]
    3) (come after in order or time) folgen (+ Dat.); folgen auf (+ Akk.)
    4) (accompany) [nach]folgen (+ Dat.)

    follow something with somethingeiner Sache (Dat.) etwas folgen lassen

    6) (result from) die Folge sein von; hervorgehen aus
    7) (treat or take as guide or leader) folgen (+ Dat.); sich orientieren an (+ Dat.); (adhere to) anhängen (+ Dat.)
    8) (act according to) folgen (+ Dat.) [Prinzip, Instinkt, Trend]; verfolgen [Politik]; befolgen [Vorschrift, Regel, Anweisung, Rat, Warnung]; handeln nach [Gefühl, Wunsch]; sich halten an (+ Akk.) [Konventionen, Diät, Maßstab]
    9) (keep up with mentally, grasp meaning of) folgen (+ Dat.)

    do you follow me?, are you following me? — verstehst du, was ich meine?

    10) (be aware of the present state or progress of) verfolgen [Ereignisse, Nachrichten, Prozess]
    2. intransitive verb
    1) (go, come)

    follow after somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache folgen

    2) (go or come after person or thing) folgen

    follow in the wake of something — etwas ablösen; auf etwas (Akk.) folgen

    4)

    follow from something (result) die Folge von etwas sein; (be deducible) aus etwas folgen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (a path) v.
    einschlagen (Weg) v. v.
    beachten v.
    befolgen v.
    beherzigen v.
    erfolgen v.
    folgen v.
    verfolgen v.

    English-german dictionary > follow

  • 16 go

    Ⅰ.
    go1 [gəʊ]
    (game) jeu m de go
    Ⅱ.
    go2 [gəʊ]
    aller1A (a)-(c), 1A (e), 1A (f), 1E (a)-(c), 1G (a), 2 (a) s'en aller1A (d) être1B (a) devenir1B (b) tomber en panne1B (c) s'user1B (d) se détériorer1B (e) commencer1C (a) aller (+ infinitif)1C (b), 1C (c) marcher1C (d) disparaître1D (a), 1D (c) se passer1E (d) s'écouler1E (e) s'appliquer1F (b) se vendre1F (e) contribuer1G (c) aller ensemble1H (a) tenir le coup1H (c) faire2 (b), 2 (c) coup3 (a) essai3 (a) tour3 (b) dynamisme3 (c)
    (pl goes [gəʊz], 3rd pres sing goes [gəʊz], pt went [went], pp gone [gɒn])
    A.
    (a) (move, travel → person) aller; (→ vehicle) aller, rouler;
    we're going to Paris/Japan/Spain nous allons à Paris/au Japon/en Espagne;
    he went to the office/a friend's house il est allé au bureau/chez un ami;
    I want to go home je veux rentrer;
    the salesman went from house to house le vendeur est allé de maison en maison;
    we went by car/on foot nous y sommes allés en voiture/à pied;
    there goes the train! voilà le train (qui passe)!;
    the bus goes by way of or through Dover le bus passe par Douvres;
    does this train go to Glasgow? ce train va-t-il à Glasgow?;
    the truck was going at 150 kilometres an hour le camion roulait à ou faisait du 150 kilomètres (à l')heure;
    go behind those bushes va derrière ces arbustes;
    where do we go from here? où va-t-on maintenant?; figurative qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant?;
    to go to the doctor aller voir ou aller chez le médecin;
    he went straight to the director il est allé directement voir ou trouver le directeur;
    to go to prison aller en prison;
    to go to the toilet aller aux toilettes;
    to go to sb for advice aller demander conseil à qn;
    let the children go first laissez les enfants passer devant, laissez passer les enfants d'abord;
    I'll go next c'est à moi après;
    who goes next? (in game) c'est à qui (le tour)?;
    Military who goes there? qui va là?, qui vive?;
    here we go again! ça y est, ça recommence!;
    there he goes! le voilà!;
    there he goes again! (there he is again) le revoilà!; (he's doing it again) ça y est, il est reparti!
    to go shopping aller faire des courses;
    to go fishing/hunting aller à la pêche/à la chasse;
    to go riding aller faire du cheval;
    let's go for a walk/bike ride/swim allons nous promener/faire un tour à vélo/nous baigner;
    they went on a trip ils sont partis en voyage;
    British go and buy the paper, American go buy the paper va acheter le journal;
    I'll go to see her or American go see her tomorrow j'irai la voir demain;
    don't go and tell him!, don't go telling him! ne va pas le lui dire!, ne le lui dis pas!;
    don't go bothering your sister ne va pas embêter ta sœur;
    you had to go and tell him! il a fallu que tu le lui dises!;
    he's gone and locked us out! il est parti et nous a laissé à la porte!;
    you've gone and done it now! vraiment, tu as tout gâché!
    he'll go as high as £300 il ira jusqu'à 300 livres;
    the temperature went as high as 36° C la température est montée jusqu'à 36° C;
    he went so far as to say it was her fault il est allé jusqu'à dire que c'était de sa faute à elle;
    now you've gone too far! là tu as dépassé les bornes!;
    I'll go further and say he should resign j'irai plus loin et je dirai qu'il ou j'irai jusqu'à dire qu'il devrait démissionner;
    the temperature sometimes goes below zero la température descend ou tombe parfois au-dessous de zéro;
    her attitude went beyond mere impertinence son comportement était plus qu'impertinent
    (d) (depart, leave) s'en aller, partir;
    I must be going il faut que je m'en aille ou que je parte;
    they went early ils sont partis tôt;
    you may go vous pouvez partir;
    what time does the train go? à quelle heure part le train?;
    familiar get going! vas-y!, file!;
    archaic be gone! allez-vous-en!;
    either he goes or I go l'un de nous deux doit partir
    to go to church/school aller à l'église/l'école;
    to go to a meeting aller ou assister à une réunion;
    that road goes to the market square cette route va ou mène à la place du marché
    B.
    to go barefoot/naked se promener pieds nus/tout nu;
    to go armed porter une arme;
    her family goes in rags sa famille est en haillons;
    the job went unfilled le poste est resté vacant;
    to go unnoticed passer inaperçu;
    such crimes must not go unpunished de tels crimes ne doivent pas rester impunis
    (b) (become) devenir;
    my father is going grey mon père grisonne;
    she went white with rage elle a blêmi de colère;
    my hands went clammy mes mains sont devenues moites;
    the tea's gone cold le thé a refroidi;
    have you gone mad? tu es devenu fou?;
    to go bankrupt faire faillite;
    the country has gone Republican le pays est maintenant républicain
    (c) (stop working → engine) tomber en panne; (→ fuse) sauter; (→ bulb, lamp) sauter, griller;
    the battery's going la pile commence à être usée
    (d) (wear out) s'user; (split) craquer; (break) (se) casser;
    his trousers are going at the knees son pantalon s'use aux genoux;
    the jacket went at the seams la veste a craqué aux coutures
    (e) (deteriorate, fail → health) se détériorer; (→ hearing, sight) baisser;
    all his strength went and he fell to the floor il a perdu toutes ses forces et il est tombé par terre;
    his voice is going il devient aphone;
    his voice is gone il est aphone, il a une extinction de voix;
    her mind has started to go elle n'a plus toute sa tête ou toutes ses facultés
    C.
    what are we waiting for? let's go! qu'est-ce qu'on attend? allons-y!;
    familiar here goes!, here we go! allez!, on y va!;
    go! partez!;
    you'd better get going on or with that report! tu ferais bien de te mettre à ou de t'attaquer à ce rapport!;
    it won't be so hard once you get going ça ne sera pas si difficile une fois que tu seras lancé;
    familiar go to it! (get to work) au boulot!; (in encouragement) allez-y!
    to be going to do sth (be about to) aller faire qch, être sur le point de faire qch; (intend to) avoir l'intention de faire qch;
    you were just going to tell me about it vous étiez sur le point de ou vous alliez m'en parler;
    I was going to visit her yesterday but her mother arrived j'avais l'intention de ou j'allais lui rendre visite hier mais sa mère est arrivée
    are you going to be at home tonight? est-ce que vous serez chez vous ce soir?;
    we're going to do exactly as we please nous ferons ce que nous voulons;
    she's going to be a doctor elle va être médecin;
    there's going to be a storm il va y avoir un orage;
    he's going to have to work really hard il va falloir qu'il travaille très dur
    (d) (function → clock, machine) marcher, fonctionner; (start functioning) démarrer;
    is the fan going? est-ce que le ventilateur est en marche ou marche?;
    the car won't go la voiture ne veut pas démarrer;
    he had the television and the radio going il avait mis la télévision et la radio en marche;
    the washing machine is still going la machine à laver tourne encore, la lessive n'est pas terminée;
    to get sth going (car, machine) mettre qch en marche; (business, project) lancer qch;
    her daughter kept the business going sa fille a continué à faire marcher l'affaire;
    to keep a conversation/fire going entretenir une conversation/un feu
    (e) (sound → alarm clock, bell) sonner; (→ alarm, siren) retentir
    she went like this with her eyebrows elle a fait comme ça avec ses sourcils
    to go on radio/television passer à la radio/à la télévision
    D.
    (a) (disappear) disparaître;
    the snow has gone la neige a fondu ou disparu;
    all the sugar's gone il n'y a plus de sucre;
    my coat has gone mon manteau n'est plus là ou a disparu;
    all our money has gone (spent) nous avons dépensé tout notre argent; (lost) nous avons perdu tout notre argent; (stolen) on a volé tout notre argent;
    I don't know where the money goes these days l'argent disparaît à une vitesse incroyable ces temps-ci;
    gone are the days when he took her dancing elle est bien loin, l'époque où il l'emmenait danser
    the last paragraph must go il faut supprimer le dernier paragraphe;
    I've decided that car has to go j'ai décidé de me débarrasser de cette voiture;
    that new secretary has got to go il va falloir se débarrasser de la nouvelle secrétaire
    (c) euphemism (die) disparaître, s'éteindre;
    he is (dead and) gone il nous a quittés;
    his wife went first sa femme est partie avant lui;
    after I go... quand je ne serai plus là...
    E.
    (a) (extend, reach) aller, s'étendre;
    our property goes as far as the forest notre propriété va ou s'étend jusqu'au bois;
    the path goes right down to the beach le chemin descend jusqu'à la mer;
    figurative her thinking didn't go that far elle n'a pas poussé le raisonnement aussi loin;
    my salary doesn't go very far je ne vais pas loin avec mon salaire;
    money doesn't go very far these days l'argent part vite à notre époque;
    their difference of opinion goes deeper than I thought leur différend est plus profond que je ne pensais
    (b) (belong) aller, se mettre, se ranger;
    the dictionaries go on that shelf les dictionnaires se rangent ou vont sur cette étagère;
    where do the towels go? où est-ce qu'on met les serviettes?;
    that painting goes here ce tableau se met ou va là
    (c) (be contained in, fit) aller;
    this last sweater won't go in the suitcase ce dernier pull n'ira pas ou n'entrera pas dans la valise;
    the piano barely goes through the door le piano entre ou passe de justesse par la porte;
    this belt just goes round my waist cette ceinture est juste assez longue pour faire le tour de ma taille;
    the lid goes on easily enough le couvercle se met assez facilement
    (d) (develop, turn out) se passer;
    how did your interview go? comment s'est passé ton entretien?;
    I'll see how things go je vais voir comment ça se passe;
    we can't tell how things will go on ne sait pas comment ça se passera;
    everything went well tout s'est bien passé;
    if all goes well si tout va bien;
    the meeting went badly/well la réunion s'est mal/bien passée;
    the negotiations are going well les négociations sont en bonne voie;
    the vote went against them/in their favour le vote leur a été défavorable/favorable;
    everything was going fine until she showed up tout allait ou se passait très bien jusqu'à ce qu'elle arrive;
    everything went wrong ça a mal tourné;
    familiar how's it going?, how are things going? (comment) ça va?;
    the way things are going, we might both be out of a job soon au train où vont ou vu comment vont les choses, nous allons bientôt nous retrouver tous les deux au chômage
    (e) (time → elapse) s'écouler, passer; (→ last) durer;
    the journey went quickly je n'ai pas vu le temps passer pendant le voyage;
    there were only five minutes to go before… il ne restait que cinq minutes avant…;
    time goes so slowly when you're not here le temps me paraît tellement long quand tu n'es pas là;
    how's the time going? combien de temps reste-t-il?
    F.
    what your mother says goes! fais ce que dit ta mère!;
    whatever the boss says goes c'est le patron qui fait la loi;
    anything goes on fait ce qu'on veut
    (b) (be valid, hold true) s'appliquer;
    that rule goes for everyone cette règle s'applique à tout le monde;
    that goes for us too (that applies to us) ça s'applique à nous aussi; (we agree with that) nous sommes aussi de cet avis
    (c) (be expressed, run → report, story)
    the story or rumour goes that she left him le bruit court qu'elle l'a quitté;
    so the story goes du moins c'est ce que l'on dit ou d'après les on-dit;
    how does the story go? comment c'est cette histoire?;
    I forget how the poem goes now j'ai oublié le poème maintenant;
    how does the tune go? c'est quoi ou c'est comment, l'air?;
    her theory goes something like this sa théorie est plus ou moins la suivante
    to go by or under the name of répondre au nom de;
    he now goes by or under another name il se fait appeler autrement maintenant
    (e) (be sold) se vendre;
    flats are going cheap at the moment les appartements ne se vendent pas très cher en ce moment;
    the necklace went for £350 le collier s'est vendu 350 livres;
    going, going, gone! (at auction) une fois, deux fois, adjugé!
    G.
    (a) (be given → award, prize) aller, être donné; (→ inheritance, property) passer;
    the contract is to go to a private firm le contrat ira à une entreprise privée;
    credit should go to the teachers le mérite en revient aux enseignants;
    every penny will go to charity tout l'argent va ou est destiné à une œuvre de bienfaisance
    a small portion of the budget went on education une petite part du budget a été consacrée ou est allée à l'éducation;
    all his money goes on drink tout son argent part dans la boisson
    (c) (contribute) contribuer, servir;
    all that just goes to prove my point tout ça confirme bien ce que j'ai dit;
    it has all the qualities that go to make a good film ça a toutes les qualités d'un bon film
    (d) (have recourse) avoir recours, recourir;
    to go to arbitration recourir à l'arbitrage
    H.
    (a) (be compatible → colours, flavours) aller ensemble;
    orange and mauve don't really go l'orange et le mauve ne vont pas vraiment ensemble
    let me know if you hear of any jobs going faites-moi savoir si vous entendez parler d'un emploi;
    are there any flats going for rent in this building? y a-t-il des appartements à louer dans cet immeuble?;
    familiar any whisky going? tu as un whisky à m'offrir?
    (c) (endure) tenir le coup;
    we can't go much longer without water nous ne pourrons pas tenir beaucoup plus longtemps sans eau
    we'll only stop if you're really desperate to go on ne s'arrête que si tu ne tiens vraiment plus;
    I went before I came j'ai fait avant de venir
    5 into 60 goes 12 60 divisé par 5 égale 12;
    6 into 5 won't go 5 n'est pas divisible par 6
    she isn't bad, as teachers go elle n'est pas mal comme enseignante;
    as houses go, it's pretty cheap ce n'est pas cher pour une maison;
    as things go today par les temps qui courent;
    there goes my chance of winning a prize je peux abandonner tout espoir de gagner un prix;
    there you go again, always blaming other people ça y est, toujours à rejeter la responsabilité sur les autres;
    there you go! (here you are) tiens!; (I told you so) voilà!;
    there you go, two hamburgers and a coke et voici, deux hamburgers et un Coca;
    there you go, what did I tell you? voilà ou tiens, qu'est-ce que je t'avais dit!
    (a) (follow, proceed along) aller, suivre;
    if we go this way, we'll get there much more quickly si nous passons par là, nous arriverons bien plus vite
    (b) (travel) faire, voyager;
    we've only gone 5 kilometres nous n'avons fait que 5 kilomètres;
    she went the whole length of the street before coming back elle a descendu toute la rue avant de revenir
    ducks go "quack" les canards font "coin-coin";
    the clock goes "tick tock" l'horloge fait "tic tac";
    the gun went bang et pan! le coup est parti;
    familiar then he goes "hand it over" puis il fait "donne-le-moi"
    to go 10 risquer 10;
    Cards to go no/two trumps annoncer sans/deux atout(s);
    figurative to go one better (than sb) surenchérir (sur qn)
    I could really go a beer je me paierais bien une bière
    to go it (go fast) filer; (behave wildly) se défoncer;
    familiar how goes it? ça marche?
    3 noun
    (a) British (attempt, try) coup m, essai m;
    to have a go at sth/doing sth essayer qch/de faire qch;
    he had another go il a fait une nouvelle tentative, il a ressayé;
    let's have a go! essayons!; familiar (let me try) laisse-moi essayer! ;
    have another go! encore un coup!;
    I've never tried it but I'll give it a go je n'ai encore jamais fait l'expérience mais je vais essayer;
    she passed her exams first go elle a eu ses examens du premier coup;
    he knocked down all the skittles at one go il a renversé toutes les quilles d'un coup;
    £1 a go (at fair etc) une livre la partie ou le tour;
    to have a go on the dodgems faire un tour d'autos tamponneuses;
    he wouldn't let me have or give me a go (on his bicycle etc) il ne voulait pas me laisser l'essayer
    (b) British (in games → turn) tour m;
    it's your go c'est ton tour ou c'est à toi (de jouer);
    whose go is it? à qui de jouer?, à qui le tour?
    (c) familiar (energy, vitality) dynamisme m, entrain m;
    to be full of go avoir plein d'énergie, être très dynamique;
    she's got plenty of go elle est pleine d'entrain;
    the new man has no go in him le nouveau manque d'entrain
    (d) familiar (success) succès m, réussite f;
    he's made a go of the business il a réussi à faire marcher l'affaire;
    to make a go of a marriage réussir un mariage;
    I tried to persuade her but it was no go j'ai essayé de la convaincre mais il n'y avait rien à faire
    (e) (fashion) mode f;
    short hair is all the go les cheveux courts sont le dernier cri ou font fureur
    to have a go at sb (physically) rentrer dans qn; (verbally) passer un savon à qn;
    they had a real go at one another! qu'est-ce qu'ils se sont mis!;
    she had a go at her boyfriend elle a passé un de ces savons à son copain;
    British police have warned the public not to have a go, the fugitive may be armed la police a prévenu la population de ne pas s'en prendre au fugitif car il pourrait être armé;
    it's all go ça n'arrête pas!;
    all systems go! c'est parti!;
    the shuttle is go for landing la navette est bonne ou est parée ou a le feu vert pour l'atterrissage
    he must be going on fifty il doit approcher de la ou aller sur la cinquantaine;
    it was going on (for) midnight by the time we finished quand on a terminé, il était près de minuit
    I've been on the go all day je n'ai pas arrêté de toute la journée ;
    to be always on the go être toujours à trotter ou à courir, avoir la bougeotte;
    to keep sb on the go faire trimer qn
    I have several projects on the go at present j'ai plusieurs projets en route en ce moment
    à faire;
    there are only three weeks/five miles to go il ne reste plus que trois semaines/cinq miles;
    five done, three to go cinq de faits, trois à faire
    esp American (to take out) two hamburgers to go deux hamburgers à emporter!
    (a) (move) circuler; (of rumour) courir;
    policemen usually go about in pairs en général, les policiers circulent par deux;
    you can't go about saying things like that! il ne faut pas raconter des choses pareilles!
    (b) Nautical (change tack) virer de bord
    (a) (get on with) s'occuper de;
    to go about one's business vaquer à ses occupations
    (b) (set about) se mettre à;
    she showed me how to go about it elle m'a montré comment faire ou comment m'y prendre;
    how do you go about applying for the job? comment doit-on s'y prendre ou faire pour postuler l'emploi?
    (c) (country) parcourir
    her son goes about with an older crowd son fils fréquente des gens plus âgés que lui;
    he's going about with Rachel these days il sort avec Rachel en ce moment
    traverser
    traverser;
    your brother has just gone across to the shop ton frère est allé faire un saut au magasin en face
    (a) (follow) suivre
    (b) (pursue, seek → criminal) poursuivre; (→ prey) chasser; (→ job, prize) essayer d'obtenir;
    he goes after all the women il court après toutes les femmes;
    I'm going after that job je vais essayer d'obtenir cet emploi
    (a) (disregard) aller contre, aller à l'encontre de;
    she went against my advice elle n'a pas suivi mon conseil;
    I went against my mother's wishes je suis allé contre ou j'ai contrarié les désirs de ma mère
    (b) (conflict with) contredire;
    that goes against what he told me c'est en contradiction avec ou ça contredit ce qu'il m'a dit;
    the decision went against public opinion la décision est allée à l'encontre de ou a heurté l'opinion publique;
    it goes against my principles c'est contre mes principes
    (c) (be unfavourable to → of luck, situation) être contraire à; (→ of opinion) être défavorable à; (→ of behaviour, evidence) nuire à, être préjudiciable à;
    the verdict went against the defendant le verdict a été défavorable à l'accusé ou a été prononcé contre l'accusé;
    if luck should go against him si la chance lui était contraire;
    her divorce may go against her winning the election son divorce pourrait nuire à ses chances de gagner les élections
    (a) (precede) passer devant;
    he went ahead of us il est parti avant nous;
    I let him go ahead of me in the queue je l'ai fait passer devant moi dans la queue
    (b) (proceed) aller de l'avant;
    go ahead! tell me! vas-y! dis-le-moi!;
    the mayor allowed the demonstrations to go ahead le maire a permis aux manifestations d'avoir lieu;
    the move had gone ahead as planned le déménagement s'était déroulé comme prévu;
    to go ahead with sth démarrer qch;
    they're going ahead with the project after all ils ont finalement décidé de mener le projet à bien;
    he went ahead and did it (without hesitating) il l'a fait sans l'ombre d'une hésitation; (despite warnings) rien ne l'a arrêté
    (c) (advance, progress) progresser, faire des progrès
    go along and ask your mother va demander à ta mère;
    she went along with them to the fair elle les a accompagnés ou elle est allée avec eux à la foire;
    we can talk it over as we go along nous pouvons en discuter en chemin ou en cours de route;
    I just make it up as I go along j'invente au fur et à mesure
    (b) (progress) se dérouler, se passer;
    things were going along nicely tout allait ou se passait bien
    (c) (go to meeting, party etc) aller
    (decision, order) accepter, s'incliner devant; (rule) observer, respecter;
    that's what they decided and I went along with it c'est la décision qu'ils ont prise et je l'ai acceptée;
    I go along with the committee on that point je suis d'accord avec ou je soutiens le comité sur ce point;
    I can't go along with you on that je ne suis pas d'accord avec vous là-dessus;
    he went along with his father's wishes il s'est conformé aux ou a respecté les désirs de son père
    (a) (habitually) passer son temps à;
    he goes around mumbling to himself il passe son temps à radoter;
    she just goes around annoying everyone elle passe son temps à énerver tout le monde;
    he goes around in black leather il se promène toujours en ou il est toujours habillé en cuir noir
    (b) (document, illness) circuler; (gossip, rumour) courir, circuler
    will that belt go around your waist? est-ce que cette ceinture sera assez grande pour toi?
    familiar (attack → food) attaquer, se jeter sur; (→ job, task) s'attaquer à; (→ person) attaquer;
    they were still going at it the next day ils y étaient encore le lendemain;
    she went at the cleaning with a will elle s'est attaquée au nettoyage avec ardeur
    partir, s'en aller;
    go away! va-t'en!;
    I'm going away for a few days je pars pour quelques jours;
    she's gone away to think about it elle est partie réfléchir
    (a) (return) revenir, retourner;
    she went back to bed elle est retournée au lit, elle s'est recouchée;
    to go back to sleep se rendormir;
    they went back home ils sont rentrés chez eux ou à la maison;
    I went back downstairs/upstairs je suis redescendu/remonté;
    to go back to work (continue task) se remettre au travail; (return to place of work) retourner travailler; (return to employment) reprendre le travail;
    to go back on one's steps rebrousser chemin, revenir sur ses pas;
    let's go back to chapter two revenons ou retournons au deuxième chapitre;
    we went back to the beginning nous avons recommencé;
    let's go back to why you said that revenons à la question de savoir pourquoi vous avez dit ça;
    the clocks go back one hour today on retarde les pendules d'une heure aujourd'hui
    (b) (retreat) reculer;
    go back! recule!
    (c) (revert) revenir;
    we went back to the old system nous sommes revenus à l'ancien système;
    he went back to his old habits il a repris ses anciennes habitudes;
    the conversation kept going back to the same subject la conversation revenait sans cesse sur le même sujet;
    men are going back to wearing their hair long les hommes reviennent aux cheveux longs ou se laissent à nouveau pousser les cheveux
    (d) (in time) remonter;
    our records go back to 1850 nos archives remontent à 1850;
    this building goes back to the Revolution ce bâtiment date de ou remonte à la Révolution;
    familiar we go back a long way, Brad and me ça remonte à loin, Brad et moi
    (e) (extend, reach) s'étendre;
    the garden goes back 150 metres le jardin s'étend sur 150 mètres
    (fail to keep → agreement) rompre, violer; (→ promise) manquer à, revenir sur;
    they went back on their decision ils sont revenus sur leur décision;
    he won't go back on his word il ne manquera pas à sa parole
    (precede) passer devant; (happen before) précéder;
    that question has nothing to do with what went before cette question n'a rien à voir avec ce qui précède ou avec ce qui a été dit avant;
    the election was like nothing that had gone before l'élection ne ressemblait en rien aux précédentes;
    euphemism those who have gone before (the dead) ceux qui nous ont précédés
    (a) (precede) précéder;
    we are indebted to those who have gone before us nous devons beaucoup à ceux qui nous ont précédés
    your suggestion will go before the committee votre suggestion sera soumise au comité;
    to go before a judge/jury passer devant un juge/un jury;
    the matter went before the court l'affaire est allée devant les tribunaux
    Nautical descendre dans l'entrepont
    go by
    (pass → car, person) passer; (→ time) passer, s'écouler;
    as the years go by avec les années, à mesure que les années passent;
    in days or in times or in years gone by autrefois, jadis;
    to let an opportunity go by laisser passer une occasion
    (a) (act in accordance with, be guided by) suivre, se baser sur;
    don't go by the map ne vous fiez pas à la carte;
    I'll go by what the boss says je me baserai sur ce que dit le patron;
    he goes by the rules il suit le règlement
    (b) (judge by) juger d'après;
    going by her accent, I'd say she's from New York si j'en juge d'après son accent, je dirais qu'elle vient de New York;
    you can't go by appearances on ne peut pas juger d'après ou sur les apparences
    to go by a different/false name être connu sous un nom différent/un faux nom;
    the product goes by the name of "Bango" in France ce produit est vendu sous le nom de "Bango" en France
    go down
    (a) (descend, move to lower level) descendre;
    he went down on all fours or on his hands and knees il s'est mis à quatre pattes;
    going down! (in lift) on descend!, pour descendre!
    (b) (proceed, travel) aller;
    we're going down to Tours/the country/the shop nous allons à Tours/à la campagne/au magasin
    (c) (set → moon, sun) se coucher, tomber
    (d) (sink → ship) couler, sombrer; (→ person) couler, disparaître (sous l'eau)
    (e) (decrease, decline → level, price, quality) baisser; (→ amount, numbers) diminuer; (→ rate, temperature) baisser, s'abaisser; (→ fever) baisser, tomber; (→ tide) descendre;
    the dollar is going down in value le dollar perd de sa valeur, le dollar est en baisse;
    eggs are going down (in price) le prix des œufs baisse;
    my weight has gone down j'ai perdu du poids;
    he's gone down in my estimation il a baissé dans mon estime;
    the neighbourhood's really gone down since then le quartier ne s'est vraiment pas arrangé depuis;
    to have gone down in the world avoir connu des jours meilleurs
    (f) (become less swollen → swelling) désenfler, dégonfler; (→ balloon, tyre) se dégonfler
    (g) (food, medicine) descendre;
    this wine goes down very smoothly ce vin se laisse boire (comme du petit-lait)
    a cup of coffee would go down nicely une tasse de café serait la bienvenue;
    his speech went down badly/well son discours a été mal/bien reçu;
    how will the proposal go down with the students? comment les étudiants vont-ils prendre la proposition?;
    that kind of talk doesn't go down well with me je n'apprécie pas du tout ce genre de propos
    (i) (lose) être battu;
    Mexico went down to Germany le Mexique s'est incliné devant l'Allemagne;
    Madrid went down to Milan by three points Milan a battu Madrid de trois points;
    I'm not going to go down without a fight je me battrai jusqu'à la fin
    (j) (be relegated) descendre;
    our team has gone down to the second division notre équipe est descendue en deuxième division
    (k) (be noted, recorded) être noté; (in writing) être pris ou couché par écrit;
    this day will go down in history ce jour restera une date historique;
    she will go down in history as a woman of great courage elle entrera dans l'histoire grâce à son grand courage
    (l) (reach as far as) descendre, s'étendre;
    this path goes down to the beach ce sentier va ou descend à la plage
    (m) (continue as far as) aller, continuer;
    go down to the end of the street allez ou continuez jusqu'en bas de la rue
    (n) British University entrer dans la période des vacances
    (p) Computing tomber en panne; (of computer network) planter;
    the computer's gone down l'ordinateur est en panne
    (q) Music (lower pitch) descendre
    how long do you think he'll go down for? il écopera de combien, à ton avis?;
    he went down for three years il a écopé de trois ans
    (s) American familiar (happen) se passer
    (hill, stairs, ladder, street) descendre;
    my food went down the wrong way j'ai avalé de travers;
    Music the pianist went down an octave le pianiste a joué une octave plus bas ou a descendu d'une octave;
    British School to go down a class descendre d'une classe;
    figurative I don't want to go down that road je ne veux pas m'engager là-dedans
    vulgar (fellate) sucer, tailler ou faire une pipe à; (perform cunnilingus on) sucer, brouter le cresson à
    tomber malade de;
    he went down with pneumonia/the flu il a attrapé une pneumonie/la grippe
    (a) (fetch) aller chercher;
    he went for a doctor il est allé ou parti chercher un médecin
    (b) (try to obtain) essayer d'obtenir, viser;
    she's going for his job elle va essayer d'obtenir son poste;
    familiar go for it! vas-y!;
    I'd go for it if I were you! à ta place, je n'hésiterais pas!;
    she was really going for it elle donnait vraiment son maximum
    (c) (attack → physically) tomber sur, s'élancer sur; (→ verbally) s'en prendre à;
    dogs usually go for the throat en général, les chiens attaquent à la gorge;
    they went for each other (physically) ils se sont jetés l'un sur l'autre; (verbally) ils s'en sont pris l'un à l'autre;
    the newspapers really went for the senator les journaux s'en sont pris au sénateur sans retenue;
    go for him! (to dog) attaque!
    (d) familiar (like) aimer, adorer ;
    I don't really go for that idea l'idée ne me dit pas grand-chose;
    he really goes for her in a big way il est vraiment fou d'elle
    (e) (choose, prefer) choisir, préférer
    (f) (apply to, concern) concerner, s'appliquer à;
    what I said goes for both of you ce que j'ai dit vaut pour ou s'applique à vous deux;
    pollution is a real problem in Paris - that goes for Rome too la pollution pose un énorme problème à Paris - c'est la même chose à Rome;
    and the same goes for me et moi aussi
    (g) (have as result) servir à;
    his twenty years of service went for nothing ses vingt ans de service n'ont servi à rien
    she has a lot going for her elle a beaucoup d'atouts;
    that idea hasn't got much going for it frankly cette idée n'est franchement pas très convaincante
    (a) (leave) sortir;
    the army went forth into battle l'armée s'est mise en route pour la bataille;
    Bible go forth and multiply croissez et multipliez-vous
    (b) (be pronounced) être prononcé; (be published) paraître;
    the command went forth that… il fut décrété que…
    (s')avancer;
    the clocks go forward tomorrow on avance les pendules demain;
    if this scheme goes forward… si ce projet est accepté…
    (a) (enter) entrer, rentrer;
    it's cold - let's go in il fait froid - entrons;
    it's too big, it won't go in c'est trop grand, ça ne rentrera pas
    (b) (disappear → moon, sun) se cacher
    (c) Sport (in cricket) prendre son tour au guichet
    (d) Military (attack) attaquer
    (a) (engage in → activity, hobby, sport) pratiquer, faire; (→ occupation) se consacrer à; (→ politics) s'occuper de, faire;
    she went in for company law elle s'est lancée dans le droit commercial;
    he thought about going in for teaching il a pensé devenir enseignant
    (b) familiar (be interested in) s'intéresser à ; (like) aimer ;
    I don't go in much for opera je n'aime pas trop l'opéra, l'opéra ne me dit rien;
    he goes in for special effects in a big way il est très branché effets spéciaux;
    we don't go in for that kind of film nous n'aimons pas ce genre de film;
    this publisher doesn't really go in for fiction cet éditeur ne fait pas tellement dans le roman
    they don't go in for injections so much nowadays ils ne sont pas tellement pour les piqûres de nos jours;
    why do scientists go in for all that jargon? pourquoi est-ce que les scientifiques utilisent tout ce jargon?
    (d) (take part in → competition, race) prendre part à; (→ examination) se présenter à
    (e) (apply for → job, position) poser sa candidature à, postuler
    (a) (enter → building, house) entrer dans; (→ activity, profession) entrer à ou dans; (→ politics, business) se lancer dans;
    she's gone into hospital elle est (r)entrée à l'hôpital;
    to go into the army (as profession) devenir militaire de carrière; (as conscript) partir au service;
    he went into medicine il a choisi la médecine
    (b) (be invested → of effort, money, time)
    a lot of care had gone into making her feel at home on s'était donné beaucoup de peine pour la mettre à l'aise;
    two months of research went into our report nous avons mis ou investi deux mois de recherche dans notre rapport
    (c) (embark on → action) commencer à; (→ explanation, speech) se lancer ou s'embarquer dans, (se mettre à) donner; (→ problem) aborder;
    I'll go into the problem of your taxes later j'aborderai le problème de vos impôts plus tard;
    the car went into a skid la voiture a commencé à déraper;
    to go into hysterics avoir une crise de nerfs;
    to go into fits of laughter être pris d'un fou rire
    (d) (examine, investigate) examiner, étudier;
    you need to go into the question more deeply vous devez examiner le problème de plus près;
    the matter is being gone into l'affaire est à l'étude
    (e) (explain in depth) entrer dans;
    the essay goes into the moral aspects of the question l'essai aborde les aspects moraux de la question;
    I won't go into details je ne vais pas entrer dans les détails;
    let's not go into that ne parlons pas de ça
    (f) (begin to wear) se mettre à porter;
    to go into mourning prendre le deuil
    (g) (hit, run into) entrer dans;
    a car went into him une voiture lui est rentrée dedans
    (h) Computing (file, program) aller dans;
    to go into a file aller dans un fichier
    go off
    (a) (leave) partir, s'en aller;
    she went off to work elle est partie travailler;
    her husband has gone off and left her son mari l'a quittée;
    Theatre the actors went off les acteurs ont quitté la scène
    (b) (stop operating → light, radio) s'éteindre; (→ heating) s'éteindre, s'arrêter; (→ pain) partir, s'arrêter;
    the electricity went off l'électricité a été coupée
    (c) (become activated → bomb, firework) exploser; (→ gun) partir; (→ alarm, alarm clock) sonner;
    the grenade went off in her hand la grenade a explosé dans sa main;
    the gun didn't go off le coup n'est pas parti;
    figurative to go off into fits of laughter être pris d'un fou rire
    the interview went off badly/well l'entretien s'est mal/bien passé;
    her speech went off well son discours a été bien reçu
    (e) (fall asleep) s'endormir
    (f) British (deteriorate → food) s'avarier, se gâter; (→ milk) tourner; (→ butter) rancir; (→ athlete, sportsperson) perdre sa forme;
    the play goes off in the second half la pièce se gâte pendant la seconde partie
    British familiar (stop liking) perdre le goût de ;
    he's gone off classical music/smoking il n'aime plus la musique classique/fumer, la musique classique/fumer ne l'intéresse plus;
    I've gone off the idea cette idée ne me dit plus rien;
    she's gone off her boyfriend son copain ne l'intéresse plus;
    funny how you can go off people c'est drôle comme on se lasse des gens parfois
    (a) (leave with) partir avec;
    he went off with the woman next door il est parti avec la voisine
    (b) (make off with) partir avec;
    someone has gone off with his keys quelqu'un est parti avec ses clés;
    he went off with the jewels il s'est enfui avec les bijoux
    go on
    (a) (move, proceed) aller; (without stopping) poursuivre son chemin; (after stopping) repartir, se remettre en route;
    you go on, I'll catch up allez-y, je vous rattraperai (en chemin);
    they went on without us ils sont partis sans nous;
    after dinner they went on to Susan's house après le dîner, ils sont allés chez Susan;
    we went on home nous sommes rentrés
    (b) (continue action) continuer;
    she went on (with her) reading elle a continué à ou de lire;
    the chairman went on speaking le président a continué son discours;
    "and that's not all", he went on "et ce n'est pas tout", a-t-il poursuivi;
    you can't go on being a student for ever! tu ne peux pas être étudiant toute ta vie!;
    go on looking! cherchez encore!;
    go on, ask her vas-y, demande-lui;
    familiar go on, be a devil vas-y, laisse-toi tenter!;
    go on, I'm listening continuez, je vous écoute;
    I can't go on like this! je ne peux plus continuer comme ça!;
    if he goes on like this, he'll get fired s'il continue comme ça, il va se faire renvoyer;
    their affair has been going on for years leur liaison dure depuis des années;
    the party went on into the small hours la soirée s'est prolongée jusqu'à très tôt le matin;
    life goes on la vie continue ou va son train;
    British familiar go on (with you)! allons, arrête de me faire marcher!;
    they have enough (work) to be going on with ils ont du pain sur la planche ou de quoi faire pour le moment;
    here's £25 to be going on with voilà 25 livres pour te dépanner
    he went on to explain why il a ensuite expliqué pourquoi;
    to go on to another question passer à une autre question;
    she went on to become a doctor elle est ensuite devenue médecin
    (d) (be placed, fit) aller;
    the lid goes on this way le couvercle se met comme ça;
    I can't get the lid to go on je n'arrive pas à mettre le couvercle;
    the cap goes on the other end le bouchon se met ou va sur l'autre bout
    (e) (happen, take place) se passer;
    what's going on here? qu'est-ce qui se passe ici?;
    there was a fight going on il y avait une bagarre;
    a lot of cheating goes on during the exams on triche beaucoup pendant les examens;
    several conversations were going on at once il y avait plusieurs conversations à la fois;
    while the war was going on pendant la guerre
    (f) (elapse) passer, s'écouler;
    as the week went on au fur et à mesure que la semaine passait;
    as time goes on avec le temps, à mesure que le temps passe
    (g) familiar (chatter, talk) parler, jacasser ;
    she does go on! elle n'arrête pas de parler!, c'est un vrai moulin à paroles!;
    he goes on and on about politics il parle politique sans cesse;
    don't go on about it! ça va, on a compris!;
    I don't want to go on about it, but... je ne voudrais pas avoir l'air d'insister, mais...;
    what are you going on about now? qu'est-ce que vous racontez?
    (h) familiar (act, behave) se conduire, se comporter ;
    what a way to go on! en voilà des manières!
    (i) (start operating → light, radio, television) s'allumer; (→ heating, motor, power) s'allumer, se mettre en marche
    (j) Sport (player) prendre sa place, entrer en jeu
    (k) Theatre (actor) entrer en scène
    he's going on for forty il va sur ses quarante ans
    (a) (enter → boat, train) monter dans
    to go on a journey/a holiday partir en voyage/en vacances;
    to go on a diet se mettre au régime
    (c) (be guided by) se laisser guider par, se fonder ou se baser sur;
    the detective didn't have much to go on le détective n'avait pas grand-chose sur quoi s'appuyer ou qui puisse le guider;
    she goes a lot on instinct elle se fie beaucoup à ou se fonde beaucoup sur son instinct
    he's going on forty-five il va sur ses quarante-cinq ans;
    humorous she's fifteen going on forty-five (wise) elle a quinze ans mais elle est déjà très mûre; (old beyond her years) elle a quinze ans mais elle est vieille avant l'âge
    (e) British familiar (usu neg) (appreciate, like) aimer ;
    I don't go much on abstract art l'art abstrait ne me dit pas grand-chose
    familiar (criticize) critiquer ; (nag) s'en prendre à ;
    the boss went on and on at her at the meeting le patron n'a pas cessé de s'en prendre à elle pendant la réunion;
    he's always going on at his wife about money il est toujours sur le dos de sa femme avec les questions d'argent;
    I went on at my mother to go and see the doctor j'ai embêté ma mère pour qu'elle aille voir le médecin;
    don't go on at me! laisse-moi tranquille!
    (a) (leave) sortir;
    my parents made us go out of the room mes parents nous ont fait sortir de la pièce ou quitter la pièce;
    to go out for a meal aller au restaurant;
    to go out to dinner sortir dîner;
    to go out for a walk aller se promener, aller faire une promenade;
    she's gone out to get a paper elle est sortie (pour) acheter un journal;
    they went out to the country ils sont allés ou ils ont fait une sortie à la campagne;
    she goes out to work elle travaille en dehors de la maison ou hors de chez elle;
    he went out of her life il est sorti de sa vie;
    she was dressed to go out (ready to leave) elle était prête à sortir; (dressed up) elle était très habillée
    (b) (travel) partir; (emigrate) émigrer;
    they went out to Africa (travelled) ils sont partis en Afrique; (emigrated) ils sont partis vivre ou ils ont émigré en Afrique
    (c) (date) sortir;
    to go out with sb sortir avec qn;
    we've been going out together for a month ça fait un mois que nous sortons ensemble
    (d) (fire, light) s'éteindre
    (e) (disappear) disparaître;
    the joy went out of her eyes la joie a disparu de son regard;
    the spring went out of his step il a perdu sa démarche légère;
    all the heart went out of her elle a perdu courage
    (f) (cease to be fashionable) passer de mode, se démoder;
    to go out of style/fashion ne plus être le bon style/à la mode;
    familiar that hairstyle went out with the ark cette coiffure remonte au déluge
    (g) (tide) descendre, se retirer;
    the tide has gone out la marée est descendue, la mer s'est retirée;
    the tide goes out 6 kilometres la mer se retire sur 6 kilomètres
    I went out to see for myself j'ai décidé de voir par moi-même;
    we have to go out and do something about this il faut que nous prenions des mesures ou que nous fassions quelque chose
    (i) (be sent → letter) être envoyé; (be published → brochure, pamphlet) être distribué; (be broadcast → radio or television programme) être diffusé
    (j) (feelings, sympathies) aller;
    our thoughts go out to all those who suffer nos pensées vont vers tous ceux qui souffrent;
    my heart goes out to her je suis de tout cœur avec elle dans son chagrin
    (k) Sport (be eliminated) être éliminé;
    Agassi went out to Henman Agassi s'est fait sortir par Henman
    (l) Cards terminer
    she went all out to help us elle a fait tout son possible pour nous aider
    go over
    I just saw a plane go over je viens de voir passer un avion
    I went over to see her je suis allé la voir;
    they went over to talk to her ils sont allés lui parler;
    to go over to Europe aller en Europe
    (c) (turn upside down) se retourner; (capsize → boat) chavirer, capoter
    (d) (change, switch) changer;
    I've gone over to another brand of washing powder je viens de changer de marque de lessive;
    when will we go over to the metric system? quand est-ce qu'on va passer au système métrique?
    (e) (change allegiance) passer, se joindre;
    he's gone over to the Socialists il est passé dans le camp des socialistes;
    she went over to the enemy elle est passée à l'ennemi
    (f) (be received) passer;
    the speech went over badly/well le discours a mal/bien passé
    (a) (move, travel over) passer par-dessus;
    the horse went over the fence le cheval a sauté (par-dessus) la barrière;
    we went over a bump on a pris une bosse
    (b) (examine → argument, problem) examiner, considérer; (→ accounts, report) examiner, vérifier;
    would you go over my report? voulez-vous regarder mon rapport?
    (c) (repeat) répéter; (review → notes, speech) réviser, revoir; (→ facts) récapituler, revoir; School réviser;
    she went over the interview in her mind elle a repassé l'entretien dans son esprit;
    I kept going over everything leading up to the accident je continuais de repenser à tous les détails qui avaient conduit à l'accident;
    let's go over it again reprenons, récapitulons;
    he goes over and over the same stories il rabâche les mêmes histoires
    (d) (rehearse) refaire; (bars of music) rejouer; (sing) rechanter
    let's go over now to our Birmingham studios passons l'antenne à notre studio de Birmingham;
    we're going over live now to Paris nous allons maintenant à Paris où nous sommes en direct
    (move in front of) passer devant; (move beyond) dépasser
    is there enough cake to go round? est-ce qu'il y a assez de gâteau pour tout le monde?;
    to make the food go round ménager la nourriture
    (b) (visit) aller;
    we went round to his house nous sommes allés chez lui;
    I'm going round there later on j'y vais plus tard
    (c) (circulate → rumour) circuler, courir; (→ bottle, cold, flu) circuler
    (d) (be continuously present → idea, tune)
    that song keeps going round in my head j'ai cette chanson dans la tête
    (e) (spin → wheel) tourner;
    figurative my head's going round j'ai la tête qui tourne
    (f) (make a detour) faire un détour;
    to go round the long way faire un long détour
    (tour → museum) faire le tour de;
    I hate going round the shops j'ai horreur de faire les boutiques
    (a) (crowd, tunnel) traverser;
    figurative a shiver went through her un frisson l'a parcourue ou traversée
    (b) (endure, experience) subir, souffrir;
    he's going through hell c'est l'enfer pour lui;
    we all have to go through it sometime on doit tous y passer un jour ou l'autre;
    I can't face going through all that again je ne supporterais pas de passer par là une deuxième fois;
    after everything she's gone through après tout ce qu'elle a subi ou enduré;
    we've gone through a lot together nous avons vécu beaucoup de choses ensemble
    (c) (consume, use up → supplies) épuiser; (→ money) dépenser; (→ food) consommer; (wear out) user;
    she goes through a pair of tights a week elle use une paire de collants par semaine;
    I've gone through the toes of my socks j'ai usé ou troué mes chaussettes au bout;
    humorous how many assistants has he gone through now? combien d'assistants a-t-il déjà eus?;
    his novel has gone through six editions il y a déjà eu six éditions de son roman
    (d) (examine → accounts, document) examiner, vérifier; (→ list, proposal) éplucher; (→ mail) dépouiller; (→ drawer, pockets) fouiller (dans); (→ files) chercher dans; (sort) trier;
    we went through the contract together nous avons regardé ou examiné le contrat ensemble;
    did customs go through your suitcase? est-ce qu'ils ont fouillé votre valise à la douane?;
    he went through her pockets il a fouillé ses poches
    (e) (of bill, law) être voté;
    the bill went through Parliament last week le projet de loi a été voté la semaine dernière au Parlement
    (f) (carry out, perform → movement, work) faire; (→ formalities) remplir, accomplir;
    Music let's go through the introduction again reprenons l'introduction;
    we had to go through the whole business of applying for a visa nous avons dû nous farcir toutes les démarches pour obtenir un visa
    (g) (participate in → course of study) étudier; (→ ceremony) participer à
    (h) (practise → lesson, poem) réciter; (→ role, scene) répéter;
    let's go through it again from the beginning reprenons dès le début
    (a) (travel through, penetrate) passer, traverser
    (b) (offer, proposal) être accepté; (business deal) être conclu, se faire; (bill, law) passer, être voté; (divorce) être prononcé;
    the adoption finally went through l'adoption s'est faite finalement
    to go through with sth aller jusqu'au bout de qch, exécuter qch;
    he'll never go through with it il n'ira jamais jusqu'au bout;
    they went through with their threat ils ont exécuté leur menace
    (a) (colours, flavours) aller bien ensemble; (characteristics, ideas) aller de pair;
    the two things often go together les deux choses vont souvent de pair
    (b) American (people) sortir ensemble
    (a) (move towards) aller vers
    (b) (effort, money) être consacré à;
    all her energy went towards fighting illiteracy elle a dépensé toute son énergie à combattre l'analphabétisme
    (a) (go down → ship) couler, sombrer; (→ person) couler, disparaître (sous l'eau)
    (b) figurative (fail → business) couler, faire faillite; (→ project) couler, échouer; (→ person) échouer, sombrer
    (a) (move, travel underneath) passer par-dessous
    to go under a false/different name utiliser ou prendre un faux nom/un nom différent;
    a glue that goes under the name of Stikit une colle qui s'appelle Stikit
    go up
    (a) (ascend, climb → person) monter, aller en haut; (→ lift) monter;
    to go up to town aller en ville;
    I'm going up to bed je monte me coucher;
    have you ever gone up in an aeroplane? êtes-vous déjà monté en avion?;
    going up! (in lift) on monte!;
    to go up in the world faire son chemin
    (b) (increase → amount, numbers) augmenter, croître; (→ price) monter, augmenter; (→ temperature) monter, s'élever;
    rents are going up les loyers sont en hausse;
    meat is going up (in price) (le prix de) la viande augmente;
    to go up in sb's estimation monter dans l'estime de qn
    (c) (sudden noise) s'élever;
    a shout went up un cri s'éleva
    (d) (appear → notices, posters) apparaître; (be built) être construit;
    new buildings are going up all over town de nouveaux immeubles surgissent dans toute la ville
    (e) (explode, be destroyed) sauter, exploser
    (g) Theatre (curtain) se lever;
    before the curtain goes up avant le lever du rideau
    (h) British University entrer à l'université;
    she went up to Oxford in 1950 elle est entrée à Oxford en 1950
    he went up for murder il a fait de la taule pour meurtre
    they look set to go up to the First Division ils ont l'air prêts à entrer en première division
    monter;
    to go up a hill/ladder monter une colline/sur une échelle;
    Music the pianist went up an octave le pianiste a monté d'une octave;
    British School to go up a class monter d'une classe
    to go up to sb/sth se diriger vers qn/qch;
    the path goes up to the front door le chemin mène à la porte d'entrée
    the book only goes up to the end of the war le livre ne va que jusqu'à la fin de la guerre;
    I will go up to £100 je veux bien aller jusqu'à 100 livres
    (a) (accompany, escort) accompagner, aller avec;
    figurative to go with the crowd suivre la foule ou le mouvement;
    you have to go with the times il faut vivre avec son temps
    (b) (be compatible → colours, flavours) aller avec;
    that hat doesn't go with your suit ce chapeau ne va pas avec ton ensemble;
    a white Burgundy goes well with snails le bourgogne blanc se marie bien ou va bien avec les escargots
    (c) (be part of) aller avec;
    the flat goes with the job l'appartement va avec le poste;
    the sense of satisfaction that goes with having done a good job le sentiment de satisfaction qu'apporte le travail bien fait;
    mathematical ability usually goes with skill at chess des capacités en mathématiques vont souvent de pair avec un don pour les échecs
    (d) familiar (spend time with) sortir avec ;
    euphemism he's been going with other women (having sex) il a été avec d'autres femmes
    se passer de, se priver de;
    he went without sleep or without sleeping for two days il n'a pas dormi pendant deux jours
    s'en passer;
    we'll just have to go without il faudra s'en passer, c'est tout
    Do not pass go, (do not collect £200/$200) Au Monopoly les joueurs tirent parfois une carte qui les envoie sur la case "prison". Sur cette carte sont inscrits les mots do not pass go, do not collect £200 (ou bien do not collect $200 s'il s'agit de la version américaine). Cette phrase, dont la version française est "ne passez pas par la case départ, ne recevez pas 20 000 francs", est utilisée de façon allusive et sur le mode humoristique dans différents contextes: on dira par exemple you do that again and you're going straight to jail, Bill. Do not pass go, do not collect $200 ("refais ça, Bill, et je t'assure que tu iras droit en prison). On peut également utiliser cette expression lorsque quelqu'un essaie de mener un projet à bien mais rencontre des obstacles: the country is trying hard to get back on its feet but because of the civil war it has not even been allowed to pass go, let alone collect £200 ("le pays fait de son mieux pour se rétablir mais la guerre civile n'arrange rien, bien au contraire").
    Go ahead, make my day C'est la formule prononcée par l'inspecteur Harry Callahan (incarné par Clint Eastwood) dans le film Sudden Impact (1983) lorsqu'il se trouve confronté à un gangster. Il s'agit d'une façon d'encourager le bandit à se servir de son arme afin de pouvoir l'abattre en état de légitime défense: "allez, vas-y, fais-moi plaisir". On utilise cette formule par allusion au film et en réaction à une personne qui vient de proférer des menaces. Ainsi, le président Reagan s'en servit en s'adressant à des travailleurs qui menaçaient de se mettre en grève.

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    1. III
    put smth.
    1) where have I put the ticket? куда я засунул /дел/ билет?
    2) put things (it, one's ideas, the case, etc.) излагать что-л. и т.д.; have a neat (brilliant, graceful, logical, clear, etc.) way of putting things [уметь] четко и т.д. излагать что-л.; as he put it как он выразился; as Horace puts it как об этом пишет Гораций, как это сказано у Горация; let me put my side of the case позвольте мне изложить мою точку зрения
    3) put a resolution предлагать резолюцию; put a motion (a proposal, etc.) выдвигать предложение и т.д.
    4) put a question задавать вопрос
    5) put smth. sport. put the shot (the weight, etc.) толкать ядро и т.д.
    2. IV
    1) put smth., smb. somewhere put a suitcase (a bag, a box, etc.) down опустить /положить или поставить на пол или на землю/ чемодан и т.д.; will you please put the reference book (the dictionary, the hat, specimens, etc.) here (over there, somewhere, back, etc.) пожалуйста, положите сюда и т.д. справочник и т.д.; put this chair there поставьте этот стул туда; put that dog down at once and don't touch it any more опусти собаку сейчас же и больше не трогай ее; did you put the swim-suits in? ты положил [в чемодан] /уложил/ купальные костюмы?; put the rubbish out выносить мусор; put out one's tongue высунуть /показать/ язык: put one's head out высунуть голову; put out a boat вывести лодку в море; now, children, you may put your hands down a теперь, дети, можете опустить руки; put smth. in some manner put one's things (books, one's clothes, etc.) together сложить /собрать/ свои вещи и т.д.; put the hands of a clock (the minute hand, the clock, etc.) back (forward) передвинуть /перевести/ стрелки часов и т.д. назад (вперед); put the clock back an hour перевести часы на час назад; that clock is fast, I'd better put it back five minutes эти часы спешат, пожалуй, я переведу их назад на пять минут; one can't put the clock back время нельзя повернуть назад: let's put two heads together давай подумаем вместе
    2) put smth. somewhere put one's interests (problems of health, science, etc.) first ставить собственные интересы и т.д. на первое место; put truth first заботиться прежде всего об истине; ставить истину во главу угла
    3) put smth., smb. in some state put things to rights a) привести все в порядок; б) все исправить; how can we put him at [his] ease? как мы можем его успокоить?
    4) put smth. in some manner put a case (ideas, a proposal, a matter, facts, things, the story, etc.) clearly (plainly, bluntly, forcibly, cleverly, etc.) излагать /выражать, формулировать/ дело /суть, обстоятельства дела/ и т.д. ясно и т.д.; the report puts the facts truthfully все факты, изложенные в донесении, соответствуют действительности; the teacher puts things convincingly учитель убедительно все объясняет или излагает; to put it briefly, his idea is that... коротко говоря, его мысль состоит в том, что...; to put it frankly, I don't саге for him откровенно /честно/ говоря, он мне не нравится; to say that I was frightened is putting it mildly мягко говоря, я испугался; I don't know how to put it я не знаю, как это выразить /как это сказать/; put it so as not to offend him скажите это так, чтобы он не обиделся
    5) put smth. somewhere put your name here, please распишитесь здесь, пожалуйста
    6) || put smb. back задержать кого-л.; the traffic jam put us back a whole hour пробка на дороге задержала нас на целый час
    3. VI
    put smth. to some state put a watch (a clock) right (wrong) поставить часы правильно (неправильно); put a clock (a watch) fast (slow) отрегулировать часы так, чтобы они шли быстрее (медленнее); put things /the matter/ right исправить положение вещей /дел/; his short note put everything right его короткая записка поставила все на свои места; he put everything wrong он все испортил: the teacher put the boy right учитель поправил ребенка /объяснил ребенку, в чем его ошибка/
    4. VII
    put smth., smb. to do smth. put dishes to drain поставить посуду сушиться; put towels to dry повесить полотенца сушиться; put her to wash dishes (the girl to take care of the children, him to mind the furnace, etc.) поручить ей мыть посуду и т.д.; he put me to work peeling potatoes он посадил меня чистить картошку
    5. XI
    1) be put on (in, under, etc.) smth. the books were put on the shelf (on the table, under the tarpaulin, etc.) книги положили на полку и т.д.; the parcels were put in a bag свертки /посылки и т.п./ были уложены в мешок; every little thing must be put in its right place каждую даже самую маленькую вещичку надо класть на [свое] место
    2) be put to (into, in, out of, etc.) smth. be put (in)to jail /gaol/ быть посаженным /заключенным/ в тюрьму; be put into quarantine быть отправленным /помещенным, посаженным/ в /на/ карантин; the refugees were put in the hostel беженцев разместили в общежитии; he was put to bed его уложили спать; the boy was put out of the room for being impudent мальчика вывели из комнаты за дерзкое поведение; he was put out of the court его удаляли из зала суда; be put in some manner the new boys were put together in one dormitory новичков поместили вместе в одной спальне; he has more sense than all the rest put together у него больше здравого смысла, чем у всех остальных, вместе взятых; he thought he knew more than all his teachers put together он считал, что знает больше своих учителей, вместе взятых
    3) be put on (to) smth. the notice was put on the front page извещение /объявление/ поместили /напечатали/ на первой странице /полосе/; it's time the child was put to school пора определить ребенка в школу; be put on an army pay-roll быть зачисленным на армейское довольствие
    4) be put into smth. the work that has been put into it количество труда, вложенного в это [дело]
    5) be put to (into, in, etc.) smth. be put to use использовать; the uses to which his invention can (may) be put возможные способы /виды/ применения /использования/ его изобретения; be put into practice найти [практическое] применение; the law was put into force закон был введен в действие; he is put to every kind of work его ставят на всякую работу, его используют на разной работе; she was put in (to) service ее отдали в прислуги; the land was put into /under/ turnips участок был засеян репой
    6) be put into (in, out of, etc.) smth. be is soon put into a passion (into a rage, into despair, etc.) его можно быстро привести в состояние возбуждения и т.д.; the dog was put out of pain a) собаке сняли боль; б) собаку умертвили /усыпили/, чтобы она не мучилась; you will be put in funds in due time [денежные] средства вам предоставят в надлежащее время; be put in some manner all the clocks and watches were put back (forward) an hour on Saturday night в субботу вечером все часы были переведены на час назад (вперед); the wedding was put forward to June 3d свадьбу перенесли на третье июня; the meeting was put back for a week собрание отложили на неделю || be [hard] put to it оказаться в трудном /затруднительном/ положении; surprising what he can do when he's put to it просто удивительно, что только он ни сделает, когда нужно; you will be hard put to it to find a pleasanter place than this (to find a substitute, to get the needed sum, to pay his debts, etc.) [вам будет] трудно найти более приятное место, чем это и т.д.; be hard put to it financially находиться в затруднительном материальном положении; any doubt on this point can be easily put at rest любые сомнения на этот счет можно легко развеять
    7) be put to (on, into, in, out of) smth. I have been put to great inconvenience мне это было крайне неудобно; I have been put to great expense меня это ввело в большей расход; be put to the vote быть поставленным на голосование; the motion was put to the vote это предложение было поставлено на голосование; he's already been put to death его уже казнили; he was put on trial a) его предали суду; б) его взяли [на работу] с испытательным сроком; the company will be put in liquidation фирма будет закрыта; he was again put on the same treatment with the same good result ему провели повторный курс лечения, и результат снова оказался хорошим; be put on sale быть выпущенным в продажу; be put in (to) circulation пустить в обращение; only a few copies of the book were put in (to) circulation всего несколько экземпляров книги поступило в продажу; soon buses will be put into service on these routes вскоре по этим маршрутам будут пущены автобусы; these old freight cars have been put out of operation эти старые товарные вагоны сняты с эксплуатации /с линии/; the gun was put out of action орудие было выведено из строя; I had specimen pages put into type я сдал пробные страницы в набор
    8) be put to smth. the enemy was soon put to flight неприятель был вскоре обращен в бегство; he was put to his trump cards его заставили козырять /пойти с козырей/
    9) be put through smth. the bill was put through Congress last week законопроект был проведен через конгресс /был утвержден конгрессом/ на прошлой неделе
    10) be put at smth. the height of this hill is put at 200 metres считают /говорят/, что высота этого холма равна двумстам метрам; it is roughly put at I 5 это приблизительно равняется пяти фунтам
    11) be put in some manner be clearly (well, badly, etc.) put быть ясно и т.д. выраженным /изложенным/; а good story (an anecdote, a witticism, a jest, a joke, etc.) well put интересный, хорошо преподнесенный рассказ и т.д.; the case was cleverly put обстоятельства дела были умно /толково/ изложены; the compliment was clumsily put комплимент был сделан неуклюже; it was finely (gracefully, logically, etc.) put by this author об этом тонко и т.д. сказано /это тонко и т.д. сформулировано/ у данного автора; be put in a few words быть выраженным /высказанным/ несколькими словами
    12) be put to smb. the question was put to the chairman of the meeting (to the committee, to the management, etc.) вопрос был задан председателю собрания и т.д.
    13) be put on smb., smth. dues were put on cattle на крупный рогатый скот был введен налог; embargo has been put on the ship and cargo на корабль и груз было наложено эмбарго; be put under smth. the paper has been put under ban газета была запрещена
    14) be put (up)on smth. be put upon the stage быть поставленным на сцене; this opera was put on the air эта опера была поставлена на радио; an incident sufficiently interesting to merit being put on record этот случай вполне заслуживает того, чтобы его записать
    6. XVI
    put down (up, into, to, for, etc.) some place put down (up) the river двигаться /плыть/ вниз (вверх) по реке; put for home двигаться /направляться/ домой; the ship (the boat, etc.) put back to the shore (to harbour, to port, etc.) корабль и т.д. вернулся /повернул/ к берегу и т.д.; the ship put to Odessa судно шло в Одессу; the ship put out of Odessa судно отплыло из Одессы; the yacht put into Malta for stores (for repairs, etc.) яхта зашла на Мальту, чтобы пополнить [свои] запасы и т.д.; put to sea выйти в море; put to sea in one's yacht отправиться в морское путешествие на собственной яхте
    7. XVIII
    1) || put oneself in smb.'s place /position/ ставить себя на чье-л. место; put yourself in my place поставь себя на мое место
    2) put oneself over smb. coll. put oneself over an audience быть принятым публикой, добиться успеха /завоевать популярность/ у публики
    8. XXI1
    1) put smth. (up)on (into, in, etc.) smth. put a letter on the table (one's hat on a chair, jewels in a safe, a book down upon the desk, the key in his pocket, a manuscript back in its place, one's clothes into the case, etc.) положить письмо на стол и т.д.; put a bottle on the table (a vase upon the mantlepiece, flowers in water, etc.) поставить бутылку на стол и т.д.; put a thing in its right place положить /поставить/ вещь на место; put a kettle on fire поставить чайник на огонь; put the dress in the cupboard повесить платье в шкаф; put a bandage on smb.'s knee накладывать повязку на колено; put one's hand on smb.'s shoulder положить руку. кому-л. на плечо; put one's arms about smb.'s neck обнять кого-л. за шею, обвить чью-л. шею руками; put one's head on the pillow положить голову на подушку; he put an асе on my king он покрыл моего короля тузом; put smb. on (to) smth. put the baby on the bed положите ребенка на кровать; put a player [back] to his former position вернуть игрока на прежнее место
    2) put smb. in some place put smb. in the chair поставить /назначить/ кого-л. председателем; put smb. in the shade оттеснить кого-л. на второй /на задний/ план; put smb. over (under) smb., smth. they put over him a man six years younger than himself они поставили над ним человека на шесть лет моложе него; put a colonel over a division назначить полковника командиром дивизии; they put me under him меня поставили под его начало; put smb., smth. above (before, etc.) smb., smth. he puts Keats above Byron as a poet как поэта он ставит Китса выше Байрона; he puts honour before riches честь для него важнее богатства; put a critic high among other critics ценить /ставить/ данного критика выше всех других; put smth. (up)on smb., smth. put the blame (obligations, hopes, etc.) (up)on smb. возлагать вину и т.д. на кого-л.; he put the blame on me он свалил все на меня; the obligations he had put on us обязательства, которые он на нас возложил; put one's hopes (up)on their talks (oa his decision, on chance, etc.) возлагать надежды на их переговоры и т.д.; put smth. in smb., smth. put confidence /faith, trust/ in smb. верить /доверять/ кому-л.; he puts his faith in reason он верит в силу разума; put no faith in smb.'s assertions не верить чьим-л. утверждениям; put smth. to smth. he puts her failure to lack of experience (to her ignorance, to their refusal, etc.) он относит ее провал за счет неопытности и т.д.; put their conduct to custom объяснять их поведение обычаем; put their success to her credit поставить их успех ей в заслугу || put a wrong construction on smth. а) неправильно понимать или толковать что-л.; б) истолковывать что-л. в худшую сторону; put smb. in possession of smth. ввести кого-л. во владение чем-л.; put difficulties in smb.'s way ставить /чинить/ препятствия кому-л.; put smb., smth. in (to) smb.'s hands доверить кого-л., что-л. кому-л.; put the child in (to) their hands отдать ребенка в их руки; will you put the matter in (to) my hands? не поручите ли вы мне это дело?; put yourself in (to) my hands доверьтесь мне; put smb. in charge of smth. поручить кому-л. руководство чем-л., возложить на кого-л. ответственность за что-л.; put smb. under smb.'s care /under smb.'s charge/ поручить кого-л. чьим-л. заботам; 1 shall put myself under a doctor's care я обращусь к врачу и буду делать то, что он велит; put smth. at smb.'s service предоставить что-л. в чье-л. распоряжение
    3) put smth. in (to) (up, down, etc.) smth. puta letter in (to) an envelope (some money in one's purse, a coin into her pocket, a stick of chewing-gum into her mouth, jewels into a box, papers in the drawer, garbage down a chute, etc.) положить письмо в конверт и т.д.; put a key in a lock (a candle into a candlestick, etc.) вставить ключ в замок и т.д.; he put his hands in (to) his pockets он засунул руки в карманы; put those things in a handbag положите все эти вещи в сумочку; put a letter in a mailbox (a halfpenny into a slot, etc.) опустить /бросить/ письмо в [почтовый] ящик и т.д.; I put a coin in a slot-machine я опустил монету в автомат; put some water in a jug налить воды в кувшин; put sugar in (to) [one's] tea класть сахар в чай; put milk in (to) one's tea наливать /добавлять/ молока себе в чай; put poison in smth. подмешать яду во что-л.; put smth. up the chimney засунуть что-л. в печную трубу; put eau-de-Cologne upon a handkerchief надушите [носовой] платок одеколоном; put seeds into ground засеять поле; put a spoke in smb.'s wheel ставить кому-л. палки в колеса; put smth. into (through) smb., smth. put d knife into smb. зарезать кого-л.; put a bullet through smb. застрелить кого-л.; put a bullet (a knife, etc.) through a wall вогнать пулю и т.д. в стену; put a bullet through one's head пустить себе пулю в лоб, застрелиться; put one's fist through a pane of glass /through a window/ разбить кулаком окно || put one's pen (pencil) through a word (through a line, through a paragraph, etc.) вычеркнуть /вымарать/ слово и т.д.; put smb. in (to) (on) smth. put smb. in a spare room in a hostel поместить /поселить/ кого-л. в свободной комнате общежития; put smb. in prison /into jail/ отправить /заключить/ кого-л. в тюрьму; put smb. in hospital (into a madhouse, etc.) поместить кого-л. в больницу и т.д.; I will put you on the bus я вас [провожу и] посажу на автобус; put smth., smb. out of smth. put one's head out of the window высунуться из окна; put disorderly people out of a meeting вывести /удалять/ хулиганов с собрания
    4) put smth., smb. in (to) (on) smth. put smb. in /on/ the list включить кого-л. в список; put these books in the catalogue включите эти книги в каталог; put a child in a special school отдать ребенка в специальную школу; put an ad in a paper поместить объявление в газете; put all his pieces for children (all his poems together, etc.) in one volume соберите /включите/ все его пьесы для детей и т.д. в один [отдельный] том; put fresh troops into the field вводить в бой свежие войска; put smth. under smth. put a field under wheat засеять поле пшеницей
    5) put smth. in (to) smth. put [one's] money (capital, etc.) in (to) a bank (in business, into land, into property, In an undertaking, into a company, into real estate, etc.) вкладывать [свои] деньги и т.д. в банк и т.д.; put one's savings into securities превращать /вкладывать/ свои сбережения в ценные бумаги; put much work into this display (many weeks into this work, many hours in this paper, etc.) вложить много труда в эту выставку и т.д.; I put much time into this design я затратил много времени, чтобы создать этот узор; put words into smb.'s mouth вложить слова в чьи-л. уста; put a word or two into smb.'s ear [about smth.] шепнуть кому-л. пару слов [о чем-л.]; put new ideas into smb.'s head внушить кому-л. новые идеи; good actors know how to put emotion into their spoken words хорошие /настоящие/ актеры умеют выразить чувства словами; you must put more nerve into your part вы должны играть эту роль более темпераментно; put smth. on smb., smth. put all one's money (a dollar, etc.) on a horse (on the favourite) ставить все свои деньги на лошадь (на фаворита); put a bet on the game делать ставку в азартной игре; put smth. into smb. put new life into a person вселять новую надежду /жизнь/ в человека; put smth., smb. out of smth. put the idea (a thing, this man, etc.) out of one's head /out of one's mind/ выбросить эту мысль и т.д. из головы; put it out of sight уберите это с глаз долой
    6) put smth. to (on) smth. put a new handle to a knife приделать новую рукоятку /ручку/ к ножу; I am afraid you forgot to put a stamp on your letter боюсь, что вы забыли наклеить марку на свое письмо; will you please put a patch on these trousers положите, пожалуйста, заплату на эти брюки, залатайте, пожалуйста, эти брюки; put the roof on the house покрыть дом крышей; put smth. in some piece put a cross at the bottom (one's signature on top, etc.) поставить крест внизу и т.д.
    7) put smth. oner (ой) smth., smb. put gold (silver, etc.) [leaf] over smth. покрывать что-л. золотом и т.д.; put a ring on a finger (a dress on a mannequin,. two socks on one foot, a coat on her shoulders, a new suit on him, etc.) надеть кольцо на палец и т.д.; put a net over a lion набросить на льва сеть; put a saddle on a horse оседлать лошадь; put smb. into smth. put a child into a sailor suit одеть ребенка в матросский костюмчик /в матроску/
    8) put smth. to (against) smth. put a glass to one's lips /one's lips to one's glass/ (a handkerchief to one's nose, a light to a fire, a match to a cigarette, etc.) поднести стакан к губам и т.д.; put one's hand to one's head приложить руку ко лбу; put one's eye to a telescope (to opera-glasses, to a spyglass, to a keyhole, etc.) посмотреть в телескоп и т.д.; he put a flower against her hair он приложил цветок к ее волосам; put one's lips to smb.'s ear сказать что-л. на ухо/шепнуть что-л./ кому-л. || put smb. in touch with smb., smth. связать кого-л. с кем-л., чем-л.; I'll try to put you in touch with them попробую связать вас с ними
    9) put smth. in (to) smth. put a plan in action проводить в жизнь план; put a plan in execution приводить план в исполнение; put a law in force /into operation/ вводить закон в действие; put a reform into effect провести реформу; put an order into effect выполнять приказ; put a principle into practice осуществлять какой-л. принцип; put one's knowledge to practical use применять свои знания на практике; put the money to a good use хорошо /разумно/ использовать деньги; put smth. in evidence выставлять /предъявлять/ что-л. как свидетельство; put smb. to smth. put smb. to work определять кого-л. на работу; put smb. to business приставить кого-л. к делу; put smb. to a trade отдать /определить/ кого-л. в учение; he put me to work at once он сразу же дал /поручил/ мне работу
    10) put smb. into (in, to, out of, on) some state put smb. into a rage привести кого-л. в ярость; put smb. into a fright напугать/перепугать/ кого-л.; put smb. in fear of his life заставить кого-л. дрожать за свою жизнь; put smb. into a state of anxiety разволновать кого-л., привести кого-л. в волнение; put smb. into a flutter привести кого-л. в нервное состояние, взбудоражить кого-л.; put smb. in doubt вызвать у кого-л. сомнение; put smb. to shame пристыдить кого-л.; put smb. to the blush заставить кого-л. покраснеть; put smb. in a good humour привести кого-л. в хорошее настроение /в хорошее расположение духа/; he always manages to put me in the wrong ему всегда удается показать, что я неправ; put smb. into a state of hypnosis загипнотизировать кого-л.; put smb. to bed уложить кого-л. спать; put smb. to sleep a) навевать сон кому-л.; by singing she put the baby back to sleep ребенок снова заснул под ее песенку; б) усыпить /убить/ кого-л.; we had to put the old dog to sleep нам пришлось усыпить старого пса; the doctor put the patient to bed for six weeks врач уложил больного в постель /прописал больному постельный режим/ на шесть недель; put smb. on diet посадить кого-л. на диету; put the patient on a milk diet прописать /назначить/ больному молочную диету; put smb. out of temper вывести кого-л. из себя; put smb. out of patience вывести кого-л. из терпения; put smb. out of humour испортить кому-л. настроение; put smb. out of suspense успокоить кого-л.; put smb. out of countenance привести кого-л. в замешательство, смутить кого-л.; put the poor man out of misery избавить несчастного [человека] от страданий; put smb. out of employment лишать кого-л. работы; put smb. out of business разорить кого-л.; put smth. in (into, out of) some state put one's room (one's dress, one's affairs, the house, etc.) in order привести свою комнату и т.д. в порядок; put manuscripts in order for publication подготовить рукописи к изданию; I want to put my report into shape я хочу привести в порядок /отредактировать/ свой доклад; put figures into the form of diagrams представить /дать/ цифры в форме диаграмм; put data into tabular form привести данные в табличной форме; put names in alphabetical order расположить фамилии в алфавитном порядке; put the piano in tune настроить рояль; put a country in a state of defence подготовить страну к обороне; put a machine out of order /out of gear/ сломать машину; put a bus out of service снять автобус с линии; put a warship out of action вывести военный корабль из боя || put smb. in mind of smth., smb. напоминать кому-л. что-л., кого-л.; this put me in mind of my youth (of his promise, of her sister, etc.) это напомнило мне мою юность и т.д.; put smth., smb. on its, on one's legs again снова поставить что-л., кого-л. на ноги; he tried to put the firm on its legs again он попробовал вдохнуть в фирму новую жизнь
    11) put smb. to smth. put smb. to inconvenience причинять кому-л. неудобство; I am putting you to a good deal of trouble я доставляю /причиняю/ вам массу хлопот; you have put me to great /heavy/ expense вы ввели меня в большие расходы; put smb. to torture пытать кого-л., подвергать кого-л. пыткам; put smb. to trial возбуждать против кого-л. дело в суде; предать кого-л. суду; put smb. to death казнить кого-л.; put smth. to smth., smb. put an end /a stop/ (a check, etc.) to smth. положить конец чему-л., прекратить что-л.; the news put an end to our hopes это известие лишило нас надежды; put an end to smb. покончить с кем-л., ликвидировать кого-л.; put an end to oneself /to one's life/ покончить жизнь самоубийством; put an end to a practice прекратить практику; put smb. in smth. put smb. in an unpleasant position /in a fix, in a hole/ поставить кого-л. в неприятное или затруднительное положение; put smb., smth. through (on, to, etc.) smth. put them through a course of English обязать их прослушать курс английского языка /пройти подготовку по английскому языку/; put smb. through an ordeal подвергать кого-л. тяжелому испытанию; put smb. through a severe /stiff/ cross-examination устроить кому-л. суровый перекрестный допрос; put smb. through it coll. задать кому-л. жару; put goods on (in) the market /to sale, into circulation/ выпустить товар в продажу; he put the car through some tests он несколько раз проверял /испытывал/ машину; put smb., smth. to the test подвергать кого-л., что-л. испытанию; проверять кого-л., что-л. || put smth. to the vote ставить вопрос на голосование; put a motion (a proposal, a matter, a resolution, a decision, etc.) to the vote ставить предложение и т.д. на голосование; put the painting on exhibition выставить картину для обозрения; put smb. under arrest арестовать кого-л.; put pressure on smth., smb. оказывать давление на что-л., кого-л.; they put it over us coll. они нас провели, они обвели нас вокруг пальца
    12) put smb., smth. to (in, into) smth. put the enemy (an army, the gang, thieves, etc.) to flight обратить неприятеля и т.д. в бегство; put an engine in motion /into operation/ включить мотор; put a piece of mechanism in motion /into operation/ приводить в движение механизм; put new cars into service ввести в эксплуатацию новые машины; put smth. into production (into circulation, etc.) пускать что-л. в производство и т.д.
    13) put smb. on smth. put smb. on his mettle заставить кого-л. проявить себя с лучшей стороны /проявить рвение/; your presence will put him on his best behaviour ваше присутствие заставит его проявить себя с лучшей стороны или вести себя самым лучшим образом; put smb. on his guard заставить кого-л. насторожиться; put smb. through smth. put a horse through his paces заставлять лошадь показать, что она умеет
    14) put smth., smb. (in)to (on, over, across, etc.) smth. put a ship /the rudder/ (in)to port /harbour/ направить корабль в порт; put a fleet to sea направить флот в море; put a satellite into orbit [around the earth] вывести спутник на околоземную орбиту; put a horse's head towards home повернуть /направить/ лошадь домой; put smb. on the right road a) показать кому-л. правильную дорогу; б) направить кого-л. на правильный путь; put smb. on the wrong scent направить кого-л. по ложному следу; put smb. across /over/ the river переправить кого-л. на другой берег [реки]
    15) put smth. at smth. put the distance at 5 miles считать, что расстояние равно пяти милям; they put the circulation at 60 000 они решили установить тираж в шестьдесят тысяч экземпляров; put the rent at a certain sum of money определять размер квартплаты; I put his income at t 6000 a year я думаю, что его годовой доход составляет шесть тысяч фунтов; he puts the time at about 11 он полагает, что сейчас около одиннадцати [часов]; I should put it at i 50 я бы оценил это в пятьдесят фунтов; I would put her age at not more than sixty я бы не дал ей больше шестидесяти лет || put a price on smth. назначать цену на что-л.; put a price on a painting назначить цену на картину; he put too high a price on the book он очень дорого запросил за книгу; put value on smth. ценить что-л.; I put high value on his friendship я очень высоко ценю его дружбу; what value do you put on his advice? как вы относитесь к его советам?
    16) put smth. on (in, etc.) smth. put one's proposals (one's ideas, one's thoughts, one's impressions, etc.) on paper излагать свои предложения и т.д. в письменной форме /в письменном виде, на бумаге/; put smth. in black and white написать что-л. черным по белому; he put his feelings (his ideas, his fancies, etc.) in (to) words он выразил свои чувства и т.д. словами; can you put that in simpler words? не можете ли вы сказать это попроще?; he wanted to go but couldn't put his wish into words он хотел уйти, но не знал, как сказать об этом; put a question in a clearer light сформулировать вопрос точнее /яснее/; let me put it in another way позвольте мне сказать об этом иначе;put smth. to /before/ smb. put it to him nicely скажите ему об этом деликатно /мягко/; you must your case before the commission вы должны свое дело изложить комиссии; when I put it to him he... a) когда я изложил ему это, он...; б) когда я предложил ему это, он...; put smth. in (to) smth. put smth. in (to) some language переводить что-л. на какой-л. язык; put a poem (a work, a novel, a story, a passage, etc.) into French (into German, into English, etc.) перевести стихотворение и т.д. на французский и т.д. язык; how would you put it in French (in Danish, in English, etc.)? как вы это скажете /как это будет/ по-французски и т.д. ?
    17) put smth. before (to) smth., smb. put a matter before a meeting (before a board, before the court, etc.) поставить вопрос на рассмотрение собрания и т.д.; put this case before a tribunal предложить суду рассмотреть этот вопрос; put a proposal before a committee внести предложение в комиссию; put one's grievances before the management изложить администрации свои претензии; I want to put my proposal before you я хочу, чтобы вы выслушали /обсудили, обдумали/ мое предложение; I shall put your suggestion to the board at the next meeting я сообщу о вашем предложении на следующем собрании правления; put smth. in (to) smth. put the questions in (to) writing пришлите или изложите вопросы в письменной форме
    18) put smth. to smb. put a question to smb. задать кому-л. вопрос; put a riddle to smb. загадать кому-л. загадку
    19) put smth. in (to, on, under, etc.) smth. put the amount in the receipt (in the expenditure, etc.) указать количество в квитанции и т.д.; put this sum to my account запишите эту сумму на мой счет; put words into blanks /into blank spaces/ заполните пропуски; put one's name /one's signature/ under a document (to a will, on the dotted line, etc.) подписывать документ и т.д., ставить свою подпись под документом и т.д.; put one's initials to a document diplom. парафировать документ; put one's seal to a document (to a will, etc.) поставить печать под документом и т.д.; put a mark tick/ against smb.'s name поставить галочку против чьей-л. фамилии; put macron over a vowel поставить знак долготы над гласной буквой; put markers on packages пометить тюки
    20) put smth. on smth., smb. put a tax (duties, customs, etc.) on these articles облагать такие предметы налогом и т.д.; put a tax on imports (on luxuries, on cigarettes, etc.) облагать ввозимые товары налогом и т.д.; put heavy dues on cattle обкладывать скот высоким налогом || put a veto on /to/ smth. наложить вето на /запретить/ что-л.; put these customs under taboo запретить эти обычаи
    21) put smth. on the stage put a play ("Othello", etc.) on the stage поставить какую-л. пьесу и т.д. на сцене
    22) put smb. to smb. put a cow to a bull bull to a cow/ agric. спаривать корову с быком
    9. XXII
    1) put smth. into doing smth. put energy into finishing a task приложить энергию /усилия/ к завершению работы
    2) put smb. to doing smth. put a boy to shoemaking определить /отдать/ мальчика в учение к сапожнику
    3) put smb. to doing smth. I put her to setting the table я заставил ее накрыть на стол
    10. XXVIII2
    put it to smb. that... I put it to you that you were (not) there at the time (that you were after no good, that you have committed it, that you were a boy at the time, that you knew the signature was forged, etc.) law я заявляю, что вы там были (не были) в то время

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > put

  • 18 poll

    A n
    1 ( vote casting) scrutin m, vote m ; ( election) élections fpl ; ( number of votes cast) voix fpl, suffrages mpl ; ( counting of votes) dépouillement m (du scrutin) ; to take a poll on procéder à un vote sur ; on the eve of the poll à la veille des élections ; the result of the poll les résultats du scrutin ; to top ou head the poll arriver en tête du scrutin ; they got 45% of the poll ils ont obtenu 45% des suffrages exprimés ; a light/heavy poll une faible/forte participation électorale ; there was a 75% poll le taux de participation aux élections a été de l'ordre de 75% ; to go to the polls se rendre aux urnes ; the party sustained a heavy defeat at the polls le parti a subi une lourde défaite aux élections ;
    2 ( list of voters) liste f électorale ; ( list of taxpayers) liste f de contribuables ;
    3 ( survey) sondage m (on sur) ; to conduct a poll effectuer un sondage ; a poll of teachers/workers un sondage effectué auprès des enseignants/ouvriers.
    B vtr
    1 ( obtain in election) obtenir [votes] ;
    2 ( canvass) interroger [group] ; a majority of those polled were against censorship une majorité des personnes interrogées étaient contre la censure ;
    3 Comput interroger.
    C vi
    1 ( obtain votes) to poll badly/well recueillir peu de/beaucoup de voix ;
    2 ( cast vote) voter.

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  • 19 indecisive

    1) (not producing a clear decision or a definite result: an indecisive battle.) indeciso
    2) (unable to make firm decisions: indecisive person.) indeciso
    indecisive adj indeciso
    tr[ɪndɪ'saɪsɪv]
    1 (hesitant) indeciso,-a, irresoluto,-a
    2 (inconclusive) poco concluyente, no concluyente, no decisivo,-a
    indecisive [.ɪndɪ'saɪsɪv] adj
    1) inconclusive: indeciso, que no es decisivo
    2) irresolute: indeciso, irresoluto, vacilante
    3) indefinite: indefinido
    indecisively adv
    adj.
    inconcluyente adj.
    indeciso, -a adj.
    'ɪndɪ'saɪsɪv
    a) ( hesitant) indeciso, irresoluto (frml)
    b) ( inconclusive) <result/outcome> no decisivo, no concluyente
    [ˌɪndɪ'saɪsɪv]
    ADJ
    1) (=hesitant) [person] indeciso, irresoluto frm
    2) (=inconclusive) [result, vote] no concluyente, no decisivo; [battle] no decisivo
    * * *
    ['ɪndɪ'saɪsɪv]
    a) ( hesitant) indeciso, irresoluto (frml)
    b) ( inconclusive) <result/outcome> no decisivo, no concluyente

    English-spanish dictionary > indecisive

  • 20 polling

    polling ['pəʊlɪŋ]
    noun (UNCOUNT)
    (a) Politics (voting) vote m, suffrage m; (elections) élections fpl, scrutin m;
    the result of the polling le résultat du scrutin ou des élections;
    polling takes place every five years le scrutin a lieu tous les cinq ans;
    the first round of polling le premier tour de scrutin ou des élections;
    polling is up on last year la participation au vote est plus élevée que l'année dernière
    (c) Computing (querying) interrogation f
    ►► polling booth isoloir m;
    polling company institut m de sondage;
    polling day jour m des élections or du scrutin;
    polling station bureau m de vote

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