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121 conceive
[kənʹsi:v] v1. постигать, пониматьI can't conceive where he has gone - я не могу понять, куда он ушёл
I can't conceive why you allowed the child to travel alone - просто непостижимо, как вы могли разрешить ребёнку уехать одному
2. возыметь, почувствоватьto conceive a dislike [an affection] for smb. - невзлюбить кого-л. [привязаться к кому-л.]
3. задумывать, замышлятьwho first conceived this idea? - у кого впервые зародилась эта мысль?
he has conceived a certain manner of painting - он создал определённую манеру письма
scientists first conceived the idea of the atomic bomb in the 1930s - мысль об атомной бомбе впервые возникла у учёных в тридцатые годы
4. полагать, думатьwe conceive it to be expedient - мы полагаем, что это целесообразно
5. (of) книжн. представлять, воображатьin ancient times the world was conceived of as flat - в старину землю представляли плоской
6. физиол. забеременеть, зачать -
122 current
1. adjective(of or belonging to the present: current affairs; the current month; the current temperature.) actual
2. noun1) ((the direction of) a stream of water or air: the current of a river.) corriente2) ((a) flow of electricity: an electrical current.) corriente•- current account
current1 adj actualcurrent2 n corrientethe sea is dangerous here, there is a strong current el mar es peligroso aquí, hay mucha corrientetr['kʌrənt]1 (present, existing - gen) actual; (- month, year) en curso; (most recent - issue) último,-a; (- legislation, licence) vigente2 (generally accepted) corriente, común, habitual, general1 (gen) corriente nombre femenino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLcurrent account cuenta corrientecurrent ['kərənt] adj1) present: actualcurrent events: actualidades2) prevalent: corriente, común♦ currently advcurrent n: corriente fadj.• actual adj.• corriente adj.• en curso adj.n.• corriente s.m.• fluido s.m.
I 'kɜːrənt, 'kʌrənt1) (before n)b) ( most recent) < issue> último2)a) ( valid) <license/membership> vigenteb) ( prevailing) <opinion/practice> corriente, común, habitual
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1) ca) (flow of water, air) corriente fb) ( general trend) corriente f2) c u ( Elec) corriente f['kʌrǝnt]to run off household current — (AmE) funcionar con electricidad
1.ADJ [fashion, tendency] actual; [price, word] corriente; [year, month, week] presente, en cursothe current month/year — el presente mes/año, el mes/año en curso
the current opinion is that... — actualmente se cree que...
this idea/method is still quite current — esta idea/este método se usa bastante todavía
2.N (all senses) corriente fdirect/alternating current — corriente f directa/alterna
- go against the current- go with the current3.CPDcurrent account N — (Brit) cuenta f corriente
current affairs NPL — temas mpl de actualidad
current assets NPL — activo msing corriente
current events N — = current affairs
current liabilities NPL — pasivo msing corriente
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I ['kɜːrənt, 'kʌrənt]1) (before n)b) ( most recent) < issue> último2)a) ( valid) <license/membership> vigenteb) ( prevailing) <opinion/practice> corriente, común, habitual
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1) ca) (flow of water, air) corriente fb) ( general trend) corriente f2) c u ( Elec) corriente fto run off household current — (AmE) funcionar con electricidad
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123 get away
1) (to (be able to) leave: I usually get away (from the office) at four-thirty.) (poder) salir2) (to escape: The thieves got away in a stolen car.) escapar, darse a la fugaget away vb escaparse / irsethe police caught one of them, but the others got away la policía detuvo a uno de ellos, pero los otros se escaparon1) v + adv( escape) escaparsethere's no getting away from the fact that... — hay que reconocer or es un hecho insoslayable que...
2)a) ( leave) salir*I got away from work early — salí or me escapé pronto del trabajo
b) ( go on vacation) irse* or salir* de vacacionesto get away from it all — alejarse del mundanal ruido
3) ( expressing incredulity) (BrE colloq)get away (with you)! — dale! (fam), anda (ya)! (esp Esp fam)
4) v + o + adv (remove, take away)get that dog away from my petunias! — quita or saca a ese perro de mis petunias!
1. VI + ADVI couldn't get away any sooner — (from work) no pude salir antes
I can't get away before the 15th — no puedo escaparme or irme antes del 15
get away! — (=go away) ¡vete ya!, ¡lárgate!
2) (=move away) apartarse ( from de)•
I yelled at him to get away from the edge — le chillé que se apartase del borde3) (=escape) escaparse ( from de)you let them get away! — ¡dejaste que se escapasen!
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to get away from it all — escapar de todoget away with•
there's no getting away from it * — es algo que no podemos más que aceptar, no se lo puede negar2.VT + ADV (=remove)get that snake away from me! — ¡quítame esa serpiente de delante!
to get sb away from sth: I can't get him away from that computer — no puedo despegarlo del ordenador
* * *1) v + adv( escape) escaparsethere's no getting away from the fact that... — hay que reconocer or es un hecho insoslayable que...
2)a) ( leave) salir*I got away from work early — salí or me escapé pronto del trabajo
b) ( go on vacation) irse* or salir* de vacacionesto get away from it all — alejarse del mundanal ruido
3) ( expressing incredulity) (BrE colloq)get away (with you)! — dale! (fam), anda (ya)! (esp Esp fam)
4) v + o + adv (remove, take away)get that dog away from my petunias! — quita or saca a ese perro de mis petunias!
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124 simplicity
noun (the state of being simple: The beauty of this idea is its simplicity; He answered with a child's simplicity.) sencillezsimplicity n sencilleztr[sɪm'plɪsətɪ]\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be simplicity itself ser de lo más sencillosimplicity [sɪm'plɪsət̬i] n: simplicidad f, sencillez fn.• bobada s.f.• candor s.m.• llaneza s.f.• sencillez s.f.• simpleza s.f.• simplicidad s.f.sɪm'plɪsətimass noun simplicidad f, sencillez f[sɪm'plɪsɪtɪ]N1) (=uncomplicated nature) [of solution, idea, plan] sencillez f, simplicidad f2) (=unpretentiousness) [of dress, style, food] sencillez f3) (=ingenuousness) [of person, way of life] simpleza f* * *[sɪm'plɪsəti]mass noun simplicidad f, sencillez f -
125 vision
'viʒən1) (something seen in the imagination or in a dream: God appeared to him in a vision.) visión2) (the ability to see or plan into the future: Politicians should be men of vision.) visión (de futuro)3) (the ability to see or the sense of sight: He is slowly losing his vision.) vista, visiónvision n vista / visión
visión sustantivo femenino 1◊ ver visiones to be seeing things2 (enfoque, punto de vista) view; tener visión de futuro to be forward-looking
visión sustantivo femenino
1 (vista, sentido) sight, vision (alucinación) vision
2 (opinión) viewpoint, view
3 (capacidad de anticipación) sense
visión de futuro, forward-looking approach ' visión' also found in these entries: Spanish: aparición - binocular - campo - global - imponer - nublarse - panorama - vista - desvanecerse - espectáculo - fugaz - pesadilla - previsor - turbio - visual English: blur - cloud - overview - range - seeing - short-sighted - sight - vision - acumen - blurred - breadth - far - field - glimpse - grand - impair - line - sighted - survey - viewtr['vɪʒən]1 (gen) visión nombre femenino2 (eyesight) vista\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLa man of vision un hombre con visión de futurovision ['vɪʒən] n1) eyesight: vista f, visión f2) apparition: visión f, aparición f3) foresight: visión f (del futuro), previsión f4) image: imagen fshe had visions of a disaster: se imaginaba un desastren.• visión s.f.• vista s.f.'vɪʒən1)a) u ( faculty of sight) visión f, vista fgood/poor vision — buena/mala vista
b) ( visibility) visibilidad ffield of vision — campo m visual
2) u (imagination, foresight) visión f (de futuro)3) ca) ( dreamlike revelation) visión fb) (mental image, concept) imagen f, visión fI had visions of you being rushed to hospital — ya me imaginaba que te habrían llevado de urgencia al hospital
['vɪʒǝn]N1) (=eyesight) vista fdouble 6., tunnel 4.field of vision — campo m visual
2) (=farsightedness) clarividencia f, visión f de futuro; (=imagination) imaginación fwe need vision to make this idea work — nos hace falta clarividencia or visión de futuro para hacer que esta idea funcione
he had the vision to see that... — tenía la suficiente visión de futuro como para ver que...
3) (=dream, hope) visión fhe outlined his vision of the company over the next decade — esbozó su visión de la empresa para la siguiente década
4) (=image)5) (Rel) visión fChrist appeared to her in a vision — tuvo una visión de Cristo, se le apareció Cristo
* * *['vɪʒən]1)a) u ( faculty of sight) visión f, vista fgood/poor vision — buena/mala vista
b) ( visibility) visibilidad ffield of vision — campo m visual
2) u (imagination, foresight) visión f (de futuro)3) ca) ( dreamlike revelation) visión fb) (mental image, concept) imagen f, visión f -
126 frame
1. IIframe in some manner book, usually in the Continuous our plan (the scheme, this idea, etc.) is framing well (admirably. satisfactorily, badly, etc.) наш план и т. д. осуществляется успешно и т. д.; the child is framing well ребенок растет /развивается/ хорошо2. III1) frame smth. frame a picture (a photograph, a landscape, etc.) вставлять картину и т. д. в раму; окантовывать картину и т. д.; black hair framed her pale face темные волосы обрамляли ее бледное лицо2) frame smth. frame a building (a house, a ship, etc.) построить остов /каркас/ здания и т. д.frame, frame a roof возвести стропила крыши3) frame smth. frame an idea (a plan, a theory, a system of philosophy, etc.) a) разработать идею и т. д., б) изложить /сформулировать/ идею и т. д.; frame an answer (a speech, a rule, a petition, etc.) составить /сформулировать/ ответ и т. д.; frame a story набросать план рассказа; frame a sentence построить предложение; I can't frame my thoughts я не могу выразить свои мысли [словами]4) || frame smb. сои, ложно обвинить кого-л.; they framed him они состряпали дело против него3. XI1) be framed in smth. be framed in a wood (in an archway, etc.) быть окаймленным /окруженным/ лесом и т. д., be frameed in a mist быть окутанным туманом; she stood framed in the doorway она стояла в дверном проеме, как в раме2) || be framed coll. быть ложно обвиненным; I'm sure he was framed я убежден, что дело против него было сфабриковано; he was framed by the real criminals те, кто действительно совершил преступление, состряпали против него ложное обвинение4. XXI11) frame smth. in smth. frame a picture in wood (a photograph in silver, etc.) вставлять картину и т. д. в рам (к)у из дерева и т. д., frame smth. with smth. frame smth. with great skill (with a practised hand) вставлять что-л. в рамку с большим мастерством (опытной рукой)2) frame smth. out of (into) smth. frame a shelter out of brushwood сложить укрытие из веток; frame one's thoughts into words выразить свой мысли словами, воплотить свой мысли в слова; frame smth. for smth. they framed a constitution for the club они выработали проект устава клуба3) || frame an accusation against smb. coll. сфабриковать ложное обвинение против кого-л.; frame smb. on some charge состряпать против кого-л. ложное обвинение; they framed him on a murder charge они состряпали против него дело по обвинению в убийстве; frame smb. on a trumped-up charge засудить кого-л. по ложному /сфабрикованному/ обвинению -
127 kick around
I phrvi infml esp AmE1)You mean to say he's still kicking around? — Ты хочешь сказать, что он еще жив?
The idea of space flight has been kicking around since long ago — Мысль о полете в космос появилась уже давно
We had a Russian Ballet picture kicking around for a year — Мы еще год назад задумали снять кинокартину о русском балете
2)II phrvt infml esp AmEI think I'll kick around a few months before looking for another job — Я думаю пару месяцев пошататься, прежде чем искать другую работу
1)2)Someone is always kicking someone around, that's the way the ball bounces — Кто-то всегда кем-то командует, такова се ля ви
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128 played out
adj1) infmlPeople are beginning to say he's played out — Пошли разговоры о том, что он уже исчерпал себя
The idea that there is only one correct form of English is now played out — Уже никто не считает, что существует только одна правильная форма английского языка
2) infmlDon't ask me to move. I'm played out — Не проси меня ни о чем. Я совершенно вымотался
3) AmE slThe pot you gave me was all played out — Эта марихуана, которую ты мне дал, просто никакая
См. также в других словарях:
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