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1. verb1) (to do something: It's time the government acted to lower taxes.) actuar2) (to behave: He acted foolishly at the meeting.) comportarse3) (to perform (a part) in a play: He has acted (the part of Romeo) in many theatres; I thought he was dying, but he was only acting (= pretending).) actuar, representar, fingir
2. noun1) (something done: Running away is an act of cowardice; He committed many cruel acts.) acto2) ((often with capital) a law: Acts of Parliament.) ley3) (a section of a play: `Hamlet' has five acts.) acto4) (an entertainment: an act called `The Smith Family'.) función•- acting- actor
- act as
- act on
- act on behalf of / act for
- in the act of
- in the act
- put on an act
act1 n1. acto2. número3. leyact2 vb1. actuar2. comportarse3. actuar / ser actor / ser actriztr[ækt]1 acto, acción nombre femenino2 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL acto1 (do something) actuar2 (behave) portarse, comportarse■ how would you act if that happened to you? ¿qué harías tú si te pasara eso?3 (in theatre) actuar, hacer teatro; (in cinema) actuar, hacer cine■ have you been acting a long time? ¿hace mucho que actúas?4 (pretend) fingir■ she's not angry, she's just acting no está enfadada, sólo lo finge1 hacer el papel de\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto catch somebody in the act coger a alguien in fraganti, coger a alguien con las manos en la masato get in on the act familiar subirse al carroto get one's act together familiar organizarse, espabilarseact of God fuerza mayorthe Acts of the Apostles los Hechos de los Apóstolesact ['ækt] vi1) perform: actuar, interpretar2) feign, pretend: fingir, simular3) behave: comportarse4) function: actuar, servir, funcionar5) : tomar medidashe acted to save the business: tomó medidas para salvar el negocio6)to act as : servir de, hacer deact n1) deed: acto m, hecho m, acción f2) decree: ley f, decreto m3) : acto m (en una obra de teatro), número m (en un espectáculo)4) pretense: fingimiento mn.• efecto s.m.n.• ley s.f. (Proceedings)n.• acta s.f. (Theater)n.• acto s.m.n.• acción s.f.v.• actuar v.• aparentar v.• fingir v.• interpretar v.• obrar v.• representar v.noun = American College Test
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Cultural note:
Una prueba que los estudiantes de la mayoría de los estados que forman Estados Unidos deben aprobar para ser admitidos en la universidad. Normalmente tiene lugar al final de la high school y cubre un número de materias principales, p.ej. inglés y matemáticas[ækt]1. N1) (=deed) acto m, acción f2) (Parl) ley f3) (Theat) (=division) acto m ; (=performance) número m- get into or in on the act- get one's act together4) (fig) (=pretence) cuento m, teatro mto put on an act — fingir, hacer teatro *
2.VT (Theat) [+ play] representarto act the part of — (lit) hacer el papel de
he really acted the part — (fig) la verdad es que daba el papel
- act the fool3. VI1) (=perform) (Theat) hacer teatro; (Cine) hacer cinehave you ever acted? — ¿has actuado alguna vez?, ¿tienes experiencia como actor?
who's acting in it? — ¿quién actúa?
2) (=pretend)stupid3) (=behave) actuar, comportarsehe is acting strangely — está actuando or se está comportando de una manera rara
she acted as if she was unwell — actuaba or se comportaba como si estuviera enferma
4) (=take action) obrar, tomar medidas5) (=work)6) (=function) [thing] funcionarit acts as a deterrent — sirve para disuadir, sirve de disuasión
7) (=take effect) [drug] surtir efecto, actuar4.CPDact of contrition N — acto m de contrición
act of faith N — acto m de fe
act of folly N — locura f
act of God N — (caso m de) fuerza f mayor
we're not insured against acts of God — no estamos asegurados en casos de fuerza mayor or no estamos asegurados contra fuerzas mayores
act of justice N — acto m de justicia
Act of Parliament N — ley f (aprobada por el Parlamento)
act of treason N — traición f
act of war N — acción f de guerra
- act on- act out- act up- act uponACT OF PARLIAMENT A una ley ya aprobada por el Parlamento británico se la denomina Act of Parliament. Antes, cuando todavía es un proyecto de ley ( bill), puede ser modificado tanto por la Cámara de los Comunes como por la de los Lores. Si ambas cámaras lo aprueban, se envía al monarca para que dé su aprobación ( Royal Assent), aunque esto es una mera formalidad. Tras ello la ley ya es oficialmente un Act of Parliament, y pasa a formar parte de la legislación británica, reemplazando cualquier ley consuetudinaria ( common law) que hubiera sobre ese asunto.See:see cultural note COMMON LAW in common* * *noun = American College Test
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Cultural note:
Una prueba que los estudiantes de la mayoría de los estados que forman Estados Unidos deben aprobar para ser admitidos en la universidad. Normalmente tiene lugar al final de la high school y cubre un número de materias principales, p.ej. inglés y matemáticas -
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frɔm (полная форма) ;
(редуцированная форма) предл.
1) (указывает на пространственные отношения;
может передаваться тж. приставками) от, из, с from here ≈ отсюда from there ≈ оттуда from where? ≈ откуда? to go from Moscow ≈ уехать из Москвы
2) (указывает на начальный пункт движения или отправную точку отсчета расстояния) с, от, из not far from the city ≈ вблизи города, недалеко от города 20 miles from London ≈ 20 миль от Лондона
3) указывает на временные отношения а) (обозначает исходный момент, начало) с, от, начиная с, начиная от from yesterday ≈ со вчерашнего дня from dusk to dawn ≈ от зари и до зари б) обозначает дату события;
может переводиться творит. падежом) с, от, из This picture dates from the 18th century. ≈ Эта картина датируется XVIII веком.
4) а) обозначает происхождение, источник, в т. ч. лицо, у которого было приобретено что-л.;
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может переводиться родит. падежом от, из, по to buy smth. from smb. ≈ приобрести что-л. у кого-л. б) (указывает на лицо, в честь которого, или предмет, по которому что-л. называют) The town was named from the founder. ≈ Город назван именем основателя.
5) (указывает на причину состояния, действия или же основание) от, из, по from hunger ≈ с голоду, от голода to know from experience ≈ знать по опыту
6) (указывает на материал, из которого что-л. состоит или из которого изготовлен предмет) из Wine is made from grape. ≈ Вино делают из винограда.
7) (указывает на отнятие, изъятие, вычитание, разделение и т. п.) у, из, с, от to subtract two from ten ≈ вычесть два из шести, отнять два от шести
8) (указывает на освобождение, избавление или же расставание с чем-л. от, из;
с to exempt from taxation ≈ освободить от налогов
9) (указывает на сопоставление или различие) от, из to differ good from bad ≈ отличать хорошее от плохого (редуцированная форма) в пространственном значении указывает на: исходный пункт действия или движения из, с - they started * Мoscow они выехали из Москвы - to go * home уехать из дому - * here отсюда - * there оттуда - * where? откуда? - it fell * the roof это упало с крыши - to jump * the train спрыгнуть с поезда - I heard it * the next room я услышал это из соседней комнаты исходный пункт при определении или отсчете расстояния от - not far * the station недалеко от станции - a mile * home на расстоянии мили от дома положение предмета или его части по отношению к другому предмету на;
из, с - to hang * a bough висеть на ветке - a lamp hung * the ceiling с потолка свисала лампа - a nail projected * the board из доски торчал гвоздь - a handkerchief was sticking * his pocket из кармана у него высовывался носовой платок во временном значении указывает на: начальный момент процесса с, начиная с - five years * now через пять лет - * the very first с самого начала - reckoning * yesterday считая со вчерашнего дня - I knew him * a boy я знаю его с детства дату и т. п. к;
передается тж. твор. падежом - the monument dates * the 16th century этот памятник относится к XVI в. указывает на: источник или происхождение от, из;
передается тж. род. падежом - a present * his father подарок от его отца - he is * Minsk он (родом) из Минска - water * the well вода из колодца - a quotation * Tolstoy цитата из Толстого - a bite * a snake укус змеи - tell him that * me передайте ему это от моего имени - facts learnt * reading факты, известные из книг - to write * smb's dictation писать под чью-л диктовку лицо, у которого что-л получают, приобретают у - to buy smth. * smb. купить что-л у кого-л - he borrowed a book * his friend он взял книгу у товарища воспроизведение оригинала или образца, а тж. язык, с которого делается перевод с - to paint * nature рисовать с натуры - to translate * one lanquage into another переводить с одного языка на другой указывает на: причину, побуждение от, из, по - to be weak * an illness быть слабым от болезни - to act * a sense of duty поступить как велит долг - it happened * carelessness это произошло по небрежности - he acted * principle он поступил так из принципа - not * any fault of his own не по его вине основание по, с - to judge * smb.'s conduct судить по чьему-л поведению - to judge * appearances судить по внешности - to know * experience знать по опыту - * smb.'s point of view с чьей-л точки зрения - * what I can see по тому, что я вижу - to speak * memory говорить по памяти - to draw a conclusion * smth. сделать вывод из чего-л указывает на: предохранение или воздержание от чего-л от - protection of buildings * lightning защита зданий от молнии - to prevent smb. * doing smth. помешать кому-л сделать что-л - to refrain * smth. воздерживаться от чего-л освобождение, избавление кого-л, реже чего-л, от: от, из - he was released * prison его освободили из тюрьмы - exemption * taxation освобождение от налогов - he was exempted * military service его освободили от военной службы сокрытие чего-л от кого-л от - to hide smth. * smb. прятать что-л от кого-л расставание с - she parted * him она с ним рассталась вычитание из, от - to take six * ten отнять шесть от десяти, вычесть шесть из десяти указывает на сопоставление от - to distinguish good * bad отличать хорошее от плохого - to differ * others отличаться от других - I cannot tell him * his brother я не могу отличить его от его брата указывет на материал, из которого что-л сделано из - wine is made * grapes вино делают из винограда - steel is made * iron сталь выплавляется из чугуна указывает на лицо или предмет, по которому что-л называют по - the library was named * the founder библиотека была названа в честь ее основателя в сочетаниях - * above сверху - the light falls * above свет падает сверху - * across из-за - * across the sea из-за моря - * afar издалека, издали - I sam him * afar я увидел его издали - * among, * amongst из - he came forth * amongst the crowd он вышел из толпы, он отделился от толпы - * before до - that dates * before the war это относится к довоенному времени - * behind из-за - he appeared * behind the house он появился из-за дома - * below я услышал голос снизу - * beneath( книжное) из под - * between из, из-за - he peered out * between the curtains он выглянул из-за занавесок - * beyond из-за - he came * beyond the mountains он приехал из-за гор - * L to R, * left to right слева направо( о людях на фотографии) - * off (книжное) с - take it * off my heart снимите эту тяжесть с моей души - * over из-за - * over the sea из-за моря - he looked at her * over his spectacles он посмотрел на нее поверх очков - * round из-за - he appeared * round the corner он появился из-за угла - *... till c... до, от...до, с... по - * four till six o'clock с четырех до шести часов - * 1959 till 1960 c 1959 по 1960 год - *... to из... в, от... до;
от... до, с... до - * London to Paris из Лондона в Париж - * (the) beginning to (the) end от начала до конца - * five to six с пяти до шести - this bird lays * four to six eggs эта птица откладывает от четырех до шести яиц - the price has been increased * sixpence to a shilling цена была увеличена с шести пенсов до шиллинга - * under, * underneath из-под - to come out * under the ground появиться из-под земли abstain ~ воздерживаться от to act ~ good motives действовать из добрых побуждений;
to be shy from nature быть от природы застенчивым appear ~ вытекать appear ~ следовать to act ~ good motives действовать из добрых побуждений;
to be shy from nature быть от природы застенчивым ~ now on с этих пор, отныне;
beginning from Friday week начиная с будущей пятницы benefit ~ извлекать выгоду benefit ~ извлекать пользу buy ~ выкупать customs differ ~ country to country в каждой стране свои обычаи;
to do things differently from other people поступать не так, как все date ~ исчислять с derive ~ возникать derive ~ выводить derive ~ вытекать derive ~ извлекать derive ~ получать derive ~ происходить derive ~ унаследовать derogate ~ умалять достоинство desist ~ воздерживаться от detract ~ отнимать detract ~ приуменьшать detract ~ умалять deviate ~ отклоняться от deviate ~ уклоняться от customs differ ~ country to country в каждой стране свои обычаи;
to do things differently from other people поступать не так, как все emanate ~ происходить emanate ~ происходить to exclude ~ the number исключить из числа;
she parted from him at the door она рассталась с ним у дверей from prep. указывает на освобождение от обязанностей, избавление от опасности и т. п. от;
to hide (from smb.) спрятаться( от кого-л.) ~ prep. указывает на отнятие, изъятие, вычитание, разделение и т. п. у, из, с, от ~ prep. указывает на временные отношения с, от, из;
from the (very) beginning с (самого) начала ~ prep. указывает на изменение состояния из, с, от;
from being a dull, indifferent boy he now became a vigorous youth из вялого, апатичного мальчика он превратился в живого, энергичного юношу ~ prep. указывает на источник, происхождение от, из, по;
I know it from papers я знаю это из газет ~ prep. указывает на отправную точку, исходный пункт, предел с, от;
from the beginning of the book с начала книги ~ prep. указывает на причину действия от, из;
to suffer from cold страдать от холода ~ prep. указывает на пространственные отношения от, из, с (передается тж. приставками) ~ prep. указывает на различие от, из;
to tell real silk from its imitation отличить натуральный шелк от искусственного ~ away с расстояния, издали;
from outside снаружи;
извне;
from over из-за ~ the beginning of the century с начала века;
from a child с детства;
from before the war с довоенного времени ~ dusk to dawn от зари и до зари;
from six a.m. с шести часов утра;
from beginning to end от начала до конца ~ prep. указывает на изменение состояния из, с, от;
from being a dull, indifferent boy he now became a vigorous youth из вялого, апатичного мальчика он превратился в живого, энергичного юношу ~ dusk to dawn от зари и до зари;
from six a.m. с шести часов утра;
from beginning to end от начала до конца ~ floor to ceiling от пола до потолка;
from end to end из конца в конец ~ floor to ceiling от пола до потолка;
from end to end из конца в конец ~ Leningrad из Ленинграда;
where is he coming from? откуда он? ~ ten to twenty thousand от десяти до двадцати тысяч;
from my point of view с моей точки зрения ~ now on с этих пор, отныне;
beginning from Friday week начиная с будущей пятницы now: from ~ on (или onwards) в дальнейшем, впредь;
as from now с сего числа, с настоящего времени ~ away с расстояния, издали;
from outside снаружи;
извне;
from over из-за outside: ~ внешний мир;
объективная реальность;
from outside извне;
impressions from the outside впечатления внешнего мира ~ away с расстояния, издали;
from outside снаружи;
извне;
from over из-за ~ over the sea из-за моря;
from under из-под;
from under the table из-под стола ~ dusk to dawn от зари и до зари;
from six a.m. с шести часов утра;
from beginning to end от начала до конца ~ ten to twenty thousand от десяти до двадцати тысяч;
from my point of view с моей точки зрения ~ prep. указывает на временные отношения с, от, из;
from the (very) beginning с (самого) начала ~ prep. указывает на отправную точку, исходный пункт, предел с, от;
from the beginning of the book с начала книги ~ the beginning of the century с начала века;
from a child с детства;
from before the war с довоенного времени ~ over the sea из-за моря;
from under из-под;
from under the table из-под стола ~ over the sea из-за моря;
from under из-под;
from under the table из-под стола he died ~ blood-poisoning он умер от заражения крови to release ~ duty воен. сменить на посту, заступить в наряд;
he was excused from digging он был освобожден от тяжелых земляных работ he was saved ~ ruin он был спасен от разорения;
prevent him from going there не пускайте его туда from prep. указывает на освобождение от обязанностей, избавление от опасности и т. п. от;
to hide (from smb.) спрятаться( от кого-л.) hide: hide разг. выпороть, спустить шкуру ~ шутл. кожа( человека) ;
to save one's hide спасать свою шкуру ~ ист. надел земли для одной семьи (= 100 акрам) ~ (ист.) надел земли для одной семьи (= 100 акрам) ~ (hid;
hid, hidden) прятать(ся) ;
скрывать(ся) ;
to hide one's feelings скрывать свои чувства ~ прятать(ся), скрывать(ся) ~ прятать ~ скрывать ~ скрытый запас ~ скрытый запас ~ содрать шкуру ~ содрать шкуру ~ укрытие;
тайник ~ укрытие, тайник ~ шкура, кожа ~ шкура, кожа I heard it ~ his own lips я слышал это из его собственных уст ~ prep. указывает на источник, происхождение от, из, по;
I know it from papers я знаю это из газет ~ prep. указывает на изменение состояния из, с, от;
from being a dull, indifferent boy he now became a vigorous youth из вялого, апатичного мальчика он превратился в живого, энергичного юношу originate ~ брать начало от originate ~ возникать из originate ~ происходить из he was saved ~ ruin он был спасен от разорения;
prevent him from going there не пускайте его туда profit ~ получать прибыль recede ~ отступать refrain ~ воздерживаться refrain ~ воздерживаться от (совершения действия) refrain ~ сдерживаться refrain ~ удерживаться to release ~ duty воен. сменить на посту, заступить в наряд;
he was excused from digging он был освобожден от тяжелых земляных работ result ~ вытекать result ~ следовать, происходить в результате( чего-л.) seek redress ~ требовать возмещения to exclude ~ the number исключить из числа;
she parted from him at the door она рассталась с ним у дверей to speak (to write down) ~ memory говорить (записывать) по памяти stem ~ возникать stem ~ вытекать ~ prep. указывает на причину действия от, из;
to suffer from cold страдать от холода take the knife ~ the child отнимите нож у ребенка;
take ten from fifteen вычтите десять из пятнадцати take the knife ~ the child отнимите нож у ребенка;
take ten from fifteen вычтите десять из пятнадцати ~ prep. указывает на различие от, из;
to tell real silk from its imitation отличить натуральный шелк от искусственного they withdrew the team ~ the match команда не была допущена к соревнованиям we are two hours journey ~ there мы находимся в двух часах пути оттуда;
we were 50 km from the town мы были в 50 км от города we are two hours journey ~ there мы находимся в двух часах пути оттуда;
we were 50 km from the town мы были в 50 км от города ~ Leningrad из Ленинграда;
where is he coming from? откуда он? you will find the word in the seventh line ~ the bottom( of the page) вы найдете это слово в седьмой строке снизу -
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1. noun1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) edad2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) época, edad3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) edad4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) años, siglos
2. verb(to (cause to) grow old or look old: He has aged a lot since I last saw him; His troubles have aged him.) envejecer- aged- ageless
- age-old
- the aged
- come of age
- of age
age n edadat the age of 10 a la edad de 10 años / a los 10 añostr[eɪʤ]1 edad nombre femenino■ men in the 40 to 50 age group are most at risk los hombres de los 40 a 50 años corren el mayor riesgo1 envejecer1 envejecer\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLof age mayor de edadto come of age llegar a la mayoría de edadto look one's age representar la edad que uno tieneunder age menor de edadage of consent edad nombre femenino núbilage n1) : edad ften years of age: diez años de edadto be of age: ser mayor de edad2) period: era f, siglo m, época f3)old age : vejez f4) ages npl: siglos mpl, eternidad fn.• edad s.f.• era s.f.• siglo s.m.• tiempo s.m.• vejez s.f.• época s.f.v.• añejar v.• envejecer v.eɪdʒ
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1) c u (of person, animal, thing) edad fwhat age was she when she died? — ¿qué edad or cuántos años tenía cuando murió?
at the age of 17 — a la edad de or a los 17 años
from an early age — desde pequeño, desde temprana edad (liter)
when you're my age — cuando tengas mi edad or mis años
to act one's age: it's time he acted his age ya es hora de que siente cabeza or de que empiece a actuar con madurez; (before n) age discrimination discriminación f por razones de edad; age group grupo m etario (frml); the 12 to 15 age group el grupo de edades comprendidas entre los 12 y los 15 años; age limit — límite m de edad
2) u ( maturity)to be of/under age — ser* mayor/menor de edad
to come of age — llegar* a la mayoría de edad
3) ca) (epoch, period) era fdown o through the ages — a través de los tiempos
b) ( long time) (colloq)I've been waiting ages o an age — llevo siglos or un siglo esperando (fam)
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(pres p aging or ageing; past p aged eɪdʒd) intransitive verb \<\<person\>\> envejecer*; \<\<cheese\>\> madurar
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vt \<\<person\>\> hacer* envejecer, avejentar; \<\<wine\>\> añejar, criar*[eɪdʒ]1. N1) [of person, animal, building] edad fwhat age is she? — ¿qué edad tiene?, ¿cuántos años tiene?
I have a daughter your age or the same age as you — tengo una hija de tu edad or de tu misma edad
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act your age! — ¡compórtate de acuerdo con tu edad!, ¡no seas niño!•
people of all ages — gente de todas las edades•
at my age — a mi edadat the age of 11 — a los 11 años, a la edad de 11 años
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from an early age — desde muy pequeño•
to feel one's age — sentirse viejo•
she looks/doesn't look her age — aparenta/no aparenta la edad que tiene•
60 is no age at all — 60 años no son nada•
he is five years of age — tiene cinco años (de edad)2) (=adulthood)•
to be of age — ser mayor de edad•
to come of age — (lit, fig) llegar a or alcanzar la mayoría de edad•
to be under age — ser menor de edad3) (=old age)•
age is beginning to tell on him — los años empiezan a pesar sobre él•
wine improves with age — el vino mejora con el paso del tiempo4) (=era) era fenlightenment, nuclear, reason 1., 3)the age we live in — los tiempos que vivimos, los tiempos que corren
5) * (=long time)we waited an age or for ages — esperamos una eternidad
it's ages or an age since I saw him — hace siglos or un siglo que no lo veo
you took ages — has tardado una eternidad or un siglo
2.VT [+ person] envejecer; [+ wine] envejecer, criar, añejar3.VI [person] envejecer; [wine] madurar, añejarseshe seems to have aged ten years in the last month — parece haber envejecido diez años en el último mes
she has aged well — se conserva bien para la edad que tiene, le sientan bien los años
4.CPDage bracket N — grupo m de edad, grupo m etario more frm
age difference N — diferencia f de edad
age discrimination N — discriminación f por razón de edad
age gap N — diferencia f de edad
the 40 to 50 age group — el grupo que comprende los de 40 a 50 años, el grupo de edad de 40 a 50
age of consent N — edad f de consentimiento sexual
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to be under the age of consent — no tener la edad de consentimiento sexual•
to be over the age of consent — tener la edad de consentimiento sexual* * *[eɪdʒ]
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1) c u (of person, animal, thing) edad fwhat age was she when she died? — ¿qué edad or cuántos años tenía cuando murió?
at the age of 17 — a la edad de or a los 17 años
from an early age — desde pequeño, desde temprana edad (liter)
when you're my age — cuando tengas mi edad or mis años
to act one's age: it's time he acted his age ya es hora de que siente cabeza or de que empiece a actuar con madurez; (before n) age discrimination discriminación f por razones de edad; age group grupo m etario (frml); the 12 to 15 age group el grupo de edades comprendidas entre los 12 y los 15 años; age limit — límite m de edad
2) u ( maturity)to be of/under age — ser* mayor/menor de edad
to come of age — llegar* a la mayoría de edad
3) ca) (epoch, period) era fdown o through the ages — a través de los tiempos
b) ( long time) (colloq)I've been waiting ages o an age — llevo siglos or un siglo esperando (fam)
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1.
(pres p aging or ageing; past p aged [eɪdʒd]) intransitive verb \<\<person\>\> envejecer*; \<\<cheese\>\> madurar
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vt \<\<person\>\> hacer* envejecer, avejentar; \<\<wine\>\> añejar, criar* -
4 Albuquerque, Joaquim Mousinho de
(1855-1902)Portugal's most celebrated colonial soldier of the modern era, governor and conqueror of the Gaza state in Mozambique. A career army officer with noble lineage, "Mousinho," as he became known to his generation, later helped to shape Portugal's administration and policies in Mozambique, following army service in India. He served largely as a soldier involved in so-called "pacification" campaigns in Mozambique (1890-95) and then as an administrator, where he acted as royal commissioner and governor-general of Mozambique from 1896 to 1898. After he first visited Africa in 1890, the year of the English Ultimatum, the principal part of his career would be devoted to Portuguese Africa, and he was to become a noted authority on African affairs and policies. Appointed governor of the district of Lourenço Marques (today, Maputo) in late 1890, he returned to Portugal in 1892, then became part of the most famous military expedition to Portuguese Africa of the modern era, the 1895 force sent to Mozambique to conquer the African state of Gaza, in southern Mozambique. Albuquerque distinguished himself in this bloody campaign; at the battle of Coolela, on 7 November 1895, Portuguese forces using the novel machine gun defeated and slaughtered the army of Gaza king Gungunyane. Following his appointment as military governor of the Gaza district, Albuquerque grew impatient with the failure of his superiors to give the coup d'grace to the Gaza kingdom by killing or capturing its leader, Gungunyane, who had escaped after the battle of Coolela. With a small force, Mousinho raided his refuge at Chaimite, Mozambique, and captured Gungunyane, who did not resist (January 1896). These bold deeds in the 1895 campaign and the surprise kidnapping of Mozambique's most powerful African leader made Albuquerque a hero in Portugal and a colonial celebrity in several other European states. Among the honors showered upon this unusual soldier was the 1896 double appointment as governor-general and royal commissioner of Mozambique colony. His service as chief administrator of Portugal's second most important African territory during 1896-98 was significant but frustrating. His efforts at sweeping reforms, rejuvenation, and decentralization of authority and power were noble but made little impact at the time. He resigned in anger after his failure to move the Lisbon colonial bureaucracy and returned to a restless, relatively inactive life in Portugal. Unable to adjust to dull garrison duty, after he completed his masterful colonial report-memoir on his African service (Mozambique, 1896-98), Albuquerque in vain sought new challenges. Briefly he served as tutor to Prince Luís, heir apparent of King Carlos I, but his efforts to volunteer as an officer in wars in South Africa and China failed. His idea of a military dictatorship to reform a lagging constitutional monarchy rejected both by his patron, King Carlos, and by much of the political elite, Lieutenant Colonel Mousinho de Albuquerque found life too painful to bear. On 8 January 1902, while on a Lisbon tram, Albuquerque committed suicide with his own pistol. His importance for future colonial policy in Africa was manifest as Portugal made efforts to decentralize and reform administration until 1930. After 1930, his personal legend as a brave colonial soldier who was an epitome of patriotism grew and was exploited by the dictatorship led by Sala- zar. Mousinho de Albuquerque was adopted by this regime, between 1930 and 1960, as the military-colonial patron saint of the regime and as an example to Portuguese youth. The name of the place where he surprised Gungunyane, Chaimite, was adopted as the name of an armored car used by the Portuguese Army in its post-1961 campaigns in Africa.See also Carlos I, King; Generation of 1895.Historical dictionary of Portugal > Albuquerque, Joaquim Mousinho de
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5 Catholic church
The Catholic Church and the Catholic religion together represent the oldest and most enduring of all Portuguese institutions. Because its origins as an institution go back at least to the middle of the third century, if not earlier, the Christian and later the Catholic Church is much older than any other Portuguese institution or major cultural influence, including the monarchy (lasting 770 years) or Islam (540 years). Indeed, it is older than Portugal (869 years) itself. The Church, despite its changing doctrine and form, dates to the period when Roman Lusitania was Christianized.In its earlier period, the Church played an important role in the creation of an independent Portuguese monarchy, as well as in the colonization and settlement of various regions of the shifting Christian-Muslim frontier as it moved south. Until the rise of absolutist monarchy and central government, the Church dominated all public and private life and provided the only education available, along with the only hospitals and charity institutions. During the Middle Ages and the early stage of the overseas empire, the Church accumulated a great deal of wealth. One historian suggests that, by 1700, one-third of the land in Portugal was owned by the Church. Besides land, Catholic institutions possessed a large number of chapels, churches and cathedrals, capital, and other property.Extensive periods of Portuguese history witnessed either conflict or cooperation between the Church as the monarchy increasingly sought to gain direct control of the realm. The monarchy challenged the great power and wealth of the Church, especially after the acquisition of the first overseas empire (1415-1580). When King João III requested the pope to allow Portugal to establish the Inquisition (Holy Office) in the country and the request was finally granted in 1531, royal power, more than religion was the chief concern. The Inquisition acted as a judicial arm of the Catholic Church in order to root out heresies, primarily Judaism and Islam, and later Protestantism. But the Inquisition became an instrument used by the crown to strengthen its power and jurisdiction.The Church's power and prestige in governance came under direct attack for the first time under the Marquis of Pombal (1750-77) when, as the king's prime minister, he placed regalism above the Church's interests. In 1759, the Jesuits were expelled from Portugal, although they were allowed to return after Pombal left office. Pombal also harnessed the Inquisition and put in place other anticlerical measures. With the rise of liberalism and the efforts to secularize Portugal after 1820, considerable Church-state conflict occurred. The new liberal state weakened the power and position of the Church in various ways: in 1834, all religious orders were suppressed and their property confiscated both in Portugal and in the empire and, in the 1830s and 1840s, agrarian reform programs confiscated and sold large portions of Church lands. By the 1850s, Church-state relations had improved, various religious orders were allowed to return, and the Church's influence was largely restored. By the late 19th century, Church and state were closely allied again. Church roles in all levels of education were pervasive, and there was a popular Catholic revival under way.With the rise of republicanism and the early years of the First Republic, especially from 1910 to 1917, Church-state relations reached a new low. A major tenet of republicanism was anticlericalism and the belief that the Church was as much to blame as the monarchy for the backwardness of Portuguese society. The provisional republican government's 1911 Law of Separation decreed the secularization of public life on a scale unknown in Portugal. Among the new measures that Catholics and the Church opposed were legalization of divorce, appropriation of all Church property by the state, abolition of religious oaths for various posts, suppression of the theology school at Coimbra University, abolition of saints' days as public holidays, abolition of nunneries and expulsion of the Jesuits, closing of seminaries, secularization of all public education, and banning of religious courses in schools.After considerable civil strife over the religious question under the republic, President Sidónio Pais restored normal relations with the Holy See and made concessions to the Portuguese Church. Encouraged by the apparitions at Fátima between May and October 1917, which caused a great sensation among the rural people, a strong Catholic reaction to anticlericalism ensued. Backed by various new Catholic organizations such as the "Catholic Youth" and the Academic Center of Christian Democracy (CADC), the Catholic revival influenced government and politics under the Estado Novo. Prime Minister Antônio de Oliveira Salazar was not only a devout Catholic and member of the CADC, but his formative years included nine years in the Viseu Catholic Seminary preparing to be a priest. Under the Estado Novo, Church-state relations greatly improved, and Catholic interests were protected. On the other hand, Salazar's no-risk statism never went so far as to restore to the Church all that had been lost in the 1911 Law of Separation. Most Church property was never returned from state ownership and, while the Church played an important role in public education to 1974, it never recovered the influence in education it had enjoyed before 1911.Today, the majority of Portuguese proclaim themselves Catholic, and the enduring nature of the Church as an institution seems apparent everywhere in the country. But there is no longer a monolithic Catholic faith; there is growing diversity of religious choice in the population, which includes an increasing number of Protestant Portuguese as well as a small but growing number of Muslims from the former Portuguese empire. The Muslim community of greater Lisbon erected a Mosque which, ironically, is located near the Spanish Embassy. In the 1990s, Portugal's Catholic Church as an institution appeared to be experiencing a revival of influence. While Church attendance remained low, several Church institutions retained an importance in society that went beyond the walls of the thousands of churches: a popular, flourishing Catholic University; Radio Re-nascenca, the country's most listened to radio station; and a new private television channel owned by the Church. At an international conference in Lisbon in September 2000, the Cardinal Patriarch of Portugal, Dom José Policarpo, formally apologized to the Jewish community of Portugal for the actions of the Inquisition. At the deliberately selected location, the place where that religious institution once held its hearings and trials, Dom Policarpo read a declaration of Catholic guilt and repentance and symbolically embraced three rabbis, apologizing for acts of violence, pressures to convert, suspicions, and denunciation. -
6 waste
A n1 ¢ ( squandering) (of commodity, food, resources, money, energy, opportunity) gaspillage m (of de) ; ( of time) perte f (of de) ; that was a complete waste of an afternoon l'après-midi a été perdu complètement inutilement ; what a waste! quel gaspillage! ; don't throw it away, it's a waste ne le jette pas, c'est du gaspillage ; it's a waste of her talents elle gaspille ses talents (doing en faisant) ; a waste of effort un effort inutile ; taking taxis is a waste of money prendre des taxis c'est jeter l'argent par les fenêtres ; that car was a complete waste of money cette voiture est de l'argent complètement gaspillé ; it's a waste of time and money c'est une perte de temps et d'argent ; it's a waste of time trying to explain it on perd son temps à essayer de l'expliquer ; to go to waste être gaspillé ; that's another good opportunity gone to waste et voilà encore une bonne occasion de perdue ; to let sth go to waste gaspiller qch ; there is no waste, every part is used il n'y a pas de déchets, chaque élément est utilisé ;2 ¢ ( detritus) gen, Ind déchets mpl (from de) ; chemical/nuclear waste déchets chimiques/nucléaires ; household ou kitchen waste déchets domestiques, ordures fpl ménagères ; industrial waste déchets industriels ; the burning of hazardous wastes l'incinération des déchets dangereux ; ⇒ nuclear waste ;3 ( wasteland) désert m.1 ( wilderness) étendues fpl sauvages ; the frozen wastes of the Arctic les étendues glacées de l'Arctique ;2 US = waste A 2.C adj1 ( discarded) [food] inutilisé ; [heat, energy] perdu, gaspillé ; [water] usé ; waste materials ou matter déchets mpl ; waste products Ind déchets mpl de fabrication ; Physiol, Med déchets mpl ; waste gases déchets mpl gazeux ; waste plastics plastiques mpl de rebut ;2 ( unused) [land, ground] inculte ;3 ( destruction) to lay waste (to) dévaster.D vtr1 ( squander) gaspiller [food, resources, energy, money, talents] ; perdre [time, opportunity] ; user [strength] ; there's no time to waste il n'y a pas de temps à perdre ; I won't waste my time on her/administration je ne vais pas perdre mon temps avec elle/l'administration ; I wasteed a whole morning looking for it j'ai perdu une matinée entière à le chercher ; he wasted his youth il a gâché sa jeunesse ; all our efforts/sacrifices were wasted tous nos efforts/sacrifices ont été vains ; he didn't waste words il a été franc et direct ; she didn't waste any time in trying to explain ( pointlessly) elle n'a pas perdu son temps à essayer d'expliquer ; she wasteed no time in contacting the police ( acted at once) elle n'a pas perdu de temps pour contacter la police ; he certainly didn't waste any time! iron il n'a pas perdu de temps! ; subtlety is wasted on her la subtilité lui passe au-dessus de la tête ; good wine is wasted on him il n'est pas capable d'apprécier un bon vin ;3 ○ US ( kill) supprimer ○.E vi se perdre.waste not want not Prov l'économie protège du besoin.■ waste away dépérir. -
7 Dyer, Joseph Chessborough
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]b. 15 November 1780 Stonnington Point, Connecticut, USAd. 2 May 1871 Manchester, England[br]American inventor of a popular type of roving frame for cotton manufacture.[br]As a youth, Dyer constructed an unsinkable life-boat but did not immediately pursue his mechanical bent, for at 16 he entered the counting-house of a French refugee named Nancrède and succeeded to part of the business. He first went to England in 1801 and finally settled in 1811 when he married Ellen Jones (d. 1842) of Gower Street, London. Dyer was already linked with American inventors and brought to England Perkins's plan for steel engraving in 1809, shearing and nail-making machines in 1811, and also received plans and specifications for Fulton's steamboats. He seems to have acted as a sort of British patent agent for American inventors, and in 1811 took out a patent for carding engines and a card clothing machine. In 1813 there was a patent for spinning long-fibred substances such as hemp, flax or grasses, and in 1825 there was a further patent for card making machinery. Joshua Field, on his tour through Britain in 1821, saw a wire drawing machine and a leather splitting machine at Dyer's works as well as the card-making machines. At first Dyer lived in Camden Town, London, but he had a card clothing business in Birmingham. He moved to Manchester c.1816, where he developed an extensive engineering works under the name "Joseph C.Dyer, patent card manufacturers, 8 Stanley Street, Dale Street". In 1832 he founded another works at Gamaches, Somme, France, but this enterprise was closed in 1848 with heavy losses through the mismanagement of an agent. In 1825 Dyer improved on Danforth's roving frame and started to manufacture it. While it was still a comparatively crude machine when com-pared with later versions, it had the merit of turning out a large quantity of work and was very popular, realizing a large sum of money. He patented the machine that year and must have continued his interest in these machines as further patents followed in 1830 and 1835. In 1821 Dyer had been involved in the foundation of the Manchester Guardian (now The Guardian) and he was linked with the construction of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway. He was not so successful with the ill-fated Bank of Manchester, of which he was a director and in which he lost £98,000. Dyer played an active role in the community and presented many papers to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. He helped to establish the Royal Institution in London and the Mechanics Institution in Manchester. In 1830 he was a member of the delegation to Paris to take contributions from the town of Manchester for the relief of those wounded in the July revolution and to congratulate Louis-Philippe on his accession. He called for the reform of Parliament and helped to form the Anti-Corn Law League. He hated slavery and wrote several articles on the subject, both prior to and during the American Civil War.[br]Bibliography1811, British patent no. 3,498 (carding engines and card clothing machine). 1813, British patent no. 3,743 (spinning long-fibred substances).1825, British patent no. 5,309 (card making machinery).1825, British patent no. 5,217 (roving frame). 1830, British patent no. 5,909 (roving frame).1835, British patent no. 6,863 (roving frame).Further ReadingDictionary of National Biography.J.W.Hall, 1932–3, "Joshua Field's diary of a tour in 1821 through the Midlands", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 6.Evan Leigh, 1875, The Science of Modern Cotton Spinning, Vol. II, Manchester (provides an account of Dyer's roving frame).D.J.Jeremy, 1981, Transatlantic Industrial Revolution: The Diffusion of TextileTechnologies Between Britain and America, 1790–1830s, Oxford (describes Dyer's links with America).See also: Arnold, AzaRLHBiographical history of technology > Dyer, Joseph Chessborough
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