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I am not much of walker

  • 1 път

    1. road, way (и прен.), (пътека) path, track (и на комета, самолет), (шосе) highway
    (маршрут) route, course
    воден/въздушен път water-/air-way
    no воден/въздушен път by water/air
    път по суша a land route
    морски пътища sea lanes/routes
    железен път railway, railroad
    коларски път cart-road/-track
    черен път a dirt road
    междуселски път a country road/track, cart-track
    отъпкан път a beaten track (и прен.)
    царски път вж. царски
    пътят е затворен road blocked
    край пътя by the road (side)
    без път across country
    по пътя към/за on the road/way to
    на път on the way, underway, en route
    ако ти е на път if you are going that way
    на път съм да be on the road to (c ger.), be about to (c inf.)
    на път съм да оздравея be on the way to recovery
    на път съм да постигна нещо be in a fair way to achieving s.th.
    на път съм да открия нещо be on the brink of a discovery
    пробивам си път make/force/fight/elbow o.'s way
    правя път clear a path, ( за минаване) make way (за for)
    правя/сторвам път на някого make way for s.o.; get out of s.o.'s way
    blaze a trail (и прен.)
    давам път я на някого send s.o. packing, give the go-by to s.o., cashier s.o.
    дават ми пътя get the order of the boot
    искам пътавт. signal left/right/straight
    откривам пътя за прен. pave the way for; open the door to
    стоя на пътя на някого (преча) be/stand in s.o.'s way
    минавам пътя на някого cross s.o.'s track
    минавам половината път go half way, cover half the distance
    загубвам пътя lose o.'s way
    отклонявам от пътя lead astray (и прен.)
    отклонявам се от пътя go astray (и прен.)
    на прав/крив път вж. прав, крив
    тръгвам по лоши пътища get into bad ways, go to the bad
    тръгвам по нов път make a fresh start, turn over a new leaf
    вкарвам някого в пътя bring/force s.o. into line, bring s.o. to his senses
    влизам в пътя fall into line, come to o.'s senses
    вървя/карам в правия път live honestly, follow the law
    няма лесен път към there is no royal път road to
    пътят е чист the road is clear
    прен. the coast is clear
    житейски път, пътят на живота the course of life
    той не знае какъв път да избере he doesn't know what course to take
    тя върви по твоя път she's treading your path, she's following your example, she's following in your footsteps
    пътищата ни се разделят our ways part
    бия път вж. бия
    поемам/хващам път я за set off to, set out for
    преграждам пътя на bar s.o.'s way
    2. (пътуване) journey, (no вода) voyage
    далечен път a long journey
    тръгвам на път set out. set forth, set out on a journey
    храна за път food for the journey
    (на) добър път ! have-a pleasant journey! bon voyage! на три дни път оттук it's a three day's Journey from here
    дотам има доста път it's quite a long way from here
    дотам има 20 минути път it's a. (good) twenty minutes' walk
    колко път има. до? how far is it to?
    3. (средство) way, means
    (източник на новини и пр.) channel, source
    no какви пътища? in what way? by what means?
    no околен път in a roundabout way, indirectly
    околни/тайни пътища devious means
    по легален път legally, in a legal way
    те получават новини по свои пътища they receive news through channels of their own, they have their own sources of information
    по свой път in o.'s own way, independently
    4. (на коса) parting
    ам. part
    5. time
    два пъти twice
    три пъти thrice, three times
    за първи/втори и пр. път for the first/second, etc. lime
    много/често пъти many times, many a time; time after time, time and again
    още един път once again; once more
    за последен път for the last time
    един път на ден once a day
    колкото пъти, всеки път every/each time
    всеки път, когато whenever
    някой път sometime
    no някой път sometimes, occasionally
    някой друг път some other time, another time
    ни един път not once, never
    не един път more than once, time and again
    no две на един път two at a time
    едвн път завинаги once and for all
    два пъти по три правят шест two times three makes/is six
    за кой ли път ти казвам? how many times have I told you? if I've told you once, I've told you a hundred times
    ще ти простя този път I'll forgive you this once
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    м., -ища, (два) пъ̀тя 1. road, way (и прен.); ( пътека) path, track (и на комета, самолет); ( шосе) highway; (на река; линия на поведение) course; ( маршрут) route, course; ( място за преминаване) passage; ако ти е на \път if you are going that way; вкарвам някого в \пътя bring/force s.o. into line, bring s.o. to his senses; влизам в правия \път go straight; влизам в \пътя fall into line, come to o.’s senses; временен извозен \път миньорск. trainroad; давам \път (на превозно средство) give the green light to; ( една кола на друга) cede; давам \пътя на някого send s.o. packing, give the go-by to s.o., cashier s.o.; дават ми \пътя get the order of the boot; житейски \път, \пътят на живота the course of life; край \пътя by the road (side); междуселски \път country road/track, cart-track; минавам половината \път go half way, cover half the distance; минавам \пътя на някого cross s.o.’s track; морски пътища sea lanes/routes; на прав \път съм be on the right track; на \път on the way, underway, en route; на \път съм да be on the road to (с ger.), be about to (с inf.); на \път съм да открия нещо be on the brink of a discovery; на \път съм да получа/постигна ( нещо) be in the frame for; няма лесен \път към there is no royal road to; отклонявам от \пътя lead astray (и прен.); откривам \пътя за прен. pave the way for; open the door to; open the gate for; отъпкан \път beaten track (и прен.); по воден/въздушен \път by water/air; по \пътя към/за on the road/way to; поемам/хващам \пътя за set off to, set out for; правя \път clear a path, (за минаване) make way (за for); проправям \път blaze a trail (и прен.); \пътищата ни се разделят our ways part; стоя на \пътя на някого ( преча) be/stand in s.o.’s way; тръгвам по лоши \пътища get into bad ways, go to the bad; тръгвам по нов \път make a fresh start, turn over a new leaf; тя върви по твоя \път she’s treading your path, she’s following your example, she’s following in your footsteps; черен \път dirt road;
    2. ( пътуване) journey, (по вода) voyage; (по море) passage, (по въздуха) flight; далечен \път long journey; (на) добър \път! have a pleasant journey! bon voyage! дотам има 10 минути \път it’s a (good) ten minutes’ walk; дотам има доста \път it’s quite a long way from here; колко \път има до? how far is it to? на три дни \път от тук it’s a three day’s journey from here; не издържам много на \път I’m not much of a walker; тръгвам на \път set out, set forth, set out on a journey;
    3. ( средство) way, means; ( източник на новини и пр.) source; по какви \пътища? in what way? by what means? по легален \път legally, in a legal way; по околен \път in a roundabout way, indirectly; по свой \път in o.’s own way, independently;
    4. (на коса) parting; амер. part; \път отстрани parting on one side; реша се на \път part o.’s hair; • върви си по \пътя mind your own business; Млечният \път астр. the Milky Way, the Galaxy; намирам се на \път и под \път be as common as blackberries; be a dime a dozen; не съм го намерил на \пътя it’s too precious; прав ти \път good riddance.
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    м., -и, (два) пъ̀ти time; всеки \път, когато whenever; два \пъти twice; два \пъти по-добър от twice as good as; два \пъти по три правят шест two times three makes/is six; един \път once; един \път завинаги once and for all; един \път на ден once a day; за кой ли \път ти казвам? how many times have I told you? колкото \пъти, всеки \път every/each time; много/често \пъти many times, many a time; time after time, time and again; на един \път at a time; ( изведнъж) at one go; не един \път more than once; ни един \път not once, never; някой друг \път some other time, another time; някой \път sometime; от първия \път first go; още един \път once again; once more; по две на един \път two at a time; по някой \път sometimes, occasionally; три \пъти thrice, three tames.
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    way (и прен.): There is no път back. - Няма път назад., air-път - въздушен път, I met him on my път home. - Срещнах го по пътя за вкъщи., make път - освобождавам път, Get out of my път! - Махни се от пътя ми!, He forced his път through the crowd. - Той си проби път през тълпата., I lost my път. - Загубих пътя., My school is a long път from home. - Училището ми е на доста път от къщи., the Milky път - Млечният път; road: a main път - главен път, a dirt път - черен път; track: a beaten път - утъпкан път; drive (автомобилен); route (маршрут); itinerary; part (на косата); pass; passage; trail{`treil}; water-way (воден): път of life - житейски път; (повторение): time: three пътs - три пъти, I have been here many пътs. - Бил съм тук много пъти., every път - всеки път, This път I will beat him. - Този път ще го победя., I will join you some other път. - Ще дойда с тебе някой друг път., at a път - на един път; once (един път); twice (два пъти)
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    1. (една кола на друга) cede 2. (изведнаж) at one go 3. (източник на новини и пр.) channel, source 4. (маршрут) route, course 5. (място за преминаване) pas sage 6. (на коса) parting 7. (на река 8. (на) добър ПЪТ !have-a pleasant journey! bon voyage! на три дни ПЪТ оттук it's a three day's Journey from here 9. (пътуване) journey, (no вода) voyage 10. (средство) way, means 11. (цена на пътуване) fare, (no море) passage, (no въздуха) flight 12. 1 road, way (и прен.), (пътека) path, track (и на комета, самолет), (шосе) highway 13. 3 минути ПЪТ it's a. (good) twenty minutes' walk 14. 6 time 15. blaze a trail (u прен.) 16. no воден/въздушен ПЪТ by water/ air 17. no две на един ПЪТ two at a time 18. no какви ПЪТища? in what way?by what means? 19. no някой ПЪТ sometimes, occasionally 20. no околен ПЪТ in a roundabout way, indirectly 21. ПЪТ no суша a land route 22. ПЪТищата ни се разделят our ways part 23. ПЪТят е затворен road blocked 24. ПЪТят е чист the road is clear 25. ако ти е на ПЪТ if you are going that way 26. ам. part 27. без ПЪТ across country 28. бия ПЪТ вж. бия 29. вкарвам някого в ПЪТя bring/force s.o. into line, bring s.o. to his senses 30. влизам в ПЪТя fall into line, come to o.'s senses 31. воден/въздушен ПЪТ water-/ air-way 32. всеки ПЪТ, когато whenever 33. вървя/карам в правия ПЪТ live honestly, follow the law 34. давам ПЪТ (на превозно средство) give the green light to 35. давам ПЪТ я на някого send s. o. packing, give the go-by to s. o., cashier s. о. 36. дават ми ПЪТя get the order of the boot 37. далечен ПЪТ a long journey 38. два ПЪТи twice 39. два ПЪТи по три правят шест two times three makes/is six 40. дотам има 41. дотам има доста ПЪТ it's quite a long way from here 42. едвн ПЪТ завинаги once and for all 43. един ПЪТ на ден once a day 44. един ПЪТ оncе 45. железен ПЪТ railway, railroad 46. житейски ПЪТ, ПЪТят на живота the course of life 47. за кой ли ПЪТ ти казвам? how many times have I told you?if I've told you once, I've told you a hundred times 48. за последен ПЪТ for the last time 49. за първи/втори и пр. ПЪТfor the first/second, etc. lime 50. загубвам ПЪТя lose o.'s way 51. искам ПЪТавт. signal left/right/straight 52. коларски ПЪТ cart-road/-track 53. колко ПЪТ има. до? how far is it to? 54. колкото ПЪТи, всеки ПЪТ every/ each time 55. край ПЪТя by the road (side) 56. линия на поведение) course 57. междуселски ПЪТ a country road/ track, cart-track 58. минавам ПЪТя на някого cross s.o.'s track 59. минавам половината ПЪТ go half way, cover half the distance 60. много/често пъти many times, many a time;time after time, time and again 61. морски пътища sea lanes/routes 62. на ПЪТ on the way, underway, en route 63. на ПЪТ съм да be on the road to (c ger.), be about to (c inf.) 64. на ПЪТ съм да оздравея be on the way to recovery 65. на ПЪТ съм да открия нещо be on the brink of a discovery 66. на ПЪТ съм да постигна нещо be in a fair way to achieving s.th. 67. на един ПЪТ at a time 68. на прав/крив ПЪТ вж. прав, крив 69. не един ПЪТ more than once, time and again 70. не издържам много наПЪТ I'm not much of a walker 71. ни един ПЪТ not once, never 72. някой друг ПЪТ some other time, another time 73. някойПЪТ sometime 74. няма лесен ПЪТ към there is no royalПЪТ road to 75. околни/тайни ПЪТища devious means 76. отклонявам от ПЪТя lead astray (u прен.) 77. отклонявам се от ПЪТя go astray (u прен.) 78. откривам ПЪТя за прен. pave the way for;open the door to 79. отъпкан ПЪТ a beaten track (и прен.) 80. още един ПЪТ once again;once more 81. пo ПЪТя към/ за on the road/way to 82. пo легален ПЪТ legally, in a legal way 83. пo свой ПЪТ in o.'s own way, independently 84. поемам/хващамПЪТ я за set off to, set out for 85. правя ПЪТ clear a path, (за минаване) make way (за for) 86. правя/сторвам ПЪТ на някого make way for s.o.;get out of s.o.'s way 87. преграждам ПЪТя на bar s.o.'s way 88. прен. the coast is clear 89. пробивам си ПЪТ make/force/fight/elbow o.'s way 90. проправям ПЪТ clear a path 91. реша се 92. следващият ПЪТ next time 93. стоя на ПЪТя на някого (преча) be/stand in s.o.'s way 94. те получават новини no свои ПЪТища they receive news through channels of their own, they have their own sources of information 95. той не знае какъв ПЪТ да избере he doesn't know what course to take 96. три ПЪТи thrice, three times 97. тръгвам на ПЪТ set out. set forth, set out on a journey 98. тръгвам по лоши ПЪТища get into bad ways, go to the bad 99. тръгвам по нов ПЪТ make a fresh start, turn over a new leaf 100. тя върви пo твоя ПЪТ she's treading your path, she's following your example, she's following in your footsteps 101. храна за ПЪТfood for the йourney 102. царски ПЪТ вж. царски 103. черен ПЪТ a dirt road 104. ще ти простя този ПЪТ I'll forgive you this once

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  • 2 я плохой ходок

    General subject: I am not much of a walker

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  • 3 schnell

    I Adj.
    1. mit hohem Tempo: quick; Auto, Läufer etc.: fast; Puls, Bewegung: quick, rapid; Bewegung, Fortschritt etc. auch: swift; ein Bußgeld für zu schnelles Fahren a fine for speeding; schneller werden get faster; Zug etc.: pick up speed; schnelle Bedienung fast ( oder quick, prompt) service; Person: quick waiter ( oder waitress)
    2. (sofortig) Erwiderung, Maßnahme: prompt, speedy; in schneller Folge in quick ( oder rapid) succession; auf schnellstem Wege as quickly as possible, by the quickest possible means; eine schnelle Entscheidung treffen make a quick decision; eine schnelle Entscheidung treffen müssen auch: have to make up one’s mind fast; das erfordert schnelles Handeln that calls for swift ( oder immediate) action
    3. WIRTS., Verkauf: quick; schneller Umsatz quick returns, fast turnover
    4. (rasch und flüchtig) quick; ein schneller Blick a quick ( oder fleeting) glance
    5. (geistig fix) quick, fast; er ist nicht gerade der Schnellste iro. he’s not exactly quick on the uptake; Brüter, Truppe 1
    II Adv. quickly, fast; rapidly; promptly etc.; siehe I; schnell denken do some quick thinking; schnell handeln act fast ( oder without delay); ( mach) schnell! umg. hurry up!, get a move on!, step on it!; nicht so schnell! umg. not so fast!, hang on!; das geht schnell it doesn’t ( oder won’t) take long; das geht nicht so schnell it can’t be done that quickly, it takes time; das ist schnell gegangen! that was quick!; schneller ging es nicht I etc. couldn’t do it any faster; schneller geht’s bei mir nicht I can’t do it any faster (than this), I’m doing my best; das geht mir zu schnell things are happening too fast for me ( oder for my liking); (ich komme nicht mit) I can’t keep up; ich gehe mal oder eben schnell zum Bäcker I’m just going to pop round to the baker’s (Am. zip out to the bakery); ich muss schnell noch aufs Klo umg. I must just pay a quick visit, Am. I have to visit the men’s etc. room; komm schnell! come quick(ly)!; schnell reich werden get rich quick; so schnell wie möglich as quickly as possible; er begreift schnell he’s quick (on the uptake); sie lernt unheimlich schnell she picks things up amazingly quickly; sie hat schnell und richtig reagiert her reaction was really fast and right on; er liest schnell he’s a fast reader; sein Atem ging schnell he was breathing fast; sprich nicht so schnell! don’t talk so fast, slow down; wir wurden schnell bedient the service was fast, we got served fast; schnell wirkend Medikament, Gift: fast-acting; das werden wir ganz schnell haben we’ll have that (done) in no time; sie ist schnell verärgert / beleidigt she is easily annoyed / she’s quick to take offen|ce (Am. -se); wie heißt er schnell noch? umg. what’s his name again?; sag mal schnell,... umg. tell me quickly,...; nachmachen 1
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    fast (Adj.); rapid (Adj.); pronto (Adj.); quick (Adj.); speedy (Adj.); swift (Adj.); apace (Adj.); nippy (Adj.); expeditious (Adj.); snappy (Adj.); spanking (Adj.)
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    schnẹll [ʃnɛl]
    1. adj
    quick; Bedienung, Fahrt, Tempo, Läufer auch fast; Schritte, Puls, Verbesserung auch fast, rapid; Auto, Zug, Verkehr, Fahrer, Strecke fast; Abreise, Bote, Hilfe speedy; Antwort quick, speedy, prompt; Genesung, Besserung quick, rapid, speedy

    er ist sehr schnell mit seinem Urteil/seiner Kritik — he's very quick to judge/to criticize

    See:
    → Schnelle, Truppe
    2. adv
    1) (= mit hoher Geschwindigkeit) quickly, fast
    2) (= zügig) arbeiten, handeln, durchführen, erwärmen fast, quickly

    das mache ich gleich, das geht schnell — I'll do that now, it won't take long

    mach schnell/schneller! — hurry up!

    mit dicker Wolle geht es schnell, einen Pullover zu stricken — knitting a pullover with thick wool is very quick

    3)

    (= leicht) das sagt sich so schnell — that's easy to say

    sie wird schnell böse, sie ist schnell verärgert — she loses her temper quickly, she is quick to get angry

    das werde ich so schnell nicht vergessen/wieder tun — I won't forget that/do that again in a hurry

    4)

    (= kurz) ich gehe noch schnell beim Bäcker vorbei — I'll just stop by at the baker's

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    1) (eagerly; quickly: The thieves were hotly pursued by the police.) hotly
    2) (quick-moving: a fast car.) fast
    3) (quick: a fast worker.) fast
    4) (quickly: She speaks so fast I can't understand her.) fast
    5) (done, said, finished etc in a short time: a quick trip into town.) quick
    6) (moving, or able to move, with speed: He's a very quick walker; I made a grab at the dog, but it was too quick for me.) quick
    7) (doing something, able to do something, or done, without delay; prompt; lively: He is always quick to help; a quick answer; He's very quick at arithmetic.) quick
    9) (quickly: quick-frozen food.) quick
    11) (quick; fast: He made some rapid calculations; He looked feverish and had a rapid pulse.) rapid
    12) (done, made etc quickly: a snap decision.) snap
    13) (done, carried out etc quickly: a speedy answer.) speedy
    16) (fast or quick: a swift horse; Our methods are swift and efficient; a swift-footed animal.) swift
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    [ʃnɛl]
    I. adj
    2. (zügig) prompt, rapid
    3. attr (baldig) swift, speedy
    ein \schneller Abschluss a swift end
    eine \schnelle Genesung a speedy recovery
    eine \schnelle Mark machen (fam) to make a fast buck fam
    ein \schneller Tod a quick death
    II. adv
    \schnell/ \schneller fahren to drive fast/faster
    2. (zügig) quickly
    \schnell trocknend quick-drying
    \schnell verderblich highly perishable
    \schnell verkäuflich HANDEL fast-selling
    \schnell verschleißend TECH fast-wearing
    \schnell gehen to be done quickly
    geht das \schnell/wie \schnell geht das? will it take long/how long will it take?
    \schnell machen to hurry up
    nicht so \schnell! not so fast!, slow down!
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    1.
    Adjektiv quick <journey, decision, service, etc.>; fast <car, skis, road, track, etc.>; quick, rapid, swift < progress>; quick, swift <movement, blow, action>

    ein schnelles Tempo — a high speed; a fast pace

    auf die schnelle(ugs.) in a trice; (übereilt) in [too much of] a hurry; in a rush; (kurzfristig) at short notice; quickly

    2.
    adverbial quickly; <drive, move, etc.> fast, quickly; < spread> quickly, rapidly; (bald) soon <sold, past, etc.>

    mach schnell!(ugs.) move it! (coll.)

    wie heißt er noch schnell?(ugs.) what's his name again?

    * * *
    A. adj
    1. mit hohem Tempo: quick; Auto, Läufer etc: fast; Puls, Bewegung: quick, rapid; Bewegung, Fortschritt etc auch: swift;
    schneller werden get faster; Zug etc: pick up speed;
    schnelle Bedienung fast ( oder quick, prompt) service; Person: quick waiter ( oder waitress)
    2. (sofortig) Erwiderung, Maßnahme: prompt, speedy;
    in schneller Folge in quick ( oder rapid) succession;
    auf schnellstem Wege as quickly as possible, by the quickest possible means;
    eine schnelle Entscheidung treffen make a quick decision;
    eine schnelle Entscheidung treffen müssen auch: have to make up one’s mind fast;
    das erfordert schnelles Handeln that calls for swift ( oder immediate) action
    3. WIRTSCH, Verkauf: quick;
    schneller Umsatz quick returns, fast turnover
    ein schneller Blick a quick ( oder fleeting) glance
    5. (geistig fix) quick, fast;
    er ist nicht gerade der Schnellste iron he’s not exactly quick on the uptake; Brüter, Truppe 1
    B. adv quickly, fast; rapidly; promptly etc; A;
    schnell denken do some quick thinking;
    schnell handeln act fast ( oder without delay);
    (mach) schnell! umg hurry up!, get a move on!, step on it!;
    nicht so schnell! umg not so fast!, hang on!;
    das geht schnell it doesn’t ( oder won’t) take long;
    das geht nicht so schnell it can’t be done that quickly, it takes time;
    das ist schnell gegangen! that was quick!;
    schneller ging es nicht I etc couldn’t do it any faster;
    schneller geht’s bei mir nicht I can’t do it any faster (than this), I’m doing my best;
    das geht mir zu schnell things are happening too fast for me ( oder for my liking); (ich komme nicht mit) I can’t keep up;
    eben schnell zum Bäcker I’m just going to pop round to the baker’s (US zip out to the bakery);
    ich muss schnell noch aufs Klo umg I must just pay a quick visit, US I have to visit the men’s etc room;
    komm schnell! come quick(ly)!;
    schnell reich werden get rich quick;
    so schnell wie möglich as quickly as possible;
    er begreift schnell he’s quick (on the uptake);
    sie lernt unheimlich schnell she picks things up amazingly quickly;
    sie hat schnell und richtig reagiert her reaction was really fast and right on;
    er liest schnell he’s a fast reader;
    sein Atem ging schnell he was breathing fast;
    sprich nicht so schnell! don’t talk so fast, slow down;
    wir wurden schnell bedient the service was fast, we got served fast;
    schnell wirkend Medikament, Gift: fast-acting;
    das werden wir ganz schnell haben we’ll have that (done) in no time;
    sie ist schnell verärgert/beleidigt she is easily annoyed/she’s quick to take offence (US -se);
    wie heißt er schnell noch? umg what’s his name again?;
    sag mal schnell, … umg tell me quickly, …; nachmachen 1
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv quick <journey, decision, service, etc.>; fast <car, skis, road, track, etc.>; quick, rapid, swift < progress>; quick, swift <movement, blow, action>

    ein schnelles Tempo — a high speed; a fast pace

    auf die schnelle(ugs.) in a trice; (übereilt) in [too much of] a hurry; in a rush; (kurzfristig) at short notice; quickly

    2.
    adverbial quickly; <drive, move, etc.> fast, quickly; < spread> quickly, rapidly; (bald) soon <sold, past, etc.>

    mach schnell!(ugs.) move it! (coll.)

    wie heißt er noch schnell?(ugs.) what's his name again?

    * * *
    adj.
    fast adj.
    quick adj.
    rapid adj.
    speedy adj.
    swift adj. adv.
    apace adv.
    fast adv.
    quickly adv.
    rapidly adv.
    speedily adv.
    swiftly adv.

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  • 4 Grammar

       I think that the failure to offer a precise account of the notion "grammar" is not just a superficial defect in linguistic theory that can be remedied by adding one more definition. It seems to me that until this notion is clarified, no part of linguistic theory can achieve anything like a satisfactory development.... I have been discussing a grammar of a particular language here as analogous to a particular scientific theory, dealing with its subject matter (the set of sentences of this language) much as embryology or physics deals with its subject matter. (Chomsky, 1964, p. 213)
       Obviously, every speaker of a language has mastered and internalized a generative grammar that expresses his knowledge of his language. This is not to say that he is aware of the rules of grammar or even that he can become aware of them, or that his statements about his intuitive knowledge of his language are necessarily accurate. (Chomsky, 1965, p. 8)
       Much effort has been devoted to showing that the class of possible transformations can be substantially reduced without loss of descriptive power through the discovery of quite general conditions that all such rules and the representations they operate on and form must meet.... [The] transformational rules, at least for a substantial core grammar, can be reduced to the single rule, "Move alpha" (that is, "move any category anywhere"). (Mehler, Walker & Garrett, 1982, p. 21)
       4) The Relationship of Transformational Grammar to Semantics and to Human Performance
       he implications of assuming a semantic memory for what we might call "generative psycholinguistics" are: that dichotomous judgments of semantic well-formedness versus anomaly are not essential or inherent to language performance; that the transformational component of a grammar is the part most relevant to performance models; that a generative grammar's role should be viewed as restricted to language production, whereas sentence understanding should be treated as a problem of extracting a cognitive representation of a text's message; that until some theoretical notion of cognitive representation is incorporated into linguistic conceptions, they are unlikely to provide either powerful language-processing programs or psychologically relevant theories.
       Although these implications conflict with the way others have viewed the relationship of transformational grammars to semantics and to human performance, they do not eliminate the importance of such grammars to psychologists, an importance stressed in, and indeed largely created by, the work of Chomsky. It is precisely because of a growing interdependence between such linguistic theory and psychological performance models that their relationship needs to be clarified. (Quillian, 1968, p. 260)
       here are some terminological distinctions that are crucial to explain, or else confusions can easily arise. In the formal study of grammar, a language is defined as a set of sentences, possibly infinite, where each sentence is a string of symbols or words. One can think of each sentence as having several representations linked together: one for its sound pattern, one for its meaning, one for the string of words constituting it, possibly others for other data structures such as the "surface structure" and "deep structure" that are held to mediate the mapping between sound and meaning. Because no finite system can store an infinite number of sentences, and because humans in particular are clearly not pullstring dolls that emit sentences from a finite stored list, one must explain human language abilities by imputing to them a grammar, which in the technical sense is a finite rule system, or programme, or circuit design, capable of generating and recognizing the sentences of a particular language. This "mental grammar" or "psychogrammar" is the neural system that allows us to speak and understand the possible word sequences of our native tongue. A grammar for a specific language is obviously acquired by a human during childhood, but there must be neural circuitry that actually carries out the acquisition process in the child, and this circuitry may be called the language faculty or language acquisition device. An important part of the language faculty is universal grammar, an implementation of a set of principles or constraints that govern the possible form of any human grammar. (Pinker, 1996, p. 263)
       A grammar of language L is essentially a theory of L. Any scientific theory is based on a finite number of observations, and it seeks to relate the observed phenomena and to predict new phenomena by constructing general laws in terms of hypothetical constructs.... Similarly a grammar of English is based on a finite corpus of utterances (observations), and it will contain certain grammatical rules (laws) stated in terms of the particular phonemes, phrases, etc., of English (hypothetical constructs). These rules express structural relations among the sentences of the corpus and the infinite number of sentences generated by the grammar beyond the corpus (predictions). (Chomsky, 1957, p. 49)

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  • 5 Logic

       My initial step... was to attempt to reduce the concept of ordering in a sequence to that of logical consequence, so as to proceed from there to the concept of number. To prevent anything intuitive from penetrating here unnoticed, I had to bend every effort to keep the chain of inference free of gaps. In attempting to comply with this requirement in the strictest possible way, I found the inadequacy of language to be an obstacle. (Frege, 1972, p. 104)
       I believe I can make the relation of my 'conceptual notation' to ordinary language clearest if I compare it to the relation of the microscope to the eye. The latter, because of the range of its applicability and because of the ease with which it can adapt itself to the most varied circumstances, has a great superiority over the microscope. Of course, viewed as an optical instrument it reveals many imperfections, which usually remain unnoticed only because of its intimate connection with mental life. But as soon as scientific purposes place strong requirements upon sharpness of resolution, the eye proves to be inadequate.... Similarly, this 'conceptual notation' is devised for particular scientific purposes; and therefore one may not condemn it because it is useless for other purposes. (Frege, 1972, pp. 104-105)
       To sum up briefly, it is the business of the logician to conduct an unceasing struggle against psychology and those parts of language and grammar which fail to give untrammeled expression to what is logical. He does not have to answer the question: How does thinking normally take place in human beings? What course does it naturally follow in the human mind? What is natural to one person may well be unnatural to another. (Frege, 1979, pp. 6-7)
       We are very dependent on external aids in our thinking, and there is no doubt that the language of everyday life-so far, at least, as a certain area of discourse is concerned-had first to be replaced by a more sophisticated instrument, before certain distinctions could be noticed. But so far the academic world has, for the most part, disdained to master this instrument. (Frege, 1979, pp. 6-7)
       There is no reproach the logician need fear less than the reproach that his way of formulating things is unnatural.... If we were to heed those who object that logic is unnatural, we would run the risk of becoming embroiled in interminable disputes about what is natural, disputes which are quite incapable of being resolved within the province of logic. (Frege, 1979, p. 128)
       [L]inguists will be forced, internally as it were, to come to grips with the results of modern logic. Indeed, this is apparently already happening to some extent. By "logic" is not meant here recursive function-theory, California model-theory, constructive proof-theory, or even axiomatic settheory. Such areas may or may not be useful for linguistics. Rather under "logic" are included our good old friends, the homely locutions "and," "or," "if-then," "if and only if," "not," "for all x," "for some x," and "is identical with," plus the calculus of individuals, event-logic, syntax, denotational semantics, and... various parts of pragmatics.... It is to these that the linguist can most profitably turn for help. These are his tools. And they are "clean tools," to borrow a phrase of the late J. L. Austin in another context, in fact, the only really clean ones we have, so that we might as well use them as much as we can. But they constitute only what may be called "baby logic." Baby logic is to the linguist what "baby mathematics" (in the phrase of Murray Gell-Mann) is to the theoretical physicist-very elementary but indispensable domains of theory in both cases. (Martin, 1969, pp. 261-262)
       There appears to be no branch of deductive inference that requires us to assume the existence of a mental logic in order to do justice to the psychological phenomena. To be logical, an individual requires, not formal rules of inference, but a tacit knowledge of the fundamental semantic principle governing any inference; a deduction is valid provided that there is no way of interpreting the premises correctly that is inconsistent with the conclusion. Logic provides a systematic method for searching for such counter-examples. The empirical evidence suggests that ordinary individuals possess no such methods. (Johnson-Laird, quoted in Mehler, Walker & Garrett, 1982, p. 130)
       The fundamental paradox of logic [that "there is no class (as a totality) of those classes which, each taken as a totality, do not belong to themselves" (Russell to Frege, 16 June 1902, in van Heijenoort, 1967, p. 125)] is with us still, bequeathed by Russell-by way of philosophy, mathematics, and even computer science-to the whole of twentieth-century thought. Twentieth-century philosophy would begin not with a foundation for logic, as Russell had hoped in 1900, but with the discovery in 1901 that no such foundation can be laid. (Everdell, 1997, p. 184)

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  • 6 caminar

    v.
    1 to walk.
    nosotros iremos caminando we'll walk, we'll go on foot
    caminar hacia el desastre to be heading for disaster
    Ricardo anduvo por las calles Richard walked along the streets.
    3 to travel, to cover (una distancia).
    4 to run.
    Este carro no camina This car doesn't run.
    * * *
    1 (andar) to walk
    2 (viajar) to travel
    3 figurado (seguir su curso) to move, make its way
    1 (recorrer) to cover, travel
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (=andar) to walk

    hemos venido caminando — we walked (here), we came on foot

    caminar sin rumboto walk o wander about aimlessly

    2) (=progresar) to move
    3) LAm (=funcionar) to work
    2.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) ( andar) to walk

    le gusta caminar por el campohe likes going for walks o (going) walking in the country

    podemos ir caminando — we can walk, we can go on foot

    camina derecho! — stand up straight when you walk, don't slouch

    b) (hacia una meta, fin)
    2) (AmL) reloj/motor to work; asunto (fam)

    el asunto va caminando — the matter is progressing, things are moving (colloq)

    2.
    1) < distancia> to walk
    2) (Col fam) < persona> to chase (colloq)
    * * *
    = walk, walking, take + a walk, trek.
    Ex. The user is presented with much walking around shelves if he wishes to gather all documents on a given subject.
    Ex. Some physiotherapists argue that baby walkers delay independent walking, and encourage abnormal gait and posture, and urge toy libraries to exclude them from their provision.
    Ex. Visitors are invited to take a nostalgic walk through the city's past and experience its economic and architectural history.
    Ex. It makes sound sense to house all materials on the same subject together so that the information seeker needs to go to one place only rather than trek to half a dozen different areas to discover the books, pamphlets, periodicals, portfolios, cassettes and slides on his chosen subject.
    ----
    * caminando relajado = at a strolling pace.
    * caminar con dificultad = plod (along/through).
    * caminar con los hombros caídos = slouch.
    * caminar con paso pesado = plod (along/through).
    * caminar con pesadez = trudge.
    * caminar con resolución = march.
    * caminar dormido = sleep-walking, sleep walk.
    * caminar encorbado = slouch.
    * caminar por la cuerda floja = walk + a tightrope, walk + the tightrope, walk + the tight wire.
    * caminar suavemente = pad.
    * seguir caminando = continue on + Posesivo + way.
    * utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) ( andar) to walk

    le gusta caminar por el campohe likes going for walks o (going) walking in the country

    podemos ir caminando — we can walk, we can go on foot

    camina derecho! — stand up straight when you walk, don't slouch

    b) (hacia una meta, fin)
    2) (AmL) reloj/motor to work; asunto (fam)

    el asunto va caminando — the matter is progressing, things are moving (colloq)

    2.
    1) < distancia> to walk
    2) (Col fam) < persona> to chase (colloq)
    * * *
    = walk, walking, take + a walk, trek.

    Ex: The user is presented with much walking around shelves if he wishes to gather all documents on a given subject.

    Ex: Some physiotherapists argue that baby walkers delay independent walking, and encourage abnormal gait and posture, and urge toy libraries to exclude them from their provision.
    Ex: Visitors are invited to take a nostalgic walk through the city's past and experience its economic and architectural history.
    Ex: It makes sound sense to house all materials on the same subject together so that the information seeker needs to go to one place only rather than trek to half a dozen different areas to discover the books, pamphlets, periodicals, portfolios, cassettes and slides on his chosen subject.
    * caminando relajado = at a strolling pace.
    * caminar con dificultad = plod (along/through).
    * caminar con los hombros caídos = slouch.
    * caminar con paso pesado = plod (along/through).
    * caminar con pesadez = trudge.
    * caminar con resolución = march.
    * caminar dormido = sleep-walking, sleep walk.
    * caminar encorbado = slouch.
    * caminar por la cuerda floja = walk + a tightrope, walk + the tightrope, walk + the tight wire.
    * caminar suavemente = pad.
    * seguir caminando = continue on + Posesivo + way.
    * utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.

    * * *
    caminar [A1 ]
    vi
    A
    1 (andar) to walk
    le gusta caminar por el campo he likes going for walks o (going) walking in the country
    salieron a caminar they went out for a walk
    queda muy cerca, podemos ir caminando it's very close, we can walk o we can go on foot
    el nene ya camina the baby's walking now
    tú corre si quieres, yo voy caminando you run if you want to, I'm walking o going to walk
    ¡camina derecho! stand up straight when you walk o don't slouch
    a ti te hace falta alguien que te haga caminar derecho what you need is someone to keep you in line ( colloq)
    2
    (hacia una meta, fin): caminamos hacia una nueva era social our society is moving into a new age
    un actor que camina hacia la fama an actor heading for fame
    el río camina hacia el mar ( liter); the river wends o makes its way to the sea ( liter)
    el sol caminaba hacia el ocaso ( liter); the sun moved westward ( liter)
    B ( AmL)
    1 «reloj/motor» to work
    2 ( fam)
    «asunto»: el asunto va caminando the matter is progressing o ( colloq) things are moving
    si no tienes un conocido allí, el trámite no camina if you don't know someone who works there, it's difficult to get things moving
    ■ caminar
    vt
    A ‹distancia› to walk
    caminamos dos kilómetros todos los días we walk two kilometers every day
    siempre camino ese trecho I always walk that bit, I always do that bit on foot
    B ( Col fam) ‹persona› to chase ( colloq), to be after ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    caminar ( conjugate caminar) verbo intransitivo
    1 ( andar) to walk;

    podemos ir caminando we can walk, we can go on foot;
    caminar hacia algo ‹hacia meta/fin› to move toward(s) sth
    2 (AmL) [reloj/motor] to work;

    verbo transitivo ‹ distancia to walk
    caminar
    I verbo intransitivo to walk
    II verbo transitivo (recorrer a pie) to cover,walk: camino un par de kilómetros diarios, I walk two kilometres every day
    ' caminar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cojear
    - raqueta
    - vacilante
    - andar
    - bastón
    - brazo
    - campo
    - cansado
    - derecha
    - encoger
    - marchar
    - rumbo
    - tropezar
    English:
    shuffle
    - sleep-walk
    - slog
    - tramp
    - trek
    - trudge
    - walking pace
    - walking shoes
    - get
    - mince
    - pace
    - plod
    - sleepwalk
    - swagger
    - tiptoe
    - waddle
    - wade
    - walk
    - walker
    * * *
    vi
    1. [andar] to walk;
    me gusta caminar I like walking;
    nosotros iremos caminando we'll walk, we'll go on foot;
    caminar por la acera to walk on the Br pavement o US sidewalk;
    caminar de un lado para otro to walk up and down, to walk to and fro;
    caminar derecho o [m5] erguido to walk with a straight back;
    ¡camina derecho! don't slouch!;
    Fig
    es difícil caminar siempre derecho it's not easy always to keep to the straight and narrow;
    2. [seguir un curso]
    el río camina por el valle hacia la desembocadura the river passes o flows through the valley on its way to the sea
    3. [encaminarse]
    caminar hacia to head for;
    caminar hacia el desastre to be heading for disaster;
    caminamos hacia una nueva época we are entering a new era
    4. Am Fam [funcionar] to work
    5. Am Fam [progresar] to progress;
    si no conoces a nadie, no caminas if you don't know the right people, you won't get anywhere
    vt
    to walk;
    caminamos 20 kilómetros we walked 20 kilometres
    * * *
    I v/i
    1 walk; fig
    move;
    caminando on foot
    2 L.Am. ( funcionar) work
    II v/t walk
    * * *
    andar: to walk, to move
    : to walk, to cover (a distance)
    * * *
    caminar vb to walk

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  • 7 Denny, William

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 25 May 1847 Dumbarton, Scotland
    d. 17 March 1887 Buenos Aires, Argentina
    [br]
    Scottish naval architect and partner in the leading British scientific shipbuilding company.
    [br]
    From 1844 until 1962, the Clyde shipyard of William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, produced over 1,500 ships, trained innumerable students of all nationalities in shipbuilding and marine engineering, and for the seventy-plus years of their existence were accepted worldwide as the leaders in the application of science to ship design and construction. Until the closure of the yard members of the Denny family were among the partners and later directors of the firm: they included men as distinguished as Dr Peter Denny (1821(?)–95), Sir Archibald Denny (1860–1936) and Sir Maurice Denny (1886– 1955), the main collaborator in the design of the Denny-Brown ship stabilizer.
    One of the most influential of this shipbuilding family was William Denny, now referred to as William 3! His early education was at Dumbarton, then on Jersey and finally at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, before he commenced an apprenticeship at his father's shipyard. From the outset he not only showed great aptitude for learning and hard work but also displayed an ability to create good relationships with all he came into contact with. At the early age of 21 he was admitted a partner of the shipbuilding business of William Denny and Brothers, and some years later also of the associated engineering firm of Denny \& Co. His deep-felt interest in what is now known as industrial relations led him in 1871 to set up a piecework system of payment in the shipyard. In this he was helped by the Yard Manager, Richard Ramage, who later was to found the Leith shipyard, which produced the world's most elegant steam yachts. This research was published later as a pamphlet called The Worth of Wages, an unusual and forward-looking action for the 1860s, when Denny maintained that an absentee employer should earn as much contempt and disapproval as an absentee landlord! In 1880 he initiated an awards scheme for all company employees, with grants and awards for inventions and production improvements. William Denny was not slow to impose new methods and to research naval architecture, a special interest being progressive ship trials with a view to predicting effective horsepower. In time this led to his proposal to the partners to build a ship model testing tank beside the Dumbarton shipyard; this scheme was completed in 1883 and was to the third in the world (after the Admiralty tank at Torquay, managed by William Froude and the Royal Netherlands Navy facility at Amsterdam, under B.J. Tideman. In 1876 the Denny Shipyard started work with mild-quality shipbuilding steel on hulls for the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, and in 1879 the world's first two ships of any size using this weight-saving material were produced: they were the Rotomahana for the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand and the Buenos Ayrean for the Allan Line of Glasgow. On the naval-architecture side he was involved in Denny's proposals for standard cross curves of stability for all ships, which had far-reaching effects and are now accepted worldwide. He served on the committee working on improvements to the Load Line regulations and many other similar public bodies. After a severe bout of typhoid and an almost unacceptable burden of work, he left the United Kingdom for South America in June 1886 to attend to business with La Platense Flotilla Company, an associate company of William Denny and Brothers. In March the following year, while in Buenos Aires, he died by his own hand, a death that caused great and genuine sadness in the West of Scotland and elsewhere.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    President, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland 1886. FRS Edinburgh 1879.
    Bibliography
    William Denny presented many papers to various bodies, the most important being to the Institution of Naval Architects and to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland. The subjects include: trials results, the relation of ship speed to power, Lloyd's Numerals, tonnage measurement, layout of shipyards, steel in shipbuilding, cross curves of stability, etc.
    Further Reading
    A.B.Bruce, 1889, The Life of William Denny, Shipbuilder, London: Hodder \& Stoughton.
    Denny Dumbarton 1844–1932 (a souvenir hard-back produced for private circulation by the shipyard).
    Fred M.Walker, 1984, Song of the Clyde. A History of Clyde Shipbuilding, Cambridge: PSL.
    FMW

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  • 8 gamba

    f leg
    fig in gamba ( capace) smart, bright
    ( in buona salute) healthy, (fighting) fit
    persona anziana spry, sprightly
    darsela a gambe take to one's heels
    * * *
    gamba s.f.
    1 leg (anche estens.): gambe anteriori, posteriori, fore, hind legs; gamba artificiale, di legno, artificial, wooden leg; le gambe di un tavolo, di una sedia, the legs of a table, of a chair; un tavolo a tre gambe, a three-legged table; avere una gamba sola, to be one-legged; avere le gambe lunghe, to be long-legged; avere le gambe storte, to be bow-legged; avere gambe da fantino, to have bandy legs; sgranchirsi le gambe, to stretch one's legs; a gambe larghe, with one's legs apart; a mezza gamba, up to one's knees (o knee length); reggersi, star ritto su una gamba sola, to stand on one leg; non reggersi sulle gambe, to be hardly able to stand (o to feel shaky); mi tremano le gambe, my legs are shaking (o trembling) // (sport) gioco di gambe, footwork // (mus.) viola da gamba, bass viol (o viola da gamba)
    2 ( di lettera, nota) stem: la lettera m ha tre gambe, the letter m is written with three stems
    3 (mecc., aer.) leg, strut: gamba ammortizzatrice, shock (o absorbing) leg (o strut); gamba del carrello, undercarriage leg (o strut).
    ◆ FRASEOLOGIA: essere tutto gambe, to be all legs // avere buona gamba, to be a good walker // non aver più gambe, to be tired out // camminare a quattro gambe, to crawl // correre a gambe levate, to run like the wind (o to run flat out) // darsela a gambe, to take to one's heels (o to go off like a shot); gambe!, (scappiamo!) run for it! // fare il passo secondo la gamba, to cut one's coat according to one's cloth; fare il passo più lungo della gamba, to bite off more than one can chew // mettersi la via tra le gambe, to walk away briskly // raccomandarsi alle gambe, to trust one's legs // essere in gamba, ( essere forte) to be strong, ( di persona anziana) to be sprightly (o to be hale and gearty), ( essere capace, attivo, abile), to be smart (o to be on the ball): quel ragazzo è molto in gamba, that boy is very smart; il nostro professore di filosofia è veramente in gamba, our philosophy professor is really superb (o really knows his stuff); sentirsi in gamba, to feel strong (o to be in fine fettle o to be bursting with health); in gamba!, (fig.) take care! (o cheer up!) // con la coda fra le gambe, with one's tail between one's legs // male in gamba, weak; (fam.) not too steady on one's pins // andare a gambe all'aria, to fall flat on one's back (o to come a cropper); mandare qlcu. a gambe all'aria, to trip s.o. up; tagliare le gambe a qlcu., to cramp s.o.'s style (o to knock s.o. flat o for six); la corsa nel parco mi ha tagliato le gambe, the run in the park finished me (o did me in); la notizia della sua partenza mi ha tagliato le gambe, the news of his departure knocked me for six // prendere qlco. sotto gamba, to attach no importance to sthg. (o to underestimate sthg.) // avere 20 anni per gamba, to be much older than 20 // raddrizzar le gambe ai cani, to attempt the impossible // chi non ha testa abbia gambe, (prov.) a forgetful head makes a weary pair of heels.
    * * *
    ['gamba]
    sostantivo femminile
    1) (di persona, oggetto, indumento) leg
    2) (di lettera, nota) stem

    in gamba! (stai bene) take care!

    ••

    tagliare le -e a qcn. — (ostacolare) to put a spoke in sb.'s wheel; [vino, liquore] to make sb. drowsy

    mettersi le -e in spalla, darsela a -e — to take to one's heels

    fuggire a -e levate — to beat a (hasty) retreat, to make a dash for it

    mandare qcn. a -e all'aria — to send sb. flying

    prendere qcs. sotto gamba — = to underestimate sth

    * * *
    gamba
    /'gamba/ ⇒ 4
    sostantivo f.
     1 (di persona, oggetto, indumento) leg; gamba del tavolo table leg; questi pantaloni sono lunghi di gamba these trousers are too long in the leg
     2 (di lettera, nota) stem
     3 in gamba un tipo in gamba a smart guy; in gamba! (stai bene) take care!
    tagliare le -e a qcn. (ostacolare) to put a spoke in sb.'s wheel; [vino, liquore] to make sb. drowsy; mettersi le -e in spalla, darsela a -e to take to one's heels; fuggire a -e levate to beat a (hasty) retreat, to make a dash for it; mandare qcn. a -e all'aria to send sb. flying; prendere qcs. sotto gamba = to underestimate sth.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > gamba

  • 9 Elder, John

    [br]
    b. 9 March 1824 Glasgow, Scotland
    d. 17 September 1869 London, England
    [br]
    Scottish engineer who introduced the compound steam engine to ships and established an important shipbuilding company in Glasgow.
    [br]
    John was the third son of David Elder. The father came from a family of millwrights and moved to Glasgow where he worked for the well-known shipbuilding firm of Napier's and was involved with improving marine engines. John was educated at Glasgow High School and then for a while at the Department of Civil Engineering at Glasgow University, where he showed great aptitude for mathematics and drawing. He spent five years as an apprentice under Robert Napier followed by two short periods of activity as a pattern-maker first and then a draughtsman in England. He returned to Scotland in 1849 to become Chief Draughtsman to Napier, but in 1852 he left to become a partner with the Glasgow general engineering company of Randolph Elliott \& Co. Shortly after his induction (at the age of 28), the engineering firm was renamed Randolph Elder \& Co.; in 1868, when the partnership expired, it became known as John Elder \& Co. From the outset Elder, with his partner, Charles Randolph, approached mechanical (especially heat) engineering in a rigorous manner. Their knowledge and understanding of entropy ensured that engine design was not a hit-and-miss affair, but one governed by recognition of the importance of the new kinetic theory of heat and with it a proper understanding of thermodynamic principles, and by systematic development. In this Elder was joined by W.J.M. Rankine, Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics at Glasgow University, who helped him develop the compound marine engine. Elder and Randolph built up a series of patents, which guaranteed their company's commercial success and enabled them for a while to be the sole suppliers of compound steam reciprocating machinery. Their first such engine at sea was fitted in 1854 on the SS Brandon for the Limerick Steamship Company; the ship showed an improved performance by using a third less coal, which he was able to reduce still further on later designs.
    Elder developed steam jacketing and recognized that, with higher pressures, triple-expansion types would be even more economical. In 1862 he patented a design of quadruple-expansion engine with reheat between cylinders and advocated the importance of balancing reciprocating parts. The effect of his improvements was to greatly reduce fuel consumption so that long sea voyages became an economic reality.
    His yard soon reached dimensions then unequalled on the Clyde where he employed over 4,000 workers; Elder also was always interested in the social welfare of his labour force. In 1860 the engine shops were moved to the Govan Old Shipyard, and again in 1864 to the Fairfield Shipyard, about 1 mile (1.6 km) west on the south bank of the Clyde. At Fairfield, shipbuilding was commenced, and with the patents for compounding secure, much business was placed for many years by shipowners serving long-distance trades such as South America; the Pacific Steam Navigation Company took up his ideas for their ships. In later years the yard became known as the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd, but it remains today as one of Britain's most efficient shipyards and is known now as Kvaerner Govan Ltd.
    In 1869, at the age of only 45, John Elder was unanimously elected President of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland; however, before taking office and giving his eagerly awaited presidential address, he died in London from liver disease. A large multitude attended his funeral and all the engineering shops were silent as his body, which had been brought back from London to Glasgow, was carried to its resting place. In 1857 Elder had married Isabella Ure, and on his death he left her a considerable fortune, which she used generously for Govan, for Glasgow and especially the University. In 1883 she endowed the world's first Chair of Naval Architecture at the University of Glasgow, an act which was reciprocated in 1901 when the University awarded her an LLD on the occasion of its 450th anniversary.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    President, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland 1869.
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1869, Engineer 28.
    1889, The Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith Elder \& Co. W.J.Macquorn Rankine, 1871, "Sketch of the life of John Elder" Transactions of the
    Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland.
    Maclehose, 1886, Memoirs and Portraits of a Hundred Glasgow Men.
    The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Works, 1909, London: Offices of Engineering.
    P.M.Walker, 1984, Song of the Clyde, A History of Clyde Shipbuilding, Cambridge: PSL.
    R.L.Hills, 1989, Power from Steam. A History of the Stationary Steam Engine, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (covers Elder's contribution to the development of steam engines).
    RLH / FMW

    Biographical history of technology > Elder, John

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