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way [weɪ]

chemin ⇒ 1A (a)-(c) voie ⇒ 1A (a) route ⇒ 1A (a), 1A (c) direction ⇒ 1A (d) sens ⇒ 1A (d), 1A (e) parages ⇒ 1A (f) moyen ⇒ 1B (a) méthode ⇒ 1B (a) façon ⇒ 1B (b) manière ⇒ 1B (b), 1B (c) coutume ⇒ 1B (c) habitude ⇒ 1B (c) égard ⇒ 1B (f) rapport ⇒ 1B (f)

1 noun

A.

(a) (thoroughfare, path) chemin m, voie f; (for cars) rue f, route f;

∎ we took the way through the woods nous avons pris le chemin qui traverse le bois;

∎ they're building a way across the desert ils ouvrent une route à travers le désert;

∎ they live across or over the way from the school ils habitent en face de l'école;

∎ the house/the people over or across the way la maison/les gens d'en face;

∎ pedestrian way voie f ou rue f piétonne;

∎ private/public way voie f privée/publique;

∎ Religion the Way of the Cross le chemin de Croix

(b) (route leading to a specified place) chemin m;

∎ this is the way to the library la bibliothèque est par là;

∎ could you tell me the way to the library? pouvez-vous me dire comment aller à la bibliothèque?;

∎ what's the shortest or quickest way to town? quel est le chemin le plus court pour aller en ville?;

∎ that's the way to ruin c'est le chemin de la ruine;

∎ we took the long way (round) nous avons pris le chemin le plus long;

∎ which way does this bus go? par où passe ce bus?;

∎ I had to ask the or my way il a fallu que je demande mon chemin;

∎ she knows the way to school elle connaît le chemin de l'école;

∎ to know one's way about a place connaître un endroit;

∎ you'll soon find your way about tu trouveras bientôt ton chemin tout seul;

∎ they went the wrong way ils se sont trompés de chemin, ils ont pris le mauvais chemin;

∎ to lose one's way s'égarer, perdre son chemin; figurative s'égarer, se fourvoyer;

∎ to know one's way around savoir s'orienter; figurative savoir se débrouiller;

∎ the way to a man's heart is through his stomach = pour conquérir le cœur d'un homme, il faut lui faire de bons petits plats

(c) (route leading in a specified direction) chemin m, route f;

∎ the way back le chemin ou la route du retour;

∎ I got lost on the way back home je me suis perdu sur le chemin du retour;

∎ he couldn't find the way back home il n'a pas trouvé le chemin pour rentrer (à la maison);

∎ on our way back we stopped for dinner au retour ou sur le chemin du retour, nous nous sommes arrêtés pour dîner;

∎ she showed us the easiest way down/up elle nous a montré le chemin le plus facile pour descendre/monter;

∎ the way up is difficult but the way down will be easier la montée est difficile mais la descente sera plus facile;

∎ do you know the way down/up? savez-vous par où on descend/on monte?;

∎ the way in l'entrée f;

∎ the way out la sortie;

∎ we looked for a way in/out nous cherchions un moyen d'entrer/de sortir;

∎ I took the back way out je suis sorti par derrière;

∎ can you find your way out? vous connaissez le chemin pour sortir?;

∎ I can find my own way out je trouverai mon chemin;

∎ way in (sign) entrée;

∎ way out (sign) sortie;

∎ figurative miniskirts are on the way back in la minijupe est de retour;

∎ miniskirts are on the way out la minijupe n'est plus tellement à la mode;

∎ the director is on the way out le directeur ne sera plus là très longtemps;

∎ they found a way out of the deadlock ils ont trouvé une solution pour sortir de l'impasse;

∎ is there no way out of this nightmare? n'y a-t-il pas moyen de mettre fin à ce cauchemar?;

∎ their decision left her no way out leur décision l'a mise dans une impasse;

∎ he left himself a way out il s'est ménagé une porte de sortie

(d) (direction) direction f, sens m;

∎ come this way venez par ici;

∎ he went that way il est allé par là;

∎ is this the way? c'est par ici?;

∎ this way to the chapel (sign) vers la chapelle;

∎ this way and that de-ci de-là, par-ci par-là;

∎ look this way regarde par ici;

∎ I never looked their way je n'ai jamais regardé dans leur direction;

∎ to look the other way détourner les yeux; figurative fermer les yeux;

∎ he didn't know which way to look (embarrassed) il ne savait plus où se mettre;

∎ which way is the library from here? par où faut-il passer pour aller à la bibliothèque?;

∎ which way did you come? par où êtes-vous venu?;

∎ which way did she go? par où est-elle passée?;

∎ which way is the wind blowing? d'où vient le vent?;

∎ figurative I could tell which way the wind was blowing je voyais très bien ce qui allait se passer;

∎ which way does the tap turn? dans quel sens faut-il tourner le robinet?;

∎ which way do I go from here? où est-ce que je vais maintenant?; figurative qu'est-ce que je fais maintenant?;

∎ get in, I'm going your way montez, je vais dans la même direction que vous;

∎ they set off, each going his own way ils sont partis chacun de leur côté;

∎ to go one's own way (follow own wishes) faire à sa guise; (differ from others) faire bande à part, suivre son chemin;

∎ we each went our separate ways (on road) nous sommes partis chacun de notre côté; (in life) chacun de nous a suivi son propre chemin;

∎ he went the wrong way il a pris la mauvaise direction; (down one-way street) il a pris la rue en sens interdit;

∎ to come one's way se présenter;

∎ any job that comes my way n'importe quel travail qui se présente;

∎ if ever the opportunity comes your way si jamais l'occasion se présente;

∎ familiar everything's going my way tout marche comme je veux en ce moment;

∎ the vote went our way le vote nous a été favorable;

∎ the vote couldn't have gone any other way les résultats du vote étaient donnés d'avance;

∎ to go one's own way n'en faire qu'à sa tête, vivre à sa guise;

∎ to go the way of all flesh or of all things mourir

(e) (side) sens m;

∎ stand the box the other way up posez le carton dans l'autre sens;

∎ this way up (on packaging) haut;

∎ hold the picture the right way up tenez le tableau dans le bon sens;

∎ is it the right way round? est-ce qu'il est à l'endroit?;

∎ it's the wrong way up c'est dans le mauvais sens;

∎ it's the wrong way round c'est dans le mauvais sens;

∎ the curtains are the wrong way round les rideaux sont à l'envers ou dans le mauvais sens;

∎ your sweater is the right/wrong way out votre pull est à l'endroit/à l'envers;

∎ try it the other way round essayez dans l'autre sens;

∎ cats hate having their fur brushed the wrong way les chats détestent qu'on les caresse à rebrousse-poil;

∎ SHE insulted him? you've got it the wrong way round elle, elle l'a insulté? mais c'est le contraire;

∎ he invited her tonight, last time it was the other way round ce soir c'est lui qui l'a invitée, la dernière fois c'était l'inverse

(f) (area, vicinity) parages mpl;

∎ call in when you're up our way passez nous voir quand vous êtes dans le coin ou dans les parages;

∎ I was out or over your way yesterday j'étais près de ou du côté de chez vous hier;

∎ the next time you're that way la prochaine fois que vous passerez par là;

∎ the blast came from Chicago way l'explosion venait du côté de Chicago;

∎ the village is rather out of the way le village est un peu isolé

(g) (distance)

∎ we came part of the way by foot nous avons fait une partie de la route à pied;

∎ to go part of the way with sb faire un bout de chemin avec qn;

∎ they were one-third of the way through their trip ils avaient fait un tiers de leur voyage;

∎ we've come most of the way nous avons fait la plus grande partie du chemin;

∎ he talked the entire or whole way il a parlé pendant tout le trajet;

∎ he can swim quite a way il peut nager assez longtemps;

∎ a long way off or away loin;

∎ a little or short way off pas très loin, à courte distance;

∎ Susan sat a little way off Susan était assise un peu plus loin;

∎ I saw him from a long way off je l'ai aperçu de loin;

∎ it's a long way to Berlin Berlin est loin;

∎ it's a long way from Paris to Berlin la route est longue de Paris à Berlin;

∎ we're a long way from home nous sommes loin de chez nous;

∎ we've come a long way (from far away) nous venons de loin; (made progress) nous avons fait du chemin;

∎ we've a long way to go (far to travel) il nous reste beaucoup de route à faire; (a lot to do) nous avons encore beaucoup à faire; (a lot to collect, pay) nous sommes encore loin du compte;

∎ he has a long way to go to be ready for the exam il est loin d'être prêt pour l'examen

(h) (in time)

∎ it's a long way to Christmas Noël est encore loin;

∎ you have to go back a long way il faut remonter loin;

∎ figurative I'm a long way from trusting him je suis loin de lui faire confiance;

∎ you're a long way off or out (in guessing) vous n'y êtes pas du tout;

∎ that's a long way from what we thought ce n'est pas du tout ce qu'on croyait;

∎ she'll go a long way elle ira loin;

∎ the scholarship will go a long way towards helping with expenses la bourse va beaucoup aider à faire face aux dépenses;

∎ a little goodwill goes a long way un peu de bonne volonté facilite bien les choses;

∎ you can make a little meat go a long way by doing this utilisez au mieux un petit morceau de viande en faisant ceci;

∎ she makes her money go a long way elle sait ménager son argent;

∎ a little bit goes a long way il en faut très peu;

∎ humorous a little of him goes a long way il est sympa, mais à petites doses

(i) (space in front of person, object)

∎ you're in the way tu gênes le passage; figurative tu gênes, tu me/nous/ etc déranges;

∎ a tree was in the way un arbre bloquait ou barrait le passage;

∎ a car was in his way une voiture lui barrait le passage ou l'empêchait de passer;

∎ I can't see, the cat is in the way je ne vois pas, le chat me gêne;

∎ is the lamp in your way? la lampe vous gêne-t-elle?;

∎ put the suitcases under the bed out of the way rangez les valises sous le lit pour qu'elles ne gênent pas;

∎ to get out of the way s'écarter (du chemin);

∎ we got out of his way nous l'avons laissé passer;

∎ out of my way! pousse-toi!, laisse-moi passer!;

∎ the cars got out of the ambulance's way les voitures ont laissé passer l'ambulance;

∎ to get sb out of the way se débarrasser de qn, écarter ou éloigner qn;

∎ to get sth out of the way enlever ou pousser qch;

∎ figurative let's get the subject of holidays out of the way first réglons d'abord la question des vacances;

∎ keep out of the way! ne reste pas là!;

∎ make way! écartez-vous!;

∎ make way for the parade! laissez passer le défilé!;

∎ make way for the President! faites place au Président!;

∎ to get in one another's way se gêner (les uns les autres);

∎ figurative her social life got in the way of her studies ses sorties l'empêchaient d'étudier;

∎ I don't want to get in the way of your happiness je ne veux pas entraver votre bonheur;

∎ I kept out of the boss's way j'ai évité le patron;

∎ familiar he wants his boss out of the way il veut se débarrasser de son patron^□ ;

∎ familiar once the meeting is out of the way dès que nous serons débarrassés de la réunion;

∎ he is retiring to make way for a younger man il prend sa retraite pour céder la place à un plus jeune;

∎ they tore down the slums to make way for blocks of flats ils ont démoli les taudis pour pouvoir construire des immeubles;

∎ to clear or prepare the way for sth préparer la voie à qch;

∎ to put difficulties in sb's way créer des difficultés à qn;

∎ couldn't you see your way (clear) to doing it? ne trouveriez-vous pas moyen de le faire?

(j) (indicating a progressive action)

∎ the acid ate its way through the metal l'acide est passé à travers le métal;

∎ I fought or pushed my way through the crowd je me suis frayé un chemin à travers la foule;

∎ we made our way towards the train nous nous sommes dirigés vers le train;

∎ to make one's way home rentrer;

∎ I made my way back to my seat je suis retourné à ma place;

∎ they made their way across the desert ils ont traversé le désert;

∎ they made their way down/up the hill ils ont descendu/monté la colline;

∎ she made her way up through the hierarchy elle a gravi les échelons de la hiérarchie un par un;

∎ she had to make her own way in the world elle a dû faire son chemin toute seule;

∎ she talked her way out of it elle s'en est sortie avec de belles paroles;

∎ he worked or made his way through the pile of newspapers il a lu les journaux un par un;

∎ I worked my way through college j'ai travaillé pour payer mes études;

∎ however did it find its way into print? comment en est-on venu à l'imprimer?

B.

(a) (means, method) moyen m, méthode f;

∎ in what way can I help you? comment ou en quoi puis-je vous être utile?;

∎ there are several ways to go or of going about it il y a plusieurs façons ou plusieurs moyens de s'y prendre;

∎ I do it this way voilà comment je fais;

∎ in one way or another d'une façon ou d'une autre;

∎ they thought they would win that way ils pensaient pouvoir gagner comme ça;

∎ he's going to handle it his way il va faire ça à sa façon;

∎ she has her own way of cooking fish elle a sa façon à elle de cuisiner le poisson;

∎ the right/wrong way to do it la bonne/mauvaise façon de le faire;

∎ you're doing it the right/wrong way c'est comme ça/ce n'est pas comme ça qu'il faut (le) faire;

∎ do it the usual way faites comme d'habitude;

∎ there's no way or I can't see any way we'll finish on time nous ne finirons jamais ou nous n'avons aucune chance de finir à temps;

∎ Politics ways and means financement m;

∎ there are ways and means il y a des moyens;

∎ to find a way of doing sth trouver (le) moyen de faire qch;

∎ humorous love will find a way l'amour finit toujours par triompher;

∎ that's the way to do it! c'est comme ça qu'il faut faire!, voilà comment il faut faire!;

∎ American familiar well done! that's the way (to go)! bravo! c'est bien!^□ ;

∎ what a way to go! (manner of dying) quelle belle mort!; (congratulations) bravo!

(b) (particular manner, fashion) façon f, manière f;

∎ in this way de cette façon;

∎ in a friendly way gentiment;

∎ he spoke in a general way about the economy il a parlé de l'économie d'une façon générale;

∎ she doesn't like the way he is dressed elle n'aime pas la façon dont il est habillé;

∎ he doesn't speak the way his family does il ne parle pas comme sa famille;

∎ they see things in the same way ils voient les choses de la même façon;

∎ in their own (small) way they fight racism à leur façon ou dans la limite de leurs moyens, ils luttent contre le racisme;

∎ in the same way, we note that… de même, on notera que…;

∎ that's one way to look at it or of looking at it c'est une façon ou manière de voir les choses;

∎ my way of looking at it mon point de vue sur la question;

∎ that's not my way (of doing things) ce n'est pas mon genre, ce n'est pas ma façon de faire;

∎ try to see it my way mettez-vous à ma place;

∎ way of speaking/writing façon de parler/d'écrire;

∎ to her way of thinking à son avis;

∎ the way she feels about him les sentiments qu'elle éprouve à son égard;

∎ I didn't think you would take it this way je ne pensais pas que vous le prendriez comme ça;

∎ if that's the way you feel about it! si c'est comme ça que vous le prenez!;

∎ the American way of life la manière de vivre des Américains, le mode de vie américain;

∎ being on the move is a way of life for the gypsy le voyage est un mode de vie pour les gitans;

∎ dieting has become a way of life with some people certaines personnes passent leur vie à faire des régimes;

∎ yearly strikes have become a way of life les grèves annuelles sont devenues une habitude

(c) (custom) coutume f, usage m; (habitual manner of acting) manière f, habitude f;

∎ we soon got used to her ways nous nous sommes vite habitués à ses manières;

∎ I know his little ways je connais ses petites manies;

∎ the ways of God and men les voies de Dieu et de l'homme;

∎ he knows nothing of their ways il les connaît très mal, il ne les comprend pas du tout;

∎ she has a way of tossing her head when she laughs elle a une façon ou manière de rejeter la tête en arrière quand elle rit;

∎ they're happy in their own way ils sont heureux à leur manière;

∎ he's a genius in his way c'est un génie dans son genre;

∎ it's not my way to criticize ce n'est pas mon genre ou ce n'est pas dans mes habitudes de critiquer;

∎ he's not in a bad mood, it's just his way il n'est pas de mauvaise humeur, c'est sa façon d'être habituelle;

∎ she got into/out of the way of rising early elle a pris/perdu l'habitude de se lever tôt;

∎ you'll get into the way of it vous vous y ferez

(d) (facility, knack)

∎ she has a (certain) way with her elle a le chic;

∎ he has a way with children il sait (comment) s'y prendre ou il a le chic avec les enfants;

∎ she has a way with words elle a le chic pour s'exprimer;

∎ trouble has a way of showing up when least expected les ennuis ont le chic pour se manifester quand on ne s'y attend pas

(e) (indicating a condition, state of affairs)

∎ let me tell you the way it was laisse-moi te raconter comment ça s'est passé;

∎ we can't invite him given the way things are on ne peut pas l'inviter étant donné la situation;

∎ we left the flat the way it was nous avons laissé l'appartement tel qu'il était ou comme il était;

∎ is he going to be staying here? - it looks that way est-ce qu'il va loger ici? - on dirait (bien);

∎ it's not the way it looks! ce n'est pas ce que vous pensez!;

∎ it's not the way it used to be ce n'est pas comme avant;

∎ that's the way things are c'est comme ça;

∎ that's the way of the world ainsi va le monde;

∎ business is good and we're trying to keep it that way les affaires vont bien et nous faisons en sorte que ça dure;

∎ the train is late - that's always the way le train est en retard - c'est toujours comme ça ou pareil;

∎ that's always the way with him il est toujours comme ça, c'est toujours comme ça avec lui;

∎ life goes on (in) the same old way la vie va son train ou suit son cours;

∎ I don't like the way things are going je n'aime pas la tournure que prennent les choses;

∎ we'll never finish the way things are going au train où vont les choses, on n'aura jamais fini;

∎ to be in a bad way être en mauvais état;

∎ he's in a bad way il est dans un triste état;

∎ their business is in a bad/good way leurs affaires marchent mal/bien;

∎ she's in a fair way to succeed/to becoming president elle est bien partie pour réussir/pour devenir président

(f) (respect, detail) égard m, rapport m;

∎ in what way? à quel égard?, sous quel rapport?;

∎ in this way à cet égard, sous ce rapport;

∎ it's important in many ways c'est important à bien des égards;

∎ in some ways à certains égards, par certains côtés;

∎ the job suits her in every way le poste lui convient à tous égards ou à tous points de vue;

∎ I'll help you in every possible way je ferai tout ce que je peux pour vous aider;

∎ she studied the problem in every way possible elle a examiné le problème sous tous les angles possibles;

∎ useful in more ways than one utile à plus d'un égard;

∎ these two books, each interesting in its (own) way ces deux livres, qui sont intéressants chacun dans son genre;

∎ he's clever that way sur ce plan-là, il est malin;

∎ in one way d'un certain point de vue;

∎ in a way you're right en un sens vous avez raison;

∎ I see what you mean in a way d'un certain point de vue ou d'une certaine manière, je vois ce que tu veux dire;

∎ I am in no way responsible je ne suis absolument pas ou aucunement responsable;

∎ this in no way changes your situation ceci ne change en rien votre situation;

∎ without wanting in any way to criticize sans vouloir le moins du monde critiquer

(g) (scale)

∎ to do things in a big way faire les choses en grand;

∎ she went into politics in a big way elle s'est lancée à fond dans la politique;

∎ they're in the arms business in a big way ils font de grosses affaires dans l'armement;

∎ they helped out in a big way ils ont beaucoup aidé;

∎ a grocer in a big/small way un gros/petit épicier;

∎ we live in a small way nous vivons modestement;

∎ the restaurant is doing quite well in a small way le restaurant marche bien à son échelle;

∎ it does change the situation in a small way ça change quand même un peu la situation

(h) (usu pl) (part, share) we divided the money four ways nous avons partagé l'argent en quatre;

∎ the committee was split three ways le comité était divisé en trois groupes

(i) Nautical

∎ we're gathering/losing way nous prenons/perdons de la vitesse;

∎ the ship has way on le navire a de l'erre

(j) (idioms)

∎ she always gets or has her (own) way elle arrive toujours à ses fins;

∎ he only wants it his way il n'en fait qu'à sa tête;

∎ I'm not going to let you have it all your (own) way je refuse de te céder en tout;

∎ if I had my way, he'd be in prison si cela ne tenait qu'à moi, il serait en prison;

∎ I refuse to go - have it your (own) way je refuse d'y aller - fais ce que ou comme tu veux;

∎ no, it was 1789 - have it your (own) way non, c'était en 1789 - soit;

∎ you can't have it both ways il faut choisir;

∎ I can stop too, it works both ways je peux m'arrêter aussi, ça marche dans les deux sens;

∎ there are no two ways about it il n'y a pas le choix;

∎ no two ways about it, he was rude il n'y a pas à dire, il a été grossier;

∎ humorous to have one's (wicked) way with sb coucher avec qn

2 adverb familiar

(a) (far → in space, time) très loin^□ ;

∎ they live way over yonder ils habitent très loin par là-bas;

∎ way up the mountain très haut dans la montagne^□ ;

∎ way down south là-bas dans le sud^□ ;

∎ way back in the distance au loin derrière^□ ;

∎ way back in the 1930s déjà dans les années 30^□

(b) figurative

∎ we know each other from way back, we go way back nous sommes amis depuis très longtemps^□ ;

∎ you're way below the standard tu es bien en-dessous du niveau voulu^□ ;

∎ he's way over forty il a largement dépassé la quarantaine^□ ;

∎ she's way ahead of her class elle est très en avance sur sa classe^□ ;

∎ he's way off or out in his guess il est loin d'avoir deviné^□

(c) (very) vachement;

∎ he is way crazy il est vachement atteint

3 ways plural noun

Nautical (in shipbuilding) cale f

4 all the way adverb

∎ the baby cried all the way le bébé a pleuré tout le long du chemin;

∎ don't close the curtains all the way ne fermez pas complètement les rideaux;

∎ prices go all the way from 200 to 1,000 dollars les prix vont de 200 à 1000 dollars;

∎ figurative I'm with you all the way je vous suis ou je vous soutiens jusqu'au bout;

∎ familiar to go all the way (with sb) aller jusqu'au bout (avec qn)

5 along the way adverb

en route;

∎ I stopped several times along the way je me suis arrêté plusieurs fois en (cours de) route;

∎ figurative their project had some problems along the way leur projet a connu quelques problèmes en cours de route

6 by a long way adverb

∎ I prefer chess by a long way je préfère de loin ou de beaucoup les échecs;

∎ this is bigger by a long way c'est nettement ou beaucoup plus grand;

∎ he's not as capable as you are by a long way il est loin d'être aussi compétent que toi;

∎ is your project ready? - not by a long way! ton projet est-il prêt? - loin de là!

7 by the way

1 adverb

(incidentally) à propos;

∎ by the way, where did he go? à propos, où est-il allé?;

∎ by the way, her brother sings much better soit dit en passant, son frère chante beaucoup mieux;

∎ I bring up this point by the way je signale ce point au passage ou en passant

2 adjective

(incidental) secondaire;

∎ that point is quite by the way ce détail est tout à fait secondaire

8 by way of preposition

(a) (via) par, via;

∎ to go by way of Brussels passer par Bruxelles

(b) (as a means of)

∎ by way of illustration à titre d'exemple;

∎ she outlined the situation by way of introduction elle a présenté un aperçu de la situation en guise d'introduction;

∎ by way of introducing himself, he gave us his card en guise de présentation, il nous a donné sa carte;

∎ they receive money by way of grants ils reçoivent de l'argent sous forme de bourses

9 either way adverb

(a) (in either case) dans les deux cas;

∎ either way I lose dans les deux cas, je suis perdant;

∎ shall we take the car or the bus? - it's fine by me or I don't mind either way tu préfères prendre la voiture ou le bus? - n'importe, ça m'est égal

(b) (more or less) en plus ou en moins;

∎ a few days either way could make all the difference quelques jours en plus ou en moins pourraient tout changer

(c) (indicating advantage)

∎ the match could have gone either way le match était ouvert;

∎ there's nothing in it either way c'est pareil

10 in such a way as to conjunction

de façon à ce que;

∎ she answered in such a way as to make me understand elle a répondu de façon à ce que je comprenne

11 in such a way that conjunction

de telle façon ou manière que

12 in the way of preposition

(a) (in the form of)

∎ she receives little in the way of salary son salaire n'est pas bien gros;

∎ what is there in the way of food? qu'est-ce qu'il y a à manger?;

∎ do you need anything in the way of paper? avez-vous besoin de papier?;

∎ he doesn't have much in the way of brains il n'a rien dans la tête

(b) (within the context of)

∎ we met in the way of business nous nous sommes rencontrés dans le cadre du travail;

∎ they put me in the way of making some money ils m'ont indiqué un moyen de gagner de l'argent

13 no way adverb

familiar pas question;

∎ will you do it for me? - no way! tu feras ça pour moi? - pas question!;

∎ no way am I going to tell him! (il n'est) pas question que je le lui dise!;

∎ there's no way that's Jeanne Moreau! tu rigoles?, ce n'est pas Jeanne Moreau!

14 on one's way, on the way adjective & adverb

(a) (along the route)

∎ it's on my way c'est sur mon chemin;

∎ you pass it on your way to the office vous passez devant en allant au bureau;

∎ I'll catch up with you on the way je te rattraperai en chemin ou en route;

∎ to stop on the way s'arrêter en chemin;

∎ on the way to work en allant au bureau;

∎ I'm on my way! j'y vais!;

∎ she's on her way home elle rentre chez elle;

∎ he's on his way to Paris il est en route pour Paris;

∎ on his way to town he met his father en allant en ville, il a rencontré son père;

∎ we must be on our way il faut que nous y allions;

∎ to go one's way repartir, reprendre son chemin

(b) figurative

∎ she has a baby on the way elle attend un bébé;

∎ her second book is on the way (being written) elle a presque fini d'écrire son deuxième livre; (being published) son deuxième livre est sur le point de paraître;

∎ she's on the way to success elle est sur le chemin de la réussite;

∎ the patient is on the way to recovery le malade est en voie de guérison;

∎ she's (well) on the way to becoming president elle est en bonne voie de devenir président;

∎ the new school is well on the way to being finished la nouvelle école est presque terminée

15 one way and another adverb

en fin de compte;

∎ I've done quite well for myself one way and another je me suis plutôt bien débrouillé en fin de compte

16 one way or the other, one way or another adverb

(a) (by whatever means) d'une façon ou d'une autre;

∎ one way or the other I'm going to get that job! d'une façon ou d'une autre, j'aurai ce boulot!

(b) (expressing impartiality or indifference)

∎ I've nothing to say one way or the other je n'ai rien à dire, ni pour ni contre;

∎ it doesn't matter to them one way or another ça leur est égal

(c) (more or less)

∎ a month one way or the other un mois de plus ou de moins

17 out of one's way adverb

∎ to go out of one's way s'écarter de son chemin, dévier de sa route, faire un détour;

∎ I don't want to take you out of your way je ne veux pas vous faire faire un détour;

∎ figurative don't go out of your way for me! ne vous dérangez pas pour moi!;

∎ figurative she went out of her way to find me a job elle s'est donné du mal pour me trouver du travail

18 under way

1 adjective

∎ to be under way (person, vehicle) être en route; figurative (meeting, talks) être en cours; (plans, project) être en train;

∎ the meeting was already under way la réunion avait déjà commencé;

∎ the project is well under way le projet est en bonne voie de réalisation;

∎ Nautical the ship is under way le navire est en route

2 adverb

∎ to get under way (person, train) se mettre en route, partir; (car) se mettre en route, démarrer; figurative (meeting, plans, talks) démarrer;

∎ they got the plans under way ils ont mis le projet en route;

∎ the captain got (the ship) under way le capitaine a appareillé;

∎ the ship got under way le navire a appareillé ou a levé l'ancre

►► American way station Railways petite gare f; figurative étape f;

∎ a way station on the road to success une étape sur la route du succès

✾ Play 'The Way of the World' Congreve 'Ainsi va le monde'

ⓘ We have ways of making you talk Il s'agit de la formule prononcée par les membres de la Gestapo dans les films de guerre anglais des années 50 et 60 lorsqu'ils interrogent des prisonniers de guerre britanniques. Aujourd'hui, on emploie cette expression ("nous avons les moyens de vous faire parler") pour plaisanter en prenant l'accent allemand lorsqu'on veut obtenir une information de quelqu'un.

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2 see

see [si:]

voir ⇒ 1 (a)-(h), 1 (j)-(o), 1 (q)-(s), 1 (u), 2 (a)-(e) consulter ⇒ 1 (d) rencontrer ⇒ 1 (e) recevoir ⇒ 1 (g) comprendre ⇒ 1 (j) s'imaginer ⇒ 1 (l) s'assurer ⇒ 1 (p) connaître ⇒ 1 (r) accompagner ⇒ 1 (t) comprendre ⇒ 2 (d)

(pt saw [sɔ:], pp seen [si:n])

1 transitive verb

(a) (perceive with eyes) voir;

∎ can you see me? est-ce que tu me vois?;

∎ I can't see a thing je ne vois rien;

∎ she could see a light in the distance elle voyait une lumière au loin;

∎ I could see she'd been crying je voyais qu'elle avait pleuré;

∎ he saw her talk or talking to the policeman il l'a vue parler ou qui parlait au policier;

∎ did anyone see you take it? est-ce que quelqu'un t'a vu le prendre?;

∎ did you see what happened? avez-vous vu ce qui s'est passé?;

∎ let me see your hands fais-moi voir ou montre-moi tes mains;

∎ now see what you've done! regarde ce que tu as fait!;

∎ can I see your newspaper a minute? puis-je voir votre journal ou jeter un coup d'œil sur votre journal un instant?;

∎ I see her around a lot je la croise assez souvent;

∎ I don't want to be seen with him je ne veux pas être vu ou qu'on me voie avec lui;

∎ there wasn't a car to be seen il n'y avait pas une seule voiture en vue;

∎ the cathedral can be seen from a long way off on voit la cathédrale de très loin;

∎ nothing more was ever seen of her on ne l'a plus jamais revue;

∎ it has to be seen to be believed il faut le voir pour le croire;

∎ she began to see spies everywhere elle s'est mise à voir des espions partout;

∎ there's nothing there, you're seeing things! il n'y a rien, tu as des hallucinations!;

∎ I could see what was going to happen (a mile off) je le voyais venir (gros comme une maison);

∎ familiar they saw you coming (a mile off) ils t'ont vu arriver de loin;

∎ could you see your way (clear) to lending me £20? est-ce que vous pourriez me prêter 20 livres?;

∎ to see the back or last of sth en avoir fini avec qch;

∎ I'll be glad to see the back or last of her je serai content d'être débarrassé d'elle

(b) (watch → movie, play, programme) voir;

∎ I saw it on the news je l'ai vu au journal télévisé;

∎ did you see the match last night? as-tu vu le match hier soir?

(c) (refer to → page, chapter) voir;

∎ see page 317 voir page 317;

∎ see above voir plus haut;

∎ see (on) the back voir au verso

(d) (consult → doctor, lawyer) consulter, voir;

∎ you should see a doctor tu devrais voir ou consulter un médecin;

∎ I'll be seeing my lawyer about this je vais consulter mon avocat à ce sujet;

∎ I'll be seeing the candidates next week je verrai les candidats la semaine prochaine;

∎ I want to see the manager je veux voir le directeur;

∎ can I see you for a minute in my office? je peux vous voir un instant dans mon bureau?;

∎ I'd like to see you on business je voudrais vous parler affaires

(e) (meet by chance) voir, rencontrer;

∎ guess who I saw at the supermarket! devine qui j'ai vu ou qui j'ai rencontré au supermarché!

(f) (visit → person, place) voir;

∎ come round and see me some time passe me voir un de ces jours;

∎ they came to see me in hospital ils sont venus me voir à l'hôpital;

∎ I've always wanted to see China j'ai toujours voulu voir la Chine

(g) (receive a visit from) recevoir, voir;

∎ he's too ill to see anyone il est trop malade pour voir qui que ce soit;

∎ she can't see you right now, she's busy elle ne peut pas vous recevoir ou voir maintenant, elle est trop occupée

(h) (spend time with socially) voir;

∎ do you still see the Browns? est-ce que vous voyez toujours les Brown?;

∎ we've seen quite a lot of them recently nous les avons beaucoup vus dernièrement;

∎ we see less of them these days nous les voyons moins en ce moment;

∎ is he seeing anyone at the moment? (going out with) est-ce qu'il a quelqu'un en ce moment?

(i) familiar (saying goodbye)

∎ see you!, (I'll) be seeing you! salut!;

∎ see you later! à tout à l'heure!;

∎ see you around! à un de ces jours!;

∎ see you tomorrow! à demain!;

∎ see you in London! on se verra à Londres!

(j) (understand) voir, comprendre;

∎ I see what you mean je vois ou comprends ce que vous voulez dire;

∎ I don't see what's so funny! je ne vois pas ce qu'il y a de si drôle!;

∎ he can't see the joke il ne comprend pas la plaisanterie;

∎ I could see his point je voyais ce qu'il voulait dire;

∎ I don't see any point in going back now je ne vois pas du tout l'intérêt qu'il y aurait à y retourner maintenant;

∎ I can see why you were worried je vois pourquoi vous étiez inquiet;

∎ I can't see that it matters je ne vois pas quelle importance ça a

(k) (consider, view) voir;

∎ try to see things from my point of view essayez de voir les choses de mon point de vue;

∎ we see things differently nous ne voyons pas les choses de la même façon;

∎ you'll see things differently in the morning demain tu verras les choses d'un autre œil;

∎ that's how I see it c'est comme ça que je vois les choses;

∎ he doesn't see his drinking as a problem il ne se considère pas comme un alcoolique;

∎ how do you see the current situation? que pensez-vous de la situation actuelle?;

∎ as I see it, it's the parents who are to blame à mon avis, ce sont les parents qui sont responsables

(l) (envisage, picture) voir, s'imaginer;

∎ I can't see him getting married je ne le vois pas ou je ne me l'imagine pas se mariant;

∎ I can't see them accepting this je ne peux pas croire qu'ils vont accepter cela;

∎ I can't see you as a boxer je ne te vois pas en boxeur;

∎ she just couldn't see herself as a wife and mother elle ne s'imaginait pas se mariant et ayant des enfants;

∎ I can't see it myself je n'y crois pas trop;

∎ they say this will be more efficient but I don't see it ils disent que cela sera plus efficace, mais je n'y crois pas;

∎ I don't see any chance of that à mon avis c'est peu probable;

∎ can I borrow the car? - I don't see why not est-ce que je peux prendre la voiture? - je n'y vois pas d'inconvénients;

∎ will you finish in time? - I don't see why not vous aurez fini à temps? - il n'y a pas de raison;

∎ what do you see happening next? d'après vous, qu'est-ce qui va se passer ensuite?;

∎ how do you see things developing? comment est-ce que vous envisagez l'avenir?

(m) (try to find out) voir;

∎ I'll see if I can fix it je vais voir si je peux le réparer;

∎ I'll see what I can do je vais voir ce que je peux faire;

∎ go and see if he's still asleep va voir s'il dort encore;

∎ she called by to see what had happened elle est venue pour savoir ce qui s'était passé

(n) (perceive) voir;

∎ I can't see any improvement je ne vois pas d'amélioration;

∎ to see oneself in one's children se reconnaître dans ses enfants;

∎ what can she possibly see in him? qu'est-qu'elle peut bien lui trouver?;

∎ they must have seen how worried I was ils ont dû voir combien j'étais inquiet

(o) (discover, learn) voir;

∎ I'm pleased to see you're enjoying life je suis heureux de voir que tu profites de la vie;

∎ I'll be interested to see how he gets on je serais curieux de voir comment il se débrouillera;

∎ I see (that) he's getting married j'ai appris qu'il allait se marier;

∎ I saw it in the paper this morning je l'ai vu ou lu ce matin dans le journal;

∎ as we shall see in a later chapter comme nous le verrons dans un chapitre ultérieur;

∎ I see she's in the new Scorsese movie je vois qu'elle est dans le nouveau film de Scorsese

(p) (make sure) s'assurer, veiller à;

∎ see that all the lights are out before you leave assurez-vous que ou veillez à ce que toutes les lumières soient éteintes avant de partir;

∎ see that everything's ready for when they arrive veillez à ce que tout soit prêt pour leur arrivée;

∎ I shall see that he comes je me charge de le faire venir;

∎ familiar she'll see you right elle veillera à ce que tu ne manques de rien^□, elle prendra bien soin de toi^□

(q) (inspect → file, passport, ticket) voir;

∎ can I see your ticket, sir? puis-je voir votre ticket, Monsieur?

(r) (experience) voir, connaître;

∎ he thinks he's seen it all il croit tout savoir;

∎ most recruits never see active service la plupart des recrues ne voient jamais la guerre de près;

∎ our car has seen better days notre voiture a connu des jours meilleurs;

∎ the city hasn't seen such crowds in decades la ville n'a pas connu une foule pareille depuis des dizaines d'années;

∎ the country saw many changes le pays a connu de grands changements

(s) (witness) voir;

∎ they have seen their purchasing power halved ils ont vu leur pouvoir d'achat diminuer de moitié;

∎ last year saw an increase in profits l'année dernière a vu une augmentation des bénéfices;

∎ the next decade will see enormous changes la prochaine décennie verra se produire des changements considérables;

∎ I never thought I'd see the day when he'd admit he was wrong je n'aurais jamais cru qu'un jour il admettrait avoir tort;

∎ you don't see athletes like her any more! il n'y a plus beaucoup d'athlètes comme elle!

(t) (accompany) accompagner;

∎ I'll see you to the bus stop je t'accompagne à ou jusqu'à l'arrêt du bus;

∎ I'll see you home je te raccompagne chez toi;

∎ see Mr Smith to the door, please veuillez raccompagner M. Smith jusqu'à la porte;

∎ he saw her into a taxi/onto the train il l'a mise dans un taxi/le train;

∎ to see sb across the road aider qn à traverser la rue

(u) (in poker) voir;

∎ I'll see you je vous vois;

∎ I'll see your $10 and raise you 20 je vous suis à 10 dollars et je relance de 20

2 intransitive verb

(a) (perceive with eyes) voir;

∎ I can't see without (my) glasses je ne vois rien sans mes lunettes;

∎ he may never see again il se peut qu'il ne voie plus jamais;

∎ on a clear day you can see as far as the coast par temps clair on voit jusqu'à la mer;

∎ you can see for miles around la vue s'étend sur des kilomètres;

∎ cats can see in the dark les chats voient dans l'obscurité;

∎ I haven't quite finished - so I see je n'ai pas tout à fait terminé - c'est ce que je vois;

∎ to see into the future voir ou lire dans l'avenir;

∎ she can't see any further than the end of her nose elle ne voit pas plus loin que le bout de son nez;

∎ for all to see au vu et au su de tous

(b) (look) voir;

∎ can I see? je peux voir?;

∎ let me see!, let's see! fais voir!;

∎ see for yourself voyez par vous-même;

∎ familiar see! I told you he wouldn't let us down tu vois! je t'avais dit qu'il ne nous laisserait pas tomber

(c) (find out) voir;

∎ is that the baby crying? - I'll go and see c'est le bébé qu'on entend pleurer? - je vais voir;

∎ you'll see! tu verras!;

∎ we shall see nous verrons (bien);

∎ we'll soon see on le saura vite;

∎ we'll soon see if… on saura vite si…

(d) (understand) voir, comprendre;

∎ it makes no difference as far as I can see autant que je puisse en juger, ça ne change rien;

∎ you see, there's something else you should know tu vois, il y a quelque chose d'autre que tu devrais savoir;

∎ I was tired, you see, and… j'étais fatigué, voyez-vous, et…;

∎ I see je vois;

∎ familiar I don't want any trouble, see? je ne veux pas d'histoires, OK?;

∎ familiar old-fashioned now see here, young man! écoutez-moi, jeune homme!

(e) (consider)

∎ let me or let's see voyons voir;

∎ it was, let me see, in 1938 c'était, voyons (voir), en 1938;

∎ Mum said you'd take us to the fair - we'll see Maman a dit que tu nous amènerais à la foire - on verra (ça)

3 noun

Religion (of bishop) siège m épiscopal, évêché m; (of archbishop) archevêché m

➲ see about inseparable transitive verb

(a) (deal with) s'occuper de;

∎ I'll see about making the reservations je m'occuperai des réservations;

∎ they're sending someone to see about the gas ils envoient quelqu'un pour vérifier le gaz

(b) (consider) voir;

∎ I'll see about it je verrai ça;

∎ we'll have to see about getting a new car il va falloir songer à acheter une nouvelle voiture;

∎ familiar they won't let us in - we'll (soon) see about that! ils ne veulent pas nous laisser entrer - c'est ce qu'on va voir!

➲ see around inseparable transitive verb

= see round

➲ see in

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (escort) faire entrer

(b) (celebrate)

∎ to see in the New Year fêter le Nouvel An

2 intransitive verb

voir à l'intérieur;

∎ the curtains were drawn, so we couldn't see in les rideaux étaient tirés, nous ne pouvions pas voir à l'intérieur

➲ see off separable transitive verb

(a) (say goodbye to) dire au revoir à;

∎ she came to see me off at the station elle est venue à la gare me dire au revoir

(b) (chase away) chasser;

∎ see him off! (to dog) chasse-le!

(c) (repel → attack) repousser

➲ see out separable transitive verb

(a) (accompany to the door) reconduire ou raccompagner à la porte;

∎ can you see yourself out? pouvez-vous trouver la sortie tout seul?;

∎ goodbye, I'll see myself out au revoir, ce n'est pas la peine de me raccompagner

(b) (stay or last until end of)

∎ I'll see another year out here then go home je vais passer une autre année ici puis je rentrerai;

∎ we've got enough food to see the week out nous avons assez à manger pour tenir jusqu'à la fin de la semaine;

∎ I don't think these boots will see the winter out je ne crois pas que ces bottes feront l'hiver;

∎ he isn't expected to see out the week il y a peu de chances qu'il survive jusqu'à la fin de la semaine;

∎ he'll see us all out! (will survive us) il nous enterrera tous!

(c) (celebrate)

∎ to see out the Old Year fêter le Nouvel An

➲ see over inseparable transitive verb

= see round

➲ see round inseparable transitive verb

visiter;

∎ they came to see round the house ils sont venus pour visiter la maison

➲ see through

1 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (window, fabric) voir à travers

(b) (be wise to → person) percer à jour, voir dans le jeu de; (→ trick, scheme, behaviour) ne pas se laisser tromper par;

∎ I saw through him je l'ai percé à jour, j'ai vu dans son jeu;

∎ she saw through his apparent cheerfulness elle ne s'est pas laissée tromper par ou elle n'a pas été dupe de son apparente bonne humeur;

∎ I saw through their little game j'ai vite compris leur petit jeu

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (bring to a successful end) mener à bonne fin;

∎ we can count on her to see the job through on peut compter sur elle pour mener l'affaire à bien

(b) (stay until end of)

∎ to see a show/film through assister à un spectacle/regarder un film jusqu'au bout

(c) (support, sustain)

∎ I've got enough money to see me through the week j'ai assez d'argent pour tenir jusqu'à la fin de la semaine;

∎ £20 should see me through (to Monday) 20 livres devraient me suffire (jusqu'à lundi);

∎ their love has seen them through many a crisis leur amour les a aidés à surmonter de nombreuses crises;

∎ her good humour will always see her through any difficulties sa bonne humeur lui permettra toujours de traverser les moments difficiles

➲ see to inseparable transitive verb

(a) (look after) s'occuper de;

∎ I'll see to the dinner je m'occuperai du dîner;

∎ I'll see to it je vais m'en occuper, je m'en charge;

∎ see to it that everything's ready by 5 p.m. veillez à ce que tout soit prêt pour 17 heures;

∎ she saw to it that our picnic was ruined elle a fait en sorte de gâcher notre pique-nique

(b) (repair) réparer;

∎ you should get the brakes seen to tu devrais faire réparer les freins

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3 way

way [weɪ]

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1. noun

2. adverb

3. compounds

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1. noun

   a. ( = route) chemin m

• to ask the way demander son chemin (to pour aller à)

• we went the wrong way nous avons pris le mauvais chemin

• a piece of bread went down the wrong way j'ai (or il a etc) avalé de travers

• we met several people on the way nous avons rencontré plusieurs personnes en chemin

• to lose one's way se perdre

• to make one's way towards... se diriger vers...

• he had to make his own way in Hollywood il a dû se faire sa place à Hollywood

► the way to ( = route to)

can you tell me the way to the tourist office? pouvez-vous m'indiquer le chemin du syndicat d'initiative ?

• I know the way to the station je sais comment aller à la gare

• on the way to London we met... en allant à Londres nous avons rencontré...

• it's on the way to the station c'est sur le chemin de la gare► to be on the way ( = to be coming)

he's on his way il arrive

• more snow is on the way d'autres chutes de neige sont prévues

• she's got twins, and another baby on the way (inf) elle a des jumeaux, et un bébé en route (inf)► the/one's way back/down

• on the way back he met... en revenant il a rencontré...

• he made his way back to the car il est retourné vers la voiture

• I met her on the way down je l'ai rencontrée en descendant

• inflation is on the way down l'inflation est en baisse► the way forward

• they held a meeting to discuss the way forward ils ont organisé une réunion pour discuter de la marche à suivre

• is monetary union the way forward? l'union monétaire est-elle la voie du progrès ?► the way in

• I saw her on the way in je l'ai vue à l'entrée► the way out la sortie

• I'll find my own way out ne vous dérangez pas, je trouverai (bien) la sortie

• you'll see it on the way out vous le verrez en sortant

• there's no other way out il n'y a pas d'autre solution

• there is no way out of this difficulty il n'y a pas moyen d'éviter cette difficulté► a way round

• we're trying to find a way round it nous cherchons un moyen d'éviter ce problème

   b. ( = path) their way was blocked by police la police leur barrait le passage

• to push one's way through a crowd se frayer un chemin à travers une foule

• he tried to talk his way out of it il a essayé de s'en sortir avec de belles paroles

► in the/sb's way

• to be in the way (physically) barrer le passage ; (causing problems) gêner

• am I in your way? est-ce que je vous empêche de passer ?

• to put difficulties in sb's way créer des difficultés à qn► out of the/sb's way

• to get out of the way s'écarter

• (get) out of the or my way! laisse-moi passer !

• to keep out of sb's way ( = avoid them) éviter qn

• as soon as I've got the exams out of the way (inf) dès que les examens seront finis

• I'll take you home, it's not out of my way je vous ramènerai, c'est sur mon chemin

• he went out of his way to help us il s'est donné du mal pour nous aider► to make way for

• they made way for the ambulance ils se sont rangés pour laisser passer l'ambulance

• this made way for a return to democracy ceci a ouvert la voie au rétablissement de la démocratie

   c. ( = distance) a little way off pas très loin

• he stood some way off il se tenait à l'écart

• is it far? -- yes, it's a quite a way (inf) c'est loin ? -- oui, il y a un bon bout de chemin (inf)

• to be a long way away être loin

• that's a long way from the truth c'est loin d'être vrai

• is it finished? -- not by a long way! est-ce terminé ? -- loin de là !

• they've come a long way (figurative) ils ont fait du chemin

• we've got a long way to go (long journey) nous avons beaucoup de chemin à faire ; ( = still far from our objective) nous ne sommes pas au bout de nos peines ; ( = not got enough) nous sommes encore loin du compte

• this spice is expensive, but a little goes a long way cette épice est chère mais on n'a pas besoin d'en mettre beaucoup

• it should go a long way towards improving relations between the two countries cela devrait améliorer considérablement les relations entre les deux pays

► all the way ( = the whole distance)

he had to walk all the way (to the hospital) il a dû faire tout le chemin à pied (jusqu'à l'hôpital)

• he talked all the way to the theatre il a parlé pendant tout le chemin jusqu'au théâtre

• I'm with you all the way (inf) ( = entirely agree) je suis entièrement d'accord avec vous

• I'll be with you all the way ( = will back you up) je vous soutiendrai jusqu'au bout

   d. ( = direction) are you going my way? est-ce que vous allez dans la même direction que moi ?

• he went that way il est parti par là

• which way did he go? dans quelle direction est-il parti ?

• which way do we go from here? (which direction) par où allons-nous maintenant ? ; (what shall we do) qu'allons-nous faire maintenant ?

• he looked the other way il a regardé ailleurs

• he ran this way and that il courait dans tous les sens

• there aren't many parks round our way (inf) il n'y a pas beaucoup de parcs par chez nous

• it's out or over Oxford way (inf) c'est du côté d'Oxford

• the loot was split three ways le butin a été divisé en trois

   e. ( = manner) façon f

• this/that way comme ceci/cela

• what an odd way to behave! quelle drôle de façon de se comporter !

• to do sth the right/wrong way bien/mal faire qch

• do it your own way fais comme tu veux

• everyone helped one way or another tout le monde a aidé d'une façon ou d'une autre

• he has his own way of doing things il a une façon bien à lui de faire les choses

• way to go! (inf!) bravo !

• that's just the way he is il est comme ça, c'est tout

• it's just the way things are c'est la vie !

• to get or have one's own way en faire à son idée

• I won't let him have things all his own way je ne vais pas le laisser faire tout ce qu'il veut

• you can't have it both ways il faut choisir

• there are no two ways about it (inf) il n'y a pas à tortiller (inf)

• your jersey is the wrong way out ton pull est à l'envers

• he didn't hit her, it was the other way round ce n'est pas lui qui l'a frappée, c'est le contraire

• "this way up" « haut »

• the right way up dans le bon sens

• the wrong way up à l'envers

► in a big way (inf)

he furthered my career in a big way il a beaucoup contribué à faire progresser ma carrière

• soccer is taking off in the States in a big way le football connaît un véritable essor aux États-Unis► no way! (inf) pas question !

• no way am I doing that (il n'est) pas question que je fasse ça

• I'm not paying, no way! je refuse de payer, un point c'est tout !

• will you come? -- no way! tu viens ? -- pas question !

• there's no way that's champagne! ce n'est pas possible que ce soit du champagne !

   f. ( = method, technique) solution f

• the best way is to put it in the freezer for ten minutes le mieux, c'est de le mettre au congélateur pendant dix minutes

• we'll find a way of doing it nous trouverons bien un moyen de le faire

• that's the way to do it voilà comment il faut faire

• that's the way! (inf) voilà, c'est bien !

► to have a way with

• he has a way with people il sait s'y prendre avec les gens

• he has a way with cars il s'y connaît en voitures

• to have a way with words manier les mots avec bonheur

   g. ( = situation, nature) that's always the way c'est toujours comme ça

• it's the way of the world! ainsi va le monde !

• to be in a bad way (inf) aller mal

   h. ( = habit) to get into/out of the way of doing sth prendre/perdre l'habitude de faire qch

• don't be offended, it's just his way ne vous vexez pas, il est comme ça, c'est tout

• I know his little ways je connais ses petites habitudes

• they didn't like his pretentious ways ils n'aimaient pas ses manières prétentieuses

• to mend one's ways s'amender

   i. ( = respect, particular) in some ways à certains égards

• in more ways than one à plus d'un titre

• he's right in a way il a raison dans un certain sens

• he's in no way to blame ce n'est vraiment pas de sa faute

• "I'm superstitious", she said by way of explanation « je suis superstitieuse », dit-elle en guise d'explication

• what is there in the way of kitchen utensils? qu'est-ce qu'il y a comme ustensiles de cuisine ?

2. adverb

• way down below tout en bas

• way up in the sky très haut dans le ciel

• you're way out in your calculations (inf) tu as fait une grosse erreur dans tes calculs

• it's way too big c'est beaucoup trop grand

• it's way past your bedtime ça fait longtemps que tu devrais être au lit

3. compounds

► way of life noun mode m de vie

• the French way of life le mode de vie des Français

• such shortages are a way of life de telles pénuries font partie de la vie de tous les jours ► way-out (inf) adjective excentrique

► ways and means plural noun moyens mpl ( of doing sth de faire qch)

► way station noun (US) petite gare f ; (figurative = stage) étape f

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[weɪ] 1.
noun

1) (route, road) chemin m ( from de; to à)

to live over the way — (colloq) habiter en face

the quickest way to town — le chemin le plus court pour aller en ville

if we go this way — si nous prenons cette route

to ask the way to — demander le chemin pour aller à

how did that find its way in here? — comment est-ce que c'est arrivé ici?

the way ahead — lit le chemin devant moi/eux etc

the way ahead looks difficult — fig l'avenir s'annonce difficile

there is no way around the problem — il n'y a pas moyen de contourner le problème

on the way back — sur le chemin du retour

on the way back from the meeting — en revenant de la réunion

the way forward — fig la clé de l'avenir

the way in — l'entrée (to de)

‘way in’ — ‘entrée’

the way out — la sortie (of de)

the quickest way out is through here — c'est par ici que l'on sort le plus vite

there's no way out — fig il n'y a pas d'échappatoire

a way out of our difficulties — un moyen de nous sortir de nos difficultés

the way up — la montée

on the way — en route

we're on the way to Mary's — nous allons chez Mary

on the way past — en passant

I'm on my way — j'arrive

on your way through town — en traversant la ville

his house is on your way to town — tu passes devant chez lui en allant au centre-ville

I must be on my way — il faut que je parte

to go on one's way — se remettre en route

to send somebody on his way — ( tell to go away) envoyer promener quelqu'un (colloq)

to be well on the ou one's way to doing — être bien parti pour faire

to be on the way out — fig passer de mode

she's got four kids and another one on the way — (colloq) elle a quatre gosses et un autre en route (colloq)

to be out of somebody's way — ne pas être sur le chemin de quelqu'un

don't go out of your way to do — ne t'embête pas à faire

to go out of one's way to make somebody feel uncomfortable — tout faire pour que quelqu'un se sente mal à l'aise

out of the way — ( isolated) isolé; ( unusual) extraordinaire

along the way — lit en chemin; fig en cours de route

by way of — ( via) en passant par

to go the way of somebody/something — finir comme quelqu'un/quelque chose

to make one's way towards — se diriger vers

to make one's way along — avancer le long de

to make one's own way there — se débrouiller seul pour y arriver

to lie one's way out of trouble — se sortir d'affaire en mentant

2) ( direction) direction f, sens m

which way did he go? — dans quelle direction est-il parti?

he went that way — il est parti par là

come ou step this way — suivez-moi, venez par ici

‘this way for the zoo’ — ‘vers le zoo’

‘this way up’ — ‘haut’

to look this way and that — regarder dans toutes les directions

to look the other way — ( to see) regarder de l'autre côté; ( to avoid unpleasant thing) détourner les yeux; fig ( to ignore) fermer les yeux

to go every which way — partir dans tous les sens

the other way up — dans l'autre sens

the right way up — dans le bon sens

the wrong way up — à l'envers

to turn something the other way around — retourner quelque chose

I didn't ask her, it was the other way around — ce n'est pas moi qui lui ai demandé, c'est l'inverse

the wrong/right way around — dans le mauvais/bon sens

you're Ben and you're Tom, is that the right way around? — tu es Ben, et toi tu es Tom, c'est bien ça?

if you're ever down our way — si jamais tu passes près de chez nous

she's coming our way — elle vient vers nous

an opportunity came my way — une occasion s'est présentée

to put something somebody's way — (colloq) filer quelque chose à quelqu'un (colloq)

everything's going my way — tout me sourit

3) (space in front, projected route) passage m

to be in somebody's way — empêcher quelqu'un de passer

to be in the way — gêner le passage

she won't let anything get in the way of her ambition — elle ne laissera rien entraver son ambition

to get out of the way — s'écarter (du chemin)

to get out of somebody's way — laisser passer quelqu'un

put that somewhere out of the way — mets ça quelque part où ça ne gêne pas

out of my way! — pousse-toi!

get him out of the way before the boss gets here! — fais-le disparaître d'ici avant que le patron arrive!

once the election is out of the way — une fois les élections passées

to keep out of the way — rester à l'écart

to keep out of somebody's way — éviter quelqu'un

to keep somebody out of somebody's way — ( to avoid annoyance) tenir quelqu'un à l'écart de quelqu'un

to keep something out of somebody's way — (to avoid injury, harm) garder quelque chose hors de portée de quelqu'un

to make way — s'écarter

to make way for somebody/something — faire place à quelqu'un/quelque chose

4) ( distance) distance f

it's a long way — c'est loin (to jusqu'à)

to be a short way off — lit être près

my birthday is still some way off — mon anniversaire est encore loin

we still have some way to go before doing — lit, fig nous avons encore du chemin à faire avant de faire

to go all the way to China — faire tout le voyage jusqu'en Chine

I'm with you ou behind you all the way — je suis de tout cœur avec toi

5) ( manner) façon f, manière f

do it this/that way — fais-le comme ceci/cela

let me explain it another way — laisse-moi t'expliquer autrement

to do something the French way — faire quelque chose comme les Français

to do something the right/wrong way — faire bien/mal quelque chose

you're going about it the wrong way — tu t'y prends très mal

try to see it my way — mets-toi à ma place

in his/her/its own way — à sa façon

to have a way with something — s'y connaître en quelque chose

to have a way with children — savoir s'y prendre avec les enfants

she certainly has a way with her — (colloq) GB elle sait décidément s'y prendre avec les gens

a way of doing — ( method) une façon or manière de faire; ( means) un moyen de faire

to my way of thinking — à mon avis

that's the way to do it! — voilà comment il faut s'y prendre!

that's the way! — voilà, c'est bien!

what a way to run a company! — en voilà une façon de gérer une entreprise!

I like the way he dresses — j'aime la façon dont il s'habille

whichever way you look at it — de quelque façon que tu envisages les choses

either way, she's wrong — de toute façon, elle a tort

one way or another — d'une façon ou d'une autre

one way and another it's been rather eventful — tout compte fait ça a été assez mouvementé

I don't care one way or the other — ça m'est égal

no two ways about it — cela ne fait aucun doute

you can't have it both ways — on ne peut pas avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre

no way! — (colloq) pas question! (colloq)

6) (respect, aspect) sens m

in a way it's sad — en un sens c'est triste

in a way that's true — dans une certaine mesure c'est vrai

can I help in any way? — puis-je faire quoi que ce soit?

in every way possible — dans la mesure du possible

in many ways — à bien des égards

in some ways — à certains égards

in no way, not in any way — aucunement

this is in no way a criticism — cela n'est en aucune façon une critique

not much in the way of news — il n'y a pas beaucoup de nouvelles

what have you got in the way of drinks? — qu'est-ce que vous avez comme boissons?

by way of light relief — en guise de divertissement

7) (custom, manner) coutume f, manière f

that's the modern way — c'est la coutume d'aujourd'hui

I know all her little ways — je connais toutes ses petites habitudes

that's just his way — il est comme ça

it's the way of the world — c'est la vie

8) (will, desire)

to get one's way —

to have one's own way — faire à son idée

she likes (to have) her own way — elle aime n'en faire qu'à sa tête

if I had my way... — si cela ne tenait qu'à moi...

have it your (own) way — comme tu voudras
2.
adverb

we went way over budget — le budget a été largement dépassé

to be way out — (in guess, estimate) être loin du compte

to go way beyond what is necessary — aller bien au-delà de ce qui est nécessaire

that's way out of order — je trouve ça un peu fort
3.
by the way adverbial phrase en passant

by the way,... — à propos,...

what time is it, by the way? — quelle heure est-il, au fait?

but that's just by the way — mais ce n'est qu'une parenthèse

English-French dictionary > way
4 see

I si: past tense - saw; verb
1) (to have the power of sight: After six years of blindness, he found he could see.) ver

2) (to be aware of by means of the eye: I can see her in the garden.) ver

3) (to look at: Did you see that play on television?) ver

4) (to have a picture in the mind: I see many difficulties ahead.) ver, imaginarse

5) (to understand: She didn't see the point of the joke.) comprender, entender, ver

6) (to investigate: Leave this here and I'll see what I can do for you.) ver

7) (to meet: I'll see you at the usual time.) ver

8) (to accompany: I'll see you home.) acompañar

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- see about
- seeing that
- see off
- see out
- see through
- see to
- I
- we will see
II si: noun
(the district over which a bishop or archbishop has authority.) sede

see vb

1. ver

turn the light on, I can't see anything enciende la luz; no veo nada

have you seen Lesley recently? ¿has visto a Lesley últimamente?

I saw a film about mountaineering vi una película sobre el alpinismo

2. entender / ver

I don't see why we can't go in no entiendo por qué no podemos entrar

3. quedar / ver

I'll see you at ten quedamos a las diez / nos vemos a las diez

4. ir / ver

my tooth hurts, I'll have to see a dentist me duele una muela, tendré que ir al dentista

I'll see ya veremos

can I have a dog for my birthday? I'll see para mi cumpleaños me gustaría un perro ya veremos

let's see a ver / vamos a ver

see you hasta luego

El pasado de see es saw y el participio pasado es seen; el gerundio se escribe seeing

see

tr[siː]

noun

1 SMALLRELIGION/SMALL sede nombre femenino

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see

tr[siː]

transitive verb (pt saw tr[sɔː], pp seen tr[siːn], ger seeing)

1 (gen) ver

■ I can't see anything no veo nada

■ did you see who it was? ¿has visto quién era?

■ you can see the sea from here desde aquí se ve el mar

■ have you seen any good films lately? ¿has visto una buena película últimamente?

■ see page 123 véase la página 123

■ she could see that he hadn't listened to a single word veía que no había escuchado ni una sola palabra

■ I can see you're busy ya veo que estás ocupado

■ we don't know what she sees in him no sabemos qué es lo que ve en él

■ this year sees the cinema's centenary este año se celebra el centenario del cine

2 (meet, visit) ver; (receive) ver, atender; (go out with) salir con

■ guess who I saw on Saturday? ¿a que no sabes a quién vi el sábado?

■ you should see a doctor deberías ir al médico

■ I'm seeing Pat on Friday he quedado con Pat el viernes

■ I want to see the manager quiero ver al director

■ they've been seeing each other for a month hace un mes que salen juntos

3 (understand) comprender, entender, ver

■ do you see what I mean? ¿entiendes lo que quiero decir?

■ I can see why you're worried entiendo por qué estás preocupado

■ I don't see why I have to go no entiendo por qué tengo que ir yo

■ I can see your point entiendo tu punto de vista

4 (visualize, imagine) imaginarse, ver; (envisage) creer

■ I can't see him working in a factory no me lo imagino trabajando en una fábrica

■ I can't see Dad lending you the money no creo que papá te vaya a dejar el dinero

■ I can't see that it matters no creo que tenga importancia

■ they saw it coming lo vieron venir

5 (find out, discover) ver; (learn) oír, leer

■ I'll see what I can do veré lo que puedo hacer

■ go and see what she's up to vete a ver qué hace

■ I see that Chirac has won the French elections veo que Chirac ha ganado las elecciones francesas

■ I see in the paper that Major did badly in the local elections he leído que a Major le fueron mal las elecciones locales

6 (ensure, check) asegurarse de, procurar

■ see that you arrive on time procura llegar a la hora

■ see that he gets complete rest asegúrate de que tenga reposo completo

■ could you see that all the doors are locked? ¿podría asegurarse de que todas las puertas estén cerradas con llave?

7 (accompany) acompañar

■ he saw me home me acompañó a casa

■ we saw her to her car la acompañamos a su coche

■ I saw the old lady across the road ayudé a la anciana a cruzar la calle

8 (in cards) ver, ir

intransitive verb

1 (gen) ver

■ she can't see without her glasses no ve sin las gafas

■ I can't see to read no veo para leer

■ she can see into the future ve el futuro

2 (find out, discover) ver

■ we'll have to see ya veremos

3 (understand) entender, ver

■ oh, I see ah, ya veo

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

I'll be seeing you! ¡hasta luego!

let me see/let's see a ver, vamos a ver

seeing is believing ver para creer

see you around ya nos veremos

see you later/soon/Monday! ¡hasta luego/pronto/el lunes!

to be seeing things ver visiones

to have seen better days haber conocido tiempos mejores

to see for oneself comprobarlo uno,-a mismo,-a

to see a lot of somebody ver a alguien a menudo

to see one's way (clear) to doing something poder hacer algo, estar dispuesto,-a a hacer algo

to see reason ver la razón

to see red ponerse rojo,-a (de ira)

to see stars ver las estrellas

to see the back/last of somebody perder a alguien de vista

to see the joke verle la gracia, entender el chiste

to see the light ver la luz

not to see the point no ver el sentido, no ver para qué

we'll soon see about that! ¡ya lo veremos!

you see (in explanations) verás 2 (in questions) ¿sabes?, ¿ves?

see ['si:] v, saw ['sɔ] ; seen ['si:n] ; seeing vt

1) : ver

I saw a dog: vi un perro

see you later!: ¡hasta luego!

2) experience: ver, conocer

3) understand: ver, entender

4) ensure: asegurarse

see that it's correct: asegúrese de que sea correcto

5) accompany: acompañar

6)

to see off : despedir, despedirse de

see vi

1) : ver

seeing is believing: ver para creer

2) understand: entender, ver

now I see!: ¡ya entiendo!

3) consider: ver

let's see: vamos a ver

4)

to see to : ocuparse de

see n

: sede f

the Holy See: la Santa Sede

see

n.

• sede s.f.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: saw, seen) = observar v.

• percibir v.

• ver v.

(§pres: veo, ves...) imp. ve-•)

I
1. siː
1) (past saw; past p seen) transitive verb

Sense I

2)

a) ver*

I can't see a thing! — no veo nada!

we haven't seen her for a while — hace un tiempo que no la vemos

there wasn't a policeman to be seen — no había ningún policía

to see somebody/something + inf: I didn't see her arrive no la vi llegar; we'll be sorry to see her go nos va a dar pena que se vaya; to see somebody/something -ing: I can see somebody coming this way veo venir a alguien; I thought I was seeing things pensé que estaba viendo visiones; I'll believe it when I see it hasta que no lo vea no lo creo; to be glad to see the back of somebody — alegrarse de que alguien se vaya

b) \<\<film/play\>\> ver*

c) (look at, inspect) ver*

see page 20 — ver página 20

may I see your ticket? — ¿me permite su entrada (or boleto etc)?

3)

a) (perceive, notice) ver*

I don't know what she sees in him — no sé qué es lo que le ve or qué es lo que ve en él

anyone can see she's upset — cualquiera se da cuenta de que está disgustada

b) (learn from reading, hearing)

I see Mrs Baker's retiring — así que se jubila la señora Baker

I see from your application form that... — he leído en su solicitud que...

4) ( understand) ver*

he didn't see the joke — no le vio la gracia (al chiste)

do you see what I mean? — ¿entiendes?, ¿te das cuenta?

I can see (that) you're in a difficult position, but... — me doy cuenta de or comprendo que estás en una situación difícil, pero...

5) (consider, regard) ver*

the way I see it, as I see it — a mi modo de ver, tal como yo lo veo

I see nothing wrong in it — yo no le encuentro nada de malo

6)

a) ( visualize)

can you see him as a teacher? — ¿te lo imaginas de profesor?

b) (envisage, foresee)

I can see there'll be problems — veo que va a haber problemas

to see something/somebody -ING: I can't see it working no creo que vaya a funcionar; I can see her working abroad — la imagino trabajando en el extranjero

c) ( accept) (AmE colloq)

we could move Johnson over to Sales - OK, I can see that — podríamos pasar a Johnson a Ventas - bueno, eso me parece bien

7)

a) (find out, determine) ver*

I'll have to see what I can do — tendré que ver qué puedo hacer

we'll have to (wait and) see — habrá que esperar y ver

that remains to be seen — eso está por verse

b) ( ensure)

to see that: see that it doesn't happen again — que no vuelva a suceder

8)

a) (experience, undergo)

I doubt if I'll live to see it — no creo que yo llegue a verlo or que yo llegue a ver el día

I want to travel and see (a bit of) life — quiero viajar y ver mundo

b) ( be the occasion of) (journ)

in a week which has seen the start of... — en una semana que ha visto el inicio de...

next Thursday sees the launch of the new model — el próximo jueves es la fecha señalada para el lanzamiento del nuevo modelo

Sense II

9)

a) ( meet) ver*

I'm seeing him on Tuesday — lo voy a ver el martes

when can I see you again? — ¿cuándo nos podemos volver a ver?

b) ( go out with) (colloq) salir* con

they've been seeing each other for two months — hace dos meses que salen juntos

c) ( saying goodbye) (colloq)

see you! — hasta luego!, hasta la vista!

see you around! — nos vemos!

see you later/tonight/soon/on Saturday! — hasta luego/esta noche/pronto/el sábado!

(I'll) be seeing you! — hasta pronto!

10) ( visit)

a) ( socially) ver*

b) ( for consultation) ver*

you should see a specialist — deberías ver a or ir a un especialista

I want to see the manager — quisiera ver al gerente or hablar con el gerente

to see somebody about something: can I see you about something privately? — ¿podría hablar con usted de un asunto privado?

11) ( receive) ver*, atender*

the doctor will see you now — el doctor lo verá or lo atenderá ahora

12) (escort, accompany) acompañar

to see somebody to the door — acompañar a alguien a la puerta

2.

vi

1)

a) ver*

I can see better from here — desde aquí veo mejor

seeing is believing — ver para creer

b) (look, inspect) ver*

let me see! — déjame ver!

see for yourself! — compruébalo tú mismo!

2) (understand, realize) ver*

can't you see he loves you? — ¿no te das cuenta de or no ves que te quiere?

as far as I can see — por lo que yo veo

I see — ( expressing realization) ya veo; ( accepting explanation) entiendo

3) (consider, think) ver*

let's see — vamos a ver, veamos

I'll see, but I can't promise anything — voy a ver, pero no te puedo prometer nada

4) ( find out) ver*

will it work? - try it and see — ¿funcionará? - prueba a ver

what's going on? - you'll soon see — ¿qué pasa? - ya lo verás

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Phrasal Verbs:

- see about

- see in

- see off

- see out

- see over

- see through

- see to

II

noun ( diocese) sede f

the Holy See — la Santa Sede

I

[siː]
(pt saw) (pp seen) VT VI
1) (gen) ver

I saw him yesterday — lo vi ayer

I can't see — no veo nada

to see sb do or doing sth — ver a algn hacer algo

I saw him coming — lo vi venir

(go and) see who's at the door — ve a ver quién llama (a la puerta)

he was seen to fall — se le vio caer

I saw it done in 1988 — lo vi hacer en 1988

see page eight — véase la página ocho

did you see that Queen Anne is dead? — ¿has oído que ha muerto la reina Ana?

• he's seen it all — está de vuelta de todo

• there was nobody to be seen — no se veía ni nadie

there was not a house to be seen — no se veía ni una sola casa

• as you can see — como ves

as far as the eye can see — hasta donde alcanza la vista

from here you can see for miles — desde aquí se ve muy lejos

• I'll see him damned first — antes le veré colgado

• I never thought I'd see the day when... — nunca pensé ver el día en que...

this car has seen better days — este coche ha conocido mejores tiempos

• this dress isn't fit to be seen — este vestido no se puede ver

he's not fit to be seen in public — no se le puede presentar a los ojos del público

• see for yourself — velo tú

• I'll go and see — voy a ver

• now see here! — (in anger) ¡mira!, ¡oiga!, ¡escuche!

• I see nothing wrong in it — no le encuentro nada malo

I don't know what she sees in him — no sé lo que encuentra en él

I see in the paper that... — sale en el periódico que...

• let me see, let's see — (=show me/us) a ver; (=let me/us think) vamos a ver

• she's certainly seeing life — es seguro que está viendo muchas cosas

• we'll not see his like again — no veremos otro como él

• he's seen a lot of the world — ha visto mucho mundo

• so I see — ya lo veo

• I must be seeing things * — estoy viendo visiones

• I can't see to read — no veo lo suficiente para leer

• can you see your way to helping us? — (fig) ¿nos hace el favor de ayudarnos?

• we'll see — ya veremos, a ver

• I'll see what I can do — veré si puedo hacer algo

• she won't see 40 again — los 40 ya no los cumple

2) (=visit, meet) ver, visitar; (=have an interview with) tener una entrevista con, entrevistarse con

the minister saw the Queen yesterday — el ministro se entrevistó or tuvo una entrevista con la Reina ayer

I'm afraid I can't see you tomorrow — lamento no poder verle mañana

• I want to see you about my daughter — quiero hablar con usted acerca de mi hija

what did he want to see you about? — ¿qué asunto quería discutir contigo?, ¿qué motivo tuvo su visita?

• we'll be seeing them for dinner — vamos a cenar con ellos

• to see the doctor — ir a ver al médico, consultar al médico

you need to see a doctor — tienes que ir a ver or consultar a un médico

• to go and see sb — ir a ver a algn; (a friend) visitar a algn

• we don't see much of them nowadays — ahora les vemos bastante poco

• see you! * — chau *

see you on Sunday! — ¡hasta el domingo!

see you tomorrow! — ¡hasta mañana!

see you later! — ¡hasta luego!

see you soon! — ¡hasta pronto!

3) (=understand, perceive) entender

I see — lo veo

I see! — ya entiendo

this is how I see it — este es mi modo de entenderlo, yo lo entiendo así

I saw only too clearly that... — percibí claramente que...

it's all over, see? * — se acabó, ¿entiendes?

• I can't or don't see why/how etc... — no veo or entiendo por qué/cómo etc...

I don't see it, myself — yo no creo que sea posible

he's dead, don't you see? — está muerto, ¿me entiendes?

• the Russians see it differently — los rusos lo miran desde otro punto de vista, el criterio de los rusos es distinto

• I fail to see how — no comprendo or entiendo cómo

• as far as I can see — por lo visto, por lo que yo veo

• the way I see it — a mi parecer

4) (=accompany) acompañar

• he was so drunk we had to see him to bed — estaba tan borracho que tuvimos que llevarle a la cama

• to see sb to the door — acompañar a algn a la puerta

• to see sb home — acompañar a algn a casa

may I see you home? — ¿puedo acompañarte a casa?

5) (=try) procurar

see if... — ve a ver si..., mira a ver si...

6) (=imagine) imaginarse

I can just see him as a teacher — me lo imagino de profesor

I don't see her as a minister — no la veo or no me la imagino de ministra

I can't see myself doing that — no me imagino con capacidad para hacer eso

I can't really see myself being elected — en realidad no creo que me vayan a elegir

I can't see him winning — me parece imposible que gane

7) (=ensure)

to see (to it) that — procurar que + subjun

see that he has all he needs — procura que tenga todo lo que necesita

to see that sth is done — procurar que algo se haga

see that you have it ready for Monday — procura tenerlo listo para el lunes

see that it does not happen again — y que no vuelva a ocurrir

- see about

- see in

- see into

- see off

- see out

- see over

- see through

- see to

II

[siː]
N (Rel) sede f ; [of archbishop] arzobispado m ; [of bishop] obispado m
the Holy See — la Santa Sede

* * *

I
1. [siː]
1) (past saw; past p seen) transitive verb

Sense I

2)

a) ver*

I can't see a thing! — no veo nada!

we haven't seen her for a while — hace un tiempo que no la vemos

there wasn't a policeman to be seen — no había ningún policía

to see somebody/something + inf: I didn't see her arrive no la vi llegar; we'll be sorry to see her go nos va a dar pena que se vaya; to see somebody/something -ing: I can see somebody coming this way veo venir a alguien; I thought I was seeing things pensé que estaba viendo visiones; I'll believe it when I see it hasta que no lo vea no lo creo; to be glad to see the back of somebody — alegrarse de que alguien se vaya

b) \<\<film/play\>\> ver*

c) (look at, inspect) ver*

see page 20 — ver página 20

may I see your ticket? — ¿me permite su entrada (or boleto etc)?

3)

a) (perceive, notice) ver*

I don't know what she sees in him — no sé qué es lo que le ve or qué es lo que ve en él

anyone can see she's upset — cualquiera se da cuenta de que está disgustada

b) (learn from reading, hearing)

I see Mrs Baker's retiring — así que se jubila la señora Baker

I see from your application form that... — he leído en su solicitud que...

4) ( understand) ver*

he didn't see the joke — no le vio la gracia (al chiste)

do you see what I mean? — ¿entiendes?, ¿te das cuenta?

I can see (that) you're in a difficult position, but... — me doy cuenta de or comprendo que estás en una situación difícil, pero...

5) (consider, regard) ver*

the way I see it, as I see it — a mi modo de ver, tal como yo lo veo

I see nothing wrong in it — yo no le encuentro nada de malo

6)

a) ( visualize)

can you see him as a teacher? — ¿te lo imaginas de profesor?

b) (envisage, foresee)

I can see there'll be problems — veo que va a haber problemas

to see something/somebody -ING: I can't see it working no creo que vaya a funcionar; I can see her working abroad — la imagino trabajando en el extranjero

c) ( accept) (AmE colloq)

we could move Johnson over to Sales - OK, I can see that — podríamos pasar a Johnson a Ventas - bueno, eso me parece bien

7)

a) (find out, determine) ver*

I'll have to see what I can do — tendré que ver qué puedo hacer

we'll have to (wait and) see — habrá que esperar y ver

that remains to be seen — eso está por verse

b) ( ensure)

to see that: see that it doesn't happen again — que no vuelva a suceder

8)

a) (experience, undergo)

I doubt if I'll live to see it — no creo que yo llegue a verlo or que yo llegue a ver el día

I want to travel and see (a bit of) life — quiero viajar y ver mundo

b) ( be the occasion of) (journ)

in a week which has seen the start of... — en una semana que ha visto el inicio de...

next Thursday sees the launch of the new model — el próximo jueves es la fecha señalada para el lanzamiento del nuevo modelo

Sense II

9)

a) ( meet) ver*

I'm seeing him on Tuesday — lo voy a ver el martes

when can I see you again? — ¿cuándo nos podemos volver a ver?

b) ( go out with) (colloq) salir* con

they've been seeing each other for two months — hace dos meses que salen juntos

c) ( saying goodbye) (colloq)

see you! — hasta luego!, hasta la vista!

see you around! — nos vemos!

see you later/tonight/soon/on Saturday! — hasta luego/esta noche/pronto/el sábado!

(I'll) be seeing you! — hasta pronto!

10) ( visit)

a) ( socially) ver*

b) ( for consultation) ver*

you should see a specialist — deberías ver a or ir a un especialista

I want to see the manager — quisiera ver al gerente or hablar con el gerente

to see somebody about something: can I see you about something privately? — ¿podría hablar con usted de un asunto privado?

11) ( receive) ver*, atender*

the doctor will see you now — el doctor lo verá or lo atenderá ahora

12) (escort, accompany) acompañar

to see somebody to the door — acompañar a alguien a la puerta

2.

vi

1)

a) ver*

I can see better from here — desde aquí veo mejor

seeing is believing — ver para creer

b) (look, inspect) ver*

let me see! — déjame ver!

see for yourself! — compruébalo tú mismo!

2) (understand, realize) ver*

can't you see he loves you? — ¿no te das cuenta de or no ves que te quiere?

as far as I can see — por lo que yo veo

I see — ( expressing realization) ya veo; ( accepting explanation) entiendo

3) (consider, think) ver*

let's see — vamos a ver, veamos

I'll see, but I can't promise anything — voy a ver, pero no te puedo prometer nada

4) ( find out) ver*

will it work? - try it and see — ¿funcionará? - prueba a ver

what's going on? - you'll soon see — ¿qué pasa? - ya lo verás

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- see about

- see in

- see off

- see out

- see over

- see through

- see to

II

noun ( diocese) sede f

the Holy See — la Santa Sede

English-spanish dictionary > see
5 way *****

[weɪ]
1. n

1) (road, lane) strada, (path, access) passaggio, (in street names) via

private/public way — strada privata/pubblica

the way across the fields — il sentiero attraverso i campi

the Appian Way — la via Appia

across or over the way — di fronte

2) (route) strada

the Way of the Cross Rel — la via crucis

to ask one's way to the station — chiedere la strada per la stazione

can you tell me the way to the station? — mi sa indicare la strada per la stazione?

the way back — la via del ritorno

we came a back way — siamo arrivati per strade secondarie

she went by way of Birmingham — è andata passando per Birmingham

to go the wrong way — andare dalla parte sbagliata

to lose one's way — perdere la strada, perdersi

the way in — l'entrata, l'ingresso

the way out — l'uscita

to find one's way into a building — riuscire a entrare in un edificio

don't bother, I'll find my own way out — non si scomodi, troverò l'uscita

to find a way out of a problem — trovare una via d'uscita a un problema

to take the easy way out — scegliere la soluzione più facile

on the way — (en route) per strada, (expected) in arrivo

on the way to work — andando a lavorare

you pass it on your way home — ci passi davanti andando a casa

he lost it on the way to school — lo ha perso andando a scuola

he's on his way to becoming an alcoholic — è sulla strada dell'alcolismo

to be on one's way — essere in cammino or sulla strada

economic recovery is on the way — siamo sulla strada della ripresa economica

I'm on my way — sto arrivando

he's on his way — sta arrivando

it's time we were on our way — è ora di andare

all the way (here/home) — per tutta la strada (venendo qui/andando a casa)

I'm with you all the way fig fam — sono assolutamente d'accordo con te

to make one's (own) way home — andare a casa (da solo (-a)

I know my way about town — sono pratico della città

I don't know the way — non so la strada

to lead the way — fare strada, fig essere all'avanguardia

I don't want to take you out of your way — non voglio farti deviare

the village is rather out of the way — il villaggio è abbastanza fuori mano

that's nothing out of the way these days — non è nulla di eccezionale al giorno d'oggi

to go out of one's way to help sb — farsi in quattro per aiutare qn

can you see your way (clear) to helping me tomorrow? — pensi di potermi aiutare domani?

to go one's own way fig — fare di testa propria

to make one's way in the world — farsi strada nel mondo

he worked his way up in the company — si è fatto strada nella ditta

the company isn't paying its way — la ditta non rende più

he put me in the way of some good contracts — mi ha procurato dei buoni contratti

3) (space sb wants to go through) strada

to be or get in the or sb's way — essere d'intralcio or d'impiccio a qn

am I in your way? — (of sb watching sth) ti tolgo la visuale?

to stand in sb's way — intralciare il passaggio a qn, fig essere d'ostacolo a qn

"give way" Brit Auto — "dare la precedenza"

to stand in the way of progress — ostacolare il progresso

to get out of the or sb's way — lasciare passare qn

get out of the way! — togliti di mezzo!

to keep out of sb's way — evitare qn, stare alla larga da qn

to move sth out of the way — togliere di torno qc

as soon as I've got this essay out of the way — appena mi sono liberato di questo tema

keep those matches out of his way — tieni lontano da lui quei fiammiferi

to push/elbow one's way through the crowd — farsi strada a spinte/gomitate tra la folla

he lied his way out of it — se l'è cavata mentendo

he crawled/limped his way to the gate — andò a carponi/zoppicando verso il cancello

to make way (for sb/sth) — far strada (a qn/qc), fig lasciare il posto or fare largo (a qn/qc)

to leave the way open for further talks — lasciare aperta la possibilità di ulteriori colloqui

4) (direction) direzione f, parte f

which way? — this way — da che parte? — da questa (parte), in quale direzione? — per di qua

come this way — vieni da questa parte

this way for... — da questa parte per...

which way did he go? — da che parte è andato?

which way do we go from here? — da che parte dobbiamo andare da qui?, fig cosa facciamo adesso?

are you going my way? — fai la strada che faccio io?

the supermarket is this way — il supermercato è da questa parte

everything is going my way fig — mi sta andando tutto liscio

this way and that — di qua e di là

down our way — dalle nostre parti

she didn't know which way to look — non sapeva da che parte guardare

put it the right way up Brit — mettilo in piedi dalla parte giusta

to be the wrong way round — essere al contrario

to look the other way fig — guardare dall'altra parte

to be in a fair way to doing sth — essere sulla strada giusta per fare qc

to split sth three ways — dividere qc in tre

5)

(indicating distance, motion, progress) to come a long way (also) fig — fare molta strada

it's a long way — è lontano

it's a long way away — è molto lontano da qui

a little way along the road — un po' più avanti lungo la strada

she'll go a long way fig — farà molta strada

we've come a long way since those days — abbiamo fatto molta strada da allora

it should go a long way towards convincing him — dovrebbe contribuire molto a convincerlo

to be under way — (work, project) essere in corso

to get under way — avviarsi

the job is now well under way — il lavoro ora è ben avviato

6) (means) mezzo, modo, (manner) modo

a way of life — uno stile di vita

the British way of life — lo stile di vita britannico

there are ways and means — il modo per farlo si trova

we'll find a way of doing it — troveremo un modo per farlo

the only way of doing it — l'unico modo per farlo

there are no two ways about it — non ci sono dubbi

he has his own way of doing it — ha un modo tutto suo per farlo

she looked at me in a strange way — mi ha guardato in modo strano

I'll do it (in) my own way — lo farò a modo mio

they've had it all their own way too long — hanno fatto per troppo tempo a modo loro

to get one's own way — aver la vinta

I will help in every way possible — aiuterò in tutti i modi possibili

he helped in a small way — ha aiutato un pochino

in no way; not in any way — per nulla

no way! fam — neanche per sogno!

there's no way I'll do it — non lo farò per nessun motivo al mondo

do it this way — fallo in questo modo or così

in this way — così, in questo modo

it was this way... — è stato così...

(in) one way or another — in un modo o nell'altro

in a way — in un certo senso

in some ways — in un certo senso, sotto certi aspetti

in many ways — per molti versi

to my way of thinking — a mio modo di vedere

either way I can't help you — non ti posso aiutare in nessun caso

to go on in the same old way — continuare nel modo di sempre

the way things are — come stanno le cose

in the ordinary way (of things) — normalmente

7) (habit) abitudine f, (manner) modo di fare

the ways of the Spaniards — i costumi degli Spagnoli

foreign ways — abitudini fpl forestiere

he has his little ways — ha le sue piccole abitudini

it's not my way — non è mia abitudine fare così

he has a way with people — ci sa fare con la gente

he has a way with him — ci sa fare

to get into/out of the way of doing sth — prendere/perdere l'abitudine di fare qc

8)

(state) things are in a bad way — le cose si mettono male

he's in a bad way — è ridotto male

to be in the family way fam — aspettare un bambino

9)

(with "by") by the way — a proposito

but that's just by the way — ma questo è tra parentesi

by way of a warning — come avvertimento

she's by way of being an artist — è una specie di artista

2. adv

fam

it happened way back — è successo molto tempo fa

way back in 1900 — nel lontano 1900

it's way out in Nevada — è nel lontano Nevada

he was way out in his estimate — la sua valutazione era decisamente errata

English-Italian dictionary > way *****
6 way

[wei] 1. noun
1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) prehod

2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) pot; smer

3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) cesta

4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) pot

5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) način

6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) ozir

7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) navada

8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) pot
2. adverb
((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) daleč

- wayfarer
- wayside
- be/get on one's way
- by the way
- fall by the wayside
- get/have one's own way
- get into / out of the way of doing something
- get into / out of the way of something
- go out of one's way
- have a way with
- have it one's own way
- in a bad way
- in
- out of the/someone's way
- lose one's way
- make one's way
- make way for
- make way
- under way
- way of life
- ways and means
* * *
I [wéi]
noun

pot, cesta, steza; proga; prehod; stran, smer; nautical kurz

way in — vhod

way out — izhod; prehojena pot; pot ali oddaljenost, ki jo je treba prehoditi; dalja, del poti ali potovanja; prosta pot, prostor; figuratively priložnost, prilika, možnost, izhod; napredovanje, napredek, razvoj; colloquially okolica, stran; figuratively pot, način, sredstvo, postopek, metoda; navada, lastnost, običaj; poklic, stroka, področje dejavnosti; (zdravstveno) stanje, položaj; ozir, pogled, zveza, razmerje, stopnja; nautical plural grede za spuščanje ladje v vodo, sanke

a long ( —ali a great) way off ( —ali from here) — daleč stran od tu

any way — vsekakor, v vsakem primeru

by way of — na poti čez; z namenom, da; zato, da; s pomočjo; zaradi

by the way — mimogrede, spotoma, na poti; sicer; slučajno

by way of compliment — kot kompliment

in a way — nekako, na neki način, ne popolnoma

in every way — v vsakem pogledu (oziru)

in many ways — v mnogih ozirih (pogledih)

in more ways than one — v več kot enem oziru (pogledu)

in a polite (friendly) way — vljudno (prijazno)

in a small way — skromno, brez pretenzij, ponižno

not by a long way — še dolgo ne

in some ( —ali several) ways — v marsikakem pogledu (oziru)

one way or another — tako ali tako, kakorkoli, nekako

over the way — na drugi strani (poti), čez cesto

on one's way to — na poti k

no way — nikakor ne

some way or other — na ta ali na oni način

the other way round — v obratni smeri, narobe, (ravno) obratno

under way nautical na poti, na vožnji

well on one's way — v polnem teku

ways and means — pot in način (zlasti kako priti do denarja)

Ways and Means — parlamentarna budžetna komisija

the way of the world — tok, način življenja, ukoreninjen običaj

the way of the cross religion križev pot

no way inferior — nikakor ne slabši, neznatnejši

the good old ways — dobri, stari običaji

high way — glavna cesta, državna cesta; figuratively običajni način delovanja

Milky Way — rimska cesta (na nebu)

lion in the way — zapreka, motnja (zlasti namišljena, fiktivna)

permanent way railway tir, tračnice

permanent-way man railway progovni delavec

nothing out of the way — nič posebnega (nenavadnega, izrednega)

somewhere London way — nekje v okolici Londona

right of way — pravica prehoda (čez tuje zemljišče)

this way please! — semkaj, za menoj, prosim!

this is not in my way — to ni moja stroka, s tem se ne bavim

to ask the ( —ali one's) way — vprašati za pot

to be in a bad way — biti v slabem položaju

to be in the family way — biti noseča, pričakovati otroka

to be by way of being angry — skoraj pobesneti

to be in s.o.'s way — biti komu napoti, motiti koga

to be under way — biti na poti

the conference was already under way — konferenca je bila že v teku

to be on the way — biti na poti, približevati se

to be in a way colloquially biti vznemirjen, razburjen

it is not his way — to ni njegova navada

the furthest way about is the nearest way home — najkrajša pot ni vedno najhitrejša

to clear the way — umakniti se s poti, dati prost prehod

to come by way of Paris — priti prek Pariza

to come ( —ali to fall) in s.o.'s way — srečati koga, naleteti na koga

to gather way — povečati hitrost

to find one's way — znajti se

to get in the way — biti napoti, zapreti pot, ovirati

to get in the way of s.th. — razumeti kaj

to get out of the way — iti s poti, umakniti se (s poti)

to give way — umakniti se, odmakniti se, izogniti se; popuščati, popustiti

to force one's way — izsiliti, utreti si pot

to go a long way — iti daleč

to go one's way — oditi, iti po svoji poti

to go ( —ali to take) one's own way — iti svojo pot; ravnati, narediti neodvisno od nasvetov drugih

to go the way of all the earth (of all flesh, of nature) figuratively umreti

to have it both ways — po potrebi si izbrati

you can't have it both ways — ne moreš imeti obojega; figuratively ne more biti volk sit in koza cela

to have one's own way — delati po svoji glavi; doseči to, kar želimo

if I had my (own) way — če bi šlo po mojem

to live in a great (small) way — razkošno (skromno) živeti

to look the other way — stran gledati

to look s.o.'s way — gledati proti komu

to lose way — izgubiti, zmanjšati hitrost

to lose one's way — zaiti, izgubiti se

to make way — napredovati; figuratively prodreti, uspeti

to make one's own way — iti po svoji poti, oditi

to make the best of one's way — iti čim hitreje, pohiteti

to pave the way for — utreti pot za

to put o.s. out of the way — truditi se, da(ja)ti si truda

to put s.o. out of the way — spraviti koga s poti, tajno ubiti koga

to see a way out — videti pot (izhod, neko možnost)

to stand in the way of s.o. — ovirati koga, zastaviti komu pot

to twist one's way through — zvijati se (kot kača) skozi

to work one's way — študirati, preživljati se z delom

where there's a will there's a way — hoteti je moči
II [wéi]
transitive verb

izuriti (konja) za hojo ali ježo po cesti
III [wéi]
adverb colloquially daleč

way below — daleč doli

way down south — daleč doli na jugu

way off — daleč

English-Slovenian dictionary > way
7 see

§ (saw, seen) ნახვა, დანახვა, გაგება, მიხვედრა to see afterთვალყურის დევნება; to see off გაცილება

§ (saw, seen)

1 ხედვა (ხედავს), დანახვა (დაინახავს)

he doesn't see well ცუდად ხედავს // ცუდი მხედველობა აქვს

I looked but saw nothing გავიხედე, მაგრამ ვერაფერი დავინახე

I don't see any difference between these two statements ამ ორ განცხადებას შორის განსხვავებას ვერ ვხედავ

I don't see the way out გამოსავალს ვერ ვხედავ

he can't see beyond the end of his nose თავის ცხვირის იქეთ ვერაფერს ვერ ხედავს

2 ნახვა (ნახავს)

I saw him yesterday გუშინ ვნახე

you must see this film ეს ფილმი უნდა ნახო

I'm glad to see you მიხარია შენი ნახვა

go and see if he is here წადი და ნახე, აქ არის თუ არა

●●you must see the doctor ექიმთან უნდა წახვიდე

3 გაგება (ესმის, გაიგებს), მიხვდება

as far as I can see რამდენადაც მესმის

I don't see why he refused to come არ მესმის / ვერ გავიგე, მოსვლაზე უარი რატომ თქვა

I see! გასაგებია!

4 მიხედვა (მიხედავს)

see that the door is locked! მიხედე, რომ კარი დაკეტონ!

5 გაცილება (გააცილებს), მიცილება

see her home! შინ / სახლში გააცილე!

he saw her to the door კარამდე მიაცილა

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to see red გაცოფება, გაბრაზება

to see eye to eye with smb. ერთნაირი შეხედულებების ქონა // ერთმანეთთან კარგად შეწყობა

let me see! მაჩვენე! დამანახე!

I can't see prospect of success წარმატების იმედი არ ჩანს

that remains to be seen! ეს ჯერ კიდევ საკითხავია!

to see red ძლიერ გაბრაზება

to see the sights ღირსშესანიშნავი ადგილების დათვალიერება

I've seen this film scores of times ეს ფილმი ასჯერ მაქვს ნანახი

to see a movie ფილმის ნახვა

it is unusual to see snow in this region ამ მიდამოებში თოვლი უჩვეულო რამაა

have you seen the movie? ეს ფილმი ნანახი გაქვს?

who(m) did you see? ვინ დაინახე/ნახე?

to see the new year in ახალი წლის შეხვედრა

he questioned me about what I had seen გამომკითხა, თუ რას შევესწარი

we see eye to eye ჩვენ ყველაფერში ერთი აზრისანი ვართ

I'm glad to see you შენი ნახვა მიხარია

come round and see me! შემოიარე და მნახე!

I’ll see you by and by მალე გნახავ

bring them round to see us სანახავად მოიყვანე

I was glad to see the back of her მიხაროდა, რომ თავიდან მოვიცილე

have you seen the new arrivals? ახალჩამოსულები ნახეთ?

I haven`t seen your for ages! მთელი საუკუნე არ მინახიხარ!

see you tomorrow! ხვალამდე

see figure 3 on page 7 იხილეთ ნახაზი 3 მე-7 გვერდზე

I saw him but a moment მხოლოდ ერთი წამით მოვკარი თვალი

I saw her home შინ გავაცილე

English-Georgian dictionary > see
8 way

way

A n

1 (route, road) chemin m (from de ; to à) ; a paved way un chemin pavé ; to live over the way ○ habiter en face ; the quickest way to town le chemin le plus court pour aller en ville ; if we go this way we avoid the traffic si nous prenons cette route nous éviterons la circulation ; to ask the way to demander le chemin pour aller à ; which is the best way to the station? quel est le meilleur chemin or le chemin le plus court pour aller à la gare? ; can you tell me the way to the museum? pouvez-vous m'indiquer le chemin pour aller au musée? ; to find one's way trouver son chemin ; how did that find its way in here? comment est-ce que c'est arrivé ici? ; the way ahead lit le chemin devant moi/eux etc ; the way ahead looks difficult fig l'avenir s'annonce difficile ; a way around lit un chemin pour contourner [obstacle] ; there is no way around the problem il n'y a pas moyen de contourner le problème ; to take the long way around prendre le chemin le plus long ; the way back to le chemin pour retourner à ; I telephoned on the way back j'ai téléphoné sur le chemin du retour ; on the way back from the meeting en revenant de la réunion ; the way down le chemin pour descendre, la descente ; she was hurt on the way down elle s'est blessée en descendant ; the way forward fig la clé de l'avenir ; the way forward is to… la clé de l'avenir consiste à… ; the way in l'entrée (to de) ; ‘way in’ ‘entrée’ ; the way out la sortie (of de) ; the quickest way out is through here c'est par ici que l'on sort le plus vite ; there's no way out fig il n'y a pas d'échappatoire ; a way out of our difficulties un moyen de nous sortir de nos difficultés or de nous en sortir ; the way up la montée ; on the way en route ; we're on the way to Mary's nous allons chez Mary ; I did it on the way here je l'ai fait en venant ici ; I stopped on the way je me suis arrêté en (cours de) route ; on the way past en passant ; I'm on my way j'arrive ; she's on her way over elle arrive ; on your way through town, look out for the cathedral en traversant la ville essaie de voir la cathédrale ; the shop is on the/my way le magasin est sur le/mon chemin ; his house is on your way to town tu passes devant chez lui en allant au centre-ville ; it's not on my way ce n'est pas sur mon chemin ; I must be on my way il faut que je parte ; to go on one's way se remettre en route ; to send sb on his way ( tell to go away) envoyer promener qn ○ ; she sent him on his way with an apple elle lui a donné une pomme pour la route ; to be on one's way to victory être sur le chemin de la victoire ; to be on the way to disaster aller à la catastrophe ; to be well on the ou one's way to doing être bien parti pour faire ; to be on the way out fig passer de mode ; she's got four kids and another one on the way ○ elle a quatre gosses et un autre en route ○ ; to be out of sb's way ne pas être sur le chemin de qn ; sorry to have taken you out of your way désolé de t'avoir fait faire un détour ; don't go out of your way to do ne t'embête pas à faire ; to go out of one's way to make sb feel uncomfortable tout faire pour que qn se sente mal à l'aise ; out of the way ( isolated) isolé ; ( unusual) extraordinaire ; along the way lit en chemin ; fig en cours de route ; by way of ( via) en passant par ; to go one's own way fig suivre son chemin ; they decided to go their separate ways ( of couple) ils ont décidé de suivre chacun son chemin ; there we went our separate ways là chacun est parti de son côté ; to go the way of sb/sth finir comme qn/qch ; to make one's way towards se diriger vers ; to make one's way along avancer le long de ; the procession makes its solemn way through London la procession avance solennellement dans Londres ; to make one's own way there/home se débrouiller seul pour y arriver/pour rentrer ; to make one's own way in life faire son chemin tout seul dans la vie ; to push one's way through sth se frayer un chemin à travers qch ; to argue/lie one's way out of trouble se sortir d'affaire en argumentant/en mentant ;

2 ( direction) direction f, sens m ; which way is the arrow pointing? quelle direction indique la flèche? ; which way did he go? dans quelle direction est-il parti? ; he went that way il est parti par là ; south is that way le sud est dans cette direction or par là ; come ou step this way suivez-moi, venez par ici ; can we get to the park this way? est-ce que l'on peut aller au parc par ici? ; ‘this way for the zoo’ ‘vers le zoo’ ; she's heading this way elle vient par ici ; ‘this way up’ ‘haut’ ; look/turn this way regarde/tourne-toi par ici ; to look this way and that regarder dans toutes les directions ; to run this way and that courir dans tous les sens ; to look both ways regarder des deux côtés ; to look the other way ( to see) regarder de l'autre côté ; ( to avoid seeing unpleasant thing) détourner les yeux ; fig ( to ignore wrong doing) fermer les yeux ; to go every which way partir dans tous les sens ; the other way up dans l'autre sens ; the right way up dans le bon sens ; the wrong way up à l'envers ; to turn sth the other way around retourner qch ; to do it the other way around faire le contraire ; I didn't ask her, it was the other way around ce n'est pas moi qui lui ai demandé, c'est l'inverse ; the wrong/right way around dans le mauvais/bon sens ; to put one's skirt on the wrong way around mettre sa jupe à l'envers ; you're Ben and you're Tom, is that the right way around? tu es Ben, et toi tu es Tom, c'est bien ça? ; you're going the right way tu vas dans le bon sens or la bonne direction ; you're going the right way to get a smack tu es bien parti pour te prendre une claque ; are you going my way? est-ce que tu vas dans la même direction que moi? ; if you're ever down our way si jamais tu passes près de chez nous ; over Manchester way du côté de Manchester ; she's coming our way elle vient vers nous ; an opportunity came my way une occasion s'est présentée ; to put sth sb's way ○ filer qch à qn ○ ; everything's going my/his way tout me/lui sourit ;

3 (space in front, projected route) passage m ; to bar/block sb's way barrer/bloquer le passage à qn ; to be in sb's way empêcher qn de passer ; to be in the way gêner le passage ; am I in your way here? est-ce que je te gêne comme ça? ; to get in sb's way [hair, clothing] gêner qn ; [children] être dans les jambes de qn ; anyone who gets in his way gets knocked down fig quiconque se met en travers de son chemin se fait envoyer au tapis ○ ; she won't let anything get in the way of her ambition elle ne laissera rien entraver son ambition ; to get out of the way s'écarter (du chemin) ; to get out of sb's way laisser passer qn ; put that somewhere out of the way mets ça quelque part où ça ne gêne pas ; she couldn't get out of the way in time elle n'a pas pu s'écarter à temps ; out of my way! pousse-toi! ; get your car out of my way! pousse ta voiture! ; get him out of the way before the boss gets here! fais-le disparaître d'ici avant que le patron arrive! ; if only he were out of the way… si seulement on pouvait se débarrasser de lui… ; let me get lunch out of the way laisse-moi en terminer avec le déjeuner ; once the election is out of the way une fois les élections passées ; to keep out of the way rester à l'écart ; to keep out of sb's way éviter qn ; to keep sb out of sb's way ( to avoid annoyance) tenir qn à l'écart de qn ; to keep sth out of sb's way (to avoid injury, harm) garder qch hors de portée de qn ; to shove/pull sb out of the way écarter qn ; to make way s'écarter ; to make way for sb/sth faire place à qn/qch ; make way for the mayor! place au maire! ; make way! make way! place! place! ; it's time he made way for someone younger il est temps qu'il laisse la place à quelqu'un de plus jeune ;

4 ( distance) distance f ; it's a long way c'est loin (to jusqu'à) ; it's not a very long way ce n'est pas très loin ; to be a short way off lit être près ; my birthday is still some way off mon anniversaire est encore loin ; we still have some way to go before doing lit, fig nous avons encore du chemin à faire avant de faire ; to go all the way on foot/by bus faire tout le chemin à pied/en bus ; to go all the way to China with sb faire tout le voyage jusqu'en Chine avec qn ; there are cafés all the way along the road il y a des cafés tout le long de la rue ; I'm with you ou behind you all the way je suis de tout cœur avec toi, je te soutiendrai jusqu'au bout ; to go all the way ○ ( have sex) [two people] coucher ensemble ; to go all the way with sb ○ coucher avec qn ;

5 ( manner of doing something) façon f, manière f ; do it this/that way fais-le comme ceci/cela ; you won't convince her that way tu ne vas pas la convaincre de cette façon or manière ; which way shall I do it? de quelle façon or manière dois-je le faire? ; let me explain it another way laisse-moi t'expliquer autrement ; to do sth the French way faire qch comme les Français ; to do sth the right/wrong way faire bien/mal qch ; you're going about it the wrong way tu t'y prends très mal ; he said it in such a hostile way that… il l'a dit de façon tellement hostile que… ; in the usual way de la façon habituelle ; let her do it her way laisse-la faire à sa façon or manière ; that's not her way ce n'est pas sa façon de faire ; try to see it my way mets-toi à ma place ; in his/her/its own way à sa façon ; they're nice people in their own way ce sont des gens sympathiques à leur façon ; to have a way with sth s'y connaître en qch ; to have a way with children savoir s'y prendre avec les enfants ; she certainly has a way with her ○ GB elle sait décidément s'y prendre avec les gens ; a way of doing ( method) une façon or manière de faire ; ( means) un moyen de faire ; there's no way of knowing/judging il n'y a pas moyen de savoir/juger ; to my way of thinking à mon avis ; that's one way of looking at it c'est une façon de voir les choses ; a way to do une façon or manière de faire ; what a horrible way to die quelle façon horrible de mourir ; that's the way to do it! voilà comment il faut s'y prendre! ; that's the way! voilà, c'est bien! ; way to go ○ ! US voilà qui est bien ○ ! ; that's no way to treat a child ce n'est pas une façon de traiter les enfants ; what a way to run a company! en voilà une façon de gérer une entreprise! ; the way (that) sb does sth la façon or manière dont qn fait qch ; I like the way he dresses j'aime la façon dont il s'habille, j'aime sa façon de s'habiller ; I like the way you blame me! iron c'est toi qui me fais des reproches! ; that's not the way we do things here ce n'est pas notre façon de faire ici ; whichever way you look at it de quelque façon que tu envisages les choses ; either way, she's wrong de toute façon, elle a tort ; one way or another d'une façon ou d'une autre ; one way and another it's been rather eventful tout compte fait ça a été assez mouvementé ; I don't care one way or the other ça m'est égal ; no two ways about it cela ne fait aucun doute ; you can't have it both ways on ne peut pas avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre ; no way ○ ! pas question ○ ! ; no way am I doing that ○ ! pas question que je fasse ça ○ ! ;

6 (respect, aspect) sens m ; in a way it's sad en un sens or d'une certaine façon c'est triste ; in a way that's true/she was responsible dans une certaine mesure c'est vrai/elle était responsable ; can I help in any way? puis-je faire quoi que ce soit? ; would it make things easier in any way if… est-ce que cela simplifierait un peu les choses si… ; without wanting to criticize in any way sans vouloir le moins du monde critiquer ; it was unforgivable in every way c'était impardonnable à tous points de vue ; in every way possible dans la mesure du possible ; in many ways à bien des égards ; in more ways than one à plus d'un égard ; in some ways à certains égards ; in that way you're right à cet égard or en ce sens tu as raison ; in no way, not in any way aucunement, en aucune façon ; in no way are you to blame ce n'est aucunement ta faute ; this is in no way a criticism cela n'est en aucune façon une critique ; not much in the way of news/work il n'y a pas beaucoup de nouvelles/travail ; what have you got in the way of drinks? qu'est-ce que vous avez comme boissons or à boire? ; by way of light relief en guise de divertissement ; in a general way ( generally) en général ; in the ordinary way ( ordinarily) d'ordinaire ;

7 (custom, manner) coutume f, manière f ; you'll soon get used to our ways tu t'habitueras vite à nos coutumes ; the old ways les coutumes d'autrefois ; that's the modern way c'est la coutume d'aujourd'hui, c'est comme ça de nos jours ; I know all her little ways je connais toutes ses petites habitudes ; he's rather strange in his ways il a des habitudes un peu bizarres ; she's got a funny way of suddenly raising her voice elle a une façon curieuse d'élever brusquement la voix ; that's just his way il est comme ça ; it's not my way to complain but… ce n'est pas mon genre or dans mes habitudes de me plaindre mais… ; it's the way of the world c'est la vie, ainsi va le monde ;

8 (will, desire) to get one's way, to have one's own way faire à son idée ; she likes (to have) her own way elle aime n'en faire qu'à sa tête ; if I had my way… si cela ne tenait qu'à moi… ; have it your (own) way comme tu voudras ; she didn't have it all her own way elle n'a pas pu en faire qu'à son idée ; Leeds had things all their own way Sport Leeds a complètement dominé le match ; to have one's (wicked) way with sb† ou hum arriver à ses fins avec qn.

B adv to live way beyond one's means vivre largement au-dessus de ses moyens ; we went way over budget le budget a été largement dépassé ; to be way out (in guess, estimate) [person] être loin du compte ; to be way more expensive/dangerous être bien plus coûteux/dangereux ; to go way beyond what is necessary aller bien au-delà de ce qui est nécessaire ; that's way out of order je trouve ça un peu fort.

C by the way adv phr [tell, mention] en passant ; by the way,… à propos,… ; what time is it, by the way? quelle heure est-il, au fait? ; and she, by the way, is French et elle, à propos, est française ; but that's just by the way mais ce n'est qu'une parenthèse.

Big English-French dictionary > way
9 any

any [ˈenɪ]

1. adjective

   a.

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► The construction not... any is generally translated in French by pas... de.

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• I haven't got any money je n'ai pas d'argent

► hardly any

• I have hardly any money left il ne me reste presque plus d'argent

• hardly any people came presque personne n'est venu

• there's hardly any danger il n'y a presque pas de danger► without any sans

• without any difficulty sans la moindre difficulté

   b. (in questions and "if" clauses) have you got any butter? avez-vous du beurre ?

• did they find any survivors? ont-ils trouvé des survivants ?

• are there any others? y en a-t-il d'autres ?

• is there any risk? y a-t-il un risque ?

• if you see any children si vous voyez des enfants

• if you have any money si vous avez de l'argent

• if there's any problem s'il y a un problème

   c. ( = no matter which) n'importe quel ; ( = each and every) tout

• take any card you like prenez n'importe quelle carte

• come at any time venez à n'importe quelle heure

• you can come at any hour of the day or night vous pouvez venir à toute heure du jour ou de la nuit

• any pupil who breaks the rules will be punished tout élève qui enfreindra le règlement sera puni

• they eat any old thing (inf) ils mangent n'importe quoi

► any number of des quantités de

• there are any number of ways to do it il y a des quantités de façons de le faire

2. pronoun

   a. (with negative) she has two brothers but I haven't got any elle a deux frères mais moi je n'en ai pas

► hardly any

• I have hardly any left il ne m'en reste presque plus

• a lot of people booked but hardly any came beaucoup de gens avaient réservé, mais presque personne n'est venu

   b. (in questions and "if" clauses) have you got any? en avez-vous ?

• if any of you can sing si l'un d'entre vous sait chanter

• if any of them come out s'il y en a parmi eux qui sortent

• few, if any, will come il viendra peu de gens, si tant est qu'il en vienne

   c. ( = no matter which one) any of those books will do n'importe lequel de ces livres fera l'affaire

3. adverb

   a. ► any + comparative

• are you feeling any better? vous sentez-vous un peu mieux ?

• if it had been any colder we'd have frozen to death si la température avait encore baissé, nous serions morts de froid

• do you want any more soup? voulez-vous encore de la soupe ?

• I couldn't do that any more than I could fly je ne serais pas plus capable de faire cela que de voler

   b. ► not any + comparative

• she is not any more intelligent than her sister elle n'est pas plus intelligente que sa sœur

• I can't hear him any more je ne l'entends plus

• we can't go any further nous ne pouvons pas aller plus loin

• I won't wait any longer je n'attendrai pas plus longtemps

• I can't imagine things getting any better je ne pense pas que la situation puisse s'améliorer

   c. ( = at all) the rope didn't help them any (inf) la corde ne leur a pas servi à grand-chose

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Note: When any is used as a determiner in negative sentences it is not usually translated in French: we don't have any money = nous n'avons pas d'argent

When any is used as a determiner in questions it is translated by du, de l', de la or des according to the gender and number of the noun that follows: is there any soap? = y a-t-il du savon?; is there any flour? = y a-t-il de la farine?; are there any questions? = est-ce qu'il y a des questions?

For examples and other determiner uses see I in the entry below

When any is used as a pronoun in negative sentences and in questions it is translated by en: we don't have any = nous n'en avons pas; have you got any? = est-ce que vous en avez?

For more examples and other pronoun uses see II below

For adverbial uses such as any more, any longer, any better etc see III below
['enɪ] 1.
determiner

1) (with negative, implied negative)

he hasn't got any money — il n'a pas d'argent

they never receive any letters — ils ne reçoivent jamais de lettres

they hardly ate any cake — ils n'ont presque pas mangé de gâteau

I don't want any lunch — je ne veux pas de déjeuner

I don't need any advice — je n'ai pas besoin de conseils

they couldn't get any information — ils n'ont pas obtenu la moindre information

he hasn't got any common sense — il n'a aucun bon sens

2) (in questions, conditional sentences)

is there any tea? — est-ce qu'il y a du thé?

if you have any money — si vous avez de l'argent

3) ( no matter which) n'importe quel/quelle, tout

you can have any cup you like — vous pouvez prendre n'importe quelle tasse

any information would be very useful — tout renseignement serait très utile

any complaints should be addressed to Mr Cook — pour toute réclamation adressez-vous à M. Cook

I'm ready to help in any way I can — je suis prêt à faire tout ce que je peux pour aider

I do not wish to restrict your freedom in any way — je n'ai pas l'intention d'entraver votre liberté de quelque façon que ce soit

he might return at any time — il peut revenir d'un moment à l'autre

if you should want to discuss this at any time — si à un moment ou à un autre vous souhaitez discuter de cela

come round and see me any time — passe me voir quand tu veux

I don't buy any one brand in particular — je n'achète aucune marque en particulier
2.
pronoun

1) (with negative, implied negative)

he hasn't got any — il n'en a pas

there is hardly any left — il n'en reste presque pas

she doesn't like any of them — ( people) elle n'aime aucun d'entre eux/elles; ( things) elle n'en aime aucun/-e

2) (in questions, conditional sentences)

I'd like some tea, if you have any — je voudrais du thé, si vous en avez

have any of you got a car? — est-ce que l'un/-e d'entre vous a une voiture?

are any of them blue? — y en a-t-il des bleus?

3) ( no matter which) n'importe lequel/laquelle

‘which colour would you like?’ - ‘any’ — ‘quelle couleur veux-tu?’ - ‘n'importe laquelle’

any of those pens — n'importe lequel de ces stylos

any of them could do it — n'importe qui d'entre eux/elles pourrait le faire
3.
adverb

1) ( with comparatives)

is he feeling any better? — est-ce qu'il se sent mieux?

have you got any more of these? — est-ce que vous en avez d'autres?

do you want any more wine? — voulez-vous encore du vin?

I don't like him any more than you do — je ne l'aime guère plus que toi

I don't know any more than that — c'est tout ce que je sais

he doesn't live here any more ou longer — il n'habite plus ici

I won't put up with it any longer — ça ne peut pas continuer ainsi

if we stay here any longer — si nous restons plus longtemps

can't you walk any faster? — tu ne peux pas marcher plus vite?

I can't leave any later than 6 o'clock — il faut que je parte à 6 heures au plus tard

2) (colloq) ( at all) du tout

that doesn't help me any — ça ne m'aide pas du tout

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any

❢ When any is used as a determiner in negative sentences it is not usually translated in French: we don't have any money = nous n'avons pas d'argent.

When any is used as a determiner in questions it is translated by du, de l', de la or des according to the gender and number of the noun that follows: is there any soap? = y a-t-il du savon? ; is there any flour? = y a-t-il de la farine? ; are there any questions? = est-ce qu'il y a des questions? For examples and other determiner uses see A in the entry below. When any is used as a pronoun in negative sentences and in questions it is translated by en: we don't have any = nous n'en avons pas ; have you got any? = est-ce que vous en avez? For more examples and other pronoun uses see B below. For adverbial uses such as any more, any longer, any better etc see C below.

A det

1 (with negative, implied negative) he hasn't got any money/food il n'a pas d'argent/de nourriture ; they never receive any letters ils ne reçoivent jamais de lettres ; they hardly ate any cake ils n'ont presque pas mangé de gâteau ; I don't want any breakfast/lunch je ne veux pas de petit déjeuner/déjeuner ; I don't need any advice je n'ai pas besoin de conseils ; they couldn't get any details ils n'ont pas obtenu la moindre information ; he hasn't got any common sense il n'a aucun bon sens ;

2 (in questions, conditional sentences) is there any tea/bread? est-ce qu'il y a du thé/pain? ; have you got any plums? est-ce que vous avez des prunes? ; if you have any doubts si vous avez le moindre doute ; if you have any money si vous avez de l'argent ;

3 ( no matter which) n'importe quel/quelle, tout ; any hat/pen will do n'importe quel chapeau/stylo fera l'affaire ; you can have any cup you like vous pouvez prendre n'importe quelle tasse ; any teacher will tell you the same thing n'importe quel professeur te dira la même chose ; any information would be very useful tout renseignement serait très utile ; any complaints should be addressed to Mr Cook pour toute réclamation adressez-vous à M. Cook ; any child caught smoking will be punished tout enfant surpris à fumer sera puni ; I'm ready to help in any way I can je suis prêt à faire tout ce que je peux pour aider ; I do not wish to restrict your freedom in any way je n'ai pas l'intention d'entraver votre liberté de quelque façon que ce soit ; he might return at any time il peut revenir d'un moment à l'autre ; if you should want to discuss this at any time si à un moment ou à un autre vous souhaitez discuter de cela ; come round and see me any time passe me voir quand tu veux ; any one of you could have done it n'importe qui d'entre vous aurait pu le faire ; I don't buy any one brand in particular je n'achète aucune marque en particulier ; you can only take out £200 at any one time vous ne pouvez retirer que 200 livres sterling à chaque fois ; ⇒ case, chance, event, means, minute, old, rate.

B pron

1 (with negative, implied negative) he hasn't got any il n'en a pas ; there is hardly any left il n'en reste presque pas ; there aren't any others il n'y en a pas d'autres ; she doesn't like any of them ( people) elle n'aime aucun d'entre eux/elles ; ( things) elle n'en aime aucun/-e ;

2 (in questions, conditional sentences) I'd like some tea, if you have any je voudrais du thé, si vous en avez ; have you got any? est-ce que vous en avez? ; have any of you got a car? est-ce que l'un/-e d'entre vous a une voiture? ; are any of them blue? y en a-t-il des bleus? ; we have very few blue shirts left, if any il doit rester très peu de chemises bleues, si toutefois il en reste ; if we have any, they'll be over there si nous en avons, ils/elles seront là-bas ;

3 ( no matter which) n'importe lequel/laquelle ; ‘which colour would you like?’-‘any’ ‘quelle couleur veux-tu?’-‘n'importe laquelle’ ; any of those pens n'importe lequel de ces stylos ; any of them could do it n'importe qui d'entre eux/elles pourrait le faire.

C adv

1 ( with comparatives) there isn't any better lawyer in the country c'est le meilleur avocat du pays ; is he feeling any better? est-ce qu'il se sent mieux? ; have you got any more of these? est-ce que vous en avez d'autres? ; do you want any more wine? voulez-vous encore du vin? ; we can't give you any more than £4 an hour nous ne pouvons pas vous donner plus de 4 livres sterling de l'heure ; I can't paint pictures any more than I can write poetry je ne suis pas plus capable de peindre des tableaux que d'écrire des poèmes ; I don't like him any more than you do je ne l'aime guère plus que toi ; I don't know any more than that c'est tout ce que je sais ; any more of that and I'm leaving si ça continue je m'en vais ; any more stealing and you'll be in big trouble ○ si tu continues à voler tu vas avoir de gros problèmes ; he doesn't live here any more ou longer il n'habite plus ici ; I won't put up with it any longer ça ne peut pas continuer ainsi ; if we stay here any longer si nous restons plus longtemps ; can't you walk any faster? tu ne peux pas marcher plus vite? ; if it gets any hotter in here I shall have to leave s'il se met à faire plus chaud il faudra que je sorte ; I can't leave any later than 6 o'clock il faut que je parte à 6 heures au plus tard ;

2 ○ ( at all) du tout ; that doesn't help me any ça ne m'aide pas du tout ; it didn't bother him any ça ne l'a pas du tout dérangé.

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wei
1. noun
1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) camino, vía; entrada, salida

2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) dirección; camino

3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) calle; avenida

4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) distancia

5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) manera, modo, forma

6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) aspecto; manera (de alguna manera/forma siento pena por él)

7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) maneras

8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) camino, paso (abrirse camino/paso)

2. adverb
((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) muy, mucho más; de sobra

- wayfarer
- wayside
- be/get on one's way
- by the way
- fall by the wayside
- get/have one's own way
- get into / out of the way of doing something
- get into / out of the way of something
- go out of one's way
- have a way with
- have it one's own way
- in a bad way
- in
- out of the/someone's way
- lose one's way
- make one's way
- make way for
- make way
- under way
- way of life
- ways and means

way n

1. manera / modo

what's the best way to do it? ¿cuál es la mejor manera de hacerlo?

2. camino

which is the quickest way to your house? ¿cuál es el camino más rápido para ir a tu casa?

3. dirección

which way did he go? ¿en qué dirección se ha ido? / ¿por dónde se ha ido?

a long way lejos

it's a long way to China China está lejos

by the way por cierto

on the way por el camino

the right way round bien puesto

the wrong way round al revés

to be in the way estar en medio / obstruir el paso / molestar

to get out of the way apartar / apartarse / quitar de en medio

there's a car coming, get out of the way! viene un coche, ¡apártate!

to find your way encontrar el camino

to lose your way perderse

way

tr[weɪ]

noun

1 (right route, road, etc) camino

■ which is the best way to the swimming pool? ¿cómo se va a la piscina?, ¿por dónde se va a la piscina?

■ do you know the way? ¿conoces el camino?, ¿sabes cómo ir?

■ she asked me the way to the cathedral me preguntó cómo se va a la catedral

■ we've gone the wrong way nos hemos equivocado de camino

2 (direction) dirección nombre femenino

■ which way did he go? ¿por dónde se fue?

■ which way is the harbour from here? ¿por dónde cae el puerto desde aquí?

■ come this way, please venga por aquí, por favor

■ are you going my way? ¿vas en la misma dirección que yo?

■ look both ways mira en las dos direcciones

■ she's looking this way está mirando hacia aquí

■ the way things are going tal como van las cosas

3 (distance) distancia

■ it's a long way to Tipperary Tipperary está lejos, Tipperary queda lejos

■ we're a good way from home estamos lejos de casa

■ she slept the whole way durmió durante todo el viaje

■ Easter is a long way off falta mucho para Semana Santa

■ we'd come a good way habíamos hecho un buen trecho

4 (manner, method) manera, modo

■ what's the best way to cook trout? ¿cuál es la mejor manera de guisar las truchas?

■ you're going about it the wrong way lo estás haciendo mal

■ you've done your hair a different way te has peinado de otro modo

■ I had no way of knowing no había manera de saberlo

■ we don't enjoy life the way we used to no disfrutamos de la vida como antes

■ let me do it my way déjame hacerlo a mi manera

■ OK, you do it your own way vale, hazlo como quieras

■ have it your own way como tú quieras

5 (behaviour, custom) manera, forma, modo

■ you dance in a strange way bailas de una manera extraña

■ it's her way of saying she likes you es su manera de decirte que le gustas

■ it's just his way él es así

■ I don't like the way you're laughing no me gusta tu modo de reír

■ she hates the way he's always late odia que él siempre llegue tarde

■ the American way of life el estilo de vida americano

6 (area) zona, área

■ if ever you're over this way si alguna vez vienes por aquí

■ that's out Romford way, isn't it? está por la zona de Romford, ¿verdad?

adverb

1 familiar muy

■ you're way out vas muy equivocado

■ he's way ahead of the rest of the group está mucho más avanzado que el resto del grupo

■ this flat is way too small for us este apartamento es demasiado pequeño para nosotros

plural noun ways

1 (customs) costumbres nombre femenino plural; (habits, behaviour) manías nombre femenino plural

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

across the way / over the way enfrente

all the way (distance) todo el viaje 2 (completely) totalmente

along the way (on journey) por el camino

by a long way

■ this flat's not big enough by a long way este piso es demasiado pequeño, pero pequeño de verdad

by the way (incidentally) a propósito, por cierto

by way of (via) vía, por vía de, pasando por 2 (serving as, as a kind of) a modo de

either way en cualquier caso

every which way por todas partes, en todas direcciones

in a bad way familiar mal

■ he's in a very bad way está muy mal

in a big way a lo grande, a gran escala, en plan grande

in a small way a pequeña escala, en plan modesto

in a way en cierto modo, en cierta manera

in any way de alguna manera

■ can I help in any way? ¿puedo ayudar de alguna manera?

in many ways desde muchos puntos de vista, en muchos aspectos

■ in many ways, this is her best book desde muchos puntos de vista, éste es su mejor libro

in more ways than one en más de un sentido

in no way de ninguna manera, de ningún modo

in some ways en algunos aspectos

in the way of (regarding) en cuanto a, como

■ what would you like in the way of dessert? ¿qué quieres de postre?

in this way (thus) de este modo, de esta manera

no two ways about it no tiene vuelta de hoja

no way! ¡ni hablar!, ¡de ninguna manera!

■ there's no way I'm going to help her de ninguna manera voy a ayudarla yo

on one's way / on the way por el camino, de camino, de paso

■ I should be on my way home debería irme a casa

■ I'll get some wine on my way compraré vino por el camino

■ on the way to Madrid camino de Madrid

■ we're on our way! ¡ya estamos en camino!

■ is it on your way? ¿te pilla de camino?

■ something happened on the way here ha pasado algo mientras venía hacia aquí

■ close the door on your way out cierra la puerta al salir

one way and another en conjunto

■ one way and another it's been a good year en conjunto, ha sido un buen año

one way or the other (somehow) de algún modo, de una manera u otra, como sea

■ don't worry, we'll find it one way or the other no te preocupes, lo encontraremos de una manera u otra

■ I don't mind one way or the other me da exactamente igual, me da lo mismo

out of the way (remote) apartado,-a, remoto,-a 2 (exceptional) excepcional, particular, original

over the way enfrente

that way (direction) por allá 2 (like that) así

that's always the way siempre es así

that's the way the cookie crumbles así es la vida

the other way round al revés, viceversa

the right way up cabeza arriba, derecho,-a

the wrong way up cabeza abajo

to be born that way ser así, nacer así

to be in the way estorbar, estar por en medio

■ you're in the way! estás estorbando!

■ move your car, it's in the way quita tu coche de en medio, obstruye el paso

to be on the way (coming) estar en camino, estar al llegar, avecinarse

■ changes are on the way se avecinan cambios

■ help is on the way la ayuda está de camino

■ there's rain on the way va a llover

to be on the way down (fall) estar bajando, ir a la baja

to be on the way in (coming into fashion) estar poniéndose de moda

to be on the way out (going out of fashion) en camino de desaparecer, estar pasando de moda

to be on the way up (rise) estar subiendo, ir al alza

to be out of somebody's way no pillar a alguien de camino

■ I hope it's not out of your way espero que no te pille lejos

to be set in one's ways tener unas costumbres muy arraigadas, ser reacio,-a al cambio

to be under way (work) estar en marcha, estar avanzado,-a 2 (meeting, match) haber empezado

to cut both ways / cut two ways ser un arma de doble filo, tener ventajas y desventajas

to get in the way estorbar, molestar, ponerse en medio

to get into the way of doing something coger la costumbre de hacer algo

to get one's own way salirse con la suya

to get out of the way of something dejarle paso a algo, apartarse del camino de algo

to get out of the way apartarse del camino, quitarse de en medio

to get out of the way of doing something perder la costumbre de hacer algo

to get something out of the way deshacerse de algo, quitar algo de en medio

■ as soon as I've got this essay out of the way en cuanto acabe esta redacción

to get under way (meeting, match) empezar 2 (travellers, work) ponerse en marcha

to give way (collapse) ceder, hundirse 2 (yield) ceder (to, a) 3 (when driving) ceder el paso

to go a long way towards something contribuir en gran medida a algo

to go a long way (succeed) ir lejos 2 (be productive) cundir mucho, dar mucho de sí

to go one's own way ir a lo suyo, seguir su propio camino

to go out of one's way (to do something) desvivirse (por hacer algo)

to have a way with... tener un don especial para...

■ he has a way with children tiene un don especial para los niños

to keep out of somebody's way evitar el contacto con alguien

to keep out of the way (hide) mantener un perfil bajo 2 (step aside) apartarse

to learn something the hard way aprender algo a las malas

to look the other way hacer la vista gorda

to lose one's way perderse, extraviarse

to make one's own way in life/in the world abrirse paso en la vida/el mundo

to make one's way dirigirse (to, a)

to make way for something hacer lugar para algo

to my way of thinking a mi modo de ver

to put somebody in the way of (doing) something dar a alguien la oportunidad de (hacer) algo

to see one's way clear to doing something ver la manera de hacer algo

to stand in the way of something ser un obstáculo para algo, ser un estorbo para algo

to talk one's way out of something salir de algo a base de labia

to work one's way through something (crowd etc) abrirse camino por algo 2 (work, book) hacer algo con dificultad 3 (college etc) costearse los estudios trabajando

to work one's way up ascender a fuerza de trabajo, subir a base de trabajar

way back (in time) hace muchísimo

way in entrada

way out (exit) salida 2 (solution) solución nombre femenino, remedio

ways and means medios nombre masculino plural

way ['weɪ] n

1) path, road: camino m, vía f

2) route: camino m, ruta f

to go the wrong way: equivocarse de camino

I'm on my way: estoy de camino

3) : línea f de conducta, camino m

he chose the easy way: optó por el camino fácil

4) manner, means: manera f, modo m, forma f

in the same way: del mismo modo, igualmente

there are no two ways about it: no cabe la menor duda

5) (indicating a wish)

have it your way: como tú quieras

to get one's own way: salirse uno con la suya

6) state: estado m

things are in a bad way: las cosas marchan mal

7) respect: aspecto m, sentido m

8) custom: costumbre f

to mend one's ways: dejar las malas costumbres

9) passage: camino m

to get in the way: meterse en el camino

10) distance: distancia f

to come a long way: hacer grandes progresos

11) direction: dirección f

come this way: venga por aquí

which way did he go?: ¿por dónde fue?

12)

by the way : a propósito, por cierto

13)

by way of via: vía, pasando por

14)

out of the way remote: remoto, recóndito

15) under way

way

n.

• camino s.m.

• dirección s.f.

• distancia s.f.

• estilo s.m.

• guisa s.f.

• género s.m.

• manera s.f.

• medio s.m.

• modales s.m.pl.

• modo s.m.

• paso s.m.

• sentido s.m.

• trayecto s.m.

• vía s.f.

I weɪ
1) noun

Sense I

2) c

a) ( route) camino m

the way back — el camino de vuelta or de regreso

we had to go the long way (around) — tuvimos que dar toda la vuelta

let's go a different way — vayamos por otro lado or camino

the way in/out — la entrada/salida

I saw her on the way out — la vi a la salida

this style is on the way in/out — este estilo se está poniendo/pasando de moda

it's difficult to find one's way around this town — es difícil orientarse or no perderse en esta ciudad

you'll soon find your way around the office/system — en poco tiempo te familiarizarás con la oficina/el sistema

can you find your way there by yourself? — ¿sabes ir solo?

I'll find my own way out — no te molestes en acompañarme

I can drop the package off on my way — de paso puedo dejar el paquete

we're going the wrong way — nos hemos equivocado de camino, vamos mal

which way did you come? — ¿por dónde viniste?

which way did he go? — ¿por dónde fue?; ( following somebody) ¿por dónde se fue?

could you tell me the way to the city center? — ¿me podría decir por dónde se va or cómo se llega al centro (de la ciudad)?

I'll make my own way there — iré por mi cuenta

on my way to work — de camino al trabajo

I'm on my way! — ahora mismo salgo or voy, voy para allí!

the doctor is on her way — la doctora ya va para allí/viene para aquí

the goods are on their way — la mercancía está en camino or ya ha salido

I'll tell you on the way — te lo cuento por el camino

winter's on the way — ya falta poco para que empiece el invierno

did you find the way to Trier all right? — ¿llegaste bien a Trier?

I don't know the way up/down — no sé por dónde se sube/se baja

she's well on her way to recovery — ya está casi recuperada del todo

to lead the way — ir* delante

to lose one's way — perderse*

there is no way around it — no hay otra solución or salida

there are no two ways about it — no tiene or no hay vuelta de hoja

to go one's own way: she'll go her own way hará lo que le parezca; to go out of one's way ( make a detour) desviarse* del camino; ( make special effort): they went out of their way to be helpful se desvivieron or hicieron lo indecible por ayudar; to go the way of something/somebody — acabar como algo/algn, correr la misma suerte de algo/algn

b) (road, path) camino m, senda f

the Appian Way — la vía Apia

the people over the way — (BrE) los vecinos de enfrente

3) c u (passage, space)

we hacked a way through the undergrowth — nos abrimos camino entre la maleza

to be/get in the way — estorbar

she doesn't let her work get in the way of her social life — no deja que el trabajo sea un obstáculo para su vida social

to stand in the way: they stood in our way nos impidieron el paso; I couldn't see it, she was standing in my way no podía verlo, ella me tapaba (la vista); I won't stand in your way no seré yo quien te lo impida; to stand in the way of progress obstaculizar* or entorpecer* el progreso; (get) out of the way! hazte a un lado!, quítate de en medio!; to move something out of the way quitar algo de en medio; I'd like to get this work out of the way quisiera quitar este trabajo de en medio; to keep out of somebody's way rehuir* a algn, evitar encontrarse con algn; make way! — abran paso!

4) c ( direction)

it's that way — es en esa dirección, es por ahí

this way! — por aquí!

we didn't know which way to go — no sabíamos por dónde ir or qué dirección tomar

which way did they go? — ¿por dónde (se) fueron?

this way and that — de un lado a otro, aquí y allá

which way does the house face? — ¿hacia dónde mira or está orientada la casa?

we're both going the same way — vamos para el mismo lado or en la misma dirección

look the other way! — mira para otro lado!

the hurricane is heading this way — el huracán viene hacia aquí or en esta dirección

if you're ever down our way, call in — (colloq) si algún día andas por nuestra zona, ven a vernos

whichever way you look at it, it's a disaster — es un desastre, lo mires por donde lo mires

you've got your T-shirt on the wrong way around — llevas la camiseta al or del revés

the other way around — al revés

which way up should it be? — ¿cuál es la parte de arriba?

to split something three/five ways — dividir algo en tres/cinco partes

every which way — (AmE) para todos lados

to come somebody's way — ( lit) \<\<person/animal\>\> venir* hacia algn

none of the money ever came our way — no nos tocó ni un céntimo del dinero

then bad luck began to come my way — entonces empecé a tener una mala racha

to go somebody's way: are you going my way? ¿vas en mi misma dirección?; the decision went our way se decidió en nuestro favor; to put work/business somebody's way conseguirle* trabajo/clientes a algn; way to go! — (AmE colloq) así se hace!, bien hecho!

5) ( distance) (no pl)

there's only a short way to go now — ya falta or queda poco para llegar

he came all this way just to see me — (colloq) se dió el viaje hasta aquí sólo para verme

we're still some way from home — todavía nos queda un trecho para llegar a casa

it's a long way from here to Rio — Río queda muy lejos de aquí

we passed a church some way back — hace ya un rato que pasamos una iglesia

you have to go back a long way, to the Middle Ages — hay que remontarse a la Edad Media

it's a very long way down/up — hay una buena bajada/subida

the exam is still some way off — todavía falta bastante para el examen

he's come a long way — ha venido de muy lejos

we've come a long way since those days — hemos evolucionado or avanzado mucho desde entonces

my salary has to go a long way — tengo que estirar mucho el sueldo

a little goes a long way — un poco cunde or (AmL tb) rinde mucho

Springfield? that's quite a ways from here — (AmE colloq) ¿Springfield? eso está requetelejos de aquí (fam)

we had to walk all the way up — tuvimos que subir a pie hasta arriba

to go all the way: do you think he might go all the way and fire them? ¿te parece que puede llegar a echarlos?; they went all the way ( had sex) tuvieron relaciones, hicieron el amor; to go some/a long way toward something — contribuir* en cierta/gran medida a algo; see also way I III

Sense II

6) c (method, means) forma f, manera f, modo m

we must try every possible way to convince them — tenemos que tratar de convencerlos por todos los medios

there's no way of crossing the border without a passport — es imposible cruzar la frontera sin pasaporte

it doesn't matter to me one way or the other — me da igual una cosa u otra

it doesn't matter either way — de cualquier forma or manera, no importa

there are many ways in which it will be useful — será útil en muchos sentidos

all right, we'll do it your way — muy bien, lo haremos a tu manera or como tú quieras

to learn something the hard way — aprender algo a fuerza de palos or golpes

to do something the hard/easy way — hacer* algo de manera difícil/fácil

that's not the way to do it! — así no se hace!

that's the way! — así se hace!

he wants to have it both ways — lo quiere todo, lo quiere la chancha y los cinco reales or los veinte (RPl fam)

you can't have it both ways — tienes que elegir entre una cosa u otra

7) c ( manner) manera f, modo m, forma f

in a subtle way — de manera or modo or forma sutil

the way you behaved was disgraceful — te comportaste de (una) manera or forma vergonzosa

is this the way you treat all your friends? — ¿así (es como) tratas a todos tus amigos?

that's one way of looking at it — es una manera or un modo or una forma de verlo

that's no way to talk to your mother! — así no se le habla a la madre!

what a way to go! — (set phrase) mira que acabar or terminar así!

he's in a bad way — está muy mal

that's just his way — así es él

that's the way it goes — así son las cosas, así es la vida

it looks that way — así or eso parece

this way it's better for everyone — así es mejor para todos

the way I see it — tal y como yo lo veo, a mi modo or manera de ver

the way things are o stand at the moment — tal y como están las cosas en este momento

in a big way: they let us down in a big way nos fallaron de mala manera; he fell for her in a big way quedó prendado de ella; to have a way with...: to have a way with children/people saber* cómo tratar a los niños/saber* cómo tratar a la gente, tener* don de gentes; to have a way with animals tener* mucha mano con los animales; to have a way with words — tener* mucha labia or facilidad de palabra

8) c

a) (custom, characteristic)

the ways of our people — las costumbres de nuestro pueblo

you'll get used to our ways — ya te irás haciendo a nuestra manera de hacer las cosas

he has a way of making people feel at ease — sabe hacer que la gente se sienta cómoda

she has a way of popping up unexpectedly — tiene la costumbre de aparecer donde menos te la esperas

to get into/out of the way of something — (BrE) acostumbrarse a/perder* la costumbre de algo

to be set in one's ways — estar* muy acostumbrado a hacer las cosas de cierta manera

to mend one's ways — dejar las malas costumbres, enmendarse*

b) (wish, will)

to get/have one's (own) way — salirse* con la suya (or mía etc)

have it your own way then! — lo que tú quieras!, como tú digas!

to have it all one's own way — salirse* con la suya (or mía etc)

to have one's (evil o wicked) way with somebody — llevarse a algn al huerto (fam), pasar a algn por las armas (fam)

9) c (feature, respect) sentido m, aspecto m

in a way, it's like losing an old friend — de alguna manera or en cierta forma or en cierto sentido es como perder a un viejo amigo

our product is in no way inferior to theirs — nuestro producto no es de ninguna manera or en ningún sentido inferior al suyo

you were in no way to blame — tú no tuviste ninguna culpa; see also way I III

Sense III

10) (in phrases)

by the way — (indep) a propósito, por cierto

but that's all by the way: what I really wanted to say was... — pero eso no es a lo que iba: lo que quería decir es que...

11)

by way of — (as prep)

a) ( via) vía, pasando por

b) ( to serve as) a modo or manera de

by way of introduction/an apology — a modo or manera de introducción/disculpa

12)

in the way of — ( as regards) (as prep)

don't expect too much in the way of help — en cuanto a ayuda, no esperes mucho

there wasn't much in the way of opposition — no hubo gran oposición

13)

no way — (colloq)

no way will I lend it to you — ni loco te lo presto (fam)

no way is he/she going to do it — de ninguna manera lo va a hacer (fam)

no way! — ni hablar! (fam)

14) to give way

a) (break, collapse) \<\<ice/rope/cable\>\> romperse*; \<\<floor\>\> hundirse, ceder

the table gave way under the weight — la mesa no aguantó el peso

b) (succumb, give in)

to give way TO something — \<\<to threats/blackmail\>\> ceder a or ante algo

she gave way to tears — no pudo contener las lágrimas y se echó a llorar

don't give way to pessimism — no te dejes vencer por el pesimismo

c) (BrE Transp)

to give way (TO somebody/something) — ceder el paso (a algn/algo)

give way — ceda el paso

d) (be replaced, superseded by)

to give way TO something — dejar or dar* paso a algo

15)

under way: to get under way ponerse* en marcha, comenzar*; to get a meeting under way dar* comienzo a una reunión; an investigation is under way — se está llevando a cabo or se ha abierto una investigación

II

adverb (colloq)

way back in February — allá por febrero

way behind — muy por detrás

way down south — allá por el sur

they were way out in their calculations — se equivocaron en mucho en los cálculos

way past midnight — mucho después de la medianoche

profits are way up on last year — los beneficios están muy por encima de los del año pasado

way and away — (as intensifier) (AmE) con mucho, lejos (AmL fam)

[weɪ]
1. N

1) (=road, lane) camino m ; (in street names) calle f, avenida f

• Way of the Cross — Vía f Crucis, viacrucis m

• across or over the way (from) — enfrente (de), frente (a)

• permanent way — vía f

• the public way — la vía pública

2) (=route) camino m (to de)

the way to the station — el camino de la estación

which is the way to the station? — ¿cómo se va or cómo se llega a la estación?

this isn't the way to Lugo! — ¡por aquí no se va a Lugo!

• he walked all the way here — vino todo el camino andando

it rained all the way there — llovió durante todo el viaje

he ran all the way home — hizo todo el camino a casa corriendo

• to ask one's way to the station — preguntar el camino or cómo se va a la estación

• we came a back way — vinimos por los caminos vecinales

• she went by way of Birmingham — fue por or vía Birmingham

• if the chance comes my way — si se me presenta la oportunidad

• way down — bajada f, ruta f para bajar

• to take the easy way out — optar por la solución más fácil

• to feel one's way — (lit) andar a tientas

he's still feeling his way in the new job — todavía se está familiarizando con el nuevo trabajo

• to find one's way — orientarse, ubicarse (esp LAm)

to find one's way into a building — encontrar la entrada de un edificio, descubrir cómo entrar en un edificio

the cat found the way into the pantry — el gato logró introducirse en la despensa

I had to find my own way home — me las tuve que arreglar para volver a casa

• the way is hard — el camino es duro

• the way in — (=entrance) la entrada

• I don't know the way to his house — no sé el camino a su casa, no sé cómo se va or llega a su casa

do you know the way to the hotel? — ¿sabes el camino del or al hotel?, ¿sabes cómo llegar al hotel?

I know my way about town — conozco la ciudad

she knows her way around — (fig) tiene bastante experiencia, no es que sea una inocente

• to lead the way — (lit) ir primero; (fig) marcar la pauta, abrir el camino

• to go the long way round — ir por el camino más largo

• to lose one's way — extraviarse

• to make one's way to — dirigirse a

to make one's way home — volver a casa

to make one's way in the world — abrirse camino en la vida

• the middle way — el camino de en medio

• on the way here — de camino hacia aquí, mientras veníamos aquí

on the way to London — rumbo a Londres, camino de Londres

it's on the way to Murcia — está en la carretera de Murcia

we're on our way! — ¡vamos para allá!

he's on his way — está de camino

they have another child on the way — tienen otro niño en camino

you pass it on your way home — te pilla de camino a casa

your house is on my way — tu casa me viene de camino

he is well on the way to finishing it — lo tiene casi terminado

he's on the way to becoming an alcoholic — va camino de hacerse un alcohólico

• the way out — la salida

you'll find it on the way out — lo encontrarás cerca de la salida

I'll find my own way out — no hace falta que me acompañen a la puerta

to find a way out of a problem — encontrar una solución a un problema

there's no way out — (fig) no hay salida or solución, esto no tiene solución

there's no other way out — (fig) no hay más remedio

it's on its way out — está en camino de desaparecer, ya está pasando de moda

• to go out of one's way — (lit) desviarse del camino

to go out of one's way to help sb — desvivirse por ayudar a algn

I don't want to take you out of your way — no quiero apartarle del camino

the village I live in is rather out of the way — mi pueblo está un poco retirado

that's nothing out of the way these days — eso no es nada extraordinario hoy día

• to pay one's way — (in restaurant) pagar su parte

the company isn't paying its way — la compañía no rinde or no da provecho

• he put me in the way of some good contracts — me conectó or enchufó para que consiguiera buenos contratos

• to see one's way (clear) to helping sb — ver la forma de ayudar a algn

could you possibly see your way clear to lending him some money? — ¿tendrías la amabilidad de prestarle algo de dinero?

• to go the shortest way — ir por el camino más corto

• to start on one's way — ponerse en camino

• way up — subida f, ruta f para subir

• the way of virtue — el camino de la virtud

- go the way of all flesh

- I'm with you all the way

- go one's own way

she always goes her own sweet way — hace lo que le da la gana
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3) (=space sb wants to go through) camino m

• to bar the way — ponerse en medio del camino

• to clear a way for — abrir camino para

to clear the way — despejar el camino

• he crawled his way to the gate — llegó arrastrándose hasta la puerta

• to elbow one's way through the crowd — abrirse paso por la multitud a codazos

• to fight one's way out — lograr salir luchando

• to force one's way in — introducirse a la fuerza

• to hack one's way through sth — abrirse paso por algo a fuerza de tajos

• to be/get in sb's way — estorbar a algn

to get in the way — estorbar

am I in the way? — ¿estorbo?

you can watch, but don't get in the way — puedes mirar, pero no estorbes

to put difficulties in sb's way — crear dificultades a algn

to stand in sb's way — (lit) cerrar el paso a algn; (fig) ser un obstáculo para algn

now nothing stands in our way — ahora no hay obstáculo alguno

to stand in the way of progress — impedir or entorpecer el progreso

• to make way (for sth/sb) — (lit, fig) dejar paso (a algo/algn)

make way! — ¡abran paso!

• to leave the way open for further talks — dejar la puerta abierta a posteriores conversaciones

this law leaves the way open to abuse — esta ley deja vía libre a toda clase de desafueros

• to get out of the way — quitarse de en medio

out of my way! — ¡quítate de en medio!

I should keep out of his way if I were you — yo que tú evitaría el trato con él

I try to keep out of his way — procuro evitar cualquier contacto con él

I kept well out of the way — me mantuve muy lejos

to get or move sth out of the way — quitar algo de en medio or del camino

put it somewhere out of the way — ponlo donde no estorbe

it's out of the way of the wind — está al abrigo del viento

as soon as I've got this essay out of the way — en cuanto termine este ensayo

keep those matches out of his way — no dejes esas cerillas a su alcance

• to push one's way through the crowd — abrirse paso por la multitud a empujones

• to work one's way to the front — abrirse camino hacia la primera fila

he worked his way up in the company — ascendió en la compañía a fuerza de trabajo

he worked his way up from nothing — empezó sin nada y fue muy lejos a fuerza de trabajo
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4) (=direction)

• down our way — por nuestra zona, en nuestro barrio

• are you going my way? — ¿vas por dónde voy yo?

everything is going my way — (fig) todo me está saliendo a pedir de boca

• to look the other way — (lit) mirar para otro lado; (fig) mirar para otro lado, hacer la vista gorda

turn it the other way round — vuélvelo al revés

it was you who invited her, not the other way round — eres tú quien la invitaste, no al revés

• it's out Windsor way — está cerca de Windsor

• turn the map the right way up — pon el mapa mirando hacia arriba

the car landed the right way up — el coche cayó sobre las ruedas

• to split sth three ways — dividir algo en tres partes iguales

• come this way — pase por aquí

this way for the lions — a los leones

this way and that — por aquí y por allá

• which way did it go? — ¿hacia dónde fue?, ¿por dónde se fue?

which way do we go from here? — (lit, fig) ¿desde aquí adónde vamos ahora?

which way is the wind blowing? — ¿de dónde sopla el viento?

she didn't know which way to look — no sabía dónde mirar, no sabía dónde poner los ojos

5) (=distance)

• a little way off — no muy lejos, a poca distancia

a little way down the road — bajando la calle, no muy lejos

• it's a long or good way away or off — está muy lejos

spring is a long way off — la primavera queda muy lejos

it's a long or good way — es mucho camino

we have a long way to go — tenemos mucho camino por delante

he'll go a long way — (fig) llegará lejos

a little of that flavouring goes a long way — un poco de ese condimento cunde mucho

a little of her company goes a long way — iro solo se le puede aguantar en pequeñas dosis

we've come a long way since those days — hemos avanzado mucho desde entonces

it should go a long way towards convincing him — (esto) seguramente contribuirá mucho a convencerlo

that's a long way from the truth — eso queda muy lejos de la verdad

better by a long way — mucho mejor, mejor pero con mucho

not by a long way — ni con mucho

• I can swim quite a way now — ahora puedo nadar bastante distancia

• a short way off — no muy lejos, a poca distancia

6) (=means) manera f, forma f, modo m

we'll find a way of doing it — encontraremos la manera or forma or modo de hacerlo

love will find a way — el amor encontrará el camino

it's the only way of doing it — es la única manera or forma or modo de hacerlo

my way is to — + infin mi sistema consiste en + infin

that's the way! — ¡así!, ¡eso es!

that way it won't disturb anybody — así no molestará a nadie

• every which way — (esp US) (=in every manner) de muchísimas maneras; (=in every direction) por todas partes

he re-ran the experiment every which way he could — reprodujo el experimento de todas las maneras habidas y por haber

• ways and means — medios mpl

• that's not the right way — así no se hace

- there are no two ways about it

7) (=manner) manera f, forma f, modo m

the way things are going we shall have nothing left — si esto continúa así nos vamos a quedar sin nada

she looked at me in a strange way — me miró de manera or forma extraña or de modo extraño

it's a strange way to thank someone — ¡vaya manera or forma or modo de mostrar gratitud or darle las gracias a alguien!

• without in any way wishing to — + infin sin querer en lo más mínimo + infin, sin tener intención alguna de + infin

• in a big way * — en grande *

they like to celebrate their birthdays in a big way — les gusta celebrar sus cumpleaños en grande

we lost in a really big way * — perdimos de manera or forma or modo realmente espectacular

• you can't have it both ways — tienes que optar por lo uno o lo otro

• each way — (Racing) (a) ganador y colocado

• either way I can't help you — de todas formas no puedo ayudarle

• I will help you in every way possible — haré todo lo posible por ayudarte

he insulted us in every possible way — nos ha insultado en todos los sentidos

• the British way of life — el estilo de vida británico

• no way! * — ¡ni pensarlo!, ¡ni hablar!

no way was that a goal * — ¡imposible que fuera eso un gol!

there is no way I am going to agree * — de ninguna manera or forma or de ningún modo lo voy a consentir

• (in) one way or another — de una u otra manera or forma or modo

it doesn't matter to me one way or the other — me es igual, me da lo mismo

a week one way or the other won't matter — no importa que sea una semana más o una semana menos

• in the ordinary way (of things) — por lo general, en general

• he has his own way of doing it — tiene su manera or forma or modo de hacerlo

I'll do it (in) my own way — lo haré a mi manera or forma or modo

he's a good sort in his own way — tiene sus rarezas pero es buena persona

• in the same way — de la misma manera or forma, del mismo modo

to go on in the same old way — seguir como siempre

• we help in a small way — ayudamos un poco

• she's clever that way — para esas cosas es muy lista

• to my way of thinking — a mi parecer, a mi manera or forma or modo de ver

• do it this way — hazlo así

in this way — así, de esta manera or forma or modo

it was this way... — pasó lo siguiente...

• that's always the way with him — siempre le pasa igual

8) [of will]

• to get one's own way — salirse con la suya

• have it your own way! — ¡como quieras!

they've had it all their own way too long — hace tiempo que hacen lo que les da la gana

they didn't have things all their own way — (in football match) no dominaron el partido completamente

he had his wicked or evil way with her — hum se la llevó al huerto *, la sedujo

9) (=custom) costumbre f

the ways of the Spaniards — las costumbres de los españoles

that is our way with traitors — así tratamos a los traidores

he has his little ways — tiene sus manías or rarezas

• to get into the way of doing sth — adquirir la costumbre de hacer algo

• to be/get out of the way of doing sth — haber perdido/perder la costumbre de hacer algo

- mend one's ways

10) (=gift, special quality)

• he has a way with people — tiene don de gentes

he has a way with children — sabe manejar a los niños

he has a way with him — tiene su encanto

11) (=respect, aspect) sentido m

• in a way — en cierto sentido

• in many ways — en muchos sentidos

• he's like his father in more ways than one — se parece a su padre en muchos sentidos

• in no way, not in any way — de ninguna manera, de manera alguna

• in some ways — en algunos sentidos

12) (=state) estado m

• the way things are — tal como están or van las cosas

to leave things the way they are — dejar las cosas como están

• things are in a bad way — las cosas van or marchan mal

the car is in a bad way — el coche está en mal estado

he's in a bad way — (=sick) está grave; (=troubled) está muy mal

• he's in a fair way to succeed — tiene buenas posibilidades de lograrlo

• it looks that way — así parece

- be in the family way

13) (=speed)

to gather way — [ship] empezar a moverse; (fig) [enthusiasm] encenderse

14) (in set expressions with preposition)

• by the way — a propósito, por cierto

how was your holiday, by the way? — a propósito or por cierto, ¿qué tal tus vacaciones?

Jones, which, by the way, is not his real name — Jones que, a propósito or por cierto, no es su verdadero nombre

oh, and by the way — antes que se me olvide

all this is by the way — todo esto no viene al caso

• by way of a warning — a modo de advertencia

that was all I got by way of an answer — eso es todo lo que conseguí por respuesta

she's by way of being an artist — tiene sus ribetes de artista

• he had little in the way of formal education — tuvo poca educación formal

• to be under way — estar en marcha

the job is now well under way — el trabajo ya está muy avanzado

to get under way — [ship] zarpar; [person, group] partir, ponerse en camino; [work, project] ponerse en marcha, empezar a moverse

things are getting under way at last — por fin las cosas están empezando a moverse

2.

ADV
*
• that was way back — eso fue hace mucho tiempo ya

way back in 1900 — allá en 1900

• way down (below) — muy abajo

• it's way out in Nevada — está allá en Nevada

way out to sea — mar afuera

he was way out in his estimate — se equivocó (en) mucho en su presupuesto

• it's way past your bedtime — hace rato que deberías estar en la cama

• it's way too big — es demasiado grande

• way up high — muy alto

way up in the sky — muy alto en el cielo

3.

CPD

way station N — (US) apeadero m ; (fig) paso m intermedio

* * *

I [weɪ]
1) noun

Sense I

2) c

a) ( route) camino m

the way back — el camino de vuelta or de regreso

we had to go the long way (around) — tuvimos que dar toda la vuelta

let's go a different way — vayamos por otro lado or camino

the way in/out — la entrada/salida

I saw her on the way out — la vi a la salida

this style is on the way in/out — este estilo se está poniendo/pasando de moda

it's difficult to find one's way around this town — es difícil orientarse or no perderse en esta ciudad

you'll soon find your way around the office/system — en poco tiempo te familiarizarás con la oficina/el sistema

can you find your way there by yourself? — ¿sabes ir solo?

I'll find my own way out — no te molestes en acompañarme

I can drop the package off on my way — de paso puedo dejar el paquete

we're going the wrong way — nos hemos equivocado de camino, vamos mal

which way did you come? — ¿por dónde viniste?

which way did he go? — ¿por dónde fue?; ( following somebody) ¿por dónde se fue?

could you tell me the way to the city center? — ¿me podría decir por dónde se va or cómo se llega al centro (de la ciudad)?

I'll make my own way there — iré por mi cuenta

on my way to work — de camino al trabajo

I'm on my way! — ahora mismo salgo or voy, voy para allí!

the doctor is on her way — la doctora ya va para allí/viene para aquí

the goods are on their way — la mercancía está en camino or ya ha salido

I'll tell you on the way — te lo cuento por el camino

winter's on the way — ya falta poco para que empiece el invierno

did you find the way to Trier all right? — ¿llegaste bien a Trier?

I don't know the way up/down — no sé por dónde se sube/se baja

she's well on her way to recovery — ya está casi recuperada del todo

to lead the way — ir* delante

to lose one's way — perderse*

there is no way around it — no hay otra solución or salida

there are no two ways about it — no tiene or no hay vuelta de hoja

to go one's own way: she'll go her own way hará lo que le parezca; to go out of one's way ( make a detour) desviarse* del camino; ( make special effort): they went out of their way to be helpful se desvivieron or hicieron lo indecible por ayudar; to go the way of something/somebody — acabar como algo/algn, correr la misma suerte de algo/algn

b) (road, path) camino m, senda f

the Appian Way — la vía Apia

the people over the way — (BrE) los vecinos de enfrente

3) c u (passage, space)

we hacked a way through the undergrowth — nos abrimos camino entre la maleza

to be/get in the way — estorbar

she doesn't let her work get in the way of her social life — no deja que el trabajo sea un obstáculo para su vida social

to stand in the way: they stood in our way nos impidieron el paso; I couldn't see it, she was standing in my way no podía verlo, ella me tapaba (la vista); I won't stand in your way no seré yo quien te lo impida; to stand in the way of progress obstaculizar* or entorpecer* el progreso; (get) out of the way! hazte a un lado!, quítate de en medio!; to move something out of the way quitar algo de en medio; I'd like to get this work out of the way quisiera quitar este trabajo de en medio; to keep out of somebody's way rehuir* a algn, evitar encontrarse con algn; make way! — abran paso!

4) c ( direction)

it's that way — es en esa dirección, es por ahí

this way! — por aquí!

we didn't know which way to go — no sabíamos por dónde ir or qué dirección tomar

which way did they go? — ¿por dónde (se) fueron?

this way and that — de un lado a otro, aquí y allá

which way does the house face? — ¿hacia dónde mira or está orientada la casa?

we're both going the same way — vamos para el mismo lado or en la misma dirección

look the other way! — mira para otro lado!

the hurricane is heading this way — el huracán viene hacia aquí or en esta dirección

if you're ever down our way, call in — (colloq) si algún día andas por nuestra zona, ven a vernos

whichever way you look at it, it's a disaster — es un desastre, lo mires por donde lo mires

you've got your T-shirt on the wrong way around — llevas la camiseta al or del revés

the other way around — al revés

which way up should it be? — ¿cuál es la parte de arriba?

to split something three/five ways — dividir algo en tres/cinco partes

every which way — (AmE) para todos lados

to come somebody's way — ( lit) \<\<person/animal\>\> venir* hacia algn

none of the money ever came our way — no nos tocó ni un céntimo del dinero

then bad luck began to come my way — entonces empecé a tener una mala racha

to go somebody's way: are you going my way? ¿vas en mi misma dirección?; the decision went our way se decidió en nuestro favor; to put work/business somebody's way conseguirle* trabajo/clientes a algn; way to go! — (AmE colloq) así se hace!, bien hecho!

5) ( distance) (no pl)

there's only a short way to go now — ya falta or queda poco para llegar

he came all this way just to see me — (colloq) se dió el viaje hasta aquí sólo para verme

we're still some way from home — todavía nos queda un trecho para llegar a casa

it's a long way from here to Rio — Río queda muy lejos de aquí

we passed a church some way back — hace ya un rato que pasamos una iglesia

you have to go back a long way, to the Middle Ages — hay que remontarse a la Edad Media

it's a very long way down/up — hay una buena bajada/subida

the exam is still some way off — todavía falta bastante para el examen

he's come a long way — ha venido de muy lejos

we've come a long way since those days — hemos evolucionado or avanzado mucho desde entonces

my salary has to go a long way — tengo que estirar mucho el sueldo

a little goes a long way — un poco cunde or (AmL tb) rinde mucho

Springfield? that's quite a ways from here — (AmE colloq) ¿Springfield? eso está requetelejos de aquí (fam)

we had to walk all the way up — tuvimos que subir a pie hasta arriba

to go all the way: do you think he might go all the way and fire them? ¿te parece que puede llegar a echarlos?; they went all the way ( had sex) tuvieron relaciones, hicieron el amor; to go some/a long way toward something — contribuir* en cierta/gran medida a algo; see also way I III

Sense II

6) c (method, means) forma f, manera f, modo m

we must try every possible way to convince them — tenemos que tratar de convencerlos por todos los medios

there's no way of crossing the border without a passport — es imposible cruzar la frontera sin pasaporte

it doesn't matter to me one way or the other — me da igual una cosa u otra

it doesn't matter either way — de cualquier forma or manera, no importa

there are many ways in which it will be useful — será útil en muchos sentidos

all right, we'll do it your way — muy bien, lo haremos a tu manera or como tú quieras

to learn something the hard way — aprender algo a fuerza de palos or golpes

to do something the hard/easy way — hacer* algo de manera difícil/fácil

that's not the way to do it! — así no se hace!

that's the way! — así se hace!

he wants to have it both ways — lo quiere todo, lo quiere la chancha y los cinco reales or los veinte (RPl fam)

you can't have it both ways — tienes que elegir entre una cosa u otra

7) c ( manner) manera f, modo m, forma f

in a subtle way — de manera or modo or forma sutil

the way you behaved was disgraceful — te comportaste de (una) manera or forma vergonzosa

is this the way you treat all your friends? — ¿así (es como) tratas a todos tus amigos?

that's one way of looking at it — es una manera or un modo or una forma de verlo

that's no way to talk to your mother! — así no se le habla a la madre!

what a way to go! — (set phrase) mira que acabar or terminar así!

he's in a bad way — está muy mal

that's just his way — así es él

that's the way it goes — así son las cosas, así es la vida

it looks that way — así or eso parece

this way it's better for everyone — así es mejor para todos

the way I see it — tal y como yo lo veo, a mi modo or manera de ver

the way things are o stand at the moment — tal y como están las cosas en este momento

in a big way: they let us down in a big way nos fallaron de mala manera; he fell for her in a big way quedó prendado de ella; to have a way with...: to have a way with children/people saber* cómo tratar a los niños/saber* cómo tratar a la gente, tener* don de gentes; to have a way with animals tener* mucha mano con los animales; to have a way with words — tener* mucha labia or facilidad de palabra

8) c

a) (custom, characteristic)

the ways of our people — las costumbres de nuestro pueblo

you'll get used to our ways — ya te irás haciendo a nuestra manera de hacer las cosas

he has a way of making people feel at ease — sabe hacer que la gente se sienta cómoda

she has a way of popping up unexpectedly — tiene la costumbre de aparecer donde menos te la esperas

to get into/out of the way of something — (BrE) acostumbrarse a/perder* la costumbre de algo

to be set in one's ways — estar* muy acostumbrado a hacer las cosas de cierta manera

to mend one's ways — dejar las malas costumbres, enmendarse*

b) (wish, will)

to get/have one's (own) way — salirse* con la suya (or mía etc)

have it your own way then! — lo que tú quieras!, como tú digas!

to have it all one's own way — salirse* con la suya (or mía etc)

to have one's (evil o wicked) way with somebody — llevarse a algn al huerto (fam), pasar a algn por las armas (fam)

9) c (feature, respect) sentido m, aspecto m

in a way, it's like losing an old friend — de alguna manera or en cierta forma or en cierto sentido es como perder a un viejo amigo

our product is in no way inferior to theirs — nuestro producto no es de ninguna manera or en ningún sentido inferior al suyo

you were in no way to blame — tú no tuviste ninguna culpa; see also way I III

Sense III

10) (in phrases)

by the way — (indep) a propósito, por cierto

but that's all by the way: what I really wanted to say was... — pero eso no es a lo que iba: lo que quería decir es que...

11)

by way of — (as prep)

a) ( via) vía, pasando por

b) ( to serve as) a modo or manera de

by way of introduction/an apology — a modo or manera de introducción/disculpa

12)

in the way of — ( as regards) (as prep)

don't expect too much in the way of help — en cuanto a ayuda, no esperes mucho

there wasn't much in the way of opposition — no hubo gran oposición

13)

no way — (colloq)

no way will I lend it to you — ni loco te lo presto (fam)

no way is he/she going to do it — de ninguna manera lo va a hacer (fam)

no way! — ni hablar! (fam)

14) to give way

a) (break, collapse) \<\<ice/rope/cable\>\> romperse*; \<\<floor\>\> hundirse, ceder

the table gave way under the weight — la mesa no aguantó el peso

b) (succumb, give in)

to give way TO something — \<\<to threats/blackmail\>\> ceder a or ante algo

she gave way to tears — no pudo contener las lágrimas y se echó a llorar

don't give way to pessimism — no te dejes vencer por el pesimismo

c) (BrE Transp)

to give way (TO somebody/something) — ceder el paso (a algn/algo)

give way — ceda el paso

d) (be replaced, superseded by)

to give way TO something — dejar or dar* paso a algo

15)

under way: to get under way ponerse* en marcha, comenzar*; to get a meeting under way dar* comienzo a una reunión; an investigation is under way — se está llevando a cabo or se ha abierto una investigación

II

adverb (colloq)

way back in February — allá por febrero

way behind — muy por detrás

way down south — allá por el sur

they were way out in their calculations — se equivocaron en mucho en los cálculos

way past midnight — mucho después de la medianoche

profits are way up on last year — los beneficios están muy por encima de los del año pasado

way and away — (as intensifier) (AmE) con mucho, lejos (AmL fam)

English-spanish dictionary > way
12 way

1. noun
1) (road etc., lit. or fig.) Weg, der

across or over the way — gegenüber

2) (route) Weg, der

ask the or one's way — nach dem Weg fragen

ask the way to... — fragen od. sich erkundigen, wo es nach... geht

pick one's way — sich (Dat.) einen Weg suchen

lead the way — vorausgehen; (fig.): (show how to do something) es vormachen

find the or one's way in/out — den Eingang/Ausgang finden

find a way out — (fig.) einen Ausweg finden

I'll take the letter to the post office - it's on my way — ich bringe den Brief zur Post - sie liegt auf meinem Weg

‘Way In/Out’ — "Ein-/Ausgang"

go to Italy by way of Switzerland — über die Schweiz nach Italien fahren

there's no way out — (fig.) es gibt keinen Ausweg

the way back/down/up — der Weg zurück/nach unten/nach oben

go one's own way/their separate ways — (fig.) eigene/getrennte Wege gehen

be going somebody's way — (coll.) denselben Weg wie jemand haben

things are really going my way at the moment — (fig.) im Moment läuft [bei mir] alles so, wie ich es mir vorgestellt habe

money came his way — er kam zu Geld

many offers came his way — er kriegte viele Angebote

go out of one's way to collect something for somebody — einen Umweg machen, um etwas für jemanden abzuholen

go out of one's way to be helpful — sich (Dat.) besondere Mühe geben, hilfsbereit zu sein

out of the way — abgelegen

3) (method) Art und Weise, die

there is a right way and a wrong way of doing it — es gibt einen richtigen und einen falschen Weg, es zu tun

that is not the way to do it — so macht man das nicht

do it this way — mach es so

do it my way — mach es wie ich

I don't like the way she smiles — mir gefällt ihr Lächeln nicht

that's no way to speak to a lady — so spricht man nicht mit einer Dame

he has a strange way of talking — er hat eine seltsame Sprechweise od. Art zu sprechen

from or by the way [that] she looked at me, I knew that there was something wrong — an ihrem Blick konnte ich erkennen, dass etwas nicht stimmte

find a or some way of doing something — einen Weg finden, etwas zu tun

there are no two ways about it — da gibt es gar keinen Zweifel

Are you going to give me that money? - No way! — (coll.) Gibst du mir das Geld? - Nichts da! (ugs.)

there was no way he would change his stand — er würde auf gar keinen Fall seinen Standpunkt ändern

no way is he coming with us — es kommt überhaupt nicht in Frage, dass er mit uns kommt

one way or another — irgendwie

ways and means [to do something or of doing something] — Mittel und Wege, etwas zu tun

be built or made that way — (fig. coll.) so gestrickt sein (fig. ugs.)

be that way — (coll.) so sein

better that way — besser so

either way — so oder so

4) (desired course of action) Wille, der

get or have one's [own] way, have it one's [own] way — seinen Willen kriegen

all right, have it your own way[, then]! — na gut od. schön, du sollst deinen Willen haben!

5) in sing. or (Amer. coll.) pl. (distance between two points) Stück, das

a little way — ein kleines Stück[chen]; (fig.) ein klein[es] bisschen

it's a long way off or a long way from here — es ist ein ganzes Stück von hier aus; es ist weit weg von hier

the summer holidays are only a little way away — bis zu den Sommerferien ist es nicht mehr lange

there's [still] some way to go yet — es ist noch ein ganzes Stück; (fig.) es dauert noch ein Weilchen

I went a little/a long/some way to meet him — ich bin ihm ein kleines/ganzes/ziemliches Stück entgegengegangen/-gefahren usw., um mich mit ihm zu treffen; (fig.) ich bin ihm etwas/sehr/ziemlich entgegengekommen

have gone/come a long way — (fig.) es weit gebracht haben

go a long way toward something/doing something — viel zu etwas beitragen/viel dazu beitragen, etwas zu tun

a little kindness goes a long way — ein bisschen Freundlichkeit ist viel wert od. hilft viel

all the way — den ganzen Weg

go all the way [with somebody] — (fig.) [jemandem] in jeder Hinsicht zustimmen; (coll.): (have full sexual intercourse) es [mit jemandem] richtig machen (salopp)

6) (room for progress) Weg, der

block the way — den Weg versperren

leave the way open for something — (fig.) etwas möglich machen

clear the way [for something] — (lit. or fig.) [einer Sache (Dat.)] den Weg freimachen

be in somebody's or the way — [jemandem] im Weg sein

get in somebody's way — (lit. or fig.) jemandem im Wege stehen

put difficulties/obstacles in somebody's way — (fig.) jemandem Schwierigkeiten bereiten/Hindernisse in den Weg legen

make way for something — für etwas Platz schaffen od. (fig.) machen

make way! — Platz da!

[get] out of the/my way! — [geh] aus dem Weg!

Move one's car out of the way — seinen Wagen aus dem Weg fahren

get something out of the way — (settle something) etwas erledigen

7) (journey)

on his way to the office/London — auf dem Weg ins Büro/nach London

on the way out to Singapore — auf dem Hinweg/der Hinfahrt/dem Hinflug nach Singapur

on the way back from Nigeria — auf dem Rückweg/der Rückfahrt/dem Rückflug von Nigeria

she is just on the or her way in/out — sie kommt/geht gerade

be on the way out — (fig. coll.) (be losing popularity) passee sein (ugs.); (be reaching end of life) [Hund, Auto, Person:] es nicht mehr lange machen (ugs.)

we stopped on the way to have lunch — wir hielten unterwegs zum Mittagessen an

on her way home — auf dem Nachhauseweg

they're on their way — sie sind unterwegs

on the way there — auf dem Hinweg

[be] on your way! — nun geh schon!

By the way — übrigens

all this is by the way — das alles nur nebenbei

8) (specific direction) Richtung, die

she went this/that/the other way — sie ist in diese/die/die andere Richtung gegangen

look this way, please — sieh/seht bitte hierher!

He wouldn't look my way — er hat nicht zu mir herübergesehen

I will call next time I'm [down] your way — wenn ich das nächste Mal in deiner Gegend bin, komme ich [bei dir] vorbei

look the other way — (lit. or fig.) weggucken

the other way about or round — andersherum

this/which way round — so/wie herum

stand something the right/wrong way up — etwas richtig/falsch herum stellen

turn something the right way round — etwas richtig herum drehen

‘this way up’ — "hier oben"

9) (advance) Weg, der

fight/push etc. one's way through — sich durchkämpfen/-drängen

be under way — [Person:] aufgebrochen sein; [Fahrzeug:] abgefahren sein; (fig.): (be in progress) [Besprechung, Verhandlung, Tagung:] im Gange sein

get something under way — (fig.) etwas in Gang bringen

get under way — wegkommen

make one's way to Oxford/the station — nach Oxford/zum Bahnhof gehen/fahren

Do you need a lift? - No, I'll make my own way — Soll ich dich mitnehmen? - Nein, ich komme alleine

make one's [own] way in the world — seinen Weg gehen (fig.)

make or pay its way — ohne Verlust arbeiten

pay one's way — für sich selbst aufkommen

10) (respect) Hinsicht, die

in [exactly] the same way — [ganz] genauso

in some ways — in gewisser Hinsicht

in one way — auf eine Art

not in any way — in keiner Weise

in every way — in jeder Hinsicht

in a way — auf eine Art

in more ways than one — auf mehr als eine Art

in no way — auf keinen Fall; durchaus nicht

11) (state) Verfassung, die

in a bad way — schlecht

they are in a very bad way — es geht ihnen sehr schlecht

either way — so oder so

in a small way — in bescheidenem Rahmen

by way of — (as a kind of) als; (for the purpose of) um … zu

by way of illustration / greeting / apology / introduction — zur Illustration / Begrüßung / Entschuldigung/Einführung

12) (custom) Art, die

get into/out of the way of doing something — sich (Dat.) etwas an-/abgewöhnen

he has a way of leaving his bills unpaid — es ist so seine Art, seine Rechnungen nicht zu bezahlen

in its way — auf seine/ihre Art

way of life — Lebensstil, der

change one's ways — sich ändern

way of thinking — Denkungsart, die

to my way of thinking — meiner Meinung nach

13) (normal course of events)

be the way — so od. üblich sein

that is always the way — das ist immer so

14) (ability to charm somebody or attain one's object)

he has a way with him — er hat so eine Art

she has a way with children/animals — sie kann mit Kindern/Tieren gut umgehen

15) (specific manner) Eigenart, die

fall into bad ways — schlechte [An]gewohnheiten annehmen

16) (ordinary course) Rahmen, der

17) in pl. (parts) Teile

split something three ways — etwas in drei Teile teilen
2. adverb
weit

way off/ahead/above — weit weg von/weit voraus/weit über

way back — (coll.) vor langer Zeit

way back in the early fifties/before the war — vor langer Zeit, Anfang der fünfziger Jahre/vor dem Krieg

way up in the clouds — hoch oben in den Wolken

he was way out with his guess, his guess was way out — er lag mit seiner Schätzung gewaltig daneben

way down south/in the valley — tief [unten] im Süden/Tal

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[wei] 1. noun
1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) der Weg

2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) der Weg

3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) der Weg

4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) der Weg

5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) die Art und Weise

6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) die Hinsicht

7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) die Eigenart

8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) der Weg
2. adverb
((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) weit

- academic.ru/81440/wayfarer">wayfarer
- wayside
- be/get on one's way
- by the way
- fall by the wayside
- get/have one's own way
- get into / out of the way of doing something
- get into / out of the way of something
- go out of one's way
- have a way with
- have it one's own way
- in a bad way
- in
- out of the/someone's way
- lose one's way
- make one's way
- make way for
- make way
- under way
- way of life
- ways and means
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way

[weɪ]

I. NOUN

1. (road) Weg m

the W\way of the Cross der Kreuzweg

cycle \way Fahrradweg m, Veloweg m SCHWEIZ

one-\way street Einbahnstraße f

to be across [or BRIT also over] the \way gegenüber sein

2. (route) Weg m

excuse me, which \way is the train station? Entschuldigung, wie geht es hier zum Bahnhof?

could you tell me the \way to the post office, please? könnten Sie mir bitte sagen, wie ich zur Post komme?

there's no \way through the centre of town in a vehicle das Stadtzentrum ist für Autos gesperrt

will you get some bread on your \way home? kannst du auf dem Heimweg [etwas] Brot mitbringen?

oh, I must be on my \way oh, ich muss mich auf den Weg machen!

on the \way in/out... beim Hineingehen/Hinausgehen...

on my \way to Glasgow, I saw... auf dem Weg nach Glasgow sah ich...

on the \way back from India,... auf dem Rückweg/Rückflug von Indien...

sorry, I'm on my \way out tut mir leid, ich bin gerade am Gehen

we stopped on the \way to ask for directions wir hielten unterwegs, um nach dem Weg zu fragen

“\way In/Out” „Eingang/Ausgang“

we have to go by \way of Copenhagen wir müssen über Kopenhagen fahren

to ask the \way [to the airport/station] nach dem Weg [zum Flughafen/Bahnhof] fragen

to be on the \way letter, baby unterwegs sein

to be on the [or one's] \way [to sth] auf dem Weg [o unterwegs] [zu etw dat] sein

no problem, it's on my \way kein Problem, das liegt auf meinem Weg

to be out of the \way abgelegen sein

to be out of sb's \way für jdn ein Umweg sein

to be under \way person losgegangen sein; ( fig) im Gange sein

we stopped to have lunch but within half an hour we were under \way again wir machten eine Mittagspause, waren aber nach einer halben Stunde bereits wieder unterwegs

to find one's \way home nach Hause finden

to find one's \way around ( fig) sich akk zurechtfinden

to find one's \way into/out of sth in etw akk hineinfinden/aus etw dat herausfinden; ( fig)

how did my ring find its \way into your pockets? wie kommt denn mein Ring in deine Taschen?

to find one's \way through sth ( also fig) sich akk in etw dat zurechtfinden a. fig

to get under \way in Gang kommen

to give \way einem anderen Fahrzeug die Vorfahrt geben

remember to give \way vergiss nicht, auf die Vorfahrt zu achten!

on roundabouts, you have to give \way to cars already on the roundabout im Kreisverkehr haben die Autos Vorfahrt, die sich bereits im Kreisverkehr befinden

“give \way” BRIT „Vorfahrt [beachten]“

to go on one's \way sich akk auf den Weg machen

to go out of one's \way to do sth einen Umweg machen, um etw zu tun; ( fig) sich akk bei etw dat besondere Mühe geben

please don't go out of your \way! bitte machen Sie sich doch keine Umstände!

to go one's own \way ( fig) seinen eigenen Weg gehen

to go one's own sweet \way ( fig) rücksichtslos seinen eigenen Weg verfolgen

to go separate \ways getrennte Wege gehen

to go the wrong \way sich akk verlaufen; (in car) sich akk verfahren

to know one's \way around sth ( also fig) sich akk in etw dat auskennen

to lead the \way vorausgehen; ( fig)

the research group is leading the \way in developing new types of computer memory die Forschungsgruppe ist führend in der Entwicklung neuartiger Computerspeicher

to lose one's \way sich akk verirren

to make one's own \way to sth alleine irgendwohin kommen

to make one's \way to somewhere irgendwohin gehen, sich akk irgendwohin begeben geh

we should make our \way home wir sollten uns auf den Heimweg machen

to make one's \way in the world seinen Weg gehen

to pay one's \way ( fig) für sich akk selbst aufkommen

to show sb the \way jdm den Weg zeigen

can you show me the \way out, please? können Sie mir bitte zeigen, wo es hier zum Ausgang geht?

to talk one's \way out of sth ( fig) sich akk aus etw dat herausreden fam

to work one's \way up ( fig) sich akk hocharbeiten

3. ( fig: be just doing)

to be [well] on the \way to doing sth auf dem besten Weg[e] sein, etw zu tun

I'm well on the \way to completing the report! der Bericht ist so gut wie fertig! fam

she's well on her \way of becoming an alcoholic sie ist auf dem besten Weg[e], Alkoholikerin zu werden

4. ( fig fam: coming in/disappear)

▪ to be on the \way in [or up] /out im Kommen/am Verschwinden sein

5. (distance) Weg m, Strecke f; AM

keep going straight and after a \ways, you'll see the house fahr immer geradeaus und nach ein paar Metern siehst du dann das Haus

all the \way den ganzen Weg

she stayed with him in the ambulance all the \way to the hospital sie blieb während der ganzen Fahrt bis zum Krankenhaus bei ihm im Krankenwagen; ( fig)

I agree with you all the \way ich stimme dir voll und ganz zu; ( fig)

I'll take my complaint all the \way to the managing director if I have to wenn ich muss, gehe ich mit meiner Beschwerde noch bis zum Generaldirektor; ( fig)

I'll support you all the \way du hast meine volle Unterstützung

a long \way weit

a long \way back vor langer Zeit

to be a long/short \way off (in space) weit entfernt/sehr nahe sein; (in time) fern/nahe sein

Christmas is just a short \way off bis Weihnachten ist es nicht mehr lange hin

to still have a long \way to go ( also fig) noch einen weiten Weg vor sich dat haben

to go a long \way ( fig) lange reichen

to have a [long] \way to go einen [weiten] Weg vor sich dat haben

to have come a long \way ( fig) es weit gebracht haben

he's still a long \way off perfection er ist noch weit davon entfernt, perfekt zu sein

a little kindness goes a long \way wenn man ein bisschen freundlich ist, hilft das doch gleich viel

[not] by long \way ( fig) bei Weitem [nicht]

6. (facing direction) Richtung f

which \way up should this box be? wie herum soll die Kiste stehen?

“this \way up” „hier oben“

this \way round so herum

the wrong \way round [or around] figures falsch [o verkehrt] herum; ( fig)

no, it's the other \way round! nein, es ist gerade andersherum!

to be the wrong \way up auf dem Kopf stehen

7. (direction) Richtung f

which \way are you going? in welche Richtung gehst du?

this \way, please! hier entlang bitte!

look this \way, please bitte hierher schauen; ( fam)

they live out Manchester \way sie wohnen draußen bei Manchester

I really didn't know which \way to look ich wusste wirklich nicht mehr, wo ich hinschauen sollte

after applying for a job, many offers came her \way nachdem sie sich beworben hatte, bekam sie viele Angebote

I'd take any job that comes my \way ich würde jeden Job nehmen, der sich mir bietet

all of a sudden, money came her \way plötzlich kam sie zu Geld

when something like this comes your \way... wenn dir so etwas passiert,...

when a girl like this comes your \way... wenn dir so ein Mädchen über den Weg läuft,... fam

to go this/that \way hier/da entlanggehen

to go the other \way in die andere Richtung gehen

down my \way bei mir in der Nähe

down your \way in deiner Gegend

8. (manner) Art f, Weise f

I liked the \way he asked for a date mir gefiel [die Art und Weise], wie er um ein Rendezvous bat

I don't like the \way he looks at me ich mag es nicht, wie er mich anschaut

it's terrifying the \way prices have gone up in the last few months es ist beängstigend, wie die Preise in den letzten Monaten gestiegen sind

that's just the \way it is so ist das nun einmal

the \way things are going... so wie sich die Dinge entwickeln...

trust me, it's better that \way glaub mir, es ist besser so!

that's her \way of saying she's sorry das ist ihre Art zu sagen, dass es ihr leid tut fam

I did it my \way ich habe es gemacht, [so] wie ich es für richtig hielt

do it my \way mach es wie ich

this is definitely not the \way to do it so macht man das auf gar keinen Fall!

he looked at me in a sinister \way er sah mich finster an

she's got a funny \way of asking for help sie hat eine komische Art, einen um Hilfe zu bitten

he's got a very strange \way of behaving er benimmt sich schon ziemlich seltsam fam

you could tell by the \way he looked man konnte es schon an seinem Blick erkennen

that's no \way to speak to your boss! so redet man nicht mit seinem Vorgesetzten!

the \way he looked at me... so wie er mich angeschaut hat...

the \way we were wie wir einmal waren

it's always the \way! [or isn't it always the \way!] es ist doch echt immer dasselbe! fam

I wouldn't have it any other \way ich würde es nicht anders haben wollen

what a \way to talk! so etwas sagt man nicht!

what a \way to behave! so benimmt man sich nicht!

just leave it the \way it is, will you lass einfach alles so, wie es ist, ja?

to see the error of one's \ways seine Fehler einsehen

to be in the family \way in anderen Umständen sein euph

\way of life Lebensweise f

\way of thinking Denkweise f

to sb's \way of thinking jds Meinung nach

this \way so

come on, do it this \way! komm, mach es so! fam

that \way, I'll save a lot of money auf diese [Art und] Weise spare ich viel Geld

looking at it in that \way, I was lucky after all so gesehen hatte ich sogar noch Glück

in a big \way im großen Stil

in a small \way im kleinen Rahmen

he started off in a small \way er fing klein an

one \way or another so oder so

one \way or another, we've got to... so oder so, irgendwie müssen wir...

either \way so oder so

no \way auf keinen Fall

there's no \way to get me on this ship keine zehn Pferde kriegen mich auf dieses Schiff! fam

there's no \way I'll give in ich gebe auf gar keinen Fall nach!

no \way! ausgeschlossen!, kommt nicht in die Tüte! fam

to show sb the \way to do sth jdm zeigen, wie etw geht

9. (respect) Weise f, Hinsicht f

in a \way in gewisser Weise

in every [possible]\way in jeder Hinsicht

in many/some \ways in vielerlei/gewisser Hinsicht

in more \ways than one in mehr als nur einer Hinsicht

in no \way in keinster Weise

in which \ways does a zebra resemble a horse? worin ähnelt ein Zebra einem Pferd?

not in any \way in keiner Weise

10. no pl (free space) Weg m, Platz m

to be in sb's \way jdm im Weg sein a. fig

to block the way den Weg versperren

to get [or stand] in the \way of sth etw dat im Wege stehen; ( fig)

may nothing stand in the \way of your future happiness together! möge nichts eurem zukünftigen gemeinsamen Glück im Wege stehen!

she's determined to succeed and she won't let anything stand in her \way sie ist entschlossen, ihr Ziel zu erreichen, und wird sich durch nichts aufhalten lassen

to get out of sb's/sth's \way jdm/etw aus dem Weg gehen

can you put your stuff out of the \way, please? kannst du bitte deine Sachen woanders hintun?

to get sb/sth out of the \way jdn/etw loswerden

could you get this out of the \way, please? könntest du das bitte wegtun?

please get the children out of the \way while I... sorge bitte dafür, dass die Kinder nicht stören, während ich...

to give \way ( fig) nachgeben

to give \way to [or make \way for] sth etw dat [o für etw akk] Platz machen; ( fig) etw dat weichen

make \way! Platz da!

to keep [or stay] out of the \way wegbleiben

to keep [or stay] out of sb's \way jdm nicht in die Quere kommen

to make \way [for sb] [für jdn] Platz machen a. fig

to want sb out of the \way jdn aus dem Weg haben wollen

11. (method) Art f [und Weise]

by \way of an introduction to the subject,... als Einführung zum Thema...

my mother has a \way of knowing exactly what I need meine Mutter weiß irgendwie immer genau, was ich brauche

she just has a \way with her sie hat einfach so eine gewisse Art

there are \ways of making you talk, you know Sie werden schon noch Reden!

don't worry, we'll find a \way! keine Sorge, wir werden einen Weg finden!

\ways and means Mittel und Wege

with today's technology everybody has the \ways and means to produce professional-looking documents mit der heutigen Technologie hat jeder die Möglichkeit, professionell aussehende Dokumente zu erstellen

to have a \way with children gut mit Kindern umgehen können

12. (habit) Art f

over the years we've got used to his funny little \ways im Lauf der Jahre haben wir uns an seine kleinen Marotten gewöhnt

that's the \way of the world das ist nun mal der Lauf der Dinge

to fall into bad \ways in schlechte Angewohnheiten verfallen

to get into/out of the \way of doing sth sich dat etw an-/abgewöhnen

13. no pl (condition) Zustand m

to be in a bad \way in schlechter Verfassung sein

he's been in a bad \way ever since the operation seit der Operation geht's ihm schlecht

she's in a terrible \way sie ist in einer schrecklichen Verfassung

14. (desire)

to get [or have] one's [own] \way seinen Willen bekommen

if I had my \way, we'd eat fish every day wenn es nach mir ginge, würden wir jeden Tag Fisch essen

15. ( fam: something like)

he's by \way of being an artist er ist so 'ne Art Künstler fam

16. NAUT

to gather/lose \way Fahrt aufnehmen/verlieren

17. NAUT

▪ \ways pl Helling f

18.

▶ by the \way übrigens

and, by the \way, this wasn't the first time I... und das war, nebenbei bemerkt, nicht das erste Mal, dass ich...

▶ that's the \way the cookie crumbles ( saying) so ist das Leben [eben]

▶ to fall by the \way auf der Strecke bleiben

▶ to go the \way of all flesh den Weg allen Fleisches gehen geh

▶ to go all the \way [with sb] ( fam: have sex) es [mit jdm] richtig machen sl

▶ to have it/sth both \ways beides haben

you can't have it both \ways du kannst nicht beides haben

▶ the \way to a man's heart is through his stomach ( prov) [die] Liebe [des Mannes] geht durch den Magen prov

▶ to see/find out which \way the wind blows/is blowing ( fig) sehen/herausfinden, woher der Wind weht

▶ there are no two \ways about it daran gibt es keinen Zweifel

▶ where there's a will, there's a \way ( prov) wo ein Wille ist, ist auch ein Weg prov

II. ADVERB

1. ( fam: used for emphasis) weit

it would be \way better for you to... es wäre weit[aus] besser für dich,...

she spends \way too much money on clothes sie gibt viel zu viel Geld für Kleidung aus

you're \way out if you think... wenn du denkst, dass..., liegst du voll daneben!

to be \way down with one's guess mit seiner Schätzung völlig danebenliegen

\way back vor langer Zeit

\way back in the early twenties damals in den frühen Zwanzigern

to be \way past sb's bedtime ( fam) für jdn allerhöchste Zeit zum Schlafengehen sein

\way up in the sky weit oben am Himmel

2. (sl: very)

\way cool/hot total [o voll] cool/heiß fam

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[weɪ]
1. NOUN

1) = road Weg m

across or over the way — gegenüber, vis-à-vis; (motion) rüber

Way of the Cross — Kreuzweg m

to fall by the way (fig) — auf der Strecke bleiben

2) = route Weg m

to ask the way — nach dem Weg fragen

you'll learn new skills along the way — Sie werden nebenbei auch neue Fertigkeiten erlernen

to go the wrong way — sich verlaufen; (in car) sich verfahren

to go down the wrong way (food, drink) — in die falsche Kehle kommen

there's no way out (fig) — es gibt keinen Ausweg

to find a way in — hineinfinden

the way up/down — der Weg nach oben/unten; (climbing) der Auf-/Abstieg

the way there/back — der Hin-/Rückweg

prices are on the way up/down — die Preise steigen/fallen

the way forward — der Weg vorwärts or in die Zukunft

by way of an answer/excuse — als Antwort/Entschuldigung

by way of illustration — zur Illustration

he's by way of being a painter (inf) — er ist eine Art Maler (inf)

the way to the station — der Weg zum Bahnhof

can you tell me the way to the town hall, please? — können Sie mir bitte sagen, wie ich zum Rathaus komme?

is it on the way? (place) (parcel etc) — liegt das auf dem Weg? ist es unterwegs?

the shop is on the/your way — der Laden liegt auf dem/deinem Weg

to stop on the way — unterwegs anhalten

on the way (here) — auf dem Weg (hierher)

on the way to London — auf dem Weg nach London

you pass it on your way home — du kommst auf deinem Nachhauseweg or Heimweg daran vorbei

they're on their way now — sie sind jetzt auf dem Weg or unterwegs

to go on one's way — sich auf den Weg machen

there's another baby on the way — da ist wieder ein Kind unterwegs

he's on the way to becoming an alcoholic — er ist dabei or auf dem besten Weg, Alkoholiker zu werden

she's well on the way to being a first-rate singer —

I haven't finished it yet but it's on the way — ich bin noch nicht damit fertig, aber es ist im Werden (inf)

if it is out of your way — wenn es ein Umweg für Sie ist

it took us out of our way — es war ein Umweg für uns

to go out of one's way to do sth (fig) — sich besonders anstrengen, um etw zu tun

please, don't go out of your way for us (fig) — machen Sie sich (dat) bitte unsertwegen keine Umstände

to get under way — in Gang kommen, losgehen (inf); (Naut) Fahrt aufnehmen or machen

to be (well) under way — im Gang/in vollem Gang sein; (Naut) in (voller) Fahrt sein; (with indication of place) unterwegs sein

the way in — der Eingang

on the way in — beim Hereingehen; (in car) beim Hineinfahren

to be on the way in (fig inf) — im Kommen sein

the way out — der Ausgang

please show me the way out — bitte zeigen Sie mir, wo es hinausgeht (inf) or wie ich hinauskomme

can you find your own way out? — finden Sie selbst hinaus?

on the way out — beim Hinausgehen; (in car) beim Hinausfahren

to be on the way out (fig inf) — am Verschwinden or Aussterben sein → easy

I know my way around the town —

she knows her way around the system (fig inf) — sie kennt sich im System aus

can you find your way home? — finden Sie nach Hause?

to lose/gather way (Naut) — Fahrt verlieren/aufnehmen

to make one's way to somewhere — sich an einen Ort or irgendwohin bewegen or begeben

can you make your own way to the restaurant? — kannst du allein zu dem Restaurant kommen?

to make one's way home — nach Hause gehen

to make/fight/push one's way through the crowd — sich einen Weg durch die Menge bahnen, sich durch die Menge (durch)drängen/-kämpfen/-schieben

to make one's way in the world — seinen Weg machen, sich durchsetzen

to go one's own way (fig) — eigene Wege gehen

they went their separate ways (lit, fig) — ihre Wege trennten sich

to pay one's way — für sich selbst bezahlen; (company, project, machine)

can the nation pay its way? — kann das Volk or Land für sich selber aufkommen?

to prepare the way (fig) — den Weg bereiten (for sb/sth jdm/einer Sache)

3) = path Weg m

to bar or block the way — den Weg ab- or versperren

to leave the way open (fig) — die Möglichkeit offenlassen, einen Weg frei lassen (for sth für etw)

to be in sb's way — jdm im Weg stehen or sein; (fig also) jdn stören

to get in the way — in den Weg kommen; (fig) stören

her job gets in the way of her leisure interests — ihr Beruf stört sie nur bei ihren Freizeitvergnügungen

to put difficulties in sb's way — jdm Hindernisse in den Weg stellen

to stand in sb's way (lit, fig) — jdm im Weg stehen or sein

don't let me stand in your way — ich will dir nicht im Weg stehen

he lets nothing stand in his way —

now nothing stands in our way — jetzt steht uns (dat) nichts mehr im Weg, jetzt haben wir freie Bahn

to stand in the way of progress — den Fortschritt aufhalten or hemmen

to put sb in the way of sth (inf) — jdm zu etw verhelfen

get out of the/my way! — (geh) aus dem Weg!, weg da!

to want sb out of the way — jdn aus dem Weg haben wollen

to get sth out of the way (work) — etw hinter sich (acc) bringen; difficulties, problems etc etw loswerden (inf), etw aus dem Weg räumen, etw beseitigen

to get sth out of the way of sb —

they got the children out of the way of the firemen — sie sorgten dafür, dass die Kinder den Feuerwehrleuten nicht im Weg waren

get those people out of the way of the trucks — sieh zu, dass die Leute den Lastwagen Platz machen or aus der Bahn gehen

keep or stay out of the way! — weg da!, zurück!

keep or stay out of my way! — komm mir nicht mehr über den Weg!

to keep sb/sth out of the way of sb — jdn/etw nicht in jds Nähe or Reichweite (acc) kommen lassen __diams; to make way for sb/sth (lit, fig) für jdn/etw Platz machen; (fig also)

make way! — mach Platz!, Platz machen!, Platz da!

4) = direction Richtung f

which way are you going? — in welche Richtung or wohin gehen Sie?

down our way (inf) — bei uns (in der Nähe), in unserer Gegend or Ecke (inf)

it's out Windsor way — es ist or liegt in Richtung Windsor

look both ways — schau nach beiden Seiten

to look the other way (fig) — wegschauen, wegsehen

if the chance comes your way — wenn Sie (dazu) die Gelegenheit haben

if a good job comes my way — wenn ein guter Job für mich auftaucht

each way, both ways (Racing) — auf Sieg und Platz

we'll split it three/ten ways — wir werden es dritteln/in zehn Teile (auf)teilen or durch zehn teilen

she didn't know which way to look (fig) — sie wusste nicht, wo sie hinschauen or hinsehen sollte

this way, please — hier(her) or hier entlang, bitte

look this way —

"this way for the lions" — "zu den Löwen"

he went that way — er ging dorthin or in diese Richtung __diams; this way and that hierhin und dorthin __diams; every which way

cars parked every which way — ungeordnet or durcheinander geparkte Autos

5)

= side it's the wrong way up — es steht verkehrt herum or auf dem Kopf (inf)

"this way up" — "hier oben"

it's the other way (a)round — es ist (genau) umgekehrt

put it the right way up/the other way (a)round — stellen Sie es richtig (herum) hin/andersherum or andersrum (inf) hin

6) = distance Weg m, Strecke f

five miles? that's quite a way! (inf) — fünf Meilen? das ist eine ganz schöne Strecke! (inf)

a little/good way away or off — nicht/sehr weit weg or entfernt, ein kleines/ganzes or gutes Stück weit weg or entfernt

it's only a little way to the next stop — es ist nur ein kleines Stück bis zur nächsten Haltestelle

it rained all the way there — es hat auf der ganzen Strecke geregnet

I'm behind you all the way (fig) — ich stehe voll (und ganz) hinter Ihnen

I haven't read it all the way through yet — ich habe es noch nicht ganz gelesen

that's a long way away — bis dahin ist es weit or (time) noch lange

a long way out of town — weit von der Stadt weg; (live also) weit draußen or außerhalb

that's a long way back —

a long way back, in 1942, when... — vor langer Zeit, im Jahre 1942, als...

he's come a long way since then (fig) — er hat sich seitdem sehr gebessert

he'll go a long way (fig) — er wird es weit bringen

to have a long way to go (lit, fit) — weit vom Ziel entfernt sein; (with work) bei Weitem nicht fertig sein

it should go a long way toward(s) solving the problem — das sollte or müsste bei dem Problem schon ein gutes Stück weiterhelfen

a little goes a long way — ein kleines bisschen reicht sehr lange

a little kindness goes a long way — ein bisschen Freundlichkeit hilft viel

that's a long way from the truth — das ist weit von der Wahrheit entfernt

better by a long way — bei Weitem or um vieles besser

not by a long way — bei Weitem nicht

7) = manner Art f, Weise f

I'd rather do it my way — ich möchte es lieber auf meine (eigene) Art or Weise machen

that's his way of saying thank you — das ist seine Art, sich zu bedanken

the French way of doing it — (die Art,) wie man es in Frankreich macht

a funny way of talking — eine komische Art zu reden

to learn the hard way — aus dem eigenen Schaden lernen

way of thinking — Denk(ungs)art f, Denkweise f

to my way of thinking —

to go on in the same old way — wie vorher weitermachen, auf die alte Tour weitermachen (inf)

in a general way this is true — ganz allgemein ist das richtig

what a way to talk! — so etwas sagt man nicht!

in a big way — im großen Stil

in a small way — in kleinem Ausmaß, im Kleinen __diams; one way or another/the other so oder so

it does not matter (to me) one way or the other — es macht (mir) so oder so nichts aus, es ist mir gleich __diams; either way

either way, we're bound to lose — (so oder so,) wir verlieren auf jeden Fall or auf alle Fälle

no way! — nichts drin! (inf), was? (inf), ausgeschlossen!

there's no way I'm going to agree/you'll persuade him — auf keinen Fall werde ich zustimmen/werden Sie ihn überreden können

there's no way that's a Porsche — ausgeschlossen, dass das ein Porsche ist

that's no way to speak to your mother — so spricht man nicht mit seiner Mutter

you can't have it both ways — du kannst nicht beides haben, beides (zugleich) geht nicht (inf)

he wants it both ways — er will das eine haben und das andere nicht lassen

this one is better, there are no two ways about it (inf) — dieses hier ist besser, da gibt es gar keinen Zweifel or das steht fest

do it this way it was this way... — machen Sie es so or auf diese (Art und) Weise es war so or folgendermaßen...

this way he need never know — auf diese Weise muss er es nie erfahren

I've always had a job, I've been lucky that way — ich hatte immer einen Job, in dieser Hinsicht habe ich Glück gehabt

the way she walks/talks — (so) wie sie geht/spricht

I don't like the way (that) he's looking at you —

do you understand the way things are developing? do you remember the way it was/we were? — verstehst du, wie sich die Dinge entwickeln? erinnerst du dich noch (daran), wie es war/wie wir damals waren?

that's not the way we do things here — so or auf die Art machen wir das hier nicht

you could tell by the way he was dressed —

it's just the way you said it — es ist die Art, wie du es gesagt hast

do it any way you like — machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen

that's the way it goes! — so ist das eben, so ist das nun mal!

the way things are — so, wie es ist or wie die Dinge liegen

the way things are going — so, wie die Dinge sich entwickeln

that's the way the money goes — so geht das Geld weg

it's not what you do, it's the way (that) you do it — es kommt nicht darauf an, was man macht, sondern wie man es macht = exactly as so, wie

leave everything the way it is — lass alles so, wie es ist

it was all the way you said it would be — es war alles so, wie du (es) gesagt hattest

do it the way I do (it) — machen Sie es so or auf dieselbe Art und Weise wie ich (es mache)

to show sb the way to do sth — jdm zeigen, wie or auf welche Art und Weise etw gemacht wird

show me the way to do it — zeig mir, wie (ich es machen soll)

that's not the right way to do it — so geht das nicht, so kann man das nicht machen

what's the best way to do it? — wie macht man das am besten?

there is only one way to speak to him — man kann mit ihm nur auf (die) eine Art und Weise reden __diams; ways and means Mittel und Wege pl

Ways and Means Committee (US) — Steuerausschuss m

8) = means Weg m

we'll find a way — wir werden (schon) einen Weg finden

love will find a way — die Liebe überwindet jedes Hindernis or alle Schwierigkeiten

9) = method, technique Art f

he has a way of knowing what I'm thinking — er hat eine Art zu wissen, was ich denke

we have ways of making you talk — wir haben gewisse Mittel, um Sie zum Reden zu bringen

there are many ways of solving the problem —

ha, that's one way of solving it! — ja, so kann man das auch machen!

the best way is to put it in the freezer for ten minutes — am besten legt man es für zehn Minuten ins Gefrierfach

he has a way with children — er versteht es, mit Kindern umzugehen, er hat eine geschickte Art (im Umgang) mit Kindern

he has a way with him — er hat so eine (gewisse) Art

10) = habit Art f

it is not/only his way to... — es ist nicht/eben seine Art, zu...

to get out of/into the way of doing sth — sich (dat) ab-/angewöhnen, etw zu tun

the ways of the Spaniards —

the ways of Providence/God — die Wege der Vorsehung/Gottes

the way of the world — der Lauf der Welt or der Dinge

that is our way with traitors — so machen wir das mit Verrätern

he has his little ways — er hat so seine Eigenheiten or Marotten (inf)

as is the way with... — wie das mit... so ist

way of life — Lebensstil m; (of nation) Lebensart f

11) = respect Hinsicht f

in a way — in gewisser Hinsicht or Weise

in no way — in keiner Weise

in many/some ways — in vieler/gewisser Hinsicht

in every possible way —

to be better in every possible way — in jeder Hinsicht besser sein

in more ways than one — in mehr als nur einer Hinsicht

what have you got in the way of drink/food? — was haben Sie an Getränken or zu trinken/an Lebensmitteln or zu essen?

12)

= desire to get or have one's (own) way —

our team had it all their own way in the second half — in der zweiten Halbzeit ging für unsere Mannschaft alles nach Wunsch

have it your own way! — wie du willst!

13) = state Zustand m

he's in a bad way — er ist in schlechter Verfassung

things are in a bad way — die Dinge stehen schlecht

2. PLURAL NOUN
(NAUT = slipway) Helling f, Ablaufbahn f
3. ADVERB
(inf)
way over/up — weit drüben/oben

it's way too big — das ist viel zu groß

way hip (US) — total hip (inf)

way back when — vor langer Zeit, als

since way back — seit Urzeiten

that was way back — das ist schon lange her, das war schon vor langer Zeit

he was way out with his guess — er hatte weit daneben- or vorbeigeraten, er hatte weit gefehlt or er lag weit daneben (inf) mit seiner Annahme

his guess was way out — seine Annahme war weit gefehlt

you're way out if you think... — da liegst du aber schief (inf) or da hast du dich aber gewaltig geirrt, wenn du glaubst,...

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way¹ [weı] s

1. Weg m:

way back Rückweg;

on the way back from auf dem Rückweg von;

way home Heimweg;

way through Durchreise f, -fahrt f;

the way of the cross REL der Kreuzweg;

ways and means

a) Mittel und Wege,

b) besonders POL (finanzielle) Mittel, Geldbeschaffung(smaßnahmen) f;

ask the ( oder one’s) way nach dem Weg fragen;

lose one’s way sich verlaufen oder verirren;

send sb on their way (Fußball) jemanden schicken;

take one’s way sich aufmachen (to nach); → committee 1, find B 3, know A 3

2. Straße f, Weg m:

over ( oder across) the way gegenüber

3. fig Gang m, Lauf m:

that is the way of the world das ist der Lauf der Welt; → flesh A 5

4. Richtung f, Seite f:

which way is he looking? wohin schaut er?;

look the other way wegschauen;

this way

a) hierher,

b) hier entlang ( → 9);

the other way round umgekehrt

5. Weg m, Entfernung f, Strecke f:

a good way off ziemlich weit entfernt;

a long way off ( oder from here) weit (von hier) entfernt;

Easter is still a long way off bis Ostern ist es noch lang;

a long way up weit oder hoch hinauf;

a little (long, good) way ein kleines (weites, gutes) Stück Wegs;

a long way off perfection alles andere als vollkommen;

go a long way back fig (weit) ausholen

6. (freie) Bahn, Raum m, Platz m:

be ( oder stand) in sb’s way jemandem im Weg sein oder stehen (a. fig);

give way

a) (zurück)weichen,

b) nachgeben (to dat) (Person od Sache),

c) sich hingeben ( to despair der Verzweiflung);

give way to a car AUTO einem Auto die Vorfahrt lassen;

out of the way! aus dem Weg!

7. Weg m, Durchgang m, Öffnung f:

way of a cock TECH Hahnbohrung f

8. Vorwärtskommen n:

make way besonders SCHIFF vorwärtskommen

9. Art f und Weise f, Weg m, Methode f, Verfahren n:

any way auf jede oder irgendeine Art;

any way you please ganz wie Sie wollen;

in a big (small) way im Großen (Kleinen);

one way or another irgendwie, auf irgendeine (Art und) Weise;

in more ways than one in mehr als einer Beziehung;

some way or other auf die eine oder andere Weise, irgendwie;

way of living (speaking, thinking) Lebensweise (Sprechweise, Denkweise, -art);

to my way of thinking nach meiner Meinung;

the right (wrong) way (to do it) richtig (falsch);

the same way genauso;

the way he does it so wie er es macht;

the way I am feeling so wie ich mich im Moment fühle;

I like the way she laughs ich mag ihr Lachen;

the way I see it nach meiner Einschätzung;

this ( oder that) way so ( → 4);

that’s the way to do it so macht man das;

if that’s the way you feel about it wenn Sie so darüber denken;

in a polite (friendly) way höflich (freundlich);

in its way auf seine Art;

in what ( oder which) way? inwiefern?, wieso?; → each A

10. Gewohnheit f, Brauch m, Sitte f:

the good old ways die guten alten Bräuche

11. Eigenheit f, -art f:

funny ways komische Manieren;

it is not his way es ist nicht seine Art oder Gewohnheit;

she has a winning way sie hat eine gewinnende Art;

that’s always the way with him so macht er es oder geht es ihm immer

12. (Aus)Weg m:

find a way

13. Hinsicht f, Beziehung f:

in a way in gewisser Hinsicht, irgendwie;

in every way in jeder Hinsicht oder Beziehung;

in one way in einer Beziehung;

in some ways in mancher Hinsicht;

in the way of food was Essen anbelangt, an Lebensmitteln

14. ( besonders Gesundheits)Zustand m, Lage f, Verfassung f:

in a bad way in einer schlimmen Lage oder Verfassung;

live in a great (small) way auf großem Fuß (in kleinen Verhältnissen oder sehr bescheiden) leben

15. Berufszweig m, Fach n:

it is not in his way, it does not fall in his way das schlägt nicht in sein Fach;

he is in the oil way er ist im Ölhandel (beschäftigt)

16. umg Umgebung f, Gegend f:

somewhere London way irgendwo in der Gegend von London

17. the Way BIBEL der Weg (die christliche Religion)

18. pl TECH Führungen pl (bei Maschinen)

19. SCHIFF Fahrt(geschwindigkeit) f: → gather A 5

20. pl Schiffsbau:

a) Helling f

b) Stapelblöcke plBesondere Redewendungen: by the way

a) im Vorbeigehen, unterwegs,

b) am Weg(esrand), an der Straße,

c) fig übrigens, nebenbei (bemerkt),

d) zufällig but that’s by the way aber dies nur nebenbei;

by way of

a) (auf dem Weg) über (akk), durch,

b) fig in der Absicht zu, um zu,

c) als Entschuldigung etc, anstelle von (od gen) by way of example beispielsweise;

by way of exchange auf dem Tauschwege;

by way of grace JUR auf dem Gnadenweg;

be by way of being angry im Begriff sein, wütend zu werden;

be by way of doing sth

a) dabei sein, etwas zu tun,

b) pflegen oder es gewohnt sein oder die Aufgabe haben, etwas zu tun not by a long way noch lange nicht;

in the way of

a) auf dem Weg oder dabei zu,

b) hinsichtlich (gen) in the way of business auf dem üblichen Geschäftsweg;

no way! umg auf (gar) keinen Fall!, kommt überhaupt nicht infrage!;

no way can we accept that das können wir auf gar keinen Fall akzeptieren;

on the ( oder one’s) way unterwegs, auf dem Weg;

die on one’s way to hospital auf dem Weg ins Krankenhaus sterben;

on the way to victory auf der Siegesstraße;

be on the way sich andeuten;

well on one’s way in vollem Gange, schon weit vorangekommen (a. fig);

out of the way

a) abgelegen, abseits, abgeschieden,

b) ungewöhnlich, ausgefallen,

c) übertrieben, abwegig nothing out of the way nichts Besonderes oder Ungewöhnliches;

under way

a) SCHIFF in Fahrt,

b) fig im Gange, in Gang the meeting was already under way die Konferenz war schon im Gange;

get sth under way etwas in Gang bringen;

be in a fair way auf dem besten Wege sein;

come in sb’s way jemandem über den Weg laufen;

find its way into Eingang finden in (akk);

force one’s way sich einen Weg bahnen;

go sb’s way

a) den gleichen Weg gehen wie jemand,

b) jemanden begleiten go one’s way(s) seinen Weg gehen, fig seinen Lauf nehmen;

go out of one’s way große Mühen oder Unannehmlichkeiten auf sich nehmen ( to do zu tun);

go the whole way fig ganze Arbeit leisten;

have a way with sb mit jemandem gut zurechtkommen, gut umgehen können mit jemandem;

he’s got a way with words er ist sehr wortgewandt;

have one’s (own) way seinen Kopf oder Willen durchsetzen;

if I had my (own) way wenn es nach mir ginge;

learn the hard way Lehrgeld zahlen (müssen);

make way

a) Platz machen,

b) vorwärtskommen they made way for the ambulance to pass sie machten dem Krankenwagen Platz;

make one’s way sich durchsetzen, seinen Weg machen;

put sb in the way (of doing sth) jemandem die Möglichkeit geben(, etwas zu tun);

put out of the way aus dem Weg räumen (auch töten);

put o.s. out of the way große Mühen oder Unannehmlichkeiten auf sich nehmen ( to do zu tun);

see one’s way to do sth eine Möglichkeit sehen, etwas zu tun;

work one’s way up sich hocharbeiten; → both A, mend A 2, pave, pay¹ B 1

way² [weı] adv weit oben, unten etc:

way back weit entfernt oder hinten oder zurück;

way back in 1902 (schon) damals im Jahre 1902;

we’re friends from way back wir sind uralte Freunde;

way down South weit unten im Süden;

this is way off his personal best SPORT das ist weit entfernt von seiner persönlichen Bestleistung;

you are way off with your remark du liegst mit deiner Bemerkung völlig daneben

* * *
1. noun
1) (road etc., lit. or fig.) Weg, der

across or over the way — gegenüber

2) (route) Weg, der

ask the or one's way — nach dem Weg fragen

ask the way to... — fragen od. sich erkundigen, wo es nach... geht

pick one's way — sich (Dat.) einen Weg suchen

lead the way — vorausgehen; (fig.): (show how to do something) es vormachen

find the or one's way in/out — den Eingang/Ausgang finden

find a way out — (fig.) einen Ausweg finden

I'll take the letter to the post office - it's on my way — ich bringe den Brief zur Post - sie liegt auf meinem Weg

‘Way In/Out’ — "Ein-/Ausgang"

go to Italy by way of Switzerland — über die Schweiz nach Italien fahren

there's no way out — (fig.) es gibt keinen Ausweg

the way back/down/up — der Weg zurück/nach unten/nach oben

go one's own way/their separate ways — (fig.) eigene/getrennte Wege gehen

be going somebody's way — (coll.) denselben Weg wie jemand haben

things are really going my way at the moment — (fig.) im Moment läuft [bei mir] alles so, wie ich es mir vorgestellt habe

money came his way — er kam zu Geld

many offers came his way — er kriegte viele Angebote

go out of one's way to collect something for somebody — einen Umweg machen, um etwas für jemanden abzuholen

go out of one's way to be helpful — sich (Dat.) besondere Mühe geben, hilfsbereit zu sein

out of the way — abgelegen

3) (method) Art und Weise, die

there is a right way and a wrong way of doing it — es gibt einen richtigen und einen falschen Weg, es zu tun

that is not the way to do it — so macht man das nicht

do it this way — mach es so

do it my way — mach es wie ich

I don't like the way she smiles — mir gefällt ihr Lächeln nicht

that's no way to speak to a lady — so spricht man nicht mit einer Dame

he has a strange way of talking — er hat eine seltsame Sprechweise od. Art zu sprechen

from or by the way [that] she looked at me, I knew that there was something wrong — an ihrem Blick konnte ich erkennen, dass etwas nicht stimmte

find a or some way of doing something — einen Weg finden, etwas zu tun

there are no two ways about it — da gibt es gar keinen Zweifel

Are you going to give me that money? - No way! — (coll.) Gibst du mir das Geld? - Nichts da! (ugs.)

there was no way he would change his stand — er würde auf gar keinen Fall seinen Standpunkt ändern

no way is he coming with us — es kommt überhaupt nicht in Frage, dass er mit uns kommt

one way or another — irgendwie

ways and means [to do something or of doing something] — Mittel und Wege, etwas zu tun

be built or made that way — (fig. coll.) so gestrickt sein (fig. ugs.)

be that way — (coll.) so sein

better that way — besser so

either way — so oder so

4) (desired course of action) Wille, der

get or have one's [own] way, have it one's [own] way — seinen Willen kriegen

all right, have it your own way[, then]! — na gut od. schön, du sollst deinen Willen haben!

5) in sing. or (Amer. coll.) pl. (distance between two points) Stück, das

a little way — ein kleines Stück[chen]; (fig.) ein klein[es] bisschen

it's a long way off or a long way from here — es ist ein ganzes Stück von hier aus; es ist weit weg von hier

the summer holidays are only a little way away — bis zu den Sommerferien ist es nicht mehr lange

there's [still] some way to go yet — es ist noch ein ganzes Stück; (fig.) es dauert noch ein Weilchen

I went a little/a long/some way to meet him — ich bin ihm ein kleines/ganzes/ziemliches Stück entgegengegangen/-gefahren usw., um mich mit ihm zu treffen; (fig.) ich bin ihm etwas/sehr/ziemlich entgegengekommen

have gone/come a long way — (fig.) es weit gebracht haben

go a long way toward something/doing something — viel zu etwas beitragen/viel dazu beitragen, etwas zu tun

a little kindness goes a long way — ein bisschen Freundlichkeit ist viel wert od. hilft viel

all the way — den ganzen Weg

go all the way [with somebody] — (fig.) [jemandem] in jeder Hinsicht zustimmen; (coll.): (have full sexual intercourse) es [mit jemandem] richtig machen (salopp)

6) (room for progress) Weg, der

block the way — den Weg versperren

leave the way open for something — (fig.) etwas möglich machen

clear the way [for something] — (lit. or fig.) [einer Sache (Dat.)] den Weg freimachen

be in somebody's or the way — [jemandem] im Weg sein

get in somebody's way — (lit. or fig.) jemandem im Wege stehen

put difficulties/obstacles in somebody's way — (fig.) jemandem Schwierigkeiten bereiten/Hindernisse in den Weg legen

make way for something — für etwas Platz schaffen od. (fig.) machen

make way! — Platz da!

[get] out of the/my way! — [geh] aus dem Weg!

Move one's car out of the way — seinen Wagen aus dem Weg fahren

get something out of the way — (settle something) etwas erledigen

7) (journey)

on his way to the office/London — auf dem Weg ins Büro/nach London

on the way out to Singapore — auf dem Hinweg/der Hinfahrt/dem Hinflug nach Singapur

on the way back from Nigeria — auf dem Rückweg/der Rückfahrt/dem Rückflug von Nigeria

she is just on the or her way in/out — sie kommt/geht gerade

be on the way out — (fig. coll.) (be losing popularity) passee sein (ugs.); (be reaching end of life) [Hund, Auto, Person:] es nicht mehr lange machen (ugs.)

we stopped on the way to have lunch — wir hielten unterwegs zum Mittagessen an

on her way home — auf dem Nachhauseweg

they're on their way — sie sind unterwegs

on the way there — auf dem Hinweg

[be] on your way! — nun geh schon!

By the way — übrigens

all this is by the way — das alles nur nebenbei

8) (specific direction) Richtung, die

she went this/that/the other way — sie ist in diese/die/die andere Richtung gegangen

look this way, please — sieh/seht bitte hierher!

He wouldn't look my way — er hat nicht zu mir herübergesehen

I will call next time I'm [down] your way — wenn ich das nächste Mal in deiner Gegend bin, komme ich [bei dir] vorbei

look the other way — (lit. or fig.) weggucken

the other way about or round — andersherum

this/which way round — so/wie herum

stand something the right/wrong way up — etwas richtig/falsch herum stellen

turn something the right way round — etwas richtig herum drehen

‘this way up’ — "hier oben"

9) (advance) Weg, der

fight/push etc. one's way through — sich durchkämpfen/-drängen

be under way — [Person:] aufgebrochen sein; [Fahrzeug:] abgefahren sein; (fig.): (be in progress) [Besprechung, Verhandlung, Tagung:] im Gange sein

get something under way — (fig.) etwas in Gang bringen

get under way — wegkommen

make one's way to Oxford/the station — nach Oxford/zum Bahnhof gehen/fahren

Do you need a lift? - No, I'll make my own way — Soll ich dich mitnehmen? - Nein, ich komme alleine

make one's [own] way in the world — seinen Weg gehen (fig.)

make or pay its way — ohne Verlust arbeiten

pay one's way — für sich selbst aufkommen

10) (respect) Hinsicht, die

in [exactly] the same way — [ganz] genauso

in some ways — in gewisser Hinsicht

in one way — auf eine Art

not in any way — in keiner Weise

in every way — in jeder Hinsicht

in a way — auf eine Art

in more ways than one — auf mehr als eine Art

in no way — auf keinen Fall; durchaus nicht

11) (state) Verfassung, die

in a bad way — schlecht

they are in a very bad way — es geht ihnen sehr schlecht

either way — so oder so

in a small way — in bescheidenem Rahmen

by way of — (as a kind of) als; (for the purpose of) um … zu

by way of illustration / greeting / apology / introduction — zur Illustration / Begrüßung / Entschuldigung/Einführung

12) (custom) Art, die

get into/out of the way of doing something — sich (Dat.) etwas an-/abgewöhnen

he has a way of leaving his bills unpaid — es ist so seine Art, seine Rechnungen nicht zu bezahlen

in its way — auf seine/ihre Art

way of life — Lebensstil, der

change one's ways — sich ändern

way of thinking — Denkungsart, die

to my way of thinking — meiner Meinung nach

13) (normal course of events)

be the way — so od. üblich sein

that is always the way — das ist immer so

14) (ability to charm somebody or attain one's object)

he has a way with him — er hat so eine Art

she has a way with children/animals — sie kann mit Kindern/Tieren gut umgehen

15) (specific manner) Eigenart, die

fall into bad ways — schlechte [An]gewohnheiten annehmen

16) (ordinary course) Rahmen, der

17) in pl. (parts) Teile

split something three ways — etwas in drei Teile teilen
2. adverb
weit

way off/ahead/above — weit weg von/weit voraus/weit über

way back — (coll.) vor langer Zeit

way back in the early fifties/before the war — vor langer Zeit, Anfang der fünfziger Jahre/vor dem Krieg

way up in the clouds — hoch oben in den Wolken

he was way out with his guess, his guess was way out — er lag mit seiner Schätzung gewaltig daneben

way down south/in the valley — tief [unten] im Süden/Tal

* * *

(of doing something) n.

Manier -en f. n.

Art und Weise f.

Bahn -en f.

Gang ¨-e m.

Straße -n f.

Strecke -n f.

Weg -e m.

Weise -n f.

English-german dictionary > way
13 can

§ (could) შეძლება

§ კონსერვი, დაკონსერვება

§

1 ქილა (შუშისა ან თუნუქისა)

2 დაკონსერვება (დააკონსერვებს)

my granny cans cucumbers ბებიაჩემი კიტრს აკონსერვებს

3 (could) შეიძლება (შეძლებს)

I could not come მოსვლა ვერ შევძელი // ვერ მოვედი

I can do it ამის გაკეთება შემიძლია

4 ცოდნა (იცის)

he can play the piano ფორტეპიანოზე დაკვრა იცის

can you swim? ცურვა იცი? (იცი ცურვა?)

I can’t call it to mind ვერ ვიხსენებ

he can't be bought მოუსყიდველი/უანგარო კაცია

can I borrow your car for a day? ერთი დღით მანქანას ხომ არ მათხოვებ?

the jerry-can blew up კანისტრა აფეთქდა

we couldn't get through to her ვერ დავუკავშირდით

he can get blood out of a stone ქვას წყალს გამოადენს

I can't bend ვერ ვიკუზები // წელში ვერ ვიხრები

I assume that you can do it ვფიქრობ, რომ ამას შეძლებ

can I be of any assistance to you? შემიძლია რითიმე დაგეხმაროთ?

you can`t appreciate English poetry ინგლისურ პოეზიას ვერ შეაფასებ

I can’t go anywhere ვერსად ვერ დავდივარ

I’ll do anything I can რაც შემიძლია, ყველაფერს გავაკეთებ

anybody can do it ეს ყველას / ნებისმიერ ადამიანს შეუძლია

can`t see anybody here აქ ვერავის ვხედავ

I can`t answer for his mistakes მის შეცდომებზე პასუხს ვერ ვაგებ

he alone can do it ამის გაკეთება მხოლოდ მას შეუძლია

I can offer you no hope იმედს ვერ მოგცემ

you can't kill people offhandedly ხალხის ასე უცერემონიოდ ხოცვა არ შეიძლება

where can I obtain this book? სად შეიძლება ვიშოვო / შევიძინო ეს წიგნი?

I can't come for obvious reasons გასაგები მიზეზების გამო ვერ მოვალ

●●I'll come as soon as I possibly can როგორც კი შევძლებ, მაშინვე მოვალ

I can't possibly do it ამას მაინცდამაინც ვერ ვიზამ / ვერ გავაკეთებ

I can't see prospect of success წარმატების იმედი არ ჩანს

can you prove it to me? შეგიძლია დამიმტკიცო?

I can't put it into words სიტყვებით ვერ გამოვხატავ

I can't put my feelings into words ჩემს გრძნობებს სიტყვებით ვერ გამოვხატავ

you can't put that across me ამაში ვერ მომატყუებ

she can twist him round her little finger §1 თავის ნებაზე ატარებს

she can twist him round her little finger §2 როგორც უნდა ისე ატრიალებს

I can put you up for night შემიძლია ღამე ჩემთან გაგათევინო

I can't put up with that ამას მე არ მოვითმენ // ამას ვერ შევურიგდები

you can't kid me! ვერ მომატყუებ! / ვერ გამაცურებ!

it can't last long ეს დიდხანს ვერ გაგრძელდება

you can't laugh it off ამას ხუმრობაში ვერ გაატარებ

it's not a serious mistake, we can let it pass ეს სერიოზული შეცდომა არაა, შეიძლება ყურადღება არ მივაქციოთ

we can't rule this possibility out ამ შესაძლებლობას ვერ გამოვრიცხავთ

I can't afford to run a car მანქანის შენახვა გამიჭირდება

I can't overrule the order არ შემიძლია ბრძანებას არ დავემორჩილო

I can't put this writer on a par with Tolstoy ამ მწერალს ტოლსტოის გვერდით ვერ დავაყენებ

where can I park? მანქანა სად დავაყენო?

they can't be parted მათი ერთმანეთისაგან დაშორება არ შეიძლება

he can easily pass for a foreigner იოლად მიიჩნეევნ უცხოელად

pending his arrival we can't do anything მის ჩამოსვლამდე ვერაფერს გავაკეთებთ

I can't bear this person ამ პიროვნებას ვერ ვიტან

can I pick your brains on this matter? რას მირჩევ ამ საქმეში?

I can't place his knowledge higher than mine მის ცოდნას ჩემს ცოდნაზე მაღლა ვერ დავაყენებ

you can't please everybody ყველას გულს ვერ მოიგებ

you can rely on his word შეგიძლია მის სიტყვას დაენდო

you can rely on him შეგიძლია ენდო

that can be remedied ამის გამოსწორება შეიძლება // ამას ეშველება

I can't remember his name მისი სახელი არ მახსენდება / მაგონდება

some Georgian idioms cannot be rendered into English ზოგი ქართული იდიომი ინგლისურად არ ითარგმნება

you can't reproach me with anything ვერაფერს მისაყვედურებ

human beings can't reproduce lost limbs ადამიანს დაკარგული კიდურები არ აღუდგება

lizards can reproduce their tails ხვლიკს დაკარგული ბოლო / კუდი ისევ ეზრდება

you can set your mind at rest შეგიძლია დამშვიდდე

the matter cannot rest here ამ საქმის ასე მიტოვება არ შეიძლება

slavery cannot be resurrected მონობის აღდგენა შეუძლებელია

I can't risk it ამას ვერ გავბედავ / გავრისკავ

nobody can rival his knowledge ცოდნაში ვერავინ შეეცილება

I can’t reach that branch იმ ტოტს ვერ ვწვდები

as far as the eye can reach რამდენადაც თვალი გასწვდება

where can I reach you? სად გნახო? // სად იქნები, რომ გნახო?

●●this sentence can be read in different ways ამ წინადადების შინაარსის გაგება სხვადასხვაგვარად შეიძლება

he can read music ნოტები იცის

I can read him like a book მაგას მოხარშულს ვიცნობ

can you read anything into what he says? გესმის რამე მისი ნათქვამიდან?

these two methods can’t be reconciled ამ ორი მეთოდის შეთავსება შეუძლებელია

can you smell (sniff) gas? გაზის სუნს გრძნობ?

can you spare me a few minutes? შეგიძლია რამდენიმე წუთი დამითმო?

●●can you spare me $10 ათ დოლარს ხომ არ მასესხებ?

she can't spell ორთოგრაფიული შეცდომებით წერს

I can't imagine why! ვერ წარმომიდგენია, რატომ!

as near as I can recall რამდენადაც მახსოვს

she can neither sing nor dance ვერც მღერის და არც ცეკვა იცის

he can't do it, nor can we ამას ვერც ის აკეთებს და ვერც ჩვენ

I can tell you nothing ვერაფერს გეტყვი

you can go nowhere ვერსად ვერ წახვალ

I wonder how you can stand it! მიკვირს, ამას როგორ ითმენ!

they can't be judged by our standards მათ ჩვენი საზომით ვერ განვსჯით

one can safely say that… შეიძლება დამშვიდებით ითქვას, რომ

I can't make out this scrawl ამ ნაჯღაბნს ვერ ვკითხულობ

he can't see beyond the end of his nose თავის ცხვირის იქეთ ვერაფერს ვერ ხედავს

as far as I can see რამდენადაც მესმის

I can't make sense of what he said მისი ნათქვამიდან აზრი ვერ გამოვიტანე

can I be of any service to you? რითი შემიძლია გემსახუროთ?

●●you can't shift him! მაგას ადგილიდან ვერ დაძრავ! (მისი სიზარმაცის გამო)

I can't stand her მას ვერ ვიტან

can you steer a boat? იცი ნავის მართვა?

I can't walk a step further ერთი ნაბიჯის გადადგმაც კი აღარ შემიძლია

●●I can't subscribe to that idea ამ იდეას ვერ გავიზიარებ

how can you suffer such insolence? ასეთ თავხედობას როგორ იტან? / ითმენ?

I can't suffer the pain any longer ამ ტკივილს ვეღარ ვითმენ / ვეღარ ვიტან

you can trust him with this job შეგიძლია ეს საქმე მიანდო

you can't trust a word he says მისი არც ერთი სიტყვა არ არის დასაჯერებელი

I can't think where he tucks it away! ნეტავი ამდენის სად ჩადის

I can't make her come მოსვლას ვერ დავაძალებ

she's very strange. I can't make her out უცნაურია, ვერაფერი გავუგე

no one can match him in telling lies ტყუილებში ვერავინ სჯობნის // ბადალი არა ჰყავს

you can't mean it! ნუთუ ამას სერიოზულად ამბობ? / აპირებ?

can I take a message? რა გადავცე? / ხომ არაფერი გადავცე? (ტელეფონზე საუბრისას)

I can't get her out of my mind თავიდან ვერ ამოვიგდე

he can go if he is so minded თუ უნდა, წავიდეს

you can do it through an agent შეგიძლია ეს აგენტის საშუალებით გააკეთო

I can't tolerate heat / his impudence სიცხეს / მის თავხედობას ვერ ვიტან

he tossed the empty can away ცარიელი ქილა მოისროლა

the police can't touch him now ახლა მას პოლიცია ვეღარ მისწვდება

I can't touch that shelf იმ თაროს ვერ ვწვდები

you can touch him for tax evasion შეგიძლია გადასახადის გადახდისაგან თავის არიდებისათვის უჩივლო / დაასჯევინო

you can't transmute iron into gold რკინას ოქროდ ვერ აქცევ

my car can hold seven people ჩემს მანქანაში შვიდი კაცი ეტევა

we can't hold him at home სახლში ვერ ვაჩერებთ (სულ სადღაც გარბის)

when I have a cold, I can't taste anything როცა გაციებული ვარ გემოს ვერ ვგრძნობ.

you can get in touch with him by telephone შეგიძლია ტელეფონით დაუკავშირდე

you can tell at once he is a teacher აშკარად ეტყობა, რომ მასწავლებელია

I can't tell margarine from butter მარგარინსა და კარაქს ერთმანეთისგან ვერ ვარჩევ

I can tell him by his voice მას ხმაზე ვცნობ

how can I tell? მე რა ვიცი?

I can't thank you enough არ ვიცი მადლობა როგორ გამოვხატო

I can't do that much ამდენს ვერ გავაკეთებ

I can't think clearly now ახლა კარგად ვერ ვაზროვნებ

I can't think where he might be ვერ წარმომიდგენია, სად იქნება

I can't think of her name მისი სახელი არ მახსენდება

I can't do this much ამდენის გაკეთება არ შემიძლია

you can see it through the glasses ბინოკლით დაინახავ

he can do no wrong მას ბოროტების ქმნა არ შეუძლია

a young teacher can't handle such a large class ახალგაზრდა მასწავლებელი ასეთ დიდ ჯგუფს ვერ მოუვლის / ვერ გაუძლებს

he can't handle this work ამ სამუშაოს ვერ მოერევა

he can handle a tractor ტრაქტორზე მუშაობა შეუძლია

we can hardly ask him უხერხულია, რომ ვთხოვოთ

you can have it your own way რაც გინდა, ის გიქნია!

I can't have that! ამას მე ვერ დავუშვებ!

I can't hear a thing სულ არაფერი მესმის

can I be of any help? შემიძლია რითიმე დაგეხმარო?

it can't be helped ამას არაფერი ეშველება

help 3 (cannot help doing sth) თავის ვერ შეკავება

I can't help thinking about it ამ აზრს ვერ ვიცილებ // არ შემიძლია ამაზე არ ვიფიქრო

don't spend more than you can help საჭიროზე მეტი არ დახარჯო!

I can't help if it rains რა ჩემი ბრალია, თუ გაწვიმდა?

in what way can I help you? რითი შემიძლია დაგეხმარო?

I can't carry heavy weights სიმძიმეს ვერ ვატარებ

I go to the picture whenever I can როცა შესაძლებლობა მაქვს კინოში დავდივარ.

the question is whether he can be believed საკითხავია, შეიძლება თუ არა მას ადვუჯეროთ

I don't agree that it can't be solved არ გეთანხმებით, რომ ის გადაუწყვეტელია;

this is a man without whom we can't go there ეს ის კაცია, რომლის გარეშეც იქ ვერ წავალთ

I can't understand why he is late; არ მესმის რატომ იგვიანებს;

I can't do anything with him მას ვერაფერი მოვუხერხე

the trouble with him is you can't rely on him უბედურება ისაა, რომ ვერ ენდობი

can you work this machine? ამ დაზგაზე მუშაობა შეგიძლია // ამ დაზგას ვერ აამუშავებ?

I can't work out this algebra problem ეს ალგებრული ამოცანა ვერ ამომიხსნია

you can't go wrong with him მასთან არ დაიკარგები / არ გაგიჭირდება

there can be no justification for this ამას არავითარი გამართლება არა აქვს

my child can't walk yet ჩემი ბავშვი ჯერ ვერ დადის//ჩემს ბავშვს ჯერ ფეხი არ აუდგამს;

we can supply all your wants შეგვიძლია ყველა თქვენი მოთხოვნილება დავაკმაყოფილოთ;

I can't get warm ვერ გავთბი

I can't wash this stain off my shirt ეს ლაქა პერანგს ვერ მოვაცილე;

can I fix you a drink? დაგალევინო რამე?

it is more than flesh and blood can stand ამას ადამიანი / მოკვდავი ვერ აიტანს

he can fly any plane ნებისმიერი თვითმფრინავის მართვა შეუძლია

I can't follow when you speak so fast როცა სწრაფად ლაპარაკობ, ვერ ვიგებ

it can be done in the following way ეს შეიძლება შემდეგნაირად გაკეთდეს

you can's fool me ვერ მომატყუებ!

I'll do all I can for you შენთვის ყველაფერს გავაკეთებ

can I do anything for you? რითი შემიძლია გემსახურო?

she can't read English books yet ინგლისურ წიგნებს ჯერ ვერ კითხულობს

you can't smoke in the theater თეატრში თამბაქოს მოწევა არ იქნება / არ შეიძლება / აკრძალულია

you never can tell what he will do next ვინ იცის, შემდეგ რას იზამს

can't you do it by yourself? ამას მარტო / სხვისი დახმარების გარეშე ვერ გააკეთებ?

he can't take a joke ხუმრობას ვერ იგებს

as far as I can judge რამდენადაც შემიძლია განვსაჯო

I can't figure that man out ამ კაცს ვერაფერი გავუგე

I can't find my pen ჩემს კალამს ვერ ვპოულობ

a man who cannot distinguish between red and green is called colour-blind ადამიანს, რომელიც წითელსა და მწვანეს ვერ არჩევს დალტონიკს უწოდებენ

can you do without cigarettes? უსიგარეტოდ გაძლებ?

nothing can equal her beauty მის სილამაზეს ვერაფერი შეედრება

nothing can excuse your laziness საკუთარ სიზარმაცეს ვერაფრით გაამართლებ / სიზარმაცეს გამართლება არა აქვს

some people cannot exhibit their emotions ზოგი თავის ემოციებს ვერ ამჟღავნებს

we can't exist without water უწყლოდ ვერ ვიარსებებთ

I can't eat fat ქონიანს ვერ ვჭამ

can I ask a favor of you? ერთ თხოვნას ვერ შემისრულებ?

the child can't feed himself yet ბავშვი ჯერ თვითონ ვერ ჭამს

your enemy can't get at you here აქ მტერი ვერ მოგწვდება

you can't get away from me ვერსად წამიხვალ!

nothing can daunt him ვერაფრით შეაშინებ

can you decipher her scrawl? მის ნაჯღაბნს არჩევ?

you can depend on him შეგიზლია ენდო / დაეყრდნო

a submarine can be detected by radar წყალქვეშა ნავის მიგნება რადარით შეიძლება

early detection of cancer can save a life კიბოს დროული აღმოჩენით შეიძლება სიცოცხლე შენარჩუნებულ იქნეს

it can be done in different ways ამის გაკეთება სხვადასხვაგვარად შეიძლება

he can't differentiate a hen from a rooster კრუხსა და მამალს ერთმანეთისაგან ვერ არჩევს

can you direct me to the hotel? სასტუმრომდე ხომ ვერ მიმასწავლით გზას?

the fortress can be seen from a distance of 10 kilometers ციხე ათი კილომეტრის მანძილიდან ჩანს

one can't be too careful სიფრთხილეს თავი არ სტკივა

can you cash me this cheque (check)? ამ ჩეკს ვერ გამინაღდებთ?

I can't go any farther გზას ვეღარ გავაგრძელებ // ამის იქით ვერ წავალ

I can't say with certainty that... არ შემიძლია დანამდვილებით ვთქვა, რომ…

I can't face satsivi any more საცივი ისე მომყირჭდა, ვეღარ ვუყურებ

I can't see it clearly ნათლად ვერ ვხედავ

so far as I know / can see რამდენადაც ვიცი / გამეგება

I can't go beyond my commission ჩემს უფლებამოსილებას ვერ გადავაჭარბებ

I can't guarantee fine weather tomorrow ხვალ კარგ ამინდს ვერ დაგპირდები

how can I face her? თვალებში როგორ შევხედო?

it can't be compared with… ვერ შეედრება // შედარება შეუძლებელია

I cannot conceive how he did such a foolish thing ვერ გამიგია / ჩემამდე არ დადის ასეთი სისულელე როგორ მოუვიდა

I can't conceive of anything worse ამაზე უარესი ვერაფერი წარმომიდგენია

can you make the clock go? ამ საათს ვერ აამუშავებ?

where can I contact you? სად დაგიკავშირდე?

can't is a contracted form of 'cannot' can't' 'cannot'-ის შემოკლებული ფორმაა

we can't gainsay his honesty მის პატიოსნებას არ უარვყოფთ

can you cope? გაართმევ თავს?

how can we gauge his reaction to this fact? ამ ამბავზე მისი რეაქცია როგორ განვსაზღვროთ?

I can't countenance such behavior ასეთ ქცევას ვერ მოვიწონებ

only an expert can date this old statue ამ ძველი ქანდაკების დათარღება მხოლოდ ექსპერტს შეუძლია

I can't get along on my salary ხელფასი არ მყოფნის

we can't get around the law კანონს გვერდს ვერ ავუვლით / ვერ ავუქცევთ

I cannot allow you that ამის უფლებას ვერ მოგცემ

I can`t abide cats კატებს ვერ ვიტან

English-Georgian dictionary > can
14 way

I [weɪ]
nome

1) (route, road) strada f., via f.

to live over the way — colloq. abitare di fronte

the quickest way to town — la strada più veloce per andare in città

we went this way — prendemmo questa strada

to ask the way to — domandare la strada per

the way ahead looks difficult — fig. il futuro si preannuncia difficile

there is no way around the problem — non c'è modo di evitare il problema

on the way back from the meeting — tornando dalla riunione

the way forward — fig. il modo per andare avanti

the way in — l'entrata (to di)

"way in" — "entrata"

the way out — l'uscita (of di)

there's no way out — fig. non c'è via d'uscita

the way up — la strada che porta su, la salita

on the way — per strada, in viaggio

we're on the way to Tim's — stiamo andando da Tim

I'm on my way — sono per strada

on your way through town — mentre attraversate la città

I must be on my way — devo proprio andare

to go on one's way — mettersi in viaggio, partire

to send sb. on his way — mandare via qcn.

to be well on the o one's way to doing essere sul punto di fare; to be on the way out fig. passare di moda; she's got two kids and another one on the way colloq. ha due figli e un altro in arrivo; to be out of sb.'s way non essere sulla strada di qcn.; don't go out of your way to do non sforzarti di fare; to go out of one's way to do fare tutto il possibile per fare; out of the way (isolated) fuori mano; (unusual) fuori del comune; along the way lungo la strada; fig. strada facendo; by way of (via) passando per o da; to go one's own way fig. andare per la propria strada; to go the way of sb., sth. fare la fine di qcn., qcs.; to make one's way towards dirigersi verso; to make one's own way in life — farsi strada nella vita

2) (direction) direzione f., senso m.

which way did he go? — da che parte è andato?

he went that way — è andato da quella parte

come o step this way venga da questa parte; "this way for the zoo" "allo zoo"; "this way up" "su"; to look this way and that guardare da tutte le parti; to look the other way (to see) guardare dall'altra parte; (to avoid seeing unpleasant thing) girarsi dall'altra parte; fig. (to ignore) chiudere un occhio; to go every which way andare in tutte le direzioni; the other way up nell'altro senso; the right way up nel senso giusto; the wrong way up nel senso sbagliato, al contrario; to turn sth. the other way around girare qcs. al contrario; I didn't ask her, it was the other way around è stata lei a chiedermelo, non io; you're Ben and you're Tom, is that the right way around? tu sei Ben, e tu Tom, giusto? if you're ever down our way se per caso capiti dalle nostre parti; he's coming our way sta venendo verso di noi; an opportunity came my way mi si è presentata un'occasione; to put sth. sb.'s way colloq. rifilare o mollare qcs. a qcn.; everything's going my way — mi sta andando tutto per il verso giusto

3) (space in front, projected route) passaggio m.

to be in sb.'s way — bloccare la strada a qcn.

to be in the way — ostruire il passaggio

she won't let anything get in the way of her ambition — non lascerà che niente ostacoli la sua ambizione

to get out of the way — scansarsi

to get out of sb.'s way — lasciare passare qcn.

put that somewhere out of the way — mettilo da qualche parte dove non imbrogli

get out of my way! — togliti dai piedi! levati di mezzo!

get him out of the way! — fallo sparire!

once the election is out of the way — una volta passate le elezioni

to keep out of the way — stare alla larga

to keep out of sb.'s way — stare alla larga da qcn.

to keep sth. out of sb.'s way — (to avoid injury, harm) tenere qcs. fuori dalla portata di qcn.

to make way — fare strada (for sb., sth. a qcn., qcs.)

4) (distance) distanza f., cammino m.

it's a long way — ci vuole molto (to per andare fino a)

to be a short way off — essere vicino

my birthday is still some way off — manca ancora un po' al mio compleanno

we still have some way to go before getting — fig. abbiamo ancora un po' di strada da fare prima di arrivare

to go all the way on foot — fare tutta la strada a piedi

I'm with you o behind you all the way — ti sosterrò fino in fondo

5) (manner) modo m., maniera f.

to do sth. the English way — fare qcs. all'inglese

to do sth. the right way — fare qcs. nel modo giusto

try to see it my way — cerca di vederlo dal mio punto di vista

in his o her o its own way a modo suo; to have a way with sth. saperci fare con qcs.; she certainly has a way with her BE colloq. sicuramente ci sa fare; a way of doing (method) un metodo o sistema per fare; (means) un modo per fare; there's no way of knowing non c'è modo o verso di sapere; to my way of thinking a mio modo di vedere; that's the way to do it! così si fa! that's the way! così! bene! I like the way he dresses mi piace il suo modo di vestire; whichever way you look at it da tutti i punti di vista; either way, she's wrong in tutti e due i casi, ha torto; one way or another in un modo o nell'altro; one way and another it's been rather eventful nel complesso è stato piuttosto movimentato; I don't care one way or the other in un modo o nell'altro per me è lo stesso; no two ways about it non ci sono dubbi; you can't have it both ways non puoi avere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca, non si può avere tutto; no way! — colloq. assolutamente no!

6) (respect, aspect) senso m., aspetto m., verso m.

in a way that's true — in un certo senso è vero

can I help you in any way? — c'è qualcosa che posso fare per aiutarti?

in every way possible — in tutti i modi possibili

in many ways — per molti versi

in some ways — in un certo senso, per certi versi

in no way o not in any way in nessun modo; this is in no way a criticism questo non vuole affatto essere una critica; not much in the way of news non ci sono molte notizie; what have you got in the way of drinks? cosa avete da bere? by way of light relief — a mo' di distrazione

7) (custom, manner) usanza f., abitudine f.

that's the modern way — oggi giorno le cose vanno così

that's just his way — è il suo modo di fare

it's the way of the world — così va il mondo

8) (will, desire)

to get one's way o to have one's own way fare di testa propria; she likes (to have) her own way le piace fare di testa sua; if I had my way se potessi fare di testa mia o a modo mio; have it your (own) way — (fai) come vuoi o come preferisci
II [weɪ]
avverbio

1)

we went way over budget — siamo andati decisamente oltre il budget

to be way out — (in guess, estimate) [ person] essere completamente fuori strada

to go way beyond what is necessary — fare molto più del necessario

that's way out of order — ti sbagli di grosso

2) by the way [ mention] en passant, di sfuggita

what time is it, by the way? — a proposito, che ore sono?

but that's just by the way — ma quella è una questione marginale

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[wei] 1. noun
1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) via, passaggio

2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) strada

3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) via

4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) distanza

5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) modo

6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) modo

7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) maniera

8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) strada
2. adverb
((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) (lontano)

- wayfarer
- wayside
- be/get on one's way
- by the way
- fall by the wayside
- get/have one's own way
- get into / out of the way of doing something
- get into / out of the way of something
- go out of one's way
- have a way with
- have it one's own way
- in a bad way
- in
- out of the/someone's way
- lose one's way
- make one's way
- make way for
- make way
- under way
- way of life
- ways and means
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I [weɪ]
nome

1) (route, road) strada f., via f.

to live over the way — colloq. abitare di fronte

the quickest way to town — la strada più veloce per andare in città

we went this way — prendemmo questa strada

to ask the way to — domandare la strada per

the way ahead looks difficult — fig. il futuro si preannuncia difficile

there is no way around the problem — non c'è modo di evitare il problema

on the way back from the meeting — tornando dalla riunione

the way forward — fig. il modo per andare avanti

the way in — l'entrata (to di)

"way in" — "entrata"

the way out — l'uscita (of di)

there's no way out — fig. non c'è via d'uscita

the way up — la strada che porta su, la salita

on the way — per strada, in viaggio

we're on the way to Tim's — stiamo andando da Tim

I'm on my way — sono per strada

on your way through town — mentre attraversate la città

I must be on my way — devo proprio andare

to go on one's way — mettersi in viaggio, partire

to send sb. on his way — mandare via qcn.

to be well on the o one's way to doing essere sul punto di fare; to be on the way out fig. passare di moda; she's got two kids and another one on the way colloq. ha due figli e un altro in arrivo; to be out of sb.'s way non essere sulla strada di qcn.; don't go out of your way to do non sforzarti di fare; to go out of one's way to do fare tutto il possibile per fare; out of the way (isolated) fuori mano; (unusual) fuori del comune; along the way lungo la strada; fig. strada facendo; by way of (via) passando per o da; to go one's own way fig. andare per la propria strada; to go the way of sb., sth. fare la fine di qcn., qcs.; to make one's way towards dirigersi verso; to make one's own way in life — farsi strada nella vita

2) (direction) direzione f., senso m.

which way did he go? — da che parte è andato?

he went that way — è andato da quella parte

come o step this way venga da questa parte; "this way for the zoo" "allo zoo"; "this way up" "su"; to look this way and that guardare da tutte le parti; to look the other way (to see) guardare dall'altra parte; (to avoid seeing unpleasant thing) girarsi dall'altra parte; fig. (to ignore) chiudere un occhio; to go every which way andare in tutte le direzioni; the other way up nell'altro senso; the right way up nel senso giusto; the wrong way up nel senso sbagliato, al contrario; to turn sth. the other way around girare qcs. al contrario; I didn't ask her, it was the other way around è stata lei a chiedermelo, non io; you're Ben and you're Tom, is that the right way around? tu sei Ben, e tu Tom, giusto? if you're ever down our way se per caso capiti dalle nostre parti; he's coming our way sta venendo verso di noi; an opportunity came my way mi si è presentata un'occasione; to put sth. sb.'s way colloq. rifilare o mollare qcs. a qcn.; everything's going my way — mi sta andando tutto per il verso giusto

3) (space in front, projected route) passaggio m.

to be in sb.'s way — bloccare la strada a qcn.

to be in the way — ostruire il passaggio

she won't let anything get in the way of her ambition — non lascerà che niente ostacoli la sua ambizione

to get out of the way — scansarsi

to get out of sb.'s way — lasciare passare qcn.

put that somewhere out of the way — mettilo da qualche parte dove non imbrogli

get out of my way! — togliti dai piedi! levati di mezzo!

get him out of the way! — fallo sparire!

once the election is out of the way — una volta passate le elezioni

to keep out of the way — stare alla larga

to keep out of sb.'s way — stare alla larga da qcn.

to keep sth. out of sb.'s way — (to avoid injury, harm) tenere qcs. fuori dalla portata di qcn.

to make way — fare strada (for sb., sth. a qcn., qcs.)

4) (distance) distanza f., cammino m.

it's a long way — ci vuole molto (to per andare fino a)

to be a short way off — essere vicino

my birthday is still some way off — manca ancora un po' al mio compleanno

we still have some way to go before getting — fig. abbiamo ancora un po' di strada da fare prima di arrivare

to go all the way on foot — fare tutta la strada a piedi

I'm with you o behind you all the way — ti sosterrò fino in fondo

5) (manner) modo m., maniera f.

to do sth. the English way — fare qcs. all'inglese

to do sth. the right way — fare qcs. nel modo giusto

try to see it my way — cerca di vederlo dal mio punto di vista

in his o her o its own way a modo suo; to have a way with sth. saperci fare con qcs.; she certainly has a way with her BE colloq. sicuramente ci sa fare; a way of doing (method) un metodo o sistema per fare; (means) un modo per fare; there's no way of knowing non c'è modo o verso di sapere; to my way of thinking a mio modo di vedere; that's the way to do it! così si fa! that's the way! così! bene! I like the way he dresses mi piace il suo modo di vestire; whichever way you look at it da tutti i punti di vista; either way, she's wrong in tutti e due i casi, ha torto; one way or another in un modo o nell'altro; one way and another it's been rather eventful nel complesso è stato piuttosto movimentato; I don't care one way or the other in un modo o nell'altro per me è lo stesso; no two ways about it non ci sono dubbi; you can't have it both ways non puoi avere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca, non si può avere tutto; no way! — colloq. assolutamente no!

6) (respect, aspect) senso m., aspetto m., verso m.

in a way that's true — in un certo senso è vero

can I help you in any way? — c'è qualcosa che posso fare per aiutarti?

in every way possible — in tutti i modi possibili

in many ways — per molti versi

in some ways — in un certo senso, per certi versi

in no way o not in any way in nessun modo; this is in no way a criticism questo non vuole affatto essere una critica; not much in the way of news non ci sono molte notizie; what have you got in the way of drinks? cosa avete da bere? by way of light relief — a mo' di distrazione

7) (custom, manner) usanza f., abitudine f.

that's the modern way — oggi giorno le cose vanno così

that's just his way — è il suo modo di fare

it's the way of the world — così va il mondo

8) (will, desire)

to get one's way o to have one's own way fare di testa propria; she likes (to have) her own way le piace fare di testa sua; if I had my way se potessi fare di testa mia o a modo mio; have it your (own) way — (fai) come vuoi o come preferisci
II [weɪ]
avverbio

1)

we went way over budget — siamo andati decisamente oltre il budget

to be way out — (in guess, estimate) [ person] essere completamente fuori strada

to go way beyond what is necessary — fare molto più del necessario

that's way out of order — ti sbagli di grosso

2) by the way [ mention] en passant, di sfuggita

what time is it, by the way? — a proposito, che ore sono?

but that's just by the way — ma quella è una questione marginale

English-Italian dictionary > way
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[weɪ] n

1) ( road) Weg m;

the W\way of the Cross der Kreuzweg;

cycle \way Fahrradweg m;

one-\way street Einbahnstraße f;

to be across [or (Brit a.) over] the \way gegenüber sein

2) ( route) Weg m;

excuse me, which \way is the train station? Entschuldigung, wie geht es hier zum Bahnhof?;

could you tell me the \way to the post office, please? könnten Sie mir bitte sagen, wie ich zur Post komme?;

there's no \way through the centre of town in a vehicle das Stadtzentrum ist für Autos gesperrt;

will you get some bread on your \way home? kannst du auf dem Heimweg [etwas] Brot mitbringen?;

oh, I must be on my \way oh, ich muss mich auf den Weg machen!;

on the \way in/out... beim Hineingehen/Hinausgehen...;

on my \way to Glasgow, I saw... auf dem Weg nach Glasgow sah ich...;

on the \way back from India,... auf dem Rückweg/Rückflug von Indien...;

sorry, I'm on my \way out tut mir leid, ich bin gerade am Gehen;

we stopped on the \way to ask for directions wir hielten unterwegs, um nach dem Weg zu fragen;

‘W\way In/Out’ „Eingang/Ausgang“;

we have to go by \way of Copenhagen wir müssen über Kopenhagen fahren;

to ask the \way [to the airport/station] nach dem Weg [zum Flughafen/Bahnhof] fragen;

to be on the \way letter, baby unterwegs sein;

to be on the [or one's] \way [to sth] auf dem Weg [o unterwegs] [zu etw dat] sein;

no problem, it's on my \way kein Problem, das liegt auf meinem Weg;

to be out of the \way abgelegen sein;

to be out of sb's \way für jdn ein Umweg sein;

to be under \way person losgegangen sein; ( fig) im Gange sein;

we stopped to have lunch but within half an hour we were under \way again wir machten eine Mittagspause, waren aber nach einer halben Stunde bereits wieder unterwegs;

to find one's \way home nach Hause finden;

to find one's \way around ( fig) sich akk zurechtfinden;

to find one's \way into/ out of sth in etw akk hineinfinden/aus etw dat herausfinden;

how did my ring find its \way into your pockets? ( fig) wie kommt denn mein Ring in deine Taschen?;

to find one's \way through sth (a. fig) sich akk in etw dat zurechtfinden (a. fig)

to get under \way in Gang kommen;

to give \way einem anderen Fahrzeug die Vorfahrt geben;

remember to give \way vergiss nicht, auf die Vorfahrt zu achten!;

on roundabouts, you have to give \way to cars already on the roundabout im Kreisverkehr haben die Autos Vorfahrt, die sich bereits im Kreisverkehr befinden;

“give \way” ( Brit) „Vorfahrt [beachten]“;

to go on one's \way sich akk auf den Weg machen;

to go out of one's \way to do sth einen Umweg machen, um etw zu tun; ( fig) sich akk bei etw dat besondere Mühe geben;

please don't go out of your \way! bitte machen Sie sich doch keine Umstände!;

to go one's own \way ( fig) seinen eigenen Weg gehen;

to go one's own sweet \way ( fig) rücksichtslos seinen eigenen Weg verfolgen;

to go separate \ways getrennte Wege gehen;

to go the wrong \way sich akk verlaufen;

( in car) sich akk verfahren;

to know one's \way around sth (a. fig) sich akk in etw dat auskennen;

to lead the \way vorausgehen;

the research group is leading the \way in developing new types of computer memory ( fig) die Forschungsgruppe ist führend in der Entwicklung neuartiger Computerspeicher;

to lose one's \way sich akk verirren;

to make one's own \way to sth alleine irgendwo hinkommen;

to make one's \way to somewhere irgendwohin gehen, sich akk irgendwohin begeben ( geh)

we should make our \way home wir sollten uns auf den Heimweg machen;

to make one's \way in the world seinen Weg gehen;

to pay one's \way ( fig) für sich akk selbst aufkommen;

to show sb the \way jdm den Weg zeigen;

can you show me the \way out, please? können Sie mir bitte zeigen, wo es hier zum Ausgang geht?;

to talk one's \way out of sth ( fig) sich akk aus etw dat herausreden ( fam)

to work one's \way up ( fig) sich akk hocharbeiten;

3) (fig: be just doing)

to be [well] on the \way to doing sth auf dem besten Weg[e] sein, etw zu tun;

I'm well on the \way to completing the report! der Bericht ist so gut wie fertig! ( fam)

she's well on her \way of becoming an alcoholic sie ist auf dem besten Weg[e], Alkoholikerin zu werden;

4) (fig fam: coming in/ disappear)

to be on the \way in [or up] / out im Kommen/am Verschwinden sein

5) ( distance) Weg m, Strecke f; (Am)

keep going straight and after a \ways, you'll see the house fahr immer geradeaus und nach ein paar Metern siehst du dann das Haus;

all the \way den ganzen Weg;

she stayed with him in the ambulance all the \way to the hospital sie blieb während der ganzen Fahrt bis zum Krankenhaus bei ihm im Krankenwagen;

I agree with you all the \way ( fig) ich stimme dir voll und ganz zu;

I'll take my complaint all the \way to the managing director if I have to ( fig) wenn ich muss, gehe ich mit meiner Beschwerde noch bis zum Generaldirektor;

I'll support you all the \way ( fig) du hast meine volle Unterstützung;

a long \way weit;

a long \way back vor langer Zeit;

to be a long/short \way off ( in space) weit entfernt/sehr nahe sein;

( in time) fern/nahe sein;

Christmas is just a short \way off bis Weihnachten ist es nicht mehr lange hin;

to still have a long \way to go (a. fig) noch einen weiten Weg vor sich dat haben;

to go a long \way ( fig) lange reichen;

to have a [long] \way to go einen [weiten] Weg vor sich dat haben;

to have come a long \way ( fig) es weit gebracht haben;

he's still a long \way off perfection er ist noch weit davon entfernt, perfekt zu sein;

a little kindness goes a long \way wenn man ein bisschen freundlich ist, hilft das doch gleich viel;

[not] by long \way ( fig) bei Weitem [nicht]

6) ( facing direction) Richtung f;

which \way up should this box be? wie herum soll die Kiste stehen?;

“this \way up” „hier oben“;

this \way round so herum;

the wrong \way round [or around] figures falsch [o verkehrt] herum;

no, it's the other \way round! ( fig) nein, es ist gerade andersherum!;

to be the wrong \way up auf dem Kopf stehen

7) ( direction) Richtung f;

which \way are you going? in welche Richtung gehst du?;

this \way, please! hier entlang bitte!;

look this \way, please bitte hierher schauen;

they live out Manchester \way ( fam) sie wohnen draußen bei Manchester;

I really didn't know which \way to look ich wusste wirklich nicht mehr, wo ich hinschauen sollte;

to come sb's \way;

after applying for a job, many offers came her \way nachdem sie sich beworben hatte, bekam sie viele Angebote;

I'd take any job that comes my \way ich würde jeden Job nehmen, der sich mir bietet;

all of a sudden, money came her \way plötzlich kam sie zu Geld;

when something like this comes your \way... wenn dir so etwas passiert,...;

when a girl like this comes your \way... wenn dir so ein Mädchen über den Weg läuft,... ( fam)

to go this/that \way hier/da entlanggehen;

to go the other \way in die andere Richtung gehen;

down my \way bei mir in der Nähe;

down your \way in deiner Gegend

8) ( manner) Art f, Weise f;

I liked the \way he asked for a date mir gefiel [die Art und Weise], wie er um ein Rendezvous bat;

I don't like the \way he looks at me ich mag es nicht, wie er mich anschaut;

it's terrifying the \way prices have gone up in the last few months es ist beängstigend, wie die Preise in den letzten Monaten gestiegen sind;

that's just the \way it is so ist das nun einmal;

the \way things are going... so wie sich die Dinge entwickeln...;

trust me, it's better that \way glaub mir, es ist besser so!;

that's her \way of saying she's sorry das ist ihre Art zu sagen, dass es ihr leid tut ( fam)

I did it my \way ich habe es gemacht, [so] wie ich es für richtig hielt;

do it my \way mach es wie ich;

this is definitely not the \way to do it so macht man das auf gar keinen Fall!;

he looked at me in a sinister \way er sah mich finster an;

she's got a funny \way of asking for help sie hat eine komische Art, einen um Hilfe zu bitten;

he's got a very strange \way of behaving er benimmt sich schon ziemlich seltsam ( fam)

you could tell by the \way he looked man konnte es schon an seinem Blick erkennen;

that's no \way to speak to your boss! so redet man nicht mit seinem Vorgesetzten!;

the \way he looked at me... so wie er mich angeschaut hat...;

the \way we were wie wir einmal waren;

it's always the \way! [or isn't it always the \way!] es ist doch echt immer dasselbe! ( fam)

I wouldn't have it any other \way ich würde es nicht anders haben wollen;

what a \way to talk! so etwas sagt man nicht!;

what a \way to behave! so benimmt man sich nicht!;

just leave it the \way it is, will you lass einfach alles so, wie es ist, ja?;

to see the error of one's \ways seine Fehler einsehen;

to be in the family \way in anderen Umständen sein ( euph)

\way of life Lebensweise f;

\way of thinking Denkweise f;

to sb's \way of thinking jds Meinung f nach;

this \way so;

come on, do it this \way! komm, mach es so! ( fam)

that \way, I'll save a lot of money auf diese [Art und] Weise spare ich viel Geld;

looking at it in that \way, I was lucky after all so gesehen hatte ich sogar noch Glück;

in a big \way im großen Stil;

in a small \way im kleinen Rahmen;

he started off in a small \way er fing klein an;

one \way or another so oder so;

one \way or another, we've got to... so oder so, irgendwie müssen wir...;

either \way so oder so;

no \way;

there's no \way to get me on this ship keine zehn Pferde kriegen mich auf dieses Schiff! ( fam)

there's no \way I'll give in ich gebe auf gar keinen Fall nach!;

no \way! ausgeschlossen!, kommt nicht in die Tüte! ( fam)

to show sb the \way to do sth jdm zeigen, wie etw geht

9) ( respect) Weise f, Hinsicht f;

in a \way in gewisser Weise;

in every [possible]\way in jeder Hinsicht;

in many/some \ways in vielerlei/gewisser Hinsicht;

in more \ways than one in mehr als nur einer Hinsicht;

in no \way in keinster Weise;

in which \ways does a zebra resemble a horse? worin ähnelt ein Zebra einem Pferd?;

not in any \way in keiner Weise

10) no pl ( free space) Weg m, Platz m;

to be in sb's \way jdm im Weg sein (a. fig)

to block the way den Weg versperren;

to get [or stand] in the \way of sth etw dat im Wege stehen;

may nothing stand in the \way of your future happiness together! ( fig) möge nichts eurem zukünftigen gemeinsamen Glück im Wege stehen!;

she's determined to succeed and she won't let anything stand in her \way sie ist entschlossen, ihr Ziel zu erreichen,und wird sich durch nichts aufhalten lassen;

to get out of sb's/sth's \way jdm/etw aus dem Weg gehen;

can you put your stuff out of the \way, please? kannst du bitte deine Sachen woanders hintun?;

to get sb/sth out of the \way jdn/etw loswerden;

could you get this out of the \way, please? könntest du das bitte wegtun?;

please get the children out of the \way while I... sorge bitte dafür, dass die Kinder nicht stören, während ich...;

to give \way ( fig) nachgeben;

to give \way to [or make \way for] sth etw dat [o für etw akk] Platz machen; ( fig) etw dat weichen;

make \way! Platz da!;

to keep [or stay] out of the \way wegbleiben;

to keep [or stay] out of sb's \way jdm nicht in die Quere kommen;

to make \way [for sb] [für jdn] Platz machen (a. fig)

to want sb out of the \way jdn aus dem Weg haben wollen

11) ( method) Art f [und Weise];

by \way of an introduction to the subject,... als Einführung zum Thema...;

my mother has a \way of knowing exactly what I need meine Mutter weiß irgendwie immer genau, was ich brauche;

she just has a \way with her sie hat einfach so eine gewisse Art;

there are \ways of making you talk, you know Sie werden schon noch Reden!;

don't worry, we'll find a \way! keine Sorge, wir werden einen Weg finden!;

\ways and means Mittel und Wege;

with today's technology everybody has the \ways and means to produce professional-looking documents mit der heutigen Technologie hat jeder die Möglichkeit, professionell aussehende Dokumente zu erstellen;

to have a \way with children gut mit Kindern umgehen können

12) ( habit) Art f;

over the years we've got used to his funny little \ways im Lauf der Jahre haben wir uns an seine kleinen Marotten gewöhnt;

that's the \way of the world das ist nun mal der Lauf der Dinge;

to fall into bad \ways in schlechte Angewohnheiten verfallen;

to get into/out of the \way of doing sth sich dat etw an-/abgewöhnen

13) no pl ( condition) Zustand m;

to be in a bad \way in schlechter Verfassung sein;

he's been in a bad \way ever since the operation seit der Operation geht's ihm schlecht;

she's in a terrible \way sie ist in einer schrecklichen Verfassung

14) ( desire)

to get [or have] one's [own] \way seinen Willen bekommen;

if I had my \way, we'd eat fish every day wenn es nach mir ginge, würden wir jeden Tag Fisch essen

15) (fam: something like)

he's by \way of being an artist er ist so'ne Art Künstler ( fam)

16) naut

to gather/lose \way Fahrt aufnehmen/verlieren

17) naut

\ways pl Helling f

PHRASES:

that's the \way the cookie crumbles ( crumbles) so ist das Leben [eben];

to go the \way of all flesh den Weg allen Fleisches gehen ( geh)

the \way to a man's heart is through his stomach ( is through his stomach) [die] Liebe [des Mannes] geht durch den Magen ( prov)

where there's a will, there's a \way (there's a \way) wo ein Wille ist, ist auch ein Weg ( prov)

to see/find out which \way the wind blows/ is blowing ( is blowing) sehen/herausfinden, woher der Wind weht;

there are no two \ways about it daran gibt es keinen Zweifel;

to fall by the \way auf der Strecke bleiben;

to have it/sth both \ways beides haben;

you can't have it both \ways du kannst nicht beides haben;

to go all the \way [with sb] (fam: have sex) es [mit jdm] richtig machen (sl)

by the \way übrigens;

and, by the \way, this wasn't the first time I... und das war, nebenbei bemerkt, nicht das erste Mal, dass ich... adv

inv

1) (fam: used for emphasis) weit;

it would be \way better for you to... es wäre weit[aus] besser für dich,...;

she spends \way too much money on clothes sie gibt viel zu viel Geld für Kleidung aus;

you're \way out if you think... wenn du denkst, dass..., liegst du voll daneben!;

to be \way down with one's guess mit seiner Schätzung völlig daneben liegen;

\way back vor langer Zeit;

\way back in the early twenties damals in den frühen Zwanzigern;

to be \way past sb's bedtime ( fam) für jdn allerhöchste Zeit zum Schlafengehen sein;

\way up in the sky weit oben am Himmel

2) (sl: very)

\way cool/ hot total [o voll] cool/heiß ( fam)

English-German students dictionary > way
16 way

wei 1. noun
1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) vei

2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) vei, retning

3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) vei

4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) avstand

5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) metode, måte, skikk

6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) måte

7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) vane

8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) (bane) vei; gjennom; (gi) etter
2. adverb
((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) langt; høyt

- wayfarer
- wayside
- be/get on one's way
- by the way
- fall by the wayside
- get/have one's own way
- get into / out of the way of doing something
- get into / out of the way of something
- go out of one's way
- have a way with
- have it one's own way
- in a bad way
- in
- out of the/someone's way
- lose one's way
- make one's way
- make way for
- make way
- under way
- way of life
- ways and means

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I
subst. \/weɪ\/

1) ( om retning) vei

• can you tell me the way to the mall?

kan du si meg veien til kjøpesenteret?

• he lost it on his way to London

han mistet den på vei til London

• this way, please

denne veien, takk

2) utvei, råd, mulighet, løsning

• there must be a way

det må da finnes en løsning

3) ( fremgangsmåte) måte, vis

• do you know the right way to do this?

vet du den riktige måten å gjøre dette på?

• in that way we can help you

på den måten kan vi hjelpe deg

• do it your own way!

gjør som du vil!

• I'm just made that way

jeg er bare slik

• I don't like the way she smiles

jeg liker ikke måten hun smiler på

4) vis, måte, henseende

• she's a clever woman in several ways

hun er en smart kvinne i mange henseender

5) ( gammeldags) vei, sti

• take the way across the field

ta stien over jordet

6) ( personlig egenskap) vesen, måte å være på, atferd

• it is not his way to be mean

gjerrighet ligger ikke for ham

7) ( gammeldags) bransje, fag, område

• they're in the oil way

de er i oljebransjen

8) (sjøfart, gammeldags) fart

• we are gathering way

vi holder på å få opp farten

9) (etter stedsnavn, hverdagslig) -traktene

• he moved somewhere London way

han flyttet til et sted i londontraktene

allow somebody his\/her own way la noen få det som han\/hun vil

all the way ( også overført) hele veien, for alle penga, helt

• I'm with you all the way

jeg er helt og holdent på din side

• we drove all the way to Texas

any way hvilken som helst vei, (til) hvilken som helst retning (på) hvilken som helst måte i alle tilfeller, uansett, likevel

• I will do it any way

jeg gjør det likevel

ask the\/one's way spørre om veien, spørre seg frem

be by the way ( om kommentar eller bemerkning) mangle betydning, ikke vedkomme sammenhengen

beg one's way tigge seg frem

be in a way about something være opprørt over noe

• he was quite in a way about his son's behaviour

han var temmelig opprørt over sønnens oppførsel

be in the way of være i veien for

be on the way være på vei

• be on the way of doing something

være på (god) vei til å gjøre noe

be on the way in\/out (hverdagslig, om moter og trender) være på vei inn\/ut, begynne å bli populær(t)\/upopulær(t), begynne å bli moderne\/umoderne

• platform shoes are on the way out again

platåsko begynner å bli umoderne igjen

be under way være i gang, være underveis, gjøre fremskritt ( sjøfart) i fart

be well on the\/one's way være et godt stykke på vei ( overført) være på god vei

• he's well on his way to stardom

han er på god vei til å bli stjerne

borrow one's way låne seg frem

by a long way ( overført) langt på vei

• your work is better than his by a long way

arbeidet ditt er atskillig bedre enn hans

by the way ( gammeldags) nær veien, ved veien, inntil veien

• he lives by the way

han bor ved veien

i forbifarten forresten, apropos, forøvrig

• by the way, do you know if she's at home today?

forresten, vet du om hun er hjemme i dag?

by way of via, over, gjennom

• we're going by way of London

vi reiser via London

som, til

• she said that by way of an explanation

hun sa det som en forklaring

• he nodded by way of an answer

han nikket til svar

for å, i den hensikt å

• they've come here by way of finding the truth

de har kommet hit for å finne sannheten

clear the way bane vei, gi plass

clear the way! ut av veien!, unna vei!

come a long way komme langveisfra ( overført) nå langt

• she's come a long way

come somebody's way komme på noens trakter

• visit me if you come my way

besøk meg om du kommer på mine trakter komme noen til del

• if a great fortune should come my way, I would leave this godforsaken place

hvis en stor formue skulle komme meg til del, ville jeg forlate dette gudsforlatte stedet

come up the hard way gå den lange veien, arbeide seg opp fra ingenting

committee of ways and means se ➢ committee

cut one's way bane seg vei

down our way ( hverdagslig) nede hos oss, hjemme hos oss, i våre trakter, der vi kommer fra

each way eller both ways ( hesteveddeløp)

forklaring: holde på en hest som vinner eller på plassering

• I put a pound on a horse each way

jeg satset ett pund både på vinner og på plassering

hver vei

• the carpet is ten feet each way

teppet er ti fot hver vei

either way begge veier fra eller til, uansett

• I can't advise you either way

jeg kan ikke si noe verken fra eller til

• it was wrong either way

det var galt uansett hvordan man så på det

every which way (amer.) alle veier

• the papers flew every which way

papirene fløy alle veier

alle midler, alle måter

• we tried every which way

vi prøvde alle midler

fall somebody's way komme noen til del, komme noen til gode

feel one's way forsøke seg frem, føle seg for\/frem

fight one's way ( også overført) kjempe seg frem, slå seg gjennom, slå seg frem, bryte seg vei

• he fought his way through the crowd

• she fought her way back to life

hun kjempet seg tilbake til livet

find a\/some way ( overført) finne (på) en utvei, finne en løsning, finne på noe

fumble one's way famle seg frem, famle etter veien

get into the way of venne seg til, sette seg inn i

• it's easy once you get into the way of it

det er lett så fort du venner deg til det

• he got into the way of living beyond his means

han vente seg til å leve over evne

get one's way få viljen sin

get one's way with (få lov til å) ha sex med

get out of someone's way ( også overført) holde seg unna noen, ikke stå i veien for noen

• she was angry with me, so I got out of her way

hun var sint på meg, så jeg holdt meg unna henne

get something out of the way bli kvitt noe, kvitte seg med noe, rydde noe av veien

• they got the problem out of the way

de ble kvitt problemet

get under way komme i gang, få i gang ( sjøfart) komme i sig

go a great way with somebody bety mye for noen ha stor innflytelse hos noen

go all the way løpe linen ut, ta steget fullt ut samtykke helt og holdent ( hverdagslig) ha sex (med noen)

go a long way eller go a great way eller go far ( også overført) gå langt rekke langt, være drøy bidra sterkt

• this will go a long way in overcoming the difficulties

• it'll go a long way to help the area

det kommer til å bidra sterkt til å hjelpe området

go a long way round gå en skikkelig omvei

go\/take one's own way ( overført) gå sin egen vei, handle etter eget hode

go one's way ( litterært) gå sin vei

go out of one's way ta en omvei, gjøre en avstikker

• I hope it won't take you out of your way

jeg håper det ikke blir en omvei for deg

( overført) gjøre seg ekstra besvær, virkelig anstrenge seg

• he went out of his way to help me

han anstrengte seg for å hjelpe meg

• he went out of his way to be rude

han gjorde alt han kunne for å være uhøflig

go over in a big way slå voldsomt an, gjøre enorm suksess

go someone's way gå bra for noen, gå i noens favør

• everything went my way last year

alt gikk bra for meg i fjor

gå samme vei som noen

• are you going my way?

skal du samme vei som jeg?

go the right way about it gripe saken riktig an, begynne i riktig ende

go the right way to work gripe saken riktig an

go the way of all flesh eller go the way of all the earth eller go the way of nature gå all kjødets gang, vandre heden, forgå, gå til grunne, dø

have a way of ha en tendens til å, pleie å

• he has a way of interrupting people

han har en tendens til å avbryte folk

have a way with something\/someone ha et (godt) lag med noe\/noen, ha tekke

• she has a way with horses

hun har et godt lag med hester

• he has a way with children

han har barnetekke

• he has a way with women

han har dametekke

have (it) one's own way eller have one's way få det som man vil, bestemme selv, få viljen sin

• have it your own way!

gjør som du vil!

• let him have his own way

la han få viljen sin

• if I had my way...

om jeg fikk bestemme...

• let it have its way

la saken gå sin gang

have it both ways få både i pose og sekk

• you can't have it both ways

du kan ikke få både i pose og sekk

have way on ( sjøfart) ha (god) fart

hold\/keep one's way gå på, fortsette

in all ways på alle vis, i alle henseender, på alle (mulige) måter

in any way på noe vis

• can I help you in any way?

kan jeg hjelpe deg på noe vis?

på en hvilken som helst måte

in a way på sett og vis, på en måte

• in a way I feel quite lucky

jeg føler meg på sett og vis ganske heldig

in a small way i liten skala\/målestokk

in no way ikke i det hele tatt, på ingen måte

• it's in no way inferior

det er på ingen måte mindreverdig

in one way på sett og vis, på en måte

in some ways på sett og vis, på en måte

in the way i veien ( gammeldags) i nærheten

in the way of ( overført) i form av, med hensyn til, av

• everything there was in the way of food

alt der var av mat

• what shall we give her in the way of a present?

hva skal vi gi henne i gave?

• something in the way of that

noe i den retningen

in this way på denne måten

it cuts both ways ( overført) det er på både godt og vondt, det er et tveegget sverd, det går i begge retninger, det slår begge veier

keep out of someone's way ( overført) gå ut av veien for noen, holde seg ute av veien for noen, holde seg unna noen

know one's way about kjenne til veiene, være bra orientert kunne klare seg ha rede på saker og ting

lead the way (gå foran og) vise veien

learn (something) the hard way arbeide seg opp fra bunnen, lære (noe) av erfaring, måtte slite for noe

light somebody the way ( gammeldags) lyse veien for noen

a little goes a long way det skal ikke så mye til, det er drøyt

live in a large\/small way leve flott\/enkelt

• with her salary they can afford to live in a large way

med hennes lønn har de råd til å leve flott

the longest way round is the nearest way home den korteste veien er ikke alltid den raskeste

look the other way eller look another way se en annen vei, se bort, vende seg bort

lose the\/one's way gå (seg) vill, kjøre (seg) bort

lose way ( sjøfart) miste fart

make one's own way slå seg frem på egen hånd

make one's way ( også overført) bane seg frem, ta seg frem, komme seg frem

• he made his way through the crowd

han bante seg vei gjennom folkemengden

• she has made her way in the world

hun har kommet seg frem i verden

make way gi plass, gå ut av veien, flytte seg ( sjøfart) gjøre fart, få fart

make way for gi plass til, gå ut av veien for, flytte seg for

navigate one's way manøvrere seg (frem)

not by a long way ikke på langt nær

• he is not the best solicitor in town, not by a long way

han er ikke på langt nær den beste advokaten i byen

not know which way to turn ikke vite hva man skal ta seg til, ikke vite hvor man skal ta veien, ikke vite verken ut eller inn

• when I lost my job last year, I didn't know which way to turn

da jeg mistet jobben i fjor, visste jeg ikke hva jeg skulle ta meg til

no two ways about it ingen tvil om den saken

• there are no two ways about it

det er ingen tvil om den saken

no way! ( hverdagslig) aldri i livet! det er ikke sant!, du tuller!

one way or another\/the other eller some way or other på en eller annen måte, på ett eller annet vis

• he will succeed one way or another

han kommer til å lykkes på ett eller annet vis

the other way (a)round eller the other way about omvendt, tvert om

• Adam didn't kiss Sue. It was the other way round. She kissed Adam.

out of the way bort, unna, utenfor rekkevidde

• it's out of the way now

det er utenfor rekkevidde nå

• you keep out of the way

du holder deg borte

avsides uvanlig, original (amer.) upassende, malplassert

over the way på den andre siden (av gaten), midt i mot

pay one's (own) way betale for seg, gjøre opp for seg være lønnsom, bære seg

push one's way trenge seg frem ( overført) slå seg frem, albue seg frem

put oneself out of the way (for somebody) gjøre seg umak (for noens skyld), anstrenge seg (for noens skyld)

put somebody in the way of something skaffe noen noe, hjelpe noen med noe, gi noen sjansen til noe

• I'll put you in the way of a good job

jeg skal hjelpe deg med å få en god jobb

put somebody out of the way bli kvitt noen, kvitte seg med noen, rydde noen av veien

• she put him out of the way

hun ryddet ham av veien

put something in the way of someone\/something ( også overført) legge hindringer i noens vei, forhindre noe

• I know I put something in the way of Sam's career opportunities when I refused to promote him

see somebody on his\/her way følge noen (på veien), følge noen ut

set\/put somebody on his\/her way følge noen et stykke på vei(en)

stand in somebody's way ( også overført) stå i veien for noen, blokkere noen

start someone on the way hjelpe noen i gang (med noe), følge noen et stykke på vei(en)

• it was getting dark, so he started me on the way

det begynte å bli mørkt, så han fulgte meg et stykke på vei

take one's way ta veien, begi seg

that's the way it is sånn er livet, slik er det bare

this way and that hit og dit

thumb one's way reise på tommelen, haike

up someone's way ( hverdagslig) oppe hos noen, hjemme hos noen, i noens trakter

• they rarely come up our way

de er sjelden på våre trakter

way! eller yes way! (slang, som svar på uttrykket no way!) jeg tuller ikke!, det er sant!

way in inngang, vei inn

way of life livsstil, livsførsel, levesett

• the American way of life is at stake

det amerikanske levesettet står på spill

way of living levesett, levemåte

the way of the Cross ( religion) Via dolorosa (veien Jesus gikk til Golgata der han ble korsfestet) forklaring: billedserie med fjorten stasjoner som skildrer Via dolorosa ( overført) en kristens lidelse og selvoppofrelse

way out utgang, vei ut

• which is the way out?

hvilken vei er utgangen?

( overført) utvei

ways se ➢ ways

ways and means pengemidler, ressurser ( parlamentarisk) måte (å skaffe seg penger på)

way to go! (amer., hverdagslig) bra gjort!, kjempebra!, slik skal det gjøres!, sånn ja!

whichever way you look at it hvordan man enn ser på det, hvordan man enn snur og vender på det

work one's way arbeide seg frem, bane seg vei

• they worked their way through the jungle

de banet seg vei gjennom jungelen

work one's way into something trykke\/presse seg inn i noe

• he worked his way into the tiny car

han presset seg inn i den lille bilen

work one's way up arbeide seg opp, gjøre karriere

the wrong way round feil vei, bak frem

• the little girl put her hat on the wrong way round
II
adv. \/weɪ\/ eller away

1) langt, høyt, veldig

• we met way back in the eighties

vi traff hverandre (helt) tilbake på åttitallet

• it's way over my head

dette går langt over hodet på meg

• it went way up

den gikk høyt opp

2) (amer.) altfor

• he was driving way too fast

han kjørte altfor fort

the way ( irsk) slik at, sånn at, for å

• I left early the way I would avoid the traffic

jeg dro tidlig, slik at jeg unngikk trafikken

way above ( også overført) skyhøyt over, langt over

• your demands are way above what I can accept

kravene dine ligger skyhøyt over det jeg kan akseptere

way back when ( hverdagslig) (for) lenge, lenge siden

• I remember her from school, but that was way back when

jeg husker henne fra skolen, men det er lenge, lenge siden

way cool! råbra!

• the bike is way cool!

sykkelen er råbra!

English-Norwegian dictionary > way
17 see

1. I
abs

1) he can't see, he is blind он не видит, он слепей; can the puppy see? щенок [уже] видит /не слепой/?

2) I cannot see мне не видно; there is nothing to see тут нечего смотреть: as far as the eye can see насколько видит глаз; see, here he comes смотрите, вот он идет; it took place in the street, where all could see это произошло на улице на глазах у всех; wait and see подождем, = поживем see увидим

3) now, do you see? теперь вам ясно?; don't you see? неужели вы не понимаете?; see? понятно, ясно?; it was not easy, you see, to leave видите ли /вы понимаете, что/, уехать было не так просто

4) let me see, have I posted the letter? дай мне подумать, отправил ли я письмо?; let me see, it should be on the first page постой, постой, это должно быть на первой странице; will you come to dinner tomorrow? see I'll see вы придете обедать завтра? see [Я] подумаю /посмотрю/, видно будет
2. II
1) see in some manner see well (poorly, far, etc.) хорошо и т.д. видеть; have you seen enough? вы уже насмотрелись?; see somewhere you can't see here, it is dark здесь темно и ничего не видно; see overleaf смотри(те) на обороте; see far смотреть вперед, предвидеть; I can't see as far as that так далеко вперед я не могу загадывать /предвидеть/; as far as one can see, he has a brilliant career before him насколько можно судить, у него блестящее будущее /его ждет блестящая карьера

2) see at some time I see now теперь мне ясно
3. III
1) see smth., smb. see a letter (a tree, something green, the outline of a building, a stranger, etc.) (увидеть письмо и т.д.; let me see that paper дайте мне взглянуть на /посмотреть/ эту газету; I looked but saw nothing я посмотрел, но ничего не увидел; animals appear to see things invisible to human sight звери, вероятно, видят то, что остается недоступным человеческому глазу; what can /do/ you see? что вы видите?; see page 5 (pattern 4, figure 2, etc.) смотри(те) страницу пятую и т.д.; see ghosts (visions, spirits, bogies, etc.) видеть привидения и т.д.

2) see smb. see a friend (one's parents, etc.) повидаться с другом и т.д.; I'll be seeing you coll. [мы еще с вами] увидимся, до скорого свидания; see a doctor (a lawyer, etc.) пойти к врачу и т.д., (по)советоваться / (про)консультироваться/ с врачом и т.д.; see an official обратиться к официальному лицу; can I see the inspector? могу я поговорить /повидаться/ с инспектором?; ask to see the manager попросите вызвать администратора; he sees nobody он никого не принимает: come to /and/ see smb. прийти повидать /навестить/ кого-л.

3) see smth., smb. see a town (a country, a district, the sights, Rome, the world's Fair, Oxford, etc.) осматривать город и т.д.; have you ever seen France? бывали ли вы когда-либо во Франции?; [go to]a show (a play, an actress, etc.) [сходить] (подсмотреть спектакль и т.д.; did you see the exhibition? ты был, на выставке?; 1 went to see the exhibition я пошел посмотреть выставку

4) see smth., smb. have in a man to see the drains вызовите мастера, чтобы он проверил /осмотрел/ канализацию; see a patient принять /осмотреть, посетить/ больного

5) see smth. see life /something of life/ (a good deal of the world, etc.) повидать жизнь и т.д.; he has seen hardships он изведал трудности; this old man has seen better days старик видел лучшие времена; my саг (these boots, this coat, etc.) has seen long /plenty of/ service моя машина и т.д. хорошо [мне] послужила; this coat has seen hard wear это пальто поизносилось /пообтрепалось/; that year (the XIXth century, this period, the Elizabeth's reign, etc.) has seen many changes в этом году и т.д. произошло много перемен, этот год и т.д. явился свидетелем многих перемен; I never saw such rudeness (such doings, etc.) я никогда не сталкивался с такой грубостью и т.д.; I never saw such beauty мне никогда не доводилось встречаться с такой красотой; he will never see 40 again ему уже за сорок; he didn't live to see his son's marriage он не дожил до /не увидел/ женитьбы сына

6) see smth. see a joke (the purpose, the reason, the point of the argument, the advantage of his presence, the cause of our misfortune, etc.) понимать шутку и т.д.; I was beginning to see light я стал кое-что понимать, кое-что начало проясняться; I do not see the point я не вижу /не понимаю/, в чем здесь смысл; до меня не доходит суть /соль/; this is how I see it вот, как я это понимаю /представляю себе/; as I see it по-моему, по моему мнению; see things /a lot, much/ понимать /видеть/ многое; she sees everything мимо нее ничего не проходит, от нее ничего не ускользает; she sees nothing она ничего не замечает
4. IV
1) see smb., smth. in some manner see smb., smth. distinctly (clearly, faintly, vaguely, dimly, etc.) отчетливо и т.д. видеть кого-л., что-л. || see war at close quarters непосредственно участвовать в войне

2) see smb. in some manner see smb. willingly (joyfully, reluctantly, etc.) охотно и т.д. видаться с кем-л.; see the man professionaly обратиться к нему как к специалисту; see smb. at some time see smb. later (again, lately, often, tomorrow, this afternoon, etc.) встретиться с кем-л. позже и т.д.; I must see you once more я обязательно должен еще раз повидаться с вами; see you soon! coll. до скорой встречи, пока; the ambassador finally saw him посол наконец принял его; she is too ill to see anyone at present она очень больна, и ей нельзя сейчас ни с кем видеться

3) see smth. at some time we saw "Hamlet" last night мы были на "Гамлете" вчера

4) see smb. at some time he seems ill, the doctor ought to see him at once он, по-видимому, болен, его надо немедленно показать врачу

5) see smb. somewhere see smb. home see as far as the station, aboard, etc.) провожать кого-л. домой и т.д.; see smb. in проводить кого-л. в комнату (в дом и т.п.); see smb. out провожать кого-л. до выхода /к дверям/

6) see smth. in some manner see things differently представлять себе /смотреть на/ вещи иначе; I don't see the matter that way я смотрю на это иначе
5. VI
1) see smb. as being in some state see smb. angry (happy, etc.) видеть кого-л. сердитым и т.д.

2) see smb. under some conditions see smb. alone повидать кого-л. наедине

3) see smth. as possessing some quanta see it necessary (fit, proper, etc.) to do smth. считать /находить/ необходимым и т.д. сделать что-л.; see things wrong иметь обо всем превратное мнение; see everything black видеть все в черном свете
6. VII
1) see smb., smth. do smth. see the boy take the apples (the object move, them leave their home, him come, the dog run, etc.) видеть, как мальчик взял яблоки и т.д.; you cannot see your sister starve without trying to help her вы ведь не можете видеть, как ваша сестра голодает, и не попытаться ей помочь; see smth. to be smth. I saw it to be a forgery я увидел, что это подделка

2) || see one's way to do smth. понимать, как надо действовать; I don't see my way to get you an invitation я не вижу /не знаю/, как раздобыть /достать/ для вас приглашение; as soon as I see my way to do it... как только я соображу /пойму/, как это сделать...
7. VIII
see smb., smth. doing smth. see him falling (her coming, the boy running, the child slipping, him taking the apples, etc.) видеть, как он падает и т.д.; we can see the forest stretching out мы видим простирающийся вдаль лес; 1 can't see myself doing such a thing see myself agreeing to this proposal, myself submitting to this decision, him allowing people to cheat him, etc.) не могу себе представить, чтобы я так поступил и т.д.
8. IX
see smb., smth. done see the child kissed (him taken away, the house rebuilt, the city destroyed, etc.) видеть, как целуют ребенка и т.д.; I'd sacrifice everything rather than see you disgraced я готов пожертвовать всем, чтобы не видеть вашего позора; I want to see justice done я хочу [добиться того], чтобы восторжествовала справедливость
9. XI
1) be seen come where we cannot be seen пойдем куда-нибудь, где нас не увидят; see and not be seen смотреть /наблюдать/, но самому оставаться незамеченным; children should be seen but not heard детей в доме не должно быть слышно, даже когда они на глазах; he is not fit to be seen у него такой вид, что ему нельзя на люди показываться; there was not a house to be seen не было видно ни единого дома; that remains to be seen надо еще посмотреть /подумать/; be seen with smb. I would not саге to be seen with him мне бы не хотелось, чтобы меня видели с ним; be seen in some manner be dimly (clearly, etc.) seen быть плохо и т.д. видимым; the monument is vaguely seen in the distance издалека памятник едва видно; these tricks are easily seen все эти уловки насквозь видны; be seen from smth. be seen from a short distance (from afar, from a hill, etc.) быть видимым с небольшого расстояния и т.д.; be seen through smth. very little could be seen through the keyhole в замочную скважину мало что было видно; be seen with smth. the writing on the stamp can be seen with naked eyes буквы на марке можно рассмотреть /разглядеть/ невооруженным глазом; be seen by smb. it had never been seen by European eyes этого не видел ни один европеец; be seen somewhere the baggage was last seen at the station в последний раз багаж видели на станции; be seen to do smth. he was seen to fall (to come, to walk, etc.) видели, как он упал и т.д.; be seen doing smth. he was seen falling (coming, etc.) его видели падающим и т.д., видели, как он падал и т.д.; be seen like smth. the airship was seen like a speck in the sky самолет казался маленькой точкой в небе

2) be seen of smb. has anything been seen of him in the last two weeks? его кто-нибудь видел /встречал/ за последние две недели?; be seen in some place he is much seen in society он много бывает /его часто видят/ в обществе

3) be seen that... from this (from this fact, from the abovesaid, etc.) it will be /can be/ [easily] seen that... из этого и т.д. [с очевидностью] следует, что...; it can be seen at a glance, that... ясно с первого взгляда, что...; it will thus be seen that... таким образом, станет ясно, что...
10. XIII
see to do smth. can you see to read in this light вы можете читать /вы разбираете буквы/ при таком освещении?
11. XV
1) see in some manner owls see best at night совы лучше всего видят ночью; one may see double when drunk у пьяного в глазах двоится

2) see fit to do smth. you may go if you see fit to do so вы можете идти, если считаете это удобным
12. XVI
1) see with smth. see with one eye видеть одним глазом; see till some time a puppy cannot see till the ninth day щенки слепы первые девять дней; see in smth. see in the dark (in this light, in the rays of the sun, etc.) видеть в темноте и т.д. id he is not able to see beyond the end of his nose он не видит дальше своего носа

2) see about /to /smth. see about the luggage (about the matter, to the fire, to all the locks and doors, to all the arrangements, to the business, etc.) позаботиться о багаже и т.д., последить за багажом и т.д.; leave it to me, I'll see to it оставьте /поручите/ это мне, я прослежу за этим; this machine is out of order, will you see to it? машина не в порядке, посмотрите, в чем там дело; see after smth. see after one's own interests соблюдать свой интерес

3) see through smb., smth. see through him (through his motives, through smb.'s tricks, through her little game, through his politeness, through her fine ways, through smb.'s disguise, etc.) видеть его и т.д. насквозь; we could see through his plan мы понимали, что кроется за его планом
13. XVII
see about doing smth. see about getting the license plates (about sending the report in time, about packing, about ordering a car, etc.) (по)заботиться о том, чтобы получить номера для машины и т.д., проследить за получением номеров для машины и т.д.
14. XVIII
see oneself 'in smb. see oneself in one's children видеть себя в детях || see [for] oneself убедиться самому, увидеть собственными глазами
15. XXI1
1) see smth., smb. in /at /smth. see an interesting story in a book (a letter in a box, a girl in a room, smb. at a distance, etc.) (у)видеть интересный рассказ в книге и т.д.; see smb., smth. in fat) smth. see smb., smth. in dreams видеть кого-л., что-л. во сне; I can't quite see her (myself, etc.) at a ball я не могу представить себе ее и т.д. на балу; see smth., smb. through smth. see smth., smb. through a crack in the wall (through the trees, etc.) (у)видеть что-л., кого-л. через щель в стене и т.д.; I could see very little through the keyhole мне было плохо видно /я мало что видел/ в замочную скважину; see smth., smb. with smth. see smth., smb. with one's own eyes видеть что-л., кого-л. собственными глазами; see smth. before smth. I'd like to see the house before I decide to take it я бы хотел осмотреть дом, прежде чем решиться на покупку || see the last of smb., smth. распрощаться с кем-л., чем-л.; when shall I see the last of her! когда я наконец избавлюсь от неё!; I hope I have seen the last of this book надеюсь, я все-таки отделался от этой книги

2) see smth. in smb., smth. see charming traits in people (the fault in him, many problems in it, many things in the ordinary, a great danger in that sort of thing, etc.) находить /видеть/ в людях привлекательные черты и т.д.; to refuse to see any good in him отказаться видеть в нем что-л. хорошее; I don't know what you can see in her не знаю, что вы в ней находите

3) see smth. of smb. see much of each other (little of the Browns, a great deal of him, etc.) часто /много/ встречаться [друг с другом] и т.д.; I don't see anything of my neighbours я совсем не вижу своих соседей, я совсем не встречаюсь со своими соседями; see less of smb. in winter реже видеться с кем-л. зимой; she's seeing too much of him она слишком часто встречается с ним; see smb. at (for) some time see you on Sunday до встречи в воскресенье; I haven't seen you for ages я вас не видел целую вечность; can I see you for a moment? можно вас на минуту?; see smb. about (on) smth. see a man about the book (an inspector about the case, one's lawyer about the matter, a doctor about your condition, a doctor about her injury, etc.) повидать одного человека по поводу книги и т.д.; see smb. on business повидаться с кем-л. по делу

4) see smth. in some time see a lot in his life /a great deal in his time/ изведать жизнь, повидать немало в жизни

5) see smb. to some place see you to the door (him to the gate, a friend to the station, etc.) проводить вас до двери и т.д.; see the children to bed уложить детей спать; see smb. into (on, off, etc.) smth. see smb. into a train (on board a ship) посадить кого-л. в поезд (на пароход); see smb. off the premises выпроводить кого-л.

6) see smb. through smth. see us through the customs (his brother through college, me through the difficulty, her through her trouble) помочь нам пройти таможенный досмотр и т.д.

7) || see smth., smb. in some light видеть что-л., кого-л. в каком-л. свете; see smth. in the same light сходиться.во мнении относительно чего-л.; see smth. in a different light видеть что-л. в ином свете; 1 don't see it in that light у меня по этому вопросу другое мнение
16. XXII
see smth. of doing smth. see the use of going there (the good of helping her, the advantage of keeping your mouth shut, the fun of dancing, etc.) видеть смысл в том, чтобы пойти туда и т.д.; I don't see the good of getting angry не вижу никакого смысла злиться || see one's way to doing smth. придумать /найти/, как что-л. сделать
17. XXIV1
see smb. as smb. I can't see him as president (as a teacher, as a husband, etc.) я не могу себе представить его в роли президента и т.д.
18. XXIV4
see smth. as... see the problem as it is видеть проблему реально
19. XXV
1) see that... see that the man was old (that he was blind, that it is time to go, that the box is empty, etc.) видеть, что это старый человек /старик/ и т.д.; see whether..., (if..., how..., what..., etc.) see whether the book is there (if the postman has come, if this hat suits you, who it is, what you've done, what has happened, what courage can do, how far we have gone, etc.) посмотреть, там ли книга и т.д.; see who's at the door посмотри, кто пришел; can you see where the mistake is? вы можете найти ошибку?; we are anxious to see what there is to be seen of the country мы хотим повидать все достопримечательности страны

2) see that smth. is done see that the work is done (that the letter is mailed sometime today, that nothing goes wrong, that nothing has been neglected, that he comes to no harm, that he comes in time, that everything is in order, etc.) проследить, чтобы работа была сделана и т.д.; see that you lock the back door смотри, запри /не забудь запереть/ черный ход; see you don't miss the train смотри, не опоздай на поезд

3) see what... (that..., why..., etc.) see what I mean (what it is to have courage, that I am not wanted, that you have changed your mind, why you did that, why he doesn't come, how or why it is done, etc.) понимать, что я хочу сказать и т.д.; we saw that it was useless to insist мы поняли, что бесполезно настаивать; can't you see that I'm tired? разве вы не видите /не понимаете/, что я устал?; I see how it is мне понятно, как обстоят дела

4) see what... (when..., etc.) let me see what I can do (what ought to do now, when we can come, etc.) дайте подумать /сообразить/, что я могу сделать и т.д.
20. XXVII1
see through what... I am beginning to see through what he has in mind я начинаю понимать, что у него на уме
21. XXVII2
1) see from smth. that... I see from my diary that I am expected today (from the papers that he is dead, etc.) по моим записям я вижу, что меня ждут сегодня и т.д.

2) see to it that... see to it that the light is switched off проследи, чтобы свет был выключен

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > see
18 out

(to allow to come in, go out: Let me in!; I let the dog out.) dejar entrar/salir

out adv

1. fuera

they're out in the garden están fuera, en el jardín

En muchos casos out no se traduce por fuera

don't let the baby get out no dejes que se escape el bebé

she took her purse out sacó el monedero

my father is in, but my mother has gone out mi padre está en casa, pero mi madre ha salido

2. apagado

the lights are out las luces están apagadas

3. en voz alta

he called out my name gritó mi nombre

out

tr[aʊt]

adverb

1 (outside) fuera, afuera

■ she's out in the garden está en el jardín

■ I locked myself out me quedé fuera sin llaves

■ could you wait out there? ¿podrías esperar allí fuera?

■ is it cold out? ¿hace frío en la calle?

2 (move outside) fuera

■ I was just on my way out estaba a punto de salir

■ get out! ¡fuera!

■ she ran out salió corriendo

■ they've gone out han salido

3 (not in) fuera

■ there's no answer, they must be out no contestan, deben de haber salido

■ shall we eat out? ¿comemos fuera?

4 (expressing distance) en

■ they live out in the country viven en el campo

■ out at sea en alta mar

■ out in the Sudan en Sudán

■ they went to live out east se fueron a vivir a oriente

5 (expressing removal) diferentes traducciones

■ he tore a page out from the book arrancó una página del libro

■ I've had a tooth out me han sacado una muela

■ she got out a handkerchief sacó un pañuelo

6 (showing disappearance) diferentes traducciones

■ rub that word out borra esa palabra

■ our money ran out se nos acabó el dinero

■ this grease stain won't come out esta mancha de grasa no sale

7 (available, existing) diferentes traducciones

■ when will her new book be out? ¿cuándo saldrá su nuevo libro?

■ the film comes out next month la película se estrenará el mes que viene

■ it's the best sandwich out es el mejor bocadillo que hay

8 (known) diferentes traducciones

■ your secret's out tu secreto ha salido a la luz

■ the news is out se sabe la noticia

9 (flowers) en flor; (sun, stars, etc) que ha salido

■ the tulips are out los tulipanes están en flor

■ the sun's out ha salido el sol, brilla el sol, hace sol

10 (protruding) que se sale

■ a nail sticking out un clavo que sobresale

■ his stomach sticks out le sale la barriga

■ she held out her hand tendió la mano

■ don't put your tongue out! ¡no saques la lengua!

11 (clearly, loudly) en voz alta

■ he called out to me me llamó en voz alta

■ she said it out loud lo dijo en voz alta

12 (to the end) hasta el final; (completely) completamente, totalmente

■ hear me out escúchame hasta el final

■ the house was burnt out la casa fue destruida totalmente por las llamas

■ we've sold out of sugar hemos vendido todo el azúcar

13 SMALLRADIO/SMALL (end of message) fuera

adjective

1 (extinguished) apagado,-a

■ the lights are out las luces están apagadas

■ they put the fire out apagaron el fuego

2 (unconscious) inconsciente; (asleep) dormido,-a

■ she passed out se desmayó

■ the boxer knocked his opponent out el boxeador dejó K.O. a su contrincante

■ he went out like a light se durmió como un tronco

3 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (defeated) eliminado,-a; (out of play) fuera

■ he's out! ¡lo han eliminado!

■ his volley was out su volea ha ido fuera

4 (wrong, not accurate) equivocado,-a

■ my calculation was out by £5 mi cálculo tenía un error de 5 libras

5 (not fashionable) pasado,-a de moda

■ white socks are out los calcetines blancos ya no se llevan

6 (out of order) estropeado,-a

■ the photocopier's out la fotocopiadora no funciona

7 (unacceptable) prohibido,-a

8 (on strike) en huelga

■ the miners are out again los mineros vuelven a estar en huelga

9 (tide) bajo,-a

10 (over, finished) acabado,-a

■ before the year is out antes de que acabe el año

■ school's out han terminado las clases

preposition

1 familiar (out of) por

■ she ran out the door salió por la puerta

■ I threw it out the window lo tiré por la ventana

preposition out of

1 (away from, no longer in) fuera de

■ they're out of town están fuera de la ciudad

■ he's just got out of bed se acaba de levantar

■ she walked out of the meeting abandonó la reunión

■ it fell out of his pocket cayó de su bolsillo

2 (from a state of) fuera de

■ out of danger fuera de peligro

■ out of control fuera de control

■ out of print agotado,-a

■ out of earshot fuera del alcance del oído

3 (not involved in) fuera de

■ they are out of the cup han quedado fuera de la copa

4 (from among) de

■ eight smokers out of ten ocho de cada diez fumadores

■ she got five out of ten in French sacó (un) cinco sobre diez en francés

5 (without) sin

■ we're out of tea se nos ha acabado el té, nos hemos quedado sin té

■ out of money sin dinero

■ out of breath sin aliento

■ I'm out of practice me falta práctica

■ he's out of work está parado, está sin trabajo

6 (because of) por

■ out of spite por despecho

■ out of respect por respeto

7 (using, made from) de

■ made out of wood hecho,-a de madera

■ the suit is made out of wool el traje es de lana

8 (from) de

■ out of a tin de una lata

■ out of a book de un libro

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

out of favour en desgracia

out of sight, out of mind ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente

out of sorts indispuesto,-a

out of this world extraordinario,-a

out with it! ¡dilo ya!, ¡suéltalo ya!

to feel out of it sentirse excluido,-a

to be out and about (from illness) estar recuperado,-a

to be out for something querer algo

■ he's out for your blood va a por ti

■ she's only out for your money sólo quiere tu dinero

to be out of one's head / be out of one's mind estar loco,-a

to be out to lunch SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL estar loco,-a

to be out to do something estar decidido,-a a hacer algo

■ they're out to win están decididos a vencer

■ he's out to get me va a por mí

out tray bandeja de salidas

out ['aʊt] vi

: revelarse, hacerse conocido

out adv

1) (indicating direction or movement) : para afuera

she opened the door and looked out: abrió la puerta y miró para afuera

2) (indicating a location away from home or work) : fuera, afuera

to eat out: comer afuera

3) (indicating loss of control or possession)

they let the secret out: sacaron el secreto a la luz

4) (indicating completion or discontinuance)

his money ran out: se le acabó el dinero

to turn out the light: apagar la luz

5) outside: fuera, afuera

out in the garden: afuera en el jardín

6) aloud: en voz alta, en alto

to cry out: gritar

out adj

1) external: externo, exterior

2) outlying: alejado, distante

the out islands: las islas distantes

3) absent: ausente

4) unfashionable: fuera de moda

5) extinguished: apagado

out prep

1) (used to indicate an outward movement) : por

I looked out the window: miré por la ventana

she ran out the door: corrió por la puerta

2) out of

out

adj.

• fuera adj.

adv.

• afuera adv.

• fuera adv.

prep.

• allá en prep.

I aʊt
1) adverb

Sense I

2)

a) ( outside) fuera, afuera (esp AmL)

is the cat in or out? — ¿el gato está (a)dentro or (a)fuera?

all the books on Dickens are out — todos los libros sobre Dickens están prestados; see also out of

b) (not at home, work)

tell him I'm out — dile que no estoy

he's out to o at lunch — ha salido a comer

I was out most of the day — estuve (a)fuera casi todo el día

we haven't had a night out for months — hace meses que no salimos de noche

they had a day out in York — pasaron un día en York

to eat o (frml) dine out — cenar/comer fuera or (esp AmL) afuera

out and about: you must get out and about more — tienes que salir más; see also go out

3) ( removed)

I'm having my stitches out next week — la semana que viene me sacan los puntos

4)

a) (indicating movement, direction)

out! — fuera!

out — salida

she went over to the window and looked out — se acercó a la ventana y miró para afuera

b) (outstretched, projecting)

the dog had its tongue out — el perro tenía la lengua fuera or (esp AmL) afuera

arms out, legs together — brazos extendidos, piernas juntas

5) ( indicating distance)

out here in Japan — aquí en Japón

they worked out in Brunei for a while — estuvieron un tiempo trabajando en Brunei

we live out Brampton way — vivimos en la dirección de Brampton

ten miles out — ( Naut) a diez millas de la costa

6)

a) (ejected, dismissed)

any more foul language and she's out! — otra palabrota más y se va or la echo!

he couldn't get the tenants out — no pudo echar a los inquilinos

b) (from hospital, jail)

he's been out for a month now — ya hace un mes que salió

c) ( out of office)

the socialists will be out next time — los socialistas van a perder las próximas elecciones

Jones out! — fuera Jones!

7) ( in phrases)

out for: Lewis was out for revenge Lewis quería vengarse; out to + inf: she's out to beat the record está decidida a batir el récord; they're only out to make money su único objetivo es hacer dinero; they're out to get you! — andan tras de ti!, van a por ti! (Esp); see also out of

Sense II

8)

a) (displayed, not put away)

are the plates out yet? — ¿están puestos ya los platos?

b) ( in blossom) en flor

c) ( shining)

when the sun's out — cuando hay or hace sol

the stars are out — hay estrellas

9)

a) (revealed, in the open)

once the news was out, she left the country — en cuanto se supo la noticia, se fue del país

out with it! who stole the documents? — dilo ya! ¿quién robó los documentos?

b) (published, produced)

a report out today points out that... — un informe publicado hoy señala que...

their new album will be out by April — sacarán el nuevo disco para abril

the results are due out next week — los resultados salen la semana que viene

c) ( in existence) (colloq)

it's the fastest car out — es el coche más rápido que hay (en el mercado)

10) (clearly, loudly)

he read out the names of the winners — leyó (en voz alta) los nombres de los ganadores

he said it out loud — lo dijo en voz alta; see also call, cry, speak out

II

adjective

1) (pred)

a) ( extinguished)

to be out — \<\<fire/light/pipe\>\> estar* apagado

b) ( unconscious) inconsciente, sin conocimiento

after five vodkas she was out cold — con cinco vodkas, quedó fuera de combate (fam)

2) (pred)

a) ( at an end)

before the month/year is out — antes de que acabe el mes/año

b) ( out of fashion) pasado de moda; see also go out 7) a)

c) ( out of the question) (colloq)

smoking in the bedrooms is absolutely out — ni hablar de fumar en los dormitorios (fam), está terminantemente prohibido fumar en los dormitorios

3) ( Sport)

a) ( eliminated)

to be out — <batter/batsman> quedar out or fuera; < team> quedar eliminado; see also out of 3)

b) ( outside limit) (pred) fuera

it was out — cayó or fue fuera

out! — ( call by line-judge or umpire) out!

4) ( inaccurate) (pred)

they were out in their calculations — se equivocaron en los cálculos

you're not far out — no andas muy descaminado

you're way o a long way o miles out — andas muy lejos or muy errado

5) (without, out of) (colloq) (pred)

coffee? sorry, I'm completely out — ¿café? lo siento, no me queda ni gota (fam); see also out of 6)

6) < homosexual> declarado

III

preposition

he looked out the window — miró (hacia afuera) por la ventana; see also out of 1)

IV

noun

1)

a) ( in baseball) out m, hombre m fuera

b) ( escape) (AmE colloq) escapatoria f

2) outs pl (AmE)

a)

to be on the outs with somebody — estar* enemistado con alguien

b) ( those not in power)

the outs — los partidos de la oposición

V

transitive verb revelar la homosexualidad de

[aʊt]
1. ADV
When out is the second element in a phrasal verb, eg go out, put out, walk out, look up the verb.
1) (=not in) fuera, afuera

it's cold out — fuera or afuera hace frío

they're out in the garden — están fuera or afuera en el jardín

to be out — (=not at home) no estar (en casa)

Mr Green is out — el señor Green no está or (LAm) no se encuentra

he's out for the afternoon — no estará en toda la tarde

he's out a good deal — pasa bastante tiempo fuera

way out — salida

• to be out and about again — estar bien otra vez (después de una enfermedad)

• to have a day out — pasar un día fuera de casa

• out you go! — ¡fuera!

• it's cold out here — hace frío aquí fuera

• the journey out — el viaje de ida

• to have a night out — salir por la noche (a divertirse); (drinking) salir de juerga or (LAm) de parranda

• to run out — salir corriendo

• it's dark out there — está oscuro ahí fuera

• the tide is out — la marea está baja

• out with him! — ¡fuera con él!, ¡que le echen fuera!
second I, 3., 3)
2) (=on strike)

the railwaymen are out — los ferroviarios están en huelga

3) (indicating distance)

she's out in Kuwait — se fue a Kuwait, está en Kuwait

the boat was ten km out — el barco estaba a diez kilómetros de la costa

three days out from Plymouth — (Naut) a tres días de Plymouth

it carried us out to sea — nos llevó mar adentro

4)

• to be out, when the sun is out — cuando brilla el sol

the dahlias are out — las dalias están en flor

• to come out, when the sun comes out — cuando sale el sol

the roses are coming out — los rosales están floreciendo

5) (=in existence) que hay, que ha habido

it's the biggest swindle out * — es la mayor estafa que se ha conocido jamás

when will the magazine be out? — ¿cuándo sale la revista?

the book is out — se ha publicado el libro, ha salido el libro

the film is now out on video — la película ya ha salido en vídeo

6) (=in the open) conocido(-a), fuera

• your secret's out — tu secreto se ha descubierto or ha salido a la luz

• out with it! — ¡desembucha!, ¡suéltalo ya!, ¡suelta la lengua! (LAm)

7) (=to or at an end) terminado(-a)

before the week was out — antes de que terminara la semana

8) [lamp, fire, gas] apagado(-a)

all the lights are out — todas las luces están apagadas

"lights out at ten pm" — "se apagan las luces a las diez"

my pipe is out — se me ha apagado la pipa

9) (=not in fashion) pasado(-a) de moda

long dresses are out — ya no se llevan los vestidos largos, los vestidos largos están pasados de moda

10) (=not in power)

now that the Liberals are out — ahora que los liberales están fuera del poder

11) (Sport) [player] fuera de juego; [boxer] fuera de combate; [loser] eliminado(-a)

that's it, Liverpool are out — ya está, Liverpool queda eliminado

you're out — (in games) quedas eliminado

the ball is out — el balón está fuera del terreno

out! — ¡fuera!

12) (indicating error) equivocado(-a)

he was out in his reckoning — calculó mal

I was not far out — por poco acierto

your watch is five minutes out — su reloj lleva cinco minutos de atraso/de adelanto

I'm two dollars out — he perdido dos dólares en el cálculo

13) (indicating loudness, clearness) en voz alta, en alto

speak out (loud)! — ¡habla en voz alta or fuerte!
right 2., 1), straight 2., 1)
14) (indicating purpose)

he's out to make money — lo que busca es hacerse rico

out for — en busca de

to be out for sth — buscar algo

he's out for all he can get — busca sus propios fines, anda detrás de lo suyo

they're out for trouble — quieren armar un escándalo

15)

to be out — (=unconscious) estar inconsciente; (=drunk) estar completamente borracho; (=asleep) estar durmiendo como un tronco

he was out cold — estuvo completamente sin conocimiento

I was out for some minutes — estuve inconsciente durante varios minutos, estuve varios minutos sin conocimiento

16)

out and away — con mucho

17) (=worn through)

the coat is out at the elbows — la chaqueta está rota por los codos

18)

out of —
When out of is part of a set combination, eg out of danger, out of proportion, out of sight, look up the other word.
a) (=outside, beyond) fuera de

out of town — fuera de la ciudad

he lives out of town — vive fuera de la ciudad

three kilometres out of town — a tres kilómetros de la ciudad

• to go out of the house — salir de la casa

• to look out of the window — mirar por la ventana

• to throw sth out of a window — tirar algo por una ventana

• to turn sb out of the house — echar a algn de la casa

• we're well out of it * — de buena nos hemos librado

- feel out of it
danger 1., proportion 1., 1), range 1., 5), season 1., 2), sight 1., 2)
b) (cause, motive) por

• out of curiosity — por curiosidad

• out of respect for you — por el respeto que te tengo

• to do sth out of sympathy — hacer algo por compasión
necessity, spite
c) (origin) de

• to copy sth out of a book — copiar algo de un libro

• to drink sth out of a cup — beber algo de una taza

• to take sth out of a drawer — sacar algo de un cajón

• a box made out of wood — una caja (hecha) de madera

• it was like something out of a nightmare — era como de una pesadilla

• a chapter out of a novel — un capítulo de una novela

to read out of a novel — leer en una novela

d) (=from among) de cada

one out of every three smokers — uno de cada tres fumadores

in nine cases out of ten — en nueve de cada diez casos

e) (=without) sin

we're out of petrol — nos hemos quedado sin gasolina

we're out of milk — se nos ha acabado la leche

it's out of stock — (Comm) está agotado

to be out of hearts — (Cards) tener fallo a corazones
breath 1., 1)
f) (Vet)

Blue Ribbon, by Black Rum out of Grenada — el caballo Blue Ribbon, hijo de Black Rum y de la yegua Grenada

2.

N see in

3.

VT (=expose as homosexual) revelar la homosexualidad de

4.

VI

the truth will out — se descubrirá la verdad

murder will out — el asesinato se descubrirá

* * *

I [aʊt]
1) adverb

Sense I

2)

a) ( outside) fuera, afuera (esp AmL)

is the cat in or out? — ¿el gato está (a)dentro or (a)fuera?

all the books on Dickens are out — todos los libros sobre Dickens están prestados; see also out of

b) (not at home, work)

tell him I'm out — dile que no estoy

he's out to o at lunch — ha salido a comer

I was out most of the day — estuve (a)fuera casi todo el día

we haven't had a night out for months — hace meses que no salimos de noche

they had a day out in York — pasaron un día en York

to eat o (frml) dine out — cenar/comer fuera or (esp AmL) afuera

out and about: you must get out and about more — tienes que salir más; see also go out

3) ( removed)

I'm having my stitches out next week — la semana que viene me sacan los puntos

4)

a) (indicating movement, direction)

out! — fuera!

out — salida

she went over to the window and looked out — se acercó a la ventana y miró para afuera

b) (outstretched, projecting)

the dog had its tongue out — el perro tenía la lengua fuera or (esp AmL) afuera

arms out, legs together — brazos extendidos, piernas juntas

5) ( indicating distance)

out here in Japan — aquí en Japón

they worked out in Brunei for a while — estuvieron un tiempo trabajando en Brunei

we live out Brampton way — vivimos en la dirección de Brampton

ten miles out — ( Naut) a diez millas de la costa

6)

a) (ejected, dismissed)

any more foul language and she's out! — otra palabrota más y se va or la echo!

he couldn't get the tenants out — no pudo echar a los inquilinos

b) (from hospital, jail)

he's been out for a month now — ya hace un mes que salió

c) ( out of office)

the socialists will be out next time — los socialistas van a perder las próximas elecciones

Jones out! — fuera Jones!

7) ( in phrases)

out for: Lewis was out for revenge Lewis quería vengarse; out to + inf: she's out to beat the record está decidida a batir el récord; they're only out to make money su único objetivo es hacer dinero; they're out to get you! — andan tras de ti!, van a por ti! (Esp); see also out of

Sense II

8)

a) (displayed, not put away)

are the plates out yet? — ¿están puestos ya los platos?

b) ( in blossom) en flor

c) ( shining)

when the sun's out — cuando hay or hace sol

the stars are out — hay estrellas

9)

a) (revealed, in the open)

once the news was out, she left the country — en cuanto se supo la noticia, se fue del país

out with it! who stole the documents? — dilo ya! ¿quién robó los documentos?

b) (published, produced)

a report out today points out that... — un informe publicado hoy señala que...

their new album will be out by April — sacarán el nuevo disco para abril

the results are due out next week — los resultados salen la semana que viene

c) ( in existence) (colloq)

it's the fastest car out — es el coche más rápido que hay (en el mercado)

10) (clearly, loudly)

he read out the names of the winners — leyó (en voz alta) los nombres de los ganadores

he said it out loud — lo dijo en voz alta; see also call, cry, speak out

II

adjective

1) (pred)

a) ( extinguished)

to be out — \<\<fire/light/pipe\>\> estar* apagado

b) ( unconscious) inconsciente, sin conocimiento

after five vodkas she was out cold — con cinco vodkas, quedó fuera de combate (fam)

2) (pred)

a) ( at an end)

before the month/year is out — antes de que acabe el mes/año

b) ( out of fashion) pasado de moda; see also go out 7) a)

c) ( out of the question) (colloq)

smoking in the bedrooms is absolutely out — ni hablar de fumar en los dormitorios (fam), está terminantemente prohibido fumar en los dormitorios

3) ( Sport)

a) ( eliminated)

to be out — <batter/batsman> quedar out or fuera; < team> quedar eliminado; see also out of 3)

b) ( outside limit) (pred) fuera

it was out — cayó or fue fuera

out! — ( call by line-judge or umpire) out!

4) ( inaccurate) (pred)

they were out in their calculations — se equivocaron en los cálculos

you're not far out — no andas muy descaminado

you're way o a long way o miles out — andas muy lejos or muy errado

5) (without, out of) (colloq) (pred)

coffee? sorry, I'm completely out — ¿café? lo siento, no me queda ni gota (fam); see also out of 6)

6) < homosexual> declarado

III

preposition

he looked out the window — miró (hacia afuera) por la ventana; see also out of 1)

IV

noun

1)

a) ( in baseball) out m, hombre m fuera

b) ( escape) (AmE colloq) escapatoria f

2) outs pl (AmE)

a)

to be on the outs with somebody — estar* enemistado con alguien

b) ( those not in power)

the outs — los partidos de la oposición

V

transitive verb revelar la homosexualidad de

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adv. hoe dan ook; op grote wijze
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n. weg; manier, wijze; kant; richting; afstand

way¹

[ wee]

I 〈 telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord〉

1 weg 〈ook figuurlijk; in straatnamen Way〉

2 route ⇒ weg

3 manier ⇒ wijze; 〈 vaak meervoud〉 gewoonte, gebruik; 〈 pejoratief〉 hebbelijkheid

4 richting

5 opzicht

6 〈 alleen enkelvoud〉 afstand ⇒ eind, stuk

7 〈 alleen enkelvoud〉 toestand

♦voorbeelden:

1   it's all in the way of business • dat hoort nu eenmaal bij zaken

     that's the way (it is/goes) • zo gaat het nu eenmaal

2   ask the way • de weg vragen

     〈 figuurlijk〉 things are going his way • het zit hem mee

     lose the/one's way • verdwalen, de weg kwijtraken

     〈 figuurlijk〉 pave the way (for something/someone) • de weg banen/effenen (voor iets/iemand)

     〈 figuurlijk〉 pay one's way • geen schulden maken, zonder verlies werken

     pay one's way through college • zelf zijn universiteitsstudie (kunnen) betalen

     〈 figuurlijk〉 work one's way • zich een weg banen 〈 ook door boek〉

     work one's way through college • werkstudent zijn

     way home • thuisreis

     way in • ingang

     way out • uitgang; 〈 figuurlijk〉 uitweg

     〈 informeel〉 our second child is on the way • ons tweede kind is op komst 〈 ongeboren kind〉

     better weather is on the way • er is beter weer op komst

     we're on our/the way • we komen eraan, we zijn onderweg

     on the way out • op weg naar buiten; 〈informeel; figuurlijk〉 uit (de mode) rakend

     out of the way • ver weg, afgelegen

     out of one's way • niet op de route

3   way of life • levenswijze

     way of thinking • denkwijze

     to her way of thinking • naar haar mening, volgens haar

     in a big way • op grote schaal; grandioos; met enthousiasme

     fall into evil/bad ways • slechte gewoontes krijgen

     go the right/wrong way about something • iets op de juiste/verkeerde wijze aanpakken

     do something a certain way • iets op een bepaalde manier doen

     〈 figuurlijk〉 find a way • een manier vinden, er raad op weten

     have a way of doing something • er een handje van hebben iets te doen

     mend one's ways • zijn leven beteren

     set in one's ways • met vast(geroest)e gewoontes

     one way and another • alles bij elkaar (genomen)

     one way or another/the other • op de een of andere manier

     in its way • in zijn soort

     in this way • op deze manier, zo

     it's only his way • zo is hij nu eenmaal

     there are no two ways about it • er is geen twijfel (over) mogelijk

4   〈 informeel〉 somewhere Reading way • ergens in de buurt van Reading

     come/fall (in) someone's way • iemand ten deel vallen 〈 van kans, onverwachte mogelijkheid〉

     look the other way • de andere kant opkijken 〈 ook figuurlijk〉

     step this way, please • hierheen, graag

     〈 figuurlijk〉 I don't know which way to turn • ik weet me geen raad

     the other way around/about • andersom

5   in a way • in zekere zin

     in no way • helemaal niet

     no way better • in geen enkel opzicht beter

     in more ways than one • in meerdere opzichten

6   a long way away/off • een heel eind weg, ver weg

     your birthday is still a long way off • je bent nog lang niet jarig

     go a long way to meet someone • iemand een heel eind tegemoet komen 〈 ook figuurlijk〉

     all the way • helemaal, tot het (bittere) einde

     go all the way • het echt doen, met iemand neuken

7   be in the same way • er net zo aan toe zijn

¶ go the way of all flesh • sterven

     ways and means • geldmiddelen

     have ways and means of getting something • de juiste wegen weten om iets (gedaan) te krijgen

     that's the way of the world • zo gaat het nu eenmaal (in de wereld)

     cut both ways • goede en slechte gevolgen hebben

     get one's (own) way, have (it) one's (own) way • zijn zin krijgen, doen wat men wil

     〈 figuurlijk〉 go one's own way • zijn eigen weg gaan

     go out of one's/the way to … • zijn (uiterste) best doen om …

     have a way with elderly people • met ouderen om weten te gaan

     you can't have it both ways • óf het een óf het ander

     have one's way with a woman • zijn zin krijgen bij een vrouw 〈met als resultaat: het bed〉

     see one's way (clear) to doing something • zijn kans schoon zien om iets te doen

     wind one's way into someone's affections • bij iemand in de gunst proberen te komen

     by the way • terloops, trouwens, à propos

     they had done nothing out of the way • zij hadden niets bijzonders/extreems/verkeerds gedaan

     any way • in ieder geval, hoe dan ook

     either way • hoe dan ook

     〈Amerikaans-Engels; informeel〉 every which way • overal, in alle hoeken en gaten

     〈Amerikaans-Engels; informeel〉 no way! • geen sprake van!

→ bad bad/, heart heart/, long long/, permanent permanent/, small small/, wrong wrong/

II 〈 niet-telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord〉

1 (voort)gang ⇒ snelheid, vaart

2 ruimte 〈 ook figuurlijk〉 ⇒ plaats, gelegenheid

3 (werk)gebied ⇒ branche, lijn; 〈 in samenstelling vaak〉 - handel

♦voorbeelden:

1   〈 voornamelijk scheepvaart〉 be under way • onderweg zijn

     gather/lose way • vaart krijgen/minderen 〈 van schip〉

     negotiations are well under way • onderhandelingen zijn in volle gang

2   clear the way • de weg banen 〈 ook figuurlijk〉; ruim baan maken

     give way • toegeven, meegeven 〈 ook figuurlijk〉; wijken, voorrang geven; doorzakken, bezwijken

     give way to • toegeven aan, wijken voor

     make way for • plaats/ruimte maken voor

     put someone in the way of something • iemand op weg helpen (met iets), iemand aan iets helpen

     stand in the way • in de weg staan

     out of the/one's way • uit de weg 〈 ook figuurlijk〉

     get something out of the way • iets uit de weg ruimen, iets afhandelen

     put someone out of the way • iemand uit de weg ruimen

¶ make way • opschieten 〈 ook figuurlijk〉

     make one's (own) way (in life/the world) • in de wereld vooruitkomen

     by way of • via; door middel van; als; gewoonlijk

     he's by way of being a musician • hij is om zo te zeggen een muzikant

     by way of Brighton • via Brighton

     by way of illustration/example • als illustratie/voorbeeld

III 〈 meervoud〉

1 〈 scheepvaart〉 stapel ⇒ helling

2 〈Amerikaans-Engels; informeel〉 afstand ⇒ eind

3 〈 Amerikaans-Engels〉 gedeeltes ⇒ stukken

♦voorbeelden:

3   divide something four ways • iets in vieren delen

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way²

〈 bijwoord〉

1 ver ⇒ lang, een eind

2 〈 Amerikaans-Engels〉 → away away/

♦voorbeelden:

1   way back • ver terug, (al) lang geleden

     〈 Amerikaans-Engels〉 someone from way back • iemand uit een afgelegen gebied/ver verleden

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[si:] v տեսնել, նկատել, տեսողությամբ ըն կալել. see at a distance հեռավորության վրա/ հեռու տեսնել. Have you seen London? Լոնդոնը տեսե՞լ եք. I don’t see any point in it Ես դրա մեջ իմաստ չեմ տեսնում. I see it this way Ես դա այս ձևով եմ տեսնում/պատ կերացնում. Cats see in the dark Կատուները կարող են մթության մեջ տեսնել. He can’t see to read Նրա համար դժվար է կարդալ. (տեսնվել, հանդիպել) You ought to see the doctor Դուք պետք է բժշկին դիմեք. I don’t see him often Մենք սակավ ենք տեսնվում. come to/go to see հյուր գալ/գնալ. (հասկանալ, ըմբռնել) Oh, I see ! don’t you see? Այո, հասկանում եմ. Մի՞թե պարզ չէ. Let me see Թույլ տվեք մտա ծեմ. I fail to see why Չեմ հասկանում ինչու. as far as I can see ինչքան ես հասկանում եմ, որքա նով ես կարող եմ դատել. see the joke կա տակը հասկանալ. (ուղեկցել) see to the theatre/train թատրոն/կայարան ուղեկցել. (նայել, դի տել) see a film/a match ֆիլմ/ֆուտբոլի խաղ նայել/դիտել. see for yourself ինքդ նայիր. see that the doors are locked Հետևիր/Տես, որ դռները փակվեն/կողպվեն. (հետևել, հոգալ) I’ll see to this myself Ես դրա մասին ինքս կհո գամ. (իմանալ, պարզել) go and see գնա և պար զիր. see for oneself համոզվել. see the world/ life աշխարհը տեսնել. see the light լույս տես նել. The story saw the light Պատմվածքը լույս տեսավ. (տարբեր օգտագործումներ) I don’t see him as a teacher Ես նրան ուսուցիչ չեմ պատկերացնում I saw from the paper Ես թերթում կարդացի. We’ll never see his like again Մենք այլևս նրա նման մեկին չենք հանդիպի. Have you ever seen the like? Նման բան երբևէ տեսե՞լ ես. The car has seen better days Մեքենան ավելի լավ օրեր է տեսել. see about հոգ տանել, հետևել. see after խնամել, հոգ տանել. see in ներս բերել see him in ներս բե րեք/հրավիրեք նրան. see the New Year in Նոր տարին դիմավորել. see into թափանցել, խո րամուխ լինել. քննարկել, քննել. see off ճա նապարհ դնել. see off smn at the station կայարանում ճանապարհ դնել. see out մինչև դու ռը ուղեկցել. see over զննել, դիտել. see over the school/the garden դիտել դպրոցի շենքը/ այգին. see through օգնել. He saw me through my troubles Նա ինձ օգնեց դժվար պահին. see to հոգ տանել. see you later Կհանդիպենք, Կտեսնվենք. see you soon Մինչ հանդիպում

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