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1. see <saw, seen> [si:] vt

1) ( perceive with eyes)

to \see sb/ sth jdn/etw sehen;

I've never \seen anything quite like this before so etwas habe ich ja noch nie gesehen;

have you ever \seen this man before? haben Sie diesen Mann schon einmal gesehen?;

he's \seen where you live er weiß jetzt, wo du wohnst;

I can't \see much without my glasses ohne Brille sehe ich nicht sonderlich viel;

there's nothing to \see ( after accident) hier gibt's nichts zu sehen!;

I saw it happen ich habe gesehen, wie es passiert ist;

it has to be \seen to be believed man muss es gesehen haben[, sonst glaubt man es nicht];

I'll believe it when I \see it das glaube ich auch erst, wenn ich es mit eigenen Augen gesehen habe;

to \see sb do [or doing] sth sehen, wie jd etw tut;

I saw her coming ich habe sie kommen sehen;

the woman was \seen to enter the bank die Frau wurde gesehen, wie sie die Bank betrat;

I can't believe what I'm \seeing - is that your car? ich glaube, ich spinne! ist das dein Auto?;

she didn't want to be \seen visiting the doctor sie wollte nicht, dass jemand mitbekommt, dass sie zum Arzt geht;

I've never \seen my brother eating mushrooms ich habe meinen Bruder noch nie Pilze essen sehen;

can you \see where... siehst du, wo...;

to \see sth with one's own eyes etw mit eigenen Augen sehen;

for all the world to \see in aller Öffentlichkeit

2) ( watch as a spectator)

to \see sth film, play [sich dat] etw [an]sehen;

this film is really worth \seeing dieser Film ist echt sehenswert;

to \see sb in a film/ in a play/ on television jdn in einem Film/Stück/im Fernsehen sehen

3) ( visit place)

to \see sth famous building, place etw ansehen;

I'd love to \see Salzburg again ich würde gerne noch einmal nach Salzburg gehen;

to \see the sights of a town die Sehenswürdigkeiten einer Stadt besichtigen

4) ( understand)

to \see sth etw verstehen [o begreifen]; ( discern mentally) etw erkennen;

I \see what you mean ich weiß, was du meinst;

I can't \see the difference between... and... für mich gibt es keinen Unterschied zwischen... und...;

I just don't \see why... ich begreife [o verstehe] einfach nicht, warum...;

I can't \see why I should do it ich sehe einfach nicht ein, warum ich es machen sollte;

I can \see you're having trouble with your car Sie haben Probleme mit Ihrem Auto?;

I really can't \see what difference it makes to... ich weiß wirklich nicht, was es für einen Unterschied machen soll,...;

I can \see it's difficult ich verstehe ja, dass es schwierig ist;

I can \see you have been fighting ich sehe doch, dass ihr euch gezankt habt;

I can't \see the joke ich weiß nicht, was daran komisch sein soll;

I don't \see the point of that remark ich verstehe den Sinn dieser Bemerkung nicht;

\see what I mean? siehst du?

5) ( consider)

to \see sth etw sehen;

as I \see it... so wie ich das sehe...;

try and \see it my way versuche es doch mal aus meiner Sicht zu sehen;

I \see myself as a good mother ich denke, dass ich eine gute Mutter bin;

this is how I \see it so sehe ich die Sache;

I don't \see it that way ich sehe das nicht so;

to \see sth in a new [or a different] [or another] light etw mit anderen Augen sehen;

to \see reason [or sense] Vernunft annehmen;

to \see things differently die Dinge anders sehen;

to make sb \see sth jdm etw klarmachen;

to \see oneself obliged to do sth sich akk dazu gezwungen sehen, etw zu tun

6) (learn, find out)

to \see sth etw feststellen;

I \see [that]... wie ich sehe,...;

I'll \see what I can do/ who it is ich schaue mal, was ich tun kann/wer es ist;

let me \see if I can help you mal sehen, ob ich Ihnen helfen kann;

that remains to be \seen das wird sich zeigen

7) ( meet socially)

to \see sb jdn sehen;

( by chance) jdn [zufällig] treffen [o sehen];

we're \seeing friends at the weekend wir treffen uns am Wochenende mit Freunden;

to \see a lot [or much] of sb jdn häufig sehen;

I haven't \seen much of him recently ich sehe ihn in letzter Zeit [auch] nur [noch] selten;

I haven't \seen her around much in the last few weeks in den letzten Wochen habe ich sie [auch nur] selten gesehen;

I shall be \seeing them at eight ich treffe sie um acht;

I'll \see you around bis dann!;

\see you! [or ( Brit) be \seeing you!] ( fam) bis bald! ( fam)

\see you later! (fam: when meeting again later) bis später!;

( goodbye) tschüs! ( fam)

\see you on Monday bis Montag!;

to go and \see sb jdn besuchen [gehen]

8) ( have meeting with)

to \see sb jdn sehen;

( talk to) jdn sprechen;

( receive) jdn empfangen;

I demand to \see the manager ich möchte mit dem Geschäftsführer sprechen!;

Mr Miller can't \see you now Mr Miller ist im Moment nicht zu sprechen;

the doctor will \see you now Sie können jetzt reingehen, der Herr Doktor ist jetzt frei;

to \see a doctor/ a solicitor zum Arzt/zu einem Anwalt gehen, einen Arzt/einen Anwalt aufsuchen ( geh)

9) ( have relationship with)

to be \seeing sb mit jdm zusammen sein ( fam)

I'm not \seeing anyone at the moment ich habe im Moment keine Freundin/keinen Freund;

are you \seeing anyone? hast du einen Freund/eine Freundin?

10) (envisage, foresee)

to \see sth sich dat etw vorstellen;

I \see a real chance of us meeting again ich glaube wirklich, dass wir uns wiedersehen;

I can't \see him getting the job ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass er den Job bekommt;

can you \see her as a teacher? kannst du dir sie als Lehrerin vorstellen?;

do you \see... kannst du dir vorstellen,...;

I can't \see myself as a waitress ich glaube nicht, dass Kellnern was für mich wäre;

to \see it coming es kommen sehen

11) (witness, experience)

to \see sth etw [mit]erleben;

2004 saw a slackening off in the growth of the economy 2004 kam es zu einer Verlangsamung des Wirtschaftswachstums;

he won't \see 50 again er ist gut über 50;

I've \seen it all mich überrascht nichts mehr;

now I've \seen everything! ist denn das zu fassen!;

I've \seen it all before das kenne ich alles schon!;

to \see sb do sth [mit]erleben, wie jd etw tut;

his parents saw him awarded the winner's medal seine Eltern waren mit dabei, als ihm die Siegermedaille überreicht wurde;

I can't bear to \see people being mistreated ich ertrag es nicht, wenn Menschen misshandelt werden;

to \see the day when... den Tag erleben, an dem...;

to \see life das Leben kennen lernen;

to live to \see sth etw erleben;

I shall not live to \see it das werde ich wohl nicht mehr miterleben

12) ( accompany)

to \see sb jdn begleiten;

to \see sb into bed jdn ins Bett bringen;

to \see sb to the door [or out] / home jdn zur Tür/nach Hause bringen [o ( geh) begleiten];

to \see sb into a taxi jdn zum Taxi bringen;

I saw her safely into the house ich brachte sie sicher zum Haus

13) ( inspect)

sb wants to \see sth licence, passport jd möchte etw sehen; references, records jd möchte etw [ein]sehen;

the policeman asked to \see my driving licence der Polizist wollte meinen Führerschein sehen;

let me \see that lass mich das mal sehen

14) in imperative ( refer to)

\see... siehe...;

\see below/ page 23/over[leaf] siehe unten/Seite 23/nächste Seite

15) ( perceive)

to \see sth in sb/ sth etw in jdm/etw sehen;

I don't know what she \sees in him ich weiß nicht, was sie an ihm findet

16) ( ensure)

to \see sb right (Brit, Aus) (fam: help) jdm helfen [o behilflich sein]; ( pay or reimburse) aufpassen [o dafür sorgen], dass jd sein Geld [wieder]bekommt;

to \see that sth happens dafür sorgen, dass etw passiert;

\see that this doesn't happen again sieh zu, dass das nicht noch einmal passiert

17) ( view)

to \see sth house for sale [sich dat] etw ansehen

18) ( in poker)

to \see sb;

I'll \see you ich halte

PHRASES:

let's \see the colour of your money first erst will ich dein Geld sehen! ( fam)

to have \seen better days schon [einmal] bessere Tage gesehen haben;

you couldn't \see him/her for dust man sah nur noch seine/ihre Staubwolke ( fam)

if... you won't \see the dust of him/ her wenn..., wird er/sie die Fliege machen wie nichts (sl)

he/she can't \see further than [or beyond] the end of his/ her nose er/sie sieht nicht weiter als seine/ihre Nasespitze [reicht] ( fam)

to not have \seen hide nor hair of sb jdn nicht mal von hinten gesehen haben ( fam)

I'll \see him/her in hell first das wäre das Letzte, was ich täte!;

to \see the last [or (Brit, Aus) the back] of sb [endlich] jdn los sein ( fam)

to \see the last [or (Brit, Aus) the back] of sth endlich etw überstanden haben;

sb \sees the light ( understand) jdm geht ein Licht auf ( fam) ( become enlightened) jdm gehen die Augen auf ( fam) ( be converted) jd [er]schaut das Licht [Gottes] ( geh)

to \see the light of day ( first appear) das Licht der Welt erblicken ( geh) ( o hum)

to [go and] \see a man about a dog hingehen, wo auch der Kaiser zu Fuß hingeht (euph, hum) ( fam)

to \see stars Sterne sehen ( fam)

to be \seeing things sich dat etw einbilden, Halluzinationen haben;

to \see one's way [clear] to doing sth es [sich dat] einrichten, etw zu tun;

to not \see the wood [or (Am) the forest] for the trees den Wald vor [lauter] Bäumen nicht sehen ( hum) vi

1) ( use eyes) sehen;

I can't \see very well without my glasses ohne Brille kann ich nicht sehr gut sehen;

... but \seeing is believing... doch ich habe es mit eigenen Augen gesehen!;

as far as the eye [or you] can \see so weit das Auge reicht

2) ( look) sehen;

let me \see! lass mich mal sehen!;

\see for yourself! sieh doch selbst!;

(in theatre etc.)

can you \see? können Sie noch sehen?;

there, \see, grandad's mended it for you schau mal, Opa hat es dir wieder repariert!

3) (understand, realize)

... - oh, I \see!... - aha!;

I \see ich verstehe;

you \see! it wasn't that difficult was it? na siehst du, das war doch gar nicht so schwer!;

\see, I don't love you anymore ich liebe dich einfach nicht mehr, o.k.? ( fam)

you \see,... weißt du/wissen Sie,...;

well, you \see, all these rooms are going to be decorated alle Zimmer werden natürlich noch renoviert;

\see?! siehst du?!;

as far as I can \see... so wie ich das sehe...;

I \see from your report... Ihrem Bericht entnehme ich,...;

... so I \see... das sehe [o merke] ich

4) (dated: as protest)

now, \see here, I only bought this ticket a month ago also, dieses Ticket habe ich erst vor einem Monat gekauft!

5) ( find out) nachsehen;

( in the future) herausfinden;

wait and \see abwarten und Tee trinken ( fam)

well, we'll \see schau ma mal! ( fam)

let me \see lass mich mal überlegen;

you'll \see du wirst schon sehen!;

you'll soon \see for yourself du wirst es schon bald selbst sehen!

PHRASES:

to not \see eye to eye [with sb] nicht derselben Ansicht sein [wie jd];

to \see fit to do sth es für angebracht halten, etw zu tun;

to \see red rotsehen ( fam)

to make sb \see red jdn zur Weißglut treiben ( fam)

see

1. see [si:] n

( of bishop or archbishop) [Erz]bistum nt; ( Catholic) [Erz]diözese f;

the Holy S\see der Heilige Stuhl

English-German students dictionary > see
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

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > see
3 see

1. transitive verb,
saw, seen

1) sehen

let somebody see something — (show) jemandem etwas zeigen

let me see — lass mich mal sehen

I saw her fall or falling — ich habe sie fallen sehen

he was seen to leave or seen leaving the building — er ist beim Verlassen des Gebäudes gesehen worden

I'll believe it when I see it — das will ich erst mal sehen

they saw it happen — sie haben gesehen, wie es passiert ist

can you see that house over there? — siehst du das Haus da drüben?

be worth seeing — sehenswert sein; sich lohnen (ugs.)

see the light — (fig.): (undergo conversion) das Licht schauen (geh.)

I saw the light — (I realized my error etc.) mir ging ein Licht auf (ugs.)

see things — Halluzinationen haben

I must be seeing things — (joc.) ich glaub', ich seh' nicht richtig

see the sights/town — sich (Dat.) die Sehenswürdigkeiten/Stadt ansehen

see one's way [clear] to do or to doing something — es einrichten, etwas zu tun

2) (watch) sehen

let's see a film — sehen wir uns (Dat.) einen Film an!

3) (meet [with]) sehen; treffen; (meet socially) zusammenkommen mit; sich treffen mit

I'll see you there/at 5 — wir sehen uns dort/um 5

see you! — (coll.)

[I'll] be seeing you! — (coll.) bis bald! (ugs.)

see you on Saturday/soon — bis Samstag/bald; see also academic.ru/43656/long">long I 1. 3)

4) (speak to) sprechen [Person] ( about wegen); (pay visit to) gehen zu, (geh.) aufsuchen [Arzt, Anwalt usw.]; (receive) empfangen

the doctor will see you now — Herr/Frau Doktor lässt bitten

whom would you like to see? — wen möchten Sie sprechen?; zu wem möchten Sie?

5) (discern mentally) sehen

I see it all! — jetzt ist mir alles klar

I can see it's difficult for you — ich verstehe, dass es nicht leicht für dich ist

I see what you mean — ich verstehe [was du meinst]

see what I mean? — siehst du?

I saw that it was a mistake — mir war klar, dass es ein Fehler war

I don't see the point of it — ich sehe keinen Sinn darin

he didn't see the joke — er fand es [gar] nicht lustig; (did not understand) er hat den Witz nicht verstanden

I can't think what she sees in him — ich weiß nicht, was sie an ihm findet

6) (consider) sehen

let me see what I can do — [ich will] mal sehen, was ich tun kann

7) (foresee) sehen

I can see I'm going to be busy — ich sehe [es] schon [kommen], dass ich beschäftigt sein werde

I can see it won't be easy — ich sehe schon, dass es nicht einfach sein wird

8) (find out) feststellen; (by looking) nachsehen

that remains to be seen — das wird man sehen

see if you can read this — guck mal, ob du das hier lesen kannst (ugs.)

9) (take view of) sehen; betrachten

see things as somebody does — jemandes Ansichten teilen

try to see it my way — versuche es doch mal aus meiner Sicht zu sehen

as I see it — meines Erachtens

10) (learn) sehen

I see from your letter that... — ich entnehme Ihrem Brief, dass...

11) (make sure)

see [that]... — zusehen od. darauf achten, dass...

12) usu. in imper. (look at) einsehen [Buch]

see below/p. 15 — siehe unten/S. 15

13) (experience, be witness of) erleben

live to see something — etwas miterleben

now I've seen everything! — (iron.) hat man so etwas schon erlebt od. gesehen!

we shall see — wir werden [ja/schon] sehen

he will not or never see 50 again — er ist [bestimmt] über 50

14) (imagine) sich (Dat.) vorstellen

see somebody/oneself doing something — sich vorstellen, dass jemand/man etwas tut

I can see it now -... — ich sehe es schon bildhaft vor mir -...

15) (contemplate) mit ansehen; zusehen bei

[stand by and] see somebody doing something — [tatenlos] zusehen od. es [tatenlos] mit ansehen, wie jemand etwas tut

16) (escort) begleiten, bringen (to [bis] zu)

17) (consent willingly to) einsehen

not see oneself doing something — es nicht einsehen, dass man etwas tut
2. intransitive verb,
saw, seen

1) (discern objects) sehen

see for yourself! — sieh doch selbst!

as far as the eye can see — soweit das Auge reicht

see red — rotsehen (ugs.)

2) (make sure) nachsehen

3) (reflect) überlegen

let me see — lass mich überlegen; warte mal ['n Moment] (ugs.)

4)

I see — ich verstehe; aha (ugs.); ach so (ugs.)

you see — weißt du/wisst ihr/wissen Sie

there you are, you see! — Siehst du? Ich hab's doch gesagt!

as far as I can see — soweit ich das od. es beurteilen kann

Phrasal Verbs:

- see about

- see into

- see off

- see out

- see over

- see through

- see to

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

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

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

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

5) (to understand: She didn't see the point of the joke.) verstehen

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

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

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

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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.) das (Erz)Bistum

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see¹

<saw, seen>

[si:]

I. TRANSITIVE VERB

1. (perceive with eyes)

▪ to \see sb/sth jdn/etw sehen

I've never \seen anything quite like this before so etwas habe ich ja noch nie gesehen

have you ever \seen this man before? haben Sie diesen Mann schon einmal gesehen?

he's \seen where you live er weiß jetzt, wo du wohnst

I can't \see much without my glasses ohne Brille sehe ich nicht sonderlich viel

there's nothing to \see (after accident) hier gibt's nichts zu sehen!

I saw it happen ich habe gesehen, wie es passiert ist

it has to be \seen to be believed man muss es gesehen haben[, sonst glaubt man es nicht]

I'll believe it when I \see it das glaube ich auch erst, wenn ich es mit eigenen Augen gesehen habe

▪ to \see sb do [or doing] sth sehen, wie jd etw tut

I saw her coming ich habe sie kommen sehen

the woman was \seen to enter the bank die Frau wurde gesehen, wie sie die Bank betrat

I can't believe what I'm \seeing — is that your car? ich glaube, ich spinne! ist das dein Auto?

she didn't want to be \seen visiting the doctor sie wollte nicht, dass jemand mitbekommt, dass sie zum Arzt geht

I've never \seen my brother eating mushrooms ich habe meinen Bruder noch nie Pilze essen sehen

can you \see where... siehst du, wo...

to \see sth with one's own eyes etw mit eigenen Augen sehen

for all the world to \see in aller Öffentlichkeit

2. (watch as a spectator)

▪ to \see sth film, play [sich dat] etw [an]sehen [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. anschauen]

this film is really worth \seeing dieser Film ist echt sehenswert

to \see sb in a film/in a play/on television jdn in einem Film/Stück/im Fernsehen sehen

3. (visit place)

▪ to \see sth famous building, place etw ansehen [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. anschauen]

I'd love to \see Salzburg again ich würde gerne noch einmal nach Salzburg gehen

to \see the sights of a town die Sehenswürdigkeiten einer Stadt besichtigen

4. (understand)

▪ to \see sth etw verstehen [o begreifen]; (discern mentally) etw erkennen

I \see what you mean ich weiß, was du meinst

I can't \see the difference between... and... für mich gibt es keinen Unterschied zwischen... und...

I just don't \see why... ich begreife [o verstehe] einfach nicht, warum...

I can't \see why I should do it ich sehe einfach nicht ein, warum ich es machen sollte

I can \see you're having trouble with your car Sie haben Probleme mit Ihrem Auto?

I really can't \see what difference it makes to... ich weiß wirklich nicht, was es für einen Unterschied machen soll,...

I can \see it's difficult ich verstehe ja, dass es schwierig ist

I can \see you have been fighting ich sehe doch, dass ihr euch gezankt habt

I can't \see the joke ich weiß nicht, was daran komisch sein soll

I don't \see the point of that remark ich verstehe den Sinn dieser Bemerkung nicht

\see what I mean? siehst du?

5. (consider)

▪ to \see sth etw sehen

as I \see it... so wie ich das sehe...

try and \see it my way versuche es doch mal aus meiner Sicht zu sehen

I \see myself as a good mother ich denke, dass ich eine gute Mutter bin

this is how I \see it so sehe ich die Sache

I don't \see it that way ich sehe das nicht so

to \see sth in a new [or a different] [or another] light etw mit anderen Augen sehen

to \see reason [or sense] Vernunft annehmen

to \see things differently die Dinge anders sehen

to make sb \see sth jdm etw klarmachen

to \see oneself obliged to do sth sich akk dazu gezwungen sehen, etw zu tun

6. (learn, find out)

▪ to \see sth etw feststellen

I \see [that]... wie ich sehe,...

I'll \see what I can do/who it is ich schaue mal, was ich tun kann/wer es ist

let me \see if I can help you mal sehen, ob ich Ihnen helfen kann

that remains to be \seen das wird sich zeigen

7. (meet socially)

▪ to \see sb jdn sehen; (by chance) jdn [zufällig] treffen [o sehen]

we're \seeing friends at the weekend wir treffen uns am Wochenende mit Freunden

to \see a lot [or much] of sb jdn häufig sehen

I haven't \seen much of him recently ich sehe ihn in letzter Zeit [auch] nur [noch] selten

I haven't \seen her around much in the last few weeks in den letzten Wochen habe ich sie [auch nur] selten gesehen

I shall be \seeing them at eight ich treffe sie um acht

I'll \see you around bis dann!

\see you! [or BRIT be \seeing you!] ( fam) bis bald! fam

\see you later! ( fam: when meeting again later) bis später!; (goodbye) tschüss! fam

\see you on Monday bis Montag!

to go and \see sb jdn besuchen [gehen]

8. (have meeting with)

▪ to \see sb jdn sehen; (talk to) jdn sprechen; (receive) jdn empfangen

I demand to \see the manager ich möchte mit dem Geschäftsführer sprechen!

Mr Miller can't \see you now Herr Miller ist im Moment nicht zu sprechen

the doctor will \see you now Sie können jetzt reingehen, der Herr Doktor ist jetzt frei

to \see a doctor/a solicitor zum Arzt/zu einem Anwalt gehen, einen Arzt/einen Anwalt aufsuchen geh

9. (have relationship with)

▪ to be \seeing sb mit jdm zusammen sein fam

I'm not \seeing anyone at the moment ich habe im Moment keine Freundin/keinen Freund

are you \seeing anyone? hast du einen Freund/eine Freundin?

10. (envisage, foresee)

▪ to \see sth sich dat etw vorstellen

I \see a real chance of us meeting again ich glaube wirklich, dass wir uns wiedersehen

I can't \see him getting the job ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass er den Job bekommt

can you \see her as a teacher? kannst du dir sie als Lehrerin vorstellen?

do you \see... kannst du dir vorstellen,...

I can't \see myself as a waitress ich glaube nicht, dass Kellnern was für mich wäre

to \see it coming es kommen sehen

11. (witness, experience)

▪ to \see sth etw [mit]erleben

1997 saw a slackening off in the growth of the economy 1997 kam es zu einer Verlangsamung des Wirtschaftswachstums

he won't \see 50 again er ist gut über 50

I've \seen it all mich überrascht nichts mehr

now I've \seen everything! ist denn das zu fassen!

I've \seen it all before das kenne ich alles schon!

▪ to \see sb do sth [mit]erleben, wie jd etw tut

his parents saw him awarded the winner's medal seine Eltern waren mit dabei, als ihm die Siegermedaille überreicht wurde

I can't bear to \see people being mistreated ich ertrag es nicht, wenn Menschen misshandelt werden

to \see the day when... den Tag erleben, an dem...

to \see life das Leben kennenlernen

to live to \see sth etw erleben

I shall not live to \see it das werde ich wohl nicht mehr miterleben

12. (accompany)

▪ to \see sb jdn begleiten

to \see sb into bed jdn ins Bett bringen

to \see sb to the door [or out] /home jdn zur Tür/nach Hause bringen [o geh begleiten]

to \see sb into a taxi jdn zum Taxi bringen

I saw her safely into the house ich brachte sie sicher zum Haus

13. (inspect)

sb wants to \see sth licence, passport jd möchte etw sehen; references, records jd möchte etw [ein]sehen

the policeman asked to \see my driving licence der Polizist wollte meinen Führerschein sehen

let me \see that lass mich das mal sehen

14. in imperative (refer to)

▪ \see... siehe...

\see below/page 23/over[leaf] siehe unten/Seite 23/nächste Seite

15. (perceive)

▪ to \see sth in sb/sth etw in jdm/etw sehen

I don't know what she \sees in him ich weiß nicht, was sie an ihm findet

16. (ensure)

to \see sb right BRIT, AUS ( fam: help) jdm helfen [o behilflich sein]; (pay or reimburse) aufpassen [o dafür sorgen], dass jd sein Geld [wieder]bekommt

▪ to \see that sth happens dafür sorgen, dass etw passiert

\see that this doesn't happen again sieh zu, dass das nicht noch einmal passiert

17. (view)

▪ to \see sth house for sale [sich dat] etw ansehen [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. anschauen

18. (in poker)

▪ to \see sb:

I'll \see you ich halte

19.

▶ to have \seen better days schon [einmal] bessere Tage gesehen haben

▶ let's \see the colour of your money first erst will ich dein Geld sehen! fam

▶ you couldn't \see him/her for dust man sah nur noch seine/ihre Staubwolke fam

▶ if... you won't \see the dust of him/her wenn..., wird er/sie die Fliege machen wie nichts sl

▶ he/she can't \see further than [or beyond] the end of his/her nose er/sie sieht nicht weiter als seine/ihre Nasenspitze [reicht] fam

▶ I'll \see him/her in hell first das wäre das Letzte, was ich täte!

▶ to not have \seen hide nor hair of sb jdn nicht mal von hinten gesehen haben fam

▶ to \see the last [or BRIT, AUS the back] of sb [endlich] jdn los sein fam

▶ to \see the last [or BRIT, AUS the back] of sth endlich etw überstanden haben

▶ sb \sees the light (understand) jdm geht ein Licht auf fam; (become enlightened) jdm gehen die Augen auf fam; (be converted) jd [er]schaut das Licht [Gottes] geh

▶ to \see the light of day (first appear) das Licht der Welt erblicken geh o hum

▶ to [go and] \see a man about a dog hingehen, wo auch der Kaiser zu Fuß hingeht euph hum fam

▶ to \see stars Sterne sehen fam

▶ to be \seeing things sich dat etw einbilden, Halluzinationen haben

▶ to \see one's way [clear] to doing sth es [sich dat] einrichten, etw zu tun

▶ to not \see the wood [or AM the forest] for the trees den Wald vor [lauter] Bäumen nicht sehen hum

II. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1. (use eyes) sehen

I can't \see very well without my glasses ohne Brille kann ich nicht sehr gut sehen

... but \seeing is believing... doch ich habe es mit eigenen Augen gesehen!

as far as the eye [or you] can \see so weit das Auge reicht

2. (look) sehen

let me \see! lass mich mal sehen!

\see for yourself! sieh doch selbst!; (in theatre etc.)

can you \see? können Sie noch sehen?

there, \see, Grandad's mended it for you schau mal, Opa hat es dir wieder repariert!

3. (understand, realize)

... — oh, I \see!... — aha!

I \see ich verstehe

you \see! it wasn't that difficult was it? na siehst du, das war doch gar nicht so schwer!

\see, I don't love you anymore ich liebe dich einfach nicht mehr, o.k.? fam

you \see,... weißt du/wissen Sie,...

well, you \see, all these rooms are going to be decorated alle Zimmer werden natürlich noch renoviert

\see?! siehst du?!

as far as I can \see... so wie ich das sehe...

I \see from your report... Ihrem Bericht entnehme ich,...

... so I \see... das sehe [o merke] ich

4. ( dated: as protest)

now, \see here, I only bought this ticket a month ago also, dieses Ticket habe ich erst vor einem Monat gekauft!

5. (find out) nachsehen, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. nachschauen; (in the future) herausfinden

wait and \see abwarten und Tee trinken fam

well, we'll \see schau ma mal! fam

let me \see lass' mich mal überlegen

you'll \see du wirst schon sehen!

you'll soon \see for yourself du wirst es schon bald selbst sehen!

6.

▶ to not \see eye to eye [with sb] nicht derselben Ansicht sein [wie jd]

▶ to \see fit to do sth es für angebracht halten, etw zu tun

▶ to \see red rotsehen fam

▶ to make sb \see red jdn zur Weißglut treiben fam

see²

[si:]

n (of bishop or archbishop) [Erz]bistum nt; (Catholic) [Erz]diözese f

the Holy S\see der Heilige Stuhl

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see¹ [siː] prät saw [sɔː], pperf seen [siːn]

A v/t

1. sehen:

see page 15 siehe Seite 15;

as I see it fig wie ich es sehe, in meinen Augen, meiner Meinung nach;

I see things otherwise fig ich sehe oder betrachte die Dinge anders;

I cannot see myself doing it fig ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass ich es tue;

I cannot see my way to doing it ich weiß nicht, wie ich es anstellen soll;

I see myself obliged to go ich sehe mich gezwungen zu gehen;

I wonder what he sees in her ich möchte wissen, was er an ihr findet;

let us see what can be done wir wollen sehen, was sich machen lässt;

little was seen of the attack SPORT vom Angriff war nur wenig zu sehen (siehe weitere Verbindungen mit den entsprechenden Substantiven etc)

2. (ab)sehen, erkennen:

see danger ahead Gefahr auf sich zukommen sehen

3. entnehmen, ersehen ( beide:

from aus der Zeitung etc)

4. (ein)sehen:

I do not see what he means ich verstehe nicht, was er meint;

I don’t see the importance of it ich verstehe nicht, was daran so wichtig sein soll;

I don’t see the use of it ich weiß nicht, wozu das gut sein soll; → joke A 2

5. (sich) etwas ansehen, besuchen: → worth¹ A 2

6. herausfinden:

see who it is sieh nach, wer es ist

7. dafür sorgen(, dass):

see (to it) that it is done sorge dafür oder sieh zu, dass es geschieht;

see justice done to sb dafür sorgen, dass jemandem Gerechtigkeit widerfährt

8. a) besuchen

b) sich treffen mit:

they have been seeing a lot of each other lately sie sind in letzter Zeit oft zusammen;

he has been seeing her for two years er geht schon seit zwei Jahren mit ihr umg

9. aufsuchen, konsultieren ( beide:

about wegen), sprechen ( on business geschäftlich), US umg (mal) mit jemandem reden (um ihn zu beeinflussen):

we must see the judge

10. empfangen:

he refused to see me

11. begleiten, geleiten:

see sb home jemanden heimbegleiten, jemanden nach Hause bringen;

see sb to bed jemanden zu Bett bringen;

see sb to the station jemanden zum Bahnhof bringen oder begleiten;

see sb across the street jemanden über die Straße bringen; → see off 1, see out 1

12. sehen, erleben:

live to see erleben;

see action MIL im Einsatz sein, Kämpfe mitmachen;

he has seen better days er hat schon bessere Tage gesehen

13. besonders Poker: mithalten mit

B v/i

1. sehen:

she doesn’t see very well with her left eye sie sieht nicht sehr gut auf dem linken Auge;

we haven’t seen much of him lately wir haben ihn in letzter Zeit nicht allzu oft gesehen;

you’ll see du wirst schon sehen

2. einsehen, verstehen:

I see! (ich) verstehe!, aha!, ach so!;

(you) see, … weißt du oder wissen Sie, …;

(you) see? umg verstehst du?;

as far as I can see soviel ich sehen kann

3. nachsehen:

go and see (for) yourself!

4. überlegen:

let me see! warte(n Sie) mal!, lass mich überlegen!;

we’ll see wir werden sehen, mal sehen oder abwarten

see² [siː] s REL

1. (Erz)Bischofssitz m, (erz)bischöflicher Stuhl:

Apostolic ( oder Holy) See (der) Apostolische oder Heilige Stuhl

2. (Erz)Bistum n:

the see of Canterbury

3. obs ( besonders Thron)Sitz m

s. abk

1. second ( seconds pl) s, Sek.

2. section

3. see s.

4. series

5. set

6. HIST Br shilling ( shillings pl)

7. sign

8. signed gez.

9. singular Sg.

10. son

v. abk

1. MATH vector

2. velocity v

3. verb

4. verse

5. JUR SPORT versus, against

6. very

7. vide, see

8. voice

9. ELEK volt ( volts pl) V

10. ELEK voltage

11. volume

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1. transitive verb,
saw, seen

1) sehen

let somebody see something — (show) jemandem etwas zeigen

let me see — lass mich mal sehen

I saw her fall or falling — ich habe sie fallen sehen

he was seen to leave or seen leaving the building — er ist beim Verlassen des Gebäudes gesehen worden

I'll believe it when I see it — das will ich erst mal sehen

they saw it happen — sie haben gesehen, wie es passiert ist

can you see that house over there? — siehst du das Haus da drüben?

be worth seeing — sehenswert sein; sich lohnen (ugs.)

see the light — (fig.): (undergo conversion) das Licht schauen (geh.)

I saw the light — (I realized my error etc.) mir ging ein Licht auf (ugs.)

see things — Halluzinationen haben

I must be seeing things — (joc.) ich glaub', ich seh' nicht richtig

see the sights/town — sich (Dat.) die Sehenswürdigkeiten/Stadt ansehen

see one's way [clear] to do or to doing something — es einrichten, etwas zu tun

2) (watch) sehen

let's see a film — sehen wir uns (Dat.) einen Film an!

3) (meet [with]) sehen; treffen; (meet socially) zusammenkommen mit; sich treffen mit

I'll see you there/at 5 — wir sehen uns dort/um 5

see you! — (coll.)

[I'll] be seeing you! — (coll.) bis bald! (ugs.)

see you on Saturday/soon — bis Samstag/bald; see also long I 1. 3)

4) (speak to) sprechen [Person] ( about wegen); (pay visit to) gehen zu, (geh.) aufsuchen [Arzt, Anwalt usw.]; (receive) empfangen

the doctor will see you now — Herr/Frau Doktor lässt bitten

whom would you like to see? — wen möchten Sie sprechen?; zu wem möchten Sie?

5) (discern mentally) sehen

I see it all! — jetzt ist mir alles klar

I can see it's difficult for you — ich verstehe, dass es nicht leicht für dich ist

I see what you mean — ich verstehe [was du meinst]

see what I mean? — siehst du?

I saw that it was a mistake — mir war klar, dass es ein Fehler war

I don't see the point of it — ich sehe keinen Sinn darin

he didn't see the joke — er fand es [gar] nicht lustig; (did not understand) er hat den Witz nicht verstanden

I can't think what she sees in him — ich weiß nicht, was sie an ihm findet

6) (consider) sehen

let me see what I can do — [ich will] mal sehen, was ich tun kann

7) (foresee) sehen

I can see I'm going to be busy — ich sehe [es] schon [kommen], dass ich beschäftigt sein werde

I can see it won't be easy — ich sehe schon, dass es nicht einfach sein wird

8) (find out) feststellen; (by looking) nachsehen

that remains to be seen — das wird man sehen

see if you can read this — guck mal, ob du das hier lesen kannst (ugs.)

9) (take view of) sehen; betrachten

see things as somebody does — jemandes Ansichten teilen

try to see it my way — versuche es doch mal aus meiner Sicht zu sehen

as I see it — meines Erachtens

10) (learn) sehen

I see from your letter that... — ich entnehme Ihrem Brief, dass...

11) (make sure)

see [that]... — zusehen od. darauf achten, dass...

12) usu. in imper. (look at) einsehen [Buch]

see below/p. 15 — siehe unten/S. 15

13) (experience, be witness of) erleben

live to see something — etwas miterleben

now I've seen everything! — (iron.) hat man so etwas schon erlebt od. gesehen!

we shall see — wir werden [ja/schon] sehen

he will not or never see 50 again — er ist [bestimmt] über 50

14) (imagine) sich (Dat.) vorstellen

see somebody/oneself doing something — sich vorstellen, dass jemand/man etwas tut

I can see it now -... — ich sehe es schon bildhaft vor mir -...

15) (contemplate) mit ansehen; zusehen bei

[stand by and] see somebody doing something — [tatenlos] zusehen od. es [tatenlos] mit ansehen, wie jemand etwas tut

16) (escort) begleiten, bringen (to [bis] zu)

17) (consent willingly to) einsehen

not see oneself doing something — es nicht einsehen, dass man etwas tut
2. intransitive verb,
saw, seen

1) (discern objects) sehen

see for yourself! — sieh doch selbst!

as far as the eye can see — soweit das Auge reicht

see red — rotsehen (ugs.)

2) (make sure) nachsehen

3) (reflect) überlegen

let me see — lass mich überlegen; warte mal ['n Moment] (ugs.)

4)

I see — ich verstehe; aha (ugs.); ach so (ugs.)

you see — weißt du/wisst ihr/wissen Sie

there you are, you see! — Siehst du? Ich hab's doch gesagt!

as far as I can see — soweit ich das od. es beurteilen kann

Phrasal Verbs:

- see about

- see into

- see off

- see out

- see over

- see through

- see to

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v.

(§ p.,p.p.: saw, seen)

= anzeigen v.

sehen v.

(§ p.,pp.: sah, gesehen)

zusehen v.

English-german dictionary > see
4 joke

‹əuk
1. noun
1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) chiste

2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) gracia

2. verb
1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) contar chistes

2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) bromear

•

- joker
- jokingly
- it's no joke
- joking apart/aside
- take a joke

joke¹ n

1. chiste

do you know any jokes? ¿sabes algún chiste?

2. broma

we played a joke on the teacher le gastamos una broma al profesor

a practical joke una broma pesada

joke² vb decir en broma / bromear

don't take it seriously she was only joking no lo tomes en serio sólo estaba bromeando

El gerundio de joke se escribe joking

joke

tr[ʤəʊk]

noun

1 chiste nombre masculino

■ shall I tell you a joke? ¿te cuento un chiste?

2 (practical) broma

■ John can't take a joke John no aguanta una broma

3 (person) payaso

intransitive verb (pt & pp jollied, ger jollying)

1 bromear

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

it's no joke (not funny) no tiene gracia 2 (difficult, serious) no es ningún chiste, no es para reírse

to be beyond a joke pasar de castaño oscuro

to be joking estar de broma

to crack a joke contar un chiste

to joke about something reírse de algo

to make a joke of something reírse de algo

to play a joke on somebody gastar una broma a alguien

to tell a joke contar un chiste

you must be joking! ¡venga ya!

joke ['ʤo:k] vi, joked ; joking : bromear

joke n

1) story: chiste m

2) prank: broma f

joke

n.

• broma s.f.

• bufonada s.f.

• chanada s.f.

• chanza s.f.

• chascarrillo s.m.

• chasco s.m.

• chilindrina s.f.

• chirigota s.f.

• chiste s.m.

• chistorete s.m.

• chuscada s.f.

• chuzonería s.f.

• cuchufleta s.f.

• gracia s.f.

• hazmerreír s.m.

• zumba s.f.

v.

• bromear v.

• burlarse de v.

• chancear v.

• guasearse v.

• regodearse v.

• reírse de v.

I dʒəʊk
noun

a) ( verbal) chiste m; ( directed at somebody) broma f

to tell o crack a joke — contar* un chiste

they made endless jokes about my new hairstyle — no paraban de reírse de mi nuevo peinado

I can't see the joke — no le veo la gracia

he can't take a joke — no sabe aceptar una broma

it's beyond a joke — se pasa de castaño oscuro

it's no joke — maldita la gracia que tiene (fam)

the joke's on her/me/them — le/me/les salió el tiro por la culata (fam)

b) ( practical joke) broma f

to play a joke on somebody — hacerle* or gastarle una broma a alguien

is that your idea of a joke? — ¿a ti te parece gracioso eso?

c) (contemptible person, thing)

as a teacher he's just a joke — como profesor es un desastre

that interview was a joke — esa entrevista fue una farsa

II

intransitive verb bromear, vacilar

you must o have to be joking! — tú debes estar loco! or ni loco que estuviera!

I was only joking — lo dije en broma

he was always laughing and joking — siempre estaba de broma

[dʒǝʊk]
1.

N (=witticism, story) chiste m ; (=practical joke) broma f ; (=hoax) broma f ; (=person) hazmerreír m

what sort of a joke is this? — ¿qué clase de broma es esta?

the joke is that... — lo gracioso es que...

• to take sth as a joke — tomar algo a broma

to treat sth as a joke — tomar algo a broma

• it's (gone) beyond a joke — (Brit) esto no tiene nada de gracioso

• to crack a joke — hacer un chiste

to crack jokes with sb — contarse chistes con algn

they spent an evening cracking jokes together — pasaron una tarde contándose chistes

• for a joke — en broma

• one can have a joke with her — tiene mucho sentido del humor

• is that your idea of a joke? — ¿es que eso tiene gracia?

• he will have his little joke — siempre está con sus bromas

• to make a joke — hacer un chiste ( about sth sobre algo)

he made a joke of the disaster — se tomó el desastre a risa

• it's no joke — no tiene nada de divertido

it's no joke having to go out in this weather — no tiene nada de divertido salir con este tiempo

• the joke is on you — la broma la pagas tú

• to play a joke on sb — gastar una broma a algn

• I don't see the joke — no le veo la gracia

• he's a standing joke — es un pobre hombre

it's a standing joke here — aquí eso siempre provoca risa

• I can take a joke — tengo mucha correa or mucho aguante

he can't take a joke — no le gusta que le tomen el pelo

• to tell a joke — contar un chiste ( about sth sobre algo)

• why do you have to turn everything into a joke? — ¿eres incapaz de tomar nada en serio?

• what a joke! — iro ¡qué gracia! iro

2.

VI (=make jokes) contar chistes, hacer chistes; (=be frivolous) bromear

to joke about sth — (=make jokes about) contar chistes sobre algo; (=make light of) tomarse algo a risa

I was only joking — lo dije en broma, no iba en serio

I'm not joking — hablo en serio

you're joking!, you must be joking! — ¡no lo dices en serio!

3.

CPD

joke book N — libro m de chistes

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I [dʒəʊk]
noun

a) ( verbal) chiste m; ( directed at somebody) broma f

to tell o crack a joke — contar* un chiste

they made endless jokes about my new hairstyle — no paraban de reírse de mi nuevo peinado

I can't see the joke — no le veo la gracia

he can't take a joke — no sabe aceptar una broma

it's beyond a joke — se pasa de castaño oscuro

it's no joke — maldita la gracia que tiene (fam)

the joke's on her/me/them — le/me/les salió el tiro por la culata (fam)

b) ( practical joke) broma f

to play a joke on somebody — hacerle* or gastarle una broma a alguien

is that your idea of a joke? — ¿a ti te parece gracioso eso?

c) (contemptible person, thing)

as a teacher he's just a joke — como profesor es un desastre

that interview was a joke — esa entrevista fue una farsa

II

intransitive verb bromear, vacilar

you must o have to be joking! — tú debes estar loco! or ni loco que estuviera!

I was only joking — lo dije en broma

he was always laughing and joking — siempre estaba de broma

English-spanish dictionary > joke
5 see

see [si:]

(preterite saw, past participle seen)

1. transitive verb

   a. voir

• I can see him je le vois

• I saw him reading the letter je l'ai vu lire la lettre

• see page 10 voir page 10

• I've seen some things in my time but... j'en ai vu (des choses) dans ma vie mais...

• I could see it coming (inf) je le sentais venir

• to see one's way (in dark) trouver son chemin

• can you see your way to helping us? est-ce que vous voyez un moyen de nous aider ?

• I can't see my way to doing that je ne vois pas comment je pourrais le faire

► to be seen

• there wasn't a house to be seen il n'y avait pas une maison en vue

• there wasn't a soul to be seen il n'y avait pas âme qui vive

   b. ( = understand) voir

• I fail to see how you're going to do it je ne vois pas du tout comment vous allez faire

• they see it differently ce n'est pas leur avis

• the way I see it à mon avis

• this is how I see it voici comment je vois la chose

• do you see what I mean? vous voyez ce que je veux dire ?

• I don't see why not (granting permission) je n'y vois aucune objection ; (not understanding sb's refusal) je ne vois pas pourquoi

• to see the joke comprendre la plaisanterie

   c. ( = look) aller voir

• see who's at the door allez voir qui est à la porte

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

   d. ( = have an opinion) trouver

• I don't see anything wrong with it je n'y trouve rien à redire

• I don't know what she sees in him je ne sais pas ce qu'elle lui trouve

   e. ( = meet) voir

• to go and see sb aller voir qn

• I'm seeing the doctor tomorrow je vais chez le médecin demain

• how nice to see you! ça me fait plaisir de vous voir !

   f. ( = visit) voir

• I want to see the world je veux voyager

   g. (socially) voir ; (romantically) sortir avec

• they see a lot of him ils le voient souvent

• we've seen less of him lately on l'a moins vu ces derniers temps

   h. (saying goodbye) see you! (inf) salut ! (inf)

• see you later! (inf) à tout à l'heure !

• see you some time! (inf) à un de ces jours !

• see you soon! à bientôt !

• see you on Sunday à dimanche

• see you next week à la semaine prochaine

   i. ( = experience) 1963 saw the assassination of John F. Kennedy l'année 1963 a été marquée par l'assassinat de John F. Kennedy

• since becoming a social worker she's certainly seen life depuis qu'elle est assistante sociale elle a pu se rendre compte de ce que c'est que la vie

   j. ( = accompany) accompagner

• to see sb to the station accompagner qn à la gare

• to see sb home/to the door raccompagner qn jusque chez lui/jusqu'à la porte

• we had to see him to bed nous avons dû l'aider à se coucher

   k. ( = allow to be) I couldn't see her left alone je ne pouvais pas supporter qu'on la laisse subj toute seule

   l. ( = ensure) s'assurer

• see that he has all he needs veillez à ce qu'il ne manque de rien

• see that you have it ready for Monday faites en sorte que ce soit prêt pour lundi

• I'll see he gets the letter je me charge de lui faire parvenir la lettre

   m. ( = imagine) voir

• I can't see him as Prime Minister je ne le vois du tout Premier ministre

• I can't see myself doing that je me vois mal faire cela

• I can't see myself being elected je ne vois pas très bien comment je pourrais être élu

• can you see him as a father? est-ce que vous l'imaginez père de famille ?

• I can just see her! je l'imagine tout à fait !

• I must be seeing things (inf) je dois avoir des visions

2. intransitive verb

voir

• to see in/out/through voir à l'intérieur/à l'extérieur/à travers

• let me see ( = show me) fais voir ; (at window) laisse-moi regarder

• see for yourself voyez vous-même

• he couldn't see to read il n'y voyait pas assez clair pour lire

• I can hardly see without my glasses je n'y vois pas grand-chose sans mes lunettes

• cats can see in the dark les chats voient clair la nuit

• you can see for miles on y voit à des kilomètres

• I'll go and see je vais voir

• as far as I can see à ce que je vois

• I see! je vois !

• as you can see comme vous pouvez le voir

• so I see c'est ce que je vois

• ... you see (in explanations)... voyez-vous

• let's see voyons (un peu)

• I'll have to see (if) je vais voir (si)

• we'll soon see nous le saurons bientôt

• we'll soon see if... nous saurons bientôt si...

• can I go out? -- we'll see est-ce que je peux sortir ? -- on verra

3. compounds

► see-through adjective transparent

► see about inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = deal with)

he came to see about buying the house il est venu voir s'il pouvait acheter la maison

• he came to see about the washing machine il est venu pour la machine à laver

   b. ( = consider) can I go? -- we'll see about it je peux y aller ? -- on verra

• he said he wouldn't do it -- we'll see about that! il a dit qu'il ne le ferait pas -- c'est ce qu'on va voir !

• we must see about getting a new TV il va falloir songer à acheter une nouvelle télé

► see in separable transitive verb

[+ person] faire entrer

• to see the New Year in fêter la nouvelle année► see off separable transitive verb

• I saw him off at the station/airport je l'ai accompagné à la gare/à l'aéroport

• we'll come and see you off on viendra vous dire au revoir► see out separable transitive verb

[+ person] raccompagner à la porte

• I'll see myself out pas la peine de me raccompagner !► see through

1. inseparable transitive verb

[+ behaviour, promises] ne pas se laisser abuser par

• I saw through him at once j'ai tout de suite vu clair dans son jeu

2. separable transitive verb

[+ project, deal] mener à terme

• $50 should see you through 50 dollars devraient vous suffire

► see to inseparable transitive verb s'occuper de

• to see to it that... veiller à ce que... + subj

• I'll see to the car je m'occuperai de la voiture

• I'll see to it j'y veillerai

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[siː] 1.
noun ( of bishop) évêché m; ( of archbishop) archevêché m
2.
transitive verb (prét saw; pp seen)

1) (perceive, look at) voir

there's nobody to be seen — il n'y a personne en vue

there was going to be trouble: I could see it coming ou I could see it a mile off — il allait y avoir des problèmes: je le sentais venir

I don't know what you see in him — (colloq) je ne sais pas ce que tu lui trouves (colloq)

I must be seeing things! — j'ai des visions!

to see one's way (clear) to doing something — trouver le moyen de faire quelque chose

2) ( visit) voir [expert, country, building]

I'm seeing a psychiatrist — je vais chez un psychiatre

to see the sights — faire du tourisme

they see a lot of each other — ils se voient souvent

see you! — (colloq) salut! (colloq)

see you next week! — (colloq) à la semaine prochaine!

he's seeing a married woman — il fréquente une femme mariée

3) ( receive) recevoir

4) ( understand) voir [advantage, problem]; comprendre [joke]

do you see what I mean? — tu vois ce que je veux dire?

5) ( consider) voir

to see somebody as — considérer quelqu'un comme [leader, hero]

I see it as an opportunity — je pense que c'est une occasion à saisir

I see it as an insult — je prends ça pour une insulte

it can be seen from this example that — cet exemple nous montre que

it remains to be seen whether ou if — reste à voir si

6) ( envisage)

I can't see somebody/something doing — je ne pense pas que quelqu'un/quelque chose puisse faire

I can see a time when this country will be independent — je peux imaginer qu'un jour ce pays sera indépendant

7) ( make sure)

to see (to it) that — veiller à ce que (+ subj)

8) ( witness) voir; ( experience) connaître [poverty, war]

next year will see the completion of the road — la route sera terminée l'année prochaine

9) ( accompany)

to see somebody to the station — accompagner quelqu'un à la gare

to see somebody home — raccompagner quelqu'un chez lui/elle
3.
intransitive verb (prét saw; pp seen)

1) ( with eyes) voir

I can't see — je ne vois rien

see for yourself — voyez vous-même

so I see — c'est ce que je vois

you can see for miles — on y voit à des kilomètres

2) ( understand) voir

now I see — maintenant, je comprends

as far as I can see — autant que je puisse en juger

3) (check, find out)

I'll go and see — je vais voir

we'll just have to wait and see — il ne nous reste plus qu'à attendre

4) (think, consider)

I'll have to see — il faut que je réfléchisse

let's see —

let me see — voyons (un peu)
4.
reflexive verb (prét saw; pp seen)

to see oneself — lit, fig se voir

I can't see myself as ou being... — je ne pense pas que je vais être...

Phrasal Verbs:

- see about

- see off

- see out

- see through

- see to

••

I'll see you right — (colloq) je ne te laisserai pas tomber (colloq)

now I've seen it all! — j'aurai tout vu!

English-French dictionary > see
6 joke

joke

A n

1 ( amusing story) plaisanterie f, blague ○ f (about sur) ; to tell a joke raconter une blague ○ ; to get ○ the joke saisir la plaisanterie ; bad joke plaisanterie nulle ; fig mauvaise plaisanterie ; it's our private joke c'est une plaisanterie entre nous ; to have a joke about sth plaisanter sur qch ; can't you see the joke? tu ne vois pas ce que ça a de drôle? ;

2 ( laughing matter) plaisanterie f ; to do sth as a joke faire qch par plaisanterie ; to turn sth into a joke tourner qch à la plaisanterie ; to carry ou take a joke too far pousser trop loin la plaisanterie ; the joke is on you la plaisanterie se retourne contre toi ; this is getting beyond a joke la plaisanterie a assez duré ; she can't take a joke elle prend mal la plaisanterie ; can't you take a joke? tu ne supportes pas la plaisanterie? ; it's no joke doing ce n'est pas drôle de faire ; it's no joke trying to find a job trouver un emploi n'est pas une mince affaire ; to make a joke of sth prendre qch à la rigolade ○ ;

3 ( prank) tour m, farce f ; to play a joke on sb jouer un tour or faire une farce à qn ;

4 ( object of ridicule) ( person) guignol m pej ; (event, situation) farce f ; the exam was a joke l'examen était une farce.

B vi plaisanter, blaguer ○ ; to joke about sth plaisanter sur qch ; ( maliciously) se moquer de qch ; you must be joking! tu plaisantes! ; tu veux rire! ; I was only joking! ce n'était qu'une plaisanterie!, c'était pour rire! ; I'm not joking! je ne plaisante pas! ; it's no joking matter ça n'a rien de drôle.

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7 see

see

A n ( of bishop) évêché m ; ( of archbishop) archevêché m.

B vtr ( prét saw, pp seen)

1 ( perceive) voir [object, person] ; to see sb/sth with one's own eyes voir qn/qch de ses propres yeux ; to see that voir que ; to see where/how etc voir où/comment etc ; you'll see how it's done tu verras comment c'est fait ; to see sb do sth ou doing sth voir qn faire qch ; I saw him steal ou stealing a car je l'ai vu voler une voiture ; we didn't see anything nous n'avons rien vu ; I saw something in the dark j'ai vu quelque chose dans l'obscurité ; there's nothing to see il n'y a rien à voir ; there's nobody to be seen il n'y a personne en vue ; I couldn't see her in the crowd je ne la voyais pas dans la foule ; can you see him? est-ce que tu le vois? ; I could see (that) she'd been crying je voyais bien qu'elle avait pleuré ; I can see her coming down the road je la vois qui arrive sur la route ; there was going to be trouble: I could see it coming ou I could see it a mile off il allait y avoir des problèmes: je le sentais venir ; I don't like to see you so unhappy je n'aime pas te voir si malheureux ; I hate to see an animal in pain je déteste voir souffrir les animaux ; I don't know what you see in him ○ je ne sais pas ce que tu lui trouves ○ ; he must see something attractive in her ○ il doit lui trouver quelque chose d'attirant ; I must be seeing things! j'ai des visions! ; to see one's way voir où on va ; to see one's way (clear) to doing sth trouver le moyen de faire qch ;

2 ( look at) ( watch) voir [film, programme] ; ( inspect) voir [accounts, work] ; I've seen the play twice j'ai vu cette pièce deux fois ; see page 156 voir page 156 ; see over(leaf) voir au verso ;

3 (go to see, visit) voir [person, country, building] ; to see the Parthenon voir le Parthénon ; to see a doctor about sth voir un médecin au sujet de qch ; what did you want to see me about? pourquoi vouliez-vous me voir? ; I'm seeing a psychiatrist je vais chez un psychiatre ; to see the sights faire du tourisme ;

4 ( meet up with) voir [person] ; I'll be seeing him in June je le verrai en juin ; I happened to see her in the post office je l'ai vue par hasard à la poste ; they see a lot of each other ils se voient souvent ; see you ○ ! salut ○ ! ; see you next week/(on) Sunday ○ ! à la semaine prochaine/à dimanche! ; he's seeing a married woman il fréquente une femme mariée ;

5 ( receive) recevoir [person] ; the doctor/headmaster will see you now le docteur/directeur va vous recevoir ;

6 ( understand) voir [relevance, advantage, problem] ; comprendre [joke] ; to see sth from sb's point of view voir qch du point de vue de qn ; can't you see that…? ne vois-tu donc pas que…? ; to see how/where… voir comment/où… ; do you see what I mean? tu vois ce que je veux dire? ;

7 (look upon, consider) voir ; I see things differently now je vois les choses différemment maintenant ; to see sb as considérer qn comme [leader, hero] ; I see it as an opportunity je pense que c'est une occasion à saisir ; I see it as an insult je prends ça pour une insulte ; not to see sb/sth as… ne pas croire que qn/qch soit… ; I don't see it as a problem of poverty je ne crois pas que ce soit un problème lié à la pauvreté ; I don't see him as honest je ne crois pas qu'il soit honnête ;

8 (note, observe) voir (that que) ; as we have already seen,… comme nous l'avons déjà vu,… ; it can be seen from this example that… cet exemple nous montre que… ;

9 (envisage, visualize) I can't see sb/sth doing je ne pense pas que qn/qch puisse faire ; I can't see the situation changing je ne pense pas que la situation puisse changer ; I can see a time when this country will be independent je peux imaginer qu'un jour ce pays sera indépendant ;

10 ( make sure) to see (to it) that… veiller à ce que… (+ subj) ; see (to it) that the children are in bed by nine veillez à ce que les enfants soient couchés à neuf heures ; see that you do! ( angrily) tu as intérêt à le faire! ;

11 ( find out) voir ; to see how/if/when etc voir comment/si/quand etc ; I'm going to see what she's doing/how she's doing je vais voir ce qu'elle fait/comment elle se débrouille ; I'll have to see if I can get permission il faudra que je voie si je peux obtenir la permission ; it remains to be seen whether ou if… reste à voir si… ;

12 ( witness) voir ; ( experience) connaître ; a period which saw enormous changes/the birth of computer science une période qui a vu d'énormes changements/naître l'informatique ; next year will see the completion of the road la route sera terminée l'année prochaine ; I never thought I'd see the day that he'd admit to being wrong! je ne pensais vraiment pas que je le verrais un jour reconnaître qu'il avait tort! ; we'll never see her like again jamais nous ne reverrons sa pareille ;

13 ( accompany) to see sb to the door raccompagner qn (jusqu'à la sortie) ; to see sb to the station accompagner qn à la gare ; to see sb home raccompagner qn chez lui ;

14 ( in betting) I'll see your £10 j'égalise à 10 livres ; I'll see you for £10 je parie 10 livres.

C vi ( prét saw, pp seen)

1 ( with eyes) voir ; I can't see je ne vois rien ; see for yourself voyez vous-même ; as you can see comme vous pouvez le voir ; to see beyond sth voir au-delà de qch ; try to see beyond your own immediate concerns tâche de voir plus loin que tes préoccupations immédiates ; so I see c'est ce que je vois ; move over: I can't see through you pousse-toi! tu n'es pas transparent! ; some animals can see in the dark certains animaux y voient la nuit ; you can see for miles on y voit à des kilomètres ;

2 ( understand) voir ; do you see? tu vois? ; yes, I see oui, je vois ; now I see maintenant, je comprends ; can't you see?: the situation is different now tu ne vois donc pas que la situation n'est plus la même? ; as far as I can see autant que je puisse en juger ;

3 (check, find out) I'll go and see je vais voir ; we'll just have to wait and see il ne nous reste plus qu'à attendre ;

4 (think, consider) I'll have to see il faut que je réfléchisse ; let's see, let me see voyons (un peu).

D v refl ( prét saw, pp seen) to see oneself lit, fig se voir ; he saw himself already elected il se voyait déjà élu ; I can't see myself as ou being… je ne pense pas que je vais être… ; I can't see myself being chosen/as a famous ballerina je ne pense pas que je vais être choisi/devenir une ballerine célèbre.

Idioms

I'll see you right ○ je ne te laisserai pas tomber ○ ; now I've seen it all! j'aurai tout vu!

Phrasal verbs

■ see about:

▶ see about [sth] s'occuper de ; we'll soon see about that ○ ! iron c'est ce qu'on va voir! ; to see about doing penser à faire.

■ see off:

▶ see [sb] off, see [off] sb

1 ( say goodbye to) dire au revoir à qn ; we saw him off at the station nous lui avons dit au revoir à la gare ;

2 ( throw out) the drunk was seen off the premises on a mis l'ivrogne à la porte ; to see sb off the premises veiller à ce que qn quitte les lieux.

■ see out:

▶ see [sth] out, see out [sth] we have enough coal to see the winter out nous avons assez de charbon pour passer l'hiver ;

▶ see [sb] out raccompagner [qn] à la porte ; I'll see myself out ( in small building) je m'en vais mais ne vous dérangez pas ; ( in big building) je trouverai la sortie, ne vous dérangez pas.

■ see through:

▶ see through [sth] déceler [deception, lie] ; it was easy enough to see through the excuse c'était évident que c'était une fausse excuse ; I can see through your little game ○ ! je vois clair dans ton petit jeu! ;

▶ see through [sb] percer [ qn] à jour ;

▶ see [sth] through mener [qch] à bonne fin ;

▶ see [sb] through: there's enough food to see us through the week il y a assez à manger pour tenir toute la semaine ; this money will see you through cet argent te dépannera.

■ see to:

▶ see to [sth] s'occuper de [person, task] ; there is no cake left, the children saw to that! il ne reste plus de gâteau, les enfants se sont chargés de le faire disparaître!

Big English-French dictionary > see
8 ♦ joke

♦ joke /dʒəʊk/
n.

1 barzelletta; storiella; battuta; spiritosaggine: to tell jokes, raccontare barzellette; to crack a joke, fare una battuta; dire una spiritosaggine; not to see the joke, non capire la barzelletta; non capire che cosa ci sia da ridere; dirty (o cheap, rude) joke, barzelletta sconcia; a standing joke, un perenne argomento di battute

2 scherzo; burla: to play a joke on sb., fare uno scherzo a q.; I was having a joke with you, te l'ho detto (o fatto) per scherzo; He can take a joke, sa stare allo scherzo; non se la prende; Is this some kind of joke?, cos'è, uno scherzo?; practical joke, scherzo (per far apparire ridicolo q.); burla; tiro; as a joke, per scherzo; per burla; no joke, senza scherzi; sul serio; running joke, tormentone; cruel joke, scherzo crudele

3 (fam.) persona ridicola; pagliaccio; zimbello

4 (fam.) cosa facilissima; scherzo

5 cosa ridicola o grottesca; buffonata; presa in giro; farsa: The inspection was a joke, l'ispezione è stata una farsa

● A joke's a joke!, basta scherzare!; adesso basta!; un bel gioco dura poco! □ the best of the joke, la cosa più divertente □ to be (o to get) beyond a joke, non fare più ridere; non essere più uno scherzo; essere diventata una cosa seria □ to be in on the joke, essere a parte (o complice) di uno scherzo, una sorpresa ecc. □ to make a joke of st., prendere qc. in scherzo (o sul ridere); ridere di qc. □ (fam.) It's no joke, non è una cosa da ridere; non è uno scherzo □ The joke's on him!, ha fatto la figura del cretino; si è fatto ridere dietro
FALSI AMICI: joke non significa gioco. (to) joke /dʒəʊk/
A v. i.

1 scherzare; dire battute; fare una battuta

2 dire o fare per scherzo; scherzare: Come on, I was only joking, andiamo, stavo solo scherzando!; DIALOGO → - Talking about children- You're joking!, stai scherzando!

B v. t.

( USA) prendere in giro; burlarsi di; canzonare

● joking apart (o aside), scherzi a parte □ You must be joking!, vuoi scherzare?; scherzi? □ She's got to be joking if she thinks that…, si illude se pensa che…
FALSI AMICI: to joke non significa giocare.

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ joke
9 see

Ⅰ

see [si:] v (saw; seen)

1) ви́деть; смотре́ть, гляде́ть; наблюда́ть;

to see well хорошо́ ви́деть

2) осма́тривать; рассма́тривать;

to see the sights осма́тривать достопримеча́тельности
;

let me see the book покажи́те мне кни́гу [ср. тж. 12)]

3) понима́ть, знать; сознава́ть;

I see я понима́ю
;

you see, it is like this ви́дите ли, де́ло обстои́т таки́м о́бразом
;

he cannot see the joke он не понима́ет э́той шу́тки
;

now you see what it is to be careless тепе́рь ты ви́дишь, что зна́чит быть неосторо́жным
;

as far as I can see наско́лько я могу́ суди́ть
;

don't you see? ра́зве вы не понима́ете?
;

I do not see how to do it не зна́ю, как э́то сде́лать

4) смотре́ть ( фильм и т.п.), быть зри́телем

5) узнава́ть, выясня́ть;

I don't know but I'll see я не зна́ю, но я вы́ясню

6) счита́ть, находи́ть;

to see good ( или fit, proper, right и т.п.) счесть ну́жным (сделать что-л.; c inf.)

7) вообрази́ть, предста́вить себе́;

I can clearly see him doing it я я́сно себе́ представля́ю, как он э́то де́лает

8) повида́ть(ся); навести́ть;

we went to see her мы пошли́ к ней в го́сти
;

when will you come and see us? ко́гда вы придёте к нам?
;

can I see you on business? могу́ я уви́деться с ва́ми по де́лу?

9) встреча́ться, вида́ться;

we have not seen each other for ages мы давно́ не ви́делись
;

to see much (little) of smb. ча́сто (ре́дко) быва́ть в чьём-л. о́бществе
;

I'll be seeing you уви́димся
;

see you later ( или again, soon) до ско́рой встре́чи

10) принима́ть ( посетителя);

the doctor must see him at once врач до́лжен неме́дленно осмотре́ть его́
;

I am seeing no one today я сего́дня никого́ не принима́ю

11) сове́товаться, консульти́роваться;

to see a doctor (a lawyer) посове́товаться с врачо́м (адвока́том)

12) поду́мать, размы́слить;

let me see да́йте поду́мать; позво́льте, посто́йте [ср. тж. 2)]
;

we must see what could be done сле́дует поразмы́слить, что мо́жно сде́лать

13) приде́рживаться определённого взгля́да;

as I see it по моему́ мне́нию
;

I see life (things) differently now я тепе́рь ина́че смотрю́ на жизнь (на ве́щи)

14) испыта́ть, пережи́ть;

to see life повида́ть свет, позна́ть жизнь

15) счита́ть допусти́мым, прие́млемым

16) позабо́титься (о чём-л.); посмотре́ть (за чем-л.);

to see the work done, to see that the work is done проследи́ть за выполне́нием рабо́ты

17) провожа́ть;

may I see you home? мо́жно мне проводи́ть вас домо́й?

see about

а) позабо́титься о чём-л.; проследи́ть за чем-л.;

б) поду́мать;

I will see about it поду́маю, посмотрю́
;

see after смотре́ть, следи́ть за чем-л.;

see after the luggage присмотри́те за багажо́м
;

see into вника́ть в, разбира́ться, рассма́тривать;

see off провожа́ть;

to see smb. off at the station проводи́ть кого́-л. на вокза́л
;

to see smb. off the premises вы́проводить кого́-л.
;

see out

а) проводи́ть ( до дверей);

б) пережи́ть; дожи́ть до;

в) доводи́ть до конца́;

г) досиде́ть до конца́;

see over осма́тривать ( здание);

see through

а) ви́деть наскво́зь;

б) доводи́ть до конца́;

to see smb. through smth. помога́ть кому́-л. в чём-л.
;

see to присма́тривать за, забо́титься о

◊
see here! амер. послу́шайте!
;

to see visions быть яснови́дящим, прови́дцем
;

he will never see forty again ему́ уже́ за со́рок
;

to see eye to eye with smb. сходи́ться во взгля́дах с кем-л.
;

to see the back of smb. изба́виться от чьего́-л. прису́тствия
;

to see red прийти́ в я́рость, в бе́шенство
;

to see the red light предчу́вствовать приближе́ние опа́сности, беды́
;

to see service быть в до́лгом употребле́нии; износи́ться; повида́ть ви́ды
;

he has seen better days он ви́дел лу́чшие времена́
;

these things have seen better days э́ти ве́щи поизноси́лись, поистрепа́лись
;

I'll see you damned ( или blowed) first! ≅ как бы не так!, держи́ карма́н ши́ре!, и не поду́маю!

Ⅱ

see [si:] n

1) епа́рхия

2) престо́л ( епископа и т.п.);

the Holy S., S. of Rome па́пский престо́л

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > see
10 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

•

- 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

————————

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

\

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

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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
11 see

I 1. [siː]
verbo transitivo (pass. saw; p.pass. seen)

1) (perceive) vedere

you'll see how it's done — vedrai come si fa

to see sb. do sth. o doing sth. vedere qcn. fare qcs.; there's nobody to be seen non si vede nessuno; can you see him? riesci a vederlo? lo vedi? I could see (that) he'd been crying si vedeva che aveva pianto; I could see it coming, I could see it a mile off me lo sentivo; I don't know what you see in him colloq. non capisco che cosa ci trovi in lui; I must be seeing things! devo soffrire di allucinazioni! to see one's way (clear) to doing sth. — capire come si deve fare qcs

2) (visit) andare a trovare [ person]; visitare [ country]; andare a vedere [ building]

to see a doctor about sth. — andare dal dottore per qcs.

I'm seeing a psychiatrist — sono in cura da uno psichiatra

to see the sights — fare il giro turistico di una città

they see a lot of each other — si vedono spesso

see you! — colloq. ci vediamo!

he's seeing a married woman — si vede con o frequenta una donna sposata

3) (receive) [doctor, headmaster] ricevere [ person]

4) (understand) vedere [advantage, problem]; capire [ joke]

do you see what I mean? — hai capito cosa intendo?

5) (consider) vedere

to see sb. as — vedere qcn. come [leader, hero]

I see it as an opportunity — penso che sia un'opportunità da non perdere

I see it as an insult — lo considero un insulto

it can be seen from this example that... — da questo esempio si può notare che...

it remains to be seen whether o if... — bisogna ancora vedere se

6) (envisage)

I can't see sb., sth. doing — non riesco a immaginare qcn., qcs. fare

I can see a time when this country will be independent — credo che un giorno questo paese diventerà indipendente

7) (make sure)

to see (to it) that... — fare sì che

8) (witness) vedere; (experience) conoscere

next year will see the completion of the road — la strada sarà terminata il prossimo anno

9) (accompany)

to see sb. home, to the station — accompagnare qcn. a casa, alla stazione
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass. saw; p.pass. seen)

1) (with eyes) vedere

I can't see — non riesco a vedere, non vedo

see for yourself — vedi tu

so I see — si vede

you can see for miles — si riesce a vedere a miglia di distanza

2) (understand) capire

now I see — adesso capisco

as far as I can see — per quel che ne capisco

3) (check, find out)

I'll go and see — vado a vedere

we'll just have to wait and see — non ci resta che aspettare

4) (think, consider)

I'll have to see — devo pensarci, devo vedere

let's see o let me see — vediamo un po'
3.
verbo riflessivo (pass. saw; p.pass. seen)

to see oneself — vedersi; fig. vedersi, immaginarsi

I can't see myself being chosen — non penso che sarò scelto

I can't see myself as an actor — non riesco a vedermi come attore

- see about

- see off

- see out

- see through

- see to

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I'll see you right — colloq. ci penso io

now I've seen it all! — questo è il colmo!
II [siː]
nome (of bishop) vescovado m.; (of archbishop) arcivescovado m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.)

* * *
see /si:/
n.

(relig.) sede vescovile (o arcivescovile); diocesi; vescovado; arcivescovado

● the Holy See (o the See of Rome), la Santa Sede.
♦ (to) see /si:/
(pass. saw, p. p. seen)

A v. t.

1 vedere; scorgere; osservare: Can you see that plane?, lo vedi quell'aereo?; I saw him packing up, lo vidi che faceva le valigie; Later, I saw him leave, dopo, lo vidi partire; I saw the spy arrested, vidi arrestare la spia; DIALOGO → - Local shop 2- I couldn't see Music Weekly on the shelves, non ho trovato Music Weekly sugli scaffali; See below ► sotto

2 capire; afferrare; rendersi conto di; accorgersi di; vedere: Can't you see he's kidding you?, non vedi (o non ti accorgi) che ti prende in giro?; Do you see what I mean?, capisci (quel che voglio dire)?; DIALOGO → - Complaining about the food- I see what you mean, capisco cosa vuoi dire

3 vedere; giudicare; considerare; reputare; ritenere; parere (impers.): The boss doesn't see it that way, il capo non la vede così ( è di un altro parere); We'll see what we can do for you, vedremo che cosa si può fare per te; I see his actions as irresponsible, giudico irresponsabili le sue azioni; I can't see that it really matters, non vedo che importanza abbia; non mi pare sia importante

4 andare da; andare a trovare; visitare; frequentare, intendersela con; vedere; consultare: Come and see me soon, vienimi a trovare presto!; I hope to see more of you, spero di vederti più spesso NOTA D'USO: - to find o to see?-; I must see my solicitor, devo vedere (o consultare) l'avvocato; You ought to see a doctor, devi andare dal medico; devi farti vedere dal dottore; DIALOGO → - New flame- I've been seeing her for a while now, la frequento da un po' di tempo ormai; He was seeing a married woman, frequentava (o si vedeva con) una donna sposata; DIALOGO → - Absence 1- I'm going to Wales for a few days to see my brother, vado in Galles per qualche giorno a trovare mio fratello

5 accompagnare: I saw him to the station, lo accompagnai in stazione

6 vederci; trovarci; immaginare: Can you see him getting married?, ce lo vedi che si sposa?; God only knows what the girl sees in him, Dio solo sa che cosa la ragazza ci trovi in lui

7 ricevere; vedere: I'll ask the chairman if he can see you, chiedo al presidente se può riceverLa; He refuses to see anyone, non vuole vedere nessuno; DIALOGO → - Accident and Emergency- If you'd like to take a seat, someone will see you as soon as possible, se volete accomodarvi, qualcuno vi riceverà appena possibile

8 assicurarsi, fare in modo (che), badare di: See that the report is ready in ten minutes!, fa' in modo che la relazione sia pronta fra dieci minuti!; See you're back before dark!, bada di tornare prima che faccia buio!

9 apprezzare; capire; essere d'accordo con; vedere: I didn't see the joke, non ho capito la battuta; I can see your point, capisco (o sono d'accordo con) il tuo punto di vista; I can't see the point of learning Ancient Greek, non vedo a che cosa serva studiare il greco antico

10 ( poker) vedere

B v. i.

1 vedere; vederci: He doesn't see very well with his left eye, ci vede male dall'occhio sinistro

2 vedere; guardare: Sit down, please; I'll see if the manager is in, s'accomodi, prego; vedo se c'è il direttore; See who's at the door, will you?, guarda chi c'è (alla porta), per piacere!

3 capire; afferrare; accorgersi; rendersi conto: as far as I can see, per quello che posso capire io; a quanto capisco io; Do you see?, capisci?; vedi?; DIALOGO → - Business trip 1- I see, capisco; vedo; You can see for yourself, te ne rendi conto da solo (o da te)

4 pensarla; avere un'opinione: Unfortunately, the boss saw differently, purtroppo, il capo la pensava diversamente (o era di tutt'altro parere)

● to see the back (o the last) of sb., liberarsi (o sbarazzarsi) di q.; farla finita con q. □ (fig.) to see daylight, cominciare a capire; essere a buon punto col lavoro □ (fig.) to see everything black, vedere tutto nero □ to see eye to eye with sb., vedere le cose allo stesso modo di q.; concordare, essere d'accordo con q. □ to see the funny side of st., vedere il lato (o l'aspetto) buffo (o divertente) di qc. □ to see good (o fit) to do st., giudicare conveniente (o reputare opportuno) fare qc. □ (fig.) to see how the cat jumps, stare a vedere come si mettono le cose □ to see the last of st., mettere la parola fine a qc.; farla finita con qc. □ to see the light, vedere la luce; nascere; venire al mondo; ( anche) cominciare a capire, accettare un'idea; ricevere l'illuminazione, convertirsi ( a una religione) □ to see oneself as a great actor, credere d'essere un grande attore □ to see the reason why, capire il perché □ (fig.) to see red, veder rosso ( per la rabbia); infuriarsi □ (fam.) to see sb. right, assicurarsi che sia resa giustizia a q.; badare agli interessi di q. □ to see service, ( di persona) prestare servizio ( nelle forze armate); ( di oggetto) essere impiegato, essere usato □ to see the sights, fare il giro turistico d'una città □ (fig.) to see stars, veder le stelle ( per un dolore lancinante e improvviso) □ to see things, vedere (o capire) le cose (o la situazione); ( anche) avere le traveggole □ to see a thing done, veder fare una cosa; ( anche) vedere che una cosa sia fatta □ to see the town, visitare la città □ to see visions, avere visioni; essere un veggente □ to see one's way ( clear) to doing st., essere disponibile a fare qc.; avere la possibilità di fare qc. □ as I see it, come la vedo io; come la penso io; a mio modo di vedere □ You see, vedi, capisci; ascolta, senti un po' ( parentetico, molto usato) □ (fam.) See?, (hai) capito?; (è) chiaro? □ DIALOGO → - Local shop 1- See you, ciao □ DIALOGO → - Greetings and other useful phrases- See you later!, arrivederci!; a fra poco! □ DIALOGO → - Organizing a meeting- See you Friday, a venerdì □ (fam.) DIALOGO → - Local shop 2- See you soon!, ci vediamo!; a presto!; arrivederci! □ (fam.) Be seeing you, ci vediamo; ci si vede! □ He will never see forty [fifty] again, ha passato da un pezzo i quaranta [i cinquanta] anni □ Let me see, fammi vedere; ( esitando prima di rispondere) vediamo un po', lasciami pensare!: Let me see ( now), what can I do for you?, vediamo (un po'), che cosa posso fare per te? □ Wait and see, chi vivrà vedrà; stiamo a vedere □ We have seen the day (o the time) when…, è ormai passato il tempo che… □ You can see it at a glance, si vede a occhi chiusi.
NOTA D'USO: - to see-
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I 1. [siː]
verbo transitivo (pass. saw; p.pass. seen)

1) (perceive) vedere

you'll see how it's done — vedrai come si fa

to see sb. do sth. o doing sth. vedere qcn. fare qcs.; there's nobody to be seen non si vede nessuno; can you see him? riesci a vederlo? lo vedi? I could see (that) he'd been crying si vedeva che aveva pianto; I could see it coming, I could see it a mile off me lo sentivo; I don't know what you see in him colloq. non capisco che cosa ci trovi in lui; I must be seeing things! devo soffrire di allucinazioni! to see one's way (clear) to doing sth. — capire come si deve fare qcs

2) (visit) andare a trovare [ person]; visitare [ country]; andare a vedere [ building]

to see a doctor about sth. — andare dal dottore per qcs.

I'm seeing a psychiatrist — sono in cura da uno psichiatra

to see the sights — fare il giro turistico di una città

they see a lot of each other — si vedono spesso

see you! — colloq. ci vediamo!

he's seeing a married woman — si vede con o frequenta una donna sposata

3) (receive) [doctor, headmaster] ricevere [ person]

4) (understand) vedere [advantage, problem]; capire [ joke]

do you see what I mean? — hai capito cosa intendo?

5) (consider) vedere

to see sb. as — vedere qcn. come [leader, hero]

I see it as an opportunity — penso che sia un'opportunità da non perdere

I see it as an insult — lo considero un insulto

it can be seen from this example that... — da questo esempio si può notare che...

it remains to be seen whether o if... — bisogna ancora vedere se

6) (envisage)

I can't see sb., sth. doing — non riesco a immaginare qcn., qcs. fare

I can see a time when this country will be independent — credo che un giorno questo paese diventerà indipendente

7) (make sure)

to see (to it) that... — fare sì che

8) (witness) vedere; (experience) conoscere

next year will see the completion of the road — la strada sarà terminata il prossimo anno

9) (accompany)

to see sb. home, to the station — accompagnare qcn. a casa, alla stazione
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass. saw; p.pass. seen)

1) (with eyes) vedere

I can't see — non riesco a vedere, non vedo

see for yourself — vedi tu

so I see — si vede

you can see for miles — si riesce a vedere a miglia di distanza

2) (understand) capire

now I see — adesso capisco

as far as I can see — per quel che ne capisco

3) (check, find out)

I'll go and see — vado a vedere

we'll just have to wait and see — non ci resta che aspettare

4) (think, consider)

I'll have to see — devo pensarci, devo vedere

let's see o let me see — vediamo un po'
3.
verbo riflessivo (pass. saw; p.pass. seen)

to see oneself — vedersi; fig. vedersi, immaginarsi

I can't see myself being chosen — non penso che sarò scelto

I can't see myself as an actor — non riesco a vedermi come attore

- see about

- see off

- see out

- see through

- see to

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I'll see you right — colloq. ci penso io

now I've seen it all! — questo è il colmo!
II [siː]
nome (of bishop) vescovado m.; (of archbishop) arcivescovado m.

English-Italian dictionary > see
12 joke

1. noun
1) Witz, der; Scherz, der

somebody's little joke — (iron.) jemandes Scherzchen

make a joke — einen Scherz machen

do something for a joke — etwas spaßeshalber od. zum Spaß tun

tell a joke — einen Witz erzählen

have a joke with somebody — mit jemandem scherzen od. spaßen

play a joke on somebody — jemandem einen Streich spielen

he can/can't take a joke — er versteht Spaß/keinen Spaß

the joke was on him — er war der Narr

this is getting beyond a joke — da hört der Spaß auf

this is no joke — das ist nicht zum Lachen

2) (ridiculous thing or circumstance) Witz, der (ugs.); (ridiculous person) Witzfigur, die

treat something as a joke — etwas nicht weiter ernst nehmen
2. intransitive verb
scherzen, Witze machen ( about über + Akk.)

joking apart — Scherz od. Spaß beiseite!

you have [got] to be joking! — (coll.) das soll wohl ein Witz sein!; mach keine Witze!

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[‹əuk] 1. noun
1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) der Witz

2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) der Streich
2. verb
1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) necken

2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) spaßen

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- academic.ru/40069/joker">joker
- jokingly
- it's no joke
- joking apart/aside
- take a joke
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joke

[ʤəʊk, AM ʤoʊk]

I. n

1. (action) Spaß m; (trick) Streich m; (amusing story) Witz m

dirty \joke Zote f BRD

to crack/tell \jokes Witze reißen fam /erzählen

to get a \joke einen Witz verstehen [o fam kapieren]

to get [or go] beyond a \joke nicht mehr witzig [o lustig] [o komisch] sein

to make a \joke of sth (ridicule) etw ins Lächerliche ziehen; (laugh off)

they made a \joke of it, but it was obvious they were offended sie lachten darüber, aber es war offensichtlich, dass sie beleidigt waren

to play a \joke on sb jdm einen Streich spielen

to not be able to take a \joke keinen Spaß vertragen [o verstehen]

to do sth for a \joke etw zum [o aus] Spaß tun

the \joke was on me der Spaß ging auf meine Kosten

2. ( fam: sth very easy) Kinderspiel nt, Witz m fam, Klacks m fam

to be no \joke kein Kinderspiel [o keine Kleinigkeit] sein

3. ( fam: ridiculous thing or person) Witz m fam

what a \joke! das soll wohl ein Witz sein! fam, da lachen ja die Hühner! fam

II. vi scherzen, witzeln

▪ to be joking Spaß machen

don't worry, I was only joking when I said I'd go without you keine Bange, ich hab doch nur zum Spaß gesagt, dass ich ohne dich gehe

you must be [or you've got to be] joking! das meinst du doch nicht im Ernst!, das soll wohl ein Witz sein!

▪ to \joke about sth sich akk über etw akk lustig machen

▪ to \joke that... scherzen, dass...

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[dZəʊk]
1. n
Witz m; (= hoax) Scherz m; (= prank) Streich m; (inf) (= pathetic person or thing) Witz m; (= laughing stock) Gespött nt, Gelächter nt
for a joke — zum Spaß, zum or aus Jux (inf)

I don't see the joke —

he treats the school rules as a big joke — für ihn sind die Schulregeln ein Witz

he can/can't take a joke — er versteht Spaß/keinen Spaß

what a joke! — zum Totlachen! (inf), zum Schießen! (inf)

it's no joke — das ist nicht witzig

the joke is that... — das Witzige or Lustige daran ist, dass...

it's beyond a joke (Brit) — das ist kein Spaß or Witz mehr, das ist nicht mehr lustig

this is getting beyond a joke (Brit) — das geht (langsam) zu weit

the joke was on me — der Spaß ging auf meine Kosten

why do you have to turn everything into a joke? — warum müssen Sie über alles Ihre Witze machen?, warum müssen Sie alles ins Lächerliche ziehen?

I'm not in the mood for jokes — ich bin nicht zu(m) Scherzen aufgelegt

to play a joke on sb — jdm einen Streich spielen

to make a joke of sth — Witze über etw (acc) machen

to make jokes about sb/sth — sich über jdn/etw lustig machen, über jdn/etw Witze machen or reißen (inf)

2. vi
Witze machen, scherzen (geh) (about über +acc); (= pull sb's leg) Spaß machen
I'm not joking — ich meine das ernst

you must be joking! — das ist ja wohl nicht Ihr Ernst, das soll wohl ein Witz sein

you're joking! — mach keine Sachen (inf) or Witze!

..., he joked —..., sagte er scherzhaft

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joke [dʒəʊk]

A s

1. Witz m:

crack jokes Witze reißen;

make jokes about sich lustig machen über (akk), (seine) Witze machen über (akk)

2. a) Scherz m, Spaß m:

in ( oder for a) joke im oder zum Spaß;

this time the joke’s on me diesmal bin ich der Dumme;

be no joke eine ernste Angelegenheit sein; keine Kleinigkeit sein;

that’s going beyond a joke das ist kein Spaß mehr, das ist nicht mehr lustig;

I don’t see the joke ich verstehe nicht, was daran so lustig sein soll;

he can’t take a joke er versteht keinen Spaß

b) Streich m:

play a joke on sb jemandem einen Streich spielen;

joke shop (bes US store) Scherzartikelladen m

3. Zielscheibe f des Spotts, Gespött n:

make a joke of sb jemanden zum Gespött oder lächerlich machen;

standing joke Zielscheibe ständigen Spotts

B v/i scherzen, Witze oder Spaß machen:

I was only joking ich hab nur Spaß gemacht, das war nicht ernst gemeint;

I’m not joking ich meine das ernst, ich mache keinen Spaß;

you must be joking, are you joking? das ist doch nicht dein Ernst!

C v/t jemanden hänseln, necken

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1. noun
1) Witz, der; Scherz, der

somebody's little joke — (iron.) jemandes Scherzchen

make a joke — einen Scherz machen

do something for a joke — etwas spaßeshalber od. zum Spaß tun

tell a joke — einen Witz erzählen

have a joke with somebody — mit jemandem scherzen od. spaßen

play a joke on somebody — jemandem einen Streich spielen

he can/can't take a joke — er versteht Spaß/keinen Spaß

the joke was on him — er war der Narr

this is getting beyond a joke — da hört der Spaß auf

this is no joke — das ist nicht zum Lachen

2) (ridiculous thing or circumstance) Witz, der (ugs.); (ridiculous person) Witzfigur, die

treat something as a joke — etwas nicht weiter ernst nehmen
2. intransitive verb
scherzen, Witze machen ( about über + Akk.)

joking apart — Scherz od. Spaß beiseite!

you have [got] to be joking! — (coll.) das soll wohl ein Witz sein!; mach keine Witze!

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n.

Scherz -e m.

Spaß ¨-e m.

Witz -e m. v.

scherzen v.

English-german dictionary > joke
13 see

{si:}
I. 1. виждам
there is nothing to he SEEn нищо не се вижда
I can't SEE my way не виждам пътя/къде вървя
I can't SEE to read не мога да чета, защото не виждам
SEEing is believing да видиш значи да повярваш
to SEE things имам халюцинации, привиждат ми се разни неща
to SEE stars виждам заезди по пладне
things SEEn реални/действителни неща
to SEE someone fall (ing) виждам някого да/как пада
he was SEEn to fall видяха го да/как пада
SEE you (later), (I'll) be SEEing you довиждане
to SEE visions виждам в бъдещето, пророкувам
2. гледам (пиеса и пр.), разглеждам (град и пр.)
there is nothing to SEE няма нищо за гледане
3. преглеждам (вестник, болен, къща и пр.)
4. виждам, срещам (се с), посещавам, приемам
come and SEE us елате у нас, елате ни на гости
to SEE a doctor/lawyer съветвам се с лекар/адвокат
the president does not SEE anyone today председателят не приема никого днес
5. погрижвам се, внимавам, гледам, проверявам, виждам
SEE that it is done погрижи се да се направи
SEE you don't lose it гледай/внимавай да не го изгубиш
to SEE for oneself сам проверявам/виждам
to SEE someone right погрижвам се за някого, погрижвам се някой да бъде правилно възнаграден и пр
6. виждам, схващам, разбирам, гледам на, научавам се, узнавам (от вестник и пр.)
as far as I can SEE доколкото разбирам
to SEE an argument/the point разбирам довод/за какво се отнася
I SEE things differently другояче гледам на нещата
I can't SEE my way (clear) to do (ing) that не виждам как бих могъл да направя това
SEE? раз-бирате ли? I SEE разбирам, да, ясно
as I SEE it както аз гледам на нещата
he can't SEE a joke той няма чувство за хумор
not to SEE the good/use/advantage of doing something не виждам смисъла/ползата да се направи нещо
you SEE нали разбирате, видите ли (вмъкнато)
to SEE oneself obliged to виждам се принуден да
to SEE through a brickwall бързо схващам, сече ми умът
7. виждам, помислям, размислям
let me SEE чакай да видя/помисля
I'll SEE what I can do ще видя/помисля какво мога да направя
8. изпращам, придружавам
to SEE someone home/to the door изпращам някого до вкъщи/до вратата
9. виждам, преживявам, изпитвам
to have SEEn better/one's best days западнал съм (за човек), износен/овехтял/изтъркан съм (за предмет)
this coat has SEEn hard wear това палто e много носено/е носено, нoсено
I have SEEn the day/time when помня времето, когато
he'll never SEE fifty, etc. again прехвърлил e петдесетте и пр
he first saw fire at той получи бойно кръщение при
10. считам, смятам, намирам
if you SEE fit/proper ако считате за подходящо/редно
11. представям си, виждам (as като)
I can't SEE myself doing such a thing не мога да си представя да направя такова нещо
12. приемам, съгласявам се, позволявам, понасям, готов съм, предпочитам
I do not SEE myself being made use of не приемам/позволявам да ме използват
are you going to SEE me treated like that? ще търпиш/позволиш ли да се отнасят така с мен? I would SEE him in prison before I gave him money предпочитам да отиде в затвора, ама няма да му дам пари
I'll SEE you blowed/damned/dead/further first! как не! това няма да го бъде! върви по дяволите! SEE here! ам. слушай! виж какво! this is a coat I SEE yon in това палто ще ти прилича
see about погрижвам се за, занимавам се с, проучвам
see across придружавам при пресичане (на улица)
see after грижа се/погрижвам се за
see beyond прен. виждам по-далеч от, предвиждам
see in посрещам (новата година и пр.)
see into гледам (в бъдещето и пр.), разглеждам, проучвам, вниквам в
see of срещам (се с), виждам
to SEE little of someone рядко се виждам с някого
we must SEE more of each other трябва по-често да се виждаме
I haven't SEEn much of him lately рядко го виждам напоследък
he isn't SEEn much of outside the office рядко го виждат вън от службата
to SEE the end of виждам края на
to SEE the back/the last of someone отървавам се от някого
see off изпращам (на гара и пр.), изгонвам, прогонвам
to SEE someone off the premises извеждам някого до изхода
see out придружавам/изпращам до вратата
I'll SEE myself out сам ще изляза, стоя до края (на), изтрайвам/изкарвам до края (на даден период), надживявам (някого)
he'll SEE us all out ще ни надживее/погребе всичките
to SEE the old year out изпращам старата година
see over/round разглеждам, преглеждам (къща и пр.)
see through виждам (през), прозирам, разбирам (подбуди и пр.), разбирам преструвките/машинациите на, помагам (някому) в затруднение, издържам/изкарвам докрай/до края на, извеждам на добър край, превеждам през
see to грижа се/погрижвам се за, занимавам се с
to SEE to it that погрижвам се да
II. n епархия
the Holy/Apostolic S., the SEE of Rome папският престол

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{si:} v (saw {sъ:}; seen {si:n}) 1. виждам; there is nothing (2) {si:} n епархия; the Holy/Apostolic S., the S. of Rome папски

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съзирам; виждам; разглеждам;

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1. 1 представям си, виждам (as като) 2. 1 приемам, съгласявам се, позволявам, понасям, готов съм, предпочитам 3. are you going to see me treated like that? ще търпиш/позволиш ли да се отнасят така с мен? i would see him in prison before i gave him money предпочитам да отиде в затвора, ама няма да му дам пари 4. as far as i can see доколкото разбирам 5. as i see it както аз гледам на нещата 6. come and see us елате у нас, елате ни на гости 7. he can't see a joke той няма чувство за хумор 8. he first saw fire at той получи бойно кръщение при 9. he isn't seen much of outside the office рядко го виждат вън от службата 10. he was seen to fall видяха го да/как пада 11. he'll never see fifty, etc. again прехвърлил e петдесетте и пр 12. he'll see us all out ще ни надживее/погребе всичките 13. i can't see my way (clear) to do (ing) that не виждам как бих могъл да направя това 14. i can't see my way не виждам пътя/къде вървя 15. i can't see myself doing such a thing не мога да си представя да направя такова нещо 16. i can't see to read не мога да чета, защото не виждам 17. i do not see myself being made use of не приемам/позволявам да ме използват 18. i have seen the day/time when помня времето, когато 19. i haven't seen much of him lately рядко го виждам напоследък 20. i see things differently другояче гледам на нещата 21. i'll see myself out сам ще изляза, стоя до края (на), изтрайвам/изкарвам до края (на даден период), надживявам (някого) 22. i'll see what i can do ще видя/помисля какво мога да направя 23. i'll see you blowed/damned/dead/further first! как не! това няма да го бъде! върви по дяволите! see here! ам. слушай! виж какво! this is a coat i see yon in това палто ще ти прилича 24. i. виждам 25. if you see fit/proper ако считате за подходящо/редно 26. ii. n епархия 27. let me see чакай да видя/помисля 28. not to see the good/use/advantage of doing something не виждам смисъла/ползата да се направи нещо 29. see about погрижвам се за, занимавам се с, проучвам 30. see across придружавам при пресичане (на улица) 31. see after грижа се/погрижвам се за 32. see beyond прен. виждам по-далеч от, предвиждам 33. see in посрещам (новата година и пр.) 34. see into гледам (в бъдещето и пр.), разглеждам, проучвам, вниквам в 35. see of срещам (се с), виждам 36. see off изпращам (на гара и пр.), изгонвам, прогонвам 37. see out придружавам/изпращам до вратата 38. see over/round разглеждам, преглеждам (къща и пр.) 39. see that it is done погрижи се да се направи 40. see through виждам (през), прозирам, разбирам (подбуди и пр.), разбирам преструвките/машинациите на, помагам (някому) в затруднение, издържам/изкарвам докрай/до края на, извеждам на добър край, превеждам през 41. see to грижа се/погрижвам се за, занимавам се с 42. see you (later), (i'll) be seeing you довиждане 43. see you don't lose it гледай/внимавай да не го изгубиш 44. see? раз-бирате ли? i see разбирам, да, ясно 45. seeing is believing да видиш значи да повярваш 46. the holy/apostolic s., the see of rome папският престол 47. the president does not see anyone today председателят не приема никого днес 48. there is nothing to he seen нищо не се вижда 49. there is nothing to see няма нищо за гледане 50. things seen реални/действителни неща 51. this coat has seen hard wear това палто e много носено/е носено, нoсено 52. to have seen better/one's best days западнал съм (за човек), износен/овехтял/изтъркан съм (за предмет) 53. to see a doctor/lawyer съветвам се с лекар/адвокат 54. to see an argument/the point разбирам довод/за какво се отнася 55. to see for oneself сам проверявам/виждам 56. to see little of someone рядко се виждам с някого 57. to see oneself obliged to виждам се принуден да 58. to see someone fall (ing) виждам някого да/как пада 59. to see someone home/to the door изпращам някого до вкъщи/до вратата 60. to see someone off the premises извеждам някого до изхода 61. to see someone right погрижвам се за някого, погрижвам се някой да бъде правилно възнаграден и пр 62. to see stars виждам заезди по пладне 63. to see the back/the last of someone отървавам се от някого 64. to see the end of виждам края на 65. to see the old year out изпращам старата година 66. to see things имам халюцинации, привиждат ми се разни неща 67. to see through a brickwall бързо схващам, сече ми умът 68. to see to it that погрижвам се да 69. to see visions виждам в бъдещето, пророкувам 70. we must see more of each other трябва по-често да се виждаме 71. you see нали разбирате, видите ли (вмъкнато) 72. виждам, помислям, размислям 73. виждам, преживявам, изпитвам 74. виждам, срещам (се с), посещавам, приемам 75. виждам, схващам, разбирам, гледам на, научавам се, узнавам (от вестник и пр.) 76. гледам (пиеса и пр.), разглеждам (град и пр.) 77. изпращам, придружавам 78. погрижвам се, внимавам, гледам, проверявам, виждам 79. преглеждам (вестник, болен, къща и пр.) 80. считам, смятам, намирам
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see [si:] I. v ( saw[sɔ:]; seen [si:n]) 1. виждам; there is nothing to be \seen нищо не се вижда; nothing could be \seen of him той не се виждаше; he is not fit to be \seen видът му не е за пред хората; what sort of man is he to \see? как изглежда той? I can't \see to read не мога да чета, защото не се вижда; to \see the light раждам се; възниквам; to \see the red light чувствам, че идва опасност; to \see things халюцинирам, привиждат ми се разни неща; to \see snakes ( pink elephants) изпадам в делириум тременс; to \see stars виждам звезди по пладне; things \seen реални, действителни неща; \see you again до скоро виждане; с inf или part: to \see s.o. fall( ing) виждам някого да пада; he was \seen to fall видяха го да (как) пада; 2. гледам (пиеса и пр.); разглеждам (град и пр.); гледам на; I don't \see it in that light не го виждам в такава светлина; 3. преглеждам, разглеждам ( болен, вестник, къща и пр.); 4. виждам, срещам (се с); посещавам; приемам; come and \see us елате у нас (ни) на гости; he must \see a doctor ( his lawyer) той трябва да се посъветва с лекар (с адвоката си); the President does not \see anyone председателят не приема (никого); 5. погрижвам се; внимавам, гледам; проверявам, виждам; \see that it is done on time погрижи се да стане навреме; \see to it that everyone knows погрижи се всички да знаят; to \see s.o. right погрижвам се някой да бъде третиран справедливо; \see you don't lose your way гледай (внимавай) да не се загубиш; \see and don't lose the train разг. гледай да не изпуснеш влака; to \see for o.s. сам проверявам; 6. виждам, схващам, разбирам; научавам се (от вестник и пр.); \seeing that като се има предвид че; тъй като; as far as I can \see доколкото разбирам; that remains to be \seen това тепърва ще се види (разбере); I can't \see my way to do( ing) s.th. не виждам как бих могъл да направя нещо; he cannot \see a joke не разбира от шега; \see? разбирате ли? to \see into ( through) millstone ( through brick walls) много съм проницателен, всичко схващам; 7. виждам, помислям, размислям; I'll \see what I can do ще помисля (видя) какво мога да направя; let me \see чакай да видя (да помисля); 8. изпращам, придружавам; to \see s.o. home изпращам някого до дома; to \see s.o. to the door изпращам някого до вратата; 9. виждам, преживявам, изпитвам; to \see life получавам жизнен опит; to \see service служа (във войска, флот); износвам се, овехтявам (за предмет); to have \seen better (o.'s best) западнал е (за човек); износен е, изтъркан е, овехтял е (за предмет); he first saw fire at... той получи бойно кръщение при ...; I have \seen the day when помня времето, когато; he will never \see fifty again прехвърлил е петдесетте; 10. считам, смятам, намирам; if you \see fit ( proper) to do it ако считате за подходящо (редно) да го направите; 11. представям си; I can't \see myself doing such a thing не мога да си представя да направя такова нещо; 12. приемам, съгласявам се, позволявам; I do not \see myself being made use of не приемам (позволявам) да ме използват; • to \see the last of s.o. отървавам се от някого; I will \see you blowed ( damned, hanged, at Jericho) first! как не! това няма да го бъде! върви по дяволите! to \see red ( scarlet) гледам на кръв; вбесявам се; to \see things bloodshot кръвожаден съм; гледам мрачно на света; черноглед съм; \see here! ам. слушай! this is a coat I \see you in това палто ще ти прилича; II. see n епархия; the Holy S., the S. of Rome Светият (папският) престол (двор).

English-Bulgarian dictionary > see
14 see

I [si:] n церк.
1. епархия

2. престол

3. чин епископа

4. папство

♢ the Holy See, the See of Rome - папский престол
II [si:] v (saw; seen)
I

1. видеть

to see well [poorly] - видеть хорошо [плохо]

cats see well at night - кошки хорошо видят ночью /в темноте/

he can't see - он не видит, он слепой

I can't see as far as that - я на таком далёком расстоянии не вижу

to see nothing - ничего не видеть

I looked but saw nothing - я посмотрел, но ничего не увидел

2. 1) смотреть, видеть

to see a play [a film] - смотреть пьесу [фильм]

I saw this him last year - я видел этот фильм в прошлом году

I saw an interesting story the other day - на днях мне попался на глаза интересный рассказ

have you seen today's paper? - вы видели сегодняшнюю газету?

did you see about her death in the paper? - вы читали извещение о её смерти в газетах?

let me see that letter - покажите мне это письмо, разрешите взглянуть на это письмо

to see smth. with one's own eyes - видеть что-л. собственными глазами

all this took place in the street, where all could see - всё это произошло на улице на глазах у всех

he is not fit to be seen - он в таком виде, что не может показаться на людях

what sort of man is he to see? - какой он на вид?

see, here he comes! - смотри /видишь/, вот он идёт!

2) справляться, смотреть

see page four - смотри страницу 4

see (as) above - смотри выше

see also - смотри также ( частная ссылка)

3. представлять себе

I can't see you old - не могу представить себе вас старым

to see everything black - видеть всё в чёрном свете

to see things wrong - неправильно судить о чём-л.

to see things as they are - правильно смотреть на вещи

I don't see it in this light - я смотрю на это иначе

as I see it - как мне это представляется /кажется/

4. находить, обнаруживать

I can see no faults in him - я не вижу /не нахожу/ в нём никаких недостатков

I see no alternative /no way out/ - я не вижу иного пути /выхода/

I don't know what you can see in her - я не знаю, что вы в ней находите

to see oneself in one's children - узнавать себя в своих детях

5. понимать, сознавать

to see a joke [the meaning, a point in discussion] - понимать шутку [смысл, суть спора]

he can't see a joke - он не понимает шуток, у него нет чувства юмора

I see what you mean - я понимаю, что ты имеешь в виду /что ты хочешь сказать/

I see what you are driving at - я понимаю, к чему вы клоните

I see it to be a fraud - я считаю это мошенничеством

now do you see? - теперь вам понятно?

I see! - понимаю!, ясно!

see? - разг. понятно?

that is easy to see - это легко /нетрудно/ понять

don't /can't/ you see I'm tired? - ты не понимаешь, что я устал?

I see no reason why we should despair - не вижу причины для отчаяния

it's like this, you see - видите ли, дело обстоит так

I see that you have changed your mind - я вижу, что вы передумали

this is how I see it - вот как я на это смотрю

see what you've done! - посмотри, что ты наделал!

see what courage can do! - вот что значит мужество!

to see for oneself - убедиться (в чём-л.) самому

go and see for yourself if you don't believe me - если вы мне не верите, пойдите убедитесь сами

I can't see the good of it! - к чему это?

not to see the use [the good, the advantage] of doing smth. - сомневаться в целесообразности [в пользе, в преимуществе] чего-л.

I don't see the good of getting angry - не стоит сердиться

I don't see the use of crying - бесполезно плакать; напрасно (вы) плачете

6. испытывать, переживать (что-л.); сталкиваться (с чем-л.)

he has seen a good deal in his (long) life - он немало повидал /испытал/ на своём веку

I never saw such rudeness - я никогда не сталкивался с такой грубостью

I have seen war at close quarters - я на себе испытал, что такое война

he first saw fire at Berlin - он получил боевое крещение под Берлином

to have seen better days - а) знавать лучшие времена; обеднеть; б) поизноситься, поистрепаться, потерять свежесть ( о вещи)

this coat of mine has seen hard wear - моё пальто порядком поизносилось

the nineteenth century saw the rise of our literature - девятнадцатый век был свидетелем расцвета нашей литературы

this place has seen many changes - здесь произошло много перемен

7. видеться, встречаться

he sees a great deal of the Smiths - он часто бывает у Смитов

he is much seen in society - он много бывает в обществе

we see less of him in winter - зимой мы его реже видим

I haven't seen you for /in/ ages - я вас не видел целую вечность

when shall I see you again? - когда мы опять встретимся?

see you on Thursday! - до четверга!

I shall see you again soon, амер. I'll be seeing you - до скорой встречи

8. узнавать; выяснять

see who it is - посмотри /узнай/, кто это

see if the postman has come - посмотрите /узнайте/, не пришёл ли почтальон

I don't know but I'll see - я не знаю, но я пойду и выясню

see if you can get an evening paper - пойди узнай, нельзя ли достать вечернюю газету

I see in the papers that... - из газет я узнал /в газетах пишут/, что...

9. обдумывать

I'll see what can be done - я подумаю /посмотрю/, что можно сделать

see what you can do - подумайте, что можно сделать

will you come to dinner tomorrow? - Well, I'll see - вы придёте завтра обедать? - Я подумаю /Может быть, там видно будет/

well, we'll see - посмотрим, подумаем, там видно будет

that remains to be seen, we shall see - (это) ещё неизвестно, время покажет

let me see - постойте, подождите, дайте подумать

let me see, what was I saying? - подождите /постойте/, о чём это я говорил?

now, then, let's see - ну (ладно), теперь посмотрим

10. осматривать, освидетельствовать (тж. see over)

to see a flat before taking it - осмотреть квартиру прежде, чем переехать в неё

we want to see over the house - мы хотим осмотреть этот дом

to have smb. see one's work - попросить кого-л. посмотреть работу

I want you to see my new coat - я хочу, чтобы вы посмотрели моё новое пальто

the doctor ought to see him at once - доктор должен сейчас же его осмотреть

11. редк. допускать, разрешать

you cannot see your sister starve without trying to help her - вы ведь не допустите, чтобы ваша сестра голодала, и попытаетесь помочь ей

12. карт. принимать вызов

II А

1. осматривать ( достопримечательности)

to see the sights [the town] - осматривать достопримечательности [достопримечательности города]

Americans manage to see Oxford in a few hours - американцы ухитряются осмотреть Оксфорд за несколько часов

2. 1) обращаться (за советом, консультацией и т. п.)

to see a doctor [a lawyer] - обращаться (за советом) к врачу [к юристу]

you ought to see a doctor immediately - вам бы следовало немедленно обратиться к /показаться/ врачу

I must see a lawyer about filing my suit - мне нужно посоветоваться с юристом о передаче дела в суд

I wanted to see you on business - я хотел поговорить /посоветоваться/ с вами по делу

see him about the book - поговори с ним насчёт этой книги

2) принимать, быть на приёме (по делу и т. п.)

to manage to see an official - добиться приёма у чиновника

to refuse to see smb. - отказаться принять кого-л.

the rector can't see anyone today - сегодня ректор никого не принимает

she can't be seen now - сейчас её нельзя видеть

3. амер. предоставлять ( слово)

I see Mr. Brown - слово предоставляется господину Брауну

II Б

1. to see about smth. позаботиться, подумать о чём-л.; проследить, присмотреть за чем-л.

to see about a house [dinner] - позаботиться о жилье [об обеде]

I must see about a new curtain for this room - мне нужно подумать о новой шторе для этой комнаты

who will see about the tickets? - кто позаботится о билетах?

I'll see about it - а) я этим займусь, это я беру на себя; б) я подумаю /посмотрю/

he promised to see about the matter - он обещал заняться этим вопросом

2. to see to smth., smb. следить, присматривать за чем-л., кем-л., заботиться о чём-л., ком-л.

to see to the house - следить за домом, вести домашнее хозяйство

to see to the children - присматривать за детьми

we will see to everything - мы обо всём позаботимся

to see to the business - позаботиться о деле

I'll see to the tickets - а) я займусь билетами; б) я возьму на себя расходы, я оплачу билеты

I shall see to it - я этим займусь, я это беру на себя

to see to all the locks and doors - проверить все замки и двери

next morning he came in to see to Martha - на следующее утро он зашёл, чтобы присмотреть за Мартой

3. to see after smb., smth.

1) ухаживать, присматривать за кем-л., чем-л.

I am going to see after the children - я присмотрю за детьми

who will see after the house when you are gone? - кто присмотрит за домом, когда вы уедете?

2) заботиться о ком-л., чём-л.

to see after one's own [smb.'s] interests - заботиться о своих [о чьих-л.] интересах

4. to see about doing smth. проследить за тем, чтобы что-л. было сделано

to see about packing [ordering a car] - позаботиться о том, чтобы вещи были уложены [чтобы заказать машину]

you must see about getting him a coat - вы должны позаботиться, чтобы у него было пальто

5. to see smb. to some place провожать, сопровождать кого-л. куда-л.

to see smb. home [to the door, as far as the station] - провожать кого-л. домой [до двери, до станции]

let me see you home - разрешите проводить вас домой

to see smb. into a train [on board a ship] - посадить кого-л. на поезд [на пароход]

6. to see into smth.

1) изучать что-л.; разбираться в чём-л.

to see into a matter [an affair] - изучать какой-л. вопрос [какое-л. дело]

the lawyer will see into your claim - юрист рассмотрит ваш иск

2) всматриваться, проникать взором во что-л.

to try and see into the future - пытаться предугадать будущее

to see into smb.'s motives - разгадать чьи-л. замыслы

7. to see ( to it) that посмотреть, проследить за тем, чтобы что-л. было сделано

see to it that the things are packed by three o'clock - последи за тем, чтобы всё было уложено к 3 часам

you must see to it that the children are fed properly - вам следует позаботиться о том, чтобы детей хорошо кормили

I'll see (to it) that nothing goes wrong [that nothing has been neglected] - я позабочусь, чтобы всё было в порядке [чтобы ничего не забыли]

see that he comes in time - позаботьтесь, чтобы он пришёл вовремя

you will see that he has all he needs - вы должны позаботиться, чтобы у него было всё необходимое

8. to see smth. done сделать что-л., постараться, чтобы что-л. было сделано

to see smth. rebuilt [changed] - перестроить [изменить] что-л.

the house that I should like to see rebuilt - дом, который мне хотелось бы перестроить

9. to go /to come, to call/ and see smb., to go /to come, to call/ to see smb. навещать кого-л., приходить к кому-л.

go and see him - зайди к нему, навести его

come up and see me some time - загляни ко мне когда-нибудь

he called to see us - он пришёл к нам в гости

10. to see across smth. переводить, провожать (через улицу и т. п.)

ask a grown-up person to see you across the road - попроси кого-нибудь из взрослых перевести тебя через улицу

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see here! - амер. послушай(те)!

wait and see! - увидите!, вы ещё увидите!

see and don't do it - смотри не делай этого

see and don't miss the train - смотри не опоздай на поезд

as far as I can see, from what I can see - по моим соображениям, как мне представляется

to see life /the world/ - а) приобрести жизненный опыт; б) сл. веселиться, кутить

to see visions - быть ясновидящим /провидцем/

to see the back of smb. - отделаться от кого-л.; избавиться от чьего-л. присутствия

to see the last of smth., smb. - покончить с чем-л., с кем-л., отделаться от чего-л., от кого-л.

I shall be glad to see the last of this job - я буду рад отделаться от этой работы

I hope we have seen the last of him - надеюсь, что мы от него отделались

to see no further than one's nose - не видеть дальше своего носа

to see through a brick wall - видеть насквозь; ≅ видеть на три аршина в землю

to see one's way to do /doing/ smth. - видеть возможность сделать что-л.

can't see my way to get the book - не вижу возможности /не знаю, как/ достать эту книгу

he will never see forty again - ему уже давно перевалило за сорок

see you in church - амер. сл. до скорого!, пока!

(he) saw you coming - ≅ простофиля за версту виден

to see things - галлюцинировать

to see smb. about his business - прогнать /вышвырнуть/ кого-л., избавиться от кого-л.

to see through a glass darkly см. darkly 5

НБАРС > see
15 see

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

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

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

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

5) (to understand: She didn't see the point of the joke.) razbrati

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

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

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

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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.) (nad)škofija

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I [si:]
noun

(nad)škofija; (nad)škofovska stolica; archaic prestol

the Holy (Apostolic) See, the See of Rome — sveta stolica
II [si:]
1.

transitive verb

videti, zagledati, opaziti, (po)gledati, ogledovati; razbrati, prečitati v časopisih; razumeti, uvideti, pojmiti, predstavljati si, smatrati; izslediti, doživeti, izkusiti; dopustiti, poskrbeti za; sprejeti (goste, obiske); obiskati, priti in pogovoriti se (on o), govoriti z; iti (k zdravniku), konzultirati (zdravnika); spremiti;

2.

intransitive verb

videti, uvideti, razumeti; premisliti se; pogledati (za čem)

worth seeing — vreden, da se vidi

I see! — razumem!

see?, do you see? — razumeš?, razumete?

as far as I can see — kakor daleč mi seže oko; figuratively kolikor morem razbrati, po mojem mišljenju

let me see — naj (malo) premislim

to see the back figuratively znebiti se obiskovalca, vsiljivca

to see s.o. to bed — spraviti koga v posteljo

I cannot see anybody after five — ne morem nikogar sprejeti po peti uri

he saw me on business — obiskal me je poslovno

to see death — pretrpeti smrt

I must see the doctor — moram iti k zdravniku (na pregled)

he came to see me — prišel me je obiskat

they have seen better days — poznali so boljše čase

to see s.o. through a difficulty — pomagati komu preko težave

to see eye to eye colloquially strinjati se v mišljenju ( with z)

to see with half an eye slang jasno (na prvi pogled, mižé) videti

to see s.o. further slang poslati koga k vragu

go and see him — pojdi ga obiskat

to see good — smatrati (kaj) za dobro, za primerno

to see s.o. home — spremiti koga domov

I cannot see the joke — ne vem, kaj je smešnega pri tem

we must see the judge — moramo govoriti s sodnikom

to see life — mnogo izkusiti v življenju, colloquially veselo živeti

I shall not live to see it — tega ne bom doživel

I don't see him kneeling at her — feet ne morem si ga predstavljati, kako kleči pred njo

to see the light figuratively spreobrniti se; videti, kaj je treba narediti, da bo prav

to see the red light figuratively zavedati se neposredne nevarnosti ali nevšečnosti

to see how the land lies — odkriti, kakšen je položaj

I don't see what he means — ne razumem, kaj hoče reči (kaj misli)

you will not see me shot like a dog? — ne boste dopustili, da me ustrelijo kot psa?

they see too many people — preveč ljudi sprejemajo (v obiske), obiskujejo

to see a play — ogledati si gledališko igro

to see red slang pobesneti

to see service colloquially udeležiti se vojnega pohoda

to see the sights — ogledati si znamenitosti

he will never see sixty again figuratively je (že) nad 60 let star

we will see you to the station — spremili vas bomo na postajo

to see stars — vse zvezde videti (od udarca)

see that the door is locked — prepričaj se, poglej, če so vrata zaklenjena!

see this done! — poskrbi (glej), da bo to narejeno!

to see things figuratively imeti privide (halucinacije)

to see through a brickwall (a millstone) figuratively biti zelo bister, "slišati travo rasti"

to see snakes figuratively slang biti v deliriju ali na robu deliriuma tremensa

to see one's way — videti, najti način (da se nekaj napravi)

he cannot see a yard before his nose figuratively (neumen je, da) ne vidi ped pred nosom;

English-Slovenian dictionary > see
16 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
17 see

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

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

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

4) (to have a picture in the mind: I see many difficulties ahead.) se for seg, forestille seg

5) (to understand: She didn't see the point of the joke.) (inn)se, forstå

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

7) (to meet: I'll see you at the usual time.) se, møte; oppsøke (legen)

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

•

- 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.) bispedømme

besøke
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eksaminere
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forstå
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møte
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undersøke

I
subst. \/siː\/

( kirkelig) bispesete, bispedømme, bispeembete

• the see of Canterbury is a centre of authority

bispesetet i Canterbury har stor (læremessig) autoritet

the Apostolic See pavestolen

the Holy See pavestolen

the See of Rome pavestolen
II
verb ( saw - seen) \/siː\/

1) se, se på, bese, titte på, se i

• can you see that tall man over there?

kan du se den høye mannen der borte?

• see page 10

• see the sights of London

bese Londons severdigheter

• I haven't seen a newspaper since the war

jeg har ikke sett en avis siden krigen

• for all I can see

så vidt jeg kan se

2) se, innse, forstå, begripe, skjønne

• I see what you mean

jeg skjønner hva du mener

• I still don't see

jeg forstår fremdeles ikke

• he did not see it

han innså det ikke

• I see

jeg forstår

• I can't see the use of it

jeg begriper ikke hva det skal være godt for

3) besøke, se inn til, stikke innom

• come and see me some day

stikk innom meg en dag

• I went to see him

jeg dro for å besøke ham

4) treffe, møte, ta imot, omgås

• I'll see her in town tomorrow

jeg skal treffe henne i byen i morgen

• I don't see him much

jeg omgås ham ikke ofte

• I don't see much of him

jeg ser ikke mye til ham

• we see each other quite a lot

vi omgås ganske ofte

5) snakke med, ta imot

• the manager can see you now

direktøren kan ta imot deg nå

• there is a lady to see you

det er en dame som vil snakke med deg

6) tenke seg, se for seg, forestille seg

• I can just see what it is like

jeg kan forestille meg akkurat hvordan det er

• I can't see him as president

jeg kan ikke se for meg ham som president

7) følge

• she saw me to the station

hun fulgte meg til stasjonen

8) gå til, konsultere

• you must see a doctor about it

du må gå til en lege med det

• I need to see a lawyer

jeg må konsultere en advokat

9) se, få øye på, merke, oppdage, finne ut

• I saw that it was missing

jeg oppdaget at det var forsvunnet

10) være med på, oppleve

• he has seen a lot in life

han har opplevd mye i sitt liv

11) se til, besørge, sørge for, passe på

• I'll see that it is done

jeg skal sørge for at det blir gjort

• see you don't fall

pass på så du ikke faller

12) undersøke, se etter, sjekke, inspisere, passe på, se til

• he saw the sick dog every hour

han så til den syke hunden hver time

• I'll see who it is

jeg skal sjekke hvem det er

13) tillate, gå med på

• you wouldn't see me left alone?

du går vel ikke med på at jeg blir igjen alene?

14) vente og se

• I think I'll be able to help, but I'll have to see

jeg tror jeg kan klare å hjelpe, men jeg får vente og se

15) ( kortspill) syne, vise kortene

as far as I can see så vidt jeg kan forstå

as I see it slik jeg ser det, slik jeg oppfatter det

be seen bli sett, i syne, vise seg

• nobody was to be seen

ingen var i syne

I'll be seeing you vi ses, vi snakkes

I'll see you blowed\/damned\/further\/hanged\/in hell first! ( hverdagslig kraftuttrykk) aldri i livet!, ikke faen!

I see jeg forstår, jeg skjønner

let me see la meg se, skal vi se, la meg tenke

see about something passe på, ta hånd om, sørge for, ordne med

• he promised to see about the matter

han lovet å ta hånd om saken

see after se til, passe på

• see after the children

søke, se seg om etter

• I need to see after a job

jeg må søke en jobb

see by se i, se på, se ved

• I see by your face that something is wrong

jeg ser på deg at noe er galt

see fair play se ➢ play

see from se i, se av, se på

• I see from the paper that Mrs. Brown is dead

jeg ser i avisen at fru Brown er død

see in ta imot, ønske velkommen, følge inn

• the family saw the New Year in

familien tok i mot det nye året

see into se nærmere på, undersøke, forske i, trenge inn i

• I'll see into the matter

jeg skal se nærmere på saken

see off følge, følge ut

see out overleve se ut, se ferdig

• we have to see the film out

fullføre, gjøre ferdig

• see a task out

see over bese, se på, se over, inspisere

• she wanted to see over the house before buying it

hun ville inspisere huset før hun kjøpte det

see somebody about something ( formelt) snakke med noen om noe

• I'll see him about it

jeg skal ta det opp med ham

see somebody off vinke farvel til noen, ta farvel med noen, følge noen (av gårde)

• I went to the station to see him off

• I saw him off at the airport

jeg fulgte ham til flyplassen

see somebody out følge noen til døren, følge noen ut

• he'll see his wife out

holde ut lenger enn noen, overgå noen

se hvor langt noen vil gå, se hvor langt noen strekker seg

see somebody right sørge for at noen får rettferdig behandling

see somebody through (something) hjelpe noen gjennom (noe), ordne opp for noen

• she saw him through his difficulties

hun hjalp ham gjennom vanskelighetene

• I'll see you through

jeg skal ordne opp for deg

• this will see you through for another week

du klarer deg på det her i en uke til

see something differently se annerledes på noe

• I see life differently now

see straight se klart

see through gjennomskue

• we all saw through him

fullføre, klare, komme gjennom, holde ut til siste slutt

• I must see the task through

jeg må fullføre oppgaven

• they saw the difficult situation through together

de kom seg gjennom den vanskelige situasjonen sammen

see to ta hånd om, se til, passe på, undersøke

• see to it that he pays me

pass på at han betaler meg

sørge for, ordne

• I'll see to that

det skal jeg ordne

sjekke, undersøke

• you should have your car seen to

du burde få sjekket bilen (på et verksted)

see you (later\/around) ( hverdagslig) vi ses, vi snakkes

what you see is what you get ( hverdagslig) det blir ikke bedre enn som så den leveres slik du ser den

English-Norwegian dictionary > see
18 see

I [siː] гл.; прош. вр. saw; прич. прош. вр. seen
1)

а) видеть

to see nothing — ничего не видеть

to see well — хорошо видеть

Can you see the children playing? — Видишь, как дети играют?

The window is so dirty that I can't see out. — Окно такое грязное, что ничего не видно.

б) смотреть

In the evening we went to see a movie. — Вечером мы пошли в кино.

Let me see the book. — Покажите мне эту книгу. / Дайте мне взглянуть на эту книгу.

Jewels look best seen against a dark background. — Драгоценные камни лучше всего смотрятся на тёмном фоне.

Syn:

watch II 2.

в) осматривать

to see the sights — осматривать достопримечательности

The doctor must see him at once. — Врач должен немедленно осмотреть его.

May we see around / over the house? — Можно нам осмотреть дом?

Syn:

inspect, look 2.

2)

а) смотреть, справляться (в книге, справочнике)

See page 11. — Смотрите на стр. 11.

б) консультироваться, обращаться за консультацией ( к специалисту)

You ought to see a doctor about that cough. — С таким кашлем вам бы следовало обратиться к доктору.

3) представить себе, вообразить

I can clearly see him doing it. — Я легко могу себе представить, как он это делает.

His colleagues see him as a future director. — Его коллеги видят в нём будущего директора.

Sales figures are improving, but it's impossible just yet to see beyond the end of the year. — Показатели продаж улучшаются, но невозможно представить себе, что будет к концу года.

Are you making plans for the future, or can't you see beyond your next pay packet? — Ты строишь планы на будущее или не можешь планировать дальше следующей зарплаты?

4) испытать, пережить; повидать

He has seen a great deal in his long life. — Он многое повидал за свою долгую жизнь.

They saw off three enemy attacks within three days. — За три дня они пережили три атаки врага.

He saw better days. — Он видел лучшие времена.

5) быть местом или временем совершения чего-л.

The year 2005 sees the centenary of Anthony Powell's birth. — В 2005 году исполняется 100 лет со дня рождения Энтони Пауэлла.

Syn:

witness 2.

6)

а) (случайно) встретить

Guess who I saw at the party last night! — Угадай, с кем я встретился вчера на вечеринке!

I saw your mother out yesterday; does that mean her leg is better? — Вчера я встретил на улице твою маму; значит ли это, что у неё лучше с ногой?

б) видеться, встречаться

see you later / again / soon — до скорой встречи

to see much / little of smb. — часто / редко видеть кого-л.

You ought to see more of him. — Вам следует чаще с ним встречаться.

We have not seen each other for ages. — Мы давно не виделись.

I'll be seeing you. — Увидимся.

I don't know his name, but I've seen him around quite a lot. — Я не знаю, как его зовут, но часто встречал его.

в) повидать(ся); навестить

They went to see her. — Они пошли к ней в гости.

When will you come and see us? — Когда вы придёте нас навестить?

7)

а) провожать, сопровождать

Mr Freeman will see the visitors around the factory. — Господин Фримен проведёт посетителей по заводу.

I'll see you up to the director's office on the top floor. — Я провожу вас наверх в кабинет директора, он на верхнем этаже.

Don't trouble to see me out, I know the way. — Не беспокойтесь, меня провожать не нужно, я знаю дорогу.

The old man was employed to see the children across the busy street. — Пожилого человека наняли, чтобы он переводил детей через дорогу с оживлённым движением.

б) принимать, вести приём ( посетителей)

I am seeing no one today. — Я сегодня никого не принимаю.

8)

а) понимать, знать; сознавать

as far as I can see — насколько я могу судить

oh, I see — я понимаю

Can't you see (that) he's taking advantage of you? — Как вы не понимаете, что он использует вас?

He cannot see the joke. — Он не понимает этой шутки.

Now you see what it is to be careless. — Теперь ты видишь, что значит быть неосторожным.

Syn:

understand

б) считать, полагать; иметь (определённое) мнение

I see things differently now. — Сейчас я по-другому смотрю на вещи.

The way I see it, you have three main problems. — Как мне кажется, у вас есть три основные проблемы.

- see fit

9)

а) выяснять, узнавать; обнаруживать

It is necessary to see what could be done. — Необходимо выяснить, что следует предпринять.

"Is he going to get better?" "I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see." — "Он поправится?" - "Не знаю, нужно подождать, и мы всё узнаем".

Syn:

find out

б) рассматривать

The chairman's decision must be seen against the need for long talks and much enquiry. — Решение председательствующего должно быть рассмотрено в связи с необходимостью длительного разбирательства и дополнительного расследования.

10) ( see about) позаботиться о (чём-л.); проследить за (чем-л.); подумать о (чём-л.)

I haven't had time to see about a hotel for the night yet. — У меня ещё не было времени, чтобы позаботиться о гостинице на ночь.

Did you see about renting a car for the weekend? — Ты позаботился о прокате машины на выходные?

I will see about it. — Я займусь этим.

11) (see after / to) присматривать, наблюдать за (кем-л. / чем-л.)

to see (to it) that the work is done — проследить за выполнением работы

Can you see (to it) that the fax goes this afternoon? — Вы не могли бы проследить, чтобы факс был отправлен сегодня после обеда?

Please see after the luggage. — Будьте добры, присмотрите за багажом.

I'll see after the details of the contract. — Я прослежу за деталями контракта.

Excuse me, I must go and see to the dinner. — Извините, но мне нужно пойти проследить, чтобы подали обед.

I'll see to the visitors when they arrive. — Я встречу гостей, когда они приедут.

Syn:

l observe, watch II 1.

Ant:

neglect 2., overlook 1.

12) ( see into)

а) вникать во (что-л.), изучать, разбираться с (чем-л.)

When are you going to see into the customers' complaints? — Когда вы собираетесь рассматривать жалобы покупателей?

The police have promised to see into the disappearance of the jewellery. — Полиция обещала разобраться с обстоятельствами пропажи драгоценностей.

б) всматриваться, проникать взором во (что-л.)

The old woman claims to be able to see into the future. — Пожилая женщина утверждает, что может предсказывать будущее.

I wish I had the gift of seeing into people's hearts as you do. — Хотелось бы мне так же читать в людских сердцах, как это делаешь ты.

13) ( see through) видеть насквозь, ясно разбираться в (чем-л.)

I see through your little game. — Я вижу все ваши хитрости насквозь.

He's a poor liar; anyone can see through him. — Он не умеет как следует врать, любой может раскусить его.

14) карт. уравнивать (ставку соперника, в покере)

I'll see you and raise you five. — Уравниваю вашу ставку и ставлю пять сверху.

•

- see ahead
- see off
- see out
- see through
••

to see through / into brick wall — видеть насквозь; обладать необычайной проницательностью

he will never see fifty again — ему давно за пятьдесят

not be able to see beyond (the end of) one's nose — не видеть дальше своего носа

I'll see you damned / blowed first разг. — как бы не так!, держи карман шире!, и не подумаю!

- see here!
- see eye to eye with smb.
- see the back of smb.
- see scarlet
- see the red light
- see service
- see visions II [siː] сущ.; книжн.
1) престол

Holy See — папский престол, святейший престол, Ватикан

2) епархия, диоцез

Syn:

diocese, bishopric

Англо-русский современный словарь > see
19 joke

I [dʒəʊk] n
1) шутка, шуточка, насмешка, острота, анекдот, смешной случай

He meant it as a joke. — Он сказал это в шутку.

He can't take a joke. — Он не понимает шуток.

The joke was on him. — Он в дураках остался.

He likes to play practical jokes. — Он любит разыгрывать.

The joke was wasted on him. — Он не понял шутки. /Шутка до него не дошла.

I wonder if he saw the joke. — Не знаю, дошла ли до него эта шутка.

- bad joke
- current joke
- dirty joke
- practical joke
- stale joke
- innocent joke
- spicy joke
- rubber-stamp jokes
- unintended joke
- joke in bad taste
- joke at smb's expense
- in joke
- by way of a joke
- none of your joke!
- enjoy jokes
- carry the joke too far
- crack jokes with smb
- make a joke about smb
- make a joke of smth
- make a joke of the whole thing
- make jokes
- say jokes
- make a joke about smth, smb
- play a joke on smb
- see the joke
- tell funny jokes
- turn smth into a joke
- do smth for a joke
- adlib a joke
2) объект шуток, посмешище

It was a standing joke there. — Это был неистощимый объект для шуток.

He is a standing joke. — Над ним всегда все смеются. /Он ходячий анекдот/ходячее посмешище.

- victim of a joke

3) пустяк, пустячное дело

- it is no joke
- it is no joke to be a popular singer II [dʒəʊk] v
шутить, острить, говорить остроты

- joke about smb, smth
- joke with smb
- be fond of joking
- joking apart

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > joke
20 joke

1. [dʒəʋk] n
1. анекдот, шутка, острота; смешной случай

in joke - в шутку, шутя

current [dirty] joke - злободневные [непристойные] анекдоты

practical joke - шутка, розыгрыш

the best of the joke - соль /смысл/ остроты /шутки/

to see the joke - понять соль /смысл/ остроты /анекдота/

to make a joke about smb., smth. - подшутить над кем-л., чем-л.

to turn smth. into a joke, to make a joke of smth. - обернуть что-л. в шутку, свести что-л. к шутке

to cut /to crack/ a joke about smb. - отпустить шутку на чей-л. счёт

to put the joke on smb. - амер. подшутить над кем-л., пройтись на чей-л. счёт

he can't take a joke - он не понимает шуток

the joke is on him - это он в дураках остался

2. объект шуток, посмешище

standing joke - неистощимый объект для шуток

he is the joke of the town - над ним весь город смеётся

3. 1) шуточное дело, пустяк

no joke - не шутка, дело серьёзное

the loss was no joke - убытки были нешуточные

this goes beyond a joke - это уже не смешно; это становится серьёзным

2) работа, не требующая усилий; ≅ раз плюнуть

that exam was a joke - сдать такой экзамен было легче лёгкого
2. [dʒəʋk] v
1. шутить; острить

he is always joking - он вечно шутит

joking apart - шутки в сторону

2. подшучивать (над кем-л.), дразнить (кого-л.)

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see — 1 /si:/ verb past tense saw past participle seen /si:n/ UNDERSTAND/REALIZE 1 (I, T) to understand or realize something: I can see that you re not very happy with the situation. | Seeing his distress, Louise put her arm around him. (+ why/what/who … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
see — see1 W1S1 [si:] v past tense saw [so: US so:] past participle seen [si:n] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(notice/examine)¦ 2¦(notice something is true)¦ 3¦(ability to see)¦ 4¦(find out information)¦ 5¦(in the future)¦ 6¦(where information is)¦ 7¦(understand)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
The Supernaturalist — infobox Book | name = The Supernaturalist image caption = The European cover author = Eoin Colfer language = English genre = Sci Fi/Adventure publisher = Puffin release date = 2004 media type = Print (Softcover) pages = 267 isbn = ISBN 0 14… … Wikipedia
see — 1. v. (past saw; past part. seen) 1 tr. discern by use of the eyes; observe; look at (can you see that spider?; saw him fall over). 2 intr. have or use the power of discerning objects with the eyes (sees best at night). 3 tr. discern mentally;… … Useful english dictionary
The Chaser's War on Everything — season two intertitle Genre Comedy, Satire Created by The Chaser … Wikipedia
The Death of Jean DeWolff — Cover of Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider Man 110 (Jan 1986)., the issue containing the final part of the storyline. Art by Rich Buckler featuring Spider Man (in his black costume) fighting Daredevil. Publisher Marvel Comics … Wikipedia
The Colbert Report — logo Genre Comedy, Satire, News parody … Wikipedia
The Office (U.S. TV series) — The Office Genre Sitcom Mockumentary Created by Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant … Wikipedia
The Rutles — Origin London, England Genres Parody, comedy rock, pop rock Years active 1975–1978, 1996–1997, 2002 Labels Warner Bros., Rhino, Virgin … Wikipedia
The Silver Sequence — is a young adult fantasy novel trilogy by British author Cliff McNish. Novels The books in this sequence are: * The Silver Child * Silver City * Silver World The Silver Child The Silver Child is about a group of children in a city called… … Wikipedia
The Honest Whore — is an early Jacobean city comedy, written in two parts; Part 1 is a collaboration between Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton, while Part 2 is the work of Dekker alone. The plays were acted by the Admiral s Men.Part 1 The Honest Whore, Part 1 was… … Wikipedia

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