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give [gɪv]donner ⇒ 1A (a)-(c), 1B (b)-(d), 1C (a), 1C (d), 1C (e), 1D (a), 1D (c)-(f), 2 (a) offrir ⇒ 1A (a), 1A (c) conférer ⇒ 1B (a) imposer ⇒ 1C (b) reconnaître ⇒ 1C (f) faire ⇒ 1D (a)-(c), 1D (f) s'affaisser ⇒ 2D (b) élasticité ⇒ 3A.∎ I gave him the book, I gave the book to him je lui ai donné le livre;∎ we gave our host a gift nous avons offert un cadeau à notre hôte;∎ the family gave the paintings to the museum la famille a fait don des tableaux au musée;∎ he gave his daughter in marriage il a donné sa fille en mariage;∎ she gave him her hand (to hold) elle lui a donné ou tendu la main; (in marriage) elle lui a accordé sa main;∎ literary to give oneself to sb se donner à qn;∎ I give you the newlyweds! (in toast) je lève mon verre au bonheur des nouveaux mariés!;∎ I gave him my coat to hold je lui ai confié mon manteau;∎ she gave them her trust elle leur a fait confiance, elle leur a donné sa confiance;∎ familiar give it all you've got! mets-y le paquet!;∎ familiar I'll give you something to cry about! je vais te donner une bonne raison de pleurer, moi!;∎ give it to them! allez-y!;∎ familiar I gave him what for! (reprimanded him) je lui ai passé un savon!;∎ familiar caviare on toast? I'll give him caviare on toast! (in annoyance at request) du caviar et des toasts! je vais lui en donner, moi, du caviar et des toasts!(b) (grant → right, permission, importance) donner;∎ give the matter your full attention prêtez une attention toute particulière à cette affaire;∎ he gave your suggestion careful consideration il a considéré votre suggestion avec beaucoup d'attention;∎ Law the court gave her custody of the child la cour lui a accordé la garde de l'enfant;∎ she hasn't given her approval yet elle n'a pas encore donné son consentement(c) (provide with → drink, food) donner, offrir; (→ lessons, classes, advice) donner; (→ help) prêter;∎ give our guests something to eat/drink donnez à manger/à boire à nos invités;∎ we gave them lunch nous les avons invités ou nous leur avons fait à déjeuner;∎ I think I'll give them beef for lunch je crois que je vais leur faire du bœuf au déjeuner;∎ let me give you some advice laissez-moi vous donner un conseil;∎ I gave her the biggest bedroom je lui ai donné la plus grande chambre;∎ they're giving us a pay rise ils nous donnent une augmentation de salaire;∎ an investment that gives 10 percent un placement qui rend ou rapporte 10 pour cent;∎ the children can wash up, it will give them something to do les enfants peuvent faire la vaisselle, ça les occupera;∎ she gave him two lovely daughters elle lui a donné deux adorables filles;∎ to give a child a name donner un nom à un enfant;∎ to give sb/sth one's support soutenir qn/qch;∎ do you give a discount? faites-vous des tarifs préférentiels?;∎ this lamp gives a poor light cette lampe éclaire mal;∎ give me time to think donnez-moi ou laissez-moi le temps de réfléchir;∎ she didn't give him time to say no elle ne lui a pas laissé le temps de dire non;∎ just give me time! sois patient!;∎ we were given a choice on nous a fait choisir;∎ give me a chance! donne-moi une chance!;∎ such talent is not given to us all nous n'avons pas tous un tel talent;∎ familiar give me classical music any day! à mon avis rien ne vaut la musique classique!□B.(a) (confer → award) conférer;∎ they gave her an honorary degree ils lui ont conféré un diplôme honorifique(b) (dedicate) donner, consacrer;∎ she gave all she had to the cause elle s'est entièrement consacrée à cette cause;∎ can you give me a few minutes? pouvez-vous m'accorder ou me consacrer quelques instants?;∎ he gave his life to save the child il est mort ou il a donné sa vie pour sauver l'enfant;∎ I've given you six years of my life je t'ai donné six ans de ma vie;∎ she gave this job the best years of her life elle a consacré à ce travail les plus belles années de sa vie∎ I gave him my sweater in exchange for his gloves je lui ai échangé mon pull contre ses gants;∎ I'll give you a good price for the table je vous donnerai ou payerai un bon prix pour la table;∎ how much will you give me for it? combien m'en donneras-tu?;∎ I would give a lot or a great deal to know… je donnerais beaucoup pour savoir…(d) (transmit) donner, passer;∎ I hope I don't give you my cold j'espère que je ne vais pas te passer mon rhumeC.∎ the walk gave him an appetite la promenade l'a mis en appétit ou lui a ouvert l'appétit;∎ the news gave me a shock la nouvelle m'a fait un choc;∎ to give oneself trouble se donner du mal∎ the teacher gave us three tests this week le professeur nous a donné trois interrogations cette semaine;∎ to give sb a black mark infliger un blâme à qn;∎ Law he was given (a sentence of) fifteen years il a été condamné à quinze ans de prison(c) (announce → verdict, judgment)∎ the court gives its decision today la cour prononce ou rend l'arrêt aujourd'hui;∎ the court gave the case against/for the management la cour a décidé contre/en faveur de la direction;∎ given this third day of March délivré le 3 mars;∎ given under my hand and seal reçu par-devant moi et sous mon sceau;∎ Sport the umpire gave the batsman out l'arbitre a déclaré le joueur hors jeu(d) (communicate → impression, order, signal) donner; (→ address, information) donner, fournir; (→ news, decision) annoncer;∎ to give sb a message communiquer un message à qn;∎ she gave her age as forty-five elle a déclaré avoir quarante-cinq ans;∎ give her my love embrasse-la pour moi;∎ he is to give his decision tomorrow il devra faire connaître ou annoncer sa décision demain;∎ I gave a description of the suspect j'ai donné ou fourni une description du suspect;∎ you gave me to believe he was trustworthy vous m'avez laissé entendre qu'on pouvait lui faire confiance;∎ I was given to understand she was ill on m'a donné à croire qu'elle était malade;∎ she gave no sign of life elle n'a donné aucun signe de vie∎ that's given me an idea ça me donne une idée;∎ don't go giving him ideas! ne va pas lui mettre des idées dans la tête!;∎ give us a clue donne-nous un indice;∎ let me give you an example laissez-moi vous donner un exemple;∎ don't give me any nonsense about missing your train! ne me raconte pas que tu as raté ton train!;∎ familiar don't give me that (nonsense)! ne me raconte pas d'histoires!(f) (admit, concede) reconnaître, accorder;∎ she's certainly intelligent, I'll give you that elle est très intelligente, ça, je te l'accorde;∎ Sport he gave me the game il m'a concédé la partieD.∎ he gave a laugh il a laissé échapper un rire;∎ he gave a loud laugh il a éclaté de rire;∎ give us a song chantez-nous quelque chose(b) (make → action, gesture) faire;∎ she gave them an odd look elle leur a jeté ou lancé un regard curieux;∎ he gave her hand a squeeze il lui a pressé la main;∎ she gave her hair a comb elle s'est donné un coup de peigne;∎ he gave his face a wash il s'est lavé le visage;∎ he gave the table a wipe il a essuyé la table;∎ I gave the boy a push j'ai poussé le garçon;∎ the train gave a lurch le train a cahoté;∎ she gave him a slap elle lui a donné une claque;∎ she gave him a flirtatious smile elle lui a adressé ou fait un sourire séducteur;∎ he gave an embarrassed smile il a eu un sourire gêné∎ that evening she gave the performance of a lifetime ce soir-là elle était au sommet de son art(d) (hold → lunch, party, supper) donner, organiser;∎ they gave a dinner for the professor ils ont donné un dîner en l'honneur du professeur(e) (estimate the duration of) donner, estimer;∎ I give him one week at most je lui donne une semaine (au) maximum;∎ I'd give their marriage about a year if that je donne un an maximum à leur mariage∎ 17 minus 4 gives 13 17 moins 4 font ou égalent 13;∎ that gives a total of 26 ça donne un total de 26∎ to give way (ground) s'affaisser; (bridge, building, ceiling) s'effondrer, s'affaisser; (ladder, rope) céder, (se) casser;∎ the ground gave way beneath or under our feet le terrain s'est affaissé sous nos pieds;∎ her legs gave way (beneath her) ses jambes se sont dérobées sous elle;∎ his health finally gave way sa santé a fini par se détériorer ou se gâter;∎ their strength gave way leurs forces leur ont manqué;∎ it's easier to give way to his demands than to argue il est plus commode de céder à ses exigences que de lui résister;∎ don't give way if he cries ne cède pas s'il pleure;∎ I gave way to tears/to anger je me suis laissé aller à pleurer/emporter par la colère;∎ he gave way to despair il s'est abandonné au désespoir;∎ the fields gave way to factories les champs ont fait place aux usines;∎ his joy gave way to sorrow sa joie a fait place à la peine;∎ natural fibres have given way to synthetics les fibres naturelles ont été remplacées par les synthétiques;∎ give way to vehicles on your right (sign) priorité aux véhicules qui viennent de droite;∎ give way to pedestrians (sign) priorité aux piétons;(a) (contribute) donner;∎ please give generously nous nous en remettons à votre générosité;∎ to give generously of one's time donner beaucoup de son temps;∎ proverb it is better to give than to receive donner vaut mieux que recevoir;∎ in any relationship you have to learn to give and take dans toutes les relations, il faut apprendre à faire des concessions ou il faut que chacun y mette du sien;∎ to give as good as one gets rendre coup pour coup∎ the fence gave beneath or under my weight la barrière a cédé ou s'est affaissée sous mon poids;∎ something's got to give quelque chose va lâcher∎ now give! accouche!, vide ton sac!∎ what gives? qu'est-ce qui se passe?□3 noun(of metal, wood) élasticité f, souplesse f;∎ there's not enough give in this sweater ce pull n'est pas assez ampleà... près;∎ give or take a few days à quelques jours près►► give way sign signal m de priorité∎ it's so cheap they're practically giving it away c'est tellement bon marché, c'est comme s'ils en faisaient cadeau;∎ you couldn't give them away tu n'arriveras pas à t'en débarrasser (même si tu en faisais cadeau)(c) (throw away → chance, opportunity) gâcher, gaspiller∎ he didn't give anything away il n'a rien dit∎ her accent gave her away son accent l'a trahie;∎ no prisoner would give another prisoner away aucun prisonnier n'en trahirait un autre;∎ to give oneself away se trahir(f) Australian (renounce → habit) renoncer à, abandonner; (resign from → job) quitter; (→ position) démissionner de∎ give the book back to her rendez-lui le livre;∎ the store gave him his money back le magasin l'a remboursé➲ give in(relent, yield) céder;∎ to give in to sb/sth céder à qn/qch;∎ the country refused to give in to terrorist threats le pays a refusé de céder aux menaces des terroristes(hand in → book, exam paper) rendre; (→ found object, parcel) remettre; (→ application, name) donner(a) (emit, produce → gas, smell) émettredonner sur➲ give out(a) (hand out) distribuer(c) (make known) annoncer, faire savoir;∎ the hospital gave out information on her condition to them l'hôpital les a renseignés sur son état de santé;∎ it was given out that he was leaving on a dit ou annoncé qu'il partait∎ the old car finally gave out la vieille voiture a fini par rendre l'âme∎ her strength was giving out elle était à bout de forces, elle n'en pouvait plus;∎ his mother's patience gave out sa mère a perdu patience;∎ my luck gave out la chance m'a abandonné∎ he gave out to me because I was late (scolded) il m'a enguirlandé parce que j'étais en retarddonner sur∎ he gave the children over to his mother il a confié les enfants à sa mère∎ the land was given over to agriculture la terre a été consacrée à l'agriculture;∎ she gave herself over to helping the poor elle s'est consacrée à l'aide aux pauvres∎ give over crying! cesse de pleurer!∎ give over! assez!, arrête!➲ give up(a) (renounce → habit) renoncer à, abandonner; (→ friend) abandonner, délaisser; (→ chair, place) céder; (→ activity) cesser;∎ she'll never give him up elle ne renoncera jamais à lui;∎ he's given up smoking il a arrêté de fumer, il a renoncé au tabac;∎ I haven't given up the idea of going to China je n'ai pas renoncé à l'idée d'aller en Chine;∎ he gave up his seat to the old woman il a cédé sa place à la vieille dame;∎ don't give up hope ne perdez pas espoir;∎ he was ready to give up his life for his country il était prêt à mourir pour la patrie;∎ they gave up the game or the struggle ils ont abandonné la partie;∎ we gave her brother up for dead nous avons conclu que son frère était mort;∎ they gave the cause up for lost ils ont considéré que c'était une cause perdue;∎ to give up the throne renoncer au trône;∎ the doctors have given him up les médecins disent qu'il est perdu∎ they gave up the restaurant business ils se sont retirés de la restauration∎ the murderer gave himself up (to the police) le meurtrier s'est rendu ou livré (à la police);∎ he gave his accomplices up to the police il a dénoncé ou livré ses complices à la police∎ give it up for… je vous demande d'applaudir…∎ we can't give up now! on ne va pas laisser tomber maintenant!∎ to give up on sb (stop waiting for) renoncer à attendre qn; (stop expecting something from) ne plus rien attendre de qn;∎ I give up on him, he won't even try j'abandonne, il ne fait pas le moindre effort∎ to give oneself up to sth se livrer à qch;∎ they gave themselves up to a life of pleasure ils se sont livrés à une vie de plaisir;∎ he gave his life up to caring for the elderly il a consacré sa vie à soigner les personnes âgées;∎ his mornings were given up to business ses matinées étaient consacrées aux affaires -
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give [gɪv]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what are you going to give her? (as present) qu'est-ce que tu vas lui offrir ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► give + noun may be translated by a verb alone.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• can you give me a bed for the night? pouvez-vous me loger pour la nuit ?► to be given ( = receive)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► In French the recipient is not made the subject of a passive construction.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• one must give and take il faut faire des concessions► give or take...• a hundred people, give or take a few à peu près cent personnesb. ( = cause, cause to feel) faire• I was given to understand that... on m'avait laissé entendre que...• it gives me great pleasure to introduce... c'est avec grand plaisir que je vous présente...c. ( = pass on) OK, I'll give him the message d'accord, je lui ferai la commissiond. ( = put through to) passer• could you give me Mr Smith/extension 231? pouvez-vous me passer M. Smith/le poste 231 ?• give yourself time to think about it before you decide prends le temps de réfléchir avant de te décider• give me time! attends un peu !• I can't give you any longer, you must pay me now je ne peux plus vous accorder de délai, il faut que vous payiez maintenantf. ( = utter) [+ sigh, cry] pousserg. ( = pay) payer ; ( = offer) donner• what did you give for it? combien l'avez-vous payé ?• I'd give a lot/anything to know je donnerais gros/n'importe quoi pour savoir• what will you give me for it? combien m'en donnez-vous ?• I'll give him something to cry about! (inf) je lui apprendrai à pleurer !i. ► to give way ( = yield) [person] céder ( to sth à qch ) ; ( = stand back) s'écarter ; ( = agree) finir par donner son accord ; [car, traffic] céder le passage ; ( = collapse) [bridge, ceiling, floor] s'effondrer ; [ground] se dérober ; [cable, rope] céder ; [legs] fléchir• "give way" « cédez le passage »• "give way to traffic from the right" « priorité à droite »a. ( = collapse) céderb. ( = yield) [cloth, elastic] se détendre3. noun4. compoundsb. [+ names, details] donner ; [+ secrets] révéler• to give o.s. away se trahir[+ object, freedom] rendre► give in[+ essay, exam paper, key] rendre ; [+ manuscript, report] remettre► give off separable transitive verb[+ heat, gas, smell] dégager► give outa. [+ books, food] distribuerb. [+ information, details] donner• don't give up! tenez bon !a. ( = renounce) [+ interests] abandonner ; [+ seat, territory] céder ; [+ habit, idea, hope, claim] renoncer à ; [+ job] quitter ; [+ business] se retirer deb. ( = stop) arrêterc. ( = deliver, hand over) to give o.s. up se rendre• she gave the baby up for adoption elle a fait adopter le bébé► give up on inseparable transitive verba. ( = renounce) [+ idea] renoncer àb. ( = stop expecting) [+ visitor] ne plus attendre ; ( = lose faith in) perdre espoir en* * *[gɪv] 1.noun élasticité f2.1) ( hand over) gen donner (to à); offrir [present, drink, sandwich] (to à)to give somebody something — gen donner quelque chose à quelqu'un; (politely, as gift) offrir quelque chose à quelqu'un
give it me! —
what wouldn't I give for...! — je donnerais cher pour...!
2) ( cause to have)to give somebody something —
to give something to somebody — donner quelque chose à quelqu'un [headache, nightmares, advice, information]; transmettre or passer quelque chose à quelqu'un [disease]
3) (provide, produce) donner [milk, flavour, result, answer, sum]; apporter [heat, light, nutrient]; faire [total]4) (allow, accord) accorder [custody, grant]; laisser [quelque chose] à quelqu'un [seat]to give somebody something — donner or accorder quelque chose à quelqu'un [time, time period]
she can sing, I'll give her that — elle sait chanter, je lui reconnais au moins ça
it's original, I'll give you that — c'est original, je te l'accorde
5) Medicineto give somebody something —
to give something to somebody — donner quelque chose à quelqu'un [treatment, medicine]; greffer quelque chose à quelqu'un [organ]; poser quelque chose à quelqu'un [device]; faire quelque chose à quelqu'un [injection, massage]
to give somebody something — passer quelque chose à quelqu'un [number, department]
3.give me the sales manager, please — passez-moi le directeur commercial, s'il vous plaît
1) ( contribute) donner, faire un don‘please give generously’ — ‘merci (de vos dons)’
2) ( bend) [mattress, sofa] s'affaisser; [shelf, floorboard] fléchir; [branch] ployer; [leather, fabric] s'assouplir3) (yield, break) = give way4) ( yield) [person, side] céder•Phrasal Verbs:- give in- give off- give out- give up- give way••don't give me that! — (colloq) ne (me) raconte pas d'histoires!
if this is the big city, give me a village every time — (colloq) si c'est ça la ville, alors vive les petits villages
‘I give you the bride and groom!’ — ‘je bois à la santé des mariés!’
I'll give you something to complain about! — (colloq) je vais t'apprendre à te plaindre!
to give it all one's got — (colloq) (y) mettre le paquet
to give somebody what for — (colloq) passer un savon à quelqu'un (colloq)
what gives? — (colloq) qu'est-ce qui se passe?
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n. 1. \way (from... to...) зам; зүг. Are you going my \way ? Та бид хоёрын зам нийлэх үү? If tree fall this \way, it will damage the house. Мод энэ зүгт унавал байшинг гэмтээх юм байна. the best/ quickest/ right/ shortest \way from A to B. А-гаас Б хүрэх хамгийн аятайхан/ түргэн хүрэх / зөв/ дөт зам. 2. арга, ухаан. What is the best \way to clean this? Үүнийг цэвэрлэчих хамгийн сайн арга юу байна вэ? 3. ааш, араншин. Sean doesn`t mean to be rude- it`s just his \way. Шон ширүүлэх гээгүй ээ, байгаа ааш нь л тэр. 4. хол ойрын зай. Your birthday is still a long \way off/ away. Чиний төрсөн өдөр болтол ч бас зайтай байна шүү. across/ over the way гудамжны нөгөө талд. all the way (also the whole way) 1. бүх замын турш. She smoked non-stop all the \way to London. Лондон орох замын туршид тэрбээр зогсоо зайгүй тамхи татаж байсан. 2. бүрэн дүүрэн. We`ll support you all the \way. Чамайг бид бүрэн дүүрэн дэмжих болно. come one`s way тохиолдох, таарах. An opportunity like that doesn`t oftencome my \way. Иймэрхүү боломж надад тэр бүр олдож байгаагүй юм. lead the way 1. түрүүлж явах, зам заах. 2. жишээ болох. pave the way суурийг бэлдэх, нүхээ малтах. mend one`s way засрах, хүмүүжих. be/ be born/ be made that/ this way эхээсээ/ угаасаа л ийм ааштай төрсөн. be set in one`s ways салахаасаа нэгэнт өнгөрсөн зуршилтай. by the way далимд / дашрамд хэлэхэд. get into the way of (doing sth) зуршилтай болох get out of the way of (doing sth) зуршлаас салах. get/ have one`s own way хүслээрээ болох, дураараа хийх. She always gets her own \way in the end. Эцсийн эцэст тэр өөрийнхөө хүссэнээр л хийчихсэн байдаг бүсгүй дээ. give way эвдрэх, задрах. The floorboarfs were rotten and finally gave \way. Шалны моднууд өмхөрсөн байсан бөгөөд эцэст нь цөмөрчээ. give way (to sb/ sth) 1. бууж өгөх, найр тавих, зөвшөөрөх. We must not give \way to their demands. Бид тэдний шаардлагыг зөвшөөрч ер болохгүй. 2. зам тавих. Give \way to traffic coming from the right. Баруун талаас ирж буй тээврийн хэрэгсэлд зам тавьж өг. 3. автах, эзэмдүүлэх. She gave \way to despair. Тэр цөхрөлд автжээ. give way to sth байраа тавьж өгөх, солигдох. The storm gave \way to bright sunshine. Шуурга зогсож нар гарав. go one`s own way хүссэнээрээ болгох, өөрийнхөөрөө зүтгэх. go sb`s way 1. зам нийлэх. 2. тохирох, таарах. Things certainly seems to be going our \way. Бүх зүйл бидний төлөвлөсөнд таарч байна. go the way of all flesh бусадтай л адил амьдрах гэж явах. have a way with sb/ sth хүнтэй нийцтэй, бусдын ая эвийг олчихдог. in a bad way өвчтэй буюу хүнд байдалд байгаа. in a big/ small way их/ бага хэмжээгээр. in one`s own way/ time цагтаа цалгиж. make one`s way урагшлах, давших, амжилт олох. (there are) no two ways about it илт, тодорхой, өөр замгүй. no way яагаад ч үгүй, яах чаргагүй. one way and another яаж ч үзсэн, бүгдийг тооцож үзээд. one way or another ямар ч байсан, ямар нэгэн аргаар. We must finish the job this week one \way or another. Яадаг ч байсан энэ долоо хоногт бид ажлаа дуусгах ёстой. make way (for sb/ sth) зам тавьж өгөх. look other way нүдээ аниад өнгөрөх, хэлээ хазаад өнгөрөх. be/ get/ stand in sb`s way саад болох, замыг нь таглах. on one`s/ the way замдаа, замаараа. on the way удахгүй төрөх. She has two children and another one on the \way. Тэр хоёр хүүхэдтэйгээс гадна удахгүй бас нэг хүүхэдтэй болно. on the way out 1. гарч явахдаа, гарч явах үедээ. 2. хоцрогдож байгаа (маяг, загвар). the other way round 1. эсрэг талд, эсрэгээр. 2. тэс өөрөөр. out of the way 1. хотоос алсад, бөглүү. A tiny out-of-the-\way village in the Cornwall. Корнуэлл дэх бөглүү бяцхан суурин. 2. ер бусын, сонин хачин. 3. гүйцсэн, дууссан. to go out of one`s way (to do sth) махран зүтгэх. in a way;in one way;in some ways зарим талаар, ямар нэг хэмжээгээр. In some \way, I can understand why she wants to move. Тэр бүсгүй ямар учраас нүүх гээд байгааг би зарим талаар ойлгож л байна. see which way the wind is blowing байдлыг харах, салхи хаашаа үлээхийг харзнах. that`s the way cookie crumbles өөрчлөх аргагүй нөхцөл байдал. to my way of thinking миний бодлоор бол. be/ get under way биелэгдэх, биелж буй, хийгдэж байгаа. lose one's way төөрөх. a/ sb` way of life амьдралын хэм. the way of the world хорвоогийн жам. that`s the \way of world тэр бол хорвоогийн жам/ энэ бол амьдрал. ways and means бүх л арга зам. where there`s a will, there`s a way санаж явбал бүтнэ. work one`s way through sth дуустал нь хийх, гүйцээх. work one`s way through college сурахын хажуугаар ажил хийх. work one`s way up байнга дэвших. He worked his \way up from junior clerk to sales director. Тэр туслах ажилтнаас худалдааны асуудал эрхэлсэн захирал болтлоо ажилласан юм. way adv. үлэмж, тун, нэн. This skirt is \way too long. Энэ банзал тун урт юм. way back аль дээр, эртнээс. I first met him \way back in the fifties. Би аль тавиад онд түүнтэй анх таарсан юм. way out ер бусын, жигтэй сонин, гайхамшигтай. \way clothes сонин хачин хувцас хунар. -
4 give way
1.возвращаться: — German troops were giving way before our cannon fire.— Немецкие войска отступали перед огнем наших пушек.—рассказывает дедушка Мика о своем участии во Второй мировой войне; 2. освобождать, очищать/ — Please give way before the door.— Пожалуйста, освободите место перед дверью, а то она не откроется,— говорит Джейн своему племяннику и его соседскому приятелю, которые устроили игру в комнате и забаррикадировали дверь игрушками; 3. терять контроль, терять терпение или присутствия духа: Although she was very frightened she didn 't give way during the flood.— Во время наводнения она хоть и была ужасно напугана, тем не менее не теряла присутствия духа; 3. уступать: Mick and John kept asking Jane's mother if Jane could go with them and the woman finally gave way.— Мик и Джон все время уговаривали маму Джейн отпустить дочь вместе с ними и, в конце концов женщина сдалась; 4. разрушаться, падать, рушиться: The dam gave way.— И плотина рухнула.English-Russian slang from the book M. Goldenkova "Caution, hot dog" > give way
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5 ♦ head
♦ head /hɛd/A n.1 (anat.) testa; capo; ( per estens.) testa, cervello, mente: He struck me on the head, mi ha colpito sulla testa; a head of hair, una (bella) testa di capelli; Your brother is taller than you by a head, tuo fratello ti supera di tutta la testa; to lower (o to bow) one's head, abbassare il capo; He's a hot head, è una testa calda; Use your head!, usa la testa (o il cervello)!; to keep a cool head, saper tenere la testa a posto; avere il sangue freddo; to enter sb. 's head, passare per la testa; to hang one's head ( in shame), abbassare la testa, stare a capo chino ( per la vergogna); to bend one's head, chinare il capo ( anche fig.); to toss one's head, scuotere la testa; scrollare il capo; to put an idea into sb. 's head, mettere un'idea in testa a q.; to put st. out of one's head, togliersi qc. dalla mente; to shake one's head, scuotere il capo (in segno di diniego, di disapprovazione, o di meraviglia)2 ( di un oggetto) testa; capo; capocchia; cima; estremità; punta; ( di un letto) capezzale, testata, testiera: the head of an arrow, la punta d'una freccia; the head of a nail [of a hammer], la testa d'un chiodo [d'un martello]; the head of a pier, l'estremità d'un molo; (naut.) the head of a mast, la cima di un albero; the head of a pin, la capocchia d'uno spillo; cylinder head, testa del cilindro; at the head of the page, in capo (o in cima) alla pagina; at the head of a staircase, in cima alle scale; at the head of the table, a capotavola3 (geogr.) capo; promontorio; fonte; inizio ( d'un lago); sorgente, capo ( di un fiume): Beachy Head, Capo Beachy; at the head of the lake, all'inizio del lago; in cima al lago ( dove entra l'immissario)4 persona a capo, alla testa (di qc.); capo; dirigente: department head, caporeparto; to be at the head of an army [of a business], essere alla testa di un esercito [di un'azienda]; head of household, capofamiglia7 (inv. al pl.) capo, capi ( di bestiame); testa ( contando persone): 50 head of cattle, 50 capi di bovini; We were given 5 dollars a head, ricevemmo 5 dollari a testa8 (bot.) capolino; cesto; cespo; palla: a clover head, un capolino di trifoglio; a head of lettuce, un cespo di lattuga10 fondo: the head of a barrel [of a cask], il fondo d'un barile [d'una botte]; the heads of a drum, i fondi (o le pelli) d'un tamburo14 (fig.) crisi decisiva (o finale); punto di massima tensione: Matters are in danger of coming to a head, c'è il pericolo che la situazione precipiti (o che giunga alla crisi finale)15 (mecc. dei fluidi, = pressure head) altezza piezometrica; prevalenza, pressione di mandata ( dell'acqua o del vapore)16 (fam.) mal di testa (spec. conseguente a una sbornia): Boy, do I have a head!, mamma mia, che mal di testa!17 (ind. min.) galleria21 (naut.) prora, prua: The ship was head to the wind, la nave aveva la prua controvento (o era alla cappa)27 (volg.) pene eretto; orgasmo29 (pl.) testa ( di una moneta): Heads or tails?, testa o croce?; (fig.) Heads I win, tails you lose, comunque vadano le cose, io ci guadagno e tu ci perdiB a. attr.1 capo; principale; primo: the head waiter, il capo cameriere; our head office, il nostro ufficio principale; la nostra sede centrale; DIALOGO → - On the phone- She's visiting our head office in Glasgow, è in visita presso la nostra sede centrale di Glasgow3 di testa; situato in testa● head and shoulders, di tutta la testa e delle spalle; (fig.) di gran lunga: She is head and shoulders above her classmates, è di gran lunga superiore ai suoi compagni di classe □ head-and-shoulder photograph, fotografia formato tessera □ (in GB) head boy, studente anziano che rappresenta la scuola (in una scuola privata è il capo dei ► «prefects», def. 2); capitano della scuola □ head butt ► headbutt □ head case ► headcase □ head clerk, capoufficio, capo ufficio □ head coach, ( calcio) commissario tecnico; ( pallavolo) allenatore in prima □ head count ► headcount □ head first, a testa avanti, a capo in giù, a capofitto; (fig.) a precipizio, avventatamente; ( di un feto) dalla parte della testa: to dive head first, tuffarsi di testa □ (in GB) head girl, studentessa anziana che rappresenta la scuola (in una scuola privata è il capo delle ► «prefects», def. 2); capitana della scuola □ ( sport) head guard, casco □ head job, incarico direttivo; (volg. USA) sesso orale; bocchino, pompino (volg.) □ (zool.) head louse ( Pediculus humanus capitis), pidocchio dei capelli □ head-money, taglia ( su un bandito); = head tax ► sotto □ (comput.) head mounted display, casco virtuale; casco visore □ head note, nota in testa a un capitolo; (mus.) nota di testa □ (med.) head nurse, caposala; infermiera capo □ (fam.) head of cauliflower, palla di cavolo □ (polit.) head of state, capo di Stato □ ( sport) head of the race, testa della corsa □ (fam.) to… one's head off, fare qc. ( gridare, ridere, parlare, ecc.) in modo sfrenato, a tutto spiano, come un matto: The baby was screaming his head off, il bambino urlava a pieni polmoni; to laugh one's head off, ridere come un matto □ head-on, (avv.) a testa avanti; frontalmente; (fig.) a viso aperto, con determinazione; (agg.) frontale; (fig.) a viso aperto, duro: The two cars collided head-on, le due auto si sono scontrate frontalmente; We must address the problem head-on, dobbiamo affrontare con determinazione il problema (o non dobbiamo girare intorno al problema); a head-on collision, (autom.) una collisione (o uno scontro) frontale; a head-on confrontation, un confronto a viso aperto □ head over heels, capovolto, sulla testa, a gambe all'aria □ head over heels in love with sb., innamorato cotto di q. □ head-page, prima pagina ( di un libro) □ head porter, portiere capo, primo portiere ( d'albergo, ecc.) □ ( vela) head reaching, bolina stretta ( una delle andature) □ (naut.) head sea, mare di prua □ ( sport e fig.) head start, vantaggio iniziale □ head tax, tassa pro capite; testatico □ head teacher, preside ( di scuola) □ head-to-head, (sost.) confronto (o duello) serrato; testa a testa; (agg. e avv.) testa contro testa; serrato, ai ferri corti: a head-to-head battle, uno scontro ai ferri corti □ head tube, tubo del manubrio, tubo di sterzo ( di bicicletta) □ ( slang) head trip, viaggio ( di drogato), ‘trip’ □ head-turning, notevole; degno di nota; che non passa inosservato □ (aeron.) head-up display (abbr. HUD), visualizzatore ‘head up’ □ (mus.) head voice, registro di testa □ (idraul.) head water, acqua a monte □ (fam.) Heads will roll, rotolerà qualche testa!; qualcuno ci rimetterà il posto! □ to be at the head of the class, essere il primo della classe □ (fig.) to be banging (o beating, hitting) one's head against a brick wall, sbattere contro un muro □ (fig.) to bury one's head in the sand, nascondere la testa nella sabbia; fare lo struzzo □ (ipp.) by a head, di una testa □ to come to a head, ( di crisi, ecc.) raggiungere il culmine; precipitare; (med.: di foruncolo, ecc.) suppurare □ (fam. GB) to do sb. 's head in, fare una testa così (o riempire la testa) a q. □ (naut.) ( down) by the head, appruato □ from head to foot (o to toe), da capo a piedi; da cima a fondo □ (fam.) to get one's head down, concentrarsi, metterci la testa dentro (fam.); (GB anche) dormire □ to get one's head round st., capire qc.; ( anche) farsi una ragione di qc. □ to give sb. sb. 's head, dare carta bianca, dare mano libera a q.: The boss finally gave us our head, alla fine il capo ci diede carta bianca □ (fam.) to go off one's head, uscire di testa; andare fuori di testa □ to go over sb. 's head, andare al di là delle capacità di comprensione di q., essere troppo difficile per q.; ( anche) scavalcare q., agire all'insaputa di (o senza consultare) q.: He went over my head to complain to the boss, mi scavalcò andando a reclamare dal capo □ to go to sb. 's head, dare alla testa a q.: Whisky [success] has gone to his head, il whisky [il successo] gli ha dato alla testa □ to have a big head, avere la testa grossa; (fig.) essere presuntuoso □ (fig.) to have a (good) head on one's shoulders, avere la testa sul collo □ to have a good head for, essere portato per; avere il bernoccolo di: My brother has a good head for business, mio fratello ha il bernoccolo degli affari □ to keep one's head, non perdere la testa; mantenere la calma □ to keep one's head above water, restare a galla (fig.) □ (fig.) to keep one's head down, non dare nell'occhio; tenersi in disparte; rimanere defilato □ (fam.) to knock st. on the head, mandare qc. all'aria (un progetto, ecc.) □ to lose one's head, perdere la testa □ to make head, far progressi; avanzare □ to make head against sb., tener testa a q.; opporre resistenza a q. □ (fam.) to be off (o out of) one's head, essere fuori di testa; essere pazzo □ (fam.) off the top of one's head, a braccio, improvvisando: DIALOGO → - Moving house- Not off the top of my head, non così su due piedi □ (fig.) an old head on young shoulders, una persona saggia benché giovane □ out of one's own head, di testa propria □ to put one's heads together, collaborare; unire le forze □ (fig.) standing on one's head, a occhi chiusi, senza alcuna difficoltà □ to take it into one's head to do st., mettersi in testa di fare qc. □ to talk over (o above) sb. 's head, parlare in modo troppo difficile per q.; parlare senza farsi capire □ to turn sb. 's head, far girare la testa a q., attrarre, far innamorare q.; ( anche) montare la testa a q.: Success hadn't turned his head, il successo non gli aveva montato la testa (o non gli aveva dato alla testa) □ to turn heads, attirare l'attenzione; non passare inosservato □ to be unable to make head or tail of st., non riuscire a trovare il bandolo di qc.; non saperci trovare né capo né coda; non capirci un'acca: I couldn't make head nor tail of his speech, non ho capito un'acca del suo intervento □ to be weak in the head, avere poco sale in zucca; avere scarso comprendonio (fam.) □ (prov.) Two heads are better than one, due teste sono meglio di una.♦ (to) head /hɛd/A v. t.1 capeggiare; capitanare; guidare; mettersi (o essere) a capo di; essere in testa a: to head a revolt, capeggiare una rivolta; to head an army, capitanare un esercito; to head an expedition, essere a capo di una spedizione; to head the government, guidare il governo; fare il primo ministro3 intestare; intitolare: to head a letter, intestare una lettera; to head a chapter, intitolare un capitolo6 condurre; dirigereB v. i.1 dirigersi a: The explorer headed eastward, l'esploratore si diresse a oriente; to head for one's destination, dirigersi alla propria meta● to head one's class, essere il primo della classe □ to head home, dirigersi verso casa. -
6 ♦ voice
♦ voice /vɔɪs/n.1 voce: to have a hoarse [high-pitched] voice, avere una voce rauca [acuta]; ( di un cantante, ecc.) to have a good voice, avere una bella voce; in a firm voice, con voce ferma; in a flat (o monotonous) voice, con voce monotona; in a quiet (o small) voice, a voce bassa; a clear voice, una voce chiara; a shrill voice, una voce acuta; a familiar voice, una voce nota; a harsh voice, una voce aspra; a husky voice, una voce roca; a soft voice, una voce dolce (o delicata, soave); in a loud [low] voice, a voce alta [bassa]; in a deep [angry] voice, con voce profonda [arrabbiata]; in a commanding voice, in tono di comando; to drop (o lower) one's voice, abbassare la voce; to raise one's voice, alzare la voce; to keep one's voice down, parlare più a bassa voce; to lose one's voice, perdere la voce (o essere senza voce); She knew from his tone of voice that something had happened, ha capito dal suo tono di voce che era successo qualcosa; She has a beautiful speaking [singing] voice, ha una voce molto gradevole quando parla [canta]2 (fig.) voce; portavoce: He's the voice of reason [experience], è la voce della ragione [dell'esperienza]; The organization is the voice of the urban poor, l'organizzazione è portavoce dei poveri delle città3 (fig.) voce; diritto di esprimersi: The charity works to give a voice to the poor and dispossessed, l'organizzazione benefica lavora per dar voce ai poveri e ai diseredati; to give voice to, esprimere; sfogare: The employees finally gave voice to their dissatisfaction, i dipendenti hanno finito per esprimere il loro malcontento; to have a voice [no voice] in st., avere [non avere] voce in capitolo in qc.: Local people should have a voice in any development, la gente del posto dovrebbe aver voce in capitolo in qualsiasi progetto edilizio; Election fraud has robbed the people of their voice, la frode elettorale ha derubato il popolo del suo diritto di esprimersi; to make one's voice heard, far sentire la propria opinione5 (fon.) suono sonoro● (fam.) voice box, laringe □ ( Bibbia) a voice crying in the wilderness, ‘vox clamans in deserto’ (lat.); (fig.) uno che parla al vento □ (fam. USA) voice line-up, confronto all'americana delle voci registrate di persone sospette □ ( Internet) voice mail ► voicemail □ ( USA) voice mailbox, casella vocale □ (comput.) voice message, messaggio vocale □ (comput.) voice messaging, messaggistica vocale □ the voice of the cuckoo, il verso del cuculo □ (cinem., TV) voice-off, voce fuori campo ( di personaggio non inquadrato) □ (elettron.) voice-activated [operated], a comando vocale □ (comput.) voice output, uscita vocale □ (cinem., TV) voice-over, voce fuori campo ( di narratore, ecc.) □ (comput.) voice processing, elaborazione elettronica della voce □ (comput.) voice recognition, riconoscimento vocale □ (comput.) voice response, risposta vocale □ (polit.) voice vote, votazione per appello nominale (o per chiamata) □ ( di un cantante, ecc.) to be in good voice, essere in voce □ not to be in good voice, essere giù di voce □ at the top of one's voice, a squarciagola □ (mus.) a song for three voices, una canzone a tre voci □ with one voice, a una voce; all'unanimità □ ( di un ragazzo) His voice is breaking, sta cambiando voce; gli sta venendo la voce da uomo □ He likes the sound of his voice, gli piace sentirsi parlare.(to) voice /vɔɪs/v. t.1 dare voce a; esprimere: to voice one's anger [concern], esprimere la propria rabbia [preoccupazione]; Please voice your doubts if you have any, formulate i vostri dubbi, se ne avete -
7 give up somebody as a bad job
give up somebody/something as a bad job махнуть рукой на кого-либо/что-либо (бросить, отказаться делать)I could not persuade him to practise the piano, and finally gave it up as a bad job.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > give up somebody as a bad job
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8 give up something as a bad job
give up somebody/something as a bad job махнуть рукой на кого-либо/что-либо (бросить, отказаться делать)I could not persuade him to practise the piano, and finally gave it up as a bad job.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > give up something as a bad job
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9 give way
уступать; сдаться; идти на поводуI never give way to my children when they want me to buy them sweets.
Billy kept asking his mother if he could go to the movies and she finally gave way.
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10 ticker
n1) dated infml2) slHe tapped the left side of his chest. "Ticker" — Он постучал по левой стороне груди. "Мотор барахлит"
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11 you can't fight city hall
expr AmE infmlI finally gave up. You can't fight city hall — Я, наконец, сдался. Бюрократов все равно не прошибешь
You can't fight city hall. Pay the parking ticket and forget it — Ты тут ничего не докажешь. Плати штраф за стоянку в неположенном месте и все
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > you can't fight city hall
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12 pressing
pressing ['presɪŋ](a) (urgent → appointment, business, debt) urgent;∎ the matter is pressing c'est une affaire urgente;∎ there is a pressing need for action il faut agir vite(b) (insistent → demand, danger, need) pressant;∎ at her pressing invitation, we agreed to go devant son insistance, nous avons accepté d'y aller(c) (imminent → danger) imminent2 noun(c) (insistence) insistance f;∎ after much pressing from me, he finally gave in j'ai tellement insisté qu'il a fini par céder -
13 Raky, Anton
SUBJECT AREA: Mining and extraction technology[br]b. 5 January 1868 Seelenberg, Taunus, Germanyd. 22 August 1943 Berlin, Germany[br]German inventor of rapid percussion drilling, entrepreneur in the exploration business.[br]While apprenticed at the drilling company of E. Przibilla, Raky already called attention by his reflections towards developing drilling methods and improving tools. Working as a drilling engineer in Alsace, he was extraordinarily successful in applying an entire new hydraulic boring system in which the rod was directly connected to the chisel. This apparatus, driven by steam, allowed extremely rapid percussions with very low lift.With some improvements, his boring rig drilled deep holes at high speed and at least doubled the efficiency of the methods hitherto used. His machine, which was also more reliable, was secured by a patent in 1895. With borrowed capital, he founded the Internationale Bohrgesellschaft in Strasbourg in the same year, and he began a career in the international exploration business that was unequalled as well as breathtaking. Until 1907 the total depth of the drillings carried out by the company was 1,000 km.Raky's rapid drilling was unrivalled and predominant until improved rotary drilling took over. His commercial sense in exploiting the technical advantages of his invention by combining drilling with producing the devices in his own factory at Erkelenz, which later became the headquarters of the company, and in speculating on the concessions for the explored deposits made him by far superior to all of his competitors, who were provoked into contests which they generally lost. His flourishing company carried out drilling in many parts of the world; he became the initiator of the Romanian oil industry and his extraordinary activities in exploring potash and coal deposits in different parts of Germany, especially in the Ruhr district, provoked the government in 1905 into stopping granting claims to private companies. Two years later, he was forced to withdraw from his holding company because of his restless and eccentric character. He turned to Russia and, during the First World War, he was responsible for the reconstruction of the destroyed Romanian oilfields. Thereafter, partly financed by mining companies, he continued explorations in several European countries, and in Germany he was pioneering again with exploring oilfields, iron ore and lignite deposits which later grew in economic value. Similar to Glenck a generation before, he was a daring entrepreneur who took many risks and opened new avenues of exploration, and he was constantly having to cope with a weak financial position, selling concessions and shares, most of them to Preussag and Wintershall; however, this could not prevent his business from collapse in 1932. He finally gave up drilling in 1936 and died a poor man.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsDr-Ing. (Hon.) Bergakademie Clausthal 1921.Further ReadingG.P.R.Martin, 1967, "Hundert Jahre Anton Raky", Erdöl-Erdgas-Zeitschrift, 83:416–24 (a detailed description).D.Hoffmann, 1959, 150 Jahre Tiefbohrungen in Deutschland, Vienna and Hamburg: 32– 4 (an evaluation of his technologial developments).WK -
14 quiet
1. adjective1) (not making very much, or any, noise; without very much, or any, noise: Tell the children to be quiet; It's very quiet out in the country; a quiet person.) tranquilo; silencioso; callado2) (free from worry, excitement etc: I live a very quiet life.) tranquilo, relajado, calmado3) (without much movement or activity; not busy: We'll have a quiet afternoon watching television.) tranquilo4) ((of colours) not bright.) discreto
2. noun(a state, atmosphere, period of time etc which is quiet: In the quiet of the night; All I want is peace and quiet.) tranquilidad, calma
3. verb((especially American: often with down) to quieten.) calmar(se)- quieten- quietly
- quietness
- keep quiet about
- on the quiet
quiet1 adj1. tranquilo2. silencioso3. calladobe quiet! ¡cállate!quiet2 n tranquilidad / silenciotr['kwaɪət]1 (silent) callado,-a, silencioso,-a2 (peaceful, calm) tranquilo,-a, sosegado,-a3 SMALLFINANCE/SMALL apagado,-a, poco activo,-a4 (unobtrusive) callado,-a, reservado,-a5 (tranquil, without fuss) tranquilo,-a1 (silence) silencio2 (calm) tranquilidad nombre femenino, calma, sosiego1 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL calmar, silenciar1 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL calmarse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLon the quiet a la chita callando, a hurtadillas, en secreto, sigilosamentequiet v ['kwaɪət] vt1) silence: hacer callar, acallar2) calm: calmar, tranquilizarquiet vito quiet down : calmarse, tranquilizarsequiet adv: silenciosamentea quiet-running engine: un motor silenciosoquiet adj1) calm: tranquilo, calmoso2) mild: sosegado, suavea quiet disposition: un temperamento sosegado3) silent: silencioso4) unobtrusive: discreto5) secluded: aisladoa quiet nook: un rincón aislado♦ quietly advquiet n1) calm: calma f, tranquilidad f2) silence: silencio madj.• apagado, -a adj.• callado, -a adj.• calmoso, -a adj.• deslucido, -a adj.• encalmado, -a adj.• modoso, -a adj.• pacato, -a adj.• quedo, -a adj.• quieto, -a adj.• reposado, -a adj.• silencioso, -a adj.• sordo, -a adj.• sosegado, -a adj.• suave adj.• tranquilo, -a adj.n.• descanso s.m.• poso s.m.• quietud s.f.• reposo s.m.• silencio s.m.• sosiego s.m.• tranquilidad s.f.v.• acallar v.• allanar v.• aquietar v.• callar v.• calmar v.• silenciar v.• sosegar v.'kwaɪət
I
1)be quiet! — ( to one person) cállate!; ( to more than one person) cállense! or (Esp tb) callaros or callaos!, silencio!
he gave them money to keep them quiet — les pagó para que no hablasen or para que se callaran
he has a very quiet voice — habla muy bajo, tiene una voz muy suave
keep it quiet! — no hagan or (Esp tb) hagáis ruido!
c) ( not boisterous) < manner> tranquilo, sosegado2)a) ( peaceful) tranquiloI finally bought it for him: anything for a quiet life — al final se lo compré: con tal de que me dejara en paz...!
c) ( private) en privado
II
mass nouna) ( silence) silencio mon the quiet — a escondidas, con disimulo
b) (peace, tranquillity) tranquilidad f, calma f, sosiego m
III
1.
(AmE) transitive verba) ( silence) \<\<uproar/protests\>\> acallar; \<\<class\>\> hacer* callarb) ( calm) \<\<horse/person\>\> tranquilizar*; \<\<fear/suspicion\>\> disipar
2.
vi ( become calmer) \<\<person/animal\>\> tranquilizarse*; \<\<wind/storm\>\> amainar, calmarsePhrasal Verbs:['kwaɪǝt]1. ADJ(compar quieter) (superl quietest)1) (=not loud) [engine] silencioso; [music] tranquilo, suave; [tone] bajo, quedo liter; [laughter] suave2) (=silent)a) [person] callado•
to be quiet — estar calladobe quiet! — ¡cállate!, ¡silencio!
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to go quiet — quedarse calladoto keep sb quiet: they paid him £1,000 to keep him quiet — le pagaron 1000 libras para que se callara
b)to keep sth quiet: keep it quiet — no se lo digas a nadie
the government has tried to keep the matter quiet — el gobierno ha intentado mantener el asunto en secreto
c) [place] silenciosoisn't it quiet! — ¡qué silencio!
3) (=peaceful, not busy) [life, night, village, area] tranquilothe shops will be quieter today — las tiendas estarán más tranquilas hoy, hoy habrá menos jaleo en las tiendas
4) (=calm, placid) [person] callado; [temperament] tranquilo, sosegado; [dog, horse] manso5) (=discreet) [manner, decor, style] discreto; [clothes, dress] discreto, no llamativo; [colour] suave, apagado; [despair] callado; [optimism] comedido; [ceremony] íntimowith quiet humour he said... — con un humor discreto dijo...
we had a quiet lunch/supper — comimos/cenamos en la intimidad
it was a quiet funeral/wedding — el funeral/la boda se celebró en la intimidad
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to have a quiet dig at sb — burlarse discretamente de algn•
we had a quiet laugh over it — nos reímos en privado•
I'll have a quiet word with him — hablaré discretamente con él2. N1) (=silence) silencio m•
on the quiet — a escondidas2) (=peacefulness) tranquilidad fpeacethere was a period of quiet after the fighting — hubo un periodo de tranquilidad tras los enfrentamientos
3.VT(US) = quieten 1.4.VI(US) = quieten 2.* * *['kwaɪət]
I
1)be quiet! — ( to one person) cállate!; ( to more than one person) cállense! or (Esp tb) callaros or callaos!, silencio!
he gave them money to keep them quiet — les pagó para que no hablasen or para que se callaran
he has a very quiet voice — habla muy bajo, tiene una voz muy suave
keep it quiet! — no hagan or (Esp tb) hagáis ruido!
c) ( not boisterous) < manner> tranquilo, sosegado2)a) ( peaceful) tranquiloI finally bought it for him: anything for a quiet life — al final se lo compré: con tal de que me dejara en paz...!
c) ( private) en privado
II
mass nouna) ( silence) silencio mon the quiet — a escondidas, con disimulo
b) (peace, tranquillity) tranquilidad f, calma f, sosiego m
III
1.
(AmE) transitive verba) ( silence) \<\<uproar/protests\>\> acallar; \<\<class\>\> hacer* callarb) ( calm) \<\<horse/person\>\> tranquilizar*; \<\<fear/suspicion\>\> disipar
2.
vi ( become calmer) \<\<person/animal\>\> tranquilizarse*; \<\<wind/storm\>\> amainar, calmarsePhrasal Verbs: -
15 give out
phrvi infml1)The engine spluttered ominously as the petrol was giving out — Двигатель зловеще зачихал, так как бензин кончался
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16 chuck
̈ɪtʃʌk I
1. сущ., тех.
1) зажимный патрон;
держатель( на токарном станке, электродрели и т.п.)
2) кулачки зажимного патрона (тж. chuck jaw) magnetic chuck ≈ магнитный зажим Syn: chock I
1.
2. гл.;
тех. обрабатывать( на сверлильном, токарном станке и т.п.), зажав в патроне деталь или инструмент II
1. сущ.
1) а) резкий, неожиданный не очень сильный удар, хлопок, толчок;
бросок Syn: toss
1., jerk I
1. б) неожиданный легкий хлопок снизу вверх по нижней челюсти или подбородку Syn: tap II
1.
2) разг. увольнение, отставка;
отказ All the old buddies gave the chuck as well. ≈ Даже все его старые приятели перестали с ним общаться. Syn: dismissal, repudiation
4) а) (сокр. от) = chuck-farthing б) шарик или круглый камешек для игры в шарики (тж. chuckstone) Syn: taw I
2. гл.
1) а) (легонько) бросить;
кинуть;
швырнуть He chucked a pebble at me. ≈ Он бросил в меня камешек. toss
2. б) выкинуть, выбросить (тж. перен. - с up) I chucked my old T-shirt for it was badly worn. ≈ Я выбросил свою старую майку, так как она была изрядно поношена. His old girlfriend chucked him finally. ≈ Его старая подружка наконец бросила его. throw away, discard
2.
2) разг. выгнать, выставить;
уволить (тж. c out, off, out of) ;
исключить( из школы и т. п.) Poor was chucked out right on his birthday. ≈ Беднягу Билли выгнали как раз в день его рождения. Syn: dismiss
1., oust
3) (ласково) потрепывать, трепать;
похлопывать All the sweet girls we used to chuck under the chin - where are they now? ≈ Все те милые девушки, что мы трепали по подбородку - где они теперь? Syn: pat I
2., tap II
2.
4) играть в орлянку ∙ chuck away chuck down chuck in chuck off chuck out chuck together chuck up chuck it! разг. ≈ молчи!;
перестань! to chuck one's hand in ≈ сдаться;
признать себя побежденным to chuck oneself at ≈ стараться завоевать любовь кого-л. to chuck down one's tools ≈ бастовать to chuck in one's cards /hand ≈ прекращать играть в карты to chuck one's weight about ≈ держаться надменно to chuck one's money about, chuck one's money around ≈ бросать деньги на ветер to chuck in the towel, chuck up the sponge ≈ признавать поражение III
1. сущ.
1) квохтанье, кудахтанье а) (домашней птицы) Syn: cackle
1., cluck
1. б) (звуки, издаваемые человеком, созывающего птиц)
2) звук, издаваемый наездником или кучером для понукания лошади
3) ласк. а) цыпочка, лапочка, душка (как обращение к любимым, детям и т.д.) б) дружище, старина (между старыми закадычными друзьями) Syn: chum I
1.
2. гл.
1) а) кудахтать, квохтать ( о домашней птице) Syn: cackle
2., cluck
2. б) кудахтая, скликать домашнюю птицу
2) понукать лошадь
3. межд. гули-гули!;
цып-цып! IV сущ.
1) спец. зарез, шея, лопатка( коровьей туши)
2) сл. пищa, жратва, хавка chuck wagon V сущ., диал.
1) полено, чурбак, чурка
2) большой шмат, кусок (мяса, хлеба и т. п.) ∙ Syn: lump
1. клохтанье( курицы) (диалектизм) цыпленок( ласкательное) цыпочка, цыпленок, детка клохтать( о курице) скликать (домашнюю птицу) понукать (лошадь) цып-цып! бросок;
рывок;
кидание;
откидывание похлопывание - he gave the baby a * under the chin он пощекотал ребенка под подбородком круглый камешек чакс, игра в камешки сокр. от chuck-farthing (разговорное) увольнение - to get the * оказаться выброшенным на улицу - to give smb. the * выгнать кого-л с работы;
дать кому-л отставку - she gave her boyfriend the * она дала отставку своему дружку (редкое) полностью, доверху;
битком( редкое) прямо, прямым попаданием;
в лоб( разговорное) бросать;
кидать;
швырять - * me the ball! кинь мне мячик! (разговорное) бросать, отказываться от - to * work бросить работу - to * a boyfriend перестать дружить, дать отставку дружку ( разговорное) (ласково) похлопывать, трепать - to * under the chin пощекотать под подбородком (разговорное) выгонять - to * smb. out of a restaurant вышибить кого-л. из ресторана (разговорное) играть в орлянку > * it! перестань!, брось!, замолчи! > to * one's weight about держаться надменно, важничать (сленг) жратва, пища - hard * (морское) сухари (американизм) (сленг) деньги полено, чурбан( разговорное) ломоть;
большой кусок, кус крупная глыба( руды, угля) (специальное) шея;
лопатка (разделанной туши) (техническое) зажим;
патрон (зажимный) ;
планшайба;
держатель - air * пневматический патрон - * jaw кулачок( зажимного) патрона (техническое) зажимать, обрабатывать в патроне chuck = chuck-farthing ~ бросать, швырять ~ тех. зажимать, обрабатывать в патроне ~ тех. зажимный патрон ~ кудахтанье ~ кудахтать ~ ласково похлопывать, трепать (under) ;
to chuck under the chin потрепать по подбородку ~ жарг. пища, еда;
hard chuck мор. сухари ~ подергивание (головой) ~ понукать лошадь ~ скликать домашнюю птицу ~ разг. увольнение;
to give (smb.) the chuck уволить (кого-л.) ;
порвать отношения( с кем-л.) ~!, ~! цып-цып! ~!, ~! цып-цып! ~ цыпленок ~ ласк. цыпочка ~ attr. тех.: chuck jaw кулачок зажимного патрона ~ away тратить понапрасну, терять ~ away упускать (возможность) ~ up бросать (дело, службу и т. п.) ;
chuck it! разг. молчи!;
перестань! ~ attr. тех.: chuck jaw кулачок зажимного патрона to ~ one's hand in сдаться;
признать себя побежденным to ~ one's weight about держаться надменно ~ out выгонять;
выводить, выставлять( беспокойного посетителя из комнаты, общественного места) ~ ласково похлопывать, трепать (under) ;
to chuck under the chin потрепать по подбородку ~ up бросать (дело, службу и т. п.) ;
chuck it! разг. молчи!;
перестань! chuck = chuck-farthing chuck-farthing: chuck-farthing игра в орлянку ~ разг. увольнение;
to give (smb.) the chuck уволить (кого-л.) ;
порвать отношения (с кем-л.) ~ жарг. пища, еда;
hard chuck мор. сухари -
17 start
start [stɑ:t]commencement ⇒ 1 (a) début ⇒ 1 (a) départ ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b) avance ⇒ 1 (c) sursaut ⇒ 1 (d) commencer ⇒ 2 (a), 3 (a), 3 (c) amorcer ⇒ 2 (a) déclencher ⇒ 2 (b) démarrer ⇒ 2 (d), 3 (d), 3 (f) se mettre en marche ⇒ 3 (d) créer ⇒ 2 (f) installer ⇒ 2 (g) débuter ⇒ 3 (b) partir ⇒ 3 (e) sursauter ⇒ 3 (g)1 noun(a) (beginning → gen) commencement m, début m; (→ of inquiry) ouverture f; (of journey, race) départ m;∎ it's the start of a new era c'est le début ou le commencement d'une ère nouvelle;∎ the start of the school year la rentrée scolaire;∎ the start of the footpath is marked by an arrow le début du sentier est signalé par une flèche;∎ £5 isn't much, but it's a start 5 livres ce n'est pas grand-chose, mais c'est un début;∎ I've cleaned the kitchen - well, it's a start j'ai nettoyé la cuisine - eh bien, c'est déjà ça;∎ things are off to a bad/good start ça commence mal/bien, c'est mal/bien parti;∎ my new boss and I didn't get off to a very good start dès le début, mes rapports avec mon nouveau patron ont été un peu difficiles;∎ it was a good/bad start to the day la journée commençait bien/mal;∎ it was an inauspicious start to his presidency c'était un début peu prometteur pour sa présidence;∎ to get a good start in life prendre un bon départ dans la vie ou l'existence;∎ we want an education that will give our children a good start nous voulons une éducation qui donne à nos enfants des bases solides;∎ a second honeymoon will give us a fresh start une deuxième lune de miel nous fera repartir d'un bon pied;∎ the programme will give ex-prisoners a fresh or new start (in life) le programme va donner aux anciens détenus une seconde chance (dans la vie);∎ to make or to get an early start (gen) commencer de bonne heure; (on journey) partir de bonne heure;∎ to make a start on sth commencer qch;∎ I've made a good start on my Christmas shopping j'ai déjà fait une bonne partie de mes achats de Noël;∎ I was lonely at the start au début je me sentais seule;∎ at the start of the war au début de la guerre;∎ at the very start au tout début;∎ (right) from the start dès le début ou commencement;∎ the trip was a disaster from start to finish le voyage a été un désastre d'un bout à l'autre;∎ I laughed from start to finish j'ai ri du début à la fin;∎ the project was ill-conceived from start to finish le projet était mal conçu de bout en bout∎ they are lined up for or at the start ils sont sur la ligne de départ;∎ where's the start of the rally? où est le départ du rallye?;∎ wait for the start attendez le signal de départ(c) (lead, advance) avance f;∎ she has two hours' start or a two-hour start on us elle a une avance de deux heures sur nous;∎ he gave him 20 metres' start or a 20-metre start il lui a accordé une avance de 20 mètres;∎ our research gives us a start over our competitors nos recherches nous donnent de l'avance sur nos concurrents;∎ to have a start on sb être en avance sur qn∎ she woke up with a start elle s'est réveillée en sursaut;∎ with a start, I recognized my own handwriting j'ai eu un sursaut quand j'ai reconnu ma propre écriture;∎ he gave a start il a tressailli, il a sursauté;∎ to give sb a start faire sursauter ou tressaillir qn;∎ you gave me such a start! tu m'as fait une de ces peurs!∎ I've started the first chapter (write) j'ai commencé (à écrire) le premier chapitre; (read) j'ai commencé (à lire) le premier chapitre;∎ to start doing or to do sth commencer à ou se mettre à faire qch;∎ it's starting to rain il commence à pleuvoir;∎ it had just started raining or to rain when I left il venait juste de commencer à pleuvoir quand je suis parti;∎ she started driving or to drive again a month after her accident elle a recommencé à conduire ou elle s'est remise à conduire un mois après son accident;∎ to start school (for the first time) commencer l'école; (after holidays) rentrer à ou reprendre l'école;∎ she started her speech with a quotation from the Bible elle a commencé son discours par une citation de la Bible;∎ I started my investigation with a visit to Carl j'ai commencé mon enquête par une visite chez Carl;∎ they started the year with a deficit ils ont commencé l'année avec un déficit;∎ he started work at sixteen il a commencé à travailler à seize ans;∎ when do you start your new job? quand commencez-vous votre nouveau travail?;∎ he started life as a delivery boy il débuta dans la vie comme garçon livreur;∎ frogs start life as tadpoles les grenouilles commencent par être des têtards;∎ go ahead and start lunch without me allez-y, vous pouvez commencer (à déjeuner) sans moi;∎ I like to finish anything I start j'aime aller au bout de tout ce que j'entreprends;∎ I think I'm starting a cold je crois que j'ai attrapé un rhume;∎ to get started (person → on task) commencer, s'y mettre; (→ on journey) partir, se mettre en route; (→ in career) débuter, démarrer;∎ I got started on the dishes j'ai commencé la vaisselle;∎ shall we get started on the washing-up? si on attaquait la vaisselle?;∎ to help sb get started in life aider qn à démarrer dans la vie;∎ let's get started! allons-y!;∎ once he gets started there's no stopping him une fois lancé, il n'y a pas moyen de l'arrêter;∎ I need a coffee to get me started in the morning j'ai besoin d'un café pour commencer la journée(b) (initiate, instigate → reaction, revolution, process) déclencher; (→ fashion) lancer; (→ violence) déclencher, provoquer; (→ conversation, discussion) engager, amorcer; (→ rumour) faire naître;∎ her article started the controversy son article a été à l'origine de la controverse;∎ to start legal proceedings engager une action en justice;∎ which side started the war? quel camp a déclenché la guerre?;∎ you started it c'est toi qui as commencé;∎ it wasn't me who started the quarrel/the fight! ce n'est pas moi qui ai commencé la dispute/la bagarre!;∎ the breakup of the empire started the process of decline le démantèlement de l'empire a déclenché le processus de déclin;∎ to start a fire (in fireplace) allumer le feu; (campfire) faire du feu; (by accident, bomb) mettre le feu;∎ the fire was started by arsonists l'incendie a été allumé par des pyromanes;∎ familiar are you trying to start something? tu cherches la bagarre, ou quoi?(c) (cause to do → person) faire;∎ it started her (off) crying/laughing cela l'a fait pleurer/rire;∎ the news is going to start tongues wagging la nouvelle va faire jaser;∎ I'll start a team (working) on it right away je vais mettre une équipe là-dessus tout de suite;∎ if you start him on this subject he will never stop si vous le lancez sur ce sujet il ne tarira pas(d) (set in motion → motor, car) (faire) démarrer, mettre en marche; (→ machine, device) mettre en marche; (→ meal) mettre en route;∎ how do I start the tape (going)? comment est-ce que je dois faire pour mettre le magnétophone en marche?;∎ I couldn't get the car started je n'ai pas réussi à faire démarrer la voiture;∎ to start the printer again, press this key pour remettre en marche l'imprimante, appuyez sur cette touche(e) (begin using → bottle, pack) entamer(f) (establish, found → business, school, political party) créer, fonder; (→ restaurant, shop) ouvrir; (→ social programme) créer, instaurer;∎ to start a newspaper créer ou fonder un journal;∎ to start a family fonder un foyer(g) (person → in business, work) installer, établir;∎ he started his son in the family business il a fait entrer son fils dans l'entreprise familiale;∎ his election success started him on his political career son succès aux élections l'a lancé dans sa carrière d'homme politique;∎ they start new pilots on domestic flights ils font débuter les nouveaux pilotes sur les vols intérieurs∎ to start the race donner le signal du départ;∎ the referee blew his whistle to start the match l'arbitre siffla pour signaler le début du match∎ the movie starts at 8 o'clock le film commence à 20 heures;∎ when did the contractions start? quand les contractions ont-elles commencé?;∎ school starts on September 5th la rentrée a lieu ou les cours reprennent le 5 septembre;∎ our problems are just starting nos ennuis ne font que commencer;∎ before the New Year/the rainy season starts avant le début de l'année prochaine/de la saison des pluies;∎ before the cold weather starts avant qu'il ne commence à faire froid;∎ starting (from) next week à partir de la semaine prochaine;∎ to start again or afresh recommencer;∎ to start all over again, to start again from scratch recommencer à zéro;∎ calm down and start at the beginning calmez-vous et commencez par le commencement;∎ I didn't know where to start je ne savais pas par quel bout commencer;∎ she started with a joke/by introducing everyone elle a commencé par une plaisanterie/par faire les présentations;∎ I'd like to start by saying how pleased I am to be here tonight j'aimerais commencer par vous dire à quel point je suis heureux d'être parmi vous ce soir;∎ the book starts with a quotation le livre commence par une citation;∎ I'll have the soup to start (with) pour commencer, je prendrai du potage;∎ to start as one means to go on donner la mesure dès le début;∎ isn't it time you got a job? - don't YOU start! il serait peut-être temps que tu trouves du travail - tu ne vas pas t'y mettre, toi aussi!(b) (in career, job) débuter;∎ she started in personnel/as an assistant elle a débuté au service du personnel/comme assistante;∎ have you been working here long? - no, I've just started vous travaillez ici depuis longtemps? - non, je viens de commencer;∎ I start on $500 a week je débute à 500 dollars par semaine;∎ gymnasts have to start young les gymnastes doivent commencer jeunes∎ the neutral zone starts at the river la zone neutre commence à la rivière;∎ there's an arrow where the path starts il y a une flèche qui indique le début du sentier;∎ the bus route starts at the station la ligne de bus commence à la gare;∎ where does the tunnel start? où est l'entrée du tunnel?(d) (car, motor) démarrer, se mettre en marche;∎ the engines started with a roar les moteurs ont démarré en vrombissant;∎ why won't the car start? pourquoi la voiture ne veut-elle pas démarrer?∎ the tour starts at or from the town hall la visite part de la mairie;∎ I'll have to start for the airport soon il va bientôt falloir que je parte pour l'aéroport;∎ we start tomorrow nous partons demain;∎ the train was starting across or over the bridge le train commençait à traverser le pont ou s'engageait sur le pont;∎ she started along the path elle s'engagea sur le sentier;∎ Sport only four horses started quatre chevaux seulement ont pris le départ∎ houses here start at $100,000 ici, le prix des maisons démarre à 100 000 dollars;∎ return fares start from £299 on trouve des billets aller retour à partir de 299 livres(g) (jump involuntarily → person) sursauter; (→ horse) tressaillir, faire un soubresaut; (jump up) bondir;∎ he started in surprise il a tressailli de surprise;∎ she started from her chair elle bondit de sa chaise;∎ to start out of one's sleep se réveiller en sursaut∎ tears started to his eyes les larmes lui sont montées aux yeuxpour commencer, d'abord∎ to start with, my name isn't Jo pour commencer ou d'abord, je ne m'appelle pas Jo(b) (in the beginning) au début;∎ there were only six members to start with il n'y avait que six membres au début;∎ she was an architect to start with, then a journalist elle a d'abord été architecte, puis journaliste►► Computing start bit bit m de départ;Computing start button (in Windows) bouton m Démarrer;Computing start code code m de départ(a) (turn back) rebrousser chemin(b) (start again) recommencer;∎ the children start back at school tomorrow c'est la rentrée scolaire demains'attaquer à;∎ I started in on the pile of mail je me suis attaqué à la pile de courrier;∎ once he starts in on liberty and democracy, there's no stopping him une fois qu'il est lancé sur le sujet de la liberté et de la démocratie, il n'y a plus moyen de l'arrêter;∎ familiar to start in on sb s'en prendre à qn□, tomber à bras raccourcis sur qn(a) (begin → book, meeting, show) commencer;∎ she started the meeting off with introductions elle a commencé la réunion en faisant les présentations(b) (person → on task, in business)∎ here's some wool to start you off voici de la laine pour commencer;∎ he lent us a couple of thousand pounds to start us off il nous a prêté quelques milliers de livres pour nous aider à démarrer;∎ the pianist played a few bars to start them off le pianiste a joué quelques mesures d'introduction∎ what started the alarm off? qu'est-ce qui a déclenché l'alarme?;∎ if you mention it it'll only start her off again n'en parle pas, sinon elle va recommencer;∎ to start sb off laughing/crying faire rire/pleurer qn;∎ the baby's crying again, what started him off this time? le bébé s'est remis à pleurer, qu'est-ce qu'il a cette fois?;∎ dad's finally calmed down, don't you start him off again papa s'est enfin calmé, ne va pas l'énerver∎ he started off at a run il est parti en courant;∎ when do you start off on your trip? quand est-ce que vous partez en voyage?(b) (begin → speech, film) commencer;∎ it starts off with a description of the town ça commence par une description de la ville;∎ start off with a summary of the problem commencez par un résumé du problème;∎ she started off by talking about… elle commença en parlant de…;∎ the interview started off badly/well l'entretien a mal/bien commencé;∎ I started off agreeing with him au début, j'étais d'accord avec lui(c) (in life, career) débuter;∎ he started off as a cashier il a débuté comme caissier;∎ she started off as a Catholic elle était catholique à l'origine;∎ you're starting off with all the advantages vous partez avec tous les avantages∎ they had already started on their dessert ils avaient déjà commencé à manger ou entamé leur dessert;∎ after they'd searched the car they started on the luggage après avoir fouillé la voiture, ils sont passés aux bagages(b) (attack, berate) s'en prendre à;∎ don't start on me, I'm not to blame! ne t'en prends pas à moi, ce n'est pas de ma faute!(a) (begin journey) partir, se mettre en route(b) (begin career) débuter;∎ he started out as a cashier il a débuté comme caissier;∎ she started out as a Catholic elle était catholique à l'origine;∎ he started out in business with his wife's money il s'est lancé dans les affaires avec l'argent de sa femme;∎ when she started out there were only a few women lawyers quand elle a commencé sa carrière, il y avait très peu de femmes avocats∎ he started out to write a novel au départ il voulait écrire un romanrecommencer (depuis le début)recommencer (depuis le début)➲ start up(a) (establish, found → business, school, political party) créer, fonder; (→ restaurant, shop) ouvrir(b) (set in motion → car, motor) faire démarrer; (→ machine) mettre en marche; (→ computer) mettre en route; (→ program) lancer, démarrer∎ the applause started up again les applaudissements ont repris(b) (car, motor) démarrer, se mettre en marche; (machine) se mettre en marche; (computer, program) se mettre en route(c) (set up business) se lancer, s'installer, s'établir;∎ he decided to start up by himself il a décidé de se mettre à son compteⓘ I've started so I'll finish Le jeu télévisé britannique Mastermind fut diffusé de 1972 à 1997. Les concurrents de ce jeu portant sur la culture générale devaient répondre au plus grand nombre de questions possible en l'espace de deux minutes. Si l'animateur était en train de poser une question lorsque retentissait la sonnerie qui annonçait la fin du temps imparti, il prononçait rituellement ces mots ("j'ai commencé, je vais donc finir") avant de finir de lire la question au concurrent. Aujourd'hui, on utilise cette phrase par allusion au jeu télévisé lorsqu'on est interrompu. -
18 spot
spot
1. noun1) (a small mark or stain (made by mud, paint etc): She was trying to remove a spot of grease from her skirt.) mancha2) (a small, round mark of a different colour from its background: His tie was blue with white spots.) punto3) (a pimple or red mark on the skin caused by an illness etc: She had measles and was covered in spots.) grano4) (a place or small area, especially the exact place (where something happened etc): There was a large number of detectives gathered at the spot where the body had been found.) sitio, lugar5) (a small amount: Can I borrow a spot of sugar?) poquito
2. verb1) (to catch sight of: She spotted him eventually at the very back of the crowd.) ver2) (to recognize or pick out: No-one watching the play was able to spot the murderer.) reconocer•- spotless- spotlessly
- spotlessness
- spotted
- spotty
- spottiness
- spot check
- spotlight
3. verb1) (to light with a spotlight: The stage was spotlit.)2) (to show up clearly or draw attention to: The incident spotlighted the difficulties with which we were faced.)•- on the spot
- spot on
spot1 n1. grano2. lunar / topo3. lugar / sitiospot2 vb notar / verthey've spotted us! ¡nos han visto!
spot /(e)s'pot/ sustantivo masculino (pl ( anuncio) commercial, advertisement (BrE) ' spot' also found in these entries: Spanish: afear - aprieto - apuro - brete - débil - debilidad - flaca - flaco - grano - lance - llaga - luminosa - luminoso - lunar - mancha - merendero - paraje - parte - pinta - rincón - salir - sebo - solana - acto - atinado - caer - chispear - clavado - conflictivo - encontrar - espinilla - paso - preciso - punto - vaina - ver English: beauty spot - come off - commercial - penalty spot - spot - spot-check - spot-on - tight - beauty - blind - breezy - distant - frozen - hide - hot - place - rooted - sun - tender - trouble - wondertr[spɒt]2 (mark, stain) mancha3 (blemish, pimple) grano4 (place) sitio, lugar nombre masculino■ what a lovely spot for a picnic! ¡qué lugar más bonito para un picnic!5 (area of body) punto; (flaw) mancha■ weak spot punto débil, punto flaco6 (fix, trouble) lío, aprieto, apuro7 (place in broadcast) espacio■ a spot of bother un problemilla, un pequeño disgusto9 (position) puesto10 familiar (spotlight) foco1 (notice) darse cuenta de, notar; (see) ver; (recognize) reconocer; (find) encontrar, descubrir; (catch out) pillar■ can you spot the mistake? ¿puedes descubrir el error?2 (mark with spots) motear; (stain) manchar, salpicar1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (rain) chispear, lloviznar1 (price, cash) contante, al contado\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLon the spot (at once, then and there) en ese mismo momento, en el acto, allí mismo 2 (at the place of the action) en el lugar del los hechos, en el lugar del crimen 3 (without moving away) en el lugarto see spots before one's eyes ver manchasto put somebody on the spot poner a alguien en un aprietoto spot the winner elegir el ganadorpenalty spot punto de penaltispot cash dinero contantespot check control nombre masculino hecho al azarspot fine multa que se paga en el actospot welding soldadura por puntos1) stain: manchar2) recognize, see: ver, reconocerto spot an error: descubrir un errorspot vi: mancharsespot adj: hecho al azara spot check: un vistazo, un control aleatoriospot n1) stain: mancha f2) dot: punto m3) pimple: grano mto break out in spots: salirle granos a alguien4) predicament: apuro m, aprieto m, lío min a tight spot: en apuros5) place: lugar m, sitio mto be on the spot: estar en el lugaradj.• contante adj.• disponible adj.n.• asiento s.m.• chafarrinón s.m.• desdoro s.m.• deslustre s.m.• espacio publicitario s.m.• lugar s.m.• lunar s.m.• mancha s.f.• mancilla s.f.• mácula s.f.• paraje s.m.• pinta s.f.• puesto s.m.• sitio s.m.v.• amancillar v.• chafarrinar v.• macular v.• manchar v.• mancillar v.• tiznar v.• vislumbrar v.
I spɑːt, spɒt1)a) ( dot - on material) lunar m, mota f, pepa f (Col, Ven fam); (- on animal's skin) mancha fto knock spots off something/somebody — (colloq) darle* cien or cien mil vueltas a algo/alguien (fam), darle* sopas con honda(s) a algo/alguien (Esp fam)
b) (blemish, stain) mancha fc) ( pimple) (BrE) grano m, espinilla f (AmL)she broke out o came out in spots — le salieron granos
2)a) (location, place) lugar m, sitio mon the spot: firemen were quickly on the spot los bomberos se presentaron sin demora en el lugar del siniestro; he had to decide on the spot tuvo que decidir en ese mismo momento; they were killed on the spot los mataron allí mismo; on-the-spot fine multa que se paga en el acto; to be rooted to the spot — quedarse clavado en el sitio or paralizado
b) ( difficult situation)to be in a (tight) spot — estar* en apuros or en un lío or en un aprieto
to put somebody on the spot — poner* a alguien en un apuro or aprieto
3) (of character, personality) punto myou've touched a rather sore spot there — has puesto el dedo en la llaga
to have a soft spot for somebody/something — (colloq) tener* debilidad por alguien/algo
to hit the spot — (esp AmE) caer* muy bien
4)a) ( drop) gota fb) ( small amount) (BrE colloq) (no pl)do you fancy a spot of supper? — ¿quieres cenar algo?
5) (Rad, TV) ( time) espacio ma commercial spot — un spot publicitario, una cuña publicitaria, un anuncio
6) (position, job) (AmE) puesto m7) spotlight
II
1) \<\<error\>\> descubrir*; \<\<bargain\>\> encontrar*he finally spotted her in the crowd — al final la vio or la divisó or (AmL tb) la ubicó entre el gentío
2) ( mark) (usu pass) manchar[spɒt]1. N1) (=dot) lunar m- knock spots off sb2) (=stain, mark) mancha fspots of blood/grease — manchas de sangre/grasa
3) (Med) (=pimple) grano m, granito m•
she broke out or came out in spots — (=pimples) le salieron granos en la piel; (=rash) le salió un sarpullido, le salieron granos en la pielbeauty 2.•
he's covered in spots — (=pimples) está lleno de granos; (=rash) le ha salido un sarpullido por todo el cuerpo, está lleno de granos4) (=place) sitio m, lugar m ; (=scene) escena f, escenario mit's a lovely spot for a picnic — es un sitio or lugar precioso para un picnic
a tender spot on the arm — un punto or lugar sensible en el brazo
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an accident black spot — un punto negro para los accidentes•
on the spot — (=immediately) en el acto; (=there) en el mismo sitioluckily they were able to mend the car on the spot — afortunadamente consiguieron arreglar el coche allí mismo
the firemen were on the spot in three minutes — los bomberos acudieron or llegaron en tres minutos
to pay cash on the spot — (US) pagar al contado
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his soft spot — su debilidad, su punto flaco, su lado flaco (LAm)•
his weak spot — su debilidad, su punto flaco, su lado flaco (LAm)to know sb's weak spots — conocer las debilidades de algn, saber de qué pie cojea algn *
- touch a sore spot5) (Brit) * (=small quantity) poquito m, pizca fjust a spot, thanks — un poquitín, gracias
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we had a spot of rain yesterday — ayer se sintieron gotas de lluvia6) (=difficulty) apuro m, aprieto m•
to be in a (tight) spot — estar en un apuro or aprieto•
now I'm really on the spot — ahora me veo de verdad entre la espada y la pared•
to put sb on the spot — (=put in difficulty) poner a algn en un apuro or aprieto; (=compromise) comprometer a algn7) (Rad, Theat, TV) (in show) espacio m ; (Rad, TV) (=advertisement) espacio m publicitario8) * (=spotlight) foco m2. VT1) (with mud etc) salpicar, manchar ( with de)2) (=notice) darse cuenta de, notar; (=see) observar, darse cuenta de; (=recognize) reconocer; (=catch out) coger, pillar3.VI4.CPDspot-checkspot check N — comprobación f en el acto, reconocimiento m rápido
spot market N — mercado m al contado
spot price N — precio m de entrega inmediata
spot remover N — quitamanchas m inv
spot survey N — inspección f sorpresa
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I [spɑːt, spɒt]1)a) ( dot - on material) lunar m, mota f, pepa f (Col, Ven fam); (- on animal's skin) mancha fto knock spots off something/somebody — (colloq) darle* cien or cien mil vueltas a algo/alguien (fam), darle* sopas con honda(s) a algo/alguien (Esp fam)
b) (blemish, stain) mancha fc) ( pimple) (BrE) grano m, espinilla f (AmL)she broke out o came out in spots — le salieron granos
2)a) (location, place) lugar m, sitio mon the spot: firemen were quickly on the spot los bomberos se presentaron sin demora en el lugar del siniestro; he had to decide on the spot tuvo que decidir en ese mismo momento; they were killed on the spot los mataron allí mismo; on-the-spot fine multa que se paga en el acto; to be rooted to the spot — quedarse clavado en el sitio or paralizado
b) ( difficult situation)to be in a (tight) spot — estar* en apuros or en un lío or en un aprieto
to put somebody on the spot — poner* a alguien en un apuro or aprieto
3) (of character, personality) punto myou've touched a rather sore spot there — has puesto el dedo en la llaga
to have a soft spot for somebody/something — (colloq) tener* debilidad por alguien/algo
to hit the spot — (esp AmE) caer* muy bien
4)a) ( drop) gota fb) ( small amount) (BrE colloq) (no pl)do you fancy a spot of supper? — ¿quieres cenar algo?
5) (Rad, TV) ( time) espacio ma commercial spot — un spot publicitario, una cuña publicitaria, un anuncio
6) (position, job) (AmE) puesto m7) spotlight
II
1) \<\<error\>\> descubrir*; \<\<bargain\>\> encontrar*he finally spotted her in the crowd — al final la vio or la divisó or (AmL tb) la ubicó entre el gentío
2) ( mark) (usu pass) manchar -
19 good
1. adjective,1) (satisfactory) gut; (reliable) gut; zuverlässig; (sufficient) gut; ausreichend [Vorrat]; ausgiebig [Mahl]; (competent) gut; geeignethis good eye/leg — sein gesundes Auge/Bein
Late again! It's just not good enough! — (coll.) Schon wieder zu spät. So geht es einfach nicht!
be good at something — in etwas (Dat.) gut sein
speak good English — gut[es] Englisch sprechen
be good with people — etc. mit Menschen usw. gut od. leicht zurechtkommen
2) (favourable, advantageous) gut; günstig [Gelegenheit, Augenblick, Angebot]too good to be true — zu schön, um wahr zu sein
the good thing about it is that... — das Gute daran ist, dass...
be too much of a good thing — zu viel des Guten sein
you can have too much of a good thing — man kann es auch übertreiben
be good for somebody/something — gut für jemanden/etwas sein
eat more than is good for one — mehr essen, als einem guttut
it's a good thing you told him — nur gut, dass du es ihm gesagt hast
3) (prosperous) gut4) (enjoyable) schön [Leben, Urlaub, Wochenende]the good old days — die gute alte Zeit
the good life — das angenehme[, sorglose] Leben
have a good time! — viel Spaß od. Vergnügen!
it's good to be home again — es ist schön, wieder zu Hause zu sein
Did you have a good day at the office? — Wie war es heute im Büro?
5) (cheerful) gut; angenehm [Patient]good humour or spirits or mood — gute Laune
I'm not feeling too good — (coll.) mir geht es nicht sehr gut
6) (well-behaved) gut; bravbe good!, be a good girl/boy! — sei brav od. lieb!
[as] good as gold — ganz artig od. brav
would you be so good as to or good enough to do that? — wären Sie so freundlich od. nett, das zu tun?
that/it is good of you — das/es ist nett od. lieb von dir
8) (commendable) gutgood for you — etc. (coll.) bravo!
good old Jim — etc. (coll.) der gute alte Jim usw. (ugs.)
my good man/friend — (coll.) mein lieber Herr/Freund (ugs.; auch iron.)
that's a good one — (coll.) der ist gut! (ugs.); (iron.) das ist'n Ding! (ugs.)
9) (attractive) schön; gut [Figur, Haltung]; gepflegt [Erscheinung, Äußeres]; wohlgeformt [Beine]10) (thorough) guthave a good weep/rest/sleep — sich richtig ausweinen/ausruhen/[sich] richtig ausschlafen (ugs.)
11) (considerable) [recht] ansehnlich [Menschenmenge]; ganz schön, ziemlich (ugs.) [Stück Wegs, Entfernung, Zeitraum, Strecke]; gut, anständig [Preis, Erlös]; hoch [Alter]12) (sound, valid) gut [Grund, Rat, Gedanke]; berechtigt [Anspruch]; (Commerc.) solide [Kunde]; sicher [Anleihe, Kredit]good sense — Vernünftigkeit, die
have the good sense to do something — so vernünftig sein, etwas zu tun
13) (in greetings)good afternoon/day — guten Tag!
good evening/morning — guten Abend/Morgen!
14) in exclamation gutvery good, sir — sehr wohl!
good God/Lord — etc. see nouns
15) (best) gut [Geschirr, Anzug]16) (correct, fitting) gut; (appropriate) angebracht; ratsam17)as good as — so gut wie
18)2. adverb as intensifiermake good — (succeed) erfolgreich sein; (effect) in die Tat umsetzen; ausführen [Plan]; erfüllen [Versprechen]; (compensate for) wieder gutmachen [Fehler]; (indemnify) ersetzen [Schaden, Ausgaben]. See also academic.ru/6608/best">best 1.; better 1.
(coll.)good and... — richtig...
3. nounhit somebody good and proper — jemanden ordentlich verprügeln. See also best 2.; better 2.
1) (use) Nutzen, derbe some good to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache nützen
he'll never be any good — aus dem wird nichts Gutes werden
is this book any good? — taugt dieses Buch etwas?
be no good to somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas nicht zu gebrauchen sein
it is no/not much good doing something — es hat keinen/kaum einen Sinn, etwas zu tun
what's the good of...?, what good is...? — was nützt...?
2) (benefit)for your/his etc. own good — zu deinem/seinem usw. Besten od. eigenen Vorteil
for the good of mankind/the country — zum Wohl[e] der Menschheit/des Landes
do no/little good — nichts/wenig helfen od. nützen
do somebody/something good — jemandem/einer Sache nützen; [Ruhe, Erholung:] jemandem/einer Sache gut tun; [Arznei:] jemandem/einer Sache helfen
I'll tell him, but what good will that do? — ich sag es ihm, aber was nützt od. hilft das schon?
come home £10 to the good — mit 10 Pfund plus nach Hause kommen
3) (goodness) Gute, dasthe difference between good and bad or evil — der Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse
4) (kind acts) Gute, dasbe up to no good — nichts Gutes im Sinn haben od. im Schilde führen
5)for good [and all] — (finally) ein für allemal; (permanently) für immer [und ewig]; endgültig
6) constr. as pl. (virtuous people)8) in pl.deliver the goods — (fig.) halten, was man verspricht
* * *[ɡud] 1. comparative - better; adjective2) (correct, desirable etc: She was a good wife; good manners; good English.) gut3) (of high quality: good food/literature; His singing is very good.) gut4) (skilful; able to do something well: a good doctor; good at tennis; good with children.) geschickt6) (helpful; beneficial: Exercise is good for you.; Cheese is good for you.) gut7) (pleased, happy etc: I'm in a good mood today.) gut9) (considerable; enough: a good salary; She talked a good deal of nonsense.) reichlich10) (suitable: a good man for the job.) geeignet12) (sensible: Can you think of one good reason for doing that?) gut13) (showing approval: We've had very good reports about you.) gut14) (thorough: a good clean.) gewissenhaft15) (healthy or in a positive mood: I don't feel very good this morning.) gut2. noun1) (advantage or benefit: He worked for the good of the poor; for your own good; What's the good of a broken-down car?) der Nutzen2) (goodness: I always try to see the good in people.) das Gute3. interjection(an expression of approval, gladness etc.) gut!- goodness4. interjection- goods- goody
- goodbye
- good-day
- good evening
- good-for-nothing
- good humour
- good-humoured
- good-humouredly
- good-looking
- good morning
- good afternoon
- good-day
- good evening
- good night
- good-natured
- goodwill
- good will
- good works
- as good as
- be as good as one's word
- be up to no good
- deliver the goods
- for good
- for goodness' sake
- good for
- good for you
- him
- Good Friday
- good gracious
- good heavens
- goodness gracious
- goodness me
- good old
- make good
- no good
- put in a good word for
- take something in good part
- take in good part
- thank goodness
- to the good* * *[gʊd]I. ADJECTIVE<better, best>1. (of high quality) gutthere's nothing like a \good book es geht nichts über ein gutes Buchshe speaks \good Spanish sie spricht gut Spanischdogs have a \good sense of smell Hunde haben einen guten Geruchssinnhe's got \good intuition about such matters er hat in diesen Dingen ein gutes Gespüryour reasons make \good sense but... deine Gründe sind durchaus einleuchtend, aber...\good show [or job]! gut gemacht!I need a \good meal now jetzt brauche ich was Ordentliches zu essen!the child had the \good sense to... das Kind besaß die Geistesgegenwart...he only has one \good leg er hat nur ein gesundes Bein\good appetite gesunder Appetitto be a \good catch eine gute Partie seina \good choice/decision eine gute Wahl/Entscheidung\good ears/eyes gute Ohren/Augento do a \good job gute Arbeit leistento be in \good shape in guter [körperlicher] Verfassung sein\good thinking gute Idee\good timing gutes Timingto be/not be \good enough gut/nicht gut genug seinthat's just not \good enough! so geht das nicht!if she says so that's \good enough for me wenn sie es sagt, reicht mir dasto be \good for nothing zu nichts taugento feel \good sich akk gut fühlenI don't feel too \good today heute geht's mir nicht besonders fam2. (skilled) gut, begabthe's a \good runner [or he's \good at running] er ist ein guter Läufershe's very \good at learning foreign languages sie ist sehr sprachbegabtthis book is \good on international export law dieses Buch ist sehr gut, wenn man etwas über internationale Exportbestimmungen erfahren möchtehe is particularly \good on American history besonders gut kennt er sich in amerikanischer Geschichte austo be \good with one's hands geschickt mit seinen Händen seinto be \good in bed gut im Bett sein famto be \good with people gut mit Leuten umgehen können3. (pleasant) schönthat was the best party in a long time das war die beste Party seit Langemit's \good to see [or seeing] you after all these years schön, dich nach all den Jahren wiederzusehen!\good morning/evening guten Morgen/Abendto have a \good day/evening einen schönen Tag/Abend habenhave a \good day schönen Tag noch!\good news gute Neuigkeitento have a \good time [viel] Spaß haben\good weather schönes Wetterto have a \good one ( fam) einen schönen Tag haben4. (appealing to senses) gut, schönafter a two-week vacation, they came back with \good tans nach zwei Wochen Urlaub kamen sie gut gebräunt zurückmost dancers have \good legs die meisten Tänzer haben schöne Beineto look/smell/sound/taste \good gut aussehen/riechen/klingen/schmeckensb looks \good in sth clothes etw steht jdmto have \good looks, to be \good-looking gut aussehen5. (favourable) guthe made a very \good impression at the interview er hat beim Vorstellungsgespräch einen sehr guten Eindruck gemachtthere's a \good chance [that]... die Chancen stehen gut, dass...we got a \good deal on our new fridge wir haben unseren neuen Kühlschrank günstig erstandenthe play got \good reviews [or a \good press] das Stück hat gute Kritiken bekommenit's a \good job we didn't go camping last weekend — the weather was awful zum Glück sind wir letztes Wochenende nicht campen gegangen — das Wetter war schrecklichthe \good life das süße Lebenbest of luck on your exams today! alles Gute für deine Prüfung heute!a \good omen ein gutes Omento be too much of a \good thing zu viel des Guten seinyou can have too much of a \good thing man kann es auch übertreiben\good times gute Zeitento be too \good to be true zu schön, um wahr zu seinto have [got] it \good ( fam) es gut haben6. (beneficial) vorteilhaft▪ to be \good for sb gut für jdn seinmilk is \good for you Milch ist gesundto be \good for business/for headaches gut fürs Geschäft/gegen Kopfschmerzen sein7. (useful) nützlich, sinnvollwe had a \good discussion on the subject wir hatten eine klärende Diskussion über die Sacheit's \good that you checked the door gut, dass du die Tür nochmal überprüft hast8. (on time)in \good time rechtzeitigbe patient, you'll hear the result all in \good time seien Sie geduldig, Sie erfahren das Ergebnis noch früh genugin one's own \good time in seinem eigenen Rhythmusto be a \good time to do sth ein guter Zeitpunkt sein, [um] etw zu tunthe college has been very \good about her health problem die Hochschule zeigte sehr viel Verständnis für ihr gesundheitliches Problemit was very \good of you to help us es war sehr lieb von dir, uns zu helfenhe's got a \good heart er hat ein gutes Herzbe so \good as to... sei doch bitte so nett und...would you be \good enough to... wären Sie so nett und...\good deeds/works gute Tatento do a \good deed eine gute Tat tun11. (moral) gutthe G\good Book die [heilige] Bibelfor a \good cause für einen guten Zweckto set a \good example to sb jdm ein gutes Vorbild seinsb's \good name/reputation jds guter Name/guter Rufto be [as] \good as one's word vertrauenswürdig sein12. (well-behaved) gut\good dog! braver Hund!be a \good girl and... sei ein liebes Mädchen [o sei so lieb] und...OK, I'll be a \good sport o.k., ich will mal kein Spielverderber seinshe's been as \good as gold all evening sie hat sich den ganzen Abend über ausgezeichnet benommento be on \good/one's best behaviour sich akk gut benehmen/von seiner besten Seite zeigen\good loser guter Verlierer/gute Verliererinthe house needs a \good clean[ing] das Haus sollte mal gründlich geputzt werdenhave a \good think about it lass es dir noch einmal gut durch den Kopf gehennow, now — have a \good cry schon gut — wein dich mal so richtig austhey have built a \good case against the suspect sie haben einen hieb- und stichfesten Fall gegen den Verdächtigen aufgebautwe had some \good fun at the amusement park wir hatten so richtig viel Spaß im Vergnügungsparka \good beating eine gründliche Tracht Prügelto have a \good laugh ordentlich lachena \good talking to eine Standpaukethis car should be \good for another year or so dieses Auto hält wohl schon noch ein Jahr oder sohe gave us a gift certificate \good for $100 er hat uns einen Geschenkgutschein über 100 Dollar überreichtthis ticket is only \good on weekends dieses Ticket gilt nur an Wochenendenmy credit card is only \good for another month meine Kreditkarte ist nur noch einen Monat gültigwe walked a \good distance today wir sind heute ein ordentliches Stück gelaufenshe makes \good money at her new job sie verdient in ihrem neuen Job gutes Geldit's a \good half hour's walk to the station from here von hier bis zum Bahnhof ist es zu Fuß eine gute halbe Stundea \good deal jede Mengeyou're looking a \good deal better now du siehst jetzt ein gutes Stück besser austo make a \good profit einen beträchtlichen Profit machena \good few/many eine ganze Mengehe is always \good for a laugh er ist immer gut für einen Witzthanks for the loan and don't worry, I'm \good for it danke für den Kredit und keine Sorge, ich zahle ihn zurückher credit is \good sie ist kreditwürdig▪ as \good as... so gut wie...our firewood is as \good as gone unser Feuerholz ist nahezu aufgebrauchtto be as \good as dead/new so gut wie tot/neu seinthey as \good as called me a liar sie nannten mich praktisch eine Lügnerin!I need a \good long holiday ich brauche mal wieder so einen richtig schönen langen Urlaub!what you need is a \good hot cup of coffee was du brauchst, ist eine gute Tasse heißen Kaffee▪ \good and...:she's really \good and mad sie ist so richtig sauerI'll do it when I'm \good and ready, and not one minute before ich mache es, sobald ich fertig bin und keine Minute früher!very \good sehr wohl! veraltet\good gracious! ach du liebe Zeit!\good grief! du meine Güte!oh, — \good for you! oh, schön für dich! iron\good old James! der gute alte James!the \good old days die gute alte Zeit23.▶ if you can't be \good, be careful ( prov) wenn man schon was anstellt, sollte man sich wenigstens nicht [dabei] erwischen lassen▶ it's as \good as it gets besser wird's nicht mehr▶ to give as \good as one gets es [jdm] mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen▶ \good to go fertig, bereit▶ to make \good zu Geld kommen▶ to make sth ⇆ \good (repair) etw reparieren; mistake etw wiedergutmachen; (pay for) etw wettmachen fam; (do successfully) etw schaffen▶ to make \good time gut in der Zeit liegen▶ for \good measure als Draufgabe, obendrein▶ \good riddance Gott sei Dank!▶ she's \good for another few years! mit ihr muss man noch ein paar Jahre rechnen!II. ADVERBboy, she can sure sing \good, can't she? Junge, die kann aber gut singen, oder?to do sth \good and proper etw richtig gründlich tunwell, you've broken the table \good and proper na, den Tisch hast du aber so richtig ruiniert!III. NOUN\good and evil Gut und Böseto be up to no \good nichts Gutes im Schilde führento do \good Gutes tun▪ the \good pl die Guten plthis medicine will do you a [or the] world of \good diese Medizin wird Ihnen unglaublich gut tunto do more harm than \good mehr schaden als nützenfor the \good of his health zum Wohle seiner Gesundheit, seiner Gesundheit zuliebefor the \good of the nation zum Wohle der Nationfor one's own \good zu seinem eigenen Bestento be no [or not to be any] /not much \good nichts/wenig nützenthat young man is no \good dieser junge Mann ist ein Taugenichtsto not do much/any \good nicht viel/nichts nützeneven a small donation can do a lot of \good auch eine kleine Spende kann eine Menge helfenthat won't do much \good das wird auch nicht viel nützenit's no \good complaining all day den ganzen Tag rumzujammern bringt auch nichts! famwhat \good is sitting alone in your room? was bringt es, hier alleine in deinem Zimmer zu sitzen?; ( iron)a lot of \good that'll do [you]! das wird [dir] ja viel nützen! iron4. (profit)we were £7,000 to the \good when we sold our house als wir unser Haus verkauften, haben wir einen Gewinn von 7.000 Pfund eingestrichen; ( fig)he was two gold medals to the \good by the end of the day am Ende des Tages war er um zwei Goldmedaillen reicher5. (ability)7.▶ for \good [and all] für immer [und ewig]* * *[gʊd]1. ADJECTIVEcomp better, superl best1) gutthat's a good one! (joke) — das ist ein guter Witz; ( usu iro : excuse ) wers glaubt, wird selig! (inf)
he tells a good story —
good fortune — Glück nt
you've never had it so good! — es ist euch noch nie so gut gegangen, ihr habt es noch nie so gut gehabt
it's too good to be true — es ist zu schön, um wahr zu sein
this is as good as it gets — besser wirds nicht mehr __diams; to be good at sth gut in etw (dat) sein
to be good at sport/languages — gut im Sport/in Sprachen sein
to be good at sewing/typing — gut nähen/tippen können
that's not good enough, you'll have to do better than that — das geht so nicht, du musst dich schon etwas mehr anstrengen
if he gives his word, that's good enough for me — wenn er sein Wort gibt, reicht mir das
her work/conduct is just not good enough —
they felt he wasn't good enough for her — sie waren der Meinung, dass er nicht gut genug für sie war
I don't feel too good — mir ist nicht gut, ich fühle mich nicht wohl
you look good in that — du siehst gut darin aus, das steht dir gut __diams; to make good mistake, damage wiedergutmachen; threat wahr machen; promise erfüllen
to make good one's losses — seine Verluste wettmachen
as good as new —
he as good as called me a liar/invited me to come — er nannte mich praktisch einen Lügner/hat mich praktisch eingeladen
2) = beneficial gutmilk is good for children to be good for toothache/one's health — Milch ist gut or gesund für Kinder gut gegen Zahnschmerzen/für die Gesundheit sein
to drink more than is good for one — mehr trinken, als einem guttut
what's good for consumers isn't always good for the economy — was gut für den Verbraucher ist, ist nicht immer gut für die Wirtschaft
3) = favourable moment, chance, opportunity günstig, gutit's a good thing or job I was there — (nur) gut, dass ich dort war
4) = enjoyable holiday, evening schöndid you have a good day? — wie wars heute?, wie gings (dir) heute?
5) = kind gut, lieb(it was) good of you to come — nett, dass Sie gekommen sind
would you be good enough to tell me... — wären Sie so nett, mir zu sagen... (also iro)
6) = virtuous name, manners, behaviour gutif you can't be good, be careful — wenn du es schon tun musst, sei wenigstens vorsichtig
7) = well-behaved artig, brav (inf)be a good girl/boy — sei artig or lieb or brav (inf)
be a good girl/boy and... — sei so lieb und...
8)good man! — sehr löblich!, gut gemacht!
the Good Book —
the car is good for another few years — das Auto hält or tuts (inf) noch ein paar Jahre
10) = handsome looks, figure, features gut; legs, body schön11) = uninjured eye, leg gesund12) = thorough gut, gründlich, tüchtig (inf)to give sb a good scolding — jdn gründlich or tüchtig (inf) ausschimpfen
to have a good laugh — ordentlich or so richtig lachen (inf)
to take a good look at sth — sich (dat) etw gut ansehen
13) = considerable hour, while gut; amount, distance, way gut, schöna good many/few people — ziemlich viele/nicht gerade wenig Leute
14) in greetings gut15) in exclamations gut, primathat's good! — gut!, prima!
very good, sir — sehr wohl (old)
on you/him etc! — gut!, prima!; (iro also) das ist ja toll!
16) emphatic use schöna good strong stick —
good and hard/strong (inf) — ganz schön fest/stark (inf)
good and proper (inf) — ganz anständig (inf)
2. ADVERB1) = fine guthow are you? – good! — wie gehts? – gut!
2) = well strictly incorrect gut3. NOUN1) = what is morally right Gute(s) ntto do good —
2) = advantage, benefit Wohl ntthis affects us, for good or ill —
it's done now, for good or ill — es ist nun einmal geschehen
I did it for your own good — ich meine es nur gut mit dir, es war nur zu deinem Besten
to do sb good — jdm helfen; (rest, drink, medicine etc) jdm guttun
much good may it do you (iro inf) — na, dann viel Vergnügen!
that won't do much/any good — das hilft auch nicht viel/auch nichts
that won't do you much/any good — das hilft dir auch nicht viel/auch nichts
3)= use
what's the good of hurrying? — wozu eigentlich die Eile?he's no good to us — er nützt uns (dat) nichts
it's no good complaining to me — es ist sinnlos or es nützt nichts, sich bei mir zu beklagen
it's no good doing it like that — es hat keinen Sinn, das so zu machen
I'm no good at things like that —
he wasn't any good for the job —
4)we were 5 points/£5 to the good — wir hatten 5 Punkte zu viel/£ 5 plus
* * *good [ɡud]A s1. Nutzen m, Wert m, Vorteil m:for his own good zu seinem eigenen Vorteil;he knows too much for his own good er weiß mehr, als ihm guttut;what good will it do?, what is the good of it?, what good is it? was hat es für einen Wert?, was nützt es?, wozu soll das gut sein?;b) obendrein, extra ( → A 2);for good (and all) für immer, endgültig, ein für alle Mala) jemandem Gutes tun,b) jemandem guttun oder wohltun;much good may it do you oft iron wohl bekomms!;the common good das Gemeinwohl;be to the good nur zu seinem etc Besten sein;come to good zum Guten ausschlagen;it comes to no good es führt zu nichts Gutem;be up to no good nichts Gutes im Schilde führen;for good or for evil auf Gedeih und Verderb5. pl bewegliches Vermögen:a) Hab n und Gut n, bewegliche Sachen, Mobiliargut n,b) umg Siebensachen6. pl WIRTSCHb) (Handels)Güter pl, (Handels)Ware(n) f(pl):goods for consumption Verbrauchs-, Konsumgüter;goods in process Halbfabrikate, -erzeugnisse;a piece of goods sl eine Mieze;7. pl US Stoffe pl, Textilien plthat’s the goods!B adj komp better [ˈbetə(r)], sup best [best]good men and true redliche und treue Männer;a good father and husband ein guter oder treu sorgender Vater und Gatte;she is a good wife to him sie ist ihm eine gute Frau2. gut (Qualität):3. gut, frisch, genießbar:is this meat still good?;a good egg ein frisches Ei4. gut, lieb, gütig, freundlich:good to the poor gut zu den Armen;5. gut, lieb, artig, brav (Kind):6. verehrt, lieb:his good lady oft iron seine liebe Frau;7. gut, geachtet:of good family aus guter Familie9. a) gut, erfreulich, angenehm (Nachrichten etc):b) schön:it’s good to be home again;too good to be true zu schön, um wahr zu sein10. gut:a) geeignet, vorteilhaft, günstig, nützlichb) gesund, zuträglichc) heilsam:a man good for the post ein geeigneter oder guter Mann für den Posten;good for colds gut gegen oder für Erkältungen;milk is good for children Milch ist gut oder gesund für Kinder;good for one’s health gesund;what is it good for? wofür ist es gut?, wozu dient es?;it is a good thing that … es ist gut oder günstig, dass …;stay away if you know what’s good for you! das rate ich dir im Guten!;11. gut, richtig, recht, angebracht, empfehlenswert, zweckmäßig:in good time zur rechten Zeit, (gerade) rechtzeitig;all in good time alles zu seiner Zeit;in one’s own good time wenn es einem passt12. gut, angemessen, ausreichend, zufriedenstellend;his word is good enough for me sein Wort genügt mir;his time is only good enough for 4th place SPORT seine Zeit reicht nur für den 4. Platz13. gut, reichlich:a good hour eine gute Stunde;it’s a good three miles to the station es sind gut drei Meilen bis zum Bahnhof14. gut, ziemlich (weit, groß), beträchtlich, bedeutend, erheblich, ansehnlich:a good many eine beträchtliche Anzahl, ziemlich viele;15. (vor adj) verstärkend:a good long time sehr lange Zeit;good old age hohes Alter;16. gültig:a) begründet, berechtigt (Anspruch etc)b) triftig, gut (Grund etc):c) echt (Geld)17. gut, überzeugt (Republikaner etc)18. gut, fähig, tüchtig:he is good at arithmetic er ist gut im Rechnen;he is good at golf er spielt gut Golf;be good with one’s hands handwerkliches Geschick habengood debts WIRTSCH sichere Schulden;be good for any amount WIRTSCH für jeden Betrag gut sein21. JUR (rechts)gültigI am good for a walk ich habe Lust zu einem Spaziergang;I am good for another mile ich könnte noch eine Meile weitermarschieren;my car is good for another 10,000 miles mein Wagen macht noch leicht 10 000 Meilen ( → B 19)C adv1. umg gut:2. as good as so gut wie, praktisch:as good as new auch neuwertigD int gut!, schön!, fein!:good for you! umg (ich) gratuliere!G abk3. good* * *1. adjective,1) (satisfactory) gut; (reliable) gut; zuverlässig; (sufficient) gut; ausreichend [Vorrat]; ausgiebig [Mahl]; (competent) gut; geeignethis good eye/leg — sein gesundes Auge/Bein
Late again! It's just not good enough! — (coll.) Schon wieder zu spät. So geht es einfach nicht!
be good at something — in etwas (Dat.) gut sein
speak good English — gut[es] Englisch sprechen
be good with people — etc. mit Menschen usw. gut od. leicht zurechtkommen
2) (favourable, advantageous) gut; günstig [Gelegenheit, Augenblick, Angebot]too good to be true — zu schön, um wahr zu sein
the good thing about it is that... — das Gute daran ist, dass...
be good for somebody/something — gut für jemanden/etwas sein
eat more than is good for one — mehr essen, als einem guttut
it's a good thing you told him — nur gut, dass du es ihm gesagt hast
3) (prosperous) gut4) (enjoyable) schön [Leben, Urlaub, Wochenende]the good life — das angenehme[, sorglose] Leben
have a good time! — viel Spaß od. Vergnügen!
it's good to be home again — es ist schön, wieder zu Hause zu sein
5) (cheerful) gut; angenehm [Patient]good humour or spirits or mood — gute Laune
I'm not feeling too good — (coll.) mir geht es nicht sehr gut
6) (well-behaved) gut; bravbe good!, be a good girl/boy! — sei brav od. lieb!
[as] good as gold — ganz artig od. brav
7) (virtuous) rechtschaffen; (kind) nett; gut [Absicht, Wünsche, Benehmen, Tat]would you be so good as to or good enough to do that? — wären Sie so freundlich od. nett, das zu tun?
that/it is good of you — das/es ist nett od. lieb von dir
8) (commendable) gutgood for you — etc. (coll.) bravo!
good old Jim — etc. (coll.) der gute alte Jim usw. (ugs.)
my good man/friend — (coll.) mein lieber Herr/Freund (ugs.; auch iron.)
that's a good one — (coll.) der ist gut! (ugs.); (iron.) das ist'n Ding! (ugs.)
9) (attractive) schön; gut [Figur, Haltung]; gepflegt [Erscheinung, Äußeres]; wohlgeformt [Beine]10) (thorough) guthave a good weep/rest/sleep — sich richtig ausweinen/ausruhen/[sich] richtig ausschlafen (ugs.)
11) (considerable) [recht] ansehnlich [Menschenmenge]; ganz schön, ziemlich (ugs.) [Stück Wegs, Entfernung, Zeitraum, Strecke]; gut, anständig [Preis, Erlös]; hoch [Alter]12) (sound, valid) gut [Grund, Rat, Gedanke]; berechtigt [Anspruch]; (Commerc.) solide [Kunde]; sicher [Anleihe, Kredit]good sense — Vernünftigkeit, die
have the good sense to do something — so vernünftig sein, etwas zu tun
13) (in greetings)good afternoon/day — guten Tag!
good evening/morning — guten Abend/Morgen!
14) in exclamation gutvery good, sir — sehr wohl!
good God/Lord — etc. see nouns
15) (best) gut [Geschirr, Anzug]16) (correct, fitting) gut; (appropriate) angebracht; ratsam17)18)2. adverb as intensifiermake good — (succeed) erfolgreich sein; (effect) in die Tat umsetzen; ausführen [Plan]; erfüllen [Versprechen]; (compensate for) wieder gutmachen [Fehler]; (indemnify) ersetzen [Schaden, Ausgaben]. See also best 1.; better 1.
(coll.)good and... — richtig...
3. nounhit somebody good and proper — jemanden ordentlich verprügeln. See also best 2.; better 2.
1) (use) Nutzen, derbe some good to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache nützen
be no good to somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas nicht zu gebrauchen sein
it is no/not much good doing something — es hat keinen/kaum einen Sinn, etwas zu tun
what's the good of...?, what good is...? — was nützt...?
2) (benefit)for your/his etc. own good — zu deinem/seinem usw. Besten od. eigenen Vorteil
for the good of mankind/the country — zum Wohl[e] der Menschheit/des Landes
do no/little good — nichts/wenig helfen od. nützen
do somebody/something good — jemandem/einer Sache nützen; [Ruhe, Erholung:] jemandem/einer Sache gut tun; [Arznei:] jemandem/einer Sache helfen
I'll tell him, but what good will that do? — ich sag es ihm, aber was nützt od. hilft das schon?
come home £10 to the good — mit 10 Pfund plus nach Hause kommen
3) (goodness) Gute, dasthe difference between good and bad or evil — der Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse
4) (kind acts) Gute, dasbe up to no good — nichts Gutes im Sinn haben od. im Schilde führen
5)for good [and all] — (finally) ein für allemal; (permanently) für immer [und ewig]; endgültig
6) constr. as pl. (virtuous people)8) in pl.the goods — (coll.): (what is wanted) das Gewünschte; das Verlangte
deliver the goods — (fig.) halten, was man verspricht
* * *adj.brav adj.gut adj.lieb adj. n.Gut ¨-er n. -
20 Historical Portugal
Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims inPortugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and theChurch (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict untilUN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.
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