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1 catch

catch

A n

1 ( fastening) (on purse, brooch) fermoir m, fermeture f ; (on window, door) fermeture f ;

2 ( drawback) piège m fig ; what's the catch? où est le piège? ;

3 ( break in voice) with a catch in his voice d'une voix émue ;

4 ( act of catching) prise f ; to take a catch GB, to make a catch US Sport prendre la balle ; to play catch jouer à la balle ;

5 Fishg ( haul) pêche f ; ( one fish) prise f ; to have a good catch avoir une belle pêche ;

6 Mus Hist chanson grivoise en canon ;

7 ( marriage partner) to be a good catch être un beau parti.

B vtr ( prét, pp caught)

1 ( hold and retain) [person] attraper [ball, fish, mouse] ; [container] recueillir [water, dust] ; ( by running) [person] attraper [person] ; I managed to catch her in ( at home) j'ai réussi à la trouver ;

2 ( take by surprise) prendre, attraper [person, thief] ; to catch sb doing surprendre qn en train de faire ; to be ou get caught se faire prendre ; to catch sb in the act, to catch sb at it ○ prendre qn sur le fait ; you wouldn't catch me smoking/arriving late! ce n'est pas moi qui fumerais/arriverais en retard! ; you won't catch me at it again! on ne m'y reprendra plus! ; we got caught in the rain/in the storm nous avons été surpris par la pluie/par la tempête ; you've caught me at an awkward moment vous tombez mal ; ⇒ balance, foot, short, unawares ;

3 ( be in time for) attraper, prendre [bus, train, plane] ; to catch the last post ou mail avoir la dernière levée ;

4 ( manage to see) regarder [programme] ; aller voir [show, play] ;

5 ( grasp) prendre [hand, arm] ; agripper [branch, rope] ; captiver, éveiller [interest, imagination] ; to catch hold of sth attraper qch ; to catch sb's attention ou eye attirer l'attention de qn ; to catch the Speaker's eye GB Pol obtenir la parole ; to catch the chairman's eye Admin obtenir la parole ; to catch some sleep ○ dormir un peu ;

6 ( hear) saisir ○, comprendre [word, name] ; do you catch my meaning? tu comprends ce que je veux dire? ;

7 ( perceive) sentir [smell] ; discerner [sound] ; surprendre [look] ; to catch sight of sb/sth apercevoir qn/qch ;

8 ( get stuck) to catch one's fingers/foot in se prendre les doigts/le pied dans [drawer, door] ; to catch one's shirt/sleeve on accrocher sa chemise/manche à [nail] ; to get one's head/hand caught se coincer la tête/main (in dans ; between entre) ; to get one's shirt/sweater caught accrocher sa chemise/son pull-over (on à) ; to get caught in [person] se prendre dans [net, thorns, barbed wire] ;

9 Med attraper [disease, virus, flu] ; ⇒ cold, chill ;

10 ( hit) heurter [object, person] ; the ball/stone caught him on the head la balle/pierre l'a heurté à la tête ; to catch sth with heurter qch avec [elbow, broom handle] ; to catch sb (with) a blow donner un coup à qn ;

11 ( have an effect on) [sun, light] faire briller [object, raindrops] ; [wind] emporter [paper, bag] ; to catch one's breath retenir son souffle ;

12 ( be affected by) to catch the sun prendre le soleil ; to catch fire ou light prendre feu, s'enflammer ; to catch the light refléter la lumière ;

13 ( capture) rendre [atmosphere, mood, spirit] ; to catch sth on film filmer qch ;

14 Sport ⇒ catch out ;

15 ( trick) ⇒ catch out ;

16 ( manage to reach) ⇒ catch up.

C vi ( prét, pp caught)

1 ( become stuck) to catch on sth [shirt, sleeve] s'accrocher à qch ; [wheel] frotter contre [frame] ;

2 ( start to burn) [wood, coal, fire] prendre.

Idiom

you'll catch it ○ ! tu vas en prendre une ○ !

Phrasal verbs

■ catch on

1 ( become popular) [fashion, song, TV programme, activity, idea] devenir populaire (with auprès de) ;

2 ( understand) comprendre, saisir ; to catch on to sth comprendre or saisir qch.

■ catch out:

▶ catch [sb] out

1 ( take by surprise) prendre [qn] de court ; ( doing something wrong) prendre [qn] sur le fait ;

2 ( trick) attraper, jouer un tour à ;

3 (in cricket, baseball) éliminer [batsman].

■ catch up:

▶ catch up ( in race) regagner du terrain ; ( in work) rattraper son retard ; to catch up with rattraper [person, vehicle] ; to catch up on rattraper [work, sleep] ; se remettre au courant de [news, gossip] ;

▶ catch [sb/sth] up

1 ( manage to reach) rattraper ;

2 ( pick up) attraper [bag, child] (in dans) ;

▶ catch [sth] up in ( tangle) prendre [qch] dans [barbed wire, thorns, chain] ; to get one's feet caught up in sth se prendre les pieds dans qch ; I got my skirt caught up in the thorns j'ai pris ma jupe dans les ronces ; to get caught up in se laisser entraîner par [enthusiasm, excitement] ; se trouver pris dans [traffic] ; se trouver pris au milieu de [war, bombing] ; se trouver mêlé à [scandal, fight, argument].

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2 catch

catch [kætʃ]

attraper ⇒ 1 (a)-(d) se prendre ⇒ 1 (e), 2 (c) saisir ⇒ 1 (f), 1 (h) remarquer ⇒ 1 (j) prise ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (b) piège ⇒ 3 (c) loquet ⇒ 3 (d)

(pt & pp caught [kɔ:t])

1 transitive verb

(a) (ball, thrown object) attraper;

∎ to catch hold of sth attraper qch;

∎ the dog caught the ball in its mouth le chien a attrapé la balle dans sa gueule;

∎ catch! attrape!;

∎ to catch sb's arm (take hold of) saisir ou prendre qn par le bras;

∎ I caught him as he fell je l'ai retenu ou attrapé au moment où il tombait

(b) (trap → fish, mouse, thief) attraper, prendre;

∎ he got caught by the police il s'est fait attraper par la police;

∎ to get caught in a traffic jam être pris dans un embouteillage;

∎ we got caught in a shower/thunderstorm nous avons été surpris par une averse/un orage;

∎ to catch sb doing sth surprendre qn à faire qch;

∎ to catch oneself doing sth se surprendre à faire qch;

∎ I caught myself thinking about him je me suis surpris à repenser à lui;

∎ they were caught trying to escape on les a surpris en train d'essayer de s'évader;

∎ don't get caught! ne te fais pas prendre!;

∎ if I catch you talking once more I'll throw you out! si je te prends ou surprends encore une fois en train de parler, je te mets à la porte!;

∎ you won't catch me doing the washing-up! aucun danger de me surprendre en train de faire la vaisselle!;

∎ don't let me catch you at it again! que je ne t'y reprenne pas!;

∎ British familiar you'll catch it when you get home! qu'est-ce que tu vas prendre en rentrant!;

∎ to catch sb napping prendre qn au dépourvu;

∎ to catch sb in the act or red-handed prendre qn sur le fait ou la main dans le sac

(c) (disease, infection) attraper; figurative (habit) prendre;

∎ to catch a cold attraper un rhume; figurative (company) perdre de l'argent lors d'une transaction;

∎ to catch cold attraper ou prendre froid;

∎ I caught this cold from you c'est toi qui m'as passé ce rhume;

∎ familiar he'll catch his death (of cold)! il va attraper la crève!

(d) (bus, train) attraper, prendre; (person) attraper;

∎ I have a train to catch at 6 o'clock j'ai un train à prendre à 6 heures;

∎ British to catch the last post arriver à temps pour la dernière levée (du courrier);

∎ try and catch the postman before you leave essayez d'attraper le facteur avant de partir;

∎ you're unlikely to catch her at home je ne pense pas que tu la trouveras chez elle;

∎ you caught me just as I was going into a meeting tu m'as parlé au moment où j'allais en réunion;

∎ we caught him in a good mood il était de bonne humeur quand nous l'avons vu;

∎ I just caught the end of the film j'ai juste vu la fin du film;

∎ familiar catch you later! à plus tard!

(e) (on nail, obstacle)

∎ he caught his finger in the door il s'est pris le doigt dans la porte;

∎ she caught her skirt in the door sa jupe s'est prise dans la porte;

∎ he caught his coat on the brambles son manteau s'est accroché aux ronces

(f) (hear clearly, understand) saisir, comprendre;

∎ I didn't quite catch what you said je n'ai pas bien entendu ce que vous avez dit;

∎ I don't catch your meaning je ne vois pas ce que vous voulez dire

(g) (attract)

∎ to catch sb's attention or sb's eye attirer l'attention de qn;

∎ the idea caught her imagination l'idée l'a inspirée;

∎ their story caught the imagination of the public leur histoire a passionné le public;

∎ British the house caught his fancy la maison lui a plu;

∎ this coat catches fluff la poussière se voit sur ce manteau

(h) (in portrait, writing → likeness, mood) saisir;

∎ the author has caught the mood of the time l'auteur a su rendre l'atmosphère de l'époque

(i) (hit) British

∎ to catch sb a blow donner ou flanquer un coup à qn;

∎ the punch caught me in the chest j'ai reçu le coup de poing en plein dans la poitrine;

∎ the wave caught her sideways la vague l'a frappée de côté;

∎ he fell and caught his head on the radiator il est tombé et s'est cogné la tête contre le radiateur

(j) (notice) remarquer;

∎ did you catch the look on his face? vous avez remarqué l'expression de son visage?;

∎ I caught a hint of bitterness (in what she said) j'ai senti un peu d'amertume dans ses paroles

(k) (idioms)

∎ to catch one's breath reprendre son souffle;

∎ he had to sit down to catch his breath il a dû s'asseoir pour reprendre son souffle;

∎ to catch the light refléter la lumière;

∎ to catch the sun (person) prendre des couleurs;

∎ the garden catches the sun in the afternoon le jardin est ensoleillé l'après-midi

2 intransitive verb

(a) (ignite → fire, wood) prendre; (→ engine) démarrer

(b) (bolt, lock) fermer; (gears) mordre

(c) (on obstacle → in door, machinery etc) se prendre; (→ on thorn, nail etc) s'accrocher;

∎ her skirt caught on a nail sa jupe s'est accrochée à un clou;

∎ his coat caught in the door son manteau s'est pris dans la porte

3 noun

(a) (act) prise f;

∎ good catch! bien rattrapé!

(b) (of fish) prise f;

∎ a fine catch une belle prise;

∎ humorous figurative he's a good catch (man) c'est un beau parti

(c) (snag) piège m;

∎ there must be a catch in it somewhere il doit y avoir un truc ou un piège quelque part, ça cache quelque chose;

∎ where's or what's the catch? qu'est-ce que ça cache?, où est le piège?

(d) (on lock, door) loquet m; (on window) loqueteau m; (on shoe-buckle) ardillon m

(e) (in voice)

∎ with a catch in his voice d'une voix entrecoupée

(f) (game) jeu m de balle;

∎ to play catch jouer à la balle

(g) Music canon m

►► Agriculture catch crop culture f dérobée;

catch question question-piège f, colle f

➲ catch at inseparable transitive verb

(essayer d') attraper

➲ catch on intransitive verb

(a) (fashion, trend, slogan) devenir populaire, prendre;

∎ this dance style caught on in the fifties cette danse a fait un tabac ou était très populaire dans les années cinquante;

∎ the game never caught on in Europe ce jeu n'a jamais pris en Europe ou eu de succès en Europe

(b) familiar (understand) piger, saisir^□ ;

∎ I didn't quite catch on to what he was trying to say je n'ai pas bien saisi ce qu'il essayait de dire;

∎ did you catch on? est-ce que tu as pigé?

➲ catch out separable transitive verb

British (by trickery) prendre en défaut, piéger; (in the act) prendre sur le fait;

∎ he tried to catch me out with a trick question il a essayé de me coller ou prendre en défaut avec une question-piège;

∎ to catch sb out in a lie prendre ou surprendre qn à mentir;

∎ I won't be caught out like that again! on ne m'y prendra plus!

➲ catch up

1 intransitive verb

(a) (as verb of movement)

∎ to catch up with sb rattraper qn;

∎ I had to run to catch up with him or to catch him up j'ai dû courir pour le rattraper ou le rejoindre;

∎ the police caught up with him in Zurich la police l'a rattrapé à Zurich;

∎ figurative his past will catch up with him one day il finira par être rattrapé par son passé

(b) (on lost time) combler ou rattraper son retard; (on studies) rattraper son retard, se remettre au niveau;

∎ to catch up on or with one's work rattraper le retard qu'on a pris dans son travail;

∎ he'll have to work hard to catch up with the rest of the class il va falloir qu'il travaille beaucoup pour rattraper le reste de la classe;

∎ I need to catch up on some sleep j'ai du sommeil à rattraper;

∎ we had a lot of news to catch up on nous avions beaucoup de choses à nous dire

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (entangle)

∎ the material got caught up in the machinery le tissu s'est pris dans la machine;

∎ they were caught up in a traffic jam for hours ils ont été bloqués dans un embouteillage pendant des heures

(b) (absorb, involve)

∎ to get caught up in a wave of enthusiasm être gagné par une vague d'enthousiasme;

∎ he was too caught up in the film to notice what was happening il était trop absorbé par le film pour remarquer ce qui se passait;

∎ I refuse to get caught up in their private quarrel je refuse de me laisser entraîner dans leurs querelles personnelles

(c) (seize → object) ramasser vivement, s'emparer de; (→ baby, child) prendre dans ses bras

(d) (person, car in front etc) rattraper

✾ Film 'To Catch a Thief' Hitchcock 'La Main au collet'

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3 have

have [hæv]

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1. auxiliary verb

2. modal verb

3. transitive verb

4. noun

5. Phrasal Verbs

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► 3rd pers sg pres has, pret, ptp had

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► When have is part of a set combination, eg have a look, have a good time, look up the noun.

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1. auxiliary verb

   a. avoir

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► avoir is the auxiliary used with most verbs to form past tenses. For important exceptions see below.

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• I have eaten j'ai mangé

• I had eaten j'avais mangé

• haven't you grown! comme tu as grandi !

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► Note the agreement of the past participle with the preceding direct object.

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• I haven't seen her je ne l'ai pas vue

• I hadn't seen him je ne l'avais pas vu

• if I had seen her I would have spoken to her si je l'avais vue, je lui aurais parlé

• having seen them les ayant vus

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► When describing uncompleted states or actions, French generally uses the present and imperfect where English uses the perfect and past perfect.

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• I have lived or have been living here for 10 years/since January j'habite ici depuis 10 ans/depuis janvier

• I had lived or had been living there for 10 years j'habitais là depuis 10 ans

► to have just... venir de...

• I have just seen him je viens de le voir

• I had just spoken to him je venais de lui parler

   b. être

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► être is the auxiliary used with all reflexives, and the following verbs when used intransitively: aller, arriver, descendre, devenir, entrer, monter, mourir, naître, partir, passer, rentrer, rester, retourner, revenir, sortir, tomber, venir.

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• I have gone je suis allé

• I've made a mistake je me suis trompé

• I had gone j'étais allé

• I had made a mistake je m'étais trompé

   c. (in tag questions seeking confirmation) n'est-ce pas

• you've seen her, haven't you? vous l'avez vue, n'est-ce pas ?

• he hasn't told anyone, has he? il n'en a parlé à personne, n'est-ce pas ?

   d. (in tag responses) he's got a new job -- oh has he? il a un nouveau travail -- ah bon ?

• you've dropped your book -- so I have! vous avez laissé tomber votre livre -- en effet !

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► (mais) si or (mais) non are used to contradict.

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• you haven't seen her -- yes I have! vous ne l'avez pas vue -- (mais) si !

• you've made a mistake -- no I haven't! vous vous êtes trompé -- mais non !

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► oui or non are often sufficient when answering questions.

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• have you met him? -- yes I have est-ce que tu l'as rencontré ? -- oui

• has he arrived? -- no he hasn't est-ce qu'il est arrivé ? -- non

   e. (avoiding repetition of verb) have you ever been there? if you have... y êtes-vous déjà allé ? si oui,...

• have you tried it? if you haven't... est-ce que vous avez goûté ça ? si vous ne l'avez pas fait,...

2. modal verb

► to have to + infinitive devoir falloir

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► falloir is always used in the third person singular, in an impersonal construction. Note that falloir que is always followed by the subjunctive.

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• they have to work hard ils doivent travailler dur il faut qu'ils travaillent dur

• they had to work hard ils ont dû travailler dur il a fallu qu'ils travaillent dur

• you're going to have to work hard! tu vas devoir travailler dur ! il va falloir que tu travailles dur !

• I'll have to leave now or I'll miss the train il faut que je parte, sinon je vais rater mon train

• he had to pay all the money back il a dû tout rembourser

• don't you have to get permission? est-ce qu'on ne doit pas demander la permission ?

• do you have to go now? est-ce que vous devez partir tout de suite ?

• we've had to work late twice this week nous avons dû rester travailler tard deux fois cette semaine

• we'll have to find an alternative nous allons devoir trouver une autre solution

• the locks will have to be changed il va falloir changer les serrures

• what kind of equipment would you have to have? quel type de matériel vous faudrait-il ?

• it has to be the biggest scandal this year c'est sans aucun doute le plus gros scandale de l'année

• it still has to be proved ça reste à prouver

• do you have to make such a noise? tu ne pourrais pas faire un peu moins de bruit ?

► don't/doesn't have to + infinitive

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► Note that falloir and devoir are not used.

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• he doesn't have to work il n'a pas besoin de travailler

• you didn't have to tell her! tu n'avais pas besoin de le lui dire !

• it's nice not to have to work on Saturdays c'est agréable de ne pas avoir à travailler le samedi

• I don't have to do it je ne suis pas obligé or forcé de le faire

3. transitive verb

   a. avoir

• I have or I've got three books j'ai trois livres

• have you got a suitcase? avez-vous une valise ?

• she has blue eyes elle a les yeux bleus

• have you got this jumper in black? est-ce que vous avez ce pull en noir ?

• I haven't any more je n'en ai plus

• I have got nothing to do je n'ai rien à faire

• I've got a headache j'ai mal à la tête

• I had my camera ready j'avais mon appareil tout prêt

• to have a child avoir un enfant

• she is having a baby in April elle va avoir un bébé en avril

• our cat has had kittens notre chatte a eu des petits

• I'll have everything ready je veillerai à ce que tout soit prêt

   b. ( = eat, drink, take) he had an egg for breakfast il a mangé un œuf au petit déjeuner

• I'll just have a sandwich je vais juste prendre un sandwich

• have some more reprends-en

• shall we have a coffee? on prend un café ?

• to have tea with sb prendre le thé avec qn

• I've had a couple of aspirins j'ai pris deux aspirines

► will you have...? (in offers)

will you have tea or coffee? vous prendrez du thé ou du café ?

   c. ( = spend) passer

• what sort of day have you had? est-ce que tu as passé une bonne journée ?

• to have a pleasant evening passer une bonne soirée

   d. ( = smoke) fumer

• he had a cigarette il a fumé une cigarette

   e. ( = catch) tenir

• he had me by the throat il me tenait à la gorge

• I've got him where I want him! (inf) je le tiens !

• to be had (inf) ( = taken in) se faire avoir

• you've been had tu t'es fait avoir (inf)

   f. (set structures)

► to let sb have ( = give) donner à qn

• let me have your address donnez-moi votre adresse

• I'll let you have it for $100 je vous le cède pour 100 dollars► must have or have to have

• I must have £50 at once il me faut 50 livres immédiatement

• I must or have to have them by this afternoon il me les faut pour cet après-midi► won't have ( = refuse to accept)

I won't have this nonsense! je ne tolérerai pas ces enfantillages !

• I won't have it! je ne tolérerai pas ça !

• I won't have him risking his neck on that motorbike je ne veux pas qu'il risque sa vie sur cette moto► would have ( = wish)

what would you have me do? que voulez-vous que je fasse ?

• I would have you know that... sachez que...► to have sth done [+ service] faire faire qch

• to have sth mended faire réparer qch

• to have one's hair cut se faire couper les cheveux

• I've had the brakes checked j'ai fait vérifier les freins

• he had his car stolen il s'est fait voler sa voiture

• he had his worst fears confirmed ses pires craintes se sont réalisées► to have sb do sth faire faire qch à qn

• I had him clean the car je lui ai fait nettoyer la voiture

• she soon had them all reading and writing elle a réussi très rapidement à leur apprendre à lire et à écrire► had better ( = should)

I had better go now il vaut mieux que j'y aille

• you'd better not tell him that! tu ferais mieux de ne pas lui dire ça !► to have had it (inf)

I've had it ( = am done for) je suis fichu (inf)

• I've had it up to here j'en ai marre ! (inf)► to have to do with

• I have nothing to do with it je n'y suis pour rien

• that has nothing to do with it ça n'a rien à voir

4. noun

• the haves and the have-nots les riches mpl et les pauvres mpl

5. Phrasal Verbs

► have in separable transitive verb

   a. faire venir

• we'll have them in and discuss it nous allons les faire venir pour en discuter

   b. to have it in for sb (inf) avoir une dent contre qn

   c. to have it in one en être capable

• she has got it in her elle en est capable► have off separable transitive verb

(British)

to have it off with sb (inf!) s'envoyer (inf !) qn► have on separable transitive verb

   a. [+ clothes] porter

• he had nothing on il était tout nu

   b. (British = have planned) I've got so much on this week that... j'ai tant de choses à faire cette semaine que...

• I've got nothing on this evening je suis libre ce soir

   c. (British = tease) (inf) faire marcher (inf)

   d. Richard has nothing on him! (inf) Richard ne lui arrive pas à la cheville !

• the police have nothing on me (inf) la police n'a pas de preuve contre moi► have out separable transitive verb

   a. to have a tooth out se faire arracher une dent

   b. to have it out with sb s'expliquer avec qn► have round separable transitive verb

[+ friends, neighbours] inviter

► have up separable transitive verb

• to be had up passer en jugement ( for doing sth pour avoir fait qch)

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[hæv, həv] 1.
transitive verb ( uses not covered in NOTE)

1) ( possess) avoir

she has (got) a dog — elle a un chien

2) ( consume) prendre

to have a sandwich — manger un sandwich

to have a whisky — boire un whisky

to have a cigarette — fumer une cigarette

to have breakfast — prendre le petit déjeuner

to have dinner — dîner

to have lunch — déjeuner

I had some more cake — j'ai repris du gâteau

3) ( want) vouloir, prendre

what will you have? — qu'est-ce que vous prendrez or voulez?

she won't have him back — elle ne veut plus de lui

I wouldn't have it any other way — ça me convient comme ça

I wouldn't have him/her any other way — c'est comme ça que je l'aime

4) (receive, get) recevoir [letter, information]

I've had no news from him — je n'ai pas eu de nouvelles de lui

I must have the information soon — il me faut l'information bientôt

to let somebody have something — donner quelque chose à quelqu'un

5) ( hold) faire [party, celebration]; tenir [meeting]; organiser [competition, ballot, exhibition]; avoir [conversation]; mener [enquiry]

6) (exert, exhibit) avoir [effect, influence]; avoir [courage, courtesy] ( to do de faire)

7) ( spend) passer

to have a nice day/evening — passer une journée/soirée agréable

to have a good time — bien s'amuser

to have a hard ou bad time — traverser une période difficile

to have a good vacation — passer de bonnes vacances

8) ( be provided with) (also have got)

to have something to do — avoir quelque chose à faire

I have ou I've got letters to write — j'ai du courrier à faire

9) (undergo, suffer) avoir

to have (the) flu/a heart attack — avoir la grippe/une crise cardiaque

to have toothache — avoir mal aux dents

to have a shock — subir un choc

he had his car stolen — il s'est fait voler sa voiture

she has had her windows broken — on lui a cassé ses vitres

they like having stories read to them — ils aiment qu'on leur lise des histoires

to have an interview — avoir or passer un entretien

10) ( cause to be done)

to have something done — faire faire quelque chose

to have the house painted — faire peindre la maison

to have one's hair cut — se faire couper les cheveux

to have an injection — se faire faire une piqûre

to have somebody do something — faire faire quelque chose à quelqu'un

she had him close the door — elle lui a fait fermer la porte

they would have us believe that... — ils voudraient nous faire croire que...

I would have you know that... — je voudrais que vous sachiez que...

he had them laughing — il les a fait rire

11) ( cause to become)

he had his revolver ready — il avait son revolver prêt

we'll soon have everything ready/clean — nous aurons bientôt fini de tout préparer/nettoyer

if you're not careful you'll have that glass over — si tu ne fais pas attention tu vas renverser le verre

she had them completely baffled — elle les a complètement déroutés

I had it finished by 5 o'clock — je l'avais fini avant 5 heures

12) ( allow) tolérer

I won't have this kind of behaviour! — je ne tolérerai pas ce comportement!

I won't have it! — ça ne va pas se passer comme ça!

I won't have them exploit him — je ne tolérerai pas qu'ils l'exploitent

I won't have him hurt — je ne laisserai personne le blesser

we can't have them staying in a hotel — on ne peut pas les laisser aller à l'hôtel

13) ( physically hold) tenir

she had the glass in her hand — elle tenait le verre dans la main

she had him by the throat/by the arm — elle le tenait à la gorge/par le bras

he had his hands over his eyes — il avait les mains sur les yeux

14) ( give birth to) [woman] avoir [child]; [animal] mettre bas, avoir [young]

has she had it yet? — est-ce qu'elle a accouché?

she's having a baby (in May) — elle va avoir un enfant (en mai)

15) ( as impersonal verb)

over here, we have a painting by Picasso — ici vous avez un tableau de Picasso

what we have here is a small group of extremists — ce à quoi nous avons affaire ici, est un petit groupe d'extrémistes

16) ( puzzle)

you have ou you've got me there! — là tu me poses une colle! (colloq)

17) ( have at one's mercy) (also have got)

I've got you/him now! — maintenant je te/le tiens!

I'll have you! — je vais te montrer!
2.
modal auxiliary

1) ( must)

I have (got) to leave now — je dois partir maintenant, il faut que je parte maintenant

2) ( need to)

you don't have to ou you haven't got to leave so early — tu n'as pas besoin de or tu n'es pas obligé de partir si tôt

why did this have to happen? — pourquoi fallait-il que ça arrive?

something has (got) to be done — il faut faire quelque chose

3) ( for emphasis)

this has (got) to be the most difficult decision I've ever made — c'est sans doute la décision la plus difficile que j'aie jamais eu à prendre
3.
auxiliary verb

1) gen avoir; ( with movement and reflexive verbs) être

she has lost her bag — elle a perdu son sac

she has already left — elle est déjà partie

she has hurt herself — elle s'est blessée

2) ( in tag questions etc)

you've seen the film, haven't you? — tu as vu le film, n'est-ce pas?

you haven't seen the film, have you? — tu n'as pas vu le film?

you haven't seen my bag, have you? — tu n'as pas vu mon sac, par hasard?

‘he's already left’ - ‘has he indeed!’ — ‘il est déjà parti’ - ‘vraiment!’

‘you've never met him’ - ‘yes I have!’ — ‘tu ne l'as jamais rencontré’ - ‘mais si!’
4.
having auxiliary verb

1) ( in time clauses)

having finished his breakfast, he went out — après avoir fini son petit déjeuner, il est sorti

2) (because, since)

having already won twice — comme il a déjà gagné deux fois

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Phrasal Verbs:

- have around

- have back

- have in

- have on

- have over

- have up

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to have done with something — en finir avec quelque chose

this car/TV has had it — (colloq) cette voiture/télé est foutue (colloq)

when your father finds out, you've had it! — (colloq) ( in trouble) quand ton père l'apprendra, ça va être ta fête! (colloq)

I can't do any more, I've had it! — (colloq) ( tired) je n'en peux plus, je suis crevé! (colloq)

I've had it (up to here) with... — (colloq) j'en ai marre de... (colloq)

to have it in for somebody — (colloq) avoir quelqu'un dans le collimateur (colloq)

she has/doesn't have it in her to do — elle est capable/incapable de faire

to have it out with somebody — s'expliquer avec quelqu'un

he will have it that — il soutient que

I've got it! — je sais!

and the ayes/noes have it — les oui/non l'emportent

the haves and the have-nots — les riches et les pauvres

...and what have you —...etc

there is no milk/there are no houses to be had — on ne trouve pas de lait/de maisons

English-French dictionary > have
4 catch

catch [kæt∫]

(verb: preterite, past participle caught)

1. noun

   a. ( = act, thing caught) prise f, capture f ; (Fishing) ( = several fish) pêche f ; ( = one fish) prise f

• good catch! (Cricket) bien rattrapé !

   b. ( = concealed drawback) (inf) piège m

• where's the catch? où est le piège ?

   c. (British) (on door) loquet m ; (on window) loqueteau m

   d. with a catch in one's voice d'une voix entrecoupée

   e. ( = ball game) jeu de balle

2. transitive verb

   a. attraper

• to catch an animal in a trap prendre un animal au piège

• I dialled her number hoping to catch her before she left je lui ai téléphoné en espérant la joindre avant son départ

• can I ring you back? you've caught me at a bad time je peux vous rappeler ? je suis occupé en ce moment

• to catch sb's attention or eye attirer l'attention de qn

• to catch the light accrocher la lumière

• his speech caught the mood of the assembly son discours reflétait l'humeur de l'assemblée

• you'll catch it! (inf) ( = be in trouble) ça va être ta fête ! (inf)

   b. ( = take by surprise) surprendre

• to catch sb doing sth surprendre qn en train de faire qch

• to be caught unprepared être pris au dépourvu

• she caught herself dreaming of Spain elle se surprit à rêver de l'Espagne

• if I catch you at it again! (inf) que je t'y reprenne !

• you won't catch me doing that again! (inf) on ne m'y reprendra pas !

• we were caught in a storm nous avons été surpris par un orage

   c. [+ bus, train] ( = be in time for) attraper ; ( = travel on) prendre

• to catch the post arriver à temps pour la levée

• did you catch the news/that film last night? tu as vu les informations/le film hier soir ?

   d. ( = trap) the branch caught my skirt

• I caught my skirt on the branch ma jupe s'est accrochée à la branche

• to catch one's foot in sth se prendre les pieds dans qch

   e. ( = understand, hear) saisir

• I didn't catch what he said je n'ai pas saisi ce qu'il a dit

   f. [+ disease] attraper

• to catch a cold attraper un rhume

• to catch cold prendre froid

3. intransitive verb

   a. [fire] prendre ; [wood] prendre feu

   b. her dress caught in the door/on a nail sa robe s'est prise dans la porte/s'est accrochée à un clou

4. compounds

► catch 22 (inf) noun

• it's a catch 22 situation c'est une situation inextricable ► catch-all noun fourre-tout m inv (fig) adjective

[regulation, clause etc] fourre-tout inv

► catch phrase noun ( = slogan) slogan m ; [of comedian, famous person] formule f

► catch on intransitive verb

   a. ( = become popular) [fashion] prendre

   b. ( = understand) saisir

► catch out separable transitive verb

( = catch napping) prendre en défaut ; ( = catch in the act) prendre sur le fait

• to be caught out (by sth) être surpris (par qch)► catch up intransitive verb

   a. se rattraper ; (with news, gossip) se mettre au courant

• to catch up with one's work se remettre à jour

• to catch up with sb rattraper qn

• his past eventually caught up with him son passé est revenu le hanter

   b. to be or get caught up in sth (in activity, campaign) être pris par qch ; (in circumstances) être prisonnier de qch

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[kætʃ] 1.
noun

1) ( fastening) (on purse, brooch) fermoir m, fermeture f; (on window, door) fermeture f

2) ( drawback) piège m fig

what's the catch? — où est le piège?

3) ( break in voice)

with a catch in his voice — d'une voix émue

4) ( act of catching) prise f

to take a catch — GB

to make a catch — US Sport prendre la balle

to play catch — jouer à la balle

5) ( haul) pêche f; ( one fish) prise f

6) ( marriage partner)

a good catch — un beau parti
2.
transitive verb (prét, pp caught)

1) ( hold and retain) [person] attraper [ball, fish]; [container] recueillir [water, dust]; ( by running) [person] attraper [person]

I managed to catch her in — ( at home) j'ai réussi à la trouver chez elle

2) ( take by surprise) prendre, attraper

to catch somebody doing — surprendre quelqu'un en train de faire

to be ou get caught — se faire prendre

to catch somebody in the act —

to catch somebody at it — (colloq) prendre quelqu'un sur le fait

you wouldn't catch me smoking! — ce n'est pas moi qui fumerais!

we got caught in the rain — nous avons été surpris par la pluie

you've caught me at an awkward moment — vous tombez mal

3) ( be in time for) prendre [bus, train, plane]; avoir [last post]

4) ( manage to see) voir [programme]; aller voir [show]

5) ( grasp) prendre [hand, arm]; agripper [branch, rope]; captiver, éveiller [interest, imagination]

to catch hold of something — attraper quelque chose

to catch somebody's attention ou eye — attirer l'attention de quelqu'un

to catch the chairman's eye — Administration obtenir la parole

6) ( hear) saisir (colloq), comprendre

7) ( perceive) discerner [sound]; surprendre [look]

to catch sight of somebody/something — surprendre quelqu'un/quelque chose

8) ( get stuck)

to catch one's fingers in — se prendre les doigts dans [drawer, door]

to catch one's shirt on — accrocher sa chemise à [nail]

to get caught in — [person] se prendre dans [net, thorns]

9) Medicine attraper [disease, virus, flu]

10) (hit, knock) heurter [object, person]

11) ( have an effect on) [light] faire briller [object]; [wind] emporter [paper, bag]

to catch one's breath — retenir son souffle

12) ( be affected by)

you've caught the sun — on voit bien que tu es resté au soleil

to catch fire ou light — prendre feu, s'enflammer

to catch the light — refléter la lumière

13) ( capture) rendre [atmosphere, spirit]

14) Sport catch out

15) ( trick) catch out

16) ( manage to reach) catch up
3.
intransitive verb (prét, pp caught)

1) ( become stuck)

to catch on — [shirt, sleeve] s'accrocher à [nail]; [wheel] frotter contre [frame]

2) ( start to burn) [wood, fire] prendre

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Phrasal Verbs:

- catch on

- catch out

- catch up

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you'll catch it! — (colloq) tu vas en prendre une! (colloq)

English-French dictionary > catch
5 work

wə:k
1. noun
1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) trabajo

2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) trabajo

3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) trabajo

4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) obra

5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) trabajo

6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) trabajo

2. verb
1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) trabajar

2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) trabajar, tener empleo

3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) funcionar

4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) funcionar, dar resultados

5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) progresar, desarrollar

6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) volverse

7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) trabajar, fabricar

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- - work
- workable
- worker
- works
3. noun plural
1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.)

2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) mecanismo

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- work-basket
- work-box
- workbook
- workforce
- working class
- working day
- work-day
- working hours
- working-party
- work-party
- working week
- workman
- workmanlike
- workmanship
- workmate
- workout
- workshop
- at work
- get/set to work
- go to work on
- have one's work cut out
- in working order
- out of work
- work of art
- work off
- work out
- work up
- work up to
- work wonders

work¹ n

1. trabajo

I have a lot of work tengo mucho trabajo

he was late for work llegó tarde al trabajo

a man's doing some work on the roof un hombre está reparando el tejado

2. obra

it's all my own work todo es obra de mi propia mano

at work en el trabajo

in work con trabajo / que tiene trabajo

out of work sin trabajo / parado

to get to work / to set to work ponerse a trabajar

work² vb

1. trabajar

I work in a shop trabajo en una tienda

I've been working all day he estado trabajando todo el día

2. funcionar

the lift doesn't work el ascensor no funciona

how do you work this machine? ¿cómo funciona esta máquina?

work

tr[wɜːk]

noun

1 (gen) trabajo

I've got a lot of work to do tengo mucho trabajo que hacer

he put a lot of hard work into that project trabajó mucho en ese proyecto, puso mucho esfuerzo en ese proyecto

they often take work home to do muchas veces se llevan trabajo a casa

2 (employment) empleo, trabajo

she's at work está en el trabajo

what sort of work do you do? ¿qué clase de trabajo haces?, ¿a qué te dedicas?

don't be late for work no llegues tarde al trabajo

what time do you leave work? ¿a qué hora sales del trabajo?

she's a friend from work es una compañera de trabajo

I've got the day off work tengo el día libre

3 (building work, roadworks) obras nombre femenino plural

work on the new road will commence in July se comenzarán las obras de la nueva carretera en julio

4 (product, results) trabajo, obra

it's all my own work es obra de mi propia mano

they sell their work in the market venden sus trabajos en el mercado

this is an excellent piece of work esto es un trabajo excelente

this is the work of vandals esto es cosa de vándalos

5 (literary etc) obra

transitive verb

1 (person) hacer trabajar

she works them too hard les hace trabajar demasiado

2 (machine) manejar; (mechanism) accionar

do you know how to work the video? ¿sabes cómo hacer funcionar el vídeo?

it's worked by electricity funciona con electricidad

3 (mine, oil well) explotar; (land, fields) trabajar, cultivar

4 (produce) hacer

it works miracles hace milagros

5 (wood, metal, clay) trabajar; (dough) amasar

6 (make by work or effort) trabajar

he worked his way up in the company ascendió en la empresa por su trabajo

she worked her way through university hizo la carrera trabajando

I worked my way to the front me abrí camino hacia adelante

7 familiar (arrange) arreglar

he worked it so that he got off with just a fine se las arregló para escapar sólo con una multa

8 (move gradually)

he worked the key into the frozen lock metió poco a poco la llave en la cerradura helada

work the fat into the flour vaya mezclando la mantequilla con la harina

intransitive verb

1 (gen) trabajar

she works for an insurance company trabaja en una compañía de seguros

he worked as a waiter trabajaba de camarero

I'm working on a new book estoy trabajando en un nuevo libro

she works hard at her homework trabaja mucho en sus deberes, pone mucho esfuerzo en sus deberes

he's working for his exams está estudiando para los exámenes

they were working away at the design estaban ocupados con el diseño

2 (machine, system) funcionar

the lift's not working el ascensor no funciona

how does this machine work? ¿cómo funciona esta máquina?

3 (medicine, cleaner) surtir efecto, tener efecto; (plan) tener éxito, salir bien, funcionar, resultar

your plan won't work tu plan no saldrá bien

the special effects work well los efectos especiales resultan bien

4 (move)

her dress had worked up su vestido se había subido

they eventually worked round to my way of thinking finalmente coincidieron con mi parecer

plural noun works

1 (factory) fábrica f sing

1 (parts) mecanismo m sing

1 familiar (everything) todo, todo el tinglado

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

it's all in a/the day's work todo forma parte del trabajo, es el pan nuestro de cada día

all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy hay que divertirse de vez en cuando

it works both ways es una arma de doble filo

keep up the good work! ¡que siga así!

the forces at work los elementos en juego

to be in work tener trabajo, tener un empleo

to be out of work estar en el paro, estar sin trabajo, estar parado,-a

to get down/set to work ponerse a trabajar, poner manos a la obra

to get worked up exaltarse, excitarse, ponerse nervioso,-a

to give somebody the (full) works tratar a alguien a lo grande

to have one's work cut out to do something costarle a uno mucho trabajo hacer algo

to make light/short work of something despachar algo deprisa

to work like a Trojan trabajar como un negro

to work loose soltarse, aflojarse

to work one's fingers to the bone dejarse los codos trabajando

to work oneself to death matarse trabajando

to work to rule hacer huelga de celo

public works obras nombre femenino plural públicas

work basket costurero, cesto de labor

work camp campamento de trabajo

work experience experiencia laboral

work of art obra de arte

work permit permiso de trabajo

work station SMALLCOMPUTING/SMALL estación nombre femenino de trabajo, terminal nombre masculino de trabajo

work surface encimera

work ['wərk] v, worked ['wərkt] or wrought ['rɔt] ; working vt

1) operate: trabajar, operar

to work a machine: operar una máquina

2) : lograr, conseguir (algo) con esfuerzo

to work one's way up: lograr subir por sus propios esfuerzos

3) effect: efectuar, llevar a cabo, obrar (milagros)

4) make, shape: elaborar, fabricar, formar

a beautifully wrought vase: un florero bellamente elaborado

5)

to work up : estimular, excitar

don't get worked up: no te agites

work vi

1) labor: trabajar

to work full-time: trabajar a tiempo completo

2) function: funcionar, servir

work adj

: laboral

work n

1) labor: trabajo m, labor f

2) employment: trabajo m, empleo m

3) task: tarea f, faena f

4) deed: obra f, labor f

works of charity: obras de caridad

5) : obra f (de arte o literatura)

6) workmanship

7) works npl

factory: fábrica f

8) works npl

mechanism: mecanismo m

work

v.

• andar v.

• elaborar v.

• funcionar v.

• hacer funcionar v.

• hacer trabajar v.

• laborear v.

• labrar v.

• marchar v.

• obrar v.

• trabajar v.

adj.

• laborable adj.

n.

• chamba s.f.

• fábrica s.f.

• labor s.f.

• mecanismo s.m.

• obra s.f.

• sobrehueso s.m.

• trabajar s.m.

• trabajo s.m.

wɜːrk, wɜːk
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noun

1) u (labor, tasks) trabajo m

it was a lot of work — dio mucho trabajo

the building work is still going on — todavía están en obras

work has already started on the film — ya han empezado a filmar or rodar

she's got a lot of work to do to catch up — va a tener que trabajar mucho para ponerse al día

the house needs a lot of work done o (BrE) doing to it — la casa necesita muchos arreglos

she put a lot of work into it — puso mucho esfuerzo or empeño en ello

to set to work — ponerse* a trabajar, poner* manos a la obra

keep up the good work — sigue (or sigan etc) así!

it's hard work digging — cavar es muy duro

that was quick work! — qué rapidez!

I've done a good day's work — he aprovechado bien el día

it's all in a day's work — es el pan nuestro de cada día

to have one's work cut out: she's going to have her work cut out to get the job done in time le va a costar terminar el trabajo a tiempo; to make short work of something: Pete made short work of the ironing Pete planchó todo rapidísimo; you made short work of that pizza! te has despachado pronto la pizza!; all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy — hay que dejar tiempo para el esparcimiento

2) u ( employment) trabajo m

she does a lot of work for the government — trabaja mucho para el gobierno

to look for/find work — buscar*/encontrar* trabajo

to go to work — ir* a trabajar or al trabajo

they both go out to work — (BrE) los dos trabajan (afuera)

I start/finish work at seven — entro a trabajar or al trabajo/salgo del trabajo a las siete

3) (in phrases)

at work: he's at work está en el trabajo, está en la oficina (or la fábrica etc); they were hard at work estaban muy ocupados trabajando; other forces were at work intervenían otros factores, había otros factores en juego; men at work obras, hombres trabajando; in work (BrE): those in work quienes tienen trabajo; off work: she was off work for a month after the accident después del accidente estuvo un mes sin trabajar; he took a day off work se tomó un día libre; out of work: the closures will put 1,200 people out of work los cierres dejarán en la calle a 1.200 personas; to be out of work estar* sin trabajo or desocupado or desempleado or (Chi tb) cesante, estar* parado or en el paro (Esp); (before n) out-of-work — desocupado, desempleado, parado (Esp), cesante (Chi)

4)

a) c (product, single item) obra f

a work of art — una obra de arte

b) u ( output) trabajo m

a piece of work — un trabajo

an exhibition of recent work by Sam Pym — una exposición de obras recientes de Sam Pym

it was the work of a professional — era obra de un profesional; see also works

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1.

intransitive verb

1) \<\<person\>\> trabajar

I work as a receptionist — trabajo de recepcionista

he works nights — trabaja de noche

to get working — ponerse* a trabajar, poner* manos a la obra

to work hard — trabajar mucho or duro

we work a 40-hour week — nuestra semana laboral es de 40 horas

to work AT something: you have to work at your service tiene que practicar el servicio; a relationship is something you have to work at una relación de pareja requiere cierto esfuerzo; she was working away at her accounts estaba ocupada con su contabilidad; to work FOR somebody trabajar para alguien; to work for oneself trabajar por cuenta propia; to work FOR something: fame didn't just come to me: I had to work for it la fama no me llegó del cielo, tuve que trabajar para conseguirla; he's working for his finals está estudiando or está preparándose para los exámenes finales; to work IN something: to work in marble trabajar el mármol or con mármol; to work in oils pintar al óleo, trabajar con óleos; to work ON something: he's working on his car está arreglando el coche; scientists are working on a cure los científicos están intentando encontrar una cura; she hasn't been fired yet, but she's working on it (hum) todavía no la han echado, pero parece empeñada en que lo hagan; we're working on the assumption that... partimos del supuesto de que...; the police had very little to work on la policía tenía muy pocas pistas; to work UNDER somebody — trabajar bajo la dirección de alguien

2)

a) (operate, function) \<\<machine/system\>\> funcionar; \<\<drug/person\>\> actuar*

to work against/in favor of somebody/something — obrar en contra/a favor de alguien/algo

it works both ways: you have to make an effort too, you know: it works both ways — tú también tienes que hacer el esfuerzo, ¿sabes? funciona igual or (esp AmL) parejo para los dos

b) ( have required effect) \<\<drug/plan/method\>\> surtir efecto

her idea didn't work — su idea no resultó

try it, it might work — pruébalo, quizás resulte

the play doesn't work on TV — la obra no se presta para televisión

these colors just don't work together — estos colores no pegan or no combinan

3) (slip, travel) (+ adv compl)

the oil has to work through the engine — el aceite tiene que circular por el motor

his socks had worked down to his ankles — se le habían caído los calcetines; see also free I 1) c), loose I 1) b)

2.

vt

1)

a) ( force to work) hacer* trabajar

to work oneself to death — matarse trabajando

b) ( exploit) \<\<land/soil\>\> trabajar, labrar; \<\<mine\>\> explotar

c) \<\<nightclubs/casinos\>\> trabajar en

d) ( pay for by working)

he worked his passage to Australia — se costeó el pasaje a Australia trabajando en el barco

2) ( cause to operate)

do you know how to work the machine? — ¿sabes manejar la máquina?

this lever works the sprinkler system — esta palanca acciona el sistema de riego

the pump is worked by hand — la bomba funciona manualmente

3)

a) (move gradually, manipulate) (+ adv compl)

work the brush into the corners — mete bien el cepillo en los rincones

I'll try to work that quote into the article — trataré de meter esa cita en el artículo

to work one's way: we worked our way toward the exit nos abrimos camino hacia la salida; I worked my way through volume three logré terminar el tercer volumen; she worked her way to the top of her profession — trabajó hasta llegar a la cima de su profesión

b) (shape, fashion) \<\<clay/metal\>\> trabajar; \<\<dough\>\> sobar, amasar

work the flour into the mixture — vaya añadiendo la harina a la mezcla

4)

a) (past & past p worked or wrought) ( bring about) \<\<miracle\>\> hacer*; see also wrought I

b) (manage, arrange) (colloq) arreglar

she worked it so that I didn't have to pay — se las arregló or se las ingenió para que yo no tuviera que pagar

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Phrasal Verbs:

- work off

- work out

- work over

- work up

- work up to

[wɜːk]
1. N

1) (=activity) trabajo m; (=effort) esfuerzo m

work in progress — trabajo en proceso

• to be at work on sth — estar trabajando sobre algo

there are forces at work — hay fuerzas en movimiento

• work has begun on the new dam — se han comenzado las obras del nuevo embalse

work has begun on the new project — ha comenzado el trabajo en el nuevo proyecto

• it's all in a day's work — es pan de cada día

• to do one's work — hacer su trabajo

he did some good work at head office — hizo un buen trabajo en la oficina central

the medicine had done its work — la medicina había surtido efecto

• to get some work done — hacer algo (de trabajo)

• to get on with one's work — seguir trabajando

• good work! — (=well done) ¡buen trabajo!

• it's hard work — es mucho trabajo, cuesta (trabajo)

he's hard work * — es una persona difícil

• a piece of work — un trabajo

• she's put a lot of work into it — le ha puesto grandes esfuerzos

• to make quick work of sth/sb — despachar algo/a algn con rapidez

• to set to work — ponerse a trabajar

to set sb to work — poner a algn a trabajar

• to make short work of sth/sb — despachar algo/a algn con rapidez

• to start work — ponerse a trabajar

to have one's work cut out —

I have my work cut out as it is — ya tengo trabajo hasta por encima de las cejas

I had my work cut out to stop it — me costó detenerlo

you'll have your work cut out trying to stop him — te costará muchísimo trabajo impedirle
nasty 1., 4)
2) (=employment, place of employment) trabajo m

"work wanted" — (US) "demandas de empleo"

• to be at work — estar trabajando

accidents at work — accidentes mpl laborales

• to go to work — ir a trabajar

• to go out to work — (=have a job) tener un trabajo

• to be in work — tener trabajo

• she's looking for work — está buscando trabajo

• it's nice work if you can get it — es muy agradable para los que tienen esa suerte

• I'm off work for a week — tengo una semana de permiso

a day off work — un día libre

to take time off work — tomarse tiempo libre

• to be out of work — estar desempleado or parado or en paro

• to put sb out of work — dejar a algn sin trabajo

• on her way to work — camino del trabajo

3) (=product, deed) obra f; (=efforts) trabajo

the works of God — las obras de Dios

this is the work of a professional/madman — esto es trabajo de un profesional/loco

what do you think of his work? — ¿qué te parece su trabajo?

the dictator and all his works — el dictador y todo lo suyo

• good works — obras fpl de caridad

• his life's work — el trabajo al que ha dedicado su vida

4) (Art, Literat etc) obra f

the works of Dickens — las obras de Dickens

• a work of art — una obra de arte

• a literary work — una obra literaria

• a work of reference — un libro de consulta

5) works [of machine, clock etc] mecanismo msing

- bung or gum up the works
spanner
6) works (Mil) obras fpl, fortificaciones fpl

road works — obras

Ministry of Works — Ministerio m de Obras Públicas

2. VI

1) (gen) trabajar; (=be in a job) tener trabajo

to work to achieve sth — dirigir todos sus esfuerzos a lograr algo

• he is working at his German — está dándole al alemán

• to work hard — trabajar mucho or duro

• she works in a bakery — trabaja en una panadería

he works in education/publishing — trabaja en la enseñanza/el campo editorial

he prefers to work in wood/oils — prefiere trabajar la madera/con óleos

• to work to rule — (Ind) estar en huelga de celo

• to work towards sth — trabajar or realizar esfuerzos para conseguir algo

- work like a slave or Trojan etc

2) (=function) [machine, car] funcionar

the heating isn't working — la calefacción no funciona

it won't work — no funciona

not working — no funciona

my brain doesn't seem to be working today — hum mi cerebro no funciona hoy como es debido

• it may work against us — podría sernos desfavorable

• this can work both ways — esto puede ser un arma de doble filo

• this may work in our favour — puede que esto nos venga bien

• to get sth working — hacer funcionar algo

• it works off the mains — funciona con la electricidad de la red

• my plan worked perfectly — mi plan funcionó a la perfección

3) (=be effective) [plan] salir, marchar; [drug, medicine, spell] surtir efecto, ser eficaz; [yeast] fermentar

how long does it take to work? — ¿cuánto tiempo hace falta para que empiece a surtir efecto?

the scheme won't work — el proyecto no es práctico, esto no será factible

it won't work, I tell you! — ¡te digo que no se puede (hacer)!

4) [mouth, face, jaws] moverse, torcerse

5) (=move gradually)

she worked methodically down the list — repasó metódicamente la lista

• to work loose — desprenderse

• to work round to a question — preparar el terreno para preguntar algo

eventually he worked round to the price — por fin llegó a mencionar el precio

what are you working round to? — ¿adónde va a parar todo esto?, ¿qué propósito tiene todo esto?

3. VT

1) (=make work) hacer trabajar

he works his staff too hard — hace trabajar demasiado al personal

to work o.s. to death — matarse trabajando

2) (=operate)

can you work it? — ¿sabes manejarlo?

it is worked by electricity — funciona con electricidad

3) (=achieve) [+ change] producir, motivar; [+ cure] hacer, efectuar; [+ miracle] hacer

he has managed to work his promotion * — ha conseguido asegurarse el ascenso

they worked it so that she could come * — lo arreglaron para que viniera
wonder 1., 2)
4) (Sew) coser; (Knitting) [+ row] hacer

worked with blue thread — bordado de hilo azul

5) (=shape) [+ dough, clay] trabajar; [+ stone, marble] tallar, grabar

worked flint — piedra f tallada

work the butter and sugar together — amasar el azúcar y la mantequilla juntos

6) (=exploit) [+ mine] explotar; [+ land] cultivar

this land has not been worked for many years — estas tierras hace mucho tiempo que no se cultivan

he works the eastern part of the province — trabaja en la parte este de la provincia

7) (=manoeuvre)

he gradually worked the rope through the hole — poco a poco fue metiendo la cuerda por el agujero

to work one's hands free — lograr soltar las manos

he worked the lever up and down — movió la palanca hacia arriba y hacia abajo

• to work o.s. into a rage — ponerse furioso, enfurecerse

he worked the crowd (up) into a frenzy — exaltó los ánimos de la multitud

• the screw had worked itself loose — el tornillo se había soltado solo

• to work one's way along — ir avanzando poco a poco

to work one's way up a cliff — escalar poco a poco or a duras penas un precipicio

to work one's way up to the top of a company — llegar a la dirección de una compañía por sus propios esfuerzos

he worked his way up in the firm — ascendió en la compañía mediante sus propios esfuerzos

8) (=finance)

• to work one's passage on a ship — costearse un viaje trabajando

• to work one's way through college — costearse los estudios universitarios trabajando

4.

CPD

work area N — área f de trabajo

work camp N — campamento m laboral

work ethic N — ética f del trabajo

work experience N — experiencia f laboral

work file N — fichero m de trabajo

work force N — (=labourers) mano f de obra; (=personnel) plantilla f

work in progress N — trabajo m en proceso

work permit N — permiso m de trabajo

work prospects NPL — [of student] perspectivas fpl de trabajo

work study N — práctica f estudiantil

work surface N — = worktop

work therapy N — laborterapia f, terapia f laboral

work week N — (US) semana f laboral

- work away

- work in

- work off

- work on

- work out

- work over

- work through

- work up

- work up to

* * *
[wɜːrk, wɜːk]
I

noun

1) u (labor, tasks) trabajo m

it was a lot of work — dio mucho trabajo

the building work is still going on — todavía están en obras

work has already started on the film — ya han empezado a filmar or rodar

she's got a lot of work to do to catch up — va a tener que trabajar mucho para ponerse al día

the house needs a lot of work done o (BrE) doing to it — la casa necesita muchos arreglos

she put a lot of work into it — puso mucho esfuerzo or empeño en ello

to set to work — ponerse* a trabajar, poner* manos a la obra

keep up the good work — sigue (or sigan etc) así!

it's hard work digging — cavar es muy duro

that was quick work! — qué rapidez!

I've done a good day's work — he aprovechado bien el día

it's all in a day's work — es el pan nuestro de cada día

to have one's work cut out: she's going to have her work cut out to get the job done in time le va a costar terminar el trabajo a tiempo; to make short work of something: Pete made short work of the ironing Pete planchó todo rapidísimo; you made short work of that pizza! te has despachado pronto la pizza!; all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy — hay que dejar tiempo para el esparcimiento

2) u ( employment) trabajo m

she does a lot of work for the government — trabaja mucho para el gobierno

to look for/find work — buscar*/encontrar* trabajo

to go to work — ir* a trabajar or al trabajo

they both go out to work — (BrE) los dos trabajan (afuera)

I start/finish work at seven — entro a trabajar or al trabajo/salgo del trabajo a las siete

3) (in phrases)

at work: he's at work está en el trabajo, está en la oficina (or la fábrica etc); they were hard at work estaban muy ocupados trabajando; other forces were at work intervenían otros factores, había otros factores en juego; men at work obras, hombres trabajando; in work (BrE): those in work quienes tienen trabajo; off work: she was off work for a month after the accident después del accidente estuvo un mes sin trabajar; he took a day off work se tomó un día libre; out of work: the closures will put 1,200 people out of work los cierres dejarán en la calle a 1.200 personas; to be out of work estar* sin trabajo or desocupado or desempleado or (Chi tb) cesante, estar* parado or en el paro (Esp); (before n) out-of-work — desocupado, desempleado, parado (Esp), cesante (Chi)

4)

a) c (product, single item) obra f

a work of art — una obra de arte

b) u ( output) trabajo m

a piece of work — un trabajo

an exhibition of recent work by Sam Pym — una exposición de obras recientes de Sam Pym

it was the work of a professional — era obra de un profesional; see also works

II
1.

intransitive verb

1) \<\<person\>\> trabajar

I work as a receptionist — trabajo de recepcionista

he works nights — trabaja de noche

to get working — ponerse* a trabajar, poner* manos a la obra

to work hard — trabajar mucho or duro

we work a 40-hour week — nuestra semana laboral es de 40 horas

to work AT something: you have to work at your service tiene que practicar el servicio; a relationship is something you have to work at una relación de pareja requiere cierto esfuerzo; she was working away at her accounts estaba ocupada con su contabilidad; to work FOR somebody trabajar para alguien; to work for oneself trabajar por cuenta propia; to work FOR something: fame didn't just come to me: I had to work for it la fama no me llegó del cielo, tuve que trabajar para conseguirla; he's working for his finals está estudiando or está preparándose para los exámenes finales; to work IN something: to work in marble trabajar el mármol or con mármol; to work in oils pintar al óleo, trabajar con óleos; to work ON something: he's working on his car está arreglando el coche; scientists are working on a cure los científicos están intentando encontrar una cura; she hasn't been fired yet, but she's working on it (hum) todavía no la han echado, pero parece empeñada en que lo hagan; we're working on the assumption that... partimos del supuesto de que...; the police had very little to work on la policía tenía muy pocas pistas; to work UNDER somebody — trabajar bajo la dirección de alguien

2)

a) (operate, function) \<\<machine/system\>\> funcionar; \<\<drug/person\>\> actuar*

to work against/in favor of somebody/something — obrar en contra/a favor de alguien/algo

it works both ways: you have to make an effort too, you know: it works both ways — tú también tienes que hacer el esfuerzo, ¿sabes? funciona igual or (esp AmL) parejo para los dos

b) ( have required effect) \<\<drug/plan/method\>\> surtir efecto

her idea didn't work — su idea no resultó

try it, it might work — pruébalo, quizás resulte

the play doesn't work on TV — la obra no se presta para televisión

these colors just don't work together — estos colores no pegan or no combinan

3) (slip, travel) (+ adv compl)

the oil has to work through the engine — el aceite tiene que circular por el motor

his socks had worked down to his ankles — se le habían caído los calcetines; see also free I 1) c), loose I 1) b)

2.

vt

1)

a) ( force to work) hacer* trabajar

to work oneself to death — matarse trabajando

b) ( exploit) \<\<land/soil\>\> trabajar, labrar; \<\<mine\>\> explotar

c) \<\<nightclubs/casinos\>\> trabajar en

d) ( pay for by working)

he worked his passage to Australia — se costeó el pasaje a Australia trabajando en el barco

2) ( cause to operate)

do you know how to work the machine? — ¿sabes manejar la máquina?

this lever works the sprinkler system — esta palanca acciona el sistema de riego

the pump is worked by hand — la bomba funciona manualmente

3)

a) (move gradually, manipulate) (+ adv compl)

work the brush into the corners — mete bien el cepillo en los rincones

I'll try to work that quote into the article — trataré de meter esa cita en el artículo

to work one's way: we worked our way toward the exit nos abrimos camino hacia la salida; I worked my way through volume three logré terminar el tercer volumen; she worked her way to the top of her profession — trabajó hasta llegar a la cima de su profesión

b) (shape, fashion) \<\<clay/metal\>\> trabajar; \<\<dough\>\> sobar, amasar

work the flour into the mixture — vaya añadiendo la harina a la mezcla

4)

a) (past & past p worked or wrought) ( bring about) \<\<miracle\>\> hacer*; see also wrought I

b) (manage, arrange) (colloq) arreglar

she worked it so that I didn't have to pay — se las arregló or se las ingenió para que yo no tuviera que pagar

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Phrasal Verbs:

- work off

- work out

- work over

- work up

- work up to

English-spanish dictionary > work
6 have

(to have or keep (something) in case or until it is needed: If you go to America please keep some money in reserve for your fare home.) tener algo de reserva, guardar algo

have vb

1. tener

do you have a video? ¿tienes vídeo?

she has no sisters no tiene hermanas

he has a bicycle tiene una bicicleta

I have flu tengo la gripe

2. tomar

we had a coffee nos tomamos un café

I think I'll have a salad creo que voy a tomar una ensalada

3. haber

have you read Don Quixote? ¿has leído Don Quijote?

I have been to the swimming pool he estado en la piscina

she was ill because she had eaten too much estaba enferma porque había comido demasiado

to have to do something tener que hacer algo

we have to leave now ya nos tenemos que ir

I've got to work tomorrow tengo que trabajar mañana

to have something done mandar hacer algo

they're having a house built les están construyendo una casa

have you had your hair cut? ¿te has cortado el pelo?

Esta construcción se emplea cuando no eres tú quien hace algo, sino que pagas a alguien para que te lo haga

to have breakfast desayunar

to have lunch almorzar / comer

to have dinner cenar

to have a bath bañarse (en la bañera)

to have a shower ducharse

to have a swim bañarse / nadar

El pasado y participio pasado de have es had; el gerundio se escribe having

have

tr[hæv]

transitive verb (3rd pers pres sing has tr[hæz], pt & pp had tr[hæd], ger having)

1 (posess) tener, poseer

■ she has a house in Whitby tiene una casa en Whitby

■ he had blue eyes tenía los ojos azules

2 (food) comer, tomar; (drink) beber, tomar

■ I think I'll have the turbot creo que tomaré el rodaballo

■ will you have a brandy? ¿quieres tomar un coñac?

■ to have breakfast/lunch/tea/dinner desayunar/comer/merendar/cenar

3 (cigarette) fumar

■ how many cigarettes have you had today? ¿cuántos cigarros has fumado hoy?

4 (shower, bath, etc) tomar

■ when she got home she had a shower cuando llegó a casa se dio una ducha, cuando llegó a casa se duchó

■ in Finland I had a sauna en Finlandia hice una sauna

■ have you had a wash and a shave? ¿te has lavado y afeitado?

■ I'll have a swim before lunch me bañaré antes de comer

5 (treatment) recibir

■ I had an injection me dieron una inyección

■ she had a heart operation la operaron del corazón

■ I have a massage every Thursday cada jueves voy al masajista

■ she's having physiotherapy acude a fisioterapia

6 (illness) tener

■ he didn't come because he had flu no vino porque tenía la gripe

■ I have a headache tengo dolor de cabeza

7 (experience) tener

■ I had a scare tuve un susto, me asusté

■ have a good time! ¡divertíos!, ¡pasadlo bien!

■ I had quite a surprise me llevé una gran sorpresa

8 (receive, invite) recibir, invitar

■ we had John and Mary for dinner last night invitamos a John y Mary a cenar anoche

9 (borrow) pedir prestado, dejar

■ can I have your book for a second, please? ¿me dejas tu libro un segundo, por favor?

10 (party) celebrar, tener, dar; (meeting) celebrar, tener

■ they're always having parties no paran de dar fiestas

■ are you going to have a party for your birthday? ¿vas a hacer una fiesta para tu cumpleaños?

■ they had their annual meeting last week celebraron su reunión anual la semana pasada

11 (according to) según

■ rumour has it that... corre el rumor de que...

12 (baby) tener, dar a luz

13 (cause to happen) hacer, mandar

■ he had the house painted hizo pintar la casa

■ she had her hair cut se cortó el cabello

■ they had him killed lo mandaron matar

14 (allow) permitir, consentir

■ I can't have you walking about naked no puedo permitir que vayas por ahí desnudo

15 familiar (cheat) timar

■ if you paid £200 pounds for that you were had si has pagado doscientas libras por eso te han timado

auxiliar

1 haber

■ I have seen her la he visto

■ I hadn't seen the film so I went to the cinema no había visto la película así que fui al cine

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

had better más vale que

■ you'd better come alone más vale que vengas solo

■ we'd better not tell her about it sería mejor no decírselo

have got SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL tener

■ Sue's got a new car Sue tiene un coche nuevo

■ you've got a stain on your shirt tienes una mancha en la camisa

■ he said he'd got a hangover dijo que tenía resaca

to have done with acabar con

to have had it (broken) estar hecho,-a polvo, estar fastidiado,-a 2 (in trouble) haberlo,-a cagado,-a 3 (finished) estar acabado,-a

■ this radio's had it, I'll have to get a new one esta radio está en las últimas, tendré que comprar una nueva

■ your dad's seen you, you've had it now! te ha visto tu padre, ¡la has cagado!

■ if this scandal gets out he's had it as an MP si la gente se entera de este escándalo, se han acabado sus días de diputado

to have it away / have it off taboo echar un polvo

to have it in for somebody tenerla tomada con alguien

to have it out with somebody ajustar las cuentas con alguien

to have it over and done with acabar algo de una vez y para siempre

to have just acabar de

■ she's just finished the letter acaba de terminar la carta

to have somebody over to one's house / have somebody round to one's house invitar a alguien a casa

to have somebody up for something SMALLLAW/SMALL llevar a alguien ante los tribunales por algo, procesar a alguien por algo

to have something on tener algo planeado, tener algo que hacer

to have something on somebody tener información comprometedora sobre alguien, saber algo comprometedor acerca de alguien

to have to tener que, haber de

■ I have to see you tengo que verte

to have to do with tener que ver con

■ that has nothing to do with you eso no tiene nada que ver contigo

have ['hæv,] in sense 3 as an auxiliary verb usu ['hæf] v, had ['hæd] ; having ; has ['hæz,] in sense 3 as an auxiliary verb usu ['hæs] vt

1) possess: tener

do you have change?: ¿tienes cambio?

2) experience, undergo: tener, experimentar, sufrir

I have a toothache: tengo un dolor de muelas

3) include: tener, incluir

April has 30 days: abril tiene 30 días

4) consume: comer, tomar

5) receive: tener, recibir

he had my permission: tenía mi permiso

6) allow: permitir, dejar

I won't have it!: ¡no lo permitiré!

7) hold: hacer

to have a party: dar una fiesta

to have a meeting: convocar una reunión

8) hold: tener

he had me in his power: me tenía en su poder

9) bear: tener (niños)

10) (indicating causation)

she had a dress made: mandó hacer un vestido

to have one's hair cut: cortarse el pelo

have v aux

1) : haber

she has been very busy: ha estado muy ocupada

I've lived here three years: hace tres años que vivo aquí

2) (used in tags)

you've finished, haven't you?: ha terminado, ¿no?

3)

to have to : deber, tener que

we have to leave: tenemos que salir

have

have (sth.) coming

expr.

• merecer v.

have (sth.) in mind

expr.

• tener algo en mente expr.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: had) = contener v.

(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-

fut/c: -tendr-•)

• poseer v.

• tener v.

(§pres: tengo, tienes...tenemos) pret: tuv-

fut/c: tendr-•)

v.

• haber v.

(§pres: he, has...) subj: hay-

pret: hub-

fut/c: habr-•)

hæv, weak forms həv, əv
1.

1) (3rd pers sing pres has; past & past p had) transitive verb

Sense I

2) ( possess) tener*

I have o (esp BrE) I've got two cats — tengo dos gatos

I don't have o (esp BrE) haven't got any money — no tengo dinero

do you have a car? - no, I don't o (esp BrE) have you got a car? - no, I haven't — ¿tienes coche? - no (, no tengo)

3) (hold, have at one's disposal) tener*

look out, he's got a gun! — cuidado! tiene una pistola or está armado!

how much money do you have o (esp BrE) have you got on you? — ¿cuánto dinero tienes or llevas encima?

I had him by the arm — lo tenía agarrado del brazo

can I have a sheet of paper? — ¿me das una hoja de papel?

may I have your name? — ¿me dice su nombre?

could I have your Sales Department, please? — ( on phone) ¿me comunica or (Esp tb) me pone or (CS tb) me da con el departamento de ventas, por favor?

I have it!, I've got it! — ya lo tengo!, ya está, ya está!

all right: have it your own way! — está bien! haz lo que quieras!

what have we here? — ¿y esto?

to have something to + inf — tener* algo que + inf

I've (got) a lot to do — tengo mucho que hacer

4)

a) ( receive) \<\<letter/news\>\> tener*, recibir

could we have some silence, please? — (hagan) silencio, por favor

we have it on the best authority that... — sabemos de buena fuente que...

rumoradition has it that... — corre el rumor de que.../según la tradición...

to have had it — (colloq)

I've had it — ( I'm in trouble) estoy frito (AmL), me la he cargado (Esp fam); ( I've lost my chance) la he fastidiado (fam)

your umbrella's had it — tu paraguas no da para más (fam)

I've had it up to here with your complaining — estoy hasta la coronilla or hasta las narices de tus quejas (fam)

to have it in for somebody — (colloq) tenerle* manía or tirria a alguien (fam)

to let somebody have it — (sl) ( attack - physically) darle* su merecido a alguien; (- verbally) cantarle las cuarenta a alguien (fam), poner* a alguien verde (Esp fam)

b) ( obtain) conseguir*

they were the best/only seats to be had — eran los mejores/únicos asientos que había

I'll have a kilo of tomatoes, please — ¿me da or (Esp) me pone un kilo de tomates, por favor?

5) ( consume) \<\<steak/spaghetti\>\> comer, tomar (Esp); \<\<champagne/beer\>\> tomar

to have something to eat/drink — comer/beber algo

to have breakfast/dinner — desayunar/cenar, comer (AmL)

to have lunch — almorzar* or (esp Esp, Méx) comer

what are we having for dinner? — ¿qué hay de cena?

to have a cigarette — fumarse un cigarrillo

have some more sauce — sírvete más salsa

we had too much to drink — bebimos or (AmL tb) tomamos demasiado

6)

a) (experience, undergo) \<\<accident\>\> tener*

to have a setback — sufrir un revés

did you have good weather? — ¿te (or les etc) hizo buen tiempo?

have a nice day! — adiós! que le (or te etc) vaya bien!

we had a very pleasant evening — pasamos una noche muy agradable

I had an injection — me pusieron or me dieron una inyección

he had a heart transplant/an X ray — le hicieron un trasplante de corazón/una radiografía

she had a heart attack — le dio un ataque al corazón or un infarto

they have it easy — lo tienen (todo) muy fácil

b) ( organize) \<\<party\>\> hacer*, dar*

they had a meeting to discuss the issue — tuvieron una reunión para discutir el tema

c) ( suffer from) \<\<cancer/diabetes/flu\>\> tener*

to have a cold — estar* resfriado

he's got a headache/sore throat — le duele la cabeza/la garganta, tiene dolor de cabeza/garganta

7) ( look after) tener*

they have visitors — tienen visita

my mother offered to have the children — mi madre se ofreció a cuidar a los niños

8) ( give birth to) \<\<baby\>\> tener*

9) (colloq)

a) (catch, get the better of)

they almost had him, but he managed to escape — casi lo agarran or atrapan, pero logró escaparse

I'll have them for that — ya me las pagarán

b) ( swindle) timar; ( dupe) engañar

you've been had! — te han timado or engañado!

Sense II

10) (causative use)

we'll have it clean in no time — enseguida lo limpiamos or lo dejamos limpio

he had them all laughing/in tears — los hizo reír/llorar a todos

you had me worried — me tenías preocupado

to have somebody + INF: I'll have her call you back as soon as she arrives le diré or pediré que lo llame en cuanto llegue; I'll have you know, young man, that I... para que sepa, jovencito, yo...; to have something + PAST P: we had it repaired lo hicimos arreglar, lo mandamos (a) arreglar (AmL); to have one's hair cut — cortarse el pelo

11) ( indicating what happens to somebody)

I have people coming for dinner tonight — esta noche tengo gente a cenar

to have something + INF/+ PAST P: I've had three lambs die this week se me han muerto tres corderos esta semana; he had his bicycle stolen — le robaron la bicicleta

12)

a) ( allow) (with neg) tolerar, consentir*

I won't have it! — no lo consentiré or toleraré!

I won't have him interfering — no pienso tolerar que se inmiscuya

b) (accept, believe) aceptar, creer*

she wouldn't have it — no lo quiso aceptar or creer

13) (indicating state, position) tener*

I had the radio on — tenía la radio puesta

you have o (BrE) you've got your belt twisted — tienes el cinturón torcido

2.

1) v aux

Sense I

2) (used to form perfect tenses) haber*

I have/had seen her — la he/había visto

I have/had just seen her — la acabo/acababa de ver, recién la vi/la había visto (AmL)

have you been waiting long? — ¿hace mucho que esperas?, ¿llevas mucho rato esperando?

you have been busy — cómo has trabajado!

had I known that o if I'd known that... — si hubiera sabido que..., de haber sabido que...

when he had finished, she... — cuando terminó or (liter) cuando hubo terminado, ella...

3)

a) ( in tags)

you've been told, haven't you? — te lo han dicho ¿no? or ¿no es cierto? or ¿no es verdad?

you haven't lost the key, have you? — no habrás perdido la llave...!

b) ( elliptical use)

you may have forgiven him, but I haven't — puede que tú lo hayas perdonado, pero yo no

the clock has stopped - so it has! — el reloj se ha parado - es verdad! or es cierto!

you've forgotten something - have I? — te has olvidado de algo - ¿sí?

I've told her - you haven't! — se lo he dicho - no! ¿en serio?

Sense II

4) ( expressing obligation)

to have to + inf — tener* que + inf

I have o I've got to admit that... — tengo que reconocer que...

you don't have to be an expert to realize that — no hay que or no se necesita ser un experto para darse cuenta de eso

don't go out unless you have to — no salgas a menos que tengas que hacerlo

5) ( expressing certainty)

to have to + inf — tener* que + inf

it had to happen — tenía que ocurrir

you have to o you've got to be kidding! — lo dices en broma or en chiste!

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Phrasal Verbs:

- have around

- have away

- have back

- have down

- have in

- have off

- have on

- have out

- have over

- have up

[hæv] ( 3rd pers sing present has) (pt, pp had) When have is part of a set combination, eg have a look, have a good time, have breakfast, had better, look up the other word. For have + adverb/preposition combinations, see also the phrasal verb section of this entry.
1. TRANSITIVE VERB

1) (=possess) tener

he's got or he has blue eyes — tiene los ojos azules

have you got or do you have 10p? — ¿tienes diez peniques?

have you got or do you have any brothers or sisters? — ¿tienes hermanos?

she had her eyes closed — tenía los ojos cerrados

he hasn't got or he doesn't have any friends — no tiene amigos

I've got or I have a friend staying next week — tengo a un amigo en casa la semana que viene

I've got or I have an idea — tengo una idea
Don't translate the [a] in sentences like [has he got a girlfriend?], [I haven't got a washing-machine] if the number of such items is not significant since people normally only have one at a time:
has he got a girlfriend? — ¿tiene novia?

I haven't got a washing-machine — no tengo lavadora
Do translate the [a] if the person or thing is qualified:
he has a Spanish girlfriend — tiene una novia española

• all or everything I have is yours — todo lo que tengo es tuyo

you must give it all or everything you have — tienes que emplearte a fondo

you must put all or everything you have into it — tienes que emplearte a fondo

• can I have a pencil please? — ¿me puedes dar un lápiz, por favor?

• the book has no name on it — el libro no lleva or tiene el nombre del dueño

I've got or I have no Spanish — no sé español

• to have something to do — tener algo que hacer

I've got some letters to write — tengo algunas cartas que escribir

I've got or I have nothing to do — no tengo nada que hacer

haven't you got anything to do? — ¿no tienes nada que hacer?

• hello, what have we here? — vaya, vaya, ¿qué tenemos aquí?
handy, ready 1., 1), a)
2) (=eat, drink) tomar

• what are we having for lunch? — ¿que vamos a comer?

we had ice-cream for dessert — tomamos helado de postre

• to have something to eat/drink — comer/beber algo, tomar algo

• what will you have? — ¿qué quieres tomar?, ¿qué vas a tomar?

I'll have a coffee — tomaré un café

will you have some more? — ¿te sirvo más?

3) (=receive) recibir

thank you for having me — gracias por su hospitalidad

• you can have my ticket — puedes quedarte con mi billete

• we had some help from the government — recibimos ayuda del gobierno

• I had a letter from John — tuve carta de Juan, recibí una carta de Juan

• I must have them by this afternoon — necesito tenerlos para esta tarde

• to have no news — no tener noticias

• they had a lot of wedding presents — recibieron or les hicieron muchos regalos de boda

• we had a lot of visitors — (at home) tuvimos muchas visitas; (at exhibition etc) tuvimos muchos visitantes

4) (=obtain)

they can be had for as little as £10 each — pueden conseguirse por tan solo 10 libras

it's not to be had anywhere — no se consigue en ninguna parte

there was no bread to be had — no quedaba pan en ningún sitio, no podía conseguirse pan en ningún sitio

5) (=take)

I'll have a dozen eggs, please — ¿me pones una docena de huevos, por favor?

which one will you have? — ¿cuál quiere?

can I have your name please? — ¿me da su nombre, por favor?

• you can have it or I'll let you have it for £10 — te lo dejo en 10 libras, te lo puedes llevar por 10 libras, te lo vendo por 10 libras

6) (=give birth to) [+ baby, kittens] tener

what did she have? — ¿qué ha tenido?

she had a boy — ha tenido un niño

7) (=hold, catch) tener

I have him in my power — lo tengo en mi poder

• he had him by the throat — lo tenía agarrado por la garganta

• I have it on good authority that... — me consta que..., sé a ciencia cierta que..., sé de buena tinta que... *

I've got it! — ¡ya!

• you have me there, there you have me — ahí sí que me has pillado *

8) (=allow) consentir, tolerar

• we can't have that — eso no se puede consentir

• I won't have this nonsense — no voy a consentir or tolerar estas tonterías

I won't have it! — no lo voy a consentir or tolerar

she won't have it said that... — no consiente or tolera que digan que...

I won't have him risking his neck on that motorbike — no voy a consentir que se juegue el cuello en esa moto

9) (=spend) pasar

to have a pleasant afternoon/evening — pasar una tarde agradable

have a nice day! — ¡que pases un buen día!

I had a horrible day at school today — he tenido un día horrible en el colegio

what sort of day have you had? — ¿qué tal día has tenido?

10) (on telephone)

can I have Personnel please? — ¿me puede poner con Personal, por favor?

11) * (=have sex with) acostarse con

12) (=make)

I'll soon have it nice and shiny — enseguida lo dejo bien brillante

he had us confused — nos tenía confundidos

13) (in set structures)
to have sth done hacer que se haga algo, mandar hacer algo
we had our luggage brought up — mandamos subir el equipaje

I've had the brakes checked — he mandado revisar los frenos

to have a suit made — (mandar) hacerse un traje

to have one's hair cut — cortarse el pelo

they had him killed — lo mataron
to have sb do sth mandar a algn hacer algo
he had me do it again — me hizo hacerlo otra vez, me hizo que lo hiciese otra vez

I had him clean the car — le hice limpiar el coche

what would you have me do? — † ¿qué quiere que haga?

I'll have you know that... — quiero que sepas que...
to have sth happen
she had her bag stolen — le robaron el bolso

he had his arm broken — le rompieron el brazo
to have sb doing sth
she soon had them all reading and writing — (=organized them) enseguida los puso a leer y a escribir; (=taught them) enseguida les habían enseñado a leer y a escribir

14) (in set expressions)
to have sth against sb/sth tener algo en contra de algn/algo to have had it
you've had it now! he knows all about it * — ¡ahora sí que te la has cargado! se ha enterado de todo

this sofa has had it * — este sofá ya no da para más *

I've had it up to here with his nonsense * — estoy hasta la coronilla or hasta el moño de sus tonterías *
to have it that
he will have it that he is right — insiste en que tiene razón

rumour has it that... — corre la voz de que...
to be had
you've been had! * — ¡te han engañado!
to have to do with tener que ver con
that's got or that has nothing to do with it! — ¡eso no tiene nada que ver!

you'd better not have anything to do with him — más te vale no tener tratos con él
to let sb have sth (=give) dar algo a algn; (=lend) dejar algo a algn, prestar algo a algn
I'll let you have my reply tomorrow — les daré mi respuesta mañana

let me have your address — dame tus señas

let me have your pen for a moment — déjame el boli un momento

let him have it! * — ¡dale!
what have you
... and what have you —... y qué sé yo qué más
would have it
as ill-luck or fate would have it — desgraciadamente
luck
2. AUXILIARY VERB

1) haber

I've already seen that film — ya he visto esa película

he's been very kind — ha sido muy amable

has he gone? — ¿se ha ido?

hasn't he told you? — ¿no te lo ha dicho?

she said she had spoken to them — dijo que había hablado con ellos

had you phoned me frm or if you had phoned me I would have come round — si me hubieras llamado habría venido

never having seen it before, I... — como no lo había visto antes,...

having finished or when he had finished, he left — cuando terminó or cuando hubo terminado, se fue
just I, 1., 3)
See:

SINCE in since

2) (verb substitute)

a)

you've got more than I have — tienes más que yo

they've done more than we have — ellos han hecho más que nosotros

he hasn't worked as hard as you have — él no ha trabajado tanto como tú

"he's already eaten" - "so have I" — -él ya ha comido -yo también

"we haven't had any news yet" - "neither have we" — -no hemos tenido noticias todavía -nosotros tampoco

"you've made a mistake" - "no I haven't!" — -has cometido un error -no es verdad or cierto

"we haven't paid" - "yes we have!" — -no hemos pagado -¡qué sí!

"he's got a new job" - "oh has he?" — -tiene un trabajo nuevo -¿ah, sí?

"you've written it twice" - "so I have!" — -lo has escrito dos veces -es verdad or cierto

"have you read the book?" - "yes, I have" — -¿has leído el libro? -sí

"has he told you?" - "no, he hasn't" — -¿te lo ha dicho? -no

b) (in question tags)

he hasn't done it, has he? — no lo ha hecho, ¿verdad?

you've done it, haven't you? — lo has hecho, ¿verdad? or ¿no?

3) (avoiding repetition of verb)

you've all been there before, but I haven't — vosotros habéis estado allí antes, pero yo no

he has never met her, but I have — él no la ha llegado a conocer, pero yo sí

have you ever been there? if you have... — ¿has estado alguna vez allí? si es así...

have you tried it? if you haven't... — ¿lo has probado? (porque) si no...
so I, 1., nor
3.

MODAL VERB (=be obliged)

to have (got) to do sth — tener que hacer algo

I've got to or I have to finish this work — tengo que terminar este trabajo

have we got to or do we have to leave early? — ¿tenemos que salir temprano?

I haven't got to or I don't have to wear glasses — no necesito (usar) gafas

I shall have to go and see her — tendré que ir a verla

it will just have to wait till tomorrow — tendrá que esperar hasta mañana

he had to pay all the money back — tuvo que devolver todo el dinero

she was having to get up at six each morning — tenía que levantarse a las seis cada mañana

this has to be a mistake — esto tiene que ser un error

do you have to make such a noise? — ¿tienes que hacer tanto ruido?

you didn't have to tell her! — ¡no tenías por qué decírselo!

it's nice not to have to work on Saturdays — es un gusto no tener que trabajar los sábados

it has to be done this way — tiene que hacerse de este modo

does it have to be ironed? — ¿hay que plancharlo?

- have around

- have away

- have back

- have down

- have in

- have off

- have on

- have out

- have over

- have round

- have up

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[hæv], weak forms [həv, əv]
1.

1) (3rd pers sing pres has; past & past p had) transitive verb

Sense I

2) ( possess) tener*

I have o (esp BrE) I've got two cats — tengo dos gatos

I don't have o (esp BrE) haven't got any money — no tengo dinero

do you have a car? - no, I don't o (esp BrE) have you got a car? - no, I haven't — ¿tienes coche? - no (, no tengo)

3) (hold, have at one's disposal) tener*

look out, he's got a gun! — cuidado! tiene una pistola or está armado!

how much money do you have o (esp BrE) have you got on you? — ¿cuánto dinero tienes or llevas encima?

I had him by the arm — lo tenía agarrado del brazo

can I have a sheet of paper? — ¿me das una hoja de papel?

may I have your name? — ¿me dice su nombre?

could I have your Sales Department, please? — ( on phone) ¿me comunica or (Esp tb) me pone or (CS tb) me da con el departamento de ventas, por favor?

I have it!, I've got it! — ya lo tengo!, ya está, ya está!

all right: have it your own way! — está bien! haz lo que quieras!

what have we here? — ¿y esto?

to have something to + inf — tener* algo que + inf

I've (got) a lot to do — tengo mucho que hacer

4)

a) ( receive) \<\<letter/news\>\> tener*, recibir

could we have some silence, please? — (hagan) silencio, por favor

we have it on the best authority that... — sabemos de buena fuente que...

rumor/tradition has it that... — corre el rumor de que.../según la tradición...

to have had it — (colloq)

I've had it — ( I'm in trouble) estoy frito (AmL), me la he cargado (Esp fam); ( I've lost my chance) la he fastidiado (fam)

your umbrella's had it — tu paraguas no da para más (fam)

I've had it up to here with your complaining — estoy hasta la coronilla or hasta las narices de tus quejas (fam)

to have it in for somebody — (colloq) tenerle* manía or tirria a alguien (fam)

to let somebody have it — (sl) ( attack - physically) darle* su merecido a alguien; (- verbally) cantarle las cuarenta a alguien (fam), poner* a alguien verde (Esp fam)

b) ( obtain) conseguir*

they were the best/only seats to be had — eran los mejores/únicos asientos que había

I'll have a kilo of tomatoes, please — ¿me da or (Esp) me pone un kilo de tomates, por favor?

5) ( consume) \<\<steak/spaghetti\>\> comer, tomar (Esp); \<\<champagne/beer\>\> tomar

to have something to eat/drink — comer/beber algo

to have breakfast/dinner — desayunar/cenar, comer (AmL)

to have lunch — almorzar* or (esp Esp, Méx) comer

what are we having for dinner? — ¿qué hay de cena?

to have a cigarette — fumarse un cigarrillo

have some more sauce — sírvete más salsa

we had too much to drink — bebimos or (AmL tb) tomamos demasiado

6)

a) (experience, undergo) \<\<accident\>\> tener*

to have a setback — sufrir un revés

did you have good weather? — ¿te (or les etc) hizo buen tiempo?

have a nice day! — adiós! que le (or te etc) vaya bien!

we had a very pleasant evening — pasamos una noche muy agradable

I had an injection — me pusieron or me dieron una inyección

he had a heart transplant/an X ray — le hicieron un trasplante de corazón/una radiografía

she had a heart attack — le dio un ataque al corazón or un infarto

they have it easy — lo tienen (todo) muy fácil

b) ( organize) \<\<party\>\> hacer*, dar*

they had a meeting to discuss the issue — tuvieron una reunión para discutir el tema

c) ( suffer from) \<\<cancer/diabetes/flu\>\> tener*

to have a cold — estar* resfriado

he's got a headache/sore throat — le duele la cabeza/la garganta, tiene dolor de cabeza/garganta

7) ( look after) tener*

they have visitors — tienen visita

my mother offered to have the children — mi madre se ofreció a cuidar a los niños

8) ( give birth to) \<\<baby\>\> tener*

9) (colloq)

a) (catch, get the better of)

they almost had him, but he managed to escape — casi lo agarran or atrapan, pero logró escaparse

I'll have them for that — ya me las pagarán

b) ( swindle) timar; ( dupe) engañar

you've been had! — te han timado or engañado!

Sense II

10) (causative use)

we'll have it clean in no time — enseguida lo limpiamos or lo dejamos limpio

he had them all laughing/in tears — los hizo reír/llorar a todos

you had me worried — me tenías preocupado

to have somebody + INF: I'll have her call you back as soon as she arrives le diré or pediré que lo llame en cuanto llegue; I'll have you know, young man, that I... para que sepa, jovencito, yo...; to have something + PAST P: we had it repaired lo hicimos arreglar, lo mandamos (a) arreglar (AmL); to have one's hair cut — cortarse el pelo

11) ( indicating what happens to somebody)

I have people coming for dinner tonight — esta noche tengo gente a cenar

to have something + INF/+ PAST P: I've had three lambs die this week se me han muerto tres corderos esta semana; he had his bicycle stolen — le robaron la bicicleta

12)

a) ( allow) (with neg) tolerar, consentir*

I won't have it! — no lo consentiré or toleraré!

I won't have him interfering — no pienso tolerar que se inmiscuya

b) (accept, believe) aceptar, creer*

she wouldn't have it — no lo quiso aceptar or creer

13) (indicating state, position) tener*

I had the radio on — tenía la radio puesta

you have o (BrE) you've got your belt twisted — tienes el cinturón torcido

2.

1) v aux

Sense I

2) (used to form perfect tenses) haber*

I have/had seen her — la he/había visto

I have/had just seen her — la acabo/acababa de ver, recién la vi/la había visto (AmL)

have you been waiting long? — ¿hace mucho que esperas?, ¿llevas mucho rato esperando?

you have been busy — cómo has trabajado!

had I known that o if I'd known that... — si hubiera sabido que..., de haber sabido que...

when he had finished, she... — cuando terminó or (liter) cuando hubo terminado, ella...

3)

a) ( in tags)

you've been told, haven't you? — te lo han dicho ¿no? or ¿no es cierto? or ¿no es verdad?

you haven't lost the key, have you? — no habrás perdido la llave...!

b) ( elliptical use)

you may have forgiven him, but I haven't — puede que tú lo hayas perdonado, pero yo no

the clock has stopped - so it has! — el reloj se ha parado - es verdad! or es cierto!

you've forgotten something - have I? — te has olvidado de algo - ¿sí?

I've told her - you haven't! — se lo he dicho - no! ¿en serio?

Sense II

4) ( expressing obligation)

to have to + inf — tener* que + inf

I have o I've got to admit that... — tengo que reconocer que...

you don't have to be an expert to realize that — no hay que or no se necesita ser un experto para darse cuenta de eso

don't go out unless you have to — no salgas a menos que tengas que hacerlo

5) ( expressing certainty)

to have to + inf — tener* que + inf

it had to happen — tenía que ocurrir

you have to o you've got to be kidding! — lo dices en broma or en chiste!

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Phrasal Verbs:

- have around

- have away

- have back

- have down

- have in

- have off

- have on

- have out

- have over

- have up

English-spanish dictionary > have
7 catch

1. transitive verb,
caught

1) (capture) fangen; (lay hold of) fassen; packen

catch somebody by the arm — jemanden am Arm packen od. fassen

catch hold of somebody/something — jemanden/etwas festhalten; (to stop oneself falling) sich an jemandem/etwas festhalten

2) (intercept motion of) auffangen; fangen [Ball]

catch a thread — einen Faden vernähen

get something caught or catch something on/in something — mit etwas an/in etwas (Dat.) hängen bleiben

I got my finger caught or caught my finger in the door — ich habe mir den Finger in der Tür eingeklemmt

get caught on/in something — an/in etwas (Dat.) hängen bleiben

3) (travel by) nehmen; (manage to see) sehen; (be in time for) [noch] erreichen; [noch] kriegen (ugs.) [Bus, Zug]; [noch] erwischen (ugs.) [Person]

did you catch her in? — hast du sie zu Hause erwischt? (ugs.)

4) (surprise)

catch somebody at/doing something — jemanden bei etwas erwischen (ugs.) /[dabei] erwischen, wie er etwas tut (ugs.)

caught in a thunderstorm — vom Sturm überrascht

I caught myself thinking how... — ich ertappte mich bei dem Gedanken, wie...

5) (become infected with, receive) sich (Dat.) zuziehen od. (ugs.) holen

catch something from somebody — sich bei jemandem mit etwas anstecken

catch [a] cold — sich erkälten/sich (Dat.) einen Schnupfen holen; (fig.) übel dran sein

catch it — (fig. coll.) etwas kriegen (ugs.)

you'll catch it from me — du kannst von mir was erleben (ugs.)

6) (arrest)

catch somebody's attention — jemandes Aufmerksamkeit erregen

catch somebody's fancy — jemandem gefallen; jemanden ansprechen

catch the Speaker's eye — (Parl.) das Wort erhalten

catch somebody's eye — jemandem auffallen; [Gegenstand:] jemandem ins Auge fallen; (be impossible to overlook) jemandem ins Auge springen

7) (hit)

catch somebody on/in something — jemanden auf/in etwas (Akk.) treffen

catch somebody a blow [on/in something] — jemandem einen Schlag [auf/in etwas (Akk.)] versetzen

8) (grasp in thought) verstehen; mitbekommen

did you catch his meaning? — hast du verstanden od. mitbekommen, was er meint?

9) see academic.ru/11419/catch_out">catch out 1)
2. intransitive verb,
caught

1) (begin to burn) [anfangen zu] brennen

2) (become fixed) hängen bleiben; [Haar, Faden:] sich verfangen

my coat caught on a nail — ich blieb mit meinem Mantel an einem Nagel hängen
3. noun
1) (of ball)

make [several] good catches — [mehrmals] gut fangen

2) (amount caught, lit. or fig.) Fang, der

3) (trick, difficulty) Haken, der (in an + Dat.)

the catch is that... — der Haken an der Sache ist, dass...

it's catch-22 — (coll.) es ist ein Teufelskreis

4) (fastener) Verschluss, der; (of door) Schnapper, der

5) (Cricket etc.) ≈ Fang, der; Abfangen des Balles, das den Schlagmann aus dem Spiel bringt

6) (catcher)

he is a good catch — er kann gut fangen

Phrasal Verbs:

- catch on

- catch out

- catch up

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[kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb
1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) fangen

2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) erreichen

3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) ertappen

4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) sich holen

5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) einklemmen

6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) treffen

7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) mitkriegen

8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) Feuer fangen
2. noun
1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) das Fangen

2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) der Griff

3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) der Fang

4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) der Haken

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- catching
- catchy
- catch-phrase
- catch-word
- catch someone's eye
- catch on
- catch out
- catch up
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catch

[kætʃ]

I. n

<pl -es>

1. (ball) Fang m

good \catch! — thanks, that was an easy \catch gut gefangen! — danke, das war leicht zu fangen

to make/take a good \catch gut fangen

to miss a \catch den Ball nicht fangen

he's missed three easy \catches; if he misses another \catch, he's out! er hat drei leichte Bälle nicht gefangen, wenn er nochmal nicht fängt, ist er draußen

2. (fish) Fang m kein pl

3. (fastener) Verschluss m; (bolt) Riegel m; (hook) Haken m

window \catch Fensterverriegelung f

all the window \catches were tightly closed alle Fenster waren fest verschlossen

4. no pl ( fam: partner) [guter] Fang fam; (for marriage also) gute Partie

her new boyfriend is not much of a \catch mit ihrem neuen Freund hat sie keinen besonders guten Fang gemacht fam

she made quite a \catch sie hat einen guten Fang gemacht fam; (in marriage also) sie hat eine gute Partie gemacht

5. no pl (trick) Haken m fam

what's the \catch? wo ist der Haken [an der Sache]? fam

there has to be a \catch in it [or somewhere] da muss irgendwo irgendwo ein Haken sein fam

6. no pl (in the voice) Stocken nt

with a \catch in one's voice mit stockender Stimme

7. no pl (game) Fangen nt

the kids were running around playing \catch die Kinder rannten herum und spielten Fangen

8. (fragment) Bruchstück nt

I only got some \catches of their conversation ich bekam nur einige Gesprächsfetzen von ihnen mit

II. vt

<caught, caught>

1. (intercept)

▪ to \catch sth etw fangen; dropped object also etw auffangen

▪ to \catch sb jdn [o jds Fall] auffangen

2. (grab)

to \catch sb by the arm/hand jdn am Arm/bei der Hand fassen

▪ to \catch sth etw ergreifen; (with difficulty) etw zu fassen bekommen

to \catch sb's arm/hand jds Arm/Hand ergreifen

to \catch hold of sth etw zu fassen bekommen

3. (capture)

▪ to \catch sb jdn ergreifen; (arrest) jdn festnehmen

▪ to \catch an animal ein Tier fangen; escaped animal ein Tier einfangen; ( fig)

the virus was caught in time das Virus wurde rechtzeitig erkannt

4. (surprise, get hold of)

▪ to \catch sb jdn erwischen fam

he was caught with 10 kg of heroin er wurde mit 10 kg Heroin erwischt fam

you won't \catch her at work after four o'clock nach vier wirst du sie kaum noch bei der Arbeit antreffen [o fam erwischen]

you caught me at a bad time Sie haben einen schlechten Zeitpunkt erwischt fam

have I caught you at a bad time? komme ich ungelegen?

you won't \catch me in that shop! in dem Laden wirst du mich niemals finden

to \catch sb in the act jdn auf frischer Tat ertappen

caught in the act! auf frischer Tat ertappt!

ah, caught you! ah, hab ich dich erwischt! fam

to be caught in a thunderstorm von einem Gewitter überrascht werden

to \catch sb red-handed jdn auf frischer Tat ertappen

▪ to \catch sb/oneself doing sth jdn/sich bei etw dat ertappen [o fam erwischen]

you won't \catch me falling for that trick ( fam) auf den Trick falle ich im Leben nicht herein fam

I even caught myself feeling sorry for the thief zuletzt ertappte ich mich sogar dabei, dass [o wie] mir der Dieb auch noch leid tat

5. (meet)

▪ to \catch sb jdn treffen

I'll \catch you later bis später

6.

▪ to \catch sth (contract) sich dat etw einfangen; ( fig: be influenced by) sich akk von etw dat anstecken lassen

to \catch a cold sich akk erkälten

to \catch one's death [of cold] ( fam) sich dat den Tod holen

▪ to \catch sth from sb sich akk bei jdm mit etw dat anstecken

7. SPORT (in baseball, cricket)

▪ to \catch sb jdn durch Abfangen des Balls ausscheiden lassen

he was caught by Jones er schied durch Jones aus

8.

▪ to \catch sth in sth (trap) etw in etw akk einklemmen; (entangle) mit etw dat in etw dat hängen bleiben

he caught his foot in the rope sein Fuß verfing sich im Seil

she caught her hair in the bushes ihre Haare verhedderten sich im Gesträuch

I caught my hand in the door ich habe mir die Hand in der Tür eingeklemmt

▪ to get caught [in sth] sich akk [in etw dat] verfangen

▪ to get caught on sth an etw dat hängen bleiben

9. usu passive ( fig: become involved)

▪ to get caught in sth in etw akk verwickelt werden; (be trapped)

to be caught in the crossfire ins Kreuzfeuer geraten; ( fig) zwischen zwei Lager geraten

to be caught between two things/people zwischen zwei Dingen/Menschen hin und her gerissen sein

she's caught between taking the job or travelling around the world sie ist [innerlich] hin und her gerissen, ob sie die Stelle annehmen oder um die Welt reisen soll

10.

to \catch the bus/train (take) den Bus/Zug nehmen; (be on time) den Bus/Zug kriegen [o SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR erwischen] fam

11. (collect)

▪ to \catch sth etw sammeln; (liquid) etw auffangen

12. (depict)

▪ to \catch sth mood, atmosphere etw festhalten [o einfangen

13. (attract)

to \catch sb's attention [or eye] jds Aufmerksamkeit erregen

to \catch sb's fancy jdm gefallen

to \catch the imagination die Fantasie anregen [o geh beflügeln]

to \catch sb's interest jds Interesse wecken

14. usu AM (be in time for)

▪ to \catch sth etw nicht verpassen dat

we rushed to \catch the show wir beeilten uns, um die Show nicht zu verpassen

to \catch the post [or AM mail] noch rechtzeitig zur Post kommen

finish the letter so we can \catch the post schreib den Brief fertig, damit er noch mit der Post wegkommt

15. (get)

to \catch the light das Licht einfangen geh

the necklace caught the light die Kette reflektiert das Licht

to \catch a few [or some] rays ( fam) sich akk ein bisschen die Sonne auf den Bauch scheinen lassen fam

to \catch the sun ( fam) place viel Sonnenlicht [ab]bekommen; person: get a suntan braun werden; (get sunburn) einen [leichten] Sonnenbrand bekommen

16. (notice)

▪ to \catch sth etw bemerken; (see)

to \catch sight [or a glimpse] of sb/sth etw [kurz] sehen; (by chance) etw [zufällig] sehen

17. (hear) etw mitbekommen [o fam mitkriegen]; (grasp the meaning of)

▪ to \catch sth etw erfassen

18. (hit)

to \catch sb on the arm/chin jdn am Arm/Kinn treffen

he was caught on the chin with a left hook er wurde von einem linken Haken am Kinn getroffen

to \catch sb a blow ( dated) jdm eine verpassen fam

to \catch sb a blow in the stomach jdm einen Schlag in die Magengrube versetzen

19. (bump)

▪ to \catch sth on sth mit etw dat auf etw akk o dat aufschlagen

she caught her head on the mantelpiece sie schlug mit dem Kopf auf den [o dem] Kaminsims auf

20. (bump into)

▪ to \catch sth auf etw akk o dat aufschlagen

his head caught the edge of the table er schlug mit dem Kopf auf die [o der] Tischkante auf

21. (burn)

to \catch fire [or light] Feuer fangen

22.

▶ to \catch one's breath nach Luft schnappen; (stop breathing) die Luft anhalten; (breath normally again) verschnaufen

▶ to \catch a crab SPORT einen Krebs fangen fachspr

▶ to \catch hell [or the devil] ( fam) in Teufels Küche kommen fam

▶ to \catch it ( fam) Ärger kriegen fam

Joe really caught it from Sam Sam hat's Joe mal so richtig gegeben fam

▶ to \catch sb napping ( fam) jdn auf dem falschen Fuß erwischen fam

▶ to be [or get] caught short BRIT ( fam) mal müssen fam

▶ to \catch sb with their trousers [or AM pants] down ( fam) jdn in flagranti ertappen

III. vi

<caught, caught>

1. BRIT, AUS (grab)

▪ to \catch at sth nach etw dat greifen

to \catch at sb's sleeve jdn am Ärmel zupfen

2. (entangle) sich in etw dat verfangen

my foot caught in the rope mein Fuß verfing sich im Seil

▪ to \catch on sth an etw dat hängen bleiben

careful, your jumper has caught on a nail! pass auf, du bist mit deinem Pulli an einem Nagel hängen geblieben!

3. (ignite) Feuer fangen; engine zünden fachspr

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[ktʃ] vb: pret, ptp caught
1. n

1)

(of ball etc) to make a (good) catch — (gut) fangen

good catch! — gut gefangen!

it was a difficult catch — das war schwer zu fangen

he missed an easy catch — er hat einen leichten Ball nicht gefangen

2) (FISHING, HUNT) Fang m; (of trawler etc also) Fischzug m

he didn't get a catch — er hat nichts gefangen

he's a good catch (fig inf) — er ist ein guter Fang; (for marriage also) er ist eine gute Partie

3) (= children's game) Fangen nt

4) (= trick, snag) Haken m

where's the catch? — wo liegt or ist (da) der Haken?

there's a catch in it somewhere! — die Sache hat irgendwo einen Haken, da ist irgendwo ein Haken dabei

catch question — Fangfrage f

5) (= device for fastening) Verschluss(vorrichtung f) m; (= hook) Haken m; (= latch) Riegel m

6) (= break in voice) Stocken nt

with a catch in one's voice — mit stockender Stimme

7) (MUS) Kanon für Singstimmen mit heiter-komischem Text

8) (= fragment) Bruchstück nt

2. vt

1) object fangen; batsman durch Abfangen des Balls ausscheiden lassen

2) fish, mice fangen; thief, offender fassen, schnappen (inf), erwischen (inf); escaped animal (ein)fangen; (inf = manage to see) erwischen (inf)

to catch sb's arm, to catch sb by the arm —

she held it up to catch the light — sie hielt es gegen das Licht

glass which catches the light — Glas, in dem sich das Licht spiegelt

to catch sight/a glimpse of sb/sth — jdn/etw erblicken or zu sehen kriegen (inf)

to catch sb's attention/eye — jdn auf sich (acc) aufmerksam machen

to be caught between two people/alternatives —

he was caught between envy and admiration — er war zwischen Neid und Bewunderung hin und her gerissen

3) (= take by surprise) erwischen, ertappen

to catch sb at sth — jdn bei etw erwischen

to catch sb by surprise — jdn überraschen

to be caught unprepared — nicht darauf vorbereitet sein

to catch sb at a bad time — jdm ungelegen kommen

I caught him flirting with my wife — ich habe ihn (dabei) erwischt, wie er mit meiner Frau flirtete

I caught myself feeling sorry for him — ich habe mich dabei ertappt, dass er mir leidtat

you won't catch me signing any contract (inf) — ich unterschreibe doch keinen Vertrag

you won't catch me in that restaurant (inf) —

(you won't) catch me doing that again! (inf) you won't catch me falling for that trick again (inf) aha, caught you (with question) — das mache ich bestimmt nicht wieder! auf den Trick falle ich nicht noch einmal herein hab ich dich doch erwischt (inf) ha ha, reingefallen (inf)

caught in the act — auf frischer Tat ertappt; (sexually) in flagranti erwischt

we were caught in a storm — wir wurden von einem Unwetter überrascht

to catch sb on the wrong foot or off balance (fig) — jdn überrumpeln

4) (= take) bus, train etc nehmen

5) (= be in time for) train, bus erreichen, kriegen (inf)

can I still catch the post? — kommt der Brief noch mit?

if you want to catch the 4 o'clock post... — wenn das mit der Vieruhrleerung mitsoll...

if I hurry I'll catch the end of the film — wenn ich mich beeile kriege ich das Ende des Films noch mit (inf)

6) (= become entangled) hängen bleiben mit

a nail caught her dress — ihr Kleid blieb an einem Nagel hängen

I caught my finger in the car door — ich habe mir den Finger in der Wagentür eingeklemmt

he caught his foot in the grating — er ist mit dem Fuß im Gitter hängen geblieben

7) (with stitches) mit ein paar Stichen befestigen

to catch a dress (in) at the waist — ein Kleid an der Taille fassen

8) (= understand, hear) mitkriegen (inf)

9)

to catch an illness — sich (dat) eine Krankheit zuziehen or holen (inf)

he's always catching cold(s) — er erkältet sich leicht

you'll catch your death (of cold)! — du holst dir den Tod! (inf)

10) (= portray) mood, atmosphere etc einfangen

11)

to catch one's breath (after exercise etc) — Luft holen, verschnaufen

to catch sb a glancing blow — jdn seitlich erwischen

the blow/ball caught him on the arm —

she caught him one on the nose (inf) — sie haute ihm auf die Nase

you'll catch it! ( Brit inf ) — es setzt was! (inf), du kannst (aber) was erleben!

he caught it all right! ( Brit inf ) (physically) (verbally) — der hat vielleicht eine Abreibung bekommen! (inf) der hat aber was zu hören bekommen! (inf)

3. vi

1) (with ball) fangen

2) (fire) in Gang kommen, brennen; (wood etc) Feuer fangen, brennen; (COOK) anbrennen

3) (= get stuck) klemmen, sich verklemmen; (= get entangled) hängen bleiben, sich verfangen

her dress caught in the door — sie blieb mit ihrem Kleid in der Tür hängen

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catch [kætʃ]

A s

1. Fangen n:

play catch sich den Ball zuwerfen (Kinder)

2. Fang m, Beute f (beide auch fig):

a good catch

a) ein guter Fang (beim Fischen), fig a. ein gutes Geschäft,

b) umg eine gute Partie (Heirat);

no catch kein gutes Geschäft

3. there was a catch in his voice seine Stimme stockte

4. Halt m, Griff m

5. TECH

a) Haken m, Schnäpper m, (Tür) Klinke f:

catch of a lock Schließhaken

b) Sperre f, Sicherung f, Verschluss m (einer Brosche etc)

c) Knagge f, Mitnehmer m

d) ARCH Halter m

6. fig umg Haken m:

there’s a catch in ( oder to) it die Sache hat einen Haken;

there must be a catch somewhere die Sache muss irgendwo einen Haken haben;

the catch is that … der Haken an der Sache ist, dass …

7. fig Brocken m, Bruchstück n:

catches of a conversation Gesprächsfetzen

8. AGR US Keimen n, Ausschlagen n

9. MUS besonders HIST Kanon mit humorvollem oder anzüglichem Text

B v/t prät und pperf caught [kɔːt]

1. a) einen Ball etc fangen, auch einen Blick auffangen, (er)haschen, ein Tier etc (ein)fangen, Flüssigkeiten auffangen

b) allg bekommen, kriegen umg, erwischen umg:

catch a thief einen Dieb fassen oder umg schnappen;

get caught gefasst werden;

catch a train einen Zug (noch) kriegen oder erwischen; → breath 1, cold A 8, crab¹ A 1, glimpse A 1, sight A 2, Tartar¹ A 2

2. jemanden einholen

3. überraschen, erwischen umg, ertappen ( alle:

sb at sth jemanden bei etwas;

sb doing sth jemanden dabei, wie er etwas tut):

catch sb stealing jemanden beim Stehlen ertappen;

catch o.s. thinking that … sich bei dem Gedanken ertappen, dass …;

let me catch you at it again! lass dich ja nicht mehr dabei erwischen!;

they were ( oder got) caught in a storm sie wurden vom Sturm überrascht, sie gerieten in ein Unwetter;

catch me (doing that)! Br umg (das) fällt mir nicht im Traum ein!, denkste!;

catch him! er lässt sich nicht erwischen!;

he caught himself er hielt plötzlich inne (beim Sprechen), er fing sich (gerade noch); → act A 1, nap¹ A 2, unawares 2

4. packen, ergreifen, erfassen (alle auch fig):

she caught her child to herself sie riss ihr Kind an sich;

the fire caught the curtains das Feuer erfasste die Vorhänge;

he caught ( oder was caught with) the general enthusiasm er wurde von der allgemeinen Begeisterung erfasst oder angesteckt; → hold² A 1

5. fig die Fantasie ansprechen:

catch sb’s ear jemandem ans Ohr dringen;

catch sb’s eye jemandem ins Auge fallen;

catch sb’s eye ( oder attention) jemandes Aufmerksamkeit auf sich lenken, jemanden auf sich aufmerksam machen;

she caught his eye ihre Blicke trafen sich; → fancy A 7, speaker 2

6. erfassen, verstehen, mitkriegen umg:

she did not catch his name

7. fig einfangen:

he caught the atmosphere well;

caught from life dem Leben abgelauscht

8. sich eine Krankheit etc holen, sich eine Erkältung etc, auch eine Strafe etc zuziehen, bekommen:

catch (a) cold sich erkälten ( skiing beim Skifahren);

catch a bullet in one’s leg einen Schuss ins Bein abbekommen;

catch it sl eins aufs Dach kriegen, was zu hören kriegen ( beide:

from von); → death 1, fire A 1, hell A 1, packet A 5

9. fig eine Gewohnheit, Aussprache annehmen

10. a) streifen oder stoßen an (akk)

b) hängen bleiben oder sich verfangen mit etwas:

catch one’s foot in sth mit dem Fuß in etwas hängen bleiben;

my fingers were caught in the door ich klemmte mir die Finger in der Tür

11. sl

a) jemandem einen Schlag verpassen umg

b) treffen:

the blow caught him on the chin

C v/i

1. fassen, greifen:

catch at greifen oder schnappen nach, (fig eine Gelegenheit gern) ergreifen; → shadow A 5, straw A 1

2. TECH ineinandergreifen, eingreifen (Räder), einschnappen, -rasten (Schloss etc)

3. sich verfangen, hängen bleiben ( beide:

in in dat;

on an dat):

her dress caught on a nail;

the plane caught in the trees

4. klemmen, festsitzen:

the bolt catches somewhere

5. sich ausbreiten (Feuer)

6. anspringen (Motor)

7. GASTR anbrennen

8. US AGR keimen, ausschlagen

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1. transitive verb,
caught

1) (capture) fangen; (lay hold of) fassen; packen

catch somebody by the arm — jemanden am Arm packen od. fassen

catch hold of somebody/something — jemanden/etwas festhalten; (to stop oneself falling) sich an jemandem/etwas festhalten

2) (intercept motion of) auffangen; fangen [Ball]

catch a thread — einen Faden vernähen

get something caught or catch something on/in something — mit etwas an/in etwas (Dat.) hängen bleiben

I got my finger caught or caught my finger in the door — ich habe mir den Finger in der Tür eingeklemmt

get caught on/in something — an/in etwas (Dat.) hängen bleiben

3) (travel by) nehmen; (manage to see) sehen; (be in time for) [noch] erreichen; [noch] kriegen (ugs.) [Bus, Zug]; [noch] erwischen (ugs.) [Person]

did you catch her in? — hast du sie zu Hause erwischt? (ugs.)

4) (surprise)

catch somebody at/doing something — jemanden bei etwas erwischen (ugs.) /[dabei] erwischen, wie er etwas tut (ugs.)

caught in a thunderstorm — vom Sturm überrascht

I caught myself thinking how... — ich ertappte mich bei dem Gedanken, wie...

5) (become infected with, receive) sich (Dat.) zuziehen od. (ugs.) holen

catch something from somebody — sich bei jemandem mit etwas anstecken

catch [a] cold — sich erkälten/sich (Dat.) einen Schnupfen holen; (fig.) übel dran sein

catch it — (fig. coll.) etwas kriegen (ugs.)

you'll catch it from me — du kannst von mir was erleben (ugs.)

6) (arrest)

catch somebody's attention — jemandes Aufmerksamkeit erregen

catch somebody's fancy — jemandem gefallen; jemanden ansprechen

catch the Speaker's eye — (Parl.) das Wort erhalten

catch somebody's eye — jemandem auffallen; [Gegenstand:] jemandem ins Auge fallen; (be impossible to overlook) jemandem ins Auge springen

7) (hit)

catch somebody on/in something — jemanden auf/in etwas (Akk.) treffen

catch somebody a blow [on/in something] — jemandem einen Schlag [auf/in etwas (Akk.)] versetzen

8) (grasp in thought) verstehen; mitbekommen

did you catch his meaning? — hast du verstanden od. mitbekommen, was er meint?

9) see catch out 1)
2. intransitive verb,
caught

1) (begin to burn) [anfangen zu] brennen

2) (become fixed) hängen bleiben; [Haar, Faden:] sich verfangen

my coat caught on a nail — ich blieb mit meinem Mantel an einem Nagel hängen
3. noun
1) (of ball)

make [several] good catches — [mehrmals] gut fangen

2) (amount caught, lit. or fig.) Fang, der

3) (trick, difficulty) Haken, der (in an + Dat.)

the catch is that... — der Haken an der Sache ist, dass...

it's catch-22 — (coll.) es ist ein Teufelskreis

4) (fastener) Verschluss, der; (of door) Schnapper, der

5) (Cricket etc.) ≈ Fang, der; Abfangen des Balles, das den Schlagmann aus dem Spiel bringt

6) (catcher)

he is a good catch — er kann gut fangen

Phrasal Verbs:

- catch on

- catch out

- catch up

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n.

Fang ¨-e m.

Raste -n f.

Schnappverschluss m. (at) v.

ertappen (bei) v.

erwischen v. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: caught)

= auffangen v.

erwischen v.

fangen v.

(§ p.,pp.: fing, gefangen)

fassen v.

verstehen v.

English-german dictionary > catch
8 catch up

1. phr v подхватить, поднять

he caught up his hat and rushed — он схватил шапку и бросился вон

2. phr v поднять, приподнять и подколоть, сколоть

her hair was caught up with a long pin — её волосы были заколоты длинной шпилькой

toe catch — подковный шип

vault catch — перелет в вис

to catch in a lie — изобличить во лжи

catch basin skimmings — жир из жироловок

dislocate catch — дуга назад с выкрутом в вис

3. phr v подшивать

4. phr v подхватить, перенять

5. phr v догнать, нагнать

to catch up and surpass — догнать и перегнать

catch up with — догонять; догнать

6. phr v разг. нагнать, наверстать

we have caught up on sleep — нам удалось отоспаться

he shut himself away for a month to catch up on his academic work — он уединился на месяц, чтобы наверстать упущенное в своей научной работе

7. phr v идти в ногу; не отставать

catch stitch — шов «ёлочкой»

straddle cut catch — перемах ноги врозь в упор или в вис

cut and catch — подъем вперед с перемахом ноги врозь в вис

cut-off catch — подъем вперед с перемахом ноги врозь в вис

8. phr v вызвать изменения; повлиять; сказаться

marriage has caught up on her — замужество сделало её совсем другой

9. phr v прерывать; сбивать

10. phr v придираться

11. phr v быть, оказаться вовлечённым

to be caught up in a circle which included many famous names — оказаться среди известных pass быть поглощённым, захваченным ; быть погружённым

to have a natural disposition to catch cold — быть предрасположенным к простудам

Синонимический ряд:

1. hold (verb) arrest; enthral; enthrall; fascinate; grip; hold; mesmerise; mesmerize; rivet; spellbind; transfix

2. overtake (verb) overtake

3. snare (verb) benet; catch; ensnare; entangle; entrap; foul; hook; lasso; latch on to; net; snare; tangle; trap

English-Russian base dictionary > catch up
9 catch

kæ 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb
1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) fange (inn), gripe

2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) nå, rekke

3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) ta på fersken, gripe noen i, overraske

4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) få, bli smittet

5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) henge/klemme fast i

6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) slå, lande/falle på, treffe

7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) fange opp, få fatt i, høre

8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) ta fyr, antenne
2. noun
1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) fangst; det å gripe i flukten

2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) lås, klinke, smekklås

3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) fangst

4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) hake (ved), (det stikker) noe under; aber

•

- catching
- catchy
- catch-phrase
- catch-word
- catch someone's eye
- catch on
- catch out
- catch up

fange
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fangst
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gripe

I
subst. \/kætʃ\/

1) det å gripe noe, det å fange noe

• that was a good catch

det var bra fanget

• that was an easy catch

den var lett å fange

2) fangst

• she came home with a good catch of fish

hun kom hjem med en god fiskefangst

3) varp, bytte, godt parti, fordel, kupp, gevinst

• she is a good catch

hun er et godt parti

4) felle, knep

5) brist, skjelving, gisp

• there was a catch in her voice

stemmen hennes skalv

6) ( låseanordning) sperre, sperrhake, klinke, lås, smekklås, haspe, krok

7) ( overført) aber, hake

• there is a catch in the idea

det er et aber ved ideen

8) ( musikk) kanon

catch question lurespørsmål

miss a catch ikke ta imot et kast

play catch kaste ball, spille ball

there is a catch in it somewhere det er en hake ved det, det er noe lureri her
II
verb ( caught - caught) \/kætʃ\/

1) fange, gripe, ta, fange inn, fange opp, få tak i, gripe tak i, ta tak i

• he caught the vase just as it fell off the table

han grep tak i vasen idet den falt ned av bordet

2) rekke, nå, komme tidsnok, ta

• catch the train

rekke toget

• catch the post

rekke å poste brevet før kassen tømmes

3) overraske, ta, fange, gripe

• catch somebody stealing

ta noen i å stjele

4) treffe, råke, ramme

• I caught him on the nose

jeg traff ham på nesen

5) få, pådra seg, smittes av, treffes av, bli

• be careful or you will catch (a) cold

vær forsiktig ellers vil du bli forkjølet

6) fange inn, oppfatte, fatte, forstå, få tak i, treffe

• catch the right atmosphere

7) fange, fengsle, hindre

• catch someone's attention

fange noens oppmerksomhet

• catch oneself

hindre seg selv i noe

8) sitte fast med, sitte fast i, henge fast (i), sette seg fast (i)

• the nail caught her dress

kjolen hennes satt fast i spikeren

9) (amer.) se, gå på

• catch a movie

se en film

10) få (seg), ta (seg)

11) ordne, fikse, sette på plass

12) gripe fatt, få tak, ta (om lås)

• the hook doesn't catch

13) ta fyr, antenne, fatte

• the fire took a long time to catch

det tok lang tid før det ble fyr på peisen

14) ( matlaging) brenne, svi

be caught in the rain bli overrasket av regnet

be caught short ( britisk) bli overrumplet

catch at gripe etter

catch hold of ta tak i, få fatt i, få tak i

catch it ( hverdagslig) få huden full, få kjeft

catch me (at it)! ikke jeg, nei!, aldri i livet!

catch on ( hverdagslig) slå an, gjøre lykke, bli populær, gjøre suksess

• the play never caught on

stykket ble ingen suksess

skjønne tegningen, være med (på notene), forstå noe

catch one's breath gispe, snappe etter luft hive etter pusten, få igjen pusten

catch oneself doing something ta seg selv i å gjøre noe

catch sight of få øye på, se, få et glimt av

catch somebody at it overraske noen, ta noen på fersk gjerning, ferske (slang)

catch somebody in the act ta noen på fersk gjerning

catch somebody out avsløre noen, ta noen i en feil

catch somebody unprepared overraske noen

catch someone's eye bli lagt merke til av noen få noens oppmerksomhet med øyekontakt

catch the speaker's eye få ordet, fange ordstyrerens oppmerksomhet

catch the sun være i solen, være på et solfylt sted ( britisk) bli brun, bli solbrent

catch up nå igjen, ta igjen

• he caught me up

han tok meg igjen

rive til seg, snappe opp legge seg til, lære seg avbryte slå ned på ta igjen det forsømte

catch up on ta igjen, komme à jour med

• catch up on arrears in work

ta, sette fast

catch up with komme à jour med noe(n), snakke med noen man ikke har snakket med på lenge (og bli oppdatert på vedkommendes gjøren og laden) begynne å få en skadelig virkning på

catch you later! ser deg senere!

caught up in innblandet i fanget av, oppslukt av, grepet av, bundet av

get caught sitte fast, klemme, henge fast i, henge seg opp i

• they got caught in a traffic jam

de satt fast i trafikken

you'll catch it from me du kommer til å bli smittet av meg ellers får du med meg å gjøre

you wouldn't catch me doing that! aldri i livet om jeg gjør det!, sånt driver jeg ikke med!

English-Norwegian dictionary > catch
10 catch

[kætʃ] n <pl - es>

1)

( fish caught) Fang m; ( cricket) Fang m

2) ( fastening device) Verschluss m;

window \catch Fensterverriegelung f;

all the window \catches were tightly closed alle Fenster waren fest verschlossen

3) (fam: suitable partner) [guter] Fang;

she made quite a \catch sie hat einen guten Fang gemacht

4) ( trick) Haken m ( fam)

what's the \catch? wo ist der Haken [an der Sache]? vt <caught, caught>

1) ( hold moving object)

to \catch sth etw fangen;

( take hold) etw ergreifen;

( with difficulty) etw zu fassen bekommen;

to \catch hold of sth etw zu fassen bekommen

2) ( capture)

to \catch sth etw fangen; escaped animal etw einfangen; fish, mice etw fangen;

the virus was caught in time der Virus wurde rechtzeitig erkannt;

to \catch sb jdn ergreifen;

( arrest) jdn festnehmen; sports (in baseball, cricket) jdn durch Abfangen des Balls ausscheiden lassen

3) ( become entangled)

to \catch sth an etw akk stoßen;

to be caught between two things zwischen zwei Dingen hin- und hergerissen sein;

to get caught up sich akk verfangen;

to get caught [up] in sth sich akk in etw dat verfangen;

( become involved) in etw akk verwickelt werden;

to be caught in the crossfire ins Kreuzfeuer geraten; ( fig) zwischen zwei Lager geraten;

to get caught on sth an etw dat hängen bleiben

4) ( collect)

to \catch sth etw sammeln;

( liquid) etw auffangen

5) (capture expression, atmosphere)

to \catch sth mood, atmosphere etw festhalten [o einfangen];

6) ( attract)

to \catch sb's attention [or eye] jds Aufmerksamkeit f erregen;

to \catch sb's fancy jdm gefallen

7) ( get)

to \catch sth etw bekommen;

the necklace caught the light die Kette reflektierte das Licht;

to \catch the bus/ the train ( be on time) den Bus/Zug kriegen ( fam) ( travel on) den Bus/Zug nehmen;

to \catch the post [or (Am) mail] eine Postsendung rechtzeitig einwerfen;

to \catch a few [or some] rays sich akk ein bisschen die Sonne auf den Bauch scheinen lassen ( fam)

to \catch the sun einen [leichten] Sonnenbrand bekommen

8) ( notice)

to \catch sth etw [kurz] sehen;

( by chance) etw [zufällig] sehen;

to \catch sight [or a glimpse] of sb/ sth etw kurz sehen

9) ( take by surprise)

to \catch sb doing sth jdn bei etw dat überraschen; sth forbidden jdn bei etw dat ertappen [o ( fam) erwischen];

my son was caught in a thunderstorm mein Sohn wurde von einem Gewitter überrascht;

you won't \catch her at work after four o'clock nach vier wirst du sie kaum noch bei der Arbeit antreffen;

you caught me at a bad time Sie haben einen schlechten Zeitpunkt erwischt;

have I caught you at a bad time? komme ich ungelegen?;

you won't \catch me in that shop in dem Laden wirst du mich niemals finden;

you won't \catch me falling for that trick auf den Trick falle ich im Leben nicht herein;

I even caught myself feeling sorry for the thief zuletzt tat mir der Dieb auch noch leid;

caught in the act! auf frischer Tat ertappt!;

ah, caught you! ah, hab ich dich erwischt!;

to \catch sb with their trousers [or (Am) pants] down jdn in flagranti ertappen;

to \catch sb red-handed jdn auf frischer Tat ertappen;

to \catch sb napping ( fam) jdn auf dem falschen Fuß erwischen ( fam)

10) (hear, see)

to \catch sth etw mitbekommen [o ( fam) mitkriegen];

to \catch sb jdn treffen;

I'll \catch you later ich seh dich später

11) med

to \catch sth sich dat etw einfangen;

(fig: influenced by) sich akk von etw dat anstecken lassen;

to \catch a cold sich akk erkälten;

to \catch one's death [of cold] sich dat den Tod holen

12) ( hit)

to \catch sth auf etw dat aufschlagen;

his head caught the edge of the table as he fell beim Fallen schlug er mit dem Kopf auf die Tischkante auf;

to \catch sb a blow (dated) jdm eine verpassen ( fam)

13) ( start burning)

to \catch fire Feuer fangen

PHRASES:

to \catch one's breath nach Luft schnappen;

( stop breathing) die Luft anhalten;

( return to normal breathing) verschnaufen;

to \catch a crab einen Krebs fangen (mit dem Ruder im Wasser stecken bleiben);

to \catch it ( fam) Ärger kriegen ( fam)

Joe really caught it from Sam Sam hat's Joe mal so richtig gegeben;

to \catch hell [or the devil] in Teufels Küche kommen ( fam)

to be [or get] caught short ( Brit);

(euph: need a toilet) mal müssen ( euph) ( fam) vi

to \catch at sth (Brit, Aus) nach etw dat greifen

English-German students dictionary > catch
11 catch up

1) быстро схватить The thieves caught up the money and ran. ≈ Воры схватили деньги и убежали.
2) прикреплять наверху My coat was caught up on the hook. ≈ Мое пальто висело на крюке. The big red curtain was caught up with a golden rope. ≈ Большая красная занавеска была подвязана золоченой веревкой.
3) поднять;
подхватить тж. перен. (напр. новое слово)
4) догнать, нагнать I had to run to catch up with her. ≈ Мне пришлось бежать, чтобы догнать ее. Syn: overhaul, overtake
5) прервать
6) амер. приготовить лошадей (для путешественников)
7) оказаться беспомощным I was caught up in the busy traffic again. ≈ Я снова попал в пробку.
8) нагнать, наверстать( with;
on) We had caught up on sleep. ≈ Нам удалось отоспаться. We shall have to work hard to catch the other firm up. ≈ Нам придется упорно работать, чтобы догнать ту фирму. He spent six months catching up with his studies. ≈ В течение шести месяцев он наверстывал пропущенный учебный материал. When you've been away, it takes a long time to catch up on the local news. ≈ После того, как ты уезжал надолго, нужно много времени, чтобы снова разбираться во всем происходящем.
9) поднять, приподнять и подколоть, сколоть Catch up the lower edge with light sewing so that it doesn't show. ≈ Подшей немного подол, чтобы он не показывался.
10) амер.;
разг. придираться, заваливать( на экзаменах) The examiners caught him up on the third question. ≈ Экзаменаторы завалили его на третьем вопросе.
11) привлечь (внимание и т. п.) ;
поразить (воображение) ;
увлечь be caught up in ≈ быть поглощенным, захваченным чем-л.;
быть погруженным во что-л. Both my children are caught up in the present fashion for disco-music. ≈ Оба моих ребенка следуя современной моде увлечены диско-музыкой. Most citizens do not get caught up in local events. ≈ Большинство граждан не интересуются местными событиями. Many politicians started by being caught up in the party when they were very young. ≈ Многие политики начинали свою карьеру, вступив в молодости в партию. подхватить, поднять;
- he caught up his hat and rushed он схватил шапку и бросился вон поднять, приподнять и подколоть, сколоть( о волосах, юбке) ;
- her hair was caught up with a long pin ее волосы были заколоты длинной шпилькой подшивать подхватить, перенять догнать, нагнать;
- to * and surpass догнать и перегнать;
- he's working hard to * with the others он много работает, чтобы догнать остальных ( разговорное) нагнать, наверстать;
- we have caught up on sleep нам удалось отоспаться;
- I have to * on my correspondence у меня куча писем, на которые нужно ответить идти в ногу;
не отставать;
- they haven't caught up yet with the latest style они все же отстают от последней моды вызвать изменения;
повлиять;
сказаться;
- marriage has caught up on her замужество сделало ее совсем другой прерывать;
сбивать придираться;
- don't * every remark I make не цепляйтесь к каждому моему слову быть, оказаться вовлеченным;
- to be caught up in a circle which included many famous names оказаться среди известных людей;
- to be caught up in a war оказаться вовлеченным в войну;
оказаться на территории, где идет война быть поглощенным, захваченным;
погруженным;
- to be caught up in one's thoughts and dreams погрузиться в свои мысли и мечты

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > catch up
12 have

1. transitive verb,
pres. he has, p.t. & p.p. had

1) (possess) haben

I have it! — ich hab's[!]

and what have you — (coll.) und so weiter

2) (obtain) bekommen

let's not have any... — lass uns... vermeiden

come on, let's have it! — (coll.) rück schon raus damit! (ugs.)

3) (take) nehmen

4) (keep) behalten; haben

5) (eat, drink, etc.)

have breakfast/dinner/lunch — frühstücken/zu Abend/zu Mittag essen

6) (experience) haben [Spaß, Vergnügen]

7) (suffer) haben [Krankheit, Schmerz, Enttäuschung, Abenteuer]; (show) haben [Güte, Freundlichkeit, Frechheit]

8) (engage in)

have a game of football — Fußball spielen

9) (accept)

I won't have it — das lasse ich mir nicht bieten

10) (give birth to) bekommen

11) (coll.): (swindle)

I was had — ich bin [he]reingelegt worden (ugs.)

ever been had! — da bist du ganz schön reingefallen (ugs.)

12) (know)

I have it on good authority that... — ich weiß es aus zuverlässiger Quelle, dass...

13) (as guest)

have somebody to stay — jemanden zu Besuch haben

14) (summon)

he had me into his office — er hat mich in sein Büro beordert

15) (in coll. phrases)

you've had it now — (coll.) jetzt ist es aus (ugs.)

this car/dress has had it — (coll.) dieser Wagen/dieses Kleid hat ausgedient
2. auxiliary verb,
he has, had

1) forming past tenses

I have/I had read — ich habe/hatte gelesen

I have/I had gone — ich bin/war gegangen

having seen him — (because) weil ich ihn gesehen habe/hatte; (after) wenn ich ihn gesehen habe/nachdem ich ihn gesehen hatte

if I had known... — wenn ich gewusst hätte...

2) (cause to be)

have something made/repaired — etwas machen/reparieren lassen

have the painters in — die Maler haben

have somebody do something — jemanden etwas tun lassen

have a tooth extracted — sich (Dat.) einen Zahn ziehen lassen

3)

she had her purse stolen — man hat ihr das Portemonnaie gestohlen

4) (expr. obligation)

have to — müssen

I only have to do the washing-up — ich muss nur noch den Abwasch machen

I have only to see him to feel annoyed — ich brauche ihn nur zu sehen, und ich ärgere mich

he has to be guilty — er ist fraglos schuldig
3. noun
the haves and the have-nots — die Besitzenden und die Besitzlosen

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/33887/have_off">have off

- have on

- have out

* * *

(to have or keep (something) in case or until it is needed: If you go to America please keep some money in reserve for your fare home.) in Reserve halten

* * *

have

[hæv, həv]

I. AUXILIARY VERB

<has, had, had>

1. (forming past tenses)

he has never been to Scotland before er war noch nie zuvor in Schottland

we had been swimming wir waren schwimmen gewesen

I've heard that story before ich habe diese Geschichte schon einmal gehört

I wish I'd bought it ich wünschte, ich hätte es gekauft

\have we been invited? — yes we \have sind wir eingeladen worden? — ja, sind wir

I've passed my test — \have you? congratulations! ich habe den Test bestanden — oh, wirklich? herzlichen Glückwunsch!

they still hadn't had any news sie hatten immer noch keine Neuigkeiten

2. (experience)

she had her car stolen last week man hat ihr letzte Woche das Auto gestohlen

he had a window smashed es wurde ihm eine Scheibe eingeschlagen

3. (render)

▪ to \have sth done etw tun lassen

to \have one's hair cut/done/dyed sich dat die Haare schneiden/machen/färben lassen

4. (must)

▪ to \have [or \have got] to do sth etw tun müssen

what time \have we got to be there? wann müssen wir dort sein?

do I \have to? muss ich [das] wirklich?

5. ( form: if)

had I/she/he etc. done sth,... hätte ich/sie/er etc. etw getan,..., wenn ich/sie/er etc. etw getan hätte,...

if only I'd known this wenn ich das nur gewusst hätte

II. TRANSITIVE VERB

<has, had, had>

1. (possess)

▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth etw haben

he's got green eyes er hat grüne Augen; (own) etw haben [o besitzen]

I don't have [or haven't got] a car ich habe [o besitze] kein Auto

do you have a current driving licence? haben Sie einen gültigen Führerschein?

she has a degree in physics sie hat einen Hochschulabschluss in Physik

to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] the time (know the time) die Uhrzeit haben, wissen, wie spät [o wie viel Uhr] es ist; (have enough time) Zeit haben

\have you got the time? kannst du mir die Uhrzeit sagen?

will you \have time to finish the report today? reicht es Ihnen, den Bericht heute noch zu Ende zu schreiben?

2. (suffer from)

▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth illness, symptom etw haben

to \have cancer/polio Krebs/Polio haben, an Krebs/Polio erkrankt sein

to \have a cold erkältet sein, eine Erkältung haben

3. (feel)

▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth etw haben

at least she had the good sense to turn the gas off zumindest war sie so schlau, das Gas abzudrehen

he had the gall to tell me that I was fat! hat er doch die Frechheit besessen, mir zu sagen, ich sei dick!

to \have the decency to do sth die Anständigkeit besitzen, etw zu tun

to \have the honesty to do sth so ehrlich sein, etw zu tun

to \have patience/sympathy Geduld/Mitgefühl haben

I \haven't any sympathy for this troublemaker ich empfinde keinerlei Mitleid mit diesem Unruhestifter

4. (engage in)

to \have a bath/shower ein Bad/eine Dusche nehmen, baden/duschen

to \have a nap [or ( fam) snooze] ein Schläfchen [o fam Nickerchen] machen

to \have a party eine Party machen

to \have a swim schwimmen

to \have a talk with sb mit jdm sprechen; (argue) sich akk mit jdm aussprechen

to \have a try es versuchen

I'd like to \have a try ich würde es gern einmal probieren

to \have a walk spazieren gehen, einen Spaziergang machen

5. (consume)

▪ to \have sth etw zu sich dat nehmen

I'll \have the trout, please ich hätte gern die Forelle

I haven't had shrimps in ages! ich habe schon ewig keine Shrimps mehr gegessen!

\have a cigarette/some more coffee nimm doch eine Zigarette/noch etwas Kaffee

we're having sausages for lunch today zum Mittagessen gibt es heute Würstchen

to \have a cigarette eine Zigarette rauchen

to \have lunch/dinner zu Mittag/Abend essen

6. (experience)

we're having a wonderful time in Venice wir verbringen eine wundervolle Zeit in Venedig

we didn't \have any difficulty finding the house wir hatten keinerlei Schwierigkeiten, das Haus zu finden

we'll soon \have rain es wird bald regnen

let's not \have any trouble now! bloß kein Ärger jetzt!

to \have fun/luck Spaß/Glück haben

\have a nice day/evening! viel Spaß!; (to customers) einen schönen Tag noch!

7. (receive)

I've just had a letter from John ich habe gerade erst einen Brief von John erhalten

okay, let's \have it! okay, her [o rüber] damit! fam

to let sb \have sth back jdm etw zurückgeben

to \have news of sb Neuigkeiten von jdm erfahren

8. (receive persons)

my mother's having the children to stay die Kinder bleiben bei meiner Mutter

we had his hamster for weeks wir haben wochenlang für seinen Hamster gesorgt

they've got Ian's father staying with them Ians Vater ist bei ihnen zu Besuch

thanks for having us danke für Ihre Gastfreundschaft

to \have sb back (resume relationship) jdn wieder [bei sich dat] aufnehmen

they solved their problems, and she had him back sie haben ihre Probleme gelöst und sie ist wieder mit ihm zusammen

to \have sb to visit jdn zu [o auf] Besuch haben

to \have visitors Besuch haben

9. (feature)

▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth etw haben

the new model has xenon headlights das neue Modell ist mit Xenon-Scheinwerfern ausgestattet

10. (exhibit)

▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth etw haben [o aufweisen]

this wine has a soft, fruity flavour dieser Wein schmeckt weich und fruchtig

11. (comprise)

▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth etw haben

a week has 7 days eine Wochen hat [o geh zählt] 7 Tage

12. (have learned)

▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth etw haben

to \have [a little] French/German Grundkenntnisse in Französisch/Deutsch haben

13. (think)

▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth idea, plan, reason, suggestion etw haben

\have you reason to think he'll refuse? ( form) haben Sie Grund zur Annahme, dass er ablehnen wird?

14. (be obliged)

▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth to do etw tun müssen

you simply \have to see this film! diesen Film musst du dir unbedingt anschauen!

15. (give birth to)

to \have a child ein Kind bekommen

my mother was 18 when she had me meine Mutter war 18, als ich geboren wurde

to be having a baby (be pregnant) ein Baby bekommen, schwanger sein

16. (render)

to have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] the radio/TV on das Radio/den Fernseher anhaben fam

to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth ready (finish) etw fertig haben; (to hand) etw bereit haben

17. (induce)

▪ to \have sb do sth jdn [dazu] veranlassen, etw zu tun

▪ to \have sb/sth doing sth jdn/etw dazu bringen, etw zu tun

the film soon had us crying der Film brachte uns schnell zum Weinen

Guy'll \have it working in no time Guy wird es im Handumdrehen zum Laufen bringen

18. (request)

▪ to \have sb do sth jdn [darum] bitten, etw zu tun

I'll \have the secretary run you off a copy for you ich werde von der Sekretärin eine Kopie für Sie anfertigen lassen

19. (find)

▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sb/sth jdn/etw [gefunden] haben

20. (place)

▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sb/sth somewhere jdn/etw irgendwo haben

she had her back to me sie lag/saß/stand mit dem Rücken zu mir

21. (hold)

▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sb/sth by sth:

she had the dog by the ears sie hielt den Hund fest an den Ohren

to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sb by the throat jdn bei [o an] der Kehle [o Gurgel] gepackt haben

22. (fam!: have sex with)

▪ to \have sb mit jdm Sex haben

how many men have you had? wie viele Männer hast du gehabt?

23. ( fam: deceive)

£80 for a CD? you've been had! 80 Pfund für eine CD? dich hat man ganz schön übern Tisch gezogen! fam

24. ( fam: confound)

▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sb jdn in Verlegenheit bringen

the GNP of Greece? you \have me there das BSP von Griechenland? da hab ich nicht den leisesten Schimmer fam

25. esp AM ( fam: indulge)

▪ to \have oneself sth sich dat etw gönnen [o genehmen]

I think I'm going to have myself an ice cream Ich glaub', ich gönne mir ein Eis

don't worry about it anymore — just go and have yourself a nice little holiday mach dir mal keine Gedanken mehr darüber — genieße erstmal deinen Urlaub

26.

▶ to not \have any [of it] ( fam) nichts von etw dat wissen wollen

▶ to not \have sb/sth doing sth nicht erlauben [o zulassen], dass jd/etw etw tut

▶ to \have done with sth mit etw dat fertig sein

▶ to \have [got] it (find answer)

we \have it! wir haben es!

▶ to \have it that... (claim)

rumour has it that... es geht das Gerücht [um], dass...

▶ to have had it ( fam: be broken) hinüber sein fam, ausgedient haben; (be tired) fix und fertig sein fam; (be in serious trouble) dran fam [o sl geliefert] sein

if she finds out, you've had it! wenn sie es herausfindet, bist du dran [o ist der Ofen aus]! fam

▶ to have had it with sb/sth ( fam) von jdm/etw die Nase [gestrichen] voll haben fam, jdn/etw satthaben

I've had it with his childish behaviour! sein kindisches Benehmen steht mir bis hier oben!

▶ there's none to be had of sth etw ist nicht zu bekommen [o fam aufzutreiben]

there's no real Italian cheese to be had round here man bekommt hier nirgendwo echten italienischen Käse

▶ to not \have sth (not allow) etw nicht zulassen, [jdm] etw nicht abnehmen wollen

I won't \have it! kommt nicht infrage [o fam in die Tüte]!

I'm not having any squabbling in this house ich toleriere in diesem Haus keine Zankerei

I'm not having your behaviour spoil my party ich werde mir meine Feier durch dein Benehmen nicht verderben lassen

I wont have you insult my wife ich lasse es nicht zu, dass Sie meine Frau beleidigen

▶ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS\have got] nothing on sb ( fam: be less able) gegen jdn nicht ankommen, mit jdm nicht mithalten können; (lack evidence) nichts gegen jdn in der Hand haben, keine Handhabe gegen jdn haben

he's a good player, but he's got nothing on his brother er spielt gut, aber seinem Bruder kann er noch lange nicht das Wasser reichen

▶ and what \have you ( fam) und wer weiß was noch fam

III. NOUN

( fam)

▪ the \haves pl die gut Betuchten fam, die Reichen

the \haves and the \have-nots die Besitzenden und die Besitzlosen

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[hv] pret, ptp had, 3rd pers sing present has When have is part of a set combination, eg have a look, have a dream, have a good time, look up the noun.
1. AUXILIARY VERB

1) habenThe verb haben is the auxiliary used with most verbs to form past tenses in German. For important exceptions see (b).

to have seen/heard/eaten — gesehen/gehört/gegessen haben

I have/had seen — ich habe/hatte gesehen

I have not/had not or I haven't/I hadn't seen him — ich habe/hatte ihn nicht gesehen

had I seen him, if I had seen him — hätte ich ihn gesehen, wenn ich ihn gesehen hätte

having said that he left — nachdem or als er das gesagt hatte, ging er Note the tenses used in the following:

I have lived or have been living here for 10 years/since January — ich wohne or lebe schon 10 Jahre/seit Januar hier

2) seinThe verb sein is used with verbs of motion, eg. gehen, fahren, or verbs implying development, eg. wachsen, and to form past tenses.

to have gone/run — gegangen/gelaufen sein

you HAVE grown! — du bist aber gewachsen!

to have been — gewesen sein

I have been to London — ich bin in London gewesen

I have been against this for years — ich bin schon seit Jahren dagegen

3)

in tag questions etc you've seen her, haven't you? — du hast sie gesehen, oder nicht?

you haven't seen her, have you? — du hast sie nicht gesehen, oder?

you haven't seen her – yes, I have — du hast sie nicht gesehen – doch or wohl (inf)

you've made a mistake – no, I haven't — du hast einen Fehler gemacht – nein(, hab ich nicht)

you've dropped your book – so I have — dir ist dein Buch hingefallen – stimmt or tatsächlich

have you been there? if you have/haven't... — sind Sie schon mal da gewesen? wenn ja/nein or nicht,...

I have seen a ghost – have you? — ich habe ein Gespenst gesehen – wahrhaftig or tatsächlich?

I've lost it – you haven't! (disbelieving) — ich habe es verloren – nein!

2. MODAL AUXILIARY VERB
__diams; to have to do sth (= to be obliged) etw tun müssen
I have (got esp Brit) to do it — ich muss es tun or machen

do you have to go now? — müssen Sie jetzt (wirklich) unbedingt gehen?

do you have to make such a noise? — müssen Sie (unbedingt) so viel Lärm machen?

she was having to get up at 6 o'clock each morning — sie musste jeden Morgen um 6 Uhr aufstehen

we've had to go and see her twice this week — wir mussten diese Woche schon zweimal zu ihr (hin)

the letter will have to be written tomorrow — der Brief muss morgen unbedingt geschrieben werden

I'm afraid it has to be — das muss leider sein

it's got to be or it has to be the biggest scandal this year — das ist todsicher der (größte) Skandal des Jahres

I don't have to do it — ich muss es nicht tun, ich brauche es nicht zu tun

you didn't have to tell her — das mussten Sie ihr nicht unbedingt sagen, das hätten Sie ihr nicht unbedingt sagen müssen or brauchen

he doesn't have to work — er braucht nicht zu arbeiten, er muss nicht arbeiten

3. TRANSITIVE VERB

1) = possess haben

have you (got esp Brit) or do you have a car? — hast du ein Auto?

I haven't (got esp Brit) or I don't have a pen —

to have something/nothing to do — etwas/nichts zu tun haben

I have (got esp Brit) work/a translation to do — ich habe zu arbeiten/eine Übersetzung zu erledigen

I must have more time —

have you (got esp Brit) or do you have a cigarette? — hast du (mal) eine Zigarette?

I don't have any German (Brit) —

she has (got esp Brit) blue eyes — sie hat blaue Augen

I have it! — ich habs!

what time do you have? (US) — wie viel Uhr hast du? (inf), wie spät hast du es?

2) = receive, obtain, get haben

to have news from sb — von jdm hören

I have it on good authority that... — ich habe aus zuverlässiger Quelle gehört or erfahren, dass...

I must have something to eat — ich brauche etwas zu essen, ich muss dringend etwas zu essen haben

there are no newspapers to be had —

it's nowhere to be had — es ist nirgends zu haben or kriegen (inf)

there are some great bargains to be had in the shops — in den Geschäften gibt es tolle Angebote

I'll have the bed in this room — das Bett möchte or werde ich in dieses Zimmer stellen

thanks for having me — vielen Dank für Ihre Gastfreundschaft __diams; to let sb have sth

please let me have your address I'll let you have it for £50 — geben Sie mir bitte Ihre Adresse ich gebe es dir für £ 50

3)

= eat, drink, take to have breakfast — frühstücken

to have lunch/dinner — zu Mittag/Abend essen

to have tea with sb — mit jdm (zusammen) Tee trinken

will you have tea or coffee? — möchten Sie lieber Tee oder Kaffee?

will you have a drink/cigarette? — möchten Sie etwas zu trinken/eine Zigarette?

what will you have? – I'll have the steak — was möchten or hätten Sie gern(e)? – ich hätte or möchte gern das Steak

he had a cigarette/drink/steak —

will you have some more? — möchten Sie or hätten Sie gern(e) (noch etwas) mehr?

have another one — nimm noch eine/einen/eines; (drink) trink noch einen; (cigarette) rauch noch eine

4) = catch, hold (gepackt) haben

me by the throat/the hair — er hatte or hielt mich am Hals/bei den Haaren gepackt

him where I want him —

the champion had him now — der Meister hatte ihn jetzt fest im Griff or in der Tasche (inf)

I'll have you (inf) — dich krieg ich (beim Kragen)

you have me there — da bin ich überfragt

5)

= suffer from he has diabetes — er ist zuckerkrank, er hat Zucker (inf)

to have a heart attack — einen Herzinfarkt bekommen

a headache — ich habe Kopfschmerzen

6)

= experience to have a pleasant evening — einen netten Abend verbringen

to have a good time — Spaß haben, sich amüsieren

have a good time! — viel Spaß!

7) = hold, organize party geben, machen; meeting abhalten

are you having a reception? — gibt es einen Empfang?

we decided not to have a reception — wir haben uns gegen einen Empfang entschieden

8)

= go for to have a walk — einen Spaziergang machen, spazieren gehen

to have a swim — schwimmen gehen

9)

= give birth to to have a child or baby —

she is having a baby in April she had twins — sie bekommt or kriegt (inf) im April ein Kind sie hat Zwillinge bekommen or geboren or gekriegt (inf)

our cat has had kittens — unsere Katze hat Junge gekriegt (inf) or bekommen

10)

= cause to be I had him in such a state that... — er war in einer solchen Verfassung, dass...

he had the audience in hysterics — das Publikum kugelte sich vor Lachen

he had the police baffled —

she nearly had the table over (Brit) — sie hätte den Tisch beinahe umgekippt or zum Umkippen gebracht

11)

= maintain, insist as he has it, Paul is guilty — er besteht darauf, dass Paul schuldig ist

as he had it, Paul isn't guilty — er wollte nichts davon hören, dass Paul schuldig ist

has it —

as the Bible/Shakespeare has it — wie es in der Bibel/bei Shakespeare steht

12)

= refuse to allow in negative sentences I won't have this nonsense — dieser Unsinn kommt (mir) nicht infrage or in Frage!

I won't have this sort of rudeness! —

I won't have it! — das lasse ich mir nicht bieten!

I won't have him insulted —

I won't have him insult his mother — ich lasse es nicht zu, dass er seine Mutter beleidigt

we won't have women in our club — in unserem Klub sind Frauen nicht zugelassen

I'm not having any of that! (inf) — mit mir nicht! (inf)

but she wasn't having any (inf) — aber sie wollte nichts davon wissen

13) = wish mögen

which one will you have? —

as fate would have it,... — wie es das Schicksal so wollte,...

what would you have me do? — was wollen Sie, dass ich mache?

14) set structures __diams; to have sth done = request, order etw tun lassen

to have one's hair cut — sich (dat) die Haare schneiden lassen

to have a suit made — sich (dat) einen Anzug machen lassen

I had my cases brought up — ich habe (mir) meine Koffer nach oben bringen lassen

have it mended — geben Sie es in Reparatur, lassen Sie es reparieren

they had him shot — sie ließen ihn erschießen

he had his car stolen — man hat ihm sein Auto gestohlen

he had his arm broken — er hat/hatte einen gebrochenen Arm

I've had three windows broken — (bei) mir sind drei Fenster eingeworfen worden __diams; to have sb do sth = make them do

I had him wash the car — ich ließ ihn den Wagen waschen

I'll have you know... — Sie müssen nämlich wissen...

I had my friends turn against me — ich musste es erleben, wie or dass sich meine Freunde gegen mich wandten

she had us all helping with the dinner — nach ihrer Ermunterung halfen wir alle mit dem Abendessen

she soon had them all reading and writing — dank ihres Engagements konnten alle schon bald lesen und schreiben __diams; to have had it

he has had it with politics — er hat von der Politik die Nase voll (inf)

that coat has had it — der Mantel ist im Eimer (inf)

if I miss the last bus, I've had it — wenn ich den letzten Bus verpasse, bin ich geliefert (inf) or ist der Ofen aus (inf) __diams; let him have it! (inf) gibs ihm! (inf) __diams; have it your own way machen Sie es or halten Sie es, wie Sie wollen __diams; to be had ( inf

you've been had! — da hat man dich übers Ohr gehauen (inf)

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have [hæv; unbetont həv, əv]

A s

1. the haves and the have-nots die Begüterten und die Habenichtse, die Reichen und die Armen

2. Br umg Trick m

B v/t prät und pperf had [hæd], 2. sg präs obs hast [hæst], 3. sg präs has [hæz], obs hath [hæθ], 2. sg prät obs hadst [hædst]

1. allg haben, besitzen:

he has a house (a friend, a good memory);

we can’t have everything man kann nicht alles haben;

you have my word for it ich gebe Ihnen mein Wort darauf;

I had the whole road to myself ich hatte die ganze Straße für mich allein;

I wouldn’t have it if you gave it to me das nähme ich nicht (mal) geschenkt; → get B 10 a

2. haben, erleben:

we had a fine time wir hatten viel Spaß, wir hatten es schön

3. a) ein Kind bekommen

b) ZOOL Junge werfen

4. behalten:

can I have it?; → honor B 2

5. Gefühle, einen Verdacht etc haben, hegen

6. Nachrichten etc erhalten, bekommen ( beide:

from von):

(not) to be had (nicht) zu haben, (nicht) erhältlich

7. (erfahren) haben:

I have it from reliable sources ich habe es aus verlässlicher Quelle (erfahren);

I have it from my friend ich habe oder weiß es von meinem Freund

8. Speisen etc zu sich nehmen, einnehmen, essen oder trinken etc:

I had a glass of sherry ich trank ein Glas Sherry;

have another sandwich nehmen Sie noch ein Sandwich!;

what will you have? was nehmen Sie?;

have a cigar eine Zigarre rauchen; → breakfast A, dinner 1, etc

9. haben, ausführen, (mit)machen:

have a discussion eine Diskussion haben oder abhalten; → look A 1, try A 1, walk A 3, wash A 1

10. können, beherrschen:

she has no French sie kann nicht oder kein Französisch;

have sth by heart etwas auswendig können

11. (be)sagen, behaupten:

he will have it that … er behauptet steif und fest, dass …;

astrology has it that Taureons are … der Astrologie zufolge sind Stiere …; → rumor A 1

12. sagen, ausdrücken:

as Byron has it wie Byron sagt

13. umg erwischt haben:

he had me there da hatte er mich (an meiner schwachen Stelle) erwischt, da war ich überfragt

14. Br umg jemanden reinlegen:

you have been had man hat dich reingelegt oder übers Ohr gehauen

15. haben, dulden:

I will not ( oder won’t) have it ich dulde es nicht, ich will es nicht (haben);

I won’t have it mentioned ich will nicht, dass es erwähnt wird;

he wasn’t having any umg er ließ sich auf nichts ein;

thank you for having us bes Br vielen Dank für die schöne Zeit bei Ihnen; → none Bes Redew

16. haben, erleiden:

they had broken bones sie erlitten Knochenbrüche;

he had a shock er bekam einen Schock

17. (vor inf) müssen:

I have to go now;

he will have to do it er wird es tun müssen;

we have to obey wir haben zu oder müssen gehorchen;

it has to be done es muss getan werden; → get B 10 b

18. (mit Objekt und pperf) lassen:

I had a suit made ich ließ mir einen Anzug machen;

they had him shot sie ließen ihn erschießen

19. mit Objekt und pperf zum Ausdruck des Passivs:

he had a son born to him ihm wurde ein Sohn geboren;

I’ve had some money stolen mir ist Geld gestohlen worden

20. (mit Objekt und inf) (veran)lassen:

have them come here at once lass sie sofort hierherkommen;

I had him sit down ich ließ ihn Platz nehmen

21. (mit Objekt und inf) es erleben, dass:

I had all my friends turn against me ich erlebte es oder ich musste es erleben, dass sich alle meine Freunde gegen mich wandten

22. ( nach will oder would mit akk und inf):

I would have you to know it ich möchte, dass Sie es wissen

23. würde, täte ( mit as well, rather, better, best etc):

I had rather go than stay ich möchte lieber gehen als bleiben;

you had best go du tätest am besten daran, zu gehen;

he better had das wäre das Beste(, was er tun könnte)

C v/i

1. obs eilen:

have after sb jemandem nacheilen

2. have at obs zu Leibe rücken (dat), sich hermachen über (akk)

3. they had until July 3 sie hatten bis zum 3. Juli Zeit

4. I have to ich muss;

do you have to? muss das sein?

D v/aux

1. haben:

I have seen ich habe gesehen

2. sein:

I have been ich bin gewesen Besondere Redewendungen: have and hold JUR US innehaben, besitzen;

I have it! ich habs! (ich habe die Lösung gefunden);

he has had it umg

a) er ist reingefallen,

b) er hat sein Fett (seine Strafe) weg,

c) er ist erledigt (auch tot) my car has had it umg mein Wagen ist im Eimer;

let sb have it es jemandem (tüchtig) geben oder besorgen, jemanden fertigmachen umg;

I didn’t know he had it in him ich wusste gar nicht, dass er dazu fähig ist oder dass er das Zeug dazu hat;

I have nothing against him personally ich habe nichts gegen ihn persönlich;

have nothing on sb umg

a) jemandem in keiner Weise überlegen sein,

b) nichts gegen jemanden in der Hand haben, jemandem nichts anhaben können have it (all) over sb umg jemandem (haushoch) überlegen sein;

he has it over me that … umg er ist mir insofern voraus, als …;

have what it takes das Zeug dazu haben; → do¹ B 9

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1. transitive verb,
pres. he has, p.t. & p.p. had

1) (possess) haben

I have it! — ich hab's[!]

and what have you — (coll.) und so weiter

2) (obtain) bekommen

let's not have any... — lass uns... vermeiden

come on, let's have it! — (coll.) rück schon raus damit! (ugs.)

3) (take) nehmen

4) (keep) behalten; haben

5) (eat, drink, etc.)

have breakfast/dinner/lunch — frühstücken/zu Abend/zu Mittag essen

6) (experience) haben [Spaß, Vergnügen]

7) (suffer) haben [Krankheit, Schmerz, Enttäuschung, Abenteuer]; (show) haben [Güte, Freundlichkeit, Frechheit]

8) (engage in)

have a game of football — Fußball spielen

9) (accept)

I won't have it — das lasse ich mir nicht bieten

10) (give birth to) bekommen

11) (coll.): (swindle)

I was had — ich bin [he]reingelegt worden (ugs.)

ever been had! — da bist du ganz schön reingefallen (ugs.)

12) (know)

I have it on good authority that... — ich weiß es aus zuverlässiger Quelle, dass...

13) (as guest)

have somebody to stay — jemanden zu Besuch haben

14) (summon)

he had me into his office — er hat mich in sein Büro beordert

15) (in coll. phrases)

you've had it now — (coll.) jetzt ist es aus (ugs.)

this car/dress has had it — (coll.) dieser Wagen/dieses Kleid hat ausgedient
2. auxiliary verb,
he has, had

1) forming past tenses

I have/I had read — ich habe/hatte gelesen

I have/I had gone — ich bin/war gegangen

having seen him — (because) weil ich ihn gesehen habe/hatte; (after) wenn ich ihn gesehen habe/nachdem ich ihn gesehen hatte

if I had known... — wenn ich gewusst hätte...

2) (cause to be)

have something made/repaired — etwas machen/reparieren lassen

have the painters in — die Maler haben

have somebody do something — jemanden etwas tun lassen

have a tooth extracted — sich (Dat.) einen Zahn ziehen lassen

3)

she had her purse stolen — man hat ihr das Portemonnaie gestohlen

4) (expr. obligation)

have to — müssen

I only have to do the washing-up — ich muss nur noch den Abwasch machen

I have only to see him to feel annoyed — ich brauche ihn nur zu sehen, und ich ärgere mich

he has to be guilty — er ist fraglos schuldig
3. noun
the haves and the have-nots — die Besitzenden und die Besitzlosen

Phrasal Verbs:

- have off

- have on

- have out

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(a) temperature expr.

fiebern v. (take) pity on someone expr.

mit jemandem Mitleid haben ausdr. (to possess) v.

besitzen v. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: had)

= bekommen v.

haben v.

(§ p.,pp.: hatte, gehabt)

English-german dictionary > have
13 catch twenty two situation

n infml

The show business catch twenty two situation - no work unless you have an agent, no agent unless you've worked — В шоу-бизнесе наблюдается парадоксальная ситуация. Вы не можете работать, если у вас нет агента, но агент будет у вас работать только в том случае, если вы уже работали в этой сфере

It's a classic catch twenty two situation - you won't get a good job unless you've got good references. But where the hell can you get good references unless you work? — Это какой-то заколдованный круг - вы не получите приличную работу, если у вас нет хорошей характеристики. Но где, черт возьми, можно получить хорошую характеристику, если не работаешь?!

The new dictionary of modern spoken language > catch twenty two situation
14 Catch-22

множ. ч. catch-22's или catch-22s

а) порочный круг; взаимно противоречащие условия; бессмысленная ситуация; дилемма; 'загвоздка'; ситуация, когда одно правило зависит от другого, а другое — от первого; 'уловка-22' ( title of a novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961))

The show-business catch-22 — no work unless you have an agent, no agent unless you've worked. (Mary Murphy)

б) действия, приводящие к противоположному эффекту (по сравнению с задуманным)

Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > Catch-22
15 catch-22

множ. ч. catch-22's или catch-22s

а) порочный круг; взаимно противоречащие условия; бессмысленная ситуация; дилемма; 'загвоздка'; ситуация, когда одно правило зависит от другого, а другое — от первого; 'уловка-22' ( title of a novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961))

The show-business catch-22 — no work unless you have an agent, no agent unless you've worked. (Mary Murphy)

б) действия, приводящие к противоположному эффекту (по сравнению с задуманным)

Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > catch-22
16 work

1. I
abs

1) men must work люди должны трудиться

2) the lift (the typewriter, etc.) won't work лифт и т.д. не работает; the bell (the manometer, etc.) didn't work звонок и т.д. не действовал; I can't make the car (this pump, this machine, etc.) work не могу наладить машину /автомобиль/ и т.д.; my brain doesn't seem to be working я что-то плохо соображаю

3) the medicine /the drug/ (the treatment, this diet, etc.) works лекарство и т.д. оказывает действие /действует/; the pill didn't work таблетка не помогла /не подействовала/; the yeast is beginning to work дрожжи начинают подниматься; yeast makes beer work пиво от дрожжей начинает бродить; we tried this plan, but it did not work мы попробовали применить этот план, но [из этого] ничего не вышло

4) his face /features/ began to work [от волнения и т.п.] у него начало подергиваться лицо; her lips /her mouth/ worked у нее дрожали губы
2. II
1) work in some manner work hard (well enough, steadily, conscientiously, busily, etc.) усердно и т.д. работать /трудиться/; he can hardly work at all он почти совсем не может работать; work for (at) some time work day and night работать день и ночь; work overtime перерабатывать, работать сверхурочно; he is not working now a) у него сейчас нет работы; б) он сейчас не работает

2) work in some manner the bell (the engine, the gear, the motor, etc.) works well (easily, smoothly, etc.) звонок и т.д. хорошо и т.д. работает; the system works badly система не отлажена; the hinges work stiffly (freely) петли тугие (свободные); my heart works badly сердце у меня пошаливает

3) work in some manner the plan (smb.'s scheme, this new method, etc.) works well (successfully, etc.) план и т.д. оказался удачным /эффективным/; it can work both ways это может помочь, но может и навредить

4) work in some manner his face (mouth, etc.) works nervously (violently, etc.) его лицо и т.д. нервно и т.д. подергивается

5) work in some direction work up (down, out, etc.) пробираться /пробиваться, прокладывать себе путь/ вверх и т.А; her stockings worked down, у нее спустились чулки; the shirt worked up /out/ рубашка выбилась /вылезла/ из брюк или юбки
3. III
work smth.

1) work all day [long] (two hours a day, part time, etc.) работать весь /целый/ день и т.д.; work forty hours a week иметь сорокачасовую рабочую неделю

2) work a typewriter (an adding machine, a tractor, a pump, etc.) работать на пишущей машинке и т.д.; I don't know how to work this gadget я не знаю, как обращаться с этой штукой /с этим приспособлением/; work a farm (a railway, a coal-mine, an estate, etc.) управлять фермой и т.д.

3) work one's fingers (one's muscles, etc.) разрабатывать /тренировать/ пальцы и т.д.; work a scheme разрабатывать план; work a district (the constituency, etc.) обслуживать район и т.д.

4) work the soil (iron, this kind of stone, etc.) обрабатывать почву и т.д.; work clay месить глину: work the dough вымешивать /месить/ тесто; work butter сбивать масло; work smb.'s initials вышивать (вырезать, выбивать и т.я.) чьи-л. инициалы; work buttonholes метать петли; work a shawl связать шаль

5) work one's fingers (one's toes, one's lips, etc.) шевелить пальцами и т.д.; work one's jaws сжимать и разжимать челюсти, двигать челюстями

6) work harm приносить вред; work destruction причинять разрушение; work havoc производить опустошение; work mischief натворить бед, устроить скандал; work changes производить перемены; work cures приносить исцеление; work-wonders /miracles/ творить чудеса
4. IV
1) work smb. in some manner work smb. hard (long hours) заставлять кого-л. усердно (много) работать, изнурять кого-л. работой

2) work smth. somewhere work one's way forward (upwards, in, out, etc.) прокладывать себе путь /пробиваться/ вперед и т.д.; work one's way down с трудом спускаться; work one's way up а) пробиваться наверх; б) добиваться положения в обществе

3) work smth. somewhere the trapper worked the stream up охотник расставил капканы вверх по ручью

4) work smth. in some manner work one's fingers (one's lips, etc.) nervously нервно сжимать и разжимать пальцы и т.д.
5. VI
work smth. into some state work a screw (a rope, a string, a tie, a knot, etc.) loose ослабить гайку и т.д.; work one's hands free освобождать /высвобождать, развязывать себе/ руки; work the chain (the rope, etc.) free освободиться от цепей и т.д.
6. XI
1) be worked by smth. this machine (the pump, the doll, etc.) is worked by electricity эта машина и т.д. приводится в действие электричеством /работает при помощи электричества/ || to be worked to the limit использовать до конца; the device has not yet been worked to the limit еще не все ресурсы этого приспособления использованы полностью

2) be worked for some time the number of hours worked weekly shall be reduced to 40 рабочая неделя будет сокращена до 40 часов
7. XIII
work to do smth. men must work to live чтобы жить, люди должны работать; he worked to put his brother through college он работал, чтобы его брат мог закончить колледж
8. XV
work into some state work loose ослабнуть; work free освободиться; the window catch (the screw, the nut, the handle, etc.) worked loose оконный шпингалет и т.д. разболтался
9. XVI
1) work at (in, on) some place work at an airplane factory (at a mill, at school, at an office, in an advertizing department, etc.) работать на авиационном заводе и т.д.; work in one's study (in the open air, in a garden, at one's desk, on a scaffolding, etc.) работать у себя в кабинете и т.д.; work on the land работать в сельском хозяйстве; work with smb. work with a grocer (with a florist, with this firm, with us, etc.) работать /служить/ у бакалейщика и т.д.; he is hard to work with с ним трудно работать /иметь дело/; work in (at, into, by, under) smth. work in one's spare hours (late into the night, late at night, by day, by night, etc.) работать в свой свободные часы и т.д.; work at top capacity (in full swing) работать на полную мощность; work at 2,500 HP иметь мощность в две тысячи пятьсот лошадиных сил; work under hard conditions работать в тяжелых условиях; work in shifts работать посменно; work for smth., smb. work for self-support (for a living, for a degree, for a higher certificate etc.) работать, чтобы обеспечить себя и т.д.; work for a small pay (for a wage, etc.) работать за небольшую плату и т.д.; work for a company (for a firm, etc.) служить в какой-л. компании и т.д.; work for the government быть на государственной службе; work with (without) smth. work with one's hands (with one's head, with a brush and paint, etc.) работать руками и т.д.; work with interest (with enthusiasm, with a will, without cessation, etc.) работать с интересом и т.д.;

2) work on smth. work on an axle (on a pivot, etc.) вращаться на оси и т.д.; work on liquid fuel (on wood, on refined or crude petroleum, on all voltages, etc.) работать на жидком топливе и т.д.; this clock works on a spring эти часы приводятся в движение пружиной

3) work in (with) smth. work in wood работать по дереву; work in oils (in water-colours, in distemper, etc.) писать маслом и т.д.; work in leather а) изготовлять изделия из кожи; б) тиснить кожу; work with silver (with gold, with wood, etc.) работать с серебром и т.д.; work at (on) smth. work at a shawl вышивать или вязать шаль; work on a tapestry (on a tombstone, etc.) работать над гобеленом и т.д.; work through smth. work through literature bearing on the subject (through the list, etc.) проработать литературу, относящуюся к данному вопросу и т.д.

4) work at (on, upon, over) smth. work at history (at Greek, etc.) заниматься историей и т.д.; work at a new invention (at a topic, at a subject for many years, at a portrait, at a dictionary, etc.) работать над новым изобретением и т.д.; work at one's lessons делать /готовить/ уроки; work at one's profession совершенствовать свое профессиональное мастерство; work on this suggestion (on a new novel, on the case, etc.) работать над этим предложением и т.д.; have no data to work (up)on не иметь данных, из которых можно было бы исходить; work over a book (over a play, etc.) работать над книгой и т.д.; I worked over this letter half a dozen times before I sent it я переделывал это письмо десятки раз, прежде чем я его отправил; work over smb. I worked over him for an hour before I could revive him я бился целый час, чтобы привести его в чувство; after the match a masseur worked over him после матча его массировал массажист; work against (for, to, toward, towards) smth. work against war (against the cause, etc.) бороться /действовать, выступать/ против войны и т.д.; work for peace (for a cause, to the same end, toward(s) such results, for the good of humanity, for the world, etc.) работать на благо мира и т.д.; work in smth. work in literature работать в области литературы; work in this direction действовать в этом направлении; work in the interest of humanity работать на благо человечества; work with smb., smth. work with an English class (with a group, with children, etc.) работать /заниматься/ с английской группой и т.д.; work with figures иметь дело с цифрами

5) work along (into, through, etc.) smth. work along the shelf of the rock с трудом продвигаться по уступу скалы; the grub worked into the wood в дереве завелся червячок; work into smb.'s favour coll. [хитростью] добиться чьего-л. расположения; work through the forest пробираться через лес; the rain works through the roof дождь проникает через крышу; his elbow has worked through the sleeve рукав у него протерся на локте; his toes worked through the boot его сапоги "каши просят"; the ship worked to windward корабль вышел на /выиграл/ ветер

6) work with smth. smb.'s face (smb.'s lips, smb.'s features, smb.'s mouth, etc.) works with emotion (with excitement, with an effort to keep tears back, etc,) чье-л. лицо и т.д. подергивается от волнения и т.д.

7) work (up)on smth., smb. work on smb.'s mind ((up)on smb.'s feelings, (up)on people, (up)on the vegetation, (up)on the public conscience, etc.) влиять /оказывать воздействие/ на чье-л. мнение и т.д.; work in smth. just drop a hint and leave it to work in his mind сделайте только намек, и мысль сама созреет в его голове; work with smb. the methods that work with one will not necessarily work with another то, что хорошо для одного, не обязательно годятся для другого, методы воздействия, годные для одного [человека], не обязательно будут эффективны для другого
10. XVIII
work oneself to some state he worked himself ill он переутомился и заболел || work oneself into smb.'s favour /into favour with smb./ добиться чьего-л. расположения; the rope (the knot, etc.) worked itself loose веревка и т.д. ослабла /развязалась/; the stream will work itself clear after rain когда пройдет дождь, поток снова станет прозрачным
11. XIX1
1) work like smb. work like a slave (like a horse, like a navvy, etc.) = работать как вол

2) work like smth. work like magic /like a charm/ оказывать магическое действие
12. XX1
work as smb. work as a shop assistant (as a clerk, as a typist, as a cook, as a receptionist, etc.) работать продавцом и т.д.
13. XXI1
1) work smth. to smth. work one's passage /one's fare, one's ticket/ to the south (to America, etc.) отработать свой проезд на юг и т.д.; work one's way through college работать, чтобы иметь средства платить за обучение; work smb., smth. to some state work oneself (the slaves, etc.) to death изводить /изнурять/ себя и т.д. работой; work one's fingers to the bone стирать себе пальцы до крови /в кровь/

2) work smth. by smth. work this machine (this device, etc.) by electricity (by radio, etc.) управлять этой машиной /приводить в действие эту машину/ и т.д. при помощи электричества и т.д.

3) work smth. in smth. work flowers (lilies, a strange pattern, etc.) in silver thread (in silk, ill wool, etc.) вышивать цветы и т.д. серебряными нотками и т.д.; work smth. into smth. work the iron into a horseshoe изогнуть железо в подкову; work cotton into thread (hemp into cords, a silver dollar into a bracelet, etc.) сделать из хлопка нитки и т.д.; work one's hair into a knot закрутить /собрать/ волосы в узел /в пучок/; work cottage cheese into a smooth paste стереть творог в однородную массу; work smth. on smth. work a design on a cushion (one's initials on a handkerchief, eft.) вышивать узор и т.д. на подушке и т.д.; work smth. with smth. work a table-cloth (a robe, a blouse, etc.) with silk (with ornament, with lilies, etc.) расшивать скатерть и т.д. шелком и т.д.

4) work smb. into some state work smb. (oneself, one's audience, etc.) into a rage (into a fever, into a hysterical mood, etc.) доводить кого-л. до бешенства и т.д.; don't work yourself into a temper! не взвинчивай себя!; work smb. for smth. work smb. for a loan (for a ticket, etc.) выманивать у кого-л. /обрабатывать кого-л., чтобы получить/ деньги взаймы и т.д.

5) work smth. into smth. work a piano into a room втащить рояль в комнату; work the stone into the ring вправить камень в кольцо; work a pin into a hole вставить штифт в отверстие; work this quotation into a speech (an incident into a book, etc.) включать цитату в речь и т.д.; work smth. through (to) smb., smth. work one's way through the crowd (through the jungle, through the desert, through snow-fields, to the front of the crowd, to the summit, etc.) пробиваться через толпу и т.д.; work one's way to a position of responsibility добиваться положения в обществе

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > work
17 Catch-22

множ. ч. catch-22's или catch-22s порочный круг; взаимно противоречащие условия; бессмысленная ситуация; дилемма; 'загвоздка'; ситуация, когда одно правило зависит от другого, а другое --- от первого; 'уловка-22' ( title of a novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961))
The show-business catch-22 -- no work unless you have an agent, no agent unless you've worked. (Mary Murphy)
действия, приводящие к противоположному эффекту (по сравнению с задуманным)

Русско-английский словарь механических и общенаучных терминов > Catch-22
18 catch-22

множ. ч. catch-22's или catch-22s порочный круг; взаимно противоречащие условия; бессмысленная ситуация; дилемма; 'загвоздка'; ситуация, когда одно правило зависит от другого, а другое --- от первого; 'уловка-22' ( title of a novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961))
The show-business catch-22 -- no work unless you have an agent, no agent unless you've worked. (Mary Murphy)
действия, приводящие к противоположному эффекту (по сравнению с задуманным)

Русско-английский словарь механических и общенаучных терминов > catch-22
19 catch up

фраз. гл.

1) схватить, подхватить

The thieves caught up the money and ran. — Воры схватили деньги и убежали.

2) прикрепить наверху, приподнять и подколоть, прихватить

My coat was caught up on the hook. — Моё пальто висело на крюке.

The big red curtain was caught up with a golden rope. — Большая красная штора была подвязана золочёным шнуром.

Catch up the lower edge with light sewing so that it doesn't show. — Подшей немного подол, чтобы он не вылезал.

3) уст. подхватить, перенять

to catch up a neologism — подхватить новое слово, перенять неологизм

4) догнать, нагнать

I had to run to catch up with her. — Мне пришлось бежать, чтобы догнать её.

We shall have to work hard to catch the other firm up. — Нам придётся упорно работать, чтобы догнать ту фирму.

Syn:

overhaul 2., overtake

5) разг. нагнать, наверстать

We had caught up on sleep. — Нам удалось отоспаться.

He spent six months catching up with his studies. — Он навёрстывал пропущенный учебный материал в течение полугода.

6) амер.; разг. придираться; заваливать ( на экзаменах)

The examiners caught him up on the third question. — Экзаменаторы завалили его на третьем вопросе.

7) страд. вовлечь (во что-л.)

I was caught up in the busy traffic again. — Я снова попал в пробку.

8) привлечь ( внимание); поразить ( воображение); увлечь

to be caught up in smth. — быть поглощённым, захваченным, увлечённым чем-л.

Most citizens do not get caught up in local events. — Большинство граждан не интересуются местными событиями.

Many politicians started by being caught up in the party when they were very young. — Многие политики начинали свою карьеру совсем молодыми, со вступления в партию.

Англо-русский современный словарь > catch up
20 retrasado

adj.

1 late, behind schedule, behind-time, overdue.

2 retarded, backward, cretinous, feeble-minded.

3 underdeveloped, under-developed, backward, backwards.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: retrasar.

* * *

retrasado

► participio pasado

1→ link=retrasar retrasar

► adjetivo

1 (en conocimientos, trabajo) behind

■ está retrasada en latín she's behind in Latin

■ tengo trabajo retrasado I'm behind in my work

2 (pagos) late

■ voy retrasado en los pagos I'm in arrears

3 (reloj) slow

4 (tren, avión, etc) delayed

5 (país) backward, underdeveloped

6 (mental) retarded, backward

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 mentally retarded person

* * *

(f. - retrasada)

adj.

1) retarded

2) backward

3) behind

* * *
retrasado, -a
1. ADJ

1) [en una actividad]

estar o ir retrasado — to be behind

va muy retrasado en química — he is very behind in chemistry, he has a lot to make up in chemistry

estar retrasado en los pagos — to be behind in o with one's payments, be in arrears

vamos retrasados en la producción — we are lagging behind in the production

2) [en el tiempo] [persona] late

llegó retrasado a la reunión — he was late for the meeting, he got to the meeting late

3) [en el desarrollo] [país, pueblo, sociedad] backward

nuestro sistema universitario va retrasado respecto a otros países — our university system is very backward compared with o is behind that of other countries

4) (=no actual) [ideas, estilo] outdated, outmoded

5) [reloj] slow

tengo el reloj ocho minutos retrasado — my watch is eight minutes slow

6) [mentalmente] mentally retarded

2.

SM / F (tb: retrasado/a mental) pey mentally handicapped

* * *
I
- da adjetivo

a) [SER] (Med, Psic) mentally handicapped

b) [ESTAR] (en tarea, actividad)

va or está muy retrasado con respecto a los demás — he lags a long way behind the others

están retrasados en los pagos — they are behind in their payments

tengo trabajo retrasado — I have work to catch up on

c) <país/sociedad> backward

d) < reloj> slow
II
- da masculino, femenino: tb

retrasado mental — mentally handicapped person, (mentally) retarded person, retard (AmE colloq & pej)

* * *

= backward, backwards, retarded, cretinous, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, nonce.

Ex. There are no entries under the terms backward, Deficient, Handicapped, Mental deficiency, Mentally deficient despite the fact that Class JGJ is devoted to the teaching of Deficient, Handicapped, etc.

Ex. Besides, basing our future course on 'observations in our present-day libraries' is a little backwards.

Ex. A social skills training program was conducted with three mildly retarded black mothers identified as child maltreaters.

Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.

Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.

Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.

Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.

Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.

Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.

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* retrasado mental = mentally retarded person, mentally backward.

* retrasados mentales, los = mentally retarded, the.

* * *
I
- da adjetivo

a) [SER] (Med, Psic) mentally handicapped

b) [ESTAR] (en tarea, actividad)

va or está muy retrasado con respecto a los demás — he lags a long way behind the others

están retrasados en los pagos — they are behind in their payments

tengo trabajo retrasado — I have work to catch up on

c) <país/sociedad> backward

d) < reloj> slow
II
- da masculino, femenino: tb

retrasado mental — mentally handicapped person, (mentally) retarded person, retard (AmE colloq & pej)

* * *

= backward, backwards, retarded, cretinous, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, nonce.

Ex: There are no entries under the terms backward, Deficient, Handicapped, Mental deficiency, Mentally deficient despite the fact that Class JGJ is devoted to the teaching of Deficient, Handicapped, etc.

Ex: Besides, basing our future course on 'observations in our present-day libraries' is a little backwards.

Ex: A social skills training program was conducted with three mildly retarded black mothers identified as child maltreaters.

Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.

Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.

Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.

Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.

Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.

Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.

* retrasado mental = mentally retarded person, mentally backward.

* retrasados mentales, los = mentally retarded, the.

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retrasado¹ -da

adjective

1 [ SER] ( Med, Psic) mentally handicapped, (mentally) retarded

un niño retrasado a child with learning difficulties; (más grave) a mentally retarded o handicapped child

2 [ ESTAR]

(en una tarea, actividad): tengo mucho trabajo retrasado I have a big backlog of work, I have a lot of work to catch up on

voy muy retrasado con el trabajo I'm really behind with my work

va or está muy retrasado con respecto a sus compañeros he is lagging a long way behind his classmates

están retrasados en los pagos they are behind in their payments, they are in arrears with their payments

3 ‹país/sociedad› backward

4 ‹reloj› slow

retrasado² -da

masculine, feminine

tb

retrasado mental mentally handicapped person, (mentally) retarded person, retard ( AmE colloq pej)

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Del verbo retrasar: ( conjugate retrasar)

retrasado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
retrasado
retrasar
retrasado
◊ -da adjetivo

a) [SER] (Med, Psic) mentally handicapped

b) [ESTAR] (en tarea, actividad):

◊ está muy retrasado con respecto a los demás he lags a long way behind the others;

están retrasados en los pagos they are behind in their payments;
tengo trabajo retrasado I have work to catch up on
c) ‹país/sociedad› backward

d) ‹ reloj› slow

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: tb
◊ retrasado mental mentally handicapped person, (mentally) retarded person

retrasar ( conjugate retrasar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ persona› to make … late;

◊ el tráfico nos retrasó we got held up in the traffic

b) ‹producción/proceso› to delay, hold up;

◊ la niebla retrasó la salida del avión the departure (of the plane) was delayed by fog

c) ‹partida/fecha› to postpone

d) ‹ reloj› to put back

retrasarse verbo pronominal
a) ( llegar tarde) to be late

b) [producción/trámite] to be delayed, be held up

c) (en trabajo, estudios, pagos) to fall behind;

◊ se retrasó en presentarlo she was late (in) submitting it

d) [ reloj] to run slow

retrasado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (en el desarrollo físico) underdeveloped, immature
2 (en el desarrollo mental) retarded, backward
II sustantivo masculino y femenino retrasado (mental), mentally handicapped o retarded person
retrasar
I verbo transitivo
1 (hacer que algo vaya más lento) to slow down: las obras retrasaron el tráfico, the road works held up the traffic
2 (posponer) to delay, postpone: tendremos que retrasar las vacaciones, we will have to put off our holidays ➣ Ver nota en delay 3 (un reloj) to put back: retrasé el reloj una hora al llegar a Dublín, I put my clock back one hour when I arrived in Dublin
' retrasado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
floración
- retrasada
- retrasarse
English:
backward
- delay
- delayed
- late
- retarded
- behind
- subnormal
- unavoidably

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retrasado, -a

♦ adj

1. [país, industria] backward

2. [reloj] slow;

llevo el reloj retrasado my watch is slow;

ese reloj va retrasado that clock is slow

3. [tren] late, delayed;

vamos muy retrasados en el proyecto we're very behind (schedule) with the project

4. [persona] retarded, backward;

un paciente retrasado (mental) a mentally retarded patient

♦ nm,f

1. [discapacitado]
retrasado (mental) mentally retarded person

2. Fam [como insulto] moron, cretin, US retard

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retrasado

I part → retrasar

II adj

1 tren, entrega late

2 con trabajo, pagos behind;

está retrasado en clase he’s lagging behind in class;

retrasado mental mentally handicapped

* * *

retrasado, -da adj

1) : retarded, mentally slow

2) : behind, in arrears

3) : backward (of a country)

4) : slow (of a watch)

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retrasado adj

1. (tren, etc) late

el tren va retrasado the train is late

2. (trabajo, etc) behind

voy retrasada con el trabajo I'm behind with my work

3. (reloj) slow

tengo el reloj dos minutos retrasado my watch is two minutes slow

4. (persona) retarded

5. (país) backward

retrasado mental mentally retarded person

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