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əu(to be in debt to: I owe (him) $10.) deber- owing- owing to
owe vb deberDavid owes me £10 David me debe 10 librastr[əʊ]1 (gen) deberyou owe me $10: me debes $10he owes his wealth to his father: le debe su riqueza a su padrev.• adeudar v.• deber v.• estar agradecido por v.• tener deudas v.əʊ
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1)a) ( financially) deber, adeudar (frml)to owe somebody something, owe something to somebody — deberle algo a alguien
how much do I owe you for the tickets? — ¿cuánto te debo por las entradas?
b) (be obliged to give, do) \<\<explanation/apology/favor\>\> debertake a break; you owe it to yourself — tómate un descanso, te lo has ganado
2)a) ( be indebted for) deberto what do we owe the pleasure of your company? — (hum) ¿a qué debemos el placer de tu compañía? (hum)
b) ( be influenced by) deber
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vi[ǝʊ]1.VT (gen) deberto owe sb £2 — deber dos libras a algn
allegianceto what do I owe the honour of your visit? — ¿a qué debo el honor de su visita?
2.VI tener deudas* * *[əʊ]
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1)a) ( financially) deber, adeudar (frml)to owe somebody something, owe something to somebody — deberle algo a alguien
how much do I owe you for the tickets? — ¿cuánto te debo por las entradas?
b) (be obliged to give, do) \<\<explanation/apology/favor\>\> debertake a break; you owe it to yourself — tómate un descanso, te lo has ganado
2)a) ( be indebted for) deberto what do we owe the pleasure of your company? — (hum) ¿a qué debemos el placer de tu compañía? (hum)
b) ( be influenced by) deber
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1) schuldenowe it to somebody to do something — es jemandem schuldig sein, etwas zu tun
I owe you an explanation — ich bin dir eine Erklärung schuldig
you owe it to yourself to take a break — du musst dir einfach eine Pause gönnen
can I owe you the rest? — kann ich dir den Rest schuldig bleiben?
owe [somebody] for something — [jemandem] etwas bezahlen müssen
I [still] owe you for the ticket — du kriegst von mir noch das Geld für die Karte (ugs.)
2) (feel gratitude for, be indebted for) verdanken* * *[əu](to be in debt to: I owe (him) $10.) schulden- academic.ru/52849/owing">owing- owing to* * *[əʊ, AM oʊ]vt1. (be in debt)to \owe sb an explanation jdm eine Erklärung schuldig seinto \owe sb thanks/gratitude [or to \owe thanks/gratitude to sb] ( form) jdm zu Dank verpflichtet sein2. (be indebted)▪ to \owe sb sth jdm etw verdankenI \owe it all to my parents ich habe alles meinen Eltern zu verdanken3.▶ to \owe sb a grudge einen Groll gegen jdn hegen* * *[əʊ]1. vtcan I owe you the rest? —
I owe him a meal — ich bin ihm noch ein Essen schuldig, ich schulde ihm noch ein Essen
how much do I owe you? (in shop etc) — was bin ich schuldig?
2) reverence, obedience, loyalty schulden, schuldig sein (to sb jdm); allegiance schulden (to sb jdm)3) (= be under an obligation for) verdanken (sth to sb jdm etw)we owe it to them that we are alive today — wir haben es ihnen zu verdanken, dass wir heute noch leben
you owe it to yourself to keep fit —
we owe nothing to him, we owe him nothing — wir sind ihm (gar) nichts schuldig
I think you owe me an explanation — ich glaube, du bist mir eine Erklärung schuldig
2. vican I owe you for the rest? — kann ich Ihnen den Rest schuldig bleiben?
I still owe him for the meal — ich muss ihm das Essen noch bezahlen
* * *owe [əʊ]A v/tfor für):you owe that to yourself (to your reputation) das bist du dir (deinem Namen) schuldig;owe it to sb es jemandem schuldig sein ( to do zu tun);I think I owe you an apology ich glaube, ich muss mich bei dir entschuldigen;I still owe him er bekommt noch Geld von mir ( for für)to this circumstance we owe our lives diesem Umstand verdanken wir unser Leben;I owe him a lot ich habe ihm viel zu verdanken4. obs besitzenB v/i1. Schulden haben:how much does he owe? wie viel Schulden hat er?;he still owes for his house er zahlt noch immer an seinem Haus ab2. die Bezahlung schuldig sein ( for für)* * *1) schuldenowe it to somebody to do something — es jemandem schuldig sein, etwas zu tun
owe [somebody] for something — [jemandem] etwas bezahlen müssen
I [still] owe you for the ticket — du kriegst von mir noch das Geld für die Karte (ugs.)
2) (feel gratitude for, be indebted for) verdanken* * *v.schulden v.schuldig sein ausdr.verdanken v. -
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owe [əʊ]devoir;∎ to owe sth to sb, to owe sb sth devoir qch à qn;∎ you owe me £10 tu me dois 10 livres;∎ how much or what do I owe you? combien est-ce que ou qu'est-ce que je vous dois?;∎ how much do we still owe him for or on the car? combien nous reste-t-il à lui payer pour la voiture?;∎ I still owe you for the petrol je vous dois encore l'essence;∎ I owe you a beer je te dois une bière;∎ he thinks society owes him a living il s'imagine avoir le droit de vivre aux crochets de la société;∎ I think you owe him an explanation je pense qu'il a droit à une explication de ta part ou que tu lui dois une explication;∎ we owe them an apology nous leur devons des excuses;∎ you owe it to yourself to do your best vous vous devez à vous-même de faire de votre mieux;∎ we owe this discovery to a lucky accident nous devons cette découverte à un heureux hasard;∎ to what do we owe the honour of your visit? qu'est-ce qui nous vaut l'honneur de votre visite?;∎ I owe it all to my parents je suis redevable de tout cela à mes parents;∎ to owe sb a favour être redevable d'un service à qn;∎ I owe my life to you je vous dois la vie;∎ he owes his good looks to his mother il tient sa beauté de sa mère;∎ I owe you one! à charge de revanche!être endetté;∎ he still owes for or on the house il n'a pas encore fini de payer la maison -
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1 ( be indebted for) devoir [money, invention, life, success] ; to owe sth to sb tenir qch de qn [good looks, talent] ; devoir qch à qn [failure, money] ; I owe him £10 for the ticket je lui dois 10 livres pour le billet ; he still owes us for the ticket il nous doit encore de l'argent pour le billet ; I've forgotten my purse, can I owe it to you? j'ai oublié mon porte-monnaie, est-ce que je peux te le rendre plus tard? ; my mother, to whom I owe so much ma mère, à qui je dois tout ; I owe you one ○ ou a favour je te le revaudrai ; he owes me one ○ ou a favour il me doit bien ça ;2 ( be morally bound to give) devoir [apology, duty, loyalty, explanation, thanks] ; you owe it to your parents to work hard tu dois à tes parents de travailler dur ; you owe it to yourself to try everything tu te dois de tout essayer ; don't think the world owes you a living ○ ! ne crois pas que le monde te doive quoi que ce soit! ;3 ( be influenced by) to owe much/something to sb devoir beaucoup/quelque chose à qn ; his style owes much to the Impressionists son style doit beaucoup aux impressionnistes. -
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[əʊ]1) (be indebted for) dovere [invention, life, success, failure, talent]; dovere, essere debitore di [ money]to owe sth. to sb. o sb. sth. dovere qcs. a qcn.; he still owes us for the ticket ci deve ancora dei soldi per il biglietto; I owe you a favour I owe you one colloq. a buon rendere; he owes me one colloq. mi deve un favore; his style owes much to the Impressionists — il suo stile ha preso molto dagli o deve molto agli impressionisti
2) (be morally bound to give) dovere [apology, duty, loyalty, explanation]you owe it to yourself to try everything — è un dovere verso te stesso di fare ogni tentativo possibile
don't think the world owes you a living! — colloq. non credere che tutto ti sia dovuto!
* * *[əu](to be in debt to: I owe (him) $10.) dovere- owing- owing to* * *[əʊ]1) (be indebted for) dovere [invention, life, success, failure, talent]; dovere, essere debitore di [ money]to owe sth. to sb. o sb. sth. dovere qcs. a qcn.; he still owes us for the ticket ci deve ancora dei soldi per il biglietto; I owe you a favour I owe you one colloq. a buon rendere; he owes me one colloq. mi deve un favore; his style owes much to the Impressionists — il suo stile ha preso molto dagli o deve molto agli impressionisti
2) (be morally bound to give) dovere [apology, duty, loyalty, explanation]you owe it to yourself to try everything — è un dovere verso te stesso di fare ogni tentativo possibile
don't think the world owes you a living! — colloq. non credere che tutto ti sia dovuto!
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6 some
1. pronoun, adjective1) (an indefinite amount or number (of): I can see some people walking across the field; You'll need some money if you're going shopping; Some of the ink was spilt on the desk.) algún, algo, cierto, unos, algunos, ciertos2) ((said with emphasis) a certain, or small, amount or number (of): `Has she any experience of the work?' `Yes, she has some.'; Some people like the idea and some don't.) alguno3) ((said with emphasis) at least one / a few / a bit (of): Surely there are some people who agree with me?; I don't need much rest from work, but I must have some.) un poco, unos pocos4) (certain: He's quite kind in some ways.) cierto
2. adjective1) (a large, considerable or impressive (amount or number of): I spent some time trying to convince her; I'll have some problem sorting out these papers!) bastante2) (an unidentified or unnamed (thing, person etc): She was hunting for some book that she's lost.) algún3) ((used with numbers) about; at a rough estimate: There were some thirty people at the reception.) unos, cerca de, alrededor de
3. adverb((American) somewhat; to a certain extent: I think we've progressed some.) un poco, algo- somebody- someday
- somehow
- someone
- something
- sometime
- sometimes
- somewhat
- somewhere
- mean something
- or something
- something like
- something tells me
some1 adj1. un poco de / algo dedo you want some more cake? ¿quieres un poco más de tarta?would you like some tea? ¿quieres té?2. unos / algunossome2 pron1. un poco / algoI've made some coffee would you like some? he hecho café ¿quieres un poco?2. unos / algunostr[sʌm]1 (with plural noun) unos,-as, algunos,-as; (a few) unos,-as cuantos,-as, unos,-as pocos,-as■ would you like some biscuits? ¿quieres galletas?2 (with singular noun) algún, alguna; (a little) algo de, un poco de■ would you like some coffee? ¿quieres café?3 (certain) cierto,-a, alguno,-a4 (unknown, unspecified) algún, alguna■ some day algún día, un día de éstos■ some other time otra vez, otro día5 (quite a lot of) bastante■ some help that was! ¡valiente ayuda!■ some friend you are! ¡valiente amigo eres tú!, ¡menudo amigo eres!7 familiar (quite a, a fine) menudo,-a■ that was some meal! ¡menuda comida!, ¡ésa sí que era una comida!, ¡vaya comilona!■ he's quite some guy! ¡menudo tío!1 (unspecified number) unos,-as, algunos,-as■ keys? - I saw some on the table ¿llaves? - he visto unas sobre la mesa■ if you want more paper, there's some in the drawer si te hace falta más papel, hay en el cajón1 (approximately, about) unos,-as, alrededor de, aproximadamentesome ['sʌm] adj1) : un, algúnsome lady stopped me: una mujer me detuvosome distant galaxy: alguna galaxia lejana2) : algo de, un poco dehe drank some water: tomó (un poco de) agua3) : unosdo you want some apples?: ¿quieres unas manzanas?some years ago: hace varios añossome pron1) : algunossome went, others stayed: algunos se fueron, otros se quedaron2) : un poco, algothere's some left: queda un pocoI have gum; do you want some?: tengo chicle, ¿quieres?adj.• alguno adj.• algún adj.• un poco de adj.• uno, -a adj.• unos adj.• vario, -a adj.adv.• algunos adv.• mucho adv.• muy adv.pron.• alguno pron.• algunos pron.• uno pron.• unos pron.
I sʌm, weak form səm1)a) ( unstated number or type) (+ pl n) unos, unasthere were some boys/girls in the park — había unos or algunos niños/unas or algunas niñas en el parque
I need some new shoes/scissors — necesito (unos) zapatos nuevos/una tijera nueva
would you like some cherries? — ¿quieres (unas) cerezas?
b) ( unstated quantity or type) (+ uncount n)would you like some coffee? — ¿quieres café?
2) (a, one) (+ sing count noun) algún, -guna3)a) (particular, not all) (+ pl n) algunos, -nasb) (part of, not whole) (+ uncount n)some German wine is red, but most is white — Alemania produce algunos vinos tintos pero la mayoría son blancos
some Shakespeare is very rarely performed — algunas obras de Shakespeare no se representan casi nunca
4)a) (not many, a few) algunos, -nasb) (not much, a little) un poco de5)a) (several, many)b) ( large amount of)6) (colloq)a) ( expressing appreciation)that's some car you've got! — vaya coche que tienes!, qué cochazo tienes!
b) (stressing remarkable, ridiculous nature)c) ( expressing irony)
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1)a) ( a number of things or people) algunos, -nasb) ( an amount)there's no salt left; we'll have to buy some — no queda sal; vamos a tener que comprar
2)a) ( a number of a group) algunos, -nasb) ( part of an amount)some of what I've written — algo or parte de lo que he escrito
the coffee's ready: would you like some? — el café está listo: ¿quieres?
3) ( certain people) algunos, -nassome say that... — algunos dicen que...
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adverb ( approximately) unos, unas; alrededor de[sʌm]there were some fifty people there — había unas cincuenta personas, había alrededor de cincuenta personas
1. ADJECTIVE1) (=an amount of)When refers to something you can't count, it usually isn't translated:will you have some tea? — ¿quieres té?
have some more cake — toma or sírvete más pastel
you've got some money, haven't you? — tienes dinero, ¿no?
we gave them some food — les dimos comida or algo de comida
2) (=a little) algo de, un poco deall I have left is some chocolate — solamente me queda algo de or un poco de chocolate
she has some experience with children — tiene algo de or un poco de experiencia con niños
the book was some help, but not much — el libro ayudó algo or un poco, pero no mucho, el libro fue de alguna ayuda, pero no mucha
3) (=a number of) unoswould you like some sweets/grapes? — ¿quieres caramelos/uvas?
we've got some biscuits, haven't we? — tenemos galletas, ¿no?
you need some new trousers/glasses — necesitas unos pantalones nuevos/unas gafas nuevas
4) (=certain)some people say that... — algunos dicen que..., algunas personas dicen que..., hay gente que dice que...
some people hate fish — algunas personas odian el pescado, hay gente que odia el pescado
some people have all the luck! — ¡los hay que tienen suerte!, ¡algunos parece que nacen de pie! *
in some ways he's right — en cierto modo or sentido, tiene razón
I paid for mine, unlike some people I could mention — yo pagué el mío, no como ciertas personas or algunos a los que no quiero nombrar
for some reason (or other) — por alguna razón, por una u otra razón
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this will give you some idea of... — esto te dará una idea de...•
let's make it some other time — hagámoslo otro día6) (=a considerable amount of) bastantelength 1., 4)•
she is some few years younger than him — es bastantes años más joven que él7) (=a considerable number of)8) *emphatica) (admiring)that's some fish! — ¡eso sí que es un pez!, ¡eso es lo que se llama un pez!, ¡vaya pez!
that's some woman — ¡qué mujer!
it was some party — ¡vaya fiesta!, ¡menuda fiesta!
b) iro"he says he's my friend" - "some friend!" — -dice que es mi amigo -¡menudo amigo!
you're some help, you are! — ¡vaya ayuda das!, ¡menuda ayuda eres tú!
some expert! — ¡valiente experto!
some people! — ¡qué gente!
2. PRONOUN1) (=a certain amount, a little) un pocohave some! — ¡toma un poco!
could I have some of that cheese? — ¿me das un poco de ese queso?
thanks, I've got some — gracias, ya tengo
"I haven't got any paper" - "I'll give you some" — -no tengo nada de papel -yo te doy
2) (=a part) una partesome (of it) has been eaten — se han comido un poco or una parte
give me some! — ¡dame un poco!
3) (=a number) algunos(-as) mpl/fplI don't want them all, but I'd like some — no los quiero todos, pero sí unos pocos or cuantos, no los quiero todos, pero sí algunos
would you like some? — ¿quieres unos pocos or cuantos?, ¿quieres algunos?
4) (=certain people) algunos, algunas personassome believe that... — algunos creen que..., algunas personas creen que..., hay gente que cree que...
3. ADVERB1) (=about)some 20 people — unas 20 personas, una veintena de personas
some £30 — unas 30 libras
2) (esp US)*a) (=a lot) muchoEdinburgh to London in five hours, that's going some! — de Edimburgo a Londres en cinco horas, ¡eso sí que es rapidez!
b) (=a little)* * *
I [sʌm], weak form [səm]1)a) ( unstated number or type) (+ pl n) unos, unasthere were some boys/girls in the park — había unos or algunos niños/unas or algunas niñas en el parque
I need some new shoes/scissors — necesito (unos) zapatos nuevos/una tijera nueva
would you like some cherries? — ¿quieres (unas) cerezas?
b) ( unstated quantity or type) (+ uncount n)would you like some coffee? — ¿quieres café?
2) (a, one) (+ sing count noun) algún, -guna3)a) (particular, not all) (+ pl n) algunos, -nasb) (part of, not whole) (+ uncount n)some German wine is red, but most is white — Alemania produce algunos vinos tintos pero la mayoría son blancos
some Shakespeare is very rarely performed — algunas obras de Shakespeare no se representan casi nunca
4)a) (not many, a few) algunos, -nasb) (not much, a little) un poco de5)a) (several, many)b) ( large amount of)6) (colloq)a) ( expressing appreciation)that's some car you've got! — vaya coche que tienes!, qué cochazo tienes!
b) (stressing remarkable, ridiculous nature)c) ( expressing irony)
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1)a) ( a number of things or people) algunos, -nasb) ( an amount)there's no salt left; we'll have to buy some — no queda sal; vamos a tener que comprar
2)a) ( a number of a group) algunos, -nasb) ( part of an amount)some of what I've written — algo or parte de lo que he escrito
the coffee's ready: would you like some? — el café está listo: ¿quieres?
3) ( certain people) algunos, -nassome say that... — algunos dicen que...
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adverb ( approximately) unos, unas; alrededor dethere were some fifty people there — había unas cincuenta personas, había alrededor de cincuenta personas
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7 what
what [wɒt]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. pronoun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective• what time is it? quelle heure est-il ?• what flavours do you want? quels parfums voulez-vous ?• what subjects did you choose? quelles matières as-tu choisies ?b. ( = all the) I gave him what money I had je lui ai donné tout l'argent que j'avais• I will give you what information we have je vais vous donner toutes les informations dont nous disposonsc. (exclamations) what a nice surprise! quelle bonne surprise !• what a ridiculous suggestion! quelle suggestion ridicule !• what a nightmare! quel cauchemar !• what a nuisance! quelle barbe ! (inf)• what a lot of people! que de monde !• what lovely hair you've got! quels jolis cheveux tu as !2. pronouna. (used alone, or in emphatic position) quoi• what? I didn't get that quoi ? je n'ai pas compris• I've forgotten something -- what? j'ai oublié quelque chose -- quoi ?• he's getting married -- what! il se marie -- quoi !• what! you expect me to believe that! quoi ! et tu penses que je vais croire ça !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► quoi is used with a preposition, if the French verb requires one.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I've just thought of something -- what? je viens de penser à quelque chose -- à quoi ?• I've just remembered something -- what? je viens de me souvenir de quelque chose -- de quoi ?• what's happened? qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ?• what's bothering you? qu'est-ce qui te préoccupe ?• what's for dinner? qu'est-ce qu'il y a pour dîner ?• what is his address? quelle est son adresse ?• what's the French for "pen"? comment dit-on « pen » en français ?• what is this called? comment ça s'appelle ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When asking for a definition or explanation, c'est quoi is often used in spoken French.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what are capers? c'est quoi, les câpres ?• what's that noise? c'est quoi, ce bruit ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The object pronoun que is more formal than qu'est-ce que and requires inversion of verb and pronoun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what did you do? qu'avez-vous fait ?• what can we do? qu'est-ce qu'on peut faire ? que peut-on faire ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The French preposition cannot be separated from the pronoun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what does he owe his success to? à quoi doit-il son succès ?• what were you talking about? de quoi parliez-vous ?• what's the best time to call? quel est le meilleur moment pour vous joindre ?• what are the advantages? quels sont les avantages ?e. ( = how much) combien• what will it cost? ça va coûter combien ?• what does it weigh? ça pèse combien ?• what do 2 and 2 make? combien font 2 et 2 ?• what does it matter? qu'est-ce que ça peut bien faire ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━g. (in relative clauses) ( = that which) (subject of verb) ce qui ; (object of verb) ce que ; (object of verb taking "de") ce dont ; (object of verb taking "à") ce à quoi• what I don't understand is... ce que je ne comprends pas c'est...• what I need is... ce dont j'ai besoin c'est...━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When what means the ones which, the French pronoun is generally plural.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► and what...are you coming or what? tu viens ou quoi ? (inf)tell you what, let's stay here another day j'ai une idée: si on restait un jour de plus ?► what about• what about people who haven't got cars? et les gens qui n'ont pas de voiture ?• what about going to the cinema? si on allait au cinéma ?► what for? pourquoi ?• what did you do that for? pourquoi avez-vous fait ça ?• what if this doesn't work out? et si ça ne marchait pas ?• what if he says no? et s'il refuse ?► what of• but what of the country's political leaders? et les dirigeants politiques du pays ?• I've done this job long enough to know what's what je fais ce travail depuis assez longtemps pour savoir de quoi il retourne► what with• what with the stress and lack of sleep, I was in a terrible state entre le stress et le manque de sommeil, j'étais dans un état lamentable3. compounds* * *[wɒt], US [hwɒt] 1.1) ( what exactly) ( as subject) qu'est-ce qui; ( as object) que, qu'est-ce que; ( with prepositions) quoiwhat for? — ( why) pourquoi?; ( concerning what) à propos de quoi?
what's this called in Flemish? —
2) ( in rhetorical questions)what's the use? — ( enquiringly) à quoi bon?; ( exasperatedly) à quoi ça sert?
3) ( whatever)4) ( in clauses) ( as subject) ce qui; ( as object) ce que, (before vowel) ce qu'this is what is called a ‘monocle’ — c'est ce qu'on appelle un ‘monocle’
and what's worse ou better — et en plus
5) (colloq) ( when guessing)it'll cost, what, £50 — ça coutera, quoi, dans les 50 livres?
6) ( inviting repetition)2.what's that? —
1) ( which) quel/quelle/quels/quelles2) ( in exclamations) quel/quellewhat use is that? — lit, fig à quoi ça sert?
3) ( the amount of)what money he earns he spends — tout ce qu'il gagne, il le dépense
3.what little she has — le peu qu'elle a, tout ce qu'elle a
what about prepositional phrase1) ( when drawing attention)what about the letter they sent? — et la lettre qu'ils ont envoyée, alors?
2) ( when making suggestion)3) ( in reply)4.‘what about your sister?’ - ‘what about her?’ — ‘et ta sœur?’ - ‘quoi ma sœur?’
what if prepositional phrase et si5.what with prepositional phrase6.exclamation quoi!, comment!••to give somebody what for — (colloq) GB passer un savon (colloq) à quelqu'un
well, what do you know — iron tout arrive
what do you think I am! — (colloq) tu me prends pour quoi!
what's it to you? — (colloq) en quoi ça vous regarde?
См. также в других словарях:
owe — W3S2 [əu US ou] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(money)¦ 2¦(something done/given)¦ 3 owe somebody an explanation/apology 4¦(help to achieve something)¦ 5¦(good effect)¦ 6 owe it to somebody to do something 7 owe it to yourself to do something 8 owe… … Dictionary of contemporary English
owe — [ əu ] verb transitive *** 1. ) if you owe someone money, you have to give them a particular amount of money because you have bought something from them or borrowed money from them. Money that you owe is called a debt: Tell me how much I owe, and … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
owe */*/*/ — UK [əʊ] / US [oʊ] verb [transitive] Word forms owe : present tense I/you/we/they owe he/she/it owes present participle owing past tense owed past participle owed 1) if you owe someone money, you have to give them a particular amount of money… … English dictionary
explanation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ convincing, credible, good, likely, logical, natural, obvious, plausible, probable, rational ▪ … Collocations dictionary
owe — verb (T) 1 MONEY to have to pay someone for something that they have done for you or sold to you, or to have to give someone back money that they have lent you: owe sb sth: I owe my brother $50. | owe sb for sth: We still owe the garage for those … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
explanation — ex|pla|na|tion W2S3 [ˌekspləˈneıʃən] n 1.) [U and C] the reasons you give for why something happened or why you did something ▪ I think you owe me an explanation (=you should explain to me) . explanation of/for ▪ There is no convincing… … Dictionary of contemporary English
You shall not steal — is one of the Ten Commandments,[1] of the Torah (the Pentateuch), which are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholars, and Post Reformation scholars.[2] Though usually understood to prohibit the… … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Waiting for Godot — Infobox Play name = Waiting for Godot image size = 200px writer = Samuel Beckett characters = Estragon Vladimir Lucky Pozzo Boy date of premiere = January 5th, 1953 Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters wait for… … Wikipedia
ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… … Universalium
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