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1 forget
1. transitive verb,gone but not forgotten — in bleibender Erinnerung
I forget his name — (have forgotten) ich habe seinen Namen vergessen
forget doing something/having done something — vergessen, dass man etwas getan hat
don't forget that... — vergiss nicht od. denk[e] daran, dass...
and don't you forget it — (coll.) vergiss das ja nicht
2. intransitive verb,forget it! — (coll.) schon gut!; vergiss es!
-tt-, forgot, forgotten es vergessenforget about it! — (coll.) schon gut!
3. reflexive verb,I forgot about Joe — ich habe gar nicht an Joe gedacht
-tt-, forgot, forgotten1) (act unbecomingly) sich vergessen2) (neglect one's own interests) sich selbst vergessen* * *[fə'ɡet]past tense - forgot; verb1) (to fail to remember: He has forgotten my name.) vergessen2) (to leave behind accidentally: She has forgotten her handbag.) vergessen3) (to lose control of (oneself), act in an undignified manner: She forgot herself and criticized her boss during the company party.) sich vergessen•- academic.ru/28902/forgetful">forgetful- forgetfully* * *for·get[fəˈget, AM fɚˈ-]I. vt1. (not remember)2. (omit to keep)▪ to \forget sth etw vergessenshe clean forgot our date sie hat unsere Verabredung glatt vergessen fammy uncle forgot my birthday last year mein Onkel hat letztes Jahr meinen Geburtstag vergessenI'd like to thank all my family, not \forgetting my cousin Jerome ich möchte meiner ganzen Familie danken, nicht zu vergessen meinem Cousin Jerometo \forget an appointment einen Termin vergessen [o fam verschwitzen]▪ to \forget to do sth vergessen, etw zu tun▪ to \forget [that]/how/what/who... vergessen, dass/wie/was/wer...3. (leave behind)▪ to \forget sth etw vergessen [o liegenlassen4. (stop thinking about)▪ to \forget sth/sb etw/jdn vergessen, an etw/jdn nicht mehr denkento \forget the past die Vergangenheit ruhenlassento \forget one's quarrels die Streitereien begrabenforgive and \forget vergeben und vergessen▪ to \forget sth etw aufgebenyou can \forget any ideas you may have of taking the day off Sie können es sich aus dem Kopf schlagen, dass Sie den Tag frei bekommen fam\forget it! vergiss es!▪ to \forget sth etw vergessenhave you forgotten your manners? wo sind deine Manieren?to \forget one's dignity seine Würde fallenlassenand don't you \forget it! lass dir das gesagt sein!II. vi1. (not remember) vergessen▪ to \forget about sth/sb jdn/etw vergessen▪ to \forget about doing sth vergessen, etw zu tun▪ to \forget about sth/sb etw/jdn vergessen, an etw/jdn nicht mehr denkento \forget about a plan einen Plan fallenlassenI suggest we \forget all about it ich schlage vor, wir vergessen das alles* * *[fə'get] pret forgot, ptp forgotten1. vtvergessen; ability, language verlernennever to be forgotten — unvergesslich, unvergessen
and don't you forget it! — und dass du das ja nicht vergisst!
he never lets you forget it either — er sorgt dafür, dass du auch immer daran denkst
to forget to do sth —
I was forgetting you knew him — ich habe ganz vergessen, dass Sie ihn kennen
I forget what I wanted to say — es ist mir entfallen, was ich sagen wollte
not forgetting... — nicht zu vergessen...
2. vies vergessenI never forget —
where has he gone? – I forget — wo ist er hingegangen? – ich habe es vergessen or es ist mir entfallen
she drinks to forget — sie trinkt, um zu vergessen
3. vr(= behave improperly) sich vergessen, aus der Rolle fallen; (= act unselfishly) sich selbst vergessen* * *forget [fə(r)ˈɡet] prät forgot [-ˈɡɒt; US -ˈɡɑt], pperf forgotten [-ˈɡɒtn; US -ˈɡɑtn], obs oder dial forgotA v/t1. vergessen:a) nicht denken an (akk):b) sich nicht erinnern an (akk):never to be forgotten unvergesslich;I’ll never forget meeting my wife ich werde niemals vergessen, wie ich meine Frau kennenlernte;don’t forget what you were going to say vergessen Sie Ihre Rede nicht;she’s been forgetting a lot of things lately sie ist in letzter Zeit sehr vergesslichc) sein Französisch etc verlernend) (aus Unachtsamkeit) unterlassen:she forgot to close the window sie vergaß, das Fenster zuzumachen2. unbeachtet lassen:forget it!a) schon gut!, vergiss es! (beide a. verärgert),b) das kannst du vergessen!;don’t you forget it! merk dir das!3. außer Acht lassen, übergehen:don’t forget the waitress vergiss nicht, der Bedienung ein Trinkgeld zu geben;not forgetting nicht zu vergessen4. forget o.s.a) sich vergessen, aus der Rolle fallen,b) sich selbst vergessen, (nur) an andere denken,c) sich oder seine Umwelt vergessenB v/i (es) vergessen:don’t forget vergiss es nicht!;she never forgets sie vergisst nie etwas;he went abroad to forget um zu vergessen;forget about vergessen (akk);forget about it!a) reg dich nicht auf!,b) schon gut!, vergiss es! (beide a. verärgert),c) das kannst du vergessen!* * *1. transitive verb,I forget his name — (have forgotten) ich habe seinen Namen vergessen
forget doing something/having done something — vergessen, dass man etwas getan hat
don't forget that... — vergiss nicht od. denk[e] daran, dass...
and don't you forget it — (coll.) vergiss das ja nicht
2. intransitive verb,forget it! — (coll.) schon gut!; vergiss es!
-tt-, forgot, forgotten es vergessen3. reflexive verb,forget about it! — (coll.) schon gut!
-tt-, forgot, forgotten1) (act unbecomingly) sich vergessen2) (neglect one's own interests) sich selbst vergessen* * *v.(§ p.,p.p.: forgot, forgotten)= vergessen v.(§ p.,pp.: vergaß, vergessen) -
2 manquer
manquer [mɑ̃ke]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. [+ but, occasion, personne, train] to miss• la gare est sur la place, tu ne peux pas la manquer the station's right on the square, you can't miss itb. [+ photo, gâteau] to spoilc. ( = être absent de) to miss• manquer de ( = être dépourvu de) to lack• elle a manqué de se faire écraser ( = faillir) she nearly got run over3. intransitive verba. ( = faire défaut) to be lacking• ce qui lui manque, c'est l'imagination what he lacks is imagination• les mots me manquent pour exprimer... I can't find the words to express...• j'irais bien, ce n'est pas l'envie qui m'en manque I would like to go, it's not that I don't want tob. ( = être absent) to be absent ; ( = avoir disparu) to be missingc. ( = être regretté)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Le sujet du verbe français devient l'objet du verbe anglais.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• il manque dix personnes ( = elles ont disparu) there are ten people missing ; ( = on en a besoin) we are ten people short• il ne manquait plus que ça ! that's all we needed!• il ne manquerait plus que ça ! that really would be the end! (inf)• j'avais prévu qu'il serait furieux, et ça n'a pas manqué ! I knew he'd be angry and sure enough he was!5. reflexive verba.il s'est manqué ( = a raté son suicide) he bungled his suicide attempt• cette fois-ci, il ne s'est pas manqué he made a good job of it this time* * *mɑ̃ke
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1) (ne pas atteindre, ne pas voir) to miss [cible, spectacle, train, personne]vous l'avez manquée de cinq minutes — you missed her/it by five minutes
2) ( ne pas réussir)manquer son coup — (colloq) to fail
3) (colloq) ( ne pas sanctionner)
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manquer à verbe transitif indirect1)la Bretagne/ma tante me manque — I miss Brittany/my aunt
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manquer de verbe transitif indirectmanquer de — to lack [patience, argent, expérience, pratique]
on ne manque de rien — we don't want ou lack for anything
ma cousine ne manque pas d'humour — my cousin's got a good sense of humour [BrE]
‘remercie-le de ma part’ - ‘je n'y manquerai pas’ — ‘thank him for me’ - ‘I won't forget'
et évidemment, ça n'a pas manqué! — (colloq) and sure enough that's what happened!
3) ( faillir)
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verbe intransitif1) ( faire défaut)les vivres vinrent à manquer — supplies ran out ou short
2) ( être absent) [élève, personne] to be absent
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verbe impersonnelil ne manquerait plus que ça! — (colloq) that would be the last straw!
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se manquer verbe pronominal1) ( soi-même) to bungle one's suicide attempt2) ( ne pas se voir) to miss each other* * *mɑ̃ke1. vb impersIl manque encore 100 euros. — We are still 100 euros short.
Il manque des pages. — There are some pages missing., Some pages are missing
il ne manquerait plus que... — all we need now is for...
Il ne manquerait plus qu'il démissionne. — All we need now is for him to resign.
2. vi1) [chose] to be lackingne pas manquer; Les exemples ne manquent pas. — There's no lack of examples.
2) [personne] to be missingmanquer à l'appel — to miss roll call, to be missing at roll call
3)Il a manqué de se tuer. — He very nearly got killed.
ne pas manquer de dire qch; Il n'a pas manqué de le dire. — He certainly said it.
ne pas manquer de faire qch; Je ne manquerai pas de te le rappeler le moment venu. — I'll certainly remind you when the time comes., I'll definitely remind you when the time comes.
4)manquer à qn [personne] Il me manque. — I miss him.
Mes parents me manquent. — I miss my parents.
Ma sœur me manque. — I miss my sister., [argent, temps]
Le temps leur manque. — They're short of time.
Le courage lui manqua. — His courage failed him.
La voix lui manqua. — His voice failed him.
5)manquer à qch [personne] ; manquer à tous ses devoirs — to fail in one's duty
Mais je manque à tous mes devoirs, asseyez-vous; désirez-vous un café? — Sorry, I'm forgetting myself: please sit down; would you like a coffee?
6)manquer de qch [chose] — to not have enough of sth, to lack sth
La quiche manque de sel. — The quiche hasn't got enough salt in it.
L'article manque de punch. — The article lacks punch., The article doesn't have enough punch.
Le film manque de rythme. — The film lacks pace.
Ses interventions manquent d'à-propos. — His remarks lack relevance.
7)manquer de qch [personne] [courage, présence d'esprit] — to lack sth, to not have enough of sth
Le gouvernement a manqué de courage politique. — The government lacked political courage.
J'ai manqué de présence d'esprit. — I didn't have enough presence of mind.
manquer de tact; Je trouve qu'il a manqué de tact. — I don't think he was very tactful.
3. vt1) to missTu n'as rien manqué: le film n'était pas très bon. — You didn't miss anything: the film wasn't very good.
2) (= faillir)Il a manqué se tuer. — He very nearly got killed.
* * *manquer verb table: aimerA vtr1 (ne pas atteindre, ne pas voir) to miss [cible, objectif, spectacle, événement]; la balle l'a manqué de peu the bullet just missed him; manquer une marche to miss a step; une grande maison rose à la sortie du village, vous ne pouvez pas la manquer a big pink house as you come out of the village, you can't miss it; manquer l'école to miss school; un film à ne pas manquer a film not to be missed; j'ai manqué le début du film I missed the beginning of the film; tu n'as rien manqué, le film est nul you didn't miss anything, it's an awful film; il n'en manque pas une○ you can rely on him to put his foot in it;2 ( être en retard pour) to miss [train, bus, avion, personne] (de by); vous l'avez manquée de cinq minutes you missed her/it by five minutes;3 ( ne pas réussir) to spoil, to ruin [plat, gâteau, photo]; to botch○ [expérience de laboratoire]; manquer sa vie to make a mess of one's life; elle a manqué son solo she made a mess of her solo; cet événement nous a fait manquer plusieurs contrats this incident has lost us several contracts; manquer son coup○ to fail;4 ○( ne pas sanctionner) la prochaine fois je ne le manquerai pas next time I won't let him get away with it; elle ne l'a pas manqué she put him in his place.B manquer à vtr ind1 ( faire éprouver un sentiment d'absence) manquer à qn to be missed by sb; ils nous manquent we miss them; la Bretagne/ma tante me manque I miss Brittany/my aunt;2 ( ne pas respecter) manquer à son devoir/honneur to fail in one's duty/honourGB; manquer à ses promesses to fail to keep one's promises; manquer à sa parole to break one's word.C manquer de vtr ind1 ( avoir en quantité insuffisante) manquer de to lack, to be lacking in [patience, talent, courage, imagination, ambition]; to lack, to be short of [argent, provisions, matériel, personnel, main-d'œuvre]; to lack [expérience, pratique]; on ne manque de rien ici we don't want ou lack for anything here; elle ne manque pas de détracteurs/prétendants she's not short of critics/suitors, she doesn't lack critics/suitors; le roman manque d'humour the novel lacks humourGB; ma cousine ne manque pas d'humour my cousin's got a good sense of humourGB; elle ne manque pas de charme she's not without charm; il ne manque pas de culot○! he's got a nerve!; la soupe manque de sel/poivre there isn't enough salt/pepper in the soup; ouvre la fenêtre, on manque d'air ici open the window, it's stuffy in here; il manque de magnésium/calcium he has a magnesium/calcium deficiency;2 ( toujours à la forme négative) si vous passez dans la région, ne manquez pas de nous rendre visite if you're in the area, be sure and visit us; je ne manquerai pas de vous le faire savoir I'll be sure to let you know; ne manquez pas de le signaler be sure and report it; ‘remercie-le de ma part’-‘je n'y manquerai pas’ ‘thank him for me’-‘I won't forget ou I most certainly shall’; je ne manquerai pas de le leur dire I'll be sure to tell them, I won't forget to tell them; on ne peut manquer d'être surpris one can't fail to be surprised; ça ne pouvait manquer d'arriver it was bound to happen; et évidemment, ça n'a pas manqué○! and sure enough that's what happened!;3 ( faillir) il a manqué (de) casser un carreau he almost broke a windowpane; elle a manqué (de) s'évanouir en le voyant she almost fainted when she saw him.D vi1 ( faire défaut) j'ai fait l'inventaire: rien ne manque I've done the inventory and nothing is missing; trois soldats manquaient à l'appel three soldiers were missing at roll call; les vivres vinrent à manquer supplies were running out; ne fais pas cette tête, ce ne sont pas les garçons qui manquent! don't look so downcast, there are plenty more fish in the sea!; ce ne sont pas les occasions qui manquent there's no lack of opportunity; le moment venu, le courage leur manqua when the time came, their courage failed them; je suis tellement outré que les mots me manquent I'm so outraged that words fail me; les mots me manquent pour exprimer ma joie/mon dégoût I can't find the words to express my joy/my disgust; le temps me manque pour t'expliquer I don't have enough time to explain to you; ce n'est pas l'envie qui me manque de faire it's not that I don't want to do; le pied lui manqua liter he/she missed his/her footing;2 ( être absent) [élève, personne] to be absent; cet étudiant manque très souvent this student is very often absent.E v impers il manquait deux fourchettes two forks were missing; il manque 100 euros dans la caisse 100 euros are missing from the cash register; il manque une roue à la voiture there's a wheel missing from the car; il lui manque un doigt he's got a finger missing; il lui manque un œil/bras he's only got one eye/arm; il leur manque 500 euros pour pouvoir acheter la voiture they're 500 euros short of the amount they need to buy the car; il nous manque deux joueurs pour former une équipe we're two players short of a team; il manque une signature à ce contrat ( il n'est pas signé) the contract isn't signed; ( sur plusieurs signatures) there's a signature missing on the contract; il manque du sel dans cette soupe there isn't enough salt in the soup; ça manque d'animation ici! it's not very lively here!; il ne manquerait plus que ça! that would be the last straw!; il ne manquerait plus qu'il se mette à pleuvoir all (that) we need now is for it to start raining.F se manquer vpr1 ( soi-même) to bungle one's suicide attempt;2 ( ne pas se voir) to miss each other.[mɑ̃ke] verbe transitifl'église est à droite, vous ne pouvez pas la manquer the church is on the right, you can't miss itb. (figuré) to miss one's target, to fail to hit one's target, to shoot wideelle s'est moquée de moi mais je ne la manquerai pas! (figuré) she made a fool of me but I'll get even with her!je n'ai pas vu l'opéra — tu n'as rien manqué/tu as manqué quelque chose! I didn't see the opera — you didn't miss anything/you really missed something there!tu as manqué une bonne occasion de te taire (humoristique) why couldn't you have just kept your mouth shut for once?a. [il remarque tout] he never misses a trick!b. [il est gaffeur] (you can always) trust him to put his foot in it!2. [ne pas rencontrer] to misscoup manqué failure, botch-upmoi qui croyais lui faire plaisir, c'est vraiment un coup manqué ou j'ai vraiment manqué mon coup! and here's me thinking I would make him happy, (just) how wrong can you get!4. [ne pas aller à] to miss————————[mɑ̃ke] verbe intransitif1. [être absent - fugueur, bouton, argenterie] to be missing ; [ - employé, élève] to be away ou off ou absentb. (figuré & humoristique) to be missingil ne manquait plus qu'elle/que ça! she's/that's all we need ou needed!quand le pain vint à manquer, ils descendirent dans la rue when the bread ran short, they took to the streetsles occasions de te rendre utile ne manqueront pas there will be no shortage of opportunities to make yourself usefulla pluie/le travail, ce n'est pas ce qui manque! there's no shortage of rain/work!l'argent leur a toujours manqué they've always been short of money ou lacked moneyla force/le courage lui manqua (his) strength/courage failed himles mots me manquent words fail me, I'm at a loss for wordsce n'est pas l'envie qui m'en manque, mais... not that I don't want to ou I'd love to, but...il manque une bouteille/un bouton there's a bottle/a button missinga. [ils sont absents] we have three players missingb. [pour jouer] we're three players shortil ne manque pas de gens pour dire que... there is no lack ou shortage of people who say that...il me manque un dollar I'm one dollar short, I need one dollara. [animal] the only thing it can't do is speakb. [machine] it does everything but talk3. [être pauvre] to want————————manquer à verbe plus préposition1. [faillir à]manquer à son devoir/son honneur to fail in one's duty/one's honourmanquer à sa parole/promesse to fail to keep one's word/promise, to break one's word/promisemanquer aux usages to defy ou to flout convention2. [être regretté par]3. (littéraire) [offenser] to be disrespectful to ou towards, to behave disrespectfully towards————————manquer de verbe plus prépositionta soupe manque de sel your soup lacks ou needs saltmanquer de personnel to be short-staffed, to be short of stafftoi, tu ne manques pas d'air (familier) ou de culot (très familier) ! you've (certainly) got some cheek ou nerve!2. (soutenu)ne pas manquer de dire/de faire [ne pas oublier de]: vous viendrez? — je n'y manquerai pas will you come? — definitely ou without failne manquez pas de me le faire savoir be sure to let me know, do let me know[par ellipse]ça ne manquera pas it's sure ou bound to happenj'ai dit qu'elle reviendrait et ça n'a pas manqué! I said she'd come back and sure enough(, she did)![s'empêcher de]on ne peut manquer de constater/penser one can't help but notice/thinkvous ne manquerez pas d'être frappé par cette coïncidence you're bound to be struck by this coincidence3. [faillir]elle a manqué (de) se noyer she nearly ou almost drowned (herself)————————se manquer verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)————————se manquer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi) -
3 tonto
adj.1 silly, dull, empty-headed, foolish.2 silly, footling, foolish.3 useless, dumb.4 stupefied.m.fool, blockhead, dunce, idiot.* * *► adjetivo1 silly, stupid, US dumb■ ¡qué idea más tonta! what a stupid idea!► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 fool, idiot\a tontas y a locas without rhyme or reasonhacer el tonto / hacer la tonta to act the foolhacerse el tonto / hacerse la tonta to play dumbponerse tonto,-a familiar to get stroppytonto,-a de remate / tonto,-a de capirote familiar prize idiotun,-a tonto,-a del bote familiar a right berk, a real twerp* * *1. (f. - tonta)noun2. (f. - tonta)adj.foolish, stupid* * *tonto, -a1. ADJ1) [persona]a) (=bobo) [dicho con afecto] silly; [dicho con enfado] stupidvenga, vente con nosotros, ¡no seas tonto! — come on, come with us, don't be silly!
¡qué tonto soy! — how silly o stupid of me!
¿tú te has creído que yo soy tonto?, ¿me tomas por tonto? — do you think I'm stupid?
b) [poco inteligente] stupid¡y parecía tonto! — and we thought he was stupid!
a lo tonto —
¿para qué esforzarse a lo tonto? — why go to all that trouble for nothing?
y a lo tonto, a lo tonto, se le pasó la mitad del día — and before he knew it, half the day had slipped by
a tontas y a locas —
piénsalo bien, no quiero que actúes/hables a tontas y a locas — think carefully, don't just do/say the first thing that comes into your head
esos jóvenes sin seso que solo hablan a tontas y a locas — these silly youngsters who chatter away without even thinking what they're saying
c) (=insolente) silly¡si te pones tonto no te vuelvo a traer al cine! — if you start being silly I won't take you to the cinema again!
d) (=torpe)hoy se me olvida todo, estoy como tonto — I keep forgetting things today, I'm out of it *
dejar a algn tonto — Esp to leave sb speechless
e) (=presumido) stuck-up *f) (Med) imbecilepelo 8)2) [risa, frase, accidente] silly¡qué fallo más tonto! — it was a really silly mistake!
caja 1)me pilló en una hora tonta y le presté el dinero — I wasn't thinking at that moment and I lent him the money
2. SM / F1) idiotsoy un tonto, ¡nunca debí haberla escuchado! — I'm such an idiot, I should never have listened to her!
allí estaba, riéndome como una tonta — there I was, laughing like an idiot
2) (Med) imbecile3. SM1) (Circo, Teat) clown, funny man* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) sillyfui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes
b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upsetdejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless
hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody
2) <excusa/error/historia> sillyIIhacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
hacerse el tonto — to act dumb
* * *= fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.----* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.* chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.* chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.* guaperas tonto = himbo.* hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.* hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.* no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.* risa tonta = giggle.* risita tonta = giggle.* rubia tonta = dumb blonde.* típica rubia tonta = bimbo.* típico guaperas tonto = himbo.* tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.* tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.* tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.* tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].* tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.* tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto genio = idiot savant.* tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) sillyfui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes
b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upsetdejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless
hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody
2) <excusa/error/historia> sillyIIhacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
hacerse el tonto — to act dumb
* * *= fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.* chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.* chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.* guaperas tonto = himbo.* hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.* hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.* no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.* risa tonta = giggle.* risita tonta = giggle.* rubia tonta = dumb blonde.* típica rubia tonta = bimbo.* típico guaperas tonto = himbo.* tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.* tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.* tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.* tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].* tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.* tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto genio = idiot savant.* tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* * *A¡pero qué tonto eres! ¿de verdad te lo has creído? you idiot! did you really believe it?mírala … y parecía tonta look at her, and we thought she was stupid!no seas tonta, aprovecha ahora que puedes don't be silly! make the most of it while you cany él fue tan tonto como para decirle que sí and he was stupid o dumb o foolish enough to say yes2 [ ESTAR] (travieso) difficult, silly; (disgustado) upsetno me hagas caso, hoy estoy tonta don't take any notice of me, I'm in a funny mood todayse pone muy tonto siempre que hay visita he gets really silly o difficult when there are visitorsa lo tonto: a lo tonto, a lo tonto lleva ya ganados varios millones he's won several million just like that o without even tryinglo dijo a lo tonto y resulta que acertó it was a wild guess o he said it without thinking and it turned out to be righthablas a lo tonto you're talking through your hata tontas y a locas without thinkinggasta el dinero a tontas y a locas she spends money like there's no tomorrow ( colloq)ser más tonto que Abundio or que hecho de encargo or que una mata de habas ( Esp fam); to be as dumb as they come ( colloq), to be daft as a brush ( BrE colloq)B ‹excusa/error/historia› sillyfue una caída de lo más tonta pero ya ves, me rompí el tobillo it was such a silly o ridiculous fall but, as you see, I broke my anklemasculine, feminineeres un tonto por haberte dejado engañar así you're an idiot o a fool to let yourself be taken in like thathacer el tonto (hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool, to fool o clown around; (actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneselfhacerse el tonto to act dumbno te hagas la tonta, que sabes muy bien de lo que estoy hablando you know very well what I'm talking about so don't pretend you don't o so don't act dumble gusta/gustaba más que a un tonto una tiza or un lápiz or un palo ( Esp fam); he is/was crazy o nuts about it ( colloq)Compuestos:prize idiot, utter foolvillage idiotidealistic puppet o stooge* * *
tonto◊ -ta adjetivo
1
( ingenuo) silly
( disgustado) upset
2 ‹excusa/error/historia› silly
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq);
( ingenuo) idiot, fool;
( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself;◊ hacerse el tonto to act dumb
tonto,-a
I adjetivo silly, familiar dumb: ¿cómo pude ser tan tonto?, how could I be so stupid?
fue lo bastante tonto como para decirle la verdad, he was foolish enough to tell him the truth
una observación tonta, a trivial remark
II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool, idiot, familiar dummy
hacer el tonto, to play the fool
hacerse el tonto, to play dumb
tonto de remate, prize idiot
' tonto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bobalicón
- bobalicona
- boluda
- boludo
- burrada
- capirote
- definitivamente
- fatua
- fatuo
- hacer
- hombre
- manteca
- pelo
- perdida
- perdido
- remate
- simple
- tarugo
- todavía
- tonta
- tratar
- asno
- baboso
- gana
- ganso
- huevón
- idiota
- imbécil
- lelo
- lerdo
- mongólico
- necio
- pavo
- pendejo
- salame
- soquete
- tontear
- tontería
- zanahoria
English:
act
- asinine
- clot
- clown around
- dim
- do
- dozy
- dumb
- fool
- goof
- help
- idiotic
- lark about
- lark around
- mess about
- mess around
- muck about
- muck around
- need
- play
- prize
- silly
- soft-headed
- such
- thing
- daft
- foolish
- kind
- know
- stupid
- that
* * *tonto, -a♦ adj1. [persona] [estúpido] stupid;[menos fuerte] silly;pero ¿seré tonto? otra vez me he vuelto a confundir I must be stupid or something, I've gone and got it wrong again;nos toman por tontos they think we're idiots;¿estás tonto? ¿para qué me pegas? don't be stupid! what are you hitting me for?;no seas tonto, no hay por qué preocuparse don't be silly, there's no need to worry;ser más tonto que Abundio to be as thick as two short planks2. [retrasado mental] dim, backward3.[arrogante] to get awkward, Br to get stroppyponerse tonto [pesado, insistente] to be difficult;4. [sin sentido] [risa] mindless;[esfuerzo] pointless;fue una caída tonta it was so silly, falling over like that;a lo tonto: lo perdí a lo tonto I stupidly lost it;me tropecé a lo tonto I tripped over like an idiot;me he ido haciendo con una extensa colección de sellos a lo tonto I've built up a sizeable stamp collection without hardly realizing it♦ nm,fidiot;los listos y los tontos de la clase the bright ones and the dim ones in the class;el tonto del pueblo the village idiot;hacer el tonto [juguetear] to mess around;[no actuar con inteligencia] to be stupid o foolish;estoy haciendo el tonto intentando convencerle I'm wasting my time trying to convince him;hacerse el tonto to act innocent;a tontas y a locas without thinkingtonto útil useful idiot* * *I adj silly, foolishII m, tonta f fool, idiot;haba fam complete idiot;tonto del pueblo village idiot;hacer el tonto play the fool;hacerse el tonto act dumb fam ;a tontas y a locas in a slapdash way* * *tonto, -ta adj1) : dumb, stupid2) : silly3)a tontas y a locas : without thinking, haphazardlytonto, -ta n: fool, idiot* * *¡qué fallo más tonto! what a stupid mistake!tonto2 n fool / idiot -
4 ignorer
ignorer [iɲɔʀe]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. ( = ne pas connaître) not to know ; [+ incident, fait] to be unaware of• j'ignore comment/si... I don't know how/if...• vous n'ignorez pas que... you doubtless know that...b. ( = être indifférent à) [+ personne, remarque, avertissement] to ignore2. reflexive verba.* * *iɲɔʀe
1.
1) ( ne pas savoir) not to knowignorer tout de quelque chose — to know nothing of ou about something
2) ( ne pas connaître)il ignore le savon — hum he's never heard of soap
3) ( ne pas tenir compte de) to ignore [personne, règle, recherches]tu n'as qu'à l'ignorer — just ignore him/her
4) ( ne pas éprouver) not to feel [émotion, sentiment]
2.
s'ignorer verbe pronominal* * *iɲɔʀe vt1) (= ne pas connaître) not to knowJ'ignore son nom. — I don't know his name.
Je l'ignore. — I don't know.
je n'ignore pas que — I'm not forgetting that, I'm not unaware that
2) (= être sans expérience de) to have no experience of3) (= bouder) [personne] to ignoreIl m'a complètement ignoré. — He completely ignored me.
* * *ignorer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( ne pas savoir) not to know; j'ignore les détails I don't know the details; j'ignore comment/où/si I don't know how/when/if; ignorer tout de qch to know nothing of ou about sth; ne rien ignorer de qch to know everything about sth;2 ( ne pas connaître l'existence de) not to have heard of; il ignore le savon iron he's never heard of soap; ignorer l'existence de to be unaware of the existence of;3 ( ne pas tenir compte de) to ignore [personne, règle, recherches]; il ignore les règles du jeu he ignores ou disregards the rules of the game; le chercheur a ignoré les récentes découvertes the researcher has ignored recent developments; quand il me voit il m'ignore when he sees me he ignores me; tu n'as qu'à l'ignorer just ignore him;4 ( ne pas éprouver) not to feel [émotion, sentiment]; il ignorait la peur he didn't know what fear was.B s'ignorer vpr ( ne pas se connaître) vous êtes un poète qui s'ignore you are a poet without knowing it; c'est un génie qui s'ignore he's a genius but he does not know it; un amour qui s'ignore an unconscious love.[iɲɔre] verbe transitif1. [cause, événement etc] to be unaware ofj'ignore son adresse/où il est/quand elle revient I don't know her address/where he is/when she's coming backil ignorait tout de son passé/d'elle he knew nothing about her past/her[ordre, prière] to ignore3. (soutenu) [faim, pauvreté] to have had no experience ofil ignore la peur he knows no fear, he doesn't know the meaning of fear————————s'ignorer verbe pronominal————————s'ignorer verbe pronominal intransitifc'est un comédien qui s'ignore he is unaware of his talent as an actor, he's an actor without knowing it -
5 О-2
HE ОБЕРЁШЬСЯ хлопот (скем-чем), греха, стыда, сраму и т. п. coll VP neg pfv rut, gener. 2nd pers sing only) there will be a great deal (of trouble with some person or matter), s.o. will feel a great degree (of shame with regard to some matter etc): хлопот (с Х-ом) не оберёшься = there will be (you'll have) no end of trouble (with X) there will be (you'll get involved in) endless trouble (with X) (in limited contexts) person X is going to be troubleсраму не оберёшься - you won't know where to hide for shameстрахов не оберёшься - your fear will know no bounds.Председатель тревожно прислушался к новым интонациям в голосе посетителя. «А вдруг припадочный? - подумал он. — Хлопот с ним не оберёшься» (Ильф и Петров 2). The chairman listened with anxiety to the new intonations in the voice of his visitor. "And suppose he's an epileptic," he thought. "There'll be no end of trouble with him" (2b).Он уж был не рад, что вызвал Захара на этот разговор. Он всё забывал, что чуть тронешь этот деликатный предмет, так и не оберёшься хлопот (Гончаров 1). Не was sorry he had started the conversation with Zakhar He kept forgetting that as soon as he touched on that delicate subject he got involved in endless trouble (1a).Выходит, не успели построить дом, а он уже треснул»... «Это не трещина, - мрачно сказал я. - Это осадочный шов». Парень смутился, покраснел, но сказал очень строго: «Проверим, покажете потом проект». Я понял, что хлопот с ним не оберёшься (Войнович 5). "You've just finished the building and it's already cracking."...That's not a crack," I growled. "It's a sedimentary seam." The young man was embarrassed and blushed, but he said very sternly: "We'll check it, and then you can show us your blueprint." I realized he was going to be trouble (5a).Неловкости, угрызений совести, стыда перед тётушкой и упрёков самой себе было тут, конечно, у Ирины Викторовны без конца и без края. Страхов - не оберёшься! (Залыгин 1). Naturally Irina Viktorovna did not do this without immense embarrassment, remorse, shame, and self-reproach. Her fear knew no bounds (1a). -
6 не оберешься
• НЕ ОБЕРЕШЬСЯ хлопот (скем-чем), греха, стыда, сраму и т.п. coll[VP; neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing only]=====⇒ there will be a great deal (of trouble with some person or matter), s.o. will feel a great degree (of shame with regard to some matter etc):- [in limited contexts] person X is going to be trouble;♦ Председатель тревожно прислушался к новым интонациям в голосе посетителя. "А вдруг припадочный? - подумал он. - Хлопот с ним не оберёшься" (Ильф и Петров 2). The chairman listened with anxiety to the new intonations in the voice of his visitor. "And suppose he's an epileptic," he thought. "There'll be no end of trouble with him" (2b).♦ Он уж был не рад, что вызвал Захара на этот разговор. Он всё забывал, что чуть тронешь этот деликатный предмет, так и не оберёшься хлопот (Гончаров 1). He was sorry he had started the conversation with Zakhar He kept forgetting that as soon as he touched on that delicate subject he got involved in endless trouble (1a).♦ "Выходит, не успели построить дом, а он уже треснул"... "Это не трещина, - мрачно сказал я. - Это осадочный шов". Парень смутился, покраснел, но сказал очень строго: "Проверим, покажете потом проект". Я понял, что хлопот с ним не оберёшься (Войнович 5). "You've just finished the building and it's already cracking.''..."That's not a crack," I growled. "It's a sedimentary seam." The young man was embarrassed and blushed, but he said very sternly: "We'll check it, and then you can show us your blueprint." I realized he was going to be trouble (5a).♦ Неловкости, угрызений совести, стыда перед тётушкой и упрёков самой себе было тут, конечно, у Ирины Викторовны без конца и без края. Страхов - не оберёшься! (Залыгин 1). Naturally Irina Viktorovna did not do this without immense embarrassment, remorse, shame, and self-reproach. Her fear knew no bounds (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не оберешься
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7 forget
1. III1) forget smb. forget one's friends (him, the man who helped, etc.) забывать друзей и т. д.; don't forget met не забывай меня!; forget smth. forget dates (facts, names, smb.'s voice, a poem, etc.) не (вспомнить /забывать/ даты и т. д.; I shall not forget this этого я не забуду; I have forgotten all my Latin я совсем забыл латынь; forget an engagement (a meeting, an agreement, smb.'s physical imperfections, etc.) забывать о свидании и т. б.; forget our quarrels (smb.'s mercy, this insult, etc.) забывать /не вспоминать/ о наших ссорах и т. д.; I shall never forget your kindness я никогда не забуду вашу доброту; forget one's duties забывать о своих обязанностях, пренебрегать своими обязанностями; he forgot the step and fell down он забыл о том, что там ступенька, и упал2) forget smth. forget one's gloves (one's hat, one's umbrella. one's keys, etc.) забывать /оставлять/ перчатки и т. д.; did he forget anything? он ничего не забыл /ничего не оставил/?2. IVforget smth., smb. in some manner forget smth., smb. quickly (promptly, speedily, easily, entirely, completely, deliberately, conveniently, etc.) быстро и т. д. забывать о чем-л., о ком-л., что-л., кого-л.3. XI1) be forgotten his services were forgotten о его заслугах никто не помнил; be forgotten in some manner be utterly (deservedly, unduly, etc.) forgotten быть полностью и т. д. забытым; be forgotten by smb. he was forgotten by his friends (by these people. by his pupils, etc.) его друзья и т. д. его забыли; he died forgotten by all он умер забытый всеми; be forgotten in some manner that is easily forgotten это легко забывается. это трудно удержать в памяти; be forgotten somewhere the name is long forgotten in literary circles это имя давно забыто в литературных кругах; be forgotten at some time his books are never to be forgotten ere книги навсегда останутся в памяти2) be forgotten in doing smth. the following names were forgotten in drawing up the list следующие фамилии были пропущены при составлении списков4. XIIIforget to do smth. forget to post the letters (to close the windows, to shave, to pay back the money one borrowed, to say that you would be late, to take off you? hat, to put.on one's collar, etc.) забыть отправить письма и т. д.; he did not forget to thank his host он не преминул поблагодарить хозяина дома; I quite forgot to tell you about it у меня совсем выскочило из головы, что я должен был сказать вам об этом5. XIVforget doing smth. forget seeing те here забудь, что ты меня здесь видел; I shall never forget hearing Chaliapin singing the part of Godunov я никогда не забуду, как Шаляпин пел /исполнял/ арию Годунова6. XVIforget about smth. forget about the danger (about it, all about those books you asked me to buy, etc.) забыть об опасности и т. д. I forgot all about his warning я забыл о его предупреждении7. XVIIIforget oneself I knew that it was important not to forget oneself я знал, что мне нельзя было терять самообладания; you are forgetting yourself! вы забываетесь!; he couldn't help it, he forgot himself on не виноват forget он не мог сдержаться; он ничего не мог поделать forget он потерял власть над собой8. ХХVforget what... (where..., how..., when..., that..., etc.) forget what one promised ( how to do it, where to go, when to start, how time passes, etc.) забывать [то], что обещал и т. д.; he forgot that the boy was only ten он забыл, что мальчику всего лишь десять лет; I must not forget that he is coming мне надо помнить /нельзя забыть/ [о том], что он придет
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