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1 aware

adjective

1) pred. (conscious)

be aware of something — sich (Dat.) einer Sache (Gen.) bewusst sein

be aware that... — sich (Dat.) [dessen] bewusst sein, dass...

as far as I am aware — soweit ich weiß

not that I am aware of — nicht, dass ich wüsste

2) (well-informed) informiert

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[ə'weə]
adjective

(knowing; informed; conscious (of): Is he aware of the problem?; Are they aware that I'm coming?) (sich) bewußt

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aware

[əˈweəʳ, AM -ˈwer]

adj

1. pred (knowing)

▪ to be \aware of sth sich dat einer S. gen bewusst sein

as far as I'm \aware soviel [o soweit] ich weiß

not that I'm \aware of nicht, dass ich wüsste

to be well/perfectly [or acutely] \aware of sth sich dat einer S. gen wohl/sehr wohl bewusst sein

▪ to be \aware that... sich dat bewusst sein, dass..., sich dat darüber im Klaren sein, dass...

▪ to make sb \aware of sth jdm etw bewusst machen

2. pred (physically sensing)

▪ to be \aware of sb/sth jdn/etw bemerken

he was \aware of a pain in his left arm er spürte einen Schmerz in seinem linken Arm

3. (well informed) unterrichtet, informiert

ecologically \aware umweltbewusst

to act politically \aware politisch bewusst handeln

4. child aufgeweckt

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[ə'wɛə(r)]
adj ESP pred
bewusst
to be/become aware of sb/sth — sich (dat) jds/einer Sache bewusst sein/werden

I was not aware (of the fact) that... — es war mir nicht klar or bewusst, dass...

you will be aware of the importance of this — es muss Ihnen bewusst sein, wie wichtig das ist

are you aware that...? — ist dir eigentlich klar, dass...?

not that I am aware (of) — nicht dass ich wüsste

as far as I am aware — so viel ich weiß

we try to remain aware of what is going on in other companies/the world — wir versuchen, uns auf dem Laufenden darüber zu halten, was in anderen Firmen/auf der Welt vor sich geht

to make sb aware of sth — jdm etw bewusst machen or zum Bewusstsein bringen

to make sb more aware —

for a three-year-old he's very aware — für einen Dreijährigen ist er sehr aufgeweckt

she's very aware of language — sie ist sehr sprachbewusst

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aware [əˈweə(r)] adj

1. (of) gewahr (gen), unterrichtet (von):

be aware of sth von etwas wissen oder Kenntnis haben, etwas kennen, sich einer Sache bewusst sein;

I am well aware that … ich bin mir vollkommen darüber im Klaren, dass …; ich bin mir (dessen) vollkommen bewusst, dass …;

as far as I’m aware soweit ich weiß;

not that I am aware of nicht, dass ich wüsste;

become aware of etwas merken, aufmerksam werden auf (akk);

make sb aware of sth jemandem etwas bewusst machen;

artistically aware künstlerisch aufgeschlossen;

ecologically ( oder environmentally) aware

a) umweltbewusst,

b) umweltfreundlich (Produkt etc);

linguistically aware sprachbewusst;

politically aware politisch wach;

be politically aware auch politisches Bewusstsein haben;

socially aware sozialbewusst

2. aufgeweckt (Kind)

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adjective

1) pred. (conscious)

be aware of something — sich (Dat.) einer Sache (Gen.) bewusst sein

be aware that... — sich (Dat.) [dessen] bewusst sein, dass...

as far as I am aware — soweit ich weiß

not that I am aware of — nicht, dass ich wüsste

2) (well-informed) informiert

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adj.

begierig adj.

bewusst adj.

gewahr adj.

wissend adj.

English-german dictionary > aware
2 aware

ə'weə
adjective

(knowing; informed; conscious (of): Is he aware of the problem?; Are they aware that I'm coming?) informado; consciente

- awareness

aware adj consciente

we are aware of the situation somos conscientes de la situación

I became aware of the problem me di cuenta del problema

aware

tr[ə'weə^SMALLr/SMALL]

adjective

1 consciente

■ I was not aware that you were invited no sabía que estabas invitado

2 (informed) informado,-a, enterado,-a

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be aware of ser consciente de

to become aware of darse cuenta de

aware [ə'wær] adj

: consciente

to be aware of: darse cuenta de, estar consciente de

aware

adj.

• consciente adj.

• enterado, -a adj.

ə'wer, ə'weə(r)
adjective

a) ( conscious) (pred)

to be aware of something — ser* consciente de algo, darse* cuenta de algo

I'm well aware of that — soy or (Chi, Méx) estoy muy consciente or tengo plena conciencia de eso, me doy perfecta cuenta de eso

he's not even aware of my existence — ni siquiera sabe que existo

as far as I'm aware — que yo sepa

we want to make people aware of their rights — queremos que la gente tome conciencia de sus derechos

to be aware that: is your father aware that you drink? ¿sabe tu padre que bebes?; he became aware that something was wrong — se dio cuenta de que pasaba algo

b) (alert, knowledgeable)

they are very politically aware — tienen mucha conciencia política

[ǝ'wɛǝ(r)]
ADJ
1) (=cognizant)

to be aware that... — saber que..., ser consciente de que...

I am fully aware that... — tengo plena conciencia de que...

to be aware (of) — ser consciente (de)

we are aware of what is happening — somos conscientes de lo que ocurre

our employees are aware of this advertisement — los empleados de la empresa han sido informados de este anuncio

not that I am aware (of) — que yo sepa, no

to become aware of — enterarse de

to make sb aware of sth — hacer que algn se dé cuenta de algo

2) (=knowledgeable)

politically aware — con conciencia política

sexually aware — enterado de lo sexual

socially aware — sensibilizado con los temas sociales

3) (=alert) despierto

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[ə'wer, ə'weə(r)]
adjective

a) ( conscious) (pred)

to be aware of something — ser* consciente de algo, darse* cuenta de algo

I'm well aware of that — soy or (Chi, Méx) estoy muy consciente or tengo plena conciencia de eso, me doy perfecta cuenta de eso

he's not even aware of my existence — ni siquiera sabe que existo

as far as I'm aware — que yo sepa

we want to make people aware of their rights — queremos que la gente tome conciencia de sus derechos

to be aware that: is your father aware that you drink? ¿sabe tu padre que bebes?; he became aware that something was wrong — se dio cuenta de que pasaba algo

b) (alert, knowledgeable)

they are very politically aware — tienen mucha conciencia política

English-spanish dictionary > aware
3 aware

[ə'wɛə(r)] UK / US
adj

bewusst

to be aware of sth — sich dat einer Sache gen bewusst sein

I was not aware that... — es war mir nicht klar, dass...

English-German mini dictionary > aware
4 aware

[ə'wɛə(r)] UK / US
adj

bewusst

to be aware of sth — sich dat einer Sache gen bewusst sein

I was not aware that... — es war mir nicht klar, dass...

English-German mini dictionary > aware
5 aware

[əʼweəʳ, Am -ʼwer] adj

1) pred ( knowing)

to be \aware of sth sich dat einer S. gen bewusst sein;

as far as I'm \aware soviel [o soweit] ich weiß;

not that I'm \aware of nicht, dass ich wüsste;

to be well/ perfectly [or acutely] \aware of sth sich dat einer S. gen wohl/sehr wohl bewusst sein;

to be \aware that... sich dat bewusst sein, dass..., sich dat darüber im Klaren sein, dass...;

to make sb \aware of sth jdm etw bewusst machen

2) pred ( physically sensing)

to be \aware of sb/ sth jdn/etw bemerken;

he was \aware of a pain in his left arm er spürte einen Schmerz in seinem linken Arm

3) ( well informed) unterrichtet, informiert;

ecologically \aware umweltbewusst;

to act politically \aware politisch bewusst handeln

4) child aufgeweckt

English-German students dictionary > aware
6 be aware of danger

отдавать себе отчет в грозящей опасности

he was warned of the danger — его предупредили об опасности

I had a feeling of danger — у меня было ощущение опасности

source of increased danger — источник повышенной опасности

the signal was at danger — знак предупреждал об опасности

sport not unattended by danger — небезопасный вид спорта

English-Russian base dictionary > be aware of danger
7 Seguin, Marc

SUBJECT AREA: Railways and locomotives, Steam and internal combustion engines

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b. 20 April 1786 Annonay, Ardèche, France

d. 24 February 1875 Annonay, Ardèche, France

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French engineer, inventor of multi-tubular firetube boiler.

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Seguin trained under Joseph Montgolfier, one of the inventors of the hot-air balloon, and became a pioneer of suspension bridges. In 1825 he was involved in an attempt to introduce steam navigation to the River Rhône using a tug fitted with a winding drum to wind itself upstream along a cable attached to a point on the bank, with a separate boat to transfer the cable from point to point. The attempt proved unsuccessful and was short-lived, but in 1825 Seguin had decided also to seek a government concession for a railway from Saint-Etienne to Lyons as a feeder of traffic to the river. He inspected the Stockton \& Darlington Railway and met George Stephenson; the concession was granted in 1826 to Seguin Frères \& Ed. Biot and two steam locomotives were built to their order by Robert Stephenson \& Co. The locomotives were shipped to France in the spring of 1828 for evaluation prior to construction of others there; each had two vertical cylinders, one each side between front and rear wheels, and a boiler with a single large-diameter furnace tube, with a watertube grate. Meanwhile, in 1827 Seguin, who was still attempting to produce a steamboat powerful enough to navigate the fast-flowing Rhône, had conceived the idea of increasing the heating surface of a boiler by causing the hot gases from combustion to pass through a series of tubes immersed in the water. He was soon considering application of this type of boiler to a locomotive. He applied for a patent for a multi-tubular boiler on 12 December 1827 and carried out numerous experiments with various means of producing a forced draught to overcome the perceived obstruction caused by the small tubes. By May 1829 the steam-navigation venture had collapsed, but Seguin had a locomotive under construction in the workshops of the Lyons-Sain t- Etienne Railway: he retained the cylinder layout of its Stephenson locomotives, but incorporated a boiler of his own design. The fire was beneath the barrel, surrounded by a water-jacket: a single large flue ran towards the front of the boiler, whence hot gases returned via many small tubes through the boiler barrel to a chimney above the firedoor. Draught was provided by axle-driven fans on the tender.

Seguin was not aware of the contemporary construction of Rocket, with a multi-tubular boiler, by Robert Stephenson; Rocket had its first trial run on 5 September 1829, but the precise date on which Seguin's locomotive first ran appears to be unknown, although by 20 October many experiments had been carried out upon it. Seguin's concept of a multi-tubular locomotive boiler therefore considerably antedated that of Henry Booth, and his first locomotive was completed about the same date as Rocket. It was from Rocket's boiler, however, rather than from that of Seguin's locomotive, that the conventional locomotive boiler was descended.

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Bibliography

February 1828, French patent no. 3,744 (multi-tubular boiler).

1839, De l'Influence des chemins de fer et de l'art de les tracer et de les construire, Paris.

Further Reading

F.Achard and L.Seguin, 1928, "Marc Seguin and the invention of the tubular boiler", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 7 (traces the chronology of Seguin's boilers).

——1928, "British railways of 1825 as seen by Marc Seguin", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 7.

J.B.Snell, 1964, Early Railways, London: Weidenfeld \& Nicolson.

J.-M.Combe and B.Escudié, 1991, Vapeurs sur le Rhône, Lyons: Presses Universitaires de Lyon.

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Biographical history of technology > Seguin, Marc
8 foot

fut
1. сущ.
1) а) ступня, лапа( у зверей) ;
носок( у чулка) arch of foot ≈ свод стопы to gain to one's feet, get to one's feet ≈ встать на ноги to shuffle one's feet ≈ шаркать ногами to stamp one's foot, tap one's foot ≈ наступать на ногу in one's stocking feet ≈ в чулках, без туфель The dog lay at her feet. ≈ Собака лежала у нее в ногах. They came on foot. ≈ Они пришли пешком. on foot set foot on flat feet be on one's feet б) опора, основание, подножие в) ножка( у предмета мебели) ;
подножка, стойка г) бот. нижняя часть лепестка, которой он крепится к цветоложу д) лапка( у швейной машинки)
2) а) поступь, походка, шаг I was not aware of your presence. Your foot is so light. ≈ Я не заметил, как вы вошли. У вас такая неслышная походка. at a foot's pace light foot heavy foot run a good foot fleet of foot swift of foot б) воен. пехота At the close of the reign of Charles the Second, most of his foot were musketeers. ≈ К концу правления Карла II большую часть его пехоты составляли мушкетеры.
3) а) фут (мера длины, равная 30, 48 см, составляет одну треть ярда;
также используется как мера в ряде ремесел) a square foot of land б) стих. стопа
4) а) нижняя часть, нижний край at the foot at the foot of a page at the foot of a table б) подножие, основание A forest of dark pines at the foot of the mountain. ≈ Лес темных сосен у подножия горы. foot of perpendicular в) осадок Syn: bottom, dregs г) биол. часть волоса ниже эпидермиса ∙ to be on foot ≈ проектироваться to set/put/have one's foot on the neck of smb. ≈ поработить кого-л. to put one's foot in/into it разг. ≈ влипнуть, обмишулиться;
совершить бестактный поступок;
сесть в лужу to know (или to get, to find, to have, to take) the length of smb.'s foot ≈ узнать чью-л. слабость, раскусить человека under foot ≈ на земле, под ногами my foot! ≈ (какая) чепуха!;
как бы не так! to drag one's feet ≈ едва волочить ноги to get a foot in the door ≈ сделать первый шаг, начать to put one's foot in one's mouth ≈ сказать невпопад She always lands on her feet. ≈ Ей всегда удается выйти сухой из воды. to put one's feet up ≈ бездельничать to carry smb. off his feet ≈ вызвать чей-л. восторг;
сильно взволновать, возбудить кого-л. to fall on one's feet ≈ счастливо отделаться, удачно выйти из трудного положения to put one's foot down ≈ занять твердую позицию;
принять твердое решение решительно воспротивиться to put one's best foot forward ≈ пытаться произвести хорошее впечатление
2. гл.
1) а) идти пешком foot it Syn: step, pace, walk б) разг. наносить удар ногой (в частности, в футболе) в) перемещать ноги в каком-л. ритме, т.е. маршировать, танцевать и т.п. г) наступать на что-л., ходить по чему-л.;
попирать что-л. д) схватывать когтями (о птицах)
2) идти за кем-л. по следам;
искать кого-л., преследовать
3) а) подытоживать, подсчитывать (тж. foot up to) foot the bill б) достигать, доходить, составлять His losses foot up to L
100. ≈ Его убыток достигает 100 фунтов( стерлингов). нога, ступня - big feet большие ноги - non-kicking * (спортивное) опорная нога (футбол) - on * пешком;
на ходу;
в процессе - to recover one's feet встать на ноги, подняться - to keep one's feet твердо /прочно/ держаться на ногах;
устоять - not to lift /to move, to stir/ a * с места не двинуться - to be at smb.'s feet (быть) у чьих-л. ног - to be /to get/ on one's feet встать с места, взять слово( на собрании) ;
встать, поправиться (после болезни) ;
стать на ноги, быть самостоятельным /независимым/ материально лапа, нога (животного) - the fore feet передние ноги /лапы/ (кулинарное) ножки - jellied feet заливное /студень/ из ножек шаг;
походка - at a *'s pace шагом - swift of * легкий на ногу - light feet легкие шаги;
легкая поступь - to be light on one's feet иметь легкую походку - to miss one's * сбиться с ноги, идти не в ногу основание, нижняя часть - at the * of the bed в ногах кровати - the * of a ladder основание лестницы - at the * of a table в конце стола - at the * of a page в конце /внизу/ страницы - the * of the procession конец процессии - at the * of the class последние /самые плохие/ ученики в классе подножие, подошва( горы и т. п.) след (чулка, носка) пехота - * and horse пехота и кавалерия - a regiment of * батальон пехоты фут - his height is 6 * and 2 его рост 6 футов и 2 дюйма - * measure размер или измерение в футах (стихосложение) стопа (техническое) ножка, лапа, опора (геология) постель, почва( пласта) ;
лежачий бок сошник( сеялки) (химическое) осадок (в нефти и т. п.) (математика) основание перпендикуляра > * to * в рукопашном /пешем/ бою > (with one's) feet foremost ногами вперед( о покойнике) > (to be) under /beneath/ smb.'s * /feet/ (быть) под чьим-л. башмаком, под пятой /в полном подчинении/ у кого-л. > to lick smb.'s feet лизать кому-л. пятки, унижаться перед кем-л. > to have /to put, to set/ one's * on smb.'s neck порабощать /угнетать/ кого-л., всецело подчинять себе кого-л. > to trample /to tread/ under * притеснять, угнетать;
попирать > to set smb. beneath the feet (шотландское) презирать кого-л., считать кого-л. ниже себя > to carry /to sweep, to take/ smb. off his feet поразить /потрясти/ кого-л.;
вызвать чей-л. восторг /энтузиазм/ > to die on one's feet (шотландское) скоропостижно скончаться;
"накрыться";
провалиться( о пьесе и т. п.) ;
лопнуть( о предприятии и т. п.) > to think on one's feet говорить /выступать/ без подготовки > good debaters speak on their feet хорошие полемисты за словом в карман не лезут > to find /to get, to have, to know, to take/ the length of smb.'s * (стараться) узнать чьи-л. слабые стороны;
присматриваться к кому-л.;
раскусить кого-л. > to get one's * on the ladder сделать первые успехи > to get /to have/ the * of smb. опередить /обогнать/ кого-л., действовать быстрее кого-л. > to get one's * in проникнуть( куда-л.) ;
втереться в доверие( к кому-л.) ;
ввязаться( во что-л.) > to get up with one's wrong * foremost встать с левой ноги > to get off on the wrong * неудачно начать, произвести плохое (первое) впечатление > to catch smb. on the wrong * застать кого-л. врасплох > to get /to have/ cold feet струсить, смалодушничать > to have /to put, to stretch/ one's feet under smb.'s mahogany пользоваться чужим гостеприимством, жить за чей-л. счет > to pull * бежать со всех ног, дать тягу > to put /to set/ one's * down занять твердую /решительную/ позицию;
решительно воспротивиться, запретить > to put /to set/ (one's) * at /in, on/ высадиться, вступить на > to put /to set/ one's /the/ best * first /foremost, forward/ прибавить шагу, идти очень быстро;
торопиться;
сделать все возможное > to put one's * in /into/ it сплоховать, попасть впросак, сесть в калошу > to put /to set/ smb. on his feet поставить кого-л. на ноги, вывести в люди > to put /to set/ smth. on * пускать что-л. в ход, начинать осуществлять что-л.;
снаряжать( экспедицию) > feet to the fire прижигание пяток (пытка) ;
(американизм) (политика) безжалостное давление (с целью добиться чего-л.) > put his feet to the fire! нажмите на него как следует! > to take to one's feet идти пешком /на своих двоих/;
удирать > with both feet (американизм) полностью, целиком;
решительно, твердо > to have the ball at one's feet иметь шансы на успех > to fall /to drop/ on one's feet счастливо отделаться;
удачно выйти из затруднительного положения > to shake one's * /feet/ отбивать чечетку > my *! так я и поверил!, ври больше!, как бы не так! > to measure another man's * by one's own last мерить на свой аршин > to put one's * in the door не давать захлопнуть перед собой дверь;
сделать первый шаг, расчищая себе путь > to have both feet on the floor крепко стоять на ногах надвязывать след (чулка) протанцевать, проплясать подытожить, подсчитывать ( разговорное) оплачивать (расходы) - to * the bill заплатить по счету;
расплачиваться( за что-л.) ;
брать на себя ответственность( за последствия, ущерб и т. п.) идти пешком, шагать( по чему-л.) > * it идти пешком;
протанцевать;
пробежать ~ шаг, походка, поступь;
at a foot's pace шагом;
fleet( или swift) of foot поэт. быстроногий ~ нижняя часть, нижний край;
at the foot (of the bed) в ногах (кровати) at the ~ of a page (of a table) в конце страницы (стола) ~ носок (чулка) ;
to be on foot проектироваться;
to put one's feet up бездельничать ~ (pl feet) ступня;
нога (ниже щиколотки) ;
лапа (животного) ;
to be on one's feet быть на ногах, оправиться после болезни;
перен. стоять на своих ногах, быть самостоятельным, материально, обеспеченным to carry (smb.) off his feet вызвать (чей-л.) восторг;
сильно взволновать, возбудить (кого-л.) crow's ~ ав. гусиные лапы crow's ~ (pl feet) pl морщинки в уголках глаз crow's ~ воен. проволочные силки ~ (pl часто без измен.) фут (= 30,48 см) ;
cubic foot кубический фут;
a square foot of land пядь земли to fall on one's feet счастливо отделаться, удачно выйти из трудного положения ~ шаг, походка, поступь;
at a foot's pace шагом;
fleet( или swift) of foot поэт. быстроногий foot идти пешком ~ разг. лягать ~ надвязывать (чулок) ~ нижняя часть, нижний край;
at the foot (of the bed) в ногах (кровати) ~ ножка (мебели) ;
подножка, стойка ~ носок (чулка) ;
to be on foot проектироваться;
to put one's feet up бездельничать ~ (pl s) осадок;
подонки ~ основание, опора, подножие;
the foot of a staircase основание лестницы ~ воен. пехота ~ подсчитывать ~ подытоживать;
подсчитывать;
to foot the bill разг. оплатить счет( или расходы) ;
перен. испытывать на себе последствия, расплачиваться ~ подытоживать ~ составлять, достигать;
his losses foot up to;
100 его убыток достигает 100 фунтов (стерлингов) ~ прос. стопа ~ (pl feet) ступня;
нога (ниже щиколотки) ;
лапа (животного) ;
to be on one's feet быть на ногах, оправиться после болезни;
перен. стоять на своих ногах, быть самостоятельным, материально, обеспеченным ~ (pl часто без измен.) фут (= 30,48 см) ;
cubic foot кубический фут;
a square foot of land пядь земли ~ шаг, походка, поступь;
at a foot's pace шагом;
fleet (или swift) of foot поэт. быстроногий to ~ it разг. идти пешком to ~ it разг. танцевать ~ основание, опора, подножие;
the foot of a staircase основание лестницы ~ подытоживать;
подсчитывать;
to foot the bill разг. оплатить счет( или расходы) ;
перен. испытывать на себе последствия, расплачиваться ~ up to составлять в итоге ~ составлять, достигать;
his losses foot up to;
100 его убыток достигает 100 фунтов (стерлингов) to know (или to get, to find, to have, to take) the length of (smb.'s) ~ узнать (чью-л.) слабость, раскусить человека;
under foot на земле, под ногами light (heavy) ~ легкая (тяжелая) поступь;
on foot пешком;
перен. в движении, в стадии приготовления my foot! (какая) чепуха!;
как бы не так! light (heavy) ~ легкая (тяжелая) поступь;
on foot пешком;
перен. в движении, в стадии приготовления to put one's best ~ forward делать все возможное;
to run a good foot хорошо бежать (о лошади) to put one's best ~ forward прибавить шагу, поторопиться ~ носок (чулка) ;
to be on foot проектироваться;
to put one's feet up бездельничать to put one's ~ down разг. занять твердую позицию;
принять твердое решение;
решительно воспротивиться to put one's ~ in (или into) it разг. влипнуть, обмишулиться;
совершить бестактный поступок;
сесть в лужу to put one's best ~ forward делать все возможное;
to run a good foot хорошо бежать (о лошади) to set (или to put, to have) one's ~ on the neck (of smb.) поработить (кого-л.) ~ (pl часто без измен.) фут (= 30,48 см) ;
cubic foot кубический фут;
a square foot of land пядь земли trench ~ мед. траншейная стопа to know (или to get, to find, to have, to take) the length of (smb.'s) ~ узнать (чью-л.) слабость, раскусить человека;
under foot на земле, под ногами

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > foot
9 foot

[fut] 1. сущ.; мн. feet
1)

а) ступня

in one's stocking feet — в чулках, без туфель

arch of foot — свод стопы

to gain / get to one's feet — встать на ноги

to shuffle one's feet — шаркать ногами

to stamp / tap one's foot — наступать на ногу

The dog lay at her feet. — Собака лежала у неё в ногах.

They came on foot. — Они пришли пешком.

- on foot
- flat feet
- set foot on
- be on one's feet
б) лапа ( животного)

в) носок ( чулка)

г) опора

д) ножка ( у предмета мебели); стойка

е) бот. нижняя часть лепестка, которой он крепится к цветоложу

ж) лапка ( у швейной машинки)

2) поступь, походка, шаг

I was not aware of your presence. Your foot is so light. — Я не заметил, как вы вошли. У вас такая лёгкая походка.

- light foot
- heavy foot
- fleet of foot
- swift of foot
- at a foot's pace
- run a good foot
3) воен. пехота

At the close of the reign of Charles the Second, most of his foot were musketeers. — К концу правления Карла Второго большую часть его пехоты составляли мушкетёры.

4) фут (единица длины; = 30,48 см; = 1/3 ярда; также используется как мера в ряде ремёсел)

- a square foot of land

5) лит. стопа

6)

а) нижняя часть, нижний край

- at the foot
- at the foot of a page
- at the foot of a table
б) подножие, основание

foot of perpendicular — основание перпендикуляра

forest of dark pines at the foot of the mountain — тёмный сосновый лес у подножия горы

в) биол. часть волоса ниже эпидермиса

7) ( foots) осадок (в нефтехимических продуктах)

Syn:

bottom, dreg

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to be on foot — проектироваться

to set / put / have one's foot on the neck of smb. — поработить кого-л.

to know / get / find / have / take the length of smb.'s foot — узнать чью-л. слабость, раскусить человека

under foot — на земле, под ногами

my foot! — (какая) чепуха!; как бы не так!

to drag one's feet — едва волочить ноги

to get a foot in the door — сделать первый шаг, начать

to put one's foot in one's mouth преим. амер. — ляпнуть, сказать что-л. необдуманно или бестактно

to put one's feet up — бездельничать

to put one's foot down — разг. занять твёрдую позицию; принять твёрдое решение; решительно воспротивиться

to carry smb. off his feet — вызвать чей-л. восторг; сильно взволновать, возбудить кого-л.

to catch smb. on the wrong foot — застать кого-л. врасплох

to put one's best foot forward — пытаться произвести хорошее впечатление

- land on one's feet
- put one's foot into it
- put one's foot in it 2. гл.
1)

а) идти пешком

- foot it

Syn:

step, pace, walk

б) разг. наносить удар ногой (в частности, в футболе)

в) маршировать, танцевать и т. п.

г) наступать на что-л., ходить по чему-л.; попирать что-л.

д) схватывать когтями ( о птицах)

2) идти за кем-л. по следам; искать кого-л., преследовать

3) ( foot up to) достигать, доходить, составлять

His losses foot up to £ 100. — Его убыток достигает 100 фунтов (стерлингов).

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- foot the bill

Англо-русский современный словарь > foot
10 know

1. transitive verb,
knew, known

1) (recognize) erkennen (by an + Dat., for als + Akk.)

2) (be able to distinguish)

know something from something — etwas von etwas unterscheiden können

know the difference between right and wrong — den Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse kennen

he wouldn't know the difference — er wüsste den Unterschied nicht

3) (be aware of) wissen; kennen [Person]

I know who she is — ich weiß, wer sie ist

I know for a fact that... — ich weiß ganz bestimmt, dass...

it is known that... — man weiß, dass...; es ist bekannt, dass...

know somebody/something to be... — wissen, dass jemand/etwas... ist

that's/that might be worth knowing — das ist gut/wäre wichtig zu wissen

he doesn't want to know — er will nichts davon wissen od. hören

I knew it — ich hab's ja geahnt

I know what — ich weiß was (ugs.)

you know — (coll.): (as reminder) weißt du [noch]

you know something or what? — weißt du was?

you never know — man kann nie wissen (ugs.)

somebody has [never] been known to do something — jemand hat bekanntlich [noch nie] etwas getan

and he knows it — und er weiß das auch

don't I know it! — (coll.) das weiß ich nur zu gut

before somebody knows where he is — ehe jemand sich's versieht

what do you know [about that]? — (coll.): (that is surprising) was sagst du dazu?

somebody is not to know — (is not to be told) jemand soll nichts wissen (about, of von); (has no way of learning) jemand kann nicht wissen

not know what hit one — (fig.) gar nicht begreifen, was geschehen ist

that's all you know [about it] — das glaubst du vielleicht

if you must know — wenn du es unbedingt wissen willst

know different or otherwise — es besser wissen

know what's what — wissen, wie es in der Welt zugeht

how should I know? — woher soll ich das wissen?

I might have known — das hätte ich mir denken können

do you know,... — stell dir [mal] vor,...

4) (have understanding of) können [ABC, Einmaleins, Deutsch usw.]; beherrschen [Grundlagen, Regeln]; sich auskennen mit [Gerät, Verfahren, Gesetz]

do you know any German? — können Sie etwas Deutsch?

know how to mend fuses — wissen, wie man Sicherungen repariert

know how to drive a car — Auto fahren können

he doesn't know much about computers — er hat nicht viel Ahnung von Computern

5) (be acquainted with) kennen

we have known each other for years — wir kennen uns [schon] seit Jahren

you don't really know him — du kennst ihn nicht gut genug

you know what he/it is — (is like) du kennst ihn ja/du weißt ja, wie es ist

6) (have experience of) erleben; erfahren

he knows no fear — er kennt keine Furcht

know what it is to be hungry — wissen, was es heißt, Hunger zu haben
2. noun
(coll.)

be in the know — Bescheid wissen

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/88563/know_about">know about

- know of

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[nəu]
past tense - knew; verb

1) (to be aware of or to have been informed about: He knows everything; I know he is at home because his car is in the drive; He knows all about it; I know of no reason why you cannot go.) wissen

2) (to have learned and to remember: He knows a lot of poetry.) kennen

3) (to be aware of the identity of; to be friendly with: I know Mrs Smith - she lives near me.) kennen

4) (to (be able to) recognize or identify: You would hardly know her now - she has become very thin; He knows a good car when he sees one.) erkennen

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- knowing
- knowingly
- know-all
- know-how
- in the know
- know backwards
- know better
- know how to
- know the ropes
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know

[nəʊ, AM noʊ]

I. TRANSITIVE VERB

<knew, known>

1. (have information/knowledge)

▪ to \know sth etw wissen; facts, results etw kennen

she \knows all the names of them sie kennt all ihre Namen

does anyone \know the answer? weiß jemand die Antwort?

do you \know...? weißt du/wissen Sie...?

do you \know the time/where the post office is? können Sie mir bitte sagen, wie spät es ist/wo die Post ist?

do you \know the words to this song? kennst du den Text von diesem Lied?

he really \knows particle physics in Teilchenphysik kennt er sich wirklich gut aus

I \know no fear ich habe vor nichts Angst

I \know what I am talking about ich weiß, wovon ich rede

how was I to \know it'd be snowing in June! wer ahnt denn schon, dass es im Juni schneien würde!

that's worth \knowing das ist gut zu wissen

that might be worth \knowing das wäre gut zu wissen

that's what I like to \know too das würde ich auch gerne wissen!

— don't I \know it! — wem sagst du das!

before you \know where you are ehe man sich versieht

for all I \know soweit ich weiß

they might have even cancelled the project for all I \know vielleicht haben sie das Projekt ja sogar ganz eingestellt — weiß man's! fam

I knew it! wusste ich's doch! fam

... and you \know it... und das weißt du auch; ( fam)

you \know something [or what]? weißt du was? fam

... I \know what... ich weiß was

but she's not to \know aber sie soll nichts davon erfahren

God \knows I've done my best ich habe weiß Gott mein Bestes gegeben; ( fam)

God only \knows what'll happen next! weiß der Himmel, was als Nächstes passiert! sl

▪ to \know [that]/if/how/what/when/why... wissen, dass/ob/wie/was/wann/warum...

▪ to \know sb/sth to be/do sth wissen, dass jd/etw etw ist/tut

the police \know him to be a cocaine dealer die Polizei weiß, dass er mit Kokain handelt

▪ to \know how to do sth wissen, wie man etw macht

to \know how to drive a car Auto fahren können

▪ to \know sth about sth/sb etw über etw/jdn wissen

to \know the alphabet/English das Alphabet/Englisch können

do you \know any Norwegian? können Sie ein bisschen Norwegisch?

to \know sth by heart etw auswendig können

to \know what one is doing wissen, was man tut

to let sb \know sth jdn etw wissen lassen

2. (be certain)

▪ to not \know whether... sich dat nicht sicher sein, ob...

to not \know which way to turn nicht wissen, was man machen soll

to not \know whether to laugh or cry nicht wissen, ob man lachen oder weinen soll

to \know for a fact that... ganz sicher wissen, dass...

3. (be acquainted with)

▪ to \know sb jdn kennen

\knowing Sarah [or if I \know Sarah], she'll have done a good job so wie ich Sarah kenne, hat sie ihre Sache bestimmt gut gemacht

we've \known each other for years now wir kennen uns schon seit Jahren

she \knows Paris well sie kennt sich in Paris gut aus

surely you \know me better than that! du solltest mich eigentlich besser kennen!

you \know what it's like du weißt ja, wie das [so] ist

we all knew her as a kind and understanding colleague uns allen war sie als liebenswerte und einfühlsame Kollegin bekannt

I'm sure you all \know the new officer by reputation sicherlich haben Sie alle schon mal von dem neuen Offizier gehört

to \know sth like the back of one's hand etw wie seine eigene Westentasche kennen fam

to \know sb by name/by sight/personally jdn dem Namen nach/vom Sehen/persönlich kennen

to get to \know sb jdn kennenlernen

to get to \know sth methods etw lernen; faults etw herausfinden

to get to \know each other sich akk kennenlernen

to [not] \know sb to speak to jdn [nicht] näher kennen

4. (have understanding)

▪ to \know sth etw verstehen

do you \know what I mean? verstehst du, was ich meine?

if you \know what I mean wenn du verstehst, was ich meine

5. (experience)

I've never \known anything like this so etwas akk habe ich noch nicht erlebt

I've never \known her [to] cry ich habe sie noch nie weinen sehen

6. (recognize)

▪ to \know sb/sth jdn/etw erkennen

I \know a goodbye when I hear one ich hab' schon verstanden, dass du dich von mir trennen willst! fam

I \know a good thing when I see it ich merke gleich, wenn was gut ist

we all \know him as ‘Curly’ wir alle kennen ihn als ‚Curly‘

this is the end of world as we \know it das ist das Ende der Welt, so wie wir sie kennen

these chocolate bars are \known as something else in the US diese Schokoladenriegel laufen in den USA unter einem anderen Namen

I knew her for a liar the minute I saw her ich habe vom ersten Augenblick an gewusst, dass sie eine Lügnerin ist

▪ to \know sb/sth by sth jdn/etw an etw dat erkennen

to \know sb by his/her voice/walk jdn an seiner Stimme/seinem Gang erkennen

sb wouldn't \know sth if he/she bumped into it [or if he/she fell over it] [or if it hit him/her in the face] jd würde etw akk nicht mal erkennen, wenn es vor ihm/ihr stehen würde

7. (be able to differentiate)

▪ to \know sth/sb from sth/sb etw/jdn von etw/jdm unterscheiden können

Ana wouldn't \know a greyhound from a collie Ana kann einen Windhund nicht von einem Collie unterscheiden

you wouldn't \know him from his brother man kann ihn und seinen Bruder nicht unterscheiden!

don't worry, she wouldn't \know the difference keine Angst, sie wird den Unterschied [gar] nicht merken

to \know right from wrong Gut und Böse unterscheiden können

8. passive (well-known)

▪ to be \known for sth für etw akk bekannt sein

▪ it is \known that... es ist bekannt, dass...

to make sth \known etw bekanntmachen

she's never been \known to laugh at his jokes sie hat bekanntlich noch nie über seine Witze gelacht

this substance is \known to cause skin problems es ist bekannt, dass diese Substanz Hautirritationen hervorruft

this substance has been \known to cause skin problems diese Substanz hat in einzelnen Fällen zu Hautirritationen geführt

Terry is also \known as ‘The Muscleman’ Terry kennt man auch unter dem Namen ‚der Muskelmann‘

9.

▶ to not \know sb from Adam keinen blassen Schimmer haben, wer jd ist fam

▶ to \know all the answers immer alles besser wissen pej; (have real knowledge) sich akk auskennen

▶ to \know no bounds keine Grenzen kennen

▶ to not \know one end of sth from the other keine Ahnung von etw dat haben fam

▶ to not \know what hit one nicht wissen, wie einem geschieht

▶ not if I \know it nicht mit mir!

▶ to \know one's own mind wissen, was man will

▶ to \know one's place wissen, wo man steht

▶ to not \know where to put oneself BRIT am liebsten in den Boden versinken fam

▶ to \know the ropes sich akk auskennen

▶ to \know sb [in the biblical sense] ( hum) mit jdm eine Nummer geschoben haben sl

▶ to \know the score wissen, was gespielt wird

▶ to \know which side one's bread is buttered on wissen, wo was zu holen ist fam

▶ to \know one's stuff [or BRIT also onions] sein Geschäft [o Handwerk] verstehen

▶ to \know a thing or two ( pej fam: be sexually experienced) sich akk [mit Männern/Frauen] auskennen

▶ to \know a thing or two about sth (know from experience) sich akk mit etw dat auskennen

▶ to \know what's what wissen, wo's langgeht fam

▶ what do you \know! was weißt du denn schon?; esp AM ( fam: surprise) wer hätte das gedacht!

II. INTRANSITIVE VERB

<knew, known>

1. (have knowledge) [Bescheid] wissen

ask Kate, she's sure to \know frag Kate, sie weiß es bestimmt

I think she \knows ich glaube, sie weiß Bescheid

where did he go? — I wouldn't [or don't] \know, I was not to \know until years later das sollte ich erst Jahre später erfahren, wo ist er hingegangen? — keine Ahnung

are you going to university? — I don't \know yet willst du studieren? — ich weiß [es] noch nicht

you never \know man kann nie wissen

as [or so] far as I \know so viel [o weit] ich weiß

how am I to \know? woher soll ich das wissen?

who \knows? wer weiß?

how should I \know? wie soll ich das wissen?

I \know! jetzt weiß ich!

Mummy \knows best what to do Mutti weiß am besten, was zu tun ist

she didn't want to \know sie wollte nichts davon wissen

just let me \know ok? sag' mir einfach Bescheid, ok?

2. ( fam: understand) begreifen

“I don't \know,” he said, “why can't you ever be on time?” „ich begreife das einfach nicht“, sagte er, „warum kannst du nie pünktlich sein?“

3. (said to agree with sb)

I \know ich weiß

the weather's been so good lately — I \know, isn't it wonderful! das Wetter war in letzter Zeit wirklich schön — ja, herrlich, nicht wahr?

4. ( fam: for emphasis)

she's such a fool, don't you \know! sie ist so unglaublich dumm!

5. (conversation filler)

give him the red box, you \know, the one with the.... gib ihm die rote Kiste, du weißt schon, die mit den...

he's so boring and, you \know, sort of spooky er ist so langweilig und, na ja, irgendwie unheimlich

he asked me, you \know weißt du, er hat mich halt gefragt

6.

▶ to \know better:

you ought to \know better du solltest es eigentlich besser wissen

he said he loved me but I \know better er sagte, dass er mich liebt, aber ich weiß, dass es nicht stimmt

▶ to \know better than:

I \know better than to go out in this weather ich werde mich hüten, bei dem Wetter rauszugehen fam

she's old enough to \know better than to run out into the traffic sie ist alt genug, um zu wissen, dass man nicht einfach auf die Straße läuft

▶ to not \know any better es nicht anders kennen

III. NOUN

no pl

to be in the \know [about sth] [über etw akk] im Bilde sein [o Bescheid wissen]

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[nəʊ] vb: pret knew, ptp known
1. TRANSITIVE VERB

1) = have knowledge about wissen; answer, facts, dates, details, results etc kennen, wissen; French, English etc können

he knew her to be guilty — er wusste, dass sie schuldig war

to know what one is talking about — wissen, wovon man redet

to know one's own mind — wissen, was man will

she knows all the answers — sie weiß Bescheid, sie kennt sich aus; (pej) sie weiß immer alles besser

he might even be dead for all I know — vielleicht ist er sogar tot, was weiß ich

he thinks he knows all the answers or everything —

that's what I'd like to know ( too) — das möchte ich auch wissen

THAT'S what I'd like to know — das möchte ich wirklich wissen

that's worth knowing — das ist ja interessant

that might be worth knowing — es könnte interessant sein, das zu wissen

before you know where you are — ehe man sichs versieht

I've been a fool and don't I know it! (inf) — ich sehs ja ein, ich war doof (inf), ich war vielleicht doof (inf)

she's angry! – don't I know it! (inf) — sie ist wütend! – wem sagst du das! (inf)

2) = be acquainted with people, places, book, author kennen

I know Bavaria well — ich kenne Bayern gut, ich kenne mich gut in Bayern aus

do you know him to speak to? —

we all know her as the headmistress/a generous person — wir kennen Sie alle als die Schulleiterin/einen großzügigen Menschen

if I know John, he'll already be there — wie ich John kenne, ist er schon da

he didn't want to know me — er wollte nichts mit mir zu tun haben

know thyself! — erkenne dich selbst!

3) = recognize erkennen

to know sb by his voice/walk etc — jdn an der Stimme/am Gang etc erkennen

would you know him again? — würden Sie ihn wiedererkennen?

he knows a good thing when he sees it — er weiß, was gut ist

he knows a bargain/good manuscript when he sees one — er weiß, was ein guter Kauf/ein gutes Manuskript ist

this is the end of the welfare system as we know it — das ist das Ende des uns bekannten Wohlfahrtssystems

4) = be able to distinguish unterscheiden können

don't you know your right from your left? — können Sie rechts und links nicht unterscheiden?

you wouldn't know him from his brother — Sie könnten ihn nicht von seinem Bruder unterscheiden

do you know the difference between...? —

to know the difference between right and wrong, to know right from wrong — den Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse kennen, Gut und Böse unterscheiden können

he wouldn't know the difference — das merkt er nicht

he doesn't know one end of a horse/hammer from the other — er hat keine Ahnung von Pferden/keine Ahnung, was ein Hammer ist (inf)

5) = experience erleben

I've never known it to rain so heavily — so einen starken Regen habe ich noch nie erlebt

I've never known him (to) smile — ich habe ihn noch nie lächeln sehen, ich habe es noch nie erlebt, dass er lächelt

have you ever known me (to) tell a lie? — haben Sie mich jemals lügen hören?

have you ever known such a thing to happen before? — haben Sie je schon so etwas erlebt?, ist Ihnen so etwas schon einmal vorgekommen?

6) BIBL (obs sexually) erkennen

2. INTRANSITIVE VERB
wissen
who knows? — wer weiß?, weiß ichs?

I know! — ich weiß!, weiß ich (doch)!; (having a good idea) ich weiß was!, ich habe eine Idee!

I don't know — (das) weiß ich nicht

as far as I know — soviel ich weiß, meines Wissens

he just didn't want to know — er wollte einfach nicht hören

afterwards they just didn't want to know — nachher wollten sie einfach nichts mehr davon wissen

I wouldn't know (inf) — weiß ich (doch) nicht (inf)

don't you know? — weißt du das denn nicht?

how should I know? — wie soll ich das wissen?

how was I to know? — wie sollte ich das wissen?

I'm damned if I know (inf) — ich habe echt keinen Schimmer

the channel was rough, as I well know or as well I know! — die Überfahrt war stürmisch, das kann ich dir sagen

3. SET STRUCTURES
__diams; to know that... wissen, dass...Note that while in English that can be omitted, in German dass must be used to introduce the next sentence.
when I saw the ambulance, I knew (that) something was wrong — als ich den Krankenwagen sah, wusste ich, dass etwas nicht stimmte __diams; to know why... wissen, warum...

he didn't know why — er wusste nicht, warum

I don't know why you think it's so funny — ich weiß nicht, was du daran so komisch findest

to know how to do sth (in theory) — wissen, wie man etw macht; (in practice) etw tun können

I know how you feel — ich weiß, wie Sie sich fühlen

I don't know how you can say that! — wie kannst du das nur sagen!

you don't know how good it is to see you again — Sie wissen gar nicht, wie sehr ich mich freue, Sie wiederzusehen

I know better than that — ich bin ja nicht ganz dumm

I know better than to say something like that —

he knows better than to eat into the profits — er ist nicht so dumm, den Gewinn anzugreifen

he/you ought to have known better — das war dumm (von ihm/dir)

he ought to have or should have known better than to do that — es war dumm von ihm, das zu tun

you ought to know better at your age — in deinem Alter müsste man das aber (besser) wissen

they don't know any better — sie kennens nicht anders

he says he didn't do it, but I know better — er sagt, er war es nicht, aber ich weiß, dass das nicht stimmt

OK, you know best — o.k., Sie müssens wissen

mother always knows best — Mutter weiß es am besten

to get to know sb — jdn kennenlernen

to get to know sth (methods, techniques, style, pronunciation etc) — etw lernen; habits, faults, shortcuts etc etw herausfinden

to get to know a place — einen Ort kennenlernen

he soon let me know what he thought of it —

when can you let me know? — wann können Sie es mich wissen lassen?, wann können Sie mir Bescheid sagen?

you know, we could/there is... — weißt du, wir könnten/da ist...

he gave it away, you know — er hat es nämlich weggegeben

it's raining, you know —

then there was this man, you know, and... — und da war dieser Mann, nicht (wahr), und...

wear the black dress, you know, the one with the red belt —

it's long and purple and, you know, sort of crinkly — es ist lang und lila und, na ja, so kraus

(if you) know what I mean — du weißt schon __diams; you never know man kann nie wissen

it was nothing to do with me, I'll have you know! — es hatte nichts mit mir zu tun, damit du es weißt! __diams; there's no knowing (inf) das kann keiner sagen, das weiß niemand

there's no knowing what he'll do — man weiß nie, was er noch tut __diams; what do you know! (inf) sieh mal einer an!

what do you know! I've just seen her! (inf) — stellen Sie sich vor, ich habe sie eben gesehen __diams; to be known → also known

to be known (to sb) — (jdm) bekannt sein

it is (well) known that... —

is he/it known here? — ist er/das hier bekannt?, kennt man ihn/das hier?

to be known for sth — für etw bekannt sein

he is known to have been here — man weiß, dass er hier war

he is known as Mr Smith — man kennt ihn als Herrn Smith

she wishes to be known as Mrs White — sie möchte Frau White genannt werden → also known __diams; to make sb/sth known jdn/etw bekannt machen

to make it known that... — bekannt geben, dass...

to make oneself known — sich melden (to sb bei jdm)

to make one's presence known — sich melden (to bei) __diams; to become known bekannt werden

4. NOUN
__diams; to be in the know inf eingeweiht sein, im Bild sein (inf), Bescheid wissen (inf)
the people in the know say... — Leute, die darüber Bescheid wissen, sagen..., die Fachleute sagen...

5. PHRASAL VERBS

* * *

know [nəʊ]

A v/t prät knew [njuː; US besonders nuː], pperf known [nəʊn]

1. allg wissen:

he knows what to do er weiß, was zu tun ist;

I don’t know how to thank you ich weiß nicht, wie ich Ihnen danken soll;

know all about it genau Bescheid wissen;

don’t I know it!

a) und ob ich das weiß!,

b) als ob ich das nicht wüsste!;

I would have you know that … ich möchte Ihnen klarmachen, dass …;

I have never known him to lie meines Wissens hat er noch nie gelogen;

he knows a thing or two umg er ist nicht von gestern, er weiß ganz gut Bescheid ( about über akk);

I don’t know much about football ich versteh nicht viel von Fußball;

what do you know! umg na so was!;

and he knows it umg das weiß er ganz genau; → answer A 1, good B 10, what Bes Redew

2. a) können:

he knows (some) German er kann (etwas) Deutsch; → business A 1, onion, rope A 1, etc

b) know how to do sth etwas tun können:

do you know how to do it? weißt du, wie man das macht?, kannst du das?;

he knows how to treat children er versteht mit Kindern umzugehen;

do you know how to drive a car? können Sie Auto fahren?;

he doesn’t know how to lose er kann nicht verlieren

3. kennen:

a) auch know one’s way around sich auskennen in (dat):

do you know this place? kennen Sie sich hier aus?

b) mit einem Roman etc vertraut sein:

know sth backwards (US backward[s] and forward[s]) umg etwas in- und auswendig kennen

c) bekannt sein mit:

I have known him (for) five years ich kenne ihn (schon) seit fünf Jahren;

after I first knew him nachdem ich seine Bekanntschaft gemacht hatte; → Adam, get C 2

4. erfahren, erleben:

he has known better days er hat schon bessere Tage gesehen;

I have known it to happen ich habe das schon erlebt

5. a) (wieder)erkennen (by an dat):

I would know him anywhere ich würde ihn überall erkennen;

before you know where you are im Handumdrehen;

I don’t know whether I will know him again ich weiß nicht, ob ich ihn wiedererkennen werde

b) unterscheiden (können):

know apart auseinanderhalten;

know one from the other einen vom anderen unterscheiden können, die beiden auseinanderhalten können

6. BIBEL (geschlechtlich) erkennen

B v/i wissen (of von, um), im Bilde sein oder Bescheid wissen ( about über akk), Kenntnis haben ( about von):

I know of sb who … ich weiß oder kenne jemanden, der …;

I know better! so dumm bin ich nicht!;

you ought to know better (than that) das sollten Sie besser wissen, so dumm werden Sie doch nicht sein;

know better than to do sth sich davor hüten, etwas zu tun;

he ought to know better than to go swimming after a big meal er sollte so viel Verstand haben zu wissen, dass man nach einer ausgiebigen Mahlzeit nicht baden geht;

not that I know of nicht dass ich wüsste;

do ( oder don’t) you know? umg nicht wahr?;

you know wissen Sie;

this isn’t the Ritz, you know wir sind hier nicht im Ritz!;

he is an alcoholic as you know ( oder as everybody knows) er ist bekanntlich Alkoholiker;

you never know man kann nie wissen;

I’ll let you know ich geb dir Bescheid

C s be in the know Bescheid wissen, im Bilde oder eingeweiht sein

* * *
1. transitive verb,
knew, known

1) (recognize) erkennen (by an + Dat., for als + Akk.)

2) (be able to distinguish)

know something from something — etwas von etwas unterscheiden können

know the difference between right and wrong — den Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse kennen

he wouldn't know the difference — er wüsste den Unterschied nicht

3) (be aware of) wissen; kennen [Person]

I know who she is — ich weiß, wer sie ist

I know for a fact that... — ich weiß ganz bestimmt, dass...

it is known that... — man weiß, dass...; es ist bekannt, dass...

know somebody/something to be... — wissen, dass jemand/etwas... ist

that's/that might be worth knowing — das ist gut/wäre wichtig zu wissen

he doesn't want to know — er will nichts davon wissen od. hören

I knew it — ich hab's ja geahnt

I know what — ich weiß was (ugs.)

you know — (coll.): (as reminder) weißt du [noch]

you know something or what? — weißt du was?

you never know — man kann nie wissen (ugs.)

somebody has [never] been known to do something — jemand hat bekanntlich [noch nie] etwas getan

and he knows it — und er weiß das auch

don't I know it! — (coll.) das weiß ich nur zu gut

before somebody knows where he is — ehe jemand sich's versieht

what do you know [about that]? — (coll.): (that is surprising) was sagst du dazu?

somebody is not to know — (is not to be told) jemand soll nichts wissen (about, of von); (has no way of learning) jemand kann nicht wissen

not know what hit one — (fig.) gar nicht begreifen, was geschehen ist

that's all you know [about it] — das glaubst du vielleicht

if you must know — wenn du es unbedingt wissen willst

know different or otherwise — es besser wissen

know what's what — wissen, wie es in der Welt zugeht

how should I know? — woher soll ich das wissen?

I might have known — das hätte ich mir denken können

do you know,... — stell dir [mal] vor,...

4) (have understanding of) können [ABC, Einmaleins, Deutsch usw.]; beherrschen [Grundlagen, Regeln]; sich auskennen mit [Gerät, Verfahren, Gesetz]

do you know any German? — können Sie etwas Deutsch?

know how to mend fuses — wissen, wie man Sicherungen repariert

know how to drive a car — Auto fahren können

he doesn't know much about computers — er hat nicht viel Ahnung von Computern

5) (be acquainted with) kennen

we have known each other for years — wir kennen uns [schon] seit Jahren

you don't really know him — du kennst ihn nicht gut genug

you know what he/it is — (is like) du kennst ihn ja/du weißt ja, wie es ist

6) (have experience of) erleben; erfahren

he knows no fear — er kennt keine Furcht

know what it is to be hungry — wissen, was es heißt, Hunger zu haben
2. noun
(coll.)

be in the know — Bescheid wissen

Phrasal Verbs:

- know about

- know of

* * *

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: knew, known)

= kennen v.

(§ p.,pp.: kannte, gekannt)

wissen v.

(§ p.,pp.: wußte, gewußt)

English-german dictionary > know
11 worth

̈ɪwə:θ I
1. сущ.
1) цена, стоимость, ценность intrinsic worth ≈ внутренняя ценность comparable worth net worth Syn: merit
2) достоинства ∙
2. прил.;
предик.
1) стоящий( сколько-либо) is worth nothing little worth
2) достойный, заслуживающий worth while worth it
3) имеющий( что-л.), обладающий( чем-л.) ∙ for all one is worth not worth a button not worth the trouble not worth powder and shot II гл.;
архаич. случаться, происходить woe worth the day! well worth the day! ценность, значение;
достоинство - discoveries of great * открытия, имеющие важное значение - poems of little * слабые /посредственные/ стихи - to be of no * не иметь никакой ценности, быть никуда не годным - a man of * достойный человек - to know a friend's * оценить друга по достоинству - true * often goes unrecognized истинные достоинства /заслуги/ часто не получают признания цена, стоимость - a pearl of great * драгоценная жемчужина - to sell smth. for a tenth part of its * продать что-л. за десятую часть стоимости - give me a shilling's * of stamps дайте мне на шиллинг марок - money's * (экономика) стоимость, выраженная в деньгах, денежный эквивалент - one's money's * справедливая цена - he always gets his money's * он никогда не переплачивает - she gives you your money's * она не обманывает покупателя богатство, имущество - his personal * is several millions его личное состояние оценивается в несколько миллионов > to put in one's two cents * (американизм) (сленг) высказаться( в споре и т. п.) ;
сказать свое слово стоящий, имеющий ценность или стоимость - to be * its weight in gold цениться на вес золота - what is it *? сколько это стоит? - the property is * $5000 имущество оценивается в 5000 долларов - what is the franc *? каков сейчас курс франка? - * the money стоящий, выгодный( о покупке) заслуживающий;
стоящий (чего-л.) ;
имеющий значение - * attention заслуживающий внимания - to be * nothing не представлять собой никакой ценности;
никуда не годиться - it is not * mentioning это не заслуживает упоминания - it is not * remembering об этом не стоит вспоминать обладающий состоянием - he is * a hundred thousand dollars он имеет капитал в сто тысяч долларов - he is * money он богат - she died * a million она оставила (наследникам) миллион - that's all I am * вот все мое состояние приносящий доход - to be * $1000 a year приносить годовой доход в 1000 долларов > for all one /it/ is * изо всех сил > to run for all one is * мчаться что есть духу > I give you this for what it is * за достоверность не ручаюсь;
не уверен, что это представляет какую-то ценность > it was * it я об этом не жалею, это стоило сделать > to be * one's while стоить труда /затраченного времени/ > to make it * smb.'s while щедро вознаградить > I'll make it * your while вы не пожалеете, если сделаете то, о чем я вас прошу > to be * one's salt /one's keep, one's meat and drink/ хорошо работать( о наемном работнике) > to be * the whistle( сленг) заслуживать внимания > not * a damn /a hang, a button, a bean, a curse, a pin, a fig, a straw/ никчемный, никудышный;
гроша ломаного не стоит > * the name (разговорное) настоящий, подлинный > any art student * the name would tell you that it's a bad painting любой настоящий ценитель живописи скажет вам, что это плохая картина( историческое) усадба;
поместье( устаревшее) случаться, происходить - woe * the day! да будет проклят этот день! ~ цена, стоимость, ценность, достоинство;
give me a shilling's worth of stamps дайте мне марок на шиллинг;
to be aware of one's worth = знать себе цену final net ~ окончательная стоимость имущества за вычетом обязательств ~ a predic. обладающий (чем-л.) ;
he is worth over a million у него денег больше миллиона;
for all one is worth изо всех сил ~ цена, стоимость, ценность, достоинство;
give me a shilling's worth of stamps дайте мне марок на шиллинг;
to be aware of one's worth = знать себе цену ~ a predic. обладающий (чем-л.) ;
he is worth over a million у него денег больше миллиона;
for all one is worth изо всех сил ~ достоинства;
a man of worth достойный, заслуживающий уважения человек;
he was never aware of her worth он никогда не ценил ее по заслугам ~ стоящий;
is worth nothing ничего не стоит;
little worth поэт. мало стоящий;
what is it worth? сколько это стоит? this play is ~ seeing эту пьесу стоит посмотреть;
it is not worth taking the trouble об этом не стоит беспокоиться ~ стоящий;
is worth nothing ничего не стоит;
little worth поэт. мало стоящий;
what is it worth? сколько это стоит? net present ~ стоимость имущества за вычетом обязательств на данное время net present ~ стоимость собственного капитала на данное время net ~ собственный капитал net ~ стоимость имущества за вычетом обязательств;
собственный капитал предприятия net ~ стоимость имущества за вычетом обязательств nominal ~ номинальная стоимость not ~ a button = гроша медного не стоит;
not worth the trouble = игра не стоит свеч;
not worth powder and shot = овчинка выделки не стоит not ~ a button = гроша медного не стоит;
not worth the trouble = игра не стоит свеч;
not worth powder and shot = овчинка выделки не стоит not ~ a button = гроша медного не стоит;
not worth the trouble = игра не стоит свеч;
not worth powder and shot = овчинка выделки не стоит present utilization ~ текущая потребительская стоимость present ~ дисконтированная стоимость present ~ современная стоимость present ~ стоимость на данное время present ~ текущая стоимость ~ уст. богатство, имущество;
to put in one's two cents worth высказаться take the story for what is ~ не принимайте всего на веру в этом рассказе this play is ~ seeing эту пьесу стоит посмотреть;
it is not worth taking the trouble об этом не стоит беспокоиться ~ стоящий;
is worth nothing ничего не стоит;
little worth поэт. мало стоящий;
what is it worth? сколько это стоит? worth уст.: woe (well) worth the day! будь проклят (благословен) день! worth уст.: woe (well) worth the day! будь проклят (благословен) день! ~ уст. богатство, имущество;
to put in one's two cents worth высказаться ~ достоинства;
a man of worth достойный, заслуживающий уважения человек;
he was never aware of her worth он никогда не ценил ее по заслугам ~ заслуживающий;
worth attention заслуживающий внимания;
worth while, разг. worth it стоящий затраченного времени или труда ~ a predic. обладающий (чем-л.) ;
he is worth over a million у него денег больше миллиона;
for all one is worth изо всех сил ~ стоящий;
is worth nothing ничего не стоит;
little worth поэт. мало стоящий;
what is it worth? сколько это стоит? ~ цена, стоимость, ценность, достоинство;
give me a shilling's worth of stamps дайте мне марок на шиллинг;
to be aware of one's worth = знать себе цену ~ заслуживающий;
worth attention заслуживающий внимания;
worth while, разг. worth it стоящий затраченного времени или труда ~ заслуживающий;
worth attention заслуживающий внимания;
worth while, разг. worth it стоящий затраченного времени или труда ~ of game вчт. цена игры ~ заслуживающий;
worth attention заслуживающий внимания;
worth while, разг. worth it стоящий затраченного времени или труда

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > worth
12 worth

[̈ɪwə:θ]

worth цена, стоимость, ценность, достоинство; give me a shilling's worth of stamps дайте мне марок на шиллинг; to be aware of one's worth = знать себе цену final net worth окончательная стоимость имущества за вычетом обязательств worth a predic. обладающий (чем-л.); he is worth over a million у него денег больше миллиона; for all one is worth изо всех сил worth цена, стоимость, ценность, достоинство; give me a shilling's worth of stamps дайте мне марок на шиллинг; to be aware of one's worth = знать себе цену worth a predic. обладающий (чем-л.); he is worth over a million у него денег больше миллиона; for all one is worth изо всех сил worth достоинства; a man of worth достойный, заслуживающий уважения человек; he was never aware of her worth он никогда не ценил ее по заслугам worth стоящий; is worth nothing ничего не стоит; little worth поэт. мало стоящий; what is it worth? сколько это стоит? this play is worth seeing эту пьесу стоит посмотреть; it is not worth taking the trouble об этом не стоит беспокоиться worth стоящий; is worth nothing ничего не стоит; little worth поэт. мало стоящий; what is it worth? сколько это стоит? net present worth стоимость имущества за вычетом обязательств на данное время net present worth стоимость собственного капитала на данное время net worth собственный капитал net worth стоимость имущества за вычетом обязательств; собственный капитал предприятия net worth стоимость имущества за вычетом обязательств nominal worth номинальная стоимость not worth a button = гроша медного не стоит; not worth the trouble = игра не стоит свеч; not worth powder and shot = овчинка выделки не стоит not worth a button = гроша медного не стоит; not worth the trouble = игра не стоит свеч; not worth powder and shot = овчинка выделки не стоит not worth a button = гроша медного не стоит; not worth the trouble = игра не стоит свеч; not worth powder and shot = овчинка выделки не стоит present utilization worth текущая потребительская стоимость present worth дисконтированная стоимость present worth современная стоимость present worth стоимость на данное время present worth текущая стоимость worth уст. богатство, имущество; to put in one's two cents worth высказаться take the story for what is worth не принимайте всего на веру в этом рассказе this play is worth seeing эту пьесу стоит посмотреть; it is not worth taking the trouble об этом не стоит беспокоиться worth стоящий; is worth nothing ничего не стоит; little worth поэт. мало стоящий; what is it worth? сколько это стоит? worth уст.: woe (well) worth the day! будь проклят (благословен) день! worth уст.: woe (well) worth the day! будь проклят (благословен) день! worth уст. богатство, имущество; to put in one's two cents worth высказаться worth достоинства; a man of worth достойный, заслуживающий уважения человек; he was never aware of her worth он никогда не ценил ее по заслугам worth заслуживающий; worth attention заслуживающий внимания; worth while, разг. worth it стоящий затраченного времени или труда worth a predic. обладающий (чем-л.); he is worth over a million у него денег больше миллиона; for all one is worth изо всех сил worth стоящий; is worth nothing ничего не стоит; little worth поэт. мало стоящий; what is it worth? сколько это стоит? worth цена, стоимость, ценность, достоинство; give me a shilling's worth of stamps дайте мне марок на шиллинг; to be aware of one's worth = знать себе цену worth заслуживающий; worth attention заслуживающий внимания; worth while, разг. worth it стоящий затраченного времени или труда worth заслуживающий; worth attention заслуживающий внимания; worth while, разг. worth it стоящий затраченного времени или труда worth of game вчт. цена игры worth заслуживающий; worth attention заслуживающий внимания; worth while, разг. worth it стоящий затраченного времени или труда

English-Russian short dictionary > worth
13 be

{bi:}
I. 1. v was, were, been
pres p being, are, is, pl are
pt. sing was were was, pl were
pres subj be, past subj were
2. гл. връзка
he is a teacher той e учител
the roses are beautiful розите ca красиви
3. съществувам, живея
I think, therefore, I am мисля, следователно съществувам
he is no more той не e вече жив
4. наличие, местонахождение
there is a man in the garden в градината има човек
the book is йп the table книгата e на масата
5. случвам се, състоя се, съм, ставам
that was yesterday това беше/се случи вчера
tomorrow is the last session утре ще бъде/ще се състои последното заседание
this will not BE това няма да стане
it was not to BE не било писано (да стане)
6. притежание, предназначение съм
this book is mine тази книга e моя
the flowers are for you цветята ca за теб
7. приcъcтвue съм
she was at the concert тя беше на концерта
8. пребиваване съм
I've BEeп here twice бил съм тук два пъти
9. струвам
this skirt is five pounds тази пола струва пет лири
the oranges are three pence a piece портокалите са/струват (по) три пенса парчето
10. причина
this girl will BE the death of me това момиче ще ме умори
you've BEen and bought that house! разг. шег. ти хем взе, че купи тази къща! who's BEen and taken my new ball-pen again? кой пак мие задигнал новата химикалка? for the time BE ing за сега, понастоящем
BE that as it may както и да е, дори и да е така
to let something BEне закачам/не бутам, оставям (на мира) нещо
his wife-to-BE бъдещата му съпруга
the to-BE бъдещето
11. в съчет. с предлози и наречия и при съответните предлози и наречия
be about налице/наоколо/наблизо съм
what are you BE? какво правиш? какво си намислил? to BE about to каня се/готвя се да
be after търся, преследвам
they are still after the thief все още търсят крадеца, търся, стремя се (да получа, да се сдобия с)
there are too many men after the same job твърде много хора аспирират за/гонят същата работа
he is after the family silver той иска да открадне семейните сребърни прибори/предмети
be around проявявам се, работя (в дадена област)
съм, идвам (някъде), вж. around
be at занимавам се с
what is she at now? с какво се занимава тя сега? разг. пипвам, бърникам
someone has been at my books again някой пак е пипал книгите ми, нападам, нахвърлям се на, разг. тормозя, врънкам
to BE at a halt/standstill в застой съм, спрял съм
be away няма ме, отсъствувам
be back завръщам се, върнат/поставен съм обратно (някъде)
be behind закъснял/изостанал съм, изоставам
прен. крия се зад (за подбуди и пр.), be in вкъщи/в къщата/помещението/кантората и пр. съм, на мода съм, прибран съм (за реколта), намирам се, има ме по магазините (за стока), избран съм, на власт съм, горя (за огън, печка и пр.)
to BE all in изтощен/капнал съм
to BE in at участвувам в (пакост и пр.)
to BE in for включен съм като участник/ще участвувам в
кандидатствувам (за длъжност, пост), разг. предстои ми, очаква ме (нещо неприятно), to BE in for it изложен/застрашен съм, лошо ми се пише, нямам изход
to BE in on участвувам в (план, сделка и пр.), осведомен съм за
to BE (all) in with близък съм/имам връзки/дружа с, в добри отношения съм с
be off тръгвам (си), отивам (си), заминавам (си)
BE off! махай се! да те няма! be out не съм в къщи/помещението/кантората и пр., няма ме
to BE out of (tea, etc.) нямам вече, свърши ми се (чаят и пр.)
be over свършвам, преминавам
winter is over зимата свърши
be up на крак съм, станал съм, свършвам, минавам, изтичам
time is up времето мина/изтече, свърши се, край! to BE up against someone /something изправен съм пред някого/нещо
to BE up against it разг. ирон. добре съм се наредил
it is all up with him свърши се с него, отпиши го
II. 1. с pres р-за образовано на продължителните времена
she was watching Т. V. тя гледаше телевизия
2. с рр-за образуване на pаss
the book was found книгата се намери
he will BE informed той ще бъде уведомен
3. с рр на някой глаголи-за образуване на перфектните времена
you may go when you are finished след като свършнте, можете да си отидете
she was gone тя си беше отишла
4. с prеs р или inf-за изразяване на бъдещност, възможност, задължение, намерение и пp
she is coming tomorrow тя ще дойде утре
I was to BE there about noon трябваше да бъда там към обед
the house is not to let it is to be pulled down къщата няма да се дава под наем ще я събарят
where am 1 to come? къде трябва да дойда? nobody is to know никой не трябва да знае

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{bi:} v (was {wъz. wъz}: were {wъ(:); been {bi:n}; pres p (2) аих 1. с pres р - за образовано на продьлжителните времена:

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съм; съществувам; представлявам; be a farm-hand ратайствам; be a prostitute проституирам; be ablaze съумявам; умея; be about понечвам; имам намерение; be about to каня се; be absent отсъствам; be affected превземам; be affected - by пострадвам; be afraid страх; страхувам се; уплашвам; плаша; боя се; be after целя; натискам се; be amused развеселявам; забавлявам се; be an apprentice чиракувам; be an obstacle преча; be angry сърдя; be anxious безпокоя се; be ashamed срамувам се; свеня се; be at a loss недоумявам; be at war воювам; be avenged отмъстен съм; be awake бодърствам; будувам; be aware ясно; съзнавам; зная; be aware of знам; be benumbed схващам; be bewildered недоумявам; be bewitched урочасвам; be boiled увирам; be born раждам; be born anew прераждам се; be buried тъна; be content with задоволявам се; be crisp underfoot утайвам се; be due to {bi `dyu; tu;} дължа; be enough стигам; be enraptured захласвам се; be entranced прехласвам се; захласвам се; be excited вълнувам се; be exhausted изчерпвам се; be familiar with знам; be famous славя; be fine здрав съм; be fit ставам; be forthcoming предстои; be found срещам; be friends with другарувам; be furious разгневен; be going to ще; be good at удава ми се; be healthy здрав съм; be hypnotized хипноза; be impregnated зачевам; be in agony агонизирам; be in circulation котирам се; be in debt to дължа; be in demand търся; котирам се; be in good condition здрав съм; be in harmony хармонирам; be in mourning for негодувам; be informed {bi in'fO;md} знам; be jealous of завиждам; be late просрочвам; закъснявам; be located намирам се; be lucky сполучвам; be mashed on лудея; be missing липсвам; be moved разчувствам; be necessary трябвам; be obliged to длъжен съм; be off отивам си; be on светя; работя; be on a visit гостувам; be on guard карауля; be on the alert нащрек съм; be on the run дрискам; be open работя; be orphaned осиротявам; be out for натискам се; be out of breath запъхтян; be over свършен; свършвам; be paid дължим; be paralyzed схващам; сковавам; be passable ядва се; be present присъствам; be presumptuous самозабравям се; be realized сбъдвам се; be reflected оглеждам се; be related to родея се; be rife ширя се; be sad тъжа; be scared уплашвам; be seated седя; be sentimental сантименталнича; be sick and tired of схождам се; be situated {'sitSueitid} намирам се; be slow туткам се; закъснявам; изоставам; be sorry съжалявам; разкайвам се; be speechless занемявам; be started стряскам; be startled стъписвам; be struck поразявам; be stubborn упорствам; be taken aback изненадвам се; be taken unawares изненадвам се; be there седя; be thrilled with тръпна; be thunderstruck поразявам; be tight стягам; be transparent прозирам; be under a vow заклел съм се; be victim страдам; be victorious тържествувам; be worth чиня; струвам; be wrong сбърквам; греш

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1. 1 в съчет. с предлози и наречия и при съответните предлози и наречия 2. be about налице/наоколо/наблизо съм 3. be after търся, преследвам 4. be around проявявам се, работя (в дадена област) 5. be at занимавам се с 6. be away няма ме, отсъствувам 7. be back завръщам се, върнат/поставен съм обратно (някъде) 8. be behind закъснял/изостанал съм, изоставам 9. be off тръгвам (си), отивам (си), заминавам (си) 10. be off! махай се! да те няма! be out не съм в къщи/помещението/кантората и пр., няма ме 11. be over свършвам, преминавам 12. be that as it may както и да е, дори и да е така 13. be up на крак съм, станал съм, свършвам, минавам, изтичам 14. he is a teacher той e учител 15. he is after the family silver той иска да открадне семейните сребърни прибори/предмети 16. he is no more той не e вече жив 17. he will be informed той ще бъде уведомен 18. his wife-to-be бъдещата му съпруга 19. i think, therefore, i am мисля, следователно съществувам 20. i was to be there about noon трябваше да бъда там към обед 21. i've beeп here twice бил съм тук два пъти 22. i. v was, were, been 23. ii. с pres р-за образовано на продължителните времена 24. it is all up with him свърши се с него, отпиши го 25. it was not to be не било писано (да стане) 26. pres p being, are, is, pl are 27. pres subj be, past subj were 28. pt. sing was were was, pl were 29. she is coming tomorrow тя ще дойде утре 30. she was at the concert тя беше на концерта 31. she was gone тя си беше отишла 32. she was watching Т. v. тя гледаше телевизия 33. someone has been at my books again някой пак е пипал книгите ми, нападам, нахвърлям се на, разг. тормозя, врънкам 34. that was yesterday това беше/се случи вчера 35. the book is йп the table книгата e на масата 36. the book was found книгата се намери 37. the flowers are for you цветята ca за теб 38. the house is not to let it is to be pulled down къщата няма да се дава под наем ще я събарят 39. the oranges are three pence a piece портокалите са/струват (по) три пенса парчето 40. the roses are beautiful розите ca красиви 41. the to-be бъдещето 42. there are too many men after the same job твърде много хора аспирират за/гонят същата работа 43. there is a man in the garden в градината има човек 44. they are still after the thief все още търсят крадеца, търся, стремя се (да получа, да се сдобия с) 45. this book is mine тази книга e моя 46. this girl will be the death of me това момиче ще ме умори 47. this skirt is five pounds тази пола струва пет лири 48. this will not be това няма да стане 49. time is up времето мина/изтече, свърши се, край! to be up against someone /something изправен съм пред някого/нещо 50. to be (all) in with близък съм/имам връзки/дружа с, в добри отношения съм с 51. to be all in изтощен/капнал съм 52. to be at a halt/standstill в застой съм, спрял съм 53. to be in at участвувам в (пакост и пр.) 54. to be in for включен съм като участник/ще участвувам в 55. to be in on участвувам в (план, сделка и пр.), осведомен съм за 56. to be out of (tea, etc.) нямам вече, свърши ми се (чаят и пр.) 57. to be up against it разг. ирон. добре съм се наредил 58. to let something beне закачам/не бутам, оставям (на мира) нещо 59. tomorrow is the last session утре ще бъде/ще се състои последното заседание 60. what are you be? какво правиш? какво си намислил? to be about to каня се/готвя се да 61. what is she at now? с какво се занимава тя сега? разг. пипвам, бърникам 62. where am 1 to come? къде трябва да дойда? nobody is to know никой не трябва да знае 63. winter is over зимата свърши 64. you may go when you are finished след като свършнте, можете да си отидете 65. you've been and bought that house! разг. шег. ти хем взе, че купи тази къща! who's been and taken my new ball-pen again? кой пак мие задигнал новата химикалка? for the time be ing за сега, понастоящем 66. гл. връзка 67. кандидатствувам (за длъжност, пост), разг. предстои ми, очаква ме (нещо неприятно), to be in for it изложен/застрашен съм, лошо ми се пише, нямам изход 68. наличие, местонахождение 69. пребиваване съм 70. прен. крия се зад (за подбуди и пр.), be in вкъщи/в къщата/помещението/кантората и пр. съм, на мода съм, прибран съм (за реколта), намирам се, има ме по магазините (за стока), избран съм, на власт съм, горя (за огън, печка и пр.) 71. приcъcтвue съм 72. притежание, предназначение съм 73. причина 74. с prеs р или inf-за изразяване на бъдещност, възможност, задължение, намерение и пp 75. с рр на някой глаголи-за образуване на перфектните времена 76. с рр-за образуване на pаss 77. случвам се, състоя се, съм, ставам 78. струвам 79. съм, идвам (някъде), вж. around 80. съществувам, живея
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be [bi:] v ( was[wɔz]; been [bi:n]) pres sing: (1) am; (2) are, ост. art; (3) is; pl: (1, 2, 3) are; past sing: (1) was; (2) were, ост. wast, wert; (3) was; pl: (1, 2, 3) were; pres subjunctive: \be; past subjunctive, sing: (1) were; (2) were, ост. wert; (3) were; pl: (1, 2, 3) were; pp been; pres p being; imper \be; 1. съм (като свързващ глагол); today is Monday днес е понеделник; she is my mother тя е моя майка; 2. равнявам се на, съм; let x be 6 нека х е равно на 6; 3. струвам; the fee is 20 dollars таксата е 20 долара; 4. бъда, съм; съществувам, живея; he is no more той не е вече между живите; I think therefore I am мисля, следователно съществувам; how are you? как сте? are you in town often? често ли сте (ходите) в града? I was at the lecture бях (присъствах) на лекцията; I've been in Paris бил съм в Париж; 5. става, случва се, сбъдва се, книж. обстоятелствата се стичат, осъществява се; this will not \be това няма да стане, "няма да го бъде"; it was not to \be не би, не било писано; \be as it may да става каквото ще; 6. за образуване на всички продължителни времена със сегашното причастие на главния глагол; I was not listening не слушах; 7. за образуване на страдателния залог; the letter is sent писмото е изпратено; 8. за образуване на перфект на някои глаголи: he is gone отиде си, няма го; the sun is set слънцето залезе; I am done свърших; 9. в съчетание с инфинитива на глагола за означаване на задължение, намерение, възможност; they are to arrive on Monday те трябва (очаква се) да пристигнат в понеделник; the house is to let къщата се дава под наем; • there is, there are има, намира се, среща се, фигурира, не липсва ( безлично); let \be! остави! let him \be! оставете го на мира; to \be o.s. държа се както винаги, нормално; to \be fair ( frank) ако трябва да бъда справедлив (честен); as happy as can \be напълно щастлив; if it wasn't for you ако не беше ти; \be that as it may както и да е, дори и така да е; the to-\be бъдещето; a has-been минало величие; I've been there разг. знам това, това ми е известно; Miss Smith that was бившата (по име) мис Смит; I've been and dropped the cake взех, че изтървах кейка; it was he who did it именно той го направи; would-\be poet набеден поет, поет в кавички; the \be-all and end-all крайната (заветната) цел; това, което има значение; важното;

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14 Huygens, Christiaan

SUBJECT AREA: Horology

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b. 14 April 1629 The Hague, the Netherlands

d. 8 June 1695 The Hague, the Netherlands

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Dutch scientist who was responsible for two of the greatest advances in horology: the successful application of both the pendulum to the clock and the balance spring to the watch.

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Huygens was born into a cultured and privileged class. His father, Constantijn, was a poet and statesman who had wide interests. Constantijn exerted a strong influence on his son, who was educated at home until he reached the age of 16. Christiaan studied law and mathematics at Ley den University from 1645 to 1647, and continued his studies at the Collegium Arausiacum in Breda until 1649. He then lived at The Hague, where he had the means to devote his time entirely to study. In 1666 he became a Member of the Académie des Sciences in Paris and settled there until his return to The Hague in 1681. He also had a close relationship with the Royal Society and visited London on three occasions, meeting Newton on his last visit in 1689. Huygens had a wide range of interests and made significant contributions in mathematics, astronomy, optics and mechanics. He also made technical advances in optical instruments and horology.

Despite the efforts of Burgi there had been no significant improvement in the performance of ordinary clocks and watches from their inception to Huygens's time, as they were controlled by foliots or balances which had no natural period of oscillation. The pendulum appeared to offer a means of improvement as it had a natural period of oscillation that was almost independent of amplitude. Galileo Galilei had already pioneered the use of a freely suspended pendulum for timing events, but it was by no means obvious how it could be kept swinging and used to control a clock. Towards the end of his life Galileo described such a. mechanism to his son Vincenzio, who constructed a model after his father's death, although it was not completed when he himself died in 1642. This model appears to have been copied in Italy, but it had little influence on horology, partly because of the circumstances in which it was produced and possibly also because it differed radically from clocks of that period. The crucial event occurred on Christmas Day 1656 when Huygens, quite independently, succeeded in adapting an existing spring-driven table clock so that it was not only controlled by a pendulum but also kept it swinging. In the following year he was granted a privilege or patent for this clock, and several were made by the clockmaker Salomon Coster of The Hague. The use of the pendulum produced a dramatic improvement in timekeeping, reducing the daily error from minutes to seconds, but Huygens was aware that the pendulum was not truly isochronous. This error was magnified by the use of the existing verge escapement, which made the pendulum swing through a large arc. He overcame this defect very elegantly by fitting cheeks at the pendulum suspension point, progressively reducing the effective length of the pendulum as the amplitude increased. Initially the cheeks were shaped empirically, but he was later able to show that they should have a cycloidal shape. The cheeks were not adopted universally because they introduced other defects, and the problem was eventually solved more prosaically by way of new escapements which reduced the swing of the pendulum. Huygens's clocks had another innovatory feature: maintaining power, which kept the clock going while it was being wound.

Pendulums could not be used for portable timepieces, which continued to use balances despite their deficiencies. Robert Hooke was probably the first to apply a spring to the balance, but his efforts were not successful. From his work on the pendulum Huygens was well aware of the conditions necessary for isochronism in a vibrating system, and in January 1675, with a flash of inspiration, he realized that this could be achieved by controlling the oscillations of the balance with a spiral spring, an arrangement that is still used in mechanical watches. The first model was made for Huygens in Paris by the clockmaker Isaac Thuret, who attempted to appropriate the invention and patent it himself. Huygens had for many years been trying unsuccessfully to adapt the pendulum clock for use at sea (in order to determine longitude), and he hoped that a balance-spring timekeeper might be better suited for this purpose. However, he was disillusioned as its timekeeping proved to be much more susceptible to changes in temperature than that of the pendulum clock.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

FRS 1663. Member of the Académie Royale des Sciences 1666.

Bibliography

For his complete works, see Oeuvres complètes de Christian Huygens, 1888–1950, 22 vols, The Hague.

1658, Horologium, The Hague; repub., 1970, trans. E.L.Edwardes, Antiquarian

Horology 7:35–55 (describes the pendulum clock).

1673, Horologium Oscillatorium, Paris; repub., 1986, The Pendulum Clock or Demonstrations Concerning the Motion ofPendula as Applied to Clocks, trans.

R.J.Blackwell, Ames.

The balance spring watch was first described in Journal des Sçavans 25 February 1675, and translated in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1675) 4:272–3.

Further Reading

H.J.M.Bos, 1972, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, ed. C.C.Gillispie, Vol. 6, New York, pp. 597–613 (for a fuller account of his life and scientific work, but note the incorrect date of his death).

R.Plomp, 1979, Spring-Driven Dutch Pendulum Clocks, 1657–1710, Schiedam (describes Huygens's application of the pendulum to the clock).

S.A.Bedini, 1991, The Pulse of Time, Florence (describes Galileo's contribution of the pendulum to the clock).

J.H.Leopold, 1982, "L"Invention par Christiaan Huygens du ressort spiral réglant pour les montres', Huygens et la France, Paris, pp. 154–7 (describes the application of the balance spring to the watch).

A.R.Hall, 1978, "Horology and criticism", Studia Copernica 16:261–81 (discusses Hooke's contribution).

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15 unaware

adjective

be unaware of something — sich (Dat.) einer Sache (Gen.) nicht bewusst sein

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adjective

(not aware or not knowing: I was unaware of the man's presence.) nicht gewahr

- take someone unawares
- take unawares
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un·aware

[ˌʌnəˈweəʳ, AM -ˈwer]

adj

▪ to be/be not \unaware of sth sich dat einer S. gen nicht/durchaus bewusst sein

she remained quite \unaware of the illegal activities of her husband sie hatte nie bemerkt, dass ihr Mann in illegale Geschäfte verwickelt war

▪ to be \unaware that... sich dat nicht bewusst sein, dass...

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["ʌnə'wɛə(r)]
adj pred

to be unaware of sth — sich (dat) einer Sache (gen) nicht bewusst sein

I was unaware of his presence — ich hatte nicht bemerkt, dass er da war

I was unaware that he was interested — es war mir nicht bewusst or ich war mir nicht bewusst, dass er interessiert war

I was unaware that there was a meeting going on — ich wusste nicht, dass da gerade eine Besprechung stattfand

not unaware of sth — sich (dat) einer Sache (gen) durchaus bewusst

I was not unaware that... — es war mir durchaus bewusst or klar, dass...

he's so unaware — er weiß überhaupt nicht Bescheid

politically unaware — ohne politisches Bewusstsein

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unaware

A adj (adv unawarely)

1. nicht gewahr (of gen):

be unaware of sth auch sich einer Sache nicht bewusst sein, etwas nicht wissen oder bemerken

2. nichts ahnend, ahnungslos:

he was unaware that… er ahnte nicht, dass …

B adv → academic.ru/77640/unawares">unawares

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adjective

be unaware of something — sich (Dat.) einer Sache (Gen.) nicht bewusst sein

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adj.

in Unkenntnis ausdr.

laienhaft adj.

unversehens adj.

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16 Historical Portugal

   Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.

   A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.

   Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140

   The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."

   In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.

   The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.

   Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385

   Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in

   Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.

   The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.

   Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580

   The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.

   The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.

   What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.

   By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.

   Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.

   The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.

   By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.

   In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.

   Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640

   Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.

   Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.

   On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.

   Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822

   Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.

   Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.

   In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the

   Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.

   Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.

   Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.

   Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910

   During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.

   Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.

   Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.

   Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.

   Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.

   As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.

   First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26

   Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.

   The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.

   Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.

   The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74

   During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."

   Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.

   For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),

   and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.

   The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.

   With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.

   During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.

   The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.

   At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.

   The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.

   Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76

   Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.

   Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.

   In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.

   In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.

   In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.

   The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until

   UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.

   Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000

   After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.

   From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.

   Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.

   Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.

   In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.

   In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.

   Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.

    Contemporary Portugal

   Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.

   The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.

   Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.

   Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).

   All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.

   The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.

   After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.

   Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.

   Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.

   From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.

   Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.

   In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.

   An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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17 fully

adverb

1) (completely: He was fully aware of what was happening; fully-grown dogs.) completamente, enteramente, plenamente

2) (quite; at least: It will take fully three days.) por lo menos, como mínimo

fully adv completamente / del todo

fully

tr['fʊlɪ]

adverb

1 (completely) completamente, enteramente, plenamente

■ I am fully aware of the consequences soy plenamente consciente de las consecuencias

■ she was fully dressed estaba completamente vestida

2 (at least, quite) por lo menos

■ it was fully an hour before the bus arrived el autobús tardó por lo menos una hora en llegar

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be fully qualified ser titulado,-a, ser diplomado,-a

fully ['fʊli] adv

1) completely: completamente, totalmente

2) : al menos, por lo menos

fully half of them: al menos la mitad de ellos

fully

adv.

• completamente adv.

• exactamente adv.

• plenamente adv.

• totalmente adv.

'fʊli
adverb

1)

a) ( completely)

I don't fully understand — no entiendo del todo, no acabo de entender

she's a fully trained nurse — es una enfermera diplomada

fully comprehensive insurance — ( Fin) seguro contra todo riesgo

b) ( in full) enteramente

c) ( in detail) en detalle

2) ( at least) por lo menos, como poco

['fʊlɪ]
ADV
1) (=completely)

• I was not fully awake — no estaba completamente despierto, no estaba despierto del todo

• he was fully aware of the problem — se daba perfecta cuenta del problema

• fully booked — todo reservado, completo

• fully dressed — completamente vestido

• I fully expected to see you there — esperaba verte allí

• a fully grown tiger — un tigre adulto

• I fully intended to let you know — tenía la firme intención de decírtelo

• she is a fully qualified swimming instructor — es profesora de natación diplomada

• when he has fully recovered — cuando se haya recuperado completamente or del todo

• I don't fully understand — no lo acabo de comprender, no lo entiendo del todo

2) (=at least) por lo menos

he earns fully as much as I do — gana por lo menos lo mismo que yo

it is fully three miles — son por lo menos tres millas

3) (=in detail) [describe, explain] con todo detalle; [discuss] a fondo

4) (=in full) [reimburse] enteramente

* * *
['fʊli]
adverb

1)

a) ( completely)

I don't fully understand — no entiendo del todo, no acabo de entender

she's a fully trained nurse — es una enfermera diplomada

fully comprehensive insurance — ( Fin) seguro contra todo riesgo

b) ( in full) enteramente

c) ( in detail) en detalle

2) ( at least) por lo menos, como poco

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18 unaware

adjective

(not aware or not knowing: I was unaware of the man's presence.) uvidende om

- take someone unawares
- take unawares
* * *

adjective

(not aware or not knowing: I was unaware of the man's presence.) uvidende om

- take someone unawares
- take unawares

English-Danish dictionary > unaware
19 taste

teist 1. verb
1) (to be aware of, or recognize, the flavour of something: I can taste ginger in this cake.) smake (av)

2) (to test or find out the flavour or quality of (food etc) by eating or drinking a little of it: Please taste this and tell me if it is too sweet.) smake på

3) (to have a particular flavour or other quality that is noticed through the act of tasting: This milk tastes sour; The sauce tastes of garlic.) smake (av)

4) (to eat (food) especially with enjoyment: I haven't tasted such a beautiful curry for ages.) spise, smake

5) (to experience: He tasted the delights of country life.) smake
2. noun
1) (one of the five senses, the sense by which we are aware of flavour: one's sense of taste; bitter to the taste.) smak

2) (the quality or flavour of anything that is known through this sense: This wine has an unusual taste.) smak; bouquet

3) (an act of tasting or a small quantity of food etc for tasting: Do have a taste of this cake!) smaksprøve

4) (a liking or preference: a taste for music; a queer taste in books; expensive tastes.) smak

5) (the ability to judge what is suitable in behaviour, dress etc or what is fine and beautiful: She shows good taste in clothes; a man of taste; That joke was in good/bad taste.) god smak

•

- tasteful
- tastefully
- tastefulness
- tasteless
- tastelessly
- tastelessness
- - tasting
- tasty
- tastiness

smak
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smake

I
subst. \/teɪst\/

1) smak, smakssans

• this drink has a taste of lemon

denne drikken har en smak av sitron

• it has no taste

den smaker ingenting

• it is bitter to the taste

den er bitter i smaken

2) bismak

• the milk has a certain taste

melken har en bismak

3) forsmak

4) ( overført) smak, sans

• he is a man of taste

han er en mann med (god) smak

• tastes differ

smaken er forskjellig

• she has expensive tastes

hun har dyr smak \/ hun har dyre interesser

• it was composed in admirable taste

den var særdeles smakfullt utformet

5) smaksretning, mote

6) smaksprøve, smakebit

• have a taste of this cheese

ta en smakebit av denne osten

7) klunk, dråpe, skvett

arbiter of taste se ➢ arbiter

a bad\/bitter\/nasty taste in the mouth ( også overført) en vond smak i munnen, en ubehagelig ettersmak

• the quarrel left them with a bad taste in the mouth

krangelen gav dem en dårlig smak i munnen

be to everyone's taste falle i smak hos alle bli satt pris på av alle

• it is not to everyone's taste

det blir ikke satt pris på av alle

be to somebody's taste falle i noens smak, være i noens smak

• the bullfight was not to my taste

tyrefektingen falt ikke i smak hos meg

each to his taste eller everyone to his taste hver og en har sin smak

give somebody a taste of the whip la noen få smake pisken

have a taste of ha en (for)smak av smake til

in bad taste smakløs(t), usmakelig

• it was a joke in bad taste

det var en usmakelig spøk

taktløs(t)

• it would be bad taste to refuse

det ville være ufint å takke nei

kritikkløs(t)

in good taste smakfull(t) taktfull(t)

a matter of taste en smakssak

• it is a matter of taste

det kommer an på smak og behag

a taste for smak for, smak på

• he has suddenly acquired a taste for music

han har plutslig fått smaken på musikk

tastes smak, interesse smak og behag

• there is no accounting for tastes

smak og behag kan ikke diskuteres

to taste etter behag, etter smak

• add sugar to taste

tilsett sukker etter smak
II
verb \/teɪst\/

1) smake

• he never tastes beer

han rører aldri øl

• I can't taste anything these days

jeg har ingen smak for tiden \/ jeg har mistet smakssansen for tiden

• this spinach tastes mild

denne spinaten er mild i smaken

2) smake av, smake på, prøvesmake, kjenne smaken av

• can you taste anything special?

kan du kjenne smaken av noe spesielt?

3) få smake (på), få prøve (på), erfare

• you will taste serious trade recessions

du vil erfare en alvorlig handelsnedgang

4) få smak(en) på, få sans(en) for, like

• I cannot taste your practical jokes

jeg har ikke sans for spøkene dine

taste blood få blod på tann

taste of smake (av), ha en (bi)smak av

• it tastes of salt

det smaker salt \/ det har en (bi)smak av salt

( litterært) få smake (på), få prøve (på), erfare ( litterært) få smak(en) på, få sans(en) for

English-Norwegian dictionary > taste
20 unconscious

1. adjective
1) (senseless or stunned, eg because of an accident: She was unconscious for three days after the crash.) bevidstløs

2) (not aware: He was unconscious of having said anything rude.) uvidende om

3) (unintentional: Her prejudice is quite unconscious.) ubevidst
2. noun
(the deepest level of the mind, the processes of which are revealed only through eg psychoanalysis: the secrets of the unconscious.) underbevidsthed

- unconsciously
- unconsciousness
* * *
1. adjective
1) (senseless or stunned, eg because of an accident: She was unconscious for three days after the crash.) bevidstløs

2) (not aware: He was unconscious of having said anything rude.) uvidende om

3) (unintentional: Her prejudice is quite unconscious.) ubevidst
2. noun
(the deepest level of the mind, the processes of which are revealed only through eg psychoanalysis: the secrets of the unconscious.) underbevidsthed

- unconsciously
- unconsciousness

English-Danish dictionary > unconscious

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