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  • 1 was

    I Interrog. Pron. what (auch umg. für wie bitte?); was für ( ein) ...? what sort of...?; was für Länder kennst du schon? which countries have you already been to?; was für eine Farbe hat...? what colo(u)r is...?; was ist sein Vater? what does his father do?; was willst du werden? what do you want to be?; was willst du überhaupt? what do you actually want?; was kostet das? how much is it?, what ( oder how much) does it cost?; was haben Sie an Wein etc.? what have you got in the way of wine etc.?; was ist denn? umg. what’s the matter?, what’s wrong?; was noch? what else?; was dann? and then what?; um was handelt es sich? umg. what’s it (all) about?; auf was wartest du? umg. what are you waiting for?; an was denkst du? umg. what are you thinking about?; was (warum) muss er lügen? umg. why does he have to lie?; was weiß ich! umg. how should I know?, search me; und was nicht alles umg. and all that; das tut weh, was? umg. it hurts, doesn’t it?; es zählt das Was, nicht das Wie it doesn’t matter how you do it, just get it done; machen I, nun I 1, sollen2 2 etc.
    II Interj.: was, du rauchst nicht mehr? umg. what, you don’t smoke any more?; was für ein Unsinn / Krach etc.! what nonsense etc. / what a noise etc.; was für ein Wetter! what weather!; was haben wir gelacht! umg. what a laugh we had; was ist das doch schwierig this is so hard; ach I 5
    III Rel. Pron. (das was) what; (welches) that, which; den Inhalt des vorhergehenden Satzes aufnehmend: which; das war alles, was er mir erzählte that was all (that) he told me; alles, was er weiß everything (that) he knows; ..., was ihn völlig kalt ließ... which left him cold; was auch immer whatever (auch am Satzende), no matter what; was ihn betrifft as for him, as far as he’s concerned; was ich noch sagen wollte... the other thing I wanted to say...
    IV unbest. Pron. umg. (etwas) something; ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst I spy with my little eye; weißt du schon was? have you heard anything?; ist was? what’s up?, is anything the matter?; was Schlechtes / Gutes / noch etc. something bad / good / else etc.; was Neues? any news?, anything new?; das ist was anderes that’s different; und nun zu ganz was anderem! and now for something completely different!; eine Palme oder so was ( Ähnliches) a palm tree or something like that ( oder something similar); na, so was! bes. iro. well I never!; was du nicht sagst! you don’t say!; hat man so was schon gesehen? have you ever seen anything like it?; so was von blöd! stupid or what?, how stupid can you get?; das war vielleicht was! that was really something!; da war doch was there was something there; ich will dir mal was sagen I’ll tell you something; bes. drohend: I’ll tell you what; schäm dich was! you ought to be ashamed of yourself; siehe auch so I 7, wissen
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    whatsoever (Pron.); whatever (Pron.); what (Pron.)
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    wạs [vas]
    1. interrog pron
    1) what; (= wie viel) how much, what

    was kostet das? — how much is that?, what does or how much does that cost?

    was ist or gibts? — what is it?, what's up?

    was ist, kommst du mit? — well, are you coming?

    sie kommt nicht – was? — she's not coming – what?

    was hast du denn?, was ist denn los? — what's the matter (with you)?, what's wrong?

    was denn? (ungehalten) — what (is it)?; (um Vorschlag bittend) but what?

    was denn, bist du schon fertig? — what, are you finished already?

    das ist gut, was? (inf) — that's good, isn't it?

    2) (inf = warum) why, what... for

    was lachst du denn so? — what are you laughing for?, why are you laughing?

    3)

    was für... — what sort or kind of...

    2. rel pron
    (auf ganzen Satz bezogen) which

    das, was... — that which..., what...

    ich weiß, was ich/er tun soll — I know what I should do or what to do/what he should do

    das ist etwas, was ich nicht verstehe — that is something (which) I don't understand

    alles, was... — everything or all (that)...

    das Beste/Schönste/wenige/Einzige, was ich... — the best/prettiest/little/only thing (that) I...

    schreib/iss etc was du kannst (inf) — write/eat etc what you can

    lauf, was du kannst! (inf)run as fast as you can!

    3. indef pron (inf) abbr
    something; (fragend, bedingend auch, verneint) anything; (unbestimmter Teil einer Menge) some, any

    (na,) so was! — well I never!

    See:
    → auch etwas, sehen
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    1) (used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc: What street is this?; What's your name/address / telephone number?; What time is it?; What (kind of) bird is that?; What is he reading?; What did you say?; What is this cake made of?; `What do you want to be when you grow up?' `A doctor.'; Tell me what you mean; I asked him what clothes I should wear.) what
    2) (( also adverb) used in exclamations of surprise, anger etc: What clothes she wears!; What a fool he is!; What naughty children they are!; What a silly book this is!) what
    3) (the thing(s) that: Did you find what you wanted?; These tools are just what I need for this job; What that child needs is a good spanking!) what
    4) (( also relative adjective) any (things or amount) that; whatever: I'll lend you what clothes you need; Please lend me what you can.) what
    5) ((also what ever) used in questions or exclamations to express surprise etc: Whatever will he say when he hears this?) what
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    [vas]
    \was macht er beruflich? what's his job?
    \was kann ich dir anbieten? what can I offer you?
    für \was brauchst du es? what do you need it for?
    mit \was beschäftigt Max sich? how does Max occupy his time?
    was \was alles weiß! what a lot Peter knows!
    2. (fam: welch)
    \was für ein(e)... what sort [or kind] of
    \was für ein Auto hat sie?, \was hat sie für ein Auto? what kind of car has she got?
    \was war das für eine Anstrengung! that really was an effort!, what an effort that was!
    \was für ein Glück! what a stroke of luck!
    \was für ein Wahnsinn! what madness!
    \was für ein schöner Garten! what a lovely garden!
    und \was für ein Garten! and what a garden!
    \was für eine sie ist, das weiß ich auch nicht I don't know either what sort of a person she is
    \was ist [o gibt's]? what's up?
    was \was, kommst du mit? well, are you coming?
    \was hast du denn?, \was ist denn [los]? what's the matter?, what's wrong?
    \was denn, du bist schon fertig? what, are you finished already?
    \was denn, du willst doch nicht schon gehen? you're not going already, are you?
    ach \was! oh, come on!, of course not!
    \was lachst du denn so? what are you laughing for?, why are you laughing?
    4. (wie viel) what, how much
    \was kostet das? what [or how much] does that cost?
    5. (wie sehr) how
    \was habe ich gelacht! how I laughed!
    \was ist das doch kompliziert! it's really complicated!
    6. (fam: nicht wahr) isn't it/doesn't it/aren't you
    das ist gut, \was? that's good, isn't it?, not bad, eh? fam
    1. (welches) what
    ich weiß, \was ich tun muss I know what I have to do
    \was mich betrifft, [so]... as far as I'm concerned...
    das, \was that which form, what
    das ist etwas, \was ich nicht tun werde that is something [which] I won't do
    das ist das Beste, \was du tun kannst that's the best thing you can do
    das Einzige, \was ich Ihnen sagen kann, ist, dass er morgen kommt the only thing I can tell you is that he's coming tomorrow
    das Wenige, \was ich besitze, will ich gerne mit dir teilen the little that I possess I will gladly share with you
    sie hat zugestimmt, \was mich gefreut hat he agreed, which pleased me
    es hat auf der Fahrt geregnet, \was mich aber nicht gestört hat it rained during the journey, but that didn't bother me
    3. (fam: wer)
    \was ein ganzer Kerl ist, der stellt sich einem Kampf anyone worth his salt will put up a fight
    4. DIAL (derjenige, diejenige)
    \was unsere Mutter ist, die sagt immer... our mother always says...
    5. DIAL (der, die, das)
    der Peter, \was unser Jüngster ist... Peter, who is our youngest...
    III. pron indef (fam)
    1. (etwas) something; (in Fragen, Verneinungen) anything
    sie hat kaum \was gesagt she hardly said anything [or a thing]
    kann ich dir \was zu trinken anbieten? can I offer you a drink?
    kann ich \was helfen? can I give you a hand?
    das will \was heißen that really means something
    iss nur, es ist \was ganz Leckeres! just eat it, it's something really tasty!
    so \was something like that, such a thing
    so \was könnte dir nicht passieren nothing like that could happen to you
    so \was Ärgerliches/Dummes! how annoying/stupid!
    so \was von Dummheit such stupidity
    [na,] so \was! really?
    nein, so \was! you don't say!
    sie ist so \was wie ne Architektin she's an architect or something of the sort
    2. (irgendetwas) anything
    ist \was? is anything wrong?, is something the matter?
    ob er \was gemerkt hat? I wonder if he noticed anything?
    fällt Ihnen an dem Bild \was auf? does anything strike you about the picture?
    gibt's \was Neues? is there any news?
    haben die \was miteinander? is there something between them?
    aus ihr wird mal \was werden she'll make something of herself
    aus ihm wird nie \was werden he'll never come to anything
    gib Bescheid, wenn ich \was für dich tun kann! let me know when I can do something for you
    3. (fam: Teil einer Menge) some
    ich will auch \was I want some too
    4. DIAL (ein wenig) a little, a bit
    möchtest du noch \was Kaffee? would you like some more coffee?
    sprich bitte \was lauter! could you speak a little louder, please?
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    A. int pr what (auch umg für
    wie bitte?);
    was für (ein) …? what sort of …?;
    was für Länder kennst du schon? which countries have you already been to?;
    was für eine Farbe hat …? what colo(u)r is …?;
    was ist sein Vater? what does his father do?;
    was willst du werden? what do you want to be?;
    was willst du überhaupt? what do you actually want?;
    was kostet das? how much is it?, what ( oder how much) does it cost?;
    was haben Sie an Wein etc? what have you got in the way of wine etc?;
    was ist denn? umg what’s the matter?, what’s wrong?;
    was noch? what else?;
    was dann? and then what?;
    um was handelt es sich? umg what’s it (all) about?;
    auf was wartest du? umg what are you waiting for?;
    an was denkst du? umg what are you thinking about?;
    muss er lügen? umg why does he have to lie?;
    was weiß ich! umg how should I know?, search me;
    und was nicht alles umg and all that;
    das tut weh, was? umg it hurts, doesn’t it?;
    es zählt das Was, nicht das Wie it doesn’t matter how you do it, just get it done; machen A, nun A 1, sollen2 2 etc
    B. int:
    was, du rauchst nicht mehr? umg what, you don’t smoke any more?;
    was für ein Unsinn/Krach etc! what nonsense etc/what a noise etc;
    was für ein Wetter! what weather!;
    was haben wir gelacht! umg what a laugh we had;
    was ist das doch schwierig this is so hard; ach A 5
    C. rel pr (das was) what; (welches) that, which; den Inhalt des vorhergehenden Satzes aufnehmend: which;
    das war alles, was er mir erzählte that was all (that) he told me;
    alles, was er weiß everything (that) he knows;
    …, was ihn völlig kalt ließ … which left him cold;
    was auch immer whatever (auch am Satzende), no matter what;
    was ihn betrifft as for him, as far as he’s concerned;
    was ich noch sagen wollte … the other thing I wanted to say …
    D. indef pr umg (etwas) something;
    ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst I spy with my little eye;
    weißt du schon was? have you heard anything?;
    ist was? what’s up?, is anything the matter?;
    was Schlechtes/Gutes/noch etc something bad/good/else etc;
    was Neues? any news?, anything new?;
    das ist was anderes that’s different;
    und nun zu ganz was anderem! and now for something completely different!;
    eine Palme oder so was (Ähnliches) a palm tree or something like that ( oder something similar);
    na, so was! besonders iron well I never!;
    was du nicht sagst! you don’t say!;
    hat man so was schon gesehen? have you ever seen anything like it?;
    so was von blöd! stupid or what?, how stupid can you get?;
    das war vielleicht was! that was really something!;
    da war doch was there was something there;
    ich will dir mal was sagen I’ll tell you something; besonders drohend: I’ll tell you what;
    schäm dich was! you ought to be ashamed of yourself; auch so A 7, wissen
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    adj.
    whatsoever adj. pron.
    what pron.
    whatever pron.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > was

  • 2 coincidencia

    f.
    coincidence.
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    1 (gen) coincidence
    1 (acuerdo) agreement
    \
    dio la coincidencia de que... it just happened that...
    en coincidencia con... in agreement with...
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    noun f.
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    SF
    1) (=casualidad) coincidence

    es pura coincidencia — it's just a coincidence, it's pure coincidence

    2) (=acuerdo) agreement
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    a) ( casualidad) coincidence

    se dio la coincidencia de que él también estaba alláby coincidence o chance he was there too, he happened to be there too

    b) ( de opiniones) agreement
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    = coincidence, match, matching, overlap, crossover [cross-over], concurrence, clash [clashes, -pl.], by coincidence, meeting of (the) minds, consistency.
    Ex. This coincidence between indexing and user approach is known as user warrant: in other words the indexing system must be tailored to the needs of the users of the index.
    Ex. When documents relevant to a request have been located, a match has been achieved between the information requested and the information retrieved.
    Ex. Indexing, and later searching, centre upon the matching of document profiles.
    Ex. Despite this overlap, the other side of the picture is that some materials are covered inadequately or even not at all.
    Ex. Each person works two and a half days a week and this allows a midweek crossover period so that communication between them is not restricted to notes and phone calls.
    Ex. The 9 relations are: concurrence, equivalence, distinctness, self-activity, dimensional, action, association, appurtenance and functional dependence.
    Ex. In order to I avoid clashes between library trips, workshops and sessions it's a good idea to sit down in a quiet place as soon as you have the programme with a highlighter pen and mark all those sessions, workshops and visits which particularly interest you.
    Ex. It is not clear whether it was purely by coincidence that users who cooperated in the evaluation were sent a maximum of 25-30 documents to evaluate.
    Ex. Our South American Colleagues will have the opportunity of a lifetime, to experience the vibrance of the meeting of minds, as well as the forging of communities of practice across time zones, distance and linguistic barriers = Nuestros colegas sudamericanos tendrán la oportunidad de su vida de experimentar la vitalidad de este encuentro de expertos así como la creación de lazos profesionales por encima de barreras lingüísticas, de espacio y de tiempo.
    Ex. Absence of human interpretation of content leads to perfect predictability and consistency in the generation of index entries.
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    * coincidencia de mayúsculas y minúsculas en la búsqueda = case sensitivity.
    * coincidencia óptica = optical coincidence.
    * falta de coincidencia = mismatch.
    * ficha de coincidencia óptica = Batten card, optical coincidence card, Peek-a-boo card.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.
    * modelo de recuperación de información por coincidencia óptima = best match model.
    * por coincidencia = by coincidence.
    * técnica de recuperación de información por coincidencia óptima = best match technique.
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    a) ( casualidad) coincidence

    se dio la coincidencia de que él también estaba alláby coincidence o chance he was there too, he happened to be there too

    b) ( de opiniones) agreement
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    = coincidence, match, matching, overlap, crossover [cross-over], concurrence, clash [clashes, -pl.], by coincidence, meeting of (the) minds, consistency.

    Ex: This coincidence between indexing and user approach is known as user warrant: in other words the indexing system must be tailored to the needs of the users of the index.

    Ex: When documents relevant to a request have been located, a match has been achieved between the information requested and the information retrieved.
    Ex: Indexing, and later searching, centre upon the matching of document profiles.
    Ex: Despite this overlap, the other side of the picture is that some materials are covered inadequately or even not at all.
    Ex: Each person works two and a half days a week and this allows a midweek crossover period so that communication between them is not restricted to notes and phone calls.
    Ex: The 9 relations are: concurrence, equivalence, distinctness, self-activity, dimensional, action, association, appurtenance and functional dependence.
    Ex: In order to I avoid clashes between library trips, workshops and sessions it's a good idea to sit down in a quiet place as soon as you have the programme with a highlighter pen and mark all those sessions, workshops and visits which particularly interest you.
    Ex: It is not clear whether it was purely by coincidence that users who cooperated in the evaluation were sent a maximum of 25-30 documents to evaluate.
    Ex: Our South American Colleagues will have the opportunity of a lifetime, to experience the vibrance of the meeting of minds, as well as the forging of communities of practice across time zones, distance and linguistic barriers = Nuestros colegas sudamericanos tendrán la oportunidad de su vida de experimentar la vitalidad de este encuentro de expertos así como la creación de lazos profesionales por encima de barreras lingüísticas, de espacio y de tiempo.
    Ex: Absence of human interpretation of content leads to perfect predictability and consistency in the generation of index entries.
    * coincidencia de mayúsculas y minúsculas en la búsqueda = case sensitivity.
    * coincidencia óptica = optical coincidence.
    * falta de coincidencia = mismatch.
    * ficha de coincidencia óptica = Batten card, optical coincidence card, Peek-a-boo card.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.
    * modelo de recuperación de información por coincidencia óptima = best match model.
    * por coincidencia = by coincidence.
    * técnica de recuperación de información por coincidencia óptima = best match technique.

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    1 (casualidad) coincidence
    dio la coincidencia de que él también estaba allá by coincidence o chance he was there too, as chance would have it, he was there too, he happened to be there too
    ¡que coincidencia! what a coincidence!
    fue una coincidencia (el) que nos encontráramos allí it was a coincidence our meeting there, it was a coincidence that we should have met there
    2 (de opiniones) agreement
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    coincidencia sustantivo femenino

    se dio la coincidencia de que él también estaba allá by coincidence o chance he was there too;

    ¡que coincidencia! what a coincidence!

    coincidencia sustantivo femenino coincidence
    ' coincidencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conjunción
    - igualdad
    - afortunado
    - desgraciado
    - puro
    English:
    accident
    - coincidence
    - disagreement
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    1. [casualidad] coincidence;
    ¡qué coincidencia que yo también pasara por ahí! what a coincidence that I happened to be passing by there too!;
    se da la coincidencia de que no es la primera vez que sale elegido it so happens it's not the first time he's been elected;
    cualquier parecido es pura coincidencia any similarity is purely coincidental
    2. [en el tiempo]
    la coincidencia de un partido de fútbol obligó a aplazar el debate the debate had to be postponed because it clashed with a football match
    3. [conformidad, parecido] agreement;
    hubo coincidencia a la hora de valorar los resultados there was agreement o people agreed when it came to assessing the results
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    f coincidence
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    : coincidence
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    coincidencia n coincidence

    Spanish-English dictionary > coincidencia

  • 3 anche

    even
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    too, also, as well
    ( perfino) even
    anche se even if
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    anche cong.
    1 ( pure) also, too, as well; ( in frasi negative) either: anche noi lo vedemmo, we saw him as well (o we saw him too); (form.) we also saw him; veniamo anche noi, we're coming too; hanno chiamato anche me, they called me too; c'ero anch'io, I was there too; anche oggi piove, it's raining today as well; non vuole rispondere, ed è anche offeso, he won't answer, and he's offended too; anche Paolo non beve, Paul doesn't drink either // avresti potuto anche dirmelo!, you might have told me! // potremmo anche andare, we might as well go // ( con ellissi del verbo) ''Ho lavorato tutto il giorno ieri'' ''Anch'io'', ''I worked all day yesterday'' ''So did I''; ''Anna scia molto bene'' ''Anche suo fratello'', ''Ann can ski very well'' ''So can her brother''; ''Io ho finito. E tu?'' ''Anche'', ''I've finished. What about you?'' ''So have I''
    2 (davanti a compar.) even, still: è anche meglio di quanto pensassi, it's even better than I thought
    3 ( persino, addirittura) even: era anche troppo facile, it was even too easy // anche se, quand'anche, even if; ( concessivo) even though: anche se partissi subito, non arriveresti in tempo, even if you left now, you wouldn't get there in time; anche se era stanco, continuò a lavorare, even though he was tired, he went on working.
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    ['anke]
    1) (con funzione aggiuntiva) too, also, as well

    c'era anche Tom — Tom was also there, Tom was there too o as well

    oltre a essere un'artista, scrive anche poesie — besides being an artist, she also writes poetry

    2) (altrettanto, parimenti) also, too

    "adoro il jazz" - "anch'io" — "I love jazz" - "me too" o "so do I"

    "buona giornata!" - "grazie, anche a te!" — "have a nice day!" - "thanks, same to you!"

    3) (persino) even

    anche adesso, allora — even now, then

    4) anche se, se anche even if, even though
    5) quand'anche even if
    6) non solo... ma anche not only... but also

    non è solo affascinante, ma anche intelligente — not only is he charming but he is also intelligent o he is not only charming but also intelligent

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    anche
    /'anke/
     1 (con funzione aggiuntiva) too, also, as well; sei stato anche tu in India? have you too been to India? sei stato anche in India? have you been to India too? c'era anche Tom Tom was also there, Tom was there too o as well; anche oggi piove it's raining again today; oltre a essere un'artista, scrive anche poesie besides being an artist, she also writes poetry; ho lavorato sabato e anche domenica I worked on Saturday as well as on Sunday
     2 (altrettanto, parimenti) also, too; è gentile ma anche esigente he's kind but he's strict too; anche lui si è rifiutato di venire he too refused to come; sarà assente e io anche he'll be away and so will I; "adoro il jazz" - "anch'io" "I love jazz" - "me too" o "so do I"; "buona giornata!" - "grazie, anche a te!" "have a nice day!" - "thanks, same to you!"
     3 (persino) even; anche adesso, allora even now, then; è anche meglio di quanto pensassi it's even better than I thought; ha avuto ciò che voleva e anche di più he got what he wanted and more besides; ci mancava anche questa! this is just too much! as if we didn't have enough problems! anche supponendo che sia là even supposing he's there
     4 anche se, se anche even if, even though; anche se fosse così even if it were so; anche se fosse? what if it were so? ci andrò anche se è pericoloso I'll go even though it's dangerous
     5 quand'anche even if
     6 non solo... ma anche not only... but also; non è solo affascinante, ma anche intelligente not only is he charming but he is also intelligent o he is not only charming but also intelligent.
    \
    See also notes... (anche.pdf)

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > anche

  • 4 también

    adv.
    1 also, too, as well.
    Va a asistir ella, también? Will she attend, as well?
    2 as well.
    Va a asistir ella, también? Will she attend, as well?
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    1 (igualmente) also, too, as well, so
    Pedro también estaba Pedro was also there, Pedro was there too, Pedro was there as well
    2 (además) besides, in addition
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    adv.
    1) also, likewise, too
    2) so
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    ADV
    1) (=además) also, too, as well

    ha estado en China y también en Japón — he has been in China and also in Japan, he has been in China and in Japan too o as well

    hablaron también de otros temas — they also discussed other matters, they discussed other matters too o as well

    Isabel también sabe inglés[uso ambiguo] Isabel knows English too o as well; [también inglés] Isabel also knows English, Isabel knows English too o as well; [también Isabel] Isabel knows English too o as well

    ¿tú también tienes la gripe? — have you got the flu too o as well?

    si él no viene, también podemos ir nosotros — if he doesn't come, we can always go

    - estoy cansado -yo también — "I'm tired" - "so am I" o "me too * "

    - me gustó -a él también — "I liked it" - "so did he"

    ácido ascórbico, también conocido como vitamina C — ascorbic acid, also known as vitamin C

    -¿y es guapa? -también — "and is she pretty?" - "yes, she is"

    2) [uso enfático]

    tuvimos mala suerte, aunque también es cierto que nos faltaba preparación — we were certainly unlucky but (then again) we were also underprepared o we were underprepared too o as well

    -me fui sin despedirme -¡pues anda que tú también! — "I left without saying goodbye" -"what a thing to do!"

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    adverbio too, as well

    también habla rusoshe speaks Russian too o as well, she also speaks Russian

    está de baja - ¿él también? — he's off sick - him too o him as well?

    el también cirujano López Saura — (period) López Saura, (who is) also a surgeon

    * * *
    = again, also, as well, too.
    Ex. Smaller libraries may increasingly use the Concise AACR2, and here again the recommendations are not always precisely consistent with AACR2.
    Ex. This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.
    Ex. Again, the following statement is appropriate: A is permitted, but consider B or C or... N, as well or instead.
    Ex. In some institutions, too, the library has become one of the sites for clusters of terminals or microcomputers, linked to the central computing facility.
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    * a mí también me gustaría tener la misma oportunidad = turnabout is fair play.
    * donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.
    * éste es también el caso de = the same is true (for/of/with).
    * no sólo... sino también... = not only... but also....
    * nosotros también = same here.
    * ser también válido para = hold + good for.
    * un día sí y otro también = day in and day out.
    * yo también = same here, me too.
    * * *
    adverbio too, as well

    también habla rusoshe speaks Russian too o as well, she also speaks Russian

    está de baja - ¿él también? — he's off sick - him too o him as well?

    el también cirujano López Saura — (period) López Saura, (who is) also a surgeon

    * * *
    = again, also, as well, too.

    Ex: Smaller libraries may increasingly use the Concise AACR2, and here again the recommendations are not always precisely consistent with AACR2.

    Ex: This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.
    Ex: Again, the following statement is appropriate: A is permitted, but consider B or C or... N, as well or instead.
    Ex: In some institutions, too, the library has become one of the sites for clusters of terminals or microcomputers, linked to the central computing facility.
    * a mí también me gustaría tener la misma oportunidad = turnabout is fair play.
    * donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.
    * éste es también el caso de = the same is true (for/of/with).
    * no sólo... sino también... = not only... but also....
    * nosotros también = same here.
    * ser también válido para = hold + good for.
    * un día sí y otro también = day in and day out.
    * yo también = same here, me too.

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    A too, as well
    a mí también me engañó he tricked me as well o too
    también habla ruso she speaks Russian as well o too, she also speaks Russian
    está de baja — ¿él también? he's off sick — him too? o him as well?
    ¿también ella lo sabía? you mean she knew about it too o as well?
    ¿conoces Lima? — sí — ¿y La Paz? — sí también do you know Lima? — yes — and La Paz? — yes, I've been there too o as well
    que te diviertastú también have fun! — you too o and you
    estás invitado y tu mujer también you're invited and so is your wife o and your wife, too
    Pilar fumayo también Pilar smokes — so do I o I do too o ( colloq) me too
    él ha terminadoGraciela también he's finished — so has Graciela o Graciela has too
    el también cirujano López Saura ( period); López Saura, (who is) also a surgeon
    B
    (uso expletivo): está disgustado, también es cierto que tiene motivos he's upset, mind you o but then he has reason to be
    también hay que decir que … of course, it has to be said that …
    le pegó una paliza — ¿(y) también? ¡con lo que hizo! ( RPl fam); she gave him a good hiding — well, no wonder o well, I'm not surprised, after what he did!
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    también adverbio
    too, as well
    también habla ruso she speaks Russian too o as well;

    que te diviertas — tú también have fun! — you too o and you;
    Pilar fuma — yo también Pilar smokes — so do I o (colloq) me too
    también adv (por añadidura) too, as well: también juegan al tenis, they play tennis too o as well, they also play tennis
    (además) es una trabajadora y también una estudiante, she's a worker and a student too o she's a worker and also a student
    (como respuesta) él sabe italiano, - yo también, he knows Italian, - so do I ➣ Ver nota en also

    ' también' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apellido
    - bañera
    - bastante
    - beneficio
    - casarse
    - chalet
    - ciudad
    - como
    - dura
    - duro
    - enferma
    - enfermo
    - estanca
    - estanco
    - ir
    - gritar
    - hacer
    - igualmente
    - irse
    - ladrón
    - ladrona
    -
    - preferir
    - señor
    - soler
    - telefonear
    - ver
    - viaje
    - a
    - además
    - asimismo
    - coincidencia
    - llamado
    - lo
    - los
    - padrino
    - yo
    English:
    affair
    - also
    - as
    - aunt
    - bear
    - come along
    - do
    - double
    - dread
    - drugstore
    - ducky
    - enjoy
    - expect
    - fish
    - get
    - hope
    - likewise
    - observe
    - on
    - only
    - orient
    - remind
    - same
    - should
    - small
    - so
    - soon
    - too
    - well
    - all right
    - be
    - but
    - carry
    - come
    - solicitor
    - then
    - wherever
    - work
    - yourself
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    1. [igualmente] too, also;
    yo también vivo en Chile, yo vivo en Chile también I live in Chile too o as well;
    yo también me too;
    dormí muy bien – yo también I slept very well – me too o so did I;
    también a mí me gusta I like it too;
    ¿tú también quieres helado? do you want some ice cream as well o too?;
    yo soy minero y mi padre también I'm a miner and so is my father
    2. [además] also, too;
    trabaja también de taxista he also works as a taxi driver;
    sabes cantar y bailar, pero no tocar el piano – sí, también you can sing and you can dance, but you can't play the piano – yes, I can do that too;
    cose, cocina y también plancha he sews, cooks and irons too o as well
    3. [en usos enfáticos]
    nadie nos dio ayuda, también es verdad que no la pedimos no one helped us, but then again, we didn't ask for help;
    Fam
    le eché un broncazo increíble – ¡tú también! I gave him a real telling off – was that really necessary?;
    RP
    perdieron el examen – y también, si fueron sin estudiar they failed the exam – no wonder o that's hardly surprising, if they didn't do any revision
    * * *
    adv also, too, as well;
    yo también me too;
    él estudia inglés - yo también he’s studying English - me too o so am I;
    él también dice que … he also says that …
    * * *
    : too, as well, also
    * * *
    también adv too / also
    yo también me too / so am I / so do I, etc
    si tú vas a comer ahora, yo también if you're going to have lunch now, so am I

    Spanish-English dictionary > también

  • 5 pure

    1. conj even if
    ( tuttavia) (and) yet
    2. adv too, as well
    pur di in order to
    venga pure avanti! do come in!
    * * *
    pure avv.
    1 ( anche) also; ( in fine di frase) too, as well; ( perfino) even: la casa ha pure il giardino, the house has a garden too (o as well); aspettami, vengo pure io, wait for me, I'm coming too (o as well); ci saremo tutti e spero ci sarai pure tu, we'll all be there and I hope you'll come too; lui pure si è sbagliato, he was wrong as well; ho invitato pure lei e la sorella, I've invited her and her sister too; c'erano un divano di pelle e due poltrone, pure di pelle, there was a leather settee and two armchairs, also of leather; sapevano che era un compito difficile, come pure sapevano che..., they knew it was a difficult task and also that...; conosce bene il francese, l'inglese e pure il russo, he knows French and English well, and Russian too; tra gli ospiti d'onore c'era pure il sindaco, the mayor was also among the guests of honour; ne ha sofferto molto e si è pure ammalato, it hurt him greatly and even made him ill; si è venduto tutto, pure i mobili di casa, he sold everything, even the furniture // Robert è inglese, e la moglie pure, Robert is English, so is his wife; lui lavora, e lei pure, he works, so does she; ''Loro sono sempre puntuali'' ''Noi pure'', ''They are always punctual'' ''So are we''; ''Noi partiamo domani'' ''Pure loro'', ''We're leaving tomorrow'' ''So are they''; ''Mi è piaciuto molto quel film'' ''Pure a me'', ''I liked that film very much'' ''So did I'' // quando pure, se pure, ammesso pure che, even if: se pure me l'avessero detto, che cosa avrei potuto fare?, even if they had told me, what could I have done?
    2 ( con valore concessivo): vieni, entra pure, please come in; andate pure, you may go; fate pure con comodo, take your time; parlate pure liberamente, you can speak freely; sedete pure, please be seated; telefona pure quando vuoi, you can call me whenever you like
    3 ( con valore enfatico o intensivo): credi pure che è un mascalzone, believe me, he's a real scoundrel; bisognerà pure che tu prenda una decisione, you'll have to make up your mind; bisogna pur campare!, you've got to live!
    4 (letter.) ( proprio, davvero): è pur vero che non ci si può fidare di nessuno, it's a fact that you can't trust anyone
    5 (ant.) ( soltanto) only, just.
    pure cong.
    1 ( sebbene) even though; ( anche se) even if: pur non essendo un cattivo pianista, non ha successo, even though he isn't a bad pianist, he isn't successful; pur volendo, non riuscirei a farlo, I couldn't do it even if I wanted to; pur non conoscendo l'inglese, se l'è cavata benissimo in Inghilterra, even though he didn't know any English, he got on fine in England; fosse pure d'oro, non lo vorrei, I wouldn't like it even if it were gold // sia pure, ( anche se, per quanto) however: avrebbe bisogno di un aiuto, sia pure modesto, he needs help, however little it is; a quel punto dovetti, sia pur a malincuore, congedarmi da loro, at that point I was obliged, however unwillingly, to leave them
    2 ( tuttavia, eppure) but, yet: sarà anche vero, pure stento a crederlo, it may even be true, but I doubt it; è giovane, pure ha molto buon senso, he's young but he's got plenty of common sense; non ha una bella situazione, pure non si lamenta mai, he isn't in a good situation at all, but he never complains; non ha neanche telefonato, pure sapeva che lo stavamo aspettando, he didn't even telephone, yet he knew we were waiting for him
    3 pur di ( con valore finale) (in order) to; (just) to: darei qualunque cosa pur di vederlo sistemato, I'd give anything (just) to see him settled.
    * * *
    ['pure]
    1. avv
    1) (anche) too, as well, also, (in proposizioni negative) either

    viene suo fratello e pure sua sorella — his brother is coming as is his sister, his brother is coming and his sister is too o as well

    2)

    (con valore concessivo) faccia pure! — please do!, by all means!, go ahead!

    2. cong
    1) (tuttavia, nondimeno) but, and yet, nevertheless

    non è facile, pure bisogna riuscirci — it's not easy and yet we have to succeed

    è giovane, pure ha buon senso — he's young but he's sensible

    2) (anche se, sebbene) even though

    pur non volendolo, ho dovuto farlo — I had to do it even though I didn't want to

    3)

    (con valore finale) pur di vederlo contento farebbe di tutto — she would do anything to make him happy

    * * *
    ['pure] 1.
    1) (anche) too, also, as well

    fosse pure per ragioni umanitarie non lo farei — even if it were a humanitarian gesture, I wouldn't do it

    non solo è disonesto, (ma) se ne vanta pure — not only is he dishonest but on top of that he boasts about it

    2) (dopotutto) well

    avrò pure il diritto di scherzare? — I can joke about it, can't I?

    bisogna pur riconoscere che — it can be said, with some justice, that

    c'è la pur minima possibilità che...? — is it at all likely that...?

    parla pure! — go ahead, have your say!

    diglielo pure — tell him, if you like

    va' pure, fa' solo attenzione! — you can go, only be careful!

    2.
    1) (sebbene) although, even if, (even) though

    pur volendolo, non potrei farlo — I couldn't do it even if I wanted to

    2) (tuttavia) yet, but

    è un tipo strano, pure mi piace — he's a strange chap, but I still like him

    3) pur di (in order) to
    4) quando pure, se pure, pure se even if, even though

    quando pure o pure se lo volessi, non potrei accontentarti — even if I wanted to, I couldn't help you

    5) sia pure although

    sia pure a malincuore, devo andarmene — although I hate to, I really must go

    * * *
    pure
    /'pure/
    v. la nota della voce  anche.
     1 (anche) too, also, as well; lui parte oggi e io pure he's leaving today and so am I; c'ero pure io I was there too o as well; fosse pure per ragioni umanitarie non lo farei even if it were a humanitarian gesture, I wouldn't do it; non solo è disonesto, (ma) se ne vanta pure not only is he dishonest but on top of that he boasts about it; ci mancava pure questa! this is just too much! l'ho aspettato pure troppo I've waited far too long for him; pur con tutta la buona volontà even with the best will in the world
     2 (dopotutto) well; avrò pure il diritto di scherzare? I can joke about it, can't I? bisogna pur farlo it has to be done; bisogna pur riconoscere che it can be said, with some justice, that; bisognerà pur dirglielo he'll have to be told though
     3 (enfatico) ci sarà pure qualcuno che mi presterà del denaro surely someone will lend me some money; c'è la pur minima possibilità che...? is it at all likely that...?
     4 (esortativo) entra pure! do come in! andiamo pure! let's go! parla pure! go ahead, have your say! diglielo pure tell him, if you like; dica pure can I help you? chiedete pure! feel free to ask! fai pure (come vuoi)! suit yourself! va' pure, fa' solo attenzione! you can go, only be careful! faccia pure con comodo! take your time over it! continua pure! go on!
     1 (sebbene) although, even if, (even) though; pur volendolo, non potrei farlo I couldn't do it even if I wanted to
     2 (tuttavia) yet, but; è un tipo strano, pure mi piace he's a strange chap, but I still like him
     3 pur di (in order) to; pagherei qualsiasi cifra pur di averlo I'd pay any price to get it; è capace di tutto pur di mantenere il suo lavoro he would do anything to keep his job
     4 quando pure, se pure, pure se even if, even though; quando pure o pure se lo volessi, non potrei accontentarti even if I wanted to, I couldn't help you
     5 sia pure although; sia pure a malincuore, devo andarmene although I hate to, I really must go.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > pure

  • 6 purè

    1. conj even if
    ( tuttavia) (and) yet
    2. adv too, as well
    pur di in order to
    venga pure avanti! do come in!
    * * *
    pure avv.
    1 ( anche) also; ( in fine di frase) too, as well; ( perfino) even: la casa ha pure il giardino, the house has a garden too (o as well); aspettami, vengo pure io, wait for me, I'm coming too (o as well); ci saremo tutti e spero ci sarai pure tu, we'll all be there and I hope you'll come too; lui pure si è sbagliato, he was wrong as well; ho invitato pure lei e la sorella, I've invited her and her sister too; c'erano un divano di pelle e due poltrone, pure di pelle, there was a leather settee and two armchairs, also of leather; sapevano che era un compito difficile, come pure sapevano che..., they knew it was a difficult task and also that...; conosce bene il francese, l'inglese e pure il russo, he knows French and English well, and Russian too; tra gli ospiti d'onore c'era pure il sindaco, the mayor was also among the guests of honour; ne ha sofferto molto e si è pure ammalato, it hurt him greatly and even made him ill; si è venduto tutto, pure i mobili di casa, he sold everything, even the furniture // Robert è inglese, e la moglie pure, Robert is English, so is his wife; lui lavora, e lei pure, he works, so does she; ''Loro sono sempre puntuali'' ''Noi pure'', ''They are always punctual'' ''So are we''; ''Noi partiamo domani'' ''Pure loro'', ''We're leaving tomorrow'' ''So are they''; ''Mi è piaciuto molto quel film'' ''Pure a me'', ''I liked that film very much'' ''So did I'' // quando pure, se pure, ammesso pure che, even if: se pure me l'avessero detto, che cosa avrei potuto fare?, even if they had told me, what could I have done?
    2 ( con valore concessivo): vieni, entra pure, please come in; andate pure, you may go; fate pure con comodo, take your time; parlate pure liberamente, you can speak freely; sedete pure, please be seated; telefona pure quando vuoi, you can call me whenever you like
    3 ( con valore enfatico o intensivo): credi pure che è un mascalzone, believe me, he's a real scoundrel; bisognerà pure che tu prenda una decisione, you'll have to make up your mind; bisogna pur campare!, you've got to live!
    4 (letter.) ( proprio, davvero): è pur vero che non ci si può fidare di nessuno, it's a fact that you can't trust anyone
    5 (ant.) ( soltanto) only, just.
    pure cong.
    1 ( sebbene) even though; ( anche se) even if: pur non essendo un cattivo pianista, non ha successo, even though he isn't a bad pianist, he isn't successful; pur volendo, non riuscirei a farlo, I couldn't do it even if I wanted to; pur non conoscendo l'inglese, se l'è cavata benissimo in Inghilterra, even though he didn't know any English, he got on fine in England; fosse pure d'oro, non lo vorrei, I wouldn't like it even if it were gold // sia pure, ( anche se, per quanto) however: avrebbe bisogno di un aiuto, sia pure modesto, he needs help, however little it is; a quel punto dovetti, sia pur a malincuore, congedarmi da loro, at that point I was obliged, however unwillingly, to leave them
    2 ( tuttavia, eppure) but, yet: sarà anche vero, pure stento a crederlo, it may even be true, but I doubt it; è giovane, pure ha molto buon senso, he's young but he's got plenty of common sense; non ha una bella situazione, pure non si lamenta mai, he isn't in a good situation at all, but he never complains; non ha neanche telefonato, pure sapeva che lo stavamo aspettando, he didn't even telephone, yet he knew we were waiting for him
    3 pur di ( con valore finale) (in order) to; (just) to: darei qualunque cosa pur di vederlo sistemato, I'd give anything (just) to see him settled.
    * * *
    ['pure]
    1. avv
    1) (anche) too, as well, also, (in proposizioni negative) either

    viene suo fratello e pure sua sorella — his brother is coming as is his sister, his brother is coming and his sister is too o as well

    2)

    (con valore concessivo) faccia pure! — please do!, by all means!, go ahead!

    2. cong
    1) (tuttavia, nondimeno) but, and yet, nevertheless

    non è facile, pure bisogna riuscirci — it's not easy and yet we have to succeed

    è giovane, pure ha buon senso — he's young but he's sensible

    2) (anche se, sebbene) even though

    pur non volendolo, ho dovuto farlo — I had to do it even though I didn't want to

    3)

    (con valore finale) pur di vederlo contento farebbe di tutto — she would do anything to make him happy

    * * *
    ['pure] 1.
    1) (anche) too, also, as well

    fosse pure per ragioni umanitarie non lo farei — even if it were a humanitarian gesture, I wouldn't do it

    non solo è disonesto, (ma) se ne vanta pure — not only is he dishonest but on top of that he boasts about it

    2) (dopotutto) well

    avrò pure il diritto di scherzare? — I can joke about it, can't I?

    bisogna pur riconoscere che — it can be said, with some justice, that

    c'è la pur minima possibilità che...? — is it at all likely that...?

    parla pure! — go ahead, have your say!

    diglielo pure — tell him, if you like

    va' pure, fa' solo attenzione! — you can go, only be careful!

    2.
    1) (sebbene) although, even if, (even) though

    pur volendolo, non potrei farlo — I couldn't do it even if I wanted to

    2) (tuttavia) yet, but

    è un tipo strano, pure mi piace — he's a strange chap, but I still like him

    3) pur di (in order) to
    4) quando pure, se pure, pure se even if, even though

    quando pure o pure se lo volessi, non potrei accontentarti — even if I wanted to, I couldn't help you

    5) sia pure although

    sia pure a malincuore, devo andarmene — although I hate to, I really must go

    * * *
    purè
    /pu'rε/
    m. e f.inv.
    gastr. puree; purè di patate mashed potatoes; purè in fiocchi instant mashed potatoes; fare un purè di, ridurre in purè to puree [frutta, verdura].

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > purè

  • 7 que

    que [kə]
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    tu crois qu'il réussira ? do you think he'll succeed?
    mais il n'a pas de voiture ! -- il dit que si but he has no car! -- he says he has
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    si vous êtes sages et qu'il fait beau, nous sortirons if you are good and (if) the weather is fine, we'll go out
    comme la maison est petite et qu'il n'y a pas de jardin... as the house is small and there's no garden...
    il ira, qu'il le veuille ou non he'll go whether he wants to or not
    qu'il parte ou qu'il reste, ça m'est égal whether he leaves or stays, it's all the same to me
       d. (but) tenez-le, qu'il ne tombe pas hold him so he doesn't fall
    ils ne se connaissaient pas depuis 10 minutes qu'ils étaient déjà amis they had only known each other for 10 minutes and already they were friends
       f. (souhait) qu'il se taise ! I wish he would be quiet!
    eh bien, qu'il vienne ! all right, he can come!
    qu'il essaie seulement ! just let him try!
    que je l'aide ? tu plaisantes ! me, help him? you must be joking!
    « viens ici ! » qu'il me crie (inf) "come here!" he shouted
    « et pourquoi ? » que je lui fais (inf) "why's that?" I go to him (inf)
       h. (locutions)
    que... ne
    il était fâché ? -- que oui ! was he angry? -- he certainly was!que non ! certainly not!
    tu viens ? -- que non ! are you coming? -- no I am not!
    2. <
    que tu es lent ! you're so slow!
    que de voitures ! there's so much traffic!
    que d'erreurs ! there are so many mistakes!
    qu'est-ce qu'il est bête ! he's such an idiot!
    qu'est-ce qu'il joue bien ! doesn't he play well!
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    ► Lorsque l'on utilise un pronom relatif pour désigner une personne en anglais, il y a trois possibilités: whom, qui est d'un registre soutenu, who qui n'est pas correct, mais très fréquemment utilisé, et that.
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    ► Le pronom relatif que n'est souvent pas traduit.
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    ► Lorsque l'on utilise un pronom relatif pour désigner un animal ou une chose en anglais, il y a deux possibilités: that et which, qui s'utilise surtout pour des choses.
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    ► Lorsque la relative est en incise, on n'emploie jamais that, mais which pour une chose et who(m) pour une personne.
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    un certain M. Leduc, que je ne connais pas, m'a appelé a certain Mr Leduc, who (inf) or whom I don't know, called me
    la lettre, que j'ai postée lundi, est arrivée vendredi the letter, which I posted on Monday, arrived on Friday
       d. (temps) when
       e. (autres) quel homme charmant que votre voisin ! what a charming man your neighbour is!
    tout distrait qu'il est, il s'en est aperçu absent-minded though he is, he still noticed it
    4. <
    que fais-tu ? what are you doing?
    qu'en sais-tu ? what do you know about it?
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    ► Dans les cas où il y a un choix, on emploie which.
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    que préfères-tu, de la compote ou un crème caramel ? which would you prefer, stewed fruit or crème caramel?
    qu'est-ce que tu fais ? what are you doing?
    qu'est-ce que tu préfères, le rouge ou le noir ? which do you prefer, the red one or the black one? qu'est-ce qui what
    qu'est-ce qui l'a mis en colère ? what made him so angry?
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    1.
    ( qu' before vowel or mute h) kə conjonction
    2)

    qu'il soit le meilleur, nous nous en sommes déjà rendu compte — we were already well aware that he's the best

    approche, que je te regarde — come closer so I can look at you

    que vous le vouliez ou non, que cela vous plaise ou non — whether you like it or not

    qu'on veuille bien m'excuser mais... — you must excuse me but...

    qu'il crève! — (sl) let him rot! (colloq)


    2.
    pronom interrogatif what

    que dire?what can you ou one say?

    que faire? — ( maintenant) what shall I/we do?; ( au passé) what could I/we do?


    3.
    pronom relatif

    Pierre, que je n'avais pas vu depuis 20 ans, est venu me voir hier — Pierre, whom I had not seen for 20 years, came to see me yesterday


    4.

    ‘vous ne leur en avez pas parlé?’ - ‘oh que si!’ — ‘haven't you spoken to them about it?’ - ‘yes I have!’

    ‘tu en as besoin?’ - ‘que oui!’ — ‘do you need it’ - ‘I certainly do!’


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    que conjonction de subordination se traduit généralement par that: elle a dit qu'elle le ferait = she said that she would do it; il est important qu'ils se rendent compte que ce n'est pas simple it's important that they should realize that it's not simple
    On notera que that est souvent omis: je pense qu'il devrait changer de métier = I think he should change jobs
    Quand que suit un verbe exprimant un souhait, une volonté, l'anglais utilise un infinitif: je voudrais que tu ranges ta chambre = I'd like you to tidy your room; elle veut qu'il fasse un stage de formation = she wants him to do a training course
    On trouvera ci-dessous quelques exemples supplémentaires mais on pourra toujours se reporter aux verbes, adjectifs et substantifs qui peuvent être suivis de que, comme montrer, comprendre, apparaître, certain, évident, idée etc. De même les locutions ainsi que, alors que, bien que sont traitées respectivement sous ainsi, alors, bien. Pour les emplois de que avec ne, plus, moins etc on se reportera à ne, plus, moins etc
    que pronom relatif se traduit différemment selon qu'il a pour antécédent un nom de personne: l'homme que je vois = the man that I can see; = the man I can see; = the man who I can see; = the man whom I can see; les amis que j'ai invités = the friends that I've invited; = the friends I've invited; = the friends who I have invited; = the friends whom I have invited (dans les deux cas ci-dessus la traduction avec whom appartient au registre de la langue écrite); ou un nom de chose, concept, animal: le chien que je vois = the dog that I can see; = the dog I can see; = the dog which I can see; l'invitation que j'ai reçue = the invitation that I received; = the invitation I received; = the invitation which I received. Voir III ci-dessous
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    1. conj

    Il sait que tu es là. — He knows you're here., He knows that you're here.

    Je veux que tu acceptes. — I want you to agree.

    Je veux que tu viennes. — I want you to come.

    Il a dit que oui. — He said he would.

    Quand il rentrera et qu'il aura mangé... — When he gets back and has eaten...

    Si vous y allez ou que vous... — If you go there or if you...

    qu'il le veuille ou non — whether he likes it or not, (souhait)

    4) (but) (= de sorte que) so, so that

    Tenez-le, qu'il ne tombe pas. — Hold it so it doesn't fall., Hold it so that it doesn't fall.

    plus... que — more... than

    C'est plus difficile que je ne le pensais. — It's more difficult than I thought.

    Il est plus grand que moi. — He's bigger than me.

    aussi... que — as... as

    Elle est aussi jolie que sa sœur. — She's as pretty as her sister.

    Le train est aussi cher que l'avion. — The train is as expensive as the plane.

    See:
    plus; aussi; autant

    ne... que (= seulement)only

    Il ne boit que de l'eau. — He only drinks water.

    Je ne l'ai vu qu'une fois. — I've only seen him once.

    à peine... que; Elle venait à peine de sortir qu'il se mit à pleuvoir. — She had just gone out when it started to rain., No sooner had she gone out than it started to rain.

    il y a... que; ça fait... que; Il y a 4 ans qu'il est parti.; Ça fait 4 ans qu'il est parti. — It is 4 years since he left.

    See:
    2. adv

    qu'il est...; Qu'il est bête!; Qu'est-ce qu'il est bête! — He's so silly!

    Qu'il court vite!; Qu'est-ce qu'il court vite! — He runs so fast!

    que de... — such a lot of..., so many...

    3. pron
    1) (relatif) (personne) that, whom

    la dame que j'ai rencontrée hier — the lady I met yesterday, the lady that I met yesterday

    l'homme que je vois — the man I can see, the man that I can see

    2) (chose) that, which

    Le gâteau qu'elle a fait est délicieux. — The cake she made is delicious., The cake that she made is delicious., The cake which she made is delicious.

    le livre que tu vois — the book you see, the book that you see, the book which you see

    3) (temps) (= où)

    un jour que j'étais... — a day when I was...

    Qu'est-ce que...? — What...?

    Qu'est-ce que c'est? (en désignant qch) — What is it?, What's that?, (en entendant qch) What's that?

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    que ⇒ Note d'usage (qu' before vowel or mute h)
    A conj
    1 ( reprenant une autre conjonction) comme tu ne veux pas venir et que tu ne veux pas dire pourquoi since you refuse to come and (since you) refuse to say why; si vous venez et que vous avez le temps if you come and (if you) have the time;
    2 je crains que tu (ne) fasses une bêtise I'm worried (that) you might do something silly; le fait qu'il se soit enfui prouve sa culpabilité the fact that he has run away is proof of his guilt; qu'il soit le meilleur, nous nous en sommes déjà rendu compte we were already well aware that he's the best; taisez- vous que j'entende ce qu'il dit stop talking so (that) I can hear what he's saying; approche, que je te regarde come closer so I can look at you; qu'il pleuve et toute la récolte est détruite if it rains the harvest will be ruined; que vous le vouliez ou non, que cela vous plaise ou non whether you like it or not; il voudrait faire échouer le projet qu'il ne s'y prendrait pas autrement if he wanted to ruin the project he couldn't have chosen a better way to do it; il l'aurait fait qu'il ne voudrait pas l'admettre even if he did do it he wouldn't admit it; il n'était pas sitôt parti qu'elle appela la police no sooner had he left than she called the police; vous dormiez encore que j'avais déjà fait une longue promenade you were still asleep, while I had already been for a long walk; j'avais déjà lu 10 pages qu'il n'avait toujours pas commencé I had already read 10 pages while he hadn't even started; il ne se passe pas de jour qu'il ne pleuve not a day goes by without rain ou when it doesn't rain; que tout le monde sorte! everyone must leave!; qu'on veuille bien m'excuser mais… you must excuse me but…; qu'il se taise! I wish he would be quiet!; que n'êtes vous-arrivés hier soir! fml if only you'd arrived last night!; que ceux qui n'ont pas compris le disent let anyone who hasn't understood say so; qu'on le pende! hang him!; qu'il crève! let him rot!, he can rot!; que j'aille le voir! you expect me to go and see him!; que je leur prête ma voiture! you expect me to lend them my car!; que je sache as far as I know;
    3 ( à la place de l'inversion du sujet) et alors? que je lui ai dit so? I said to him; approche! qu'il m'a dit come closer! he says to me.
    B pron inter what; que fais-tu ? what are you doing?; que dire? what can you ou one say?; que faire? ( maintenant) what shall I do?, what am I to do?; ( au passé) what could I do?, what was I to do?; que veux-tu pour ton anniversaire? what do you want for your birthday?; qu'est-ce que tu en penses? what do you think?; je ne sais que dire I don't know what to say; je ne sais pas ce qu'il a dit I don't know what he said; que sont ces traces? what are those tracks?; qu'est-ce que c'est que ça? what's that?; qu'importe? what does it matter?
    C pron rel
    1 ( ayant un nom de personne pour antécédent) Pierre, que je n'avais pas vu depuis 20 ans, est venu me voir hier Pierre, whom I had not seen for 20 years, came to see me yesterday; c'est la plus belle femme que j'aie jamais vue she's the most beautiful woman (that) I've ever seen;
    2 ( ayant un nom de chose ou d'animal pour antécédent) je n'aime pas la voiture que tu as achetée I don't like the car (that) you've bought; le livre qu'il a écrit juste après la guerre the book that he wrote just after the war; les photos que vous regardez ont été prises à Rome the photographs that ou which you are looking at were taken in Rome; c'est la plus belle fleur que j'aie jamais vue it's the most beautiful flower (that) I've ever seen;
    3 ( employé comme attribut) that; la vieille dame qu'elle est devenue the old lady that she has become; énervé qu'il était il n'a pu terminer son discours he was so worked up that he couldn't finish his speech; de petite fille sage qu'elle était elle est devenue une petite peste she's changed from the good little girl that she was into a real pest; bête que je suis fool that I am; stupide que tu es! you silly thing!
    D adv que vous êtes jolie! how pretty you are!; que c'est difficile/ennuyeux how difficult/boring it is; que c'est joli it's so pretty; ce que vous êtes jolie! you're so pretty!; que de monde/d'eau what a lot of people/water; qu'avait-il besoin de faire? why did he have to do?; que ne le disais-tu plus tôt? fml why didn't you say so earlier?; ‘vous ne leur en avez pas parlé?’-‘oh que si!’ ‘haven't you spoken to them about it?’-‘oh yes I have!’; que non! definitely not!; ‘tu en as besoin?’-‘que oui!’ ‘do you need it’-‘indeed I do!’; c'était une époque turbulente que le XVIe siècle what a turbulent period the 16th century was.
    [kə] (devant voyelle ou 'h' muet qu' [k]) adverbe
    1. [combien]
    que tu es naïf! you're so naive!, aren't you naive!
    que de bruit ici! it's so noisy here!, what a lot of noise there is in here!
    2. [exprimant l'indignation]
    (soutenu) [pourquoi] why
    que ne l'as-tu (pas) dit plus tôt! why didn't you say so earlier?, I wish you had said so ou that earlier!
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    [kə] (devant voyelle ou 'h' muet qu' [k]) pronom relatif
    1. [représente une personne] whom (soutenu), who, that
    sa sœur, que je n'avais pas vue depuis 10 ans, était là aussi her sister, whom ou who I hadn't seen for 10 years, was there too
    2. [représente un animal] which, that
    3. [représente une chose, une idée] which, that
    je ne suis pas la seule, que je sache I'm not the only one as far as I know
    4. [pour souligner une caractéristique]
    fatiguée qu'elle était, elle continuait à l'aider tired though ou as she was, she carried on helping him
    de timide qu'il était, il est devenu expansif once a shy man, he's now an extrovert
    toute jaune qu'elle était, l'eau! (familier) the water was all yellow, really it was!
    en bon père/électricien qu'il était being the good father/electrician he was
    une chance, que cette panne! very lucky, this breakdown!
    5. [dans des expressions de temps, de durée]
    un soir qu'il faisait très chaud one very hot evening, one evening when the weather was very hot
    le temps que tu te prépares, il sera trop tard by the time you're ready it'll be too late
    chaque fois que je m'absente, il téléphone every time I'm out he phones
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    [kə] (devant voyelle ou 'h' muet qu' [k]) pronom interrogatif
    1. [dans le discours direct] what
    qu'est-ce que je vois/j'entends? [ton menaçant ou hum] what is this I see/hear?
    2. [dans le discours indirect] what
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    [kə] (devant voyelle ou 'h' muet qu' [k]) conjonction
    1. [après des verbes déclaratifs ou des verbes d'évaluation] that
    [en début de proposition]
    que leur fils ait fugué, cela ne devrait pas nous surprendre the fact that their son ran away shouldn't come as a surprise to us
    que tu pleures ne changera rien your ou you crying won't change anything
    [afin que] so that
    approche-toi, que je te voie mieux come closer so that I can see you better
    [à tel point que]
    il est têtu que ça en devient un vrai problème (familier) he's so ou that stubborn (that) it's a real problem
    [dialecte: parce que]
    ne viens pas, que si je te vois je te tue! don't come, 'cos if I see you I'll kill you!
    3. (suivi du subjonctif) [pour formuler un ordre, un souhait, une éventualité]
    a. [faites-la parler] make her talk!
    b. [laissez-la parler] let her speak!
    eh bien, qu'il s'en aille s'il n'est pas content! he can leave if he doesn't like it!
    qu'il m'attaque et je dis tout just let him (try and) attack me, and I'll reveal everything
    4. (soutenu) [dans une double hypothèse]
    5. [répète la conjonction précédente]
    6. [formule de présentation et d'insistance]
    si je n'ai rien dit, c'est que je craignais de te vexer if I said nothing, it was because I was afraid of upsetting you
    que tu crois/dis! (familier) that's what YOU think/say!
    7. [dans une formule interrogative]
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    que... ne locution conjonctive
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    que... ou non locution conjonctive
    whether... or not
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    que... (ou) que locution conjonctive
    whether... or
    qu'il fasse beau, qu'il pleuve, je sors me promener come rain or come shine, I go out for a walk

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > que

  • 8 lei

    pron f sg soggetto she
    oggetto, con preposizione her
    lei stessa herself
    also Lei you
    dare del lei a qualcuno address s.o. as 'lei'
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    lei pron.pers.f. 3a pers.sing.
    1 (compl. ogg. e ind. di ella) her: hanno scelto lei al mio posto, they chose her in my place; scriverò a lei direttamente, I'll write to her directly; è partito con lei, he left with her; l'ho fatto per lei, I did it for her; chiedilo a lei, ask her // il padre di lei, il di lei padre, her father
    2 (con funzione di sogg.) she: le ho scritto, ma lei non mi ha risposto, I wrote to her, but she didn't reply; lo dice lei, she says so; mentre lei parlava, tutti tacevano, while she was speaking, everyone was silent; lei arrivò puntuale, lui in ritardo, she was on time, he was late; ha risposto lei al telefono?, did she answer the phone?; era presente anche lei, she was there too; lo saprà lei quanto guadagna suo marito, she'll know how much her husband earns; la penso esattamente come lei, I think exactly the same as she does // beata lei!, lucky her! // partita lei, le cose cambiarono, once she'd left, things changed
    3 (con uso rafforzativo o enfatico): lei, tenere un segreto?, her, keep a secret?; ''Ha superato brillantemente la prova'' ''Lei, così emotiva?'', ''She passed the test brilliantly'' ''What, with her nerves?''; ''Lui non ha detto una parola'' ''Nemmeno lei'', ''He didn't say a word'' ''Neither did she'' // lei stessa, proprio lei, she... herself (o she herself): l'ha confessato lei stessa, she admitted so herself; ''é la famosa rock-star?'' ''Sì, proprio lei'', ''Is it the famous rock star?'' ''Yes, that's right'' (o ''Yes, the girl herself'')
    4 (con funzione predicativa) she, her: ''Chi è?'' ''é lei'', ''Who is it?'' ''It's her''; è stata lei che me l'ha chiesto, è stata lei a chiedermelo, it was she who asked me (o she was the one to ask me) // se fossi (in) lei, if I were her // da quando ha perso il marito, non è più lei, she hasn't been the same since she lost her husband // è tutta lei, (di ritratto) it's just like her (o it's the spitting image of her)
    5 (sogg. e compl.) (formula di cortesia) you (usato anche al maschile): faccia lei, you decide; mi dica lei che cosa le devo, tell me what I owe you; saremo da lei alle otto, we'll be with you at eight o'clock // Egregio Signore, ci rivolgiamo a Lei per..., (form.) Dear Sir, we are writing to You to... // Usato anche come s.m.: dare, darsi del lei, not to be on first-name terms: vi date ancora del lei?, aren't you on first-name terms yet?
    s.f. (fam.) (ragazza) girlfriend; (fidanzata) fiancée: è uscito con la sua lei, he's gone out with his girlfriend // non ha ancora trovato la sua lei, he hasn't met (his) Miss Right yet.
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    I ['lɛi]
    1. pron pers f
    1) (complemento: dopo prep, con valore enfatico) her

    hanno accusato lei, non me — they accused her, not me

    2) (sogg : al posto di 'ella', con valore enfatico) she

    prendetela, è lei — catch her, she's the one

    è lei, apri la porta — it's her, open the door

    è stata lei a dirmelo — she told me herself, it was she who told me

    ha ragione lei, non tu — she's right, not you

    3) (nelle comparazioni), (sogg) she, her, (complemento) her

    ne so quanto lei — I know as much as she does, I know as much as her

    2. sf inv
    II ['lɛi]
    1. pron pers (forma di cortesia)
    1) you
    2. sm
    Cultural note: lei The third person singular pronoun lei is used when speaking to adults with whom you do not have a close relationship as a sign of respect. In some parts of southern Italy, "voi" is still used as a respectful form of address. "Tu" is used when speaking to friends, relatives and children.
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    [lɛi] 1.

    conosco lei ma non lui — I know her, not him

    2.
    pronome personale maschile e sostantivo femminile (forma di cortesia) you
    3.
    sostantivo maschile

    l'uso del lei — the use of the "lei" form

    dare del lei a qcn. — to address sb. using the "lei" form

    darsi del lei — to address one another using the "lei" form

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    lei
    /lεi/
    v. la nota della voce  io.
    I pron.pers.f.
     2 (complemento oggetto) her; conosco lei ma non lui I know her, not him
     3 (preceduto da preposizione) non penso più a lei I don't think about her any more; un regalo per lei a present for her; sono più giovane di lei I'm younger than she (is) o than her; degli amici di lei friends of hers
    II pron.pers.m. e f.
      (forma di cortesia) you; lei è troppo buono you are too kind; dopo di lei! after you!
    III sostantivo m.
      l'uso del lei the use of the "lei" form; dare del lei to use the polite form; dare del lei a qcn. to address sb. using the "lei" form; darsi del lei to address one another using the "lei" form.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > lei

  • 9 Н-46

    (КАК (КАК БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО) С НЁБА СВАЛИТЬСЯ (УПАСТЬ) coll (как etc +) VP usu. past usu. this WO
    1. (subj: human, abstr, or concr) to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly
    X как с неба свалился - X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue
    X came (sprang up) (from) out of nowhere X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
    Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глу-повской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
    Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffc.was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. (subj: human
    most often 2nd pers) not to know things that are obvious, understood by all: ты что, с неба свалился? = where (on earth) have you been all this time? did you fall out of the skies? are you
    what are you,) from another planet?
    have you been living in a cave (all your life)? «Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету...» - «Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?» Она не удостоила меня ответом. «А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура» (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
    «А „Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?» - «Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. — Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?» (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
    ...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось». - «Я рассказал так, как я видел...» -«Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться...» - «Да что он, с неба свалился!» - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. ( subj: concr or abstr) to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise
    X (как) с неба упал - X appeared (happened) as if by magic
    X came (seemed to come) out of the blue X (just) landed (fell) in Y's lap (in limited contexts) (itfs as if (though)) X fell from heaven (the sky).
    «Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!» (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 10 будто с неба свалиться

    (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 11 будто с неба упасть

    (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 12 как будто с неба свалиться

    (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 13 как будто с неба упасть

    (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 14 как с неба свалиться

    (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 15 как с неба упасть

    (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 16 с неба свалиться

    (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 17 с неба упасть

    (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 18 словно с неба свалиться

    (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 19 словно с неба упасть

    (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 20 точно с неба свалиться

    (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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