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1 relieved
[rɪ'liːvd] 1. 2.to be relieved at — essere sollevato per [news, results]
* * *adjective (no longer anxious or worried: I was relieved to hear you had arrived safely.) sollevato* * *relieved /rɪˈli:vd/a.sollevato; confortato: I was very relieved to hear it, a quella notizia mi sono sentito molto sollevato; We were relieved to avoid another defeat, eravamo sollevati per aver evitato un'altra sconfitta; They seemed relieved that the journey was over, sembravano sollevati per il fatto che il viaggio fosse finito; a relieved smile, un sorriso di sollievo.* * *[rɪ'liːvd] 1. 2.to be relieved at — essere sollevato per [news, results]
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2 С-126
ОТЛЕГЛО ОТ СЕРДЦА (НА СЕРДЦЕ, ОТ ДУШИ, НА ДУШЕ obsoles) у кого coll ОТОШЛО ОТ СЕРДЦА obs VP impers) a calm settled over s.o., a feeling of alarm, anxiety left s.o.: у X-a отлегло от сердца = X was (felt) (greatly) relieved X felt a sense of relief X's heart lifted (lightened, grew lighter) it was a load off X's mind a weight was lifted from X a sense of inner calm came over X.Он (Обломов) и не глядя видел, как Ольга встала с своего места и пошла в другой угол. У него отлегло от сердца (Гончаров 1). Не (Oblomov) could see without looking that Olga had got up from her seat and walked to another end of the room. He felt greatly relieved (1a).«Ребята, - сказал я... - сейчас капитан Курасов проговорился, кто нас предаёт. Это последний человек, и фамилия его стоит последней в нашем списке»... Все молчали. Я посмотрел на Яхонтова... Наконец, Генка Денисов спросил, явно волнуясь: «Яшка, это правда?» Все замерли... «Правда», - тихо ответил Яшка, и у меня отлегло от сердца (Войнович 5). uHey, guys," I said...."Captain Kurasov just let slip who's been squealing on us. He's just about the lowest thing you could imagine and his name is just about the lowest on the list at roll call."...No one said a word. I looked over at Yakhontov....Finally, Genka Denisov, clearly upset, asked: "Yashka, is it true?" Everyone froze...."It's true," answered Yashka softly, and I felt a sense of relief (5a).Катя заулыбалась, глядя наТанаку, и у меня почему-то немного отлегло от души с его приходом (Аксёнов 1). Looking at Tanaka, Katya began to smile, and for some reason my heart lifted a little with his arrival (1a).«Владимир Николаевич, как вы думаете о себе, вы советский человек?» У меня немного отлегло от сердца. Если они ещё не решили, советский я или не советский, значит, может, и расстреляют не сразу (Войнович 1). "Do you consider yourself a good Soviet, Vladimir Nikolaevich?" My heart lightened a little. If they hadn't decided yet whether I was a good Soviet or not, that meant they might not put me in front of a firing squad right away (1a).Когда прошение было прочитано и закрестовано, то у всех словно отлегло от сердца (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). When the petition had been read and marked with Xs, they all felt as if a weight had been lifted from them (1a). -
3 отлегло на душе
• ОТЛЕГЛО ОТ СЕРДЦА <НА СЕРДЦЕ, ОТ ДУШИ, НА ДУШЕ obsoles> у кого coll; ОТОШЛО ОТ СЕРДЦА obs[VP; impers]=====⇒ a calm settled over s.o., a feeling of alarm, anxiety left s.o.:- X's heart lifted (lightened, grew lighter);- a sense of inner calm came over X.♦ Он [Обломов] и не глядя видел, как Ольга встала с своего места и пошла в другой угол. У него отлегло от сердца (Гончаров 1). Не [Oblomov] could see without looking that Olga had got up from her seat and walked to another end of the room. He felt greatly relieved (1a).♦ "Ребята, - сказал я... - сейчас капитан Курасов проговорился, кто нас предаёт. Это последний человек, и фамилия его стоит последней в нашем списке"... Все молчали. Я посмотрел на Яхонтова... Наконец, Генка Денисов спросил, явно волнуясь: "Яшка, это правда?" Все замерли... " Правда", - тихо ответил Яшка, и у меня отлегло от сердца (Войнович 5). "Hey, guys," I said...."Captain Kurasov just let slip who's been squealing on us. He's just about the lowest thing you could imagine and his name is just about the lowest on the list at roll call."...No one said a word. I looked over at Yakhontov....Finally, Genka Denisov, clearly upset, asked: "Yashka, is it true?" Everyone froze...."It's true," answered Yashka softly, and I felt a sense of relief (5a).♦ Катя заулыбалась, глядя на Танаку, и у меня почему-то немного отлегло от души с его приходом (Аксёнов 1). Looking at Tanaka, Katya began to smile, and for some reason my heart lifted a little with his arrival (1a).♦ "Владимир Николаевич, как вы думаете о себе, вы советский человек?" У меня немного отлегло от сердца. Если они ешё не решили, советский я или не советский, значит, может, и расстреляют не сразу (Войнович 1). "Do you consider yourself a good Soviet, Vladimir Nikolaevich?" My heart lightened a little. If they hadn't decided yet whether I was a good Soviet or not, that meant they might not put me in front of a firing squad right away (1a).♦ Когда прошение было прочитано и закрестовано, то у всех словно отлегло от сердца (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). When the petition had been read and marked with Xs, they all felt as if a weight had been lifted from them (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отлегло на душе
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4 отлегло на сердце
• ОТЛЕГЛО ОТ СЕРДЦА <НА СЕРДЦЕ, ОТ ДУШИ, НА ДУШЕ obsoles> у кого coll; ОТОШЛО ОТ СЕРДЦА obs[VP; impers]=====⇒ a calm settled over s.o., a feeling of alarm, anxiety left s.o.:- X's heart lifted (lightened, grew lighter);- a sense of inner calm came over X.♦ Он [Обломов] и не глядя видел, как Ольга встала с своего места и пошла в другой угол. У него отлегло от сердца (Гончаров 1). Не [Oblomov] could see without looking that Olga had got up from her seat and walked to another end of the room. He felt greatly relieved (1a).♦ "Ребята, - сказал я... - сейчас капитан Курасов проговорился, кто нас предаёт. Это последний человек, и фамилия его стоит последней в нашем списке"... Все молчали. Я посмотрел на Яхонтова... Наконец, Генка Денисов спросил, явно волнуясь: "Яшка, это правда?" Все замерли... " Правда", - тихо ответил Яшка, и у меня отлегло от сердца (Войнович 5). "Hey, guys," I said...."Captain Kurasov just let slip who's been squealing on us. He's just about the lowest thing you could imagine and his name is just about the lowest on the list at roll call."...No one said a word. I looked over at Yakhontov....Finally, Genka Denisov, clearly upset, asked: "Yashka, is it true?" Everyone froze...."It's true," answered Yashka softly, and I felt a sense of relief (5a).♦ Катя заулыбалась, глядя на Танаку, и у меня почему-то немного отлегло от души с его приходом (Аксёнов 1). Looking at Tanaka, Katya began to smile, and for some reason my heart lifted a little with his arrival (1a).♦ "Владимир Николаевич, как вы думаете о себе, вы советский человек?" У меня немного отлегло от сердца. Если они ешё не решили, советский я или не советский, значит, может, и расстреляют не сразу (Войнович 1). "Do you consider yourself a good Soviet, Vladimir Nikolaevich?" My heart lightened a little. If they hadn't decided yet whether I was a good Soviet or not, that meant they might not put me in front of a firing squad right away (1a).♦ Когда прошение было прочитано и закрестовано, то у всех словно отлегло от сердца (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). When the petition had been read and marked with Xs, they all felt as if a weight had been lifted from them (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отлегло на сердце
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5 отлегло от души
• ОТЛЕГЛО ОТ СЕРДЦА <НА СЕРДЦЕ, ОТ ДУШИ, НА ДУШЕ obsoles> у кого coll; ОТОШЛО ОТ СЕРДЦА obs[VP; impers]=====⇒ a calm settled over s.o., a feeling of alarm, anxiety left s.o.:- X's heart lifted (lightened, grew lighter);- a sense of inner calm came over X.♦ Он [Обломов] и не глядя видел, как Ольга встала с своего места и пошла в другой угол. У него отлегло от сердца (Гончаров 1). Не [Oblomov] could see without looking that Olga had got up from her seat and walked to another end of the room. He felt greatly relieved (1a).♦ "Ребята, - сказал я... - сейчас капитан Курасов проговорился, кто нас предаёт. Это последний человек, и фамилия его стоит последней в нашем списке"... Все молчали. Я посмотрел на Яхонтова... Наконец, Генка Денисов спросил, явно волнуясь: "Яшка, это правда?" Все замерли... " Правда", - тихо ответил Яшка, и у меня отлегло от сердца (Войнович 5). "Hey, guys," I said...."Captain Kurasov just let slip who's been squealing on us. He's just about the lowest thing you could imagine and his name is just about the lowest on the list at roll call."...No one said a word. I looked over at Yakhontov....Finally, Genka Denisov, clearly upset, asked: "Yashka, is it true?" Everyone froze...."It's true," answered Yashka softly, and I felt a sense of relief (5a).♦ Катя заулыбалась, глядя на Танаку, и у меня почему-то немного отлегло от души с его приходом (Аксёнов 1). Looking at Tanaka, Katya began to smile, and for some reason my heart lifted a little with his arrival (1a).♦ "Владимир Николаевич, как вы думаете о себе, вы советский человек?" У меня немного отлегло от сердца. Если они ешё не решили, советский я или не советский, значит, может, и расстреляют не сразу (Войнович 1). "Do you consider yourself a good Soviet, Vladimir Nikolaevich?" My heart lightened a little. If they hadn't decided yet whether I was a good Soviet or not, that meant they might not put me in front of a firing squad right away (1a).♦ Когда прошение было прочитано и закрестовано, то у всех словно отлегло от сердца (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). When the petition had been read and marked with Xs, they all felt as if a weight had been lifted from them (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отлегло от души
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6 отлегло от сердца
• ОТЛЕГЛО ОТ СЕРДЦА <НА СЕРДЦЕ, ОТ ДУШИ, НА ДУШЕ obsoles> у кого coll; ОТОШЛО ОТ СЕРДЦА obs[VP; impers]=====⇒ a calm settled over s.o., a feeling of alarm, anxiety left s.o.:- X's heart lifted (lightened, grew lighter);- a sense of inner calm came over X.♦ Он [Обломов] и не глядя видел, как Ольга встала с своего места и пошла в другой угол. У него отлегло от сердца (Гончаров 1). Не [Oblomov] could see without looking that Olga had got up from her seat and walked to another end of the room. He felt greatly relieved (1a).♦ "Ребята, - сказал я... - сейчас капитан Курасов проговорился, кто нас предаёт. Это последний человек, и фамилия его стоит последней в нашем списке"... Все молчали. Я посмотрел на Яхонтова... Наконец, Генка Денисов спросил, явно волнуясь: "Яшка, это правда?" Все замерли... " Правда", - тихо ответил Яшка, и у меня отлегло от сердца (Войнович 5). "Hey, guys," I said...."Captain Kurasov just let slip who's been squealing on us. He's just about the lowest thing you could imagine and his name is just about the lowest on the list at roll call."...No one said a word. I looked over at Yakhontov....Finally, Genka Denisov, clearly upset, asked: "Yashka, is it true?" Everyone froze...."It's true," answered Yashka softly, and I felt a sense of relief (5a).♦ Катя заулыбалась, глядя на Танаку, и у меня почему-то немного отлегло от души с его приходом (Аксёнов 1). Looking at Tanaka, Katya began to smile, and for some reason my heart lifted a little with his arrival (1a).♦ "Владимир Николаевич, как вы думаете о себе, вы советский человек?" У меня немного отлегло от сердца. Если они ешё не решили, советский я или не советский, значит, может, и расстреляют не сразу (Войнович 1). "Do you consider yourself a good Soviet, Vladimir Nikolaevich?" My heart lightened a little. If they hadn't decided yet whether I was a good Soviet or not, that meant they might not put me in front of a firing squad right away (1a).♦ Когда прошение было прочитано и закрестовано, то у всех словно отлегло от сердца (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). When the petition had been read and marked with Xs, they all felt as if a weight had been lifted from them (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отлегло от сердца
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7 отошло от сердца
• ОТЛЕГЛО ОТ СЕРДЦА <НА СЕРДЦЕ, ОТ ДУШИ, НА ДУШЕ obsoles> у кого coll; ОТОШЛО ОТ СЕРДЦА obs[VP; impers]=====⇒ a calm settled over s.o., a feeling of alarm, anxiety left s.o.:- X's heart lifted (lightened, grew lighter);- a sense of inner calm came over X.♦ Он [Обломов] и не глядя видел, как Ольга встала с своего места и пошла в другой угол. У него отлегло от сердца (Гончаров 1). Не [Oblomov] could see without looking that Olga had got up from her seat and walked to another end of the room. He felt greatly relieved (1a).♦ "Ребята, - сказал я... - сейчас капитан Курасов проговорился, кто нас предаёт. Это последний человек, и фамилия его стоит последней в нашем списке"... Все молчали. Я посмотрел на Яхонтова... Наконец, Генка Денисов спросил, явно волнуясь: "Яшка, это правда?" Все замерли... " Правда", - тихо ответил Яшка, и у меня отлегло от сердца (Войнович 5). "Hey, guys," I said...."Captain Kurasov just let slip who's been squealing on us. He's just about the lowest thing you could imagine and his name is just about the lowest on the list at roll call."...No one said a word. I looked over at Yakhontov....Finally, Genka Denisov, clearly upset, asked: "Yashka, is it true?" Everyone froze...."It's true," answered Yashka softly, and I felt a sense of relief (5a).♦ Катя заулыбалась, глядя на Танаку, и у меня почему-то немного отлегло от души с его приходом (Аксёнов 1). Looking at Tanaka, Katya began to smile, and for some reason my heart lifted a little with his arrival (1a).♦ "Владимир Николаевич, как вы думаете о себе, вы советский человек?" У меня немного отлегло от сердца. Если они ешё не решили, советский я или не советский, значит, может, и расстреляют не сразу (Войнович 1). "Do you consider yourself a good Soviet, Vladimir Nikolaevich?" My heart lightened a little. If they hadn't decided yet whether I was a good Soviet or not, that meant they might not put me in front of a firing squad right away (1a).♦ Когда прошение было прочитано и закрестовано, то у всех словно отлегло от сердца (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). When the petition had been read and marked with Xs, they all felt as if a weight had been lifted from them (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отошло от сердца
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8 animar
v.1 to cheer up (gladden) (person).tu regalo le animó mucho your present really cheered her uplos fans animaban a su equipo the fans were cheering their team on2 to encourage (to stimulate).animar a alguien a hacer algo to encourage somebody to do somethingSilvia animó a Ricardo a estudiar Silvia encouraged Richard to study.3 to motivate, to drive (to encourage).no le anima ningún afán de riqueza she's not driven by any desire to be rich4 to brighten up, to brighten, to animate, to buoy up.Ricardo animó la fiesta Richard animated the party.5 to give life to.Los primeros auxilios animaron al bebé The first aid gave life to the baby6 to compere, to act as a compere for.Ricardo animó el espectáculo Richard compered the show.* * *1 (alegrar a alguien) to cheer up2 (alegrar algo) to brighten up, liven up3 (alentar) to encourage1 (persona) to cheer up2 (fiesta etc) to brighten up, liven up3 (decidirse) to make up one's mind* * *verb1) to cheer up, brighten up2) enliven, liven up3) encourage•- animarse* * *1. VT1) (=alegrar) [+ persona triste] to cheer up; [+ habitación] to brighten up2) (=entretener) [+ persona aburrida] to liven up; [+ charla, fiesta, reunión] to liven up, enlivenun humorista animó la velada — a comedian livened up o enlivened the evening
3) (=alentar) [+ persona] to encourage; [+ proyecto] to inspire; [+ fuego] to liven upte estaré animando desde las gradas — I'll be rooting for you o cheering you on from the crowd
animar a algn a hacer o a que haga algo — to encourage sb to do sth
esas noticias nos animaron a pensar que... — that news encouraged us to think that...
ignoramos las razones que lo animaron a dimitir — we are unaware of the reasons for his resignation o the reasons that led him o prompted him to resign
me animan a que siga — they're encouraging o urging me to carry on
4) (Econ) [+ mercado, economía] to stimulate, inject life into5) (Bio) to animate, give life to2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( alentar) to encourage; ( levantar el espíritu) to cheer... upanimar a alguien a + inf or a que + subj — to encourage somebody to + inf
b) <fiesta/reunión> to liven upc) (con luces, colores) to brighten up2) < programa> to present, host; <club/centro> to organize entertainment in3) ( impulsar) to inspire2.animarse v prona) (alegrarse, cobrar vida) fiesta/reunión to liven up, warm up; persona to liven upb) ( cobrar ánimos) to cheer upsi me animo a salir te llamo — if I feel like going out, I'll call you
c) ( atreverse)animarse a + inf: ¿quién se anima a decírselo? who's going to be brave enough to tell him?; no me animo a saltar I can't bring myself to jump; al final me animé a confesárselo — I finally plucked up the courage to tell her
* * *= cheer, spur, spur on, enliven, set + Nombre + off, embolden, set + alight, animate, buoy, enthuse, prod, sparkle, cheer up, take + heart, egg on, perk up, encourage, brighten up, stimulate, pep up, hearten.Ex. I shall neither cheer nor mourn its passing from the current agenda because to do so would be to demonstrate a partisanship that was not presidential.Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.Ex. The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.Ex. Children in this state are in a crisis of confidence from which they must be relieved before their set about books can be refreshed and enlivened.Ex. This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.Ex. The spark of warmth had emboldened her.Ex. HotJava animates documents through the use of 'applets': small application programs that can be written to support many different tasks.Ex. 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.Ex. Teachers must enthuse students to library work and its value.Ex. Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.Ex. His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.Ex. This novel was written to cheer herself up when she and her baby were trapped inside their freezing cold flat in a blizzard, unable to get to the library.Ex. But I take heart from something that Bill Frye said when he agreed to outline a national program for preserving millions of books in danger of deterioration = Aunque me fortalezco con algo que Bill Frye dijo cuando aceptó esbozar un programa nacional para la conservación de millones de libros en peligro de deterioro.Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.Ex. The author presents ideas designed to perk up classroom spirits.Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.Ex. The flowers will really help brighten up the cemetery when they flower in spring.Ex. An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.Ex. Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.Ex. We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.----* animarse = brighten.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( alentar) to encourage; ( levantar el espíritu) to cheer... upanimar a alguien a + inf or a que + subj — to encourage somebody to + inf
b) <fiesta/reunión> to liven upc) (con luces, colores) to brighten up2) < programa> to present, host; <club/centro> to organize entertainment in3) ( impulsar) to inspire2.animarse v prona) (alegrarse, cobrar vida) fiesta/reunión to liven up, warm up; persona to liven upb) ( cobrar ánimos) to cheer upsi me animo a salir te llamo — if I feel like going out, I'll call you
c) ( atreverse)animarse a + inf: ¿quién se anima a decírselo? who's going to be brave enough to tell him?; no me animo a saltar I can't bring myself to jump; al final me animé a confesárselo — I finally plucked up the courage to tell her
* * *= cheer, spur, spur on, enliven, set + Nombre + off, embolden, set + alight, animate, buoy, enthuse, prod, sparkle, cheer up, take + heart, egg on, perk up, encourage, brighten up, stimulate, pep up, hearten.Ex: I shall neither cheer nor mourn its passing from the current agenda because to do so would be to demonstrate a partisanship that was not presidential.
Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.Ex: The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.Ex: Children in this state are in a crisis of confidence from which they must be relieved before their set about books can be refreshed and enlivened.Ex: This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.Ex: The spark of warmth had emboldened her.Ex: HotJava animates documents through the use of 'applets': small application programs that can be written to support many different tasks.Ex: 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.Ex: Teachers must enthuse students to library work and its value.Ex: Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.Ex: His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.Ex: This novel was written to cheer herself up when she and her baby were trapped inside their freezing cold flat in a blizzard, unable to get to the library.Ex: But I take heart from something that Bill Frye said when he agreed to outline a national program for preserving millions of books in danger of deterioration = Aunque me fortalezco con algo que Bill Frye dijo cuando aceptó esbozar un programa nacional para la conservación de millones de libros en peligro de deterioro.Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.Ex: The author presents ideas designed to perk up classroom spirits.Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.Ex: The flowers will really help brighten up the cemetery when they flower in spring.Ex: An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.Ex: Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.Ex: We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.* animarse = brighten.* * *animar [A1 ]vtA1 (alentar) to encourage; (levantar el espíritu) to cheer … uptu visita lo animó mucho your visit cheered him up a lot o really lifted his spiritsanimar a algn A + INF to encourage sb to + INFme animó a presentarme al concurso he encouraged me to enter the competitionanimar a algn A QUE + SUBJ to encourage sb to + INFtraté de animarlo a que continuara I tried to encourage him to carry on2 (dar vida a, alegrar) ‹fiesta/reunión› to liven uplos niños animan mucho la casa the children really liven the house up; (con luces, colores) to brighten upel vino empezaba a animarlos the wine was beginning to liven them up o to make them more livelylas luces y los adornos animan las calles en Navidad lights and decorations brighten up the streets at ChristmasB1 ‹programa› to present, host2 ‹club/centro› to organize entertainment inC (impulsar) to inspirelos principios que animaron su ideología the principles which inspired their ideologyno nos anima ningún afán de lucro we are not driven o motivated by any desire for profit■ animarse1 (alegrarse, cobrar vida) «fiesta/reunión» to liven up, warm up, get going; «persona» to liven up, come to life2 (cobrar ánimos) to cheer upse animó mucho al vernos she cheered up o brightened up o ( colloq) perked up a lot when she saw usanimarse A + INF:si me animo a salir te llamo if I decide to go out o if I feel like going out, I'll call you¿no se anima nadie a ir? doesn't anyone feel like going?, doesn't anyone want to go?3 (atreverse) animarse A + INF:¿quién se anima a planteárselo al jefe? who's going to be brave enough o who's going to be the one to tackle the boss about it? ( colloq)yo no me animo a tirarme del trampolín I can't bring myself to o I don't dare dive off the springboarda ver si te animas a hacerlo why don't you have a go?al final me animé a confesárselo I finally plucked up the courage to tell her* * *
animar ( conjugate animar) verbo transitivo
1
( levantar el espíritu) to cheer … up;
animar a algn a hacer algo or a que haga algo to encourage sb to do sth
2 ‹ programa› to present, host
3 ( impulsar) to inspire
animarse verbo pronominal
[ persona] to liven up
◊ si me animo a salir te llamo if I feel like going out, I'll call youc) ( atreverse):◊ ¿quién se anima a decírselo? who's going to be brave enough to tell him?;
no me animo a saltar I can't bring myself to jump;
al final me animé a confesárselo I finally plucked up the courage to tell her
animar verbo transitivo
1 (alegrar a alguien) to cheer up
(una fiesta, una reunión) to liven up, brighten up
2 (estimular a una persona) to encourage
' animar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
activar
- alegrar
- entusiasmar
- jalear
- motivar
- reanimar
- venga
- ánimo
- empujón
- entonar
- hala
- ir
- órale
English:
animate
- buck up
- buoy up
- cheer
- cheer up
- encourage
- enliven
- hearten
- inspire
- jazz up
- liven
- urge on
- warm up
- brighten
- buoy
- jolly
- liven up
- pep
- root
- urge
- warm
* * *♦ vt1. [estimular] to encourage;los fans animaban a su equipo the fans were cheering their team on;animar a alguien a hacer algo to encourage sb to do sth;me animaron a aceptar la oferta they encouraged me to accept the offer;lo animó a que dejara la bebida she encouraged him to stop drinking2. [alegrar] to cheer up;tu regalo la animó mucho your present really cheered her up;los colores de los participantes animaban el desfile the colourful costumes of the participants brightened up the procession, the costumes of the participants added colour to the procession3. [fuego, diálogo, fiesta] to liven up;[comercio] to stimulate;el tanto del empate animó el partido the equalizer brought the game to life, the game came alive after the equalizer;las medidas del gobierno pretenden animar la inversión the government's measures are aimed at stimulating o promoting investmenthan utilizado la tecnología digital para animar las secuencias de acción the action shots are digitally generated5. [impulsar] to motivate, to drive;no le anima ningún afán de riqueza she's not driven by any desire to be rich;no me anima ningún sentimiento de venganza I'm not doing this out of a desire for revenge* * *v/t1 cheer up2 ( alentar) encourage* * *animar vt1) alentar: to encourage, to inspire2) : to animate, to enliven3) : to brighten up, to cheer up* * *animar vb1. (persona) to cheer up2. (lugar, situación) to liven up3. (motivar) to encourage -
9 half
[hɑːf] [AE hæf] 1.1) (one of two parts) metà f., mezzo m.to cut sth. in half — tagliare qcs. a metà
2) (fraction) mezzo m.the first, second half — il primo, secondo tempo
5) BE colloq. (half pint) mezza pinta f.6) BE (half fare) biglietto m. ridotto, tariffa f. ridotta2.3.a half-litre half a litre mezzo litro; two and a half cups — due tazze e mezza
1) (50%) metà f.to cut sth. by half — dimezzare qcs.
that was a meal and a half! — colloq. (quello sì che) è stato un pranzo come si deve!
2) (in time)3) (in age)4.avverbio [full, asleep, drunk, cooked] mezzo; [understood, remembered] a metàhalf as much money, as many people — metà (del) denaro, (delle) persone
he wasn't half angry — colloq. altroché se era arrabbiato
it doesn't half stink! — colloq. puzza eccome!
not half! — colloq. eccome! altro che!
not half bad — colloq. niente male
••half a minute o second un minuto, un attimo; how the other half lives (the rich) come vivono i ricchi; if given half a chance se solo ne avessi la benché minima possibilità; to have half a mind to do avere una mezza intenzione o idea di fare; one's better o other half la propria (dolce) metà; to go halves with sb. fare a metà con qcn.; he's too clever by half — colloq. è troppo furbo per i miei gusti
* * *1. plural - halves; noun1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) metà, mezzo2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) tempo2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) mezzo2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) metà, mezzo3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) mezzo3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) a metà, mezzo2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) quasi; mezzo•- half-- halve
- half-and-half
- half-back
- half-brother
- half-sister
- half-caste
- half-hearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-term
- half-time
- half-way
- half-wit
- half-witted
- half-yearly
- at half mast
- by half
- do things by halves
- go halves with
- half past three
- four
- seven
- in half
- not half* * *[hɑːf] [AE hæf] 1.1) (one of two parts) metà f., mezzo m.to cut sth. in half — tagliare qcs. a metà
2) (fraction) mezzo m.the first, second half — il primo, secondo tempo
5) BE colloq. (half pint) mezza pinta f.6) BE (half fare) biglietto m. ridotto, tariffa f. ridotta2.3.a half-litre half a litre mezzo litro; two and a half cups — due tazze e mezza
1) (50%) metà f.to cut sth. by half — dimezzare qcs.
that was a meal and a half! — colloq. (quello sì che) è stato un pranzo come si deve!
2) (in time)3) (in age)4.avverbio [full, asleep, drunk, cooked] mezzo; [understood, remembered] a metàhalf as much money, as many people — metà (del) denaro, (delle) persone
he wasn't half angry — colloq. altroché se era arrabbiato
it doesn't half stink! — colloq. puzza eccome!
not half! — colloq. eccome! altro che!
not half bad — colloq. niente male
••half a minute o second un minuto, un attimo; how the other half lives (the rich) come vivono i ricchi; if given half a chance se solo ne avessi la benché minima possibilità; to have half a mind to do avere una mezza intenzione o idea di fare; one's better o other half la propria (dolce) metà; to go halves with sb. fare a metà con qcn.; he's too clever by half — colloq. è troppo furbo per i miei gusti
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10 thankful
adjective (grateful; relieved and happy: He was thankful that the journey was over; a thankful sigh.) agradecido; aliviado; felizthankful adj agradecidotr['ɵæŋkfʊl]1 agradecido,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be thankful to somebody for something estarle agradecido,-a a alguien por algothankful ['ɵæŋkfəl] adj: agradecidoadj.• agradecido, -a adj.'θæŋkfəladjective <look/smile> de agradecimiento, agradecidolet's be thankful we got there in time — menos mal or gracias a Dios que llegamos a tiempo
['θæŋkfʊl]ADJ agradecido- be thankful for small mercies* * *['θæŋkfəl]adjective <look/smile> de agradecimiento, agradecidolet's be thankful we got there in time — menos mal or gracias a Dios que llegamos a tiempo
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11 inwardly
adverb (in one's thoughts; secretly: He was inwardly pleased when she failed; She was laughing/groaning inwardly.) interiormentetr['ɪnwədlɪ]1 interiormente, por dentroinwardly ['ɪnwərdli] adv1) mentally, spiritually: por dentro2) internally: internamente, interiormente3) privately: para sus adentros, para síadj.• dentro, -a adj.• interiormente adj.• para sí adj.adv.• adentro adv.• interiormente adv.'ɪnwərdli, 'ɪnwədliadverb <agonize/gloat> por dentrohe smiled inwardly — sonrió para sus adentros or en su fuero interno
['ɪnwǝdlɪ]ADV [think, sigh, groan, smile] para sus adentros; [know, struggle] en su interior; [feel] por dentrothe house was outwardly clean but inwardly filthy — la casa estaba limpia por fuera pero asquerosa por dentro
* * *['ɪnwərdli, 'ɪnwədli]adverb <agonize/gloat> por dentrohe smiled inwardly — sonrió para sus adentros or en su fuero interno
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12 know
know [nəʊ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━4. noun5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = have knowledge of) connaître• to know the results/the truth connaître les résultats/la vérité• I know the problem! je connais le problème !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► savoir can often also be used.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• to know the difference between connaître or savoir la différence entre━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. ( = be acquainted with) [+ person, place] connaître• do you know Paris? connaissez-vous Paris ?c. ( = recognize) reconnaître• I know real expertise when I see it! je sais reconnaître un spécialiste quand j'en vois un !d. ( = be certain) I don't know that it's made things any easier je ne suis pas sûr que ça ait simplifié les choses• (do) you know what, I think she did it! (inf) tu sais quoi (inf), je pense que c'est elle qui a fait ça !• she's furious! -- don't I know it! (inf) elle est furieuse ! -- à qui le dis-tu !• who knows? qui sait ?• is she nice? -- I wouldn't know (inf) est-ce qu'elle est gentille ? -- je ne sais pas• how should I know? comment veux-tu que je sache ?► to know sth about sth/sb• to know a lot about sth/sb en savoir long sur qch/qn• I know nothing about it je ne sais rien à ce sujet► to know about sth/sb• do you know about Paul? tu es au courant pour Paul ?• so you're satisfied? -- I don't know about that alors tu es satisfait ? -- pas vraiment• I'm not going to school tomorrow -- I don't know about that! (inf) je ne vais pas à l'école demain -- c'est ce qu'on va voir !► to know of ( = be acquainted with) connaître ; ( = be aware of) savoir ; ( = learn about) apprendre ; ( = have heard of) avoir entendu parler de• do you know of a good hairdresser? connaissez-vous un bon coiffeur ?• is he married? -- not that I know of il est marié ? -- pas que je sache• I know of you through your sister j'ai entendu parler de vous par votre sœur► to know sb/sth from sb/sth ( = distinguish) savoir faire la différence entre qn/qch et qn/qch• he doesn't know good wine from cheap plonk (inf) il ne sait pas faire la différence entre un bon vin et une piquette (inf)► to know sb/sth + infinitive• well, it has been known to happen enfin, ça c'est déjà vu► to know better• he says he didn't do it but I know better il dit qu'il ne l'a pas fait mais je ne suis pas dupe► to know best• well, you know best! c'est toi qui sais !• mother knows best! maman a toujours raison !► to get to know [+ person] faire plus ample connaissance avec• I'd like to get to know you better j'aimerais faire plus ample connaissance avec vous► to let sb know• if you can't come, please let me know préviens-moi si tu ne peux pas venir► to let sb know sth dire qch à qn• let me know if I can help si je peux me rendre utile, dites-le-moi4. noun5. compounds* * *[nəʊ] 1.1) ( have knowledge of) connaître [person, place, name, opinion, result, value, rules, situation, system, way]; savoir, connaître [answer, language, reason, truth, words]to know somebody by name/sight — connaître quelqu'un de nom/vue
to know something by heart — savoir or connaître quelque chose par cœur
to know how to do — savoir faire; ( stressing method) savoir comment faire
to know that... — savoir que...
to know for certain ou for sure that — savoir avec certitude que
I wasn't to know that... — je ne pouvais pas savoir que...
to know somebody/something as — connaître quelqu'un/quelque chose sous le nom de
to let it be known ou to make it known that — faire savoir que
to have known somebody/something to do — avoir déjà vu quelqu'un/quelque chose faire
(do) you know something? —
2) ( feel certain) être sûr3) ( realize) se rendre compte5) ( acknowledge)to be known for something/for doing — être connu pour quelque chose/pour faire
6) ( experience) connaître2.1) ( have knowledge) savoirto know about — ( have information) être au courant de [event]; ( have skill) s'y connaître en [computing, engines]
to know of — ( from experience) connaître; ( from information) avoir entendu parler de
to let somebody know of ou about — tenir quelqu'un au courant de
how should I know! — (colloq) comment veux-tu que je sache!
2) ( feel certain)‘he won't win’ - ‘oh I don't know’ — ‘il ne va pas gagner’ - ‘oh je n'en suis pas si sûr’
‘I'll take the morning off’ - ‘I don't know about that!’ — ‘je vais prendre ma matinée’ - ‘c'est ce que vous croyez (colloq)!’
I don't know about you but... — je ne sais pas ce que tu en penses, mais...
••not to know where ou which way to turn — fig ne pas savoir à quel saint se vouer
to be in the know — (colloq) être bien informé
to be in the know about something — (colloq) être au courant de quelque chose
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