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  • 1 life

    noun
    , pl. lives
    1) Leben, das

    it is a matter of life and death — es geht [dabei] um Leben und Tod; (fig.): (it is of vital importance) es ist äußerst wichtig (to für)

    come to life[Bild, Statue:] lebendig werden

    run etc. for one's life — um sein Leben rennen usw.

    late in lifeerst im fortgeschrittenen Alter

    for lifelebenslänglich [inhaftiert]

    he's doing life(coll.) er sitzt lebenslänglich (ugs.)

    get life(coll.) lebenslänglich kriegen (ugs.)

    expectation of life — Lebenserwartung, die

    get the fright/shock of one's life — (coll.) zu Tode erschrecken/den Schock seines Lebens bekommen (ugs.)

    he will do anything for a quiet lifefür ihn ist die Hauptsache, dass er seine Ruhe hat

    make life easy for oneself/somebody — es sich (Dat.) /jemandem leicht machen

    make life difficult for oneself/somebody — sich (Dat.) /jemandem das Leben schwer machen

    this is the life!(expr. content) so lässt sich's leben!

    that's life, life's like that — so ist das Leben [nun mal]

    not on your life(coll.) nie im Leben! (ugs.)

    save one's/somebody's life — sein Leben/jemandem das Leben retten

    something is as much as somebody's life is worthmit etwas setzt jemand sein Leben aufs Spiel

    take one's [own] life — sich (Dat.) das Leben nehmen

    get a life(coll.) was aus seinem Leben machen

    2) (energy, animation) Leben, das

    there is still life in somethingin etwas (Dat.) steckt noch Leben

    3) (living things and their activity) Leben, das

    bird/insect life — die Vogelwelt/die Insekten

    4) (living form or model)

    as large as life (life-size) lebensgroß; (in person) in voller Schönheit (ugs. scherzh.)

    5) (specific aspect) [Privat-, Wirtschafts-, Dorf]leben, das

    in this life(on earth) in diesem Leben

    the other or the future or the next life — (in heaven) das zukünftige Leben [nach dem Tode]

    eternal or everlasting life — ewiges Leben

    6) (of battery, lightbulb, etc.) Lebensdauer, die
    * * *
    plural - lives; noun
    1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) das Leben
    2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) das Leben
    3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) das Leben
    4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) das Leben
    5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) das Leben
    6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) das Leben
    7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) die Lebensbeschreibung
    8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) lebenslängliche Haftstrafe, lebenslang
    - academic.ru/42849/lifeless">lifeless
    - lifelike
    - life-and-death
    - lifebelt
    - lifeboat
    - lifebuoy
    - life-cycle
    - life expectancy
    - lifeguard
    - life-jacket
    - lifeline
    - lifelong
    - life-saving
    - life-sized
    - life-size
    - lifetime
    - as large as life
    - bring to life
    - come to life
    - for life
    - the life and soul of the party
    - not for the life of me
    - not on your life! - take life
    - take one's life
    - take one's life in one's hands
    - to the life
    * * *
    <pl lives>
    [laɪf, pl laɪvz]
    I. n
    1. (existence) Leben nt
    cats are supposed to have nine lives man sagt, Katzen haben neun Leben nt
    run for your \life! renn um dein Leben!
    it's a matter of \life and death! es geht um Leben und Tod!
    a \life and death issue eine Frage, die über Leben und Tod entscheiden kann
    in a previous \life in einem früheren Leben
    to believe in \life after death an ein Leben nach dem Tod[e] glauben
    to depart this \life ( euph form) verscheiden euph geh
    to give [or lay down] one's \life for sb/sth sein Leben für jdn/etw geben
    to lose one's \life sein Leben lassen, ums Leben kommen
    to save sb's \life jdm das Leben retten
    to seek sb's \life jdm nach dem Leben trachten
    to take sb's \life ( form) jdn töten [o umbringen]
    to take one's own \life sich dat [selbst] das Leben nehmen
    2. no pl (quality, force) Leben nt
    \life is a precious gift das Leben ist ein wertvolles Gut
    he tried to discover some sign of \life in the boy's body er versuchte irgendein Lebenszeichen im Körper des Jungen festzustellen
    I love \life ich liebe das Leben
    to be one/another of \life's great mysteries ( hum) eines/ein weiteres der großen Geheimnisse des Lebens sein
    3. no pl (living things collectively) Leben nt
    there are no signs of \life on the planet auf dem Planeten gibt es keinen Hinweis auf Leben
    animal \life Tierwelt f
    plant \life Pflanzenwelt f
    insect \life Welt f der Insekten, Insekten pl
    intelligent/sentient \life intelligentes/empfindendes Leben
    4. no pl (mode or aspect of existence) Leben nt
    to be deeply rooted in American \life tief im Leben der Amerikaner verwurzelt sein
    family \life Familienleben nt
    love \life Liebesleben nt
    private \life Privatleben nt
    working \life Arbeitsleben nt
    5. no pl (energy) Lebendigkeit f
    come on, show a little \life! los, jetzt zeig' mal ein bisschen Temperament! fam
    put more \life into your voice bringen Sie etwas mehr Timbre in die Stimme
    there isn't much \life here hier ist nicht viel los
    to be full of \life voller Leben sein, vor Leben [nur so] sprühen
    to bring sth to \life etw lebendiger machen
    to come to \life lebendig werden fig
    after an hour the party finally came to \life nach einer Stunde kam endlich Leben in die Party
    6. (total circumstances of individual) Leben nt
    teaching has been her \life der Lehrberuf war ihr Leben
    she only wants two things in \life sie wünscht sich nur zwei Dinge im Leben
    who's the man in your \life now? [und] wer ist der neue Mann in deinem Leben?
    a dull/exciting \life ein langweiliges/aufregendes Leben
    to make [or start] a new \life ein neues Leben anfangen [o beginnen]
    to want sth out of [or in] \life etw vom Leben erwarten
    7. (person) Menschenleben nt
    how many lives were lost in the fire? wie viele Menschenleben hat der Brand gekostet?
    to save a \life ein Menschenleben retten
    8. (human activities) Leben nt
    I left home at 16 to see \life ich ging mit 16 von zu Hause fort, um etwas vom Leben und von der Welt zu sehen
    to give sb an outlook on \life jdm eine Lebenseinstellung vermitteln
    9. (biography) Biografie f, Lebensbeschreibung f
    10. (time until death) Leben nt
    for \life friendship lebenslang
    I believe marriage is for \life ich finde, eine Ehe sollte für das ganze Leben geschlossen werden
    he's behind bars for \life er sitzt lebenslänglich [hinter Gittern] fam
    a job for \life eine Stelle auf Lebenszeit
    11. (duration) of a device, battery Lebensdauer f, Nutzungsdauer f; of an institution Bestehen nt kein pl; of a contract Laufzeit f
    during the \life of the present parliament während der jetzigen Legislaturperiode [des Parlaments]
    12. no pl ( fam: prison sentence) lebenslänglich
    to be doing/get \life lebenslänglich sitzen fam/bekommen
    to draw [or sketch] sb/sth from \life jdn/etw nach einem Modell zeichnen/skizzieren
    taken from the \life nach einem Modell
    14. (reality)
    true to \life wirklichkeitsgetreu
    15.
    \life's a bitch (sl) das Leben kann manchmal schon verdammt hart sein! fam
    for dear \life verzweifelt
    she hung on for dear \life sie klammerte sich fest, als hinge ihr Leben davon ab
    to frighten [or scare] the \life out of sb jdn furchtbar [o zu Tode] erschrecken
    for the \life of me ( fam) um alles in der Welt fam
    not for the \life of me nicht um alles in der Welt
    to get a \life aufwachen fig, auf den Boden der Tatsachen zurückkommen
    get a \life! komm endlich auf den Boden der Tatsachen zurück!
    the good \life das süße Leben, das [o die] Dolce Vita
    it's a hard \life! ( iron fam) das Leben ist eins der härtesten fam
    how's \life [treating you]? ( fam) wie geht's [denn so]? fam
    larger than \life car, house riesig, riesengroß; person energiegeladen und charismatisch
    to lead [or live] the \life of Riley ( dated fam) leben wie Gott in Frankreich
    not on your \life! ( fam) nie im Leben! fam
    to be the \life [ BRIT and soul] of the/any party der [strahlende] Mittelpunkt der/jeder Party sein
    \life's rich tapestry die Sonnen- und Schattenseiten des Lebens
    to roar [or thunder] into \life mit aufheulendem Motor losfahren/starten
    to save one's [own] \life:
    he couldn't sing to save his \life er konnte ums Verrecken nicht singen sl
    to be set [up] for \life für den Rest des Lebens ausgesorgt haben
    to take one's \life in one's hands ( fam) Kopf und Kragen riskieren fam
    that's \life! [das ist] Schicksal! fam, so ist das Leben [eben]!
    this is the \life [for me]! so lässt sich's leben! fam, Mensch, ist das ein Leben! fam
    to be sb to the \life ( dated) jdm wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten sein
    that sketch is Joanna to the \life diese Zeichnung trifft Joanna aufs Haar
    one's \life [or \life's] work jds Lebenswerk
    II. n modifier
    \life drawing/[drawing] class Aktzeichnung f/Aktzeichnen nt (Kunststunde, in der nach Modell gemalt wird)
    * * *
    [laɪf]
    n pl lives
    1) Leben nt

    bird/plant life — die Vogel-/Pflanzenwelt

    to bring sb back to life — jdn wiederbeleben, jdn ins Leben zurückrufen

    I'm the sort of person who comes to life in the eveningsich bin ein Typ, der erst abends munter wird

    they swam for dear life —

    they looked at him in the oxygen tent fighting for dear life — sie sahen, wie er im Sauerstoffzelt um sein Leben kämpfte

    2)

    (= individual life) how many lives were lost? — wie viele (Menschen) sind ums Leben gekommen?

    to take one's own lifesich (dat) das Leben nehmen

    to save sb's life (lit) — jdm das Leben retten; (fig) jdn retten

    the suspected murderer is on trial for his life —

    early in life, in early life — in frühen Jahren

    later in life, in later life — in späteren Jahren, später im Leben

    I can't for the life of me... (inf) — ich kann beim besten Willen nicht...

    would you ever disobey him? – not on your life! (inf)würdest du je seine Befehle missachten? – nie im Leben!

    get a life! (inf)sonst hast du keine Probleme? (inf)

    it seemed to have a life of its own —

    he is a good/bad life (Insur) — er ist ein niedriges/hohes Risiko

    3)

    (= the world, social activity) to see life — die Welt sehen

    4) (= liveliness) Leben nt

    was full of life —

    of the partyJohn will überall im Mittelpunkt stehen

    5) (= way of life) Leben nt

    this is the life! — ja, ist das ein Leben!

    such is life, that's life — so ist das Leben

    6) (= useful or active life) Lebensdauer f

    during the life of the present Parliament —

    there's not much life left in the battery, the battery's nearing the end of its life — die Batterie machts nicht mehr lange (inf)

    7) (= biography) Biografie f; (of saint, king etc) Lebensbeschreibung f
    * * *
    life [laıf] pl lives [laıvz] s
    1. (organisches) Leben:
    how did life begin? wie ist das Leben entstanden?
    2. Leben(skraft) n(f)
    3. Leben n:
    a) Lebenserscheinungen pl
    b) Lebewesen pl:
    there is no life on the moon auf dem Mond gibt es kein Leben;
    marine life das Leben im Meer, die Lebenserscheinungen oder Lebewesen im Meer
    4. (Menschen) Leben n:
    they lost their lives sie verloren ihr Leben, sie kamen ums Leben;
    three lives were lost drei Menschenleben sind zu beklagen;
    with great sacrifice of life mit schweren Verlusten an Menschenleben;
    risk life and limb Leib und Leben riskieren
    5. Leben n (eines Einzelwesens):
    a matter (question) of life and death eine lebenswichtige Angelegenheit (Frage);
    early in life in jungen Jahren;
    my early life meine Jugend;
    late in life in vorgerücktem Alter;
    as much as one’s life is worth lebensgefährlich, weitS. sehr gefährlich oder riskant;
    as if ( oder though) his life depended on it als ob sein Leben davon abhinge, als ob es um sein Leben ginge;
    he’s out of my life er existiert für mich überhaupt nicht mehr; danger A 1, matter A 3, own Bes Redew, risk B 1
    6. a) Leben n, Lebenszeit f, Lebensdauer f ( auch TECH einer Maschine etc), Dauer f, Bestehen n:
    all his life sein ganzes Leben lang;
    the life of a book die Erfolgszeit eines Buches;
    during the life of the republic während des Bestehens der Republik; expectation 3
    b) WIRTSCH, JUR Laufzeit f (eines Wechsels, Vertrags etc), besonders WIRTSCH Haltbarkeit f, Lagerfähigkeit f:
    7. Leben n, Lebensweise f, -führung f, -art f, -wandel m: anything A 2, married A 1, saint A 1
    8. Leben(sbeschreibung) n(f), Biografie f
    9. Leben n, menschliches Tun und Treiben, Welt f:
    life in Australia das Leben in Australien;
    see life das Leben kennenlernen oder genießen
    10. Leben n, Schwung m:
    full of life lebendig, voller Leben;
    the life of the Constitution der wesentliche Inhalt der Verfassung;
    he was the life and soul of the party er brachte Schwung in die Party, er unterhielt die ganze Party
    11. KUNST Leben n:
    from (the) life nach dem Leben, nach der Natur; large A 1
    a) auf Lebenszeit Versicherte(r) m/f(m) (im Hinblick auf die Lebenserwartung)
    b) auch life business Lebensversicherungsgeschäft n
    13. JUR umg lebenslängliche Freiheitsstrafe:
    he is doing life er sitzt lebenslänglich;
    he got life er bekam „lebenslänglich“Besondere Redewendungen: for life
    a) fürs (ganze) Leben, für den Rest seines Lebens,
    b) besonders JUR, POL lebenslänglich, auf Lebenszeit appointed for life auf Lebenszeit ernannt;
    imprisonment for life lebenslängliche Freiheitsstrafe;
    not for the life of me umg nicht um alles in der Welt;
    I couldn’t get to sleep for the life of me umg ich konnte ums Verrecken nicht einschlafen;
    not on your life umg ganz bestimmt nicht, unter keinen Umständen;
    to the life nach dem Leben, lebensecht, naturgetreu;
    upon my life! so wahr ich lebe!;
    that’s life so ist nun einmal das Leben;
    music was his life die Musik war sein Leben;
    where ( oder while) there’s life there’s hope (Sprichwort) MED man darf die Hoffnung nie aufgeben, weitS. a. es hofft der Mensch, solange er lebt;
    a) auch put life into beleben, Leben oder Schwung bringen in (akk), auch jemanden in Schwung bringen
    b) ins Leben rufen come to life sich beleben, (auch Person) in Schwung kommen;
    after some time the party came to life nach einiger Zeit kam Leben oder Schwung in die Party;
    a) wieder zu(m) Bewusstsein oder zu sich kommen,
    b) wieder gesund werden lead ( oder live) the life of Riley Br umg wie Gott in Frankreich leben;
    run for dear ( oder one’s) life um sein Leben laufen;
    I couldn’t get it open to save my life umg ich brachte es nicht ums Verrecken auf;
    sell one’s life dearly sein Leben teuer verkaufen;
    show (signs of) life Lebenszeichen von sich geben;
    seek sb’s life jemandem nach dem Leben trachten;
    take sb’s life jemanden umbringen;
    take one’s own life sich das Leben nehmen;
    take one’s life in one’s (own) hands umg sein Leben riskieren oder aufs Spiel setzen; bet B, bowl1 1 b, breathe B 1, bring back 4, charm B 2
    * * *
    noun
    , pl. lives
    1) Leben, das

    it is a matter of life and death — es geht [dabei] um Leben und Tod; (fig.): (it is of vital importance) es ist äußerst wichtig (to für)

    come to life[Bild, Statue:] lebendig werden

    run etc. for one's life — um sein Leben rennen usw.

    for lifelebenslänglich [inhaftiert]

    he's doing life(coll.) er sitzt lebenslänglich (ugs.)

    get life(coll.) lebenslänglich kriegen (ugs.)

    expectation of life — Lebenserwartung, die

    get the fright/shock of one's life — (coll.) zu Tode erschrecken/den Schock seines Lebens bekommen (ugs.)

    he will do anything for a quiet life — für ihn ist die Hauptsache, dass er seine Ruhe hat

    make life easy for oneself/somebody — es sich (Dat.) /jemandem leicht machen

    make life difficult for oneself/somebody — sich (Dat.) /jemandem das Leben schwer machen

    this is the life!(expr. content) so lässt sich's leben!

    that's life, life's like that — so ist das Leben [nun mal]

    not on your life(coll.) nie im Leben! (ugs.)

    save one's/somebody's life — sein Leben/jemandem das Leben retten

    take one's [own] life — sich (Dat.) das Leben nehmen

    get a life(coll.) was aus seinem Leben machen

    2) (energy, animation) Leben, das

    there is still life in somethingin etwas (Dat.) steckt noch Leben

    bird/insect life — die Vogelwelt/die Insekten

    as large as life (life-size) lebensgroß; (in person) in voller Schönheit (ugs. scherzh.)

    5) (specific aspect) [Privat-, Wirtschafts-, Dorf]leben, das

    in this life (on earth) in diesem Leben

    the other or the future or the next life — (in heaven) das zukünftige Leben [nach dem Tode]

    eternal or everlasting life — ewiges Leben

    6) (of battery, lightbulb, etc.) Lebensdauer, die
    * * *
    n.
    (§ pl.: lives)
    = Leben -- n.
    Lebensdauer f.

    English-german dictionary > life

  • 2 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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    1. adjective,
    1) (satisfactory) gut; (reliable) gut; zuverlässig; (sufficient) gut; ausreichend [Vorrat]; ausgiebig [Mahl]; (competent) gut; geeignet

    his good eye/leg — sein gesundes Auge/Bein

    Late again! It's just not good enough!(coll.) Schon wieder zu spät. So geht es einfach nicht!

    be good at somethingin etwas (Dat.) gut sein

    speak good English — gut[es] Englisch sprechen

    be good with peopleetc. mit Menschen usw. gut od. leicht zurechtkommen

    2) (favourable, advantageous) gut; günstig [Gelegenheit, Augenblick, Angebot]

    too good to be true — zu schön, um wahr zu sein

    the good thing about it is that... — das Gute daran ist, dass...

    you can have too much of a good thingman kann es auch übertreiben

    be good for somebody/something — gut für jemanden/etwas sein

    eat more than is good for one — mehr essen, als einem guttut

    it's a good thing you told himnur gut, dass du es ihm gesagt hast

    3) (prosperous) gut
    4) (enjoyable) schön [Leben, Urlaub, Wochenende]

    the good old daysdie gute alte Zeit

    the good life — das angenehme[, sorglose] Leben

    have a good time!viel Spaß od. Vergnügen!

    it's good to be home again — es ist schön, wieder zu Hause zu sein

    5) (cheerful) gut; angenehm [Patient]

    good humour or spirits or mood — gute Laune

    I'm not feeling too good(coll.) mir geht es nicht sehr gut

    6) (well-behaved) gut; brav

    be good!, be a good girl/boy! — sei brav od. lieb!

    [as] good as gold — ganz artig od. brav

    7) (virtuous) rechtschaffen; (kind) nett; gut [Absicht, Wünsche, Benehmen, Tat]

    would you be so good as to or good enough to do that? — wären Sie so freundlich od. nett, das zu tun?

    that/it is good of you — das/es ist nett od. lieb von dir

    8) (commendable) gut

    good for youetc. (coll.) bravo!

    good old Jimetc. (coll.) der gute alte Jim usw. (ugs.)

    my good man/friend — (coll.) mein lieber Herr/Freund (ugs.; auch iron.)

    that's a good one(coll.) der ist gut! (ugs.); (iron.) das ist'n Ding! (ugs.)

    9) (attractive) schön; gut [Figur, Haltung]; gepflegt [Erscheinung, Äußeres]; wohlgeformt [Beine]
    10) (thorough) gut

    have a good weep/rest/sleep — sich richtig ausweinen/ausruhen/[sich] richtig ausschlafen (ugs.)

    11) (considerable) [recht] ansehnlich [Menschenmenge]; ganz schön, ziemlich (ugs.) [Stück Wegs, Entfernung, Zeitraum, Strecke]; gut, anständig [Preis, Erlös]; hoch [Alter]
    12) (sound, valid) gut [Grund, Rat, Gedanke]; berechtigt [Anspruch]; (Commerc.) solide [Kunde]; sicher [Anleihe, Kredit]

    good sense — Vernünftigkeit, die

    have the good sense to do somethingso vernünftig sein, etwas zu tun

    13) (in greetings)

    good afternoon/day — guten Tag!

    good evening/morning — guten Abend/Morgen!

    14) in exclamation gut

    very good, sir — sehr wohl!

    good God/Lord — etc. see nouns

    15) (best) gut [Geschirr, Anzug]
    16) (correct, fitting) gut; (appropriate) angebracht; ratsam
    17)

    as good asso gut wie

    18)

    make good(succeed) erfolgreich sein; (effect) in die Tat umsetzen; ausführen [Plan]; erfüllen [Versprechen]; (compensate for) wieder gutmachen [Fehler]; (indemnify) ersetzen [Schaden, Ausgaben]. See also academic.ru/6608/best">best 1.; better 1.

    2. adverb as intensifier
    (coll.)

    good and... — richtig...

    hit somebody good and proper — jemanden ordentlich verprügeln. See also best 2.; better 2.

    3. noun
    1) (use) Nutzen, der

    be some good to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache nützen

    he'll never be any goodaus dem wird nichts Gutes werden

    be no good to somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas nicht zu gebrauchen sein

    it is no/not much good doing something — es hat keinen/kaum einen Sinn, etwas zu tun

    what's the good of...?, what good is...? — was nützt...?

    2) (benefit)

    for your/his etc. own good — zu deinem/seinem usw. Besten od. eigenen Vorteil

    for the good of mankind/the country — zum Wohl[e] der Menschheit/des Landes

    do no/little good — nichts/wenig helfen od. nützen

    do somebody/something good — jemandem/einer Sache nützen; [Ruhe, Erholung:] jemandem/einer Sache gut tun; [Arznei:] jemandem/einer Sache helfen

    I'll tell him, but what good will that do? — ich sag es ihm, aber was nützt od. hilft das schon?

    come home £10 to the good — mit 10 Pfund plus nach Hause kommen

    3) (goodness) Gute, das

    the difference between good and bad or evil — der Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse

    4) (kind acts) Gute, das

    be up to no goodnichts Gutes im Sinn haben od. im Schilde führen

    5)

    for good [and all] — (finally) ein für allemal; (permanently) für immer [und ewig]; endgültig

    6) constr. as pl. (virtuous people)
    7) in pl. (wares etc.) Waren; (Brit. Railw.) Fracht, die; attrib. Güter[bahnhof, -wagen, -zug]
    8) in pl.

    the goods(coll.): (what is wanted) das Gewünschte; das Verlangte

    deliver the goods(fig.) halten, was man verspricht

    * * *
    [ɡud] 1. comparative - better; adjective
    1) (well-behaved; not causing trouble etc: Be good!; She's a good baby.) gut
    2) (correct, desirable etc: She was a good wife; good manners; good English.) gut
    3) (of high quality: good food/literature; His singing is very good.) gut
    4) (skilful; able to do something well: a good doctor; good at tennis; good with children.) geschickt
    5) (kind: You've been very good to him; a good father.) gut
    6) (helpful; beneficial: Exercise is good for you.; Cheese is good for you.) gut
    7) (pleased, happy etc: I'm in a good mood today.) gut
    8) (pleasant; enjoyable: to read a good book; Ice-cream is good to eat.) gut
    9) (considerable; enough: a good salary; She talked a good deal of nonsense.) reichlich
    10) (suitable: a good man for the job.) geeignet
    11) (sound, fit: good health; good eyesight; a car in good condition.) gut
    12) (sensible: Can you think of one good reason for doing that?) gut
    13) (showing approval: We've had very good reports about you.) gut
    14) (thorough: a good clean.) gewissenhaft
    15) (healthy or in a positive mood: I don't feel very good this morning.) gut
    2. noun
    1) (advantage or benefit: He worked for the good of the poor; for your own good; What's the good of a broken-down car?) der Nutzen
    2) (goodness: I always try to see the good in people.) das Gute
    3. interjection
    (an expression of approval, gladness etc.) gut!
    4. interjection
    ((also my goodness) an expression of surprise etc.) du meine Güte!
    - goods
    - goody
    - goodbye
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good-for-nothing
    - good humour
    - good-humoured
    - good-humouredly
    - good-looking
    - good morning
    - good afternoon
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good night
    - good-natured
    - goodwill
    - good will
    - good works
    - as good as
    - be as good as one's word
    - be up to no good
    - deliver the goods
    - for good
    - for goodness' sake
    - good for
    - good for you
    - him
    - Good Friday
    - good gracious
    - good heavens
    - goodness gracious
    - goodness me
    - good old
    - make good
    - no good
    - put in a good word for
    - take something in good part
    - take in good part
    - thank goodness
    - to the good
    * * *
    [gʊd]
    <better, best>
    1. (of high quality) gut
    there's nothing like a \good book es geht nichts über ein gutes Buch
    she speaks \good Spanish sie spricht gut Spanisch
    dogs have a \good sense of smell Hunde haben einen guten Geruchssinn
    he's got \good intuition about such matters er hat in diesen Dingen ein gutes Gespür
    your reasons make \good sense but... deine Gründe sind durchaus einleuchtend, aber...
    \good show [or job]! gut gemacht!
    I need a \good meal now jetzt brauche ich was Ordentliches zu essen!
    the child had the \good sense to... das Kind besaß die Geistesgegenwart...
    he only has one \good leg er hat nur ein gesundes Bein
    that's a \good one ( iron) haha, der war gut! iron
    \good appetite gesunder Appetit
    to be a \good catch eine gute Partie sein
    a \good choice/decision eine gute Wahl/Entscheidung
    \good ears/eyes gute Ohren/Augen
    to do a \good job gute Arbeit leisten
    to be in \good shape in guter [körperlicher] Verfassung sein
    \good thinking gute Idee
    \good timing gutes Timing
    to be/not be \good enough gut/nicht gut genug sein
    that's just not \good enough! so geht das nicht!
    if she says so that's \good enough for me wenn sie es sagt, reicht mir das
    to be \good for nothing zu nichts taugen
    to feel \good sich akk gut fühlen
    I don't feel too \good today heute geht's mir nicht besonders fam
    2. (skilled) gut, begabt
    to be \good at sth gut in etw dat sein
    he's a \good runner [or he's \good at running] er ist ein guter Läufer
    she's very \good at learning foreign languages sie ist sehr sprachbegabt
    he's not very \good at maths [or AM in math] er ist nicht besonders gut in Mathe
    this book is \good on international export law dieses Buch ist sehr gut, wenn man etwas über internationale Exportbestimmungen erfahren möchte
    he is particularly \good on American history besonders gut kennt er sich in amerikanischer Geschichte aus
    to be \good with sth with children mit etw dat gut umgehen können
    to be \good with one's hands geschickt mit seinen Händen sein
    to be \good in bed gut im Bett sein fam
    to be \good with people gut mit Leuten umgehen können
    3. (pleasant) schön
    that was a really \good story, Mummy das war echt eine tolle Geschichte, Mama fam
    that was the best party in a long time das war die beste Party seit Langem
    it's \good to see [or seeing] you after all these years schön, dich nach all den Jahren wiederzusehen!
    \good morning/evening guten Morgen/Abend
    \good day esp BRIT, AUS guten Tag; ( dated: said at departure) guten Tag
    to have a \good day/evening einen schönen Tag/Abend haben
    have a \good day schönen Tag noch!
    \good news gute Neuigkeiten
    to have a \good time [viel] Spaß haben
    \good weather schönes Wetter
    to have a \good one ( fam) einen schönen Tag haben
    4. (appealing to senses) gut, schön
    after a two-week vacation, they came back with \good tans nach zwei Wochen Urlaub kamen sie gut gebräunt zurück
    most dancers have \good legs die meisten Tänzer haben schöne Beine
    to look/smell/sound/taste \good gut aussehen/riechen/klingen/schmecken
    sb looks \good in sth clothes etw steht jdm
    to have \good looks, to be \good-looking gut aussehen
    he made a very \good impression at the interview er hat beim Vorstellungsgespräch einen sehr guten Eindruck gemacht
    there's a \good chance [that]... die Chancen stehen gut, dass...
    we got a \good deal on our new fridge wir haben unseren neuen Kühlschrank günstig erstanden
    the play got \good reviews [or a \good press] das Stück hat gute Kritiken bekommen
    it's a \good job we didn't go camping last weekend — the weather was awful zum Glück sind wir letztes Wochenende nicht campen gegangen — das Wetter war schrecklich
    the \good life das süße Leben
    \good luck [on sth] viel Glück [bei etw dat]
    best of luck on your exams today! alles Gute für deine Prüfung heute!
    a \good omen ein gutes Omen
    to be too much of a \good thing zu viel des Guten sein
    you can have too much of a \good thing man kann es auch übertreiben
    \good times gute Zeiten
    to be too \good to be true zu schön, um wahr zu sein
    to have [got] it \good ( fam) es gut haben
    6. (beneficial) vorteilhaft
    to be \good for sb gut für jdn sein
    milk is \good for you Milch ist gesund
    to be \good for business/for headaches gut fürs Geschäft/gegen Kopfschmerzen sein
    7. (useful) nützlich, sinnvoll
    we had a \good discussion on the subject wir hatten eine klärende Diskussion über die Sache
    it's \good that you checked the door gut, dass du die Tür nochmal überprüft hast
    8. (on time)
    in \good time rechtzeitig
    be patient, you'll hear the result all in \good time seien Sie geduldig, Sie erfahren das Ergebnis noch früh genug
    in one's own \good time in seinem eigenen Rhythmus
    to be a \good time to do sth ein guter Zeitpunkt sein, [um] etw zu tun
    10. inv (kind) freundlich, lieb
    the college has been very \good about her health problem die Hochschule zeigte sehr viel Verständnis für ihr gesundheitliches Problem
    it was very \good of you to help us es war sehr lieb von dir, uns zu helfen
    he's got a \good heart er hat ein gutes Herz
    be so \good as to... sei doch bitte so nett und...
    would you be \good enough to... wären Sie so nett und...
    \good deeds/works gute Taten
    to do a \good deed eine gute Tat tun
    11. (moral) gut
    the G\good Book die [heilige] Bibel
    for a \good cause für einen guten Zweck
    to set a \good example to sb jdm ein gutes Vorbild sein
    sb's \good name/reputation jds guter Name/guter Ruf
    to be [as] \good as one's word vertrauenswürdig sein
    \good dog! braver Hund!
    be a \good girl and... sei ein liebes Mädchen [o sei so lieb] und...
    OK, I'll be a \good sport o.k., ich will mal kein Spielverderber sein
    she's been as \good as gold all evening sie hat sich den ganzen Abend über ausgezeichnet benommen
    to be on \good/one's best behaviour sich akk gut benehmen/von seiner besten Seite zeigen
    \good loser guter Verlierer/gute Verliererin
    13. attr, inv (thorough) gut, gründlich
    the house needs a \good clean[ing] das Haus sollte mal gründlich geputzt werden
    have a \good think about it lass es dir noch einmal gut durch den Kopf gehen
    now, now — have a \good cry schon gut — wein dich mal so richtig aus
    they have built a \good case against the suspect sie haben einen hieb- und stichfesten Fall gegen den Verdächtigen aufgebaut
    we had some \good fun at the amusement park wir hatten so richtig viel Spaß im Vergnügungspark
    a \good beating eine gründliche Tracht Prügel
    to have a \good laugh ordentlich lachen
    to have a \good look at sth sich dat etw genau ansehen
    a \good talking to eine Standpauke
    14. pred, inv (valid) gültig; (not forged) banknote echt; (usable) gut
    this car should be \good for another year or so dieses Auto hält wohl schon noch ein Jahr oder so
    he gave us a gift certificate \good for $100 er hat uns einen Geschenkgutschein über 100 Dollar überreicht
    this ticket is only \good on weekends dieses Ticket gilt nur an Wochenenden
    my credit card is only \good for another month meine Kreditkarte ist nur noch einen Monat gültig
    15. attr, inv (substantial) beträchtlich
    we walked a \good distance today wir sind heute ein ordentliches Stück gelaufen
    she makes \good money at her new job sie verdient in ihrem neuen Job gutes Geld
    it's a \good half hour's walk to the station from here von hier bis zum Bahnhof ist es zu Fuß eine gute halbe Stunde
    a \good deal jede Menge
    you're looking a \good deal better now du siehst jetzt ein gutes Stück besser aus
    to make a \good profit einen beträchtlichen Profit machen
    a \good few/many eine ganze Menge
    16. pred, inv FOOD (not rotten) gut
    17. pred, inv (able to provide) gut
    he is always \good for a laugh er ist immer gut für einen Witz
    thanks for the loan and don't worry, I'm \good for it danke für den Kredit und keine Sorge, ich zahle ihn zurück
    her credit is \good sie ist kreditwürdig
    as \good as... so gut wie...
    our firewood is as \good as gone unser Feuerholz ist nahezu aufgebraucht
    to be as \good as dead/new so gut wie tot/neu sein
    they as \good as called me a liar sie nannten mich praktisch eine Lügnerin!
    19. attr, inv (to emphasize) schön
    I need a \good long holiday ich brauche mal wieder so einen richtig schönen langen Urlaub!
    what you need is a \good hot cup of coffee was du brauchst, ist eine gute Tasse heißen Kaffee
    \good and...:
    she's really \good and mad sie ist so richtig sauer
    I'll do it when I'm \good and ready, and not one minute before ich mache es, sobald ich fertig bin und keine Minute früher!
    20. BRIT (said to accept order)
    very \good sehr wohl! veraltet
    \good Lord [or heavens]! gütiger Himmel! geh
    \good gracious! ach du liebe Zeit!
    \good grief! du meine Güte!
    \good egg! BRIT ( dated) ausgezeichnet!; ( iron)
    oh, — \good for you! oh, schön für dich! iron
    22. attr, inv (said to express affection)
    \good old James! der gute alte James!
    the \good old days die gute alte Zeit
    23.
    if you can't be \good, be careful ( prov) wenn man schon was anstellt, sollte man sich wenigstens nicht [dabei] erwischen lassen
    it's as \good as it gets besser wird's nicht mehr
    to give as \good as one gets es [jdm] mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen
    \good to go fertig, bereit
    to have a \good innings BRIT ein schönes Leben haben
    to make \good zu Geld kommen
    to make sth ⇆ \good (repair) etw reparieren; mistake etw wiedergutmachen; (pay for) etw wettmachen fam; (do successfully) etw schaffen
    to make \good time gut in der Zeit liegen
    for \good measure als Draufgabe, obendrein
    \good riddance Gott sei Dank!
    she's \good for another few years! mit ihr muss man noch ein paar Jahre rechnen!
    II. ADVERB
    1. esp AM DIAL ( fam: well) gut
    boy, she can sure sing \good, can't she? Junge, die kann aber gut singen, oder?
    2. ( fam: thoroughly) gründlich
    to do sth \good and proper etw richtig gründlich tun
    well, you've broken the table \good and proper na, den Tisch hast du aber so richtig ruiniert!
    III. NOUN
    1. (moral force) Gute nt
    \good and evil Gut und Böse
    to be up to no \good nichts Gutes im Schilde führen
    to do \good Gutes tun
    the \good pl die Guten pl
    2. (benefit) Wohl nt
    this medicine will do you a [or the] world of \good diese Medizin wird Ihnen unglaublich gut tun
    to do more harm than \good mehr schaden als nützen
    for the \good of his health zum Wohle seiner Gesundheit, seiner Gesundheit zuliebe
    for the \good of the nation zum Wohle der Nation
    for one's own \good zu seinem eigenen Besten
    3. (purpose) Nutzen m
    to be no [or not to be any] /not much \good nichts/wenig nützen
    that young man is no \good dieser junge Mann ist ein Taugenichts
    to not do much/any \good nicht viel/nichts nützen
    even a small donation can do a lot of \good auch eine kleine Spende kann eine Menge helfen
    that won't do much \good das wird auch nicht viel nützen
    it's no \good complaining all day den ganzen Tag rumzujammern bringt auch nichts! fam
    what \good is sitting alone in your room? was bringt es, hier alleine in deinem Zimmer zu sitzen?; ( iron)
    a lot of \good that'll do [you]! das wird [dir] ja viel nützen! iron
    4. (profit)
    we were £7,000 to the \good when we sold our house als wir unser Haus verkauften, haben wir einen Gewinn von 7.000 Pfund eingestrichen; ( fig)
    he was two gold medals to the \good by the end of the day am Ende des Tages war er um zwei Goldmedaillen reicher
    5. (ability)
    to be no \good at sth etw nicht gut können, bei etw dat nicht [sonderlich] gut sein
    6. COMM Gut nt, Ware f
    7.
    for \good [and all] für immer [und ewig]
    * * *
    [gʊd]
    1. ADJECTIVE
    comp better, superl best
    1) gut

    that's a good one! (joke) — das ist ein guter Witz; ( usu iro : excuse ) wers glaubt, wird selig! (inf)

    he tells a good story —

    you've never had it so good! — es ist euch noch nie so gut gegangen, ihr habt es noch nie so gut gehabt

    it's too good to be true — es ist zu schön, um wahr zu sein

    this is as good as it getsbesser wirds nicht mehr __diams; to be good at sth gut in etw (dat) sein

    to be good at sport/languages — gut im Sport/in Sprachen sein

    to be good at sewing/typing — gut nähen/tippen können

    that's not good enough, you'll have to do better than that — das geht so nicht, du musst dich schon etwas mehr anstrengen

    if he gives his word, that's good enough for me — wenn er sein Wort gibt, reicht mir das

    her work/conduct is just not good enough —

    they felt he wasn't good enough for her — sie waren der Meinung, dass er nicht gut genug für sie war

    I don't feel too good — mir ist nicht gut, ich fühle mich nicht wohl

    you look good in that — du siehst gut darin aus, das steht dir gut __diams; to make good mistake, damage wiedergutmachen; threat wahr machen; promise erfüllen

    to make good one's lossesseine Verluste wettmachen

    as good as new —

    he as good as called me a liar/invited me to come — er nannte mich praktisch einen Lügner/hat mich praktisch eingeladen

    2) = beneficial gut

    milk is good for children to be good for toothache/one's health — Milch ist gut or gesund für Kinder gut gegen Zahnschmerzen/für die Gesundheit sein

    to drink more than is good for one — mehr trinken, als einem guttut

    what's good for consumers isn't always good for the economy — was gut für den Verbraucher ist, ist nicht immer gut für die Wirtschaft

    3) = favourable moment, chance, opportunity günstig, gut

    it's a good thing or job I was there — (nur) gut, dass ich dort war

    4) = enjoyable holiday, evening schön

    did you have a good day? — wie wars heute?, wie gings (dir) heute?

    5) = kind gut, lieb

    (it was) good of you to come — nett, dass Sie gekommen sind

    would you be good enough to tell me... — wären Sie so nett, mir zu sagen... (also iro)

    6) = virtuous name, manners, behaviour gut

    if you can't be good, be careful — wenn du es schon tun musst, sei wenigstens vorsichtig

    7) = well-behaved artig, brav (inf)

    be a good girl/boy — sei artig or lieb or brav (inf)

    be a good girl/boy and... — sei so lieb und...

    8)

    = admirable your good lady (dated) my good man (dated)Ihre werte Gemahlin (geh) mein Guter (old)

    good man! — sehr löblich!, gut gemacht!

    the Good Book —

    9) = valid advice, excuse gut; reason gut, triftig; ticket gültig
    10) = handsome looks, figure, features gut; legs, body schön
    11) = uninjured eye, leg gesund
    12) = thorough gut, gründlich, tüchtig (inf)

    to have a good laughordentlich or so richtig lachen (inf)

    13) = considerable hour, while gut; amount, distance, way gut, schön

    a good many/few people — ziemlich viele/nicht gerade wenig Leute

    14) in greetings gut
    15) in exclamations gut, prima

    that's good! — gut!, prima!

    (it's) good to see you/to be here — (es ist) schön, dich zu sehen/hier zu sein

    very good, sir — sehr wohl (old)

    on you/him etc! — gut!, prima!; (iro also) das ist ja toll!

    16) emphatic use schön

    a good strong stick —

    good and hard/strong (inf) — ganz schön fest/stark (inf)

    2. ADVERB
    1) = fine gut

    how are you? – good! — wie gehts? – gut!

    2) = well strictly incorrect gut
    3. NOUN
    1) = what is morally right Gute(s) nt

    to do good —

    2) = advantage, benefit Wohl nt

    this affects us, for good or ill —

    it's done now, for good or ill — es ist nun einmal geschehen

    I did it for your own good — ich meine es nur gut mit dir, es war nur zu deinem Besten

    to do sb good — jdm helfen; (rest, drink, medicine etc) jdm guttun

    much good may it do you (iro inf) — na, dann viel Vergnügen!

    that won't do much/any good — das hilft auch nicht viel/auch nichts

    that won't do you much/any good — das hilft dir auch nicht viel/auch nichts

    a ( fat) lot of good that will do! (iro inf)als ob das viel helfen würde! (iro)

    3)

    = use what's the good of hurrying? — wozu eigentlich die Eile?

    it's no good complaining to me — es ist sinnlos or es nützt nichts, sich bei mir zu beklagen

    it's no good doing it like that — es hat keinen Sinn, das so zu machen

    I'm no good at things like that —

    he wasn't any good for the job —

    4)

    set structures __diams; for good (= for ever) for good (and all) — für immer (und ewig)

    we were 5 points/£5 to the good — wir hatten 5 Punkte zu viel/£ 5 plus

    * * *
    good [ɡud]
    A s
    1. Nutzen m, Wert m, Vorteil m:
    for his own good zu seinem eigenen Vorteil;
    he knows too much for his own good er weiß mehr, als ihm guttut;
    what good will it do?, what is the good of it?, what good is it? was hat es für einen Wert?, was nützt es?, wozu soll das gut sein?;
    it is no (not much) good trying es hat keinen (wenig) Sinn oder Zweck, es zu versuchen;
    a) besonders WIRTSCH als Gewinn- oder Kreditsaldo,
    b) obendrein, extra ( A 2);
    for good (and all) für immer, endgültig, ein für alle Mal
    2. (das) Gute, Gutes n, Wohl n:
    a) jemandem Gutes tun,
    b) jemandem guttun oder wohltun;
    much good may it do you oft iron wohl bekomms!;
    the common good das Gemeinwohl;
    be to the good nur zu seinem etc Besten sein;
    come to good zum Guten ausschlagen;
    it’s all to the good es ist nur von Vorteil ( that dass)( A 1);
    it comes to no good es führt zu nichts Gutem;
    be up to no good nichts Gutes im Schilde führen;
    for good or for evil auf Gedeih und Verderb
    3. the good koll die Guten pl, die Rechtschaffenen pl
    4. PHIL (das) Gute
    5. pl bewegliches Vermögen:
    a) Hab n und Gut n, bewegliche Sachen, Mobiliargut n,
    b) umg Siebensachen
    6. pl WIRTSCH
    a) Br ( besonders Eisenbahn)Güter pl, Fracht(gut) f(n)
    b) (Handels)Güter pl, (Handels)Ware(n) f(pl):
    goods for consumption Verbrauchs-, Konsumgüter;
    goods in process Halbfabrikate, -erzeugnisse;
    a piece of goods sl eine Mieze;
    have the goods on sb US sl etwas gegen jemanden in der Hand haben. deliver A 2
    7. pl US Stoffe pl, Textilien pl
    8. the goods sl das Richtige, das Wahre:
    that’s the goods!
    B adj komp better [ˈbetə(r)], sup best [best]
    1. (moralisch) gut, redlich, rechtschaffen, ehrbar, anständig (Mädchen etc):
    good men and true redliche und treue Männer;
    a good father and husband ein guter oder treu sorgender Vater und Gatte;
    she is a good wife to him sie ist ihm eine gute Frau
    2. gut (Qualität):
    3. gut, frisch, genießbar:
    is this meat still good?;
    a good egg ein frisches Ei
    4. gut, lieb, gütig, freundlich:
    good to the poor gut zu den Armen;
    be so ( oder as) good as to fetch it sei so gut und hol es, hol es doch bitte; enough C
    5. gut, lieb, artig, brav (Kind):
    have you been a good girl? bist du (schön) brav gewesen?; gold A 1
    6. verehrt, lieb:
    his good lady oft iron seine liebe Frau;
    my good man oft iron mein Lieber!, mein lieber Freund oder Mann!
    7. gut, geachtet:
    of good family aus guter Familie
    8. gut, einwandfrei (Betragen etc): certificate A 1
    9. a) gut, erfreulich, angenehm (Nachrichten etc):
    be good news umg erfreulich sein (Sache); nett sein (Person);
    have a good time sich (gut) amüsieren; es sich gut gehen lassen; afternoon A, morning A 1, etc
    b) schön:
    it’s good to be home again;
    too good to be true zu schön, um wahr zu sein
    10. gut:
    a) geeignet, vorteilhaft, günstig, nützlich
    b) gesund, zuträglich
    c) heilsam:
    a man good for the post ein geeigneter oder guter Mann für den Posten;
    good for colds gut gegen oder für Erkältungen;
    milk is good for children Milch ist gut oder gesund für Kinder;
    good for one’s health gesund;
    what is it good for? wofür ist es gut?, wozu dient es?;
    it is a good thing that … es ist gut oder günstig, dass …;
    stay away if you know what’s good for you! das rate ich dir im Guten!;
    he drank more than was good for him als ihm guttat; nothing Bes Redew
    11. gut, richtig, recht, angebracht, empfehlenswert, zweckmäßig:
    in good time zur rechten Zeit, (gerade) rechtzeitig;
    all in good time alles zu seiner Zeit;
    in one’s own good time wenn es einem passt
    12. gut, angemessen, ausreichend, zufriedenstellend;
    his word is good enough for me sein Wort genügt mir;
    his time is only good enough for 4th place SPORT seine Zeit reicht nur für den 4. Platz
    13. gut, reichlich:
    a good hour eine gute Stunde;
    it’s a good three miles to the station es sind gut drei Meilen bis zum Bahnhof
    14. gut, ziemlich (weit, groß), beträchtlich, bedeutend, erheblich, ansehnlich:
    a good many eine beträchtliche Anzahl, ziemlich viele;
    a good many times ziemlich oft; beating 2, way1 5, while A
    15. (vor adj) verstärkend:
    a good long time sehr lange Zeit;
    good old age hohes Alter;
    good and … sehr, ganz schön, mordsmäßig umg (z. B. good and tired hundemüde umg)
    16. gültig:
    a) begründet, berechtigt (Anspruch etc)
    b) triftig, gut (Grund etc):
    a good argument ein stichhaltiges Argument; cause A 2, reason A 1
    c) echt (Geld)
    17. gut, überzeugt (Republikaner etc)
    18. gut, fähig, tüchtig:
    he is good at arithmetic er ist gut im Rechnen;
    he is good at golf er spielt gut Golf;
    be good with one’s hands handwerkliches Geschick haben
    19. gut, zuverlässig, sicher, solide ( alle auch WIRTSCH):
    a good firm eine gute oder solide oder zahlungsfähige oder kreditwürdige Firma;
    a good man WIRTSCH umg ein sicherer Mann (Kunde etc);
    good debts WIRTSCH sichere Schulden;
    good for WIRTSCH (auf einem Wechsel) über den Betrag von ( B 23);
    be good for any amount WIRTSCH für jeden Betrag gut sein
    20. WIRTSCH in Ordnung (Scheck)
    21. JUR (rechts)gültig
    22. wirklich, aufrichtig, ehrlich, echt: faith 3
    23. umg good for fähig oder geneigt zu:
    I am good for a walk ich habe Lust zu einem Spaziergang;
    I am good for another mile ich könnte noch eine Meile weitermarschieren;
    my car is good for another 10,000 miles mein Wagen macht noch leicht 10 000 Meilen ( B 19)
    C adv
    1. umg gut:
    2. as good as so gut wie, praktisch:
    as good as new auch neuwertig
    D int gut!, schön!, fein!:
    good for you! umg (ich) gratuliere!
    G abk
    2. ELEK conductance
    3. good
    * * *
    1. adjective,
    1) (satisfactory) gut; (reliable) gut; zuverlässig; (sufficient) gut; ausreichend [Vorrat]; ausgiebig [Mahl]; (competent) gut; geeignet

    his good eye/leg — sein gesundes Auge/Bein

    Late again! It's just not good enough!(coll.) Schon wieder zu spät. So geht es einfach nicht!

    be good at somethingin etwas (Dat.) gut sein

    speak good English — gut[es] Englisch sprechen

    be good with peopleetc. mit Menschen usw. gut od. leicht zurechtkommen

    2) (favourable, advantageous) gut; günstig [Gelegenheit, Augenblick, Angebot]

    too good to be true — zu schön, um wahr zu sein

    the good thing about it is that... — das Gute daran ist, dass...

    be good for somebody/something — gut für jemanden/etwas sein

    eat more than is good for one — mehr essen, als einem guttut

    it's a good thing you told him — nur gut, dass du es ihm gesagt hast

    4) (enjoyable) schön [Leben, Urlaub, Wochenende]

    the good life — das angenehme[, sorglose] Leben

    have a good time!viel Spaß od. Vergnügen!

    it's good to be home again — es ist schön, wieder zu Hause zu sein

    5) (cheerful) gut; angenehm [Patient]

    good humour or spirits or mood — gute Laune

    I'm not feeling too good(coll.) mir geht es nicht sehr gut

    6) (well-behaved) gut; brav

    be good!, be a good girl/boy! — sei brav od. lieb!

    [as] good as gold — ganz artig od. brav

    7) (virtuous) rechtschaffen; (kind) nett; gut [Absicht, Wünsche, Benehmen, Tat]

    would you be so good as to or good enough to do that? — wären Sie so freundlich od. nett, das zu tun?

    that/it is good of you — das/es ist nett od. lieb von dir

    good for youetc. (coll.) bravo!

    good old Jimetc. (coll.) der gute alte Jim usw. (ugs.)

    my good man/friend — (coll.) mein lieber Herr/Freund (ugs.; auch iron.)

    that's a good one(coll.) der ist gut! (ugs.); (iron.) das ist'n Ding! (ugs.)

    9) (attractive) schön; gut [Figur, Haltung]; gepflegt [Erscheinung, Äußeres]; wohlgeformt [Beine]
    10) (thorough) gut

    have a good weep/rest/sleep — sich richtig ausweinen/ausruhen/[sich] richtig ausschlafen (ugs.)

    11) (considerable) [recht] ansehnlich [Menschenmenge]; ganz schön, ziemlich (ugs.) [Stück Wegs, Entfernung, Zeitraum, Strecke]; gut, anständig [Preis, Erlös]; hoch [Alter]
    12) (sound, valid) gut [Grund, Rat, Gedanke]; berechtigt [Anspruch]; (Commerc.) solide [Kunde]; sicher [Anleihe, Kredit]

    good sense — Vernünftigkeit, die

    have the good sense to do something — so vernünftig sein, etwas zu tun

    good afternoon/day — guten Tag!

    good evening/morning — guten Abend/Morgen!

    14) in exclamation gut

    very good, sir — sehr wohl!

    good God/Lord — etc. see nouns

    15) (best) gut [Geschirr, Anzug]
    16) (correct, fitting) gut; (appropriate) angebracht; ratsam
    17)
    18)

    make good (succeed) erfolgreich sein; (effect) in die Tat umsetzen; ausführen [Plan]; erfüllen [Versprechen]; (compensate for) wieder gutmachen [Fehler]; (indemnify) ersetzen [Schaden, Ausgaben]. See also best 1.; better 1.

    2. adverb as intensifier
    (coll.)

    good and... — richtig...

    hit somebody good and proper — jemanden ordentlich verprügeln. See also best 2.; better 2.

    3. noun
    1) (use) Nutzen, der

    be some good to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache nützen

    be no good to somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas nicht zu gebrauchen sein

    it is no/not much good doing something — es hat keinen/kaum einen Sinn, etwas zu tun

    what's the good of...?, what good is...? — was nützt...?

    for your/his etc. own good — zu deinem/seinem usw. Besten od. eigenen Vorteil

    for the good of mankind/the country — zum Wohl[e] der Menschheit/des Landes

    do no/little good — nichts/wenig helfen od. nützen

    do somebody/something good — jemandem/einer Sache nützen; [Ruhe, Erholung:] jemandem/einer Sache gut tun; [Arznei:] jemandem/einer Sache helfen

    I'll tell him, but what good will that do? — ich sag es ihm, aber was nützt od. hilft das schon?

    come home £10 to the good — mit 10 Pfund plus nach Hause kommen

    3) (goodness) Gute, das

    the difference between good and bad or evil — der Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse

    4) (kind acts) Gute, das

    be up to no goodnichts Gutes im Sinn haben od. im Schilde führen

    5)

    for good [and all] — (finally) ein für allemal; (permanently) für immer [und ewig]; endgültig

    6) constr. as pl. (virtuous people)
    7) in pl. (wares etc.) Waren; (Brit. Railw.) Fracht, die; attrib. Güter[bahnhof, -wagen, -zug]
    8) in pl.

    the goods(coll.): (what is wanted) das Gewünschte; das Verlangte

    deliver the goods(fig.) halten, was man verspricht

    * * *
    adj.
    brav adj.
    gut adj.
    lieb adj. n.
    Gut ¨-er n.

    English-german dictionary > good

  • 4 run

    1. noun
    1) Lauf, der

    go for a run before breakfast — vor dem Frühstück einen Lauf machen

    make a late run(Sport or fig.) zum Endspurt ansetzen

    come towards somebody/start off at a run — jemandem entgegenlaufen/losrennen

    I've had a good run for my moneyich bin auf meine Kosten gekommen

    2) (trip in vehicle) Fahrt, die; (for pleasure) Ausflug, der

    go for a run [in the car] — einen [Auto]ausflug machen

    3)

    she has had a long run of successsie war lange [Zeit] erfolgreich

    have a long run[Stück, Show:] viele Aufführungen erleben

    4) (succession) Serie, die; (Cards) Sequenz, die
    5) (tendency) Ablauf, der

    the general run of things/events — der Lauf der Dinge/der Gang der Ereignisse

    6) (regular route) Strecke, die
    7) (Cricket, Baseball) Lauf, der; Run, der
    8) (quantity produced) (of book) Auflage, die

    production run — Ausstoß, der (Wirtsch.)

    9) (demand) Run, der (on auf + Akk.)
    10)

    the runs(coll.): (diarrhoea) Durchmarsch, der (salopp)

    11) (unrestricted use)
    12) (animal enclosure) Auslauf, der
    2. intransitive verb,
    -nn-, ran, run
    1) laufen; (fast also) rennen

    run for the buslaufen od. rennen, um den Bus zu kriegen (ugs.)

    2) (compete) laufen
    3) (hurry) laufen

    don't run to me when things go wrongkomm mir nicht angelaufen, wenn etwas schiefgeht (ugs.)

    4) (roll) laufen; [Ball, Kugel:] rollen, laufen
    5) (slide) laufen; [Schlitten, [Schiebe]tür:] gleiten
    6) (revolve) [Rad, Maschine:] laufen
    7) (flee) davonlaufen
    8) (operate on a schedule) fahren

    run between two places[Zug, Bus:] zwischen zwei Orten verkehren

    9) (pass cursorily)

    run through one's head or mind — [Gedanken, Ideen:] einem durch den Kopf gehen

    run through the various possibilitiesdie verschiedenen Möglichkeiten durchspielen

    10) (flow) laufen; [Fluss:] fließen

    run dry[Fluss:] austrocknen; [Quelle:] versiegen

    run low or short — knapp werden; ausgehen

    11) (be current) [Vertrag, Theaterstück:] laufen
    12) (be present)

    run in the family[Eigenschaft, Begabung:] in der Familie liegen

    13) (function) laufen

    keep/leave the engine running — den Motor laufen lassen/nicht abstellen

    the machine runs on batteries/oil — etc. die Maschine läuft mit Batterien/Öl usw.

    14) (have a course) [Straße, Bahnlinie:] verlaufen
    15) (have wording) lauten; [Geschichte:] gehen (fig.)
    16) (have certain level)

    inflation is running at 15 % — die Inflationsrate beläuft sich auf od. beträgt 15 %

    17) (seek election) kandidieren

    run for mayorfür das Amt des Bürgermeisters kandidieren

    18) (spread quickly)

    a shiver ran down my spine — ein Schau[d]er (geh.) lief mir den Rücken hinunter

    19) (spread undesirably) [Butter, Eis:] zerlaufen; (in washing) [Farben:] auslaufen
    20) (ladder) [Strumpf:] Laufmaschen bekommen
    3. transitive verb,
    -nn-, ran, run
    1) (cause to move) laufen lassen; (drive) fahren

    run one's hand/fingers through/along or over something — mit der Hand/den Fingern durch etwas fahren/über etwas (Akk.) streichen

    run an or one's eye along or down or over something — (fig.) etwas überfliegen

    2) (cause to flow) [ein]laufen lassen
    3) (organize, manage) führen, leiten [Geschäft usw.]; durchführen [Experiment]; veranstalten [Wettbewerb]; führen [Leben]
    4) (operate) bedienen [Maschine]; verkehren lassen [Verkehrsmittel]; einsetzen [Sonderbus, -zug]; laufen lassen [Motor]; abspielen [Tonband]

    run forward/back — vorwärts-/zurückspulen [Film, Tonband]

    5) (own and use) sich (Dat.) halten [Auto]

    this car is expensive to rundieses Auto ist im Unterhalt sehr teuer

    6) (take for journey) fahren

    I'll run you into townich fahre od. bringe dich in die Stadt

    7) (pursue) jagen

    run somebody hard or close — jemandem auf den Fersen sein od. sitzen (ugs.)

    be run off one's feetalle Hände voll zu tun haben (ugs.); (in business) Hochbetrieb haben (ugs.); see also academic.ru/23126/earth">earth 1. 4)

    8) (complete) laufen [Rennen, Marathon, Strecke]

    run messages/errands — Botengänge machen

    9)

    run a fever/a temperature — Fieber/erhöhte Temperatur haben

    10) (publish) bringen (ugs.) [Bericht, Artikel usw.]
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    1. present participle - running; verb
    1) ((of a person or animal) to move quickly, faster than walking: He ran down the road.) rennen
    2) (to move smoothly: Trains run on rails.) fahren
    3) ((of water etc) to flow: Rivers run to the sea; The tap is running.) laufen
    4) ((of a machine etc) to work or operate: The engine is running; He ran the motor to see if it was working.) laufen(lassen)
    5) (to organize or manage: He runs the business very efficiently.) leiten
    6) (to race: Is your horse running this afternoon?) laufen
    7) ((of buses, trains etc) to travel regularly: The buses run every half hour; The train is running late.) verkehren
    8) (to last or continue; to go on: The play ran for six weeks.) laufen
    9) (to own and use, especially of cars: He runs a Rolls Royce.) sich halten
    10) ((of colour) to spread: When I washed my new dress the colour ran.) zerlaufen
    11) (to drive (someone); to give( someone) a lift: He ran me to the station.) fahren
    12) (to move (something): She ran her fingers through his hair; He ran his eyes over the letter.) gleiten lassen
    13) ((in certain phrases) to be or become: The river ran dry; My blood ran cold (= I was afraid).) werden
    2. noun
    1) (the act of running: He went for a run before breakfast.) das Laufen
    2) (a trip or drive: We went for a run in the country.) der Abstecher
    3) (a length of time (for which something continues): He's had a run of bad luck.) die Strähne
    4) (a ladder (in a stocking etc): I've got a run in my tights.) die Laufmasche
    5) (the free use (of a place): He gave me the run of his house.) freie Benutzung
    6) (in cricket, a batsman's act of running from one end of the wicket to the other, representing a single score: He scored/made 50 runs for his team.) der Lauf
    7) (an enclosure or pen: a chicken-run.) der Auslauf
    - runner
    - running 3. adverb
    (one after another; continuously: We travelled for four days running.) aufeinanderfolgend
    - runny
    - runaway
    - rundown
    - runner-up
    - runway
    - in
    - out of the running
    - on the run
    - run across
    - run after
    - run aground
    - run along
    - run away
    - run down
    - run for
    - run for it
    - run in
    - run into
    - run its course
    - run off
    - run out
    - run over
    - run a temperature
    - run through
    - run to
    - run up
    - run wild
    * * *
    [rʌn]
    I. NOUN
    1. (jog) Lauf m
    the burglar made a \run for the door [or for it] der Einbrecher nahm Reißaus fam
    to let the dog out for [or let the dog have] a \run den Hund hinauslassen [o ÖSTERR fam äußerln führen]
    to break into a \run zu laufen beginnen
    to go for [or do] a \run laufen gehen
    I go for [or do] a 5 mile \run before breakfast ich laufe vor dem Frühstück 5 Meilen
    to set off/come in at a \run weg-/hereinlaufen
    he took the ditch at a \run er nahm Anlauf und sprang über den Graben; ( fig)
    with his main rival out injured, he has a clear \run at the title da sein Hauptrivale verletzt ist, hat er keine Konkurrenten beim Kampf um den Titel
    2. (journey) Strecke f
    the \run down to the coast only takes half an hour man braucht nur eine halbe Stunde zur Küste
    on the London—Glasgow \run auf der Strecke London—Glasgow
    to go for a \run in the car ( dated) eine Spritztour machen fam
    bombing \run Bombardierungsstrecke f
    3. (period) Dauer f
    \run of bad/good luck Pech-/Glückssträhne f
    a long \run of bad weather eine lange Schlechtwetterperiode
    4. (trend) Verlauf m
    in the normal \run of things normalerweise
    5. THEAT Laufzeit f
    after a short \run on Broadway nach kurzer Laufzeit am Broadway
    dry [or dummy] [or practice] \run Generalprobe f
    6. (production) Auflage f
    the company is planning a first \run of 10,000 red teddy bears die Firma plant eine Anfangsproduktion von 10.000 roten Teddybären
    7. ECON (as test) of a machine Durchlauf m, Maschinenlauf m
    a cheque \run Ausstellung f von Schecks durch Computer
    a computer \run Arbeitsgang m [o Durchlauf m] eines Computers
    test \run Probelauf m
    8. usu sing (demand) Run m, Ansturm m
    a sudden \run on the dollar has lowered its value die plötzliche Nachfrage nach dem Dollar ließ den Kurs sinken
    a \run on a bank ein Ansturm m auf eine Bank
    a \run on the pound Panikverkäufe pl des Pfundes
    9. (type) Art f
    their food is not the usual \run of hotel cooking ihr Essen hebt sich von der üblichen Hotelküche ab
    10. (enclosed area) Gehege nt
    chicken \run Hühnerhof m
    11. SPORT (point) Treffer m; (sailing) Vorwindkurs m; (in cricket, baseball) Run m
    to score 4 \runs vier Treffer erzielen
    to score a home \run einen Homerun erzielen
    12. esp AM (ladder) Laufmasche f
    13. ( fam: diarrhoea)
    to have the \runs Dünnpfiff haben sl
    14.
    to give sb a \run for their money jdn etw für sein Geld tun lassen
    to have the \run of sth etw zur Verfügung haben
    while she's away, I have the \run of the house während sie weg ist, hat sie mir das Haus überlassen
    to have a [good] \run for one's money etw für sein Geld bekommen
    in the long \run langfristig, auf lange Sicht gesehen
    in the short \run kurzfristig
    on the \run (escaped) auf der Flucht; (extremely busy) auf Trab fam
    when I am rushed in the mornings, I eat breakfast on the \run wenn ich morgens in Eile bin, dann esse ich mein Frühstück auf dem Weg
    <ran, run>
    1. (move fast) laufen, rennen
    he ran up/down the hill er rannte den Hügel hinauf/hinunter
    he ran along/down the street er rannte die Straße entlang/hinunter
    he ran into/out of the house er rannte in das Haus/aus dem Haus
    people came \running at the sound of shots Menschen kamen gelaufen, als sie Schüsse hörten
    to \run for the bus dem Bus nachlaufen
    to \run for cover schnell in Deckung gehen
    to \run for it sich akk aus dem Staub machen
    to \run for one's life um sein Leben rennen
    to \run for help um Hilfe laufen
    to \run for the police die Polizei benachrichtigen
    to \run on the spot auf der Stelle laufen
    to go \running laufen gehen
    to \run at sb jdn angreifen
    2. (operate) fahren, verkehren; engine laufen; machine in Betrieb sein
    are there a lot of trains \running between London and York? verkehren viele Züge zwischen London und York?
    they had the new computer system up and \running within an hour sie hatten das neue Computerprogramm innerhalb einer Stunde installiert und am Laufen; ( fig)
    work is \running smoothly at the moment die Arbeit geht im Moment glatt von der Hand
    to keep the economy \running die Wirtschaft am Laufen halten
    3. (travel) laufen; (go) verlaufen; ski gleiten
    the route \runs through the mountains die Strecke führt durch die Berge
    a shiver ran down my back mir lief ein Schauder über den Rücken geh
    to \run off the road von der Straße abkommen
    to \run onto the rocks [or aground] [or ashore] auflaufen, auf Grund laufen
    4. (grow) plants sich akk schlingen
    the vine \runs up the wall and along the fence die Weinreben schlingen sich die Wand hinauf und den Zaun entlang
    5. (extend)
    there's a beautiful cornice \running around all the ceilings ein wunderschönes Gesims verläuft um alle Decken
    6. (last) [an]dauern
    the film \runs for two hours der Film dauert zwei Stunden, der Film geht zwei Stunden fam
    how much longer does this course \run? wie lange dauert dieser Kurs noch?
    a magazine subscription usually only \runs for one year ein Zeitschriftenabonnement läuft normalerweise nur ein Jahr
    I've had that tune \running in my head all day diese Melodie geht mir schon den ganzen Tag im Kopf herum
    this show will \run and \run diese Show wird ewig laufen
    7. (be)
    inflation is \running at 10% die Inflationsrate beträgt 10 %; (amount to)
    to \run into [or to] sth sich akk auf etw akk belaufen, gehen
    he has an income \running into six figures er hat ein Einkommen, das sich auf sechsstellige Zahlen beläuft
    8. (flow) fließen
    I could feel trickles of sweat \running down my neck ich fühlte, wie mir die Schweißtropfen den Hals herunterliefen
    their bodies were \running with sweat ihre Körper waren schweißüberströmt
    when the sand has \run through the egg timer, it'll be five minutes wenn der Sand durch die Eieruhr gelaufen ist, dann sind fünf Minuten vorbei
    the river \runs [down] to the sea der Fluss mündet in das Meer
    there was a strong tide/heavy sea \running die Flut/die See war hoch
    don't cry, or your make-up will \run weine nicht, sonst verwischt sich dein Make-up
    the colour of the dress has \run das Kleid hat abgefärbt
    my nose is \running meine Nase läuft
    if the paint is wet, the colours will \run into each other wenn die Farbe nass ist, fließen die Farben ineinander
    9. POL (enter an election) kandidieren
    to \run for President für das Präsidentenamt kandidieren, sich akk für das Amt des Präsidenten bewerben
    to \run against sb gegen jdn kandidieren
    oh no, my tights have \run oh nein, ich habe eine Laufmasche im Strumpf
    11. (proceed) verlaufen
    can you give me an idea of how the discussion ran? kannst du mir den Verlauf der Diskussion schildern?
    12. NAUT fahren
    to \run before the wind vor dem Wind segeln
    13. (to be in force) price, value of commodity gelten, gültig sein
    14.
    to \run amok Amok laufen
    to \run with blood blutüberströmt sein
    the streets were \running with blood in den Straßen floss überall Blut
    to \run round [or AM around] in circles sich akk im Kreise drehen
    to \run deep:
    differences between the two sides \run deep die Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Seiten sind sehr groß
    to \run dry river austrocknen
    to \run in the family in der Familie liegen
    feelings are \running high die Gefühle gehen hoch
    to \run low supplies [langsam] ausgehen
    to make sb's blood \run cold jds Blut in den Adern gefrieren lassen
    to \run short knapp werden
    to \run short of sth etw nicht mehr haben
    we're beginning to \run short of money uns geht langsam das Geld aus
    to \run wild animals frei herumlaufen; plants wuchern; children alles machen dürfen; ( pej)
    she lets her kids \run wild [or \run riot] sie setzt ihren Kindern keinerlei Grenzen
    to let one's imagination \run wild seiner Fantasie freien Lauf lassen
    <ran, run>
    to \run a dead heat/a mile/a race ein totes Rennen/eine Meile/ein Rennen laufen
    2. (enter in race)
    to \run a candidate einen Kandidaten aufstellen
    to \run a horse ein Pferd laufen lassen
    he ran his car into a tree last night er fuhr letzte Nacht mit seinem Auto gegen einen Baum
    to \run sb home jdn nach Hause fahren
    to \run sb to the station jdn zum Bahnhof bringen
    4. (pass)
    she ran her eyes/finger down the list sie ließ die Augen/den Finger über die Liste gleiten
    \run this rope round the tree wickle dieses Seil um den Baum
    he ran a vacuum cleaner over the carpet er saugte den Teppich ab
    to \run one's fingers through one's hair sich dat mit den Fingern durchs Haar fahren
    to \run sth machine etw bedienen
    to \run a computer program ein Computerprogramm laufen lassen
    to \run the engine den Motor laufen lassen
    to \run additional trains zusätzliche Züge einsetzen
    to \run the dishwasher/washing machine die Spülmaschine/Waschmaschine laufen lassen
    to \run sth business etw leiten; farm etw betreiben
    how did he end up \running the city? wie wurde er Bürgermeister der Stadt?
    don't tell me how to \run my life! erklär mir nicht, wie ich mein Leben leben soll!
    some people \run their lives according to the movements of the stars manche Leute richten ihr Leben nach dem Verlauf der Sterne aus
    to \run a company ein Unternehmen leiten
    to \run a government/household eine Regierung/einen Haushalt führen
    to \run a store ein Geschäft haben
    7. (conduct)
    to \run a course einen Kurs anbieten
    to \run an experiment/a test ein Experiment/einen Test durchführen
    to \run sth water etw laufen lassen
    he ran a little cold water into the bath er ließ etwas kaltes Wasser in die Badewanne laufen
    to \run [sb] a bath [or to \run a bath [for sb]] [jdm] ein Bad einlaufen lassen
    9. (in newspaper)
    to \run a story about sth über etw akk berichten
    to \run an article/a series einen Artikel/eine Serie bringen fam
    10. (smuggle)
    to \run sth etw schmuggeln
    to \run sth across the border etw über die Grenze schmuggeln
    11. (not heed)
    to \run a blockade eine Blockade durchbrechen
    to \run a red light eine rote Ampel überfahren
    12. (incur)
    to \run a risk ein Risiko eingehen
    you \run the risk when gambling of losing your entire stake wenn du spielst, riskierst du, deinen gesamten Einsatz zu verlieren
    13. (perform small tasks)
    to \run errands [for sb] [für jdn] Botengänge machen
    14.
    to \run sb/sth close nur knapp von jdm/etw geschlagen werden
    to let sth \run its course etw seinen Lauf nehmen lassen
    to \run sb to earth [or ground] jdn aufspüren
    to \run one's eye over sth etw überfliegen
    to be \run off one's feet alle Hände voll zu tun haben fam
    to \run a fever [or temperature] Fieber haben
    to \run oneself into the ground sich akk völlig verausgaben
    to \run a mile BRIT sich akk aus dem Staub machen fam
    to \run sb ragged jdn schaffen fam
    to \run the show verantwortlich sein
    * * *
    run [rʌn]
    A s
    1. a) Lauf m (auch fig):
    in the long run auf die Dauer, auf lange Sicht, langfristig;
    in the short run auf kurze Sicht, kurzfristig;
    go for ( oder take) a run einen Lauf machen;
    make a run for it sich aus dem Staub machen fig;
    make a run for the door zur Tür rennen
    b) SPORT Lauf m, Durchgang m (eines Slaloms etc)
    2. Laufen n, Rennen n:
    a) (immer) auf Trab sein umg,
    b) auf der Flucht sein ( from the police vor der Polizei);
    keep sb on the run jemanden in Trab halten umg;
    shoot on the run (Fußball) aus vollem Lauf schießen;
    give sb a (good) run for their money es jemandem nicht leicht machen;
    this car gives you a (good) run for your money dieser Wagen ist sein Geld wert;
    he’s had a (good) run for his money er ist auf seine Kosten gekommen, er kann sich nicht beklagen
    3. Laufschritt m:
    at a run im Laufschritt;
    go off at a run davonlaufen
    4. Anlauf m:
    take a run (einen) Anlauf nehmen
    5. SCHIFF, AUTO Fahrt f
    6. oft short run Spazierfahrt f:
    go for a run in the car eine Spazierfahrt machen
    7. Abstecher m, Ausflug m ( beide:
    to nach)
    8. Reiten: schneller Galopp
    9. JAGD Hatz f
    10. besonders WIRTSCH Ansturm m, Run m ( beide:
    on auf eine Bank, Eintrittskarten etc), stürmische Nachfrage (on nach einer Ware)
    11. (Laich)Wanderung f (der Fische)
    12. MUS Lauf m
    13. US (kleiner) Wasserlauf
    14. US Laufmasche f
    15. (Ver)Lauf m, Fortgang m:
    run of the play SPORT Spielverlauf;
    be against the run of the play SPORT den Spielverlauf auf den Kopf stellen
    16. Verlauf m:
    17. a) Tendenz f
    b) Mode f
    18. ( auch SPORT Erfolgs-, Treffer)Serie f, Folge f, Reihe f:
    a run of bad (good) luck eine Pechsträhne (eine Glückssträhne, ein Lauf);
    a run of good weather eine Schönwetterperiode;
    a run of wins eine Siegesserie
    19. Kartenspiel: Sequenz f
    20. Auflage f (einer Zeitung etc)
    21. TECH Herstellungsmaße pl, -größe f, (Rohr- etc) Länge f, (Betriebs) Leistung f, Ausstoß m:
    a) Fördererz n,
    b) Rohkohle f
    22. Bergbau: Ader f
    23. TECH
    a) Durchlauf m (eines Beschickungsguts)
    b) Charge f, (Beschickungs)Menge f
    24. TECH
    a) Arbeitsperiode f, Gang m
    b) IT (Durch)Lauf m
    c) Bedienung f (einer Maschine etc)
    25. THEAT, FILM Lauf-, Spielzeit f:
    the play had a run of 44 nights das Stück wurde 44-mal hintereinander gegeben;
    the film had a run of six months ( oder a six-month run) der Film lief ein halbes Jahr
    26. (auch Amts) Dauer f, (-)Zeit f:
    run of validity Gültigkeitsdauer
    27. a) Strecke f
    b) FLUG Rollstrecke f
    c) SCHIFF Etmal n (vom Schiff in 24 Stunden zurückgelegte Strecke)
    28. give sb the run of sth jemandem etwas zur Verfügung stellen;
    have the run of sth etwas zur freien Verfügung haben;
    he has given me ( oder I have) the run of his library ich kann jederzeit seine Bibliothek benutzen
    29. besonders Br
    a) Weide f, Trift f
    b) Auslauf m, (Hühner) Hof m
    30. a) JAGD Wechsel m, (Wild)Bahn f
    b) Maulwurfsgang m, Kaninchenröhre f
    31. SPORT
    a) (Bob-, Rodel) Bahn f
    b) (Ski) Hang m
    32. TECH
    a) Bahn f
    b) Laufschiene f, -planke f
    33. TECH Rinne f, Kanal m
    34. TECH Mühl-, Mahlgang m
    35. Art f, Sorte f ( auch WIRTSCH)
    36. meist common ( oder general) run Durchschnitt m, (die) breite Masse:
    the common run of mankind der Durchschnittsmensch
    37. a) Herde f
    b) Schwarm m (Fische)
    38. SCHIFF (Achter-, Vor) Piek f
    39. Länge f, Ausdehnung f
    40. the runs pl auch als sg konstruiert) umg Dünnpfiff m (Durchfall)
    B adj
    1. geschmolzen
    2. gegossen, geformt:
    run with lead mit Blei ausgegossen
    C v/i prät ran [ræn], pperf run
    1. laufen, rennen, eilen, stürzen:
    run round one’s backhand (Tennis etc) seine Rückhand umlaufen
    2. davonlaufen ( from vor dat), Reißaus nehmen umg
    3. SPORT
    a) (um die Wette) laufen
    b) (an einem Lauf oder Rennen) teilnehmen
    c) als Zweiter etc einkommen:
    he ran second er wurde oder war Zweiter
    a) POL kandidieren (für)
    b) umg sich bemühen (um):
    run for election kandidieren, sich zur Wahl stellen
    5. fig laufen (Blick, Feuer, Finger, Schauer etc):
    his eyes ran over it sein Blick überflog es;
    run back over the past Rückschau halten;
    this tune (idea) keeps running through my head diese Melodie (Idee) geht mir nicht aus dem Kopf
    6. fahren:
    run before the wind vor dem Winde segeln; ashore
    7. gleiten (Schlitten etc), ziehen, wandern (Wolken etc):
    let the skis run die Skier laufen lassen
    8. zu den Laichplätzen ziehen oder wandern (Fische)
    9. BAHN etc verkehren, (auf einer Strecke) fahren, gehen
    10. fließen, strömen (beide auch fig), rinnen:
    it runs in the family fig das liegt bei ihnen etc in der Familie; blood A 1, A 4
    11. lauten (Schriftstück):
    12. gehen (Melodie)
    13. vergehen, -streichen (Zeit etc)
    14. dauern:
    15. laufen (Theaterstück etc), gegeben werden
    16. verlaufen (Straße etc, auch Vorgang), sich erstrecken, gehen, führen (Weg etc):
    my talent (taste) does not run that way dafür habe ich keine Begabung (keinen Sinn)
    17. TECH laufen:
    a) gleiten:
    b) in Betrieb oder Gang sein, arbeiten (Maschine, Motor etc), gehen (Uhr, Mechanismus etc), funktionieren:
    run hot (sich) heiß laufen;
    with the engine running mit laufendem Motor
    18. in Betrieb sein (Hotel, Fabrik etc)
    19. zer-, auslaufen (Farbe)
    20. triefen oder tropfen ( with vor Nässe etc), fließen, laufen (Nase), tränen (Augen):
    run with tears in Tränen schwimmen
    21. auslaufen (Gefäß)
    22. schmelzen (Metall etc):
    running ice tauendes Eis
    23. MED laufen, eitern
    a) wachsen, wuchern,
    b) klettern, ranken
    25. fluten, wogen:
    a heavy sea was running SCHIFF es lief eine schwere See
    26. besonders US laufen, fallen (Maschen), Laufmaschen bekommen (Strumpf etc), aufgehen (Naht)
    27. WIRTSCH
    a) laufen
    b) fällig werden (Wechsel etc)
    28. JUR gelten, in Kraft sein oder bleiben, laufen:
    the lease runs for 7 years der Pachtvertrag läuft auf 7 Jahre
    29. JUR verbunden oder gekoppelt sein ( with mit)
    30. (mit adj und s) werden, sein:
    a) versiegen (Quelle),
    b) austrocknen,
    c) keine Milch mehr geben (Kuh),
    d) fig erschöpft sein,
    e) fig sich ausgeschrieben haben (Autor); high B 1, low1 A 5, riot A 4, short A 5, A 8, wild B
    31. WIRTSCH stehen auf (dat) (Preis, Ware)
    32. klein etc ausfallen:
    D v/t
    1. einen Weg etc laufen, einschlagen, eine Strecke etc durchlaufen (auch fig), zurücklegen:
    run its course fig seinen Verlauf nehmen;
    things must run their course man muss den Dingen ihren Lauf lassen
    2. fahren ( auch SCHIFF), eine Strecke be-, durchfahren:
    run 22 knots SCHIFF mit 22 Knoten fahren
    3. ein Rennen austragen, laufen, einen Wettlauf machen:
    run races Wettrennen veranstalten
    4. um die Wette laufen mit, laufen gegen
    5. fig sich messen mit:
    run sb close dicht herankommen an jemanden (a. fig)
    a) treiben, hetzen
    b) laufen lassen, (für ein Rennen auch) melden
    7. POL jemanden als Kandidaten aufstellen ( for für)
    8. JAGD jagen, eine Spur verfolgen (auch fig):
    a) einen Fuchs im Bau aufstöbern, bis in seinen Bau verfolgen,
    b) fig jemanden, etwas aufstöbern, ausfindig machen
    9. Botengänge, Besorgungen machen, Botschaften überbringen
    10. entfliehen (dat):
    run the country außer Landes flüchten
    11. passieren:
    run the guard ungesehen durch die Wache kommen; blockade A 1
    12. Vieh
    a) treiben
    b) weiden lassen
    13. SCHIFF, BAHN etc fahren oder verkehren lassen, einen Sonderzug etc einsetzen
    14. befördern, transportieren
    15. Alkohol etc schmuggeln
    16. seine Finger etc laufen oder gleiten lassen ( over über akk):
    run one’s comb through one’s hair (sich) mit dem Kamm durchs Haar fahren
    17. TECH laufen oder rollen oder gleiten lassen
    18. einen Film laufen lassen
    19. eine Artikelserie etc veröffentlichen, bringen
    20. TECH eine Maschine etc laufen lassen, bedienen
    21. einen Betrieb etc verwalten, führen, leiten, ein Geschäft, eine Fabrik etc betreiben:
    run the household den Haushalt führen oder schmeißen; show A 15
    22. hineingeraten (lassen) in (akk):
    run debts Schulden machen;
    run the danger of (ger) Gefahr laufen zu (inf); risk A 1
    23. geben, fließen lassen, Wasser etc führen (Leitung):
    this faucet runs hot water aus diesem Hahn kommt heißes Wasser
    24. Gold etc (mit sich) führen (Fluss)
    25. Fieber, Temperatur haben
    26. a) Metall schmelzen
    b) verschmelzen
    c) Blei etc gießen
    27. stoßen, stechen ( beide:
    through durch): run into B 1
    28. eine Linie, einen Graben etc ziehen, eine Straße etc anlegen, eine Brücke schlagen
    29. Bergbau: eine Strecke treiben
    30. ELEK eine Leitung verlegen, führen
    31. ein Bad, das Badewasser einlaufen lassen
    32. schieben, führen ( beide:
    through durch): run into B 2
    33. (bei Spielen) eine bestimmte Punktzahl etc hintereinander erzielen:
    run fifteen auf fünfzehn (Punkte etc) kommen
    34. eine Schleuse öffnen:
    run dry leerlaufen lassen
    35. eine Naht etc mit Vorderstich nähen, heften
    36. jemanden belangen ( for wegen)
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) Lauf, der

    make a late run(Sport or fig.) zum Endspurt ansetzen

    come towards somebody/start off at a run — jemandem entgegenlaufen/losrennen

    2) (trip in vehicle) Fahrt, die; (for pleasure) Ausflug, der

    go for a run [in the car] — einen [Auto]ausflug machen

    3)

    she has had a long run of success — sie war lange [Zeit] erfolgreich

    have a long run[Stück, Show:] viele Aufführungen erleben

    4) (succession) Serie, die; (Cards) Sequenz, die
    5) (tendency) Ablauf, der

    the general run of things/events — der Lauf der Dinge/der Gang der Ereignisse

    6) (regular route) Strecke, die
    7) (Cricket, Baseball) Lauf, der; Run, der

    production run — Ausstoß, der (Wirtsch.)

    9) (demand) Run, der (on auf + Akk.)
    10)

    the runs(coll.): (diarrhoea) Durchmarsch, der (salopp)

    12) (animal enclosure) Auslauf, der
    2. intransitive verb,
    -nn-, ran, run
    1) laufen; (fast also) rennen

    run for the buslaufen od. rennen, um den Bus zu kriegen (ugs.)

    2) (compete) laufen
    3) (hurry) laufen

    don't run to me when things go wrong — komm mir nicht angelaufen, wenn etwas schiefgeht (ugs.)

    4) (roll) laufen; [Ball, Kugel:] rollen, laufen
    5) (slide) laufen; [Schlitten, [Schiebe]tür:] gleiten
    6) (revolve) [Rad, Maschine:] laufen
    7) (flee) davonlaufen

    run between two places[Zug, Bus:] zwischen zwei Orten verkehren

    run through one's head or mind — [Gedanken, Ideen:] einem durch den Kopf gehen

    10) (flow) laufen; [Fluss:] fließen

    run dry[Fluss:] austrocknen; [Quelle:] versiegen

    run low or short — knapp werden; ausgehen

    11) (be current) [Vertrag, Theaterstück:] laufen
    12) (be present)

    run in the family[Eigenschaft, Begabung:] in der Familie liegen

    13) (function) laufen

    keep/leave the engine running — den Motor laufen lassen/nicht abstellen

    the machine runs on batteries/oil — etc. die Maschine läuft mit Batterien/Öl usw.

    14) (have a course) [Straße, Bahnlinie:] verlaufen
    15) (have wording) lauten; [Geschichte:] gehen (fig.)

    inflation is running at 15 % — die Inflationsrate beläuft sich auf od. beträgt 15 %

    17) (seek election) kandidieren

    a shiver ran down my spine — ein Schau[d]er (geh.) lief mir den Rücken hinunter

    19) (spread undesirably) [Butter, Eis:] zerlaufen; (in washing) [Farben:] auslaufen
    20) (ladder) [Strumpf:] Laufmaschen bekommen
    3. transitive verb,
    -nn-, ran, run
    1) (cause to move) laufen lassen; (drive) fahren

    run one's hand/fingers through/along or over something — mit der Hand/den Fingern durch etwas fahren/über etwas (Akk.) streichen

    run an or one's eye along or down or over something — (fig.) etwas überfliegen

    2) (cause to flow) [ein]laufen lassen
    3) (organize, manage) führen, leiten [Geschäft usw.]; durchführen [Experiment]; veranstalten [Wettbewerb]; führen [Leben]
    4) (operate) bedienen [Maschine]; verkehren lassen [Verkehrsmittel]; einsetzen [Sonderbus, -zug]; laufen lassen [Motor]; abspielen [Tonband]

    run forward/back — vorwärts-/zurückspulen [Film, Tonband]

    5) (own and use) sich (Dat.) halten [Auto]

    I'll run you into townich fahre od. bringe dich in die Stadt

    7) (pursue) jagen

    run somebody hard or close — jemandem auf den Fersen sein od. sitzen (ugs.)

    be run off one's feetalle Hände voll zu tun haben (ugs.); (in business) Hochbetrieb haben (ugs.); see also earth 1. 4)

    8) (complete) laufen [Rennen, Marathon, Strecke]

    run messages/errands — Botengänge machen

    9)

    run a fever/a temperature — Fieber/erhöhte Temperatur haben

    10) (publish) bringen (ugs.) [Bericht, Artikel usw.]
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (of a ladder) n.
    Leitersprosse f. n.
    Fahrt -en f.
    Lauf -e m.
    Laufmasche f. v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: ran, run)
    = laufen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: lief, ist gelaufen)
    rennen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: rannte, ist gerannt)

    English-german dictionary > run

  • 5 run

    [rʌn] n
    1) ( jog) Lauf m;
    the burglar made a \run for the door [or for it] der Einbrecher nahm Reißaus ( fam)
    to let the dog out for [or let the dog have] a \run den Hund hinauslassen [o (( ÖSTERR) ( fam)) äußerln führen];
    to break into a \run zu laufen beginnen;
    to go for [or do] a \run laufen gehen;
    I go for [or do] a 5 mile \run before breakfast ich laufe vor dem Frühstück 5 Meilen;
    to set off/come in at a \run weg-/hereinlaufen;
    he took the ditch at a \run er nahm Anlauf und sprang über den Graben; ( fig)
    with his main rival out injured, he has a clear \run at the title da sein Hauptrivale verletzt ist, hat er keine Konkurrenten beim Kampf um den Titel
    2) ( journey) Strecke f;
    the \run down to the coast only takes half an hour man braucht nur eine halbe Stunde zur Küste;
    on the London-Glasgow \run auf der Strecke London-Glasgow;
    to go for a \run in the car (dated) eine Spritztour machen ( fam)
    bombing \run Bombardierungsstrecke f
    3) ( period) Dauer f;
    \run of bad/ good luck Pech-/Glückssträhne f;
    a long \run of bad weather eine lange Schlechtwetterperiode
    4) ( trend) Verlauf m;
    in the normal \run of things normalerweise
    5) theat Laufzeit f;
    after a short \run on Broadway nach kurzer Laufzeit am Broadway;
    dry [or dummy] [or practice] \run Generalprobe f
    6) ( production) Auflage f;
    the company is planning a first \run of 10,000 red teddy bears die Firma plant eine Anfangsproduktion von 10.000 roten Teddybären
    7) usu sing ( demand) Ansturm m (on auf +akk);
    a sudden \run on the dollar has lowered its value die plötzliche Nachfrage nach dem Dollar ließ den Kurs sinken
    8) ( type) Art f;
    their food is not the usual \run of hotel cooking ihr Essen hebt sich von der üblichen Hotelküche ab
    9) ( enclosed area) Gehege nt;
    chicken \run Hühnerhof m
    10) sports ( point) Treffer m; ( sailing) Vorwindkurs m; (in cricket, baseball) Run m;
    to score 4 \runs vier Treffer erzielen;
    to score a home \run einen Homerun erzielen
    11) ( esp Am) ( ladder) Laufmasche f
    12) (fam: diarrhoea)
    to have the \runs Dünnpfiff haben (sl)
    PHRASES:
    to give sb a \run for their money jdn etw für sein Geld tun lassen;
    to have a [good] \run for one's money etw für sein Geld bekommen;
    in the long \run auf lange Sicht gesehen;
    in the short \run kurzfristig;
    to have the \run of sth etw zur Verfügung haben;
    while she's away, I have the \run of the house während sie weg ist, hat sie mir das Haus überlassen;
    on the \run ( escaped) auf der Flucht;
    ( extremely busy) auf Trab ( fam)
    when I am rushed in the mornings, I eat breakfast on the \run wenn ich morgens in Eile bin, dann esse ich mein Frühstück auf dem Weg vi <ran, run>
    1) ( move fast) laufen, rennen;
    he ran up/ down the hill er rannte den Hügel hinauf/hinunter;
    he ran along/ down the street er rannte die Straße entlang/hinunter;
    he ran into/ out of the house er rannte in das Haus/aus dem Haus;
    people came \running at the sound of shots Menschen kamen gelaufen, als sie Schüsse hörten;
    to \run for the bus dem Bus nachlaufen;
    to \run for cover schnell in Deckung gehen;
    to \run for it sich akk aus dem Staub machen;
    to \run for one's life um sein Leben rennen;
    to \run for help um Hilfe laufen;
    to \run for the police die Polizei benachrichtigen;
    to \run on the spot auf der Stelle laufen;
    to go \running laufen gehen;
    to \run at sb jdn angreifen
    2) ( operate) fahren, verkehren; engine laufen; machine in Betrieb sein;
    are there a lot of trains \running between London and York? verkehren viele Züge zwischen London und York?;
    they had the new computer system up and \running within an hour sie hatten das neue Computerprogramm innerhalb einer Stunde installiert und am Laufen; ( fig)
    work is \running smoothly at the moment die Arbeit geht im Moment glatt von der Hand;
    to keep the economy \running die Wirtschaft am Laufen halten
    3) ( travel) laufen;
    (go) verlaufen; ski gleiten;
    the route \runs through the mountains die Strecke führt durch die Berge;
    a shiver ran down my back mir lief ein Schauder über den Rücken ( geh)
    to \run off the road von der Straße abkommen;
    to \run onto the rocks [or aground] [or ashore] auflaufen, auf Grund laufen
    4) ( grow) plants sich akk schlingen;
    the vine \runs up the wall and along the fence die Weinreben schlingen sich die Wand hinauf und den Zaun entlang
    5) ( extend)
    there's a beautiful cornice \running around all the ceilings ein wunderschönes Gesims verläuft um alle Decken
    6) ( last) [an]dauern;
    the film \runs for two hours der Film dauert zwei Stunden, der Film geht zwei Stunden ( fam)
    how much longer does this course \run? wie lange dauert dieser Kurs noch?;
    a magazine subscription usually only \runs for one year ein Zeitschriftenabonnement läuft normalerweise nur ein Jahr;
    I've had that tune \running in my head all day diese Melodie geht mir schon den ganzen Tag im Kopf herum;
    this show will \run and \run diese Show wird ewig laufen
    7) (be)
    inflation is \running at 10% die Inflationsrate beträgt 10 %
    8) ( flow) fließen;
    I could feel trickles of sweat \running down my neck ich fühlte, wie mir die Schweißtropfen den Hals herunterliefen;
    their bodies were \running with sweat ihre Körper waren schweißüberströmt;
    when the sand has \run through the egg timer, it'll be five minutes wenn der Sand durch die Eieruhr gelaufen ist, dann sind fünf Minuten vorbei;
    the river \runs [down] to the sea der Fluss mündet in das Meer;
    there was a strong tide/heavy sea \running die Flut/die See war hoch;
    don't cry, or your make-up will \run weine nicht, sonst verwischt sich dein Make-up;
    the colour of the dress has \run das Kleid hat abgefärbt;
    my nose is \running meine Nase läuft;
    if the paint is wet, the colours will \run into each other wenn die Farbe nass ist, fließen die Farben ineinander
    9) pol ( enter an election) kandidieren;
    to \run for President für das Präsidentenamt kandidieren, sich akk für das Amt des Präsidenten bewerben;
    to \run against sb gegen jdn kandidieren
    oh no, my tights have \run oh nein, ich habe eine Laufmasche im Strumpf
    11) ( proceed) verlaufen;
    can you give me an idea of how the discussion ran? kannst du mir den Verlauf der Diskussion schildern?
    12) naut fahren;
    to \run before the wind vor dem Wind segeln
    PHRASES:
    to make sb's blood \run cold jds Blut in den Adern gefrieren lassen;
    to \run with blood blutüberströmt sein;
    the streets were \running with blood in den Straßen floss überall Blut;
    to \run round [or (Am) around] in circles sich akk im Kreise drehen;
    to \run in the family in der Familie liegen;
    feelings are \running high die Gefühle gehen hoch;
    to \run amok Amok laufen;
    to \run deep;
    differences between the two sides \run deep die Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Seiten sind sehr groß;
    to \run dry river austrocknen;
    to \run low supplies [langsam] ausgehen;
    to \run short knapp werden;
    to \run short of sth etw nicht mehr haben;
    we're beginning to \run short of money uns geht langsam das Geld aus;
    to \run wild animals frei herumlaufen; plants wuchern; children alles machen dürfen; ( pej)
    she lets her kids \run wild [or \run riot] sie setzt ihren Kindern keinerlei Grenzen;
    to let one's imagination \run wild seiner Fantasie freien Lauf lassen vt <ran, run>
    1) ( move fast)
    to \run a dead heat/ a mile/ a race ein totes Rennen/eine Meile/ein Rennen laufen
    to \run a candidate einen Kandidaten aufstellen;
    to \run a horse ein Pferd laufen lassen
    3) ( drive)
    he ran his car into a tree last night er fuhr letzte Nacht mit seinem Auto gegen einen Baum;
    to \run sb home jdn nach Hause fahren;
    to \run sb to the station jdn zum Bahnhof bringen
    4) ( pass)
    she ran her eyes/ finger down the list sie ließ die Augen/den Finger über die Liste gleiten;
    \run this rope round the tree wickle dieses Seil um den Baum;
    she ran a vacuum cleaner over the carpet sie saugte den Teppich ab;
    to \run one's fingers through one's hair sich dat mit den Fingern durchs Haar fahren
    5) ( operate)
    to \run sth machine etw bedienen;
    to \run a computer program ein Computerprogramm laufen lassen;
    to \run the engine den Motor laufen lassen;
    to \run additional trains zusätzliche Züge einsetzen;
    to \run the dishwasher/ washing machine die Spülmaschine/Waschmaschine laufen lassen
    6) ( manage)
    to \run sth business etw leiten; farm etw betreiben;
    how did he end up \running the city? wie wurde er Bürgermeister der Stadt?;
    don't tell me how to \run my life! erklär mir nicht, wie ich mein Leben leben soll!;
    some people \run their lives according to the movements of the stars manche Leute richten ihr Leben nach dem Verlauf der Sterne aus;
    to \run a company ein Unternehmen leiten;
    to \run a government/ household eine Regierung/einen Haushalt führen;
    to \run a store ein Geschäft haben
    7) ( conduct)
    to \run a course einen Kurs anbieten;
    to \run an experiment/ a test ein Experiment/einen Test durchführen
    8) ( let flow)
    to \run sth water etw laufen lassen;
    he ran a little cold water into the bath er ließ etwas kaltes Wasser in die Badewanne laufen;
    to \run [sb] a bath [or to \run a bath [for sb]] [jdm] ein Bad einlaufen lassen
    to \run a story about sth über etw akk berichten;
    to \run an article/ a series einen Artikel/eine Serie bringen ( fam)
    to \run sth etw schmuggeln;
    to \run sth across the border etw über die Grenze schmuggeln
    to \run a blockade eine Blockade durchbrechen;
    to \run a red light eine rote Ampel überfahren
    to \run a risk ein Risiko eingehen;
    you \run the risk when gambling of losing your entire stake wenn du spielst, riskierst du, deinen gesamten Einsatz zu verlieren
    to \run errands [for sb] [für jdn] Botengänge machen
    PHRASES:
    to let sth \run its course etw seinen Lauf nehmen lassen;
    to \run sb to earth [or ground] jdn aufspüren;
    to \run one's eye over sth etw überfliegen;
    to be \run off one's feet alle Hände voll zu tun haben ( fam)
    to \run a fever [or temperature] Fieber haben;
    to \run oneself into the ground sich akk völlig verausgaben;
    to \run a mile ( Brit) sich akk aus dem Staub machen ( fam)
    to \run the show verantwortlich sein;
    to \run sb close nur knapp von jdm geschlagen werden;
    to \run sb ragged jdn schaffen ( fam)

    English-German students dictionary > run

  • 6 good

    [gʊd] adj <better, best>
    1)
    there's nothing like a \good book es geht nichts über ein gutes Buch;
    she speaks \good Spanish sie spricht gut Spanisch;
    dogs have a \good sense of smell Hunde haben einen guten Geruchssinn;
    he's got \good intuition about such matters er hat in diesen Dingen ein gutes Gespür;
    your reasons make \good sense but... deine Gründe sind durchaus einleuchtend, aber...;
    \good show [or job] ! gut gemacht!;
    I need a \good meal now jetzt brauche ich was Ordentliches zu essen!;
    the child had the \good sense to... das Kind besaß die Geistesgegenwart...;
    he only has one \good leg er hat nur ein gesundes Bein;
    that's a \good one ( iron) haha, der war gut! ( iron)
    \good appetite gesunder Appetit;
    to be a \good catch eine gute Partie sein;
    a \good choice/ decision eine gute Wahl/Entscheidung;
    \good ears/ eyes gute Ohren/Augen;
    to do a \good job gute Arbeit leisten;
    to be in \good shape in guter [körperlicher] Verfassung sein;
    \good thinking gute Idee;
    \good timing gutes Timing;
    to be/not be \good enough gut/nicht gut genug sein;
    that's just not \good enough! so geht das nicht!;
    if she says so that's \good enough for me wenn sie es sagt, reicht mir das;
    to be \good for nothing zu nichts taugen;
    to feel \good sich akk gut fühlen;
    I don't feel too \good today heute geht's mir nicht besonders ( fam)
    2) ( skilled) gut, begabt;
    to be \good at sth gut in etw dat sein;
    he's a \good runner [or he's \good at running] er ist ein guter Läufer;
    she's very \good at learning foreign languages sie ist sehr sprachbegabt;
    he's not very \good at maths [or (Am) in math] er ist nicht besonders gut in Mathe;
    this book is \good on international export law dieses Buch ist sehr gut, wenn man etwas über internationale Exportbestimmungen erfahren möchte;
    he is particularly \good on American history besonders gut kennt er sich in amerikanischer Geschichte aus;
    to be \good with sth with children mit etw dat gut umgehen können;
    to be \good with one's hands geschickt mit seinen Händen sein;
    to be \good in bed gut im Bett sein ( fam)
    to be \good with people gut mit Leuten umgehen können
    3) ( pleasant) schön;
    that was a really \good story, Mummy das war echt eine tolle Geschichte, Mama ( fam)
    that was the best party in a long time das war die beste Party seit langem;
    it's \good to see [or seeing] you after all these years schön, dich nach all den Jahren wiederzusehen!;
    \good morning/ evening guten Morgen/Abend;
    \good day (esp Brit, Aus) guten Tag; (dated: said at departure) guten Tag;
    to have a \good day/ evening einen schönen Tag/Abend haben;
    have a \good day schönen Tag noch!;
    \good news gute Neuigkeiten;
    to have a \good time [viel] Spaß haben;
    \good weather schönes Wetter;
    to have a \good one ( fam) einen schönen Tag haben
    4) ( appealing to senses) gut, schön;
    after a two-week vacation, they came back with \good tans nach zwei Wochen Urlaub kamen sie gut gebräunt zurück;
    most dancers have \good legs die meisten Tänzer haben schöne Beine;
    to look/ smell/ sound/taste \good gut aussehen/riechen/klingen/schmecken;
    sb looks \good in sth clothes etw steht jdm;
    to have \good looks, to be \good-looking gut aussehen
    5) ( favourable) gut;
    he made a very \good impression at the interview er hat beim Vorstellungsgespräch einen sehr guten Eindruck gemacht;
    there's a \good chance [that]... die Chancen stehen gut, dass...;
    we got a \good deal on our new fridge wir haben unseren neuen Kühlschrank günstig erstanden;
    the play got \good reviews [or a \good press] das Stück hat gute Kritiken bekommen;
    it's a \good job we didn't go camping last weekend - the weather was awful zum Glück sind wir letztes Wochenende nicht campen gegangen - das Wetter war schrecklich;
    the \good life das süße Leben;
    \good luck [on sth] viel Glück [bei etw dat];
    best of luck on your exams today! alles Gute für deine Prüfung heute!;
    a \good omen ein gutes Omen;
    to be too much of a \good thing zu viel des Guten sein;
    you can have too much of a \good thing man kann es auch übertreiben;
    \good times gute Zeiten;
    to be too \good to be true zu schön, um wahr zu sein;
    to have [got] it \good ( fam) es gut haben
    6) ( beneficial) vorteilhaft;
    to be \good for sb gut für jdn sein;
    milk is \good for you Milch ist gesund;
    to be \good for business/ for headaches gut fürs Geschäft/gegen Kopfschmerzen sein
    7) ( useful) nützlich, sinnvoll;
    we had a \good discussion on the subject wir hatten eine klärende Diskussion über die Sache;
    it's \good that you checked the door gut, dass du die Tür noch einmal überprüft hast
    8) ( on time)
    in \good time rechtzeitig;
    be patient, you'll hear the result all in \good time seien Sie geduldig, Sie erfahren das Ergebnis noch früh genug;
    in one's own \good time in seinem eigenen Rhythmus
    to be a \good time to do sth ein guter Zeitpunkt sein, [um] etw zu tun
    10) inv ( kind) freundlich, lieb;
    the college has been very \good about her health problem die Hochschule zeigte sehr viel Verständnis für ihr gesundheitliches Problem;
    it was very \good of you to help us es war sehr lieb von dir, uns zu helfen;
    he's got a \good heart er hat ein gutes Herz;
    be so \good as to... sei doch bitte so nett und...;
    would you be \good enough to... wären Sie so nett und...;
    \good deeds/ works gute Taten;
    to do a \good deed eine gute Tat tun
    11) ( moral) gut;
    the G\good Book die [heilige] Bibel;
    for a \good cause für einen guten Zweck;
    to set a \good example to sb jdm ein gutes Vorbild sein;
    sb's \good name/ reputation jds guter Name/guter Ruf;
    to be [as] \good as one's word vertrauenswürdig sein
    12) ( well-behaved) gut;
    \good dog! braver Hund!;
    be a \good girl and... sei ein liebes Mädchen [o sei so lieb] und...;
    OK, I'll be a \good sport o.k., ich will mal kein Spielverderber sein;
    she's been as \good as gold all evening sie hat sich den ganzen Abend über ausgezeichnet benommen;
    to be on \good/ one's best behaviour sich akk gut benehmen/von seiner besten Seite zeigen;
    \good loser guter Verlierer/gute Verliererin
    13) attr, inv ( thorough) gut, gründlich;
    the house needs a \good clean[ing] das Haus sollte mal gründlich geputzt werden;
    have a \good think about it lass es dir noch einmal gut durch den Kopf gehen;
    now, now - have a \good cry schon gut - wein dich mal so richtig aus;
    they have built a \good case against the suspect sie haben einen hieb- und stichfesten Fall gegen den Verdächtigen aufgebaut;
    we had some \good fun at the amusement park wir hatten so richtig viel Spaß im Vergnügungspark;
    a \good beating eine gründliche Tracht Prügel;
    to have a \good laugh ordentlich lachen;
    to have a \good look at sth sich dat etw genau ansehen;
    a \good talking to eine Standpauke
    14) pred, inv ( valid) gültig;
    ( usable) gut;
    this car should be \good for another year or so dieses Auto hält wohl schon noch ein Jahr oder so;
    he gave us a gift certificate \good for $100 er hat uns einen Geschenkgutschein über 100 Dollar überreicht;
    this ticket is only \good on weekends dieses Ticket gilt nur an Wochenenden;
    my credit card is only \good for another month meine Kreditkarte ist nur noch einen Monat gültig
    15) attr, inv ( substantial) beträchtlich;
    we walked a \good distance today wir sind heute ein ordentliches Stück gelaufen;
    she makes \good money at her new job sie verdient in ihrem neuen Job gutes Geld;
    it's a \good half hour's walk to the station from here von hier bis zum Bahnhof ist es zu Fuß eine gute halbe Stunde;
    a \good deal jede Menge;
    you're looking a \good deal better now du siehst jetzt ein gutes Stück besser aus;
    to make a \good profit einen beträchtlichen Profit machen;
    a \good few/ many eine ganze Menge
    16) pred, inv food ( not rotten) gut
    17) pred, inv ( able to provide) gut;
    he is always \good for a laugh er ist immer gut für einen Witz;
    thanks for the loan and don't worry, I'm \good for it danke für den Kredit und keine Sorge, ich zahle ihn zurück;
    her credit is \good sie ist kreditwürdig
    18) (almost, virtually)
    as \good as... so gut wie...;
    our firewood is as \good as gone unser Feuerholz ist nahezu aufgebraucht;
    to be as \good as dead/ new so gut wie tot/neu sein;
    they as \good as called me a liar sie nannten mich praktisch eine Lügnerin!
    19) attr, inv ( to emphasize) schön;
    I need a \good long holiday ich brauche mal wieder so einen richtig schönen langen Urlaub!;
    what you need is a \good hot cup of coffee was du brauchst, ist eine gute Tasse heißen Kaffee;
    \good and...;
    she's really \good and mad sie ist so richtig sauer;
    I'll do it when I'm \good and ready, and not one minute before ich mache es, sobald ich fertig bin und keine Minute früher!
    very \good sehr wohl! veraltet
    \good Lord [or heavens] ! gütiger Himmel! ( geh)
    \good gracious! ach du liebe Zeit!;
    \good grief! du meine Güte!;
    \good egg! ( Brit) (dated) ausgezeichnet!; ( iron)
    oh, - \good for you! oh, schön für dich! ( iron)
    \good old James! der gute alte James!;
    the \good old days die gute alte Zeit
    PHRASES:
    to have a \good innings ( Brit) ein schönes Leben haben;
    for \good measure als Draufgabe, obendrein;
    \good riddance Gott sei Dank!;
    to make \good time gut in der Zeit liegen;
    if you can't be \good, be careful ( prov) wenn man schon was anstellt, sollte man sich wenigstens nicht [dabei] erwischen lassen;
    it's as \good as it gets besser wird's nicht mehr;
    to give as \good as one gets es [jdm] mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen;
    to make \good zu Geld kommen;
    to make sth <-> \good ( repair) etw reparieren; mistake etw wiedergutmachen;
    ( pay for) etw wettmachen ( fam) ( do successfully) etw schaffen;
    she's \good for another few years! mit ihr muss man noch ein paar Jahre rechnen! adv
    1) (esp Am DIAL) (fam: well) gut;
    boy, she can sure sing \good, can't she? Junge, die kann aber gut singen, oder?
    2) (fam: thoroughly) gründlich;
    to do sth \good and proper etw richtig gründlich tun;
    well, you've broken the table \good and proper na, den Tisch hast du aber so richtig ruiniert! n
    1) ( moral force) Gute nt;
    \good and evil Gut und Böse;
    to be up to no \good nichts Gutes im Schilde führen;
    to do \good Gutes tun;
    the \good pl die Guten pl
    2) ( benefit) Wohl nt;
    this medicine will do you a [or the] world of \good diese Medizin wird Ihnen unglaublich gut tun;
    to do more harm than \good mehr schaden als nützen;
    for the \good of his health zum Wohle seiner Gesundheit, seiner Gesundheit zuliebe;
    for the \good of the nation zum Wohle der Nation;
    for one's own \good zu seinem eigenen Besten
    3) ( purpose) Nutzen m;
    to be no [or not to be any] /not much \good nichts/wenig nützen;
    that young man is no \good dieser junge Mann ist ein Taugenichts;
    to not do much/any \good nicht viel/nichts nützen;
    even a small donation can do a lot of \good auch eine kleine Spende kann eine Menge helfen;
    that won't do much \good das wird auch nicht viel nützen;
    it's no \good complaining all day den ganzen Tag rumzujammern bringt auch nichts! ( fam)
    what \good is sitting alone in your room? was bringt es, hier alleine in deinem Zimmer zu sitzen?; ( iron)
    a lot of \good that'll do [you]! das wird [dir] ja viel nützen! ( iron)
    4) ( profit)
    we were £7,000 to the \good when we sold our house als wir unser Haus verkauften, haben wir einen Gewinn von 7.000 Pfund eingestrichen; ( fig)
    he was two gold medals to the \good by the end of the day am Ende des Tages war er um zwei Goldmedaillen reicher
    5) ( ability)
    to be no \good at sth etw nicht gut können, bei etw dat nicht [sonderlich] gut sein
    PHRASES:
    for \good [and all] für immer [und ewig]

    English-German students dictionary > good

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