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21 aparecer
v.1 to appear (ante la vista).su número de teléfono no aparece en la guía her phone number isn't (listed) in the phone bookRicardo aparece al final siempre Richard appears at the end always.2 to turn up (algo perdido).¿ya ha aparecido el perro? has the dog been found yet?3 to appear (person).4 to appear to, to appear in front of.Se me apareció una persona A person appeared to me.Me apareció un fantasma A ghost appeared to me.5 to encounter.Se nos apareció un problema We encountered a problem.* * *1 to appear2 (dejarse ver) to show up, turn up3 (en el mercado) to come out (en, onto)1 to appear* * *verb1) to appear, turn up2) come out* * *1. VI1) (=presentarse) to appear, turn up *apareció en casa sin avisar — he appeared o turned up * at the house without warning
2) [algo oculto] to appear, turn up *aparecieron dos nuevos cadáveres en la fosa — two more bodies appeared o turned up * in the trench
3) [algo perdido] to reappear, turn up *ya ha aparecido mi paraguas — my umbrella has finally reappeared o turned up *
4) (=surgir) to appearhan aparecido pintadas en la fachada del ayuntamiento — some graffiti has appeared on the front of the town hall
5) (=editarse) [libro, disco] to come out6) (=figurar) [dato, nombre] to appearmi nombre no aparece en el censo electoral — my name does not appear on the electoral register, my name is not on the electoral register
2.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) síntoma/mancha to appearb) objeto perdido to turn upc) ( en documento) to appear2) personaa) (fam) ( llegar) to appear, turn upb) (fam) ( dejarse ver) to appear, show up (colloq)c) (en película, televisión) to appear3) (liter) ( parecer) to seem2.aparecerse v prona) fantasma/apariciónb) (AmL fam) persona to turn upno te vuelvas a aparecer por aquí! — don't you dare show your face round here again!
* * *= appear, become + available, come into + being, feature, give, occur, rise, pop up, show up, come into + existence, burgeon, surface, dawn, come through, come up, come with, come on the + scene, set in, crop up.Ex. The statement of authorship is also transcribed and it appears in the work.Ex. Mini and micro computers will become cheaper and information retrieval software will become available in more financially attractive, user friendly and tried and tested packages.Ex. I think it would be useful to take just a few minutes to talk about how our institutions come into being.Ex. If a corporate body is deemed to have some intellectual responsibility for the content of a work, then the name of that body will usually feature as a heading on either a main or added entry.Ex. An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.Ex. In DOBIS/LIBIS, this occurs only when entering multiple surnames.Ex. The public library has two choices: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.Ex. It can pop up in one form one week and in another form another week.Ex. Problems of community service seem to show up more clearly in the countryside.Ex. Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.Ex. The other principal omission from UNESCO's 1950 listing was report literature -- a field of published record which has burgeoned in the last thirty years = La otra omisión principal de la lista de 1950 de la UNESCO fueron los informes, un área que se ha desarrollado en los últimos treinta años.Ex. Power struggles are surfacing at major academic institutions across the USA.Ex. However, because of the long duration of feudal society, modern civilization, including modern libraries, dawned in China later than in the industrialized Western countries.Ex. More sophisticated accreditation systems are coming through, but these are currently relatively little used in these areas, and are more common in ecommerce applications.Ex. She outlined the tasks she had been assigned and mentioned that if any emergencies came up she was the person to bring them to.Ex. The problem comes with ideographic languages.Ex. This is the first CD price cut since the media format came on the scene in the 1980's.Ex. Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.Ex. Although same problems with software applications, hardware and user training programmes had cropped up periodically, on balance, users are reasonably pleased with their acquisitions.----* aparece frecuentemente en = in evidence in.* aparecer amenazadoramente = rear + its head.* aparecer aquí y allá en = intersperse.* aparecer en abundancia = come out of + the woodwork.* aparecer en escena = hit + the scene.* aparecer en gran número = pour (in/into).* aparecer en la lejanía = loom.* aparecer impreso = appear + in print.* aparecer juntos = stand + together.* aparecer por primera vez = premiere.* aparecer por sí solo = stand on + Posesivo + own.* aparecer repentinamente = spring up.* aparecerse la virgen = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet, strike + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.* aparecer solo = stand + alone.* aparecer tarde = be a late arrival on the scene, be late on the scene.* aparecer y desaparecer = come and go.* hacer aparecer = cause + display of.* idea + aparecer = idea + surface.* los otros con los que aparece(n) = neighbours [neighbors, -USA].* no aparecer = be not included.* principio de archívese según aparece = file-as-is principle.* que no aparece en primer lugar = nonfirst [non-first].* sistema en el que el documento aparece representado en un único lugar del ín = one-place system.* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).* volver a aparecer = resurface.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) síntoma/mancha to appearb) objeto perdido to turn upc) ( en documento) to appear2) personaa) (fam) ( llegar) to appear, turn upb) (fam) ( dejarse ver) to appear, show up (colloq)c) (en película, televisión) to appear3) (liter) ( parecer) to seem2.aparecerse v prona) fantasma/apariciónb) (AmL fam) persona to turn upno te vuelvas a aparecer por aquí! — don't you dare show your face round here again!
* * *= appear, become + available, come into + being, feature, give, occur, rise, pop up, show up, come into + existence, burgeon, surface, dawn, come through, come up, come with, come on the + scene, set in, crop up.Ex: The statement of authorship is also transcribed and it appears in the work.
Ex: Mini and micro computers will become cheaper and information retrieval software will become available in more financially attractive, user friendly and tried and tested packages.Ex: I think it would be useful to take just a few minutes to talk about how our institutions come into being.Ex: If a corporate body is deemed to have some intellectual responsibility for the content of a work, then the name of that body will usually feature as a heading on either a main or added entry.Ex: An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.Ex: In DOBIS/LIBIS, this occurs only when entering multiple surnames.Ex: The public library has two choices: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.Ex: It can pop up in one form one week and in another form another week.Ex: Problems of community service seem to show up more clearly in the countryside.Ex: Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.Ex: The other principal omission from UNESCO's 1950 listing was report literature -- a field of published record which has burgeoned in the last thirty years = La otra omisión principal de la lista de 1950 de la UNESCO fueron los informes, un área que se ha desarrollado en los últimos treinta años.Ex: Power struggles are surfacing at major academic institutions across the USA.Ex: However, because of the long duration of feudal society, modern civilization, including modern libraries, dawned in China later than in the industrialized Western countries.Ex: More sophisticated accreditation systems are coming through, but these are currently relatively little used in these areas, and are more common in ecommerce applications.Ex: She outlined the tasks she had been assigned and mentioned that if any emergencies came up she was the person to bring them to.Ex: The problem comes with ideographic languages.Ex: This is the first CD price cut since the media format came on the scene in the 1980's.Ex: Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.Ex: Although same problems with software applications, hardware and user training programmes had cropped up periodically, on balance, users are reasonably pleased with their acquisitions.* aparece frecuentemente en = in evidence in.* aparecer amenazadoramente = rear + its head.* aparecer aquí y allá en = intersperse.* aparecer en abundancia = come out of + the woodwork.* aparecer en escena = hit + the scene.* aparecer en gran número = pour (in/into).* aparecer en la lejanía = loom.* aparecer impreso = appear + in print.* aparecer juntos = stand + together.* aparecer por primera vez = premiere.* aparecer por sí solo = stand on + Posesivo + own.* aparecer repentinamente = spring up.* aparecerse la virgen = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet, strike + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.* aparecer solo = stand + alone.* aparecer tarde = be a late arrival on the scene, be late on the scene.* aparecer y desaparecer = come and go.* hacer aparecer = cause + display of.* idea + aparecer = idea + surface.* los otros con los que aparece(n) = neighbours [neighbors, -USA].* no aparecer = be not included.* principio de archívese según aparece = file-as-is principle.* que no aparece en primer lugar = nonfirst [non-first].* sistema en el que el documento aparece representado en un único lugar del ín = one-place system.* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).* volver a aparecer = resurface.* * *aparecer [E3 ]viA1 «síntoma/mancha» to appearlos carteles han aparecido en diversos puntos de la ciudad the posters have appeared in various parts of the citylos tesoros arqueológicos que han ido apareciendo durante la excavación the archaeological treasures which have appeared o turned up during the dig2 «objeto perdido» to turn up¿aparecieron tus llaves? have your keys turned up yet?hizo aparecer un ramo de flores he produced a bouquet of flowers3 (en un documento) to appearmi nombre no aparece en la lista my name doesn't appear on the list, my name isn't on the listuna cara que aparece mucho en las portadas de las revistas a face that often appears o features on the covers of magazines4 «revista» to come out; «libro» to come out, be publishedB «persona»no ha vuelto a aparecer por aquí he hasn't shown his face round here again3 (en un espectáculo) «personaje/actor» to appearapareció en dos o tres películas he was in o he appeared in two or three moviestodo aparecía como un sueño borroso it all seemed like a hazy dreamel programa de explotación aparecía oscuro the operating program did not seem clear■ aparecervt( Méx) to produce, make … appear1 «fantasma/aparición»: aparecerse A algn; to appear TO sbsu padre se le apareció en sueños his father appeared to him in his dreamsse apareció de vaqueros she turned up o showed up in jeans¡y no te vuelvas a aparecer por aquí! and don't you dare show your face round here again!* * *
aparecer ( conjugate aparecer) verbo intransitivo
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2 [ persona]
aparecerse verbo pronominala) [fantasma/aparición] aparecerse a algn to appear to sb
◊ ¡no te vuelvas a aparecer por aquí! don't you dare show your face round here again!
aparecer
1 verbo intransitivo
1 to appear: su nombre aparece en los títulos de crédito, his name is on the credits
2 (acudir alguien, encontrar algo perdido) to turn up: apareció con su hija, he turned up with his daughter
el pasaporte apareció un mes más tarde, the passport turned up a week later
' aparecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dejarse
- sacar
- salir
- surgir
- venir
- amanecer
- improviso
English:
alive
- appear
- arise
- conjure
- crop up
- develop
- listing
- materialize
- pop up
- return
- show
- show up
- sight
- spring
- surface
- turn up
- unaccounted
- view
- woodwork
- emerge
- mushroom
- pop
- reappear
- roll
- scene
- turn
- unaccounted for
* * *♦ vtMéx [presentar] to produce;inesperadamente Pedro apareció mis llaves Pedro quite unexpectedly produced my keys;el mago apareció un conejo de un sombrero the magician pulled a rabbit out of a hat♦ vi1. [ante la vista] to appear;el sol apareció detrás de las murallas the sun appeared o came up from behind the city walls;aparecer de repente to appear from nowhere;el mago hizo aparecer un conejo de su chistera the magician pulled a rabbit out of his hat;su número de teléfono no aparece en la guía her phone number isn't (listed) in the phone book2. [publicación] to come out;la revista aparece los jueves the magazine comes out o is published on Thursdays3. [algo perdido] to turn up;¿ya ha aparecido el perro? has the dog been found yet?;ha aparecido un cuadro inédito de Miró a previously unknown Miró painting has turned up o been discovered4. [persona] to appear;aparecer en público to appear in public;aparece en varias películas de Ford she appears in several of Ford's films;Famaparecer por [lugar] to turn up at;Famhace días que Antonio no aparece por el bar we haven't seen Antonio in the bar for days, it's several days since Antonio showed his face in the bar;Fam¡a buenas horas apareces, ahora que ya hemos terminado! it's a bit late turning up now, we've already finished!;Fam¡y no se te ocurra volver a aparecer por aquí! and don't let me see your face round here again!* * *v/i appear* * *aparecer {53} vi1) : to appear2) presentarse: to show up3) : to turn up, to be found* * *aparecer vb1. (en general) to appear2. (encontrarse) to turn up¿ha aparecido tu cartera? has your wallet turned up?3. (figurar) to be -
22 tout
c black tout, toute [tu, tut]━━━━━━━━━1. adjective3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque tout fait partie d'une locution comme en tout cas, tout le temps, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <a. ( = entier)b. ( = unique) only• pour tout mobilier, il avait un lit et une table the only furniture he had was a bed and a tablec. (indéfini)2. <• tout ce que je sais, c'est qu'il est parti all I know is that he's gone• ne croyez pas tout ce qu'il raconte don't believe everything he tells you► tout ce qu'il y a de ( = extrêmement) most• c'était tout ce qu'il y a de chic it was the last word in chic► avoir tout de + nom• l'organisation a tout d'une secte the organization is nothing less than a sect► à tout va (inf) [licencier, investir, recruter] like mad (inf) ; [libéralisme, communication, consommation] unbridled• à l'époque, on construisait à tout va at that time there were buildings going up everywhere► en tout ( = au total) in all• ça coûte 1 000 € en tout it costs 1,000 euros in all• leurs programmes politiques s'opposent en tout their political programmes clash in every way► en tout et pour tout all in all• il lui reste 150 euros en tout et pour tout he only has a total of 150 euros left► et tout (inf) and everything• avec les vacances et tout, je n'ai pas eu le temps what with the holidays and all (inf), I didn't have time• j'avais préparé le dîner, fait le ménage et tout et tout I'd made the dinner, done the housework and everything► c'est + tout• ce sera tout ? will that be all?• et ce n'est pas tout ! and that's not all!• c'est pas tout ça, mais il est tard (inf) all this is very nice, but it's getting late► ce n'est pas tout de• ce n'est pas tout de faire son métier, il faut le faire bien it's not enough just to do your job, you have to do it well• cette idée avait surpris et pour tout dire n'avait pas convaincu this idea surprised everybody and, to be honest, wasn't convincing• écoutez bien tous ! listen, all of you!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ The final s of tous is pronounced only when it is a pronoun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. <a. ► tout + adjectif ( = très) very ; ( = entièrement) quite• toute petite, elle aimait la campagne as a very small child she liked the country► tout (+ en) + nom• je suis tout ouïe ! I'm all ears!• le jardin est tout en fleurs the garden is a mass of flowers► tout + adverbeb. ( = déjà) tout prêtc. ► tout en + participe présent• je suis incapable de travailler tout en écoutant de la musique I can't work and listen to music at the same time• tout en prétendant le contraire il voulait être élu although he pretended otherwise he wanted to be electedd. (locutions)• vous êtes d'accord ? -- tout à fait ! do you agree? -- absolutely!► tout à l'heure ( = plus tard) later ; ( = peu avant) a short while ago• tout à l'heure tu as dit que... you said earlier that...• ce n'est pas pour tout de suite ( = ce n'est pas près d'arriver) it won't happen overnight ; ( = c'est improbable) it's hardly likely to happen4. <a. ( = ensemble) whole• prendre le tout to take all of it (or them)b. ( = essentiel) le tout c'est de faire vite the main thing is to be quick about it• ce n'est pas le tout de s'amuser, il faut travailler there's more to life than enjoying yourself, people have got to workc. (locutions)► du tout• pas du tout ! not at all!* * *tu
1.
en tout — ( au total) in all; ( entièrement) in every respect
tout bien compté or pesé or considéré — all in all
tout est là — fig that's the whole point
et tout et tout — (colloq) and all that sort of thing
ce n'est pas tout (que) de commencer un travail, il faut le finir — it's not enough ou it's all very well to start off a job, it's got to be finished
2) tous tus, toutes ( la totalité des êtres ou choses) all; (la totalité des éléments d'une catégorie, d'un groupe) all of them/us/youtoutes tant qu'elles sont — all of them, each and every one of them
est-ce que ça conviendra à tous? — will it suit everybody ou everyone?
2.
1) ( exprimant la totalité)bois tout ton lait — drink all your milk, drink up your milk
2) ( véritable)c'est tout un travail/événement — it's quite a job/an event
3) (devant ce qui/que/dont) ( l'ensemble) all; ( toutes les choses) everything; ( sans discrimination) anything‘tu en es sûr?’ - ‘tout ce qu'il y a de plus sûr’ — ‘are you sure?’ - ‘as sure as can be’
4) ( n'importe quel) anyà tout moment — ( n'importe quand) at any time; ( sans cesse) constantly
5) ( total)en toute innocence/franchise — in all innocence/honesty
6) (unique, seul)il a souri pour toute réponse — his only reply was a smile, he smiled by way of a reply
on lui donne quelques légumes pour tous gages — all that he gets in the way of wages is a few vegetables
en toutes choses — in all things, in everything
toutes les pages sont déchirées — all the pages are torn, every page is torn
nous irons tous les deux — both of us will go, we'll both go
8) ( chaque) tous/toutes les every
3.
adverbe (normally invariable, but agrees in gender and in number with feminine adjective beginning with consonant or h-aspirate)1) (très, extrêmement) very, quite; ( entièrement) alltout étonnées/toutes honteuses — very surprised/ashamed
tout enfant, elle aimait déjà dessiner — as a small child she already liked to draw
être tout mouillé/sale — to be all wet/dirty
c'est tout autre chose, c'est une tout autre histoire — it's a different matter altogether
2) ( devant un nom)c'est tout le portrait de sa mère — she's the spitting ou very image of her mother
c'est tout l'inverse or le contraire — it's the very opposite
avec toi, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre — you see everything in black and white
3) ( tout à fait)tout à côté de/contre/en haut — right by/against/at the top
ils étaient tout en sang/en sueur — they were covered in blood/bathed in sweat
4) ( d'avance)5) ( en même temps) while; ( bien que) although6) (marquant la concession: quoique)tout malin/roi qu'il est, il... — he may be clever/a king, but he...
7) ( rien d'autre que)je suis tout ouïe — hum I'm all ears
4.
du tout locution adverbiale(pas) du tout, (point) du tout — not at all
5.
1) ( ensemble)former un tout — to make up ou form a whole
2)le tout — ( la totalité) the whole lot, the lot; ( l'essentiel) the main thing
le tout est de réussir — the main ou most important thing is to succeed
ce n'est pas le tout! — (colloq) this is no good!
6.
Tout- (in compounds)le Tout-Paris/-Londres — the Paris/London smart set
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Quand tout fait partie d'une locution figée comme tous feux éteints, à tout hasard, de toute(s) part(s), tout compte fait, après tout etc, qu'il est fréquemment associé à un adjectif ou un adverbe donné comme tout nu, tout neuf, tout plein, tout simplement etc, la traduction sera donnée sous le terme principal1. Lorsque tout, adjectif singulier, exprime la totalité, plusieurs traductions sont possibles mais non toujours interchangeables. De manière généraleOn emploiera all lorsque le mot qualifié est non dénombrable: tout le vin/l'argent = all the wine/the money; tout ce bruit/leur talent = all that noise/their talent; c'est tout ce que je sais = that's all I knowOn emploiera the whole si tout peut être remplacé par entier: tout le gâteau/groupe = the whole cake/grouptout un dans le sens de entier se traduit toujours par a whole: tout un livre = a whole bookMais: connaître tout Zola/le Japon = to know the whole of Zola/Japan; lire tout ‘Les Misérables’ = to read the whole of ‘Les Misérables’; pendant tout mon séjour = for the whole of my stayAvec certains mots, en particulier les mots désignant la durée ( journée, mois, saison, vie, vacances etc), les collectifs tels que famille, on pourra employer all ou the whole, la seconde traduction étant légèrement plus emphatique: toute ma vie = all my life, the whole of my lifetout le pays/toute la ville = all the country/town ou = the whole country/town lorsque ces mots désignent la population; au sens géographique, seule la deuxième traduction convient2. throughout (ou all through) signifie du début à la fin, d'un bout à l'autre. On l'emploie souvent pour insister sur la durée ou l'étendue devant un terme singulier ou pluriel qui désigne l'espace de temps ou l'événement pendant lequel un fait a lieu, ou encore le territoire sur lequel il a lieu: pendant tout le match/tous ces mois = throughout the match/those months; la rumeur se répandit dans toute la province = the rumour [BrE] spread throughout the province; faire tout le trajet debout = to stand throughout the journey (ou for the whole journey); il neige sur toute la France = it's snowing throughout France (ou all over France)Au pluriel, tous, toutes se traduiront par all pour exprimer la totalité, par every pour insister sur les composants d'un ensemble, ou encore par any pour indiquer l'absence de discrimination. On notera que every and any sont suivis du singulier
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Quand tout fait partie d'une locution figée comme tous feux éteints, à tout hasard, de toute(s) part(s), tout compte fait, après tout etc, qu'il est fréquemment associé à un adjectif ou un adverbe donné comme tout nu, tout neuf, tout plein, tout simplement etc, la traduction sera donnée sous le terme principal1. Lorsque tout, adjectif singulier, exprime la totalité, plusieurs traductions sont possibles mais non toujours interchangeables. De manière généraleOn emploiera all lorsque le mot qualifié est non dénombrable: tout le vin/l'argent = all the wine/the money; tout ce bruit/leur talent = all that noise/their talent; c'est tout ce que je sais = that's all I knowOn emploiera the whole si tout peut être remplacé par entier: tout le gâteau/groupe = the whole cake/grouptout un dans le sens de entier se traduit toujours par a whole: tout un livre = a whole bookMais: connaître tout Zola/le Japon = to know the whole of Zola/Japan; lire tout ‘Les Misérables’ = to read the whole of ‘Les Misérables’; pendant tout mon séjour = for the whole of my stayAvec certains mots, en particulier les mots désignant la durée ( journée, mois, saison, vie, vacances etc), les collectifs tels que famille, on pourra employer all ou the whole, la seconde traduction étant légèrement plus emphatique: toute ma vie = all my life, the whole of my lifetout le pays/toute la ville = all the country/town ou = the whole country/town lorsque ces mots désignent la population; au sens géographique, seule la deuxième traduction convient2. throughout (ou all through) signifie du début à la fin, d'un bout à l'autre. On l'emploie souvent pour insister sur la durée ou l'étendue devant un terme singulier ou pluriel qui désigne l'espace de temps ou l'événement pendant lequel un fait a lieu, ou encore le territoire sur lequel il a lieu: pendant tout le match/tous ces mois = throughout the match/those months; la rumeur se répandit dans toute la province = the rumour [BrE] spread throughout the province; faire tout le trajet debout = to stand throughout the journey (ou for the whole journey); il neige sur toute la France = it's snowing throughout France (ou all over France)Au pluriel, tous, toutes se traduiront par all pour exprimer la totalité, par every pour insister sur les composants d'un ensemble, ou encore par any pour indiquer l'absence de discrimination. On notera que every and any sont suivis du singulier* * *tu, tut tout, -e tous mpl toutes fpl1. adj1) (avec article singulier) alltoute la nuit — all night, the whole night
tout le temps — all the time, the whole time
c'est toute une affaire; c'est toute une histoire — it's quite a business, it's a whole rigmarole
2) (avec article pluriel) (= chaque) every, (idée d'intégralité) alltoutes les deux semaines — every other week, every two weeks
toutes les trois semaines — every three weeks, every third week
tous les deux; Nous y sommes allés tous les deux. — We both went., Both of us went.
Nous y sommes allés tous les trois. — All three of us went.
Je les ai invités tous les trois. — I invited all three of them.
3) (sans article) (= n'importe quel)à toute heure du jour ou de la nuit — at any time of the day or night, (= seul)
pour toute nourriture, il avait... — his only food was..., (= chaque)
de tous côtés; de toutes parts (= de partout) — from everywhere, from every side, (= partout) all around
2. prontous; toutes — all
Il a tout fait. — He did everything.
Il a tout organisé. — He organized everything.
Je les vois tous. — I can see them all., I can see all of them.
Je les connais tous. — I know them all., I know all of them.
Nous y sommes tous allés. — We all went., All of us went.
Nous y sommes toutes allées. — We all went., All of us went.
tout de...; Elle a tout d'une mère. — She's a real mother., She's a true mother.
en tout — all together, altogether
tout ce que...; tout ce qu'il sait — all he knows
C'était tout ce qu'il y a de plus chic. — It was the last word in chic., It was the ultimate in chic.
3. nmCeci forme un tout. — It forms a whole.
Je prends le tout. — I'll take it all., I'll take the whole lot.
le tout est de... — the main thing is to...
4. adv1) (= très, complètement) verytout près; tout à côté — very near
Elle habite tout près. — She lives very near.
le tout premier; la toute première — the very first
tout seul; toute seule — all alone
Il est tout seul. — He's all alone.
Elle est toute seule. — She's all alone.
Il était tout rouge. — He was all red in the face.
Elle était toute rouge. — She was all red in the face.
tout de suite — immediately, straight away
2)tout en... — while...
Il a fait son travail tout en chantant. — He sang as he worked., He sang while he worked.
tout à coup; tout d'un coup — suddenly
tout court; Charles-Henri, pouvez-vous... — Je vous en prie, appelez-moi Charles tout court. — Charles-Henri, could you... — Please, just call me Charles.
communication par internet, mais aussi communication tout court — communication via the internet, but also simply communication
tout à l'heure (passé) — just now, a short while ago
Je l'ai vu tout à l'heure. — I saw him just now., (futur) shortly, in a moment
Je finirai ça tout à l'heure. — I'll finish it in a moment.
* * *A pron indéf1 tout ( chaque chose) everything; ( n'importe quoi) anything; ( l'ensemble) all; penser à tout to think of everything; tout est prêt everything is ready; le sucre, les graisses, le sel, tout me fait mal sugar, fat, salt, everything is bad for me; être tout pour qn to be everything to sb; tout peut arriver anything can happen; le chien mange (de) tout the dog will eat anything; tout est prétexte à querelle(s) any pretext will do to start a quarrel; tout n'est pas perdu all is not lost; tout ou rien all or nothing; tout ou partie de qch all or part of sth; tout va bien all's well, everything's fine; en tout ( au total) in all; ( entièrement) in every respect; en tout et pour tout all told; et tout ça parce que/pour and all because/for; tout bien compté or pesé or considéré all in all; tout est là fig that's the whole point; c'est tout dire I need say no more; et tout et tout○ and all that sort of thing; et ce n'est pas tout! and that's not all!; ce n'est pas tout (que) de commencer un travail, il faut le finir it's not enough ou it's all very well to start off a job, it's got to be finished; avoir tout d'un singe/assassin to look just like a monkey/murderer; ⇒ bien, monde, salaire, or;2 tous, toutes ( la totalité des êtres ou choses) all; (la totalité des éléments d'une catégorie, d'un groupe) all of them/us/you; nous sommes tous des pécheurs we are all sinners; le film n'est pas à la portée de tous the film is not accessible to all; merci à tous thank you all; tous ensemble all together; ce sont tous d'anciens soldats all of them are ou they are all former soldiers; il les a tous cassés he has broken all of them, he's broken them all; il l'a dit devant nous tous he said it in front of all of us; leurs enfants, tous musiciens de talent their children, all of them talented musicians; tous ne sont pas d'accord not all of them agree; toutes tant qu'elles sont all of them, each and every one of them; vous tous qui le connaissez all of you who know him; écoutez-moi tous listen to me, all of you; est-ce que ça conviendra à tous? will it suit everybody ou everyone?B adj1 ( exprimant la totalité) bois tout ton lait drink all your milk, drink up your milk; tout le reste est à jeter everything else is to be thrown away; manger tout un pain to eat a whole loaf; tout Pompéi a été enseveli the whole of Pompeii was buried; tout Nice se réjouit the whole of ou all Nice rejoiced; il a plu toute la journée it rained all day (long) ou the whole day; pendant toute une année for a whole year; la semaine se passa toute à attendre the whole ou entire week was spent waiting; j'ai passé tout mon dimanche à travailler I spent the whole of ou all Sunday working; je ne l'ai pas vu de tout l'été I haven't seen him all summer; cet enfant est toute ma vie this child is my whole life; c'est tout le plaisir que tu y trouves? is that all the pleasure ou the only pleasure it gives you?; tout le problème est là that's where the problem lies; tout cela ne compte pas none of that counts; le meilleur dentiste de toute la ville the best dentist in town; tout le monde everybody; ⇒ cœur, monde, temps;2 ( véritable) c'est tout un travail/événement it's quite a job/an event; il a fait toute une histoire he made a real ou big fuss, he made quite a fuss; c'est tout un art there's a whole art to it;3 tout ce qui/que/dont ( l'ensemble) all; ( toutes les choses) everything; ( sans discrimination) anything; tout ce qui compte all that matters; c'est tout ce que je fais that's all I do; tout ce dont j'ai besoin all I need; j'ai acheté tout ce qui était sur la liste I bought everything that was on the list; il dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête he says anything that comes into his head; tout ce qu'il dit n'est pas vrai not all of what he says is true; tout ce que le village compte d'enfants, tout ce qu'il y a d'enfants dans le village all the children in the village; être tout ce qu'il y a de plus serviable to be most obliging; c'est tout ce qu'on fait de mieux it's the best there is; ‘tu en es sûr?’-‘tout ce qu'il y a de plus sûr’ ‘are you sure?’-‘as sure as can be’, ‘absolutely sure’;4 ( n'importe quel) any; à tout âge at any age; de toute nature of any kind; à toute heure du jour ou de la nuit at all times of the day or night; ‘service à toute heure’ ‘24 hour service’; à tout moment ( n'importe quand) at any time; ( sans cesse) constantly; tout prétexte leur est bon they'll jump at any excuse; toute personne qui anyone ou anybody who; toute autre solution serait rejetée any other solution would be rejected; tout autre que lui/toi aurait abandonné anybody else would have given up; toute publicité est interdite all advertising is prohibited; pour toute réclamation, s'adresser à… all complaints should be addressed to…; tout billet n'est pas valable not all tickets are valid; ⇒ vérité;5 (sans déterminant: total) en toute innocence/franchise in all innocence/honesty; en toute liberté with complete freedom; donner toute satisfaction to give complete satisfaction; c'est tout bénéfice it's all profit; il aurait tout intérêt à placer cet argent it would be in his best interests to invest this money; partir en toute hâte to leave in a great hurry; un jardin de toute beauté a most beautiful garden; être à toute extrémité to be close to death; ⇒ épreuve, hasard, prix, vitesse;6 (unique, seul) il a souri pour toute réponse his only reply was a smile, he smiled by way of a reply; on lui donne quelques légumes pour tous gages all that he gets in the way of wages is a few vegetables; elle a un chien pour toute compagnie the only company she has ou all she has for company is a dog;7 tous, toutes ( les uns et les autres sans distinction) all, every (+ v sg); ceci vaut pour tous les candidats this applies to all candidates ou to every candidate; en tous pays in all countries, in every country; en toutes choses in all things, in everything; toutes les pages sont déchirées all the pages are torn, every page is torn; les lettres ont toutes été signées the letters have all been signed; j'ai toutes les raisons de me plaindre I have every reason to complain; tous les hommes sont mortels all men are mortal; il a fait tous les métiers he's done all sorts of jobs; tous les prétextes leur sont bons they'll use any excuse (pour to); meubles tous budgets furniture to suit every pocket; tous deux se levèrent both of them got up, they both got up; nous irons tous les deux both of us will go, we'll both go; je les prends tous les trois/quatre etc I'm taking all three/four etc (of them);8 ( chaque) tous/toutes les every; à tous les coins de rue on every street corner; saisir toutes les occasions to seize every opportunity; tous les jours/mois/ans every day/month/year; tous les quarts d'heure/10 mètres every quarter of an hour/10 metres; un cachet toutes les quatre heures one tablet every four hours; tous les deux jours/mois every other day/month; tous les combien? how often?C adv (normally invariable, but agrees in gender and in number with feminine adjective beginning with consonant or h-aspirate)1 (très, extrêmement) very, quite; ( entièrement) all; tout doucement very gently; ils sont tout contents they are very happy; elles sont tout étonnées/toutes honteuses they are very surprised/ashamed; être tout excité to be very ou all excited; être tout jeune/petit to be very young/small; tout enfant, elle aimait déjà dessiner as a small child she already liked to draw; c'est tout naturel it's quite natural; des yeux tout ronds de surprise eyes wide with surprise; être tout mouillé/sale to be all wet/dirty; tout seul dans la vie all alone in life; faire qch tout seul to do sth all by oneself; c'est tout autre chose, c'est une tout autre histoire it's a different matter altogether;2 ( devant un nom) c'est tout le portrait de sa mère she's the spitting ou very image of her mother; c'est tout l'inverse or le contraire it's the very opposite; ça m'en a tout l'air it looks very much like it to me; tu as tout le temps d'y réfléchir you've got plenty of time to think it over; avec toi, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre you see everything in black and white;3 ( tout à fait) la toute dernière ligne the very last line; les tout premiers fruits de l'été the very first fruits of summer; j'habite tout près I live very close by ou very near; tout près de very close to, very near; tout à côté de/contre/en haut right by/against/at the top; il les a mangés tout crus he ate them raw; un gâteau tout entier a whole cake; j'en sais tout autant que lui I know just as much as he does; c'est tout aussi cher it's just as expensive; vêtue tout de noir, tout de noir vêtue dressed all in black; maison tout en longueur very long and narrow house; un jeu tout en finesse a very subtle game; une semaine toute de fatigue a very tiring week; une vie toute de soucis a life full of worry; ils étaient tout en sang/en sueur they were covered in blood/bathed in sweat; être tout en larmes to be in floods of tears; la colline est tout en fleurs the hill is a mass of flowers; elle est tout(e) à son travail she's totally absorbed in her work;4 ( d'avance) tout prêt ready-made; sauces/idées toutes faites ready-made sauces/ideas; des légumes tout épluchés ready-peeled vegetables; ⇒ cuit, vu;5 ( en même temps) while; ( bien que) although; il lisait tout en marchant he was reading as he walked; elle le défendait tout en le sachant coupable she defended him although she knew he was guilty; ⇒ en;6 (marquant la concession: quoique) tout aussi étrange que cela paraisse however strange it may seem; tout prudemment que l'on conduise however carefully one drives; tout malins qu'ils sont, ils… clever though they may be, they…, they may be clever, but they…; toute reine qu'elle est, elle ne peut pas faire ça she may be a queen, but she can't do that;7 ( rien d'autre que) être tout énergie/muscle to be all energy/muscle; être tout sourires to be all smiles; je suis tout ouïe hum I'm all ears; veste tout cuir/laine all leather/wool jacket; ⇒ feu, sucre.D du tout loc adv pas du tout, point du tout liter not at all; sans savoir du tout without knowing at all; je ne le vois plus du tout I don't see him at all now; il ne m'en reste plus du tout I have none left at all; crois-tu qu'il m'ait remercié? du tout! do you think he thanked me? not at all!1 ( ensemble) former un tout to make up ou form a whole; mon tout ( charade) my whole, my all; du tout au tout completely;2 le tout ( la totalité) the whole lot, the lot; ( l'essentiel) the main thing; vendre le tout pour 200 euros to sell the (whole) lot for 200 euros; le tout est de réussir/qu'il réussisse the main ou most important thing is to succeed/that he should succeed; le Grand Tout Relig the Great Whole; ce n'est pas le tout○! this is no good!tout à coup suddenly; tout d'un coup ( soudain) suddenly; ( à la fois) all at once; tout à fait ( entièrement) quite, absolutely; ce n'est pas tout à fait vrai/pareil it's not quite true/the same thing; c'est tout à fait vrai it's quite ou absolutely true; ‘tu es d'accord?’-‘tout à fait’ ‘do you agree?’-‘absolutely’; il est tout à fait charmant he's absolutely ou perfectly charming; être tout à fait pour/contre to be totally for/against; tout à l'heure ( bientôt) in a moment; ( peu avant) a little while ago, just now; à tout à l'heure! see you later!; tout de même ( quand même) all the same, even so; ( indigné) tout de même! really!, honestly!; ( vraiment) quite; tu aurais tout de même pu faire attention! all the same ou even so you might have been careful!; c'est tout de même un peu fort! really ou honestly, it's a bit much!; c'est tout de même bizarre que it's quite strange that; tout de suite at once, straight away; ce n'est pas pour tout de suite ( ce n'est pas pressé) there's no rush; ( ce sera long) it's going to take some time.tout est bien qui finit bien all's well that ends well; être tout yeux tout oreilles to be very attentive.[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) adjectif qualificatif (au singulier)il se plaint toute la journée he complains all the time ou the whole day longtout ceci/cela all (of) this/thatj'ai tout mon temps I've plenty of time ou all the time in the worldavec lui, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre with him, it's either (all) black or (all) white2. [devant un nom propre] allj'ai visité tout Paris en huit jours I saw all ou the whole of Paris in a week3. [devant un nom sans article]rouler à toute vitesse to drive at full ou top speeden toute franchise/simplicité in all sincerity/simplicity4. [avec une valeur emphatique]5. (comme adverbe) [entièrement] completely6. [unique, seul] onlyma fille est tout mon bonheur my daughter is my sole ou only source of happiness7. [suivi d'une relative]tout ce qui me gêne, c'est la différence d'âge the only thing ou all I'm worried about is the age differencetout ce qu'il y a de: ses enfants sont tout ce qu'il y a de bien élevés his children are very well-behaved ou are models of good behaviour————————[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) déterminant (adjectif indéfini)tout citoyen a des droits every citizen has rights, all citizens have rightspour tout renseignement, écrivez-nous for further information, write to usde tout temps since time immemorial, from the beginning of timeen tout temps throughout ou all through historytout autre que lui aurait refusé anyone other than him ou anybody else would have refusedB.[AU PLURIEL]1. [exprimant la totalité] alltous les hommes all men, the whole of mankindtous les gens everybody, everyoneje veux tous les détails I want all the details ou the full details2. [devant un nom sans article]ils étaient 150 000, toutes disciplines/races confondues there were 150,000 of them, taking all disciplines/races together3. [exprimant la périodicité] everytoutes les deux semaines every other week, every second week, every two weeksà prendre toutes les quatre heures to be taken every four hours ou at four-hourly intervals————————[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) pronom indéfini[n'importe quoi] anythingce sera tout? [dans un magasin] will be that all?, anything else?ce n'est pas tout de faire des enfants, il faut les élever ensuite having children is one thing, but then you've got to bring them upêtre tout pour quelqu'un to be everything for somebody, to mean everything to somebodyon aura tout vu! now I've ou we've seen everything!a. [objets] that's everythingb. [problème] that's the whole point ou the crux of the matteravec toi c'est tout ou rien with you, it's all or nothing ou one extreme or the othertout se passe comme si... it's as though...à tout faire [produit] all-purposetout bien considéré, tout bien réfléchi all things consideredB.[AU PLURIEL]1. [désignant ce dont on a parlé]il y a plusieurs points de vue, tous sont intéressants there are several points of view, they are all interestingj'adore les prunes — prends-les toutes I love plums — take them all ou all of them2. [avec une valeur récapitulative] allJean, Pierre, Jacques, tous voulaient la voir Jean, Pierre, Jacques, they all wanted to see her3. [tout le monde]à vous tous qui m'avez aidé, merci to all of you who helped me, thank youtous tant ou autant que nous sommes all of us, every (single) one of ustout ( féminin toute, pluriel féminin toutes) adverbe (s'accorde en genre et en nombre devant un adjectif féminin commençant par une consonne ou un h aspiré)ils étaient tout seuls they were quite ou completely alonesa chevelure était toute hérissée his/her hair was all messyses tout premiers mots his/her very first wordstout mouillé wet ou soaked through, drenchedtout simplement/autrement quite simply/differentlytéléphone-moi, tout simplement just phone me, that's the easiest (way)une toile tout coton a 100% cotton cloth, an all cotton materialil est toute bonté/générosité he is goodness/generosity itselfça, c'est tout lui! that's typical of him ou just like him!2. [en intensif]tout en haut/bas right at the top/bottom3. [déjà]tout prêt ou préparé ready-madetout bébé, elle dansait déjà even as a baby, she was already dancing4. (avec un gérondif) [indiquant la simultanéité][indiquant la concession]tout en avouant son ignorance dans ce domaine, il continuait à me contredire although he'd confessed his ignorance in that field, he kept on contradicting metout nom masculin1. [ensemble] wholemon tout est un instrument de musique [dans une charade] my whole ou all is a musical instrument2. [l'essentiel]ce n'est pas le tout de critiquer, il faut pouvoir proposer autre chose it's not enough to criticize, you've got to be able to suggest something elsejouer ou risquer le tout pour le tout to risk (one's) alltenter le tout pour le tout to make a (final) desperate attempt ou a last ditch effortc'est un tout it's all the same, it makes no difference————————du tout locution adverbialeje vous dérange? — du tout, du tout! am I disturbing you? — not at all ou not in the least!elle finissait son café sans du tout se soucier de notre présence she was finishing her coffee without paying any attention to us at all ou whatsoever————————en tout locution adverbialeen tout et pour tout locution adverbialeen tout et pour tout, nous avons dépensé 300 euros all in all, we've spent 300 eurostout à coup locution adverbialetout à fait locution adverbiale2. [exactement] exactlyc'est tout à fait ce que je cherche/le même it's exactly what I've been looking for/the same3. [oui] certainly————————tout de même locution adverbialej'irai tout de même all the same, I'll still go2. [en intensif]tout de même, tu exagères! steady on!, that's a bit much!————————tout de suite locution adverbiale2. [dans l'espace] immediately————————tout... que locution conjonctivetout directeur qu'il est ou qu'il soit,... he may well be the boss,... -
23 ask
1) (to put a question: He asked me what the time was; Ask the price of that scarf; Ask her where to go; Ask him about it; If you don't know, ask.) preguntar2) (to express a wish to someone for something: I asked her to help me; I asked (him) for a day off; He rang and asked for you; Can I ask a favour of you?) pedir; preguntar por3) (to invite: He asked her to his house for lunch.) invitar•- ask for
- for the asking
ask vb1. preguntarwhy don't you ask the teacher? ¿por qué no se lo preguntas al profesor?2. pedir3. invitartr[ɑːsk]1 (inquire) preguntar2 (request) pedir3 (invite) invitar, convidar1 (inquire) preguntar■ if you don't know, ask si no lo sabes, pregúntalo2 (request) pedir\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto ask for it buscárseloto be asking for trouble estarse buscando problemasask ['æsk] vt1) : preguntarask him if he's coming: pregúntale si viene2) request: pedir, solicitarto ask a favor: pedir un favor3) invite: invitarask vi1) inquire: preguntarI asked about her children: pregunté por sus niños2) request: pedirwe asked for help: pedimos ayudav.• invitar v.• pedir v.• preguntar v.• rogar v.æsk, ɑːsk
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1) ( inquire) preguntar; ( inquire of) preguntarle ato ask a question — hacer* una pregunta
don't ask me! — (colloq) yo qué sé! (fam)
honestly, I ask you! — (colloq) ¿no te parece increíble?
I often ask myself... — muchas veces me pregunto...
to ask somebody about something/somebody/-ing: have you asked him about his trip/his mother? ¿le has preguntado por el viaje/por su madre?; ask her about doing overtime — pregúntale si sería posible hacer horas extras
2) ( request) \<\<approval/advice/favor\>\> pedir*what more can you ask? — ¿qué más se puede pedir?
is that asking too much? — ¿es mucho pedir?
to ask somebody for something — pedirle* algo a alguien
to ask something of somebody: she asks too much of her students les exige demasiado a sus alumnos; to ask somebody to + inf pedirle* a alguien que (+ subj); they asked me to help out me pidieron que les diera una mano; I must ask you to leave haga el favor de irse; I asked her to dance la saqué a bailar; to ask to + inf: I asked to see the manager pedí hablar con el director; he's asking to be slapped — se está buscando una bofetada
3) ( invite) invitarask him along — invítalo or dile que venga
haven't you asked her out yet? — ¿todavía no la has invitado a salir?
4) ( demand) \<\<price\>\> pedir*to ask something FOR something — pedir* algo por algo
how much is he asking for the car? — ¿cuánto pide por el coche?
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vi1) ( inquire) preguntarhow are things? - don't ask! — (colloq & hum) ¿qué tal? - mejor ni hablar!
to ask about something/somebody: he asked about your health/you — preguntó por tu salud/por ti
2) ( request)to ask for something: I asked for his phone number le pedí el número de teléfono; he asked for it (colloq) se lo buscó (fam); to ask for somebody — preguntar por alguien
•Phrasal Verbs:- ask back[ɑːsk]1. TRANSITIVE VERB1) (=inquire) preguntar"how is Frank?" he asked — -¿cómo está Frank? -preguntó
I asked him his name/the time — le pregunté su nombre/la hora
to ask o.s. sth — preguntarse algo
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did you ask him about the job? — ¿le has preguntado por el trabajo?; (in more detail) ¿le has preguntado acerca del trabajo?I've been meaning to ask you about that — llevo tiempo queriendo or hace tiempo que quiero preguntarte acerca de eso
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ask me another! — ¡no tengo ni idea!•
don't ask me! * — ¡yo qué sé! *, ¡qué sé yo! (esp LAm) *•
I ask you! * — (despairing) ¿te lo puedes creer?•
ask him if he has seen her — pregúntale si la ha vistoif you ask me, I think she's crazy — para mí que está loca
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and where have you been, may I ask? — ¿y dónde has estado, si se puede saber?•
I asked the teacher what to do next — le pregunté al profesor lo que tenía que hacer después•
who asked you? * — ¿quién te ha preguntado a ti?•
ask her why she didn't come — pregúntale por qué no vino2) (=request) pedir•
to ask sb a favour, ask a favour of sb — pedir un favor a algn•
how much are they asking for the car? — ¿cuánto piden por el coche?they are asking £200,000 for the house — piden 200.000 libras por la casa
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it's not a lot to ask — no es mucho pedir•
what more can you ask? — ¿qué más se puede pedir?•
to ask sth of sb, he did everything asked of him — hizo todo lo que se le pidióall he asked of us was that we tell people about his plight — solo nos pidió que habláramos a la gente de la difícil situación en que se encontraba
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to ask that sth be done — pedir que se haga algoall I'm asking is that you keep an open mind — solo te pido que or lo único que pido es que mantengas una actitud abierta
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to ask to do sth: I asked to see the director — pedí ver al directorpermissionwe had to ask him to leave — tuvimos que decirle or pedirle que se marchara
3) (=invite) invitarhave you been asked? — ¿te han invitado?
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to ask sb to dinner — invitar a algn a cenar2. INTRANSITIVE VERB1) (=inquire) preguntar•
ask about our reduced rates for students — pregunta por or infórmate sobre nuestros descuentos para estudianteshe was asking about the Vikings — preguntaba acerca de or sobre los vikingos
I asked about the possibility of staying on — pregunté acerca de or sobre la posibilidad de quedarme más tiempo, pregunté si era posible que me quedara más tiempo
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"what's the matter?" - " don't ask" — -¿qué pasa? -más te vale no saberlo•
now you're asking! * — (=what a difficult question) ¡vaya con la preguntita! *; (=who knows) ¡quién sabe!; (=wouldn't we all like to know) ¡eso quisiera saber yo! *•
I was only asking — era solo una pregunta•
"what has he gone and done now?" - "you may well ask!" — -¿qué es lo que ha hecho ahora? -¡buena pregunta!2) (=make request) pedirif you need anything, just ask — si quieres algo no tienes más que pedirlo
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the asking price — el precio que se pide/pedía etcI offered £5,000 below the asking price — les ofrecí 5.000 libras menos de lo que pedían
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it's yours for the asking — no tienes más que pedirlo y es tuyo- ask back- ask for- ask in- ask out- ask overASK ► Translate ask by preguntar only in contexts where information is being sought:
I'll ask him Voy a preguntárselo
Ask her what she thinks Pregúntale qué le parece
We asked everywhere Preguntamos en todas partes ► Use pedir when ask means "request" or "demand":
No one asked to see my passport Nadie me pidió el pasaporte
We asked them to be here before five Les pedimos que estuviesen or estuvieran aquí antes de las cinco
He was asked to explain his behaviour Le pidieron que explicara su comportamiento NOTE: P edir que is followed by the subjunctive. For further uses and examples, see ask, ask about, ask for etc* * *[æsk, ɑːsk]
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1) ( inquire) preguntar; ( inquire of) preguntarle ato ask a question — hacer* una pregunta
don't ask me! — (colloq) yo qué sé! (fam)
honestly, I ask you! — (colloq) ¿no te parece increíble?
I often ask myself... — muchas veces me pregunto...
to ask somebody about something/somebody/-ing: have you asked him about his trip/his mother? ¿le has preguntado por el viaje/por su madre?; ask her about doing overtime — pregúntale si sería posible hacer horas extras
2) ( request) \<\<approval/advice/favor\>\> pedir*what more can you ask? — ¿qué más se puede pedir?
is that asking too much? — ¿es mucho pedir?
to ask somebody for something — pedirle* algo a alguien
to ask something of somebody: she asks too much of her students les exige demasiado a sus alumnos; to ask somebody to + inf pedirle* a alguien que (+ subj); they asked me to help out me pidieron que les diera una mano; I must ask you to leave haga el favor de irse; I asked her to dance la saqué a bailar; to ask to + inf: I asked to see the manager pedí hablar con el director; he's asking to be slapped — se está buscando una bofetada
3) ( invite) invitarask him along — invítalo or dile que venga
haven't you asked her out yet? — ¿todavía no la has invitado a salir?
4) ( demand) \<\<price\>\> pedir*to ask something FOR something — pedir* algo por algo
how much is he asking for the car? — ¿cuánto pide por el coche?
2.
vi1) ( inquire) preguntarhow are things? - don't ask! — (colloq & hum) ¿qué tal? - mejor ni hablar!
to ask about something/somebody: he asked about your health/you — preguntó por tu salud/por ti
2) ( request)to ask for something: I asked for his phone number le pedí el número de teléfono; he asked for it (colloq) se lo buscó (fam); to ask for somebody — preguntar por alguien
•Phrasal Verbs:- ask back -
24 anotar
v.1 to note down, to make a note of (to write).2 to score.Ella anota al final del juego She scores at the end of the game.Ella anota diez puntos del juego She scores ten points of the game.3 to schedule, to pencil in.4 to enroll.La maestra anotó al alumno The teacher enrolled the student.5 to annotate, to footnote, to explicate, to gloss.Ella anotó los puntos principales She annotated the main points.* * *1 (acotar) to annotate, add notes to2 (apuntar) to take down, jot down, make a note of* * *verb1) to note down, write down2) annotate3) score* * *1. VT1) (=apuntar)a) [en cuaderno] to make a note of, note down; [en lista, tabla] to enter, recordanota la cifra total — make a note of o note down the total figure
b) (Estadística) [+ velocidad, tiempo] to log2) esp Cono Sur (=inscribir) enrol, enroll (EEUU)¿me anotaron en el registro? — have you written me down in the register?
3) (Literat) [+ texto, libro] to annotate4) (Dep) [+ punto] to score2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( tomar nota de) <dirección/nombre> to make a note ofb) < texto> to annotatec) (RPl) ( en curso) to enroll*; (para excursión, actividad) to put... down2) (AmL) <gol/tanto> to score2.anotar vi (AmL) to score3.anotarse v pron1) (AmL) <gol/tanto> to score2) (RPl) ( inscribirse) apuntarse 1a* * *= note, log, jot down, record, take down, annotate, mark + Nombre + down as, mark + Nombre + up.Ex. Sometimes the number of tickets issued is noted on the form.Ex. In order to understand this programme, it will help to imagine a librarian at a university who diligently logs every slide that is taken from the library for lectures.Ex. Find some scrap paper and jot down the subject areas taught in schools.Ex. Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.Ex. All technical processes that take place before, during and directly after the flight are taken down automatically by the flight recorder in the cockpit.Ex. Once users have loaded data, other users may add comments, or annotate other users' data.Ex. One look convinced the employer that she was unsuited for the work, and he marked her down as unsuitable.Ex. If you fax your document, please include a return address -- we will edit and mark it up by hand and return it to you by post.----* anotar en la agenda = diarise [diarize, -USA].* encargado de anotar los tantos = scorer.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( tomar nota de) <dirección/nombre> to make a note ofb) < texto> to annotatec) (RPl) ( en curso) to enroll*; (para excursión, actividad) to put... down2) (AmL) <gol/tanto> to score2.anotar vi (AmL) to score3.anotarse v pron1) (AmL) <gol/tanto> to score2) (RPl) ( inscribirse) apuntarse 1a* * *= note, log, jot down, record, take down, annotate, mark + Nombre + down as, mark + Nombre + up.Ex: Sometimes the number of tickets issued is noted on the form.
Ex: In order to understand this programme, it will help to imagine a librarian at a university who diligently logs every slide that is taken from the library for lectures.Ex: Find some scrap paper and jot down the subject areas taught in schools.Ex: Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.Ex: All technical processes that take place before, during and directly after the flight are taken down automatically by the flight recorder in the cockpit.Ex: Once users have loaded data, other users may add comments, or annotate other users' data.Ex: One look convinced the employer that she was unsuited for the work, and he marked her down as unsuitable.Ex: If you fax your document, please include a return address -- we will edit and mark it up by hand and return it to you by post.* anotar en la agenda = diarise [diarize, -USA].* encargado de anotar los tantos = scorer.* * *anotar [A1 ]vtA1 (tomar nota de) ‹dirección/nombre› to make a note ofanota mi número de teléfono make a note of my phone numberya he anotado lo que tengo que comprar I've noted down o jotted down o made a note of what I have to buyasegúrate de anotar todos los detalles make sure you take down o make a note of all the details2 ‹texto› to annotateanotó a su hija en la clase de baile she enrolled her daughter o put her daughter down for the dance classanótenme para el partido del sábado put me down for Saturday's gameB ‹gol/tanto› to score■ anotarvito score■ anotarseA ( AmL) ‹tanto› to scorenos vamos a bailar ¿te anotás? we're going dancing, do you want to come along? o ( BrE) do you fancy coming?estábamos pensando ir al cine — ¡(yo) me anoto! ( fam); we were thinking of going to the movies — you can count me in o I'll come!anotarse EN algo:me anoté en la clase de ruso I enrolled o signed up for the Russian class¿ya te anotaste en el curso? have you enrolled on o signed up for the course yet?me anoté para ir a la excursión I put my name down o put myself down o signed up for the trip* * *
anotar ( conjugate anotar) verbo transitivo
1
2 (AmL) ‹gol/tanto› to score
anotarse verbo pronominal
1 (AmL) ‹gol/tanto› to score
2 (RPl) ( inscribirse) See Also→ apuntarse 1a
anotar verbo transitivo
1 (escribir una nota) to take down, make a note of
2 (glosar un texto) to annotate
' anotar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acotar
- escribir
- registro
English:
debit
- enter
- notch up
- put down
- write down
- get
- jot
- log
- make
- note
- put
- record
- score
- scribble
- take
- write
* * *♦ vt1. [escribir] to note down, to make a note of;anotó la dirección en su agenda she noted down o made a note of the address in her diary2. [libro] to annotate;anotó una edición de “La Celestina” she provided the notes for an edition of “La Celestina”3. Dep to score* * *v/t note down* * *anotar vt1) : to annotate2) apuntar, escribir: to write down, to jot down3) : to score (in sports)anotar vi: to score* * *anotar vb1. (escribir) to make a note of / to note down2. (marcar) to score -
25 an
I Präp.1. (+ Dat) zeitlich: on; an Ostern / Weihnachten at Easter / Christmas; an einem schönen Sonntagabend on a pleasant Sunday evening; an jenem Morgen on that morning; an dem Tag, als... on the day when...; es ist an der Zeit it’s about time2. (+ Dat) örtlich: at, on; Richtung: to; an der Grenze at the border; am Himmel in the sky; an einem Ort in a place; an seinem Platz in its place; an der Themse on the Thames; an erster Stelle in the first place; an Bord on board; an Deck on deck; an Land on land; am / ans Fenster at / to the window; an der / die Wand (lehnen[d]) against the wall; (hängen[d]) on the wall; eine Lampe an die Decke hängen hang a lamp (from the ceiling); an der Decke hängen hang from the ceiling; Schaden am Dach damage to the roof; den Hund an den Zaun binden tie the dog to the fence; jemanden an sich drücken / ziehen embrace s.o. / pull s.o. to one(‘s breast); er ging an i-r rechten / i-e rechte Seite he was walking on her right (side); an die frische Luft gehen get a breath of fresh air; es am Herzen / an der Lunge haben have heart / lung trouble3. (+ Akk/Dat) (neben) by, next to; (nahe) by, near; am Wald by the woods; am Kamin ( Tisch) sitzen sit by the fire (at the table); sich ( nahe) an die Tür setzen take a seat next to the door; etw. an den Eingang stellen place s.th. near the entrance; an jemandem vorbeifahren drive past s.o., pass s.o. in the car; Kopf an Kopf neck and neck; Tür an Tür door to door4. (+ Dat) (bei) at, by; an einer Schule / einem Theater at a school / theat|re (Am. auch -er); jemanden an der Hand führen / nehmen lead / take s.o. by the hand; an der Arbeit sein be at work5. (+ Dat) (bezüglich, hinsichtlich) in; arm / reich an poor / rich in; jung an Jahren young in years; drei etc. an der Zahl three in number; unerreicht an Schönheit etc. unparalleled in beauty; ist das alles, was Sie an Hemden etc. haben? is that all you have in the way of shirts etc.?6. fig.: das Leben etc. an sich as such, per se; eine an sich praktikable Lösung a solution, practicable in itself; Geld an sich reicht nicht aus money alone ( oder by itself) will not do; an ( und für) sich (genau genommen) properly speaking; (im Grunde) basically, actually; eine an ( und für) sich gute Idee a basically good ( oder sound) idea; etw. Seltsames etc. an sich (Dat) haben have s.th. odd etc. about it, him etc.; ist etwas an der Sache? is there something to it?; was ist denn an ihm, das dich so ärgert? what is it about him that annoys you so much?; was gefällt dir an ihm? what do you like about him?; es ist nicht an mir etc. zu (+ Inf.) it is not for me ( oder my place) to (+ Inf.)7. ein Brief an jemanden for ( oder to) s.o.; eine Bitte an jemanden to s.o.; eine Frage an jemanden for ( oder to) s.o.; der Glaube(n) an (+ Akk) faith ( oder belief) in; die Schuld an (+ Dat) the blame for; arbeiten an work on; denken an think of; leiden an suffer from; etc. am, bis und die mit an verbundenen Adjektive, Substantive, Verben etc.II Adv.2. London an 19.05 arr. (= arrival) London 19.05 (Am. 7:05 p.m.)5. umg.: mit dem Mantel an wearing his, her etc. coat; ohne Mütze an without a cap; ohne was an umg. with nothing on, in the buff, without a stitch on hum.* * *on (Präp.); beside (Präp.); to (Präp.); at (Präp.); upon (Präp.); unto (Präp.);(angeschaltet) on (Adv.)* * *ạn [an]1. prep +datam Haus/Bahnhof — at the house/station
an der Wand stehen — to stand by the wall
an der Tür/Wand — on the door/wall
an der Donau/Autobahn/am Ufer/am Rhein — by or (direkt an gelegen) on the Danube/motorway/bank/Rhine
Frankfurt an der Oder — Frankfurt on (the) Oder
an etw hängen (lit) — to hang from or on sth
zu nahe an etw stehen — to be too near to sth
etw an etw festmachen — to fasten sth to sth
jdn an der Hand nehmen — to take sb by the hand
oben am Berg — up the mountain
unten am Fluss — down by the river
sie wohnen Tür an Tür — they live next door to one another, they are next-door neighbours (Brit) or neighbors (US)
Haus an Haus — one house after the other
an etw vorbeigehen — to go past sth, to pass sth
See:2) (zeitlich) onam Tag zuvor — the day before, the previous day
an dem Abend, als ich... — the evening I...
an Ostern/Weihnachten (dial) — at Easter/Christmas
See:→ am3) (fig) siehe auch Substantive, Adjektive, Verbenjung an Jahren sein — to be young in years
jdn an etw erkennen — to recognize sb by sth
der Mangel/das Angebot an Waren — the lack/choice of goods
an etw arbeiten/schreiben/kauen — to be working on/writing/chewing sth
an etw sterben/leiden — to die of/suffer from sth
was haben Sie an Weinen da? — what wines do you have?
es an der Leber etc haben (inf) — to have trouble with one's liver etc, to have liver etc trouble
was findet sie an dem Mann? — what does she see in that man?
sie hat etwas an sich, das... — there is something about her that...
es ist an ihm, etwas zu tun (geh) — it's up to him to do something
2. prep +acc1) (räumlich: wohin?) to; (= gegen) on, againstetw an die Wand/Tafel schreiben — to write sth on the wall/blackboard
die Zweige reichten ( bis) an den Boden/mein Fenster — the branches reached down to the ground/up to my window
er ging ans Fenster — he went (over) to the window
An den Vorsitzenden... (bei Anschrift) — The Chairman...
See:→ bis, Bord, Land2)(zeitlich: woran?)
an die Zukunft/Vergangenheit denken — to think of the future/past3) (fig) siehe auch Substantive, Adjektive, Verbenan jdn/etw glauben — to believe in sb/sth
ich habe eine Bitte/Frage an Sie — I have a request to make of you/question to ask you
See:→ ab3. adv1) (= ungefähr) about2)Frankfurt an: 18.30 Uhr — arriving Frankfurt 18.303)4) (inf = angeschaltet, angezogen) onohne etwas an — with nothing on, without anything on
See:→ an sein* * *1) (touching or in contact with: He stood with his back against the wall; The rain beat against the window.) against2) at3) (used to indicate a cause or reason: He is suffering from a cold.) from4) (used to show a cause: She died of hunger.) of5) (at or during a certain day, time etc: on Monday; On his arrival, he went straight to bed.) on6) on7) (near or beside: a shop on the main road.) on8) (( also adjective) (of electric light, machines etc) working: The television is on; Turn/Switch the light on.) on* * *an[an]I. präpder Knopf \an der Maschine the button on the machinenahe \an der Autobahn close to the motorway [or AM freeway]\an dieser Stelle in this place, on this spoter nahm sie \an der Hand he took her by the hand3. +dat (auf/bei) atsie ist am Finanzamt she works for the Inland Revenue\an den Abenden in the evenings\an jenem Morgen that morning\an Weihnachten at Christmas; (25. Dezember) on Christmas Daydas Angenehme/Besondere/Schwierige \an etw the nice [or pleasant]/special/difficult thing about sthwas ist \an ihm so besonders? what's so special about him?das gefällt mir gar nicht \an ihr I don't like that about her at allTür \an Tür wohnen to be next-door neighbours [or AM -ors]in der Altstadt steht Haus \an Haus dicht beieinander in the old town the houses are very close togetherdie Zuschauer standen dicht \an dicht the spectators were packed close togetherdas kam gestern am Fernsehen it was on television yesterday8. + akk räumlichsie ging \ans Klavier she went to the pianoer setzte sich \an den Tisch he sat down at the tabledie Hütte war \an den Fels gebaut the hut was built on the rocksbis \an etw reichen to reach as far as sthpflanze den Baum nicht zu dicht \ans Haus don't plant the tree too close to the houseer schrieb etw \an die Tafel he wrote sth on the boardetw \an etw lehnen to lean sth against sther setzte sich gleich \an den Computer he went straight to the computer\an das Telefon gehen to answer the telephonesie dachten nicht \an Morgen they didn't think about [or of] tomorrowkannst du dich noch \an früher erinnern? can you still remember the old days?12.▶ \an [und für] sich actually▶ \an jdm/etw vorbei past; s.a. abII. adv1. (ungefähr)▪ \an die... about, approximately2. (Ankunftszeit) arriving at\an sein to be on; Licht a. to be burningohne etwas \an with nothing on5. (zeitlich)von etw \an from sth on [or onwards]von seiner Kindheit \an from the time he was a childvon jetzt \an from now on* * *1.an der Wand stehen — stand by or against the wall
an der Mosel/Donau liegen — be [situated] on the Moselle/Danube
Frankfurt an der Oder — Frankfurt on [the] Oder
2) (zeitlich) onan dem Abend, als er... — [on] the evening he...
an Ostern — (bes. südd.) at Easter
3) (bei bestimmten Substantiven, Adjektiven und Verben)arm/reich an Vitaminen — low/rich in vitamins
es ist an ihm, das zu tun — it is up to him to do it
4)2.an [und für] sich — (eigentlich) actually
2) (bei bestimmten Substantiven, Adjektiven und Verben)an etwas/jemanden glauben — believe in something/somebody
sich an etwas erinnern — remember or recall something
einen Gruß an jemanden ausrichten lassen — send greetings to somebody
3.ich konnte kaum an mich halten vor Lachen/Ärger — I could hardly contain myself for laughing/hardly contain my anger
1) (Verkehrsw.)Köln an: 9.15 — arriving Cologne 09.15
2) (ugs.): (in Betrieb) ondie Waschmaschine/der Fernseher/das Licht/das Gas ist an — the washing machine/television/light/gas is on
3) (ugs.): (ungefähr) around; aboutan [die] 20 000 Euro — around or about 20,000 euros; s. auch ab 2. 4); von 1. 1), 2)
* * *anA. präp1. (+dat) zeitlich: on;an Ostern/Weihnachten at Easter/Christmas;an einem schönen Sonntagabend on a pleasant Sunday evening;an jenem Morgen on that morning;an dem Tag, als … on the day when …;es ist an der Zeit it’s about timean der Grenze at the border;am Himmel in the sky;an einem Ort in a place;an seinem Platz in its place;an der Themse on the Thames;an erster Stelle in the first place;an Bord on board;an Deck on deck;an Land on land;am/ans Fenster at/to the window;an der/die Wand (lehnen[d]) against the wall; (hängen[d]) on the wall;eine Lampe an die Decke hängen hang a lamp (from the ceiling);an der Decke hängen hang from the ceiling;Schaden am Dach damage to the roof;den Hund an den Zaun binden tie the dog to the fence;jemanden an sich drücken/ziehen embrace sb/pull sb to one(’s breast);er ging an i-r rechten/i-e rechte Seite he was walking on her right (side);an die frische Luft gehen get a breath of fresh air;es am Herzen/an der Lunge haben have heart/lung troubleam Wald by the woods;am Kamin (Tisch) sitzen sit by the fire (at the table);sich (nahe) an die Tür setzen take a seat next to the door;etwas an den Eingang stellen place sth near the entrance;an jemandem vorbeifahren drive past sb, pass sb in the car;Kopf an Kopf neck and neck;Tür an Tür door to door4. (+dat) (bei) at, by;an einer Schule/einem Theater at a school/theatre (US auch -er);jemanden an der Hand führen/nehmen lead/take sb by the hand;an der Arbeit sein be at work5. (+dat) (bezüglich, hinsichtlich) in;arm/reich an poor/rich in;jung an Jahren young in years;drei etcan der Zahl three in number;unerreicht an Schönheit etc unparalleled in beauty;ist das alles, was Sie an Hemden etchaben? is that all you have in the way of shirts etc?6. fig: das Leben etcan sich as such, per se;eine an sich praktikable Lösung a solution, practicable in itself;eine an (und für) sich gute Idee a basically good ( oder sound) idea;etwas Seltsames etcan sich (dat)ist etwas an der Sache? is there something to it?;was ist denn an ihm, das dich so ärgert? what is it about him that annoys you so much?;was gefällt dir an ihm? what do you like about him?;7. ein Briefan jemanden for ( oder to) sb;an jemanden to sb;an jemanden for ( oder to) sb;die Schuld an (+dat) the blame for;arbeiten an work on;denken an think of;B. adv1.von … an from … (on[wards]);von da/nun an from then/now on;von heute an from today (on)2.3.das Gas ist an the gas is on;an - aus on - off4.an die 50 Leute about ( oder roughly) 50 people5. umg:mit dem Mantel an wearing his, her etc coat;ohne Mütze an without a cap;* * *1.1) (räumlich) at; (auf) onan der Wand stehen — stand by or against the wall
an der Mosel/Donau liegen — be [situated] on the Moselle/Danube
Frankfurt an der Oder — Frankfurt on [the] Oder
2) (zeitlich) onan dem Abend, als er... — [on] the evening he...
an Ostern — (bes. südd.) at Easter
3) (bei bestimmten Substantiven, Adjektiven und Verben)arm/reich an Vitaminen — low/rich in vitamins
es ist an ihm, das zu tun — it is up to him to do it
4)2.an [und für] sich — (eigentlich) actually
1) to; (auf, gegen) on2) (bei bestimmten Substantiven, Adjektiven und Verben)an etwas/jemanden glauben — believe in something/somebody
sich an etwas erinnern — remember or recall something
3.ich konnte kaum an mich halten vor Lachen/Ärger — I could hardly contain myself for laughing/hardly contain my anger
1) (Verkehrsw.)Köln an: 9.15 — arriving Cologne 09.15
2) (ugs.): (in Betrieb) ondie Waschmaschine/der Fernseher/das Licht/das Gas ist an — the washing machine/television/light/gas is on
3) (ugs.): (ungefähr) around; about* * *präp.at prep.by prep.in prep.on prep.to prep. -
26 work
work [wɜ:k]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun• work has begun on the new bridge ( = building it) on a commencé la construction du nouveau pont• good work! ( = well done) bravo !b. ( = employment, place of employment) travail m► at work ( = at place of work) au travail• an increase in the numbers out of work une augmentation du nombre des demandeurs d'emploi► off workc. ( = product) œuvre f━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For work + preposition/adverb combinations see also phrasal verbs.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. (gen) travailler• have you solved the problem? -- we're working on it avez-vous résolu le problème ? -- on y travaille• I've been working on him but haven't yet managed to persuade him j'ai bien essayé de le convaincre, mais je n'y suis pas encore parvenu► to work towards sth œuvrer pour qchb. ( = function) [machine, car, scheme] marcher ; [medicine] agira. ( = cause to work) [+ person, staff] faire travailler ; [+ lever, pump] actionner ; [+ machine] faire marcher► to work o.s.b. ( = bring about) to work wonders [person] faire des merveilles ; [drug, medicine] faire merveillec. ( = arrange for) (inf) can you work it so she can come too? pouvez-vous faire en sorte qu'elle vienne aussi ?d. ( = manoeuvre) he worked his hands free il est parvenu à libérer ses mains• rescuers are working their way towards the trapped men les sauveteurs se fraient un passage jusqu'aux hommes qui sont bloqués• he worked his way up from office boy to managing director il est devenu PDG après avoir commencé comme garçon de bureaue. ( = shape) [+ metal, wood, dough, clay] travailler4. compounds► work outa. [plan, arrangement] marcherb. [amount] it works out at $50 per child il faut compter 50 dollars par enfantc. ( = exercise) faire de la musculation• I can't work him out (inf) je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment il fonctionne► work through inseparable transitive verb( = resolve emotionally) assumer► work up• the book works up to a dramatic ending le roman s'achemine progressivement vers un dénouement spectaculaire• I thought he was working up to asking me for a divorce je croyais qu'il préparait le terrain pour demander le divorceb. ( = develop) [+ trade, business] développer• he worked this small firm up into a major company il a réussi à faire de cette petite société une grande entreprise• I worked up an appetite/thirst carrying all those boxes ça m'a mis en appétit/m'a donné soif de porter toutes ces caisses* * *[wɜːk] 1.1) ( physical or mental activity) travail m (on sur)to go ou set ou get to work — se mettre au travail
to put a lot of work into — travailler [essay, speech]; passer beaucoup de temps sur [meal, preparations]
to put ou set somebody to work — faire travailler quelqu'un
to make short ou light work of something — expédier quelque chose
it's hot/thirsty work — ça donne chaud/soif
2) ( occupation) travail mto be in work — avoir du travail or un emploi
place of work — lieu m de travail
to be off work — ( on vacation) être en congé
3) ( place of employment) ( office) bureau m; ( factory) usine f4) (building, construction) travaux mpl (on sur)5) ( papers)to take one's work home — lit emporter du travail chez soi; fig ramener ses soucis professionnels à la maison
6) (achievement, product) (essay, report) travail m; (artwork, novel, sculpture) œuvre f (by de); ( study) ouvrage m (by de; on sur)7) ( research) recherches fpl (on sur)8) ( effect)2.to go to work — [drug, detergent] agir
works plural noun1) ( factory) usine fworks canteen — cantine f de l'usine
2) ( building work) travaux mpl3) (colloq) ( everything)3. 4.the (full ou whole) works — toute la panoplie (colloq)
transitive verb1) ( drive)2) ( labour)to work days/nights — travailler de jour/de nuit
to work one's way through a book — lire péniblement un livre, venir à bout (colloq) d'un livre
3) ( operate) se servir de4) ( exploit commercially) exploiter5) ( have as one's territory) couvrir [region]6) ( consume)to work one's way through — ( use) utiliser [amount, quantity]
7) ( bring about)to work wonders — lit, fig faire des merveilles
8) ( use to one's advantage)I've worked things so that... — j'ai arrangé les choses de sorte que...
9) ( fashion) travailler [clay, metal]10) ( embroider) broder11) ( manœuvre)to work something into — introduire quelque chose dans [slot, hole]
12) ( exercise) faire travailler [muscles]13) ( move)to work one's way along — avancer le long de [ledge]
5.it worked its way ou itself loose — cela s'est desserré peu à peu
1) ( engage in activity) travailler ( doing à faire)to work in oils — [painter] travailler à l'huile
to work towards — se diriger vers [solution]; s'acheminer vers [compromise]; négocier [agreement]
3) ( function) fonctionnerto work on electricity — marcher or fonctionner à l'électricité
4) (act, operate)it doesn't ou things don't work like that — ça ne marche pas comme ça
to work in somebody's favour —
to work against somebody —
5) ( be successful) [treatment] avoir de l'effet; [detergent, drug] agir; [plan] réussir; [argument] tenir debout6) [face, features] se contracter6.1) ( labour)2)•Phrasal Verbs:- work in- work off- work on- work out- work to- work up•• -
27 quanto
1. adj how muchcon nomi plurali how manytutto quanto il libro the whole booktutti quanti pl every single one sgquanti ne abbiamo oggi? what is the date today?, what is today's date?2. adv: quanto dura ancora? how long will it go on for?quanto a me as for mequanto costa? how much is it?quanto prima as soon as possiblein quanto since, becauseper quanto ne sappia as far as I know3. m: teoria f dei quanti quantum theory* * *quanto1 agg.interr.1 how much; pl. how many: quanto zucchero metti nel caffè?, how much sugar do you put in your coffee?; quanto denaro vi occorre?, how much money do you need?; quanti dischi hai?, how many records have you got?; quante lezioni comprende il corso?, how many lessons does the course consist of?; quanti giorni starai via?, how many days will you be away?; sai quanti spettatori c'erano allo stadio?, do you know how many spectators there were at the ground?; non so quante settimane durerà la mostra, I don't know how many weeks (o how long) the exhibition will last; dimmi quanto pane devo comprare, tell me how much bread I am to get // quanti anni hai?, how old are you?2 quanto tempo, how long: quanto tempo ci vuole per arrivare alla stazione?, how long does it take to get to the station?; non so quanto tempo mi fermerò qui, I don't know how long I'll stay here // In espressioni ellittiche: quanto è che non lo vedi?, how long is it since you saw him?; da quanto mi aspetti?, how long have you been waiting for me?; quanto dovrai lavorare ancora?, how much longer have you got to work?; di quanto sono in ritardo?, how late am I?; fra quanto saremo a Roma?, how long before we get to Rome?; ogni quanto passa l'autobus?, how often (o how frequently) does the bus run?3 ( in espressioni ellittiche non di tempo): quanto costa?, how much is it?; quanto ha di febbre?, what's his temperature?; quanti ne abbiamo oggi?, what's the date today?; quanto c'è da qui alla stazione?, how far is it to the station?; non so quanto valga questo anello, I don't know how much this ring is worth◆ agg.escl. what (a lot of); how: quanto gasolio abbiamo consumato quest'anno!, what a lot of oil we've used this year!; quanto tempo ci hai messo!, what a long time you've been!; quanto freddo abbiamo patito!, how cold it was!; quanto interesse ha suscitato!, what a lot of interest it roused!; quanti giorni sono passati!, how long it's been!; quante me ne ha dette!, how he insulted me! // In espressioni ellittiche: quanto tempo sprecato!, what a lot of time wasted!; quante parole inutili!, what a load of rubbish!; quanti complimenti!, what a lot of fuss!◆ agg.rel. ( tutto quello che) as... as...: lo puoi tenere quanto tempo vuoi, you can keep it as long as you like; prendi pure quanto denaro ti occorre, take as much money as you need.quanto1 avv.1 interr. (con un agg.) how; (con un v.) how much: quanto è largo?, how wide is it?; quanto è lontana la chiesa?, how far is the church?; quanto bevi di solito?, how much do you usually drink?; quanto sei alto?, how tall are you?; gli chiesi quanto si fosse divertito, I asked him how much he had enjoyed himself; non so quanto l'abbia apprezzato, I don't know how much he appreciated it; chiedono molto per quella casa, ma non ti so dire quanto, they are asking a great deal for that house, but I can't tell you how much // si è pentito e Dio sa quanto!, God only knows how much he regretted it!2 escl. (con un agg.) how; (con un v.) how (much): quanto è bello!, how beautiful it is!; quanto sono felice di rivederti!, how happy I am to see you again!; quanto mi piace!, how I love it!; chissà quanto desiderava di ritornare!, goodness knows how much he longed to return!; non sai quanto ti ho pensato!, you don't know how much I thought about you!; hanno riso, e quanto!, how they laughed!3 (in corr. con tanto) as: è ( tanto) studioso quanto intelligente, he is as studious as he is intelligent; è ( tanto) affabile quanto lui, she is as friendly as he is; ho lavorato ( tanto) quanto lui, I worked as hard as he did (o as him); non è ( tanto) facile quanto tu credi, it isn't as (o so) easy as you think; è ( tanto) curioso quanto una scimmia, he's as curious as a cat // quanto più... tanto più, meno → più, meno avv. // tanto... quanto, (sia... sia) both... and: tanto io quanto mio fratello, both my brother and I; si è venduto tanto la casa quanto l'automobile, he sold both his house and his car // non tanto per... quanto per, not so much for... but (o as) for: non è stato tanto per negligenza quanto per ingenuità, it wasn't so much for negligence as for naïvety4 (in frasi comparative o per rafforzare un superl.): è stimato più di quanto meriti, he's more admired than he deserves; sono arrivato prima di quanto pensassi, I arrived sooner than I expected; si doveva intervenire quanto più rapidamente possibile, it was necessary to intervene as quickly (o as fast) as possible // quanto mai, extremely, very much indeed: mi sono divertito quanto mai, I enjoyed myself very much indeed (o fam. I had a whale of a time); è una persona quanto mai garbata, he's an extremely courteous person // quanto prima → prima // quanto meno → meno avv. // quant'è vero Dio!, as God's my judge!; quant'è vero che mi chiamo..., as sure as my name is...◆ FRASEOLOGIA: quanto a, as for; ( circa) as to: quanto a te, as for you; quanto agli altri, non ne so nulla, I don't know anything as to the others; quanto a fermarmi una settimana, dovrò pensarci su, as to staying a week, I'll have to think about it // in quanto ( che), ( poiché) since (o as); ( per il fatto che) because: in quanto minorenne, non ha diritto di voto, since (o as) he is under age, he can't vote; non ti ho telefonato in quanto ( che) credevo che non fossi in casa, I didn't phone you, as I thought you weren't in // in quanto, ( in qualità di) as: solo lui, in quanto medico, fu autorizzato a vedere il paziente, only he, as a doctor, was allowed to see the patient // per quanto (con agg. e avv.) however; ( con verbi) although: per quanto indaffarato sia..., however busy you are...; per quanto camminassi in fretta, non riuscii a raggiungerli, although I walked fast I was unable to catch up with them; per quanto, è pur sempre un affare, it's still a bargain, however // tanto quanto, tanto o quanto, ( pressappoco) more or less: ''Sarà costato qualche milione'' ''Sì, tanto quanto'', ''It must have cost a few million'' ''Yes, more or less'' // oggi non gli si può parlare, da quanto è nervoso, (fam.) you can't say a word to him today as he is so uptight.quanto1 pron.interr. how much; pl. how many: quanto ne vuoi?, how much do you want (of it)?; quanti ne hai presi?, how many did you get (of them)?; quanti hanno accettato?, how many have they accepted?; quanti di voi sono d'accordo?, how many of you agree?; non so quanti aderirono alla proposta, I don't know how many agreed to the proposal // quanto c'è di vero in quello che dice?, how much truth is there in what he says?◆ pron.escl. what a lot (of): quanto ne hai consumato!, what a lot you've used!; che bei fiori, e quanti!, what a lot of lovely flowers!; quanti sono intervenuti alla cerimonia!, what a lot of people came to the ceremony!◆ pron.rel.1 ( ciò che) what; ( tutto ciò che) all (that): ho quanto mi occorre, I have what (o all) I need; ha fatto quanto ha potuto, he did what he could; quanto ho è a tua disposizione, what (o all) I have is at your disposal; non credere a quanto ti dicono, don't believe what they tell you; c'è molto di vero in quanto afferma, there's a lot of truth in what he says; non dire a nessuno quanto ti ho confidato, don't tell anyone what I let you in on; lo deduco da quanto mi avete detto voi, I guess it from what you told me // quanto di meglio, di peggio, the best, the worst: è quanto di meglio si possa trovare sul mercato in fatto di computer, it's the best computer you can find on the market // in risposta a quanto sopra, in reply to the above // quanto basta, ( con riferimento a dosaggio) sufficient... (to) // per quanto io ne sappia, as far as I know // per quanto si sforzi, non riesce a rendersi simpatica, however hard she tries, she isn't very likable // a quanto dicono..., according to what they say... // questo è quanto, that's all (o that's it)2 pl. ( tutti coloro che) all those (who), whoever (con costr. sing.): quanti desiderano iscriversi, possono farne richiesta, all those wishing to register can apply to do so; era sempre pronto a dare un consiglio a quanti glielo chiedevano, he was always ready to give advice to whoever asked him for any3 ( in correlazione con tanto) as: ha speso ( tanto) quanto ha guadagnato, he spent as much as he earned; ''Quanti moduli occorrono?'' ''Tanti quanti sono i candidati'', ''How many forms are needed?'' ''As many as there are candidates''4 ( in correlazione con tanto) as: possiede tanto denaro quanto tu non immagini, he has as much money as you could ever imagine; non ho tanta pazienza quanta ne ha lei, I haven't got as much patience as she has; c'erano tanti posti quanti erano gli invitati, there were as many seats as there were guests; ha tante preoccupazioni quante ne abbiamo noi, he has as many worries as we have; non ho tanti amici quanti ne hai tu, I haven't as many friends as you have // sono partiti tutti quanti, everyone has left; ha perso tutto quanto, he lost everything; si è sporcato tutto quanto, he got all dirty5 ( in frasi comparative) than: abbiamo ottenuto più, meno di quanto pensassimo, we got more, less than we expected.quanto2 s.m.* * *['kwanto] I quanto (-a)1. agg1) (interrogativo: quantità) how much, (numero) how many2)quante storie! — what a fuss!3) (relativo: quantità) as much as, (numero) as many asti darò quanto denaro ti serve — I'll give you as much money as you need
prendi quanti libri vuoi — take as many books as you want
fermati quanto tempo vuoi — stay as long as you want
2. pron1) (interrogativo: quantità) how much, (numero) how manyquanto credi costerà? — how much do you think it will cost?
quanto è da qui al negozio? — how far is it from here to the shop?
quanti di loro? — how many of them?
quanto ci hai messo a farlo? — how long did it take you to do it?
quanti ne desidera? — how many do you want?
quanti ne abbiamo oggi? — what's the date today?
so che devo prendere del pane, ma non so quanto — I know I must get some bread, but I don't know how much
quant'è? — how much is it?
2)vedi quanti hanno accettato! — see how many have accepted!quante me ne ha dette! — (insulti) the way he insulted me!, (bugie) the number of lies he told me!
3) (relativo: quantità) as much as, (numero) as many asgli darò quanto chiede — I'll give him what o as much as he asks for
in risposta a quanto esposto nella sua lettera... — in answer to the points raised in your letter...
saranno scelti quanti hanno fatto domanda in tempo — all (those) whose applications arrived in time will be selected
quanto ne so — as far as I knowfaremo quanto potremo per aiutarti — we'll do all we can o as much as we can to help you
II ['kwanto] avvspende tanto denaro quanto ne guadagna — he spends all that o every penny he earns, he spends as much as he earns
1) (quantità) how much, (numero) how manysapessi quanto abbiamo camminato! — if you knew how far we have walked!
Dio solo sa quanto mi sono arrabbiato! — God only knows how angry I was!
quanto sono felice! — how happy I am!
2) (nella misura o quantità che) as much asaggiungere brodo quanto basta — add sufficient o enough stock, add as much stock as is necessary
strillava quanto poteva — she was shouting at the top of her voice o as loud as she could
3)mi sono riposato quanto mai in questi ultimi tempi — I've had more rest than ever recently
è una ragazza quanto mai spontanea — she's a very natural girl
è famoso non tanto per i romanzi quanto per le poesie — he's famous not so much for his novels as for his poetry
è tanto sciocco quanto cafone — he is as stupid as he is rude, he is both stupid and rude
4)in
quanto insegnante — as a teachernon ho suonato in quanto temevo di svegliarti — I didn't ring as o since I was afraid I would wake you
in
quanto a — (per ciò che riguarda) as forin
quanto ai soldi che mi devi... — as for the money you owe me..., as far as the money you owe me is concerned...5)quanto si sforzi, non riesce — however hard he tries he can't do itquanto sembri complicato — however complicated it may seemcercherò di fare qualcosa per lui, per quanto non se lo meriti — I'll try and do something for him although o even though he doesn't deserve it
6)quanto più mi sforzo di ricordare tanto meno ci riesco — the harder o the more I try to remember the less I succeed
IIIverrò quanto prima — I'll come as soon o as early as possible
smFis quantum* * *I 1. ['kwanto] 2.pronome interrogativo how much; pl. how manya quanto ammontano le perdite? — how much o what do the losses come to?
quanto manca ancora? — (di tempo) how much longer is it? (di spazio) how much further is it?
3.- i ne abbiamo oggi? — what's the date today o today's date?
aggettivo esclamativo4. 5.- i regali! -a gente! — what a lot of gifts, people!
aggettivo relativo1)6.per -i problemi possano avere,... — how ever many problems they may have
pronome relativo what-i — (coloro che) those who
tutti -i — everybody, one and all
7.per quanto ne so — for all I know, as far as I'm aware, to my knowledge
1) (in frasi interrogative) how muchquanto costa? — how much o what does it cost?
mi piacerebbe sapere quanto lo ha pagato — I'd like to know how much o what he paid for it
era più lontano di quanto non ricordassi — it was further away than I remembered; (con verbo)
aggiungere sale quanto basta — add salt to taste; (con avverbio)
5) quanto piùquanto più guadagna, tanto più spende — the more he earns, the more he spends
6) quanto menoquanto meno si allena, tanto più ingrassa — the less he trains, the more weight he puts on
per quanto io l'ammiri — however much I admire him, much as I admire him
per quanto ci provi non riesco a farlo — try as I might, I can't do it
8) in quanto (poiché) because; (in qualità di) as9) (in) quanto a as for, concerning, regardingII ['kwanto]non mi ha detto niente quanto all'ora della riunione — he didn't say anything to me concerning o about the time of the meeting
sostantivo maschile fis. quantum** * *quanto1/'kwanto/(con nomi non numerabili) how much; (con nomi plurali) how many; quanto zucchero vuoi? how much sugar would you like? quanto tempo è rimasto? how much time is there left? quanto tempo ci hai messo per venire? how long did you take to come? -i giorni occorrono per andarci? how many days does it take to get there? -i anni hai? how old are you? fra quanto tempo arriviamo? when will we get there?how much; pl. how many; -i siete? how many of you are there? non so -i partiranno I don't know how many (people) will be leaving; a quanto andava la macchina? how fast was the car going? a quanto ammontano le perdite? how much o what do the losses come to? quanto manca ancora? (di tempo) how much longer is it? (di spazio) how much further is it? quanto c'è da qui al mare? how far is it to the sea? quanto dura il film? how long is the film? how long does the film last? per quanto ne hai? how long will you be? da quanto abiti qui? how long have you been living here? fra quanto potrai uscire? when will you be able to get away? quanto dista casa tua? how far is your house? -i ne abbiamo oggi? what's the date today o today's date?-i regali! -a gente! what a lot of gifts, people! quanto tempo ci abbiamo messo! what a long time we took!quanto ci sarebbe ancora da dire! a lot more could be said (about that)!1 prendi quanto denaro ti occorre take as much money as you need2 (preceduto da preposizione) hai notato con -a cattiveria gli ha risposto? did you notice how snappily she answered him? per -i problemi possano avere,... how ever many problems they may have,...what; ho quanto occorre I have what I need; non credo a quanto mi ha detto I don't believe what he told me; tutto quanto everything; questo è quanto that's it; -i (coloro che) those who; tutti -i everybody, one and all; è quanto di meglio si possa trovare this is the best that could be found; a quanto dicono if they're to be believed; da quanto ho capito as I understand it; per quanto ne so for all I know, as far as I'm aware, to my knowledge; per quanto mi riguarda as far as I'm concernedVII avverbio1 (in frasi interrogative) how much; quanto costa? how much o what does it cost? quanto fa? how much is it? mi piacerebbe sapere quanto lo ha pagato I'd like to know how much o what he paid for it; quanto è grande il giardino? how big is the garden? quanto sei alto? how tall are you? what's your height? quanto pesi? how heavy are you? how much do you weigh?2 (in che misura) vedi quanto le cose sono cambiate you can see how much things have changed3 (in frasi esclamative) quant'è brutto! how ugly it is! è stupefacente quanto ti assomigli! it's amazing how much he looks like you! quanto lo odio! how I hate him! quanto mi dispiace! how sorry I am! ma quanto sei carina! how nice you look!4 (in un comparativo) (con aggettivo) è bravo quanto lui he's as good as him; è tanto bella quanto intelligente she's just as pretty as she is intelligent; era più lontano di quanto non ricordassi it was further away than I remembered; (con verbo) rimani pure quanto vuoi stay as long as you like; lavoro tanto quanto te I work as much as you do; ti aiuterò quanto è possibile I'll help you insofar as I can; ho fatto quanto è possibile I did as much as possible; grande quanto basta big enough ( per to); quanto basta per due just about enough for two; aggiungere sale quanto basta add salt to taste; (con avverbio) quanto prima as soon as possible5 quanto più quanto più guadagna, tanto più spende the more he earns, the more he spends6 quanto meno quanto meno si allena, tanto più ingrassa the less he trains, the more weight he puts on7 per quanto (sebbene) per quanto io l'ammiri however much I admire him, much as I admire him; per quanto ci provi non riesco a farlo try as I might, I can't do it8 in quanto (poiché) because; (in qualità di) as; in quanto insegnante as a teacher; in quanto tale as such9 (in) quanto a as for, concerning, regarding; in quanto a voi as for you; non mi ha detto niente quanto all'ora della riunione he didn't say anything to me concerning o about the time of the meeting.————————quanto2/'kwanto/sostantivo m.fis. quantum*. -
28 look
A n1 ( glance) coup m d'œil ; to have ou take a look at sth ( briefly) jeter un coup d'œil à or sur qch ; ( closely) examiner qch ; to have ou take a good look at examiner [qch] soigneusement [car, contract, patient] ; regarder [qch] de près [suspect, photo] ; I didn't get a good look at the thief je n'ai pas bien vu le voleur ; to have a look inside/behind sth regarder à l'intérieur de/derrière qch ; to have a look round faire un tour de [house, town] ; I had a quick look round ( in town) j'ai fait un petit tour ; ( in shop) j'ai jeté un coup d'œil ; to have a look round the shops faire le tour des magasins ; to have a look through ( peer) regarder dans [telescope] ; regarder par [crack, window] ; ( scan) chercher dans [archives, files] ; parcourir [essay, report] ; she took one look at him and screamed elle l'a regardé et s'est mise à crier ; I took one look at him and knew that he was ill j'ai tout de suite vu qu'il était malade ; let's have a look at that grazed knee voyons ce genou écorché ; to take a long hard look at sth fig étudier sérieusement qch ;2 ( search) to have a look chercher ; to have a look for sth chercher qch ; I've had several looks j'ai regardé or cherché plusieurs fois ; I had a good look in the attic j'ai bien cherché dans le grenier ;3 ( expression) regard m ; a look of fear/anger un regard rempli de terreur/de colère ; a look of sadness un regard triste ; to give sb a kind/pitying look regarder qn avec bonté/pitié ; he gave me a look of sheer hatred il m'a lancé or jeté un regard de pure haine ; did you see the look he gave me? tu as vu le regard qu'il m'a jeté? ; she gave me such a look! elle m'a jeté un de ces regards! ; he got some odd ou funny looks on l'a regardé d'un drôle d'air ; I don't like the look on his face ou in his eye je n'aime pas son air ; you could tell from the look on his face that à sa tête ○ on voyait que ; to give sb a dirty/evil look regarder qn d'un sale œil/d'un air méchant ;4 ( appearance) ( of person) air m ; (of building, car, design, scenery) aspect m ; to have a look of weariness/sadness about one avoir l'air abattu/triste ; the car has a dated look la voiture ne fait pas très moderne ; she has a look of her father about her elle a quelque chose de son père ; to have the look of a military man/seasoned traveller avoir l'allure d'un militaire/d'un voyageur expérimenté ; I like the look of it ça a l'air bien ; I like the look of the new computer/car j'aime bien la ligne du nouvel ordinateur/de la nouvelle voiture ; I like the look of him il a l'air sympa ○, il a une bonne tête ○ ; I don't like the look of him il ne m'inspire pas confiance ; I don't like the look of the weather le ciel n'annonce rien de bon ; I don't like the look of that rash ces rougeurs m'inquiètent ; by the look(s) of him he must be about 40 à le voir on lui donnerait la quarantaine ; by the look(s) of the barometer à en juger par le baromètre ;B looks npl he's got the looks, but can he act? il a le physique, mais sait-il jouer? ; looks aren't everything il n'y a pas que la beauté qui compte ; to keep one's looks rester beau/belle ; he's losing his looks il n'est pas aussi beau qu'autrefois ; you can't go ou judge by looks alone il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences.C vtr1 (gaze, stare) regarder ; look what he's done! regarde ce qu'il a fait! ; look how/where… regarde comment/où… ; to look sb in the eye/in the face regarder qn dans les yeux/en face ; to look sb up and down ( appraisingly) regarder qn de haut en bas ; ( critically) toiser qn des pieds à la tête ; to look one's last on jeter un dernier regard sur [house, view] ; look what arrived this morning regarde ce qui est arrivé ce matin ; look who it is! regarde qui voilà! ; look who's just walked in! regarde qui vient d'arriver! ; now look what you've done! regarde ce que tu as fait! ; look what time it starts! tu as vu à quelle heure ça commence! ;2 ( appear) to look one's age faire son âge ; to look one's best être à son avantage ; she still looks the same elle n'a pas changé ; to look an idiot ou a fool avoir l'air ridicule ; it won't look good if you refuse ça sera mal vu si tu refuses ; he doesn't look himself today il n'a pas l'air dans son assiette aujourd'hui.D vi1 regarder (into dans ; over par-dessus) ; to look and see who's at the door regarder qui est à la porte ; to look and see what's on TV regarder ce qu'il y a à la télé ; to look at sb/sth regarder qn/qch ; to look away détourner le regard or les yeux ; to look in at the window regarder (à l'intérieur) par la fenêtre ; to look out of ou through the window regarder par la fenêtre ; to look the other way lit regarder ailleurs ; fig fermer les yeux ; to look up and down the street regarder partout dans la rue ; I didn't know where to look fig je ne savais plus où me mettre ; ( in shop) I'm just looking je ne fais que regarder ;2 ( search) chercher, regarder ; to look down parcourir [list] ; to look for sth chercher qch ; a group of youths looking for trouble une bande de jeunes qui cherchent la bagarre ; are you looking for a smack in the mouth ○ ? tu veux mon poing sur la figure ○ ? ;3 (appear, seem) avoir l'air, paraître ; he looks happy il a l'air heureux, il paraît heureux ; it's nice to see you looking happy ça fait plaisir de te voir heureux ; you look hot/cold tu as l'air d'avoir chaud/froid ; he doesn't look French il n'a pas l'air français, il ne fait pas français ; he looks young for his age il fait or il paraît jeune pour son âge ; she's 40 but she doesn't look it elle a 40 ans mais elle ne les fait pas ; he looks about 50 il doit avoir la cinquantaine ; that dress makes you look younger cette robe te rajeunit ; how do I look? comment me trouves-tu? ; you look well tu as bonne mine ; you don't look well tu as mauvaise mine ; you look good in that hat ce chapeau te va bien ; you look good enough to eat! tu es mignon à croquer ○ ! ; that cake looks good ce gâteau a l'air bon ; the picture will look good in the study le tableau ira bien dans le bureau ; how does my tie look? comment est ma cravate? ; it doesn't look straight il n'est pas droit, il est de travers ; it doesn't look right ça ne va pas ; how does it look to you? qu'est-ce que tu en penses? ; it looks OK to me ça m'a l'air d'aller ; does the meat look cooked to you? est-ce que tu crois que la viande est cuite? ; things are looking good les choses se présentent bien ; things aren't looking too good ça ne va pas très bien ; it looks to me as if ou though j'ai l'impression que ; this looks to me like the right street j'ai l'impression que c'est la bonne rue ; it looks as if ou though it will rain/snow on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir/neiger ; it looks likely that il semble probable que (+ subj) ; it looks certain that il semble certain que (+ indic) ; he looks to be the strongest il semble être le plus fort ; it looks to be a question of time/money ça a l'air d'être une question de temps/d'argent ;4 to look like sb/sth ressembler à qn/qch ; it doesn't look anything like a Picasso! ça ne ressemble absolument pas à un Picasso! ; that photograph doesn't look like you ou looks nothing like you on ne te reconnaît pas du tout sur cette photo ; what does she look like? comment est-elle? ; what does the house look like? comment est la maison? ; it looks like being funny/interesting cela promet d'être amusant/intéressant ; you look like being the only man there il y a de fortes chances pour que tu sois le seul homme présent ; she looks like being the first to finish il y a de fortes chances pour qu'elle soit la première à finir ; it looks like he's dying tout porte à croire qu'il est mourant ; it looks like rain/snow on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir/neiger ; it certainly looks like it ça en a tout l'air ; ‘are you having trouble?’ ‘what does it look like?’ iron ‘tu as des ennuis?’ ‘à ton avis?’ iron ; what does it look like to you? murder? qu'en pensez-vous? c'est un meurtre? ; it looks like cancer to me je pense que c'est un cancer ; you look like you could do with a drink/bath j'ai l'impression qu'un verre d'alcool/un bain ne te ferait pas de mal ;5 ( also look here) écoute ; look, this is ridiculous écoute, c'est ridicule ; look, it wasn't my fault écoute, ce n'était pas ma faute ; look here, I'm in no mood for jokes écoute-moi bien, je ne suis pas d'humeur à plaisanter ;E - looking (dans composés) serious/distinguished-looking [person] à l'air sérieux/distingué ; dubious/sinister-looking [place, object] à l'aspect douteux/sinistre ; he's not bad-looking il n'est pas mal.if looks could kill, I'd be dead by now il/elle/etc m'a fusillé du regard.■ look about = look around.■ look after:▶ look after [sb/sth]1 ( care for) soigner [patient, sick animal] ; garder [child] ; s'occuper de [customer, guest] ; s'occuper de [animal, plant] ; entretenir [car, equipment] ; prendre soin de [belongings, toys] ; he's being looked after by his grand-parents ce sont ses grand-parents qui le gardent ; these books have been well looked after on a pris soin de ces livres ; to look after sb's needs satisfaire les besoins de qn ;2 ( be responsible for) s'occuper de [administration, finances, business, shop] ; surveiller [class, schoolchildren] ; to look after sb's interests veiller aux intérêts de qn ; look after my luggage, I'll be back in a minute! surveille mes bagages, je reviens tout de suite! ;1 ( cope) she's too frail to look after herself elle est trop fragile pour se débrouiller toute seule ; I'm old enough to look after myself je suis assez grand pour me débrouiller tout seul ;2 ( be careful) safe journey, and look after yourself bon voyage, sois prudent!■ look ahead lit regarder devant soi ; fig regarder vers l'avenir ; we must look ahead to the future now nous devons penser à l'avenir maintenant ; she's looking ahead to the next Olympics elle se prépare pour les prochains jeux Olympiques ; and now, looking ahead to tomorrow's programmes Radio, TV et maintenant, un aperçu des émissions de demain.■ look around:1 ( turn around) se retourner ;2 ( glance around) regarder autour de soi ; to look around at one's friends/ colleagues fig passer en revue ses amis/collègues ;3 ( search) chercher ; to look around for sb/sth chercher qn/qch ;▶ look around [sth] visiter [church, town] ; faire le tour de [room] ; they spent the morning looking around London/the shops ils ont passé la matinée à visiter Londres/à faire les magasins.■ look at:▶ look at [sth]1 gen regarder ; ( briefly) jeter un coup d'œil sur ; look at the state of you! regarde un peu de quoi tu as l'air! ; just look at the state of this room! regarde un peu l'état de cette pièce! ; look at this coat/book! regarde-moi ○ ce manteau/ce livre! ; just look at this! regarde-moi ça ○ ! ; you'd never guess, to look at her à la voir on ne devinerait jamais ; he's/it's not much to look at il/ça ne paie pas de mine ;2 ( examine) vérifier [equipment] ; [doctor] examiner [patient, wound] ; [workman] jeter un coup d'œil à [car, plumbing] ; étudier [problem, implications, effects, ways, offer, options] ; you should get that wound looked at tu devrais faire examiner cette blessure (par le médecin) ;3 (see, view) voir [life, events, situation] ; envisager [problem] ; try and look at it my way essaie de voir les choses de mon point de vue ; his way of looking at things sa façon de voir les choses ; look at it this way, if he offers, I won't refuse écoute, s'il me fait une proposition, je ne la refuserai pas ; that's how I look at it c'est comme ça que je vois les choses ; the problem needs to be looked at from all angles il faut envisager ce problème sous tous ses aspects ; you can't be too careful, look at Tom! il faut être très prudent, regarde ce qui est arrivé à Tom! ;4 ( face) to be looking at [firm] être au bord de [bankruptcy, collapse] ; [criminal] risquer [life sentence, fine] ; you're looking at major repairs here dites-vous bien qu'il s'agit ici de réparations importantes ; you're looking at a bill for about 3,000 dollars ça va vous coûter aux alentours de 3 000 dollars.■ look back:1 ( turn around) se retourner ; to look back at sb/sth se retourner pour regarder qn/qch ;2 (reflect, reminisce) let's look back to the year 1964 revenons à l'année 1964 ; if we look back to the 19th century si l'on considère le dix-neuvième siècle ; since then she's never looked back depuis tout s'est très bien passé pour elle ; to look back on se tourner sur [past] ; repenser à [experience] ; faire le bilan de [career, marriage] ; looking back on it, I think I made the right decision rétrospectivement, je pense que j'ai pris la bonne décision.■ look down:▶ look down (with modesty, shame) baisser les yeux ; ( from a height) regarder en bas ; from the hilltop she looked down on the city elle regardait la ville du haut de la colline ;▶ look down on [sb/sth]1 ( despise) mépriser [person, lifestyle] ;■ look for:▶ look for [sb/sth] ( search for) chercher qn/qch ;▶ look for [sth] ( expect) attendre [commitment, co-operation, result, reward] (from de) ; what I'm looking for from you is a guarantee ce que j'attends de vous c'est une garantie ; what do you look for in a new recruit? qu'est-ce que vous attendez d'une nouvelle recrue?■ look forward: to look forward to [sth] attendre [qch] avec impatience ; I was so looking forward to it j'attendais ça avec tant d'impatience, je m'en faisais une telle joie ; she's looking forward to going on holiday elle a hâte de partir en vacances ; I'm not looking forward to the interview/party la perspective de l'entretien/la fête ne me réjouit pas ; I look forward to hearing from you ( writing to a friend) j'espère avoir bientôt de tes nouvelles ; ( in formal correspondence) dans l'attente de votre réponse.■ look in1 ( pay a visit) passer ; I'll look in again tomorrow je repasserai demain ; to look in on passer voir [person, class, rehearsals] ; look in on the baby and check she's still asleep va voir si le bébé dort ;2 ( watch TV) if there are any viewers looking in who want more details, please contact us les téléspectateurs qui désirent obtenir plus de renseignements peuvent nous contacter.■ look into:▶ look into [sth] examiner, étudier [matter, possibility, problem] ; examiner [accounts, background] ; enquêter sur [death, disappearance, theft].■ look on:▶ look on [crowd, spectators] regarder ; we looked on admiringly as she danced nous l'avons regardée danser avec admiration ; I was forced to look on as the house was ransacked j'ai été forcé d'assister au pillage de la maison ;▶ look on [sb/sth] considérer [person, event etc] (as comme ; with avec) ; we look on him as a son nous le considérons comme notre fils ; I look on it as a privilege je considère que c'est un privilège.■ look onto:▶ look onto [sth] [house, room] donner sur [sea, garden, street].■ look out:▶ look out ( take care) faire attention (for à) ; ( be wary) se méfier (for de) ; you must look out for snakes faites attention aux serpents ; look out for motorists turning out of side roads méfiez-vous des automobilistes qui débouchent des petites routes ; look out! attention! ;▶ look out for [sb/sth] guetter [person] ; être à l'affût de [new recruits, talent] ; être à la recherche de [apartment, book] ; guetter l'apparition de [signs, symptoms] ; repérer [cases, examples] ; être à l'affût de [bargain, special offer] ;▶ look out for [oneself] se débrouiller tout seul, s'occuper de soi ;▶ look out over [sth] [window, balcony] donner sur [sea, park].■ look over:▶ look [sb] over passer [qn] en revue [new recruits, troops] ;▶ look [sth] over examiner [car, equipment] ; [vet] examiner [animal] ; get an expert to look the car over before you buy it fais examiner la voiture par un spécialiste avant de l'acheter ;▶ look over [sth]1 ( read) ( in detail) examiner [document, contract] ; ( rapidly) parcourir [essay, lines, notes] ; jeter un coup d'œil sur, parcourir [document, report] ; I'll get Rose to look it over quickly je demanderai à Rose d'y jeter un petit coup d'œil ;2 ( visit) visiter [factory, gardens, house].1 ( look behind one) se retourner ; she looked round to see who it was elle s'est retournée pour voir qui c'était ;2 ( look about) regarder autour de soi ; I'm just looking round ( in shop) je ne fais que regarder ; we're looking round for a new house nous cherchons une nouvelle maison ;▶ look round [sth] visiter [town, building].■ look through:▶ look through [sth]1 ( read) consulter [archive, material, files] ; parcourir [essay, list, script, report, notes] ; ( scan idly) feuilleter [book, magazine] ;2 ( search) fouiller dans [belongings, drawers, briefcase] ; I caught him looking through my diary je l'ai trouvé en train de lire mon journal intime ; try looking through that pile of papers regarde dans cette pile de papiers ;▶ look through [sb] faire semblant de ne pas voir [person].■ look to:▶ look to [sb/sth]1 ( rely on) compter sur qn/qch (for pour ; to do pour faire) ; they look to him for leadership ils comptent sur lui pour les diriger ;2 ( turn to) se tourner vers [future] ; he looked to his friends for support il s'est tourné vers ses amis pour qu'ils le soutiennent ;▶ look to do ( expect) espérer faire ; we're looking to break even/make a profit nous espérons rentrer dans nos frais/faire des bénéfices.■ look up:▶ look up1 ( raise one's eyes) lever les yeux (from de) ;2 ( raise one's head) lever la tête ; to look up at the clouds/tree-tops regarder les nuages/le sommet des arbres ;3 ( improve) [business, prospects] aller mieux ; [conditions, situation] s'améliorer ; [property market] reprendre ; things are looking up for us les choses s'arrangent pour nous ;▶ look up [sth] regarder à l'intérieur de [chimney] ; to look up sb's skirt regarder sous la jupe de qn ;▶ look [sb/sth] up, look up [sb/sth]1 ( check in book) chercher [address, phone number, price, word] (in dans) ; look his number up in the phone book cherche son numéro de téléphone dans l'annuaire ;2 ( visit) passer voir [acquaintance, friend] ; look me up if you're ever in New York passez me voir or faites-moi signe si jamais vous vous trouvez à New York ;▶ look up to [sb] admirer [person]. -
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v.1 to mark.ese acontecimiento marcó su vida her life was marked by that eventmarcar el ritmo to beat the rhythmElla marca los paquetes She marks the packages.Ella marca el territorio She marks=delimits the territory.2 to mark, to indicate.la cruz marca el lugar donde está enterrado el tesoro the cross marks o indicates (the spot) where the treasure is buried3 to dial.Ella marca su número She dials his phone number.4 to read.5 to price (poner precio a).6 to score (sport) (tanto).7 to set (cabello).8 to leave a mark on, to pit, to nick.María marcó el mueble Mary left a mark on the piece of furniture.9 to earmark.María marcó la página Mary earmarked the page.10 to put a brand on, to brand, to mark.El vaquero marca el ganado The cowboy puts a brand on the cattle.11 to tick off, to jot down, to tick.Ella marca los goles She ticks off the goals.* * *2 (herir físicamente) to slash; (traumatizar) to mark3 DEPORTE (gol, canasta) to score4 DEPORTE (al contrario) to mark5 (pelo) to set6 (cantidad) to indicate, show■ ¿qué precio marca la etiqueta? what's the price on the tag?7 (en teléfono) to dial8 (resaltar) to show\marcar el compás to mark the rhythmmarcar el paso to mark timemarcarse un farol to show offmarcarse un tanto, marcarse un triunfo to score points* * *verb1) to mark2) brand3) score4) indicate5) dial* * *1. VT1) (=señalar)a) [+ objeto, ropa] to mark; [+ ganado] to brandha marcado las toallas con mis iniciales — she has put my initials on the towels, she has marked the towels with my initials
seguimos el procedimiento marcado por la ley — we followed the procedures required o laid down by law
¿qué precio marca la etiqueta? — (Com) what's the price (marked) on the label?
están marcando las camisas — (Com) they are putting prices on the shirts, they are pricing the shirts
b) [+ límites] to markc) (Inform) [+ bloque, texto] to flagd) (Mús) [+ partitura] to mark up2) [experiencia, suceso] to mark3) [termómetro] to readmi reloj marca las dos — it's two o'clock by my watch, my watch says two o'clock
4) (=designar) [+ tarea] to assign; [+ política, estrategia] to lay down; [+ directrices, pautas] to lay down, give; [+ comienzo, período] to markla empresa nos ha marcado algunas pautas a seguir — the company has given us o has issued some guidelines to follow
hito 1), pauta 1)esta obra marca el paso de la música medieval a la renacentista — this work marks the transition from medieval to renaissance music
5) (=hacer resaltar) to accentuatepaquete 1., 7)ese vestido te marca mucho las caderas — that dress really accentuates your hips o makes your hips stand out
6) (=seguir) [+ sospechoso] to shadow, tail7) (Dep)a) [+ gol] to scoreb) [+ tiempo] to record, clockha marcado un tiempo de 9,46 — he recorded o clocked a time of 9.46
c) [+ jugador, contrario] to mark, shadow; Méx to tackle8) (Mús)paso II, 1., 4)marcar el compás — to keep time, beat time
9) (Telec) to dial10) (Naipes) to bid11) (Peluquería) to set2. VI1) (Dep) to score2) (Telec) to dial3) (Peluquería) to set3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)b) experiencia/suceso ( dejar huella) to markc) (CS arg) < persona> to scar... for life2)a) (indicar, señalar) to markel altímetro marcaba 1.500 metros — the altimeter showed o (frml) registered 1,500 meters
seguimos la pauta marcada por nuestro fundador — we follow the guidelines established by/the standard set by our founder
b) ( hacer resaltar) <cintura/busto> to accentuatec) (Mús)marcar el compás/el ritmo — to beat time/the rhythm
d) (Fís) to mark, tag3) < pelo> to set4) (Telec) to dial5) (Dep)a) <gol/tanto> to scoreb) < tiempo> to clockc) < jugador> to mark2.marcar vi1) (Dep) to score2) (Telec) to dial3.marcarse v pron1)marcarse el pelo — (refl) to set one's hair; (caus) to have one's hair set
2) (Náut) to take a bearing* * *= flag, mark, mark off, tag, tick (off), leave + Posesivo + mark, brand (as), stigmatise [stigmatize, -USA], tinge, score, score.Ex. Since the fields are of different lengths in different records it is necessary that the beginning and end of fields be flagged in some way.Ex. In addition, synthesis often requires the use of a facet indicator, which marks the beginning of a new facet for example.Ex. Human intervention may also be necessary to mark off the area in the string on the title page that should be indexed, and possibly to add an imprint date if not present.Ex. It is occasionally useful for administrative purposes to be able to tag borrowers so that they may be intercepted during charge-out.Ex. In particular note, for example by ticking them, those terms that merit a turn in the lead position, and those that do not.Ex. Unfortunately, age and lack of proper care have left their marks on many valuable publications, some of which can no longer be used today.Ex. Music by Jewish composers and works were branded in Nazi Germany as degenerate art.Ex. Findings reaffirm that television stigmatises the occupation of business, independently of economic factors.Ex. But the relief was tinged with apprehension that the new housing would lead to slums and crime, as some opponents have long feared.Ex. Ithaca was off to a fast start, scoring twice in the game's first two minutes.Ex. Closed system tendencies, such as invoking system controls designed to counteract differences and correct deviations (thus scoring creativity as error), only push the institution more rapidly toward extinction.----* acción de marcar un número = dialling.* marcar con filigrana = watermark.* marcar con tiza = chalk.* marcar con un círculo = encircle, circle.* marcar el camino correcto = point + Nombre + in the right direction.* marcar el comienzo = usher in.* marcar el compás = beat + time.* marcar el curso = chart + course.* marcar el final = mark + the end.* marcar el inicio = usher in.* marcar el tono = establish + the tone.* marcar la diferencia = make + the difference, make + a difference, spell + the difference.* marcar la pauta en = lead + the way in.* marcar las pautas = set + the tone, establish + the tone.* marcar los límites = mark out.* marcar + Posesivo + final = mark + Posesivo + end.* marcar una etapa = mark + a stage.* marcar una meta = set + goal.* marcar un ensayo = score + a try.* marcar un gol = score + goal, score, poach + a goal.* marcar un hito = mark + a stage, make + things happen, mark + a watershed.* marcar un hito histórico = make + history.* marcar un número de teléfono = dial + number.* marcar un objetivo = set + goal.* marcar un tanto = score, poach + a goal, score + goal.* que marca época = landmark.* que marca un hito = epoch-making.* sin marcar = unpriced.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)b) experiencia/suceso ( dejar huella) to markc) (CS arg) < persona> to scar... for life2)a) (indicar, señalar) to markel altímetro marcaba 1.500 metros — the altimeter showed o (frml) registered 1,500 meters
seguimos la pauta marcada por nuestro fundador — we follow the guidelines established by/the standard set by our founder
b) ( hacer resaltar) <cintura/busto> to accentuatec) (Mús)marcar el compás/el ritmo — to beat time/the rhythm
d) (Fís) to mark, tag3) < pelo> to set4) (Telec) to dial5) (Dep)a) <gol/tanto> to scoreb) < tiempo> to clockc) < jugador> to mark2.marcar vi1) (Dep) to score2) (Telec) to dial3.marcarse v pron1)marcarse el pelo — (refl) to set one's hair; (caus) to have one's hair set
2) (Náut) to take a bearing* * *= flag, mark, mark off, tag, tick (off), leave + Posesivo + mark, brand (as), stigmatise [stigmatize, -USA], tinge, score, score.Ex: Since the fields are of different lengths in different records it is necessary that the beginning and end of fields be flagged in some way.
Ex: In addition, synthesis often requires the use of a facet indicator, which marks the beginning of a new facet for example.Ex: Human intervention may also be necessary to mark off the area in the string on the title page that should be indexed, and possibly to add an imprint date if not present.Ex: It is occasionally useful for administrative purposes to be able to tag borrowers so that they may be intercepted during charge-out.Ex: In particular note, for example by ticking them, those terms that merit a turn in the lead position, and those that do not.Ex: Unfortunately, age and lack of proper care have left their marks on many valuable publications, some of which can no longer be used today.Ex: Music by Jewish composers and works were branded in Nazi Germany as degenerate art.Ex: Findings reaffirm that television stigmatises the occupation of business, independently of economic factors.Ex: But the relief was tinged with apprehension that the new housing would lead to slums and crime, as some opponents have long feared.Ex: Ithaca was off to a fast start, scoring twice in the game's first two minutes.Ex: Closed system tendencies, such as invoking system controls designed to counteract differences and correct deviations (thus scoring creativity as error), only push the institution more rapidly toward extinction.* acción de marcar un número = dialling.* marcar con filigrana = watermark.* marcar con tiza = chalk.* marcar con un círculo = encircle, circle.* marcar el camino correcto = point + Nombre + in the right direction.* marcar el comienzo = usher in.* marcar el compás = beat + time.* marcar el curso = chart + course.* marcar el final = mark + the end.* marcar el inicio = usher in.* marcar el tono = establish + the tone.* marcar la diferencia = make + the difference, make + a difference, spell + the difference.* marcar la pauta en = lead + the way in.* marcar las pautas = set + the tone, establish + the tone.* marcar los límites = mark out.* marcar + Posesivo + final = mark + Posesivo + end.* marcar una etapa = mark + a stage.* marcar una meta = set + goal.* marcar un ensayo = score + a try.* marcar un gol = score + goal, score, poach + a goal.* marcar un hito = mark + a stage, make + things happen, mark + a watershed.* marcar un hito histórico = make + history.* marcar un número de teléfono = dial + number.* marcar un objetivo = set + goal.* marcar un tanto = score, poach + a goal, score + goal.* que marca época = landmark.* que marca un hito = epoch-making.* sin marcar = unpriced.* * *marcar [A2 ]vtA1 (con una señal) ‹ropa/página/baraja› to mark; ‹ganado› to brandmarca la respuesta correcta con una cruz mark the correct answer with a cross, put a cross next to the correct answer2 «experiencia/suceso» (dejar huella) to markaquel desengaño la marcó para siempre that disappointment marked her for everuna generación marcada por la violencia y el desorden a generation marked by violence and unrest4 (CS arg) to scar … for lifeB1 (indicar, señalar) to markeste artículo/el precio de este artículo no está marcado there is no price (marked) on this articledentro del plazo que marca la ley within the period specified by the lawel reloj marca las doce en punto the time is exactly twelve o'clockel altímetro marcaba 1.500 metros the altimeter showed o ( frml) registered 1,500 meterssu muerte marca el final de una era his death signals o marks the end of an erahoy ha marcado un nuevo mínimo it has reached a new low todayseguimos la pauta marcada por nuestro fundador we follow the guidelines established by/the standard set by our founderel año ha estado marcado por hechos de especial relevancia the year has been marked by particularly significant events2(hacer resaltar): el vestido le marca mucho el estómago the dress makes her stomach stick out o accentuates her stomach3 ( Mús):marcar el compás/el ritmo to beat time/the rhythm4 ( Fís) to mark, tagC ‹pelo› to setD ( Telec) to dialE ( Dep)1 ‹gol/tanto› to score2 ‹tiempo› to clockmarcó un tiempo de 2.08 she clocked a time of 2.083 ‹jugador› to mark■ marcarviA ( Dep) to scoreB ( Telec) to dial■ marcarseAmarcarse el pelo ( caus) to have one's hair set;( refl) to set one's hairB ( Náut) to take a bearing* * *
marcar ( conjugate marcar) verbo transitivo
1
‹ ganado› to brand
2
el reloj marca las doce en punto the time is exactly twelve o'clock
c) (Mús):◊ marcar el compás/el ritmo to beat time/the rhythm
3 ‹ pelo› to set
4 (Telec) to dial
5 (Dep)
verbo intransitivo
1 (Dep) to score
2 (Telec) to dial
marcarse verbo pronominal:
( caus) to have one's hair set
marcar verbo transitivo
1 (señalar) to mark: su muerte me marcó profundamente, I was deeply marked by her death
las piedras marcan la linde, the stones mark the boundary
2 (resaltar) este vestido me marca las caderas, this dress shows off my hips
ese gesto marca la importancia del tratado, that gesture stresses the importance of the treaty
3 Tel to dial: marque el 123 321, dial 123321
4 (una hora, grados, etc) to indicate, show, mark: el metrónomo marca el compás, the metronome marks the time
5 Dep (un tanto) to score
(a otro jugador) to mark
6 (un peinado) to set: ¿lavar y marcar?, wash and set?
' marcar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ceñirse
- herrar
- pauta
- bastar
- compás
- gol
- graduar
- lavar
- paso
- plantilla
- señal
- señalar
- tarjeta
- tono
English:
beat
- brand
- cover
- dial
- highlight
- mark
- pace
- pit
- read
- ring
- ring up
- say
- score
- set
- show
- stand
- tick
- tick off
- trend
- watershed
- bookmark
- check
- clock
- flag
- guard
- hat
- hit
- indent
- punch
- redial
- register
- scratch
- stake
- usher
- wave
* * *♦ vt1. [poner marca en] to mark;[nombre en una lista] to tick off; [poner precio a] to price;marcó el itinerario en el mapa she marked the route on the map;asegúrate de que marcas las maletas con tu nombre make sure your suitcases are identified with your name;marcó la ropa con mis iniciales she put my initials on the clothes;marcar los naipes to mark the cards2. [indicar] to mark, to indicate;la cruz marca el lugar donde está enterrado el tesoro the cross marks o indicates (the spot) where the treasure is buried3. [dejar marca en] to mark;ese acontecimiento marcó su vida her life was marked by that event4. [significar] to mark, to signal;el tratado marcó un hito en las relaciones entre las dos potencias the treaty was a landmark in relations between the two powers5. [número de teléfono] to dial6. [sujeto: termómetro, contador] to read;[sujeto: reloj] to say;la balanza marca 3 kilos the scales read 3 kilos;¿qué precio marca la etiqueta? what is the price on the label?;cuando el reloj marque las seis when the clock strikes six;el euro ha marcado un nuevo mínimo frente al dólar the euro has fallen to another all-time low against the dollarel corredor más lento marcó el ritmo del resto del grupo the slowest runner set the pace for the whole group[récord] to set11. [cabello] to set12. CompRP [a la salida] to clock out, US to punch out; Famtengo que marcar tarjeta [en casa de la novia] I have to see my girlfriend♦ vi1. [dejar secuelas] to leave a mark2. [peinar] to set, to style* * *v/t1 mark3 gol score4 res brand6 naipes mark7 fig: persona affect* * *marcar {72} vt1) : to mark2) : to brand (livestock)3) : to indicate, to show4) resaltar: to emphasize5) : to dial (a telephone)6) : to guard (an opponent)7) anotar: to score (a goal, a point)marcar vi1) anotar: to score2) : to dial* * *marcar vb1. (poner una señal) to mark3. (conseguir un gol) to score¿has marcado el prefijo? did you dial the code? -
30 what
1. interrogative adjective1) (asking for selection) welch...what book did you choose? — welches Buch hast du ausgesucht?
what men/money has he? — wie viele Leute/wieviel Geld hat er?
I know what time it starts — ich weiß, um wieviel Uhr es anfängt
what more can I do/say? — was kann ich sonst noch tun/sagen?
2. exclamatory adjectivewhat more do you want? — was willst du [noch] mehr?
1) (how great) was für3. relative adjectivewhat impudence or cheek/luck! — was für eine Unverschämtheit od. Frechheit/was für ein Glück!
we can dispose of what difficulties there are remaining — wir können die verbleibenden Schwierigkeiten ausräumen
lend me what money you can — leih mir soviel Geld, wie du kannst
4. adverbI will give you what help I can — ich werde dir helfen, so gut ich kann
1) (to what extent)2)what with... — wenn man an... denkt
5. interrogative pronounwhat with changing jobs and moving house I haven't had time to do any studying — da ich eine neue Stellung angetreten habe und umgezogen bin, hatte ich keine Zeit zum Lernen
what is your name? — wie heißt du/heißen Sie?
what about...? — (is there any news of...?, what will become of...?) was ist mit...?
what-d'you-[ma-] call-him/-her/-it, what's-his/-her/-its-name — wie heißt er/sie/es noch
and/or what have you — und/oder was sonst noch [alles]
what if...? — was ist, wenn...?
what is it etc. like? — wie ist es usw.?
what of it? — was ist dabei?; was soll [schon] dabei sein?
what do you say — or (Amer.)
what say we have a rest? — was hältst du davon, wenn wir mal Pause machen?; wie wär's mit einer Pause?
[I'll] tell you what — weißt du, was; pass mal auf
[and] what then? — [na] und?
what? — wie?; was? (ugs.)
3) in rhet. questions equivalent to neg. statement6. relative pronounwhat is the use in trying/the point of going on? — wozu [groß] versuchen/weitermachen?
(that which) waswhat little I know/remember — das bisschen, das ich weiß/an das ich mich erinnere
this is what I mean:... — ich meine Folgendes:...
tell somebody what to do or what he can do with something — (coll. iron.) jemandem sagen, wo er sich (Dat.) etwas hinstecken kann (salopp)
the weather being what it is... — so, wie es mit dem Wetter aussieht,...
7. exclamatory pronounfor what it is — in seiner Art
* * *(whoever, whatever, wherever etc: No matter what happens, I'll go.) gleichgültig wer, was, etc.* * *[(h)wɒt, AM (h)wʌt]I. pron\what happened after I left? was geschah, nachdem ich gegangen war?they asked me \what I needed to buy sie fragten mich, was ich kaufen müsse\what do you do? was machst du [beruflich]?\what's your address? wie lautet deine Adresse?\what's that called? wie heißt das?\what's your phone number? wie ist deine Telefonnummer?\what is your name? wie heißt du?\what are you looking for? wonach suchst du?\what on earth are you talking about? wovon redest du da bloß?\what in God's/heaven's name...? was um Gottes/Himmels willen...?\what in God's name did you think was likely to happen? was, um Gottes willen, hast du gedacht, würde passieren?\what's the matter [or \what's [up]]? was ist los?\what's [up] with Terry this week? was ist diese Woche mit Terry los?\what have we [or you] here? was haben wir denn da?\what have you here? is that a science project? was ist denn das? ist das ein wissenschaftliches Projekt?\what about sb/sth? ( fam) was ist mit jdm/etw?\what about Lila? — shall we invite her? was ist mit Lila? — sollen wir sie einladen?\what about taking a few days off? wie wäre es mit ein paar Tagen Urlaub?hey, \what about going to the movies? he, wie wär's mit Kino?you want a hammer and a screwdriver? \what for? du möchtest einen Hammer und einen Schraubenzieher? wofür?\what are these tools for? wofür ist dieses Werkzeug?\what is he keeping it secret for? warum hält er es geheim?I'll give you \what for if I catch you doing that again es setzt was, wenn ich dich noch einmal dabei erwische fam\what is sb/sth like? wie ist jd/etw?\what's the weather like? wie ist das Wetter?\what of it? was soll's?so not many people replied to the questionnaire — what of it, there were enough es haben also nicht viele Leute auf die Umfrage geantwortet — na und, es waren genug\what's on? was gibt's?hi everybody, \what's on here? hallo, alle miteinander, was gibt's?\what's it to you? was geht dich das an?\what if...? was ist, wenn...?\what if the train's late? was ist, wenn der Zug Verspätung hat?are you going to help me or \what? hilfst du mir nun oder was?she wouldn't tell me \what he said sie wollte mir nicht erzählen, was er gesagt hattethat's \what he said das hat er gesagtshe has no income but \what she gets from him sie hat kein Einkommen außer dem, was sie von ihm bekommtthat's \what he asked for das ist es, worum er gebeten hat\what's more... darüber hinaus..., und außerdem...the decorations were beautiful and \what's more, the children made them themselves die Dekoration war schön, und vor allem hatten die Kinder sie selbst gemachtfor a binder try soup, gravy, cream or \what have you zum Binden nehmen Sie Suppe, Soße, Sahne oder etwas Ähnlichesyou'll never guess \what — Laurie won first prize! du wirst es nie erraten — Laurie hat den ersten Preis gewonnen!I'll tell you \what ich will dir mal was sagenI'll tell you \what — we'll collect the parcel on our way to the station ( fam) weißt du was? wir holen das Paket auf dem Weg zum Bahnhof abdo \what you can but I don't think anything will help tu, was du kannst, aber glaub' nicht, dass etwas hilftit doesn't matter \what I say — they always criticize me ich kann sagen, was ich will — sie kritisieren mich immercome \what may komme, was wolle\what sb says goes was jd sagt, gilt\what's this I hear? you're leaving? was höre ich da? du gehst?while I was there I stayed with the President — you did what? als ich dort war, habe ich beim Präsidenten gewohnt — du hast was gemacht?... or \what!... oder was!is he smart or \what! ist er intelligent oder was!6.▶ \what's it called [or \what do you call it] wie heißt es gleichit looks like a \what's it called — a plunger? es sieht aus wie ein Dings, ein Tauchkolbenyou've been in a bad mood all day long — \what gives? du bist schon den ganzen Tag schlechter Laune — was ist los?I'll teach her \what's \what ich werde ihr beibringen, was Sache istyou have to ask the manager about that problem — he knows \what's \what du musst den Manager wegen dieses Problems fragen — er kennt sich aus▶ \what's his/her name [or ( fam)\what do you call him/her] [or (fam!)\what's his/her face] wie heißt er/sie gleich?I gave it to \what's her name — the new girl ich habe es dem neuen Mädchen — wie heißt es gleich [noch] — gegebenshe puts all her figurines and \what not in the glass case there sie stellt ihre Figuren und ähnliches Zeug in die Vitrine dort fam▶ \what say... wie wäre es, wenn...\what say we call a tea break? wie wäre es mit einer Pause?\what with the drought and the neglect, the garden is in a sad condition bei der Trockenheit und der Vernachlässigung ist der Garten in traurigem ZustandI'm very tired, \what with travelling all day yesterday and having a disturbed night ich bin sehr müde, wo ich doch gestern den ganzen Tag gefahren bin und schlecht geschlafen habe1. (which) welche(r, s)\what time is it? wie spät ist es?\what books did you buy? was für Bücher hast du gekauft?\what size shoes do you take? welche Schuhgröße haben Sie?\what sort of car do you drive? was für ein Auto fährst du?I don't know \what children she was talking about ich weiß nicht, von welchen Kindern sie sprachdo you know \what excuse he gave me? weißt du, welche Entschuldigung er mir gegeben hat?2. (of amount)use \what [little] brain you have and work out the answer for yourself! benutze dein [bisschen] Hirn und erarbeite dir die Antwort selbst! famshe took \what [sums of] money she could find sie nahm alles Geld, das sie finden konntehe had been robbed of \what little money he had man hat ihm das bisschen Geld geraubt, das er hatte3. (used for emphasis) was für\what a lovely view! was für ein herrlicher Ausblick!\what a fool she was wie dumm sie war\what fool I am! ich Idiot!\what a day! was für ein Tag!\what luck! was für ein Glück!\what nonsense [or rubbish]! was für ein Unsinn!\what a pity [or shame]! wie schade!1. (to what extent?) was\what do qualifications matter? was zählen schon Qualifikationen?\what do you care if I get myself run over? dir ist es doch egal, wenn ich mich überfahren lasse!\what does he care about the problems of teenagers? was kümmern ihn die Probleme von Teenagern?\what does it matter? was macht's? fam2. (indicating approximation) sagen wirsee you, \what, about four? bis um, sagen wir vier?pretty poor show, \what? ziemlich schlechte Show, nicht?IV. interj\what? I can't hear you was? ich höre dich nicht2. (showing surprise or disbelief) was\what! you left him there alone! was? du hast ihn da allein gelassen?* * *[wɒt]1. pron1) (interrog) waswhat is this called? — wie heißt das?, wie nennt man das?
what is it now?, what do you want now? — was ist denn?
what's that (you/he etc said)? — WAS hast du/hat er etc da gerade gesagt?, wie or was war das noch mal? (inf)
what for? — wozu?, wofür?, für was? (inf)
what's that tool for? —
what are you looking at me like that for? — warum or was (inf) siehst du mich denn so an?
what about...? —
well, what about it? are we going? — na, wie ists, gehen wir?
you know that restaurant? – what about it? — kennst du das Restaurant? – was ist damit?
what of or about it? — na und? (inf)
what if...? — was ist, wenn...?
what-d'you(-ma)-call-him/-her/-it (inf) — wie heißt er/sie/es gleich or schnell
2) (rel) washe knows what it is to suffer — er weiß, was leiden heißt or ist
that's exactly what I want/said — genau das möchte ich/habe ich gesagt
do you know what you are looking for? — weißt du, wonach du suchst?
what I'd like is a cup of tea — was ich jetzt gerne hätte, (das) wäre ein Tee
what with work and the new baby, life's been very hectic — die ganze Arbeit, das Baby ist da - es ist alles sehr hektisch
what with one thing and the other — und wie es sich dann so ergab/ergibt, wie das so ist or geht
and what's more — und außerdem, und noch dazu
and what have you (inf) — und was sonst noch (alles), und was weiß ich
See:→ academic.ru/81882/whatnot">whatnot3)(with vb +prep see also there)
what did he agree to? — wozu hat er zugestimmt?he agreed/objected to what we suggested — er stimmte unseren Vorschlägen zu/lehnte unsere Vorschläge ab, er lehnte ab, was wir vorschlugen
he didn't know what he was agreeing/objecting to — er wusste nicht, wozu er zustimmte/was er ablehnte
he didn't go into what he meant — er erläuterte nicht im Einzelnen, was er meinte
2. adj1) (interrog) welche(r, s), was für (ein/eine) (inf)what age is he? — wie alt ist er?
2) (rel) der/die/daswhat little I had — das wenige, das ich hatte
buy what food you like — kauf das Essen, das du willst
3)4) (in interj also iro) was für (ein/eine)what a man! — was für ein or welch ein (geh) Mann!
what luck! — welch(es) Glück, was für ein Glück, so ein Glück
what a fool I've been/I am! — ich Idiot!
3. interjwas; (dated = isn't it/he etc also) wieis he good-looking, or what? — sieht der aber gut aus! (inf)
* * *A int pr1. was, wie:what did he do? was hat er getan?;what’s for lunch? was gibt’s zum Mittagessen?you want a what? was willst du?what an idea! was für eine Idee!;what book? was für ein Buch?;what luck! welch ein Glück!;what men? was für Männer?4. wie viel:what’s two and three?B rel pr1. (das,) was, auch (der,) welcher:this is what we hoped for (gerade) das erhofften wir;he sent us what he had promised us er schickte uns (das), was er uns versprochen hatte oder das Versprochene;it is nothing compared to what happened then es ist nichts im Vergleich zu dem, was dann geschah;he is no longer what he was er ist nicht mehr der, der er war2. was (auch immer):say what you please sag, was du willst!there was no one but what was excited es gab niemanden, der nicht aufgeregt warC adj1. was für ein(e), welch(er, e, es):I don’t know what decision you have taken ich weiß nicht, was für einen Entschluss du gefasst hast;he got what books he wanted er bekam alle Bücher, die er wollte2. alle, die;alles, was:what money I had was ich an Geld hatte, all mein Geld3. so viel oder so viele … wie:take what time and men you need! nimm dir so viel Zeit und so viele Leute, wie du brauchst!D adv1. was:what does it matter was macht das schon2. vor adj was für:what happy boys they are! was sind sie (doch) für glückliche Jungen!3. teils …, teils:what with …, what with … teils durch …, teils durch …not a day but what it rains kein Tag, an dem es nicht regnetE int1. was!, wie!2. (fragend, unhöflich) was?, wie?3. Br umg nicht wahr?:a nice fellow, what?what about Jack? was ist oder passiert mit Jack?, was machen wir mit Jack?;what for? wofür?, wozu?;and what have you umg und was nicht sonst noch alles;what if? und wenn nun?, (u.) was geschieht, wenn?;a) was sonst noch?,what (is the) news? was gibt es Neues?;(well,) what of it?, so what? na, wenn schon?, na und?;what though? was tut’s, wenn?;what with infolge, durch, in Anbetracht (gen);I know what ich weiß was, ich habe eine Idee;and I don’t know what (all) umg und was sonst noch;I’ll tell you whata) ich will dir (mal) was sagen,b) ich weiß was what do you think you are doing? was soll denn das?* * *1. interrogative adjective1) (asking for selection) welch...2) (asking for statement of amount) wieviel; with pl. n. wie vielewhat men/money has he? — wie viele Leute/wieviel Geld hat er?
I know what time it starts — ich weiß, um wieviel Uhr es anfängt
what more can I do/say? — was kann ich sonst noch tun/sagen?
what more do you want? — was willst du [noch] mehr?
3) (asking for statement of kind) was für2. exclamatory adjectivewhat good or use is it? — wozu soll das gut sein?
1) (how great) was fürwhat impudence or cheek/luck! — was für eine Unverschämtheit od. Frechheit/was für ein Glück!
2) before adj. and n. (to what extent) was für3. relative adjectivewe can dispose of what difficulties there are remaining — wir können die verbleibenden Schwierigkeiten ausräumen
lend me what money you can — leih mir soviel Geld, wie du kannst
4. adverbI will give you what help I can — ich werde dir helfen, so gut ich kann
2)what with... — wenn man an... denkt
5. interrogative pronounwhat with changing jobs and moving house I haven't had time to do any studying — da ich eine neue Stellung angetreten habe und umgezogen bin, hatte ich keine Zeit zum Lernen
1) (what thing) waswhat is your name? — wie heißt du/heißen Sie?
what about...? — (is there any news of...?, what will become of...?) was ist mit...?
what-d'you-[ma-] call-him/-her/-it, what's-his/-her/-its-name — wie heißt er/sie/es noch
and/or what have you — und/oder was sonst noch [alles]
what if...? — was ist, wenn...?
what is it etc. like? — wie ist es usw.?
what of it? — was ist dabei?; was soll [schon] dabei sein?
what do you say — or (Amer.)
what say we have a rest? — was hältst du davon, wenn wir mal Pause machen?; wie wär's mit einer Pause?
[I'll] tell you what — weißt du, was; pass mal auf
[and] what then? — [na] und?
what? — wie?; was? (ugs.)
3) in rhet. questions equivalent to neg. statement6. relative pronounwhat is the use in trying/the point of going on? — wozu [groß] versuchen/weitermachen?
(that which) wasdo what I tell you — tu, was ich dir sage
what little I know/remember — das bisschen, das ich weiß/an das ich mich erinnere
this is what I mean:... — ich meine Folgendes:...
tell somebody what to do or what he can do with something — (coll. iron.) jemandem sagen, wo er sich (Dat.) etwas hinstecken kann (salopp)
7. exclamatory pronounthe weather being what it is... — so, wie es mit dem Wetter aussieht,...
* * *pron.das pron.was pron.welch pron. -
31 notre
* * *Note: En anglais, on ne répète pas le possessif coordonné: notre adresse et notre numéro de téléphone = our address and phone numberpl nos nɔtʀ, no adjectif possessif ournos enfants à nous — (colloq) our children
* * *notʀ1. pron"À qui est ce chien?"- -"C'est le nôtre." — "Whose dog is this?"- - "It's ours."
Leur voiture est rouge, la nôtre est bleue. — Their car is red, ours is blue.
2. nmplles nôtres — ours, (= alliés, famille) our people
* * *❢ En anglais, on ne répète pas le possessif coordonné: notre adresse et notre numéro de téléphone = our address and phone number; nos ancêtres our ancestors; nos enfants à nous○ our children; à nos âges at our age; nous sommes tous retournés dans notre chambre we all went back into our rooms; un de nos amis a friend of ours; ils sont venus pendant notre absence they came while we were away; notre retour s'est bien passé we got back safely; notre installation est provisoire we're not permanently settled; notre population vieillit we have an ageing population; c'était notre avis à tous we all felt the same; c'est notre maître à tous he's the master of us all.[nɔtr] ( pluriel nos [no]) déterminant (adjectif possessif)1. [indiquant la possession] ourun de nos amis a friend of ours, one of our friends2. RELIGION3. [se rapportant au 'nous' de majesté ou de modestie]4. [emploi expressif] ourcomment se porte notre petit malade? how's our little invalid, then? -
32 nôtre
* * *Note: En anglais, on ne répète pas le possessif coordonné: notre adresse et notre numéro de téléphone = our address and phone numberpl nos nɔtʀ, no adjectif possessif ournos enfants à nous — (colloq) our children
* * *notʀ1. pron"À qui est ce chien?"- -"C'est le nôtre." — "Whose dog is this?"- - "It's ours."
Leur voiture est rouge, la nôtre est bleue. — Their car is red, ours is blue.
2. nmplles nôtres — ours, (= alliés, famille) our people
* * *❢ En anglais, on ne répète pas le possessif coordonné: notre adresse et notre numéro de téléphone = our address and phone number; nos ancêtres our ancestors; nos enfants à nous○ our children; à nos âges at our age; nous sommes tous retournés dans notre chambre we all went back into our rooms; un de nos amis a friend of ours; ils sont venus pendant notre absence they came while we were away; notre retour s'est bien passé we got back safely; notre installation est provisoire we're not permanently settled; notre population vieillit we have an ageing population; c'était notre avis à tous we all felt the same; c'est notre maître à tous he's the master of us all.[notr] déterminant————————amenez vos enfants, les nôtres ont le même âge bring your children, ours are the same ageil faut y mettre du nôtre we must do our bit, we should make an effort -
33 cero
adj.zero.f. & m.zero.m.1 naught, zero (signo).2 nothing.3 zero (temperatura).sobre/bajo cero (en tenis) above/below zerocero absoluto absolute zero* * *1 MATEMÁTICAS zero2 (cifra) nought, zero3 DEPORTE nil\partir de cero figurado to start from scratchser un cero a la izquierda figurado to be useless, be a good-for-nothing* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (Fís, Mat) zero2) (Ftbl, Rugby) nil, zero (EEUU)ganaron por tres goles a cero — they won by three goals to nil, they won three nil
empataron a cero — they drew nil-nil, it was a no-score draw
estamos 40 a cero — (Tenis) it's 40-love
3) (Educ) nought4) * (=coche-patrulla) police car* * *a) (Fís, Mat) zero; ( en números de teléfono) zero (AmE), oh (BrE)tres grados bajo cero — three degrees below zero, minus three degrees
empezar/partir de cero — to start from scratch
ser un cero a la izquierda — to be useless; ( ser un don nadie) (Esp) to be a nobody
b) (en fútbol, rugby) zero (AmE), nil (BrE); ( en tenis) loveganan por tres a cero — they're winning three-zero (AmE) o (BrE) three-nil
c) (Educ) zero, nought (BrE)me puso un cero en física — he gave me zero o nought out of ten in physics
* * *= nought, zero [zeroes/zeros, -pl.], nil, zero + Nombre, zilch.Ex. Freeze drying is denoted by the special auxiliary.046 and introduced in a class mark by the facet indicator.0 (point nought).Ex. If the first digit of the number is zero, the material type is not encoded in the bard-coded label.Ex. While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.Ex. In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.Ex. Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.----* bajo cero = below zero, sub-zero, below-freezing.* catalogar partiendo de cero = catalogue + from scratch.* cero a la izquierda = cipher, non-entity, zilch.* cero tolerancia = zero tolerance.* cilindro de cera = wax cylinder.* comenzar de cero = begin + from scratch, start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.* comenzar desde cero = start at + ground zero.* comenzar partiendo de cero = build + from scratch.* compilar partiendo de cero = compile + from scratch.* construir partiendo de cero = construct + from scratch.* crecimiento cero = zero growth.* de coste cero = zero-cost.* desde cero = from the ground up.* disco de cera = wax disc.* empezar de cero = start at + ground zero.* empezar desde cero = start at + ground zero.* introducir datos partiendo de cero = enter from + scratch.* lápiz de cera = crayon.* meridiano cero = prime meridian.* papel de cera = greaseproof paper.* partiendo de cero = from scratch, from an empty slate, from the ground up.* partir de cero = begin + from scratch.* ponerse a cero = roll over to + zero.* por debajo de cero = sub-zero, below-freezing.* presupuesto de base cero = zero-base(d) budgeting (ZZB), zero-base(d) budget.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* rellenar con ceros los espacios vacíos = zero fill.* replantearse todo desde cero = get back to + basics.* temperatura bajo cero = sub-zero temperature.* uno a cero = one down.* volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.* zona cero = ground zero.* * *a) (Fís, Mat) zero; ( en números de teléfono) zero (AmE), oh (BrE)tres grados bajo cero — three degrees below zero, minus three degrees
empezar/partir de cero — to start from scratch
ser un cero a la izquierda — to be useless; ( ser un don nadie) (Esp) to be a nobody
b) (en fútbol, rugby) zero (AmE), nil (BrE); ( en tenis) loveganan por tres a cero — they're winning three-zero (AmE) o (BrE) three-nil
c) (Educ) zero, nought (BrE)me puso un cero en física — he gave me zero o nought out of ten in physics
* * *= nought, zero [zeroes/zeros, -pl.], nil, zero + Nombre, zilch.Ex: Freeze drying is denoted by the special auxiliary.046 and introduced in a class mark by the facet indicator.0 (point nought).
Ex: If the first digit of the number is zero, the material type is not encoded in the bard-coded label.Ex: While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.Ex: In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.Ex: Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.* bajo cero = below zero, sub-zero, below-freezing.* catalogar partiendo de cero = catalogue + from scratch.* cero a la izquierda = cipher, non-entity, zilch.* cero tolerancia = zero tolerance.* cilindro de cera = wax cylinder.* comenzar de cero = begin + from scratch, start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.* comenzar desde cero = start at + ground zero.* comenzar partiendo de cero = build + from scratch.* compilar partiendo de cero = compile + from scratch.* construir partiendo de cero = construct + from scratch.* crecimiento cero = zero growth.* de coste cero = zero-cost.* desde cero = from the ground up.* disco de cera = wax disc.* empezar de cero = start at + ground zero.* empezar desde cero = start at + ground zero.* introducir datos partiendo de cero = enter from + scratch.* lápiz de cera = crayon.* meridiano cero = prime meridian.* papel de cera = greaseproof paper.* partiendo de cero = from scratch, from an empty slate, from the ground up.* partir de cero = begin + from scratch.* ponerse a cero = roll over to + zero.* por debajo de cero = sub-zero, below-freezing.* presupuesto de base cero = zero-base(d) budgeting (ZZB), zero-base(d) budget.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* rellenar con ceros los espacios vacíos = zero fill.* replantearse todo desde cero = get back to + basics.* temperatura bajo cero = sub-zero temperature.* uno a cero = one down.* volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.* zona cero = ground zero.* * *tres grados bajo cero three degrees below zero, minus three degreesse inició a las cero horas de hoy it began at midnight last nighttengo la cuenta a cero I don't have a penny in my accountcero coma cinco zero point five, nought point five ( BrE)empezar/partir de cero to start from scratchvolvió a empezar de cero he started again from scratchcero al as ( RPl fam): de electricidad, cero al as when it comes to electricity I don't have a clue ( colloq)ganan por tres a cero they're winning three-nothing, they're winning three-zero o three-zip ( AmE), they're winning three-nil ( BrE)ganaba 40 a cero she was winning 40-loveme puso un cero en física he gave me zero o nought out of ten in physicsCompuestos:absolute zero(CS) new car* * *
cero sustantivo masculinoa) (Fís, Mat) zero;
( en números de teléfono) zero (AmE), oh (BrE);
empezar or partir de cero to start from scratch;
ser un cero a la izquierda to be useless
( en tenis) love;◊ ganan por tres a cero they're winning three-zero (AmE) o (BrE) three-nil
cero sustantivo masculino
1 zero
2 Dep nil: ganaron dos a cero, they won two nil
Tenis love
♦ Locuciones: figurado partir de cero, to start from scratch
figurado ser un cero a la izquierda, to be good-for-nothing
a cero, (sin nada) tengo la cuenta corriente a cero, my current account is empty
córteme el pelo al cero, shave my head
' cero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- bajo
- empate
- guión
- izquierda
- izquierdo
- grado
- meridiano
- pelar
- zona
English:
below
- crew cut
- freezing
- love
- minus
- nil
- nothing
- nought
- O
- reset
- scratch
- sub-zero
- temperature
- win
- zero
- degree
- ground
- naught
- over
- square
* * *♦ adj invzero♦ númzero;ver también tres♦ nm1. [número] nought, zero;la reserva está a cero the fuel gauge is at empty;cortarse el pelo al cero to shave one's head, to cut all one's hair off;sacó un cero en física he got zero in physics;acelera de cero a cien en seis segundos it goes from nought o zero to a hundred in six seconds;la inflación experimentó un crecimiento cero there was no increase in the rate of inflation;ser un cero a la izquierda [inútil] to be useless;[don nadie] to be a nobody2. [cantidad] nothing;[en fútbol, hockey, rugby] Br nil, US zero; [en tenis] love;llevan tres empates a cero consecutivos they have had three goalless o scoreless draws in a row3. [temperatura] zero;sobre/bajo cero above/below zero;hace 5 grados bajo cero it's minus 5cero absoluto absolute zeroun video cero kilómetro a brand-new video;muy Famuna mujer cero kilómetro a cherry* * *m1 zero;bajo/sobre cero below/above zero;empezar desde cero fig start from scratch;quedarse a cero fig be left with nothing;ser un cero a la izquierda fam be a nonentity;pelado al cero with one’s head shavennought3 DEP zero, Brnil; en tenis love;vencer por tres a cero win three-zero* * *cero nm: zero* * *cero n1. (en general) nought / zeroestamos a cinco grados bajo cero it's five below zero / it's minus five2. (en deporte) nil3. (teléfonos)Se escribe como un cero (0), pero se lee com la letra Omi teléfono es treinta y nueve, catorce, cero cinco my phone number is three, nine, one, four, O, five -
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\what happened after I left? was geschah, nachdem ich gegangen war?;they asked me \what I needed to buy sie fragten mich, was ich kaufen musste;\what do you do? was machst du?;\what's your address? wie lautet deine Adresse?;\what's that called? wie heißt das?;\what's your phone number? was hast du für eine Telefonnummer?;\what is your name? wie heißt du?;\what on earth are you talking about? worüber um alles in der Welt sprichst du?;\what in God's/heaven's name did you think was likely to happen? was in Gottes Namen glaubtest du, würde passieren?;\what's the matter [or \what's up] ? was ist los?;\what for? ( why) wofür?;you want a hammer and a screwdriver? \what for? du möchtest einen Hammer und einen Schraubenzieher? wofür?;\what are you talking to me like that for? warum sprichst du so mit mir?;\what is he keeping it secret for? warum hält er es geheim?;to give sb \what for ( fam);I'll give you \what for gleich setzt's was! ( fam)I'll give you \what for if I catch you doing that again es wird was setzen, wenn ich dich noch einmal dabei erwische;\what is sb/sth like? wie ist jd/etw?;\what's the weather like? wie ist das Wetter?;\what's on? (what's happening?) was gibt's?;hi everybody, \what's on here? hallo alle miteinander, was gibt's?;\what about Lalla? - shall we invite her? was ist mit Lalla? - sollen wir sie einladen?;\what about doing sth? ( used to make a suggestion) wie wäre es, etw zu tun?;\what about taking a few days off? wie wäre es mit ein paar Tagen Urlaub?;let's do something fun - hey, \what about going to the movies? lasst uns etwas Lustiges tun - hey, wie wär's mit Kino?;\what of it? was soll's?;\what's it to you? das geht dich nichts an;so I smoke, \what's it to you? und wenn ich rauche - was geht dich das an?;are you going to help me or \what? hilfst du mir nun oder was?;\what if...? was ist, wenn...?;\what if the train's late? was ist, wenn der Zug Verspätung hat?she wouldn't tell me \what he said sie erzählte mir nicht, was er gesagt hatte;I can't decide \what to do next ich kann mich nicht entschließen, was ich als nächstes tun soll;I'll take a look at \what you have finished ich werde mir anschauen, was du gemacht hast;\what we need is a commitment was wir brauchen,ist Engagement;\what's more... darüber hinaus..., und außerdem...;for a binder try soup, gravy, cream or \what have you zum Binden nehmen Sie Suppe, Soße, Sahne oder etwas Ähnlichesyou'll never guess \what - Laurie won first prize! du wirst es nie erraten - Laurie hat den ersten Platz gemacht!;I'll tell you \what - we'll collect the parcel on our way to the station ( fam) weißt du was? wir holen das Paket auf dem Weg zum Bahnhof abdo \what you can but I don't think anything will help tu, was du kannst, aber glaub' nicht, dass etwas hilft;it doesn't matter \what I say - they always criticize me ich kann sagen, was ich will - sie kritisieren mich immer;\what have we/you here? was haben wir denn da?;\what have you here? is that a science project? was ist denn das? ist das ein wissenschaftliches Projekt?;come \what may komme, was wolle;\what sb says goes was jd sagt, gilt;we don't like keeping this information secret, but \what the director says goes ich halte diese Information nicht gerne geheim, aber es gilt, was der Direktor sagt\what's this I hear? you're leaving? was höre ich da? du gehst?;... or \what!... oder was!;is he smart or \what! ist er intelligent oder was!PHRASES:\what's his/her name [or ( fam) \what do you call him/ her] [or (fam!) \what's his/her face] wie heißt er/sie gleich?;I gave it to \what's her name - the new girl ich gab es ihr, wie heißt sie gleich - das neue Mädchen;\what's it called [or \what do you call it] wie heißt es gleich;it looks like a \what's it called - a plunger? es sieht aus wie ein Dings, ein Tauchkolben;\what gives? ( fam) was ist los?;you've been in a bad mood all day long - \what gives? du bist schon den ganzen Tag schlechter Laune - was ist los?;to have \what it takes ( fam) ausgesprochen fähig sein;\what is \what was Sache ist;I'll teach her \what's \what ich werde ihr beibringen, was Sache ist;you have to ask the manager about that problem - he knows \what's \what du musst den Manager wegen dieses Problems fragen - er kennt sich aus;\what say... wie wäre es, wenn...;\what say we call a tea break? wie wäre es mit einer Pause?;\what with... [and all] ( fam) bei all dem/der...;\what with the drought and the neglect, the garden is in a sad condition bei der Trockenheit und der Vernachlässigung ist der Garten in traurigem Zustand;I'm very tired, \what with travelling all day yesterday and having a disturbed night ich bin sehr müde; ich bin gestern den ganzen Tag gefahren und habe schlecht geschlafen;she puts all her figurines and \what not in the glass case there sie stellt ihre Figuren und ähnliches Zeug in die Vitrine dort adj1) ( which) welche(r, s);\what time is it? wie viel Uhr ist es?;\what books did you buy? welche Bücher hast du gekauft?;\what size do you take? welche Schuhgröße haben Sie?;\what sort of car do you drive? was für ein Auto fährst du?;she didn't know \what cigarettes to buy sie wusste nicht, welche Zigaretten sie kaufen sollte;do you know \what excuse he gave me? weißt du, welche Entschuldigung er mir gegeben hat?2) ( of amount)use \what [little] brain you have and work out the answer for yourself! benutze dein [bisschen] Hirn und erarbeite dir die Antwort selbst! ( fam)she took \what [sums of] money she could find sie nahm alles Geld, das sie finden konnte;he had been robbed of \what little money he had man hat ihm das bisschen Geld geraubt, das er hatte3) ( used for emphasis) was für;\what a lovely view! was für ein herrlicher Ausblick!;\what a fool she was wie dumm sie war;\what a day! was für ein Tag!;\what luck! was für ein Glück!;1) (to what extent?) was;\what do qualifications matter? was nutzen Qualifikationen schon?;\what do you care if I get myself run over? dir ist es doch egal, wenn ich mich überfahren lasse!;\what does he care about the problems of teenagers? was kümmern ihn die Probleme der Teenager?;\what does it matter? was macht's? ( fam)2) ( indicating approximation) sagen wir;see you, \what, about four? bis um, sagen wir vier?pretty poor show, \what? ziemlich schlechte Show, nicht? interj\what? I can't hear you was? ich höre dich nicht2) ( showing surprise or disbelief) was;\what! you left him there alone! was? du hast ihn da allein gelassen? -
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A n1 ( physical or mental activity) travail m (on sur) ; to be at work on sth être en train de travailler à qch ; to watch sb at work regarder qn (en train de) travailler ; to go to ou set to ou get to work se mettre au travail ; to go to ou set to ou get to work on sth se mettre à travailler à or faire qch ; to set to work doing se mettre à faire ; to put a lot of work into travailler [essay, speech] ; passer beaucoup de temps sur [meal, preparations] ; to put a lot of work into doing passer beaucoup de temps à faire ; to put ou set sb to work faire travailler qn ; we put him to work doing nous lui avons donné pour tâche de faire ; it was hard work doing ça a été dur de faire ; to be hard at work travailler consciencieusement ; your essay needs more work tu dois travailler davantage ta rédaction ; there's still a lot of work to be done il reste encore beaucoup à faire ; I've got work to do j'ai du travail à faire ; to make short ou light work of sth expédier qch ; to make short work of sb envoyer promener qn ; it's all in a day's work c'est une question d'habitude ; ‘good ou nice work’ ( on written work) ‘bon travail’ ; ( orally) ‘c'est bien!’ ; it's hot/thirsty work ça donne chaud/soif ;2 ( occupation) travail m ; to be in work avoir du travail or un emploi ; to look for work chercher du travail ; day/night work travail de jour/nuit ; place of work lieu m de travail ; to start ou begin work ( daily) commencer le travail ; ( for the first time) commencer à travailler ; to stop work ( at the end of the day) terminer son travail ; ( on retirement) cesser de travailler ; to be off work ( on vacation) être en congé ; to be off work with flu être en arrêt de travail parce qu'on a la grippe ; to be out of work être au chômage ; nice work if you can get it ○ ! c'est une bonne planque ○ ! ;3 ( place of employment) ( office) bureau m ; ( factory) usine f ; to go to work aller au travail ; don't phone me at work ne me téléphone pas à mon travail ; there's a canteen at work il y a une cantine à mon travail ;4 (building, construction) travaux mpl (on sur) ;5 ( papers) to take one's work home lit emporter du travail chez soi ; fig ramener ses soucis professionnels à sa famille ; spread your work out on the table étale tes papiers sur la table ;6 (achievement, product) (essay, report) travail m ; (artwork, novel, sculpture) œuvre f (by de) ; ( study) ouvrage m (by de ; on sur) ; an exhibition of work by young artists une exposition d'œuvres de jeunes artistes ; he sells his work to tourists il vend ses créations aux touristes ; is this all your own work? est-ce que vous l'avez fait tout seul? ; to mark students' work noter les devoirs des étudiants ; his work isn't up to standard son travail n'a pas le niveau requis ; the research was the work of a team la recherche était l'œuvre d'une équipe ; a work of genius une œuvre de génie ; a work of fiction une œuvre de fiction ; a work of reference un ouvrage de référence ; this attack is the work of professionals l'attaque est l'œuvre de professionnels ; I hope you're pleased with your work! iron j'espère que tu es fier de ton œuvre! iron ; the works of Shakespeare/Flaubert l'œuvre m de Shakespeare/Flaubert ;7 Phys travail m ;8 ( research) recherches fpl (on sur) ; there is still a lot of work to be done on the virus il y a encore beaucoup de recherches à faire sur le virus ;9 ( effect) to go to work [drug, detergent] agir ; the weedkiller has done its work l'herbicide a été efficace.3 ○ ( everything) the (full ou whole) works toute la panoplie ○.D vtr1 ( drive) to work sb hard surmener qn ;2 ( labour) to work shifts travailler en équipes (de travail posté) ; to work days/nights travailler de jour/de nuit ; to work one's passage Naut travailler pour payer son voyage ; to work one's way through university travailler pour payer ses études ; to work one's way through a book/document lire un livre/document ; to work a 40 hour week faire la semaine de 40 heures ;3 ( operate) se servir de [computer, equipment, lathe] ;4 ( exploit commercially) exploiter [oil-field, land, mine, seam] ;5 ( have as one's territory) [representative] couvrir [region] ; beggars/prostitutes work the streets around the station les mendiants/prostituées occupent les rues autour de la gare ;6 ( consume) to work one's way through ( use) utiliser [amount, quantity] ; to work one's way through two whole cakes manger deux gâteaux entiers ;7 ( bring about) to work wonders/miracles lit, fig faire des merveilles/miracles ; the landscape started to work its magic on me la magie du paysage a commencé à faire effet ;8 ( use to one's advantage) to work the system profiter du système ; can you work it for me to get tickets? peux-tu t'arranger pour m'avoir des billets? ; how did you manage to work it? comment as-tu pu arranger ça? ; I've worked things so that… j'ai arrangé les choses de sorte que… (+ subj) ;9 ( fashion) travailler [clay, dough, gold, iron] ; to work sth to a soft consistency travailler qch pour le rendre malléable ; to work gold into jewellery travailler l'or pour en faire des bijoux ;11 ( manoeuvre) to work sth into introduire qch dans [slot, hole] ; to work a lever up and down actionner un levier ;12 ( exercise) faire travailler [muscles, biceps] ;13 ( move) to work one's way through se frayer un passage à travers [crowd] ; to work one's way along avancer le long de [ledge, sill] ; to work one's hands free se libérer les mains ; to work the rope loose desserrer la corde ; it worked its way loose, it worked itself loose il s'est desserré peu à peu ; to work its way into passer dans [bloodstream, system, food, chain] ; start at the top and work your way down commencez par le haut et continuez jusqu'en bas.E vi1 ( engage in activity) travailler (doing à faire) ; to work at the hospital/the factory travailler à l'hôpital/l'usine ; to work at home travailler à domicile ; to work as a midwife/teacher travailler comme sage-femme/professeur ; to work for sb travailler pour qn ; to work for Grant and Company travailler pour la Société Grant ; to work in advertising/publishing travailler dans la publicité/l'édition ; to work with young people travailler avec les jeunes ; to work for a living gagner sa vie ; to work in oils/watercolours [artist] travailler à l'huile/l'aquarelle ;2 ( strive) lutter (against contre ; for pour ; to do pour faire) ; to work against corruption lutter contre la corruption ; to work towards se diriger vers [solution] ; s'acheminer vers [compromise] ; négocier [agreement] ;3 ( function) [equipment, machine] fonctionner, marcher ; [institution, system, heart, brain] fonctionner ; to work on electricity/on gas marcher or fonctionner à l'électricité/au gaz ; to work off the mains marcher sur le secteur ; the washing machine isn't working la machine à laver est en panne or ne marche pas ;4 (act, operate) it doesn't ou things don't work like that ça ne marche pas comme ça ; to work on the assumption that présumer que ; to work in sb's favour, to work to sb's advantage tourner à l'avantage de qn ; to work against sb, to work to sb's disadvantage jouer en la défaveur de qn ;5 ( be successful) [treatment] avoir de l'effet ; [detergent, drug] agir (against contre ; on sur) ; [spell] agir ; [plan, plot] réussir ; [argument, hypothesis] tenir debout ; flattery won't work with me la flatterie ne marche pas avec moi ; the adaptation really works l'adaptation est vraiment réussie ; I didn't think the novel would work as a film je ne pensais pas qu'on pouvait tirer un bon film de ce roman ;6 ( move) [face, features] se contracter.F v refl2 ( rouse) to work oneself into a rage se mettre en colère ; to work oneself into a frenzy ( with anger) se mettre en rage ; ( with hysteria) devenir hystérique.to work one's way up gravir tous les échelons ; to work one's way up the company faire son chemin dans l'entreprise.■ work around:▶ work around to [sth] aborder [subject] ; it took him ages to work around to what he wanted to say il lui a fallu un temps fou pour exprimer ce qu'il avait à dire ; to work the conversation around to sth faire tourner la conversation autour de qch ; to work around to telling sb sth parvenir à dire qch à qn.■ work in:▶ work in [sth], work [sth] in2 Culin incorporer [ingredient].■ work off:▶ work [sth] off, work off [sth]2 ( repay) travailler pour rembourser [loan, debt] ;3 ( get rid of) se débarrasser de [excess weight] ; dépenser [excess energy] ; passer [anger, frustration].■ work on:▶ work on continuer à travailler ;▶ work on [sb] travailler ○ ;▶ work on [sth] travailler à [book, report] ; travailler sur [project] ; s'occuper de [case, problem] ; chercher [cure, solution] ; examiner [idea, theory] ; I'm working on a way of doing je cherche une façon de faire ; ‘have you found a solution?’-‘I'm working on it’ ‘as-tu trouvé une solution?’-‘j'y réfléchis’ ; he's working on his French il travaille son français ; we've got no clues to work on nous n'avons aucun indice.■ work out:▶ work out1 ( exercise) s'entraîner ;2 ( go according to plan) [plan, marriage] marcher ; I hope things work out for them j'espère que ça marchera pour eux ;▶ work out [sth], work [sth] out1 ( calculate) calculer [answer, average, total] ;2 ( solve) trouver [answer, reason, culprit] ; résoudre [riddle, problem] ; comprendre [clue] ; to work out why/when/where comprendre pourquoi/quand/où ; to work out what sth means comprendre qch ;4 Admin to work out one's notice faire son mois de préavis ;5 ( exhaust) épuiser [mine, soil] ;▶ work [sb] out comprendre ; I can't work her out je ne la comprendrai jamais.■ work over ○:▶ work [sb] over passer [qn] à tabac ○.■ work to:▶ work to [sth] s'astreindre à [budget] ; to work to deadlines travailler avec des objectifs ; to work to tight deadlines avoir des délais très serrés.■ work up:▶ work up [sth] développer [interest] ; accroître [support] ; to work up the courage to do trouver le courage de faire ; to work up some enthusiasm for s'enthousiasmer pour ; to work up an appetite s'ouvrir l'appétit ;▶ work up to [sth] se préparer à [announcement, confession, confrontation] ; the music is working up to a climax la musique va crescendo pour finir en apothéose ;▶ work up [sb], work [sb] up1 ( excite) exciter [child, crowd] ; to work sb up into a frenzy rendre qn énervé ; to work sb up into a rage mettre qn en colère ;2 ( annoy) énerver ; to get worked up s'énerver ; to work oneself up s'énerver ; to work oneself up into a state se mettre dans tous ses états ; to get oneself all worked up over ou about se mettre dans tous ses états au sujet de. -
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v. (took, taken) 1. \take sth/ sb (with one); \take sth (to sb) авах. Don't forget to \take your umbrella (with you) when you go. Явахдаа шүхрээ авахаа мартуузай. 2. аваачих; аваачиж/ хүргэж өгөх. She \takes her children to school by car. Тэр эмэгтэй хүүхдүүдээ сургуульд нь машинаар хүргэж өгдөг. The thief was \taken away in a police van. Хулгайчийг цагдаагийн машинаар аваад явсан. 3. барих, атгах. She took his arm and led him across the road. Тэр түүний гараас хөтөлж зам гаргаж өгөв. 4. шаардагдах, хэрэг болох. It \takes a lot of courage to do what he's done. Түүний хийснийг хийхэд асар их эр зориг хэрэгтэй. 5. хийх. Let's \take a walk. Явгаар явцгаая. Can I \take a look at the baby? Би энэ хүүхдийг харж болох уу? 6. take a bus/ taxi/ train автобус/ такси/ галт тэргээр явах. You can \take a taxi. Та такси авч болно шүү дээ. Shall we \take a bus to the station? Өртөө рүү автобусаар явцгаах уу? 7. \take a seat суух. 8. тогтмол эм уух/ хэрэглэх. \take two tablets three times a day. Өдөрт хоёр хоёр ширхэгээр/ тунгаар гурван удаа уу. Has he \taken his medicine? Тэр эмээ уусан уу? 9. хүлээж авах. How did they \take the news? Тэд энэ мэдээг хэрхэн/ яаж хүлээж авсан бэ? You never \take my advice. Чи миний үгийг ер авдаггүй шүү дээ. 10. тэмдэглэл бичиж авах; хэмжих. He took my name and address. Тэр миний нэр, хаягийг бичиж авав. The nurse took my temperature. Сувилагч миний халууныг үзэв. 11. үзэх, бодох, санах. I took you to be an honest man. Би таныг шударга/ үнэнч хүн байх гэж санасан юм. Do you \take me for a fool? Та намайг тэнэг хүн гэж бодож байна уу? 12. зөвшөөрөлгүй/ эндүүрч авах; хулгайлах. Who has \taken my bicycle? Хэн миний дугуйг авчихав аа? 13. хүчээр эзлэн авах. \take a town (дайны үед) хотыг эзлэх. 14. байр/ сууц түрээслэн авах. We took a small flat in London. Бид Лондонд жижиг сууц хөлсөлж авав. 15. хичээл заах. I \take the students French and German. Би оюутнуудад франц, герман хэл заадаг. 16. сонгох, худалдан авах. I'll \take the red shirt, please. Би энэ улаан цамцыг авъя. 17. зөв ойлгох. I think she took my meaning. Миний юу гэснийг тэр ойлгосон шиг байна. 18. сонин, сэтгүүл тогтмол худалдан авах. She \takes the Times. Тэр Таймс авдаг юм. 19. өмсөх. What size shoes do you \take? Та ямар хэмжээтэй гутал өмсдөг вэ? 20. багтаах, агуулах. This bus can \take 60 passengers. Энэ автобусаар 60 зорчигч тээвэрлэж болно. I don't think the shelf will \take any more books. Тавиурт дахиад илүү ном багтахгүй байх. 21. \take a photograph фото зураг авах/ дарах; зураг авахуулах. have one's picture \taken зургаа авахуулах. 22. давах; тойрч явах. The horse took the first fence beautifully. Морь эхний хашлага дээгүүр сайхан гарав. You took that corner much too fast. Та тэр буланг маш хурдан тойрлоо. 23. уух, идэх, хэрэглэх. The baby isn't old enough to \take solid food. Хүүхэд бор хоолонд орох болоогүй байна. Do you \take sugar in you coffee? Та кофендоо чихэр хийдэг үү? 24. шалгуулах, шалгалт өгөх. When are you taking a driving test? Чи хэзээ жолооны шалгалтаа өгөх гэж байна? 25. gram. өгүүлбэрт үйл үг зэргийн байрлалыг заана. The verb `eat' \takes the direct object. "Eat" хэмээх үйл үг шууд тусагдахуун авна. The verb `rely' \takes the preposition `on'. "Rely" гэдэг үйл үг "on" угтлага үгтэй орно. 26. амжилттай болох; үр нөлөөтэй/ дүнтэй байх. The kidney transplant has \taken. Бөөр шилжүүлэн суулгах мэс засал амжилттай боллоо. The cuttings have \taken. Тайрмал мөчир/ навч үндэслэсэн байв. 27. be taken ill гэнэт өвдөх/ өвчин тусах. 28. can't take хүлээн зөвшөөрч/ авч чадахгүй байх; тэвчиж/ тэсвэрлэж/ хүлцэж чадахгүй байх. I can't \take his constant criticism. Би түүний байнгын шүүмжлэлийг хүлцэн өнгөрүүлж чадахгүй. 29. I take it бодох, үзэх, тааварлах, таамаглах. I \take it you know what you're doing. Та юу хийж буйгаа мэдэж байгаа гэж би бодож байна. 30. take it from me миний хэлснийг үнэмш, надад итгэ. 31. take leave of someone баяртай, сайн сууж байгаарай гэж хэлэх, үдэх. 32. take sth as read асуултгүй/ гарцаагүй үнэн юм гэж үзэх. 33. take place болох, тохиолдох; учрах. When did the accident \take place? Энэ осол/ аваар хэзээ гарсан бэ? 34. take your own life өөрийгөө егүүтгэх, амиа хорлох. take sb aback цочоох, сандаргах. be taken aback ихэд цочих, хирдхийх, балмагдах. take after sb дууриах. He took after his father in many ways. Тэр, олон талаараа эцэгтэйгээ адилхан байв. Your daughter doesn't \take after you at all. Охин чамайг ер дууриагаагүй юм байна. take against sb/ sth голдог болох, дургүй нь хүрч эхлэх. Why have you suddenly \taken against her? Яагаад чи гэнэт тэр бүсгүйг үл таашаах болов? take sb/ sth apart v. 1. sport хялбархан/ амархан ялагдах. 2. зад/ бут шүүмжлэх. Her second novel was \taken apart by the critics. Түүний хоёрдахь романыг шүүмжлэгчид ширүүн шүүмжлэв. take sth apart задлах, салгах. Let's \take the radio apart and see what's wrong with it. Энэ радиог задалцгааж юу нь гэмтсэнийг үзье. taky away v. 1. math. хасах. 4 \take away 2 is 2. Дөрвөөс хоёрыг хасахад хоёр үлдэнэ. 2. зөөх, авч явах. take sth/ sb away (from sb/ sth) авч явах, аваачих. not to be \taken away авч явж болохгүй. The child was \taken away from the school. Хүүхдийг сургуулиас нь авсан байв. take sth back v. 1. буцаах, буцах. These shoes don't fit - I'll have to \take them back. Авсан гутлын аль аль нь таарахгүй байна. - Буцаахаас. 2. буцааж/ эгүүлэн авах. The refrigerator was obviously faulty, but the shop refused to \take it back. Хөргөгч илэрхий гэмтэлтэй байсан атал дэлгүүр нь буцааж авахаасаа татгалзав. 3. буруу юм ярьсандаа гэмших/ уучлалт эрэх. I \take it all back. Би хэлсэн/ ярьсан зүйлдээ гэмшиж байна. take sth down v. 1. буулгах, авах. He took down the picture from the wall. Тэр, хананаас зургийг буулгаж авав. Engineers are taking down the bridge. Инженерүүд гүүр нурааж байна. 2. тэмдэглэж авах. I took down your address. Би таны хаягийг бичиж авлаа. She took down my phone number. Тэр бүсгүй миний утасны дугаарыг тэмдэглэж авав. take in v. 1. (take sb in) хүлээж авах, гэртээ байлгах. 2. худлаа гэж итгүүлэх, хуурах. 3. take sth in v. ойлгох. I hope you're taking in what I'm saying. Та миний юу ярьж буйг ухаарч байгаа биз. 4. дээл, хувцас танах/ хасах. This dress needs to be \taken in at the waist. Энэ бошинзыг бэлхүүсээр нь танамаар байна. 5. багтаах, оруулах. take off 1. газраас хөөрөх. The plane took off an hour later. Онгоц цагийн дараа хөөрлөө. Let your imagination \take off. Дэмий бодлоо орхи. 2. харайхдаа газраас хөөрөх. 3. гэнэт зүгээ буруулах, зугтах. When he saw me coming he took off in the opposite direction. Намайг ирж явахыг харангуут тэр буруулан цааш одов. 4. үзэл санаа амархан газар авах/ түгэх; бүтээгдэхүүн амжилттай борлох. The new dictionary has really \taken off. Шинэ толь бичиг үнэнхүү гүйлгээ сайтай байв. take sth off 1. тайлах. The boy took off his coat. Хүү пальтогоо тайлав. 2. (take sb off) дууриах, адил болох, элэглэх. 3. (take sth off) тодорхой хугацаанд ажил хийхгүй байх. I'm taking a couple of weeks off. Би ажлаасаа хоёр долоо хоног хөндий байгаа. take sb on 1. хөлслөх, ажиллуулах. We're taking on a new secretary this week. Бид энэ долоо хоногт шинэ нарийн бичгийн дарга авч ажиллуулна. 2. тэмцээнд амлан авах, өрсөлдөх. 3. (take sth on) үүрэг авах, хариуцлага хүлээх. I've \taken too much work. Надад асар их ажил даалгасан. 4. (take on sth) хувирах, өөрчлөгдөх. His voice took on a more serious tone. Дуу нь сүрхий чангарч эхлэв. take out 1. гаргах. She took the fruit out of the bag. Тэр эмэгтэй уутнаас/ цүнхнээс жимс гаргав. 2. take sb out урих. She's taking me out for a meal tonight. Тэр эмэгтэй намайг өнөө орой хоолонд урьчихаад байгаа. 3. take out an insurance policy on даатгал авах; даатгуулах. 4. take it out of you ядраах, сульдаах. All that hard work has \taken it out of him. Тэр бүх хатуу хүтүү ажил түүний тэнхээ тамирыг нь доройтуулав. take sth out on sb уураа хүнд гаргах, өөрийн гуниг гомдлоороо бусдыг зовоох. When he's had a bad day he \takes it out on the children. Түүнд бүтэлгүй өдөр тохиовол бухимдлаа тэр хүүхдүүдэд гаргадаг юм. take sth over v. шинэ албан тушаал хүлээж авах. He took over the office of mayor. Тэр хотын дарга болов. Sarah will \take over my job when I leave. Намайг явахлаар Сара миний ажлыг авна. take to sb/ sth шууд таалагдах/ санаад нийцэх; дасах. I took to him as soon as I met him. Анх уулзмагцаа л би түүнийг аятайхан хүн байна гэж тоосон. The children took to their new teacher. Хүүхдүүд шинэ багшдаа дасчээ. take to sth / doing sth тогтмол хийж эхлэх. He's \taken to staying out late. Тэр байнга оройтдог болоод байна. take to your bed өвчний улмаас хэвтэрт орох. take sth up 1. дуртай юмаа идэвхтэй хийх. He took up writing poetry while he was still at school. Тэр аль сургуульд байх үеэсээ шүлэг бичиж эхэлсэн юм. 2. тодорхой орон зай, цаг хугацаа ашиглах/ хэрэглэх. Books \take up a lot of space. Номнууд маш их зай эзэлдэг. The visit took up the whole of Sunday. Айлчлал бүх л бүтэн сайн өдрийг авав. 3. үргэлжлүүлэх. I'll \take up the story where I left off yesterday. Би өчигдөр дутуу орхисон газраасаа өгүүллэгийг үргэлжлүүлье. take sth up with sb 1. асуух. I think I need to \take this matter up with my lawyer. Би эл хэрэг явдлыг/ асуудлыг өмгөөлөгчөөсөө асууя. 2. take up with sb нөхөрсөг/ найзархаг/ дотно болох. take upon. \take it upon yourself to do something. Санаагаараа/ өөрийн зөнгөөр хийх. take n. телевизийн нэвтрүүлэг буюу киноны нэг хэсгийг харуулсан зураглал/ зураг авалт. takeaway n. 1. зөөврийн/ бэлэн халуун хоол зэхдэг газар. Let's get some food from the Chinese \take. Хятад бэлэн хоолны газраас хоол авцгаая. 2. зэхэж бэлтгэсэн халуун хоол. an Indian \take Энэтхэг бэлэн хоол. adj. a \take meal зөөврийн/ зэхмэл халуун хоол хүнс. take-off n. 1. онгоц газраас хөөрөх үе. It was a smooth \take. Газраас алгуурхан хөөрөв. 2. элэглэл, дууриах. He does \takes of leading politicians. Тэр гол гол улс төрчдийг шоглон дууриадаг юм. take-over n. 1. дийлэнхи хувьцаагий нь худалдан авч уг компанийг эрхшээлдээ авах нь. 2. байгууллага, улс орныг хүчээр эзлэн авах явдал. a military \take цэргийн хүчээр түрэмгийлэн авах/ эзлэх. -
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pf — da|wać impf (dam — daję) Ⅰ vt 1. (przekazać, darować) to give- dać komuś coś to give sth to sb, to give sb sth- dać napiwek to give a tip- dać zaliczkę to leave a. put down a deposit- na urodziny rodzice dali mi encyklopedię my parents gave me an encyclopedia for my birthday- dała mi to zdjęcie na pamiątkę she gave me this photo as a memento- dał nam paczkę dla ojca he gave us a parcel for Father a. our father- prosiłam, ale nie dał mi ani grosza I asked him, but he didn’t give me a penny- w zamian za pocztówki dał mi serię znaczków in exchange for the postcards he gave me a series of stamps- dużo/wszystko bym dał za pewność, że sprawa zostanie załatwiona I’d give a lot/anything to be sure that things will be settled okay- dać z siebie wszystko to do one’s utmost, to give one’s all2. (podać) to give, to pass- daj mi rękę give me your hand- daj (mi) gazetę/nożyczki/sól pass (me) the newspaper/scissors/salt- daj mi chleb (całość) pass (me) the loaf, will you?- daj mi chleba (trochę) pass me some bread, will you?- lekarz dał mi antybiotyki pot. the doctor gave me some antibiotics- dać komuś zastrzyk pot. to give sb an injection- dawać przykłady to give examples3. (udostępnić) to give- dać komuś swój adres/telefon to give sb one’s address/phone number- dać komuś kwaterę to give sb a room- dać komuś nocleg to give sb a room for the night- ojciec dał mi samochód na cały dzień Dad let me have the car for the whole day- dać komuś jeść/pić to give sb something to eat/drink4. (umożliwić) to give- dać komuś okazję do czegoś to give sb a chance a. opportunity to do sth- dać komuś pracę to give sb a job- studia dają możliwość lepszej pracy higher education gives you the chance of a better job- to stanowisko daje pewne przywileje the post gives you a. offers certain privileges- jej zachowanie dało powód do wielu plotek her behaviour gave rise to many rumours- festiwal daje (artystom) okazję wybicia się the festival gives artists the chance to make a name for themselves- biegacz nie dał szans rywalom the runner didn’t give his rivals a chance- dałem jej czas do namysłu I gave her some time to think it over- dane mi było współpracować z wielkimi aktorami książk. I had the opportunity of working with some outstanding actors- nie dane mu było zaznać spokoju książk. he was never to know peace5. (udzielić) give- dać komuś awans/rozwód to give sb (a) promotion/a divorce- dać komuś błogosławieństwo to bless sb, to give sb one’s blessing- dać komuś dymisję to dismiss sb- dawać lekcje/korepetycje to give (private) lessons a. tuition- dać komuś naganę to reprimand sb- dać komuś odpowiedź to give sb one’s a. an answer- muszę dać odpowiedź w ciągu trzech dni I have to give my answer within three days- dać komuś ślub to marry sb- sędzia dał im łagodny wyrok the judge gave them a light sentence- dać komuś imię/przezwisko to give sb a name/nickname- dać dziecku (na) imię Edward to give a child the name (of) Edward6. (oddać) to take- dać bieliznę pościelową do pralni to take a. send the bed linen to the laundry- dać buty do szewca to take one’s shoes to the cobbler’s a. a shoe repair shop- dać samochód do warsztatu to take one’s car to a garage- dać ogłoszenie do prasy to put an advert in the paper- dać dziecko do prywatnej szkoły pot. to send a child to a private school- nie dam dziadka do domu starców pot. I won’t put Grandad in a. send Grandad to an old people’s home7. (przynieść) to give, to bring [rezultat, wynik]- dać zysk to yield a. bring in a profit- leczenie nie dało efektu the treatment didn’t produce the desired effect- dawać komuś przyjemność to give sb pleasure- praca z dziećmi dała jej dużo satysfakcji working with children gave her a lot of satisfaction- dać komuś wiedzę/wyobrażenie o czymś to give sb knowledge/an idea of sth- dwa plus dwa daje cztery two plus two makes a. equals four- to nic nie daje a. da that’s no use a. good- dyskusja z nim nic nie da talking to him won’t do any good8. (wystąpić) to give [koncert, wykład, przedstawienie]- piłkarze dali pokaz nieudolności the footballers gave a display of incompetence- nauczyciel religii dawał nam same dobre stopnie the religion teacher gave us all good marks- za referat daję ci szóstkę I’m giving you an A for your talk in class- za ten skok sędziowie nie dadzą jej dużo punktów the judges won’t give her many points for that jump- jurorzy jednomyślnie dali mu pierwszą lokatę the judges unanimously awarded him first place- krowy dają mleko cows give milk- ogień daje dużo ciepła fire gives out a. off a lot of heat- drzewo dawało przyjemny cień the tree gave us some pleasant shade- tu damy stół, a tam fotel we’ll put the table here and the armchair there- spis treści damy na początku we’ll put the table of contents at the front- na dno garnka dajemy trochę oleju we put a little oil in the bottom of the saucepan- sklepikarka daje mi na kredyt the shopkeeper sells me things on credit- w tym sklepie dają telewizory na raty in this shop you can get TV sets on hire purchase- dać dźwignię do przodu/tyłu to move a lever forwards/backwards- daj trochę w tył move (it) back a bit- dał krok do przodu he took a step forward14. pot. (zapłacić) to give, to pay- ile dałaś za ten płaszcz? how much did you give a. pay for that coat?- dałeś za to więcej, niż było warte you gave a. paid more for it than it was worth- dają mu krocie za każdy obraz he gets a fortune for every painting- dać komuś łapówkę to bribe sb, to give sb a bribe- kto da więcej? (w licytacji) any advance on that?Ⅱ vi 1. (pozwolić) to let, to allow- dać komuś coś zrobić to let sb do sth, to allow sb to do sth- pies nie dał mi wejść the dog wouldn’t let me in- rodzice nie dali mi głośno słuchać muzyki my parents didn’t allow me to listen to loud music- nie przerywaj, daj mi powiedzieć do końca stop interrupting and let me finish what I’m saying- dał się prowadzić jak dziecko he allowed himself to be led like a child- a ja, idiota, dałem im się oszukać and I, like an idiot, let them trick me- jest ambitna i nie daje sobą kierować she’s ambitious and won’t let anyone control her- dała sobie obciąć/ufarbować włosy she had her hair cut/dyed2. (uderzyć) to give [sb] one pot.- dać komuś w twarz to give sb one in the face- nie wytrzymał i dał mu w zęby he lost his patience and gave him one in the teeth- jak to jeszcze raz ruszysz, dam ci po łapach if you touch that again, I’ll rap your knuckles3. posp. (o kobiecie) (odbyć stosunek) to sleep (komuś with sb); to give oneself przest. (komuś to sb)- dała mu/nie dała mu he had it off/didn’t have it off with her GB wulg.- daje, komu popadnie she sleeps around a lot pot.Ⅲ dać się — dawać się pot. 1. (można) to be possible- drzwi nie dają się otworzyć the door won’t open- tego nie da się przewidzieć that’s impossible to predict- tego nie da się wyjaśnić it can’t be explained- w oddali dał się słyszeć warkot samochodu the throbbing of a car’s engine could be heard in the distance- ile się da as much/many as possible- robić/jeść co się da to do/eat what one can- musimy uciekać, gdzie się da we’ll have to escape wherever we can- zadzwoń do mnie, jak się da give me a call if you can- jak tylko się da, to przyjadę if it’s at all possible, I’ll come- dokuczali jej jak się (tylko) da they annoyed her in every possible way- da się zrobić it can be done- czemu ma się nie dać? why shouldn’t it be possible?2. (poddać się) nie daj/dajcie się don’t give in a. up Ⅳ daj inter. (here,) let- daj, pomogę ci here, let me help you- daj, pozmywam/posprzątam here, I’ll wash up/clean up■ dałbym jej 40 lat I’d say she was 40- dać komuś lekcję a. nauczkę to teach sb a lesson- dać komuś przykład to set an example for sb- spotkajmy się, dajmy na to jutro let’s meet, say tomorrow- dajmy na to, że dostaniesz tę pracę suppose a. let’s say you do get the job- ja ci/mu dam! pot. I’ll teach a. show you/him!- jak się da, to się zrobi pot., żart. let’s see the colour of your money firstThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > da|ć
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find [faɪnd]trouver ⇒ 1 (a)-(d) retrouver ⇒ 1 (a) chercher ⇒ 1 (b) constater ⇒ 1 (e) déclarer ⇒ 1 (f) se trouver ⇒ 1 (h) prononcer ⇒ 2 trouvaille ⇒ 3 merveille ⇒ 3(pt & pp found [faʊnd])∎ I can't find it anywhere je ne le trouve nulle part;∎ did you find what you were looking for? as-tu trouvé ce que tu cherchais?;∎ she couldn't find anything to say elle ne trouvait rien à dire;∎ the police could find no reason or explanation for his disappearance la police n'arrivait pas à expliquer sa disparition;∎ I never did find those earrings je n'ai jamais pu trouver ces boucles d'oreilles;∎ the missing airmen were found alive les aviateurs disparus ont été retrouvés sains et saufs;∎ I can't find my place (in book) je ne sais plus où j'en suis;∎ my wallet/he was nowhere to be found mon portefeuille/il était introuvable(b) (look for, fetch) chercher;∎ Computing to find and replace trouver et remplacer;∎ he went to find help/a doctor il est allé chercher de l'aide/un médecin;∎ go and find me a pair of scissors va me chercher une paire de ciseaux;∎ could you find me a cloth? tu peux me trouver un chiffon?;∎ he said he'd try to find me a job il a dit qu'il essaierait de me trouver un travail;∎ to find the time/money to do sth trouver le temps de/l'argent nécessaire pour faire qch;∎ to find the courage/strength to do sth trouver le courage/la force de faire qch;∎ to find one's feet (in new job, situation) prendre ses repères;∎ I'm still finding my feet je ne suis pas encore complètement dans le bain;∎ she couldn't find it in her heart or herself to say no elle n'a pas eu le cœur de dire non;∎ the bullet found its mark la balle a atteint son but;∎ to find one's way trouver son chemin;∎ I'll find my own way out je trouverai la sortie tout seul;∎ she found her way back home elle a réussi à rentrer chez elle;∎ somehow, the book had found its way into my room sans que je sache comment, le livre s'était retrouvé dans ma chambre(c) (come across by chance) trouver;∎ we left everything as we found it nous avons tout laissé dans l'état où nous l'avions trouvé;∎ we found this wonderful little bistro on our last visit nous avons découvert un adorable petit bistro lors de notre dernière visite;∎ you won't find a better bargain anywhere nulle part, vous ne trouverez meilleur prix;∎ this bird is found all over Britain on trouve cet oiseau dans toute la Grande-Bretagne;∎ the complete list is to be found on page 18 la liste complète se trouve page 18;∎ I found him at home je l'ai trouvé chez lui;∎ I found her waiting outside je l'ai trouvée qui attendait dehors;∎ they found him dead on l'a trouvé mort;∎ you'll find someone else tu trouveras quelqu'un d'autre;∎ to find happiness/peace trouver le bonheur/la paix;∎ I take people as I find them je prends les gens comme ils sont;∎ I hope this letter finds you in good health j'espère que vous allez bien;∎ they found an unexpected supporter in Mr Smith ils ont trouvé en M. Smith un partisan inattendu(d) (expressing an opinion, personal view) trouver;∎ I don't find that funny at all je ne trouve pas ça drôle du tout;∎ I find her very pretty je la trouve très jolie;∎ she finds it very difficult/impossible to talk about it il lui est très difficile/impossible d'en parler;∎ to find some difficulty in doing sth éprouver quelque difficulté à faire qch;∎ he finds it very hard/impossible to make friends il a beaucoup de mal à/il n'arrive pas à se faire des amis;∎ I find it hot/cold in here je trouve qu'il fait chaud/froid ici;∎ how did you find your new boss/your steak? comment avez-vous trouvé votre nouveau patron/votre steak?;∎ Rovers have been found wanting or lacking in defence les Rovers ont fait preuve de faiblesse au niveau de la défense(e) (discover, learn) constater;∎ I found (that) the car wouldn't start j'ai constaté que la voiture ne voulait pas démarrer;∎ they came back to find the house had been burgled à leur retour, ils ont constaté que la maison avait été cambriolée;∎ I find I have time on my hands now that I am no longer working je m'aperçois que j'ai du temps à moi maintenant que je ne travaille plus;∎ I think you'll find I'm right je pense que tu t'apercevras que j'ai raison∎ to find sb guilty/innocent déclarer qn coupable/non coupable;∎ how do you find the accused? déclarez-vous l'accusé coupable ou non coupable?;∎ the court found that the evidence was inconclusive le tribunal a déclaré que les preuves n'étaient pas suffisantes∎ £65 a week all found 65 livres par semaine nourri et logé∎ to find oneself (one's true self) se trouver;∎ I woke up to find myself on a ship je me suis réveillé sur un bateau;∎ he found himself out of a job il s'est retrouvé sans emploi;∎ I find/found myself in an impossible situation je me trouve/me suis retrouvé dans une situation impossible;∎ formal I find myself unable to agree to your request je me vois dans l'impossibilité d'accéder à votre demande;∎ she found herself forced to retaliate elle s'est trouvée dans l'obligation de riposter;∎ he's going on a six-month backpacking trip to find himself il va partir en voyage pendant six mois, sac au dos, à la recherche de lui-même∎ Law to find for/against the plaintiff prononcer en faveur de l'accusation/de la défense3 noun►► Computing find command commande f de recherche➲ find out(a) (investigate, make enquiries) se renseigner;∎ to find out about sth se renseigner sur qch(b) (learn, discover)∎ his wife/his boss found out sa femme/son chef a tout découvert;∎ his wife found out about his affair sa femme a découvert qu'il avait une liaison;∎ what if the police find out? et si la police l'apprend?;∎ I didn't find out about the party in time on ne m'a pas mis au courant de la fête à temps;∎ I didn't find out about it in time je ne l'ai pas su à temps(a) (learn, discover → truth, real identity) découvrir; (→ answer, phone number) trouver; (→ by making enquiries, reading instructions) se renseigner sur;∎ we found out that she was French nous avons découvert qu'elle était française;∎ what have you found out about him/it? qu'est-ce que tu as découvert sur lui/là-dessus?;∎ can you find out the date of the meeting for me? est-ce que tu peux te renseigner sur la date de la réunion?;∎ when I found out the date of the meeting quand j'ai appris la date de la réunion;∎ to find out how to do sth/what sb is really like découvrir comment faire qch/la véritable nature de qn;∎ I found out where he'd put it j'ai trouvé où il l'avait mis∎ make sure you don't get found out veille à ne pas te faire prendre;∎ you've been found out tu as été découvert;∎ they had found her out for the liar she was ils avaient découvert quelle menteuse elle était;∎ she had been found out transferring money into her own account on avait découvert qu'elle transférait de l'argent sur son propre compte -
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what [wɒt]qu'est-ce qui ⇒ 1 (a) que ⇒ 1 (a) qu'est-ce que ⇒ 1 (a) quoi ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b), 1 (d), 1 (f) ce qui ⇒ 1 (b), 1 (f) ce que ⇒ 1 (b), 1 (f), 1 (g) comment ⇒ 1 (c) combien ⇒ 1 (e) quel ⇒ 2 (a), 31 pronoun(a) (in direct questions → as subject) qu'est-ce qui, que; (→ as object) (qu'est-ce) que, quoi; (→ after preposition) quoi;∎ what do you want? qu'est-ce que tu veux?, que veux-tu?;∎ what's happening? qu'est-ce qui se passe?, que se passe-t-il?;∎ what's new? quoi de neuf?;∎ what's that for? à quoi cela sert-il?, à quoi ça sert?;∎ what's the matter?, what is it? qu'est-ce qu'il y a?;∎ familiar what's it to you? qu'est-ce que ça peut te faire?;∎ what's that? qu'est-ce que c'est que ça?; (what did you say) quoi?;∎ what's that building? qu'est-ce que c'est que ce bâtiment?;∎ what's your phone number? quel est votre numéro de téléphone?;∎ what's her name? comment s'appelle-t-elle?;∎ what's the Spanish for "light"? comment dit-on "light" en espagnol?;∎ what's the boss like? comment est le patron?;∎ what is life without friends? que vaut la vie sans amis?;∎ familiar what's up with him? qu'est-ce qu'il a?□ ;∎ what did I tell you? (gen) qu'est-ce que je vous ai dit?; (I told you so) je vous l'avais bien dit!;∎ she must be, what, 50? elle doit avoir, quoi, 50 ans?;∎ Mum? - what? - can I go out? Maman? - quoi? - est-ce que je peux sortir?;∎ what are you thinking about? à quoi pensez-vous?;∎ what did he die of? de quoi est-il mort?;∎ what do you take me for? pour qui me prenez-vous?;∎ what could be more beautiful? quoi de plus beau?;∎ tell us what happened dites-nous ce qui s'est passé;∎ I wonder what she was thinking about! je me demande ce qui lui est passé par la tête!;∎ I asked what it was all about j'ai demandé de quoi il était question;∎ he didn't understand what I said il n'a pas compris ce que j'ai dit;∎ I don't know what to do je ne sais pas quoi faire;∎ I don't know what to do to help him je ne sais pas quoi faire pour l'aider;∎ I don't know what that building is je ne sais pas ce qu'est ce bâtiment(c) (asking someone to repeat something) comment;∎ what's that? qu'est-ce que tu dis?;∎ they bought what? quoi, qu'est-ce qu'ils ont acheté?(d) (expressing surprise) quoi;∎ what, another new dress? quoi, encore une nouvelle robe?;∎ what, no coffee! comment ou quoi? pas de café?;∎ he's going into the circus - what! il va travailler dans un cirque - quoi?;∎ I found $350 - you what! j'ai trouvé 350 dollars - quoi?;∎ I told her to leave - you did what! je lui ai dit de partir - tu lui as dit quoi?∎ what's 17 minus 4? combien ou que fait 17 moins 4?;∎ what does it cost? combien est-ce que ça coûte?;∎ what do I owe you? combien vous dois-je?;∎ do you know what he was asking for it? savez-vous combien il en demandait?∎ what you need is a hot bath ce qu'il vous faut, c'est un bon bain chaud;∎ they spent what amounted to a week's salary ils ont dépensé l'équivalent d'une semaine de salaire;∎ she has what it takes to succeed elle a ce qu'il faut pour réussir;∎ that's what life is all about! c'est ça la vie!;∎ education is not what it used to be l'enseignement n'est plus ce qu'il était;∎ what is most remarkable is that… ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable c'est que…;∎ it was pretty much what we expected c'était plus ou moins ce qu'on avait imaginé;∎ what's done cannot be undone ce qui est fait est fait;∎ and what is worse… et ce qui est pire…(g) (whatever, everything that)∎ they rescued what they could ils ont sauvé ce qu'ils ont pu;∎ say what you will vous pouvez dire ou vous direz tout ce que vous voudrez;∎ say what you will, I don't believe you racontez tout ce que vous voulez, je ne vous crois pas;∎ come what may advienne que pourra∎ an interesting book, what? un livre intéressant, n'est-ce pas ou pas vrai?∎ I'll tell you what… écoute!;∎ you know what…? tu sais quoi…?;∎ I know what j'ai une idée;∎ you'll never guess what tu ne devineras jamais (quoi);∎ familiar documents, reports and what have you or and what not des documents, des rapports et je ne sais quoi encore□ ;∎ familiar and I don't know what et que sais-je encore□ ;∎ familiar and God knows what et Dieu sait quoi;∎ have you got a flat, rooms or what? vous avez un appartement, une chambre ou quoi?;∎ look, do you want to come or what? alors, tu veux venir ou quoi?;∎ a trip to Turkey? - what next! un voyage en Turquie? - et puis quoi encore!;∎ what have we here? mais que vois-je?;∎ what then? et après?;∎ old-fashioned what ho! eh! ho!; (as greeting) salut!;∎ familiar we need to find out what's what il faut qu'on sache où en sont les choses;∎ familiar she told me what was what elle m'a mis au courant;∎ familiar they know what's what in art ils s'y connaissent en art□ ;∎ familiar I'll show him what's what! je vais lui montrer de quel bois je me chauffe!∎ what books did you buy? quels livres avez-vous achetés?;∎ what colour/size is it? de quelle couleur/taille c'est?;∎ (at) what time will you be arriving? à quelle heure arriverez-vous?;∎ what day is it? quel jour sommes-nous?;∎ what good or use is this? à quoi ça sert?(b) (as many as, as much as)∎ I gave her what money I had je lui ai donné le peu d'argent que j'avais;∎ he gathered what strength he had il a rassemblé le peu de forces qui lui restaient;∎ what time we had left was spent (in) packing on a passé le peu de temps qui nous restait à faire les valises;∎ they stole what little money she had ils lui ont volé le peu d'argent qu'elle avait;∎ I gave her what comfort I could je l'ai consolée autant que j'ai pu∎ (expressing an opinion or a reaction) what a suggestion! quelle idée!;∎ what a strange thing! comme c'est bizarre!;∎ what a pity! comme c'est ou quel dommage!;∎ what an idiot he is! comme il est bête!, qu'il est bête!;∎ what lovely children you have! quels charmants enfants vous avez!;∎ what a lot of people! que de gens!, que de monde!;∎ you can't imagine what a time we had getting here vous ne pouvez pas vous imaginer le mal qu'on a eu à venir jusqu'ici4 adverb∎ (in rhetorical questions) what do I care? qu'est-ce que ça peut me faire?;∎ what does it matter? qu'est-ce que ça peut faire?;∎ well, what of it? et bien?, et après?∎ what about lunch? et si on déjeunait?;∎ when shall we go? - what about Monday? quand est-ce qu'on y va? - (et si on disait) lundi?;∎ what about your promise? - what about my promise? et ta promesse? - ben quoi, ma promesse?;∎ familiar what about it? et alors?;∎ do you remember Lauryn? - what about her? tu te souviens de Lauryn? - oui, et alors?;∎ and what about you? et vous donc?(why) pourquoi?;∎ what did you say that for? pourquoi as-tu dit cela?;∎ I'm leaving town - what for? je quitte la ville - pourquoi?∎ what if we went to the beach? et si on allait à la plage?;∎ he won't come - and what if he doesn't? (supposing) il ne va pas venir - et alors?∎ what with work and the children I don't get much sleep entre le travail et les enfants, je ne dors pas beaucoup;∎ what with paying for dinner and the cab he was left with no cash après avoir payé le dîner et le taxi, il n'avait plus d'argent;∎ what with one thing and another I never got there pour un tas de raisons je n'y suis jamais allé -
40 put\ down
1. III1) put down smth. /smth. down/ put down a buoy ставить буй2) put down smth. /smth. down/ put down paper запастись бумагой; put down a cellar of wine a) сделать запас вина; б) заложить винный погреб; he has put down a cask of pickles он засолил бочку огурцов3) put down smth. /smth. down/ put prices down снижать цены; put' down one's expenditure урезать /сократить/ расходы; put down the use of tobacco сократить потребление табака; he put his food down он стал меньше есть4) put down smth. /smth. down/ put a revolt (a rebellion, a riot, a strike, etc.) down подавить восстание и т.д.; the speaker put down their opposition оратор их переубедил; put down fire (mil.) подавить огонь; put down gambling and prostitution покончить с азартными играми и проституцией; put down gossip пресечь слухи; put down a rising against the dictator подавить восстание против диктатора; put down threats to peace пресечь угрозы миру put one's foot down решительно возражать /воспротивиться/; ни за что не давать согласия; you have gone far enough; I'm going to put my foot down вы зашли слишком далеко, хватит5) put down smb. the bus stopped to put down passengers автобус остановился, чтобы высадить пассажиров6) put down smth. /smth. down/ put down one's name and address (one's telephone number, every item of domestic expenditure, etc.) записать свою фамилию и адрес и т.д.; he put her remark down он записал ее реплику7) put down smth. /smth. down/ coll. put down helping after helping of the dinner уплетать за обедом порцию за порцией8) || put down roots пускать корни2. IVput down smth. /smth. down/ in some manner put down your name clearly напишите свою фамилию разборчиво; put down smth. /smth. down/ somewhere put down your name and address here, please пожалуйста, запишите здесь свою фамилию и адрес3. Vid put smb. down a peg or two немного сбить спесь с кого-л.4. XI1) be put down at smth. the damage is put down at 10 000 dollars причиненный ущерб оценивается в десять тысяч долларов2) be put down the interpreter refused to be put down переводчик не (за)хотел, чтобы его записывали; be put down at some time everything he said was at once put down все, что он говорил, тут же записывалось3) be put down to smth. her failure was put down to inexperience считали, что ее провал обусловлен неопытностью /является результатом неопытности/; his behaviour can be put down to nervousness его поведение можно объяснять расстроенными нервами; the outbreak of cholera was put down to bad drinking water вспышку холеры объясняли загрязненностью питьевей воды4) be put down he said [that] he was not going to let himself be put down он сказал, что не позволит так с собою обращаться /так себя унижать/; be put down in some manner the revolt was put down savagely (quickly, etc.) восстание было жестоко и т.д. подавлено; be put down with smth. be put down with the help of the army быть разгромленным с помощью армии5. XIIhave (get) smth. put down you should have it put down надо, чтобы это было записано; I want to get this agreement put down in writing я хочу иметь это соглашение в письменном виде6. XVIput down at some place the two ladies put down at one of the great hotels обе дамы высадились /вышли (из экипажа)/ у одной из лучших гостиниц; we put down at Orly after 6 hours через шесть часов мы приземлились в Орли7. XXI11) put down smth., smb. /smth., smb. down/ in (at, near, by, etc.) some place he put down his glider in a field он посадил планер на поле; you may put me down at the club (at the corner, by that tree, near her house, etc.) можете высадить меня у клуба и т.д.2) put down smth. /smth. down/ to smth., smb. put the accident down to negligence (his success down to luck, his rudeness down to his want of education, her behaviour down to shyness, etc.) объяснять несчастный случай неосторожностью и т.д.; put the mistake down to me считайте, что ошибка произошла по моей вине; he has not all the faults which you put down to him у него не столько пороков, сколько вы ему приписываете3) put down smb. /smb. down /for smb. put smb. down for a fool (for an impostor, for a trouble-maker, etc.) считать кого-л. глупцом и т.д.; put smb. down for a Frenchman принимать кого-л. за француза4) put down smb., smth. /smb., smth. down /in (for) smth. put smb. down in the list внести /включить/ кого-л. в список; put smb. down for the school football team записать /включить/ кого-л. в школьную футбольную команду; I put down my name for his lectures я записался на его лекции5) put down smb. /smb. down/ at /in/ some place put down hecklers at a meeting заставить замолчать /утихомирить/ крикунов на собрании; put down scandalmongers in the village заставить замолчать деревенских сплетников6) put down smb., smth. /smb., smth. down /at smth. I put him down at 9 я дал бы ему девять лет; I should put her down at 35 мне кажется, что ей лет тридцать пять; how old should you put him down at? сколько вы дадите ему лет?, сколько, по-вашему, ему лет?; put down his income at $ 1000 думать /полагать/, что он получает тысячу долларов7) put down smth. /smth. down/ or (in) smth. please put your name and address down on this pad пожалуйста, запишите свою фамилию и адрес в этом блокноте; he put his ideas on a piece of paper (her phone number on an old envelope, the sum in my diary, etc.) он записал свои мысли на клочке бумаги и т.д.; put down this sum in the housekeeping book внесите эту сумму в книгу домашних расходов; put down smth. /smth. down/ in smth. put smth. down in ink записать что-л. ручкой; she put his speech down in shorthand она застенографировала его выступление; put down smth. /smth. down/ to smth., smb. put the shoes down to my account /to me/ запишите стоимость туфель на мой счет /на меня/; you can put the cost of the petrol down to expenses вы можете включить стоимость бензина в служебные расходы; put down smb. /smb. down/ for smth. put me down for i 5 подпишите меня на пять фунтов; я вношу /жертвую/ пять фунтов; put me down for two copies подпишите меня на /запишите за мной/ два экземпляра8. XXIV11) put down smb., smth. /smb., smth. down/ as smth., smb. put her down as the most beautiful one (as a better player, as the best of the three, etc.) считать, что она самая красивая из всех и т.д.; you may put it down as a certainty вы можете считать это достоверным; I put him down as a schoolmaster я принял его за школьного учителя; they put me down as a fool они считают меня глупцом; put her down as a very intelligent woman считать ее очень умной женщиной2) put down smth., smb. /smth., smb. down/ as smth. put down smb.'s name (him, etc.) as a subscriber for smth. записать кого-л. и т.д. в качестве подписчика на что-л.9. XXIV3put down smb. /smb. down/ as being smth. I should put her down as being 35 я бы дал ей тридцать пять лет
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