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an average of four to six years

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1 average

average ['ævərɪdʒ]

1 noun

(a) (standard amount, quality) moyenne f;

∎ an average of four to six years une moyenne de quatre à six ans;

∎ above/below average au-dessus/au-dessous de la moyenne;

∎ on (an) average en moyenne;

∎ we travelled an average of 100 miles a day nous avons fait une moyenne de 100 miles par jour ou 100 miles par jour en moyenne;

∎ to spend an average of £85 per week dépenser en moyenne 85 livres par semaine;

∎ the law of averages la loi de la probabilité

(b) Mathematics moyenne f;

∎ to work out the average établir la moyenne;

∎ that gives an average of six ça fait une moyenne de six

(c) Insurance & Nautical (in marine insurance) avarie(s) f(pl)

(d) Stock Exchange indice m

2 adjective

moyen;

∎ of average intelligence/size d'intelligence/de taille moyenne;

∎ ask the average man in the street demandez à l'homme de la rue;

∎ of average height de taille moyenne;

∎ the food is better than average la nourriture est au-dessus de la moyenne;

∎ the film was just average le film était moyen;

∎ in an average week dans une semaine ordinaire;

∎ how was your day? - average comment s'est passée ta journée? - moyen;

∎ familiar a very average singer un chanteur de qualité très moyenne

3 transitive verb

(a) Mathematics établir ou faire la moyenne de

(b) (perform typical number of) atteindre la moyenne de;

∎ household spending averages £80 per week les dépenses des ménages sont de ou atteignent les 80 livres par semaine en moyenne;

∎ the factory averages ten machines a day l'usine produit en moyenne dix machines par jour;

∎ we average two letters a day nous recevons en moyenne deux lettres par jour;

∎ he averaged 100 km/h il a fait du 100 km/h de moyenne

(c) (divide up) partager;

∎ the company averages the profits among the staff la firme distribue ou répartit les bénéfices entre le personnel

►► Insurance average adjuster dispacheur m, expert-répartiteur m;

Insurance average adjustment dispache f;

Finance average cost coût m moyen;

Finance average due date échéance f moyenne;

Finance average revenue produit m moyen;

American Finance average tax rate taux m d'imposition effectif ou moyen;

Finance average yield rendement m moyen

➲ average out

1 intransitive verb

∎ Finance profits average out at 10 percent les bénéfices s'élèvent en moyenne à 10 pour cent;

∎ factory production averages out at a hundred and twenty cars a day l'usine produit en moyenne cent vingt voitures par jour;

∎ what does it average out at? ça fait combien en moyenne?

2 separable transitive verb

faire la moyenne de

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > average
2 run

1. present participle - running; verb
1) ((of a person or animal) to move quickly, faster than walking: He ran down the road.) correr

2) (to move smoothly: Trains run on rails.) circular; moverse

3) ((of water etc) to flow: Rivers run to the sea; The tap is running.) correr

4) ((of a machine etc) to work or operate: The engine is running; He ran the motor to see if it was working.) funcionar, estar en marcha

5) (to organize or manage: He runs the business very efficiently.) dirigir

6) (to race: Is your horse running this afternoon?) correr

7) ((of buses, trains etc) to travel regularly: The buses run every half hour; The train is running late.) circular

8) (to last or continue; to go on: The play ran for six weeks.) estar/permanecer en cartel; seguir vigente (un contrato); durar

9) (to own and use, especially of cars: He runs a Rolls Royce.) tener; conducir

10) ((of colour) to spread: When I washed my new dress the colour ran.) desteñir, correrse

11) (to drive (someone); to give (someone) a lift: He ran me to the station.) llevar

12) (to move (something): She ran her fingers through his hair; He ran his eyes over the letter.) pasar

13) ((in certain phrases) to be or become: The river ran dry; My blood ran cold (= I was afraid).) estar; volverse

2. noun
1) (the act of running: He went for a run before breakfast.) carrera

2) (a trip or drive: We went for a run in the country.) viaje; excursión; paseo, vuelta

3) (a length of time (for which something continues): He's had a run of bad luck.) racha, período, etapa

4) (a ladder (in a stocking etc): I've got a run in my tights.) carrera

5) (the free use (of a place): He gave me the run of his house.) (libre) uso

6) (in cricket, a batsman's act of running from one end of the wicket to the other, representing a single score: He scored/made 50 runs for his team.) carrera

7) (an enclosure or pen: a chicken-run.) terreno de pasto; corral, gallinero

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- runner
- running
3. adverb
(one after another; continuously: We travelled for four days running.) seguido, consecutivo

- runny
- runaway
- rundown
- runner-up
- runway
- in
- out of the running
- on the run
- run across
- run after
- run aground
- run along
- run away
- run down
- run for
- run for it
- run in
- run into
- run its course
- run off
- run out
- run over
- run a temperature
- run through
- run to
- run up
- run wild

run¹ n carrera

I went for a run in the park fui a correr al parque

to be on the run haberse fugado de la justicia

run² vb

1. correr

he can run very fast corre muy rápido

I ran down the stairs bajé las escaleras corriendo

2. correr / ir por / discurrir

the path runs along the coast el sendero discurre junto a la costa

trains run on rails los trenes se mueven sobre raíles

3. correr

tears ran down her cheeks le corrían las lágrimas por las mejillas

he left the tap running dejó el grifo abierto

4. circular

this bus doesn't run on Sundays este autobús no circula los domingos

trains are running late los trenes circulan con retraso

5. funcionar

I can't hear if the engine is running no oigo si funciona el motor

6. llevar / dirigir

my father runs his own business mi padre dirige su propio negocio

El pasado de run es ran y el participio pasado es run; el gerundio se escribe running

run

tr[rʌn]

noun

1 carrera

2 (trip) viaje nombre masculino; (for pleasure) paseo

■ we went for a run in the car dimos una vuelta en el coche

3 (sequence) racha

■ I've had a run of bad luck he tenido una racha de mala suerte

4 (ski run) pista

5 (in stocking) carrera

6 (demand) gran demanda

■ there's been a run on olive oil ha habido una gran demanda de aceite de oliva

■ there was a run on the lira la lira sufrió una gran presión

7 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL permanencia en cartel

■ the play closed after an eight-month run la obra dejó de representarse después de ocho meses en cartelera

8 (in cricket) carrera

■ he scored 50 runs marcó 50 carreras

9 (in printing) tirada

10 (at cards) escalera

intransitive verb (pt ran tr[ræn], pp run tr[rʌn], ger running)

1 (gen) correr

■ run faster! ¡corre más deprisa!

■ I ran up the hill subí corriendo la colina

2 (flow) correr

■ a stream runs through the garden corre un arroyo por el jardín

■ blood ran down his leg la sangre le corría por la pierna

■ don't leave the tap running no dejes el grifo abierto

■ your nose is running tienes mocos

3 (operate) funcionar

■ it runs on petrol funciona con gasolina

■ the engine's running el motor está en marcha

4 (trains, buses) circular

■ this train doesn't run on Sundays este tren no circula los domingos

■ buses run every half hour hay un autobús cada media hora

■ the buses are running late los autobuses llevan retraso

5 (in election) presentarse

■ the general has decided not to run for president el general ha decidido no presentarse como candidato para la presidencia

6 (play) estar en cartel; (contract etc) seguir vigente

■ this play ran for four years on Broadway esta obra estuvo en cartel durante cuatro años en Broadway

■ my contract runs until October mi contrato sigue vigente hasta octubre

7 (colour) correrse

■ I washed it and the colours ran lo lavé y se destiñó, lo lavé y los colores se corrieron

transitive verb

1 (gen) correr

■ I ran more than a mile corrí más de una milla

2 (race) correr en, participar en

■ she ran the 100 metres hurdles corrió en la carrera de los cien metros vallas

3 (take by car) llevar, acompañar

■ could you run me to school? ¿me podrías acompañar al colegio en coche?

4 (manage) llevar, dirigir, regentar

■ she runs a café near the cinema lleva una cafetería cerca del cine

5 (organize) organizar, montar

■ we're running a competition organizamos una competición

6 (operate) hacer funcionar

7 (pass, submit to) pasar

■ he ran his fingers through her hair pasó sus dedos por su cabello

■ I ran my eye over the names eché un vistazo a los nombres

■ have you run this data through the computer? ¿has pasado estos datos por el ordenador?

■ we'll run a check on it lo comprobaremos

■ they ran several tests on me me sometieron a varias pruebas

8 (publish) publicar

■ they ran a series of articles on wine publicaron una serie de artículos sobre el vino

9 (water) dejar correr

■ run the tap until the water gets hot deja correr al agua hasta que salga caliente

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

in the long run a la larga

to be on the run haber fugado, haber huido

to break into a run echarse a correr

to go for a run ir a correr

to have the run of something tener algo a su entera disposición

to run in the family venir de familia

to run short of something ir mal de algo

■ we're running short of money se nos está acabando el dinero

a run for one's money

■ he's had a good run for his money no le ha ido mal, no se puede quejar

■ she won the match, but I gave her a run for her money ella ganó el partido, pero la hice trabajar

run ['rʌn] v, ran ['ræn] ; run ; running vi

1) : correr

she ran to catch the bus: corrió para alcanzar el autobús

run and fetch the doctor: corre a buscar al médico

2) : circular, correr

the train runs between Detroit and Chicago: el tren circula entre Detroit y Chicago

to run on time: ser puntual

3) function: funcionar, ir

the engine runs on gasoline: el motor funciona con gasolina

to run smoothly: ir bien

4) flow: correr, ir

5) last: durar

the movie runs for two hours: la película dura dos horas

the contract runs for three years: el contrato es válido por tres años

6) : desteñir, despintar (dícese de los colores)

7) extend: correr, extenderse

8)

to run for office : postularse, presentarse

run vt

1) : correr

to run 10 miles: correr 10 millas

to run errands: hacer los mandados

to run out of town: hacer salir del pueblo

2) pass: pasar

3) drive: llevar en coche

4) operate: hacer funcionar (un motor, etc.)

5) : echar

to run water: echar agua

6) manage: dirigir, llevar (un negocio, etc.)

7) extend: tender (un cable, etc.)

8)

to run a risk : correr un riesgo

run n

1) : carrera f

at a run: a la carrera, corriendo

to go for a run: ir a correr

2) trip: vuelta f, paseo m (en coche), viaje m (en avión)

3) series: serie f

a run of disappointments: una serie de desilusiones

in the long run: a la larga

in the short run: a corto plazo

4) demand: gran demanda f

a run on the banks: una corrida bancaria

5) (used for theatrical productions and films)

to have a long run: mantenerse mucho tiempo en la cartelera

6) type: tipo m

the average run of students: el tipo más común de estudiante

7) : carrera f (en béisbol)

8) : carrera f (en una media)

9)

to have the run of : tener libre acceso de (una casa, etc.)

10)

ski run : pista f (de esquí)

run (Slope)

n.

• corrimiento s.m.

p.p.

(Participio pasivo de "to run") (a program)

v.

• ejecutar (un programa) v. (As a machine)

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: ran, run) = andar v.

(§pret: anduv-)

• marchar v. (In an election, US)

v.

• presentarse (E lección) (•Gobierno•) v.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: ran, run) = acorrer v.

• correr v.

• dirigir v.

• explotar v.

• funcionar v.

• gobernar v.

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1. rʌn
1) (pres p running; past ran; past p run) intransitive verb

Sense I

2) correr

I had to run for the train — tuve que correr para no perder el tren

he ran downstairs/indoors — bajó/entró corriendo

run for your lives! — sálvese quien pueda!

3) (colloq) ( drive) ir* ( en coche)

I run down/over/up to Birmingham most weekends — la mayoría de los fines de semana voy a Birmingham

4)

a) (go)

the truck ran into the ditch/over the cliff — el camión cayó en la cuneta/se despeñó por el acantilado

the wagons run on tracks — los vagones corren sobre rieles

b) ( Transp)

the trains run every half hour — hay trenes cada media hora

this service runs only on Saturdays — este servicio funciona solamente los sábados

5)

a) ( flow) \<\<water/oil\>\> correr; ( drip) gotear

the water ran hot/cold — empezó a salir agua caliente/fría

the river runs through the town/into the sea — el río pasa por la ciudad/desemboca en el mar

she left the water/faucet (AmE) o (BrE) tap running — dejó la llave abierta (AmL) or (Esp) el grifo abierto or (RPl) la canilla abierta or (Per) el caño abierto

my nose is running — me gotea la nariz

b) ( pass) pasar

the rope runs over this pulley — la cuerda pasa por esta polea

6) ( travel)

our thoughts were running along o on the same lines — nuestros pensamientos iban por el mismo camino

a shiver ran down my spine — me dio un escalofrío

7) ( Pol) \<\<candidate\>\> presentarse, postularse (AmL)

he is running for Governor again — se va a volver a presentar or (AmL tb) a postular como candidato a Gobernador

she'll be running against two other candidates — se enfrentará a otros dos candidatos

Sense II

8) (operate, function)

with the engine running — con el motor encendido or en marcha or (AmL tb) prendido

it runs off batteries/on gas — funciona con pilas or a pila(s)/a gas

the talks have been running smoothly — las conversaciones han marchado sobre ruedas

the work is running six months behind schedule — el trabajo lleva seis meses de retraso

Sense III

9) ( extend)

a) ( in space)

the streets run parallel to each other — las calles corren paralelas

the path runs across the field/around the lake — el sendero atraviesa el campo/bordea el lago

this idea runs through the whole book — esta idea se repite or está presente a lo largo del libro

b) ( in time)

the film runs for 95 minutes — la película dura 95 minutos

the show will run for 10 weeks — el espectáculo estará en cartel 10 semanas

the contract runs for a year — el contrato es válido por un año or vence al cabo de un año

10)

a) (be, stand)

feelings are running high — los ánimos están caldeados

inflation is running at 4% — la tasa de inflación es del 4%

it runs in the family — es de familia, le (or me etc) viene de familia; water I 3) a)

b) ( become)

stocks are running low — se están agotando las existencias; see also dry I 1) c), short II 2)

to run to something: to run to fat — echar carnes (fam); see also seed I 1) b)

11) (of stories, sequences) decir*

how did that line run? — ¿cómo decía or era esa línea?

the argument runs as follows — el argumento es el siguiente

12) (melt, merge) \<\<butter/cheese/icing\>\> derretirse*; \<\<paint/makeup\>\> correrse; \<\<color\>\> desteñir*, despintarse (Méx)

13) \<\<stockings\>\> hacerse* carreras, correrse (AmL)

2.

1) vt

Sense I

2)

a) \<\<race/marathon\>\> correr, tomar parte en

b) ( chase)

the Green candidate ran them a close third — el candidato de los verdes quedó en tercer lugar a muy poca distancia de ellos

they were run out of town — los hicieron salir del pueblo, los corrieron del pueblo (AmL fam)

3)

a) (push, move) pasar

he ran his fingers through his beard — se mesaba la barba

she ran her finger down the list — recorrió la lista con el dedo

run a comb through your hair — pásate un peine (por el pelo)

b) ( drive) \<\<person\>\> (colloq) llevar ( en coche)

he ran the truck into the ditch — se metió con el camión en la cuneta

4) ( cause to flow)

to run a bath — preparar un baño

to run something under the tap — (BrE) hacer* correr agua sobre algo

5)

a) ( extend) \<\<cable/wire\>\> tender*

b) ( pass) (hacer*) pasar

6)

a) ( smuggle) \<\<guns\>\> contrabandear, pasar (de contrabando)

b) ( get past) \<\<blockade\>\> burlar

to run a (red) light — (AmE) saltarse un semáforo (en rojo), pasarse un alto (Méx)

Sense II

7) ( operate) \<\<engine\>\> hacer* funcionar; \<\<program\>\> ( Comput) pasar, ejecutar

8) ( manage) \<\<business/organization/department\>\> dirigir*, llevar

the state-run television network — la cadena de televisión estatal or del Estado

who's running this business? — ¿aquí quién es el que manda?

he runs the financial side of the business — se encarga or se ocupa del aspecto financiero del negocio

9)

a) ( Transp) \<\<flight\>\> tener*

we run regular buses to the airport — tenemos un servicio regular de autobuses al aeropuerto

they run extra trains on Saturdays — los sábados ponen más trenes

b) ( maintain) tener*

she runs her own car — ella tiene su propio coche

I can't afford to run a car — no puedo mantener un coche

it's very cheap to run — es muy económico

10) \<\<tests\>\> realizar*, llevar a cabo; \<\<classes/concerts\>\> organizar*; \<\<newspaper\>\> \<\<article\>\> publicar*; fever 1) a), risk I a), temperature b)

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Phrasal Verbs:

- run about

- run across

- run after

- run along

- run around

- run at

- run away

- run away with

- run down

- run in

- run into

- run off

- run off with

- run on

- run out

- run out on

- run over

- run through

- run to

- run up

- run up against

II

noun

1) ( on foot)

she goes for a short run every day — todos los días sale a correr un poco

he does everything at a run — todo lo hace (deprisa y) corriendo or a la(s) carrera(s)

to break into a run — echar a correr

on the run: the children keep her on the run all day los niños la tienen todo el día en danza; after seven years on the run (from the law) después de estar siete años huyendo de la justicia; to give somebody a (good) run for her/his money hacerle* sudar tinta a algn; to have a good run for one's money: he was champion for six years, he had a good run for his money fue campeón durante seis años, no se puede quejar; to have the run of something tener* libre acceso a algo, tener* algo a su (or mi etc) entera disposición; to make a run for it — escaparse

2)

a) (trip, outing) vuelta f, paseo m ( en coche)

b) ( journey)

the outward run — el trayecto or viaje de ida

it's only a short/10-mile run — está muy cerca/sólo a 10 millas

3)

a) ( sequence)

a run of good/bad luck — una racha de buena/mala suerte, una buena/mala racha

b) ( period of time)

in the long run — a la larga

in the short run — a corto plazo

4) ( tendency) corriente f

in the normal run of events — normalmente, en el curso normal de los acontecimientos

5) ( heavy demand)

run ON something: there's been a run on these watches estos relojes han estado muy solicitados or han tenido mucha demanda; a run on sterling una fuerte presión sobre la libra; a run on the banks — una corrida bancaria, un pánico bancario

6) (Cin, Theat) temporada f

7) ( Publ) ( print run) tirada f

8)

a) ( track) pista f

ski run — pista de esquí

b) ( for animals) corral m

9) (in stocking, knitted garment) carrera f

10) (in baseball, cricket) carrera f

11) the runs pl ( diarrhea) (colloq) diarrea f, churrias fpl (Col fam)

[rʌn] (vb: pt ran) (pp run)
1. N

1) (=act of running) carrera f

• at a run — corriendo, a la carrera

to go at a steady run — correr a un paso regular

• to break into a run — echar a correr, empezar a correr

• to go for/ have a run before breakfast — (salir a) correr antes del desayuno

• to make a run for it — (=escape) darse a al fuga, huir; (=move quickly) echarse a correr

we shall have to make a run for it — tendremos que correr

• to be on the run — (from police) estar huido de la justicia, ser fugitivo

a prisoner on the run — un preso fugado

he's on the run from prison — (se) escapó or se fugó de la cárcel

he's on the run from his creditors — se está escapando de sus acreedores

to keep sb on the run — mantener a algn en constante actividad

we've got them on the run — (Mil etc) los hemos puesto en fuga; (fig) están casi vencidos

- give sb a run for their money

he's had a good run (for his money) * — (on sb's death) ha tenido una vida larga y bien aprovechada

2) (=outing in car etc) vuelta f, paseo m, excursión f

let's go for a run down to the coast — vamos a dar una vuelta por la costa

3) (=journey) viaje m; (Aer, Rail etc) (=route) ruta f, línea f

it's a short run in the car — es un breve viaje en coche

it's a 30-minute run by bus — en autobús se tarda 30 minutos

the Calais run — la ruta de Calais

the Plymouth-Santander run — la línea Plymouth-Santander, el servicio de Plymouth a Santander

the boat no longer does that run — el barco ya no hace esa ruta

4) (=sequence) serie f

• in the long run — a la larga

• a run of luck — una racha de suerte

a run of bad luck — una racha or temporada de mala suerte

• in the short run — a plazo corto

• a run of five wins — una racha de cinco victorias

5) (Theat, TV) temporada f

the play had a long run — la obra se mantuvo mucho tiempo en cartelera

when the London run was over — al terminarse la serie de representaciones en Londres

6) (=generality)

• the common run — lo común y corriente

• it stands out from the general run of books — destaca de la generalidad de los libros

7) (=trend)

• the run of the market — la tendencia del mercado

• they scored against the run of play — marcaron un gol cuando menos se podía esperar

8) (Comm, Econ) (=increased demand) gran demanda f

there was a run on sugar — el azúcar tenía mucha demanda

• a run on the banks — una gran demanda de fondos en los bancos

• a run on sterling — una gran demanda de libras esterlinas

9) (for animals) corral m

• ski run — pista f de esquí

10) (Cards) escalera f

11) (Cricket, Baseball) carrera f

to make or score a run — hacer or anotar(se) una carrera

See:

see cultural note CRICKET in cricket

12) (Publishing)

a run of 5,000 copies — una tirada de 5.000 ejemplares

13) (in tights) carrera f

14) (Mus) carrerilla f

15) (Aer etc) (=raid) ataque m

a bombing run — un bombardeo

16) (US) (Pol) (=bid for leadership) carrera f, campaña f

17) (=access, use)

• they gave us the run of their garden — nos dejaron usar su jardín

• to have the run of sb's house — tener el libre uso de la casa de algn

18)

to have the runs * — andar muy suelto *, tener cagalera **

2. VT

1) (gen) correr

she ran 20km — corrió 20km

to run the 100 metres — participar en or correr los 100 metros lisos

• let things run their course — (fig) deja que las cosas sigan su curso

• to run errands — hacer recados

• to run a horse — correr un caballo

• to run a race — participar en una carrera

the race is run over four km — la carrera se hace sobre una distancia de cuatro km

you ran a good race — corriste muy bien

- run sb close

- run it close or fine

- be run off one's feet
mile
2) (=take, drive)

• to run a boat ashore — varar una embarcación

• this will run you into debt — esto te endeudará

• I'll run you home — te llevo a casa

• to run a car into a lamppost — estrellar un coche contra un farol

• to run sb into town — llevar a algn (en coche) a la ciudad

the sheriff ran him out of town — el sheriff lo echó del pueblo

3) (=put, move)

• to run a comb through one's hair — peinarse rápidamente

• to run one's eye over a letter — echar un vistazo a una carta

• to run a fence round a field — poner una valla alrededor de un campo

• to run one's fingers through sb's hair — pasar los dedos por el pelo de algn

• let me run this idea past you — (US) a ver qué piensas de esta idea

• to run a pipe through a wall — pasar un tubo por una pared

• to run water into a bath — hacer correr agua en un baño, llenar un baño de agua

• to run one's words together — comerse las palabras, hablar atropelladamente

4) (=organize etc) [+ business, hotel etc] dirigir, llevar; [+ country] gobernar; [+ campaign, competition] organizar

she's the one who really runs everything — la que en realidad lo dirige todo es ella

• the school runs courses for foreign students — la escuela organiza cursos para estudiantes extranjeros

• to run the house for sb — llevar la casa a algn

a house which is easy to run — una casa de fácil manejo

• he wants to run my life — quiere organizarme la vida

• they ran a series of tests on the product — llevaron a cabo or efectuaron una serie de pruebas con el producto

5) (esp Brit) (=operate, use) [+ car] tener; [+ machine] hacer funcionar, hacer andar; [+ train] poner; (Comput) [+ programme] ejecutar

• to run a new bus service — poner en funcionamiento un nuevo servicio de autobuses

• we don't run a car — no tenemos coche

he runs two cars — tiene dos coches

the car is very cheap to run — el coche gasta muy poco or tiene muy pocos gastos de mantenimiento

• you can run this machine on gas — puedes hacer funcionar esta máquina a gas

• you can run it on or off the mains — funciona con corriente de la red

• they ran an extra train — pusieron un tren suplementario

6) (=enter in contest)

the liberals are not running anybody this time — esta vez los liberales no tienen candidato

• to run a candidate — presentar (un) candidato

• to run a horse — correr un caballo

7) (=publish) [+ report, story] publicar, imprimir

8) (=smuggle) [+ guns, whisky] pasar de contrabando

9) (=not stop for)

• to run a blockade — saltarse un bloqueo, burlar un bloqueo

• to run a stoplight — (US) saltarse un semáforo en rojo
gauntlet, risk, temperature
3. VI

1) (gen) correr; (in race) competir, correr, tomar parte; (=flee) huir

• to run across the road — cruzar la calle corriendo

• to run down the garden — correr por el jardín

• to run downstairs — bajar la escalera corriendo

• to run for a bus — correr tras el autobús

we shall have to run for it — (=move quickly) tendremos que correr; (=escape) habrá que darse a la fuga

to run for all one is worth, run like the devil — correr a todo correr

run for your lives! — ¡sálvese el que pueda!

• to run to help sb — correr al auxilio de algn

to run to meet sb — correr al encuentro de algn

• he ran up to me — se me acercó corriendo

he ran up the stairs — subió la escalera corriendo

- he's trying to run before he can walk

2) (of bus service etc)

the train runs between Glasgow and Edinburgh — el tren circula entre Glasgow y Edimburgo

the bus runs every 20 minutes — hay un autobús cada 20 minutos

there are no trains running to Toboso — no hay servicio de trenes a Toboso

steamers run daily between the two ports — hay servicio diario de vapores entre los dos puertos

that train does not run on Sundays — ese tren no circula los domingos

3) (Naut)

• to run aground — encallar

• to run before the wind — navegar con viento a popa

4) (=function) funcionar

• the car is not running well — el coche no funciona bien

• you mustn't leave the engine running — no se debe dejar el motor en marcha

• the lift isn't running — el ascensor no funciona

• it runs off the mains — funciona con corriente de la red

• it runs on petrol — funciona con gasolina, tiene motor de gasolina

• things did not run smoothly for them — (fig) las cosas no les fueron bien

5) (=extend)

a) (in time)

• the contract has two years left to run — al contrato le quedan dos años de duración

the contract ran for seven years — el contrato duró siete años

• it runs in the family — [characteristic] viene de familia; [disease] es algo genético

• the play ran for two years — la obra estuvo dos años en cartelera

the play ran for 200 performances — la obra tuvo 200 representaciones seguidas

• the programme ran for an extra ten minutes — el programa se prolongó diez minutos, el programa duró diez minutos de más

• the sentences will run concurrently — las condenas se cumplirán al mismo tiempo

• it runs through the whole history of art — afecta toda la historia del arte, se observa en toda la historia del arte

b) (in space)

• he has a scar running across his chest — tiene una cicatriz que le atraviesa el pecho

• the road runs along the river — la carretera va a lo largo del río

a fence runs along that side — hay una cerca por ese lado

• the road runs by our house — la carretera pasa delante de nuestra casa

• the path runs from our house to the station — el sendero va de nuestra casa a la estación

• this street runs into the square — esta calle desemboca en la plaza

• a balcony runs round the hall — una galería se extiende a lo largo del perímetro de la sala

the city has walls running right round it — la ciudad está completamente rodeada por una muralla

• the ivy runs up the wall — la hiedra trepa por la pared

6) (=flow) correr; (Med) [sore] supurar

• your bath is running — tienes el baño llenándose

• blood ran from the wound — la sangre manaba de la herida, la herida manaba sangre

• to run dry — [river, well] secarse; [resources] agotarse

• the milk ran all over the floor — la leche se derramó por todo el suelo

• money simply runs through his fingers — es un manirroto

• his nose was running — le moqueaba la nariz

• my pen runs — mi pluma gotea

• the river runs for 300 miles — el río corre 300 millas

the river runs into the sea — el río desemboca en el mar

• you left the tap running — dejaste abierto el grifo or (LAm) abierta la llave

• the tears ran down her cheeks — las lágrimas le corrían por las mejillas

• when the tide is running strongly — cuando sube la marea rápidamente

• the streets were running with water — el agua corría por las calles

we were running with sweat — chorreábamos (de) sudor

7) [colour] correrse, desteñirse

the colours have run — los colores se han corrido or desteñido

colours that will not run — colores que no (se) destiñen or que no se corren

8) (=melt) derretirse

my ice cream is running — mi helado se está derritiendo

9) (=go)

a rumour ran through the town — corrió la voz por la ciudad

a ripple of excitement ran through the crowd — una ola de entusiasmo hizo vibrar or estremeció a la multitud

that tune keeps running through my head — esa melodía la tengo metida en la cabeza

the thought ran through my head that... — se me ocurrió pensar que...
seed 1., 1), wild 2., 2)
10) (=be)

• the train is running late — el tren lleva retraso

I'm running a bit late — se me está haciendo un poco tarde

• the service usually runs on time — el servicio generalmente es puntual
high 2., low I, 1., 4)
11) (Pol) (=stand for election) presentarse como candidato(-a)

are you running? — ¿vas a presentar tu candidatura?

• to run against sb — medirse con algn, enfrentarse a algn

• to run for office — presentarse como candidato a un cargo

12) (=say)

so the story runs — así dice el cuento

the text runs like this — el texto dice así, el texto reza así

13) [stocking] hacerse una carrera

14) (Comput) ejecutarse

4.

CPD

run time N — tiempo m de ejecución

- run about

- run across

- run after

- run along

- run around

- run at

- run away

- run away with

- run back

- run down

- run in

- run into

- run off

- run off with

- run on

- run out

- run out of

- run out on

- run over

- run through

- run to

- run up

- run up against

* * *

I
1. [rʌn]
1) (pres p running; past ran; past p run) intransitive verb

Sense I

2) correr

I had to run for the train — tuve que correr para no perder el tren

he ran downstairs/indoors — bajó/entró corriendo

run for your lives! — sálvese quien pueda!

3) (colloq) ( drive) ir* ( en coche)

I run down/over/up to Birmingham most weekends — la mayoría de los fines de semana voy a Birmingham

4)

a) (go)

the truck ran into the ditch/over the cliff — el camión cayó en la cuneta/se despeñó por el acantilado

the wagons run on tracks — los vagones corren sobre rieles

b) ( Transp)

the trains run every half hour — hay trenes cada media hora

this service runs only on Saturdays — este servicio funciona solamente los sábados

5)

a) ( flow) \<\<water/oil\>\> correr; ( drip) gotear

the water ran hot/cold — empezó a salir agua caliente/fría

the river runs through the town/into the sea — el río pasa por la ciudad/desemboca en el mar

she left the water/faucet (AmE) o (BrE) tap running — dejó la llave abierta (AmL) or (Esp) el grifo abierto or (RPl) la canilla abierta or (Per) el caño abierto

my nose is running — me gotea la nariz

b) ( pass) pasar

the rope runs over this pulley — la cuerda pasa por esta polea

6) ( travel)

our thoughts were running along o on the same lines — nuestros pensamientos iban por el mismo camino

a shiver ran down my spine — me dio un escalofrío

7) ( Pol) \<\<candidate\>\> presentarse, postularse (AmL)

he is running for Governor again — se va a volver a presentar or (AmL tb) a postular como candidato a Gobernador

she'll be running against two other candidates — se enfrentará a otros dos candidatos

Sense II

8) (operate, function)

with the engine running — con el motor encendido or en marcha or (AmL tb) prendido

it runs off batteries/on gas — funciona con pilas or a pila(s)/a gas

the talks have been running smoothly — las conversaciones han marchado sobre ruedas

the work is running six months behind schedule — el trabajo lleva seis meses de retraso

Sense III

9) ( extend)

a) ( in space)

the streets run parallel to each other — las calles corren paralelas

the path runs across the field/around the lake — el sendero atraviesa el campo/bordea el lago

this idea runs through the whole book — esta idea se repite or está presente a lo largo del libro

b) ( in time)

the film runs for 95 minutes — la película dura 95 minutos

the show will run for 10 weeks — el espectáculo estará en cartel 10 semanas

the contract runs for a year — el contrato es válido por un año or vence al cabo de un año

10)

a) (be, stand)

feelings are running high — los ánimos están caldeados

inflation is running at 4% — la tasa de inflación es del 4%

it runs in the family — es de familia, le (or me etc) viene de familia; water I 3) a)

b) ( become)

stocks are running low — se están agotando las existencias; see also dry I 1) c), short II 2)

to run to something: to run to fat — echar carnes (fam); see also seed I 1) b)

11) (of stories, sequences) decir*

how did that line run? — ¿cómo decía or era esa línea?

the argument runs as follows — el argumento es el siguiente

12) (melt, merge) \<\<butter/cheese/icing\>\> derretirse*; \<\<paint/makeup\>\> correrse; \<\<color\>\> desteñir*, despintarse (Méx)

13) \<\<stockings\>\> hacerse* carreras, correrse (AmL)

2.

1) vt

Sense I

2)

a) \<\<race/marathon\>\> correr, tomar parte en

b) ( chase)

the Green candidate ran them a close third — el candidato de los verdes quedó en tercer lugar a muy poca distancia de ellos

they were run out of town — los hicieron salir del pueblo, los corrieron del pueblo (AmL fam)

3)

a) (push, move) pasar

he ran his fingers through his beard — se mesaba la barba

she ran her finger down the list — recorrió la lista con el dedo

run a comb through your hair — pásate un peine (por el pelo)

b) ( drive) \<\<person\>\> (colloq) llevar ( en coche)

he ran the truck into the ditch — se metió con el camión en la cuneta

4) ( cause to flow)

to run a bath — preparar un baño

to run something under the tap — (BrE) hacer* correr agua sobre algo

5)

a) ( extend) \<\<cable/wire\>\> tender*

b) ( pass) (hacer*) pasar

6)

a) ( smuggle) \<\<guns\>\> contrabandear, pasar (de contrabando)

b) ( get past) \<\<blockade\>\> burlar

to run a (red) light — (AmE) saltarse un semáforo (en rojo), pasarse un alto (Méx)

Sense II

7) ( operate) \<\<engine\>\> hacer* funcionar; \<\<program\>\> ( Comput) pasar, ejecutar

8) ( manage) \<\<business/organization/department\>\> dirigir*, llevar

the state-run television network — la cadena de televisión estatal or del Estado

who's running this business? — ¿aquí quién es el que manda?

he runs the financial side of the business — se encarga or se ocupa del aspecto financiero del negocio

9)

a) ( Transp) \<\<flight\>\> tener*

we run regular buses to the airport — tenemos un servicio regular de autobuses al aeropuerto

they run extra trains on Saturdays — los sábados ponen más trenes

b) ( maintain) tener*

she runs her own car — ella tiene su propio coche

I can't afford to run a car — no puedo mantener un coche

it's very cheap to run — es muy económico

10) \<\<tests\>\> realizar*, llevar a cabo; \<\<classes/concerts\>\> organizar*; \<\<newspaper\>\> \<\<article\>\> publicar*; fever 1) a), risk I a), temperature b)

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Phrasal Verbs:

- run about

- run across

- run after

- run along

- run around

- run at

- run away

- run away with

- run down

- run in

- run into

- run off

- run off with

- run on

- run out

- run out on

- run over

- run through

- run to

- run up

- run up against

II

noun

1) ( on foot)

she goes for a short run every day — todos los días sale a correr un poco

he does everything at a run — todo lo hace (deprisa y) corriendo or a la(s) carrera(s)

to break into a run — echar a correr

on the run: the children keep her on the run all day los niños la tienen todo el día en danza; after seven years on the run (from the law) después de estar siete años huyendo de la justicia; to give somebody a (good) run for her/his money hacerle* sudar tinta a algn; to have a good run for one's money: he was champion for six years, he had a good run for his money fue campeón durante seis años, no se puede quejar; to have the run of something tener* libre acceso a algo, tener* algo a su (or mi etc) entera disposición; to make a run for it — escaparse

2)

a) (trip, outing) vuelta f, paseo m ( en coche)

b) ( journey)

the outward run — el trayecto or viaje de ida

it's only a short/10-mile run — está muy cerca/sólo a 10 millas

3)

a) ( sequence)

a run of good/bad luck — una racha de buena/mala suerte, una buena/mala racha

b) ( period of time)

in the long run — a la larga

in the short run — a corto plazo

4) ( tendency) corriente f

in the normal run of events — normalmente, en el curso normal de los acontecimientos

5) ( heavy demand)

run ON something: there's been a run on these watches estos relojes han estado muy solicitados or han tenido mucha demanda; a run on sterling una fuerte presión sobre la libra; a run on the banks — una corrida bancaria, un pánico bancario

6) (Cin, Theat) temporada f

7) ( Publ) ( print run) tirada f

8)

a) ( track) pista f

ski run — pista de esquí

b) ( for animals) corral m

9) (in stocking, knitted garment) carrera f

10) (in baseball, cricket) carrera f

11) the runs pl ( diarrhea) (colloq) diarrea f, churrias fpl (Col fam)

English-spanish dictionary > run
3 give

1. I
abs

the door gave дверь подалась; the ice gave лед сломался /не выдержал/; the foundations are giving фундамент оседает; at the height of the storm the bridge gave в самый разгар бури мост не выдержал и рухнул; his knees seemed to give ему казалось, что у него подкашиваются ноги; the branch gave but did not break ветка прогнулась, но не сломалась; а soft chair (a bed, a mattress, etc.) gives [when one sits on it] мягкий стул и т. д. проминается [, когда на него садятся]; the frost is beginning to give мороз начинает слабеть
2. II
1) give in some manner. give generously /unsparingly, abundantly/ щедро и т. д. давать /дарить, одаривать/; give grudgingly нехотя делать подарки

2) give in some manner this chair (the mattress, the bed, etc.) gives comfortably (a lot) этот стул и т. д. приятно (сильно) проминается; the springs won't give enough /much/ пружины довольно тугие; the горе has given a good deal веревка сильно растянулась /ослабла/; give for some time the frost did not give all day мороз не отпускал весь день
3. III
give smth.

1) give food (medicine, L 3, etc.) давать еду и т. д., give presents дарить /делать/ подарки; give a grant давать дотацию /пособие/; give a scholarship предоставлять стипендию; give a medal награждать медалью; give alms подавать милостыню

2) give a message передавать записку /сообщение/; give one's regards передать привет

3) give a large crop (10 per cent profit, etc.) приносить / давать/ большой урожай и т. д.; give fruit плодоносить; give milk давать молоке; give heat излучать тепло; the lamp gives a poor light лампа светит тускло /дает, излучает тусклый свет/; his work gives good results его работа дает хорошие результаты; two times two /two multiplied by two/ gives four дважды два give четыре

4) give facts (news, details, the following figures, etc.) приводить /сообщать/ факты и т. д.; give an example /an instance/ приводить /давать/ пример: the dictionary doesn't give this word в словаре нет этого слова; the list gives ten names в списке [приведено /указано/] / список содержит/ десять имен; he gave a full account of the event он все рассказал /дал полный отчет/ об этом событии; he gave no particulars он не сообщил никаких подробностей; give a portrait (a character, the scenery of the country, etc.) нарисовать портрет и т. д.; in his book he gives a description of their customs в своей книге он описывает их нравы; give evidence /testimony/ давать показания; give one's name and address дать /назвать/ свой фамилию и адрес

5) the thermometer gives forty degrees термометр показывает сорок градусов; the barometer gives rain барометр пошел на дождь; give no sign of life не подавать признаков жизни; give no sign of recognition a) не подать виду, что узнал; б) не узнать; give no sign of embarrassment нисколько не смутиться

6) give a dinner (a dinner party, a ball, a party, a concert, a performance, etc.) давать /устраивать/ обед и т. д.

7) give lessons (instruction, exact information, etc.) давать уроки и т. д., give smth. in smth. give lessons in mathematics (instruction in golf, etc.) давать уроки по математике и т. д.; give smth. on smth. give lectures on psychology (on biology, on various subjects, etc.) читать лекции по психологии и т. д., give a lecture прочитать лекцию, выступить с лекцией; give a song (one of Beethoven's sonatas, a concerto, etc.) исполнять песню и т. д., give a recital (a recitation) выступать с сольным концертом (с художественным чтением)

8) give one's good wishes желать всего доброго / хорошего/; give one's blessing давать свое благословение: give a toast провозглашать тост; give smb.'s health /the health of smb./ поднимать тост за чье-л. здоровье

9) give a point in the argument уступить по одному какому-л. вопросу в споре; give way /ground/ отступать, сдавать [свои] позиции; the army (our troops, the crowd, etc.) gave way армия и т. д. отступила; the door (the axle, the railing, etc.) gave way дверь и т. д. подалась; the bridge (the ice, the floor, the ground, etc.) gave way мост и т. д. провалился; the rope /the line/ gave way веревка лопнула; my legs gave way у меня подкосились ноги; his health is giving way его здоровье пошатнулось; his strength is giving way силы оставляют его; if he argues don't give way если он будет спорить, не уступайте

10) give a decision сообщать решение; give judg (e)ment выносить приговор; give notice а) предупреждать о предстоящем увольнении; б) уведомлять

11) semiaux give a look /а glance/ взглянуть, бросить взгляд; give a jump /а leap/ (под)прыгнуть, сделать прыжок; give a push (a pull) толкнуть (потянуть); give a kick ударить ногой, лягнуть; give a smile улыбнуться; give a kiss поцеловать; give a loud laugh громко засмеяться /рассмеяться/; give a cry /а shout/ издавать крик; give a sigh вздохнуть; give a groan застонать; give a sob всхлипнуть; give a start вздрогнуть; give a nod кивнуть; give a shake [of one's head] отрицательно покачать головой; give an injection делать укол; give a shrug of the shoulders пожать плечами; give a wave of the hand махнуть рукой; give a blow ударить; give a rebuff давать отпор; give a beating задать порку, избить; give chase пускаться в погоню; give a wag of the tail вильнуть хвостом; give an order (a command, instructions, etc.) отдавать приказ /распоряжение/ и т. д.; give an answer /а reply/ давать ответ, отвечать; give help оказывать помощь; give the alert объявлять тревогу; give a warning делать предупреждение; give advice советовать, давать совет; give a suggestion предлагать, выдвигать предложение; give a promise (one's word, one's pledge, etc.) давать обещание и т. д.; give shelter давать /предоставлять/ убежище; give a volley дать залп; the gun gave a loud report раздался громкий ружейный выстрел; give offence обижать, наносить обиду; give battle давать бой; give a chance (an opportunity, power, etc.) предоставлять /давать/ возможность и т. д.
4. IV
give smth. somewhere

1) give back the books you borrowed (my pen, my newspaper, etc.) возвращать книги, которые вы взяли и т. д.; give smth. in some manner give money generously (grudgingly, freely, etc.) щедро и т. д. давать деньги; regularly give presents регулярно делать подарки

2) give smth. at some time give a message immediately немедленно передать записку

3) give smth. at some time give profit (10 per cent, etc.) regularly (annually, etc.) регулярно и т. д. приносить прибыль и т. д.

4) give smth. in some manner give an extract in full (at length, in detail, etc.) приводить отрывок полностью и т. д.

5) semiaux give smth. in some manner give aid willingly охотно оказывать помощь; give one's answers loudly (distinctly, etc.) давать ответы /отвечать/ громко и т. д.
5. V
1) give smb. smth. give me your pencil (him this book, her your hand, me a match, the child a glass of milk, the boy his medicine, etc.) дайте мне ваш карандаш и т. д., give smb. a present сделать кому-л. подарок; give him watch (her a ring, etc.) подарить ему часы и т. д.; give her a bunch of flowers преподнести ей букет цветов; what has he given you? что он вам подарил /преподнес/?; give him a letter from his mother (her a note from me, etc.) передавать ему письмо от матери и т. д.; give an actor a role (him a job, etc.) предлагать /давать/ актеру роль и т. д.; give smb. the place of honour отвести кому-л. почетное место; give me long distance дайте мне междугородную; I give you my word (my promise, my consent, etc.) 'даю вам слово и т. д.; give smb. smth. for smth. give smb. a watch for a present преподнести кому-л. часы в качестве подарка; give women equal pay with men for their work оплачивать труд женщин наравне с трудом мужчин; give smb. smth. in smth. give them parts in his new play распределять между ними роли в его новой пьесе; give smb. smb. she gave him a beautiful baby boy она родила ему прекрасного мальчика

2) give smb. smth. give him the message (me the letter, etc.) передавать ему записку и т. д.; give smb. one's love (one's compliments, one's kind regards, etc.) передавать кому-л. привет и т. д.; give him my thanks передайте ему мою благодарность; I give you my very best wishes желаю вам всего самого лучшего

3) give smb. smth. give smb. an illness (measles, a sore throat, etc.) заразить кого-л. какой-л. болезнью и т. д.; you've given me your cold вы заразили меня насморком, я от вас заразился насморком

4) give smb., smth. smth. give us warmth and light (us fruit, people meat, us milk, us wool and leather, etc.) давать нам тепло и свет и т. д.; give men pleasure (him joy, the children enjoyment, her satisfaction, etc.) доставлять людям удовольствие и т. д.; give smb. [much] pain (much trouble, sorrow, etc.) причинять кому-л. боль и т. д.; too much noise gives me a headache от сильного шума у меня начинается головная боль; give smb. courage (me patience, him strength, her more self-confidence, etc.) придавать кому-л. мужество и т. д.; that gave me the idea of travelling это навело меня на мысль о путешествии; give smth. flavour придавать чему-л. вкус

5) give smb. smth. give the commission an account of his trip (us a good description of the man, him wrong information, him good proof, etc.) давать комиссии отчет /отчитываться перед комиссией/ о своей поездке и т. д.; give me your opinion сообщите мне свое мнение; give us human nature truthfully (the reader a true picture of his age, etc.) описать /воссоздать/ для нас подлинную картину человеческой природы и т. д.

6) give smb. smth. give the child a name дать ребенку имя; give smth. smth. give the book a strange title дать книге странное заглавие /название/; this town gave the battle its name эта битва получила название по городу, близ которого она произошла

7) give smb. smth. give smb. lessons (music lessons, lessons in French, consultations, instruction, etc.) давать кому-л. уроки и т. д., give smb. a concerto (a play, etc.) исполнить для кого-л. концерт и т. д.; give us Bach (us another song, etc.) исполните нам /для нас/ Баха и т. д.; who will give us a song? кто вам споет? || give smb. an example служить кому-л. примером; give the other boys an example подавать другим мальчикам пример

8) give smb. smth. give smb. good morning (him good day, us good evening, etc.) пожелать кому-л. доброго утра и т. д., give smb. one's blessing благословлять кого-л.; give smb. smth., smb. give them our country (our host, the Governor, etc.) предложить им выпить за нашу страну и т. д.

9) give smb. smth. give smb. six months' imprisonment (five years, two years of hard labour, etc.) приговорить кого-л. к пяти месяцам тюремного заключения и т. д.

10) semiaux give smb., smth. smth. give smb. a look (a fleeting glance, etc.) бросить на кого-л. взгляд и т. д.; give smb. a smile улыбнуться кому-л.; give smb. a kiss поцеловать кого-л.; give smb. a blow нанести кому-л. удар, стукнуть кого-л.; give smb. a push толкнуть кого-л.; give smb. a kick лягнуть, ударить кого-л. ногой; give smb. a nod кивнуть кому-л. [головой]; give smb. a beating избить /поколотить/ кого-л.; give one's hat a brush почистить шляпу; give a blackboard a wipe стереть с доски; give smb.'s hand a squeeze сжать или пожать кому-л. руку; give them our support (him help, him a hand, them every assistance, etc.) оказать им поддержку и т. д.; give the matter every care внимательно отнестись к вопросу; give smb. a warning предупреждать кого-л.; give smb. an order (instructions, etc.) отдать кому-л. приказ и т. д.; give smb. an answer /а reply/ давать кому-л. ответ, отвечать кому-л.; my old coat gives me good service мое старое пальто все еще служит мне; give me a chance (him another opportunity, etc.) предоставьте мне возможность и т. д.
6. VII
1) give smth. to do smth. give a signal to start (notice to leave, etc.) давать сигнал к отправлению и т. д.; give a push to open the door толкнуть дверь, чтобы она открылась; give a lot to know it (anything to know what happened, the world to have it, the world to secure such a thing, etc.) многое отдать, чтобы узнать это и т. д. || give smb. to understand дать кому-л. понять

2) give smb. smth. to do give him a book to read (me something to eat, her a glass of water to drink, him the right to complain, him a week to make up his mind, us an hour to get there, myself time to think it over, etc.) дать ему прочесть книгу и т. д.; give a porter one's bags to carry (a groom one's horse to hold, etc.) попросить носильщика отнести вещи и т. д.; give him a letter to mail дать /велеть/ ему отправить письмо; give her a message to deliver дать ей записку для передачи
7. XI
1) be given smth. he was given a job (quarters, a rest, etc.) ему дали /предложили/ работу и т. д., he was given a book (a watch, L 50, a ring, etc.) ему подарили книгу и т. д.; be given to smb., smth. a book (a watch, etc.) was given to him ему подарили книгу и т. д., he was given a contract с ним заключили контракт; be given in some manner our services are given free of charge мы оказываем услуги бесплатно; invitations are given gratuitously (periodically, willingly, etc.) приглашения рассылаются бесплатно и т. д., be given somewhere articles (books, etc.) must be given back статьи и т. д. должны быть возвращены

2) be given to smb. of all the books that have been given to the public on the problem из всех выпущенных по данному вопросу книг

3) || semiaux I was given to understand that... мне дали понять, что...

4) be given to smth. be given to idleness (to luxury and pleasure, to drink, to these pursuits, etc.) иметь склонность к безделью и т. д., he is much given to music он увлекается музыкой; be given in so me manner I am not given that way у меня не такой склад /характер/; be given to doing smth. be given to drinking (to day-dreaming, to lying, to contradicting, to swearing, to shooting and hunting, etc.) любить выпить, иметь пристрастие к выпивке и т. д.; he is given to stealing он нечист на руку; he is given to boasting он хвастлив || semiaux (not) be given to smb. to do smth. it is not given to him to understand it (to appreciate beauty, to express his thoughts eloquently, to become famous, etc.) ему не дано понять это и т. д.

5) be given somewhere the figures (the data, the results, etc.) are given below ( above) цифры и т. д. приведены ниже (выше); as given below (above) как показано /сказано/ ниже (выше); the word (this phrase, etc.) is not given in the dictionary словарь не дает /не приводит/ этого слова и т. д., be given in some manner the prices are given separately цены даются отдельно; this is given as a hypothesis это приводится в виде гипотезы

6) be given smth. he was given the name of John его назвали Джоном; be given in some manner the subtitle is given rather grandiloquently дан очень пышный подзаголовок

7) be given at some place the opera (the play, etc.) was first given in Paris (on this stage, etc.) эта опера и т. д. была впервые поставлена в Париже и т. д.; be given at some time the play is to be given again next month пьеса вновь пойдет /пьесу снова покажут/ в следующем месяце

8) be given smth. be given six years' imprisonment (a severe punishment, a stiff sentence, a reprieve, etc.) получить шесть лет тюрьмы и т. д.; be given for (against) smb. the decision (the judg(e)ment, etc.) was given for (against) the defendant ( the plaintiff, etc.) решение и т. д. было вынесено в пользу (против) обвиняемого и т. д.
8. XVI
1) give to /for/ smth., smb. give to the Red Cross (to charity, to the poor, for the relief of the victims of the flood, etc.) жертвовать [средства] в пользу Красного Креста и т. д.

2) give under smth. the fence (the beam, etc.) may give under the weight забор и т. д. может рухнуть под такой тяжестью; the earth /the soil/ (the marshy ground, etc.) gave under the vehicle под тяжестью машины почва и т. д. осела; the step gave under his feet ступенька сломалась у него под ногами; the lock gave under hard pushing мы напирали на дверь, пока замок не сломался; give on smth. we can't negotiate until each side is willing to give on some points успешные переговоры невозможны [до тех пор], пока каждая сторона не пойдет на определенные уступки

3) give (up)on (into, onto) smth. the window ( the door, the gate, etc.) gives (up)on the street (on the garden, on the side street, into /on(to)/ the yard, on the sea, etc.) окно и т. д. выходит на улицу и т. д., the road gave onto the highway дорога выходила на шоссе
9. XVIII
give oneself to smth. give oneself to mathematics (to study, to science, etc.) посвятить себя математике и т. д.; give oneself to thought (to meditation, to prayer, etc.) предаваться размышлениям и т. д.; the invaders gave themselves to plunder захватчики занимались грабежом
10. XXI1
1) give smth. to smb., smth. give a book to each of the boys (food to the hungry, medicine to a patient, money to a beggar, etc.) давать каждому мальчику по книге и т. д.; money to the Red Cross (all his books to the library, his collection to the college, etc.) передать /( пожертвовать/ деньги Красному Кресту и т.

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; give one's hand to the visitor подать / пожать, протянуть/ руку посетителю; give a part to an actor дать актеру роль; give place to the old woman (to new methods, etc.) уступить место пожилой женщине и т. д.; give her face to the sun подставить лицо солнцу; give smth. for smb., smth. give his life for his friends (for his country, for a cause, etc.) отдать свою жизнь за друзей и т. д.; give smth. to smth., smb. give (no) thought to it (не) задумываться над этим; give [one's] attention to smb. оказывать кому-л. внимание; give credit to smth. прислушиваться к чему-л.; give credit to the report доверять сообщению || give one's ear to smb., smth. прислушиваться к кому-л., чему-л.; give ear to the rumour прислушиваться к тому, что говорят; give one's daughter in marriage выдавать /отдавать/ дочь замуж

2) give smth. to smb. give the command of the regiment to him поручить ему командование полком; give my love /my kind regards, my compliments/ to her (to your family, etc.) передавать ей и т. д. привет; give smb., smth. into smb., smth. give the children into smb.'s hands (into smb.'s care, into smb.'s charge, etc.) передавать детей в чьи-л. руки и т. д., поручать детей кому-л. и т. д., give the thief into the hands of the police передать вора в руки полиции; give the prisoner into custody отдать заключенного под стражу

3) give smth. to smth., smb. give perfume to the linen (an edge to the appetite, brilliance to the thing, etc.) придавать белью аромат и т. д.; give a disease to smb. (a cold to the boy, measles to a whole school, etc.) заразить кого-л. какой-л. болезнью и т. д.; give motion to the wheel привести колесо в движение; give currency to smth. пускать что-л. в обращение; give currency to rumours распускать слухи; his novel gave currency to this phrase после выхода в свет его романа это выражение стало крылатым; give rise to smth. породить /вызвать/ что-л.; his behaviour gave rise to rumours его поведение дало повод разговорам

4) give smth. for smth. give five pounds for the hat (as much as L 3 for this book, a good price for the car, etc.) (заплатать пять фунтов за шляпу и т. д.; how much /what/ did you give for that? сколько вы за это заплатили?; give prizes /premiums/ for the best exhibits выдавать призы за лучшие экспонаты; give smth. to smb. give good wages to the workers хорошо платить рабочим

5) give smth. to smth., smb. give one's free time to golf (one's mind to scientific research, one's attention to study, one's heart to art, one's energy to political affairs, one's love to her, etc.) отдавать все свое свободное время игре в гольф и т. д.; give one's life to science (to the cause of peace, to study, to one's duty, etc.) отдать /посвятить/ свой жизнь науке и т. д.

6) give smth. with smth. give the story with many unnecessary particulars (a description with many side remarks, evidence with no trace of bias, etc.) рассказать эту историю со многими ненужными подробностями и т. д.; give the scenery with great fidelity описывать /воспроизводить/ пейзаж с большой точностью; give smth. for smth. give his reasons for his absence (for the delay, for her lateness, etc.) объяснять свое отсутствие и т. д.

7) give smth. at smth. the bulletin gives the population of the country at 90 millions (the average number of attempts at 3, the number of instances at 8, etc.) в бюллетене указывается, что население этой страны ранки девяноста миллионам и т. д.; give smth. in smth. give 30° in the shade (in the sun) показывать /регистрировать/ тридцать градусов в тени (на солнце)

8) give smth. to smth. the city gave its name to the battle эта ботва получила название по городу, близ которого она произошла; the largest city gave its name to the province эта область названа по самому большому городу

9) give smth. for smb. give a dinner (a party, etc.) for 20 guests давать обед и т. д. на двадцать человек /персон/

10) give smth. to smb. give instruction to a class of adults (lessons to children, interviews to journalists, etc.) давать уроки группе взрослых и т. д., give a talk to the recruits провести беседу с новобранцами

11) give smth. to smb. give three hearty cheers to the winners встречать победителей троекратным "ура"

12) || give way to smth., smb. отступать перед чем-л., кем-л.; give way to а саг (to traffic coming in from the right, to the man, etc.) пропускать автомобиль и т. д., давать дорогу автомобилю и т. д.; give way to despair впасть в отчаяние; give way to temptation (to grief, etc.) поддаться соблазну и т. д.; give way to emotions уступить чувствам, быть не в состоянии справиться со своими чувствами; give way to tears не сдержать слезы, расплакаться; give way to his whims (to him, to these impudent demands, etc.) уступать его капризам и т. д., give way to anger не сдержать гнева, дать волю гневу; give place to smth., smb. отступать перед чем-л., кем-л.; spring gave place to summer на смену весне пришло лето

13) semiaux give smth., to smb., smth. give a blow to smb. нанести кому-л. удар; give a signal to the guard подавать сигнал часовому; give a turn to a key in the lock повернуть ключ в замке; give help to the needy оказывать помощь нуждающимся; give an order to the servants (a command to the soldiers. etc.) отдать распоряжение слугам и т. д.; give an answer to the man ответить этому человеку; give encouragement to the boy ободрить /подбодрить/ мальчика; give chase to a ship [начать] преследовать корабль
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give smth. as smth. give a book (a jack-knife, etc.) as a present давать книгу и т. д. в качестве подарка, дарить книгу и т. д., give smth. as a keepsake дарить что-л. на память

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4 Historical Portugal

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

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

   Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140

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

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

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

   Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

   Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640

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

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

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

   Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822

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

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

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

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

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

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

   Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910

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

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

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

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

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

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

   First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26

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

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

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

   The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

   Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

   Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Contemporary Portugal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal
5 go

go ⇒ Usage note: go

A vi (3^e pers sg prés goes ; prét went ; pp gone)

1 (move, travel) aller (from de ; to à, en) ; to go to London/Paris aller à Londres/Paris ; to go to Wales/to Ireland/to California aller au Pays de Galles/en Irlande/en Californie ; to go to town/to the country aller en ville/à la campagne ; they went home ils sont rentrés chez eux ; she's gone to Paris elle est allée à Paris ; to go up/down/across monter/descendre/traverser ; I went into the room je suis entré dans la pièce ; to go by bus/train/plane voyager en bus/train/avion ; we went there by bus nous y sommes allés en bus ; to go by ou past [person, vehicle] passer ; that car's going very fast! cette voiture roule très vite! ; there he goes again! ( that's him again) le revoilà! ; fig ( he's starting again) le voilà qui recommence!, c'est reparti! ; who goes there? Mil qui va là? ; where do we go from here? fig et maintenant qu'est-ce qu'on fait? ;

2 (on specific errand, activity) aller ; to go shopping aller faire des courses ; to go swimming (in sea, river) aller se baigner ; ( in pool) aller à la piscine ; to go for a walk aller se promener ; to go on a journey/on holiday partir en voyage/en vacances ; to go for a drink aller prendre un verre ; he's gone to get some wine il est allé chercher du vin ; go and answer the phone va répondre au téléphone ; go and tell them that… va leur dire que… ; go after him! poursuivez-le! ;

3 ( attend) aller ; to go to school/ church aller à l'école/l'église ; to go to work aller or se rendre au travail ; to go to the doctor's/dentist's aller chez le médecin/dentiste ;

4 ( used as auxiliary with present participle) she went running up the stairs elle a monté l'escalier en courant ; she went complaining to the principal elle est allée se plaindre au directeur ;

5 ( depart) partir ; I must go, I must be going il faut que je parte or que je m'en aille ; the train goes at six o'clock le train part à six heures ; a train goes every hour il y a un train toutes les heures ; to go on holiday partir en vacances ; be gone! va-t'en!, allez-vous en! ;

6 euph ( die) mourir, disparaître ; when I am gone quand je ne serai plus là ; the doctors say she could go at any time d'après les médecins elle risque de mourir d'un instant à l'autre ;

7 ( disappear) partir ; half the money goes on school fees la moitié de l'argent part en frais de scolarité ; the money/cake has all gone il ne reste plus d'argent/de gâteau ; I left my bike outside and now it's gone j'ai laissé mon vélo dehors et il n'est plus là or il a disparu ; there goes my chance of winning! c'en est fait de mes chances de gagner! ;

8 (be sent, transmitted) it can't go by post on ne peut pas l'envoyer par la poste ; these proposals will go before parliament ces propositions seront soumises au parlement ;

9 ( become) to go red rougir ; to go white blanchir ; his hair ou he is going grey il commençe à avoir les cheveux blancs ; to go mad devenir fou/folle ; to go bankrupt faire faillite ;

10 ( change over to new system) to go Labour/Conservative Pol [country, constituency] voter travailliste/conservateur ; to go metric adopter le système métrique ; ⇒ private, public ;

11 (be, remain) the people went hungry les gens n'avaient rien à manger ; we went for two days without food nous avons passé deux jours sans rien manger ; to go unnoticed passer inaperçu ; to go unpunished rester impuni ; the question went unanswered la question est restée sans réponse ; to go naked se promener tout nu ; he was allowed to go free il a été libéré or remis en liberté ;

12 (weaken, become impaired) his memory/mind is going il perd la mémoire/l'esprit ; his hearing is going il devient sourd ; my voice is going je n'ai plus de voix ; the battery is going la batterie est presque à plat ; the engine is going le moteur a des ratés ;

13 ( of time) ( elapse) s'écouler ; three hours went by before… trois heures se sont écoulées avant que… (+ subj) ; there are only three days to go before Christmas il ne reste plus que trois jours avant Noël ; how's the time going? quelle heure est-il? ; it's just gone seven o'clock il est un peu plus de sept heures ;

14 ( be got rid of) he's totally inefficient, he'll have to go! il est complètement incapable, il va falloir qu'on se débarrasse de lui! ; that new lampshade is hideous, it'll have to go! ce nouvel abat-jour est affreux, il va falloir qu'on s'en débarrasse! ; the car will have to go il va falloir vendre la voiture ; either she goes or I do! c'est elle ou moi! ; six down and four to go! six de faits, et encore quatre à faire! ;

15 (operate, function) [vehicle, machine, clock] marcher, fonctionner ; to set [sth] going mettre [qch] en marche ; to get going [engine, machine] se mettre en marche ; fig [business] démarrer ; to get the fire going allumer le feu ; to keep going [person, business, machine] tenir le coup ○, se maintenir ; we have several projects going at the moment nous avons plusieurs projets en route en ce moment ; ⇒ keep ;

16 ( start) let's get going! allons-y!, allez, on commençe! ; we'll have to get going on that translation il va falloir qu'on se mette à faire cette traduction ; to get things going mettre les choses en train ; ready, steady, go! à vos marques, prêts, partez! ; here goes!, here we go! c'est parti! ; once he gets going, he never stops une fois lancé, il n'arrête pas ;

17 ( lead) aller, conduire, mener (to à) ; that corridor goes to the kitchen le couloir va or conduit à la cuisine ; the road goes down to the sea/goes up the mountain la route descend vers la mer/monte au sommet de la montagne ; this road goes past the cemetery ce chemin passe à côté du cimetière ;

18 ( extend in depth or scope) the roots of the plant go very deep les racines de la plante s'enfoncent très profondément ; the historical reasons for this conflict go very deep les raisons historiques de ce conflit remontent très loin ; these habits go very deep ces habitudes sont profondément ancrées or enracinées ; as far as that goes pour ce qui est de cela ; it's true as far as it goes c'est vrai dans un sens or dans une certaine mesure ; she'll go far! elle ira loin! ; this time he's gone too far! cette fois il est allé trop loin! ; a hundred pounds doesn't go far these days on ne va pas loin avec cent livres sterling de nos jours ; one leg of lamb doesn't go very far among twelve people un gigot d'agneau n'est pas suffisant pour douze personnes ; this goes a long way towards explaining his attitude ceci explique en grande partie son attitude ; you can make £5 go a long way on peut faire beaucoup de choses avec 5 livres sterling ;

19 (belong, be placed) aller ; where do these plates go? où vont ces assiettes? ; that table goes beside the bed cette table va à côté du lit ; the suitcases will have to go in the back il va falloir mettre les valises derrière ;

20 ( fit) gen rentrer ; it won't go into the box ça ne rentre pas dans la boîte ; five into four won't go quatre n'est pas divisible par cinq ; three into six goes twice six divisé par trois, ça fait deux ;

21 (be expressed, sung etc in particular way) I can't remember how the poem goes je n'arrive pas à me rappeler le poème ; how does the song go? quel est l'air de la chanson? ; the song goes something like this la chanson ressemble à peu près à ça ; as the saying goes comme dit le proverbe ; the story goes that le bruit court que, on dit que ; her theory goes something like this… sa théorie consiste à peu près à dire que… ;

22 ( be accepted) what he says goes c'est lui qui fait la loi ; it goes without saying that il va sans dire que ; that goes without saying cela va sans dire ; anything goes tout est permis ;

23 ( be about to) to be going to do aller faire ; it's going to snow il va neiger ; I was just going to phone you j'étais justement sur le point de t'appeler, j'allais justement t'appeler ; I'm going to phone him right now je vais l'appeler tout de suite ; I'm not going to be treated like that! je ne vais pas me laisser faire comme ça! ; we were going to go to Italy, but we changed our plans nous devions aller en Italie, mais nous avons changé d'idée ;

24 ( happen) the party went very well la soirée s'est très bien passée ; so far the campaign is going well jusqu'à maintenant la campagne a bien marché ; how did the evening go? comment s'est passée la soirée? ; the way things are going, I don't think we'll ever get finished vu la façon dont les choses se passent or si ça continue comme ça, je pense qu'on n'aura jamais fini ; how's it going ○ ?, how are things going? comment ça va ○ ? ; how goes it? hum comment ça va ○ ?, comment va ◑ ? ;

25 ( be on average) it's old, as Australian towns go c'est une ville assez vieille pour une ville australienne ; it wasn't a bad party, as parties go c'était une soirée plutôt réussie par rapport à la moyenne ;

26 ( be sold) the house went for over £100,000 la maison a été vendue à plus de 100 000 livres ; we won't let the house go for less than £100,000 nous ne voulons pas vendre la maison à moins de 100 000 livres ; those rugs are going cheap ces tapis ne sont pas chers ; the house will go to the highest bidder la maison sera vendue au plus offrant ; ‘going, going, gone!’ ( at auction) ‘une fois, deux fois, trois fois, adjugé!’ ;

27 ( be on offer) I'll have some coffee, if there's any going je prendrai bien un café, s'il y en a ; are there any drinks going? est-ce qu'il y a quelque chose à boire? ; I'll have whatever's going je prendrai ce qu'il y a ; it's the best machine going c'est la meilleure machine sur le marché ; there's a job going at their London office il y a un poste libre dans leur bureau de Londres ;

28 ( contribute) the money will go towards a new roof l'argent servira à payer un nouveau toit ; the elements that go to make a great film les éléments qui font un bon film ; everything that goes to make a good teacher toutes les qualités d'un bon enseignant ;

29 ( be given) [award, prize] aller (to à) ; [estate, inheritance, title] passer (to à) ; the money will go to charity les bénéfices iront aux bonnes œuvres ; most of the credit should go to the author la plus grande partie du mérite revient à l'auteur ; the job went to a local man le poste a été donné à un homme de la région ;

30 ( emphatic use) she's gone and told everybody! elle est allée le dire à tout le monde! ; why did he go and spoil it? pourquoi est-il allé tout gâcher ? ; you've gone and ruined everything! tu t'es débrouillé pour tout gâcher! ; he went and won the competition! il s'est débrouillé pour gagner le concours! ; you've really gone and done it now! tu peux être fier de toi! iron ; then he had to go and lose his wallet comme s'il ne manquait plus que ça, il a perdu son portefeuille ;

31 ( of money) (be spent, used up) all his money goes on drink tout son argent passe dans l'alcool ; most of his salary goes on rent la plus grande partie de son salaire passe dans le loyer ; I don't know where all my money goes (to)! je ne sais pas ce que je fais de mon argent! ;

32 (make sound, perform action or movement) gen faire ; [bell, alarm] sonner ; the cat went ‘miaow’ le chat a fait ‘miaou’ ; wait until the bell goes attends que la cloche sonne ( subj) ; she went like this with her fingers elle a fait comme ça avec ses doigts ; so he goes ‘what about my money ○ ?’ et puis il dit or il fait, ‘et mon argent?’ ;

33 (resort to, have recourse to) to go to war [country] entrer en guerre ; [soldier] partir à la guerre ; to go to law GB ou to the law US aller en justice ;

34 (break, collapse etc) [roof] s'effondrer ; [cable, rope] se rompre, céder ; ( fuse) [light bulb] griller ;

35 (bid, bet) aller ; I'll go as high as £100 j'irai jusqu'à 100 livres sterling ; I went up to £100 je suis allé jusqu'à 100 livres sterling ;

36 ( take one's turn) you go next c'est ton tour après, c'est à toi après ; you go first après vous ;

37 ( be in harmony) those two colours don't go together ces deux couleurs ne vont pas ensemble ; the curtains don't go with the carpet les rideaux ne vont pas avec le tapis ; white wine goes better with fish than red wine le vin blanc va mieux avec le poisson que le rouge ;

38 ○ euph ( relieve oneself) aller aux toilettes ;

39 US ( in takeaway) to go à emporter ; two hamburgers to go! deux hamburgers à emporter!

B vtr (3^e pers sg prés goes ; prét went ; pp gone) ( see usage note)

1 ( travel) we had gone ten miles before we realized that… nous avions déjà fait dix kilomètres quand nous nous sommes rendu compte que… ; are you going my way? tu vas dans la même direction que moi? ; to go one's own way fig suivre son chemin ;

2 ○ (bet, bid) I go two diamonds ( in cards) j'annonce deux carreaux ; he went £20 il a mis or parié 20 livres sterling.

C n (pl goes)

1 GB ( person's turn) tour m ; ( try) essai m ; it's your go ( in game) c'est ton tour, c'est à toi ; whose go is it? gen à qui le tour? ; ( in game) à qui de jouer? ; you've had two goes ( in game) tu as eu deux tours ; ( two attempts at mending sth) tu as déjà essayé deux fois ; to have a go at sth essayer de faire qch ; have another go! essaie encore une fois or un coup! ; she had several goes at the exam elle a repassé l'examen plusieurs fois ; I had to have several goes before passing j'ai dû m'y reprendre à plusieurs fois avant de réussir ;

2 ○ ( energy) dynamisme m ; to be full of go, to be all go être très dynamique, avoir beaucoup d'allant ; he has no go in him il manque de dynamisme ;

3 ○ GB ( bout) ( of illness) attaque f ;

4 ⇒ Games and sports ( board game) go m.

D adj all systems are go! Aerosp tout est paré pour le lancement!

Idioms

to have a go at sb s'en prendre à qn ; to make a go of sth réussir qch ; she's always on the go elle n'arrête jamais ; he's all go ○ ! il n'arrête pas! ; it's all the go ○ ! ça fait fureur! ; we have several different projects on the go at the moment nous avons plusieurs projets différents en chantier or en cours en ce moment ; (it's) no go! pas question! ; from the word go dès le départ ; that was a near go ○ ! on l'a échappé belle! ; in one go d'un seul coup ; to go one better than sb renchérir sur qn ; that's how it goes!, that's the way it goes! ainsi va le monde!, c'est la vie! ; there you go ○ ! voilà!

Phrasal verbs

■ go about:

▶ go about

1 = go around ;

2 Naut virer de bord ; prepare to go about! parer à virer! ;

▶ go about [sth]

1 ( undertake) s'attaquer à [task] ; how do you go about writing a novel? comment est-ce que vous vous y prenez pour écrire un roman? ; he knows how to go about it il sait s'y prendre ;

2 ( be busy with) to go about one's business vaquer à ses occupations ; she went about her work mechanically elle faisait son travail machinalement.

■ go across:

▶ go across traverser ; he's gone across to the shop/neighbour's il est allé au magasin en face/chez les voisins en face ;

▶ go across [sth] traverser [street, river, bridge etc].

■ go after:

▶ go after [sth/sb]

1 ( chase) poursuivre [person] ;

2 fig ( try hard to get) he really went after that job il a fait tout son possible pour avoir ce travail.

■ go against:

▶ go against [sb/sth]

1 ( prove unfavourable to) the vote/verdict/decision went against them le vote/le verdict/la décision leur a été défavorable or n'a pas été en leur faveur ; the war is going against them la guerre tourne à leur désavantage ;

2 ( conflict with) être contraire à [rules, principles] ; to go against the trend aller à l'encontre de or être contraire à la tendance ; to go against the party line Pol ne pas être dans la ligne du parti ;

3 (resist, oppose) s'opposer à, aller à l'inverse de [person, sb's wishes].

■ go ahead

1 ( go in front) go ahead, I'll follow you on partez devant, je vous suis ;

2 fig ( proceed) go! ( in conversation) continue! ; go ahead and shoot! vas-y, tire! ; they are going ahead with the project ils ont décidé de mettre le projet en route ; we can go ahead without them nous pouvons continuer sans eux ; next week's strike is to go ahead la grève de la semaine prochaine va avoir lieu.

■ go along

1 ( move along) [person, vehicle] aller, avancer ; to make sth up as one goes along fig inventer qch au fur et à mesure ;

2 ( attend) aller ; she went along as a witch elle y est allée déguisée en sorcière ; I went along as a witness j'y suis allé or je me suis présenté comme témoin.

■ go along with:

▶ go along with [sb/sth] être d'accord avec, accepter [plans, wishes] ; I can't go along with that je ne peux pas accepter ça ; I'll go along with you there je suis d'accord avec vous sur ce point.

■ go around:

▶ go around

1 (move, travel about) se promener, circuler ; to go around naked/barefoot se promener tout nu/pieds nus ; she goes around on a bicycle elle circule à bicyclette ; they go around everywhere together ils vont partout ensemble ;

2 ( circulate) [rumour] courir ; there's a rumour going around that le bruit court que ; there's a virus going around il y a un virus qui traîne ; there isn't enough money to go around il n'y a pas assez d'argent pour tout le monde ;

▶ go around [sth] faire le tour de [house, shops, area] ; to go around the world faire le tour du monde ; they went around the country looking for him ils l'ont cherché dans tout le pays.

■ go at:

▶ go at [sb] ( attack) attaquer, tomber sur ;

▶ go at [sth] s'attaquer à, s'atteler à [task, activity].

■ go away [person] partir ; to go away on holiday GB ou vacation US partir en vacances ; go away and leave me alone! va-t-en et laisse-moi tranquille! ; go away and think about it réfléchissez-y ; don't go away thinking that ne va pas croire que ; this cold/headache just won't go away! je n'arrive pas à me débarrasser de ce rhume/mal de tête! ; the problems aren't just going to go away! les problèmes ne vont pas disparaître tout seuls!

■ go back

1 ( return) retourner ; ( turn back) rebrousser chemin, faire demi-tour ; ( resume work) reprendre le travail ; (resume classes, studies) reprendre les cours ; as it was raining, they decided to go back comme il pleuvait, ils ont décidé de faire demi-tour or de rebrousser chemin ; they went back home ils sont rentrés chez eux ; let's go back to France rentrons en France ; to go back to the beginning recommencer ; to go back to sleep se rendormir ; to go back to work/writing se remettre au travail/à écrire ; go back! the path isn't safe reculez! le chemin est dangereux ; once you've committed yourself, there's no going back une fois que vous vous êtes engagé, vous ne pouvez plus reculer ;

2 ( in time) remonter ; to go back in time remonter dans le temps ; to understand the problem we need to go back 20 years pour comprendre le problème il faut remonter 20 ans en arrière ; this tradition goes back a century cette tradition est vieille d'un siècle ; we go back a long way ça fait longtemps qu'on se connaît ;

3 ( revert) revenir (to à) ; to go back to teaching revenir à l'enseignement ; to go back to being a student reprendre des études ; let's go back to what we were discussing yesterday revenons à ce que dont nous parlions hier.

■ go back on:

▶ go back on [sth] revenir sur [promise, decision].

■ go before:

▶ go before ( go in front) aller au devant ; fig ( in time) se passer avant ; all that had gone before tout ce qui s'était passé avant ;

▶ go before [sb/sth] [person] comparaître devant [court, judge] ; the bill went before parliament le projet de loi a été soumis au parlement.

■ go below gen, Naut descendre.

■ go by:

▶ go by [person] passer ; [time] passer, s'écouler ; as time goes by avec le temps ; don't let such opportunities go by il ne faut pas laisser passer de telles occasions ;

▶ go by [sth]

1 ( judge by) juger d'après ; to go by appearances juger d'après or sur les apparences ; going by her looks, I'd say she was about 30 à la voir, je lui donne 30 ans ; you mustn't go by what you read in the papers il ne faut pas croire tout ce que disent les journaux ; if the trailer is anything to go by, it should be a good film à en juger par la bande-annonce, ça doit être un bon film ; if the father is anything to go by, I wouldn't like to meet the son! quand on voit le père, on n'a pas envie de rencontrer le fils! ;

2 ( proceed by) to go by the rules suivre or observer le règlement ; promotion goes by seniority la promotion se fait à l'ancienneté or en fonction de l'ancienneté.

■ go down:

▶ go down

1 ( descend) gen descendre ; [diver] effectuer une plongée ; to go down to the cellar descendre à la cave ; to go down to the beach aller à la plage ; to go down to the pub aller au pub ; they've gone down to Brighton for a few days ils sont allés passer quelques jours à Brighton ; ‘going down!’ ( in elevator) ‘on descend!’ ; to go down on one's knees se mettre à genoux ;

2 ( fall) [person, aircraft] tomber ; ( sink) [ship] couler, sombrer ; [person] couler, disparaître sous les flots ; most of the passengers went down with the ship la plupart des passagers ont coulé avec le navire ; the plane went down in flames l'avion s'est écrasé en flammes ; the plane went down over Normandy/the Channel l'avion s'est écrasé en Normandie/est tombé dans la Manche ; to go down for the third time [drowning person] disparaître sous les flots et se noyer ;

3 [sun] se coucher ;

4 ( be received) to go down well/badly être bien/mal reçu ; this remark didn't go down at all well cette remarque n'a pas été appréciée du tout ; his jokes went down well/didn't go down well with the audience le public a apprécié/n'a pas beaucoup apprécié ses plaisanteries ; another cup of coffee would go down nicely! une autre tasse de café serait la bienvenue! ;

5 ( be swallowed) it went down the wrong way c'est passé de travers ;

6 ( become lower) [water level, temperature] baisser ; [tide] descendre ; [price, standard] baisser ; ( abate) [storm, wind] se calmer ; [fire] s'éteindre ; the river has/the floods have gone down le niveau de la rivière/des inondations a baissé ; foodstuffs are going down (in price) les produits alimentaires deviennent moins chers ;

7 ( become deflated) [swelling] désenfler ; [tyre, balloon] se dégonfler ;

8 GB Univ ( break up for holiday) terminer les cours ; ( leave university permanently) quitter l'université ; when do you go down? quand est-ce que vous êtes en vacances? ;

9 gen, Sport (fail, be defeated) perdre ; ( be downgraded) redescendre ; Corby went down 6-1 to Oxford Corby a perdu 6-1 contre Oxford ; the team has gone down to the second division l'équipe est redescendue en deuxième division ;

10 ( be remembered) he will go down as a great statesman on se souviendra de lui comme d'un grand homme d'État ;

11 ( be recorded) être noté ; it all goes down in her diary elle note tout dans son journal ;

12 ( continue) the book goes down to 1939 le livre va jusqu'en 1939 ; if you go down to the second last line you will see that si vous regardez à l'avant-dernière ligne, vous verrez que ;

13 ( be stricken) to go down with flu/malaria attraper la grippe/la malaria ;

14 ○ GB ( be sent to prison) être envoyé en prison ;

15 Comput [computer, system] tomber en panne ;

▶ go down [sth]

1 lit descendre [hill] ; descendre dans [mine] ;

2 ( be downgraded) to go down a class Sch redescendre d'une classe.

■ go down on:

▶ go down on [sth] ( set) [sun] se coucher sur ; when the sun went down on the Roman Empire fig quand l'empire romain commençait à décliner ;

▶ go down on [sb] ● ( have oral sex with) tailler une pipe à ● [man] ; faire minette à ● [woman].

■ go for:

▶ go for [sb/sth]

1 ○ (favour, have liking for) craquer ○ pour [person, physical type] ; aimer [style of music, literature etc] ; he really goes for blondes il craque ○ pour or il adore les blondes ; I don't go much for modern art je ne suis pas emballé ○ par l'art moderne, je n'aime pas tellement l'art moderne ;

2 ( apply to) être valable pour, s'appliquer à ; that goes for all of you! c'est valable pour tout le monde! ; the same goes for him c'est valable pour lui aussi!, ça s'applique à lui aussi! ;

▶ go for [sb]

1 ( attack) ( physically) attaquer, tomber sur ; ( verbally) attaquer, s'en prendre à [person] ; the two youths went for him les deux jeunes l'ont attaqué or lui ont sauté dessus ; to go for sb's throat [animal] attaquer qn à la gorge ; she really went for him! (in argument, row) elle l'a vraiment incendié!, elle s'en est prise violemment à lui! ;

2 he has a lot going for him il a beaucoup de choses pour lui ;

▶ go for [sth]

1 ( attempt to achieve) essayer d'obtenir [honour, victory] ; she's going for the gold medal/world record elle vise la médaille d'or/le record mondial ; go for it ○ ! vas-y, fonce ○ ! ; the company is going for a new image l'entreprise cherche à se donner une nouvelle image ; the team is going for a win against Italy l'équipe compte bien gagner contre l'Italie ;

2 ( choose) choisir, prendre ; I'll go for the blue one je prendrai le bleu.

■ go forth sout [person] ( go out) sortir ; ( go forward) aller, avancer ; go forth and multiply allez et multipliez-vous.

■ go forward(s) avancer.

■ go in

1 ( enter) entrer ; ( go back in) rentrer ;

2 Mil [army, troops] attaquer ; the troops went in at dawn les troupes ont attaqué à l'aube ;

3 ( disappear) [sun, moon] se cacher.

■ go in for:

▶ go in for [sth]

1 ( be keen on) aimer [sport, hobby etc] ; I don't go in for sports much je n'aime pas tellement le sport ; he goes in for opera in a big way il adore l'opéra, c'est un fou d'opéra ○ ; we don't go in for that sort of thing nous n'aimons pas ce genre de chose ; they don't go in much for foreign languages at Ben's school ils ne s'intéressent pas beaucoup aux langues étrangères dans l'école de Ben ;

2 ( take up) to go in for teaching entrer dans l'enseignement ; to go in for politics se lancer dans la politique ;

3 ( take part in) s'inscrire à [exam, competition].

■ go into:

▶ go into [sth]

1 ( enter) entrer dans ; fig ( take up) se lancer dans ; to go into hospital entrer à l'hôpital ; to go into parliament entrer au parlement ; to go into politics/business se lancer dans la politique/les affaires ;

2 (examine, investigate) étudier ; we need to go into the question of funding il faut que nous étudiions la question du financement ;

3 (explain, describe) I won't go into why I did it je n'expliquerai pas pourquoi je l'ai fait ; let's not go into that now laissons cela de côté pour l'instant ;

4 ( launch into) se lancer dans ; she went into a long explanation of what had happened elle s'est lancée dans une longue explication de ce qui s'était passé ;

5 ( be expended) a lot of work/money went into this project beaucoup de travail/d'argent a été investi dans ce projet ; a lot of effort went into organizing the party l'organisation de la soirée a demandé beaucoup de travail ;

6 ( hit) [car, driver] rentrer dans, heurter ; the car went into a lamp post la voiture est rentrée dans or a heurté un réverbère.

■ go in with:

▶ go in with [sb] se joindre à [person, ally, organization] ; he went in with us to buy the present il s'est mis avec nous pour acheter le cadeau.

■ go off:

▶ go off

1 (explode, fire) [bomb] exploser ; the gun didn't go off le coup n'est pas parti ;

2 [alarm clock] sonner ; [fire alarm] se déclencher ;

3 ( depart) partir, s'en aller ; he went off to work il est parti au travail ; she went off to find a spade elle est allée chercher une pelle ; they went off together ils sont partis ensemble ;

4 GB ( go bad) [milk, cream] tourner ; [meat] s'avarier ; [butter] rancir ; ( deteriorate) [performer, athlete etc] perdre sa forme ; [work] se dégrader ; ( lose one's attractiveness) [person] être moins beau/belle qu'avant ; he used to be very handsome, but he's gone off a bit il était très beau, mais il est moins bien maintenant ; the first part of the film was good, but after that it went off la première partie du film était bien, mais après ça s'est dégradé ;

5 ○ ( fall asleep) s'endormir ;

6 ( cease to operate) [lights, heating] s'éteindre ;

7 (happen, take place) [evening, organized event] se passer ; the concert went off very well le concert s'est très bien passé ;

8 Theat quitter la scène ;

▶ go off [sb/sth] GB I used to like him but I've gone off him je l'aimais bien avant, mais je ne l'aime plus tellement ; I've gone off opera/whisky je n'aime plus tellement l'opéra/le whisky ; I think she's gone off the idea je crois qu'elle a renoncé à l'idée.

■ go off with:

▶ go off with [sb/sth] partir avec [person, money] ; she went off with all his money elle est partie avec tout son argent ; who's gone off with my pen? qui a pris mon stylo?

■ go on:

▶ go on

1 (happen, take place) se passer ; what's going on? qu'est-ce qui se passe? ; there's a party going on upstairs il y a une fête en haut ; how long has this been going on? depuis combien de temps est-ce que ça dure? ; a lot of stealing goes on il y a beaucoup de vols ; a lot of drinking goes on at Christmas time les gens boivent beaucoup à Noël ;

2 ( continue on one's way) poursuivre son chemin ;

3 ( continue) continuer ; go on with your work continuez votre travail, continuez de travailler ; go on looking continuez à or de chercher ; she went on speaking elle a continué de parler ; go on, we're all listening! continue, nous t'écoutons tous! ; ‘and another thing,’ she went on, ‘you're always late’ ‘et autre chose,’ a-t-elle ajouté, ‘vous êtes toujours en retard’ ; if he goes on like this, he'll get into trouble! s'il continue comme ça, il va s'attirer des ennuis ; we can't go on like this! nous ne pouvons pas continuer comme ça! ; life must go on la vie continue ; the meeting went on into the afternoon la réunion s'est prolongée jusque dans l'après-midi ; you can't go on being a pen pusher all your life! tu ne peux pas rester gratte-papier toute ta vie! ; the list goes on and on la liste est infinie or interminable ; that's enough to be going on with ça suffit pour le moment ; have you got enough work to be going on with? est-ce que tu as assez de travail pour le moment? ; here's £20 to be going on with voici 20 livres pour te dépanner ; go on (with you) ○ ! allons donc! ;

4 ( of time) ( elapse) as time went on, they… avec le temps, ils… ; as the evening went on, he became more animated au fur et à mesure que la soirée avançait, il devenait plus animé ;

5 ( keep talking) to go on about sth ne pas arrêter de parler de qch, parler de qch à n'en plus finir ; he was going on about the war il parlait de la guerre à n'en plus finir ; don't go on about it! arrête de parler de ça!, change de disque! ; she went on and on about it elle en a fait toute une histoire ; he does tend to go on a bit! il a tendance à radoter ○ ! ; the way she goes on, you'd think she was an expert on the subject! à l'entendre, on croirait qu'elle est experte en la matière! ;

6 ( proceed) passer ; let's go on to the next item passons au point suivant ; he went on to say that/describe how puis il a dit que/décrit comment ;

7 ( go into operation) [heating, lights] s'allumer ;

8 Theat entrer en scène ; what time do you go on? à quelle heure est-ce que vous entrez en scène? ;

9 ( approach) it's going on three o'clock il est presque trois heures ; she's four going on five elle va sur ses cinq ans ; he's thirty going on three hum il a trente ans mais il pourrait bien en avoir trois ;

10 ( fit) these gloves won't go on ces gants ne m'iront pas ; the lid won't go on properly le couvercle ne ferme pas bien ;

▶ go on [sth] se fonder sur [piece of evidence, information] ; that's all we've got to go on tout ce que nous savons avec certitude ; we've got nothing else to go on nous n'avons pas d'autre point de départ ; the police haven't got much evidence to go on la police n'a pas beaucoup de preuves à l'appui.

■ go on at:

▶ go on at [sb] s'en prendre à [person] ; he's always going on at me for writing badly il s'en prend toujours à moi à cause de ma mauvaise écriture ; they're always going on at us about deadlines ils sont toujours sur notre dos pour des histoires de délais.

■ go out

1 (leave, depart) sortir ; she went out of the room elle a quitté la pièce, elle est sortie de la pièce ; to go out walking aller se promener ; to go out for a drink aller prendre un verre ; they go out a lot ils sortent beaucoup ; she likes going out elle aime sortir ; she had to go out to work at 14 il a fallu qu'elle aille travailler à 14 ans ;

2 ( travel long distance) partir (to à, pour) ; she's gone out to Australia/Africa elle est partie pour l'Australie/l'Afrique ;

3 ( have relationship) to go out with sb sortir avec qn ; they've been going out together for six weeks ils sortent ensemble depuis six semaines ;

4 [tide] descendre ; the tide is going out la marée descend, la mer se retire ;

5 Ind ( go on strike) se mettre en grève ;

6 ( become unfashionable) passer de mode ; ( no longer be used) ne plus être utilisé ; mini-skirts went out in the 1970s les mini-jupes ont passé de mode dans les années 70 ; gas went out and electricity came in l'électricité a remplacé le gaz ;

7 ( be extinguished) [fire, light] s'éteindre ;

8 ( be sent) [invitation, summons] être envoyé ; ( be published) [journal, magazine] être publié ; Radio, TV ( be broadcast) être diffusé ;

9 ( be announced) word went out that he was coming back le bruit a couru qu'il revenait ; the news went out from Washington that Washington a annoncé que ;

10 ( be eliminated) gen, Sport être éliminé ; she went out in the early stages of the competition elle a été éliminée au début de la compétition ;

11 (expressing compassion, sympathy) my heart goes out to them je les plains de tout mon cœur, je suis de tout cœur avec eux ; our thoughts go out to absent friends nos pensées vont vers nos amis absents ;

12 ( disappear) all the spirit seemed to have gone out of her elle semblait avoir perdu tout son entrain ; the romance seemed to have gone out of their relationship leur relation semblait avoir perdu tout son charme ;

13 ( end) [year, month] se terminer ;

14 ( in cards) terminer.

■ go over:

▶ go over

1 ( cross over) aller ; she went over to him/to the window elle est allée vers lui/vers la fenêtre, elle s'est approchée de lui/de la fenêtre ; to go over to Ireland/to America aller en Irlande/aux États-Unis ; we are now going over to Washington for more news Radio, TV nous passons maintenant l'antenne à Washington pour plus d'informations ;

2 ( be received) how did his speech go over? comment est-ce que son discours a été reçu? ; his speech went over well son discours a été bien reçu ; to go over big ○ avoir un grand succès ;

3 ( switch over) he went over to Labour from the Conservatives il est passé du parti des conservateurs au parti des travaillistes ; to go over to the other side fig passer dans l'autre camp ; we've gone over to gas (central heating) nous sommes passés au chauffage central au gaz ; to go over to Islam se convertir à l'Islam ;

▶ go over [sth]

1 ( review) passer [qch] en revue [details] ; she went over the events of the day in her mind elle a passé en revue les événements de la journée ; we've gone over the details again and again nous avons déjà passé les détails en revue mille fois ; to go over one's lines ( actor) répéter son texte ; there's no point in going over old ground il n'y a aucune raison de revenir là-dessus ;

2 (check, inspect) vérifier [accounts, figures] ; revoir [facts, piece of work] ; I want to go over this article once more before I hand it in je veux relire cet article une dernière fois avant de le remettre ; to go over a house faire le tour d'une maison ;

3 ( clean) he went over the room with a duster il a donné un coup de chiffon dans la pièce ; after cleaning, go over the surface with a dry cloth après l'avoir nettoyée, essuyez la surface avec un chiffon sec or passez un chiffon sec sur la surface ;

4 to go over a sketch in ink repasser un dessin à l'encre ;

5 ( exceed) dépasser ; don't go over £100 ne dépassez pas 100 livres sterling.

■ go round GB:

▶ go round

1 ( turn) [wheel, propeller etc] tourner ; the wheels went round and round les roues n'ont pas arrêté de tourner ; my head's going round j'ai la tête qui tourne ;

2 ( call round) to go round to see sb aller voir qn ; he's gone round to Anna's il est allé chez Anna ;

3 ( suffice) there isn't enough food/money to go round il n'y a pas assez de nourriture/d'argent pour tout le monde ; there was barely enough to go round il y en avait à peine assez pour tout le monde ;

4 ( circulate) there's a rumour going round that le bruit court que ;

5 ( make detour) faire un détour ; we had to go round the long way ou the long way round il a fallu qu'on prenne un chemin plus long ; I had to go round by the bridge il a fallu que je passe par or que je fasse un détour par le pont ;

▶ go round [sth] ( visit) faire le tour de [shops, house, museum].

■ go through:

▶ go through

1 ( come in) entrer ; if you'll just go (on) through, I'll tell them you're here si vous voulez bien entrer, je vais leur dire que vous êtes arrivé ;

2 ( be approved) [law, agreement] passer ; the law failed to go through la loi n'est pas passée ; the divorce hasn't gone through yet le divorce n'a pas encore été prononcé ;

3 ( be successfully completed) [business deal] être conclu ;

▶ go through [sth]

1 ( undergo) endurer, subir [experience, ordeal] ; ( pass through) passer par [stage, phase] ; in spite of all he's gone through malgré tout ce qu'il a enduré ; we've all gone through it nous sommes tous passés par là ; she's gone through a lot elle a beaucoup souffert ; he went through the day in a kind of daze toute la journée il a été dans un état second ; the country has gone through two civil wars le pays a connu deux guerres civiles ; to go through a crisis traverser une crise ; as you go through life au fur et à mesure que tu vieillis, en vieillissant ; you have to go through the switchboard/right authorities il faut passer par le standard/les autorités compétentes ; it went through my mind that l'idée m'a traversé l'esprit que ;

2 (check, inspect) examiner, étudier ; ( rapidly) parcourir [documents, files, list] ; to go through one's mail parcourir son courrier ; let's go through the points one by one étudions or examinons les problèmes un par un ;

3 ( search) fouiller [person's belongings, baggage] ; to go through sb's pockets/drawers fouiller dans les poches/tiroirs de qn ; at customs they went through all my things à la douane ils ont fouillé toutes mes affaires ;

4 (perform, rehearse) répéter [scene] ; expliquer [procedure] ; let's go through the whole scene once more répétons or reprenons toute la scène une dernière fois ; there are still a certain number of formalities to be gone through il y a encore un certain nombre de formalités à remplir ; I went through the whole procedure with him je lui ai expliqué comment il fallait procéder en détail ;

5 (consume, use up) dépenser [money] ; we went through three bottles of wine nous avons bu or descendu ○ trois bouteilles de vin ; I've gone through the elbows of my jacket j'ai usé ma veste aux coudes.

■ go through with:

▶ go through with [sth] réaliser, mettre [qch] à exécution [plan] ; in the end they decided to go through with the wedding finalement ils ont décidé de se marier ; I can't go through with it je ne peux pas le faire ; you'll have to go through with it now il va falloir que tu le fasses maintenant.

■ go together

1 ( harmonize) [colours, pieces of furniture etc] aller ensemble ; these colours don't go together ces couleurs ne vont pas ensemble ;

2 ( entail each other) aller de pair ; poverty and crime often go together la pauvreté et le crime vont souvent de pair ;

3 ○ †( have relationship) [couple] sortir ensemble.

■ go under

1 [boat, ship] couler, sombrer ; [drowning person] couler, disparaître sous les flots ;

2 fig ( succumb) [person] succomber ; ( go bankrupt) [business, company] faire faillite.

■ go up:

▶ go up

1 ( ascend) monter ; to go up to bed monter se coucher ; they've gone up to London ils sont allés or montés à Londres ; they've gone up to Scotland ils sont allés en Écosse ; ‘going up!’ ( in elevator) ‘on monte!’ ;

2 ( rise) [price, temperature] monter ; Theat [curtain] se lever (on sur) ; petrol has gone up (in price) (le prix de) l'essence a augmenté ; unemployment is going up le chômage augmente or est en hausse ; our membership has gone up le nombre de nos adhérents a augmenté ; a cry went up from the crowd un cri est monté or s'est élevé de la foule ;

3 ( be erected) [building] être construit ; [poster] être affiché ; new office blocks are going up all over the place on construit de nouveaux immeubles un peu partout ;

4 (be destroyed, blown up) [building] sauter, exploser ;

5 GB Univ ( start university) entrer à l'université ; ( start term) reprendre les cours ;

6 ( be upgraded) the team has gone up to the first division l'équipe est passée en première division ;

7 ( continue) the book/series goes up to 1990 le livre/la série va jusqu'en 1990 ;

▶ go up [sth]

1 ( mount) monter, gravir [hill, mountain] ;

2 to go up a class Sch passer dans une classe supérieure.

■ go with:

▶ go with [sth]

1 (match, suit) aller avec ; your shirt goes with your blue eyes ta chemise va bien avec tes yeux bleus ; white wine goes better with fish than red wine le vin blanc va mieux avec le poisson que le rouge ;

2 ( accompany) aller de pair avec ; the car goes with the job la voiture va de pair avec la situation ; the responsibilities that go with parenthood les responsabilités qui vont de pair avec le fait d'être parent ;

▶ go with [sb] ( date) sortir avec ; ( have sex with) coucher avec [person].

■ go without:

▶ go without s'en passer ; you'll just have to go without! il va falloir que tu t'en passes!, il va falloir que tu fasses sans! ;

▶ go without [sth] se passer de [food, luxuries].

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6 Education

   In Portugal's early history, education was firmly under the control of the Catholic Church. The earliest schools were located in cathedrals and monasteries and taught a small number of individuals destined for ecclesiastical office. In 1290, a university was established by King Dinis (1261-1325) in Lisbon, but was moved to Coimbra in 1308, where it remained. Coimbra University, Portugal's oldest, and once its most prestigious, was the educational cradle of Portugal's leadership. From 1555 until the 18th century, primary and secondary education was provided by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). The Catholic Church's educational monopoly was broken when the Marquis of Pombal expelled the Jesuits in 1759 and created the basis for Portugal's present system of public, secular primary and secondary schools. Pombal introduced vocational training, created hundreds of teaching posts, added departments of mathematics and natural sciences at Coimbra University, and established an education tax to pay for them.

   During the 19th century, liberals attempted to reform Portugal's educational system, which was highly elitist and emphasized rote memorization and respect for authority, hierarchy, and discipline.

   Reforms initiated in 1822, 1835, and 1844 were never actualized, however, and education remained unchanged until the early 20th century. After the overthrow of the monarchy on the Fifth of October 1910 by Republican military officers, efforts to reform Portugal's educational system were renewed. New universities were founded in Lisbon and Oporto, a Ministry of Education was established, and efforts were made to increase literacy (illiteracy rates being 80 percent) and to resecularize educational content by introducing more scientific and empirical methods into the curriculum.

   Such efforts were ended during the military dictatorship (192632), which governed Portugal until the establishment of the Estado Novo (1926-74). Although a new technical university was founded in Lisbon in 1930, little was done during the Estado Novo to modernize education or to reduce illiteracy. Only in 1964 was compulsory primary education made available for children between the ages of 6 and 12.

   The Revolution of 25 April 1974 disrupted Portugal's educational system. For a period of time after the Revolution, students, faculty, and administrators became highly politicized as socialists, communists, and other groups attempted to gain control of the schools. During the 1980s, as Portuguese politics moderated, the educational system was gradually depoliticized, greater emphasis was placed on learning, and efforts were made to improve the quality of Portuguese schools.

   Primary education in Portugal consists of four years in the primary (first) cycle and two years in the preparatory, or second, cycle. The preparatory cycle is intended for children going on to secondary education. Secondary education is roughly equivalent to junior and senior high schools in the United States. It consists of three years of a common curriculum and two years of complementary courses (10th and 11th grades). A final year (12th grade) prepares students to take university entrance examinations.

   Vocational education was introduced in 1983. It consists of a three-year course in a particular skill after the 11th grade of secondary school.

   Higher education is provided by the four older universities (Lisbon, Coimbra, Oporto, and the Technical University of Lisbon), as well as by six newer universities, one in Lisbon and the others in Minho, Aveiro, Évora, the Algarve, and the Azores. There is also a private Catholic university in Lisbon. Admission to Portuguese universities is highly competitive, and places are limited. About 10 percent of secondary students go on to university education. The average length of study at the university is five years, after which students receive their licentiate. The professoriate has four ranks (professors, associate professors, lecturers, and assistants). Professors have tenure, while the other ranks teach on contract.

   As Portugal is a unitary state, the educational system is highly centralized. All public primary and secondary schools, universities, and educational institutes are under the purview of the Ministry of Education, and all teachers and professors are included in the civil service and receive pay and pension like other civil servants. The Ministry of Education hires teachers, determines curriculum, sets policy, and pays for the building and upkeep of schools. Local communities have little say in educational matters.

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ɔn
1. предл.
1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on the hill ≈ дом на холме б) в геогр. названиях указывает на нахождение на такой-то реке Stratford-on-Avon ≈ Стратфорд-на-Эйвоне в) указывает на части света на on the west ≈ на западе г) указывает местонахождение, местоположение на, у, около on the Continent ≈ на материке д) в пространственном значении указывает на передвижения по поверхности чего-л. по on the water ≈ по воде, по поыерхности воды е) указывает направление действия на The window opens on the street. ≈ Окно выходит на улицу.
2) а) во временном значении указывает на определенный день недели, определенную дату, точный момент в on Sunday ≈ в воскресенье on the 1st of April ≈ первого апреля б) указывает на определенный момент дня on the morning ≈ утром в) указывает на последовательность, очередность наступления событий, действий по, после cash on delivery ≈ оплата при доставке on reaching home ≈ придя домой г) указываект на одновременность событий, действий во время, в течение on a trip ≈ в течение путешествия
3) указывает на тему книги, выступления, предмет переговоров, споров и т.п. касательно, о, об, относительно, по, по поводу a debate on smth. ≈ споры по поводу чего-л.
4) указывает на наличие при себе, с собой чего-л. I have no money on me. ≈ У меня с собой нет денег.
5) указывает на условие или же основание, причину, источник чего-л. на, в, при, под, с, из, по, у on such terms ≈ на таких условиях on account of ≈ из-за, вследствие profit on the sale of ≈ доход с продаж чего-л.
6) а) указывает на образ действия all on a tremble ≈ весь в волнении б) указывает на способ передвижения в, на on a train ≈ поездом в) указывет на инструмент, орудие to cut one's finger on a knife ≈ порезать палец ножом г) указывает на средства существования to live on one's parents' ≈ быть на иждивении родителей д) указывает на предметы питания to live on fruits ≈ питаться фруктами
7) а) указывает на работу в каком-л. учреждении to be on the committee ≈ быть членом комитета б) указывает на нахождение в составе, числе в on the programme ≈ в программе в) указывает на пребывание в каком-л. состоянии, а также на положение, протекание процесса на, в, при on leave ≈ в отпуске to be on fire ≈ пылать, быть в огне г) указывает на характер отношений в, на to be on a friendly footing with smb. ≈ быфть в дружеских отношениях с кем-л.
8) указывает на объект действия к, на, над, для to work on smth. ≈ работать над чем-л.
9) указывает на многократное повторение mile on mile ≈ миля за милей
10) указывает на приблизительность, неточность just on 5 years ago ≈ около пяти лет назад
11) указывает лицо, на которое выписан чек, куплены или заказаны билеты tickets on you ≈ билеты на вас
2. нареч.
1) а) указывает на продолжение или развитие действия to write on ≈ продолжать писать, писать дальше б) указывает на продвижение вперед в пространстве to go on ≈ идти вперед, идти дальше в) указывает на направление на, к to head on ≈ держать курс (на) г) указывает на продвижение вперед во времени Time glides on. ≈ Время бежит.
2) указывает нахождение на поверхности чего-л. Tea is on. ≈ Чай на столе, чай готов, чай подан.
3) экон. указывает на увеличение, рост выше The new price is 5 points on. ≈ Цена на 5 пунктов выше.
4) (указывает на надевание одежды, натягивание чехла и т.п., а также наличие какой-л. одежды на ком-л.;
при переводе может передаваться глагольными приставками) What has she on? ≈ Что на ней надето?
5) указывает на включение, соединение, включенность или работу аппарата, механизма;
при переводе может передаваться глагольными приставками to turn on the gas ≈ включить газ
6) а) указывает на наступление действия, процесса The rain is on again. ≈ Опять идет дождь. б) указывает на идущие в театре или кино пьесы, фильмы What is on today? ≈ Что идет сегодня в театре?
7) а) указывает на отправную точку или момент from that day on ≈ с того дня, начиная с того дня б) указывает на приближение к какому-л. моменту It is getting on for two o'clock. ≈ Скоро два часа. ∙ be on to smb. on and off off and on and so on
3. прил.
1) действующий, работающий Is the radio on? ≈ Радио работает?
2) а) происходящий, имеющий место Don't you know there's a war on? ≈ Ты что не знаешь, что идет война? б) находящийся в эфире The radio announcer told us we were on. ≈ Диктор сказал нам, что мы уже в эфире.
3) а) эффективный;
действующий в полную силу б) оживленный, возбужденный
4) запланированный, предусмотренный( графиком, расписанием и т. п.) Anything on tonight? ≈ Что-нибудь на сегодня запланировано? Syn: scheduled, planned ближний, внутренний;
- the on side более близкая сторона( спортивное) часть поля, на который стоит игрок с битой;
- on drive удар в сторону, на которой находится игрок с битой (разговорное) эффективный;
действующий;
имеющий силу;
- it was one of his on days он был в хорошей форме в тот день осведомленный, знающий;
- he is the most on person here он здесь самый информированный человек, он знает все и вся подходящий;
приличный;
- it's a most on situation это очень подходящий случай вполне возможный, достижимый;
легкий указывает на нахождение на поверхности чего-л;
- tea is on чай подан указывает на движение на поверхности чего-л: - put the kettle on поставь чайник;
- he climbed * the wall он взобрался на стену указывает на продолжение действия;
- to work on продолжать работать;
- she sang on она все пела;
- go on reading читайте дальше;
- the war still went on война все шла указывает на продвижение вперед - в пространственном и временном значении вперед;
- go on! идите вперед;
- on, John, on! вперед, Джон, вперед;
- he sent the luggage on багаж он отправил вперед;
- time is getting оn время идет указывает на приближение к какому-л моменту - to be well on in years быть в годах;
- it is getting on fox six o'clock скоро будет шесть;
- he is going on for five ему скоро исполнится пять указывает на удаление - в пространственном и временном значении;
- further on дальше;
- later on позднее, позже;
- from... on начиная с;
- from now on начиная с сегодняшнего дня указывает на наличие или наступление действия или процесса;
- the game is on игра идет;
- the play was on for monts пьеса много месяцев не сходила со сцены;
- what is on today? что идет сегодня?;
- he is on as Macbeth tonight он играет роль Макбета сегодня;
- on with the show! начинайте представление;
спектакль надо продолжать;
- the rain is on again опять идет дождь;
- a terrible row was on творилось что-то невообразимое;
- have you anything on this evening? вы заняты сегодня вечером?;
указывает на включенность или работу механизма, прибора, системы - часто передается глагольными приставками в-, за-;
- to turn on the tap открывать кран;
- the machine was on машина работала;
- the radio is on радио включено;
- to switch on the gas включить газ;
- the light is full on свет горит всюду указывает на надевание одежды или наличие ее на ком-л, на натягивание чехла в, на;
передается тж. глагольными приставками;
- to have one's hat on быть в шляпе;
- what had he on? что на нем было? - he had his spectacles on он был в очках;
- put on your coat надень пальто;
- put the tablecloth on постели скатерть;
- try these shoes on померь эти туфли нанесение чего-л на поверхность предмета в, на;
передается тж. глагольными приставками;
- rub the ointment on вотрите эту мазь указывает на направление на, к;
- to head on (морское) держать курс;
- stern on( морское) кормой к (ветру) (коммерческое) указывает на увеличение выше;
- the price is 3 points on цена выше на три пункта > and so on и так далее;
> on and off от случая к случаю, время от времени;
> on and on бесконечно, не переставая;
> they talked on and on for hours они болтали часами;
> to be on заключать пари;
быть навеселе;
> he is a little bit on он слегка навеселе;
> to be on быть за (что-л) ;
> I'm on я - за (это) ;
> to be on to smb. раскусить кого-л;
(по) говорить с кем-л;
нападать( на чей-л след) ;
придираться к кому-л. > they were on to him at once они сразу его раскусили;
> he's been on to me about this matter он поговорил со мной по поводу этого дела > the police are on to him полиция напала на его след;
> he is always on to me он всегда ко мне придирается;
> to get on to smb. добраться до кого-л;
застать кого-л.;
> he got on to me only yesterday он добрался до меня только вчера;
> I got on to him on the phone я застал его по телефону;
> to be on to smth. узнать, догадаться о чем-л;
понять что-л;
> he was on to it al last наконец он это понял;
> it's not on! это невозможно!;
не получилось!;
не вышло!;
> you can't refuse now, it's just not on вы не можете сейчас отказаться - это просто невозможно;
> hold on! держись!;
> come on! ну давай! в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на чем-л или на поверхности чего-л на;
- a city on the hill город на холме;
- a picture on the wall картина на стене;
- a painting on glass рисунок на стекле;
- on the surface of the water на поверхности воды;
- on page four на четвертой странице;
- a ring on the finger кольцо на пальце;
- shoes on his feet ботинки у него на ногах;
- the look on his face выражение его лица;
- there was deep snow on the ground земля была покрыта толстым слоем снега в пространственном значении указывает на движение по поверхности по;
- logs floating on the water бревна, плывущие по воде;
- a fly walked on the ceiling муха ползала по потолку в пространственном значении указывает на направленность или место приложения действия на, в;
- to kiss smb. on the lips поцеловать кого-л в губы;
- to pat smb. on the hand погладить кого-л по руке;
- to knock on the door постучать в дверь;
- to head on the south держать курс на юг;
- the window opens on the street окно выходит на улицу;
- to turn one's back on smb. повернуться к кому-л спиной;
не желать иметь дела с кем-л;
местонахождение или положение около или на границе чего-л на;
у, около;
- on the Continent на материке;
- on the horizon на горизонте;
- on the street (американизм) на улице;
- a cottage on a lake домик у озера;
- to border on smth. граничить с чем-л;
- on the right справа;
- on the right side of the road по правую сторону дороги;
нахождение на такой-то реке на;
- Burton-on-Trent Бертон-на-Тренте;
- Stratford-on-Avon Стратфорд-на-Эйвоне части света на;
- on the east на востоке во временном значении указывает на какой-л день, момент времени в, на;
- on Monday в понедельник;
- on Tuesday week через неделю во вторник, в следующий вторник;
- on the next day на следующий день;
- on any day в любой день;
- on the day of my arrival в день моего приезда;
- on time( американизм) точно, вовремя;
- on the instant тотчас же;
- on the point of как раз;
- we were on the point of leaving when he came мы как раз собирались уходить, когда он пришел во временном значении указывает на дату - передается род падежом;
- on the 1st of May первого мая;
во временном значении указывает на часть дня в;
передается тж. твор. падежом;
- on the morning of the 3rd March утром третьего марта;
- on a rainy autumn evening в дождливый осенний вечер, дождливым осенним вечером во временном значении указывает на последовательность событий после, по;
с герундием передается тж. деепричастием;
- on the death of his friend после смерти его друга;
- cash on delivery с уплатой при доставке;
наложенным платежом;
во временном значении указывает на одновременность событий во время;
по;
- on a trip во время поездки;
- on his rounds во время его обхода;
- on his full age по достижении им совершеннолетия указывает на наличие чего-л (при себе) - I have no money on me у меня при себе нет денег, у меня нет денег с собой;
- a pistol was found on him у него нашли пистолет;
- she has two babies on her arm у нее двое малышей;
она с двумя маленькими детьми указывает на предмет преговоров, спора, тему книги, лекции о, относительно, по( поводу), на;
- a decision on smth. решение по поводу чего-л;
- a book on birds книга о птицах;
- a satire on society сатира на общество;
- a lecture on history лекции по истории;
- to write on smth писать о чем-л указывает на условие на, при, в, под;
- on certain conditions на определенных условиях;
- on the condition that при условии, что;
- on such terms на таких условиях;
- on credit в кредит;
- on one's own responsibility под свою личную ответственность;
- to borrow money on mortgage занимать деньги под закладную указывает на основание, причину на, из, по, с, в;
передается тж. твор падежом;
- on account of вследствие, из-за, - on no accound ни в коем случае;
- on smb.'s advice по чьему-л совету;
- on a charge of smth. по обвинению в чем-л;
- on evidence по данным;
- on that ground... на том основании, что...;
- on an impulse в порыве, повинуясь порыву;
- on the occasion of smth. по случаю чего-л;
- on an order по приказу, на основании приказа;
- on principle из принципа;
- on purpose с целью, специально;
- to pride oneself on smth. гордиться чем-л. указывает на источник из, по;
- on hearsay по слухам;
- to have smth. on good authority знать что-л из достоверных источников указывает на источник дохода, предмет обложения налогом с, на;
- interest on one's capital процент с капитала;
- tax on tobacco налог на табак указывает на образ действия - передается тж. наречием;
- on the cheap по дешевке;
- on the quiet потихоньку, тайком;
- on the sly тайком;
- all on a tremble весь дрожа, в сильном волнении указывает на способ передачи по;
- on the telephone по телефону;
- on television по телевидению;
- to hear a song on the radio услышать песню по радио указывает на способ передвижения в, на;
вместе с сущ передается тж. наречием;
- on an ocean liner на океанском лайнере;
- on board a ship на борту судна;
- on a truck на грузовике;
- on a train в поезде, поездом;
указывает на опору и т. п. на;
- on one's feet на ногах;
- on one's knees на коленях;
- to spin on one's heel повернуться на каблуках указывает на инструмент, орудие на;
передается тж. твор падежом;
- to play on an organ играть на органе;
- he played something on the violin он сыграл что-то на скрипке;
- to cut one's finger on a knife порезать палец ножом;
- to dry one's hands on a towel вытереть руки полотенцем;
- to count smth. on one's fingers пересчитать что-л по пальцам;
- to take a dog on a lead вести собаку на поводке указывает на топливо и т. п. на;
- the machine works on oil машина работает на мазуте указывает на сферу деятельности, работу в каком-л учреждении, в комиссии и т. п. на, в;
- he was a broker on the exchange он был биржевым маклером;
- to be on the committee быть членом комитета;
- to be on the staff быть в штате;
- to work on a paper работать в газете;
указывает на нахождение в составе, числе и т. п. в;
- to be on the list быть в списке;
- on the programme в программе;
указывает на пребывание в каком-л состоянии, положении или на протекание процесса на, в, при;
- on leave в отпуске;
- on sick-leave на бюллетене;
- on half-pay на половинном окладе;
- on trial на испытании;
- on one's trial под следствием;
- to be on a trip путешествовать;
- to be on fire быть в огне, пылать;
- I'm back on pills я снова сел на лекарства занятость чем-л в данное время на, по, в;
- on business по делу;
в командировке;
- to send smb. on an errand послать кого-л с поручением;
- on duty при исполнении служебных обязанностей;
на дежурстве указывает на характер отношений в, на;
- on good terms в хороших отношениях;
- not to be on speaking terms with smb. не разговаривать с кем-л указывает на средства существования на;
передается тж. твор. падежом;
- to live on one's earnings жить на свой заработок указывает на предметы питания на;
передается тж. твор. падежом;
- to live on vegetables питаться овощами указывает на предмет расходов, траты и т. п. на;
- to spend money on smth. тратить деньги на что-л;
- to put money on a horse ставить на лошадь указывает на объект действия к, на, над, для;
передается тж. дат. и род. падежами;
- to work on smth. работать над чем-л;
- to be fair on smb. быть справедливым к кому-л;
- pity on smb. жалость к кому-л;
- to confer a degree on smb. присвоить кому-л ученую. степень;
- to confer a reward on smb. наградить кого-л;
- to impose a fine on smb. наложить штраф на кого-л;
- hand work told on him тяжелая работа сказалась на нем;
- he was operated on ему сделали операцию;
- I am on a new novel я работаю над новым романом указывает на лицо или учреждение, на которое выписан чек, куплены или заказаны билеты на;
- a check on a bank чек на банк;
- two-way tickets on you and the whole team билеты туда и обратно на вас и всю команду указывает на лицо, испытывающее неприятность, боль;
- she locked the door on him она заперлась от него;
- don't hand up on me не вздумай повесить трубку;
- don't die on me, please! смотри, не умирай;
не вздумай у меня умереть! употребляется после глаголов со значением полагаться, основываться, влиять и т. п. на, от;
- to rely on smb, smth. полагаться на кого-л, что-л;
- to depend on smb., smth. зависеть от кого-л, чего-л употребляется после прилагательных и причастий прошедшего времени, указывая на направленность интересов на что-л, склонность к чему-л, решимость - часто передается твор. падежом;
- to be keen on music страстно увлекаться музыкой;
- he was bent on making money он поставил себе целью разбогатеть указывает на неоднократное повторение за;
- mile on mile миля за пилей;
- loss on loss потеря за потерей, одна потеря за другой указывает на приблизительность, неточность почти, около;
- just on a year ago так около года назад;
- just on 5 почти пять фунтов( устаревшее) указывает на переход в какое-л состояние;
- to fall on sleep заснуть в сочетаниях;
- on the contrary наоборот;
- on an average в среднем;
- on the whole в общем;
- on the one hand с одной стороны;
- on the spot сразу;
- they hired him on the spot они сразу же наняли его на работу;
- it put me on the spot (разговорное) это поставило меня в неприятное положение;
- on behalf of от лица, от имени;
- on behalf of the company от имени компании;
- on smb's part с чьей-л стороны;
- from then on you will be on your own с этого момента ты будешь предоставлен сам себе;
- on my word of honour честное слово;
- to have smth. on smb. (американизм) иметь преимущество перед кем-л;
(разговорное) иметь что-л против кого-д;
- I have nothing on him я ничего против него не имею;
у меня нет на него компрометирующего материала;
- to drop in on smb. (разговорное) заходить к кому-л;
- to be on smb. (разговорное) подойти вплотную к кому-л;
- you can't see him until you're on him вы не увидите его, пока не подойдете к нему вплотную;
- this is on me за это плачу я;
- to take is out on smb. сваливать на кого-л;
- don't take it out on me, it's not my fault не сваливайте на меня, я не виноват ~ and off (или off and ~) время от времени, иногда;
and so on и так далее so: ~ to say так сказать;
and so on, and so forth и так далее, и тому подобное my opinion ~ that question мое мнение по этому вопросу;
a book on phonetics книга по фонетике ~ prep в пространственном значении указывает на направление на;
the boy threw the ball on the floor мальчик бросил мяч на пол bring pressure to bear ~ заставлять двигаться в заданном направлении build ~ основываться to buy (smth.) ~ the cheap разг. купить по дешевке;
to live on one's parents быть на иждивении родителей confer a right ~ давать право count ~ рассчитывать ~ prep в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности (какого-л.) предмета на;
the cup is on the table чашка на столе default ~ не выполнять договор default ~ не выполнять обязательство default ~ не являться по вызову суда depend ~ зависеть от depend ~ надеяться на depend ~ находиться на иждивении depend ~ полагаться на depend ~ получать помощь от depend ~ рассчитывать на devolve ~ передавать полномочия ~ prep указывает на состояние, процесс, характер действия в, на;
on fire в огне;
the dog is on the chain собака на цепи;
on sale в продаже the door opens ~ a lawn дверь выходит на лужайку;
on the right направо;
on the North на севере drawing ~ использование drawing ~ получение drawing ~ расходование elaborate ~ конкретизировать embark ~ начинать дело enlarge ~ вдаваться в подробности enlarge ~ распространяться exert influence ~ оказывать влияние на ~ указывает на отправную точку или момент: from this day on с этого дня I heard it ~ some air show я слышал это в (какой-то) радиопостановке;
he borrowed money on his friend он занял деньги у своего друга the picture hangs ~ the wall картина висит на стене;
he has a blister on the sole of his foot у него волдырь на пятке ~ указывает на: приближение (к какому-л. моменту) к;
he is getting on in years он стареет;
he is going on for thirty ему скоро исполнится тридцать ~ указывает на: приближение (к какому-л. моменту) к;
he is getting on in years он стареет;
he is going on for thirty ему скоро исполнится тридцать ~ prep указывает на направление действия;
передается дат. падежом: he turned his back on them он повернулся к ним спиной ~ prep указывает на цель, объект действия по, на;
he went on business он отправился по делу the town lies ~ lake Michigan город находится на озере Мичиган;
a house on the river дом у реки a joke ~ me шутка на мой счет;
I congratulate you on your success поздравляю вас с успехом I heard it ~ some air show я слышал это в (какой-то) радиопостановке;
he borrowed money on his friend он занял деньги у своего друга impress ~ производить впечатление imprint ~ ставить печать interest ~ capital процент на капитал;
tax on imports налог на импорт;
on high вверху, на высоте ~ prep указывает на основание, причину, источник из, на, в, по, у;
it is all clear on the evidence все ясно из показаний it is ~ for ten o'clock время приближается к десяти (часам) ~ разг. удачный, хороший;
it is one of my on days я сегодня в хорошей форме a joke ~ me шутка на мой счет;
I congratulate you on your success поздравляю вас с успехом ~ указывает на включение, соединение (об аппарате, механизме): turn on the gas! включи газ!;
the light is on свет горит, включен ~ prep за (что-л.), на (что-л.) ;
to live on 5 a week жить на 5 фунтов в неделю;
she got it on good terms она получила это на выгодных условиях to buy (smth.) ~ the cheap разг. купить по дешевке;
to live on one's parents быть на иждивении родителей ~ указывает на идущие в театре (кинотеатре) пьесы (фильмы): Macbeth is on tonight сегодня идет "Макбет";
what is on in London this spring? какие пьесы идут этой весной в Лондоне? maturing ~ выход в тираж maturing ~ наступление срока долгового обязательства maturing ~ наступление срока платежа maturing ~ наступление срока погашения my opinion ~ that question мое мнение по этому вопросу;
a book on phonetics книга по фонетике neighbour ~ граничить ~ prep в пространственном значении указывает на способ передвижения в, на;
on a truck на грузовике;
on a train в поезде ~ prep в пространственном значении указывает на способ передвижения в, на;
on a truck на грузовике;
on a train в поезде ~ and off (или off and ~) время от времени, иногда;
and so on и так далее ~ указывает на движение дальше, далее, вперед;
to send one's luggage on послать багаж вперед, заранее;
on and on не останавливаясь ~ prep во временном значении указывает на определенный день недели, определенную дату, точный момент в;
on Tuesday во вторник;
on another day в другой день ~ the 5th of December 5-го декабря;
on Christmas eve в канун рождества ~ errand на посылках ~ errand по поручению ~ examining the box closer I found it empty внимательно осмотрев ящик, я убедился, что в нем ничего нет;
payable on demand оплата по требованию ~ prep указывает на состояние, процесс, характер действия в, на;
on fire в огне;
the dog is on the chain собака на цепи;
on sale в продаже ~ good authority из достоверного источника;
on that ground на этом основании interest ~ capital процент на капитал;
tax on imports налог на импорт;
on high вверху, на высоте ~ prep во временном значении указывает на последовательность, очередность наступления действий по, после;
on my return I met many friends по возвращении я встретил много друзей ~ prep во временном значении указывает на одновременность действий во время, в течение;
on my way home по пути домой ~ prep указывает на состояние, процесс, характер действия в, на;
on fire в огне;
the dog is on the chain собака на цепи;
on sale в продаже sale: on ~ в продаже ~ good authority из достоверного источника;
on that ground на этом основании ~ prep в (составе, числе) ;
on the commission(delegation) в составе комиссии (делегации) ;
on the jury в числе присяжных;
on the list в списке ~ prep в (составе, числе) ;
on the commission( delegation) в составе комиссии (делегации) ;
on the jury в числе присяжных;
on the list в списке ~ prep в (составе, числе) ;
on the commission(delegation) в составе комиссии (делегации) ;
on the jury в числе присяжных;
on the list в списке ~ the morning of the 5th of December утром 5-го декабря;
on time вовремя the door opens ~ a lawn дверь выходит на лужайку;
on the right направо;
on the North на севере the door opens ~ a lawn дверь выходит на лужайку;
on the right направо;
on the North на севере right: ~ правая сторона;
on the right справа (где) ;
to the right направо (куда) ~ the 5th of December 5-го декабря;
on Christmas eve в канун рождества ~ the morning of the 5th of December утром 5-го декабря;
on time вовремя time: to make ~ амер. ехать на определенной скорости;
on time амер. точно, вовремя;
at one time некогда ~ prep во временном значении указывает на определенный день недели, определенную дату, точный момент в;
on Tuesday во вторник;
on another day в другой день pass ~ передавать pass ~ переходить к другому вопросу pass: ~ on выносить( решение) ~ on передавать дальше ~ on переходить( к другому вопросу и т. п.) ~ on проходить дальше;
pass on, please! проходите!, не останавливайтесь! ~ on проходить дальше;
pass on, please! проходите!, не останавливайтесь! ~ on умереть passing ~ передача passing ~ переход к другому вопросу the picture hangs ~ the wall картина висит на стене;
he has a blister on the sole of his foot у него волдырь на пятке put ~ включать put ~ запускать put ~ прибавлять put ~ приводить в действие put ~ увеличивать put: ~ on надевать ~ on принимать вид;
напускать на себя reckon ~ полагаться reckon ~ рассчитывать reflect ~ бросать тень reflect ~ быть во вред reflect ~ вызывать сомнения reflect: ~ размышлять, раздумывать (on, upon) ;
reflect on, reflect upon бросать тень;
подвергать сомнению rely ~ быть уверенным rely ~ доверять rely ~ надеяться rely ~ опираться rely ~ основываться rely ~ полагаться rely ~ рассчитывать secured ~ гарантированный secured ~ обеспеченный send ~ отправлять send ~ отсылать ~ указывает на движение дальше, далее, вперед;
to send one's luggage on послать багаж вперед, заранее;
on and on не останавливаясь sending ~ отправление ~ prep за (что-л.), на (что-л.) ;
to live on 5 a week жить на 5 фунтов в неделю;
she got it on good terms она получила это на выгодных условиях she had a green hat ~ на ней была зеленая шляпа she smiled ~ me она мне улыбнулась sign ~ нанимать на работу sign: ~ on вчт. войти ~ on вчт. входить ~ on радио дать знак начала передачи;
sign up = sign on ~ on радио дать знак начала передачи;
sign up = sign on ~ on нанимать(ся) на работу signing ~ возвращение на работу signing ~ прием на работу sit ~ заседать sit: ~ on быть членом (комиссии) ~ on разг. осадить;
выбранить ~ on разбирать (дело) ~ up разг. (внезапно) заинтересоваться (тж. sit up and take notice) ;
to make (smb.) sit up расшевелить, встряхнуть( кого-л.) ;
sit upon = sit on stake ~ делать ставку take ~ браться за дело take ~ нанимать на службу take: ~ on брать( работу) ;
браться (за дело и т. п.) ~ on важничать, задирать нос ~ on иметь успех, становиться популярным ~ on воен. открыть огонь ~ on полнеть ~ on принимать на службу ~ on разг. сильно волноваться, огорчаться, расстраиваться taken ~ нанятый taken ~ приглашенный на работу interest ~ capital процент на капитал;
tax on imports налог на импорт;
on high вверху, на высоте ~ указывает на: продолжение или развитие действия: to walk on продолжать идти;
go on! продолжай(те) !;
there is a war on идет война they rose ~ their enemies они поднялись на своих врагов the town lies ~ lake Michigan город находится на озере Мичиган;
a house on the river дом у реки trade ~ извлекать выгоду trade ~ использовать в личных целях ~ указывает на включение, соединение (об аппарате, механизме): turn on the gas! включи газ!;
the light is on свет горит, включен verge ~ граничить с verge: ~ клониться, приближаться (to, towards - к чему-л.) ;
verge on, verge upon граничить (с чем-л.) ;
it verges on madness это граничит с безумием ~ указывает на: продолжение или развитие действия: to walk on продолжать идти;
go on! продолжай(те) !;
there is a war on идет война walk: ~ on театр. играть роль без слов ~ on идти вперед ~ on продолжать ходьбу ~ prep о, об, относительно, касательно, по;
we talked on many subjects мы говорили о многом on указывает на наличие (какой-л.) одежды (на ком-л.): what had he on? во что он был одет? ~ указывает на идущие в театре (кинотеатре) пьесы (фильмы): Macbeth is on tonight сегодня идет "Макбет";
what is on in London this spring? какие пьесы идут этой весной в Лондоне? work ~ продолжать упорно работать work: ~ on = work upon ~ on продолжать работать

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > on
8 on

1. [ɒn] a
1. ближний, внутренний

the on side - более близкая (к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п.) сторона

2. спорт. часть поля, на которой стоит игрок с битой ( крикет)

on drive - удар в сторону, на которой находится игрок с битой

3. разг. эффективный; действующий; имеющий силу

it was one of his on days - он был в хорошей форме /в ударе/ в тот день

4. разг.

1) осведомлённый, знающий

he is the most on person here - он здесь самый информированный человек, он знает всё и вся

2) подходящий; приличный

it's a most on situation - это очень подходящий случай

5. вполне возможный, достижимый; лёгкий

not to be on - быть нереальным /начисто исключённым/
2. [ɒn] adv
1. указывает на

1) нахождение на поверхности чего-л.:

tea is on - чай подан /на столе/

2) движение на поверхность чего-л.:

put the kettle on - поставь чайник (на плиту и т. п.)

he climbed (up) on the wall - он взобрался на стену

2. указывает на

1) продолжение действия:

to work [to write] on - продолжать работать [писать]

she sang on - она всё пела (и пела)

go on! - продолжайте! [см. тж. 2)]

go on reading - читай(те) дальше

the war still went on - война всё шла /продолжалась/

I held on to the rope - я держался за канат

the orator went on to say... - затем оратор заявил...

2) продвижение вперёд - в пространственном и временном значении вперёд

go on! - иди(те) вперёд /дальше/ [см. тж. 1)]

on, John, on! - вперёд, Джон, вперёд!

he sent the luggage on - багаж он отправил вперёд

time glides on - время бежит (незаметно)

time is getting on - время идёт

3) приближение к какому-л. моменту к

to be well on in years - быть в годах

it is getting on for six o'clock - скоро будет шесть (часов)

he is going on for five - ему скоро исполнится пять (лет)

it was well on at night [in September] - была глубокая ночь [был в разгаре сентябрь]

4) удаление - в пространственном и временном значении:

further on - дальше

later on - позднее, позже

from... on - начиная с

from now [that day] on - начиная с сегодняшнего [того] дня

3. указывает на наличие или наступление действия или процесса:

the game is on - игра идёт

the play was on for months - пьеса много месяцев не сходила со сцены

what is on today? - что идёт сегодня (в кино, театре)?

he is on as Macbeth tonight - он играет роль Макбета сегодня

on with the show! - а) начинайте представление!; б) спектакль надо продолжать!

the rain is on again - опять идёт /пошёл/ дождь

breakfast is on from eight to ten - завтрак подают с восьми до десяти

a terrible row was on - творилось что-то невообразимое

have you anything on this evening? - вы заняты сегодня вечером?

the crisis came on - наступил кризис

4. указывает на включённость или работу механизма, прибора, системы и т. п. - часто передаётся глагольными приставками в-, за-

to turn on the tap - открывать кран

the machine was on - машина работала

the radio is on - радио включено

to switch /to turn/ on the gas - включить газ

to put the brakes on - затормозить

the light is full on - свет горит всюду

5. указывает на

1) надевание одежды или наличие её на ком-л., на натягивание чехла и т. п. в, на; передаётся тж. глагольными приставками:

to have one's hat [shoes] on - быть в шляпе [в ботинках]

what had he on? - что на нём было (надето)?

he had his spectacles on - он был в очках

put on your coat - надень пальто

put the tablecloth on - постели скатерть

try these shoes on - померь эти туфли

2) нанесение чего-л. на поверхность предмета в, на; передаётся тж. глагольными приставками:

rub the ointment on - вотрите эту мазь

6. указывает на направление на, к

to head on (to) - мор. держать курс (на)

stern on - мор. кормой к (ветру, берегу и т. п.)

7. ком. указывает на увеличение выше

the price [the quotation] is 3 points on - цена [котировка] выше на три пункта

♢ and so on - и так далее

on and off - от случая к случаю, время от времени

on and on - бесконечно, не переставая

they talked on and on for hours - они болтали часами (без умолку)

to be on - а) заключать пари; б) быть навеселе

he is a little bit on - он слегка навеселе

to be on (for smth.) - быть за (что-л.)

I'm on (for it) - я - за (это), я с удовольствием

to be on to smb. - а) раскусить /разгадать/ кого-л.; they were on to him at once - они сразу его раскусили; б) (по)говорить с кем-л.; he's been on to me about this matter - он поговорил со мной по поводу этого дела; в) нападать (на чей-л. след); the police are on to him - полиция напала на его след; г) придираться к кому-л.

he is always on to me - он всегда ко мне придирается

to get on to smb. - а) добраться до кого-л.; he got on to me only yesterday - он добрался до меня только вчера; б) застать кого-л.

I got on to him on the phone - я застал его по телефону

to be on to smth. - узнать, догадаться о чём-л.; понять что-л.

he was on to it at last - наконец он это понял

it's not on! - а) это невозможно!; you can't refuse now, it's just not on - вы не можете сейчас отказаться - это просто невозможно; б) не получилось!; не вышло!

hold on! - держись!

come on! - ну, давай!, /пошли!, взяли!, начали!/

keep your hair on! - спокойно!, не волнуйся!

др. сочетания см. под соответствующими словами
3. [ɒn] prep
1. в пространственном значении указывает на

1) нахождение на чём-л. или на поверхности чего-л. на

a city on the hill - город на холме

a picture on the wall - картина на стене

a painting on glass - рисунок на стекле

on the surface of the water - на поверхности воды

on page four - на четвёртой странице

a ring on the finger - кольцо на пальце

shoes on his feet - ботинки у него на ногах

the look on his face - выражение его лица

there was deep snow on the ground - земля была покрыта толстым слоем снега

2) движение по поверхности по

logs floating on the water - брёвна, плывущие по воде

a fly walked on the ceiling - муха ползала /разгуливала/ по потолку

3) направленность или место приложения действия на, в

to kiss smb. on the lips /on the mouth/ - поцеловать кого-л. в губы

to pat smb. on the hand - погладить кого-л. по руке

to knock on the door - постучать в дверь

to head on (to) the south - держать курс на юг

the window opens on (to) the street - окно выходит на улицу

to turn one's back on (to) smb. - а) повернуться к кому-л. спиной; б) не желать иметь дела с кем-л.

he threw the papers on the table - он бросил бумаги на стол

the light shone on us - свет падал на нас

4) местонахождение или положение около или на границе чего-л. на; у, около

on the Continent - на материке ( не на Британских о-вах)

on the horizon - на горизонте

on the street - амер. на улице

on the veranda(h) - на веранде

on the border - на границе

a cottage on a lake - домик у озера

to border on smth. - граничить с чем-л.

on the right - справа

on the right side of the road - по правую сторону дороги

houses on either side of the street - дома по обе стороны улицы

a house on the main road - дом около /у/ главной дороги

5) нахождение на такой-то реке ( в географических названиях) на

Burton-on-Trent - Бертон-на-Тренте

Stratford-on-Avon - Стратфорд-на-Эйвоне

6) части света на

on the east - на востоке

on the west - на западе

2. во временном значении указывает на

1) какой-л. день, момент времени в, на

on Monday - в понедельник

on Tuesday week - (ровно) через неделю во вторник, в следующий вторник

on the next /following/ day - на следующий день

on any day - в любой день

on the day of my arrival - в день моего приезда

on time - амер. точно, вовремя

on the minute - минута в минуту

on the instant - тотчас же

on the point of - как раз

we were on the point of leaving when he came - мы как раз собирались уходить, когда он пришёл

2) дату - передаётся род. падежом:

on the 1st of May - первого мая

on or about the 12th - примерно двенадцатого (числа)

on and after the 15th - начиная с пятнадцатого (числа) включительно

3) часть дня в; передаётся тж. твор. падежом:

on the morning of the 3rd of March - утром третьего марта

on a rainy autumn evening - в дождливый осенний вечер, дождливым осенним вечером

on a dark night - тёмной ночью

4) последовательность событий после, по; с герундием передаётся тж. деепричастием:

on the death of his friend - после смерти его друга

cash on delivery - с уплатой при доставке; наложенным платежом

on reaching home - придя домой

5) одновременность событий во время; по

on a trip - во время поездки /путешествия/ [ср. тж. 8, 3)]

on his rounds - во время его обхода

on his full age - по достижении им совершеннолетия

3. указывает на наличие чего-л. (при себе, с собой) у

I have no money on me - у меня при себе нет денег, у меня нет денег с собой

a pistol was found on him - у него нашли пистолет

she has two babies on her arms - у неё двое малышей (на руках); она с двумя маленькими детьми

4. указывает на предмет переговоров, спора, тему книги, лекции и т. п. о, относительно, по (поводу), на

a decision [a debate] on smth. - решение [спор] по поводу чего-л.

agreement on smth. - соглашение по какому-л. вопросу

a book on birds - книга о птицах

a satire on society - сатира на общество

a lecture on history - лекции по истории

to write [to speak, to dwell] on smth. - писать [говорить, распространяться] о чём-л. /на какую-л. тему/

5. указывает на

1) условие на, при, в, под

on certain conditions /terms/ - на определённых условиях

on the condition that - при условии, что

on such terms - на таких условиях

on credit - в кредит

on one's own responsibility - под свою личную ответственность

to borrow money on mortgage - занимать деньги под закладную

2) основание, причину на, из, по, с, в; передаётся тж. твор. падежом:

on account of - вследствие, из-за

on no account - ни в коем случае

on smb.'s advice - по чьему-л. совету

on a charge of smth. - по обвинению в чём-л.

on (medical) evidence - по /согласно/ (медицинским) данным

on that ground... - на том основании, что...

on an impulse - в порыве, повинуясь порыву

on the occasion ot smth. - по случаю чего-л.

on an order - по приказу, на основании приказа

on principle - из принципа

on purpose - с целью, специально, (пред)намеренно

on suspicion - по подозрению

to pride oneself on smth. - гордиться чем-л.

to congratulate smb. on smth. - поздравить кого-л. с чем-л.

3) источник из, по

on hearsay - по слухам

to have smth. on good authority - знать что-л. из достоверных источников

4) источник дохода, предмет обложения налогом и т. п. с, на

interest on one's capital - процент с капитала

profit on the sale of - доход с продажи (чего-л.)

tax on tobacco - налог на табак

6. указывает на

1) образ действия - передаётся тж. наречием (обыкн. с субстантивированным прилагательным):

on the cheap - по дешёвке

on the quiet - потихоньку, тайком

on the sly - тайком

on a sudden - внезапно

all on a tremble - весь дрожа, в сильном волнении

2) способ передачи по

on the telephone - по телефону

on television - по телевидению

to hear a song on the radio - услышать песню по радио

3) способ передвижения в, на; вместе с сущ. передаётся тж. наречием:

on an ocean liner - на океанском лайнере

on board a ship - на борту судна

on a truck - на грузовике

on a train - в поезде, поездом

on horseback - верхом

on tiptoe - на цыпочках

on foot - пешком

4) опору и т. п. на

on one's feet /legs/ - на ногах

on one's knees - на коленях

to spin /to turn/ on one's heel - повернуться на каблуках

to lean on smb., smth. - опираться на кого-л., что-л.

7. указывает на

1) инструмент, орудие на; передаётся тж. твор. падежом:

to play on an organ - играть на органе

he played something on the violin - он сыграл что-то на скрипке

to cut one's finger on a knife - порезать палец ножом

to dry one's hands on a towel - вытереть руки полотенцем

to count smth. on one's fingers - пересчитать что-л. по пальцам

to take a dog on a lead - вести собаку на поводке

her dress caught on a nail - её одежда зацепилась за гвоздь

2) топливо и т. п. на

the machine works on oil - машина работает на мазуте

8. указывает на

1) сферу деятельности, работу в каком-л. учреждении, в комиссии и т. п. на, в

he was a broker on the exchange - он был биржевым маклером

to be on the committee - быть членом комитета

to be on the staff - быть в штате

to work on a paper - работать в газете

he is on❝General Motors❞ - он работает в фирме «Дженерал моторс»

2) нахождение в составе, числе и т. п. в

to be on the list - быть в списке

on the programme - в программе

on the repertoire - в репертуаре

3) пребывание в каком-л. состоянии, положении или на протекание процесса на, в, при

on leave - в отпуске

on sick-leave - на бюллетене

on half-pay - на половинном окладе

on trial - на испытании

on one's trial - под следствием

to be on strike - бастовать

to be on a trip - путешествовать [ср. тж. 2, 5)]

to be on fire - быть в огне, пылать

I'm back on pills - я снова сел на лекарства

4) занятость чем-л. в данное время на, по, в

on business - по делу; в командировке

to send smb. on an errand - послать кого-л. с поручением /с заданием, с миссией/

on duty - при исполнении служебных обязанностей; на дежурстве

5) характер отношений в, на

on good [bad] terms - в хороших [плохих] отношениях

not to be on speaking terms with smb. - не разговаривать с кем-л.

to be on a friendly footing with smb. - быть с кем-л. в дружеских отношениях

9. указывает на

1) средства существования на; передаётся тж. твор. падежом:

to live on one's earnings - жить на свой заработок

to live on one's parents' - быть на иждивении родителей

2) предметы питания на; передаётся тж. твор. падежом:

to live on vegetables - питаться овощами

they lunched on cutlets - на завтрак они ели котлеты

10. указывает на предмет расходов, траты и т. п. на

to spend money [time] on smth. - тратить деньги [время] на что-л.

to put money on a horse - ставить на лошадь ( на скачках)

11. указывает на

1) объект действия к, на, над, для; передаётся тж. дат. и род. падежами:

to work on smth. - работать над чем-л.

to be fair [unfair] on smb. - быть справедливым [несправедливым] к кому-л.

pity on smb. - жалость к кому-л.

to have mercy on smb. - сжалиться над кем-л.

to take vengeance on smb. - отомстить кому-л.

an attack /an assault/ on smb., smth. - нападение на кого-л., что-л.

to confer a degree on smb. - присвоить кому-л. учёную степень

to confer a reward on smb. - наградить кого-л.

to impose a fine on smb. - наложить штраф на кого-л.

to complain /to tell/ on smb. - жаловаться /доносить/ на кого-л.

a burden on smb. - обуза для кого-л.

a strain on smb. - напряжение для кого-л.

hard work told on him - тяжёлая работа сказалась на нём

he was operated on - ему сделали операцию

I am on a new novel - я работаю над новым романом

it was hard kick on him - ему не повезло

2) лицо или учреждение, на которое выписан чек, куплены или заказаны билеты на

a check on a bank - чек на банк

two-way tickets on you and the whole team - билеты туда и обратно на вас и всю команду /для вас и для всей команды/

3) лицо, испытывающее неприятность, боль и т. п.:

she locked the door on him - она заперлась от него

don't hang up on me - не вздумай повесить трубку

don't die on me, please! - ≅ смотри, не умирай; не вздумай у меня умереть!

12. употребляется после

1) глаголов со значением полагаться, основываться, влиять и т. п. на, от

to rely [to count] on smb., smth. - полагаться [рассчитывать] на кого-л., что-л.

to depend on smb., smth. - зависеть от кого-л., чего-л.

2) прилагательных и причастий прошедшего времени ( в предикативе), указывая на направленность интересов на что-л., склонность к чему-л., решимость - часто передаётся твор. падежом:

to be keen /mad/ on music - страстно увлекаться музыкой

he was bent /determined/ on making money - он поставил себе целью разбогатеть

13. указывает на неоднократное повторение за

mile on mile - миля за милей

loss on loss - потеря за потерей, одна потеря за другой

14. указывает на приблизительность, неточность почти, около

just on a year ago - так около года назад

just on £5 - почти пять фунтов

15. уст. указывает на переход в какое-л. состояние:

to fall on sleep - заснуть

16. в сочетаниях:

on the contrary - наоборот

on an /the/ average - в среднем

on the whole - в общем

on the one hand - с одной стороны

on the other hand - с другой стороны

on the spot - сразу

they hired him on the spot - они сразу же наняли его на работу

it put me on the spot - разг. это поставило меня в неприятное положение

on behalf of - от лица, от имени

on behalf of the company - от имени компании

on smb.'s part - с чьей-л. стороны

on one's own - один; без посторонней помощи

from then on you will be on your own - с этого момента ты будешь предоставлен сам себе /тебе никто не будет помогать/

on my word of honour - (под) честное слово

to have smth. on smb. - амер. а) иметь преимущество перед кем-л.; б) разг. иметь что-л. против кого-л.

I have nothing on him - а) я ничего против него не имею; б) у меня нет на него компрометирующего материала

to drop in on smb. - разг. заходить /забегать/ к кому-л.

to be on smb. - разг. подойти вплотную к кому-л.

you can't see him until you're on him - вы не увидите его, пока не подойдёте к нему вплотную

this is on me - за это плачу я

to take it out on smb. - сваливать на кого-л.

don't take it out on me, it's not my fault - не сваливайте на меня, я не виноват

др. сочетания см. под соответствующими словами

НБАРС > on
9 on

1. [ɒn] a
1. ближний, внутренний

the on side - более близкая (к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п.) сторона

2. спорт. часть поля, на которой стоит игрок с битой ( крикет)

on drive - удар в сторону, на которой находится игрок с битой

3. разг. эффективный; действующий; имеющий силу

it was one of his on days - он был в хорошей форме /в ударе/ в тот день

4. разг.

1) осведомлённый, знающий

he is the most on person here - он здесь самый информированный человек, он знает всё и вся

2) подходящий; приличный

it's a most on situation - это очень подходящий случай

5. вполне возможный, достижимый; лёгкий

not to be on - быть нереальным /начисто исключённым/
2. [ɒn] adv
1. указывает на

1) нахождение на поверхности чего-л.:

tea is on - чай подан /на столе/

2) движение на поверхность чего-л.:

put the kettle on - поставь чайник (на плиту и т. п.)

he climbed (up) on the wall - он взобрался на стену

2. указывает на

1) продолжение действия:

to work [to write] on - продолжать работать [писать]

she sang on - она всё пела (и пела)

go on! - продолжайте! [см. тж. 2)]

go on reading - читай(те) дальше

the war still went on - война всё шла /продолжалась/

I held on to the rope - я держался за канат

the orator went on to say... - затем оратор заявил...

2) продвижение вперёд - в пространственном и временном значении вперёд

go on! - иди(те) вперёд /дальше/ [см. тж. 1)]

on, John, on! - вперёд, Джон, вперёд!

he sent the luggage on - багаж он отправил вперёд

time glides on - время бежит (незаметно)

time is getting on - время идёт

3) приближение к какому-л. моменту к

to be well on in years - быть в годах

it is getting on for six o'clock - скоро будет шесть (часов)

he is going on for five - ему скоро исполнится пять (лет)

it was well on at night [in September] - была глубокая ночь [был в разгаре сентябрь]

4) удаление - в пространственном и временном значении:

further on - дальше

later on - позднее, позже

from... on - начиная с

from now [that day] on - начиная с сегодняшнего [того] дня

3. указывает на наличие или наступление действия или процесса:

the game is on - игра идёт

the play was on for months - пьеса много месяцев не сходила со сцены

what is on today? - что идёт сегодня (в кино, театре)?

he is on as Macbeth tonight - он играет роль Макбета сегодня

on with the show! - а) начинайте представление!; б) спектакль надо продолжать!

the rain is on again - опять идёт /пошёл/ дождь

breakfast is on from eight to ten - завтрак подают с восьми до десяти

a terrible row was on - творилось что-то невообразимое

have you anything on this evening? - вы заняты сегодня вечером?

the crisis came on - наступил кризис

4. указывает на включённость или работу механизма, прибора, системы и т. п. - часто передаётся глагольными приставками в-, за-

to turn on the tap - открывать кран

the machine was on - машина работала

the radio is on - радио включено

to switch /to turn/ on the gas - включить газ

to put the brakes on - затормозить

the light is full on - свет горит всюду

5. указывает на

1) надевание одежды или наличие её на ком-л., на натягивание чехла и т. п. в, на; передаётся тж. глагольными приставками:

to have one's hat [shoes] on - быть в шляпе [в ботинках]

what had he on? - что на нём было (надето)?

he had his spectacles on - он был в очках

put on your coat - надень пальто

put the tablecloth on - постели скатерть

try these shoes on - померь эти туфли

2) нанесение чего-л. на поверхность предмета в, на; передаётся тж. глагольными приставками:

rub the ointment on - вотрите эту мазь

6. указывает на направление на, к

to head on (to) - мор. держать курс (на)

stern on - мор. кормой к (ветру, берегу и т. п.)

7. ком. указывает на увеличение выше

the price [the quotation] is 3 points on - цена [котировка] выше на три пункта

♢ and so on - и так далее

on and off - от случая к случаю, время от времени

on and on - бесконечно, не переставая

they talked on and on for hours - они болтали часами (без умолку)

to be on - а) заключать пари; б) быть навеселе

he is a little bit on - он слегка навеселе

to be on (for smth.) - быть за (что-л.)

I'm on (for it) - я - за (это), я с удовольствием

to be on to smb. - а) раскусить /разгадать/ кого-л.; they were on to him at once - они сразу его раскусили; б) (по)говорить с кем-л.; he's been on to me about this matter - он поговорил со мной по поводу этого дела; в) нападать (на чей-л. след); the police are on to him - полиция напала на его след; г) придираться к кому-л.

he is always on to me - он всегда ко мне придирается

to get on to smb. - а) добраться до кого-л.; he got on to me only yesterday - он добрался до меня только вчера; б) застать кого-л.

I got on to him on the phone - я застал его по телефону

to be on to smth. - узнать, догадаться о чём-л.; понять что-л.

he was on to it at last - наконец он это понял

it's not on! - а) это невозможно!; you can't refuse now, it's just not on - вы не можете сейчас отказаться - это просто невозможно; б) не получилось!; не вышло!

hold on! - держись!

come on! - ну, давай!, /пошли!, взяли!, начали!/

keep your hair on! - спокойно!, не волнуйся!

др. сочетания см. под соответствующими словами
3. [ɒn] prep
1. в пространственном значении указывает на

1) нахождение на чём-л. или на поверхности чего-л. на

a city on the hill - город на холме

a picture on the wall - картина на стене

a painting on glass - рисунок на стекле

on the surface of the water - на поверхности воды

on page four - на четвёртой странице

a ring on the finger - кольцо на пальце

shoes on his feet - ботинки у него на ногах

the look on his face - выражение его лица

there was deep snow on the ground - земля была покрыта толстым слоем снега

2) движение по поверхности по

logs floating on the water - брёвна, плывущие по воде

a fly walked on the ceiling - муха ползала /разгуливала/ по потолку

3) направленность или место приложения действия на, в

to kiss smb. on the lips /on the mouth/ - поцеловать кого-л. в губы

to pat smb. on the hand - погладить кого-л. по руке

to knock on the door - постучать в дверь

to head on (to) the south - держать курс на юг

the window opens on (to) the street - окно выходит на улицу

to turn one's back on (to) smb. - а) повернуться к кому-л. спиной; б) не желать иметь дела с кем-л.

he threw the papers on the table - он бросил бумаги на стол

the light shone on us - свет падал на нас

4) местонахождение или положение около или на границе чего-л. на; у, около

on the Continent - на материке ( не на Британских о-вах)

on the horizon - на горизонте

on the street - амер. на улице

on the veranda(h) - на веранде

on the border - на границе

a cottage on a lake - домик у озера

to border on smth. - граничить с чем-л.

on the right - справа

on the right side of the road - по правую сторону дороги

houses on either side of the street - дома по обе стороны улицы

a house on the main road - дом около /у/ главной дороги

5) нахождение на такой-то реке ( в географических названиях) на

Burton-on-Trent - Бертон-на-Тренте

Stratford-on-Avon - Стратфорд-на-Эйвоне

6) части света на

on the east - на востоке

on the west - на западе

2. во временном значении указывает на

1) какой-л. день, момент времени в, на

on Monday - в понедельник

on Tuesday week - (ровно) через неделю во вторник, в следующий вторник

on the next /following/ day - на следующий день

on any day - в любой день

on the day of my arrival - в день моего приезда

on time - амер. точно, вовремя

on the minute - минута в минуту

on the instant - тотчас же

on the point of - как раз

we were on the point of leaving when he came - мы как раз собирались уходить, когда он пришёл

2) дату - передаётся род. падежом:

on the 1st of May - первого мая

on or about the 12th - примерно двенадцатого (числа)

on and after the 15th - начиная с пятнадцатого (числа) включительно

3) часть дня в; передаётся тж. твор. падежом:

on the morning of the 3rd of March - утром третьего марта

on a rainy autumn evening - в дождливый осенний вечер, дождливым осенним вечером

on a dark night - тёмной ночью

4) последовательность событий после, по; с герундием передаётся тж. деепричастием:

on the death of his friend - после смерти его друга

cash on delivery - с уплатой при доставке; наложенным платежом

on reaching home - придя домой

5) одновременность событий во время; по

on a trip - во время поездки /путешествия/ [ср. тж. 8, 3)]

on his rounds - во время его обхода

on his full age - по достижении им совершеннолетия

3. указывает на наличие чего-л. (при себе, с собой) у

I have no money on me - у меня при себе нет денег, у меня нет денег с собой

a pistol was found on him - у него нашли пистолет

she has two babies on her arms - у неё двое малышей (на руках); она с двумя маленькими детьми

4. указывает на предмет переговоров, спора, тему книги, лекции и т. п. о, относительно, по (поводу), на

a decision [a debate] on smth. - решение [спор] по поводу чего-л.

agreement on smth. - соглашение по какому-л. вопросу

a book on birds - книга о птицах

a satire on society - сатира на общество

a lecture on history - лекции по истории

to write [to speak, to dwell] on smth. - писать [говорить, распространяться] о чём-л. /на какую-л. тему/

5. указывает на

1) условие на, при, в, под

on certain conditions /terms/ - на определённых условиях

on the condition that - при условии, что

on such terms - на таких условиях

on credit - в кредит

on one's own responsibility - под свою личную ответственность

to borrow money on mortgage - занимать деньги под закладную

2) основание, причину на, из, по, с, в; передаётся тж. твор. падежом:

on account of - вследствие, из-за

on no account - ни в коем случае

on smb.'s advice - по чьему-л. совету

on a charge of smth. - по обвинению в чём-л.

on (medical) evidence - по /согласно/ (медицинским) данным

on that ground... - на том основании, что...

on an impulse - в порыве, повинуясь порыву

on the occasion ot smth. - по случаю чего-л.

on an order - по приказу, на основании приказа

on principle - из принципа

on purpose - с целью, специально, (пред)намеренно

on suspicion - по подозрению

to pride oneself on smth. - гордиться чем-л.

to congratulate smb. on smth. - поздравить кого-л. с чем-л.

3) источник из, по

on hearsay - по слухам

to have smth. on good authority - знать что-л. из достоверных источников

4) источник дохода, предмет обложения налогом и т. п. с, на

interest on one's capital - процент с капитала

profit on the sale of - доход с продажи (чего-л.)

tax on tobacco - налог на табак

6. указывает на

1) образ действия - передаётся тж. наречием (обыкн. с субстантивированным прилагательным):

on the cheap - по дешёвке

on the quiet - потихоньку, тайком

on the sly - тайком

on a sudden - внезапно

all on a tremble - весь дрожа, в сильном волнении

2) способ передачи по

on the telephone - по телефону

on television - по телевидению

to hear a song on the radio - услышать песню по радио

3) способ передвижения в, на; вместе с сущ. передаётся тж. наречием:

on an ocean liner - на океанском лайнере

on board a ship - на борту судна

on a truck - на грузовике

on a train - в поезде, поездом

on horseback - верхом

on tiptoe - на цыпочках

on foot - пешком

4) опору и т. п. на

on one's feet /legs/ - на ногах

on one's knees - на коленях

to spin /to turn/ on one's heel - повернуться на каблуках

to lean on smb., smth. - опираться на кого-л., что-л.

7. указывает на

1) инструмент, орудие на; передаётся тж. твор. падежом:

to play on an organ - играть на органе

he played something on the violin - он сыграл что-то на скрипке

to cut one's finger on a knife - порезать палец ножом

to dry one's hands on a towel - вытереть руки полотенцем

to count smth. on one's fingers - пересчитать что-л. по пальцам

to take a dog on a lead - вести собаку на поводке

her dress caught on a nail - её одежда зацепилась за гвоздь

2) топливо и т. п. на

the machine works on oil - машина работает на мазуте

8. указывает на

1) сферу деятельности, работу в каком-л. учреждении, в комиссии и т. п. на, в

he was a broker on the exchange - он был биржевым маклером

to be on the committee - быть членом комитета

to be on the staff - быть в штате

to work on a paper - работать в газете

he is on❝General Motors❞ - он работает в фирме «Дженерал моторс»

2) нахождение в составе, числе и т. п. в

to be on the list - быть в списке

on the programme - в программе

on the repertoire - в репертуаре

3) пребывание в каком-л. состоянии, положении или на протекание процесса на, в, при

on leave - в отпуске

on sick-leave - на бюллетене

on half-pay - на половинном окладе

on trial - на испытании

on one's trial - под следствием

to be on strike - бастовать

to be on a trip - путешествовать [ср. тж. 2, 5)]

to be on fire - быть в огне, пылать

I'm back on pills - я снова сел на лекарства

4) занятость чем-л. в данное время на, по, в

on business - по делу; в командировке

to send smb. on an errand - послать кого-л. с поручением /с заданием, с миссией/

on duty - при исполнении служебных обязанностей; на дежурстве

5) характер отношений в, на

on good [bad] terms - в хороших [плохих] отношениях

not to be on speaking terms with smb. - не разговаривать с кем-л.

to be on a friendly footing with smb. - быть с кем-л. в дружеских отношениях

9. указывает на

1) средства существования на; передаётся тж. твор. падежом:

to live on one's earnings - жить на свой заработок

to live on one's parents' - быть на иждивении родителей

2) предметы питания на; передаётся тж. твор. падежом:

to live on vegetables - питаться овощами

they lunched on cutlets - на завтрак они ели котлеты

10. указывает на предмет расходов, траты и т. п. на

to spend money [time] on smth. - тратить деньги [время] на что-л.

to put money on a horse - ставить на лошадь ( на скачках)

11. указывает на

1) объект действия к, на, над, для; передаётся тж. дат. и род. падежами:

to work on smth. - работать над чем-л.

to be fair [unfair] on smb. - быть справедливым [несправедливым] к кому-л.

pity on smb. - жалость к кому-л.

to have mercy on smb. - сжалиться над кем-л.

to take vengeance on smb. - отомстить кому-л.

an attack /an assault/ on smb., smth. - нападение на кого-л., что-л.

to confer a degree on smb. - присвоить кому-л. учёную степень

to confer a reward on smb. - наградить кого-л.

to impose a fine on smb. - наложить штраф на кого-л.

to complain /to tell/ on smb. - жаловаться /доносить/ на кого-л.

a burden on smb. - обуза для кого-л.

a strain on smb. - напряжение для кого-л.

hard work told on him - тяжёлая работа сказалась на нём

he was operated on - ему сделали операцию

I am on a new novel - я работаю над новым романом

it was hard kick on him - ему не повезло

2) лицо или учреждение, на которое выписан чек, куплены или заказаны билеты на

a check on a bank - чек на банк

two-way tickets on you and the whole team - билеты туда и обратно на вас и всю команду /для вас и для всей команды/

3) лицо, испытывающее неприятность, боль и т. п.:

she locked the door on him - она заперлась от него

don't hang up on me - не вздумай повесить трубку

don't die on me, please! - ≅ смотри, не умирай; не вздумай у меня умереть!

12. употребляется после

1) глаголов со значением полагаться, основываться, влиять и т. п. на, от

to rely [to count] on smb., smth. - полагаться [рассчитывать] на кого-л., что-л.

to depend on smb., smth. - зависеть от кого-л., чего-л.

2) прилагательных и причастий прошедшего времени ( в предикативе), указывая на направленность интересов на что-л., склонность к чему-л., решимость - часто передаётся твор. падежом:

to be keen /mad/ on music - страстно увлекаться музыкой

he was bent /determined/ on making money - он поставил себе целью разбогатеть

13. указывает на неоднократное повторение за

mile on mile - миля за милей

loss on loss - потеря за потерей, одна потеря за другой

14. указывает на приблизительность, неточность почти, около

just on a year ago - так около года назад

just on £5 - почти пять фунтов

15. уст. указывает на переход в какое-л. состояние:

to fall on sleep - заснуть

16. в сочетаниях:

on the contrary - наоборот

on an /the/ average - в среднем

on the whole - в общем

on the one hand - с одной стороны

on the other hand - с другой стороны

on the spot - сразу

they hired him on the spot - они сразу же наняли его на работу

it put me on the spot - разг. это поставило меня в неприятное положение

on behalf of - от лица, от имени

on behalf of the company - от имени компании

on smb.'s part - с чьей-л. стороны

on one's own - один; без посторонней помощи

from then on you will be on your own - с этого момента ты будешь предоставлен сам себе /тебе никто не будет помогать/

on my word of honour - (под) честное слово

to have smth. on smb. - амер. а) иметь преимущество перед кем-л.; б) разг. иметь что-л. против кого-л.

I have nothing on him - а) я ничего против него не имею; б) у меня нет на него компрометирующего материала

to drop in on smb. - разг. заходить /забегать/ к кому-л.

to be on smb. - разг. подойти вплотную к кому-л.

you can't see him until you're on him - вы не увидите его, пока не подойдёте к нему вплотную

this is on me - за это плачу я

to take it out on smb. - сваливать на кого-л.

don't take it out on me, it's not my fault - не сваливайте на меня, я не виноват

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