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1 ♦ might
♦ might (1) /maɪt/v. modalemight, come tutti i verbi modali, ha caratteristiche particolari:● ha significato di condizionale;● non ha forme flesse (-s alla 3a pers. sing. pres., - ing, -ed), non è mai usato con ausiliari e non ha quindi tempi composti;● forma le domande mediante la semplice posposizione del soggetto;● l'infinito che segue non ha la particella to;1 ( esprime eventualità, probabilità) – You might be right, potresti aver ragione; It might prove difficult, la cosa potrebbe dimostrarsi difficile; He might not agree, potrebbe non essere d'accordo; You might have underestimated her, potresti averla sottovalutata2 ( nel discorso indiretto) – He said he might be late, (rif. al futuro) ha detto che potrebbe tardare; (rif. al pass.) disse che avrebbe potuto tardare; We thought you might have already left, pensavamo che tu potessi essertene già andata3 ( dopo i verbi di timore, speranza, ecc., al passato) – I was afraid he might hurt himself, temevo che si facesse (o che si sarebbe fatto) male; I hoped he might succeed, speravo che riuscisse; I feared she might have been arrested, temevo che potessero averla arrestata4 ( esprime possibilità non realizzata) – I might have been killed, avrei potuto essere ucciso; If we hadn't given the alarm, there might have been casualties, se non avessimo dato l'allarme, ci sarebbero potute essere (o forse ci sarebbero state) delle vittime5 ( esprime un suggerimento) – We might go to the cinema, potremmo andare al cinema; You might like to have a look at this, forse ti interessa dare un'occhiata a questo6 (antiq. o form.) ( esprime richiesta cortese) – Might I ask you your name?, posso chiederle come si chiama?; Might I make a suggestion?, potrei suggerire una cosa?; Might I ask you what you're doing here?, potrei sapere che cosa ci fate qui?; che cosa fate qui, se è lecito?7 ( esprime una concessione) – She might be clever, but…, sarà intelligente, ma…; He might have lots of money, but his manners are atrocious, sarà anche pieno di soldi, ma ha maniere pessime8 (esprime rammarico o rimprovero per qc. di non avvenuto) – He might at least apologize, potrebbe almeno chiedere scusa; You might have told me, avresti potuto dirmelo● might as well ► well (2) □ They might well change their minds, potrebbero benissimo cambiare idea □ as you might expect, come ci si potrebbe aspettare □ as you might imagine, come puoi immaginare □ as well he [she, etc.] might (be), a buon diritto; comprensibilmente □ I might have guessed (o I might have known)!, avrei dovuto immaginarlo!; me lo sarei dovuto aspettare!NOTA D'USO: - might o may?- might (2) /maɪt/n.forza; potenza; potere; vigore: He fought with all his might, ha lottato con tutte le sue forze● (prov.) Might is right, la ragione è del più forte; contro la forza la ragion non vale. -
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I II nounwith all one's might — mit aller Kraft
2) (power) Macht, die* * *I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) pt. of may:können2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) können3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) können•- might as well- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) die Macht- mighty- mightily
- mightiness* * *might1[maɪt]II. aux vbthat old bridge \might be dangerous die alte Brücke könnte gefährlich seinsomeone phoned at six, it \might have been him um sechs rief jemand an, das könnte er gewesen sein; (will be able to)he is closing his door so that he \might have a little peace and quiet er schließt seine Tür, damit er etwas Ruhe hatlet's not answer the phone so that we \might talk undisturbed lass uns nicht ans Telefon gehen, damit wir ungestört reden können; (expressing probability)if he keeps studying so hard he \might even get a first in his final exams wenn er weiterhin so eifrig lernt, könnte er sogar der Beste bei den Abschlussprüfungen werden2. (conceding a fact)the village \might be in the middle of nowhere but I like such places das Dorf kann ruhig mitten im Nirgendwo sein, ich mag solche OrteLeeds \might be an excellent team, but... Leeds mag eine hervorragende Mannschaft sein, aber...\might I...? dürfte ich [vielleicht]...?\might I ask a question? dürfte ich eine Frage stellen?how \might I help you? wie kann ich Ihnen behilflich sein?; (when offended)\might I ask what you think you're doing in my seat? könnten Sie mir vielleicht sagen, was sie auf meinem Sitz zu suchen haben?and who \might you be? und was glaubst du wohl, wer du bist?I thought you \might like to join me for dinner ich dachte, du hättest vielleicht Lust, mit mir zu Abend zu essen; (unenthusiastically)she \might as well tell the truth — they'll find it out anyway sie könnte ebenso gut die Wahrheit sagen — sie werden es ohnehin herausfinden5. (in reproach)you \might have at least made an effort du hättest zumindest einen Versuch machen könnenI \might have known that you'd lie to me ich hätte es eigentlich wissen müssen, dass du mich anlügen würdestmight2[maɪt]n no plwith \might and main aus Leibeskräftenwith all one's \might mit aller Kraft3.* * *I [maɪt] pretthey might be brothers, they look so alike — sie könnten Brüder sein, sie sehen sich so ähnlich
as you might expect — wie zu erwarten war
... I might add —... möchte ich hinzufügen
how old might he be? — wie alt er wohl ist?
might I smoke? — dürfte ich wohl rauchen?
you might try Smith's — Sie könnten es ja mal bei Smiths versuchen
he might at least have apologized — er hätte sich wenigstens entschuldigen können
I might have known — das hätte ich mir denken können
she was thinking of what might have been — sie dachte an das, was hätte sein können
IInMacht fsuperior might — Übermacht f, Überlegenheit f
might is right (Prov) — Macht geht vor Recht (Prov)
* * *might1 [maıt] s1. Macht f, Gewalt f2. Stärke f, Kraft f:might2 [maıt] prät von may1may [meı], obs 2. sg präs mayst [meıst], 3. sg präs may, prät und optativ might [maıt] v irr (defektiv, meist Hilfsverb)1. (Möglichkeit, Gelegenheit) können, mögen:it may happen any time es kann jederzeit geschehen;it might happen es könnte geschehen;you may be right du magst recht haben, vielleicht hast du recht;he may not come vielleicht kommt er nicht; es ist möglich, dass er nicht kommt;come what may komme, was da wolle;he might lose his way er könnte sich verirren2. (Erlaubnis) dürfen, können:may I ask? darf ich fragen?;I wish I might tell you ich wollte, ich dürfte es dir sagen; selten neg:he may not do it er darf es nicht tun3. mit (as) well, just as well:you may well say so du hast gut reden;we might as well go da können wir (auch) ebenso gut gehen, gehen wir schon;he may as well dazu hat er auch allen Grund4. ungewisse Frage:how old may she be? wie alt mag sie wohl sein?;I wondered what he might be doing ich fragte mich, was er wohl tue5. (Wunschgedanke, Segenswunsch) mögen:may God bless you!;may it please your Grace Euer Gnaden mögen geruhen6. als Aufforderung:you may post this letter for me du kannst diesen Brief für mich einstecken;you might help me du könntest mir (eigentlich) helfen;you might at least offer to help du könntest wenigstens deine Hilfe anbieten7. may oder might als Konjunktionsumschreibung: I shall write to him so that he may know our plans damit er unsere Pläne erfährt;though it may cost a good deal obwohl es eine Menge kosten kann;difficult as it may be so schwierig es auch sein mag;we feared they might attack wir fürchteten, sie würden angreifen* * *I II noun2) (power) Macht, die* * *aux.kann aux.könnte aux.mag aux. n.Macht ¨-e f. -
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might [maɪt]1. modal verba. ( = may)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When might expresses present, future or past possibility, it is often translated by peut-être, with the appropriate tense of the French verb.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. ( = could)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• you might have told me you weren't coming! tu aurais pu me prévenir que tu ne viendrais pas !might I suggest that...? puis-je me permettre de suggérer que... ?c. ( = should) I might have known j'aurais dû m'en douter━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━d. (emphatic) and, I might add, it was entirely his fault et j'ajouterais que c'était entièrement de sa faute• why did he give her his credit card? -- you might well ask! mais pourquoi lui a-t-il donné sa carte de crédit ? -- va savoir !• one might well ask whether... on est en droit de se demander si...• try as he might, he couldn't do it il a eu beau essayer, il n'y est pas arrivé2. noun* * *I [maɪt]1) ( indicating possibility)‘will you come?’ - ‘I might’ — ‘tu viendras?’ - ‘peut-être’
you might have guessed that... — vous aurez peut-être deviné que...
try as I might, I can't do it — j'ai beau essayer, je n'y arrive pas
he was thinking about what might have been — il pensait à ce qui se serait passé si les choses avaient été différentes
if they had acted quickly he might well be alive — s'ils avaient agi plus vite il serait peut-être encore en vie
4) sout ( when making requests)and who, might I ask, are you? —
and who might you be? — ( aggressive) on peut savoir qui vous êtes?
5) ( when making suggestions)6) (when making statement, argument)one might argue ou it might be argued that — on pourrait dire or faire valoir que
as you ou one might expect — comme de bien entendu
7) (expressing reproach, irritation)I might have known ou guessed! — j'aurais dû m'en douter!
8) ( in concessives)II [maɪt]they might not be fast but they're reliable — ils ne sont peut-être pas rapides mais on peut au moins compter sur eux; well I 2. 2
1) ( power) puissance f2) ( physical strength) force f -
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ik'spekt1) (to think of as likely to happen or come: I'm expecting a letter today; We expect her on tomorrow's train.) esperar2) (to think or believe (that something will happen): He expects to be home tomorrow; I expect that he will go; `Will she go too?' `I expect so' / `I don't expect so' / `I expect not.') esperar; creer3) (to require: They expect high wages for their professional work; You are expected to tidy your own room.) esperar4) (to suppose or assume: I expect (that) you're tired.) suponer•- expectant
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expect vb1. esperarusers of the library are expected to be quiet se espera que los usuarios de la biblioteca guarden silencio2. suponer / imaginarhe's late, I expect he's missed his bus se retrasa, imagino que habrá perdido el autobústr[ɪk'spekt]1 (anticipate) esperar■ were you expecting a parcel? ¿esperabas un paquete?2 (demand) esperar, contar con■ what did you expect me to do? ¿qué esperabas que hiciera?\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLI expect so supongo que síto be expecting familiar estar embarazadato expect too much (of somebody) esperar demasiado (de alguien)(only) to be expected ser de esperar, ser naturalexpect [ɪk'spkt, ɛk-] vt1) suppose: suponer, imaginarse2) anticipate: esperar3) count on, require: contar con, esperarexpect vito be expecting : estar embarazadav.• aguardar v.• contar con v.• esperar v.• prever v.(§pres: preveo, preves...) imp. preve-•)• prometer v.ɪk'spekt
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1) ( anticipate) esperaris he coming tonight? - I expect so — ¿va a venir esta noche? - supongo que sí
to expect to + INF: she expects to win the match espera ganar el partido; you can expect to pay £20 a head calcule que le va a costar unas 20 libras por persona; to expect somebody/something to + INF: I expected her to complain pensé or creí que iba a protestar; don't expect the situation to improve/change no esperes que la situación mejore/cambie; now we know what to expect — ahora sabemos a qué atenernos
2) ( imagine) suponer*, imaginarseI expect (that) you're tired — supongo or me imagino que estarás cansado
3) ( await) esperar4) ( require)to expect somebody to + INF: I'm expected to do it without help (se supone que) lo tengo que hacer solo; I expect you to be there espero que or cuento con que estés allí; he expected me to pay esperaba or pretendía que yo pagara; to expect something (FROM somebody): do they expect a tip (from us)? ¿tenemos que dejarles propina?; that's the least you'd expect — es lo menos que se puede esperar
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vi (colloq)[ɪks'pekt]she's expecting — está esperando (familia), está en estado
1. VT1) (=anticipate, hope for, wait for) esperaris he expecting you? — ¿tiene usted cita con él?
it is expected that... — se espera que + subjun, se prevé que...
I expected as much, just what I expected — ya me lo imaginaba or figuraba
as was to be expected, as might have been expected, as one might expect — como era de esperar
2) (=suppose) imaginarse, suponerI expect so — supongo que sí, a lo mejor
yes, I expect it is — así tenía que ser
3) (=require)to expect sth (of/from sb) — esperar algo (de algn)
how can you expect me to sympathize? — ¿y me pides compasión?
she can't be expected to know that — no se puede esperar or pretender que sepa eso
what do you expect me to do about it? — ¿qué pretendes que haga yo?
it is hardly to be expected that... — apenas cabe esperar que + subjun
2.VIshe's expecting — está encinta, está en estado
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1) ( anticipate) esperaris he coming tonight? - I expect so — ¿va a venir esta noche? - supongo que sí
to expect to + INF: she expects to win the match espera ganar el partido; you can expect to pay £20 a head calcule que le va a costar unas 20 libras por persona; to expect somebody/something to + INF: I expected her to complain pensé or creí que iba a protestar; don't expect the situation to improve/change no esperes que la situación mejore/cambie; now we know what to expect — ahora sabemos a qué atenernos
2) ( imagine) suponer*, imaginarseI expect (that) you're tired — supongo or me imagino que estarás cansado
3) ( await) esperar4) ( require)to expect somebody to + INF: I'm expected to do it without help (se supone que) lo tengo que hacer solo; I expect you to be there espero que or cuento con que estés allí; he expected me to pay esperaba or pretendía que yo pagara; to expect something (FROM somebody): do they expect a tip (from us)? ¿tenemos que dejarles propina?; that's the least you'd expect — es lo menos que se puede esperar
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vi (colloq)she's expecting — está esperando (familia), está en estado
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I [maɪt]"will you come?" - "I might" — "vieni?" - "può darsi"
try as I might, I can't do it — per quanto ci provi, non riesco a farlo
3) (in sequence of tenses, in reported speech)4) form. (when making requests)if I might — se possibile, se posso
might I ask who's calling? — con chi sto parlando, per favore?
and who, might I ask, are you? o and who might you be? — (aggressive) e potrei sapere chi è lei?
6) (when making statement, argument)one might argue o it might be argued that si potrebbe sostenere che; as you o one might expect come ci si potrebbe aspettare; as you might imagine — come puoi immaginare
7) (expressing reproach, irritation)II [maɪt]I might have known o guessed! avrei dovuto aspettarmelo o immaginarlo! he might at least apologize! potrebbe almeno scusarsi! you might have warned me! — avresti potuto avvisarmi!
1) (power) potere m., potenza f.2) (physical strength) forza f., potenza f.* * *I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.)2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?)3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!)•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.)- mighty- mightily
- mightiness* * *I [maɪt]"will you come?" - "I might" — "vieni?" - "può darsi"
try as I might, I can't do it — per quanto ci provi, non riesco a farlo
3) (in sequence of tenses, in reported speech)4) form. (when making requests)if I might — se possibile, se posso
might I ask who's calling? — con chi sto parlando, per favore?
and who, might I ask, are you? o and who might you be? — (aggressive) e potrei sapere chi è lei?
6) (when making statement, argument)one might argue o it might be argued that si potrebbe sostenere che; as you o one might expect come ci si potrebbe aspettare; as you might imagine — come puoi immaginare
7) (expressing reproach, irritation)II [maɪt]I might have known o guessed! avrei dovuto aspettarmelo o immaginarlo! he might at least apologize! potrebbe almeno scusarsi! you might have warned me! — avresti potuto avvisarmi!
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1. I1) coll, just as I expected как я и думал /ожидал/; it is not so difficult as I expected это менее сложно, чем я думал /предполагал/; better than I expected лучше, чем я предполагал /рассчитывал/; I knew what to expect я знал, на что можно надеяться2) she is expecting она ждет ребенка /в положении/2. II|| expect so coll. полагаю, что так; will he be late? expect I expect so как вы думаете, он опоздает? expect Наверно; will he need help? expect I don't expect so ему понадобится помощь? expect Думаю, что нет3. IIIexpect smth., smb.1) expect a letter (that question, failure, a thunderstorm, war, one's friends, visitors, etc.) ожидать письма и т.д.; I didn't expect such unkindness я никак не ждал /не ожидал/ такого плохого отношения; expect obedience (kind treatment, quick results. etc.) рассчитывать на повиновение и т.д.; you shouldn't expect too much не следует возлагать слишком больших надежд; that's expecting too much это уж слишком, вы очень многого хотите2) expect smb. expect a baby (one's second, a son, etc.) ждать ребёнка и т.д.4. IVexpect smb., smth. in some manner expect smb., smth. anxiously (confidently, breathlessly, vainly, hourly, etc.) ожидать кого-л., чего-л. с нетерпением /нетерпеливо/ и т.д.; he little expected that он меньше всего ждал этого: expect smb., smth. at some time expect smb., smth. next week (every moment, tonight, etc.) ожидать кого-л., чего-л. на следующей неделе и т.д.; I expect him here any day я жду его здесь со дня на день; when do you expect the next train? когда следующий поезд?5. VIIexpect smb. to do smth. expect smb. to come (to obey, to work hard, to be waiting for me, to be punctual, to do such a thing, to do smth. without fail, to do all that work in one day, etc.) рассчитывать на то, что кто-л. придет и т.д.; требовать, чтобы кто-л. пришел и т.д.; what do you expect me to do? чего вы от меня ждете?; I expected him to recover (to outlive her, to win the race, etc.) я надеялся /ждал/, что он выздоровеет и т.д.; I don't expect him to come я не жду его, я не думаю /не надеюсь/, что он придет; expect every man to do his duty требовать от каждого выполнения долга6. XIbe expected it is not to be expected этого нельзя ожидать, на это нельзя рассчитывать; be expected of smb. as might be expected of him от него этого и следовало ожидать7. XIIIexpect to do smth.1) expect to go there (to see smb., tobe back on Sunday, etc.) надеяться /собираться/ пойти туда и т.д.; I expect to be paid я рассчитываю, что мне заплатят; I never expected to see him again я совершенно не надеялся встретить его снова; you would expect there to be strong disagreement about this естественно было бы предположить, что по этому поводу возникнут серьезные разногласия2) they expected to meet with great difficulties они были готовы встретить серьезные затруднения; she expects to be dismissed она думает, что ее уволят8. XXI1expect smth. from /of /smb., smth. expect a letter from her (a visit from my mother, aid from friends, too much of her, kindness from them, nothing from such people, great things of him, mercy from him, information and entertainment from the daily journals, etc.) ожидать письма от нее и т.д.; what can you expect of him? чего от него ждать?, что с него взять?; expect smth. for smth. expect payment for this (so much for so little, etc.) рассчитывать получить плату за это и т.д.; expect smb. to smth. expect smb. to dinner (to lunch, etc.) ждать кого-л. к обеду и т.д.; expect smb., smth. at some time expect smb. at any moment ожидать кого-л. /чьего-л. прихода/ в любую минуту; we expect their arrival in summer мы ждем их приезда летом; you can't expect good weather at this time of year в это время года не бывает хорошей погоды9. XXVexpect [that]... coll. I expect that I will be paid (he'll pay, you've already heard, a friend will come soon, you are tired from the trip, etc.) я полагаю, [что] мне заплатят и т.д.; I expect they will let me know думаю /надо думать/, [что] они дадут мне знать; I expect you had a hard time finding this house вам, вероятно, нелегко было найти этот дом; I expect [that] it will be all right надеюсь, что все будет в порядке /что все обойдется/ abs who has eaten all the cake? expect Oh, I expect it was Tom кто съел весь пирог? expect Наверно. Том -
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I.1 ( indicating possibility) she might be right elle a peut-être raison ; the rumour might not be true cette rumeur n'est peut-être pas fondée ; they might not go peut-être qu'ils n'iront pas ; ‘will you come?’-‘I might’ ‘tu viendras?’-‘peut-être’ ; you might finish the painting before tonight tu auras peut-être fini de peindre avant ce soir ; you might find that vous trouverez peut-être que ; they might have to go away il va peut-être falloir qu'ils partent ; we might be misjudging her nous la jugeons peut-être mal, il se peut que nous la jugions mal fml ; you might have met her already tu l'as peut-être déjà rencontrée ; they might have got lost ils se sont peut-être perdus ; you might have guessed that vous aurez peut-être deviné que ; the plane might have landed by now l'avion a dû déjà atterrir ; it might be tiredness c'est peut-être or ça pourrait être la fatigue ; I might (well) lose my job je risque de perdre mon travail ; it might well improve the standard ça pourrait bien améliorer le niveau ; try as I might, I can't do it j'ai beau essayer, je n'arrive pas à le faire ; however unlikely that might be si improbable que cela puisse paraître ; whatever they might think quoi qu'ils pensent ( subj) ; he wouldn't do anything which might damage his reputation il ne ferait rien qui puisse nuire à sa réputation ;2 ( indicating unrealized possibility) I might have been killed! j'aurais pu être tué! ; I hate to think what might have happened je n'ose imaginer ce qui aurait pu arriver ; more might have been done to prevent it on aurait pu faire davantage pour l'éviter ; he was thinking about what might have been il pensait à ce qui se serait passé si les choses avaient été différentes ; if I had been there all this mightn't have happened si j'avais été là tout ça ne serait peut-être pas arrivé ; if they had acted quickly he might well be alive today s'ils avaient agi plus vite il serait peut-être encore en vie aujourd'hui ;3 (in sequence of tenses, in reported speech) I said I might go into town j'ai dit que j'irais peut-être en ville ; we thought you might be here nous avons pensé que tu serais peut-être là ; they thought she might have been his lover ils ont pensé qu'elle avait peut-être été sa maîtresse ; I thought it might rain j'ai pensé qu'il risquait de pleuvoir ; she asked if she might leave elle demanda si elle pouvait partir ;4 sout ( when making requests) might I make a suggestion? puis-je me permettre de faire une suggestion? ; might I enquire if… puis-je me permettre de demander si… ; I should like to invite them, if I might j'aimerais les inviter si vous voulez bien ; I might add that j'aurais souhaité ajouter que ; might I ask who's calling? c'est de la part de qui s'il vous plaît? ; and who, might I ask, are you?, and who might you be? ( aggressive) on peut savoir qui vous êtes? ;5 ( when making suggestions) it might be a good idea to do ce serait peut-être une bonne idée de faire ; you might try making some more enquiries tu devrais essayer de te renseigner un peu plus ; they might do well to consult an expert ils feraient peut-être bien de consulter un spécialiste ; we might go out for a meal later nous pourrions aller manger au restaurant plus tard ; you might like to drop in later tu veux peut-être passer plus tard ; you might take time to visit the old town n'hésitez pas à aller visiter la vieille ville ;6 (when making statement, argument) one might argue ou it might be argued that on pourrait dire or faire valoir que ; one might assume that on pourrait supposer que ; as you ou one might expect comme de bien entendu ; what you might call a ‘putsch’ ce qu'on pourrait appeler un ‘putsch’ ; as you might imagine, he has conservative tastes comme vous pouvez le deviner, il a des goûts classiques ;7 (expressing reproach, irritation) I might have known ou guessed! j'aurais dû m'en douter! ; you might try helping! tu pourrais peut-être aider! ; he might at least apologize! il pourrait au moins s'excuser! ; they might have consulted us first ils auraient pu nous consulter d'abord ; you might have warned me! tu aurais pu me prévenir! ;8 ( in concessives) he might be very brilliant but he's not a politician il est peut-être très brillant mais ce n'est pas un politique ; they might not be fast but they're reliable ils ne sont peut-être pas rapides mais on peut au moins compter sur eux ; ⇒ well B 2.II.might n1 ( power) puissance f ;might makes right la raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure ; with might and main† de toutes ses forces. -
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Ⅰ.might1 [maɪt]ⓘ GRAM La forme négative mightn't s'écrit might not dans un style plus soutenu. Might et may peuvent s'utiliser indifféremment ou presque dans les expressions de la catégorie (a).∎ you might well be right il se pourrait bien que vous ayez raison;∎ I might be home late tonight je rentrerai peut-être tard ce soir;∎ why not come with us? - I might pourquoi ne viens-tu pas avec nous? - peut-être;∎ don't eat it, it might be poisonous n'en mange pas, tu pourrais t'empoisonner;∎ hundreds of lives might have been lost unnecessarily des centaines de gens sont peut-être morts inutilement;∎ she might well have decided to turn back il se pourrait ou il se peut bien qu'elle ait décidé de rentrer;∎ they might have reached the summit by now ils ont peut-être déjà atteint le sommet;∎ she might have decided not to go il se peut qu'elle ait décidé de ne pas y aller(b) (past form of "may")∎ I never considered that she might want to come je n'avais jamais pensé qu'elle pouvait avoir envie de venir;∎ we feared you might be dead nous avons eu peur que vous ne soyez mort(c) (in polite questions, suggestions)∎ might I interrupt? puis-je me permettre de vous interrompre?;∎ and what, might I ask, was the reason? et puis-je savoir quelle en était la raison?;∎ might I or if I might make a suggestion? puis-je me permettre de suggérer quelque chose?;∎ you might try using a different approach altogether vous pourriez adopter une approche entièrement différente;∎ I thought we might have tea together somewhere je m'étais dit que nous pourrions aller prendre un thé ensemble quelque part;∎ you might want to ask the managing director first ce serait une bonne idée de demander au directeur avant∎ that, I might add, was not my idea cela n'était pas mon idée, soit dit en passant;∎ this, as one might expect, did not go down well with the government le gouvernement, est-il nécessaire de le préciser, n'a guère apprécié∎ you might at least tidy up your room! tu pourrais au moins ranger ta chambre!;∎ I might have known he'd be the last (to arrive) j'aurais dû savoir qu'il serait le dernier (à arriver);∎ you might have warned me! tu aurais pu me prévenir!∎ they might say they support women, but they do nothing practical to help them ils ont beau dire qu'ils soutiennent les femmes, concrètement ils ne font rien pour les aider;∎ whatever problems she might have, at least she keeps them to herself elle a peut-être des problèmes, mais au moins elle n'embête pas les autres avec;∎ he might not be the best-looking man in the world but he's very kind ce n'est peut-être pas un apollon mais il est très gentil∎ and what might you be up to? et que faites-vous donc?∎ we might as well go home (as stay here) nous ferions aussi bien de rentrer chez nous (plutôt que de rester ici);∎ I might as well have stayed in bed j'aurais aussi bien fait de rester au lit;∎ he's regretting it now, as well he might! il le regrette maintenant, et pour cause!Ⅱ.might2(b) (physical strength) force f;∎ with all one's might de toutes ses forces;∎ he started yelling with all his might il se mit à crier à tue-tête;∎ literary with might and main de toutes ses forces;∎ she strove with might and main to prevent it elle a fait tout ce qu'elle a pu pour empêcher cela;∎ proverb might is right la raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure -
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ik'spekt1) (to think of as likely to happen or come: I'm expecting a letter today; We expect her on tomorrow's train.) (for)vente2) (to think or believe (that something will happen): He expects to be home tomorrow; I expect that he will go; `Will she go too?' `I expect so' / `I don't expect so' / `I expect not.') regne med, anta (at)3) (to require: They expect high wages for their professional work; You are expected to tidy your own room.) kreve, forlange4) (to suppose or assume: I expect (that) you're tired.) anta (at), ta for gitt•- expectant
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expect [ɪk'spekt](a) (anticipate) s'attendre à;∎ they are expecting an increase in prices ils s'attendent à une hausse des prix;∎ we expect rain/bad weather nous nous attendons à de la pluie/du mauvais temps;∎ we expected that it would be much bigger nous nous attendions à ce qu'il soit beaucoup plus gros, nous pensions qu'il allait être beaucoup plus gros;∎ we expected you to bring your own nous pensions que vous alliez apporter le vôtre;∎ to expect sb to do sth s'attendre à ce que qn fasse qch;∎ she knew more Russian than I expected her to elle était meilleure en russe que je ne m'y attendais;∎ I hadn't expected them to be French je ne m'attendais pas à ce qu'ils soient français;∎ to expect the worst s'attendre au pire;∎ I expected as much! je m'en doutais!, c'est bien ce que je pensais!;∎ some slight initial difficulty is to be expected il faut s'attendre à rencontrer quelques légères difficultés initiales;∎ that's only to be expected ce n'est pas du tout surprenant;∎ it was better/worse than I expected c'était mieux/pire que je ne m'y attendais;∎ she is as well as can be expected elle va aussi bien que sa condition le permet;∎ I had expected better of or from you je n'aurais pas cru ça de vous;∎ she played with the brilliance (which) we have come to expect (from her) elle a joué avec le brio auquel elle nous a maintenant habitués;∎ what can you expect? que voulez-vous?;∎ what can you expect from a government like that? que voulez-vous, avec un gouvernement pareil!;∎ she was angry - well, what did you expect? elle était en colère - et alors, ça t'étonne?;∎ as might have been expected, as was to be expected comme on pouvait s'y attendre;∎ I knew what to expect je savais à quoi m'attendre;∎ I never know what to expect with you je ne sais jamais à quoi m'attendre ou m'en tenir avec vous∎ we're expecting you to help us nous comptons sur votre aide;∎ don't expect me to be there! ne t'attends pas à ce que j'y sois!∎ to expect sb to do sth demander à qn de faire qch;∎ I expect you to be punctual je vous demande d'arriver à l'heure;∎ I expect complete obedience je demande une obéissance totale;∎ I expect something to be done j'exige qu'on fasse quelque chose à ce sujet;∎ you expect too much of him tu lui en demandes trop;∎ it's too much to expect of a child c'est trop attendre d'un enfant, c'est trop demander à un enfant;∎ it's no less than I would have expected from my own family je ne me serais pas attendu à moins de la part de ma propre famille;∎ it is expected that the candidate will be willing to undertake some travel on attend du candidat qu'il soit disposé à voyager;∎ I'm expected to write all his speeches je suis censé ou supposé rédiger tous ses discours(d) (suppose, imagine) imaginer, penser, supposer;∎ I expect so je pense, j'imagine;∎ I don't expect so je ne pense pas, j'imagine que non;∎ I expect you're right tu dois avoir raison;∎ I expect it's where you left it il doit être là où tu l'as laissé;∎ I expect you'll be wanting something to drink vous boirez bien quelque chose; (grudgingly) j'imagine que vous voulez quelque chose à boire(f) (await → guest, letter, phone call) attendre;∎ I'm expecting friends for dinner j'attends des amis à dîner;∎ (at) what time should we expect you then? à quelle heure devons-nous vous attendre alors?;∎ we're expecting them back any minute now nous attendons leur retour d'une minute à l'autre∎ to be expecting (be pregnant) être enceinte, attendre un enfant -
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mei(the fifth month of the year, the month following April.) mayo- May Day- maypole
May n mayotr[meɪ]1 mayo■ at the beginning/end of May a principios/finales de mayo\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLMay Day el primero de mayo, el uno de mayo, el día nombre masculino de los trabajadoresMay ['meɪ] n: mayo mn.• mayo s.m.meɪ
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[meɪ](pt, cond might) MODAL VBit may rain — puede or es posible que llueva
they may have gone out — puede que hayan salido, a lo mejor han salido
he may not have spoken to her yet — a lo mejor no ha hablado con ella todavía, puede que no haya hablado con ella todavía
I may have said so — es posible que lo haya dicho, puede que lo haya dicho
yes, I may — sí, es posible, sí, a lo mejor
as you might expect — como era de esperar, según cabía esperar
who might you be? — ¿quién es usted?
how old might you be? — ¿cuántos años tendrás?
2) (of permission) poderyes, you may — sí, puedes, ¡cómo no!
may I? — ¿me permite?, con permiso
may I go now? — ¿puedo irme ya?
may I see it? — ¿se puede ver?, ¿puedo verlo?
may I come in? — ¿se puede?, con permiso
might I suggest that...? — me permito sugerir que...
3) (in wishes)may you have a happy life together — ¡que seáis felices!
may God bless you — ¡Dios te bendiga!
may you be forgiven! — ¡que Dios te perdone!
long may he reign! — ¡que reine muchos años!
4) frm or liter5)might —
a) (suggesting)mightn't it be better to...? — + infin ¿no sería mejor...? + infin
you might shut the door! — ¡podrías or podías cerrar la puerta!
you might have told me! — ¡habérmelo dicho!
6) (in phrases)we may or might as well go — vámonos ya or de una vez
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[meɪ]modal aux vb might pt1)she may come — può darsi che venga, può venirehe might come — potrebbe venire, può anche darsi che venga
are you going to the party? — I don't know, I may... — vai alla festa? - non so, forse...
he may not be hungry — potrebbe non aver fame, può darsi che non abbia fame
be that as it may — comunque sia, sia come sia
2)may I smoke? — posso fumare?may I have a cigarette? — yes, of course — potrei avere una sigaretta? — sì, prego
might I suggest that...? — con il suo permesso suggerirei che...
3)we may or might as well go — tanto vale che ci andiamo
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At work Bereavement and time off workWhere's Jim this morning? Dov'è Jim stamattina?He's not coming in to work today, he's had some terrible news. Non viene al lavoro oggi, ha ricevuto una notizia terribile.What's happened? Cos'è successo?His father passed away last night. Suo padre è mancato ieri sera.He rang in this morning to let me know he'd need some time off. Ha chiamato stamattina per farmi sapere che ha bisogno di qualche giorno libero.What did he say? Che cosa ha detto?He was pretty cut up, as you might expect. Era proprio a pezzi, come puoi immaginare.How old was his father? Quanti anni aveva suo padre?His father was only 59. Suo padre aveva solo 59 anni.What did he die of? Di cosa è morto?He died of a heart attack. È morto per un attacco cardiaco.He's going to have to go up to Bolton to help his mother organize the funeral. Dovrà andare a Bolton per aiutare sua madre a organizzare il funerale.When's the funeral? Quand'è il funerale?I'd expect the funeral to be in the middle of next week sometime. Suppongo che il funerale sarà verso la metà della settimana prossima.The burial is usually a week to ten days after death. Il funerale di solito si svolge una settimana o dieci giorni dopo la morte.I told him to take off as much time as he needs. Gli ho detto di prendersi tutto il tempo di cui ha bisogno.I'll give him a ring and give him my condolences. Lo chiamerò per fargli le mie condoglianze.It was such a shock to hear the news. Ricevere questa notizia è stato uno shock.It came as a complete shock. È stato un vero shock.You have my deepest sympathies. Le mie più sentite condoglianze.If there's anything I can do to help, just ask. Se c'è qualcosa che posso fare basta chiedere.I'll get on to the temp agency now. Contatto un'agenzia di lavoro temporaneo.He could be away for a while. Potrebbe stare via per parecchio tempo.English-Italian dictionary > -Bereavement and time off work-
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marchandage mbargaining chip monnaie f d'échange;∎ to use sb/sth as a bargaining chip utiliser qn/qch comme monnaie d'échange;bargaining position situation f permettant de négocier;∎ we are in a strong bargaining position nous sommes en position de force pour négocier;bargaining power pouvoir m de négociation;∎ they have considerable bargaining power ils ont beaucoup de poids dans les négociations;bargaining table table f des négociationsAs you might expect, larger companies have a distinct negotiating advantage, often using their leverage to qualify for high-volume discounts or get better deals. However, that doesn't mean that small- to medium-sized manufacturers can't beef up their bargaining power. For example, by joining or forming a purchasing cooperative, you can mass your company's orders with several other companies' orders, enabling all to receive a better price.
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adverb (as you might expect: Inevitably the train was late.) inevitablementetr[ɪn'evɪtəblɪ]1 inevitablementeadv.• inevitablemente adv.ɪn'evətəbli, ɪn'evɪtəblia) ( unavoidably) inevitablemente, forzosamenteb) ( invariably) indefectiblemente[ɪn'evɪtǝblɪ]ADV inevitablemente, forzosamenteas inevitably happens... — como siempre ocurre...
* * *[ɪn'evətəbli, ɪn'evɪtəbli]a) ( unavoidably) inevitablemente, forzosamenteb) ( invariably) indefectiblemente -
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adverb (as you might expect: Inevitably the train was late.) uvergerlig, selvfølgeligadv. \/ɪˈnevɪtəblɪ\/uunngåelig, uvegerlig, ikke til å unngå• inevitably, his dodgy past arouse suspicion -
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adverb (as you might expect: Inevitably the train was late.) óhjákvæmilega -
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elkerülhetetlenül, szükségszerűen* * *adverb (as you might expect: Inevitably the train was late.) szükségképpen, persze -
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adverb (as you might expect: Inevitably the train was late.) inevitavelmente* * *in.ev.i.ta.bly[in'evitəbli] adv inevitavelmente.
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