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Новый англо-русский словарь > be in possession of all one's faculties
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2 to be in possession of all (one's) faculties
Общая лексика: сохранять все свои умственные и физические способностиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > to be in possession of all (one's) faculties
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3 to be in possession of all faculties
Общая лексика: (one's) сохранять все свои умственные и физические способностиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > to be in possession of all faculties
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{pə'zeʃn}
1. владение, притежание, владеене, притежаване
in POSSESSION във владение
to be in POSSESSION of владея, имам, притежавам
to take/get/win POSSESSION of завладявам, влизам във владение, сп. овладявам (топка)
to come into POSSESSION of получавам, ставам притежател/владетел на
the information in my POSSESSION сведенията, които имам
to fight for POSSESSION of боря се за, боря се да получа
to be in full POSSESSION of one's senses/faculties напълно съм нормален, с всичкия си (ум) съм, на себе си съм
POSSESSION is nine points of the law влезлият във владение е по-силен от закона
2. често рl имущество, собственост, вещ, богатство, земи, колонии* * *{pъ'zeshn} n 1. владение, притежание; владеене, притежаване* * *притежаване; притежание; богатство; владеене; имане;* * *1. in possession във владение 2. possession is nine points of the law влезлият във владение е по-силен от закона 3. the information in my possession сведенията, които имам 4. to be in full possession of one's senses/faculties напълно съм нормален, с всичкия си (ум) съм, на себе си съм 5. to be in possession of владея, имам, притежавам 6. to come into possession of получавам, ставам притежател/владетел на 7. to fight for possession of боря се за, боря се да получа 8. to take/get/win possession of завладявам, влизам във владение, сп. овладявам (топка) 9. владение, притежание, владеене, притежаване 10. често рl имущество, собственост, вещ, богатство, земи, колонии* * *possession[pə´zeʃən] n 1. владение; владеене, притежаване; in \possession във владение; to be in \possession of владея, имам, притежавам, държа, собственик съм на; in the \possession of в притежание на; in \possession of all o.'s faculties нормален, съвсем на себе си, с всичкия си; to take \possession of завладявам, вземам, заграбвам, присвоявам; влизам във владение на; 2. и pl вещ; собственост, имущество; богатство, имане; 3. рядко лудост. -
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possession [pəˈze∫ən]b. ( = object) bien m* * *[pə'zeʃn] 1.1) ( state of having) possession f (of de)3) Law ( of property) jouissance f (of de)to take possession of — prendre possession de [premises, property]
4) Sportto be in ou have possession — contrôler le ballon
5) ( by demon) possession f (by par)6) ( colonial) possession f2.possessions plural noun ( belongings) biens mpl••possession is nine-tenths of the law — Prov possession vaut titre Prov
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- ʃən1) (something which is owned by a person, country etc: She lost all her possessions in the fire.) posesión2) (the state of possessing.) posesión, tenencia (en lenguaje jurídico)tr[pə'zeʃən]3 SMALLSPORT/SMALL posesión nombre femenino de la pelota\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be in possession of something estar en posesión de algoto come into possession of something llegar algo a su poder, llegar algo a sus manosto have something in one's possession tener algo (en su poder)possession [pə'zɛʃən] n1) possessing: posesión f2) : posesión f (por un demonio, etc.)3) possessions nplproperty: bienes mpl, propiedad fn.• goce s.m.• posesión s.f.• tenencia s.f.pə'zeʃən1)a) c ( something owned) bien mall my possessions — todo lo que tengo or (frml) poseo
b) c ( territory) dominio m, posesión fto be in possession of something — estar* en posesión de algo
the documents are in his possession — los documentos están or (frml) obran en su poder
possession is nine parts o tenths of the law — la posesión es lo que cuenta
3) u ( Occult) posesión f[pǝ'zeʃǝn]1. N1) (=act, state) posesión f•
to come into possession of — adquirir•
to get/have possession of the ball — (Sport) hacerse con/tener el balón•
to have sth in one's possession — tener algo (en su posesión or sus manos)to be in the possession of — estar en posesión or manos de
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a house with vacant possession — una casa (que se vende) desocupada2) (=thing possessed) posesión fpossessions posesiones fpl, bienes mplpossession of arms — tenencia f de armas
4) (by devil) posesión f2.CPDpossession order N — (Brit) (Jur) orden f de posesión
* * *[pə'zeʃən]1)a) c ( something owned) bien mall my possessions — todo lo que tengo or (frml) poseo
b) c ( territory) dominio m, posesión fto be in possession of something — estar* en posesión de algo
the documents are in his possession — los documentos están or (frml) obran en su poder
possession is nine parts o tenths of the law — la posesión es lo que cuenta
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noun1) (thing possessed) Besitz, der3) (controlling)take possession of — (Mil.) einnehmen [Festung, Stadt usw.]; besetzen [Gebiet]
4) (possessing) Besitz, derbe in possession of something — im Besitz einer Sache (Gen.) sein
in full possession of one's senses — im Vollbesitz seiner geistigen Kräfte
take possession of — in Besitz nehmen; beziehen [Haus, Wohnung]
in possession — (Sport) im Ballbesitz
* * *[-ʃən]1) (something which is owned by a person, country etc: She lost all her possessions in the fire.) der Besitz2) (the state of possessing.) der Besitz* * *pos·ses·sion[pəˈzeʃən]nto be in full \possession of one's faculties im Vollbesitz seiner geistigen Kräfte sein▪ to be in the \possession of sb in jds Besitz seinhe was found in \possession of explosives man fand Sprengstoff bei ihmhow did this painting come into your \possession? wie ist dieses Gemälde in Ihre Hände gelangt?to have sth in one's \possession ( form) etw in seinem Besitz habento regain \possession [of the ball] wieder in den Ballbesitz gelangen5.* * *[pə'zeSən]n1) (= ownership) Besitz m; (SPORT of ball) Ballbesitz m; (fig = control) (of feelings, oneself) Kontrolle fto have/take possession of sth — etw in Besitz haben/nehmen
to come into/get possession of sth — in den Besitz von etw gelangen/kommen
to get/have possession of the ball — in Ballbesitz gelangen/sein
I'm in full possession of the facts —
he put me in possession of the information I required — er lieferte or verschaffte mir die Informationen, die ich benötigte
2) (by demons) Besessenheit fall his possessions — sein gesamter Besitz, seine gesamten Besitztümer
* * *possession [pəˈzeʃn] spossession (of the ball) SPORT Ballbesitz;in possession of im Besitz von (od gen);come into possession of sth in den Besitz einer Sache gelangen;keep possession SPORT im Ballbesitz bleiben;put sb in possession of sth jemanden in den Besitz einer Sache bringen;a) Besitz ergreifen von, in Besitz nehmen,b) JUR beschlagnahmen,c) MIL eine Stadt etc einnehmen, ein Gebiet etc besetzen;win possession SPORT in Ballbesitz kommen; → academic.ru/873/adverse">adverse 5, faculty 3, firearm, naked 8, point A 103. pl Besitzungen pl, Liegenschaften pl:foreign possessions auswärtige Besitzungen4. Besessenheit f6. (Selbst)Beherrschung fposs. abk1. possession3. possible mögl.4. possibly viell.* * *noun1) (thing possessed) Besitz, dertake possession of — (Mil.) einnehmen [Festung, Stadt usw.]; besetzen [Gebiet]
4) (possessing) Besitz, derbe in possession of something — im Besitz einer Sache (Gen.) sein
come into or get possession of something — in den Besitz einer Sache (Gen.) gelangen
take possession of — in Besitz nehmen; beziehen [Haus, Wohnung]
in possession — (Sport) im Ballbesitz
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nounfaculty of sight/speech/hearing/thought — Seh-/Sprach-/Hör-/Denkvermögen, das
2) (mental power)in [full] possession of [all] one's [mental] faculties — im [Voll]besitz [all] seiner [geistigen] Kräfte
* * *['fækəlti]plural - faculties; noun1) (a power of the mind: the faculty of reason.) die Gabe2) (a natural power of the body: the faculty of hearing.) die Fähigkeit3) (ability or skill: She has a faculty for saying the right thing.) die Fähigkeit* * *fa·cul·ty[ˈfækəlti, AM -t̬i]nthe F\faculty of Arts/Law/Science die philosophische/juristische/naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät2. no pl AM SCH Lehrkörper m, Lehrerkollegium nt; UNIV [Lehrkörper m einer] Fakultät; (all professors at university) Professorenkollegium ntbusiness/law \faculty Lehrpersonal nt im Fachbereich Betriebswirtschaftslehre/Rechtswissenschaftenthe lower/upper school \faculty die Lehrer pl der Sekundarstufe I/IIto be in command [or possession] of all one's mental faculties im Vollbesitz seiner geistigen Kräfte seinto have [all] one's faculties im [Voll]besitz seiner [geistigen] Kräfte sein* * *['fkəltI]nmental faculties — geistige Fähigkeiten pl, Geisteskräfte pl
faculty of hearing/sight — Hör-/Sehvermögen nt
to be in ( full) possession of (all) one's faculties — im Vollbesitz seiner Kräfte sein
to have a faculty for doing sth — ein Talent dafür haben, etw zu tun
the medical faculty, the faculty of medicine — die medizinische Fakultät
* * *faculty [ˈfækltı] s1. Fähigkeit f, Vermögen n:faculty of hearing Hörvermögen2. Kraft f, Geschicklichkeit f, Gewandtheit f3. (natürliche) Gabe, Anlage f, Talent n, Fähigkeit f:(mental) faculties Geisteskräfte;be in full possession of all one’s faculties im Vollbesitz seiner geistigen Kräfte sein;4. UNIVa) Fakultät f, Wissenszweig m:b)(Mitglieder pl einer) Fakultät, Lehrkörper mc) besonders US Lehr-, Verwaltungspersonal n (auch einer Schule)5. JURb) meist pl Vermögen n, Eigentum n6. REL Befugnis f, Dispens m/f* * *nounfaculty of sight/speech/hearing/thought — Seh-/Sprach-/Hör-/Denkvermögen, das
in [full] possession of [all] one's [mental] faculties — im [Voll]besitz [all] seiner [geistigen] Kräfte
* * *(University) n.Institut -e n. n.Fachbereich m.Fakultät -en f.Fähigkeit f.Lehrkörper m. -
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ˈfækəltɪ сущ.
1) дар, способность the faculty of hearing ≈ слух the faculty of teaching ≈ преподавательские способности the faculty of imagination ≈ дар воображения Syn: ability
2) власть, право Syn: power
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3) факультет law faculty ≈ факультет права medicine faculty ≈ медицинский факультет science faculty ≈ факультет естественных наук Dean of a Faculty ≈ декан факультета
4) преим. амер. профессорско-преподавательский состав adjunct faculty ≈ амер. временные преподаватели (работающие по контракту) college, university faculty ≈ преподаватели университета, колледжа school faculty ≈ школьный преподаватели the standing faculty ≈ постоянный преподаватели She is on the faculty. ≈ Она преподаватель факультета.
5) собир. лица одной профессии the faculty of advocates ≈ адвокаты способность, дар - * of hearing слух - * of speech дар речи - the mental faculties умственные способности - the * of making friends способность легко заводить друзей - to have a great * for mathematics иметь большие способности к математике - * for saying the right thing умение говорить всегда кстати - * of making oneself agreeable умение нравиться - to collect one's faculties взять себя в руки, прийти в себя - to be in possession of all one's faculties сохранять все свои умственные и физические способности власть, право (особ. церковное) факультет, отделение - the * of law юридический факультет - the four faculties богословский факультет, юридический факультет, медицинский факультет и отделение гуманитарных наук профессорско-преподавательский состав (данного факультета в Великобритании, всего университета в США) - * member преподаватель высшего учебного заведения - * wives жены профессоров и преподавателей вузов (собирательнле) лица с высшим образованием, принадлежащие к одной профессии - the medical * врачи - the legal * юристы to be in possession of all one's faculties (полностью) сохранять все свои физические и умственные способности faculty власть;
право ~ (the F.) распр. лица медицинской профессии ~ область науки или искусства ~ профессорско-преподавательский состав ~ способность, дар;
faculty of speech дар речи;
faculty for music музыкальные способности ~ факультет ~ способность, дар;
faculty of speech дар речи;
faculty for music музыкальные способности ~ of law юридический факультет ~ способность, дар;
faculty of speech дар речи;
faculty for music музыкальные способности mental ~ умственные способности -
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I [ʹfæk(ə)ltı] n1. способность, дарfaculty of hearing [of vision] - слух [зрение]
to have a great faculty for mathematics - иметь большие способности к математике
to collect one's faculties - взять себя в руки, прийти в себя
to be in possession of all one's faculties - сохранять все свои умственные и физические способности
2. власть, право (особ. церковное)II [ʹfæk(ə)ltı] n1. факультет, отделениеthe faculty of law [of medicine] - юридический [медицинский] факультет
the four faculties - богословский факультет, юридический факультет, медицинский факультет и отделение гуманитарных наук
2. профессорско-преподавательский состав (данного факультета в Великобритании, всего университета в США)3. собир. лица с высшим образованием, принадлежащие к одной профессии -
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'fækəltiplural - faculties; noun1) (a power of the mind: the faculty of reason.) evne, anlegg2) (a natural power of the body: the faculty of hearing.) sans, evne3) (ability or skill: She has a faculty for saying the right thing.) evne, anlegg, dyktighet4) ((often with capital) a section of a university: the Faculty of Arts/Science.) fakultetevne--------fakultetsubst. \/ˈfæk(ə)ltɪ\/1) evne, sans2) (spesielt amer.) dyktighet, særlig evne, talent, egenskap3) ( universitet) fakultet4) ( universitet) fakultet(smedlemmer), fakultetets lærerstab5) (amer.) lærerkollegium, lærerstab6) ( gammeldags) autorisasjon, tillatelse7) ( spesielt kirkelig) dispensasjon, særlig tillatelsedispensasjonsdomstol\/dispensasjonsrettbe in possession of all one's faculties være ved sine fulle fem, ha alle sansene i beholdcourt of faculties ( spesielt kirkelig) dispensasjonsdomstol, dispensasjonsrettfaculty for evne til, talent for -
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['fækltɪ]2) BE univ. facoltà f.3) AE univ. scol. (staff) corpo m. insegnante* * *['fækəlti]plural - faculties; noun1) (a power of the mind: the faculty of reason.) facoltà2) (a natural power of the body: the faculty of hearing.) facoltà3) (ability or skill: She has a faculty for saying the right thing.) capacità4) ((often with capital) a section of a university: the Faculty of Arts/Science.) facoltà* * *faculty /ˈfækltɪ/n.1 facoltà ( intellettuale o fisica): the faculty of hearing, la facoltà dell'udito; to be in possession of all one's faculties, essere in possesso di tutte le proprie facoltà; mental faculties, facoltà mentali2 capacità; abilità; talento5 (leg.) facoltà; diritto; autorità6 (antiq.) (gli) appartenenti a una professione; ( in particolare) (i) medici, (la) professione medica● (in GB) the Faculty of Advocates, il collegio degli avvocati scozzesi.* * *['fækltɪ]2) BE univ. facoltà f.3) AE univ. scol. (staff) corpo m. insegnante -
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'fækəltiplural - faculties; noun1) (a power of the mind: the faculty of reason.) facultad2) (a natural power of the body: the faculty of hearing.) facultad3) (ability or skill: She has a faculty for saying the right thing.) habilidad4) ((often with capital) a section of a university: the Faculty of Arts/Science.) facultadfaculty n facultadtr['fækəltɪ]1 (power, ability) facultad nombre femenino2 (univ) facultad nombre femenino3 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (at university) profesorado1) : facultad fthe faculty of sight: las facultades visuales, el sentido de la vista2) aptitude: aptitud f, facilidad f3) teachers: cuerpo m docenten.• facultad s.m.'fækəlti1) ( sense) facultad f2) ( Educ)a) (of university, college) facultad fb) ( academic personnel) (AmE) cuerpo m docente, profesorado m ( de una facultad etc)['fækǝltɪ]N1) (=power of body, mind) facultad fto have or be in possession of all one's faculties — estar en pleno uso de sus facultades
2) (=ability) aptitud f, facilidad fto have a faculty for sth/doing sth — tener aptitud or facilidad para algo/hacer algo
3) (Univ) facultad f ; (esp US) (Univ) (=teaching staff) profesorado m (de facultad or universidad)* * *['fækəlti]1) ( sense) facultad f2) ( Educ)a) (of university, college) facultad fb) ( academic personnel) (AmE) cuerpo m docente, profesorado m ( de una facultad etc) -
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faculty [ˊfækǝltɪ] n1) спосо́бность, дар;faculty of speech дар ре́чи
;faculty for music музыка́льные спосо́бности
;to be in possession of all one's faculties (по́лностью) сохраня́ть все свои́ физи́ческие и у́мственные спосо́бности
2) факульте́т3) амер. профе́ссорско-преподава́тельский соста́в4) о́бласть нау́ки или иску́сства5) ли́ца с вы́сшим образова́нием, принадлежа́щие к одно́й профе́ссии (особ. в области медицины)6) власть; пра́во (особ. церковное) -
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['fæk(ə)ltɪ]1) Общая лексика: власть, дар (to be in possession of all one's faculties - (полностью) сохранять все свои физические и умственные способности), дарование, область искусства, область науки, право, преподавательский состав университета, профессорско-преподавательский коллектив, способность, умение, школа профессионального обучения, право (особ. церковное), возможность3) Религия: церковное право, церковная власть4) Юридический термин: разрешение5) Музыка: преподавательский состав6) Психология: талант (к чему-л.), способность (незаурядная)7) Образование: отделение, профессорско-преподавательский состав (данного факультета в Великобритании, всего университета в США), ППС (профессорско-преподавательский состав), факультет8) юр.Н.П. профессора, совет профессоров, правомочие (as this word is used by jurists to denote the substance of a right)9) Авиационная медицина: нормальная функция -
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noun1) способность, дар; faculty of speech дар речи; faculty for music музыкальные способности; to be in possession of all one's faculties (полностью) сохранять все свои физические и умственные способности2) область науки или искусства3) факультет4) профессорско-преподавательский состав5) (the Faculty) spread лица медицинской профессии6) власть; правоSyn:genius* * *(n) отделение; профессорско-преподавателки коллектив; факультет* * *1) дар, способность 2) факультет* * *[fac·ul·ty || 'fækltɪ] n. способность, дар, дарование; власть, право; факультет* * *властьдарправоспособностьфакультет* * *1) дар 2) власть 3) факультет -
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[ˈfækəltɪ]to be in possession of all one's faculties (полностью) сохранять все свои физические и умственные способности faculty власть; право faculty (the F.) распр. лица медицинской профессии faculty область науки или искусства faculty профессорско-преподавательский состав faculty способность, дар; faculty of speech дар речи; faculty for music музыкальные способности faculty факультет faculty способность, дар; faculty of speech дар речи; faculty for music музыкальные способности faculty of law юридический факультет faculty способность, дар; faculty of speech дар речи; faculty for music музыкальные способности mental faculty умственные способности -
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fa·cul·ty [ʼfækəlti, Am -t̬i] n( all professors at university) Professorenkollegium nt;to be in command [or possession] of all one's mental faculties im Vollbesitz seiner geistigen Kräfte sein;to have [all] one's faculties im [Voll]besitz seiner [geistigen] Kräfte sein -
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1 (power, ability) faculté f (of de ; for de ; for doing de faire) ; to be in possession ou command of all one's faculties jouir de toutes ses facultés ; critical faculties esprit m critique ; -
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command [kə'mɑ:nd]1 noun∎ to give a command donner un ordre;∎ the troops were withdrawn at or on his command les troupes ont été retirées sur ses ordres;∎ they are at your command ils sont à vos ordres;∎ at the word of command au commandement(b) (authority) commandement m;∎ who is in command here? qui est-ce qui commande ici?;∎ to be in command of sth avoir qch sous ses ordres, être à la tête de qch;∎ to be first/second in command commander en premier/en second;∎ he had/took command of the situation il avait/a pris la situation en main;∎ they are under her command ils sont sous ses ordres ou son commandement(c) (control, mastery) maîtrise f;∎ command of the seas maîtrise f des mers;∎ he's in full command of his faculties il est en pleine possession de ses moyens;∎ she has a good command of two foreign languages elle possède bien deux langues étrangères;∎ her command of Spanish sa maîtrise de l'espagnol;∎ all the resources at my command toutes les ressources à ma disposition ou dont je dispose;∎ I'm at your command je suis à votre disposition;∎ command of the market domination f sur le marché∎ to be responsible for one's command être responsable de ses troupes;∎ they were my first command c'est la première section que j'ai commandée∎ Scottish/Northern command région f militaire d'Écosse/du Nord∎ she commanded that we leave immediately elle nous a ordonné ou nous a donné l'ordre de partir immédiatement;∎ the general commanded his men to attack le général a donné l'ordre à ses hommes d'attaquer(c) (receive as due) commander, imposer;∎ to command respect inspirer le respect, en imposer;∎ to command the attention of one's audience tenir son public en haleine;∎ the translator commands a high fee les services du traducteur valent cher;∎ this painting will command a high price ce tableau se vendra à un prix élevé(d) (have use of) disposer de;∎ all the skill he could command toute l'habileté qu'il possédait;∎ all the resources that the country can command toutes les ressources dont le pays peut disposer(e) (of building, statue → overlook) dominer;∎ to command a view of avoir vue sur, donner sur►► Computing command button case f de commande;Computing command code code m de commande;command economy économie f planifiée;Computing command file fichier m de commande;Computing command key touche f de commande;Computing command language langage m de commande;Computing command line ligne f de commande;command module (of spacecraft) module m de commande;Military command post poste m de commandement;Computing command sequence séquence f de commandes
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