better+times

abs

1) let's wish! давайте задумаем /загадаем/ желание!; it is no good wishing бессмысленно просто мечтать; doing is better than wishing лучше действовать, чем [просто] мечтать;

2) if /as/ you wish как хотите, как вам угодно; I will do what you wish я сделаю так, как вы хотите /желаете/; you may have whichever you wish возьмите тот [кусок и т.п.] или ту [книгу и т.п.], который или которая вам нравится

1) wish smth. to (on) smb. wish success to him (happiness to all one's friends, good luck to the travellers, etc.) пожелать ему успеха и т.д.; I wouldn't wish that awful job on my worst enemy такую ужасную работу я своему злейшему врагу не пожелаю

2) wish smth. on smb. let's wish this job on somebody else давайте свалим эту работу на кого-л. другого; who wished this on me? кто мне это навязал?; wish smb. in some place I wished myself on a desert island я хотел очутиться на необитаемом острове

3) || wish smth. at an end мечтать об окончании чего-л.; wish the voyage at an end мечтать, чтобы путешествие окончилось

1) usually followed by subjunctive; the connective that usually omitted I wish I were there (I were rich, the work were finished, it were already done, I were in your place, I had more energy, he were more attentive, etc.) как бы мне хотелось быть там и т.д., если бы мне быть там и т.д., ах, если бы я был там и т.д.; I wish I knew если б я только знал; I wish I were dead мне жить не хочется; she wished [that] it were morning ей хотелось, чтоб уже настало /наступило/ утро; I wish I had seen it (I had stayed at home, I had come earlier, I had spoken to him, etc.) как жаль, что я этого не видел и т.д.; I wish I hadn't left so early жаль, что я так рано ушел; I wish I had never seen her лучше бы мне ее никогда не видеть; I wish you may live to see it желаю вам дожить и увидеть это [своими глазами]; I wish I could stay a little longer мне бы хотелось здесь остаться подольше; I wish you wouldn't make so much noise не шумите, пожалуйста: нельзя ли потише?

2) I wish you would be quiet (you would be more polite, etc.) нельзя ли не шуметь? и т.д.; I wish you would shut the door when you go out закройте /захлопните/, пожалуйста, дверь, когда выйдете

(adj.) = constantly rising, steadily rising, steadily growing

Ex. Recently there has been more than the usual talk about the exceptionally-high and constantly-rising costs of scholarly journals and what scholar, editors, and libraries can do about the situation.

Ex. Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.

Ex. The strategy is to maintain a steadily growing base line which can expand in better times.

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(adj.) = steadily growing

Ex. The strategy is to maintain a steadily growing base line which can expand in better times.

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(adj.) = alarmingly + Adjetivo, astronomically + Adjetivo, bleeding + Adjetivo/Nombre, extremely + Adjetivo, impossibly + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, devastatingly + Adjetivo, dauntingly + Adjetivo, outrageously + Adjetivo, abysmally + Adjetivo, awfully + Adjetivo, shockingly + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo

Ex. As the quantity increased the printer's capital investment, which was always alarmingly high, rose with it, and his profit as a percentage of investment fell.

Ex. To give this advice, the computer would have to store an astronomically large number of possible positions on the board.

Ex. He had never seen the children's librarian so upset, she was one great bleeding resentment.

Ex. Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.

Ex. Limitless flexibility sounds to be the answer but it is, of course, impossibly expensive and unacceptable aesthetically.

Ex. We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.

Ex. The teacher flipped over the document and examined her scored evaluations: all, except for attendance and punctuality, were in the low 70's, a devastatingly dramatic plunge from the former heights of her 97 to 99 scores.

Ex. This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.

Ex. On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.

Ex. Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.

Ex. Searching these full-text files may be awfully confusing.

Ex. Despite shockingly poor current resource levels, Cuban librarians are enthusiastically planning for better times in the future.

Ex. I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.

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= incredibly + Adjetivo, fantastically + Adjetivo, shockingly + Adjetivo

Ex. We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.

Ex. We all recognize that the National Union Catalog is a fantastically helpful publication.

Ex. Despite shockingly poor current resource levels, Cuban librarians are enthusiastically planning for better times in the future.

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"1. day. 2. daytime, day. 3. sun. 4. daylight, sunlight. 5. day, time. 6. day, days, time, times, period. 7. happy days, better times, days of happiness. 8. special day, feast day. 9. a woman´s at-home day. 10. date (a given point of time). -lerce for days. -ün adamı 1. man of the hour, man of the day. 2. a man for all seasons. - ağarmak for day to dawn, for dawn to break. - ağarması daybreak, dawn. - almak /dan/ 1. to get an appointment (from). 2. to have passed (a certain age) by (a specified number of days). - atlamamak not to miss out a day. - batması sunset, sundown. -ün birinde 1. one day, some day. 2. once, at one time in the past. -lerden bir gün once upon a time. - bugün. colloq. Now is the time. - doğmadan neler doğar. proverb A lot can happen between now and then. - doğmak 1. for the sun to rise, for day to dawn. 2. /a/ (for someone) to have an unexpected opportunity or stroke of fortune. -ünü doldurmak 1. to complete a period of time. 2. fin. to fall due, mature. - durumu astr. solstice. -leri gece olmak /ın/ to fall on evil days, meet with misfortune. -ü geçmek /ın/ (for a woman´s period) to be late. - gibi açık/aşikâr altogether clear, very clear, manifest. - görmek to see happy days. -ünü görmek 1. to come to a bad end; to suffer for one´s errors. 2. /ın/ to see (one´s grown-up offspring) living a happy life. 3. to menstruate, have one´s period. - görmemek to know nothing but unhappiness. - görmez 1. (place) which doesn´t get any sunlight, sunless. 2. (someone) who never gets out in the sun. - görmüş 1. (someone) who has seen better days. 2. experienced. -ünü görürsün! I´ll show you!/You´ll get what´s coming to you!/You´ll get your just deserts! - göstermek /a/ to make (someone) live happily. -ünü göstermek /a/ to show, punish (used as a threat). -den güne/- günden from day to day, gradually. -ü gününe 1. day by day. 2. to the very day. -ünü gün etmek to be really enjoying oneself, be having a real good time, be having a hell of a good time. -ü gününe uymamak to be capricious, be fickle. - ışığına çıkmak to come to light; to become clear. - kavuşmak/inmek for the sun to set/go down, for night to fall. - koymak /a/ to put aside a day, assign some time (for). - ola harman ola. colloq. One day its time will come. -leri sayılı olmak to be near death. -ünü/-lerini saymak to be waiting for death. - sürmek to live prosperously. - tutulmak for the sun to be eclipsed. - tutulması astr. solar eclipse. - tün eşitliği astr. equinox. - yapmak (for women) to be at home to guests. -ü yetmek 1. (for something) to fall due, be due. 2. (for one´s last hour) to be at hand. 3. (for a woman) to fill up her term of pregnancy. "

have known better times/seen better days

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1) time; eptir tíma liðinn, after a little time; í þann tíma, at that time; fyrstan tíma, er ek var hér, the first time that I was here;

2) time, fit time (þeim þótti t. til at ganga á fund konungs); á hœfiligum tíma, in due time; í tíma, betimes;

3) good luck, prosperity (gangi þér allt til tírs ok tíma).

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a, m. [A. S. tîma; Engl. time; Dan. time; it is strange that Ulf. uses no word analogous either to ‘tíð’ or ‘tími’]:—time; langr tími, Fms. vi. 92; eptir tíma liðinn, after a little time, Bs. i. 857; eigi langan tíma upp frá þessu, Fs. 61; í þann tíma, at that time, Eg. 15, Stj. 50; í þenna tíma, at the time, then, Fms. x. 27, Sd. 138; einn tíma, once, a time, H. E. i. 516; tvá tíma, twice, Fms. xi. 159; um tíma, for a time, Mar.; hann sat þar um tíma, Ann. 1363; í annan tíma, the second time, again, Stj. 50, Fb. i. 145, 211; þriðja tíma, the third time, D. N. i. 263; fyrstan tíma er ek var hér, the first time that I was here, Fb. i. 512: gramm., Skálda 159, 175; a time, season, allir ársins tímar, Stj. 148.

2. time, fit time (= Gr. καιρός); er þeim þótti tími til at ganga á fund konungs, Eg. 28; þeir héldu vörð á nær tími mundi vera at hitta konung, 421; eigi hittu þér nú í tíma til, Fms. vii. 197; ú-tími, the wrong time; í ótíma, too late; ákveðinn tími, a fixed time, Grett. 161; á hæfiligum tíma, in due time, Fms. vi. 133; í tíma, betimes, Karl. 12; hón fór at mólka kýr eptir tíma, Grett. 80 new Ed.

II. metaph. a good time, prosperity; en sá tími fylgði ferð þeirra, at …, Edda 152 (pref.); gefi Guð ykkr góðan tíma, Stj. 426; hann skyldi þar vel kominn ok með tíma á þenna enn nýja bólstað, Ld. 98; halda tíma sínum öllum, Al. 59; gangi þér allt til tírs ok tíma, Fb. i. 566; en upp frá þessu gékk Eyjólfi hvárki (til) tírs né tíma, E. had henceforth bad times, Bs. i. 286; meðan ríki stóð með beztum tíma ok siðum, Sks. 526; með betra tíma, with better times, Al. 100.

COMPDS: tímadagr, tímahald, tímaland, tímalauss, tímaleysi, tímaliga, tímaligr, tímasamliga, tímaskipti.

несов. use to know.

1. вид, перспектива

2. перспектива, виды на будущее

3. точка зрения, взгляд, мировоззрение

4. неослабное наблюдение, бдительность

5. 1) наблюдательный пункт (тж. outlook post)

2) сторожевая башня

3) наблюдатель

1. 1) выдержать взгляд

2) смутить (кого-л.) взглядом, заставить (кого-л.) потупиться

2. превзойти (кого-л.) красотой или нарядом

3. выделяться, выступать

1. \Ш-55 чью, кого, кому to (begin to) burden s.o. by becoming dependent on him for care, financial support etc: X сядет Y-y на шею = X will become a (heavy) burden to (on) Y

the expedition's headquarters had moved to Yermakovo, so there was no one to whom he could complain and no one to pay him off. He decided against imposing himself again on Mukhammed while waiting for better times. The only thing to do was to press on to Yermakovo on foot (2a).

2. to make persistent demands of s.o., force s.o. to satisfy one's will, assert one's control over s.o. etc: X сядет Y-y на шею = X will walk all over Y

• САДИТЬСЯ/СЕСТЬ НА ШЕЮ coll, disapprov

[VP; subj: human]

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1. садиться на шею чью, кого, кому to (begin to) burden s.o. by becoming dependent on him for care, financial support etc:

- X сядет Y-y на шею≈ X will become a (heavy) burden to <on> Y;

- [in limited contexts] X will live < sponge> off Y.

     ♦ В Игарке Влада ожидало разочарование: начальство переехало в Ермаково, жаловаться было некому, расчёт получить негде. Снова садиться на шею Мухаммеду в ожидании лучших времён он не решился. Оставалось тем же манером пуститься дальше - на Ермаковский маяк (Максимов 2). [context transl] Disappointment awaited Vlad in Igarka: the expedition's headquarters had moved to Yermakovo, so there was no one to whom he could complain and no one to pay him oif. He decided against imposing himself again on Mukhammed while waiting for better times. The only thing to do was to press on to Yermakovo on foot (2a).

2. to make persistent demands of s.o., force s.o. to satisfy one's will, assert one's control over s.o. etc:

- X сядет Y-y на шею≈ X will walk all over Y;

- X will be on Y's back;

- X will take advantage of Y;

- X will push Y around.

     ♦ "Погрубее надо с ними [женщинами], пожестче. Главное - ни намёка на перспективы. А то на шею сядут" (Евтушенко 2). You have to be tougher with them [women], harden he thought. Most important, not a hint of marriage. Otherwise, they'll be on your back forever (2a).

• САДИТЬСЯ/СЕСТЬ НА ШЕЮ coll, disapprov

[VP; subj: human]

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1. сесть на шею чью, кого, кому to (begin to) burden s.o. by becoming dependent on him for care, financial support etc:

- X сядет Y-y на шею≈ X will become a (heavy) burden to <on> Y;

- [in limited contexts] X will live < sponge> off Y.

     ♦ В Игарке Влада ожидало разочарование: начальство переехало в Ермаково, жаловаться было некому, расчёт получить негде. Снова садиться на шею Мухаммеду в ожидании лучших времён он не решился. Оставалось тем же манером пуститься дальше - на Ермаковский маяк (Максимов 2). [context transl] Disappointment awaited Vlad in Igarka: the expedition's headquarters had moved to Yermakovo, so there was no one to whom he could complain and no one to pay him oif. He decided against imposing himself again on Mukhammed while waiting for better times. The only thing to do was to press on to Yermakovo on foot (2a).

2. to make persistent demands of s.o., force s.o. to satisfy one's will, assert one's control over s.o. etc:

- X сядет Y-y на шею≈ X will walk all over Y;

- X will be on Y's back;

- X will take advantage of Y;

- X will push Y around.

     ♦ "Погрубее надо с ними [женщинами], пожестче. Главное - ни намёка на перспективы. А то на шею сядут" (Евтушенко 2). You have to be tougher with them [women], harden he thought. Most important, not a hint of marriage. Otherwise, they'll be on your back forever (2a).

Cf: Не conquers who endures (Am.). It's a great life if you do not weaken (Am., Br.). Patience brings everything about (Br.). Patience conquers (Am.). Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet (Am.). Patience is the key of paradise (Am.). Patient men win the day (Br.)

espérer [εspeʀe]

➭ TABLE 6 transitive verb

[+ succès, récompense, aide] to hope for

• espérer réussir to hope to succeed

• espérer que to hope that

• je n'en espérais pas tant I wasn't hoping for as much

• viendra-t-il ? -- j'espère (bien) will he come? -- I (certainly) hope so

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1) ( appeler de ses vœux)

2) ( escompter) to expect (de from)

verbe intransitif to hope

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1. vt

2. vi

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2)

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espérer verb table: céder

A vtr

1 ( appeler de ses vœux) espérer qch to hope for sth; il n'y a plus rien/grand-chose à espérer there's nothing left/not much left to hope for; espérer faire to hope to do; j'espère avoir fait I hope (that) I have done; espérer que to hope (that); ceci, je l'espère, te conviendra this, I hope, will suit you; il comprendra, j'espère? he will understand, I hope?; ‘il comprendra?’-‘je l'espère/j'espère bien’ ‘will he understand?’-‘I hope so/I should hope so’; j'espère que oui/que non I hope so/not; que peut-on espérer de plus? what more can you hope for?; laisser espérer que to raise hopes that; laisser espérer une guérison rapide to raise hopes of a rapid recovery;

2 ( escompter) to expect (de from); je n' en espérais pas tant it's more than I expected; laisser espérer qch à qn to lead sb to expect sth; je ne t'espérais plus I had given up on you.

B vi to hope; on peut toujours espérer! iron one can always hope!; espérer en Dieu to trust in God.

[ɛspere] verbe transitif

1. [souhaiter] to hope

2. [escompter] to expect

3. [attendre] to expect, to wait for (inseparable)

on ne vous espérait plus! we'd given up on you!

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[ɛspere] verbe intransitif

il faut espérer en des temps meilleurs we must live in hope of better times

1) ( im Leben mitmachen)

etw \erleben to live to see sth;

dass ich das [noch] \erleben muss! couldn't I have been spared that?!

2) ( erfahren)

etw \erleben to experience sth;

wunderschöne Tage/einen wunderschönen Urlaub irgendwo \erleben to have a wonderful time/holiday somewhere;

was hast du denn alles in Dänemark erlebt? what did you do/see in Denmark?;

unser Land hat schon bessere Zeiten erlebt our country has seen better times;

[mal] etw \erleben wollen to want to do sth exciting [for once];

wenn Sie hier was \erleben wollen, müssen Sie in die Stadt fahren if you're looking for some excitement here, you have to go into town;

3) (pej: durchmachen)

etw \erleben to go through sth;

eine [große] Enttäuschung \erleben to be [bitterly [or sorely] ] disappointed;

einen Misserfolg \erleben to experience failure;

eine Niederlage \erleben to suffer defeat

4) ( mit ansehen)

es \erleben, dass/ wie to see that/how

5) ( kennen lernen)

jdn \erleben to get to know sb; Musiker, Redner to hear sb; Schauspieler to see an actor;

jdn irgendwie \erleben to see somebody a certain way;

so wütend habe ich ihn noch nie erlebt I've never seen him so furious

hat man so [et]was schon [mal] erlebt! ( fam) well, I'll be damned! (sl), well, I never! ( Brit) ( fam)

der/die kann was \erleben! ( fam) he/she'll get what for! ( Brit), really get it (Am) ( fam)

das möchte ich \erleben! ( fam) that'll be the day! ( fam)

das muss man erlebt haben! you have to see it [to believe it]!

noun familiar

(a) (customer) client(e) m, f

(b) STOCK EXCHANGE (speculator) boursicoteur(euse) m, f, boursicotier(ère) m, f

n. f.

1. Ramshackle motor vehicle. (The word is, if anything, affectionate and refers to a trusted vehicle, the survivor of bygone better times.)

2. (pl.) Les tinettes: 'The bog', 'the karzey', the W.C.

3. Faire ( une) tinette sur: To pass disparaging comments on (someone or something).