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  • 1 use

    I [ju:z] verb
    1) (to employ (something) for a purpose: What did you use to open the can?; Use your common sense!) uporabiti
    2) (to consume: We're using far too much electricity.) porabiti
    - used
    - user
    - user-friendly
    - user guide
    - be used to something
    - be used to
    - used to
    II [ju:s]
    1) (the act of using or state of being used: The use of force to persuade workers to join a strike cannot be justified; This telephone number is for use in emergencies.) uporaba
    2) (the/a purpose for which something may be used: This little knife has plenty of uses; I have no further use for these clothes.) raba
    3) ((often in questions or with negatives) value or advantage: Is this coat (of) any use to you?; It's no use offering to help when it's too late.) korist
    4) (the power of using: She lost the use of her right arm as a result of the accident.) sposobnost uporabljati kaj
    5) (permission, or the right, to use: They let us have the use of their car while they were away.) uporaba
    - usefulness
    - usefully
    - useless
    - be in use
    - out of use
    - come in useful
    - have no use for
    - it's no use
    - make good use of
    - make use of
    - put to good use
    - put to use
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    I [ju:s]
    noun
    raba, uporaba; uporabnost, korist(nost), prid; (poseben) namen, smoter; pripravnost; moč ali sposobnost uporabljati (kaj); navada, običaj, uzus; stalna ali ponovna uporaba; vaja; praksa; (pred)pravica uporabe (česa); juridically užitek; pravica, uživanje (posesti); dobiček; ecclesiastic obredi kake Cerkve, liturgija
    of use — uporaben, koristen
    of no use — neuporaben, brezkoristen
    out of use — ne v rabi, ne več uporaben
    once a use and ever a custum — česar se je Janezek naučil, to Janez zna
    can I be of use?lahko (kaj) pomagam?
    is this of use to you?lahko to kaj porabite?
    crying is no use — nima smisla jokati, zastonj je jokati
    it is (of) no use (running) — brez koristi, zaman je (teči)
    what's the use (of it)?kakšen smisel naj (sploh) to ima?
    to fall ( —ali to pass) out of use — postati neuporaben, zastareti
    you will find these shoes of use in the mountains — videli boste, da so ti čevlji zelo koristni v gorah
    I have no use for such people — nimam nobenega smisla za take ljudi, ne cenim (ne potrebujem) takih ljudi
    have you lost the use of your tongue?si izgubil dar govora?
    to make use of s.th. — uporabiti (izkoristiti) kaj, posluževati se česa
    to make use of s.o.'s namesklicevati se na koga
    to put out of use — vzeti iz obtoka (kovance itd.)
    II [ju:z]
    transitive verb
    rabiti, uporabljati, porabiti, izkoristiti, posluževati se; zateči se k; ravnati z; potrošiti, izdati; gojiti (šport itd.); prebiti (čas); obsolete navaditi (to na)
    to use one's brains ( —ali wits) — uporabiti pamet, napeti (svoje) možgane
    use your eyes!odpri oči!
    to use one's best efforts — napraviti, kar se le da (kar je le možno)
    how did they use you?kako so ravnali z vami?
    to use s.o. illslabo ravnati s kom
    to use one's legs — peš iti, pešačiti
    may I use your name?se lahko sklicujem na vas?
    how does the world use you? colloquially kako je z vami?, kako vam gre?; intransitive verb obsolete (razen v preteritu) biti vajen, imeti navado; (tudi za izražanje trajnega stanja v preteklosti)
    used you to know him?ste ga vi poznali?
    there used to be a tree there — tam je nekoč bilo drevo;

    English-Slovenian dictionary > use

  • 2 all

    1. attributive adjective
    1) (entire extent or quantity of) ganz

    all dayden ganzen Tag

    all my money — all mein Geld; mein ganzes Geld

    stop all this noise/shouting! — hör mit dem Krach/Geschrei auf!

    2) (entire number of) alle

    all my books — all[e] meine Bücher

    where are all the glasses?wo sind all die Gläser?

    All Fools' Day — der 1. April

    3) (any whatever) jeglicher/jegliche/jegliches
    4) (greatest possible)

    in all innocencein aller Unschuld

    with all speedso schnell wie möglich

    2. noun

    one and all — [alle] ohne Ausnahme

    the happiest/most beautiful of all — der/die Glücklichste/die Schönste unter allen

    most of allam meisten

    he ran fastest of aller lief am schnellsten

    2) (every bit)

    all of it/the money — alles/das ganze od. alles Geld

    3)

    all of (coll.): (as much as) be all of seven feet tall — gut sieben Fuß groß sein

    4) (all things) alles

    all is not lostes ist nicht alles verloren

    most of allam meisten

    it was all but impossiblees war fast unmöglich

    all in allalles in allem

    it's all the same or all one to me — es ist mir ganz egal od. völlig gleichgültig

    you are not disturbing me at alldu störst mich nicht im geringsten

    nothing at allgar nichts

    not at all happy/well — überhaupt nicht glücklich/gesund

    not at all! — überhaupt nicht!; (acknowledging thanks) gern geschehen!; nichts zu danken!

    two [goals] all — zwei zu zwei; (Tennis)

    3. adverb

    all the better/worse [for that] — um so besser/schlimmer

    I feel all the better for itdas hat mir wirklich gut getan

    all at once(suddenly) plötzlich; (simultaneously) alle[s] zugleich

    be all for something(coll.) sehr für etwas sein

    be all in(exhausted) total od. völlig erledigt sein (ugs.)

    go all out [to do something] — alles daransetzen[, etwas zu tun]

    be all ready [to go] — (coll.) fertig [zum Weggehen] sein (ugs.)

    something is all rightetwas ist in Ordnung; (tolerable) etwas ist ganz gut

    work out all right — gut gehen; klappen (ugs.)

    that's her, all right — das ist sie, ganz recht

    yes, all right — ja, gut

    it's all right by or with me — das ist mir recht

    lie all round the roomüberall im Zimmer herumliegen

    I don't think he's all there(coll.) ich glaube, er ist nicht ganz da (ugs.)

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    [o:l] 1. adjective, pronoun
    1) (the whole (of): He ate all the cake; He has spent all of his money.) ganz
    2) (every one (of a group) when taken together: They were all present; All men are equal.) alle
    2. adverb
    1) (entirely: all alone; dressed all in white.) ganz
    2) ((with the) much; even: Your low pay is all the more reason to find a new job; I feel all the better for a shower.) um so
    - academic.ru/94374/all-clear">all-clear
    - all-out
    - all-round
    - all-rounder
    - all-terrain vehicle
    - all along
    - all at once
    - all in
    - all in all
    - all over
    - all right
    - in all
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    [ɒ:l, AM also ɑ:l]
    I. adj attr, inv
    1. + pl n (the whole number of, every one of) alle
    are those \all the documents you can find? sind das alle Papiere, die du finden kannst?
    \all my glasses are broken alle meine [o meine ganzen] Gläser sind kaputt, meine Gläser sind alle [o fam allesamt] kaputt
    \all children should have a right to education alle Kinder sollten ein Recht auf Bildung haben
    \all her children go to public school alle ihre Kinder besuchen eine Privatschule, ihre Kinder besuchen alle [o fam allesamt] ein Privatschule
    20% of \all items sold had been reduced 20 % aller verkauften Artikel waren reduziert
    \all six [of the] men are electricians alle sechs [Männer] sind Elektriker
    I had to use \all my powers of persuasion ich musste meine ganze Überzeugungskraft aufbieten
    I've locked myself out — of \all the stupid things to do! ich habe mich ausgeschlossen! — wie kann man nur so blöd sein!
    on \all fours auf allen vieren
    from \all directions aus allen Richtungen
    \all the people alle [Leute]
    why did the take him, of \all people? warum haben sie ausgerechnet ihn genommen?
    \all the others alle anderen
    2. + sing n (the whole of) der/die/das ganze...
    they lost \all their money sie haben ihr ganzes Geld verloren
    \all day [long] den ganzen Tag [lang]
    \all her life ihr ganzes Leben
    for \all the money trotz des ganzen Geldes
    \all the time die ganze Zeit
    he was unemployed for \all that time er war all die Zeit [o die ganze Zeit über] [o während der ganzen Zeit] arbeitslos
    \all the way den ganzen [weiten] Weg
    \all week/year die ganze Woche/das ganze Jahr
    3. + sing n (every type of) jede(r, s)
    \all wood should be treated jedes Holz sollte [o alle Holzarten sollten] behandelt werden
    with \all haste [or speed] [or dispatch] ( form) so schnell wie möglich
    in \all honesty [or sincerity] ganz ehrlich
    with \all due respect,... bei allem Respekt,..., mit Verlaub,... geh
    with \all speed so schnell wie möglich
    in \all probability aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach
    5. (any whatever) jegliche(r, s)
    she denied \all knowledge of the matter sie stritt ab, irgendetwas über die Sache zu wissen
    beyond \all doubt jenseits allen Zweifels
    6.
    for \all trotz + gen
    for \all her money she is not happy trotz ihres ganzen Geldes ist sie nicht glücklich
    \all good things must come to an end ( prov) alles hat ein Ende
    ... and \all that jazz [or (pej!) rubbish]... und das ganze Zeug pej fam
    not as... as \all that:
    he's not as rich as \all that so reich ist er nun auch wieder nicht
    II. pron
    1. (the total, everybody, every one) alle
    the best-looking of \all der Bestaussehende von allen
    we saw \all of them wir haben [sie] alle gesehen
    \all of them [or they \all] liked the film der Film hat ihnen allen [o allen von ihnen] gefallen
    the house has four bedrooms, \all with balconies das Haus hat vier Schlafzimmer, alle mit Balkon
    her last novel was [the] best of \all ihr letzter Roman war der beste von allen
    \all but one of the pupils came to the outing bis auf einen Schüler nahmen alle am Ausflug teil
    \all and sundry jedermann, Gott und die Welt
    one and \all alle
    let's sing now one and \all! lasst uns jetzt alle zusammen singen!
    \all but... alle außer..., bis auf...
    2. (everything) alles
    it was \all very strange es war alles sehr seltsam
    \all is not lost yet noch ist nicht alles verloren
    tell me \all about it erzähl mir alles darüber
    he's eaten \all of it [or eaten it \all] er hat alles aufgegessen
    have you drunk \all of the milk? hast du die ganze Milch getrunken?
    first of \all zuerst; (most importantly) vor allem
    most of \all am meisten
    there are many professions which interest him, but most of \all, he'd like to be a zookeeper viele Berufe interessieren ihn, aber am liebsten wäre er Zoowärter
    \all in one alles in einem
    a corkscrew and bottle-opener \all in one ein Korkenzieher und Flaschenöffner in einem
    to give [or put] one's \all alles [o sein Letztes] geben
    and \all ( fam) und all dem
    what with the fog and \all, I'd really not drive tonight ( fam) bei dem Nebel und so möchte ich heute Nacht wirklich nicht fahren fam
    3. + relative clause (the only thing) alles
    it was \all that he had es war alles, was er hatte
    it's \all [that] I can do for you mehr kann ich nicht für dich tun
    \all I want is to be left alone ich will nur in Ruhe gelassen werden
    the remark was so silly, it was \all she could do not to laugh die Bemerkung war so dumm, dass sie sich sehr zusammenreißen musste, um nicht zu lachen
    \all [that] it takes is a little bit of luck man braucht nur etwas Glück
    that's \all I need right now ( iron) das hat mir jetzt gerade noch gefehlt pej
    for \all...:
    for \all I care,.... von mir aus...
    for \all I know,... (as far as I know) soviel [o soweit] ich weiß...; (I don't know) was weiß ich,...
    are the married? — for \all I know they could be sind sie verheiratet? — was weiß ich, schon möglich!
    where is she? — for \all I know she could be on holidays wo ist sie? — was weiß ich, vielleicht [ist sie] im Urlaub!
    4. (for emphasis)
    at \all überhaupt
    do you ever travel to the States at \all? fährst du überhaupt je in die Staaten?
    if at \all wenn überhaupt
    nothing [or not anything] at \all überhaupt nichts
    not at \all überhaupt nicht
    thanks very much for your help — not at \all, it was a pleasure vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe — keine Ursache [o nichts zu danken], es war mir ein Vergnügen
    5.
    and \all ( fam: as well) auch
    I'm coldyeah, me and \all mir ist kalt — ja, mir auch
    get one for me and \all bring mir auch einen
    \all for one, and one for \all ( saying) alle für einen, einer für alle
    in \all insgesamt
    that's £20 in \all das macht alles zusammen 20 Pfund
    \all in \all alles in allem
    \all of... (at least) mindestens...; (as much as) gut...; (as little as) ganze...
    it's going to cost \all of a million dollars das kostet mindestens eine Million Dollar
    the book has sold \all of 200/400,000 copies von dem Buch sind ganze 200/gut 400.000 Exemplare verkauft worden
    to be \all one to sb jdm egal [o gleich] sein
    \all told insgesamt
    they tried a dozen times \all told sie versuchten es insgesamt ein Dutzend Mal
    \all's well that ends well ( prov) Ende gut, alles gut prov
    III. adv inv
    1. (entirely) ganz, völlig
    it's \all about money these days heutzutage geht es nur ums Geld
    she's been \all round the world sie war schon überall auf der Welt
    to be \all in favour of sth ganz [o völlig] begeistert von etw dat sein
    \all in green ganz in Grün
    to be \all in one piece heil [o unbeschädigt] sein
    to be \all of a piece with sth mit etw dat völlig übereinstimmen
    to spill sth \all over the place/floor etw überall/über den gesamten Boden verschütten
    the baby got food \all over its bib das Baby hatte sich sein ganzes Lätzchen vollgekleckert
    to be \all over the place [or BRIT shop] ( fam) überall sein
    to be not \all that happy nicht gerade glücklich sein
    \all alone ganz allein
    \all along die ganze Zeit
    she's been fooling us \all along sie hat uns die ganze Zeit getäuscht
    to be \all over aus und vorbei sein
    to be \all for doing sth ganz dafür sein, etw zu tun
    my son is \all for spending the summer on the beach mein Sohn will den Sommer unbedingt am Strand verbringen
    the newspaper was \all advertisements die Zeitung bestand fast nur aus Anzeigen
    I was \all the family she ever had ich war die einzige Familie, die sie je hatte
    he was \all smiles er strahlte über das ganze Gesicht
    he's \all talk [or ( fam) mouth] er ist nur ein Schwätzer pej, er schwingt nur große Worte
    to be \all charm seinen ganzen Charme spielenlassen
    to be \all ears ganz Ohr sein
    to be \all eyes gespannt zusehen
    to be \all a flutter ganz aus dem Häuschen sein fam
    to be \all silk/wool aus reiner Seide/Wolle sein
    3.
    \all the... (even) umso...; (much) viel...
    \all the better [for that]! umso besser!
    now that he's a star he'll be \all the more difficult to work with jetzt wo er ein Star ist, wird die Zusammenarbeit mit ihm umso schwieriger sein
    I feel \all the better for your visit seit du da bist, geht es mir schon viel besser
    4. (for emphasis) äußerst, ausgesprochen
    she was \all excited sie war ganz aufgeregt
    now don't get \all upset about it nun reg dich doch nicht so [furchtbar] darüber auf
    your proposal is \all very well in theory, but... in der Theorie ist dein Vorschlag ja schön und gut, aber...
    \all too... nur zu...
    I'm \all too aware of the problems die Probleme sind mir nur zu gegenwärtig
    the end of the holiday came \all too soon der Urlaub war nur viel zu schnell zu Ende
    5. SPORT (to both sides)
    the score is three \all es steht drei zu drei [unentschieden] [o drei beide
    6.
    to not do sth \all that well (not really) etw nicht gerade toll tun fam
    she doesn't sing \all that well sie kann nicht besonders toll singen fam
    to not be \all that... (not as much as thought) so... nun auch wieder nicht sein
    he's not \all that important so wichtig ist er nun auch wieder nicht
    7. (nearly)
    \all but fast
    the party was \all but over when we arrived die Party war schon fast vorbei, als wir ankamen
    it was \all but impossible to read his writing es war nahezu unmöglich, seine Handschrift zu entziffern
    8.
    to go \all out for sth alles für etw akk tun
    \all in (exhausted)
    he felt \all in er war völlig erledigt; BRIT (including everything) alles inklusive
    the holiday cost £600 \all in alles inklusive hat der Urlaub hat 600 Pfund gekostet
    to be \all over sb ( pej: excessively enthusiastic) sich akk [geradezu] auf jdn stürzen; ( fam: harass) jdn total anmachen fam, über jdn herfallen ÖSTERR fam
    that's sb \all over das sieht jdm ähnlich
    he invited me out for dinner and then discovered he didn't have any money — that's Bill \all over! er lud mich ein, mit ihm auswärts zu essen, und merkte dann, dass er kein Geld bei sich hatte — typisch Bill!
    to be \all over the place [or BRIT shop] ( fam: badly organised) [völlig] chaotisch sein; (confused) völlig von der Rolle [o ÖSTERR daneben] sein fam
    \all round [or around] AM (in every way) rundum; (for each person) für alle
    that was a success/good performance \all round das war ein voller Erfolg/eine rundum gelungene Vorstellung
    he bought drinks \all round er gab eine Runde Getränke aus
    to be not \all there ( fam) nicht ganz richtig [im Kopf] sein fam, nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben fig fam
    to be \all up with sb ( fam)
    it looks as though it's \all up with us now es sieht so aus, als seien wir nun endgültig am Ende fam
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    [ɔːl]
    1. ADJECTIVE
    with nouns plural alle; (singular) ganze(r, s), alle(r, s)When alle is used to translate all the it is not followed by the German article.

    all the problems have been solvedalle or sämtliche Probleme wurden gelöst

    all the tobacco —

    all the milk all the fruit — die ganze Milch, alle Milch das ganze Obst, alles Obst

    all day ( long) — den ganzen Tag (lang)

    all my books/friends — alle meine Bücher/Freunde, meine ganzen Bücher/Freunde

    they all came —

    I invited them allich habe sie alle eingeladen Note that it all is usually translated by alles alone:

    he took/spent it all — er hat alles genommen/ausgegeben

    it all happened so quickly — alles geschah so schnell, es geschah alles so schnell

    he's seen/done it all — für ihn gibt es nichts Neues mehr, ihn kann nichts mehr erschüttern (inf)

    what's all this/that about? — was soll das Ganze?

    what's all this/that? — was ist denn das?; (annoyed) was soll denn das!

    2. PRONOUN
    1) = everything alles

    I'm just curious, that's all — ich bin nur neugierig, das ist alles

    that's all he said — das ist alles, was er gesagt hat, mehr hat er nicht gesagt

    that is all (that) I can tell you — mehr kann ich Ihnen nicht sagen

    it was all I could do not to laughich musste an mich halten, um nicht zu lachen

    all of Paris/of the house — ganz Paris/das ganze Haus

    all of 5 kms/£5 —

    2) = everybody alle pl

    all who knew him — alle, die ihn kannten

    the score was two alles stand zwei zu zwei

    3. ADVERB
    (= quite, entirely) ganz

    dressed all in white, all dressed in white — ganz in Weiß (gekleidet)

    all dirty/excited etc — ganz schmutzig/aufgeregt etc

    an all wool carpet — ein reinwollener Teppich, ein Teppich aus reiner Wolle

    he ordered whiskies/drinks all round —

    4. NOUN
    __diams; one's all alles

    he staked his all on this race/deal — er setzte alles auf dieses Rennen/Unternehmen

    5. SET STRUCTURES
    __diams; all along (= from the start) von Anfang an, die ganze Zeit (über)

    I feared that all along — das habe ich von Anfang an befürchtet, das habe ich schon die ganze Zeit (über) befürchtet

    he all but died —

    the party won all but six of the seats — die Partei hat alle außer sechs Sitzen or alle bis auf sechs Sitze gewonnen

    I'm all for it!ich bin ganz dafür __diams; all found insgesamt, alles in allem __diams; all in ( inf

    to be or feel all intotal erledigt sein (inf) __diams; all in all alles in allem

    all the hotter/prettier/happier etc — noch heißer/hübscher/glücklicher etc

    all the funnier because... — umso lustiger, weil...

    or vacation (US) — jetzt, wo ich Urlaub gemacht habe, gehts mir viel besser

    all the more so since... —

    all the same, it's a pity — trotzdem ist es schade

    it's all the same to me —

    he's all there/not all there — er ist voll da/nicht ganz da (inf) __diams; all too + adjective/adverb

    all too soon/quickly — viel zu or allzu früh/schnell

    he ate the orange, peel and all — er hat die ganze Orange gegessen, samt der Schale

    the whole family came, children and all — die Familie kam mit Kind und Kegel

    did/didn't you say anything at all? — haben Sie überhaupt etwas gesagt/gar or überhaupt nichts gesagt?

    I'm not at all sure, I'm not sure at all — ich bin mir ganz und gar nicht sicher, ich bin gar nicht ganz sicher

    I'm not at all angry etc, I'm not angry etc at all — ich bin überhaupt nicht wütend etc, ich bin ganz und gar nicht wütend etc

    for all that — trotz allem, trotzdem

    for all I know she could be ill —

    is he in Paris? – for all I know he could be — ist er in Paris? – schon möglich, was weiß ich!

    ten people in allinsgesamt zehn Personen __diams; all that ( US inf ) einfach super (inf)

    it's not all that bad, it's not as bad as all that — so schlimm ist es nun auch wieder nicht

    happiest/earliest/clearest etc of all —

    I like him best of allvon allen mag ich ihn am liebsten

    most of all —

    most of all I'd like to be... — am liebsten wäre ich...

    the best car of alldas allerbeste Auto __diams; to be all things to all men (person) sich mit jedem gutstellen; (thing, invention, new software etc) das Ideale sein

    a party which claims to be all things to all men — eine Partei, die behauptet, allen etwas zu bieten __diams; you all ( US inf ) ihr (alle); (to two people) ihr (beide)

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    all [ɔːl]
    A adj
    1. all, sämtlich, gesamt, vollständig, ganz:
    all one’s courage seinen ganzen Mut;
    all mistakes alle oder sämtliche Fehler;
    all my friends alle meine Freunde;
    all night (long) die ganze Nacht (hindurch);
    all (the) day, all day long den ganzen Tag, den lieben langen Tag;
    all day and every day tagelang; tagaus, tagein;
    open all day ganztägig geöffnet;
    a) die ganze Zeit (über),
    b) ständig, immer;
    at all times zu jeder Zeit, jederzeit;
    all the town die ganze Stadt, jedermann; day 6
    2. jeder, jede, jedes, alle pl:
    at all hours zu jeder Stunde;
    beyond all question ohne Frage, fraglos;
    in all respects in jeder Hinsicht;
    deny all responsibility jede Verantwortung ablehnen; sundry
    3. vollkommen, völlig, total, ganz, rein:
    all nonsense reiner Unsinn;
    all wool US reine Wolle; leg Bes Redew
    B adv
    1. ganz (u. gar), gänzlich, völlig:
    all alone ganz allein;
    all the um so …;
    all the better um so besser;
    she was all gratitude sie war voll(er) Dankbarkeit;
    she is all kindness sie ist die Güte selber;
    all one einerlei, gleichgültig;
    he is all for it er ist unbedingt dafür;
    all important äußerst wichtig, entscheidend;
    all mad völlig verrückt;
    all wrong ganz falsch; same C
    2. für jede Seite, beide:
    the score was two all das Spiel stand zwei zu zwei
    3. poet gerade, eben
    C pron alles:
    all of it alles, das Ganze;
    all of us wir alle;
    good night, all gute Nacht allerseits!;
    all of a year ein ganzes Jahr;
    it took me all of two days ich brauchte zwei volle oder ganze zwei Tage ( to do zu tun);
    that’s all das ist oder wäre alles;
    that’s all there is to it das ist die ganze Geschichte;
    all or nothing alles oder nichts;
    it’s all or nothing for es geht um alles oder nichts für;
    it all began die ganze Sache begann;
    and all that und dergleichen;
    when all is said and done letzten Endes, schließlich; end B 1
    D s
    1. alles:
    a) sein Hab und Gut,
    b) auch his all and all sein Ein und Alles
    2. oft All PHIL (Welt)All nBesondere Redewendungen: all along die ganze Zeit (über);
    a) rund(her)um, ringsumher,
    b) überall,
    c) durch die Bank umg, durchweg all in alles inklusive;
    be ( oder feel) all in umg total fertig oder erledigt sein;
    all in all alles in allem;
    his wife is all in all to him seine Frau bedeutet ihm alles;
    all out umg
    a) total fertig oder erledigt,
    b) auf dem Holzweg (im Irrtum),
    c) mit aller Macht ( for sth auf etwas aus), mit restlosem Einsatz,
    d) vollständig ( all-out) go all out umg
    a) alles daransetzen, aufs Ganze gehen,
    b) besonders SPORT das Letzte aus sich herausholen all over
    a) umg ganz und gar,
    b) überall,
    c) überallhin, in ganz England etc herum, im ganzen Haus etc herum,
    d) auch all over one’s body am ganzen Körper, überall that is Doug all over das ist ganz oder typisch Doug, das sieht Doug ähnlich;
    news from all over Nachrichten von überall her;
    be all over sb umg an jemandem einen Narren gefressen haben;
    a) ganz recht oder richtig,
    b) schon gut,
    c) in Ordnung (auch Person), engS. unbeschädigt,
    d) na schön!,
    e) umg mit Sicherheit, ohne Zweifel,
    f) erlaubt I’m all right bei mir ist alles in Ornung;
    he’s all right ihm ist nichts passiert;
    I’m all right, Jack umg Hauptsache, mir geht’s gut;
    a) geeignet sein oder passen für,
    b) annehmbar sein für it’s all right for you to laugh du hast gut lachen;
    I’m all right for money umg bei mir stimmt die Kasse;
    are you all right in that chair? sitzt du gut in dem Sessel?;
    is it all right if I’ …? darf ich …?;
    it’s all right with ( oder by) me von mir aus, ich habe nichts dagegen;
    he arrived all right er ist gut angekommen;
    a) rund(her)um, ringsumher,
    b) überall,
    c) durch die Bank umg, durchweg taken all round umg alles in allem;
    all there gewitzt, gescheit, auf Draht umg;
    he is not all there er ist nicht ganz bei Trost;
    all up umg total fertig oder erledigt;
    it’s all up with him mit ihm ists aus;
    he of all people came ausgerechnet er kam;
    * * *
    1. attributive adjective

    all my money — all mein Geld; mein ganzes Geld

    stop all this noise/shouting! — hör mit dem Krach/Geschrei auf!

    all my books — all[e] meine Bücher

    All Fools' Day — der 1. April

    3) (any whatever) jeglicher/jegliche/jegliches
    2. noun

    one and all — [alle] ohne Ausnahme

    the happiest/most beautiful of all — der/die Glücklichste/die Schönste unter allen

    all of it/the money — alles/das ganze od. alles Geld

    3)

    all of (coll.): (as much as) be all of seven feet tall — gut sieben Fuß groß sein

    4) (all things) alles

    it's all the same or all one to me — es ist mir ganz egal od. völlig gleichgültig

    not at all happy/well — überhaupt nicht glücklich/gesund

    not at all! — überhaupt nicht!; (acknowledging thanks) gern geschehen!; nichts zu danken!

    two [goals] all — zwei zu zwei; (Tennis)

    3. adverb

    all the better/worse [for that] — um so besser/schlimmer

    all at once (suddenly) plötzlich; (simultaneously) alle[s] zugleich

    be all for something(coll.) sehr für etwas sein

    be all in (exhausted) total od. völlig erledigt sein (ugs.)

    go all out [to do something] — alles daransetzen[, etwas zu tun]

    be all ready [to go] — (coll.) fertig [zum Weggehen] sein (ugs.)

    something is all right — etwas ist in Ordnung; (tolerable) etwas ist ganz gut

    work out all right — gut gehen; klappen (ugs.)

    that's her, all right — das ist sie, ganz recht

    yes, all right — ja, gut

    it's all right by or with me — das ist mir recht

    I don't think he's all there(coll.) ich glaube, er ist nicht ganz da (ugs.)

    * * *
    adj.
    all adj.
    ganz adj.
    jeder adj.
    sämtlich adj.

    English-german dictionary > all

  • 3 beyond

    beyond smb.'s control не зависящий от чьей-л. воли;
    causes beyond A's control причины / факторы, которые А не может / не в состоянии предотвратить; причины, находящиеся вне ведения А
    beyond the ken of all known dictionaries за пределами охвата всех известных словарей beyond repair не поддающийся ремонту; неисправимый брак beyond reproach вне критики beyond the scope вне рамок;
    additional considerations beyond the scope of Division2 may be necessary возможно, потребуется рассмотрение дополнительных критериев, находящихся вне рамок раздела 2
    beyond use: damage beyond use неустранимое повреждение

    English-Russian dictionary of scientific and technical difficulties vocabulary > beyond

  • 4 measure

    1. noun
    1) Maß, das

    weights and measures — Maße und Gewichte

    for good measure — sicherheitshalber; (as an extra) zusätzlich

    give short/full measure — (in public house) zu wenig/vorschriftsmäßig ausschenken

    made to measurepred. (Brit., lit. or fig.) maßgeschneidert

    2) (degree) Menge, die

    in some measurein gewisser Hinsicht

    a measure of freedom/responsibility — ein gewisses Maß an Freiheit/Verantwortung (Dat.)

    3) (instrument or utensil for measuring) Maß, das; (for quantity also) Messglas, das; Messbecher, der; (for size also) Messstab, der; (fig.) Maßstab, der

    it gave us some measure of the problemsdas gab uns eine Vorstellung von den Problemen

    beyond [all] measure — grenzenlos; über die od. alle Maßen adverb

    4) (Mus.): (time) Takt, der
    5) (step, law) Maßnahme, die; (Law): (bill) Gesetzesvorlage, die

    take measures to stop/ensure something — Maßnahmen ergreifen od. treffen, um etwas zu unterbinden/sicherzustellen

    2. transitive verb
    1) messen [Größe, Menge usw.]; ausmessen [Raum]

    measure somebody for a suit — [bei] jemandem Maß od. die Maße für einen Anzug nehmen

    2) (fig.): (estimate) abschätzen

    measure something [off] — etwas abmessen

    3. intransitive verb
    1) (have a given size) messen
    2) (take measurement[s]) Maß nehmen
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/89057/measure_out">measure out
    * * *
    ['meʒə] 1. noun
    1) (an instrument for finding the size, amount etc of something: a glass measure for liquids; a tape-measure.) das Meßgerät
    2) (a unit: The metre is a measure of length.) das Maß
    3) (a system of measuring: dry/liquid/square measure.) die Maßeinheit
    4) (a plan of action or something done: We must take (= use, or put into action) certain measures to stop the increase in crime.) die Maßnahme
    5) (a certain amount: a measure of sympathy.) ein gewisses Maß
    6) ((in music) the musical notes contained between two bar lines.)
    2. verb
    1) (to find the size, amount etc of (something): He measured the table.) messen
    2) (to show the size, amount etc of: A thermometer measures temperature.) messen
    3) ((with against, besides etc) to judge in comparison with: She measured her skill in cooking against her friend's.) messen
    4) (to be a certain size: This table measures two metres by one metre.) messen
    - measurement
    - beyond measure
    - for good measure
    - full measure
    - made to measure
    - measure out
    - measure up
    * * *
    meas·ure
    [ˈmeʒəʳ, AM -ɚ]
    I. n
    1. (unit) Maß nt, Maßeinheit f
    a \measure of capacity ein Hohlmaß nt
    a \measure of length ein Längenmaß nt
    he poured himself a generous \measure of whiskey er schenkte sich einen großen Whisky ein
    2. ( fig: degree) Maß nt, Grad m
    there was a large \measure of agreement between us zwischen uns gab es ein hohes Maß an Übereinstimmung
    there was some \measure of truth in what he said an dem, was er sagte, war etwas Wahres dran
    in large \measure in hohem Maß, zum großen Teil
    in some \measure gewissermaßen, in gewisser Beziehung
    3. (measuring instrument) Messgerät nt; (ruler, yardstick) Messstab m; (container) Messbecher m, Messglas nt
    4. (indicator) Maßstab m
    examinations are not always the best \measure of students' progress Prüfungen sind nicht immer ein zuverlässiger Indikator für die Fortschritte der Schüler
    to be a \measure of sb's popularity ein Maßstab für jds Popularität sein
    5. usu pl (action) also LAW Maßnahme f
    the \measures we have taken are designed to prevent such accidents occurring in future die Maßnahmen, die wir ergriffen haben, sollen solche Unfälle in Zukunft verhindern
    \measures pl required Handlungsbedarf m
    6. POL (bill) gesetzliche Maßnahme, Bestimmung f, Verfügung f
    7. LIT (metre) Versmaß nt, Metrum nt
    8. AM MUS (bar) Takt m
    9. TYPO Satzbreite f
    10.
    beyond \measure über die [o alle] Maßen
    there are no half \measures with me ich mache keine halben Sachen
    to get [or take] the \measure of sb/sth (assess) jdn/etw einschätzen [o kennenlernen]; (understand) jdn/etw verstehen
    for good \measure (in addition) zusätzlich, noch dazu; (to ensure success) sicherheitshalber
    II. vt
    1. (find out size)
    to \measure sth etw [ab]messen
    to \measure sb for a dress/suit jds Maße für ein Kleid/einen Anzug nehmen
    to \measure sth in centimetres/pounds etw in Zentimetern/Pfund messen
    delays \measured by weeks are frustrating wochenlange Verspätungen sind frustrierend
    to \measure sb's heart rate jds Puls messen
    to \measure sb performance jds Leistung beurteilen
    to \measure a room ein Zimmer ausmessen
    2. (be certain size/quantity)
    to \measure sth etw betragen
    3.
    to \measure one's length [on the ground] auf die Schnauze [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. aufs Maul] fallen sl
    III. vi messen
    the box \measures 10cm by 10cm by 12cm der Karton misst 10 mal 10 mal 12 cm
    * * *
    ['meZə(r)]
    1. n
    1) (= unit of measurement) Maß(einheit f) nt

    beyond measure —

    See:
    weight
    2) (= object for measuring) Maß nt; (graduated for length) Maßstab m; (graduated for volume) Messbecher m
    3) (= amount measured) Menge f

    to give sb full/short measure (barman) — richtig/zu wenig ausschenken; (grocer) richtig/zu wenig abwiegen

    for good measure — zur Sicherheit, sicherheitshalber

    ... and another one for good measure —... und noch eines obendrein

    4) (fig: yardstick) Maßstab m (of für)

    MacLeod's approval is the measure of a good whisky —

    please consider this as a measure of my esteem for... — bitte betrachten Sie dies als Ausdruck meiner Anerkennung für...

    it's a measure of his skill as a writer that... — seine schriftstellerischen Fähigkeiten lassen sich daran beurteilen, dass...

    5)

    (= extent) in some measure — in gewisser Hinsicht or Beziehung

    to a large measure, in large measure — in hohem Maße

    to get the measure of sb/sth — jdn/etw (richtig) einschätzen

    6) (= step) Maßnahme f

    to take measures to do sth — Maßnahmen ergreifen, um etw zu tun

    7) (POET) Versmaß nt
    8) (US MUS) Takt m
    9) (old: dance) Tanz m

    to tread a measure with sbmit jdm ein Tänzchen wagen

    2. vt
    messen; length also abmessen; room also ausmessen; (= take sb's measurements) Maß nehmen bei; (fig) beurteilen, abschätzen; words abwägen
    3. vi
    messen

    what does it measure? — wie viel misst es?, wie groß ist es?

    * * *
    measure [ˈmeʒə(r); US auch ˈmeı-]
    A s
    1. Maß(einheit) n(f):
    cubic measure, solid measure Raum-, Kubikmaß;
    lineal measure, linear measure, long measure, measure of length Längenmaß;
    square measure, superficial measure Flächenmaß;
    2. fig (richtiges oder vernünftiges) Maß, Ausmaß n:
    beyond (all) measure über alle Maßen, grenzenlos;
    her joy was beyond measure ihre Freude kannte keine Grenzen;
    for good measure noch dazu, obendrein;
    a) in großem Maße, überaus,
    b) großenteils;
    in some measure, in a (certain) measure gewissermaßen, bis zu einem gewissen Grade;
    without measure ohne Maßen;
    set measures to Grenzen setzen (dat);
    know no measure kein Maß kennen
    3. Messen n, Maß n:
    (made) to measure nach Maß (gearbeitet);
    take the measure of sth etwas abmessen;
    take sb’s measure
    a) jemandem Maß nehmen ( for a suit für einen Anzug),
    b) auch get sb’s measure fig jemanden taxieren oder ab-, einschätzen;
    I have his measure ich habe ihn durchschaut; made-to-measure
    4. Maß n, Messgerät n:
    weigh with two measures fig mit zweierlei Maß messen; tape measure
    5. fig Maßstab m (of für):
    be a measure of sth einer Sache als Maßstab dienen;
    Man is the measure of all things der Mensch ist das Maß aller Dinge
    6. Anteil m, Portion f, gewisse Menge
    7. a) MATH Maß(einheit) n(f), Teiler m, Faktor m
    b) PHYS Maßeinheit f:
    2 is a measure of 4 2 ist Teiler von 4;
    measure of dispersion Streuungs-, Verteilungsmaß
    8. (abgemessener) Teil, Grenze f:
    set a measure to sth etwas begrenzen;
    the measure of my days BIBEL die Dauer meines Lebens
    9. LIT
    a) Silbenmaß n
    b) Versglied n
    c) Versmaß n, Metrum n
    10. MUS
    a) Takt(art) m(f)
    b) Takt m (als Quantität):
    c) Zeitmaß n, Tempo n
    d) Takt m, Rhythmus m
    e) Mensur f (bei Orgelpfeifen):
    tread ( oder trip) a measure obs tanzen ( with mit)
    11. poet Weise f, Melodie f
    12. pl GEOL Lager n, Flöz n
    13. CHEM Mensur f, Grad m (eines graduierten Gefäßes)
    14. TYPO Zeilen-, Satz-, Kolumnenbreite f
    15. Fechten: Mensur f, Abstand m
    16. Maßnahme f, -regel f, Schritt m:
    take measures Maßnahmen treffen oder ergreifen; legal A 4
    17. JUR gesetzliche Maßnahme, Verfügung f
    B v/t
    1. (ver)messen, ab-, aus-, zumessen:
    measure one’s length fig der Länge nach oder längelang hinfallen;
    measure sb (be [ oder get] measured) for a suit jemandem Maß nehmen (sich Maß nehmen lassen) für einen Anzug
    a) ausmessen, die Ausmaße oder Grenzen bestimmen, ein Bergwerk markscheiden,
    b) harte Strafen etc verhängen
    3. fig ermessen
    4. (ab)messen, abschätzen ( beide:
    by an dat):
    measured by ( oder against) gemessen an
    5. beurteilen (by nach)
    6. vergleichen, messen ( beide:
    against, with mit):
    measure o.s. against sb;
    measure one’s strength with sb seine Kräfte mit jemandem messen;
    measure swords bes fig die Klingen kreuzen ( with mit)
    7. eine Strecke durchmessen, zurücklegen
    C v/i
    1. Messungen vornehmen
    2. messen, groß sein:
    it measures 7 inches es misst 7 Zoll, ist ist 7 Zoll lang
    a) die Ansprüche (gen) erfüllen, gut abschneiden im Vergleich zu,
    b) den Ansprüchen etc gewachsen sein,
    c) heranreichen an (akk)
    meas. abk
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) Maß, das

    for good measure — sicherheitshalber; (as an extra) zusätzlich

    give short/full measure — (in public house) zu wenig/vorschriftsmäßig ausschenken

    made to measurepred. (Brit., lit. or fig.) maßgeschneidert

    2) (degree) Menge, die

    a measure of freedom/responsibility — ein gewisses Maß an Freiheit/Verantwortung (Dat.)

    3) (instrument or utensil for measuring) Maß, das; (for quantity also) Messglas, das; Messbecher, der; (for size also) Messstab, der; (fig.) Maßstab, der

    beyond [all] measure — grenzenlos; über die od. alle Maßen adverb

    4) (Mus.): (time) Takt, der
    5) (step, law) Maßnahme, die; (Law): (bill) Gesetzesvorlage, die

    take measures to stop/ensure something — Maßnahmen ergreifen od. treffen, um etwas zu unterbinden/sicherzustellen

    2. transitive verb
    1) messen [Größe, Menge usw.]; ausmessen [Raum]

    measure somebody for a suit — [bei] jemandem Maß od. die Maße für einen Anzug nehmen

    2) (fig.): (estimate) abschätzen

    measure something [off] — etwas abmessen

    3. intransitive verb
    2) (take measurement[s]) Maß nehmen
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (music) n.
    Takt -e (Musik) m. n.
    Maß -e (Mathematik) n.
    Maß -e n.
    Maßeinheit f.
    Maßnahme -n f.
    Metrum n.
    Takt -e m. v.
    messen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: maß, gemessen)
    vermessen v.

    English-german dictionary > measure

  • 5 question

    1. noun
    1) Frage, die

    ask somebody a question — jemandem eine Frage stellen

    put a question to somebodyan jemanden eine Frage richten

    and no questions asked — ohne dass groß gefragt wird/worden ist (ugs.)

    2) (doubt, objection) Zweifel, der ( about an + Dat.)

    there is no question about somethinges besteht kein Zweifel an etwas (Dat.)

    there is no question [but] that... — es besteht kein Zweifel, dass...

    accept/follow something without question — etwas kritiklos akzeptieren/befolgen

    not be in question — außer [allem] Zweifel stehen

    beyond all or without question — zweifellos; ohne Frage od. Zweifel

    3) (problem, concern, subject) Frage, die

    something/it is only a question of time — etwas/es ist [nur] eine Frage der Zeit

    it is [only] a question of doing something — es geht [nur] darum, etwas zu tun

    there is no question of his doing that — es kann keine Rede davon sein, dass er das tut

    the person/thing in question — die fragliche od. betreffende Person/Sache

    something/it is out of the question — etwas/es ist ausgeschlossen; etwas/es kommt nicht infrage (ugs.)

    the question is whether... — es geht darum, ob...

    2. transitive verb
    1) befragen; [Polizei, Gericht usw.:] vernehmen
    2) (throw doubt upon, raise objections to) bezweifeln
    * * *
    ['kwes ən] 1. noun
    1) (something which is said, written etc which asks for an answer from someone: The question is, do we really need a computer?) die Frage
    2) (a problem or matter for discussion: There is the question of how much to pay him.) die Frage
    3) (a single problem in a test or examination: We had to answer four questions in three hours.) die Frage
    4) (criticism; doubt; discussion: He is, without question, the best man for the job.) die Frage
    5) (a suggestion or possibility: There is no question of our dismissing him.) die Frage
    2. verb
    1) (to ask (a person) questions: I'll question him about what he was doing last night.) fragen
    2) (to regard as doubtful: He questioned her right to use the money.) in Frage stellen
    - academic.ru/59691/questionable">questionable
    - questionably
    - questionableness
    - question mark
    - question-master
    - questionnaire
    - in question
    - out of the question
    * * *
    ques·tion
    [ˈkwestʃən]
    I. n
    1. (inquiry) Frage f
    don't ask so many \questions frag nicht so viel
    what a \question [to ask]! was für eine Frage!
    they'll do what you tell them to do and no \questions asked sie machen das, was du ihnen sagst und stellen keine dummen Fragen
    [that's a] good \question! [das ist eine] gute Frage!
    to put [or direct] a \question to sb jdm eine Frage stellen
    to beg the \question die Frage aufwerfen
    in answer to your \question um Ihre Frage zu beantworten
    a direct/indirect \question LING direkte/indirekte Frage
    to pop the \question jdm einen [Heirats]antrag machen
    2. no pl (doubt) Zweifel m
    is there any \question as to the feasibility? gibt es irgendwelche Zweifel darüber, ob das machbar ist?
    there's no \question about it keine Frage
    the time/place in \question LAW besagte Zeit/besagter Ort
    to be beyond \question außer Zweifel stehen
    to be open to \question umstritten sein
    to call sth into \question etw bezweifeln
    to come into \question in Zweifel gezogen [o angezweifelt] werden
    without \question zweifellos
    3. (matter) Frage f
    it's a \question of life or death es geht um Leben und Tod
    there's no \question of a general strike von einem Streik kann keine Rede sein
    to raise a \question eine Frage aufwerfen
    to be out of the \question nicht infrage kommen
    4. SCH, UNIV (test problem) Frage f, Aufgabe f
    to do a \question eine Frage [o Aufgabe] bearbeiten
    5. COMPUT Frage f
    II. vt
    to \question sb about sth jdn über etw akk befragen
    to \question sb [about sth] jdn [zu etw dat] verhören
    to \question sth etw bezweifeln [o in Zweifel ziehen]; facts, findings etw anzweifeln, an etw akk zweifeln
    to \question sb on sth jdn in etw akk prüfen
    * * *
    ['kwestSən]
    1. n
    1) (GRAM ETC) Frage f (to an +acc); (PARL) (An)frage f (to an +acc)

    they'll buy anything, no questions asked — sie kaufen alles und stellen keine dummen Fragen

    what a question (to ask)! —

    (that's a) good question! let me put the question another way — (das ist eine) gute Frage! ich werde die Frage anders formulieren

    2) no pl (= doubt) Zweifel m, Frage f

    beyond ( all) question, without question — ohne Frage, ohne (jeden) Zweifel

    his honesty is beyond question —

    there is no question but that he has gone (form) — es besteht kein Zweifel darüber, er ist fort

    3) (= matter) Frage f

    it's simply a question of time —

    it's not just a question of moneyes ist nicht nur eine Geldfrage or eine Frage des Geldes

    if it's only a question of whether... — wenn es nur darum geht (inf) or sich darum handelt, ob...

    4) no pl

    (= possibility, likelihood) there is some question of whether... —

    there's no question of that happening — es steht außer Diskussion or es kann keine Rede davon sein, dass das passiert

    the person/matter in question — die fragliche or infrage or in Frage stehende Person/Angelegenheit

    2. vt
    1) (= ask questions of) fragen (about nach); (police etc) befragen, vernehmen, verhören (about zu); (examiner) prüfen (on über +acc)

    my father started questioning me about where I'd beenmein Vater fing an, mich auszufragen, wo ich gewesen war

    they were questioned by the immigration authorities —

    I don't like being questioned, she said — ich mag diese Verhöre nicht, sagte sie

    2) (= express doubt about) bezweifeln, zweifeln an (+dat); (= dispute, challenge) infrage or in Frage stellen

    they question whether it's worth it —

    * * *
    question [ˈkwestʃən]
    A s
    1. Frage f ( auch LING):
    beg the question die Frage offenlassen ( whether ob);
    your suggestion raises the question, whether … Ihr Vorschlag wirft die Frage auf, ob …;
    that’s a good question das ist eine gute Frage, das weiß ich auch nicht;
    question-and-answer Frage-u.-Antwort-…; pop1 B 4
    2. Frage f, Problem n, Thema n, (Streit)Punkt m:
    questions of the day Tagesfragen;
    question of fact JUR Tatfrage;
    question of law JUR Rechtsfrage;
    the point in question die fragliche oder vorliegende oder zur Debatte stehende Sache;
    the question is es handelt sich darum ( to do zu tun);
    that’s not the question darum geht es nicht;
    come into question infrage kommen, wichtig werden;
    there is no question of sth (of doing sth) es ist nicht die Rede von etwas (davon, dass etwas getan wird);
    question! PARL zur Sache!
    3. Frage f, Sache f, Angelegenheit f:
    question of taste Geschmacksfrage;
    only a question of time nur eine Frage der Zeit
    4. Frage f, Zweifel m:
    there is no question that …, it is beyond question that … es steht außer Frage, dass …;
    there is no question about it daran besteht kein Zweifel;
    be out of question außer Frage stehen;
    that is out of the question das kommt nicht infrage
    5. PARL Anfrage f:
    put the question zur Abstimmung schreiten
    6. JUR obs Vernehmung f, Untersuchung f:
    B v/t
    1. jemanden (aus-, be)fragen, JUR vernehmen, -hören:
    of those questioned, 27 said that … von den Befragten sagten 27, dass …
    2. etwas an-, bezweifeln, in Zweifel ziehen, infrage stellen
    q. abk
    qu. abk
    2. quarter (quarterly)
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) Frage, die

    and no questions asked — ohne dass groß gefragt wird/worden ist (ugs.)

    2) (doubt, objection) Zweifel, der ( about an + Dat.)

    there is no question [but] that... — es besteht kein Zweifel, dass...

    accept/follow something without question — etwas kritiklos akzeptieren/befolgen

    not be in question — außer [allem] Zweifel stehen

    beyond all or without question — zweifellos; ohne Frage od. Zweifel

    3) (problem, concern, subject) Frage, die

    something/it is only a question of time — etwas/es ist [nur] eine Frage der Zeit

    it is [only] a question of doing something — es geht [nur] darum, etwas zu tun

    there is no question of his doing that — es kann keine Rede davon sein, dass er das tut

    the person/thing in question — die fragliche od. betreffende Person/Sache

    something/it is out of the question — etwas/es ist ausgeschlossen; etwas/es kommt nicht infrage (ugs.)

    the question is whether... — es geht darum, ob...

    2. transitive verb
    1) befragen; [Polizei, Gericht usw.:] vernehmen
    2) (throw doubt upon, raise objections to) bezweifeln
    * * *
    n.
    Frage -n f.
    Fragestellung f. v.
    ausfragen v.
    bezweifeln v.
    hinterfragen v.
    verhören v.

    English-german dictionary > question

  • 6 reasonable

    adjective
    1) vernünftig; angemessen, vernünftig [Forderung]
    2) (inexpensive) günstig
    3) (fair) passabel [Leistung, Wein]
    4) (within limits) realistisch [Chancen, Angebot]
    * * *
    rea·son·able
    [ˈri:zənəbl̩]
    1. (sensible) person, answer vernünftig
    her story is \reasonable ihre Geschichte klingt ganz vernünftig
    2. (understanding) person einsichtig, verständig
    be \reasonable! sei [doch] vernünftig!
    3. (justified) angebracht
    it's only \reasonable that we allow you this es ist nur recht und billig, dass wir Ihnen dies gestatten
    beyond [a] \reasonable doubt ohne [jeden] berechtigten Zweifel
    4. (decent) relativ gut, [ganz] passabel
    the meal was \reasonable das Essen war in Ordnung
    \reasonable chance reelle Chance
    \reasonable compromise akzeptabler [o vernünftiger] Kompromiss
    \reasonable offer akzeptables Angebot
    5. (inexpensive) annehmbar
    \reasonable prices reelle [o fam zivile] Preise
    * * *
    ['riːznəbl]
    adj
    1) vernünftig; chance reell; claim berechtigt; amount angemessen; (= acceptable) excuse, offer akzeptabel, angemessen

    to be reasonable about sth — angemessen reagieren auf etw, vernünftig sein in einer Sache (dat)

    beyond ( all) reasonable doubt — ohne (jeden) Zweifel

    guilty beyond ( all) reasonable doubt (Jur)

    it would be reasonable to assume that... — man könnte durchaus annehmen, dass...

    2) (= quite good) ordentlich, ganz gut

    his work was only reasonableseine Arbeit war nur einigermaßen (gut)

    * * *
    reasonable [ˈriːznəbl] adj (adv academic.ru/60587/reasonably">reasonably)
    1. vernünftig:
    a) vernunftgemäß (Theorie etc)
    b) verständig, einsichtig (Person):
    he is reasonable er lässt mit sich reden
    c) vernunftbegabt (Wesen)
    d) angemessen, annehmbar, zumutbar (Bedingung, Frist etc), billig (Forderung):
    reasonable doubt berechtigter Zweifel;
    reasonable care and diligence JUR die im Verkehr erforderliche Sorgfalt;
    at reasonable prices zu erschwinglichen Preisen
    2. umg billig, günstig:
    * * *
    adjective
    1) vernünftig; angemessen, vernünftig [Forderung]
    2) (inexpensive) günstig
    3) (fair) passabel [Leistung, Wein]
    4) (within limits) realistisch [Chancen, Angebot]
    * * *
    adj.
    angemessen adj.
    mäßig adj.
    vernünftig adj.
    verständig adj.
    zumutbar (Arbeit) adj.

    English-german dictionary > reasonable

  • 7 question

    'kwes ən 1. noun
    1) (something which is said, written etc which asks for an answer from someone: The question is, do we really need a computer?) spørsmål
    2) (a problem or matter for discussion: There is the question of how much to pay him.) spørsmål, debattemne, sak
    3) (a single problem in a test or examination: We had to answer four questions in three hours.) oppgave, spørsmål
    4) (criticism; doubt; discussion: He is, without question, the best man for the job.) tvil
    5) (a suggestion or possibility: There is no question of our dismissing him.) spørsmål, mulighet
    2. verb
    1) (to ask (a person) questions: I'll question him about what he was doing last night.) stille spørsmål, spørre (ut)
    2) (to regard as doubtful: He questioned her right to use the money.) sette spørsmålstegn ved
    - questionably
    - questionableness
    - question mark
    - question-master
    - questionnaire
    - in question
    - out of the question
    forhør
    --------
    spørsmål
    I
    subst. \/ˈkwestʃ(ə)n\/
    1) spørsmål
    2) problem
    3) ( jus) tvistesak
    4) sak, anliggende
    5) parlamentarisk interpellasjon, undersøkelse
    6) ( historisk) tortur, (smertefullt) forhør
    a question about something et spørsmål om noe
    a question if\/whether et spørsmål om
    a question of something et spørsmål om noe
    when it's a question of money, his attitude changes completely
    er det spørsmål om penger, endrer holdningen hans seg totalt
    ask a question stille et spørsmål, spørre
    beside the question på siden (av saken)
    beyond (all) question hevet over enhver tvil, uten tvil
    call in\/into question sette spørsmålstegn ved, bestride, reise tvil om
    indirect question ( språkvitenskap) indirekte spørsmål, indirekte spørresetning
    in question angjeldende, aktuell
    diskutabel, under debatt
    no question but ikke spørsmål om annet enn, ingen tvil om annet, helt sikkert at
    no question of ikke spørsmål om
    open to question tvilsomt, usikkert
    out of the question ikke tale om, helt uaktuelt
    press a question energisk kreve svar på et spørsmål
    put a question stille et spørsmål
    put the question ( om ordstyrer) ta en avstemning, stemme over
    put to the question ( historisk) utsette for tortur
    Question! ( i parlamentet) hold dere til saken!
    throw a question at someone rette et spørsmål til noen
    without question uten tvil uten videre
    II
    verb \/ˈkwestʃ(ə)n\/
    1) spørre, stille spørsmål (til), undersøke
    2) avhøre, forhøre, ta opp forklaring
    3) sette spørsmålstegn ved, betvile, bestride
    4) spørre seg, undre
    question whether\/if spørre om

    English-Norwegian dictionary > question

  • 8 imagination

    [ɪˌmædʒɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n]
    n
    воображение, фантазия

    It must have been my imagination. — Мне это все, наверно, показалось.

    His imagination has run away with him. — У него разыгралось воображение.

    Her imagination fails to picture what would become of her in that case. — Она не могла вообразить, что бы с ней в этом случае стало.

    The facts are coloured by her imagination. — Ее воображение приукрасило все эти факты

    - rich imagination
    - poor imagination
    - creative imagination
    - power of imagination
    - beyond all imagination
    - with a little imagination one can...
    - with a little imagination one can understand why he did so
    - have much imagination
    - use one's imagination
    - catch smb's imagination
    - leave the rest to smb's imagination
    - surpass all imagination
    - give play to one's imagination
    - stagger smb's imagination
    - have the imagination to realize that
    - stimulate imagination
    - use your imagination!
    - it doesn't take much imagination to realize that..., no active imagination is required to realize that...
    - it is only your imagination!
    - story shows much imagination

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > imagination

  • 9 question

    1. сущ.
    1) общ. вопрос

    Use a question mark at the end of a direct question.— В конце прямого вопроса используйте вопросительный знак.

    to address [pose, put\] a question to smb. — задавать вопрос кому-л.

    to answer [field, reply to, respond to\] a question — отвечать на вопрос

    2) соц. вопрос (предложение, требующее ответа; элемент структуры вопросника или анкеты)

    Find the questions whose survey results you want to view. — Найдите вопросы, результаты исследования которых вы хотите увидеть.

    See:
    3) общ. проблема, дело; задача; обсуждаемый вопрос

    open question — нерешенная проблема, открытый вопрос

    This question requires analysis of cause-and-effect and the relationship between variables. — Этот вопрос требует анализа причин и следствий и взаимосвязи между переменными.

    Syn:
    4) общ. сомнение; возражение

    beyond all [out of, without\] question — вне сомнения

    to make no question of — не сомневаться; вполне допускать

    Syn:
    objection, dispute
    5) общ. возможность, шанс

    no question of escape — никакого шанса бежать, никакой возможности побега

    Syn:
    chance, possibility
    2. гл.
    1) общ. спрашивать, задавать вопрос; ставить вопросы; вопрошать
    Syn:
    See:
    2) общ. допрашивать; выпытывать, выспрашивать

    The FBI seeks to question these people about the airport bombing. — ФБР разыскивает этих людей, чтобы допросить по поводу террористического акта в аэропорту.

    Syn:
    3) общ. исследовать; рассматривать
    Syn:
    4) общ. подвергать сомнению, сомневаться

    to question the credibility of smb's. story — сомневаться в правдоподобности чьего-л. рассказа

    Syn:
    doubt, dispute

    Англо-русский экономический словарь > question

  • 10 reason

    rea·son [ʼri:zən] n
    1) ( cause) Grund m ( for für +akk);
    the \reason [that] I'm asking is that... der Grund, warum ich frage, ist, dass...;
    for \reasons best known to herself, she's decided to... aus Gründen, die nur sie allein kennt, hat sie beschlossen,...;
    the \reason why... der Grund, warum...;
    for \reasons of health aus gesundheitlichen Gründen;
    not guilty by \reason of insanity law nicht schuldig wegen Unzurechnungsfähigkeit;
    to have every/ good/no \reason to do sth allen/guten/keinen Grund haben, etw zu tun;
    give me one good \reason why... nenne mir einen guten Grund, warum...;
    for no particular \reason aus keinem besonderen Grund;
    for personal \reasons aus persönlichen Gründen;
    for some \reason aus irgendeinem Grund
    2) no pl ( good cause) Grund m;
    to do sth with \reason etw aus gutem Grund tun;
    she was furious, and with \reason sie war wütend, und das aus gutem Grund
    3) ( premise) Voraussetzung f
    4) no pl ( power to think) Denkvermögen nt;
    the power of \reason logisches Denkvermögen
    5) ( common sense) Vernunft f;
    you can choose your own gift, within \reason wenn es im Rahmen bleibt, kannst du dir dein Geschenk selbst aussuchen;
    the Age of R\reason das Zeitalter der Vernunft;
    to reach the age of \reason vernünftig werden;
    to be [or go] beyond all \reason vollkommen unsinnig sein;
    to see [or listen to] \reason auf die Stimme der Vernunft hören;
    they tried to persuade him, but he wouldn't listen to \reason sie versuchten, ihn zu überreden, aber er ließ sich einfach nichts sagen;
    it stands to \reason that... es ist logisch, dass...
    6) ( sanity) Verstand m;
    to lose one's \reason den Verstand verlieren
    PHRASES:
    for \reasons of state aus Gründen der Staatsräson;
    by \reason of sth aufgrund [o wegen] einer S. gen vi
    to \reason from sth von etw dat ausgehen;
    \reasoning from past experience, she was convinced that... aufgrund ihrer [früheren] Erfahrung war sie davon überzeugt, dass...
    2) ( persuade)
    to \reason with sb vernünftig mit jdm reden;
    the police \reasoned with the hijackers to at least let the children go die Polizei versuchte, die Kidnapper zu überreden, wenigstens die Kinder freizulassen;
    to \reason with sb that... jdm klarmachen, dass... vt
    1) ( use logic)
    to \reason that... schlussfolgern, dass...
    2) ( persuade)
    to \reason sb into [doing] sth jdn zu etw dat überreden;
    to \reason sb out of [doing] sth jdm etw ausreden

    English-German students dictionary > reason

  • 11 succeed

    1. I
    1) the plan (the attack, our efforts, his attempts, hard work, etc.) succeeded наш план и т.д. удачно осуществился /увенчался успехом/; an author (a writer, a composer, etc.) succeeded писатель и т.д. преуспел /добился успеха/; а book (a play, etc.) succeeded книга и т.д. имела успех; if you try you will succeed если вы приложите усилия, вы добьетесь своего
    2) the right to succeed право наследования; on George VI's death, Elizabeth succeeded после смерти Георга на престол вступила Елизавета
    2. II
    succeed in some manner succeed rapidly (admirably, unexpectedly, etc.) быстро и т.д. добиться успеха /увенчаться успехом/; succeed financially (economically, commercially, etc.) оказаться успешным с финансовой точки зрения и т.д.
    3. III
    succeed smth. night succeeds day ночь сменяет день; day succeeds day день идет за днем, на смену одному дню приходит другой; one event succeeded another одно событие следовало за другим; agitation succeeded calm после покоя наступило оживление /волнение/; succeed smb. succeed one's father (the mayor, the king, etc.) быть /стать/ преемником своего отца и т.д.; а new cabinet will succeed the old новый кабинет сменит старый; he had no son to succeed him у него не было сына, который мог бы стать его наследником
    4. XI
    be succeeded by smth., smb. be succeeded by day (by night, by the flood, by silence, by calm, etc.) сменяться днем и т.д.; winter is succeeded by spring после зимы наступает /приходит/ весна, зима сменяется весной; as fast as one man was shot down he was succeeded by another как только падал одни боец, на его место тотчас же вставал /становился/ другой
    5. XVI
    1) succeed in smth. succeed in one's business (in one's undertaking, in one's work, in everything, in nothing, in one's plans, etc.) добиться успеха в своих делах и т.д., succeed in life преуспевать в жизни; succeed in an examination успешно сдать экзамен; I succeeded in my efforts (in my attempt, in my ambition, etc.) мои усилия и т.д. увенчались успехом; succeed with smb. methods of treatment that succeed with one person may not succeed with another методы лечения, хорошо действующие на одного человека, могут оказаться не эффективными для другого; he may be able to get his way with some people by the use of threats. but that kind of thing will not succeed with me у некоторых людей он, возможно, добивается своего угрозами, но со мной это не пройдет /но на меня угрозы не действуют/ || succeed beyond all (smb.'s) expectations успешно завершиться /иметь успех, быть удачным/ сверх ожиданий
    2) succeed to smth. succeed to these years of war (to the stormy days of that period, etc.) последовать за годами войны и т.д.; succeed to a crown (to a title, to the family business, to a large property, to large fortune, etc.) наследовать /получить по наследству/корону и т.д.; по woman could succeed to the throne женщина не могла наследовать престол
    6. XVII
    succeed in doing smth. I succeeded in carrying out my plan (in drawing attention to smb., smth., in overcoming my enemy, in reaching the station in time, in getting him on the phone, in getting a job, in finding a cure for the common cold, in persuading him, in solving the problem, in limiting expenditure, etc.) мне удалось осуществить /провести в жизнь/ свой план и т.д., я добился осуществления /проведения в жизнь/ своего плана и т.д.; succeed in passing an examination успешно сдать экзамен; in seeking to be everything he succeeded in being nothing стремясь всего добиться, он не добился успеха ни в чем
    7. XX1
    succeed as smb. succeed as a doctor (as a teacher, as a solicitor, as a politician, etc.) достичь успеха в качестве врача и т.д. /на медицинском поприще и т.д./
    8. XXI1
    succeed smb. in smth. succeed smb. in the Premiership (in an estate, in a title, etc.) стать чьим-л. преемником на посту премьера и т.д.; who succeeded him in office? кто стал его преемником?
    9. XXIV1
    succeed smb. as smb. succeed smb. as Prime Minister (as poet laureate, as the holder of the office, etc.) стать преемником премьер-министра и т.д.
    10. XXV
    1) succeed if... you'll succeed if you try often enough ты добьешься успеха, если будешь настойчив в своих попытках
    2) succeed when... an eldest son succeeds when a peer dies когда умирает пэр, титул наследует его старший сын; who will succeed when king Henry dies? кто взойдет на престол после смерти короля Генриха?

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > succeed

  • 12 go

    Ⅰ.
    go1 [gəʊ]
    (game) jeu m de go
    Ⅱ.
    go2 [gəʊ]
    aller1A (a)-(c), 1A (e), 1A (f), 1E (a)-(c), 1G (a), 2 (a) s'en aller1A (d) être1B (a) devenir1B (b) tomber en panne1B (c) s'user1B (d) se détériorer1B (e) commencer1C (a) aller (+ infinitif)1C (b), 1C (c) marcher1C (d) disparaître1D (a), 1D (c) se passer1E (d) s'écouler1E (e) s'appliquer1F (b) se vendre1F (e) contribuer1G (c) aller ensemble1H (a) tenir le coup1H (c) faire2 (b), 2 (c) coup3 (a) essai3 (a) tour3 (b) dynamisme3 (c)
    (pl goes [gəʊz], 3rd pres sing goes [gəʊz], pt went [went], pp gone [gɒn])
    A.
    (a) (move, travel → person) aller; (→ vehicle) aller, rouler;
    we're going to Paris/Japan/Spain nous allons à Paris/au Japon/en Espagne;
    he went to the office/a friend's house il est allé au bureau/chez un ami;
    I want to go home je veux rentrer;
    the salesman went from house to house le vendeur est allé de maison en maison;
    we went by car/on foot nous y sommes allés en voiture/à pied;
    there goes the train! voilà le train (qui passe)!;
    the bus goes by way of or through Dover le bus passe par Douvres;
    does this train go to Glasgow? ce train va-t-il à Glasgow?;
    the truck was going at 150 kilometres an hour le camion roulait à ou faisait du 150 kilomètres (à l')heure;
    go behind those bushes va derrière ces arbustes;
    where do we go from here? où va-t-on maintenant?; figurative qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant?;
    to go to the doctor aller voir ou aller chez le médecin;
    he went straight to the director il est allé directement voir ou trouver le directeur;
    to go to prison aller en prison;
    to go to the toilet aller aux toilettes;
    to go to sb for advice aller demander conseil à qn;
    let the children go first laissez les enfants passer devant, laissez passer les enfants d'abord;
    I'll go next c'est à moi après;
    who goes next? (in game) c'est à qui (le tour)?;
    Military who goes there? qui va là?, qui vive?;
    here we go again! ça y est, ça recommence!;
    there he goes! le voilà!;
    there he goes again! (there he is again) le revoilà!; (he's doing it again) ça y est, il est reparti!
    to go shopping aller faire des courses;
    to go fishing/hunting aller à la pêche/à la chasse;
    to go riding aller faire du cheval;
    let's go for a walk/bike ride/swim allons nous promener/faire un tour à vélo/nous baigner;
    they went on a trip ils sont partis en voyage;
    British go and buy the paper, American go buy the paper va acheter le journal;
    I'll go to see her or American go see her tomorrow j'irai la voir demain;
    don't go and tell him!, don't go telling him! ne va pas le lui dire!, ne le lui dis pas!;
    don't go bothering your sister ne va pas embêter ta sœur;
    you had to go and tell him! il a fallu que tu le lui dises!;
    he's gone and locked us out! il est parti et nous a laissé à la porte!;
    you've gone and done it now! vraiment, tu as tout gâché!
    he'll go as high as £300 il ira jusqu'à 300 livres;
    the temperature went as high as 36° C la température est montée jusqu'à 36° C;
    he went so far as to say it was her fault il est allé jusqu'à dire que c'était de sa faute à elle;
    now you've gone too far! là tu as dépassé les bornes!;
    I'll go further and say he should resign j'irai plus loin et je dirai qu'il ou j'irai jusqu'à dire qu'il devrait démissionner;
    the temperature sometimes goes below zero la température descend ou tombe parfois au-dessous de zéro;
    her attitude went beyond mere impertinence son comportement était plus qu'impertinent
    (d) (depart, leave) s'en aller, partir;
    I must be going il faut que je m'en aille ou que je parte;
    they went early ils sont partis tôt;
    you may go vous pouvez partir;
    what time does the train go? à quelle heure part le train?;
    familiar get going! vas-y!, file!;
    archaic be gone! allez-vous-en!;
    either he goes or I go l'un de nous deux doit partir
    to go to church/school aller à l'église/l'école;
    to go to a meeting aller ou assister à une réunion;
    that road goes to the market square cette route va ou mène à la place du marché
    B.
    to go barefoot/naked se promener pieds nus/tout nu;
    to go armed porter une arme;
    her family goes in rags sa famille est en haillons;
    the job went unfilled le poste est resté vacant;
    to go unnoticed passer inaperçu;
    such crimes must not go unpunished de tels crimes ne doivent pas rester impunis
    (b) (become) devenir;
    my father is going grey mon père grisonne;
    she went white with rage elle a blêmi de colère;
    my hands went clammy mes mains sont devenues moites;
    the tea's gone cold le thé a refroidi;
    have you gone mad? tu es devenu fou?;
    to go bankrupt faire faillite;
    the country has gone Republican le pays est maintenant républicain
    (c) (stop working → engine) tomber en panne; (→ fuse) sauter; (→ bulb, lamp) sauter, griller;
    the battery's going la pile commence à être usée
    (d) (wear out) s'user; (split) craquer; (break) (se) casser;
    his trousers are going at the knees son pantalon s'use aux genoux;
    the jacket went at the seams la veste a craqué aux coutures
    (e) (deteriorate, fail → health) se détériorer; (→ hearing, sight) baisser;
    all his strength went and he fell to the floor il a perdu toutes ses forces et il est tombé par terre;
    his voice is going il devient aphone;
    his voice is gone il est aphone, il a une extinction de voix;
    her mind has started to go elle n'a plus toute sa tête ou toutes ses facultés
    C.
    what are we waiting for? let's go! qu'est-ce qu'on attend? allons-y!;
    familiar here goes!, here we go! allez!, on y va!;
    go! partez!;
    you'd better get going on or with that report! tu ferais bien de te mettre à ou de t'attaquer à ce rapport!;
    it won't be so hard once you get going ça ne sera pas si difficile une fois que tu seras lancé;
    familiar go to it! (get to work) au boulot!; (in encouragement) allez-y!
    to be going to do sth (be about to) aller faire qch, être sur le point de faire qch; (intend to) avoir l'intention de faire qch;
    you were just going to tell me about it vous étiez sur le point de ou vous alliez m'en parler;
    I was going to visit her yesterday but her mother arrived j'avais l'intention de ou j'allais lui rendre visite hier mais sa mère est arrivée
    are you going to be at home tonight? est-ce que vous serez chez vous ce soir?;
    we're going to do exactly as we please nous ferons ce que nous voulons;
    she's going to be a doctor elle va être médecin;
    there's going to be a storm il va y avoir un orage;
    he's going to have to work really hard il va falloir qu'il travaille très dur
    (d) (function → clock, machine) marcher, fonctionner; (start functioning) démarrer;
    is the fan going? est-ce que le ventilateur est en marche ou marche?;
    the car won't go la voiture ne veut pas démarrer;
    he had the television and the radio going il avait mis la télévision et la radio en marche;
    the washing machine is still going la machine à laver tourne encore, la lessive n'est pas terminée;
    to get sth going (car, machine) mettre qch en marche; (business, project) lancer qch;
    her daughter kept the business going sa fille a continué à faire marcher l'affaire;
    to keep a conversation/fire going entretenir une conversation/un feu
    (e) (sound → alarm clock, bell) sonner; (→ alarm, siren) retentir
    she went like this with her eyebrows elle a fait comme ça avec ses sourcils
    to go on radio/television passer à la radio/à la télévision
    D.
    (a) (disappear) disparaître;
    the snow has gone la neige a fondu ou disparu;
    all the sugar's gone il n'y a plus de sucre;
    my coat has gone mon manteau n'est plus là ou a disparu;
    all our money has gone (spent) nous avons dépensé tout notre argent; (lost) nous avons perdu tout notre argent; (stolen) on a volé tout notre argent;
    I don't know where the money goes these days l'argent disparaît à une vitesse incroyable ces temps-ci;
    gone are the days when he took her dancing elle est bien loin, l'époque où il l'emmenait danser
    the last paragraph must go il faut supprimer le dernier paragraphe;
    I've decided that car has to go j'ai décidé de me débarrasser de cette voiture;
    that new secretary has got to go il va falloir se débarrasser de la nouvelle secrétaire
    (c) euphemism (die) disparaître, s'éteindre;
    he is (dead and) gone il nous a quittés;
    his wife went first sa femme est partie avant lui;
    after I go... quand je ne serai plus là...
    E.
    (a) (extend, reach) aller, s'étendre;
    our property goes as far as the forest notre propriété va ou s'étend jusqu'au bois;
    the path goes right down to the beach le chemin descend jusqu'à la mer;
    figurative her thinking didn't go that far elle n'a pas poussé le raisonnement aussi loin;
    my salary doesn't go very far je ne vais pas loin avec mon salaire;
    money doesn't go very far these days l'argent part vite à notre époque;
    their difference of opinion goes deeper than I thought leur différend est plus profond que je ne pensais
    (b) (belong) aller, se mettre, se ranger;
    the dictionaries go on that shelf les dictionnaires se rangent ou vont sur cette étagère;
    where do the towels go? où est-ce qu'on met les serviettes?;
    that painting goes here ce tableau se met ou va là
    (c) (be contained in, fit) aller;
    this last sweater won't go in the suitcase ce dernier pull n'ira pas ou n'entrera pas dans la valise;
    the piano barely goes through the door le piano entre ou passe de justesse par la porte;
    this belt just goes round my waist cette ceinture est juste assez longue pour faire le tour de ma taille;
    the lid goes on easily enough le couvercle se met assez facilement
    (d) (develop, turn out) se passer;
    how did your interview go? comment s'est passé ton entretien?;
    I'll see how things go je vais voir comment ça se passe;
    we can't tell how things will go on ne sait pas comment ça se passera;
    everything went well tout s'est bien passé;
    if all goes well si tout va bien;
    the meeting went badly/well la réunion s'est mal/bien passée;
    the negotiations are going well les négociations sont en bonne voie;
    the vote went against them/in their favour le vote leur a été défavorable/favorable;
    everything was going fine until she showed up tout allait ou se passait très bien jusqu'à ce qu'elle arrive;
    everything went wrong ça a mal tourné;
    familiar how's it going?, how are things going? (comment) ça va?;
    the way things are going, we might both be out of a job soon au train où vont ou vu comment vont les choses, nous allons bientôt nous retrouver tous les deux au chômage
    (e) (time → elapse) s'écouler, passer; (→ last) durer;
    the journey went quickly je n'ai pas vu le temps passer pendant le voyage;
    there were only five minutes to go before… il ne restait que cinq minutes avant…;
    time goes so slowly when you're not here le temps me paraît tellement long quand tu n'es pas là;
    how's the time going? combien de temps reste-t-il?
    F.
    what your mother says goes! fais ce que dit ta mère!;
    whatever the boss says goes c'est le patron qui fait la loi;
    anything goes on fait ce qu'on veut
    (b) (be valid, hold true) s'appliquer;
    that rule goes for everyone cette règle s'applique à tout le monde;
    that goes for us too (that applies to us) ça s'applique à nous aussi; (we agree with that) nous sommes aussi de cet avis
    (c) (be expressed, run → report, story)
    the story or rumour goes that she left him le bruit court qu'elle l'a quitté;
    so the story goes du moins c'est ce que l'on dit ou d'après les on-dit;
    how does the story go? comment c'est cette histoire?;
    I forget how the poem goes now j'ai oublié le poème maintenant;
    how does the tune go? c'est quoi ou c'est comment, l'air?;
    her theory goes something like this sa théorie est plus ou moins la suivante
    to go by or under the name of répondre au nom de;
    he now goes by or under another name il se fait appeler autrement maintenant
    (e) (be sold) se vendre;
    flats are going cheap at the moment les appartements ne se vendent pas très cher en ce moment;
    the necklace went for £350 le collier s'est vendu 350 livres;
    going, going, gone! (at auction) une fois, deux fois, adjugé!
    G.
    (a) (be given → award, prize) aller, être donné; (→ inheritance, property) passer;
    the contract is to go to a private firm le contrat ira à une entreprise privée;
    credit should go to the teachers le mérite en revient aux enseignants;
    every penny will go to charity tout l'argent va ou est destiné à une œuvre de bienfaisance
    a small portion of the budget went on education une petite part du budget a été consacrée ou est allée à l'éducation;
    all his money goes on drink tout son argent part dans la boisson
    (c) (contribute) contribuer, servir;
    all that just goes to prove my point tout ça confirme bien ce que j'ai dit;
    it has all the qualities that go to make a good film ça a toutes les qualités d'un bon film
    (d) (have recourse) avoir recours, recourir;
    to go to arbitration recourir à l'arbitrage
    H.
    (a) (be compatible → colours, flavours) aller ensemble;
    orange and mauve don't really go l'orange et le mauve ne vont pas vraiment ensemble
    let me know if you hear of any jobs going faites-moi savoir si vous entendez parler d'un emploi;
    are there any flats going for rent in this building? y a-t-il des appartements à louer dans cet immeuble?;
    familiar any whisky going? tu as un whisky à m'offrir?
    (c) (endure) tenir le coup;
    we can't go much longer without water nous ne pourrons pas tenir beaucoup plus longtemps sans eau
    we'll only stop if you're really desperate to go on ne s'arrête que si tu ne tiens vraiment plus;
    I went before I came j'ai fait avant de venir
    5 into 60 goes 12 60 divisé par 5 égale 12;
    6 into 5 won't go 5 n'est pas divisible par 6
    she isn't bad, as teachers go elle n'est pas mal comme enseignante;
    as houses go, it's pretty cheap ce n'est pas cher pour une maison;
    as things go today par les temps qui courent;
    there goes my chance of winning a prize je peux abandonner tout espoir de gagner un prix;
    there you go again, always blaming other people ça y est, toujours à rejeter la responsabilité sur les autres;
    there you go! (here you are) tiens!; (I told you so) voilà!;
    there you go, two hamburgers and a coke et voici, deux hamburgers et un Coca;
    there you go, what did I tell you? voilà ou tiens, qu'est-ce que je t'avais dit!
    (a) (follow, proceed along) aller, suivre;
    if we go this way, we'll get there much more quickly si nous passons par là, nous arriverons bien plus vite
    (b) (travel) faire, voyager;
    we've only gone 5 kilometres nous n'avons fait que 5 kilomètres;
    she went the whole length of the street before coming back elle a descendu toute la rue avant de revenir
    ducks go "quack" les canards font "coin-coin";
    the clock goes "tick tock" l'horloge fait "tic tac";
    the gun went bang et pan! le coup est parti;
    familiar then he goes "hand it over" puis il fait "donne-le-moi"
    to go 10 risquer 10;
    Cards to go no/two trumps annoncer sans/deux atout(s);
    figurative to go one better (than sb) surenchérir (sur qn)
    I could really go a beer je me paierais bien une bière
    to go it (go fast) filer; (behave wildly) se défoncer;
    familiar how goes it? ça marche?
    3 noun
    (a) British (attempt, try) coup m, essai m;
    to have a go at sth/doing sth essayer qch/de faire qch;
    he had another go il a fait une nouvelle tentative, il a ressayé;
    let's have a go! essayons!; familiar (let me try) laisse-moi essayer! ;
    have another go! encore un coup!;
    I've never tried it but I'll give it a go je n'ai encore jamais fait l'expérience mais je vais essayer;
    she passed her exams first go elle a eu ses examens du premier coup;
    he knocked down all the skittles at one go il a renversé toutes les quilles d'un coup;
    £1 a go (at fair etc) une livre la partie ou le tour;
    to have a go on the dodgems faire un tour d'autos tamponneuses;
    he wouldn't let me have or give me a go (on his bicycle etc) il ne voulait pas me laisser l'essayer
    (b) British (in games → turn) tour m;
    it's your go c'est ton tour ou c'est à toi (de jouer);
    whose go is it? à qui de jouer?, à qui le tour?
    (c) familiar (energy, vitality) dynamisme m, entrain m;
    to be full of go avoir plein d'énergie, être très dynamique;
    she's got plenty of go elle est pleine d'entrain;
    the new man has no go in him le nouveau manque d'entrain
    (d) familiar (success) succès m, réussite f;
    he's made a go of the business il a réussi à faire marcher l'affaire;
    to make a go of a marriage réussir un mariage;
    I tried to persuade her but it was no go j'ai essayé de la convaincre mais il n'y avait rien à faire
    (e) (fashion) mode f;
    short hair is all the go les cheveux courts sont le dernier cri ou font fureur
    to have a go at sb (physically) rentrer dans qn; (verbally) passer un savon à qn;
    they had a real go at one another! qu'est-ce qu'ils se sont mis!;
    she had a go at her boyfriend elle a passé un de ces savons à son copain;
    British police have warned the public not to have a go, the fugitive may be armed la police a prévenu la population de ne pas s'en prendre au fugitif car il pourrait être armé;
    it's all go ça n'arrête pas!;
    all systems go! c'est parti!;
    the shuttle is go for landing la navette est bonne ou est parée ou a le feu vert pour l'atterrissage
    he must be going on fifty il doit approcher de la ou aller sur la cinquantaine;
    it was going on (for) midnight by the time we finished quand on a terminé, il était près de minuit
    I've been on the go all day je n'ai pas arrêté de toute la journée ;
    to be always on the go être toujours à trotter ou à courir, avoir la bougeotte;
    to keep sb on the go faire trimer qn
    I have several projects on the go at present j'ai plusieurs projets en route en ce moment
    à faire;
    there are only three weeks/five miles to go il ne reste plus que trois semaines/cinq miles;
    five done, three to go cinq de faits, trois à faire
    esp American (to take out) two hamburgers to go deux hamburgers à emporter!
    (a) (move) circuler; (of rumour) courir;
    policemen usually go about in pairs en général, les policiers circulent par deux;
    you can't go about saying things like that! il ne faut pas raconter des choses pareilles!
    (b) Nautical (change tack) virer de bord
    (a) (get on with) s'occuper de;
    to go about one's business vaquer à ses occupations
    (b) (set about) se mettre à;
    she showed me how to go about it elle m'a montré comment faire ou comment m'y prendre;
    how do you go about applying for the job? comment doit-on s'y prendre ou faire pour postuler l'emploi?
    (c) (country) parcourir
    her son goes about with an older crowd son fils fréquente des gens plus âgés que lui;
    he's going about with Rachel these days il sort avec Rachel en ce moment
    traverser
    traverser;
    your brother has just gone across to the shop ton frère est allé faire un saut au magasin en face
    (a) (follow) suivre
    (b) (pursue, seek → criminal) poursuivre; (→ prey) chasser; (→ job, prize) essayer d'obtenir;
    he goes after all the women il court après toutes les femmes;
    I'm going after that job je vais essayer d'obtenir cet emploi
    (a) (disregard) aller contre, aller à l'encontre de;
    she went against my advice elle n'a pas suivi mon conseil;
    I went against my mother's wishes je suis allé contre ou j'ai contrarié les désirs de ma mère
    (b) (conflict with) contredire;
    that goes against what he told me c'est en contradiction avec ou ça contredit ce qu'il m'a dit;
    the decision went against public opinion la décision est allée à l'encontre de ou a heurté l'opinion publique;
    it goes against my principles c'est contre mes principes
    (c) (be unfavourable to → of luck, situation) être contraire à; (→ of opinion) être défavorable à; (→ of behaviour, evidence) nuire à, être préjudiciable à;
    the verdict went against the defendant le verdict a été défavorable à l'accusé ou a été prononcé contre l'accusé;
    if luck should go against him si la chance lui était contraire;
    her divorce may go against her winning the election son divorce pourrait nuire à ses chances de gagner les élections
    (a) (precede) passer devant;
    he went ahead of us il est parti avant nous;
    I let him go ahead of me in the queue je l'ai fait passer devant moi dans la queue
    (b) (proceed) aller de l'avant;
    go ahead! tell me! vas-y! dis-le-moi!;
    the mayor allowed the demonstrations to go ahead le maire a permis aux manifestations d'avoir lieu;
    the move had gone ahead as planned le déménagement s'était déroulé comme prévu;
    to go ahead with sth démarrer qch;
    they're going ahead with the project after all ils ont finalement décidé de mener le projet à bien;
    he went ahead and did it (without hesitating) il l'a fait sans l'ombre d'une hésitation; (despite warnings) rien ne l'a arrêté
    (c) (advance, progress) progresser, faire des progrès
    go along and ask your mother va demander à ta mère;
    she went along with them to the fair elle les a accompagnés ou elle est allée avec eux à la foire;
    we can talk it over as we go along nous pouvons en discuter en chemin ou en cours de route;
    I just make it up as I go along j'invente au fur et à mesure
    (b) (progress) se dérouler, se passer;
    things were going along nicely tout allait ou se passait bien
    (c) (go to meeting, party etc) aller
    (decision, order) accepter, s'incliner devant; (rule) observer, respecter;
    that's what they decided and I went along with it c'est la décision qu'ils ont prise et je l'ai acceptée;
    I go along with the committee on that point je suis d'accord avec ou je soutiens le comité sur ce point;
    I can't go along with you on that je ne suis pas d'accord avec vous là-dessus;
    he went along with his father's wishes il s'est conformé aux ou a respecté les désirs de son père
    (a) (habitually) passer son temps à;
    he goes around mumbling to himself il passe son temps à radoter;
    she just goes around annoying everyone elle passe son temps à énerver tout le monde;
    he goes around in black leather il se promène toujours en ou il est toujours habillé en cuir noir
    (b) (document, illness) circuler; (gossip, rumour) courir, circuler
    will that belt go around your waist? est-ce que cette ceinture sera assez grande pour toi?
    familiar (attack → food) attaquer, se jeter sur; (→ job, task) s'attaquer à; (→ person) attaquer;
    they were still going at it the next day ils y étaient encore le lendemain;
    she went at the cleaning with a will elle s'est attaquée au nettoyage avec ardeur
    partir, s'en aller;
    go away! va-t'en!;
    I'm going away for a few days je pars pour quelques jours;
    she's gone away to think about it elle est partie réfléchir
    (a) (return) revenir, retourner;
    she went back to bed elle est retournée au lit, elle s'est recouchée;
    to go back to sleep se rendormir;
    they went back home ils sont rentrés chez eux ou à la maison;
    I went back downstairs/upstairs je suis redescendu/remonté;
    to go back to work (continue task) se remettre au travail; (return to place of work) retourner travailler; (return to employment) reprendre le travail;
    to go back on one's steps rebrousser chemin, revenir sur ses pas;
    let's go back to chapter two revenons ou retournons au deuxième chapitre;
    we went back to the beginning nous avons recommencé;
    let's go back to why you said that revenons à la question de savoir pourquoi vous avez dit ça;
    the clocks go back one hour today on retarde les pendules d'une heure aujourd'hui
    (b) (retreat) reculer;
    go back! recule!
    (c) (revert) revenir;
    we went back to the old system nous sommes revenus à l'ancien système;
    he went back to his old habits il a repris ses anciennes habitudes;
    the conversation kept going back to the same subject la conversation revenait sans cesse sur le même sujet;
    men are going back to wearing their hair long les hommes reviennent aux cheveux longs ou se laissent à nouveau pousser les cheveux
    (d) (in time) remonter;
    our records go back to 1850 nos archives remontent à 1850;
    this building goes back to the Revolution ce bâtiment date de ou remonte à la Révolution;
    familiar we go back a long way, Brad and me ça remonte à loin, Brad et moi
    (e) (extend, reach) s'étendre;
    the garden goes back 150 metres le jardin s'étend sur 150 mètres
    (fail to keep → agreement) rompre, violer; (→ promise) manquer à, revenir sur;
    they went back on their decision ils sont revenus sur leur décision;
    he won't go back on his word il ne manquera pas à sa parole
    (precede) passer devant; (happen before) précéder;
    that question has nothing to do with what went before cette question n'a rien à voir avec ce qui précède ou avec ce qui a été dit avant;
    the election was like nothing that had gone before l'élection ne ressemblait en rien aux précédentes;
    euphemism those who have gone before (the dead) ceux qui nous ont précédés
    (a) (precede) précéder;
    we are indebted to those who have gone before us nous devons beaucoup à ceux qui nous ont précédés
    your suggestion will go before the committee votre suggestion sera soumise au comité;
    to go before a judge/jury passer devant un juge/un jury;
    the matter went before the court l'affaire est allée devant les tribunaux
    Nautical descendre dans l'entrepont
    go by
    (pass → car, person) passer; (→ time) passer, s'écouler;
    as the years go by avec les années, à mesure que les années passent;
    in days or in times or in years gone by autrefois, jadis;
    to let an opportunity go by laisser passer une occasion
    (a) (act in accordance with, be guided by) suivre, se baser sur;
    don't go by the map ne vous fiez pas à la carte;
    I'll go by what the boss says je me baserai sur ce que dit le patron;
    he goes by the rules il suit le règlement
    (b) (judge by) juger d'après;
    going by her accent, I'd say she's from New York si j'en juge d'après son accent, je dirais qu'elle vient de New York;
    you can't go by appearances on ne peut pas juger d'après ou sur les apparences
    to go by a different/false name être connu sous un nom différent/un faux nom;
    the product goes by the name of "Bango" in France ce produit est vendu sous le nom de "Bango" en France
    go down
    (a) (descend, move to lower level) descendre;
    he went down on all fours or on his hands and knees il s'est mis à quatre pattes;
    going down! (in lift) on descend!, pour descendre!
    (b) (proceed, travel) aller;
    we're going down to Tours/the country/the shop nous allons à Tours/à la campagne/au magasin
    (c) (set → moon, sun) se coucher, tomber
    (d) (sink → ship) couler, sombrer; (→ person) couler, disparaître (sous l'eau)
    (e) (decrease, decline → level, price, quality) baisser; (→ amount, numbers) diminuer; (→ rate, temperature) baisser, s'abaisser; (→ fever) baisser, tomber; (→ tide) descendre;
    the dollar is going down in value le dollar perd de sa valeur, le dollar est en baisse;
    eggs are going down (in price) le prix des œufs baisse;
    my weight has gone down j'ai perdu du poids;
    he's gone down in my estimation il a baissé dans mon estime;
    the neighbourhood's really gone down since then le quartier ne s'est vraiment pas arrangé depuis;
    to have gone down in the world avoir connu des jours meilleurs
    (f) (become less swollen → swelling) désenfler, dégonfler; (→ balloon, tyre) se dégonfler
    (g) (food, medicine) descendre;
    this wine goes down very smoothly ce vin se laisse boire (comme du petit-lait)
    a cup of coffee would go down nicely une tasse de café serait la bienvenue;
    his speech went down badly/well son discours a été mal/bien reçu;
    how will the proposal go down with the students? comment les étudiants vont-ils prendre la proposition?;
    that kind of talk doesn't go down well with me je n'apprécie pas du tout ce genre de propos
    (i) (lose) être battu;
    Mexico went down to Germany le Mexique s'est incliné devant l'Allemagne;
    Madrid went down to Milan by three points Milan a battu Madrid de trois points;
    I'm not going to go down without a fight je me battrai jusqu'à la fin
    (j) (be relegated) descendre;
    our team has gone down to the second division notre équipe est descendue en deuxième division
    (k) (be noted, recorded) être noté; (in writing) être pris ou couché par écrit;
    this day will go down in history ce jour restera une date historique;
    she will go down in history as a woman of great courage elle entrera dans l'histoire grâce à son grand courage
    (l) (reach as far as) descendre, s'étendre;
    this path goes down to the beach ce sentier va ou descend à la plage
    (m) (continue as far as) aller, continuer;
    go down to the end of the street allez ou continuez jusqu'en bas de la rue
    (n) British University entrer dans la période des vacances
    (p) Computing tomber en panne; (of computer network) planter;
    the computer's gone down l'ordinateur est en panne
    (q) Music (lower pitch) descendre
    how long do you think he'll go down for? il écopera de combien, à ton avis?;
    he went down for three years il a écopé de trois ans
    (s) American familiar (happen) se passer
    (hill, stairs, ladder, street) descendre;
    my food went down the wrong way j'ai avalé de travers;
    Music the pianist went down an octave le pianiste a joué une octave plus bas ou a descendu d'une octave;
    British School to go down a class descendre d'une classe;
    figurative I don't want to go down that road je ne veux pas m'engager là-dedans
    vulgar (fellate) sucer, tailler ou faire une pipe à; (perform cunnilingus on) sucer, brouter le cresson à
    tomber malade de;
    he went down with pneumonia/the flu il a attrapé une pneumonie/la grippe
    (a) (fetch) aller chercher;
    he went for a doctor il est allé ou parti chercher un médecin
    (b) (try to obtain) essayer d'obtenir, viser;
    she's going for his job elle va essayer d'obtenir son poste;
    familiar go for it! vas-y!;
    I'd go for it if I were you! à ta place, je n'hésiterais pas!;
    she was really going for it elle donnait vraiment son maximum
    (c) (attack → physically) tomber sur, s'élancer sur; (→ verbally) s'en prendre à;
    dogs usually go for the throat en général, les chiens attaquent à la gorge;
    they went for each other (physically) ils se sont jetés l'un sur l'autre; (verbally) ils s'en sont pris l'un à l'autre;
    the newspapers really went for the senator les journaux s'en sont pris au sénateur sans retenue;
    go for him! (to dog) attaque!
    (d) familiar (like) aimer, adorer ;
    I don't really go for that idea l'idée ne me dit pas grand-chose;
    he really goes for her in a big way il est vraiment fou d'elle
    (e) (choose, prefer) choisir, préférer
    (f) (apply to, concern) concerner, s'appliquer à;
    what I said goes for both of you ce que j'ai dit vaut pour ou s'applique à vous deux;
    pollution is a real problem in Paris - that goes for Rome too la pollution pose un énorme problème à Paris - c'est la même chose à Rome;
    and the same goes for me et moi aussi
    (g) (have as result) servir à;
    his twenty years of service went for nothing ses vingt ans de service n'ont servi à rien
    she has a lot going for her elle a beaucoup d'atouts;
    that idea hasn't got much going for it frankly cette idée n'est franchement pas très convaincante
    (a) (leave) sortir;
    the army went forth into battle l'armée s'est mise en route pour la bataille;
    Bible go forth and multiply croissez et multipliez-vous
    (b) (be pronounced) être prononcé; (be published) paraître;
    the command went forth that… il fut décrété que…
    (s')avancer;
    the clocks go forward tomorrow on avance les pendules demain;
    if this scheme goes forward… si ce projet est accepté…
    (a) (enter) entrer, rentrer;
    it's cold - let's go in il fait froid - entrons;
    it's too big, it won't go in c'est trop grand, ça ne rentrera pas
    (b) (disappear → moon, sun) se cacher
    (c) Sport (in cricket) prendre son tour au guichet
    (d) Military (attack) attaquer
    (a) (engage in → activity, hobby, sport) pratiquer, faire; (→ occupation) se consacrer à; (→ politics) s'occuper de, faire;
    she went in for company law elle s'est lancée dans le droit commercial;
    he thought about going in for teaching il a pensé devenir enseignant
    (b) familiar (be interested in) s'intéresser à ; (like) aimer ;
    I don't go in much for opera je n'aime pas trop l'opéra, l'opéra ne me dit rien;
    he goes in for special effects in a big way il est très branché effets spéciaux;
    we don't go in for that kind of film nous n'aimons pas ce genre de film;
    this publisher doesn't really go in for fiction cet éditeur ne fait pas tellement dans le roman
    they don't go in for injections so much nowadays ils ne sont pas tellement pour les piqûres de nos jours;
    why do scientists go in for all that jargon? pourquoi est-ce que les scientifiques utilisent tout ce jargon?
    (d) (take part in → competition, race) prendre part à; (→ examination) se présenter à
    (e) (apply for → job, position) poser sa candidature à, postuler
    (a) (enter → building, house) entrer dans; (→ activity, profession) entrer à ou dans; (→ politics, business) se lancer dans;
    she's gone into hospital elle est (r)entrée à l'hôpital;
    to go into the army (as profession) devenir militaire de carrière; (as conscript) partir au service;
    he went into medicine il a choisi la médecine
    (b) (be invested → of effort, money, time)
    a lot of care had gone into making her feel at home on s'était donné beaucoup de peine pour la mettre à l'aise;
    two months of research went into our report nous avons mis ou investi deux mois de recherche dans notre rapport
    (c) (embark on → action) commencer à; (→ explanation, speech) se lancer ou s'embarquer dans, (se mettre à) donner; (→ problem) aborder;
    I'll go into the problem of your taxes later j'aborderai le problème de vos impôts plus tard;
    the car went into a skid la voiture a commencé à déraper;
    to go into hysterics avoir une crise de nerfs;
    to go into fits of laughter être pris d'un fou rire
    (d) (examine, investigate) examiner, étudier;
    you need to go into the question more deeply vous devez examiner le problème de plus près;
    the matter is being gone into l'affaire est à l'étude
    (e) (explain in depth) entrer dans;
    the essay goes into the moral aspects of the question l'essai aborde les aspects moraux de la question;
    I won't go into details je ne vais pas entrer dans les détails;
    let's not go into that ne parlons pas de ça
    (f) (begin to wear) se mettre à porter;
    to go into mourning prendre le deuil
    (g) (hit, run into) entrer dans;
    a car went into him une voiture lui est rentrée dedans
    (h) Computing (file, program) aller dans;
    to go into a file aller dans un fichier
    go off
    (a) (leave) partir, s'en aller;
    she went off to work elle est partie travailler;
    her husband has gone off and left her son mari l'a quittée;
    Theatre the actors went off les acteurs ont quitté la scène
    (b) (stop operating → light, radio) s'éteindre; (→ heating) s'éteindre, s'arrêter; (→ pain) partir, s'arrêter;
    the electricity went off l'électricité a été coupée
    (c) (become activated → bomb, firework) exploser; (→ gun) partir; (→ alarm, alarm clock) sonner;
    the grenade went off in her hand la grenade a explosé dans sa main;
    the gun didn't go off le coup n'est pas parti;
    figurative to go off into fits of laughter être pris d'un fou rire
    the interview went off badly/well l'entretien s'est mal/bien passé;
    her speech went off well son discours a été bien reçu
    (e) (fall asleep) s'endormir
    (f) British (deteriorate → food) s'avarier, se gâter; (→ milk) tourner; (→ butter) rancir; (→ athlete, sportsperson) perdre sa forme;
    the play goes off in the second half la pièce se gâte pendant la seconde partie
    British familiar (stop liking) perdre le goût de ;
    he's gone off classical music/smoking il n'aime plus la musique classique/fumer, la musique classique/fumer ne l'intéresse plus;
    I've gone off the idea cette idée ne me dit plus rien;
    she's gone off her boyfriend son copain ne l'intéresse plus;
    funny how you can go off people c'est drôle comme on se lasse des gens parfois
    (a) (leave with) partir avec;
    he went off with the woman next door il est parti avec la voisine
    (b) (make off with) partir avec;
    someone has gone off with his keys quelqu'un est parti avec ses clés;
    he went off with the jewels il s'est enfui avec les bijoux
    go on
    (a) (move, proceed) aller; (without stopping) poursuivre son chemin; (after stopping) repartir, se remettre en route;
    you go on, I'll catch up allez-y, je vous rattraperai (en chemin);
    they went on without us ils sont partis sans nous;
    after dinner they went on to Susan's house après le dîner, ils sont allés chez Susan;
    we went on home nous sommes rentrés
    (b) (continue action) continuer;
    she went on (with her) reading elle a continué à ou de lire;
    the chairman went on speaking le président a continué son discours;
    "and that's not all", he went on "et ce n'est pas tout", a-t-il poursuivi;
    you can't go on being a student for ever! tu ne peux pas être étudiant toute ta vie!;
    go on looking! cherchez encore!;
    go on, ask her vas-y, demande-lui;
    familiar go on, be a devil vas-y, laisse-toi tenter!;
    go on, I'm listening continuez, je vous écoute;
    I can't go on like this! je ne peux plus continuer comme ça!;
    if he goes on like this, he'll get fired s'il continue comme ça, il va se faire renvoyer;
    their affair has been going on for years leur liaison dure depuis des années;
    the party went on into the small hours la soirée s'est prolongée jusqu'à très tôt le matin;
    life goes on la vie continue ou va son train;
    British familiar go on (with you)! allons, arrête de me faire marcher!;
    they have enough (work) to be going on with ils ont du pain sur la planche ou de quoi faire pour le moment;
    here's £25 to be going on with voilà 25 livres pour te dépanner
    he went on to explain why il a ensuite expliqué pourquoi;
    to go on to another question passer à une autre question;
    she went on to become a doctor elle est ensuite devenue médecin
    (d) (be placed, fit) aller;
    the lid goes on this way le couvercle se met comme ça;
    I can't get the lid to go on je n'arrive pas à mettre le couvercle;
    the cap goes on the other end le bouchon se met ou va sur l'autre bout
    (e) (happen, take place) se passer;
    what's going on here? qu'est-ce qui se passe ici?;
    there was a fight going on il y avait une bagarre;
    a lot of cheating goes on during the exams on triche beaucoup pendant les examens;
    several conversations were going on at once il y avait plusieurs conversations à la fois;
    while the war was going on pendant la guerre
    (f) (elapse) passer, s'écouler;
    as the week went on au fur et à mesure que la semaine passait;
    as time goes on avec le temps, à mesure que le temps passe
    (g) familiar (chatter, talk) parler, jacasser ;
    she does go on! elle n'arrête pas de parler!, c'est un vrai moulin à paroles!;
    he goes on and on about politics il parle politique sans cesse;
    don't go on about it! ça va, on a compris!;
    I don't want to go on about it, but... je ne voudrais pas avoir l'air d'insister, mais...;
    what are you going on about now? qu'est-ce que vous racontez?
    (h) familiar (act, behave) se conduire, se comporter ;
    what a way to go on! en voilà des manières!
    (i) (start operating → light, radio, television) s'allumer; (→ heating, motor, power) s'allumer, se mettre en marche
    (j) Sport (player) prendre sa place, entrer en jeu
    (k) Theatre (actor) entrer en scène
    he's going on for forty il va sur ses quarante ans
    (a) (enter → boat, train) monter dans
    to go on a journey/a holiday partir en voyage/en vacances;
    to go on a diet se mettre au régime
    (c) (be guided by) se laisser guider par, se fonder ou se baser sur;
    the detective didn't have much to go on le détective n'avait pas grand-chose sur quoi s'appuyer ou qui puisse le guider;
    she goes a lot on instinct elle se fie beaucoup à ou se fonde beaucoup sur son instinct
    he's going on forty-five il va sur ses quarante-cinq ans;
    humorous she's fifteen going on forty-five (wise) elle a quinze ans mais elle est déjà très mûre; (old beyond her years) elle a quinze ans mais elle est vieille avant l'âge
    (e) British familiar (usu neg) (appreciate, like) aimer ;
    I don't go much on abstract art l'art abstrait ne me dit pas grand-chose
    familiar (criticize) critiquer ; (nag) s'en prendre à ;
    the boss went on and on at her at the meeting le patron n'a pas cessé de s'en prendre à elle pendant la réunion;
    he's always going on at his wife about money il est toujours sur le dos de sa femme avec les questions d'argent;
    I went on at my mother to go and see the doctor j'ai embêté ma mère pour qu'elle aille voir le médecin;
    don't go on at me! laisse-moi tranquille!
    (a) (leave) sortir;
    my parents made us go out of the room mes parents nous ont fait sortir de la pièce ou quitter la pièce;
    to go out for a meal aller au restaurant;
    to go out to dinner sortir dîner;
    to go out for a walk aller se promener, aller faire une promenade;
    she's gone out to get a paper elle est sortie (pour) acheter un journal;
    they went out to the country ils sont allés ou ils ont fait une sortie à la campagne;
    she goes out to work elle travaille en dehors de la maison ou hors de chez elle;
    he went out of her life il est sorti de sa vie;
    she was dressed to go out (ready to leave) elle était prête à sortir; (dressed up) elle était très habillée
    (b) (travel) partir; (emigrate) émigrer;
    they went out to Africa (travelled) ils sont partis en Afrique; (emigrated) ils sont partis vivre ou ils ont émigré en Afrique
    (c) (date) sortir;
    to go out with sb sortir avec qn;
    we've been going out together for a month ça fait un mois que nous sortons ensemble
    (d) (fire, light) s'éteindre
    (e) (disappear) disparaître;
    the joy went out of her eyes la joie a disparu de son regard;
    the spring went out of his step il a perdu sa démarche légère;
    all the heart went out of her elle a perdu courage
    (f) (cease to be fashionable) passer de mode, se démoder;
    to go out of style/fashion ne plus être le bon style/à la mode;
    familiar that hairstyle went out with the ark cette coiffure remonte au déluge
    (g) (tide) descendre, se retirer;
    the tide has gone out la marée est descendue, la mer s'est retirée;
    the tide goes out 6 kilometres la mer se retire sur 6 kilomètres
    I went out to see for myself j'ai décidé de voir par moi-même;
    we have to go out and do something about this il faut que nous prenions des mesures ou que nous fassions quelque chose
    (i) (be sent → letter) être envoyé; (be published → brochure, pamphlet) être distribué; (be broadcast → radio or television programme) être diffusé
    (j) (feelings, sympathies) aller;
    our thoughts go out to all those who suffer nos pensées vont vers tous ceux qui souffrent;
    my heart goes out to her je suis de tout cœur avec elle dans son chagrin
    (k) Sport (be eliminated) être éliminé;
    Agassi went out to Henman Agassi s'est fait sortir par Henman
    (l) Cards terminer
    she went all out to help us elle a fait tout son possible pour nous aider
    go over
    I just saw a plane go over je viens de voir passer un avion
    I went over to see her je suis allé la voir;
    they went over to talk to her ils sont allés lui parler;
    to go over to Europe aller en Europe
    (c) (turn upside down) se retourner; (capsize → boat) chavirer, capoter
    (d) (change, switch) changer;
    I've gone over to another brand of washing powder je viens de changer de marque de lessive;
    when will we go over to the metric system? quand est-ce qu'on va passer au système métrique?
    (e) (change allegiance) passer, se joindre;
    he's gone over to the Socialists il est passé dans le camp des socialistes;
    she went over to the enemy elle est passée à l'ennemi
    (f) (be received) passer;
    the speech went over badly/well le discours a mal/bien passé
    (a) (move, travel over) passer par-dessus;
    the horse went over the fence le cheval a sauté (par-dessus) la barrière;
    we went over a bump on a pris une bosse
    (b) (examine → argument, problem) examiner, considérer; (→ accounts, report) examiner, vérifier;
    would you go over my report? voulez-vous regarder mon rapport?
    (c) (repeat) répéter; (review → notes, speech) réviser, revoir; (→ facts) récapituler, revoir; School réviser;
    she went over the interview in her mind elle a repassé l'entretien dans son esprit;
    I kept going over everything leading up to the accident je continuais de repenser à tous les détails qui avaient conduit à l'accident;
    let's go over it again reprenons, récapitulons;
    he goes over and over the same stories il rabâche les mêmes histoires
    (d) (rehearse) refaire; (bars of music) rejouer; (sing) rechanter
    let's go over now to our Birmingham studios passons l'antenne à notre studio de Birmingham;
    we're going over live now to Paris nous allons maintenant à Paris où nous sommes en direct
    (move in front of) passer devant; (move beyond) dépasser
    is there enough cake to go round? est-ce qu'il y a assez de gâteau pour tout le monde?;
    to make the food go round ménager la nourriture
    (b) (visit) aller;
    we went round to his house nous sommes allés chez lui;
    I'm going round there later on j'y vais plus tard
    (c) (circulate → rumour) circuler, courir; (→ bottle, cold, flu) circuler
    (d) (be continuously present → idea, tune)
    that song keeps going round in my head j'ai cette chanson dans la tête
    (e) (spin → wheel) tourner;
    figurative my head's going round j'ai la tête qui tourne
    (f) (make a detour) faire un détour;
    to go round the long way faire un long détour
    (tour → museum) faire le tour de;
    I hate going round the shops j'ai horreur de faire les boutiques
    (a) (crowd, tunnel) traverser;
    figurative a shiver went through her un frisson l'a parcourue ou traversée
    (b) (endure, experience) subir, souffrir;
    he's going through hell c'est l'enfer pour lui;
    we all have to go through it sometime on doit tous y passer un jour ou l'autre;
    I can't face going through all that again je ne supporterais pas de passer par là une deuxième fois;
    after everything she's gone through après tout ce qu'elle a subi ou enduré;
    we've gone through a lot together nous avons vécu beaucoup de choses ensemble
    (c) (consume, use up → supplies) épuiser; (→ money) dépenser; (→ food) consommer; (wear out) user;
    she goes through a pair of tights a week elle use une paire de collants par semaine;
    I've gone through the toes of my socks j'ai usé ou troué mes chaussettes au bout;
    humorous how many assistants has he gone through now? combien d'assistants a-t-il déjà eus?;
    his novel has gone through six editions il y a déjà eu six éditions de son roman
    (d) (examine → accounts, document) examiner, vérifier; (→ list, proposal) éplucher; (→ mail) dépouiller; (→ drawer, pockets) fouiller (dans); (→ files) chercher dans; (sort) trier;
    we went through the contract together nous avons regardé ou examiné le contrat ensemble;
    did customs go through your suitcase? est-ce qu'ils ont fouillé votre valise à la douane?;
    he went through her pockets il a fouillé ses poches
    (e) (of bill, law) être voté;
    the bill went through Parliament last week le projet de loi a été voté la semaine dernière au Parlement
    (f) (carry out, perform → movement, work) faire; (→ formalities) remplir, accomplir;
    Music let's go through the introduction again reprenons l'introduction;
    we had to go through the whole business of applying for a visa nous avons dû nous farcir toutes les démarches pour obtenir un visa
    (g) (participate in → course of study) étudier; (→ ceremony) participer à
    (h) (practise → lesson, poem) réciter; (→ role, scene) répéter;
    let's go through it again from the beginning reprenons dès le début
    (a) (travel through, penetrate) passer, traverser
    (b) (offer, proposal) être accepté; (business deal) être conclu, se faire; (bill, law) passer, être voté; (divorce) être prononcé;
    the adoption finally went through l'adoption s'est faite finalement
    to go through with sth aller jusqu'au bout de qch, exécuter qch;
    he'll never go through with it il n'ira jamais jusqu'au bout;
    they went through with their threat ils ont exécuté leur menace
    (a) (colours, flavours) aller bien ensemble; (characteristics, ideas) aller de pair;
    the two things often go together les deux choses vont souvent de pair
    (b) American (people) sortir ensemble
    (a) (move towards) aller vers
    (b) (effort, money) être consacré à;
    all her energy went towards fighting illiteracy elle a dépensé toute son énergie à combattre l'analphabétisme
    (a) (go down → ship) couler, sombrer; (→ person) couler, disparaître (sous l'eau)
    (b) figurative (fail → business) couler, faire faillite; (→ project) couler, échouer; (→ person) échouer, sombrer
    (a) (move, travel underneath) passer par-dessous
    to go under a false/different name utiliser ou prendre un faux nom/un nom différent;
    a glue that goes under the name of Stikit une colle qui s'appelle Stikit
    go up
    (a) (ascend, climb → person) monter, aller en haut; (→ lift) monter;
    to go up to town aller en ville;
    I'm going up to bed je monte me coucher;
    have you ever gone up in an aeroplane? êtes-vous déjà monté en avion?;
    going up! (in lift) on monte!;
    to go up in the world faire son chemin
    (b) (increase → amount, numbers) augmenter, croître; (→ price) monter, augmenter; (→ temperature) monter, s'élever;
    rents are going up les loyers sont en hausse;
    meat is going up (in price) (le prix de) la viande augmente;
    to go up in sb's estimation monter dans l'estime de qn
    (c) (sudden noise) s'élever;
    a shout went up un cri s'éleva
    (d) (appear → notices, posters) apparaître; (be built) être construit;
    new buildings are going up all over town de nouveaux immeubles surgissent dans toute la ville
    (e) (explode, be destroyed) sauter, exploser
    (g) Theatre (curtain) se lever;
    before the curtain goes up avant le lever du rideau
    (h) British University entrer à l'université;
    she went up to Oxford in 1950 elle est entrée à Oxford en 1950
    he went up for murder il a fait de la taule pour meurtre
    they look set to go up to the First Division ils ont l'air prêts à entrer en première division
    monter;
    to go up a hill/ladder monter une colline/sur une échelle;
    Music the pianist went up an octave le pianiste a monté d'une octave;
    British School to go up a class monter d'une classe
    to go up to sb/sth se diriger vers qn/qch;
    the path goes up to the front door le chemin mène à la porte d'entrée
    the book only goes up to the end of the war le livre ne va que jusqu'à la fin de la guerre;
    I will go up to £100 je veux bien aller jusqu'à 100 livres
    (a) (accompany, escort) accompagner, aller avec;
    figurative to go with the crowd suivre la foule ou le mouvement;
    you have to go with the times il faut vivre avec son temps
    (b) (be compatible → colours, flavours) aller avec;
    that hat doesn't go with your suit ce chapeau ne va pas avec ton ensemble;
    a white Burgundy goes well with snails le bourgogne blanc se marie bien ou va bien avec les escargots
    (c) (be part of) aller avec;
    the flat goes with the job l'appartement va avec le poste;
    the sense of satisfaction that goes with having done a good job le sentiment de satisfaction qu'apporte le travail bien fait;
    mathematical ability usually goes with skill at chess des capacités en mathématiques vont souvent de pair avec un don pour les échecs
    (d) familiar (spend time with) sortir avec ;
    euphemism he's been going with other women (having sex) il a été avec d'autres femmes
    se passer de, se priver de;
    he went without sleep or without sleeping for two days il n'a pas dormi pendant deux jours
    s'en passer;
    we'll just have to go without il faudra s'en passer, c'est tout
    Do not pass go, (do not collect £200/$200) Au Monopoly les joueurs tirent parfois une carte qui les envoie sur la case "prison". Sur cette carte sont inscrits les mots do not pass go, do not collect £200 (ou bien do not collect $200 s'il s'agit de la version américaine). Cette phrase, dont la version française est "ne passez pas par la case départ, ne recevez pas 20 000 francs", est utilisée de façon allusive et sur le mode humoristique dans différents contextes: on dira par exemple you do that again and you're going straight to jail, Bill. Do not pass go, do not collect $200 ("refais ça, Bill, et je t'assure que tu iras droit en prison). On peut également utiliser cette expression lorsque quelqu'un essaie de mener un projet à bien mais rencontre des obstacles: the country is trying hard to get back on its feet but because of the civil war it has not even been allowed to pass go, let alone collect £200 ("le pays fait de son mieux pour se rétablir mais la guerre civile n'arrange rien, bien au contraire").
    Go ahead, make my day C'est la formule prononcée par l'inspecteur Harry Callahan (incarné par Clint Eastwood) dans le film Sudden Impact (1983) lorsqu'il se trouve confronté à un gangster. Il s'agit d'une façon d'encourager le bandit à se servir de son arme afin de pouvoir l'abattre en état de légitime défense: "allez, vas-y, fais-moi plaisir". On utilise cette formule par allusion au film et en réaction à une personne qui vient de proférer des menaces. Ainsi, le président Reagan s'en servit en s'adressant à des travailleurs qui menaçaient de se mettre en grève.

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  • 13 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.
       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

  • 14 within

    [wɪ'ðɪn] 1.

    within the week — in settimana, entro la settimana

    "use within 24 hours of purchase" — "da consumarsi entro 24 ore dall'acquisto"

    to be within sight — [ coast] essere visibile; fig. [ end] essere vicino

    to be within range of — essere a tiro di [ enemy guns]

    2.
    avverbio all'interno, dentro
    * * *
    [wi'ðin] 1. preposition
    (inside (the limits of): She'll be here within an hour; I could hear sounds from within the building; His actions were within the law (= not illegal).) entro, dentro; (nell'ambito di)
    2. adverb
    (inside: Car for sale. Apply within.) dentro, all'interno
    * * *
    [wɪ'ðɪn] 1.

    within the week — in settimana, entro la settimana

    "use within 24 hours of purchase" — "da consumarsi entro 24 ore dall'acquisto"

    to be within sight — [ coast] essere visibile; fig. [ end] essere vicino

    to be within range of — essere a tiro di [ enemy guns]

    2.
    avverbio all'interno, dentro

    English-Italian dictionary > within

  • 15 pass

    1. I
    1) see people (a procession, a motorcade, the marching soldiers, etc.) pass видеть, как проходят люди и т.д.; the road is too narrow for two cars to pass дорога слишком узка, и две машины по ней не разъедутся; let me pass пропустите меня; will you kindly allow me to pass разрешите /дайте/ мне, пожалуйста, пройти; I heard someone passing я слышал, как кто-то прошел мимо
    2) let the remark (the words, the insult, etc.) pass не придавать значения замечанию и т.д., пропускать замечание мимо ушей; I don't like it, but I'll let it pass мне это не нравится, но я не стану обращать внимания /буду смотреть [на это] сквозь пальцы/; he should not have said it, but let it pass ему бы не следовало этого говорить, но бог с ним; we can't let that pass мы не можем этого допустить
    3) time (a fortnight, the day, etc.) passed время и т.д. прошло; а week passed миновала неделя; in the garden I don't notice time passing работая в саду, я не замечаю, как идет время
    4) all things pass нет ничего вечного; kingdoms and nations pass королевства и народы становятся историей; customs pass обычаи уходят в прошлое; the pain (his anger, the passion, etc.) has passed боль и т.д. прошла /утихла/; the crisis has passed кризис миновал
    5) the bill (this measure, the proposition, etc.) will pass этот законопроект и т.д. пройдет /будет принят/; they new tax bill passed and became a law новый проект закона о налогах был утвержден и вступил в силу
    6) it is not very good, but it will pass это не очень хорошо [сделано], но сойдет
    7) of the twenty who took the exam only twelve passed из двадцата сдававших выдержали экзамен только двенадцать
    8) strange things came to pass произошли /случились/ странные вещи; did you see what was passing? вы видели, что происходило /делалось/?
    9) I had very poor cards and decided to pass у меня были очень плохие карты, и я решил пасовать
    2. II
    1) pass in some manner pass quickly (slowly, noisily, etc.) быстро и т.д. проходить или проезжать мимо; pass first (last) проходить первым (последним); pass somewhere pass to and fro двигаться /ходить/ взад и вперед; pass in and out входить и выходить; pass ahead проходить /двигаться/ вперед; pass on продвигаться дальше /вперед/, не останавливаясь
    2) pass in some manner years (days, hours, etc.) pass quickly [by] годы и т.д. быстро летят; pass at some time the time for action had already passed время действовать уже прошло; weeks have passed since then с тех пор прошло много недель
    3) pass in some time the pain (his anger, the passion, her charm, etc.) will soon (gradually, etc.) pass боль и т.д. скоро и т.д. пройдет /исчезнет/
    3. III
    1) pass smth. pass the post office (smb.'s house, the gates, a station, a big truck, the place where it happened, etc.) проходить или проезжать мимо почты и т.д.; pass an ocean (a desert, a frontier, etc.) пересекать океан и т.д.; pass a river переправляться через реку; pass a bridge переходить или переезжать мост; pass the mountains (a range of hills, etc.) перевалить через горы и т.д.; the ship passed the channel пароход миновал канал; we passed our turning мы проехали наш поворот; we passed their car мы обогнали их машину
    2) pass smth. not a word (no sound, no complaint, etc.) passed her lips она не проронила ни слова и т.д.; no food has passed her lips у нее и крошки во рту не было
    3) pass smb. pass the visitors (the delegation, the children, etc.) пропускать посетителей и т.д.
    4) pass smth. pass these pages (this chapter, the preface, this paragraph, etc.) пропускать /опускать/ эти страницы и т.д.
    5) pass smth. pass the salt (the butter, the bread, the mustard, etc.) передавать соль и т.д.; pass bad money распространять фальшивые деньги и т.д.; pass a forged note (a worthless check, etc.) всучить фальшивый /поддельный/ вексель и т.д.; pass the ball передавать /пасовать/ или отбивать мяч || pass the chair сложить с себя обязанности председателя; pass the word передавать приказание
    6) pass smth. pass a quiet night (the worst day of his life, etc.) провести спокойную ночь и т.д.; pass the time проводить время
    7) pass smth. pass a bill (a law, a scheme of arrangement, a resolution, etc.) принять законопроект и т.д.; the new law passed the city council новый закон утвержден /принят/ городским советом
    8) pass smth. pass a test (a written examination, Latin, a subject, etc.) выдерживать [проверочные] испытания и т.д.
    9) pass smb. pass a student пропустить студента (на экзамене); поставить зачет студенту; принять экзамен у студента; pass a group of applicants признать группу претендентов годной; pass a candidate утвердить кандидатуру; I am passing the whole class я ставлю зачет всему классу; the board of censors passed the play (the film, etc.) цензура пропустила эту пьесу и т.д.; pass the censor (the customs, etc.) проходить цензуру и т.д.; he passed his medical coll. он прошел медицинский осмотр
    10) pass smth. pass smb.'s understanding /smb.'s comprehension/ быть выше чьего-л. понимания; pass all bounds переходить все границы, не знать меры /границ/; his strange story passed belief в странную историю, рассказанную им, невозможно было поверить; the splendour of the palace passed anything before or since великолепие дворца затмило все виденное и дотоле и потом
    4. IV
    1) pass smth., smb. at some time pass the bank (the office, etc.) every day ежедневно проходить мимо банка и т.д.; have we passed the station yet? мы уже проехали станцию?; pass smb. just now только что встретить или пройти мимо кого-л.; pass smth. in some manner pass the dangerous section of the road successfully благополучно миновать опасный участок дороги
    2) pass smb. somewhere pass smb. in впускать кого-л.; pass smb. out выпускать кого-л.
    3) pass smth. somewhere pass a year abroad (the day at home, etc.) провести год за границей и т.д.; pass smth. in some manner pass a few hours profitably с пользой провести несколько часик; how shall we pass the time (the evening, etc.)? как нам провести /скоротать/ время и т.д.?
    4) pass smth. in some manner pass a resolution unanimously единогласно принять резолюцию; pass a bill (a law, etc.) on the second vote принять закон и т.д. при повторном голосовании
    5. V
    pass smb. smth. pass him the salt (your neighbour this book, me the water, her the letter, etc.) передайте ему соль и т.д.
    6. VIII
    pass smth. doing smth. pass most of his time (days, many hours, etc.) fishing (painting, talking, etc.) проводить большую часть времени и т.д. за рыбной ловлей и т.д.
    7. X
    pass in some state usually in the negative his remark (the fact, etc.) passed unnoticed /unobserved/ (unmentioned, etc.) его замечание и т.д. осталось незамеченным и т.д.
    8. XI
    1) be passed somewhere all the people were passed over the river всех [людей] переправили через реку; the old coin was passed around the room for everyone to see старинная монета обошла всех в комнате, и все могли ее рассмотреть
    2) be passed by smb. the play (the film, etc.) was passed by the censor пьеса и т.д. прошла цензуру; be passed as smth. he passed as A on his physical examination при медицинском освидетельствовании он получил группу А
    9. XVI
    1) pass by (between, across, over, under, etc.) smth., smb. pass by the door (by the shop, by me, etc.) проходить мимо двери и т.д.; pass between smb., smth. проходить между кем-л., чем-л.; the road passes near the lake дорога проходит недалеко от озера; he passed into the room он прошел в комнату; the poison has passed into his system яд проник в [его] организм; pass across the street (across the bridge, across the field, etc.) переходить /пересекать/ улицу и т.д.; pass along the street (along the beach, etc.) идти /проходить/ по улице и т.д.; the current is passing along the wire ток проходит /идет/ по проводам; pass over an obstacle /over a hurdle/ брать препятствие; the cloud passed over the river туча прошла над рекой; pass under the arch of a bridge (under the building, under the river, etc.) проходить под сводом моста и т.д.; pass through all Europe (through the whole country, through a village, through the garden, through the canal, etc.) проходить через всю Европу и т.д.; а line passes through a given point линия проходит через данную точку; we were passing through the forest мы проезжали через лес, мы ехали лесом; pass out of /beyond, from/ smth. pass out of (beyond the bounds of) sight /from smb.'s view/ скрыться из виду, оказаться вне пределов /за пределами/ видимости; pass out of (beyond the bounds of) hearing выйти за пределы /оказаться за пределами/ слышимости; pass beyond the bounds of gravity выйти за пределы /оказаться вне пределов/ земного притяжения, преодолеть земное притяжение; he passed beyond the bounds of law закон на него более не распространялся; pass from smb. to smb. pass from person to person (from one boy to another, etc.) переходить от человека к человеку и т.д.; the letter passed from one to another until everyone had read it письмо переходило из рук в руки, пока все не прочли его; pass from smth. to smth. pass from one place to another (from one subject to another, etc.) переходить с места на место и т.д.; pass from house to house (from hand to hand, etc.) переходить из дома в дом и т.д.; pass from mouth to mouth переходить из уст в уста; pass between smb. many letters passed between them они написали друг другу множество писем, они обменялись многочисленными посланиями
    2) pass across (over, etc.) smth. a blush passed across her face у нее вспыхнуло лицо; а change passed over his face у него изменилось выражение лица; а smile passed over her lips на ее лице промелькнула улыбка; an idea thought/ passed through my mind у меня в голове промелькнула мысль
    3) pass over smth. pass over smb.'s rudeness (over smb.'s conduct, over smb.'s offence, over smb.'s neglect, etc.) спускать кому-л. грубость и т.д.; pass over smb.'s faults закрывать глаза на чьи-л. недостатки; my advice passed entirely over his head он пропустил мимо ушей мой совет, не обратил никакого внимания на мой совет; he passed over the details он опустил подробности, он пренебрег подробностями; just pass over the first part of his letter опустите /пропустите, не читайте/ начало его письма
    4) pass to smb., smth. pass to his heir (to a member of the same family, to other hands, to his children, etc.) переходить [во владение] к его наследнику и т.д.; pass from smb. to smb. the title to the house passed from father to son право на владение домом /на дом/ перешло от отца к сыну; pass to smth. pass ing to the next point /item/ переходя к следующему вопросу; pass into (out of) smth. pass into smb.'s hands (into smb.'s possession, etc.) переходить в чьи-л. руки и т.д.; he didn't want the estate to pass out of his hands он не хотел, чтобы имение перешло в другие руки
    5) pass into (out of /from/) smth. pass into steam (into liquid, etc.) переходить /превращаться/ в пар и т.д.; pass into law (into an axiom, etc.) становиться законом и т.д.; pass into history становиться достоянием истории; pass into a proverb становиться поговоркой, превращаться в поговорку; days passed into weeks дни складывались в недели; pass into nothingness превращаться в ничто, исчезать; pass into general use (into circulation, into a new phase, etc.) переходить в общее пользование и т.д.; pass into disuse выйти из употребления; pass into silence замолчать, смолкнуть; pass into oblivion быть преданным забвению, кануть в вечность; pass out of fashion /out of style/ (out of current use, etc.) выйти из моды и т.д.; pass out of existence прекратить существование; the book passed out of print весь тираж книги распродан /разошелся/; pass from /out of/ memory /from smb.'s mind/ (по)забыться, улетучиться из памяти; pass from one state to another переходить из одного состояния в другое; pass from smth., to smth. pass from words to blows (from thought to action, from rage to despair, etc.) переходить от брани к драке и т.д.; pass from triumph to triumph идти от триумфа и триумфу: the weather passed suddenly from cold to hot холод неожиданно сменился жарой
    6) pass through smth. pass through many trials (through hard times, through a terrible experience, through many changes, through various adventures, etc.) пережить много испытаний и т.д., пройти через многочисленные испытания и т.д., we have passed through Ibis crisis мы пережили этот кризис; this book has passed through many editions эта книга выдержала много изданий
    7) pass in smth. pass in an examination выдержать /сдать/ экзамен; he didn't pass in geography он не сдал географию; pass without smth. he passed without a hitch он прошел гладко /без сучка без задоринки/ (на экзамене)
    8) pass between smb. nothing passed between them между ними ничего не произошло; sharp words passed between them между ними произошла ссора, они поссорились /поругались/
    9) pass for smb., smth. pass for a great scholar (for a learned man. for a liberal, for a hero, for a rich man, etc.) считаться /слыть/ большим ученым и т.д.; they could have passed for sisters их можно было принять за сестер; it might pass for silk это может сойти за шелк; it passes for slang это считается жаргоном; pass under the пате of... pass under the name of Black быть известным под фамилией Блэк
    10) pass (up)on smb., smth. pass on each contestant оценить каждого участника состязания, дать оценку каждому участнику состязания; pass on the authenticity of the drawing вынести суждение /высказать мнение/ по поводу того, является ли рисунок подлинником; the court dismissed the case without passing upon it суд отклонил иск без разбирательства дела
    10. XX1
    pass as smth. pass as an ancient relic (as relics from Pompeii, as an authentic text, as a first edition, etc.) сойти за древнюю реликвию и т.д.
    11. XXI1
    1) pass smb., smth. in (on, etc.) smth. pass the man in the street (each other on the road, the girl on the stairs, a village on one's way, etc.) пройти мимо этого человека на улице и т.д.
    2) pass smth. across (over, around, etc.) smth. pass one's hand across one's forehead (across one's eyes, etc.) провести рукой по лбу и т.д., pass a sponge over the blackboard (a cloth over the table, etc.) провести губкой по доске и т.д., стереть губкой с доски и т.д.; pass a rope around /about/ the waist for support обвязаться веревкой для страховки; pass a rope round the barrel (round the box, etc.) обвязать бочку и т.д. веревкой; pass a rope round smb.'s neck накинуть петлю на чью-л. шею || pass one's eye over smth. взглянуть на что-л.; will you, please, pass your eye over this note? взгляните, пожалуйста, на эту записку; pass smth. through smth. pass a rope through a hole (a string through a ring, etc.) пропустить /протянуть/ канат через отверстие и т.д.; pass a thread through a needle вдеть нитку в иголку; pass smth. through a fine sieve просеять что-л. через тонкое сито; pass smth. between smth. pass one's hand between the bars просунуть руку через решетку
    3) pass smb. through smth. we'll pass them through this gate мы их пропустим в эти ворота; they passed me through the customs меня подвергли таможенному досмотру
    4) pass smth. to smb. pass a glass (the mustard, the salt, etc.) to your neighbour (to me, etc.) передавать стакан и т.д. соседу и т.д.; pass smth. (a)round (over, etc.) smth. pass the pie (the bottle, the tea, etc.) (a)round the table обносить всех сидящих за столом пирогом и т.д.; he passed her letter over my head он передал ее письмо у меня над головой; pass smth. from smth. pass a book from the shelf подать книгу с полки; pass a ring from hand to hand передавать кольцо из рук в руки; pass with. out of smth. pass a suitcase out of a window передать чемодан через окне; pass smth. over smth. pass rumours (gossip, the news, etc.) all over the village распространять /разносить/слухи и т.д. по всей деревне
    5) pass time in some place pass the winter in the south проводить зиму на Юге; pass time in smth. pass one's time in idleness жить в безделье /в праздности/; pass time with smb. pass a week (a few days, etc.) with the children (with him, etc.) провести неделю и т.д. с детьми и т.д.
    6) pass smth. through smth. pass a resolution (a measure, a bill, etc.) through a committee (through Senate, etc.) провести резолюцию и т.д. через комитет и т.д.
    7) pass smth. on smb. pass sentence /judgement/ on a criminal (on guilty persons, etc.) выносить приговор преступнику и т.д.; pass smth. on smth. pass criticism /remarks/ on smb.'s paper делать критические замечания по чьей-л. работе; I can't pass an opinion on your work without seeing it я не видел вашей работы и не могу высказать мнения о ней
    12. XXII
    1) pass smth., smb. without doing smth. pass the town (the place, the spot, etc.) without stopping проехать через город и не остановиться /не задержаться/ [в нем]; pass her without noticing (without looking, etc.) пройти мимо нее, не обратив [на нее] внимания и т.д.; pass him without smiling пройти мимо него без улыбки; pass them without saying "hello" пройти мимо них, не поздоровавшись
    2) pass smth. in doing smth. pass one's time in reading (in painting, etc.) проводить время за чтением и т.д.
    13. XXIV2
    the doctor passed him as fit врач признал его годным
    14. XXIV3
    pass smth. as being of some quality pass accounts as correct признать счета правильными

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > pass

  • 16 power

    {pauə}
    I. 1. способност, възможност, сила
    to do all in one's POWER правя всичко, което мога/което е по силите ми
    as far as it lies within my POWER доколкото е във възможностите/по силите ми
    beyond/out of one's POWER не по силите/възможностите ми
    to put it out of someone's POWER to правя невъзможно за някого да
    2. тех. сила (и на обектив), мощ, мощност, енергия, производителност (на машина и пр.)
    what POWER do you use? каква двигателна сила/какъв вид енергия използвате
    3. механизация, употреба на машини
    4. власт (и пол.), могъщество
    to have someone in one's POWER държа някого в ръцете си, имам власт над някого
    to be in someone's POWER във властта/ръцете съм на някого, подчинен съм на някого
    to be in POWER на власт съм (за партия)
    to come in/into POWER идвам на власт, спечелвам властта
    5. пол. сила, държава, властник
    the great POWERs вeликите сили
    the POWERs that be силните на деня, властниците
    6. юр. пълномощия, права
    7. мат. степен
    three to the fourth POWER три на чeтвърта степен
    8. разг. много, сума
    it has done me a POWER of good много ми помогна/ми беше полезно
    9. бог, божество
    10. рl рел. шеста степен в йeрархията на ангелите
    11. ocm. войска, воинство
    more POWER to your elbow! браво! желая ви успех!
    II. v снабдявам с двигател/енергия, привеждам в действие/движение
    * * *
    {pauъ} n 1. способност, възможност; сила; to do all in o.'s power п(2) {pauъ} v снабдявам с двигател/енергия; привеждам в действие
    * * *
    способност; степен; ток; власт; възможност; пълномощие; производителност; енергия;
    * * *
    1. 1 ocm. войска, воинство 2. as far as it lies within my power доколкото е във възможностите/по силите ми 3. beyond/out of one's power не по силите/възможностите ми 4. i. способност, възможност, сила 5. ii. v снабдявам с двигател/енергия, привеждам в действие/движение 6. it has done me a power of good много ми помогна/ми беше полезно 7. more power to your elbow! браво! желая ви успех! 8. the great powers вeликите сили 9. the powers that be силните на деня, властниците 10. three to the fourth power три на чeтвърта степен 11. to be in power на власт съм (за партия) 12. to be in someone's power във властта/ръцете съм на някого, подчинен съм на някого 13. to come in/into power идвам на власт, спечелвам властта 14. to do all in one's power правя всичко, което мога/което е по силите ми 15. to have someone in one's power държа някого в ръцете си, имам власт над някого 16. to put it out of someone's power to правя невъзможно за някого да 17. what power do you use? каква двигателна сила/какъв вид енергия използвате 18. бог, божество 19. власт (и пол.), могъщество 20. мат. степен 21. механизация, употреба на машини 22. пол. сила, държава, властник 23. рl рел. шеста степен в йeрархията на ангелите 24. разг. много, сума 25. тех. сила (и на обектив), мощ, мощност, енергия, производителност (на машина и пр.) 26. юр. пълномощия, права
    * * *
    power[´pauə] I. n 1. сила, мощ, мощност; енергия; производителност (на машина и пр.); \power of muscle физическа сила; attractive \power сила на притеглянето; horse \power конска сила; motive \power двигателна сила; \power consumption изразходване на енергия; what \powers do you use? тех. каква двигателна сила (какъв вид енергия) използвате? at full ( half) \power с пълна (половин) мощност; mechanical \power тех. прости машини; 2. власт, могъщество; to have \power over имам власт над; to be in \power на власт съм (за партия); to be in the \power of s.o. във властта (ръцете) съм на някого, подчинен съм на някого; to come into \power идвам на власт (за партия); the \power behind the throne човекът (зад кулисите), който дърпа конците; the \power of the keys властта на Християнската църква да дава опрощение на греховете; the \powers that be установената власт, управляващата администрация; 3. способност; възможност, сила; as far as it lies within my \power доколкото е във възможностите (по силите) ми, доколкото мога; \power of movement ( thought, resistance) способност да се движа (да мисля, да се съпротивлявам); to put it out of s.o.'s \power to do s.th. правя невъзможно за някого да направи нещо; more \power to his elbow! желая му късмет, дано му върви, стискам му палци; 4. механизация, употреба на машини; 5. полит. сила; държава; the Great World \powers Великите сили; the \powers that be властващите, силните на деня; 6. юрид. пълномощие; \power of attorney пълномощно; to exceed ( go beyond) o.'s \powers надхвърлям правата (пълномощията) си; 7. мат. степен; three to the fourth \power три на четвърта степен; 8. електрическо захранване; 9. много, сума, голям брой; a \power of people сума народ; a \power of help голяма помощ; 10. ост. армия, войска; 11. рел. степен в йерархията на ангелите; II. v снабдявам с двигател (енергия).

    English-Bulgarian dictionary > power

  • 17 means

    plural noun
    1) usu. constr. as sing. (way, method) Möglichkeit, die; [Art und] Weise

    by this means — hierdurch; auf diese Weise

    we have no means of doing this — wir haben keine Möglichkeit, dies zu tun

    means of transport — Transportmittel, das

    2) (resources) Mittel Pl.

    live within/beyond one's means — seinen Verhältnissen entsprechend/über seine Verhältnisse leben

    3)

    Will you help me? - By all meansHilfst du mir? Selbstverständlich!

    by no [manner of] means — ganz und gar nicht; keineswegs

    by means of — durch; mit [Hilfe von]

    * * *
    I [mi:nz] noun singular or plural
    (the instrument(s), method(s) etc by which a thing is, or may be, done or made to happen: By what means can we find out?) die Mittel(pl.)
    - academic.ru/115534/by_all_means">by all means
    - by means of
    - by no means
    II [mi:nz] noun plural
    (money available or necessary for living etc: She's a person of considerable means.) die Geldmittel (pl.)
    * * *
    <pl ->
    [mi:nz]
    n
    1. (method) Weg m
    ways and \means Mittel und Wege
    to try by all [possible] \means to do sth auf jede erdenkliche Art und Weise versuchen, etw zu erreichen; (possibility) Möglichkeit f
    there is no \means of tracing the debt at all es gibt nicht die geringste Möglichkeit, die Schulden zurückzuverfolgen; (device) Mittel nt
    \means of communication Kommunikationsmittel nt
    \means of expression Ausdrucksmittel nt
    \means of payment (currency) Zahlungsmittel nt; (method) Bezahlverfahren nt
    \meanss of preservation Konservierungsmittel nt
    \means of transport Transportmittel nt
    \means of support Einkommen nt
    to use all [or every] \means at one's disposal alle verfügbaren Mittel nutzen
    2. (income)
    \means pl Geldmittel pl, Gelder pl
    a person of \means ein vermögender Mensch
    private \means Privatvermögen nt, private Mittel
    to be without \means ( form) kein Geld haben, pleite sein fam
    to have the \means to do sth die [nötigen] Mittel [o das [nötige] Geld] haben, etw zu tun
    to live beyond one's \means über seine Verhältnisse leben
    to live within one's \means im Rahmen seiner finanziellen Möglichkeiten leben
    3.
    by all \means ( form) unbedingt; (of course) selbstverständlich
    by no \means [or not by any \means] keineswegs, auf keinen Fall
    it's by no \means certain das ist keineswegs sicher
    by \means of sth durch etw akk, mit etw dat, mit Hilfe einer S. gen
    they communicate by \means of sign language sie kommunizieren durch Zeichensprache
    they made their escape by \means of a rope ladder sie entkamen mit [Hilfe] einer Strickleiter
    a \means to an end ein Mittel zum Zweck
    the end justifies the \means ( prov) der Zweck heiligt die Mittel prov
    * * *
    [miːnz]
    n
    1) sing (= method) Möglichkeit f; (= instrument) Mittel nt

    a means to an endein Mittel nt zum Zweck

    I have/there is no means of doing it — es ist mir/es ist unmöglich, das zu tun

    is there any means of doing it? —

    there must be a means of doing ites muss doch irgendwie or auf irgendeine Art zu machen sein

    he was the means of sending it —

    they used him as the means of getting the heroin across the border — sie benutzten ihn, um das Heroin über die Grenze zu bringen

    all known means have been triedman hat alles Mögliche versucht

    by means of sth — durch etw, mittels einer Sache (gen) (form)

    by means of doing sth — dadurch, dass man etw tut

    by this means — dadurch, auf diese Weise

    by some means or other — auf irgendeine Art und Weise, irgendwie

    2) sing

    by no means, not by any means — keineswegs, durchaus nicht

    3) pl (= wherewithal) Mittel pl; (= financial means) Gelder pl, Mittel pl

    private meansprivate Mittel pl

    that is within/beyond my means — das kann ich mir leisten/nicht leisten

    * * *
    plural noun
    1) usu. constr. as sing. (way, method) Möglichkeit, die; [Art und] Weise

    by this means — hierdurch; auf diese Weise

    we have no means of doing this — wir haben keine Möglichkeit, dies zu tun

    means of transport — Transportmittel, das

    2) (resources) Mittel Pl.

    live within/beyond one's means — seinen Verhältnissen entsprechend/über seine Verhältnisse leben

    3)

    by no [manner of] means — ganz und gar nicht; keineswegs

    by means of — durch; mit [Hilfe von]

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    n.
    Hilfsmittel n.
    Mittel - n.

    English-german dictionary > means

  • 18 out of

    preposition
    1) (from within) aus

    fall out of somethingaus etwas [heraus]fallen

    2) (not within)

    be out of the countryim Ausland sein

    be out of town/the room — nicht in der Stadt/im Zimmer sein

    feel out of it or things — sich ausgeschlossen od. nicht dazu gehörig fühlen

    I'm glad to be out of itich bin froh, dass ich die Sache hinter mir habe

    be out of the tournamentaus dem Turnier ausgeschieden sein

    pick one out of the pile — einen/eine/eins aus dem Stapel herausgreifen

    eighth out of tenals Achter von zehn Teilnehmern usw.

    4) (beyond range of) außer [Reich-/Hörweite, Sicht, Kontrolle]
    5) (from) aus

    do well out of somebody/something — von jemandem/etwas profitieren

    6) (owing to) aus [Mitleid, Furcht, Neugier usw.]
    7) (without)

    out of work — ohne Arbeit; arbeitslos

    8) (by use of) aus

    make a profit out of somethingmit etwas ein Geschäft machen

    9) (away from) von... entfernt
    10) (beyond) see academic.ru/19744/depth">depth 3); ordinary 2)
    * * *
    1) (from inside: He took it out of the bag.) heraus
    2) (not in: Mr Smith is out of the office; out of danger; out of sight.) außer Hauses
    3) (from among: Four out of five people like this song.) von
    4) (having none left: She is quite out of breath.) außer
    5) (because of: He did it out of curiosity/spite.) aus
    6) (from: He drank the lemonade straight out of the bottle.) aus
    * * *
    1. (to outside) aus + dat
    \out of bed/hospital/prison aus dem Bett/Krankenhaus/Gefängnis
    \out of the door zur Tür hinaus
    2. (situated outside) außerhalb + gen
    she's \out of the office sie ist nicht an ihrem [Arbeits]platz [o nicht im Büro]
    10 km \out of London 10 km außerhalb von London, 10 km von London entfernt
    \out of the country im Ausland, außer Landes veraltend
    \out of town nicht in der Stadt
    from \out of town nicht von hier, fremd hier, aus einer anderen Gegend
    3. (taken from)
    buy a house \out of the inheritance kauf dir ein Haus von [o mit Geld aus] der Erbschaft
    he copied his essay straight \out of a textbook er schrieb seinen Aufsatz wörtlich aus einem Lehrbuch ab
    don't expect too much \out of life man sollte nicht zu viel vom Leben erwarten
    they didn't make a dime \out of that deal sie haben bei dem Geschäft keinen Pfennig verdient
    \out of one's pocket aus der eigenen Tasche
    \out of doing sth:
    she gets a lot of joy \out of working with children es macht [o bereitet] ihr große Freude, mit Kindern zu arbeiten
    they get a lot of fun \out of practising dangerous sports das Betreiben gefährlicher Sportarten macht ihnen einen Riesenspaß
    he's \out of the team er ist aus der Mannschaft ausgeschieden
    I'm glad to be \out of it ich bin froh, dass ich es hinter mir habe [o ich damit nichts mehr zu tun habe]
    that's \out of the question! das kommt überhaupt nicht infrage!
    to get \out of the habit es sich dat abgewöhnen
    I've got \out of the habit of cycling to work ich fahre nicht mehr mit dem Fahrrad zur Arbeit
    \out of the race aus dem Rennen
    to talk sb \out of sth etw jdm ausreden
    he talked her \out of going back to smoking er redete es ihr aus, als sie wieder mit dem Rauchen anfangen wollte
    6. (spoken by) aus + dat
    to get a secret \out of sb jdm ein Geheimnis entlocken
    7. (made from) aus + dat
    made \out of wood aus Holz [hergestellt]
    8. (driven by) aus + dat
    \out of jealousy/spite aus Eifersucht/Boshaftigkeit
    9. (of total)
    nine times \out of ten neun von zehn Malen
    one \out of every five jede/jeder/jedes Fünfte
    third \out of five Dritte(r, s) von fünf
    no one got 20 \out of 20 niemand bekam alle 20 Punkte
    10. (without) ohne + akk
    to be \out of sth kein/keine/keinen etw [mehr] haben
    he was \out of money er stand ohne Geld da
    you're \out of time Ihre Zeit ist um [o abgelaufen]
    they had run \out of cash sie hatten kein Bargeld mehr, ihnen war das Bargeld ausgegangen
    she was finally \out of patience schließlich riss ihr der Geduldsfaden
    they were \out of gas sie hatten kein Benzin mehr, ihnen war das Benzin ausgegangen
    I'm sorry sir, we're \out of the salmon tut mir leid, der Lachs ist uns ausgegangen [o fam ist aus]
    [all] \out of breath [völlig] außer Atem
    to be \out of a job seine Stelle verloren haben
    to be \out of luck kein Glück [mehr] haben
    to be \out of work ohne Arbeit [o arbeitslos] sein
    he's been \out of touch with his family er hat keinen Kontakt mehr zu seiner Familie
    \out of bounds außerhalb des Spielfeldes
    \out of control außer Kontrolle
    the situation is \out of our control die Lage entzieht sich unserer Kontrolle
    \out of danger außer [Lebens]gefahr
    \out of focus unscharf
    \out of order außer Betrieb
    \out of [firing] range außer Schussweite
    \out of reach außer Reichweite
    \out of season außerhalb der Saison
    baseball is \out of season es ist nicht Baseballsaison
    deer are \out of season Hirsche haben Schonzeit
    \out of sight/earshot außer Sicht[weite]/Hörweite
    \out of the way aus dem Weg
    get \out of the way! aus dem Weg!, mach Platz!
    to be [a bit] \out of sb's way ein [kleiner] Umweg für jdn sein
    to go \out of one's way to do sth einen Umweg machen, um etw zu tun
    she went \out of her way to get the work handed in on time sie gab sich ganz besondere Mühe, um die Arbeit rechtzeitig abzugeben
    12. (sheltered from)
    to get \out of the rain/the summer heat dem Regen/der sommerlichen Hitze entrinnen
    13. (not aware)
    \out of fashion [or style] aus der Mode
    you're really \out of touch with the music scene du hast keine Ahnung, was auf der Musikszene angesagt ist
    she's really \out of touch with reality sie hat jeglichen Bezug zur Realität verloren
    14.
    to come \out of the closet sich akk outen sl
    to get \out of hand außer Kontrolle geraten
    \out of it ( fam: not included) ausgeschlossen; (unaware)
    you can't be completely \out of it! du musst doch irgendwas davon mitgekriegt haben!; AM (drowsy) nicht ganz da; (drunk) besoffen sl; (drugged) benebelt, high euph sl
    \out of line unangebracht
    to be \out of one's mind [or head] den Verstand verloren haben [müssen]
    he was \out of his mind with jealousy er war völlig verrückt [o drehte völlig durch] vor Eifersucht
    [to jump] \out of the pan and into the fire ( prov) vom Regen in die Traufe [kommen]
    \out of place fehl am Platz
    \out of sight [or this world] ( fam) ausgezeichnet, spitze fam
    * * *
    prep
    1) (= outside, away from) (position) nicht in (+dat), außerhalb (+gen); (motion) aus (+dat); (fig) außer (+dat)

    to go/be out of the country — außer Landes gehen/sein

    he went out of the door —

    to look out of the window — aus dem Fenster sehen, zum Fenster hinaussehen

    out of danger/sight — außer Gefahr/Sicht

    he feels out of it (inf)er kommt sich (dat) ausgeschlossen vor, er fühlt sich ausgeschlossen

    three days out of port — drei Tage nach dem Auslaufen aus dem Hafen/vor dem Einlaufen in den Hafen

    you're well out of it (inf)so ist es besser für dich

    2) (cause, motive) aus (+dat)
    3) (indicating origins or source) aus (+dat)

    made out of silver —

    a filly out of the same mareein Fohlen nt von derselben Stute

    4) (= from among) von (+dat)
    5)

    (= without) out of breath — außer Atem

    we are out of money/bread — wir haben kein Geld/Brot mehr, das Geld/Brot ist alle (inf)

    * * *
    preposition

    fall out of something — aus etwas [heraus]fallen

    be out of town/the room — nicht in der Stadt/im Zimmer sein

    feel out of it or things — sich ausgeschlossen od. nicht dazu gehörig fühlen

    I'm glad to be out of it — ich bin froh, dass ich die Sache hinter mir habe

    pick one out of the pile — einen/eine/eins aus dem Stapel herausgreifen

    4) (beyond range of) außer [Reich-/Hörweite, Sicht, Kontrolle]
    5) (from) aus

    do well out of somebody/something — von jemandem/etwas profitieren

    6) (owing to) aus [Mitleid, Furcht, Neugier usw.]

    out of work — ohne Arbeit; arbeitslos

    9) (away from) von... entfernt
    10) (beyond) see depth 3); ordinary 2)

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  • 19 get

    [get] 1. гл.; прош. вр. got; прич. прош. вр. got, gotten
    1)
    а) получить (в собственность), стать обладателем

    He got a bicycle for his birthday. — На день рождения ему подарили велосипед.

    Syn:
    б) получить, нажить ( неприятности), навлекать на себя

    She got nothing but trouble for her efforts. — За свои старания она нажила себе только одни проблемы.

    Syn:
    2)

    He got this book at the library. — Эту книгу он взял в библиотеке.

    Syn:

    Get me a pillow. — Принеси мне подушку.

    Help me to get the washing in, it's raining. — Помоги мне занести бельё в дом, а то идёт дождь.

    Syn:
    3)
    а) купить, приобрести

    I got these jeans for $100. — Я купил эти джинсы за 100 долларов.

    Syn:
    б) ( get through) тратить, использовать ( в большом количестве)

    Jim gets through a lot of beer while watching football on television every Saturday. — Джим выпивает изрядное количество пива, пока смотрит футбол по телевизору по субботам.

    4)
    а) извлекать, добывать, получать ( в результате собственных усилий)

    He got this information from the Internet. — Он нашёл эту информацию в интернете.

    You can't get water out of a stone. — Из камня нельзя получить воду.

    б) заработать, получить

    I always get high marks in history. — Я всегда получаю хорошие оценки по истории.

    He got $20 for this work. — Он получил 20 долларов за эту работу.

    в) завоевать, приобрести (в результате военных действий)
    5) получить возможность (что-л. делать), получить разрешение на (что-л.)

    I couldn't get a day off because I had to write a report. — Мне не разрешили взять отгул, так как я должен был написать отчёт.

    I finally got to work at home. — Наконец-то я смог поработать дома.

    6)
    а) приходить; прибывать, достигать

    The snow was so deep that the climbers could not get through to the hut. — Снега было так много, что альпинисты не смогли пробраться к хижине.

    Syn:
    б) ( get at) добираться, доставать до (чего-л.)

    I can't get at the top branches, can you bring the ladder? — Я не достаю до верхних веток, принеси мне, пожалуйста, лестницу.

    в) ( get at) разг. иметь в виду
    7) разместиться, занять место, сесть в ( транспорте); воспользоваться (каким-л. видом транспорта)

    She got her plane two minutes before takeoff. — Она поднялась на борт самолёта всего за две минуты до вылета.

    Syn:
    8) застать, дозвониться, суметь установить связь

    I tried to get you, but your phone was busy. — Я пытался связаться с тобой, но телефон был занят.

    I got (through to) him on the telephone at last. — Наконец я дозвонился до него.

    9) заразиться, подхватить инфекцию

    The teacher got chicken pox from the students. — Учитель заразился ветрянкой от учеников.

    Syn:
    10)
    а) подвергаться, испытывать на себе

    He got a severe concussion. — Он получил серьёзное (тяжёлое) сотрясение мозга.

    Syn:
    б) получить в качестве наказания, возмездия; схлопотать

    He got six years in prison for tax fraud. — Он получил шесть лет за налоговые махинации.

    You'll get a spanking when your father comes home. — Когда отец вернётся, получишь взбучку.

    11)
    а) понять, осознать; выяснить

    He didn't get the point of the joke. — Он не понял, в чём шутка.

    It is always difficult to get at the truth. — Выяснять правду всегда нелегко.

    I cannot get at the meaning. — Я не могу понять, что это значит.

    The children didn't quite get onto what the teacher was saying. — Дети не совсем поняли, что говорил учитель.

    Syn:
    б) дойти до сознания, стать понятным

    Did your speech get over / across to the crowd? — Твоя речь дошла до сознания толпы?

    Though the message was clear, it took long to get it over to the minds of Americans. — Хотя идея была понятна, прошло много времени, пока американцы её восприняли.

    12)
    а) выяснить, обнаружить с помощью подсчётов

    I can't get the total. — Я не могу сосчитать.

    These days, scientists use computers to help them to get out the difficult calculations concerned with space travel. — Теперь учёные используют компьютеры для проведения сложных расчётов, связанных с полётами в космос.

    Sorry, I didn't get your name. — Простите, я не разобрал, как вас зовут.

    13) выучить наизусть, запомнить

    I've got this poem off by heart already. — Я уже выучил это стихотворение наизусть.

    How quickly can you get up this piece for the concert? — Как быстро ты сможешь выучить эту вещь, чтобы исполнить её на концерте?

    Syn:
    14) порождать, производить, вызывать
    Syn:
    15) приготовить, обеспечить готовность

    I have to go and work, I must get out my next speech. — Мне нужно пойти поработать, надо подготовить моё следующее выступление.

    The children are getting up a play for next week. — Дети готовят постановку к следующей неделе.

    Syn:
    16)
    а) передвигаться, перемещаться

    Mother is much better now, thank you, she's able to get about a bit more. — Маме лучше, спасибо; она может уже немного ходить.

    Using the new bridge to get across will save people a lot of time. — Люди будут пользоваться новым мостом, чтобы перебраться на другую сторону, это сохранит им массу времени.

    This new car gets away faster than any of our former models. — Новая модель стартует быстрее всех остальных.

    There's enough room for the car to get by. — Автомобиль вполне может здесь проехать.

    I'm sorry I'm late but the telephone rang just as I was about to leave, and I couldn't get away. — Прошу прощения за опоздание, но я не мог уйти, так как прямо перед моим выходом зазвонил телефон.

    On a clear day, you can see the ships far out to sea, until they get beyond the horizon. — В ясный день корабли видны далеко в море, до тех пор, пока они не скроются за горизонтом.

    The cat climbed the tree, and then couldn't get down. — Кошка забралась на дерево и не могла слезть.

    Don't be afraid of the horse, get on! — Не бойся лошади, садись.

    How can we get over? The traffic's so busy. — Как нам перейти (на другую сторону)? Тут такое сильное движение.

    Put the fence deep into the earth so that the rabbits can't get under. — Врой забор поглубже в землю, чтобы кролики не смогли под ним пролезть.

    The hill was so steep that the old car had difficulty getting up. — Холм был такой крутой, что старая машина еле-еле взобралась на него.

    The history lessons get up to the year 1642 and then stop. — На уроках истории доходят до 1642 года и на этом останавливаются.

    б) двигать, способствовать продвижению, вести (кого-л. / что-л.) прям. и перен.

    to get smth. away — вытаскивать что-л. (наружу)

    to get smb. beyond smth. — помогать кому-л. в развитии, продвижении дальше, чем что-л.

    Please get the children in, their dinner's ready. — Зови детей, обед готов.

    It took him just ten minutes to get the car through the traffic. — Всего за десять минут он смог вырулить из сплошного потока машин.

    The captain got his ship into the harbour safely in spite of rough sea. — Капитан благополучно привёл корабль в гавань, несмотря на бурное море.

    Some additional lessons might get you up to the standard demanded by the examiners. — Несколько дополнительных занятий могут помочь тебе подняться до уровня, который требуют экзаменаторы.

    Syn:
    17)
    а) вмещаться, помещаться

    Since I gained weight, I can't get into my best suit. — Так как я располнел, я не могу влезть в свой лучший костюм.

    Get into bed, and I'll bring you a cup of tea. — Ложись, я принесу тебе чай в постель.

    That grass is newly seeded, please get off! — Газон только что засеяли, пожалуйста, уйдите с него.

    б) класть, помещать, ставить

    This case is too small, I cannot get all my clothes in. — Этот чемодан слишком маленький, я не могу засунуть туда всю мою одежду.

    We shall have to get the tree up by its roots. — Придётся вытащить дерево с корнями.

    I can't get my head into this hat. — Эта шляпа мне мала.

    18)
    а) хватать, брать силой

    The detective got the suspect as he left the restaurant. — Сыщик задержал подозреваемого, когда тот вышел из ресторана.

    The goblins will get you if you don't watch out. — Будь осторожен, иначе тебя поймают гоблины.

    Syn:
    б) захватывать (эмоционально), производить большое впечатление, изумлять

    This music really gets me. — Мне так нравится эта музыка!

    His sad story really got to me, and I was moved to help him. — Его печальная история тронула меня, и мне захотелось помочь ему.

    в) озадачить, поставить проблему

    It gets me why she suddenly decided to sell the house. — Странно, почему она вдруг решила продать дом.

    Syn:
    19) разг.
    а) надоедать, доставать, доканывать

    What got me was his utter lack of initiative. — Его полная безынициативность достала меня.

    His mother at last got across me, making rude remarks in my own home. — Его мать доконала-таки меня своими замечаниями в моем же доме.

    This continuous wet weather is getting me down. — Эта постоянная плохая погода начинает мне надоедать.

    Syn:
    б) ( get after) ругать (кого-л.), придираться к (кому-л.)

    She's always getting after the children for one thing or another. — Вечно она придирается к детям - то за одно, то за другое.

    20)

    She got him on the stomach. — Она ударила его в живот.

    The bullet got him in the leg. — Пуля попала ему в ногу.

    Syn:
    б) разг. побеждать, одолевать, уничтожать прям. и перен.

    The hail got the rose bushes. — Град побил кусты роз.

    The firemen got the fire under in only half an hour. — Пожарные потушили огонь всего за полчаса.

    Syn:
    21) спорт. лишать возможности увеличить счёт ( в бейсболе)
    Syn:
    22) разг. сбежать, исчезнуть; свалить, смыться

    She yelled at the dog to get. — Чтобы прогнать собаку, она стала на неё кричать.

    23) заниматься бизнесом, делать деньги, работать на прибыль

    He puts all his energy into getting and spending. — Он тратит всю свою энергию на то, чтобы зарабатывать деньги и их тратить.

    24) приступать (к чему-л.), приниматься (за что-л.)

    I'd like to get at repainting the house as soon as the weather is suitable. — Я хотел бы снова взяться за перекраску дома, когда погода станет приемлемой.

    We finally got round to answering our correspondence. — Мы наконец выкроили время, чтобы ответить на письма.

    I think I'll be able to get round to this job only next month. — Думаю, до этой работы у меня дойдут руки только в следующем месяце.

    We must get to work at once (on the new building plans). — Надо немедленно приниматься за дело.

    25) (get through / beyond / by / over) проходить через (что-л.), преодолевать, выдерживать прям. и перен.

    I don't know how poor people get through these cold winters. — Не знаю, как бедные переживают такие морозы.

    Your suggestion has got by the first stage and will now be examined by the committee. — Ваше предложение было одобрено на первом этапе и теперь будет рассмотрено комитетом.

    It always takes some time to get over the shock of someone's death. — Когда кто-нибудь умирает, всегда нужно некоторое время, чтобы шок прошёл.

    I can't get over your news, I would never have thought it possible! — Никак не могу свыкнуться с тем, что ты мне сказал, я думал, что такое невозможно.

    The committee will have to find means to get over the difficulty. — Комитет должен будет изыскать средства преодолеть эти трудности.

    а) убедить (кого-л.), заставить (кого-л.) сделать по-своему

    I think I can get round my father to lend us the car. — Я думаю, мне удастся уговорить отца дать нам автомобиль.

    We'll soon get him round (to our point of view). — Мы скоро его переубедим.

    б) обходить (что-л.), уклоняться от (чего-л.)

    If you are clever, you can sometimes get round the tax laws. — Если ты достаточно хитёр, то иногда можно изловчиться и уклониться от налогов.

    Syn:
    27) ( get at) разг. подкупать (кого-л.)

    The prisoners escaped after getting at the guards to leave the gate open. — Заключённым удалось сбежать - они подкупили охрану и ворота остались незапертыми.

    28) (get beyond / past)

    This book got a bit beyond me. — Эта книга оказалась для меня трудноватой.

    It gets past me how he does it! — Мне совершенно непонятно, как он это делает.

    The children tried to build a hut in the garden, but the work got past them and they had to ask their father to help. — Дети хотели построить в саду шалаш, но работа оказалась для них слишком тяжёлой, и они попросили отца помочь им.

    б) иметь трудности с (чем-л.), находить для себя слишком трудным (что-л.)

    Jim's father got beyond running the business on his own. — Отцу Джима оказалось слишком трудным вести дело самому.

    29) ( get onto)
    а) переходить к (чему-л.), начинать (что-л. другое)

    Let's get onto the next scene now. — Теперь перейдем к следующей сцене.

    How did we get onto this subject? It has no connection with what we were talking about. — Как мы перешли к этой теме? У неё же ничего общего с тем, о чём мы говорили?

    б) быть выбранным в (какую-л. организацию)

    My neighbour got onto the city council. — Моего соседа избрали в городской совет.

    в) разг. приставать к (кому-л.), доставать (кого-л.)

    She's been getting onto me for a year to buy her a new coat. — Она уже год выпрашивает у меня купить ей новое пальто.

    г) придумать (что-л.)

    I've got onto a good idea for improving production. — Мне тут пришла в голову неплохая идея на тему улучшения производства.

    30) ( get into)

    You'll get into bad habits if you keep borrowing money. — Если ты и дальше будешь брать деньги в долг, это превратится в дурную привычку.

    в) попадать в какое-л. положение, состояние

    Try not to get into a temper. — Старайся не раздражаться.

    Whatever has got into the children? They're so excitable! — Что это стало с детьми? Они стали так легко возбудимы.

    The devil has got into this class today. — Сегодня в учеников словно вселился дьявол.

    г) попадать, вовлекаться, оказываться впутанным во (что-л.)

    He got into debts. — Его втянули в долги.

    д) начинать (делать что-л.), приступать к (чему-л.)

    I must get into training soon; the cricket season starts next month. — Мне пора начать тренировки; крикетный сезон начинается в следующем месяце.

    е) заинтересоваться (чем-л.), начать заниматься (чем-л.)

    Michael got into radio when he was only fourteen. — Майкл заинтересовался радио, когда ему было всего четырнадцать.

    31) (get smth. / smb. + прич. прош. вр.) получить результат какого-л. действия (над собой, своим имуществом; как следствие собственных усилий или деятельности других лиц)

    He got his arm broken in the fight. — В этой драке ему сломали руку.

    The new director will soon get the firm started. — Новый директор скоро заставит фирму заработать.

    32) (get smth. / smb. + прил.) вызвать (определённое состояние кого-л. / чего-л.)

    He got the children tired and cross. — Он утомил и разозлил детей.

    33)
    а) (get + прич. наст. вр.) начинать делать (что-л.)

    to get going / moving — начать действовать, взяться за дело

    I have to get working on this or I'll miss my deadline. — Я должен начать работать над этим, иначе я не уложусь в сроки.

    б) (get smth. + прич. наст. вр.) обеспечить начало действия чего-л.

    It was he who got the factory working. — Именно благодаря ему завод начал работать.

    34) (have got / got)

    We've got plenty of cash. — У нас много наличности.

    They got a nice house in town. — У них славный домик в городе.

    б) иметь в качестве поручения, обязанности, обязательства

    I have got to leave early. — Мне надо уйти пораньше.

    You've got to do the dishes. — Ты должен помыть посуду.

    35) (get + прич. прош. вр.) подвергнуться указанному действию со стороны (кого-л.)

    She got stung by a bee. — Её ужалила пчела.

    36) (get smb. to do smth.) заставить, просить, убеждать кого-л. что-л. сделать

    The Opera Guild got the governor to serve as honorary chairman. — Гильдия оперных певцов убедила губернатора стать её почётным председателем.

    Syn:
    37) (get + прил. / прич. прош. вр.) становиться, делаться

    Moscow gets awfully cold in winter. — В Москве зимой становится очень холодно.

    - get better
    - get soaked through
    - get wet through
    Syn:
    - get abreast of smth.
    - get abroad
    - get ahead
    - get along
    - get around
    - get away
    - get back
    - get behind
    - get by
    - get down
    - get in
    - get off
    - get on
    - get out
    - get past
    - get round
    - get through
    - get together
    - get up
    ••

    as good as it gets — лучше не бывает; самое лучшее, что можно найти

    to get up an appetite for smth.— почувствовать вкус к чему-л.

    to get smth. into one's head — вбить что-л. себе в голову

    to get on one's feet / legs — вставать, подниматься ( чтобы говорить публично)

    to get smb.'s back up / blood up — разозлить кого-л., вывести из себя

    to get one's dander up, get one's monkey up — разозлиться, выйти из себя

    to have got smb. / smth. on one's nerves — раздражаться из-за кого-л. / чего-л.

    to get the mitten / the sack / walking orders / walking papers — быть уволенным

    to get it in the neck — получить по шее, получить нагоняй

    to get the bit between one's teeth — закусить удила, не знать удержу

    to get one's hand in smth. — набить руку в чём-л., освоиться с чем-л.

    to get one's breath — перевести дыхание; прийти в себя

    to get under way — сдвинуться с места; отправиться

    to get a head — захмелеть, иметь тяжелую голову с похмелья

    to get in wrong with smb. — попасть в немилость к кому-л.

    to get one's own way — добиться своего, настоять на своём, поступать по-своему

    to get rid of smth. / smb — избавиться от чего-л. / кого-л.

    to get back to the grindstoneразг. возвращаться к работе (без особого желания)

    to get hold of smth. — суметь схватить что-л.; суметь достать, приобрести

    to get hold of smb. — разг. застать, перехватить кого-л.

    to get to close quartersвоен. сблизиться, подойти на близкую дистанцию; сцепиться ( в споре); столкнуться лицом к лицу

    Get along with you! — Иди ты! Проваливай! Убирайся!; Так я тебе и поверил! Не болтай ерунды!

    to get smth. under control — установить контроль над чем-л.

    - get left
    - get lost
    - get even
    - get home
    - get oneself together
    - get a bit on
    - get leg in
    - get smth. all wrong
    - get smth. wrong
    - get the upper hand
    2. сущ.
    приплод, потомство ( у животных)

    Англо-русский современный словарь > get

  • 20 Knowledge

       It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word, all sensible objects, have an existence, natural or real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. But, with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world, yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it into question may, if I mistake not, perceive it to involve a manifest contradiction. For, what are the forementioned objects but things we perceive by sense? and what do we perceive besides our own ideas or sensations? and is it not plainly repugnant that any one of these, or any combination of them, should exist unperceived? (Berkeley, 1996, Pt. I, No. 4, p. 25)
       It seems to me that the only objects of the abstract sciences or of demonstration are quantity and number, and that all attempts to extend this more perfect species of knowledge beyond these bounds are mere sophistry and illusion. As the component parts of quantity and number are entirely similar, their relations become intricate and involved; and nothing can be more curious, as well as useful, than to trace, by a variety of mediums, their equality or inequality, through their different appearances.
       But as all other ideas are clearly distinct and different from each other, we can never advance farther, by our utmost scrutiny, than to observe this diversity, and, by an obvious reflection, pronounce one thing not to be another. Or if there be any difficulty in these decisions, it proceeds entirely from the undeterminate meaning of words, which is corrected by juster definitions. That the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the squares of the other two sides cannot be known, let the terms be ever so exactly defined, without a train of reasoning and enquiry. But to convince us of this proposition, that where there is no property, there can be no injustice, it is only necessary to define the terms, and explain injustice to be a violation of property. This proposition is, indeed, nothing but a more imperfect definition. It is the same case with all those pretended syllogistical reasonings, which may be found in every other branch of learning, except the sciences of quantity and number; and these may safely, I think, be pronounced the only proper objects of knowledge and demonstration. (Hume, 1975, Sec. 12, Pt. 3, pp. 163-165)
       Our knowledge springs from two fundamental sources of the mind; the first is the capacity of receiving representations (the ability to receive impressions), the second is the power to know an object through these representations (spontaneity in the production of concepts).
       Through the first, an object is given to us; through the second, the object is thought in relation to that representation.... Intuition and concepts constitute, therefore, the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge. Both may be either pure or empirical.... Pure intuitions or pure concepts are possible only a priori; empirical intuitions and empirical concepts only a posteriori. If the receptivity of our mind, its power of receiving representations in so far as it is in any way affected, is to be called "sensibility," then the mind's power of producing representations from itself, the spontaneity of knowledge, should be called "understanding." Our nature is so constituted that our intuitions can never be other than sensible; that is, it contains only the mode in which we are affected by objects. The faculty, on the other hand, which enables us to think the object of sensible intuition is the understanding.... Without sensibility, no object would be given to us; without understanding, no object would be thought. Thoughts without content are empty; intuitions without concepts are blind. It is therefore just as necessary to make our concepts sensible, that is, to add the object to them in intuition, as to make our intuitions intelligible, that is to bring them under concepts. These two powers or capacities cannot exchange their functions. The understanding can intuit nothing, the senses can think nothing. Only through their union can knowledge arise. (Kant, 1933, Sec. 1, Pt. 2, B74-75 [p. 92])
       Metaphysics, as a natural disposition of Reason is real, but it is also, in itself, dialectical and deceptive.... Hence to attempt to draw our principles from it, and in their employment to follow this natural but none the less fallacious illusion can never produce science, but only an empty dialectical art, in which one school may indeed outdo the other, but none can ever attain a justifiable and lasting success. In order that, as a science, it may lay claim not merely to deceptive persuasion, but to insight and conviction, a Critique of Reason must exhibit in a complete system the whole stock of conceptions a priori, arranged according to their different sources-the Sensibility, the understanding, and the Reason; it must present a complete table of these conceptions, together with their analysis and all that can be deduced from them, but more especially the possibility of synthetic knowledge a priori by means of their deduction, the principles of its use, and finally, its boundaries....
       This much is certain: he who has once tried criticism will be sickened for ever of all the dogmatic trash he was compelled to content himself with before, because his Reason, requiring something, could find nothing better for its occupation. Criticism stands to the ordinary school metaphysics exactly in the same relation as chemistry to alchemy, or as astron omy to fortune-telling astrology. I guarantee that no one who has comprehended and thought out the conclusions of criticism, even in these Prolegomena, will ever return to the old sophistical pseudo-science. He will rather look forward with a kind of pleasure to a metaphysics, certainly now within his power, which requires no more preparatory discoveries, and which alone can procure for reason permanent satisfaction. (Kant, 1891, pp. 115-116)
       Knowledge is only real and can only be set forth fully in the form of science, in the form of system. Further, a so-called fundamental proposition or first principle of philosophy, even if it is true, it is yet none the less false, just because and in so far as it is merely a fundamental proposition, merely a first principle. It is for that reason easily refuted. The refutation consists in bringing out its defective character; and it is defective because it is merely the universal, merely a principle, the beginning. If the refutation is complete and thorough, it is derived and developed from the nature of the principle itself, and not accomplished by bringing in from elsewhere other counter-assurances and chance fancies. It would be strictly the development of the principle, and thus the completion of its deficiency, were it not that it misunderstands its own purport by taking account solely of the negative aspect of what it seeks to do, and is not conscious of the positive character of its process and result. The really positive working out of the beginning is at the same time just as much the very reverse: it is a negative attitude towards the principle we start from. Negative, that is to say, in its one-sided form, which consists in being primarily immediate, a mere purpose. It may therefore be regarded as a refutation of what constitutes the basis of the system; but more correctly it should be looked at as a demonstration that the basis or principle of the system is in point of fact merely its beginning. (Hegel, 1910, pp. 21-22)
       Knowledge, action, and evaluation are essentially connected. The primary and pervasive significance of knowledge lies in its guidance of action: knowing is for the sake of doing. And action, obviously, is rooted in evaluation. For a being which did not assign comparative values, deliberate action would be pointless; and for one which did not know, it would be impossible. Conversely, only an active being could have knowledge, and only such a being could assign values to anything beyond his own feelings. A creature which did not enter into the process of reality to alter in some part the future content of it, could apprehend a world only in the sense of intuitive or esthetic contemplation; and such contemplation would not possess the significance of knowledge but only that of enjoying and suffering. (Lewis, 1946, p. 1)
       "Evolutionary epistemology" is a branch of scholarship that applies the evolutionary perspective to an understanding of how knowledge develops. Knowledge always involves getting information. The most primitive way of acquiring it is through the sense of touch: amoebas and other simple organisms know what happens around them only if they can feel it with their "skins." The knowledge such an organism can have is strictly about what is in its immediate vicinity. After a huge jump in evolution, organisms learned to find out what was going on at a distance from them, without having to actually feel the environment. This jump involved the development of sense organs for processing information that was farther away. For a long time, the most important sources of knowledge were the nose, the eyes, and the ears. The next big advance occurred when organisms developed memory. Now information no longer needed to be present at all, and the animal could recall events and outcomes that happened in the past. Each one of these steps in the evolution of knowledge added important survival advantages to the species that was equipped to use it.
       Then, with the appearance in evolution of humans, an entirely new way of acquiring information developed. Up to this point, the processing of information was entirely intrasomatic.... But when speech appeared (and even more powerfully with the invention of writing), information processing became extrasomatic. After that point knowledge did not have to be stored in the genes, or in the memory traces of the brain; it could be passed on from one person to another through words, or it could be written down and stored on a permanent substance like stone, paper, or silicon chips-in any case, outside the fragile and impermanent nervous system. (Csikszentmihalyi, 1993, pp. 56-57)

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  • Secondary use — Use Use, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus, to use. See {Use}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one s service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shifting use — Use Use, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus, to use. See {Use}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one s service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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