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    put [pʊt]
    mettre ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (c)-(f), 1 (i) dire ⇒ 1 (g) soumettre ⇒ 1 (h) placer ⇒ 1 (i), 1 (l) investir ⇒ 1 (k), 1 (l) miser ⇒ 1 (m)
    (pt & pp put, cont putting)
    ∎ put the saucepan on the shelf mets la casserole sur l'étagère;
    ∎ she put her hand on my shoulder elle a mis sa main sur mon épaule;
    ∎ put the chairs nearer the table approche les chaises de la table;
    ∎ he put his arm around my shoulders il passa son bras autour de mes épaules;
    ∎ she put her arms around him elle l'a pris dans ses bras;
    ∎ to put one's head round the door/through the window passer la tête par la porte/par la fenêtre;
    ∎ did you put any salt in? as-tu mis du sel (dedans)?;
    ∎ put some more water on to boil remettez de l'eau à chauffer;
    ∎ he put another brick on the pile il a mis une autre brique sur la pile;
    ∎ to put a coin/a letter/a gun into sb's hand glisser ou mettre une pièce/une lettre/un revolver dans la main de qn;
    ∎ she put a match to the wood elle a allumé le bois;
    ∎ to put an advert in the paper mettre une annonce dans le journal;
    ∎ they want to put me in an old folks' home ils veulent me mettre dans une maison pour les vieux;
    ∎ to put a child to bed mettre un enfant au lit, coucher un enfant;
    ∎ to put a man on the moon envoyer un homme sur la lune;
    ∎ he put the telescope to his eye il a porté la longue-vue à son œil;
    ∎ to put honour before riches préférer l'honneur à l'argent;
    ∎ to put a play on the stage monter une pièce;
    ∎ to put a guard on the door faire surveiller la porte;
    ∎ figurative I didn't know where to put myself! je ne savais plus où me mettre!;
    ∎ put yourself in my position or place mettez-vous à ma place;
    ∎ to put oneself into sb's hands s'en remettre à qn;
    ∎ put it out of your mind or head sors-le-toi de la tête;
    ∎ I had long put this thought out of my mind ça faisait longtemps que je m'étais sorti cette idée de la tête;
    ∎ we put a lot of emphasis on creativity nous mettons beaucoup l'accent sur la créativité;
    ∎ don't put too much trust in what he says ne te fie pas trop à ce qu'il dit;
    ∎ familiar put it there! (shake hands) tope-là!, serrons-nous la pince!
    ∎ he put his fist through the window il a passé son poing à travers le carreau;
    ∎ he put a bullet through his head il s'est mis une balle dans la tête;
    ∎ she put her pen through the whole paragraph elle a rayé tout le paragraphe d'un coup de stylo
    (c) (impose → limit, responsibility, tax) mettre;
    ∎ to put a ban on sth interdire qch;
    ∎ it puts an extra burden on our department c'est un fardeau de plus pour notre service;
    ∎ the new tax will put 5p on a packet of cigarettes la nouvelle taxe augmentera de 5 pence le prix d'un paquet de cigarettes
    ∎ you're putting me in an awkward position vous me mettez dans une situation délicate;
    ∎ I hope I've not put you to too much trouble j'espère que je ne vous ai pas trop dérangé;
    ∎ music always puts him in a good mood la musique le met toujours de bonne humeur;
    ∎ the new rules will be put into effect next month le nouveau règlement entrera en vigueur le mois prochain;
    ∎ to put sb out of a job mettre qn au chômage;
    ∎ to put a prisoner on bread and water mettre un prisonnier au pain sec et à l'eau;
    ∎ the money will be put to good use l'argent sera bien employé;
    ∎ to put sb to sleep endormir qn;
    ∎ euphemism the dog had to be put to sleep il a fallu piquer le chien
    (e) (write down) mettre, écrire;
    ∎ I forgot to put my address j'ai oublié de mettre mon adresse;
    ∎ what date shall I put? quelle date est-ce que je mets?
    ∎ to put an end or a stop to sth mettre fin ou un terme à qch
    (g) (say, express) dire, exprimer;
    ∎ I wouldn't put it quite like that je ne dirais pas cela;
    ∎ I don't know how to put it je ne sais comment dire;
    ∎ to put one's thoughts into words exprimer sa pensée, s'exprimer;
    ∎ let me put it this way laissez-moi l'exprimer ainsi;
    ∎ it was, how shall I put it, rather long c'était, comment dirais-je, un peu long;
    ∎ to put it another way,… en d'autres termes,…;
    ∎ he put it better than that il l'a dit ou formulé mieux que ça;
    ∎ you could have put that better tu aurais pu tourner cela un peu mieux;
    ∎ she put it politely but firmly elle l'a dit poliment mais clairement;
    ∎ as Churchill once put it comme l'a dit Churchill un jour;
    ∎ to put it briefly or simply, they refused bref ou en un mot, ils ont refusé;
    ∎ to put it bluntly pour parler franc;
    ∎ putting it in terms you'll understand… plus simplement, pour que vous compreniez…
    (h) (present, submit → suggestion, question) soumettre; (→ motion) proposer, présenter;
    ∎ to put a proposal to the board présenter une proposition au conseil d'administration;
    ∎ he put his case very well il a très bien présenté son cas;
    ∎ I have a question to put to the Prime Minister j'ai une question à soumettre au Premier ministre;
    ∎ Law I put it to you that… n'est-il pas vrai que…?;
    ∎ I put it to the delegates that now is the time to act je tiens à dire aux délégués que c'est maintenant qu'il faut agir
    (i) (class, rank) placer, mettre;
    ∎ I wouldn't put them in the same class as the Beatles je ne les mettrais ou placerais pas dans la même catégorie que les Beatles;
    ∎ I put my family above my job je fais passer ma famille avant mon travail
    ∎ to put sb to work mettre qn au travail;
    ∎ they put her on the Jones case ils l'ont mise sur l'affaire Jones
    (k) (devote → effort) investir, consacrer;
    ∎ to put a lot of time/energy into sth consacrer beaucoup de temps/d'énergie à qch, investir beaucoup de temps/d'énergie dans qch;
    ∎ she puts more into their relationship than he does elle s'investit plus que lui dans leur relation;
    ∎ to put a lot of work into sth/doing sth beaucoup travailler à qch/pour faire qch;
    ∎ Sport he put everything he had into his first service il a tout mis dans son premier service
    (l) (invest → money) placer, investir;
    ∎ she had put all her savings into property elle avait investi ou placé toutes ses économies dans l'immobilier
    (m) (bet) miser, parier;
    ∎ to put money on a horse miser ou parier sur un cheval;
    ∎ he put all his winnings on the red il misa tous ses gains sur le rouge
    ∎ to put the shot lancer le poids
    ∎ to put a ship into port rentrer un bateau au port
    ∎ Nautical to put to sea lever l'ancre, appareiller;
    ∎ they had to put back into harbour ils ont dû rentrer au port;
    ∎ we put into port at Bombay nous avons relâché ou fait relâche à Bombay
    3 noun
    (a) Sport lancer m (du poids);
    ∎ his third put son troisième lancer
    (b) Stock Exchange option f de vente, put m;
    ∎ put and call stellage m, double option f
    ►► Stock Exchange put band période f de validité d'une option de vente;
    Stock Exchange put bond emprunt m à fenêtre;
    Stock Exchange put option option f de vente;
    Stock Exchange put warrant warrant m à la vente
    (a) (spread → gossip, story) faire courir; (→ rumour) faire circuler;
    ∎ to put it about that… faire circuler le bruit que…;
    ∎ it is being put about that he intends resigning le bruit court qu'il a l'intention de démissionner
    ∎ to put a boat about virer de bord
    ∎ to put it or oneself about (be promiscuous) coucher à droite à gauche
    Nautical virer de bord
    (a) (communicate → gen) faire comprendre; (→ feeling) communiquer;
    ∎ to put sth across to sb faire comprendre qch à qn;
    ∎ I don't know how to put the argument across to them je ne sais pas comment leur faire comprendre cet argument;
    ∎ she knows how to put her ideas across elle sait bien faire passer ses idées;
    ∎ she's good at putting herself across elle sait se mettre en valeur
    ∎ to put one across on sb avoir qn, rouler qn;
    ∎ don't try putting anything across on me! ne me prends pas pour un imbécile!
    (a) (book, piece of work) mettre de côté, poser
    (b) (disregard, ignore) écarter, laisser de côté;
    ∎ let's put aside our differences of opinion for the moment laissons nos différends de côté pour le moment;
    ∎ put aside all gloomy thoughts oublie toutes ces pensées maussades
    (c) (save, keep) mettre de côté;
    ∎ we have a little money put aside nous avons un peu d'argent de côté
    (estimate) estimer;
    ∎ they put the cost of repairs to the bridge at around $10,000 ils estiment le montant des réparations du pont à environ 10 000 dollars;
    ∎ I wouldn't have put her (age) at more than twenty-five je ne lui aurais pas donné plus de vingt-cinq ans;
    ∎ what would you put it at? quelle est votre estimation?
    (a) (tidy) ranger; (return to its place) remettre à sa place; (car) garer;
    ∎ put your toys away! range tes jouets!;
    ∎ put your money/wallet away (I'm paying) range ton argent/ton portefeuille
    (b) (save) mettre de côté;
    ∎ I have a few pounds put away j'ai un peu d'argent de côté, j'ai quelques économies;
    ∎ to put something away for one's old age mettre quelque chose de côté pour sa retraite
    (c) familiar (lock up → in prison) coffrer; (→ in mental home) enfermer□
    (d) familiar (eat) enfourner, s'envoyer; (drink) descendre, écluser;
    ∎ he can really put it away! (food) il a un sacré appétit!; (drink) qu'est-ce qu'il descend!
    (a) (replace, return) remettre;
    ∎ put that record back where you found it! remets ce disque où tu l'as trouvé!
    (b) (postpone) remettre;
    ∎ the meeting has been put back to Thursday la réunion a été repoussée ou remise à jeudi
    (c) (slow down, delay) retarder;
    ∎ the strike has put our schedule back at least a month la grève nous a fait perdre au moins un mois sur notre planning
    (d) (turn back → clock) retarder;
    ∎ we put the clocks back next weekend le week-end prochain, on passe à l'heure d'hiver;
    ∎ figurative this decision has put the clock back cette décision nous a ramenés en arrière
    (e) familiar (drink) descendre, écluser
    ∎ Nautical to put back (to port) rentrer au port
    (save → money) mettre de côté; (→ supplies) mettre en réserve;
    ∎ have you got anything put by? avez-vous un peu d'argent de côté?
    (a) (on table, floor etc) poser;
    ∎ put that knife down at once! pose ce couteau tout de suite!;
    ∎ put me down! lâche-moi!;
    ∎ put that down! laisse (ça)!;
    ∎ to put the phone down raccrocher;
    ∎ he put the phone down on me il m'a raccroché au nez;
    ∎ it's one of those books you just can't put down c'est un de ces livres que tu ne peux pas poser avant de l'avoir fini;
    ∎ I couldn't put it down (book) je l'ai lu d'un trait
    (b) (drop off → passenger) déposer, laisser
    (c) (write down) écrire, inscrire; (enrol, enter on list) inscrire;
    ∎ put down your name and address écrivez votre nom et votre adresse;
    ∎ she put us down as Mr and Mrs Smith elle nous a inscrits sous le nom de M. et Mme Smith;
    ∎ it's never been put down in writing ça n'a jamais été mis par écrit;
    ∎ I can put it down as expenses je peux le faire passer dans mes notes de frais
    (d) (on agenda) inscrire à l'ordre du jour;
    ∎ to put down a motion of no confidence déposer une motion de censure
    (e) (quell) réprimer, étouffer;
    ∎ the revolt was put down by armed police la révolte a été réprimée par les forces de police
    (f) (belittle) rabaisser, critiquer;
    ∎ he's always putting students down il passe son temps à critiquer les étudiants;
    ∎ you shouldn't put yourself down tu ne devrais pas te sous-estimer
    ∎ to have a cat/dog put down faire piquer un chat/chien
    ∎ I've already put £50 down on the sofa j'ai déjà versé 50 livres pour le canapé
    (i) (store → wine) mettre en cave
    (j) (put to bed → baby) coucher
    (k) (land → plane) poser
    (l) (close → umbrella) fermer
    (land → plane, pilot) atterrir, se poser
    classer parmi;
    ∎ I think they'd put me down as a mere amateur je crois qu'ils me classeraient parmi les simples amateurs
    inscrire pour;
    ∎ put me down for £20 inscrivez-moi pour 20 livres;
    ∎ I'll put you down for Thursday at three o'clock je vous mets jeudi à trois heures;
    ∎ they've already put their son down for public school ils ont déjà inscrit leur fils dans une école privée
    mettre sur le compte de;
    ∎ you can't put all the country's problems down to inflation vous ne pouvez pas mettre tous les problèmes du pays sur le compte de l'inflation;
    ∎ I put it down to her stubbornness je mets ça sur le compte de son entêtement;
    ∎ we'll have to put it down to experience au moins on a appris quelque chose
    (a) literary (sprout → shoots, leaves) produire
    (b) formal (state → argument, reason) avancer
    (a) (suggest → proposal, idea, hypothesis) avancer; (→ candidate) proposer;
    ∎ she put her name forward for the post of treasurer elle a posé sa candidature au poste de trésorière;
    ∎ to put one's best foot forward (walk faster) presser le pas; figurative se mettre en devoir de faire de son mieux
    (b) (turn forward → clock, hands of clock) avancer;
    ∎ we put the clocks forward next weekend le week-end prochain, on passe à l'heure d'été
    (c) (bring forward) avancer;
    ∎ the meeting has been put forward to early next week la réunion a été avancée au début de la semaine prochaine
    ➲ put in
    (a) (place inside bag, container, cupboard etc) mettre dans;
    ∎ he put the eggs in the fridge il a mis les œufs dans le réfrigérateur;
    ∎ to put one's contact lenses in mettre ses lentilles de contact;
    ∎ to put one's head in at the window passer la tête par la fenêtre;
    ∎ Sport (in rugby) to put the ball in remettre la balle en jeu
    (b) (insert, include) insérer, inclure;
    ∎ have you put in the episode about the rabbit? as-tu inclus l'épisode du lapin?
    (c) (interject) placer;
    ∎ her name was Alicia, the woman put in elle s'appelait Alicia, ajouta la femme
    (d) (install) installer;
    ∎ we're having central heating put in nous faisons installer le chauffage central;
    ∎ the voters put the Tories in les électeurs ont mis les conservateurs au pouvoir;
    ∎ they've put in a new manager at the factory ils ont nommé un nouveau directeur à l'usine
    (e) (devote → time) passer;
    ∎ I've put in a lot of work on that car j'ai beaucoup travaillé sur cette voiture;
    ∎ I put in a few hours' revision before supper j'ai passé quelques heures à réviser avant le dîner;
    ∎ to put in an hour's work faire une heure de travail;
    ∎ to put in a full day at the office passer toute la journée au bureau;
    ∎ you only get out what you put in on ne récolte que ce qu'on sème
    (f) (submit → request, demand) déposer, soumettre;
    ∎ they put in a claim for a 10 percent pay rise ils ont déposé une demande d'augmentation de salaire de 10 pour cent;
    ∎ to put in an application for a job déposer sa candidature pour ou se présenter pour un emploi
    Nautical relâcher, faire relâche;
    ∎ we put in at Wellington nous avons relâché ou fait relâche à Wellington
    présenter;
    ∎ we're putting him in for the 500 metres nous le présentons pour le 500 mètres;
    ∎ to put pupils in for an examination présenter des élèves à un examen
    ∎ to put in for sth (post) poser sa candidature pour qch; (leave, promotion) faire une demande de qch, demander qch;
    ∎ she put in for a transfer to Florida elle a demandé à être mutée en Floride
    ➲ put off
    (a) (drop off → passenger) déposer, laisser;
    ∎ just put me off at the corner vous n'avez qu'à me laisser ou me déposer au coin
    (b) (postpone → meeting, appointment) remettre à plus tard, repousser; (→ decision, payment) remettre à plus tard, différer; (→ work) remettre à plus tard; (→ guests) décommander;
    ∎ the meeting has been put off until tomorrow la réunion a été renvoyée ou remise à demain;
    ∎ I kept putting off telling him the truth je continuais à repousser le moment de lui dire la vérité;
    ∎ I can't put him off again je ne peux pas encore annuler un rendez-vous avec lui
    ∎ once he's made up his mind nothing in the world can put him off une fois qu'il a pris une décision, rien au monde ne peut le faire changer d'avis
    (d) (distract) déranger, empêcher de se concentrer;
    ∎ he deliberately tries to put his opponent off il fait tout pour empêcher son adversaire de se concentrer;
    ∎ the noise put her off her service le bruit l'a gênée ou dérangée pendant son service
    (e) (repel) dégoûter, rebuter;
    ∎ it's the smell that puts me off c'est l'odeur qui me rebute;
    ∎ don't be put off by his odd sense of humour ne te laisse pas rebuter par son humour un peu particulier;
    ∎ it put me off skiing for good ça m'a définitivement dégoûté du ski;
    ∎ it put me off my dinner ça m'a coupé l'appétit
    (f) (switch off → television, radio etc) éteindre
    Nautical déborder du quai, pousser au large;
    ∎ to put off from the shore quitter la côte, prendre le large
    (a) (clothes, make-up, ointment) mettre;
    ∎ put your hat on mets ton chapeau;
    ∎ to put on one's make-up se maquiller
    (b) (present, stage → play, opera) monter; (→ poetry reading, slide show etc) organiser;
    ∎ why can't they put something decent on for a change? (on TV, radio) ils ne pourraient pas passer quelque chose d'intéressant pour une fois?
    (c) (lay on, provide → train) mettre en service;
    ∎ they put on excellent meals on Sundays ils servent d'excellents repas le dimanche;
    ∎ they have put on twenty extra trains ils ont ajouté vingt trains
    (d) (gain → speed, weight) prendre;
    ∎ I've put on a few pounds j'ai pris quelques kilos
    (e) (turn on, cause to function → light, radio, gas) allumer; (→ record, tape) mettre; (→ handbrake) mettre, serrer;
    ∎ put the heater on mets ou allume le chauffage;
    ∎ he put on some Vivaldi/the news il a mis du Vivaldi/les informations;
    ∎ I've put the kettle on for tea j'ai mis de l'eau à chauffer pour le thé;
    (f) (start cooking) mettre (à cuire);
    ∎ I forgot to put the peas on j'ai oublié de mettre les petits pois à cuire
    (g) (bet) parier;
    ∎ I put £10 on the favourite j'ai parié 10 livres sur le favori
    (h) (assume) prendre;
    ∎ to put on airs prendre des airs;
    ∎ he put on a silly voice il a pris une voix ridicule;
    ∎ to put on an act jouer la comédie;
    ∎ familiar don't worry, he's just putting it on ne t'inquiète pas, il fait du cinéma ou du chiqué
    (i) familiar (tease) faire marcher;
    ∎ you're putting me on! là, tu me fais marcher!
    (j) (apply → pressure) exercer
    (k) (add) ajouter;
    ∎ the tax increase will put another 10p on a gallon of petrol l'augmentation de la taxe va faire monter le prix du gallon d'essence de 10 pence
    (l) (impose) imposer;
    ∎ new restrictions have been put on bringing animals into the country de nouvelles restrictions ont été imposées à l'importation d'animaux dans le pays
    ∎ it's hard to put a price on it c'est difficile d'en évaluer ou estimer le prix
    (n) (advance → clock) avancer
    ∎ could you put him on, please? pouvez-vous me le passer, s'il vous plaît?
    (help find) indiquer à;
    ∎ I'll put you onto a good solicitor je vous donnerai le nom d'un ou je vous indiquerai un bon avocat;
    ∎ she's put me onto quite a few bargains elle m'a indiqué plusieurs bonnes affaires;
    ∎ to put the police/taxman onto sb dénoncer qn à la police/au fisc;
    ∎ what put you onto the butler, detective inspector? qu'est-ce qui vous a amené à soupçonner le maître d'hôtel, commissaire?
    ➲ put out
    (a) (place outside) mettre dehors, sortir;
    ∎ have you put the dustbin out? as-tu sorti la poubelle?;
    ∎ I'll put the washing out (to dry) je vais mettre le linge (dehors) à sécher;
    ∎ to put a cow out to grass mettre une vache en pâture
    ∎ to put sb's eye out éborgner qn;
    ∎ you almost put my eye out! tu as failli m'éborgner!
    (c) (issue → apology, announcement) publier; (→ story, rumour) faire circuler; (→ new record, edition, model etc) sortir; (→ appeal, request) faire; (broadcast) émettre;
    ∎ police have put out a description of the wanted man la police a publié une description de l'homme qu'elle recherche;
    ∎ to put out an SOS lancer un SOS
    (d) (extinguish → fire, light, candle) éteindre; (→ cigarette) éteindre, écraser; (→ gas) fermer;
    ∎ don't forget to put the light out when you leave n'oubliez pas d'éteindre (la lumière) en partant
    (e) (lay out, arrange) sortir;
    ∎ the valet had put out a suit for me le valet de chambre m'avait sorti un costume
    (f) (stick out, stretch out → arm, leg) étendre, allonger; (→ hand) tendre; (→ tongue) tirer;
    ∎ she walked up to me and put out her hand elle s'approcha de moi et me tendit la main;
    ∎ she put out a foot to trip him up elle a mis un pied en avant pour le faire trébucher
    ∎ to put one's back/shoulder out se démettre le dos/l'épaule;
    ∎ I've put my back out je me suis déplacé une vertèbre
    (h) (annoy, upset)
    ∎ to be put out about sth être fâché à cause de qch;
    ∎ he seems quite put out about it on dirait que ça l'a vraiment contrarié
    (i) (inconvenience) déranger;
    ∎ I hope I haven't put you out j'espère que je ne vous ai pas dérangé;
    ∎ she's always ready to put herself out for other people elle est toujours prête à rendre service
    (j) (sprout → shoots, leaves) produire
    (k) (make unconscious → with drug, injection) endormir
    (l) (subcontract) sous-traiter;
    ∎ we put most of our work out nous confions la plus grande partie de notre travail à des sous-traitants
    (a) Nautical prendre le large;
    ∎ to put out to sea faire appareiller
    (b) American familiar (woman) accepter de coucher ( for avec);
    ∎ everyone knows she puts out tout le monde sait qu'elle est prête à coucher;
    ∎ did she put out? est-ce qu'elle a bien voulu coucher?;
    ∎ she'd put out for anybody elle coucherait avec le premier venu
    (spread → gossip, story) faire courir
    (a) Telecommunications (connect) passer la communication à;
    ∎ hold on, I'll try to put you through ne quittez pas, je vais essayer de vous le/la passer;
    ∎ put the call through to my office passez-moi la communication dans mon bureau;
    ∎ I'll put you through to Mrs Powell je vous passe Mme Powell
    (b) (carry through, conclude) conclure;
    ∎ we finally put through the necessary reforms nous avons fini par faire passer les réformes nécessaires
    (c) (subject to) soumettre à;
    ∎ he was put through a whole battery of tests on l'a soumis à toute une série d'examens;
    ∎ I'm sorry to put you through this je suis désolé de vous imposer ça;
    ∎ have you any idea what you're putting him through? as-tu la moindre idée de ce que tu lui fais subir?;
    ∎ familiar to put sb through it en faire voir de toutes les couleurs à qn; (at interview) faire passer un mauvais quart d'heure à qn;
    ∎ he really put me through it il m'en a vraiment fait voir (de toutes les couleurs)
    ∎ he put himself through college il a payé ses études
    (a) (place side by side → two objects) mettre côte à côte; (→ facts) rapprocher, comparer;
    ∎ he's more trouble than the rest of them put together il nous crée plus de problèmes à lui seul que tous les autres réunis
    (b) (kit, furniture, engine) monter, assembler; (meal) préparer, confectionner; (menu) élaborer; (dossier) réunir; (proposal, report) préparer; (story, facts) reconstituer; (show, campaign) organiser, monter;
    ∎ we're trying to put together enough evidence to convict him nous essayons de réunir assez de preuves pour le faire condamner;
    ∎ to put together a convincing picture of what happened reconstituer une idée convaincante de ce qui s'est passé;
    ∎ the programme is nicely put together ce programme est bien fait;
    ∎ I'll just put a few things together (in my bag) je vais faire rapidement ma valise
    (with drug, injection) endormir
    ➲ put up
    (a) (raise → hand) lever; (→ flag) hisser; (→ hood) relever; (→ umbrella) ouvrir; (→ one's hair, coat collar) relever;
    ∎ could all those going put up their hands? que tous ceux qui y vont lèvent la main;
    ∎ put your hands up! haut les mains!;
    ∎ familiar put 'em up! (in surrender) haut les mains!; (to fight) défends-toi!;
    ∎ I'm going to put my feet up for a few minutes je vais me reposer un peu
    (b) (erect → tent) dresser, monter; (→ house, factory) construire; (→ monument, statue) ériger; (→ scaffolding) installer, monter; (→ ladder) dresser;
    ∎ they put up a statue to her ils érigèrent une statue en son honneur
    (c) (install, put in place) mettre; (curtains) poser, accrocher; (wallpaper) poser;
    ∎ they've already put up the Christmas decorations ils ont déjà installé les décorations de Noël;
    ∎ the shopkeeper put up the shutters le commerçant a baissé le rideau de fer
    (d) (send up → rocket, satellite) lancer
    (e) (display → sign) mettre; (→ poster) afficher;
    ∎ the results will be put up tomorrow les résultats seront affichés demain
    (f) (show → resistance) offrir, opposer;
    ∎ to put up a good show bien se défendre;
    ∎ to put up a struggle se défendre, se débattre
    (g) (present → argument, proposal) présenter;
    ∎ he puts up a good case for abstention il a des arguments convaincants en faveur de l'abstention
    ∎ to put sth up for sale/auction mettre qch en vente/aux enchères
    (i) (put forward → candidate) présenter; (→ person, name) proposer (comme candidat);
    ∎ we are not putting up any candidates nous ne présentons aucun candidat
    (j) familiar (provide → capital) fournir;
    ∎ who's putting the money up for the new business? qui finance la nouvelle entreprise?;
    ∎ we put up our own money nous sommes auto-financés
    (k) (increase) faire monter, augmenter;
    ∎ this will put up the price of meat ça va faire augmenter ou monter le prix de la viande
    (l) (give hospitality to) loger, héberger;
    (m) (urge, incite)
    ∎ to put sb up to (doing) sth pousser qn à (faire) qch
    (n) archaic (put away → sword, pistol) rengainer
    ∎ to put up at a hotel descendre dans un hôtel;
    ∎ where are you putting up? où est-ce que tu loges?; (in hotel) où es-tu descendu?;
    ∎ I'm putting up at Gary's for the moment je loge chez Gary pour le moment
    (b) (stand → in election) se présenter, se porter candidat;
    ∎ she put up as a Labour candidate elle s'est présentée comme candidate du parti travailliste
    ∎ put up or shut up! assez parlé, agissez!
    (usu passive) to put upon sb (abuse) abuser de qn; (exploit) exploiter qn;
    ∎ you shouldn't let yourself be put upon like that! tu ne devrais pas te laisser marcher sur les pieds comme ça!
    supporter, tolérer;
    ∎ I refuse to put up with this noise any longer! je ne supporterai pas ce bruit une minute de plus!;
    ∎ we'll have to put up with it il faut l'accepter ou nous y résigner
    ✾ Book 'Put Out More Flags' Waugh 'Hissez le grand pavois'

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  • 22 go

    [gəʊ, Am goʊ] vi <goes, went, gone>
    1)
    ( proceed) gehen; vehicle, train fahren; plane fliegen;
    don't \go any closer - that animal is dangerous geh' nicht näher ran - das Tier ist gefährlich;
    the bus \goes from Vaihingen to Sillenbuch der Bus verkehrt zwischen Vaihingen und Sillenbuch;
    a shiver went down my spine mir fuhr ein Schauer über den Rücken;
    you \go first! geh du zuerst!;
    you \go next du bist als Nächste(r) dran!;
    hey, I \go now he, jetzt bin ich dran! ( fam)
    the doll \goes everywhere with him die Puppe nimmt er überallhin mit;
    drive to the end of the road, \go left, and... fahren Sie die Straße bis zum Ende entlang, biegen Sie dann links ab und...;
    \go south till you get to the coast halte dich südlich, bis du zur Küste kommst;
    we have a long way to \go wir haben noch einen weiten Weg vor uns;
    we've completed all of our goals - where do we \go from here? wir haben all unsere Ziele erreicht - wie geht es jetzt weiter?;
    the train hooted as it went into the tunnel der Zug pfiff, als er in den Tunnel einfuhr;
    who \goes there? wer da?;
    \go fetch it! hol'!;
    to \go towards sb/ sth auf jdn/etw zugehen;
    to \go home nach Hause gehen;
    to \go to hospital/ a party/ prison/ the toilet ins Krankenhaus/auf eine Party/ins Gefängnis/auf die Toilette gehen;
    to \go across to the pub rüber in die Kneipe gehen ( fam)
    to \go to sea zur See gehen ( fam)
    to \go across the street über die Straße gehen;
    to \go aboard/ ashore an Bord/Land gehen;
    to \go below nach unten gehen;
    to \go below deck unter Deck gehen;
    to \go downhill (a. fig) bergab gehen;
    to have it far to \go es weit haben;
    to \go offstage [von der Bühne] abgehen;
    to \go round sich akk drehen
    2) (in order to [get])
    could you \go into the kitchen and get me something to drink, please? könntest du bitte in die Küche gehen und mir was zu trinken holen?;
    would you \go and get me some things from the supermarket? würdest du mir ein paar Sachen vom Supermarkt mitbringen?;
    I just want to \go and have a look at that antique shop over there ich möchte nur schnell einen Blick in das Antiquitätengeschäft da drüben werfen;
    would you wait for me while I \go and fetch my coat? wartest du kurz auf mich, während ich meinen Mantel hole?;
    I'll just \go and put my shoes on ich ziehe mir nur schnell die Schuhe an;
    \go and wash your hands geh und wasch deine Hände;
    she's gone to meet Brian at the station sie ist Brian vom Bahnhof abholen gegangen;
    to \go and get some fresh air frische Luft schnappen gehen;
    to \go to see sb jdn aufsuchen
    3) ( travel) reisen;
    have you ever gone to Africa before? warst du schon einmal in Afrika?;
    to \go by bike/ car/ coach/ train mit dem Fahrrad/Auto/Bus/Zug fahren;
    to \go on a cruise eine Kreuzfahrt machen;
    to \go on [a] holiday in Urlaub gehen;
    to \go to Italy nach Italien fahren;
    last year I went to Spain letztes Jahr war ich in Spanien;
    to \go on a journey verreisen, eine Reise machen;
    to \go by plane fliegen;
    to \go on a trip eine Reise machen;
    to \go abroad ins Ausland gehen
    4) ( disappear) stain, keys verschwinden;
    where have my keys gone? wo sind meine Schlüssel hin?;
    ah, my tummy ache is gone! ah, meine Bauchschmerzen sind weg!;
    I really don't know where all my money \goes ich weiß auch nicht, wo mein ganzes Geld hinverschwindet!;
    half of my salary \goes on rent die Hälfte meines Gehaltes geht für die Miete drauf;
    gone are the days when... vorbei sind die Zeiten, wo...;
    here \goes my free weekend... das war's dann mit meinem freien Wochenende...;
    all his money \goes on his car er steckt sein ganzes Geld in sein Auto;
    there \goes another one! und wieder eine/einer weniger!;
    hundreds of jobs will \go das wird Hunderte von Arbeitsplätzen kosten;
    the president will have to \go der Präsident wird seinen Hut nehmen müssen;
    that cat will have to \go die Katze muss verschwinden!;
    all hope has gone jegliche Hoffnung ist geschwunden;
    to \go adrift naut abtreiben, wegtreiben; ( fig) gestohlen werden;
    one of my books has gone adrift from my desk eines meiner Bücher ist von meinem Schreibtisch verschwunden;
    to \go missing (Brit, Aus) verschwinden
    5) ( leave) gehen;
    we have to \go now [or it's time to \go] wir müssen jetzt gehen;
    I must be \going ich muss jetzt allmählich gehen;
    has she gone yet? ist sie noch da?;
    the bus has gone der Bus ist schon weg (old);
    be gone! hinweg mit dir veraltet;
    to let sth/sb \go, to let \go of sth/sb etw/jdn loslassen
    6) (do)
    to \go biking/ jogging/ shopping/swimming etc. Rad fahren/joggen/einkaufen/schwimmen etc. gehen;
    to \go looking for sb/ sth jdn/etw suchen gehen;
    if you \go telling all my secrets,... wenn du hergehst und alle meine Geheimnisse ausplauderst,...;
    don't you dare \go crying to your mum about this untersteh dich, deswegen heulend zu deiner Mama zu laufen
    7) ( attend)
    to \go to church/ a concert in die Kirche/ins Konzert gehen;
    to \go to the cinema [or (Am) a movie] [or ( Brit) ( fam) the pictures] ins Kino gehen;
    to \go to the doctor zum Arzt gehen;
    to \go to kindergarten/ school/ university in den Kindergarten/in die Schule/auf die Universität gehen;
    to \go on a pilgrimage auf Pilgerfahrt gehen
    8) ( answer)
    I'll \go ( phone) ich geh' ran;
    ( door) ich mach' auf
    9) (dress [up])
    to \go as sth witch, pirate als etw gehen;
    what shall I \go in? als was soll ich gehen?
    10) + adj ( become) werden;
    the line has gone dead die Leitung ist tot;
    the milk's gone sour die Milch ist sauer;
    the tyre has gone flat der Reifen ist platt;
    my mind suddenly went blank ich hatte plötzlich wie ein Brett vorm Kopf (sl)
    I always \go red when I'm embarrassed ich werde immer rot, wenn mir etwas peinlich ist;
    he described the new regulations as bureaucracy gone mad er bezeichnete die neuen Bestimmungen als Ausgeburt einer wild gewordenen Bürokratie;
    I went cold mir wurde kalt;
    she's gone Communist sie ist jetzt Kommunistin;
    he's gone all environmental er macht jetzt voll auf Öko ( fam)
    to \go bad food schlecht werden;
    to \go bald/ grey kahl/grau werden;
    to \go bankrupt bankrottgehen;
    to \go haywire ( out of control) außer Kontrolle geraten;
    ( malfunction) verrückt spielen ( fam)
    to \go public an die Öffentlichkeit treten; stockex an die Börse gehen;
    to \go to sleep einschlafen
    11) + adj (be) sein;
    to \go hungry hungern;
    to \go thirsty dursten;
    to \go unmentioned/ unnoticed/ unsolved unerwähnt/unbemerkt/ungelöst bleiben
    12) ( turn out) gehen;
    how did your party \go? und, wie war deine Party?;
    how's your thesis \going? was macht deine Doktorarbeit?;
    how are things \going? und, wie läuft's? ( fam)
    if everything \goes well... wenn alles gut geht...;
    things have gone well es ist gut gelaufen;
    the way things \go wie das halt so geht;
    the way things are \going at the moment... so wie es im Moment aussieht...;
    to \go like a bomb ein Bombenerfolg sein ( fam)
    to \go according to plan nach Plan laufen;
    to \go from bad to worse vom Regen in die Traufe kommen;
    to \go against/ for sb election zu jds Ungunsten pl /Gunsten pl ausgehen;
    to \go wrong schiefgehen ( fam), schieflaufen ( fam)
    13) ( pass) vergehen, verstreichen;
    time seems to \go faster as you get older die Zeit scheint schneller zu vergehen, wenn man älter wird;
    only two days to \go... nur noch zwei Tage...;
    one week to \go till Christmas noch eine Woche bis Weihnachten;
    in days gone by in längst vergangenen Zeiten;
    two exams down, one to \go zwei Prüfungen sind schon geschafft, jetzt noch eine, dann ist es geschafft!;
    I've three years to \go before I can retire mir fehlen noch drei Jahre bis zur Rente!
    14) ( begin) anfangen;
    ready to \go? bist du bereit?;
    one, two, three, \go! eins, zwei, drei, los!;
    we really must get \going with these proposals wir müssen uns jetzt echt an diese Konzepte setzen;
    let's \go! los!;
    here \goes! jetzt geht's los!
    15) ( fail) kaputtgehen; hearing, health, memory nachlassen; rope reißen;
    our computer is \going unser Computer gibt seinen Geist auf ( hum) ( fam)
    my jeans is gone at the knees meine Jeans ist an den Knien durchgescheuert;
    her mind is \going sie baut geistig ganz schön ab! ( fam)
    16) ( die) sterben;
    she went peacefully in her sleep sie starb friedlich im Schlaf
    17) ( belong) hingehören;
    I'll put it away if you tell me where it \goes ich räum's weg, wenn du mir sagst, wo es hingehört;
    the silverware \goes in the drawer over there das Silber kommt in die Schublade da drüben;
    those tools \go in the garage diese Werkzeuge gehören in die Garage;
    that is to \go into my account das kommt auf mein Konto;
    where do you want that to \go? wo soll das hin?;
    that \goes under a different chapter das gehört in ein anderes Kapitel
    to \go to sb prize, house an jdn gehen; property auf jdn übergehen ( geh)
    Manchester went to Labour Manchester ging an Labour
    19) ( lead) road führen;
    where does this trail \go? wohin führt dieser Pfad?
    20) ( extend) gehen;
    the meadow \goes all the way down to the road die Weide erstreckt sich bis hinunter zur Straße;
    your idea is good enough, as far as it \goes... deine Idee ist so weit ganz gut,...;
    the numbers on the paper \go from 1 to 10 die Nummern auf dem Blatt gehen von 1 bis 10
    21) ( in auction) gehen;
    I'll \go as high as £200 ich gehe bis zu 200 Pfund
    22) ( function) watch gehen; machine laufen;
    our business has been \going for twenty years unser Geschäft läuft seit zwanzig Jahren;
    I'm not saying anything as long as the tape recorder is \going ich sage gar nichts, solange das Tonbandgerät läuft;
    to \go slow econ einen Bummelstreik machen; watch nachgehen;
    to get sth \going [or to \go] [or to make sth \go] etw in Gang bringen;
    to get a party \going eine Party in Fahrt bringen;
    to get [or set] sb \going jdn in Fahrt bringen;
    to keep \going person weitermachen; car weiterfahren;
    come on! keep \going! ja, weiter! ( fam)
    to keep sth \going etw in Gang halten; factory in Betrieb halten;
    to keep a conversation \going eine Unterhaltung am Laufen halten;
    to keep a fire \going ein Feuer am Brennen halten;
    that thought kept me \going dieser Gedanke ließ mich durchhalten;
    here's some food to keep you \going hier hast du erst mal was zu essen
    23) ( have recourse) gehen;
    to \go to court over sth wegen einer S. gen vor Gericht gehen;
    to \go to the police zur Polizei gehen;
    to \go to war in den Krieg ziehen
    24) (match, be in accordance)
    to \go [with sth] [zu etw dat] passen;
    these two colours don't \go diese beiden Farben beißen sich;
    to \go against logic unlogisch sein;
    to \go against one's principles gegen jds Prinzipien pl verstoßen
    25) ( fit)
    five \goes into ten two times [or five into ten \goes twice] fünf geht zweimal in zehn;
    do you think all these things will \go into our little suitcase? glaubst du, das ganze Zeug wird in unseren kleinen Koffer passen? ( fam)
    26) ( be sold) weggehen ( fam)
    \going, \going, gone! zum Ersten, zum Zweiten, [und] zum Dritten!;
    pocketbooks are \going for $10 for the next two days in den nächsten zwei Tagen sind die Taschenbücher für 10 Dollar zu haben;
    to \go to sb an jdn gehen;
    to \go like hot cakes weggehen wie warme Semmeln ( fam)
    to be \going cheap billig zu haben sein
    27) (serve, contribute)
    to \go [to sth] [zu etw dat] beitragen;
    the money will \go to the victims of the earthquake das Geld ist für die Erdbebenopfer bestimmt;
    this will \go towards your holiday das [Geld] ist für deinen Urlaub bestimmt;
    your daughter's attitude only \goes to prove how much... die Einstellung deiner Tochter zeigt einmal mehr, wie sehr...
    28) ( move) machen;
    when I \go like this, my hand hurts wenn ich so mache, tut meine Hand weh;
    \go like this with your hand to show that... mach so mit deiner Hand, um zu zeigen, dass...
    29) ( sound) machen;
    I think I heard the doorbell \go just now ich glaube, es hat gerade geklingelt;
    there \goes the bell es klingelt;
    ducks \go ‘quack’ Enten machen „quack“;
    with sirens \going ambulance mit heulender Sirene
    anything \goes alles ist erlaubt;
    that \goes for all of you das gilt für euch alle!
    31) (be told, sung) gehen; title, theory lauten;
    I can never remember how that song \goes ich weiß nie, wie dieses Lied geht;
    the story \goes that... es heißt, dass...;
    the rumour \goes that... es geht das Gerücht, dass...
    as hospitals/things \go verglichen mit anderen Krankenhäusern/Dingen;
    as things \go today it wasn't that expensive für heutige Verhältnisse war es gar nicht so teuer
    I really have to \go ich muss ganz dringend mal! ( fam)
    I've gone and lost my earring ich habe meinen Ohrring verloren;
    you've really gone and done it now! jetzt hast du aber was Schönes angerichtet! ( iron) (pej!)
    \go to hell! geh [o scher dich] zum Teufel! ( fam)
    do you want that pizza here or to \go? möchten Sie die Pizza hier essen oder mitnehmen?;
    (Am)
    I'd like a cheeseburger to \go, please ich hätte gerne einen Cheeseburger zum Mitnehmen
    is there any beer \going? gibt es Bier?;
    I'll have whatever is \going ich nehme das, was gerade da ist
    37) (fam: treat)
    to \go easy on sb jdn schonend behandeln, jdn glimpflich davonkommen lassen
    PHRASES:
    to \go halves on sth sich dat etw je zur Hälfte teilen;
    \go [and] take a running jump! mach bloß, dass du abhaust! ( fam)
    to \go all out to do sth alles daransetzen, etw zu tun;
    to \go Dutch getrennt zahlen;
    easy come, easy \go (\go) wie gewonnen, so zerronnen ( prov)
    \go [and] get stuffed! ( fam) du kannst mich mal! ( fam)
    here we \go again ( fam) jetzt geht das wieder los! ( fam)
    there you \go bitte schön!;
    ( told you so) sag ich's doch! ( fam)
    there he \goes again ( fam) jetzt fängt er schon wieder damit an! ( fam)
    don't \go there ( fam) lass dich nicht darauf ein;
    that \goes without saying das versteht sich von selbst aux vb future tense
    to be \going to do sth etw tun werden;
    we are \going to have a party tomorrow wir geben morgen eine Party;
    he was \going to phone me this morning er wollte mich heute Morgen anrufen;
    isn't she \going to accept the job after all? nimmt sie den Job nun doch nicht an? vt <goes, went, gone>
    1) ( esp Am) ( travel)
    to \go sth a route, a highway etw nehmen
    2) (fam: say)
    to \go sth;
    she \goes to me: I never want to see you again! sie sagt zu mir: ich will dich nie wieder sehen!
    to \go sth etw reizen;
    to \go nap die höchste Zahl von Stichen ansagen
    4) ( Brit) ( like)
    to not \go much on sth sich dat nicht viel aus etw dat machen
    5) ( become)
    to \go sth;
    my mind went a complete blank ich hatte voll ein Brett vorm Kopf! ( fam)
    PHRASES:
    to \go nap alles auf eine Karte setzen;
    to \go a long way lange [vor]halten;
    sb will \go a long way jd wird es weit bringen;
    to \go it alone etw im Alleingang tun;
    to \go it some es laufen lassen ( fam)
    to \go it ( fam) es toll treiben ( fam) ( move quickly) ein tolles Tempo drauf haben;
    ( work hard) sich akk reinknien n
    pl - es>
    1) ( turn)
    I'll have a \go at driving if you're tired ich kann dich mit dem Fahren ablösen, wenn du müde bist ( fam)
    you've had your \go already! du warst schon dran!;
    hey, it's Ken's \go now he, jetzt ist Ken dran;
    can I have a \go? darf ich mal?;
    to miss one \go einmal aussetzen;
    ( not voluntarily) einmal übersprungen werden
    2) ( attempt) Versuch m;
    have a \go! versuch' es doch einfach mal! ( fam)
    at one \go auf einen Schlag;
    ( drink) in einem Zug ( fam)
    all in one \go alle[s] auf einmal;
    at the first \go auf Anhieb;
    to give sth a \go etw versuchen;
    to have a \go at sb ( criticize) jdn runtermachen ( fam) ( attack) über jdn herfallen;
    his boss had a \go at him about his appearance sein Chef hat sich ihn wegen seines Äußeren vorgeknöpft ( fam)
    members of the public are strongly advised not to have a \go at this man die Öffentlichkeit wird eindringlich davor gewarnt, etwas gegen diesen Mann zu unternehmen;
    to have a \go at doing sth versuchen, etw zu tun;
    to have several \goes at sth für etw akk mehrere Anläufe nehmen
    3) no pl ( energy) Antrieb m, Elan m;
    to be full of \go voller Elan sein
    4) ( esp Brit) (fam: dose) Anfall m;
    she had such a bad \go of the flu that she took a week off from work sie hatte so eine schlimme Grippe, dass sie sich eine Woche freinahm
    it's all \go here hier ist immer was los ( fam)
    it's all \go and no relaxing on those bus tours auf diesen Busfahrten wird nur gehetzt und man kommt nie zum Ausruhen ( fam)
    I've got two projects on the \go at the moment ich habe momentan zwei Projekte gleichzeitig laufen;
    to be on the \go [ständig] auf Trab sein;
    I've been on the \go all day long ich war den ganzen Tag auf Achse ( fam)
    to keep sb on the \go jdn auf Trab halten ( fam)
    PHRASES:
    from the word \go von Anfang an;
    to be all the \go ( Brit) (dated) ( fam) der letzte Schrei sein;
    that was a near \go das war knapp;
    to make a \go of sth mit etw dat Erfolg haben;
    she's making a \go of her new antique shop ihr neues Antiquitätengeschäft ist ein voller Erfolg ( fam)
    to be touch and \go auf der Kippe stehen ( fam)
    it's no \go da ist nichts zu machen adj
    pred, inv [start]klar, in Ordnung;
    all systems [are] \go alles klar;
    all systems \go, take-off in t minus 10 alle Systeme zeigen grün, Start in t minus 10

    English-German students dictionary > go

  • 23 Ding

    n; -(e)s, -e oder umg. -er
    1. Pl. -e; (Sache) thing; (Gegenstand) auch object; gut Ding will Weile haben Sprichw. Rome wasn’t built in a day; aller guten Dinge sind drei Sprichw. good things come in threes; nach zwei missglückten Versuchen: third time lucky, Am. third time’s the charm; Name
    2. Dinge (Angelegenheiten) things, matters; der Stand der Dinge the state of affairs ( oder play); (so,) wie die Dinge liegen oder stehen as matters stand; das geht nicht mit rechten Dingen zu umg. there’s something fishy about it; wie ich die Dinge sehe as I see it; über den Dingen stehen be above it all; das ist ein Ding der Unmöglichkeit that’s absolutely impossible, that’s completely out of the question; unverrichteter Dinge without having achieved anything; Lage 2
    3. fig.: guter Dinge sein (fröhlich) cheerful; (voll Hoffnung) (be) in good spirits; vor allen Dingen above all
    4. Pl. -er; umg., oft pej. (Gegenstand, Exemplar) thing; euph. Geschlechtsteil: thingy, knob, Am. johnson; Dinger (Brüste) boobs, Am. auch headlights, hooters
    5. Pl. -er; umg. (Kind, Mädchen, Tier) thing; armes / dummes Ding poor / silly (little) thing
    6. Pl. -er; umg.: ein krummes Ding something dodgy; ein ( krummes) Ding drehen pull a job Sl., get up to something (dodgy oder fishy); jemandem ein Ding verpassen get one over on s.o., get one’s own back on s.o.; das ist aber ein Ding now there’s something, you don’t say; das war ( vielleicht) ein ( tolles) Ding! that was really ( oder quite) something!; ihr macht ja schöne Dinger! you get up to all sorts (of tricks)!
    7. Pl. -e; PHILOS. thing, substance, entity; die letzten Dinge death and the life to come; die Lehre von den letzten Dingen eschatology
    * * *
    das Ding
    concern; thing; business; object
    * * *
    Dịng I [dɪŋ]
    nt -(e)s, -e or (inf) -er
    1) (= Sache, Gegenstand) thing

    Gläser, Flaschen und ähnliche Dinge — glasses, bottles and that sort of thing or and things of that kind

    das ist nicht sein Ding (inf) — that's not really his thing (inf)

    guter Dinge sein (geh) — to be in good spirits, to be of good cheer (old)

    die Dinge beim ( rechten) Namen nennen — to call a spade a spade (Brit prov), to be frank

    jedes Ding hat zwei Seiten (prov) — there are two sides to everything

    gut Ding will Weile haben (Prov) — it takes time to do a thing well

    See:
    → drei
    2) (= Gegebenheit) thing; (= Angelegenheit, Thema auch) matter; (= Ereignis auch) event

    in diesen Dingen — about these things or matters

    reden wir von andern Dingen — let's talk about something else

    wir harrten der Dinge, die da kommen sollten — we waited to see what would happen

    so wie die Dinge liegen — as things are, as matters lie

    wie ich die Dinge sehe — as I see things or matters

    vor allen Dingen — above all( things), first and foremost

    es müsste nicht mit rechten Dingen zugehen, wenn... — it would be more than a little strange if...

    See:
    → Lauf
    3) inf) (= unbestimmtes Etwas) thing; (= Vorrichtung auch) gadget

    das Ding(s) da (inf) — that thing ( over) there

    See:
    → auch Dings
    4) pl - er inf = Verbrechen) job

    ein Ding leisten — to get (Brit) or be up to something

    da hast du dir aber ein Ding geleistet — that was quite something you got (Brit) or were up to (inf)

    Dinger machen — to get (Brit) or be up to all sorts of tricks (inf)

    was macht ihr bloß für Dinger? — the things you do! (inf)

    See:
    → drehen
    5) (= Mädchen) thing, creature
    6) (inf = Penis) tool (sl), dong (US sl)
    7) (sl = Busen) pair (hum inf), boobs pl (inf)
    II
    nt -(e)s, -e (HIST)
    thing
    * * *
    (a person, especially a person one likes: She's a nice old thing.) thing
    * * *
    <-[e]s, -e o (fam) -er>
    [ˈdɪŋ]
    nt
    1. (Gegenstand) thing
    persönliche \Dinge personal effects [or items
    2. (Angelegenheiten, Vorgänge, Ereignisse)
    ▪ \Dinge pl things
    reden wir von anderen \Dingen let's talk about something else
    sie hat vor dem Urlaub noch tausend \Dinge zu erledigen she has a thousand things to be do before going on holiday
    in diesen \Dingen bin ich eigen! I'm very particular about these matters!
    wie ich die \Dinge sehe, hast du Unrecht as I see it, you are wrong
    es waren seltsame \Dinge vorgekommen weird things had happened
    die \Dinge sind nun mal nicht so things aren't like that
    das ist der Lauf der \Dinge that's the way things go
    vor allen \Dingen above all [things], first and foremost
    berufliche/private Dinge professional/private matters
    der \Dinge harren, die da kommen [sollen] to wait and see [what happens]
    er harrte der \Dinge, die da kommen sollten he waited to see what would happen
    in \Dingen der/des... in... matters, where... is concerned
    in \Dingen des Geschmacks in matters of taste
    nach Lage der \Dinge the way things are
    über praktische \Dinge sprechen to talk about practical things
    so wie die \Dinge liegen [o stehen] as things stand [at the moment]
    \Dinge des täglichen Lebens routine [or everyday] matters; pl
    in Voraussicht der kommenden \Dinge in view of matters to come
    3. (fam: unbestimmte Sache) thing
    was ist das denn für ein \Ding? what's that thing?
    das \Ding da that thing [over] there
    das war vielleicht ein \Ding! (fam) that was quite something!
    das ist ja ein \Ding! (fam) now there's a thing!
    nicht jds \Ding sein to not be sb's thing fam
    das ist nicht so ganz mein \Ding that's not really my thing fam
    ein tolles \Ding something fantastic/amazing
    ein tolles Ding! great!
    ▪ \Dinger pl things pl, stuff no pl
    die \Dinger taugen nichts these things are no use
    4. (fam: Mädchen)
    ein dummes/junges \Ding a silly/young thing
    5. PHILOS thing
    Gott, der Schöpfer aller \Dinge God, the creator of everything [or of all things]
    das \Ding an sich the thing-in-itself
    die Welt der \Dinge the world of material objects
    6.
    ▶ vor allen \Dingen above all
    ▶ aller guten \Dinge sind drei all good things come in threes
    ▶ ein [krummes] \Ding drehen (fam) to do a job fam
    ▶ es geht bei etw dat nicht mit rechten \Dingen zu there's sth fishy [or funny] about sth fam
    hier geht es nicht mit rechten \Dingen zu! there's something fishy here!
    ▶ gut \Ding will Weile haben (prov) slow and steady wins the race
    ▶ guter \Dinge sein to be in a good mood [or in good spirits]
    ▶ krumme \Dinger (fam) funny business fam
    ▶ krumme \Dinger machen [o drehen] (fam) to do something dodgy fam
    ▶ sich dat ein \Ding leisten (fam) to do a silly [or fam stupid] thing
    da hast du dir aber ein \Ding geleistet! that was quite something you got up to! fam
    ▶ mach keine \Dinger! don't get up to any nonsense!
    ▶ was machst du bloß für \Dinger? the things you do!
    ▶ die \Dinge beim [rechten] Namen nennen to call a spade a spade
    ▶ über den \Dingen stehen to be above it all
    ▶ ein \Ding der Unmöglichkeit sein to be quite impossible
    ▶ unverrichteter \Dinge without having achieved anything
    er musste unverrichteter \Dinge wieder gehen he had to leave without achieving what he'd wanted to
    ▶ jdm ein \Ding verpassen (fam) to let sb have it fam, to give sb what for BRIT fam
    ▶ jedes \Ding hat zwei Seiten there are two sides to everything
    * * *
    I
    das; Ding[e]s, Dinge

    jedes Ding hat zwei Seiten — (fig.) there are two sides to everything

    persönliche/private Dinge — personal/private matters

    3)

    guter Dinge sein — (geh.) be in good spirits

    II
    das; [e]s, Dinger (ugs.)

    ein Ding drehen — < criminal> pull a job (sl.)

    mach keine Dinger! — stop having me on (Brit. coll.); stop putting me on (Amer. coll.)

    2) (Mädchen) thing; creature
    * * *
    Ding n; -(e)s, -e oder umg -er
    1. pl -e; (Sache) thing; (Gegenstand) auch object;
    gut Ding will Weile haben sprichw Rome wasn’t built in a day;
    aller guten Dinge sind drei sprichw good things come in threes; nach zwei missglückten Versuchen: third time lucky, US third time’s the charm; → Name
    2.
    Dinge (Angelegenheiten) things, matters;
    der Stand der Dinge the state of affairs ( oder play);
    (so,) wie die Dinge liegen oder
    stehen as matters stand;
    das geht nicht mit rechten Dingen zu umg there’s something fishy about it;
    über den Dingen stehen be above it all;
    das ist ein Ding der Unmöglichkeit that’s absolutely impossible, that’s completely out of the question;
    unverrichteter Dinge without having achieved anything; → Lage 2
    3. fig:
    guter Dinge sein (fröhlich) cheerful; (voll Hoffnung) (be) in good spirits;
    vor allen Dingen above all
    4. pl -er; umg, oft pej (Gegenstand, Exemplar) thing; euph Geschlechtsteil: thingy, knob, US johnson;
    Dinger (Brüste) boobs, US auch headlights, hooters
    5. pl -er; umg (Kind, Mädchen, Tier) thing;
    armes/dummes Ding poor/silly (little) thing
    6. pl -er; umg:
    ein krummes Ding something dodgy;
    ein (krummes) Ding drehen pull a job sl, get up to something (dodgy oder fishy);
    jemandem ein Ding verpassen get one over on sb, get one’s own back on sb;
    das ist aber ein Ding now there’s something, you don’t say;
    das war (vielleicht) ein (tolles) Ding! that was really ( oder quite) something!;
    ihr macht ja schöne Dinger! you get up to all sorts (of tricks)!
    7. pl -e; PHIL thing, substance, entity;
    die letzten Dinge death and the life to come;
    * * *
    I
    das; Ding[e]s, Dinge

    jedes Ding hat zwei Seiten — (fig.) there are two sides to everything

    persönliche/private Dinge — personal/private matters

    3)

    guter Dinge sein — (geh.) be in good spirits

    II
    das; [e]s, Dinger (ugs.)

    ein Ding drehen — < criminal> pull a job (sl.)

    mach keine Dinger! — stop having me on (Brit. coll.); stop putting me on (Amer. coll.)

    2) (Mädchen) thing; creature
    * * *
    -e n.
    concern n.
    entity n.
    thing n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Ding

  • 24 andar

    m.
    1 gait, walk.
    tener andares de to walk like
    2 way of walking, walking, gait, pace.
    v.
    1 to walk (caminar). (especially peninsular Spanish)
    ¿fuiste en autobús o andando? did you go by bus or on foot?, did you go by bus or did you walk?
    andar por la calle to walk in the street
    Ricardo anduvo por las calles Richard walked along the streets.
    María anduvo el muelle Mary walked the dock.
    2 to work, to go.
    el reloj no anda the clock has stopped
    las cosas andan mal things are going badly
    los negocios andan muy bien business is going very well
    El motor anda bien The engine is working well.
    3 to be.
    ¿qué tal andas? how are you (doing)?
    andar preocupado to be worried
    creo que anda por el almacén I think he is somewhere in the warehouse
    andar haciendo algo to be doing something
    anda explicando sus aventuras he's talking about his adventures
    andar tras algo/alguien to be after something/somebody
    de andar por casa basic, rough and ready (explicación, método)
    mi ropa de andar por casa my clothes for wearing around the house
    Anda triste He is sad.
    Ella anda visitando a su prima She is visiting her cousin.
    4 to go, to travel.
    anduvimos 15 kilómetros we walked (for) 15 kilometers
    7 to have, to be using.
    Anda una pistola He has a gun.
    8 to be wearing, to wear.
    Anda una bonita corbata He is wearing a nice tie.
    * * *
    Past Indicative
    Imperfect Subjunctive
    Future Subjunctive
    * * *
    1. verb
    2) function, work, run
    •
    2. noun m.
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (=ir a pie) to walk; (=moverse) to move; (=viajar) to travel around

    vinimos andando — we walked here, we came on foot

    • andar a caballo — to ride

    • andar tras algo/algn — to be after sth/sb

    andar tras una chica — to be o chase after a girl

    2) (=funcionar) to go, work

    el reloj no anda — the clock won't go, the clock isn't working

    ¿cómo anda esto? — how does this work?

    3) * (=estar) to be

    andar alegre — to be o feel cheerful

    andar bien de salud — to be well, be in good health

    andamos mal de dinero — we're badly off for money, we're short of money

    ¿cómo andan las cosas? — how are things?

    ¿cómo anda eso? — how are things going?

    ¿qué tal andas? — how are you?

    ¿cómo andas de tabaco? — how are you off for cigarettes?

    • de andar por casa, ropa de andar por casa — clothes for wearing around the house

    4) (=rebuscar)

    ¡no andes ahí! — keep away from there!

    5)

    • andar a, siempre andan a gritos — they're always shouting

    andan a la greña o a la gresca — they're at each other's throats

    6)

    • andar con algn — to go around with sb

    7)

    • andar en — (=estar implicado en) to be involved in

    andar en pleitos — to be engaged o involved in lawsuits

    ¿en qué andas? — what are you up to?

    8)

    • andar haciendo algo — to be doing sth

    ¿qué andas buscando? — what are you looking for?

    9)

    • andar por (=rondar) —

    el pueblo anda por los 1.000 habitantes — the village has about 1,000 inhabitants

    10)

    andando el tiempo —

    un niño que, andando el tiempo, sería rey — a child who, in time, would become king

    11) [exclamaciones]

    ¡anda! — (=¡no me digas!) well I never!; (=¡vamos!) come on!

    ¡anda!, no lo sabía — well I never, I didn't know that!

    anda, dímelo — go on, tell me

    anda, no me molestes — just stop annoying me, will you?

    anda, no te lo tomes tan a pecho — come on, there's no need to take it to heart like that

    ¡anda, anda! — come on!

    ¡ándale (pues)! — Méx * (=apúrese) come on!, hurry up!; (=adiós) cheerio!; (=gracias) thanks!; [encontrando algo] that's it!

    ¡andando! — right, let's get on with it!

    andando, que todavía hay mucho que hacer — let's get moving, there's still a lot to do

    • ¡anda ya!, anda ya, no nos vengas con esnobismos — come on, don't be such a snob

    -dile que te gusta -¡anda ya, para que me suba el precio! — "tell her you like it" - "oh sure, so she can charge me more!"

    2. VT
    1) (=recorrer a pie) [+ trecho] to walk

    me conocía muy bien el camino por haberlo andado varias veces — I knew the path very well, as I'd been down o walked it several times before

    2) LAm (=llevar) [+ ropa] to wear; [+ objeto] to carry
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    I 1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) (esp Esp) ( caminar) to walk

    ¿has venido andando? — did you come on foot?, did you walk?

    a poco andar — (Chi) before long

    b) (Col, CS, Ven) (ir) to go

    andá a pasear (RPl fam) — get lost! (colloq)

    c) (AmL)

    andar a caballo/en bicicleta — to ride (a horse/a bicycle)

    2) (marchar, funcionar) to work

    el coche anda de maravilla — the car's running o (BrE) going like a dream

    3) (+ compl)
    a) ( estar) to be

    ¿cómo andas? — how are you?, how's it going? (colloq)

    ¿quién anda ahí? — who's there?

    ¿cómo andamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?

    andar + ger — to be -ing

    anda buscando pelea — he's out for o he's looking for a fight

    lo andan buscando — they are looking for him o (colloq) are after him

    quien mal anda, mal acaba — if you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end

    b)

    andar con alguien — ( juntarse) to mix with somebody; ( salir con) to go out with somebody

    4) ( rondar)

    andar por algo: andará por los 60 (años) — he must be around o about 60

    5)

    andar detrás de or tras alguien/algo — (buscar, perseguir) to be after somebody/something

    6)
    a)

    andar con algo — (esp AmL fam) con revólver/dinero to carry something; con traje/sombrero to wear something

    b) ( revolver)

    andar en algo — to rummage o poke around in something

    a) (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad)

    anda! mira quién está aquí! — well, well! look who's here!

    b) (expresando irritación, rechazo)

    anda! déjame en paz! — oh, leave me alone!

    préstamelo, anda — go on, lend it to me!

    ándale, no seas sacón — (Méx fam) go on, don't be chicken (colloq)

    andando, que se hace tarde! — let's get a move on, it's getting late!

    2.
    andar vt
    1) ( caminar) to walk

    he andado muchos caminos — (liter) I have trodden many paths (liter)

    2) (AmC) ( llevar)
    3.
    andarse v pron
    1)

    andarse con algo: ése no se anda con bromas he's not one to joke; ándate con cuidado — take care, be careful

    ándate luego — get going o get a move on (colloq)

    II
    masculino, andares masculino plural gait, walk
    * * *
    = tread, walking.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. E. M. Forster fashions a homoerotic subjectivity in his novel 'Where Angels Fear to Tread'.
    Ex. Some physiotherapists argue that baby walkers delay independent walking, and encourage abnormal gait and posture, and urge toy libraries to exclude them from their provision.
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    * andando = on foot.
    * andar a caballo entre... y = tread + the line between... and.
    * andar a la caza de = tout for, gun for.
    * andar al antojo de Uno = roam + freely.
    * andar apurado de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar a tientas = kiss + in the dark, grope (for/toward).
    * andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).
    * andar a traspiés = stumble.
    * andar a tropezones = stumble.
    * andar a zancadas = stride.
    * andar camino trillado = tread + well-worn ground.
    * andar como un reloj = fit as a fiddle.
    * andar con = be in with.
    * andar con arrogancia = swagger, strut.
    * andar con cuidado = tread + lightly, tread + softly, tread + carefully.
    * andar con los hombros caídos = slouch.
    * andar con pesadez = trudge.
    * andar con pies de plomo = tread + warily.
    * andar de arriba para abajo = pace.
    * andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.
    * andar de prisa = patter.
    * andar de puntillas = tiptoe.
    * andar despacio = saunter.
    * andar de un lado para otro = pace.
    * andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.
    * andar encorbado = slouch.
    * andar encorbado, encorbarse, andar con los hombros caídos, sentarse encorbad = slouch.
    * andar escaso de = be short of.
    * andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar escondido = abscond.
    * andar falto de = be short of.
    * andar falto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.
    * andar (muy) apurado de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) apurado de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.
    * andar (muy) corto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) corto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.
    * andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.
    * andar (muy) falto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) falto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.
    * andar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.
    * andar pisando fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact.
    * andar pisando huevos = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.
    * andar por = move about, walk (a)round, hike.
    * andar por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.
    * andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tight wire, walk + the tightrope.
    * andar por los cuarenta = be fortyish.
    * andar por los treinta = be thirtyish.
    * andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.
    * andar por terreno resbaladizo = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.
    * andarse con cuidado = tread with + care.
    * andarse con dilaciones = procrastinate.
    * andarse con mucho cuidado = tread + the thin line between... and.
    * andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.
    * andarse con pies de plomo = walk on + eggshells.
    * andarse con rodeos = mince + words, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.
    * andarse por las ramas = mince + words.
    * andar siempre detrás de las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].
    * andar sin prisa = mosey.
    * andar suavemente = pad.
    * andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * ande yo caliente, ríase la gente = cry all the way to the bank, laugh all the way to the bank.
    * a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.
    * a pocos minutos andando = within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.
    * bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.
    * conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.
    * dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.
    * echar a andar = implement, leg it.
    * edad en la que un niño aprende a andar = toddlerhood.
    * el camino se hace andando = actions speak louder than words.
    * el movimiento se demuestra andando = actions speak louder than words.
    * llegar andando pausadamente = stroll into + view.
    * máquina de andar o correr estática = treadmill.
    * modo de andar = gait.
    * no andar con reparos = make + no bones about + Algo.
    * no andar con tapujos = make + no bones about + Algo.
    * no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.
    * no andarse con rodeos = call + a spade a spade.
    * raqueta de andar por la nieve = snowshoe.
    * si se parece a un pato, anda como un pato y grazna como un pato, entonces es = If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck.
    * * *
    I 1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) (esp Esp) ( caminar) to walk

    ¿has venido andando? — did you come on foot?, did you walk?

    a poco andar — (Chi) before long

    b) (Col, CS, Ven) (ir) to go

    andá a pasear (RPl fam) — get lost! (colloq)

    c) (AmL)

    andar a caballo/en bicicleta — to ride (a horse/a bicycle)

    2) (marchar, funcionar) to work

    el coche anda de maravilla — the car's running o (BrE) going like a dream

    3) (+ compl)
    a) ( estar) to be

    ¿cómo andas? — how are you?, how's it going? (colloq)

    ¿quién anda ahí? — who's there?

    ¿cómo andamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?

    andar + ger — to be -ing

    anda buscando pelea — he's out for o he's looking for a fight

    lo andan buscando — they are looking for him o (colloq) are after him

    quien mal anda, mal acaba — if you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end

    b)

    andar con alguien — ( juntarse) to mix with somebody; ( salir con) to go out with somebody

    4) ( rondar)

    andar por algo: andará por los 60 (años) — he must be around o about 60

    5)

    andar detrás de or tras alguien/algo — (buscar, perseguir) to be after somebody/something

    6)
    a)

    andar con algo — (esp AmL fam) con revólver/dinero to carry something; con traje/sombrero to wear something

    b) ( revolver)

    andar en algo — to rummage o poke around in something

    a) (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad)

    anda! mira quién está aquí! — well, well! look who's here!

    b) (expresando irritación, rechazo)

    anda! déjame en paz! — oh, leave me alone!

    préstamelo, anda — go on, lend it to me!

    ándale, no seas sacón — (Méx fam) go on, don't be chicken (colloq)

    andando, que se hace tarde! — let's get a move on, it's getting late!

    2.
    andar vt
    1) ( caminar) to walk

    he andado muchos caminos — (liter) I have trodden many paths (liter)

    2) (AmC) ( llevar)
    3.
    andarse v pron
    1)

    andarse con algo: ése no se anda con bromas he's not one to joke; ándate con cuidado — take care, be careful

    ándate luego — get going o get a move on (colloq)

    II
    masculino, andares masculino plural gait, walk
    * * *
    = tread, walking.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: E. M. Forster fashions a homoerotic subjectivity in his novel 'Where Angels Fear to Tread'.

    Ex: Some physiotherapists argue that baby walkers delay independent walking, and encourage abnormal gait and posture, and urge toy libraries to exclude them from their provision.
    * andando = on foot.
    * andar a caballo entre... y = tread + the line between... and.
    * andar a la caza de = tout for, gun for.
    * andar al antojo de Uno = roam + freely.
    * andar apurado de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar a tientas = kiss + in the dark, grope (for/toward).
    * andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).
    * andar a traspiés = stumble.
    * andar a tropezones = stumble.
    * andar a zancadas = stride.
    * andar camino trillado = tread + well-worn ground.
    * andar como un reloj = fit as a fiddle.
    * andar con = be in with.
    * andar con arrogancia = swagger, strut.
    * andar con cuidado = tread + lightly, tread + softly, tread + carefully.
    * andar con los hombros caídos = slouch.
    * andar con pesadez = trudge.
    * andar con pies de plomo = tread + warily.
    * andar de arriba para abajo = pace.
    * andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.
    * andar de prisa = patter.
    * andar de puntillas = tiptoe.
    * andar despacio = saunter.
    * andar de un lado para otro = pace.
    * andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.
    * andar encorbado = slouch.
    * andar encorbado, encorbarse, andar con los hombros caídos, sentarse encorbad = slouch.
    * andar escaso de = be short of.
    * andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar escondido = abscond.
    * andar falto de = be short of.
    * andar falto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.
    * andar (muy) apurado de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) apurado de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.
    * andar (muy) corto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) corto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.
    * andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.
    * andar (muy) falto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) falto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.
    * andar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.
    * andar pisando fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact.
    * andar pisando huevos = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.
    * andar por = move about, walk (a)round, hike.
    * andar por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.
    * andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tight wire, walk + the tightrope.
    * andar por los cuarenta = be fortyish.
    * andar por los treinta = be thirtyish.
    * andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.
    * andar por terreno resbaladizo = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.
    * andarse con cuidado = tread with + care.
    * andarse con dilaciones = procrastinate.
    * andarse con mucho cuidado = tread + the thin line between... and.
    * andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.
    * andarse con pies de plomo = walk on + eggshells.
    * andarse con rodeos = mince + words, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.
    * andarse por las ramas = mince + words.
    * andar siempre detrás de las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].
    * andar sin prisa = mosey.
    * andar suavemente = pad.
    * andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * ande yo caliente, ríase la gente = cry all the way to the bank, laugh all the way to the bank.
    * a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.
    * a pocos minutos andando = within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.
    * bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.
    * conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.
    * dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.
    * echar a andar = implement, leg it.
    * edad en la que un niño aprende a andar = toddlerhood.
    * el camino se hace andando = actions speak louder than words.
    * el movimiento se demuestra andando = actions speak louder than words.
    * llegar andando pausadamente = stroll into + view.
    * máquina de andar o correr estática = treadmill.
    * modo de andar = gait.
    * no andar con reparos = make + no bones about + Algo.
    * no andar con tapujos = make + no bones about + Algo.
    * no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.
    * no andarse con rodeos = call + a spade a spade.
    * raqueta de andar por la nieve = snowshoe.
    * si se parece a un pato, anda como un pato y grazna como un pato, entonces es = If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck.

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    andar1 [ A24 ]
    vi
    A
    1 ( esp Esp) (caminar) to walk
    la niña ya anda the little girl's already walking
    anda encorvado he stoops, he walks with a stoop
    el perrito venía andando detrás de ella the little dog was coming along o walking along behind her
    se acercó andando de puntillas she tiptoed up to him, she went up to him on tiptoes
    ¿has venido andando? did you come on foot?, did you walk?
    a poco andar ( Chi); before long
    2 (Col, CS, Ven) (ir) to go
    anda a comprar el periódico go and buy the newspaper
    anduvo de aquí para allá intentando encontrarla he went all over the place trying to find her
    andá a pasear ( fam) or ( vulg) a la mierda ( RPl) get lost! ( colloq), go to hell! (sl), piss off! ( BrE sl)
    3
    ( AmL) (montar): no sé andar a caballo I can't ride a horse
    fue a andar a caballo al parque she went horseriding o riding in the park
    los domingos salen a andar en bicicleta they go cycling on Sundays, they go for bike rides on Sundays ( colloq)
    está aprendiendo a andar en bicicleta she's learning to ride a bicycle
    gata f B. (↑ gata)
    B (marchar, funcionar) to work
    el tocadiscos no anda the record player's not working
    el coche anda de maravilla the car's running o ( BrE) going like a dream
    C (+ compl)
    1 (estar) to be
    ¿cómo andas? how are you?, how's it going? ( colloq), how are things? ( colloq), what's up? ( AmE colloq)
    ¿cómo andas de calcetines? how are you for o ( BrE) how are you off for socks?
    ¿cómo andamos de tiempo? how are we doing for time?
    no anda muy bien de salud he isn't very well
    ando enfermo I'm ill
    anda un poco tristón he's (looking) a bit gloomy
    siempre anda con prisas he's always in a hurry
    anda siempre muy arregladita she's always very well turned-out
    no andes descalza don't walk o go around without your shoes on
    ¿quién anda ahí? who's there?
    ¿y Manolo? — creo que anda por América what about Manolo? — I think he's in America somewhere
    ¿dónde andan mis calcetines? where have my socks got(ten) o gone to? ( colloq), what's happened to my socks?
    andar + GER to be -ING
    anda buscando pelea he's out for o he's looking for a fight
    la policía lo anda buscando the police are looking for him o ( colloq) are after him
    quien mal anda, mal acaba if you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end
    2 (juntarse) andar CON algn to mix WITH sb
    no me gusta la gente con la que andas I don't like the people you're mixing with o ( colloq) you're hanging around with
    dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres you can tell a man o a man is known by the company he keeps
    3
    (salir con): andar CON algn to go out WITH sb
    D (rondar) andar POR algo:
    andará por los 60 (años) he must be around o about 60
    E andar DETRáS DE or TRAS algn/algo (buscar, perseguir) to be AFTER sb/sth
    ese sólo anda detrás de tu dinero he's only after your money
    andan tras la fama y la riqueza they are looking for o ( colloq) they are out for fame and fortune
    F
    1 ( fam) andar CON algo (llevar) ‹con revólver/dinero› to carry sth; ‹contraje/sombrero› to wear sth
    sabes que no me gusta que andes con cuchillos you know I don't like you playing with o messing around with knives
    2 (revolver) andar EN algo to rummage o poke o ferret around IN sth
    no me andes en el bolso don't go rummaging o poking o ferreting around in my bag
    1
    (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad): ¡anda! ¡qué casualidad! well! o good heavens! o good grief! what a coincidence!
    ¡anda! ¡mira quién está aquí! well, well! o hey! look who's here!
    ¡anda ya! ¡eso es imposible! go on! o ( BrE) get away with you! that's impossible! ( colloq)
    2
    (expresando irritación, rechazo): ¡anda! ¡déjame en paz! oh, leave me alone!
    ¡anda! no me vengas con excusas come on! o come off it! I don't want to hear your excuses ( colloq)
    ¡anda! ¡se me ha vuelto a olvidar! damn! I've forgotten it again! ( colloq)
    3
    (instando a hacer algo): préstamelo, anda go on, lend it to me!
    anda, déjate de tonterías come on, stop being silly!
    ándale, no seas sacón ( Méx fam); go on, don't be chicken ( colloq)
    ¡anda! or ( Méx) ¡ándale! or ( Col) ¡ándele! que llegamos tarde come on o get a move on o let's get moving, we'll be late! ( colloq)
    ¡vamos, andando, que se hace tarde! come on, let's get a move on, it's getting late!
    ■ andar
    vt
    A (caminar) to walk
    tuvimos que andar un buen trecho we had to walk a fair distance
    he andado muchos caminos ( liter); I have trodden many paths ( liter)
    B
    ( AmC) (llevar): no ando dinero I don't have any money on me
    siempre ando shorts en casa I always go around in o wear shorts at home
    A andarse CON algo:
    ése no se anda con bromas he's not one to joke around o not one for jokes
    ándate con cuidado take care, be careful
    ( AmL) (irse): ándate de aquí inmediatamente get out of here this minute
    ándate luego, no vayas a llegar tarde get going o get a move on, otherwise you'll be late ( colloq)
    A (modo de andar) gait, walk
    un viejo de andar pausado an old man with an unhurried gait o walk
    tiene andares de princesa she walks like a princess, she has the bearing o deportment of a princess ( frml)
    1 (viajes) travels (pl)
    en mis andares por Sudamérica on my travels through South America
    2 (aventuras) adventures (pl)
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    andar 1 ( conjugate andar) verbo intransitivo
    1
    a) (esp Esp) ( caminar) to walk;

    ◊ ¿has venido andando? did you come on foot?, did you walk?

    b) (AmL):

    ◊ andar a caballo/en bicicleta to ride (a horse/a bicycle)

    c) ( en imperativo) (AmS) (ir) to go;


    2 (marchar, funcionar) to work;
    ◊ el coche anda de maravilla the car's running o (BrE) going like a dream

    3 (+ compl)
    a) ( estar) to be;

    ◊ ¿cómo andas? how are you?, how's it going? (colloq);

    ¿quién anda por ahí? who's there?;
    anda en Londres he's in London;
    anda buscando pelea he's out for o he's looking for a fight;
    me anda molestando (AmL fam) he keeps bothering me
    b) andar con algn ( juntarse) to mix with sb;

    ( salir con) to go out with sb;

    c) andar detrás de or tras algn/algo (buscar, perseguir) to be after sb/sth

    4 ( rondar):
    ◊ andará por los 60 (años) he must be around o about 60

    5 andar con algo (esp AmL fam) ‹con revólver/dinero› to carry sth;
    ‹con traje/sombrero› to wear sth
    6 ( en exclamaciones)
    a) (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad):

    ◊ ¡anda! ¡qué casualidad! good heavens! what a coincidence!;

    ¡anda! ¡mira quién está aquí! well, well! look who's here!
    b) (expresando irritación, rechazo):

    ◊ ¡anda! ¡déjame en paz! oh, leave me alone!;

    ¡anda! ¡se me ha vuelto a olvidar! damn! I've forgotten it again! (colloq)

    ◊ préstamelo, anda go on, lend it to me!;

    ¡ándale (Méx) or (Col) ándele que llegames tarde! come on, we'll be late! (colloq)
    verbo transitivo
    1 ( caminar) to walk
    2 (AmC) ( llevar):

    siempre ando shorts I always wear shorts
    andarse verbo pronominal
    1 andarse con algo:

    ándate con cuidado take care, be careful
    2 ( en imperativo) (AmL) ( irse):

    ándate luego get going, get a move on (colloq)
    andar 2 sustantivo masculino,
    ◊ andares sustantivo masculino plural

    gait, walk
    andar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 to walk
    2 (moverse) to move
    3 (funcionar) to work: este reloj no anda bien, this clock doesn't keep good time
    4 (aproximarse a una cantidad) andará por los cincuenta, she's about fifty
    5 (realizar una acción: + gerundio) anda contando por ahí tu vida y milagros, he's telling everybody all about you
    6 (estar) ¿cómo andamos de tiempo?, how are we off for time?
    tus llaves tienen que andar por casa, your keys must be somewhere in the house
    7 (llevar consigo) LAm to have on, to carry/take with oneself: la llave la andaba con él a todas partes, he carried the key with him everywhere he went
    II vtr (recorrer) to walk: andaré el tortuoso camino que lleva a tu casa, I'll walk the winding road that leads to your door
    andar m, andares mpl walk sing, gait sing

    ' andar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    andares
    - bicicleta
    - boca
    - casa
    - cien
    - dinero
    - echar
    - escasa
    - escaso
    - gatas
    - greña
    - holgada
    - holgado
    - juego
    - peculiar
    - puntilla
    - reconocer
    - soltarse
    - tienta
    - torpe
    - torpeza
    - anduve
    - bien
    - caballo
    - caminar
    - cojo
    - compañía
    - corto
    - descaminado
    - desgarbado
    - gata
    - gatear
    - mal
    - nube
    - ojo
    - paso
    English:
    ambulatory
    - badly
    - barefoot
    - blunder
    - bustle
    - crawl
    - down
    - drag
    - even
    - gait
    - grope
    - heavily
    - large
    - loose
    - mooch
    - mope about
    - mope around
    - move about
    - move around
    - pad about
    - pad around
    - pick
    - plod
    - pound
    - prance
    - pressed
    - pussyfoot
    - run
    - scramble
    - short
    - slouch
    - slouch about
    - slouch around
    - slow
    - stall
    - steadily
    - stoop
    - stride
    - tiptoe
    - toddler
    - tout
    - tramp
    - trek
    - trip along
    - upright
    - waddle
    - walk
    - walking pace
    - walking shoes
    - blink
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    ♦ vi
    1. esp Esp [caminar] to walk;
    [moverse] to move;
    ¿fuiste en autobús o andando? did you go by bus or on foot?, did you go by bus or did you walk?;
    andar por la calle to walk in the street;
    andar deprisa/despacio to walk quickly/slowly;
    andar a gatas to crawl;
    todo se andará all in good time
    2. [funcionar] to work, to go;
    la nueva moto anda estupendamente the new motorbike is running superbly;
    el reloj no anda the clock has stopped;
    las cosas andan mal things are going badly;
    los negocios andan muy bien business is going very well
    3. [estar] to be;
    ¿qué tal andas? how are you (doing)?;
    no sabía que habían operado a tu padre – ¿qué tal anda? I didn't know your father had had an operation, how is he (getting on o doing)?;
    ¿dónde anda tu hermano? no lo he visto desde hace meses what's your brother up to these days? I haven't seen him for months;
    creo que anda por el almacén I think he's somewhere in the warehouse;
    andar en boca de todos to be on everyone's lips;
    desde que tiene novia, andar muy contento ever since he got a girlfriend he's been very happy;
    ando muy ocupado I'm very busy at the moment;
    ¿cómo andas de dinero? how are you (off) for money?;
    andamos muy mal de dinero we're very short of money, we're very badly off for money;
    ¡date prisa, que andamos muy mal de tiempo! hurry up, we haven't got much time!, hurry up, we're late!;
    andar detrás de o [m5]tras algo/alguien to be after sth/sb;
    de andar por casa [explicación, método] basic, rough and ready;
    mi ropa de andar por casa my clothes for wearing around the house;
    hice un apaño de andar por casa y ya funciona I patched it up myself and it works again now;
    ande yo caliente, ríase la gente I'm quite happy, I don't care what other people think;
    quien mal anda mal acaba everyone gets their just deserts
    4. [ocuparse]
    andar en [asuntos, líos] to be involved in;
    [papeleos, negocios] to be busy with;
    anda metido en pleitos desde el accidente ever since the accident he's been busy fighting legal battles
    5. [hurgar]
    andar en to rummage around in;
    ¿quién ha andado en mis papeles? who has been messing around with my papers?
    6. [indica acción]
    andar haciendo algo to be doing sth;
    con esa chulería, David anda buscándose problemas David's asking for trouble, always being so cocky;
    en ese país andan a tiros in that country they go round shooting one another;
    andan a voces todo el día they spend the whole day shouting at each other;
    anda echando broncas a todos he's going round telling everybody off;
    anda explicando sus aventuras he's talking about his adventures;
    andar a vueltas con algo to be having trouble with sth;
    RP
    ¡andá a saber! who knows!
    7. [ir]
    andar con alguien to go around o round with sb;
    anda por ahí con una jovencita he's running around with a young girl;
    anda con gente muy poco recomendable she mixes with o goes around with a very undesirable crowd;
    dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres birds of a feather flock together
    8.
    andar por [alcanzar, rondar] to be about;
    anda por los sesenta he's about sixty;
    debe de andar por el medio millón it must be o cost about half a million
    9. Fam [enredar]
    andar con algo to play with sth
    ♦ vt
    1. [recorrer] to go, to travel;
    anduvimos 15 kilómetros we walked (for) 15 kilometres
    2. CAm [llevar puesto] to wear
    3. CAm [llevar] to carry
    ♦ nm
    1. [modo de caminar] gait, walk;
    andares [de persona] gait;
    tiene andares de modelo she walks like a model
    2. [transcurso]
    con el andar del tiempo, comprenderás todo mejor you'll understand everything better with the passing of time
    * * *
    I v/i
    1 ( caminar) walk;
    andando on foot;
    ¡andando! come on!, move it! fam
    2 ( funcionar) work
    3
    :
    andar alegre/triste be happy/sad;
    andar bien/mal do well/badly;
    andar bien/mal de algo have a lot of/be short of sth;
    andar con cuidado be careful;
    andar con alguien mix with s.o., hang out with s.o. fam ;
    andar en algo ( buscar) rummage in sth;
    andar en el cajón rummage around in the drawer;
    por los 30 años be around 30;
    andar tras algo be after sth fam ;
    andar haciendo algo be doing sth;
    andar a golpes, andar a palos be always fighting;
    andar a una work together;
    ¡anda! sorpresa wow!; incredulidad come on!
    II v/t walk
    III m
    :
    andares gait, walk
    * * *
    andar {6} vi
    1) caminar: to walk
    2) ir: to go, to travel
    3) funcionar: to run, to function
    el auto anda bien: the car runs well
    4) : to ride
    andar a caballo: to ride on horseback
    5) : to be
    anda sin dinero: he's broke
    andar vt
    : to walk, to travel
    andar nm
    : walk, gait
    * * *
    andar vb
    1. (caminar) to walk
    2. (moverse) to go
    3. (funcionar) to work / to go
    4. (estar) to be
    ¿cómo andas? how are you?
    ¿cómo andas de tu resfriado? how's your cold?
    ¿por dónde anda Enrique? where's Enrique?
    ¿quién anda por ahí? who's there?

    Spanish-English dictionary > andar

  • 25 grosso

    1. adj big, large
    ( spesso) thick
    mare rough
    sale, ghiaia coarse
    colloq pezzo m grosso big shot colloq questa è grossa! this is too much!
    sbagliarsi di grosso make a big mistake
    farla grossa make a fine mess
    2. m bulk
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    grosso1 agg.
    1 (di notevole dimensione) big, large, great: una grossa mela, a big apple; una scatola grossa così, a box as big as that; ha una grossa automobile, he owns a big car; un uomo grande e grosso, a big tall man; un grosso quartiere residenziale, a large (o big) residential district; grossi complessi industriali, big industrial complexes; una grossa famiglia, a large (o big) family; un grosso esercito, a large army // mare grosso, rough sea // fiume grosso, swollen river
    2 (considerevole, cospicuo) big, large: grossi guadagni, big profits; una grossa fortuna, a large fortune; ha subito una grossa perdita, he suffered a big (o great) loss; è un grosso sforzo da parte mia, it calls for a big effort on my part
    3 (grave) big, serious: un grosso errore, a serious mistake; accidenti, è un grosso guaio!, hell! it's a big problem!; ha corso un grosso rischio, he ran a big risk
    4 (importante) important, big: un grosso scrittore contemporaneo, an important contemporary writer; uno dei più grossi successi del momento, one of the biggest hits of the moment // pezzo grosso, (fam.) big shot
    5 (spesso) thick: labbra grosse, thick lips; panno grosso, thick cloth // vino grosso, heavy (o full-bodied) wine // sale grosso, coarse salt
    6 (gravida, di donna) pregnant; (di femmina di animale) big with young, pregnant
    ◆ s.m. (maggior parte, massa) main body, chief part; gross, bulk, mass: il grosso del lavoro, the greater part of the work: il grosso delle spese, most of the expenses; il grosso dell'esercito, the main body of the army; (mar.) il grosso del carico, the bulk of the cargo
    ◆ avv. thickly: questa penna scrive grosso, this pen writes thickly // sparare grosso, (fig.) to ask a very high price.
    ◆ FRASEOLOGIA: di udito grosso, hard of hearing; è di cervello grosso, he's a bit slow // avere il cuore grosso, to have a heavy heart // avere il fiato grosso, to be breathless (o out of breath) // bere grosso, to swallow anything // fare la voce grossa, to raise one's voice (o to threaten) // parole grosse, hard words // l'hai fatta grossa!, now you have done it! // cerca di non farne di grosse come al solito!, try not to get into a mess as you usually do! // questa è grossa!, that is too much! // raccontarle grosse, to tell tall stories // me ne ha detta una grossa, he told me a far-fetched story (o he spun me a yarn) // lavorare di grosso, to work roughly // sbagliarsi di grosso, to be quite mistaken.
    grosso2 s.m. (antica moneta) gross.
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    ['ɡrɔsso] grosso (-a)
    1. agg
    1) (gen) big, large, (spesso) thick, (pesante) heavy
    2) (fig : errore, rischio) serious, great, (patrimonio) large, (tempo, mare) rough
    3) (non raffinato: sale), (anche), fig coarse
    4)

    (fraseologia) avere il fiato grosso — to be short of breath

    dirla o spararla grossa — to shoot a line, to tell tall stories Brit o tales Am

    2. sm

    il grosso del lavoro è fatto — the bulk o the main part of the work is over

    PAROLA CHIAVE: grosso non si traduce mai con la parola inglese gross
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    ['grɔsso] 1.
    1) (grande) [palazzo, nave, città, testa] large, big
    2) (spesso) [labbra, caviglie] thick
    3) (corpulento, grasso) [ persona] bulky, fat; [ ventre] big, fat
    4) (importante) [ impresa] big, large, major; [produttore, somma, eredità, menzogna] big; [sorpresa, successo] great

    un pezzo grosso — fig. a big shot o cheese, a bigwig

    5) (grave) [problema, errore, guaio] big; [ difficoltà] major; [ difetto] big, major
    6) (in piena) [ corso d'acqua] in flood; (agitato) [ mare] stormy, rough
    7) (grezzo) [sale, sabbia] coarse

    sbagliare di grosso — to be gravely o badly mistaken, to be quite wrong

    2.

    scrivere grosso — [ persona] to write in big letters; [ penna] to write thickly

    3.

    il grosso di — the majority o bulk of [ spettatori]; the main body of [ manifestanti]; the main part of [ spese]

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    spararle o raccontarle -e to talk big, to be full of big talk; questa volta l'hai fatta davvero -a! you've really gone and done it now! volavano parole -e the air was blue; fare un colpo grosso — to pull off a big deal

    * * *
    grosso
    /'grɔsso/
     1 (grande) [palazzo, nave, città, testa] large, big
     2 (spesso) [labbra, caviglie] thick
     3 (corpulento, grasso) [ persona] bulky, fat; [ ventre] big, fat; un uomo grande e grosso a strapping man
     4 (importante) [ impresa] big, large, major; [produttore, somma, eredità, menzogna] big; [sorpresa, successo] great; un grosso nome della musica a big name in music; un pezzo grosso fig. a big shot o cheese, a bigwig
     5 (grave) [problema, errore, guaio] big; [ difficoltà] major; [ difetto] big, major
     6 (in piena) [ corso d'acqua] in flood; (agitato) [ mare] stormy, rough
     7 (grezzo) [sale, sabbia] coarse; panno grosso thick cloth
     8 di grosso sbagliare di grosso to be gravely o badly mistaken, to be quite wrong
      scrivere grosso [ persona] to write in big letters; [ penna] to write thickly; macinato grosso coarsely ground
    III sostantivo m.
      (la maggior parte) il grosso di the majority o bulk of [ spettatori]; the main body of [ manifestanti]; the main part of [ spese]
    questa è un po' -a! that's a bit of a tall story! spararle o raccontarle -e to talk big, to be full of big talk; questa volta l'hai fatta davvero -a! you've really gone and done it now! volavano parole -e the air was blue; fare un colpo grosso to pull off a big deal
    \
    grosso calibro big gun (anche fig.).

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > grosso

  • 26 be

    I [biː] гл., прош. вр. 1 л., 3 л. ед. was, 2 л. ед., мн. were, прич. прош. вр. been
    1) быть; быть живым, жить; существовать

    I think, therefore I am. — Я мыслю, следовательно, существую.

    Tyrants and sycophants have been and are. — Тираны и подхалимы были и есть.

    So much that was not is beginning to be. — Так много из того, чего раньше не было, появляется.

    Content to be and to be well. — Он доволен, что жив, и что у него всё неплохо.

    Syn:
    2) происходить, случаться, иметь место

    Be it as it may. — Будь как будет.

    The flower-show was last week. — На прошлой неделе была выставка цветов.

    Syn:
    take place, happen, occur
    3) занимать (какое-л. место, положение); находиться (где-л.), принимать (какую-л.) позу или позицию

    I'm sorry, Mr Baker is not at home; can I take a message? — Мистера Бейкера нет дома, что-нибудь передать ему?

    Your book is here, under the table. — Да вот твоя книжка, под столом.

    You shall be beside me in the church. — Ты будешь стоять рядом со мной в церкви.

    The bank is between the shoe shop and the post office. — Банк расположен между почтой и обувным магазином.

    The valley where we live is beyond the mountains. — Долина, в которой мы живём, расположена за этими горами.

    Is Mary down yet? Her eggs are getting cold. — Разве Мэри ещё не спустилась (к завтраку)? Её яичница остывает.

    We must try to be away by 8 o'clock. — Нужно попытаться к 8 часам уже уйти.

    There's nobody about, you'd better come back later. — Сейчас никого нет, может быть, вам лучше зайти попозже?

    Jim is about somewhere, if you'd like to wait. — Джим где-то поблизости, вы можете подождать.

    There's a branch above you - can you reach it? — Над тобой ветка, достанешь до неё?

    The captain of a ship is above a seaman. — Звание капитана корабля выше звания матроса.

    Jim was abreast of the leading runner for a few minutes but then fell behind. — Сначала Джим бежал наравне с лидером, но потом отстал.

    When all your toys are away, I will read you a story. — Я почитаю тебе сказку, если ты уберёшь на место все игрушки.

    The hotel is on the upper floors, and the shops are below. — Гостиница расположена на верхних этажах, а магазин - ниже.

    The home of a rabbit is usually beneath the ground. — Кролики обычно роют свои норки в земле.

    Long skirts will be back next year. — В следующем году в моде снова будут длинные юбки.

    So many children are away this week with colds. — На этой неделе многие дети отсутствуют по болезни.

    When I returned from the police station, the jewels were back in their box; the thieves must have got frightened and replaced them. — Когда я вернулась домой из полиции, драгоценности снова были в шкатулке. Должно быть, воры испугались и положили их обратно.

    Your letters are behind the clock, where I always put them. — Твои письма за часами; там, куда я всегда кладу их.

    4) находиться в (каком-л.) состоянии; обладать (каким-л.) качеством

    to be afraid — страшиться, бояться, трусить; опасаться

    to be amazed / astonished — изумляться, удивляться

    to be frightened / startled — пугаться

    to be indignant — негодовать, возмущаться; обижаться, сердиться

    to be slow / tardy — медлить, мешкать; опаздывать, запаздывать; отставать

    to be stuffed — объедаться, переедать

    to be remorseful — раскаиваться; сокрушаться; каяться, сожалеть

    to be in a hurry — спешить, торопиться

    to be lenient — попустительствовать, потакать, потворствовать

    to be mistaken — заблуждаться, ошибаться

    to be at an end — заканчиваться, подходить к концу

    My patience is at an end, I can listen to her complaints no longer. — Моё терпение лопнуло, я больше не могу слушать её жалобы.

    It's quite dark, it must be after 10 o'clock. — Уже довольно темно, сейчас, должно быть, около 10 часов.

    Proposals that have been under deliberation. — Предложения, которые рассматривались.

    5) ( have been) побывать (где-л.)

    Where have you been? I've just been about the town. — Где ты был? Гулял по городу.

    Syn:
    6) оставаться, пребывать (в каком-л. состоянии); не меняться, продолжать быть, как раньше

    Let things be. — Пусть всё будет как есть.

    Syn:

    Being they are Church-men, we may rather suspect... — Имея в виду, что они священники, можно подозревать…

    8) принадлежать (кому-л.), относиться ( к чему-л); сопровождать, сопутствовать

    Well is him that hath (= has) found prudence. — Благо тому, кто стал благоразумен.

    Good fortune be with you. — Пусть удача сопутствует тебе.

    Syn:
    9) (there + личная форма от be) иметься, наличествовать

    There is some cheese in the fridge. — В холодильнике есть немного сыра.

    There are many problems with her essay. — С её эссе много проблем.

    а) означать, значить; быть эквивалентным чему-л.

    To fall was to die. — Упасть означало умереть.

    I'll tell you what it is, you must leave. — Я тебе скажу, в чём дело - тебе уходить пора.

    State is me. — Государство это я.

    Let thinking be reasoning. — Будем считать, что думать значит размышлять.

    б) занимать место в ряду; характеризоваться признаками

    Only by being man can we know man. — Только будучи людьми мы можем познать человека.

    He was of Memphis. — Он был из Мемфиса.

    в) иметь значение, быть значимым

    Is it nothing to you? —Это ничего для тебя не значит?

    11) (if … were / was to do smth.) если бы … имело место ( сослагательное наклонение)

    If I were to propose, would you accept? — Если бы я сделал тебе предложение, ты бы согласилась?

    12) (be to do smth.) быть обязанным сделать (что-л.; выражает долженствование)

    The president is to arrive at 9.30. — Президент должен приехать в 9.30.

    You are not to leave before I say so. — Ты не должен уходить, пока я тебе не разрешу.

    I was this morning to buy silk for a nightcap. — Тем утром мне нужно было сходить купить шёлка на ночной колпак.

    He is to go home. — Он должен пойти домой.

    13) (be + about to do smth.) собираться (сделать что-л.)

    He is about to go. — Он собирается уходить.

    The water is about to boil. — Вода вот-вот закипит.

    Syn:
    14) ( be about) делать, исполнять; заниматься (чем-л.)

    What are you about? I'm about my business. — Чем вы сейчас занимаетесь? У меня свой бизнес.

    15) ( be above) быть безупречным, вне подозрений, выше критики

    Her action during the fire was above reproach. — Её поведение во время пожара было безупречным.

    The chairman's decision is not above criticism. — С решением председателя можно поспорить.

    16) ( be after)
    а) преследовать (кого-л.)

    Why is the dog running so fast? He's after rabbits. — Почему собака так быстро бежит? Она гонится за кроликом.

    Quick, hide me, the police are after me! — Спрячь меня скорее, за мной гонится полиция.

    Jim is after another job. — Джим хочет устроиться на другую работу.

    Don't marry him, he's only after your money. — Не выходи за него замуж, ему нужны только твои деньги.

    She's been after me for a year to buy her a new coat. — Она целый год приставала ко мне, чтобы ей купили новое пальто.

    в) разг. журить, бранить; ругать

    She's always after the children for one thing or another. — Она всегда за что-нибудь ругает детей.

    17) ( be against)
    а) противостоять (кому-л. / чему-л.)

    Driving without seat belts may soon be against the law. — Вести машину непристёгнутым скоро может стать нарушением правил.

    Father was against (his daughter) marrying young. — Отец был против того, чтобы дочь выходила замуж в юном возрасте.

    б) противоречить (чему-л.)

    Lying is against my principles. — Ложь противоречит моим жизненным принципам.

    18) ( be along) приходить

    Jim will be along (to the meeting) in a minute. — Через минуту-другую Джим придёт.

    19) ( be at)
    а) разг. настроиться на (что-л.)
    Syn:
    drive 1. 16)
    б) разг. ругать (кого-л.), нападать на (кого-л.), приставать к (кому-л.)
    в) осуществлять активно (что-л.), посвятить себя (чему-л.)

    Jim has been at his work for hours. — Джим часами сидит за работой.

    г) разг. быть популярным, быть модным

    You must get your clothes in the King's Road, that's where it's at. — Ты можешь отвезти свою одежду на Кинг Роуд, там её оценят по достоинству.

    д) трогать (что-л.) чужое; рыться в (чем-л.)
    Syn:
    meddle 2)
    е) атаковать (кого-л.)

    Our men are ready, sir, all armed and eager to be at the enemy. — Солдаты находятся в боевой готовности, сэр, они все вооружены и жаждут броситься в бой.

    ж) приводить к (чему-л.), заканчиваться (чем-л.)

    What would he be at? - At her, if she's at leisure. — Ну и чего он достигнет? - Будет рядом с ней, если ей захочется.

    20) ( be before) обвиняться, предстать перед (судом, законом)

    Peter has been before the court again on a charge of driving while drunk. — Питер снова предстал перед судом за то, что находился за рулём в нетрезвом состоянии.

    Syn:
    bring 5), go 1. 25)
    21) ( be behind) служить причиной, крыться за (чем-л.), стоять за (чем-л.)

    What's behind his offer? — Интересно, что заставило его сделать такое предложение?

    22) ( be below)
    а) быть ниже (нормы, стандартных требований)

    I'm disappointed in your work; it is below your usual standard. — Я неприятно удивлён результатами вашей работы, обычно вы справляетесь с заданием гораздо лучше.

    б) быть ниже по званию, чину

    A captain is below a major. — Капитан по званию ниже, чем майор.

    By joining the army late, he found that he was below many men much younger than himself. — Довольно поздно вступив на военную службу, он обнаружил, что многие из тех, кто младше его по возрасту, старше по званию.

    23) ( be beneath) быть позорным для (кого-л.); быть ниже (чьго-л.) достоинства

    Cheating at cards is beneath me. — Я считаю ниже своего достоинства жульничать при игре в карты.

    I should have thought it was beneath you to consider such an offer. — Я должен был догадаться, что вы сочтёте недостойным рассматривать подобные предложения.

    24) ( be beyond)
    а) выходить за пределы возможного или ожидаемого; не подлежать (чему-л.), выходить за рамки (чего-л.)

    to be beyond a joke — переставать быть забавным; становиться слишком серьёзным

    Your continual lateness is now beyond a joke; if you're not on time tomorrow, you will be dismissed. — Ваши постоянные опоздания уже перестали быть просто шуткой; если вы и завтра не придёте вовремя, мы вынуждены будем вас уволить.

    Your rudeness is beyond endurance - kindly leave my house! — Ваша грубость становится невыносимой, я бы попросил вас покинуть мой дом!

    The soldier's brave deed was beyond the call of duty. — Храбрый поступок солдата превосходил обычное представление о долге.

    Calling spirits from the dead proved to be beyond the magician's powers. — Вызывать духов умерших людей оказалось за пределами возможностей чародея.

    I'm afraid this old piano is now beyond repair so we'd better get rid of it. — Боюсь, что это старое пианино не подлежит ремонту, и лучше было бы избавиться от него.

    б) превзойти (что-л.)

    The amount of money that I won was beyond all my hopes. — Сумма выигрыша была намного больше того, о чём я мог хотя бы мечтать.

    в) = be beyond one's ken быть слишком сложным для (кого-л.); быть выше (чьего-л.) понимания

    I'm afraid this book's beyond me; have you an easier one? — Мне кажется, что эта книга слишком сложная для меня; у вас нет чего-нибудь попроще?

    It's beyond me which house to choose, they're both so nice! — Я решительно не знаю, какой дом выбрать. Они оба такие красивые!

    The details of different kinds of life insurance are quite beyond my ken, so I have to take the advice of professionals. — Вопросы особенностей и различных видов медицинского страхования слишком трудны для моего понимания. Лучше я обращусь к помощи специалистов.

    Syn:
    get 1. 28)
    25) ( be for) поддерживать (кого-л. / что-л.) ; быть "за" (что-л.), защищать (что-л.)

    I'm for it. — Я за, я поддерживаю.

    You are for the chairman's plan, aren't you? Yes, I'm all for it. — Вы одобряете план, предложенный председателем, не так ли? Да, мне он нравится.

    No, I'm for keeping the old methods. — Нет, я приверженец старых методов.

    Syn:
    26) ( be into) разг. быть заинтересованным в (чём-л.)

    She doesn't eat meat now, she's really into health food. — Она не ест мяса и увлекается здоровой пищей.

    27) ( be off)
    а) не посещать (работу, учёбу); закончить (работу, выполнение обязанностей)

    Jane was off school all last week with her cold. — Джейн всю прошлую неделю не ходила в школу по болезни.

    в) не хотеть, не быть заинтересованным; перестать интересоваться

    Jane has been off her food since she caught a cold. — С тех пор, как Джейн простудилась, ей не хотелось есть.

    I've been off that kind of music for some time now. — Некоторое время мне не хотелось слушать такую музыку.

    28) ( be (up)on)

    Mother has been on that medicine for months, and it doesn't seem to do her any good. — Мама принимает это лекарство уже несколько месяцев, и кажется, что оно ей совсем не помогает.

    I've been on this treatment for some weeks and I must say I do feel better. — Я уже несколько недель принимаю это лекарство и, должен сказать, чувствую себя лучше.

    б) делать ставку на (кого-л. / что-л.)

    My money's on Sam, is yours? — Я поставил на Сэма, а ты?

    Our money's on Northern Dancer to win the third race. — Мы поставили на то, что Северный Танцор выиграет в третьем забеге.

    Syn:
    stake II 2., wager
    в) разг. быть оплаченным (кем-л.)

    Put your money away, this meal is on me. — Убери деньги, я заплачу за обед.

    29) ( be onto)
    а) связаться с (кем-л.; особенно по телефону)

    I've been onto the director, but he says he can't help. — Я разговаривал с директором, но он говорит, что не может помочь.

    б) разг. постоянно просить (кого-л.) о (чём-л.)

    She's been onto me to buy her a new coat for a year. — Она постоянно в течение года просила меня купить ей новое пальто.

    в) разг. открывать, обнаруживать (что-л.)

    Don't think I haven't been onto your little plan for some time. — Не думай, что я не знал какое-то время о твоём плане.

    The police are onto us, we'd better hide. — Полиция знает о нас, уж лучше мы спрячемся.

    30) ( be over) тратить много времени на (что-л.); долго заниматься (чем-л.), долго сидеть над (чем-л.)

    Don't be all night over finishing your book. — Не сиди всю ночь напролёт, заканчивая свою книгу.

    31) ( be past) быть трудным (для понимания, совершения)

    It's past me what he means! — Я совершенно не понимаю, что он имеет в виду.

    I'll save this book till the children are older; it's a little past them at the moment. — Я приберегу эту книгу до тех пор, пока дети немного повзрослеют. Сейчас она слишком сложна для них.

    The old man felt that he was now past going out every day, so he asked some young people to do his shopping. — Пожилой человек почувствовал, что ему становится трудно выходить на улицу каждый день, и он попросил молодых людей покупать ему продукты.

    Syn:
    get 1. 28)
    32) ( be under)
    а) подчиняться (кому-л.)

    The whole army is under the general's command. — Вся армия находится под командованием генерала.

    б) лечиться (у какого-л. врача)

    Jane has been under that doctor for three years. — Джейн в течение трёх лет лечилась у этого врача.

    в) чувствовать влияние, находиться под влиянием (чего-л.)

    When Jim came home singing and shouting, we knew that he was under the influence of drink. — Когда Джим с криками и пением пришёл домой, мы поняли, что он был пьян.

    33) ( be with)
    а) разг. поддерживать (кого-л.)

    We're with you all the way in your fight for equal rights. — Мы от всей души поддерживаем вас в борьбе за равноправие.

    б) разг. понимать и любить (что-л. современное); одобрять

    I'm not with these new fashions, I find them ugly. — Я не понимаю нынешних течений в моде. По-моему, это просто ужасно.

    34) ( be within) принадлежать, являться частью (чего-л.)

    I can answer your question if it's within my competence. — Я могу ответить на ваш вопрос, если это входит в сферу моей компетенции.

    35) ( be without) не хватать, недоставать

    Many homes in Britain were without electricity during parts of the winter. — Временами зимой во многих домах Великобритании отключали электричество.

    •
    - be around
    - be away
    - be behind
    - be below
    - be down
    - be in
    - be inside
    - be off
    - be on
    - be out
    - be over
    - be round
    - be through
    - be up
    ••

    to be down in the dumps / mouth — быть в плохом настроении / нездоровым; быть не в форме

    to be in accord / harmony with smb. — иметь хорошие отношения с (кем-л.); иметь одинаковые вкусы, мнения с (кем-л.)

    to be out in force / large numbers / strength — присутствовать, дежурить на улицах в большом количестве

    - have been and gone and done
    - be above one's head
    - be above oneself
    - be abreast of
    - be all eyes
    - be at a dead end
    - be at a loss
    - be at attention
    - be at each other's throats
    - be at ease
    - be at it
    - be at loggerheads
    - be at pains
    - be behind bars
    - be behind the times
    - be beneath contempt
    - be beneath smb.'s dignity
    - be beneath smb.'s notice
    - be beside oneself
    - be beyond question
    - be beyond redemption
    - be down for the count
    - be down on one's luck
    - be hard up for
    - be hip to
    - be in at the finish
    - be in charge
    - be in collision with
    - be in for smth.
    - be in line with
    - be in on the ground floor
    - be in the chair
    - be in the money
    - be in the way
    - be on full time
    - be on the make
    - be on the point
    - be onto a good thing
    - be over and done with
    - be ahead
    - be amiss     II [biː] вспомогательный глагол; прош. вр. 1 л., 3 л. ед. was, 2 л. ед., мн. were, прич. прош. вр. been

    He was talking of you. — Он говорил о тебе.

    A man who is being listened to. — Человек, которого сейчас слушают.

    2) в сочетании с причастием настоящего времени или инфинитивом выражает будущее действие

    She is visiting there next week. — Она приедет сюда на следующей неделе.

    He is to see me today. — Он сегодня придёт меня повидать.

    The date was fixed. — Дата была зафиксирована.

    His book will be published. — Его книга будет опубликована.

    The political aspect of the subject has not been approached. — Политический аспект проблемы до сих пор не рассматривался.

    4) уст. с причастием прошедшего времени передаёт перфектное значение для непереходных глаголов

    Therefore I am returned. — И поэтому я вернулся.

    His parents were grown old. — Его родители состарились.

    Англо-русский современный словарь > be

  • 27 play

    [pleɪ] 1. гл.
    1)
    а) играть, забавляться, резвиться

    The children play indoors when it rains. — Когда идёт дождь, дети играют дома.

    The seashore was full of children, playing about in the sand. — На берегу было полно детей, игравших в песке.

    б) ( play with) развлекаться; обращаться с (чем-л.) легко или легкомысленно, относиться несерьёзно

    I like a girl who doesn't play with her food or drink. — Мне нравится девушка, которая не относится легкомысленно к своей еде или питью.

    в) ( play (up)on) играть на (чьих-л. чувствах, страхах)
    г) уст. ( play with) флиртовать; эвф. иметь половое сношение
    2) играть, участвовать в спортивной игре

    He taught young ladies to play billiards. — Он научил молодых леди играть в бильярд.

    I played him for championship. — Я играл с ним на звание чемпиона.

    3)

    Don't play (at) cards against your father, he always wins. — Не играй в карты со своим отцом, он всегда выигрывает.

    Syn:
    б) делать ставки в игре, ставить, рисковать прям. и перен.
    в) амер.; разг. играть на тотализаторе
    4)
    а) играть ( карту), делать ход, ходить ( шахматной фигурой)

    to play a trump — ходить с козыря, козырять

    He played pawn to king four, and she replied with the Sicilian. (Walter S. Tevis, The Queen's Gambit) — Он сыграл е2-е4, а она ответила сицилийской защитой.

    б) ударять, направлять, отбивать, подавать

    He played the ball back close to the net. — Он отбил мяч низко над сеткой.

    5) спорт.
    а) использовать в игре, выставлять, заявлять ( игрока)

    The captain wants to play Mills as defence in our next game. — Капитан хочет выставить Миллса защитником в следующем матче.

    6) разыграться, войти в форму

    He went in in the second innings with no time to play himself in. — Он начал вторую подачу, не успев войти в форму.

    "We'll start with the Mozart, play ourselves in." He took the violin out of its case. — "Мы начнём с Моцарта, чтобы разыграться". Он вытащил из футляра скрипку.

    7)
    а) использовать (кого-л.) для своих целей, использовать в качестве пешек

    They're playing you for a bunch of saps! — Они держат вас за компанию недоумков.

    б) = play off натравливать, стравливать

    Natalie played one against the other for a few days, and reconciled them the following weekend. — Натали в течение нескольких дней натравливала их друг на друга, а в конце следующей недели заставила помириться.

    8)

    My kid sister plays piano. — Моя маленькая сестрёнка играет на фортепьяно.

    I couldn't play with such crippled fingers, even if I wanted to. — Я не мог бы играть такими застывшими пальцами, даже если бы очень захотел.

    Just then the music began to play. — Именно тогда начала играть музыка.

    to play (music) by ear — подбирать (музыкальное произведение, мелодию) на слух

    The band played a martial air. — Оркестр играл военную мелодию.

    9)
    10) (play in / out / off / down / up) сопровождать инструментальной музыкой

    The small band played the company into the supper-room. — Под звуки небольшого оркестрика компания перешла в комнату для ужина.

    11)
    а) играть, давать представление; исполнять роль (кого-л.) прям. и перен.

    The new drama plays for three hours. — Новая драма идёт три часа.

    Miss Kelly plays Marie. — Мисс Келли играет роль Мари.

    The doctor had not the least suspicion of the farce that was playing. — Доктор и не подозревал о разыгрывавшемся фарсе.

    He was alone in the world, with his life half played. — Он был один в целом свете с наполовину сыгранной жизнью.

    б) амер. гастролировать
    12) = play at играть роль, притворяться

    We played that we were gypsies. — Мы притворились цыганами.

    Though she had often played at sentiment, no man had ever touched her heart. — Хотя она часто разыгрывала из себя чувствительную натуру, ни один мужчина не тронул ещё её сердца.

    13)
    а) сыграть ( шутку), разыграть

    to play a trick / practical joke — подшучивать, разыгрывать; дурачиться

    б) поступать, вести себя легкомысленно

    It's no good playing at business, you have to take it seriously. — В бизнес не играют, это дело серьёзное.

    "I'm afraid, doctor, we are playing at cross-questions and crooked answers," said Fred. — "Боюсь, доктор, что мы играем в нечестные вопросы и жульнические ответы", - сказал Фред.

    14) порхать, носиться, прыгать, скакать

    Butterflies play among flowers. — Среди цветов порхают бабочки.

    He played about them like a bee. — Он носился между ними, как пчёлка.

    Syn:
    15) переливаться, играть; дрожать, трепетать, покачиваться; мелькать, сверкать

    No smile ever played upon her thin lips. — На её тонких губах никогда не играла улыбка.

    Lightning plays in the sky. — В небе сверкает молния.

    Alfred allows his fancy to play round the idea. — Альфред даёт волю своей фантазии.

    Syn:
    16) уст.; диал. бить, кипеть (о струе и т. п.)
    17)
    а) двигаться, крутиться, колебаться ( обычно в ограниченном пространстве)

    The molars play vertically on each other like a pair of scissors. — Коренные зубы перемещаются вертикально по отношению друг к другу, как лезвия ножниц.

    б) тех. иметь люфт
    18)
    а) вертеть, крутить (что-л. в руках); использовать, работать ( любым инструментом)

    We kept playing the enemy with round-shot. — Мы продолжали забрасывать неприятеля пушечными ядрами.

    19) ( play (up)on) обстреливать

    Marlborough erected another battery to play upon the south-eastern bastion. — Мальборо соорудил ещё одну батарею, чтобы обстреливать юго-восточный бастион.

    20)
    а) выпускать, выбрасывать, извергать (о фонтане, шланге)

    The fountains played in his honour. — В его честь били фонтаны.

    The firemen were not permitted to play on the flames. — Пожарным не разрешили залить водой пламя.

    21) действовать, осуществлять какое-л. действие

    Only something very important would have made you play this game. — Только что-то очень серьёзное могло заставить тебя осуществить это дело.

    22) диал. отказываться от работы, бастовать

    Of the 70,000 men "playing" 40,000 are non-unionists. — Из 70000 бастующих 40000 не являются членами профсоюза.

    23) разг. сотрудничать, взаимодействовать; идти на уступки

    "I've had another word with the Minister." "Will he play?" "He's promised to do everything he can." — "Я ещё раз говорил с министром. - Пойдёт ли он на уступки? - Он обещал сделать всё, что в его силах."

    Syn:
    24) поступать, вести себя (каким-л. образом)
    - play fair
    - play false
    Syn:
    •
    - play along
    - play around
    - play back
    - play down
    - play in
    - play off
    - play on
    - play out
    - play through
    - play up
    - play upon
    ••

    to play low / down on, play it low / down — разг. подло поступить по отношению к (кому-л.)

    to play favourites — амер.; разг. оказывать покровительство, выказывать благосклонность

    to play it close to one's chest — не давать заглядывать в свои карты; действовать скрытно

    to play it cool — вести себя спокойно, хладнокровно, не суетиться

    to play for laughs /a laugh — пытаться вызвать смех у аудитории

    - be play out
    - play it safe
    - play safe
    - play foully
    - play foul
    - play it on
    - play one's cards well
    - play for time
    - play it by ear
    - play smb. for a fool
    - play smb. like a fish
    - play a trick on smb.
    - play games with smb.
    - play to the gallery
    - play upon words
    - play on words
    - play the dozens
    - play with oneself
    - play pussy
    - play a good knife and fork
    - play knife and fork
    - play off the stage
    - play smb. for a sucker
    - play smb. up
    - play hell
    - play havoc
    - play the devil
    - play the mischief
    - play away
    - play ball
    - play the clown
    - play the fool
    - play the hypocrite     2. сущ.
    1)
    а) игра, развлечение, забава

    at play — в игре, в процессе игры

    Syn:
    б) уст. любовные утехи; сексуальные излишества
    2) спорт.
    а) игра, ход игры

    in play — в игре (о мяче и т. п.)

    Play was very slow. — Игра шла очень медленно.

    б) манера, стиль игры; искусство игры
    в) поле (в футболе, крикете)

    He got half way up the play, and just reached the ball with one hand. — Он проскочил половину поля и почти схватил мяч одной рукой.

    г) ход, очередь, подача; атака, атакующие действия
    Syn:
    4) шутка; лёгкий разговор, трёп

    play (up)on words — игра слов, каламбур

    Don't be offended; I only said it in play. — Не обижайся; я сказал это просто в шутку.

    5)
    а) представление, спектакль

    The play ran for two years on Broadway. — Эта пьеса два года шла на Бродвее.

    б) пьеса, драма

    to criticize / pan a play — критиковать пьесу, подвергать пьесу резкой критике

    to present / produce / put on / perform / stage a play — представлять, ставить, показывать пьесу

    to review a play — писать рецензию на пьесу, делать критический обзор пьесы

    to revive a play — воскрешать, восстанавливать пьесу

    - morality play
    - mystery play
    - nativity play
    - one-act play
    - straight play
    6) игра, действие, деятельность

    to make play — действовать эффективно, результативно

    in full play — в действии, в разгаре

    - hold in play
    - keep in play
    - bring into play
    - call into play
    - come into play
    Syn:
    7) лёгкие стремительные движения; игра, переливы

    The girl was an arch, ogling person, with a great play of shoulders. — Это была игривая, кокетливая девица, непрерывно подёргивавшая плечами.

    8) амер.; разг. заигрывание или ухаживание; флирт

    If you were twenty years younger I'd make a play for you, no fooling. — Если бы вы были на двадцать лет моложе, я бы без всяких дураков стал ухаживать за вами.

    She'd been certain he would make a play for her the moment Lockwood took himself off. — Она была уверена, что он станет за ней ухаживать как только Локвуд уйдет с дороги.

    9) амер.; разг.
    а) внимание, покровительство; выказывание внимания

    Everybody goes to the Chicken Club now and then to give the owner a friendly play. — Каждый время от времени заходит в Чикен-Клуб, чтобы показать хозяину своё дружеское отношение.

    Syn:
    б) гласность, публичность, внимание прессы

    The insignificant Gray-Snyder murder trial got a bigger "play" in the press than the sinking of the Titanic. — Незначительное судебное разбирательство об убийстве, дело Грея-Снайдера, привлекло гораздо большее внимание прессы, чем гибель "Титаника".

    wished the country received a better play in the American press (Hugh MacLennan) — хотел, чтобы страна получила более благоприятное освещение в американской прессе

    10) свободное действие; простор, свобода действий

    Their comprehensive minds would, in that state of society, have found no play. — Их острый ум при данном состоянии общества не нашёл бы простора для действия.

    Syn:
    11) тех. свободный ход; зазор, люфт
    12)
    а) приостановка работы; положение неработающего (например, забастовка или безработица)
    б) ( the play) шотл. школьные каникулы
    13) разг. проигрывание аудиокассеты, диска с записанной музыкой
    •
    ••

    as good as a play — очень интересный, занимательный

    while the play is good шотл. — пока ситуация не ухудшилась, не стала опасной, угрожающей

    All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. посл. — Мешай дело с бездельем, проживёшь век с весельем.; Постоянная работа без каких-либо развлечений отупляет человека.

    Англо-русский современный словарь > play

  • 28 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.

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    في \ a; an; each; every: twice a day; 80 miles an hour. at: (showing where): at home; at the office, (showing a point of time) at midday; at 4 o’clock; He was married at 18, (after an adj) good at English; quick at sums. by: during: We travelled by night. in: showing where: In bed; in London; in the box; in his speech, showing condition In a hurry; in trouble, showing a direction; into He fell in the river. He put his hand in his pocket, showing when; during In the past; in January 1980; in the evening, showing what sth. contains or includes There are 60 minutes in an hour. Is he in your team?, showing what sb. wears He was in his best suit, showing a shape or arrangement They stood in a row, showing employment or activity or an event He’s in the navy. She was killed in the accident. on: showing when: on Monday; on May the 6th. showing the state of sb.:: Are you here on business or on holiday?. per: for each: He earns $8000 per annum (for each year). \ في (أيّ مَكَان)‏ \ anywhere: in or to any place: Are you going anywhere?. \ See Also إلى( إلى)‏ \ في \ home: to or at one’s house: Go home! Is your son home yet?. \ See Also إلى البيت \ في \ inside: on (or to) the inside. \ See Also إلى الداخل \ في \ inland: away from the sea: We crossed the coast and flew inland. \ See Also إلى داخل البلاد \ في \ indoors: into (or in) a building: He went (or He stayed) indoors because of the rain. \ See Also إلى داخل البيت \ في \ on board: on (or onto) a ship or aeroplane: There are 70 men on board. Can I go on board the aircraft?. \ See Also إلى دَاخِل الطَّائِرَة \ في \ upstairs: on, at or to a higher floor; up the stairs; at the top of the stairs: She went upstairs because her room is upstairs. She has an upstairs bedroom. \ See Also إلى الدَّور الأَعْلى \ في \ low: to or in a low position: The sun had sunk low in the sky. \ See Also إلى وَضْع مُنْخفِض \ في \ whereabouts: in or near which place: Whereabouts did you find this ring?. \ See Also قرب أيّ مكان؟ \ في \ upstream: against the flow of the stream; up the river: They rowed (the boat) upstream. \ See Also نَحْوَ أعلى النَّهر \ في الاتجاه المعاكس \ backward(s): towards the back: He fell over backwards. \ في أَثَر \ after: following, in search of: I ran after him but could not catch him. The police are after him. \ في أثناء الخِدْمَة (خارج أوقات الخِدمة)‏ \ on duty, (off duty): at work (not at work): The night nurse has 12 hours on duty, then 12 hours off duty. She went on duty at 18.00 and came off duty at 06.00. \ في أثناء ذلك \ meanwhile, meantime: (in) the time between: You’ll have to wait till he’s ready; but you can read this (in the) meanwhile. \ في إجازة \ off: free from work: My employer gave me the afternoon off. \ See Also عطلة (عُطْلَة)‏ \ في أَحْسَن الأَحْوَال \ at best: in the most hopeful conditions: At best, we can’t be ready till Tuesday. \ في آخر \ eventually: in the end: The car kept stopping, but we got home eventually. ultimately: in the end: We must all, ultimately, die. \ See Also نهاية الأمر \ في آخر رَمَق \ on one’s last legs: (of a person or thing) not expected to last much longer; worn out; almost in ruins: That company is on its last legs. \ في آخر لحظة \ in the nick of time: just in time; almost too late: She saved him in the nick of time from falling over the cliff. \ في أَرْجَاء \ about: from place to place in: We wandered about the town. round: (also around) from place to place: He wandered (a)round (the town). We travelled (a)round (the country). \ في أَسْفَل \ under: (also underneath), in a lower position. underneath: (of position) below: It was hidden underneath the floor boards. \ See Also الأسفل (الأَسْفَل)‏ \ في الأَصْل \ originally: in the beginning: This school was originally a rich man’s home. \ في الأَعْلَى \ up: in or to higher position: She lives up in the hills. \ في أغلب الظَّنّ \ doubtless: probably: It will doubtless rain on the day of the garden party. \ في أَفْضَل حَالَة \ at one’s best: in one’s best state: My garden is at its best in spring. \ في أقلّ مِن \ within: in less than: He will arrive within an hour. I live within a mile of the sea. \ في الأمام \ in front: at the front: You go in front and I’ll follow. \ في أَوَاخِر \ late: near the end of a period of time: Late in the year; in the late afternoon. \ في الأوْج \ in full swing: (of an activity) at its highest point; very busy: The party was in full swing when I arrived. \ في أوجِ الإزْهَار \ in bloom: flowering: The roses are in bloom now. \ في أيّ مَكَان \ anywhere: in no matter what place: Put it down anywhere. \ في أيّ وقت \ ever: (esp. in a negative sentence or a question) at any time: Nobody ever writes to me. Have you ever been to Rome? If you ever go there, you must see St. Peter’s cathedral. \ في أيّ وقت مَضَى \ ever: (in a comparative sentence) at any time: He’s working harder than ever. This is the best book I’ve ever read. \ في بادئ الأمر \ at first: at the beginning: At first the new school seemed strange, but then we got used to it. \ في البَدْء \ primarily: mainly; in the first place: This book is written primarily for foreigners. \ See Also أصلا (أَصْلاً)، أساسا (أساسًا)‏ \ في بعض الوقت \ part-time: for only part of the usual working time: She’s a part-time teacher. \ في البيت \ at home: in one’s house: He’s at home in the evenings. \ في البيت المُجَاوِر \ next, next door: in the next house: He lives next door. He is my nextdoor neighbour. \ في تَحَسُّن (من النّاحية الصحّية)‏ \ on the mend: getting better in health (after an illness). \ في تِلْكَ الحالةِ \ in that case: if that happens, or has happened: He may be late. In that case, we shall go without him, if that happens, or has happened He may be late. In that case, we shall go without him. \ في تِلْكَ اللَّحظة \ just: (with continuous tenses; always directly before the present participle) at this moment; at that moment: We’re just starting dinner. We were just starting dinner when he arrived. \ في التَّوّ \ straight away: at once. \ في جانب \ in favour of: supporting: I’m in favour of your plans. \ في الجَانِب الآخَر مِن \ across: on the other side of: My home is across the river. \ في جانب \ for: in favour of: Are you for this idea or against it?. \ See Also صف (صَفّ)‏ \ في جزء أدنى مِن \ down: at a lower level: My house is a little way down the hill. \ في الجِوَار \ about: around; near: There’s a lot of illness about. I went out early, when no one was about (when no one else was out). \ في الحَال \ at once: without delay: Stop that at once!. away: right away; straight away. immediately: at once. instantly: at once. on the spot: in that place and at that moment: He gave me the bill and I paid it on the spot. readily: without delay: The book you need is not readily obtainable. straight away: at once. \ في حَالَةِ \ at: (showing a state): at war; at play. on: showing the state of sth.: The house is on fire. \ في حَالَة حَسَنَة \ well, (better, best): the opposite of ill and unwell; in good health: Don’t you feel well? You’ll soon get better if you drink this medicine. How are you? Very well, thank you. I feel best in the early morning (better than at any other time). \ في حَالَة سَيِّئَة \ in a bad way: in a bad state. \ في حَالَة عَدَم توفُّر \ failing: giving a second choice of action, if the first choice fails: Ask John to do it. Failing him, ask Michael. \ في حَالَة فَوْضَى \ chaotic: in a state of chaos: The young teacher had a chaotic classroom. \ في حَالَةِ وُجُود \ in case of: in the event of; if there is: In case of fire, ring the bell. \ في حَالَةِ ما إِذَا \ in case: because of the possibility of sth. happening: Take a stick, in case you meet a snake. \ في حركة دائِمة \ on the move: moving; travelling: He’s always on the move and never settles for long. \ في الحَقِيقَة \ as a matter of fact, in fact: really; in truth: The dog seemed dead but in fact it was only asleep. As a matter of fact, I don’t like Michael. in point of fact: actually, in fact. in reality: in fact. really: truly; in fact: Is he really your son? He does not look like you!. \ في حَيْرَة من أَمْره \ at one’s wits’ end: too worried by difficulties to know what to do. \ في حين \ whereas: but: They are looking for a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat. \ في حينه \ round: following a regular course: Wait till your turn comes round. \ في الخَارِج \ abroad: in or to another country: I spent my holiday abroad. out: in (or into) the open; away from shelter; in (or into) view: Don’t stand out in the rain. The ship was far out at sea. out of door, outdoors: in the open air; not in a house: I like sleeping out of doors under the stars. outside: not within; in the open air; on the outer side: It’s raining outside. The cup is blue outside, and white inside. overseas: across the sea; (to the British, the mainland of Europe is abroad but it is not overseas): She is working overseas, in South America. \ في خِدمَة... \ at one’s service: ready to fulfil one’s needs: The hotel car is at your service if you want to go anywhere. \ في خَريف العُمر \ middle-aged: neither young nor old; aged between about 40 and 65. \ في خطٍّ مُستقيم \ as the crow flies: in a straight line: It is 5 miles away by road, but only 2 miles as the crow flies. \ فِي الخَفَاء \ stealth: by stealth using secret and quiet action: He got into the house by stealth, not by force. \ في خِلال \ in: showing a space of time before sth. will happen; after: I’ll come in a few days (or in a minute). in the course of: during: In the course of the morning I had seven visitors. \ في الدّاخل \ in: in a building, esp. at home, work or where one is expected to be: Is anyone in? I’m afraid Mr. Jones is out, but he’ll be in at 5 o’clock. \ في داخِل \ in: showing a direction; into: He fell in the river. He put his hand in his pocket. inside: on (or to) the inside of: Please wait inside the room. \ في داخِل النَّفْس \ inwardly: secretly; as regards one’s inner feelings: I was inwardly delighted, but I pretended not to care. \ في دَرَجَة الغَلَيان \ on the boil: boiling; at this heat. \ في ذلك المكان \ there: at that place: I live there. \ في رأيي \ to my mind: in my opinion: To my mind, this is most dishonest. \ في سَبِيل \ in the process of: to be doing: I am in the process of painting my house. sake, for the sake, of, for sb.’s sake: for the good of; so as to help: Soldiers die for the sake of their county (or for their country’s sake). Don’t take any risks for my sake, for the desire of Why ruin your health for the sake of a little pleasure?. \ في سِنّ المُرَاهَقَة \ teenage: in one’s teens: a teenage girl. \ في شكّ \ in doubt: uncertain: When in doubt, ask your father. \ في صحَّة جيِّدة \ fit: healthy: We take exercise so as to keep fit. \ في صَفّ \ in single file: in one line, one behind the other: We had to ride in single file down the narrow path. \ في الطّابِق الأَسْفل \ downstairs: at the bottom of the stairs; in a room at that level: I’ll wait for you downstairs. \ في الطّابِق الفوقانيّ \ overhead: above one’s head: a noise in the room overhead; clouds in the sky overhead. \ في طَرَف \ up: along (up and down are both used like this, although the course may be quite level): He lives just up the road. \ في طريق النُّور \ in sb.’s light: preventing light from reaching him: I can’t read if you stand in my light. \ في الظّاهر \ outwardly: as regards the appearance (compared with the hidden facts or inner feelings): She was outwardly calm but inwardly full of anger. \ في العَام \ annual: happening every year; of a year: an annual feast; the annual production of oil. \ في عَجلة من أمره \ in a hurry: Ants are always in a hurry. \ في العَرَاء \ in the open: outside in the air: I like to sleep out in the open, under she stars. outdoors, out of doors: the open air; not in a building: Go outdoors and play football. \ في (عُرض) البَحْر \ at sea: on the sea; far from land: a storm at sea. \ في عُطلة \ on holiday, on vacation: having a holiday: The schools are on holiday. We’re going on vacation to the sea. \ See Also إجازة( إجازة)‏ \ في غابر الأزمان (كان يا ما كان...)‏ \ once upon a time: (used at the beginning of stories). \ في الغَالِب \ mainly: chiefly; mostly. \ في غالِب الظنّ \ probably: almost certainly; with little doubt: You’re probably right. \ في غاية الجُنون \ raving mad: noisily and violently mad. \ في غَمْضَة عَيْن \ in no time: very quickly; very soon: If you follow this path, you’ll get there in no time. \ في غِيَابِه \ behind sb.’s back: when someone is not present: He tells untrue stories about me behind my back. \ في كُلٍّ \ a; an; each; every: twice a day. 80 miles an hour. ten pence a packet. \ في كل مكان \ everywhere: in all places: I’ve looked for it everywhere. \ في كل وقت \ ever: at all times; always: I shall stay there for ever. \ في لحظة خاطفة \ in a flash: very quickly and suddenly: He seized the money and was gone in a flash. \ في اللحظة المناسبة \ in the nick of time: just in time; almost too late: She saved him in the nick of time from falling over the cliff. \ في اللَّيْل \ at night: during the night. overnight: for the night: I shall stay at a hotel overnight and come back tomorrow, on the night before; during the night I packed my suitcase overnight, so as to be ready to leave at sunrise. His car was stolen overnight. \ في المائَة \ per cent: for, out, of, each hundred: Six per cent of the boys failed the exam, (one part) of each hundred I’m a 100 per cent in agreement with you. About 70 per cent (written as 70%) of the people are farmers. \ في المُتَنَاوَل \ forthcoming: supplied when needed: We wanted a new school clock, but the money was not forthcoming. \ في مُتَناوَل \ within: inside; not beyond; within reach; within one’s powers. \ في متناول اليَد \ at hand: near; within reach: Help was at hand. handy: near; easily reached when wanted: Keep that book handy so that you can look at it often. \ في مَجْمُوعَة بين \ among(st): in the middle of; mixed with; surrounded by: I found this letter among my books. There is a secret enemy amongst us. \ في مِحْنة خَطَر \ in distress: (of a ship or aeroplane) in dangerous trouble; needing help. \ في المُدّة الأخيرة \ lately: not long ago; in the near past: Have you seen her lately?. \ في المرَّة التالية \ next: the next time: I’ll give it to you when I next see you. \ See Also القادمة \ في مُقَابِل \ for: showing that something is as a return or in place of: I gave him $5 for his help. Will you change this old car for a new one?. in return (for): in exchange or payment for: Give her some flowers in return for her kindness. \ في المقام الأوّل \ firstly: as the first reason, fact, etc: I need a hot drink. Firstly, because I’m cold; secondly, because I’m thirsty. \ في المقدمة \ in front: at the front: You go in front and I’ll follow. \ في مَكَان \ in sb,’s stead: in sb.’s place; instead of sb.. \ See Also بدلا من (بدلاً من)‏ \ في مَكَان آخَر \ elsewhere: in some other place. \ في المَكَان \ in position: in the correct position. \ See Also المَوضِع الصَّحيح \ في مَكَان قَريب \ by: near: He stood by and watched them. \ في مَكَانٍ ما \ somewhere: in or to some place (but usu. anywhere in negative sentences and questions): I’ve met him somewhere before. Let’s go somewhere peaceful (to some peaceful place). \ في المكان والزّمان المذكورين \ on the spot: in that place and at that moment: Fortunately a doctor was on the spot when she broke her leg. \ في مكانه \ belong: to be in the right place: This book belongs on the top shelf. \ See Also موضِعِه المناسب \ في مَلْعَبِه \ at home: (of a match) on one’s own field: Our team are playing at home tomorrow. \ في مُنْتَصَف الطَّريق \ midway: halfway; in the middle: The station is midway between the two villages. \ في مَوعِد لاَ يَتَجَاوَز \ by: before; not later than: Can you finish this by Tuesday? They ought to be here by now. \ في المَوْعِد المحدَّد \ on time: exactly at the appointed moment: The bus always leaves on time. \ في مياه أعمق من قَامَته \ out of one’s depth: in water that is too deep to stand up in: Don’t go out of your depth unless you can swim. \ في النّادِر \ rarely: not often; hardly at all: She rarely smokes. \ في نظر \ in the eyes of: in the opinion of: In his mother’s eyes he can do no wrong. \ في نَظَري \ to my mind: in my opinion: To my mind, this is most dishonest. \ في النّهايَة \ at last: in the end, after much delay: The train was very slow, but we got there at last. at length: at last; in the end: He waited two hours. At length he went home. finally: lastly; in the end. \ في نِهايَة الأمْر \ in the long run: after a period of time; in the end: It’ll be cheaper in the long run to buy good quality shoes. \ See Also عَلَى المدى الطويل \ في هذا الوقت \ now: (in a written account) at the time that is being described: The war was now over. \ في هَذا المَكَان \ about: here: Is anyone about?. \ في هذه الأَثْنَاء \ meanwhile, meantime: (in) the time between: You’ll have to wait till he’s ready; but you can read this (in the) meanwhile. \ في هذه الأَيَّام \ nowadays: in these times (compared with the past): Travel is much easier nowadays. today: the present time: the scientists of today. \ في هذه الحالة \ all right: (also alright), in that case: You don’t want it? All right, I’ll give it to someone else. \ في هذه اللَّحْظَة \ just: (with continuous tenses; always directly before the present participle) at this moment; at that moment: We’re just starting dinner. We were just starting dinner when he arrived. just now: at this moment: I’m busy just now. \ في الهواء الطَّلْق \ in the open: outside in the air: I like to sleep out in the open, under the stars. out of doors, outdoors: in the open air; not in a house: I like sleeping out of doors under the stars. outdoors, out of doors: the open air; not in a building: Go outdoors and play football. \ في الوَاقِع \ in reality: in fact. \ في الوَاقِع \ actually: in fact; really: She looks about thirty, but actually she’s thirty-nine. as a matter of fact, in fact: really; in truth: The dog seemed dead but in fact it was only asleep. As a matter of fact, I don’t like Michael. in point of fact: actually, in fact. truly: really: Are you truly sorry for your crimes?. virtually: actually but not officially: He was virtually a prisoner in his home, as he did not dare to go out while the police were watching. \ في الوَسَط \ halfway: between two places and at an equal distance from them: His house is halfway between yours and mine. \ في وَسْط المسافة \ halfway: between two places and at an equal distance from them: His house is halfway between yours and mine. \ في وَضَح (النهار)‏ \ broad: (of daylight) full; complete: The bank was robbed in broad daylight. \ في وَضع لا يجوز فيه رَكْل الكُرة \ offside: (of a player in football, etc.) breaking a rule by being in a position in which play is not allowed. \ في الوَقْت الحَاضِر \ at present: now; at the present time: At present I have no job, but I shall get one soon. for the time being: for the present: I have no job, but I’m helping my father for the time being. now: at the present time: Where are you working now? Now is the time to plant those seeds. today: the present time: the scientists of today. \ في وَقْتٍ لاَحِق \ after: later: She came first and he arrived soon after. \ في وقتٍ ما \ sometime: (often two words, some time) at a time not exactly known or stated: Come again sometime. He left sometime after dinner. \ في وقتٍ متأخر \ late: after the proper or usual time; not early: We always go to bed very late. He arrived too late for dinner. \ في وقتٍ متأخر مِن \ late: near the end of a period of time: Late in the year; in the late afternoon. \ في الوَقْتِ المُقَرَّر \ round: following a regular course: Wait till your turn comes round. \ في وَقْتٍ من الأوقات \ ever: (esp. in a negative sentence or a question) at any time: Nobody ever writes to me. Have you ever been to Rome? If you ever go there, you must see St. Peter’s cathedral. \ في الوَقْتِ المناسب \ early: in good time for one’s purpose; before the fixed time: We arrived early and got the best seats. in due course: later; after a reasonable delay: He will get better in due course. in good time: slightly early: He came in good time for the meeting. \ في وقت واحد \ at a time: together: They arrived three at a time (in groups of three). \ في يوم من الأيام \ once upon a time: (used at the beginning of stories). \ See Also كان يا ما كان

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  • 30 vivo

    adj.
    1 live, alive, living, above-ground.
    2 lively, keen, alert, brisk.
    3 bright, shining, vivid.
    4 alive, passionate.
    f. & m.
    living person.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: vivir.
    * * *
    2 (fuego, llama) live, burning
    3 (lengua) living
    4 figurado (color etc) bright, vivid
    5 figurado (animado) lively, vivacious
    6 figurado (dolor, emoción, etc) acute, deep, intense
    7 figurado (descripción etc) lively, graphic
    8 figurado (carácter) quick, irritable
    9 figurado (listo) quick-witted
    10 figurado (astuto) shrewd, sly
    11 figurado (llaga, herida) open
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 living person
    2 familiar figurado (astuto) quick-witted person
    1 COSTURA trimming, border
    \
    a lo vivo vividly
    de viva voz verbally, by word of mouth
    en carne viva raw, red raw 2 figurado fresh
    al rojo vivo red-hot
    herir a alguien en lo más vivo / tocar a alguien en lo más vivo figurado to cut somebody to the quick
    ¿quién vive? MILITAR who goes there?
    ser el vivo retrato de / ser la viva imagen de familiar to be the spitting image of
    tener el genio vivo to be quick-tempered
    fuerzas vivas figurado driving forces
    ————————
    1 COSTURA trimming, border
    * * *
    (f. - viva)
    adj.
    * * *
    vivo, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=con vida)
    a) [persona, animal] (tras sustantivo) living; (tras verbo) alive

    se busca vivo o muerto — wanted, dead or alive

    b) [piel] raw

    me dio o hirió en lo más vivo — it cut me to the quick

    a lo vivo —

    cal, fuerza 5), lágrima, lengua 4)
    2) (TV, Radio)

    en vivo — (=en directo) live; (=en persona) in person

    un espectáculo con música en vivo — a live music show, a show with live music

    ¿has visto en vivo a algún famoso? — have you ever seen anyone famous in the flesh?

    3) (=intenso) [descripción] vivid, graphic; [imaginación, mirada, ritmo] lively; [movimiento, paso] quick, lively; [color] bright; [sensación] acute; [genio] fiery; [ingenio] ready; [inteligencia] sharp, keen; [filo] sharp

    su recuerdo siempre seguirá vivo entre nosotros — her memory will always be with us, her memory will live on in our minds

    rojo 2., 1), voz 1)
    4) [persona] (=listo) clever; (=astuto) sharp; (=animado) lively
    2. SM/ F
    1) *
    (=aprovechado)

    es un vivo — he's a clever one *, he's a sly one *

    2)
    3.
    SM (Cos) edging, border
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( con vida) alive

    a lo vivo — (fam) without anesthetic*

    en vivo — <actuación/transmisión> live

    b) < lengua> living (before n)
    2)
    a) < persona> (despierto, animado) vivacious, bubbly; < descripción> vivid, graphic; <relato/imaginación> lively
    b) < color> bright, vivid; <llama/fuego> bright; <ojos/mirada> lively, bright
    c) <sentimiento/deseo> intense, strong

    en lo más vivo: me hirió en lo más vivo he cut me to the quick; me afectó en lo más vivo — it affected me very deeply

    3) (avispado, astuto) sharp

    no seas tan vivo — don't try to be clever

    II
    - va masculino, femenino ( oportunista) sharp o smooth operator (colloq); ( aprovechado) freeloader
    * * *
    = alive, live, living, vivid, quickened, vibrant + Color, bright [brighter -comp., brightest -sup.], living and breathing, surviving, walking, land of the living, the, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].
    Ex. Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.
    Ex. By designing the floors to carry a superimposed live load of 6.5 kN/m2, it is easy to move bookshelves, reader places and other library functions to any part of the building.
    Ex. Few librarians have had both his dedication and ability to make the catalog a living tool serving all of the people.
    Ex. There are vivid examples of serious fires and other natural disasters occuring in libraries that cause incalculable financial and academic losses to society.
    Ex. For a storyteller preparation is like rehearsal for an orchestra; there will be passages that need emphasis, and some that need a slow pace, others that need a quickened tempo, and so on = La preparación de un narrador de cuentos es como el ensayo de una orquesta; habrá pasajes que necesiten énfasis, otros un ritmo lento, otros un ritmo acelerado, etcétera.
    Ex. The store was gutted and rebuilt, according to his specifications, into a beautiful, modern facility, decorated in vibrant hues and furnished with the latest Herman Miller offerings.
    Ex. The openness of the now accessible stacks is emphasised by use of glass and bright colours.
    Ex. They are more than simple documents -- they are living and breathing expressions of important ethical concerns.
    Ex. Interviews were with a surviving next of kin or a nonrelative about three months after the event of death.
    Ex. He is a walking history of modern librarianship and has been a mentor to many.
    Ex. This is a review article on a book by Stephen M. Borish ' The Land of the Living'.
    Ex. A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.
    Ex. He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    ----
    * actuación en vivo = live performance, live entertainment.
    * apagar la cal viva = slake + quicklime.
    * a viva voz = open outcry.
    * cal viva = quicklime.
    * comerse Algo vivo, devorarse Algo = eat + Nombre + alive.
    * concierto en vivo = live concert.
    * continuar vivo = live on.
    * cosa viva = living thing.
    * de viva voz = orally, word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.
    * el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo = dead men have no friends.
    * entre los vivos = land of the living, the.
    * en vivo = live-action, in vivo, live.
    * imaginación muy viva = vivid imagination.
    * leyenda vivida = living legend.
    * llorar a lágrima viva = sob + Posesivo + heart out, cry + Posesivo + heart out, cry + uncontrollably.
    * mantener Algo vivo = keep + the flame alive, keep + Nombre + at the fore.
    * mantener vivo = keep + alive, keep + Nombre + going.
    * materia viva = living matter.
    * monumento vivo = living monument.
    * música en vivo = live music.
    * no vivo = nonliving [non-living].
    * organismo vivo = living thing.
    * permanecer vivo = remain + alive.
    * ponerse al rojo vivo = reach + boiling point, fire up.
    * publicación seriada viva = active serial.
    * revista viva = active journal.
    * rojo vivo = vibrant red, vermilion [vermillion].
    * seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.
    * sentirse vivo = feel + alive.
    * ser un vivo retrato de = be a dead ringer for.
    * servicio de referencia en vivo = live reference.
    * ser vivo = sentient being.
    * tener algo muy vivo en la mente de uno = be strong in + mind.
    * viva + Nombre = long live + Nombre.
    * vivos, los = living, the.
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( con vida) alive

    a lo vivo — (fam) without anesthetic*

    en vivo — <actuación/transmisión> live

    b) < lengua> living (before n)
    2)
    a) < persona> (despierto, animado) vivacious, bubbly; < descripción> vivid, graphic; <relato/imaginación> lively
    b) < color> bright, vivid; <llama/fuego> bright; <ojos/mirada> lively, bright
    c) <sentimiento/deseo> intense, strong

    en lo más vivo: me hirió en lo más vivo he cut me to the quick; me afectó en lo más vivo — it affected me very deeply

    3) (avispado, astuto) sharp

    no seas tan vivo — don't try to be clever

    II
    - va masculino, femenino ( oportunista) sharp o smooth operator (colloq); ( aprovechado) freeloader
    * * *
    = alive, live, living, vivid, quickened, vibrant + Color, bright [brighter -comp., brightest -sup.], living and breathing, surviving, walking, land of the living, the, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].

    Ex: Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.

    Ex: By designing the floors to carry a superimposed live load of 6.5 kN/m2, it is easy to move bookshelves, reader places and other library functions to any part of the building.
    Ex: Few librarians have had both his dedication and ability to make the catalog a living tool serving all of the people.
    Ex: There are vivid examples of serious fires and other natural disasters occuring in libraries that cause incalculable financial and academic losses to society.
    Ex: For a storyteller preparation is like rehearsal for an orchestra; there will be passages that need emphasis, and some that need a slow pace, others that need a quickened tempo, and so on = La preparación de un narrador de cuentos es como el ensayo de una orquesta; habrá pasajes que necesiten énfasis, otros un ritmo lento, otros un ritmo acelerado, etcétera.
    Ex: The store was gutted and rebuilt, according to his specifications, into a beautiful, modern facility, decorated in vibrant hues and furnished with the latest Herman Miller offerings.
    Ex: The openness of the now accessible stacks is emphasised by use of glass and bright colours.
    Ex: They are more than simple documents -- they are living and breathing expressions of important ethical concerns.
    Ex: Interviews were with a surviving next of kin or a nonrelative about three months after the event of death.
    Ex: He is a walking history of modern librarianship and has been a mentor to many.
    Ex: This is a review article on a book by Stephen M. Borish ' The Land of the Living'.
    Ex: A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.
    Ex: He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.
    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    * actuación en vivo = live performance, live entertainment.
    * apagar la cal viva = slake + quicklime.
    * a viva voz = open outcry.
    * cal viva = quicklime.
    * comerse Algo vivo, devorarse Algo = eat + Nombre + alive.
    * concierto en vivo = live concert.
    * continuar vivo = live on.
    * cosa viva = living thing.
    * de viva voz = orally, word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.
    * el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo = dead men have no friends.
    * entre los vivos = land of the living, the.
    * en vivo = live-action, in vivo, live.
    * imaginación muy viva = vivid imagination.
    * leyenda vivida = living legend.
    * llorar a lágrima viva = sob + Posesivo + heart out, cry + Posesivo + heart out, cry + uncontrollably.
    * mantener Algo vivo = keep + the flame alive, keep + Nombre + at the fore.
    * mantener vivo = keep + alive, keep + Nombre + going.
    * materia viva = living matter.
    * monumento vivo = living monument.
    * música en vivo = live music.
    * no vivo = nonliving [non-living].
    * organismo vivo = living thing.
    * permanecer vivo = remain + alive.
    * ponerse al rojo vivo = reach + boiling point, fire up.
    * publicación seriada viva = active serial.
    * revista viva = active journal.
    * rojo vivo = vibrant red, vermilion [vermillion].
    * seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.
    * sentirse vivo = feel + alive.
    * ser un vivo retrato de = be a dead ringer for.
    * servicio de referencia en vivo = live reference.
    * ser vivo = sentient being.
    * tener algo muy vivo en la mente de uno = be strong in + mind.
    * viva + Nombre = long live + Nombre.
    * vivos, los = living, the.

    * * *
    vivo1 -va
    A
    1 (con vida) alive
    [ S ] se busca vivo o muerto wanted, dead or alive
    los mosquitos me están comiendo vivo ( fam); I'm being eaten alive by mosquitoes
    no vimos ninguna serpiente viva we didn't see any live snakes
    es ya una leyenda viva he is a legend in his own lifetime, he is a living legend
    mantuvo viva su fé she kept her faith alive
    a lo vivo ( fam); without anesthetic*
    en vivo live
    música en vivo live music
    hicieron el programa en vivo they did the program live
    2 ‹lengua› living ( before n)
    el idioma sigue vivo the language is still alive
    B
    1 ‹persona› (despierto, animado) vivacious, bubbly
    2 ‹descripción› vivid, graphic; ‹relato/imaginación› lively
    aún tengo vivo en la memoria aquel momento I can still remember that moment vividly
    3 ‹color› bright, vivid; ‹llama/fuego› bright rojo2 (↑ rojo (2))
    4 ‹ojos/mirada› lively, bright
    5 ‹sentimiento/deseo› intense, strong
    lo más vivo: sus palabras me llegaron a lo más vivo her words cut me to the quick
    su muerte me afectó en lo más vivo his death affected me very deeply
    C (avispado, astuto) sharp
    ése es muy vivo y no se va a dejar engañar that guy is too smart o sharp to be taken in ( colloq)
    no seas tan vivo, que ésta es mi parte don't try to be clever o to pull a fast one, this is my share ( colloq)
    esos vendedores son muy vivos those salesmen are razor-sharp ( colloq)
    vivo2 -va
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    1 (oportunista) sharp o smooth operator ( colloq)
    2 (aprovechado) crafty devil ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo vivir: ( conjugate vivir)

    vivo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    vivir    
    vivo
    vivir ( conjugate vivir) verbo intransitivo
    1 ( en general) to live;
    ◊ vive solo he lives alone o on his own;

    vivo para algo/algn to live for sth/sb;
    vivo en paz to live in peace;
    la pintura no da para vivo you can't make a living from painting;
    el sueldo no le alcanza para vivo his salary isn't enough (for him) to live on;
    vivo de algo ‹ de la caridad› to live on sth;

    ‹del arte/de la pesca› to make a living from sth;
    ver tb
    ◊ renta

    2 ( estar vivo) to be alive
    3 ( como interj):
    ◊ ¡viva el Rey! long live the King!;

    ¡vivan los novios! three cheers for the bride and groom!;
    ¡viva! hurray!
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( pasar por):


    los que vivimos la guerra those of us who lived through the war
    b) ‹personaje/música› to live

    c) ‹ vida› to live

    vivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    1


    en vivo ‹actuación/transmisión› live
    b) ‹ lengua› living ( before n)

    2
    a) ‹ persona› (despierto, animado) vivacious, bubbly;

    ‹ descripción› vivid, graphic;
    ‹relato/imaginación› lively
    b) ‹ color› bright, vivid;

    ‹llama/fuego› bright;
    ‹ojos/mirada› lively, bright
    c) ‹sentimiento/deseo› intense, strong

    3 (avispado, astuto) sharp;
    ◊ no seas tan vivo don't try to be clever

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( oportunista) sharp o smooth operator (colloq);
    ( aprovechado) freeloader
    vivir
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (tener vida) to live: vivió ochenta años, she lived to be eighty
    ¡aún vive!, he's still alive!
    2 (estar residiendo) to live: viven en Australia, they live in Australia
    3 (en la memoria) su recuerdo aún vive en nosotros, our memories of him still live on
    4 (subsistir) no es suficiente para vivir, it's not enough to live on
    esa gente vive de la caza, those people live from o by hunting
    5 (convivir) viven juntos desde hace muchos años, they've been living together for years
    II vtr (pasar una experiencia) to live through
    III sustantivo masculino
    1 life, living
    2 (una persona) de mal vivir, loose, disreputable
    ♦ Locuciones: dejar vivir a alguien, (no molestar) vive y deja vivir, live and let live; familiar no vivir alguien, (preocupación, angustia) desde que tiene esa grave enfermedad, sus padres no viven, his parents have been in a state of anxiety since he's had this serious illness; familiar vivir la vida alguien, (libertad, ociosidad) ha acabado la carrera y ahora se dedica a vivir la vida, now he's finished his university studies he's going to enjoy life
    vivo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 alive: todavía está vivo, he's still alive
    (un espectáculo) en vivo, live ➣ Ver nota en alive 2 (persona: vital, alegre) vivacious
    (astuta) sharp
    3 (intenso, brillante) bright
    una camisa de un rojo vivo, a bright red shirt
    4 (un relato, descripción) lively, graphic
    (un sentimiento) intense, deep
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino (persona avispada, astuta) sharp
    ♦ Locuciones: al rojo vivo, red-hot
    familiar vivito y coleando, alive and kicking
    ' vivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    actualmente
    - alegre
    - alta
    - alto
    - ardiente
    - criatura
    - despierta
    - despierto
    - emisión
    - ser
    - estrangular
    - extremidad
    - fogón
    - macho
    - mantener
    - prodigio
    - retrato
    - revivir
    - roja
    - rojo
    - salud
    - subsistir
    - viva
    - crecer
    - espabilado
    - inquieto
    - listo
    - paseo
    - posibilidad
    - punta
    - que
    - vivir
    English:
    active
    - actually
    - alive
    - alone
    - animate
    - animated
    - bright
    - brighten up
    - dad
    - daddy
    - deep
    - develop
    - eat
    - fur
    - hot up
    - image
    - keen
    - live
    - lively
    - living
    - midway
    - near
    - on
    - out
    - quicktempered
    - red-hot
    - rich
    - solid
    - spit
    - still
    - up
    - vivid
    - beyond
    - concert
    - glow
    - hedge
    - hedgerow
    - home
    - longing
    - memory
    - pull
    - quick
    - red
    - sear
    - survive
    * * *
    vivo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [ser, lengua] living
    2. [tras verbo] alive;
    estar vivo [persona, costumbre, recuerdo] to be alive;
    su recuerdo sigue vivo entre los suyos his memory lives on among his family;
    quemar vivo alguien to burn sb alive
    3. [intenso] [dolor, deseo, olor] intense;
    [luz, color, tono] bright; [genio] quick, hot; [paso, ritmo] lively;
    un vivo interés por algo a lively interest in sth
    4. [con vitalidad] [gestos, ojos] lively;
    [descripción, recuerdo] vivid;
    es el vivo retrato de su padre he's the spitting image of his father
    5. [despierto] quick, sharp;
    [astuto] shrewd, sly
    ♦ los vivos nmpl
    the living
    ♦ en vivo loc adj
    [en directo] live; [sin anestesia] without anaesthetic;
    haremos el programa en vivo we will do the programme live
    * * *
    I adj
    1 alive;
    los seres vivo living things;
    sharp, smart
    3 color bright
    4 ritmo lively
    II m, viva f sharp operator
    * * *
    vivo, -va adj
    1) : alive
    2) intenso: vivid, bright, intense
    3) animado: lively, vivacious
    4) astuto: sharp, clever
    5)
    en vivo : live
    transmisión en vivo: live broadcast
    6)
    al rojo vivo : red-hot
    * * *
    vivo adj
    1. (con vida) alive
    2. (intenso) bright
    3. (listo) clever [comp. cleverer; superl. cleverest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > vivo

  • 31 take

    take [teɪk]
    prendre ⇒ 1A (a), 1A (b), 1B (a), 1B (c)-(e), 1C (b), 1D (a), 1D (b), 1E (a), 1F (a), 1G (a), 1G (b), 1G (d), 1H (a), 1H (b), 1I (a), 1I (c), 1I (d), 1I (f), 1I (g), 2 (a)-(c) porter ⇒ 1B (a) mener ⇒ 1B (b) conduire ⇒ 1C (a) recevoir ⇒ 1D (c) croire ⇒ 1F (b) supporter ⇒ 1F (d) supposer ⇒ 1G (c) contenir ⇒ 1I (e) passer ⇒ 1I (i)
    (pt took [tʊk], pp taken ['teɪkən])
    A.
    (a) (get hold of) prendre; (seize) prendre, saisir;
    ∎ let me take your coat donnez-moi votre manteau;
    ∎ she took the book from him elle lui a pris le livre;
    ∎ to take sb's hand prendre qn par la main;
    ∎ she took his arm elle lui a pris le bras;
    ∎ Peter took her in his arms Peter l'a prise dans ses bras;
    ∎ the wolf took its prey by the throat le loup a saisi sa proie à la gorge
    (b) (get control of, capture → person) prendre, capturer; (→ fish, game) prendre, attraper; Military prendre, s'emparer de;
    ∎ they took the town that night ils prirent ou s'emparèrent de la ville cette nuit-là;
    ∎ to take sb prisoner faire qn prisonnier;
    ∎ to take sb alive prendre ou capturer qn vivant;
    ∎ I took his queen with my rook j'ai pris sa reine avec ma tour;
    ∎ to take control of a situation prendre une situation en main;
    ∎ we took our courage in both hands nous avons pris notre courage à deux mains;
    ∎ you're taking your life in your hands doing that c'est ta vie que tu risques en faisant cela;
    ∎ to take the lead in sth (in competition) prendre la tête de qch; (set example) être le premier à faire qch
    B.
    (a) (carry from one place to another) porter, apporter; (carry along, have in one's possession) prendre, emporter;
    ∎ she took her mother a cup of tea elle a apporté une tasse de thé à sa mère;
    ∎ he took the map with him il a emporté la carte;
    ∎ she took some towels up(stairs)/down(stairs) elle a monté/descendu des serviettes;
    ∎ don't forget to take your camera n'oubliez pas (de prendre) votre appareil photo;
    ∎ figurative the committee wanted to take the matter further le comité voulait mener l'affaire plus loin;
    ∎ the devil take it! que le diable l'emporte!;
    ∎ you can't take it with you (money when you die) tu ne l'emporteras pas avec toi dans la tombe
    (b) (person → lead) mener, emmener; (→ accompany) accompagner;
    ∎ her father takes her to school son père l'emmène à l'école;
    ∎ could you take me home? pourriez-vous me ramener ou me raccompagner?;
    ∎ to take sb across the road faire traverser la rue à qn;
    ∎ may I take you to dinner? puis-je vous inviter à dîner ou vous emmener dîner?;
    ∎ he offered to take them to work in the car il leur a proposé de les emmener au bureau en voiture ou de les conduire au bureau;
    ∎ to take oneself to bed aller se coucher;
    ∎ please take me with you emmène-moi, s'il te plaît;
    ∎ humorous I can't take you anywhere tu n'es pas sortable;
    ∎ the estate agent took them over the house l'agent immobilier leur a fait visiter la maison;
    ∎ he took her round the museum il lui a fait visiter le musée;
    ∎ she used to take me along to meetings (avant,) elle m'emmenait aux réunions;
    ∎ this road will take you to the station cette route vous mènera ou vous conduira à la gare;
    ∎ I don't want to take you out of your way je ne veux pas vous faire faire un détour;
    ∎ her job took her all over Africa son travail l'a fait voyager dans toute l'Afrique;
    ∎ that's what first took me to Portugal c'est ce qui m'a amené au Portugal;
    ∎ whatever took him there? qu'allait-il faire là-bas?;
    ∎ the record took her to number one in the charts le disque lui a permis d'être première au hit-parade
    ∎ she took a handkerchief from her pocket elle a sorti un mouchoir de sa poche;
    ∎ I took a chocolate from the box j'ai pris un chocolat dans la boîte;
    ∎ take a book from the shelf prenez un livre sur l'étagère;
    ∎ take your feet off the table enlève tes pieds de la table;
    ∎ he took the saucepan off the heat il a ôté ou retiré la casserole du feu
    (d) (appropriate, steal) prendre, voler;
    ∎ to take sth from sb prendre qch à qn;
    ∎ someone's taken my wallet on a pris mon portefeuille;
    ∎ his article is taken directly from my book le texte de son article est tiré directement de mon livre
    (e) (draw, derive) prendre, tirer;
    ∎ a passage taken from a book un passage extrait d'un livre;
    ∎ a phrase taken from Latin une expression empruntée au latin;
    ∎ the title is taken from the Bible le titre vient de la Bible;
    ∎ to take a print from a negative tirer une épreuve d'un négatif
    C.
    (a) (of bus, car, train etc) conduire, transporter;
    ∎ the ambulance took him to hospital l'ambulance l'a transporté à l'hôpital;
    ∎ this bus will take you to the theatre ce bus vous conduira au théâtre;
    ∎ will this train take me to Cambridge? est-ce que ce train va à ou passe par Cambridge?
    (b) (bus, car, plane, train) prendre; (road) prendre, suivre;
    ∎ American take a right prenez à droite
    D.
    (a) (have → attitude, bath, holiday) prendre; (make → nap, trip, walk) faire; (→ decision) prendre;
    ∎ she took a quick look at him elle a jeté un rapide coup d'œil sur lui;
    ∎ American familiar let's take five soufflons cinq minutes□ ;
    ∎ he took a flying leap il a bondi;
    ∎ American vulgar to take a shit or a dump chier;
    ∎ archaic or literary to take a wife prendre femme
    ∎ to take a photo or a picture prendre une photo;
    ∎ she took his picture or a picture of him elle l'a pris en photo;
    ∎ we had our picture taken nous nous sommes fait photographier ou prendre en photo;
    ∎ familiar he takes a good photo (is photogenic) il est photogénique□
    (c) (receive, get) recevoir; (earn, win → prize) remporter, obtenir; (→ degree, diploma) obtenir, avoir;
    ∎ he took the blow on his arm il a pris le coup sur le bras;
    ∎ you can take the call in my office vous pouvez prendre l'appel dans mon bureau;
    ∎ the bookstore takes about $3,000 a day la librairie fait à peu près 3000 dollars (de recette) par jour;
    ∎ how much does he take home a month? quel est son salaire mensuel net?;
    ∎ Cards we took all the tricks nous avons fait toutes les levées;
    ∎ their team took the match leur équipe a gagné ou remporté le match
    E.
    (a) (assume, undertake) prendre;
    ∎ to take the blame for sth prendre la responsabilité de qch;
    ∎ you'll have to take the consequences c'est vous qui en subirez les conséquences;
    ∎ she takes all the credit for our success elle s'attribue tout le mérite de notre réussite;
    ∎ I take responsibility for their safety je me charge de leur sécurité;
    ∎ to take the part of Hamlet jouer (le rôle d')Hamlet
    ∎ he took my side in the argument il a pris parti pour moi dans la dispute;
    ∎ the boy took an oath or a vow to avenge his family le garçon a fait serment ou a juré de venger sa famille;
    ∎ American to take the Fifth (Amendment) invoquer le Cinquième Amendement (pour refuser de répondre)
    ∎ may I take the liberty of inviting you to dinner? puis-je me permettre de vous inviter à dîner?;
    ∎ he took the opportunity to thank them or of thanking them il a profité de l'occasion pour les remercier
    F.
    (a) (accept → job, gift, payment) prendre, accepter; (→ cheque, bet) accepter;
    ∎ the doctor only takes private patients le docteur ne prend pas les patients du service public;
    ∎ the owner won't take less than $100 for it le propriétaire en veut au moins 100 dollars;
    ∎ does this machine take pound coins? cette machine accepte-t-elle les pièces d'une livre?;
    ∎ to take a bribe se laisser acheter ou corrompre;
    ∎ you'll have to take me as I am il faut me prendre comme je suis;
    ∎ take things as they come prenez les choses comme elles viennent;
    ∎ I won't take "no" for an answer pas question de refuser;
    ∎ it's my last offer, (you can) take it or leave it c'est ma dernière offre, c'est à prendre ou à laisser;
    ∎ I'll take it from here je prends la suite;
    ∎ I'll take it from there je verrai à ce moment-là
    ∎ to take sb's advice suivre les conseils de qn;
    ∎ take it from me, he's a crook croyez-moi, c'est un escroc
    ∎ let's take things one at a time prenons les choses une par une;
    ∎ the mayor took their questions calmly le maire a entendu leurs questions avec calme;
    ∎ how did she take the questioning? comment a-t-elle réagi à ou pris l'interrogatoire?;
    ∎ they took the news well or in their stride ils ont plutôt bien pris la nouvelle;
    ∎ to take sth badly prendre mal qch;
    ∎ familiar to take things easy or it easy se la couler douce;
    ∎ familiar take it easy! (don't get angry) du calme!□
    (d) (bear, endure → pain, heat, pressure, criticism) supporter; (→ damage, loss) subir;
    ∎ don't take any nonsense! ne te laisse pas faire!;
    ∎ your father won't take any nonsense ton père ne plaisante pas avec ce genre de choses;
    ∎ she can take it elle tiendra le coup;
    ∎ esp American I'm not taking any! je ne marche pas!;
    ∎ we couldn't take any more on n'en pouvait plus;
    ∎ I can't take much more of this je commence à en avoir assez, je ne vais pas supporter cela bien longtemps;
    ∎ I find his constant sarcasm rather hard to take je trouve ses sarcasmes perpétuels difficiles à supporter;
    ∎ don't expect me to take this lying down ne comptez pas sur moi pour accepter ça sans rien dire;
    ∎ those shoes have taken a lot of punishment ces chaussures en ont vu de toutes les couleurs;
    ∎ to take heavy loads (crane, engine etc) supporter de lourdes charges;
    ∎ it won't take your weight ça ne supportera pas ton poids
    (e) (experience, feel)
    ∎ to take fright prendre peur;
    ∎ to take an interest in sb/sth s'intéresser à qn/qch;
    ∎ don't take offence ne vous vexez pas, ne vous offensez pas;
    ∎ no offence taken il n'y a pas de mal;
    ∎ we take pleasure in travelling nous prenons plaisir à voyager;
    ∎ she takes pride in her work elle est fière de ce qu'elle fait;
    ∎ to take pride in one's appearance prendre soin de sa personne
    G.
    (a) (consider, look at) prendre, considérer;
    ∎ take Einstein (for example) prenons (l'exemple d')Einstein;
    ∎ take the case of Colombia prenons le cas de la Colombie;
    ∎ taking everything into consideration tout bien considéré;
    ∎ to take sb/sth seriously prendre qn/qch au sérieux
    ∎ do you take me for an idiot? vous me prenez pour un idiot?;
    ∎ what do you take me for? pour qui me prenez-vous?;
    ∎ I took you for an Englishman je vous croyais anglais;
    ∎ he took me for somebody else il m'a pris pour quelqu'un d'autre;
    ∎ to take the news as or to be true tenir la nouvelle pour vraie;
    ∎ how old do you take her to be? quel âge est-ce que tu lui donnes?
    (c) (suppose, presume) supposer, présumer;
    ∎ he's never been to Madrid, I take it si je comprends bien, il n'a jamais été à Madrid;
    ∎ I take it you're his mother je suppose que vous êtes sa mère
    (d) (interpret, understand) prendre, comprendre;
    ∎ we never know how to take his jokes on ne sait jamais comment prendre ses plaisanteries;
    ∎ don't take that literally ne le prenez pas au pied de la lettre;
    ∎ he was slow to take my meaning il lui a fallu un moment avant de comprendre ce que je voulais dire
    H.
    (a) (require) prendre, demander;
    ∎ how long will it take to get there? combien de temps faudra-t-il pour y aller?;
    ∎ the flight takes three hours le vol dure trois heures;
    ∎ it will take you ten minutes vous en avez pour dix minutes;
    ∎ it took him a minute to understand il a mis une minute avant de comprendre;
    ∎ it took us longer than I expected cela nous a pris plus de temps que je ne pensais;
    ∎ it takes time to learn a language il faut du temps pour apprendre une langue;
    ∎ what kind of batteries does it take? quelle sorte de piles faut-il?;
    ∎ my car takes unleaded ma voiture roule au sans-plomb;
    ∎ he took a bit of coaxing before he accepted il a fallu le pousser un peu pour qu'il accepte;
    ∎ it took four people to stop the brawl ils ont dû se mettre à quatre pour arrêter la bagarre;
    ∎ it takes a clever man to do that bien malin ou habile qui peut le faire;
    ∎ it takes courage to admit one's mistakes il faut du courage pour admettre ses erreurs;
    ∎ it takes patience to work with children il faut de la patience ou il faut être patient pour travailler avec les enfants;
    ∎ one glance was all it took un regard a suffi;
    ∎ the job took some doing la tâche n'a pas été facile;
    ∎ that will take some explaining voilà qui va demander des explications;
    ∎ her story takes some believing son histoire n'est pas facile à croire;
    ∎ to have what it takes to do/to be sth avoir les qualités nécessaires pour faire/être qch;
    ∎ we need someone with leadership qualities - she has what it takes il nous faut quelqu'un qui ait des qualités de dirigeant - ce n'est pas ce qui lui manque;
    ∎ familiar he's so lazy - it takes one to know one! il est vraiment paresseux - tu peux parler!
    ∎ "falloir" takes the subjunctive "falloir" est suivi du subjonctif;
    ∎ noun that takes an "s" in the plural nom qui prend un "s" au pluriel
    I.
    (a) (food, drink etc) prendre;
    ∎ do you take milk in your coffee? prenez-vous du lait dans votre café?;
    ∎ how do you take your coffee? qu'est-ce que tu prends dans ton café?;
    ∎ I invited him to take tea je l'ai invité à prendre le thé;
    ∎ she refused to take any food elle a refusé de manger (quoi que ce soit);
    ∎ to take drugs se droguer;
    ∎ how many pills has he taken? combien de comprimés a-t-il pris ou absorbé?;
    ∎ to be taken twice a day (on packaging) à prendre deux fois par jour;
    ∎ to take the air prendre l'air
    (b) (wear) faire, porter;
    ∎ she takes a size 10 elle prend du 38;
    ∎ what size shoe do you take? quelle est votre pointure?
    (c) (pick out, choose) prendre, choisir; (buy) prendre, acheter; (rent) prendre, louer;
    ∎ I'll take it je le prends;
    ∎ what newspaper do you take? quel journal prenez-vous?;
    ∎ take your partners (at dance) invitez vos partenaires
    (d) (occupy → chair, seat) prendre, s'asseoir sur;
    ∎ take a seat asseyez-vous;
    ∎ take your seats! prenez vos places!;
    ∎ is this seat taken? cette place est-elle occupée ou prise?
    (e) (hold → of container, building etc) contenir, avoir une capacité de;
    ∎ this bus takes fifty passengers c'est un car de cinquante places
    (f) (ascertain, find out) prendre;
    ∎ to take sb's pulse/temperature prendre le pouls/la température de qn;
    ∎ to take a reading from a meter lire ou relever un compteur
    (g) (write down → notes, letter) prendre;
    ∎ he took a note of her address il a noté son adresse
    (h) (subtract) soustraire, déduire;
    ∎ they took 10 percent off the price ils ont baissé le prix de 10 pour cent;
    ∎ take 4 from 9 and you have 5 ôtez 4 de 9, il reste 5
    (i) School & University (exam) passer, se présenter à; (course) prendre, suivre;
    ∎ I took Latin and Greek at A level ≃ j'ai pris latin et grec au bac;
    ∎ she took her degree last year elle a obtenu son diplôme l'an dernier;
    ∎ she takes us for maths on l'a en maths
    ∎ to take a service célébrer un office;
    ∎ the assistant director took the rehearsals l'assistant réalisateur s'est occupé des répétitions
    (k) (contract, develop)
    ∎ to take a chill, to take cold prendre froid;
    ∎ to take sick, to be taken ill tomber malade;
    ∎ I was taken with a fit of the giggles j'ai été pris d'un fou rire;
    ∎ she took an instant dislike to him elle l'a tout de suite pris en aversion
    (l) (direct, aim)
    ∎ she took a swipe at him elle a voulu le gifler;
    ∎ Football to take a penalty tirer un penalty
    ∎ she takes all her problems to her sister elle raconte tous ses problèmes à sa sœur;
    ∎ he took the matter to his boss il a soumis la question à son patron;
    ∎ Law they intend to take the case to the High Court ils ont l'intention d'en appeler à la Cour suprême
    ∎ he took an axe to the door il a donné des coups de hache dans la porte;
    ∎ take the scissors to it vas-y avec les ciseaux;
    ∎ his father took a stick to him son père lui a donné des coups de bâton;
    ∎ Law they took legal proceedings against him ils lui ont intenté un procès
    (o) (catch unawares) prendre, surprendre;
    ∎ to take sb by surprise or off guard surprendre qn, prendre qn au dépourvu;
    ∎ his death took us by surprise sa mort nous a surpris
    (p) (negotiate → obstacle) franchir, sauter; (→ bend in road) prendre, négocier
    (q) familiar (deceive, cheat) avoir, rouler;
    ∎ they took him for every penny (he was worth) ils lui ont pris jusqu'à son dernier sou
    (a) (work, have desired effect) prendre;
    ∎ did the dye take? est-ce que la teinture a pris?;
    ∎ it was too cold for the seeds to take il faisait trop froid pour que les graines germent
    (b) (become popular) prendre, avoir du succès
    (c) (fish) prendre, mordre
    3 noun
    (a) (capture) prise f
    (b) Cinema, Photography & Television prise f de vue; Radio enregistrement m, prise f de son; (of record etc) enregistrement m
    (c) American (interpretation) interprétation f;
    ∎ what's your take on her attitude? comment est-ce que tu interprètes son attitude?
    (d) American familiar (takings) recette□ f; (share) part□ f;
    ∎ to be on the take toucher des pots-de-vin□, palper
    (astonish) étonner, ébahir; (disconcert) déconcerter;
    ∎ her question took him aback sa question l'a déconcerté;
    ∎ I was taken aback by the news la nouvelle m'a beaucoup surpris
    ressembler à, tenir de;
    ∎ she takes after her mother in looks physiquement, elle tient de sa mère
    (a) (dismantle) démonter;
    ∎ figurative they took the room apart looking for evidence ils ont mis la pièce sens dessus dessous pour trouver des preuves
    (b) (criticize) critiquer
    prendre à part, emmener à l'écart;
    ∎ the boss took her aside for a chat le patron l'a prise à part pour discuter
    (a) (remove) enlever, retirer;
    ∎ take that knife away from him enlevez-lui ce couteau;
    ∎ they took away his pension ils lui ont retiré sa pension;
    ∎ they took their daughter away from the club ils ont retiré leur fille du club;
    ∎ his work took him away from his family for long periods son travail le tenait éloigné de sa famille pendant de longues périodes;
    ∎ euphemism the police took his father away son père a été arrêté par la police;
    ∎ it takes away the fun ça gâche tout
    (b) (carry away → object) emporter; (→ person) emmener;
    ∎ British sandwiches to take away (sign) sandwiches à emporter;
    ∎ not to be taken away (in library) à consulter sur place
    (c) Mathematics soustraire, retrancher;
    ∎ nine take away six is three neuf moins six font trois
    ∎ that doesn't take away from his achievements as an athlete ça n'enlève rien à ses exploits d'athlète;
    ∎ to take away from the pleasure/value of sth diminuer le plaisir/la valeur de qch
    (a) (after absence, departure) reprendre;
    ∎ she took her husband back elle a accepté que son mari revienne vivre avec elle;
    ∎ the factory took back the workers l'usine a repris les ouvriers
    (b) (gift, unsold goods, sale item etc) reprendre
    (c) (return) rapporter; (accompany) raccompagner;
    ∎ take it back to the shop rapporte-le au magasin;
    ∎ he took her back home il l'a raccompagnée ou ramenée chez elle
    (d) (retract, withdraw) retirer, reprendre;
    ∎ I take back everything I said je retire tout ce que j'ai dit;
    ∎ all right, I take it back! d'accord, je n'ai rien dit!
    ∎ that takes me back to my childhood ça me rappelle mon enfance;
    ∎ that song takes me back forty years cette chanson me ramène quarante ans en arrière;
    ∎ it takes you back a bit, doesn't it? ça ne nous rajeunit pas tout ça, hein?
    (f) Typography transférer à la ligne précédente
    (a) (carry, lead downstairs → object) descendre; (→ person) faire descendre;
    ∎ the lift took us down to the 4th floor l'ascenseur nous a amenés au 4ème étage
    (b) (lower) descendre;
    ∎ she took the book down from the shelf elle a pris le livre sur l'étagère;
    ∎ can you help me take the curtains down? peux-tu m'aider à décrocher les rideaux?;
    ∎ she took his picture down from the wall elle a enlevé sa photo du mur;
    ∎ he took his trousers down il a baissé son pantalon
    (c) (note) prendre, noter;
    ∎ he took down the registration number il a relevé le numéro d'immatriculation;
    ∎ to take down a letter in shorthand prendre une lettre en sténo
    (d) (dismantle → scaffolding, circus tent) démonter
    se démonter
    (a) (lead → person) faire entrer; (carry → washing, harvest etc) rentrer
    (b) (bring into one's home → person) héberger; (→ boarder) prendre; (→ orphan, stray animal) recueillir;
    ∎ she takes in ironing elle fait du repassage à domicile
    ∎ the police took him in la police l'a mis ou placé en garde à vue
    (d) (air, water, food etc)
    ∎ she can only take in food intravenously on ne peut la nourrir que par intraveineuse;
    ∎ whales take in air through their blowhole les baleines respirent par l'évent
    (e) (understand, perceive) saisir, comprendre;
    ∎ he was sitting taking it all in il était là, assis, écoutant tout ce qui se disait;
    ∎ he didn't take in the real implications of her announcement il n'a pas saisi les véritables implications de sa déclaration;
    ∎ I can't take in the fact that I've won je n'arrive pas à croire que j'ai gagné;
    ∎ she took in the situation at a glance elle a compris la situation en un clin d'œil
    (f) (make smaller → garment) reprendre; (→ in knitting) diminuer;
    ∎ you'd better take in the slack on the rope tu ferais bien de tendre ou retendre la corde;
    ∎ Nautical to take in a sail carguer ou serrer une voile
    (g) (cover → several countries etc) comprendre, englober; (→ questions, possibilities) embrasser;
    ∎ the tour takes in all the important towns l'excursion passe par toutes les villes importantes
    (h) (attend, go to) aller à;
    ∎ to take in a show aller au théâtre;
    ∎ she took in the castle while in Blois elle a visité le château pendant qu'elle était à Blois;
    ∎ they took in the sights in Rome ils ont fait le tour des sites touristiques à Rome
    (i) familiar (cheat, deceive) tromper□, rouler;
    ∎ don't be taken in by him ne vous laissez pas rouler par lui;
    ∎ I'm not going to be taken in by your lies je ne suis pas dupe de tes mensonges□ ;
    ∎ he was completely taken in il marchait complètement
    (a) (remove → clothing, lid, make-up, tag) enlever;
    ∎ the boy took his clothes off le garçon a enlevé ses vêtements ou s'est déshabillé;
    ∎ she took her glasses off elle a enlevé ses lunettes;
    ∎ he often takes the phone off the hook il laisse souvent le téléphone décroché;
    ∎ to take sb off a list rayer qn d'une liste;
    ∎ the surgeon had to take her leg off le chirurgien a dû l'amputer de la jambe;
    ∎ Cars to take off the brake desserrer le frein (à main);
    ∎ figurative he didn't take his eyes off her all night il ne l'a pas quittée des yeux de la soirée;
    ∎ I tried to take her mind off her troubles j'ai essayé de lui changer les idées ou de la distraire de ses ennuis;
    ∎ familiar his retirement has taken ten years off him sa retraite l'a rajeuni de dix ans□ ;
    ∎ to take sth off sb's hands débarrasser qn de qch;
    ∎ I'll take the baby off your hands for a few hours je vais garder le bébé pendant quelques heures, ça te libérera
    (b) (deduct) déduire, rabattre;
    ∎ the teacher took one point off her grade le professeur lui a retiré un point;
    ∎ the manager took 10 percent off the price le directeur a baissé le prix de 10 pour cent
    (c) (lead away) emmener;
    ∎ she was taken off to hospital on l'a transportée à l'hôpital;
    ∎ the murderer was taken off to jail on a emmené l'assassin en prison;
    ∎ her friend took her off to dinner son ami l'a emmenée dîner;
    ∎ she took herself off to Italy elle est partie en Italie;
    ∎ to take the passengers off (by boat from a ship) débarquer les passagers;
    ∎ the injured man was taken off the ship by helicopter le blessé a été évacué du bateau par hélicoptère
    ∎ to take some time off prendre un congé;
    ∎ take a few days off prenez quelques jours de vacances ou de congé;
    ∎ she takes Thursdays off elle ne travaille pas le jeudi
    (e) familiar (copy) imiter□ ; (mimic) imiter□, singer
    (f) (discontinue → train, bus etc) supprimer; (→ show, programme) annuler
    (a) (aeroplane) décoller;
    ∎ they took off for or to Heathrow ils se sont envolés pour Heathrow
    (b) familiar (person → depart) partir□ ; (hurriedly) se barrer, se tirer;
    ∎ he took off without telling us il est parti sans nous avertir
    ➲ take on
    (a) (accept, undertake) prendre, accepter;
    ∎ don't take on more than you can handle ne vous surchargez pas;
    ∎ she took it on herself to tell him elle a pris sur elle de le lui dire;
    ∎ he took the job on (position) il a accepté le poste; (task) il s'est mis au travail;
    ∎ to take on a bet accepter un pari
    (b) (contend with, fight against) lutter ou se battre contre; (compete against) jouer contre;
    ∎ the unions took on the government les syndicats se sont attaqués ou s'en sont pris au gouvernement;
    ∎ I shouldn't like to take him on je n'aimerais pas avoir affaire à lui;
    ∎ he took us on at poker il nous a défiés au poker
    (c) (acquire, assume) prendre, revêtir;
    ∎ her face took on a worried look elle a pris un air inquiet;
    ∎ the word takes on another meaning le mot prend une autre signification
    (d) (load) prendre, embarquer
    (e) (hire) embaucher, engager
    familiar (fret, carry on) s'en faire;
    ∎ don't take on so! ne t'en fais pas!
    (a) (remove → object) prendre, sortir; (→ stain) ôter, enlever; (extract → tooth) arracher;
    ∎ take the cheese out of the refrigerator sors le fromage du réfrigérateur;
    ∎ he took the knife out of his pocket il a sorti le couteau de sa poche;
    ∎ take your hands out of your pockets enlève les mains de tes poches;
    ∎ they took their children out of school ils ont retiré leurs enfants de l'école;
    ∎ Medicine to take out sb's appendix/tonsils enlever l'appendice/les amygdales à qn;
    ∎ figurative to take the food out of sb's mouth retirer le pain de la bouche de qn
    (b) (carry, lead outside → object) sortir; (→ person) faire sortir; (escort) emmener;
    ∎ to take sb out to dinner/to the movies emmener qn dîner/au cinéma;
    ∎ I took her out for a bike ride je l'ai emmenée faire un tour à vélo;
    ∎ would you take the dog out? tu veux bien sortir le chien ou aller promener le chien?
    (c) (food) emporter;
    ∎ American sandwiches to take out (sign) sandwiches à emporter
    (d) (obtain → subscription) prendre; (→ insurance policy) souscrire à, prendre; (→ licence) se procurer; (→ patent) prendre;
    ∎ to take out a mortgage faire un emprunt immobilier
    (e) familiar (destroy → factory, town) détruire□ ;
    ∎ to take sb out (kill) buter qn, zigouiller qn, refroidir qn;
    ∎ the planes took the factory out by bombing les avions ont détruit l'usine (en la bombardant)
    ∎ to take out one's partner changer la couleur annoncée par son partenaire
    ∎ to take sb out of himself/herself changer les idées à qn;
    ∎ familiar working as an interpreter takes a lot out of you le travail d'interprète est épuisant□ ;
    ∎ familiar the operation really took it out of him l'opération l'a mis à plat;
    ∎ familiar it takes the fun out of it ça gâche tout□ ;
    ∎ familiar to take it out on sb s'en prendre à qn□ ;
    ∎ familiar he took his anger out on his wife il a passé sa colère sur sa femme□ ;
    ∎ familiar don't take it out on me! ne t'en prends pas à moi!□
    ∎ he wants his daughter to take over the business il veut que sa fille reprenne l'affaire;
    ∎ she took over my classes elle a pris la suite de mes cours;
    ∎ will you be taking over his job? est-ce que vous allez le remplacer (dans ses fonctions)?
    (b) (gain control of, invade) s'emparer de;
    ∎ the military took over the country l'armée a pris le pouvoir;
    ∎ she takes the place over (by being bossy etc) elle joue les despotes;
    ∎ fast-food restaurants have taken over Paris les fast-foods ou French Canadian restaurants-minute ont envahi Paris
    (c) Finance (buy out) absorber, racheter;
    ∎ they were taken over by a Japanese firm ils ont été rachetés par une entreprise japonaise
    (d) (carry across) apporter; (escort across) emmener;
    ∎ I'll take you over by car je vais vous y conduire en voiture;
    ∎ the boat took us over to Seattle le bateau nous a emmenés jusqu'à Seattle
    (e) Typography transférer à la ligne suivante
    ∎ who will take over now that the mayor has stepped down? qui va prendre la relève maintenant que le maire a donné sa démission?;
    ∎ I'll take over when he leaves je le remplacerai quand il partira;
    ∎ will he allow her to take over? va-t-il lui céder la place?;
    ∎ compact discs have taken over from records le (disque) compact a remplacé le (disque) vinyle
    (b) (army, dictator) prendre le pouvoir
    (a) (have a liking for → person) se prendre d'amitié ou de sympathie pour, prendre en amitié; (→ activity, game) prendre goût à;
    ∎ I think he took to you je crois que vous lui avez plu;
    ∎ we took to one another at once nous avons tout de suite sympathisé;
    ∎ she didn't take to him il ne lui a pas plu;
    ∎ we've really taken to golf nous avons vraiment pris goût au golf
    (b) (acquire as a habit) se mettre à;
    ∎ to take to drink or to the bottle se mettre à boire;
    ∎ to take to doing sth se mettre à faire qch;
    ∎ she took to wearing black elle s'est mise à s'habiller en noir
    (c) (make for, head for)
    ∎ he's taken to his bed with the flu il est alité avec la grippe;
    ∎ the rebels took to the hills les insurgés se sont réfugiés dans les collines;
    ∎ they took to the woods ils se sont enfuis dans les bois;
    ∎ to take to the road prendre la route;
    ∎ to take to the boats monter dans les canots de sauvetage
    ➲ take up
    (a) (carry, lead upstairs → object) monter; (→ person) faire monter;
    ∎ the lift took us up to the 25th floor l'ascenseur nous a amenés au 25ème étage
    (b) (pick up → object) ramasser, prendre; (→ passenger) prendre; (→ paving stones, railway tracks) enlever;
    ∎ she took up the notes from the table elle a ramassé ou pris les notes sur la table;
    ∎ they're taking up the street la rue est en travaux;
    ∎ we finally took up the carpet nous avons enfin enlevé la moquette
    (c) (absorb) absorber
    (d) (shorten) raccourcir;
    ∎ you'd better take up the slack in that rope tu ferais mieux de retendre ou tendre cette corde
    (e) (fill, occupy → space) prendre, tenir; (→ time) prendre, demander;
    ∎ this table takes up too much room cette table prend trop de place ou est trop encombrante;
    ∎ moving house took up the whole day le déménagement a pris toute la journée;
    ∎ her work takes up all her attention son travail l'absorbe complètement
    (f) (begin, become interested in → activity, hobby) se mettre à; (→ job) prendre; (→ career) commencer, embrasser;
    ∎ when did you take up Greek? quand est-ce que tu t'es mis au grec?;
    ∎ I've taken up gardening je me suis mis au jardinage
    (g) (continue, resume) reprendre, continuer;
    ∎ I took up the tale where Susan had left off j'ai repris l'histoire là où Susan l'avait laissée;
    ∎ she took up her knitting again elle a repris son tricot
    (h) (adopt → attitude) prendre, adopter; (→ method) adopter; (→ place, position) prendre; (→ idea) adopter;
    ∎ they took up residence in town ils se sont installés en ville;
    ∎ to take up one's duties entrer en fonctions
    (i) (accept → offer) accepter; (→ advice, suggestion) suivre; (→ challenge) relever
    (j) (discuss) discuter, parler de; (bring up) aborder;
    ∎ take it up with the boss parlez-en au patron
    (k) (shares, stock) souscrire à
    (l) Finance (option) lever, consolider; (bill) honorer, retirer
    reprendre, continuer
    ∎ he took it upon himself to organize the meeting il s'est chargé d'organiser la réunion
    (a) (accept offer, advice of)
    ∎ his daughter took him up on his advice sa fille a suivi ses conseils;
    ∎ he might take you up on that someday! il risque de vous prendre au mot un jour!;
    ∎ she took him up on his promise elle a mis sa parole à l'épreuve
    ∎ I'd like to take you up on that point j'aimerais revenir sur ce point avec vous
    ∎ to take up with sb se lier d'amitié avec qn, prendre qn en amitié;
    ∎ she took up with a bad crowd elle s'est mise à fréquenter des vauriens
    ∎ to be taken up with doing sth être occupé à faire qch;
    ∎ she's very taken up with him elle ne pense qu'à lui;
    ∎ she's taken up with her business elle est très prise par ses affaires;
    ∎ meetings were taken up with talk about the economy on passait les réunions à parler de l'économie
    ✾ Film 'Take the Money and Run' Allen 'Prends l'oseille et tire-toi'
    ✾ Film 'You Can't Take It With You' Capra 'Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous'
    ⓘ Take me to your leader Il s'agit de la formule prononcée par les extra-terrestres fraîchement débarqués sur terre dans les vieux films de science-fiction et adressée au premier terrien rencontré. On emploie cette phrase ("menez-moi jusqu'à votre chef") de façon humoristique lorsque, dans une situation donnée, on désire parler au responsable.

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  • 32 dull

    1) (slow to learn or to understand: The clever children help the dull ones.) lento, torpe, tonto
    2) (not bright or clear: a dull day.) apagado
    3) (not exciting or interesting: a very dull book.) monótono, aburrido
    •
    - dullness
    dull adj
    1. gris / triste
    dull, wet weather tiempo gris y lluvioso
    2. apagado / sin brillo
    3. aburrido / soso
    tr[dʌl]
    1 (boring - job) monótono,-a, pesado,-a; (- person, life, film) pesado,-a, aburrido,-a, soso,-a; (- place, town) aburrido,-a, sin interés
    2 (not bright - colours) apagado,-a; (light) pálido,-a; (overcast - weather, day) gris, triste, feo,-a; (- sky) cubierto,-a, nublado,-a; (not shiny - hair, complexion, eyes) sin brillo
    3 (muffled - sound) sordo,-a, amortiguado,-a; (- pain, ache) sordo,-a; (blunt- edge, blade) romo,-a, embotado,-a
    4 (slow-witted) torpe, lerdo,-a
    5 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL (sluggish - trade) flojo,-a
    1 (pain) aliviar, calmar; (sound) amortiguar; (hearing) embotar
    dull ['dʌl] vt
    1) dim: opacar, quitar el brillo a, deslustrar
    2) blunt: embotar (un filo), entorpecer (los sentidos), aliviar (el dolor), amortiguar (sonidos)
    dull adj
    1) stupid: torpe, lerdo, lento
    2) blunt: desafilado, despuntado
    3) lackluster: sin brillo, deslustrado
    4) boring: aburrido, soso, pesado
    ♦ dully adv
    adj.
    • aburrido, -a adj.
    • anodino, -a adj.
    • deslucido, -a adj.
    • deslustrado, -a adj.
    • despuntado, -a adj.
    • desvaído, -a adj.
    • insulso, -a adj.
    • insípido, -a adj.
    • lelo, -a adj.
    • lerdo, -a adj.
    • mortecino, -a adj.
    • obtuso, -a adj.
    • pardo, -a adj.
    • soso, -a adj.
    • torpe adj.
    v.
    • arromar v.
    • deslucir v.
    • deslustrar v.
    • despuntar v.
    • embotar v.
    • empañar v.
    • enromar v.
    • entorpecer v.

    I dʌl
    1)
    a) ( not bright) < color> apagado; <light/glow> pálido; <eyes/complexion> sin brillo
    b) ( not shiny) < finish> mate; < hair> sin brillo
    c) ( overcast) <day/morning> gris, feo
    2) ( boring) <speech/person> aburrido
    3)
    a) < faculties> torpe, lerdo; <pain/ache> sordo; < sound> sordo, amortiguado
    b) <edge/blade> romo, embotado

    II
    a) ( make less bright) \<\<color/surface\>\> quitar el brillo a, opacar*
    b) ( make less sharp) \<\<pain\>\> aliviar, calmar; \<\<senses\>\> entorpecer*, embotar
    [dʌl]
    1. ADJ
    (compar duller) (superl dullest)
    1) (=boring) [person, speech, book, evening, job] aburrido, pesado; [place] aburrido, soso; [style, food] soso

    deadly dull — terriblemente aburrido, aburridísimo

    2) (=not bright) [colour, metal, glow] apagado; [eyes] apagado, sin brillo; [hair, skin, complexion] sin brillo; [weather] nublado; [sky, day] gris

    dull, lifeless hair — pelo sin brillo, sin vida

    it will be dull at first — (Met) al principio estará nublado

    3) (=not sharp) [pain, feeling, sound] sordo

    it fell with a dull thud or thump — cayó con un golpe sordo

    4) (=lethargic, withdrawn) [person, mood] deprimido, desanimado
    5) (=slow-witted) [person, mind] torpe; [pupil] lento

    his senses or faculties are growing dull — está perdiendo facultades

    6) (=blunt) [blade, knife] romo
    7) (Comm) [trade, business, market] flojo
    2.
    VT [+ senses, blade] embotar; [+ emotions] enfriar; [+ pain] aliviar; [+ sound] amortiguar; [+ mind, memory] entorpecer; [+ colour] apagar; [+ mirror, metal] deslustrar, quitar el brillo de; [+ sensitivity] embrutecer; [+ grief] atenuar
    3.
    VI [light] amortiguarse; [colour] apagarse, perder intensidad; [metal] deslustrarse, perder brillo; [memory] entorpecerse; [senses] embotarse
    * * *

    I [dʌl]
    1)
    a) ( not bright) < color> apagado; <light/glow> pálido; <eyes/complexion> sin brillo
    b) ( not shiny) < finish> mate; < hair> sin brillo
    c) ( overcast) <day/morning> gris, feo
    2) ( boring) <speech/person> aburrido
    3)
    a) < faculties> torpe, lerdo; <pain/ache> sordo; < sound> sordo, amortiguado
    b) <edge/blade> romo, embotado

    II
    a) ( make less bright) \<\<color/surface\>\> quitar el brillo a, opacar*
    b) ( make less sharp) \<\<pain\>\> aliviar, calmar; \<\<senses\>\> entorpecer*, embotar

    English-spanish dictionary > dull

  • 33 parado

    adj.
    1 stationary, motionless, at a standstill, still.
    2 standing, upright, on one's feet.
    3 unemployed, out-of-work, workless.
    4 steep.
    5 stuck-up.
    6 foolishly sentimental, drippy.
    7 placed in a vertical position, standing, up-ended, upended.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: parar.
    * * *
    1→ link=parar parar
    1 (quieto) still, motionless
    2 figurado (lento) slow, awkward
    3 (sin trabajo) unemployed
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 unemployed person
    \
    estar parado,-a to be unemployed
    salir bien parado,-a to come off well
    salir mal parado,-a to come off badly
    * * *
    1. (f. - parada)
    noun
    2. (f. - parada)
    adj.
    * * *
    parado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=detenido)

    ¿por qué no nos echas una mano en vez de estar ahí parado? — can't you give us a hand instead of just standing there o around?

    no le gusta estar parado, siempre encuentra algo que hacer — he doesn't like to be idle o doing nothing, he always finds himself something to do

    ¿qué hace ese coche ahí parado? — what's that car doing standing there?

    salida parada — (Dep) standing start

    2) Esp (=sin trabajo) unemployed

    llevo dos años parada — I've been out of work o unemployed for two years

    3) (=desconcertado)

    me dejó parado con lo que me dijo — what he said really took me aback, I was really taken aback by what he said

    4) LAm (=de pie) standing (up)
    - caer parado como los gatos
    5) Esp
    *

    ser parado — (=ser tímido) to be tongue-tied; (=tener poca iniciativa) to be a wimp *

    6) Caribe, Cono Sur (=engreído) vain
    7)

    bien/mal parado: en este libro la mujer queda muy bien parada — women are shown in a good light in this book, women come out well in this book

    salir bien/mal parado: salió mejor parado de lo que cabía esperar — he came out of it better than could be expected

    8) And, Caribe (=afortunado)
    9) Méx, Col
    10) LAm (=hacia arriba) [pelo] stiff; [poste] upright; [orejas] pricked-up
    11) Méx, Ven (=levantado) up, out of bed
    12) Chile (=en huelga) (out) on strike
    2.
    SM / F Esp unemployed person

    Miguel López, un parado de 27 años... — Miguel López, an unemployed, 27-year-old man...

    3. SM
    1) Ven
    2) Méx (=parecido) air, look, resemblance
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( detenido)

    no te quedes ahí parado, ven a ayudarme — don't just stand there, come and help me

    un coche parado en medio de la calle — a car sitting o stopped in the middle of the street

    b) (esp Esp) ( desconcertado)

    se quedó parado, sin saber qué decir — he was taken aback and didn't know what to say

    2) (Esp) ( desempleado) unemployed
    3)
    a) (AmL) ( de pie)

    estar parado — to stand, be standing

    b) (AmL) ( erguido)
    c) (Chi) <cuesta/subida> steep
    4)

    bien/mal parado: salió bastante bien parada del accidente she escaped from the accident pretty much unscathed; salió muy mal parado del accidente he was in a bad way after the accident; salió mal parado de su última inversión he lost a lot of money on his last investment; ha dejado muy mal parados a sus colegas he has left his colleagues in a very difficult situation; estar bien parado con alguien (AmL) to be (well) in with somebody (colloq); es el que mejor parado ha salido — he's the one who's done (the) best out

    5)
    a) (CS fam) ( engreído) stuck up
    b) (Esp fam) ( soso)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (Esp) unemployed person

    los parados — the unemployed, the people out of work

    * * *
    = stuck, stagnating, unmoving, motionless, stationary.
    Ex. Learn what to do when there is a power outage and how to respond to alarms that signal stuck elevators or that activate security or sprinkler systems.
    Ex. Library budgets have stopped growing in the present climate of a stagnating economy.
    Ex. The dynamic path generation problem of robots in environments with other unmoving and moving objects is considered.
    Ex. In a control condition, participants recited memorized text to the research assistant who sat motionless.
    Ex. In one simple version, known in England as the Scandinavian single platen machine (1841), the press bed and type were stationary throughout.
    ----
    * no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that), be none the worse for wear.
    * parados, los = unemployed, the, jobless, the, unwaged, the.
    * permanecer parado = stand + still.
    * quedarse parado = stand + still, stand by.
    * tasa de parados = jobless rate.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( detenido)

    no te quedes ahí parado, ven a ayudarme — don't just stand there, come and help me

    un coche parado en medio de la calle — a car sitting o stopped in the middle of the street

    b) (esp Esp) ( desconcertado)

    se quedó parado, sin saber qué decir — he was taken aback and didn't know what to say

    2) (Esp) ( desempleado) unemployed
    3)
    a) (AmL) ( de pie)

    estar parado — to stand, be standing

    b) (AmL) ( erguido)
    c) (Chi) <cuesta/subida> steep
    4)

    bien/mal parado: salió bastante bien parada del accidente she escaped from the accident pretty much unscathed; salió muy mal parado del accidente he was in a bad way after the accident; salió mal parado de su última inversión he lost a lot of money on his last investment; ha dejado muy mal parados a sus colegas he has left his colleagues in a very difficult situation; estar bien parado con alguien (AmL) to be (well) in with somebody (colloq); es el que mejor parado ha salido — he's the one who's done (the) best out

    5)
    a) (CS fam) ( engreído) stuck up
    b) (Esp fam) ( soso)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (Esp) unemployed person

    los parados — the unemployed, the people out of work

    * * *
    = stuck, stagnating, unmoving, motionless, stationary.

    Ex: Learn what to do when there is a power outage and how to respond to alarms that signal stuck elevators or that activate security or sprinkler systems.

    Ex: Library budgets have stopped growing in the present climate of a stagnating economy.
    Ex: The dynamic path generation problem of robots in environments with other unmoving and moving objects is considered.
    Ex: In a control condition, participants recited memorized text to the research assistant who sat motionless.
    Ex: In one simple version, known in England as the Scandinavian single platen machine (1841), the press bed and type were stationary throughout.
    * no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that), be none the worse for wear.
    * parados, los = unemployed, the, jobless, the, unwaged, the.
    * permanecer parado = stand + still.
    * quedarse parado = stand + still, stand by.
    * tasa de parados = jobless rate.

    * * *
    parado1 -da
    A
    1
    (detenido, inmóvil): no te quedes ahí parado, ven a ayudarme don't just stand there, come and help me
    ¿qué hace ese coche parado en medio de la calle? what's that car doing sitting o stopped in the middle of the street?
    la producción está parada por falta de materia prima production has stopped o is at a standstill because of a lack of raw materials
    2
    (confuso, desconcertado): se quedó parado, sin saber qué decir he was taken aback and didn't know what to say
    B ( Esp) (desempleado) unemployed
    está parado he's unemployed o out of work
    C
    1
    ( AmL) (de pie): estar parado to stand, be standing
    tuve que viajar parado I had to stand for the whole journey
    no lo dejes ahí parado don't leave him standing there
    2
    ( AmL) (erguido): tengo el pelo todo parado my hair's standing on end
    escuchaba con las orejas paradas she was all ears, she listened carefully
    lo tenía parado or la tenía parada ( fam); he had an erection, he had a hard on ( colloq)
    3 ( Chi) ‹cuesta/subida› steep
    D
    (en una situación): bien/mal parado: salió muy mal parado del accidente he was in a bad way after the accident
    salió bastante bien parada del accidente she escaped from the accident pretty much unscathed o unhurt
    salió mal parado del último negocio en que se metió he lost a lot of money on his last business venture
    ha quedado muy mal parada ante la opinión pública she has been made to look bad in the eyes of the public
    con esas declaraciones ha dejado muy mal parados a sus colegas by saying those things he has left his colleagues in a very difficult situation
    él está muy bien parado con el director ( AmL); he's in o he's well in with the director ( colloq)
    es el que mejor parado ha salido del reparto he's the one who's done (the) best out of the share-out
    E ‹persona›
    1 (CS fam) (engreído) stuck up
    2 ( Esp fam) (soso) drippy ( colloq)
    no seas parada don't be such a drip o wimp
    parado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( Esp) unemployed person
    el número de parados the number of (people) unemployed, the number of people out of work
    * * *

     

    Del verbo parar: ( conjugate parar)

    parado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    parado    
    parar
    parado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 ( detenido):
    ◊ un coche parado en medio de la calle a car sitting o stopped in the middle of the street;

    no te quedes ahí parado, ven a ayudarme don't just stand there, come and help me
    2 (AmL)
    a) ( de pie):


    b) ( erguido):


    ver tb See Also→ parar verbo transitivo 2b
    3 (Esp) ( desempleado) unemployed
    4
    ◊ salir (de algo) bien/mal parado (de pelea, discusión) to come off well/badly (in sth);

    es el que mejor parado ha salido he's the one who's come off best
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp) unemployed person;

    parar ( conjugate parar) verbo intransitivo
    1 ( detenerse) to stop;

    ir/venir a parado to end up;
    fue a parado a la cárcel he ended up in prison;
    ¿a dónde habrá ido a parado aquella foto? what can have happened to that photo?;
    ¡a dónde iremos a parado! I don't know what the world's coming to
    2 ( cesar) to stop;

    ha estado lloviendo sin parado it hasn't stopped raining;
    no para quieto ni un momento he can't keep still for a minute;
    no para en casa she's never at home;
    parado DE + INF to stop -ing;
    paró de llover it stopped raining
    3 (AmL) [obreros/empleados] to go on strike
    verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹coche/tráfico/persona› to stop;

    ‹motor/máquina› to stop, switch off
    b) ‹ hemorragia› to stanch (AmE), to staunch (BrE)

    c) ‹balón/tiro› to save, stop;

    ‹ golpe› to block, ward off
    2 (AmL)

    b) ( poner vertical) ‹vaso/libro› to stand … up;


    pararse verbo pronominal
    1 ( detenerse)

    b) [reloj/máquina] to stop;

    [coche/motor] to stall;

    2


    se paró en una silla she stood on a chair;
    ¿te puedes parado de cabeza/de manos? can you do headstands/handstands?
    b) (AmL) [ pelo] ( hacia arriba) to stick up;

    ( en los lados) to stick out

    parado,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (máquina, vehículo, etc) stopped, stationary
    (persona) still: ¡no te quedes parada, haz algo!, don't just stand there, do something!
    2 (sin trabajo) unemployed, out of work
    3 fig (sin iniciativa) slow
    4 (desconcertado) stunned
    5 LAm (de pie) standing
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino unemployed person
    ♦ Locuciones: salir bien/mal parado, to come off well/ badly
    parar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 to stop: para de saltar, stop jumping
    para un momento en la farmacia, stop a minute at the chemist's
    no pares de hablar, por favor, keep talking, please
    2 (alojarse) to stay
    3 (finalizar, terminar) el cuadro fue a parar al rastro, the painting ended up in the flea market
    II verbo transitivo
    1 to stop
    2 Dep to save
    3 LAm to stand up
    ♦ Locuciones: dónde va a parar, by far: mi hija es muchísmo más inteligente que la suya, dónde va a parar, my daughter is far more intelligent than theirs
    ' parado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    parada
    - seca
    - seco
    - caer
    - quedar
    English:
    dole
    - idle
    - jobless
    - stand about
    - stand around
    - stationary
    - unemployed
    - work
    - foot
    - go
    - have
    - relief
    - stand
    - standing
    - stick
    - stop
    - well
    * * *
    parado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [inmóvil] [vehículo] stationary;
    [persona] still, motionless; [fábrica, proyecto] at a standstill o halt;
    ¡no te quedes ahí parado! don't just stand there!
    2. Esp [pasivo] lacking in initiative;
    tu hermano es muy parado your brother lacks initiative
    3. Esp [sin empleo] unemployed, out of work;
    estar parado to be unemployed
    4. Am [en pie] standing;
    estar parado to be standing;
    caer parado to land on one's feet
    5. Am [en posición vertical] standing;
    tenía los pelos parados her hair was on end;
    muy Fam
    tenerlo parado, tenerla parada to have a stiffie;
    Méx Fam
    estar parado de pestañas to be in high dudgeon
    6. Chile, PRico [orgulloso] vain, conceited
    7. Comp
    Am
    está bien parado con el jefe he's well in with the boss;
    salir bien/mal parado de algo: el actual campeón salió muy bien parado en el sorteo the current holder of the title had a lucky draw;
    fue el que mejor parado salió del accidente he was the one who came off best in the accident;
    el conductor salió muy mal parado the driver was badly hurt o injured;
    la imagen de la empresa ha salido muy mal parada the company's image has suffered a serious blow
    ♦ nm,f
    Esp [desempleado] unemployed person;
    los parados the unemployed;
    los parados de larga duración the long-term unemployed
    * * *
    I adj
    1 unemployed
    2 L.Am. (de pie) standing (up)
    3
    :
    quedarse parado stand still;
    salir bien/mal parado come off well/badly;
    II m, parada f unemployed person;
    los parados de larga duración the long-term unemployed
    * * *
    parado, -da adj
    1) : motionless, idle, stopped
    2) : standing (up)
    3) : confused, bewildered
    4)
    bien (mal) parado : in good (bad) shape
    salió bien parado: it turned out well for him
    * * *
    parado1 adj
    1. (desempleado) unemployed
    2. (que no se mueve) not moving
    3. (tímido) shy [comp. shier o shyer; superl. shiest o shyest]
    parado2 n (desempleado) unemployed person

    Spanish-English dictionary > parado

  • 34 démarrer

    démarrer [demaʀe]
    ➭ TABLE 1
    1. intransitive verb
    [moteur, conducteur] to start ; [véhicule] to move off ; [affaire, campagne, projet] to get going
    • faire démarrer [+ véhicule] to start
    2. transitive verb
    [+ véhicule] to start ; [+ travail] to get going on (inf)
    * * *
    demaʀe
    1.
    1) lit to start (up) [moteur, véhicule]
    2) fig to start [roman, émission]; to get [something] off the ground [projet]

    2.
    verbe intransitif
    1) ( se mettre en marche) [véhicule] to pull away; [moteur] to start
    2) ( mettre en marche) [chauffeur] to drive off
    3) ( débuter) [affaire, entreprise] to start up; [campagne électorale] to get under way; [personne] to start off
    4) ( en course à pied) to put on a spurt
    * * *
    demaʀe
    1. vt
    [entreprise] to start up
    2. vi
    1) [conducteur] to start, to start up
    2) [véhicule] (= fonctionner à l'allumage) to start, (= se mettre en mouvement) to move off

    Cette sacrée bagnole ne veut pas démarrer. — The damned car won't start.

    Ils arrivèrent au moment où le véhicule démarrait. — They arrived just as the vehicle was moving off.

    3) [travaux, affaire] to get moving
    4) [coureur] (= accélérer) to pull away
    * * *
    démarrer verb table: aimer
    A vtr
    1 ( mettre en marche) to start (up) [moteur, véhicule];
    2 ( débuter) to start [roman, tableau, émission]; to get [sth] off the ground [campagne électorale, projet].
    B vi
    1 ( se mettre en marche) [véhicule] to pull away; [moteur] to start;
    2 ( mettre en marche) [chauffeur] to drive off, pull away;
    3 ( débuter) [affaire, entreprise] to start up; [campagne électorale] to get under way; [personne] to start off; démarrer dans les affaires to start up in business; faire démarrer une affaire to get a business off the ground; bien/mal démarrer en italien to make a good/poor start in Italian;
    4 ( en course à pied) to put on a spurt.
    [demare] verbe transitif
    ————————
    [demare] verbe intransitif
    1. AUTOMOBILE & MÉCANIQUE [se mettre à fonctionner] to start (up)
    [s'éloigner] to move off
    2. [débuter] to start
    3. [dans une progression - économie] to take off, to get off the ground
    5. (familier) [s'en aller] to shift (UK), to budge

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > démarrer

  • 35 sprechen

    n; -s, kein Pl. speaking, talking; jemanden zum Sprechen bringen get s.o. to talk; (zwingen) make s.o. talk; das Sprechen fällt ihm schwer he finds it difficult to speak (wegen Hemmungen etc.: talk)
    * * *
    to converse; to say; to talk; to speak; to dispense
    * * *
    sprẹ|chen ['ʃprɛçn] pret sprach, [ʃpraːx] ptp gespro\#chen
    1. vi
    [gə'ʃprɔxn] to speak ( über +acc, von about, of); (= reden, sich unterhalten) to talk, to speak ( über +acc, von about)

    frei sprechen — to extemporize, to speak off the cuff (inf)

    sprich! (liter) — speak! (liter)

    also sprach... (liter Bibl) () — Bibl)

    gut/schön sprechen — to speak well/beautifully

    im Rundfunk/Fernsehen sprechen — to speak on the radio/on television

    es spricht... — the speaker is...

    es sprechen... — the speakers are...

    die Vernunft sprechen lassen — to listen to reason, to let the voice of reason be heard

    schlecht or nicht gut auf jdn/etw zu sprechen sein — not to have a good thing to say about sb/sth

    wir sprechen nicht mehr miteinander — we are no longer on speaking terms, we're not speaking any more

    mit wem spreche ich? — to whom am I speaking, please?

    sprechen wir nicht mehr darüber! — let's not talk about that any more, let's drop the subject

    ich weiß nicht, wovon Sie sprechen — I don't know what you're talking about

    sprechen wir von etwas anderem — let's talk about something else, let's change the subject

    auf jdn/etw zu sprechen kommen — to get to talking about sb/sth

    für jdn/etw sprechen — to speak for sb/sth, to speak on behalf of sb/sth

    gegen jdn/etw sprechen — to speak against sb/sth

    es spricht für jdn/etw(, dass...) — it says something for sb/sth (that...), it speaks well for sb/sth (that...)

    das spricht für ihn — that's a point in his favour (Brit) or favor (US), that says something for him

    es spricht nicht für die Firma, dass so was passieren konnte — it doesn't say much for the firm that something like that could happen

    es spricht vieles dafür/dagegen — there's a lot to be said for/against it

    es spricht vieles dafür, dass... — there is every reason to believe that...

    was spricht dafür/dagegen? — what is there to be said for/against it?

    aus seinen Worten sprach Verachtung/Hoffnung — his words expressed contempt/hope

    er sprach vor den Studenten/dem Ärztekongress — he spoke to the students/the medical conference

    2. vt
    1) (= sagen) to say, to speak; eine Sprache, Mundart to speak; (= aufsagen) Gebet to say; Gedicht to say, to recite

    alles, was er sprach... — everything he said...

    hier spricht man Spanisch — Spanish spoken, we speak Spanish

    See:
    2) Urteil to pronounce,
    See:
    → Recht
    3) (= mit jdm reden) to speak to

    kann ich bitte Herrn Kurz sprechen? — may I speak to Mr Kurz, please?

    ich bin für niemanden zu sprechen — I can't see anybody, I'm not available

    kann ich Sie einen Augenblick or kurz sprechen? — can I see you for a moment?, can I have a quick word?

    * * *
    1) (to say (words) or talk: He can't speak; He spoke a few words to us.) speak
    2) (to (be able to) talk in (a language): She speaks Russian.) speak
    3) (manner or way of speaking: His speech is very slow.) speech
    * * *
    Spre·chen
    <-s>
    [ˈʃprɛçn̩]
    das \Sprechen lernen to learn to speak [or talk
    2. (das Reden) speaking no pl, talking no pl
    jdn zum \Sprechen bringen to make sb talk
    * * *
    1.
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb speak (über + Akk. about; von about, of); (sich unterhalten, sich besprechen auch) talk (über + Akk., von about); <parrot etc.> talk

    deutsch/flüsternd sprechen — speak German/in a whisper or whispers

    es spricht Pfarrer N. — the speaker is the Revd. N.

    für/gegen etwas sprechen — speak in favour of/against something

    mit jemandem sprechen — speak or talk with or to somebody

    ich muss mit dir sprechen — I must talk or speak with you

    mit wem spreche ich? — who is speaking please?; to whom am I speaking, please?

    sprechen Sie noch? — (am Telefon) are you still there?

    gut/schlecht von jemandem od. über jemanden sprechen — speak well/ill of somebody

    für jemanden sprechen — speak for somebody; speak on or (Amer.) in behalf of somebody

    vor der Betriebsversammlung sprechen — speak to or address a meeting of the workforce

    zu einem od. über ein Thema sprechen — speak on or about a subject

    frei sprechen — extemporize; speak without notes

    aus seinen Worten/seinem Blick sprach Angst — usw. his words/the look in his eyes expressed fear etc.

    auf jemanden/etwas zu sprechen kommen — get to talking about somebody/something

    für/gegen jemanden/etwas sprechen — (in günstigem/ungünstigem Licht erscheinen lassen) be a point in somebody's/something's favour/against somebody/something

    was spricht denn dafür/dagegen? — what is there to be said for/against it?

    2.
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb
    1) speak <language, dialect>; say <word, sentence>

    ‘Hier spricht man Deutsch’ — ‘German spoken’; ‘we speak German’

    2) (rezitieren) say, recite <poem, text>; say < prayer>; recite < spell>; pronounce <blessing, oath>; s. auch Recht 1)
    3)
    4) (aussprechen) pronounce <name, word, etc.>
    * * *
    sprechen; spricht, sprach, hat gesprochen
    A. v/i
    1. speak (
    mit to, with;
    zu to;
    über +akk,
    von meist about); (reden, sich unterhalten) talk;
    im Fernsehen sprechen speak on television;
    sprechen lernen learn to talk;
    er spricht nicht viel he doesn’t say much;
    er soll möglichst wenig sprechen he should talk as little as possible;
    er spricht nicht gern darüber he doesn’t like to talk about it;
    sie sprechen nicht miteinander they’re not talking ( oder speaking) to each other, they’re not on speaking terms;
    so spricht man nicht mit seiner Mutter that’s no way to talk to your mother;
    über Politik/Geschäfte sprechen talk politics/business;
    sprich mal mit ihm darüber have a word with him about it;
    ich muss erst mit meinem Anwalt sprechen I’ll have to talk to ( oder have a word with) my lawyer (Br auch solicitor) first;
    mit sich selbst sprechen talk to oneself;
    von etwas anderem sprechen talk about something else, change the subject;
    wir kamen auf Indien zu sprechen the subject of India came up;
    unter uns gesprochen between you and me;
    ich spreche aus Erfahrung I speak from experience;
    allgemein gesprochen generally speaking;
    da wir gerade von … sprechen talking of …;
    man spricht davon, dass er bankrott sei there’s talk of his being bankrupt;
    jeder spricht davon everybody’s talking about it, it’s the talk of the town;
    sprich! umg spit it out!;
    sie ist nicht gut auf ihn zu sprechen she hasn’t a single good word for him, he’s in her bad books
    2. (eine Rede halten) speak, give a speech ( Vortrag: talk) (
    über +akk on);
    vor einer großen Zuhörerzahl sprechen speak in front of ( oder to) a large audience;
    er kann (nicht) gut frei sprechen he’s (not) good at speaking off the cuff
    3.
    sprechen für als Vertreter: speak for ( oder on behalf of); vermittelnd: put in a good word for; befürwortend: plead for, argue in favo(u)r of;
    sprechen gegen (eine Sache) argue ( stärker: speak out) against;
    das spricht für ihn that says something for him, that’s one thing in his favo(u)r;
    das spricht für seine Unschuld that would seem to indicate he’s innocent;
    das spricht für sich selbst it speaks for itself;
    vieles spricht dafür there’s much to be said for it;
    vieles spricht dafür/dagegen, dass … it seems very likely/unlikely that …;
    alles spricht dafür, dass sie es war all the evidence points to her (as the guilty party);
    vieles spricht dagegen there are many reasons for not doing it ( oder why one shouldn’t);
    was spricht dafür? give me one good reason why we should (do it etc);
    was spricht dagegen? is there any reason why we shouldn’t do it etc?
    4. fig:
    aus seinen Worten spricht der Neid you can tell he’s jealous by the way he speaks; stärker: there’s jealousy in his every word;
    aus ihren Augen sprach die Verzweiflung her eyes were filled with despair, her eyes spoke volumes of despair; → Anzeichen, Band1 1, Band3, Recht, schuldig etc
    B. v/t
    1. (sagen) say; (eine Sprache) speak; (ein Gebet, Wort) say; (Gedicht) recite; (Nachrichten) read;
    seine ersten Worte sprechen Baby: say its first few words;
    etwas auf Tonband sprechen record sth on tape;
    sie spricht ausgezeichnet Englisch she speaks English very well, she speaks excellent English;
    Sächsisch sprechen speak Saxon dialect;
    das Urteil sprechen pronounce judg(e)ment;
    die Kosten, sprich Anschaffung und Versicherung, … the costs, i. e. ( oder that is to say) purchase and insurance, …
    2. (aussprechen) pronounce;
    er kann kein „th“ sprechen he can’t pronounce “th”
    3. (konsultieren) speak to, see;
    jemanden zu sprechen wünschen wish to speak to ( oder see) sb;
    kann ich Sie kurz sprechen? can I have a (quick) word with you?;
    für ihn bin ich nicht zu sprechen I’m not in for him, if he calls I’m not here;
    ich bin heute für niemanden zu sprechen I’m not available ( oder in) for anybody today, I’m not here today - no matter who calls;
    wir sprechen uns noch! drohend: you haven’t heard the last of this
    * * *
    1.
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb speak (über + Akk. about; von about, of); (sich unterhalten, sich besprechen auch) talk (über + Akk., von about); <parrot etc.> talk

    deutsch/flüsternd sprechen — speak German/in a whisper or whispers

    es spricht Pfarrer N. — the speaker is the Revd. N.

    für/gegen etwas sprechen — speak in favour of/against something

    mit jemandem sprechen — speak or talk with or to somebody

    ich muss mit dir sprechen — I must talk or speak with you

    mit wem spreche ich? — who is speaking please?; to whom am I speaking, please?

    sprechen Sie noch? — (am Telefon) are you still there?

    gut/schlecht von jemandem od. über jemanden sprechen — speak well/ill of somebody

    für jemanden sprechen — speak for somebody; speak on or (Amer.) in behalf of somebody

    vor der Betriebsversammlung sprechen — speak to or address a meeting of the workforce

    zu einem od. über ein Thema sprechen — speak on or about a subject

    frei sprechen — extemporize; speak without notes

    aus seinen Worten/seinem Blick sprach Angst — usw. his words/the look in his eyes expressed fear etc.

    auf jemanden/etwas zu sprechen kommen — get to talking about somebody/something

    für/gegen jemanden/etwas sprechen — (in günstigem/ungünstigem Licht erscheinen lassen) be a point in somebody's/something's favour/against somebody/something

    was spricht denn dafür/dagegen? — what is there to be said for/against it?

    2.
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb
    1) speak <language, dialect>; say <word, sentence>

    ‘Hier spricht man Deutsch’ — ‘German spoken’; ‘we speak German’

    2) (rezitieren) say, recite <poem, text>; say < prayer>; recite < spell>; pronounce <blessing, oath>; s. auch Recht 1)
    3)
    4) (aussprechen) pronounce <name, word, etc.>
    * * *
    (mit) v.
    to talk (to) v. v.
    (§ p.,pp.: sprach, gesprochen)
    = to speak v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: spoke, spoken)

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > sprechen

  • 36 pick

    pick [pɪk]
    choisir ⇒ 1 (a), 2 cueillir ⇒ 1 (b) enlever ⇒ 1 (c) gratter ⇒ 1 (d) crocheter ⇒ 1 (f) pincer ⇒ 1 (g) choix ⇒ 3 (a) meilleur ⇒ 3 (b) pic ⇒ 3 (c)
    (a) (select) choisir;
    ∎ he always picks the most expensive dish il choisit toujours le plat le plus cher;
    ∎ to pick one's words (carefully) (bien) choisir ses mots;
    ∎ she's been picked for the England team elle a été sélectionnée pour l'équipe d'Angleterre;
    ∎ to pick a team former une équipe;
    ∎ to pick a winner (in racing) choisir un cheval gagnant;
    ∎ figurative we've certainly picked a winner in Paul Rodger nous avons vraiment tiré le bon numéro avec Paul Rodger;
    ∎ ironic you really (know how to) pick them! tu les choisis bien!;
    ∎ ironic you picked a fine time to tell me tu as bien choisi ton moment pour me le dire
    (b) (gather → fruit, flowers) cueillir; (→ mushrooms) ramasser;
    ∎ to pick cherries/grapes (for pleasure) cueillir des cerises/du raisin; (as job) faire la cueillette des cerises/les vendanges;
    ∎ pick your own (sign) cueillette à la ferme
    (c) (remove) enlever;
    ∎ I had to pick the cat hairs off my dress il a fallu que j'enlève les poils de chat de ma robe
    (d) (poke at → spot, scab) gratter;
    ∎ to pick one's nose se mettre les doigts dans le nez;
    ∎ to pick one's teeth se curer les dents;
    ∎ they picked the bones clean ils n'ont rien laissé sur les os;
    ∎ she picked a hole in her jumper elle a fait un trou à son pull en tirant sur la laine
    ∎ they picked their way along the narrow ridge ils avancèrent prudemment le long de la crête étroite;
    ∎ he picked his way through the crowd il se fraya un chemin à travers la foule
    (f) (lock) crocheter
    (g) (pluck → guitar string) pincer; (→ guitar) pincer les cordes de
    ∎ to have a bone to pick with sb avoir un compte à régler avec qn;
    ∎ to pick sb's brains tirer parti de l'intelligence ou des connaissances de qn;
    ∎ can I pick your brains a minute? est-ce que je peux faire appel à tes connaissances une minute?;
    ∎ to pick a fight chercher la bagarre;
    ∎ to pick holes in sth (in argument, theory, book etc) trouver des failles dans qch;
    ∎ she's always picking holes (in everything) elle n'arrête pas de chercher la petite bête;
    ∎ to pick sb's pocket faire les poches à qn;
    ∎ to pick a quarrel with sb chercher noise ou querelle à qn
    (choose) choisir;
    ∎ to pick and choose (be fussy) faire le/la difficile, faire la fine bouche;
    ∎ I like to be able to pick and choose j'aime bien avoir le choix;
    ∎ with your qualifications you can pick and choose avec vos diplômes, toutes les portes vous sont ouvertes
    3 noun
    (a) (choice) choix m;
    ∎ take your pick faites votre choix, choisissez;
    ∎ you can have your pick of them vous pouvez choisir celui qui vous plaît;
    ∎ he could have his pick of any job he wanted il pourrait obtenir n'importe quel emploi;
    ∎ we had first pick nous avons été les premiers à choisir
    (b) (best) meilleur(e) m,f;
    ∎ the pick of France's footballers/writers (one) le meilleur footballer/écrivain français; (several) les meilleurs footballers/écrivains français;
    ∎ familiar the pick of the bunch (people) le dessus du panier, le gratin; (things) ce qui se fait de mieux□
    (c) (tool) pic m, pioche f; (of miner) pic m à main; (of mason) smille f; (of climber) piolet m
    (d) (plectrum) plectre m, médiator m
    (a) (pull at → loose end) tirer sur; (→ flake of paint, scab) gratter
    (b) (food) manger du bout des dents;
    ∎ he only picked at the fish il a à peine touché au poisson
    (c) (criticize pettily) être sur le dos de
    (a) (shoot) abattre;
    ∎ a marksman picked off the leaders one by one un tireur d'élite a abattu les meneurs un à un
    (b) (remove → scab, paint) gratter; (→ flowers, leaves) enlever, ôter;
    ∎ pick those papers off the ground ramassez ces papiers qui sont par terre;
    ∎ to pick the meat off a bone décortiquer un os;
    ∎ she picked herself off the floor elle s'est relevée
    (a) (victimize) harceler, s'en prendre à;
    ∎ pick on someone your own size! ne t'en prends pas à un plus petit que toi!
    (b) (single out) choisir;
    ∎ why pick on today of all days? pourquoi choisir ce jour entre tous?
    (a) (choose) choisir;
    ∎ he picked out the best peaches il a choisi les meilleures pêches
    (b) (spot, identify → person in crowd) repérer; (→ person in photo) reconnaître; (→ person in identification parade) identifier; (→ landmark, object) distinguer;
    ∎ I tried to pick him out in the crowd j'ai essayé de le repérer dans la foule;
    ∎ she was easy to pick out in her orange coat elle était facilement reconnaissable ou facile à repérer avec son manteau orange
    (c) (highlight, accentuate) rehausser;
    ∎ the stitching is picked out in bright green un vert vif fait ressortir les coutures
    ∎ to pick out a tune on the piano retrouver un air au piano
    (examine → fruit, vegetables etc) trier; (→ performance, evidence, details) décortiquer, analyser
    ➲ pick up
    ∎ pick up those books! ramassez ces livres!;
    ∎ to pick up the telephone décrocher le téléphone;
    ∎ to pick up a child (in one's arms) prendre un enfant dans ses bras; (after falling) relever un enfant;
    ∎ they left me to pick up the British bill or American tab ils m'ont laissé l'addition;
    ∎ figurative to pick up the pieces recoller les morceaux
    (b) (collect → gen) passer prendre; (→ children from school, people from airport etc) aller chercher;
    ∎ I've got to pick up the children at four il faut que j'aille chercher les enfants à quatre heures;
    ∎ my father picked me up at the station mon père est venu me chercher à la gare;
    ∎ I have to pick up a parcel at the post office je dois passer prendre un colis à la poste;
    ∎ helicopters were sent to pick up the wounded on a envoyé des hélicoptères pour ramener les blessés;
    ∎ I never pick up hitchhikers je ne prends jamais d'auto-stoppeurs
    (c) (acquire, come by → skill, information) apprendre; (→ reputation) gagner, acquérir; (→ prize) gagner, remporter;
    ∎ did you pick up any Greek during your stay? avez-vous appris un peu de grec pendant votre séjour?;
    ∎ to pick up bad habits prendre de mauvaises habitudes;
    ∎ I don't know where he's picking up these funny ideas from je ne sais pas où il va chercher ces idées bizarres;
    ∎ to pick up a parking ticket attraper un PV;
    ∎ our country picked up most of the medals notre pays a remporté la plupart des médailles
    ∎ to pick up a bargain dénicher une bonne affaire;
    ∎ to pick sth up cheap acheter qch bon marché□ ;
    ∎ I picked it up at the flea market je l'ai trouvé au marché aux puces□
    (e) (catch → illness, infection) attraper
    (f) familiar (earn) se faire;
    ∎ you can pick up good money working on the rigs on peut se faire pas mal de fric en travaillant sur les plates-formes pétrolières
    (g) familiar (arrest) pincer, agrafer
    ∎ he picked her up in a bar il l'a levée dans un bar;
    ∎ he tried to pick her up il l'a draguée;
    ∎ to pick up a customer (of prostitute) racoler ou raccrocher un client
    (i) (detect) détecter;
    ∎ he picked up the sound of a distant bell il perçut le son d'une cloche dans le lointain;
    ∎ the dogs picked up the scent again les chiens ont retrouvé la piste
    (k) (notice) relever;
    ∎ the proofreaders pick up most of the mistakes les correcteurs repèrent ou relèvent la plupart des erreurs
    (l) (criticize) reprendre;
    ∎ to pick sb up sharply reprendre qn vertement;
    ∎ nobody picked him up on his sexist comments personne n'a relevé ses remarques sexistes
    (m) (resume) reprendre;
    ∎ we picked up the discussion where we'd left off nous avons repris la discussion là où nous l'avions laissée
    (n) (return to) revenir sur, reprendre;
    ∎ I'd like to pick up a point you made earlier j'aimerais revenir sur une remarque que vous avez faite tout à l'heure
    (o) (gather → speed, momentum) prendre;
    ∎ to pick up strength (person) reprendre des forces
    (p) familiar (revive) remonter□, requinquer;
    ∎ that will pick you up voilà qui vous remontera
    (a) (get better → sick person) se rétablir, se sentir mieux
    (b) (improve → conditions, weather) s'améliorer; (→ business, trade) reprendre;
    ∎ the market is picking up after a slow start après avoir démarré doucement le marché commence à prendre;
    ∎ the game certainly picked up in the second half la partie s'est animée pendant la deuxième mi-temps
    (c) (resume) reprendre;
    ∎ they picked up where they had left off (in conversation) ils ont repris la conversation là où ils l'avaient laissée; (in game) ils ont repris le jeu là où ils l'avaient laissé
    ∎ she didn't pick up on the criticism elle n'a pas relevé la critique

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > pick

  • 37 lose

    A vtr ( prét, pp lost)
    1 ( mislay) perdre [object, person] ; to lose one's way lit se perdre, perdre son chemin ; fig s'égarer ;
    2 ( be deprived of) perdre ; the poem has lost something in translation le poème a perdu quelque chose à la traduction ; to lose interest in sth se désintéresser de qch ; to lose touch (with person, reality, situation) perdre contact (with avec) ; to lose the use of perdre l'usage de [limb, muscle] ; to lose one's life mourir ; many lives were lost il y a eu de nombreuses victimes ; 200 jobs will be lost 200 emplois vont être supprimés ; to lose one's breath s'essouffler ; to lose one's figure s'épaissir ; he's losing his looks il n'est plus aussi beau qu'autrefois ; we are losing a lot of business to our competitors nous avons perdu beaucoup d'affaires au profit de nos concurrents ; they lost both sons in the war ils ont perdu leurs deux fils pendant la guerre ; to be lost at sea périr en mer ; to have nothing/little to lose ○ n'avoir rien/pas grand-chose à perdre ; try it, you've nothing to lose ○ ! essaie, tu n'as rien à perdre! ; you've nothing to lose by applying tu ne risques rien en posant ta candidature ; I daren't, I've got too much to lose je n'ose pas, c'est trop risqué ;
    3 (miss, waste) manquer [chance] ; perdre [time] ; there's no time/not a moment to lose il n'y a pas de temps/un instant à perdre ; stopping meant losing vital seconds s'arrêter représentait une perte de secondes capitales ; he lost no time in replying il n'a pas perdu de temps pour répondre ; this allusion was not lost on him cette allusion ne lui a pas échappé ;
    4 ( be defeated in) gen, Jur, Pol, Sport perdre [fight, war, match, game, race, case, bet, election, vote] ; avoir le dessous dans [argument, debate] ; perdre en [appeal] ;
    5 ( not hear or understand) manquer [remark, word] ; ( not see) perdre [qch] de vue [moving object] ; you've lost me there ○ ! je ne vous suis plus! ; their cries were lost in the din leurs cris ont été étouffés par le vacarme ;
    6 (shake off, get rid of) se débarrasser de [habit, unwanted person or object] ; semer ○ [pursuer] ; supprimer [job] ; licencier [worker] ;
    7 ( go slow) [clock, watch] retarder de [minutes, seconds] ;
    8 ( cause to forfeit) to lose sb sth faire perdre qch à qn ; his speech lost the party a million votes son discours a fait perdre au parti un million de voix.
    B vi ( prét, pp lost)
    1 ( be defeated) perdre (to sb devant qn) ; they lost to the French team ils se sont fait battre par l'équipe française ;
    2 (be worse off, deteriorate) perdre ; they lost on the sale of the house ils ont vendu la maison à perte ; the novel loses in translation le roman y perd à la traduction ; try it, you can't lose! essaie, tu n'as rien à perdre! ;
    3 [clock, watch] retarder.
    C v refl ( prét, pp lost) to lose oneself in se plonger dans [book] ; se perdre dans [contemplation].
    to lose it (totally) ○ péter les plombs ○.
    ■ lose out être perdant ; to lose out on perdre dans [deal] ; manquer, rater ○ [chance, opportunity, bargain] ; to lose out to sb se faire dépasser par qn.

    Big English-French dictionary > lose

  • 38 going

    going ['gəʊɪŋ]
    1 noun
    (a) (leaving) départ m
    (b) (progress) progrès m;
    ∎ we made good going on the return journey on est allés vite pour le retour;
    ∎ that's pretty good going! c'est plutôt rapide!;
    ∎ it was slow going (walking, climbing) on progressait lentement; (working, learning) ça avancait lentement;
    ∎ it was hard going (walking, climbing) on progressait difficilement; (learning, working) c'était dur
    (c) (condition of ground) état m du terrain;
    ∎ Horseracing good/heavy going bon terrain m/terrain m lourd;
    ∎ the going is rough le chemin est rude;
    ∎ it's rough or heavy going on these mountain roads c'est dur de rouler sur ces routes de montagne;
    ∎ figurative this novel is heavy going ce roman ne se lit pas facilement;
    ∎ figurative it's heavy going getting him to talk on a du mal à le faire parler;
    ∎ figurative while the going is good tant que c'est favorable;
    ∎ to get out while the going's good partir tant que les choses vont bien;
    ∎ proverb when the going gets tough, the tough get going = c'est dans les moments difficiles que les vrais hommes entrent en action
    (a) (functioning) qui marche;
    ∎ to start or set sth going mettre qch en marche
    ∎ the business is a going concern c'est une affaire qui marche;
    ∎ for sale as a going concern (sign, in property advertisement) à vendre avec fonds
    (c) (current) actuel;
    ∎ the going price le prix actuel, le prix sur le marché;
    ∎ she's getting the going rate for the job elle touche le tarif en vigueur ou normal pour ce genre de travail;
    ∎ the best computer/novelist going le meilleur ordinateur/romancier du moment

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > going

  • 39 petit

    I.
    n. m.
    1. Le petit: 'The kid', the child. C'est le petit aux Martin: It's the Martins' offspring.
    2. Mon petit (Term of endearment): My pet— Precious— Darling.
    3. Faire des petits (fig.): To multiply, to grow in numbers. Dès qu'il y a un mécontent, ça fait des petits: Before you know it, from one disgruntled character you've got a whole horde!
    4. 'Prick', 'cock', penis. Emmener le petit au cirque (joc.): To have 'a leg-over', to 'have it off', to have sex. Prendre (also: envoyer) du petit: To get sodomized. (Certain dictionaries lexicalize petit with reference to the previous example as being the anal sphincter where sodomous intercourse is concerned.)
    II.
    adv. At a slow pace. En ce moment côté affaires, ça va petit! Business is just about chugging along!

    Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > petit

  • 40 negocium

    nĕgōtĭum ( nĕgōcĭum), ii, n. [necotium; cf.: negotium, quod non sit otium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.; v. 1. ne], a business, employment, occupation, affair (cf. munus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    negoti nunc sum plenus,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 146:

    quamquam negotiumst, si quid vis, non sum occupatus, etc.,

    id. Merc. 2, 2, 17:

    qui deum nihil habere negotii volunt,

    Cic. Off. 3, 28, 102:

    in extremā parte muneris ac negotii tui,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 46:

    forensia negotia,

    id. de Or. 2, 6, 23:

    qui omnibus negotiis interfuit,

    id. Fam. 1, 6, 1:

    negotium municipii administrare,

    id. ib. 13, 11:

    procurare,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149:

    suscipere,

    id. Cat. 3, 2, 5:

    mandare alicui,

    id. Fam. 13, 26, 2:

    versari in negotio,

    id. Att. 5, 10, 3:

    emergere ex negotiis,

    id. ib. 5, 10, 3; Liv. 3, 4:

    transigere negotium,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21:

    negotio desistere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 45:

    in magno negotio habere aliquid,

    to regard a thing as important, of great moment, Suet. Caes. 23: est mihi negotium cum aliquo, I have to do with one:

    mirabar, quid hic negotii esset tibi,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 8; Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 9:

    adparatus, quem flagitabat instans negotium,

    Amm. 20, 10, 1.—Esp. with reference to affairs of state:

    nostrum otium negotii inopia, non requiescendi studio constitutum est,

    Cic. Off. 3, 1, 2; cf. Suet. Aug. 32:

    publicis adfinis fuit an maritumis negotiis?

    i. e. in farming the revenue or in private commerce, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 50.—Of the management of domestic concerns:

    qui suum negotium gerunt otiosi,

    Cic. Lael. 23, 86:

    praeclare suum negotium gessit Roscius,

    id. Rosc. Com. 12, 34:

    suum negotium agere,

    id. Off. 1, 9, 29; cf. id. ib. 1, 34, 125.—So of trade, traffic:

    aes alienum negotii gerendi studio contractum,

    Cic. Sull. 20, 58; id. Vat. 5, 12:

    negotii gerentes,

    tradesmen, id. Sest. 45, 97:

    Trebonius ampla et expedita negotia in tuā provinciā habet,

    id. Fam. 1, 3, 1: Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 33.—Of a lawsuit, Quint. 3, 5, 11; Suet. Calig. 40; id. Rhet. 6; cf. Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 2.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Difficulty, pains, trouble, labor:

    ita et hinc et illinc mi exhibent negotium,

    give me trouble, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 38:

    huic exhibui negotium,

    id. Men. 5, 9, 13; id. Poen. 1, 2, 30:

    viden egestas quid negoti dat homini misero male,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 5:

    satis habeo negotii in sanandis vulneribus,

    Cic. Att. 5, 17, 6:

    magnum negotium est navigare atque id mense Quintili,

    id. ib. 5, 12:

    negotium facessere alicui,

    to give one trouble, id. Fam. 3, 10, 1:

    negotium exhibere alicui,

    id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    facere innocenti,

    Quint. 5, 12, 13:

    nihil est negotii libertatem recuperare,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 1:

    Cato Siciliam tenere nullo negotio potuit,

    id. Att. 10, 16, 3; id. Fam. 2, 10, 2:

    non minori negotio,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 175:

    quid negotii est haec poëtarum, portenta convincere?

    id. Tusc. 1, 6, 11: facili negotio, with little trouble (post-class.), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 38; cf.:

    levi negotio,

    Amm. 20, 10, 2 al.:

    magno negotio,

    Cels. 7, 5 init.;

    Auct. B. Aiex. 8, 4: plus negotii est, si acutus quoque morbus is factus est,

    Cels. 4, 6.—
    B.
    Like the Gr. pragma, for res, a matter, thing:

    quid est negoti?

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 27; 3, 2, 54:

    quid negoti est, quamobrem succenses mihi?

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 11:

    ineptum negotium et Graeculum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86. —So of persons Teucris illa lentum negotium, a slow affair, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 1; cf. id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4:

    elinguem, tardum, inhumanum negotium,

    id. post Red. in Sen. 6, 14. —As transl. of to pragma, euphemism for sensual sins, Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 6; ib. 2 Cor. 7, 11:

    a negotio perambulante in tenebris,

    some indefinable terror, ib. Psa. 90, 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > negocium

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