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  • 81 distribute

    [di'stribjut]
    1) (to divide (something) among several (people); to deal out: He distributed sweets to all the children in the class.) uddele; omdele
    2) (to spread out widely: Our shops are distributed all over the city.) fordele; sprede ud
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    [di'stribjut]
    1) (to divide (something) among several (people); to deal out: He distributed sweets to all the children in the class.) uddele; omdele
    2) (to spread out widely: Our shops are distributed all over the city.) fordele; sprede ud

    English-Danish dictionary > distribute

  • 82 ghetto

    ['ɡetəu]
    plural - ghetto(e)s; noun
    (a (poor) part of a city etc in which a certain group of people (especially immigrants) lives: Large cities like New York have many ghettoes.) ghetto
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    ['ɡetəu]
    plural - ghetto(e)s; noun
    (a (poor) part of a city etc in which a certain group of people (especially immigrants) lives: Large cities like New York have many ghettoes.) ghetto

    English-Danish dictionary > ghetto

  • 83 reduce

    [rə'dju:s]
    1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) reducere; nedsætte
    2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) tabe i vægt
    3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) forvandle; få til at briste i gråd; tvinge
    - reduction
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    [rə'dju:s]
    1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) reducere; nedsætte
    2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) tabe i vægt
    3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) forvandle; få til at briste i gråd; tvinge
    - reduction

    English-Danish dictionary > reduce

  • 84 sprawl

    [spro:l] 1. verb
    1) (to sit, lie or fall with the arms and legs spread out widely and carelessly: Several tired-looking people were sprawling in armchairs.) ligge henslængt
    2) ((of a town etc) to spread out in an untidy and irregular way.) vokse uhæmmet
    2. noun
    1) (an act of sprawling: He was lying in a careless sprawl on the sofa.) henslængt stilling
    2) (an untidy and irregular area (of houses etc): She lost her way in the grimy sprawl of the big city.) uoverskuelighed
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    [spro:l] 1. verb
    1) (to sit, lie or fall with the arms and legs spread out widely and carelessly: Several tired-looking people were sprawling in armchairs.) ligge henslængt
    2) ((of a town etc) to spread out in an untidy and irregular way.) vokse uhæmmet
    2. noun
    1) (an act of sprawling: He was lying in a careless sprawl on the sofa.) henslængt stilling
    2) (an untidy and irregular area (of houses etc): She lost her way in the grimy sprawl of the big city.) uoverskuelighed

    English-Danish dictionary > sprawl

  • 85 town

    1) (a group of houses, shops, schools etc, that is bigger than a village but smaller than a city: I'm going into town to buy a dress; He's in town doing some shopping.) by; byen
    2) (the people who live in such a group of houses etc: The whole town turned out to greet the heroes.) by
    3) (towns in general as opposed to the countryside: Do you live in the country or the town?) by
    - town hall
    - townsfolk
    - townspeople
    - go to town
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    1) (a group of houses, shops, schools etc, that is bigger than a village but smaller than a city: I'm going into town to buy a dress; He's in town doing some shopping.) by; byen
    2) (the people who live in such a group of houses etc: The whole town turned out to greet the heroes.) by
    3) (towns in general as opposed to the countryside: Do you live in the country or the town?) by
    - town hall
    - townsfolk
    - townspeople
    - go to town

    English-Danish dictionary > town

  • 86 come

    [kʌm] 1.
    verbo transitivo (pass. came; p.pass. come) (travel) percorrere [ distance]
    2.
    verbo intransitivo (pass. came; p.pass. come)
    1) (arrive) [person, day, success] venire; [bus, letter, news, rains, winter] arrivare

    to come after sb. — (follow) seguire qcn.; (chase) inseguire qcn.

    to come down, up — scendere, salire [ stairs]; seguire, percorrere [ street]

    to come from — (pro)venire da [airport, hospital]

    to come into — entrare in [ room]

    to come past — [car, person] passare

    to come through — [ person] attraversare [town centre, tunnel]; [water, object] entrare da [ window]

    to come crashing to the ground — [ structure] crollare, schiantarsi al suolo

    the time has come to doè venuto o arrivato il momento di fare

    come summer — in estate, quando verrà l'estate

    2) (approach) venire, avvicinarsi

    to come and see, help sb. — venire a vedere, ad aiutare qcn.

    to come to sb. for money — venire a chiedere soldi a qcn.

    I could see it coming (of accident) l'ho visto o me lo sono visto arrivare

    3) (visit) [dustman, postman] passare; [ cleaner] venire

    I've come aboutsono venuto per o a proposito di

    4) (attend) venire

    to come to — venire a [meeting, party]

    to come (up, down) to — [water, dress, curtain] arrivare (fino) a

    how did you come to do?come hai fatto o sei riuscito a fare?

    come to think of it, you're right — a pensarci bene, hai ragione

    to come to believe, hate — finire per credere, odiare

    to come from — [ person] venire da, essere (origi nario) di [city, country]; [word, legend] venire da [language, country]; [ substance] essere ricavato da [ raw material]; [coins, stamps, product] provenire da [ place]; [smell, sound] (pro)venire da [ place]

    to come in — essere disponibile in [sizes, colours]

    to come with a radio — [ car] essere dotato di radio

    to come with chips — [ food] essere servito con (contorno di) patatine

    to come to — venire a, affrontare [problem, subject]

    12) (in time, list, importance)

    to come after — venire dopo, seguire

    to come before — venire prima di, precedere

    to come first, last — [ athlete] arrivare (per) primo, (per) ultimo

    where did you come?come sei arrivato o ti sei piazzato?

    they got what was coming to themcolloq. hanno avuto quello che si meritavano

    when it comes to sth., to doing — quando si tratta di qcs., di fare

    15) (have orgasm) colloq. venire
    3.

    come, come! — (in warning, reproach) andiamo!

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    come again?colloq. come(, scusa)?

    come to that o if it comes to that, you may be right su o per questo, potresti aver ragione; to come as a shock — essere uno shock

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    1. past tense - came; verb
    1) (to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him: Come here!; Are you coming to the dance?; John has come to see me; Have any letters come for me?) venire, arrivare
    2) (to become near or close to something in time or space: Christmas is coming soon.) avvicinarsi
    3) (to happen or be situated: The letter `d' comes between `c' and è' in the alphabet.) venire
    4) ((often with to) to happen (by accident): How did you come to break your leg?) succedere
    5) (to arrive at (a certain state etc): What are things coming to? We have come to an agreement.) arrivare
    6) ((with to) (of numbers, prices etc) to amount (to): The total comes to 51.) essere
    2. interjection
    (expressing disapproval, drawing attention etc: Come, come! That was very rude of you!) suvvia!, (ma va!), (andiamo!)
    - coming
    - comeback
    - comedown
    - come about
    - come across
    - come along
    - come by
    - come down
    - come into one's own
    - come off
    - come on
    - come out
    - come round
    - come to
    - come to light
    - come upon
    - come up with
    - come what may
    - to come
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    come /kʌm/
    n.
    (volg.) sperma eiaculato; sborra (volg.).
    ♦ (to) come /kʌm/
    (pass. came, p. p. come)
    A v. i.
    1 arrivare; venire; giungere: The police came, è arrivata (o è giunta) la polizia; Mary hasn't come yet, Mary non è ancora arrivata; The letter came on Friday, la lettera è arrivata venerdì; When will my turn come?, quando verrà il mio turno?; ( I'm) coming!, sto arrivando!; arrivo!; vengo!; Someone's coming, viene (o sta venendo) qualcuno; arriva (o sta arrivando) qualcuno; when the time comes, quando verrà il momento; to come running, arrivare (o venire) di corsa; arrivare correndo; to come by car [on foot], venire (o arrivare) in macchina [a piedi]; Where are you coming from?, da dove vieni (o arrivi)?; We came to a clearing, siamo arrivati a una radura; I've come to the chapter where…, sono arrivato al capitolo in cui…; to come to the door, venire ad aprire (la porta); to come to the surface, venire in superficie; salire in superficie; to come to an agreement, raggiungere (o venire a) un accordo; to come to a conclusion [a decision], giungere (o arrivare) a una conclusione [una decisione]; I'll come to that point in a moment, toccherò questo punto tra un momento; to come at the truth, arrivare alla (o scoprire la) verità; There's still the dessert to come, deve venire ancora il dolce NOTA D'USO: - arrivare-
    2 venire ( con uno scopo): She came for lunch, è venuta a pranzo; I've come to pick up the trunk, sono venuto a prendere il baule; Come and help me, vieni ad aiutarmi; Come and see for yourself, vieni a vedere tu stesso; I've come to see Martin, sono venuto per vedere Martin; ( anche) sono venuto a trovare Martin; Come sailing with me, vieni in barca a vela con me; I've come about the flat on sale, sono venuto per l'appartamento in vendita; Tom has come for the bike, Tom è venuto a prendere la bici NOTA D'USO: - go to / go and-
    3 venire; provenire; ( di cosa, anche) derivare, essere ricavato: Where do you come from?, da dove vieni?; di dove sei?; Where does this money come from?, da dove viene questo denaro?; I come from Greece, sono greco; Music was coming from the room, dalla stanza veniva della musica; These sculptures come from the Barnes collection, queste sculture provengono dalla collezione Barnes; to come from a good family, venire da una (o essere di) buona famiglia; «Master» comes from the Latin «magister», «master» deriva dal latino «magister»
    4 arrivare, giungere (a fare qc., come conclusione); finire per: I have come to believe he is wrong, sono giunto a credere che abbia torto; She came to think of the cat as her own, ha finito per considerare il gatto come suo
    5 arrivare ( in altezza, lunghezza); salire; scendere: The water came up to here, l'acqua arrivava fin qui; Her hair came down to her waist, i capelli le arrivavano (o scendevano fino) alla vita
    6 venire ( in un ordine di priorità); arrivare, classificarsi ( in un esame, una gara, ecc.): My children come first, i miei figli vengono prima di tutto; He came second in the exam, nell'esame è arrivato secondo
    7 venire ( per diritto, eredità, ecc.): This house will come to you, questa casa verrà a te
    8 accadere; succedere; avvenire: No harm will come to him, non gli succederà niente di male; How did she come to be there? (o How come she was there?), com'è successo che lei si trovasse là?; come mai lei si trovava la?; come what may, accada quel che accada; succeda quello che deve succedere; to take things as they come, prendere le cose come vengono
    9 (seguito da agg. o part. pass.) diventare; farsi ( ma spesso in ital. corrisponde un verbo specifico): to come alive, animarsi; ravvivarsi; vivacizzarsi; to come loose, allentarsi; ( di porta, ecc.) to come open, aprirsi; to come undone, slacciarsi; sbottonarsi; ( di nodo, ecc.) sciogliersi; to come untied, slegarsi; to come true, avverarsi; realizzarsi
    10 (fam.) costare; venire: to come expensive, costare (o essere) caro; Fast cars don't come cheap, le auto veloci non costano poco
    11 (comm.: di articolo) essere disponibile; esistere; essere venduto: DIALOGO → - Clothes 4- Do they come in any other colours?, sono disponibili in altri colori?; This model comes in several colours, questo modello è disponibile in diversi colori
    12 ( di portata) essere servito: The steak comes with roast potatoes and mushrooms, la bistecca è servita con patate arrosto e funghi
    13 (volg.) raggiungere l'orgasmo; ( di uomo) eiaculare; venire (volg.)
    14 (all'imper.) andiamo!; su!; suvvia!; dài! (fam.); ( anche) ma no!, figurati!: Come, that's silly!, andiamo, che sciocchezza!; Come, come, there's no need to thank me!, ma no, non devi ringraziarmi!
    B v. t.
    1 percorrere; fare: I have come ten miles, ho percorso dieci miglia; ( anche fig.) He had come a long way, aveva fatto molta strada
    2 (fam., rif. all'età) andare per: My daughter is coming twelve, mia figlia va per i dodici
    3 (fam.) to come the, fare il (o la): Don't come the bully with ( o over) me, non fare il prepotente con me!
    come (seguito da indicazione di tempo), ora di, quando verrà: come next year, ora dell'anno prossimo; l'anno prossimo; come spring, ora della primavera; quando verrà la primavera; a primavera □ to come and go, andare e venire □ to come after, venire dopo; esserci dopo; seguire; venire dietro: What comes after?, che cosa viene dopo?; che c'è dopo?; Come after me, seguitemi; venitemi dietro □ to come again, ritornare; tornare: Please come again!, tornate (a trovarci)! □ (fam.) Come again?, come hai detto?; come?; scusa? □ (fam.) Come and get it!, è pronto; a tavola! □ to come as a disappointment, deludere; essere deludente □ to come as a relief, essere un sollievo; tranquillizzare □ to come as a surprise, giungere inatteso □ to come as a shock, essere uno shock; scioccare □ to come before, venire prima di; precedere; ( anche) comparire davanti a: «Major» comes before «captain», «maggiore» viene prima di «capitano»; to come before the judge, comparire davanti al giudice □ (fam.) to come clean, dire tutta la verità; confessare tutto □ to come close to, essere lì lì per; essere a un passo dal: to come close to winning, essere lì lì per vincere; sfiorare la vittoria □ to come closer, avvicinarsi; farsi più vicino □ to come easily, essere facile (per q.); venire facile: Speaking in public didn't come easily to him, non gli veniva facile parlare in pubblico □ ( sport) to come from behind, rimontare e vincere □ (fam.) to come good, riscattarsi □ to come home, tornare a casa; rientrare; ( sport: nelle corse) tagliare il traguardo □ to come home to sb., diventare chiaro a q.: At last it came home to him that I had no money, finalmente ha capito che non avevo soldi □ (fam.) to come it a bit strong, esagerare; metterla giù un po' dura □ (fam.) Don't come it with me!, non darti delle arie con me! □ to come naturally, essere naturale (a q.); venire naturale □ to come near to = to come close to ► sopra □ (leg.) to come of age, uscire di minorità; diventare maggiorenne □ (comm.) to come on offer, essere offerto: (fin.) Intercom shares came on offer at £5, le azioni della Intercom furono offerte a 5 sterline □ (fam.) to come on the scene, arrivare (sulla scena); comparire; fare la propria comparsa □ to come on top of st., aggiungersi a qc. ( di spiacevole) □ ( di veicolo) to come past, passare □ to come right, andare a posto; aggiustarsi □ (naut.) to come to anchor, ancorarsi □ to come to be, diventare: He came to be a famous painter, diventò un pittore famoso □ to come to blows, venire alle mani □ to come to an end, giungere al termine; finire □ to come to light, venire alla luce; scoprirsi □ to come to life, rinvenire, riprendere conoscenza; dimostrare interesse, interessarsi □ to come to like, imparare ad apprezzare; arrivare a trovare simpatico: I've never come to like whisky, non sono mai riuscita a farmi piacere il whisky; I came to like him in the end, finii per trovarlo simpatico; alla fine arrivò a piacermi □ to come to no harm, non patire; non subire danni: I don't want her to come to any harm, non voglio che le succeda nulla □ to come to nothing, non approdare a nulla; non portare a nulla; finire in niente □ (lett.) to come to pass, avvenire; accadere □ It comes to the same thing, è lo stesso; la cosa non cambia □ to come to one's senses, rinvenire; tornare in sé □ (fig. fam.) to come to stay, venire a stare (da q.); ( anche) prendere piede; affermarsi □ to come to a standstill, fermarsi; arrestarsi □ to come to terms with, accettare (qc. di spiacevole o doloroso); farsi una ragione di □ It might not come to that, è possibile che non si arrivi a questo (o a questi punti); potrebbe non verificarsi; potrebbe non essere necessario; He didn't believe her, nor, come to that, did I, lui non le credette, e in realtà nemmeno io □ when you come to think of it, a pensarci bene; riflettendoci: ( Now I) come to think of it, he was out the whole day yesterday, ora che ci penso, ieri lui è stato fuori tutto il giorno □ to come with practice [age, ecc.], venire [essere appreso, raggiunto, ecc.] con la pratica [l'età] □ to come within earshot of, giungere a portata d'orecchi di □ to come within range, arrivare a tiro ( di fucile, ecc.) □ to come within sight of, giungere in vista di □ ‘Coming soon’ ( cartello), ‘torno presto’ □ as… as they come, enormemente: as rich as they come, ricchissimo; as silly as they come, stupidissimo; stupido come pochi □ (iron.) He's got a big surprise coming to him!, avrò (o lo aspetta) una bella sorpresa □ (fam.) She only got what was coming to her, ha avuto solo quello che si è meritata; ben le sta □ (fam.) You had it coming, ( di punizione, ecc.) hai avuto quello che ti meritavi; te lo sei meritato □ (fam.) How come?, perché?; come mai?: How come you didn't join the party?, come mai non ti sei unito alla comitiva? □ (fig.) I don't know whether I'm coming or going, non so più quello che sto facendo; sto perdendo la testa □ ( slang) Let'em all come!, s'accomodino, vengano pure ( e avranno quello che si meritano)! □ I could see it come, me l'aspettavo □ (dopo espressioni di tempo) to come, futuro; nel futuro; a venire: generations to come, generazioni future; in years to come, negli anni a venire □ when it comes to, quando si tratta di; in fatto di □ where sb. is coming from, che tipo è q.; come la pensa q.; che cosa ha in mente q.: I couldn't work out where he was coming from, non ruiscivo a capire che cosa avesse in mente.
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    [kʌm] 1.
    verbo transitivo (pass. came; p.pass. come) (travel) percorrere [ distance]
    2.
    verbo intransitivo (pass. came; p.pass. come)
    1) (arrive) [person, day, success] venire; [bus, letter, news, rains, winter] arrivare

    to come after sb. — (follow) seguire qcn.; (chase) inseguire qcn.

    to come down, up — scendere, salire [ stairs]; seguire, percorrere [ street]

    to come from — (pro)venire da [airport, hospital]

    to come into — entrare in [ room]

    to come past — [car, person] passare

    to come through — [ person] attraversare [town centre, tunnel]; [water, object] entrare da [ window]

    to come crashing to the ground — [ structure] crollare, schiantarsi al suolo

    the time has come to doè venuto o arrivato il momento di fare

    come summer — in estate, quando verrà l'estate

    2) (approach) venire, avvicinarsi

    to come and see, help sb. — venire a vedere, ad aiutare qcn.

    to come to sb. for money — venire a chiedere soldi a qcn.

    I could see it coming (of accident) l'ho visto o me lo sono visto arrivare

    3) (visit) [dustman, postman] passare; [ cleaner] venire

    I've come aboutsono venuto per o a proposito di

    4) (attend) venire

    to come to — venire a [meeting, party]

    to come (up, down) to — [water, dress, curtain] arrivare (fino) a

    how did you come to do?come hai fatto o sei riuscito a fare?

    come to think of it, you're right — a pensarci bene, hai ragione

    to come to believe, hate — finire per credere, odiare

    to come from — [ person] venire da, essere (origi nario) di [city, country]; [word, legend] venire da [language, country]; [ substance] essere ricavato da [ raw material]; [coins, stamps, product] provenire da [ place]; [smell, sound] (pro)venire da [ place]

    to come in — essere disponibile in [sizes, colours]

    to come with a radio — [ car] essere dotato di radio

    to come with chips — [ food] essere servito con (contorno di) patatine

    to come to — venire a, affrontare [problem, subject]

    12) (in time, list, importance)

    to come after — venire dopo, seguire

    to come before — venire prima di, precedere

    to come first, last — [ athlete] arrivare (per) primo, (per) ultimo

    where did you come?come sei arrivato o ti sei piazzato?

    they got what was coming to themcolloq. hanno avuto quello che si meritavano

    when it comes to sth., to doing — quando si tratta di qcs., di fare

    15) (have orgasm) colloq. venire
    3.

    come, come! — (in warning, reproach) andiamo!

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    come again?colloq. come(, scusa)?

    come to that o if it comes to that, you may be right su o per questo, potresti aver ragione; to come as a shock — essere uno shock

    English-Italian dictionary > come

  • 87 bring

    [brɪŋ] 1.
    verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. brought)
    1) (convey, carry) portare

    to bring sb. flowers — portare dei fiori a qcn.

    to bring sb. fame — portare fama a qcn.

    to bring sth. to — (contribute) portare qcs. a [work, area]

    to bring one's experience to sth. — apportare la propria esperienza in qcs.

    to bring a blush to sb.'s cheeks — fare arrossire qcn.

    to bring sth. into — portare qcs. dentro [ room]; introdurre qcs. in [ conversation]

    to bring sth. into existence — creare qcs., dare vita a qcs.

    to bring disgrace on sb. — portare disonore a qcn.

    to bring sth. on, upon oneself — tirarsi dietro, addosso qcs.

    to bring sb. with one — portare qcn. (con sé)

    to bring sb. to — portare qcn. a [ party]

    3) (lead, draw)

    to bring sb. to do sth. — indurre qcn. a fare qcs.

    to bring sb. into the country — far entrare o introdurre qcn. nel paese

    to bring sb. into contact with sb. — mettere qcn. in contatto con qcn.

    to bring sb. home — (transport home) portare qcn. a casa; (to meet family) portare qcn. in casa

    4) telev. rad.
    5) dir. amm.

    to bring sb., a case before the court — portare qcn., un caso in tribunale

    2.
    verbo riflessivo (pass., p.pass. brought)
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    [briŋ]
    past tense, past participle - brought; verb
    1) (to make (something or someone) come (to or towards a place): I'll bring plenty of food with me; Bring him to me!) portare
    2) (to result in: This medicine will bring you relief.) dare, procurare
    - bring back
    - bring down
    - bring home to
    - bring off
    - bring round
    - bring up
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    [brɪŋ] 1.
    verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. brought)
    1) (convey, carry) portare

    to bring sb. flowers — portare dei fiori a qcn.

    to bring sb. fame — portare fama a qcn.

    to bring sth. to — (contribute) portare qcs. a [work, area]

    to bring one's experience to sth. — apportare la propria esperienza in qcs.

    to bring a blush to sb.'s cheeks — fare arrossire qcn.

    to bring sth. into — portare qcs. dentro [ room]; introdurre qcs. in [ conversation]

    to bring sth. into existence — creare qcs., dare vita a qcs.

    to bring disgrace on sb. — portare disonore a qcn.

    to bring sth. on, upon oneself — tirarsi dietro, addosso qcs.

    to bring sb. with one — portare qcn. (con sé)

    to bring sb. to — portare qcn. a [ party]

    3) (lead, draw)

    to bring sb. to do sth. — indurre qcn. a fare qcs.

    to bring sb. into the country — far entrare o introdurre qcn. nel paese

    to bring sb. into contact with sb. — mettere qcn. in contatto con qcn.

    to bring sb. home — (transport home) portare qcn. a casa; (to meet family) portare qcn. in casa

    4) telev. rad.
    5) dir. amm.

    to bring sb., a case before the court — portare qcn., un caso in tribunale

    2.
    verbo riflessivo (pass., p.pass. brought)

    English-Italian dictionary > bring

  • 88 movement

    noun
    1) Bewegung, die; (of people): (towards city, country, etc.) [Ab]wanderung, die; (trend, tendency) Tendenz, die

    a movement of the head/arm/leg — eine Kopf-/Arm-/Beinbewegung

    2) in pl. Aktivitäten Pl.
    3) (Mus.) Satz, der
    4) (concerted action for purpose) Bewegung, die
    5) in sing. or pl. (Mech. esp. in clock, watch) Räderwerk, das
    6) (in price) Preisbewegung, die
    * * *
    1) ((an act of) changing position or going from one point to another: The animal turned sideways with a swift movement.) die Bewegung
    2) (activity: In this play there is a lot of discussion but not much movement.) das Handeln
    3) (the art of moving gracefully or expressively: She teaches movement and drama.) die Bewegung
    4) (an organization or association: the Scout movement.) die Bewegung
    5) (the moving parts of a watch, clock etc.) das Gehwerk
    6) (a section of a large-scale piece of music: the third movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.) der Satz
    7) (a general tendency towards a habit, point of view etc: There's a movement towards simple designs in clothing these days.) die Entwicklung
    * * *
    move·ment
    [ˈmu:vmənt]
    n
    1. (change of position) Bewegung f
    after the accident he had no \movement in his legs nach seinem Unfall konnte er seine Beine nicht bewegen
    2. no pl (general activity) Bewegung f; FIN, STOCKEX Schwankung[en] f[pl], Bewegung f
    the scene of the crash was almost devoid of \movement am Absturzort rührte sich fast nichts
    3. MUS (part of symphony) Satz m
    4. no pl (tendency) Tendenz f, Trend m ( towards [hin] zu + dat)
    there is a \movement towards doing sth die Tendenz geht dahin, etw zu tun
    5. (interest group) Bewegung f
    the suffragette \movement die Bewegung der Frauenrechtlerinnen
    6. BRIT, AUS (activities)
    \movements pl Tätigkeiten pl
    what are your \movements today? was machst du heute?
    I'm keeping an eye on her \movements ich beobachte sie
    7. (mechanism) of a clock, watch Uhrwerk nt
    * * *
    ['muːvmənt]
    n
    1) (= motion) Bewegung f; (of troops etc) Truppenbewegung f; (fig) (= trend) Trend m (towards zu); (of events) Entwicklung f; (of prices/rates) Preis-/Kursbewegung f

    a slight downward/upward movement — eine leichte Abwärts-/Aufwärtsbewegung

    the movement of traffic —

    movement (of the bowels) (Med) there was a movement toward(s) the doorStuhlgang m alles drängte zur Tür

    a marked movement to the right —

    2) (= political, artistic etc movement) Bewegung f
    3) (= transport: of goods etc) Beförderung f
    4) (MUS) Satz m
    5) (= mechanism) Antrieb(smechanismus) m, Getriebe nt; (of clock) Uhrwerk nt
    * * *
    movement [ˈmuːvmənt] s
    1. Bewegung f (auch fig MAL, POL, REL etc):
    free movement Freizügigkeit f (der Arbeitskräfte etc);
    free movement of goods WIRTSCH freier Güteraustausch;
    without movement bewegungslos
    2. pl Aktivitäten pl
    3. (rasche) Entwicklung, Fortschreiten n (von Ereignissen), Fortgang m (einer Handlung etc)
    4. Bestrebung f, Tendenz f, Richtung f
    5. moderne Richtung:
    be in the movement mit der Zeit (mit)gehen
    6. Rhythmus m, rhythmische Bewegung (von Versen etc)
    7. MUS
    a) Satz m (einer Sonate etc)
    b) Tempo n
    8. MIL (Truppen- oder Flotten) Bewegung f:
    movement by air Lufttransport m;
    movement order Marschbefehl m
    9. TECH
    a) Bewegung f
    b) Lauf m (einer Maschine)
    c) Gang-, Gehwerk n (der Uhr), Antriebsmechanismus m
    10. (Hand-)Griff m:
    11. PHYSIOL
    a) Stuhlgang m
    b) Stuhl m
    12. WIRTSCH Umsatz m
    13. academic.ru/48335/move">move C 4
    * * *
    noun
    1) Bewegung, die; (of people): (towards city, country, etc.) [Ab]wanderung, die; (trend, tendency) Tendenz, die

    a movement of the head/arm/leg — eine Kopf-/Arm-/Beinbewegung

    2) in pl. Aktivitäten Pl.
    3) (Mus.) Satz, der
    5) in sing. or pl. (Mech. esp. in clock, watch) Räderwerk, das
    6) (in price) Preisbewegung, die
    * * *
    n.
    Bewegung -en f.
    Regung -en f.

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    1.
    [before vowel tʊ, before consonant tə, stressed tuː] preposition
    1) (in the direction of and reaching) zu; (with name of place) nach

    go to work/to the theatre — zur Arbeit/ins Theater gehen

    to Paris/France — nach Paris/Frankreich

    2) (towards a condition or quality) zu
    3) (as far as) bis zu

    from London to Edinburgh — von London [bis] nach Edinburgh

    increase from 10 % to 20 % — von 10 % auf 20 % steigen

    with one's back to the wallmit dem Rücken zur Wand

    [compared] to — verglichen mit; im Vergleich zu

    it's ten to one he does somethingdie Chancen stehen zehn zu eins, dass er etwas tut

    to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache (Dat.)

    lend/explain etc. something to somebody — jemandem etwas leihen/erklären usw.

    to me(in my opinion) meiner Meinung nach

    what's that to you?was geht das dich an?

    7) (until) bis

    to the endbis zum Ende

    five [minutes] to eight — fünf [Minuten] vor acht

    8) with infinitive of a verb zu; expressing purpose, or after academic.ru/75540/too">too um [...] zu

    too young to marry — zu jung, um zu heiraten; zu jung zum Heiraten

    to rebel is pointlesses ist sinnlos zu rebellieren

    he would have phoned but forgot to — er hätte angerufen, aber er vergaß es

    she didn't want to go there, but she had to — sie wollte nicht hingehen, aber sie musste

    2.
    [tuː] adverb
    1) (just not shut)

    be to[Tür, Fenster:] angelehnt sein

    2)
    * * *
    1. [tə,tu] preposition
    1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) zu, auf
    2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) bis
    3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) bis
    4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.) zu, mit
    5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.) zu, für
    6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) in
    7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) gegenüber, zu
    8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.) zu
    9) ([tə] used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.) zu, um zu
    10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.) zu
    2. [tu:] adverb
    1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) zu
    2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).) zu sich, dran
    * * *
    to
    [tu:, tu, tə]
    1. (moving towards) in + akk
    , nach + dat
    , zu + dat
    she walked over \to the window sie ging [hinüber] zum Fenster [o ans Fenster]
    we're going \to town wir gehen/fahren in die Stadt
    they go \to work on the bus sie fahren mit dem Bus zur Arbeit
    I'm going \to a party/concert ich gehe auf eine Party/ein Konzert
    she has to go \to a meeting now sie muss jetzt zu einem Meeting [gehen]
    we moved \to Germany last year wir sind letztes Jahr nach Deutschland gezogen
    he flew \to the US er flog in die USA
    she's never been \to Mexico before sie ist noch nie [zuvor] in Mexiko gewesen
    my first visit \to Africa mein erster Aufenthalt in Afrika
    this is a road \to nowhere! diese Straße führt nirgendwohin!
    parallel \to the x axis parallel zur x-Achse
    from here \to the station von hier [bis] zum Bahnhof
    on the way \to the mountains/the sea/the town centre auf dem Weg in die Berge/zum Meer/ins [o zum] Stadtzentrum
    \to the north/south nördlich/südlich
    twenty miles \to the north of the city zwanzig Meilen nördlich der Stadt
    the suburbs are \to the west of the city die Vororte liegen im Westen der Stadt
    from place \to place von Ort zu Ort
    \to the right/left nach rechts/links
    there \to the right dort rechts
    he's standing \to the left of Adrian er steht links neben Adrian
    2. (attending regularly) zu + dat
    , in + dat
    she goes \to kindergarten sie geht in den Kindergarten
    he goes \to university er geht auf die Universität
    do you go \to church? gehst du in die Kirche?
    I go \to the gym twice a week ich gehe zweimal wöchentlich zum Fitness
    3. (inviting to) zu + dat
    an invitation \to a wedding eine Einladung zu einer Hochzeit
    I've asked them \to dinner ich habe sie zum Essen eingeladen
    she took me out \to lunch yesterday sie hat mich gestern zum Mittagessen ausgeführt [o eingeladen
    she pointed \to a distant spot on the horizon sie zeigte auf einen fernen Punkt am Horizont
    to have one's back \to sth/sb etw/jdm den Rücken zudrehen
    back \to front verkehrt herum
    5. (in contact with) an + dat
    they were dancing cheek \to cheek sie tanzten Wange an Wange
    she put her hand \to his breast sie legte die Hand auf seine Brust
    she clasped the letter \to her bosom sie drückte den Brief an ihre Brust
    6. (attached to) an + akk
    tie the lead \to the fence mach die Leine am Zaun fest
    they fixed the bookshelves \to the wall sie brachten die Bücherregale an der Wand an
    stick the ads \to some paper klebe die Anzeigen auf ein Blatt Papier
    7. (with indirect object)
    \to sb/sth jdm/etw dat
    I lent my bike \to my brother ich habe meinem Bruder mein Fahrrad geliehen
    give that gun \to me gib mir das Gewehr
    children are often cruel \to each other Kinder sind oft grausam zueinander
    who's the letter addressed \to? an wen ist der Brief adressiert?
    what have they done \to you? was haben sie dir [an]getan?
    her knowledge proved useful \to him ihr Wissen erwies sich als hilfreich für ihn
    they made a complaint \to the manager sie reichten beim Geschäftsleiter eine Beschwerde ein
    a threat \to world peace eine Bedrohung des Weltfriedens [o für den Weltfrieden]
    to be grateful \to sb jdm dankbar sein
    to be married \to sb mit jdm verheiratet sein
    to tell/show sth \to sb jdm etw erzählen/zeigen
    and what did you say \to that? und was hast du dazu gesagt?
    he finally confessed \to the crime er gestand schließlich das Verbrechen
    this is essential \to our strategy dies ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil unserer Strategie
    9. (in response) auf + akk
    a reference \to Psalm 22:18 ein Verweis auf Psalm 22:18
    her reply \to the question ihre Antwort auf die Frage
    and what was her response \to that? und wie lautete ihr Antwort darauf?
    10. (belonging to) zu + dat
    the keys \to his car seine Autoschlüssel
    the top \to this pen die Kappe, die auf diesen Stift gehört
    she has a mean side \to her sie kann auch sehr gemein sein
    there is a very moral tone \to this book dieses Buch hat einen sehr moralischen Unterton
    there's a funny side \to everything alles hat auch seine komische Seite
    11. (compared to) mit + dat
    I prefer beef \to seafood ich ziehe Rindfleisch Meeresfrüchten vor
    she looked about thirty \to his sixty neben ihm mit seinen sechzig Jahren wirkte sie wie dreißig
    to be comparable \to sth mit etw dat vergleichbar sein
    [to be] nothing \to sth nichts im Vergleich zu etw dat [sein]
    her wage is nothing \to what she could earn ihr Einkommen steht in keinem Vergleich zu dem, was sie verdienen könnte
    to be superior \to sb jdm übergeordnet sein, höher stehen als jd
    12. (in scores) zu + dat
    Paul beat me by three games \to two Paul hat im Spiel drei zu zwei gegen mich gewonnen
    Manchester won three \to one Manchester hat drei zu eins gewonnen
    13. (until) bis + dat
    , zu + dat
    I read up \to page 100 ich habe bis Seite 100 gelesen
    unemployment has risen \to almost 8 million die Arbeitslosigkeit ist auf fast 8 Millionen angestiegen
    count \to 20 zähle bis 20
    it's about fifty miles \to New York es sind [noch] etwa fünfzig Meilen bis New York
    14. (expressing change of state) zu + dat
    he converted \to Islam er ist zum Islam übergetreten
    his expression changed from amazement \to joy sein Ausdruck wechselte von Erstaunen zu Freude
    the change \to the metric system der Wechsel zum metrischen System
    her promotion \to department manager ihre Beförderung zur Abteilungsleiterin
    the meat was cooked \to perfection das Fleisch war bestens zubereitet
    he drank himself \to death er trank sich zu Tode
    she nursed me back \to health sie hat mich [wieder] gesund gepflegt
    smashed \to pieces in tausend Stücke geschlagen
    she was close \to tears sie war den Tränen nahe
    he was thrilled \to bits er freute sich wahnsinnig
    15. (to point in time) bis + dat
    the shop is open \to 8.00 p.m. der Laden hat bis 20 Uhr geöffnet
    we're in this \to the end wir führen dies bis zum Ende
    and \to this day... und bis auf den heutigen Tag...
    it's only two weeks \to your birthday! es sind nur noch zwei Wochen bis zu deinem Geburtstag!
    16. (including)
    from... \to... von... bis...
    from beginning \to end von Anfang bis Ende
    from morning \to night von morgens bis abends
    front \to back von vorne bis hinten, von allen Seiten
    I read the document front \to back ich habe das Dokument von vorne bis hinten gelesen
    he's done everything from snowboarding \to windsurfing er hat von Snowboarden bis Windsurfen alles [mal] gemacht
    from simple theft \to cold-blooded murder vom einfachen Diebstahl bis zum kaltblütigen Mord
    17. BRIT (in clock times) vor, bis SÜDD
    it's twenty \to six es ist zwanzig vor sechs
    18. (causing) zu + dat
    \to my relief/horror/astonishment zu meiner Erleichterung/meinem Entsetzen/meinem Erstaunen
    much \to her surprise zu ihrer großen Überraschung
    19. (according to) für + akk
    \to me, it sounds like she's ending the relationship für mich hört sich das an, als ob sie die Beziehung beenden wollte
    that outfit looks good \to me das Outfit gefällt mir gut
    if it's acceptable \to you wenn Sie einverstanden sind
    this would be \to your advantage das wäre zu deinem Vorteil, das wäre für dich von Vorteil
    does this make any sense \to you? findest du das auf irgendeine Weise einleuchtend?
    fifty pounds is nothing \to him fünfzig Pfund sind nichts für ihn
    what's it \to you? ( fam) was geht dich das an?
    20. (serving) für + akk
    he works as a personal trainer \to the rich and famous er arbeitet als Personal Trainer für die Reichen und Berühmten
    they are hat makers \to Her Majesty the Queen sie sind Hutmacher Ihrer Majestät, der Königin
    economic adviser \to the president Wirtschaftsberater des Präsidenten
    21. FILM (next to)
    she was Ophelia \to Olivier's Hamlet in der Verfilmung von Olivier spielte sie neben Hamlet die Ophelia
    22. (in honour of) auf + akk
    here's \to you! auf dein/Ihr Wohl!
    \to the cook! auf den Koch/die Köchin!
    the record is dedicated \to her mother die Schallplatte ist ihrer Mutter gewidmet
    I propose a toast \to the bride and groom ich bringe einen Toast auf die Braut und den Bräutigam aus
    a memorial \to all the soldiers who died in Vietnam ein Denkmal für alle im Vietnamkrieg gefallenen Soldaten
    23. (per)
    the car gets 25 miles \to the gallon das Auto verbraucht eine Gallone auf 25 Meilen
    three parts oil \to one part vinegar drei Teile Öl auf einen Teil Essig
    the odds are 2 \to 1 that you'll lose die Chancen stehen 2 zu 1, dass du verlierst
    she awoke \to the sound of screaming sie wurden durch laute Schreie wach
    I like exercising \to music ich trainiere gerne mit Musik
    I can't dance \to this sort of music ich kann zu dieser Art Musik nicht tanzen
    the band walked on stage \to rapturous applause die Band zog unter tosendem Applaus auf die Bühne
    25. (roughly) bis + dat
    thirty \to thirty-five people dreißig bis fünfunddreißig Leute
    26. MATH (defining exponent) hoch
    ten \to the power of three zehn hoch drei
    27.
    that's all there is \to it das ist schon alles
    there's not much [or nothing] \to it das ist nichts Besonderes, da ist nichts Besonderes dabei
    1. (expressing future intention) zu
    she agreed \to help sie erklärte sich bereit zu helfen
    I'll have \to tell him ich werde es ihm sagen müssen
    I don't expect \to be finished any later than seven ich denke, dass ich spätestens um sieben fertig sein werde
    he lived \to see his first grandchild er durfte erleben, dass sein erstes Enkelkind geboren wurde
    I have \to go on a business trip ich muss auf eine Geschäftsreise
    the company is \to pay over £500,000 die Firma muss über 500.000 Pfund bezahlen
    he's going \to write his memoirs er wird seine Memoiren schreiben
    I have some things \to be fixed ich habe einige Dinge zu reparieren
    Blair \to meet with Bush Blair trifft Bush
    to be about \to do sth gerade etw tun wollen, im Begriff sein, etw zu tun
    2. (forming requests) zu
    she was told \to have the report finished by Friday sie wurde gebeten, den Bericht bis Freitag fertigzustellen
    he told me \to wait er sagte mir, ich solle warten
    I asked her \to give me a call ich bat sie, mich anzurufen
    we asked her \to explain wir baten sie, es uns zu erklären
    you've not \to do that du sollst das nicht tun
    that man is not \to come here again der Mann darf dieses Haus nicht mehr betreten
    young man, you're \to go to your room right now junger Mann, du gehst jetzt auf dein Zimmer
    3. (expressing wish) zu
    I need \to eat something first ich muss zuerst etwas essen
    I'd love \to live in New York ich würde nur zu gern in New York leben
    would you like \to dance? möchten Sie tanzen?
    that child ought \to be in bed das Kind sollte [schon] im Bett sein
    I want \to go now ich möchte jetzt gehen
    I need \to go to the bathroom ich muss mal auf die Toilette
    do you want \to come with us? willst du [mit uns] mitkommen?
    I'd love \to go to France this summer ich würde diesen Sommer gern nach Frankreich fahren
    4. (omitting verb)
    are you going tonight?I'm certainly hoping \to gehst du heute Abend? — das hoffe ich sehr
    would you like to go and see the Russian clowns?yes, I'd love \to möchtest du gern die russischen Clowns sehen? — ja, sehr gern
    can you drive?yes I'm able \to but I prefer not \to kannst du Auto fahren? — ja, das kann ich, aber ich fahre nicht gern
    5. after adj (to complete meaning)
    it's not likely \to happen es ist unwahrscheinlich, dass das geschieht, das wird wohl kaum geschehen
    I was afraid \to tell her ich hatte Angst, es ihr zu sagen
    he's able \to speak four languages er spricht vier Sprachen
    she's due \to have her baby sie bekommt bald ihr Baby
    I'm afraid \to fly ich habe Angst vorm Fliegen
    she's happy \to see you back sie ist froh, dass du wieder zurück bist
    I'm sorry \to hear that es tut mir leid, das zu hören
    easy \to use leicht zu bedienen
    languages are fun \to learn Sprachenlernen macht Spaß
    it is interesting \to know that es ist interessant, das zu wissen
    three months is too long \to wait drei Monate zu warten ist zu lang
    I'm too nervous \to talk right now ich bin zu nervös, um jetzt zu sprechen
    I'm going there \to see my sister ich gehe dort hin, um meine Schwester zu treffen
    she's gone \to pick Jean up sie ist Jean abholen gegangen
    my second attempt \to make flaky pastry mein zweiter Versuch, einen Blätterteig zu machen
    they have no reason \to lie sie haben keinerlei Grund zu lügen
    I have the chance \to buy a house cheaply ich habe die Gelegenheit, billig ein Haus zu kaufen
    something \to eat etwas zu essen
    the first person \to arrive die erste Person, die ankam [o eintraf]
    Armstrong was the first man \to walk on the moon Armstrong war der erste Mann, der den Mond betrat
    7. (expressing intent)
    we tried \to help wir versuchten zu helfen
    \to make this cake, you'll need... für diesen Kuchen braucht man...
    he managed \to escape es gelang ihm zu entkommen
    I don't know what \to do ich weiß nicht, was ich tun soll
    I don't know where \to begin ich weiß nicht, wo ich anfangen soll
    she was wondering whether \to ask David about it sie fragte sich, ob sie David deswegen fragen sollte
    can you tell me how \to get there? könne Sie mir sagen, wie ich dort hinkomme?
    9. (introducing clause)
    \to tell the truth [or \to be truthful] um die Wahrheit zu sagen
    \to be quite truthful with you, Dave, I never really liked the man ich muss dir ehrlich sagen, Dave, ich konnte diesen Mann noch nie leiden
    \to be honest um ehrlich zu sein
    10. (in consecutive acts) um zu
    he looked up \to greet his guests er blickte auf, um seine Gäste zu begrüßen
    she reached out \to take his hand sie griff nach seiner Hand
    they turned around \to find their car gone sie drehten sich um und bemerkten, dass ihr Auto verschwunden war
    III. ADVERB
    inv zu
    to push [or pull] the door \to die Tür zuschlagen
    to come \to zu sich dat kommen
    to set \to sich akk daranmachen fam
    they set \to with a will, determined to finish the job sie machten sich mit Nachdruck daran, entschlossen, die Arbeit zu Ende zu bringen
    * * *
    [tuː]
    1. PREPOSITION
    1) = in direction of, towards zu

    to go to the doctor( 's)/greengrocer's etc — zum Arzt/Gemüsehändler etc gehen

    to go to the opera/concert etc — in die Oper/ins Konzert etc gehen

    to go to France/London — nach Frankreich/London fahren

    to go to Switzerland —

    he came up to where I was standing —

    to turn a picture/one's face to the wall — ein Bild/sich mit dem Gesicht zur Wand drehen

    2) = as far as, until bis

    to count (up) to 20 —

    3) = in in (+dat)

    I have never been to Brussels/India — ich war noch nie in Brüssel/Indien

    4)

    = secure to he nailed it to the wall/floor etc — er nagelte es an die Wand/auf den Boden etc

    they tied him to the tree —

    5)

    with indirect object to give sth to sb — jdm etw geben

    a present from me to you —

    I said to myself... — ich habe mir gesagt...

    he was muttering/singing to himself — er murmelte/sang vor sich hin

    "To... " (on envelope etc) to pray to God — "An (+acc)..." zu Gott beten

    6) in toasts auf (+acc)
    7)

    = next to with position bumper to bumper — Stoßstange an Stoßstange

    close to sb/sth — nahe bei jdm/etw

    at right angles to the wall —

    to the west (of)/the left (of) — westlich/links (von)

    20 ( minutes) to 2 — 20 (Minuten) vor 2

    at (a) quarter to 2 — um Viertel vor 2

    it was five to when we arrived — es war fünf vor, als wir ankamen

    9) = in relation to zu

    A is to B as C is to D —

    they won by 4 goals to 2 — sie haben mit 4:2 (spoken: vier zu zwei) Toren gewonnen

    10) = per pro; (in recipes, when mixing) auf (+acc)
    11) MATH

    3 to the 4th, 3 to the power of 4 — 3 hoch 4

    12)

    = concerning what do you say to the idea? — was hältst du von der Idee?

    to repairing television £30 (Comm) — (für) Reparatur eines Fernsehers £ 30

    13)

    = according to to the best of my knowledge — nach bestem Wissen

    14)

    = accompanied by to sing to the guitar —

    to sing sth to the tune of... — etw nach der Melodie von... singen

    to dance to a tune/a band — zu einer Melodie/den Klängen or der Musik eines Orchesters tanzen

    15)

    = of ambassador to America/the King of France — Botschafter in Amerika/am Hofe des Königs von Frankreich

    16)

    = producing to everyone's surprise — zu jedermanns Überraschung

    17)

    infinitive to begin to do sth — anfangen, etw zu tun

    I want him to do it — ich will, dass er es tut

    18)

    conditional use of infinitive to see him now, one would never think... — wenn man ihn jetzt sieht, würde man nicht glauben,...

    19)

    infinitive expressing purpose, result to eat/work to live —

    I did it to help youich tat es, um dir zu helfen

    to get to the point,... — um zur Sache zu kommen,...

    well, not to exaggerate... — ohne zu übertreiben,...

    I arrived to find she had gone — als ich ankam, war sie weg

    20)

    omitting verb I don't want to — ich will nicht

    we didn't want to but we were forced to — wir wollten nicht, aber wir waren dazu gezwungen

    I intended to (do it), but I forgot (to) — ich wollte es tun, aber ich habe es vergessen

    buy it, it would be silly not to — kaufe es, es wäre dumm, es nicht zu tun

    he often does things one doesn't expect him to — er macht oft Dinge, die man nicht von ihm erwartet

    21)

    set structures __diams; noun/pronoun + to + infinitive he is not the sort to do that — er ist nicht der Typ, der das täte, er ist nicht der Typ dazu

    I have done nothing to deserve this — ich habe nichts getan, womit ich das verdient hätte

    who is he to order you around? — wer ist er denn, dass er dich so herumkommandiert?

    he was the first to arrive — er kam als Erster an, er war der Erste, der ankam

    who was the last to see her? —

    what is there to do here? —

    now is the time to do it — jetzt ist die (beste) Zeit, es zu tun

    you are foolish to try it — du bist dumm, das überhaupt zu versuchen

    is it good to eat? —

    he's too old to be still in short trouserser ist schon so alt und trägt noch kurze Hosen

    2. ADJECTIVE
    door (= ajar) angelehnt; (= shut) zu
    3. ADVERB

    to and fro — hin und her; walk auf und ab

    * * *
    to
    A präp [tuː; tʊ; tə]
    2. (Richtung und Ziel, räumlich) zu, nach, an (akk), in (akk), auf (akk):
    go to London nach London fahren;
    from east to west von Osten nach Westen;
    throw sth to the ground etwas auf den oder zu Boden werfen
    3. in (dat):
    have you ever been to London?
    4. (Richtung, Ziel, Zweck) zu, auf (akk), an (akk), in (akk), für, gegen:
    play to a large audience vor einem großen Publikum spielen; duty A 1 a, invite A 1, pray B 2, etc
    5. (Zugehörigkeit) zu, in (akk), für, auf (akk):
    a cap with a tassel to it eine Mütze mit einer Troddel (daran);
    a key to the case ein Schlüssel für den oder zum Koffer;
    a room to myself ein Zimmer für mich (allein); assistant B 1, end C 7, moral B 1, secretary 1, etc
    6. (Übereinstimmung, Gemäßheit) nach, für, gemäß: astonishment, etc
    7. (im Verhältnis oder Vergleich) zu, gegen, gegenüber, auf (akk), mit:
    the score is three to one (3-1) das Spiel oder es steht drei zu eins (3:1);
    two is to four as four is to eight zwei verhält sich zu vier wie vier zu acht
    8. (Ausmaß, Grenze, Grad) bis, (bis) zu, (bis) an (akk), auf (akk), in (dat):
    to the clouds bis an die Wolken;
    ten feet to the ground zehn Fuß bis zum Boden; craziness
    9. (zeitliche Ausdehnung oder Grenze) bis, bis zu, bis gegen, auf (akk), vor (dat):
    from three to four von drei bis vier (Uhr);
    it’s ten to five es ist zehn vor fünf
    10. (Begleitung) zu, nach:
    sing to a guitar zu einer Gitarre singen;
    they danced to a tune sie tanzten nach einer Melodie; dance A 1
    a) betont:
    he gave the book to me, not to you! er gab das Buch mir, nicht Ihnen!
    she was a good mother to him sie war ihm eine gute Mutter
    B partikel [tʊ; tə]
    to go gehen;
    easy to understand leicht zu verstehen;
    she was heard to cry man hörte sie weinen
    2. (Zweck, Absicht) um zu, zu:
    he only does it to earn money er tut es nur, um Geld zu verdienen
    I weep to think of it ich weine, wenn ich daran denke;
    he was the first to arrive er kam als Erster;
    to hear him talk wenn man ihn (so) reden hört; honest A 1 b
    why blame you me to love you? obs oder poet was tadelst du mich, weil ich dich liebe?
    5. zur Andeutung eines aus dem Vorhergehenden zu ergänzenden Infinitivs:
    I don’t go because I don’t want to ich gehe nicht, weil ich nicht (gehen) will
    C adv [tuː]
    1. a) zu, geschlossen:
    pull the door to die Türe zuziehen
    b) angelehnt:
    2. (wieder) zu Bewusstsein oder zu sich: bring to A 1, come to 1
    3. SCHIFF nahe am Wind:
    keep her to!
    a) hin und her,
    b) auf und ab
    * * *
    1.
    [before vowel tʊ, before consonant tə, stressed tuː] preposition

    go to work/to the theatre — zur Arbeit/ins Theater gehen

    to Paris/France — nach Paris/Frankreich

    3) (as far as) bis zu

    from London to Edinburgh — von London [bis] nach Edinburgh

    increase from 10 % to 20 % — von 10 % auf 20 % steigen

    4) (next to, facing)
    5) (implying comparison, ratio, etc.)

    [compared] to — verglichen mit; im Vergleich zu

    it's ten to one he does something — die Chancen stehen zehn zu eins, dass er etwas tut

    to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache (Dat.)

    lend/explain etc. something to somebody — jemandem etwas leihen/erklären usw.

    to me (in my opinion) meiner Meinung nach

    7) (until) bis

    five [minutes] to eight — fünf [Minuten] vor acht

    8) with infinitive of a verb zu; expressing purpose, or after too um [...] zu

    do something to annoy somebody — etwas tun, um jemanden zu ärgern

    too young to marry — zu jung, um zu heiraten; zu jung zum Heiraten

    he would have phoned but forgot to — er hätte angerufen, aber er vergaß es

    she didn't want to go there, but she had to — sie wollte nicht hingehen, aber sie musste

    2.
    [tuː] adverb

    be to[Tür, Fenster:] angelehnt sein

    2)

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  • 90 fall

    1. I
    1) did you hear something fall? вы слышали, как что-то упало?; mind you don't fall смотрите, не упадите; don't let the cup fall не уроните чашку; leaves are beginning to fall листья начинают опадать: the rain (the snow) started to fall пошел дождь (снег)
    2) the curtain fell занавес опустился; her eyes fell она опустила глаза /потупила взор/ || night fell наступила ночь, стемнело
    3) many soldiers fell многие солдаты пали /погибли/; the fortress (the city, the reactionary government, etc.) will fall эта крепость и т.д. падет; he was tempted and fell он не устоял перед соблазном [и пал]
    4) the price (the standard of living, the temperature, etc.) falls цена и т.д. падает /понижается/; the wind fell ветер стих; the water /the river/ fell вода спала; his voice fell a) .он заговорил тише; б) он заговорил упавшим голосом; his spirits fell у него испортилось /упало/ настроение; the flames rose and fell пламя то разгоралось, то затухало; the music rose and fell музыка звучала то громче, то тише; where did the blow fall? куда пришелся удар?
    2. II
    1) fall in some manner fall suddenly /unexpectedly/ (quickly, noiselessly, etc.) падать /упасть/ внезапно и т.д.; the rain (the snow) was steadily falling дождь (снег) шел все время /не переставая/; he fell over and over and broke his left leg он упал, перевернулся и сломал ногу; fall full length растянуться во весь рост; fall somewhere fall overboard (downstairs, etc.) упасть за борт и т.д.
    2) fall in some manner the dress (the tunic, the curtain, etc.) is falling freely /loosely/ платье и т.д. падает свободно /спадает мягкими складками/
    3) fall in some manner the price (the temperature, the standard of living, etc.) fall sharply (heavily, quickly, etc.) цена и т.д. резко и т.д. падает /понижается/
    3. XIV
    fall doing smth.
    1) fall crying (laughing, etc.) упасть и заплакать и т.д.; fall going downhill упасть, спускаясь с горы /с холма/
    2) fall fighting пасть в бою /в борьбе/; fall defending the fortress пасть, защищая крепость
    4. XV
    fall in (to) some state fall ill /sick/ заболеть; fall asleep заснуть; fall silent замолчать, смолкнуть; fall dead упасть замертво; fall lame стать хромым; fall flat а) упасть плашмя; б) не иметь желаемого результата; his jokes fell flat его шутки не имели успеха /никого не веселили/; fall short of smth. не достигать цели; fall short of smb.'s expectations не оправдать чьих-л. ожиданий/надежд/ || fall due наступать (о сроке); the rent falls due next Monday срок внесения квартирной платы истекает в будущий понедельник
    5. XVI
    1) fall front /off /smth. fall from a great height (from a tree, off a chair, off a ladder, from a bridge, off a horse, etc.) упасть /свалиться/ с большой высоты и т.д.; the cover fell off the coffee-pot с кофейника свалилась крышка; not a word fell from his lips с его губ не сорвалось ни слова, он не проронил ни слова; fall down smth. fall down the flight of stairs (down the hill, down the embankment, down a precipice, etc.) скатиться /упасть/ с лестницы и т.д.; fall out of /from /smth. fall out of the window (out of the saddle, out of the box, etc.) выпасть из окна и т.д.; it fell out of /from/ my pocket это выпало у меня из кармана; fall into smth. fall into water (into a pond, into a well, into a pit, into the hold of a ship, etc.) падать /упасть/ в воду и т.д.; he fell into the hole which he has dug for others он угодил в яму, которую вырыл для других; fall (up)on smth. fall on grass (on the lawn, on [the] water, etc.) падать на траву и т.д.; snow is falling fast on the ground снег быстро покрывает землю; fall on one's knees (on one's hands, on one's feet, on one's buttocks, etc.) падать на колени и т.д., fall on one's head (on one's nose) упасть и разбить голову (нос), удариться /стукнуться/ головой (носом); a log fell (up)on his foot ему на ногу упало /свалилось/ бревно; the seed fell on favourable soil зерно упало /попало/ на благодатную почву; fall upon smb.'s neck броситься кому-л. на шею; fall to (towards) smth. fall to the ground (to the floor, towards the earth, etc.) падать на землю и т.д.; the book fell from the table to the floor книга упала со стола на пол; this typewriter is ready to fall to pieces эта пишущая машинка скоро развалится; his hopes (plans, etc.) fell to the ground его надежды и т.д. рухнули; fall over smth.. fall over a chair (over a stone, over his feet, etc.) упасть, споткнувшись о стул и т.д.; fall over a fence перевалиться через забор; fall over head and heels полететь кувырком; fall in smth. fall in a fit упасть и забиться в припадке; fall in a faint потерять сознание [и упасть], упасть в обморок; fall in a heap свалиться как подкошенный; the rain fell in torrents дождь лил как из ведра; fall in the storm (in the earthquake, etc.) падать /обрушиваться, рухнуть/ во время бури и т.д.; fall under smth. fall under its own weight падать под тяжестью собственного веса; fall under the wheels of a car попасть под колеса автомобиля; fall at smth. fall at smb.'s feet падать к чьим-л. ногам
    2) fall (up)on smth. the sun (a shadow, etc.) fell on the mountain peaks (on the wall, on smb.'s face, etc.) солнечные лучи и т.д. упали на /осветили/ вершины гор и т.д.; darkness fell upon everything все утонуло во тьме; fear (awe, sleep, etc.) fell upon them их охватил страх и т.д.; his eye (s) /look/ fell (up)on her (upon the curious object, upon the forgotten jewelry, upon a red umbrella, etc.) его взгляд упал на нее /остановился на ней/ и т.д.; fall to smth. his beard fell to his chest его борода доходила до груди; her cloak fell to her feet ее плащ ниспадал до самого пола; his eyes fell to the carpet он опустил глаза и уставился на ковер; fall before smth. her eyes fell before his steady gaze она опустила глаза под его пристальным взглядом; fall oner smb., smth. her hair falls over her shoulders волосы спадают ей на плечи; stillness /a hush/ fell over the crowd толпа смолкла /умолкла, затихла/; fall across smth. fall across the road (across the street, across the bridge, etc.) протянуться через дорогу и т.д.; fall in smth. fall in soft folds падать мягкими складками
    3) fall in (by, to) smth. fall in battle (in the war) пасть на поле битвы (на войне); fall by the sword пасть от сабельного удара; fall to the enemy bullet (to smb.'s gun, to smb.'s rifle, etc.) пасть от вражеской пули и т.д.; the city (the fort, etc.) fell to the enemy город и т.д. был захвачен противником || fall before /to/ temptation не устоять перед соблазном, поддаться соблазну
    4) fall to smth. their number fell to 10 их число упало /снизилось/ до десята; the thermometer fell to 20° below zero температура упала до двадцати градусов ниже нуля; his voice fell to a whisper его голос понизился до шепота, он перешел на шепот; fall in smth. fall in smb.'s esteem (in the public estimation, etc.) потерять в чьем-л. мнении и т.д.
    5) fall into smth. the river falls into sea (into a bay, into a lake, etc.) река впадает в море и т.д.; fall into (out of, in) some state fall into a deep sleep погрузиться в глубокий сон, fall into a doze задремать; fall into a stupor прийти в состояние оцепенения; fall into a rage рассердиться, разгневаться; fall into disgrace опозориться; fall into smb.'s disfavour лишиться чьего-л. расположения /чьей-л. благосклонности/; fall into disuse выйти из употребления; fall into ruin /into decay, into decline/ прийти в упадок, разрушиться; fall into poverty обнищать: fall into fallacy (into the same error, etc.) впадать в ошибку и т.д.; fall into the mistake of thinking that... ошибочно считать /полагать/, что...; fall into oblivion быть преданным забвению; fall into [a] habit приобретать привычку, привыкать; fall out of [a] habit отвыкать, отучаться от привычки; fall in love влюбляться; fall under smth. fall under smb.'s displeasure вызывать чье-л. неудовольствие; fall from smth. fall from people's favour (from one's former greatness, from smb.'s grace, etc.) потерять /утратить/ любовь народа и т.д.
    6) fall in(to) smth. fall in (to) two (into three groups, into four distinct parts, into the following classes, into five sections, into three periods, etc.) делиться /распадаться/ на две части и т.д.; the subject falls into four divisions в этой теме можно выделить четыре части /подтемы/
    7) fall on smth. the holiday (her birthday, the anniversary, etc.) falls on Sunday (on the 8th of April, on the same day, etc.) праздник a т.д. падает на воскресенье и т.д., the accent falls on the first syllable ударение падает на первый слог; fall on smb., smth. the choice (the blame, the suspicion, etc.) fell on him выбор и т.д. пал на него; the responsibility (all the expenses, etc.) falls on her /on her shoulders/ ответственность и т.д. ложится на нее /на ее плечи/; the duty fell on him эта обязанность была возложена на него; it has fallen on me to support the family (to open the discussion, to break the news to him, etc.) мне пришлось содержать семью и т.д.; the catastrophe fell on папу people во время катастрофы пострадали многие; fall to smb. the money (the estate, the inheritance, etc.) fell to him деньги и т.д. перешли к нему /достались ему/; the honours fell to him эта честь выпала ему /на его долю/; the tennis championship fell to our team наша команда стала чемпионом по теннису; fall to smb.'s lot выпадать на чью-л. долю; the lot fell to me жребий пал на меня
    8) fall under smth. fall under smb.'s influence (under smb.'s rule, under the spell of the book, etc.) подпадать под чье-л. влияние и т.д.; fall for smth. coll. fall for such an explanation (for her tears, etc.) поверить такому объяснению и т.д.; попасться на удочку, когда слышишь такое объяснение и т.д., fall for her sincere look быть обманутым ее невинным видом; his story sounded convincing so I fell for it его рассказ звучал так убедительно, что я попался на удочку; I'll not fall for any more of his tricks теперь он уже не проведет /не обманет/ меня своими штучками || fall for smb. coll. влюбиться в кого-л.; he falls for every pretty face he sees он влюбляется в каждую смазливую мордашку
    9) fall on smth. fall on evil days /on bad days, on hard times, etc./ попасть в трудную полосу, переживать тяжелые дни; fall into smth. fall into trouble попасть в беду; fall into difficulties испытывать трудности; fall into a trap /into a snare/ попасться в ловушку
    10) fall within smth. fall within this category (within article 10, within the scope of this discipline, within our agreement, etc.) входить в данную категорию и т.д.; fall under ( into) smth. fall under another category (under this heading, under this description, etc.) попадать в /подпадать под/ другую категорию и т.д.; it does not fall into either class это не попадает /не входит/ ни в тот, ни в другой класс
    11) fall among smb. fall among enemies (among thieves, among robbers, etc.) попасть к врагам /оказаться среди врагов/ и т.д.; fall into smth. fall into smb.'s hands (into smb.'s power) попасть в чьи-л. руки (оказаться в чьей-л. власти); fall into competent hands попасть в хорошие руки
    12) fall (up)on smb., smth. fall upon the enemy (on them from the rear, upon the unsuspecting travellers, on the village, etc.) нападать на врага и т.д.
    13) fall behind smb., smth. fall behind one's group (behind one's age, behind foreign competitors, etc.) отставать от своей группы и т.д.
    6. XVII
    fall to doing smth. fall to reading приняться за чтение и т.д.; fall to abusing smb. (to criticizing the main, etc.) начать оскорблять /ругать/ кого-л. и т.д.; fall to thinking of the past (of wondering where to go for the holidays, etc.) задуматься о прошлом и т.д.; fall to drinking запить, начать пьянствовать
    7. XXI1
    || fall [a] victim /prey/ to smth. пасть жертвой чего-л.; fall a victim to disease (to jealousy, to superstition, to lust, etc.) стать жертвой болезни и т.д.; fall prey to her charms стать жертвой ее обаяния

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > fall

  • 91 life

    [laɪf]
    n
    (pl lives [laɪvz])
    1) жизнь, существование, деятельность

    Is there any life on that planet? — На той планете есть какая-либо жизнь? /На той планете есть какие-либо живые существа?

    The average life of a dog is ten years. — Собаки в среднем живут десять лет.

    The streets are full of life. — Жизнь на улицах бьет ключом.

    The drooping plant came to life in water. — Поникшее растение в воде ожило.

    - physical life
    - low life
    - busy life
    - adult life
    - this life
    - other life
    - all one's life
    - one's own life
    - somebody else's life
    - working life
    - life force
    - life science
    - life span
    - life boat
    - life jacket
    - life scientist
    - life giving rain
    - life of the people
    - life cycle of a frog
    - life of a battery
    - life for life
    - life of pleasure
    - matter of life and death
    - happiest days of smb's life
    - original of life
    - fight struggle for one's life
    - charities of life
    - necessities of life
    - people from all sections of public life
    - speed and the noise of city life
    - threat to smb's life
    - thread of life
    - average span of life
    - books true to life
    - appointment for life
    - post for life
    - pension for life
    - love of life
    - way of life
    - end of smb's life
    - meaning of one's life
    - art of leading one's life
    - her last hours of life
    - water swarms with life
    - in after life
    - in the course of smb's life
    - at the cost
    - in the prime of life
    - for the rest of one's life
    - at my time of life
    - for dear life
    - have enough food to sustain life
    - bring smb, smth to life
    - come to life
    - go forth into the highways and by ways of life
    - have power over life and death
    - preserve life
    - be sould of the party
    - beat smb within an inch of his life
    - beg for one's life
    - cling to life
    - enjoy one's life
    - value one's life
    - fill up one's life with useful work
    - get as much fun out of life as possible
    - get the fright of one's life
    - give one's life to science
    - give new life to smb, smth
    - guide smb's life
    - have a double life
    - hold a post for life
    - lay down one's life for one's country
    - lead a dog's life
    - lead smb a dog's life
    - live a happy life
    - live an easy life
    - live a simple life
    - live one's own life
    - make a new life for oneself
    - make one's own life
    - make life easy
    - make an attempt on smb's life
    - make smb's life miserable
    - quit this life
    - risk one's life
    - run for dear life
    - run for one's life
    - save one's own life
    - sell one's life dearly
    - sentence smb to hard labour for life
    - spare smb's life
    - spend one's life in smth
    - start life as an messenger
    - take smb's life
    - take one's life
    - take one's life in one's hands
    - trust one's life to doctors
    - everything that has life
    - smb's last hours of life
    2) жизнь, образ жизни

    Sport has always been a part of university life. — Спорт всегда был частью университетской жизни.

    TV has become part of our everyday life. — Телевидение прочно вошло в наш быт.

    - private life
    - city life
    - human life
    - miserable life
    - everyday life
    - quiet life
    - American life
    - fashionable life
    - high life
    - social life
    - college life
    - fascinating life
    - married life
    - retired lie
    - life of the capital
    - life of crime
    - chose a political life
    - enter a political life
    - lead an active life
    3) реальность, действительность

    He has had a successful life. — У него была успешная карьера.

    The life of the Roman Empire was long. — Римская Империя существовала долго.

    There he stands, as large as life. — Вон он стоит собственной персоной.

    There he is as big as life. — Вот он, во всей своей красе.

    It is a larger than life version of our present society. — Это преувеличенная картина современного общества.

    - life portrait
    - life of the contract
    - realities of life
    - portrait from life
    - in real life
    - during the life of the last Labour Government
    - as big as life
    - face life
    - learn something of life
    - mould life
    - paint from life
    - paint smb, smth to the life
    - see something of life
    - see life
    - take life easy
    - take one's subjects from life
    - characters taken from life
    4) (часто в отрицательных предложениях) жизнь, энергия

    There was no life in her movements. — Она вяло двигалась.

    Will you put more life into the matter. — Займись, пожалуйста, данным вопросом с бо́льшим воодушевлением.

    - actors put no life in their performance
    - there was no life in her voice
    - there was no life in her eyes

    I have seen something of life. — я знаю настоящую жизнь.

    The portrait is my uncle to the life. — Портрет - точная копия моего дядюшки.

    Do you think I'm going to trust a person like him? Not on your life! — И ты думаешь, что я буду доверять такому человеку, как он? Ни в коем случае!

    There is life in the old dog yet. — Есть еще порох в пороховницах.

    While there is life there is hope. — Пока жив человек, жива и надежда

    - how is life?

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  • 92 Chronology

      15,000-3,000 BCE Paleolithic cultures in western Portugal.
      400-200 BCE Greek and Carthaginian trade settlements on coast.
      202 BCE Roman armies invade ancient Lusitania.
      137 BCE Intensive Romanization of Lusitania begins.
      410 CE Germanic tribes — Suevi and Visigoths—begin conquest of Roman Lusitania and Galicia.
      714—16 Muslims begin conquest of Visigothic Lusitania.
      1034 Christian Reconquest frontier reaches Mondego River.
      1064 Christians conquer Coimbra.
      1139 Burgundian Count Afonso Henriques proclaims himself king of Portugal; birth of Portugal. Battle of Ourique: Afonso Henriques defeats Muslims.
      1147 With English Crusaders' help, Portuguese seize Lisbon from Muslims.
      1179 Papacy formally recognizes Portugal's independence (Pope Alexander III).
      1226 Campaign to reclaim Alentejo from Muslims begins.
      1249 Last Muslim city (Silves) falls to Portuguese Army.
      1381 Beginning of third war between Castile and Portugal.
      1383 Master of Aviz, João, proclaimed regent by Lisbon populace.
      1385 April: Master of Aviz, João I, proclaimed king of Portugal by Cortes of Coimbra. 14 August: Battle of Aljubarrota, Castilians defeated by royal forces, with assistance of English army.
      1394 Birth of "Prince Henry the Navigator," son of King João I.
      1415 Beginning of overseas expansion as Portugal captures Moroccan city of Ceuta.
      1419 Discovery of Madeira Islands.
      1425-28 Prince D. Pedro, older brother of Prince Henry, travels in Europe.
      1427 Discovery (or rediscovery?) of Azores Islands.
      1434 Prince Henry the Navigator's ships pass beyond Cape Bojador, West Africa.
      1437 Disaster at Tangier, Morocco, as Portuguese fail to capture city.
      1441 First African slaves from western Africa reach Portugal.
      1460 Death of Prince Henry. Portuguese reach what is now Senegal, West Africa.
      1470s Portuguese explore West African coast and reach what is now Ghana and Nigeria and begin colonizing islands of São Tomé and Príncipe.
      1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas between kings of Portugal and Spain.
      1482 Portuguese establish post at São Jorge da Mina, Gold Coast (now Ghana).
      1482-83 Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão reaches mouth of Congo River and Angola.
      1488 Navigator Bartolomeu Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, and finds route to Indian Ocean.
      1492-93 Columbus's first voyage to West Indies.
      1493 Columbus visits Azores and Portugal on return from first voyage; tells of discovery of New World. Treaty of Tordesillas signed between kings of Portugal and Spain: delimits spheres of conquest with line 370 leagues west of Cape Verde Islands (claimed by Portugal); Portugal's sphere to east of line includes, in effect, Brazil.
       King Manuel I and Royal Council decide to continue seeking all-water route around Africa to Asia.
       King Manuel I expels unconverted Jews from Portugal.
      1497-99 Epic voyage of Vasco da Gama from Portugal around Africa to west India, successful completion of sea route to Asia project; da Gama returns to Portugal with samples of Asian spices.
      1500 Bound for India, Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral "discovers" coast of Brazil and claims it for Portugal.
      1506 Anti-Jewish riots in Lisbon.
       Battle of Diu, India; Portugal's command of Indian Ocean assured for some time with Francisco de Almeida's naval victory over Egyptian and Gujerati fleets.
       Afonso de Albuquerque conquers Goa, India; beginning of Portuguese hegemony in south Asia.
       Portuguese conquest of Malacca; commerce in Spice Islands.
      1519 Magellan begins circumnavigation voyage.
      1536 Inquisition begins in Portugal.
      1543 Portuguese merchants reach Japan.
      1557 Portuguese merchants granted Chinese territory of Macau for trading factory.
      1572 Luís de Camões publishes epic poem, Os Lusíadas.
      1578 Battle of Alcácer-Quivir; Moroccan forces defeat army of King Sebastião of Portugal; King Sebastião dies in battle. Portuguese succession crisis.
      1580 King Phillip II of Spain claims and conquers Portugal; Spanish rule of Portugal, 1580-1640.
      1607-24 Dutch conquer sections of Asia and Brazil formerly held by Portugal.
      1640 1 December: Portuguese revolution in Lisbon overthrows Spanish rule, restores independence. Beginning of Portugal's Braganza royal dynasty.
      1654 Following Dutch invasions and conquest of parts of Brazil and Angola, Dutch expelled by force.
      1661 Anglo-Portuguese Alliance treaty signed: England pledges to defend Portugal "as if it were England itself." Queen Catherine of Bra-ganza marries England's Charles II.
      1668 February: In Portuguese-Spanish peace treaty, Spain recognizes independence of Portugal, thus ending 28-year War of Restoration.
      1703 Methuen Treaties signed, key commercial trade agreement and defense treaty between England and Portugal.
      1750 Pombal becomes chief minister of King José I.
      1755 1 November: Massive Lisbon earthquake, tidal wave, and fire.
      1759 Expulsion of Jesuits from Portugal and colonies.
      1761 Slavery abolished in continental Portugal.
      1769 Abandonment of Mazagão, Morocco, last Portuguese outpost.
      1777 Pombal dismissed as chief minister by Queen Maria I, after death of José I.
      1791 Portugal and United States establish full diplomatic relations.
      1807 November: First Napoleonic invasion; French forces under Junot conquer Portugal. Royal family flees to colony of Brazil and remains there until 1821.
      1809 Second French invasion of Portugal under General Soult.
      1811 Third French invasion of Portugal under General Masséna.
      1813 Following British general Wellington's military victories, French forces evacuate Portugal.
      1817 Liberal, constitutional movements against absolutist monarchist rule break out in Brazil (Pernambuco) and Portugal (Lisbon, under General Gomes Freire); crushed by government. British marshal of Portugal's army, Beresford, rules Portugal.
       Liberal insurrection in army officer corps breaks out in Cadiz, Spain, and influences similar movement in Portugal's armed forces first in Oporto.
       King João VI returns from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and early draft of constitution; era of constitutional monarchy begins.
      1822 7 September: João VI's son Pedro proclaims independence of
       Brazil from Portugal and is named emperor. 23 September: Constitution of 1822 ratified.
       Portugal recognizes sovereign independence of Brazil.
       King João VI dies; power struggle for throne ensues between his sons, brothers Pedro and Miguel; Pedro, emperor of Brazil, abdicates Portuguese throne in favor of his daughter, D. Maria II, too young to assume crown. By agreement, Miguel, uncle of D. Maria, is to accept constitution and rule in her stead.
      1828 Miguel takes throne and abolishes constitution. Sections of Portugal rebel against Miguelite rule.
      1831 Emperor Pedro abdicates throne of Brazil and returns to Portugal to expel King Miguel from Portuguese throne.
      1832-34 Civil war between absolutist King Miguel and constitutionalist Pedro, who abandons throne of Brazil to restore his young daughter Maria to throne of Portugal; Miguel's armed forces defeated by those of Pedro. Miguel leaves for exile and constitution (1826 Charter) is restored.
      1834-53 Constitutional monarchy consolidated under rule of Queen Maria II, who dies in 1853.
      1851-71 Regeneration period of economic development and political stability; public works projects sponsored by Minister Fontes Pereira de Melo.
      1871-90 Rotativism period of alternating party governments; achieves political stability and less military intervention in politics and government. Expansion of colonial territory in tropical Africa.
       January: Following territorial dispute in central Africa, Britain delivers "Ultimatum" to Portugal demanding withdrawal of Portugal's forces from what is now Malawi and Zimbabwe. Portugal's government, humiliated in accepting demand under threat of a diplomatic break, falls. Beginning of governmental and political instability; monarchist decline and republicanism's rise.
       Anglo-Portuguese treaties signed relating to delimitation of frontiers in colonial Africa.
      1899 Treaty of Windsor; renewal of Anglo-Portuguese defense and friendship alliance.
      1903 Triumphal visit of King Edward VII to Portugal.
      1906 Politician João Franco supported by King Carlos I in dictatorship to restore order and reform.
      1908 1 February: Murder in Lisbon of King Carlos I and his heir apparent, Prince Dom Luís, by Portuguese anarchists. Eighteen-year-old King Manuel II assumes throne.
      1910 3-5 October: Following republican-led military insurrection in armed forces, monarchy falls and first Portuguese republic is proclaimed. Beginning of unstable, economically troubled, parliamentary republic form of government.
       May: Violent insurrection in Lisbon overturns government of General Pimenta de Castro; nearly a thousand casualties from several days of armed combat in capital.
       March: Following Portugal's honoring ally Britain's request to confiscate German shipping in Portuguese harbors, Germany declares war on Portugal; Portugal enters World War I on Allied side.
       Portugal organizes and dispatches Portuguese Expeditionary Corps to fight on the Western Front. 9 April: Portuguese forces mauled by German offensive in Battle of Lys. Food rationing and riots in Lisbon. Portuguese military operations in Mozambique against German expedition's invasion from German East Africa. 5 December: Authoritarian, presidentialist government under Major Sidónio Pais takes power in Lisbon, following a successful military coup.
      1918 11 November: Armistice brings cessation of hostilities on Western Front in World War I. Portuguese expeditionary forces stationed in Angola, Mozambique, and Flanders begin return trip to Portugal. 14 December: President Sidónio Pais assassinated. Chaotic period of ephemeral civil war ensues.
      1919-21 Excessively unstable political period, including January
      1919 abortive effort of Portuguese monarchists to restore Braganza dynasty to power. Republican forces prevail, but level of public violence, economic distress, and deprivation remains high.
      1921 October: Political violence attains peak with murder of former prime minister and other prominent political figures in Lisbon. Sectors of armed forces and Guarda Nacional Republicana are mutinous. Year of financial and corruption scandals, including Portuguese bank note (fraud) case; military court acquits guilty military insurrectionists, and one military judge declares "the country is sick."
       28 May: Republic overthrown by military coup or pronunciamento and conspiracy among officer corps. Parliament's doors locked and parliament closed for nearly nine years to January 1935. End of parliamentary republic, Western Europe's most unstable political system in this century, beginning of the Portuguese dictatorship, after 1930 known as the Estado Novo. Officer corps assumes reins of government, initiates military censorship of the press, and suppresses opposition.
       February: Military dictatorship under General Óscar Carmona crushes failed republican armed insurrection in Oporto and Lisbon.
       April: Military dictatorship names Professor Antônio de Oliveira Salazar minister of finance, with dictatorial powers over budget, to stabilize finances and rebuild economy. Insurrectionism among military elements continues into 1931.
      1930 Dr. Salazar named minister for colonies and announces balanced budgets. Salazar consolidates support by various means, including creation of official regime "movement," the National Union. Salazar engineers Colonial Act to ensure Lisbon's control of bankrupt African colonies by means of new fiscal controls and centralization of authority. July: Military dictatorship names Salazar prime minister for first time, and cabinet composition undergoes civilianization; academic colleagues and protégés plan conservative reform and rejuvenation of society, polity, and economy. Regime comes to be called the Estado Novo (New State). New State's constitution ratified by new parliament, the National Assembly; Portugal described in document as "unitary, corporative Republic" and governance influenced by Salazar's stern personality and doctrines such as integralism, Catholicism, and fiscal conservatism.
      1936 Violent instability and ensuing civil war in neighboring Spain, soon internationalized by fascist and communist intervention, shake Estado Novo regime. Pseudofascist period of regime features creation of imitation Fascist institutions to defend regime from leftist threats; Portugal institutes "Portuguese Youth" and "Portuguese Legion."
      1939 3 September: Prime Minister Salazar declares Portugal's neutrality in World War II. October: Anglo-Portuguese agreement grants naval and air base facilities to Britain and later to United States for Battle of the Atlantic and Normandy invasion support. Third Reich protests breach of Portugal's neutrality.
       6 June: On day of Allies' Normandy invasion, Portugal suspends mining and export of wolfram ore to both sides in war.
       8 May: Popular celebrations of Allied victory and Fascist defeat in Lisbon and Oporto coincide with Victory in Europe Day. Following managed elections for Estado Novo's National Assembly in November, regime police, renamed PIDE, with increased powers, represses opposition.
      1947 Abortive military coup in central Portugal easily crushed by regime. Independence of India and initiation of Indian protests against Portuguese colonial rule in Goa and other enclaves.
      1949 Portugal becomes founding member of NATO.
      1951 Portugal alters constitution and renames overseas colonies "Overseas Provinces." Portugal and United States sign military base agreements for use of air and naval facilities in Azores Islands and military aid to Lisbon. President Carmona dies in office, succeeded by General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58). July: Indians occupy enclave of Portuguese India (dependency of Damão) by means of passive resistance movement. August: Indian passive resistance movement in Portuguese India repelled by Portuguese forces with loss of life. December: With U.S. backing, Portugal admitted as member of United Nations (along with Spain). Air force general Humberto Delgado, in opposition, challenges Estado Novo's hand-picked successor to Craveiro Lopes, Admiral Américo Tomás. Delgado rallies coalition of democratic, liberal, and communist opposition but loses rigged election and later flees to exile in Brazil. Portugal joins European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
       January and February: Estado Novo rocked by armed African insurrection in northern Angola, crushed by armed forces. Hijacking of Portuguese ocean liner by ally of Delgado, Captain Henrique Galvão. April: Salazar defeats attempted military coup and reshuffles cabinet with group of younger figures who seek to reform colonial rule and strengthen the regime's image abroad. 18 December: Indian army rapidly defeats Portugal's defense force in Goa, Damão, and Diu and incorporates Portugal's Indian possessions into Indian Union. January: Abortive military coup in Beja, Portugal.
      1965 February: General Delgado and his Brazilian secretary murdered and secretly buried near Spanish frontier by political police, PIDE.
      1968 August and September: Prime Minister Salazar, aged 79, suffers crippling stoke. President Tomás names former cabinet officer Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor. Caetano institutes modest reforms in Portugal and overseas.
      1971 Caetano government ratifies amended constitution that allows slight devolution and autonomy to overseas provinces in Africa and Asia. Right-wing loyalists oppose reforms in Portugal. 25 April: Military coup engineered by Armed Forces Movement overthrows Estado Novo and establishes provisional government emphasizing democratization, development, and decolonization. Limited resistance by loyalists. President Tomás and Premier Caetano flown to exile first in Madeira and then in Brazil. General Spínola appointed president. September: Revolution moves to left, as President Spínola, thwarted in his program, resigns.
       March: Military coup by conservative forces fails, and leftist response includes nationalization of major portion of economy. Polarization between forces and parties of left and right. 25 November: Military coup by moderate military elements thwarts leftist forces. Constituent Assembly prepares constitution. Revolution moves from left to center and then right.
       March: Constitution ratified by Assembly of the Republic. 25 April: Second general legislative election gives largest share of seats to Socialist Party (PS). Former oppositionist lawyer, Mário Soares, elected deputy and named prime minister.
      1977-85 Political pendulum of democratic Portugal moves from center-left to center-right, as Social Democratic Party (PSD) increases hold on assembly and take office under Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. July
      1985 elections give edge to PSD who advocate strong free-enterprise measures and revision of leftist-generated 1976 Constitution, amended modestly in 1982.
      1986 January: Portugal joins European Economic Community (EEC).
      1987 July: General, legislative elections for assembly give more than 50 percent to PSD led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. For first time, since 1974, Portugal has a working majority government.
      1989 June: Following revisions of 1976 Constitution, reprivatization of economy begins, under PS government.
       January: Presidential elections, Mário Soares reelected for second term. July: General, legislative elections for assembly result in new PSD victory and majority government.
       January-July: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Economic Community (EEC). December: Tariff barriers fall as fully integrated Common Market established in the EEC.
       November: Treaty of Maastricht comes into force. The EEC officially becomes the European Union (EU). Portugal is signatory with 11 other member-nations.
       October: General, legislative elections for assembly result in PS victory and naming of Prime Minister Guterres. PS replace PSD as leading political party. November: Excavations for Lisbon bank uncover ancient Phoenician, Roman, and Christian ruins.
       January: General, presidential elections; socialist Jorge Sampaio defeats PSD's Cavaco Silva and assumes presidency from Dr. Mário Soares. July: Community of Portuguese Languages Countries (CPLP) cofounded by Portugal and Brazil.
       May-September: Expo '98 held in Lisbon. Opening of Vasco da Gama Bridge across Tagus River, Europe's longest (17 kilometers/ 11 miles). June: National referendum on abortion law change defeated after low voter turnout. November: National referendum on regionaliza-tion and devolution of power defeated after another low voter turnout.
       October: General, legislative elections: PS victory over PSD lacks clear majority in parliament. Following East Timor referendum, which votes for independence and withdrawal of Indonesia, outburst of popular outrage in streets, media, and communications of Portugal approves armed intervention and administration of United Nations (and withdrawal of Indonesia) in East Timor. Portugal and Indonesia restore diplomatic relations. December: A Special Territory since 1975, Colony of Macau transferred to sovereignty of People's Republic of China.
       January-June: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the EU; end of Discoveries Historical Commemoration Cycle (1988-2000).
       United Nations forces continue to occupy and administer former colony of East Timor, with Portugal's approval.
       January: General, presidential elections; PS president Sampaio reelected for second term. City of Oporto, "European City of Culture" for the year, hosts arts festival. December: Municipal elections: PSD defeats PS; socialist prime minister Guterres resigns; President Sampaio calls March parliamentary elections.
       1 January: Portugal enters single European Currency system. Euro currency adopted and ceases use of former national currency, the escudo. March: Parliamentary elections; PSD defeats PS and José Durão Barroso becomes prime minister. Military modernization law passed. Portugal holds chairmanship of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
       May: Municipal law passed permitting municipalities to reorganize in new ways.
       June: Prime Minister Durão Barroso, invited to succeed Romano Prodi as president of EU Commission, resigns. Pedro Santana Lopes becomes prime minister. European Parliament elections held. Conscription for national service in army and navy ended. Mass grave uncovered at Academy of Sciences Museum, Lisbon, revealing remains of several thousand victims of Lisbon earthquake, 1755.
       February: Parliamentary elections; PS defeats PSD, socialists win first absolute majority in parliament since 1975. José Sócrates becomes prime minister.
       January: Presidential elections; PSD candidate Aníbal Cavaco Silva elected and assumes presidency from Jorge Sampaio. Portugal's national soccer team ranked 7th out of 205 countries by international soccer association. European Union's Bologna Process in educational reform initiated in Portugal.
       July-December: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Union. For reasons of economy, Portugal announces closure of many consulates, especially in France and the eastern US. Government begins official inspections of private institutions of higher education, following scandals.
      2008 January: Prime Minister Sócrates announces location of new Lisbon area airport as Alcochete, on south bank of Tagus River, site of air force shooting range. February: Portuguese Army begins to receive new modern battle tanks (Leopard 2 A6). March: Mass protest of 85,000 public school (primary and secondary levels) teachers in Lisbon schools dispute recent educational policies of minister of education and prime minister.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Chronology

  • 93 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 94 RAP

    5) Религия: Righteous And Powerful
    8) Автомобильный термин: retained access power
    10) Сокращение: Radar-Absorbent Paint, Radio Access Point, Random Access Point, Recognised Air Picture, Reliable Acoustic Path, Retail Analysis Program, Rhythmically Accentuated Poetry - рэп (другие варианты: Rhythmic American Poetry или Rythmic African Poetry), rapid, reliability assurance program, right atrial pressure, Recurrent Abdominal Pain
    11) Университет: Research Assistance For Papers
    12) Физиология: Reinforcing Aids Prevention
    14) Вычислительная техника: Remote Access Point, Roving Analysis Port, (internet) Route Access Protocol (RFC 1476, Internet)
    15) Нефть: задача распределения резервирования (redundancy allocation problem), программа обеспечения надёжности и эксплуатационной готовности (reliability and availability program), программа обеспечения надёжности (reliability assurance program), Russian accounting principles
    19) Деловая лексика: Ready Act Points, Resources And People, Risk Analysis Process
    20) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: Resettlement Action Plan
    22) Сетевые технологии: Repository Access Protocol
    23) Автоматика: resident assistant programming
    24) Океанография: Regional Analysis and Prediction
    25) Сахалин А: repeat annunciator panel
    26) Химическое оружие: Remedial action program
    27) Расширение файла: Rapid Application Prototyping
    28) Нефть и газ: relative amplitude preservation
    29) Высокочастотная электроника: radar-absorbing paint
    30) Фармация: Reporting and Analysis Plan
    32) Аэропорты: Rapid City, South Dakota USA
    33) Программное обеспечение: Reactive Agent Planner, Report Application Pascal

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > RAP

  • 95 rap

    5) Религия: Righteous And Powerful
    8) Автомобильный термин: retained access power
    10) Сокращение: Radar-Absorbent Paint, Radio Access Point, Random Access Point, Recognised Air Picture, Reliable Acoustic Path, Retail Analysis Program, Rhythmically Accentuated Poetry - рэп (другие варианты: Rhythmic American Poetry или Rythmic African Poetry), rapid, reliability assurance program, right atrial pressure, Recurrent Abdominal Pain
    11) Университет: Research Assistance For Papers
    12) Физиология: Reinforcing Aids Prevention
    14) Вычислительная техника: Remote Access Point, Roving Analysis Port, (internet) Route Access Protocol (RFC 1476, Internet)
    15) Нефть: задача распределения резервирования (redundancy allocation problem), программа обеспечения надёжности и эксплуатационной готовности (reliability and availability program), программа обеспечения надёжности (reliability assurance program), Russian accounting principles
    19) Деловая лексика: Ready Act Points, Resources And People, Risk Analysis Process
    20) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: Resettlement Action Plan
    22) Сетевые технологии: Repository Access Protocol
    23) Автоматика: resident assistant programming
    24) Океанография: Regional Analysis and Prediction
    25) Сахалин А: repeat annunciator panel
    26) Химическое оружие: Remedial action program
    27) Расширение файла: Rapid Application Prototyping
    28) Нефть и газ: relative amplitude preservation
    29) Высокочастотная электроника: radar-absorbing paint
    30) Фармация: Reporting and Analysis Plan
    32) Аэропорты: Rapid City, South Dakota USA
    33) Программное обеспечение: Reactive Agent Planner, Report Application Pascal

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > rap

  • 96 link

    I [lɪŋk]
    1) (in chain) maglia f., anello m.

    the weak link infig. l'anello debole di [chain, argument]

    2) (in transports) collegamento m.
    3) (connection) (between facts) rapporto m., collegamento m.; (between people) legame m.
    4) (between nations, companies) (economic tie) rapporto m.; (historical, friendly tie) legame m.
    5) telev. rad. collegamento m., connessione f.
    6) inform. collegamento m., link m.
    II [lɪŋk]
    1) (connect physically) [road, cable] collegare, unire [places, objects]

    to link A to B o A with B o A and B collegare A a B o A con B o A e B; to link arms [ people] tenersi o stare sottobraccio; to link arms with sb. — prendere qcn. sottobraccio

    to link sth. to o with (col)legare qcs. a, stabilire un collegamento o legame tra qcs. e [fact, illness]; his name has been linked with — il suo nome è stato associato a [deed, name]

    3) inform. collegare [ terminals]

    to link sth. to o with — collegare o connettere qcs. a [mainframe, terminal]

    4) telev. rad. collegare (by via, tramite)
    * * *
    [liŋk] 1. noun
    1) (a ring of a chain: There was a worn link in the chain and it broke; an important link in the chain of the evidence.) anello, maglia
    2) (anything connecting two things: His job was to act as a link between the government and the press.) collegamento
    2. verb
    (to connect as by a link: The new train service links the suburbs with the heart of the city.) collegare
    * * *
    I [lɪŋk]
    1) (in chain) maglia f., anello m.

    the weak link infig. l'anello debole di [chain, argument]

    2) (in transports) collegamento m.
    3) (connection) (between facts) rapporto m., collegamento m.; (between people) legame m.
    4) (between nations, companies) (economic tie) rapporto m.; (historical, friendly tie) legame m.
    5) telev. rad. collegamento m., connessione f.
    6) inform. collegamento m., link m.
    II [lɪŋk]
    1) (connect physically) [road, cable] collegare, unire [places, objects]

    to link A to B o A with B o A and B collegare A a B o A con B o A e B; to link arms [ people] tenersi o stare sottobraccio; to link arms with sb. — prendere qcn. sottobraccio

    to link sth. to o with (col)legare qcs. a, stabilire un collegamento o legame tra qcs. e [fact, illness]; his name has been linked with — il suo nome è stato associato a [deed, name]

    3) inform. collegare [ terminals]

    to link sth. to o with — collegare o connettere qcs. a [mainframe, terminal]

    4) telev. rad. collegare (by via, tramite)

    English-Italian dictionary > link

  • 97 one

    1. adjective
    1) attrib. ein

    one thing I must say — ein[e]s muss ich sagen

    one or two(fig.): (a few) ein paar

    one more... — noch ein...

    it's one [o'clock] — es ist eins od. ein Uhr; see also academic.ru/23561/eight">eight 1.; half 1. 1), 3. 2); quarter 1. 1)

    2) attrib. (single, only) einzig

    in any one day/year — an einem Tag/in einem Jahr

    at any one time — zur gleichen Zeit; (always) zu jeder Zeit

    not one [little] bit — überhaupt nicht

    3) (identical, same) ein

    one and the same person/thing — ein und dieselbe Person/Sache

    at one and the same time — gleichzeitig; see also all 2. 1)

    4) pred. (united, unified)

    be one as a family/nation — eine einige Familie/Nation sein; see also with 1)

    5) attrib. (a particular but undefined)

    at one time — einmal; einst (geh.)

    one morning/night — eines Morgens/Nachts

    one day(on day specified) einmal; (at unspecified future date) eines Tages

    one day soonbald einmal

    one Sundayan einem Sonntag

    6) attrib. contrasted with ‘other’/‘another’ ein

    neither one thing nor the other — weder das eine noch das andere; see also hand 1. 24)

    7)

    in one(coll.): (at first attempt) auf Anhieb

    got it in one!(coll.) [du hast es] erraten!

    2. noun
    1) eins
    2) (number, symbol) Eins, die; see also eight 2. 1)
    3) (unit)
    3. pronoun
    1)

    one of... — ein... (+ Gen.)

    one of them/us — etc. einer von ihnen/uns usw.

    any one of them — jeder/jede/jedes von ihnen

    every one of them — jeder/jede/jedes [einzelne] von ihnen

    not one of them — keiner/keine/keines von ihnen

    2) replacing n. implied or mentioned ein...

    the jacket is an old onedie Jacke ist [schon] alt

    the older/younger one — der/die/das ältere/jüngere

    this is the one I like — den/die/das mag ich

    you are or were the one who insisted on going to Scotland — du warst der-/diejenige, der/die unbedingt nach Schottland wollte

    this one — dieser/diese/dieses [da]

    that one — der/die/das [da]

    these ones or those ones? — (coll.) die [da] oder die [da]?

    these/those blue etc. ones — diese/die blauen usw.

    which one? — welcher/welche/welches?

    not one — keiner/keine/keines; (emphatic) nicht einer/eine/eines

    all but one — alle außer einem/einer/einem

    I for one — ich für mein[en] Teil

    one by one, one after another or the other — einzeln

    love one anothersich od. (geh.) einander lieben

    be kind to one anothernett zueinander sein

    3) (contrasted with ‘other’/‘another’)

    [the] one... the other — der/die/das eine... der/die/das andere

    4) (person or creature of specified kind)

    the little one — der/die/das Kleine

    our dear or loved ones — unsere Lieben

    young one(youngster) Kind, das; (young animal) Junge, das

    5)

    [not] one who does or to do or for doing something — [nicht] der Typ, der etwas tut

    6) (representing people in general; also coll.): (I, we) man; as indirect object einem; as direct object einen

    one'ssein

    wash one's handssich (Dat.) die Hände waschen

    7) (coll.): (drink)

    I'll have just a little oneich trinke nur einen Kleinen (ugs.)

    have one on meich geb dir einen aus

    8) (coll.): (blow)

    give somebody one on the head/nose — jemandem eins über den Kopf/auf die Nase geben (ugs.)

    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (the number or figure 1: One and one is two (1 + 1 = 2).) die Eins
    2) (the age of 1: Babies start to talk at one.) die Eins
    2. pronoun
    1) (a single person or thing: She's the one I like the best; I'll buy the red one.) der/die/das(jenige)
    2) (anyone; any person: One can see the city from here.) man
    3. adjective
    1) (1 in number: one person; He took one book.) ein/e/es
    2) (aged 1: The baby will be one tomorrow.) eins
    3) (of the same opinion etc: We are one in our love of freedom.) einer Meinung
    - one-
    - oneself
    - one-night stand
    - one-off
    - one-parent family
    - one-sided
    - one-way
    - one-year-old
    4. adjective
    ((of a person, animal or thing) that is one year old.) einjährige
    - all one
    - be one up on a person
    - be one up on
    - not be oneself
    - one and all
    - one another
    - one by one
    - one or two
    * * *
    [wʌn]
    I. adj inv
    1. attr (not two) ein(e)
    we have two daughters and \one son wir haben zwei Töchter und einen Sohn
    \one hundred/thousand einhundert/-tausend
    \one million eine Million
    \one third/fifth ein Drittel/Fünftel nt
    2. attr (one of a number) ein(e)
    the glass tube is closed at \one end das Glasröhrchen ist an einem Ende verschlossen
    he can't tell \one wine from another er schmeckt bei Weinen keinen Unterschied
    3. attr (single, only) einzige(r, s)
    her \one concern is to save her daughter ihre einzige Sorge ist, wie sie ihre Tochter retten kann
    do you think the five of us will manage to squeeze into the \one car? glaubst du, wir fünf können uns in dieses eine Auto quetschen?
    we should paint the bedroom all \one colour wir sollten das Schlafzimmer nur in einer Farbe streichen
    he's the \one person you can rely on in an emergency er ist die einzige Person, auf die man sich im Notfall verlassen kann
    not \one man kein Mensch
    to have just \one thought nur einen [einzigen] Gedanken haben
    the \one and only... der/die/das einzige...
    ladies and gentlemen, the \one and only Muhammad Ali! meine Damen und Herren, der einzigartige Muhammad Ali!
    4. attr (some future) irgendein(e)
    I'd like to go skiing \one Christmas ich würde gern irgendwann an Weihnachten Skifahren gehen
    \one afternoon next week an irgendeinem Nachmittag nächste Woche, irgendwann nächste Woche nachmittags
    \one day irgendwann
    \one evening/night irgendwann abends/nachts
    5. attr (some in the past) ein(e)
    \one moment he says he loves me, the next moment he's asking for a divorce einmal sagt er, er liebt mich, und im nächsten Moment will er die Scheidung
    \one afternoon in late October an einem Nachmittag Ende Oktober
    \one day/evening/night eines Tages/Abends/Nachts
    \one night we stayed up talking till dawn an einem Abend plauderten wir einmal bis zum Morgengrauen
    6. attr ( form: a certain) ein gewisser/eine gewisse
    her solicitor is \one John Wintersgill ihr Anwalt ist ein gewisser John Wintersgill
    7. attr esp AM ( emph fam: noteworthy)
    his mother is \one generous woman seine Mutter ist eine wirklich großzügige Frau
    that's \one big ice cream you've got there du hast aber ein großes Eis!
    it was \one hell of a shock to find out I'd lost my job ( fam) es war ein Riesenschock für mich, als ich erfuhr, dass ich meinen Job verloren hatte fam
    he was \one hell of a snappy dresser ( fam) er war immer todschick gekleidet fam
    8. (identical) ein(e)
    all types of training meet \one common standard alle Trainingsarten unterliegen den gleichen Maßstäben
    to be of \one mind einer Meinung sein
    \one and the same ein und der-/die-/dasselbe
    that's \one and the same thing! das ist doch ein und dasselbe!
    9. (age) ein Jahr
    \one is a difficult age mit einem Jahr sind Kinder in einem schwierigen Alter
    to be \one [year old] ein Jahr alt sein
    little Jimmy's \one today der kleine Jimmy wird heute ein Jahr alt
    she'll be \one [year old] tomorrow sie wird morgen ein Jahr alt
    10. (time)
    \one [o'clock] eins, ein Uhr
    it's half past \one es ist halb zwei
    at \one um eins
    11.
    a hundred [or million] [or thousand] and \one hunderttausend
    I've got a hundred and \one things to do this morning ich muss heute Vormittag hunderttausend Dinge erledigen
    what with \one thing and another ( fam) weil alles [o viel] zusammenkommt
    what with \one thing and another she hadn't had much sleep recently da alles [o viel] zusammenkam, hat sie in letzter Zeit nicht viel Schlaf bekommen
    \one way or another [or the other] (for or against) für oder gegen; (somehow) irgendwie
    there is no evidence \one way or the other about the effectiveness of the drug es gibt keinerlei Beweise für die Wirksamkeit oder Unwirksamkeit des Medikaments
    the bills have to be paid \one way or another die Rechnungen müssen irgendwie bezahlt werden
    II. n
    1. (unit) Eins f
    \one hundred and \one einhundert[und]eins
    three \ones are three drei mal eins gibt [o ist] [o macht] drei
    2. (figure) Eins f
    the front door bore a big brass \one auf der Eingangstür prangte eine große kupferne Eins
    3. (size of garment, merchandise) Größe eins
    little Jackie's wearing \ones now die kleine Jackie trägt jetzt Größe eins
    4. no pl (unity)
    to be \one eins sein
    to be made \one getraut werden
    III. pron
    1. (single item) eine(r, s)
    four parcels came this morning, but only \one was for Mark heute Morgen kamen vier Pakete, aber nur eines war für Mark
    which cake would you like? — the \one at the front welchen Kuchen möchten Sie? — den vorderen
    I'd rather eat French croissants than English \ones ich esse lieber französische Croissants als englische
    I have two apples, do you want \one? ich habe zwei Äpfel, möchtest du einen?
    not a single \one kein Einziger/keine Einzige/kein Einziges
    \one at a time immer nur eine(r, s)
    don't gobble them up all at once — eat them \one at a time schling nicht alle auf einmal hinunter — iss sie langsam
    [all] in \one [alles] in einem
    with this model you get a radio, CD player and cassette deck [all] in \one dieses Modell enthält Radio, CD-Player und Kassettendeck in einem
    \one after another [or the other] eine(r, s) nach dem/der anderen
    \one after another the buses drew up die Busse kamen einer nach dem anderen
    \one [thing] after another [or the other] eines nach dem anderen
    \one or another [or the other] irgendeine(r, s)
    not all instances fall neatly into \one or another of these categories nicht alle Vorkommnisse fallen genau unter eine dieser Kategorien
    this/that \one diese(r, s)/jene(r, s)
    these/those \ones diese/jene
    which \one do you want? — that \one, please! welchen möchten Sie? — den dort, bitte!
    \one of sth:
    Luxembourg is \one of the world's smallest countries Luxemburg ist eines der kleinsten Länder der Welt
    electronics is \one of his [many] hobbies die Elektronik ist eines seiner [vielen] Hobbys
    our organization is just \one of many charities unsere Organisation ist nur eine von vielen wohltätigen Vereinigungen
    2. (single person) eine(r)
    two could live as cheaply as \one zwei könnten so günstig wie einer wohnen
    she thought of her loved \ones sie dachte an ihre Lieben
    to [not] be \one to do [or who does] sth (nature) [nicht] der Typ sein, der etw tut, [nicht] zu denen gehören, die etw tun; (liking) etw [nicht] gerne tun
    she's always been \one to take [or who takes] initiative es war schon immer ihre Art, die Initiative zu ergreifen
    I've never really been \one to sit around doing nothing untätig herumzusitzen war noch nie meine Art
    he's always been \one that enjoys good food ihm hat gutes Essen schon immer geschmeckt
    he's not \one to eat exotic food er isst nicht gerne exotische Speisen
    she's [not] \one to go [or who goes] to parties sie geht [nicht] gerne auf Partys
    to not [or never] be \one to say no to sth nie zu etw dat Nein sagen können
    to be [a] \one for sth ( fam) etw gerne mögen, sich dat viel aus etw dat machen
    Jack's always been \one for the ladies Jack hatte schon immer viel für Frauen übrig
    to not be [a] \one ( fam) for sth [or to not be much of a \one] ( fam) etw nicht besonders mögen, sich dat nicht viel aus etw dat machen
    I've never really been [much of a] \one for football ich habe mir eigentlich nie viel aus Fußball gemacht
    to [not] be [a] \one for doing sth ( fam) etw [nicht] gerne machen
    he's a great \one for telling other people what to do er sagt anderen gerne, was sie zu tun haben
    \one and all ( liter) alle
    the news of his resignation came as a surprise to \one and all die Nachricht von seinem Rücktritt kam für alle überraschend
    well done \one and all! gut gemacht, ihr alle!
    like \one + pp wie ein(e)...
    Viv was running around like \one possessed before the presentation Viv lief vor der Präsentation wie eine Besessene herum
    \one after another eine/einer nach der/dem anderen
    \one by \one nacheinander
    \one of:
    she's \one of my favourite writers sie ist eine meiner Lieblingsautoren
    to be \one of many/a few eine(r) von vielen/wenigen sein
    the \one der-/die[jenige]
    Chris is the \one with curly brown hair Chris ist der mit den lockigen braunen Haaren
    3. (expressing alternatives, comparisons)
    they look very similar and it's difficult to distinguish \one from the other sie sehen sich sehr ähnlich, und es ist oft schwer sie auseinanderzuhalten
    \one or the other der/die/das eine oder der/die/das andere
    choose \one of the pictures. you may have \one or the other, but not both such dir eins der Bilder aus. du kannst nur eines davon haben, nicht beide
    \one without the other der/die/das eine ohne der/die/das andere
    \one has an obligation to \one's friends man hat Verpflichtungen seinen Freunden gegenüber
    \one must admire him er ist zu bewundern
    5. ( form: I) ich; (we) wir
    \one gets the impression that... ich habe den Eindruck, dass...
    \one has to do \one's best wir müssen unser Bestes geben
    I for \one ich für meinen Teil
    I for \one think we should proceed was mich betrifft, so denke ich, dass wir weitermachen sollten
    6. (question) Frage f
    what's the capital of Zaire?oh, that's a difficult \one wie heißt die Hauptstadt von Zaire? — das ist eine schwierige Frage
    7. ( fam: alcoholic drink) Getränk nt
    this \one's on me! diese Runde geht auf mich!
    she likes a cool \one after a hard day nach einem harten Tag braucht sie einen kühlen Drink
    8. ( fam: joke, story) Witz m
    that was a good \one! der war gut!
    did I tell you the \one about the blind beggar? habe ich dir den [Witz] von dem blinden Bettler schon erzählt?
    9. BRIT, AUS ( dated fam: sb who is lacking respect, is rude, or amusing)
    you are a \one! du bist mir vielleicht einer! fam
    she's a \one! das ist mir vielleicht eine! fam
    10.
    to be all \one to sb Chinesisch für jdn sein fam
    Greek and Hebrew are all \one to me Griechisch und Hebräisch sind Chinesisch für mich fam
    to be as \one on sth ( form) bei etw dat einer Meinung sein
    we have discussed the matter fully and are as \one on our decision wir haben die Angelegenheit gründlich erörtert, und unsere Entscheidung ist einstimmig
    to be at \one with sb ( form) mit jdm einer Meinung sein
    to be at \one with sth ( form) mit etw dat eins sein
    they were completely at \one with their environment sie lebten in völliger Harmonie mit ihrer Umwelt
    to be \one of the family zur Familie gehören fig
    to get sth in \one ( fam: guess) etw sofort erraten; (understand) etw gleich kapieren fam
    so are you saying she's leaving him?yep, got it in \one du sagst also, dass sie ihn verlässt? — ja, du hast es erfasst
    to get [or be] \one up on sb jdn übertrumpfen
    in \one (draught) in einem Zug, [auf] ex fam
    to be \one of a kind zur Spitze gehören
    in the world of ballet she was certainly \one of a kind as a dancer in der Welt des Ballet zählte sie zweifellos zu den besten Tänzerinnen
    to land [or sock] sb \one [on the jaw] ( fam) jdm eine reinhauen fam
    \one or two ( fam) ein paar
    I hear you've collected over 1,000 autographs! — well, I do have \one or two ich habe gehört, du hast über 1.000 Autogramme gesammelt! — na ja, ich habe schon ein paar
    in \ones and twos (in small numbers) immer nur ein paar; (alone or in a pair) allein oder paarweise [o zu zweit]
    we expected a flood of applications for the job, but we're only receiving them in \ones and twos wir haben eine Flut von Bewerbungen für die Stelle erwartet, aber es gehen [täglich] nur wenige ein
    to arrive/stand around in \ones and [or or] twos einzeln oder paarweise [o zu zweit] eintreffen/herumstehen
    * * *
    [wʌn]
    1. adj
    1) (= number) ein/eine/ein; (counting) eins

    there was one person too manyda war einer zu viel

    one girl was pretty, the other was ugly —

    she was in one room, he was in the other — sie war im einen Zimmer, er im anderen

    the baby is one ( year old) — das Kind ist ein Jahr (alt)

    it is one ( o'clock) — es ist eins, es ist ein Uhr

    one hundred pounds — hundert Pfund; (on cheque etc) einhundert Pfund

    that's one way of doing itso kann mans (natürlich) auch machen

    2)

    (indefinite) one morning/day etc he realized... — eines Morgens/Tages etc bemerkte er...

    3)

    (= a certain) one Mr Smith — ein gewisser Herr Smith

    4)

    (= sole, only) he is the one man to tell you — er ist der Einzige, der es Ihnen sagen kann

    5)

    (= same) they all came in the one car — sie kamen alle in dem einen Auto

    6)

    (= united) God is one — Gott ist unteilbar

    they were one in wanting that — sie waren sich darin einig, dass sie das wollten

    2. pron
    1) eine(r, s)

    the one who... — der(jenige), der.../die(jenige), die.../das(jenige), das...

    he/that was the one — er/das wars

    do you have one? — haben Sie einen/eine/ein(e)s?

    the red/big etc one — der/die/das Rote/Große etc

    my one (inf) — meiner/meine/mein(e)s

    his one (inf) — seiner/seine/sein(e)s

    not (a single) one of them, never one of them — nicht eine(r, s) von ihnen, kein Einziger/keine Einzige/kein Einziges

    any one — irgendeine(r, s)

    every one — jede(r, s)

    this one — diese(r, s)

    that one — der/die/das, jene(r, s) (geh)

    which one? — welche(r, s)?

    that's a good one (inf) — der (Witz) ist gut; ( iro, excuse etc ) (das ist ein) guter Witz

    I'm not one to go out oftenich bin nicht der Typ, der oft ausgeht

    I'm not usually one to go out on a week night, but today... — ich gehe sonst eigentlich nicht an Wochentagen aus, aber heute...

    she was never one to cry — Weinen war noch nie ihre Art; (but she did) sonst weinte sie nie

    he's a great one for discipline/turning up late — der ist ganz groß, wenns um Disziplin/ums Zuspätkommen geht

    ooh, you are a one! (inf)oh, Sie sind mir vielleicht eine(r)! (inf)

    she is a teacher, and he/her sister wants to be one too — sie ist Lehrerin, und er möchte auch gern Lehrer werden/ihre Schwester möchte auch gern eine werden

    I, for one, think otherwise — ich, zum Beispiel, denke anders

    one after the other — eine(r, s) nach dem/der/dem anderen

    take one or the other —

    one or other of them will do it — der/die eine oder andere wird es tun

    one who knows the country —

    in the manner of one who... — in der Art von jemandem, der...

    like one demented/possessed — wie verrückt/besessen

    2) (impers) (nom) man; (acc) einen; (dat) einem

    one must learn to keep quiet — man muss lernen, still zu sein

    to hurt one's footsich (dat) den Fuß verletzen

    to wash one's face/hair — sich (dat) das Gesicht/die Haare waschen

    3. n
    (= written figure) Eins f

    to be at one (with sb) — sich (dat) (mit jdm) einig sein

    * * *
    one [wʌn]
    A adj
    1. ein, eine, ein:
    one apple ein Apfel;
    one man in ten einer von zehn;
    one or two ein oder zwei, ein paar;
    he spoke to him as one man to another er redete mit ihm von Mann zu Mann; hundred A 1, thousand A 1
    2. (emphatisch) ein, eine, ein, ein einziger, eine einzige, ein einziges:
    all were of one mind sie waren alle einer Meinung;
    he is one with me on this er ist mit mir darüber einer Meinung;
    be made one ehelich verbunden werden;
    for one thing zunächst einmal;
    no one man could do it allein könnte das niemand schaffen;
    his one thought sein einziger Gedanke;
    the one way to do it die einzige Möglichkeit(, es zu tun);
    my one and only hope meine einzige Hoffnung;
    the one and only Mr X der unvergleichliche oder einzigartige Mr. X; man A 5
    3. all one nur präd alles eins, ein und dasselbe:
    it is all one to me es ist mir (ganz) egal;
    it’s one fine job es ist eine einmalig schöne Arbeit
    4. ein gewisser, eine gewisse, ein gewisses, ein, eine, ein:
    one day eines Tages (in Zukunft od Vergangenheit);
    one of these days irgendwann (ein)mal;
    one John Smith ein gewisser John Smith
    B s
    1. Eins f, eins:
    one is half of two eins ist die Hälfte von zwei;
    a Roman one eine römische Eins;
    one and a half ein(und)einhalb, anderthalb;
    I bet ten to one (that …) ich wette zehn zu eins(, dass …);
    at one o’clock um ein Uhr;
    one-ten ein Uhr zehn, zehn nach eins;
    in the year one anno dazumal;
    be one up on sb jemandem (um eine Nasenlänge) voraus sein; number one
    2. (der, die) Einzelne, (das) einzelne (Stück):
    the all and the one die Gesamtheit und der Einzelne;
    one by one, one after another, one after the other einer nach dem andern;
    one with another eins zum anderen gerechnet;
    by ones and twos einzeln und zu zweien oder zweit;
    I for one ich zum Beispiel
    3. Einheit f:
    be at one with sb mit jemandem einer Meinung oder einig sein;
    be at one with nature eins mit der Natur sein;
    be at one with life rundherum zufrieden sein;
    a) alle gemeinsam,
    b) alles in einem
    4. Ein(s)er m, besonders Eindollarnote f
    C pron
    1. ein(er), eine, ein(es), jemand:
    as one wie ein Mann, geschlossen;
    on this question they were as one in dieser Frage waren sich alle einig;
    as one enchanted wie verzaubert;
    one of the poets einer der Dichter;
    one who einer, der;
    the one who der(jenige), der oder welcher;
    one so cautious jemand, der so vorsichtig ist; ein so vorsichtiger Mann;
    help one another einander oder sich gegenseitig helfen;
    have you heard the one about …? kennen Sie den (Witz) schon von …?;
    one for all and all for one einer für alle und alle für einen
    2. (Stützwort, meist unübersetzt):
    a sly one ein ganz Schlauer;
    that one der, die, das da ( oder dort);
    a red pencil and a blue one ein roter Bleistift und ein blauer;
    the portraits are fine ones die Porträts sind gut;
    the picture is a realistic one das Bild ist realistisch; anyone, each A, many A 1, someone
    3. man:
    4. one’s sein, seine, sein:
    break one’s leg sich das Bein brechen;
    lose one’s way sich verirren
    5. umg
    a) ein anständiges Ding (hervorragende Sache, besonders tüchtiger Schlag)
    b) Kanone f fig, Könner(in):
    one in the eye fig ein Denkzettel;
    that’s a good one! nicht schlecht!;
    you are a one! du bist mir vielleicht einer!; land C 6
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) attrib. ein

    one thing I must say — ein[e]s muss ich sagen

    one or two(fig.): (a few) ein paar

    one more... — noch ein...

    it's one [o'clock] — es ist eins od. ein Uhr; see also eight 1.; half 1. 1), 3. 2); quarter 1. 1)

    2) attrib. (single, only) einzig

    in any one day/year — an einem Tag/in einem Jahr

    at any one time — zur gleichen Zeit; (always) zu jeder Zeit

    not one [little] bit — überhaupt nicht

    3) (identical, same) ein

    one and the same person/thing — ein und dieselbe Person/Sache

    at one and the same time — gleichzeitig; see also all 2. 1)

    4) pred. (united, unified)

    be one as a family/nation — eine einige Familie/Nation sein; see also with 1)

    5) attrib. (a particular but undefined)

    at one time — einmal; einst (geh.)

    one morning/night — eines Morgens/Nachts

    6) attrib. contrasted with ‘other’/‘another’ ein

    neither one thing nor the other — weder das eine noch das andere; see also hand 1. 24)

    7)

    in one(coll.): (at first attempt) auf Anhieb

    got it in one!(coll.) [du hast es] erraten!

    2. noun
    1) eins
    2) (number, symbol) Eins, die; see also eight 2. 1)
    3. pronoun
    1)

    one of... — ein... (+ Gen.)

    one of them/us — etc. einer von ihnen/uns usw.

    any one of them — jeder/jede/jedes von ihnen

    every one of them — jeder/jede/jedes [einzelne] von ihnen

    not one of them — keiner/keine/keines von ihnen

    2) replacing n. implied or mentioned ein...

    the jacket is an old one — die Jacke ist [schon] alt

    the older/younger one — der/die/das ältere/jüngere

    this is the one I like — den/die/das mag ich

    you are or were the one who insisted on going to Scotland — du warst der-/diejenige, der/die unbedingt nach Schottland wollte

    this one — dieser/diese/dieses [da]

    that one — der/die/das [da]

    these ones or those ones? — (coll.) die [da] oder die [da]?

    these/those blue etc. ones — diese/die blauen usw.

    which one? — welcher/welche/welches?

    not one — keiner/keine/keines; (emphatic) nicht einer/eine/eines

    all but one — alle außer einem/einer/einem

    I for one — ich für mein[en] Teil

    one by one, one after another or the other — einzeln

    love one anothersich od. (geh.) einander lieben

    3) (contrasted with ‘other’/‘another’)

    [the] one... the other — der/die/das eine... der/die/das andere

    4) (person or creature of specified kind)

    the little one — der/die/das Kleine

    our dear or loved ones — unsere Lieben

    young one (youngster) Kind, das; (young animal) Junge, das

    5)

    [not] one who does or to do or for doing something — [nicht] der Typ, der etwas tut

    6) (representing people in general; also coll.): (I, we) man; as indirect object einem; as direct object einen

    one'ssein

    wash one's handssich (Dat.) die Hände waschen

    7) (coll.): (drink)
    8) (coll.): (blow)

    give somebody one on the head/nose — jemandem eins über den Kopf/auf die Nase geben (ugs.)

    * * *
    (number) n.
    n. adj.
    ein adj.
    eins adj. pron.
    man pron.

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  • 98 popularly

    adverb
    1) (generally) allgemein; landläufig

    it is popularly believed that... — es ist ein im Volk verbreiteter Glaube, dass...

    2) (for the people) volkstümlich; [all]gemeinverständlich
    * * *
    adverb (amongst, or by, most people: He was popularly believed to have magical powers.) allgemein
    * * *
    popu·lar·ly
    [ˈpɒpjələli, AM ˈpɑ:pjəlɚ-]
    1. (commonly) allgemein
    it is \popularly assumed that... es ist eine weit verbreitete Annahme, dass...
    to be \popularly known as sth city etw allgemein genannt werden; person allgemeinhin als etw bekannt sein
    as is \popularly believed wie man allgemein annimmt
    to be \popularly thought of as sth allgemein für etw akk gehalten werden
    2. (by the people) vom Volk
    to be \popularly elected vom Volk gewählt sein
    * * *
    ['pɒpjʊləlɪ]
    adv

    to be popularly known as sb/sth —

    popularly supposed to be sb/sth to be popularly considered (as or to be) sb/sth — allgemeinhin als jd/etw gelten allgemeinhin or weithin als jd/etw betrachtet werden, allgemeinhin or weithin für jdn/etw gehalten werden

    2) (= democratically, publicly) elected, supported vom Volk, öffentlich
    * * *
    1. allgemein:
    it is popularly believed that …
    2. populär, volkstümlich, allgemein verständlich
    3. im Volksmund, landläufig
    pop. abk
    2. population Bev.
    * * *
    adverb
    1) (generally) allgemein; landläufig

    it is popularly believed that... — es ist ein im Volk verbreiteter Glaube, dass...

    2) (for the people) volkstümlich; [all]gemeinverständlich
    * * *
    adv.
    allgemein adv.
    volkstümlich adv.

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  • 99 hold

    hold [həʊld]
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    1. noun
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    ► vb: pret, ptp held
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    1. noun
       a. ( = grip) prise f
       b. ( = control) emprise f
       c. (Wrestling) prise f
       d. [of hairspray, hair gel] fixation f
       e. [of ship] cale f ; [of plane] soute f
    he caught hold of her arm il l'a attrapée par le brasto get/take a hold of ( = catch) prendre
    to get a hold of o.s. se contrôler
    get a hold of yourself! ressaisis-toi ! to get hold of ( = find) [+ object] réussir à se procurer ; [+ details, information] réussir à obtenir ; ( = contact) [+ person] contacter
    can you get hold of £500 by tomorrow? est-ce que tu peux te procurer 500 livres d'ici demain ?
    where did you get hold of that idea? où as-tu été pêcher (inf) cette idée ?
    the press got hold of the story la presse s'est emparée de l'histoire to take hold [fire] prendre ; [custom] se répandre ; [idea] faire son chemin ; [recession, economic recovery, disease] s'installer ; [ceasefire] tenir
    keep hold of the idea that... dites-vous bien que... on hold [phone call, order] en attente
    he put his career on hold to spend more time with his family il a mis sa carrière entre parenthèses pour se consacrer davantage à sa famille
       a. ( = grasp) tenir
       b. ( = keep in place) to hold sth in place maintenir qch en place
       c. ( = support) supporter
       d. ( = maintain) to hold o.s. upright se tenir droit
    to hold sb's attention/interest retenir l'attention/l'intérêt de qn
    don't hold your breath! ( = don't count on it) n'y compte pas trop !
    hold the line please! ne quittez pas !
       e. ( = possess) [+ ticket, permit, driving licence] avoir ; [+ shares, record] détenir
       f. ( = defend successfully) tenir
       g. ( = occupy) [+ post, position] occuper
       h. ( = cause to take place) [+ meeting, election, debate] tenir ; [+ conversation] avoir ; [+ examination] organiser
       i. ( = contain) contenir
    she can hold her drink! (inf) elle supporte très bien l'alcool
       j. ( = keep) garder
    I will hold the money until... je garderai l'argent jusqu'à ce que...
       k. ( = restrain) [+ person] retenir
    hold it! (inf) stop !
       l. ( = believe) to hold that... maintenir que...
       a. ( = remain in place) [rope, nail, dam] tenir
    to hold firm ( = stay in place) tenir
       b. [weather] se maintenir
       c. (on phone) can you hold, please? ne quittez pas !
       d. [statement, argument] être valable
    ( = not move forward) rester en arrière ; ( = not act) se retenir
       a. [+ fears, emotions] maîtriser ; [+ tears] retenir
       b. (US) [+ pupil] faire redoubler
       a. ( = keep in place) maintenir en place ; [+ person] maîtriser
       b. [+ aspiring person] empêcher de progresser
       c. [+ costs, prices, inflation, taxes] empêcher d'augmenter
       d. [+ job] ( = have) occuper ; ( = keep) garder
    hold your stomach in! rentre ton ventre !
    go ahead and cry, don't hold it in laisse-toi aller et pleure, n'essaie pas de te retenir hold off
       a. ( = prevent from approaching) tenir à distance
       a. ( = endure) tenir bon
       b. ( = wait) attendre
    hold on! attendez ! ; (on telephone) ne quittez pas !
       a. ( = cling to) [+ rope, raft, branch] s'accrocher à ; [+ hope, idea] se raccrocher à
       b. ( = keep) garder
    hold on to this for me ( = hold it) tiens-moi ça ; ( = keep it) garde-moi ça
    hold on to that, it might be valuable garde-le, ça a peut-être de la valeur hold out
       a. ( = last) [supplies] durer
    how long will the food hold out? combien de temps est-ce que les provisions vont durer ?
       b. ( = resist) tenir bon
    to hold out against [+ enemy, attacks] tenir bon devant ; [+ change, progress, threats] résister à
    [+ object, hand] tendre ( sth to sb qch à qn)
    the negotiations held out little hope of a settlement les négociations laissaient entrevoir peu d'espoir de parvenir à un accord hold out on (inf) inseparable transitive verb
    I'll hold you to that! je te prends au mot ! hold together
    [objects] tenir (ensemble) ; [groups, people] rester uni
    [+ objects] maintenir ensemble ; [+ political party] maintenir l'union de
       b. [argument] être valable
       a. ( = raise) lever
       b. ( = support) soutenir
       c. ( = stop) arrêter ; ( = suspend) suspendre ; ( = cause delay to) retarder
    I'm sorry, I was held up excusez-moi, j'ai été retenu
       d. [robber] attaquer (à main armée)
    * * *
    [həʊld] 1.
    1) ( grasp) prise f

    to keep (a) hold of ou on — tenir

    to get hold ofse procurer [book, ticket]; [press] avoir vent de [story]; découvrir [information]

    3) ( contact)

    to get hold of — ( by phone) joindre; ( by other means) trouver

    4) ( control) emprise f (on, over sur)

    to have a hold on ou over somebody — avoir de l'emprise sur quelqu'un

    to put a project on holdgen laisser un projet en suspens

    6) (storage, area) Aviation soute f; Nautical cale f
    7) ( in wrestling) prise f
    8) (of spray, gel) fixation f
    2.
    transitive verb (prét, pp held)
    1) ( clasp) tenir

    to hold something in one's handtenir quelque chose à la main [brush, pencil]; ( enclosed) tenir quelque chose dans la main [coin, sweet]

    2) ( maintain)

    to hold something in place ou position — maintenir quelque chose en place

    3) ( arrange) gen organiser; avoir [conversation]; célébrer [church service]; mener [enquiry]; faire passer [interview]
    4) ( have capacity for) (pouvoir) contenir [350 people]
    5) ( contain) [drawer, cupboard, box, case] contenir [objects, possessions]
    6) ( support) supporter [weight, load, crate]
    7) ( restrain) tenir [dog]

    there'll be no holding himfig on ne pourra plus l'arrêter

    8) ( keep against will) détenir [person]
    9) ( possess) détenir, avoir [shares, power, record]; être titulaire de [degree, sporting title]; occuper [job, position]; avoir, être en possession de [passport, licence]; porter [title]; avoir [mortgage]; [computer] conserver [information]
    10) ( keep back) garder [place, ticket]; faire attendre [train, flight]; mettre [quelque chose] en attente [letter, order]

    hold it! — (colloq) minute! (colloq)

    11) ( believe) avoir [opinion, belief]

    to hold somebody/something to be — tenir quelqu'un/quelque chose pour

    to hold somebody liable ou responsible — tenir quelqu'un pour responsable

    to hold that[person] soutenir que; [law] dire que

    12) ( defend successfully) tenir [territory, city]; conserver [title, seat, lead]
    13) ( captivate) captiver [audience]; capter, retenir [attention]
    15) Music tenir [note]
    3.
    intransitive verb (prét, pp held)
    1) ( remain intact) tenir; fig (also hold good) tenir
    2) ( continue) [weather] rester beau, se maintenir; [luck] continuer, durer
    3) Telecommunications patienter
    Phrasal Verbs:

    English-French dictionary > hold

  • 100 guide

    1. III
    1) guide smb. guide tourists (travellers, sightseers, etc.) быть гидом у туристов и т. д.; guide mountain climbers (hunters, etc.) быть проводником альпинистов и т. д.
    2) guide smb., smth. guide one's students (people, children, research, etc.) руководить студентами и т. д.; guide a child's first steps помогать ребенку делать первые шаги; let his words guide you руководствуйтесь его словами
    2. IV
    guide smb. somewhere guide smb. out показать кому-л., как выйти; guide smb. in провести кого-л. в дом или в комнату: guide smb. down (up) провести кого-л. вниз (наверх); guide smb., smth. in some manner guide people (ships, climbers, etc.) fearlessly (carefully, skillfully, competently, etc.) бесстрашно и т. д. вести людей /показывать путь людям/ и т. д.
    3. XI
    1) be guided by smb. the blind man was guided by a dog слепого вела собака
    2) be guided by smth. be guided by this principle (by one's love for truth, etc.) руководствоваться /поступать в соответствии с/ этим принципом и т. д., действовать в соответствии с этим принципом и т. д.; be guided by one's sense of duty поступать, как велит долг; be guided by common sense поступать, как подсказывает здравый смысл; don't be guided by his advice не слушайтесь его советов
    4. XXI1
    1) guide smb., smth. around (across, into, through, etc.) smth. guide tourists around the city (through the narrow streets of the old town, through the museum, etc.) водить туристов по городу /показывать туристам город/ и т. д.; guide children across the street (across the fields, etc.) переводить детей через дорогу и т. д.; guide smb. into the forest (into the fields, through the forest, to the mountains, etc.) вести или направлять кого-л. в лес и т. д.; guide the ships safely to the port (to the shore, to the harbour, etc.) благополучно провести корабли в порт и т. д.; guide smb. to the station (to the theatre, etc.) показать кому-л. дорогу на станцию и т. д.
    2) guide smb. along (in, through, to, etc.) smth. guide people along the path of progress направлять людей на путь.прогресса; guide young people to right reading руководить чтением молодежи; guide the country through difficulties определить курс страны в трудный период; good advice guided him in the choice of his career (in selection of his reading, etc.) в выборе профессии и т. д. он руководствовался дельными советами
    5. XXII
    guide smth., smb. in doing smth. he guided my hand in signing the document он водил моей рукой, когда я подписывал этот документ: he guided me in making this decision я принял это решение по его совету

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > guide

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