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    v.
    1 to follow.
    tú ve delante, que yo te sigo you go ahead, I'll follow o I'll go behind
    seguir algo de cerca to follow o monitor something closely (desarrollo, resultados)
    Ellos siguen la caravana They follow the convoy.
    Eso es lo que sigue That is what follows.
    2 to follow.
    me parece que nos siguen I think we're being followed
    3 to continue, to resume.
    Me sigue el dolor My pain persists.
    4 to continue, to go on.
    ¡sigue, no te pares! go o carry on, don't stop!
    aquí se baja él, yo sigo he's getting out here, I'm going on (al taxista)
    sigo trabajando en la fábrica I'm still working at the factory
    debes seguir haciéndolo you should keep on o carry on doing it
    sigo pensando que está mal I still think it's wrong
    sigue enferma/en el hospital she's still ill/in hospital
    ¿qué tal sigue la familia? how's the family getting on o keeping?
    5 to keep on, to go along, to carry on, to continue.
    María se sigue haciendo daño Mary keeps on hurting herself.
    6 to continue to be, to continue being, to keep, to keep being.
    Las chicas siguen testarudas The girls continue to be stubborn.
    7 to obey, to keep.
    Las chicas siguen las reglas The girls obey the rules.
    8 to imitate, to follow.
    Los fanáticos siguen al cantante The fans imitate the singer.
    9 to come afterwards, to come next, to come after, to come along.
    Algo bueno sigue Something good comes afterwards.
    * * *
    (e changes to i in certain persons of certain tenses; gu changes to g before a and o)
    Present Indicative
    sigo, sigues, sigue, seguimos, seguís, siguen.
    Past Indicative
    seguí, seguiste, siguió, seguimos, seguisteis, siguieron.
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperfect Subjunctive
    Future Subjunctive
    Imperative
    sigue (tú), siga (él/Vd.), sigamos (nos.), seguid (vos.), sigan (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=perseguir) [+ persona, pista] to follow; [+ indicio] to follow up; [+ presa] to chase, pursue

    ella llegó primero, seguida del embajador — she arrived first, followed by the ambassador

    2) (=estar atento a) [+ programa de TV] to watch, follow; [+ programa de radio] to listen to, follow; [+ proceso, progreso] to monitor, follow up; [+ satélite] to track
    3) (=hacer caso de) [+ consejo] to follow, take; [+ instrucciones, doctrina, líder] to follow
    4) [+ rumbo, dirección] to follow

    siga esta calle y al final gire a la derechacarry on up o follow this street and turn right at the end

    seguir su curso, el proyecto sigue su curso — the project is still on course, the project continues on (its) course

    5) (=entender) [+ razonamiento] to follow

    ¿me sigues? — are you with me?

    6) (Educ) [+ curso] to take, do
    7) [+ mujer] to court
    2. VI
    1) (=continuar) to go on, carry on

    ¿quieres que sigamos? — shall we go on?

    ¡siga! — (=hable) go on!, carry on; LAm (=pase) come in

    ¡síguele! — Méx go on!

    "sigue" — [en carta] P.T.O.; [en libro] continued

    2)

    seguir adelante[persona] to go on, carry on; [acontecimiento] to go ahead

    adelante 1)
    3) [en estado, situación] to be still

    ¿cómo sigue? — how is he?

    que siga usted bien — keep well, look after yourself

    seguimos sin teléfono — we still haven't got a phone

    4)

    seguir haciendo algo — to go on doing sth, carry on doing sth

    siguió mirándolahe went on o carried on looking at her

    el ordenador seguía funcionando — the computer carried on working, the computer was still working

    5) (=venir a continuación) to follow, follow on

    entre otros ejemplos destacan los que siguen — amongst other examples, the following stand out

    seguir a algo, las horas que siguieron a la tragedia — the hours following o that followed the tragedy

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <persona/vehículo/presa> to follow

    camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir — she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

    el que la sigue la consigue — (fam) if at first you don't succeed, try, try again

    2) <camino/ruta>

    siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puentego along o follow this road as far as the bridge

    3) ( en el tiempo) to follow

    seguir a algo/alguien — to follow something/somebody

    4)
    a) <instrucciones/consejo/flecha> to follow
    b) ( basarse en) <autor/teoría/método/tradición> to follow
    5)
    a) <trámite/procedimiento> to follow
    b) (Educ) < curso> to take

    estoy siguiendo un curso de fotografíaI'm doing o taking a photography course

    6)
    a) <explicaciones/profesor> to follow

    dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir — she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

    ¿me siguen? — are you with me?

    no sigo ese programa — I don't watch that program, I'm not following that program

    2.
    seguir vi
    1)
    a) ( por un camino) to go on

    siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle — keep o go straight on to the end of the street

    seguir de largo — (AmL) to go straight past

    b)
    c) (Col, Ven) ( entrar)

    siga por favor — come in, please

    2) (en lugar, estado)

    ¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? — are your parents still in Geneva?

    sigue soltera/tan bonita como siempre — she's still single/as pretty as ever

    si las cosas siguen así... — if things carry on like this...

    si sigue así de trabajador, llegará lejos — if he carries on working as hard as this, he'll go a long way

    3)
    a) tareas/buen tiempo/lluvia to continue; rumores to persist
    b)

    seguir + ger: sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone; sigue leyendo tú you read now; seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera — I'll go on o carry on doing it my way, I shall continue to do it my way (frml)

    4)
    a) (venir después, estar contiguo)
    b) historia/poema to continue

    ¿cómo sigue la canción? — how does the song go on?

    3.
    seguirse v pron (en 3a pers)

    de esto se sigue que... — it follows from this that...

    * * *
    = accord with, adhere to, chase, conform to, espouse, fit, follow, keep to, observe, pursue, run along, stay, stick to, proceed, overlay, carry on, go ahead, soldier on, succeed, hew to, overlie, keep up, roll on.
    Ex. So while that tracing may have accorded with a rule, it violated common sense.
    Ex. Since BC adheres closely to the educational and scientific consensus, BC found most favour with libraries in educational establishments.
    Ex. Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.
    Ex. These basic permutation rules are modified somewhat to conform to bibliographic requirements.
    Ex. Most respondents espoused the latter view as an appropriate response to IT developments to date.
    Ex. Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.
    Ex. An abstract covers all of the main points made in the original document, and usually follows the style and arrangement of the parent document.
    Ex. Obviously, once a choice of citation order has been made it must be kept to, otherwise, chaos will result.
    Ex. It is worth briefly observing a general approach to the creation of a data base.
    Ex. All effective indexes must have some common facets if only because the audience does not alter merely because the indexer chooses to pursue certain indexing practices.
    Ex. Whevener logical processes of thought are employed - that is, whenever thought for a time runs along an accepted groove - there is an opportunity for the machine.
    Ex. What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.
    Ex. It might be striking to outline the instrumentalities of the future more spectacularly, rather than to stick closely to methods and elements now known.
    Ex. Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.
    Ex. There may be a very flexible communication system that overlays the administrative structure, or there may be a fairly rigid pattern of communication that adheres to the administrative lines of authority.
    Ex. If a child detects that no very strong value is placed on reading then he feels no compulsion to develop his own reading skill beyond the minimal, functional level we all need simply to carry on our daily lives in our print-dominated society.
    Ex. A plan for the construction and implementation phases will be drawn up, if it is decided to go ahead = Si se decide continuar, se elaborará un plan para las fases de construcción y puesta en práctica.
    Ex. Russell soldiered on in 'Principles of Mathematics', he pleaded a distinction between analysis by way of philosophical definitions and analysis by way of mathematical definitions.
    Ex. In 1964 he was promoted to Associate Director of the Processing Department where he succeeded John Cronin as Director four years later.
    Ex. The structure adopted hews to the theoretical model of the resilient organization as described by Enright.
    Ex. The disputes between islanders and outsiders overlie the deeper problem of administrative denial of indigenous lagoon rights.
    Ex. He was told to ' keep up whatever it is he was doing' because he was doing great!.
    Ex. But to make matters worse, and as the drought rolls on, it is very likely that it won't rain again until October or November.
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    * camino a seguir, el = way forward, the.
    * como siga así = at this rate.
    * como sigue = as follows.
    * debate + seguir = debate + rage.
    * difícil de seguir = heavy going.
    * el camino a seguir = the way ahead, the way to go.
    * hay que seguir adelante = the show must go on.
    * indicar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.
    * indicar el camino a seguir para = point + the way to.
    * las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.
    * la vida + seguir = life + go on.
    * modelos a seguir = lessons learned [lessons learnt].
    * mostrar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.
    * no saber cómo seguir = be stuck, get + stuck.
    * no seguir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.
    * pautas a seguir = best practices, lessons learned [lessons learnt].
    * pendiente de seguir la última moda = fashion-conscious.
    * procedimiento a seguir = code of practice.
    * que sigue = ensuing.
    * que sigue una norma = compliant (with).
    * que uno sigue a su propio ritmo = self-paced, self-guided.
    * resignarse y seguir adelante = bite + the bullet.
    * seguir activo = remain + in being, remain + in place.
    * seguir adelante = go forward, forge + ahead, forge + forward, go ahead, go straight ahead, carry through, move along, move forward, press forward (with), move + forward, continue on + Posesivo + way, move on.
    * seguir adelante con = go ahead with, stick with.
    * seguir a flote = stay in + business, stay + afloat.
    * seguir al día = remain on top of.
    * seguir Algo al pie de la letra = follow + Nombre + to the letter.
    * seguir Algo a rajatabla = follow + Nombre + to the letter.
    * seguir al pie de la letra = keep + strictly to the letter.
    * seguir al pie del cañón = soldier on.
    * seguir a rajatabla = keep + strictly to the letter.
    * seguir así = keep + it up, keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.
    * seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * seguir caminando = continue on + Posesivo + way.
    * seguir como antes = go on + as before.
    * seguir como modelo = pattern.
    * seguir con = go on with, maintain + continuity, maintain + momentum, stick at.
    * seguir con Algo = take + Nombre + further.
    * seguir con el buen hacer = keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.
    * seguir con el control = stay in + control.
    * seguir con el mando = stay in + control.
    * seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.
    * seguir considerando = consider + further.
    * seguir de cerca = monitor, stay in + control, keep + track of.
    * seguir desarrollando = develop + further.
    * seguir el buen camino = keep on + the right track, keep on + the straight and narrow.
    * seguir el camino de la verdad = keep on + the straight and narrow.
    * seguir el camino más ético = take + the high ground, take + the high road.
    * seguir el debate = follow + the thread.
    * seguir el ejemplo = follow + the lead, take after.
    * seguir el ejemplo de = take + Posesivo + cue from, take + a cue from.
    * seguir el ejemplo de Alguien = take + a leaf out of + Posesivo + book, follow + Posesivo + example.
    * seguir el hilo = follow + the thread.
    * seguir el ritmo de Algo o Alguien = keep up with + pace.
    * seguir en contacto = stay + tuned.
    * seguir en contacto (con) = stay in + touch (with), keep in + touch (with).
    * seguir en existencia = remain + in being.
    * seguir en la brecha = soldier on.
    * seguir en pie = hold + Posesivo + own, hold up.
    * seguir entre los primeros = remain on top.
    * seguir enviando + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.
    * seguir este camino = go along + this road.
    * seguir este rumbo = proceed + along this way.
    * seguir + Gerundio = keep on + Gerundio.
    * seguir haciéndolo así = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir haciéndolo bien = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir haciendo lo mismo = business as usual.
    * seguir igual = be none the worse for wear.
    * seguir inmediatamente = fast on the heels of, on the heels of.
    * seguir inmediatamente a = come on + the heels of.
    * seguir irreconciliable con = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir la conversación = follow + the thread.
    * seguir la corazonada de uno = play + Posesivo + hunches.
    * seguir la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.
    * seguir la iniciativa = follow + the lead.
    * seguir la marcha de = monitor.
    * seguir la moda = catch + the fever.
    * seguir la pista = follow up, track, follow through, shadow, track down.
    * seguir la pista a un documento = chase + item.
    * seguir la pista de = keep + track of.
    * seguir la trayectoria = follow up, follow through.
    * seguirle el juego a, seguirle la corriente a = play along with.
    * seguirle la corriente a = play along with.
    * seguir levantado = stay up.
    * seguir líneas diferentes = be on different lines.
    * seguir lo mismo = remain + the same.
    * seguir los pasos de = follow in + the footsteps of.
    * seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * seguir opuesto a = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir por delante de = keep + one step ahead of.
    * seguir por el buen camino = keep out of + trouble, keep on + the right track.
    * seguir + Posesivo + pasos = follow in + Posesivo + footsteps.
    * seguir progresando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * seguirse = ensue.
    * seguir siendo = remain.
    * seguir siendo + Adjetivo = remain + Adjetivo.
    * seguir siendo lo mismo = remain + the same.
    * seguir sin agraciarse con = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir sin haberse traducido = remain + untranslated.
    * seguir sin reconciliarse con = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir sin traducirse = remain + untranslated.
    * seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * seguir trabajando aceptando una limitación = work (a)round + shortcoming, work (a)round + limitation, work (a)round + constraints.
    * seguir trabajando así = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir trabajando bien = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir tratando = discuss + further.
    * seguir una dirección = follow + path, take + path.
    * seguir una escala = fall along + a continuum.
    * seguir una estrategia = take + tack.
    * seguir una filosofía = espouse + philosophy.
    * seguir una metodología = adopt + approach.
    * seguir una práctica = adopt + practice.
    * seguir una táctica = take + tack.
    * seguir una trayectoria = follow + track.
    * seguir un camino = take + path, take + direction, tread + path, walk + path.
    * seguir un camino diferente = strike out on + a different path.
    * seguir un consejo = take + advice.
    * seguir un curso de acción = follow + track.
    * seguir un método = take + approach.
    * seguir un modelo = embrace + model, conform to + image.
    * seguir unos pasos = follow + steps.
    * seguir un patrón = conform to + image.
    * seguir un principio = adopt + convention.
    * seguir un rumbo diferente = take + a different turn.
    * seguir + Verbo = still + Verbo.
    * seguir vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.
    * seguir viviendo = live on.
    * seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.
    * siguiendo = along.
    * siguiendo un estilo indicativo = indicatively.
    * si sigue así = at this rate.
    * si todo sigue igual = all (other) things being equal.
    * tiempo + seguir su marcha inexorable = time + march on.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <persona/vehículo/presa> to follow

    camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir — she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

    el que la sigue la consigue — (fam) if at first you don't succeed, try, try again

    2) <camino/ruta>

    siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puentego along o follow this road as far as the bridge

    3) ( en el tiempo) to follow

    seguir a algo/alguien — to follow something/somebody

    4)
    a) <instrucciones/consejo/flecha> to follow
    b) ( basarse en) <autor/teoría/método/tradición> to follow
    5)
    a) <trámite/procedimiento> to follow
    b) (Educ) < curso> to take

    estoy siguiendo un curso de fotografíaI'm doing o taking a photography course

    6)
    a) <explicaciones/profesor> to follow

    dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir — she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

    ¿me siguen? — are you with me?

    no sigo ese programa — I don't watch that program, I'm not following that program

    2.
    seguir vi
    1)
    a) ( por un camino) to go on

    siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle — keep o go straight on to the end of the street

    seguir de largo — (AmL) to go straight past

    b)
    c) (Col, Ven) ( entrar)

    siga por favor — come in, please

    2) (en lugar, estado)

    ¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? — are your parents still in Geneva?

    sigue soltera/tan bonita como siempre — she's still single/as pretty as ever

    si las cosas siguen así... — if things carry on like this...

    si sigue así de trabajador, llegará lejos — if he carries on working as hard as this, he'll go a long way

    3)
    a) tareas/buen tiempo/lluvia to continue; rumores to persist
    b)

    seguir + ger: sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone; sigue leyendo tú you read now; seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera — I'll go on o carry on doing it my way, I shall continue to do it my way (frml)

    4)
    a) (venir después, estar contiguo)
    b) historia/poema to continue

    ¿cómo sigue la canción? — how does the song go on?

    3.
    seguirse v pron (en 3a pers)

    de esto se sigue que... — it follows from this that...

    * * *
    = accord with, adhere to, chase, conform to, espouse, fit, follow, keep to, observe, pursue, run along, stay, stick to, proceed, overlay, carry on, go ahead, soldier on, succeed, hew to, overlie, keep up, roll on.

    Ex: So while that tracing may have accorded with a rule, it violated common sense.

    Ex: Since BC adheres closely to the educational and scientific consensus, BC found most favour with libraries in educational establishments.
    Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.
    Ex: These basic permutation rules are modified somewhat to conform to bibliographic requirements.
    Ex: Most respondents espoused the latter view as an appropriate response to IT developments to date.
    Ex: Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.
    Ex: An abstract covers all of the main points made in the original document, and usually follows the style and arrangement of the parent document.
    Ex: Obviously, once a choice of citation order has been made it must be kept to, otherwise, chaos will result.
    Ex: It is worth briefly observing a general approach to the creation of a data base.
    Ex: All effective indexes must have some common facets if only because the audience does not alter merely because the indexer chooses to pursue certain indexing practices.
    Ex: Whevener logical processes of thought are employed - that is, whenever thought for a time runs along an accepted groove - there is an opportunity for the machine.
    Ex: What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.
    Ex: It might be striking to outline the instrumentalities of the future more spectacularly, rather than to stick closely to methods and elements now known.
    Ex: Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.
    Ex: There may be a very flexible communication system that overlays the administrative structure, or there may be a fairly rigid pattern of communication that adheres to the administrative lines of authority.
    Ex: If a child detects that no very strong value is placed on reading then he feels no compulsion to develop his own reading skill beyond the minimal, functional level we all need simply to carry on our daily lives in our print-dominated society.
    Ex: A plan for the construction and implementation phases will be drawn up, if it is decided to go ahead = Si se decide continuar, se elaborará un plan para las fases de construcción y puesta en práctica.
    Ex: Russell soldiered on in 'Principles of Mathematics', he pleaded a distinction between analysis by way of philosophical definitions and analysis by way of mathematical definitions.
    Ex: In 1964 he was promoted to Associate Director of the Processing Department where he succeeded John Cronin as Director four years later.
    Ex: The structure adopted hews to the theoretical model of the resilient organization as described by Enright.
    Ex: The disputes between islanders and outsiders overlie the deeper problem of administrative denial of indigenous lagoon rights.
    Ex: He was told to ' keep up whatever it is he was doing' because he was doing great!.
    Ex: But to make matters worse, and as the drought rolls on, it is very likely that it won't rain again until October or November.
    * camino a seguir, el = way forward, the.
    * como siga así = at this rate.
    * como sigue = as follows.
    * debate + seguir = debate + rage.
    * difícil de seguir = heavy going.
    * el camino a seguir = the way ahead, the way to go.
    * hay que seguir adelante = the show must go on.
    * indicar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.
    * indicar el camino a seguir para = point + the way to.
    * las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.
    * la vida + seguir = life + go on.
    * modelos a seguir = lessons learned [lessons learnt].
    * mostrar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.
    * no saber cómo seguir = be stuck, get + stuck.
    * no seguir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.
    * pautas a seguir = best practices, lessons learned [lessons learnt].
    * pendiente de seguir la última moda = fashion-conscious.
    * procedimiento a seguir = code of practice.
    * que sigue = ensuing.
    * que sigue una norma = compliant (with).
    * que uno sigue a su propio ritmo = self-paced, self-guided.
    * resignarse y seguir adelante = bite + the bullet.
    * seguir activo = remain + in being, remain + in place.
    * seguir adelante = go forward, forge + ahead, forge + forward, go ahead, go straight ahead, carry through, move along, move forward, press forward (with), move + forward, continue on + Posesivo + way, move on.
    * seguir adelante con = go ahead with, stick with.
    * seguir a flote = stay in + business, stay + afloat.
    * seguir al día = remain on top of.
    * seguir Algo al pie de la letra = follow + Nombre + to the letter.
    * seguir Algo a rajatabla = follow + Nombre + to the letter.
    * seguir al pie de la letra = keep + strictly to the letter.
    * seguir al pie del cañón = soldier on.
    * seguir a rajatabla = keep + strictly to the letter.
    * seguir así = keep + it up, keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.
    * seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * seguir caminando = continue on + Posesivo + way.
    * seguir como antes = go on + as before.
    * seguir como modelo = pattern.
    * seguir con = go on with, maintain + continuity, maintain + momentum, stick at.
    * seguir con Algo = take + Nombre + further.
    * seguir con el buen hacer = keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.
    * seguir con el control = stay in + control.
    * seguir con el mando = stay in + control.
    * seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.
    * seguir considerando = consider + further.
    * seguir de cerca = monitor, stay in + control, keep + track of.
    * seguir desarrollando = develop + further.
    * seguir el buen camino = keep on + the right track, keep on + the straight and narrow.
    * seguir el camino de la verdad = keep on + the straight and narrow.
    * seguir el camino más ético = take + the high ground, take + the high road.
    * seguir el debate = follow + the thread.
    * seguir el ejemplo = follow + the lead, take after.
    * seguir el ejemplo de = take + Posesivo + cue from, take + a cue from.
    * seguir el ejemplo de Alguien = take + a leaf out of + Posesivo + book, follow + Posesivo + example.
    * seguir el hilo = follow + the thread.
    * seguir el ritmo de Algo o Alguien = keep up with + pace.
    * seguir en contacto = stay + tuned.
    * seguir en contacto (con) = stay in + touch (with), keep in + touch (with).
    * seguir en existencia = remain + in being.
    * seguir en la brecha = soldier on.
    * seguir en pie = hold + Posesivo + own, hold up.
    * seguir entre los primeros = remain on top.
    * seguir enviando + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.
    * seguir este camino = go along + this road.
    * seguir este rumbo = proceed + along this way.
    * seguir + Gerundio = keep on + Gerundio.
    * seguir haciéndolo así = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir haciéndolo bien = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir haciendo lo mismo = business as usual.
    * seguir igual = be none the worse for wear.
    * seguir inmediatamente = fast on the heels of, on the heels of.
    * seguir inmediatamente a = come on + the heels of.
    * seguir irreconciliable con = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir la conversación = follow + the thread.
    * seguir la corazonada de uno = play + Posesivo + hunches.
    * seguir la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.
    * seguir la iniciativa = follow + the lead.
    * seguir la marcha de = monitor.
    * seguir la moda = catch + the fever.
    * seguir la pista = follow up, track, follow through, shadow, track down.
    * seguir la pista a un documento = chase + item.
    * seguir la pista de = keep + track of.
    * seguir la trayectoria = follow up, follow through.
    * seguirle el juego a, seguirle la corriente a = play along with.
    * seguirle la corriente a = play along with.
    * seguir levantado = stay up.
    * seguir líneas diferentes = be on different lines.
    * seguir lo mismo = remain + the same.
    * seguir los pasos de = follow in + the footsteps of.
    * seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * seguir opuesto a = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir por delante de = keep + one step ahead of.
    * seguir por el buen camino = keep out of + trouble, keep on + the right track.
    * seguir + Posesivo + pasos = follow in + Posesivo + footsteps.
    * seguir progresando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * seguirse = ensue.
    * seguir siendo = remain.
    * seguir siendo + Adjetivo = remain + Adjetivo.
    * seguir siendo lo mismo = remain + the same.
    * seguir sin agraciarse con = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir sin haberse traducido = remain + untranslated.
    * seguir sin reconciliarse con = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir sin traducirse = remain + untranslated.
    * seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * seguir trabajando aceptando una limitación = work (a)round + shortcoming, work (a)round + limitation, work (a)round + constraints.
    * seguir trabajando así = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir trabajando bien = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir tratando = discuss + further.
    * seguir una dirección = follow + path, take + path.
    * seguir una escala = fall along + a continuum.
    * seguir una estrategia = take + tack.
    * seguir una filosofía = espouse + philosophy.
    * seguir una metodología = adopt + approach.
    * seguir una práctica = adopt + practice.
    * seguir una táctica = take + tack.
    * seguir una trayectoria = follow + track.
    * seguir un camino = take + path, take + direction, tread + path, walk + path.
    * seguir un camino diferente = strike out on + a different path.
    * seguir un consejo = take + advice.
    * seguir un curso de acción = follow + track.
    * seguir un método = take + approach.
    * seguir un modelo = embrace + model, conform to + image.
    * seguir unos pasos = follow + steps.
    * seguir un patrón = conform to + image.
    * seguir un principio = adopt + convention.
    * seguir un rumbo diferente = take + a different turn.
    * seguir + Verbo = still + Verbo.
    * seguir vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.
    * seguir viviendo = live on.
    * seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.
    * siguiendo = along.
    * siguiendo un estilo indicativo = indicatively.
    * si sigue así = at this rate.
    * si todo sigue igual = all (other) things being equal.
    * tiempo + seguir su marcha inexorable = time + march on.

    * * *
    seguir [ I30 ]
    vt
    A ‹persona/vehículo› to follow; ‹presa› to follow
    sígame, por favor follow me, please
    la hizo seguir por un detective he had her followed by a detective
    camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her
    siga (a) ese coche follow that car!
    creo que nos están siguiendo I think we're being followed
    la siguió con la mirada he followed her with his eyes
    le venían siguiendo los movimientos desde hacía meses they had been watching his movements for months
    seguidos cada vez más de cerca por los japoneses with the Japanese catching up o gaining on them all the time
    la mala suerte la seguía a todas partes she was dogged by bad luck wherever she went
    el que la sigue la consigue or la mata ( fam); if at first you don't succeed, try, try again
    B ‹camino/ruta›
    siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente go along o take o follow this road as far as the bridge
    continuamos el viaje siguiendo la costa we continued our journey following the coast
    me paré a saludarla y seguí mi camino I stopped to say hello to her and went on my way
    si se sigue este camino se pasa por Capileira if you take this route you go through Capileira
    seguimos las huellas del animal hasta el río we tracked the animal to the river
    la enfermedad sigue su curso normal the illness is taking o running its normal course
    el tour sigue la ruta de Bolívar the tour follows the route taken by Bolivar
    siguiéndole los pasos al hermano mayor, decidió estudiar medicina following in his elder brother's footsteps, he decided to study medicine
    C (en el tiempo) to follow seguir A algo/algn to follow sth/sb
    los disturbios que siguieron a la manifestación the disturbances that followed the demonstration
    el hermano que me sigue está en Asunción the brother who comes after me is in Asunción
    D
    1 ‹instrucciones/consejo› to follow
    tienes que seguir el dictamen de tu conciencia you must be guided by your conscience
    2 (basarse en) ‹autor/teoría/método› to follow
    en su clasificación sigue a Sheldon he follows Sheldon in his classification
    sus esculturas siguen el modelo clásico her sculptures are in the classical style
    sigue a Kant she's a follower of Kant's philosophy
    sigue las líneas establecidas por nuestro fundador it follows the lines laid down by our founder
    E
    1 ‹trámite/procedimiento› to follow
    va a tener que seguir un tratamiento especial/una dieta hipocalórica you will have to undergo special treatment/follow a low-calorie diet
    se seguirá contra usted el procedimiento de suspensión del permiso de conducción steps will be taken leading to the withdrawal of your driver's license
    2 ( Educ) ‹curso› to take
    estoy siguiendo un cursillo de fotografía I'm doing o taking a short photography course
    ¿qué carrera piensas seguir? what are you thinking of studying o reading?
    F
    1 ‹explicaciones/profesor› to follow
    dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up
    me cuesta seguir una conversación en francés I find it hard to follow a conversation in French
    ¿me siguen? are you with me?
    2
    (permanecer atento a): no sigo ese programa I don't watch that program, I'm not following that program
    sigue atentamente el curso de los acontecimientos he's following the course of events very closely
    sigue paso a paso la vida de su ídolo she keeps track of every detail of her idol's life
    seguimos muy de cerca su desarrollo we are keeping careful track of its development, we are following its development very closely
    ■ seguir
    vi
    A
    1 (por un camino) to go on
    siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle keep o go straight on to the end of the street
    sigue por esta calle hasta el semáforo go on down this street as far as the traffic lights
    el tren sigue hasta Salto the train goes on to Salto
    desde allí hay que seguir a pie/en mula from there you have to go on on foot/by mule
    2
    seguir adelante: ¿entienden? bien, entonces sigamos adelante do you understand? good, then let's carry on
    llueve ¿regresamos? — no, sigamos adelante it's raining, shall we go back? — no, let's go on o carry on
    resolvieron seguir adelante con los planes they decided to go ahead with their plans
    3
    ( Col) (entrar): siga por favor come in, please
    B
    (en un lugar, un estado): ¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? are your parents still in Geneva?
    espero que sigan todos bien I hope you're all keeping well
    ¿sigues con la idea de mudarte? do you still intend to move?, are you still thinking of moving?
    sigo sin entender I still don't understand
    sigue soltera/tan bonita como siempre she's still single/as pretty as ever
    si sigue así de trabajador, llegará lejos if he carries on working as hard as this, he'll go a long way
    C
    1
    «tareas/investigaciones/rumores»: siguen las investigaciones en torno al crimen investigations are continuing into the crime
    sigue el buen tiempo en todo el país the good weather is continuing throughout the country, the whole country is still enjoying good weather
    si siguen estos rumores if these rumors persist
    2 seguir + GER:
    sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone
    sigue leyendo tú, Elsa you read now, Elsa
    si sigues molestando te voy a echar if you carry on being a nuisance, I'm going to send you out
    seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera I'll go on o carry on doing it my way, I shall continue to do it my way ( frml)
    D
    1
    (venir después, estar contiguo): lee lo que sigue read what follows, read what comes next
    el capítulo que sigue the next chapter
    me bajo en la parada que sigue I get off at the next stop
    sigue una hora de música clásica there follows an hour of classical music
    2 «historia/poema» to continue
    ¿cómo sigue la canción? how does the song go on?
    [ S ] sigue en la página 8 continued on page 8
    la lista definitiva ha quedado como sigue the final list is as follows
    ( en tercera persona) seguirse DE algo to follow FROM sth
    de esto se sigue que su muerte no fue accidental it follows from this that her death was not accidental
    * * *

     

    seguir ( conjugate seguir) verbo transitivo
    1persona/vehículo/presa to follow;
    camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

    2camino/ruta to follow, go along;
    siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente go along o follow this road as far as the bridge;

    la saludé y seguí mi camino I said hello to her and went on (my way);
    la enfermedad sigue su curso normal the illness is running its normal course
    3
    a)instrucciones/consejo/flecha to follow

    b)autor/método/tradición/moda to follow;


    4
    a)trámite/procedimiento to follow;

    tratamiento to undergo
    b) (Educ) ‹ curso to do, take

    5explicaciones/profesor to follow;
    dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

    verbo intransitivo
    1

    siga derecho or todo recto keep o go straight on;

    seguir de largo (AmL) to go straight past
    b)


    resolvieron seguir adelante con los planes they decided to go ahead with their plans
    c) (Col, Ven) ( entrar):

    siga por favor come in, please

    2 (en lugar, estado):
    ¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? are your parents still in Geneva?;

    espero que sigan todos bien I hope you're all keeping well;
    sigue soltera she's still single;
    si las cosas siguen así … if things carry on like this …
    3 [tareas/buen tiempo/lluvia] to continue;
    [ rumores] to persist;

    seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera I'll go on o carry on doing it my way
    4


    el capítulo que sigue the next chapter
    b) [historia/poema] to continue, go on

    seguir
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to follow: ésta es la hermana que me sigue, she's the sister who comes after me
    me sigue a todas partes, he follows me wherever I go
    me seguía con la mirada, his eyes followed me
    2 (comprender) to understand, follow: no soy capaz de seguir el argumento, I can't follow the plot
    3 (una ruta, un camino, consejo) to follow
    4 (el ritmo, la moda) to keep: no sigues el ritmo, you aren't keeping time
    5 (el rastro, las huellas) to track
    6 (una actividad) sigue un curso de informática, she's doing a computer course
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (continuar) to keep (on), go on: seguiremos mañana, we'll continue tomorrow
    siguen casados, they are still married
    sigue tirando de la cuerda, keep (on) pulling at the rope ➣ Ver nota en continue y keep 2 (extenderse, llegar hasta) to stretch (out): los sembrados siguen hasta la ribera, the fields stretch down to the river-bank
    ' seguir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atorarse
    - continuar
    - escala
    - golpe
    - impulsar
    - juego
    - profesar
    - rastrear
    - ritmo
    - sino
    - suceder
    - trece
    - adelante
    - bordear
    - camino
    - cauce
    - cerca
    - línea
    - llevar
    - moda
    - paso
    - perro
    - racha
    - separar
    - siga
    - sigo
    - trazar
    - ver
    English:
    act on
    - advice
    - along
    - carry on
    - closely
    - continue
    - despite
    - ensue
    - fight on
    - follow
    - follow up
    - forge
    - get on
    - go ahead
    - go on
    - go through with
    - hope
    - hotly
    - keep
    - keep on
    - lead
    - march on
    - monitor
    - move on
    - obey
    - pick up
    - play on
    - play upon
    - practice
    - practise
    - press ahead
    - proceed
    - pursue
    - push ahead
    - push on
    - rattle on
    - reasoning
    - run on
    - send on
    - shadow
    - soldier on
    - stalk
    - stand
    - stay out
    - struggle on
    - succeed
    - tail
    - take
    - track
    - trail
    * * *
    vt
    1. [ir detrás de, tomar la ruta de] to follow;
    tú ve delante, que yo te sigo you go ahead, I'll follow o I'll go behind;
    síganme, por favor follow me, please;
    la generación que nos sigue o [m5] que sigue a la nuestra the next generation, the generation after us;
    sigue este sendero hasta llegar a un bosque follow this path until you come to a forest;
    seguir el rastro de alguien/algo to follow sb's/sth's tracks;
    siga la flecha [en letrero] follow the arrow
    2. [perseguir] to follow;
    me parece que nos siguen I think we're being followed;
    parece que le siguen los problemas trouble seems to follow him around wherever he goes;
    el que la sigue la consigue where there's a will there's a way
    3. [estar atento a, imitar, obedecer] to follow;
    seguían con la vista la trayectoria de la bola they followed the ball with their eyes;
    no seguimos ese programa we don't follow that programme;
    seguir algo de cerca [su desarrollo, sus resultados] to follow o monitor sth closely;
    siempre sigue los dictámenes de la moda she always follows the latest fashion;
    los que siguen a Keynes followers of Keynes;
    el cuadro sigue una línea clásica the painting is classical in style;
    seguir las órdenes/instrucciones de alguien to follow sb's orders/instructions;
    sigue mi consejo y habla con ella take my advice and talk to her;
    siguiendo sus indicaciones, hemos cancelado el pedido we have cancelled the order as instructed
    4. [reanudar, continuar] to continue, to resume;
    yo seguí mi trabajo/camino I continued with my work/on my way;
    él siguió su discurso he continued o resumed his speech
    5. [comprender] [explicación, profesor, conferenciante] to follow;
    me costaba seguirle I found her hard to follow;
    ¿me sigues? do you follow?, are you with me?
    6. [mantener, someterse a] to follow;
    hay que seguir un cierto orden you have to follow o do things in a certain order;
    seguiremos el procedimiento habitual we will follow the usual procedure;
    es difícil seguirle (el ritmo), va muy deprisa it's hard to keep up with him, he goes very quickly;
    los aspirantes elegidos seguirán un proceso de formación the chosen candidates will receive o undergo training
    7. [cursar]
    sigue un curso de italiano he's doing an Italian course;
    sigue la carrera de medicina she's studying medicine
    vi
    1. [proseguir, no detenerse] to continue, to go on;
    ¡sigue, no te pares! go o carry on, don't stop!;
    aquí se baja él, yo sigo [al taxista] he's getting out here, I'm going on;
    siga con su trabajo carry on with your work;
    el sendero sigue hasta la cima the path continues o carries on to the top;
    "sigue la crisis en la bolsa de Tokio" Tokyo stock market crisis continues;
    debes seguir haciéndolo you should keep on o carry on doing it;
    ¿vas a seguir intentándolo? are you going to keep trying?;
    se seguían viendo de vez en cuando they still saw each other from time to time, they continued to see each other from time to time;
    seguir adelante (con algo) [con planes, proyectos] to go ahead (with sth)
    2. [mantenerse, permanecer]
    sigue enferma/en el hospital she's still ill/in hospital;
    ¿qué tal sigue la familia? how's the family getting on o keeping?;
    todo sigue igual everything's still the same, nothing has changed;
    sigue el buen tiempo en el sur del país the good weather in the south of the country is continuing;
    sigo trabajando en la fábrica I'm still working at the factory;
    ¿la sigues queriendo? do you still love her?;
    sigo pensando que está mal I still think it's wrong;
    sigue habiendo dudas sobre… doubts remain about…;
    ¡buen trabajo, sigue así! good work, keep it up!;
    si seguimos jugando así, ganaremos la liga if we carry on o keep playing like that, we'll win the league;
    Fam
    a seguir bien [como despedida] take care, look after yourself;
    de seguir así las cosas, si las cosas siguen así if things go on like this, the way things are going
    3. [tomar un camino]
    el resto siguió por otro camino the rest went another way;
    seguiremos hacia el este we'll go east then;
    siga todo recto go straight on;
    siga hasta el siguiente semáforo carry on till you get to the next set of traffic lights
    4. [sucederse, ir después] to follow;
    lo que sigue es una cita del Corán the following is a quotation from the Koran;
    seguir a algo to follow sth;
    la lluvia siguió a los truenos the thunder was followed by rain;
    ¿cómo sigue el chiste? how does the joke go on o continue?;
    el proceso de selección se realizará como sigue:… the selection process will be carried out as follows:…;
    sigue en la página 20 [en periódico, libro] continued on page 20
    5. Col [para dar permiso] please do;
    con permiso, ¿puedo entrar? – siga excuse me, can I come in? – please do
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 consejo, camino, moda etc follow;
    seguir a alguien follow s.o.
    :
    seguir fiel a alguien remain faithful to s.o.
    II v/i continue, carry on;
    seguir con algo continue with sth, carry on with sth;
    seguir haciendo algo go on doing sth, continue to do sth;
    sigue cometiendo los mismos errores he keeps on making the same mistakes;
    sigue enfadado conmigo he’s still angry with me;
    ¡a seguir bien! take care!, take it easy!
    * * *
    seguir {75} vt
    1) : to follow
    el sol sigue la lluvia: sunshine follows the rain
    seguiré tu consejo: I'll follow your advice
    me siguieron con la mirada: they followed me with their eyes
    2) : to go along, to keep on
    seguimos toda la carretera panamericana: we continued along the PanAmerican Highway
    siguió hablando: he kept on talking
    seguir el curso: to stay on course
    3) : to take (a course, a treatment)
    seguir vi
    1) : to go on, to keep going
    sigue adelante: keep going, carry on
    2) : to remain, to continue to be
    ¿todavía sigues aquí?: you're still here?
    sigue con vida: she's still alive
    3) : to follow, to come after
    la frase que sigue: the following sentence
    * * *
    seguir vb
    1. (en general) to follow
    3. (recorrer) to go on
    ¡sigue! No te pares go on! Don't stop!
    4. (continuar) to be still

    Spanish-English dictionary > seguir

  • 62 effettivamente

    ( in effetti) in fact
    * * *
    effettivamente avv. actually; really; in fact; indeed: bisogna ammettere che effettivamente ha studiato molto, you have to admit that he has really studied hard; vorrei sapere cosa avete effettivamente detto, I'd like to know what you actually said; effettivamente hai ragione tu, in fact you're right.
    * * *
    [effettiva'mente]
    avverbio (davvero) actually, really
    * * *
    effettivamente
    /effettiva'mente/
    (davvero) actually, really; il problema è effettivamente complesso the problem is indeed complex.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > effettivamente

  • 63 сложный

    1) ( составной) compound; complex

    сло́жное сло́во лингв. — compound / composite [-zɪt] word

    сло́жное предложе́ние грам. (сложноподчинённое) — compound sentence; ( сложносочинённое) complex sentence

    сло́жное число́ мат.complex number

    сло́жные проце́нты мат.compound interest sg

    2) ( трудный) complicated, complex, difficult

    сло́жный вопро́с — complicated question; knotty problem

    3) ( запутанный) intricate; (о сюжете и т.п.) involved

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > сложный

  • 64 weit

    I Adj.
    1. wide; (ausgedehnt) extensive; stärker: vast, immense; Entfernung, Weg: long; von weitem from a distance; ich sah sie von weitem kommen I could see her coming in the distance; man konnte seine Fahne von weitem riechen umg. you could smell his breath a mile away; in weiten Abständen räumlich: widely spaced; zeitlich: at long intervals; weiter Blick über das Land commanding view of the countryside ( oder landscape)
    2. fig.: weites Gewissen elastic conscience; ein weites Herz haben have a big heart; weiter Horizont broad outlook; im weitesten Sinne in the broadest sense (of the word); weiter Begriff etc. broad concept etc.; weite Teile der Bevölkerung large parts of the population
    3. (lose) loose (auch TECH.); Kleid etc.: wide, loose; die Hose ist viel zu weit the trousers (Am. pants) are much (Am. way) too big; ein Kleid weit machen let out; Feld, Kreis etc.
    II Adv.
    1. far, wide(ly); schneller, höher, weiter - darum geht es im Sport going faster, higher, or further - that’s what sport is (Am. sports are) all about; er springt sieben Meter weit he can jump (a distance of) seven met|res (Am. -ers); weiter ist bisher niemand gekommen nobody has gone further to date; weit daneben fig. wide of (way off umg.) the mark
    2. bequem weit geschnitten Mantel etc.: roomy, comfortably loose-fitting; weit offen wide open; weit oben high up; fig., SPORT well-placed ( oder high up) in the (league) table
    3. weit entfernt far away; eine Meile weit entfernt a mile away; weit entfernt von a long way from; fig. a far cry from; weit davon entfernt sein, etw. zu tun fig. be far from doing s.th., be not about to do s.th. umg.; ich bin weit davon entfernt, das zu tun! I’ve (absolutely) no intention of doing that
    4. kein Mensch etc. weit und breit not a soul etc. to be seen ( oder as far as the eye could see); weit und breit der Beste etc. far and away the best etc., the best etc. by far; daneben etc.
    5. fig.: weit bekannt attr. widely-known..., präd. widely known; weit gefehlt! far from it; es ist nicht weit her mit... umg.... isn’t (aren’t) up to much; weit vom Thema abkommen get right off the subject; das liegt weit zurück that’s a long way back, that was a long time ago; das Geld reicht nicht weit the money won’t go far; es weit bringen ( im Leben) go far, go places; zu weit gehen oder es zu weit treiben go too far, overshoot the mark; das geht zu weit that’s going too far, that’s a bit much umg.; ich bin so weit I’m ready; wie weit bist du? how far have you got?; wenn es so weit ist when the time comes; so weit ist es nun gekommen? has it come to that?; es ist noch nicht so weit, dass... things haven’t yet come to the point where; er ist so weit genesen, dass er... kann he’s recovered to the extent of being able to (+Inf.)
    6. fig., vor Komp.: weit besser etc. far better etc.; bei weitem besser etc. far (Am. umg. way) better etc., bei weitem der Beste etc. by far ( oder far and away) the best etc.; bei weitem nicht so gut etc. not nearly as good etc.; weit über sechzig well over sixty; weit nach Mitternacht long after (Am. auch way past) midnight
    7. mit Part. Präs.: weit gehend extensive; Auswirkungen: far-reaching; Unterstützung: broad; weiter gehend further; weiter gehende Auswirkungen etc. more far-reaching ( oder broader) implications etc.; ein weiter gehendes Problem a larger issue; die weiter gehende Zusammenarbeit / Frage etc. wider ( oder more extensive) cooperation / the wider ( oder broader) question etc.; weit greifend far-reaching; weit reichend Entscheidung etc.: far-reaching; Diskussion etc.: wide-ranging; MIL. attr. long-range...; weit tragend Rakete etc.: long-range; fig., Konsequenzen: far-reaching; (breit gefächert) wide-ranging
    8. mit P.P.: weit gedehnt extensive; weit gefächert wide-ranging; weit gefasst broad; weit gereist attr. widely-travel(l)ed; weit gereist sein auch have been around umg.; weit gespannt fig., Erwartungen etc.: broad; weit gesteckt Ziel: long-range, long-term; ( ziemlich) weit hergeholt (a bit) far-fetched; weit verbreitet widespread; Ansicht: auch widely held; Zeitung: widely read; weit verbreiteter Irrtum auch popular fallacy, widely-held misconception; weit verzweigt intricate, complex; Weite1, weiter
    * * *
    much (Adv.); far (Adv.);
    (Ausdehnung) spacious (Adj.); extensive (Adj.); large (Adj.); wide (Adj.);
    (Breite) broad (Adj.);
    (Entfernung) far (Adj.); long (Adj.)
    * * *
    [vait]
    1. ADJEKTIV
    1) = breit wide; Pupille dilated; Meer open; Begriff broad; Unterschied, Herz big
    2) = lang Weg, Reise, Wurf etc long

    in weiten Abständen — widely spaced; (zeitlich) at long intervals

    in weiter Ferne — far in the distance, a long way away

    das liegt (noch) in weiter Ferne — it's still a long way away; (zeitlich auch) it's still in the distant future, it's still a long way off

    seid ihr schon so weit, dass ihr anfangen könnt? — are you ready to start?

    es ist/war bald so weit — the time has/had nearly come

    wie lange dauert es noch, bis der Film anfängt? – es ist gleich so weit — how long will it be till the film starts? – not long, it'll start any minute now

    2. ADVERB
    1) Entfernung far

    weiter — further, farther

    am weitesten — (the) furthest, (the) farthest

    Bremen ist 10 km weit — Bremen is 10 kms away, it's 10 kms to Bremen

    3,60 m weit springen — to jump 3m 60

    (sehr) weit springen/fahren — to jump/drive a (very) long way

    weit gereistwidely travelled (Brit) or traveled (US)

    weit am Anfang/Ende/Rand — right at the beginning/end/edge

    weit gestecktambitious◆ weit entfernt far away, a long way away

    ich bin weit davon entfernt, das zu tun — I have no intention of doing that

    der Prototyp ist weit davon entfernt, in Serie gebaut zu werden — the prototype is a long way from being ready for mass-production

    2) = breit offen, öffnen wide; verzweigt, herumkommen widely

    weit ausholend (Geste etc) — expansive; (fig) Erzählung etc long-drawn-out, long-winded

    3)

    in Entwicklung weit fortgeschritten — far or well advanced

    wie weit ist das Essen? — how far have you/they etc got with the food?

    so weit, so gut — so far so good

    jdn so weit bringen, dass... — to bring sb to the point where...

    es so weit bringen, dass... — to bring it about that...

    sie hat es so weit gebracht, dass man sie entließ — she drove them to dismiss her

    4)

    zeitlich es ist noch weit (hin) bis Ostern — Easter is still a long way off

    5) = erheblich far
    6)

    andere Wendungen◆ zu weit zu weit gehen — to go too far

    bei Weitem nicht so gut etc (wie...) — not nearly as good etc (as...)

    das ist nicht weit her (inf)that's not up to much (Brit inf), that's nothing to write home about (inf)

    damit ist es nicht weit her (inf)this isn't up to much (Brit inf), this isn't much use

    * * *
    1) (indicating distance, progress etc: How far is it from here to his house?) far
    2) (at or to a long way away: She went far away/off.) far
    3) (very much: She was a far better swimmer than her friend (was).) far
    4) ((of clothes) containing a large amount of material: a full skirt.) full
    5) ((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) way
    6) (to a great or considerable extent: He is well over fifty.) well
    7) wide
    9) (with a great distance from top to bottom or side to side: He opened his eyes wide.) wide
    * * *
    [vait]
    I. adj
    1. MODE (locker sitzend) loose, baggy
    etw \weiter machen to let sth out
    2. (räumlich) wide, vast; Pupillen dilated; Meer open
    man hat hier einen \weiten Blick [o eine \weite Sicht] you can see a long way from here
    das Herz wurde mir \weit (geh) my heart swelled [with emotion]
    in \weiter Ferne far in the distance, in the far distance
    Paris liegt noch in \weiter Ferne Paris is still a long way away
    das \weite suchen to take to one's heels
    ein \weiter Weg a long way
    in die \weite Welt ziehen to go out into the big wide world
    ein \weiter Wurf a long throw; s.a. Abstand
    3. (zeitlich) long
    bis dahin ist es noch \weit it will be a long time yet before we get there
    das liegt [noch] in \weiter Ferne it's still in the distant future
    in \weiten Abständen at long intervals
    eine \weite Reise a long journey
    4. (fig: groß) Begriff broad
    das ist ein \weites Feld that is a big subject
    \weite Kreise [o Teile] der Bevölkerung large sections [or parts] of the population
    im \weiteren Sinn in the broader sense; s.a. Feld
    II. adv
    1. (eine lange Strecke) far, a long way
    \weiter further, farther
    am \weitesten [the] furthest, farthest
    hast du es noch \weit [nach Hause]? have you got a long way to go [to get home]?
    ja, es ist noch \weit yes, it's still a long way
    wie \weit bist du gesprungen? how far did you jump?
    ich bin 4 Meter \weit gesprungen I jumped [a distance of] 4 metres
    wie \weit ist Paris? how far is Paris?
    es ist noch \weit bis Paris it's still a long way to Paris
    Paris ist 500 km weit Paris is 500 km away [or off]
    er ist \weit herumgekommen he has got around a good deal
    \weit am Anfang/Ende/Rand right at the beginning/end/edge
    ziemlich \weit am Ende fairly near the end
    \weit entfernt [o weg] sein [von etw] to be far away [from sth]
    \weit entfernt [o weg] wohnen to live far away
    [sehr] \weit fahren/gehen to drive/go a [very] long way
    \weit gereist well [or widely] travelled [or AM usu traveled]
    es noch \weit haben to have a long way to go
    \weit hergeholt sein to be far-fetched
    ... Meter \weit springen to jump... meters
    von \weitem from far away [or geh afar]
    von \weit her from far [or a long way] away
    5 cm \weit 5 cm wide
    \weit geöffnet wide open
    \weit verzweigt TRANSP widely spread pred; Unternehmen with many branches pred
    etw \weit öffnen to open sth wide
    3. (fig: in der Entwicklung, im Handeln) far
    wie \weit bist du? how far have you got?
    wie \weit bist du mit dem Essen? how far have you got with the food?
    sie wird es [im Leben] einmal \weit bringen she will go far one [in life] of these days
    sie hat es \weit gebracht she has come a long way [or got on in the world]
    so \weit ist es schon mit dir gekommen? have things come to that with you?
    so \weit wollen wir es gar nicht kommen lassen we do not want to let it come to that
    der Frühling ist schon ziemlich \weit spring is already quite [far] advanced
    sein Einfluss reicht sehr \weit his influence is far-reaching
    jdn so \weit bringen, dass er/sie etw tut to bring sb to the point where he/she does sth
    es [noch] so \weit bringen, dass etw passiert/dass jd etw tut to bring it about that sth happens/sb does sth
    er hat es so \weit gebracht, dass man ihm gekündigt hat he drove them to the point of dismissing him
    \weit fortgeschritten [o gediehen] sein to be far [or well] advanced
    es gedeiht noch so \weit, dass... it will come to [or reach] the point [or stage] where...
    mit jdm/etw ist es \weit gediehen sb has gone far/sth has progressed a great deal
    so \weit gehen, etw zu tun to go so far as to do sth
    mit etw [nicht] \weit kommen to [not] get far with sth
    jdn \weit hinter sich akk lassen to leave sb far behind
    das würde zu \weit führen that would be getting too far away from the issue
    es würde zu \weit führen, das jetzt alles zu analysieren it would be too much to analyse it all now
    zu \weit gehen to go too far
    das geht [entschieden] zu \weit! that's [definitely] going [or taking it] too far!
    etw [o es mit etw] zu \weit treiben to overdo sth, to carry sth too far
    jetzt hast du es zu \weit getrieben! now you've taken it too far!
    \weit über 80 well over 80
    das hat unsere Erwartungen \weit übertroffen that far exceeded our expectations
    \weit bekannt widely known
    \weit blickend sein to have vision, to be far-sighted [or visionary]
    \weit gehend extensive, far-reaching
    \weit gehende Übereinstimmung/Unterstützung extensive agreement/support
    ich habe das Problem \weit gehend alleine gelöst to a large extent I managed to solve the problem myself
    \weit greifend [o tragend] [o reichend] far-reaching
    \weit verbreitet widespread, common
    eine \weit verbreitete Meinung a widely-held [or common] view
    bei \weitem/bei \weitem nicht by far/not nearly [or not by a long shot]
    bei \weitem besser/schöner als... far better/more beautiful than..., better/more beautiful than... by far
    das ist bei \weitem nicht alles that's not nearly all [or not all by a long way]
    das ist bei \weitem nicht so gut wie... that's nowhere near as good as...
    es ist noch \weit bis Weihnachten there's still a long way to go till Christmas
    \weit zurückliegen to be a long way back [or far back in the past]
    \weit nach Mitternacht well after midnight
    [bis] \weit in die Nacht [till] late into the night
    7.
    \weit und breit for miles around
    \weit und breit war niemand zu sehen there was no one to be seen anywhere
    \weit gefehlt! (geh) quite the opposite!, you're way out! BRIT fam [or fam way off!]
    so \weit, so gut (prov) so far so good prov
    mit etw dat ist es nicht \weit her (fam) sth is nothing much to write home about fam
    damit/mit ihm ist es nicht \weit her this/he isn't up to much
    so \weit kommt es [noch] (fam) you'd like that, wouldn't you! fam
    * * *
    1.
    1) wide; long <way, journey, etc.>; (fig.) broad < concept>

    im weiteren Sinn(fig.) in the broader sense

    das Weite suchen(fig.) take to one's heels

    jemandem zu weit sein< clothes> be too loose on somebody

    einen Rock weiter machen — let out a skirt; s. auch weiter...

    2.
    1)

    weit verbreitet — widespread; common; common <plant, animal>

    weit verzweigtextensive < network>; < firm> with many [different] branches

    weit herumgekommen sein — have got around a good deal; have travelled widely

    weit [entfernt od. weg] wohnen — live a long way away or off; live far away

    weit reichend — long-range; (fig.) far-reaching <importance, consequences>; sweeping <changes, powers>; extensive <relations, influence>

    15 km weit — 15 km. away

    von weit her — from far away; (fig.)

    es würde zu weit führen, das alles jetzt zu analysieren — it would be too much to analyse it all now

    etwas zu weit treiben, es mit etwas zu weit treiben — overdo something; carry something too far

    so weit, so gut — so far, so good; s. auch entfernt 1); hersein 3)

    weit zurückliegenbe a long way back or a long time ago

    5) (weitaus) far

    bei weitem — by far; by a long way

    bei weitem nicht so gut wie... — nowhere near as good as...; s. auch gefehlt 2.; weiter

    * * *
    A. adj
    1. wide; (ausgedehnt) extensive; stärker: vast, immense; Entfernung, Weg: long;
    von Weitem from a distance;
    ich sah sie von Weitem kommen I could see her coming in the distance;
    man konnte seine Fahne von Weitem riechen umg you could smell his breath a mile away;
    in weiten Abständen räumlich: widely spaced; zeitlich: at long intervals;
    weiter Blick über das Land commanding view of the countryside ( oder landscape)
    2. fig:
    weites Gewissen elastic conscience;
    ein weites Herz haben have a big heart;
    weiter Horizont broad outlook;
    im weitesten Sinne in the broadest sense (of the word);
    weiter Begriff etc broad concept etc;
    weite Teile der Bevölkerung large parts of the population
    3. (lose) loose ( auch TECH); Kleid etc: wide, loose;
    die Hose ist viel zu weit the trousers (US pants) are much (US way) too big;
    weit machen let out; Feld, Kreis etc
    B. adv
    1. far, wide(ly);
    schneller, höher, weiter - darum geht es im Sport going faster, higher, or further - that’s what sport is (US sports are) all about;
    er springt sieben Meter weit he can jump (a distance of) seven metres (US -ers);
    weiter ist bisher niemand gekommen nobody has gone further to date;
    weit daneben fig wide of (way off umg) the mark
    2.
    bequem weit geschnitten Mantel etc: roomy, comfortably loose-fitting;
    weit offen wide open;
    weit oben high up; fig, SPORT well-placed ( oder high up) in the (league) table
    3.
    weit entfernt far away;
    weit entfernt von a long way from; fig a far cry from;
    weit davon entfernt sein, etwas zu tun fig be far from doing sth, be not about to do sth umg;
    ich bin weit davon entfernt, das zu tun! I’ve (absolutely) no intention of doing that
    4.
    weit und breit not a soul etc to be seen ( oder as far as the eye could see);
    weit und breit der Beste etc far and away the best etc, the best etc by far; daneben etc
    5. fig:
    weit bekannt attr widely-known …, präd widely known;
    weit gefehlt! far from it;
    es ist nicht weit her mit … umg … isn’t (aren’t) up to much;
    weit vom Thema abkommen get right off the subject;
    das liegt weit zurück that’s a long way back, that was a long time ago;
    das Geld reicht nicht weit the money won’t go far;
    es weit bringen (im Leben) go far, go places;
    es zu weit treiben go too far, overshoot the mark;
    das geht zu weit that’s going too far, that’s a bit much umg;
    ich bin so weit I’m ready;
    wie weit bist du? how far have you got?;
    wenn es so weit ist when the time comes;
    so weit ist es nun gekommen? has it come to that?;
    es ist noch nicht so weit, dass … things haven’t yet come to the point where;
    er ist so weit genesen, dass er … kann he’s recovered to the extent of being able to (+inf)
    6. fig, vor komp:
    weit besser etc far better etc;
    bei Weitem besser etc far (US umg way) better etc,
    bei Weitem der Beste etc by far ( oder far and away) the best etc;
    bei Weitem nicht so gut etc not nearly as good etc;
    weit über sechzig well over sixty;
    weit nach Mitternacht long after (US auch way past) midnight
    7. mit ppr:
    weiter gehend further;
    weiter gehende Auswirkungen etc more far-reaching ( oder broader) implications etc;
    die weiter gehende Zusammenarbeit/Frage etc wider ( oder more extensive) cooperation/the wider ( oder broader) question etc;
    weit greifend far-reaching;
    8. mit pperf:
    weit gedehnt extensive;
    weit gefächert wide-ranging;
    weit gefasst broad;
    weit gereist attr widely-travel(l)ed;
    weit gereist sein auch have been around umg;
    weit gespannt fig, Erwartungen etc: broad;
    weit gesteckt Ziel: long-range, long-term;
    (ziemlich) weit hergeholt (a bit) far-fetched;
    * * *
    1.
    1) wide; long <way, journey, etc.>; (fig.) broad < concept>

    im weiteren Sinn(fig.) in the broader sense

    das Weite suchen(fig.) take to one's heels

    jemandem zu weit sein< clothes> be too loose on somebody

    einen Rock weiter machen — let out a skirt; s. auch weiter...

    2.
    1)

    weit verbreitet — widespread; common; common <plant, animal>

    weit verzweigtextensive < network>; < firm> with many [different] branches

    weit herumgekommen sein — have got around a good deal; have travelled widely

    weit [entfernt od. weg] wohnen — live a long way away or off; live far away

    weit reichend — long-range; (fig.) far-reaching <importance, consequences>; sweeping <changes, powers>; extensive <relations, influence>

    15 km weit — 15 km. away

    von weit her — from far away; (fig.)

    es würde zu weit führen, das alles jetzt zu analysieren — it would be too much to analyse it all now

    etwas zu weit treiben, es mit etwas zu weit treiben — overdo something; carry something too far

    so weit, so gut — so far, so good; s. auch entfernt 1); hersein 3)

    weit zurückliegenbe a long way back or a long time ago

    5) (weitaus) far

    bei weitem — by far; by a long way

    bei weitem nicht so gut wie... — nowhere near as good as...; s. auch gefehlt 2.; weiter

    * * *
    adj.
    ample adj.
    far adj.
    large adj.
    long adj.
    wide adj. adv.
    afar adv.
    widely adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > weit

  • 65 root cause analysis

    Gen Mgt
    a technique used in problem solving to identify the underlying reason why something has gone wrong or why a difficulty has arisen. The root cause of a problem may be identified by repeatedly asking the question “Why?”, by examining relationships of cause and effect, or by defining the distinctive features of the problem and developing a number of hypotheses that can be tested. Root cause analysis has been criticized on the grounds that it presupposes a single source for a problem, while in reality the situation may be more complex.

    The ultimate business dictionary > root cause analysis

  • 66 сложный

    complicated, complex, compound, composite, involved
    ... сложная область, достижение мастерства в которой занимает долгие годы. -... a difficult subject that takes many years to master.
    Более сложный пример доставляется (из рассмотрения и т. п.)... - A more complex example is afforded by...
    Бывают сложные ситуации, когда интуиция обманывается. - There are complex situations that baffle the intuition.
    В более сложных системах необходимо... - In more complicated systems, it is necessary to...
    В качестве несколько более сложного примера мы докажем, что... - As a slightly harder example we prove that...
    Возможна также (и) более сложная ситуация. - A more complicated situation is also possible.
    Мы не будем входить в рассмотрение этого сложного вопроса. -We shall not enter into this complicated question.
    Наше задание становится более сложным в случае... - The task at hand is more complicated in the case of...
    Не менее сложным является поведение... - Not less intricate is the behavior of...
    Очевидно, что это более сложная проблема, чем проблема обычного нахождения (чего-л). - This is obviously a more complicated problem than the usual determination of...
    Подобные методы могут использоваться в более сложных ситуациях. - Similar methods may be employed in more complicated cases.
    Это действительно сложный вопрос. - This is indeed a deep question.
    Это доказательство слишком сложное, чтобы приводить его здесь. - The proof is too complicated to give here.
    Это сложная теория, она трудна для понимания. - This theory is difficult to comprehend in simple terms.

    Русско-английский словарь научного общения > сложный

  • 67 сложный

    1. ( трудный) complicated, complex; ( запутанный) intricate; (о сюжете и т. п.) involved

    сложный вопрос — complicated question; knotty problem

    2. ( составной) compound

    сложное слово лингв. — compound / composite word

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > сложный

  • 68 ГЛАГОЛ

    1. ГЛАГОЛ повторяется в настоящем, прошедшем и будущем времени, чтобы подчеркнуть непрерывность
    @ делаем и будем делать
    Мы поддерживали и будем поддерживать прифронтовые государства Африки.
    We have always supported the front-line African states. We are continuing to support the front-line African states. We shall continue to support the front-line African states. We shall continue our support ( глагол заменяется существительным) for the front-line African states. @ не делаем и не сделаем
    Россия не ослабляет и не ослабит усилий, направленных на то, чтобы отвести от человечества военную угрозу.
    Russia will not slacken its efforts/will persist in its efforts/will continue its efforts to protect mankind from the threat of war. @ не делали и не делаем
    Переводится обязательно сложным временем.
    Мы никогда не искали и не ищем себе выгод – будь то экономические, политические или иные. – We have never sought profits/advantages for ourselves – be they economic, political, or any other kind. @ делали и делаем
    Мы предлагали и предлагаем договориться о полном запрещении ядерного оружия.
    We are continuing to propose/continue to propose/continue to favor/we have always favored/always proposed agreement on a total nuclear weapons test ban. @ не сделали и не сделаем
    Наша страна не допустила и не допустит вмешательства в свои внутренние дела. –
    Our country has never allowed/will never allow/will continue to prevent/oppose interference in its internal affairs. @ делали и будем делать
    Мы выступали и будем выступать в их поддержку. -
    We shall continue to support them. (Лучше чем We have always supported them) @
    2. ГЛАГОЛ, повторенный через дефис
    keep \+ verb
    Я иду-иду, уже сил нет, а все еще далеко до места. – I keep/kept on going, but it is/was still a long distance to/far to the place.
    On I went,/I walked and walked, but… *** Он смотрел-смотрел, никак не мог разглядеть. – He kept on looking but/No matter how he looked he could not make it out.
    3. передача инфинитива при помощи будущего времени
    Дети есть дети. – Children will be children.
    4. повелительное наклонение
    а) в условном времени
    Приди я вовремя, ничего бы не случилось. – If I had come in time nothing would have happened.
    б) для выражения протеста против необходимости выполнять нежелательные действия
    Тебе хорошо с гостями чаи распивать, а я дома сиди. – You’re having fun drinking tea with the guests while/but I’ve got to stay home.
    Сами гулять пойдете, а я пиши. – You can/go off on your own, I’ve got to write/ I’m stuck with the writing.
    с) неожиданное или непредвиденное действие
    Он меня позвал – я споткнись, чашку разбил. – He called out to me and I stumbled and broke a cup.
    Дорога ровная – а он возьми и упади. – The road was flat/even when all of a sudden he fell.
    5. Настоящее время, описывающее серию событий в прошлом, переводится прошедшим.
    Возвращаюсь я вчера вечером домой, иду по нашей улице, вдруг слышу знакомый голос. – Last night as I was going home, walking down our street, I suddenly heard a familiar voice.
    6. Настоящее время переводится и настоящим, и будущим.
    Я уезжаю через неделю, завтра я весь день работаю, а вечером сижу дома. – I’m leaving in a week – tomorrow I’ll work/I’m working all day and in the evening I’ll be home.
    7. Совершенный вид русских глаголов, выражающих повторное действие, переводится с помощью длительного настоящего времени.
    Сегодня мне весь день мешают – то кто-нибудь придет, то телефон зазвонит. – I’m being bothered all day – people keep coming in and the phone keeps ringing.
    8. Описание характерного или привычного поведения человека.
    Он всегда прибежит, накричит, наскандалит, а потом удивляется, почему его не любят. – He’s always barging in/rushing in screaming/yelling at someone/causing trouble/insulting people/offending people/raising a row and then he wonders why/is surprised that/and then he asks why people don’t like him.
    9. В разговорных конструкциях прошедшее время от глаголов «пойти» и «поехать» передается будущим временем.
    Я пошел. – I’m about to leave.
    Я поехал, буду через два часа. – I’m off/I’ll be going/I’ll be back in two hours.
    10. Перевод конструкций типа «то, что» «чтобы»
    a) Сокращение и переосмысление
    Сложность этого эксперимента заключается в том, что он требует длительного времени. – The problem with this experiment is that it requires a lot of time.
    Утешение было только в том, что он уезжал всего на несколько дней. – The only consolation was that he would be away for long/was leaving for only a few days.
    б) использование деепричастного оборота (это идиоматичнее и короче)
    Мы начали вечер с того, что предложили всем потанцевать. – We started the party/evening by suggesting/with the suggestion that everyone dance.
    Он начал с того, что лично познакомился со всеми.- Не began by introducing himself to everyone/by getting personally acquainted with everyone.
    в) Порой «чтобы» не переводится, и время глагола определяется контекстом:
    Я не видел, чтобы он чистил зубы. - I didn't see him brush his teeth/I never saw him brush his teeth.
    Я хочу, чтобы вы меня правильно поняли. - I want you to understand me correctly/to get what I mean.
    г) to + infinitive вместо довольно неуклюжей конструкции in order to или so as to
    Я вернулся с тем, чтобы предупредить вас. - I came back to warn you.
    Я пришел не с тем, чтобы спорить с вами. - I didn't come to argue with you.
    д) Иногда можно заменить «чтобы» словами so that:
    Говори, чтобы все поняли. - Speak so that everyone understands/gets the point.
    11. Придаточные предложения, которые начинаются с «как» или с «как бы», можно перевести на английский с помощью условного наклонения или деепричастия.
    Я люблю смотреть, как он выступает. - I like watching him perform/I like to watch him perform/I like watching him performing.
    Он боялся, как бы не простудиться. - Не was afraid of catching cold/He was afraid he might/could catch cold.
    12. «He + инфинитив + бы» требует don't или see that X doesn't do Y.
    He простудиться бы! - Take care/I'll take care not to/See that you don't catch cold.
    He забыть бы его адрес! - See you don't/take care not to/be sure you don't/I mustn't/I must take care not to forget his address.
    13. перевод вида глагола
    а) Переводчик должен постоянно иметь в виду, что в английском языке используются совершенно разные глаголы для передачи смысла обоих членов одной русской видовой пары, как, например, «сделать» и «делать»
    Что же делал Бельтов в продолжение этих десяти лет? Все или почти все. Что он сделал? Ничего или почти ничего. -
    What did Beltov do during these ten years? Everything or almost everything. What did he achieve? Nothing, or almost nothing. уверить — convince решать — try to solve решить — solve. учиться — study научиться — learn отыскивать — look for отыскать — find сдавать экзамен - to take an exam сдать экзамен - to pass an exam поступать в университет - to apply to a university поступить в университет - be admitted/get into a university
    б) При переводе глаголов несовершенного вида нельзя не подчеркнуть, что речь идет о попытках говорящего или кого-то другого что-либо сделать.
    Войска брали крепость целый месяц. - The troops tried for a whole month to take the fortress.
    Я к нему долго привыкал, но наконец привык. - For a long time I tried to get used to him, and finally did. He оправдывайся! - Don't try to justify yourselfl/Don't try to make excuses!
    с)Существует также целая категория особых глаголов, у которых несовершенный вид указывает на состояние, которое является результатом завершенного действия и передается совершенным видом.
    Я «понимаю» is the result of «я понял», and note that English "I understand" translates them both. The formal pair «разобраться/разбираться» are exactly the same; the verb in «я разобрался в этом» is an achievement with the change-of-state meaning characteristic of perfectives, while the verb in «я разбираюсь в этом» signals the state resulting from the achievement. They may both be translated as / understand, but the former means / have figured out (come to understand), while the latter means I understand (as a result of having figured out). These verbs belong to a very large group of perfectives whose change of state is inceptive, whose imperfectives denote the new, resulting state: «понял, понимаю, поверил, верю, понравиться, нравиться».
    14. Перевод безличных конструкций
    а) Во множественном числе третьего лица безличную конструкцию можно переделать в пассивную:
    Посетителей просят оставить верхнюю одежду в гардеробе. -
    Visitors are requested/asked to leave/Visitors must leave/check their coats in the coatroom.
    б) Можно вставить субъект/подлежащее:
    Об этом часто приходится слышать. - I/he/we/they often hear about this.
    Чувствовалось, что он доволен. - I/we/they felt/could feel that he was pleased.
    в) В некоторых контекстах возвратные глаголы переводятся как переходные с добавлением подлежащего:
    Под вакуумом понимается пространство, не содержащее вещества. - A vacuum is defined as space/By a vacuum we mean space/The definition of a vacuum is space/A vacuum is understood to be space free from/not containing/devoid of matter.
    В данном случае сложное движение рассматривается как результат двух движений. - In this case complex movement is considered as/considered to be/we see complex movement as/we define complex movement as the result of two movements.
    г) Когда русское местоимение является дополнением безличных глаголов, то можно переделать в подлежащее/субъект.
    В ушах звенело, во рту пересохло. - His/my ears were ringing, his/my throat was dry.
    Меня неудержимо клонило в сон. - I felt an irresistible urge to sleep/I just couldn't stay awake/I felt horribly/terribly/awfully sleepy. Ее потянуло в Париж. - She felt an urge to go to Paris/Paris was calling to her/She felt like going to Paris. Мне жаль мою подругу. - I'm sorry for my girlfriend.
    15. Перевод причастий
    @ДЕЙСТВИТЕЛЬНОЕ ПРИЧАСТИЕ НАСТОЯЩЕГО ВРЕМЕНИ
    1. переводится на английский глагольной формой на -ing.
    Девушка, читающая книгу, очень красива - The girl who is reading the book is very pretty.
    2. переводится с пропуском причастия, т.е. с помощью короткого оборота с предлогом и краткого придаточного предложения
    Группа, имеющая такие блестящие результаты, является гордостью нашего института. - The group with such outstanding results is the pride of our institute.
    Вопрос, выходящий за рамки данной статьи. - A matter/issue/question beyond the scope of this article.
    ***
    см. ГЛАГОЛ
    @ВОЗВРАТНАЯ ЧАСТИЦА
    обычно переводится оборотом с предлогом:
    Строящийся завод является одним из новейших в стране. - The factory under construction is one of the newest in the country.
    ***
    см. ГЛАГОЛ
    @ПРИНАДЛЕЖАЩИЙ
    можно выразить просто притяжательной формой:
    Книга, принадлежащая ей. - Her book.
    ***
    см. ГЛАГОЛ
    @СТРАДАТЕЛЬНЫЙ ПРИЧАСТНЫЙ ОБОРОТ НАСТОЯЩЕГО ВРЕМЕНИ
    1. переводятся с русского языка скорее как прилагательные, чем как причастия.
    Проводимая страной политика одобряется всем народом. - The policy pursued (not "which is being pursued") by our country has the backing/approval of the entire people.
    2. в некоторых случаях причастие можно просто опустить:
    Ясно определились позиции, занимаемые обеими сторонами по таким жизненно важным вопросам. - The positions of both sides on such vitally important questions are now clear.
    ***
    см. ГЛАГОЛ
    @
    16. Перевод деепричастий.
    а) Прошедшее время из русского языка нередко переходит в английский в качестве деепричастия.
    Мы видели, как дети купались в реке. We saw the children swimming in the river.
    б) Деепричастие настоящего времени подчас приходится переводить на английский прошедшим:
    Раза два в год бывал в Москве и, возвращаясь оттуда, рассказывал об этом. Не would visit/used to visit Moscow a couple of times a year, and after returning home/on his return home tell/would tell about it.
    в) Деепричастие прошедшего времени в некоторых случаях становится деепричастием и в настоящем:
    Сев за рояль, она заиграла вальс. - Sitting at the piano, she played a waltz.
    г) При переводе русских деепричастий бывает необходимым объяснение причинных или временных обстоятельств:
    Выслушав меня внимательно, вы быстро меня поймете. If you listen to me carefully, you'll understand quickly.
    Почувствовав голод, они решили обедать без гостей. - Because/since they were hungry, they decided to eat without/without waiting for/the guests. Переехав в собственную квартиру, он стал гораздо более самостоятельным человеком. - When/after he moved to his own apartment he became a lot more independent.
    д) В описательных деепричастных оборотах можно заменить деепричастие конструкцией «with + имя существительное»:
    Он сидел, закрыв глаза. - Не sat/was sitting with his eyes closed.
    «Это очень смешно!» — сказал он, засмеявшись. "That's very funny," he said with a laugh.
    е) Так называемые «безличные» деепричастия, которые часто встречаются в Русских технических текстах, иногда заменяются существительными или перед ними вставляется предлог.
    Используя эти данные, можно приближенно предсказать процесс. - Use of this data allows us to make an approximate prediction of the process/By using this data, we can make...
    Изучая эту таблицу, легко видеть, что... - Study of this table makes it clear that.../In studying this table we clearly see that…
    17. Сокращение глагольных конструкций
    Подчас русское словосочетание выражается одним английским глаголом. Смысл передается при помощи приставки или суффикса en-, un-, -ize, -ate.
    утверждать то, что оказалось чистейшей чепухой – to talk utter nonsense
    располагать в алфавитном порядке – to alphabetize заставить грубой силой – to bludgeon приводить в систему, распределять по категориям – list, categorize лишать законной силы – to invalidate выводить из строя – to incapacitate поймать в ловушку – to entrap

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    1. ГЛАГОЛ повторяется в настоящем, прошедшем и будущем времени, чтобы подчеркнуть непрерывность
    - делаем и будем делать
    - не делаем и не сделаем
    - не делали и не делаем
    - делали и делаем
    - не сделали и не сделаем
    - делали и будем делать
    2. ГЛАГОЛ, повторенный через дефис
    keep + verb
    Я иду-иду, уже сил нет, а все еще далеко до места. – I keep/kept on going, but it is/was still a long distance to/far to the place.
    On I went,/I walked and walked, but… *** Он смотрел-смотрел, никак не мог разглядеть. – He kept on looking but/No matter how he looked he could not make it out.
    3. передача инфинитива при помощи будущего времени
    Дети есть дети. – Children will be children.
    4. повелительное наклонение
    а) в условном времени
    Приди я вовремя, ничего бы не случилось. – If I had come in time nothing would have happened.
    б) для выражения протеста против необходимости выполнять нежелательные действия
    Тебе хорошо с гостями чаи распивать, а я дома сиди. – You’re having fun drinking tea with the guests while/but I’ve got to stay home.
    Сами гулять пойдете, а я пиши. – You can/go off on your own, I’ve got to write/ I’m stuck with the writing.
    с) неожиданное или непредвиденное действие
    Он меня позвал – я споткнись, чашку разбил. – He called out to me and I stumbled and broke a cup.
    Дорога ровная – а он возьми и упади. – The road was flat/even when all of a sudden he fell.
    5. Настоящее время, описывающее серию событий в прошлом, переводится прошедшим.
    Возвращаюсь я вчера вечером домой, иду по нашей улице, вдруг слышу знакомый голос. – Last night as I was going home, walking down our street, I suddenly heard a familiar voice.
    6. Настоящее время переводится и настоящим, и будущим.
    Я уезжаю через неделю, завтра я весь день работаю, а вечером сижу дома. – I’m leaving in a week – tomorrow I’ll work/I’m working all day and in the evening I’ll be home.
    7. Совершенный вид русских глаголов, выражающих повторное действие, переводится с помощью длительного настоящего времени.
    Сегодня мне весь день мешают – то кто-нибудь придет, то телефон зазвонит. – I’m being bothered all day – people keep coming in and the phone keeps ringing.
    8. Описание характерного или привычного поведения человека.
    Он всегда прибежит, накричит, наскандалит, а потом удивляется, почему его не любят. – He’s always barging in/rushing in screaming/yelling at someone/causing trouble/insulting people/offending people/raising a row and then he wonders why/is surprised that/and then he asks why people don’t like him.
    9. В разговорных конструкциях прошедшее время от глаголов «пойти» и «поехать» передается будущим временем.
    Я пошел. – I’m about to leave.
    Я поехал, буду через два часа. – I’m off/I’ll be going/I’ll be back in two hours.
    10. Перевод конструкций типа «то, что» «чтобы»
    a) Сокращение и переосмысление
    Сложность этого эксперимента заключается в том, что он требует длительного времени. – The problem with this experiment is that it requires a lot of time.
    Утешение было только в том, что он уезжал всего на несколько дней. – The only consolation was that he would be away for long/was leaving for only a few days.
    б) использование деепричастного оборота (это идиоматичнее и короче)
    Мы начали вечер с того, что предложили всем потанцевать. – We started the party/evening by suggesting/with the suggestion that everyone dance.
    Он начал с того, что лично познакомился со всеми.- Не began by introducing himself to everyone/by getting personally acquainted with everyone.
    в) Порой «чтобы» не переводится, и время глагола определяется контекстом:
    Я не видел, чтобы он чистил зубы. - I didn't see him brush his teeth/I never saw him brush his teeth.
    Я хочу, чтобы вы меня правильно поняли. - I want you to understand me correctly/to get what I mean.
    г) to + infinitive вместо довольно неуклюжей конструкции in order to или so as to
    Я вернулся с тем, чтобы предупредить вас. - I came back to warn you.
    Я пришел не с тем, чтобы спорить с вами. - I didn't come to argue with you.
    д) Иногда можно заменить «чтобы» словами so that:
    Говори, чтобы все поняли. - Speak so that everyone understands/gets the point.
    11. Придаточные предложения, которые начинаются с «как» или с «как бы», можно перевести на английский с помощью условного наклонения или деепричастия.
    Я люблю смотреть, как он выступает. - I like watching him perform/I like to watch him perform/I like watching him performing.
    Он боялся, как бы не простудиться. - Не was afraid of catching cold/He was afraid he might/could catch cold.
    12. «He + инфинитив + бы» требует don't или see that X doesn't do Y.
    He простудиться бы! - Take care/I'll take care not to/See that you don't catch cold.
    He забыть бы его адрес! - See you don't/take care not to/be sure you don't/I mustn't/I must take care not to forget his address.
    13. перевод вида глагола
    а) Переводчик должен постоянно иметь в виду, что в английском языке используются совершенно разные глаголы для передачи смысла обоих членов одной русской видовой пары, как, например, «сделать» и «делать»
    Что же делал Бельтов в продолжение этих десяти лет? Все или почти все. Что он сделал? Ничего или почти ничего. -
    What did Beltov do during these ten years? Everything or almost everything. What did he achieve? Nothing, or almost nothing. уверить — convince решать — try to solve решить — solve. учиться — study научиться — learn отыскивать — look for отыскать — find сдавать экзамен - to take an exam сдать экзамен - to pass an exam поступать в университет - to apply to a university поступить в университет - be admitted/get into a university
    б) При переводе глаголов несовершенного вида нельзя не подчеркнуть, что речь идет о попытках говорящего или кого-то другого что-либо сделать.
    Войска брали крепость целый месяц. - The troops tried for a whole month to take the fortress.
    Я к нему долго привыкал, но наконец привык. - For a long time I tried to get used to him, and finally did. He оправдывайся! - Don't try to justify yourselfl/Don't try to make excuses!
    с)Существует также целая категория особых глаголов, у которых несовершенный вид указывает на состояние, которое является результатом завершенного действия и передается совершенным видом.
    Я «понимаю» is the result of «я понял», and note that English "I understand" translates them both. The formal pair «разобраться/разбираться» are exactly the same; the verb in «я разобрался в этом» is an achievement with the change-of-state meaning characteristic of perfectives, while the verb in «я разбираюсь в этом» signals the state resulting from the achievement. They may both be translated as / understand, but the former means / have figured out (come to understand), while the latter means I understand (as a result of having figured out). These verbs belong to a very large group of perfectives whose change of state is inceptive, whose imperfectives denote the new, resulting state: «понял, понимаю, поверил, верю, понравиться, нравиться».
    14. Перевод безличных конструкций
    а) Во множественном числе третьего лица безличную конструкцию можно переделать в пассивную:
    Посетителей просят оставить верхнюю одежду в гардеробе. -
    Visitors are requested/asked to leave/Visitors must leave/check their coats in the coatroom.
    б) Можно вставить субъект/подлежащее:
    Об этом часто приходится слышать. - I/he/we/they often hear about this.
    Чувствовалось, что он доволен. - I/we/they felt/could feel that he was pleased.
    в) В некоторых контекстах возвратные глаголы переводятся как переходные с добавлением подлежащего:
    Под вакуумом понимается пространство, не содержащее вещества. - A vacuum is defined as space/By a vacuum we mean space/The definition of a vacuum is space/A vacuum is understood to be space free from/not containing/devoid of matter.
    В данном случае сложное движение рассматривается как результат двух движений. - In this case complex movement is considered as/considered to be/we see complex movement as/we define complex movement as the result of two movements.
    г) Когда русское местоимение является дополнением безличных глаголов, то можно переделать в подлежащее/субъект.
    В ушах звенело, во рту пересохло. - His/my ears were ringing, his/my throat was dry.
    Меня неудержимо клонило в сон. - I felt an irresistible urge to sleep/I just couldn't stay awake/I felt horribly/terribly/awfully sleepy. Ее потянуло в Париж. - She felt an urge to go to Paris/Paris was calling to her/She felt like going to Paris. Мне жаль мою подругу. - I'm sorry for my girlfriend.
    15. Перевод причастий
    - ВОЗВРАТНАЯ ЧАСТИЦА
    - ПРИНАДЛЕЖАЩИЙ
    - СТРАДАТЕЛЬНЫЙ ПРИЧАСТНЫЙ ОБОРОТ НАСТОЯЩЕГО ВРЕМЕНИ
    16. Перевод деепричастий.
    а) Прошедшее время из русского языка нередко переходит в английский в качестве деепричастия.
    Мы видели, как дети купались в реке. We saw the children swimming in the river.
    б) Деепричастие настоящего времени подчас приходится переводить на английский прошедшим:
    Раза два в год бывал в Москве и, возвращаясь оттуда, рассказывал об этом. Не would visit/used to visit Moscow a couple of times a year, and after returning home/on his return home tell/would tell about it.
    в) Деепричастие прошедшего времени в некоторых случаях становится деепричастием и в настоящем:
    Сев за рояль, она заиграла вальс. - Sitting at the piano, she played a waltz.
    г) При переводе русских деепричастий бывает необходимым объяснение причинных или временных обстоятельств:
    Выслушав меня внимательно, вы быстро меня поймете. If you listen to me carefully, you'll understand quickly.
    Почувствовав голод, они решили обедать без гостей. - Because/since they were hungry, they decided to eat without/without waiting for/the guests. Переехав в собственную квартиру, он стал гораздо более самостоятельным человеком. - When/after he moved to his own apartment he became a lot more independent.
    д) В описательных деепричастных оборотах можно заменить деепричастие конструкцией «with + имя существительное»:
    Он сидел, закрыв глаза. - Не sat/was sitting with his eyes closed.
    «Это очень смешно!» — сказал он, засмеявшись. "That's very funny," he said with a laugh.
    е) Так называемые «безличные» деепричастия, которые часто встречаются в Русских технических текстах, иногда заменяются существительными или перед ними вставляется предлог.
    Используя эти данные, можно приближенно предсказать процесс. - Use of this data allows us to make an approximate prediction of the process/By using this data, we can make...
    Изучая эту таблицу, легко видеть, что... - Study of this table makes it clear that.../In studying this table we clearly see that…
    17. Сокращение глагольных конструкций
    Подчас русское словосочетание выражается одним английским глаголом. Смысл передается при помощи приставки или суффикса en-, un-, -ize, -ate.
    утверждать то, что оказалось чистейшей чепухой – to talk utter nonsense
    располагать в алфавитном порядке – to alphabetize заставить грубой силой – to bludgeon приводить в систему, распределять по категориям – list, categorize лишать законной силы – to invalidate выводить из строя – to incapacitate поймать в ловушку – to entrap

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  • 70 Ideas

       I never wrote or concluded that the mind required innate ideas which were in some sort different from its faculty of thinking; but when I observed the existence in me of certain thoughts which proceeded, not from extraneous objects nor from the determination of my will, but solely from the faculty of thinking which is within me, then... I termed [these] "innate." (Descartes, 1955, p. 442)
       [S]imple ideas are not fictions of our fancies, but the natural and regular productions of things without us really operating upon us.... Thus, the idea of whiteness or bitterness, as it is in the mind, exactly answering that power which is in any body to produce it there, has all the real conformity it can or ought to have with things without us.... [However], all our complex ideas except those of substances being archetypes of the mind's own making, not intended to be the copies of anything, as to their originals, cannot want any conformity necessary to real knowledge. For that which is not designed to represent anything but itself, can never be capable of a wrong representation, nor mislead us from the true apprehension of anything by its dislikeness to it; and such, excepting those of substances, are all our complex ideas: which... are combinations of ideas which the mind by its free choice puts together without considering any connection they have in nature. (Locke, 1956, B. IV, Chap. 4, Sec. 5)
       [O]ur moral ideas as well as mathematical, being archetypes themselves, and so adequate and complete ideas, all the agreement or disagreement which we shall find in them will produce real knowledge, as well as in mathematical figures. (Locke, 1956, B. IV, Chap. 4, Sec. 7)
       Ideas... are real things, or do really exist; this we do not deny, but we deny they can subsist without the minds which perceive them, or that they are resemblances of any archetypes existing without the mind; since the very being of a sensation or idea consists in being perceived, and an idea can be like nothing but an idea. (Berkeley, 1996, Pt. I, No. 90, pp. 63-64)
       The empiricists were right to believe that facts and ideas are significantly connected, but they inverted the relationship. Ideas create information, not the other way around. Every fact grows from an idea; it is the answer to a question we could not ask in the first place if an idea had not been invented which isolated some portion of the world, made it important, focused our attention, and stimulated inquiry. (Roszak, 1994, p. 105)

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  • 71 Language

       Philosophy is written in that great book, the universe, which is always open, right before our eyes. But one cannot understand this book without first learning to understand the language and to know the characters in which it is written. It is written in the language of mathematics, and the characters are triangles, circles, and other figures. Without these, one cannot understand a single word of it, and just wanders in a dark labyrinth. (Galileo, 1990, p. 232)
       It never happens that it [a nonhuman animal] arranges its speech in various ways in order to reply appropriately to everything that may be said in its presence, as even the lowest type of man can do. (Descartes, 1970a, p. 116)
       It is a very remarkable fact that there are none so depraved and stupid, without even excepting idiots, that they cannot arrange different words together, forming of them a statement by which they make known their thoughts; while, on the other hand, there is no other animal, however perfect and fortunately circumstanced it may be, which can do the same. (Descartes, 1967, p. 116)
       Human beings do not live in the object world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. The fact of the matter is that the "real world" is to a large extent unconsciously built on the language habits of the group.... We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation. (Sapir, 1921, p. 75)
       It powerfully conditions all our thinking about social problems and processes.... No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same worlds with different labels attached. (Sapir, 1985, p. 162)
       [A list of language games, not meant to be exhaustive:]
       Giving orders, and obeying them- Describing the appearance of an object, or giving its measurements- Constructing an object from a description (a drawing)Reporting an eventSpeculating about an eventForming and testing a hypothesisPresenting the results of an experiment in tables and diagramsMaking up a story; and reading itPlay actingSinging catchesGuessing riddlesMaking a joke; and telling it
       Solving a problem in practical arithmeticTranslating from one language into another
       LANGUAGE Asking, thanking, cursing, greeting, and praying-. (Wittgenstein, 1953, Pt. I, No. 23, pp. 11 e-12 e)
       We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages.... The world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... No individual is free to describe nature with absolute impartiality but is constrained to certain modes of interpretation even while he thinks himself most free. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 153, 213-214)
       We dissect nature along the lines laid down by our native languages.
       The categories and types that we isolate from the world of phenomena we do not find there because they stare every observer in the face; on the contrary, the world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... We are thus introduced to a new principle of relativity, which holds that all observers are not led by the same physical evidence to the same picture of the universe, unless their linguistic backgrounds are similar or can in some way be calibrated. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 213-214)
       9) The Forms of a Person's Thoughts Are Controlled by Unperceived Patterns of His Own Language
       The forms of a person's thoughts are controlled by inexorable laws of pattern of which he is unconscious. These patterns are the unperceived intricate systematizations of his own language-shown readily enough by a candid comparison and contrast with other languages, especially those of a different linguistic family. (Whorf, 1956, p. 252)
       It has come to be commonly held that many utterances which look like statements are either not intended at all, or only intended in part, to record or impart straightforward information about the facts.... Many traditional philosophical perplexities have arisen through a mistake-the mistake of taking as straightforward statements of fact utterances which are either (in interesting non-grammatical ways) nonsensical or else intended as something quite different. (Austin, 1962, pp. 2-3)
       In general, one might define a complex of semantic components connected by logical constants as a concept. The dictionary of a language is then a system of concepts in which a phonological form and certain syntactic and morphological characteristics are assigned to each concept. This system of concepts is structured by several types of relations. It is supplemented, furthermore, by redundancy or implicational rules..., representing general properties of the whole system of concepts.... At least a relevant part of these general rules is not bound to particular languages, but represents presumably universal structures of natural languages. They are not learned, but are rather a part of the human ability to acquire an arbitrary natural language. (Bierwisch, 1970, pp. 171-172)
       In studying the evolution of mind, we cannot guess to what extent there are physically possible alternatives to, say, transformational generative grammar, for an organism meeting certain other physical conditions characteristic of humans. Conceivably, there are none-or very few-in which case talk about evolution of the language capacity is beside the point. (Chomsky, 1972, p. 98)
       [It is] truth value rather than syntactic well-formedness that chiefly governs explicit verbal reinforcement by parents-which renders mildly paradoxical the fact that the usual product of such a training schedule is an adult whose speech is highly grammatical but not notably truthful. (R. O. Brown, 1973, p. 330)
       he conceptual base is responsible for formally representing the concepts underlying an utterance.... A given word in a language may or may not have one or more concepts underlying it.... On the sentential level, the utterances of a given language are encoded within a syntactic structure of that language. The basic construction of the sentential level is the sentence.
       The next highest level... is the conceptual level. We call the basic construction of this level the conceptualization. A conceptualization consists of concepts and certain relations among those concepts. We can consider that both levels exist at the same point in time and that for any unit on one level, some corresponding realizate exists on the other level. This realizate may be null or extremely complex.... Conceptualizations may relate to other conceptualizations by nesting or other specified relationships. (Schank, 1973, pp. 191-192)
       The mathematics of multi-dimensional interactive spaces and lattices, the projection of "computer behavior" on to possible models of cerebral functions, the theoretical and mechanical investigation of artificial intelligence, are producing a stream of sophisticated, often suggestive ideas.
       But it is, I believe, fair to say that nothing put forward until now in either theoretic design or mechanical mimicry comes even remotely in reach of the most rudimentary linguistic realities. (Steiner, 1975, p. 284)
       The step from the simple tool to the master tool, a tool to make tools (what we would now call a machine tool), seems to me indeed to parallel the final step to human language, which I call reconstitution. It expresses in a practical and social context the same understanding of hierarchy, and shows the same analysis by function as a basis for synthesis. (Bronowski, 1977, pp. 127-128)
        t is the language donn eґ in which we conduct our lives.... We have no other. And the danger is that formal linguistic models, in their loosely argued analogy with the axiomatic structure of the mathematical sciences, may block perception.... It is quite conceivable that, in language, continuous induction from simple, elemental units to more complex, realistic forms is not justified. The extent and formal "undecidability" of context-and every linguistic particle above the level of the phoneme is context-bound-may make it impossible, except in the most abstract, meta-linguistic sense, to pass from "pro-verbs," "kernals," or "deep deep structures" to actual speech. (Steiner, 1975, pp. 111-113)
       A higher-level formal language is an abstract machine. (Weizenbaum, 1976, p. 113)
       Jakobson sees metaphor and metonymy as the characteristic modes of binarily opposed polarities which between them underpin the two-fold process of selection and combination by which linguistic signs are formed.... Thus messages are constructed, as Saussure said, by a combination of a "horizontal" movement, which combines words together, and a "vertical" movement, which selects the particular words from the available inventory or "inner storehouse" of the language. The combinative (or syntagmatic) process manifests itself in contiguity (one word being placed next to another) and its mode is metonymic. The selective (or associative) process manifests itself in similarity (one word or concept being "like" another) and its mode is metaphoric. The "opposition" of metaphor and metonymy therefore may be said to represent in effect the essence of the total opposition between the synchronic mode of language (its immediate, coexistent, "vertical" relationships) and its diachronic mode (its sequential, successive, lineal progressive relationships). (Hawkes, 1977, pp. 77-78)
       It is striking that the layered structure that man has given to language constantly reappears in his analyses of nature. (Bronowski, 1977, p. 121)
       First, [an ideal intertheoretic reduction] provides us with a set of rules"correspondence rules" or "bridge laws," as the standard vernacular has it-which effect a mapping of the terms of the old theory (T o) onto a subset of the expressions of the new or reducing theory (T n). These rules guide the application of those selected expressions of T n in the following way: we are free to make singular applications of their correspondencerule doppelgangers in T o....
       Second, and equally important, a successful reduction ideally has the outcome that, under the term mapping effected by the correspondence rules, the central principles of T o (those of semantic and systematic importance) are mapped onto general sentences of T n that are theorems of Tn. (P. Churchland, 1979, p. 81)
       If non-linguistic factors must be included in grammar: beliefs, attitudes, etc. [this would] amount to a rejection of the initial idealization of language as an object of study. A priori such a move cannot be ruled out, but it must be empirically motivated. If it proves to be correct, I would conclude that language is a chaos that is not worth studying.... Note that the question is not whether beliefs or attitudes, and so on, play a role in linguistic behavior and linguistic judgments... [but rather] whether distinct cognitive structures can be identified, which interact in the real use of language and linguistic judgments, the grammatical system being one of these. (Chomsky, 1979, pp. 140, 152-153)
        23) Language Is Inevitably Influenced by Specific Contexts of Human Interaction
       Language cannot be studied in isolation from the investigation of "rationality." It cannot afford to neglect our everyday assumptions concerning the total behavior of a reasonable person.... An integrational linguistics must recognize that human beings inhabit a communicational space which is not neatly compartmentalized into language and nonlanguage.... It renounces in advance the possibility of setting up systems of forms and meanings which will "account for" a central core of linguistic behavior irrespective of the situation and communicational purposes involved. (Harris, 1981, p. 165)
       By innate [linguistic knowledge], Chomsky simply means "genetically programmed." He does not literally think that children are born with language in their heads ready to be spoken. He merely claims that a "blueprint is there, which is brought into use when the child reaches a certain point in her general development. With the help of this blueprint, she analyzes the language she hears around her more readily than she would if she were totally unprepared for the strange gabbling sounds which emerge from human mouths. (Aitchison, 1987, p. 31)
       Looking at ourselves from the computer viewpoint, we cannot avoid seeing that natural language is our most important "programming language." This means that a vast portion of our knowledge and activity is, for us, best communicated and understood in our natural language.... One could say that natural language was our first great original artifact and, since, as we increasingly realize, languages are machines, so natural language, with our brains to run it, was our primal invention of the universal computer. One could say this except for the sneaking suspicion that language isn't something we invented but something we became, not something we constructed but something in which we created, and recreated, ourselves. (Leiber, 1991, p. 8)

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  • 72 Т-105

    (ВОТ) ТО-ТО И ОНО (ОНО-ТО) (ВОТ) ТО-ТО (ОНО) И ЕСТЬ all coll Interj used as indep. sent or main clause in a complex sent ( usu. foil. by a что-clause) these forms only fixed WO
    this/that is the important factor, the essential thing (used to emphasize that what has just been said or is about to be said is the central issue, the most important aspect of the matter in question)
    thatis just it (the thing, the point)
    that's the whole point (in limited contexts) (and) thatfc the problem (the trouble) you've put your finger on it my point exactly that's just my point (when foil. by a что-clause) the thing is... the (whole) point is... my point is...
    (in limited contexts) the problem (the trouble) is... "...A не подождать ли тебе вечера, чтобы по темноте выехать? Главное, через совхоз незамеченным проехать. А не то, если засекут...» — «Оно-то верно, — заколебался Кокетай. - Да долго ждать до вечера. Выедем потихоньку. Поста ведь нет на дороге, чтобы проверить нас?.. Случайно если наткнешься на милицию или на кого еще...» - «То-то и оно!» - пробурчал Орозкул... (Айтматов 1). "...It might be best if you don't start out back till evening. Let it get darker. The main thing is to get past the Soviet farm without attracting attention. If they find out..." "You're right enough." Koketay was undecided. "But it's a long wait till evening. We'll start out slowly. After all, there's no patrol post on the road to check us. Unless you accidentally run into the police or someone like that...." "That's just it," mumbled Orozkul... (1a).
    Поставил один унитаз, хочется поставить второй, а куда? Вот то-то и оно-то... (Войнович 3). Не puts in one toilet, then he wants to put in another. But where? And that's the problem (3a).
    «Я бы про него (Панкратова) сказал так: любил командовать, быть первым». - «То-то и оно...» (Рыбаков 2). "I would put it this way: he (Pankratov) liked giving orders, and he wanted to be in charge." "You've put your finger on it..." (2a).

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  • 73 вот то-то и есть

    (ВОТ) ТО-ТО И ОНО < ОНО-ТО>; (ВОТ) ТО-ТО (ОНО) И ЕСТЬall coll
    [Interj; used as indep. sent or main clause in a complex sent (usu. foll. by a что-clause); these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    this/ that is the important factor, the essential thing (used to emphasize that what has just been said or is about to be said is the central issue, the most important aspect of the matter in question):
    - thatis just it <the thing, the point>;
    - [in limited contexts](and) that's the problem < the trouble>;
    - [when foll. by a что-clause] the thing is...;
    - the (whole) point is...;
    - my point is...;
    - [in limited contexts] the problem < the trouble> is...
         ♦ "...А не подождать ли тебе вечера, чтобы по темноте выехать? Главное, через совхоз незамеченным проехать. А не то, если засекут..." - "Оно-то верно, - заколебался Кокетай. - Да долго ждать до вечера. Выедем потихоньку. Поста ведь нет на дороге, чтобы проверить нас?.. Случайно если наткнешься на милицию или на кого еще..." - "То-то и оно!" - пробурчал Орозкул... (Айтматов 1). "...It might be best if you don't start out back till evening. Let it get darker. The main thing is to get past the Soviet farm without attracting attention. If they find out..." "You're right enough." Koketay was undecided. "But it's a long wait till evening. We'll start out slowly. After all, there's no patrol post on the road to check us. Unless you accidentally run into the police or someone like that...." "That's just it," mumbled Orozkul... (1a).
         ♦ Поставил один унитаз, хочется поставить второй, а куда? Вот то-то и оно-то... (Войнович 3). He puts in one toilet; then he wants to put in another. But where? And that's the problem (3a).
         ♦ "Я бы про него [Панкратова] сказал так: любил командовать, быть первым". - "То-то и оно..." (Рыбаков 2). "I would put it this way: he [Pankratov] liked giving orders, and he wanted to be in charge." "You've put your finger on it..." (2a).

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  • 74 вот то-то и оно

    (ВОТ) ТО-ТО И ОНО < ОНО-ТО>; (ВОТ) ТО-ТО (ОНО) И ЕСТЬall coll
    [Interj; used as indep. sent or main clause in a complex sent (usu. foll. by a что-clause); these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    this/ that is the important factor, the essential thing (used to emphasize that what has just been said or is about to be said is the central issue, the most important aspect of the matter in question):
    - thatis just it <the thing, the point>;
    - [in limited contexts](and) that's the problem < the trouble>;
    - [when foll. by a что-clause] the thing is...;
    - the (whole) point is...;
    - my point is...;
    - [in limited contexts] the problem < the trouble> is...
         ♦ "...А не подождать ли тебе вечера, чтобы по темноте выехать? Главное, через совхоз незамеченным проехать. А не то, если засекут..." - "Оно-то верно, - заколебался Кокетай. - Да долго ждать до вечера. Выедем потихоньку. Поста ведь нет на дороге, чтобы проверить нас?.. Случайно если наткнешься на милицию или на кого еще..." - "То-то и оно!" - пробурчал Орозкул... (Айтматов 1). "...It might be best if you don't start out back till evening. Let it get darker. The main thing is to get past the Soviet farm without attracting attention. If they find out..." "You're right enough." Koketay was undecided. "But it's a long wait till evening. We'll start out slowly. After all, there's no patrol post on the road to check us. Unless you accidentally run into the police or someone like that...." "That's just it," mumbled Orozkul... (1a).
         ♦ Поставил один унитаз, хочется поставить второй, а куда? Вот то-то и оно-то... (Войнович 3). He puts in one toilet; then he wants to put in another. But where? And that's the problem (3a).
         ♦ "Я бы про него [Панкратова] сказал так: любил командовать, быть первым". - "То-то и оно..." (Рыбаков 2). "I would put it this way: he [Pankratov] liked giving orders, and he wanted to be in charge." "You've put your finger on it..." (2a).

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  • 75 вот то-то и оно-то

    (ВОТ) ТО-ТО И ОНО < ОНО-ТО>; (ВОТ) ТО-ТО (ОНО) И ЕСТЬall coll
    [Interj; used as indep. sent or main clause in a complex sent (usu. foll. by a что-clause); these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    this/ that is the important factor, the essential thing (used to emphasize that what has just been said or is about to be said is the central issue, the most important aspect of the matter in question):
    - thatis just it <the thing, the point>;
    - [in limited contexts](and) that's the problem < the trouble>;
    - [when foll. by a что-clause] the thing is...;
    - the (whole) point is...;
    - my point is...;
    - [in limited contexts] the problem < the trouble> is...
         ♦ "...А не подождать ли тебе вечера, чтобы по темноте выехать? Главное, через совхоз незамеченным проехать. А не то, если засекут..." - "Оно-то верно, - заколебался Кокетай. - Да долго ждать до вечера. Выедем потихоньку. Поста ведь нет на дороге, чтобы проверить нас?.. Случайно если наткнешься на милицию или на кого еще..." - "То-то и оно!" - пробурчал Орозкул... (Айтматов 1). "...It might be best if you don't start out back till evening. Let it get darker. The main thing is to get past the Soviet farm without attracting attention. If they find out..." "You're right enough." Koketay was undecided. "But it's a long wait till evening. We'll start out slowly. After all, there's no patrol post on the road to check us. Unless you accidentally run into the police or someone like that...." "That's just it," mumbled Orozkul... (1a).
         ♦ Поставил один унитаз, хочется поставить второй, а куда? Вот то-то и оно-то... (Войнович 3). He puts in one toilet; then he wants to put in another. But where? And that's the problem (3a).
         ♦ "Я бы про него [Панкратова] сказал так: любил командовать, быть первым". - "То-то и оно..." (Рыбаков 2). "I would put it this way: he [Pankratov] liked giving orders, and he wanted to be in charge." "You've put your finger on it..." (2a).

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  • 76 вот то-то оно и есть

    (ВОТ) ТО-ТО И ОНО < ОНО-ТО>; (ВОТ) ТО-ТО (ОНО) И ЕСТЬall coll
    [Interj; used as indep. sent or main clause in a complex sent (usu. foll. by a что-clause); these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    this/ that is the important factor, the essential thing (used to emphasize that what has just been said or is about to be said is the central issue, the most important aspect of the matter in question):
    - thatis just it <the thing, the point>;
    - [in limited contexts](and) that's the problem < the trouble>;
    - [when foll. by a что-clause] the thing is...;
    - the (whole) point is...;
    - my point is...;
    - [in limited contexts] the problem < the trouble> is...
         ♦ "...А не подождать ли тебе вечера, чтобы по темноте выехать? Главное, через совхоз незамеченным проехать. А не то, если засекут..." - "Оно-то верно, - заколебался Кокетай. - Да долго ждать до вечера. Выедем потихоньку. Поста ведь нет на дороге, чтобы проверить нас?.. Случайно если наткнешься на милицию или на кого еще..." - "То-то и оно!" - пробурчал Орозкул... (Айтматов 1). "...It might be best if you don't start out back till evening. Let it get darker. The main thing is to get past the Soviet farm without attracting attention. If they find out..." "You're right enough." Koketay was undecided. "But it's a long wait till evening. We'll start out slowly. After all, there's no patrol post on the road to check us. Unless you accidentally run into the police or someone like that...." "That's just it," mumbled Orozkul... (1a).
         ♦ Поставил один унитаз, хочется поставить второй, а куда? Вот то-то и оно-то... (Войнович 3). He puts in one toilet; then he wants to put in another. But where? And that's the problem (3a).
         ♦ "Я бы про него [Панкратова] сказал так: любил командовать, быть первым". - "То-то и оно..." (Рыбаков 2). "I would put it this way: he [Pankratov] liked giving orders, and he wanted to be in charge." "You've put your finger on it..." (2a).

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  • 77 то-то и есть

    (ВОТ) ТО-ТО И ОНО < ОНО-ТО>; (ВОТ) ТО-ТО (ОНО) И ЕСТЬall coll
    [Interj; used as indep. sent or main clause in a complex sent (usu. foll. by a что-clause); these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    this/ that is the important factor, the essential thing (used to emphasize that what has just been said or is about to be said is the central issue, the most important aspect of the matter in question):
    - thatis just it <the thing, the point>;
    - [in limited contexts](and) that's the problem < the trouble>;
    - [when foll. by a что-clause] the thing is...;
    - the (whole) point is...;
    - my point is...;
    - [in limited contexts] the problem < the trouble> is...
         ♦ "...А не подождать ли тебе вечера, чтобы по темноте выехать? Главное, через совхоз незамеченным проехать. А не то, если засекут..." - "Оно-то верно, - заколебался Кокетай. - Да долго ждать до вечера. Выедем потихоньку. Поста ведь нет на дороге, чтобы проверить нас?.. Случайно если наткнешься на милицию или на кого еще..." - "То-то и оно!" - пробурчал Орозкул... (Айтматов 1). "...It might be best if you don't start out back till evening. Let it get darker. The main thing is to get past the Soviet farm without attracting attention. If they find out..." "You're right enough." Koketay was undecided. "But it's a long wait till evening. We'll start out slowly. After all, there's no patrol post on the road to check us. Unless you accidentally run into the police or someone like that...." "That's just it," mumbled Orozkul... (1a).
         ♦ Поставил один унитаз, хочется поставить второй, а куда? Вот то-то и оно-то... (Войнович 3). He puts in one toilet; then he wants to put in another. But where? And that's the problem (3a).
         ♦ "Я бы про него [Панкратова] сказал так: любил командовать, быть первым". - "То-то и оно..." (Рыбаков 2). "I would put it this way: he [Pankratov] liked giving orders, and he wanted to be in charge." "You've put your finger on it..." (2a).

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  • 78 то-то и оно

    (ВОТ) ТО-ТО И ОНО < ОНО-ТО>; (ВОТ) ТО-ТО (ОНО) И ЕСТЬall coll
    [Interj; used as indep. sent or main clause in a complex sent (usu. foll. by a что-clause); these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    this/ that is the important factor, the essential thing (used to emphasize that what has just been said or is about to be said is the central issue, the most important aspect of the matter in question):
    - thatis just it <the thing, the point>;
    - [in limited contexts](and) that's the problem < the trouble>;
    - [when foll. by a что-clause] the thing is...;
    - the (whole) point is...;
    - my point is...;
    - [in limited contexts] the problem < the trouble> is...
         ♦ "...А не подождать ли тебе вечера, чтобы по темноте выехать? Главное, через совхоз незамеченным проехать. А не то, если засекут..." - "Оно-то верно, - заколебался Кокетай. - Да долго ждать до вечера. Выедем потихоньку. Поста ведь нет на дороге, чтобы проверить нас?.. Случайно если наткнешься на милицию или на кого еще..." - "То-то и оно!" - пробурчал Орозкул... (Айтматов 1). "...It might be best if you don't start out back till evening. Let it get darker. The main thing is to get past the Soviet farm without attracting attention. If they find out..." "You're right enough." Koketay was undecided. "But it's a long wait till evening. We'll start out slowly. After all, there's no patrol post on the road to check us. Unless you accidentally run into the police or someone like that...." "That's just it," mumbled Orozkul... (1a).
         ♦ Поставил один унитаз, хочется поставить второй, а куда? Вот то-то и оно-то... (Войнович 3). He puts in one toilet; then he wants to put in another. But where? And that's the problem (3a).
         ♦ "Я бы про него [Панкратова] сказал так: любил командовать, быть первым". - "То-то и оно..." (Рыбаков 2). "I would put it this way: he [Pankratov] liked giving orders, and he wanted to be in charge." "You've put your finger on it..." (2a).

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  • 79 то-то и оно оно-то

    (ВОТ) ТО-ТО И ОНО < ОНО-ТО>; (ВОТ) ТО-ТО (ОНО) И ЕСТЬall coll
    [Interj; used as indep. sent or main clause in a complex sent (usu. foll. by a что-clause); these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    this/ that is the important factor, the essential thing (used to emphasize that what has just been said or is about to be said is the central issue, the most important aspect of the matter in question):
    - thatis just it <the thing, the point>;
    - [in limited contexts](and) that's the problem < the trouble>;
    - [when foll. by a что-clause] the thing is...;
    - the (whole) point is...;
    - my point is...;
    - [in limited contexts] the problem < the trouble> is...
         ♦ "...А не подождать ли тебе вечера, чтобы по темноте выехать? Главное, через совхоз незамеченным проехать. А не то, если засекут..." - "Оно-то верно, - заколебался Кокетай. - Да долго ждать до вечера. Выедем потихоньку. Поста ведь нет на дороге, чтобы проверить нас?.. Случайно если наткнешься на милицию или на кого еще..." - "То-то и оно!" - пробурчал Орозкул... (Айтматов 1). "...It might be best if you don't start out back till evening. Let it get darker. The main thing is to get past the Soviet farm without attracting attention. If they find out..." "You're right enough." Koketay was undecided. "But it's a long wait till evening. We'll start out slowly. After all, there's no patrol post on the road to check us. Unless you accidentally run into the police or someone like that...." "That's just it," mumbled Orozkul... (1a).
         ♦ Поставил один унитаз, хочется поставить второй, а куда? Вот то-то и оно-то... (Войнович 3). He puts in one toilet; then he wants to put in another. But where? And that's the problem (3a).
         ♦ "Я бы про него [Панкратова] сказал так: любил командовать, быть первым". - "То-то и оно..." (Рыбаков 2). "I would put it this way: he [Pankratov] liked giving orders, and he wanted to be in charge." "You've put your finger on it..." (2a).

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  • 80 то-то и оно-то

    (ВОТ) ТО-ТО И ОНО < ОНО-ТО>; (ВОТ) ТО-ТО (ОНО) И ЕСТЬall coll
    [Interj; used as indep. sent or main clause in a complex sent (usu. foll. by a что-clause); these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    this/ that is the important factor, the essential thing (used to emphasize that what has just been said or is about to be said is the central issue, the most important aspect of the matter in question):
    - thatis just it <the thing, the point>;
    - [in limited contexts](and) that's the problem < the trouble>;
    - [when foll. by a что-clause] the thing is...;
    - the (whole) point is...;
    - my point is...;
    - [in limited contexts] the problem < the trouble> is...
         ♦ "...А не подождать ли тебе вечера, чтобы по темноте выехать? Главное, через совхоз незамеченным проехать. А не то, если засекут..." - "Оно-то верно, - заколебался Кокетай. - Да долго ждать до вечера. Выедем потихоньку. Поста ведь нет на дороге, чтобы проверить нас?.. Случайно если наткнешься на милицию или на кого еще..." - "То-то и оно!" - пробурчал Орозкул... (Айтматов 1). "...It might be best if you don't start out back till evening. Let it get darker. The main thing is to get past the Soviet farm without attracting attention. If they find out..." "You're right enough." Koketay was undecided. "But it's a long wait till evening. We'll start out slowly. After all, there's no patrol post on the road to check us. Unless you accidentally run into the police or someone like that...." "That's just it," mumbled Orozkul... (1a).
         ♦ Поставил один унитаз, хочется поставить второй, а куда? Вот то-то и оно-то... (Войнович 3). He puts in one toilet; then he wants to put in another. But where? And that's the problem (3a).
         ♦ "Я бы про него [Панкратова] сказал так: любил командовать, быть первым". - "То-то и оно..." (Рыбаков 2). "I would put it this way: he [Pankratov] liked giving orders, and he wanted to be in charge." "You've put your finger on it..." (2a).

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