comply with someone's wishes

I 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉

1 [verbinden] join

2 [verenigen met] join (up)

3 [toevoegen] add

4 [opvullen met specie] point

♦voorbeelden:

2   hierbij voeg ik een biljet van ƒ100,- • I enclose a 100 guilder note

     zich bij iemand voegen • join someone

3   stukken bij een dossier voegen • add documents to a file

     dit gegeven, gevoegd bij … • this fact, combined with …

II 〈wederkerend werkwoord; zich voegen〉

1 [zich in vorm aanpassen] adjust (oneself)

2 [zich schikken] comply (with) ⇒ conform (to)

3 [Algemeen Zuid-Nederlands] [zich passend gedragen] behave (properly)

♦voorbeelden:

2   zich naar iemand/iets voegen • comply with someone's wishes/something

III 〈 onovergankelijk werkwoord〉

1 [betamen] become

2 [gelegen komen] suit ⇒ be convenient for/to

♦voorbeelden:

1   zo'n toon voegt u niet • that sort of tone does not become you

2   kom zodra het u voegt • come at your earliest convenience

",-yu 1. water. 2. juice. 3. sap. 4. body of water; stream; river; lake; sea. 5. broth; gravy. 6. temper (of steel). 7. embroidery running pattern. (...) -larında about, around: saat altı sularında around six o´clock. elli sularında about fifty years old. - almak 1. to leak, admit water. 2. (for a boat) to leak, take in water. -yunu almak /ın/ to drain the water from (cooked vegetables). - arkı irrigation ditch. -da balık satmak to make an empty promise. - basmak /ı/ for water to flood (a place). - baskını flood. -yun başı 1. source, spring, fountain. 2. place from which one gains the greatest profits or benefits. 3. person who holds the greatest authority and bears the greatest responsibility. -yu baştan/başından kesmek to tackle a problem at its root. - birikintisi puddle. -da boğulmak to be drowned. -ya boğulmak to be flooded with water. - bölümü çizgisi geog. watershed, water parting. -yu bulandırmak to throw a monkey wrench into something that´s going well. - cenderesi hydraulic press. - çarpmak /a/ to give (one´s face) a quick, splashy wash. - çekmek 1. to draw water (from a well or cistern). 2. to absorb water. -yunu çekmek 1. for the liquid in (something being cooked) to boil away. 2. (for money) to be spent, run out. -yu çekilmiş değirmene dönmek 1. (for a place) to become as silent as a tomb, become like a morgue. 2. to become completely useless. -dan çıkmış balığa dönmek to be in a daze, not to know what to do or which way to turn. - değirmeni water mill. - dökmek to urinate, pass water, make water. - dökünmek to take a quick bath (by dousing oneself with water). -ya düşmek 1. to fail, come to nothing. 2. to fall into the water. - etmek/yapmak (for a ship) to leak, take in water. -dan geçirmek /ı/ 1. to wash (laundry) quickly and carelessly. 2. to rinse (laundry). - gibi 1. like water. 2. easily, smoothly. 3. fluently. - gibi akmak 1. (for time) to pass very quickly. 2. /a/ (for money) to be made by (a person or place) in great quantities. - gibi aziz ol! Thank you very much indeed (for bringing me water to drink)! - gibi bilmek /ı/ to know (something) perfectly, have (something) down pat. - gibi ezberlemek /ı/ to memorize (something) perfectly. - gibi gitmek (for money) to be spent like water. - gibi okumak /ı/ to read quickly and faultlessly. - gibi terlemek to sweat heavily. -yuna/-yunca gitmek /ın/ not to go counter to (someone); not to cross (someone), to comply with (someone´s) wishes. -yu görmeden paçaları sıvamak to count one´s chickens before they´re hatched. - (yüzü) görmemiş very dirty (face, hands). -ya göstermek /ı/ to give (something) a quick wash. - götürmez indisputable. - götürür yeri olmamak /ın/ for there to be nothing more to be said about (a matter). -ya götürür, susuz getirir. colloq. He´s a master hoodwinker. - içene yılan bile dokunmaz. proverb It´s wrong to attack a person while he´s drinking water, even if he is one´s enemy. - içinde easily, at least. - içinde kalmak to sweat heavily, sweat buckets. - içmek gibi very easy, as easy as taking candy from a baby. - kaçırmak 1. to leak. 2. slang to annoy, bother, give someone a headache. - kaldırmak (for something being cooked) to absorb water. - kapmak (for a wound) to get infected, fester. -lar kararmak to get dark (in the evening). - katılmamış real, in every sense of the word, through and through. -yu kesilmiş değirmene dönmek (for a place) to get quiet, for all noise (in a place) to cease. - kesimi naut. draft line; water line. -yu kesiyor. It´s so blunt it won´t cut anything (said of a knife). - kesmek to become very watery; to ooze a lot of water or juice. - kireci hydraulic lime. - korkusu hydrophobia, morbid dread of water. - koyuvermek 1. (for something) to ooze a lot of water (while being cooked). 2. slang to become impudent, overstep the mark, spoil the fun by going too far. - küçüğün, söz/sofra büyüğün. proverb At mealtime the children should be the ones who get water

1 [vol maken] fill

2 [voldoen aan] fulfil ⇒ perform 〈 taak〉, discharge 〈 plicht〉

3 [verwezenlijken] fulfil ⇒ realize

4 [bekleden] fill

♦voorbeelden:

1   dat vervult ons met zorg • that fills us with concern

     〈 figuurlijk〉 van iets vervuld zijn • be full of something

2   tijdens het vervullen van zijn plicht • in the discharge of his duty

3   iemands wensen vervullen • comply with someone's wishes

4   een betrekking vervullen • fill a position

comply with someone's wishes

comply with someone's wishes/something

1. auch fig. fill ( mit with); der Raum war mit Lärm / einem köstlichen Duft erfüllt the room was full of noise / pervaded by an exquisite aroma; i-e Worte erfüllten ihn mit Sorge / Stolz etc. her words filled him with anxiety / pride etc., what she said left him very worried / made him ( oder his heart) swell with pride etc.; die Kinder erfüllen das Haus mit Leben the children keep the house full of life ( oder buzzing)

2. jemanden erfüllen (befriedigen) satisfy s.o., fulfil(l) s.o.; meine Arbeit erfüllt mich I find my work very fulfilling ( oder satisfying)

3. (Aufgabe etc.) (entsprechen) fulfil(l); (Bedingung) auch meet, fulfil(l), satisfy, comply with; (Wunsch) grant, fulfil(l); (Erwartungen) meet, come ( oder live) up to; (Pflicht, Vertrag etc.) carry out; (Versprechen) keep, fulfil(l); (Zweck) serve, fulfil(l); das Auto erfüllt noch seinen Zweck the car still serves its purpose ( oder does its job); den Tatbestand der Nötigung etc. erfüllen JUR. constitute ( oder meet the definition of) coercion

II v/refl come true, be realized

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(ausfüllen) to prepossess; to fill; to imbue;

(entsprechen) to comply with; to meet; to come up to; to answer;

(erledigen) to acquit; to honour; to honor; to discharge; to perform; to fulfill; to fulfil; to carry out

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1. vt

1) Raum etc to fill

2) (= ausführen, einhalten) to fulfil (Brit), to fulfill (US); Bedingungen to meet, to comply with, to fulfil(l); Wunsch, Bitte to fulfi(l), to carry out; Pflicht, Aufgabe to fulfil(l), to carry out, to perform; Erwartungen to come up to, to fulfil(l); (JUR ) Soll to achieve; Plan to carry through; Formalitäten to comply with; Zweck, Funktion to serve

2. vr

3. vi (JUR)

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1) (to be suitable or all that is necessary (for): This will answer my requirements.) answer

2) (to act in the way that someone else has commanded or wished: You must comply (with her wishes).) comply

3) (to carry out or perform (a task, promise etc): He always fulfils his promises.) fulfil

4) (to satisfy (requirements): He fulfilled all the requirements for the job.) fulfil

5) (to fulfil (a promise etc): We'll honour our agreement.) honour

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I. vt

1. (ausführen)

▪ etw \erfüllen to fulfil [or AM usu -ll] [or carry out] sth

welche Funktion erfüllt sie im Betrieb? what is her function in the company?

mein altes Auto erfüllt seinen Zweck my old car serves its purpose

2. (durchdringen)

▪ jdn \erfüllen to come over sb

von Ekel erfüllt wandte sie sich ab filled with disgust she turned away

3. (anfüllen)

▪ etw \erfüllen to fill sth

das Giftgas erfüllte das ganze Gebäude the poisonous gas filled the whole building

II. vr (sich bewahrheiten)

▪ sich akk \erfüllen to be fulfilled, to come true

möge sich dein Wunsch \erfüllen! may your wish come true!

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1) grant <wish, request>; fulfil < contract>; carry out < duty>; meet < condition>; serve < purpose>

2) (füllen) fill; (fig. geh.)

reflexives Verb come true

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A. v/t

1. auch fig fill (

mit with);

der Raum war mit Lärm/einem köstlichen Duft erfüllt the room was full of noise/pervaded by an exquisite aroma;

i-e Worte erfüllten ihn mit Sorge/Stolz etc her words filled him with anxiety/pride etc, what she said left him very worried/made him ( oder his heart) swell with pride etc;

die Kinder erfüllen das Haus mit Leben the children keep the house full of life ( oder buzzing)

2.

jemanden erfüllen (befriedigen) satisfy sb, fulfil(l) sb;

meine Arbeit erfüllt mich I find my work very fulfilling ( oder satisfying)

3. (Aufgabe etc) (entsprechen) fulfil(l); (Bedingung) auch meet, fulfil(l), satisfy, comply with; (Wunsch) grant, fulfil(l); (Erwartungen) meet, come ( oder live) up to; (Pflicht, Vertrag etc) carry out; (Versprechen) keep, fulfil(l); (Zweck) serve, fulfil(l);

das Auto erfüllt noch seinen Zweck the car still serves its purpose ( oder does its job);

den Tatbestand der Nötigung etc

erfüllen JUR constitute ( oder meet the definition of) coercion

B. v/r come true, be realized

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1) grant <wish, request>; fulfil < contract>; carry out < duty>; meet < condition>; serve < purpose>

2) (füllen) fill; (fig. geh.)

reflexives Verb come true

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to comply v.

to fulfil v.

to perform v.

to preoccupy v.

to prepossess v.

"/a/ 1. to fit, be the right size and shape for. 2. to suit: Bu fiyat hesabıma uyuyor. This price suits my pocketbook. 3. to match, look good with, harmonize with. 4. to conform to, comply with; to conform to (someone´s) wishes, fall in line with, fall in with. 5. to adapt (to), adjust (to)."