dead from the neck up

dead from the neck up

coll muito burro, imbecil.

1)

2) esp AmE

(Slang) dom; niet intelligent

   paзг.

   c пpидуpью; глуп кaк пpoбкa, нe вce дoмa

    'Marvellous,' Knotman said, passing his bottle around. 'Let's drink to it. Anybody who won't is dead from the neck up' (A. Sillitoe)

1) Общая лексика: не все дома, с придурью, набитый дурак

2) Американизм: глуп как пробка

3) Сленг: консервативный, не преемлющий новых идей

4) Табуированная лексика: глупый

(סלנג) "מת מהצוואר מעלה", מטומטם, טיפש, לא חכם

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◙ םכח אל,שפיט,םטמוטמ,"הלעמ ראווצהמ תמ" (גנלס)◄

* bruto, imbécil, zoquete *

A a.

1 morto ( anche fig.): a dead woman, una (donna) morta; a dead body, un morto; un cadavere; dead leaves, foglie morte; dead flowers, fiori appassiti; dead languages, lingue morte; He had been dead for twelve hours, era morto da dodici ore; to drop dead, cadere a terra morto; morire all'improvviso; He was shot dead, è stato ucciso ( con una fucilata, con un colpo di pistola, ecc.); She was raped and left for dead, è stata violentata e lasciata che sembrava morta; Many are feared dead after a massive earthquake, si teme che numerose persone siano morte in un violentissimo terremoto; The attack left 90 people dead, l'attentato ha fatto 90 morti; Her parents are long dead, i suoi genitori sono morti da molto tempo; When they found him he was more dead than alive, quando lo hanno trovato, era più morto che vivo; Everyone said Communism was dead, tutti dicevano che il comunismo era morto; to play dead, fare finta d'essere morto, fare il morto; clinically dead, clinicamente morto NOTA D'USO: - morire-

2 inanimato; senza vita: dead matter, materia inanimata; a dead planet, un pianeta senza vita; dead soil, terreno sterile

3 spento: a dead fire, un fuoco spento; a dead match, un fiammifero usato

4 ( di colore) smorto; spento: dead white, bianco spento

5 ( di suono) smorzato; sordo: a dead sound, un suono smorzato

6 ( di espressione, voce) spento: a dead voice, una voce spenta; dead eyes, uno sguardo spento

7 ( di luogo, periodo, situazione) morto; monotono: The town is pretty dead at night, di sera la città è pressoché morta; dead season, stagione morta; In the second half the match was dead, nella seconda metà la partita è stata monotona

8 ( di parte del corpo) insensibile; intirizzito: My fingers are dead with cold, ho le dita intirizzite dal freddo; My leg has gone dead, non mi sento più la gamba

9 (tecn.) inerte; inattivo; ( di apparecchio) che non funziona; ( di batteria) scarico, a terra: a dead microphone, un microfono che non è in funzione; to go dead, spegnersi; (di radio, TV, ecc., anche) tacere di colpo; ( di telefono) diventare muto; (autom.) My battery is dead, ho la batteria a terra; The engine was completely dead, il motore era completamente morto

10 (elettr.) neutro; senza tensione: a dead wire, un filo neutro

11 ( di bicchiere, bottiglia, ingl.) vuoto

12 (solo attr.) assoluto; perfetto: dead calm, calma assoluta; (naut.) calma piatta; bonaccia; dead certainty, certezza assoluta; dead silence, silenzio assoluto; silenzio di tomba; the dead centre of the target, il centro esatto del bersaglio; on a dead level, perfettamente piano, in pari; The train slowed down and then came to a dead stop, il treno ha rallentato e poi si è fermato del tutto

13 (solo pred.) (fam.) stanco morto; a pezzi: By the end of the walk we were half dead, alla fine della camminata, eravamo mezzi morti dalla stanchezza; to be dead on one's feet, reggersi in piedi a stento (dalla stanchezza)

14 (solo pred.) (fam.) spacciato: If she finds you here you're dead, se ti trova qui, sei spacciato

15 ( sport: del terreno) pesante; allentato

B n.

1 (al pl.) – the dead, i morti; i defunti: to bury the dead, seppellire i morti; the dead and injured, i morti e i feriti; (relig.) office for the dead, ufficio dei defunti; ufficio funebre; Let the dead bury their dead, che i morti seppelliscano i morti

2 [u] – in the dead of night [of winter], nel cuore della notte [dell'inverno]

● ( banca) dead account, conto estinto □ dead air, aria viziata ( nelle miniere) □ (edil.) dead-air space, intercapedine chiusa □ (fam. GB) dead-alive (o dead and alive), monotono; noioso; ( di persona) inerte, moscio □ dead and buried, ( di cosa, situazione) finito da un pezzo; morto e sepolto □ dead and gone, morto da un pezzo, morto e sepolto; ► sopra dead and buried □ (fin.) dead assets, attività non realizzabili □ (autom., mecc.) dead axle, asse portante □ ( sport) dead ball, palla ferma; ( rugby) pallone morto □ ( rugby) dead-ball line, linea di pallone morto; linea di fondo □ dead bolt, catenaccio ( di serratura) □ ( Borsa) dead cat bounce, rimbalzo ‘del gatto morto’ ( piccolo e temporaneo, in un andamento generale ribassista) □ dead centre, ( di motore) punto morto (del manovellismo); (mecc.: di tornio, ecc.) contropunta fissa; (fig.) punto morto □ (fam. GB) to be a dead cert, ( di evento) essere garantito; ( di persona) vincere sicuramente: Tax rises are a dead cert for the next year, aumenti delle tasse sono garantiti il prossimo anno; He is a dead cert for the Oscar, vincerà sicuramente l'Oscar □ (fam.) dead duck, cosa fallita o destinata al fallimento; persona finita, spacciata □ dead end, vicolo cieco ( anche fig.) □ dead-end (agg.), senza prospettive; senza sbocchi: a dead-end job, un lavoro senza prospettive; a dead-end situation, una situazione senza via d'uscita □ (comm., naut.) dead freight, nolo «vuoto per pieno»; nolo morto □ (fam.) dead from the neck up, deficiente; cretino integrale □ (mil., ecc.) dead ground, angolo morto; terreno in cui si è al coperto □ (leg.) dead hand, manomorta □ ( sport: atletica) dead heat, risultato di parità: It's a dead heat between them, sono in parità; a dead-heat finish, l'arrivo alla pari di due concorrenti □ dead-house, camera mortuaria; obitorio □ dead in the water, fermo, a un punto morto □ (med., sport) dead leg, sensazione di insensibilità alla coscia ( dovuta a contusione) □ dead letter, lettera in giacenza; (fig.) lettera morta □ dead-letter drop (o box), nascondiglio dove una spia può lasciare un messaggio, ecc. ( per non incontrare il destinatario faccia a faccia); cassetta delle lettere □ (fis.) dead level, livello costante □ ( teoria delle costr.) dead load, carico fisso □ dead loss, (fin.) perdita netta (o secca); (fig. fam.) incapace; schiappa □ (bot.) dead man's fingers (o dead man's thumb), ( Orchis morio) pan di cuculo; ( Orchis maculata) manine □ ( USA) the dead-man's float, il morto ( nel nuoto) □ dead man's handle, leva di arresto automatico; (ferr.) (dispositivo di) uomo morto □ dead march, marcia funebre □ (fam. USA) dead marine, bottiglia vuota □ (fam.) to be dead meat, essere finito (o spacciato); essere un uomo morto □ (fin.) dead money, denaro infruttifero □ (bot.) dead nettle ( Lamium), lamio; ortica bianca □ dead oil, olio inerte ( estratto dal catrame) □ (fam.) dead on, perfetto; azzeccato □ (med.) dead on arrival (abbr. DOA), giunto cadavere ( all'ospedale) □ dead or alive, vivo o morto: They want him dead or alive, lo vogliono vivo o morto □ (fam. USA) dead pigeon = dead duck ► sopra □ (mecc.) dead point, ( del motore) punto morto □ dead pull (o lift), sforzo vano ( per sollevare o spostare un peso eccessivo) □ (naut. e fig.) dead reckoning, determinazione del punto stimato □ (fam.) dead ringer, ritratto vivente; copia esatta: He's a dead ringer for his father, è la copia esatta di suo padre □ dead set, ( nella caccia) punta, ferma □ (antiq. GB) to make a dead set at sb., fare una corte accanita a q. □ dead shot, tiratore infallibile □ dead sleep, sonno profondo □ (fam.) dead soldier, bottiglia vuota □ dead stock, (econ.) scorte morte; (fin.) capitale azionario inutilizzato; (comm.) giacenze di merce difficile a vendersi □ dead storage, custodia temporanea a pagamento (spec. di un veicolo) □ (idraul.) dead storage capacity, capacità morta □ (elettron., cronot.) dead time, tempo morto □ (fam.) dead to rights, in flagrante; sul fatto □ dead to all feeling, sordo a ogni emozione; insensibile □ (fam.) dead to the world, addormentato della grossa □ (ferr.) dead track, binario morto; binario isolato □ (tipogr.) dead type, piombo fermo □ (edil.) dead wall, muro cieco □ dead water, acqua morta □ dead weight ► deadweight □ (scherz. USA) Dead White European Male (abbr. DWEM), grande figura maschile della tradizione culturale europea □ (naut.) dead wind, vento di (o in) poppa; vento di (o in) prua; vento contrario □ dead wood, legna secca; (fig.) persone o cose inutili □ as dead as the dodo, morto e sepolto; defunto da secoli □ as dead as a doornail, morto stecchito □ (fam.) over my dead body!, preferirei morire! □ (fam.) I wouldn't be seen (o caught) dead in clothes like that, non mi farei vedere vestita così neanche morta □ from the dead, dal regno dei morti; dall'aldilà: to come back from the dead, tornare dall'aldilà □ (prov.) Dead men tell no tales, i morti non parlano.

1 assolutamente; totalmente: dead certain, assolutamente sicuro; sicurissimo; dead (o dead-set) against st., totalmente contrario a qc.; dead set on st., decisissimo a ottenere qc.; You're dead right, hai assolutamente ragione

2 perfettamente; esattamente: dead level, perfettamente in piano; dead on time, puntualissimo; dead ahead, diritto davanti a qc.; (naut.) dritto di prua

3 (fam. GB) molto; proprio: dead easy, facilissimo; dead clever, proprio furbo; dead good, eccezionale

● (fam.) dead beat, distrutto, esausto: I only got home after midnight and I was dead beat, sono arrivato a casa solo dopo mezzanotte ed ero distrutto □ dead broke, senza il becco di un quattrino; in bolletta (fam.) □ dead drunk, ubriaco fradicio □ (autom.) «Dead slow» ( cartello), «a passo d'uomo» □ to stop dead, fermarsi di botto.

dead [ded]

mort ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (c)-(e), 1 (g), 1 (i), 3 engourdi ⇒ 1 (b) éteint ⇒ 1 (c) hors jeu ⇒ 1 (f) terne ⇒ 1 (h) exactement ⇒ 2 (a) complètement ⇒ 2 (b)

1 adjective

(a) (not alive → person, animal, plant) mort; (→ flower) fané;

∎ dead man (person) mort m; British familiar (empty bottle) cadavre m;

∎ dead woman morte f;

∎ the dead woman's husband le mari de la défunte;

∎ he has been dead for five years il est mort ou décédé il y a cinq ans, cela fait cinq ans qu'il est mort;

∎ to be dead on arrival être mort ou décédé avant l'arrivée à l'hôpital;

∎ dead or alive mort ou vif;

∎ more dead than alive plus mort que vif;

∎ half dead with hunger/exhaustion/fear à demi mort de faim/d'épuisement/de peur;

∎ also figurative dead and buried mort et enterré;

∎ they are all dead and gone now ils sont tous morts maintenant;

∎ stone dead raide mort;

∎ to drop (down) or to fall down dead tomber raide mort;

∎ to shoot sb dead tuer qn (avec une arme à feu), abattre qn;

∎ to leave sb for dead laisser qn pour mort;

∎ familiar we're just British flogging or American beating a dead horse nous nous dépensons en pure perte^□, nous nous acharnons inutilement^□ ;

∎ familiar you're a dead man tu es un homme mort;

∎ familiar figurative you're dead or dead meat if he finds out s'il l'apprend, tu es mort;

∎ familiar drop dead! va te faire voir!;

∎ familiar dead as a doornail or a dodo on ne peut plus mort;

∎ to step into a dead man's shoes être promu à la suite du décès de son supérieur;

∎ familiar I wouldn't be seen dead in that restaurant je ne mettrai jamais les pieds dans ce restaurant^□ ;

∎ familiar I wouldn't be seen dead wearing something like that jamais de la vie je ne mettrai quelque chose comme ça^□ ;

∎ familiar I wouldn't be seen dead with him plutôt mourir que de me montrer en sa compagnie^□ ;

∎ proverb dead men tell no tales les morts ne parlent pas;

∎ dead in the water mort dans l'œuf

(b) (lacking in sensation → fingers, toes etc) engourdi;

∎ to go dead s'engourdir;

∎ dead to all sense of honour insensible à tout sentiment d'honneur;

∎ he is dead to reason il ne veut pas entendre raison;

∎ familiar she's dead from the neck up elle n'a rien dans la tête;

∎ familiar to be dead to the world dormir d'un sommeil de plomb

(c) (not alight → fire) mort, éteint; (→ coals) éteint; (→ match) usé

(d) (lacking activity → town) mort; (→ business, market) très calme; Banking & Finance (→ account) inactif;

∎ this place is dead in winter cet endroit est mort l'hiver

(e) (language) mort

(f) Sport (out of play → ball) hors jeu (inv)

(g) Electricity (battery) mort, à plat; (wire) hors ou sans tension; Telecommunications (phone, line) coupé;

∎ the line went dead la ligne a été coupée;

∎ the phone is or has gone dead il n'y a pas de tonalité

(h) (dull → colour) terne, fade; (→ sound) sourd

(i) familiar (tired out) mort, crevé

(j) (finished with → cigar) entièrement fumé;

∎ familiar are these glasses dead? est-ce que vous avez fini avec ces verres^□ ?

(k) familiar (no longer working → TV, fridge etc) foutu

(l) (idioms)

∎ in dead earnest (be) très sérieux; (speak) très sérieusement;

∎ familiar he's the dead spit of his father c'est son père tout craché;

∎ she fell to the floor in a dead faint elle tomba à terre, inconsciente;

∎ on a dead level with sth exactement au même niveau que qch;

∎ British old-fashioned to make a dead set at sb (romantically) jeter son dévolu sur qn

2 adverb

(a) (precisely)

∎ dead ahead tout droit;

∎ dead in the middle juste au milieu, au beau milieu;

∎ British to be dead level (with sth) être exactement au même niveau (que qch);

∎ British dead on time juste à l'heure;

∎ British to arrive dead on the hour arriver à l'heure pile ou juste à l'heure;

∎ dead on target British (hit something) en plein dans le mille;

∎ British familiar you're dead right tu as entièrement raison^□ ;

∎ British familiar you're dead on c'est exactement ça^□

(b) familiar (very) super;

∎ dead beat crevé, mort;

∎ dead broke complètement fauché;

∎ dead drunk ivre mort;

∎ dead easy super facile, fastoche;

∎ British dead good super bon;

∎ British it was dead lucky c'était un super coup de bol ou de pot;

∎ dead tired mort, crevé

(c) (completely)

∎ the sea was dead calm la mer était parfaitement calme;

∎ to be dead against sb/sth être absolument contre qn/qch;

∎ to be dead set on doing sth être fermement décidé à faire qch;

∎ to be dead set on sth tenir absolument ou à tout prix à qch;

∎ to be dead set against sb/sth être résolument opposé à qn/qch;

∎ Nautical wind dead ahead vent droit debout

(d) Cars

∎ dead slow (sign) au pas;

∎ humorous he has two speeds - dead slow and stop il est d'une lenteur!

(e) (idioms)

∎ to play dead faire le mort;

∎ to stop dead s'arrêter net;

∎ to stop sb dead arrêter qn net

3 plural noun

∎ the dead les morts;

∎ Religion to rise from the dead ressusciter d'entre les morts

4 noun

∎ (depth) in the dead of winter au cœur de l'hiver;

∎ in the or at dead of night au milieu ou au plus profond de la nuit

►► dead body cadavre m, corps m;

∎ familiar (it'll be) over my dead body! il faudra me tuer d'abord!;

∎ familiar you'll marry him over my dead body! moi vivant, tu ne l'épouseras pas!;

Nautical dead calm calme m plat;

Technology dead centre point m mort; (of lathe) centre m fixe;

British familiar dead cert (in race, competition) valeur f sûre^□ ;

∎ it's a dead cert that he'll be there il sera là à coup sûr;

Typography dead copy vieille épreuve f;

figurative dead duck (plan, proposal → which will fail) désastre m assuré^□, plan m foireux; (→ which has failed) désastre m, fiasco m;

∎ he's a dead duck c'en est fini de lui;

dead end (road) cul m de sac, voie f sans issue, impasse f;

∎ it's a dead end (job) il n'y a aucune perspective d'avenir; (line of investigation, research) cela ne mènera ou conduira à rien;

∎ to come to a dead end (street) se terminer en cul de sac;

∎ figurative to come to or to reach a dead end aboutir à une impasse;

(a) (influence) mainmise f, emprise f;

∎ the dead hand of tradition le poids de la tradition

(b) Law mainmorte f;

dead heat = course dont les vainqueurs sont déclarés ex aequo; (horse race) dead-heat m;

∎ it was a dead heat (athletics race) les coureurs sont arrivés ex aequo;

dead letter Administration (letter that cannot be delivered) lettre f non distribuée, (lettre f passée au) rebut m; (law, rule) loi f ou règle f caduque ou tombée en désuétude;

∎ to become a dead letter (law, rule) tomber en désuétude;

∎ figurative it's a dead letter c'est mort et enterré;

British Commerce dead loss perte f sèche;

∎ British familiar to be a dead loss (person, thing) être complètement nul;

American Administration dead mail courrier m non distribuée;

dead man's fingers (coral) alcyon m;

Railways dead man's handle manette f d'homme-mort;

dead march marche f funèbre;

Nautical dead reckoning estime f;

∎ to navigate by dead reckoning naviguer à l'estime;

familiar dead ringer sosie^□ m;

∎ to be a dead ringer for sb être le sosie de qn;

the Dead Sea la mer Morte;

the Dead Sea Scrolls les manuscrits mpl de la mer Morte;

dead silence silence m complet ou de mort;

dead stock (UNCOUNT) Agriculture machines fpl agricoles;

dead stop arrêt m brutal;

∎ to come to a dead stop s'arrêter net;

dead weight poids m mort; Cars poids m utile;

∎ figurative he's a dead weight c'est un poids mort;

dead white European male = écrivain, musicien etc européen blanc mort depuis longtemps;

British dead wood (trees, branches) bois m mort; figurative (people) personnel m inutile;

∎ there is too much dead wood in this office il y a trop de gens payés à ne rien faire dans ce bureau

✾ Film 'Dead of Night' Hamer, Dearden et al 'Au cœur de la nuit'

✾ Book ✾ Film 'The Dead' Joyce, Huston 'Les Morts' (nouvelle), 'Les Gens de Dublin' (film)

neck [nek]

1. noun

   a. cou m

• to risk one's neck risquer sa vie

• he's up to his neck in it (inf) (in crime, plot) il est mouillé jusqu'au cou (inf)

• to be up to one's neck in work (inf) être débordé de travail

• he's up to his neck in debt (inf) il est endetté jusqu'au cou

• he got it in the neck (inf!) ( = got told off) il en a pris pour son grade (inf)

• to stick one's neck out (inf) se mouiller (inf)

   b. [of dress, shirt] encolure f

• high/square neck col m montant/carré

• a dress with a low neck une robe décolletée

• a shirt with a 38cm neck une chemise qui fait 38 cm d'encolure

   c. [of bottle] goulot m ; [of vase] col m ; [of guitar, violin] manche m

• in this neck of the woods par ici

2. intransitive verb

[couple] (inf) se peloter (inf)

• to neck with sb peloter (inf) qn

3. compounds

► neck and neck adverb à égalité

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1) ( of person) cou m; (of horse, donkey) encolure f

2) ( collar) col m; ( neckline) encolure f

3) Culinary (also

4) (of bottle, vase, womb) col m

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neck

A n ⇒ The human body

1 Anat cou m ; to wear sth round one's neck porter qch autour du cou ; to fling one's arms around sb's neck sauter or se jeter au cou de qn ; to drip ou run down sb's neck [liquid] dégouliner dans le cou de qn ; the back of the neck la nuque ;

2 Zool (of horse, donkey) encolure f ;

3 Fashn ( collar) col m ; ( neckline) encolure f ; with a high neck à or avec un col montant ; with a low neck décolleté ;

4 Culin ( of lamb) collet m ; ( of beef) collier m ; best end of neck collet m ;

5 ( narrowest part) (of bottle, flask) goulot m, col m ; ( of vase) col m ; the neck of the womb le col de l'utérus ;

6 Mus ( of instrument) manche m ;

7 Geog isthme m ;

8 Dent collet m ;

9 Tech ( of screw) collet m ;

10 Geol ( of volcano) neck m.

B ○ vi se bécoter ○.

to be a pain in the neck ○ être casse-pieds ○ ; lit, fig to be neck and neck être à égalité ; he's up to his neck in it ○ il y est enfoncé jusqu'au cou ; he's up to his neck in debt ○ il est endetté jusqu'au cou ; to get ou catch it in the neck ○ en prendre pour son grade ○ ; to risk one's neck ○ risquer sa peau ○ ; to stick one's neck out ○ s'avancer ; to win by a neck [horse] gagner d'une encolure ; [person] gagner de peu ; in this neck of the woods ○ par ici, dans ces parages ; to be dead from the neck up ○ être abruti, n'avoir rien dans la cervelle.

dead [ded]

1. adjective

   a. [person, animal, plant] mort

• dead or alive mort ou vif

• more dead than alive plus mort que vif

• dead and buried mort et enterré

• to drop down dead tomber (raide) mort

• as dead as a doornail tout ce qu'il y a de plus mort

• as dead as a dodo tout ce qu'il y a de plus mort

• will he do it? -- over my dead body! (inf) il le fera ? -- il faudra d'abord qu'il me passe sur le corps !

• to flog or beat a dead horse (British, US) s'acharner inutilement

• dead in the water (inf) fichu (inf)

• to leave sb for dead laisser qn pour mort

• he was found to be dead on arrival les médecins n'ont pu que constater le décès

• I wouldn't be seen dead with him! (inf) pour rien au monde je ne voudrais être vu avec lui !

• I wouldn't be seen dead in that pub! (inf) il est hors de question que je mette les pieds (inf) dans ce bar !

• you're dead meat! (inf!) t'es un homme mort ! (inf)

   b. [limbs] engourdi

• my fingers are dead j'ai les doigts gourds

• he's dead from the neck up (inf) il n'a rien dans le ciboulot (inf !)

• he was dead to the world (inf) il dormait comme une souche

   c. [battery] à plat ; [town] mort

• the line is dead il n'y a pas de tonalité

• the line's gone dead la ligne est coupée

• the engine's dead le moteur est en panne

   d. ( = absolute, exact) to hit sth dead centre frapper qch en plein milieu

• it's a dead cert (inf!) c'est sûr et certain

• to be a dead loss (inf) être nul (inf)

• dead silence silence m de mort

2. adverb

(British = exactly, completely) dead ahead droit devant

• to be dead certain about sth (inf) être absolument certain de qch

• to be dead against sth (inf) être absolument opposé à qch

• she was dead on target (inf) elle a mis dans le mille

• dead drunk (inf) ivre mort

• it's dead easy (inf) c'est simple comme bonjour (inf)

• to be dead on time être pile à l'heure

• it was dead lucky (inf) c'était un coup de pot monstre (inf !)

• she's dead right (inf) elle a tout à fait raison

• dead slow (as instruction) roulez au pas

• to go dead slow aller extrêmement lentement

• to stop dead s'arrêter net

• to cut sb dead faire semblant de ne pas voir qn

• dead tired crevé (inf)

• he went dead white il est devenu pâle comme un mort

3. noun

• in the dead of night au plus profond de la nuit

• in the dead of winter au cœur de l'hiver

4. plural noun

the dead les morts mpl

5. compounds

► dead-beat (inf) adjective crevé (inf)

► dead end noun impasse f

► dead-end adjective

• a dead-end job un travail sans perspective d'avenir ► dead heat noun

• the race was a dead heat ils sont arrivés ex æquo ► the Dead Sea noun la mer Morte

► dead weight noun poids m mort

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1)

2) fig ( depths)

1) ( no longer living) mort

2) ( extinct) [language] mort; [custom] désuet/-ète; [issue] dépassé; [fire] mort

3) (dull, not lively) [place] mort; [audience] apathique

4) (not functioning, idle) [battery] à plat; [capital] inactif/-ive

5) ( impervious) insensible (to à)

6) ( numb) [limb] engourdi

7) ( absolute)

adverb surtout GB (absolutely, completely) absolument

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- dead and buried

- dead as a door-nail

- dead from the neck up

- dead marines

- the dead of night

- the dead ring of smb.

- enough to rouse the dead

- in the dead' of winter

- let the dead bury their dead

- let the dead bury their dead

- more dead than alive

- on the dead

- wouldn't be caught dead

1) tot

2) tot [Materie]; erloschen [Vulkan, Gefühl, Interesse]; verbraucht, leer [Batterie]; tot [Telefon, Leitung, Saison, Kapital, Ball, Sprache]

3) (expr. completeness) plötzlich [Halt]; völlig [Stillstand]; genau [Mitte]

4) (benumbed) taub

5) (exhausted) erschöpft; kaputt (ugs.)

1) (completely) völlig

2) (exactly)

1)

2) pl. the dead: die Toten Pl.

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1) (without life; not living: a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.) tot

2) (not working and not giving any sign of being about to work: The phone/engine is dead.) tot

3) (absolute or complete: There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.) völlig

- academic.ru/18635/deaden">deaden

- dead end

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I. adj

1. inv (not alive) tot; plant abgestorben, tot

she's been \dead for three years sie ist [schon] drei Jahre tot

to be \dead on arrival beim Eintreffen ins Krankenhaus bereits tot sein

\dead body Leiche f

to drop \dead tot umfallen

to shoot sb \dead jdn erschießen

to be shot \dead erschossen werden

2. inv (obsolete, not active) custom ausgestorben; feelings erloschen; (gone out) fire erloschen, aus fam; railway line stillgelegt

acid rain has become a \dead issue über sauren Regen spricht heute keiner mehr

my cigarette is \dead meine Zigarette ist ausgegangen; (no longer in use)

are these tins \dead? brauchst du diese Dosen noch?

\dead language tote Sprache

\dead volcano erloschener Vulkan

3. inv (numb) limbs taub

my legs have gone \dead meine Beine sind eingeschlafen

4. inv (with no emotion) voice kalt; (flat) sound dumpf

5. inv (not bright) colour matt, stumpf

6. (boring, deserted) city tot, [wie] ausgestorben präd; party öde; season tot

\dead performance glanzlose Vorführung

7. inv FIN unproduktiv, ertraglos

\dead capital totes Kapital

8. ( fig fam: exhausted) tot fam, kaputt fam, erledigt fam

to be \dead on one's feet zum Umfallen müde sein

9. inv (not functioning) phone, radio, TV tot

and then the phone went \dead und dann war die Leitung tot

the phone has gone \dead die Leitung ist tot

the line went \dead die Leitung brach zusammen

10. inv ( fig: used up) verbraucht; battery leer; match erloschen

11. attr, inv (totally) völlig, total, absolut

that remark was a \dead giveaway diese Bemerkung sagte alles

wow, \dead centre! hui, genau in die Mitte!

\dead calm METEO Windstille f

to be in a \dead faint in eine tiefe Ohnmacht gefallen sein

\dead silence Totenstille f

we sat in \dead silence keiner von uns sagte auch nur ein Wort

to come to a \dead stop zum völligen Stillstand kommen

12. inv (fast asleep)

▪ to be \dead tief und fest schlafen

to be \dead to the world fest eingeschlafen [o fam total weg] sein

13. inv SPORT

\dead ball toter Ball (Ball, der ohne Bewertung ins Aus geht)

▶ over my \dead body nur über meine Leiche fam

▶ to be \dead and buried tot und begraben sein

▶ to catch [or get] [or have] sb \dead to rights jdn auf frischer Tat ertappen

▶ to be [as] \dead as a doornail [or ( dated) dodo] mausetot sein fam

▶ to be a \dead duck thing eine Schnapsidee sein; person eine Null sein fam

▶ you'll be \dead meat if you ever do that again ich kill dich, wenn du das noch einmal machst! sl

▶ \dead men tell no tales ( prov) Tote reden nicht

▶ to be \dead from the neck strohdoof [o SCHWEIZ strohdumm] sein fam

▶ to be a \dead ringer for sb ein Doppelgänger von jdm sein, für jdn durchgehen können

▶ I wouldn't be seen \dead in that dress so ein Kleid würde ich nie im Leben anziehen

▶ I wouldn't be seen \dead in that pub in diese Kneipe [o ÖSTERR dieses Beisl] [o SCHWEIZ diese Beiz] würden mich keine zehn Pferde bringen

II. adv

1. inv ( fam: totally) absolut, total, völlig

I'm \dead beat ich bin todmüde

your analysis is \dead on target deine Analyse trifft genau ins Schwarze

you're \dead right du hast vollkommen [o absolut] Recht!

“\dead slow” „Schritt fahren“

\dead certain todsicher fam

\dead drunk stockbetrunken

\dead easy esp BRIT kinderleicht

\dead good BRIT ( fam) super fam

to have been \dead lucky Schwein gehabt haben sl

to be \dead set against sth absolut gegen etw akk sein

to be \dead set on sth etw felsenfest vorhaben

\dead silent totenstill

\dead still regungslos

\dead tired todmüde

2. inv (exactly) genau

the town hall is \dead ahead die Stadthalle liegt direkt da vorne

to be \dead in the centre genau in der Mitte sein

\dead on five o'clock Punkt fünf

\dead on target genau im Ziel

\dead on time auf die Minute genau

to be \dead on time pünktlich wie die Maurer sein BRD, ÖSTERR fam

▶ to stop \dead in one's tracks auf der Stelle stehen bleiben

▶ to stop sth \dead in its tracks etw völlig zum Stillstand bringen

his political career was stopped \dead in its tracks seine politische Karriere fand ein jähes Ende

▶ \dead straight:

are you coming to the party? — \dead straight I am gehst du auf die Party? — darauf kannst du wetten! fam

▶ to tell sb sth \dead straight jdm unverblümt die Wahrheit sagen

III. n

1. (people)

▪ the \dead pl die Toten pl; ( fig)

you're making enough noise to wake the \dead! bei dem Lärm kann man ja Tote aufwecken!

let the \dead bury the \dead lasst die Toten die Toten begraben

to come back from the \dead (come back to life) aus dem Jenseits zurückkommen, von den Toten zurückkehren

to show [some] respect for the \dead den Toten Respekt zollen [o erweisen

to rise from the \dead (recover from an illness) [von den Toten] auferstehen, wieder auferstehen iron; SPORT sich akk fangen

3. (right in the middle)

in the \dead of night mitten in der Nacht

in the \dead of winter im tiefsten Winter

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1. adj

1) tot; plant abgestorben, tot

2) (= not sensitive) limbs abgestorben, taub

3) (= without activity etc) town, season tot; business flau

4) (ELEC) cable stromlos; (TELEC) tot

5) (= burned out) fire aus pred; match abgebrannt

6) (inf: finished with) (TYP) copy abgesetzt

7) (SPORT) ball tot

8) (= obsolete) language etc tot; custom ausgestorben

9) (= absolute, exact) total, völlig

10) colour tot, stumpf, matt; sound dumpf

11) (TYP)

12) (inf: exhausted) tot (inf), völlig kaputt (inf)

2. adv

1) (= exactly) genau

2) (Brit inf = very) total (inf), völlig

3)

3. n

1)

2)

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dead [ded]

A adj (adv → deadly B)

1. tot, gestorben:

(as) dead as mutton ( oder a doornail) umg mausetot;

dead and gone tot und begraben (a. fig);

be dead to the world umg hinüber sein:

a) eingeschlafen sein

b) das Bewusstsein verloren haben

c) sinnlos betrunken sein;

play dead sich tot stellen;

be dead from the neck up umg

a) gehirnamputiert sein pej,

b) keinerlei geistige Interessen haben;

dead man’s handle BAHN Sicherheitsfahrschaltungstaster m, SIFA-Taster m;

a) auf eine Erbschaft warten,

b) warten, bis jemand stirbt, damit man in seine Position nachrücken kann;

he is dead of pneumonia er ist an Lungenentzündung gestorben;

he is a dead man fig er ist ein Kind des Todes, er ist ein toter Mann;

dead men tell no tales Tote reden nicht; → body A 2, shoot B 2 c, etc

2. tot, leblos:

dead matter tote Materie ( → A 23)

3. totenähnlich, tief (Schlaf):

be in a dead faint in tiefer Ohnmacht liegen

4. umg restlos fertig, todmüde, zu Tode erschöpft

5. unzugänglich, unempfänglich ( beide:

to für):

be dead to pity keinerlei Mitleid haben

6. taub ( to advice gegen Ratschläge)

7. gefühllos, abgestorben, erstarrt (Finger etc):

go dead (jemandem) einschlafen ( → A 11)

8. fig gefühllos, gleichgültig, abgestumpft ( alle:

to gegen)

9. tot, ausgestorben:

dead language tote Sprache

10. überlebt, veraltet (Sitten etc)

11. erloschen (Feuer, Vulkan, Leidenschaft etc):

go dead ausgehen (Zigarette etc)( → A 7)

12. tot, geistlos

13. unfruchtbar, tot, leer, öde (Gegend etc)

14. tot, still, stehend: → dead water

15. JUR

a) ungültig (Abmachung etc)

b) bürgerlich tot

16. langweilig, öd(e) (Party etc)

17. tot, nichtssagend, farb-, ausdruckslos

18. besonders WIRTSCH still, ruhig, flau (Saison etc):

dead market flauer Markt

19. WIRTSCH tot (auch allg Wissen etc), gewinn-, umsatzlos:

dead assets pl unproduktive (Kapital)Anlage;

dead capital (stock) totes Kapital (Inventar)

20. TECH

a) außer Betrieb, tot:

dead track totes Gleis

b) defekt (Ventil etc):

dead engine ausgefallener oder abgestorbener Motor

c) leer (Batterie)

21. TECH tot, starr, fest (Achse)

22. ELEK strom-, spannungslos, tot

23. TYPO abgelegt:

dead matter Ablegesatz m ( → A 2)

24. besonders ARCH blind, Blend…:

dead floor Blend-, Blindboden m;

dead window totes Fenster

25. Sack… (ohne Ausgang):

dead street Sackgasse f

26. dumpf, klanglos, tot (Ton)

27. matt (Augen, Farben etc):

dead gilding matte Vergoldung

28. schal, abgestanden (Getränk)

29. verwelkt, dürr, abgestorben (Blumen etc)

30. (akustisch) tot:

dead room toter oder schalldichter Raum

31. völlig, absolut, restlos, total:

dead certainty absolute Gewissheit;

dead silence Totenstille f;

dead stop völliger Stillstand;

come to a dead stop schlagartig stehen bleiben oder aufhören; → calm A 2, cert, earnest¹ B, loss 1, ringer² 4

32. todsicher umg, unfehlbar (Schütze etc)

33. äußerst(er, e, es) (Anstrengung etc):

a dead push ein verzweifelter, aber vergeblicher Stoß

34. SPORT tot, nicht im Spiel (Ball)

B s

1. stillste Zeit:

in the dead of night mitten in der Nacht;

the dead of winter der tiefste Winter

2. the dead koll die Toten pl:

rise from the dead von den Toten auferstehen;

the dead and the living die Lebenden und die Toten

C adv

1. umg restlos, absolut, völlig, gänzlich, total:

the facts are dead against him alles spricht gegen ihn;

be dead asleep im tiefsten Schlaf liegen;

dead beat umg wie erschlagen, fix und fertig;

dead black tiefschwarz;

dead drunk sinnlos betrunken;

be dead right hundertprozentig recht haben;

“dead slow” AUTO „Schritt fahren!“;

dead straight schnurgerade;

dead tired todmüde

2. plötzlich, abrupt:

stop dead (in one’s tracks) abrupt stehen bleiben oder aufhören

3. genau, direkt:

dead against genau gegenüber von (od dat);

be dead (set) against ganz und gar gegen etwas (eingestellt) sein;

be dead set on ganz scharf sein auf (akk) umg

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1) tot

2) tot [Materie]; erloschen [Vulkan, Gefühl, Interesse]; verbraucht, leer [Batterie]; tot [Telefon, Leitung, Saison, Kapital, Ball, Sprache]

3) (expr. completeness) plötzlich [Halt]; völlig [Stillstand]; genau [Mitte]

4) (benumbed) taub

5) (exhausted) erschöpft; kaputt (ugs.)

1) (completely) völlig

2) (exactly)

1)

2) pl. the dead: die Toten Pl.

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abgestorben adj.

außer Betrieb ausdr.

stromlos adj.

tot adj.

öd adj.

1) collo m.

2) (collar) collo m., colletto m.; (neckline) scollatura f.

3) gastr. (of lamb, beef) collo m.

4) (of bottle, vase) collo m.

5) geogr. istmo m.

aggettivo - necked in composti

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verbo intransitivo colloq. sbaciucchiarsi, pomiciare

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1) (the part of the body between the head and chest: She wore a scarf around her neck.)

2) (the part of an article of clothing that covers that part of the body: The neck of that shirt is dirty.)

3) (anything like a neck in shape or position: the neck of a bottle.)

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- necklace

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1) collo m.

2) (collar) collo m., colletto m.; (neckline) scollatura f.

3) gastr. (of lamb, beef) collo m.

4) (of bottle, vase) collo m.

5) geogr. istmo m.

aggettivo - necked in composti

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verbo intransitivo colloq. sbaciucchiarsi, pomiciare

[ded] adj

1) inv ( not alive) tot; plant abgestorben, tot;

she's been \dead for three years sie ist [schon] drei Jahre tot;

to be \dead on arrival beim Eintreffen ins Krankenhaus bereits tot sein;

\dead body Leiche f;

to drop \dead tot umfallen;

to shoot sb \dead jdn erschießen;

to be shot \dead erschossen werden

2) inv (obsolete, not active) custom ausgestorben; feelings erloschen;

( gone out) fire erloschen, aus ( fam) railway line stillgelegt;

acid rain has become a \dead issue über sauren Regen spricht heute keiner mehr;

my cigarette is \dead meine Zigarette ist ausgegangen;

( no longer in use)

are these tins \dead? brauchst du diese Dosen noch?;

\dead language tote Sprache;

\dead volcano erloschener Vulkan

3) inv ( numb) limbs taub;

my legs have gone \dead meine Beine sind eingeschlafen

4) inv ( with no emotion) voice kalt;

( flat) sound dumpf

5) inv ( not bright) colour matt, stumpf

6) (boring, deserted) city tot, [wie] ausgestorben präd; party öde; season tot;

\dead performance glanzlose Vorführung

7) inv fin

\dead capital totes Kapital;

8) (fig fam: exhausted) tot ( fam), kaputt ( fam), erledigt ( fam)

to be \dead on one's feet zum Umfallen müde sein

9) inv ( not functioning) phone, radio, TV tot;

and then the phone went \dead und dann war die Leitung tot;

the phone has gone \dead die Leitung ist tot;

the line went \dead die Leitung brach zusammen

10) inv

(fig: used up) verbraucht; battery leer; match erloschen

11) attr, inv ( totally) völlig, total, absolut;

that remark was a \dead giveaway diese Bemerkung sagte alles;

wow, \dead centre! hui, genau in die Mitte!;

\dead calm meteo Windstille f;

to be in a \dead faint in eine tiefe Ohnmacht gefallen sein;

\dead silence Totenstille f;

we sat in \dead silence keiner von uns sagte auch nur ein Wort;

to come to a \dead stop zum völligen Stillstand kommen

12) inv ( fast asleep)

to be \dead tief und fest schlafen;

to be \dead to the world fest eingeschlafen [o ( fam) total weg] sein

13) inv sports

\dead ball toter Ball (Ball, der ohne Bewertung ins Aus geht)

over my \dead body nur über meine Leiche ( fam)

to be [as] \dead as a doornail [or (dated) dodo] mausetot sein ( fam)

to be a \dead duck thing eine Schnapsidee sein; person eine Null sein ( fam)

you'll be \dead meat if you ever do that again ich kill dich, wenn du das noch einmal machst! (sl)

\dead men tell no tales ( tell no tales) Tote reden nicht;

to be \dead from the neck strohdoof sein ( fam)

to catch [or get] [or have] sb \dead to rights jdn auf frischer Tat ertappen;

to be a \dead ringer for sb ein Doppelgänger von jdm sein, für jdn durchgehen können;

to be \dead and buried tot und begraben sein;

I wouldn't °be seen \dead in that dress so ein Kleid würde ich nie im Leben anziehen;

I wouldn't °be seen \dead in that pub in diese Kneipe würden mich keine zehn Pferde bringen adv

1) inv (fam: totally) absolut, total, völlig;

I'm \dead beat ich bin todmüde;

your analysis is \dead on target deine Analyse trifft genau ins Schwarze;

you're \dead right du hast vollkommen [o absolut] Recht!;

“\dead slow” „Schritt fahren“;

\dead certain todsicher ( fam)

\dead drunk stockbetrunken;

\dead easy ( esp Brit) kinderleicht;

\dead good ( Brit) ( fam) super ( fam)

to have been \dead lucky Schwein gehabt haben (sl)

to be \dead set against sth absolut gegen etw akk sein;

to be \dead set on sth etw felsenfest vorhaben;

\dead silent totenstill;

\dead still regungslos;

\dead tired todmüde

2) inv ( exactly) genau;

the town hall is \dead ahead die Stadthalle liegt direkt da vorne;

to be \dead in the centre genau in der Mitte sein;

\dead on five o'clock Punkt fünf;

\dead on target genau im Ziel;

\dead on time auf die Minute genau;

to be \dead on time pünktlich wie die Maurer sein ( fam)

to stop \dead in one's tracks auf der Stelle stehen bleiben;

to stop sth \dead in its tracks etw völlig zum Stillstand bringen;

his political career was stopped \dead in its tracks seine politische Karriere fand ein jähes Ende;

to tell sb sth \dead straight jdm unverblümt die Wahrheit sagen;

are you coming to the party? - \dead straight I am gehst du auf die Party? - darauf kannst du wetten! ( fam) n

1) ( people)

the \dead pl die Toten pl ( fig)

you're making enough noise to wake the \dead! bei dem Lärm kann man ja Tote aufwecken!;

let the \dead bury the \dead lasst die Toten die Toten begraben;

to come back from the \dead ( come back to life) aus dem Jenseits zurückkommen, von den Toten zurückkehren;

to show [some] respect for the \dead den Toten Respekt zollen [o erweisen];

2) to rise from the \dead ( recover from an illness) [von den Toten] auferstehen, wiederauferstehen ( iron) sports sich akk fangen

3) ( right in the middle)

in the \dead of night mitten in der Nacht;

in the \dead of winter im tiefsten Winter