dead-end child

she's in a dead-end job — in ihrem Job hat sie keine Aufstiegschancen

play was interrupted — se interrumpió el juego or el partido

to bring something/come into play — poner* algo/entrar en juego

to make a play for somebody/something — (also BrE)

he made a play for her — trató de ganársela or de conquistársela

radio play — obra f radiofónica

to play a jokeick on somebody — hacerle* or gastarle una broma/una jugarreta a alguien

to play somebody AT something: I used to play her at chess — jugaba ajedrez or (Esp, RPl) al ajedrez con ella

to play the market — ( Fin) jugar* a la bolsa

to play (it) straight — ser* sincero or honesto

to play with oneself — (euph) toquetearse (euf)

to play hard to get — hacerse* el (or la etc) interesante

• to be at play — estar jugando

• to do/say sth in play — hacer/decir algo en broma

to be in play — [ball] estar en juego

to be out of play — [ball] estar fuera de juego

radio/television play — obra f para radio/televisión

to be in a play — [actor] actuar en una obra

there's too much play in the clutch — el embrague tiene demasiada holgura or va demasiado suelto

• to bring or call into play — poner en juego

• to come into play — entrar en juego

• to make a play for sth/sb — intentar conseguir algo/conquistar a algn

• a play on words — un juego de palabras

to play centre-forward/centre-half etc — jugar de delantero centro/medio centro etc

• to play a game of tennis — jugar un partido de tenis

don't play games with me! — (fig) ¡no me vengas con jueguecitos!, ¡no trates de engañarme!

• to play sb at chess — jugar contra algn al ajedrez

• he played the ball into the net — (Tennis) estrelló or golpeó la pelota contra la red

• to play the market — (St Ex) jugar a la bolsa

to play the peacemaker/the devoted husband — (fig) hacer el papel de pacificador/de marido amantísimo

we could have played it differently — (fig) podríamos haber actuado de otra forma

they played the 5th Symphony — tocaron or more frm interpretaron la Quinta Sinfonía

they were playing Beethoven — tocaban or more frm interpretaban algo de Beethoven

to play with fire — (fig) jugar con fuego

to play with o.s. * — euph tocarse, masturbarse

• England are playing against Scotland in the final — Inglaterra jugará contra or se enfrentará a Escocia en la final

• to play at chess — jugar al ajedrez

what are you playing at? * — pero ¿qué haces?, ¿qué te pasa?

• to play by the rules — (fig) acatar las normas

• to play fair — jugar limpio

• he plays for Liverpool — juega en el Liverpool

to play for high stakes — (lit) apostar muy alto; (fig) poner mucho en juego

• to play in defence/goal — (Sport) jugar de defensa/de portero

• he played into the trees — (Golf) mandó la bola a la zona de árboles

• will you play for us? — ¿nos tocas algo?

• to play on the piano — tocar el piano

• to play to sb — tocar para algn

the film now playing at the Odeon — la película que se exhibe or proyecta en el Odeon

play clothes NPL — ropa f para jugar

play reading N — lectura f (de una obra dramática)

play was interrupted — se interrumpió el juego or el partido

to bring something/come into play — poner* algo/entrar en juego

to make a play for somebody/something — (also BrE)

he made a play for her — trató de ganársela or de conquistársela

radio play — obra f radiofónica

to play a joke/trick on somebody — hacerle* or gastarle una broma/una jugarreta a alguien

to play somebody AT something: I used to play her at chess — jugaba ajedrez or (Esp, RPl) al ajedrez con ella

to play the market — ( Fin) jugar* a la bolsa

to play (it) straight — ser* sincero or honesto

to play with oneself — (euph) toquetearse (euf)

to play hard to get — hacerse* el (or la etc) interesante

to raise one's hat to sb. — togliersi il cappello o scappellarsi per salutare qcn.

nobody raised an eyebrow at my suggestion — fig. il mio suggerimento non ha suscitato reazioni o clamore

to raise sb.'s awareness of sensibilizzare qcn. a; to raise one's voice (to be heard) parlare più forte; (in anger) alzare la voce; to raise the temperature — aumentare la temperatura; fig. fare salire la tensione

to raise a cheer — [ speech] essere accolto con grida di approvazione

to raise a laugh — [ joke] fare ridere

to be raised (as) an atheist — avere o ricevere un'educazione atea

to raise the alarm — dare l'allarme (anche fig.)

to raise the tone — alzare il tono; fig. alzare il livello

to raise the bidding — (in gambling) aumentare la posta; (at auction) fare un'offerta più alta

to raise one's hat to sb. — togliersi il cappello o scappellarsi per salutare qcn.

nobody raised an eyebrow at my suggestion — fig. il mio suggerimento non ha suscitato reazioni o clamore

to raise sb.'s awareness of sensibilizzare qcn. a; to raise one's voice (to be heard) parlare più forte; (in anger) alzare la voce; to raise the temperature — aumentare la temperatura; fig. fare salire la tensione

to raise a cheer — [ speech] essere accolto con grida di approvazione

to raise a laugh — [ joke] fare ridere

to be raised (as) an atheist — avere o ricevere un'educazione atea

to raise the alarm — dare l'allarme (anche fig.)

to raise the tone — alzare il tono; fig. alzare il livello

to raise the bidding — (in gambling) aumentare la posta; (at auction) fare un'offerta più alta

raise one's eyes to heaven — die Augen zum Himmel erheben (geh.)

they raised their voices — (in anger) sie od. ihre Stimmen wurden lauter

be raised from the dead — von den Toten [auf]erweckt werden

raise to the fourth power — in die 4. Potenz erheben

to raise one's hat to sb (lit, fig) — den Hut vor jdm ziehen or lüften

to raise the pitch (Mus) — eine höhere Tonlage wählen

not a voice was raised in protest — nicht eine Stimme des Protests wurde laut

to raise the roof (fig) (with noise) — das Haus zum Beben bringen; (with approval) in Begeisterungsstürme ausbrechen; (with anger) fürchterlich toben

the Opposition raised the roof at the Government's proposals — die Opposition buhte gewaltig, als sie die Vorschläge der Regierung hörte

England has to raise its game — das Spielniveau der englischen Mannschaft muss sich verbessern

to raise a cheer (in others) — Beifall ernten; (oneself) Beifall spenden

to raise a smile (in others) — ein Lächeln hervorrufen; (oneself) lächeln

to raise hell (inf) — einen Höllenspektakel machen (inf)

I'll raise you 6 (Poker) — ich erhöhe um 6

raise one's eyes to heaven — die Augen zum Himmel erheben (geh.)

they raised their voices — (in anger) sie od. ihre Stimmen wurden lauter

ATTRIBUTES: street, roadside 2., open-air 2. а), public 1. 4) а)

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ATTRIBUTES [structure\]: actual 1. 1), auction 1. 1), call 1. 1), n6б, captive 1. 1), n4, classical 1. 3), concentrated 1. 1) а), continuous 1. 1) а), first 2. 3) а), forward 1. 1), n4, fourth, imperfect 1. 1), б, inside 2. 1) а), intermediate 2. 2) а), inverted 1. 3), monopolistic, oligopolistic, one-sided 1. 3), one-way 2. 4) а), open outcry, outcry, over-the-counter 2. 1) а), over-the-telephone, parallel 2. 1) а), perfect 1. 1), n2б, pitching, physical 2. 1) а), public 1. 1), n4, pure 1. 1) а), retail 2. 1) а), screen-based, second 1. 1), n2, sideways 2. 6) а), spot 2. 1) а), third 2. 3) а), wholesale 2. 1) а)

ATTRIBUTES [legality\]: administered 1), bear 1. 2), black 1. 3) а), blocked 1. 2) а), controlled, democratic 1), formal 1. 1) а), free 1. 1) а), informal 1), б, illicit, kerb, organized 1), в, overt 1. 2) а), regulated, rigged 1. 2) а)

ATTRIBUTES: actual 1. 1), assured 1. 2), brisk 1. 1), business 1. 4) а), commercial 1. 1), consumer 1. 1), consumers, customer 1. 1), dealer 1. 1), б, enterprise 1. 2) а), government 1. 7) а), heavy user, industrial 1. 1), а, institutional 1. 1), а, manufacturing 2. 1) а), organizational, personal 1. 2) а), potential, producer 1. 1), professional 1. 1), promising, ready 1. 1), reseller, trade 1. 2), world 2. 1) а)

ATTRIBUTES: brand-loyal, control 3. 1), conventional 3. 2), core 2. 2), exploratory, intended, main 1. 1), mass 3. 1), personal 3. 2), potential, primary 2. 2), n2, principal 2. 2), n1, prospective, target 3. 1), test 3. 1), traditional

ATTRIBUTES: colonial, domestic 2) а), export 3. 2) а), external 1. 2) а), foreign 1. 1) а), global 1. 1) а), home 2. 2) а), internal 1. 2) а), international 1. 1) а), dispersed, distant 1. 1) а), local 1. 1) а), national 1. 1) а), nation-wide, nationwide, overseas 1. 2) а), regional, scattered 1. 1) а), world 2. 1) а), world-wide

ATTRIBUTES: concentrated 1) а), craft 1. 1) а), demographic, downscale 1. 2) а), heterogeneous, homogeneous, high-income, low-end, metro, metropolitan, middle-aged, middle-class, mid-range, military, rural, specialized, specialty, silver 2. 3) а), upscale 1. 2) а), youth 2. 4) а)

ATTRIBUTES: active 1. 3), advancing, bid 1. 3), bear 1. 2), barren 1. 3), broad 1. 1), bull 1. 2), close II 2. 3) в), competitive II 2. 2) а), complete 1. 2), confident II 2. 1) а), congested, contango, contestable, crossed II 2. 2) а), crowded II 2. 1) а), а, dead 1. 2), declining, deep II 2. 2) а), depressed II 2. 2) а), б, differentiated, dull II 2. 1) а), efficient II 2. 1) а), б, emerging, established II 2. 1) а), expanding, falling, fast II 1. 2) а), fertile II 2. 1) а), firm I 1. 1) а), flat I 2. 4) а), graveyard, growing 1. 1), growth II 2. 1) а), heavy II 2. 1) а), inactive II 2. 2) а), increasing, jumpy II 2. 1) а), б, languid II 2. 2) а), limited II 2. 1) а), liquid I 2. 6) а), locked II 2. 2) а), lucrative, mature 1. 2), narrow 1. 1), nervous I 2. 5) б), normal I 1. 5) б), offered, overstocked II 2. 1) а), а, pegged I 1. 3) б), present I 2. 2) б), price-sensitive, productive I 1. 3) б), profitable II 2. 1) а), protected, recession-hit, restricted II 2. 1) а), restrictive II 2. 1) а), rising, sagging I 2. 2) б), saturated I 1. 3) б), seller II 2. 1) а), а, selective I 2. 5) б), sensitive I 2. 4) б), short 1. 1), shrinking, slack I 2. 2) б), sluggish II 2. 2) а), soft I 2. 4) б), sold-out, stable I 2. 1) б), stagnant II 2. 1) а), static I 2. 2) б), steady 1. 1), stiff 1. 1), б, strong II 2. 2) а), technically strong, technically weak, tight I 2. 4) б), wide II 2. 1) а)

ATTRIBUTES: common 1) а), single 2) а)

being a Frenchman, he likes wine — als Franzose trinkt er gern Wein

he is being nice to them/sarcastic — er ist nett zu ihnen/jetzt ist er sarkastisch

was she pleased! — war sie [vielleicht] froh!

aren't you a big boy! — was bist du schon für ein großer Junge!

I am freezing — mich friert es

how are you/is she? — wie geht's (ugs.) /geht es ihr?

it is the 5th today — heute haben wir den Fünften

if I were you — an deiner Stelle

how much are the eggs? — was kosten die Eier?

two times three is six, two threes are six — zweimal drei ist od. sind od. gibt sechs

sixteen ounces is a pound — sechzehn Unzen sind od. ergeben ein Pfund

London is not England — London ist nicht [gleich] England

can such things be? — kann es so etwas geben?; kann so etwas vorkommen?

I think, therefore I am — ich denke, also bin ich

be that as it may — wie dem auch sei

I shan't be a moment or second — ich komme gleich; noch eine Minute

she has been in her room for hours — sie ist schon seit Stunden in ihrem Zimmer

let it be — lass es sein

let him/her be — lass ihn/sie in Ruhe

where will the party be? — wo ist die Party?; wo findet die Party statt?

I'm off or for home — ich gehe jetzt nach Hause

she's from Australia — sie stammt od. ist aus Australien

have you [ever] been to London? — bist du schon einmal in London gewesen?

has anyone been? — ist jemand da gewesen?

the train was departing when I got there — der Zug fuhr gerade ab, als ich ankam

the Queen is to arrive at 3 p.m. — die Königin soll um 15 Uhr eintreffen

if I were to tell you that..., were I to tell you that... — wenn ich dir sagen würde, dass...