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dumb+drift

  • 1 тупик

    deadend, dumb drift, (в карьере и т. п.) sidetrack, blind alley, cul-de-sac, lockup

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь Масловского > тупик

  • 2 enterarse

    1 (averiguar) to find out (de, about)
    2 (tener conocimiento) to learn, hear
    3 (darse cuenta) to realize
    * * *
    to learn, find out
    * * *
    VPR
    1) [de noticia, secreto]
    a) [por casualidad] to hear, find out

    nos enteramos a través de la radio — we heard it on the radio, we found out from the radio

    ¿sí? no me había enterado — really? I hadn't heard

    no sabía nada, ahora mismo me entero — I had no idea, this is the first I've heard

    • enterarse de algo — to hear about sth, find out about sth

    me enteré de tu accidente por Juan — I heard about o found out about your accident from Juan

    nos enteramos de que se había ido ayer — we heard o found out that he'd gone yesterday

    b) [haciendo averiguaciones] to find out

    • enterarse de algo — to find out about sth

    2) (=darse cuenta) to notice

    oye, que es a ti, que no te enteras — * hey, you, are you deaf or something? *

    • enterarse de algo — to notice sth

    - te vas a enterar de quien soy yo o de lo que vale un peine

    he aprobado el examen, para que os enteréis — I've passed the exam, for your information! *

    3) Esp (=comprender, oír) to understand

    no quiero que vuelvas por aquí ¿te enteras? — I don't want you coming back here, do you understand o do you get it? *

    ¡a ver si te enteras! — wise up! *

    • enterarse de algo — to understand sth

    no se enteraba de lo que leía — he didn't take in o understand what he was reading

    * * *
    = learn, come to + Posesivo + notice, come to + Posesivo + attention, wise up, catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift, learn + the news, realise [realize, -USA].
    Ex. 'I'd be disappointed to learn that my boss or subordinates -- or peers for that matter -- told tales out of school about me to others'.
    Ex. There is another important difference between electronic documents and all the types of library material that preceded them and it centers on how electronic resources come to our notice.
    Ex. Information vital to certain people might not come to their attention if such people must rely only upon regular scanning of large numbers of periodicals.
    Ex. The article 'Cataloguing electronic resources: wise up or dumb down?' argues that WWW search engines do a good job in impossibly difficult circumstances but that they do not provide enough information about a resource.
    Ex. Shariel sighed and rolled her eyes a little, as Akanan clearly didn't catch her drift.
    Ex. 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting her drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!'.
    Ex. Xenophon learnt the news while he was making a sacrifice to the gods.
    Ex. It should be realized, in addition, that the question involves not only serials but other works that are generally intended to be issued indefinitely in successive editions.
    ----
    * enterarse a medias = pick up + the fag-ends.
    * enterarse de la noticia = learn + the news.
    * enterarse de lo que Uno quiere decir = catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift.
    * enterarse de lo que vale un peine = get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue.
    * enterarse de oídas = hear about it + via the grapevine, learn + it on/through the grapevine, hear it + on/through the grapevine.
    * enterarse por rumores = hear about it + via the grapevine, learn + it on/through the grapevine, hear it + on/through the grapevine.
    * * *
    = learn, come to + Posesivo + notice, come to + Posesivo + attention, wise up, catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift, learn + the news, realise [realize, -USA].

    Ex: 'I'd be disappointed to learn that my boss or subordinates -- or peers for that matter -- told tales out of school about me to others'.

    Ex: There is another important difference between electronic documents and all the types of library material that preceded them and it centers on how electronic resources come to our notice.
    Ex: Information vital to certain people might not come to their attention if such people must rely only upon regular scanning of large numbers of periodicals.
    Ex: The article 'Cataloguing electronic resources: wise up or dumb down?' argues that WWW search engines do a good job in impossibly difficult circumstances but that they do not provide enough information about a resource.
    Ex: Shariel sighed and rolled her eyes a little, as Akanan clearly didn't catch her drift.
    Ex: 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting her drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!'.
    Ex: Xenophon learnt the news while he was making a sacrifice to the gods.
    Ex: It should be realized, in addition, that the question involves not only serials but other works that are generally intended to be issued indefinitely in successive editions.
    * enterarse a medias = pick up + the fag-ends.
    * enterarse de la noticia = learn + the news.
    * enterarse de lo que Uno quiere decir = catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift.
    * enterarse de lo que vale un peine = get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue.
    * enterarse de oídas = hear about it + via the grapevine, learn + it on/through the grapevine, hear it + on/through the grapevine.
    * enterarse por rumores = hear about it + via the grapevine, learn + it on/through the grapevine, hear it + on/through the grapevine.

    * * *

     

    enterarse ( conjugate enterarse) verbo pronominal
    1 (de suceso, noticia):

    me enteré por tus padres I found out from your parents;
    le robaron el reloj y ni se enteró they stole her watch and she didn't even notice o realize;
    me enteré de la noticia por la radio I heard the news on the radio;
    si papá se entera de esto … if Dad finds out about this …
    2 ( averiguar) to find out;
    enterarse de algo to find out about sth
    3 (esp Esp fam) ( entender):
    ◊ te voy a castigar ¿te enteras? I'll punish you, have I made myself clear?;

    ¡para que te enteres! (fam) so there! (colloq)
    enterarse verbo reflexivo to find out: ¿te has enterado de lo de ayer?, have you heard about what happened yesterday?
    ni se enteró de que yo estaba allí, he didn't even realize I was there
    ' enterarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    descubrir
    - saber
    - semblante
    - a
    - cachar
    English:
    catch
    - find out
    - hear
    - know
    - learn
    - mud
    - picture
    - wind
    - find
    - must
    - on
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [descubrir, saber] to find out;
    enterarse de algo/por alguien to find out about sth/from sb;
    como se entere, me mata if she finds out, she'll kill me;
    nos acabamos de enterarse we've just heard;
    ¿tú crees que se enterarán? do you think they'll find out?;
    no lo sabía, ahora me entero I didn't know, this is the first I've heard of it;
    se enterarán de tu pasado y lo publicarán they'll find out about your past and make it public;
    entérate bien de los horarios de los trenes make sure you find out about the train times;
    ¿te has enterado de la noticia? have you heard the news?;
    ¿te has enterado del accidente de Ana? did you hear about Ana's accident?;
    me enteré por mi prima I heard about it from my cousin;
    me enteré por la prensa I read about it in the papers;
    ¡para que te enteres! I'll have you know!, as a matter of fact!;
    ¡te vas a enterarse! you'll know all about it!, you'll catch it!;
    ¡se va a enterarse de quién soy yo! he's going to find out what sort of stuff I'm made of!;
    Fam
    ¡te vas a enterarse de lo que vale un peine! I'll show you what's what!
    2. [darse cuenta]
    enterarse (de algo) to notice (sth);
    tu mujer te está engañando y tú ni te enteras your wife is cheating on you and you haven't even noticed;
    no se enteró del golpe she didn't notice the impact;
    es una operación muy sencilla, no te vas ni a enterarse it's a very straightforward operation, you won't feel a thing
    3. Fam [comprender] to understand;
    cuando habla tan rápido no me entero when she talks so fast, I don't understand a word;
    no quiero ir, ¿te enteras? I don't want to go, have you got that clear?;
    ¡entérate de una vez! ¡yo no soy tu criado! get this straight, I'm not your servant!;
    no me enteré de lo que dijo en clase I didn't understand what she said in class;
    no te enteras de nada you haven't got a clue, have you?
    * * *
    v/r
    1 find out, hear (de about)
    2
    :
    ¡para que te enteres! fam so there! fam ;
    ¡se va a enterar! fam he’s in for it! fam
    * * *
    vr
    informarse: to find out, to learn
    * * *
    1. (descubrir) to find out [pt. & pp. found]
    2. (saber) to hear [pt. & pp. heard]
    3. (darse cuenta) to notice
    ¡ni siquiera se enteró! she didn't even notice!
    4. (comprender) to understand [pt. & pp. understood]
    lo leí, pero no me enteré de nada I read it, but I didn't understand a word

    Spanish-English dictionary > enterarse

  • 3 darse cuenta

    v.
    to realize, to catch on, to catch the drift, to find out.
    * * *
    (v.) = become + aware, dawn on, detect, perceive, find, note, make + aware, come to + realise, wise up, reach + understanding, eye + catch, strike + home, suss (out), hit + home
    Ex. For the first time now he became aware that he was being watched.
    Ex. It dawned on her that what she was doing might be a mistake, and she began to think of how best to extricate herself.
    Ex. Then, in the 1930s extraterrestrial radio signals were detected, and during the last four decades a whole new intellectual area of science has developed, namely radio astronomy.
    Ex. Hypermedia offers unheard of opportunities to gain insight into the way young people perceive, process and use information.
    Ex. His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated.
    Ex. Collation is the term used for the physical check of books to note any imperfections such as missing or duplicated sections.
    Ex. Libraries need to be made aware of all possible networking options, the benefits of the lesser known OSI suite of protocols and the requirements for establishing an OSI environment.
    Ex. Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.
    Ex. The article 'Cataloguing electronic resources: wise up or dumb down?' argues that WWW search engines do a good job in impossibly difficult circumstances but that they do not provide enough information about a resource.
    Ex. There was no other way that William could just then express the understanding he had clearly reached that some books are impossible to read.
    Ex. As Klaus's acute observations are unhampered by romantic ideals, his eye catches the plastic trash by the roadway as well as the colors of moss on the landing strip.
    Ex. Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.
    Ex. He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.
    Ex. With our students, with our employees, the stress of the pulp and paper mill's shutdown is starting to hit home.
    * * *
    (v.) = become + aware, dawn on, detect, perceive, find, note, make + aware, come to + realise, wise up, reach + understanding, eye + catch, strike + home, suss (out), hit + home

    Ex: For the first time now he became aware that he was being watched.

    Ex: It dawned on her that what she was doing might be a mistake, and she began to think of how best to extricate herself.
    Ex: Then, in the 1930s extraterrestrial radio signals were detected, and during the last four decades a whole new intellectual area of science has developed, namely radio astronomy.
    Ex: Hypermedia offers unheard of opportunities to gain insight into the way young people perceive, process and use information.
    Ex: His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated.
    Ex: Collation is the term used for the physical check of books to note any imperfections such as missing or duplicated sections.
    Ex: Libraries need to be made aware of all possible networking options, the benefits of the lesser known OSI suite of protocols and the requirements for establishing an OSI environment.
    Ex: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.
    Ex: The article 'Cataloguing electronic resources: wise up or dumb down?' argues that WWW search engines do a good job in impossibly difficult circumstances but that they do not provide enough information about a resource.
    Ex: There was no other way that William could just then express the understanding he had clearly reached that some books are impossible to read.
    Ex: As Klaus's acute observations are unhampered by romantic ideals, his eye catches the plastic trash by the roadway as well as the colors of moss on the landing strip.
    Ex: Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.
    Ex: He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.
    Ex: With our students, with our employees, the stress of the pulp and paper mill's shutdown is starting to hit home.

    Spanish-English dictionary > darse cuenta

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