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  • 21 Villard de Honnecourt

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    b. c. 1200 Honnecourt-sur-Escaut, near Cambrai, France
    d. mid-13th century (?) France
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    French architect-engineer.
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    Villard was one of the thirteenth-century architect-engineers who were responsible for the design and construction of the great Gothic cathedrals and other churches of the time. Their responsibilities covered all aspects of the work, including (in the spirit of the Roman architect Vitruvius) the invention and construction of mechanical devices. In their time, these men were highly esteemed and richly rewarded, although few of the inscriptions paying tribute to their achievements have survived. Villard stands out among them because a substantial part of his sketchbook has survived, in the form of thirty-three parchment sheets of drawings and notes, now kept in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Villard's professional career lasted roughly from 1225 to 1250. As a boy, he went to work on the building of the Cistercian monastery at Vaucelles, not far from Honnecourt, and afterwards he was apprenticed to the masons' lodge at Cambrai Cathedral, where he began copying the drawings and layouts on the tracing-house floor. All his drawings are, therefore, of the plans, elevations and sections of cathedrals. These buildings have long since been destroyed, but his drawings, perhaps among his earliest, bear witness to their architecture. He travelled widely in France and recorded features of the great works at Reims, Laon and Chartres. These include the complex system of passageways built into the fabric of a great cathedral; Villard comments that one of their purposes was "to allow circulation in case of fire".
    Villard was invited to Hungary and reached there c. 1235. He may have been responsible for the edifice dedicated to St Elizabeth of Hungary, canonized in 1235, at Kassa (now Košice, Slovakia). Villard probably returned to France c. 1240, at least before the Tartar invasion of Hungary in 1241.
    His sketchbook, which dates to c. 1235, stands as a memorial to Villard's skill as a draughtsman, a student of perspective and a mechanical engineer. He took his sketchbook with him on his travels, and used ideas from it in his work abroad. It contains architectural designs, geometrical constructions for use in building, surveying exercises and drawings for various kinds of mechanical devices, for civil or military use. He was transmitting details from the highly developed French Gothic masons to the relatively underdeveloped eastern countries. The notebooks were annotated for the use of pupils and other master masons, and the notes on geometry were obviously intended for pupils. The prize examples are the pages in the book, clearly Villard's own work, related to mechanical devices. Whilst he, like many others of the period and after, played with designs for perpetual-motion machines, he concentrated on useful devices. These included the first Western representation of a perpetualmotion machine, which at least displays a concern to derive a source of energy: this was a water-powered sawmill, with automatic feed of the timber into the mill. This has been described as the first industrial automatic power-machine to involve two motions, for it not only converts the rotary motion of the water-wheel to the reciprocating motion of the saw, but incorporates a means of keeping the log pressed against the saw. His other designs included water-wheels, watermills, the Archimedean screw and other curious devices.
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    Bibliography
    Of several facsimile reprints with notes there are Album de Villard de Honnecourt, 1858, ed. J.B.Lassus, Paris (repr. 1968, Paris: Laget), and The Sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt, 1959, ed. T.Bowie, Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
    Further Reading
    J.Gimpel, 1977, "Villard de Honnecourt: architect and engineer", The Medieval Machine, London: Victor Gollancz, ch. 6, pp. 114–46.
    ——1988, The Medieval Machine, the Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages, London.
    R.Pernord, J.Gimpel and R.Delatouche, 1986, Le Moyen age pour quoi fayre, Paris.
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    Biographical history of technology > Villard de Honnecourt

  • 22 see

    1. I
    1) he can't see, he is blind он не видит, он слепей; can the puppy see? щенок [уже] видит /не слепой/?
    2) I cannot see мне не видно; there is nothing to see тут нечего смотреть: as far as the eye can see насколько видит глаз; see, here he comes смотрите, вот он идет; it took place in the street, where all could see это произошло на улице на глазах у всех; wait and see подождем, = поживем see увидим
    3) now, do you see? теперь вам ясно?; don't you see? неужели вы не понимаете?; see? понятно, ясно?; it was not easy, you see, to leave видите ли /вы понимаете, что/, уехать было не так просто
    4) let me see, have I posted the letter? дай мне подумать, отправил ли я письмо?; let me see, it should be on the first page постой, постой, это должно быть на первой странице; will you come to dinner tomorrow? see I'll see вы придете обедать завтра? see [Я] подумаю /посмотрю/, видно будет
    2. II
    1) see in some manner see well (poorly, far, etc.) хорошо и т.д. видеть; have you seen enough? вы уже насмотрелись?; see somewhere you can't see here, it is dark здесь темно и ничего не видно; see overleaf смотри(те) на обороте; see far смотреть вперед, предвидеть; I can't see as far as that так далеко вперед я не могу загадывать /предвидеть/; as far as one can see, he has a brilliant career before him насколько можно судить, у него блестящее будущее /его ждет блестящая карьера
    3. III
    1) see smth., smb. see a letter (a tree, something green, the outline of a building, a stranger, etc.) (увидеть письмо и т.д.; let me see that paper дайте мне взглянуть на /посмотреть/ эту газету; I looked but saw nothing я посмотрел, но ничего не увидел; animals appear to see things invisible to human sight звери, вероятно, видят то, что остается недоступным человеческому глазу; what can /do/ you see? что вы видите?; see page 5 (pattern 4, figure 2, etc.) смотри(те) страницу пятую и т.д.; see ghosts (visions, spirits, bogies, etc.) видеть привидения и т.д.
    2) see smb. see a friend (one's parents, etc.) повидаться с другом и т.д.; I'll be seeing you coll. [мы еще с вами] увидимся, до скорого свидания; see a doctor (a lawyer, etc.) пойти к врачу и т.д., (по)советоваться / (про)консультироваться/ с врачом и т.д.; see an official обратиться к официальному лицу; can I see the inspector? могу я поговорить /повидаться/ с инспектором?; ask to see the manager попросите вызвать администратора; he sees nobody он никого не принимает: come to /and/ see smb. прийти повидать /навестить/ кого-л.
    3) see smth., smb. see a town (a country, a district, the sights, Rome, the world's Fair, Oxford, etc.) осматривать город и т.д.; have you ever seen France? бывали ли вы когда-либо во Франции?; [go to]a show (a play, an actress, etc.) [сходить] (подсмотреть спектакль и т.д.; did you see the exhibition? ты был, на выставке?; 1 went to see the exhibition я пошел посмотреть выставку
    4) see smth., smb. have in a man to see the drains вызовите мастера, чтобы он проверил /осмотрел/ канализацию; see a patient принять /осмотреть, посетить/ больного
    5) see smth. see life /something of life/ (a good deal of the world, etc.) повидать жизнь и т.д.; he has seen hardships он изведал трудности; this old man has seen better days старик видел лучшие времена; my саг (these boots, this coat, etc.) has seen long /plenty of/ service моя машина и т.д. хорошо [мне] послужила; this coat has seen hard wear это пальто поизносилось /пообтрепалось/; that year (the XIXth century, this period, the Elizabeth's reign, etc.) has seen many changes в этом году и т.д. произошло много перемен, этот год и т.д. явился свидетелем многих перемен; I never saw such rudeness (such doings, etc.) я никогда не сталкивался с такой грубостью и т.д.; I never saw such beauty мне никогда не доводилось встречаться с такой красотой; he will never see 40 again ему уже за сорок; he didn't live to see his son's marriage он не дожил до /не увидел/ женитьбы сына
    6) see smth. see a joke (the purpose, the reason, the point of the argument, the advantage of his presence, the cause of our misfortune, etc.) понимать шутку и т.д.; I was beginning to see light я стал кое-что понимать, кое-что начало проясняться; I do not see the point я не вижу /не понимаю/, в чем здесь смысл; до меня не доходит суть /соль/; this is how I see it вот, как я это понимаю /представляю себе/; as I see it по-моему, по моему мнению; see things /a lot, much/ понимать /видеть/ многое; she sees everything мимо нее ничего не проходит, от нее ничего не ускользает; she sees nothing она ничего не замечает
    4. IV
    1) see smb., smth. in some manner see smb., smth. distinctly (clearly, faintly, vaguely, dimly, etc.) отчетливо и т.д. видеть кого-л., что-л. || see war at close quarters непосредственно участвовать в войне
    2) see smb. in some manner see smb. willingly (joyfully, reluctantly, etc.) охотно и т.д. видаться с кем-л.; see the man professionaly обратиться к нему как к специалисту; see smb. at some time see smb. later (again, lately, often, tomorrow, this afternoon, etc.) встретиться с кем-л. позже и т.д.; I must see you once more я обязательно должен еще раз повидаться с вами; see you soon! coll. до скорой встречи, пока; the ambassador finally saw him посол наконец принял его; she is too ill to see anyone at present она очень больна, и ей нельзя сейчас ни с кем видеться
    3) see smth. at some time we saw "Hamlet" last night мы были на "Гамлете" вчера
    4) see smb. at some time he seems ill, the doctor ought to see him at once он, по-видимому, болен, его надо немедленно показать врачу
    5) see smb. somewhere see smb. home see as far as the station, aboard, etc.) провожать кого-л. домой и т.д.; see smb. in проводить кого-л. в комнату (в дом и т.п.); see smb. out провожать кого-л. до выхода /к дверям/
    6) see smth. in some manner see things differently представлять себе /смотреть на/ вещи иначе; I don't see the matter that way я смотрю на это иначе
    5. VI
    1) see smb. as being in some state see smb. angry (happy, etc.) видеть кого-л. сердитым и т.д.
    2) see smb. under some conditions see smb. alone повидать кого-л. наедине
    3) see smth. as possessing some quanta see it necessary (fit, proper, etc.) to do smth. считать /находить/ необходимым и т.д. сделать что-л.; see things wrong иметь обо всем превратное мнение; see everything black видеть все в черном свете
    6. VII
    1) see smb., smth. do smth. see the boy take the apples (the object move, them leave their home, him come, the dog run, etc.) видеть, как мальчик взял яблоки и т.д.; you cannot see your sister starve without trying to help her вы ведь не можете видеть, как ваша сестра голодает, и не попытаться ей помочь; see smth. to be smth. I saw it to be a forgery я увидел, что это подделка
    2) || see one's way to do smth. понимать, как надо действовать; I don't see my way to get you an invitation я не вижу /не знаю/, как раздобыть /достать/ для вас приглашение; as soon as I see my way to do it... как только я соображу /пойму/, как это сделать...
    7. VIII
    see smb., smth. doing smth. see him falling (her coming, the boy running, the child slipping, him taking the apples, etc.) видеть, как он падает и т.д.; we can see the forest stretching out мы видим простирающийся вдаль лес; 1 can't see myself doing such a thing see myself agreeing to this proposal, myself submitting to this decision, him allowing people to cheat him, etc.) не могу себе представить, чтобы я так поступил и т.д.
    8. IX
    see smb., smth. done see the child kissed (him taken away, the house rebuilt, the city destroyed, etc.) видеть, как целуют ребенка и т.д.; I'd sacrifice everything rather than see you disgraced я готов пожертвовать всем, чтобы не видеть вашего позора; I want to see justice done я хочу [добиться того], чтобы восторжествовала справедливость
    9. XI
    1) be seen come where we cannot be seen пойдем куда-нибудь, где нас не увидят; see and not be seen смотреть /наблюдать/, но самому оставаться незамеченным; children should be seen but not heard детей в доме не должно быть слышно, даже когда они на глазах; he is not fit to be seen у него такой вид, что ему нельзя на люди показываться; there was not a house to be seen не было видно ни единого дома; that remains to be seen надо еще посмотреть /подумать/; be seen with smb. I would not саге to be seen with him мне бы не хотелось, чтобы меня видели с ним; be seen in some manner be dimly (clearly, etc.) seen быть плохо и т.д. видимым; the monument is vaguely seen in the distance издалека памятник едва видно; these tricks are easily seen все эти уловки насквозь видны; be seen from smth. be seen from a short distance (from afar, from a hill, etc.) быть видимым с небольшого расстояния и т.д.; be seen through smth. very little could be seen through the keyhole в замочную скважину мало что было видно; be seen with smth. the writing on the stamp can be seen with naked eyes буквы на марке можно рассмотреть /разглядеть/ невооруженным глазом; be seen by smb. it had never been seen by European eyes этого не видел ни один европеец; be seen somewhere the baggage was last seen at the station в последний раз багаж видели на станции; be seen to do smth. he was seen to fall (to come, to walk, etc.) видели, как он упал и т.д.; be seen doing smth. he was seen falling (coming, etc.) его видели падающим и т.д., видели, как он падал и т.д.; be seen like smth. the airship was seen like a speck in the sky самолет казался маленькой точкой в небе
    2) be seen of smb. has anything been seen of him in the last two weeks? его кто-нибудь видел /встречал/ за последние две недели?; be seen in some place he is much seen in society он много бывает /его часто видят/ в обществе
    3) be seen that... from this (from this fact, from the abovesaid, etc.) it will be /can be/ [easily] seen that... из этого и т.д. [с очевидностью] следует, что...; it can be seen at a glance, that... ясно с первого взгляда, что...; it will thus be seen that... таким образом, станет ясно, что...
    10. XIII
    see to do smth. can you see to read in this light вы можете читать /вы разбираете буквы/ при таком освещении?
    11. XV
    1) see in some manner owls see best at night совы лучше всего видят ночью; one may see double when drunk у пьяного в глазах двоится
    2) see fit to do smth. you may go if you see fit to do so вы можете идти, если считаете это удобным
    12. XVI
    1) see with smth. see with one eye видеть одним глазом; see till some time a puppy cannot see till the ninth day щенки слепы первые девять дней; see in smth. see in the dark (in this light, in the rays of the sun, etc.) видеть в темноте и т.д. id he is not able to see beyond the end of his nose он не видит дальше своего носа
    2) see about /to /smth. see about the luggage (about the matter, to the fire, to all the locks and doors, to all the arrangements, to the business, etc.) позаботиться о багаже и т.д., последить за багажом и т.д.; leave it to me, I'll see to it оставьте /поручите/ это мне, я прослежу за этим; this machine is out of order, will you see to it? машина не в порядке, посмотрите, в чем там дело; see after smth. see after one's own interests соблюдать свой интерес
    3) see through smb., smth. see through him (through his motives, through smb.'s tricks, through her little game, through his politeness, through her fine ways, through smb.'s disguise, etc.) видеть его и т.д. насквозь; we could see through his plan мы понимали, что кроется за его планом
    13. XVII
    see about doing smth. see about getting the license plates (about sending the report in time, about packing, about ordering a car, etc.) (по)заботиться о том, чтобы получить номера для машины и т.д., проследить за получением номеров для машины и т.д.
    14. XVIII
    see oneself 'in smb. see oneself in one's children видеть себя в детях || see [for] oneself убедиться самому, увидеть собственными глазами
    15. XXI1
    1) see smth., smb. in /at /smth. see an interesting story in a book (a letter in a box, a girl in a room, smb. at a distance, etc.) (у)видеть интересный рассказ в книге и т.д.; see smb., smth. in fat) smth. see smb., smth. in dreams видеть кого-л., что-л. во сне; I can't quite see her (myself, etc.) at a ball я не могу представить себе ее и т.д. на балу; see smth., smb. through smth. see smth., smb. through a crack in the wall (through the trees, etc.) (у)видеть что-л., кого-л. через щель в стене и т.д.; I could see very little through the keyhole мне было плохо видно /я мало что видел/ в замочную скважину; see smth., smb. with smth. see smth., smb. with one's own eyes видеть что-л., кого-л. собственными глазами; see smth. before smth. I'd like to see the house before I decide to take it я бы хотел осмотреть дом, прежде чем решиться на покупку || see the last of smb., smth. распрощаться с кем-л., чем-л.; when shall I see the last of her! когда я наконец избавлюсь от неё!; I hope I have seen the last of this book надеюсь, я все-таки отделался от этой книги
    2) see smth. in smb., smth. see charming traits in people (the fault in him, many problems in it, many things in the ordinary, a great danger in that sort of thing, etc.) находить /видеть/ в людях привлекательные черты и т.д.; to refuse to see any good in him отказаться видеть в нем что-л. хорошее; I don't know what you can see in her не знаю, что вы в ней находите
    3) see smth. of smb. see much of each other (little of the Browns, a great deal of him, etc.) часто /много/ встречаться [друг с другом] и т.д.; I don't see anything of my neighbours я совсем не вижу своих соседей, я совсем не встречаюсь со своими соседями; see less of smb. in winter реже видеться с кем-л. зимой; she's seeing too much of him она слишком часто встречается с ним; see smb. at (for) some time see you on Sunday до встречи в воскресенье; I haven't seen you for ages я вас не видел целую вечность; can I see you for a moment? можно вас на минуту?; see smb. about (on) smth. see a man about the book (an inspector about the case, one's lawyer about the matter, a doctor about your condition, a doctor about her injury, etc.) повидать одного человека по поводу книги и т.д.; see smb. on business повидаться с кем-л. по делу
    4) see smth. in some time see a lot in his life /a great deal in his time/ изведать жизнь, повидать немало в жизни
    5) see smb. to some place see you to the door (him to the gate, a friend to the station, etc.) проводить вас до двери и т.д.; see the children to bed уложить детей спать; see smb. into (on, off, etc.) smth. see smb. into a train (on board a ship) посадить кого-л. в поезд (на пароход); see smb. off the premises выпроводить кого-л.
    6) see smb. through smth. see us through the customs (his brother through college, me through the difficulty, her through her trouble) помочь нам пройти таможенный досмотр и т.д.
    7) || see smth., smb. in some light видеть что-л., кого-л. в каком-л. свете; see smth. in the same light сходиться.во мнении относительно чего-л.; see smth. in a different light видеть что-л. в ином свете; 1 don't see it in that light у меня по этому вопросу другое мнение
    16. XXII
    see smth. of doing smth. see the use of going there (the good of helping her, the advantage of keeping your mouth shut, the fun of dancing, etc.) видеть смысл в том, чтобы пойти туда и т.д.; I don't see the good of getting angry не вижу никакого смысла злиться || see one's way to doing smth. придумать /найти/, как что-л. сделать
    17. XXIV1
    see smb. as smb. I can't see him as president (as a teacher, as a husband, etc.) я не могу себе представить его в роли президента и т.д.
    18. XXIV4
    see smth. as... see the problem as it is видеть проблему реально
    19. XXV
    1) see that... see that the man was old (that he was blind, that it is time to go, that the box is empty, etc.) видеть, что это старый человек /старик/ и т.д.; see whether..., (if..., how..., what..., etc.) see whether the book is there (if the postman has come, if this hat suits you, who it is, what you've done, what has happened, what courage can do, how far we have gone, etc.) посмотреть, там ли книга и т.д.; see who's at the door посмотри, кто пришел; can you see where the mistake is? вы можете найти ошибку?; we are anxious to see what there is to be seen of the country мы хотим повидать все достопримечательности страны
    2) see that smth. is done see that the work is done (that the letter is mailed sometime today, that nothing goes wrong, that nothing has been neglected, that he comes to no harm, that he comes in time, that everything is in order, etc.) проследить, чтобы работа была сделана и т.д.; see that you lock the back door смотри, запри /не забудь запереть/ черный ход; see you don't miss the train смотри, не опоздай на поезд
    3) see what... (that..., why..., etc.) see what I mean (what it is to have courage, that I am not wanted, that you have changed your mind, why you did that, why he doesn't come, how or why it is done, etc.) понимать, что я хочу сказать и т.д.; we saw that it was useless to insist мы поняли, что бесполезно настаивать; can't you see that I'm tired? разве вы не видите /не понимаете/, что я устал?; I see how it is мне понятно, как обстоят дела
    4) see what... (when..., etc.) let me see what I can do (what ought to do now, when we can come, etc.) дайте подумать /сообразить/, что я могу сделать и т.д.
    20. XXVII1
    see through what... I am beginning to see through what he has in mind я начинаю понимать, что у него на уме
    21. XXVII2
    1) see from smth. that... I see from my diary that I am expected today (from the papers that he is dead, etc.) по моим записям я вижу, что меня ждут сегодня и т.д.
    2) see to it that... see to it that the light is switched off проследи, чтобы свет был выключен

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  • 23 fall from grace

    I
    1) рел. отойти от истинной веры, погубить свою душу [этим. библ. Galatians V, 4]; см. тж. fall from grace II

    I had expected a severe reprimand for "falling from grace"... the mildness of his voice made my eyes smart. (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Green Years’, book III, ch. 5) — я ожидал сурового выговора за то, что "отступился от Бога"... а каноник заговорил со мной так мягко, что у меня на глаза навернулись слезы.

    2) эвф. согрешить; ≈ сойти с пути истинного

    ...he had assisted in extricating from the consequences of their folly several young girls of good family who had fallen from grace and could not otherwise be rescued. (Th. Dreiser, ‘An American Tragedy’, book II, ch. XXXVII) —... он помог нескольким девушкам из хороших семейств, согрешившим и не имевшим иного выхода избавиться от последствий их легкомыслия.

    I have been carefully taught by several professors that to read a book less than fifty years old is an unworthy and degrading action, and consequently I have never done it... Somehow or other I fell from grace; there came into my hands a copy of Barrie's ‘Sentimental Tommy’, and for the first time is dawned upon my young mind that works of genius might be appearing now. (U. Sinclair, ‘Money Writes!’, ch. IX) — Мои учителя старательно внушали мне, что читать книги, вышедшие за последние пятьдесят лет, - дело недостойное и обедняющее духовный мир, и потому я не читаю их... Но однажды совершилось мое грехопадение: ко мне в руки попал томик "Сентиментального Томми" Берри и я вдруг понял, что гениальные произведения пишутся и в наши дни.

    II
    нарушение приличий, ложный шаг [этим. рел. отход от истинной веры; выражение образовано по конверсии от to fall from grace; см. fall from grace I]

    His one fall from grace - the so-called Fremingham lecture was tolerated by some and condoned by others... (J. O'Hara, ‘Elizabeth Appleton’, ch. X) — Джон Апплтон оступился единственный раз, когда прочел критическую лекцию о Фремингаме. Одни отнеслись к этой лекции терпимо, а другие от души простили ему ее...

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  • 24 lady

    'leidi
    1) (a more polite form of woman: Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; (also adjective) a lady doctor.) señora, dama
    2) (a woman of good manners and refined behaviour: Be quiet! Ladies do not shout in public.) dama
    3) (in the United Kingdom, used as the title of, or a name for, a woman of noble rank: Sir James and Lady Brown; lords and ladies.) lady
    •
    - Ladyship
    - ladybird
    lady n señora / mujer
    Ladies and gentlemen... Señoras y señores...
    tr['leɪdɪ]
    noun (pl ladies)
    lady ['leɪdi] n, pl - dies
    1) : señora f, dama f
    2) woman: mujer f
    n.
    • dama s.f.
    • doña s.f.
    • señora s.f.
    'leɪdi
    noun (pl ladies)
    1)
    a) ( woman) señora f, dama f (frml)

    ladies and gentlemen — señoras y señores, damas y caballeros

    an old lady — una señora mayor; (before n)

    lady mayoress — (BrE) alcaldesa f

    b) ( refined woman) señora f, dama f
    c) (AmE colloq) (as form of address) señora
    d) ( appreciative use) mujer f
    3) ( Relig)
    ['leɪdɪ]
    1. N
    1) (=woman) señora f, dama f frm

    ladies' clothing — ropa f de señora

    ladies' hairdresser — peluquero(-a) m / f de señoras

    ladies first — las damas or las señoras primero

    ladies and gentlemen! — ¡señoras y señores!, ¡damas y caballeros!

    • cleaning lady — mujer f or señora f de la limpieza

    • First Lady — Primera Dama f

    • the lady of the house — la señora de la casa

    • leading lady — (Theat) primera actriz f ; (Cine) protagonista f

    • I'm not used to being a lady of leisure — no estoy acostumbrada a la vida ociosa

    • he's a ladies' man — es un donjuán

    • an old lady — una señora mayor

    • this is the young lady who served me — esta es la señorita or la joven que me sirvió

    now listen here, young lady! — ¡escúchame, jovencita!

    2) (=educated woman, noblewoman) dama f

    • she's no lady — no es lo que se dice una dama

    • she's a real lady — es toda una dama

    • society lady — dama f de la alta sociedad

    4) (US) * (as form of address) señora f

    what seems to be the trouble, lady? — ¿qué ocurre, señora?

    5) † (=wife) señora f, esposa f

    • your good lady — su esposa, su señora

    • my lady wife — mi señora esposa

    6) (Rel)
    7)

    the ladies — (=lavatory) el servicio (de señoras), el baño (de señoras) (LAm)

    Ladies — Señoras, Damas

    2.
    CPD

    ladies' room N — servicio m de señoras, baño m de señoras (LAm)

    Lady Chapel N — (Rel) capilla f de la Virgen

    Lady Day N — (Brit) día m de la Anunciación (25 de marzo)

    lady doctor N — doctora f, médico f

    lady's fingers NPL — (Bot) (with sing or pl vb) quingombó m

    * * *
    ['leɪdi]
    noun (pl ladies)
    1)
    a) ( woman) señora f, dama f (frml)

    ladies and gentlemen — señoras y señores, damas y caballeros

    an old lady — una señora mayor; (before n)

    lady mayoress — (BrE) alcaldesa f

    b) ( refined woman) señora f, dama f
    c) (AmE colloq) (as form of address) señora
    d) ( appreciative use) mujer f
    3) ( Relig)

    English-spanish dictionary > lady

  • 25 Forms of address

    Only those forms of address in frequent use are included here ; titles of members of the nobility or of church dignitaries are not covered ; for the use of military ranks as titles ⇒ Military ranks and titles.
    Speaking to someone
    Where English puts the surname after the title, French normally uses the title alone (note that when speaking to someone, French does not use a capital letter for monsieur, madame and mademoiselle, unlike English Mr etc., nor for titles such as docteur).
    good morning, Mr Johnson
    = bonjour, monsieur
    good evening, Mrs Jones
    = bonsoir, madame
    goodbye, Miss Smith
    = au revoir, mademoiselle
    The French monsieur and madame tend to be used more often than the English Mr X or Mrs Y. Also, in English, people often say simply Good morning or Excuse me ; in the equivalent situation in French, they might say Bonjour, monsieur or Pardon, madame. However, the French are slower than the British, and much slower than the Americans, to use someone’s first name, so hi there, Peter! to a colleague may well be simply bonjour!, or bonjour, monsieur ; bonjour, cher ami ; bonjour, mon vieux etc., depending on the degree of familiarity that exists.
    In both languages, other titles are also used, e.g.:
    hallo, Dr. Brown or hallo, Doctor
    = bonjour, docteur
    In some cases where titles are not used in English, they are used in French, e.g. bonjour, Monsieur le directeur or bonjour, Madame la directrice to a head teacher, or bonjour, maître to a lawyer of either sex. Other titles, such as professeur ( in the sense of professor), are used much less than their English equivalents in direct address. Where in English one might say Good morning, Professor, in French one would probably say Bonjour, monsieur or Bonjour, madame.
    Titles of important positions are used in direct forms of address, preceded by Monsieur le or Madame le or Madame la, as in:
    yes, Chair
    = oui, Monsieur le président or (to a woman) oui, Madame la présidente
    yes, Minister
    = oui, Monsieur le ministre or (to a woman) oui, Madame le ministre
    Note the use of Madame le when the noun in question, like ministre here, or professeur and other titles, has no feminine form, or no acceptable feminine. A woman Member of Parliament is addressed as Madame le député, a woman Senator Madame le sénateur, a woman judge Madame le juge and a woman mayor Madame le maire. Women often prefer the masculine word even when a feminine form does exist, as in Madame l’ambassadeur to a woman ambassador, Madame l’ambassadrice being reserved for the wife of an ambassador.
    Speaking about someone
    Mr Smith is here
    = monsieur Smith est là
    Mrs Jones phoned
    = madame Jones a téléphoné
    Miss Black has arrived
    = mademoiselle Black est arrivée
    Ms Brown has left
    = madame Brown or (as appropriate) mademoiselle Brown est partie
    (French has no equivalent of Ms.)
    When the title accompanies someone’s name, the definite article must be used in French:
    Dr Blake has arrived
    = le docteur Blake est arrivé
    Professor Jones spoke
    = le professeur Jones a parlé
    This is true of all titles:
    Prince Charles
    = le prince Charles
    Princess Marie
    = la princesse Marie
    Note that with royal etc. titles, only 1er is spoken as an ordinal number (premier) in French ; unlike English, all the others are spoken as cardinal numbers (deux, trois, and so on).
    King Richard I
    = le roi Richard 1er ( say Richard premier)
    Queen Elizabeth II
    = la reine Elizabeth II ( say Elizabeth deux)
    Pope John XXIII
    = le pape Jean XXIII ( say Jean vingt-trois)

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  • 26 Holland, John Philip

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 29 February 1840 Liscanor, Co. Clare, Ireland
    d. 12 August 1915 Newark, New Jersey, USA
    [br]
    Irish/American inventor of the successful modern submarine
    [br]
    Holland was educated first in his native town and later in Limerick, a seaport bustling with coastal trade ships. His first job was that of schoolteacher, and as such he worked in various parts of Ireland until he was about 32 years old. A combination of his burning patriotic zeal for Ireland and his interest in undersea technology (then in its infancy) made him consider designs for underwater warships for use against the British Royal Navy in the fight for Irish independence. He studied all known works on the subject and commenced drawing plans, but he was unable to make real headway owing to a lack of finance.
    In 1873 he travelled to the United States, ultimately settling in New Jersey and continuing in the profession of teaching. His work on submarine design continued, but in 1875 he suffered a grave setback when the United States Navy turned down his designs. Help came from an unexpected source, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Society, which had been founded in Dublin and New York in 1858. Financial help enabled Holland to build a 4 m (13 ft) one-person craft, which was tested in 1878, and then a larger boat of 19 tonnes' displacement that was tested with a crew of three to depths of 20 m (65 ft) in New York's harbour in 1883. Known as the Fenian Ram, it embodied most of the principles of modern submarines, including weight compensation. The Fenians commandeered this boat, but they were unable to operate it satisfactorily and it was relegated to history.
    Holland continued work, at times independently and sometimes with others, and continuously advocated submarines to the United States Navy. In 1895 he was successful in winning a contract for US$150,000 to build the US Submarine Plunger at Baltimore. With too much outside interference, this proved an unsatisfactory venture. However, with only US$5,000 of his capital left, Holland started again and in 1898 he launched the Holland at Elizabeth, New Jersey. This 16 m (52 ft) vessel was successful, and in 1900 it was purchased by the United States Government.
    Six more boats were ordered by the Americans, and then some by the Russians and the Japanese. The British Royal Navy ordered five, which were built by Vickers Son and Maxim (now VSEL) at Barrow-in-Furness in the years up to 1903, commencing their long run of submarine building. They were licensed by another well-known name, the Electric Boat Company, which had formerly been the J.P.Holland Torpedo Boat Company.
    Holland now had some wealth and was well known. He continued to work, trying his hand at aeronautical research, and in 1904 he invented a respirator for use in submarine rescue work. It is pleasing to record that one of his ships can be seen to this day at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport: HM Submarine Holland No. 1, which was lost under tow in 1913 but salvaged and restored in the 1980s.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Order of the Rising Sun, Japan, 1910.
    Bibliography
    1900, "The submarine boat and its future", North American Review (December). Holland wrote several other articles of a similar nature.
    Further Reading
    R.K.Morris, 1966 John P.Holland 1841–1914, Inventor of the Modern Submarine, Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute.
    F.W.Lipscomb, 1975, The British Submarine, London: Conway Maritime Press. A.N.Harrison, 1979, The Development of HM Submarines from Holland No. 1 (1901) to
    Porpoise (1930), Bath: MoD Ships Department (internal publication).
    FMW

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  • 27 Barber, John

    [br]
    baptized 22 October 1734 Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England
    d. 6 November 1801 Attleborough, Nuneaton, England
    [br]
    English inventor of the gas turbine and jet propulsion.
    [br]
    He was the son of Francis Barber, coalmaster of Greasley, and Elizabeth Fletcher. In his will of 1765. his uncle, John Fletcher, left the bulk of his property, including collieries and Stainsby House, Horsley Woodhouse, Derbyshire, to John Barber. Another uncle, Robert, bequeathed him property in the next village, Smalley. It is clear that at this time John Barber was a man of considerable means. On a tablet erected by John in 1767, he acknowledges his debt to his uncle John in the words "in remembrance of the man who trained him up from a youth". At this time John Barber was living at Stainsby House and had already been granted his first patent, in 1766. The contents of this patent, which included a reversible water turbine, and his subsequent patents, suggest that he was very familiar with mining equipment, including the Newcomen engine. It comes as rather a surprise that c.1784 he became bankrupt and had to leave Stainsby House, evidently moving to Attleborough. In a strange twist, a descendent of Mr Sitwell, the new owner, bought the prototype Akroyd Stuart oil engine from the Doncaster Show in 1891.
    The second and fifth (final) patents, in 1773 and 1792, were concerned with smelting and the third, in 1776, featured a boiler-mounted impulse steam turbine. The fourth and most important patent, in 1791, describes and engine that could be applied to the "grinding of corn, flints, etc.", "rolling, slitting, forging or battering iron and other metals", "turning of mills for spinning", "turning up coals and other minerals from mines", and "stamping of ores, raising water". Further, and importantly, the directing of the fluid stream into smelting furnaces or at the stern of ships to propel them is mentioned. The engine described comprised two retorts for heating coal or oil to produce an inflammable gas, one to operate while the other was cleansed and recharged. The resultant gas, together with the right amount of air, passed to a beam-operated pump and a water-cooled combustion chamber, and then to a water-cooled nozzle to an impulse gas turbine, which drove the pumps and provided the output. A clear description of the thermodynamic sequence known as the Joule Cycle (Brayton in the USA) is thus given. Further, the method of gas production predates Murdoch's lighting of the Soho foundry by gas.
    It seems unlikely that John Barber was able to get his engine to work; indeed, it was well over a hundred years before a continuous combustion chamber was achieved. However, the details of the specification, for example the use of cooling water jackets and injection, suggest that considerable experimentation had taken place.
    To be active in the taking out of patents over a period of 26 years is remarkable; that the best came after bankruptcy is more so. There is nothing to suggest that the cost of his experiments was the cause of his financial troubles.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    A.K.Bruce, 1944, "John Barber and the gas turbine", Engineer 29 December: 506–8; 8 March (1946):216, 217.
    C.Lyle Cummins, 1976, Internal Fire, Carnot Press.
    JB

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  • 28 Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy

    [br]
    b. 14 February 1793 Treator, near Padstow, Cornwall, England
    d. 28 February 1875 Reeds, near Bude, Cornwall, England
    [br]
    English pioneer of steam road transport.
    [br]
    Educated at Truro Grammar School, he then studied under Dr Avery at Wadebridge to become a doctor of medicine. He settled as a surgeon in Wadebridge, spending his leisure time in building an organ and in the study of chemistry and mechanical science. He married Elizabeth Symons in 1814, and in 1820 moved with his wife to London. He delivered a course of lectures at the Surrey Institution on the elements of chemical science, attended by, amongst others, the young Michael Faraday. While there, Gurney made his first invention, the oxyhydrogen blowpipe. For this he received the Gold Medal of the Society of Arts. He experimented with lime and magnesia for the production of an illuminant for lighthouses with some success. He invented a musical instrument of glasses played like a piano.
    In 1823 he started experiments related to steam and locomotion which necessitated taking a partner in to his medical practice, from which he resigned shortly after. His objective was to produce a steam-driven vehicle to run on common roads. His invention of the steam-jet of blast greatly improved the performance of the steam engine. In 1827 he took his steam carriage to Cyfarthfa at the request of Mr Crawshaw, and while there applied his steam-jet to the blast furnaces, greatly improving their performance in the manufacture of iron. Much of the success of George Stephenson's steam engine, the Rocket was due to Gurney's steam blast.
    In July 1829 Gurney made a historic trip with his road locomotive. This was from London to Bath and back, which was accomplished at a speed of 18 mph (29 km/h) and was made at the instigation of the Quartermaster-General of the Army. So successful was the carriage that Sir Charles Dance started to run a regular service with it between Gloucester and Cheltenham. This ran for three months without accident, until Parliament introduced prohibitive taxation on all self-propelled vehicles. A House of Commons committee proposed that these should be abolished as inhibiting progress, but this was not done. Sir Goldsworthy petitioned Parliament on the harm being done to him, but nothing was done and the coming of the railways put the matter beyond consideration. He devoted his time to finding other uses for the steam-jet: it was used for extinguishing fires in coal-mines, some of which had been burning for many years; he developed a stove for the production of gas from oil and other fatty substances, intended for lighthouses; he was responsible for the heating and the lighting of both the old and the new Houses of Parliament. His evidence after a colliery explosion resulted in an Act of Parliament requiring all mines to have two shafts. He was knighted in 1863, the same year that he suffered a stroke which incapacitated him. He retired to his house at Reeds, near Bude, where he was looked after by his daughter, Anna.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1863. Society of Arts Gold Medal.
    IMcN

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  • 29 round

    [raund] 1. прил.
    1)
    а) круглый; шарообразный; сферический

    round arch — архит. полукруглая арка

    round timber — кругляк, круглый лесоматериал

    б) напоминающий по форме круг, овальный; покатый ( о плечах)

    round back, round shoulders — сутулость

    Syn:
    •
    Syn:
    2)

    round game — игра в карты, в которой принимает участие неограниченное количество игроков

    round trip, round tour, round voyage — поездка туда и обратно, поездка в оба конца

    Syn:
    в) винтовой, кольцевой, кольцеобразный, спиральный
    Syn:
    3) полный, дородный, тучный; хорошо сложенный

    She was a nice round lively little girl. — Она была миловидной, немного полной энергичной девочкой.

    Syn:
    4)
    а) целый, полный
    в) приближённый, округлённый (о вычислении, результате)
    •
    Syn:
    5)
    а) закруглённый, законченный (о фразе, предложении)
    б) гладкий, плавный ( о стиле)
    Syn:
    6)
    а) мягкий, низкий, бархатистый ( о голосе)

    The merry old gentleman, in a good, round, sturdy voice, commenced a song. (Ch. Dickens) — Весёлый пожилой джентльмен запел хорошим низким сильным голосом.

    Syn:
    full I 1., mellow 1.
    б) звонкий, звучный
    Syn:
    7) быстрый, энергичный (о действии, движении)

    At first their pace was round, but then it soon slackened. — Сначала они шли быстро, но потом замедлили шаг

    Syn:
    8) лингв. огубленный, лабиализованный, округлённый ( о качестве звука)
    9) большой, значительный ( о денежной сумме)
    Syn:
    10)
    а) откровенный, честный

    to speak in a round and unvarnished manner — говорить откровенно, без прикрас

    Syn:
    б) резкий, прямой, без обиняков
    в) несомненный, уверенный, безоговорочный

    He made no answer whatever to this round intimation. — Он никак не отреагировал на этот явный намёк.

    Syn:
    2. сущ.
    1)
    а) круг, окружность
    б) контур, очертание
    а) шар
    Syn:
    sphere 1., globe 1.
    б) планета, небесное тело
    Syn:
    3)
    а) движение по кругу; цикл
    б) круг, кольцо, виток
    Syn:
    circle 1., ring I 1., coil I 1.
    4)

    to go / make the round(s) of smth. — совершать обход чего-л.

    staff round, round of surgeons — обход больных врачами

    б) прогулка, поездка

    to go for a good / long round — предпринять длинную прогулку

    5) ряд, цикл, череда ( однородных действий)
    9)
    а) кусочек, ломтик, долька

    round of toast — гренок, ломтик поджаренного хлеба

    He ordered another round of drinks. — Он заказал ещё по рюмочке для всех.

    11) воен.
    12) группа, общество, круг ( людей)

    to know all the round of someone's relations — быть знакомым с чьим-л. кругом общения

    Syn:
    13)
    а) = round dance хоровод
    Syn:
    14) путь в обход, окольный путь

    You have given yourself a long round, and forced me to take a long round in order to meet you. — Ты сам пошёл в обход и заставил меня идти окольной дорогой, чтобы встретиться с тобой.

    ••

    of cheers, round of applause — взрыв аплодисментов

    - go the rounds
    - go the round 3. нареч.
    1)
    а) вокруг; кругом; по кругу

    The wheel turns round. — Колесо вращается.

    The wind has gone round to the north. — Ветер повернул на север.

    round and round — кругом; со всех сторон

    all round — кругом, везде вокруг, повсюду вокруг

    б) всюду, повсюду, на всём протяжении
    Syn:
    2) вспять, назад, обратно

    England veered round again to protestantism under Elizabeth. — При Елизавете Англия снова обратилась к протестантизму.

    3) вблизи, поблизости, неподалёку
    Syn:
    •
    Syn:
    around 1.
    4. предл.
    1)
    а) вокруг, кругом, за

    We turned round the corner. — Мы свернули за угол.

    б) по (какой-л. местности, территории)
    Syn:
    around 2.
    2) в течение, на всём протяжении

    round the year — в течение года, весь год

    Syn:
    5. гл.
    1)
    а) округляться, делаться круглым
    б) округлять, делать круглым

    Amazement rounded her eyes. — Её глаза округлились от изумления.

    2)
    б) лингв. округлять, огублять, лабиализовать
    Syn:
    3) окружать, опоясывать, заключать в круг прям. и перен.
    Syn:
    4) доводить до совершенства, завершать
    5)
    а) огибать, обходить кругом; повёртываться
    б) бывать во многих местах, путешествовать
    6) мат. выражать в круглых цифрах, выражать в целых числах
    7) подрезать, купировать ( уши и хвост у животных)
    Syn:
    8) повернуть, изменить направление
    9) ( round into) переходить, превращаться во (что-л.)

    Our talk gradually rounded into a plan for improving the organization. — Наш разговор плавно перешёл в беседу о плане улучшения работы фирмы.

    10) разг. жаловаться, ябедничать

    Mary did not round on John. — Мэри не жаловалась на Джона.

    11) ( round (up)on) набрасываться, нападать на (кого-л.); резко критиковать, распекать

    It was quite a shock when she rounded on me. — Когда она стала меня распекать, я был очень удивлён.

    •
    - round in
    - round off
    - round out
    - round up

    Англо-русский современный словарь > round

  • 30 Need, Samuel

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
    [br]
    b. 1718
    d. 14 April 1781 Bread Street, Cheapside, London, England
    [br]
    English manufacturer of hosiery who helped to finance Arkwright's spinning machine and early cotton mills.
    [br]
    Samuel Need was apprenticed as a framework knitter and entered the hosiery trade c. 1742. He was a Dissenter and later became an Independent Congregationalist. He married Elizabeth Gibson of Hacking, Middlesex, who survived him and died in 1781. He had a warehouse in Nottingham, where he was made a burgess in 1739–40. In 1747 he bought a mill there and had a house adjoining it, but in 1777 he bought an estate at Arnold, outside the city. From about 1759 he supported Jedediah Strutt and William Woollat in their development of Strutt's invention of the rib attachment to the knitting machine. Need became a partner with Strutt in 1762 over the patent and then they shared a joint hosiery business. When Arkwright sought financial assistance from Ichabod and John Wright, the Nottingham bankers, to develop his spinning mill in that town, the Wrights turned him over to Samuel Need. Need, having profited so much from the successful patent with Strutt, was ready to exploit another; on 19 January 1770 Need and Strutt, on payment of £500, became co-partners with Arkwright, Smalley and Thornley for the remainder of Arkwright's patent. In Need, Arkwright had secured the patronage of the leading hosier in Nottingham. Need was leader of the Hosiers' Federation in 1779 when the framework knitters petitioned Parliament to better their conditions. He gave evidence against the workers' demands and, when their bill failed, the Nottingham workers attacked first his Nottingham house and then the one at Arnold.
    Need was to remain a partner with Arkwright until his death in 1781. He was involved in die mill at Cromford and also with some later ones, such as the Birkacre mill near Chorley, Lancashire, in 1777. He made a fortune and died at his home in London.
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    Further Reading
    M.L.Walker, 1963, A History of the Family of Need of Arnold, Nottinghamshire, London (a good biography).
    R.S.Fitton, 1989, The Arkwrights, Spinners of Fortune, Manchester (covers Need's relationship with Arkwright).
    R.S.Fitton and A.P.Wadsworth, 1958, The Strutts and the Arkwrights, 1758–1830, Manchester.
    S.D.Chapman, 1967, The Early Factory Masters, Newton Abbot (describes his wider contacts with the Midlands hosiery industry).
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Need, Samuel

  • 31 shake

    [ʃeɪk] 1. гл.; прош. вр. shook; прич. прош. вр. shaken
    1)
    а) трясти; встряхивать; сотрясать

    You don't have to climb the tree; it may be possible to shake the apples down. — Тебе не нужно лезть на дерево; яблоки, наверное, можно стряхнуть.

    Angrily, she shook off his hand. — Она с яростью отдёрнула его руку.

    Shake up the medicine before drinking it. — Встряхните лекарство перед употреблением.

    A sudden fit of ague shook him. — Он дрожал от внезапного приступа малярии.

    б) трястись; сотрясаться; дрожать
    Syn:
    quake 1., quiver I 1., vibrate

    to shake hands (with smb.), to shake smb.'s hand, to shake smb. by the hand — пожимать кому-л. руку; обмениваться рукопожатием с кем-л.

    2)
    а) распадаться, расшатываться; терять сплочённость ( о группе людей)

    The rebel battalions began to shake. — В рядах мятежных батальонов начался разброд.

    б) ослабить, поколебать

    to shake smb.'s confidence / faith — поколебать чью-л. уверенность / веру

    в) уст. терять твёрдость, уверенность ( о человеке)
    3) = shake up волновать, потрясать

    She will be shaken when she first hears the news. — Она будет потрясена, когда получит это известие.

    No one was hurt, but many of the passengers were severely shaken up. — Никто не пострадал, но многие пассажиры испытали сильный шок.

    Syn:
    4) потряхивать; качать

    He shook his black chevelure. — Он тряхнул своей чёрной шевелюрой.

    She didn't reply, but just shook her head. — Она не ответила, а лишь отрицательно покачала головой.

    5) австрал.; разг. сильно увлекаться (кем-л. / чем-л.)

    I'm not all that shook on cocktail parties myself. — Вечеринки с коктейлями меня вовсе не занимают.

    •
    - shake off
    - shake out
    - shake up
    ••

    to shake smth. out of one's head — выбросить что-л. из головы; отмахнуться от неприятной мысли

    - shake in one's shoes
    - shake a leg 2. сущ.

    to give smth. a good shake — хорошенько встряхнуть что-л.

    to give a shake to memory — покопаться в памяти, вспомнить

    2) разг. потрясение, шок
    3)
    а) дрожь; дрожание; вибрация
    б) амер.; разг. землетрясение

    You'd realize these shakes are mere nothings. — Вы бы поняли, что эти подземные толчки - просто ерунда.

    4)
    а) ( the shakes) разг. лихорадка, озноб
    б) страх, дрожание

    "Sit down — Elizabeth-Jane — sit down," he said, with a shake in his voice. (Th. Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, 1886) — "Садись, Элизабет-Джейн, садись", - промолвил он с дрожью в голосе.

    5) разг. мгновение
    6)
    а) трещина, щель (в дереве, земле)
    б) амер. морозобоина
    7) муз. трель
    8) диал. лотерея

    My dad won the flat in a shake. — Мой папа выиграл квартиру в лотерею.

    Syn:
    raffle 1.
    9) разг. утренняя встряска (которая необходима крепко спящему человеку, чтобы проснуться)
    Syn:
    11) шейк, коктейль
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    Англо-русский современный словарь > shake

  • 32 ♦ (to) succeed

    ♦ (to) succeed /səkˈsi:d/
    A v. i.
    1 riuscire; avere successo; prosperare: I didn't succeed in convincing him, non riuscii a persuaderlo; The Gunpowder Plot of Nov. 5, 1605 didn't succeed, la Congiura delle polveri del 5 novembre 1605 si concluse con un fallimento; He succeeded as a businessman ( o in business), ha avuto successo negli affari
    2 succedere; subentrare: His eldest son succeeded him to the throne, il figlio maggiore gli succedette sul trono; to succeed to the chairmanship, subentrare alla presidenza; (in USA) The vice-president succeeds in case of the president's death, in caso di morte del presidente, subentra il vicepresidente
    B v. t.
    succedere a; subentrare a: Queen Elizabeth I succeeded Mary the Catholic, la regina Elisabetta I succedette a Maria la Cattolica
    ● (prov.) If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again, se non riesci al primo colpo, continua a tentare □ to succeed in life, affermarsi nella vita □ to succeed to a title, ereditare un titolo.

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  • 33 ♦ (to) succeed

    ♦ (to) succeed /səkˈsi:d/
    A v. i.
    1 riuscire; avere successo; prosperare: I didn't succeed in convincing him, non riuscii a persuaderlo; The Gunpowder Plot of Nov. 5, 1605 didn't succeed, la Congiura delle polveri del 5 novembre 1605 si concluse con un fallimento; He succeeded as a businessman ( o in business), ha avuto successo negli affari
    2 succedere; subentrare: His eldest son succeeded him to the throne, il figlio maggiore gli succedette sul trono; to succeed to the chairmanship, subentrare alla presidenza; (in USA) The vice-president succeeds in case of the president's death, in caso di morte del presidente, subentra il vicepresidente
    B v. t.
    succedere a; subentrare a: Queen Elizabeth I succeeded Mary the Catholic, la regina Elisabetta I succedette a Maria la Cattolica
    ● (prov.) If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again, se non riesci al primo colpo, continua a tentare □ to succeed in life, affermarsi nella vita □ to succeed to a title, ereditare un titolo.

    English-Italian dictionary > ♦ (to) succeed

  • 34 give smb. enough rope to hang oneself

    (give smb. enough rope (to hang oneself; тж. give smb. plenty of rope (to hang oneself)))
    предоставить кому-л. свободу действий (для того, чтобы его погубить, скомпрометировать и т. п.) [происходит от выражения give smb. enough rope and he'll hang himself; см. give smb. enough rope and he'll hang himself]

    ...he upheld-nay, was responsible for the Council's decision that his first and supreme object should be an attack upon Tyrone in Ulster. The very anxiety with which the Privy Council worked to meet his legitimate demands was disconcerting: it was as though they were determined to give him rope enough to hang himself. (J. E. Neale, ‘Queen Elizabeth’, ch. XXI) —...Эссекс поддержал решение тайного совета, а вернее, взял на себя ответственность за него. Суть решения заключалась в том, что важнейшей задачей Эссекса являлось нападение на Тайрона в Ольстере. Та горячность, которую проявил тайный совет, удовлетворяя законные требования Эссекса, вызывала опасение: не собирался ли тайный совет предоставить Эссексу свободу погубить себя?

    Quite abruptly he ended and sat down... Boon, still upon his feet, gazed at Manson with mixed feelings. Then, reflecting vengefully that he had at least given this upstart doctor enough rope to hang himself with, he bowed to the President and took his chair. (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Citadel’, ch. 22) — Он резко оборвал речь и сел... Бун все еще стоял и смотрел на Мэнсона со смешанным чувством. Затем, злорадно подумав, что он во всяком случае довел этого выскочку до того, что тот сам сломал себе голову, он поклонился председателю и сел на место.

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  • 35 Baize

    A heavy woollen cloth made from coarse warp and weft, and felted; usually dyed green or red, has a harsh feel, is loosely woven, with a long nap on both sides, and used for coverings for tables, screens, etc., 66 to 68-in. is the general width. This term was used in 1605 to specify a woollen cloth; first made in Sandwich, Colchester and Norwich in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. At Sandwich, the Walloon strangers were workers in serges, baize and flannel, and the English weavers learnt the trade from them.

    Dictionary of the English textile terms > Baize

  • 36 Lawns

    Very fine plain cloths. The original lawn was a fine linen cloth used for dress purposes, but is now known as " linen lawn " (see Boiled Linen Lawn). Indian Lawn is from 30-in. to 36-in. wide, 24 yards long, 72 ends and 64 picks per inch, calendered and made up book fold, or if 40-in. wide in long fold; the yarns are about 50/60's to 60/80's, both American and Egyptian. Victoria Lawn is a stiff-finished lawn, 24/26-in. wide, 92 ends and 92 picks per inch, and similar yarns to Indian lawns. Persian Lawns, 32-in., 24 yard, 100 ends and 100 picks per inch, 60's T., 80's W., and finer, Egyptian yarns, soft finish. Bishops' Lawn - A bleached and finished cloth with a blue tint, similar quality to Victoria lawn. Boiled Linen Lawns - Fine set dress fabric, made from all flax yarns such as 72 ends and 90 picks per inch, 60's/80's lea. Up to 100's lea warp and 140's lea weft is used. In many widths 32-in. upwards. Sheer Lawns - Linen cloths made from green or natural coloured yarns and piece-bleached. These also vary considerably in qualities and up to 100's lea warp and even 160's lea weft is used. Widths 371/2-in. to about 45-in. Lawn was first known in England in Elizabeth's reign, when it was a linen fabric and used for ruffs, shirts, etc.

    Dictionary of the English textile terms > Lawns

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