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1 precipitate

1. adjective
eilig [Flucht]; hastig [Abreise]; übereilt, überstürzt [Tat, Entschluss, Maßnahme]; groß, fliegend [Eile]
2. transitive verb
1) (throw down) hinunterschleudern

2) (hasten) beschleunigen; (trigger) auslösen

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[pri'sipiteit]
noun

(the substance that settles at the bottom of a liquid.) der Niederschlag

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pre·cipi·tate

I. vt

[prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt]

1. ( form: trigger)

▪ to \precipitate sth etw auslösen

the affair ultimately \precipitated his downfall die Affäre versetzte ihm schließlich den Todesstoß

to \precipitate a political crisis/a war eine politische Krise/einen Krieg auslösen

2. usu passive ( form: throw)

▪ to \precipitate sb/sth somewhere jdn/etw irgendwohin schleudern

3. (force suddenly)

▪ to \precipitate sb/sth into sth jdn/etw in etw akk stürzen

to \precipitate sb into action jdn zwingen, aktiv zu werden

to \precipitate sb/sth into crisis jdn/etw in eine Krise stürzen

4. usu passive CHEM etw ausfällen fachspr

II. vi

[prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt]

▪ to \precipitate [out] CHEM ausfallen fachspr; METEO einen Niederschlag bilden

III. adj

[prɪˈsɪpɪtət, AM -tɪt]

( form) übereilt, hastig

▪ to be \precipitate übereilt handeln, vorschnell sein

to act with \precipitate haste voreilig [o vorschnell] handeln

IV. n

[prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt, AM -tɪt]

Satz m; GEOL, MED Sediment nt fachspr; CHEM [Aus]fällung f fachspr; METEO Niederschlag m

to form a \precipitate sich akk setzen; CHEM eine Ausfällung bilden; METEO einen Niederschlag bilden

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[prə'sIpItɪt]
1. n (MET)
Niederschlag m; (CHEM ALSO) Präzipitat nt (spec)
2. adj
(= hasty) hastig, eilig; (= over-hasty) übereilt, voreilig, überstürzt[prI'sIpIteɪt]
3. vt

1) (= hurl) schleudern; (downwards) hinunter- or hinabschleudern; (fig) stürzen

2) (= hasten) beschleunigen

3) (CHEM) (aus)fällen; (MET) niederschlagen

4. vi (CHEM)
ausfallen; (MET) sich niederschlagen
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precipitate [prıˈsıpıteıt]

A v/t

1. hinunter-, herunterstürzen

2. fig eine Krise etc

a) auslösen

b) beschleunigen

3. fig jemanden (hinein)stürzen ( into in akk):

precipitate a country into war

4. CHEM (aus)fällen, niederschlagen

B v/i CHEM, METEO sich niederschlagen

C adj [-tət] (adv precipitately)

1. jäh(lings) hinabstürzend, steil abfallend:

precipitate labo(u)r MED Sturzgeburt f

2. fig überstürzt, -eilt, voreilig

3. eilig, hastig

4. jäh, plötzlich

D s [-teıt; -tət] CHEM Fällprodukt n, Niederschlag m

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1. adjective
eilig [Flucht]; hastig [Abreise]; übereilt, überstürzt [Tat, Entschluss, Maßnahme]; groß, fliegend [Eile]
2. transitive verb
1) (throw down) hinunterschleudern

2) (hasten) beschleunigen; (trigger) auslösen

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v.

herbeiführen v.

stürzen v.

English-german dictionary > precipitate
2 precipitate

pre·cipi·tate vt [prɪʼsɪpɪteɪt]

1) (form: trigger)

to \precipitate sth etw auslösen;

the affair ultimately \precipitated his downfall die Affäre versetzte ihm schließlich den Todesstoß;

to \precipitate a political crisis/ a war eine politische Krise/einen Krieg auslösen

2) usu passive (form: throw)

to \precipitate sb/ sth somewhere jdn/etw irgendwohin schleudern

3) ( force suddenly)

to \precipitate sb/ sth into sth jdn/etw in etw akk stürzen;

to \precipitate sb into action jdn zwingen, aktiv zu werden;

to \precipitate sb/ sth into crisis jdn/etw in eine Krise stürzen

4) usu passive chem etw ausfällen fachspr vi [prɪʼsɪpɪteɪt];

to \precipitate [out] chem ausfallen fachspr meteo einen Niederschlag bilden adj [prɪʼsɪpɪtət, Am -tɪt] ( form) übereilt, hastig;

to be \precipitate übereilt handeln, vorschnell sein;

to act with \precipitate haste voreilig [o vorschnell] handeln n [prɪʼsɪpɪteɪt, Am -tɪt] Satz m; geol, med Sediment nt fachspr chem [Aus]fällung f fachspr meteo Niederschlag m;

to form a \precipitate sich akk setzen chem eine Ausfällung bilden; meteo einen Niederschlag bilden

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3 thrust

1. transitive verb,
thrust

1) (push suddenly) stoßen

he thrust his fist into my face — er stieß mir seine Faust ins Gesicht; (fig.)

thrust aside — beiseite schieben; in den Wind schlagen [Warnungen]

thrust extra work [up]on somebody — jemandem zusätzliche Arbeit aufbürden

fame was thrust upon her — sie wurde unversehens berühmt

2)

thrust one's way through/into/out of something — sich durch/in/aus etwas drängen
2. noun
1) (sudden push) Stoß, der

2) (gist) Stoßrichtung, die

3) (Mil.): (advance) Vorstoß, der

4) (force of jet engine) Schub, der

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past tense, past participle; see thrust

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thrust

[θrʌst]

I. n

1. (forceful push) Stoß m, SCHWEIZ a. Schupf m fam, ÖSTERR a. Schubs m fam

sword \thrust Schwerthieb m

2. no pl ( fig: impetus, purpose) Stoßrichtung f fig

main \thrust Gewicht nt fig

the main \thrust of an argument die Hauptaussage eines Arguments

3. no pl TECH (propulsive power) Schubkraft f

II. vi

<thrust, thrust>

▪ to \thrust at sb/sth with sth mit etw dat nach jdm/etw stoßen

to \thrust at sb with a knife nach jdm mit einem Messer stoßen

III. vt

<thrust, thrust>

1. (push with force)

▪ to \thrust sth/sb forward [or to \thrust forward sb/sth] jdn/etw nach vorne schieben

he \thrust back the chair and ran out of the room er schob den Stuhl heftig zurück und rannte aus dem Zimmer

▪ to \thrust sth/sb into sth etw/jdn in etw akk stopfen fam

to \thrust one's hands into one's pockets die Hände in die Taschen stecken

to \thrust the money into sb's hand jdm das Geld in die Hand stecken

▪ to \thrust sb through sth jdn durch etw akk drängen

he \thrust his injured friend through the crowd desperately trying to reach the first-aid post in einem verzweifelten Versuch, die Erste-Hilfe-Station zu erreichen, schob er seinen verletzten Freund rasch durch die Menge

▪ to \thrust oneself through sth sich akk durch etw akk drängen

I \thrust myself through the dense crowd trying to reach my friend ich bahnte mir einen Weg durch die Menge, um meinen Freund zu erreichen

▪ to \thrust oneself forward sich akk vordrängen [o SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR vordrängeln] fam

2. ( fig: compel to do)

▪ to \thrust sth [up]on sb jdm etw akk auferlegen

▪ to \thrust oneself [up]on sb sich akk jdm aufdrängen

3. (stab, pierce)

▪ to \thrust sth into sb/sth mit etw dat zustoßen

to \thrust a knife into sb jdn mit einem Messer stechen

4. ( fig: impel) hineinstoßen

she was suddenly \thrust into a position of responsibility sie wurde plötzlich in eine sehr verantwortungsvolle Position hineingedrängt

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[ɵrʌst] vb: pret, ptp thrust
1. n

1) Stoß m; (of knife) Stich m, Stoß m; (fig, of intellect) Stoßkraft f

2) (TECH) Druckkraft f; (in rocket, turbine) Schub m, Schubkraft f

3) (MIL) Vorstoß m

4) (fig of speech, article etc) Tenor m

I get the general thrust of what you're saying — ich weiß, worauf es Ihnen ankommt

2. vt

1) (= push, drive) stoßen

the tree thrust its branches upward — der Baum streckte seine Äste in den Himmel

to thrust one's hands into one's pockets — die Hände in die Tasche stecken or stopfen (inf)

she thrust her books into the box — sie stopfte ihre Bücher in die Kiste

she thrust the money into his hands — sie drückte ihm das Geld in die Hand

2) (fig)

to thrust oneself upon sb — sich jdm aufdrängen

I had the job thrust upon me — die Arbeit wurde mir aufgedrängt or aufgezwungen

and some have greatness thrust upon them — und einigen wird Größe auferlegt or aufgebürdet

to thrust one's way through a crowd — sich durch die Menge drängen or schieben

to thrust one's way to the front — sich nach vorne vordrängeln, sich nach vorne kämpfen

3. vi
stoßen (at nach); (with knife) stechen (at nach); (FENCING) einen Ausfall machen, ausfallen (at gegen)
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thrust [θrʌst]

A v/t prät und pperf thrust

1. eine Waffe etc stoßen ( into in akk)

2. allg stecken, schieben ( beide:

into in akk):

thrust one’s hand into one’s pocket;

thrust sth on (sich) etwas hastig überwerfen; → academic.ru/50478/nose">nose Bes Redew

3. stoßen, drängen, treiben, werfen:

thrust aside zur Seite stoßen;

thrust o.s. forward

a) sich nach vorn drängen,

b) fig sich in den Vordergrund drängen;

thrust sb into prison jemanden ins Gefängnis werfen;

thrust on vorwärtstreiben, antreiben;

thrust o.s. into sich werfen oder drängen in (akk);

thrust out

a) (her- oder hin)ausstoßen,

b) die Zunge herausstrecken,

c) die Hand ausstrecken;

thrust one’s way through the crowd sich durch die Menge drängen oder schieben;

thrust sth on sb jemandem etwas aufdrängen

4. meist thrust through jemanden durchbohren

5. thrust in ein Wort einwerfen

B v/i

1. stoßen (at nach)

2. stoßen, drängen ( beide:

at gegen;

into in akk)

3. sich schieben, sich drängen:

thrust past sich vorbeidrängen (an dat)

4. sich werfen (at auf akk; between zwischen akk)

C s

1. Stoß m:

in the thrust and parry of the moment im Eifer des Gefechts

2. Hieb m (auch fig:

at auf akk, gegen)

3. MIL

a) Vorstoß m

b) Stoßrichtung f (auch fig)

4. allg und TECH Druck m

5. FLUG, PHYS, TECH Schub(kraft) m(f)

6. ARCH, TECH (Horizontal-, Seiten) Schub m

7. GEOL Schub m

8. fig Zielstrebigkeit f

9. fig Tenor m

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1. transitive verb,
thrust

1) (push suddenly) stoßen

he thrust his fist into my face — er stieß mir seine Faust ins Gesicht; (fig.)

thrust aside — beiseite schieben; in den Wind schlagen [Warnungen]

thrust extra work [up]on somebody — jemandem zusätzliche Arbeit aufbürden

fame was thrust upon her — sie wurde unversehens berühmt

2)

thrust one's way through/into/out of something — sich durch/in/aus etwas drängen
2. noun
1) (sudden push) Stoß, der

2) (gist) Stoßrichtung, die

3) (Mil.): (advance) Vorstoß, der

4) (force of jet engine) Schub, der

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n.

Druck -e m.

Schub ¨-e m.

Schubkraft f.

Stich -e (Messer-) m.

Vorstoß -¨e m. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: thrust)

= schieben v.

(§ p.,pp.: schob, geschoben)

stecken v.

(§ p.,pp.: stak, gesteckt)

stoßen v.

(§ p.,pp.: stieß, gestossen)

English-german dictionary > thrust
4 break

break [breɪk]

casser ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (c) briser ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (i), 1 (j) fracturer ⇒ 1 (b) enfoncer ⇒ 1 (e) violer, enfreindre ⇒ 1 (f) rompre ⇒ 1 (h) couper ⇒ 1 (h) ruiner ⇒ 1 (k) amortir ⇒ 1 (l) se casser ⇒ 2 (a) se briser ⇒ 2 (a) se fracturer ⇒ 2 (b) cassure, brisure ⇒ 3 (a) fissure, fente ⇒ 3 (b) ouverture ⇒ 3 (c) interruption ⇒ 3 (d) pause ⇒ 3 (e) évasion ⇒ 3 (f) chance ⇒ 3 (g) changement ⇒ 3 (h)

(pt broke [brəʊk], pp broken ['brəʊkn])

1 transitive verb

(a) (split into pieces → glass, furniture) casser, briser; (→ branch, lace, string, egg, toy) casser;

∎ break the stick in two cassez le bâton en deux;

∎ to break sth into pieces mettre qch en morceaux;

∎ to get broken se casser;

∎ to break a safe forcer un coffre-fort;

∎ Religion to break bread (priest) administrer la communion; (congregation) recevoir la communion;

∎ figurative to break bread with sb partager le repas de qn;

∎ figurative to break sb's heart briser le cœur à qn;

∎ Ross broke her heart Ross lui a brisé le cœur;

∎ it breaks my heart to see her unhappy ça me brise le cœur de la voir malheureuse;

∎ figurative to break the ice rompre ou briser la glace

(b) Medicine (fracture) casser, fracturer;

∎ to break one's leg se casser ou se fracturer la jambe;

∎ to break one's neck se casser ou se rompre le cou;

∎ the fall broke his back la chute lui a brisé les reins;

∎ familiar figurative to break one's back s'échiner;

∎ familiar figurative they broke their backs trying to get the job done ils se sont éreintés à finir le travail;

∎ familiar we've broken the back of the job nous avons fait le plus gros du travail;

∎ familiar I'll break his neck if I catch him doing it again! je lui tords le cou si je le reprends à faire ça!;

∎ familiar figurative break a leg! merde! (pour souhaiter bonne chance)

(c) (render inoperable → appliance, machine) casser;

∎ you've broken the TV tu as cassé la télé

(d) (cut surface of → ground) entamer; (→ skin) écorcher; Law (seals → illegally) briser; (legally) lever;

∎ the seal on the coffee jar was broken le pot de café avait été ouvert;

∎ the skin isn't broken la peau n'est pas écorchée;

∎ to break new or fresh ground innover, faire œuvre de pionnier;

∎ scientists are breaking new or fresh ground in cancer research les savants font une percée dans la recherche contre le cancer

(e) (force a way through) enfoncer;

∎ the river broke its banks la rivière est sortie de son lit;

∎ to break the sound barrier franchir le mur du son;

∎ to break surface (diver, whale) remonter à la surface; Nautical (submarine) faire surface

(f) Law (violate → law, rule) violer, enfreindre; (→ speed limit) dépasser; (→ agreement, treaty) violer; (→ contract) rompre; (→ promise) manquer à; Religion (→ commandment) désobéir à; (→ Sabbath) ne pas respecter;

∎ she broke her appointment with them elle a annulé son rendez-vous avec eux;

∎ he broke his word to her il a manqué à la parole qu'il lui avait donnée;

∎ Law to break parole = commettre un délit qui entraîne la révocation de la mise en liberté conditionnelle;

∎ Military to break bounds violer la consigne

(g) (escape from, leave suddenly) Law

∎ to break jail s'évader (de prison);

∎ to break camp lever le camp;

∎ to break cover (animal) être débusqué; (person) sortir à découvert

(h) (interrupt → fast, monotony, spell) rompre; Electricity (→ circuit, current) couper; Typography (→ word, page) couper;

∎ we broke our journey at Brussels nous avons fait une étape à Bruxelles;

∎ a cry broke the silence un cri a déchiré ou percé le silence;

∎ the plain was broken only by an occasional small settlement la plaine n'était interrompue que par de rares petits hameaux;

∎ Military to break step rompre le pas

(i) (put an end to → strike) briser; (→ uprising) mater;

∎ the new offer broke the deadlock la nouvelle proposition a permis de sortir de l'impasse;

∎ he's tried to stop smoking but he can't break the habit il a essayé d'arrêter de fumer mais il n'arrive pas à se débarrasser ou se défaire de l'habitude;

∎ to break sb of a habit corriger ou guérir qn d'une habitude;

∎ to break oneself of a habit se corriger ou se défaire d'une habitude

(j) (wear down, destroy → enemy) détruire; (→ person, will, courage, resistance) briser; (→ witness) réfuter; (→ health) abîmer; (→ alibi) écarter;

∎ torture did not break him or his spirit il a résisté à la torture;

∎ this scandal could break them ce scandale pourrait signer leur perte;

∎ the experience will either make or break him l'expérience lui sera ou salutaire ou fatale

(k) (bankrupt) ruiner;

∎ her new business will either make or break her sa nouvelle affaire la rendra riche ou la ruinera;

∎ to break the bank (exhaust funds) faire sauter la banque;

∎ humorous buying a book won't break the bank! acheter un livre ne te/nous/ etc ruinera pas!

(l) (soften → fall) amortir, adoucir;

∎ we planted a row of trees to break the wind nous avons planté une rangée d'arbres pour couper le vent

(m) (reveal, tell) annoncer, révéler;

∎ break it to her gently annonce-le lui avec ménagement

(n) (beat, improve on) battre;

∎ to break a record battre un record;

∎ the golfer broke 90 le golfeur a dépassé le score de 90

(o) (solve → code) déchiffrer

(p) Sport

∎ to break sb's service (in tennis) prendre le service de qn;

∎ Hingis was broken in the fifth game Hingis a perdu son service dans le cinquième jeu

(q) (divide into parts → collection) dépareiller; (→ bank note) entamer;

∎ can you break a £10 note? pouvez-vous faire de la monnaie sur un billet de 10 livres?

(r) (horse) dresser

(s) Military (demote) casser

(t) Nautical (flag) déferler

(u) euphemism

∎ to break wind lâcher un vent

2 intransitive verb

(a) (split into pieces → glass, furniture) se casser, se briser; (→ branch, stick) se casser, se rompre; (→ lace, string, egg, toy) se casser;

∎ to break apart se casser ou se briser (en morceaux);

∎ the plate broke in two l'assiette s'est cassée en deux;

∎ to break into pieces se casser en morceaux;

∎ figurative her heart broke elle a eu le cœur brisé

(b) Medicine (fracture → bone, limb) se fracturer;

∎ is the bone broken? y a-t-il une fracture?;

∎ humorous any bones broken? rien de cassé?

(c) (become inoperable → lock, tool) casser; (→ machine) tomber en panne;

∎ the dishwasher broke last week le lave-vaisselle est tombé en panne la semaine dernière

(d) (disperse → clouds) se disperser, se dissiper; Military (→ troops) rompre les rangs; (→ ranks) se rompre

(e) (escape)

∎ to break free se libérer;

∎ the ship broke loose from its moorings le bateau a rompu ses amarres

(f) (fail → health, person, spirit) se détériorer;

∎ the witness broke under questioning le témoin a craqué au cours de l'interrogatoire;

∎ she or her spirit did not break elle ne s'est pas laissée abattre;

∎ their courage finally broke leur courage a fini par les abandonner

(g) (take a break) faire une pause;

∎ let's break for coffee arrêtons-nous pour prendre un café

(h) (arise suddenly → day) se lever, poindre; (→ dawn) poindre; Press & Television (→ news) être annoncé; (→ scandal, war) éclater

(i) (move suddenly) se précipiter, foncer

(j) (weather) changer; (storm) éclater

(k) (voice → of boy) muer; (→ with emotion) se briser;

∎ she was so upset that her voice kept breaking elle était tellement bouleversée que sa voix se brisait

(l) (wave) déferler;

∎ the sea was breaking against the rocks les vagues se brisaient sur les rochers

(m) Obstetrics

∎ her waters have broken elle a perdu les eaux

(n) American familiar (happen) se passer^□, arriver^□ ;

∎ to break right/badly bien/mal se passer

(o) Linguistics (vowel) se diphtonguer

(p) Sport (boxers) se dégager;

∎ break! break!, stop!

(q) Sport (ball) dévier

(r) Sport (in billiards, snooker, pool) donner l'acquit

(s) (idiom)

∎ to break even (gen) s'y retrouver; Finance rentrer dans ses frais

3 noun

(a) (in china, glass) cassure f, brisure f; (in wood) cassure f, rupture f; Medicine (in bone, limb) fracture f; figurative (with friend, group) rupture f; (in marriage) séparation f;

∎ a clean break (in object) une cassure nette; Medicine (in bone) une fracture simple;

∎ the break with her husband was a painful experience ça a été très pénible pour elle quand elle s'est séparée de son mari;

∎ her break with the party in 1968 sa rupture avec le parti en 1968;

∎ to make a clean break with the past rompre avec le passé

(b) (crack) fissure f, fente f

(c) (gap → in hedge, wall) trouée f, ouverture f; Geology (→ in rock) faille f; (→ in line) interruption f, rupture f; Typography (→ in word) césure f; (→ in pagination) fin f de page;

∎ a break in the clouds une éclaircie

(d) (interruption → in conversation) interruption f, pause f; (→ in payment) interruption f, suspension f; (→ in trip) arrêt m; (→ in production) suspension f, rupture f; (→ in series) interruption f; Literature & Music pause f; (in jazz) break m;

∎ guitar break (in rock) (courte) improvisation f de guitare;

∎ Electricity a break in the circuit une coupure de courant;

∎ Radio a break for commercials, a (commercial) break un intermède de publicité; Television un écran publicitaire, une page de publicité;

∎ Television a break in transmission une interruption des programmes (due à un incident technique)

(e) (rest) pause f; (holiday) vacances fpl; British School récréation f;

∎ let's take a break on fait une pause?;

∎ we worked all morning without a break nous avons travaillé toute la matinée sans nous arrêter;

∎ he drove for three hours without a break il a conduit trois heures de suite;

∎ you need a break (short rest) tu as besoin de faire une pause; (holiday) tu as besoin de vacances;

∎ an hour's break for lunch une heure de pause pour le déjeuner;

∎ lunch break pause f de midi;

∎ do you get a lunch break? tu as une pause à midi?;

∎ a weekend in the country makes a pleasant break un week-end à la campagne fait du bien;

∎ familiar give me a break! (don't talk nonsense) dis pas n'importe quoi!; (stop nagging) fiche-moi la paix!

(f) (escape) évasion f, fuite f;

∎ Law jail break évasion f (de prison);

∎ she made a break for the woods elle s'est élancée vers le bois;

∎ to make a break for it prendre la fuite

(g) familiar (opportunity) chance^□ f; (luck) (coup m de) veine f;

∎ you get all the breaks! tu en as du pot!;

∎ to have a lucky break avoir de la veine;

∎ to have a bad break manquer de veine;

∎ this could be your big break ça pourrait être la chance de ta vie;

∎ she's never had an even break in her life rien n'a jamais été facile dans sa vie;

∎ give him a break donne-lui une chance; (he won't do it again) donne-lui une seconde chance

(h) (change) changement m;

∎ a break in the weather un changement de temps;

∎ the decision signalled a break with tradition la décision marquait une rupture avec la tradition

(i) (carriage) break m

(j) literary

∎ at break of day au point du jour, à l'aube

(k) Sport

∎ to have a service break or a break (of serve) (in tennis) avoir une rupture de service (de l'adversaire);

∎ to have two break points (in tennis) avoir deux balles de break;

∎ he made a 70 break (in snooker, pool etc) il a fait une série de 70

►► Computing break character caractère m d'interruption;

Computing break key touche f d'interruption

➲ break away

1 intransitive verb

(a) (move away) se détacher; (escape) s'évader;

∎ I broke away from the crowd je me suis éloigné de la foule;

∎ he broke away from her grasp il s'est dégagé de son étreinte

(b) (end association with) rompre; (province → from State) se séparer;

∎ a group of MPs broke away from the party un groupe de députés a quitté le parti;

∎ as a band they have broken away from traditional jazz leur groupe a (complètement) rompu avec le jazz traditionnel

(c) Sport (in racing, cycling) s'échapper, se détacher du peloton

2 separable transitive verb

détacher;

∎ they broke all the fittings away from the walls ils ont décroché toutes les appliques des murs

➲ break back intransitive verb

(in tennis) = gagner le service de son adversaire après avoir perdu son propre service

➲ break down

1 intransitive verb

(a) (vehicle, machine) tomber en panne;

∎ the car has broken down la voiture est en panne

(b) (fail → health) se détériorer; (→ authority) disparaître; (→ argument, system, resistance) s'effondrer; (→ negotiations, relations, plan) échouer;

∎ radio communications broke down le contact radio a été coupé;

∎ their marriage is breaking down leur mariage se désagrège

(c) (lose one's composure) s'effondrer;

∎ to break down in tears fondre en larmes

(d) (divide) se diviser;

∎ the report breaks down into three parts le rapport comprend ou est composé de trois parties

(e) Chemistry se décomposer;

∎ to break down into sth se décomposer en qch

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (destroy → barrier) démolir, abattre; (→ door) enfoncer; figurative (→ resistance) briser;

∎ we must break down old prejudices il faut mettre fin aux vieux préjugés

(b) (analyse → idea, statistics) analyser; (→ reasons) décomposer; (→ account, figures, expenses) décomposer, ventiler; (→ bill, estimate) détailler; (→ substance) décomposer;

∎ the problem can be broken down into three parts le problème peut se décomposer en trois parties

➲ break forth intransitive verb

literary (light) jaillir; (storm, buds) éclater; (blossom) s'épanouir subitement

➲ break in

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (train → person) former; (→ horse) dresser;

∎ a month should be enough to break you in to the job un mois devrait suffire pour vous faire ou vous habituer au métier

(b) (clothing) porter (pour user);

∎ I want to break these shoes in je veux que ces chaussures se fassent

(c) (knock down → door) enfoncer

2 intransitive verb

(a) Law (burglar) entrer par effraction

(b) (speaker) interrompre;

∎ to break in on sb/sth interrompre qn/qch

➲ break into inseparable transitive verb

(a) (of burglar) entrer par effraction dans; (drawer) forcer;

∎ they broke into the safe ils ont fracturé ou forcé le coffre-fort;

∎ they've been broken into three times ils se sont fait cambrioler trois fois

(b) (begin suddenly)

∎ the audience broke into applause le public s'est mis à applaudir;

∎ to break into a run/sprint se mettre à courir/à sprinter;

∎ the horse broke into a gallop le cheval a pris le galop

(c) (conversation) interrompre

(d) (start to spend → savings) entamer;

∎ I don't want to break into a £20 note je ne veux pas entamer un billet de 20 livres

(e) Commerce (market) percer sur;

∎ the firm has broken into the Japanese market l'entreprise a percé sur le marché japonais

➲ break off

1 intransitive verb

(a) (separate) se détacher, se casser;

∎ a branch has broken off une branche s'est détachée (de l'arbre)

(b) (stop) s'arrêter brusquement;

∎ he broke off in mid-sentence il s'est arrêté au milieu d'une phrase;

∎ they broke off from work (for rest) ils ont fait une pause; (for day) ils ont cessé le travail;

∎ to break off for ten minutes prendre dix minutes de pause;

∎ to break off for lunch s'arrêter pour déjeuner

(c) (end relationship) rompre;

∎ she's broken off with him elle a rompu avec lui

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (separate) détacher, casser;

∎ to break sth off sth casser ou détacher qch de qch

(b) (end → agreement, relationship) rompre;

∎ they've broken off their engagement ils ont rompu leurs fiançailles;

∎ to break it off (with sb) rompre (avec qn);

∎ Italy had broken off diplomatic relations with Libya l'Italie avait rompu ses relations diplomatiques avec la Libye

➲ break open separable transitive verb

(door) enfoncer; (lock, safe, till) forcer; familiar (bottle of wine etc) ouvrir^□, déboucher^□ ;

∎ to break a desk open ouvrir un bureau en forçant la serrure

➲ break out

1 intransitive verb

(a) (begin → war, storm) éclater; (→ disease, fire) se déclarer; (→ fight) se déclencher

(b) (become covered)

∎ to break out in spots or in a rash avoir une éruption de boutons;

∎ to break out in a sweat se mettre à transpirer;

∎ she broke out in a cold sweat elle s'est mise à avoir des sueurs froides

(c) (escape) s'échapper;

∎ to break out from or of prison s'évader (de prison);

∎ we have to break out of this vicious circle il faut que nous sortions de ce cercle vicieux

2 separable transitive verb

(bottle, champagne) ouvrir

➲ break through

1 inseparable transitive verb

(sun) percer;

∎ I broke through the crowd je me suis frayé un chemin à travers la foule;

∎ the troops broke through enemy lines les troupes ont enfoncé les lignes ennemies;

∎ she eventually broke through his reserve elle a fini par le faire sortir de sa réserve

2 intransitive verb

percer; figurative & Military faire une percée;

∎ figurative his hidden feelings tend to break through in his writing ses sentiments cachés tendent à transparaître ou percer dans ses écrits

➲ break up

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (divide up → rocks) briser, morceler; Law (→ property) morceler; (→ soil) ameublir; (→ bread, cake) partager;

∎ she broke the loaf up into four pieces elle a rompu ou partagé la miche en quatre;

∎ illustrations break up the text le texte est aéré par des illustrations

(b) (destroy → house) démolir; (→ road) défoncer

(c) (end → fight, party) mettre fin à, arrêter; Commerce & Law (→ conglomerate, trust) scinder, diviser; Commerce (→ company) scinder; Politics (→ coalition) briser, rompre; Administration (→ organization) dissoudre; (→ empire) démembrer; (→ family) séparer;

∎ his drinking broke up their marriage le fait qu'il buvait a brisé ou détruit leur mariage

(d) (disperse → crowd) disperser;

∎ break it up! (people fighting or arguing) arrêtez!; (said by policeman) circulez!

(e) familiar (distress) bouleverser, retourner;

∎ the news really broke her up la nouvelle l'a complètement bouleversée

(f) American familiar (amuse)

∎ her stories really break me up! ses histoires me font bien marrer!

2 intransitive verb

(a) (split into pieces → road, system) se désagréger; (→ ice) craquer, se fissurer; (→ ship) se disloquer;

∎ the ship broke up on the rocks le navire s'est disloqué sur les rochers

(b) (come to an end → meeting, party) se terminer, prendre fin; (→ partnership) cesser, prendre fin; (→ talks, negotiations) cesser;

∎ when the meeting broke up à l'issue ou à la fin de la réunion;

∎ their marriage broke up leur mariage n'a pas marché

(c) (boyfriend, girlfriend) rompre;

∎ she broke up with her boyfriend elle a rompu avec son petit ami;

∎ they've broken up ils se sont séparés

(d) (disperse → clouds) se disperser; (→ group) se disperser; (→ friends) se quitter, se séparer

(e) British School

∎ we break up for Christmas on the 22nd les vacances de Noël commencent le 22;

∎ when do we break up? quand est-ce qu'on est en vacances?

(f) (lose one's composure) s'effondrer

(g) American familiar (laugh) se tordre de rire

➲ break with inseparable transitive verb

(a) (end association with → person, organization) rompre avec;

∎ the defeat caused many people to break with the party la défaite a poussé beaucoup de gens à rompre avec le parti

(b) (depart from → belief, values) rompre avec;

∎ she broke with tradition by getting married away from her village elle a rompu avec la tradition en ne se mariant pas dans son village

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5 seize

[si:z]
verb

1) (to take or grasp suddenly, especially by force: She seized the gun from him; He seized her by the arm; He seized the opportunity of leaving.) gribe; tage

2) (to take, especially by force or by law: The police seized the stolen property.) konfiskere; beslaglægge

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- seize on
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[si:z]
verb

1) (to take or grasp suddenly, especially by force: She seized the gun from him; He seized her by the arm; He seized the opportunity of leaving.) gribe; tage

2) (to take, especially by force or by law: The police seized the stolen property.) konfiskere; beslaglægge

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- seizure
- seize on
- seize up

English-Danish dictionary > seize
6 strike

strike [straɪk]

grève ⇒ 1 (a) raid ⇒ 1 (b) attaque ⇒ 1 (b) escadre ⇒ 1 (c) découverte ⇒ 1 (d) sonnerie ⇒ 1 (e) frapper ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (c)-(e), 3 (n), 4 (a) toucher ⇒ 3 (a) atteindre ⇒ 3 (a) heurter ⇒ 3 (b) sonner ⇒ 3 (f), 4 (d) jouer ⇒ 3 (g) conclure ⇒ 3 (h) rendre ⇒ 3 (j) découvrir ⇒ 3 (l) attaquer ⇒ 3 (q), 4 (b) faire grève ⇒ 4 (c)

(pt & pp struck [strʌk], cont striking)

1 noun

(a) Industry grève f;

∎ to go on strike se mettre en ou faire grève;

∎ to be (out) on strike être en grève;

∎ to threaten strike action menacer de faire ou de se mettre en grève;

∎ the Italian air strike la grève des transports aériens en Italie;

∎ railway strike grève f des chemins de fer;

∎ teachers' strike grève f des enseignants;

∎ coal or miners' strike grève f des mineurs;

∎ postal or post office strike grève f des postes;

∎ rent strike grève f des loyers

(b) Military raid m, attaque f; (by bird of prey, snake) attaque f;

∎ to carry out air strikes against or on enemy bases lancer des raids aériens contre des bases ennemies;

∎ retaliatory strike raid m de représailles; (nuclear) deuxième frappe f

(c) Aviation & Military (planes) escadre f (d'avions participant à un raid)

(d) Petroleum industry & Mining (discovery) découverte f;

∎ a gold strike la découverte d'un gisement d'or;

∎ the recent oil strikes in the North Sea la découverte récente de gisements de pétrole en mer du Nord;

∎ it was a lucky strike c'était un coup de chance

(e) (of clock → chime, mechanism) sonnerie f;

∎ life was regulated by the strike of the church clock la vie était rythmée par la cloche de l'église

(f) (act or instance of hitting) coup m; (sound) bruit m;

∎ the strike of iron on iron le bruit du fer qui frappe le fer;

∎ he adjusted the strike of the keys on the platen roll il a réglé la frappe des caractères contre le cylindre

(g) (in baseball) strike m; American figurative (black mark) mauvais point m;

∎ figurative he has two strikes against him il est mal parti;

∎ figurative being too young was another strike against her le fait d'être trop jeune constituait un handicap supplémentaire pour elle

(h) (in bowling) honneur m double;

∎ to get or to score a strike réussir un honneur double

(i) Fishing (by fisherman) ferrage m; (by fish) touche f

(j) archaic

∎ at the strike of day à la pointe ou au point du jour

2 compound-forming noun

(a) (committee, movement) de grève

(b) Military (mission) d'intervention, d'attaque; (aircraft) d'assaut

3 transitive verb

(a) (hit → gen) frapper; (→ of bullet, torpedo, bomb) toucher, atteindre;

∎ she raised her hand to strike him elle leva la main pour le frapper;

∎ he struck me with his fist il m'a donné un coup de poing;

∎ the chairman struck the table with his gavel le président donna un coup de marteau sur la table;

∎ she took the vase and struck him on or over the head elle saisit le vase et lui donna un coup sur la tête;

∎ she struck him across the face elle lui a donné une gifle;

∎ a light breeze struck the sails une légère brise gonfla les voiles;

∎ the phenomenon occurs when warm air strikes cold ce phénomène se produit lorsque de l'air chaud entre en contact avec de l'air froid;

∎ a wave struck the side of the boat une vague a heurté le côté du bateau;

∎ the arrow struck the target la flèche a atteint la cible;

∎ a hail of bullets struck the car la voiture a été mitraillée;

∎ he was struck by a piece of shrapnel il a été touché par ou il a reçu un éclat de grenade;

∎ to be struck by lightning être frappé par la foudre, être foudroyé;

∎ he went for them striking blows left and right il s'est jeté sur eux, distribuant les coups de tous côtés;

∎ who struck the first blow? qui a porté le premier coup?, qui a frappé le premier?;

∎ he struck the tree a mighty blow with the axe il a donné un grand coup de hache dans l'arbre;

∎ the trailer struck the post a glancing blow la remorque a percuté le poteau en passant;

∎ figurative to strike a blow for democracy/women's rights (law, event) faire progresser la démocratie/les droits de la femme; (person, group) marquer des points en faveur de la démocratie/des droits des femmes

(b) (bump into, collide with) heurter, cogner;

∎ his foot struck the bar on his first jump son pied a heurté la barre lors de son premier saut;

∎ she fell and struck her head on or against the kerb elle s'est cogné la tête contre le bord du trottoir en tombant;

∎ the Volvo struck the bus head on la Volvo a heurté le bus de plein fouet;

∎ Nautical we've struck ground! nous avons touché (le fond)!

(c) (afflict → of drought, disease, worry, regret) frapper; (→ of storm, hurricane, disaster, wave of violence) s'abattre sur, frapper;

∎ an earthquake struck the city un tremblement de terre a frappé la ville;

∎ he was struck by a heart attack il a eu une crise cardiaque;

∎ the pain struck her as she tried to get up la douleur l'a saisie au moment où elle essayait de se lever;

∎ I was struck by or with doubts j'ai été pris de doute, le doute s'est emparé de moi

(d) (occur to) frapper;

∎ only later did it strike me as unusual ce n'est que plus tard que j'ai trouvé ça ou que cela m'a paru bizarre;

∎ it suddenly struck him how little had changed il a soudain pris conscience du fait que peu de choses avaient changé;

∎ did it never strike you that you weren't wanted there? ne vous est-il jamais venu à l'esprit que vous étiez de trop?;

∎ a terrible thought struck her une idée affreuse lui vint à l'esprit;

∎ it strikes me as useless/as the perfect gift ça me semble ou paraît inutile/être le cadeau idéal;

∎ he strikes me as (being) sincere il me paraît sincère;

∎ it doesn't strike me as being the best course of action il ne me semble pas que ce soit la meilleure voie à suivre

(e) (impress) frapper, impressionner;

∎ the first thing that struck me was his pallor la première chose qui m'a frappé, c'était sa pâleur;

∎ what strikes you is the silence ce qui (vous) frappe, c'est le silence;

∎ how did she strike you? quelle impression vous a-t-elle faite?, quel effet vous a-t-elle fait?;

∎ how did Tokyo/the film strike you? comment avez-vous trouvé Tokyo/le film?;

∎ we can eat here and meet them later, how does that strike you? on peut manger ici et les retrouver plus tard, qu'en penses-tu?;

∎ I was very struck British with or American by the flat l'appartement m'a plu énormément;

∎ I wasn't very struck British with or American by his colleague son collègue ne m'a pas fait une grande impression

(f) (chime) sonner;

∎ the church clock struck five l'horloge de l'église a sonné cinq heures;

∎ it was striking midnight as we left minuit sonnait quand nous partîmes

(g) (play → note, chord) jouer;

∎ she struck a few notes on the piano elle a joué quelques notes sur le piano;

∎ when he struck the opening chords the audience applauded quand il a joué ou plaqué les premiers accords le public a applaudi;

∎ to strike a false note Music faire une fausse note; figurative (speech) sonner faux;

∎ his presence/his words struck a gloomy note sa présence a/ses paroles ont mis une note de tristesse;

∎ the report strikes an optimistic note/a note of warning for the future le rapport est très optimiste/très alarmant pour l'avenir;

∎ does it strike a chord? est-ce que cela te rappelle ou dit quelque chose?;

∎ to strike a chord with the audience faire vibrer la foule;

∎ her description of company life will strike a chord with many managers beaucoup de cadres se reconnaîtront dans sa description de la vie en entreprise

(h) (arrive at, reach → deal, treaty, agreement) conclure;

∎ to strike a bargain conclure un marché;

∎ I'll strike a bargain with you je te propose un marché;

∎ it's not easy to strike a balance between too much and too little freedom il n'est pas facile de trouver un équilibre ou de trouver le juste milieu entre trop et pas assez de liberté

(i) (cause a feeling of)

∎ to strike fear or terror into sb remplir qn d'effroi

(j) (cause to become) rendre;

∎ to strike sb blind/dumb rendre qn aveugle/muet;

∎ the news struck us speechless with horror nous sommes restés muets d'horreur en apprenant la nouvelle;

∎ I was struck dumb by the sheer cheek of the man! je suis resté muet devant le culot de cet homme!;

∎ a stray bullet struck him dead il a été tué par une balle perdue;

∎ she was struck dead by a heart attack elle a été foudroyée par une crise cardiaque;

∎ God strike me dead if I lie! je jure que c'est la vérité!

(k) (ignite → match) frotter, allumer; (→ sparks) faire jaillir;

∎ he struck a match or a light il a frotté une allumette;

∎ British familiar old-fashioned strike a light! nom de Dieu!

(l) (discover → gold) découvrir; (→ oil, water) trouver; (path) tomber sur, découvrir;

∎ familiar British to strike it lucky, American to strike it rich (make material gain) trouver le filon; (be lucky) avoir de la veine

(m) (adopt → attitude) adopter;

∎ he struck an attitude of wounded righteousness il a pris un air de dignité offensée

(n) (mint → coin, medal) frapper

(o) (take down → tent) démonter; Nautical (→ sail) amener, baisser;

∎ to strike camp lever le camp;

∎ Nautical to strike the flag or the colours amener les couleurs;

∎ Theatre to strike the set démonter le décor

(p) (delete → name, remark, person) rayer; (→ from professional register) radier;

∎ that remark must be struck or American stricken from the record cette remarque doit être retirée du procès-verbal

(q) (attack) attaquer

(r) American (go on strike at)

∎ the union is striking four of the company's plants le syndicat a déclenché des grèves dans quatre des usines de la société;

∎ students are striking their classes les étudiants font la grève des cours;

∎ the dockers are striking ships carrying industrial waste les dockers refusent de s'occuper des cargos chargés de déchets industriels

(s) Botany

∎ to strike roots prendre racine;

∎ the tree had struck deep roots into the ground l'arbre avait des racines très profondes

4 intransitive verb

(a) (hit) frapper;

∎ she struck at me with her umbrella elle essaya de me frapper avec son parapluie;

∎ to strike home (blow) porter; (missile, remark) faire mouche;

∎ familiar to strike lucky avoir de la veine;

∎ proverb strike while the iron is hot il faut battre le fer pendant qu'il est chaud

(b) (attack → gen) attaquer; (→ snake) mordre; (→ wild animal) sauter ou bondir sur sa proie; (→ bird of prey) fondre ou s'abattre sur sa proie;

∎ the bombers struck at dawn les bombardiers attaquèrent à l'aube;

∎ the murderer has struck again l'assassin a encore frappé;

∎ these are measures which strike at the root/heart of the problem voici des mesures qui attaquent le problème à la racine/qui s'attaquent au cœur du problème;

∎ this latest incident strikes right at the heart of government policy ce dernier incident remet complètement en cause la politique gouvernementale

(c) Industry faire grève;

∎ they're striking for more pay ils font grève pour obtenir une augmentation de salaire;

∎ the nurses struck over the minister's decision to freeze wages les infirmières ont fait grève suite à la décision du ministre de bloquer les salaires

(d) (chime) sonner;

∎ midnight had already struck minuit avait déjà sonné

(e) (happen suddenly → illness, disaster, earthquake) survenir, se produire, arriver;

∎ we were travelling quietly along when disaster struck nous roulions tranquillement lorsque la catastrophe s'est produite;

∎ the first tremors struck at 3 a.m. les premières secousses sont survenues à 3 heures du matin

(f) (travel, head)

∎ to strike across country prendre à travers champs;

∎ they then struck west ils sont ensuite partis vers l'ouest

(g) Sport (score) marquer

(h) Fishing (fisherman) ferrer; (fish) mordre (à l'hameçon)

(i) (of cutting) prendre (racine)

►► strike ballot = vote avant que les syndicats ne décident d'une grève;

Insurance strike clause clause f pour cas de grève;

strike force (nuclear capacity) force f de frappe; (of police, soldiers → squad) détachement m ou brigade f d'intervention; (→ larger force) force f d'intervention;

strike fund = caisse de prévoyance permettant d'aider les grévistes;

strike pay salaire m de gréviste (versé par le syndicat ou par un fonds de solidarité);

Finance strike price (for share) prix m d'exercice

➲ strike back intransitive verb

(a) (retaliate) se venger; Military contre-attaquer;

∎ the government struck back at its critics le gouvernement a répondu à ceux qui le critiquaient

(b) Sport (score in response) marquer à son tour

➲ strike down separable transitive verb

foudroyer, terrasser;

∎ figurative struck down by disease terrassé par la maladie

➲ strike off

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (delete, remove → from list) rayer, barrer; (→ from professional register) radier;

∎ to be struck off (doctor, solicitor) être radié

(b) (sever) couper

(c) Typography tirer

2 intransitive verb

∎ (go) to strike off to the left prendre à gauche;

∎ we struck off into the forest nous sommes entrés ou avons pénétré dans la forêt

➲ strike on inseparable transitive verb

British (solution, right answer) trouver (par hasard), tomber sur; (plan) trouver; (idea) avoir

➲ strike out

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (cross out) rayer, barrer

(b) (in baseball) éliminer

2 intransitive verb

(a) (set up on one's own) s'établir à son compte

(b) (go)

∎ she struck out across the fields elle prit à travers champs;

∎ figurative they decided to strike out into a new direction ils ont décidé de prendre une nouvelle direction

(c) (swim)

∎ we struck out for the shore nous avons commencé à nager en direction de la côte

(d) (aim a blow) frapper;

∎ she struck out at him elle essaya de le frapper; figurative elle s'en est prise à lui;

∎ they struck out in all directions with their truncheons ils distribuaient des coups de matraque à droite et à gauche

(e) (in baseball) être éliminé

➲ strike through separable transitive verb

British (cross out) rayer, barrer

➲ strike up

1 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (start)

∎ to strike up a conversation with sb engager la conversation avec qn;

∎ they immediately struck up a conversation ils sont immédiatement entrés en conversation;

∎ to strike up an acquaintance/a friendship with sb lier connaissance/se lier d'amitié avec qn

(b) Music (start playing) commencer à jouer;

∎ the band struck up the national anthem l'orchestre commença à jouer l'hymne national ou entonna les premières mesures de l'hymne national

2 intransitive verb

(musician, orchestra) commencer à jouer; (music) commencer

➲ strike upon British = strike on

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > strike
7 strike

1. past tense - struck; verb
1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) pegar, golpear

2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) atacar

3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) encender

4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) hacer huelga

5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) encontrar

6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) sonar, hacer sonar, tocar

7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) parecer, dar la impresión

8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) acuñar

9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) seguir (por)

10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) desmontar

2. noun
1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) huelga

2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) hallazgo, descubrimiento

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- striker
- striking
- strikingly
- be out on strike
- be on strike
- call a strike
- come out on strike
- come
- be within striking distance of
- strike at
- strike an attitude/pose
- strike a balance
- strike a bargain/agreement
- strike a blow for
- strike down
- strike dumb
- strike fear/terror into
- strike home
- strike it rich
- strike lucky
- strike out
- strike up

strike¹ n huelga

to be on strike estar en huelga

to go on strike declararse en huelga

strike² vb

1. dar / pegar

he struck me across the face me pegó en la cara

2. hacer huelga

the miners have voted to strike los mineros han votado para hacer huelga

3. parecer

she strikes me as very nice me parece muy simpática

4. dar

the church clock struck twelve el reloj de la iglesia dio las doce

El pasado y participio pasado de strike es struck; el gerundio se escribe striking

strike

tr[straɪk]

noun

1 (by workers, students, etc) huelga

2 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (blow - gen) golpe nombre masculino; (- in tenpin bowling) pleno; (- in baseball) strike nombre masculino

3 (find) hallazgo; (of oil, gold, etc) descubrimiento

4 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL ataque nombre masculino

■ air strike ataque aéreo

transitive verb (pt & pp struck tr[strʌk])

1 (hit) pegar, golpear

■ he struck her with the back of his hand le pegó con el dorso de la mano

■ I struck the ball as hard as I could golpeé la pelota con todas mis fuerzas

2 (knock against, collide with) dar contra, chocar contra; (ball, stone) pegar contra, dar contra; (lightning, bullet, torpedo) alcanzar

■ he was struck on the head by a rock una roca le dio en la cabeza

■ she struck her head against the low ceiling dio con la cabeza contra el techo bajo

■ the tree was struck by lightning el árbol fue alcanzado por un rayo

3 (disaster, earthquake) golpear, sobrevenir; (disease) atacar, golpear

■ the town has been struck by tragedy el pueblo ha sido golpeado por la tragedia

4 (gold, oil) descubrir, encontrar, dar con; (track, path) dar con

5 (coin, medal) acuñar

6 (match) encender

7 (of clock) dar, tocar

■ the clock struck one el reloj dio la una

8 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL (note) dar; (chord) tocar

9 (bargain, deal) cerrar, hacer; (balance) encontrar, hallar; (agreement) llegar a

■ he struck a bargain with the owner hizo un trato con el propietario

■ they've managed to strike a balance han logrado encontrar un punto medio

10 (pose, attitude) adoptar

11 (give impression) parecer, dar la impresión de

■ Michael strikes me as a very sensible young man Michael me parece un joven muy sensato

■ it struck me as strange that... me pareció muy extraño que...

12 (occur to) ocurrírsele a; (remember) acordarse de

■ a terrible thought struck me se me ocurrió algo terrible

■ it suddenly struck her that it was their anniversary de repente se acordó de que era su aniversario

13 (render) dejar

■ he was struck dumb se quedó mudo

14 (cause fear, terror, worry) infundir

■ the scream struck terror into them el grito les infundió terror

15 (take down - sail, flag) arriar; (- tent, set) desmontar

16 (cutting) plantar

intransitive verb

1 (attack - troops, animal, etc) atacar; (- disaster, misfortune) sobrevenir, ocurrir; (- disease) atacar, golpear; (- lightning) alcanzar, caer

■ the killer has struck again el asesino ha vuelto a atacar

■ then disaster struck entonces sobrevino el desastre

2 (workers etc) declararse en huelga, hacer huelga

■ the air-traffic controllers threatened to strike los controladores aéreos amenazaron con hacer huelga

■ they struck for more pay hicieron huelga por un aumento de sueldo

3 (clock) dar la hora

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

strike a light! ¡caray!

to be on strike estar en huelga

to call a strike convocar una huelga

to go on strike declararse en huelga

to strike a chord sonarle a uno

to strike a chord with somebody estar en sintonía con alguien

to strike a note of something expresar algo

to strike at the heart of something dar con el meollo de algo

to strike camp levantar el campamento

to strike (it) lucky tener suerte

to strike the eye saltar a la vista

to strike out on one's own (become independent) volar con sus propias alas 2 (set up own business) ponerse a trabajar por su propia cuenta

to strike it rich hacerse rico,-a

to strike while the iron's hot actuar de inmediato

within striking distance a un paso

general strike huelga general

lucky strike golpe nombre masculino de suerte

sit-down strike sentada

strike fund caja de resistencia

strike pay subsidio de huelga

strike ['straɪk] v, struck ['strʌk] ; struck ; striking vt

1) hit: golpear (a una persona)

to strike a blow: pegar un golpe

2) delete: suprimir, tachar

3) coin, mint: acuñar (monedas)

4) : dar (la hora)

5) afflict: sobrevenir

he was stricken with a fever: le sobrevino una fiebre

6) impress: impresionar, parecer

her voice struck me: su voz me impresionó

it struck him as funny: le pareció chistoso

7) : encender (un fósforo)

8) find: descubrir (oro, petróleo)

9) adopt: adoptar (una pose, etc.)

strike vi

1) hit: golpear

to strike against: chocar contra

2) attack: atacar

3) : declararse en huelga

strike n

1) blow: golpe m

2) : huelga f, paro m

to be on strike: estar en huelga

3) attack: ataque m

strike

n.

• cerradero s.m.

• descubrimiento repentino s.m.

• golpe s.m.

• huelga s.f.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: struck) or p.p.: stricken•) = batir v.

• cascar v.

• chocar v.

• chocar con v.

• dar con v.

• embestir v.

• golpear v.

• pegar v.

• percutir v.

• pulsar v.

• tropezar v.

• varear v.

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1. straɪk
(past & past p struck) transitive verb

1)

a) ( hit) \<\<person\>\> pegarle* a, golpear; \<\<blow\>\> dar*, pegar*; \<\<key\>\> pulsar

to strike somebody a blow — darle* un golpe a alguien, golpear a alguien

b) (collide with, fall on) \<\<vehicle\>\> chocar* or dar* contra; \<\<stone/ball\>\> pegar* or dar* contra; \<\<lightning/bullet\>\> alcanzar*

I struck my head on the beam — me di (un golpe) en la cabeza contra la viga

the tree was struck by lightning — el árbol fue alcanzado por un rayo

2)

a) ( cause to become)

to strike somebody blind/dumb — dejar ciego/mudo a alguien

I was struck dumb when I saw what she'd done — me quedé muda or sin habla cuando vi lo que había hecho

to strike somebody dead — matar a alguien

b) ( introduce)

to strike fear/terror into somebody — infundirle miedo/terror a alguien

3)

a) ( occur to) ocurrirse (+ me/te/le etc)

an awful thought struck me — se me ocurrió algo terrible

it strikes me (that)... — me da la impresión de que..., se me ocurre que...

b) ( impress) parecerle* a

how did she strike you? — ¿qué impresión te causó?

it strikes me as odd — me parece raro

I was struck by his changed appearance — me llamó la atención lo cambiado que estaba

4) \<\<oil/gold\>\> encontrar*, dar* con

to strike it lucky — tener* un golpe de suerte

to strike it rich — hacer* fortuna

5)

a) \<\<match/light\>\> encender*

b) \<\<coin/medal\>\> acuñar

6)

a) ( Mus) \<\<note\>\> dar*; \<\<chord\>\> tocar*

b) \<\<clock\>\> dar*

the clock struck the hour/five (o'clock) — el reloj dio la hora/las cinco

7) (enter into, arrive at)

to strike a deal — llegar* a un acuerdo, cerrar* un trato

to strike a balance between... — encontrar* el justo equilibrio entre...

8) ( adopt) \<\<pose/attitude\>\> adoptar

9) ( take down) \<\<sail/flag\>\> arriar*; \<\<tent\>\> desmontar

to strike camp — levantar el campamento

10) ( delete) suprimir

his name was struck off the register — se borró su nombre del registro; see also strike off

2.

vi

1) ( hit) \<\<person\>\> golpear, asestar un golpe; \<\<lightning\>\> caer*

lightning never strikes in the same place twice — los rayos nunca caen dos veces en el mismo sitio

(to be) within striking distance (of something) — (estar*) a un paso (de algo)

to strike lucky — (BrE) tener* un golpe de suerte

2)

a) ( attack) \<\<bombers/commandos\>\> atacar*; \<\<snake/tiger\>\> atacar*, caer* sobre su presa

to strike AT something/somebody — atacar* algo/a alguien

b) ( happen suddenly) \<\<illness/misfortune\>\> sobrevenir*; \<\<disaster\>\> ocurrir

3) ( withdraw labor) hacer* huelga, declararse en huelga or (esp AmL) en paro

to strike for higher pay — hacer* huelga or (esp AmL) hacer* un paro por reivindicaciones salariales

4) \<\<clock\>\> dar* la hora

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Phrasal Verbs:

- strike back

- strike down

- strike home

- strike off

- strike on

- strike out

- strike through

- strike up

- strike upon

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noun

1) ( stoppage) huelga f, paro m (esp AmL)

to be on strike — estar* en or de huelga, estar* en or de paro (esp AmL)

to come out o go (out) on strike — ir* a la huelga, declararse en huelga, ir* al paro (esp AmL), declararse en paro (esp AmL)

hunger strike — huelga de hambre; (before n)

to take strike action — ir* a la huelga

strike fund — fondo m de resistencia

strike pay — subsidio m de huelga or (esp AmL) de paro

2) ( find) descubrimiento m

a lucky strike — (colloq) un golpe de suerte

3) ( attack) ataque m

4) ( Sport)

a) ( in bowling) pleno m, chuza f (Méx)

b) ( in baseball) strike m

[straɪk] (vb: pt, pp struck)
1. N

1) (by workers) huelga f, paro m

to be on strike — estar en huelga

to come out or go on strike — declarar la huelga; see hunger 3.

2) (=discovery) [of oil, gold] descubrimiento m

a big oil strike — un descubrimiento de petróleo en gran cantidad

• to make a strike — hacer un descubrimiento

3) (Baseball) golpe m ; (Bowling) strike m

• you have two strikes against you — (esp US) (fig) tienes dos cosas en contra

• three strikes and you're out — (US) (Jur) pena de cadena perpetua tras el tercer delito grave

4) (Mil) ataque m ; (=air strike) ataque m aéreo, bombardeo m

2. VT

1) (=hit) golpear; (with fist etc) pegar, dar una bofetada a; (with bullet etc) alcanzar; [+ ball] golpear; [+ chord, note] tocar; [+ instrument] herir, pulsar

never strike a woman — no pegar nunca a una mujer

the president was struck by two bullets — dos balas alcanzaron al presidente

• to strike sb a blow, strike a blow at sb — pegar or dar un golpe a algn, pegar a algn

• to strike one's fist on the table, strike the table with one's fist — golpear la mesa con el puño

• the clock struck the hour — el reloj dio la hora

• to be struck by lightning — ser alcanzado por un rayo

the tower was struck by lightning — la torre fue alcanzada por un rayo, cayó un rayo en la torre

- strike a blow for sth

- strike a blow against sth

- that strikes a chord!

2) (=collide with) [+ rocks, landmine etc] chocar con, chocar contra; [+ difficulty, obstacle] encontrar, dar con, tropezar con

the ship struck an iceberg — el buque chocó con or contra un iceberg

his head struck the beam, he struck his head on the beam — dio con la cabeza contra or en la viga

the light strikes the window — la luz hiere la ventana

disaster struck us — el desastre nos vino encima

• a sound struck my ear — liter un ruido hirió mi oído

• what strikes the eye is the poverty — lo que más llama la atención es la pobreza

• a ghastly sight struck our eyes — se nos presentó un panorama horroroso

3) (=produce, make) [+ coin, medal] acuñar; [+ a light, match] encender, prender (LAm)

• to strike root — (Bot) echar raíces, arraigar

• to strike sparks from sth — hacer que algo eche chispas

• to strike terror into sb's heart — infundir terror a algn

4) (=appear to, occur to)

it strikes me as being most unlikely — me parece poco factible, se me hace poco probable (LAm)

• how did it strike you? — ¿qué te pareció?, ¿qué impresión te causó?

at least that's how it strikes me — por lo menos eso es lo que pienso yo

• it strikes me that..., the thought strikes me that... — se me ocurre que...

has it ever struck you that...? — ¿has pensado alguna vez que...?

5) (=impress)

I was much struck by his sincerity — su sinceridad me impresionó mucho

I'm not much struck (with him) — no me llama la atención, no me impresiona mucho

6) (=find) [+ gold, oil] descubrir

- strike gold

- strike it lucky

- he struck it rich

7) (=arrive at, achieve) [+ agreement] alcanzar, llegar a

• to strike an average — sacar el promedio

• to strike a balance — encontrar el equilibrio

• to strike a bargain — cerrar un trato

• to strike a deal — alcanzar un acuerdo, llegar a un acuerdo; (Comm) cerrar un trato

8) (=assume, adopt)

to strike an attitude — adoptar una actitud

9) (=cause to become)

• to strike sb blind — cegar a algn

• to strike sb dead — matar a algn

may I be struck dead if... — que me maten si...

• to be struck dumb — quedarse sin habla

10) (=take down)

• to strike camp — levantar el campamento

• to strike the flag — arriar la bandera

11) (=remove, cross out) suprimir ( from de)

3. VI

1) (Mil etc) (=attack) atacar; [disaster] sobrevenir; [disease] golpear; [snake etc] morder, atacar

now is the time to strike — este es el momento en que conviene atacar

when panic strikes — cuando cunde el pánico, cuando se extiende el pánico

• to strike against sth — dar con algo, dar contra algo, chocar contra algo

• to strike at sb — (with fist) tratar de golpear a algn; (Mil) atacar a algn

we must strike at the root of this evil — debemos atacar la raíz de este mal, debemos cortar este mal de raíz

this strikes at our very existence — esto amenaza nuestra existencia misma

• to be within striking distance of — [+ place] estar a poca distancia or a un paso de

he had come within striking distance of the presidency — estuvo muy cerca de ocupar la presidencia; see home 1., 2); see iron 1., 1)

2) [workers] declarar la huelga, declararse en huelga

to strike for higher wages — hacer una huelga para conseguir un aumento de los sueldos

3) [clock] dar la hora

the clock has struck — ha dado la hora ya

4) [match] encenderse

5)

- strike lucky

6) (=move, go)

• to strike across country — ir a campo traviesa

• to strike into the woods — ir por el bosque, penetrar en el bosque

7) (Naut) (=run aground) encallar, embarrancar

8) (esp Naut) (=surrender) arriar la bandera

9) (Bot) echar raíces, arraigar

4.

CPD

strike ballot N — votación f a huelga

strike committee N — comité m de huelga

strike force N — fuerza f de asalto, fuerza f de choque

strike fund N — fondo m de huelga

strike pay N — subsidio m de huelga

strike vote N — = strike ballot

- strike back

- strike down

- strike off

- strike on

- strike out

- strike through

- strike up

- strike upon

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1. [straɪk]
(past & past p struck) transitive verb

1)

a) ( hit) \<\<person\>\> pegarle* a, golpear; \<\<blow\>\> dar*, pegar*; \<\<key\>\> pulsar

to strike somebody a blow — darle* un golpe a alguien, golpear a alguien

b) (collide with, fall on) \<\<vehicle\>\> chocar* or dar* contra; \<\<stone/ball\>\> pegar* or dar* contra; \<\<lightning/bullet\>\> alcanzar*

I struck my head on the beam — me di (un golpe) en la cabeza contra la viga

the tree was struck by lightning — el árbol fue alcanzado por un rayo

2)

a) ( cause to become)

to strike somebody blind/dumb — dejar ciego/mudo a alguien

I was struck dumb when I saw what she'd done — me quedé muda or sin habla cuando vi lo que había hecho

to strike somebody dead — matar a alguien

b) ( introduce)

to strike fear/terror into somebody — infundirle miedo/terror a alguien

3)

a) ( occur to) ocurrirse (+ me/te/le etc)

an awful thought struck me — se me ocurrió algo terrible

it strikes me (that)... — me da la impresión de que..., se me ocurre que...

b) ( impress) parecerle* a

how did she strike you? — ¿qué impresión te causó?

it strikes me as odd — me parece raro

I was struck by his changed appearance — me llamó la atención lo cambiado que estaba

4) \<\<oil/gold\>\> encontrar*, dar* con

to strike it lucky — tener* un golpe de suerte

to strike it rich — hacer* fortuna

5)

a) \<\<match/light\>\> encender*

b) \<\<coin/medal\>\> acuñar

6)

a) ( Mus) \<\<note\>\> dar*; \<\<chord\>\> tocar*

b) \<\<clock\>\> dar*

the clock struck the hour/five (o'clock) — el reloj dio la hora/las cinco

7) (enter into, arrive at)

to strike a deal — llegar* a un acuerdo, cerrar* un trato

to strike a balance between... — encontrar* el justo equilibrio entre...

8) ( adopt) \<\<pose/attitude\>\> adoptar

9) ( take down) \<\<sail/flag\>\> arriar*; \<\<tent\>\> desmontar

to strike camp — levantar el campamento

10) ( delete) suprimir

his name was struck off the register — se borró su nombre del registro; see also strike off

2.

vi

1) ( hit) \<\<person\>\> golpear, asestar un golpe; \<\<lightning\>\> caer*

lightning never strikes in the same place twice — los rayos nunca caen dos veces en el mismo sitio

(to be) within striking distance (of something) — (estar*) a un paso (de algo)

to strike lucky — (BrE) tener* un golpe de suerte

2)

a) ( attack) \<\<bombers/commandos\>\> atacar*; \<\<snake/tiger\>\> atacar*, caer* sobre su presa

to strike AT something/somebody — atacar* algo/a alguien

b) ( happen suddenly) \<\<illness/misfortune\>\> sobrevenir*; \<\<disaster\>\> ocurrir

3) ( withdraw labor) hacer* huelga, declararse en huelga or (esp AmL) en paro

to strike for higher pay — hacer* huelga or (esp AmL) hacer* un paro por reivindicaciones salariales

4) \<\<clock\>\> dar* la hora

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Phrasal Verbs:

- strike back

- strike down

- strike home

- strike off

- strike on

- strike out

- strike through

- strike up

- strike upon

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noun

1) ( stoppage) huelga f, paro m (esp AmL)

to be on strike — estar* en or de huelga, estar* en or de paro (esp AmL)

to come out o go (out) on strike — ir* a la huelga, declararse en huelga, ir* al paro (esp AmL), declararse en paro (esp AmL)

hunger strike — huelga de hambre; (before n)

to take strike action — ir* a la huelga

strike fund — fondo m de resistencia

strike pay — subsidio m de huelga or (esp AmL) de paro

2) ( find) descubrimiento m

a lucky strike — (colloq) un golpe de suerte

3) ( attack) ataque m

4) ( Sport)

a) ( in bowling) pleno m, chuza f (Méx)

b) ( in baseball) strike m

English-spanish dictionary > strike
8 hit

hit
1. present participle - hitting; verb
1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) golpear, pegar, chocar

2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) pegar, golpear

3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) afectar; hacer daño, perjudicar

4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) dar en, alcanzar

2. noun
1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) golpe; tiro

2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) acierto

3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; (also adjective) a hit song.) éxito

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- hit-and-run
- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
- make a hit with

hit¹ n

1. golpe

a free hit un golpe franco

2. éxito

this song will be a hit esta canción será un éxito

hit² vb golpear / pegar / dar

don't hit your sister no pegues a tu hermana

the ball hit her on the nose la pelota le dio en la nariz

El pasado y participio pasado de hit es hit; el gerundio se escribe hitting

hit /'xit/ sustantivo masculino (pl
◊ hits) hit
' hit' also found in these entries: Spanish: abatirse - aporrear - atinar - batear - blanca - blanco - canear - cascar - clavo - dar - desgraciada - desgraciado - embestir - escalabrar - golpear - grito - impacto - martillazo - pegar - plena - pleno - recibir - sicario - simpatizar - soplamocos - subirse - taconazo - taquillera - taquillero - acertar - atreverse - bestia - cabezazo - cabreo - chocar - dedo - entender - éxito - golpe - impactar - llegar - mandar - mentira - pedrada - pelotazo - perjudicado - pillar - piñata - rematar - torta English: bottle - bump - duck - forehead - front - goalpost - hard-hit - headline - high - hit - hit back - hit list - hit on - hit out - hit upon - hit-and-run - jackpot - mark - nail - on - pow - ricochet - road - roof - sack - sale - score - she - smash - with - beat - but - catch - crack - hard - home - knock - miss - over - punch - rock - slap - strike - swipe

hit

tr[hɪt]

noun

1 (blow) golpe nombre masculino

2 (success) éxito, acierto

■ she was a hit with children's audiences tuvo mucho éxito con el público infantil

3 (shot) impacto

4 (visit to web page) acceso

5 figurative use (damaging remark) pulla

6 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL slang asesinato

transitive verb (pt & pp hit, ger hitting)

1 (strike) golpear, pegar

■ he hit his head on the door dio con la cabeza contra la puerta

■ the idea suddenly hit me de pronto me vino la idea

2 (crash into) chocar contra

■ the car hit the tree el coche chocó contra el árbol

3 (affect) afectar, perjudicar

■ farmers were badly hit by the drought la sequía perjudicó mucho a los agricultores

4 (reach) alcanzar

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

it hits you in the eye familiar salta a la vista

it suddenly hit him figurative use de pronto se dio cuenta

to hit below the belt familiar dar un golpe bajo

to hit it off with llevarse bien con, caer bien a alguien

to hit the bottle familiar darse a la bebida

to hit the headlines ser noticia

to hit the nail on the head figurative use dar en el clavo

to hit the road familiar ponerse en camino

to hit the roof familiar explotar, subirse por las paredes

to hit the sack familiar irse al catre

to make a hit with caer simpático,-a a alguien

to score a direct hit dar en el blanco

direct hit impacto directo

hit man slang asesino a sueldo

hit parade hit-parade nombre masculino, lista de éxitos

hit record disco de éxito

hit ['hɪt] v, hit ; hitting vt

1) strike: golpear, pegar, batear (una pelota)

he hit the dog: le pegó al perro

2) : chocar contra, dar con, dar en (el blanco)

the car hit a tree: el coche chocó contra un árbol

3) affect: afectar

the news hit us hard: la noticia nos afectó mucho

4) encounter: tropezar con, toparse con

to hit a snag: tropezar con un obstáculo

5) reach: llegar a, alcanzar

the price hit $10 a pound: el precio alcanzó los $10 dólares por libra

to hit town: llegar a la ciudad

to hit the headlines: ser noticia

6)

to hit onor to hit upon : dar con

hit vi

: golpear

hit n

1) blow: golpe m

2) : impacto m (de un arma)

3) success: éxito m

hit (Computing)

n.

• acierto (Informática) s.m.

n.

• chirlo s.m.

• golpe s.m.

• impacto s.m.

pret., p.p.

(Preterito definido y participio pasivo de "to hit")

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: hit) = acertar v.

• chocar v.

• embestir v.

• golpear v.

• pegar (Golpear) v.

• percutir v.

• tropezar v.

hit* (Key, button)

v.

• pulsar (Informática) v.

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1. hɪt
(pres p hitting; past & past p hit) transitive verb

1)

a) ( deal blow to) \<\<door/table\>\> dar* un golpe en, golpear; \<\<person\>\> pegarle* a

she hit him with her handbag — le pegó or le dio un golpe con el bolso

he hit her across the face — le cruzó la cara

he hit the table with his fist — dio un puñetazo en la mesa

(let's) hit it! — (AmE) dale!, rápido!

to hit the road o the trail — ponerse* en marcha

to hit the sack o the hay — irse* al sobre or (Esp tb) a la piltra (fam)

b) ( strike) golpear

passers-by were hit by flying glass — los transeúntes fueron alcanzados por trozos de cristal

the truck hit a tree — el camión chocó con or contra un árbol

the house was hit by a bomb — una bomba cayó sobre la casa

the bullet hit him in the leg — la bala le dio or lo alcanzó en la pierna

I've been hit! — me han dado!

to hit one's head/arm on o against something — darse* un golpe en la cabeza/el brazo contra algo, darse* con la cabeza/el brazo contra algo

to hit the ceiling o the roof — poner* el grito en el cielo

2)

a) ( strike accurately) \<\<target\>\> dar* en

b) ( attack) \<\<opponent/enemy\>\> atacar*

thieves have hit many stores in the area — (AmE) ha habido robos en muchas tiendas de la zona

c) ( score) ( Sport) anotarse, marcar*

to hit a home run — hacer* un cuadrangular or (AmL) un jonrón

3) ( affect adversely) afectar (a)

4)

a) (meet with, run into) \<\<difficulty/problem\>\> toparse con

b) ( reach) llegar* a, alcanzar*

we're bound to hit the main road sooner or later — tarde o temprano tenemos que salir a la carretera principal

to hit town — (colloq) llegar* a la ciudad

to hit the big time — llegar* a la fama

5) ( occur to)

suddenly it hit me: why not... ? — de repente se me ocurrió: ¿por qué no... ?

2.

vi ( deal blow) pegar*, golpear

Phrasal Verbs:

- hit back

- hit off

- hit on

- hit out

- hit upon

II

noun

1)

a) (blow, stroke) ( Sport) golpe m

b) ( in shooting) blanco m; ( in archery) blanco m, diana f; ( of artillery) impacto m

2) ( success) (colloq) éxito m

he's a big hit with young people — es muy popular entre los jóvenes

you made a big hit with my mother — le caíste muy bien a mi madre, mi madre quedó impactada contigo; (before n) <song, show> de gran éxito

[hɪt] (vb: pt, pp hit)
1. N

1) (=blow) golpe m ; (Sport) (=shot) tiro m ; (on target) tiro m certero, acierto m ; (Baseball) jit m ; [of bomb] impacto m directo; (=good guess) acierto m

we made three hits on the target — dimos tres veces en el blanco

that was a hit at me — lo dijo por mí

he made a hit at the government — hizo un ataque contra el gobierno

2) (Mus, Theat) éxito m

to be a hit — tener éxito, ser un éxito

the film was a massive hit — la película fue un éxito enorme

she's a hit with everyone * — les cae bien a todos

to make a hit with sb — caerle bien a algn

3) (Internet) (=match on search engine) correspondencia f ; (=visit to website) visita f

2. VT
(vb: pt, pp hit)
1) (=strike) [+ person] pegar, golpear; (=come into contact with) dar con, dar contra; (violently) chocar con, chocar contra; [+ ball] pegar; [+ target] dar en

to hit sb a blow — dar un golpe a algn

to hit one's head against a wall — dar con la cabeza contra una pared

the president was hit by three bullets — el presidente fue alcanzado por tres balas

the house was hit by a bomb — la casa sufrió un directo

I realized my plane had been hit — me di cuenta de que mi avión había sido tocado

he was hit by a stone — le alcanzó una piedra

the car hit a road sign — el coche chocó con una señal de tráfico

he was hit by a car — le pilló un coche

his father used to hit him — su padre le pegaba

a lot of what he said hit home — gran parte de lo que dijo dio en el blanco or hizo mella

- then it hit me

- hit sb when he's down

- hit the mark

- hit one's head against a wall

- hit the ground running

2) (=affect adversely) dañar; [+ person] afectar, golpear

the news hit him hard — la noticia le afectó mucho

the crops were hit by the rain — las lluvias dañaron los cultivos

the company has been hard hit — la compañía se ha visto muy afectada

3) (=find, reach) [+ road] dar con; [+ speed] alcanzar; [+ difficulty] tropezar con; (=achieve, reach) [+ note] alcanzar; (fig) (=guess) atinar, acertar

when we hit the main road — cuando lleguemos a la carretera

- hit the bottle

- hit the ceiling

- hit the jackpot

- hit the hay or the sack

to hit somewhere —

we hit London at nightfall * — llegamos a Londres al anochecer

- hit the road or the trail

4) (Press)

- hit the front page or the headlines

- hit the papers

5)

- he hit me for ten bucks

how much can we hit them for? — ¿qué cantidad podremos sacarles?

3.

VI golpear; (=collide) chocar

to hit against — chocar con, dar contra

to hit at — asestar un golpe a

to hit and run — atacar y retirarse

4.

CPD

hit list N — (=death list) lista f de personas a las que se planea eliminar; (=target list) lista f negra

hit parade N — lista f de éxitos

hit song N — canción f éxito

hit squad N — escuadrón m de la muerte

- hit back

- hit off

- hit on

- hit out

- hit upon

* * *

I
1. [hɪt]
(pres p hitting; past & past p hit) transitive verb

1)

a) ( deal blow to) \<\<door/table\>\> dar* un golpe en, golpear; \<\<person\>\> pegarle* a

she hit him with her handbag — le pegó or le dio un golpe con el bolso

he hit her across the face — le cruzó la cara

he hit the table with his fist — dio un puñetazo en la mesa

(let's) hit it! — (AmE) dale!, rápido!

to hit the road o the trail — ponerse* en marcha

to hit the sack o the hay — irse* al sobre or (Esp tb) a la piltra (fam)

b) ( strike) golpear

passers-by were hit by flying glass — los transeúntes fueron alcanzados por trozos de cristal

the truck hit a tree — el camión chocó con or contra un árbol

the house was hit by a bomb — una bomba cayó sobre la casa

the bullet hit him in the leg — la bala le dio or lo alcanzó en la pierna

I've been hit! — me han dado!

to hit one's head/arm on o against something — darse* un golpe en la cabeza/el brazo contra algo, darse* con la cabeza/el brazo contra algo

to hit the ceiling o the roof — poner* el grito en el cielo

2)

a) ( strike accurately) \<\<target\>\> dar* en

b) ( attack) \<\<opponent/enemy\>\> atacar*

thieves have hit many stores in the area — (AmE) ha habido robos en muchas tiendas de la zona

c) ( score) ( Sport) anotarse, marcar*

to hit a home run — hacer* un cuadrangular or (AmL) un jonrón

3) ( affect adversely) afectar (a)

4)

a) (meet with, run into) \<\<difficulty/problem\>\> toparse con

b) ( reach) llegar* a, alcanzar*

we're bound to hit the main road sooner or later — tarde o temprano tenemos que salir a la carretera principal

to hit town — (colloq) llegar* a la ciudad

to hit the big time — llegar* a la fama

5) ( occur to)

suddenly it hit me: why not... ? — de repente se me ocurrió: ¿por qué no... ?

2.

vi ( deal blow) pegar*, golpear

Phrasal Verbs:

- hit back

- hit off

- hit on

- hit out

- hit upon

II

noun

1)

a) (blow, stroke) ( Sport) golpe m

b) ( in shooting) blanco m; ( in archery) blanco m, diana f; ( of artillery) impacto m

2) ( success) (colloq) éxito m

he's a big hit with young people — es muy popular entre los jóvenes

you made a big hit with my mother — le caíste muy bien a mi madre, mi madre quedó impactada contigo; (before n) <song, show> de gran éxito

English-spanish dictionary > hit
9 crash

[kræʃ] 1. noun
1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) brag

2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) sammenstød; kollision

3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) krak

4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)
2. verb
1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) smadre; styrte; brage

2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) støde ind; smadre

3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) styrte ned

4) ((of a business) to fail.) krakke

5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) brage; styrte

6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)
3. adjective
(rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) lyn-

- crash-helmet
- crash-land
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[kræʃ] 1. noun
1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) brag

2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) sammenstød; kollision

3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) krak

4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)
2. verb
1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) smadre; styrte; brage

2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) støde ind; smadre

3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) styrte ned

4) ((of a business) to fail.) krakke

5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) brage; styrte

6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)
3. adjective
(rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) lyn-

- crash-helmet
- crash-land

English-Danish dictionary > crash
10 shoot

[ʃu:t] 1. past tense, past participle - shot; verb
1) ((often with at) to send or fire (bullets, arrows etc) from a gun, bow etc: The enemy were shooting at us; He shot an arrow through the air.) skyde

2) (to hit or kill with a bullet, arrow etc: He went out to shoot pigeons; He was sentenced to be shot at dawn.) skyde

3) (to direct swiftly and suddenly: She shot them an angry glance.) sende

4) (to move swiftly: He shot out of the room; The pain shot up his leg; The force of the explosion shot him across the room.) ryge; jage; kaste

5) (to take (usually moving) photographs (for a film): That film was shot in Spain; We will start shooting next week.) skyde; optage

6) (to kick or hit at a goal in order to try to score.) skyde

7) (to kill (game birds etc) for sport.) skyde
2. noun
(a new growth on a plant: The deer were eating the young shoots on the trees.) skud

- shooting-star
- shoot down
- shoot rapids
- shoot up
* * *
[ʃu:t] 1. past tense, past participle - shot; verb
1) ((often with at) to send or fire (bullets, arrows etc) from a gun, bow etc: The enemy were shooting at us; He shot an arrow through the air.) skyde

2) (to hit or kill with a bullet, arrow etc: He went out to shoot pigeons; He was sentenced to be shot at dawn.) skyde

3) (to direct swiftly and suddenly: She shot them an angry glance.) sende

4) (to move swiftly: He shot out of the room; The pain shot up his leg; The force of the explosion shot him across the room.) ryge; jage; kaste

5) (to take (usually moving) photographs (for a film): That film was shot in Spain; We will start shooting next week.) skyde; optage

6) (to kick or hit at a goal in order to try to score.) skyde

7) (to kill (game birds etc) for sport.) skyde
2. noun
(a new growth on a plant: The deer were eating the young shoots on the trees.) skud

- shooting-star
- shoot down
- shoot rapids
- shoot up

English-Danish dictionary > shoot
11 shoot

I [ʃuːt]
nome

1) bot. (young growth) getto m.; (offshoot) germoglio m.

2) BE (in hunting) (meeting) partita f. di caccia

3) cinem. ripresa f.
II 1. [ʃuːt]
verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. shot)

1) (fire) sparare [ bullet]; lanciare [ missile]; tirare, scoccare [ arrow]

2) (hit with gun) sparare a [person, animal]; (kill) uccidere [person, animal]

to be shot in the back — essere colpito o ferito alla schiena

to shoot sb. for desertion — fucilare qcn. per diserzione

to shoot sb. dead — colpire qcn. a morte

to be shot to pieces — colloq. essere crivellato di colpi; fig. essere fatto a pezzi

3) (direct) lanciare, scoccare [ look] (at a)

to shoot questions at sb. — bombardare qcn. di domande

4) cinem. fot. (film) girare [film, scene]; riprendere [ subject]

5) (push) tirare, spingere [ bolt]

6) (in canoeing) scendere [ rapids]

7) (in golf)

to shoot 75 — fare 75 punti

8) AE giocare a [pool, craps]

9) (in hunting) andare a caccia di [ game]

10) colloq. (inject) shoot up
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. shot)

1) (fire a gun) sparare (at a, contro)

2) (move suddenly)

to shoot forward — scagliarsi in avanti

the car shot past — la macchina sfrecciò a tutta velocità

to shoot to fame — fig. sfondare

3) cinem. girare

4) sport (in football etc.) [ player] tirare

5) (in hunting) [ person] andare a caccia
3.
verbo riflessivo (pass., p.pass. shot)

to shoot oneself — spararsi

- shoot down

- shoot out

- shoot up

••

to shoot a line — colloq. spararla grossa

to shoot oneself in the foot — colloq. darsi la zappa sui piedi

* * *
[ʃu:t] 1. past tense, past participle - shot; verb
1) ((often with at) to send or fire (bullets, arrows etc) from a gun, bow etc: The enemy were shooting at us; He shot an arrow through the air.) sparare; scoccare

2) (to hit or kill with a bullet, arrow etc: He went out to shoot pigeons; He was sentenced to be shot at dawn.) sparare, fucilare

3) (to direct swiftly and suddenly: She shot them an angry glance.) lanciare

4) (to move swiftly: He shot out of the room; The pain shot up his leg; The force of the explosion shot him across the room.) lanciarsi; sbalzare

5) (to take (usually moving) photographs (for a film): That film was shot in Spain; We will start shooting next week.) girare

6) (to kick or hit at a goal in order to try to score.) tirare

7) (to kill (game birds etc) for sport.) cacciare
2. noun
(a new growth on a plant: The deer were eating the young shoots on the trees.) germoglio, getto

- shooting-star
- shoot down
- shoot rapids
- shoot up
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shoot /ʃu:t/
n.

1 (bot.) germoglio; getto; virgulto; pollone; ( anche) parte aerea (di una pianta)

2 partita di caccia; battuta; riserva di caccia

3 gara di tiro (al bersaglio)

4 rapida ( di fiume)

5 getto d'acqua; zampillo

6 scivolo: a coal shoot, uno scivolo per il carbone

7 fitta; puntura ( di dolore)

8 (ind. min.) filone

9 (edil.) spinta ( di un arco)

10 ( sport) gara di tiro a segno

● ( sport) shoot-off, spareggio ( nel tiro) □ shoot-out, conflitto (o scontro) a fuoco; sparatoria; regolamento di conti ( tra due bande); (spec. calcio) i rigori ( dopo i tempi supplementari finiti in pareggio) □ (bot.) shoot production, germogliazione □ ( slang) shoot-up, buco (pop.); iniezione di droga.
♦ (to) shoot /ʃu:t/
(pass. e p. p. shot)

A v. t.

1 sparare; sparare a (o con); tirare; scaricare ( un'arma da fuoco); ( di un fucile, ecc.) to shoot real bullets, sparare proiettili veri ( non a salve); sparare sul serio; to shoot a gun, sparare con la pistola (o con il cannone); to shoot one's rifle, scaricare il fucile; to shoot sb. dead, sparare a q. uccidendolo; He shot a pheasant and killed it, ha sparato (o ha tirato) a un fagiano e lo ha ucciso; Don't shoot this revolver: it's rusty, non sparare con questa rivoltella: è arrugginita

2 andare a caccia di, cacciare, abbattere ( col fucile): He's in Kenya shooting buffaloes [big game], è in Kenya a caccia di bufali [a caccia grossa]

3 colpire, ferire, uccidere ( con un'arma da fuoco); ( caccia) cacciare, abbattere: He shot a deer, ha ucciso un cervo; The soldier was shot in the leg, il soldato è stato ferito (o colpito) alla gamba; The killer was shot by the police, il killer è stato abbattuto dalla polizia; to be shot dead, essere ucciso da un colpo d'arma da fuoco

4 (mil.) fucilare: The spy was shot at dawn, la spia è stata fucilata all'alba

5 (ind. min.) brillare, sparare ( una mina)

6 gettare; lanciare; scagliare; sbalzare; proiettare: to shoot dice, gettare i dadi; to shoot the anchor [a net], gettare l'ancora [una rete]; to shoot sb. a glance, lanciare un'occhiata a q.; to shoot a stone from a sling, lanciare una pietra con la fionda; The driver was shot over the fence, il conducente è stato sbalzato al di là della siepe; The elevator shot me to the top of the skyscraper, l'ascensore mi proiettò in cima al grattacielo

7 scoccare: to shoot an arrow from one's bow, scoccare una freccia (dall'arco)

8 buttare giù lungo uno scivolo; scaricare (fig.); sbattere: to shoot coal into the cellar, scaricare il carbone in cantina; to shoot rubbish, scaricare l'immondizia

9 (bot.) mettere ( foglie); buttare fuori ( germogli)

10 (fotogr., cinem., TV) riprendere; girare; filmare: to shoot a film, girare un film; to shoot a scene, riprendere una scena

11 ( sport nautici) superare, scendere rapidamente: to shoot a bridge, superare un ponte ( passandovi sotto in barca); The canoe shot the rapids safely, la canoa ha superato le rapide indenne

12 attraversare velocemente; bruciare (fam.): to shoot the lights, bruciare il semaforo; passare con il rosso

13 (astron.) determinare l'altezza di ( un astro)

14 (al passivo) striare; (fig.) intridere: The ocean was a deep blue shot with violet, l'oceano era di un blu cupo con striature viola; The «Canterbury Tales» are shot with humour, i Racconti di Canterbury sono intrisi di umorismo

15 (falegn.) piallare a misura; piallare bene: shot edges, margini piallati bene

16 (mecc.) fare scorrere; azionare; tirare: to shoot the bolt, tirare il catenaccio

17 (fam.) fulminare

18 ( sport: calcio, ecc.) fare, segnare, mettere a segno, realizzare ( una rete, punti, ecc.): to shoot twenty baskets, fare venti canestri; Jones shot the winning goal, Jones ha segnato il gol della vittoria

19 ( slang) iniettarsi ( droga): to shoot heroin, iniettarsi eroina

20 ( USA) fare una partita di ( biliardo)

B v. i.

1 sparare; tirare ( con un'arma da fuoco): This gun won't shoot, questo fucile non spara; Don't shoot!, non sparate!; He shoots indifferently, spara così e così; è un mediocre tiratore; to shoot on sight, sparare a vista; to shoot to kill, sparare sul serio; sparare per uccidere; to shoot straight, sparare diritto; tirare bene

2 andare a caccia ( col fucile): He's shooting in the Highlands, è a caccia nelle Highland

3 (fig. fam.) sparare; parlare: «I must talk to you» «Shoot!», «Devo parlarti» «Spara!»; Shoot!, fuori!; sputa il rospo!

4 (cinem., TV) girare: When will they begin to shoot?, quando cominciano a girare?

5 (bot.: di piante) mettere le foglie; germogliare; ( di germogli) spuntare

6 (fam.) andare a rotta di collo; passare velocemente; saettare; sfrecciare; balzare: The rocket shot across the sky, il razzo ha attraversato il cielo a tutta velocità; An ambulance shot past us, un'ambulanza ci sfrecciò accanto; A squirrel shot into the air, uno scoiattolo è balzato in aria

7 ( sport) tirare in porta (o a rete); tirare a canestro

8 ( slang USA) rigettare; vomitare

9 (volg.) eiaculare

● (fam. USA) to shoot the breeze (o the bull), parlare del più e del meno; fare quattro chiacchiere □ to shoot from the hip, ( di un pistolero) sparare dall'anca ( senza mirare); (fig.) agire (o parlare) per impulso; reagire (o rispondere) di scatto □ (fig.) to shoot one's last arrow, sparare l'ultima cartuccia; usare l'ultima risorsa □ to shoot oneself, spararsi: He shot himself in the head, si è sparato alla testa (o un colpo in testa) □ (fig. fam.) to shoot oneself in the foot, darsi la zappa sui piedi (fig.) □ ( di un disco, un album, ecc.) to shoot to the top of the charts, balzare (o schizzare) in testa alla classifica □ ( slang USA) Shoot, accidenti!; caspita!; porca miseria! □ I'll be shot if…, ch'io possa essere impiccato se… □ (fam.) to have shot one's bolt ( USA: one's wad), avere sparato tutte le cartucce (fig.); (volg.) essere venuto □ The sun is shooting its rays on the plain, il sole dardeggia la pianura.

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I [ʃuːt]
nome

1) bot. (young growth) getto m.; (offshoot) germoglio m.

2) BE (in hunting) (meeting) partita f. di caccia

3) cinem. ripresa f.
II 1. [ʃuːt]
verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. shot)

1) (fire) sparare [ bullet]; lanciare [ missile]; tirare, scoccare [ arrow]

2) (hit with gun) sparare a [person, animal]; (kill) uccidere [person, animal]

to be shot in the back — essere colpito o ferito alla schiena

to shoot sb. for desertion — fucilare qcn. per diserzione

to shoot sb. dead — colpire qcn. a morte

to be shot to pieces — colloq. essere crivellato di colpi; fig. essere fatto a pezzi

3) (direct) lanciare, scoccare [ look] (at a)

to shoot questions at sb. — bombardare qcn. di domande

4) cinem. fot. (film) girare [film, scene]; riprendere [ subject]

5) (push) tirare, spingere [ bolt]

6) (in canoeing) scendere [ rapids]

7) (in golf)

to shoot 75 — fare 75 punti

8) AE giocare a [pool, craps]

9) (in hunting) andare a caccia di [ game]

10) colloq. (inject) shoot up
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. shot)

1) (fire a gun) sparare (at a, contro)

2) (move suddenly)

to shoot forward — scagliarsi in avanti

the car shot past — la macchina sfrecciò a tutta velocità

to shoot to fame — fig. sfondare

3) cinem. girare

4) sport (in football etc.) [ player] tirare

5) (in hunting) [ person] andare a caccia
3.
verbo riflessivo (pass., p.pass. shot)

to shoot oneself — spararsi

- shoot down

- shoot out

- shoot up

••

to shoot a line — colloq. spararla grossa

to shoot oneself in the foot — colloq. darsi la zappa sui piedi

English-Italian dictionary > shoot
12 break

1. transitive verb,
broke, broken

1) brechen; (so as to damage) zerbrechen; kaputtmachen (ugs.); aufschlagen [Ei zum Kochen]; zerreißen [Seil]; (fig.): (interrupt) unterbrechen; brechen [Bann, Zauber, Schweigen]

break something in two/in pieces — etwas in zwei Teile/in Stücke brechen

the TV/my watch is broken — der Fernseher/meine Uhr ist kaputt (ugs.)

2) (fracture) sich (Dat.) brechen; (pierce) verletzen [Haut]

he broke his leg — er hat sich (Dat.) das Bein gebrochen

break one's/somebody's back — (fig.) sich/jemanden kaputtmachen (ugs.)

break the back of something — (fig.) bei etwas das Schwerste hinter sich bringen

break open — aufbrechen

3) (violate) brechen [Vertrag, Versprechen]; verletzen, verstoßen gegen [Regel, Tradition]; nicht einhalten [Verabredung]; überschreiten [Grenze]

break the law — gegen das Gesetz verstoßen

4) (destroy) zerstören, ruinieren [Freundschaft, Ehe]

5) (surpass) brechen [Rekord]

6) (abscond from)

break jail — [aus dem Gefängnis] ausbrechen

7) (weaken) brechen, beugen [Stolz]; zusammenbrechen lassen [Streik]

break somebody's heart — jemandem das Herz brechen

break somebody — (crush) jemanden fertig machen (ugs.)

break the habit — es sich (Dat.) abgewöhnen; see also academic.ru/44727/make">make 1. 15)

8) (cushion) auffangen [Schlag, jemandes Fall]

9) (make bankrupt) ruinieren

break the bank — die Bank sprengen

it won't break the bank — (fig. coll.) es kostet kein Vermögen

10) (reveal)

break the news that... — melden, dass...

11) (solve) entschlüsseln, entziffern [Kode, Geheimschrift]

12) (Tennis)

break service/somebody's service — den Aufschlag des Gegners/jemandes Aufschlag durchbrechen. See also broken 2.
2. intransitive verb,
broke, broken

1) kaputtgehen (ugs.); entzweigehen; [Faden, Seil:] [zer]reißen; [Glas, Tasse, Teller:] zerbrechen; [Eis:] brechen

somebody's heart is breaking — jemandem bricht das Herz

break in two/in pieces — entzweibrechen

2) (crack) [Fenster-, Glasscheibe:] zerspringen

my back was nearly breaking — ich brach mir fast das Kreuz

3) (sever links)

break with somebody/something — mit jemandem/etwas brechen

4)

break into — einbrechen in (+ Akk.) [Haus]; aufbrechen [Safe]

he broke into a sweat — ihm brach der Schweiß aus

break into a trot/run — etc. zu traben/laufen usw. anfangen

break into a banknote — eine Banknote anbrechen

break out of prison — etc. aus dem Gefängnis usw. ausbrechen

5)

break free or loose [from somebody/somebody's grip] — sich [von jemandem/aus jemandes Griff] losreißen

break free/loose [from prison] — [aus dem Gefängnis] ausbrechen

6) [Welle:] sich brechen (on/against an + Dat.)

7) [Wetter:] umschlagen

8) [Wolkendecke:] aufreißen

9) [Tag:] anbrechen

10) [Sturm:] losbrechen

11)

somebody's voice is breaking — jemand kommt in den Stimmbruch; (with emotion) jemandem bricht die Stimme

12) (have interval)

break for coffee/lunch — [eine] Kaffee-/Mittagspause machen

13) (become public) bekannt werden
3. noun
1) Bruch, der; (of rope) Reißen, das

break [of service] — (Tennis) Break, der od. das

a break with somebody/something — ein Bruch mit jemandem/etwas

break of day — Tagesanbruch, der

2) (gap) Lücke, die; (Electr.): (in circuit) Unterbrechung, die

3) (sudden dash)

they made a sudden break [for it] — sie stürmten plötzlich davon

4) (interruption) Unterbrechung, die

5) (pause, holiday) Pause, die

during the commercial breaks on TV — während der Werbespots im Fernsehen

take or have a break — [eine] Pause machen

6) (coll.): (fair chance, piece of luck) Chance, die

lucky break — große Chance

that was a bad break for him — das war Pech für ihn

Phrasal Verbs:

- break away

- break down

- break in

- break into

- break off

- break out

- break out of

- break through

- break up

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[breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb
1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) brechen

2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) abbrechen

3) (to make or become unusable.) vernichten

4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) brechen

5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) (einen Rekord etc.) brechen

6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) abbrechen

7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) brechen

8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) beibringen

9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) brechen

10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) brechen

11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) losbrechen
2. noun
1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) die Pause

2) (a change: a break in the weather.) der Umschwung

3) (an opening.) die Lücke

4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) der Durchbruch

•

- breakable
3. noun
((usually in plural) something likely to break.) der zerbrechliche Gegenstand

- breakage
- breaker
- breakdown
- break-in
- breakneck
- breakout
- breakthrough
- breakwater
- break away
- break down
- break into
- break in
- break loose
- break off
- break out
- break out in
- break the ice
- break up
- make a break for it
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break

[breɪk]

I. NOUN

1. (fracture) Bruch m; (in glass, pottery) Sprung m; (in rock, wood) Riss m; MED Bruch m

2. (gap) Lücke f; (in rock) Spalt m; (in line) Unterbrechung f

3. (escape) Ausbruch m

to make a \break ausbrechen

4. (interruption) Unterbrechung f, Pause f; esp BRIT SCH (during classes) Pause f; (holiday) Ferien pl

coffee/lunch \break Kaffee-/Mittagspause f

Easter/Christmas \break Oster-/Weihnachtsferien pl

commercial \break TV, RADIO Werbung f

to have [or take] a \break eine Pause machen

we decided to have a short \break in Paris wir beschlossen, einen Kurzurlaub in Paris zu verbringen

to need a \break from sth eine Pause von etw dat brauchen

5. METEO

\break of day Tagesanbruch m

a \break in the weather ( liter) ein Wetterumschwung m

6. (divergence) Bruch m

a \break with family tradition ein Bruch mit der Familientradition

7. (end of relationship) Abbruch m

to make a clean/complete \break einen sauberen/endgültigen Schlussstrich ziehen

to make the \break [from sb/sth] die Beziehung [zu jdm/etw] abbrechen

8. (opportunity) Chance f, Gelegenheit f

she got her main \break as an actress in a Spielberg film sie hatte ihre größte Chance als Schauspielerin in einem Spielbergfilm

9. SPORT (in tennis)

\break [of serve] Break m o nt; (in snooker, billiards) Anstoß m

10. COMM ( fam: sharp fall) plötzlicher und starker Einbruch von Preisen und Kursen

11. COMPUT

\break key Pause-Taste f

12.

▶ give me a \break! ( fam: knock it off!) hör auf [damit]!; (give me a chance) gib mir eine Chance!

II. TRANSITIVE VERB

<broke, broken>

1. (shatter)

▪ to \break sth etw zerbrechen; (in two pieces) etw entzweibrechen; (force open) etw aufbrechen; (damage) etw kaputt machen fam; (fracture) etw brechen

we heard the sound of \breaking glass wir hörten das Geräusch von zerberstendem Glas

to \break an alibi ( fig) ein Alibi entkräften

to \break one's arm sich dat den Arm brechen

to \break one's back [or AM ass] ( fig fam) sich akk abrackern [o abstrampeln] fam

to \break sb's back ( fig) jdm das Kreuz brechen fig

to \break a bottle/a glass eine Flasche/ein Glas zerbrechen

to \break an egg ein Ei aufschlagen

to \break sb's heart ( fig) jdm das Herz brechen geh

to \break a nail/tooth sich dat einen Nagel/Zahn abbrechen

to \break sb's nose jdm die Nase brechen

to \break sth into smithereens etw in [tausend] Stücke schlagen

to \break the sonic [or sound] barrier die Schallmauer durchbrechen

to \break a window ein Fenster einschlagen

2. (momentarily interrupt)

▪ to \break sth etw unterbrechen

I need something to \break the monotony of my typing job ich brauche etwas, das etwas Abwechslung in meine eintönige Schreibarbeit bringt

to \break sb's fall jds Fall abfangen

to \break a circuit ELEC einen Stromkreis unterbrechen

to \break step [or stride] aus dem Gleichschritt kommen; MIL aus dem Schritt fallen

3. (put an end to)

▪ to \break sth etw zerstören

to \break the back of sth BRIT, AUS das Schlimmste einer S. gen hinter sich akk bringen

we can \break the back of this work today if we really try wenn wir uns ernsthaft bemühen, können wir diese Arbeit heute zum größten Teil erledigen

to \break camp das Lager abbrechen

to \break a deadlock einen toten Punkt überwinden, etw wieder in Gang bringen

to \break a habit eine Gewohnheit aufgeben

to \break sb of a habit jdm eine Angewohnheit abgewöhnen

to \break an impasse [or a stalemate] aus einer Sackgasse herauskommen

to \break a romantic mood eine romantische Stimmung kaputt machen fam

to \break the peace/a record/the silence den Frieden/einen Rekord/das Schweigen brechen

to \break a spell einen Bann brechen

to \break sb's spirit jdn mutlos machen

to \break a strike einen Streik brechen

to \break the suspense [or tension] die Spannung lösen

4. SPORT

to \break a tie in Führung gehen, einen Führungstreffer erzielen

▪ to \break sb TENNIS jdm das Aufschlagspiel abnehmen

5. (violate)

▪ to \break sth etw brechen

to \break an agreement eine Vereinbarung verletzen

to \break a date eine Verabredung nicht einhalten

to \break a/the law ein/das Gesetz übertreten

to \break a treaty gegen einen Vertrag verstoßen

to \break one's word sein Wort brechen

6. (forcefully end)

▪ to \break sth etw durchbrechen

to \break sb's hold sich akk aus jds Griff befreien

7. (decipher)

to \break a cipher/a code eine Geheimschrift/einen Code entschlüsseln

8. (make public)

▪ to \break sth etw bekanntgeben; JOURN etw veröffentlichen

▪ to \break sth to sb jdm etw mitteilen [o sagen]

\break it to me gently! ( hum) bring's mir schonend bei!

how will we ever \break it to her? wie sollen wir es ihr nur sagen?

to \break the news to sb jdm die Nachricht beibringen

9. (separate into parts)

▪ to \break sth etw auseinanderreißen

to \break bread REL das [heilige] Abendmahl empfangen

to \break bread [with sb] ( dated liter) [mit jdm] das Brot brechen veraltet [o sein Brot teilen]

to \break a collection [or set] eine Sammlung auseinanderreißen

10. (make change for)

to \break a note [or AM bill] einen Geldschein wechseln [o fam kleinmachen

11. (crush spirit)

▪ to \break sb jdn brechen [o fam kleinkriegen]

her spirit had been broken by the regime in the home das in dem Heim herrschende System hatte sie seelisch gebrochen

▪ to \break an animal (tame) ein Tier zähmen; (train) ein Tier abrichten

to \break sb's will jds Willen brechen

12. (leave)

to \break cover MIL aus der Deckung hervorbrechen; (from hiding place) aus dem Versteck herauskommen

to \break formation MIL aus der Aufstellung heraustreten

to \break rank MIL aus dem Glied treten

to \break rank[s] ( fig) die eigenen Reihen verraten

to \break ship sich akk beim Landgang absetzen

13. (open up)

to \break ground den ersten Spatenstich machen

to \break fresh [or new] ground ( fig) Neuland [o neue Gebiete] erschließen

14.

▶ to \break the bank ( hum) die Bank sprengen

▶ to \break the ice ( fam) das Eis brechen

▶ \break a leg! ( fam) Hals- und Beinbruch! fam

▶ you can't make an omelette without \breaking eggs ( saying) wo gehobelt wird, da fallen Späne prov

▶ to \break the mould innovativ sein

▶ sticks and stones may \break my bones [but names will never hurt me] ( saying) Beschimpfungen können mir nichts anhaben

▶ to \break wind einen fahrenlassen fam

III. INTRANSITIVE VERB

<broke, broken>

1. (shatter) zerbrechen; (stop working) kaputtgehen fam; (fall apart) auseinanderbrechen

2. (interrupt) Pause machen

shall we \break [off] for lunch? machen wir Mittagspause?

3. wave sich akk brechen

a wave broke over the boat eine Welle brach über dem Boot zusammen

4. (change in voice)

her voice was \breaking with emotion vor Rührung versagte ihr die Stimme

the boy's voice is \breaking der Junge ist [gerade] im Stimmbruch

5. METEO weather umschlagen; dawn, day anbrechen; storm losbrechen

6. (collapse under strain) zusammenbrechen

7. (become public) news, scandal bekannt werden, publikwerden, ans Licht kommen

8. (in billiards, snooker) anstoßen

9. BOXING sich akk trennen

10. (move out of formation) clouds aufreißen; crowd sich akk teilen; MIL, SPORT sich akk auflösen

11. MED [auf]platzen

the waters have broken die Fruchtblase ist geplatzt

12.

▶ to \break even kostendeckend arbeiten

▶ to \break free ausbrechen, sich akk befreien

▶ to \break loose sich akk losreißen

▶ it's make or \break! es geht um alles oder nichts!

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[breɪk] vb: pret broke, ptp broken
1. NOUN

1) = fracture in bone, pipe Bruch m; (GRAM, TYP = word break) (Silben)trennung f

... he said with a break in his voice —... sagte er mit stockender Stimme

break in the circuit (Elec) — Stromkreisunterbrechung f

2) = gap Lücke f; (in rock) Spalte f, Riss m; (in drawn line) Unterbrechung f

row upon row of houses without a break — Häuserzeile auf Häuserzeile, ohne Lücke or lückenlos

3) = pause ALSO BRIT SCH Pause f; (in journey) Pause f, Unterbrechung f

without a break — ohne Unterbrechung or Pause, ununterbrochen

to take or have a break — (eine) Pause machen

at break (Sch) — in der Pause

after the break (Rad, TV) — nach der Pause

give me a break! ( inf, expressing annoyance ) — nun mach mal halblang! (inf)

4) = end of relations Bruch m

5) = change Abwechslung f

break in the weather — Wetterumschwung m

6) = respite Erholung f

the playgroup gives parents a break — die Spielgruppe verschafft den Eltern etwas Erholung

7) = holiday Urlaub m

I'm looking forward to a good break — ich freue mich auf einen schönen Urlaub

8)

at break of day — bei Tagesanbruch

9) = escape inf Ausbruch m

they made a break for it — sie versuchten zu entkommen

10) = opportunity inf

to have a good/bad break — Glück or Schwein (inf) nt/Pech nt haben

we had a few lucky breaks — wir haben ein paar Mal Glück or Schwein (inf) gehabt

she had her first big break in a Broadway play — sie bekam ihre erste große Chance in einem Broadwaystück

11) BILLIARDS Break nt or m, Serie f

2. TRANSITIVE VERB

1) in pieces = fracture bone sich (dat) brechen; stick zerbrechen; (= smash) kaputt schlagen, kaputt machen; glass, cup zerbrechen; window einschlagen; egg aufbrechen

to break sth from sth — etw von etw abbrechen

to break one's leg — sich (dat) das Bein brechen

break a leg! ( US : inf ) — Hals- und Beinbruch!

2) = make unusable toy, chair kaputt machen

3) = violate promise, treaty, vow brechen; law, rule, commandment verletzen; appointment nicht einhalten

to break bail — die Haftverschonung brechen

4) = interrupt journey, silence, fast unterbrechen; spell brechen; monotony, routine unterbrechen, auflockern

to break a holiday short (Brit) — einen Urlaub abbrechen

to break a habit — mit einer Gewohnheit brechen, sich (dat) etw abgewöhnen

he couldn't break the habit of smoking — er konnte sich das Rauchen nicht abgewöhnen

to break sb of a habit — jdm etw abgewöhnen

5) = penetrate skin ritzen; surface, shell durchbrechen

his skin is bruised but not broken —

to break surface ( submarine fig ) —, fig ) auftauchen

6) = surpass record brechen; sound barrier durchbrechen

7) = open up → ground

8) = tame horse zureiten; person brechen

9) = destroy person kleinkriegen (inf), mürbemachen; resistance, strike brechen; code entziffern; (TENNIS) serve durchbrechen

his spirit was broken by the spell in solitary confinement —

this betrayal nearly broke him — dieser Verrat hätte ihn fast zum Wahnsinn getrieben

to break sb ( financially) —

to break the bank (Gambling) — die Bank sprengen

37p, well that won't exactly break the bank — 37 Pence, na, davon gehe ich/gehen wir noch nicht bankrott

his service was broken (Tennis) — er hat das Aufschlagspiel abgegeben

10) = soften fall dämpfen, abfangen

the wall breaks the force of the wind — der Wind bricht sich an der Mauer

11) = get out of jail, one's bonds ausbrechen aus

to break step (Mil) — aus dem Schritt fallen

12) = disclose news mitteilen

how can I break it to her? — wie soll ich es ihr sagen?

3. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1) in pieces = snap twig, bone brechen; (rope) zerreißen; (= smash, window) kaputtgehen; (cup, glass) zerbrechen

breaking strain — Belastbarkeit f

2) = become useless watch, toy, chair kaputtgehen

3)

= become detached to break from sth — von etw abbrechen

4) = pause (eine) Pause machen, unterbrechen

to break for lunch — Mittagspause machen

5) = change weather, luck umschlagen

6) = disperse clouds aufreißen; (crowd) sich teilen

7) = give way health leiden, Schaden nehmen; (stamina) gebrochen werden; under interrogation etc zusammenbrechen

his spirit broke — sein Mut verließ ihn

8) wave sich brechen

9) day, dawn anbrechen; (suddenly storm) losbrechen

10) voice with emotion brechen

his voice is beginning to break (boy) — er kommt in den Stimmbruch

11) = become known story, news, scandal bekannt werden, an den Tag or ans Licht kommen

the news broke on Wall Street yesterday — gestern platzte diese Nachricht in der Wall Street

12) = escape from jail ausbrechen (from aus) → loose

13)

company to break even — seine (Un)kosten decken

14) BILLIARDS anstoßen

15)

ball to break to the right/left — nach rechts/links wegspringen

16) = let go (BOXING ETC) sich trennen

break! — break!

17) = end relations brechen

4. PHRASAL VERBS

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break¹ [breık]

A s

1. (Ab-, Zer-, Durch-, Entzwei)Brechen n, Bruch m

2. Bruch (-stelle f) m, Durchbruch m, Riss m, Spalt m, Bresche f, Öffnung f, Zwischenraum m, Lücke f (auch fig)

3. fig Bruch m (from, with mit; between zwischen dat):

a break with tradition;

she made a break from her family sie brach mit ihrer Familie; → clean A 15

4. (Wald)Lichtung f

5. a) Pause f (Br auch SCHULE), Unterbrechung f ( auch ELEK):

before (after) the break SPORT vor (nach) der Pause, vor (nach) dem Seitenwechsel;

without a break ununterbrochen;

have ( oder take) a break (eine) Pause machen;

take a break for a cigarette eine Zigarettenpause machen

b) RADIO, TV Werbeunterbrechung f:

we’ll be back again right after the break gleich nach der Werbung geht es weiter

c) Kurzurlaub m:

have ( oder take) a weekend break übers Wochenende verreisen

6. fig, auch LIT Zäsur f, Einschnitt m

7. Ausbruch m (eines Gefangenen), Fluchtversuch m:

make a break for it ( oder for freedom) das Weite suchen, flüchten;

they made a break for the door sie stürzten zur Tür

8. (plötzlicher) Wechsel, Umschwung m:

break in the weather Wetterumschlag m;

at break of day bei Tagesanbruch

9. SPORT Konter m

10. WIRTSCH Preis-, Kurssturz m, Kurseinbruch m

11. MUS

a) Registerwechsel m

b) Jazz: Break m/n (kurzes Zwischensolo)

12. MUS

a) Versagen n (im Ton)

b) Versager m (Ton)

13. Richtungswechsel m

14. Billard:

a) Serie f

b) Abweichen n (des Balles)

15. Boxen: Trennkommando n

16. Pferderennen: Start m

17. umg

a) a bad break Pech n;

a lucky break Dusel m, Schwein n (beide umg)

b) (faire) Chance f:

give sb a break

18. auch break of serve (Tennis) Break m/n (Spielgewinn bei gegnerischem Aufschlag):

he had a break er schaffte ein(en) Break, ihm gelang ein Break

B v/t prät broke [brəʊk], obs brake [breık], pperf broken [ˈbrəʊkən]

1. ab-, auf-, durchbrechen, (er-, zer)brechen:

break open eine Tür etc aufbrechen;

break one’s arm sich den Arm brechen;

break sb’s head jemandem den Schädel einschlagen;

break a glass ein Glas zerbrechen;

break jail aus dem Gefängnis ausbrechen;

break a leg, John! umg besonders THEAT Hals- und Beinbruch!;

break a record fig einen Rekord brechen;

break a seal ein Siegel erbrechen;

break sb’s service, break sb (Tennis) jemandem den Aufschlag abnehmen, jemanden breaken;

he broke service (Tennis) er schaffte ein(en) Break, ihm gelang ein Break; → ass², back¹ A 1, balls A, heart Bes Redew, neck A 2

2. zerreißen, -schlagen, -trümmern, kaputt machen umg

3. PHYS Licht, Strahlen, weitS. Wellen, Wind brechen, einen Stoß oder Fall abfangen, dämpfen, auch fig abschwächen

4. ab-, unterbrechen, trennen, aufheben, sprengen:

break company

a) auseinandergehen,

b) sich wegstehlen;

break a journey eine Reise unterbrechen;

break one’s silence sein Schweigen brechen;

a cry broke the silence ein Schrei zerriss die Stille;

break a set

a) einen Satz (z. B. Gläser durch Zerbrechen eines einzelnen Teiles) unvollständig machen,

b) einen Satz (z. B. Briefmarken) auseinanderreißen;

break a siege eine Belagerung aufheben; → blockade A 1, camp¹ A 1, fast³ B 1, ice¹ A 1

5. ELEK

a) einen Stromkreis oder Kontakt unterbrechen, einen Kontakt öffnen

b) ab-, ausschalten

6. aufgeben, ablegen:

break a custom mit einer Tradition oder Gewohnheit brechen;

break sb of sth jemandem etwas abgewöhnen; → habit 1

7. a) eine Speise, eine Ware, einen Geldschein anbrechen: → bottle¹ A 1, bread Bes Redew

b) einen Geldschein kleinmachen umg (wechseln)

8. fig jemandes Macht, Willen etc brechen, jemanden zerbrechen, jemandem das Rückgrat brechen:

break sb’s resistance jemandes Widerstand brechen;

break sb’s spirits jemandes Lebensmut brechen

9. a) Tiere zähmen, abrichten, ein Pferd zureiten, einfahren, auch jemanden gewöhnen (to an akk):

break a horse to harness (to rein) ein Pferd einfahren (zureiten)

b) ein Auto etc einfahren, neue Schuhe einlaufen, austreten

c) jemanden einarbeiten, anlernen

10. das Gesetz, einen Vertrag, sein Versprechen etc brechen, eine Regel verletzen, eine Vorschrift übertreten, verstoßen gegen, ein Tempolimit überschreiten:

rules are made to be broken Vorschriften sind dazu da, um übertreten zu werden

11. fig vernichten, (auch finanziell) ruinieren oder zugrunde richten, eine Ehe etc zerrütten:

break a will JUR ein Testament (durch gerichtliches Verfahren) aufheben; → bank¹ A 3

12. MIL

a) entlassen

b) degradieren

13. eröffnen, kundtun:

break the bad news gently to sb jemandem die schlechte Nachricht schonend beibringen

14. US umg eine Unternehmung starten

15. HIST foltern, auf der oder die Folter strecken: → wheel A 6

16. a) einen Code etc knacken umg, entschlüsseln

b) einen Fall lösen, aufklären

17. break (the) ground AGR ein Brachfeld umbrechen, -pflügen; → ground¹ A 1

18. MUS

a) einen Akkord brechen

b) Notenwerte zerlegen

C v/i

1. brechen:

break into

a) in ein Haus etc einbrechen,

b) allg und fig eindringen oder einbrechen in (akk):

break into the best social circles; → preserve B 2 b,

c) etwas unterbrechen, hineinplatzen in (akk),

d) fig ausbrechen in (akk):

he broke into laughter; → applause 1,

e) → B 7 a;

break through eine Absperrung etc durchbrechen;

break with mit jemandem, einer Tradition etc brechen; → loose A 1

2. (zer)brechen, zerspringen, -reißen, (-)platzen, entzweigehen, kaputtgehen umg:

the rope broke das Seil riss;

break open aufspringen, -platzen

3. unterbrochen werden

4. (plötzlich) auftauchen (Fisch, U-Boot)

5. sich (zer)teilen (Wolken)

6. zersprengt werden, in Unordnung geraten, weichen (Truppen), sich auflösen (Heer)

7. MED aufbrechen, -gehen (Abszess), aufplatzen (Zyste), platzen, aufspringen (Haut)

8. fig brechen (Herz, Widerstand etc)

9. nachlassen, abnehmen, gebrochen oder zerrüttet werden, verfallen (Geist oder Gesundheit), (auch seelisch) zusammenbrechen

10. umschlagen, mutieren (Stimme):

his voice broke

a) er befand sich im Stimmbruch, er mutierte,

b) ihm brach die Stimme ( with vor Rührung etc)

11. SPORT die Gangart wechseln (Pferd)

12. Tennis: breaken

13. sich brechen, branden (Wellen)

14. brechen (Eis)

15. umschlagen (Wetter)

16. anbrechen (Tag)

17. los-, ausbrechen ( over über dat):

the storm broke der Sturm brach los

18. eröffnet werden, bekannt gegeben werden (Nachricht)

19. WIRTSCH plötzlich im Preis oder Kurs fallen (Ware, Wertpapier)

20. WIRTSCH ruiniert werden, Bankrott machen oder bankrottgehen, fallieren

21. Boxen: sich trennen:

break! break!

22. rennen, hasten:

break for cover hastig in Deckung gehen

23. Pferderennen: starten

24. eine Pause machen:

break for lunch (eine) Mittagspause machen

25. besonders US umg sich entwickeln:

things are breaking well

break² [breık] s

1. Break m/n (Art Kremser mit zwei Längssitzen)

2. Wagen zum Einfahren von Pferden

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1. transitive verb,
broke, broken

1) brechen; (so as to damage) zerbrechen; kaputtmachen (ugs.); aufschlagen [Ei zum Kochen]; zerreißen [Seil]; (fig.): (interrupt) unterbrechen; brechen [Bann, Zauber, Schweigen]

break something in two/in pieces — etwas in zwei Teile/in Stücke brechen

the TV/my watch is broken — der Fernseher/meine Uhr ist kaputt (ugs.)

2) (fracture) sich (Dat.) brechen; (pierce) verletzen [Haut]

he broke his leg — er hat sich (Dat.) das Bein gebrochen

break one's/somebody's back — (fig.) sich/jemanden kaputtmachen (ugs.)

break the back of something — (fig.) bei etwas das Schwerste hinter sich bringen

break open — aufbrechen

3) (violate) brechen [Vertrag, Versprechen]; verletzen, verstoßen gegen [Regel, Tradition]; nicht einhalten [Verabredung]; überschreiten [Grenze]

break the law — gegen das Gesetz verstoßen

4) (destroy) zerstören, ruinieren [Freundschaft, Ehe]

5) (surpass) brechen [Rekord]

6) (abscond from)

break jail — [aus dem Gefängnis] ausbrechen

7) (weaken) brechen, beugen [Stolz]; zusammenbrechen lassen [Streik]

break somebody's heart — jemandem das Herz brechen

break somebody — (crush) jemanden fertig machen (ugs.)

break the habit — es sich (Dat.) abgewöhnen; see also make 1. 15)

8) (cushion) auffangen [Schlag, jemandes Fall]

9) (make bankrupt) ruinieren

break the bank — die Bank sprengen

it won't break the bank — (fig. coll.) es kostet kein Vermögen

10) (reveal)

break the news that... — melden, dass...

11) (solve) entschlüsseln, entziffern [Kode, Geheimschrift]

12) (Tennis)

break service/somebody's service — den Aufschlag des Gegners/jemandes Aufschlag durchbrechen. See also broken 2.
2. intransitive verb,
broke, broken

1) kaputtgehen (ugs.); entzweigehen; [Faden, Seil:] [zer]reißen; [Glas, Tasse, Teller:] zerbrechen; [Eis:] brechen

somebody's heart is breaking — jemandem bricht das Herz

break in two/in pieces — entzweibrechen

2) (crack) [Fenster-, Glasscheibe:] zerspringen

my back was nearly breaking — ich brach mir fast das Kreuz

3) (sever links)

break with somebody/something — mit jemandem/etwas brechen

4)

break into — einbrechen in (+ Akk.) [Haus]; aufbrechen [Safe]

he broke into a sweat — ihm brach der Schweiß aus

break into a trot/run — etc. zu traben/laufen usw. anfangen

break into a banknote — eine Banknote anbrechen

break out of prison — etc. aus dem Gefängnis usw. ausbrechen

5)

break free or loose [from somebody/somebody's grip] — sich [von jemandem/aus jemandes Griff] losreißen

break free/loose [from prison] — [aus dem Gefängnis] ausbrechen

6) [Welle:] sich brechen (on/against an + Dat.)

7) [Wetter:] umschlagen

8) [Wolkendecke:] aufreißen

9) [Tag:] anbrechen

10) [Sturm:] losbrechen

11)

somebody's voice is breaking — jemand kommt in den Stimmbruch; (with emotion) jemandem bricht die Stimme

12) (have interval)

break for coffee/lunch — [eine] Kaffee-/Mittagspause machen

13) (become public) bekannt werden
3. noun
1) Bruch, der; (of rope) Reißen, das

break [of service] — (Tennis) Break, der od. das

a break with somebody/something — ein Bruch mit jemandem/etwas

break of day — Tagesanbruch, der

2) (gap) Lücke, die; (Electr.): (in circuit) Unterbrechung, die

3) (sudden dash)

they made a sudden break [for it] — sie stürmten plötzlich davon

4) (interruption) Unterbrechung, die

5) (pause, holiday) Pause, die

during the commercial breaks on TV — während der Werbespots im Fernsehen

take or have a break — [eine] Pause machen

6) (coll.): (fair chance, piece of luck) Chance, die

lucky break — große Chance

that was a bad break for him — das war Pech für ihn

Phrasal Verbs:

- break away

- break down

- break in

- break into

- break off

- break out

- break out of

- break through

- break up

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(printing) n.

Absatz -¨e (Buchdruck) m. n.

Arbeitspause f.

Bruch ¨-e m.

Lücke -n f.

Pause -n (Schule) f.

Pause -n (Sport) f.

Pause -n f.

Rast -en f.

Umbruch -¨e (von Gefäß) m.

Unterbrechung f. (up) with someone expr.

jemandem die Freundschaft aufkündigen ausdr. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: broke, broken)

= abbrechen v.

aufheben v.

stoppen v.

unterbrechen v.

zersplittern v.

English-german dictionary > break
13 pull

pul
1. verb
1) (to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force: He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages.) arrastrar, tirar de

2) ((with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at: He pulled at his cigarette.) chupar

3) (to row: He pulled towards the shore.) remar

4) ((of a driver or vehicle) to steer or move in a certain direction: The car pulled in at the garage; I pulled into the side of the road; The train pulled out of the station; The motorbike pulled out to overtake; He pulled off the road.) tirar, ir hacia

2. noun
1) (an act of pulling: I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.) tirón; calada, chupada (tabaco); sorbo (bebida)

2) (a pulling or attracting force: magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.) atracción

3) (influence: He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.) enchufe

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- pull apart / to pieces
- pull down
- pull a face / faces at
- pull a face / faces
- pull a gun on
- pull off
- pull on
- pull oneself together
- pull through
- pull up
- pull one's weight
- pull someone's leg

pull¹ n tirón

I gave the string a pull and the bell rang le di un tirón a la cuerda y sonó el timbre

pull² vb

1. tirar

it's heavy, but if you pull and I push, we'll move it pesa mucho, pero si tú tiras y yo empujo lo moveremos

2. tirar / dar un tirón

he pulled the little girl's hair tiró del pelo a la niña

3. arrastrar

they pulled the boat up the beach arrastraron la barca por la playa

pull

tr[pʊl]

noun

1 (tug) tirón nombre masculino

2 (of moon, current) fuerza

3 (attraction) atracción nombre femenino; (influence) influencia

4 (on bottle) sorbo; (on cigarette) calada, chupada

5 (prolonged effort) paliza

6 (single impression, proof) prueba

transitive verb

1 (draw) tirar de; (drag) arrastrar

■ the horse was pulling a cart el caballo tiraba de una carreta

■ he pulled the curtains corrió las cortinas

■ pull up a chair coge una silla

2 (tug forcefully) tirar de, dar un tirón a

■ don't pull my hair! ¡no me tires del pelo!

■ have you pulled the chain? ¿has tirado de la cadena?

■ he pulled off his boots se quitó las botas

3 (remove, draw out) sacar

■ he pulled a gun sacó una pistola

4 (damage - muscle) sufrir un tirón

■ I pulled a muscle me dio un tirón

5 (operate - trigger) apretar

6 familiar (attract - crowd, audience) atraer; (boy, girl) ligarse, ligar con

intransitive verb

1 (tug) tirar (at/on, de)

■ he pulled with all his strength tiró con todas sus fuerzas

2 (on pipe, cigarette) chupar, dar caladas a

3 (of vehicle - veer) tirar

pull ['pʊl, 'pʌl] vt

1) draw, tug: tirar de, jalar

2) extract: sacar, extraer

to pull teeth: sacar muelas

to pull a gun on: amenazar a (alguien) con pistola

3) tear: desgarrarse (un músculo, etc.)

4)

to pull down : bajar, echar abajo, derribar (un edificio)

5)

to pull in attract: atraer (una muchedumbre, etc.)

to pull in votes: conseguir votos

6)

to pull off remove: sacar, quitar

7)

to pull oneself together : calmarse, tranquilizarse

8)

to pull up raise: levantar, subir

pull vi

1) draw, tug: tirar, jalar

2) (indicating movement in a specific direction)

they pulled in front of us: se nos metieron delante

to pull to a stop: pararse

3)

to pull through recover: recobrarse, reponerse

4)

to pull together cooperate: trabajar juntos, cooperar

pull n

1) tug: tirón m, jalón m

he gave it a pull: le dio un tirón

2) attraction: atracción f, fuerza f

the pull of gravity: la fuerza de la gravedad

3) influence: influencia f

4) handle: tirador m (de un cajón, etc.)

5)

bell pull : cuerda f

pull

n.

• chupada s.f.

• estirón s.m.

• primeras pruebas s.f.pl.

• tirador s.m.

• tirón s.m.

v.

• arrastrar v.

• halar v.

• jalar v.

• tirar v.

• tirar de v.

I
1. pʊl
transitive verb

1)

a) ( draw) tirar de, jalar (AmL exc CS); ( drag) arrastrar

b) ( in specified direction) (+ adv compl)

pull your chair closer to the fire — acerca or arrima la silla al fuego

could you pull the door to/the curtains, please? — por favor, cierra la puerta/corre las cortinas

he was pulled from the rubble alive — lo sacaron vivo de entre los escombros

he pulled his hat down firmly over his ears — se caló el sombrero hasta las orejas

the current pulled him under — la corriente lo arrastró or se lo llevó al fondo

to pull the carpet o rug (out) from under somebody o somebody's feet — fastidiarle los planes a alguien, moverle* el tapete a alguien (Méx fam)

2)

a) ( tug) tirar de, jalar (AmL exc CS)

pull the other one! — (BrE colloq) me estás tomando el pelo (fam)

to pull strings o wires — ( use influence) tocar* todos los resortes or muchas teclas, mover* hilos

to pull the strings o wires — ( be in control) tener* la sartén por el mango

b) (tear, detach)

he pulled the toy to bits — rompió or destrozó el juguete

c) ( snag)

I've pulled a thread in my sweater — me he enganchado el suéter

3)

a) \<\<weeds/nail\>\> arrancar*; \<\<tooth\>\> sacar*

b) ( take out) sacar*

he pulled a gun on them — sacó una pistola y los amenazó; see also pull out

4) (colloq) \<\<crowd/audience\>\> atraer*; \<\<votes\>\> conseguir*

5) ( perform) (colloq)

don't you ever pull a stunt like that on me again — no me vuelvas a hacer una faena así or una cosa semejante

to pull a fast one on somebody — hacerle* una jugarreta a alguien (fam)

6) ( Med) \<\<muscle/tendon\>\> desgarrarse

2.

vi

1)

a) (drag, tug) tirar, jalar (AmL exc CS)

to pull AT/ON something — tirar de or (AmL exc CS) jalar algo

b) ( suck)

to pull ON o AT something — \<\<on pipe\>\> darle* una chupada or (AmL tb) una pitada or (Esp tb) una calada a algo

2)

a) \<\<vehicle\>\> ( move) (+ adv compl)

to pull off the road — salir* de la carretera

to pull into the station — entrar en la estación; see also pull in, pull up

b) ( row) remar

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Phrasal Verbs:

- pull about

- pull ahead

- pull apart

- pull around

- pull away

- pull back

- pull down

- pull in

- pull off

- pull on

- pull out

- pull over

- pull through

- pull together

- pull up

II

noun

1) c ( tug) tirón m, jalón m (AmL exc CS)

each pull of the oars — cada golpe de remo

2) u

a) ( pulling force) fuerza f

the pull of gravity — la fuerza de la gravedad

b) ( influence) influencia f

3) c ( on cigarette) chupada f, pitada f (AmL), calada f (Esp); ( on drink) sorbo m

4) c ( difficult journey)

it was a hard pull up the hill — la subida de la colina fue difícil

[pʊl]
1. N

1) (=tug) tirón m, jalón m (LAm); (with oar etc) golpe m

give the rope a pull — tira de la cuerda

suddenly it gave a pull — de repente dio un tirón

2) [of moon, magnet, sea etc] (fuerza f de) atracción f; [of current] fuerza f, ímpetu m; (fig) (=attraction) atracción f

the pull of the south — la atracción del Sur, lo atractivo del Sur

3) * (=influence) enchufe * m, palanca f (LAm) *; (=advantage) ventaja f

he has pull in the right places — tiene influencia donde hace falta

they have a pull over us now — ahora nos llevan ventaja

he has a slight pull — tiene una pequeña ventaja

4) (at pipe, cigarette) chupada f; (at drink) trago m

he took a pull at his pipe — le dio una chupada a la pipa

he took a pull from the bottle — tomó un trago de la botella, dio un tiento a la botella (Sp)

5) (=journey, drive etc)

it was a long pull — fue mucho camino or trecho

we had a long pull up the hill — nos costó mucho trabajo subir la cuesta

6) (=handle of drawer etc) tirador m; [of bell] cuerda f

7) (Typ) primeras pruebas fpl

8) (Brit)
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to be on the pull — estar de ligue (Sp) *, estar chequeando (LAm) *

2. VT

1) (=draw, drag) tirar de, jalar (LAm)

to pull a door shut/open — cerrar/abrir una puerta de un tirón or (LAm) jalón

the engine pulls six coaches — la locomotora arrastra seis vagones

pull your chair over — acerca la silla

his ideas pulled me the same way — sus ideas me llevaron por el mismo camino
punch I, 1., 2), weight 1., 1)
2) (=tug) tirar de, jalar (LAm); [+ trigger] apretar; [+ oar] tirar de; [+ boat] remar; (Naut) [+ rope] halar, jalar; [+ tooth] sacar; [+ weeds] arrancar

to pull sb's hair — tirar or (LAm) jalar de los pelos a algn

- pull the other one
leg 1., 1)
3) (=extract, draw out) sacar, arrancar; [+ beer] servir

to pull a gun on sb — amenazar a algn con una pistola
rank I, 1., 1)
4) (=injure)

to pull a muscle — sufrir un tirón en un músculo

5) [+ ball] (at golf etc) golpear oblicuamente (a la izquierda)

6) (Typ) imprimir

7) * (=cancel) [+ TV programme] suspender

8) * (=carry out, do)

what are you trying to pull? — ¿qué quieres conseguir?, ¿qué es lo que pretendes con esto?

to pull a fast one or a trick on sb — jugar una mala pasada a algn

9) * (=attract)

this will really pull the punters — esto seguramente atraerá clientela

he knows how to pull the birds — (Brit) sabe ligar con las chicas *

3. VI

1) tirar, jalar (LAm)

to pull at or on a rope — tirar de una cuerda

the car is pulling to the right — el coche tira hacia la derecha

the car isn't pulling very well — el coche no tira

2)

to pull at or on one's pipe — dar chupadas a la pipa

to pull at a bottle — tomar un trago or (Sp) dar un tiento a una botella

3) (=move) [vehicle] ir; [oarsmen etc] remar

he pulled sharply to one side to avoid the lorry — torció bruscamente a un lado para no chocar con el camión

the car pulled slowly up the hill — el coche subía despacio la cuesta

the train pulled into the station — el tren entró en la estación

he pulled alongside the kerb — se acercó al bordillo

it pulled to a stop — se paró

we pulled for the shore — remamos hacia la orilla

4) (Brit) * ligar *, pillar (cacho) (Sp) **

4.

CPD

pull ring, pull tab N — anilla f

- pull about

- pull ahead

- pull along

- pull apart

- pull away

- pull back

- pull down

- pull in

- pull off

- pull on

- pull out

- pull over

- pull round

- pull through

- pull together

- pull up

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I
1. [pʊl]
transitive verb

1)

a) ( draw) tirar de, jalar (AmL exc CS); ( drag) arrastrar

b) ( in specified direction) (+ adv compl)

pull your chair closer to the fire — acerca or arrima la silla al fuego

could you pull the door to/the curtains, please? — por favor, cierra la puerta/corre las cortinas

he was pulled from the rubble alive — lo sacaron vivo de entre los escombros

he pulled his hat down firmly over his ears — se caló el sombrero hasta las orejas

the current pulled him under — la corriente lo arrastró or se lo llevó al fondo

to pull the carpet o rug (out) from under somebody o somebody's feet — fastidiarle los planes a alguien, moverle* el tapete a alguien (Méx fam)

2)

a) ( tug) tirar de, jalar (AmL exc CS)

pull the other one! — (BrE colloq) me estás tomando el pelo (fam)

to pull strings o wires — ( use influence) tocar* todos los resortes or muchas teclas, mover* hilos

to pull the strings o wires — ( be in control) tener* la sartén por el mango

b) (tear, detach)

he pulled the toy to bits — rompió or destrozó el juguete

c) ( snag)

I've pulled a thread in my sweater — me he enganchado el suéter

3)

a) \<\<weeds/nail\>\> arrancar*; \<\<tooth\>\> sacar*

b) ( take out) sacar*

he pulled a gun on them — sacó una pistola y los amenazó; see also pull out

4) (colloq) \<\<crowd/audience\>\> atraer*; \<\<votes\>\> conseguir*

5) ( perform) (colloq)

don't you ever pull a stunt like that on me again — no me vuelvas a hacer una faena así or una cosa semejante

to pull a fast one on somebody — hacerle* una jugarreta a alguien (fam)

6) ( Med) \<\<muscle/tendon\>\> desgarrarse

2.

vi

1)

a) (drag, tug) tirar, jalar (AmL exc CS)

to pull AT/ON something — tirar de or (AmL exc CS) jalar algo

b) ( suck)

to pull ON o AT something — \<\<on pipe\>\> darle* una chupada or (AmL tb) una pitada or (Esp tb) una calada a algo

2)

a) \<\<vehicle\>\> ( move) (+ adv compl)

to pull off the road — salir* de la carretera

to pull into the station — entrar en la estación; see also pull in, pull up

b) ( row) remar

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Phrasal Verbs:

- pull about

- pull ahead

- pull apart

- pull around

- pull away

- pull back

- pull down

- pull in

- pull off

- pull on

- pull out

- pull over

- pull through

- pull together

- pull up

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noun

1) c ( tug) tirón m, jalón m (AmL exc CS)

each pull of the oars — cada golpe de remo

2) u

a) ( pulling force) fuerza f

the pull of gravity — la fuerza de la gravedad

b) ( influence) influencia f

3) c ( on cigarette) chupada f, pitada f (AmL), calada f (Esp); ( on drink) sorbo m

4) c ( difficult journey)

it was a hard pull up the hill — la subida de la colina fue difícil

English-spanish dictionary > pull
14 pull

pull [pʊl]

1. noun

   a. ( = act) traction f ; ( = attraction) (force f d')attraction f

• I felt a pull at my sleeve j'ai senti quelqu'un qui me tirait par la manche

• to give sth a pull tirer (sur) qch

• the pull of the current la force du courant

• the pull of the South l'appel m du Sud

• it was a long pull up the hill la montée était longue pour arriver en haut de la colline

• to have pull with sb avoir de l'influence auprès de qn

   b. ( = swig) gorgée f

• he took a pull at the bottle il but une gorgée à même la bouteille

• he took a long pull at his cigarette il a tiré longuement sur sa cigarette

   c. ( = handle) poignée f ; ( = cord) cordon m

2. transitive verb

   a. tirer

• to pull a door open ouvrir une porte (en la tirant)

• he pulled the box over to the door il a traîné la caisse jusqu'à la porte

• to pull a door shut tirer une porte derrière soi

• pull your chair closer to the table approchez votre chaise de la table

• he pulled her towards him il l'attira vers lui

• to pull sb clear of [+ wreckage, rubble] dégager qn de

   b. [+ trigger] presser

• to pull to bits démolir ; [+ argument, scheme, play, film] (inf) démolir ; [+ person] (inf) éreinter

• to pull sb's hair tirer les cheveux à qn

• pull the other one! (inf!) à d'autres !

• he didn't pull any punches il n'y est pas allé de main morte

• to pull one's weight fournir sa part d'effort

   c. [+ tooth] arracher ; [+ cork] ôter ; [+ gun, knife] sortir ; [+ beer] tirer

• he pulled a gun on me il a sorti un revolver et l'a braqué sur moi

• he's pulling pints somewhere in London (inf) il est barman quelque part à Londres

• to pull rank on sb en imposer hiérarchiquement à qn

   d. [+ muscle, tendon, ligament] se déchirer

   e. ( = cancel) (inf) annuler

   f. ( = attract) (inf) [+ crowd] attirer ; [+ votes] ramasser

   g. (British = get off with) (inf!) lever (inf !)

3. intransitive verb

   a. ( = tug) tirer (at, on sur)

• he pulled at her sleeve il la tira par la manche

   b. ( = move) the train pulled into/out of the station le train est entré en gare/est sorti de la gare

• to pull sharply to the left [car, driver] virer brusquement à gauche

• the steering is pulling to the left la direction tire à gauche

• the car isn't pulling very well la voiture manque de reprise

   c. ( = swig) he pulled at his beer il a bu une gorgée de bière

   d. ( = row) ramer ( for vers)

   e. (British) ( = get off with sb) (inf!) emballer (inf)

4. compounds

► pull-down menu noun menu m déroulant

► pull-in (British), pull-off (US) noun parking m

► pull-out noun (in magazine) supplément m détachable ; [of troops] retrait m adjective [magazine section] détachable

► pull apart separable transitive verb

   a. ( = pull to pieces) démonter ; ( = break) mettre en pièces

• the police pulled the house apart looking for drugs (inf) la police a mis la maison sens dessus dessous pour trouver de la drogue

• nationalism was threatening to pull the country apart le nationalisme menaçait de déchirer le pays

   b. ( = separate) séparer

   c. ( = criticize) éreinter ; [+ argument, suggestion] démolir

► pull away

1. intransitive verb

[vehicle, train] démarrer

• he began to pull away from his pursuers il a commencé à distancer ses poursuivants

• she suddenly pulled away from him elle se dégagea soudain de son étreinte

2. separable transitive verb

( = withdraw) retirer brusquement ( from sb à qn ) ; ( = snatch) arracher ( from sb à qn, des mains de qn)

► pull back

1. intransitive verb

se retirer

2. separable transitive verb

( = withdraw) [+ object, troops] retirer ( from de ) ; [+ person] tirer en arrière ( from loin de)

• to pull back the curtains ouvrir les rideaux

► pull down separable transitive verb

   a. [+ blind] baisser

• he pulled his opponent down il a mis à terre son adversaire

• he pulled his hat down over his eyes il a ramené son chapeau sur ses yeux

   b. ( = demolish) démolir

• the whole street has been pulled down la rue a été complètement démolie

   c. ( = weaken) affaiblir

• his geography marks pulled him down ses notes de géographie ont fait baisser sa moyenne

► pull in

1. intransitive verb

( = arrive) arriver ; ( = enter) entrer ; ( = stop) s'arrêter

2. separable transitive verb

   a. [+ rope] ramener

• to pull sb in (into room, car) faire entrer qn ; (into pool) faire piquer une tête dans l'eau à qn

• pull your stomach in! rentre le ventre !

• the film is certainly pulling people in il est certain que ce film attire les foules

   b. ( = pick up) (inf) the police pulled him in for questioning la police l'a appréhendé pour l'interroger

► pull off

1. separable transitive verb

   a. ( = remove) [+ gloves, shoes, coat, hat] ôter

   b. he pulled the car off the road il a arrêté la voiture sur le bord de la route

   c. [+ plan, aim] réaliser ; [+ deal] conclure ; [+ hoax] réussir

• he didn't manage to pull it off il n'a pas réussi son coup

2. inseparable transitive verb

• to pull off the road [vehicle, driver] quitter la route

► pull on

1. intransitive verb

• the cover pulls on la housse s'enfile

2. separable transitive verb

[+ gloves, coat, cover] enfiler ; [+ shoes, hat] mettre

► pull out

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = leave) [train, bus] démarrer

   b. ( = withdraw) se retirer

• he pulled out of the deal at the last minute il s'est retiré de l'affaire à la dernière minute

   c. ( = change lane) déboîter

• he pulled out to overtake the truck il a déboîté pour doubler le camion

2. separable transitive verb

   a. ( = extract) arracher ; [+ cork] retirer ; [+ gun, knife] sortir

• they pulled him out of the wreckage alive ils l'ont sorti vivant des débris

   b. ( = withdraw) [+ troops] retirer

► pull over

1. intransitive verb

[driver] he pulled over to let the ambulance past il s'est garé sur le côté pour laisser passer l'ambulance

2. separable transitive verb

   a. he pulled the box over to the window il a traîné la caisse jusqu'à la fenêtre

   b. ( = stop) [+ motorist, car] (inf) forcer à s'arrêter

   c. ( = topple) he pulled the bookcase over on top of himself il a entraîné la bibliothèque dans sa chute

► pull round

1. intransitive verb

[sick person] s'en sortir

2. separable transitive verb

• he pulled me round to face him il m'a fait me retourner pour que je lui fasse face

► pull through

1. intransitive verb

(from illness) s'en tirer ; (from difficulties) s'en sortir

2. separable transitive verb

[+ rope] faire passer

3. inseparable transitive verb

[+ illness] réchapper à ; [+ difficulties, crisis] se sortir de

► pull together

1. intransitive verb

( = cooperate) se serrer les coudes

2. separable transitive verb

   a. ( = join) data exists but it needs pulling together les données existent mais il faut les rassembler

   b. to pull o.s. together se ressaisir

► pull up

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = stop) [vehicle] s'arrêter

   b. ( = draw level with) he pulled up with the leaders il a rattrapé les premiers

2. separable transitive verb

   a. ( = raise) [+ object] remonter ; ( = haul up) hisser ; [+ chair] approcher

• he leaned down from the wall and pulled the child up il s'est penché du haut du mur et a hissé l'enfant jusqu'à lui

• your geography mark has pulled you up votre note de géographie a remonté votre moyenne

   b. [+ weed] arracher

   c. ( = halt) arrêter

• he pulled himself up il s'arrêta net

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[pʊl] 1.
noun

1) ( tug) coup m

to give something a pull — tirer sur quelque chose

2) ( attraction) lit force f; fig attrait m (of de)

3) (colloq) ( influence) influence f (over, with sur)

4) (colloq) ( swig) lampée (colloq) f

5) (colloq) ( on cigarette etc) bouffée f

6) Sport ( in rowing) coup m d'aviron; ( in golf) coup m hooké

it was a hard pull to the summit — cela a été très dur d'arriver jusqu'au sommet

7) ( snag) ( in sweater) maille f tirée
2.
transitive verb

1) ( tug) tirer [chain, curtain, hair, tail]; tirer sur [cord, rope]

to pull the sheets over one's head — se cacher la tête sous les draps

to pull a sweater over one's head — ( put on) enfiler un pull-over; ( take off) retirer un pull-over

2) (tug, move) ( towards oneself) tirer ( towards vers); ( by dragging) traîner ( along le long de); ( to show something) entraîner [quelqu'un] par le bras [person]

to pull somebody/something through — faire passer quelqu'un/quelque chose par [hole, window]

3) ( draw) gen tirer; [vehicle] tracter

4) ( remove)

to pull something off — [child, cat] faire tomber quelque chose de

he pulled her attacker off her — il a fait lâcher prise à son assaillant

to pull something out of — tirer quelque chose de [pocket, drawer]

to pull somebody out of — retirer quelqu'un de [wreckage]; sortir quelqu'un de [river]

5) (colloq) sortir [gun, knife]

to pull a gun on somebody — menacer quelqu'un avec un pistolet

6) ( operate) appuyer sur [trigger]; tirer [lever]

7) Medicine se faire une élongation à [muscle]

8) (steer, guide)

to pull a boat into the bank — amener une barque jusqu'à la berge

to pull a plane out of a dive — redresser un avion

9) Sport [golfer, batsman] hooker

to pull one's punches — lit retenir ses coups; fig

he didn't pull his punches — il n'a pas mâché ses mots

10) (colloq) GB tirer [pint of beer]

11) (colloq) ( attract) attirer

12) ( make)

to pull a face — faire la grimace
3.
intransitive verb

1) ( tug) tirer (at, on sur)

to pull at somebody's sleeve — tirer quelqu'un par la manche

2) (move, resist restraint) tirer (at, on sur)

to pull ahead of somebody — [athlete, rally driver] prendre de l'avance sur quelqu'un; [company] avoir de l'avance sur

3) Sport [golfer, batsman] hooker; ( row) ramer

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Phrasal Verbs:

- pull along

- pull apart

- pull away

- pull back

- pull down

- pull in

- pull off

- pull out

- pull over

- pull through

- pull together

- pull up

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pull the other one, (it's got bells on)! — (colloq) à d'autres (mais pas à moi)! (colloq)

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15 Historical Portugal

   Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.

   A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.

   Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140

   The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."

   In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.

   The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.

   Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385

   Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in

   Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.

   The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.

   Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580

   The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.

   The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.

   What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.

   By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.

   Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.

   The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.

   By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.

   In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.

   Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640

   Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.

   Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.

   On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.

   Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822

   Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.

   Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.

   In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the

   Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.

   Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.

   Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.

   Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910

   During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.

   Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.

   Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.

   Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.

   Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.

   As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.

   First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26

   Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.

   The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.

   Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.

   The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74

   During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."

   Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.

   For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),

   and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.

   The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.

   With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.

   During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.

   The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.

   At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.

   The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.

   Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76

   Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.

   Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.

   In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.

   In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.

   In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.

   The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until

   UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.

   Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000

   After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.

   From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.

   Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.

   Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.

   In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.

   In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.

   Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.

    Contemporary Portugal

   Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.

   The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.

   Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.

   Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).

   All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.

   The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.

   After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.

   Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.

   Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.

   From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.

   Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.

   In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.

   An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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pull [pʊl]

fait de tirer ⇒ 1 (a) traction ⇒ 1 (b) résistance ⇒ 1 (c) attrait ⇒ 1 (d) influence ⇒ 1 (e) tirer ⇒ 2 (a)-(c), 3 (a) traîner ⇒ 2 (a) arracher ⇒ 2 (d) se déchirer ⇒ 2 (e) réussir ⇒ 2 (f)

1 noun

(a) (tug, act of pulling)

∎ to give sth a pull, to give a pull on sth tirer (sur) qch;

∎ give it a hard or good pull! tirez fort!;

∎ give it one more pull tire encore un coup;

∎ we'll need a pull to get out of the mud nous aurons besoin que quelqu'un nous remorque ou nous prenne en remorque pour nous désembourber;

∎ with a pull the dog broke free le chien tira sur sa laisse et s'échappa;

∎ she felt a pull at or on her handbag elle a senti qu'on tirait sur son sac à main;

∎ I felt a pull on the fishing line ça mordait

(b) (physical force → of machine) traction f; (→ of sun, moon, magnet) (force f) d'attraction f;

∎ the winch applies a steady pull le treuil exerce une traction continue;

∎ the gravitational pull is stronger on Earth la gravitation est plus forte sur Terre;

∎ we fought against the pull of the current nous luttions contre le courant qui nous entraînait

(c) (resistance → of bowstring) résistance f;

∎ adjust the trigger if the pull is too stiff for you réglez la détente si elle est trop dure pour vous

(d) (psychological, emotional attraction) attrait m;

∎ the pull of city life l'attrait m de la vie en ville;

∎ he resisted the pull of family tradition and went his own way il a résisté à l'influence de la tradition familiale pour suivre son propre chemin

(e) familiar (influence, power) influence^□ f, piston m;

∎ to have a lot of pull avoir le bras long;

∎ he has a lot of pull with the Prime Minister il a beaucoup d'influence sur le Premier ministre;

∎ his money gives him a certain political pull son argent lui confère une certaine influence ou un certain pouvoir politique;

∎ his father's pull got him in son père l'a pistonné

(f) (prolonged effort)

∎ it'll be a long pull to the summit la montée sera longue (et difficile) pour atteindre le sommet;

∎ it will be a hard pull upstream il faudra ramer dur pour remonter le courant;

∎ it's going to be a long uphill pull to make the firm profitable ça sera difficile de remettre l'entreprise à flot

(g) (in rowing → stroke) coup m de rame ou d'aviron;

∎ with another pull he was clear of the rock d'un autre coup de rame, il évita le rocher

(h) (at cigar) bouffée f; (at drink, bottle) gorgée f;

∎ to take a pull at or on one's beer boire ou prendre une gorgée de bière;

∎ to take a pull at or on one's cigarette/pipe tirer sur sa cigarette/pipe

(i) (usu in cpds) (knob, handle) poignée f; (cord) cordon m; (strap) sangle f

(j) (snag → in sweater) accroc m;

∎ my cardigan has a pull in it j'ai fait un accroc à mon cardigan

(k) Typography épreuve f

(l) familiar

∎ to be on the pull (man) chercher à lever une nana; (woman) chercher à lever un mec

2 transitive verb

(a) (object → yank, tug) tirer; (→ drag) traîner; (person) tirer, entraîner;

∎ she pulled my hair elle m'a tiré les cheveux;

∎ to pull the blinds baisser les stores;

∎ to pull the British curtains or

∎ American drapes tirer ou fermer les rideaux;

∎ we pulled the heavy log across to the fire nous avons traîné la lourde bûche jusqu'au feu;

∎ pull the lamp towards you tirez la lampe vers vous;

∎ he pulled his chair closer to the fire il approcha sa chaise de la cheminée;

∎ she pulled the hood over her face elle abaissa le capuchon sur son visage;

∎ he pulled his hat over his eyes il enfonça ou rabattit son chapeau sur ses yeux;

∎ he pulled the steering wheel to the right il a donné un coup de volant à droite;

∎ to pull a drawer open ouvrir un tiroir;

∎ she came in and pulled the door shut behind her elle entra et ferma la porte derrière elle;

∎ pull the rope taut tendez la corde;

∎ pull the knot tight serrez le nœud;

∎ pull the tablecloth straight tendez la nappe;

∎ he pulled the wrapping from the package il arracha l'emballage du paquet;

∎ he pulled the sheets off the bed il enleva les draps du lit;

∎ she pulled her hand from mine elle retira (brusquement) sa main de la mienne;

∎ she pulled the box from his hands elle lui a arraché la boîte des mains;

∎ he was pulling her towards the exit il l'entraînait vers la sortie;

∎ he pulled her closer (to him) il l'a attirée plus près de lui;

∎ the current pulled us into the middle of the river le courant nous a entraînés au milieu de la rivière;

∎ he pulled himself onto the riverbank il se hissa sur la berge;

∎ figurative the sound of the doorbell pulled him out of his daydream le coup de sonnette l'a tiré de ou arraché à ses rêveries;

∎ figurative he was pulled off the first team on l'a écarté ou exclu de la première équipe;

∎ British familiar pull the other one (it's got bells on)! mon œil!, à d'autres!;

∎ to pull to bits or pieces (toy, appliance) démolir, mettre en morceaux; (book, flower) déchirer; figurative (book, play, person) démolir

(b) (operate → lever, handle) tirer;

∎ pull the trigger appuyez ou pressez sur la détente

(c) (tow, draw → load, trailer, carriage, boat) tirer, remorquer;

∎ carts pulled by mules des charrettes tirées par des mules;

∎ a suitcase with wheels that you pull behind you une valise à roulettes qu'on tire ou traîne derrière soi;

∎ the barges were pulled along the canals les péniches étaient halées le long des canaux

(d) (take out → tooth) arracher, extraire; (→ weeds) arracher; (→ weapon) tirer, sortir;

∎ he pulled a dollar bill from his wad/wallet il a tiré un billet d'un dollar de sa liasse/sorti un billet d'un dollar de son portefeuille;

∎ he pulled a gun on me il a braqué un revolver sur moi;

∎ to pull a cork déboucher une bouteille;

∎ to have a tooth pulled se faire arracher une dent;

∎ it was like pulling teeth c'était pénible comme tout;

∎ getting him to talk is like pulling teeth! il faut lui arracher les mots de la bouche!;

∎ familiar can you pull that file for me? pourriez-vous me sortir ce dossier?^□

(e) (strain → muscle, tendon) se déchirer;

∎ she pulled a muscle elle s'est déchiré un muscle, elle s'est fait un claquage;

∎ a pulled muscle un claquage;

∎ my shoulder feels as if I've pulled something j'ai l'impression que je me suis froissé un muscle de l'épaule

(f) familiar (bring off) réussir^□ ;

∎ she has pulled several daring financial coups elle a réussi plusieurs opérations financières audacieuses;

∎ he pulled a big bank job in Italy il a réussi un hold-up de première dans une banque italienne;

∎ to pull a trick on sb jouer un tour à qn^□ ;

∎ what are you trying to pull? qu'est-ce que tu es en train de combiner ou manigancer?^□ ;

∎ don't try and pull anything! n'essayez pas de jouer au plus malin!;

∎ don't ever pull a stunt like that again ne me/nous/ etc refais jamais un tour comme ça^□ ;

∎ to pull a fast one on sb avoir qn, rouler qn;

∎ American I pulled an all-nighter j'ai bossé toute la nuit

(g) (hold back) Horseracing

∎ to pull a horse retenir un cheval;

∎ also figurative to pull one's punches retenir ses coups, ménager son adversaire;

∎ figurative she didn't pull any punches elle n'y est pas allée de main morte

(h) (in golf, tennis → ball) puller;

∎ to pull a shot puller

(i) (in rowing → boat) faire avancer à la rame;

∎ he pulls a good oar c'est un bon rameur;

∎ the boat pulls eight oars c'est un bateau à huit avirons

(j) Typography (proof) tirer

(k) Computing extraire

(l) (gut → fowl) vider

(m) familiar (withdraw) retirer^□ ;

∎ people complained and they had to pull the commercial ils ont dû retirer la pub suite à des plaintes

(n) familiar (attract → customers, spectators) attirer^□ ;

∎ the festival pulled a big crowd le festival a attiré beaucoup de monde;

∎ how many votes will he pull? combien de voix va-t-il récolter?^□

(o) British (serve → draught beer) tirer;

∎ he pulls pints at the Crown il est barman au Crown

(p) familiar (sexual partner) lever, emballer

3 intransitive verb

(a) (exert force, tug) tirer;

∎ pull harder! tirez plus fort!;

∎ to pull on or at a rope tirer sur un cordage;

∎ the bandage may pull when I take it off le pansement risque de vous tirer la peau quand je l'enlèverai;

∎ the steering pulls to the right la direction tire à droite;

∎ Cars the 2-litre model pulls very well le modèle 2 litres a de bonnes reprises;

∎ figurative they're pulling in different directions ils tirent à hue et à dia

(b) (rope, cord)

∎ the rope pulled easily la corde filait librement

(c) (go, move)

∎ pull into the space next to the Mercedes mettez-vous ou garez-vous à côté de la Mercedes;

∎ he pulled into the right-hand lane il a pris la file de droite;

∎ pull into the garage entrez dans le garage;

∎ when the train pulls out of the station quand le train quitte la gare;

∎ she pulled clear of the pack elle s'est détachée du peloton;

∎ he pulled clear of the traffic and sped on il est sorti du flot de la circulation et a accéléré;

∎ he pulled sharply to the left il a viré brutalement sur la gauche;

∎ the lorry pulled slowly up the hill le camion gravissait lentement la côte

(d) (strain, labour → vehicle) peiner; (→ horse) tirer sur le mors;

∎ the engine's pulling le moteur fatigue ou peine

(e) familiar (exert influence, give support)

∎ the head of personnel is pulling for you or on your behalf vous avez le chef du personnel derrière vous^□

(f) (snag → sweater) filer;

∎ my sweater's pulled in a couple of places mon pull a plusieurs mailles filées

(g) (row) ramer;

∎ to pull for shore ramer vers la côte;

∎ to pull with a long stroke ramer à grands coups d'aviron

(h) familiar (find sexual partner)

∎ did you pull last night? t'as levé une nana/un mec hier soir?

►► American pull date date f limite de vente;

Marketing pull strategy stratégie f pull;

pull tab (on can) anneau m, bague f

➲ pull about separable transitive verb

(handle roughly → person) malmener; (→ object) tirer dans tous les sens, tirailler;

∎ stop pulling me about! mais lâche-moi donc!

➲ pull ahead intransitive verb

prendre de l'avance;

∎ to pull ahead of sb prendre de l'avance sur qn

➲ pull along separable transitive verb

(load, vehicle) tirer; (person) entraîner;

∎ he was pulling the suitcase along by the strap il tirait la valise derrière lui par la sangle;

∎ she pulled me along by my arm elle m'entraînait en me tirant par le bras

➲ pull apart

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (take to pieces → machine, furniture) démonter;

∎ now you've pulled it all apart, are you sure you can fix it? maintenant que tu as tout démonté, es-tu sûr de pouvoir le réparer?

(b) (destroy, break → object) mettre en morceaux ou en pièces; (→ clothing) déchirer; (body, flesh) déchiqueter;

∎ the wreck was pulled apart by the waves les vagues ont disloqué l'épave;

∎ tell him where it's hidden or he'll pull the place apart dites-lui où c'est (caché) sinon il va tout saccager

(c) (criticize → essay, performance, theory) démolir; (→ person) éreinter

(d) (separate → fighters, dogs) séparer; (→ papers) détacher, séparer

(e) (make suffer) déchirer

2 intransitive verb

(furniture) se démonter, être démontable;

∎ the shelves simply pull apart les étagères se démontent sans outils

➲ pull around separable transitive verb

(a) (cart, toy, suitcase) tirer derrière soi

(b) (make turn) tourner, faire pivoter;

∎ he pulled the horse around il fit faire demi-tour à son cheval

➲ pull at inseparable transitive verb

(a) (strain at, tug at) tirer sur;

∎ the dog pulled at the leash le chien tira sur la laisse;

∎ we pulled at the rope nous avons tiré sur la corde;

∎ I pulled at his sleeve je l'ai tiré par la manche;

∎ each pulled at an oar chacun tirait sur un aviron;

∎ the wind pulled at her hair le vent faisait voler ses cheveux

(b) (suck → pipe, cigar) tirer sur;

∎ (→ bottle) he pulled at his bottle of beer il a bu une gorgée de bière

➲ pull away

1 separable transitive verb

(withdraw → covering, hand) retirer; (grab) arracher;

∎ she pulled her hand away elle retira ou ôta sa main;

∎ he pulled me away from the window il m'éloigna de la fenêtre;

∎ she pulled the book away from him elle lui arracha le livre

2 intransitive verb

(a) (withdraw → person) s'écarter;

∎ I put out my hand but she pulled away j'ai tendu la main vers elle mais elle s'est détournée;

∎ he had me by the arm but I managed to pull away il me tenait par le bras mais j'ai réussi à me dégager

(b) (move off → vehicle, ship) démarrer; (→ train, convoy) s'ébranler;

∎ the boat pulled away from the bank le bateau quitta la rive;

∎ the train pulled away from the station le train a quitté la gare;

∎ as the train began to pull away alors que le train s'ébranlait

(c) (get ahead → runner, competitor) prendre de l'avance;

∎ she's pulling away from the pack elle prend de l'avance sur le peloton, elle se détache du peloton

➲ pull back

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (draw backwards or towards one) retirer;

∎ he pulled his hand back il retira ou ôta sa main;

∎ she pulled back the curtains elle ouvrit les rideaux;

∎ pull the lever back tirez le levier (vers l'arrière);

∎ he pulled me back from the railing il m'a éloigné de la barrière;

∎ to pull sb/a company back from the brink faire refaire surface à qn/une entreprise, tirer qn/une entreprise d'affaire

(b) (withdraw → troops) retirer

2 intransitive verb

(a) (withdraw → troops, participant) se retirer;

∎ it's too late to pull back now il est trop tard pour se retirer ou pour faire marche arrière maintenant;

∎ they pulled back from committing themselves fully ils ont renoncé à s'engager complètement

(b) (step backwards) reculer;

∎ to pull back involuntarily avoir un mouvement de recul involontaire

(c) (jib → horse, person) regimber

➲ pull down

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (lower → lever, handle) tirer (vers le bas); (→ trousers, veil) baisser; (→ suitcase, book) descendre; (→ blind, window) baisser;

∎ pull the blind/the window down baissez le store/la vitre;

∎ with his hat pulled down over his eyes son chapeau rabattu sur les yeux;

∎ she pulled her skirt down over her knees elle ramena sa jupe sur ses genoux;

∎ I pulled him down onto the chair je l'ai fait asseoir sur la chaise;

∎ he's pulling the whole team down il fait baisser le niveau de toute l'équipe;

∎ my marks in the oral exam will pull me down mes notes à l'oral vont baisser ou descendre ma moyenne

(b) (demolish → house, wall) démolir, abattre;

∎ they're pulling down the whole neighbourhood ils démolissent tout le quartier;

∎ figurative it'll pull down the government ça va renverser le gouvernement

(c) familiar (weaken → of illness) affaiblir^□, abattre^□ ; (depress) déprimer^□, abattre^□

(d) American familiar (earn) gagner^□, se faire

(e) Computing (menu) dérouler

2 intransitive verb

(blind) descendre

➲ pull in

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (line, fishing net) ramener;

∎ they pulled the rope in ils tirèrent la corde à eux;

∎ to pull sb in (into building, car) tirer qn à l'intérieur, faire entrer qn; (into water) faire tomber qn à l'eau

(b) (stomach) rentrer;

∎ to pull oneself in rentrer son ventre

(c) (attract → customers, investors, investment) attirer;

∎ the show's really pulling them in le spectacle attire les foules

(d) familiar (earn → of person) gagner^□, se faire; (→ of business) rapporter^□

(e) familiar (arrest) arrêter^□, embarquer;

∎ they pulled him in for questioning ils l'ont arrêté pour l'interroger

(f) (stop → horse) retenir, tirer les rênes de;

∎ to pull one's car in to the kerb se ranger près du trottoir;

∎ to be pulled in for speeding être arrêté pour excès de vitesse

2 intransitive verb

(vehicle, driver → stop) s'arrêter; (→ park) se garer; (→ move to side of road) se rabattre; (arrive → train) entrer en gare;

∎ I pulled in for petrol je me suis arrêté pour prendre de l'essence;

∎ the car in front pulled in to let me past la voiture devant moi s'est rabattue pour me laisser passer;

∎ pull in here arrête-toi là;

∎ to pull in to the kerb se ranger près du trottoir;

∎ the express pulled in two hours late l'express est arrivé avec deux heures de retard

➲ pull off

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (clothes, boots, ring) enlever, retirer; (cover, bandage, knob, wrapping) enlever; (page from calendar, sticky backing) détacher;

∎ to pull the sheets off the bed retirer ou enlever les draps du lit;

∎ I pulled her hat off je lui ai enlevé son chapeau; (more violently) je lui ai arraché son chapeau

(b) familiar (accomplish → deal, stratagem, mission, shot) réussir^□ ; (→ press conference, negotiations) mener à bien^□ ; (→ plan) réaliser^□ ; (→ prize) décrocher, gagner^□ ;

∎ the deal will be difficult to pull off cette affaire ne sera pas facile à négocier;

∎ will she (manage to) pull it off? est-ce qu'elle va y arriver?;

∎ he pulled it off il a réussi

(c) vulgar (masturbate)

∎ to pull sb off branler qn;

∎ to pull oneself off se branler

2 intransitive verb

(a) (move off) démarrer; (after halt) redémarrer

(b) (stop) s'arrêter; (leave main road) quitter la route;

∎ he pulled off onto a side road il bifurqua sur une petite route;

∎ there's no place to pull off il n'y a pas de place pour s'arrêter

(c) (come off)

∎ the lid simply pulls off il suffit de tirer pour enlever le couvercle;

∎ the top pulls off to reveal… le dessus se retire et on peut voir…

➲ pull on

1 separable transitive verb

(clothes, boots, pillow slip) mettre, enfiler

2 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (tug at → rope, handle etc) tirer sur

(b) (draw on → cigarette, pipe) tirer sur

➲ pull out

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (remove → tooth, hair, weeds) arracher; (→ splinter, nail) enlever; (→ plug, cork) ôter, enlever; (produce → wallet, weapon) sortir, tirer;

∎ she pulled a map out of her bag elle a sorti une carte de son sac;

∎ he pulled a page out of his notebook il a déchiré une feuille de son carnet;

∎ pull the paper gently out of the printer retirez doucement le papier de l'imprimante;

∎ to pull a nail out of a plank arracher un clou d'une planche;

∎ the tractor pulled us out of the mud/ditch le tracteur nous a sortis de la boue/du fossé;

∎ to pull the country out of recession (faire) sortir le pays de la récession;

∎ to pull sb out of a tight spot tirer qn d'un mauvais pas;

∎ familiar to pull out all the stops (to do sth) faire le maximum (pour faire qch)

(b) (draw towards one → drawer, leaf of table, shelf) tirer; (unfold) déplier;

∎ pull the bed out from the wall écartez le lit du mur;

∎ he pulled a chair out from under the table il a écarté une chaise de la table

(c) (withdraw → troops, contestant) retirer;

∎ the battalion was pulled out of the border area le bataillon a été retiré de la région frontalière;

∎ he threatened to pull the party out of the coalition il menaça de retirer le parti de la coalition

(d) Computing (select, produce → data) sortir

2 intransitive verb

(a) (withdraw → troops, ally, participant) se retirer; (→ company from project, buyer) se désister; (→ company from place) quitter une/la région/ville/ etc;

∎ when they pulled out of Vietnam quand ils se sont retirés du Viêt-nam;

∎ she's pulling out of the election elle retire sa candidature;

∎ they've pulled out of the deal ils se sont retirés de l'affaire

(b) (move off → car, ship) démarrer; (→ train, convoy) s'ébranler; (move out to overtake) déboîter;

∎ she was pulling out of the garage elle sortait du garage;

∎ he pulled out to overtake il a déboîté pour doubler;

∎ a truck suddenly pulled out in front of me soudain, un camion m'a coupé la route;

∎ to pull out into traffic s'engager dans la circulation;

∎ Aviation to pull out of a dive sortir d'un piqué, se rétablir

(c) (economy)

∎ to pull out of a recession/a crisis sortir de la récession/d'une crise

(d) (be extendible or detachable → drawer) s'ouvrir; (→ handle) s'allonger; (→ map) se déplier;

∎ the sofa pulls out into a bed le canapé se transforme en lit;

∎ the shelves pull out on peut retirer les étagères;

∎ the table top pulls out c'est une table à rallonges

➲ pull over

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (draw into specified position) tirer, traîner;

∎ pull the chair over to the window amenez la chaise près de la fenêtre;

∎ she pulled the dish over and helped herself elle a tiré le plat vers ou à elle et s'est servie

(b) (make fall → pile, person, table) faire tomber, renverser;

∎ watch out you don't pull that lamp over fais attention de ne pas faire tomber cette lampe

(c) (usu passive) (stop → vehicle, driver) arrêter;

∎ I got pulled over for speeding je me suis fait arrêter pour excès de vitesse

2 intransitive verb

(vehicle, driver → stop) s'arrêter; (→ move to side of road) se ranger, se rabattre;

∎ pull over and let the fire engine past rangez-vous ou rabattez-vous sur le côté et laissez passer les pompiers

➲ pull round British

1 separable transitive verb

(a) = pull around

(b) (revive) ranimer;

∎ a drop of brandy will pull her round un peu de cognac la remettra ou remontera

2 intransitive verb

(regain consciousness) revenir à soi, reprendre connaissance; (recover) se remettre

➲ pull through

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (draw through → rope, thread) faire passer;

∎ pull the needle through to the other side faites sortir l'aiguille de l'autre côté

(b) (help survive or surmount) tirer d'affaire;

∎ he says his faith pulled him through il dit que c'est sa foi qui lui a permis de s'en sortir

2 intransitive verb

(recover) s'en sortir, s'en tirer

➲ pull to separable transitive verb

(shut → door, gate) fermer

➲ pull together

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (place together, join) joindre

(b) (organize → demonstration, rescue team) organiser; (prepare) préparer;

∎ I've pulled together a few suggestions j'ai préparé ou noté quelques propositions

(c) to pull oneself together se reprendre, se ressaisir;

∎ pull yourself together! ressaisissez-vous!, ne vous laissez pas aller!

2 intransitive verb

(a) (on rope) tirer ensemble; (on oars) ramer à l'unisson;

∎ pull together! (in rowing) avant partout!

(b) (combine efforts, cooperate) concentrer ses efforts, agir de concert;

∎ we've all got to pull together on this one il faut que nous nous y mettions tous ensemble, il faut que nous nous attelions tous ensemble à la tâche

➲ pull up

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (draw upwards → trousers, sleeve, blanket, lever) remonter; (→ blind) hausser, lever; (→ skirt) retrousser, relever; (hoist oneself) hisser;

∎ they pulled the boat up onto the beach ils ont tiré le bateau sur la plage;

∎ she pulled herself up onto the ledge elle s'est hissée sur le rebord;

∎ to pull one's socks up tirer ou remonter ses chaussettes; familiar figurative se remuer, s'activer

(b) (move closer → chair) approcher;

∎ I pulled a chair up to the desk j'ai approché une chaise du bureau;

∎ why don't you pull up a chair and join us? prenez donc une chaise et joignez-vous à nous!;

∎ he pulled the crate up to the scales il a traîné la caisse jusqu'à la balance

(c) (uproot → weeds) arracher; (→ bush, stump, tree) arracher, déraciner; (rip up → floorboards) arracher

(d) (stop → person, vehicle, horse) arrêter; (check → person) retenir;

∎ to be pulled up (by the police) se faire arrêter (par un agent);

∎ his warning pulled me up short je me suis arrêté net lorsqu'il m'a crié de faire attention;

∎ he was about to tell them everything but I pulled him up (short) il était sur le point de tout leur dire mais je lui ai coupé la parole

(e) familiar (improve → score, mark) améliorer^□ ; (→ average) remonter^□ ;

∎ his good marks in maths pulled him up again ses bonnes notes en maths ont remonté sa moyenne

(f) British familiar (rebuke) réprimander^□, enguirlander;

∎ he was pulled up for being late il s'est fait enguirlander pour être arrivé en retard;

∎ if your work is sloppy, they'll pull you up on it si ton travail est bâclé, tu vas te faire taper sur les doigts

2 intransitive verb

(a) (stop) s'arrêter;

∎ as I was pulling up at the red light alors que j'allais m'arrêter au feu rouge;

∎ pull up at or outside the main entrance arrêtez-vous devant l'entrée principale;

∎ to pull up short s'arrêter net ou brusquement

(b) familiar (ease up) se détendre^□, se relâcher^□

(c) (draw even) rattraper;

∎ to pull up with sb rattraper qn;

∎ Sun Boy is pulling up on the outside! Sun Boy remonte à l'extérieur!

(d) (improve → student, athlete, performance) s'améliorer

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17 hit

I 1. [hɪt]
nome

1) (blow, stroke in sport, fencing) colpo m.

to score a hit — sport fare centro (anche fig.)

2) (success) (play, film, record etc.) successo m.

to be a big o smash hit avere un successo enorme; to make a hit with sb. — fare colpo su qcn., fare una buona impressione a qcn
2.
modificatore [song, play] di successo
II [hɪt]
verbo transitivo ( forma in -ing - tt-; pass., p.pass. hit)

1) (strike) colpire, battere, picchiare [ person]; colpire [ ball]; [head, arm] urtare contro [ wall]

to hit one's head on sth. — battere la testa contro qcs.

his father used to hit him — suo padre lo picchiava

to hit a good shot — (in tennis, cricket) tirare un bel colpo

to hit the brakes — frenare di colpo

2) (strike as target) [bullet, assassin] colpire [target, victim]

3) (collide violently) urtare, andare a sbattere contro [ wall]; [ vehicle] investire [ person]

4) (affect adversely) colpire [group, incomes]

5) (become apparent to)

it suddenly hit me that — improvvisamente mi sono reso conto che

6) (reach) raggiungere [ motorway]; fig. [figures, weight] toccare [ level]

7) (come upon) trovare [traffic, bad weather]

8) colloq. (go to)

to hit the town — andare a divertirsi

9) colloq. (attack) [ robbers] rapinare [bank etc.]

•

- hit back

- hit out

- hit upon

••

a colour which hits you between the eyes — un colore che salta all'occhio

to hit the roof — colloq. andare su tutte le furie

to hit it off with sb. — andare d'accordo con qcn.

not to know what has hit one — colloq. rimanere frastornato

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[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb
1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) colpire, battere

2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) colpire, battere

3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) colpire

4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) raggiungere
2. noun
1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) colpo

2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) (colpo messo a segno)

3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) successo, hit; di successo

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- hit-and-run
- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
- make a hit with
* * *
I 1. [hɪt]
nome

1) (blow, stroke in sport, fencing) colpo m.

to score a hit — sport fare centro (anche fig.)

2) (success) (play, film, record etc.) successo m.

to be a big o smash hit avere un successo enorme; to make a hit with sb. — fare colpo su qcn., fare una buona impressione a qcn
2.
modificatore [song, play] di successo
II [hɪt]
verbo transitivo ( forma in -ing - tt-; pass., p.pass. hit)

1) (strike) colpire, battere, picchiare [ person]; colpire [ ball]; [head, arm] urtare contro [ wall]

to hit one's head on sth. — battere la testa contro qcs.

his father used to hit him — suo padre lo picchiava

to hit a good shot — (in tennis, cricket) tirare un bel colpo

to hit the brakes — frenare di colpo

2) (strike as target) [bullet, assassin] colpire [target, victim]

3) (collide violently) urtare, andare a sbattere contro [ wall]; [ vehicle] investire [ person]

4) (affect adversely) colpire [group, incomes]

5) (become apparent to)

it suddenly hit me that — improvvisamente mi sono reso conto che

6) (reach) raggiungere [ motorway]; fig. [figures, weight] toccare [ level]

7) (come upon) trovare [traffic, bad weather]

8) colloq. (go to)

to hit the town — andare a divertirsi

9) colloq. (attack) [ robbers] rapinare [bank etc.]

•

- hit back

- hit out

- hit upon

••

a colour which hits you between the eyes — un colore che salta all'occhio

to hit the roof — colloq. andare su tutte le furie

to hit it off with sb. — andare d'accordo con qcn.

not to know what has hit one — colloq. rimanere frastornato

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18 break

̈ɪbreɪk I
1. сущ.
1) а) ломание, раскалывание, разбивание We heard the break and saw the glass fall out of the window. ≈ Мы услышали звук раскалывающегося стекла и увидели, как оно вылетело из окна. б) отверстие, дыра;
пролом;
трещина Water seeped through the break in the basement wall. ≈ Вода просочилась через трещину в цоколе. ∙ Syn: breaking, burst, snap, cracking, splitting;
breach, opening, rupture, hole, crack, gap, gash
2) прорыв
3) разрыв, раскол (отношений и т. п.)
4) перерыв, пауза, интервал;
перемена( в школе) Let's take a short break for lunch. ≈ Давайте сделаем короткий перерыв на завтрак. Syn: interlude, intermission, interval, let-up, lull, pause, recess, respite
5) первое появление break of day ≈ рассвет
6) амер.;
разг. нарушение приличий;
неуместное замечание;
обмолвка, ошибка
7) побег( из тюрьмы)
8) амер. внезапное падение цен
9) разг. благоприятная возможность, счастливый случай, шанс The actress's big break came when she substituted for the ailing star. ≈ У актрисы появился удачный шанс, когда ей пришлось заменить заболевшую звезду. lucky break ≈ удача, счастливый случай Syn: stroke of luck, opportunity, chance, fortune, opening
10) хим. расслоение жидкости
11) геол. разрыв;
малый сброс
12) спорт прекращение боя при захвате (в боксе) ∙ make a bad break
2. гл.;
прош. вр. - broke, прич. прош. вр. - broken
1) а) ломать, разбивать;
разрушать;
взламывать He fell through the windows, breaking the glass. ≈ Он выпал в окно и разбил стекло. I broke my leg skiing. ≈ Катаясь на лыжах, я сломал ногу. б) разламываться, разрушаться;
разбиваться The plane broke into three pieces. ≈ Самолет разломился на три части. The only sound was the crackle of breaking ice. ≈ Только и было слышно, как ломается лед. ∙ Syn: shatter, crack, fracture, rupture, split, splinter, bust;
smash, crush, demolish
2) а) рвать, разрывать, отрывать б) разрываться, отрываться ∙ Syn: detach, separate, pull off, tear off
3) ломаться, выходить из строя, переставать работать The TV set is broken again. ≈ Телевизор снова сломался. Syn: be inoperative, work improperly, become useless;
ruin, destroy
4) рассеиваться, расступаться, расходиться( о тумане, облаках и т. п.)
5) распечатывать (письмо) ;
откупоривать( бутылку, бочку) Once you've broken the seal of a bottle there's no way you can put it back together again. ≈ Если ты сломал печать на бутылке, то ее уже не склеишь обратно.
6) сообщать, объявлять( об известиях и т. п.) Who's going to break the bad news to her? ≈ Кто сообщит ей эту плохую новость? Syn: disclose, reveal, divulge, announce, proclaim, inform, make public, give out
7) прокладывать( дорогу)
8) а) разменивать (деньги) б) разрознивать( коллекцию и т. п.)
9) а) разорять Paying for the house will just about break me. ≈ Плата за дом практически разорит меня. б) разоряться Syn: bankrupt, ruin, wipe out
10) а) ослаблять, уменьшать;
сломить (сопротивление, волю и т. п.) ;
подрывать( силы, здоровье, могущество и т. п.) The net broke the acrobat's fall. ≈ Сеть уменьшила силу удара. Then Louise broke the news that she was leaving me. ≈ И тогда Луиза сказала мне, что уходит от меня. He never let his jailers break him. ≈ Он не позволил тюремщикам сломить его. б) ослабеть ∙ Syn: take the force of, soften, diminish, cushion, weaken, lessen, lighten
11) прерывать (сон, молчание, путешествие и т. п.) ;
временно прекращать, делать остановку Gary decided to break his silence. ≈ Гарри решил наконец высказаться. They broke for lunch. ≈ У них перерыв на обед.
12) прекращать, прерывать (переговоры и т. п.), порывать (отношения и т. п.) He was once a close adviser to Wales, but broke with him last year. ≈ Когда-то он был первым советником у Уэлса, но он ушел от него год назад. The union broke off negotiations and called a strike. ≈ Профсоюзы прервали переговоры и призвали к забастовке. Syn: end, stop, cease, halt, suspend, shut down, interrupt, discontinue
13) нарушать, переступать (закон и т. п.) We didn't know we were breaking the law. ≈ А мы и не знали, что нарушаем закон. I hate to break my promise. ≈ Я ненавижу нарушать обещания. Syn: violate, infringe, transgress, disobey, defy;
disregard, ignore
14) разразиться, начаться внезапно, бурно When the storm breaks, run for the house. ≈ Когда начнется шторм, бегите в дом. He resigned from his post as Bishop when the scandal broke. ≈ Когда разразился скандал, он сам отказался от епскопства. The audience broke into applause. ≈ Аудитория взорвалась аплодисментами. Syn: burst out, come forth suddenly;
happen, occur, appear
15) прорываться, вскрываться( о плотине, нарыве) Syn: burst
16) вырваться, сорваться A cry broke from his lips. ≈ Крик сорвался с его уст.
17) ломаться (о голосе) ;
прерываться( от волнения) Godfrey's voice broke and halted. ≈ Годфри запнулся и замолчал.
18) а) обучать;
дрессировать;
приучать к поводьям (о лошадь) Mustangs must be broken before they can be ridden. ≈ Прежде чем ездить на мустангах, их надо приучить к поводьям. б) избавлять, отучать( от привычки и т. п.) The professor hoped to break the students of the habit of looking for easy answers. ≈ Учитель надеялсь отучить учеников от привычки искать простые ответы. в) избавляться, отучаться You must break yourself of the cigarette habit. ≈ Ты должен избавиться от привычки курить. ∙ Syn: tame, train, master, discipline, control, subdue, overcome, bend to one's will
19) превосходить, превышать;
побить (рекорд) Carl Lewis has broken the world record in the 100 metres. ≈ Карл Льюис побил мировой рекорд в беге на сто метров. This winter broke the record for snowfall. ≈ По количеству снега зима побила все рекорды. Syn: surpass, exceed, better, top, outdo
20) прерывать (ток) ;
размыкать( электр. цепь)
21) текст. мять, трепать
22) сепарировать (масло от обрата, мед от воска)
23) осветлять (жидкость) ∙ break away break back break down break even break forth break in break in on break in upon break into break loose break of break off break out break out in break over break short break through break up II сущ.
1) большая рама для выездки лошадей
2) большой открытый экипаж с двумя продольными скамьями Syn: wagonette пролом;
разрыв;
отверстие, щель;
брешь;
трещина - * in the pipe-line разрыв трубопровода, пробоина в трубопроводе проламывание, пробивание прорыв - long pass * быстрый прорыв длинным пасом (баскетбол) перерыв, пауза;
перемена (в школе) - a * in the song пауза в песне или пении - without a * беспрерывно - a * for commercial перерыв в программе для передачи рекламы - * for P.T., the P.T. * физкультпауза, пятитминутка (на производстве) - there was a * in the conversation разговор прервался, все вдруг замолчали многоточие или другой знак, указывающий на внезапную паузу (стихосложение) цезура раскол;
разрыв отношений - to make a * with smb. порвать с кем-л. первое появление - the * of day /of dawn/ рассвет (американизм) (разговорное) нарушение приличий;
ошибка, неуместное замечание - to make a (bad) * сделать ложный шаг;
сделать неуместное замечание;
проговориться, обмолвиться внезапная перемена - a * in the weather внезапное изменение погоды - a * in one's way of living изменение в образе жизни побег (из тюрьмы;
тж. * out) - to make a * for it (попытаться) сбежать( американизм) (биржевое) внезапное падение цен( американизм) (политика) передача голосов другому кандидату (на съезде) (американизм) (разговорное) шанс;
(благоприятная) возможность;
(счастливый) случай - even *s равные шансы - lucky * счастливый случай - bad * невезение, незадача - the *s were against us нам не везло - he gets all the *s ему всегда везет /фартит/ участок вспаханной земли (под пастбище, пахоту и т. п.) (американизм) (разговорное) кража со взломом (диалектизм) большое количество( чего-л.) игра о борт (хоккей) (геология) разрыв, нарушение;
малый сброс переход лошади с одного шага на другой (спортивное) первый удар;
право первого удара;
удачная серия ударов > * in the clouds просвет( в тучах), луч надежды ломать - to * a rod сломать прут - to * in two разломить, сломать пополам - to * one's leg сломать ногу - to * on the wheel( историческое) колесовать ломаться - the bench broke скамейка сломалась - the branch bent but did not * ветка согнулась, но не сломалась взламывать - to * a lock взломать замок (тж. * up) разбивать - to * a window разбить окно - to * (in) to pieces /asunder/ разбить на куски - to * to atoms разбить вдребезги - to * up an attack расстроить атаку (противника) разбиваться - the vase broke ваза разбилась - the ship broke up on the rocks корабль разбился о скалы - glass *s easily стекло легко бьется - my heart is *ing мое сердце разрывается разрывать, прорывать - to * the tape (спортивное) финишировать - to * the enemy front прорвать фронт противника - to * from one's bonds разорвать оковы, вырваться из неволи - to * open взламывать, открывать силой - to * open a lock взломать замок - to * open a door выломать дверь - to * open a letter распечатать письмо - to * a deadlock найти выход из тупика (по) рваться, разрываться - the rope broke and he fell to the ground веревка порвалась, и он упал вскрыться, прорваться - to * loose /free/ вырваться на свободу - his fury broke loose он дал волю своему бешенству - her hair had broken loose ее волосы рассыпались сорваться с цепи - the boil broke нарыв прорвался портить, ломать, приводить в негодность - to * a clock сломать часы прерывать, нарушать - to * silence нарушить молчание - to * the peace нарушить мир /покой/ - to * one's fast разговеться - to * the thread of a thought прервать нить /ход/ мысли временно прекращать, делать остановку (тж. * off) - to * from work сделать перерыв /передышку/ в работе - let's * (off) for half an hour and have some tea давайте прервемся на полчаса и выпьем чаю - we broke out journey at the village мы сделали привал в деревне прерываться (о голосе) (электротехника) прерывать (ток) ;
размыкать (цепь) (into) врываться, вламываться - to * into a house ворваться в дом - the story was broken into магазин ограбили ослаблять - to * the blow ослабить силу удара - the trees round the house * the force of the wind деревья, окружающие дом, защищают его от ветра слабеть, ослабевать;
прекращаться - the frost broke мороз ослабел /отпустил/ - the spell of fine weather has broken погода испортилась - his attention broke его внимание ослабло рассеиваться, расходиться;
проходить - clouds broke тучи рассеялись - darkness broke темнота рассеялась - his gloom broke его дурное настроение прошло - the enemy broke before them противник отступил в беспорядке начаться, наступить - the day /dawn/ broke рассвело разразиться (тж. * out) - ten minutes later the storm broke десятью минутами позже разразилась буря - his anger broke он разъярился разорять, приводить к банкротству - to * the bank подорвать банк;
(карточное) сорвать банк - the money-lenders soon broke him ростовщики вскоре разорили его - he was completely broken он был совершенно разорен разориться, обанкротиться - he will be broke soon он скоро обанкротится понижать в должности - to * a general разжаловать генерала (американизм) (биржевое) внезапно упасть в цене вырываться, убегать (тж. * out) - to * (out of) prison убежать из тюрьмы - to * cover выйти из убежища (о дичи) срываться - a cry broke from her lips крик вырвался из ее уст лопаться, давать ростки - the buds are *ing почки лопаются (разговорное) случаться, происходить - anything broken? - Nothing much что-нибудь случилось? - Ничего особенного (спортивное) выйти из "боксинга" (о бегунах) ;
освободиться от захвата противника (в боксе) перейти в дифтонг нарушать (слово, обещание, закон и т. п.) - to * one's word не сдержать слова - to * a marriage расторгнуть брак - to * an appointment не явиться в назначенное время или место;
не прийти на свидание - to * faith with smb. обманывать кого-л., нарушать данное кому-л. слово;
не выполнить (данного кому-л.) обещания - to * a law нарушить закон - to * the sanctuary нарушить право убежища сбиться( с ритма и т. п.) - to * the rhythm( спортивное) нарушать ритм - to * step (военное) идти не в ногу;
сбиться с ноги разрознивать (собрание сочинений, коллекцию и т. п.) - to * a set разрознить комплект /набор/;
продавать комплект /набор/ отдельными предметами (в разрозненном виде) - through losing that book you have broken the set потеряв эту книгу, вы разрознили собрание сочинений (железнодорожное) расформировать (состав) расстраивать (ряды) - * ranks! (военное) разойдись! (разговорное) разменивать (деньги) сломить (сопротивление, волю и т. п.;
тж. * down) - to * opposition сломить оппозицию - they couldn't * his will они не могли сломить его волю - to * the spirit of the army сломить дух армии - to * a strike сорвать забастовку сообщать (известия) - to * a secret раскрыть тайну - to * one's mind to smb. (устаревшее) раскрыть кому-л. свою душу - he broke the news of her husband's death to her он сообщил ей о смерти ее мужа - he broke his purpose to me он раскрыл мне свои планы разрыхлять, вскапывать (грунт, почву;
тж. * up) - to * the ground, to * fresh /new/ ground распахивать землю, поднимать целину;
(военное) начинать рытье окопов;
начинать новое дело;
делать первые шаги( в чем-л.) прокладывать, пробивать( дорогу) (тж. * in) выезжать( лошадь) ;
дрессировать;
обучать - to * (in) a horse объезжать /выезжать/ лошадь дисциплинировать, прививать навыки;
обуздывать - to * (in) a child приучать ребенка к дисциплине ссадить, содрать( кожу) появляться (на поверхности) - to * surface появиться на поверхности (о подводной лодке) - to * the water выскочить из воды (о рыбе) резать на куски (дичь, птицу) аннулировать по решению суда (завещание и т. п.) (горное) отбивать( породу) мять, трепать (пеньку, лен) - to break into smth. внезапно начинать что-л.;
неожиданно изменить скорость движения;
начать тратить( о монетах и банкнотах) - to * into (a loud) laughter (громко) рассмеяться, расхохотаться - to * into tears залиться слезами, расплакаться - her face broke into a radiant smile сияющая улыбка озарила ее лицо - to * into a run пуститься бежать - the waiting crowds broke into loud cheers толпа ожидающих разразилась приветственными возгласами - to * into stride( спортивное) войти в свой шаг - to * into column( военное) построиться в колонну - the herd broke into a gallop табун перешел в галоп - to * into a pound note разменять фунт - to break upon smb. представиться кому-л., предстать перед кем-л.;
осенить кого-л., внезапно прийти в голову кому-л. - a new landscape broke upon us нашему взору представился новый пейзаж - the truth broke upon me мне сразу все стало ясно - to break with smb., smth. порывать отношения с кем-л., чем-л. - to * with a firm разорвать отношения с фирмой - he has broken with the past он порвал с прошлым > to * the back (of) изнурять работой, перегружать;
to * the neck (of smth.) > to * one's back сломать себе шею;
перегрузиться;
обанкротиться, потерпеть крах > he won't * his back working он не надорвется на работе > to * the camel's back переполнить чашу терпения > to * (the) neck (of smth.) сокрушить;
сломить сопротивление;
одолеть самую трудную часть( чего-л.) ;
суметь пережить самое тяжелое > to * one's neck сломать себе шею;
нестись, сломя голову > to * the record побить рекорд > to * a jest отпустить /отколоть/ шутку > to * a lance with smb. сражаться на турнире с кем-л.;
ломать копья, спорить с жаром с кем-л. > to * shins (просторечие) занимать деньги > to * ship не явиться на пароход по истечении отпуска > to * the slate( американизм) снять свою кандидатуру (на выборах) > to * bulk начинать разгрузку;
распаковывать;
рассортировать груз по назначению > to * into pictures (кинематографический) (профессионализм) экранизировать;
прорваться на экран( об актере) > to * the bridge дожать из положения " на мосту" (борьба) > to * no squares не причинять вреда, не нарушать порядок;
не иметь большого значения > to * no bones не причинять вреда > no bones are broken ничего плохого не случилось > to * one's head over smth. ломать себе голову над чем-л. > to * the ice сломать лед, сделать первый шаг, положить начало > to * bread( with smb.) есть;
(церковное) причащаться > * it down! (австралийское) перестаньте говорить об этом! > to * even остаться при своих( в игре) ;
(коммерческое) окончиться безубыточно;
покрыть свои расходы > it is the first time in five years we broke even впервые за пять лет мы завершили год без убытка > to * stones выполнять тяжелую работу, зарабатывать на жизнь тяжелым трудом > to * china наделать переполох, вызвать беспорядок > to * a butterfly /a fly/ on the wheel стрелять из пушек по воробьям > who *s pays (пословица) кто разбил, тот и платит;
сам заварил кашу, сам и расхлебывай рама для выездки лошадей большой открытый экипаж с двумя продольными скамьями брейк, сольная импровизация в джазе брейк (танец) break диал. большое количество( чего-л.) ~ быстрое падение цен ~ внезапная перемена ~ амер. внезапное падение цен ~ вскрываться (о реке, о нарыве) ~ вырваться, сорваться;
a cry broke from his lips крик сорвался с его уст ~ избавлять(ся), отучать (of - от привычки и т. п.) ~ (broke;
broken) ломать(ся), разбивать(ся) ;
разрушать(ся) ;
рвать(ся), разрывать(ся) ;
взламывать ~ (о голосе) ломаться;
прерываться (от волнения) ~ ломаться ~ текст. мять, трепать ~ нарушать (обещание, закон, правило) ;
to break the peace нарушить покой, мир ~ нарушать ~ нарушать (право, закон, договор, обязанность и т.д.) ~ обмолвка;
ошибка ~ хим. осветлять (жидкость) ~ ослабеть ~ вчт. останов ~ отверстие;
трещина;
пролом ~ открытый экипаж с двумя продольными скамьями ~ перерыв, пауза;
перемена (в школе) ;
coffee ' break перерыв на чашку кофе ~ перерыв в работе ~ побить (рекорд) ~ поломка ~ порывать (отношения;
with - c кем-л., с чем-л.) ~ спорт. прекращение боя при захвате (в боксе) ;
break in the clouds луч надежды, просвет ~ эл. прерывать (ток) ;
размыкать (цепь) ~ прерывать (сон, молчание, путешествие) ;
to break monotony, нарушить однообразие ~ вчт. прерывать ~ приводить в негодность ~ приучать (лошадь к поводьям;
to) ;
дрессировать, обучать ~ прокладывать (дорогу) ~ прорыв ~ вчт. разбивать ~ разжаловать ~ разменивать (деньги) ~ разорять(ся) ~ разрознивать (коллекцию и т. п.) ~ геол. разрыв;
малый сброс ~ разрывать (отношения) ~ разрывать отношения ~ раскол;
разрыв (отношений) ;
to make a break (with smb.) порвать (с кем-л.) ~ распечатывать (письмо) ;
откупоривать (бутылку, бочку) ~ рассеиваться, расходиться, расступаться ~ хим. расслоение жидкости ~ сепарировать (масло от обрата, мед от воска) ~ сломить (сопротивление, волю) ;
подорвать (силы, здоровье, могущество) ;
ослабить;
to break a fall ослабить силу падения ~ тлг. тире-многоточие ~ разг. шанс, возможность;
to get the breaks использовать благоприятные обстоятельства;
иметь успех;
a lucky break удача broke: ~ p. p. от break (уст.) broken: ~ p. р. от break ~ сломить (сопротивление, волю) ;
подорвать (силы, здоровье, могущество) ;
ослабить;
to break a fall ослабить силу падения to ~ a lance( with smb.) "ломать копья", спорить (с кем-л.) to ~ a secret выдать тайну to ~ a story опубликовать( в газете) отчет, сообщение, информацию to ~ bank карт. сорвать банк to ~ camp сниматься с лагеря to ~ cover выбраться;
выйти из укрытия to ~ cover выйти наружу;
выступить на поверхность;
to break surface всплыть( о подводной лодке и т. п.) ~ down анализировать ~ down выходить из строя ~ down ломаться ~ down не выдержать, потерять самообладание ~ down потерпеть неудачу ~ down провалиться;
потерпеть неудачу ~ down разбивать, толочь ~ down разбирать (на части) ;
делить, подразделять, расчленять;
классифицировать ~ down разрушать(ся) ~ down разрушаться ~ down распадаться( на части) ~ down сломить (сопротивление) ~ down ухудшаться, сдавать( о здоровье) ~ down ухудшаться down: break ~ сломать, разрушить to ~ even остаться при своих (в игре) ;
who breaks, pays посл. = сам заварил кашу, сам и расхлебывай even: break ~ достигать уровня безубыточности break ~ работать рентабельно ~ forth вырваться;
прорваться ~ forth разразиться;
to break forth into tears расплакаться ~ forth разразиться;
to break forth into tears расплакаться to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground воен. начать рытье окопов to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground прокладывать новые пути;
начинать новое дело;
делать первые шаги (в чем-л.) to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground распахивать целину to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground расчищать площадку (при строительстве) ;
рыть котлован ~ in вламываться, врываться ~ in вмешаться( в разговор и т. п.;
тж. on, upon) ;
прервать (разговор) ~ in дрессировать;
укрощать;
объезжать (лошадей) ;
дисциплинировать ~ спорт. прекращение боя при захвате (в боксе) ;
break in the clouds луч надежды, просвет ~ into вламываться ~ into прервать (разговор) ~ into разразиться (смехом, слезами) to ~ into a run побежать to ~ into (smb.'s) time отнять( у кого-л.) время to ~ loose вырваться на свободу to ~ loose сорваться с цепи loose: ~ свободный;
to break loose вырваться на свободу;
сорваться с цепи;
to come loose развязаться;
отделиться ~ прерывать (сон, молчание, путешествие) ;
to break monotony, нарушить однообразие ~ of bulk прекращение погрузки товара навалом ~ of day рассвет;
by the break of day на рассвете ~ of journey прекращение поездки ~ off внезапно прекращать, обрывать( разговор, дружбу, знакомство и т. п.) ~ off отламывать to ~ off action( или combat, the fight) воен. выйти из боя to ~ open взламывать open: to break (или to throw) ~ распахнуть( дверь, окно) ;
to tear open распечатывать (письмо, пакет) ~ out бежать, убежать (из тюрьмы) ~ out вспыхивать( о пожаре, войне, эпидемии и т. п.) ~ out выламывать ~ out появляться;
a rash broke out on his body y него выступила сыпь ~ out разразиться;
he broke out laughing он расхохотался to ~ cover выйти наружу;
выступить на поверхность;
to break surface всплыть (о подводной лодке и т. п.) to ~ the back (или the neck) (of smth.) сломить сопротивление (чего-л.) ;
одолеть самую трудную часть (чего-л.) to ~ the back (или the neck) (of smth.) уничтожить, погубить( что-л.) to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground воен. начать рытье окопов to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground прокладывать новые пути;
начинать новое дело;
делать первые шаги (в чем-л.) to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground распахивать целину to ~ the ground, to ~ fresh (или new) ground расчищать площадку (при строительстве) ;
рыть котлован to ~ the news осторожно сообщать (неприятную) новость ~ нарушать (обещание, закон, правило) ;
to break the peace нарушить покой, мир ~ through прорваться ~ up закрываться на каникулы ~ up меняться( о погоде) ~ up разбивать (на мелкие куски) ;
to break up into groups, categories делить на группы, категории;
классифицировать ~ up распускать( учеников на каникулы) ~ up расформировывать ~ up расходиться (о собрании, компании и т. п.) ~ up расходиться ~ up слабеть ~ up разбивать (на мелкие куски) ;
to break up into groups, categories делить на группы, категории;
классифицировать to ~ wind освободиться от газов ~ of day рассвет;
by the break of day на рассвете career ~ прерывание карьеры;
разрыв в трудовом стаже ~ up разбивать (на мелкие куски) ;
to break up into groups, categories делить на группы, категории;
классифицировать ~ перерыв, пауза;
перемена (в школе) ;
coffee ' break перерыв на чашку кофе coffee ~ короткий перерыв во время работы control ~ вчт. смена управления ~ вырваться, сорваться;
a cry broke from his lips крик сорвался с его уст day is breaking, day ~s рассветает, светает day is breaking, day ~s рассветает, светает ~ разг. шанс, возможность;
to get the breaks использовать благоприятные обстоятельства;
иметь успех;
a lucky break удача ~ out разразиться;
he broke out laughing он расхохотался line ~ вчт. разрыв строки ~ разг. шанс, возможность;
to get the breaks использовать благоприятные обстоятельства;
иметь успех;
a lucky break удача lunch ~ обеденный перерыв to make a bad ~ обанкротиться to make a bad ~ проговориться, обмолвиться to make a bad ~ сделать ошибку, ложный шаг ~ раскол;
разрыв (отношений) ;
to make a break (with smb.) порвать (с кем-л.) page ~ вчт. обрыв страницы to ~ even остаться при своих (в игре) ;
who breaks, pays посл. = сам заварил кашу, сам и расхлебывай predictable ~ прогнозируемый спад ~ out появляться;
a rash broke out on his body y него выступила сыпь soft page ~ вчт. мягкая граница страницы user ~ вчт. прерывание пользователем to ~ even остаться при своих (в игре) ;
who breaks, pays посл. = сам заварил кашу, сам и расхлебывай

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19 seize

si:z
verb

1) (to take or grasp suddenly, especially by force: She seized the gun from him; He seized her by the arm; He seized the opportunity of leaving.) asir, agarrar, coger

2) (to take, especially by force or by law: The police seized the stolen property.) incautar, embargar

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- seizure
- seize on
- seize up

seize vb agarrar

El gerundio de seize se escribe seizing

seize

tr[siːz]

transitive verb

1 (grab) asir, agarrar, coger

■ he seized my arm me agarró del brazo

2 (opportunity) aprovechar

3 SMALLLAW/SMALL (impound) incautar, embargar; (confiscate) confiscar, decomisar

4 (take control of) tomar, apoderarse de

5 (person - arrest) detener; (- take hostage) secuestrar

6 figurative use (strong feelings) apoderarse de, acometer

■ panic seized the guests el pánico se apoderó de los invitados

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be seized with something (pain, fear, panic, etc) apoderarse algo de uno

■ he was seized with anger la ira se apoderó de él

■ she was seized with the desire to run away sintió ganas de escapar

seize ['si:z] v, seized ; seizing vt

1) capture: capturar, tomar, apoderarse de

2) arrest: detener

3) clutch, grab: agarrar, coger, aprovechar (una oportunidad)

4)

to be seized with : estar sobrecogido por

seize vi or to seize up : agarrotarse

seize (Motor, shaft)

v.

• agarrotarse v.

v.

• acaparar v.

• agarrafar v.

• agarrar v.

• agazapar v.

• apañar v.

• apoderarse de v.

• aprehender v.

• apresar v.

• asir v.

• coger v.

• decomisar v.

• echar mano expr.

• embargar v.

• empuñar v.

• entrecoger v.

• incautar v.

• prender v.

• secuestrar v.

• sujetar v.

• tomar v.

siːz
transitive verb

1) (grab, snatch) \<\<hand/object\>\> agarrar; \<\<opportunity\>\> aprovechar; \<\<power\>\> tomar, hacerse* con

2)

a) ( capture) \<\<town/fortress\>\> tomar, apoderarse de; \<\<person\>\> detener*

b) \<\<assets/property\>\> ( confiscate) confiscar*; ( impound) embargar*; \<\<cargo/contraband\>\> confiscar*, decomisar; \<\<drugs/arms\>\> incautar, incautarse de; \<\<copies of book\>\> secuestrar

3) ( overcome) (usu pass)

she was seized with panic — fue presa del pánico

he was seized with the desire to... — lo acometió el deseo de..., sintió ganas de...

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Phrasal Verbs:

- seize on

- seize up

[siːz]
1. VT

1) (=physically take hold of) coger, agarrar

to seize hold of sth/sb — coger or agarrar algo/a algn

to seize sb by the arm — coger or agarrar a algn por el brazo

2) (=capture) [+ person] detener; [+ territory] apoderarse de; [+ power] tomar, hacerse con

3) (Jur) (=confiscate) [+ property] incautar, embargar

4) (=kidnap) secuestrar

5) (fig) [+ opportunity] aprovechar

to be seized with fear/rage — estar sobrecogido por el miedo/la cólera

he was seized with a desire to leave — el deseo de marcharse se apoderó de él

2.

VI see seize up

- seize on

- seize up

- seize upon

* * *
[siːz]
transitive verb

1) (grab, snatch) \<\<hand/object\>\> agarrar; \<\<opportunity\>\> aprovechar; \<\<power\>\> tomar, hacerse* con

2)

a) ( capture) \<\<town/fortress\>\> tomar, apoderarse de; \<\<person\>\> detener*

b) \<\<assets/property\>\> ( confiscate) confiscar*; ( impound) embargar*; \<\<cargo/contraband\>\> confiscar*, decomisar; \<\<drugs/arms\>\> incautar, incautarse de; \<\<copies of book\>\> secuestrar

3) ( overcome) (usu pass)

she was seized with panic — fue presa del pánico

he was seized with the desire to... — lo acometió el deseo de..., sintió ganas de...

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Phrasal Verbs:

- seize on

- seize up

English-spanish dictionary > seize
20 slam

slæm
1. past tense, past participle - slammed; verb
1) (to shut with violence usually making a loud noise: The door suddenly slammed (shut); He slammed the door in my face.) cerrar de golpe

2) (to strike against something violently especially with a loud noise: The car slammed into the wall.) estamparse

2. noun
((the noise made by) an act of closing violently and noisily: The door closed with a slam.) golpe, portazo

slam vb cerrar de golpe

she slammed the door cerró la puerta de golpe / dio un portazo

to slam the brakes on frenar de golpe

El pasado y participio pasado de slam se escribe slammed; el gerundio se escribe slamming

slam

tr[slæm]

noun

1 (in bridge) slam nombre masculino

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

grand slam gran slam nombre masculino

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slam

tr[slæm]

noun

1 (of lid, book, etc) golpe nombre masculino; (of door) portazo

transitive verb (pt & pp slammed, ger slamming)

1 (shut forcefully) cerrar de golpe

■ she slammed the door in my face me dio con la puerta en las narices

2 (throw noisily) arrojar, lanzar

■ she slammed the book down on the table arrojó el libro sobre la mesa

3 figurative use (criticize) criticar duramente, atacar violentamente

4 (defeat) dar una paliza a

intransitive verb

1 cerrarse de golpe

■ the door slammed shut la puerta se cerró de un portazo

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to slam on the brakes SMALLAUTOMOBILES/SMALL dar un frenazo

to slam the door dar un portazo

to slam the phone down colgar de golpe

slam ['slæm] v, slammed ; slamming vt

1) : cerrar de golpe

he slammed the door: dio un portazo

2) : tirar o dejar caer de golpe

he slammed down the book: dejó caer el libro de un golpe

slam vi

1) : cerrarse de golpe

2)

to slam into : chocar contra

slam n

: golpe m, portazo m (de una puerta)

slam

n.

• bola s.f.

• capote s.m.

• portazo s.m.

v.

• cerrar de golpe v.

• colocar con violencia v.

• golpear v.

• portear v.

• zangolotear v.

I
1. slæm
- mm- transitive verb

1)

a) ( close violently)

to slam the door — dar* un portazo

to slam the door shut — cerrar* la puerta de un portazo

she slammed the door in my face — me dio con la puerta en las narices

b) ( put with force)

he slammed the book down on the table — tiró el libro sobre la mesa

to slam on the brakes — pegar* un frenazo

2) ( criticize) (journ) atacar* violentamente

2.

vi \<\<door\>\> cerrarse* de un portazo or de golpe

II

noun (no pl)

the door shut with a slam — la puerta se cerró de un portazo

she closed the book with a slam — cerró el libro de un golpe

[slæm]
1. N

1) [of door] portazo m

to close the door with a slam — dar un portazo, cerrar la puerta de un portazo

2) (Bridge) slam m

grand slam — gran slam m

small slam — pequeño slam m

2. VT

1) (=strike)

to slam the door — dar un portazo, cerrar (la puerta) de un portazo

to slam sth shut — cerrar algo de golpe

to slam sth (down) on the table — dejar de golpe algo sobre la mesa, estampar algo sobre la mesa

to slam on the brakes — dar un frenazo

he slammed the ball into the net — disparó la pelota a la red

2) * (=criticize) vapulear, criticar severamente

3) * (=defeat) cascar *, dar una paliza a *

4) **

to get slammed — agarrarse una buena curda or melopea *

3. VI

1) [door] cerrarse de golpe, cerrarse de un portazo

the door slammed shut or to — la puerta se cerró de golpe or de un portazo

2)

to slam into/against sth — estrellarse contra algo

- slam down

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I
1. [slæm]
- mm- transitive verb

1)

a) ( close violently)

to slam the door — dar* un portazo

to slam the door shut — cerrar* la puerta de un portazo

she slammed the door in my face — me dio con la puerta en las narices

b) ( put with force)

he slammed the book down on the table — tiró el libro sobre la mesa

to slam on the brakes — pegar* un frenazo

2) ( criticize) (journ) atacar* violentamente

2.

vi \<\<door\>\> cerrarse* de un portazo or de golpe

II

noun (no pl)

the door shut with a slam — la puerta se cerró de un portazo

she closed the book with a slam — cerró el libro de un golpe

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