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1 friendly
■ Non-competition football match which is often played as preparation for a competition match.Syn. friendly■ Fußballspiel, dessen Ergebnis in keine offizielle Wertung einfließt und das namentlich zur Vorbereitung auf eine Saison oder auf einen Wettbewerb gespielt wird. -
2 friendly match
■ Non-competition football match which is often played as preparation for a competition match.Syn. friendly■ Fußballspiel, dessen Ergebnis in keine offizielle Wertung einfließt und das namentlich zur Vorbereitung auf eine Saison oder auf einen Wettbewerb gespielt wird. -
3 competition
مُنَافَسَة \ competition: competing: There was strong competition for entrance to the university. We entered a fishing competition. contest: a struggle; a match: sporting contest; an election contest. rivalry: competitive spirit; competition: friendly rivalry between two towns. -
4 competition
تَنَافُس \ competition: competing: There was strong competition for entrance to the university. We entered a fishing competition. rivalry: competitive spirit; competition: friendly rivalry between two towns. -
5 Vergleich
m; -(e)s, -e1. comparison; im Vergleich zu compared to ( oder with), in comparison with; dem Vergleich ( nicht) standhalten bear (no) comparison; dem Vergleich mit etw. ( nicht) standhalten auch (not) compare with s.th.; keinen Vergleich aushalten mit bear no comparison with; (un) günstig abschneiden im Vergleich mit compare (un)favo(u)rably with; ( das ist ja) überhaupt kein Vergleich! you can’t compare, there’s just no comparison; einen Vergleich anstellen draw a comparison; hinken4. SPORT (Wettkampf) friendly competition; (Spiel) friendly match ( oder game); ein letzter Vergleich vor den Olympischen Spielen a final friendly competition ( oder match) before the Olympic Games* * *der Vergleichdebt composition proceedings; compare; settlement; compromise; preventive composition; amicable settlement; comparison* * *Ver|gleich [fɛɐ'glaiç]m -(e)s, -e1) comparison; (LITER) simileVergléíche ziehen or anstellen — to make or draw comparisons
im Vergléích zu or mit — in comparison with, compared with or to
das ist doch gar kein Vergléích! — there is no comparison
in keinem Vergléích zu etw stehen — to be out of all proportion to sth; (Leistungen) not to compare with sth
dem Vergléích mit jdm/etw standhalten, den Vergléích mit jdm/etw aushalten — to stand or bear comparison with sb/sth
sie hält den Vergléích mit ihrer Vorgängerin nicht aus — she doesn't compare with her predecessor
der Vergléích hinkt — the comparison is misleading
einen gütlichen Vergléích schließen — to reach an amicable settlement
einen außergerichtlichen Vergléích schließen — to settle out of court
* * *der1) ((an act of) comparing: There's no comparison between Beethoven and pop music; Living here is cheap in comparison with London.) comparison2) (a form of expression using `like' or `as', in which one thing is compared to another which it only resembles in one or a small number of ways: `Her hair was like silk' is a simile.) simile* * *Ver·gleich<-[e]s, -e>[fɛɐ̯ˈglaiç]m1. (vergleichende Gegenüberstellung) comparisonein schiefer \Vergleich an inappropriate [or poor] [or false] comparisonden \Vergleich [mit etw dat] aushalten, dem \Vergleich [mit etw dat] standhalten to bear [or stand] comparison [with sth]jeden \Vergleich aushalten to bear [or stand] every comparisoneinen \Vergleich machen to make [or draw] a comparisonim \Vergleich [zu [o mit] jdm/etw] in comparison [with sb/sth], compared with [or to] sb/sthaußergerichtlicher/gerichtlicher \Vergleich out-of-court/court settlementeinen gütlichen \Vergleich schließen to reach an amicable settlement3.▶ der \Vergleich hinkt that's a poor [or weak] comparison* * *der; Vergleich[e]s, Vergleiche1) comparisonim Vergleich zu od. mit etwas — in comparison with something; compared with or to something
2) (Sprachw.) simile3) (Rechtsw.) settlement* * *1. comparison;im Vergleich zu compared to ( oder with), in comparison with;dem Vergleich (nicht) standhalten bear (no) comparison;dem Vergleich mit etwas (nicht) standhalten auch (not) compare with sth;keinen Vergleich aushalten mit bear no comparison with;(un)günstig abschneiden im Vergleich mit compare (un)favo(u)rably with;(das ist ja) überhaupt kein Vergleich! you can’t compare, there’s just no comparison;3. JUR settlement;(gütlicher) Vergleich (amicable) agreementein letzter Vergleich vor den Olympischen Spielen a final friendly competition ( oder match) before the Olympic Games* * *der; Vergleich[e]s, Vergleiche1) comparisonim Vergleich zu od. mit etwas — in comparison with something; compared with or to something
2) (Sprachw.) simile3) (Rechtsw.) settlement* * *m.comparing n.comparison n.settlement n. -
6 Vergleichskampf
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7 librería
f.1 bookstore, book shop, bookseller's, bookshop.2 bookcase, bookshelf, bookstall.3 library.* * *1 (tienda) bookshop, bookstore2 (mueble) bookcase; (estantería) bookshelf* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=tienda) bookshop, bookstore (EEUU)librería anticuaria, librería de antiguo — antiquarian bookshop
librería de ocasión, librería de viejo — secondhand bookshop
2) (=estante) bookcase; (=biblioteca) library3) (=comercio) book trade* * *1) ( tienda) bookstore (AmE), bookshop (BrE)2) (Esp) ( mueble) bookcase* * *= bookshop [book shop], bookstore [book store], bookseller's shop, superstore bookshop, book superstore, book retailer.Ex. For small collections document arrangement may be the only retrieval device available, particularly in bookshops, small public libraries and small specialist collections.Ex. Many bookstore owners and acquistions librarians need more than just bibliographic data.Ex. A lecture room, a bookseller's shop and a snack bar will be added later to the library.Ex. This article describes how 5 independent booksellers in the USA have coped with the competition of superstore bookshops.Ex. Recounts the experience of some US book superstores in offering drinks and eats in order to make them user friendly.Ex. This article describes the division of opinion between publishers and book retailers on the subject of machine readable price coding on books.----* cadena de librerías = bookselling chain.* dependiente de librería = bookstore clerk.* empleado de librería = bookstore clerk.* encargado de librería = bookstore clerk.* * *1) ( tienda) bookstore (AmE), bookshop (BrE)2) (Esp) ( mueble) bookcase* * *= bookshop [book shop], bookstore [book store], bookseller's shop, superstore bookshop, book superstore, book retailer.Ex: For small collections document arrangement may be the only retrieval device available, particularly in bookshops, small public libraries and small specialist collections.
Ex: Many bookstore owners and acquistions librarians need more than just bibliographic data.Ex: A lecture room, a bookseller's shop and a snack bar will be added later to the library.Ex: This article describes how 5 independent booksellers in the USA have coped with the competition of superstore bookshops.Ex: Recounts the experience of some US book superstores in offering drinks and eats in order to make them user friendly.Ex: This article describes the division of opinion between publishers and book retailers on the subject of machine readable price coding on books.* cadena de librerías = bookselling chain.* dependiente de librería = bookstore clerk.* empleado de librería = bookstore clerk.* encargado de librería = bookstore clerk.* * *Compuesto:librería de viejo or de ocasiónsecond-hand bookstore o bookshop* * *
librería sustantivo femenino
1 ( tienda) bookstore (AmE), bookshop (BrE);
2 (Esp) ( mueble) bookcase
librería sustantivo femenino
1 (establecimiento) bookshop, US bookstore
2 (mueble) bookcase
' librería' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lance
- paliza
- tropezarse
- especializado
English:
bookcase
- bookshop
- bookstore
- exploit
- book
- should
* * *librería nf1. [tienda] bookshop, US bookstorelibrería de lance second-hand bookshop;librería de ocasión second-hand bookshop;librería de viejo antiquarian bookshop3. Informát library* * *f bookstore* * *librería nf: bookstore* * *librería n bookshop -
8 bon
bon, bonne [bɔ̃, bɔn]━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. adverb5. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <a. good• c'est bon pour ce que tu as ! it'll do you good!• la télévision, c'est bon pour ceux qui n'ont rien à faire television is all right for people who have nothing to do• je suis bon ! I've had it! (inf)• c'est tout bon ! (inf) everything's fineb. ( = agréable) nice• c'était vraiment bon (à manger, à boire) it was delicious• elle est bien bonne celle-là ! that's a good one!• tu en as de bonnes, toi ! (inf) you're kidding! (inf!)c. ( = charitable) kindd. ( = utilisable) okay ; [billet, timbre] valid• est-ce que ce pneu est encore bon ? is this tyre still all right?► bon à• cette eau est-elle bonne à boire ? is this water all right to drink?• ce drap est tout juste bon à faire des mouchoirs this sheet is only fit to be made into handkerchiefse. ( = correct) [solution, méthode, réponse, calcul] right• ça fait un bon bout de chemin ! that's quite a distance!g. (souhaits) bonne année ! happy New Year!• bonne chance ! good luck!• bon courage ! good luck!• bon dimanche ! have a nice Sunday!• bonne route ! safe journey!• bon retour ! safe journey back!• bon voyage ! safe journey!• au revoir et bonne continuation ! goodbye and all the best!2. <• une ville où il fait bon vivre a town that's a good place to live► bon ! ( = d'accord) all right! ; (énervement) right!• bon ! ça suffit maintenant ! right! that's enough!3. <a. ( = personne) les bons et les méchants good people and bad people ; (dans western, conte de fées) the good guys and the bad guys (inf)b. ( = aspect positif) avoir du bon to have its advantages4. <a. ( = servante) maid• je ne suis pas ta bonne ! I'm not your slave!5. <* * *
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bonne bɔ̃, bɔn adjectif1) (de qualité, compétent, remarquable, utile) good2) ( gentil) [personne, paroles, geste] kind (avec, envers to); [sourire] niceil est bon, lui! — (colloq) iron it's all very well for him to say that!
3) ( correct) [moment, endroit, numéro, réponse, outil] rightc'est bon, vous pouvez y aller — it's OK, you can go
4) ( utilisable) [billet, bon] validtu es bon pour la vaisselle, ce soir! — you're in line for the dishes tonight!
5) ( dans les souhaits)bonne nuit/chance — good night/luck
bonne journée/soirée! — have a nice day/evening!
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les bons et les méchants — good people and bad people; ( au cinéma) the good guys and the bad guys (colloq), the goodies and the baddies (colloq) GB
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nom masculin1) ( ce qui est de qualité)2) ( sur un emballage) coupon; ( contremarque) voucher3) Finance bond
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bon, on va pouvoir y aller — good, we can go
bon, il faut que je parte — right, I must go now
bon, bon, ça va! — OK, OK!
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il fait bon — ( à l'extérieur) the weather's mild
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Phrasal Verbs:- bon mot- bon sens••* * *bɔ̃, bɔn (bonne)1. adj1) (repas, restaurant) goodLe tabac n'est pas bon pour la santé. — Smoking isn't good for your health.
2) (dans une matière) good3) (= correct) rightIl est arrivé au bon moment. — He arrived at the right moment.
Ce n'est pas la bonne réponse. — That's not the right answer.
avoir tout bon (= faire un sans faute) — to get everything right
4) (= bienveillant, généreux) kindêtre bon envers — to be good to, to be kind to
5) (= valable, utilisable)être bon [ticket] — to be valid, [lait, yaourt] OK to eat, OK
Est-ce que ce yaourt est encore bon? — Is this yoghurt still OK to eat?, Is this yoghurt still OK?
6) (= approprié)C'est bon à savoir. — That's good to know.
à quoi bon? — what's the point?, what's the use?
à quoi bon faire...? — what's the point of doing...?, what's the use of doing...?
bon week-end — have a good weekend, have a nice weekend
8) (intensif)Ça m'a pris 2 bonnes heures. — It took me a good 2 hours.
pour faire bon poids... — for good measure...
2. nm1) (= billet) voucher2)Il y a du bon dans ce qu'il dit. — There's some sense in what he says.
3. nm/fC'est le bon. — It's the right one.
C'est la bonne — It's the right one.
4. advil fait bon — it's nice, The weather is nice.
Il fait bon aujourd'hui. — It's nice today.
sentir bon — to smell good, to smell nice
juger bon de faire... — to think fit to do...
Cette fois, c'est pour de bon. — This time it's for good.
5. exclright!, good!Je pars aux États-Unis la semaine prochaine. - Ah bon? — I'm going to the States next week. - Really?
J'aimerais vraiment que tu viennes! - Bon, d'accord. — I'd really like you to come! - OK then, I will.
Bon, je reste. — Right, I'll stay.
See:* * *A adj1 ( agréable) [repas, aliment, odeur, matelas, douche] good; très bon, ce gâteau! this cake's very good!; viens, l'eau est bonne come on in, the water's lovely ou fine US; ⇒ aventure;2 ( de qualité) [objet, système, hôtel, vacances] good; [livre, texte, style] good; [conseil, métier, travail] good; [santé, vue, mémoire] good; il n'y a rien de bon dans ce film there's nothing good in ou about this film; un bon bâton a good strong stick; de bonnes chaussures good strong shoes; prends un bon pull take a warm jumper; la balle est bonne ( au tennis) the ball is good ou in; tu as de bons yeux pour pouvoir lire ça! you must have good eyesight if you can read that!; à 80 ans, il a encore de bonnes jambes at 80, he can still get around; elle est (bien) bonne, celle-là○! lit ( amusé) that's a good one!; iron ( indigné) I like that!; ⇒ raison, sang, temps;3 ( supérieur à la moyenne) [niveau, qualité, client, quantité] good; il n'est pas bon en latin he's not very good at Latin; une bonne pointure en plus a good size bigger; j'ai attendu un bon moment/deux bonnes heures I waited a good while/a good two hours; une bonne centaine de feuilles a good hundred sheets; elle leur a donné une bonne claque she gave them a good smack; il a bu trois bons verres he's drunk three good ou big glasses; ça fait un bon bout de chemin it's quite a (long) way; voilà une bonne chose de faite! that's that out of the way!; j'ai un bon rhume I've got a rotten cold; nous sommes bons derniers we're well and truly last; elle est arrivée bonne dernière she came well and truly last; ⇒ an, poids;4 ( compétent) [médecin, père, nageur, élève] good; en bon mari/citoyen/écologiste like a good husband/citizen/ecologist; en bon Français (qui se respecte), il passe son temps à râler like all good Frenchmen, he spends his time moaning; en bon fils qu'il est/que tu es like the good son he is/you are; elle n'est bonne à rien she's good for nothing; il n'est pas bon à grand-chose he isn't much use, he's pretty useless; ⇒ ami, prince, rat;5 ( avantageux) good; ce serait une bonne chose it would be a good thing; j'ai cru or jugé bon de faire/que qch soit fait I thought it was a good idea to do/that sth be done; je n'attends rien de bon de cette réforme I don't think any good will come of this reform; il n'est pas toujours bon de dire la vérité it isn't always a good idea to tell the truth; il est/serait bon de faire it is/would be a good thing to do; il serait bon qu'on le leur dise/qu'elles le sachent they ought to be told/to know; c'est bon à savoir that's good to know; c'est toujours bon à prendre it's not to be sneezed at; à quoi bon? what's the use ou point?;6 ( efficace) [remède, climat] good (pour, contre for); prends ça, c'est bon pour or contre la toux take this, it's good for coughs ; ce climat n'est pas bon pour les rhumatisants this climate isn't good for people with rheumatism; ce qui est bon pour moi l'est pour toi if it's good enough for me, it's good enough for you; toutes les excuses lui sont bonnes he'll/she'll use any excuse; tous les moyens lui sont bons pour arriver à ses fins he'll/she'll do anything to get what he/she wants;7 ( destiné) bon pour qch fit for sth; l'eau n'est pas bonne à boire the water isn't fit to drink; ton stylo est bon à jeter or pour la poubelle your pen is fit for the bin GB ou garbage US; c'est tout juste bon pour les chiens! it's only fit for dogs!; tu es bon pour la vaisselle, ce soir! you're in line for the washing up GB ou for doing the dishes tonight!; me voilà bon pour une amende I'm in for a fine○;8 ( bienveillant) [personne, paroles, geste] kind (avec, envers to); [sourire] nice; il est bon avec or pour les animaux he's kind to animals; il a une bonne tête or gueule○ he looks like a nice person ou guy○; un homme bon et généreux a kind and generous man; tu es trop bon avec lui you're too good to him; c'est un bon garçon he's a good lad; ce bon vieil Arthur! good old Arthur!; avoir bon cœur to be good-hearted; tu es bien bon de la supporter it's very good of you to put up with her; vous êtes (bien) bon! iron that's (very) good ou noble of you! iron; il est bon, lui○! iron it's all very well for him to say that!; ⇒ Dieu, figure;9 ( correct) [moment, endroit, numéro, réponse, outil] right; j'ai tout bon à ma dictée○ I've got everything right in GB ou on US my dictation; c'est bon, vous pouvez y aller it's OK, you can go; c'est bon pour les jeunes/riches it's all right for the young/rich;10 ( utilisable) [billet, bon] valid; le lait/pneu/ciment est encore bon the milk/tyre/cement is still all right; le pâté n'est plus bon ( périmé) the pâté is past its sell-by date; ( avarié) the pâté is off; le lait ne sera plus bon demain the milk will have gone off by tomorrow; la colle n'est plus bonne the glue has dried up; le pneu n'est plus bon the tyre GB ou tire US is worn, the tyre GB ou tire US has had it○;11 ( dans les souhaits) [chance, nuit] good; [anniversaire] happy; bon retour! (have a) safe journey back!; bonne journée/soirée! have a nice day/evening!; bon séjour/week-end! have a good ou nice time/weekend!; ⇒ port, pied, race, valet.B nm,f ( personne) mon bon† my good man†; ma bonne† my good woman†; les bons et les méchants good people and bad people; ( au cinéma) the good guys and the bad guys○, the goodies and the baddies○ GB.C nm1 ( ce qui est de qualité) il y a du bon dans cet article there are some good things in this article; il y a du bon et du mauvais chez lui he has good points and bad points; la concurrence peut avoir du bon competition can be a good thing ; la vie de célibataire/sous les tropiques a du bon being single/in the tropics has its advantages;2 Comm, Pub ( sur un emballage) token GB, coupon; ( contremarque) voucher; cadeau gratuit contre 50 bons et deux timbres free gift with 50 tokens GB ou coupons US and two stamps; bon à valoir sur l'achat de voucher valid for the purchase of; échanger un bon contre to redeem a voucher against, to exchange a voucher for;3 Fin bond; bon indexé/convertible indexed/convertible bond.D excl ( satisfaction) good; (accord, concession) all right, OK; (intervention, interruption) right, well; tu as fini? bon, on va pouvoir y aller have you finished? good, then we can go; ‘je vais à la pêche’-‘bon, mais ne reviens pas trop tard’ ‘I'm going fishing’-‘all right ou OK, but don't be back too late’; bon, on va pas en faire un drame○! well, let's not make a fuss about it!; bon, il faut que je parte right, I must go now; bon, allons-y! right ou OK, let's go!; bon, si tu veux well ou OK, if you like; bon, bon, ça va, j'ai compris! OK, OK, I've got it!; bon, changeons de sujet right ou well, let's change the subject; allons bon! oh dear!E adv ça sent bon! that smells good!; il fait bon aujourd'hui/en cette saison the weather's mild today/in this season; il fait bon dans ta chambre it's nice and warm in your room; il fait bon vivre ici it's nice living here; il ne fait pas bon le déranger/s'aventurer dans la région it's not a good idea to disturb him/to venture into the area; ⇒ tenir.F pour de bon loc adv ( vraiment) really; ( définitivement) for good; je vais me fâcher pour de bon I'm going to get really cross; j'ai cru qu'il allait le faire pour de bon I thought he'd really do it; je suis ici pour de bon I'm here for good; tu dis ça pour de bon? are you serious?G bonne nf2 ( plaisanterie) tu en as de bonnes, toi! you must be joking!; il m'en a raconté une bien bonne he told me a good joke.bon ami† boyfriend; bon de caisse certificate of deposit; bon de commande order form; bon à composer final draft; bon de croissance Fin share option, stock option; bon d'échange voucher; bon enfant good-natured; bon d'essence petrol GB ou gas US coupon; bon de garantie guarantee slip; bon garçon nice chap; être bon garçon to be a nice chap; bon de livraison delivery note; bon marché cheap; bon mot witticism; faire un bon mot to make a witty remark (sur about); bon point lit merit point; fig brownie point○; bon de réduction Comm discount voucher; bon à rien good-for-nothing; bon sauvage noble savage; bon sens common sense; avoir du bon sens to have common sense; un peu de bon sens, quoi! use your common sense!; bon teint dyed-in-the-wool ( épith); une féministe/communiste bon teint a dyed-in-the-wool feminist/communist; bon à tirer pass for press; bon de transport travel voucher; bon du Trésor Treasury bill ou bond; bon usage good usage; bon vivant adj jovial; nm bon vivant or viveur; bonne action good deed; bonne amie† girlfriend; bonne d'enfants nanny; bonne femme○ ( femme) woman péj; ( épouse) old lady○, wife; bonne fille nice person; être bonne fille lit to be a nice person; fig [administration, direction] to be helpful; bonne parole word of God; bonne pâte good sort; bonne sœur○ nun; bonne à tout faire pej skivvy○ GB pej, maid; bonnes feuilles advance sheets; bonnes mœurs Jur public decency ¢; bonnes œuvres good works; bons offices good offices; par les bons offices de through the good offices of; offrir ses bons offices to offer one's help and support; s'en remettre aux bons offices de qn to put oneself in the good hands of sb.il m'a à la bonne I'm in his good books.( féminin bonne) [bɔ̃, bɔn] (devant nm commençant par voyelle ou 'h' muet [bɔn]) adjectifA.[QUI CONVIENT, QUI DONNE SATISFACTION]1. [en qualité - film, récolte, résultat, connaissance] goodelle parle un bon espagnol she speaks good Spanish, her Spanish is good2. [qui remplit bien sa fonction - matelas, siège, chaussures, éclairage, freins] good ; [ - cœur, veines, charpente, gestion, investissement] good, soundil a une bonne santé he's in good health, his health is goodune bonne vue, de bons yeux good eyesight4. [compétent] gooden bon professeur, il me reprend lorsque je fais des fautes he corrects my mistakes, as any good teacher wouldêtre/ne pas être bon en maths to be good/bad at mathsnos bons clients our good ou regular customers5. [digne de]bon à: les piles sont bonnes à jeter the batteries can go straight in the bin (UK) ou trash can (US)la table est tout juste bonne à faire du petit bois the table is just about good enough for firewoodje pourrais lui écrire, mais à quoi bon? I could write to her but what would be the point?il y a un restaurant là-bas — c'est bon à savoir there's a restaurant there — that's worth knowing ou that's good to know6. [condamné à]B.[PLAISANT]l'eau du robinet n'est pas bonne the tap water isn't very nice ou doesn't taste very niceavoir une bonne odeur to smell good ou niceviens te baigner, l'eau est bonne! come for a swim, the water's lovely and warm!bon voyage! have a nice ou good trip!bon temps: prendre ou se donner ou se payer (familier) du bon temps to have fun, to have a great ou good time2. [favorable, optimiste - prévisions, présage, nouvelle] goodC.[JUSTE, ADÉQUAT]l'héritage est arrivé au bon moment pour elle the inheritance came at the right time ou at a convenient time for herjuger ou trouver bon de/que to think it appropriate ou fitting to/thatelle n'a pas jugé bon de s'excuser she didn't find that she needed to ou she didn't see fit to apologizeil serait bon de préciser l'heure de la réunion it would be a good thing ou idea to give the time of the meetingcomme/où/quand/si bon vous semble as/wherever/whenever/if you see fitc'est bon pour la santé it's good for you, good for your healthle bon air de la campagne the good ou fresh country air4. (familier & locution)a. [c'est juste] that's right!b. [ça suffit] that'll do!c. [c'est d'accord] OK!D.[MORALEMENT]je suis déjà bien bon de te prêter ma voiture! it's kind ou decent enough of me to lend you my car as it is!tenez, prenez, c'est de bon cœur please have it, I'd love you to3. [amical - relation]4. [brave] goodc'est une bonne petite she's a nice ou good girlet en plus ils boivent, mon bon Monsieur! and what's more they drink, my dear man!E.[EN INTENSIF]1. [grand, gros] goodelle fait un bon 42 she's a 14 or a 16, she's a large 142. [fort, violent]un bon coup [heurt] a hefty ou full blowune bonne fessée a good ou sound spanking3. [complet, exemplaire] goodarriver ou être bon dernier to bring up the rear————————1. [personne vertueuse] good person2. [personne idéale, chose souhaitée] right onea. (familier) [lors d'un recrutement] I think we've got our man at lastb. [lors d'une rencontre amoureuse] I think it's Mister Right at last————————nom masculinles bons et les méchants the goodies and the baddies, the good guys and the bad guys2. [chose de qualité]3. [ce qui est moral]5. FINANCEbon d'épargne savings bond ou certificate————————adverbe1. MÉTÉOROLOGIE————————interjectionbon, où en étais-je? well now ou right ou so, where was I?bon d'accord, allons-y OK then, let's go1. [inutile]je suis trop vieux, je ne suis plus bon à rien I'm too old, I'm useless ou no good now[personne sans valeur] good-for-nothing[personne incompétente] useless individualbon à tirer nom masculin————————bonne femme nom féminin1. [petite fille]2. [femme] woman————————bonne femme locution adjectivale2. COUTURE -
9 соперничество
1. competitionдух конкуренции; дух соперничества — spirit of competition
2. competitiveness3. contest4. rivalry -
10 تنافس
تَنَافُس \ competition: competing: There was strong competition for entrance to the university. We entered a fishing competition. rivalry: competitive spirit; competition: friendly rivalry between two towns. -
11 منافسة
مُنَافَسَة \ competition: competing: There was strong competition for entrance to the university. We entered a fishing competition. contest: a struggle; a match: sporting contest; an election contest. rivalry: competitive spirit; competition: friendly rivalry between two towns. -
12 contest
مُنَافَسَة \ competition: competing: There was strong competition for entrance to the university. We entered a fishing competition. contest: a struggle; a match: sporting contest; an election contest. rivalry: competitive spirit; competition: friendly rivalry between two towns. -
13 rivalry
مُنَافَسَة \ competition: competing: There was strong competition for entrance to the university. We entered a fishing competition. contest: a struggle; a match: sporting contest; an election contest. rivalry: competitive spirit; competition: friendly rivalry between two towns. -
14 rivalry
تَنَافُس \ competition: competing: There was strong competition for entrance to the university. We entered a fishing competition. rivalry: competitive spirit; competition: friendly rivalry between two towns. -
15 opposer
opposer [ɔpoze]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. [+ équipes, joueurs] to bring together ; [+ rivaux, pays] to bring into conflict (à with ) ; [+ idées, personnages, couleurs] to contrast (à with)• le match opposant l'équipe de Lyon à celle de Caen the match in which the Lyon team is pitted against Caenb. ( = utiliser comme défense) [+ raisons] to put forward (à to)• opposer qch à qn/qch [+ armée, tactique] to set sth against sb/sth• que va-t-il opposer à notre proposition ? what objections will he make to our proposal?2. reflexive verba. (mutuellement) [équipes, joueurs] to confront each other ; [rivaux, partis] to clash (à with ) ; [opinions, théories] to conflict ; [couleurs, styles] to contrast (à with ) ; [immeubles] to face each otherb. ( = se dresser contre) s'opposer à [+ parents] to rebel against ; [+ mesure, mariage, progrès] to oppose* * *ɔpoze
1.
1) ( poser en obstacle) to put up [résistance, argument]2) ( mettre en compétition)3) ( séparer) [litige] to divide [personnes]4) ( comparer) to compare (à to, with)
2.
s'opposer verbe pronominal1) ( ne pas accepter)s'opposer à quelque chose — ( montrer son désaccord) to be opposed to something; ( désapprouver activement) to oppose something
ils s'opposent fermement à ce que l'usine se construise — they are strongly opposing the building of the factory
2) ( empêcher)s'opposer à — to stand in the way of [développement, changement]
3) ( contraster) to contrast ( with à)4) ( diverger) [idées, opinions] to conflict; [personnes] to disagree; [partisans] to be divided5) ( s'affronter) [équipes] to confront each other* * *ɔpoze vt1) (mettre en compétition ou conflit) [personnes, armées, équipes] to opposeTout les oppose. — They're divided on everything.
opposer qn à qn [match, rencontre] — to pit sb against sb
Ce match oppose les Français aux Allemands. — This match pits the French against the Germans.
2) (= mettre vis-à-vis) [meubles, objets] to put opposite each other3) (pour comparer, contraster) [livres, avantages] to contrast, [couleurs, termes, tons] to contrastopposer qch à (comme obstacle, défense) — to set sth against, (comme objection) to put sth forward against
* * *opposer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( poser en obstacle) to put up [résistance, argument]; opposer un refus à qn to refuse sb; opposer son veto à qch to veto sth; opposer un démenti à qch to deny sth, to issue a denial to sth sout; opposer que fml to object that;2 ( mettre en compétition) to match ou pit [sb] against [personne, équipe]; la finale opposait deux Américains the final was between two Americans; un match amical opposera les élèves aux or et les professeurs students and teachers will meet in a friendly;3 ( séparer) [litige, problème] to divide [personnes]; tout les oppose they're divided on everything; ce qui les oppose what they're divided on; le conflit qui a opposé les deux pays the conflict which set the two countries against each other;4 ( comparer) to compare (à to, with); il serait ridicule d'opposer Einstein à Newton it would be ridiculous to set Einstein beside Newton ou to compare Einstein to Newton; si l'on oppose la somme de travail fourni et le résultat if one sets the amount of work done off against the result, if one compares the amount of work done to the result.B s'opposer vpr1 ( ne pas accepter) s'opposer à qch ( montrer son désaccord) to be opposed to sth; ( désapprouver activement) to oppose sth; ils s'opposent fermement à ce que l'usine se construise they are strongly opposing the building of the factory;2 ( empêcher) s'opposer à to stand in the way of [développement, changement]; plus rien ne s'oppose à notre réussite nothing stands in the way of our success; le temps s'opposait à la marche de l'expédition the weather hindered the progress of the expedition;3 ( contraster) to contrast (with à); leur optimisme béat s'oppose aux prévisions économiques their smug optimism contrasts with the economic forecasts;4 ( diverger) [idées, opinions] to conflict; [personnes] to disagree; [partisans, clans] to be divided; deux théories s'opposent à ce sujet two theories conflict on this matter;5 ( s'affronter) [équipes, concurrents] to confront each other; les deux joueurs s'opposeront en demi-finale the two players will confront each other in the semifinals.[ɔpoze] verbe transitif1. [objecter - argument]elle m'a opposé qu'elle n'avait pas le temps de s'en occuper she objected that she didn't have time to take care of it2. [mettre en confrontation]3. PHYSIQUEa. (sens propre) to resist, to be resistant4. [disposer vis-à-vis] to set ou to place opposite each other————————s'opposer à verbe pronominal plus prépositionle règlement/ma religion s'y oppose it goes against the rules/my religionles conditions météo s'opposent à toute navigation aérienne aujourd'hui weather conditions are making flying inadvisable todayje m'oppose à ce que tu reviennes I'm against ou opposed to your coming back[être en désaccord avec]je m'oppose à lui sur la politique étrangère I'm against him ou I oppose him on foreign policyil s'opposera ce soir au président dans un débat télévisé he'll face the president tonight in a televised debate3. [contraster avec - couleur, notion, mot] to be the opposite of -
16 eliminar
v.to eliminate.El líquido eliminó las manchas The liquid eliminated the stains.El mafioso eliminó al testigo The mobster eliminated the witness.* * *1 (gen) to eliminate, exclude2 (esperanzas, miedos, etc) to get rid of, cast aside* * *verb1) to eliminate2) remove3) kill* * *1. VT1) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ mancha, obstáculo] to remove, get rid of; [+ residuos] to dispose of; [+ pobreza] to eliminate, eradicate; [+ posibilidad] to rule outeliminar un directorio — (Inform) to remove o delete a directory
2) [+ concursante, deportista] to knock out, eliminatefueron eliminados de la competición — they were knocked out of o eliminated from the competition
3) euf (=matar) to eliminate, do away with *4) [+ incógnita] to eliminate5) (Fisiol) to eliminate2.See:* * *verbo transitivo1)b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock outc) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)d) < residuos> to dispose of2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate* * *= abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.Ex. The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.Ex. The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.Ex. List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.Ex. Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.Ex. This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.Ex. Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.Ex. Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.Ex. Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.Ex. Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.Ex. Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.Ex. Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.Ex. It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.Ex. It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.Ex. My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.----* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].* eliminar el sarro = descale.* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* eliminar por etapas = phase out.* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.* eliminar puliendo = buff out.* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.* eliminar un error = remove + error.* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.* * *verbo transitivo1)b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock outc) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)d) < residuos> to dispose of2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate* * *= abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].* eliminar el sarro = descale.* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* eliminar por etapas = phase out.* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.* eliminar puliendo = buff out.* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.* eliminar un error = remove + error.* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.* * *eliminar [A1 ]vtA1 ‹obstáculo› to remove; ‹párrafo› to delete, removepara eliminar las cucarachas to get rid of o exterminate o kill cockroaches2 ‹equipo/candidato› to eliminatefueron eliminados del torneo they were knocked out of o eliminated from the tournamentB ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminateC ( Mat) ‹incógnita› to eliminate* * *
eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo
‹ párrafo› to delete, remove
(Dep) to eliminate, knock out
eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
' eliminar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- cortar
- descalificar
- michelín
- quitar
- sonda
- terminar
- tranquilizar
English:
cut out
- debug
- eliminate
- face
- hit list
- knock out
- liquidate
- obliterate
- remove
- weed
- cut
- delete
- do
- knock
- take
- zap
* * *eliminar vt1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] to eliminate (de from);el que menos puntos consiga queda eliminado the person who scores the lowest number of points is eliminated;lo eliminaron en la segunda ronda he was eliminated o knocked out in the second round2. [acabar con] [contaminación] to eliminate;[grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;eliminó algunos trozos de su discurso he cut out some parts of his speech* * *v/t1 eliminate2 desperdicios dispose of3 INFOR delete* * *eliminar vt1) : to eliminate, to remove2) : to do in, to kill* * *eliminar vb1. (en general) to eliminatela policía lo eliminó de la lista de sospechosos the police eliminated him from the list of suspects2. (manchas) to remove -
17 match
match [mat∫]masculine noun* * *matʃfaire match nul — to draw GB, to tie US
Phrasal Verbs:* * *matʃ nmfaire match nul — to draw Grande-Bretagne to tie USA
match retour — return match, second leg
* * *match nm1 Sport ( jeux d'équipe) match GB, game US; (de boxe, lutte, tennis) match; match nul draw GB, tie US; faire match nul to draw GB, to tie US;match aller first leg; match amical friendly match; match avancé match GB ou game that has been brought forward; match de barrage decider; match de classement league match; match à domicile home match ou game; match à l'extérieur away match ou game; match retour second leg, return match.match de tennis tennis match, game of tennismatch aller/retour first/second leg (match)
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