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1 town
1) (a group of houses, shops, schools etc, that is bigger than a village but smaller than a city: I'm going into town to buy a dress; He's in town doing some shopping.) ciudad2) (the people who live in such a group of houses etc: The whole town turned out to greet the heroes.) ciudad3) (towns in general as opposed to the countryside: Do you live in the country or the town?) ciudad•- town hall
- townsfolk
- townspeople
- go to town
town n1. ciudad2. centro de la ciudadtr[taʊn]2 (city centre) centro1 urbano,-a, municipal\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL(out) on the town de juerga, de marchato go to town (do enthusiastically) dedicarse con entusiasmo, entregarse de pleno 2 (spend a lot of money) tirar la casa por la ventana, no reparar en gastosto paint the town red ir de juergatown centre centro urbano, centro comercialtown clerk secretario del ayuntamientotown council ayuntamientotown crier pregonero municipaltown hall ayuntamientotown planning urbanismotown ['taʊn] n: pueblo m, ciudad f (pequeña)n.• ciudad s.f.• población s.f.• poblado s.m.• pueblo s.m.• villa s.f.taʊnto go into town — ( from outside) ir* a la ciudad; ( from suburb) ir* al centro
in town — ( not outside) en la ciudad; ( in center) en el centro
to go out on the town, to have a night on the town — ir* or salir* de juerga
to go to town on something — ( by spending a lot) tirar la casa por la ventana, no reparar en gastos
the press went to town on the story — la prensa se ha despachado a su gusto con la historia
to paint the town red — irse* de juerga; (before n) <dweller, life> de la ciudad, urbano
[taʊn]town center o (BrE) centre — centro m de la ciudad
1.town and gown — (Univ) ciudadanos mpl y universitarios, ciudad f y universidad
Jake's back in town! — ¡ha vuelto Jake!
to be out of town — [place] estar fuera de la ciudad; [person] estar de viaje
he's from out of town — (US) es forastero, no es de aquí
- go out on the town- go to townpaint 2., 2)2.CPDtown centre, town center (US) N — centro m urbano
town clerk N — secretario(-a) m / f del ayuntamiento
town council N — ayuntamiento m
town councillor N — concejal(a) m / f
town crier N — pregonero m público
town dweller N — habitante mf de la ciudad
town hall N — ayuntamiento m, municipalidad f
town house N — casa f adosada; (=not country) residencia f urbana
town meeting N — (US) pleno m municipal
town planner N — (Brit) urbanista mf
town planning N — (Brit) urbanismo m
* * *[taʊn]to go into town — ( from outside) ir* a la ciudad; ( from suburb) ir* al centro
in town — ( not outside) en la ciudad; ( in center) en el centro
to go out on the town, to have a night on the town — ir* or salir* de juerga
to go to town on something — ( by spending a lot) tirar la casa por la ventana, no reparar en gastos
the press went to town on the story — la prensa se ha despachado a su gusto con la historia
to paint the town red — irse* de juerga; (before n) <dweller, life> de la ciudad, urbano
town center o (BrE) centre — centro m de la ciudad
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2 smart
1. adjective1) (neat and well-dressed; fashionable: You're looking very smart today; a smart suit.) elegante2) (clever and quick in thought and action: We need a smart boy to help in the shop; I don't trust some of those smart salesmen.) listo, despierto3) (brisk; sharp: She gave him a smart slap on the cheek.) rápido, brusco
2. verb1) ((of part of the body) to be affected by a sharp stinging feeling: The thick smoke made his eyes smart.) escocer, picar, arder2) (to feel annoyed, resentful etc after being insulted etc: He is still smarting from your remarks.) sentirse ofendido/resentido
3. noun(the stinging feeling left by a blow or the resentful feeling left by an insult: He could still feel the smart of her slap/insult.) dolor, resentimiento- smarten- smartly
- smartness
- smart bomb
- smart card
smart adj1. elegante2. listotr[smɑːt]■ you look very smart today vas muy elegante hoy, estás muy elegante hoy2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (clever) listo,-a, inteligente; (sharp) agudo,-a, vivo,-a; (impudent) fresco,-a, descarado,-a■ don't get smart with me! ¡no te pases de listo conmigo!3 (quick, brisk) rápido,-a, ligero,-a; (forceful) seco,-a, fuerte1 (sting) escocer, picar2 (suffer) sufrir, dolerse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto smart from something (be bitter) resentirse de algosmart alec, smart aleck listillo, sabelotodosmart card tarjeta inteligentesmart ['smɑrt] vi1) sting: escocer, picar, arder2) hurt: dolerse, resentirseto smart under a rejection: dolerse ante un rechazosmart adj1) bright: listo, vivo, inteligente2) stylish: elegante♦ smartly advsmart n: escozor m, dolor madj.• aseado, -a adj.• astuto, -a adj.• despierto, -a adj.• elegante adj.• inteligente adj.• jarifo, -a adj.• listo, -a adj.• pizpereta adj.• vivo, -a adj.v.• escocerse v.• picar v.• sufrir v.
I smɑːrt, smɑːtadjective -er, -est1) (esp BrE)a) (neat, stylish) <appearance/dress> eleganteb) ( chic) <hotel/neighborhood> elegante, finoshe's made some very smart business moves — ha hecho algunas operaciones muy inteligentes or acertadas
don't get smart with me! — no te hagas el vivo or el listo conmigo!
3)a) (brisk, prompt) < pace> rápidob) ( forceful) <blow/rap/tap> seco, fuerte4) ( automated) <machine/terminal> inteligente
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a) ( sting) \<\<eyes\>\> escocer*, picar*, arder; \<\<wound\>\> escocer*, arder (CS)b) ( suffer)to smart FROM something — resentirse* de algo
Phrasal Verbs:[smɑːt]1. ADJ(compar smarter) (superl smartest)1) (=elegant) [person, appearance, clothes, car, decor] elegante; [garden] bien arreglado; [house] bien puestoto look smart — [person] estar elegante; [restaurant, hotel] ser elegante; [home] estar muy bien puesto
2) (=chic) [suburb, party, restaurant] elegante; [society] de buen tono, finothe smart set — la buena sociedad, la gente de buen tono
3) (=clever) [person] listo, inteligente; [idea] inteligente, bueno; [computer, bombs, missiles] inteligentethat was pretty smart of you — ¡qué listo or astuto!
4) pej (=cocky)don't get smart with me! — ¡no te las des de listo conmigo!
5) (=brisk) [pace, action] rápidolook smart about it! — ¡date prisa!, ¡apúrate! (LAm)
2. VI1) (=sting) [wound, eyes] escocer, picar, arder (esp LAm); [iodine etc] escocermy eyes are smarting — me escuecen or me pican los ojos
2) (fig) dolerseshe's still smarting from his remarks — todavía se duele or se resiente de sus comentarios
3.Nsmarts (US) * (=brains) cerebro msing4.CPDsmart Alec * N, smart Aleck * N — sabelotodo * mf inv, sabihondo(-a) * m / f
smart bomb N — bomba f con mecanismo inteligente
smart card N — tarjeta f electrónica, tarjeta f inteligente
smart phone N — teléfono m inteligente, smartphone m
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I [smɑːrt, smɑːt]adjective -er, -est1) (esp BrE)a) (neat, stylish) <appearance/dress> eleganteb) ( chic) <hotel/neighborhood> elegante, finoshe's made some very smart business moves — ha hecho algunas operaciones muy inteligentes or acertadas
don't get smart with me! — no te hagas el vivo or el listo conmigo!
3)a) (brisk, prompt) < pace> rápidob) ( forceful) <blow/rap/tap> seco, fuerte4) ( automated) <machine/terminal> inteligente
II
a) ( sting) \<\<eyes\>\> escocer*, picar*, arder; \<\<wound\>\> escocer*, arder (CS)b) ( suffer)to smart FROM something — resentirse* de algo
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3 Renold, Hans
SUBJECT AREA: Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering[br]b. 31 July 1852 Aarau, Switzerlandd. 2 May 1943 Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire, England[br]Swiss (naturalized British 1881) mechanical engineer, inventor and pioneer of the precision chain industry.[br]Hans Renold was educated at the cantonal school of his native town and at the Polytechnic in Zurich. He worked in two or three small workshops during the polytechnic vacations and served an apprenticeship of eighteen months in an engineering works at Neuchâtel, Switzerland. After a short period of military service he found employment as a draughtsman in an engineering firm at Saint-Denis, near Paris, from 1871 to 1873. In 1873 Renold moved first to London and then to Manchester as a draughtsman and inspector with a firm of machinery exporters. From 1877 to 1879 he was a partner in his own firm of machine exporters. In 1879 he purchased a small firm in Salford making chain for the textile industry. At about this time J.K.Starley introduced the "safety" bicycle, which, however, lacked a satisfactory drive chain. Renold met this need with the invention of the bush roller chain, which he patented in 1880. The new chain formed the basis of the precision chain industry: the business expanded and new premises were acquired in Brook Street, Manchester, in 1881. In the same year Renold became a naturalized British subject.Continued expansion of the business necessitated the opening of a new factory in Brook Street in 1889. The factory was extended in 1895, but by 1906 more accommodation was needed and a site of 11 ½ acres was acquired in the Manchester suburb of Burnage: the move to the new building was finally completed in 1914. Over the years, further developments in the techniques of chain manufacture were made, including the invention in 1895 of the inverted tooth or silent chain. Renold made his first visit to America in 1891 to study machine-tool developments and designed for his own works special machine tools, including centreless grinding machines for dealing with wire rods up to 10 ft (3 m) in length.The business was established as a private limited company in 1903 and merged with the Coventry Chain Company Ltd in 1930. Good industrial relations were always of concern to Renold and he established a 48-hour week as early as 1896, in which year a works canteen was opened. Joint consultation with shop stewards date2 from 1917. Renold was elected a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1902 and in 1917 he was made a magistrate of the City of Manchester.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsHonorary DSc University of Manchester 1940.Further ReadingBasil H.Tripp, 1956, Renold Chains: A History of the Company and the Rise of the Precision Chain Industry 1879–1955, London.J.J.Guest, 1915, Grinding Machinery, London, pp. 289, 380 (describes grinding machines developed by Renold).RTS -
4 Braun, Wernher Manfred von
[br]b. 23 March 1912 Wirsitz, Germanyd. 16 June 1977 Alexandria, Virginia, USA[br]German pioneer in rocket development.[br]Von Braun's mother was an amateur astronomer who introduced him to the futuristic books of Jules Verne and H.G.Wells and gave him an astronomical telescope. He was a rather slack and undisciplined schoolboy until he came across Herman Oberth's book By Rocket to Interplanetary Space. He discovered that he required a good deal of mathematics to follow this exhilarating subject and immediately became an enthusiastic student.The Head of the Ballistics and Armaments branch of the German Army, Professor Karl Becker, had asked the engineer Walter Dornberger to develop a solid-fuel rocket system for short-range attack, and one using liquid-fuel rockets to carry bigger loads of explosives beyond the range of any known gun. Von Braun joined the Verein für Raumschiffsfahrt (the German Space Society) as a young man and soon became a leading member. He was asked by Rudolf Nebel, VfR's chief, to persuade the army of the value of rockets as weapons. Von Braun wisely avoided all mention of the possibility of space flight and some financial backing was assured. Dornberger in 1932 built a small test stand for liquid-fuel rockets and von Braun built a small rocket to test it; the success of this trial won over Dornberger to space rocketry.Initially research was carried out at Kummersdorf, a suburb of Berlin, but it was decided that this was not a suitable site. Von Braun recalled holidays as a boy at a resort on the Baltic, Peenemünde, which was ideally suited to rocket testing. Work started there but was not completed until August 1939, when the group of eighty engineers and scientists moved in. A great fillip to rocket research was received when Hitler was shown a film and was persuaded of the efficacy of rockets as weapons of war. A factory was set up in excavated tunnels at Mittelwerk in the Harz mountains. Around 6,000 "vengeance" weapons were built, some 3,000 of which were fired on targets in Britain and 2,000 of which were still in storage at the end of the Second World War.Peenemünde was taken by the Russians on 5 May 1945, but by then von Braun was lodging with many of his colleagues at an inn, Haus Ingeburg, near Oberjoch. They gave themselves up to the Americans, and von Braun presented a "prospectus" to the Americans, pointing out how useful the German rocket team could be. In "Operation Paperclip" some 100 of the team were moved to the United States, together with tons of drawings and a number of rocket missiles. Von Braun worked from 1946 at the White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, and in 1950 moved to Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. In 1953 he produced the Redstone missile, in effect a V2 adapted to carry a nuclear warhead a distance of 320 km (199 miles). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was formed in 1958 and recruited von Braun and his team. He was responsible for the design of the Redstone launch vehicles which launched the first US satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958, and the Mercury capsules of the US manned spaceflight programme which carried Alan Shepard briefly into space in 1961 and John Glenn into earth orbit in 1962. He was also responsible for the Saturn series of large, staged launch vehicles, which culminated in the Saturn V rocket which launched the Apollo missions taking US astronauts for the first human landing on the moon in 1969. Von Braun announced his resignation from NASA in 1972 and died five years later.[br]Bibliography1981, with F.L.Ordway, History of Rocketry and Space TravelFurther ReadingP.Marsh, 1985, The Space Business, Penguin. J.Trux, 1985, The Space Race, New English Library. T.Osman, 1983, Space History, Michael Joseph.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Braun, Wernher Manfred von
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5 outlying
(distant, far from a city etc: outlying villages.) remoto, lejanotr['aʊtlaɪɪŋ]1 (remote) alejado,-a, distante2 (suburban) periférico,-aoutlying ['aʊt.laɪɪŋ] adj: alejado, distante, remotothe outlying areas: las afuerasadj.• circundante adj.• de las afueras adj.• remoto, -a adj.adjective (before n) <villages/islands> alejado, distante; <area/hills/suburbs> de la periferia['aʊtˌlaɪɪŋ]ADJ (=distant) [towns, villages] remoto, lejano; (=surrounding) [areas] periférico; [suburb] periférico, circundante* * *adjective (before n) <villages/islands> alejado, distante; <area/hills/suburbs> de la periferia -
6 mangy
adj. \/ˈmeɪn(d)ʒɪ\/1) skabbete2) skitten, møkkete, lurvete, sjuskete, luguber, forfallen3) ( overført) lumpen, ussel, tarvelig -
7 substitute
1. noun1)substitute[s] — Ersatz, der
substitutes for rubber — Ersatzstoffe für Gummi
coffee substitute — Kaffee-Ersatz, der
2. adjectivethere is no substitute for real ale/hard work — es geht nichts über das echte englische Bier/über harte Arbeit
3. transitive verba substitute teacher/secretary — etc. eine Vertretung
4. intransitive verbsubstitute a striker for a midfield player — einen Mittelfeldspieler gegen einen Stürmer auswechseln od. austauschen
substitute for somebody — jemanden vertreten; für jemanden einspringen; (Sport) für jemanden ins Spiel kommen
* * *1. verb(to put in, or to take, the place of someone or something else: I substituted your name for mine on the list.) ersetzen2. noun(a person or thing used or acting instead of another: Guesswork is no substitute for investigation; She is not well enough to play in the tennis match, so we must find a substitute; ( also adjective) I was substitute headmaster for a term.) der Ersatz; Ersatz-...- academic.ru/71733/substitution">substitution* * *sub·sti·tute[ˈsʌbstɪtju:t, AM -stətu:t, -tju:t]I. vt▪ to \substitute sth/sb for sth/sb etw/jdn durch etw/jdn ersetzen, etw/jdn gegen etw/jdn austauschento \substitute margarine for butter anstelle von Butter Margarine benutzen/essen/etc.II. vi (take over from) als Ersatz dienen, einspringen ( for für + akk); (deputize) als Stellvertreter fungieren ( for für + akk)▪ to \substitute for sb jdn vertreten, für jdn einspringenIII. nmeat \substitute Fleischersatz mthere's no \substitute for sth/sb es geht nichts über etw/jdnto be a poor \substitute for sth kein guter Ersatz für etw akk seinto come on as a \substitute als Auswechselspieler ins Spiel kommen* * *['sʌbstɪtjuːt]1. nErsatz m no pl; (= representative also) Vertretung f; (SPORT) Ersatzspieler(in) m(f), Auswechselspieler(in) m(f)there's no substitute for... — es gibt keinen Ersatz für...,... kann man durch nichts ersetzen
2. adj attrErsatz-3. vtto substitute A for B — B durch A ersetzen; (Sport also) B gegen A austauschen or auswechseln
substitute 3 for X — setze für X 3 ein, substituiere 3 für X
4. vito substitute for sb — jdn vertreten, für jdn einspringen
* * *A s1. a) Ersatz(mann) m, (Stell)Vertreter(in):act as a substitute for sb jemanden vertretenb) SPORT Auswechselspieler(in):substitutes’ bench Auswechselbank f2. Ersatz(stoff) m, -mittel n, Surrogat n:be no substitute for kein Ersatz sein für3. LING Ersatzwort n4. MIL, HIST Ersatzmann mB adj Ersatz…:substitute teacher US Aushilfslehrer(in)C v/t1. (for) einsetzen (für, anstelle von), an die Stelle setzen (von oder gen), besonders CHEM, MATH etc substituieren (für)D v/i (for) als Ersatz dienen, als Stellvertreter fungieren (für), an die Stelle treten (von oder gen), einspringen (für)sub. abk1. subeditor2. subscription3. substitute4. suburb (suburban)5. subway* * *1. noun1)substitute[s] — Ersatz, der
coffee substitute — Kaffee-Ersatz, der
2. adjectivethere is no substitute for real ale/hard work — es geht nichts über das echte englische Bier/über harte Arbeit
3. transitive verba substitute teacher/secretary — etc. eine Vertretung
4. intransitive verbsubstitute a striker for a midfield player — einen Mittelfeldspieler gegen einen Stürmer auswechseln od. austauschen
substitute for somebody — jemanden vertreten; für jemanden einspringen; (Sport) für jemanden ins Spiel kommen
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8 Tommy Atkins
Pvt. Danny Cain, a modern Tommy Atkins from Walthamstow, a London suburb, joined the British Army as soon as he was 18. (‘Newsweek’) — Рядовой Денни Кейн, современный Томми Аткинс из лондонского пригорода Уолтхемстоу, вступил в английскую армию, когда ему исполнилось 18 лет.
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9 village
1. n деревня; село; селение, посёлок2. n амер. посёлок; городок; район с самоуправлением3. n собир. жители села, деревни4. n колонияСинонимический ряд:town (noun) center; community; district; hamlet; locale; municipality; neighbourhood; suburb; thorp; town; vicinity
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suburb — mid 14c., residential area outside a town or city, from O.Fr. suburbe, from L. suburbium an outlying part of a city, from sub below, near (see SUB (Cf. sub )) + urbs (gen. urbis) city. An O.E. word for it was underburg. Close to crowds but just… … Etymology dictionary
suburb — ► NOUN ▪ an outlying residential district of a city. DERIVATIVES suburban adjective suburbanite noun suburbanize (also suburbanise) verb. ORIGIN from Latin sub near to + urbs city … English terms dictionary
Suburb — Suburbs are commonly defined as residential areas on the outskirts of a city or large town. Most suburbs in the U.S. are commuter towns with a prevalence of detached [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=uULJlcYkJ1oC Land Development Calculations]… … Wikipedia
suburb — sub|urb [ˈsʌbə:b US ə:rb] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: suburbium, from urbs city ] an area where people live which is away from the centre of a town or city ▪ a London suburb suburb of ▪ a suburb of Los Angeles ▪ a kid from the suburbs in … Dictionary of contemporary English
suburb — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ outer, outlying ▪ inner, inner ring (AmE) ▪ northern, southern, etc. ▪ su … Collocations dictionary
suburb */ — UK [ˈsʌbɜː(r)b] / US [ˈsʌˌbɜrb] noun [countable] Word forms suburb : singular suburb plural suburbs an area or town near a large city but away from its centre, where there are many houses, especially for middle class people suburb of: Wanstead is … English dictionary
suburb — sub|urb [ sʌ,bɜrb ] noun count * an area or town near a large city but away from its center, where there are many houses, especially for middle class people: suburb of: Oak Park is a suburb of Chicago. the suburbs: Once we have kids, we ll… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
suburb — noun (C) an area away from the centre of a town or city, where a lot of people live (+ of): Blackheath is a suburb of London. | the suburbs (=this type of area): a naive kid from the suburbs … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
suburb — noun Etymology: Middle English suburbe, from Anglo French, from Latin suburbium, from sub near + urbs city more at sub Date: 14th century 1. a. an outlying part of a city or town b. a smaller community adjacent to or within commuting distance of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
suburb — noun an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one. Origin ME: from OFr. suburbe or L. suburbium, from sub near to + urbs, urb city … English new terms dictionary
suburb — /ˈsʌbɜb / (say suberb) noun 1. a district, usually residential and to some degree remote from the business or administrative centre of a city or large town and enjoying its own facilities, as schools, shopping centres, train stations, etc. 2. an… …
