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  • 141 now

    [naʊ] adv
    1) ( at present) jetzt;
    and where do you live \now? und wo wohnen Sie jetzt?;
    thanks, I'm not hungry \now danke, aber im Moment bin ich satt;
    he's in the bath just \now, can he call you back? er ist jetzt gerade im Bad, kann er zurückrufen?;
    until [or up to] \now bis jetzt
    2) ( at once)
    [right] \now jetzt, sofort, gleich;
    I don't want to wait, I want it [right] \now! ich will nicht warten, ich will es jetzt [sofort]!
    3) ( till today) jetzt, nun;
    she's been a vegetarian for ten years \now sie ist jetzt schon seit zehn Jahren Vegetarierin
    4) ( referring to past) dann;
    it was getting dark \now and we were tired dann wurde es dunkel und wir waren müde
    5) ( hence) jetzt, nun;
    oh, yes, \now I know who you mean ach ja, jetzt weiß ich, wen du meinst
    6) ( soon)
    the puppies will be born any day \now die Hundewelpen können jetzt jeden Tag zur Welt kommen
    just \now gerade eben
    what do you want \now? was willst du denn nun?
    [every] \now and then [or again] ab und zu [o an];
    and \now for something completely different und nun zu etwas völlig anderem
    \now then, what's all this fuss about? also dann, worum geht's denn hier überhaupt?;
    I'm afraid I can't go today - \now, if you'd asked me yesterday I would have said yes ich befürchte, ich kann heute nicht gehen, wenn du mich allerdings gestern gefragt hättest, hätte ich zugesagt
    12) (in request, command)
    \now, where did I put my hat? wo habe ich denn jetzt nur meinen Hut hingelegt?;
    hurry \now, or you'll miss the bus jetzt beeil dich doch, sonst verpasst du noch den Bus;
    well \now, what's been going on? was war denn [jetzt] los?
    let me see \now, oh yes, I remember lass mich mal sehen, oh ja, ich erinnere mich
    \now, \now so, so
    \now, \now, don't cry aber, aber, nicht weinen;
    \now, \now, children, stop fighting! na, na, Kinder, hört auf zu streiten!
    PHRASES:
    [it's/it was] \now or never ( saying) jetzt oder nie;
    \now you're [or we're] talking! (!) schon besser!, hört sich schon besser an! n Jetzt nt;
    \now isn't a good time to speak to him augenblicklich ist keine gute Zeit, mit ihm zu reden;
    you should have mentioned it before \now das hättest du vorher sagen sollen;
    that's all for \now das ist für den Augenblick alles;
    by \now mittlerweile;
    from \now on, as from \now ab sofort conj
    \now [that]... jetzt, wo...

    English-German students dictionary > now

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  • make\ a\ fuss\ about — v. phr. 1. To quarrel about something or someone. I want you kids to stop fussing about who gets the drumstick. 2. To be excessively concerned about someone or something; worry. Let s not fuss over such an insignificant problem! 3. To show… …   Словарь американских идиом

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  • make a fuss about — express displeasure, complain about …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fuss — fuss1 [ fʌs ] noun singular or uncount * a lot of unnecessary worry or excitement about something: What is all the fuss about? We got everything done with a minimum of fuss. fuss about/over: a lot of fuss over the new technology make/kick up a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • fuss — fuss1 S3 [fʌs] n [singular, U] [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Perhaps from the sound of someone breathing quickly and excitedly] 1.) anxious behaviour or activity that is usually about unimportant things ▪ James said he d better be getting back or… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • fuss — 1 noun 1 (singular) nervous or anxious behaviour that is usually about unimportant things : be a fuss: James said he d better be getting back or there d be a fuss. | get/be in a fuss: She gets in such a fuss before people come to dinner. 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • fuss — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ awful (esp. BrE), big, great, huge, terrible (esp. BrE) VERB + FUSS ▪ cause, create, kick up …   Collocations dictionary

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