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streit 1. adjective1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) rett, bein, glatt2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) hederlig; oppriktig, åpenhjertig, rett ut3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) ordentlig, skikkelig4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) i orden/stand, rett5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) rein, bar6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) som holder masken7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) karakter-2. adverb1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) rett, beint2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) rett, direkte3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) fair, ærlig3. noun(the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.)- straightness
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- straight talking
- go straight
- straight away
- straighten out/up
- a straight fight
- straight offlike--------rank--------rett--------strakIsubst. \/streɪt\/1) rett linje2) rett vei(strekning)3) ( sport) langside, oppløpsside4) ( sport eller kortspill) serie, rekke5) ( i poker) straight6) ( hverdagslig) heteroseksuell, heterofil7) ( hverdagslig) konvensjonell personbe on the straight (and narrow) føre et hederlig liv, skikke segbe out of the straight være kroket, være skjev, sitte skjevtkeep to the straight and narrow (hverdagslig, overført) holde seg på den smale veion the straight rett, i rett linjeIIadj. \/streɪt\/1) rett, ben• is my hat on straight?2) rank, rett, stram3) direkte, rett4) på rad, etter hverandre5) i orden6) oppriktig, ærlig, åpenhjertig7) ærlig, hederlig, ordentlig, skikkelig, rettskaffen8) ( hverdagslig) pålitelig, tilforlatelig9) ( om alkoholholdig drink) ublandet, bar, ren10) (amer. skolevesen, om karakterer) blank, ren, strak11) (amer.) rendyrket, helhjertet, tro(fast)14) ( hverdagslig) borgerlig, konvensjonell15) ( hverdagslig) heterofil, heteroseksuell16) ( hverdagslig) som ikke bruker narkotika, dopfrias straight as an arrow snorrettget something straight få noe klart for seg, klargjøre en situasjon• now get this straight!get\/put\/make\/set straight ( overført) få orden på, ordne opp ibringe i orden, få orden på, rydde, gjøre i stand, ordnehave a straight word\/talk with someone si noen et alvorsordI'll put you straight! jeg skal lære deg!keep someone straight se til at noen skikker seg vel, holde orden på noenkeep straight føre et hederlig liv, skikke seg ( også) holde seg på matta, ikke skeie utkeep to the straight and narrow (path) ( overført) holde seg på den smale veimake\/put\/set everything\/matters straight ordne opp i alt, legge alt til retteput straight rette på, henge retta straight tip et stalltipsIIIadv. \/streɪt\/1) rakt, rett, bent2) rett, riktig, korrekt3) logisk, klart4) direkte, rett, rake veien5) straks, umiddelbart, øyeblikkelig6) ( overført) hederlig, ærlig, ordentlig, skikkelig7) (amer.) uten omsvøp, rett frem, direkte8) (amer.) (netto) per stykkstraight across tvers overstraight away med det samme, med en gang, umiddelbart, øyeblikkelig tvertstraight from the shoulder (gammeldags, om slag) raskt og godt slått ( overført) direkte, uten omsvøp, rett fra levrastraight off med en gang, øyeblikkelig uten forberedelser, på strak arm, på stående fot, i fartenuten videre, uten omsvøpstraight on rett fremstraight (out) direkte, rett ut, rett på sak, uten omsvøpstraight through tvers igjennom i ett strekk -
2 straight
straight [streɪt]ligne droite ⇒ 1 (a) droit ⇒ 2 (a)-(c), 2 (g), 3 (a)-(c) raide ⇒ 2 (a) honnête ⇒ 2 (c) franc ⇒ 2 (c) clair ⇒ 2 (d) en ordre ⇒ 2 (e) quitte ⇒ 2 (f) pur ⇒ 2 (h) consécutif ⇒ 2 (i) directement ⇒ 3 (c), 3 (d) franchement ⇒ 3 (e)1 noun(a) (on racetrack, railway track) ligne f droite;∎ the final or home straight la dernière ligne droite;∎ figurative we're on the home straight now nous sommes dans la dernière ligne droite;∎ to keep to the straight and narrow rester dans le droit chemin∎ to be out of straight être de biais ou de travers;∎ to cut a material on the straight couper une étoffe de droit fil(c) (in poker) quinte f∎ don't be such a straight! sois pas si sérieux!∎ Mathematics a straight line une (ligne) droite;∎ in a straight line en ligne droite;∎ to have a straight back avoir le dos bien droit, se tenir bien droit;∎ keep your back straight tiens-toi droit, redresse-toi;∎ figurative to play with or to keep a straight bat se conduire honorablement(b) (level, upright) droit;∎ the picture isn't straight le tableau n'est pas droit ou est de travers;∎ is my tie straight? est-ce que ma cravate est droite?;∎ hold or keep the tray straight tenez le plateau bien droit∎ straight as a die d'une droiture ou honnêteté absolue;∎ he's always been straight in his dealings with me il a toujours été honnête avec moi;∎ to be straight with sb être franc avec qn;∎ are you being straight with me? est-ce que tu joues franc jeu avec moi?;∎ to play a straight game jouer franc jeu;∎ to give sb a straight answer répondre franchement à qn;∎ to have a straight talk about sth parler franchement de qch;∎ to do some straight talking parler franchement;∎ at the meeting he did some straight talking il n'a pas mâché ses mots à la réunion;∎ it's time we did some straight talking il faut qu'on parle, tous les deux;∎ he's a straight arrow (person of integrity) on peut compter sur lui□ ; (too conventional) il est un peu coincé(d) (correct, clear) clair;∎ to put or to set the record straight mettre les choses au clair;∎ just to set the record straight pour que ce soit bien clair;∎ I'd like to get things straight before I leave je voudrais mettre les choses au clair avant de partir;∎ let's get this straight entendons-nous bien là-dessus;∎ let's get this straight, he left at two o'clock? mettons les choses au clair, il est parti à deux heures?;∎ have you put her straight? as-tu mis les choses au point avec elle?;∎ you ought to put her straight about what he's (really) like tu devrais lui dire comment il est vraiment;∎ now just you get this straight! mets-toi bien ceci dans la tête!, qu'on se mette bien d'accord sur ce point!(e) (tidy, in order → room, desk, accounts) en ordre;∎ to put or to set straight (room, house) mettre en ordre, mettre de l'ordre dans; (affairs, accounts) mettre de l'ordre dans;∎ put your desk straight rangez votre bureau;∎ put your things straight on the desk mettez un peu d'ordre sur le bureau∎ here's the £5 I owe you, now we're straight voilà les 5 livres que je te dois, maintenant nous sommes quittes;∎ I need five hundred pounds to get myself straight il me faut cinq cents livres pour me remettre d'aplomb ou me refaire∎ Boxing he hit him a straight left/right il lui a porté un direct du gauche/du droit;∎ American to vote a straight ticket voter pour une liste sans panachage(h) (pure, utter) pur;∎ it's just straight prejudice ce sont des préjugés, tout simplement;∎ it's just straight propaganda c'est de la propagande pure et simple(i) (consecutive) consécutif, de suite;∎ to have three straight wins gagner trois fois de suite ou d'affilée;∎ Sport to win in three straight sets (in tennis) gagner en trois sets;∎ he won in straight sets (best of three sets) il a gagné en deux sets; (best of five sets) il a gagné en trois sets;∎ we worked for three straight days nous avons travaillé trois jours d'affilée;∎ he got straight As all term il n'a eu que de très bonnes notes tout le semestre;∎ a straight A student un étudiant brillant;∎ a straight flush (in poker) une quinte flush(j) (neat → whisky, vodka) sec (sèche)∎ to keep a straight face garder son sérieux;∎ it's the first straight role she's played in years c'est son premier rôle sérieux depuis des années∎ a straight eight engine un moteur huit cylindres en ligne∎ this is the straight story of what happened voici comment ça s'est vraiment passé3 adverb(a) (in a straight line) droit, en ligne droite;∎ try and walk straight! essaie de marcher droit!;∎ the rocket shot straight up la fusée est montée à la verticale ou en ligne droite;∎ to shoot straight viser juste;∎ familiar to go straight (criminal) se ranger des voitures(b) (upright → walk, sit, stand) (bien) droit;∎ sit up straight! tiens-toi droit ou redresse-toi (sur ta chaise)!(c) (directly) (tout) droit, directement;∎ he looked me straight in the face/in the eye il me regarda bien en face/droit dans les yeux;∎ to drink straight from the bottle boire à (même) la bouteille;∎ it's straight across the road c'est juste en face;∎ the car came straight at me la voiture a foncé droit sur moi;∎ the ball went straight through the window la balle est passée par la fenêtre;∎ the knife went straight through my arm le couteau m'a transpercé le bras;∎ we drove straight through Nantes nous avons traversé Nantes sans nous arrêter;∎ to read a book straight through (from beginning to end) lire un livre d'un bout à l'autre; (without stopping) lire un livre d'une traite;∎ he looked straight through me il m'a regardé sans me voir;∎ it went straight to his heart cela lui est allé droit au cœur;∎ straight ahead tout droit;∎ where's the crossroads? - it's straight ahead où se trouve le carrefour? - c'est tout droit devant vous;∎ he looked straight ahead il regarda droit devant lui;∎ straight on tout droit;∎ go straight on till you come to a roundabout continuez tout droit jusqu'à ce que vous arriviez à un rond-point;∎ at the roundabout go straight over au rond-point allez tout droit;∎ familiar to let sb have it straight dire son fait à qn□ ;∎ to come straight out with sth dire qch tout net;∎ she gave it me straight from the shoulder elle me l'a dit sans ambages ou sans prendre de gants(d) (without delay) directement;∎ come straight home after the concert! rentre à la maison tout de suite après le concert!;∎ go straight to bed! va tout de suite te coucher!;∎ I'll be straight back je reviens directement;∎ they mostly go straight from school to university pour la plupart, ils passent directement du lycée à l'université;∎ to come straight to the point aller droit au fait;∎ to get straight on with one's work se mettre directement au travail;∎ straight away immédiatement, aussitôt, tout de suite;∎ familiar straight off tout de suite□(e) (frankly, honestly) franchement, carrément;∎ I told him straight (out) what I thought of him je lui ai dit franchement ce que je pensais de lui;∎ to play straight jouer franc jeu;∎ familiar I'm giving it to you straight je vous le dis tout net□ ;∎ straight up! sans blague!, je t'assure!∎ I can't see straight je ne vois pas bien;∎ I can't think straight je n'ai pas les idées claires(g) (neat, unmixed)∎ to drink whisky straight boire son whisky sec►► Theatre straight actor acteur(trice) m,f sérieux-(euse);straight four (in rowing) quatre m de pointe sans barreur;Theatre straight man (of comedian) faire-valoir m inv;Theatre straight part rôle m sérieux;American straight razor rasoir m à main;straight theatre le théâtre traditionnel; -
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ordre [ɔʀdʀ]1. masculine nouna. ( = succession régulière) orderb. ( = catégorie) orderd. ( = bonne organisation) [de personne, chambre] tidinesse. ( = commandement) order• j'ai reçu l'ordre de... I've been given orders to...f. ( = association) order2. compounds► ordre du jour [de conférence, réunion] agenda* * *ɔʀdʀnom masculin1) ( commandement) orderà vos ordres! — Armée yes, sir!; (à un ami, parent) hum at your service! hum
2) ( disposition régulière) orderen bon ordre — [être aligné, avancer] in an orderly fashion
avancer en ordre dispersé/serré — to advance in scattered/close formation
3) Informatique command4) ( fait d'être rangé) tidiness, orderliness; ( fait d'être bien organisé) orderêtre en ordre — [maison, armoire] to be tidy; [comptes] to be in order
mettre de l'ordre dans — to tidy up [pièce, placard]
mettre de l'ordre dans sa vie — to set ou put one's life in order
remise en ordre — fig rationalization
5) ( état stable et normal) ordertout est rentré dans l'ordre — gén everything is back to normal; ( après des émeutes) order has been restored
6) ( nature) naturede l'ordre de 30% — in the order of 30% GB, on the order of 30% US
dans le même ordre d'idées, je voudrais vous demander — talking of which, I would like to ask you
7) Architecture, Biologie, Zoologie order8) ( confrérie) order9) Religion order10) Finance orderlibellez le chèque à l'ordre de X — make the cheque GB ou check US payable to X
•Phrasal Verbs:* * *ɔʀdʀ1. nm1) (injonction) orderÇa ne se discute pas, c'est un ordre. — There's no discussion, it's an order.
2) (classement) order3) (= nature, type)4) (organisation) orderliness, tidinessavoir de l'ordre — to be tidy, to be orderly
mettre en ordre — to tidy, to tidy up, to put in order
mettre bon ordre à — to put to rights, to sort out
5) (légalité, discipline) orderbousculer l'ordre établi; bouleverser l'ordre établi — to overthrow the established order
6) COMMERCE order7) (= association) order2. ordres nmplRELIGION Holy Orders* * *ordre nm1 ( commandement) order; donner un ordre à qn to give sb an order; donner à qn l'ordre de faire to give sb the order to do, to order sb to do; recevoir l'ordre de faire qch to be given the order to do sth, to be ordered to do sth; je n'ai d'ordre à recevoir de personne I don't take orders from anybody; j'ai des ordres I'm acting under orders; agir sur ordre de qn to act on sb's orders; travailler sous les ordres de qn to work under sb; elle a 30 personnes sous ses ordres she has 30 people (working) under her; être aux ordres de qn Mil to serve under sb, to be under sb's command; ( employé de maison) to be in sb's service; prendre qn à ses ordres to take sb on; à vos ordres! Mil yes, sir!; hum (à un ami, parent) at your service! hum; jusqu' à nouvel ordre until further notice;2 ( disposition régulière) order; par ordre alphabétique/chronologique in alphabetical/chronological order; en ordre croissant/décroissant in ascending/descending order; par ordre de préférence in order of preference; par ordre d'entrée en scène in order of appearance; l'ordre des mots word order; l'ordre des cérémonies the order of ceremonies; procédons par ordre let's do things in order; tu dois, dans l'ordre, téléphoner à la gare, à l'aéroport, à l'hôtel you've got to phone the station, the airport and the hotel, in that order; selon un ordre strict in strict order; en bon ordre [être aligné, avancer] in an orderly fashion ; avancer en ordre dispersé/serré to advance in scattered/close formation; ordre de bataille battle order;3 Ordinat command;4 ( fait d'être rangé) tidiness, orderliness; ( fait d'être bien organisé) order; être en ordre [maison, armoire] to be tidy; [comptes] to be in order; tenir une pièce en ordre to keep a room tidy; mettre de l'ordre dans to tidy up [pièce, placard]; mettre de l'ordre dans ses comptes to get one's accounts in order; mettre de l'ordre dans ses idées to get one's ideas straight; mettre de l'ordre dans sa vie to sort out one's life○; mettre ses affaires en ordre ( avant de mourir) to put one's affairs in order;5 ( qualité) tidiness; elle n'a pas beaucoup d'ordre ( rangé) she' s not very tidy; ( méthodique) she's not very methodical; mettre bon ordre à qch to sort out sth; remettre une pièce en ordre to put everything back where it was in a room; remise en ordre fig rationalization;6 ( comme valeur) order; aimer l'ordre et le travail sérieux to like order and hard work;7 ( état stable et normal) order; maintenir l'ordre dans sa classe to keep order in the classroom; rappeler qn à l'ordre to reprimand sb; tout est rentré dans l'ordre gén everything is back to normal; ( après des émeutes) order has been restored; l'ordre public public order; maintenir/rétablir l'ordre (public) to maintain/restore law and order; troubler l'ordre public [individu] to cause a breach of the peace; [groupe d'insurgés] to disturb the peace; le respect de l'ordre établi respect for the established order; c'est dans l'ordre des choses it's in the nature of things; en ordre de marche in working order;8 ( nature) nature; un problème de cet ordre a problem of that nature; un problème de cet ordre (de grandeur) a problem on that scale; c'est un problème d'ordre économique it's a problem of an economic nature; d'ordre officiel/personnel of an official/a personal nature; de l'ordre de 30% in ou of the order of 30% GB, on the order of 30% US; ordre de prix price range; de quel ordre de grandeur? [somme] how much approximately?; pour vous donner un ordre de grandeur to give you a rough idea; de premier ordre first-rate; de second ordre second-rate; dans le même ordre d'idées, je voudrais vous demander talking of which, I would like to ask you; c'est du même ordre it's the same kind of thing; c'est d'un tout autre ordre it's a completely different kind of thing; des préoccupations d'un tout autre ordre very different worries;10 ( confrérie) order; ordre de chevalerie order of chivalry; l'ordre des médecins the medical association; l'ordre des avocats the lawyers' association; être rayé de l'ordre [avocat] to be disbarred; [médecin] to be struck off (the medical register) GB, to lose one's license US;11 Relig order; ordre monastique monastic order; entrer dans les ordres to take (holy) orders; l'ordre des cisterciens the Cistercian order; l'ordre des Templiers the Knights Templar; les ordres majeurs/mineurs major/minor orders;12 ( sous l'Ancien Régime) estate;13 Fin order; ordre d'achat/de vente order to buy/to sell; libellez le chèque à l'ordre de X make the cheque GB ou check US payable to X; c'est à quel ordre? who do I make it payable to?;ordre du jour ( de réunion) agenda; être à l'ordre du jour lit to be on the agenda; fig to be talked about; inscrire qch à l'ordre du jour to put sth on the agenda; ordre de mobilisation Mil marching orders (pl).[ɔrdr] nom masculinA.[INSTRUCTION]1. [directive, injonction] ordera. [parent] to give an orderb. [officiel, policier, officier] to issue ou to give an orderdonner à quelqu'un l'ordre de faire quelque chose to order somebody to do something, to give somebody the order to do something2. BANQUE & BOURSEà l'ordre de payable to, to the order ofchèque à mon ordre cheque made out ou payable to meordre d'achat/de vente order to buy/to sellordre de paiement/virement order to pay/to transferB.[HIÉRARCHIE, AGENCEMENT]par ordre d'arrivée/de grandeur/d'importance in order of arrival/size/importancepar ordre chronologique/croissant/décroissant in chronological/ascending/descending order[sens du rangement]manquer ou ne pas avoir d'ordre to be untidy3. [organisation méthodique - de documents] ordermettre en ordre, mettre de l'ordre dans [documents, comptabilité] to set in order, to tidy up (separable)il a laissé ses papiers/comptes en ordre avant de partir he left his papers/accounts in order before leaving4. [discipline sociale]faire régner l'ordre to keep ou maintain ordera. [dans une assemblée] to be called to orderb. [dans une classe] to get told offl'ordre public public order, law and orderrentrer dans l'ordre: puis tout est rentré dans l'ordre then order was restored, then everything went back to normalC.[CLASSIFICATION, DOMAINE]du même ordre [proposition, responsabilités] similar, of the same naturede l'ordre de in the region ou order ofune augmentation de 5 %? — oui, de cet ordre a 5% rise? — yes, roughly ou in that regionc'est dans l'ordre des choses it's in the order ou nature of thingsordre attique/dorique/ionique Attic/Doric/Ionic orderde dernier ordre locution adjectivalede premier ordre locution adjectivalede second ordre locution adjectivale[question] of secondary importance[artiste, personnalité] second-rateordre du jour nom masculin1. [d'un comité] agendamettre quelque chose à l'ordre du jour to put ou to place something on the agendaPut the cases down here, please. Posez les valises là, s'il vous plaîtTake the bags out to the car, will you? Portez les bagages à la voiture, voulez-vous ?Quiet, please. Un peu de silence, s'il vous plaîtTurn left at the traffic lights. Tournez à gauche au feuDon't walk on the grass - it's wet. Ne marche pas sur l'herbe, elle est mouilléePut that down! Pose ça !Get out (of my house)! Sortez (d'ici) !Just leave it alone, will you! Laisse-ça tranquille, tu m'entends ! -
4 ordré
ordre [ɔʀdʀ]1. masculine nouna. ( = succession régulière) orderb. ( = catégorie) orderd. ( = bonne organisation) [de personne, chambre] tidinesse. ( = commandement) order• j'ai reçu l'ordre de... I've been given orders to...f. ( = association) order2. compounds► ordre du jour [de conférence, réunion] agenda* * *ɔʀdʀnom masculin1) ( commandement) orderà vos ordres! — Armée yes, sir!; (à un ami, parent) hum at your service! hum
2) ( disposition régulière) orderen bon ordre — [être aligné, avancer] in an orderly fashion
avancer en ordre dispersé/serré — to advance in scattered/close formation
3) Informatique command4) ( fait d'être rangé) tidiness, orderliness; ( fait d'être bien organisé) orderêtre en ordre — [maison, armoire] to be tidy; [comptes] to be in order
mettre de l'ordre dans — to tidy up [pièce, placard]
mettre de l'ordre dans sa vie — to set ou put one's life in order
remise en ordre — fig rationalization
5) ( état stable et normal) ordertout est rentré dans l'ordre — gén everything is back to normal; ( après des émeutes) order has been restored
6) ( nature) naturede l'ordre de 30% — in the order of 30% GB, on the order of 30% US
dans le même ordre d'idées, je voudrais vous demander — talking of which, I would like to ask you
7) Architecture, Biologie, Zoologie order8) ( confrérie) order9) Religion order10) Finance orderlibellez le chèque à l'ordre de X — make the cheque GB ou check US payable to X
•Phrasal Verbs:* * *ɔʀdʀ1. nm1) (injonction) orderÇa ne se discute pas, c'est un ordre. — There's no discussion, it's an order.
2) (classement) order3) (= nature, type)4) (organisation) orderliness, tidinessavoir de l'ordre — to be tidy, to be orderly
mettre en ordre — to tidy, to tidy up, to put in order
mettre bon ordre à — to put to rights, to sort out
5) (légalité, discipline) orderbousculer l'ordre établi; bouleverser l'ordre établi — to overthrow the established order
6) COMMERCE order7) (= association) order2. ordres nmplRELIGION Holy Orders* * *ordre nm1 ( commandement) order; donner un ordre à qn to give sb an order; donner à qn l'ordre de faire to give sb the order to do, to order sb to do; recevoir l'ordre de faire qch to be given the order to do sth, to be ordered to do sth; je n'ai d'ordre à recevoir de personne I don't take orders from anybody; j'ai des ordres I'm acting under orders; agir sur ordre de qn to act on sb's orders; travailler sous les ordres de qn to work under sb; elle a 30 personnes sous ses ordres she has 30 people (working) under her; être aux ordres de qn Mil to serve under sb, to be under sb's command; ( employé de maison) to be in sb's service; prendre qn à ses ordres to take sb on; à vos ordres! Mil yes, sir!; hum (à un ami, parent) at your service! hum; jusqu' à nouvel ordre until further notice;2 ( disposition régulière) order; par ordre alphabétique/chronologique in alphabetical/chronological order; en ordre croissant/décroissant in ascending/descending order; par ordre de préférence in order of preference; par ordre d'entrée en scène in order of appearance; l'ordre des mots word order; l'ordre des cérémonies the order of ceremonies; procédons par ordre let's do things in order; tu dois, dans l'ordre, téléphoner à la gare, à l'aéroport, à l'hôtel you've got to phone the station, the airport and the hotel, in that order; selon un ordre strict in strict order; en bon ordre [être aligné, avancer] in an orderly fashion ; avancer en ordre dispersé/serré to advance in scattered/close formation; ordre de bataille battle order;3 Ordinat command;4 ( fait d'être rangé) tidiness, orderliness; ( fait d'être bien organisé) order; être en ordre [maison, armoire] to be tidy; [comptes] to be in order; tenir une pièce en ordre to keep a room tidy; mettre de l'ordre dans to tidy up [pièce, placard]; mettre de l'ordre dans ses comptes to get one's accounts in order; mettre de l'ordre dans ses idées to get one's ideas straight; mettre de l'ordre dans sa vie to sort out one's life○; mettre ses affaires en ordre ( avant de mourir) to put one's affairs in order;5 ( qualité) tidiness; elle n'a pas beaucoup d'ordre ( rangé) she' s not very tidy; ( méthodique) she's not very methodical; mettre bon ordre à qch to sort out sth; remettre une pièce en ordre to put everything back where it was in a room; remise en ordre fig rationalization;6 ( comme valeur) order; aimer l'ordre et le travail sérieux to like order and hard work;7 ( état stable et normal) order; maintenir l'ordre dans sa classe to keep order in the classroom; rappeler qn à l'ordre to reprimand sb; tout est rentré dans l'ordre gén everything is back to normal; ( après des émeutes) order has been restored; l'ordre public public order; maintenir/rétablir l'ordre (public) to maintain/restore law and order; troubler l'ordre public [individu] to cause a breach of the peace; [groupe d'insurgés] to disturb the peace; le respect de l'ordre établi respect for the established order; c'est dans l'ordre des choses it's in the nature of things; en ordre de marche in working order;8 ( nature) nature; un problème de cet ordre a problem of that nature; un problème de cet ordre (de grandeur) a problem on that scale; c'est un problème d'ordre économique it's a problem of an economic nature; d'ordre officiel/personnel of an official/a personal nature; de l'ordre de 30% in ou of the order of 30% GB, on the order of 30% US; ordre de prix price range; de quel ordre de grandeur? [somme] how much approximately?; pour vous donner un ordre de grandeur to give you a rough idea; de premier ordre first-rate; de second ordre second-rate; dans le même ordre d'idées, je voudrais vous demander talking of which, I would like to ask you; c'est du même ordre it's the same kind of thing; c'est d'un tout autre ordre it's a completely different kind of thing; des préoccupations d'un tout autre ordre very different worries;10 ( confrérie) order; ordre de chevalerie order of chivalry; l'ordre des médecins the medical association; l'ordre des avocats the lawyers' association; être rayé de l'ordre [avocat] to be disbarred; [médecin] to be struck off (the medical register) GB, to lose one's license US;11 Relig order; ordre monastique monastic order; entrer dans les ordres to take (holy) orders; l'ordre des cisterciens the Cistercian order; l'ordre des Templiers the Knights Templar; les ordres majeurs/mineurs major/minor orders;12 ( sous l'Ancien Régime) estate;13 Fin order; ordre d'achat/de vente order to buy/to sell; libellez le chèque à l'ordre de X make the cheque GB ou check US payable to X; c'est à quel ordre? who do I make it payable to?;ordre du jour ( de réunion) agenda; être à l'ordre du jour lit to be on the agenda; fig to be talked about; inscrire qch à l'ordre du jour to put sth on the agenda; ordre de mobilisation Mil marching orders (pl). -
5 straighten out
1. transitive verb1) geradebiegen [Draht]; geradeziehen [Seil, Kabel]; glätten [Decke, Teppich]; begradigen [Fluss, Straße]2) (put in order, clear up) klären; aus der Welt schaffen [Missverständnis, Meinungsverschiedenheit]; in Ordnung bringen [Angelegenheit]; berichtigen [Fehler]2. intransitive verb* * *I. vt▪ to \straighten out out ⇆ sth1. (make straight) etw gerade machento \straighten out out one's arms/legs die Arme/Beine ausstreckento \straighten out out one's clothes seine Kleider glatt streichento \straighten out out a dent in the bumper die Stoßstange ausbeulento \straighten out out a road eine Straße begradigento \straighten out out a wire einen Draht ausziehenI think we should get matters \straighten outed out between us ich finde, wir sollten die Dinge zwischen uns klären▪ to \straighten out sb out (explain a situation) jdm die Sachlage erklären; (explain the truth) jdn aufklären; (make behave) jdn [wieder] auf den rechten Weg bringento \straighten out out one's affairs Klarheit in seine Finanzen bringento \straighten out out a misunderstanding ein Missverständnis aus der Welt schaffento \straighten out out a problem/situation ein Problem/eine Situation bereinigenII. vi gerade werden* * *1. vt sep1) (= make straight) legs etc gerade machen; road begradigen; wire gerade biegen; rope gerade ziehen; hair glätten2) (= put right) problem, situation klären; one's ideas ordnen; one's affairs, the economy in Ordnung bringen; misunderstanding (auf)klären; person (by discipline) auf die richtige Bahn bringento straighten oneself out — ins richtige Gleis kommen
the problem will soon straighten itself out — das Problem wird sich bald von selbst erledigen
to straighten things out — die Sache geradebiegen or in Ordnung bringen
2. vi(road etc) gerade werden; (hair) glatt werden* * *1. transitive verb1) geradebiegen [Draht]; geradeziehen [Seil, Kabel]; glätten [Decke, Teppich]; begradigen [Fluss, Straße]2) (put in order, clear up) klären; aus der Welt schaffen [Missverständnis, Meinungsverschiedenheit]; in Ordnung bringen [Angelegenheit]; berichtigen [Fehler]2. intransitive verb -
6 règle
règle [ʀεgl]feminine nouna. ( = loi) ruleb. ( = instrument) rulerd. (locutions) dans ce métier, la prudence est de règle in this profession, caution is the rule• il faut faire la demande dans or selon les règles you must make the request through the proper channels* * *ʀɛgl
1.
1) ( instrument) ruler, rule2) ( consigne) rulerespecter les règles du jeu — lit, fig to play the game according to the rules
dans or selon les règles de l'art — by the rule book
il se fait une règle or il a pour règle de payer comptant — he makes it a rule to pay cash
3) ( usage établi) ruleil est de règle de répondre or qu'on réponde — it is customary to reply
2.
règles nom féminin pluriel ( menstruation) period (sg)
3.
en règle locution adjective [demande] formal; [papiers, comptes] in order
4.
en règle locution adverbialepour passer la frontière, il faut être en règle — to cross the frontier, your papers must be in order
* * *ʀɛɡl1. nf1) (= instrument) rulerIl a souligné son nom avec une règle. — He underlined his name with a ruler.
2) (= loi, prescription) ruleC'est la règle. — That's the rule.
en règle générale — as a rule, as a general rule
être en règle [papiers] — to be in order
Mes papiers sont en règle. — My papers are in order.
se mettre en règle [personne] — to put o.s. straight with the authorities
être de règle (= être de mise) — to be usual
2. règles nfplPHYSIOLOGIE period sg* * *A nf1 ( instrument) ruler, rule; à la règle with a ruler;2 ( consigne) rule; règle de grammaire grammatical rule; règle de conduite rule of conduct; les règles de la bienséance the rules of propriety; la règle du jeu lit, fig the rules of the game; respecter les règles du jeu lit, fig to play the game according to the rules; dans or selon les règles according to the rules; dans or selon les règles de l'art by the rule book; il se fait une règle or il a pour règle de payer comptant he makes it a rule to pay cash;3 ( usage établi) rule; c'est la règle that's the rule; en règle générale as a (general) rule; il est de règle de répondre or qu'on réponde it is customary to reply.B règles nfpl Physiol period; est-ce qu'elle a ses règles? ( en ce moment) is she having her period?; ( en général) is she having periods?, is she menstruating?C en règle loc adj [demande] formal; [avertissement] official; [papiers, comptes] in order; subir un interrogatoire en règle to be given a thorough interrogation.D en règle loc adv pour passer la frontière, il faut être en règle to cross the frontier, your papers must be in order; se mettre en règle avec le fisc to get one's tax affairs properly sorted out.règle à calcul slide rule; règle graduée graduated ruler; règle d'or golden rule; règle de trois rule of three; règles de sécurité safety regulations.[rɛgl] nom féminin1. [instrument] ruler2. [principe, code] ruleles règles de l'honneur the rules ou code of honourenfreindre la règle to break the rule ou rules————————règles nom féminin plurielPHYSIOLOGIE [en général] periods[d'un cycle] periodavoir ses règles to be menstruating, to be having one's periodavoir des règles douloureuses to suffer from period ou pains (UK), to suffer from menstrual cramps (US), to have painful periods————————en règle locution adjectivalea. [document] to be in orderb. [personne] to have one's papers in order, to be in possession of valid papersen règle générale locution adverbiale -
7 sich
abkühlen, sich
(Konjunktur) to cool off.
abmelden, sich
to notify one’s departure.
absprechen, sich
to come to an arrangement, to agree;
• sich mit seinen Mitarbeitern absprechen to consult with one’s fellow workers;
• Schadenersatz absprechen to disallow damages.
abwechseln, sich
to take turns, to alternate;
• jährlich abwechseln (Vorsitz) to rotate every year;
• in Schichten abwechseln to rotate shifts.
aneignen, sich
to acquire, to appropriate, to adopt;
• sich Geld aneignen to embezzle funds, to misappropriate (convert) money;
• sich einen Namen aneignen to adopt a name.
auspendeln, sich
(Zinssätze) to stabilize at a certain level.
auswirken, sich
to bear upon, to take effect;
• sich auf das Betriebsergebnis auswirken to come through into the results;
• sich kostenmäßig auswirken to make a showing on costs;
• sich in einer Preiserhöhung auswirken to result in a price increase;
• sich schnell auswirken (Investitionen) to pick up quickly;
• sich ungünstig auswirken to have an unfavo(u)rable effect;
• sich voll auswirken to be in full swing;
• sich als Vorteil auswirken to turn out to be an advantage.
behaupten, sich
to stand one’s ground, (Kurse) to hold their ground, to keep its head, to keep (remain) steady, to remain firm;
• sich gut behaupten (Wechselkurs) to hold fairly steady;
• weiterhin hohe Kurse behaupten to continue to rule high;
• seine Rechte behaupten to safeguard one’s rights;
• sich am Schluss behaupten oder leicht abschwächen (Börse) to close steady to slightly lower;
• sich in seiner Stellung behaupten to hold one’s position;
• seine Stellung im technologischen Wettbewerb behaupten to keep up in the technology race.
behauptend, sich
(Preis) steady.
behelfen, sich
to make shift, to manage, to resort to expedients;
• sich ohne Sekretärin behelfen to do without the services of a secretary.
belaufen, sich
to come (mount up, run) to, to reach, to rise, to run into, to make;
• sich auf 10.000 Euro belaufen to foot up (figure out) to euro 10,000 debts;
• sich auf das Doppelte des Voranschlags belaufen to come to double the estimate;
• insgesamt belaufen to aggregate, to total;
• sich ungefähr belaufen to come near to.
bereichern, sich
to line one’s pockets, to make one’s pile;
• sich an Kinderarbeit bereichern to exploit child labo(u)r;
• sich öffentlich bereichern to enrich o. s. from public office.
beruhigen, sich
(Börse) to settle down, (politische Lage) to become stable, to ease;
• Gläubiger mit einer Ratenzahlung beruhigen to put off a dun with an instal(l)ment.
bewegen, sich
(Preise) to range (vary) from... to...;
• sich abwärts bewegen to be on the downgrade (skids, US);
• sich fast einheitlich um die 20% bewegen to cluster around the 20 per cent mark;
• sich entsprechend der Preisindexziffern bewegen to move in sympathy with the index figures of prices.
bewerben, sich
to apply for, to stand as a candidate for (Br.), to run, to [run as a] candidate, to seek, to go up (Br.), (um Lieferungen) to make a bid for, to tender, (um einen Preis) to compete for;
• sich um ein Amt bewerben to run (stand) for an office (US);
• sich um einen Auftrag bewerben to make a tender;
• sich persönlich bewerben to make a personal application;
• sich um eine Stelle (Stellung) bewerben to apply (run) for a position, to put in for a post (job, fam.), to compete for a job.
bewähren, sich
(Artikel) to stand the strain (test);
• sich nicht bewähren to prove a failure.
drehen, sich
(Börse) to turn;
• sich um ein Thema drehen to run on a subject.
durchschlagen, sich
to shift for a living;
• kostenmäßig durchschlagen to make a showing on cost;
• auf die Ladenverkaufspreise durchschlagen to work through to prices in the shops;
• direkt auf die Preise durchschlagen to feed straight through into the prices.
eignen, sich
to qualify, to be suitable (qualified);
• sich als Kapitalanlage eignen to be suitable for investment.
einbürgern, sich
to become established;
• teilweise einbürgern to denizen;
• wieder einbürgern to repatriate.
einigen, sich
to agree, to come to terms, to settle an issue (Br.);
• sich über die Bedingungen einigen to agree upon the terms;
• sich mit seinen Gläubigern einigen to compound with one’s creditors;
• sich auf die Gründung einer Gesellschaft einigen to agree to form a company;
• sich gütlich einigen to settle a matter amicably, to come to an amicable arrangement;
• sich auf einen bestimmten Preis einigen to agree on a certain price;
• sich vergleichsweise einigen to reach a settlement.
einmischen, sich
to intervene, to interfere, to meddle, to barge in (fam.);
• sich in die Angelegenheiten eines Nachbarlandes einmischen to intervene in the affairs of a neighbo(u)ring country;
• sich unaufgefordert (ungefragt) einmischen to meddle.
einpendeln, sich
(Kurse) to even out, to settle down.
einschiffen, sich
to embark, to get (go) aboard, to join one’s ship, to go on board, to [take] ship.
einwählen, sich
(Computer) to plug into.
emporarbeiten, sich
to work one’s way up, to win one’s way from poverty.
entschließen, sich
to determine, to decide, to make up one’s mind, to resolve;
• sich zu einem Kauf entschließen to decide on buying.
ereignen, sich
to occur, to happen, to take place.
erholen, sich
to recreate, to convalesce, to recuperate, to pick up, (Industrie) to be reviving, (Kurse) to look (pick, prick) up, to recover, to revive, to rally, to rise, to improve, (Markt) to improve, (sich schadlos halten) to make up for one’s losses, to repay (reimburse, recoup) o. s.;
• sich bei jem. erholen to draw (reimburse o. s.) upon s. o.;
• sich von einem geschäftlichen Fehlschlag erholen to recover from a business setback;
• sich beim Giranten erholen to have recourse to the endorser of a note;
• sich von den Nachwirkungen des Krieges erholen to recover from the effects of the war;
• sich bei den Schlusskursen erholen to be improving at the close;
• sich schnell erholen (Kurse) to brisk up;
• sich wieder erholen (Kurse) to be picking up again, to experience a recovery;
• sich finanziell wieder erholen to recover financially (one’s strength), to recuperate;
• sich für eine Zahlung erholen to cover o. s.
etablieren, sich
to establish o. s., to set up shop for o. s., to start a business.
festigen, sich
to consolidate, (Börse, Kurse, Preise) to [become] firm, to steady, to stiffen, to strengthen, to harden, to stabilize;
• Dollarkurs festigen to strengthen the dollar price;
• seine Stellung festigen to strengthen one’s position, to solidify one’s place;
• Währung festigen to stabilize the currency;
• sich erneut im Vergleich mit anderen harten Währungen festigen to strengthen again against other major currencies;
• Wechselkurse festigen to stabilize exchange rates.
freizeichnen, sich
to contract out, to exempt o. s. from a liability.
gesundschrumpfen, sich
to shrink to profitable size;
• sich gesundstoßen to make a packet (fam.).
heraufarbeiten, sich
to work one’s way (o. s.) up (o. s. into a good position).
herauskristallisieren, sich
to crystallize, to take shape;
• sich herausmachen (Firma) to make good progress;
• sein Kapital herausnehmen to withdraw one’s capital;
• Gehälter aus dem Preisindexsystem herausnehmen to disindex salaries from the price index;
• Geld aus jem. herauspressen to squeeze money out of s. o.;
• weitere Steuern aus dem Volk herauspressen to screw more taxes out of the people;
• Gewinne aus einem fallenden und überbesetzten Markt herausprügeln müssen to be forced to slug it out in a slumping and overcrowded market;
• Geld herausrücken to cough up (US sl.), to fork out (sl.);
• Zahlungen herausschieben to postpone payment;
• herausschinden to eke out;
• Geld aus jem. herausschinden to extract money from s. o.;
• zusätzliche Urlaubswoche herausschinden to wangle an extra week’s holiday;
• Geld aus einer Sache herausschlagen to get one’s money’s worth;
• allerlei Vorteile herausschlagen to gain all kinds of advantages;
• Unfähige herausschmeißen to weed out the incompetents;
• heraussetzen (Mieter) to evict, to eject, to turn out.
herausstellen, sich
to turn out, to prove;
• besonders herausstellen (Presse) to feature (US coll.), to highlight (US);
• sich als Fälschung herausstellen to prove to be a forgery;
• groß herausstellen to give a build-up;
• sich als sehr hoch herausstellen (Kosten) to come rather high;
• sich als missglückt herausstellen (Anlage) to turn sour;
• sich als Vorteil herausstellen to turn out to be an advantage.
hinschleppen, sich
to drag on.
konkretisieren, sich
(Forderung) to crystallize.
konstituieren, sich
(parl.) to assemble;
• Ausschuss konstituieren to appoint a committee;
• sich als eingetragene Gesellschaft konstituieren to form themselves into a registered corporation.
kreuzen, sich
to intersect, (Interessen) to clash, to run counter, (Straße) to cross.
kristallisieren, sich
to crystallize.
kräftigen, sich
(Kurs) to improve, to recover, (Markt) to strengthen;
• Dollarkurs kräftigen to strengthen the dollar price.
lebensversichern, sich
to assure one’s life with a company (Br.);
• sich für 20.000 L lebensversichern to insure (assure, Br.) o. s. for L 20,000;
• sich gegenseitig lebensversichern to insure one’s own life for the benefit of the other;
• seine Schlüsselkräfte lebensversichern to take out life policies on one’s key man.
liieren, sich
(Gesellschafter) to unite, to join, to associate, to become a partner.
massieren, sich
(Aufträge) to pile up.
niederlassen, sich
to set up for o. s., to take up one’s abode (domicile, residence), to locate, (Wohnsitz) to settle down;
• sich als Anwalt niederlassen to settle down in the practice of law;
• sich als Arzt niederlassen to put up (hang out) one’s shingle;
• sich als Buchhändler niederlassen to establish o. s. (set up business) as a bookseller;
• sich für dauernd niederlassen to settle down for good;
• sich geschäftlich niederlassen to establish o. s. as a businessman, to set up for o. s., to set up shop, to set o. s. up in business;
• sich im Hauptgeschäftsviertel niederlassen to fix one’s residence in the city;
• sich widerrechtlich niederlassen to abate.
rentieren, sich
to pay [its way (for costs)], to pay well, to bring a return, (Betrieb) to be profitable, (Ware) to leave a margin;
• sich gut rentieren to yield good profits;
• sich nicht rentieren not to be worthwhile;
• sich noch rentieren to break even;
• sich gerade noch rentieren to wash its face (Br. sl.);
• sich in zehn Jahren rentieren to pay its way in ten years.
stabilisieren, sich
to become stable;
• Preise stabilisieren to stabilize (peg) prices.
treffen, sich
to meet, to gather, to assemble;
• Abkommen treffen to come to an agreement (terms);
• Anordnungen treffen to prescribe;
• Auslese treffen to cull;
• Buchung treffen to pass (effect) an entry;
• Freigabeverfügungen für die Wirtschaftshilfe treffen to loosen its grip on the economic-aid purse strings;
• auf Öl treffen to strike oil;
• Steuerzahler heftig treffen to clobber the taxpayers;
• Übereinkommen treffen to compact;
• Übereinkunft treffen to come to an arrangement;
• Verabredung treffen to make (fix) an appointment;
• Verbraucher unmittelbar treffen to fall directly onto the consumer;
• vorläufige Vereinbarung treffen to make a provisional arrangement;
• Vorbereitungen (Vorkehrungen) treffen to make preparations;
• Vorsichtsmaßregeln treffen to take precautionary measures.
unterordnen, sich
to subordinate o. s.
verausgaben, sich
to spend beyond one’s means, to run short of money.
verbürgen, sich
to [a]vouch, to undertake, to warrant, to guarantee, to stand surety, to bail;
• sich für einen Bericht verbürgen to warrant a report;
• sich für jds. Ehrlichkeit und Zuverlässigkeit verbürgen to warrant s. o. an honest and reliable person;
• sich für eine Schuld verbürgen to answer for a debt;
• sich für jds. Zahlungsfähigkeit verbürgen to vouch for s. one's ability to pay.
verkalkulieren, sich
to miscalculate, to overshoot.
vermehren, sich
to multiply;
• sein Vermögen vermehren to enlarge one’s fortune;
• Zahlungsmittelumlauf vermehren to expand the currency.
verschulden, sich
to run into debt, to take on debts, to involve o. s. (get into) debt, to outrun the constable (Br.), to run up a score (Br.);
• sich kurzfristig erheblich verschulden to borrow heavily on a short-term basis;
• sich erneut verschulden to run into debt again;
• sich total verschulden (Staat) to plunge into debt;
• sich ungewöhnlich verschulden to go into debt at a record chip (US).
verschätzen, sich
to be out in one’s calculation[s] (estimate).
verspekulieren, sich
to lose money by bad investment.
verspäten, sich
(Schiff, Zug) to be overdue (behind schedule, US).
versteifen, sich
(Markt) to tighten [up].
verzweigen, sich
to branch out.
zurückhalten, sich
to keep a low profile, (Börse) to stay on the sidelines, (Verbraucher) to hold back, to resist;
• Aktien in Erwartung von Kurssteigerungen zurückhalten to hold stocks for a rise;
• Informationsmaterial zurückhalten to hold back information;
• Mittel zurückhalten to bottle up funds;
• sich mit der Verwirklichung geplanter Kapazitätsausweitungen zurückhalten to hold back on bringing in planned new capacity;
• restliche Ware zurückhalten to hold over the rest of the goods;
• Waren unberechtigt zurückhalten to wrongfully detain goods.
zurückmelden, sich
to report one’s return;
• sich vom Urlaub zurückmelden to report back from leave (one’s return).
zusammenschließen, sich
to amalgamate, to merge, to combine, to consolidate (US), (pol.) to unite, to fuse;
• Arbeiter in einer Gewerkschaft zusammenschließen to unite workers in a trade union;
• Firmen (Gesellschaften) zusammenschließen to consolidate business companies;
• sich zu einem Kartell zusammenschließen to join a cartel;
• sich in einem großen Unternehmen zusammenschließen to merge into one large organization;
• sich zu einem Verein zusammenschließen to club.
ändern, sich
to vary;
• Eintragung ändern to rectify (alter) an entry;
• nachträglich ändern (Wechsel) to alter materially;
• zweckentsprechend ändern to adapt.
überschneiden, sich
to overlap, to intersect, (Ereignisse) to clash;
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8 réglé
règle [ʀεgl]feminine nouna. ( = loi) ruleb. ( = instrument) rulerd. (locutions) dans ce métier, la prudence est de règle in this profession, caution is the rule• il faut faire la demande dans or selon les règles you must make the request through the proper channels* * *ʀɛgl
1.
1) ( instrument) ruler, rule2) ( consigne) rulerespecter les règles du jeu — lit, fig to play the game according to the rules
dans or selon les règles de l'art — by the rule book
il se fait une règle or il a pour règle de payer comptant — he makes it a rule to pay cash
3) ( usage établi) ruleil est de règle de répondre or qu'on réponde — it is customary to reply
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règles nom féminin pluriel ( menstruation) period (sg)
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en règle locution adjective [demande] formal; [papiers, comptes] in order
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en règle locution adverbialepour passer la frontière, il faut être en règle — to cross the frontier, your papers must be in order
* * *ʀɛɡl1. nf1) (= instrument) rulerIl a souligné son nom avec une règle. — He underlined his name with a ruler.
2) (= loi, prescription) ruleC'est la règle. — That's the rule.
en règle générale — as a rule, as a general rule
être en règle [papiers] — to be in order
Mes papiers sont en règle. — My papers are in order.
se mettre en règle [personne] — to put o.s. straight with the authorities
être de règle (= être de mise) — to be usual
2. règles nfplPHYSIOLOGIE period sg* * *A nf1 ( instrument) ruler, rule; à la règle with a ruler;2 ( consigne) rule; règle de grammaire grammatical rule; règle de conduite rule of conduct; les règles de la bienséance the rules of propriety; la règle du jeu lit, fig the rules of the game; respecter les règles du jeu lit, fig to play the game according to the rules; dans or selon les règles according to the rules; dans or selon les règles de l'art by the rule book; il se fait une règle or il a pour règle de payer comptant he makes it a rule to pay cash;3 ( usage établi) rule; c'est la règle that's the rule; en règle générale as a (general) rule; il est de règle de répondre or qu'on réponde it is customary to reply.B règles nfpl Physiol period; est-ce qu'elle a ses règles? ( en ce moment) is she having her period?; ( en général) is she having periods?, is she menstruating?C en règle loc adj [demande] formal; [avertissement] official; [papiers, comptes] in order; subir un interrogatoire en règle to be given a thorough interrogation.D en règle loc adv pour passer la frontière, il faut être en règle to cross the frontier, your papers must be in order; se mettre en règle avec le fisc to get one's tax affairs properly sorted out.règle à calcul slide rule; règle graduée graduated ruler; règle d'or golden rule; règle de trois rule of three; règles de sécurité safety regulations.( féminin réglée) [regle] adjectif2. [rayé ou quadrillé]papier réglé ruled ou lined paperréglée adjectif féminin -
9 conto
m ( calcolo) calculationfinance accountin ristorante bill, AE checkconto corrente current account, AE checking accountconto corrente postale Post Office accountconto profitti e perdite profit and loss accountconto vincolato term depositrendere conto di qualcosa account for somethingrendersi conto di qualcosa realize somethingfare conto su qualcuno count on someonetenere conto di qualcosa take something into accountconto alla rovescia countdownper conto mio ( secondo me) in my opinion( da solo) on my ownsapere qualcosa sul conto di qualcuno know something about someonein fin dei conti when all's said and done, after all* * *conto s.m.1 ( calcolo) calculation, reckoning: i conti sono sbagliati, the calculations are wrong; essere bravo nei conti, to be good at figures2 (amm.) account; ( di mastro) ledger account: conto di esercizio, working account; conto di gestione, management account; conto aperto, open account; ( presso negozio) credit account (o amer. charge account); conto spese, expense account; conto retribuzioni, pay account; conto vendite, sales account; conto delle entrate e delle spese, profit and loss account; conto di scoperto, short account; conto terzi, third parties; conto movimenti cassa, receipts and payments account; i conti sono in ordine, the accounts are straight; i conti non tornano, the accounts don't balance; saldare i conti, to settle accounts // in conto deposito, on consignment; conto di ammortamento, sinking fund account // conto perequazione imposte, tax equalization account // revisione dei conti, audit of accounts (o account auditing); revisore dei conti, auditor; Corte dei Conti, Audit Office (o State Auditors' Department) // (econ.): conto titoli, securities account; conto capitale, capital (o stock) account; conto profitti e perdite, profit and loss account (o earnings report o statement of profit and loss o income statement o amer. statement of loss); conto di bilancio, balance sheet account; conto societario, corporate account // (banca): conto del dare, charge account; conto effetti all'incasso, notes receivable account; conto effetti passivi, bills payable; conto effetti attivi, bills receivable; conto clienti, conto creditori, account receivable; conto debitori, debtor account (o account payable); conto creditori e debitori diversi, sundries account3 ( in banca) account: conto bancario, bank account; conto corrente, current (o cheque) account, (amer.) drawing (o checking) account; conto congiunto, joint account; conto bloccato, blocked account; conto cifrato, numbered account; conto scoperto, overdrawn account; conto vincolato, deposit account (o time deposit); conto estero, external account; conto valutario, foreign currency account; conto a tasso fisso, flat-rate account; conto corrente fruttifero, interest-bearing account; estratto conto, statement of account; intestatario di conto corrente, holder of an account (o account holder); intestazione di un conto corrente, account heading; chiudere un conto ( presso una banca), to close an account; ha aperto un conto presso la Lloyd's Bank, he opened an account with Lloyd's Bank; il mio conto è in rosso, my account is in the red; prelevare una somma dal proprio conto corrente; to withdraw a sum of money from one's current account; versare una somma su un conto, to pay a sum of money into an account; accreditare sul conto di qlcu., to credit to s.o.'s account; non mi è ancora stato accreditato in conto, it hasn't been credited to my account yet; addebitare in conto, to debit s.o.'s account // anticipazione in conto corrente, advance by overdraft // conto corrente postale, postal giro account4 ( fattura) bill: il conto, per favore, could I have the bill (o amer. check), please?; il conto è stato salato, the bill was high; ho molti conti in sospeso, da pagare, I've still got a lot of bills to pay // (comm.) conto arretrato, outstanding account // mettere in conto, to charge (s.o.), to put on the bill (of s.o.)5 ( stima, reputazione) esteem, regard: cose, persone di nessuno, poco conto, things (o matters), people of no, of little account; tenere in qualche conto, to treat with respect; tenere qlcu. in poco conto, to hold s.o. in low esteem.◆ FRASEOLOGIA: per conto mio, ( quanto a me) as for me (o as far as I am concerned) // stare per conto proprio, to be on one's own // a buon conto, in any case // in fin dei conti, after all // chiedere informazioni sul conto di qlcu., to ask for information about s.o. // fare i conti in tasca a qlcu., to pry into s.o.'s financial affairs // fare i conti con qlcu., to bring (o to call) s.o. to account: con te farò i conti più tardi, (fam.) I will square things up with you later; un giorno dovrai fare i conti con la giustizia per i tuoi delitti, one day you will be brought to book for your crimes // faccio conto su di te, I'm relying on you; fare conto sull'appoggio di qlcu., to count (o to reckon) on s.o.'s support // fare conto di, ( immaginare) to imagine; ( proporsi) to intend // fare i conti senza l'oste, (fam.) to reckon without one's host // mettere conto, to be worthwhile (o to pay): non mette conto d'arrabbiarsi, it is not worthwhile getting angry; non mette conto di lavorare tanto, it does not pay to work so hard // mettersi per proprio conto, to set up on one's own // regolare i conti con qlcu., (fig.) to balance (o to square) accounts with s.o. // a conti fatti, all things considered (o after all) // alla resa dei conti, at the showdown // rendere conto di qlco., to answer for sthg. (o to account for sthg.) // rendersi conto di qlco., to realize sthg.* * *['konto]1. sm1) (calcolo) calculationil conto, per favore — could I have the bill, please?
pagare o saldare il conto — to pay the bill
far bene/male i propri conti (anche) fig — to get one's sums right/wrong
non aveva fatto i conti con possibili imprevisti — he hadn't allowed for anything unexpected happening
avere un conto in sospeso (con qn) — to have an outstanding account (with sb), fig to have a score to settle (with sb)
3)(stima, considerazione)
di poco/nessun conto — of little/no importancetener conto di qn/qc — to take sb/sth into consideration o account
4)a conti fatti, in fin dei conti — all things considered, when all is said and donebe', in fin dei conti non ha tutti i torti — well, after all, he's quite right
per conto mio — (a mio avviso) in my opinion, as far as I'm concerned, (a nome mio) on my behalf, (da solo) on my own
fare conto che... — (supporre) to suppose that...
fare conto su qn/qc — to rely o depend o count on sb/sth
chiedere conto di qc a qn — to ask sb to give an account o explanation of sth
rendersi conto di qc/che... — to realize sth/that
essere alla resa dei conti... — to come to the day of reckoning
2.* * *['konto]sostantivo maschile1) (calcolo) count, calculationfare il conto di — to work out [ spese]; to count (up) [persone, oggetti]
tenere il conto di qcs. — to keep (a) count of sth.
i -i tornano — (di soldi) that's the right amount; (di oggetti, persone) that's the right number; fig. it all adds up
i -i non tornano — fig. it doesn't add up
2) amm.fare i -i — (a fine giornata) to cash up
3) (somma da pagare) amount; (fattura) bill, check AE, tab AEmettere qcs. sul conto di qcn. — to charge sth. to o put sth. on sb.'s account
pagare il conto — to pay o settle a bill, to pick up the check o tab
il conto, per favore! — could I have the bill, please?
4) econ. banc. account ( presso with)sul conto di qcn. — in sb.'s account
aprire, chiudere un conto — to open, close an account
tenere conto di qcs. — to take account of sth., to reckon with sth., to consider sth.
mettere qcs. in conto — to take sth. into account
tenuto conto di — in consideration of, considering
fare conto su — to rely o depend on
rendere conto di qcs. a qcn. — to account for sth. to sb.
chiedere conto a qcn. — to ask for an explanation from sb., to ask sb. for an explanation
8) per conto diper conto di qcn. — (da parte di) on o in AE behalf of sb.
per conto proprio — (da solo) on one's own, by oneself, alone
mettersi per conto proprio — to set (oneself) up in business, to set up one's own business
per conto mio — (secondo me) in my opinion, to my mind colloq.
9) sul conto di (riguardo a) about•conto bancario, in banca — bank account
conto corrente — current BE o checking AE account
conto alla rovescia — countdown (anche fig.)
••in fin dei -i, a -i fatti — after all, all things considered
fare i -i con qcn., qcs. — to reckon with sb., sth.
regolare i -i con qcn. — to settle a score with sb., to square one's account(s) with sb.
fare i -i in tasca a qcn. — = to reckon sb.'s worth
fare i -i senza l'oste — = to make a decision without consulting the person in charge
fare conto — (immaginare) to imagine ( di fare doing; che that); (prefiggersi) to reckon ( di fare to do; che that)
rendersi conto di qcs., che — to realize sth., that, to be o become aware of sth., that
* * *conto/'konto/sostantivo m.1 (calcolo) count, calculation; far di conto to count; fare il conto di to work out [ spese]; to count (up) [persone, oggetti]; sbagliare il conto to make a mistake in one's calculation; tenere il conto di qcs. to keep (a) count of sth.; perdere il conto to lose count; i -i tornano (di soldi) that's the right amount; (di oggetti, persone) that's the right number; fig. it all adds up; i -i non tornano fig. it doesn't add up3 (somma da pagare) amount; (fattura) bill, check AE, tab AE; avere un conto aperto presso un negozio to have an account at a shop; mettere qcs. sul conto di qcn. to charge sth. to o put sth. on sb.'s account; pagare il conto to pay o settle a bill, to pick up the check o tab; il conto, per favore! could I have the bill, please?4 econ. banc. account ( presso with); sul conto di qcn. in sb.'s account; aprire, chiudere un conto to open, close an account5 (considerazione) tenere conto di qcs. to take account of sth., to reckon with sth., to consider sth.; mettere qcs. in conto to take sth. into account; una questione di poco conto a small affair; essere di poco conto to be of little account; tenuto conto di in consideration of, considering7 (spiegazione) rendere conto di qcs. a qcn. to account for sth. to sb.; chiedere conto a qcn. to ask for an explanation from sb., to ask sb. for an explanation8 per conto di per conto di qcn. (da parte di) on o in AE behalf of sb.; per conto proprio (da solo) on one's own, by oneself, alone; mettersi per conto proprio to set (oneself) up in business, to set up one's own business; per conto mio (secondo me) in my opinion, to my mind colloq.9 sul conto di (riguardo a) aboutin fin dei -i, a -i fatti after all, all things considered; a ogni buon conto in any case; fare bene i propri -i to do one's sums; fare i -i con qcn., qcs. to reckon with sb., sth.; regolare i -i con qcn. to settle a score with sb., to square one's account(s) with sb.; fare i -i in tasca a qcn. = to reckon sb.'s worth; fare i -i senza l'oste = to make a decision without consulting the person in charge; fare conto (immaginare) to imagine ( di fare doing; che that); (prefiggersi) to reckon ( di fare to do; che that); rendersi conto di qcs., che to realize sth., that, to be o become aware of sth., that\conto bancario, in banca bank account; conto corrente current BE o checking AE account; conto corrente postale post office account; conto alla rovescia countdown (anche fig.). -
10 ♦ set
♦ set (1) /sɛt/n.1 assortimento; collezione; raccolta; complesso; insieme ( di cose affini); serie; servizio ( di piatti, ecc.); set; coordinato: a set of medical instruments, un assortimento di strumenti medicali; a set of rare books, una collezione di libri rari; a carpentry set, un complesso di arnesi da falegname; a set of lectures, una serie di conferenze; a china set, un servizio di porcellana; a tea set, un servizio da tè2 gruppo ( di persone); consorteria; cricca; squadra; ambiente, mondo (fig.): a set of politicians, una consorteria di politicanti; a set of smugglers, una cricca di contrabbandieri; the political set, gli ambienti politici; the racing set, l'ambiente delle corse ippiche; the literary set, gli ambienti letterari; the smart set, il bel mondo3 ( radio, TV) apparecchio; radio; televisore: a radio set, un apparecchio radio; a television set, un televisore4 (solo al sing.) conformazione; portamento; positura, postura: (geogr.) the set of the hills, la conformazione delle colline; the set of one's head, il modo di tenere la testa ( alta, china, ecc.); the set of one's shoulders, la positura delle spalle5 (solo al sing.) direzione; corso; moto; tendenza; inclinazione; propensione: the set of the current, la direzione della corrente6 (teatr.) set; scenario; allestimento scenico; (cinem.) set: The actors are now on ( the) set, adesso gli attori sono sul set10 [u] (edil., mecc.) deformazione permanente22 (poet.) tramonto; occaso (poet.)● (cinem.) set decorator (o set designer), scenografo □ (comput.) set of characters, insieme di caratteri □ a set of diamonds, una parure di diamanti □ (mat.) a set of equations, un sistema di equazioni □ (comm., fin.) set of exchange, prima, seconda e terza di cambio □ a set of horses, un tiro (a due, a quattro) □ the set of a jacket, il taglio d'una giacca; il modo in cui cade una giacca □ a set of pearls, un vezzo di perle □ (leg.) a set of rules, un regolamento; una normativa □ (naut.) a set of sails, una muta (o un corredo) di vele □ (comm.) set of samples, campionario □ a set of ( false o artificial) teeth, una dentiera □ a set of ( natural) teeth, una dentatura □ (autom.) a set of tyres, un treno di gomme □ ( slang USA) a set of wheels, un'automobile □ ( tennis, pallavolo) set point, punto che decide un set; set point; palla set □ (TV) set-top box, set-top box; decodificatore ( di segnali di cavo o satellite) □ to change the set of a thermostat, regolare un termostato in modo diverso □ (fig.) to make a dead set at sb., fare una corte accanita a ( una donna, ecc.) □ a toilet set, un set da bagno ( pettine, specchietto, ecc.).set (2) /sɛt/a.1 posto; collocato; situato: The cottage is set back from the road, la villetta è in posizione arretrata rispetto alla strada; The village is set on a hill, il paese è situato su una collina2 fisso; fermo; saldo; reciso: set rules, regole fisse; a set stare, uno sguardo fisso; set wages, salario fisso; a set purpose, un saldo proposito; a man of set opinions, un uomo dalle idee ferme (o recise); un testardo3 fisso; fissato; stabilito; prestabilito: at set hours, a ore fisse; at the set time, all'ora stabilita; (comm.) set terms, condizioni fisse; termini precisi ( di un accordo)4 preparato; studiato, stereotipato; fatto: a set speech, un discorso preparato; a set smile, un sorriso studiato (o stereotipato); set phrases, frasi fatte; luoghi comuni5 deciso; risoluto; determinato: He is set on leaving the country, è deciso a emigrare; He's dead set on marrying her, è fermamente deciso a sposarla; His mother is dead set against his marriage, sua madre è decisamente contraria al suo matrimonio9 destinato; probabile: The bill is [looks] set to cause controversy, il progetto di legge è [sembra] destinato a creare polemiche; The weather is set to change for the worse, è probabile che il tempo peggiori10 (fam.; anche all set) pronto: Everything was set for the picnic, tutto era pronto per il picnic; DIALOGO → - Paying for petrol- All set?, tutto pronto?; I'm all set!, sono pronto!● ( pallavolo) set ball, alzata □ (mil.) a set battle, una battaglia campale □ set books, libri da portare per l'esame; testi prescritti □ ( del tempo) set fair, messo al bello; bello stabile □ set hammer, martello piano; butteruola □ to be set in one's ways, avere abitudini radicate □ set lunch, menù turistico □ set piece, ( arte, letter.) lavoro convenzionale; ( anche fig.) pezzo forte (o di bravura); (teatr.) scena fissa; fuochi d'artificio fissi; (mil.) operazione preparata a tavolino; ( sport) manovra studiata, schema: ( calcio) set-piece specialist, specialista nei tiri da fermo □ ( sport) set play, gioco basato su schemi fissi □ ( basket) set-play offence, attacco contro zona □ ( rugby) set scrum, mischia chiusa (o comandata) □ (teatr.) set scene, scenario □ ( sport) set shot, ( basket) tiro da fermo; ( pallamano) tiro a giavellotto □ ( disegno) set square, squadra a triangolo □ ( del cielo) set with stars, trapunto di stelle □ ( sport: nelle corse) «Get set! – go!», «pronti! – via!».♦ (to) set /sɛt/(pass. e p. p. set)A v. t.1 mettere; porre; posare; disporre; collocare; preparare: She set the bowl of milk before the kitten, ha messo la ciotola di latte davanti al gattino; He set his hand on my shoulder, mi ha posato la mano sulla spalla; to set a trap, collocare (o preparare) una trappola; to set a wheel on the axle, collocare una ruota sull'asse; Set your mind at ease, mettiti l'animo in pace; He set the men to dig a ditch, ha messo gli uomini a scavare un fossato; The barons set the pretender on the throne, i baroni misero sul trono il pretendente; We set pickets around the factory, mettemmo picchetti intorno alla fabbrica; They set a price on his head ( o on his life), hanno messo una taglia sulla sua testa2 conficcare; piantare: I set the tent pole in the ground, ho piantato (o ho conficcato) il palo della tenda nel terreno; to set potatoes, piantar patate3 fissare; rendere fisso; assicurare4 fissare; stabilire: The price was set at 5,000 pounds, il prezzo è stato fissato in cinquemila sterline; The time of the meeting has not yet been set, l'ora della riunione non è stata ancora stabilita5 (mecc.) regolare; registrare; tarare, mettere a punto; sistemare; inserire, attaccare: to set a clock (o a watch) regolare un orologio; rimettere un orologio (all'ora giusta); to set an alarm clock, regolare (o mettere) una sveglia; to set a burglar alarm, inserire un antifurto6 assegnare; dare; proporre: The teacher set us five exercises, l'insegnante ci ha assegnato cinque esercizi7 fare rapprendere; rendere solido; seccare; solidificare; rassodare: to set varnish, seccare la vernice13 (tipogr.) comporre: to set close [wide], comporre con poca [con molta] spaziatura15 (letter., cinem., teatr., ecc.) ambientare ( una storia, un racconto, ecc.): The ( action of the) film is set in Venice, il film è ambientato a Venezia; l'azione del film si svolge a Venezia16 (med.) aggiustare, mettere a posto ( un osso rotto, ecc.): to set a ( broken) leg, aggiustare una gamba rotta18 accostare; avvicinare; applicare19 ( anche sport) stabilire: to set new rules, stabilire regole nuove; to set a record, stabilire un primato22 (naut.: del vento, ecc.) portare, spingere ( una nave): The tide set us towards the island, la corrente della marea ci spinse verso l'isola23 (naut.) dirigere, volgere ( un'imbarcazione): They set the trawler for shore, diressero il peschereccio a riva25 (comput.) impostareB v. i.1 ( di un astro o pianeta) tramontare; calare: The sun sets in the west, il sole tramonta a occidente; The moon is setting, sta calando la luna2 (fig.) tramontare; essere in declino3 indurirsi; (edil.) fare presa; solidificare; rassodarsi; rapprendersi; coagularsi: The mortar hasn't set yet, la malta non ha ancora fatto presa; This jam has set at last, questa marmellata s'è finalmente rassodata; The milk has set, il latte s'è rappreso (o s'è coagulato)4 (fig.) indurirsi; irrigidirsi; assumere un'espressione dura: His face set and he hit back, la faccia gli s'indurì ed egli colpì a sua volta5 muoversi, fluire, scorrere; (cominciare a) spirare ( in una data direzione): The Gulf Stream sets eastwards, la Corrente del Golfo fluisce verso est6 volgersi (o voltarsi, orientarsi) verso; prendere posizione (fig.): Public opinion has set hard against him, l'opinione pubblica gli è nettamente avversa● to set one's affairs in order, mettere in ordine i propri affari □ to set st. [the law] at defiance, sfidare qc. [la legge] □ to set sb. at ( his) ease, mettere q. a suo agio □ (form.) to set (sb., st.) at naught, non fare alcun conto di, non stimare affatto (q., qc.) □ (fig.) to set one's cap at ( USA: for) sb., ( di donna) mettere gli occhi addosso a q.; cercar d'accalappiare q. □ to set the ball rolling, mettere le cose in moto; ( sport) mettere in gioco la palla □ to set eggs, far covare le uova □ to set one's face homeward, prendere la via del ritorno □ to set the fashion, fare (o lanciare) la moda □ to set sb. free, mettere q. in libertà; lasciar libero, liberare q.; (leg.) rilasciare ( un detenuto); ( sport) smarcare ( un compagno) □ (mecc.) to set going, mettere in moto; avviare □ to set sb. 's heart (o mind) at rest, tranquillizzare q. □ (fig.) to set one's house in order, fare ordine nella propria vita □ (topogr.) to set a map, orientare una carta □ to set sb. laughing, far ridere q. □ to set the pace, fare il passo; ( sport) fare l'andatura; (fig.) fare da esempio, servir da modello □ ( a scuola) to set the papers, preparare (o proporre) i temi d'esame □ to set pen to paper, metter mano alla penna; cominciare a scrivere □ to set right, accomodare, aggiustare ( un apparecchio, ecc.); mettere a posto, correggere ( un errore, un conto, ecc.); rimettere a posto (o in sesto); rinvigorire: A short holiday will set you right, una breve vacanza ti rimetterà in sesto □ (naut.) to set sail, far vela; salpare □ to set seed, piantar semi; seminare □ to set st. straight, raddrizzare qc.; chiarire, spiegare qc. □ to set sb. straight, spiegare a q. come stanno le cose □ ( canottaggio) to set the stroke, battere il tempo della voga; stabilire la vogata □ to set the table, apparecchiare (la tavola) □ to set one's teeth, serrare (o stringere) i denti; (fig.) tener duro □ to set sb. 's teeth on edge, ( di suono) far rabbrividire q.; ( di cibo) allegare i denti a q.; (fig.) irritare q., dare ai nervi a q. □ to set sb. thinking, fare pensare (o fare riflettere) q.; dare da pensare a q. □ to set things going, dare l'avvio; mettere le cose in moto; ( sport) movimentare il gioco □ to set the tone of st., dare il tono a qc. □ (mil.) to set a watch, piazzare le sentinelle □ His eyes set, ha sbarrato gli occhi ( per uno svenimento o in punto di morte). -
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I [set] n1. 1) комплект, набор; коллекцияin sets - в комплектах, в наборах
a set of surgical instruments [of weights] - набор хирургических инструментов [гирь]
a set of exchange - ком. комплект экземпляров переводного векселя
a set of teeth - а) зубы, ряд зубов; б) вставные зубы, вставная челюсть
a set of sails - мор. комплект парусов
well-chosen [valuable] set - хорошо подобранная [ценная] коллекция
2) сервиз3) гарнитур4) приборtoilet /dressing-table/ set - туалетный прибор
writing /desk/ set - письменный прибор
5) (полный) комплект изданияa set of Pravda - комплект «Правды»
2. 1) серия, рядa set of assumptions - ряд допущений /предположений/
2) совокупность3. 1) группа ( лиц); составa poor set of players - плохая команда, плохие игроки
four sets of dancers /partners/ - четыре пары танцоров
a new set of customers - новый круг покупателей /клиентов/
2) набор, состав (учащихся, студентов и т. п.)3) компания, кругthe political [the literary] set - политические [литературные] круги
the smart /the fashionable/ set - а) законодатели мод; б) фешенебельное общество
gambling set - картёжники, завсегдатаи игорных домов
he belonged to the best set in the college - в колледже он принадлежал к числу избранных
he is not in their set, he does not belong to their set - он не принадлежит к их кругу [см. тж. 4)]
4) банда, шайкаhe is not in their set, he does not belong to their set - он не из их шайки [см. тж. 3)]
4. 1) театр., кино декорацияset designer - художник по декорациям; художник кинофильма
set dresser - кино декоратор
2) кино съёмочная площадка5. спец. прибор, аппарат; установка, агрегат6. приёмник7. фигура ( в танце); последовательность фигурwe danced three or four sets of quadrilles - мы протанцевали три или четыре кадрили
8. завивка и укладка волос9. сюита духовной музыки (месса и т. п.)10. редк. меблированная квартира11. дор. брусчатка, каменная шашка12. спорт.1) партия ( часть матча)2) сет ( теннис)13. спорт. расстановка игроков14. геол. свита ( пород)15. горн. оклад крепи16. мат. множество17. мат. семейство ( кривых)18. полигр. гарнитура шрифта19. полигр. набор20. карт. недобор взяток ( бридж)II1. [set] n1. тк. sing общие очертания, линияthe set of his back [of his shoulders] - линия спины [плеч]
the set of the hills - линия /очертание/ гор
2. строение; конфигурация; (тело)сложениеthe set of smb.'s head - посадка головы
3. тк. sing1) направлениеthe set of a tide [of a current, of wind] - направление прилива [течения реки, ветра]
2) направленность; тенденцияthe set of public opinion /of public feeling/ - тенденция общественного мнения
a set towards mathematics - склонность к математике; математический склад ума
3) психол. направленность, установка ( на принятие наркотика)4) наклон, отклонениеa set to the right - отклонение /наклон/ вправо
5. музыкальный вечер (особ. джазовой музыки)7. с.-х.1) = set onion2) посадочный материал (клубни картофеля и т. п.)8. охот. стойка9. тех. разводка для пил, развод зубьев пилы, ширина развода10. стр. осадка ( сооружений)11. тех. остаточная деформация12. тех. обжимка, державка13. полигр. толщина ( литеры)♢
to be at a dead set - завязнуть, застрятьto make a dead set at smb. - а) обрушиваться /нападать/ на кого-л.; резко критиковать кого-л.; ≅ вцепиться в кого-л. зубами и когтями; б) делать всё возможное, чтобы завоевать кого-л. /завоевать чью-л. любовь, дружбу, доверие и т. п./; в) вешаться кому-л. на шею, навязывать свою любовь, пытаться влюбить в себя (обыкн. о женщине); г) охот. делать стойку ( о собаке)
2. [set] a1. неподвижный; застывшийwith a set face /countenance/ - с каменным лицом
2. 1) определённый, твёрдо установленный, постоянныйset wage - твёрдый оклад, постоянная заработная плата
the hall holds a set number of people - зал вмещает определённое количество людей
2) неизменный, постоянный; незыблемыйset programme - постоянная /неизменная/ программа
to dine at a set hour - обедать в определённые часы /в одно и то же время/ [ср. тж. 4]
to be set in one's ways [ideas] - никогда не изменять своим привычкам [взглядам]
3) шаблонный; стереотипныйin set terms /phrases/ - в шаблонных /избитых/ выражениях, казённым /официальным/ языком
3. установленный (законом, традицией)4. заранее установленный, оговорённыйat set hours - в установленные часы [ср. тж. 2, 2)]
set subject - обязательная тема (для сочинения и т. п.)
set visit - визит ( официального лица) по предварительной договорённости
5. упрямый, настойчивый; упорныйset rains - непрекращающиеся /упорные/ дожди
a man of set opinions - человек, упорно придерживающийся /не меняющий/ своих взглядов
his jaw looked too square and set - ≅ его лицо выражало упрямство
6. умышленный, преднамеренныйon set purpose - уст. нарочно
7. разг. готовый, горящий желанием (сделать что-л.)all set - шутл. ≅ в полной боевой готовности
all set to do smth. - горящий желанием сделать что-л.
we were set for an early morning start - мы подготовились к тому, чтобы выступить рано утром
is everyone set? - все готовы?
8. встроенный, прикреплённый♢
set affair - вечеринка с очень хорошим угощениемset dinner - а) званый обед; б) обед за общим столом ( в ресторане); в) общий обед, не включающий порционные блюда ( в ресторане)
to be hard set - находиться в затруднительном положении /в стеснённых обстоятельствах/
to be sharp set - быть голодным, проголодаться
to get set - толстеть, терять стройность
3. [set] v (set)I1. 1) ставить, помещать, класть; положить, поставитьto set a cup [a glass, a dish] (down) on the table - (по)ставить чашку [стакан, блюдо] на стол
to set smth. in its place again - поставить /положить/ что-л. на своё место
to set a chair at /by/ the table - поставить стул около стола /к столу/
to set chairs for visitors - (по)ставить /расставить/ стулья для гостей
to set one's hand on smb.'s shoulder - класть /положить/ руку на чьё-л. плечо
to set a trap /snare/ - поставить силки
to set an ambush - воен. устроить засаду
to set a crown on smb.'s head - возложить корону на чью-л. голову
to set smb. on a pedestal - возвести кого-л. на пьедестал
he took off his hat and set it on the floor - он снял шляпу и положил её на пол
2) ставить на какое-л. место; придавать ( то или иное) значениеto set Vergil before Homer - ставить /считать/ Вергилия выше Гомера
to set smb. among the great writers - считать кого-л. одним из великих писателей
to set smb., smth. at naught - а) ни во что не ставить, презирать кого-л., что-л.; to set smb.'s good advice at naught - пренебречь чьим-л. разумным советом; б) издеваться над кем-л., чем-л.
to set much /a great deal/ on smth. - придавать чему-л. большое значение
he sets a great deal by daily exercise - он придаёт большое значение ежедневным упражнениям
to set little on smth. - придавать чему-л. мало значения
I don't set myself up to be better than you - я не считаю себя лучше /выше/ вас
2. обыкн. pass помещаться, располагатьсяa house set in a beautiful garden - дом, стоящий в прекрасном саду
a little town set north of London - маленький городок, расположенный к северу от Лондона
blue eyes set deep in a white face - голубые, глубоко посаженные глаза на бледном лице
the pudding sets heavily on the stomach - пудинг тяжело ложится на желудок
3. сажать, усаживатьto set smb. by the fire - усадить кого-л. у камина /у костра/
to set smb. on horseback - посадить кого-л. на лошадь
to set a king on a throne - посадить /возвести/ короля на трон
4. насаживать, надевать5. (in) вставлять6. 1) направлять; поворачиватьto set smb. on the right [wrong] track - направить кого-л. по правильному [ложному] следу
to set the police after a criminal - направить полицию по следам преступника
2) иметь ( то или иное) направление, ( ту или иную) тенденциюpublic opinion is setting with [against] him - общественное мнение за [против] него, общественное мнение складывается в [не в] его пользу
7. подготавливать; снаряжать; приводить в состояние готовностиto set the scene - описать (в общих чертах) обстановку /положение/
to set the stage - а) расставлять декорации; б) (под)готовить почву (для чего-л.)
to set the stage for the application of a new method of therapy - подготовить почву для нового метода лечения
to be set for smth. - быть готовым к чему-л.
it was all set now - теперь всё было готово /подготовлено/
it /the stage/ was all set for a first-class row - всё предвещало первостатейный скандал
I was all set for the talk - я готовился к этому разговору; я знал, что меня ждёт /мне предстоит/ этот разговор
he was all set for a brilliant career - перед ним открывалась блестящая карьера, его ждала блестящая карьера
set! - спорт. внимание!, приготовиться!
8. устанавливать, определять, назначатьto set a limit /boundary/ - устанавливать границы /пределы/
to set a limit to smth. - установить предел чему-л., пресечь что-л.
to set bounds to smth. - ограничивать что-л.
to set the pace - а) устанавливать скорость шага /бега/; б) служить образцом, примером; [см. тж. 10]
to set the style /tone/ - задавать тон
to set the course - спорт. измерить дистанцию
to set a time [a date] - назначить время [дату]
to set a price on smb.'s head /on smb.'s life/ - оценивать чью-л. голову /жизнь/, назначать сумму вознаграждения за поимку кого-л.
he sets no limit to his ambitions - его честолюбие безгранично /не знает пределов/
the time and date of the meeting have not yet been set - время и день собрания ещё не назначены
then it's all set for Thursday at my place - значит решено - в четверг у меня
9. 1) диал., часто ирон. идти, быть к лицуdo you think this bonnet sets me? - как вы думаете, идёт мне эта шляпка?
2) редк. сидеть ( о платье)to set well /badly/ - хорошо [плохо] сидеть (на ком-л.)
10. тех. устанавливать, регулироватьto set the camera lens to infinity - фото устанавливать объектив на бесконечность
to set the spark-gap - авт. отрегулировать искровой промежуток
to set the pace - регулировать скорость [см. тж. 8]
11. мор. пеленговать12. стр. производить кладкуII А1. садиться, заходить ( о небесных светилах)his star has /is/ set - образн. его звезда закатилась
2. ставить (стрелку, часы и т. п.)to set a clock /a watch/, to set the hands of a clock - (по)ставить часы (правильно)
to set one's watch by the town clock [by the time-signal] - ставить свои часы по городским [по сигналу поверки времени]
to set an alarm-clock - поставить /завести/ будильник
to set a thermostat at seventy - поставить стрелку термостата на семьдесят
to set the speedometer to zero - авт. установить спидометр на нуль
I want you to set your watch by mine - я хочу, чтобы вы поставили свои часы по моим
3. 1) ставить (задачи, цели и т. п.)2) задавать (уроки, вопросы и т. п.)the teacher set his boys a difficult problem - учитель задал ученикам трудную задачу
what questions were set in the examination? - какие вопросы задавали на экзамене?
4. подавать ( пример)to set good [bad] examples - подавать хорошие [дурные] примеры
5. 1) вводить ( моду)2) вводить, внедрять (модель и т. п.)to set a new model - внедрять новую модель /-ый образец/
6. 1) стискивать, сжимать (зубы, губы)he set his teeth doggedly [hard] - он упрямо [крепко] стиснул зубы; б) принять твёрдое решение; упрямо стоять на своём, заупрямиться
with jaws set in an effort to control himself - стиснув зубы, он пытался овладеть собой
2) сжиматься (о губах, зубах)7. застывать, становиться неподвижным (о лице, глазах и т. п.)8. 1) твердеть ( о гипсе)2) стр. схватываться (о цементе, бетоне)the mortar joining these bricks hasn't set yet - известковый раствор, скрепляющий эти кирпичи, ещё не затвердел
3) застывать (о желе, креме)4) заставлять твердеть или застывать (известь и т. п.)9. 1) загустеть; свёртываться (о крови, белке); створаживаться ( о молоке)2) сгущать (кровь и т. п.); створаживать ( молоко)10. 1) оформиться, сформироваться (о фигуре, характере)his mind and character are completely set - у него зрелый ум и вполне сложившийся характер
2) формировать (характер и т. п.); развивать ( мускулатуру)too much exercise sets a boy's muscles prematurely - от чрезмерного увлечения гимнастикой мускулы подростка развиваются слишком быстро ( опережая рост)
11. ставить ( рекорд)he set a record for the half mile - он установил рекорд (в беге) на полмили
12. накрывать ( на стол)he quickly set the table (for three) - он быстро накрыл стол (на три персоны)
the hostess ordered to have a place set for the guest - хозяйка распорядилась поставить прибор для (нового) гостя
13. 1) вправлять (кости, суставы)to set a broken leg [arm, a dislocated joint] - вправить ногу [руку, вывихнутый сустав]
2) срастаться ( о кости)14. вставлять в оправу ( драгоценные камни)to set diamonds - вставлять в оправу /оправлять/ бриллианты
15. приводить в порядок, поправлять (шляпу, платок, галстук, волосы)16. укладывать ( волосы); сделать укладкуto set one's hair - делать причёску, укладывать волосы
17. 1) положить ( слова на музыку или музыку на слова)2) муз. аранжироватьto set a piece of music for the violin - переложить музыкальную пьесу для скрипки
to set a melody half a tone higher - транспонировать мелодию на полтона выше
18. подавать ( сигнал)19. точить (нож, бритву и т. п.)20. выставлять (часовых и т. п.)to set the guard - воен. выставлять караул
to set guards [sentries, watches] - расставить караульных [часовых, стражу]
21. высаживать (на берег, остров и т. п.; тж. set ashore)to set smb., smth. ashore - а) высаживать кого-л. на берег; б) выгружать что-л. на берег
22. возлагать ( надежды)to set one's hopes on smb. - возлагать надежды на кого-л.
23. накладывать (запрет, наказание и т. п.)to set a veto on smth. - наложить запрет на что-л.
to set a punishment [a fine] - накладывать взыскание [штраф]
24. ставить, прикладывать ( печать)to set a seal - а) поставить печать; б) наложить отпечаток
25. сажать (растения, семена)to set seed [plants, fruit-trees] - сажать семена [растения, фруктовые деревья]
the young plants should be set (out) at intervals of six inches - молодые растения следует высаживать на расстоянии шести дюймов друг от друга
26. 1) приниматься ( о деревьях)2) бот. завязываться, образовывать завязи (о плодах, цветах)27. разрабатывать, составлять ( экзаменационные материалы)they had to set fresh papers - им пришлось составлять новую письменную работу
to set an examination paper - составлять письменную экзаменационную работу
to set questions in an examination - составлять вопросы для экзаменационной работы
to set a book - включить какую-л. книгу в учебную программу
28. 1) определиться (о направлении ветра, течения и т. п.)2) заставлять двигаться (в каком-л. направлении)29. делать стойку ( об охотничьих собаках)30. 1) сажать ( наседку на яйца)2) подкладывать ( яйца под наседку)31. сажать в печь ( хлебные изделия)32. редк. устанавливаться ( о погоде)33. спец. растягивать ( кожу)34. закрепить ( краску)to set close [wide] - набирать плотно [свободно]
the editorial was set in boldface type - передовая была набрана жирным шрифтом
36. налаживать ( станок)37. тех. осаживать ( заклёпку)38. школ. распределять учеников по параллельным классам или группам в зависимости от способностейII Б1. 1) to set about ( doing) smth. приниматься за что-л., начинать делать что-л., приступать к чему-л.to set about one's work - взяться /приняться/ за работу
to set about one's packing [getting dinner ready] - начинать упаковывать вещи [готовить обед]
to set about stamp-collecting [learning the German language] - взяться за собирание марок [изучение немецкого языка]
I don't know how to set about it - я не знаю, как взяться за это дело /как подступиться к этому/
2) to set smb. about ( doing) smth. засадить кого-л. за какую-л. работу, заставить кого-л. приняться за что-л., начать что-л.to set smb. about a task - заставить кого-л. приступить к выполнению задания
2. 1) to set to do /doing/ smth. приниматься за что-л., начинать делать что-л.to set to work - приступить к работе, приниматься за работу
they set to fighting [arguing] - они стали драться [спорить]
2) to set smb. (on) to (do) smth. заставить кого-л. приняться за что-л.; поставить кого-л. на какую-л. работуto set smb. to work [to dictation] - усадить кого-л. за работу [за диктант]
to set smb. to saw wood [to dig a field] - заставить кого-л. пилить дрова [вскапывать поле]
who(m) did you set to do this? - кому вы поручили сделать это?
she would do what she was set to do with great thoroughness - она тщательно выполняла то, что ей поручали
3. to set oneself to smth., to set oneself to do /doing/ smth. энергично взяться за что-л.; твёрдо решить сделать что-л.she set herself to put him at his ease - она делала всё возможное, чтобы он чувствовал себя свободно
it is no pleasant task but let us set ourselves to it - это не очень приятное задание, но давайте приступим к его выполнению
4. 1) to be set to do smth. быть готовым что-л. сделатьhe was (all) set to go when I came - он уже был (совсем) готов (идти), когда я пришёл
2) to be set on doing smth. твёрдо решить сделать что-л.to be dead set on smth. - упорно /страстно/ желать чего-л.
we didn't much like the idea of his going back to New York but he was set on it - мы не очень одобряли его план вернуться в Нью-Йорк, но он твёрдо решил сделать это
6. to be set against ( doing) smth., to set oneself against ( doing) smth. быть категорически против чего-л., противиться чему-л.he set himself against my proposal - он заупрямился и отказался принять моё предложение
the mother was violently set against the match - мать была категорически против этого брака
he (himself) was set against going there - он (сам) упорно отказывался идти туда
7. 1) to set about /at, (up)on/ smb. нападать, напускаться на кого-л.to set upon smb. with blows - наброситься на кого-л. с кулаками
to set upon smb. with arguments - атаковать кого-л. доводами
they set upon me like a pack of dogs - они набросились на меня, как свора собак
I'd set about you myself if I could - если бы я мог, я бы сам отколотил тебя
2) to set smb. at /on, against/ smb. натравить, напустить кого-л. на кого-л.to set the dog on /at/ smb. - натравить на кого-л. собаку
to set detectives on smb. /on smb.'s tracks/ - установить за кем-л. слежку
he is trying to set you against me - он старается восстановить вас против меня
3) to set smb. on to do smth. подбить (на что-л.); подтолкнуть (к чему-л.)to set smb. on to commit a crime - толкнуть кого-л. на преступление
8. to set smth. against smth. книжн.1) противопоставлять что-л. чему-л., сравнивать что-л. с чем-л.when theory is set against practice - когда теорию противопоставляют практике
when we set one language against another - когда мы сравниваем один язык с другим
against the cost of a new car, you can set the considerable saving on repairs and servicing - покупка нового автомобиля стоит денег, но, с другой стороны, это даёт экономию на ремонте и обслуживании
2) опираться чем-л. обо что-л., упиратьсяhe set a hand against the door and shoved it - он упёрся рукой в дверь и толкнул её
9. to set smb. (up) over smb. возвысить кого-л., дать кому-л. власть над кем-л.to set smb. (up) over a people - посадить кого-л. на трон, сделать кого-л. королём, дать кому-л. власть над народом
10. to set oneself down as smb.1) выдавать себя за кого-л.2) зарегистрироваться, записаться ( в гостинице)11. to set smb. down for smb. принимать кого-л. за кого-л.to set smb. down for an actor - принять кого-л. за актёра
he set her down for forty - он считал, что ей лет сорок
12. to set up for smth. выдавать себя за кого-л.to set up for a professional [for a scholar] - выдавать себя за профессионала [за учёного]
13. to set smth. in motion привести что-л. в движениеto set a chain reaction in motion - физ. привести в действие цепную реакцию
14. to set smth. with smth.1) осыпать, усеивать что-л. чем-л.; украшать что-л. чем-л.to set the top of wall with broken glass - утыкать верхнюю часть стены битым стеклом
tables set with flowers - столы, украшенные цветами
the sky set with stars - небо, усеянное звёздами
a coast set with modern resorts - побережье со множеством современных курортов
2) засевать что-л. чем-л.15. to be set to smth. иметь склонность к чему-л.a soul that is set to melancholy - душа, склонная к печали
16. to set smth. to smth. подносить, прикладывать, приставлять что-л. к чему-л.; приближать что-л. к чему-л.to set a match [a lighter] to a cigarette - поднести спичку [зажигалку] к сигарете
to set one's lips to a glass, to set a glass to one's lips - поднести стакан ко рту
to set one's hand /one's name, one's signature, one's seal/ to a document - подписать документ
to set pen to paper - взяться за перо, начать писать
17. to set smth. apart /aside/ for smb., smth. отводить, предназначать, откладывать что-л. для кого-л., чего-л.to set apart funds for some purpose - выделять фонды для какой-л. цели
to set some food apart for further use - откладывать часть продуктов на будущее
the rooms set apart for the children were large and beautiful - комнаты, отведённые для детей, были просторны и красивы
18. to set smth. before smb. излагать что-л. кому-л.to set a plan [facts] before smb. - излагать /представлять на рассмотрение/ кому-л. план [факты]
he set his plan before the council - он изложил /представил/ совету свой план
III А1. в сочетании с последующим прилагательным, наречием или предложным оборотом означает приведение в какое-л. состояние:to set a prisoner free /at liberty/ - освободить арестованного
to set afloat - а) мор. спускать на воду; б) приводить в движение; дать (чему-л.) ход
anger set afloat all his inner grievances - гнев всколыхнул затаённые обиды
to set smb. wrong - вводить кого-л. в заблуждение
set your mind at ease! - не беспокойтесь!
to set smb.'s mind at rest - успокоить кого-л.
to set a question /affair/ at rest - разрешить какой-л. вопрос, покончить с каким-л. вопросом
to set smb.'s fears at rest - рассеять чьи-л. опасения
to set smb.'s curiosity agog - возбудить /вызвать/ чьё-л. любопытство
to set smb. on the alert - заставить кого-л. насторожиться
to set at ready - воен. приводить в готовность
to set one's affairs [papers, room] in order - приводить свои дела [бумаги, комнату] в порядок
to set going - а) запускать (машину и т. п.); to set machinery going - приводить в действие механизм; б) пускать в ход, в действие
to set on foot = to set going б)
2) побуждение к какому-л. действию:to set smb. laughing [in a roar] - рассмешить, заставить кого-л. смеяться [покатиться со смеху]
his jokes set the whole room [the table] laughing - все, кто был в комнате [кто сидел за столом], до упаду смеялись над его шутками
to set smb. (off) thinking, to set smb. to thinking - заставить кого-л. призадуматься
to set smb. wondering - вызывать у кого-л. удивление
to set smb. flying - обратить кого-л. в бегство
to set tongues wagging - вызывать толки, давать пищу для сплетен
this incident set everybody's tongue wagging - этот инцидент наделал много шуму
to set the company talking - а) развязать языки; б) дать пищу злым языкам
I set him talking about the new discovery - я навёл его на разговор о новом открытии
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to set foot somewhere - ходить куда-л., появляться где-л.
not to set foot in smb.'s house - не переступать порога чьего-л. дома
to set foot on shore - ступить на землю /на берег/
to set one's feet on the path - пуститься в путь /дорогу/
to set one's heart on smth. - стремиться к чему-л., страстно желать чего-л.
to set one's heart on doing smth. - стремиться сделать что-л.
he set his heart on going to the South - он очень хотел /твёрдо решил/ поехать на юг
he has set his heart on seeing Moscow - его заветной мечтой было повидать Москву
why should it be that man she has set her heart upon? - почему она полюбила именно этого человека?
to set one's wits to smb.'s (wits) - поспорить /помериться силами/ с кем-л.
to set one's wits to smth. - пытаться (раз)решить что-л.; ≅ шевелить мозгами
to set one's wits to work - ломать себе голову над чем-л.
to set people by the ears /at variance, at loggerheads/ - ссорить, натравливать людей друг на друга
to set smth. on fire, to set fire /a light/ to smth. - сжечь /поджечь, зажечь/ что-л.
to have smb. set - схватить кого-л. за горло, прижать кого-л. к стенке
to set the law [smb.] at defiance - бросать вызов закону [кому-л.]
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v.1 to arrange, to put in order (poner en orden) (alfabéticamente, numéricamente).2 to order.Le ordené ir I ordered him to goOrdené la habitación I straightened up the room.La maestra ordenó silencio The teacher ordered silence.3 to ordain (religion).4 to order. ( Latin American Spanish)5 to sort, to classify in a given order, to order.Ordené mis papeles I sorted my papers.6 to ordain as.Ricardo ordenó a Manolo sacerdote Richard ordained Manolo as priest.7 to be ordered to, to be told to, to receive orders to.Se me ordenó matar I was ordered to kill.* * *1 (arreglar) to put in order; (habitación) to tidy up2 (mandar) to order3 RELIGIÓN to ordain4 (encaminar) to direct\ordenar las ideas figurado to collect one's thoughts* * *verb1) to order2) arrange* * *1. VT1) (=poner en orden) [siguiendo un sistema] to arrange; [colocando en su sitio] to tidy; (Inform) to sorthay que ordenar los recibos por fechas — we have to put the receipts in order of date, we have to arrange the receipts by date
voy a ordenar mis libros — I'm going to sort out o organize my books
ordenó los relatos cronológicamente — he arranged the stories chronologically o in chronological order
2) (=mandar) to order3) (Rel) to ordain2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <habitación/armario> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)2)a) ( dar una orden) to orderb) (AmL) (en bar, restaurante) to order3) < sacerdote> to ordain2.ordenarse v pron to be ordained* * *= milk.Ex. Results showed that the first colostrum of ewes milked one hour postpartum had significantly more protein than that of nanny-goats.----* no vendas la leche antes de ordeñar la vaca = don't count your chickens before they are hatched.* ordeñar una vaca = milk + a cow.* sala de ordeñar = milking parlour.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <habitación/armario> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)2)a) ( dar una orden) to orderb) (AmL) (en bar, restaurante) to order3) < sacerdote> to ordain2.ordenarse v pron to be ordained* * *= arrange, collate, instruct, order, rank, sort, sort out, grade, enjoin, finger-snapping, sort into + order, range, file, ordain, create + order, put in + order, clear out.Ex: A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.
Ex: Contents page bulletins which comprise copies of contents pages of periodicals collated and dispatched to users are also reliant upon titles.Ex: Some of the above limitations of title indexes can be overcome by exercising a measure of control over the index terminology, and by inputting and instructing the computer to print a number of pre-determined links or references between keywords.Ex: For example, search software offers the ability to rank the retrieved material according to its relative significance.Ex: During the construction of a thesaurus, the computer can be enlisted to sort, merge, edit and compare terms.Ex: Some schools favor subject arrangement, other group together everything by publisher, and others sort everything out according to a theme.Ex: This had the advantage that the relevance judgments had already been made, and were graded into three levels: High relevance, Low relevance, No relevance.Ex: Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.Ex: The stereotype of the decision-maker as a person who does nothig but finger-snapping and button-pushing fades with systematic research and analysis.Ex: Sort packages are designed to sort a specified file of records into order according to a particular field or key.Ex: Serials can be ranged in the order of the access number, i.e. in the order of their arrival, without distinction as to their size or contents.Ex: Numbers expressed in digits file before alphabetic characters, so it may be necessary to look in two different places for, say, a date -- 1984 will not file in the same place as ninenteen eighty four.Ex: Born in Amite County, Mississippi in 1924, Will Campbell was ordained as a Baptist minister at the young age of seventeen.Ex: The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.Ex: The archives of Magdalen College were put in order and abstracts prepared in the 15th century.Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.* ordenar alfabéticamente = arrange + in alphabetical order.* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.* ordenar los documentos recuperados en orden de pertinencia = rank + document output, rank + documents.* ordenar mal = misfile.* ordenar por = file + in order of.* ordenar por número curren = arrange by + accession number.* ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.* ordenarse a uno mismo = self-ordained.* sin ordenar = unordered, unsorted.* volver a ordenar = resort.* * *ordenar [A1 ]vthay que ordenar los libros por materias the books have to be arranged according to subjectordena estas fichas sort out these cards, put these cards in orderB1 (dar una orden) to orderla policía ordenó el cierre del local the police ordered the closure of the establishment o ordered the establishment to be closedel médico le ordenó reposo absoluto the doctor ordered him to have complete restordenar + INF:le ordenó salir inmediatamente de la oficina she ordered him to leave the office immediatelyordenar QUE + SUBJ:me ordenó que guardara silencio he ordered me to keep quiet2 ( AmL) (en un bar, restaurante) to orderordenar un taxi to call a taxiC ‹sacerdote› to ordainto be ordainedse ordenó sacerdote he was ordained a priest* * *
Multiple Entries:
ordenar
ordeñar
ordenar ( conjugate ordenar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹habitación/armario/juguetes› to straighten (up) (esp AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE);
‹ fichas› to put in order;
2
3 ‹ sacerdote› to ordain
ordenarse verbo pronominal
to be ordained
ordeñar ( conjugate ordeñar) verbo transitivo
to milk
ordenar verbo transitivo
1 (un armario, los papeles, etc) to put in order, arrange: ordené los libros por autores, I arranged the books by author
(una habitación, la casa) to tidy up
2 (dar un mandato) to order: les ordenó que guardaran silencio, she ordered them to keep quiet
3 (a un sacerdote, caballero) to ordain
ordeñar verbo transitivo to milk
' ordeñar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alfabetizar
- arreglar
- mico
- ordenar
- recoger
- disponer
- mandar
English:
arrange
- clear up
- command
- dispose
- instruct
- marshal
- milk
- neatly
- ordain
- rank
- straight
- straighten
- straighten up
- tidy
- tidy out
- tidy up
- clear
- direct
- grade
- order
- organize
- sort
* * *♦ vt1. [poner en orden] [alfabéticamente, numéricamente] to arrange, to put in order;[habitación, papeles] to tidy (up);ordenar alfabéticamente to put in alphabetical order;ordenar en montones to sort into piles;ordenar por temas to arrange by subject2. Informát to sort3. [mandar] to order;te ordeno que te vayas I order you to go;me ordenó callarme he ordered me to be quiet4. Rel to ordain5. Am [pedir] to order;acabamos de ordenar el desayuno we've just ordered breakfast♦ vi1. [mandar] to give orders;(yo) ordeno y mando: Ana es de las de (yo) ordeno y mando Ana's the sort of person who likes telling everybody what to do2. Am [pedir] to order;¿ya eligieron?, ¿quieren ordenar? are you ready to order?* * *v/t1 habitación tidy up2 alfabéticamente arrange; INFOR sort3 ( mandar) order4 L.Am. ( pedir) order* * *ordenar vt1) mandar: to order, to command2) arreglar: to put in order, to arrange3) : to ordain (a priest)* * *ordenar vb3. (mandar) to order -
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v.1 to arrange, to put in order (poner en orden) (alfabéticamente, numéricamente).2 to order.Le ordené ir I ordered him to goOrdené la habitación I straightened up the room.La maestra ordenó silencio The teacher ordered silence.3 to ordain (religion).4 to order. ( Latin American Spanish)5 to sort, to classify in a given order, to order.Ordené mis papeles I sorted my papers.6 to ordain as.Ricardo ordenó a Manolo sacerdote Richard ordained Manolo as priest.7 to be ordered to, to be told to, to receive orders to.Se me ordenó matar I was ordered to kill.* * *1 (arreglar) to put in order; (habitación) to tidy up2 (mandar) to order3 RELIGIÓN to ordain4 (encaminar) to direct\ordenar las ideas figurado to collect one's thoughts* * *verb1) to order2) arrange* * *1. VT1) (=poner en orden) [siguiendo un sistema] to arrange; [colocando en su sitio] to tidy; (Inform) to sorthay que ordenar los recibos por fechas — we have to put the receipts in order of date, we have to arrange the receipts by date
voy a ordenar mis libros — I'm going to sort out o organize my books
ordenó los relatos cronológicamente — he arranged the stories chronologically o in chronological order
2) (=mandar) to order3) (Rel) to ordain2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <habitación/armario> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)2)a) ( dar una orden) to orderb) (AmL) (en bar, restaurante) to order3) < sacerdote> to ordain2.ordenarse v pron to be ordained* * *= arrange, collate, instruct, order, rank, sort, sort out, grade, enjoin, finger-snapping, sort into + order, range, file, ordain, create + order, put in + order, clear out.Ex. A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.Ex. Contents page bulletins which comprise copies of contents pages of periodicals collated and dispatched to users are also reliant upon titles.Ex. Some of the above limitations of title indexes can be overcome by exercising a measure of control over the index terminology, and by inputting and instructing the computer to print a number of pre-determined links or references between keywords.Ex. For example, search software offers the ability to rank the retrieved material according to its relative significance.Ex. During the construction of a thesaurus, the computer can be enlisted to sort, merge, edit and compare terms.Ex. Some schools favor subject arrangement, other group together everything by publisher, and others sort everything out according to a theme.Ex. This had the advantage that the relevance judgments had already been made, and were graded into three levels: High relevance, Low relevance, No relevance.Ex. Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.Ex. The stereotype of the decision-maker as a person who does nothig but finger-snapping and button-pushing fades with systematic research and analysis.Ex. Sort packages are designed to sort a specified file of records into order according to a particular field or key.Ex. Serials can be ranged in the order of the access number, i.e. in the order of their arrival, without distinction as to their size or contents.Ex. Numbers expressed in digits file before alphabetic characters, so it may be necessary to look in two different places for, say, a date -- 1984 will not file in the same place as ninenteen eighty four.Ex. Born in Amite County, Mississippi in 1924, Will Campbell was ordained as a Baptist minister at the young age of seventeen.Ex. The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.Ex. The archives of Magdalen College were put in order and abstracts prepared in the 15th century.Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.----* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.* ordenar alfabéticamente = arrange + in alphabetical order.* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.* ordenar los documentos recuperados en orden de pertinencia = rank + document output, rank + documents.* ordenar mal = misfile.* ordenar por = file + in order of.* ordenar por número curren = arrange by + accession number.* ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.* ordenarse a uno mismo = self-ordained.* sin ordenar = unordered, unsorted.* volver a ordenar = resort.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <habitación/armario> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)2)a) ( dar una orden) to orderb) (AmL) (en bar, restaurante) to order3) < sacerdote> to ordain2.ordenarse v pron to be ordained* * *= arrange, collate, instruct, order, rank, sort, sort out, grade, enjoin, finger-snapping, sort into + order, range, file, ordain, create + order, put in + order, clear out.Ex: A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.
Ex: Contents page bulletins which comprise copies of contents pages of periodicals collated and dispatched to users are also reliant upon titles.Ex: Some of the above limitations of title indexes can be overcome by exercising a measure of control over the index terminology, and by inputting and instructing the computer to print a number of pre-determined links or references between keywords.Ex: For example, search software offers the ability to rank the retrieved material according to its relative significance.Ex: During the construction of a thesaurus, the computer can be enlisted to sort, merge, edit and compare terms.Ex: Some schools favor subject arrangement, other group together everything by publisher, and others sort everything out according to a theme.Ex: This had the advantage that the relevance judgments had already been made, and were graded into three levels: High relevance, Low relevance, No relevance.Ex: Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.Ex: The stereotype of the decision-maker as a person who does nothig but finger-snapping and button-pushing fades with systematic research and analysis.Ex: Sort packages are designed to sort a specified file of records into order according to a particular field or key.Ex: Serials can be ranged in the order of the access number, i.e. in the order of their arrival, without distinction as to their size or contents.Ex: Numbers expressed in digits file before alphabetic characters, so it may be necessary to look in two different places for, say, a date -- 1984 will not file in the same place as ninenteen eighty four.Ex: Born in Amite County, Mississippi in 1924, Will Campbell was ordained as a Baptist minister at the young age of seventeen.Ex: The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.Ex: The archives of Magdalen College were put in order and abstracts prepared in the 15th century.Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.* ordenar alfabéticamente = arrange + in alphabetical order.* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.* ordenar los documentos recuperados en orden de pertinencia = rank + document output, rank + documents.* ordenar mal = misfile.* ordenar por = file + in order of.* ordenar por número curren = arrange by + accession number.* ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.* ordenarse a uno mismo = self-ordained.* sin ordenar = unordered, unsorted.* volver a ordenar = resort.* * *ordenar [A1 ]vthay que ordenar los libros por materias the books have to be arranged according to subjectordena estas fichas sort out these cards, put these cards in orderB1 (dar una orden) to orderla policía ordenó el cierre del local the police ordered the closure of the establishment o ordered the establishment to be closedel médico le ordenó reposo absoluto the doctor ordered him to have complete restordenar + INF:le ordenó salir inmediatamente de la oficina she ordered him to leave the office immediatelyordenar QUE + SUBJ:me ordenó que guardara silencio he ordered me to keep quiet2 ( AmL) (en un bar, restaurante) to orderordenar un taxi to call a taxiC ‹sacerdote› to ordainto be ordainedse ordenó sacerdote he was ordained a priest* * *
Multiple Entries:
ordenar
ordeñar
ordenar ( conjugate ordenar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹habitación/armario/juguetes› to straighten (up) (esp AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE);
‹ fichas› to put in order;
2
3 ‹ sacerdote› to ordain
ordenarse verbo pronominal
to be ordained
ordeñar ( conjugate ordeñar) verbo transitivo
to milk
ordenar verbo transitivo
1 (un armario, los papeles, etc) to put in order, arrange: ordené los libros por autores, I arranged the books by author
(una habitación, la casa) to tidy up
2 (dar un mandato) to order: les ordenó que guardaran silencio, she ordered them to keep quiet
3 (a un sacerdote, caballero) to ordain
ordeñar verbo transitivo to milk
' ordeñar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alfabetizar
- arreglar
- mico
- ordenar
- recoger
- disponer
- mandar
English:
arrange
- clear up
- command
- dispose
- instruct
- marshal
- milk
- neatly
- ordain
- rank
- straight
- straighten
- straighten up
- tidy
- tidy out
- tidy up
- clear
- direct
- grade
- order
- organize
- sort
* * *♦ vt1. [poner en orden] [alfabéticamente, numéricamente] to arrange, to put in order;[habitación, papeles] to tidy (up);ordenar alfabéticamente to put in alphabetical order;ordenar en montones to sort into piles;ordenar por temas to arrange by subject2. Informát to sort3. [mandar] to order;te ordeno que te vayas I order you to go;me ordenó callarme he ordered me to be quiet4. Rel to ordain5. Am [pedir] to order;acabamos de ordenar el desayuno we've just ordered breakfast♦ vi1. [mandar] to give orders;(yo) ordeno y mando: Ana es de las de (yo) ordeno y mando Ana's the sort of person who likes telling everybody what to do2. Am [pedir] to order;¿ya eligieron?, ¿quieren ordenar? are you ready to order?* * *v/t1 habitación tidy up2 alfabéticamente arrange; INFOR sort3 ( mandar) order4 L.Am. ( pedir) order* * *ordenar vt1) mandar: to order, to command2) arreglar: to put in order, to arrange3) : to ordain (a priest)* * *ordenar vb3. (mandar) to order -
14 straighten out
vtto \straighten out out <-> sth1) ( make straight) etw gerade machen;to \straighten out out one's arms/ legs die Arme/Beine ausstrecken;to \straighten out out one's clothes seine Kleider glatt streichen;to \straighten out out a dent in the bumper die Stoßstange ausbeulen;to \straighten out out a road eine Straße begradigen;to \straighten out out a wire einen Draht ausziehen2) ( put right) etw in Ordnung bringen;( clarify) etw klarstellen;I think we should get matters \straighten outed out between us ich finde, wir sollten die Dinge zwischen uns klären;to \straighten out sb out ( explain a situation) jdm die Sachlage erklären;( explain the truth) jdn aufklären;( make behave) jdn [wieder] auf den rechten Weg bringen;to \straighten out out one's affairs Klarheit in seine Finanzen bringen;to \straighten out out a misunderstanding ein Missverständnis aus der Welt schaffen; -
15 die Ordnung
- {arrangement} sự sắp xếp, sự sắp đặt, cái được sắp xếp, cái được sắp đặt, số nhiều) sự thu xếp, sự chuẩn bị, sự dàn xếp, sự hoà giải, sự cải biên, sự soạn lại, bản cải tiến, bản soạn lại - sự chỉnh hợp, sự lắp ráp - {array} sự dàn trận, sự bày binh bố trận, lực lượng quân đội, dãy sắp xếp ngay ngắn, hàng ngũ chỉnh tề, danh sách hội thẩm, quần áo, đồ trang điểm, mạng anten antenna array) - {category} hạng, loại, phạm trù - {class} giai cấp, lớp, lớp học, giờ học, buổi học, khoá lính, khoá học sinh, tính ưu tú, tính tuyệt vời, sự thanh nhã, sự thanh cao - {collocation} sự sắp xếp vào một chỗ, sự sắp đặt theo thứ tự - {degree} mức độ, trình độ, địa vị, cấp bậc, độ, bậc, cấp - {dispensation} sự phân phát, sự phân phối, mệnh trời, hệ thống tôn giáo, chế độ tôn giáo, sự miễn trừ, sự tha cho, sự có thể bỏ qua, sự có thể đừng được, sự không cần đến - {form} hình, hình thể, hình dạng, hình dáng, hình thức, hình thái, dạng, thể thức, nghi thức, thủ tục, lề thói, mẫu có chỗ trống, tình trạng sức khoẻ, sự phấn khởi, ghế dài, khuôn, hang thỏ, ắc quy - sự ghép, sự thiết lập - {order} thứ, ngôi, hàng, thứ tự, trật tự, nội quy - {orderliness} sự thứ tự, sự ngăn nắp, sự phục tùng kỷ luật - {regularity} tính đều đều, tính đều đặn, tính cân đối, tính quy củ, tính đúng mực, tính hợp thức, tính quy tắc - {sequence} sự nối tiếp, sự liên tiếp, sự liên tục, cảnh, phỏng chuỗi, khúc xêcăng, sự phối hợp, bài ca xêcăng, chuỗi quân bài cùng hoa, dãy - {tidiness} sự sạch sẽ, sự gọn gàng - {trim} trạng thái sẵn sàng, y phục, cách ăn mặc, sự xoay theo đúng hướng gió = in Ordnung {all right; alright; okay; well}+ = die gute Ordnung {trimness}+ = gut in Ordnung {trim}+ = der Ordnung halber {for order's sake}+ = nicht in Ordnung {amiss; out of square; wrong}+ = in Ordnung halten {to maintain}+ = Recht und Ordnung {law and order}+ = zur Ordnung rufen {to call to order}+ = in bester Ordnung {in apple pie order}+ = die sittliche Ordnung {order}+ = in Ordnung bringen {to clean up; to fix up; to make straight; to order; to put in order; to righten; to set right; to settle; to straighten; to tidy up; to trim}+ = er hält gut Ordnung {he is a good disciplinarian}+ = in schönster Ordnung {as right as a rivet; as right as a trivet; in apple pie order}+ = nicht in Ordnung sein {to be out of order}+ = vollständig in Ordnung {right as nails}+ = es ist alles in Ordnung {It is all hunky-dory; all's well}+ = etwas in Ordnung bringen {to get something right; to put something right; to set something right}+ = die Sache in Ordnung bringen {to fix it}+ = wieder in Ordnung bringen {to readjust; to retrieve}+ = die Bücher in Ordnung bringen (Kommerz) {to post}+ = seine Angelegenheiten in Ordnung bringen {to order one's affairs}+ -
16 cosa
f.1 thing (objeto, idea).tengo que decirte una cosa I've got something to tell you¿quieres alguna cosa? is there anything you want?cualquier cosa anythingno es gran cosa it's not important, it's no big dealpoca cosa nothing muchUna cosa propia de una joven, A girlish kind of thing2 funny remark (ocurrencia).¡qué cosas tienes! you do say some funny things!son cosas de mamá that's just the way Mum is, that's just one of Mum's little idiosyncrasiespres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: coser.* * *1 (gen) thing■ coge tus cosas take your things, take your stuff■ ¿alguna cosa más? anything else?2 (asunto) matter, business3 (nada) nothing, not anything\así están las cosas that's the way things are, that's how things standcomo cosa tuya as if it were your ideacomo están las cosas as things standcomo si tal cosa just like thatcosa de aboutcosa nunca vista something surprisingcosas de la vida that's lifedecir cuatro cosas to tell a few home truthslo que son las cosas much to my surpriseno sea cosa que... in case...no ser gran cosa not to be importantno valer gran cosa not to be worth muchser cosa hecha familiar to be no sooner said than doneser poquita cosa familiar not to be much, not to amount too muchcosas de negocios business matters* * *noun f.1) thing, object, stuff2) matter, affair* * *SF1) (=objeto) thing¿qué es esa cosa redonda? — what's that round thing?
no es otra cosa que una bolsa de plástico — it's nothing more than a plastic bag, it's just a plastic bag
- es cosa fina2) [uso indefinido]¿alguna cosa más? — anything else?
•
o cosa así, 20 kilos o cosa así — 20 kilos or thereabouts•
cualquier cosa — anything•
gran cosa, el coche no vale gran cosa — the car isn't worth muchcomo futbolista no es gran cosa — he's not a great footballer, he's not much of a footballer
•
poca cosa, lo qué recibieron a cambio fue poca cosa — they didn't get much in return, they got very little in returnjugamos a las cartas, leemos y poca cosa más — we play cards, read and do little else o and that's about it
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una cosa — something¿me puedes decir una cosa? — can you tell me something?
una cosa, se me olvidaba preguntarte por el precio — by the way, I forgot to ask you about the price
en general está muy bien, solo una cosa... — on the whole, it's very good, there's just one thing...
3) (=asunto)¿has visto cosa igual? — did you ever see the like?
¡qué cosa más extraña! — how strange!
esa es cosa vieja — so what's new?, that's ancient history
¡vaya una cosa! — well!, there's a thing!
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la cosa es que... — the thing is (that)...la cosa está en considerar el problema desde otro ángulo — the thing to do o the trick is to consider the problem from another angle
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no es cosa de broma o risa — it's no laughing matter•
no sea cosa que — in casetrae el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva — bring your umbrella in case it rains
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otra cosa, no se hablaba de otra cosa — people talked about nothing else¿hay otra cosa que pueda hacer? — is there anything else I can do?
eso es otra cosa — that's another matter o thing (entirely)
otra cosa es que la ley imponga 40 horas semanales para todos — it's another matter entirely for the law to oblige everyone to work 40 hours a week
otra cosa sería si... — it would be quite another matter if...
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cosa rara, y, cosa rara, nadie lo vio — and, oddly o funnily enough, nobody saw itcomo quien no quiere la cosa —
se levantó y se fue como quien no quiere la cosa — she got up and left as inconspicuously as possible
como si tal cosa —
me devolvió el libro roto como si tal cosa — he gave me back the damaged book as if nothing had happened
le dije que había sido seleccionado para el trabajo y se quedó como si tal cosa — I told him he had got the job and he barely reacted
4) (=nada)jamás he visto cosa semejante — I've never seen anything like it, I've never seen the like of it
¡no hay tal cosa! — nothing of the sort!
nunca he dicho nada sobre ese tema ni cosa que se le parezca — I never said anything about that subject or anything like it
5) pl cosasa) (=acciones, asuntos)¡son cosas de Juan! — that's Juan all over!, that's just like Juan!
¡cosas de niños! — boys will be boys!
¡qué cosas dices! — you do say some silly things!
¡tienes unas cosas! — the things you say!
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meterse en cosas de otros — to stick one's nose in other people's businessb)• las cosas — (=situación) things
así las cosas, se marchó de la reunión — at this point, she left the meeting
¡lo que son las cosas! — just imagine!, fancy that!
6)• cosa de — [indicando tiempo] about
7) ** [droga] hash *8) LAm [como conj]•
cosa que, camina lento, cosa que no te canses — walk slowly so (that) you don't get tiredno le digas nada, cosa que no se ofenda — don't say anything to him, that way he won't get offended, don't say anything to him in case he gets offended
* * *1)a) ( objeto) thing¿alguna otra cosa? or ¿alguna cosa más? — anything else?
b) (acto, acción) thingno puedo hacer otra cosa — there's nothing else I can do o it's the only thing I can do
entre una(s) cosa(s) y otra(s)... — what with one thing and another...
c) ( al hablar)qué cosas dices! — really, what a thing to say!
dime una cosa... — tell me something...
oye, una cosa... — ( por cierto) by the way...
d) (detalle, punto)e) (asunto, tema) thingsi por cualquier cosa no puedes venir, avísame — if you can't come for any reason, let me know
esto no es cosa de broma/risa — this is no joke/no laughing matter
la cosa es que... — the thing is that...
2) cosas femenino plural ( pertenencias) things (pl)3) (situación, suceso)así están las cosas — that's how things are o stand
la cosa se pone negra/fea — things are starting to get unpleasant
¿cómo te van las cosas? — how are things?
¿cómo está la cosa? — ( cómo está la situación) how are things?; ( cómo estás) (Ven) how are you doing?
lo que son las cosas! — well, well! o fancy that! (colloq)
en mi vida he visto/oído cosa igual — I've never seen/heard anything like it
cosa rara en él, se equivocó — he made a mistake, which is unusual for him
qué cosa más extraña! — how strange o funny!
esto es cosa de magia or de brujería — this is witchcraft!
una cosa es ser bueno y otra ser el mejor — being good is one thing, but being the best is quite another
4)a) (fam) ( ocurrencia)tienes cada cosa! — the things you come up (AmE) o (BrE) out with!
b) ( comportamiento típico)5) ( incumbencia)no te preocupes, eso es cosa mía — don't worry, I'll handle it
6) ( en locs)cosa de — (AmS fam) so as to
cosa que — (AmS fam) so that
no sea or no vaya a ser cosa que: llévate el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva take your umbrella just in case; átalo, no sea cosa que se escape tie it up so that it doesn't get away; o cosa así or so; cada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a time; como quien no quiere la cosa casually; como si tal cosa: no puedes irte como si tal cosa you can't go just like that o as if nothing had happened; le dije que era peligroso y siguió como si tal cosa I told him it was dangerous but he just carried on o he carried on regardless; cosa de... (fam): es cosa de unos minutos it'll (only) take a couple of minutes; es cosa de intentarlo you just have to give it a go; está a cosa de dos kilómetros it's about two kilometers; darle cosa a alguien (fam): me da cosa comer caracoles/ver sangre eating snails/the sight of blood makes me feel funny; me da cosa pedirle tanto dinero I feel awkward asking him for so much money; decirle a alguien un par de or cuatro cosas (fam) to tell somebody a thing or two; no ser gran cosa (fam) to be nothing special (colloq); poca cosa: es muy poca cosa ( en apariencia) he's not much to look at; ( en personalidad) he's not up to much (colloq); queda algo pero poca cosa there's some left but not much; un trabajo así es muy poca cosa para ella a job like that isn't good enough for her; poner las cosas en su lugar or sitio to put o set the record straight; ser cosa hecha (CS) to be a foregone conclusion; ser/parecer otra cosa: esto es otra cosa!, ahora sí se oye this is more like it! you can hear it now; con ese peinado parece otra cosa she looks a new woman with that hairstyle; ¿invitas tú? eso es otra cosa! are you paying? oh well, that's different, then!; las cosas claras — I like to know where I stand
* * *= thing, item, business [businesses, -pl.].Ex. A collection of medical books for the general public in a public library may deal with the same range of topics, but the indexing can probably be more broad than in a specialist index, and the terms used for the same thing may be different.Ex. Since only twenty or so items can be displayed on the screen at a time, the ↑ (Up), ↓ (Down), Page Up and Page Down keys are used to scroll through the listing.Ex. I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.----* aclarar las cosas = set + the record straight.* acostumbrarse a las cosas = get (back) into + the swings of things, things + grow on + Pronombre.* apostarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* arreglar las cosas = put + things right.* así son las cosas = that's they way things are.* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.* cambiar las cosas desde dentro = change + things from the inside.* capaz de hacer cualquier cosa = capable of anything.* casi cualquier cosa = just about anything.* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.* complicar las cosas = make + things complex, add + salt to the wound, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* conjunto de cosas afines, el = whole schmier, the.* correr un velo sobre las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* cosa esencial = essential.* cosa hecha = plain sailing, walkover.* cosa indeseable = beast.* cosa inútil = dead horse.* cosa que se inserta = insert.* cosas = stuff, matters, bits and pieces.* cosas buenas = goodies [goody, -sing.].* cosas + cambiar inesperadamente = things + take a turn for the unexpected.* cosas como = the likes of.* cosas de la casa = household chores.* cosa secundaria = accidentals.* cosas + empeorar = things + get worse, things + get rough.* cosas esenciales, las = basic essentials, the.* cosas este tipo de cosas = this sort of thing.* cosas inútiles = deadwood [dead wood].* cosas + ir bien = things + go well.* cosas + mejorar = things + get better.* cosas + ponerse feas = things + get rough.* cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night.* cosas ricas = goodies [goody, -sing.].* cosas + salir bien = things + work out.* cosas transitorias, las = transient, the.* cosa superficial = accidentals.* cosa viva = living thing.* cualquier cosa = anything.* cualquier cosa que no sea = anything but.* cualquier otra cosa = anything else, whatever else.* dar cualquier cosa por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.* dar las cosas masticadas = spoon-feed [spoon feed/spoonfeed].* dar sentido a las cosas = meaning making.* dejar las cosas como están = let + the matter + rest, let + sleeping dogs lie.* dejar las cosas tranquilas = let + sleeping dogs lie.* dejar que Alguien haga las cosas a su manera = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.* economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.* el estado de las cosas = the lay of the land [the lie of the land, -UK].* empeorar las cosas = make + matters + worse, add + salt to the wound, make + things worse, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* encontrar cosas comunes = find + common ground.* en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* enmarañar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* en otro orden de cosas = on another topic, as for, as regards, meanwhile, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.* enredar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* entre otras cosas = amongst other things, for one thing, inter alia, among other things.* ese tipo de cosas = that sort of thing.* estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).* facilitar las cosas = make + things easier.* forma de ver las cosas = way of putting things together, bent of mind.* gran cosa = big deal.* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.* hacer cambiar las cosas = turn + the tide on.* hacer cosas = get + things done.* hacer cualquier cosa = do + anything, give + Posesivo + right arm.* haciendo cosas = up and about.* jugarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* la cosa es que = the thing is.* la cosa principal = the number one thing.* la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.* la forma de ver las cosas = the way + to see things.* las cosas + cambiar = pendulum + swing.* las cosas + estar + claras = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.* las cosas no pasan así como así = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no pasan (así) porque sí = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no son tan simples como parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.* las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.* las cosas sólo pasan una vez = lightning never strikes twice.* las cosas son más complicadas de lo que parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.* las cosas tal y como son = the birds and the bees.* llamar las cosas por su nombre = call + a spade a spade.* lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.* manera de ver las cosas = line of thought.* mantener las cosas en marcha = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantener las cosas en movimiento = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantener las cosas funcionando = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantenerse al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* más que ninguna otra cosa = beyond all else.* mismísima cosa, la = very thing, the.* muchas otras cosas = much else.* muchas otras cosas más = much else besides.* ni una cosa ni la otra = in-between, betwixt and between.* no conseguir ni una cosa ni otra = fall (between/through) + the cracks.* no pensar en otra cosa que = be wrapped up in.* no ser gran cosa = not add up to much, add up to + nothing.* no ser ni una cosa ni otra = fall between + two stools.* no significar gran cosa = not add up to much.* no suponer gran cosa = not add up to much.* no valer gran cosa = be no great shakes.* no + Verbo + otra cosa que = Verbo + nothing else but.* ocultar las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* otra cosa = something else.* otra cosa que no sea = anything other than.* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury.* pasar a cosas más agradables = on a happier note.* poca cosa = small fry, the.* poner las cosas en marcha = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.* poner las cosas en movimiento = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.* poner las cosas en su lugar = set + the record straight.* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.* por + Número + cosas = on + Número + counts.* qué es cada cosa = what is what.* qué otra cosa = what else.* que se toma las cosas con calma = laid-back.* quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* recoger las cosas = clear away + the things.* recoger las cosas de Uno antes de irse = pack + Posesivo + things.* restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* sacar las cosas de quicio = blow + things (up) out of (all) proportion.* sensación de no ser ni una cosa ni la otra = in-betweenness.* ser capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por = go to + any lengths to, go to + great lengths to.* sobre todas las cosas = above all things.* tener cosas en común = share + common ground.* tomarse las cosas a la ligera = make + light of things.* tomarse las cosas con calma = keep + a cool head, play it + cool.* una buena cosa = a good thing.* una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.* una misma cosa = one and the same.* u otra cosa = or what not [whatnot].* ver las cosas de diferente manera = see + things differently.* ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.* ver las cosas desde una perspectiva = see + things from + perspective.* ver las cosas de una manera diferente = see + things differently.* ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.* ver las cosas en su conjunto = see + things as a whole.* ver las cosas en su totalidad = see + things as a whole.* ver las cosas positivas = look on + the bright side.* ver las cosas positivas de la vida = look on + the bright side of life.* y otras cosas = and things.* y todo este tipo de cosas = and all this sort of thing.* * *1)a) ( objeto) thing¿alguna otra cosa? or ¿alguna cosa más? — anything else?
b) (acto, acción) thingno puedo hacer otra cosa — there's nothing else I can do o it's the only thing I can do
entre una(s) cosa(s) y otra(s)... — what with one thing and another...
c) ( al hablar)qué cosas dices! — really, what a thing to say!
dime una cosa... — tell me something...
oye, una cosa... — ( por cierto) by the way...
d) (detalle, punto)e) (asunto, tema) thingsi por cualquier cosa no puedes venir, avísame — if you can't come for any reason, let me know
esto no es cosa de broma/risa — this is no joke/no laughing matter
la cosa es que... — the thing is that...
2) cosas femenino plural ( pertenencias) things (pl)3) (situación, suceso)así están las cosas — that's how things are o stand
la cosa se pone negra/fea — things are starting to get unpleasant
¿cómo te van las cosas? — how are things?
¿cómo está la cosa? — ( cómo está la situación) how are things?; ( cómo estás) (Ven) how are you doing?
lo que son las cosas! — well, well! o fancy that! (colloq)
en mi vida he visto/oído cosa igual — I've never seen/heard anything like it
cosa rara en él, se equivocó — he made a mistake, which is unusual for him
qué cosa más extraña! — how strange o funny!
esto es cosa de magia or de brujería — this is witchcraft!
una cosa es ser bueno y otra ser el mejor — being good is one thing, but being the best is quite another
4)a) (fam) ( ocurrencia)tienes cada cosa! — the things you come up (AmE) o (BrE) out with!
b) ( comportamiento típico)5) ( incumbencia)no te preocupes, eso es cosa mía — don't worry, I'll handle it
6) ( en locs)cosa de — (AmS fam) so as to
cosa que — (AmS fam) so that
no sea or no vaya a ser cosa que: llévate el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva take your umbrella just in case; átalo, no sea cosa que se escape tie it up so that it doesn't get away; o cosa así or so; cada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a time; como quien no quiere la cosa casually; como si tal cosa: no puedes irte como si tal cosa you can't go just like that o as if nothing had happened; le dije que era peligroso y siguió como si tal cosa I told him it was dangerous but he just carried on o he carried on regardless; cosa de... (fam): es cosa de unos minutos it'll (only) take a couple of minutes; es cosa de intentarlo you just have to give it a go; está a cosa de dos kilómetros it's about two kilometers; darle cosa a alguien (fam): me da cosa comer caracoles/ver sangre eating snails/the sight of blood makes me feel funny; me da cosa pedirle tanto dinero I feel awkward asking him for so much money; decirle a alguien un par de or cuatro cosas (fam) to tell somebody a thing or two; no ser gran cosa (fam) to be nothing special (colloq); poca cosa: es muy poca cosa ( en apariencia) he's not much to look at; ( en personalidad) he's not up to much (colloq); queda algo pero poca cosa there's some left but not much; un trabajo así es muy poca cosa para ella a job like that isn't good enough for her; poner las cosas en su lugar or sitio to put o set the record straight; ser cosa hecha (CS) to be a foregone conclusion; ser/parecer otra cosa: esto es otra cosa!, ahora sí se oye this is more like it! you can hear it now; con ese peinado parece otra cosa she looks a new woman with that hairstyle; ¿invitas tú? eso es otra cosa! are you paying? oh well, that's different, then!; las cosas claras — I like to know where I stand
* * *= thing, item, business [businesses, -pl.].Ex: A collection of medical books for the general public in a public library may deal with the same range of topics, but the indexing can probably be more broad than in a specialist index, and the terms used for the same thing may be different.
Ex: Since only twenty or so items can be displayed on the screen at a time, the &\#8593; (Up), &\#8595; (Down), Page Up and Page Down keys are used to scroll through the listing.Ex: I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.* aclarar las cosas = set + the record straight.* acostumbrarse a las cosas = get (back) into + the swings of things, things + grow on + Pronombre.* apostarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* arreglar las cosas = put + things right.* así son las cosas = that's they way things are.* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.* cambiar las cosas desde dentro = change + things from the inside.* capaz de hacer cualquier cosa = capable of anything.* casi cualquier cosa = just about anything.* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.* complicar las cosas = make + things complex, add + salt to the wound, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* conjunto de cosas afines, el = whole schmier, the.* correr un velo sobre las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* cosa esencial = essential.* cosa hecha = plain sailing, walkover.* cosa indeseable = beast.* cosa inútil = dead horse.* cosa que se inserta = insert.* cosas = stuff, matters, bits and pieces.* cosas buenas = goodies [goody, -sing.].* cosas + cambiar inesperadamente = things + take a turn for the unexpected.* cosas como = the likes of.* cosas de la casa = household chores.* cosa secundaria = accidentals.* cosas + empeorar = things + get worse, things + get rough.* cosas esenciales, las = basic essentials, the.* cosas este tipo de cosas = this sort of thing.* cosas inútiles = deadwood [dead wood].* cosas + ir bien = things + go well.* cosas + mejorar = things + get better.* cosas + ponerse feas = things + get rough.* cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night.* cosas ricas = goodies [goody, -sing.].* cosas + salir bien = things + work out.* cosas transitorias, las = transient, the.* cosa superficial = accidentals.* cosa viva = living thing.* cualquier cosa = anything.* cualquier cosa que no sea = anything but.* cualquier otra cosa = anything else, whatever else.* dar cualquier cosa por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.* dar las cosas masticadas = spoon-feed [spoon feed/spoonfeed].* dar sentido a las cosas = meaning making.* dejar las cosas como están = let + the matter + rest, let + sleeping dogs lie.* dejar las cosas tranquilas = let + sleeping dogs lie.* dejar que Alguien haga las cosas a su manera = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.* economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.* el estado de las cosas = the lay of the land [the lie of the land, -UK].* empeorar las cosas = make + matters + worse, add + salt to the wound, make + things worse, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* encontrar cosas comunes = find + common ground.* en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* enmarañar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* en otro orden de cosas = on another topic, as for, as regards, meanwhile, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.* enredar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* entre otras cosas = amongst other things, for one thing, inter alia, among other things.* ese tipo de cosas = that sort of thing.* estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).* facilitar las cosas = make + things easier.* forma de ver las cosas = way of putting things together, bent of mind.* gran cosa = big deal.* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.* hacer cambiar las cosas = turn + the tide on.* hacer cosas = get + things done.* hacer cualquier cosa = do + anything, give + Posesivo + right arm.* haciendo cosas = up and about.* jugarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* la cosa es que = the thing is.* la cosa principal = the number one thing.* la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.* la forma de ver las cosas = the way + to see things.* las cosas + cambiar = pendulum + swing.* las cosas + estar + claras = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.* las cosas no pasan así como así = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no pasan (así) porque sí = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no son tan simples como parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.* las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.* las cosas sólo pasan una vez = lightning never strikes twice.* las cosas son más complicadas de lo que parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.* las cosas tal y como son = the birds and the bees.* llamar las cosas por su nombre = call + a spade a spade.* lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.* manera de ver las cosas = line of thought.* mantener las cosas en marcha = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantener las cosas en movimiento = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantener las cosas funcionando = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantenerse al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* más que ninguna otra cosa = beyond all else.* mismísima cosa, la = very thing, the.* muchas otras cosas = much else.* muchas otras cosas más = much else besides.* ni una cosa ni la otra = in-between, betwixt and between.* no conseguir ni una cosa ni otra = fall (between/through) + the cracks.* no pensar en otra cosa que = be wrapped up in.* no ser gran cosa = not add up to much, add up to + nothing.* no ser ni una cosa ni otra = fall between + two stools.* no significar gran cosa = not add up to much.* no suponer gran cosa = not add up to much.* no valer gran cosa = be no great shakes.* no + Verbo + otra cosa que = Verbo + nothing else but.* ocultar las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* otra cosa = something else.* otra cosa que no sea = anything other than.* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury.* pasar a cosas más agradables = on a happier note.* poca cosa = small fry, the.* poner las cosas en marcha = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.* poner las cosas en movimiento = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.* poner las cosas en su lugar = set + the record straight.* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.* por + Número + cosas = on + Número + counts.* qué es cada cosa = what is what.* qué otra cosa = what else.* que se toma las cosas con calma = laid-back.* quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* recoger las cosas = clear away + the things.* recoger las cosas de Uno antes de irse = pack + Posesivo + things.* restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* sacar las cosas de quicio = blow + things (up) out of (all) proportion.* sensación de no ser ni una cosa ni la otra = in-betweenness.* ser capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por = go to + any lengths to, go to + great lengths to.* sobre todas las cosas = above all things.* tener cosas en común = share + common ground.* tomarse las cosas a la ligera = make + light of things.* tomarse las cosas con calma = keep + a cool head, play it + cool.* una buena cosa = a good thing.* una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.* una misma cosa = one and the same.* u otra cosa = or what not [whatnot].* ver las cosas de diferente manera = see + things differently.* ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.* ver las cosas desde una perspectiva = see + things from + perspective.* ver las cosas de una manera diferente = see + things differently.* ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.* ver las cosas en su conjunto = see + things as a whole.* ver las cosas en su totalidad = see + things as a whole.* ver las cosas positivas = look on + the bright side.* ver las cosas positivas de la vida = look on + the bright side of life.* y otras cosas = and things.* y todo este tipo de cosas = and all this sort of thing.* * *A1 objeto2 acto, acción3 al hablar4 detalle, punto5 asunto, temaCompuestos:B1 pertenencias2 utensilios, equipoC situación, sucesoD1 ocurrencia2 comportamiento típicoE incumbenciaF peneG marihuanaH en locucionesA1 (objeto) thingcualquier cosa anything¿alguna otra cosa? or ¿alguna cosa más? anything else?pon cada cosa en su sitio put everything in its placete he traído una cosita I've brought you a little something¡pero qué cosa más bonita! ( fam); what a pretty thing!queda poca cosa there's hardly anything leftlo tienen que operar de no sé qué cosa he has to have an operation for something or other, he has to have some sort of operationhay muchas cosas que ver there are lots of things to see, there's plenty to see2(acto, acción): no sé hacer otra cosa it's the only thing I know how to dolo siento pero no puedo hacer otra cosa I'm sorry but there's nothing else I can do o it's the only thing I can dome gusta hacer las cosas bien I like to do things properlyno me gusta dejar las cosas a medias I don't like doing things by halvesentre una(s) cosa(s) y otra(s) se me pasó el tiempo volando with one thing and another the time just flew byme parece la cosa más natural del mundo I think that's absolutely normal o right3(al hablar): ¡qué cosas dices, hombre! really, what a thing to say! o you do say some strange ( o silly etc) things!dime una cosa ¿tú que piensas de todo esto? tell me, what do you make of all this?oye, una cosa … ¿qué vas a hacer esta noche? by the way … what are you doing tonight?tengo que contarte una cosa there's something I have to tell you4(detalle, punto): aquí habría que aclarar una cosa importante there's an important point here that I ought to clear upaquí hay una cosa que no entiendo there's something here I don't understand5 (asunto, tema) thingtenía cosas más importantes en que pensar I had more important things to think abouthay un par de cosas que me gustaría discutir contigo there are a couple of things o matters I'd like to discuss with youno creo que la cosa funcione I don't think it's o this is going to workestá muy preocupada, y la cosa no es para menos she's very worried, and so she should be¡pues sí que tiene gracia la cosa! ( iró fam); well, that's great, isn't it! ( iro colloq)no va a ser cosa fácil it's not going to be easyen mis tiempos casarse era cosa seria in my day getting married was a serious thing o matterse enfada por cualquier cosa he gets angry over the slightest thingsi por cualquier cosa no puedes venir, avísame if you can't come for any reason, let me knowpor una cosa o por otra, siempre llega tarde for one reason or other he always arrives lateesto no es otra cosa que nervios it's just nervesesto no es cosa de broma/risa this is no joke, this is no laughing matterla cosa es que no voy a tener tiempo the thing is that o it's just that I'm not going to have timela cosa es que si no llega en cinco minutos me voy look o well, if he's not here in five minutes, I'm goingCompuestos:( Der) res judicatares publica1 (pertenencias) things (pl)se ha llevado todas sus cosas she's taken all her things o belongingslas cosas de limpiar the cleaning thingsmis cosas de deporte my sports things o gear ( colloq)C(situación, suceso): así están las cosas that's how things are o standla cosa se pone negra/fea things are getting o the situation is getting unpleasant¿cómo te van las cosas? how are things?¿cómo está la cosa? ( Ven); how are things?las cosas no andan muy bien entre ellos things aren't too good between themesas cosas no pasaban antes things like that never used to happen beforeson cosas de la vida that's life!¡lo que son las cosas! well, well! o fancy that! ( colloq)son cosas que pasan that's the way things go, these things happenademás, las cosas como son, conmigo siempre se ha portado bien besides, I have to admit he's always treated me wellen mi vida he visto/oído cosa igual I've never seen/heard anything like itcosa rara en él, se equivocó he made a mistake, which is unusual for him¡qué cosa más extraña! how strange o funny!no hay tal cosa it's not true at allesto parece cosa de magia or de brujería or ( RPl) de Mandinga this is witchcraft!una cosa es que te lo preste y otra muy distinta que te lo regale lending it to you is one thing, but giving it to you is another matter altogetherD1 ( fam)(ocurrencia): ¡tienes cada cosa! the things you think of!, the ideas you come up with!díselo como si fuera cosa tuya tell him as if it were your ideaesto es cosa de tu padre this is your father's doing o idea¡qué va a ser peligroso! eso son cosas de ella of course it isn't dangerous! that's just one of her funny notions o ideas2(comportamiento típico): no te preocupes, son cosas de niños don't worry, children are like that o do things like thatE(incumbencia): no te metas, no es cosa tuya stay out of it, it's none of your businessno te preocupes, eso es cosa mía don't worry, I'll handle iteso es cosa de mujeres that's women's workdéjalo que se vista como quiera, eso es cosa suya let him wear what he wants, it's up to him o that's his businessHme fui a dormir cosa de olvidarme I went to bed (so as) to forget about itlo anotaré aquí, cosa que no se me olvide I'll jot it down here so (that) I don't forgetno sea or no vaya a ser cosa que: llévate el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva take your umbrella just in case it rainsátalo, no sea cosa que se escape tie it up so that it doesn't get awaymejor vamos ahora, no sea cosa que nos quedemos sin entradas we'd better go now, we don't want to get there and find there are no tickets leftigual cosa ( Chi): tuvo un hijo varón, igual cosa su hermana she had a baby boy, and so did her sister o just like her sistero cosa así or sodos horas/diez toneladas o cosa así two hours/ten tons or socada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a timecomo quien no quiere la cosa: menciónaselo como quien no quiere la cosa mention it to him casually o in passing, just slip it into the conversationcomo si tal cosa: no puedes irte como si tal cosa you can't go just like that o as if nothing had happenedle dije que era peligroso y siguió como si tal cosa I told him it was dangerous but he just carried on o he carried on regardlesscosa de … ( fam): es cosa de unos minutos it'll (only) take a couple of minuteses cosa de esperar, nada más it's just a question o a matter of time, that's allhace cosa de cuatro años que murió it's about o it's some four years since he diedno está muy lejos, cosa de dos kilómetros it's not very far, about two kilometerscosa fina ( Esp fam): los trenes en este país son cosa fina the trains in this country are really something o are something else ( colloq)nos divertimos cosa fina we had a whale of a time ( colloq)darle cosa a algn ( fam): me da cosa comer caracoles/ver sangre eating snails/the sight of blood makes me feel funnyme da cosa pedirle tanto dinero I feel awkward asking him for so much moneydecirle a algn un par de or cuatro cosas ( fam); to tell sb a thing or twodecir una cosa por otra to say one thing but mean anothergran cosa ( fam): la comida no fue gran cosa the food was nothing to write home about o nothing special ( colloq)su novio/la película no es or vale gran cosa her boyfriend/the movie is no great shakes ( colloq)poca cosa: es un niño delgado y poquita cosa he's a thin child, not much to look atella tan brillante y él tan poca cosa she's so brilliant and he's so mediocre, she's so brilliant but he's not up to much o he's pretty run-of-the-mill ( colloq)le dejó algo de dinero, pero poca cosa she left him some money, but not a vast amount o not muchun trabajo así es muy poca cosa para ella a job like that isn't good enough for herponer las cosas en su sitio or lugar to put o set the record straightser cosa hecha (CS); to be a foregone conclusionser/parecer otra cosa: ¡esto es otra cosa!, ahora si que se oye bien this is much better! o this is more like it! you can hear it really well nowcon ese nuevo peinado ya parece otra cosa with her new hairstyle she looks a new woman¡eso es otra cosa! si tú invitas sí que voy ah, that's different! o ( colloq) that's another kettle of fish! if you're paying, I will golas cosas claras y el chocolate espeso I like to know where I standlas cosas de palacio van despacio these things take time ( gen referring to bureaucracy)* * *
Del verbo coser: ( conjugate coser)
cosa es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
cosa
coser
cosa sustantivo femenino
1 ( en general) thing;
¿alguna otra cosa? anything else?;
pon cada cosa en su lugar put everything in its place;
entre una(s) cosa(s) y otra(s) … what with one thing and another …;
¡qué cosas dices! really, what a thing to say!;
dime una cosa … tell me something …;
tengo que contarte una cosa there's something I have to tell you;
fue cosa fácil it was easy;
se enfada por cualquier cosa he gets angry over the slightest thing;
si por cualquier cosa no puedes venir if you can't come for any reason;
por una cosa o por otra for one reason or another;
esto no es cosa de risa/broma this is no laughing matter/no joke
2
mis cosas de deporte my sports things
3 (situación, suceso):◊ así están las cosas that's how things are o stand;
la cosa se pone fea things are starting to get unpleasant;
¿cómo (te) van las cosas? how are things?;
son cosas de la vida that's life!;
¡qué cosa más extraña! how strange o funny!
4a) (fam) ( ocurrencia):◊ ¡tienes cada cosa! the things you come up (AmE) o (BrE) out with!;
esto es cosa de tu padre this is your father's doing o ideab) ( comportamiento típico):
son cosas de Ana that's one of Ana's little ways
5 ( asunto):
no te preocupes, eso es cosa mía don't worry, I'll handle it
6 ( en locs)
cosa de terminarlo so as to finish it;
cosa que (AmS fam) so that;
cosa que no me olvide so that I don't forget;
no sea cosa que: llévate el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva take your umbrella just in case;
átalo, no sea cosa que se escape tie it up so that it doesn't get away;
ser cosa de … (fam): es cosa de unos minutos it'll (only) take a couple of minutes;
es cosa de intentarlo you just have to give it a go
coser ( conjugate coser) verbo transitivo
‹ botón› to sew on;
‹ agujero› to sew (up);
verbo intransitivo
to sew
cosa sustantivo femenino
1 thing: no hay otra cosa que comer, there's nothing else to eat
2 (asunto) matter, business: es cosa mía, that's my business
eso es otra cosa, that's different
no hay cosa más importante que tu felicidad, there is nothing more important than your happiness
2 cosas, (asuntos) affairs
cosas de chiquillos, kids' stuff
cosas de mayores, grown-up stuff
¡cosas de la vida!, that's life!
3 (ocurrencias) ¡qué cosas tienes!, what a weird idea!
♦ Locuciones: el apartamento no es gran cosa, the apartment is not up to much
lo que son las cosas, would you believe it
no he visto cosa igual, I've never seen anything like it
decir cuatro cosas, to tell a few home truths
ser cosa de, to be a matter of: es cosa de tener paciencia, it's a matter of patience
(como) cosa de, about: hace (como) cosa de una hora, about an hour ago
coser verbo transitivo
1 to sew
2 Med to stitch up
♦ Locuciones: familiar es coser y cantar, it's a piece of cake
' cosa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absurda
- absurdo
- arder
- bicoca
- carroña
- chisme
- chollo
- como
- conformarse
- consigo
- cual
- cualquier
- cualquiera
- cuidada
- cuidado
- cuya
- cuyo
- debilidad
- dejar
- él
- ella
- esmerada
- esmerado
- exquisitez
- frivolidad
- indemne
- la
- le
- limitarse
- mamarrachada
- más
- menuda
- menudo
- mía
- mío
- muchachada
- nada
- niñería
- novedad
- pedir
- pegajosa
- pegajoso
- pegote
- pillar
- plantar
- preciosidad
- preguntar
- presidir
- prodigio
- propia
English:
absence
- annoyance
- anything
- arrival
- article
- attraction
- available
- awkward
- blissful
- bore
- brittle
- bulk
- certainty
- clip
- clumsy
- come across
- commonplace
- compromise
- confuse
- connection
- convenient
- dead wood
- deficiency
- defunct
- demise
- discreet
- disposable
- ditch
- drag
- dream
- else
- escape
- fall off
- film
- get back
- gullible
- helpful
- hulk
- invention
- joke
- laugh
- lemon
- liable
- lodge
- love
- lust
- misplaced
- more
- necessity
- need
* * *♦ nf1. [objeto, idea] thing;comprar unas cosas en el mercado to buy a few things at the market;alguna cosa anything;¿quieres alguna cosa? is there anything you want?;cualquier cosa anything;venden recuerdos, postales y cosas así they sell souvenirs, postcards and so on o and the like;una cosa, ¿podrías venir mañana? by the way, could you come tomorrow?;escucha, una cosa, ¿por qué no te quedas esta noche? listen, I've an idea, why don't you stay here tonight?;tengo que decirte una cosa I've got something to tell you;dime una cosa, ¿qué opinas de ella? tell me (something), what do you think of her?;es la cosa más natural del mundo it's the most natural thing in the world, it's completely normal;¡esas cosas no se dicen! you mustn't say things like that!;¡esas cosas no se hacen! it just isn't done!;este vino es cosa fina this wine is good stuff;¡habráse visto cosa igual! have you ever seen the like of it!;fue una cosa nunca vista it was really out of the ordinary;no hay tal cosa on the contrary;¡qué cosa! how strange!;no te preocupes, no es gran cosa don't worry, it's not important o it's no big deal;este cuadro no vale gran cosa this painting isn't up to much;te han dejado poca cosa they haven't left you much, they've hardly left you anything;un bocadillo es poca cosa para un chico tan voraz como él a sandwich is very little for a hungry boy like him;nos hemos comprado un apartamento, muy poquita cosa we've bought Br a flat o US an apartment, but it's nothing fancy;es guapo, pero muy poquita cosa he's good-looking, but he hasn't got much of a body;decir cuatro cosas a alguien: cuando lo vea le voy a decir cuatro cosas when I next see him I'm going to give him a piece of my mind;llamar a las cosas por su nombre [hablar sin rodeos] to call a spade a spade;llamemos a las cosas por su nombre,… let's be honest about it,…entre unas cosas y otras what with one thing and another;por unas cosas o por otras, no nos quedó tiempo de escribirte for one reason or another we didn't have time to write to you;la cosa es que ahora no quiere firmar el contrato the thing is she doesn't want to sign the contract any more;está muy enfadada, y la cosa no es para menos, le han robado el coche she's very angry and with good reason, she's had her car stolen;cada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a time;no me preguntes por qué no queda comida, es cosa de los niños don't ask me why there's no food left, ask the children;esto es cosa de magia, estoy seguro de que ayer lo dejé aquí this is most strange, I could swear I left it here yesterday;no es cosa de risa it's no laughing matter;eso de cambiar de trabajo es cosa de pensárselo changing jobs is something you need to think about carefully;es cosa de tener paciencia it's a question of being patient;no era cosa de presentarse sin avisar you couldn't just turn up without warning;con el ambiente de seriedad que había, no era cosa de contar un chiste given the seriousness of the atmosphere, it was neither the time nor the place to tell a joke;eso es cosa mía that's my affair o business;no te metas en la discusión, que no es cosa tuya you keep out of the argument, it's none of your business;eso es cosa fácil that's easy;convencerle no será cosa fácil it won't be easy o it'll be no easy task to convince him;esto es cosa seria this is a serious matter;eso es otra cosa that's another matter;¡eso es otra cosa!, esa camisa te sienta mucho mejor that's more like it, that shirt suits you much better!…y así es como están las cosas …and that's how things are at the moment;¿cómo van las cosas? how are o how's things?;estas cosas no pasarían si fuéramos más cuidadosos these things wouldn't happen if we were more careful;Famla cosa se pone fea things are getting ugly, there's trouble brewing;Famla cosa está que arde things are reaching boiling pointFamlas cosas de palacio van despacio these things usually take some time;4. [ocurrencia] funny remark;se le ocurren cosas graciosísimas she comes out with some really funny stuff o remarks;¡qué cosas tienes! you do say some funny things!5. [comportamiento]son cosas de mamá that's just the way Mum is, that's just one of Mum's little idiosyncrasies;no les riñas, son cosas de niños don't tell them off, children are like that;tenemos que aceptar su muerte, son cosas de la vida we have to accept her death, it's one of those things (that happen)6. [en frases negativas] [nada]no hay cosa peor que la hipocresía there's nothing worse than hypocrisy;no hay cosa que me reviente más que su falta de interés there's nothing (that) annoys me more than her lack of interest, what annoys me most is her lack of interestel olor a hospital me da cosa the smell of hospitals makes me feel uneasy9. Compo cosa así: [m5] tendrá treinta años o cosa así he must be thirty or thereabouts;(como) cosa de [aproximadamente] about;tardará (como) cosa de tres semanas it'll take about three weeks;a cosa hecha: se presentó al examen a cosa hecha he took o Br sat the exam convinced he would pass;hacer algo como quien no quiere la cosa [disimuladamente] to do sth innocently;[sin querer] to do sth almost without realizing it;como si tal cosa as if nothing had happened;ser cosa de oír/ver: las declaraciones del ganador son cosa de oír the winner's remarks are worth hearing;esta exposición es cosa de ver this exhibition is really worth seeing;Esp Famcosa mala: me apetece ver esa película cosa mala I'm dying to see that movie o Br film, Br I want to see that film something chronic;está lloviendo cosa mala it's pouring down, Br it's chucking it down;me gusta cosa mala I fancy the pants off her, Br I fancy her something chronic;Fama otra cosa, mariposa that's enough about that, let's change the subject;es cosa rara que se equivoque it's very rare for her to make a mistake;no ha llegado todavía, cosa rara porque siempre es muy puntual he hasn't arrived yet, which is strange, as he's usually very punctual;ni cosa que se le parezca nor anything of the kind;no sea cosa que: ten cuidado, no sea cosa que te vayas a caer be careful or you'll fall;se lo diré yo, no sea cosa que se vaya a enterar por otra persona I'll tell him because I wouldn't want him to find out from somebody else;Famlas cosas claras y el chocolate espeso stop beating around the bush, tell me things as they are;las cosas como son, nunca vas a aprobar ese examen let's face it, you're never going to pass that exam;¡lo que son las cosas! it's a funny old world!;♦ cosas nfpl[pertenencias, utensilios] things;tras su muerte, metieron sus cosas en un baúl after his death, they put his things o belongings in a trunk;¿dónde guardas las cosas de pescar? where do you keep your fishing things o tackle?* * *f thing;¿sabes una cosa? do you know something?;alguna cosa something;ser cosa fina be really something fam, be something else fam ;son cosas que pasan these things happen;son cosas de la vida that’s life;entre otras cosas among other things;como si tal cosa as if nothing had happened;decir a alguien cuatro cosas give s.o. a piece of one’s mind;eso es otra cosa that’s another matter;¿qué pasa? – poca cosa what’s new? – nothing much;cosa de about;hace cosa de un año about a year ago;le dijo que había ganado la lotería como quien no quiere la cosa he told her that he had won the lottery as though it happened to him every day;este pintor no es gran cosa he’s not much of a painter;no hay tal cosa there’s no such thing;¡qué cosa! that’s odd o strange!;lo que son las cosas well, well!, imagine that!;cosa rara oddly enough, strangely enough;son cosas de Juan that’s typical of Juan, that’s Juan all over* * *cosa nf1) : thing, object2) : matter, affair3)otra cosa : anything else, something else* * *cosa n1. (en general) thing2. (algo) something¿quieres comer alguna cosa? do you want something to eat?3. (nada) nothing4. (asunto) affair / matter¡no te metas en mis cosas! don't interfere in my affairs!no ser gran cosa to be nothing much / not to be important -
17 гледам
1. look (at), watchгледам в (очи, огледало, пропаст и пр.) look into(само като зрител) look onгледам насам-натам (при търсене на нещо) cast o.'s eyes about, look aboutгледам напред/назад look ahead/backwardгледам напред/назад към look forward/backward toгледам право пред себе си look straight before one/in front of oneгледам нагоре/надолу/настрана look upwards/downwards/sidewardsгледам надалече look/stare/gaze into the distanceгледам учуден look on amazedгледам с широко отворени очи stare with wide open eyes(представление, филм) seeгледам телевизия look at/watch televisionразг. viewгледам часовника си/речник look at/consult o.'s watch/a dictionaryгледам футболен мач watch a football matchаз не играя, а само гледам I'm not playing, I'm just watchingгледам по улицата look up/down/along the streetгледам от прозореца look from/out of the windowгледам през дупката на ключалката look through/in at a keyholeгледам от врата look out at a doorгледам през река look out across a riverгледам към морето look out to seaгледам вълните look out at the wavesгледам небето look out into/at the skyгледам в земята look down at the groundгледам от голяма височина look down from a great heightгледам град (от височина) look down on a cityгледам гърлото на (за лекар) look down s.o.'s throatгледам в пропаст look into an abyssгледам с лупа/бинокъл look through a magnifying glass/through binocularsгледам под микроскоп look at/examine under a/the microscope, watch under the microscopeгледам да не кипне млякото see the milk doesn't boil over2. (обърнат съм към-за сграда, прозорец и пр.) face, look out (on), look on (to), give on/upon, overlookкъщата гледа на изток the house faces eastкъщата гледа към улицата the house faces the streetстаята гледа към площада the room looks on to the squareпрозорецът гледа към градината the window looks on to/into the gardenбалконът гледа към морето the balcony overlooks the seaоръдието гледа на север the gun points to the north3. (грижа се за) look after, take care of, watch, tend, attend, mind, nurseгледам болен nurse/tend/attend a sick person, nurse s.o. in sickness(за лекар) attend/treat a patientгледам болен, докато оздравее nurse/pull a sick person through an illnessгледам деца look after/take care of childrenгледай децата, докато ме няма mind the children/look after the children while I'm awayгледам добитък (отглеждам) keep/raise cattle(пазя) look after/tend/watch cattleгледам (добитък, растения) през зимата winterгледам домакинството/къщата на manage s.o.'s householdkeep house for s.o.разг. do for s.o.гледам си живота live well, enjoy lifeгледам си здравето take care of/attend to o.'s healthгледам си интереса consult o.'s interestгледам си интересите take care of/advance/consider o.'s (personal) interestsгледам си кефа take it easy, enjoy lifeгледам къщата look after the house, manage the household, keep the houseгледам си работата attend to/get on with/go ahead with o.'s business, attend to o.'s work; stick to o.'s business/jobгледай си работата get on with your workгледам си всекидневната работа go about o.'s daily workгледам собствената си работа (не се меся в работи, от които не разбирам нищо) attend to o.'s own business, stick to o.'s last* * *глѐдам,гл.1. look (at), watch; \гледам в ( очи, огледало, пропаст и пр.) look into; (само като зрител) look on; \гледам в земята look down at the ground; \гледам в пропаст look into an abyss; \гледам втренчено look fixedly, stare, gaze (at); \гледам вълните look out at the waves; \гледам град (от височина) look down on a city; \гледам гърлото на (за лекар) look down s.o.’s throat; \гледам зверски/свирепо glare (at); ( представление, филм) see; \гледам към морето look out to sea; \гледам нагоре/надолу/настрана look upwards/downwards/side-wards; \гледам надалече look/stare/gaze into the distance; \гледам напред/назад look ahead/back(ward); \гледам насам-натам ( при търсене на нещо) cast o.’s eyes about, look about; \гледам небето look out into/at the sky; \гледам от врата look out at a door; \гледам от голяма височина look down from a great height; \гледам от прозореца look from/out of the window; \гледам по улицата look up/down/along the street; \гледам под микроскоп look at/examine under a/the microscope, watch under the microscope; \гледам под очи squint (at); \гледам право пред себе си look straight before one/in front of one; \гледам през дупката на ключалката look through/in at a keyhole; \гледам през прозореца ( отвън) look in at the window; \гледам през река look out across a river; \гледам с лупа/бинокъл look through a magnifying glass/through binoculars; \гледам с любопитство look/gaze curiously (at); \гледам с широко отворени очи stare with wide open eyes; \гледам телевизия look at/watch television; разг. view; \гледам учуден look on amazed; \гледам часовника си/речник look at/consult o.’s watch/a dictionary;2. ( обърнат съм към — за сграда, прозорец и пр.) face, look out (on), look on (to), give on/upon, overlook; балконът гледа към морето the balcony overlooks/gives onto the sea; къщата гледа на изток the house faces east; оръдието гледа на север the gun points to the north; прозорецът гледа към градината the window looks on to/into the garden; стаята гледа към площада the room looks on to/gives onto the square;3. ( грижа се за) look after, take care of, watch, tend, attend, mind, nurse; всеки гледа себе си charity begins at home; гледай децата, докато ме няма mind the children/look after the children while I’m away; гледай си работата get on with your work; \гледам болен nurse/tend/attend a sick person, nurse s.o. in sickness; (за лекар) attend/treat a patient; \гледам болен, докато оздравее nurse/pull a sick person through an illness; \гледам всекидневната си работа go about o.’s daily work; \гледам деца look after/take care of children; \гледам добитък ( отглеждам) keep/raise cattle; ( пазя) look after/tend/watch cattle; \гледам домакинството/къщата на manage s.o.’s household; keep house for s.o.; разг. do for s.o.; \гледам живота си live well, enjoy life; \гледам здравето си take care of/attend to o.’s health; \гледам интереса си consult o.’s interest; \гледам интересите си take care of/advance/consider o.’s (personal) interests; \гледам кефа си take it easy, enjoy life; \гледам къщата look after the house, manage the household, keep the house; \гледам работата си attend to/get on with/go ahead with o.’s business, attend to o.’s work; stick to o.’s business/job; \гледам работите си go about o.’s (own) affairs; \гледам собствената си работа (не се меся в работи, от които не разбирам нищо) attend to o.’s own business, stick to o.’s last; не \гледам работата си be negligent of/be careless about o.’s work;4. ( уповавам се) look (на to), rely (on); всички на мене гледат they all rely on me;5. ( опитвам се, правя всичко, полагам усилия) try, attempt (да to с inf.), see to it that; гледай да дойдеш try and come; гледай да се държиш по-добре try and behave better; гледай да не закъснееш try not to be late; mind you are not late; \гледам да минава времето beguile the time; \гледам да направя нещо try to do s.th.; \гледам да не take care/be careful not to; know better that to (с inf.);6. ( гадая, врачувам): \гледам на карти read the cards; \гледам на карти/на кафе tell fortunes/s.o.’s fortune by cards/by the coffee-grounds; \гледам на ръка read s.o.’s hand;7. ( смятам за, имам отношение към) regard, consider; аз \гледам на него като на много опасен човек I look upon him as/I regard him as/I consider him to be a very dangerous man; \гледам благосклонно/зряло/иначе/леко/мрачно/несериозно/оптимистично/сериозно/снизходително/спокойно/строго/трагично/трезво/широко на take a favourable/mature/different/light/gloomy/frivolous/rosy/grave/lenient/calm/strict/tragic/sober/wide view of; \гледам благосклонно на look with favour on; \гледам леко на take lightly, make light of; \гледам на някого като на look upon s.o. as; \гледам отвисоко на look down on, look down o.’s nose at; \гледам на нещата откъм мрачната им страна look on the dark/gloomy side (of things), take the gloomy view; \гледам на нещата откъм светлата им страна look on the bright/sunny side (of things); \гледам надалече take long views, take the long view; \гледам по-далече от look beyond; \гледам с безпокойство/тревога на view with concern/alarm; \гледам с уважение/страхопочитание/ужас на regard with respect/awe/horror; \гледам спокойно на look on calmly; как гледаш на това? what do you think of it? how does it strike you? не \гледам надалече take short views;8. ( дело) try, hear; делото ми се гледа (за обвиняем) stand o.’s trial; • гледай го ти него! cheeky fellow! гледай си работата don’t worry, have no fear, (не се бъркай) mind your own business; гледай ти беля! what a nuisance! \гледам, без да виждам stare with unseeing eyes, stare at nothing/into space; \гледам да видя watch out to see ( дали if); \гледам как и как да study ways and means of (с ger.); \гледам къде стъпвам watch o.’s steps; \гледам на бъдещето с увереност face the future with confidence; \гледам през пръсти на be negligent of, be careless about; \гледам с други очи на take a different view of, look with another eye on; \гледам с очите на някого view with s.o.’s eyes; \гледам с четири очи ( внимавам) keep o.’s eyes open/skinned, ( горя от нетърпение) burn with impatience (да to), ( очаквам с нетърпение) look forward to (с ger.); \гледам (съдя) по go by; зная да \гледам use o.’s eyes; както и да се гледа by any standard(s); кой ти гледа? who cares? къде си гледал? ( измамили са те) you’ve been had, ( направил си грешка) where were your eyes? you’ve been careless; не мога да \гледам not be able to stand the sight of; не му \гледам много draw no fine distinctions, not be over particular; не гледай какво казват другите don’t mind what other people say; не го гледай него you can’t go by him/don’t mind him; само гледай you watch; тебе гледа, мене види be cockeyed; я гледай, гледай ти well, well! tut-tut! can you beat it! what do you know! well, I never! I’ll be damned!;* * *manage (работа): гледам your own business! - Гледай си работата! eye; look: Watch out, the teacher's гледамing at you! - Внимавай, учителката те гледа.; look on; regard(втренчено); view* * *1. (грижа се за) look after, take care of, watch, tend, attend, mind, nurse 2. (за лекар) attend/treat a patient 3. (обърнат съм към - за сграда, прозорец и пр.) face, look out (on), look on (to), give on/upon, overlook 4. (пазя) look after/tend/ watch cattle 5. (представление, филм) see 6. (само като зрител) look on 7. keep house for s. о. 8. look (at), watch 9. ГЛЕДАМ (добитък, растения) през зимата winter 10. ГЛЕДАМ болен nurse/tend/ attend a sick person, nurse s. о. in sickness 11. ГЛЕДАМ болен, докато оздравее nurse/pull a sick person through an illness 12. ГЛЕДАМ в (очи, огледало, пропаст и пр.) look into 13. ГЛЕДАМ в земята look down at the ground 14. ГЛЕДАМ в пропаст look into an abyss 15. ГЛЕДАМ втренчено look fixedly, stare, gaze (at) 16. ГЛЕДАМ вълните look out at the waves 17. ГЛЕДАМ град (от височина) look down on a city 18. ГЛЕДАМ гърлото на (за лекар) look down s.o.'s throat 19. ГЛЕДАМ да не кипне млякото see the milk doesn't boil over 20. ГЛЕДАМ деца look after/take care of children 21. ГЛЕДАМ добитък (отглеждам) keep/raise cattle 22. ГЛЕДАМ домакинството/къщата на manage s. o.'s household 23. ГЛЕДАМ зверски/свирепо glare (at) 24. ГЛЕДАМ към морето look out to sea 25. ГЛЕДАМ къщата look after the house, manage the household, keep the house 26. ГЛЕДАМ нагоре/надолу/ настрана look upwards/downwards/sidewards 27. ГЛЕДАМ надалече look/stare/gaze into the distance 28. ГЛЕДАМ напред/назад look ahead/backward) 29. ГЛЕДАМ напред/назад към look forward/backward to 30. ГЛЕДАМ насам-натам (при търсене на нещо) cast o.'s eyes about, look about 31. ГЛЕДАМ небето look out into/at the sky 32. ГЛЕДАМ от врата look out at a door 33. ГЛЕДАМ от голяма височина look down from a great height 34. ГЛЕДАМ от прозореца look from/out of the window 35. ГЛЕДАМ пo улицата look up/down/along the street 36. ГЛЕДАМ под микроскоп look at/examine under a/the microscope, watch under the microscope 37. ГЛЕДАМ под очи squint (at) 38. ГЛЕДАМ право пред себе си look straight before one/in front of one 39. ГЛЕДАМ през дупката на ключалката look through/in at a keyhole 40. ГЛЕДАМ през прозореца (отвън) look in at the window 41. ГЛЕДАМ през река look out across a river 42. ГЛЕДАМ с лупа/бинокъл look through a magnifying glass/through binoculars 43. ГЛЕДАМ с любопитство look/gaze curiously (at) 44. ГЛЕДАМ с широко отворени очи stare with wide open eyes 45. ГЛЕДАМ си всекидневната работа go about o.'s daily work 46. ГЛЕДАМ си живота live well, enjoy life 47. ГЛЕДАМ си здравето take care of/ attend to o.'s health 48. ГЛЕДАМ си интереса consult o.'s interest 49. ГЛЕДАМ си интересите take care of/ advance/consider o.'s (personal) interests 50. ГЛЕДАМ си кефа take it easy, enjoy life 51. ГЛЕДАМ си работата attend to/ get on with/go ahead with o.'s business, attend to o.'s work;stick to o.'s business/job 52. ГЛЕДАМ си работите go about o.'s (own) affairs 53. ГЛЕДАМ собствената си работа (не се меся в работи, от които не разбирам нищо) attend to o.'s own business, stick to o.'s last 54. ГЛЕДАМ телевизия look at/watch television 55. ГЛЕДАМ учуден look on amazed 56. ГЛЕДАМ футболен мач watch a football match 57. ГЛЕДАМ часовника си/речник look at/consult o.'s watch/a dictionary 58. аз не играя, а само ГЛЕДАМ I'm not playing, I'm just watching 59. балконът гледа към морето the balcony overlooks the sea 60. гледай децата, докато ме няма mind the children/look after the children while I'm away 61. гледай си работата get on with your work 62. къщата гледа към улицата the house faces the street 63. къщата гледа на изток the house faces east 64. не си ГЛЕДАМ работата be negligent of/be careless about 65. оръдието гледа на север the gun points to the north 66. прозорецът гледа към градината the window looks on to/into the garden 67. разг. do for s. о. 68. разг. view 69. стаята гледа към площада the room looks on to the square -
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aller [ale]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 9━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <• où vas-tu ? where are you going?• vas-y ! go on!• allons-y ! let's go!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► aller se traduit souvent par un verbe plus spécifique en anglais.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► aller + préposition• je vais sur or vers Lille (en direction de) I'm going towards Lille ; (but du voyage) I'm going to Lille━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque être allé à/en signifie avoir visité, il se traduit par to have been to.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• étiez-vous déjà allés en Sicile ? had you been to Sicily before?• plus ça va, plus les gens s'inquiètent people are getting more and more worried• plus ça va, plus je me dis que j'ai eu tort the more I think about it, the more I realize how wrong I was► aller en + participe présentd. (état, santé) comment allez-vous ? how are you?• comment ça va ? -- ça va how are you doing? -- fine• comment vont les affaires ? -- elles vont bien how's business? -- finee. ( = convenir) ça ira comme ça ? is it all right like that?• aller bien ensemble [couleurs, styles] to go well together• ils vont bien ensemble [personnes] they make a nice couple• cette robe te va très bien (couleur, style) that dress really suits you ; (taille) that dress fits you perfectlyf. (exclamations) allons !• allez ! go on!• allez la France ! come on France!• allons, allons, il ne faut pas pleurer come on, don't cry• ce n'est pas grave, allez ! come on, it's not so bad!• va donc, eh crétin ! you stupid idiot! (inf)• allez-y, c'est votre tour go on, it's your turn• allez-y, vous ne risquez rien go on, you've nothing to lose• non mais vas-y, insulte-moi ! (inf) go on, insult me!► allons bon !• allons bon ! qu'est-ce qui t'est encore arrivé ? now what's happened?• allons bon, j'ai oublié mon sac ! oh dear, I've left my bag behind!► ça va ! (inf) ( = assez) that's enough! ; ( = d'accord) OK, OK! (inf)• tes remarques désobligeantes, ça va comme ça ! I've had just about enough of your nasty comments!• ça fait dix fois que je te le dis -- ça va, je vais le faire ! I've told you ten times -- look, I'll do it, OK? (inf)► va pour (inf)va pour 30 € ! OK, 30 euros then!• j'aimerais aller à Tokyo -- alors va pour Tokyo ! I'd like to go to Tokyo -- Tokyo it is then!2. <• ça y va le whisky chez eux ! they certainly get through a lot of whisky!• ça y allait les insultes ! you should have heard the abuse!3. <► aller + infinitifa. (futur)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque aller + infinitif sert à exprimer le futur, il se traduit par will + infinitif ; will est souvent abrégé en 'll.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► La forme du futur to be going to s'utilise pour mettre qn en garde.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. (intention) il est allé se renseigner he's gone to get some information ; (a obtenu les informations) he went and got some informationc. (locutions) n'allez pas vous imaginer que... don't you go imagining that...• allez savoir ! (inf) who knows?• va lui expliquer ça, toi ! you try explaining that to him!4. <a. ( = partir) to go• bon, je m'en vais right, I'm going• va-t'en ! go away!5. <b. ( = trajet) outward journey• l'aller et retour Paris-New York coûte 2 500 € Paris-New York is 2,500 euros return (Brit) or round-trip (US)• j'ai fait plusieurs allers et retours entre chez moi et la pharmacie I made several trips to the chemist's• le dossier a fait plusieurs allers et retours entre nos services the file has been shuttled between departments* * *
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1. aleverbe auxiliaire1) ( marque le futur)ça va aller mal — (colloq) there'll be trouble
3) ( marque le mouvement)aller atterrir (colloq) sur mon bureau — to end up on my desk
4) ( marque l'inclination)5) ( marque l'évolution)
2.
verbe intransitif1) (se porter, se dérouler, fonctionner)comment vas-tu, comment ça va? — how are you?
bois ça, ça ira mieux — drink this, you'll feel better
ça ne va pas très fort — ( ma santé) I'm not feeling very well; ( la vie) things aren't too good; ( le moral) I'm feeling a bit low
ne pas aller sans peine or mal — not to be easy
ça va de soi or sans dire — it goes without saying
ça va tout seul — ( c'est facile) it's a doddle (colloq) GB, it's easy as pie
on fait aller — (colloq) struggling on (colloq)
ça peut aller — (colloq)
ça ira — (colloq) could be worse (colloq)
ça va pas, non (colloq) or la tête? — (colloq) are you mad (colloq) GB ou crazy? (colloq)
2) ( se déplacer) to goaller et venir — ( dans une pièce) to pace up and down; ( d'un lieu à l'autre) to run in and out
où vas-tu? — where are you going?, where are you off (colloq) to?
aller en Pologne/au marché — to go to Poland/to the market
aller sur or vers Paris — to head for Paris
j'y vais — ( je m'en occupe) I'll get it; ( je pars) (colloq) I'm going, I'm off (colloq)
où va-t-il? — where is he off to? (colloq)
où va-t-on? — (colloq)
où allons-nous? — (colloq) fig what are things coming to?, what's the world coming to?
aller au pain — (colloq) to go and get the bread
aller aux courses (colloq) or commissions — (colloq) to go shopping
4) ( s'étendre dans l'espace)5) ( convenir)ma robe, ça va? — is my dress all right?
ça va, ça peut aller — (colloq) ( en quantité) that'll do; ( en qualité) it'll do
une soupe, ça (te) va? — how about some soup?
va pour une soupe — (colloq) soup is okay (colloq)
si le contrat ne te va pas, ne le signe pas — don't sign the contract if you're not happy with it
si ça va pour toi, ça va pour moi — (colloq) if it's okay by you, it's okay by me (colloq)
ça te va bien de faire la morale — (colloq) iron you're hardly the person to preach
6) (être de la bonne taille, de la bonne forme)7) (flatter, mettre en valeur)je trouve que ta sœur et son petit ami vont très bien ensemble — I think your sister and her boyfriend are ideally suited
8) ( se ranger) to go9) ( faculté)10) ( dans une évaluation)la voiture peut aller jusqu'à 200 km/h — the car can do up to 200 kph
certains modèles peuvent aller jusqu'à 1000 francs — some models can cost up to 1,000 francs
11) ( en arriver à)12) ( dans le temps)13) (agir, raisonner)vas-y doucement, le tissu est fragile — careful, the fabric is delicate
vas-y, demande-leur! — ( incitation) go on, ask them!
vas-y, dis-le! — ( provocation) come on, out with it!
allons, allez! — (pour encourager, inciter) come on!
si tu vas par là, rien n'est entièrement vrai — if you take that line, nothing is entirely true
14) ( contribuer)15) (colloq) ( se succéder)16) ( servir)17) ( enfreindre)aller contre la loi — [personne] to break the law; [acte] to be against the law
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s'en aller verbe pronominal1) (partir, se rendre)il faut que je m'en aille — I must go ou leave
2) ( disparaître)avec le temps, tout s'en va — everything fades with time
4) (avoir l'intention de, essayer)
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verbe impersonnel1) ( être en jeu)2) ( se passer)3) Mathématique
II alenom masculin1) ( trajet)j'ai pris le bus à l'aller — ( en allant là) I took the bus there; ( en venant ici) I took the bus here
il n'arrête pas de faire des allers et retours entre chez lui et son bureau — he keeps running to and fro from his house to the office
billet aller — gén single ticket GB, one-way ticket US; ( d'avion) one-way ticket
billet aller (et) retour — return ticket GB, round trip (ticket) US
2) ( ticket)aller (simple) — single (ticket) GB, one-way ticket ( pour to)
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Lorsque aller fait partie d'une expression figée comme aller dans le sens de, aller de pair avec etc, l'expression est traitée sous l'entrée sens, pair etcOn notera les différentes traductions de aller verbe de mouvement indiquant: un déplacement unique dans le temps: je vais au théâtre ce soir = I'm going to the theatre [BrE] this evening; ou une habitude: je vais au théâtre tous les lundis = I go to the theatre [BrE] every Mondayaller + infinitifla traduction dépend du temps: je vais apprendre l'italien = I'm going to learn Italian; il est allé voir l'exposition = he went to see the exhibition; j'allais me marier quand la guerre a éclaté = I was going to get married when the war broke out; va voir = go and see; va leur parler = go and speak to them; j'irai voir l'exposition demain = I'll go and see the exhibition tomorrow; je vais souvent m'asseoir au bord de la rivière = I often go and sit by the river; il ne va jamais voir une exposition = he never goes to see exhibitionsOn notera que pour les activités sportives on peut avoir: aller nager/faire du vélo = to go swimming/cycling ou to go for a swim/on a bike rideOn trouvera ci-dessous des exemples et des exceptions illustrant aller dans ses différentes fonctions verbales* * *ale1. nm1) (= trajet) outward journeyL'aller nous a pris trois heures. — The journey there took us three hours., The outward journey took us three hours.
2) (= billet) single Grande-Bretagne ticket, one-way ticketJe voudrais un aller pour Angers. — I'd like a single to Angers.
2. vi1) (déplacement) to goJe suis allé à Londres. — I went to London.
Elle ira le voir. — She'll go and see him.
La boulangerie? Je dois justement y aller. — The baker's? That's just where I need to go.
2) (= convenir)aller à qn [couleur, style] — to suit sb, [forme, pointure] to fit sb, [dispositions, date] to suit sb
cela me va [couleur, vêtement] — it suits me, (pointure, taille) it fits me, [projet, dispositions] it suits me, that's OK by me
Cette robe te va bien. — That dress suits you.
aller avec qch [couleurs, style] — to go with sth
3) (= se sentir)"Comment allez-vous? " - - "Je vais bien." — "How are you?" - - "I'm fine."
Il va bien. — He's fine.
Il va mal. — He's not well.
4) (= marcher, se passer)comment ça va? — how are you?, how are things?
"ça va?" - - "oui ça va!" — "how are things?" - - "fine!"
allez! (encouragement) — go on!, (avec impatience) come on!
Allez! Dépêche-toi! — Come on, hurry up!
allez, au revoir — OK then, bye-bye
y aller; allons-y! — let's go!
Je dois y aller. — I've got to go.
Tu y vas un peu fort. — You're going a bit too far., You're going a bit far.
Nous sommes allés jusqu'à Angers. — We went as far as Angers.
J'irais jusqu'à dire qu'il est trop tard. — I would go so far as to say that it's too late.
se laisser aller — to let o.s. go
ça va de soi; ça va sans dire — that goes without saying
ça va comme ça (= c'est suffisant) — that's fine, (impatience) that's enough
3. vb auxJe vais le faire. — I'm going to do it.
Je vais me fâcher. — I'm going to get angry.
Je vais écrire à mes cousins. — I'm going to write to my cousins.
* * *I.aller ⇒ Note d'usage verb table: allerA v aux1 ( marque le futur) je vais partir I'm leaving; je vais rentrer chez moi/me coucher I'm going home/to bed; j'allais partir I was just leaving; j'allais partir quand il est arrivé I was about to leave when he arrived; l'homme qui allait inventer la bombe atomique the man who was to invent the atomic bomb; il allait le regretter he was to regret it; il va le regretter he'll regret it; elle va avoir un an she'll soon be one; il va faire nuit it'll soon be dark; ça va aller mal○ there'll be trouble; tu vas me laisser tranquille? will you please leave me alone!;2 ( marque le futur programmé) je vais leur dire ce que je pense I'm going to tell them what I think; elle va peindre sa cuisine en bleu she's going to paint her kitchen blue; j'allais te le dire I was just going to tell you;3 ( marque le mouvement) aller rouler de l'autre côté de la rue to go rolling across the street; aller valser○ à l'autre bout de la pièce to go flying across the room; aller atterrir○ en plein champ/sur mon bureau to end up in the middle of a field/on my desk;4 (marque l'inclination, l'initiative) qu'est-ce que tu vas imaginer là? what a ridiculous idea!; va savoir! who knows?; va or allez (donc) savoir ce qui s'est passé who knows what happened?; qu'es-tu allé te mettre en tête? where did you pick up that idea?; qui irait le soupçonner? who would suspect him?; vous n'iriez pas leur dire ça? you're not going to go and say that, are you?; pourquoi es-tu allé faire ça? why did you have to go and do that?; n'allez pas croire une chose pareille! ( pour réfuter) don't you believe it!; ( pour tempérer l'enthousiasme) don't get carried away!; allez y comprendre quelque chose! just try and work that out!;5 ( marque l'évolution) la situation va (en) se compliquant the situation is getting more and more complicated; aller (en) s'améliorant/s'aggravant to be improving/getting worse; la tristesse ira (en) s'atténuant the grief will diminish.B vi1 (se porter, se dérouler, fonctionner) comment vas-tu, comment ça va? how are you?; ça va (bien) I'm fine; les enfants vont bien? are the children all right?; et ta femme/ton épaule, comment ça va? how's your wife/your shoulder?; comment va la santé? how are you keeping?; ça va la vie○? how's life○?; ça va les amours○? how's the love life going?; aller beaucoup mieux to be much better; bois ça, ça ira mieux drink this, you'll feel better; tout va bien pour toi? is everything going all right?; si tout va bien if everything goes all right; vous êtes sûr que ça va? are you sure you're all right?; les affaires vont bien/mal business is good/bad; ça va l'école? how are things at school?; ça ne va pas très fort or bien ( ma santé) I'm not feeling very well; ( la vie) things aren't too good; ( le moral) I'm feeling a bit low; ça pourrait aller mieux, ça va plus ou moins ( réponse) so-so; ça va mal entre eux things aren't too good between them; qu'est-ce qui ne va pas? what's the matter?; la voiture a quelque chose qui ne va pas there's something wrong with the car; tout va pour le mieux everything's fine; tout est allé si vite! it all happened so quickly!; ne pas aller sans peine or mal not to be easy; ne pas aller sans hésitations to take some thinking about; ça va de soi or sans dire it goes without saying; ça devrait aller de soi it should be obvious; ainsi vont les choses that's the way it goes; ainsi va le monde that's the way of the world; ainsi allait la France this was the state of affairs in France; l'amour ne va jamais de soi love is never straightforward; ça va tout seul ( c'est facile) it's a doddle○ GB, it's as easy as pie; ça ne va pas tout seul it's not that easy, it's no picnic○; les choses vont très vite things are moving fast; on fait aller○ struggling on○; ça peut aller○, ça ira○ could be worse○; ça va pas, non○ or la tête○? are you mad○ GB ou crazy○?; ça va pas, non, de crier or gesticuler comme ça○? what's the matter with you, carrying on like that○?; ⇒ pis;2 ( se déplacer) to go; tu vas trop vite you're going too fast; allez tout droit go straight ahead; aller et venir ( dans une pièce) to pace up and down; ( d'un lieu à l'autre) to run in and out; la liberté d'aller et venir the freedom to come and go at will; je préfère aller à pied/en avion I'd rather walk/fly; les nouvelles vont vite news travels fast; aller d'un pas rapide to walk quickly; je sais aller à bicyclette/cheval I can ride a bike/horse; où vas-tu? where are you going?, where are you off○ to?; je vais en Pologne I'm going to Poland; aller au marché/en ville to go to the market/into town; aller chez le médecin/dentiste to go to the doctor's/dentist's; va dans ta chambre go to your room; je suis allé de Bruxelles à Anvers I went from Brussels to Antwerp; je suis allé jusqu'en Chine/au marché ( et pas plus loin) I went as far as China/the market; ( et c'était loin) I went all the way to China/the market; je préfère ne pas y aller I'd rather not go; allons-y! let's go!; je l'ai rencontré en allant au marché I met him on the way to the market; aller vers le nord to head north; j'y vais ( je m'en occupe) I'll get it; ( je pars)○ I'm going, I'm off○; où va-t-il encore? where is he off to now○?; aller sur or vers Paris to head for Paris; où va-t-on○?, où allons-nous○? fig what are things coming to?, what's the world coming to?; va donc, eh, abruti○! get lost○, you idiot!; ⇒ cruche;3 (pour se livrer à une activité, chercher un produit) aller à l'école/au travail to go to school/to work; aller à la chasse/pêche to go hunting/fishing; allez-vous à la piscine? do you go to the swimming pool?; il est allé au golf/tennis he's gone to play golf/tennis; aller aux champignons/framboises to go mushroom-/raspberry-picking; aller au pain○ to go and get the bread; dans quelle boulangerie allez-vous? which bakery do you go to?; aller aux courses○ or commissions○ to go shopping; aller au ravitaillement to go and stock up; aller aux nouvelles or informations to go and see if there's any news;4 ( s'étendre dans l'espace) la route va au village the road leads to the village; la rue va de la gare à l'église the street goes from the station to the church;5 ( convenir) ma robe/la traduction, ça va? is my dress/the translation all right?; ça va, ça ira○, ça peut aller○ ( en quantité) that'll do; ( en qualité) it'll do; ça va comme ça it's all right as it is; ça ne va pas du tout that's no good at all; ça ne va pas du tout, tu dois mettre une cravate you can't go like that, you have to wear a tie; la traduction n'allait pas the translation was no good; lundi ça (te) va? would Monday suit you ou be okay○?; une soupe, ça (te) va? how about some soup?; va pour une soupe○ soup is okay○; ça irait si on se voyait demain? would it it be all right if we met tomorrow?; ça va si je porte un jean? can I wear jeans?; si le contrat ne te va pas, ne le signe pas don't sign the contract if you're not happy with it; si ça va pour toi, ça va pour moi○ or ça me va○ if it's okay by you, it's okay by me○; ça n'irait pas du tout ( inacceptable) that would never do; ma scie ne va pas pour le métal my saw is no good for metal; ça te va bien de faire la morale/parler comme ça○ iron you're hardly the person to preach/make that sort of remark;6 (être de la bonne taille, de la bonne forme) aller à qn to fit sb; tes chaussures sont trop grandes, elles ne me vont pas your shoes are too big, they don't fit me; cette vis/clé ne va pas this screw/key doesn't fit;7 (flatter, mettre en valeur) aller à qn to suit sb; le rouge ne me va pas or me va mal red doesn't suit me; sa robe lui allait (très) bien her dress really suited her; le rôle t'irait parfaitement the part would suit you perfectly; ta cravate ne va pas avec ta chemise your tie doesn't go with your shirt; les tapis vont bien ensemble the rugs go together well; les meubles vont bien ensemble the furniture all matches; je trouve que ta sœur et son petit ami vont très bien ensemble I think your sister and her boyfriend are ideally suited;8 ( se ranger) to go; les assiettes vont dans le placard the plates go in the cupboard; la chaise pliante va derrière la porte de la cuisine the folding chair goes behind the kitchen door;9 ( faculté) pouvoir aller dans l'eau to be waterproof; le plat ne va pas au four the dish is not ovenproof;10 ( dans une évaluation) la voiture peut aller jusqu'à 200 km/h the car can do up to 200 km/h; certains modèles peuvent aller jusqu'à 1 000 euros some models can cost up to 1,000 euros; une peine allant jusqu'à cinq ans de prison a sentence of up to five years in prison;11 ( en arriver à) aller jusqu'au président to take it right up to the president; aller jusqu'à mentir/tuer to go as far as to lie/kill; leur amour est allé jusqu'à la folie their love bordered on madness;12 ( dans le temps) aller jusqu'en 1914 to go up to 1914; pendant la période qui va du 8 février au 13 mars between 8 February and 13 March; la période qui va de 1918 à 1939 the period between 1918 and 1939; l'offre va jusqu'à jeudi the offer lasts until Thursday; le contrat allait jusqu'en 1997 the contract ran until 1997; va-t-on vers une nouvelle guerre? are we heading for another war?; aller sur ses 17 ans to be going on 17;13 (agir, raisonner) vas-y doucement or gentiment, le tissu est fragile careful, the fabric is delicate; ils n'y sont pas allés doucement avec les meubles○ they were rather rough with the furniture; tu vas trop vite you're going too fast; vas-y, demande-leur! ( incitation) go on, ask them!; vas-y, dis-le! ( provocation) come on, out with it!; allons, allez! (pour encourager, inciter) come on!; j'y vais○ ( je vais agir) here we go!; si tu vas par là or comme ça, rien n'est entièrement vrai if you take that line, nothing is entirely true;14 ( contribuer) y aller de sa petite larme to shed a little tear; y aller de sa petite chanson to do one's party piece; y aller de ses économies to dip into one's savings; y aller de sa personne to pitch in; y aller de 100 euros Jeux to put in 100 euros;15 ○( se succéder) ça y va la vodka avec lui he certainly gets through the vodka; ça y allait les coups the fur was flying○;16 ( servir) où est allé l'argent? where has the money gone?; l'argent ira à la réparation de l'église the money will go toward(s) repairing the church; l'argent est allé dans leurs poches they pocketed the money;17 ( enfreindre) aller contre la loi [personne] to break the law; [acte] to be against the law; je ne peux pas aller contre ce qu'il a décidé I can't go against his decision.C s'en aller vpr1 (partir, se rendre) il faut que je m'en aille I must go ou leave; je m'en vais en Italie cet été I'm going to Italy this summer; je m'en vais du Japon l'année prochaine I'll be leaving Japan next year; va-t'en! go away!; s'en aller faire les courses/en vacances/au travail to go off to do the shopping/on vacation/to work; ils s'en allaient chantant† they went off singing;2 ( disparaître) les nuages vont s'en aller the clouds will clear away; la tache ne s'en va pas the stain won't come out; avec le temps, tout s'en va everything fades with time; les années s'en vont the years go by;4 (avoir l'intention de, essayer) je m'en vais leur dire ce que je pense I'm going to tell them what I think; ne t'en va pas imaginer une chose pareille ( pour réfuter) don't you believe it!; ( pour tempérer l'enthousiasme) don't get carried away!; va-t'en savoir ce qu'il a voulu dire! who knows what he meant?D v impers1 ( être en jeu) il y va de ma réputation my reputation is at stake; il y va de ta santé your health is at stake, you're putting your health at risk;2 ( se passer) il en va souvent ainsi that's often what happens; tout le monde doit aider et il en va de même pour toi everyone must help, and that goes for you too; il en ira de même pour eux the same goes for them; il en va autrement en Corée things are different in Korea; il en ira de lui comme de ses prédécesseurs he'll go the same way as his predecessors;3 Math 40 divisé par 12 il y va 3 fois et il reste 4 12 into 40 goes 3 times with 4 left over.II.aller nm1 ( trajet) j'ai fait une escale à l'aller I made a stopover on the way out; j'ai pris le bus à l'aller ( en allant là) I took the bus there; ( en venant ici) I took the bus here; l'aller a pris trois heures the journey there took three hours; il n'arrête pas de faire des allers et retours entre chez lui et son bureau he keeps running to and fro from his house to the office; je suis pressé, je ne fais que l'aller et le retour○ I'm in a hurry, I've just popped in○; billet aller gén single ticket GB, one-way ticket US; ( d'avion) one-way ticket; billet aller (et) retour return ticket GB, round trip (ticket) US;2 ( ticket) aller (simple) single (ticket); deux allers (pour) Lille two singles to Lille; aller (et) retour return ticket;I[ale] nom masculin1. [voyage] outward journeyfaire des allers et retours [personne, document] to go back and forth, to shuttle back and forthne faire qu'un ou que l'aller et retour: je vais à la banque mais je ne fais qu'un aller et retour I'm going to the bank, but I'll be right back2. [billet]3. (familier)aller et retour [gifle] slapII[ale] verbe auxiliaire1. (suivi de l'infinitif) [exprime le futur proche] to be going ou about totu vas tomber! you're going to fall!, you'll fall!attendez-le, il va arriver wait for him, he'll be here any minute nowj'allais justement te téléphoner I was just going to phone you, I was on the point of phoning you[pour donner un ordre]tu vas faire ce que je te dis, oui ou non? will you do as I say or won't you?2. (suivi de l'infinitif) [en intensif] to gone va pas croire/penser que... don't go and believe/think that...tu ne vas pas me faire croire que tu ne savais rien! you can't fool me into thinking that you didn't know anything!allez expliquer ça à un enfant de 5 ans! try and explain ou try explaining that to a 5-year-old!3. [exprime la continuité] (suivi du gérondif)a. [tension] to be risingb. [nombre] to be rising ou increasing————————[ale] verbe intransitifA.[EXPRIME LE MOUVEMENT]1. [se déplacer] to goa. hurry up!b. [à un enfant] run along (now)!vous alliez à plus de 90 km/h [en voiture] you were driving at ou doing more than 90 km/ha. [de long en large] to pace up and downb. [entre deux destinations] to come and go, to go to and fro2. [se rendre - personne]aller à la mer/à la montagne to go to the seaside/mountainsa. [bâtiment] to go to the universityb. [institution] to go to university ou collegealler à la chasse/pêche to go hunting/fishingj'irai en avion/voiture I'll fly/drive, I'll go by plane/cartu n'iras plus chez eux, tu m'entends? you will not visit them again, do you hear me?aller en haut/bas to go up/down3. (suivi de l'infinitif) [pour se livrer à une activité]va te faire voir (très familier) ou te faire foutre! (vulgaire) get lost! ou (UK) stuffed! (très familier), go to hell!4. [mener - véhicule, chemin] to go7. [être remis]l'argent collecté ira à une œuvre the collection will go ou be given to a charityB.[S'ÉTENDRE]1. [dans l'espace]aller de... à...: leur propriété va de la rivière à la côte their land stretches from the river to the coasta. [vers le haut] to go ou to reach up tob. [vers le bas] to go ou to reach down toc. [en largeur, en longueur] to go to, to stretch as far as2. [dans le temps]aller de... à... to go from... to...aller jusqu'à [bail, contrat] to run till3. [dans une série]aller de... à... to go ou to range from... to...C.[PROGRESSER]1. [se dérouler]aller vite/lentement to go fast/slowplus ça va...: plus ça va, moins je comprends la politique the more I see of politics, the less I understand itplus ça va, plus je l'aime I love her more each day2. [personne]aller jusqu'à: j'irai jusqu'à 1.000 euros pour le fauteuil I'll pay ou go up to 1,000 euros for the armchairj'irais même jusqu'à dire que... I would even go so far as to say that...aller sur ou vers [approcher de]: il va sur ou vers la cinquantaine he's getting on for ou going on 50elle va sur ses cinq ans she's nearly ou almost five, she'll be five soonaller à la faillite/l'échec to be heading for bankruptcy/failureoù va-t-on ou allons-nous s'il faut se barricader chez soi? what's the world coming to if people have to lock themselves in nowadays?D.[ÊTRE DANS TELLE OU TELLE SITUATION]1. [en parlant de l'état de santé]bonjour, comment ça va? — ça va hello, how are you? — all rightça va? [après un choc] are you all right?2. [se passer]les choses vont ou ça va mal things aren't too good ou aren't going too wellcomment ça va dans ton nouveau service? how are you getting on ou how are things in the new department?quelque chose ne va pas? is there anything wrong ou the matter?ça ne va pas tout seul ou sans problème it's not an ou it's no easy jobE.[EXPRIME L'ADÉQUATION]1. [être seyant]a. [taille d'un vêtement] to fit somebodyb. [style d'un vêtement] to suit somebodyle bleu lui va blue suits her, she looks good in bluecela te va à ravir ou à merveille that looks wonderful on you, you look wonderful in that2. [être en harmonie]j'ai acheté un chapeau pour aller avec ma veste I bought a hat to go with ou to match my jacketa. [couleurs, styles] to go well together, to matchb. [éléments d'une paire] to belong togetherils vont bien ensemble, ces deux-là! those two make quite a pair!je trouve qu'ils vont très mal ensemble I think (that) they're an ill-matched couple ou they make a very odd pair3. [convenir]tu veux de l'aide? — non, ça ira! do you want a hand? — no, I'll manage ou it's OK!tu ne rajoutes pas de crème? — ça ira comme ça don't you want to add some cream? — that'll do (as it is) ou it's fine like thisça ira pour aujourd'hui that'll be all for today, let's call it a dayaller à quelqu'un: on dînera après le spectacle — ça me va we'll go for dinner after the show — that's all right ou fine by me ou that suits me (fine)F.[LOCUTIONS]allez, un petit effort come on, put some effort into itallez, je m'en vais! right, I'm going now!zut, j'ai cassé un verre! — et allez (donc), le troisième en un mois! damn! I've broken a glass! — well done, that's the third in a month!allez-y! go on!, off you go!allons bon, j'ai perdu ma clef maintenant! oh no, now I've lost my key!allons bon, voilà qu'il recommence à pleurer! here we go, he's crying again!c'est mieux comme ça, va! it's better that way, you know!je t'aurai prévenu! — ça va, ça va! don't say I didn't warn you! — OK, OK!ça va comme ça hein, j'en ai assez de tes jérémiades! just shut up will you, I'm fed up with your moaning!y aller (familier) : une fois que tu es sur le plongeoir, il faut y aller! once you're on the diving board, you've got to jump!quand faut y aller, faut y aller when you've got to go, you've got to gocomme tu y vas (familier) /vous y allez (familier) : j'en veux 30 euros — comme tu y vas! I want 30 euros for it — isn't that a bit much?ça y va: (familier) ça y va, les billets de 10 euros! 10 euro notes are going as if there was no tomorrow!y aller de: aux réunions de famille, il y va toujours d'une ou de sa chansonnette every time there's a family gathering, he sings a little songil ou cela ou ça va de soi (que) it goes without saying (that)il ou cela ou ça va sans dire (que) it goes without saying (that)il en va de... comme de...: il en va de la littérature comme de la peinture it's the same with literature as with paintingil en va autrement: il en irait autrement si ta mère était encore là things would be very different if your mother was still heretout le monde est égoïste, si tu vas par là! everybody's selfish, if you look at it like that!————————s'en aller verbe pronominal intransitif1. [partir - personne] to go2. [se défaire, se détacher] to come undone4. [disparaître - tache] to come off, to go (away) ; [ - son] to fade away ; [ - forces] to fail ; [ - jeunesse] to pass ; [ - lumière, soleil, couleur] to fade (away) ; [ - peinture, vernis] to come offça s'en ira au lavage/avec du savon it'll come off in the wash/with soap5. (suivi de l'infinitif) [en intensif] -
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həum
1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) casa2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) cuna, patria3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) asilo, orfanato4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) hogar5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) casa
2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) casero, del hogar2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) local; nacional3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) en/de casa
3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) a casa; en casa2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) completamente; justamente, (dar) en el blanco•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about
home1 adj1. natal2. casero3. de casa / localhome2 adv a casahome3 n1. casa / hogar2. residenciatr[həʊm]1 (house) hogar nombre masculino, casa2 formal use domicilio3 (institution) asilo4 (country, village etc) patria, tierra5 SMALLZOOLOGY/SMALL hábitat nombre masculino6 SMALLSPORT/SMALL casa1 casero,-a2 SMALLPOLITICS/SMALL (del) interior3 (native) natal4 SMALLSPORT/SMALL de casa, en casa1 en casa, a casa, de casa\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLat home en casahome sweet home hogar dulce hogarto be nothing to write home about no ser nada del otro mundo, no ser nada del otro juevesto come home to somebody darse cuenta■ it suddenly came home to me that I was all alone de repente me di cuenta de que estaba totalmente soloto feel at home figurative use estar a gusto, sentirse en casato make oneself at home ponerse cómodo,-aHome Office SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL Ministerio del Interiorhome rule autonomíahome help asistentahome page (Internet) página inicial, página principalhome run (in baseball) carrera completahome team equipo local, equipo de casahome town pueblo natal, patria chicahome ['ho:m] n1) : casa f, hogar m, domicilio mto feel at home: sentirse en casa2) institution: residencia f, asilo madj.• casero, -a adj.• doméstico, -a adj.• hogareño, -a adj.• nacional adj.• patrio, -a adj.adv.• a casa adv.n.• asilo s.m.• casa s.f.• fuego s.m.• habitación s.f.• hogar s.m.• patria s.f.• patria chica s.f.• posada s.f.v.• mandar a casa v.
I həʊm1) u c ( of person)a) ( dwelling) casa fto own one's own home — tener* casa propia
marital home — domicilio m conyugal; see also at home, home I 3); (before n)
b) ( in wider sense)they made their home in Germany — se establecieron en Alemania, fijaron su residencia en Alemania (frml)
to leave home — irse* de casa
those remarks were uncomfortably close to home — esos comentarios me (or le etc) tocaban muy de cerca
a home away from home o (BrE) a home from home — una segunda casa
home is where the heart is — el verdadero hogar está donde uno tiene a los suyos
c) ( family environment) hogar m2) ca) (of object, group, institution)can you find a home for these files somewhere? — (colloq) a ver si encuentras dónde guardar estos archivos
b) (of animal, plant) (Bot, Zool) hábitat m3) at homea) ( in house) en casawhat's that when it's at home? — (colloq) ¿y eso con qué se come? (fam)
b) ( at ease)make yourself at home — ponte cómodo, estás en tu casa
c) ( not abroad)d) ( Sport) en casato be/play at home — jugar* en casa
4) c ( institution) ( children's home) asilo m (AmL), orfanatorio m (Méx), centro m de acogida de menores (Esp); ( old people's home) residencia f de ancianosdogs' home — (BrE) perrera f
5) ( Sport)a) u ( the finish) meta f•Phrasal Verbs:- home in
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1)a) ( where one lives) <come/arrive> a casanothing to write home about — nada del otro mundo or (fam) del otro jueves
b) ( from abroad)the folks back home — (AmE) la familia
2) ( Sport)the first horse/runner home — el primer caballo/corredor en llegar a la meta
to be home free o (BrE) home and dry — tener* la victoria asegurada
3) ( to desired place)to get something home to somebody — hacerle* entender algo a alguien
to drive something home (to somebody) — hacer(le)* entender algo (a alguien)
try to drive it home to him that... — hazle entender que...; see also strike home
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adjective (before n)a) <address/telephone number> particular; <background/environment> familiar; <cooking/perm> caserohome comforts — comodidades fpl
home delivery — ( of purchases) entrega f a domicilio
home visit — ( by doctor) (BrE) visita f a domicilio
b) ( of origin)home state — ( in US) estado m natal or de procedencia
c) ( not foreign) <affairs/market> nacional[hǝʊm]1. N1) (=house) casa f ; (=residence) domicilio m•
at home — en casais Mr Lyons at home? — ¿está el señor Lyons?
I'm not at home in Japanese — apenas me defiendo en japonés, sé muy poco de japonés
for us this is a home from home — aquí estamos como en casa, esta es como una segunda casa para nosotros
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he comes from a good home — es de buena familia•
home sweet home — hogar, dulce hogar2) (=refuge) hogar m ; (=hospital, hostel) asilo m3) (=country) patria f ; (=town) ciudad f natal; (=origin) cuna f4) (Bio) hábitat m5) (Sport) (=target area) meta f (=home ground)6) (Comput) punto m inicial, punto m de partida2. ADV1) (lit) (=at home) en casa; (=to home) a casato be home — estar en casa; (=upon return) estar de vuelta en casa
I'll be home at five o'clock — (upon return) estaré en casa a las cinco
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as we say back home — como decimos en mi tierraback home in Australia — en mi tierra, (en) Australia
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to come home — volver a casa•
to get home — llegar a casa•
to go home — volver a casa; (from abroad) volver a la patria•
he leaves home at eight — sale de casa a las ocho•
that remark came near home — esa observación le hirió en lo vivo•
to see sb home — acompañar a algn a su casa•
to send sb home — mandar a algn a casa•
to stay home — quedarse en casa2) (fig)•
to bring sth home to sb — hacerle ver algo a algn•
it came home to me — me di cuenta de ello•
to drive sth home, to drive a point home — subrayar un puntopress 2., 7)•
to strike home — (=hit target) [shell, bullet] dar en el blanco; (=go right in) [hammer, nail] remachar3.VI [pigeons] volver a casa4.CPDhome address N — (on form) domicilio m
my home address — mi dirección particular, las señas de mi casa
home assembly N — montaje m propio
home-assembly•
for home assembly — para montaje propiohome automation N — domótica f
home banking N — banco m en casa
home base N — [of person] lugar m de residencia; [of guerrillas] base f de operaciones; [of company] sede f
home birth N — parto m a domicilio
home brew N — (=beer) cerveza f casera; (=wine) vino m casero
home buying N — compra f de vivienda
home comforts NPL — comodidades fpl domésticas
home computer N — ordenador m doméstico
home computing N — informática f doméstica
home cooking N — cocina f casera
the Home Counties NPL — (Brit) los condados alrededor de Londres
home country N — patria f, país m de origen
home delivery N — [of food] entrega f a domicilio; [of baby] parto m a domicilio
home economics NSING — (Scol) ciencia f del hogar
home field (US) N — (Sport) casa f
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to play on one's home field — jugar en casahome fries NPL — (US) carne picada frita con patatas y col
home front N — frente m interno
home ground N (Sport) —
to be on home ground — (fig) estar en su terreno or lugar
Home Guard N — (Brit) cuerpo de voluntarios para la defensa nacional durante la segunda guerra mundial
home help N — (=act) atención f domiciliaria, ayuda f a domicilio; (Brit) (=person) asistente(-a) m / f (especialmente los que, a cargo de la seguridad social, ayudan en las tareas domésticas a personas necesitadas)
home helper N — (US) asistente(-a) m / f
home improvements NPL — reformas fpl en casa
home industries NPL — (Comm) industrias fpl nacionales
home journey N — viaje m a casa, viaje m de vuelta
home leave N — permiso m para irse a casa
home market N — (Comm) mercado m nacional, mercado m interior
home match N — (Sport) partido m en casa
home movie N — película f hecha por un aficionado
home nations NPL (Brit) —
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the home nations — las cuatro naciones británicasHome Office N — (Brit) Ministerio m del Interior, Gobernación f (Mex)
home owner N — propietario(-a) m / f de una casa
home owners — propietarios mpl de viviendas
home ownership N — propiedad f de viviendas
home page N — (Internet) (=personal page) página f personal; (=webpage) página f web; (=start page) página f de inicio
home product N — (Comm) producto m nacional
home run N — (Baseball) jonrón m ; (=return journey) [of ship, truck] viaje m de vuelta
home sales NPL — ventas fpl nacionales
Home Secretary N — (Brit) Ministro m del Interior
home shopping N — venta f por correo; (TV, Telec) televenta f
the home side N — (Sport) el equipo de casa, el equipo local
home straight N — (Sport) recta f final
to be in the home straight — (fig) estar en la última recta
home stretch N — = home straight
the home team N — (Sport) el equipo de casa, el equipo local
home trade N — (Comm) comercio m interior
home truths NPL —
home victory N — (Sport) victoria f en casa
home video N — vídeo m amateur, video m amateur (LAm)
home visit N — visita f a domicilio
home waters NPL — aguas fpl territoriales
HOME COUNTIES Los Home Counties son los condados que se encuentran en los alrededores de Londres: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent y Middlesex, un alto porcentaje de cuya población se encuentra en buena posición económica. De ahí que el término Home Counties haya adquirido dimensiones culturales y a la gente que vive en ellos se les considere en general personas adineradas de clase media-alta que, además, tienen al hablar un acento muy particular, conocido como RP.home win N — (Sport) victoria f en casa
See:see cultural note ENGLISH in English* * *
I [həʊm]1) u c ( of person)a) ( dwelling) casa fto own one's own home — tener* casa propia
marital home — domicilio m conyugal; see also at home, home I 3); (before n)
b) ( in wider sense)they made their home in Germany — se establecieron en Alemania, fijaron su residencia en Alemania (frml)
to leave home — irse* de casa
those remarks were uncomfortably close to home — esos comentarios me (or le etc) tocaban muy de cerca
a home away from home o (BrE) a home from home — una segunda casa
home is where the heart is — el verdadero hogar está donde uno tiene a los suyos
c) ( family environment) hogar m2) ca) (of object, group, institution)can you find a home for these files somewhere? — (colloq) a ver si encuentras dónde guardar estos archivos
b) (of animal, plant) (Bot, Zool) hábitat m3) at homea) ( in house) en casawhat's that when it's at home? — (colloq) ¿y eso con qué se come? (fam)
b) ( at ease)make yourself at home — ponte cómodo, estás en tu casa
c) ( not abroad)d) ( Sport) en casato be/play at home — jugar* en casa
4) c ( institution) ( children's home) asilo m (AmL), orfanatorio m (Méx), centro m de acogida de menores (Esp); ( old people's home) residencia f de ancianosdogs' home — (BrE) perrera f
5) ( Sport)a) u ( the finish) meta f•Phrasal Verbs:- home in
II
1)a) ( where one lives) <come/arrive> a casanothing to write home about — nada del otro mundo or (fam) del otro jueves
b) ( from abroad)the folks back home — (AmE) la familia
2) ( Sport)the first horse/runner home — el primer caballo/corredor en llegar a la meta
to be home free o (BrE) home and dry — tener* la victoria asegurada
3) ( to desired place)to get something home to somebody — hacerle* entender algo a alguien
to drive something home (to somebody) — hacer(le)* entender algo (a alguien)
try to drive it home to him that... — hazle entender que...; see also strike home
III
adjective (before n)a) <address/telephone number> particular; <background/environment> familiar; <cooking/perm> caserohome comforts — comodidades fpl
home delivery — ( of purchases) entrega f a domicilio
home visit — ( by doctor) (BrE) visita f a domicilio
b) ( of origin)home state — ( in US) estado m natal or de procedencia
c) ( not foreign) <affairs/market> nacional -
20 home
1. nounmy home is in Leeds — ich bin in Leeds zu Hause od. wohne in Leeds
leave/have left home — aus dem Haus gehen/sein
live at home — im Elternhaus wohnen
they had no home/homes [of their own] — sie hatten kein Zuhause
be/feel at home — (fig.) sich wohl fühlen
make somebody feel at home — es jemandem behaglich machen
make yourself at home — fühl dich wie zu Hause
he is quite at home in French — er ist im Französischen ganz gut zu Hause
2) (fig.)to take an example nearer home,... — um ein Beispiel zu nehmen, das uns näher liegt,...
3) (native country) die Heimat2. adjective2) (done at home) häuslich; Selbst[backen, homebrauen usw.]4) (Sport) Heim[spiel, -sieg, -mannschaft]; [Anhänger, Spieler] der Heimmannschaft3. adverb1) (to home) nach Hauseon one's way home — auf dem Weg nach Hause od. Nachhauseweg
he takes home £200 a week after tax — er verdient 200 Pfund netto in der Woche
nothing to write home about — (coll.) nichts Besonderes od. Aufregendes
2) (arrived at home) zu Hausebe home and dry — (fig.) aus dem Schneider sein (ugs.)
3) (as far as possible)push home — [ganz] hineinschieben [Schublade]; ausnutzen [Vorteil]
press home — [ganz] hinunterdrücken [Hebel]; forcieren [Angriff]; [voll] ausnutzen [Vorteil]
drive home — [ganz] einschlagen [Nagel]
4)4. intransitive verbcome or get home to somebody — (become fully realized) jemandem in vollem Ausmaß bewusst werden; see also academic.ru/62935/roost">roost 1.
1) [Vogel usw.:] zurückkehren2) (be guided)these missiles home [in] on their targets — diese Flugkörper suchen sich (Dat.) ihr Ziel
3)home in/on something — (fig.) etwas herausgreifen
* * *[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) die Heimat2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) die Heimat3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) das Heim4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) das Heim5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) die Wohnung2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) häuslich2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) einheimisch3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) nach, zu Hause2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) bis ans Ziel, jemandem etwas klarmachen•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about* * *[həʊm, AM hoʊm]I. naway from \home auswärtsto be away from \home von zu Hause weg seinto come straight from \home direkt von zu Hause kommento be \home to sb/sth:the city is \home to about 700 refugees in der Stadt wohnen ca. 700 Flüchtlingethe museum is \home to a large collection of manuscripts das Museum besitzt eine große Manuskriptensammlungto be not at \home to sb für jdn nicht zu sprechen seinto give sb/an animal a \home jdm/einem Tier ein Zuhause gebento leave \home ausziehen; child das Elternhaus verlassen, von zu Hause ausziehento make a country/town one's \home sich in einer Stadt/einem Land niederlassento make oneself at \home es sich dat gemütlich machento set up \home sich akk häuslich niederlassento work from \home zu Hause [o von zu Hause aus] arbeitenat \home, in one's [own] \home, in the \home zu Hause, zuhause ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZluxury \home Luxusheim ntstarter \home erstes eigenes Heimto move \home umziehento come from a broken \home aus zerrütteten Familienverhältnissen stammen, aus einem kaputten Zuhause kommen famto come from a good \home aus gutem Hause kommen gehhappy \home glückliches Zuhauseold people's \home Altersheim ntEngland feels like \home to me now ich fühle mich inzwischen in England zu Hauseat \home in der Heimat, zu Hauseat \home and abroad im In- und Auslandto loose/win away from \home auswärts verlieren/gewinnento play at \home zu Hause spielen“\home” „Pos. 1“10.▶ to be close [or near] to \home:that remark was close to \home das hat richtig gesessen fam1. (at one's abode) zu Hause, zuhause ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ, daheim bes SÜDD, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ; (to one's abode) nach Hause, nachhause ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZare you \home this afternoon? bist du heute Nachmittag zu Hause?hello! I'm \home! hallo! ich bin wieder da!on my way \home auf dem Nachhausewegto come/go \home nach Hause kommen/gehento go/return \home in seine Heimat zurückgehen/zurückkehrento send sb \home jdn zurück in die [o seine] Heimat schicken3. (to sb's understanding)the danger really came \home to me when I... die Gefahr wurde mir erst richtig bewusst, als ich...to bring sth \home [to sb] [jdm] etw klarmachenshe really drove \home the message that we need to economize sie machte uns unmissverständlich klar, dass wir sparen müssenher remarks really hit \home ihre Bemerkungen haben echt gesessen! fam4. (to a larger extent)to push \home an advantage [or an advantage \home] einen Vorteil ausnutzen5. (to its final position)to push the bolt \home den Türriegel vorschiebento press/screw sth \home etw gut festdrücken/festschraubento get \home das Ziel erreichen7.I could drink this wine till the cows come \home diesen Wein könnte ich endlos weitertrinken fam▶ to be \home and dry [or AUS hosed], AM to be \home free seine Schäfchen ins Trockene gebracht haben fig fam▶ it's nothing to write \home about es ist nicht gerade umwerfend [o haut einen nicht gerade vom Hocker] fam▶ \home, James[, and don't spare the horses]! ( dated or hum) so schnell wie nur möglich nach Hause!▪ to \home in on sth (find its aim) sich [selbstständig] auf etw akk ausrichten; (move) genau auf etw akk zusteuern2. (focus)* * *[həʊm]1. na loving/good home — ein liebevolles/gutes Zuhause
gifts for the home — Geschenke pl für das Haus or die Wohnung
a long way from home — weit von zu Hause weg or entfernt; (in different country also) weit von der Heimat entfernt
let's concentrate on problems closer to home — wir sollten uns auf unsere eigenen Probleme konzentrieren
to find a home for sb/an animal — ein Zuhause für jdn/ein Tier finden
the next match will be at home —
Miss Hooper is not at home today Miss Hooper is not at home to anyone today — Frau Hooper ist heute nicht zu Hause or nicht da Frau Hooper ist heute für niemanden zu Hause or zu sprechen
to be or feel at home with sb — sich in jds Gegenwart (dat) wohlfühlen
I don't feel at home with this new theory yet — ich komme mit dieser neuen Theorie noch nicht ganz zurecht
to make oneself at home — es sich (dat) gemütlich or bequem machen
Scotland is the home of the haggis — Schottland ist die Heimat des Haggis, das Haggis ist in Schottland zu Hause
the city/this building is home to some 1,500 students — in dieser Stadt/diesem Gebäude wohnen etwa 1.500 Studenten or sind etwa 1.500 Studenten zu Hause
there's no place like home (Prov) — daheim ist daheim (prov), eigener Herd ist Goldes wert (Prov)
home sweet home (Prov) — trautes Heim, Glück allein (Prov)
2) (= institution) Heim nt; (for orphans) Waisenhaus nt, Heim nt; (for blind) Heim nt, Anstalt f → nursing homeSee:→ nursing home2. adv1) (position) zu Hause, zuhause (Aus, Sw), daheim; (with verb of motion) nach Hause, nachhause (Aus, Sw), heimto go home (to house) — nach Hause or (Aus, Sw) nachhause gehen/fahren; (to country) heimfahren
on the way home —
the first runner home — der Erste, der durchs Ziel geht
to get home — nach Hause or (Aus, Sw) nachhause kommen, heimkommen; (in race) durchs Ziel gehen
I have to get home before ten — ich muss vor zehn zu Hause or (Aus, Sw) zuhause or daheim sein
2)(= to the mark)
to drive a nail home — einen Nagel einschlagenit came home to him that... — es wurde ihm klar, dass...
to strike home (torpedo etc) — treffen; ( fig : remark ) ins Schwarze treffen, sitzen (inf)
See:3. vi(pigeons) heimkehren* * *home [həʊm]A s1. Heim n:a) Haus n, (eigene) Wohnungb) Zuhause n, Daheim nc) Elternhaus n:be at home in London in London zu Hause sein;not be at home (to sb) nicht zu sprechen sein (für jemanden);feel at home sich wie zu Hause fühlen;he made his home at er ließ sich in (dat) nieder;leave home von zu Hause fortgehen;work from home von zu Hause aus arbeiten;pleasures of home häusliche Freudenthe US is the home of baseball die USA sind die Heimat des Baseball;a) im Lande, in der Heimat,b) im Inland, daheim,c) im (englischen) Mutterland ( → A 1);at home and abroad im In- und Ausland;Paris is his second home Paris ist seine zweite Heimat;a letter from home ein Brief aus der Heimat oder von zu Hausehe has made London his home er hat sich in London niedergelassen4. Zufluchtsort m:5. Heim n:home for the aged Alters-, Altenheim;6. SPORT Ziel n7. SPORTa) Heimspiel nb) Heimsieg mB adj1. Heim…:a) häuslichb) zu Haus ausgeübt:home circle Familienkreis m;home computer Homecomputer m (kleinerer Computer für den häuslichen Anwendungsbereich);home cooking das Kochen zu Hause;home difficulties häusliche Schwierigkeiten;home life häusliches Leben, Familienleben n;home mechanic Bastler(in), Heimwerker(in);home remedy Hausmittel n2. Heimat…:home forces MIL im Heimatland stationierte Streitkräfte;home waters SCHIFF heimatliche Gewässer3. einheimisch, inländisch, Inlands…, Binnen…:4. SPORTa) Heim…:home record Heimbilanz f;home strength Heimstärke f;home weakness Heimschwäche f5. TECH Normal…:6. Rück…:7. a) gezielt, wirkungsvoll (Schlag etc)b) fig treffend, beißend (Bemerkung etc):C adv1. heim, nach Hause:the way home der Heimweg;go home heimgehen, nach Hause gehen ( → C 3);that’s nothing to write home about umg das ist nichts Besonderes oder nicht so toll oder nicht gerade berauschend, darauf brauchst du dir nichts einzubilden; → come home, get C 12. zu Hause, daheim:welcome home!;be home and dry Br umga) in Sicherheit sein,b) hundertprozentig sicher sein3. figa) ins Ziel oder Schwarzeb) im Ziel, im Schwarzenc) bis zum Ausgangspunktd) so weit wie möglich, ganz:bring ( oder drive) sth home to sb jemandem etwas klarmachen oder beibringen oder zum Bewusstsein bringen oder vor Augen führen;bring a charge home to sb jemanden überführen;drive a nail home einen Nagel fest einschlagen;the thrust went home der Hieb saßD v/i2. FLUGa) (mittels Leitstrahl) das Ziel anfliegen:b) automatisch auf ein Ziel zusteuern (Rakete):E v/t ein Flugzeug (mittels Radar) einweisen, herunterholen umg* * *1. noun1) Heim, das; (flat) Wohnung, die; (house) Haus, das; (household) [Eltern]haus, dasmy home is in Leeds — ich bin in Leeds zu Hause od. wohne in Leeds
leave/have left home — aus dem Haus gehen/sein
they had no home/homes [of their own] — sie hatten kein Zuhause
at home — zu Hause; (not abroad) im Inland
be/feel at home — (fig.) sich wohl fühlen
2) (fig.)to take an example nearer home,... — um ein Beispiel zu nehmen, das uns näher liegt,...
3) (native country) die Heimat2. adjectiveat home — zu Hause; in der Heimat
1) (connected with home) Haus-; Haushalts[gerät usw.]2) (done at home) häuslich; Selbst[backen, homebrauen usw.]3) (in the neighbourhood of home) nahe gelegen4) (Sport) Heim[spiel, -sieg, -mannschaft]; [Anhänger, Spieler] der Heimmannschaft5) (not foreign) [ein]heimisch; inländisch3. adverb1) (to home) nach Hauseon one's way home — auf dem Weg nach Hause od. Nachhauseweg
he takes home £200 a week after tax — er verdient 200 Pfund netto in der Woche
nothing to write home about — (coll.) nichts Besonderes od. Aufregendes
2) (arrived at home) zu Hausebe home and dry — (fig.) aus dem Schneider sein (ugs.)
push home — [ganz] hineinschieben [Schublade]; ausnutzen [Vorteil]
press home — [ganz] hinunterdrücken [Hebel]; forcieren [Angriff]; [voll] ausnutzen [Vorteil]
drive home — [ganz] einschlagen [Nagel]
4)4. intransitive verbcome or get home to somebody — (become fully realized) jemandem in vollem Ausmaß bewusst werden; see also roost 1.
1) [Vogel usw.:] zurückkehren2) (be guided)these missiles home [in] on their targets — diese Flugkörper suchen sich (Dat.) ihr Ziel
3)home in/on something — (fig.) etwas herausgreifen
* * *adj.heimwärts adj.nach Hause ausdr. adv.nach Hause ausdr. n.Haus Häuser n.Heim -e n.Zuhause n.
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