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give [gɪv]donner ⇒ 1A (a)-(c), 1B (b)-(d), 1C (a), 1C (d), 1C (e), 1D (a), 1D (c)-(f), 2 (a) offrir ⇒ 1A (a), 1A (c) conférer ⇒ 1B (a) imposer ⇒ 1C (b) reconnaître ⇒ 1C (f) faire ⇒ 1D (a)-(c), 1D (f) s'affaisser ⇒ 2D (b) élasticité ⇒ 3A.∎ I gave him the book, I gave the book to him je lui ai donné le livre;∎ we gave our host a gift nous avons offert un cadeau à notre hôte;∎ the family gave the paintings to the museum la famille a fait don des tableaux au musée;∎ he gave his daughter in marriage il a donné sa fille en mariage;∎ she gave him her hand (to hold) elle lui a donné ou tendu la main; (in marriage) elle lui a accordé sa main;∎ literary to give oneself to sb se donner à qn;∎ I give you the newlyweds! (in toast) je lève mon verre au bonheur des nouveaux mariés!;∎ I gave him my coat to hold je lui ai confié mon manteau;∎ she gave them her trust elle leur a fait confiance, elle leur a donné sa confiance;∎ familiar give it all you've got! mets-y le paquet!;∎ familiar I'll give you something to cry about! je vais te donner une bonne raison de pleurer, moi!;∎ give it to them! allez-y!;∎ familiar I gave him what for! (reprimanded him) je lui ai passé un savon!;∎ familiar caviare on toast? I'll give him caviare on toast! (in annoyance at request) du caviar et des toasts! je vais lui en donner, moi, du caviar et des toasts!(b) (grant → right, permission, importance) donner;∎ give the matter your full attention prêtez une attention toute particulière à cette affaire;∎ he gave your suggestion careful consideration il a considéré votre suggestion avec beaucoup d'attention;∎ Law the court gave her custody of the child la cour lui a accordé la garde de l'enfant;∎ she hasn't given her approval yet elle n'a pas encore donné son consentement(c) (provide with → drink, food) donner, offrir; (→ lessons, classes, advice) donner; (→ help) prêter;∎ give our guests something to eat/drink donnez à manger/à boire à nos invités;∎ we gave them lunch nous les avons invités ou nous leur avons fait à déjeuner;∎ I think I'll give them beef for lunch je crois que je vais leur faire du bœuf au déjeuner;∎ let me give you some advice laissez-moi vous donner un conseil;∎ I gave her the biggest bedroom je lui ai donné la plus grande chambre;∎ they're giving us a pay rise ils nous donnent une augmentation de salaire;∎ an investment that gives 10 percent un placement qui rend ou rapporte 10 pour cent;∎ the children can wash up, it will give them something to do les enfants peuvent faire la vaisselle, ça les occupera;∎ she gave him two lovely daughters elle lui a donné deux adorables filles;∎ to give a child a name donner un nom à un enfant;∎ to give sb/sth one's support soutenir qn/qch;∎ do you give a discount? faites-vous des tarifs préférentiels?;∎ this lamp gives a poor light cette lampe éclaire mal;∎ give me time to think donnez-moi ou laissez-moi le temps de réfléchir;∎ she didn't give him time to say no elle ne lui a pas laissé le temps de dire non;∎ just give me time! sois patient!;∎ we were given a choice on nous a fait choisir;∎ give me a chance! donne-moi une chance!;∎ such talent is not given to us all nous n'avons pas tous un tel talent;∎ familiar give me classical music any day! à mon avis rien ne vaut la musique classique!□B.(a) (confer → award) conférer;∎ they gave her an honorary degree ils lui ont conféré un diplôme honorifique(b) (dedicate) donner, consacrer;∎ she gave all she had to the cause elle s'est entièrement consacrée à cette cause;∎ can you give me a few minutes? pouvez-vous m'accorder ou me consacrer quelques instants?;∎ he gave his life to save the child il est mort ou il a donné sa vie pour sauver l'enfant;∎ I've given you six years of my life je t'ai donné six ans de ma vie;∎ she gave this job the best years of her life elle a consacré à ce travail les plus belles années de sa vie∎ I gave him my sweater in exchange for his gloves je lui ai échangé mon pull contre ses gants;∎ I'll give you a good price for the table je vous donnerai ou payerai un bon prix pour la table;∎ how much will you give me for it? combien m'en donneras-tu?;∎ I would give a lot or a great deal to know… je donnerais beaucoup pour savoir…(d) (transmit) donner, passer;∎ I hope I don't give you my cold j'espère que je ne vais pas te passer mon rhumeC.∎ the walk gave him an appetite la promenade l'a mis en appétit ou lui a ouvert l'appétit;∎ the news gave me a shock la nouvelle m'a fait un choc;∎ to give oneself trouble se donner du mal∎ the teacher gave us three tests this week le professeur nous a donné trois interrogations cette semaine;∎ to give sb a black mark infliger un blâme à qn;∎ Law he was given (a sentence of) fifteen years il a été condamné à quinze ans de prison(c) (announce → verdict, judgment)∎ the court gives its decision today la cour prononce ou rend l'arrêt aujourd'hui;∎ the court gave the case against/for the management la cour a décidé contre/en faveur de la direction;∎ given this third day of March délivré le 3 mars;∎ given under my hand and seal reçu par-devant moi et sous mon sceau;∎ Sport the umpire gave the batsman out l'arbitre a déclaré le joueur hors jeu(d) (communicate → impression, order, signal) donner; (→ address, information) donner, fournir; (→ news, decision) annoncer;∎ to give sb a message communiquer un message à qn;∎ she gave her age as forty-five elle a déclaré avoir quarante-cinq ans;∎ give her my love embrasse-la pour moi;∎ he is to give his decision tomorrow il devra faire connaître ou annoncer sa décision demain;∎ I gave a description of the suspect j'ai donné ou fourni une description du suspect;∎ you gave me to believe he was trustworthy vous m'avez laissé entendre qu'on pouvait lui faire confiance;∎ I was given to understand she was ill on m'a donné à croire qu'elle était malade;∎ she gave no sign of life elle n'a donné aucun signe de vie∎ that's given me an idea ça me donne une idée;∎ don't go giving him ideas! ne va pas lui mettre des idées dans la tête!;∎ give us a clue donne-nous un indice;∎ let me give you an example laissez-moi vous donner un exemple;∎ don't give me any nonsense about missing your train! ne me raconte pas que tu as raté ton train!;∎ familiar don't give me that (nonsense)! ne me raconte pas d'histoires!(f) (admit, concede) reconnaître, accorder;∎ she's certainly intelligent, I'll give you that elle est très intelligente, ça, je te l'accorde;∎ Sport he gave me the game il m'a concédé la partieD.∎ he gave a laugh il a laissé échapper un rire;∎ he gave a loud laugh il a éclaté de rire;∎ give us a song chantez-nous quelque chose(b) (make → action, gesture) faire;∎ she gave them an odd look elle leur a jeté ou lancé un regard curieux;∎ he gave her hand a squeeze il lui a pressé la main;∎ she gave her hair a comb elle s'est donné un coup de peigne;∎ he gave his face a wash il s'est lavé le visage;∎ he gave the table a wipe il a essuyé la table;∎ I gave the boy a push j'ai poussé le garçon;∎ the train gave a lurch le train a cahoté;∎ she gave him a slap elle lui a donné une claque;∎ she gave him a flirtatious smile elle lui a adressé ou fait un sourire séducteur;∎ he gave an embarrassed smile il a eu un sourire gêné∎ that evening she gave the performance of a lifetime ce soir-là elle était au sommet de son art(d) (hold → lunch, party, supper) donner, organiser;∎ they gave a dinner for the professor ils ont donné un dîner en l'honneur du professeur(e) (estimate the duration of) donner, estimer;∎ I give him one week at most je lui donne une semaine (au) maximum;∎ I'd give their marriage about a year if that je donne un an maximum à leur mariage∎ 17 minus 4 gives 13 17 moins 4 font ou égalent 13;∎ that gives a total of 26 ça donne un total de 26∎ to give way (ground) s'affaisser; (bridge, building, ceiling) s'effondrer, s'affaisser; (ladder, rope) céder, (se) casser;∎ the ground gave way beneath or under our feet le terrain s'est affaissé sous nos pieds;∎ her legs gave way (beneath her) ses jambes se sont dérobées sous elle;∎ his health finally gave way sa santé a fini par se détériorer ou se gâter;∎ their strength gave way leurs forces leur ont manqué;∎ it's easier to give way to his demands than to argue il est plus commode de céder à ses exigences que de lui résister;∎ don't give way if he cries ne cède pas s'il pleure;∎ I gave way to tears/to anger je me suis laissé aller à pleurer/emporter par la colère;∎ he gave way to despair il s'est abandonné au désespoir;∎ the fields gave way to factories les champs ont fait place aux usines;∎ his joy gave way to sorrow sa joie a fait place à la peine;∎ natural fibres have given way to synthetics les fibres naturelles ont été remplacées par les synthétiques;∎ give way to vehicles on your right (sign) priorité aux véhicules qui viennent de droite;∎ give way to pedestrians (sign) priorité aux piétons;(a) (contribute) donner;∎ please give generously nous nous en remettons à votre générosité;∎ to give generously of one's time donner beaucoup de son temps;∎ proverb it is better to give than to receive donner vaut mieux que recevoir;∎ in any relationship you have to learn to give and take dans toutes les relations, il faut apprendre à faire des concessions ou il faut que chacun y mette du sien;∎ to give as good as one gets rendre coup pour coup∎ the fence gave beneath or under my weight la barrière a cédé ou s'est affaissée sous mon poids;∎ something's got to give quelque chose va lâcher∎ now give! accouche!, vide ton sac!∎ what gives? qu'est-ce qui se passe?□3 noun(of metal, wood) élasticité f, souplesse f;∎ there's not enough give in this sweater ce pull n'est pas assez ampleà... près;∎ give or take a few days à quelques jours près►► give way sign signal m de priorité∎ it's so cheap they're practically giving it away c'est tellement bon marché, c'est comme s'ils en faisaient cadeau;∎ you couldn't give them away tu n'arriveras pas à t'en débarrasser (même si tu en faisais cadeau)(c) (throw away → chance, opportunity) gâcher, gaspiller∎ he didn't give anything away il n'a rien dit∎ her accent gave her away son accent l'a trahie;∎ no prisoner would give another prisoner away aucun prisonnier n'en trahirait un autre;∎ to give oneself away se trahir(f) Australian (renounce → habit) renoncer à, abandonner; (resign from → job) quitter; (→ position) démissionner de∎ give the book back to her rendez-lui le livre;∎ the store gave him his money back le magasin l'a remboursé➲ give in(relent, yield) céder;∎ to give in to sb/sth céder à qn/qch;∎ the country refused to give in to terrorist threats le pays a refusé de céder aux menaces des terroristes(hand in → book, exam paper) rendre; (→ found object, parcel) remettre; (→ application, name) donner(a) (emit, produce → gas, smell) émettredonner sur➲ give out(a) (hand out) distribuer(c) (make known) annoncer, faire savoir;∎ the hospital gave out information on her condition to them l'hôpital les a renseignés sur son état de santé;∎ it was given out that he was leaving on a dit ou annoncé qu'il partait∎ the old car finally gave out la vieille voiture a fini par rendre l'âme∎ her strength was giving out elle était à bout de forces, elle n'en pouvait plus;∎ his mother's patience gave out sa mère a perdu patience;∎ my luck gave out la chance m'a abandonné∎ he gave out to me because I was late (scolded) il m'a enguirlandé parce que j'étais en retarddonner sur∎ he gave the children over to his mother il a confié les enfants à sa mère∎ the land was given over to agriculture la terre a été consacrée à l'agriculture;∎ she gave herself over to helping the poor elle s'est consacrée à l'aide aux pauvres∎ give over crying! cesse de pleurer!∎ give over! assez!, arrête!➲ give up(a) (renounce → habit) renoncer à, abandonner; (→ friend) abandonner, délaisser; (→ chair, place) céder; (→ activity) cesser;∎ she'll never give him up elle ne renoncera jamais à lui;∎ he's given up smoking il a arrêté de fumer, il a renoncé au tabac;∎ I haven't given up the idea of going to China je n'ai pas renoncé à l'idée d'aller en Chine;∎ he gave up his seat to the old woman il a cédé sa place à la vieille dame;∎ don't give up hope ne perdez pas espoir;∎ he was ready to give up his life for his country il était prêt à mourir pour la patrie;∎ they gave up the game or the struggle ils ont abandonné la partie;∎ we gave her brother up for dead nous avons conclu que son frère était mort;∎ they gave the cause up for lost ils ont considéré que c'était une cause perdue;∎ to give up the throne renoncer au trône;∎ the doctors have given him up les médecins disent qu'il est perdu∎ they gave up the restaurant business ils se sont retirés de la restauration∎ the murderer gave himself up (to the police) le meurtrier s'est rendu ou livré (à la police);∎ he gave his accomplices up to the police il a dénoncé ou livré ses complices à la police∎ give it up for… je vous demande d'applaudir…∎ we can't give up now! on ne va pas laisser tomber maintenant!∎ to give up on sb (stop waiting for) renoncer à attendre qn; (stop expecting something from) ne plus rien attendre de qn;∎ I give up on him, he won't even try j'abandonne, il ne fait pas le moindre effort∎ to give oneself up to sth se livrer à qch;∎ they gave themselves up to a life of pleasure ils se sont livrés à une vie de plaisir;∎ he gave his life up to caring for the elderly il a consacré sa vie à soigner les personnes âgées;∎ his mornings were given up to business ses matinées étaient consacrées aux affaires -
22 give
give [gɪv]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what are you going to give her? (as present) qu'est-ce que tu vas lui offrir ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► give + noun may be translated by a verb alone.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• can you give me a bed for the night? pouvez-vous me loger pour la nuit ?► to be given ( = receive)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► In French the recipient is not made the subject of a passive construction.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• one must give and take il faut faire des concessions► give or take...• a hundred people, give or take a few à peu près cent personnesb. ( = cause, cause to feel) faire• I was given to understand that... on m'avait laissé entendre que...• it gives me great pleasure to introduce... c'est avec grand plaisir que je vous présente...c. ( = pass on) OK, I'll give him the message d'accord, je lui ferai la commissiond. ( = put through to) passer• could you give me Mr Smith/extension 231? pouvez-vous me passer M. Smith/le poste 231 ?• give yourself time to think about it before you decide prends le temps de réfléchir avant de te décider• give me time! attends un peu !• I can't give you any longer, you must pay me now je ne peux plus vous accorder de délai, il faut que vous payiez maintenantf. ( = utter) [+ sigh, cry] pousserg. ( = pay) payer ; ( = offer) donner• what did you give for it? combien l'avez-vous payé ?• I'd give a lot/anything to know je donnerais gros/n'importe quoi pour savoir• what will you give me for it? combien m'en donnez-vous ?• I'll give him something to cry about! (inf) je lui apprendrai à pleurer !i. ► to give way ( = yield) [person] céder ( to sth à qch ) ; ( = stand back) s'écarter ; ( = agree) finir par donner son accord ; [car, traffic] céder le passage ; ( = collapse) [bridge, ceiling, floor] s'effondrer ; [ground] se dérober ; [cable, rope] céder ; [legs] fléchir• "give way" « cédez le passage »• "give way to traffic from the right" « priorité à droite »a. ( = collapse) céderb. ( = yield) [cloth, elastic] se détendre3. noun4. compoundsb. [+ names, details] donner ; [+ secrets] révéler• to give o.s. away se trahir[+ object, freedom] rendre► give in[+ essay, exam paper, key] rendre ; [+ manuscript, report] remettre► give off separable transitive verb[+ heat, gas, smell] dégager► give outa. [+ books, food] distribuerb. [+ information, details] donner• don't give up! tenez bon !a. ( = renounce) [+ interests] abandonner ; [+ seat, territory] céder ; [+ habit, idea, hope, claim] renoncer à ; [+ job] quitter ; [+ business] se retirer deb. ( = stop) arrêterc. ( = deliver, hand over) to give o.s. up se rendre• she gave the baby up for adoption elle a fait adopter le bébé► give up on inseparable transitive verba. ( = renounce) [+ idea] renoncer àb. ( = stop expecting) [+ visitor] ne plus attendre ; ( = lose faith in) perdre espoir en* * *[gɪv] 1.noun élasticité f2.1) ( hand over) gen donner (to à); offrir [present, drink, sandwich] (to à)to give somebody something — gen donner quelque chose à quelqu'un; (politely, as gift) offrir quelque chose à quelqu'un
give it me! —
what wouldn't I give for...! — je donnerais cher pour...!
2) ( cause to have)to give somebody something —
to give something to somebody — donner quelque chose à quelqu'un [headache, nightmares, advice, information]; transmettre or passer quelque chose à quelqu'un [disease]
3) (provide, produce) donner [milk, flavour, result, answer, sum]; apporter [heat, light, nutrient]; faire [total]4) (allow, accord) accorder [custody, grant]; laisser [quelque chose] à quelqu'un [seat]to give somebody something — donner or accorder quelque chose à quelqu'un [time, time period]
she can sing, I'll give her that — elle sait chanter, je lui reconnais au moins ça
it's original, I'll give you that — c'est original, je te l'accorde
5) Medicineto give somebody something —
to give something to somebody — donner quelque chose à quelqu'un [treatment, medicine]; greffer quelque chose à quelqu'un [organ]; poser quelque chose à quelqu'un [device]; faire quelque chose à quelqu'un [injection, massage]
to give somebody something — passer quelque chose à quelqu'un [number, department]
3.give me the sales manager, please — passez-moi le directeur commercial, s'il vous plaît
1) ( contribute) donner, faire un don‘please give generously’ — ‘merci (de vos dons)’
2) ( bend) [mattress, sofa] s'affaisser; [shelf, floorboard] fléchir; [branch] ployer; [leather, fabric] s'assouplir3) (yield, break) = give way4) ( yield) [person, side] céder•Phrasal Verbs:- give in- give off- give out- give up- give way••don't give me that! — (colloq) ne (me) raconte pas d'histoires!
if this is the big city, give me a village every time — (colloq) si c'est ça la ville, alors vive les petits villages
‘I give you the bride and groom!’ — ‘je bois à la santé des mariés!’
I'll give you something to complain about! — (colloq) je vais t'apprendre à te plaindre!
to give it all one's got — (colloq) (y) mettre le paquet
to give somebody what for — (colloq) passer un savon à quelqu'un (colloq)
what gives? — (colloq) qu'est-ce qui se passe?
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23 give smb. his marching orders
(give smb. his marching orders (walking(-)orders, walking(-)papers или walking(-)ticket, give smb. the kick, mitten, push или sack разг.; жарг. тж. give smb. the boot, bounce, chuck, hoof или the order of the boot; амер. жарг. give smb. the air, ax или gate))1) уволить, дать расчёт, выгнать с работы; ≈ дать по шапке (от выражения to give smb. the sack образован гл. to sack в том же значении) [give smb. his marching orders, walking(-)orders, walking(-)papers или walking(-)ticket, give smb. the mitten первонач. амер.; give smb. the sack этим. фр. donner le sac à qn увольнять]What would they say if Margery suddenly appeared? He would be given the order of the boot pretty damn quick. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Virtue’) — что сказали бы белые люди в колонии, если бы неожиданно появился Марджери? Его бы выгнали в три шеи без всякого промедления.
Frisco Jo Murphy added to his reputation over the roll-up that gave Pug Charley his walking ticket. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 6) — После того как Фриско Джо Мэрфи отличился на собрании старателей, изгнавшем Чарли Мопса, его популярность возросла еще больше.
She had been told of what had happened, and had been given her walking papers, everyone concurring in the impossibility of her staying in a Firm her brother had robbed. (S. O'Casey, ‘Pictures in the Hallway’, ‘The Shame Is a Thief and a Robber’) — Ей сообщили о том, что произошло, и выдали увольнительное свидетельство, ибо все были согласны, что она не может оставаться в фирме, которую обворовал ее брат.
2) (только шутл. give smb. his marching orders, his walking(-)papers; тж. give smb. the air, ax, bounce, gate, mitten, push или sack) отказать жениху; ≈ дать кому-л. отставку, от ворот поворот, оставить кого-л. с носомBlanche: "...But I have been foolish - casting my pearls before swine!" Stanley: "Swine, huh?" Blanche: "Yes, swine! Swine! And I'm thinking not only of you but of your friend, Mr. Mitchell. He came to see me tonight. He dared to... repeat slander to me, vicious stories that he had gotten from you! I gave him his walking papers." (T. Williams, ‘A Street Car Named Desire’, sc. X) — Бланш: "...Но я вела себя глупо - метала бисер перед свиньями." Стэнли: "Свиньями? Ха-ха!" Бланш: "Да, свиньями. Свиньями! я имею в виду не только вас, но и вашего дружка, мистера Митчелла. Он тут заходил ко мне! Хватило наглости... пересказывать мне все эти мерзости, подлейшее злопыхательство, которого он набрался от вас! Ничего, я ему выправила подорожную по всем правилам."
But it's up to you to enjoy life, Ma. He was never any good to you. It makes no difference to me if you give him his marching orders... and hitch up with the Lodger. (S. Chaplin, ‘The Day of the Sardine’, ch. VI) — Но должна же быть у тебя личная жизнь, мама. Отцу ты ничем не обязана. А мне все равно, можешь послать его куда подальше... и выйти за Жильца.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > give smb. his marching orders
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24 give
1 ( hand over) [person] donner [object, money, medal, prize, punishment, hand, arm] (to à) ; offrir [present, drink, sandwich] (to à) ; to give sb sth gen donner qch à qn ; (politely, as gift) offrir qch à qn ; give it me!, give me it! donne-moi ça! ; give him a drink donne-lui à boire ; to give sb sth for offrir qch à qn pour [birthday, Christmas] ; how much ou what will you give me for it? combien m'en donnes-tu? ; I'll give you 50 cents for it je t'en donne 50 cents ; I'd give anything for/to do je donnerais n'importe quoi pour/pour faire ; what wouldn't I give for…! je donnerais cher pour…! ; to give sb sth as offrir qch à qn comme [present, token, symbol] ; to give sb sth to carry/look after donner qch à qn à porter/surveiller ;2 ( cause to have) to give sb [sth], to give [sth] to sb donner [qch] à qn [headache, indigestion, vertigo, nightmares, satisfaction] ; transmettre or passer [qch] à qn [disease, infection, virus] ; he's given me his cough il m'a passé sa toux ; to give sb pleasure faire plaisir à qn ;3 (provide, produce) donner [milk, flavour, result, answer, sum] ; apporter [heat, light, vitamin, nutrient] ; faire [total] ; blue and yellow give (you) green le bleu et le jaune donnent le vert ; the number was given to three decimal places/in metric units le nombre était donné jusqu'à la troisième décimale/en unités du système métrique ;4 (allow, accord) [authority] accorder [custody, grant, bursary] ; laisser qch à qn [seat] ; [hotelier] donner [room] ; to give sb sth donner or accorder qch à qn [time, time period] (to do pour faire) ; give me a minute donne-moi une minute ; to give sb enough room laisser suffisamment de place à qn ; I'll give him another hour, then I'm calling the police je lui donne or accorde encore une heure, et j'appelle la police ; she gave him a week to decide elle lui a donné or accordé une semaine pour décider ; he was given six months to live on lui a donné six mois à vivre ; how long do you give the new boss/their marriage? combien de temps donnes-tu au nouveau patron/à leur mariage? ; it is not given to all of us to do sout il n'est pas donné à tout le monde de faire ; she can sing, I'll give her that elle sait chanter, je lui reconnais au moins ça ; it's original, I'll give you that c'est original, je te l'accorde ; she could give her opponent five years elle a au moins cinq ans de plus que son adversaire ; the polls give Labour a lead les Travaillistes sont en tête dans les sondages ;5 Med to give sb sth, to give sth to sb donner qch à qn [treatment, medicine] ; greffer qch à qn [organ] ; poser qch à qn [artificial limb, pacemaker] ; faire qch à qn [facelift, injection, massage] ; can you give me something for the pain? pouvez-vous me donner quelque chose contre la douleur? ;6 ( communicate) gen, Telecom donner [advice, information, appointment] ; to give sb sth passer qch à qn [extension, number, department] ; give me the sales manager, please passez-moi le directeur commercial, s'il vous plaît ; I was given to understand ou believe that on m'a laissé entendre que ;7 ( give birth to) she gave him two sons elle lui donna deux fils.1 ( contribute) donner, faire un don ; to give to sth ( habitually) faire des dons à qch ; she never gives to charity elle ne donne jamais rien aux organisations caritatives ; ‘please give generously’ ‘merci (de vos dons)’ ;2 (bend, flex) [mattress, sofa] s'affaisser (under sous) ; [shelf, bridge, floorboard] fléchir (under sous) ; [branch] ployer (under sous) ; [leather, fabric] s'assouplir ;3 (yield, break) = give way ;D v refl ( prét gave ; pp given) to give oneself to ( devote oneself) se consacrer à [cause, good works] ; euph ( sexually) se donner à [person].don't give me that ○ ! ne (me) raconte pas d'histoires! ; give or take an inch (or two) à quelques centimètres près ; give me a nice cup of tea any day ou every time ○ ! rien ne vaut une bonne tasse de thé! ; if this is the big city, give me a village every time ○ si c'est ça la ville, alors vive les petits villages ; ‘I give you the bride and groom!’ ‘je bois à la santé du marié et de la mariée!’ ; I'll give you something to cry about ○ ! tu vas savoir pourquoi tu pleure! ; I'll give you something to complain about ○ ! je vais t'apprendre à te plaindres! ; more money? I'll give you more money! ○ je vais t'en donner, moi, de l'argent! ; to give and take faire des concessions ; to give as good as one gets rendre coup pour coup ; to give it all one's got ○ (y) mettre le paquet ; to give sb what for ○ passer un savon à qn ○ ; what gives? ○ qu'est-ce qui se passe?■ give away:▶ give away [sth], give [sth] away1 (as gift, offer, charity) donner [item, sample, ticket] (to à) ; distribuer [samples, tickets] ; we're practically giving them away! à ce prix-là, c'est donné! ; they're not exactly giving it away iron on ne peut pas dire que c'est donné ; we've got 100 copies to give away! il y a 100 exemplaires à gagner! ;2 ( reveal) révéler [secret, answer, story, ending] (to à) ; the flavour gives it away on le sent au goût ;3 (waste, lose carelessly) laisser échapper [match, goal, advantage] (to au bénéfice de) ;▶ give [sb] away, give away [sb]1 ( betray) [expression, fingerprints] trahir ; [person] dénoncer [person] (to à) ; to give oneself away se trahir (by doing en faisant) ;2 ( in marriage) conduire [qn] à l'autel.■ give back:▶ give [sth] back, give back [sth]1 (restore, return) rendre [possession, appetite, sight, freedom] (to à) ; give it back! rends (-moi) ça! ; …or we'll give you your money back …ou vous serez remboursé ;2 ( reflect) renvoyer [echo, sound, light].▶ give forth [sth] dégager [smell] ; émettre [sound].■ give in:▶ give in1 (to temptation, threat, person) céder (to à) ;2 ( stop trying) abandonner ; I give in-tell me! je donne ma langue au chat ○, dis-le moi! ;▶ give in [sth], give [sth] in rendre [homework, essay] ; remettre [ticket, key, petition].■ give off:▶ give off [sth] émettre [signal, scent, radiation, light] ; dégager [heat, fumes, oxygen] ; he was giving off hostile signals il montrait des signes d'hostilité.■ give onto:▶ give onto [sth] donner sur [street, yard etc].■ give out:▶ give out [sth], give [sth] out1 ( distribute) distribuer [books, leaflets, gifts] (to à) ;3 ( announce) donner [information, details].■ give over:▶ give over [sth], give [sth] over1 affecter or réserver [place, room] (to à) ;2 consacrer [time, life] (to à) ; the rest of the day was given over to le reste de la journée était consacré à ;3 ( hand over) remettre [qch] à [person] ;1 ( devote oneself) se consacrer à [good works, writing] ;2 ( let oneself go) s'abandonner à [despair, joy] ;3 ( hand oneself to) se rendre à [police].■ give up:▶ give up abandonner ; do you give up? tu abandonnes? ; I give up! ( exasperated) j'abandonne! ; don't give up! tiens bon! ; to give up on laisser tomber [diet, crossword, pupil, patient] ; ne plus compter sur [friend, partner, associate] ; I've given up on him je ne compte plus sur lui! ;▶ give up [sth], give [sth] up1 ( renounce or sacrifice) renoncer à [vice, habit, social life, throne, title, claim] ; sacrifier [free time, Saturdays etc] ; quitter [job, work] ; to give up smoking/drinking cesser de fumer/de boire ; to give everything up for sb renoncer à tout pour qn ; to give up one's free time for sth consacrer son temps libre à qch ;2 (abandon, drop) abandonner [search, hope, struggle, school subject] ; renoncer à [idea, thought] ; to give up trying/writing cesser d'essayer/d'écrire ;3 ( surrender) céder [seat, place, territory] ; remettre [passport, key] ; livrer [secret, treasure] ;▶ give up [sb], give [sb] up1 ( hand over) livrer (to à) ; to give oneself up se livrer, se rendre (to à) ;3 ( stop expecting to recover) considérer [qn] comme perdu ;■ give way:▶ give way1 ( collapse) [bridge, table, chair, wall, ceiling] s'effondrer (under sous) ; [fence, cable, rope] céder (under sous) ; his legs gave way under the weight/when he heard the news ses jambes se sont dérobées sous le poids/sous lui quand il a appris la nouvelle ;2 GB ( when driving) céder le passage (to à) ;3 (concede, yield) céder ; to give way to ( yield to) céder à [pressure, demands, person, fear, temptation, urge] ; s'abandonner à [despair, base instincts] ; ( be replaced by) faire place à [sunshine, relief, new methods]. -
25 give away
give away [sth.], give [sth.] away1) dare via, regalare [item, sample]2) (reveal) rivelare [secret, answer]3) (lose carelessly) regalare [match, goal, advantage]; give [sb.] away, give away [sb.]5) (in marriage) portare all'altare* * *1) (to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it): I'm going to give all my money away.) dare via2) (to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally: He gave away our hiding-place (noun give-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).)* * *vt + adv2) (reveal: secret) rivelare, (betray: person) tradire* * *give away [sth.], give [sth.] away1) dare via, regalare [item, sample]2) (reveal) rivelare [secret, answer]3) (lose carelessly) regalare [match, goal, advantage]; give [sb.] away, give away [sb.]5) (in marriage) portare all'altare -
26 her
her [hɜ:(r)](a) (used of person, animal → singular) son (sa); (→ plural) ses;∎ her book son livre;∎ her secretary sa secrétaire;∎ her glasses ses lunettes;∎ her university son université;∎ she has broken her arm elle s'est cassé le bras;∎ the dog's hurt her paw la chienne s'est fait mal à la patte(b) (used of vehicle, ship, country)∎ France reassured her allies la France rassura ses alliés;∎ the ship and her crew le navire et son équipage2 pronoun∎ I recognize her je la reconnais;∎ I heard her je l'ai entendue;∎ why did you have to choose HER? pourquoi l'as-tu choisie elle?∎ give her the money donne-lui l'argent;∎ he only told her, no-one else il ne l'a dit qu'à elle, c'est tout;∎ I am thinking of her je pense à elle;∎ why do they always give HER the interesting jobs? pourquoi est-ce que c'est toujours à elle qu'on donne le travail intéressant?(c) (after preposition) elle;∎ I was in front of her j'étais devant elle;∎ as rich as/richer than her aussi riche/plus riche qu'elle;∎ she closed the door behind her elle a fermé la porte derrière elle(d) (with "to be")∎ it's her c'est elle;∎ if I were her si j'étais elle, si j'étais à sa place(e) (used of vehicle, ship, country)∎ Poland's friends deserted her la Pologne a été abandonnée par ses amis;∎ the enemy sank her il a été coulé par l'ennemi;∎ (to) her whom we adore (à) celle que nous adorons3 noun∎ familiar it's a her not a him (of baby) c'est une fille, pas un garçon□ ; (of animal) c'est une femelle, pas un mâle□ -
27 give free rein to smth.
(give (a) free rein to smth. (give full rein to smth., give rein или the reins to smth., give smth. (a) free rein, full rein))дать волю чему-л. (воображению, гневу, фантазии и т. д.); дать возможность чему-л. развернуться вовсю...the Frau Professor could not resist the satisfaction of giving rein to the ill temper she had curbed so long. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 80) —...фрау профессорша не устояла перед искушением дать волю своему бешенству, которое она так долго сдерживала.
If Machiavelli had not possessed great self-control he would have given rein to his anger. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Then and How’, ch. XXIV) — Если бы у Макиавелли не было такого исключительного самообладания, он не сумел бы сдержать гнев.
And he felt reasonably sure that her vanity would not allow her to give free rein to public utterances. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Stoic’, ch. 68) — Доктор Джемс почти не сомневался в том, что самолюбие не позволит Эйлин затеять публичный скандал.
She gave fantasy full rein. (N. Coward, ‘Collected Short Stories’, ‘The kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe’) — Миссис Радклиф дала волю фантазии.
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28 give smb. a lesson
(give smb. a lesson (ток. give a lesson to smb.))Lady Wanley: "One of these days Mrs. Jennings will give her eyes not to have insulted that poor child. I'm going to give her a lesson that she'll never forget." (W. S. Maugham, ‘Jack Straw’, act I) — Леди Уэнли: "Недалек тот час, когда миссис Дженнингс тысячу раз пожалеет, что обижала этого несчастного ребенка. Я так ее проучу, что она вовек этого не забудет."
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29 give her the gun
(give her (или smth.) the gun)1) мор. дать самый полный ход; ав. лететь на предельной скорости2) амер.; жарг. дать газ, гнать вовсю, прибавить ходуThe cab driver gave it the gun. We went tearing down the street... (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink’, ch. 1) — Водитель пустил машину на полную скорость, и мы понеслись по улице...
Tragg pushed the map across the front seat. ‘Here, Floyd. Take this map. Follow the road. Don't give her the gun until I tell you to.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Careless Kitten’, ch. 7) — Трэгг разложил карту на переднем сиденье. - Послушай, Флойд, возьми эту карту и ориентируйся по ней. Пока я не скажу, не гони.
We gave the motor the gun and drove off. (RHD) — Мы дали газ и уехали.
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30 give away
give away 1) подарявам; раздавам (s.th. to s.o.); 2) предавам ( булка) на младоженец - като част от сватбения обред; 3) отказвам се от, отричам се, пренебрегвам; жертвам; 4) разг. издавам (съзнателно или не); her accent gave her away акцентът ѝ я издаде; she gave herself away тя сама се издаде; to \give away the show ( the game) away издавам играта; изплювам камъчето; 5) изпускам, пропускам (възможност, случай и пр.); they've \give awayn away a good chance of winning the match те пропуснаха удобна възможност да спечелят мача; -
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her [hɜ:r]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► la precedes the verb, except in positive commands.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• look at her! regardez-la !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When l' is the object of a tense consisting of avoir + past participle, e is added to the past participle.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Some French verbs take an indirect object. This means they are either followed by à + noun, or require an indirect pronoun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what are you giving Pat? -- we're going to give her a CD qu'allez-vous offrir à Pat ? -- nous allons lui offrir un CD━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• have you phoned Suzy? -- yes, I phoned her last night tu as téléphoné à Suzy ? -- oui je lui ai téléphoné hier soir━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► lui precedes the verb, except in positive commands.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what are you going to say to her? qu'est-ce que tu vas lui dire ?c. (emphatic) elled. ► preposition + her elle━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► son is used instead of sa before a vowel or silent h.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━* * *[hɜː(r), hə(r)] 1. 2.determiner son/sa/ses -
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1) ( raus) here, to me;2) ( herum)um jdn \her all around sb3) ( von einem Punkt aus)von etw \her räumlich from sth;von weit \her from a long way away [or off];wo kommst du so plötzlich \her? where have you come from so suddenly?;\her zu mir! come here!;irgendwo \her sein to come [or be] from somewhere;von... \her zeitlich from;ich kenne ihn von meiner Studienzeit \her I know him from my time at university;unser letztes Treffen ist jetzt genau neun Monate her we last met exactly nine months ago;längere Zeit \her sein, dass... to be a long time [ago] since...;lang \her sein, dass... to be long ago since...;nicht [so] lange \her sein, dass... to be not such a long [ago] since...;wie lange ist es \her, dass wir uns das letzte Mal gesehen haben? how long is it since we last saw each other?, how long ago did we last see each other?, when did we last see each other?;von der Technik \her ist dieser Wagen Spitzenklasse as far as the technology is concerned this car is top class4) ( verfolgen)5) ( haben wollen)hinter jdm \her sein, etw zu tun to keep on at sb to do sth, to keep an eye on it to see that sth is doneWENDUNGEN: -
33 give the final touch to
(give the final (или finishing) touch(es) to (тж. put the final или finishing touches (up)on или to))наносить последние штрихи, отделывать, шлифовать; завершить, довести до конца; см. тж. the finishing stroke и give the finishing stroke to smth....before they set out she spent at least an hour putting the finishing touches upon herself in front of a mirror... (U. Sinclair, ‘100%’, ch. 85) —...перед тем как отправиться в церковь, Глэдис добрый час вертелась перед зеркалом, проверяя, все ли у нее в порядке...
...Carrie was putting the finishing touches to her toilet... when a commotion near the stage door caught her ear. (Th. Dreiser, ‘Sister Carrie’, ch. XLVI) —...Кэрри кончала переодеваться... как вдруг услышала какой-то шум за дверью, ведущей на сцену.
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34 ■ give away
■ give awayA v. t. + avv.1 dare via; dare; donare; consegnare; distribuire: He gave away all his money to the needy, diede tutto il suo denaro ai bisognosi2 (comm.) vendere (o dare) per poco prezzo; regalare (fig.): At this price, we're practically giving these shoes away, a questo prezzo, queste scarpe sono quasi regalate4 rivelare, svelare, spifferare, tradire ( un segreto, ecc.); denunciare: Don't give away his hiding place!, non rivelare il suo nascondiglio!; They gave him away to the police, lo hanno denunciato alla polizia5 accompagnare (o portare) all'altare: The bride was given away by her uncle, la sposa è stata portata all'altare dallo zio6 ( sport) dare via, regalare ( una partita, ecc.); perdere, farsi rubare ( la palla); subire ( un gol, un canestro, ecc.); sprecare, mancare ( un rigore)B v. i. + avv.► to give, B, def. 2 □ to give oneself away, tradirsi; farsi scoprire □ to give the game (o the show) away, scoprire il gioco (fig.); tradire un segreto. -
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■ give overA v. i. + avv.(fam.) cessare; smettere: Do give over!, smettila!; piantala! (fam.)B v. t. + avv.1 consegnare; affidare; dare in consegna; dare2 cedere; dare (o lasciare) in uso: The sitting room was given over to the children for their party, il soggiorno è stato lasciato ai bambini per la loro festicciola4 dedicare: She gave her life over to charity, ha dedicato la vita a opere di bene; The whole night was given over to dancing, l'intera serata è stata dedicata alle danze5 (arc.) ► give up, B, def. 7 □ to give oneself over to, darsi, dedicarsi a; darsi, abbandonarsi a: She gave herself over to despair, si è abbandonata alla disperazione. -
36 give points to smb.
(give points to smb. (тж. give smb. points))давать кому-л. несколько очков вперёд; ≈ заткнуть за пояс [этим. фр. donner des points à qn]‘Eily's read every book her father's got,’ he says, ‘and can give him points in an argument.’ (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. 23) — Отец Эйли говорит, что она перечитала все книги, которые он приносит домой, и в любом споре может дать ему несколько очков вперед.
A: "Is the Headmaster a good scholar?" B: "Not bad, but his assistant is infinitely better. There's hardly a subject on which he couldn't give the old man points..." (SPI) — А: "Директор школы человек образованный? Б. Конечно, но его заместитель куда образованнее. Он в любом вопросе заткнет старика за пояс..."
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37 give smb. the slip
(give smb. the slip (тж. give the slip to smb.))удрать, ускользнуть, улизнуть от кого-л.Mind what I say - he has given his friends the slip, and persuaded this delicate young creetur [= creature], all along of her fondness for him, to be his guide and travelling companion... (Ch. Dickens, ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’, ch. XVIII) — Он дал тягу от своих родственников. Ты в это вникни! Дал тягу и подговорил это нежное существо, которое в нем души не чает, бежать вместе с ним...
‘I didn't try to give you the slip,’ said Marvel, in a voice that was not far remote from tears. (H. G. Wells, ‘The Invisible Man’, ch. 13) — - Я и не думал удирать от вас, - сказал Марвел чуть не плача.
I guessed Cap Hawkins would get a search party out after me, and he did rightenough, but I managed to give 'em the slip. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 3) — Я понимал, что Хаукинс вышлет людей разыскивать меня. Так он и сделал, да я ускользнул.
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38 give him (her etc) an inch and he'll (she'll etc) take a mile
give him «(her etc)» an inch and he'll «(she'll etc)» take a milele das la mano y te coge el brazoEnglish-spanish dictionary > give him (her etc) an inch and he'll (she'll etc) take a mile
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39 give my kind regards to her
give my kind regards to herdê-lhe minhas respeitosas saudações. to be kind enough to, to be so kind as to ter a bondade de, ter a gentileza de. -
40 give her my (best) regards
См. также в других словарях:
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give up — {v.} 1a. To stop trying to keep; surrender; yield. * /The dog had the ball in his mouth and wouldn t give it up./ * /Jimmy is giving up his job as a newsboy when he goes back to school./ Compare: GIVE ONESELF UP, HAND OVER, LET GO(1a). Contrast:… … Dictionary of American idioms
give vent to — 1. To allow to escape or break out 2. To give (usu violent) expression to (an emotion) • • • Main Entry: ↑vent * * * give vent to phrase to express very strong anger or sadness The meetings allow people to give vent to their frustrations.… … Useful english dictionary
give\ a\ buzz — • give (one) a ring • give a buzz informal To call on the telephone. Mrs. Jacobs promised to give her husband a ring in the afternoon. Alice will give her friend a buzz tonight … Словарь американских идиом