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1) односемейный жилой дом; жилище; помещение2) вмещать, ставить на место; поместить (где-л.), жить в доме4) защищать, укрывать•- apartment house - basement house - bath house - block house - boiler house - branch house - bunk house - cell house - chapter house - compressor house - control house - cooling house - detached suburban house - domestic house - drying house - duplex-type house - dwelling house - engine house - factory-made house - fan house - fire engine house - frame-type house - gas house - gate house - gig house - greengroup houses - half-timber house - hose house - incineration house - insert house - lodging house - log house - low rent house - mansion house - multi-bay house - multi-bay house with some corridor storeys - no-frills house - one-family house - opera house - panel-built house - panel-type house - patio house - precast concrete house - prefabricated house - pump house - ranch house - ranch-type house - ready-cut house - round house - row houses - sectional house - semi-detached house - single-family house - storage house - study house - substandard house - tank house - tenement house - terrace house - terraced houses - toll house - tool house - town house - two-family house - type house - used house - vacation house - valve house - water house - wattle house - weigh house - wood frame house* * *1. брит. индивидуальный [одноквартирный] дом2. амер. жилой дом, жилое здание3. хранить, содержать- apartment house
- autonomous house
- bachelor house
- bastel house
- bath house
- bird house
- boarding house
- boiler house
- buttress type house
- central boiler house
- cold water house
- condemned house
- cook house
- cool house
- cooperative apartment house
- cooperative house
- country house
- court house
- custom house
- derelict house
- detached house
- district boiler house
- double house
- duplex house
- dwelling house
- engine house
- fire house
- fortified house
- frame house
- gallery apartment house
- garden house
- glass house
- government funded houses
- green house
- guest house
- holiday house
- hot house
- ice house
- instrument shelter house
- log house
- low energy house
- manor house
- multistorey apartment house
- one-off house
- opera house
- power house
- prefabricated house
- private house
- public house
- public sector house
- pump house
- round house
- semidetached house
- settlement house
- single family house
- stately house
- storage house
- studio house
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A n1 ( for building) bois m (de construction) ; ( for furniture) bois m (d'œuvre) ; seasoned/green timber bois séché/vert ; roof timbers bois de charpente ;2 ( lumber) troncs mpl d'arbre ; to fell timber abattre des arbres ; ‘Timber!’ ‘Attention (à l'arbre qui tombe)!’ ;B modif [importer, exporter] de bois ; [treatment, preservative, trade] du bois ; [building, frame] en bois ; timber plantation futaie f.C timbered pp adj [slopes] boisé ; [house] en bois ; timbered ceiling plafond à poutres apparentes ; half-timbered house maison f à colombage. -
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bo:d
1. noun1) (a strip of timber: The floorboards of the old house were rotten.) tabla, plancha2) (a flat piece of wood etc for a special purpose: notice-board; chessboard.) tablón, tablero3) (meals: board and lodging.) pensión, comida4) (an official group of persons administering an organization etc: the board of directors.) consejo, junta
2. verb1) (to enter, or get on to (a vehicle, ship, plane etc): This is where we board the bus.) subir a2) (to live temporarily and take meals (in someone else's house): He boards at Mrs Smith's during the week.) alojarse en, estar hospedado en•- boarder- boarding-house
- boarding-school
- across the board
- go by the board
board1 n1. tabla / tablero2. tablón de anuncios3. pizarraclean the board, please borra la pizarra, por favor4. pensiónhow many passengers are there on board? ¿cuántos pasajeros hay a bordo?to go on board embarcar / embarcarseboard2 vb1. embarcar / subir2. alojarsetr[bɔːd]1 (piece of wood) tabla, tablero2 (food) comida, pensión nombre femenino3 (committee) junta, consejo4 (company) compañía1 (ship etc) subirse a, embarcar en1 (lodge) alojarse; (at school) ser interno,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLon board SMALLMARITIME/SMALL a bordoabove board figurative use en regla, legalacross the board figurative use general, globalto go by the board irse al trasteto sweep the board (be succesful) arrasar 2 (in competition) llevarse todos los premios 3 (in election) conseguir la mayoría de los escañosto go back to the drawing board volver a empezar de ceroboard and lodging pensión completaboard of directors junta directivaboard of trade SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL cámara de comercioboard ['bord] vt1) : embarcarse en, subir a bordo de (una nave o un avión), subir a (un tren o carro)2) lodge: hospedar, dar hospedaje con comidas a3)to board up : cerrar con tablasboard n1) plank: tabla f, tablón m2) : tablero mchessboard: tablero de ajedrez3) meals: comida fboard and lodging: comida y alojamiento4) committee, council: junta f, consejo mn.• comidas s.f.pl.n.• bordada s.f.• bordo s.m.• cartón s.m.• chapa s.f.• junta s.f.• mesa s.f.• pensión s.f.• tabla s.f.• tablero s.m.• tablón s.m.• tribunal s.m.v.• abordar v.• entablar v.• entarimar v.• hospedarse v.• posar v.• subir a v.bɔːrd, bɔːd
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1) ca) ( plank) tabla f, tablón m; ( floorboard) tabla f (del suelo)as stiff as a board — más tieso que un palo or que una tabla
to tread the boards — pisar las tablas
b) ( for chopping etc) tabla f (de madera)c) ( circuit board) placa f base2) ca) ( diving board) trampolín mb) (for surfing, windsurfing) tabla f (de surf)c) ( Games) tablero mto sweep the board — arrasar con or llevarse todos los premios
3) ca) ( noticeboard) tablero m or (Esp) tablón m de anuncios, cartelera f (AmL), diario m mural (Chi)b) ( sign) letrero m, cartel mc) ( scoreboard) marcador md) ( blackboard) pizarra f, pizarrón m (AmL), tablero m (Col)4) ca) ( committee) junta f, consejo mb) ( administrative body)the Water/Gas Board — la compañía del agua/gas
c) board (of directors) ( Busn) junta f directiva, consejo m de administraciónd) ( of examiners) tribunal m5) u ( provision of meals)full/half board — pensión f completa/media pensión f
6) u (in phrases)across the board: they have promised to reduce taxation across the board han prometido una reducción general de impuestos; on board a bordo; on board the ship/plane a bordo del barco/avión; to go on board embarcarse*; (before n) on-board < entertainment> de a bordo; to go by the board: all these precautions tend to go by the board todas estas precauciones suelen dejarse a un lado; to take something on board — \<\<idea\>\> (BrE) asumir algo
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1) ( go aboard)to board a ship — embarcar(se)*, abordar (Méx)
2) ( accommodate) hospedar
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vi1) ( go aboard) embarcar(se)*, abordar (Col, Méx)2) ( be accommodated)to board with somebody — alojarse or hospedarse en casa de alguien
•Phrasal Verbs:- board up[bɔːd]1. N1) [of wood] tabla f, tablón m ; (=table) mesa f ; (for chess etc) tablero m ; (=ironing board) tabla f de planchar; (=notice board) tablón m ; (in bookbinding) cartón m ; (Comput) placa f, tarjeta f•
an increase across the board — un aumento global or general•
to go by the board — (=go wrong) ir al traste; (=be abandoned) abandonarse•
in boards — (book) en cartoné- sweep the board2) (=provision of meals) comida f3) (Naut, Aer)•
on board — a bordoto go on board — embarcarse, subir a bordo
- take sth on board4) (=group of officials) junta f, consejo m5) (gas, water etc) comisión f6)the boards — (Theat) las tablas
- tread the boards2. VT1) [+ ship, plane] subir a bordo de, embarcarse en; [+ enemy ship] abordar; [+ bus, train] subir a2) (also: board up) (=cover with boards) entablar3) (=feed, lodge) hospedar, dar pensión (completa) a3.VI4.CPDboard chairman N — presidente(-a) m / f del consejo de administración
board game N — juego m de tablero
board meeting N — reunión f de la junta directiva or del consejo de administración
board member N — (=member of board of directors) miembro m de la junta directiva, miembro m del consejo de administración
board of directors N — junta f directiva, consejo m de administración
board of education N — (esp US) consejo supervisor del sistema educativo
board of governors N — (Brit) (Scol) consejo m (de un colegio, instituto etc)
board of inquiry N — comisión f investigadora
Board of Trade N — (Brit) (formerly) Departamento m de Comercio y Exportación; (US) Cámara f de Comercio
- board in- board up* * *[bɔːrd, bɔːd]
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1) ca) ( plank) tabla f, tablón m; ( floorboard) tabla f (del suelo)as stiff as a board — más tieso que un palo or que una tabla
to tread the boards — pisar las tablas
b) ( for chopping etc) tabla f (de madera)c) ( circuit board) placa f base2) ca) ( diving board) trampolín mb) (for surfing, windsurfing) tabla f (de surf)c) ( Games) tablero mto sweep the board — arrasar con or llevarse todos los premios
3) ca) ( noticeboard) tablero m or (Esp) tablón m de anuncios, cartelera f (AmL), diario m mural (Chi)b) ( sign) letrero m, cartel mc) ( scoreboard) marcador md) ( blackboard) pizarra f, pizarrón m (AmL), tablero m (Col)4) ca) ( committee) junta f, consejo mb) ( administrative body)the Water/Gas Board — la compañía del agua/gas
c) board (of directors) ( Busn) junta f directiva, consejo m de administraciónd) ( of examiners) tribunal m5) u ( provision of meals)full/half board — pensión f completa/media pensión f
6) u (in phrases)across the board: they have promised to reduce taxation across the board han prometido una reducción general de impuestos; on board a bordo; on board the ship/plane a bordo del barco/avión; to go on board embarcarse*; (before n) on-board < entertainment> de a bordo; to go by the board: all these precautions tend to go by the board todas estas precauciones suelen dejarse a un lado; to take something on board — \<\<idea\>\> (BrE) asumir algo
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1) ( go aboard)to board a ship — embarcar(se)*, abordar (Méx)
2) ( accommodate) hospedar
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vi1) ( go aboard) embarcar(se)*, abordar (Col, Méx)2) ( be accommodated)to board with somebody — alojarse or hospedarse en casa de alguien
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1. noun1) Brett, das2) (blackboard) Tafel, die3) (notice-board) Schwarzes Brett4) (in game) Brett, das5) (springboard) [Sprung]brett, das6) (meals) Verpflegung, diefull board — Vollpension, die
7) (Admin. etc.) Amt, das; Behörde, diegas/water/electricity board — Gas-/Wasser- / Elektrizitätsversorgungsgesellschaft, die
board of inquiry — Untersuchungsausschuss, der
8) (Commerc., Industry)board [of directors] — Vorstand, der
9) (Naut., Aeronaut., Transport)on board the ship/plane — an Bord des Schiffes/Flugzeugs
10)the boards — (Theatre) die Bühne
11)2. transitive verbgo by the board — ins Wasser fallen
(go on board)board the ship/plane — an Bord des Schiffes/Flugzeugs gehen
3. intransitive verbboard the train/bus — in den Zug/Bus einsteigen
‘flight L 5701 now boarding [at] gate 15’ — "Passagiere des Fluges L 5701 bitte zum Flugsteig 15"
Phrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/84723/board_up">board up* * *[bo:d] 1. noun1) (a strip of timber: The floorboards of the old house were rotten.) das Brett2) (a flat piece of wood etc for a special purpose: notice-board; chessboard.) das Brett3) (meals: board and lodging.) die Verpflegung4) (an official group of persons administering an organization etc: the board of directors.) der Ausschuß2. verb1) (to enter, or get on to (a vehicle, ship, plane etc): This is where we board the bus.) (be)steigen2) (to live temporarily and take meals (in someone else's house): He boards at Mrs Smith's during the week.) sich in Kost befinden bei•- boarder- boarding-house
- boarding-school
- across the board
- go by the board* * *[bɔ:d, AM bɔ:rd]I. n1. (plank) Brett nt; (blackboard) Tafel f; (notice board) Schwarzes Brett; (signboard) [Aushänge]schild nt; STOCKEX (screen) Anzeigetafel f; (floorboard) Diele f2. + sing/pl vb ADMIN, POL Behörde f, Amt nt; (committee) Ausschuss m, Kommission f; BRIT (ministry) Ministerium ntB\board of Education AM Bildungsausschuss m\board of examiners Prüfungskommission f\board of inquiry Untersuchungsausschuss mthe Scottish Tourist B\board das schottische Fremdenverkehrsamtto be on a \board einer Auswahlkommission angehörento go on a \board interviewer als Prüfer an einem Auswahlverfahren teilnehmen; candidate sich akk einem Auswahlgespräch unterziehenchair of the \board of directors Vorstandsvorsitzende(r) f(m)\board of managing directors Vorstand mmeeting of the \board of managing directors Vorstandssitzung fmember of the \board of managing directors Vorstandsmitglied ntsupervisory \board Aufsichtsrat mcoal/electricity/gas/water \board Versorgungsunternehmen nt für Kohle/Strom/Gas/Wasser6. AMBig \board New Yorker BörseLittle \board (sl) amerikanische Börsebed and \board [or esp BRIT \board and lodging] [or AM room and \board] Kost und Logis, Vollpension ffull \board Vollpension fhalf \board Übernachtung f mit Frühstück, Halbpension f8. THEAT▪ the \boards pl die Bretter pl, die die Welt bedeutento tread the \boards auf der Bühne stehen9. (in [ice]hockey)▪ the \boards pl die Bandehe crashed into the \boards er krachte an die Bandeto be on the \boards an die Bande gedrängt werden▪ the \boards pl [Abschluss]prüfung fthe medical \boards die Prüfungen in Medizin11. TRANSPas soon as I was on \board, I began to have second thoughts sobald ich zugestiegen war, kamen mir Bedenkento be on \board an aircraft/a train im Flugzeug/Zug sitzento go on \board a bus/train in einen Bus/Zug einsteigento go on \board a plane ein Flugzeug besteigento be on \board a ship sich akk an Bord eines Schiffes befinden12.this project needs radical reorganization across the \board dieses Projekt muss ganz generell von Grund auf neu organisiert werden▶ to bring [or take] sb on \board [for sth] jdn [an etw dat] beteiligen [o [bei etw dat] mitmachen] lassen▶ to let sth go by the \board etw unter den Tisch fallen lassenII. vt1. (cover with wood)▪ to \board sth ⇆ up [or over] etw mit Brettern vernageln2. (accommodation)▪ to \board sb/an animal jdn/ein Tier unterbringento \board a lodger einem Pensionsgast Kost und Logis bietento \board sb in a school jdn in einem Internat unterbringen3. TRANSPto \board a plane/ship ein Flugzeug/Schiff besteigenattention, we are now \boarding flight 701 Achtung, die Passagiere des Flugs 701 können jetzt an Bord gehen4. NAUTto \board a ship ein Schiff enternIII. vito \board with sb bei jdm wohnen (als Pensionsgast)2. (at a school) im Internat wohnen3. AVIAT [Passagiere] einlassenflight BA345 is now \boarding at Gate 2 die Passagiere für Flug BA345 können jetzt über Gate 2 zusteigen* * *[bɔːd]1. n1) Brett nt; (= blackboard) Tafel f; (= notice board) Schwarzes Brett; (= signboard) Schild nt; (= floorboard) Diele(nbrett nt) ffull/half board — Voll-/Halbpension f
3) (= group of officials) Ausschuss m; (= board of inquiry, examiners also) Kommission f; (with advisory function, = board of trustees) Beirat m; (= permanent official institution: = gas board, harbour board etc) Behörde f; (of company also board of directors) Vorstand m; (of British/American company) Verwaltungsrat m; (including shareholders, advisers) Aufsichtsrat mto be on the board, to have a seat on the board — im Vorstand/Aufsichtsrat sein or sitzen
board of governors ( Brit Sch ) — Verwaltungsrat m
Board of Trade (Brit) — Handelsministerium nt; (US) Handelskammer f
4) (NAUT, AVIAT)on board the ship/plane — an Bord des Schiffes/Flugzeugs
6) (= board of interviewers) Gremium nt (zur Auswahl von Bewerbern); (= interview) Vorstellungsgespräch nt (vor einem Gremium)8)(fig phrases)
across the board — allgemein, generell; criticize, agree, reject pauschala wage increase of £10 per week across the board — eine allgemeine or generelle Lohnerhöhung von £ 10 pro Woche
to go by the board (work, plans, ideas) — unter den Tisch fallen; (dreams, hopes) zunichtewerden; (principles) über Bord geworfen werden; (business) zugrunde or zu Grunde gehen
2. vt1) (= cover with boards) mit Brettern verkleiden2) ship, plane besteigen, an Bord (+gen) gehen/kommen; train, bus einsteigen in (+acc); (NAUT, in attack) entern3. viflight ZA173 now boarding at gate 13 — Passagiere des Fluges ZA173, bitte zum Flugsteig 13
* * *board1 [bɔː(r)d; US auch ˈbəʊərd]A s3. fig Verpflegung f:board and lodging Kost und Logis, Unterkunft und Verpflegung;put out to board in Kost geben4. (auch als pl konstruiert) figa) Ausschuss m, Kommission fb) Amt n, Behörde fc) Ministerium n:board of arbitration Schiedskommission, -stelle f;board of examiners Prüfungskommission;Board of Inland Revenue Br oberste Steuerbehörde;Board of Trade Br Handelsministerium;board of trustees Kuratorium n;6. SCHULE Tafel f7. (Bügel-, Schach- etc) Brett n:8. pl THEAT Bretter pl, Bühne f:go on the boards zur Aufführung kommen9. SPORTb) pl Bretter pl, Skier pl10. pl Eishockey: Bande f11. a) Karton m, Pappe f, Pappdeckel mb) Buchdeckel m:(bound) in boards kartoniertc) TECH Pressspan m12. WIRTSCH US umg Börse fB v/t1. dielen, täfeln, mit Brettern belegen oder absperren, verschalen:board up mit Brettern vernageln;boarded ceiling getäfelte Decke;boarded floor Bretter(fuß)boden mwith bei)3. Eishockey: gegen die Bande checkenboard2 [bɔː(r)d; US auch ˈbəʊərd]A s2. SCHIFF Bord m, Bordwand f (nur in festen Ausdrücken):a) an Bord (eines Schiffes, Flugzeugs),b) im Zug oder Bus;on board (a) ship an Bord eines Schiffes;a) an Bord gehen,b) einsteigen;b) fig zunichtewerden (Hoffnungen, Pläne etc),c) fig kleingeschrieben werden, nicht mehr gefragt sein (Höflichkeit etc)3. SCHIFF Gang m, Schlag m (beim Kreuzen):good board Schlagbug m;long (short) boards lange (kurze) Gänge;make boards lavieren, kreuzenB v/tb) in einen Zug oder Bus einsteigenC v/i1. FLUG an Bord gehen:“flight BA 543 for New York now boarding at gate 10” „Passagiere des Fluges BA 543 nach New York bitte zum Flugsteig 10“2. SCHIFF lavierenbd abk1. board* * *1. noun1) Brett, das2) (blackboard) Tafel, die3) (notice-board) Schwarzes Brett4) (in game) Brett, das5) (springboard) [Sprung]brett, das6) (meals) Verpflegung, diefull board — Vollpension, die
7) (Admin. etc.) Amt, das; Behörde, diegas/water/electricity board — Gas-/Wasser- / Elektrizitätsversorgungsgesellschaft, die
board of inquiry — Untersuchungsausschuss, der
8) (Commerc., Industry)board [of directors] — Vorstand, der
9) (Naut., Aeronaut., Transport)on board the ship/plane — an Bord des Schiffes/Flugzeugs
10)the boards — (Theatre) die Bühne
11)2. transitive verbboard the ship/plane — an Bord des Schiffes/Flugzeugs gehen
3. intransitive verbboard the train/bus — in den Zug/Bus einsteigen
2) (board an aircraft) an Bord gehen‘flight L 5701 now boarding [at] gate 15’ — "Passagiere des Fluges L 5701 bitte zum Flugsteig 15"
Phrasal Verbs:- board up* * *(Electronics) n.Baugruppe (Elektronik) f. n.Brett -er n.Gremium -en n.Planke -n f.Schultafel f.Tafel -n f.Tisch -e m.Verpflegung f. -
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I 1. [bɔːd]1) (plank) asse f., tavola f.2) amm. consiglio m.board of governors — scol. giunta scolastica
3) gioc. (playing surface) tavolo m.4) scol. lavagna f.5) (notice board) (for information) tabellone m.; (to advertise) cartellone m. pubblicitario6) inform. elettron. scheda f.8) on board a bordo2.to take sth. on board — prendere a bordo o imbarcare [cargo, passengers]; fig. accettare [changes, facts]; affrontare [ problem]
1) (floor) pavimento m.sing.2) teatr. scene f.3.to tread the boards — calcare le scene o le tavole
modificatore amm. [meeting, member] del consiglio di amministrazione••above board — lealmente, in modo trasparente
across the board — generalizzato, indiscriminato
II 1. [bɔːd]to go by the board — fallire, naufragare
1) (get on) salire a bordo di [boat, plane]; salire su [bus, train]2.verbo intransitivo essere a pensione ( with presso, da); scol. (in boarding school) [ pupil] essere interno- board up* * *[bo:d] 1. noun1) (a strip of timber: The floorboards of the old house were rotten.) asse2) (a flat piece of wood etc for a special purpose: notice-board; chessboard.) tabellone3) (meals: board and lodging.) vitto e alloggio4) (an official group of persons administering an organization etc: the board of directors.) consiglio2. verb1) (to enter, or get on to (a vehicle, ship, plane etc): This is where we board the bus.) salire su2) (to live temporarily and take meals (in someone else's house): He boards at Mrs Smith's during the week.) essere a pensione•- boarder- boarding-house
- boarding-school
- across the board
- go by the board* * *I 1. [bɔːd]1) (plank) asse f., tavola f.2) amm. consiglio m.board of governors — scol. giunta scolastica
3) gioc. (playing surface) tavolo m.4) scol. lavagna f.5) (notice board) (for information) tabellone m.; (to advertise) cartellone m. pubblicitario6) inform. elettron. scheda f.8) on board a bordo2.to take sth. on board — prendere a bordo o imbarcare [cargo, passengers]; fig. accettare [changes, facts]; affrontare [ problem]
1) (floor) pavimento m.sing.2) teatr. scene f.3.to tread the boards — calcare le scene o le tavole
modificatore amm. [meeting, member] del consiglio di amministrazione••above board — lealmente, in modo trasparente
across the board — generalizzato, indiscriminato
II 1. [bɔːd]to go by the board — fallire, naufragare
1) (get on) salire a bordo di [boat, plane]; salire su [bus, train]2.verbo intransitivo essere a pensione ( with presso, da); scol. (in boarding school) [ pupil] essere interno- board up -
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SUBJECT AREA: Architecture and building, Automotive engineering, Electricity, Electronics and information technology, Metallurgy, Photography, film and optics, Public utilities, Recording, Telecommunications[br]b. 11 February 1847 Milan, Ohio, USAd. 18 October 1931 Glenmont[br]American inventor and pioneer electrical developer.[br]He was the son of Samuel Edison, who was in the timber business. His schooling was delayed due to scarlet fever until 1855, when he was 8½ years old, but he was an avid reader. By the age of 14 he had a job as a newsboy on the railway from Port Huron to Detroit, a distance of sixty-three miles (101 km). He worked a fourteen-hour day with a stopover of five hours, which he spent in the Detroit Free Library. He also sold sweets on the train and, later, fruit and vegetables, and was soon making a profit of $20 a week. He then started two stores in Port Huron and used a spare freight car as a laboratory. He added a hand-printing press to produce 400 copies weekly of The Grand Trunk Herald, most of which he compiled and edited himself. He set himself to learn telegraphy from the station agent at Mount Clements, whose son he had saved from being run over by a freight car.At the age of 16 he became a telegraphist at Port Huron. In 1863 he became railway telegraphist at the busy Stratford Junction of the Grand Trunk Railroad, arranging a clock with a notched wheel to give the hourly signal which was to prove that he was awake and at his post! He left hurriedly after failing to hold a train which was nearly involved in a head-on collision. He usually worked the night shift, allowing himself time for experiments during the day. His first invention was an arrangement of two Morse registers so that a high-speed input could be decoded at a slower speed. Moving from place to place he held many positions as a telegraphist. In Boston he invented an automatic vote recorder for Congress and patented it, but the idea was rejected. This was the first of a total of 1180 patents that he was to take out during his lifetime. After six years he resigned from the Western Union Company to devote all his time to invention, his next idea being an improved ticker-tape machine for stockbrokers. He developed a duplex telegraphy system, but this was turned down by the Western Union Company. He then moved to New York.Edison found accommodation in the battery room of Law's Gold Reporting Company, sleeping in the cellar, and there his repair of a broken transmitter marked him as someone of special talents. His superior soon resigned, and he was promoted with a salary of $300 a month. Western Union paid him $40,000 for the sole rights on future improvements on the duplex telegraph, and he moved to Ward Street, Newark, New Jersey, where he employed a gathering of specialist engineers. Within a year, he married one of his employees, Mary Stilwell, when she was only 16: a daughter, Marion, was born in 1872, and two sons, Thomas and William, in 1876 and 1879, respectively.He continued to work on the automatic telegraph, a device to send out messages faster than they could be tapped out by hand: that is, over fifty words per minute or so. An earlier machine by Alexander Bain worked at up to 400 words per minute, but was not good over long distances. Edison agreed to work on improving this feature of Bain's machine for the Automatic Telegraph Company (ATC) for $40,000. He improved it to a working speed of 500 words per minute and ran a test between Washington and New York. Hoping to sell their equipment to the Post Office in Britain, ATC sent Edison to England in 1873 to negotiate. A 500-word message was to be sent from Liverpool to London every half-hour for six hours, followed by tests on 2,200 miles (3,540 km) of cable at Greenwich. Only confused results were obtained due to induction in the cable, which lay coiled in a water tank. Edison returned to New York, where he worked on his quadruplex telegraph system, tests of which proved a success between New York and Albany in December 1874. Unfortunately, simultaneous negotiation with Western Union and ATC resulted in a lawsuit.Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for a telephone in March 1876 while Edison was still working on the same idea. His improvements allowed the device to operate over a distance of hundreds of miles instead of only a few miles. Tests were carried out over the 106 miles (170 km) between New York and Philadelphia. Edison applied for a patent on the carbon-button transmitter in April 1877, Western Union agreeing to pay him $6,000 a year for the seventeen-year duration of the patent. In these years he was also working on the development of the electric lamp and on a duplicating machine which would make up to 3,000 copies from a stencil. In 1876–7 he moved from Newark to Menlo Park, twenty-four miles (39 km) from New York on the Pennsylvania Railway, near Elizabeth. He had bought a house there around which he built the premises that would become his "inventions factory". It was there that he began the use of his 200- page pocket notebooks, each of which lasted him about two weeks, so prolific were his ideas. When he died he left 3,400 of them filled with notes and sketches.Late in 1877 he applied for a patent for a phonograph which was granted on 19 February 1878, and by the end of the year he had formed a company to manufacture this totally new product. At the time, Edison saw the device primarily as a business aid rather than for entertainment, rather as a dictating machine. In August 1878 he was granted a British patent. In July 1878 he tried to measure the heat from the solar corona at a solar eclipse viewed from Rawlins, Wyoming, but his "tasimeter" was too sensitive.Probably his greatest achievement was "The Subdivision of the Electric Light" or the "glow bulb". He tried many materials for the filament before settling on carbon. He gave a demonstration of electric light by lighting up Menlo Park and inviting the public. Edison was, of course, faced with the problem of inventing and producing all the ancillaries which go to make up the electrical system of generation and distribution-meters, fuses, insulation, switches, cabling—even generators had to be designed and built; everything was new. He started a number of manufacturing companies to produce the various components needed.In 1881 he built the world's largest generator, which weighed 27 tons, to light 1,200 lamps at the Paris Exhibition. It was later moved to England to be used in the world's first central power station with steam engine drive at Holborn Viaduct, London. In September 1882 he started up his Pearl Street Generating Station in New York, which led to a worldwide increase in the application of electric power, particularly for lighting. At the same time as these developments, he built a 1,300yd (1,190m) electric railway at Menlo Park.On 9 August 1884 his wife died of typhoid. Using his telegraphic skills, he proposed to 19-year-old Mina Miller in Morse code while in the company of others on a train. He married her in February 1885 before buying a new house and estate at West Orange, New Jersey, building a new laboratory not far away in the Orange Valley.Edison used direct current which was limited to around 250 volts. Alternating current was largely developed by George Westinghouse and Nicola Tesla, using transformers to step up the current to a higher voltage for long-distance transmission. The use of AC gradually overtook the Edison DC system.In autumn 1888 he patented a form of cinephotography, the kinetoscope, obtaining film-stock from George Eastman. In 1893 he set up the first film studio, which was pivoted so as to catch the sun, with a hinged roof which could be raised. In 1894 kinetoscope parlours with "peep shows" were starting up in cities all over America. Competition came from the Latham Brothers with a screen-projection machine, which Edison answered with his "Vitascope", shown in New York in 1896. This showed pictures with accompanying sound, but there was some difficulty with synchronization. Edison also experimented with captions at this early date.In 1880 he filed a patent for a magnetic ore separator, the first of nearly sixty. He bought up deposits of low-grade iron ore which had been developed in the north of New Jersey. The process was a commercial success until the discovery of iron-rich ore in Minnesota rendered it uneconomic and uncompetitive. In 1898 cement rock was discovered in New Village, west of West Orange. Edison bought the land and started cement manufacture, using kilns twice the normal length and using half as much fuel to heat them as the normal type of kiln. In 1893 he met Henry Ford, who was building his second car, at an Edison convention. This started him on the development of a battery for an electric car on which he made over 9,000 experiments. In 1903 he sold his patent for wireless telegraphy "for a song" to Guglielmo Marconi.In 1910 Edison designed a prefabricated concrete house. In December 1914 fire destroyed three-quarters of the West Orange plant, but it was at once rebuilt, and with the threat of war Edison started to set up his own plants for making all the chemicals that he had previously been buying from Europe, such as carbolic acid, phenol, benzol, aniline dyes, etc. He was appointed President of the Navy Consulting Board, for whom, he said, he made some forty-five inventions, "but they were pigeonholed, every one of them". Thus did Edison find that the Navy did not take kindly to civilian interference.In 1927 he started the Edison Botanic Research Company, founded with similar investment from Ford and Firestone with the object of finding a substitute for overseas-produced rubber. In the first year he tested no fewer than 3,327 possible plants, in the second year, over 1,400, eventually developing a variety of Golden Rod which grew to 14 ft (4.3 m) in height. However, all this effort and money was wasted, due to the discovery of synthetic rubber.In October 1929 he was present at Henry Ford's opening of his Dearborn Museum to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the incandescent lamp, including a replica of the Menlo Park laboratory. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and was elected to the American Academy of Sciences. He died in 1931 at his home, Glenmont; throughout the USA, lights were dimmed temporarily on the day of his funeral.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsMember of the American Academy of Sciences. Congressional Gold Medal.Further ReadingM.Josephson, 1951, Edison, Eyre \& Spottiswode.R.W.Clark, 1977, Edison, the Man who Made the Future, Macdonald \& Jane.IMcN -
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[bɔːd] 1. n( piece of wood) deska f; ( piece of cardboard) tektura f; (also: notice board) tablica f; ( for chess etc) plansza f; ( committee) rada f; ( in firm) zarząd m; ( NAUT, AVIAT)2. vtfull/half board ( BRIT) — pełne/niepełne wyżywienie
across the board ( fig) — ( adv) bez wyjątku; ( adj) dotyczący wszystkich
Phrasal Verbs:- board up* * *[bo:d] 1. noun1) (a strip of timber: The floorboards of the old house were rotten.) deska2) (a flat piece of wood etc for a special purpose: notice-board; chessboard.) tablica3) (meals: board and lodging.) wikt, utrzymanie4) (an official group of persons administering an organization etc: the board of directors.) zarząd2. verb1) (to enter, or get on to (a vehicle, ship, plane etc): This is where we board the bus.) wsiadać2) (to live temporarily and take meals (in someone else's house): He boards at Mrs Smith's during the week.) stołować się•- boarder- boarding-house
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1. poss pron мой, моя, моё, мои; принадлежащий мнеvengeance is mine, I will repay — мне отмщение, и аз воздам
2. poss pron уст. поэт. иногда с инверсией3. n рудник; копь; шахта; прииск4. n подземная выработка5. n разрез, карьер6. n залежь, пласт7. n сокровищница; источникa regular mine of information — подлинная сокровищница сведений, неистощимый источник информации
8. n воен. мор. мина; фугасmine area — заминированный участок; минное поле
mine belt — минное заграждение; полоса минных заграждений
9. n воен. мор. ист. подкоп10. v производить горные работы, разрабатывать рудник, добывать11. v подкапывать; вести подкоп12. v зарываться в землю; рыть норку13. v воен. мор. минировать, ставить мину14. v воен. мор. подрывать, подтачиватьСинонимический ряд:1. bonanza (noun) bonanza; eldorado; Golconda; gold mine; treasure trove; treasure-house; treasury2. excavation (noun) diggings; excavation; lode; pit; quarry; shaft; tunnel; vein; well3. explosive charge (noun) ambush; bomb; booby trap; depth charge; explosive; explosive charge; land mine; trap; weapon4. excavate (verb) burrow; delve; dig; drill; excavate; extract; pan; quarry; wash for gold; work5. sow with mines (verb) defend; prepare mine fields; set booby traps; sow with minesАнтонимический ряд: -
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1. n доска2. n спец. доски шириной более 20 см и толщиной до 5 см3. n l4. n подмостки, сценаto go on the boards — пойти на сцену, стать актёром
5. n спец. подмости6. n классная доска7. n доска для серфинга8. n полка9. n плотный картон10. n крышка переплёта11. n австрал. настил, на котором стригут овецboard label — книжный знак, экслибрис
twin wire board — картон, обе стороны которого сеточные
12. n разг. картина, которая продаётся на улицеsteamboat board — картонная сторонка, размер которой заданного формата
13. v настилать пол; обшивать досками14. v забивать, заколачивать досками15. v столоваться16. v предоставлять питание или полный пансионhalf board — полупансион, половинный пансион
17. v сесть на корабльto board the train — сесть в поезд, поехать на поезде
18. v амер. сесть в поезд, в трамвай, на самолёт19. v разг. обращаться, приставать; заигрывать20. v прижать к бортику21. v разг. проводить медосмотр новобранцевhe was boarded yesterday and passed for general service — вчера он прошёл комиссию и был признан годным к службе
22. v мор. лавировать23. v мор. брать на абордаж24. n правление; совет; коллегия; департамент; министерствоboard of directors — правление; совет директоров
Синонимический ряд:1. beam (noun) beam; timber2. council (noun) board of directors; cabinet; committee; council; jury3. room and board (noun) eats; fare; food; meals; mess; provisions; room and board; victuals; vittles4. strip of wood (noun) flooring; lath; lumber; plank; shelf; siding; slat; strip of wood; two by four; wood5. table (noun) dining table; dinner table; mahogany; table6. cover with boards (verb) board up; cover; cover with boards; nail shut; paper; plank; protect by nailing planks; tile7. go on board ship (verb) embark; enplane; entrain; go aboard; go on board; go on board ship; put to sea8. harbor (verb) accommodate; bed; berth; bestow; billet; bunk; care for; domicile; domiciliate; entertain; feed; harbor; harbour; house; hut; lodge; put up; quarter; room; room and board; roost9. take (verb) catch; takeАнтонимический ряд:
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