he is from Dundee

eksistere

leve

være

verb \/biː\/, trykksvakt: \/bɪ\/ (presens:) I am, we\/you\/they are, he\/she\/it is; (preteritum:) I\/he\/she\/it was, you\/we\/they were; (perfektum partisipp:) been; (presens partisipp:) being; (konjunktiv:) be, were

1) være

• are you the manager?

• the earth is round

2) eksistere, være til, finnes

• there must be an answer

• I think, therefore I am

3) bli

• I'll be twenty next week

4) finne sted, skje, stå

• when is the wedding to be?

5) ( om tid) vare, drøye, være, holde på, ta

• the book was twenty years in the writing

• I won't be a minute

6) ( om sted) være, ligge, stå, komme, besøke

• has anyone been here?

• the book is on the table

• he is from Dundee

• we were at Auntie Ruth's

7) koste

• the ticket is £2

8) ha det, føle seg, kjenne seg

• how is the patient today?

9) være lik, utgjøre

• three times three is nine

• three threes is\/are nine

10) ( for å uttrykke noe hypotetisk) være

• if I were rich

• though he be ever so good-looking

as it were så og si, på en måte, liksom

be about handle om

• this story is about a motherless pig

• there was a lot of flu about that winter

be about to (akkurat) skulle til å

• he was about to leave

be (on) at someone mase på noen, være etter noen

be at something være opptatt med noe, ha noe for seg

• Tony was always at his gardening

been there, done that ( hverdagslig) vært der, gjort det (sagt for å vise at man er verdensvant)

be for støtte, være for

• I am all for that method

be in on something ( hverdagslig) være med på noe, være inkludert i noe

be into something ( hverdagslig) være dypt interessert i noe, være opptatt av noe

• Jane's into stamp collection in a big way

be off (skulle) dra avgårde

• I'm off!

være dårlig, være fordervet

• this meat is off

• the deal is off

be that as it may ikke desto mindre, likevel

be there for somebody ( hverdagslig) støtte noen, være der når noen trenger en

• don't worry about a thing, we're all here for you

be twice the man\/woman se ➢ man

God be with you Gud være med deg\/dere

here\/there you are ( idet man gir noe til noen) vær så god, dette er til deg\/dere

how are you? hvordan har du det?, hvordan står det til med deg?

I've been there ( hverdagslig) jeg har opplevd\/følt det samme selv, jeg vet hva det dreier seg om

let someone\/something be la noe(n) være (i fred)

• she's had enough for one day, just let her be!

now you are (in) for it nå kan du vente deg, nå skal du få gjennomgå

so be it! la det så være!, så får det bli slik!

that is ( også) det vil si, nemlig

• my whole fortune, £500 that is, was spent on doctor's bills

that was tidligere, daværende

• Miss Smith that was

there are\/is det er, der er, det finnes\/eksisterer\/foreligger

• there are many rivers in France

• there has been an accident

- to-be fremtidig, vordende

• my wife-to-be

hjelpeverb \/biː\/, trykksvakt: \/bɪ\/

1) ( danner passiv sammen med perfektum partisipp av hovedverbet) være, bli

• he was saved

• the window is closed

• when were you born?

• the firm was founded in 1985

2) (spesielt amer., i obligatoriske that-setninger etter verb, adj. eller subst. som uttrykker vilje eller plikt, f.eks. anbefaling, forslag, oppfordring e.l.) skulle bli, burde bli

• Martin insisted that Martina be thrown out of the party

• they endorsed the suggestion that he be promoted

3) ( danner samtidsform sammen med presens partisipp av hovedverbet) holde på å, komme til å

• they are building a house

• the house is being built

• he is leaving tomorrow

be to skal, kan

• when am I to come back?

• they are to get married on Saturday

• the book is not to be found

skal, skulle, ha fått i oppdrag å

• I am to inform you

was\/were to skulle, kunne

• he was never to come back again

• if I were to tell you...

• the book was not to be found anywhere

• the telegram was to inform you that he would be late

live¹ [lɪv]

1. intransitive verb

   a. vivre ; ( = survive) survivre ; (after illness, accident) s'en sortir

• she has only six months to live il ne lui reste plus que six mois à vivre

• she won't live to see it elle ne vivra pas assez longtemps pour le voir

• the doctor said she would live le docteur a dit qu'elle s'en sortirait

• nothing could live in such a hostile environment rien ne pourrait survivre dans un environnement si hostile

• he didn't live long after his wife died il n'a pas survécu longtemps à sa femme

• I'll remember it as long as I live je m'en souviendrai toute ma vie

• to live to be 90 vivre jusqu'à 90 ans

• you'll live! (inf) tu n'en mourras pas !

• she lives for her children elle ne vit que pour ses enfants

• to live in luxury vivre dans le luxe

• to live in fear vivre dans la peur

• he just lived for football il ne vivait que pour le football

• I've got nothing left to live for je n'ai plus de raison de vivre

• you must learn to live with it il faut que tu t'y fasses

• you live and learn on apprend à tout âge (PROV) live and let live il faut se montrer tolérant

• let's live a little! (inf) il faut profiter de la vie !

• if you haven't been to Rio you haven't lived! (inf) si tu n'as pas vu Rio, tu n'as rien vu !

   b. ( = earn one's living) gagner sa vie

   c. ( = reside) habiter

• where do you live? où habitez-vous ?

• to live in London habiter à Londres

• to live in a flat habiter un appartement

• she lives in Station Road elle habite Station Road

• this is a nice place to live il fait bon vivre ici

• he still lives with his mother il vit encore chez sa mère

• he's living with Ann il vit avec Ann

• he's not an easy person to live with il n'est pas facile à vivre

• where does the teapot live? (inf) où est-ce que vous rangez la théière ?

2. transitive verb

• to live a life of luxury vivre dans le luxe

• to live a healthy life mener une vie saine

• to live life to the full profiter au maximum de la vie

• to live a lie vivre dans le mensonge

• to live the part entrer dans la peau du personnage

3. compounds

► lived-in adjective [house, flat] habité ; [face] marqué par le temps

► live-in adjective [housekeeper] à demeure

• live-in lover petit (e) ami(e) m(f) avec qui l'on vit

• live-in partner compagnon m compagne f

► live down separable transitive verb

[+ disgrace] faire oublier (avec le temps)

• you'll never live it down! jamais tu ne feras oublier ça !► live off inseparable transitive verb

   a. [+ person] vivre aux crochets de

   b. [+ fruit, rice] se nourrir de ; [+ money, benefit] vivre avec

• to live off the land vivre des ressources naturelles

► live on

1. intransitive verb

[person] continuer à vivre ; [tradition] survivre

2. inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = feed on) se nourrir de

• you can't live on air (inf) on ne vit pas de l'air du temps

   b. ( = subsist on) to live on $10,000 a year vivre avec 10 000 dollars par an

• we have just enough to live on nous avons juste de quoi vivre

• what does he live on? de quoi vit-il ?

   c. ( = depend financially on) vivre aux crochets de

► live through inseparable transitive verb

( = experience) connaître

• she lived through two world wars elle a connu deux guerres mondiales

► live together intransitive verb

(as man and wife) vivre ensemble ; (as flatmates) partager un appartement

► live up separable transitive verb

• to live it up (inf) ( = have fun) s'éclater (inf)

► live up to inseparable transitive verb

( = be equal to) être à la hauteur de ; ( = be worthy of) répondre à

• to live up to sb's expectations être à la hauteur des attentes de qn

• the holiday didn't live up to expectations les vacances n'ont pas été ce qu'on avait espéré

live² [laɪv]

1. adjective

   a. ( = not dead) vivant

• a real live spaceman un astronaute en chair et en os

   b. ( = not recorded) en direct

• the programme was live cette émission était en direct

• "recorded live" « enregistré en public »

   c. [bullet] réel ; ( = unexploded) non explosé

   d. (with electric current) that's live! c'est branché !

• the switch was live l'interrupteur était mal isolé (et dangereux)

2. adverb

• to play live (on stage) jouer sur scène

• it was broadcast live c'était diffusé en direct

• the match is brought to you live from Dundee le match vous est transmis en direct depuis Dundee

3. compounds

► live wire noun fil m sous tension

• he's a (real) live wire (inf) il a un dynamisme fou ► live yoghurt noun yaourt m aux ferments actifs

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transitive verb ( conduct) vivre [life]

1) ( dwell) [animal] vivre; [person] gen vivre, habiter ( with avec); ( have one's address) habiter

2) ( lead one's life) vivre

3) ( remain alive) gen, fig vivre; ( survive) survivre

4) ( subsist) vivre

5) ( put up with)

6) ( experience life) vivre

•

- live in

- live on

- live out

- live up to

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1) ( not dead) [animal] vivant; [birth] d'un enfant viable

2) Radio, Television [broadcast] en direct; [performance] sur scène; [theatre] vivant; [album] enregistré sur scène

3) ( burning) [coal] ardent

4) ( capable of exploding) [ammunition] réel/réelle; ( unexploded) [shell] nonexplosé

5) Electricity sous tension

adverb Radio, Television [appear, broadcast] en direct

SUBJECT AREA: Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering

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Sir Alfred Ewing was one of the leading engineering academics of his generation. He was the son of a minister in the Free Church of Scotland, and was educated at Dundee High School and Edinburgh University, where he studied engineering under Professor Fleeming Jenkin. On Jenkin's nomination, Ewing was recruited as Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tokyo, where he spent five years from 1878 to 1883. While in Tokyo, he devised an instrument for measuring and recording earthquakes. Ewing returned to his home town of Dundee in 1883, as the first Professor of Engineering at the University College recently established there. After seven years building up the department in Dundee, he moved to Cambridge where he succeeded James Stuart as Professor of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics. In thirteen creative years at Cambridge, he established the Engineering Tripos (1892) and founded the first engineering laboratories at the University (1894). From 1903 to 1917 Ewing served the Admiralty as Director of Naval Education, in which role he took a leading part in the revolution in British naval traditions which equipped the Royal Navy to fight the First World War. In that war, Ewing made an important contribution to the intelligence operation of deciphering enemy wireless messages. In 1916 he returned to Edinburgh as Principal and Vice-Chancellor, and following the war he presided over a period of rapid expansion at the University. He retired in 1929.

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push [pʊʃ]

poussée ⇒ 1 (a) mot d'encouragement ⇒ 1 (b) effort ⇒ 1 (e) pousser ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (d), 3 (a) enfoncer ⇒ 2 (a) appuyer (sur) ⇒ 2 (b), 3 (b) forcer ⇒ 2 (d) prôner ⇒ 2 (e) avancer ⇒ 3 (c)

1 noun

(a) (shove) poussée f;

∎ to give sb/sth a push pousser qn/qch;

∎ the door opens at the push of a button il suffit d'appuyer sur un bouton pour que la porte s'ouvre;

∎ he expects these things to happen at the push of a button il s'attend à ce que ça se fasse sur commande

(b) (encouragement) mot m d'encouragement;

∎ he'll do it, but he needs a little push il le fera, mais il a besoin qu'on le pousse un peu;

∎ he just needs a push in the right direction il a juste besoin qu'on le mette sur la bonne voie

(c) British familiar

∎ to give sb the push (from job) virer qn; (in relationship) plaquer qn;

∎ he got the push (from job) il s'est fait virer; (from relationship) il s'est fait plaquer

(d) familiar (critical moment)

∎ when it comes to the push, when push comes to shove au moment critique ou crucial^□ ;

∎ I can lend you the money if it comes to the push au pire, je pourrai vous prêter l'argent^□ ;

∎ if it comes to the push, he'll choose Sarah not Gillian s'il fallait qu'il choisisse, il prendrait Sarah et pas Gillian^□ ;

∎ at a push à la limite^□ ;

∎ I can do it at a push je peux le faire si c'est vraiment nécessaire^□

(e) (effort) effort m, coup m de collier; (campaign) campagne f;

∎ the final push for the summit le dernier effort pour atteindre le sommet;

∎ to make a push for change lutter pour le changement;

∎ the club's push for promotion les efforts soutenus du club pour être promu;

∎ a sales push une campagne de promotion des ventes;

∎ the push towards protectionism is gathering strength la tendance au protectionnisme se renforce

(f) Military (advance) poussée f;

∎ the platoon made a push to capture the airfield la section a fait une poussée pour s'emparer de l'aérodrome

(g) (drive, dynamism) dynamisme m;

∎ he has a lot of push il est très dynamique

(h) (billiards) coup m queuté

(i) Australian familiar (gang) bande f, clique f

2 transitive verb

(a) (shove, propel) pousser; (thrust) enfoncer;

∎ she pushed the door open/shut elle ouvrit/ferma la porte (en la poussant);

∎ he pushed her onto the chair/into the room il la poussa sur la chaise/(pour la faire entrer) dans la pièce;

∎ to push sb into a corner acculer qn;

∎ to push sb out of the way écarter qn;

∎ don't push (me)! ne (me) poussez pas!, ne (me) bousculez pas!;

∎ a man was pushed out of the window quelqu'un a poussé un homme par la fenêtre;

∎ figurative did he fall or was he pushed? il est tombé ou on l'a poussé?;

∎ did he leave or was he pushed? (from job) il est parti de lui-même ou on l'y a poussé?;

∎ push all that mess under the bed pousse tout ce bazar sous le lit;

∎ he pushed the branches apart il a écarté les branches;

∎ she pushed her way to the bar elle se fraya un chemin jusqu'au bar;

∎ push one tube into the other enfoncez un tube dans l'autre;

∎ he pushed a gun into my ribs il m'enfonça un revolver dans les côtes;

∎ she pushed the cork into the bottle elle enfonça le bouchon dans la bouteille;

∎ he pushed his hands into his pockets il enfonça ses mains dans ses poches;

∎ to push an attack home pousser à fond une attaque;

∎ to push home one's advantage tirer le meilleur parti possible de son avantage

(b) (press → doorbell, pedal, button) appuyer sur

(c) (cause to move in specified direction)

∎ it will push inflation upwards cela va relancer l'inflation;

∎ the crisis is pushing the country towards chaos la crise entraîne le pays vers le chaos;

∎ he is pushing the party to the right il fait glisser le parti vers la droite;

∎ buying the car will push us even further into debt en achetant cette voiture, nous allons nous endetter encore plus;

∎ economic conditions have pushed the peasants off the land les paysans ont été chassés des campagnes par les conditions économiques

(d) (pressurize) pousser; (force) forcer, obliger, contraindre;

∎ to push sb to do sth pousser qn à faire qch;

∎ to push sb into doing sth forcer ou obliger qn à faire qch;

∎ his parents pushed him to become a doctor ses parents l'ont poussé à devenir médecin;

∎ her teacher pushed her in Latin son professeur l'a poussée à travailler en latin;

∎ he needs pushing il faut toujours le pousser;

∎ their coach doesn't push them hard enough leur entraîneur ne les pousse pas assez;

∎ I like to push myself hard j'aime me donner à fond;

∎ he pushed the car to its limits il a poussé la voiture à la limite de ses possibilités;

∎ you're still weak, so don't push yourself tu es encore faible, vas-y doucement;

∎ he won't do it if he's pushed too hard il ne le fera pas si l'on insiste trop;

∎ don't push him too far ne le poussez pas à bout;

∎ I won't be pushed, I need time to think it over! je ne me laisserai pas bousculer, j'ai besoin de temps pour y réfléchir!;

∎ when I pushed her, she admitted it quand j'ai insisté, elle a avoué;

∎ he keeps pushing me for the rent il me relance sans cesse au sujet du loyer;

∎ familiar don't push your luck! n'exagère pas!

(e) (advocate, argue for → idea, method) prôner, préconiser; (promote → product) promouvoir;

∎ he's trying to push his own point of view il essaie d'imposer son point de vue personnel;

∎ the mayor is pushing his town as the best site for the conference le maire présente sa ville comme le meilleur endroit pour tenir la conférence;

∎ the government is pushing the idea of people setting up small businesses le gouvernement favorise la création de petites entreprises;

∎ he's pushing himself as a compromise candidate il se présente comme le candidat du compromis;

∎ there are so many adverts pushing beauty products il y a tellement de publicités pour des produits de beauté

(f) (stretch, exaggerate → argument, case) présenter avec insistance, insister sur;

∎ if we push the comparison a little further si on pousse la comparaison un peu plus loin;

∎ familiar that's pushing it a bit! (going too far) c'est un peu exagéré!;

∎ I'll try to arrive by 7 p.m. but it's pushing it a bit je tâcherai d'arriver à 19 heures, mais ça va être juste^□

(g) familiar (sell → drugs) revendre^□, dealer

(h) familiar (approach) friser;

∎ to be pushing thirty friser la trentaine;

∎ the car was pushing 100 mph ≃ la voiture frisait les 160

(i) Stock Exchange

∎ to push shares placer des valeurs douteuses

3 intransitive verb

(a) (shove) pousser;

∎ to push against sth pousser qch;

∎ no pushing please! ne poussez pas, s'il vous plaît!;

∎ push (on door) poussez;

∎ people were pushing to get in les gens se bousculaient pour entrer;

∎ he pushed through the crowd to the bar il s'est frayé un chemin jusqu'au bar à travers la foule;

∎ somebody pushed past me quelqu'un est passé en me bousculant;

∎ we'll have to get out and push il va falloir descendre pousser

(b) (press → on button, bell, knob) appuyer

(c) (advance) avancer;

∎ the army pushed towards the border l'armée a avancé jusqu'à la frontière;

∎ the country is pushing towards democracy le pays évolue vers la démocratie

(d) (extend → path, fence) s'étendre;

∎ the road pushed deep into the hills la route s'enfonçait dans les collines

►► push button bouton-poussoir m;

Commerce push money prime f au vendeur;

Marketing push strategy stratégie f push;

push stroke (in billiards, snooker) coup m queuté;

Computing push technology technologie f du push de données

➲ push about separable transitive verb

(a) (physically) malmener;

∎ he didn't hit her but he was pushing her about il ne l'a pas frappée mais il la malmenait

(b) familiar (bully) marcher sur les pieds à;

∎ I won't be pushed about! je ne vais pas me laisser marcher sur les pieds!

➲ push ahead intransitive verb

(a) (continue) continuer, persévérer;

∎ to push ahead with the work poursuivre les travaux;

∎ they decided to push ahead with the plans to extend the school ils ont décidé d'activer les projets d'extension de l'école

(b) (advance) avancer, progresser ( with dans);

∎ research is pushing ahead les recherches avancent

➲ push along

1 separable transitive verb

(trolley, pram) pousser (devant soi)

2 intransitive verb

familiar (leave) filer;

∎ I'll be pushing along now bon, il est temps que je file

➲ push around = push about

➲ push aside separable transitive verb

(a) (objects) pousser, écarter

(b) (reject → proposal) écarter, rejeter;

∎ issues which have been pushed aside des questions qui ont été volontairement écartées;

∎ you can't just push aside the problem like that vous ne pouvez pas faire comme si le problème n'existait pas;

∎ I pushed my doubts aside je n'ai pas tenu compte de mes doutes

➲ push away separable transitive verb

repousser;

∎ she pushed my hand away elle repoussa ma main;

∎ he pushed his chair away from the fire il éloigna sa chaise du feu

➲ push back separable transitive verb

(a) (person) repousser (en arrière); (crowd) faire reculer, refouler; (curtains) écarter; (bedclothes) rejeter, repousser;

∎ he pushed me back from the door il m'a éloigné de la porte

(b) (repulse → troops) repousser;

∎ the enemy was pushed back ten miles/to the river l'ennemi a été repoussé d'une quinzaine de kilomètres/jusqu'à la rivière

(c) (postpone) repousser;

∎ the meeting has been pushed back to Friday la réunion a été repoussée à vendredi

➲ push down

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (lever, handle, switch) abaisser; (pedal) appuyer sur;

∎ she pushed the clothes down in the bag elle a tassé les vêtements dans le sac;

∎ he pushed down the lid but it wouldn't shut il a appuyé sur le couvercle mais il ne voulait pas fermer

(b) (knock over) renverser, faire tomber

(c) (prices) faire baisser

2 intransitive verb

(pedal, lever) s'abaisser; (person → on pedal, lever) appuyer (on sur)

➲ push for inseparable transitive verb

(argue for) demander; (campaign for) faire campagne pour;

∎ some ministers were pushing for more monetarist policies certains ministres demandaient une politique plus monétariste;

∎ to push for a 35-hour week demander la semaine de 35 heures;

∎ I'm going to push for a bigger budget je vais faire tout ce qui est en mon pouvoir pour obtenir un budget plus important;

∎ the unions are pushing for 10 percent les syndicats font pression pour obtenir 10 pour cent;

∎ to push for a decision exiger qu'une décision soit prise

➲ push forward

1 separable transitive verb

pousser (en avant);

∎ he was pushed forward by the crowd la foule l'a poussé en avant;

∎ figurative to push oneself forward se mettre en avant, se faire valoir

2 intransitive verb

(a) (advance → person, car) avancer; (→ crowd, herd) se presser en avant

(b) = push ahead

➲ push in

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (drawer) pousser; (electric plug, key) enfoncer, introduire; (disk) insérer; (knife, stake, spade) enfoncer; (button, switch) appuyer sur;

∎ push the button right in appuyer à fond sur le bouton

(b) (person)

∎ they pushed me in the water ils m'ont poussé dans l'eau;

∎ he opened the door and pushed me in il ouvrit la porte et me poussa à l'intérieur

(c) (break down → panel, cardboard) enfoncer;

∎ the door had been pushed in la porte avait été enfoncée

2 intransitive verb

∎ (in queue) to push in ahead of sb doubler qn;

∎ no pushing in! faites la queue!;

∎ she's always pushing in where she's not wanted il faut toujours qu'elle s'immisce ou s'impose là où on ne veut pas d'elle

➲ push off

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (knock off) faire tomber;

∎ they pushed me off the ladder ils m'ont fait tomber de l'échelle;

∎ I pushed him off the chair je l'ai fait tomber de sa chaise

(b) (boat) déborder

(c) (remove) pousser;

∎ push the lid off soulève le couvercle;

∎ they tried to push her (car) off the road ils ont essayé de faire sortir sa voiture de la route;

∎ to push sb off a committee exclure ou écarter qn d'un comité

2 intransitive verb

(a) familiar (go away) filer, mettre les bouts;

∎ time for me to push off il faut que je file;

∎ push off! de l'air!, dégage!

(b) (in boat) pousser au large

➲ push on

1 separable transitive verb

∎ (urge on) to push sb on to do sth pousser ou inciter qn à faire qch

2 intransitive verb

(on journey → set off again) reprendre la route, se remettre en route; (→ continue) poursuivre ou continuer son chemin; (keep working) continuer, persévérer;

∎ let's push on to Dundee poussons jusqu'à Dundee;

∎ they're pushing on with the reforms ils poursuivent leurs efforts pour faire passer les réformes

➲ push out

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (person, object) pousser dehors;

∎ they pushed the car out of the mud ils ont désembourbé la voiture en la poussant;

∎ the bed had been pushed out from the wall le lit avait été écarté du mur;

∎ to push one's way out se frayer un chemin vers la sortie;

∎ to push the boat out déborder l'embarcation; figurative faire la fête

(b) (stick out → hand, leg) tendre

(c) (grow → roots, shoots) faire, produire

(d) (oust) évincer; (dismiss from job) mettre à la porte;

∎ we've been pushed out of the Japanese market nous avons été évincés du marché japonais

(e) familiar (churn out → articles, books) produire à la chaîne^□, pondre en série^□

2 intransitive verb

(appear → roots, leaves) pousser; (→ snowdrops, tulips) pointer

➲ push over separable transitive verb

(a) (pass → across table, floor) pousser;

∎ he pushed the book over to me il poussa le livre vers moi

(b) (knock over) faire tomber, renverser; (from ledge, bridge) pousser, faire tomber;

∎ many cars had been pushed over onto their sides beaucoup de voitures avaient été renversées sur le côté

➲ push through

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (project, decision) faire accepter; (deal) conclure; (bill, budget) réussir à faire voter ou passer

(b) (thrust → needle) passer;

∎ she eventually managed to push her way through (the crowd) elle réussit finalement à se frayer un chemin (à travers la foule)

2 intransitive verb

(car, person) se frayer un chemin; (troops, army) avancer

➲ push to separable transitive verb

(door, drawer) fermer

➲ push up separable transitive verb

(a) (push upwards → handle, lever) remonter, relever; (→ sleeves) remonter, retrousser;

∎ she pushed herself up onto her feet elle se releva;

∎ familiar he's pushing up (the) daisies il mange les pissenlits par la racine

(b) (increase → taxes, sales, demand) augmenter; (→ prices, costs, statistics) faire monter;

∎ the effect will be to push interest rates up cela aura pour effet de faire grimper les taux d'intérêt

send [send] (pt & pp sent [sent])

1 transitive verb

(a) (dispatch → gen) envoyer; (→ by post) envoyer, expédier;

∎ to send sb a letter, to send a letter to sb envoyer une lettre à qn;

∎ he sent (us) word that he would be delayed il (nous) a fait savoir qu'il aurait du retard;

∎ he sent word to say he would be late il a fait dire ou savoir qu'il serait en retard;

∎ she sends her love or regards elle vous envoie ses amitiés;

∎ send them our love embrassez-les pour nous;

∎ send them our best wishes faites-leur nos amitiés;

∎ I sent my luggage by train j'ai fait expédier ou envoyer mes bagages par le train;

∎ to send clothes to the laundry donner du linge à blanchir;

∎ images sent by satellite images transmises par satellite;

∎ to send a message over the radio envoyer un message radio;

∎ it's like manna sent from heaven c'est une véritable aubaine;

∎ what will the future send us? que nous réserve l'avenir?;

∎ we sent help to the refugees nous avons envoyé des secours aux réfugiés;

∎ they sent a car to fetch us ils ont envoyé une voiture nous chercher

(b) (cause to go → person) envoyer;

∎ the government sent an ambassador to Mexico le gouvernement envoya un ambassadeur au Mexique;

∎ I was sent to bed/to my room on m'a envoyé me coucher/dans ma chambre;

∎ to send sb home (from school) renvoyer qn chez lui; (from abroad) rapatrier qn; Industry (lay off) mettre qn en chômage technique;

∎ to send sb to prison envoyer qn en prison;

∎ to send sb to school envoyer qn à l'école;

∎ send the children indoors faites rentrer les enfants;

∎ send him to me envoyez-le moi;

∎ send him to my office dites-lui de venir dans mon bureau, envoyez-le moi;

∎ she sent her daughter for the meat or to get the meat elle a envoyé sa fille chercher la viande;

∎ she sent her brother on an errand/with a message elle a envoyé son frère faire une course/porter un message;

∎ the children were sent to say goodnight on envoya les enfants dire bonsoir;

∎ the dogs were sent after him on lança les chiens à sa poursuite ou à ses trousses;

∎ heavy smoking sent him to an early grave il est mort prématurément parce qu'il fumait trop;

∎ familiar to send sb packing or about his business envoyer promener qn, envoyer qn sur les roses;

∎ figurative don't send a boy to do a man's job il faut que la personne soit à la mesure de la tâche

(c) (propel, cause to move) envoyer;

∎ he sent the ball over the heads of the spectators il envoya le ballon par-dessus la tête des spectateurs;

∎ the collision sent showers of sparks/clouds of smoke into the sky la collision fit jaillir une gerbe d'étincelles/provoqua des nuages de fumée;

∎ it sends a current down the wire il fait passer un courant dans le fil;

∎ the sound sent shivers down my spine le bruit m'a fait froid dans le dos;

∎ I sent the cup flying j'ai envoyé voler la tasse;

∎ the blow sent me flying le coup m'a envoyé rouler par terre;

∎ a gust of wind sent the papers flying across the table un coup de vent balaya les papiers qui se trouvaient sur la table;

∎ a sudden storm sent us all running for shelter un orage soudain nous força à courir nous mettre à l'abri;

∎ the boy sent the marbles rolling across the floor le garçon envoya les billes rouler par terre;

∎ to send profits tumbling faire chuter les bénéfices;

∎ to send prices sky-high faire flamber les prix;

∎ the news sent a murmur of excitement through the hall la nouvelle provoqua un murmure d'agitation dans la salle

(d) (into a specific state) rendre;

∎ the noise is sending me mad or out of my mind le bruit me rend fou;

∎ that sent him into fits of laughter cela l'a fait éclater de rire;

∎ the news sent them into a panic les nouvelles les ont fait paniquer;

∎ to send sb into a rage enrager qn;

∎ to send sb to sleep endormir qn

(e) familiar old-fashioned (thrill) emballer;

∎ his voice really sends me sa voix me fait vraiment craquer

2 intransitive verb

(a) (send word)

∎ he sent to say he couldn't come il nous a fait savoir qu'il ne pouvait pas venir

(b) (for information, equipment)

∎ we sent to Paris for a copy nous avons demandé une copie à Paris

➲ send along separable transitive verb

envoyer;

∎ send him along! envoyez-le-moi

➲ send away

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (letter, parcel) expédier, mettre à la poste;

∎ to send a radio away to be repaired expédier une radio chez le réparateur

(b) (dismiss → person) renvoyer, faire partir;

∎ the children were sent away to school les enfants furent mis en pension

2 intransitive verb

∎ to send away for sth (by post) se faire envoyer qch; (by catalogue) commander qch;

∎ send away for your free copy now demandez maintenant votre exemplaire gratuit

➲ send back separable transitive verb

(return → books, goods, food in restaurant) renvoyer;

∎ send the chocolates back to the shop renvoyez les chocolats au magasin;

∎ we sent her back to fetch a coat or for a coat nous l'avons renvoyée prendre un manteau

➲ send down

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (person, lift) faire descendre, envoyer en bas;

∎ they sent me down to the cellar ils m'ont fait descendre à la cave;

∎ she was sent down to ask if they wanted coffee on l'a envoyée en bas pour demander s'ils voulaient du café

(b) (cause to fall → prices, temperature) faire baisser, provoquer la baisse de

(c) British University (student) expulser, renvoyer

(d) British familiar (to prison) coffrer;

∎ he was sent down for twenty years il a écopé de vingt ans (de prison), il en a pris pour vingt ans

2 intransitive verb

∎ (by message or messenger) to send down for sth (se) faire monter qch

➲ send for inseparable transitive verb

(a) (doctor, taxi) faire venir, appeler; (mother, luggage) faire venir; (police) appeler; (help) envoyer chercher;

∎ we sent for another bottle (in hotel, restaurant) on a demandé une autre bouteille;

∎ we sent for a couple of pizzas (home delivery) nous nous sommes fait livrer deux pizzas

(b) (by post) se faire envoyer; (by catalogue) commander; (catalogue, price list) demander

➲ send forth inseparable transitive verb literary

(a) (army, messenger) envoyer

(b) (produce → leaves) produire; (→ light) produire, émettre; (→ smell) répandre; (→ cry) pousser

(c) American Politics

∎ the Senate has sent forth the bill to the president le Sénat a transmis le projet de loi au président

➲ send in separable transitive verb

(a) (visitor) faire entrer; (troops, police) envoyer

(b) (submit → bill, report, form) envoyer; (→ suggestions, resignation) envoyer, soumettre;

∎ why don't you send your name in for the competition? pourquoi ne pas vous inscrire au concours?;

∎ to send in a request faire une demande;

∎ please send in a written application veuillez envoyer une demande écrite; (for job) veuillez poser votre candidature par écrit

➲ send off

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (by post) expédier, mettre à la poste

(b) (person) envoyer;

∎ I sent him off home/upstairs je l'ai envoyé chez lui/en haut;

∎ they sent us off to bed/to get washed ils nous ont envoyés nous coucher/nous laver;

∎ they are sent off to school every morning on les envoie à l'école tous les matins

(c) Sport expulser

(d) also figurative to send sb off (to sleep) endormir qn

2 intransitive verb

∎ to send off for sth (by post) se faire envoyer qch; (by catalogue) commander qch

➲ send on separable transitive verb

(a) (mail) faire suivre; (luggage) expédier;

∎ to send a message on to sb faire suivre un message à qn;

∎ my luggage was sent on to New York (in advance) on a expédié mes bagages à New York; (by mistake) mes bagages ont été expédiés à New York par erreur;

∎ if you've forgotten anything, we'll send it on si vous avez oublié quelque chose, nous vous le renverrons

(b) (person)

∎ they sent us on ahead or in front ils nous ont envoyés en éclaireurs;

∎ we sent them on to find a hotel nous les avons envoyés en éclaireurs pour trouver un hôtel;

∎ they sent me on to Dundee (further) ils m'ont envoyé jusqu'à Dundee

(c) Sport (player) faire entrer (sur le terrain)

➲ send out

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (by post → invitations) expédier, poster

(b) (messengers, search party) envoyer, dépêcher; (patrol) envoyer; (outside) envoyer dehors;

∎ we sent her out for coffee nous l'avons envoyée chercher du café;

∎ they sent me out to Burma ils m'ont envoyé en Birmanie;

∎ they sent out a car for us ils ont envoyé une voiture nous chercher;

∎ we sent them all out into the garden on les a tous envoyés dans le jardin;

∎ send the children out to play envoyez les enfants jouer dehors

(c) (transmit → message, signal) envoyer;

∎ a call was sent out for Dr Bramley on a fait appeler le Dr Bramley

(d) (produce, give out → leaves) produire; (→ light, heat) émettre, répandre, diffuser; (→ fumes, smoke) répandre;

∎ the chimney/engine sent out billows of smoke la cheminée/le moteur crachait des tourbillons de fumée

2 intransitive verb

∎ to send out for coffee/sandwiches envoyer quelqu'un chercher du café/des sandwiches

➲ send round separable transitive verb

(a) (circulate → petition) faire circuler;

∎ figurative to send the hat round faire la quête

(b) (dispatch → messenger, repairman) envoyer; (→ message) faire parvenir;

∎ they sent a car round ils ont envoyé une voiture;

∎ her mother sent her round to our house for some sugar sa mère l'a envoyée chez nous demander du sucre

➲ send up separable transitive verb

(a) (messenger, luggage, drinks) faire monter; (rocket, flare) lancer; (plane) faire décoller; (smoke) répandre

(b) (raise → price, pressure, temperature) faire monter

(c) British familiar (ridicule) mettre en boîte, se moquer de^□ ; (parody) parodier^□

(d) American familiar (to prison) coffrer

SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy, Ports and shipping

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The son of a merchant of Dundee, Kirkaldy was educated there, then at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, and at Edinburgh University. For a while he worked in his father's office, but with a preference for engineering, in 1843 he commenced an apprenticeship at the Glasgow works of Robert Napier. After four years in the shops he was transferred to the drawing office and in a very few years rose to become Chief. Here Kirkaldy demonstrated a remarkable talent both for the meticulous recording of observations and data and for technical drawing. His work also had an aesthetic appeal and four of his drawings of Napier steamships were shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1855, earning both Napier and Kirkaldy a medal. His "as fitted" set of drawings of the Cunard Liner Persia, which had been built in 1855, is now in the possession of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, London; it is regarded as one of the finest examples of its kind in the world, and has even been exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.

With the impending order for the Royal Naval Ironclad Black Prince (sister ship to HMS Warrior, now preserved at Portsmouth) and for some high-pressure marine boilers and engines, there was need for a close scientific analysis of the physical properties of iron and steel. Kirkaldy, now designated Chief Draughtsman and Calculator, was placed in charge of this work, which included comparisons of puddled steel and wrought iron, using a simple lever-arm testing machine. The tests lasted some three years and resulted in Kirkaldy's most important publication, Experiments on Wrought Iron and Steel (1862, London), which gained him wide recognition for his careful and thorough work. Napier's did not encourage him to continue testing; but realizing the growing importance of materials testing, Kirkaldy resigned from the shipyard in 1861. For the next two and a half years Kirkaldy worked on the design of a massive testing machine that was manufactured in Leeds and installed in premises in London, at The Grove, Southwark.

The works was open for trade in January 1866 and engineers soon began to bring him specimens for testing on the great machine: Joseph Cubitt (son of William Cubitt) brought him samples of the materials for the new Blackfriars Bridge, which was then under construction. Soon The Grove became too cramped and Kirkaldy moved to 99 Southwark Street, reopening in January 1874. In the years that followed, Kirkaldy gained a worldwide reputation for rigorous and meticulous testing and recording of results, coupled with the highest integrity. He numbered the most distinguished engineers of the time among his clients.

After Kirkaldy's death, his son William George, whom he had taken into partnership, carried on the business. When the son died in 1914, his widow took charge until her death in 1938, when the grandson David became proprietor. He sold out to Treharne \& Davies, chemical consultants, in 1965, but the works finally closed in 1974. The future of the premises and the testing machine at first seemed threatened, but that has now been secured and the machine is once more in working order. Over almost one hundred years of trading in South London, the company was involved in many famous enquiries, including the analysis of the iron from the ill-fated Tay Bridge (see Bouch, Sir Thomas).

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SUBJECT AREA: Canals, Civil engineering, Ports and shipping

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Trained as a surveyor in John Rennie's organization, Giles carried out surveys on behalf of Rennie before setting up in practice on his own. His earliest survey seems to have been on the line of the proposed Weald of Kent Canal in 1809. Then in 1811 he surveyed the proposed London \& Cambridge Canal linking Bishops Stortford on the Stort with Cambridge and with a branch to Shefford on the Ivel. In the same year he surveyed the line of the Wey \& Arun Junction Canal, and in 1816, in the same area, the Portsmouth \& Arundel Canal. In 1819 he carried out what is regarded as his first independent commission—the extension of the River Ivel Navigation from Biggleswade to Shefford. At this time he was helping John Rennie on the Aire \& Calder Navigation and continued there after Rennie's death in 1821. In 1825 he was engaged on plans for a London to Portsmouth Ship Canal and also on a suggested link between the Basingstoke and Kennet \& Avon Canals. Later, on behalf of Sir George Duckett, he was Engineer to the Hertford Union Canal, which was completed in 1830, and linked the Regent's Canal to the Lee Navigation. In 1833 he completed the extension of the Sankey Brook Navigation from Fiddler's Ferry to the Mersey at Widnes. One of his last canal works was a survey of the River Lee in 1844. Apart from his canal work, he was appointed Engineer to the Newcastle \& Carlisle Railway in 1829 and designed, among other works, the fine viaducts at Wetheral and Cor by. He was also, for a very short time, Engineer to the London \& Southampton Railway. Among other commissions, he was involved in harbour surveys and works at Dover, Rye, Holyhead, Dundee, Bridport and Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown). He was elected a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1842 and succeeded Telford on the Exchequer Bill Loans Board.

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The third son of a merchant sea captain, he was at first educated in the village school. At the age of 17 he was working under a Mr Larmer, a civil engineer, constructing the Lancaster and Carlisle railway. He later moved to be a resident engineer on the Stockton \& Darlington Railway, and from 1849 was Engineer and Manager of the Edinburgh \& Northern Railway. In this last position he became aware of the great inconvenience caused to traffic by the broad estuaries of the Tay and the Forth on the eastern side of Scotland. The railway later became the Edinburgh, Perth \& Dundee, and was then absorbed into the North British in 1854 when Bouch produced his first plans for a bridge across the Tay at an estimated cost of £200,000. A bill was passed for the building of the bridge in 1870. Prior to this, Bouch had built many bridges up to the Redheugh Viaduct, at Newcastle upon Tyne, which had two spans of 240 ft (73 m) and two of 260 ft (79 m). He had also set up in business on his own. He is said to have designed nearly 300 miles (480 km) of railway in the north, as well as a "floating railway" of steam ferries to carry trains across the Forth and the Tay. The Tay bridge, however, was his favourite project; he had hawked it for some twenty years before getting the go-ahead, and the foundation stone of the bridge was laid on 22 July 1871. The total length of the bridge was nearly two miles (3.2 km), while the shore-to-shore distance over the river was just over one mile (1.6 km). It consisted of eighty-five spans, thirteen of which, i.e. "the high girders", were some 245 ft (75 m) long and 100 ft (30 m) above water level to allow for shipping access to Perth, and was a structure of lattice girders on brick and masonry piers topped with ironwork. The first crossing of the bridge was made on 26 September 1877, and the official opening was on 31 May 1878. On Sunday 28 December 1879, at about 7.20 pm, in a wind of probably 90 mph (145 km/h), the thirteen "high girders" were blown into the river below, drowning the seventy-five passengers and crew aboard the 5.20 train from Burntisland. A Court of Enquiry was held and revealed design faults in that the effect of wind pressure had not been adequately taken into account, faults in manufacture in the plugging of flaws in the castings, and inadequate inspection and maintenance; all of these faults were attributed to Bouch, who had been knighted for the building of the bridge. He died at his house in Moffat four months after the enquiry.

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SUBJECT AREA: Chemical technology

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Spence was first apprenticed to a grocer and then joined his uncle's business. When that failed, he found work in a Dundee gasworks. During his spare time he had been studying chemistry, and in 1834 he established a small chemical works in London, which was none too successful. It was after a move to Burgh, near Carlisle, that his prospects brightened, with an improved method for making alum, a substance much used in the dyeing and textile industries. Spence obtained a patent in 1845 for extracting the substance from alum-containing shale by treating the burned shale and iron pyrites with sulphuric acid. He set up a plant at Pendleton, near Manchester, and enlarged the scale of his operation to become the largest manufacturer of alum in the world. The most profitable product was a crude form of alum known as aluminoferric. This came to be much in demand by the paper industry and in the treatment of sewage, an activity of growing importance in mid-Victorian Britain.

Not all of Spence's ventures met with success; his attempts to exploit the phosphate deposits on the island of Redmonds in the West Indies lost heavily. He was an active citizen of Manchester, with a strongly Nonconformist tendency. He supported the cause against atmospheric pollution, although he himself was successfully prosecuted for pollution from his alum works at Pendleton; that prompted a move to Miles Platting, also near Manchester. In 1900, his firm became part of Laporte Industries Ltd.

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SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping

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Linton came from a north-east Scottish family with shipbuilding connections. After education at Arbuthnott and then Arbroath Academy, he followed his father by becoming an apprentice at the Aberdeen shipyard of Alex Hall in January 1855. Thus must have been an inspiring time for him as the shipyards of Aberdeen were at the start of their rise to world renown. Hall's had just introduced the hollow, lined Aberdeen Bow which heralded the great years of the Aberdeen Clippers. Linton stayed on with Hall's until around 1863, when he joined the Liverpool Under-writers' Register as a ship surveyor; he then worked for similar organizations in different parts of England and Scotland. Early in 1868 Linton joined in partnership with William Dundas Scott and the shipyard of Scott and Linton was opened on the banks of the River Leven, a tributary of the Clyde, at Dumbarton. The operation lasted for about three years until bankruptcy forced closure, the cause being the age-old shipbuilder's problem of high capital investment with slow cash flow. Altogether, nine ships were built, the most remarkable being the record-breaking composite-built clipper ship Cutty Sark. At the time of the closure the tea clipper was in an advanced state of outfitting and was towed across the water to Denny's shipyard for completion. Linton worked for a while with Gourlay Brothers of Dundee, and then with the shipbuilders Oswald Mordaunt, of Woolston near Southampton, before returning to the Montrose area in 1884. His wife died the following year and thereafter Linton gradually reduced his professional commitments.

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SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping

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After the death of his father, Seppings at the age of 14 moved to his uncle's home in Plymouth, where shortly after (1782) he was apprenticed to the Master Shipwright. His indentures were honoured fully by 1789 and he commenced his climb up the professional ladder of the ship construction department of the Royal Dockyards. In 1797 he became Assistant Master Shipwright at Plymouth, and in 1804 he was appointed Master Shipwright at Chatham. In 1813 Sir William Rule, Surveyor to the Navy, retired and the number of surveyors was increased to three, with Seppings being appointed the junior. Later he was to become Surveyor to the Royal Navy, a post he held until his retirement in 1832. Seppings introduced many changes to ship construction in the early part of the nineteenth century. It is likely that the introduction of these innovations required positive and confident management, and their acceptance tells us much about Seppings. The best-known changes were the round bow and stern in men-of-war and the alteration to framing systems.

The Seppings form of diagonal bracing ensured that wooden ships, which are notorious for hogging (i.e. drooping at the bow and stern), were stronger and therefore able to be built with greater length. This change was complemented by modifications to the floors, frames and futtocks (analogous to the ribs of a ship). These developments were to be taken further once iron composite construction (wooden sheathing on iron frames) was adopted in the United Kingdom mid-century.

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SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace, Electronics and information technology, Weapons and armour

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Following education at Brechin High School, Watson-Watt entered University College, Dundee (then a part of the University of St Andrews), obtaining a BSc in engineering in 1912. From 1912 until 1921 he was Assistant to the Professor of Natural Philosophy at St Andrews, but during the First World War he also held various posts in the Meteorological Office. During. this time, in 1916 he proposed the use of cathode ray oscillographs for radio-direction-finding displays. He joined the newly formed Radio Research Station at Slough when it was opened in 1924, and 3 years later, when it amalgamated with the Radio Section of the National Physical Laboratory, he became Superintendent at Slough. At this time he proposed the name "ionosphere" for the ionized layer in the upper atmosphere. With E.V. Appleton and J.F.Herd he developed the "squegger" hard-valve transformer-coupled timebase and with the latter devised a direction-finding radio-goniometer.

In 1933 he was asked to investigate possible aircraft counter-measures. He soon showed that it was impossible to make the wished-for radio "death-ray", but had the idea of using the detection of reflected radio-waves as a means of monitoring the approach of enemy aircraft. With six assistants he developed this idea and constructed an experimental system of radar (RAdio Detection And Ranging) in which arrays of aerials were used to detect the reflected signals and deduce the bearing and height. To realize a practical system, in September 1936 he was appointed Director of the Bawdsey Research Station near Felixstowe and carried out operational studies of radar. The result was that within two years the East Coast of the British Isles was equipped with a network of radar transmitters and receivers working in the 7–14 metre band—the so-called "chain-home" system—which did so much to assist the efficient deployment of RAF Fighter Command against German bombing raids on Britain in the early years of the Second World War.

In 1938 he moved to the Air Ministry as Director of Communications Development, becoming Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry and Ministry of Aircraft Production in 1940, then Deputy Chairman of the War Cabinet Radio Board in 1943. After the war he set up Sir Robert Watson-Watt \& Partners, an industrial consultant firm. He then spent some years in relative retirement in Canada, but returned to Scotland before his death.

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