he never confessed

jamais [ʒamε]

( = un jour, une fois) ever

• avez-vous jamais vu ça ? have you ever seen such a thing?

• c'est le plus grand que j'aie jamais vu it's the biggest I've ever seen

• une symphonie jamais jouée an unperformed symphony

• presque jamais hardly ever

• c'est maintenant ou jamais it's now or never

• jamais deux sans trois ! (choses agréables) good things happen in threes! ; (malheurs) bad things happen in threes!

• à tout jamais for ever

• leur amitié est à jamais compromise their friendship will never be the same again

► ne... jamais ( = à aucun moment) never

• il n'a jamais avoué he never confessed

• n'a-t-il jamais avoué ? didn't he ever confess?

• jamais je n'ai vu un homme si égoïste I've never seen such a selfish man

• il n'est jamais trop tard it's never too late

• il ne lui a jamais plus écrit he's never written to her since

• ça ne fait jamais que deux heures qu'il est parti he hasn't been gone more than two hours (PROV) il ne faut jamais dire jamais never say never► plus jamais never again

• je ne lui ai plus jamais parlé I never spoke to him again

• plus jamais ! never again!► jamais plus ! never again!

► si jamais

• si jamais vous passez par Londres, venez nous voir if ever you're passing through London come and see us

• si jamais tu rates le train, reviens if by any chance you miss the train, come back here

• si jamais tu recommences, gare à toi ! don't ever do that again or you'll be in trouble!► c'est le moment ou jamais it's now or never

• c'est le moment ou jamais d'acheter now is the time to buy► jamais de la vie

• jamais de la vie je n'y retournerai I shall never ever go back there

• viendrez-vous ? -- jamais de la vie ! will you come? -- never!

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1) ( à aucun moment) never

2) ( à tout autre moment) ever

3) ( toujours)

4) ( seulement)

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1) (sens négatif) never

2) (sans négation) ever

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jamais adv

1 ( à aucun moment) never; il n'écrit jamais he never writes; n'écrit-il jamais? doesn't he ever write?; je ne pense pas lui avoir jamais écrit I don't think I have ever written to him; je n'écrirai jamais plus or plus jamais I'll never write again; ce n'est jamais assez/certain it's never enough/certain; jamais plus! never again!; rien n'est jamais certain nothing is ever certain; elle n'est jamais contente she's never satisfied; sans jamais comprendre without ever understanding; sait-on jamais? you never know; c'est du jamais vu! you've never seen anything like it!; jamais de la vie! never!; jamais, au grand jamais, je ne reviendrai I shall never ever return; c'est le moment ou jamais it's now or never; c'est pour lui le moment ou jamais de faire it's a case of now or never if he is to do; ⇒ tard;

2 ( à tout autre moment) ever; plus belle que jamais prettier than ever; plus/moins que jamais more/less than ever; elle est heureuse comme jamais she has never been happier; si jamais tu passes à Oxford, viens me voir if you are ever in Oxford, come and see me; on a ce qu'il faut si jamais il pleut we have everything we need in case it rains;

3 ( toujours) à jamais, à tout jamais forever;

4 ( seulement) ce n'est jamais que it is only; il ne fait jamais que son devoir he is only doing his duty; ça ne fait jamais qu'un problème de plus iron it's just one more problem.

[ʒamɛ] adverbe

1. [sens négatif] never

2. [sens positif] ever

le seul/le plus beau que j'aie jamais vu the only one/the most beautiful I have ever seen

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à jamais locution adverbiale

nous avons à tout jamais perdu l'espoir de le revoir we have lost all hope of ever seeing him again

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pour jamais locution adverbiale

forever

pardonner [paʀdɔne]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

• pardonner (à) qn to forgive sb

• pardonner qch à qn/à qn d'avoir fait qch to forgive sb for sth/for doing sth

• pardonnez-moi de vous avoir dérangé excuse me for disturbing you

• on lui pardonne tout he gets away with everything

• je ne me le pardonnerai jamais I'll never forgive myself

• pardonnez-moi, mais je crois que... excuse me but I think that...

2. intransitive verb

• c'est une erreur qui ne pardonne pas it's a fatal mistake

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1) ( accorder son pardon à) [personne] to forgive [faute, erreur, écart]

2) ( dans une formule de politesse)

verbe intransitif

se pardonner verbe pronominal

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pardonner verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( accorder son pardon à) [personne] to forgive [faute, erreur, écart]; [Dieu] to pardon, to forgive [péché]; pardonner à qn to forgive sb; pardonner qch à qn to forgive sb sth; pardonner à qn d'avoir fait to forgive sb for doing; je voudrais me faire pardonner I'd like to be forgiven;

2 ( dans une formule de politesse) pardonnez-moi, mais je voudrais intervenir excuse me, but I'd like to say something; pardonne-moi ma curiosité excuse my curiosity; pardonne-moi de te déranger I'm sorry if I'm disturbing you; pardonnez-moi si je fais du bruit excuse me if I'm being noisy.

B vi ne pas pardonner to be fatal; une faute pareille ça ne pardonne pas that kind of mistake can be fatal.

C se pardonner vpr [personne] to forgive oneself; je ne me le pardonnerai jamais I'll never forgive myself for that.

faute avouée est à moitié pardonnée Prov a fault confessed is half redressed Prov.

[pardɔne] verbe transitif

1. [oublier - offense] to forgive, to excuse ; [ - péché] to forgive, to pardon

2. [dans des formules de politesse] to forgive, to excuse

pardonnez-moi, mais vous oubliez un détail d'importance excuse me, but you've forgotten an important point

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se pardonner verbe pronominal

je ne me le pardonnerai jamais I'll never forgive myself

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se pardonner verbe pronominal

une traîtrise ne se pardonne pas treachery cannot be forgiven

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se pardonner verbe pronominal

(emploi réciproque) to forgive one another

1 boring, dull, soggy, spiritless.

2 tasteless, dull, flat, flavorless.

3 drab, dull.

bore, boring person.

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► adjetivo

1 (insípido) tasteless; (sin sal) unsalted

2 figurado dull, insipid

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1) flavorless, saltless

2) dull

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1) (Culin) (=insípido) tasteless, insipid; (=sin sal) unsalted

2) (=aburrido, inexpresivo) dull, uninteresting

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- sa adjetivo

a) < comida> ( sin sabor) bland, tasteless

b) <persona/película> boring, dull; < estilo> flat, drab

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= dull, wishy-washy, lifeless, bland, insipid, party pooper, cut and dried [cut and dry], vapid, wet blanket.

Ex. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.

Ex. This is not the way for many wishy-washy persons who have never considered Cutter, probably one of the greatest librarians of his day.

Ex. Despite the proliferation of biographies aimed at young adults which have lavish illustrations, easy-to-read print and attractive layout, most of them are lifeless and mediocre.

Ex. While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.

Ex. Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.

Ex. He is a self-confessed party pooper, he doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs and his only vices are caffeine, fatty foods, and the Internet.

Ex. I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

Ex. Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.

Ex. I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.

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* sosa cáustica = caustic soda.

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- sa adjetivo

a) < comida> ( sin sabor) bland, tasteless

b) <persona/película> boring, dull; < estilo> flat, drab

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1 ‹comida/sopa› (falto de sabor) bland, tasteless

está soso (sin sabor) it's bland o tasteless, it doesn't have much taste o flavor to it; (sin sal) it needs more salt, it doesn't have enough salt in it

2 ‹persona/película› boring, dull

3 ‹estilo› flat, drab

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◊ -sa adjetivo

a) ‹ comida› ( sin sabor) bland, tasteless;

◊ está soso ( sin sabor) it's bland o tasteless;

b) ‹persona/película› boring, dull;

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♦ adj

1. [insípido] bland, tasteless;

esta sopa está sosa this soup needs more salt;

el guiso ha quedado muy soso the stew hasn't got much flavour

2. [sin gracia] dull, insipid

♦ nm,f

dull person, bore

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I adj tasteless, insipid; fig

dull

II m, sosa f stick-in-the-mud fam

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soso, -sa adj

1) insípido: bland, flavorless

2) aburrido: dull, boring

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soso adj

1. (sin gusto) bland / tasteless

Si le faltase sal se diría this soup needs more salt

2. dull / boring

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(geng; gekk, gengum; genginn), v.

1) to walk (reið jarl, en Karkr gekk);

2) to go;

ganga heim, to go home;

ganga braut, to go away;

ganga til hvílu, to go to bed;

ganga á skip, to go on board;

ganga af skipi, to go ashore;

with infin., ganga sofa or at sofa, to go to sleep;

ganga at eiga konu, to marry a woman;

3) to go about grazing, to graze (kálfrinn gekk í túni um sumarit);

4) of a ship, to run, sail (gekk skipit brátt út á haf);

5) to stretch out, extend, project (nes mikit gekk í sæ út);

6) of report, tales, to be current (litlar sögur megu ganga af hesti mínum);

7) to prevail;

gekk þaðan af í Englandi Valska, thereafter the French tongue prevailed in E.;

8) of money, to be current (peningar þeir, sem nú ganga);

of laws, to be valid (þau lög, er gengu á Uppsalaþingi);

of sickness, plague, famine, to rage (þá gekk landfarsótt, drepsótt, hallæri);

9) to go on, last (gnustu þá saman vápnin, ok gekk þat um hríð);

impers., gekk því lengi, so it went on for a long while;

10) láta ganga e-t, to let go on;

láta höggin ganga, to rain blows;

Birkibeinar létu ganga lúðrana, blew the trumpets vigorously;

11) to succeed;

ef þat gengr eigi, if that will not do;

impers., svá þykt, at þeim gekk þar eigi at fara, so close, that they could not go on there;

þeim gekk ekki fyrir nesit, they could not clear the ness;

12) to turn out, go in a specified way;

ganga andæris, to go all wrong;

mart gengr verr en varir, many a thing goes worse than is looked for;

gekk þeim lítt atsókinn, they made little progress with the attack;

impers., e-m gengr vel (illa), one fares (goes on, gets on) well (badly);

13) with acc., ganga e-n á bak, to force one to go backwards (harm gengr bjöninn á bak);

14) with dat., to discharge (gekk bann þá blóði);

15) with preps. and adverbs:

ganga af e-u, to depart from, leave (þá gekk af honum móðrinn);

ganga af vitinu, to go out of one’s wits;

ganga af trú sinni, to apostatize;

to pass (síðan gengu af páskarnir);

to go off (gekk þegar af höfuðit);

to be left as surplus (þat er af skuldinni gekk);

nú gengr honum hey af, now he has some hay left;

ganga af sér, to go to extremities, to go beyond oneself (mjök ganga þeir fóstbrœðr nú af sé);

ganga aptr, to revert (return) to the former proprietor (síðan gengu þau lönd aptr undir Árna);

to be void, annulled (þá skal kaup aptr ganga);

of a ghost, to walk again; of a door, to close, shut (gekk eigi aptr hurðin);

ganga at e-m, to attack one;

ganga at e-u, to agree to, accept a choice or offer (Flosi gekk fljótt at þessu öllu); to fit (skaltu fá mér lukla þá, sem ganga at kistum yðrum);

ganga á e-t, to encroach upon (ganga á ríki e-s); to break (ganga á orð sín, eiða, grið, sættir, trygðir); to pierce, penetrate;

hann var í panzara, er ekki gekk á, that was proof against any weapons;

ganga á vald e-s or e-m, ganga á hönd (hendr) e-m, to submit to, give oneself up to, surrender to one;

ganga á bak e-u, to contravene;

ganga eptir e-u, to go for, go to fetch (göngum heim eptir verðinu); to pursue, claim;

ganga eptir, to prove true, be fulfilled (þetta gekk allt eptir, sem M. sagði fyrir);

ganga frá e-u, to part with, lose (sumir munu ganga frá öllu fénu);

ganga fram, to step forward;

ganga fram vel, to go forward bravely, in a battle;

to come to pass, come into execution (skal þess bíða, er þetta gengr fram);

to increase (fé Hall gerðar gekk fram ok gørðist allmikit);

to depart this life (H. bóndi gengr fram til frænda sinna);

ganga fyrir e-n, to present oneself before one (ganga fyrir konung);

ganga fyrir e-u, to take charge of, manage (var þar mart fólk, en húsbóndi gekk svá fyrir, at ekkert skorti); to yield to, be swayed by (hann gekk þá fyrir fortölum hennar);

ganga í gegn e-m, to set oneself against one;

ganga í gegn e-u, to confess, acknowledge;

maðr gengr í gegn, at á braut kveðst tekit hafa, the man confessed and said that he had taken it away;

ganga í mál, to undertake a case;

ganga með e-m (of a woman), to marry;

ganga með barni, to be with child;

ganga með burði (of animals), to be with young;

ganga með e-u, to assist in, plead (ganga með máli, bónorði);

ganga milli (á m., í m.), to go between, intercede;

ganga móti (á m., í m.) e-m, to go to meet one;

ganga móti e-u, to resist, oppose;

to confess, = ganga í gegn, ganga við e-u;

ganga nær e-m, to be troublesome to one (þótti hón œrit nær ganga Þórgerði);

ganga e-m nær, to approach, come near to one (sá hefir á brott komizt, er næst gekk Gunnari um alla hluti);

ganga saman, to marry;

of an agreement, bargain, to be brought about;

saman gekk kaupit með þeim, they came to a bargain;

ganga sundr (í s.), to go asunder, part;

ganga til, to go up to a thing (gangit til ok hyggit at); of the wind, to veer (veðrit gekk til útsuðrs);

e-m gengr e-t til e-s, one has some reason for doing a thing;

en þat gekk mér til þess (that was my reason), at ek ann þér eigi;

hversu hefir ykkr til gengit, how have you fared?

Loka gekk lítt til, it fared ill with L.;

ganga um e-t, to go about a thing;

ganga um beina, to wait upon guests;

ganga um sættir, to go between, as peacemaker;

ganga um e-n, to befall, happen to one (þess, er um margan gengr guma); of the wind, to go round, veer (gekk um veðrit ok styrmdi at þeim); to manage (fékk hón svá um gengit, at);

ganga undan, to escape to absent oneself;

g. undir e-t, to take upon oneself, undertake (a duty);

ganga undir e-n, to subject oneself to;

ganga upp, to be wasted (of money);

to get loose, to he torn loose (þeir glímdu svá at upp gengu stokkar allir á húsinu);

of a storm, gale, to get up, rise (veðr gekk upp);

of an ice-bound river, áin var gengin upp, swollen with ice;

ganga við staf, to walk with a stick;

ganga við e-u or e-t, to avow;

ganga yfir e-t, to go beyond, disregard (hann vildi eigi ganga yfir þat, er hann vissi réttast);

ganga yfir e-n, to overcome, to befall, happen to one;

slíkt sem yfir hefir gengit, all that has happened;

eitt skal yfir okkr ganga, we shall share one fate;

16) refl., gangast.

1) walking (hann mœddist í göngu);

vera í göngu, to be on foot, to walk;

2) course (ganga tungls, vinds).

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pret. gekk or gékk, 2nd pers. gékkt, mod. gékst; pl. gengu, geingu, or géngu, and an old poët. gingu; gengengu in Vsp. 12 is a mere misspelling (vide Sæm. Möb. 258); pres. geng, pl. göngum; pret. subj. gengi (geingi); imperat. gakk and gakktú; with the neg. suffix geng-at, gengr-at, gékk-at, gakk-attu, passim; a middle form göngumk firr, go from me, Gm. 1: a contracted form gá occurs now and then in mod. hymns; it is not vernacular but borrowed from Germ. and Dan.: [cp. Ulf. gaggan; A. S. and Hel. gangan; Scot. and North. E. gang, mod. Engl. go; Dan.-Swed. gange or gå; Germ. gehen; Ivar Aasen ganga: Icel., Scots, and Norsemen have preserved the old ng, which in Germ. and Swed.-Dan. only remains in poetry or in a special sense, e. g. in Germ. compds.]

A. To go:

I. to walk; reið jarl en Karkr gékk, Fms. i. 210, Rm. 1, 2, 6, 14, 23, 24, 30, Edda 10, Grág. ii. 95, passim; ganga leiðar sinnar, to go one’s way, Fms. x. 290, Krók. 26: adding acc., g. alla leið, Fms. xi. 202, 299; g. berg, to climb a cliff; g. afréttar, to search the fell-pastures (fjallganga), Háv. 39; also g. ( to climb) í fjall, í kletta, Fms. x. 313: Icel. also say, ganga skó og sokka, to wear out shoes and socks; hann gékk tvenna skó; ganga berserks gang, q. v.

β. absol. to go a-begging, Grág. i. 226, 232, Ísl. ii. 25; ganga vergang, húsgang, id. (göngumaðr).

II. adding adverbs, infinitives, adjectives, or the like,

α. an adverb denoting direction; g. út ok inn, Vkv. 4, Lv. 26; g. inn, Fms. i. 16, vi. 33; g. út, to go out, Lat. exire, Nj. 194; g. aptr, to return, Fms. x. 352; g. fram, to step forward, Hm. 1, Eg. 165; g. upp, to go up, ashore; g. ofan, niðr, to go down; g. heiman, 199; g. heim, to go home; gakk hingat, come hither! 488; g. móti, í gegn e-m, to go against, to meet one; g. braut, to go away; g. til e-s, or at e-m, to go to one; g. frá e-m, to leave one; g. með e-m, to go with one; g. hjá, to pass by; g. saman, to go together; g. yfir, to go over; g. gegnum, to go through; g. undir, to go under; g. undan, fyrir, to go before; g. eptir, to go behind; g. um, to rove, stroll about, and so on passim; g. í sæti, to go to one’s seat, take a seat, Eg. 551; g. til hvílu, to go to bed, Nj. 201; g. til matar, to go to dinner, Sturl. iii. 111, Eg. 483; g. til vinnu, verks, to go to one’s work, cp. Hm. 58; g. í kirkju, to go to church, Rb. 82; g. á fjall, to go on the fells, Hrafn. 34; g. á skip, to go on board, Fms. x. 10; g. af skipi, to go ashore.

β. with infin., in old poems often dropping ‘at;’ ganga sofa, to go to sleep, Fm. 27; g. at sofa, Hm. 19; g. vega, to go to fight, Vsp. 56, Ls. 15; g. at eiga konu, to go to be married, Grág. i. 318.

γ. with an adj.; g. hræddr, to be afraid; g. úviss, to be in ignorance, etc., Fms. vii. 271, Sks. 250, 688.

2. in a more special sense; g. til einvígis, bardaga, to go to a duel, battle, Nj. 64; g. á hólm (hólmganga), Eg. 504, 506; g. á eintal, Nj. 103; g. til máls við e-n, to speak to one, Eg. 199, 764; g. í glímu, to go a-wrestling, Ísl. ii. 246; g. á fang, id., Ld. 206; g. í danz, to go a-dancing; g. til skripta, to go to shrift, Hom. 157; g. at brúðkaupi, to go to be married, Fms. vii. 278; g. í skóla, klaustr, to go to school, go into a cloister (as an inmate), (hence skóla-genginn, a school-man, scholar), Bs. passim; g. í þjónustu, to take service, Nj. 268; g. í lið með e-m, to enter one’s party, side with one, 100; g. í lög, to enter a league with one; g. ór lögum, to go out of a league, passim; g. í félag, ór félagi, id.; g. á mala, to take service as a soldier, 121; g. á hönd, g. til handa, to submit to one as a liegeman, surrender, Eg. 19, 33, Ó. H. 184, Fms. vii. 180; g. á vald e-m, to give oneself up, Nj. 267; g. á hendr e-m, to encroach upon, Ver. 56; g. í skuld, to bail, Grág. i. 232, Dipl. ii. 12; g. í trúnað, to warrant, Fms. xi. 356; g. til trygða, Nj. 166, and g. til griða, to accept truce, surrender, Fas. ii. 556; g. í mál, to enter, undertake a case, Nj. 31; g. í ánauð, to go into bondage, Eg. 8; g. til lands, jarðar, ríkis, arfs, to take possession of …, 118, Stj. 380, Grág., Fms. passim; g. til fréttar, to go to an oracle, take auspices, 625. 89; g. til Heljar, a phrase for to die, Fms. x. 414; g. nær, to go nigh, go close to, press hard on, Ld. 146, 322, Fms. xi. 240 (where reflex.); var sá viðr bæði mikill og góðr því at Þorkell gékk nær, Th. kept a close eye on it, Ld. 316.

B. Joined with prepp. and adverbs in a metaph. sense:—g. af, to depart from, go off; þá gékk af honum móðrinn ok sefaðisk hann, Edda 28; þá er af honum gékk hamremin, Eg. 125, Eb. 136, Stj. 118; g. af sér, to go out of or beyond oneself; mjök g. þeir svari-bræðr nú af sér, Fbr. 32; í móti Búa er hann gengr af sér ( rages) sem mest, Fb. i. 193; þá gékk mest af sér ranglæti manna um álnir, Bs. i. 135: so in the mod. phrases, g. fram af sér, to overstrain oneself; and g. af sér, to fall off, decay: to forsake, g. af trú, to apostatize, Fms. ii. 213; g. af vitinu, to go out of one’s wits, go mad, Post. 656 C. 31; g. af Guðs boðorðum, Stj. passim: to pass. Páskar g. af, Ld. 200: to be left as surplus (afgangr), Rb. 122, Grág. i. 411, K. Þ. K. 92:—g. aptr, to walk again, of a ghost (aptrganga), Ld. 58, Eb. 278, Fs. 131, 141, passim; and absol., g. um híbýli, to hunt, Landn. 107: to go back, be void, of a bargain, Gþl. 491:—g. at e-m, to go at, attack, Nj. 80, 160: to press on, Grág. i. 51, Dipl. ii. 19 (atgangr): g. at e-u, to accept a choice, Nj. 256; g. at máli, to assist, help, 207: to fit, of a key, lykla þá sem g. at kístum yðrum, Finnb. 234, Fbr. 46 new Ed., N. G. L. i. 383: medic. to ail, e-ð gengr at e-m; ok gengr at barni, and if the bairn ails, 340, freq. in mod. usage of ailment, grief, etc.:—g. á e-t, to go against, encroach upon; ganga á ríki e-s, Fms. i. 2; g. upp á, to tread upon, vii. 166; hverr maðr er ólofat gengr á mál þeirra, who trespasses against their measure, Grág. i. 3: to break, g. á orð, eiða, sættir, trygðir, grið, Finnb. 311, Fms. i. 189, Ld. 234; g. á bak e-u, to contravene, Ísl. ii. 382; ganga á, to go on with a thing, Grág. ii. 363; hence the mod. phrase, mikið gengr á, much going on; hvað gengr á, what is going on? það er farið að g. á það (of a task or work or of stores), it is far advanced, not much left:—g. eptir, to go after, pursue, claim (eptirgangr), Nj. 154, Þórð. 67, Fms. vii. 5; g. eptir e-m, to humour one who is cross, in the phrase, g. eptir e-m með grasið í skónum; vertu ekki að g. eptir stráknum; hann vill láta g. eptir ser (of a spoilt boy, cross fellow): to prove true, follow, hón mælti mart, en þó gékk þat sumt eptir, Nj. 194; eptir gékk þat er mér bauð hugr um, Eg. 21, Fms. x. 211:—g. fram, to go on well in a battle, Nj. 102, 235, Háv. 57 (framgangr): to speed, Nj. 150, Fms. xi. 427: to grow, increase (of stock), fé Hallgerðar gékk fram ok varð allmikit, Nj. 22; en er fram gékk mjök kvikfé Skallagríms, Eg. 136, Vígl. 38: to come to pass, skal þess bíða er þetta gengr fram, Nj. 102, Fms. xi. 22: to die, x. 422:—g. frá, to leave (a work) so and so; g. vel frá, to make good work; g. ílla frá, to make bad work; það er ílla frá því gengið, it is badly done:—g. fyrir, to go before, to yield to, to be swayed by a thing; heldr nú við hót, en ekki geng ek fyrir slíku, Fms. i. 305; þó at vér gangim heldr fyrir blíðu en stríðu, ii. 34, Fb. i. 378, Hom. 68; hvárki gékk hann fyrir blíðyrðum né ógnarmálum, Fms. x. 292; hann gékk þá fyrir fortülum hennar, Bs. i. 742: in mod. usage reflex., gangast fyrir íllu, góðu: to give away, tók hann þá at ganga fyrir, Fb. i. 530: Icel. now say, reflex., gangast fyrir, to fall off, from age or the like (vide fyrirgengiligr): to prevent, skal honum þá eigi fyrnska fyrir g., N. G. L. i. 249; þá er hann sekr þrem mörkum nema nauðsyn gangi fyrir, 14; at þeim gangi lögleg forföll fyrir, Gþl. 12:—g. í gegn, to go against, to meet, in mod. usage to deny, and so it seems to be in Gþl. 156; otherwise in old writers it always means the reverse, viz. to avow, confess; maðr gengr í gegn, at á braut kveðsk tekit hafa, the man confessed and said that he had taken it away, Ísl. ii. 331; ef maðr gengr í gegn legorðinu, Grág. i. 340; sá goði er í gegn gékk ( who acknowledged) þingfesti hans, 20; hann iðraðisk úráðs síns, ok gékk í gegn at hann hefði saklausan selt herra sinn, Sks. 584,—this agrees with the parallel phrase, g. við e-t, mod. g. við e-u, to confess, both in old and mod. usage, id.:—g. hjá, to pass by, to waive a thing, Fms. vi. 168:—g. með, to go with one, to wed, marry (only used of a woman, like Lat. nubere), þú hefir þvert tekit at g. með mér, Ld. 262, Sd. 170, Grág. i. 178, Þiðr. 209, Gkv. 2. 27, Fms. xi. 5: medic., g. með barni, to go with child, i. 57; with acc. (barn), Bs. i. 790, and so in mod. usage; a mother says, sama sumarið sem eg gékk með hann (hana) N. N., (meðgöngutími); but dat. in the phrase, vera með barni, to be with child; g. með burði, of animals, Sks. 50, Stj. 70; g. með máli, to assist, plead, Eg. 523, Fms. xi. 105, Eb. 210; g. með e-u, to confess [Dan. medgaae], Stj., but rare and not vernacular:—g. milli, to go between, intercede, esp. as a peacemaker, passim (milli-ganga, meðal-ganga):—g. í móti, to resist, Nj. 90, 159, 171: of the tide, en þar gékk í móti útfalls-straumr, Eg. 600:—g. saman, to go together, marry, Grág. i. 324, Fms. xi. 77: of a bargain, agreement, við þetta gékk saman sættin, Nj. 250; saman gékk kaupit með þeim, 259:—g. sundr, to go asunder, part, and of a bargain, to be broken off, passim:—g. til, to step out, come along; gangit til, ok blótið, 623. 59; gangit til, ok hyggit at, landsmenn, Fms. iv. 282: to offer oneself, to volunteer, Bs. i. 23, 24: the phrase, e-m gengr e-ð til e-s, to purpose, intend; en þat gékk mér til þess ( that was my reason) at ek ann þér eigi, etc., Ísl. ii. 269; sagði, at honum gékk ekki ótrúnaðr til þessa, Fms. x. 39; gékk Flosa þat til, at …, Nj. 178; gengr mér meirr þat til, at ek vilda firra vini mína vandræðum, Fms. ii. 171; mælgi gengr mér til, ‘tis that I have spoken too freely, Orkn. 469, Fms. vi. 373, vii. 258: to fare, hversu hefir ykkr til gengið, how have you fared? Grett. 48 new Ed.; Loka gékk lítt til, it fared ill with L., Fb. i. 276: mod., þat gékk svá til, it so happened, but not freq., as bera við is better, (tilgangr, intention):—g. um e-t, to go about a thing; g. um sættir, to go between, as peacemaker, Fms. v. 156; g. um beina, to attend guests, Nj. 50, passim: to manage, fékk hón svá um gengit, Grett. 197 new Ed.; hversu þér genguð um mitt góðs, 206: to spread over, in the phrase, má þat er um margan gengr; þess er um margan gengr guma, Hm. 93: to veer, go round, of the wind, gékk um veðrit ok styrmdi at þeim, the wind went round and a gale met them, Bs. i. 775:—g. undan, to go before, escape, Ver. 15, Fms. vii. 217, Blas. 49: to be lost, wasted, jafnmikit sem undan gékk af hans vanrækt, Gþl. 338: to absent oneself, eggjuðusk ok báðu engan undan g., Fms. x. 238:—g. undir, to undertake a duty, freq.: to set, of the sun, Rb. 468, Vígl. (in a verse): to go into one’s possession, power, Fms. vii. 207;—g. upp, to be wasted, of money, Fær. 39, Fms. ix. 354: of stones or earth-bound things, to get loose, be torn loose, þeir glímdu svá at upp gengu stokkar allir í húsinu, Landn. 185; flest gékk upp þat sem fyrir þeim varð, Háv. 40, Finnb. 248; ok gékk ór garðinum upp ( was rent loose) garðtorfa frosin, Eb. 190: to rise, yield, when summoned, Sturl. iii. 236: of a storm, gale, to get up, rise, veðr gékk upp at eins, Grett. 94, Bárð. 169; gengr upp stormr hinn sami, Bs. ii. 50: of an ice-bound river, to swell, áin var ákafliga mikil, vóru höfuðísar at báðum-megin, en gengin upp ( swoln with ice) eptir miðju, Ld. 46, Fbr. 20 new Ed., Bjarn. 52; vötnin upp gengin, Fbr. 114; áin var gengin upp ok íll yfirferðar, Grett. 134:—g. við, in the phrase, g. við staf, to go with a staff, rest on it: with dat., g. við e-u, to avow (vide ganga í gegn above):—g. yfir, to spread, prevail, áðr Kristnin gengi yfir, Fms. x. 273; hétu á heiðin goð til þess at þau léti eigi Kristnina g. yfir landit, Bs. i. 23: the phrase, láta eitt g. yfir báða, to let one fate go over both, to stand by one another for weal and woe; hefi ek því heitið honum at eitt skyldi g. yfir okkr bæði, Nj. 193, 201, 204, Gullþ. 8: so in the saying, má þat er yfir margan gengr, a common evil is easier to bear, Fbr. 45 new Ed. (vide um above); muntu nú verða at segja slíkt sem yfir hefir gengið, all that has happened, Fms. xi. 240; þess gengr ekki yfir þá at þeir vili þeim lengr þjóna, they will no longer serve them, come what may, Orkn. 84: to overrun, tyrannize over, þeir vóru ójafnaðar menn ok ganga þar yfir alla menn, Fms. x. 198 (yfirgangr): to transgress, Hom. 109: to overcome, þótti öllum mönnum sem hann mundi yfir allt g., Fms. vii. 326: a naut. term, to dash over, as spray, áfall svá mikit at yfir gékk þegar skipit, Bs. i. 422; hence the metaph. phrase, g. yfir e-n, to be astonished; það gengr yfir mig, it goes above me, I am astonished.

C. Used singly, of various things:

1. of cattle, horses, to graze (haga-gangr); segja menn at svín hans gengi á Svínanesi, en sauðir á Hjarðarnesi, Landn. 124, Eg. 711; kálfrinn óx skjótt ok gékk í túni um sumarit, Eb. 320; Freyfaxi gengr í dalnum fram, Hrafn. 6; þar var vanr at g. hafr um túnit, Nj. 62; þar var til grass (görs) at g., Ld. 96, Grág. passim; gangandi gripr, cattle, beasts, Bjarn. 22; ganganda fé, id., Sturl. i. 83, Band. 2, Ísl. ii. 401.

2. of shoals of fish, to go up, in a river or the like (fiski-ganga, -gengd); vötn er netnæmir fiskar g. í, Grág. i. 149; til landauðnar horfði í Ísafirði áðr fiskr gékk upp á Kvíarmiði, Sturl. ii. 177; fiskr er genginn inn ór álum, Bb. 3. 52.

3. of the sun, stars, vide B. above, (sólar-gangr hæstr, lengstr, and lægstr skemstr = the longest and shortest day); áðr sól gangi af Þingvelli, Grág. i. 24; því at þar gékk eigi sól af um skamdegi, Landn. 140, Rb. passim:—of a thunder-storm, þar gékk reiði-duna með eldingu, Fb. iii. 174:—of the tide, stream, water, vide B. above, eða gangi at vötn eða skriður, K. Þ. K. 78.

4. of a ship, gékk þá skipit mikit, Eg. 390, Fms. vi. 249; létu svá g. suðr fyrir landit, Eg. 78; lét svá g. suðr allt þar til er hann sigldi í Englands-haf, Ó. H. 149; réru nótt ok dag sem g. mátti, Eg. 88; gékk skipit brátt út á haf, Ó. H. 136.

β. to pass; kvað engi skip skyldi g. (go, pass) til Íslands þat sumar, Ld. 18.

II. metaph. to run out, stretch out, project, of a landscape or the like; gengr haf fyrir vestan ok þar af firðir stórir, Eg. 57; g. höf stór ór útsjánum inn í jörðina; haf (the Mediterranean) gengr af Njörva-sundum (the Straits of Gibraltar), Hkr. i. 5; nes mikit gékk í sæ út, Eg. 129, Nj. 261; í gegnum Danmörk gengr sjór (the Baltic) í Austrveg, A. A. 288; fyrir austan hafs-botn þann (Bothnia) er gengr til móts við Gandvík (the White Sea), Orkn. begin.: frá Bjarmalandi g. lönd til úbygða, A. A. 289; Europa gengr allt til endimarka Hispaniae, Stj. 83; öllum megin gengr at henni haf ok kringir um hana, 85; þessi þinghá gékk upp ( extended) um Skriðudal, Hrafn. 24: of houses, af fjósi gékk forskáli, Dropl. 28.

2. to spread, branch out; en af því tungurnar eru ólíkar hvár annarri, þær þegar, er ór einni ok hinni sömu hafa gengit eða greinzt, þá þarf ólíka stafi í at hafa, Skálda (Thorodd) 160: of a narrative, gengr þessi saga mest af Sverri konungi, this story goes forth from him, i. e. relates to, tells of him, Fb. ii. 533; litlar sögur megu g. af hesti mínum, Nj. 90; um fram alla menn Norræna þá er sögur g. frá, Fms. i. 81.

III. to take the lead, prevail; gékk þaðan af í Englandi Valska, thereafter (i. e. after the Conquest) the Welsh tongue prevailed in England, Ísl. ii. 221; ok þar allt sem Dönsk tunga gengi, Fms. xi. 19; meðan Dönsk tunga gengr, x. 179:—of money, to be current, hundrað aura þá er þá gengu í gjöld, Dropl. 16; eigi skulu álnar g. aðrar en þessar, Grág. i. 498; í þenna tíð gékk hér silfr í allar stórskuldir, 500, Fms. viii. 270; eptir því sem gengr ( the course) flestra manna í millum, Gþl. 352:—of laws, to be valid, ok var nær sem sín lög gengi í hverju fylki, Fms. iv. 18; Óðinn setti lög í landi sínu þau er gengit höfðu fyrr með Ásum, Hkr. i. 13; þeirra laga er gengu á Uppsala-þingi, Ó. H. 86; hér hefir Kristindóms-bálk þann er g. skal, N. G. L. i. 339; sá siðr er þá gékk, Fb. i. 71, (vide ganga yfir):—of sickness, plague, famine, to rage, þá gékk landfarsótt, bóla, drepsótt, hallæri, freq.; also impers., gékk því hallæri um allt Ísland, Bs. i. 184; mikit hallæri ok hart gékk yfir fólkið, 486, v. l.; gékk sóttin um haustið fyrir sunnan land; þá gékk mest plágan fyrri, Ann. 1402, 1403.

IV. to go on, last, in a bad sense, of an evil; tókst síðan bardagi, ok er hann hafði gengit um hríð, Fs. 48: impers., hefir þessu gengit ( it has gone on) marga manns-aldra, Fms. i. 282; gékk því lengi, so it went on a long while, Grett. 79 new Ed.; gékk þessu enn til dags, Nj. 272; ok gékk því um hríð, 201; ok gékk því allan þann dag, Fms. vii. 147; lát því g. í allt sumar, xi. 57; gengr þessu þar til er …, Fb. i. 258.

V. denoting violence; létu g. bæði grjót ok vápn, Eg. 261; létu þá hvárir-tveggju g. allt þat er til vápna höfðu, Fms. ix. 44; láta höggin g., to let it rain blows, Úlf. 12. 40; háðung, spottyrði, hróp ok brigzl hver lét með öðrum g. á víxl, Pass. 14. 3, (vápna-gangr); Birkibeinar róa þá eptir, ok létu g. lúðrana, and sounded violently the alarum, Fms. ix. 50, (lúðra-gangr); láta dæluna g., to pour out bad language, vide dæla.

VI. to be able to go on, to go, partly impers.; ef þat gengr eigi, if that will not do, Fms. vi. 284; svá þykt at þeim gékk þar ekki at fara, they stood so close that they could not proceed there, Nj. 247; þá nam þar við, gékk þá eigi lengra, there was a stop; then it could go no farther, Fms. xi. 278; leiddu þeir skipit upp eptir ánni, svá sem gékk, as far as the ship could go, as far as the river was navigable, Eg. 127: esp. as a naut. term, impers., e. g. þeim gékk ekki fyrir nesið, they could not clear the ness; þá gengr eigi lengra, ok fella þeir þá seglið, Bs. i. 423; at vestr gengi um Langanes, 485, v. l.

VII. with adverbs; g. létt, fljótt, to go smoothly; g. þungt, seint, to go slowly; oss munu öll vápna-viðskipti þungt g. við þá, Nj. 201; þungt g. oss nú málaferlin, 181; gékk þeim lítt atsóknin, Stj. 385; at þeim feðgum hefði þá allir hlutir léttast gengit, Bs. i. 274; seint gengr, Þórir, greizlan, Ó. H. 149; g. betr, verr, to get the better, the worse; gékk Ribbungum betr í fyrstu, Fms. ix. 313; gengu ekki mjök kaupin, the bargain did not go well, Nj. 157, cp. ganga til (B. above):—to turn out, hversu g. mundi orrostan, 273; gékk þá allt eptir því sem Hallr hafði sagt, 256; ef kviðir g. í hag sækjanda, if the verdict goes for the plaintiff, Grág. i. 87; þótti þetta mál hafa gengit at óskum, Dropl. 14; mart gengr verr en varir, a saying, Hm. 39; þykir honum nú at sýnu g. ( it seems to him evident) at hann hafi rétt hugsað, Fms. xi. 437; g. andæris, to go all wrong, Am. 14; g. misgöngum, to go amiss, Grág. i. 435; g. e-m í tauma, to turn false ( crooked); þat mun mér lítt í tauma g. er Rútr segir, Nj. 20; g. ofgangi, to go too high, Fms. vii. 269.

VIII. of a blow or the like; hafði gengit upp á miðjan fetann, the axe went in up to the middle of the blade, Nj. 209; gékk þegar á hol, 60; gékk í gegnum skjöldinn, 245, Fb. i. 530.

IX. of law; láta próf g., to make an enquiry; láta vátta g., to take evidence, D. N.

X. to be gone, be lost; gékk hér með holdit niðr at beini, the flesh was torn off, Fb. i. 530: esp. in pass. part. genginn, dead, gone, eptir genginn guma, Hm. 71; moldar-genginn, buried, Sl. 60; hel-genginn, 68; afli genginn, gone from strength, i. e. powerless, Skv. 3. 13.

β. gone, past; gengið er nú það görðist fyr, a ditty; mér er gengið heimsins hjól, gone for me is the world’s wheel ( luck), a ditty.

XI. used as transit. with acc.; hann gengr björninn á bak aptr, he broke the bear’s back in grappling with him, Finnb. 248; ok gengr hana á bak, ok brýtr í sundr í henni hrygginn, Fb. i. 530.

2. medic. with dat. to discharge; ganga blóði, to discharge blood (Dan. blodgang), Bs. i. 337, 383; Arius varð bráðdauðr ok gékk ór sér öllum iðrum, Ver. 47.

D. REFLEX.:

I. singly, gangask, to be altered, to change, be corrupted; gangask í munni, of tradition; var þat löng ævi, ok vant at sögurnar hefði eigi gengisk í munni, Ó. H. pref.; má því eigi þetta mál í munni gengisk hafa, Fb. ii. Sverr. S. pref.; ok mættim vér ráða um nokkut, at málit gengisk, that the case could miscarry, be lost, Glúm. 380:—láta gangask, to let pass. waive; lét Páll þá g. þá hluti er áðr höfðu í millum staðit, Sturl. i. 102; ef þú lætr eigi g. þat er ek kref þik, Fms. xi. 61.

2. e-m gengsk hugr við e-t, to change one’s mind, i. e. to be moved to compassion, yield; sótti hón þá svá at honum gékksk hugr við, Eb. 264; þá gékksk Þorgerði hugr við harma-tölur hans, Ld. 232; ok mun honum g. hugr við þat, svá at hann mun fyrirgefa þér, Gísl. 98; nú sem hann grét, gékksk Ísak hugr við, Stj. 167; er sendimaðr fann at Birni gékksk hugr við féit, Ó. H. 194; við slíkar fortölur hennar gékksk Einari hugr (E. was swayed) til ágirni, Orkn. 24.

II. with prepp. (cp. B. above); gangask at, to ‘go at it,’ engage in a fight; nú gangask þeir at fast, Dropl. 24, Ísl. ii. 267; gengusk menn at sveitum, of wrestlers, they wrestled one with another in sections (Dan. flokkevis), Glúm. 354; þeir gengusk at lengi, Finnb. 248:—gangask fyrir, vide B. above:—gangask í gegn, at móti, to stand against, fight against; at vér látim ok eigi þá ráða er mest vilja í gegn gangask (i. e. the extreme on each side), Íb. 12, cp. Fms. ii. 241; at þeir skipaði til um fylkingar sínar, hverjar sveitir móti skyldi g., i. e. to pair the combatants off, ix. 489; þeir risu upp ok gengusk at móti, Stj. 497. 2 Sam. ii. 15:—g. nær, to come to close quarters (Lat. cominus gerere), Nj. 176, Fms. xi. 240:—gangask á, to dash against one another, to split; á gengusk eiðar, the oaths were broken, Vsp. 30: to be squared off against one another, sú var görð þeirra, at á gengusk vígin húskarlanna, Rd. 288; ekki er annars getið en þeir léti þetta á gangask, i. e. they let it drop, Bjarn. 47; gangask fyrir, to fall off, Fms. iii. 255:—gangask við, to grow, gain strength; áðr en við gengisk hans bæn, before his prayer should be fulfilled, x. 258; ef þat er ætlað at trúa þessi skuli við g., Nj. 162; hétu þeir fast á guðin, at þau skyldi eigi láta við garrgask Kristniboð Ólafs konungs, Fms. ii. 32; þetta gékksk við um öll þau fylki, vii. 300; mikit gékksk Haraldr við (H. grew fast) um vöxt ok afl, Fb. i. 566; Eyvindr hafði mikið við gengizk um menntir, E. had much improved himself in good breeding, Hrafn. 24; vildi hann prófa hvárr þeirra meira hafði við gengisk, which of them had gained most strength, Grett. 107: to be in vogue, in a bad sense, ok löngum við gengisk öfund ok rangindi, Fms. i. 221, cp. Pass. 37. 7:—gangask ór stað, to be removed, Fms. xi. 107.

III. in the phrase, e-m gengsk vel, ílla, it goes well, ill with one, Hom. 168, Am. 53; ílls gengsk þér aldri, nema …, the evil will never leave thee, thou wilt never be happy, unless …, 65.

finir [finiʀ]

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1. transitive verb

   a. ( = achever) to finish ; [+ discours, affaire] to end

• finir son verre to finish one's glass

• finis ton pain ! finish your bread!

   b. ( = arrêter) to stop ( de faire qch doing sth)

• tu as fini de te plaindre ? have you quite finished?

2. intransitive verb

   a. ( = se terminer) to finish

• le sentier finit ici the path comes to an end here

• il est temps que cela finisse it is time it stopped

• tout cela va mal finir it will all end in disaster

• et pour finir and finally

• finir en qch to end in sth

• mots finissant en « ble » words ending in "ble"

• finir par une dispute to end in an argument

• finir par un concert to end with a concert

   b. [personne] to end up

• il finira mal he will come to a bad end

• il a fini directeur/en prison he ended up as director/in prison

• finir troisième/cinquième to finish third/fifth

• ils vont finir par avoir des ennuis they'll end up getting into trouble

• il a fini par se décider he eventually made up his mind

   c. ( = mourir) to die

   d. ► en finir

• en finir avec qch/qn to be done with sth/sb

• j'en aurai bientôt fini I'll soon be finished with it

• qui n'en finit pas

• à n'en plus finir [route, discours, discussion] endless

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1) ( achever) to finish (off), to complete [travail, tâche]; ( conclure) to end [journée, nuit, discours]

2) ( consommer jusqu'au bout) to use up [provisions, produit]; to finish [plat]

verbe intransitif to finish, to end

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1. vt

2. vi

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finir verb table: finir

A vtr

1 ( achever) to finish (off), to complete [travail, tâche]; ( conclure) to end [journée, nuit, discours] (avec with); finir de faire to finish doing; finis tes devoirs avant d'aller jouer finish your homework before you go off to play; ne l'interromps pas, laisse-le finir (son histoire) don't interrupt him, let him finish (his story); j'ai fini le roman I have finished the novel; il a fini la soirée au poste de police/dans une boîte de nuit he ended the evening at the police station/in a night club; finir sa vie or ses jours en prison/dans la misère to end one's life ou days in prison/in poverty; de grâce, finissez vos querelles! please, put a stop to your quarrelling^GB!; pour finir, je dirai que in conclusion I'll say that; vous n'avez pas fini de vous disputer? for goodness sake stop arguing!; tu n'as pas fini de m'embêter/de te plaindre? have you quite finished annoying me/complaining?; elle n'a pas fini de s'inquiéter/d'avoir des problèmes her worries/troubles are only just beginning; tu n'as pas fini d'en entendre parler! you haven't heard the last of it!;

2 ( consommer jusqu'au bout) to use up [provisions, produit, shampooing, détergent]; to finish [plat, dessert]; j'ai fini le sucre, j'en rachèterai I've used up all the sugar, I'll buy some more; qui veut finir le gâteau/vin? who wants to finish the cake/wine?, who wants the last of the cake/wine?; il finit toutes les affaires de son grand frère○ he gets all his big brother's hand-me-downs.

B vi

1 gén to finish, to end; Admin [contrat, bail] to run out, to expire; le spectacle finit dans 20 minutes the show ends ou finishes in 20 minutes; tout est bien qui finit bien all's well that ends well; le film finit bien/mal the film has a happy/an unhappy ending; tu as fini avec le dictionnaire/l'agrafeuse? have you finished with the dictionary/the stapler?; ça va mal finir! it'll end in tears!; il finira mal ce garçon that boy will come to a bad end; le roman finit sur une note optimiste the novel ends on an optimistic note; le spectacle a fini par un feu d'artifice the show ended in ou with a firework display; la réunion a fini en bagarre or par une bagarre the meeting ended in a brawl; la route finit en piste the road ends in a dirt track; sa barbe finit en pointe his beard tapers to a point; les verbes finissant en ‘er’ verbs ending in ‘er’; il finira en prison/dans l'armée/à l'hospice/dans la misère he'll end up in prison/in the army/in the poorhouse/in poverty; il a fini alcoolique he ended up an alcoholic; il a fini directeur de la société he ended up (as) company director;

2 finir par faire to end up doing; tu vas finir par te blesser/la vexer/être en retard you'll end up hurting yourself/offending her/being late; ils finiront bien par céder they're bound to give in in the end; il a fini par se décider/accepter/avouer he eventually made up his mind/accepted/confessed; il a fini par s'apercevoir de son erreur he eventually realized that he'd made a mistake; elle finira par lui pardonner/l'oublier she'll forgive him/forget him in the end; elle a fini par obtenir satisfaction she eventually got what she wanted;

3 en finir avec qch/qn to have done with sth/sb; on n'en finira donc jamais avec ce type○? will we never have done with this guy○?; finissons-en! let's get it over and done with!, let's have done with it!; fais ce qu'il te dit et qu'on en finisse do as he says and have done with it; il faut en finir avec cette situation/violence we must put an end to this situation/violence; il veut en finir avec la vie he wants to end his life; le film/l'hiver/la route n'en finit pas the film/winter/the road seems endless ou never-ending; il n'en finit pas ce feu rouge! is this red light ever going to change?; elle a des jambes qui n'en finissent pas she's all legs, she's very leggy; elle n'en finit pas de se préparer she takes ages○ to get ready; il n'en finit pas de rabâcher les mêmes histoires he's forever telling the same stories; des discussions/ problèmes à n'en plus finir endless discussions/problems; ⇒ queue.

[finir] verbe transitif

1. [achever - tâche, ouvrage] to finish (off) ; [ - guerre, liaison] to end ; [ - études] to complete ; [ - période, séjour] to finish, to complete

elle a voulu en finir [se suicider] she tried to end it all

2. [plat, boisson, etc.] to finish (off ou up)

3. [en réprimande]

tu n'as pas bientôt fini! will you stop it!

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[finir] verbe intransitif

1. [arriver à son terme] to finish, to end

2. [avoir telle issue]

il a mal fini [délinquant] he came to a bad end

3. [mourir] to die

1. (used in a rejoinder, usu. foil. by a predic that is a repetition of the predic from the interlocutor's preceding remark) it is inconsequential

it (that) makes no difference

2. ( usu. indep. sent) ( s.o. takes a precautionary measure, acts in a cautious manner, prepares himself etc because) any number of things ( usu. undesirable) might occur

you never know

• МАЛО ЛИ ЧТО coll

[Invar; fixed WO]

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1. [used in a rejoinder, usu. foll. by a predic that is a repetition of the predic from the interlocutor's preceding remark]

⇒ it is inconsequential:

- it (that) makes no difference;

- as if it matters (that (what)...)!;

- it doesn't matter (that (what)...);

- what of it?;

- so what?;

- so what if person X does (has, is etc)?

     ♦ "Главное, улик никаких", - спокойно сказал исправник. "Как никаких, коли сами мальчики признались?" - "Мало ли что признались, а перед судьёй отопрутся, - там ведь их пороть не станут" (Сологуб 1). "The important thing is that we have no evidence," said the police chief quietly. "What do you mean 'no evidence' if the boys themselves confessed?" "That makes no difference - they might deny it in court, and there'd be no one to whip them there" (1a).

2. [usu. indep. sent]

⇒ (s.o. takes a precautionary measure, acts in a cautious manner, prepares himself etc because) any number of things (usu. undesirable) might occur:

- you never know;

- anything could happen.

     ♦ Катерине он советовал сбыть всё [всю картошку]... Но три куля Катерина всё-таки оставила - мало ли что! (Распутин 4). He suggested that Katerina sell all of hers [her potatoes].... But Katerina still kept three bags-you never know! (4a).

     ♦ У прохожих он узнал, что до закрытия магазина оставалось ещё больше часу, но он решил никуда не уходить, а дожидаться закрытия на этом месте. Мало ли что... Вдруг они вздумают закрыть свой магазин раньше времени (Искандер 4). From passersby he learned that it was still over an hour before the store closed, but he decided not to go anywhere, to wait right here. Anything could happen....What if they took it into their heads to close their store early (4a).

faute [fot]

1. feminine noun

   a. ( = erreur) mistake

• faire or commettre une faute to make a mistake

• faute de grammaire grammatical mistake

• faute de prononciation mispronunciation

• une dictée sans faute an error-free dictation

   b. ( = mauvaise action) misdeed ; (Law) offence

• commettre une faute to commit a misdemeanour

   c. (Sport) foul ; (Tennis) fault

• le joueur a fait une faute the player committed a foul

• faire une faute de main to handle the ball

• faute ! (pour un joueur) foul! ; (pour la balle) fault!

   d. ( = responsabilité) fault

• par sa faute because of him

• c'est (de) la faute de Richard/(de) sa faute it's Richard's fault/his fault

• à qui la faute ? whose fault is it?

• c'est la faute à pas de chance (inf) it's just bad luck

   e. (locutions)

► en faute

• prendre qn en faute to catch sb out► faute de through lack of

• faute d'argent for want of money

• faute de temps for lack of time

• faute de mieux for want of anything better

• faute de quoi otherwise

• relâché faute de preuves released for lack of evidence

2. compounds

► faute de français grammatical mistake (in French)

► faute de frappe typing error

► faute de goût error of taste

► faute grave (professionnelle) gross misconduct uncount

► faute d'impression misprint

► faute d'orthographe spelling mistake

► faute professionnelle professional misconduct uncount

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1) ( erreur) mistake, error

2) ( action coupable) gén misdemeanour [BrE]; Droit civil wrong; Religion sin

3) ( responsabilité) fault

4) ( manque)

5) Sport gén foul; ( au tennis) fault

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- faute contractuelle

- faute délictuelle

- faute grave

- faute professionnelle

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1) (= erreur) mistake, error

2) (= responsabilité) fault

3) (= manquement) misdemeanour

4) (sports collectifs) offence, TENNIS fault

5) (autres locutions)

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faute nf

1 ( erreur) mistake, error; faire une faute to make a mistake ou an error; faute de grammaire/d'orthographe/de ponctuation grammatical/spelling/punctuation mistake; faute d'étourderie or d'inattention careless mistake; faute d'accord/de français mistake in the agreement/in French; faute de frappe/de style keying/stylistic error; faute d'impression misprint; faute de calcul miscalculation; faute de jugement error of judgment; il a fait un (parcours) sans faute Équit he had a clear round; fig he's never put a foot wrong; ⇒ double, pardonner;

2 ( action coupable) gén misdemeanour^GB; Jur civil wrong; Relig sin; commettre une faute gén to do something wrong; Jur to commit a civil wrong; Relig to sin; reconnaître sa faute or ses fautes to admit one has done wrong; être en faute to be at fault; prendre qn en faute to catch sb out;

3 ( responsabilité) fault; c'est (de) ma faute it's my fault, I'm to blame; à qui la faute? whose fault is it, who's to blame?; c'est la faute de or à◑ son frère s'il est en retard it's his brother's fault if he's late; par la faute de qn because of sb; rejeter la faute sur qn to lay the blame on sb;

4 ( manque) faute de through ou for lack of, for want of; faute de temps through lack of time; faute de preuves for lack of evidence; faute de garanties in the absence of any guarantees; faute de mieux for want of anything better; ce n'est pourtant pas faute d'essayer it's not for want of trying; mourir faute de soins to die of neglect; faute de quoi otherwise, failing which; faute d'avoir pu me déplacer because I was unable to travel; sans faute without fail; il ne se fait pas faute de le leur dire fml he has no qualms about telling them, he's not shy about telling them; ⇒ grive;

5 Sport gén foul; ( au tennis) fault; faire une faute to commit a foul; siffler une faute to blow the whistle for a foul; faire une faute de pied to make a foot fault; faire une faute de main to handle the ball; faire une faute de filet ( au volley-ball) to hit the net.

faute contractuelle breach of contract; faute délictuelle tort; faute grave gross misconduct; faute lourde gross misconduct (leading to instant dismissal and loss of financial compensation); faute professionnelle professional misconduct ¢; commettre une faute professionnelle to be guilty of professional misconduct ¢; faute de service Admin act of negligence.

[fot] nom féminin

1. [erreur] error, mistake

2. [manquement] misdeed, transgression

3. [responsabilité] fault

a. (familier) [question] who's to blame?, whose fault is it?

b. [accusation] you're the one to blame

4. ADMINISTRATION & DROIT offence

5. (vieilli) [défaut]

6. TENNIS fault

FOOTBALL foul

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en faute locution adverbiale

faute de locution prépositionnelle

par la faute de locution prépositionnelle

because of, owing to

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sans faute locution adjectivale

a. ÉQUITATION to get a clear round

b. [coureur] to run a perfect race

c. [dans un jeu télévisé] to get all the answers right

d. [dans sa carrière] not to put a foot wrong

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sans faute locution adverbiale

without fail

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(dyl; dulda; duldr, duliðr, dulinn), v.

1) to keep (one) in ignorance of a thing;

dylja e-n e-s (eigi skalt þú þat gera at dylja þik sjálfan sanninda);

dylja e-s, to conceal, deny, disavow, Þórir dylr þess ekki, Thor does not deny it;

Eysteinn duldi þeirra orða fyrir sik, E. professed that he had never said any stuch thing;

allir duldu, at né eitt vissi til Hrapps, all pretended ignorance about Hrapp;

vera, ganga, duldr (duliðr, dulinn) e-s, to be unaware of, to be kept in ignorance of (hefir hon verit alls þessa duld; veit engi ætt mína ok ganga þess allir duldir);

dulið (dulin) ertu, Hyndla, H., thou art mistaken (deceived);

duliðr (dulinn) at e-m, mistaken about one;

2) refl., dyljast, to conceal (hide) oneself;

at þat sé flugumenn ok vili dyljast (disguise themselves) undir munka búnaði;

dyljast í e-u, to conceal a thing from oneself, be ignorant of = ganga duldr e-s (Eiríkr konungr þarf nú ekki at dylja í því, at);

dyljast við e-t, to refuse to acknowledge, to ignore;

trúit þessu eigi, meðan þér megit dyljast, as long as you can ignore it, till you get full evidence;

en Sveinn duldist við þat, but S. shrank from believing it.

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pret. duldi and dulði, part. duldr, duliðr, Fms. ii. 97; dulinn, Fb. i. 11 (Hdl. 7), Fs. 97 (MS. Arna-Magn. no. 132); [Swed. dölja; Dan. dölge]

I. to conceal, hide, with acc. of the person, gen. of the thing concealed; d. e-s, to disavow, deny, dissemble; ætla ek því alla (þá varla ?) kunna at dylja þessa ráða, they can hardly deny it, Eg. 49; Þórir dylr þess ekki, 173; Eysteinn duldi ok þeirra orða fyrir sik, E. said he had never said such a thing, Fms. ix. 329; þó duldu þeir ekki illvirkja sinna, they denied not their guilt, confessed it, Sks. 583: with following subj., en allir duldu at né eitt vissi til Hrapps, all dissembled, Nj. 133; en ef umboðsmaðr dylr ( disavows), at hann hafi við umboði tekið, Gþl. 375.

II. reflex. to conceal, hide oneself; ok kendi brátt … þó at hann dyldisk, Fms. ii. 173; ok fékk hann svá dulzk fyrir honum, at eigi vissi jarl …, he hid himself ( his thoughts) so well, that …, viii. 16; at þat sé flugumenn, ok vili dyljask ( disguise themselves) undir múnka búnaði, vi. 188.

2. metaph., d. við e-t, to conceal for oneself; þurfu vér eigi at dyljask við, at …, Fms. v. 1; megu þeir þá eigi við dyljask, at ek hefi drepit hann, Grett. 155 A; en Sveinn duldisk við þat, S. shrank from believing it, Orkn. 298; ekki dyljumk ek við (I don’t disavow) skuldleika okkra, Ld. 40; en ef goði dylsk við ( disavows) þingfesti þess manns, Grág. i. 23; trúit þessu eigi meðan þér megit við dyljask, believe it not as long as you can disavow it, i. e. till you get full evidence, Fms. ix. 477: dyljask í e-u; Eiríkr konungr þarf nú ekki at d. í því, at …, king E. cannot conceal it for himself, that …, Eg. 424, Þiðr. 118, 191, 196.

III. part. pass., the phrase, vera (ganga) duliðr (duldr, dulinn) e-s, or vera d. at e-u, to be unaware, to be kept in ignorance of a thing; hefir hon verið alls þessa duld, Vígl. 33; en at þú gangir lengr duliðr þess er skylt er at vita, than that thou shouldest be longer ignorant of things which all people ought to know, Edda 13; veit engi ætt mína, ok ganga þess allir duldir, Fms. viii. 21; dulin ertú Hyndla, H., thou art mistaken, Hdl. 7; ok ertú of mjök dulinn at honum, herra, thou, my lord, art too much mistaken about him, i. e. trustest him too well, Fs. 97, cp. Fms. ii. 57: the phrase, e-t fer, gengr, dult, is hidden, kept secret.

and how!

used to express one's surprise (which may be colored by irony), bewilderment, discontent, indignation etc at s.o. 's statement or actions

you don't say!

• (И < ДА>) ЕЩЕ КАК coll

[these forms only; adv (intensif) or indep. sent; may be foll. by the verb used in the preceding context; more often this WO]

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⇒ used to emphasize the intensity of an action, desire, quality, characteristic etc, and/ or the certainty that an action did or will occur:

- and how!;

- you bet (s.o. < sth.> will <does etc>)!;

- doesn't <wouldn't etc> s.o. just!;

- (s.o. < sth.> is (does, will etc),) all right;

- that one did <it will etc>;

- [as a response] you can say that again!

     ♦ "Скучал?" - спрашивает она. "Ещё как", - отвечаю я (Аксёнов 8). "Did you miss me?" she would ask. "And how!" I would reply (8a).

     ♦ [Ким:] Я тоже буду таким... таким... [Алла:] Не будешь. [Ким:] Почему это? Ещё как буду! Вот увидишь (Розов 4). [К.:] I'm going to be like them. [A.:] You never will be. [K.:] Why not? You bet I will! Wait and see (4a).

     ♦ А ведь если [Антонина] не лучше других была, то и не хуже, право! Мужика ей не хотелось? Ещё как! (Максимов 3). If she [Antonina] was no better-looking than most, she was no worse either. Didn't she want a husband? Didn't she just! (3a).

     ♦ [Колесов:] Пойти к геологам, авось рассмешат... [Маша:] Ещё как рассмешат (Вампилов 3). [К.:] I'm going to join the geologists, perhaps they can make me laugh. [M.:] They'll make you laugh all right (За).

     ♦ Кровь кинулась Григорию в голову, когда напал глазами на свой курень... "Не щипет [ungrammat = щиплет] глаза?" - улыбнулся Пантелей Прокофьевич, оглядываясь, и Григорий, не лукавя и не кривя душой, сознался: "щипет... да ишо [ungrammat = ещё] как!.." (Шолохов 3). The blood rushed to Grigory's head as his eyes rested on his own home... "Aren't your eyes stinging?" Pantelei smiled as he looked round at his son, and Grigory confessed frankly and without dissembling, "Yes they are-that they are!" (3a).

• (И < ДА>) ЕЩЕ КАК coll

[these forms only; adv (intensif) or indep. sent; may be foll. by the verb used in the preceding context; more often this WO]

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⇒ used to emphasize the intensity of an action, desire, quality, characteristic etc, and/ or the certainty that an action did or will occur:

- and how!;

- you bet (s.o. < sth.> will <does etc>)!;

- doesn't <wouldn't etc> s.o. just!;

- (s.o. < sth.> is (does, will etc),) all right;

- that one did <it will etc>;

- [as a response] you can say that again!

     ♦ "Скучал?" - спрашивает она. "Ещё как", - отвечаю я (Аксёнов 8). "Did you miss me?" she would ask. "And how!" I would reply (8a).

     ♦ [Ким:] Я тоже буду таким... таким... [Алла:] Не будешь. [Ким:] Почему это? Ещё как буду! Вот увидишь (Розов 4). [К.:] I'm going to be like them. [A.:] You never will be. [K.:] Why not? You bet I will! Wait and see (4a).

     ♦ А ведь если [Антонина] не лучше других была, то и не хуже, право! Мужика ей не хотелось? Ещё как! (Максимов 3). If she [Antonina] was no better-looking than most, she was no worse either. Didn't she want a husband? Didn't she just! (3a).

     ♦ [Колесов:] Пойти к геологам, авось рассмешат... [Маша:] Ещё как рассмешат (Вампилов 3). [К.:] I'm going to join the geologists, perhaps they can make me laugh. [M.:] They'll make you laugh all right (За).

     ♦ Кровь кинулась Григорию в голову, когда напал глазами на свой курень... "Не щипет [ungrammat = щиплет] глаза?" - улыбнулся Пантелей Прокофьевич, оглядываясь, и Григорий, не лукавя и не кривя душой, сознался: "щипет... да ишо [ungrammat = ещё] как!.." (Шолохов 3). The blood rushed to Grigory's head as his eyes rested on his own home... "Aren't your eyes stinging?" Pantelei smiled as he looked round at his son, and Grigory confessed frankly and without dissembling, "Yes they are-that they are!" (3a).

• (И < ДА>) ЕЩЕ КАК coll

[these forms only; adv (intensif) or indep. sent; may be foll. by the verb used in the preceding context; more often this WO]

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⇒ used to emphasize the intensity of an action, desire, quality, characteristic etc, and/ or the certainty that an action did or will occur:

- and how!;

- you bet (s.o. < sth.> will <does etc>)!;

- doesn't <wouldn't etc> s.o. just!;

- (s.o. < sth.> is (does, will etc),) all right;

- that one did <it will etc>;

- [as a response] you can say that again!

     ♦ "Скучал?" - спрашивает она. "Ещё как", - отвечаю я (Аксёнов 8). "Did you miss me?" she would ask. "And how!" I would reply (8a).

     ♦ [Ким:] Я тоже буду таким... таким... [Алла:] Не будешь. [Ким:] Почему это? Ещё как буду! Вот увидишь (Розов 4). [К.:] I'm going to be like them. [A.:] You never will be. [K.:] Why not? You bet I will! Wait and see (4a).

     ♦ А ведь если [Антонина] не лучше других была, то и не хуже, право! Мужика ей не хотелось? Ещё как! (Максимов 3). If she [Antonina] was no better-looking than most, she was no worse either. Didn't she want a husband? Didn't she just! (3a).

     ♦ [Колесов:] Пойти к геологам, авось рассмешат... [Маша:] Ещё как рассмешат (Вампилов 3). [К.:] I'm going to join the geologists, perhaps they can make me laugh. [M.:] They'll make you laugh all right (За).

     ♦ Кровь кинулась Григорию в голову, когда напал глазами на свой курень... "Не щипет [ungrammat = щиплет] глаза?" - улыбнулся Пантелей Прокофьевич, оглядываясь, и Григорий, не лукавя и не кривя душой, сознался: "щипет... да ишо [ungrammat = ещё] как!.." (Шолохов 3). The blood rushed to Grigory's head as his eyes rested on his own home... "Aren't your eyes stinging?" Pantelei smiled as he looked round at his son, and Grigory confessed frankly and without dissembling, "Yes they are-that they are!" (3a).

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⇒ used to express one's surprise (which may be colored by irony), bewilderment, discontent, indignation etc at s.o.'s statement or actions:

- you don't say!;

- fancy that!;

- (well,) I'll be darned!;

- well, I never!;

- well, what do you know!;

- for heaven's (goodness?) sake!;

- how do you like that!;

- do tell!;

- is that so!;

- really!;

- good heavens (grief, gracious)!;

- for crying out loud!;

- [in limited contexts] aren't we (picky <touchy, clever etc>)!

     ♦ "Ну, веришь, Порфирий, [Раскольников] сам едва на ногах, а чуть только мы, я да Зосимов, вчера отвернулись - оделся и удрал потихоньку и куролесил где-то чуть не до полночи, и это в совершеннейшем, я тебе скажу, бреду!.. Замечательнейший случай!" - "И неужели в совершеннейшем бреду? Скажите пожалуйста!" (Достоевский 3). "Well, would you believe it, Porfiry, he [Raskolnikov] could hardly stand on his feet, but as soon as we turned our backs - Zosimov and me, that is - he got dressed and sneaked out and was fooling around somewhere till almost midnight. And all this, I tell you, while he was utterly delirious! A most remarkable case!" "Utterly delirious? You don't say!" (3b).

     ♦ [Городничий:]...Говорил, что застрелится. "Застрелюсь, застрелюсь" - говорит. [Многие из гостей:] Скажите пожалуйста! (Гоголь 4). [Mayor:] He was positively terrifying, he said he was going to shoot himself, "I'll shoot myself, I'll shoot myself," says he. [Many guests:] Fancy that! (4b).

     ♦ [Беркутов:]...Сейчас один молодой человек сам сознался, что наделал фальшивых векселей. [Чугунов (качая головой):] Скажите пожалуйста, какие дела творятся на белом свете! (Островский 5). [В.:]... Acertain young man has just confessed that he's been forging notes. [Ch. (shaking his head):] Do tell! What things people do in this world! (5a).

     ♦ [Анна Петровна:] Надо с вами поговорить как следует... Вот только не знаю, с чего начать... [Платонов:] Не начать ли мне, Анна Петровна? [Анна Петровна:] Ведь вы околёсную понесёте, Платонов, когда начнёте! Скажите пожалуйста! Он сконфузился! (Чехов 1). [ А. P.:]... It's time we had a proper talk....Only I don't know how to start.... [P.:] Shall I start then? [A.P:] You'll only talk a lot of rot if you do. Good grief, the man's embarrassed (1b).

     ♦ "Вложи шашку в ножны! И пошутить с тобой нельзя, что ли? Скажи пожалуйста, строгий какой! Чисто девочка шестнадцати годов..." (Шолохов 5). "Put your sabre back! Can't I even have a little joke with you? Oh, aren't we touchy! Just like a girl of sixteen..." (5a).

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⇒ used to express one's surprise (which may be colored by irony), bewilderment, discontent, indignation etc at s.o.'s statement or actions:

- you don't say!;

- fancy that!;

- (well,) I'll be darned!;

- well, I never!;

- well, what do you know!;

- for heaven's (goodness?) sake!;

- how do you like that!;

- do tell!;

- is that so!;

- really!;

- good heavens (grief, gracious)!;

- for crying out loud!;

- [in limited contexts] aren't we (picky <touchy, clever etc>)!

     ♦ "Ну, веришь, Порфирий, [Раскольников] сам едва на ногах, а чуть только мы, я да Зосимов, вчера отвернулись - оделся и удрал потихоньку и куролесил где-то чуть не до полночи, и это в совершеннейшем, я тебе скажу, бреду!.. Замечательнейший случай!" - "И неужели в совершеннейшем бреду? Скажите пожалуйста!" (Достоевский 3). "Well, would you believe it, Porfiry, he [Raskolnikov] could hardly stand on his feet, but as soon as we turned our backs - Zosimov and me, that is - he got dressed and sneaked out and was fooling around somewhere till almost midnight. And all this, I tell you, while he was utterly delirious! A most remarkable case!" "Utterly delirious? You don't say!" (3b).

     ♦ [Городничий:]...Говорил, что застрелится. "Застрелюсь, застрелюсь" - говорит. [Многие из гостей:] Скажите пожалуйста! (Гоголь 4). [Mayor:] He was positively terrifying, he said he was going to shoot himself, "I'll shoot myself, I'll shoot myself," says he. [Many guests:] Fancy that! (4b).

     ♦ [Беркутов:]...Сейчас один молодой человек сам сознался, что наделал фальшивых векселей. [Чугунов (качая головой):] Скажите пожалуйста, какие дела творятся на белом свете! (Островский 5). [В.:]... Acertain young man has just confessed that he's been forging notes. [Ch. (shaking his head):] Do tell! What things people do in this world! (5a).

     ♦ [Анна Петровна:] Надо с вами поговорить как следует... Вот только не знаю, с чего начать... [Платонов:] Не начать ли мне, Анна Петровна? [Анна Петровна:] Ведь вы околёсную понесёте, Платонов, когда начнёте! Скажите пожалуйста! Он сконфузился! (Чехов 1). [ А. P.:]... It's time we had a proper talk....Only I don't know how to start.... [P.:] Shall I start then? [A.P:] You'll only talk a lot of rot if you do. Good grief, the man's embarrassed (1b).

     ♦ "Вложи шашку в ножны! И пошутить с тобой нельзя, что ли? Скажи пожалуйста, строгий какой! Чисто девочка шестнадцати годов..." (Шолохов 5). "Put your sabre back! Can't I even have a little joke with you? Oh, aren't we touchy! Just like a girl of sixteen..." (5a).

v/t: es reut mich, ihn beleidigt zu haben I regret having insulted him; das Geld / die Zeit reut mich I regret the money / time wasted

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vt (liter)

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▪ jdn \reuen to be of regret to sb

meine Aussage reut mich I regret my statement

es reut ihn, ihr nie seine Liebe gestanden zu haben he regrets never having confessed his love to her

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transitives Verb (meist geh.)

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reuen v/t:

es reut mich, ihn beleidigt zu haben I regret having insulted him;

das Geld/die Zeit reut mich I regret the money/time wasted

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transitives Verb (meist geh.)

1 poem (literature).

eso es otro cantar that's another story

2 song, lay.

Su cantar era muy original His song was very original.

1 to sing.

Elsa canta canciones de cuna Elsa sings lullabies.

Elsa canta en la ducha Elsa sings in the shower.

2 to sing (persona, ave).

3 to call (out).

4 to talk (informal) (confesar).

5 to stink (informal) (apestar). (peninsular Spanish)

le cantan los pies he has smelly feet

6 to stick out like a sore thumb (informal). (peninsular Spanish)

7 to sing to.

María le canta al bebé Mary sings to the baby.

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► verbo transitivo

1 to sing

■ cantó una canción preciosa she sang a beautiful song

2 figurado (alabar) to praise, sing the praises of

■ cantaron las excelencias de sus vinos they sang the praises of their wines

3 figurado (misa) to sing, say

4 (en juegos de naipes) to call

5 familiar (confesar) to tell, reveal, confess; (delatar) to give away

■ el hombre cantó todo lo que sabía sobre el asesinato a la policía the man told the police everything he knew about the murder

► verbo intransitivo

1 to sing

■ cantaron a dos voces they sang a duet

2 (pájaros) to sing, chirp; (insectos) to chirp

3 familiar (confesar) to spill the beans, talk, confess

4 familiar (oler mal) to stink

■ le cantan los pies his feet stink

► nombre masculino

1 song

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cantar como una almeja familiar to stick out like a sore thumb

cantarlas claras familiar to tell somebody straight

cantarle a alguien las cuarenta familiar to give somebody a piece of one's mind

cantarle a alguien las verdades figurado to give somebody a piece of one's mind

en menos que canta un gallo familiar in a flash, before you could say Jack Robinson

¡eso es otro cantar! familiar that's a totally different thing, that's a different kettle of fish

ser coser y cantar familiar to be as easy as pie, be child's play

■ aquel examen fue coser y cantar that exam was as easy as pie

cantar de gesta chanson de geste

Cantar de los Cantares Song of Songs, Song of Solomon

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1. VI

1) (Mús) to sing

2) [pájaro] to sing; [gallo] to crow; [cigarra, grillo] to chirp

3) liter (=alabar) to sing of, sing the praises of

4) ** (=revelar) to spill the beans *; [a la policía] to squeal *

- cantar de plano

- los hechos cantan por sí solos

5) ** (=oler mal) to stink *, reek

2. VT

1) [+ canción] to sing; [+ mantra, canto gregoriano] to chant; [+ misa] to sing, say; [+ número de lotería] to call out

- cantarlas claras

- cantar a algn las cuarenta

2) liter [+ mérito, belleza] to praise, eulogize

3) (=revelar) to confess

3. SM

1) (=canción) song; (Rel) chant

2) (Literat)

- eso es otro cantar

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) < canción> to sing

b) ( en béisbol) to call

2) (liter) ( ensalzar) to sing the praises of, extol the virtues of

3) (RPl fam) ( pedirse)

1)

a) (Mús) to sing

b) pájaro to sing; gallo to crow; cigarra/grillo to chirp, chirrup

2)

a) (fam) ( confesar) to talk (colloq)

b) (Jueg) to declare

c) (anunciar, pregonar)

3) (Esp fam) ( apestar) to stink (colloq)

masculino poem ( gen set to music)

- cantar de gesta

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= chant, sing.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado sang, participio sung.

Ex. Finally, add the mass confusion wrought by the sudden appearance of a new technology in the library, with its practitioners chanting acronymic prayers, seemingly derived from a mushroom ritual.

Ex. It is hoped that by the year 2000 there will not be a chorus of unemployed librarians singing 'Where have all the libraries gone?'.

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* cantar a grito pelado = belt out.

* cantar a pleno pulmón = belt out.

* cantar las alabanzas = sing + Posesivo + praises.

* cantarlas claras = call + a spade a spade.

* cantar victoria = claim + victory, speak too soon.

* cantar victoria antes de tiempo = speak too soon.

* coser y cantar = plain sailing, walkover.

* no cantes victoria antes de tiempo = don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

* ser otro cantar = be a different kettle of fish.

* tan fácil como coser y cantar = as simple as ABC.

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) < canción> to sing

b) ( en béisbol) to call

2) (liter) ( ensalzar) to sing the praises of, extol the virtues of

3) (RPl fam) ( pedirse)

1)

a) (Mús) to sing

b) pájaro to sing; gallo to crow; cigarra/grillo to chirp, chirrup

2)

a) (fam) ( confesar) to talk (colloq)

b) (Jueg) to declare

c) (anunciar, pregonar)

3) (Esp fam) ( apestar) to stink (colloq)

masculino poem ( gen set to music)

- cantar de gesta

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= chant, sing.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado sang, participio sung.

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cantar¹ [A1 ]

1 ‹canción› to sing

(anunciar, pregonar): los niños cantaban las tablas de multiplicar the children were reciting o chanting their times tables

cántame las cifras read o shout the figures out to me ( colloq)

3 (en béisbol) to call

B ( liter) (ensalzar) to sing the praises of, extol the virtues of

el tan cantado mar the oft-praised sea ( liter)

C ( fam) (delatar, descubrir) to give away

D ( RPl fam) (avisar) to tell

¿te dejó plantada? — te lo canté he stood you up? — what did I tell you? o I warned you

el Cantar de los Cantares the Song of Songs o of Solomon

el Cantar del Mío Cid the ballad of El Cid

cantárselas claras a algn ( fam): se las canté claras I gave it to her o told her straight ( colloq)

( RPl fam) (pedirse): canto la cama de arriba bags I o bags the top bunk ( colloq)

1 ( Mús) to sing

habla cantando she has a singsong voice o a lilt in her voice

coser

2 «pájaro» to sing; «gallo» to crow; «cigarra/grillo» to chirp, chirrup gallo² (↑ gallo (2))

3 «agua/fuente» to babble

1 ( fam) (confesar) to talk ( colloq)

2 ( Jueg) to declare

(anunciar, pregonar): canta, que yo anoto read it out, I'll write it down

las cifras cantan por sí solas the figures speak for themselves

C ( Esp fam) (apestar) to stink ( colloq)

poem ( gen set to music)

¡eso es otro cantar! that's another o a different matter, that's a different kettle of fish

chanson de geste

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a) (Mús) to sing

b) [ pájaro] to sing;

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cantar¹ nm

poem;

eso es otro cantar that's another story

cantar de gesta chanson de geste, = medieval heroic narrative poem (e.g. “El Cid”)

♦ vt

1. [canción] to sing

2. [bingo, línea, el gordo] to call (out);

cántame los números y yo los escribo you call out the numbers and I'll write them down;

te canté que tu madre no te dejaría ir I TOLD you your mother wouldn't let you go;

cantar las cuarenta a alguien to give sb a piece of one's mind;

cantar la justa a alguien to give it to sb straight up;

cantar victoria to claim victory

3. Fam [confesar] to confess

4. [alabar] to praise;

no se cansa de cantar la belleza del lugar he never tires of singing the praises of the beauty of the place

♦ vi

1. [persona] to sing

2. [ave] to sing;

3. Fam [confesar] to confess, to talk;

cantar de plano to make a full confession

4. Esp Fam [apestar] to stink;

le cantan los pies he has smelly feet

5. Esp Fam [llamar la atención] to stick out like a sore thumb;

ese traje rojo canta mucho that red suit really draws attention to you;

canta un montón que estás nervioso it's really obvious that you're nervous;

Carlos y yo cantábamos en una fiesta tan elegante Carlos and I really stood out at that posh party

6. Esp Fam [portero]

7. [alabar]

8. Am Fam [escoger]

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I v/i

1 sing

2 pop

de delincuente squeal pop

II v/t sing

III m

ése es otro cantar fig fam that’s a different story

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cantar v

: to sing

cantar nm

: song, ballad

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cantar vb

1. (en general) to sing [pt. sang; pp. sung]

2. (insecto, pájaro pequeño) to chirp

3. (llamar la atención) to stand out [pt. & pp. stood]

4. (oler mal) to stink [pt. stank; pp. stunk]

avouer [avwe]

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1. transitive verb

[+ amour] to confess ; [+ crime] to confess to ; [+ fait] to acknowledge ; [+ faiblesse, vice] to admit to

• avouer avoir menti to admit that one has lied

• avouer que... to admit that...

• elle est douée, je l'avoue she is gifted, I must admit

2. intransitive verb

   a. ( = se confesser) [coupable] to confess

   b. ( = admettre) to admit

• tu avoueras, c'est un peu fort ! you must admit, it is a bit much!

3. reflexive verb

► s'avouer

• s'avouer coupable to admit one's guilt

• s'avouer vaincu to admit defeat

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verbe transitif to confess [amour, haine]; to confess (to) [crime]; to admit, to confess [ignorance, dépit, peur]

verbe intransitif [suspect] to confess; [fautif] to own up

s'avouer verbe pronominal ( se déclarer)

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1. vt

[crime, défaut] to confess to

2. vi

[suspect, criminel] to confess

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avouer verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( confesser) to confess [amour, haine] (à qn to sb); to confess (to) [crime]; ( admettre) to admit [incartade, faiblesse] (à qn to sb); to admit ou confess [ignorance, dépit, peur] (à qn to sb); avouer un penchant pour qch to admit (to) a weakness for sth; ‘je ne sais pas,’ avoua-t-il ‘I don't know,’ he admitted; avoue(-le), tu as triché admit it, you cheated; avouer avoir fait qch to admit ou confess to having done sth; elle avoue ne pas travailler she admits that she isn't working; j'avoue m'être trompé I admit I made a mistake; avouer que to admit ou confess (that); (il est) impossible de lui faire avouer que you'll never get him to admit that;

2 ( reconnaître) to admit; c'est cher, je l'avoue I must admit, it's expensive; avoue or tu avoueras que c'est ridicule you must admit, it's ridiculous; j'avoue qu'il fait chaud I must admit (that) it's hot.

B vi ( faire des aveux) [inculpé, suspect] to confess; [fautif] to own up.

C s'avouer vpr

1 ( se déclarer) s'avouer rassuré/satisfait to say one feels reassured/satisfied; s'avouer coupable to admit one's guilt; s'avouer battu or vaincu to admit defeat;

2 ( à soi-même) to admit [sth] to oneself [motif].

faute avouée est à moitié pardonnée a fault confessed is half redressed.

[avwe] verbe transitif

1. [erreur, forfait] to admit, to confess (to), to own up to (inseparable)

il a avoué [à la police] he owned up, he made a full confession

2. [doute, sentiment] to admit ou to confess to

il lui a fallu du courage, j'avoue, mais... what he did required courage, I grant you, but...

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s'avouer verbe pronominal intransitif

je m'avoue complètement découragé I confess ou admit to feeling utterly discouraged

justice [ʒystis]

   a. justice

• en toute justice in all fairness

• ce n'est que justice it's only fair

• justice sociale social justice

• rendre la justice to dispense justice

• passer en justice to stand trial

• décision de justice judicial decision

• aller en justice to go to court

• traîner qn en justice to take sb to court to drag sb before the courts

• demander/obtenir justice to demand/obtain justice

• se faire justice ( = se venger) to take the law into one's own hands ; ( = se suicider) to take one's own life

• rendre justice à qn to do sb justice

• il faut lui rendre cette justice que... in fairness to him it must be said that...

• on n'a jamais rendu justice à son talent his talent has never been properly recognized

   b. ( = loi) la justice the law

• la justice le recherche he is wanted by the law

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1) ( principe) justice; ( équité) fairness

2) ( application) justice

3) ( pouvoir)

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- justice militaire

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1) (= équité) fairness, justice

2) ADMINISTRATION justice

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justice nf

1 ( principe) justice; ( équité) fairness; par souci de justice sociale out of concern for social justice; en toute justice in all fairness; il n'y a pas de justice! there's no justice!; agir avec justice to act fairly ou justly; ce n'est que justice it is only fair ou right;

2 ( application) justice; la justice divine divine justice; rendre la justice to dispense justice; demander/obtenir justice to demand/obtain justice; il faut leur rendre or faire cette justice qu'ils sont… one has to acknowledge that they are…; se faire justice (à soi-même) ( se venger) to take the law into one's own hands; ( se suicider) to take one's own life;

3 ( pouvoir) la justice ( lois) the law; ( institution) the legal system; ( tribunaux) the courts (pl); être livré à la justice to be handed over to the law; il a des ennuis or démêlés avec la justice de son pays he's in trouble with the law in his country; aller en justice to go to court; poursuivre qn en justice to take sb to court; être traduit en justice to be brought before the courts; témoigner en justice to give evidence in a court of law; la justice fonctionne mal the legal system doesn't work properly; intenter une action en justice contre qn to bring (a) legal action against sb; passer en justice to stand trial.

justice militaire Mil military law.

[ʒystis] nom féminin

1. [équité] justice, fairness

2. DROIT

3. [réparation] justice

faire justice [venger une faute] to take the law into one's own hands

a. [montrer que c'est nocif] to prove something to be bad

b. [le réfuter] to prove something wrong, to give the lie to something

a. [se venger] to take the law into one's own hands

b. [se tuer] to take one's (own) life

la postérité rendra justice à son courage posterity will recognize his courage

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en justice locution adverbiale

passer en justice to stand trial, to appear in court