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he was given a leg up

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1 leg

s.

1 pierna (de persona); pata (of animal, table, chair); pernera (of trousers); pierna (cocina) (of lamb); muslo (cocina) (of chicken)

2 etapa (of journey, race)

3 (modismo)

to pull somebody's leg tomar el pelo a alguien

shake a leg! ¡muévete!

to show a leg levantarse (get up)

you don't have a leg to stand on no tienes a qué agarrarte

he was given a leg up le echaron una mano o un cable (was helped)

to get one's leg over (very familiar) echar un polvo (have sex) (británico), coger (Am), chingar (español de México)

4 tramo, trecho.

5 cateto.

6 pie.

7 departamento jurídico.

vt. (familiar)

to leg it salir zumbando (hurry)

(pt & pp legged)

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2 notice

I ['nəʊtɪs]
nome

1) (written sign) avviso m., annuncio m., comunicazione f.

2) (advertisement) annuncio m.

3) (attention) attenzione f., considerazione f.

to take notice — fare o prestare attenzione (of a)

take no notice o don't take any notice non farci caso, non badarci; it was beneath her notice non meritava la sua attenzione; it has come to my notice that — ho notato che

4) (review) recensione f., critica f.

5) (advance warning) preavviso m.

one month's notice — un mese di preavviso

to do sth. at short notice — fare qcs. con poco preavviso

to give sb. notice of sth. — avvertire qcn. di qcs.

until further notice — fino a nuovo ordine o avviso

I'm sorry it's such short notice — mi dispiace di avervi avvertito così tardi

6) (notification of resignation, dismissal)

to give in o hand in one's notice licenziarsi, dare le dimissioni; to give sb. (their) notice licenziare qcn.; to get one's notice — essere licenziato
II ['nəʊtɪs]
verbo transitivo accorgersi di, notare [absence, mark]

I notice that — noto che

to get oneself noticed — farsi notare

I can't say I noticed — non posso dire di averlo notato

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['nəutis] 1. noun
1) (a written or printed statement to announce something publicly: He stuck a notice on the door, saying that he had gone home; They put a notice in the paper announcing the birth of their daughter.) annuncio

2) (attention: His skill attracted their notice; I'll bring the problem to his notice as soon as possible.) attenzione

3) (warning given especially before leaving a job or dismissing someone: Her employer gave her a month's notice; The cook gave in her notice; Please give notice of your intentions.) preavviso, notifica
2. verb
(to see, observe, or keep in one's mind: I noticed a book on the table; He noticed her leave the room; Did he say that? I didn't notice.) notare, accorgersi di

- noticeable
- noticeably
- noticed
- notice-board
- at short notice
- take notice of
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notice /ˈnəʊtɪs/
n.

1 annuncio, annunzio; avviso; comunicazione; notifica; manifesto; cartello: (trasp., naut.) notice of readiness, avviso di prontezza (nel ► «charter party», ► charter); (leg.) notice to third party, notifica della chiamata in causa di un terzo; to put up (o to display) a notice, affiggere un avviso; attaccare un cartello; church notices, annunzi religiosi; manifesti attaccati alla porta d'una chiesa; until (o till) further notice, fino a nuovo avviso

2 preavviso; disdetta ( di un contratto d'affitto); preavviso di licenziamento ( di un dipendente): at ten minutes' notice, col preavviso di dieci minuti; to hand in one's notice, licenziarsi; The tenant gave notice, l'inquilino diede la disdetta; The workers got a month's notice, gli operai hanno avuto il preavviso (di licenziamento) di un mese; to give notice, comunicare: (form.) Notice is hereby given that…, si comunica con la presente che…; to give notice to sb. (o to serve sb. with notice) licenziare q., dare il preavviso di licenziamento a q.; ( anche) sfrattare q.; dare la disdetta a q.: Our domestic help was given a week's notice, la nostra colf ricevette gli otto giorni

3 (leg.) notifica; comunicazione; avviso; diffida; intimazione: due notice, avviso dato nei termini di legge; (ass., USA) notice of loss, avviso (o denuncia) di sinistro; (fisc.) notice of assessment, notifica di accertamento; (fin.) notice of a meeting, avviso di convocazione d'assemblea

4 [u] attenzione; considerazione; osservazione: It escaped my notice, mi è sfuggito; non ci ho fatto caso; to attract notice, attirare l'attenzione; to bring st. to sb. 's notice, richiamare qc. all'attenzione di q.; far notare qc. a q.; to take notice, osservare; rilevare; fare attenzione; badare: Take notice that I shan't be able to help you, bada che non potrò aiutarti; to take no notice of, non osservare; non rilevare; far mostra di non vedere; chiudere un occhio su (fig.): The teacher took no notice of what was going on, l'insegnante chiuse un occhio su quel che stava succedendo

5 breve articolo ( di giornale); notizia; recensione: biographical notice, notizia biografica; a notice about a play, la recensione di un dramma

● notice board, tabellone ( per affissioni); bacheca □ ( banca) notice deposit, deposito con preavviso □ (ass.) notice of abandonment, dichiarazione di abbandono □ (comm.) notice of payment, avviso di pagamento □ (leg.) notice of protest, avviso di protesto ( di un effetto) □ (leg.) notice to perform, intimazione di dare esecuzione ( a un contratto) □ (leg.) notice to quit (o notice to vacate), notifica di sfratto; disdetta ( di contratto di locazione); (agric.) disdetta ( di contratto d'affittanza) □ advance notice, preavviso □ at short notice, con breve preavviso; entro breve tempo □ to come in notice, farsi notare; attirare l'attenzione □ (leg.) to serve notice, annunciare ufficialmente; notificare □ (fam.) to sit up and take notice, avere considerazione e rispetto □ without notice, senza preavviso: He left without notice, se ne è andato senza preavviso □ The baby takes notice, il bambino comincia a dar segni d'interesse per il mondo che lo circonda.
♦ (to) notice /ˈnəʊtɪs/
A v. t.

1 osservare; notare; accorgersi di; avvertire; rilevare: I noticed that the messenger came back late, notai che il messaggero ritornò tardi; I noticed a strange smell in the kitchen, m'accorsi di (o avvertii) uno strano odore in cucina

2 interessarsi a; occuparsi di (q.); avere attenzioni per, essere gentile con (q.): She began to notice the young men of the village, ella ha cominciato a interessarsi ai (o a provare interesse per i) giovani del paese

3 notare; far rilevare: In his speech, he noticed the usefulness of the new invention, nel suo discorso, fece rilevare l'utilità della nuova invenzione

4 (giorn.) recensire

5 (leg.) notificare, intimare a (q.)

B v. i.

badare; stare attento: I wasn't noticing at all, non stavo proprio attento; m'ero distratto

● (leg.) The tenant was noticed to quit, l'inquilino ricevette la disdetta.

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I ['nəʊtɪs]
nome

1) (written sign) avviso m., annuncio m., comunicazione f.

2) (advertisement) annuncio m.

3) (attention) attenzione f., considerazione f.

to take notice — fare o prestare attenzione (of a)

take no notice o don't take any notice non farci caso, non badarci; it was beneath her notice non meritava la sua attenzione; it has come to my notice that — ho notato che

4) (review) recensione f., critica f.

5) (advance warning) preavviso m.

one month's notice — un mese di preavviso

to do sth. at short notice — fare qcs. con poco preavviso

to give sb. notice of sth. — avvertire qcn. di qcs.

until further notice — fino a nuovo ordine o avviso

I'm sorry it's such short notice — mi dispiace di avervi avvertito così tardi

6) (notification of resignation, dismissal)

to give in o hand in one's notice licenziarsi, dare le dimissioni; to give sb. (their) notice licenziare qcn.; to get one's notice — essere licenziato
II ['nəʊtɪs]
verbo transitivo accorgersi di, notare [absence, mark]

I notice that — noto che

to get oneself noticed — farsi notare

I can't say I noticed — non posso dire di averlo notato

English-Italian dictionary > notice
3 discharge

I ['dɪstʃɑːdʒ]
nome

1) (release) (of patient) dimissione f.

to get one's discharge — [ soldier] essere congedato

2) (pouring out) (of gas, liquid) scarico m.; med. spurgo m.

3) (substance released) (waste) scarichi m.pl.; med. (from eye, wound) escrezione f.

4) (repayment)

in discharge of a debt — in estinzione di un debito

5) el. scarica f.

6) (performance) adempimento m., esercizio m.

7) (firing) scarica f.

8) (unloading) scarico m.
II 1. [dɪs'tʃɑːdʒ]
verbo transitivo

1) (release) dimettere [ patient]; congedare [ soldier]; assolvere [ accused]

2) (dismiss) licenziare [ employee]

to discharge sb. from his duties — dimettere qcn. dalle sue funzioni

3) (give off) emettere [ gas]; scaricare [sewage, waste]

4) med.

to discharge pus — secernere pus

5) econ. estinguere [ debt]; riabilitare [ bankrupt]

6) (perform) adempiere a, compiere [ duty]; assolvere [ obligation]

7) (unload) scaricare [ cargo]; sbarcare [ passengers]

8) (fire) scaricare [ rifle]
2.
verbo intransitivo med. suppurare
3.
verbo riflessivo

he has discharged himself — ha lasciato l'ospedale

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1. verb
1) (to allow to leave; to dismiss: The soldier was discharged from the army; She was discharged from hospital.) congedare, dimettere

2) (to fire (a gun): He discharged his gun at the policeman.) sparare, lasciar partire un colpo

3) (to perform (a task etc): He discharges his duties well.) compiere

4) (to pay (a debt).) pagare

5) (to (cause to) let or send out: The chimney was discharging clouds of smoke; The drain discharged into the street.) emettere
2. noun
1) ((an) act of discharging: He was given his discharge from the army; the discharge of one's duties.) congedo; compimento

2) (pus etc coming from eg a wound.) emissione

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discharge /ˈdɪstʃɑ:dʒ/
n. [uc]

1 congedo ( da una forza armata); dimissione ( dall'ospedale); rilascio ( dal carcere): On discharge, he went to work for a security firm, dopo essersi congedato, è andato a lavorare per un'agenzia di sicurezza; You will need to rest for a few days after your discharge from ( the) hospital, avrai bisogno di qualche giorno di riposo dopo essere stato dimesso dall'ospedale; (spec. mil.) dishonourable discharge, radiazione (dai ranghi)

2 (ind.) scarico, smaltimento; ( sostanze) scarica: wastewater discharge regulations, norme per lo smaltimento delle acque di scarico; industrial discharges, scariche industriali

3 (med.) secrezione: nasal discharge, secrezione nasale; vaginal discharges, perdite vaginali

4 scarica ( elettrica, d'arma da fuoco, ecc.): the discharge of a firearm, la scarica di un'arma da fuoco

5 efflusso ( d'acque); portata ( di fiumi, ecc.)

6 (leg.) assoluzione ( di un imputato); esonero ( da un obbligo, da una responsabilità); liberazione ( anche da un'ipoteca): the discharge of the prisoners, la liberazione dei prigionieri; (leg.) absolute discharge, assoluzione totale; (leg.) conditional discharge, sospensione condizionale della pena

7 espletamento; adempimento ( anche leg.: di un'obbligazione); pagamento ( di un debito, ecc.): the discharge of one's duties, l'espletamento dei propri doveri; the discharge of a debt, il pagamento d'un debito

8 (leg.) estinzione; risoluzione; revoca: discharge of a contract by agreement [by operation of the law, by performance], estinzione (o risoluzione) di un contratto per mutuo consenso [per effetto di legge, per adempimento]; the discharge of a warrant of arrest, la revoca di un mandato di cattura

9 (mecc.) scarico: discharge channel, condotto (o luce) di scarico

10 (naut.) discarica ( delle merci)

11 (rag.) scarico

● (leg.) discharge from prison, scarcerazione □ (mecc.) discharge head, prevalenza ( d'una pompa) □ (leg.) discharge from bankruptcy, decreto di chiusura del fallimento □ (elettron.) discharge lamp, lampada a scarica (o a luminescenza) □ (leg.) the discharge of a bankrupt, la riabilitazione di un fallito □ (leg.) discharge of jury, scioglimento della giuria □ (mil.) discharge papers, foglio di congedo □ discharge tube, (elettron.) tubo a scarica; (mecc.) tubo di scarico.
(to) discharge /dɪsˈtʃɑ:dʒ/
A v. t.

1 congedare ( da una forza armata); dimettere ( dall'ospedale): He was discharged from the army due to ill health, è stato congedato dall'esercito per motivi di salute; She will be discharged ( from hospital) tomorrow, sarà dimessa (dall'ospedale) domani; to discharge a committee [a jury], congedare una commissione [una giuria]

2 scaricare: to discharge a ship [passengers, a cargo], scaricare una nave [passeggeri, un carico]; Clouds discharge electricity, le nuvole scaricano elettricità; to discharge a battery, scaricare una batteria; to discharge a weapon, scaricare un'arma ( sparando)

3 scaricare, emettere ( sostanze): Effluent was discharged into the sea, le acque reflue erano scaricate nel mare; The volcano discharges clouds of gas and steam, il vulcano emette nubi di gas e vapore

4 liberare; rilasciare: The prisoner was discharged, il detenuto è stato rilasciato (dal carcere)

5 (form.) espletare; compiere ( un dovere); pagare ( un debito, ecc.): I have a duty to discharge, ho un dovere da compiere; to discharge an obligation [a responsibility], adempiere a un obbligo [a una responsabilità]; to discharge a debt, pagare un debito

6 (leg.) assolvere, prosciogliere ( un imputato): He was fined and conditionally discharged for 12 months, è stato multato e ha avuto la sospensione condizionale della pena per un periodo di 12 mesi

7 (leg.) annullare, revocare ( un provvedimento, un'ordinanza)

8 (leg.) adempiere ( un'obbligazione)

9 (med.) secernere ( pus, ecc.); scaricare ( l'intestino)

10 ( tintoria) decolorare, stingere ( un tessuto)

B v. i.

1 ( di un fiume, ecc.) scaricarsi; sfociare

2 ( di arma da fuoco) sparare; lasciar partire un colpo

3 (elettr.) scaricarsi

4 (med.) suppurare

5 ( di una tinta) stingere

● (leg.) to discharge a bankrupt, riabilitare un fallito □ to discharge oneself, farsi dimettere dall'ospedale sotto la propria responsabilità □ (leg.) to discharge sb. from an obligation, liberare q. da un obbligo □ to discharge itself into, ( di un fiume) gettarsi in; sfociare in: The Mississippi discharges itself into the Gulf of Mexico, il Mississippi si getta nel Golfo del Messico □ (leg.) discharged bankrupt, fallito riabilitato □ (naut.) discharging port, porto di discarica.

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I ['dɪstʃɑːdʒ]
nome

1) (release) (of patient) dimissione f.

to get one's discharge — [ soldier] essere congedato

2) (pouring out) (of gas, liquid) scarico m.; med. spurgo m.

3) (substance released) (waste) scarichi m.pl.; med. (from eye, wound) escrezione f.

4) (repayment)

in discharge of a debt — in estinzione di un debito

5) el. scarica f.

6) (performance) adempimento m., esercizio m.

7) (firing) scarica f.

8) (unloading) scarico m.
II 1. [dɪs'tʃɑːdʒ]
verbo transitivo

1) (release) dimettere [ patient]; congedare [ soldier]; assolvere [ accused]

2) (dismiss) licenziare [ employee]

to discharge sb. from his duties — dimettere qcn. dalle sue funzioni

3) (give off) emettere [ gas]; scaricare [sewage, waste]

4) med.

to discharge pus — secernere pus

5) econ. estinguere [ debt]; riabilitare [ bankrupt]

6) (perform) adempiere a, compiere [ duty]; assolvere [ obligation]

7) (unload) scaricare [ cargo]; sbarcare [ passengers]

8) (fire) scaricare [ rifle]
2.
verbo intransitivo med. suppurare
3.
verbo riflessivo

he has discharged himself — ha lasciato l'ospedale

English-Italian dictionary > discharge
4 give

I
1. [gıv] n

1. 1) податливость, уступчивость

2) смягчение

the apparent give in the weather - заметное потепление

2. упругость, эластичность; пружинистость

there was too much give in the rope and it slipped off the box - верёвка легко растягивалась, и поэтому она соскочила с коробки

there is no give in a stone floor - каменный пол не прогибается

the give of the floorboards - оседание пола

there is not much give in this cloth - этот материал /эта ткань/ почти совсем не тянется

3. тех. зазор, игра

4. спец. упругая деформация

2. [gıv] v (gave; given)

I

1. давать

to give smb. a pencil [a cup of tea] - дать кому-л. карандаш [чашку чаю]

give me a day to think the problem over - дайте мне день, чтобы продумать этот вопрос /подумать над этим вопросом/

I can give you half an hour tomorrow - я смогу уделить вам полчаса завтра

to give smb. to eat [to drink] - дать кому-л. поесть [попить]; накормить [напоить] кого-л.

can you give me a bed for the night? - не могли бы вы устроить меня переночевать?

give us liberty or give us death! - возвыш. свободу или смерть!

2. 1) дарить, одаривать

to give smb. a present - сделать кому-л. подарок

to give smb. a bunch of flowers - преподнести кому-л. букет цветов

to give smth. as a keepsake - подарить что-л. на память

I don't know what to give her for her birthday - я не знаю, что подарить ей в день рождения

he gave all his books to the college - он передал все свои книги /свою библиотеку/ колледжу

2) давать, даровать, жаловать

to give a grant - а) (по)жаловать какую-л. сумму; б) дать стипендию или пособие

to give a medal - наградить медалью

the new law gives women equal pay with men - по новому закону оплата труда женщин приравнивается к оплате труда мужчин

it was not given to him to achieve happiness - ему было не дано добиться счастья

3) жертвовать

to give alms - подавать милостыню

he gave generously to charities - он щедро жертвовал на благотворительные цели

4) завещать, отказать

to give smb. smth. in one's will - завещать что-л. кому-л.

3. 1) предоставлять, отдавать

to give smb. the place of honour - предоставить кому-л. почётное место; усадить кого-л. на почётное место

2) поручать, давать поручение

to give the command of a regiment to a major - поручить майору командование полком

to give parts in a play - распределять роли в пьесе

to give a porter one's bag to carry - попросить носильщика отнести чемодан

I gave him a letter to mail - я велел ему отправить /опустить/ письмо

4. передавать, вручать

to give the note - отдать /передать/ записку

give him a letter from his mother - передайте ему письмо от матери

5. платить, отдавать

how much /what/ did you give for the thing? - сколько вы заплатили /отдали/ за эту вещь?

I gave it to him for nothing - я отдал это ему бесплатно /даром/

to give a fair day's wage for a fair day's work - хорошо заплатить за честно отработанный день

6. придавать

to give smb. assurance /confidence/ - придавать кому-л. уверенность

to give smb. strength - придавать кому-л. силу

to give smth. form - придавать чему-л. форму

to give smth. brilliance - придавать чему-л. блеск

its deep seclusion gives it a peculiar charm - полное уединение придаёт этому месту (дому и т. п.) особое очарование

to give spring to the take-off - спорт. сообщить толчку прыгучесть; усилить толчок

7. давать, быть источником, производить

trees give fruit - деревья приносят плоды

this farm gives good crops - эта ферма /это хозяйство/ даёт хорошие урожаи

his reading gives him knowledge - источником его знаний служит чтение

to give rays - излучать

the lamp gave an uncertain light - лампа давала тусклый свет /тускло светила/

give me more light - прибавьте освещения

this bell gives a dull sound - у этого колокола глухой звук

that book has given me several ideas - эта книга заставила меня кое о чём подумать /пробудила во мне кое-какие мысли/

8. сообщать

to give information - сообщать сведения

to give details - рассказывать /передавать/ подробности

it was given in the newspapers - об этом сообщалось в газетах

this newspaper gives a full story of the game - эта газета напечатала полный отчёт о матче

to give evidence - давать показания

to give testimony - давать показания под присягой

to give an account of smth. - отчитаться в чём-л.

this dictionary gives many new words - в этом словаре (содержится) много новых слов

to give to the public /to the world/ - опубликовать, обнародовать

the list gave ten names - в списке было десять имён

9. описывать, изображать

to give a portrait /a character/ - дать /нарисовать/ образ

he gives the scenery of the country with much fidelity - он описывает пейзаж страны очень точно

the text is enhanced by a number of plates, all of which are given detailed descriptions - интерес к тексту возрастает благодаря репродукциям, которые сопровождаются подробными описаниями

10. (to) подставлять; протягивать

she gave her face to the bright sunrays - она подставила лицо ярким лучам солнца

to give the sails to the wind - поставить паруса по направлению ветра

he gave his hand to the visitor - он протянул руку посетителю [ср. тж. ♢ ]

11. 1) отступить, отпрянуть

the army no longer gave - армия прекратила отступление

2) уступать, соглашаться

to give smb. the point - согласиться с кем-л. /уступить кому-л./ в данном вопросе

I'll give you that! - а) ладно! в этом я с вами согласен!; б) это я за вами признаю!

12. 1) подаваться, ослабевать

the lock gave under hard blows - замок подался под сильными ударами

the frost is giving - мороз слабеет

she stopped, her knees giving - она остановилась, колени её подкосились

the colours of the old carpet have given - краски старого ковра поблёкли

2) быть эластичным, сгибаться, гнуться

the rod gave but did not break - стержень согнулся, но не сломался

this armchair gives comfortably - в этом кресле удобно сидеть

the passengers gave to the motion of the ship - пассажиры приспособились к качке

3) оседать, подаваться

the floor of the summer-house gave and some of its boards broke - пол в беседке осел, и половицы кое-где проломились

the snow gave - снег осел

4) портиться, изнашиваться

the barrel gave - бочонок рассохся

my shoes began to give - мои ботинки начали снашиваться

5) спец. коробиться, перекашиваться

II А

1. 1) давать ( имя)

to give a child a name - называть ребёнка, давать ребёнку имя

what name will you give him? - как вы его назовёте?

he was given the name of John - его назвали Джоном

the river gives its name to the province - своё название провинция получила от реки

2) присваивать (звание, титул)

to give a title - присвоить звание

2. 1) налагать ( наказание); выносить ( приговор)

to give punishment - наказывать; налагать взыскание

to give smb. six months' hard labour - приговорить кого-л. к шести месяцам каторжных работ

to give a life sentence - приговорить к пожизненному заключению

judgement was given against him - он был признан виновным

the doctors gave him two years (to live) - врачи считали, что ему осталось жить два года

2) отдавать, воздавать ( должное)

to give smb. his due - отдавать кому-л. должное, воздавать кому-л. по заслугам

he was given a standing ovation at the end - в конце все встали и устроили ему овацию

3) давать (о возрасте, о времени)

I can give him 15 - я могу дать ему пятнадцать (лет), он выглядит на пятнадцать

how long do you give that marriage? - сколько, по-вашему, продлится этот брак?

3. 1) отдавать, посвящать (время, жизнь)

to give one's mind wholly to scientific research - полностью посвятить себя научным изысканиям

to give one's life for one's country - отдать жизнь за родину

he gave all his free time to golf - всё своё свободное время он посвящал игре в гольф /тратил на гольф, проводил за игрой в гольф/

2) уделять ( внимание)

to give one's attention to smth., smb. - уделять внимание чему-л., кому-л.

she seemed to give most of her attention to the occupants of the adjoining box - казалось, (что) всё её внимание направлено на сидящих в соседней ложе

3) предоставлять ( выбор)

4. 1) устраивать (обед, вечер)

to give a ball - дать бал

he gave a very good party - он устроил у себя хорошую /весёлую/ вечеринку

2) дать (концерт, спектакль); исполнять ( перед аудиторией)

to give a concert [a performance] - дать концерт [спектакль]

to give a recital - выступить с сольным концертом ( об артисте)

give us Chopin - сыграйте нам Шопена

who will give us a song? - кто споёт нам?

5. давать ( уроки); проводить ( занятия); прочитать ( лекцию)

to give a lesson [a lecture] - дать урок [прочитать лекцию] [ср. тж. ♢ ]

to give instruction in Latin - преподавать латынь [ср. тж. 6]

6. отдавать (распоряжение и т. п.)

to give orders - отдавать приказы, распоряжаться

to give instructions - давать указания [ср. тж. 5]

7. 1) причинять (беспокойство, неприятность)

to give sorrow - печалить, огорчать

I'm afraid he gave you a lot of trouble - боюсь, что он доставил вам массу хлопот

it gave us much pain to listen to his words - больно было слушать его слова

2) наносить (обиду, оскорбление)

to give offence - нанести обиду; оскорбить

3) доставлять ( удовольствие); давать ( удовлетворение)

to give pleasure - доставлять удовольствие

to give smb. a treat - а) угостить кого-л.; б) доставить удовольствие кому-л.

to give satisfaction - давать удовлетворение

8. 1) показывать, давать показания ( о приборах)

that clock gives the right time - эти часы показывают точное время

the thermometer gives 25u00B0 in the shade - термометр показывает 25u00B0 в тени

the barometer gives rain - барометр пошёл на дождь

2) давать какие-л. результаты (об исследовании и т. п.)

seventy-five divided by five gives fifteen - семьдесят пять, делённое на пять, - пятнадцать

the analysis gives the following figures - анализ даёт следующие данные

3) подавать ( пример)

to give a good example - подать хороший пример

9. уступать (место, позиции)

to give place to - а) уступать место; spring gave place to summer - на смену весне пришло лето; б) уступать первенство

10. 1) провозглашать ( тост)

I give you the King! - (я поднимаю свой бокал) за здоровье короля!

I give you joy - возвыш. желаю вам счастья

2) передавать ( в устной форме)

to give regards /love/ to smb. - передавать привет кому-л.

he gives you his compliments - он передаёт вам поклон

11. соединять ( с абонентом)

he asked central to give him the long distance operator - он попросил станцию соединить его с телефонисткой междугородной линии

give me Newtown 231 - соедините меня с номером двести тридцать один в Ньютауне, дайте мне Ньютаун двести тридцать один

12. выходить (об окне, коридоре, доме и т. п.)

the window gave into the park - окно выходило в парк

the door gives upon the landing - эта дверь выходит на площадку

no window gives (up)on the street - ни одно окно не выходит на улицу

13. высказывать ( свои соображения); аргументировать

I can give no reason - не могу привести никаких доводов

14. приписывать ( авторство)

a sound argument for giving the painting to Rembrandt - убедительное доказательство того, что картина принадлежит Рембрандту

15. заражать, передавать ( болезнь)

one child can give measles to a whole class - один ребёнок может заразить корью весь класс

you've given me your cold - вы заразили меня насморком

16. передавать, вручать

to give smb. into custody [into the hands /in charge/ of the police] - отдавать кого-л. под стражу [передавать кого-л. в руки /под надзор/ полиции]

to give smth. in charge - отдать что-л. на сохранение

to give smth. into smb.'s hands - передать что-л. в чьи-л. руки

17. выдавать, отдавать замуж (уст. тж. give in marriage)

II Б

to be given to smth. предаваться чему-л.; отдаваться, посвящать себя чему-л.

music was her only consolation and she was given to it wholly - музыка была её единственным утешением, и она целиком отдавалась ей

to be given to luxury - любить роскошь; окружить себя роскошью

III А

в сочетании с последующим существительным выражает

1) начало действия:

to give rise to smth. - а) давать начало чему-л.; б) вызывать что-л., приводить к каким-л. результатам; в) давать повод к чему-л.

to give birth - а) родить, породить; б) дать начало

to give currency to smth. - пускать что-л. в обращение

to give effect to - вводить в действие

2) действие, соответствующее значению существительного:

to give an answer /a reply/ - отвечать

to give smb. effectual help - оказать кому-л. существенную помощь

to give a suggestion - предложить

to give permission - разрешить

to give an oath - клясться, давать присягу

to give advice - посоветовать

to give notice - а) уведомлять; предупреждать; б) предупреждать о предстоящем увольнении

to give an injection - сделать укол

to give thought to smth. - задуматься над чем-л.

to give battle /fight/ - книжн. дать сражение /бой/

to give a rebuff - книжн. давать отпор

to give smb. a good scolding - дать кому-л. нагоняй

to give smb. a thrashing /a dusting, a flopping, a flogging, a licking/ - избить /поколотить/ кого-л.

to give a broadside - дать бортовой залп

to give the alert - поднимать тревогу

3) единичный акт или кратковременное действие, соответствующее значению существительного:

to give a cry /a shout/ - вскрикнуть

to give a wail - взвыть

to give a sob - всхлипнуть

to give a jump - подпрыгнуть

to give a start of surprise - вздрогнуть от неожиданности

to give a look /a glance/ - взглянуть

to give a slap - дать пощёчину

to give a blow - ударить

to give a kick - ударить ногой

to give a push [a pull] - толкнуть [потянуть]

she gave him a push down the stairs - она столкнула его с лестницы

to give a kiss - поцеловать

to give a laugh - рассмеяться

to give a smile - улыбнуться

to give a shrug of the shoulders - пожать плечами

to give a nod (of the head) - кивнуть (головой)

to give a wave of the hand - махнуть рукой

to give a wag of the tail - вильнуть хвостом ( о собаке)

he gives no signs of life - он не подаёт признаков жизни

to give smb.'s hand a squeeze - пожать кому-л. руку

to give one's hair a brush - расчесать волосы щёткой

to give a miss - а) промахнуться ( в бильярде); б) избежать

♢

to give a hand - протянуть руку (помощи)

to give one's hand - жениться; выйти замуж [ср. тж. I 10]

to give smb. a leg up - а) подсадить кого-л., помочь кому-л. взобраться; б) помочь кому-л. преодолеть трудности /препятствия/

to give lip service - поддерживать, одобрять и т. п. на словах

to give smb. good words - напутствовать кого-л. добрым словом

to give smb. to understand - дать кому-л. понять

to give points to - а) спорт. давать несколько очков вперёд; б) заткнуть за пояс; в) подсказать, намекнуть

to give the case for [against] smth. - высказаться за что-л. [против чего-л.]

to give fits - ругать; задать головомойку [см. тж. fit2 ♢ ]

to give a lesson /a lecture/ to smb. - прочесть кому-л. нотацию; отчитать кого-л. [ср. тж. II А 5]

to give it smb. hot /strong/ - задать кому-л. жару, взгреть кого-л.

to give smb. hell - а) взгреть кого-л., задать перцу /жару/ кому-л., ругать кого-л. на чём свет стоит; б) наступать; атаковать

to give smb. a piece of one's mind - высказаться напрямик; отчитать кого-л.

to give smb. what for - всыпать кому-л. по первое число, задать кому-л. перцу

to give the lie (to) - изобличать в грубой лжи

to give ground - а) отступать; б) уступать; ослаблять ( усилие); в) обосновывать; давать основание

to give tongue - а) подавать голос (о гончих, напавших на след); б) говорить громко, орать; высказываться

to give a year or so either way - с возможным отклонением в год в ту или другую сторону

to give a horse his head - опустить поводья, дать лошади самой выбирать дорогу

to give line /head, rein/ - предоставлять свободу действий; не вмешиваться

to give smb. a blank cheque - предоставить кому-л. свободу действий, дать кому-л. карт-бланш

to give a good account of oneself - а) хорошо себя зарекомендовать; б) добиться хороших результатов

to give smb. the mitten /the push/ - отказать жениху; оставить кого-л. с носом

to give smb. the creeps /the jim-jams/ - нагнать страху на кого-л.; привести кого-л. в содрогание

to give the ropes - бросать на канаты ( бокс)

to give smb. rope - предоставить кому-л. свободу действий (для того, чтобы погубить и т. п.)

to give (smb.) as good as one gets - платить (кому-л.) той же монетой, не оставаться (у кого-л.) в долгу

what gives? - что нового?; что происходит?

give or take - приблизительно, примерно; ≅ плюс-минус

he will be here at nine give or take five minutes - он будет здесь в девять (часов) плюс-минус пять минут

in this way I earn a hundred, give or take a tenner - таким путём я зарабатываю сотню плюс-минус десятку

give me Mozart [Rembrandt, etc] every time! - по-моему, никто не может сравниться с Моцартом [с Рембрандтом и т. д.]
II [gıv] уст. = gyve I

НБАРС > give
5 give

I 1. [gɪv]
verbo transitivo (pass. gave; p.pass. given)

1) (hand over) dare [object, money, prize, hand]; offrire [present, drink, sandwich]

to give sb. sth. to give sth. to sb. dare qcs. a qcn.; (politely, as gift) offrire qcs. a qcn.; how much will you give me for it? quanto mi dai per questo? what wouldn't I give for...! — che cosa non darei per...!

2) (cause to have)

to give sb. [sth.] to give [sth.] to sb. fare venire a qcn. [headache, nightmares]; attaccare o trasmettere a qcn. [ disease]; to give sb. pleasure — dare o fare piacere a qcn

3) (provide, produce) dare [milk, flavour, result, answer, sum]; fornire [heat, nutrient]

4) (allow, accord) affidare [ custody]; concedere, accordare [ grant]; cedere [ seat]

to give sb. time — dare o concedere tempo a qcn.

to give sb. enough room — dare o lasciare a qcn. spazio sufficiente

it's original, I'll give you that — è originale, te lo concedo

the polls give Labour a lead — i sondaggi danno il partito laburista in testa

5) med.

to give sb. sth. to give sth. to sb. — dare qcs. a qcn. [treatment, medicine]; trapiantare qcs. a qcn. [ organ]; mettere qcs. a qcn. [ pacemaker]; fare qcs. a qcn. [injection, massage]

6) (communicate) dare [advice, information]

I was given to understand that — mi fu dato a intendere che

7) tel.

to give sb. sth. — passare a qcn. [number, department]

give me the sales manager, please — mi passi il direttore commerciale, per favore

8) (give birth to)

she gave him two daughters — gli diede due figlie
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass. gave; p.pass. given)

1) (contribute) dare, donare

"please give generously" — "donate con generosità"

2) (bend) [mattress, sofa] infossarsi; [shelf, floorboard, fabric] cedere; [ branch] piegarsi

3) (yield) [person, side] cedere

something has to give — qualcosa si deve pur concedere

•

- give away

- give back

- give in

- give off

- give onto

- give out

- give over

- give up

- give way

••

don't give me that! — colloq. non cercare di darmela a bere!

give or take an inch (or two) — centimetro più, centimetro meno

if this is the big city, give me a village every time — colloq. se questa è la grande città, preferisco mille volte i paesini

"I give you the bride and groom!" — = formula che si usa al termine di un discorso per brindare agli sposi

I'll give you something to complain about! — colloq. te la do io una ragione per lamentarti!

to give and take — fare un compromesso

to give as good as one gets — rendere colpo su colpo

to give it all one's got — colloq. metterci l'anima

to give sb. what for — colloq. dare a qcn. una lavata di capo

what gives? — colloq. che cosa succede?
II [gɪv]
nome elasticità f.

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(to dismiss (someone) or to be dismissed (usually from a job): He got the boot for always being late.) licenziare; essere licenziato

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give /gɪv/
n. [u]

1 cedimento ( di stoffa, cuoio, ecc.)

2 lentezza ( di una fune, uno spago, ecc.)

3 cedevolezza; elasticità: The give of this material is excellent, questo materiale ha un'ottima elasticità.
♦ (to) give /gɪv/
(pass. gave, p. p. given)

A v. t.

1 dare; donare; regalare; consegnare; fruttare, rendere; concedere; accordare; elargire; emettere; assegnare; attribuire: They gave the singer some flowers, diedero dei fiori alla cantante; I gave it to him, glielo diedi; (telef.) Give me the Fire Brigade, mi dia i pompieri!; to give (sb.) one's word, dare la propria parola (a q.); to give the all-clear, dare il segnale di via libera; to give a cry, dare un grido; to give no sign of life, non dare segno di vita; They gave a concert, diedero un concerto; to give a sigh, emettere (o mandare) un sospiro NOTA D'USO: - to give o to get?-; I gave him a scarf for Christmas, gli ho regalato una sciarpa per Natale

2 pagare: How much did you give ( them) for that car?, quanto hai pagato (loro) quell'automobile?

3 porgere; offrire; portare; trasmettere: Give my regards to your mother, porgi (o porta) i miei saluti a tua madre; (comm.) to give a discount, offrire (o fare) uno sconto

4 ( di solito to give in marriage) dare in moglie (o in sposa)

5 fare: to give sb. 's name, fare il nome di q.; menzionare q.; The doctor gave the patient an injection, il dottore ha fatto un'iniezione al paziente

6 dare; rappresentare; rendere ( artisticamente): to give a play, dare una commedia; rappresentare un dramma

7 dedicare: He has given his life to this company, ha dedicato la vita a questa ditta

8 (mat.) dare come risultato; fare: Ten plus five gives fifteen, dieci più cinque fa quindici

9 ( di un orologio, uno strumento) segnare: My watch doesn't give the right time, il mio orologio non segna l'ora giusta

10 (med., fam.) attaccare, trasmettere ( una malattia): The little girl has given me her cold, la bambina mi ha attaccato il raffreddore

11 proporre un brindisi a (q.): Gentlemen, I give you the chairman, signori, propongo di brindare al presidente

B v. i.

1 dare (o fare) doni (o elargizioni): to give to charity, dare in beneficenza

2 cedere; piegarsi; essere cedevole; essere elastico: The floor gave under their weight, il pavimento cedette sotto il loro peso

3 ( del tempo) addolcirsi; farsi mite

4 ( del gelo, del ghiaccio) sciogliersi

5 (fam.) accadere; succedere: What gives?, che succede?

● to give oneself airs, darsi delle arie □ to give and take, fare concessioni reciproche; fare un compromesso □ to give birth to, dare alla luce, mettere al mondo ( anche fig.); dare origine a, essere la patria di: New Orleans gave birth to jazz, New Orleans fu la patria del jazz □ (pop.) to give sb. a bit of one's mind, dire a q. il fatto suo; dirne quattro a q. □ (leg.) to give the case (o to give it) for sb., pronunciarsi in favore di q. □ to give chase, dare la caccia □ to give ear, ascoltare; prestare orecchio □ to give an eye to, dare un'occhiata a; badare a □ to give ground, cedere terreno; ritirarsi; ripiegare; ( di prezzi, ecc.) cedere, segnare una flessione □ to give sb. a hand, dare una mano a q.; ( anche) applaudire (q.) □ ( slang volg.) to give sb. head, fare un pompino a q. (volg.) □ to give heed to, fare attenzione a (qc.); dare retta a (q.) □ (fam., arc.) to give it to sb. ( spesso: to give it to sb. hot), dare una (bella) lavata di capo a q.; punire q. (spec. un bambino) □ to give one's name, dare il (proprio) nome; declinare le generalità □ to give oneself, darsi, dedicarsi (a qc.): She gave herself to the study of palaeontology, si diede allo studio della paleontologia □ give or take, più o meno; all'incirca: It will take two hours, give or take a few minutes, ci vorranno due ore, minuto più minuto meno □ (telef.) to give sb. a ring, dare un colpo di telefono a q. □ to give rise to, dare origine a; cagionare; causare □ (fam.) to give sb. the sack, licenziare q.; mandar via q. □ ( slang) to give sb. the slip, sfuggire a q. ( una persona sgradita, ecc.); seminare q. ( un inseguitore, ecc.) □ to give the time of day, (fig.) rivolgere la parola: He wouldn't even give me the time of day, non volle neanche rivolgermi la parola □ to give thought to, pensare a, riflettere su; curarsi di: He gives no thought to his mother's feelings, non si cura dei sentimenti di sua madre □ to give tongue to, esprimere, manifestare □ to give vent to, sfogare; dare sfogo a □ to give voice to, esprimere ( opinioni, ecc.) □ to give way, cedere, rompersi, spezzarsi; cedere terreno, ritirarsi, ripiegare; abbandonarsi, lasciarsi andare ( a un sentimento); cedere il passo (a qc. di nuovo); ( anche autom.) dare la precedenza: The bridge gave way, il ponte si è spezzato □ (fam.) to give sb. what for, darle a q.; picchiare q.; sgridare q. □ to give weight to, avvalorare ( un fatto, una previsione); rafforzare ( una richiesta, ecc.); integrare ( una domanda).

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I 1. [gɪv]
verbo transitivo (pass. gave; p.pass. given)

1) (hand over) dare [object, money, prize, hand]; offrire [present, drink, sandwich]

to give sb. sth. to give sth. to sb. dare qcs. a qcn.; (politely, as gift) offrire qcs. a qcn.; how much will you give me for it? quanto mi dai per questo? what wouldn't I give for...! — che cosa non darei per...!

2) (cause to have)

to give sb. [sth.] to give [sth.] to sb. fare venire a qcn. [headache, nightmares]; attaccare o trasmettere a qcn. [ disease]; to give sb. pleasure — dare o fare piacere a qcn

3) (provide, produce) dare [milk, flavour, result, answer, sum]; fornire [heat, nutrient]

4) (allow, accord) affidare [ custody]; concedere, accordare [ grant]; cedere [ seat]

to give sb. time — dare o concedere tempo a qcn.

to give sb. enough room — dare o lasciare a qcn. spazio sufficiente

it's original, I'll give you that — è originale, te lo concedo

the polls give Labour a lead — i sondaggi danno il partito laburista in testa

5) med.

to give sb. sth. to give sth. to sb. — dare qcs. a qcn. [treatment, medicine]; trapiantare qcs. a qcn. [ organ]; mettere qcs. a qcn. [ pacemaker]; fare qcs. a qcn. [injection, massage]

6) (communicate) dare [advice, information]

I was given to understand that — mi fu dato a intendere che

7) tel.

to give sb. sth. — passare a qcn. [number, department]

give me the sales manager, please — mi passi il direttore commerciale, per favore

8) (give birth to)

she gave him two daughters — gli diede due figlie
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass. gave; p.pass. given)

1) (contribute) dare, donare

"please give generously" — "donate con generosità"

2) (bend) [mattress, sofa] infossarsi; [shelf, floorboard, fabric] cedere; [ branch] piegarsi

3) (yield) [person, side] cedere

something has to give — qualcosa si deve pur concedere

•

- give away

- give back

- give in

- give off

- give onto

- give out

- give over

- give up

- give way

••

don't give me that! — colloq. non cercare di darmela a bere!

give or take an inch (or two) — centimetro più, centimetro meno

if this is the big city, give me a village every time — colloq. se questa è la grande città, preferisco mille volte i paesini

"I give you the bride and groom!" — = formula che si usa al termine di un discorso per brindare agli sposi

I'll give you something to complain about! — colloq. te la do io una ragione per lamentarti!

to give and take — fare un compromesso

to give as good as one gets — rendere colpo su colpo

to give it all one's got — colloq. metterci l'anima

to give sb. what for — colloq. dare a qcn. una lavata di capo

what gives? — colloq. che cosa succede?
II [gɪv]
nome elasticità f.

English-Italian dictionary > give
6 ♦ conditional

♦ conditional /kənˈdɪʃənl/
A a.

1 condizionato; subordinato: conditional offer, offerta condizionata; Our offer is conditional on your acceptance of this clause, la nostra offerta è subordinata all'accettazione di questa clausola da parte vostra; (leg., GB) conditional discharge, libertà con sospensione condizionale della pena: He was given a 2-year conditional discharge, è stato condannato a due anni con la condizionale

2 ( anche gramm.) condizionale: (leg.) conditional provision, clausola condizionale

B n. [u]

(gramm.) condizionale: in the conditional, al condizionale

● ( banca) conditional acceptance, accettazione condizionata □ (leg.) conditional clause, clausola restrittiva □ (stat.) conditional distribution, distribuzione condizionata □ (comput.) conditional instruction, istruzione condizionale □ (comput.) conditional jump, salto condizionato □ (leg.) conditional legacy, legato soggetto a condizione □ ( Borsa, fin.) conditional order, ordine condizionato □ (leg., comm.) conditional sale, vendita con riservato dominio
conditionality
n. [u]

1 l'essere condizionale

2 (econ.) condizionalità
conditionally
avv.

1 condizionatamente; a una condizione

2 (leg.) con la condizionale.

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ conditional
7 ♦ death

♦ death /dɛɵ/
n. [uc]

1 morte ( anche fig.); decesso: The cause of death was given as asphyxiation, hanno dichiarato che la causa della morte è stata l'asfissia; death by drowning, morte per annegamento; to bleed to death, morire dissanguato; to be burned to death, essere arso vivo; morire (in un incendio): Many people were burnt to death in the fire, molte persone perirono nell'incendio; to beat sb. to death, picchiare a morte q.; to choke to death, morire soffocato; to crush to death, uccidere ( schiacciando); stritolare; bored to death, annoiato a morte; to condemn (o to sentence) to death, condannare a morte; sudden death, morte improvvisa; untimely death, morte prematura; violent death, morte violenta; They escaped death by inches, sono scampati alla morte per pochissimo; Deaths from cancer have risen sharply, le morti per cancro sono aumentate notevolmente; the death of my hopes, la fine delle mie speranze; the death of Communism, la morte del comunismo; The factory closures spelled the death of the town, la chiusura delle fabbriche ha segnato la fine della città; at the point of death, in punto di morte; (leg.) death certificate, certificato di morte

2 (pl.) ( nei giornali) necrologi

● (zool.) death adder ( Acanthophis antarcticus), vipera della morte □ death benefit, indennità per morte ( sul lavoro o per causa di servizio); assegno funerario; prestazione per il caso di morte ( a vantaggio del beneficiario di una polizza vita) □ ( anche fig.) death blow, colpo mortale □ death camp, campo di sterminio □ death cap ( Amanita phalloides), tignosa verdognola □ death cell, cella della morte □ (fisc., stor., in GB) death duty, imposta di successione □ (in GB) death grant, indennità per morte; assegno funerario ( per la morte di un congiunto) □ death's-head, testa di morto, teschio □ (zool.) death's-head moth ( Acherontia atropos), acheronzia; sfinge testa di morto □ death knell, rintocco funebre: (fig.) The arrival of automation sounded the death knell of traditional farming, l'avvento dell'automazione ha segnato la condanna a morte delle tecniche di coltivazione tradizionali □ death mask, maschera mortuaria □ death notice, necrologio □ (leg.) death penalty, pena capitale; pena di morte □ (demogr.) death rate, tasso di mortalità □ death rattle, rantolo della morte □ ( nelle carceri) death row, braccio della morte □ (autom., slang USA) death seat, il “posto del morto” ( quello accanto al guidatore, considerato il più pericoloso) □ (leg., fig.) death sentence, sentenza di morte; sentenza capitale □ (polit.) death squad, squadra della morte □ death-stricken, colpito a morte □ (fisc., in USA) death tax, imposta di successione □ death threat, minaccia di morte □ death throes, agonia □ death toll, numero dei morti; bilancio delle vittime ( in un incidente, ecc.) □ death trap, ( di edificio, veicolo, ecc.) trappola mortale □ (leg.) death warrant, ordine di esecuzione di una condanna a morte □ (fig.) to sign sb. 's death warrant, segnare la condanna a morte di q.: This decision in effect signed his death warrant, questa decisione in pratica ha segnato la sua condanna a morte □ (psic.) death wish, desiderio di morire □ ( anche fig.) to be the death of sb., far morire q.: That girl be the death of me, quella ragazza mi farà morire (di crepacuore); If he doesn't slow down, this job will be the death of him, se non rallenta il ritmo, quel lavoro gli costerà la vita □ to be at death's door, avere la morte all'uscio; avere un piede nella fossa □ to catch one's death ( of cold), prendersi un malanno □ (antiq.) to do sb. to death, uccidere q. □ to do st. to death, fare (suonare, ecc.) fino alla nausea: That tune has been done to death, quel motivo è stato suonato fino alla nausea □ (fam.) to feel [look] like death warmed up, sentirsi [sembrare] uno straccio □ to frighten sb. to death, spaventare a morte q. □ to be frozen to death, morire di freddo □ to hold on (o to hung on) like grim death, tener duro; stare attaccato (o aggrappato) disperatamente □ to be in at the death, ( caccia) essere presente al momento dell'uccisione della volpe; (fig.) essere presente nel momento culminante d'un evento o al compimento di un'impresa □ to put sb. to death, mettere a morte q. □ to death, fino a morire; (fig.) da morire: to be starved to death, morire di fame; to be stoned to death, essere lapidato; to be bored to death, annoiarsi a morte; to be scared to death, essere morto di paura; to be sick to death of sb. [st.], essere stufo marcio di q. [qc.] □ to the death, fino alla morte; (fig.) all'ultimo sangue: a fight to the death, un combattimento all'ultimo sangue □ to work oneself to death, ammazzarsi di lavoro □ It is as sure as death, è più che sicuro.

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ death
8 set

[set] 1. гл.; прош. вр., прич. прош. вр. set
1)

а) ставить, класть

to set the ladder against the wall — приставить лестницу к стене

She set a tray down on the table. — Она поставила поднос на стол.

I set the basket against the door. — Я поставил корзину рядом с дверью.

He set down his knife and fork. — Он отложил нож и вилку.

Why don't you set your chair forward to get a better view? — Почему бы тебе не придвинуть стул немного вперёд, чтобы лучше видеть?

The chair was set apart from the others for the special guest. — Один стул поставили отдельно, для особого гостя.

She was reading a book, but set it by when the telephone rang. — Она читала книгу, но отложила её, когда зазвонил телефон.

Syn:

put 1., place 2.

б) обычно страд. размещать, располагать

a medieval village set high on a hill — средневековая деревушка, расположенная на высоком холме

The house is set in fifty acres of parkland. — Дом располагается на территории в пятьдесят акров, посреди парка.

в) разворачиваться, происходить (о действии книги, фильма или спектакля)

The novel is set in London in the 1960s. — Действие романа разворачивается в Лондоне 1960-х годов.

2) сажать, усаживать

to set on a throne — сажать на трон

to set on horseback — сажать верхом

Syn:

seat 2.

3) придавать определённое положение

to set smth. on end — поставить что-л. вверх ногами, поставить на попа

to set smth. upright — поднять что-л. вертикально, поставить стоймя

4) ( set against)

а) настраивать против (кого-л. / чего-л.)

What have I ever done to set her against me? — Что же я такого сделал, что она так настроена против меня?

б) быть категорически против (чего-л.), противиться (чему-л.)

to set oneself against a proposal — решительно воспротивиться принятию предложения

Mary's father was set against the marriage from the beginning. — Отец Мэри с самого начала был против этой свадьбы.

5) приводить в ( определённое) состояние

to set smb. free — освобождать кого-л.

to set a match to smth. — поджечь что-л. (спичкой)

to set smb. laughing — рассмешить кого-л.

to set smb. loose — отпустить кого-л.

to set smth. on fire — поджечь что-л.; предать что-л. огню

My age sets me beyond your cruelty. (W. Scott, The Castle Dangerous, 1831) — Мой возраст позволяет мне не бояться вашей жестокости.

The leg should be set under anesthesia. — Ногу нужно обезболить.

The news set her heart beating. — При этом известии у неё забилось сердце.

The answer set the audience in a roar. — Услышав ответ, все присутствующие разразились хохотом.

I must set the living room straight before the visitors arrive. — Я должен сделать уборку в комнате до приезда гостей.

- set at variance

- set at bay
- set at odds
- set at ease
- set at large
- set in motion
- set in operation
- set in order
- set smth. to rights
- set smth. afoot
- set aflame
6) устанавливать, приводить в нужное положение, состояние (механизм, устройство); регулировать

to set the hands of a clock — установить стрелки часов

to set the watch forward five minutes — перевести часы на пять минут вперёд

In spring we usually set the clocks ahead one hour. — Весной мы обычно переводим стрелки на час вперёд.

My watch was fast so I set it back three minutes. — Мои часы спешили, поэтому я перевёл их на три минуты назад.

She set the camera on automatic. — Она установила камеру на автоматический режим.

Set the alarm for 7 o'clock. — Поставь будильник на 7 часов.

Syn:

fix 1., adjust, regulate

7) укладывать ( волосы), делать укладку

8)

а) накрывать на стол

Could you set the table for dinner? — Ты не мог бы накрыть стол к ужину?

б) класть, помещать, ставить (еду, напитки)

The table was set with refreshments. — Стол был уставлен закусками и напитками.

9)

а) оправлять, вставлять в оправу ( драгоценные камни)

She had the sapphire set in a gold ring. — Она вставила свой сапфир в золотое кольцо.

б) украшать, обрамлять ( драгоценными камнями)

Her crown is set with precious jewels. — Её корона украшена драгоценными камнями.

10) положить ( текст) на музыку, сочинить ( музыку) к тексту

Schubert set many poems to music. — Шуберт положил на музыку множество стихотворений.

11) ставить ( печать), скреплять ( печатью)

to set the seal — ставить печать

12)

а) = set down назначать, устанавливать, определять

A price was set upon the head of the Prince. — За голову принца была назначена цена.

The rate of interest is set at 111/2%. — Процентная ставка установлена в размере 111/2%.

These price limits are set down by the government. — Ценовые ограничения установлены правительством.

The limits of our nature are set, and we can never cross them. — Человеческая природа имеет свои пределы, и мы никогда не сможем преодолеть их.

We have to set measures to our spending if we are to save for our old age. — Коль скоро нужно откладывать на старость, мы должны ограничить себя в тратах.

б) = set down предписывать, устанавливать (правила, регламент и т. п.); формулировать ( закон)

When our rules are once set, no Governor should offer to alter them. — Когда законы установлены, ни один правитель не должен пытаться их изменить.

We had to set down rules for the behaviour of the members. — Мы должны были выработать правила поведения для членов организации.

The law sets down that speed limits must be obeyed. — Закон гласит, что необходимо соблюдать ограничения скорости.

в) страд. быть решённым, определённым, установленным

13) ( set over) назначать (кого-л.) начальником, ставить (кого-л.) над (кем-л. / чем-л.)

I've not been happy in the company since a new director was set over me. — Мне стало неуютно работать в этой компании с тех пор, как надо мной поставили нового начальника.

14)

а) оценивать, давать оценку

After setting a just value upon others, I must next set it on myself. — После того, как я даю справедливую оценку другим, я должен затем оценить самого себя.

I set her age at 33. — Я думал, что ей года тридцать три.

His income can probably be set at $80,000 a year. — Его доход составляет приблизительно восемьдесят тысяч долларов в год.

б) (set against / beside) сравнивать с (кем-л. / чем-л.)

Setting the results against those of the last election, we can see a clear improvement. — Если сравнить нынешние результаты с результатами предыдущих выборов, можно увидеть значительное улучшение.

We must set the cost against the advantages of the new invention. — Мы должны установить цену в соответствии с преимуществами нового изобретения.

Money seems unimportant when set beside the joys of family life. — Деньги кажутся ничего не значащими по сравнению с радостями семейной жизни.

15) расценивать (каким-л. образом), считать

to set at defiance / naught / nought — ни во что не ставить, презирать

to set smb. / smth. above smb. / smth. — считать (кого-л. / что-л.) важнее (кого-л. /чего-л.), ставить выше

Tradition sets Wycliffe's birth in the year 1324. — Традиционно годом рождения Уиклифа считается 1324-й.

Mother sets the needs of the family above her own interests. — Мама ставит интересы семьи выше своих собственных.

16) ( set before) представлять, предлагать (кому-л.) на рассмотрение (факты, идею, предложение)

Your suggestion will be set before the board of directors at their next meeting. — Ваше предложение будет обсуждаться на следующем заседании совета директоров.

Syn:

bring, lay before, send before

17) = set down назначать ( время)

Two o'clock had been the hour set for the wedding. — Венчание было назначено на два часа.

The club's opening day is set for April 22. — День открытия клуба назначен на 22 апреля.

The trial has been set down for 13 April. — Слушания были назначены на 13 апреля.

18) подавать ( пример); вводить (моду, стиль); создавать ( прецедент)

to set a good / bad example to smb. — показывать хороший / дурной пример кому-л.

to set the stroke — задавать темп ( в гребле)

His photographs set the standard for landscapes. — Его снимки стали эталоном пейзажной фотографии.

The Genoese and Venetians set the models of these vessels. — Эти модели судов были впервые введены генуэзцами и венецианцами.

- set the pace

19)

а) ставить (задачу, цель и т. п.)

to set oneself a task — поставить перед собой задачу

I shall not set him anything to do. — Я не буду ставить перед ним никаких задач.

б) брит. задавать (работу, задание и т. п.)

to set smb. a (very) difficult / easy paper — предложить (очень) трудную / лёгкую контрольную (работу)

The master was in the habit of setting lessons for the children to work upon at home after school hours. — Учитель обычно задавал детям уроки, которые они должны были делать дома после занятий.

в) предлагать, предписывать (книгу, учебник и т. п.) для экзамена, курса обучения

What books have been set for this course? — Какие книги нужно прочесть по этому предмету?

г) брит. готовить, составлять вопросы к экзамену

The head teacher sets the questions for the English exam. — Директор школы готовит вопросы к экзамену по английскому языку.

д) ( set before) предлагать (что-л. на выбор)

The government has set two choices before the voter: to control wages and prices, or to suffer further increases in the cost of living. — Правительство поставило избирателей перед дилеммой: или регулирование зарплат и цен, или дальнейшее повышение прожиточного минимума.

20) подносить, приближать

to set a glass to one's lips — поднести стакан к губам

21)

а) направлять, сосредоточивать (мысль, волю, желание и т. п.)

to set one's brain on / to smth. — сосредоточить мысль на чём-л.

Tony tried to set his brain to listening. — Тони изо всех сил старался слушать.

б) ( set to) = set oneself to засесть за ( работу), взяться, приняться за (что-л.)

Find a spade and set to, there's a lot of work to do in the garden. — Возьми-ка лопату и принимайся за дело, в саду надо много сделать.

How do you set about building a boat? — С чего начинают строить лодку?

22)

а) дать затвердеть, схватиться (цементу, бетону, гипсу и т. п.)

б) затвердевать, застывать; делаться густым, прочным; схватываться

Leave the concrete to set for a few hours. — Оставьте бетон застывать на несколько часов.

Let the pudding set. — Пусть пудинг затвердеет.

Syn:

harden, solidify

23) становиться неподвижным (о лице, взгляде и т. п.)

Her features had set themselves in sorrow. — Лицо её застыло в глубокой печали.

24)

а) стискивать, сжимать (зубы, губы)

Syn:

clench 1., compress 2.

б) сжиматься, стискиваться (о зубах, губах)

Helen's mouth set itself firmly as she thought of it. — Губы Элен плотно сжались, когда она вспомнила об этом.

25) напрягаться, твердеть ( о мускулах)

26)

а) вправлять ( кость)

б) срастаться ( о кости)

Dogs' bones soon set. — Кости у собак быстро срастаются.

27) полигр.; = set up набирать

We can't change any wording once the article is set up. — После того, как статья набрана, мы не можем изменить в ней ни слова.

28)

а) = set out высаживать ( саженцы), высевать ( семена)

The young plants should be set out three inches apart. — Молодые растения надо высаживать, оставляя между ними промежутки в три дюйма.

б) завязываться (о цветах, плодах)

29) сажать ( хлеб) в печь

30) поднимать, ставить ( паруса)

There was no more canvas on the ship to set. — На судне больше не осталось парусов, которые можно было бы поставить.

When under full sail this vessel sets 45,000 square feet of canvas. — На полном ходу это судно использует 45000 квадратных футов парусов.

31) садиться, заходить (о солнце, луне); приближаться к закату, к концу (о жизни, славе и т. п.)

His star has set. — Его звезда закатилась.

Syn:

decline 1., wane 2.

32) определиться с направлением (о течении, ветре)

33) уст. устанавливаться ( о погоде)

The nights set very cold. — Ночи стали очень холодными.

34)

а) нести, увлекать в определённом направлении

A breeze sprung up from the south-east, and set the ice so rapidly upon us. — С юго-востока налетел ветер и быстро погнал на нас льдины.

б) иметь (определённую) тенденцию, направленность

Her ambition did not set in the direction indicated. — Её стремления простирались в совсем другом направлении, нежели то, что было для неё намечено.

в) направлять, поворачивать; вести

to set one's face towards the sun — повернуться лицом к солнцу

He knew the path and could set us on it. — Он знал тропу и мог вести нас по ней.

35)

а) ( set on) натравливать, науськивать

I'll set my dog on you if you don't leave at once! — Я на тебя своего пса спущу, если ты немедленно не уберёшься!

They set dogs on us as though we were rats. — Они натравливали на нас собак, как будто мы были крысами.

б) (set about / on) разг. напасть на (кого-л.); завязать драку с (кем-л.)

The girl was set on by a thief in the park. — На девушку в парке напал грабитель.

The three men set about him with their hands and boots. — На него напали три человека и начали бить руками и ногами.

36) танцевать, повернувшись лицом к партнёру

Set to your partner. — Повернитесь лицом к партнёру.

37)

а) сидеть на яйцах ( о курице)

б) сажать ( курицу) на яйца

в) подкладывать ( яйца) под курицу ( для высиживания)

38) делать стойку ( о собаке)

39) мор. пеленговать

40) стр. производить кладку

41) уст. размещать, расставлять (часовых, охрану и т. п.)

How came he to leave the Castle after the watch was set? — Как ему удалось выбраться из замка, после того как была выставлена охрана?

42) уст. вонзать (оружие, шпоры и т. п.)

to set spurs to the horse — пришпоривать лошадь

43) уст. точить (острые инструменты, особенно бритву); разводить ( пилу)

Are my razors set yet? — Мои бритвы ещё не наточены?

44) диал.; ирон. подходить, соответствовать, быть к лицу

Syn:

become, befit, suit 2.

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- set about
- set ahead
- set apart
- set aside
- set back
- set by
- set down
- set forth
- set forward
- set in
- set off
- set on
- set out
- set to
- set up
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to set up home / house — зажить отдельно, своим домом

to set one's face / countenance — придать лицу какое-л. выражение

to set people by the ears / at variance / at loggerheads — ссорить, натравливать людей друг на друга

to set one's cards on the table — раскрыть (свои) карты

to set a beggar on horseback — давать недостойному лицу преимущества, которыми он злоупотребит

to set a finger / hand on smb. — тронуть кого-л. (пальцем); поднять на кого-л. руку; причинить кому-л. вред

to set on foot — пустить в ход, организовать (что-л.)

to set a thief to catch a thief — поручить вору поймать вора

to set smb. on his / her feet — поставить кого-л. на ноги; помочь кому-л. в делах

to set one's hopes on smb. / smth. — возлагать надежды на кого-л. / что-л.

to set one's life on a chance — рисковать жизнью

to set great / much store on smth. — высоко ставить что-л., глубоко ценить что-л.

to set little store on smth. — низко ставить что-л., ни во что не ставить, не ценить что-л.

to set smb. in mind of smb. / smth. — напомнить кому-л. о ком-л. / чём-л.

This man will never set the Thames on fire. — Этот человек пороха не выдумает.

- set one's mind on smth.
- set smb.'s back up
- set right
- set straight
- set the seal on smth. 2. сущ.
1)

а) комплект, набор; коллекция

carving set — набор инструментов для резьбы по дереву

chess set — шахматы

chemistry set — набор для детей "Юный химик"

a set of clubs — набор клюшек

a set of dishes — набор тарелок

a set of diamonds — коллекция бриллиантов

a set of false teeth — вставная челюсть, вставные зубы

to break (up) a set — разрознить, нарушить комплект

to make up a set — составлять комплект

б) сервиз

tea set — чайный сервиз

coffee set — кофейный сервиз

в) гарнитур

set of six chairs — мебельный гарнитур из шести стульев

г) прибор

dressing-table set — туалетный прибор

д) (полный) комплект издания

a set of Shakespeare's plays — собрание пьес Шекспира

A complete set of Balzac's works, twenty-seven volumes. — Полное собрание сочинений Бальзака в двадцати семи томах.

He perused the antiquated sets of newspapers. — Он внимательно читал подшивки старых газет.

2)

а) ряд, серия

a set of low hills — гряда невысоких холмов

a set of houses — ряд домов

a set of failures — серия неудач

a set of rules — свод правил

a set of responsibilities — круг обязанностей

a set of motives — совокупность причин

a set of notions — совокупность понятий, свод понятий

б) мат.; лог. множество

3)

а) компания, круг, общество; неодобр. клика

Dublin's literary set — Дублинский литературный кружок

He got in with a wild set at college. — В колледже он попал в дурную компанию

- Cliveden set

б) банда, шайка

a set of smugglers — шайка контрабандистов

в) брит. группа школьников ( выделенная на основе способностей учеников)

She's in the top set for French. — Она попала в группу самых успевающих по французскому языку.

4)

а) иск.; = setting декорации

Syn:

scenery

б) кино съёмочная площадка

The cast must all be on (the) set by 7 in the morning. — Актёры должны быть на съёмочной площадке не позднее семи часов утра.

5) сет (в теннисе, волейболе)

to play a set — сыграть сет

to lose a set — проиграть сет

to win a set — выиграть сет

6)

а) сюита духовной музыки

б) серия песен или композиций, исполняемых музыкантом или группой во время концерта ( в джазе и поп-музыке)

в) фигура ( танца)

7) приёмник

radio set — радиоприемник

television / TV set — телевизор

8) укладка ( волос)

A shampoo and set costs £15. — Шампунь и укладка стоят 15 фунтов.

9)

а) очертания, линии ( тела); черты ( лица)

He admired the set of her shoulders. — Он любовался изгибом её плеч.

Her eyes still seemed to be closed, but there were subtle differences in the set of her face. — Её глаза были по-прежнему закрыты, но в чертах лица можно было заметить небольшую перемену.

б) посадка; расположение

the set of her head and neck — посадка её головы и поворот шеи

I don't like the set of his coat. — Мне не нравится, как на нём сидит пальто.

10)

а) направление (течения, ветра)

A feather will show you the direction of the wind; a straw will prove the set of a current. — Перо укажет вам направление ветра, а соломинка – направление течения.

б) склонность, тенденция

Syn:

tendency, inclination

в) психол. настрой, направленность, установка

mental set — установка сознания

Danger arouses a set of the nervous system towards escape. — Опасность вызывает установку нервной системы на избежание угрозы.

11) поэт. заход, закат (о небесных светилах; употребляется только в ед. ч.)

the set of day — конец дня, время захода солнца

12)

а) саженец; черенок

б) клубни, посадочный материал

onion sets — лук-севок

в) завязь ( плода)

13) = sett II

14) = sett I

15) стр. схватывание, затвердевание ( цемента)

to take a set — затвердеть, схватиться

Removal of water results in the time of set being reduced. — Удаление воды приводит к тому, что время затвердевания сокращается.

16)

а) тех. развод зубьев пилы; ширина развода

б) полигр. ширина знака

17) стойка ( собаки)

to make a set — делать стойку

- dead set

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- jet set
3. прил.
1)

а) (заранее) установленный, определённый; назначенный, намеченный

set time of eating — установленное время приёма пищи

within the set time limit — до окончания установленного срока

There's no set time limit on this. — Время исполнения этой работы жёстко не ограничено.

Each person was given set jobs to do. — Каждому человеку были поручены (чётко) определённые задачи.

Syn:

appointed

б) фиксированный, установленный (о доходах, ценах)

to charge a set fee for one's services — брать фиксированную плату за свои услуги

Syn:

appointed, fixed

в) твёрдый, устойчивый, неизменный (о мнениях, суждениях и т. п.)

set ideas / opinions / views — неизменные, косные представления, мнения, взгляды

set rules — незыблемые правила

set expressions — устойчивые выражения, речевые клише

to be set in one's ways — быть твёрдым в своих убеждениях, взглядах

As people get older, they get set in their ways. — С годами люди приобретают твёрдые взгляды и неизменные привычки, становятся менее гибкими.

Our religious system has no set form of liturgy. — Наша религиозная система не имеет установленной формы церковной службы.

Syn:

fixed, unchangeable

г) брит. предлагаемый по фиксированной цене и имеющий ограниченный ассортимент ( о еде в отелях и ресторанах)

set lunch / dinner — обед по фиксированной цене ( с ограниченным выбором блюд)

set menu — меню блюд, предлагаемых по фиксированной цене

2) брит. обязательный ( об учебном материале)

set book / text — обязательная книга / обязательный текст ( для прочтения к экзамену)

3)

а) разг. ((up)on / for) готовый, полный решимости, горящий желанием (сделать что-л.)

Nina's set on going to the party. — Нина твёрдо решила пойти на вечеринку.

Are you set for the trip? — Вы готовы к поездке?

Be set to leave by 10 o'clock. — Приготовьтесь отправляться в десять часов.

All set, boys? Let's go. — Всё готово, ребята? Пошли.

John is set on playing football for England. — Джон твёрдо решил, что будет выступать в английской национальной сборной по футболу.

Syn:

intent 2., determined, prepared

б) ( against) = dead set решительно настроенный против (чего-л.)

Why are you so dead set against the idea? — Почему ты принимаешь эту идею в штыки? / Почему ты так сопротивляешься этой идее?

в) уст. твёрдый, упорный; упрямый

set defiance — упорное неповиновение

"You are a terribly set person," she said, after she had consented to let him have his own way. — "Ты ужасно упрямый человек", - сказала она, согласившись с его условиями.

Syn:

persistent

4)

а) неподвижный, застывший (о лице, улыбке)

a set smile — застывшая улыбка

His face took on a set expression. — Его лицо приняло застывшее выражение.

Syn:

immovable, rigid, fixed

б) стиснутый ( о зубах)

"Damn you," he said through set teeth. — "Чтоб тебя!" - процедил он сквозь зубы.

5) встроенный, вделанный, укреплённый

Syn:

mounted, built-in

6) уст. тщательно обдуманный, намеренный, умышленный

He did it of set purpose. — Он сделал это умышленно.

Syn:

intentional, premeditated

7) уст. формальный, официальный

It is not a set party, but one without full dress or ceremony. — Это будет неофициальный приём без парадной одежды и церемоний.

Syn:

formal, ceremonious

Англо-русский современный словарь > set
9 ♦ work

♦ work /wɜ:k/
n.

1 [u] lavoro ( anche econ.); opera ( anche letteraria, ecc.); attività: DIALOGO → - Signing on with an agency- What sort of work are you looking for?, che genere di lavoro sta cercando?; Can you do this work alone?, puoi fare questo lavoro da solo?; a day's work, il lavoro d'una giornata; DIALOGO → - Computer problems- I've lost all this morning's work, ho perso tutto il lavoro di stamattina; to find (o to get) work, trovar lavoro; trovare da lavorare; A teacher does his work mainly at school, l'insegnante svolge la sua attività soprattutto a scuola; to go to work, andare al lavoro: I go to work by bus, vado al lavoro in autobus; My father is at work now, mio padre è al lavoro; ( USA) to be in work, essere in lavorazione; DIALOGO → - Dental fees- Are you in work?, ha un impiego?; to be looking for work, essere in cerca di lavoro; to be out of work, essere disoccupato; to finish work at 2 p.m., smettere di lavorare alle 14; to start work, cominciare a lavorare; to leave work early, uscire prima dal lavoro; to return to work, riprendere il lavoro; a piece of work, un lavoro; un oggetto lavorato: What a wonderful piece of work!, che magnifico lavoro!; to go (o to set) about one's work, mettersi a lavorare; intraprendere il proprio lavoro; to set sb. to work, mettere q. al lavoro; far lavorare q.; dirty work, lavoro pesante; ( anche) attività illegale; hard work, duro lavoro; seasonal work, lavoro stagionale

2 ( arte, letter., mus., ecc.) opera ( anche in senso morale): a fine work of art, una bella opera d'arte; Shakespeare's complete (o collected) works, le opere complete di Shakespeare; works of mercy, opere di bene; atti di carità

3 (pl.) (di solito col verbo al sing.) fabbrica; officina; opificio; stabilimento: The biggest works is outside the town, lo stabilimento più grande è fuori della città; a gas works, un'officina del gas

4 (pl.) meccanismo; ingranaggio; congegno; movimento: The works need to be repaired, bisogna riparare il congegno; the works of a clock ( of a watch), il movimento di un orologio

5 (pl.) opere, lavori (d'ingegneria); (mil.) fortificazioni: public works, opere di pubblica utilità; lavori pubblici; defensive works, opere di difesa; DIALOGO → - Being late- There are road works on the M1 and it's reduced to one lane, ci sono dei lavori sulla M1 e la strada è ridotta a una corsia

6 [u] (fis.) lavoro: to convert energy into work, convertire energia in lavoro

7 (mecc., ind., = workpiece) pezzo (da lavorare): to true up the work, centrare il pezzo

8 (pl.) (fam.; = the full works, the whole work) tutto quanto; armi e bagagli; ogni cosa; ( di cibo) un po' di tutto; il menu completo

9 (pl.) ( slang) tutto l'armamentario (o l'attrezzatura) che serve per drogarsi

● work area, zona lavoro □ (econ.) work by the day, lavoro a giornata; lavoro in economia □ (org. az.) works committee, commissione mista □ (ind.) work cycle, ciclo di lavorazione □ (econ.) work experience, esperienza di lavoro; esperienza professionale □ ( anche comput.) work group, gruppo di lavoro □ work-horse ► workhorse □ (org. az.) work hour, ora lavorativa □ work in hand (o in progress), lavoro in corso □ (sociol.) work-life balance, equilibrio tra lavoro e vita privata; equilibrio vita-lavoro □ (org. az.) work order, ordine (o buono) di lavorazione; commessa □ (leg.) work permit, permesso di lavoro □ work rate, quantità di lavoro; ( sport) mole di gioco svolto □ (econ.) work relief, sostegno all'occupazione □ work sheet, ► worksheet □ (cronot.) work standard, norma □ work station ► workstation □ (econ.) work stoppage, interruzione del lavoro □ (ind.) work study, studio dell'organizzazione del lavoro □ ( USA) work-study scholarship, borsa di studio con lavoro part-time □ work ticket = work order ► sopra □ all in the day's work, tutto regolare; roba d'ordinaria amministrazione □ at work, al lavoro, sul lavoro: safety at work, la sicurezza sul lavoro □ to be at the works, essere in fabbrica; essere in officina □ to be at work upon st., lavorare a qc.; essere occupato a fare qc. □ to have a hand in the work, avere le mani in pasta □ (fam.) to have one's work cut out, avere a mano un lavoro difficile; avere un bel da fare □ Keep up the good work!, bravo! continua così! □ to make short (o quick) work of, sbrigarsi a; sbarazzarsi di, far piazza pulita di: You have made short work of cleaning up the garden, ti sei sbrigato a pulire il giardino; I have made short work of him, mi sono sbarazzato di lui □ to set (o to get) to work, mettersi al lavoro; mettersi all'opera □ sexual discrimination at work, discriminazione sul lavoro in base al sesso; diversità di trattamento fra lavoratori e lavoratrici □ I have done a good day's work, ho fatto un bel po' di lavoro, oggi □ My work is in civil engineering (o as a civil engineer), faccio (di professione) l'ingegnere (civile) □ (prov.) All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, il troppo lavoro rende noiosi.
NOTA D'USO: - work o job?- ♦ (to) work /wɜ:k/
(pass. e p. p. worked, talora wrought)

A v. i.

1 lavorare; operare; fare un lavoro: I've been working all day, è tutto il giorno che lavoro; He isn't working at present, non sta lavorando ora; ( anche) al momento è senza lavoro (o è disoccupato); to work hard, lavorar sodo; to work alongside sb., lavorare a fianco di q.; The new cook works well, il nuovo cuoco fa bene il suo lavoro; He was given the Nobel Prize because he had worked so hard for peace, ha ricevuto il premio Nobel per aver tanto operato per la pace; DIALOGO → - Asking about routine 1- Where do you work?, dove lavori?

2 funzionare ( anche fig.); fare effetto; essere efficace; andare: to work on electricity, funzionare (o andare) con la corrente (elettrica); DIALOGO → - Power cut- The fridge has stopped working, il frigo ha smesso di funzionare; I don't think your idea will work, non credo che la tua idea funzionerà; The remedy didn't work, il rimedio non ha funzionato; The plan worked very well, il piano ha avuto un buon esito

3 penetrare (con difficoltà): The worm worked ( its way) into the wood, il tarlo è penetrato nel legno

4 lavorarsi, manipolarsi ( bene, male, ecc.): This clay works easily, quest'argilla si manipola bene

5 (fig.) maturare; fermentare: Let the idea work in your mind, lascia che l'idea ti fermenti in testa

6 contrarsi; distorcersi: Mr Hyde's features began to work in an awful manner, i lineamenti di Mr Hyde cominciarono a distorcersi in modo orrendo

7 (naut.) manovrare a fatica

8 (mecc., naut.) allentarsi; allascarsi; avere gioco

9 (tecn.: del malto, ecc.) fermentare

10 (naut.: di una nave) faticare; travagliare

11 (naut.) bordeggiare; navigare controvento

B v. t.

1 lavorare; foggiare; plasmare; manipolare: to work the soil, lavorare la terra; ( cucina) to work butter [dough] well, lavorar bene il burro [la pasta]; to work clay, manipolare l'argilla; to work iron, foggiare il ferro

2 far lavorare: He works his players hard [non stop], fa lavorare sodo [senza tregua] i suoi giocatori

3 far funzionare; azionare; manovrare; condurre: to work a machine, far funzionare una macchina; to be worked by electricity, essere azionato dall'elettricità; andare con la corrente (elettrica); to work an engine, manovrare una locomotiva; He worked the train from London to Liverpool, condusse il treno (fece da macchinista sul treno) da Londra a Liverpool

4 (tecn.) comandare: This gadget works the whole burglar-alarm, questo aggeggio comanda l'intero antifurto

5 operare; causare; produrre; provocare; compiere; esercitare; fare: Automation has worked ( o wrought) many changes in the car industry, l'automazione ha operato molti cambiamenti nell'industria automobilistica; The storm worked great ruin, la tempesta ha causato gravi danni; to work mischief, provocare (o fare) danni

6 (org. az.) dirigere; essere a capo di

7 (tecn.) dare per fermentazione: Yeast works beer, il lievito per fermentazione dà la birra

8 (econ.) sfruttare, coltivare ( una miniera): to work a coal mine, sfruttare una miniera di carbone

9 operare, ricamare; fare ( cucendo o ricamando): to work one's initials on the linen, ricamare le proprie iniziali sulla biancheria

10 esercitare un influsso su (q.); convincere; indurre; persuadere: You should work him to your way of thinking, dovresti indurlo a condividere il tuo modo di vedere

11 (fam.) sistemare; arrangiare (fam.); fare in modo: I'll work it so that you can come as well, farò in modo che anche tu possa venire; How did she work it?, come c'è riuscita?

12 ( USA) fare ( un'operazione aritmetica); risolvere ( un problema); trovare, calcolare ( un risultato)

13 ( sport: calcio, ecc.) lavorare, manovrare ( il pallone)

14 (naut.) manovrare ( una barca)

15 (fam.) lavorarsi, manipolare, sfruttare (q.)

● (comput.) to work at a distance, lavorare a distanza □ ( di un oratore, ecc.) to work the audience into enthusiasm, sollevare l'entusiasmo del pubblico □ ( di un principio, ecc.) to work both ways, valere nei due sensi (o per tutti e due) □ to work closely with sb., lavorare in stretta collaborazione con q. □ (comm.: di un commesso viaggiatore) to work a district, lavorare in una zona, fare una zona □ to work double tides, fare in un giorno il lavoro di due □ ( sport) to work the edges, agire sugli spigoli ( degli sci); spigolare □ to work free, (riuscire a) liberare, sciogliere: to work one's hands free, liberarsi le mani □ (econ.) to work full-time, lavorare a tempo pieno □ to work like a beaver, lavorare come un mulo; lavorare per dieci □ to work like a dog, lavorare come un mulo □ (mecc.) to work loose, allentare; allentarsi: The nut of the bolt has worked loose, s'è allentato il dado del bullone □ to work nights, fare il turno di notte □ to work overtime, fare lavoro straordinario; fare lo straordinario □ to work part-time, lavorare a tempo parziale (o ridotto) □ to work one's passage ( on a ship), pagarsi la traversata (su una nave) lavorando a bordo □ (leg.) to work a patent, sfruttare un brevetto □ to work in shifts, lavorare a turni □ to work a typewriter, scrivere a macchina; fare il dattilografo □ to work one's way through the crowd, farsi largo a fatica tra la folla □ to work wonders, fare miracoli □ (autom.) «Men working» ( cartello), «lavori in corso» □ It worked like a charm, la cosa andò (o tutto filò) a meraviglia; funzionò come d'incanto.
NOTA D'USO: - to work for o to work at?-

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ work
10 talk

[tɔːk] 1. гл.
1)

а) говорить, разговаривать, вести беседу

to talk bluntly / candidly / frankly / freely / fluently — говорить открыто, свободно, искренне, бегло

to talk loud(ly) / talk openly — во весь голос, открыто, громогласно заявлять о чём-л.

to need smb. to talk to — иметь потребность в собеседнике

to talk to oneself — говорить с самим собой

to talk on a topic / subject — говорить, вести беседу на какую-л. тему

to talk of one thing and another, to talk of this and that — говорить, толковать о том о сём

to talk politics — говорить о политике

to talk bawdy — говорить непристойности

to talk sense / business / амер. shop — говорить дело

She has found somebody to talk to. — Она нашла, с кем поговорить.

They were talking about the elections. — Они разговаривали о выборах.

She was talking of her trip. — Она рассказывала о своём путешествии.

I will talk to them about this problem. — Я обсужу с ними этот вопрос.

It is talked of placing me into asylum. — Речь идет о том, чтобы упечь меня в психушку.

Stop talking in riddles! — Перестань говорить загадками!

She surely got herself talked about. — Она, разумеется, заставила всех говорить о себе.

I didn't / couldn't care to talk. — Мне не хотелось разговаривать.

Stop talking! — Перестаньте разговаривать!

б) вести переговоры, совместно и официально обсуждать (что-л.)

The both parts were talking about the crisis of overproduction. — Обе стороны говорили о кризисе перепроизводства.

Syn:

discuss

в) читать лекцию

The lecturer talked on youth drug problems. — Лектор говорил о проблеме молодёжи и наркотиков.

Syn:

lecture 2.

г) общаться при помощи звуковых сигналов (по радио и т. п.)

Ships usually talk to each other by wireless. — Корабли обычно переговариваются друг с другом по радио.

The ships were talking on the river. — На реке были слышны корабли.

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Syn:

converse I 2.

2)

а) говорить на (каком-л. языке, диалекте)

to talk French — говорить по-французски

to talk slang — говорить на сленге

б) говорить (издавать какие-л. звуки)

to talk in one's sleep — бормотать, говорить во сне

The water bubbles talked so noisily. — Пузыри на воде громко лопались.

Dolphins were talking their own dolphin talk. — Дельфины говорили на своём дельфиньем языке.

We could certainly hear the birds talking throughout the forest. — Мы, конечно же, слышали голоса птиц, которые разносились по всему лесу.

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Syn:

speak, utter

3)

а) болтать, трепать языком; пустословить

to talk big / large / tall / horse — хвастать, важничать

to talk by the hour — тараторить, трещать; болтать без умолку, чесать языком

to talk small — вести пустой разговор, салонную беседу

to talk nonsense — говорить чепуху, полную ерунду

Syn:

prate 2.

б) = talk about сплетничать, судачить, злословить, распространять слухи

to talk behind smb.'s back — говорить за спиной у кого-л., за глаза; злословить на чей-л. счёт

to talk scandal / treason — распускать слухи, сплетничать / вести преступные разговоры

Let them talk. — Пусть себе болтают.

My wife's cheating on me gave people something to talk about. — Измены моей женушки дали пищу для толков и пересудов.

People were beginning to talk about new head officer's perversions and addictions. — Уже пошли толки об извращениях и пристрастиях нового директора.

Everybody is sure to talk now. — Да, теперь-то везде пойдут слухи.

Syn:

gossip 2.

4) разг. признаваться, расколоться, заговорить ( о допрашиваемом)

Do you think the prisoners will talk? — Ты думаешь, заключённый расколется?

Syn:

confess

5) выговориться; наговориться, договориться (до какого-л. состояния)

to talk oneself sick / hoarse — договориться до болезненного состояния / хрипоты

It seemed you talked yourself into trouble - getting this bullet right into your stomach. — Похоже, что ты, наконец, дотрепался и получил пулю в живот.

6) (talk about / off) начать поговаривать о (чём-л.), (начать) размышлять о (чём-л.), подумывать о (чём-л.)

Are you still talking about moving to another city, or have you made up your minds? — Вы все ещё подумываете о том, чтобы переехать в другой город или вы уже окончательно решились?

7) ( talk into) уговорить (кого-л.) сделать (что-л.)

I don't think Father is willing to lend us the car tomorrow, but I'll see if I can talk him into it. — Не думаю, что отец горит желанием дать нам машину на завтра, но я попробую уговорить его.

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- talk around
- talk round
- talk away
- talk back
- talk big
- talk down
- talk out
- talk over
- talk profusely
- talk scandal
- talk smut
- talk through
- talk to the point
- talk up
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to talk Greek / Hebrew / Double-Dutch / gibberish — говорить по-турецки, на тарабарщине, на непонятном языке

to talk smb.'s head off — заговорить кого-л. до потери сознания, замучать разговорами

to talk a good game, to talk a great ball game — амер. красиво говорить, мягко стелить

to talk oneself black in the face — говорить до посинения, позеленения

to talk one's head / one's arm, a donkey's hind leg, arse / off — наговориться вволю, всласть

to talk through one's hat / through (the back of) one's neck — говорить или нести вздор, пороть чепуху

to talk bullshit / crap / nuts — разг. нести ахинею, пороть чушь

to talk big / large / tall — разг. хвастать, бахвалиться

talk of the devil (and he will come / and he is sure to appear) — лёгок на помине

Look who's talking. — Чья бы корова мычала.

You can't talk. — разг. Не тебе говорить, ты бы лучше помалкивал

How you talk! — Хватит врать-то! Ври больше!

I should talk! — Мне-то лучше знать!

Now you're talking! — Вот это другой разговор! Вот это дело!

That was beer talking. — Это я под хмельком от пива сболтнул лишнего. ( реплика извинения за высказанную грубость или резкость)

- talk against time
- talk cold turkey
- talk turkey 2. сущ.
1)

а) разговор; диалог; беседа

heart-to-heart / loose / pep talk — разговор по душам / свободная, раскованная / живая беседа

blunt / plain / straight talk — прямой разговор, разговор без обиняков

to lead an idle / intimate / disjointed / small / double talk — вести пустой / интимный / бессвязный / пустячный / двусмысленный разговор

to have no small talk — не уметь поддержать беседу

to engage smb. in talk, make a talk, fall into a talk — завязать беседу, начинать разговор, разговориться

to start the talk off in a different direction — перевести разговор на другую тему

The talk turned to sports. — Разговор перешёл на спортивную тему.

I think it's time we had a talk. — Я думаю, нам пора поговорить.

She had a long talk with him about his work. — Она долго говорила с ним о его работе.

We fell into a plain talk. — Мы с ней поговорили начистоту.

It seemed they met for a good talk. — Казалось, они встретились, чтобы всласть потрепаться.

- big talk
- tall talk
- sweet talk
- walk the talk
Syn:

speech, discourse 1.

б) ( talks) переговоры; обсуждение

formal talk — официальные переговоры

informal talks — неофициальные переговоры

contract talk — переговоры по вопросу о заключении контракта

peace talk — мирные переговоры

high-level / top-level / summit talks — переговоры на высшем уровне

to conduct / hold talk — вести переговоры

to break off talk — срывать переговоры, внезапно прекращать переговоры

the next round of Middle East peace talks — следующий раунд переговоров о мире на Ближнем Востоке

talks about talks — предварительное обсуждение (предмета переговоров и т. п.)

- exploratory talk

Syn:

discussion, negotiation, treaty, conversation

2) лекция ( часто неформальная); нотация

radio talk — радиомонолог

to give a talk — прочитать лекцию

I was given this usual talk on bringing up children subject. — Мне прочитали обычную в таких случаях лекцию по вопросам воспитания детей.

Syn:

story I, fantasy

3)

а) пустой разговор, пустословие; болтовня, трёп

to be all talk — вечно болтать

It will end in talk. — Дальше разговоров дело не пойдёт.

It's just / mere talk. — Это так, трёп один.

Don't give me that never-smoke-again crap talk and all. — Хватит тут заливать мне про то, что больше не будешь курить и прочее.

Enough of these ill grandma talks. — Хватит уже историй про больную бабушку.

We need no talk here, show us what you can do. — Мы сюда не трепаться пришли - покажи, на что ты способен.

idle talk — пустословие, болтовня

б) вода, переливание из пустого в порожнее ( о бессодержательном или небрежно написанном тексте)

Syn:

verbiage

4)

а) молва; толки, слухи; россказни

There is talk of her resigning. — Поговаривают о том, что она уходит в отставку.

He was a man of principle and risked talk. — Он был человеком принципа и не боялся сплетен.

Syn:

rumour, gossip 1.

б) предмет разговоров, толков, сплетен

She was the talk of the whole town. — О ней судачил весь город.

His receiving Nobel Prize will make talk. — Теперь, когда он получил Нобелевскую премию, о нём будут много говорить.

Syn:

topic

5) разг. диалект, жаргон; язык, речь

thieves' talk — воровской, блатной язык

bird talk — язык птиц

Stop that baby talk! — разг. Перестань сюсюкать! Говори серьёзно!

Syn:

language, dialect 1., lingo

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all talk and no cider — амер. много шуму, мало толку

that's the talk! — вот это дело!, вот это я понимаю!

talk(ing) shop — разг. говорильня (о правительстве, парламенте, особенно о Палате общин)

talk-master — амер.; разг. ведущий теле- или радио- ток-шоу

Англо-русский современный словарь > talk
11 exercise

1. noun
1) no pl., no indef. art. (physical exertion) Bewegung, die

take exercise — sich (Dat.) Bewegung verschaffen

2) (task set, activity; also Mus., Sch.) Übung, die

the object of the exercise — der Sinn der Übung

3) (to improve fitness) [Gymnastik]übung, die

4) no pl. (employment, application) Ausübung, die

5) usu. in pl. (Mil.) Übung, die
2. transitive verb
1) ausüben [Recht, Macht, Einfluss]; walten lassen [Vorsicht]; sich üben in (+ Dat.) [Zurückhaltung, Diskretion]

2)

exercise the mind — die geistigen Fähigkeiten herausfordern

3) (physically) trainieren [Körper, Muskeln]; bewegen [Pferd]
3. intransitive verb
sich (Dat.) Bewegung verschaffen

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1. noun
1) (training or use (especially of the body) through action or effort: Swimming is one of the healthiest forms of exercise; Take more exercise.) die Bewegung

2) (an activity intended as training: ballet exercises; spelling exercises.) die Übung

3) (a series of tasks, movements etc for training troops etc: His battalion is on an exercise in the mountains.) das Manöver
2. verb
1) (to train or give exercise to: Dogs should be exercised frequently; I exercise every morning.) bewegen

2) (to use; to make use of: She was given the opportunity to exercise her skill as a pianist.) üben

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ex·er·cise

[ˈeksəsaɪz, AM -sɚ-]

I. vt

1. (physically)

▪ to \exercise sth etw trainieren

to \exercise a dog einen Hund spazieren führen

to \exercise a horse ein Pferd bewegen

to \exercise one's muscles/memory seine Muskeln/sein Gedächtnis trainieren

2. ( form: mentally)

to \exercise sb's mind jdn sehr beschäftigen

3. ( form: use)

▪ to \exercise sth etw üben

to \exercise one's authority seine Autorität ausüben

to \exercise caution Vorsicht walten lassen

to \exercise common sense den gesunden Menschenverstand benutzen

to \exercise control over sth Kontrolle über etw akk ausüben

to \exercise discretion in a matter eine Angelegenheit mit Diskretion behandeln

to \exercise leadership die Leitung innehaben

to \exercise an option ein Optionsrecht ausüben

to \exercise one's power seine Macht in Anspruch nehmen

to \exercise one's privilege von seinem Privileg Gebrauch machen

to \exercise one's right sein Recht geltend machen

to \exercise self-denial sich akk selbst verleugnen

to \exercise self-discipline Selbstdisziplin ausüben

to \exercise tact mit Takt vorgehen

to \exercise one's veto sein Vetorecht einlegen

II. vi trainieren

III. n

1. (physical exertion) Bewegung f; (training) Übung f

breathing \exercise Atemübung f

outdoor \exercise Bewegung f im Freien

physical \exercise körperliche Bewegung

to do \exercises Gymnastik machen

to do leg \exercises Beinübungen machen

to take \exercise sich akk bewegen

you really should take more \exercise du solltest dich wirklich mehr sportlich betätigen

2. (practice) Übung f; SCH, UNIV Aufgabe f

written \exercises schriftliche Übungen

3. MIL Übung f

to take part in an \exercise an einer Übung teilnehmen

a military \exercise eine militärische Übung

a naval \exercise eine Marineübung

tactical \exercises taktische Übungen

4. usu sing (act) Aufgabe f; ( iron) Meisterstück nt iron fam

damage limitation \exercise Versuch m der Schadensbegrenzung

▪ an \exercise in sth ein Paradebeispiel für etw akk

an \exercise in compromise ein wahrhafter Kompromiss

5. no pl (use) Ausübung f

the \exercise of tolerance die Gewährung von Toleranz

6. STOCKEX

\exercise of an option Ausübung f einer Option

7. ECON (fiscal year) Geschäftsjahr nt

8. esp AM

▪ \exercises pl Feierlichkeiten pl

graduation \exercises Abschlussfeierlichkeiten pl

inauguration \exercises Einweihungsfeierlichkeiten pl

IV. n modifier (programme, session, studio) Trainings-

\exercise class Fitnessklasse f

\exercise video Übungsvideo nt

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['eksəsaɪz]
1. n

1) no pl (of right) Wahrnehmung f; (of physical, mental power) Ausübung f; (of patience, mental faculties) Übung f; (of imagination) Anwendung f

in the exercise of his duties — bei der Ausübung seiner Pflichten

2) (bodily or mental, drill MUS ETC) Übung f

stomach exercises — Übungen pl für die Bauchmuskeln

to do one's exercises in the morning — Morgengymnastik machen

3) no pl (physical) Bewegung f

physical exercise — (körperliche) Bewegung

to do some exercise — ein bisschen Sport machen

a dog needs a lot of exercise —

people who don't take or get enough exercise — Leute, die sich nicht genug bewegen or die nicht genug Bewegung bekommen

I need to get some exercise — ich brauche ein wenig Bewegung

what form of exercise do you do? — wie halten Sie sich fit?

4)

(= activity) it was a pointless exercise — es war völlig sinnlos

it was a useful exercise in public relations — für die Public Relations war es nützlich

that's just an exercise in window-dressing (fig) — das ist alles nur Schau

5) (MIL) usu pl Übung f

to go on exercises — eine Übung machen

6) pl (US: ceremonies) Feierlichkeiten pl

2. vt

1) body, mind üben, trainieren; horse bewegen; dog spazieren führen

I'm not saying this just to exercise my voice — ich sage das nicht zum Spaß

2) (= use) one's authority, control, power ausüben; a right geltend machen, ausüben; patience, tact, discretion üben; influence ausüben (on auf +acc); talents Gebrauch machen von

to exercise care in doing sth — Vorsicht walten lassen, wenn man etw tut

3. vi

if you exercise regularly... — wenn Sie sich viel bewegen...

you don't exercise enough —

he was exercising on the parallel bars — er turnte (gerade) am Barren

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exercise [ˈeksə(r)saız]

A s

1. Ausübung f (einer Kunst, der Macht, einer Pflicht, eines Rechts etc), Geltendmachung f (von Einfluss, Rechten etc), Anwendung f, Gebrauch m:

exercise of an office Ausübung eines Amtes;

in the exercise of their powers in Ausübung ihrer Machtbefugnisse

2. (körperliche oder geistige) Übung, (körperliche) Bewegung:

do one’s exercises Gymnastik machen;

he doesn’t get enough ( bodily oder physical) exercise er bewegt sich nicht genug;

take exercise sich Bewegung machen (im Freien);

exercise on the horizontal bar (Turnen) Reckübung;

exercise bicycle Zimmerfahrrad n;

exercise therapy MED Bewegungstherapie f

3. meist pl MIL

a) Exerzieren n

b) Übung f, (Übungs)Manöver n:

the aim ( oder object) of the exercise fig der Zweck des Ganzen;

the whole exercise fig die ganze Geschichte umg

4. Übung(sarbeit) f, Schulaufgabe f:

exercise book Schul-, Schreibheft n

5. MUS Übung(sstück) f(n)

6. Andacht(sübung) f, Gottesdienst m

7. meist pl US Feierlichkeiten pl

B v/t

1. ein Amt, ein Recht, Macht, einen Einfluss ausüben, ein Recht, Einfluss, Macht geltend machen, von einem Recht etc Gebrauch machen, etwas anwenden:

exercise care Sorgfalt walten lassen;

exercise functions Tätigkeiten ausüben, Aufgaben wahrnehmen

2. den Körper, Geist üben, trainieren

3. jemanden üben, drillen, ausbilden, seine Glieder, Pferde bewegen

4. exercise sb ( oder sb’s mind) jemanden stark beschäftigen oder plagen oder beunruhigen;

be exercised by ( oder about) beunruhigt sein über (akk)

5. fig Geduld etc üben, an den Tag legen

C v/i

1. sich Bewegung machen:

he doesn’t exercise enough er bewegt sich nicht genug

2. SPORT etc üben, trainieren

3. MIL exerzieren

ex. abk

1. examination

2. examined

3. example

4. except

5. exception

6. WIRTSCH US exchange

7. US executed

8. US executive

9. exercise

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1. noun
1) no pl., no indef. art. (physical exertion) Bewegung, die

take exercise — sich (Dat.) Bewegung verschaffen

2) (task set, activity; also Mus., Sch.) Übung, die

the object of the exercise — der Sinn der Übung

3) (to improve fitness) [Gymnastik]übung, die

4) no pl. (employment, application) Ausübung, die

5) usu. in pl. (Mil.) Übung, die
2. transitive verb
1) ausüben [Recht, Macht, Einfluss]; walten lassen [Vorsicht]; sich üben in (+ Dat.) [Zurückhaltung, Diskretion]

2)

exercise the mind — die geistigen Fähigkeiten herausfordern

3) (physically) trainieren [Körper, Muskeln]; bewegen [Pferd]
3. intransitive verb
sich (Dat.) Bewegung verschaffen

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n.

Aufgabe -n f.

Ausübung -en f.

Bewegung -en f.

Übung -en f.

Übungsaufgabe f. v.

ausüben (Macht, Amt) v.

exerzieren v.

geltend machen (Einfluss) ausdr.

trainieren v.

üben v.

English-german dictionary > exercise
12 ■ give up

■ give up
A v. i. + avv.

1 rinunciare ( a un tentativo): I gave up trying to swim across the river, rinunciai ad attraversare il fiume a nuoto; (fam.) I give up!, rinuncio (a indovinare); mi arrendo!

2 arrendersi; darsi per vinto; cedere: At last the defenders gave up, alla fine i difensori si arresero

3 smettere di lavorare; staccare (fam.)

B v. t. + avv.

1 consegnare; cedere; abbandonare: They gave up the town to the enemy, cedettero (o abbandonarono) la città al nemico; to give up one's seat to an elderly person, cedere il posto ( a sedere) a un anziano

2 restituire (fig.): The ocean never gives up its dead, l'oceano non restituisce mai i suoi morti

3 rivelare; svelare; rendere noto

4 rinunciare a; smettere di: You should give up smoking, dovresti rinunciare al fumo (o smettere di fumare)

5 abbandonare; lasciare; piantare (fam.): Don't give up your old friends!, non abbandonare i vecchi amici!; to give up all hope, lasciare ogni speranza

6 (fam.) lasciare perdere

7 dare (q.) per spacciato (morto, introvabile, bocciato, ecc.): to give sb. up for dead [for lost], dare q. per morto [per disperso]; Where have you been? We'd given you up, dove ti sei cacciato? pensavamo proprio che non ti avremmo visto (o che non saresti venuto)

8 dedicare; impiegare: The whole lesson was given up to poetry, l'intera lezione è stata dedicata alla poesia

9 ► give over, B, def. 2 e 3 □ to give oneself up, consegnarsi; (leg.) costituirsi; darsi, dedicarsi; abbandonarsi: He gave himself up to a life of debauchery, si diede a una vita di dissolutezza.
NOTA D'USO: - to give up to do o to give up doing?-

English-Italian dictionary > ■ give up
13 ♦ character

♦ character /ˈkærəktə(r)/
A n.

1 carattere; natura: the two sides of his character, i due lati del suo carattere; the British national character, il carattere nazionale britannico; to be a good judge of character, saper giudicare il carattere delle persone; strength of character, forza di carattere; in character, tipico di q.; da lui [lei, ecc.]; out of character, in contrasto col proprio carattere; non da lui [lei, ecc.]; (in modo) insolito; (in modo) sorprendente; It's in keeping with his character, è nel suo carattere; è da lui; a man of character, un uomo di carattere

2 carattere distintivo; atmosfera; personalità: a village full of character, un paesino pieno di atmosfera

3 [u] reputazione; buon nome: an attack on his character, un attacco al suo buon nome; character reference, referenze (pl.); character assassination, campagna diffamatoria; (leg.) character witness, testimone della buona reputazione di q.

4 personaggio ( di romanzo, film, ecc.): a cartoon character, un personaggio dei fumetti; a colourful character, un personaggio pittoresco; a fictional character, un personaggio inventato (o di fantasia); He plays a character named Joe, interpreta un personaggio di nome Joe; the main character, il protagonista NOTA D'USO: - protagonist o main character?-

5 individuo; tipo; personaggio; soggetto: a suspicious character, un individuo sospetto; a bad character, un cattivo soggetto; un brutto tipo; a shady character, un losco figuro; un tipo losco

6 (fam.) (tipo) originale; tipo ameno; sagoma: He's quite a character, è proprio una sagoma!

7 qualità; funzione: in my character as, nella mia qualità di

8 (comput., tipogr.) carattere

9 (biol.) carattere

10 (antiq.) attestato di servizio; benservito; referenze (pl.): The maid was given an excellent character, la cameriera ricevette un ottimo benservito

B a. attr.

1 del carattere

2 (psic.) caratteriale; caratterologico

3 (comput., tipogr.) di, dei caratteri: character encoding, codifica dei caratteri; character map, mappa dei caratteri; character recognition, riconoscimento dei caratteri

● (cinem.) character actor [actress], caratterista □ character builder, cosa (esperienza, ecc.) che serve a formare il carattere □ (cinem.) character part, parte da caratterista.

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ character
14 tenure

['tenjʊə(r)] [AE 'tenjər]
nome

1) (right of occupancy)

tenure of land, property — godimento di un terreno, di una proprietà

security of tenure — diritto di proprietà

2) univ. (job security)

to have tenure — essere di ruolo o titolare di una cattedra

3) (period of office) durata f. di un incarico, mandato m.

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tenure /ˈtɛnjə(r)/
n. [u]

1 occupazione; possesso: (stor.) feudal tenure, possesso feudale

2 diritto d'occupazione; diritto di possesso

3 durata ( di un possesso); permanenza ( in carica, ecc.): The tenure of the US Presidency is four years, la permanenza in carica del Presidente degli USA è di quattro anni

4 (stor., leg.) possesso, godimento e diritti relativi ( di un vassallo)

5 (spec. USA = security of tenure) incarico permanente ( nella scuola o nell'università); (posto di) ruolo: She was given tenure after three years, dopo tre anni ottenne un incarico permanente (o passò di ruolo)

● ( USA) tenure-track position, posto che porterà a un incarico permanente.
(to) tenure /ˈtɛnjə(r)/
v. t.

(spec. USA) conferire un incarico permanente ( nella scuola o nell'università); passare di ruolo
tenured
a.

permanente; stabile; di ruolo.

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['tenjʊə(r)] [AE 'tenjər]
nome

1) (right of occupancy)

tenure of land, property — godimento di un terreno, di una proprietà

security of tenure — diritto di proprietà

2) univ. (job security)

to have tenure — essere di ruolo o titolare di una cattedra

3) (period of office) durata f. di un incarico, mandato m.

English-Italian dictionary > tenure
15 get

1. transitive verb,
-tt-, p.t. got, p.p. got or (in comb./arch./ Amer. except in sense academic.ru/44353/m">m) gotten ( got also coll. abbr. of has got or have got)

1) (obtain) bekommen; kriegen (ugs.); (by buying) kaufen; sich (Dat.) anschaffen [Auto usw.]; (by one's own effort for special purpose) sich (Dat.) besorgen [Visum, Genehmigung, Arbeitskräfte]; sich (Dat.) beschaffen [Geld]; einholen [Gutachten]; (by contrivance) kommen zu; (find) finden [Zeit]

where did you get that? — wo hast du das her?

he got him by the leg/arm — er kriegte ihn am Bein/Arm zu fassen

get somebody a job/taxi, get a job/taxi for somebody — jemandem einen Job verschaffen/ein Taxi besorgen od. rufen

get oneself something/a job — sich (Dat.) etwas zulegen/einen Job finden

you can't get this kind of fruit in the winter months — dieses Obst gibt es im Winter nicht zu kaufen

2) (fetch) holen

what can I get you? — was kann ich Ihnen anbieten?

is there anything I can get you in town? — soll ich dir etwas aus der Stadt mitbringen?

3)

get the bus — etc. (be in time for, catch) den Bus usw. erreichen od. (ugs.) kriegen; (travel by) den Bus nehmen

4) (prepare) machen (ugs.), zubereiten [Essen]

5) (coll.): (eat) essen

get something to eat — etwas zu essen holen; (be given) etwas zu essen bekommen

6) (gain) erreichen

what do I get out of it? — was habe ich davon?

7) (by calculation) herausbekommen

8) (receive) bekommen; erhalten, (ugs.) kriegen [Geldsumme]

the country gets very little sun/rain — die Sonne scheint/es regnet nur sehr wenig in dem Land

he got his jaw broken in a fight — bei einer Schlägerei wurde ihm der Kiefer gebrochen

9) (receive as penalty) bekommen, (ugs.) kriegen [6 Monate Gefängnis, Geldstrafe, Tracht Prügel]

you'll get it — (coll.) du kriegst Prügel (ugs.); es setzt was (ugs.); (be scolded) du kriegst was zu hören (ugs.)

10) (kill) töten; erlegen [Wild]; (hit, injure) treffen

11) (win) bekommen; finden [Anerkennung]; sich (Dat.) verschaffen [Ansehen]; erzielen [Tor, Punkt, Treffer]; gewinnen [Preis, Belohnung]; belegen [ersten usw. Platz]

get permission — die Erlaubnis erhalten

12) (come to have) finden [Schlaf, Ruhe]; bekommen [Einfall, Vorstellung, Gefühl]; gewinnen [Eindruck]; (contract) bekommen [Kopfschmerzen, Grippe, Malaria]

get some rest — sich ausruhen

get an idea/a habit from somebody — von jemandem eine Idee/Angewohnheit übernehmen

13)

have got — (coll.): (have) haben

give it all you've got — gib dein Bestes

have got a toothache/a cold — Zahnschmerzen/eine Erkältung haben od. erkältet sein

have got to do something — etwas tun müssen

something has got to be done [about it] — dagegen muss etwas unternommen werden

14) (succeed in bringing, placing, etc.) bringen; kriegen (ugs.)

I must get a message to her — ich muss ihr eine Nachricht zukommen lassen

15) (bring into some state)

get a machine going — eine Maschine in Gang setzen od. bringen

get things going or started — die Dinge in Gang bringen

get everything packed/prepared — alles [ein]packen/vorbereiten

get something ready/done — etwas fertig machen

get one's feet wet — nasse Füße kriegen

get one's hands dirty — sich (Dat.) die Hände schmutzig machen

I didn't get much done today — ich habe heute nicht viel geschafft

you'll get yourself thrown out/arrested — du schaffst es noch, dass du rausgeworfen/verhaftet wirst

get somebody talking/drunk/interested — jemanden zum Reden bringen/betrunken machen/jemandes Interesse wecken

get one's hair cut — sich (Dat.) die Haare schneiden lassen

16) (induce)

get somebody to do something — jemanden dazu bringen, etwas zu tun

get something to do something — es schaffen, dass etwas etwas tut

I can't get the car to start/the door to shut — ich kriege das Auto nicht in Gang/die Tür nicht zu

17) (Radio, Telev.): (pick up) empfangen [Sender]

18) (contact by telephone)

get somebody [on the phone] — jemanden [telefonisch] erreichen

19) (answer)

I'll get it! — ich geh' schon!; (answer doorbell) ich mach' auf!; (answer the phone) ich gehe ran (ugs.) od. nehme ab!

20) (coll.): (perplex) in Verwirrung bringen

you've got me there; I don't know — da bin ich überfragt - ich weiß es nicht

21) (coll.) (understand) kapieren (ugs.); verstehen [Personen]; (hear) mitkriegen (ugs.)

get it? — alles klar? (ugs.)

22) (coll.): (annoy) aufregen (ugs.)
2. intransitive verb,
-tt-, got, gotten

1) (succeed in coming or going) kommen

get to London before dark — London vor Einbruch der Dunkelheit erreichen

when did you get here/to school? — wann bist du gekommen?/wann warst du in der Schule?

we got as far as Oxford — wir kamen bis Oxford

how did that get here? — wie ist das hierher gekommen?

2) (come to be)

get talking [to somebody] — [mit jemandem] ins Gespräch kommen

get going or started — (leave) losgehen; aufbrechen; (start talking) loslegen (ugs.); (become lively or operative) in Schwung kommen

get going on or with something — mit etwas anfangen

3)

get to know somebody — jemanden kennen lernen

he got to like/hate her — mit der Zeit mochte er sie/begann er, sie zu hassen

get to hear of something — von etwas erfahren

get to do something — (succeed in doing) etwas tun können

4) (become) werden

get ready/washed — sich fertig machen/waschen

get frightened/hungry — Angst/Hunger kriegen

get excited about something — sich auf etwas (Akk.) freuen

get interested in something — sich für etwas interessieren

get caught in the rain — vom Regen überrascht werden

get well soon! — gute Besserung!

Phrasal Verbs:

- get about

- get across

- get along

- get at

- get away

- get away with

- get back

- get back to

- get behind

- get by

- get down

- get down to

- get in

- get in on

- get into

- get in with

- get off

- get on

- get on to

- get on with

- get out

- get out of

- get over

- get over with

- get past

- get round

- get through

- get to

- get together

- get up

- get up to

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[ɡet]
past tense - got; verb

1) (to receive or obtain: I got a letter this morning.) erhalten

2) (to bring or buy: Please get me some food.) besorgen

3) (to (manage to) move, go, take, put etc: He couldn't get across the river; I got the book down from the shelf.) kommen, holen

4) (to cause to be in a certain condition etc: You'll get me into trouble.) bringen

5) (to become: You're getting old.) werden

6) (to persuade: I'll try to get him to go.) veranlassen

7) (to arrive: When did they get home?) gelangen

8) (to succeed (in doing) or to happen( to do) something: I'll soon get to know the neighbours; I got the book read last night.) bekommen

9) (to catch (a disease etc): She got measles last week.) bekommen

10) (to catch (someone): The police will soon get the thief.) erwischen

11) (to understand: I didn't get the point of his story.) verstehen

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- getaway
- get-together
- get-up
- be getting on for
- get about
- get across
- get after
- get ahead
- get along
- get around
- get around to
- get at
- get away
- get away with
- get back
- get by
- get down
- get down to
- get in
- get into
- get nowhere
- get off
- get on
- get on at
- get out
- get out of
- get over
- get round
- get around to
- get round to
- get there
- get through
- get together
- get up
- get up to
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get

<got, got or AM, CAN usu gotten>

[get]

I. TRANSITIVE VERB

1. (obtain)

▪ to \get sth [from sb] etw [von jdm] erhalten [o bekommen]

let's \get some breakfast/groceries lass uns frühstücken/Lebensmittel besorgen

have you got a moment? haben Sie einen Augenblick Zeit?

where did you \get your radio from? woher hast du dein Radio?

to \get a glimpse of sb/sth einen Blick auf jdn/etw erhaschen

to \get a radio station einen Sender empfangen [o fam reinbekommen]

to \get time off freibekommen

2. (receive)

▪ to \get sth [from sb] etw [von jdm] bekommen [o fam kriegen]

to \get sth for one's birthday etw zum Geburtstag bekommen

to \get a [telephone] call from sb von jdm angerufen werden

3. (experience)

▪ to \get sth etw erleben

we don't \get much snow in this country in diesem Land schneit es nicht sehr viel

I got quite a shock ich habe einen ganz schönen Schock bekommen! fam

I got quite a surprise ich war ganz schön überrascht

to \get the impression that... den Eindruck gewinnen, dass...

4. (deliver)

▪ to \get sth to sb jdm etw bringen

5. ( fam: contract)

▪ to \get sth sich dat etw holen fam

you can't \get measles twice Masern kannst du nicht zweimal bekommen

to \get the flu sich dat die Grippe einfangen [o ÖSTERR a. holen] fam

to \get food poisoning sich dat eine Lebensmittelvergiftung zuziehen [o ÖSTERR fam a. holen

6. (fetch)

▪ to \get [sb] sth [or sth for sb] jdm etw besorgen [o holen]

can I \get you a drink? möchtest du was trinken?, kann ich Ihnen etwas zu trinken anbieten?; ( form)

could you \get a newspaper for me, please? könntest du mir bitte eine Zeitung mitbringen?

7. (come across)

▪ to \get sth somewhere irgendwo auf etw akk treffen

you \get lions in Africa in Afrika gibt es Löwen

8.

to \get a plane/train (travel with) ein Flugzeug/einen Zug nehmen; (catch) ein Flugzeug/einen Zug erwischen fam

9. (earn)

▪ to \get sth etw verdienen

10. (exchange)

▪ to \get sth for sth etw für etw akk bekommen

11. (buy)

▪ to \get sth etw kaufen

12. (derive)

▪ to \get sth out of sth:

what do I \get out of it? was habe ich davon?

sb \gets a lot of pleasure out of [or from] sth etw bereitet jdm viel Freude

to \get something out of sth aus etw dat seine Vorteile ziehen

13. (calculate)

▪ to \get sth etw berechnen

14. (capture)

▪ to \get sb/sth jdn/etw fangen

15. ( fam: punish)

▪ to \get sb [for sth] jdn [für etw akk] kriegen fam

I'll \get you for this/that! ich kriege dich dafür! fam

16. ( fam: suffer)

to \get it es bekommen, bestraft werden

17. (buttonhole)

▪ to \get sb to oneself jdn für sich akk haben

18. (answer)

to \get the door die Tür aufmachen

to \get the telephone das Telefon abnehmen, ans Telefon gehen

19. AM ( fam: pay for)

▪ to \get sth etw bezahlen

20. + adj, pp (cause to be)

he got his bag caught in the door seine Tasche verfing sich in der Tür

she got the kids ready sie machte die Kinder fertig

to \get sth confused etw verwechseln

to \get sth delivered sich dat etw liefern lassen

to \get sth finished etw fertig machen

to \get sth typed etw tippen lassen

21. (induce)

▪ to \get sb/sth doing sth:

we'll soon \get you talking wir werden Sie schon zum Reden bringen

haven't you got the photocopier working yet? hast du den Kopierer noch nicht zum Laufen gekriegt? fam

▪ to \get sb/sth to do sth jdn/etw dazu bringen, etw zu tun

to \get one's computer to work seinen Computer zum Laufen [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. Funktionieren] kriegen fam

22. (transport)

▪ to \get sb/sth somewhere jdn/etw irgendwohin bringen

we can't \get the bed through the door wir bekommen das Bett nicht durch die Tür

23. (learn)

▪ to \get sth etw herausbekommen [o fam herauskriegen

24. (understand)

▪ to \get sth etw verstehen

to \get the meaning es verstehen

to \get the message es kapieren fam

to \get the picture ( fam) kapieren fam

\get the picture? kapiert? fam, kapische? fam

to \get sb/sth wrong jdn/etw falsch verstehen

25.

to \get dinner (prepare) das Abendessen zubereiten; (eat) zu Abend essen

26. (baffle)

▪ to \get sb jdn verwirren

this problem's simply got me mit diesem Problem bin ich einfach überfordert

you've got me there da bin ich [aber] überfragt

we'll get them with this tactic mit dieser Taktik kriegen wir sie fam

27. ( fam: amuse)

▪ to \get sb jdn amüsieren

28. ( fam: irk)

▪ to \get sb jdm auf die Nerven gehen fam

29. ( fam: sadden)

▪ to \get sb jdm unter die Haut gehen fam

30. (hit)

▪ to \get sb [in sth]:

that nearly got me in the eye! das ist mir fast ins Auge geflogen!

she got him right in the face sie hat ihn mitten ins Gesicht getroffen

the shot got him in the arm der Schuss traf ihn in den Arm [o fam erwischte ihn am Arm

31. usu imper ( fam: look at)

\get him/her! sieh dir mal den/die an!

32.

▶ to get one's own back [on sb] BRIT ( fam) sich akk [an jdm] rächen

▶ to \get it on ( fam: succeed) es schaffen; ( fam: fight) es sich dat geben; ( fam: have sex) es treiben euph fam

II. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1. + adj (become) werden

are you \getting better? geht es dir besser?

to \get real (sl) am Boden bleiben fam

to \get used to sth sich akk an etw akk gewöhnen

2. + vb (become)

to \get to be sth etw werden

how did you \get to be a belly dancer? wie bist du zu einer Bauchtänzerin geworden?

to \get to like sth etw langsam mögen

3. + pp (in passives) werden

the dog got drowned der Hund ist ertrunken

this window got broken jemand hat dieses Fenster zerbrochen

to \get married heiraten

4. (reach)

▪ to \get somewhere irgendwohin kommen

to \get home [from somewhere] [von irgendwo] nach Hause kommen

5. (progress)

to get nowhere/somewhere [with sth] es nicht weit/weit [mit etw dat] bringen

we were not \getting far with the negotiations unsere Verhandlungen kamen nicht weit voran

6. (have opportunity)

▪ to \get to do sth die Möglichkeit haben, etw zu tun

to \get to see sb jdn zu Gesicht bekommen

7. (succeed)

▪ to \get to do sth schaffen, etw zu tun

8. (must)

▪ to have got to do sth etw machen müssen

9. (start)

▪ to \get doing sth anfangen, etw zu tun

to \get going [or moving] gehen

we'd better \get going wir sollten besser gehen

10. (understand)

to \get with it sich akk informieren

\get with it! setz dich damit auseinander!

11. usu imper ( fam: go)

[go on,] \get! hau [doch] ab! fam

III. NOUN

1. BRIT ( pej sl) see git

2. COMPUT Holanweisung f

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[get] pret got, ptp got or ( US) gotten
1. TRANSITIVE VERB
When get is part of a set combination, eg. get the sack, get hold of, get it right, look up the other word.
1) = receive bekommen, kriegen (inf); sun, light, full force of blow abbekommen, abkriegen (inf); wound sich (dat) zuziehen; wealth, glory kommen zu; time, personal characteristics haben (from von)

where did you get it (from)? — woher hast du das?

this country gets very little rain —

he wanted to get all the glory — er wollte all den Ruhm (haben)

he got the idea for his book while he was abroad/from an old document — die Idee zu dem Buch kam ihm, als er im Ausland war/hatte er von einem alten Dokument

where did you get that idea? — wie kommst du denn auf die Idee?

I got quite a surprise — ich war ziemlich überrascht

I got quite a shock — ich habe einen ziemlichen Schock gekriegt (inf) or bekommen

I get the feeling that... — ich habe das Gefühl, dass...

2) = obtain by one's own efforts object sich (dat) besorgen; visa, money sich (dat) beschaffen or besorgen; (= find) staff, finance, partner, job finden; (= buy) kaufen; (= buy and keep) large item, car, cat sich (dat) anschaffen

not to be able to get sth — etw nicht bekommen or kriegen (inf) können

to get sb/oneself sth, to get sth for sb/oneself — jdm/sich etw besorgen; job jdm/sich etw verschaffen

to need to get sth — etw brauchen

I've still three to get — ich brauche noch drei

to get a glimpse of sb/sth — jdn/etw kurz zu sehen bekommen

you'll have to get a job/more staff —

he's been trying to get a house/job — er hat versucht, ein Haus/eine Stelle zu bekommen

he got himself a wife/a good job — er hat sich (dat) eine Frau zugelegt (inf)

what are you getting her for Christmas? — was schenkst du ihr zu Weihnachten?

I got her a doll for Christmas — ich habe für sie eine Puppe zu Weihnachten besorgt

we could get a taxi — wir könnten (uns dat ) ein Taxi nehmen

could you get me a taxi? — könnten Sie mir ein Taxi rufen or besorgen?

we don't get a paper — wir haben keine Zeitung abonniert

3) = fetch person, doctor, object holen

to get sb from the station — jdn vom Bahnhof abholen

can I get you a drink? — möchten Sie etwas zu trinken?

I got him/myself a drink — ich habe ihm/mir etwas zu trinken geholt

why don't you get a dictionary and look it up? — warum sehen Sie nicht in einem Wörterbuch nach?

4) = catch bekommen, kriegen (inf); (in children's game) fangen; (= take) train, bus fahren mit

to get sb by the arm/leg — jdn am Arm/Bein packen

he's got it bad (inf) — den hats übel erwischt (inf)

get him/it! (to dog) — fass!

(I've) got him! (inf) — ich hab ihn! (inf)

(I've) got it! (inf) — ich habs! (inf)

got you! (inf) — hab dich (erwischt)! (inf)

ha, ha, can't get me! — ha, ha, mich kriegst du nicht! (inf)

my big brother will get you! (inf) — mein großer Bruder, der zeigts dir or der macht dich fertig! (inf)

he's out to get you (inf) — er hats auf dich abgesehen

we'll get them yet! (inf) — die werden wir schon noch kriegen! (inf)

I'll get you for that! (inf) — das wirst du mir büßen!

you've got me there! (inf) — da bin ich überfragt

5) = hit treffen, erwischen (inf)

6) RAD, TV bekommen, kriegen (inf)

7) TELEC = contact erreichen; number bekommen; (= put through to, get for sb) geben

I'll get the number (for you) (switchboard) — ich verbinde Sie mit der Nummer

get me 339/Mr Johnston please (to secretary) — geben Sie mir bitte 339/Herrn Johnston; (to switchboard) verbinden Sie mich bitte mit 339/Herrn Johnston

you've got the wrong number — Sie sind falsch verbunden

8) = prepare meal machen

I'll get you/myself some breakfast — ich mache dir/mir etwas zum Frühstück

9) = eat essen

to get breakfast — frühstücken

to get lunch — zu Mittag essen

to get a snack — eine Kleinigkeit essen

let's get Italian/Chinese/Indian etc — gehen wir zum Italiener/Chinesen/Inder (essen)

10) = send, take bringen

to get sb to hospital — jdn ins Krankenhaus bringen

get the children to bed — bring die Kinder ins Bett

they managed to get him home — sie schafften ihn nach Hause

we'll get you there somehow — irgendwie kriegen wir dich schon dahin (inf)

where does that get us? (inf) — was bringt uns (dat) das? (inf)

this discussion isn't getting us anywhere —

get the cat out of the room — tu die Katze aus dem Zimmer (inf)

to get sth to sb — jdm etw zukommen lassen

tell him to get it there as quickly as possible — er soll zusehen, dass das so schnell wie möglich dorthin gebracht wird

11) = manage to move bekommen, kriegen (inf)

he couldn't get her up the stairs — er bekam or kriegte (inf) sie nicht die Treppe rauf

he couldn't get himself out of bed — er kam nicht aus dem Bett

12) = understand kapieren (inf), mitbekommen; (= hear) mitbekommen, mitkriegen (inf); (= make a note of) notieren

I don't get it (inf) — da komme ich nicht mit (inf)

I don't get you or your meaning — ich verstehe nicht, was du meinst

get it? (inf) — kapiert? (inf)

13)

= profit, benefit what do you get from it? — was hast du davon?, was bringt es dir? (inf)

I don't get much from his lectures — seine Vorlesungen geben mir nicht viel

he's only in it for what he can get — er will nur dabei profitieren

14)

in exclamations iro inf get (a load of) that! — was sagst du dazu! (inf), hat man Töne! (inf)

get her! (regarding looks) — was sagst du zu der da? (inf); (iro) sieh dir bloß die mal an! (inf)

15) person inf = annoy ärgern, aufregen; (= upset) an die Nieren gehen (+dat) (inf); (= thrill) packen (inf); (= amuse) amüsieren

16) to form passive inf werden

when did it last get painted? — wann ist es zuletzt gestrichen worden?

I got paid — ich wurde bezahlt

17) set structures __diams; to get sb to do sth (= have sth done by sb) etw von jdm machen lassen; (= persuade sb) jdn dazu bringen, etw zu tun

I'll get him to phone you back — ich sage ihm, er soll zurückrufen

you'll never get him to understand — du wirst es nie schaffen, dass er das versteht

you'll get me/yourself thrown out —

that'll get him disqualified — damit wird er disqualifiziert

has she got the baby dressed yet? — hat sie das Baby schon angezogen?

to get sth done — etw gemacht kriegen (inf)

to get the washing done — die Wäsche waschen

to get some work done — Arbeit erledigen

I'm not going to get much done — ich werde nicht viel geschafft kriegen (inf) or bekommen

we ought to get it done soon — das müsste bald gemacht werden

to get things done — was fertig kriegen (inf)

to get sth made for sb/oneself — jdm/sich etw machen lassen

to get one's hair cut — sich (dat) die Haare schneiden lassen

I got the bathroom cleaned this morning — ich habe heute Morgen das Bad geputzt

I'll get the grass cut/the house painted soon (by sb else) — ich lasse bald den Rasen mähen/das Haus streichen

did you get your expenses paid/your question answered? — haben Sie Ihre Spesen erstattet/eine Antwort auf Ihre Frage bekommen?

to get sb/sth/oneself ready — jdn/etw/sich fertig machen

to get sth clean/open/shut (person) — etw sauber kriegen/aufkriegen/zukriegen (inf)

that'll get it clean — damit wird es sauber

that'll get it open/shut — damit geht es auf/zu

to get sb drunk — jdn betrunken machen or (inf)

to get one's arm broken — sich (dat) den Arm brechen

to get one's hands dirty (lit, fig) — sich (dat) die Hände schmutzig machen

to get one's things packed — seine Sachen packen

I can't get the car to start — ich kriege das Auto nicht an (inf)

he can't get the sum to work out/the lid to stay open — er kriegt es nicht hin, dass die Rechnung aufgeht/dass der Deckel aufbleibt (inf)

can you get these two pieces to fit together? — kriegen Sie die beiden Teile zusammen

can you get the wound to stop bleeding? — können Sie etwas machen, dass die Wunde nicht mehr blutet?

once I've got this machine to work — wenn ich die Maschine erst einmal zum Laufen gebracht habe

to get sth going (car, machine) — etw in Gang bringen; party etw in Fahrt bringen

to get sb talking — jdn zum Sprechen bringen __diams; to have got sth ( Brit

2. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1) = arrive kommen

to get home — nach Hause kommen

to get here — hier ankommen

can you get to work by bus? — kannst du mit dem Bus zur Arbeit fahren?

I've got as far as page 16 — ich bin auf Seite 16 __diams; to get there ( fig inf

now we're getting there (to the truth) — jetzt kommts raus! (inf)

how's the work going? – we're getting there! — wie geht die Arbeit voran? – langsam wirds was! (inf) __diams; to get somewhere/nowhere (in job, career etc) es zu etwas/nichts bringen; (with work, in discussion etc) weiterkommen/nicht weiterkommen

to get somewhere/nowhere (with sb) —

we're not getting anywhere by arguing like this — wir erreichen doch gar nichts, wenn wir uns streiten

now we're getting somewhere (in project etc) — jetzt wird die Sache (inf); (in interrogation, discussion etc) jetzt kommen wir der Sache schon näher

to get nowhere fast (inf) — absolut nichts erreichen __diams; to get far (lit) weit kommen; (fig) es weit bringen

you won't get far on £10 — mit £ 10 kommst du nicht weit

2) = become werden

to get old/tired etc — alt/müde etc werden

I'm getting cold/warm — mir wird es kalt/warm

the weather is getting cold/warm — es wird kalt/warm

to get dressed/shaved/washed etc — sich anziehen/rasieren/waschen etc

to get married — heiraten

to get free — sich befreien

I'm getting bored — ich langweile mich langsam

things can only get better —

to get lucky (inf) — Schwein haben (inf)

how lucky can you get? — so ein Glück!

how stupid can you get? — wie kann man nur so dumm sein? __diams; to get started anfangen

let's get started — fangen wir an!

to get to know sb/sth — jdn/etw kennenlernen

how did you get to know about that? — wie hast du davon erfahren?

to get to like sb — jdn sympathisch finden

to get to like sth — an etw (dat) Gefallen finden

after a time you get to realize... — nach einiger Zeit merkt man...

to get to be... — (mit der Zeit)... werden

to get to see sb/sth — jdn/etw zu sehen bekommen

to get to work — sich an die Arbeit machen

to get working/scrubbing etc —

you lot, get cleaning/working! — ihr da, ans Putzen/an die Arbeit!

I got talking to him — ich kam mit ihm ins Gespräch

get going! — fang an!

I've got to — ich muss

3. REFLEXIVE VERB
__diams; to get oneself... = convey oneself gehen; (= come) kommen
I had to get myself to the hospital — ich musste ins Krankenhaus (gehen)

how did you get yourself home? —

get yourself over here — komm hier rüber (inf)

to get oneself dirty/wet — sich schmutzig/nass machen

to get oneself pregnant/fit — schwanger/fit werden

to get oneself washed/dressed — sich waschen/anziehen

he managed to get himself promoted —

he got himself hit in the leg — er wurde am Bein getroffen

in order to get oneself elected — um gewählt zu werden

you'll get yourself killed if you go on driving like that — du bringst dich noch um, wenn du weiter so fährst

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get [ɡet]

A s

1. Tennis: umg Rückschlag m

2. ZOOL Nachkomme(n) m(pl)

3. Br Fördermenge f

B v/t prät got [ɡɒt; US ɡɑt], obs gat [ɡæt], pperf got [ɡɒt; US ɡɑt], US auch gotten [ˈɡɑtn]

1. einen Brief, keine Antwort etc bekommen, erhalten, kriegen umg:

he didn’t get much for his old car;

get it umg sein Fett (ab)kriegen, eins aufs Dach kriegen;

get a good start einen guten Start haben;

get a station ( RADIO, TV) einen Sender empfangen oder reinbekommen;

we could get no leave wir konnten keinen Urlaub bekommen;

in autumn you get a lot of rain here umg im Herbst regnet es hier sehr viel;

he’s got it bad(ly) umg ihn hat es schwer erwischt (er ist schwer erkrankt, heftig verliebt etc)

2. sich etwas verschaffen oder besorgen:

money can get you anything für Geld bekommt man alles;

get a pregnancy test einen Schwangerschaftstest machen lassen

3. erwerben, gewinnen, verdienen, erringen, erzielen:

get fame Ruhm erringen oder erwerben oder erlangen;

get a victory einen Sieg erringen oder erzielen;

get wealth Reichtum erwerben

4. Wissen, Erfahrung etc erwerben, sich aneignen, (er)lernen:

get by heart auswendig lernen

5. Kohle etc gewinnen, fördern

6. erwischen:

a) (zu fassen) kriegen, fassen, packen, fangen

b) ertappen

c) treffen:

he’ll get you in the end er kriegt dich doch;

you’ve got me there! umg da bin ich überfragt!;

that gets me umg das kapiere ich nicht; das geht mir auf die Nerven; das packt mich, das geht mir unter die Haut

7. a) Hilfe etc holen:

get sb a taxi jemandem ein Taxi rufen;

I’ll get it ich mach schon auf; TEL ich geh schon ran

b) abholen ( from von)

c) (hin)bringen:

get sb to bed jemanden ins Bett bringen;

get me a chair bring oder hol mir einen Stuhl!

d) schaffen, bringen, befördern:

get it out of the house schaffe es aus dem Haus!;

get o.s. home sich nach Hause begeben; → anywhere 1, nowhere A 2

8. beschaffen, besorgen ( beide:

for sb jemandem):

I can get it for you;

please get me … TEL verbinden Sie mich bitte mit …

9. (auch telefonisch) erreichen, ein öffentliches Verkehrsmittel auch nehmen

10. a) have got haben:

I’ve got no money;

she’s got a pretty face;

got a knife? umg hast du ein Messer?

b) have got to müssen:

we have got to do it

11. machen, werden lassen, in einen (bestimmten) Zustand versetzen oder bringen:

get one’s feet wet nasse Füße bekommen;

get sth ready etwas fertig machen;

get sb nervous jemanden nervös machen;

I got my arm broken ich habe mir den Arm gebrochen

12. (mit pperf) lassen:

get one’s hair cut sich die Haare schneiden lassen;

get sth done

a) etwas erledigen (lassen),

b) etwas zustande bringen

13. (mit inf) dazu oder dahin bringen, bewegen, veranlassen:

get sb to speak jemanden zum Sprechen bringen oder bewegen;

get sth to burn etwas zum Brennen bringen

14. (mit ppr) get going

a) eine Maschine etc, fig a. Verhandlungen etc in Gang bringen,

b) fig Schwung in eine Party etc bringen;

get sth working again TECH etwas wieder zum Gehen bringen

15. get sb for sth umg jemandem etwas heimzahlen

16. eine Mahlzeit zu-, vorbereiten, herrichten

17. Br umg essen:

get breakfast frühstücken

18. umg kapieren, (auch akustisch) verstehen:

I didn’t get his name;

I don’t get him ich versteh nicht, was er will;

I don’t get that das kapier ich nicht;

got it? kapiert?; → wrong B 1

19. US umg erledigen (töten)

20. umg nicht mehr loslassen, überwältigen

C v/i

1. kommen, gelangen:

get as far as Munich bis nach München kommen;

get home nach Hause kommen, zu Hause ankommen;

where has it got to? wo ist es hingekommen?;

how far have you got with your homework? wie weit bist du mit deinen Hausaufgaben gekommen?;

get there umg

a) es schaffen, sein Ziel erreichen,

b) dahinterkommen (es verstehen); → anywhere 1, nowhere A 2

2. (mit inf) dahin gelangen oder kommen, dazu übergehen:

he got to like it er hat es lieb gewonnen;

they got to be friends sie wurden Freunde;

get to know sth etwas erfahren oder kennenlernen;

get to know sb (better) jemanden (näher) kennenlernen

3. (mit adj oder pperf) werden, in einen bestimmten Zustand etc geraten:

get caught gefangen oder erwischt werden;

get dressed sich anziehen;

get tired müde werden, ermüden; → busy A 2, drunk B 1, etc

4. (mit ppr) beginnen, anfangen:

they got quarrel(l)ing sie fingen an zu streiten;

get going

a) in Gang kommen (Maschine etc, fig a. Verhandlungen etc),

b) fig in Schwung kommen (Party etc);

get going on ( oder with) sth etwas in Angriff nehmen;

get talking

a) zu reden anfangen,

b) ins Gespräch kommen

5. reich werden

6. sl verduften, abhauen (beide umg)

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1. transitive verb,
-tt-, p.t. got, p.p. got or (in comb./arch./ Amer. except in sense m) gotten ( got also coll. abbr. of has got or have got)

1) (obtain) bekommen; kriegen (ugs.); (by buying) kaufen; sich (Dat.) anschaffen [Auto usw.]; (by one's own effort for special purpose) sich (Dat.) besorgen [Visum, Genehmigung, Arbeitskräfte]; sich (Dat.) beschaffen [Geld]; einholen [Gutachten]; (by contrivance) kommen zu; (find) finden [Zeit]

where did you get that? — wo hast du das her?

he got him by the leg/arm — er kriegte ihn am Bein/Arm zu fassen

get somebody a job/taxi, get a job/taxi for somebody — jemandem einen Job verschaffen/ein Taxi besorgen od. rufen

get oneself something/a job — sich (Dat.) etwas zulegen/einen Job finden

you can't get this kind of fruit in the winter months — dieses Obst gibt es im Winter nicht zu kaufen

2) (fetch) holen

what can I get you? — was kann ich Ihnen anbieten?

is there anything I can get you in town? — soll ich dir etwas aus der Stadt mitbringen?

3)

get the bus — etc. (be in time for, catch) den Bus usw. erreichen od. (ugs.) kriegen; (travel by) den Bus nehmen

4) (prepare) machen (ugs.), zubereiten [Essen]

5) (coll.): (eat) essen

get something to eat — etwas zu essen holen; (be given) etwas zu essen bekommen

6) (gain) erreichen

what do I get out of it? — was habe ich davon?

7) (by calculation) herausbekommen

8) (receive) bekommen; erhalten, (ugs.) kriegen [Geldsumme]

the country gets very little sun/rain — die Sonne scheint/es regnet nur sehr wenig in dem Land

he got his jaw broken in a fight — bei einer Schlägerei wurde ihm der Kiefer gebrochen

9) (receive as penalty) bekommen, (ugs.) kriegen [6 Monate Gefängnis, Geldstrafe, Tracht Prügel]

you'll get it — (coll.) du kriegst Prügel (ugs.); es setzt was (ugs.); (be scolded) du kriegst was zu hören (ugs.)

10) (kill) töten; erlegen [Wild]; (hit, injure) treffen

11) (win) bekommen; finden [Anerkennung]; sich (Dat.) verschaffen [Ansehen]; erzielen [Tor, Punkt, Treffer]; gewinnen [Preis, Belohnung]; belegen [ersten usw. Platz]

get permission — die Erlaubnis erhalten

12) (come to have) finden [Schlaf, Ruhe]; bekommen [Einfall, Vorstellung, Gefühl]; gewinnen [Eindruck]; (contract) bekommen [Kopfschmerzen, Grippe, Malaria]

get some rest — sich ausruhen

get an idea/a habit from somebody — von jemandem eine Idee/Angewohnheit übernehmen

13)

have got — (coll.): (have) haben

give it all you've got — gib dein Bestes

have got a toothache/a cold — Zahnschmerzen/eine Erkältung haben od. erkältet sein

have got to do something — etwas tun müssen

something has got to be done [about it] — dagegen muss etwas unternommen werden

14) (succeed in bringing, placing, etc.) bringen; kriegen (ugs.)

I must get a message to her — ich muss ihr eine Nachricht zukommen lassen

15) (bring into some state)

get a machine going — eine Maschine in Gang setzen od. bringen

get things going or started — die Dinge in Gang bringen

get everything packed/prepared — alles [ein]packen/vorbereiten

get something ready/done — etwas fertig machen

get one's feet wet — nasse Füße kriegen

get one's hands dirty — sich (Dat.) die Hände schmutzig machen

I didn't get much done today — ich habe heute nicht viel geschafft

you'll get yourself thrown out/arrested — du schaffst es noch, dass du rausgeworfen/verhaftet wirst

get somebody talking/drunk/interested — jemanden zum Reden bringen/betrunken machen/jemandes Interesse wecken

get one's hair cut — sich (Dat.) die Haare schneiden lassen

16) (induce)

get somebody to do something — jemanden dazu bringen, etwas zu tun

get something to do something — es schaffen, dass etwas etwas tut

I can't get the car to start/the door to shut — ich kriege das Auto nicht in Gang/die Tür nicht zu

17) (Radio, Telev.): (pick up) empfangen [Sender]

18) (contact by telephone)

get somebody [on the phone] — jemanden [telefonisch] erreichen

19) (answer)

I'll get it! — ich geh' schon!; (answer doorbell) ich mach' auf!; (answer the phone) ich gehe ran (ugs.) od. nehme ab!

20) (coll.): (perplex) in Verwirrung bringen

you've got me there; I don't know — da bin ich überfragt - ich weiß es nicht

21) (coll.) (understand) kapieren (ugs.); verstehen [Personen]; (hear) mitkriegen (ugs.)

get it? — alles klar? (ugs.)

22) (coll.): (annoy) aufregen (ugs.)
2. intransitive verb,
-tt-, got, gotten

1) (succeed in coming or going) kommen

get to London before dark — London vor Einbruch der Dunkelheit erreichen

when did you get here/to school? — wann bist du gekommen?/wann warst du in der Schule?

we got as far as Oxford — wir kamen bis Oxford

how did that get here? — wie ist das hierher gekommen?

2) (come to be)

get talking [to somebody] — [mit jemandem] ins Gespräch kommen

get going or started — (leave) losgehen; aufbrechen; (start talking) loslegen (ugs.); (become lively or operative) in Schwung kommen

get going on or with something — mit etwas anfangen

3)

get to know somebody — jemanden kennen lernen

he got to like/hate her — mit der Zeit mochte er sie/begann er, sie zu hassen

get to hear of something — von etwas erfahren

get to do something — (succeed in doing) etwas tun können

4) (become) werden

get ready/washed — sich fertig machen/waschen

get frightened/hungry — Angst/Hunger kriegen

get excited about something — sich auf etwas (Akk.) freuen

get interested in something — sich für etwas interessieren

get caught in the rain — vom Regen überrascht werden

get well soon! — gute Besserung!

Phrasal Verbs:

- get about

- get across

- get along

- get at

- get away

- get away with

- get back

- get back to

- get behind

- get by

- get down

- get down to

- get in

- get in on

- get into

- get in with

- get off

- get on

- get on to

- get on with

- get out

- get out of

- get over

- get over with

- get past

- get round

- get through

- get to

- get together

- get up

- get up to

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(give) the stick expr.

eine Tracht Prügel bekommen (verabreichen) ausdr. (oneself) something expr.

sich etwas anschaffen ausdr.

sich etwas zulegen ausdr. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: got)

or p.p.: gotten•) = aneignen v.

bekommen v.

besorgen v.

bringen v.

(§ p.,pp.: brachte, gebracht)

erhalten v.

erreichen v.

erringen v.

erwerben v.

holen v.

kapieren v.

schaffen v.

sich etwas verschaffen ausdr.

verstehen v.

English-german dictionary > get
16 forfeit

I 1. ['fɔːfɪt]
nome

1) (action, process) confisca f.

2) (sum, token) pegno m.

3) (in game) pegno m., penitenza f.

4) dir. comm. (fine) ammenda f., multa f.; (for breach of contract) penale f.
2.
aggettivo

to be forfeit — form. [ property] essere confiscato (to a)
II ['fɔːfɪt]
verbo transitivo

1) (under duress) perdere, essere privato di [right, liberty]

2) (voluntarily) rinunciare a [ right]

3) dir. comm. dover pagare [ sum]

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['fo:fit] 1. noun
(something that must be given up because one has done something wrong, especially in games: If you lose the game you will have to pay a forfeit.) multa, pegno
2. verb
(to lose (something) because one has done something wrong: He forfeited our respect by telling lies.) perdere
3. adjective
(forfeited: His former rights are forfeit now.) confiscato, perduto

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forfeit /ˈfɔ:fɪt/
A n.

1 ammenda; multa; penalità; penale

2 [u] (leg.) confisca

3 (leg.) cosa confiscata

4 (fig.) fio; scotto; pena: His life was the forfeit, ha pagato il fio con la vita

5 ( nei giochi) pegno

6 (al pl.) gioco dei pegni

B a.

1 confiscato: All his riches were forfeit to the Crown, tutte le sue ricchezze sono state confiscate a favore della corona

2 perduto ( in seguito a condanna); condannato: He knew his life was forfeit, sapeva che la sua vita era ormai perduta.
(to) forfeit /ˈfɔ:fɪt/
A v. t.

1 (leg.) perdere (qc. o un diritto a qc., per inadempimento, violazione di una norma, confisca, ecc.): to forfeit one's claim to compensation, perdere il diritto a un risarcimento

2 (leg.) subire la confisca di: to forfeit an estate, subire la confisca di una proprietà; The estate was forfeited to the state, la proprietà fu confiscata e passò allo Stato

3 perdere (qc., per colpa propria); giocarsi (fam.): He may have forfeited his chance of being elected, potrebbe aver perso (o essersi giocato) la possibilità di essere eletto

4 rinunciare a; cedere

B v. i.

(leg., arc.) essere inadempiente

● (leg.: di chi è in libertà su cauzione) to forfeit one's bail, non comparire in giudizio □ to forfeit one's life, segnare la propria condanna a morte; rinunciare alla vita.

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I 1. ['fɔːfɪt]
nome

1) (action, process) confisca f.

2) (sum, token) pegno m.

3) (in game) pegno m., penitenza f.

4) dir. comm. (fine) ammenda f., multa f.; (for breach of contract) penale f.
2.
aggettivo

to be forfeit — form. [ property] essere confiscato (to a)
II ['fɔːfɪt]
verbo transitivo

1) (under duress) perdere, essere privato di [right, liberty]

2) (voluntarily) rinunciare a [ right]

3) dir. comm. dover pagare [ sum]

English-Italian dictionary > forfeit
17 quarter

1. noun
1) Viertel, das

a or one quarter of — ein Viertel (+ Gen.)

divide/cut something into quarters — etwas in vier Teile teilen/schneiden; etwas vierteln

six and a quarter — sechseinviertel

an hour and a quarter — eineinviertel Stunden

a quarter [of a pound] of cheese — ein Viertel[pfund] Käse

a quarter of a mile/an hour — eine Viertelmeile/-stunde

2) (of year) Quartal, das; Vierteljahr, das

3) (point of time)

[a] quarter to/past six — Viertel vor/nach sechs; drei Viertel sechs/Viertel sieben (landsch.)

there are buses at quarter to and quarter past [the hour] — es fahren Busse um Viertel vor und Viertel nach jeder vollen Stunde

4) (direction) Richtung, die

blow from all quarters — [Wind:] aus allen Richtungen wehen

5) (source of supply or help) Seite, die

6) (area of town) [Stadt]viertel, das; Quartier, das

in some quarters — (fig.) in gewissen Kreisen

7) in pl. (lodgings) Quartier, das (bes. Milit.); Unterkunft, die

8) (Brit.): (measure) (of volume) Quarter, der; (of weight) ≈ Viertelzentner, der

9) (Amer.) (school term) Viertelschuljahr, das; (university term) halbes Semester

10) (Astron.) Viertel, das

11) (mercy)

give no quarter to somebody — jemandem keinen Pardon (veralt.) gewähren od. geben

12) (Amer.): (amount, coin) Vierteldollar, der; 25-Cent-Stück, das
2. transitive verb
1) (divide) vierteln; durch vier teilen [Zahl, Summe]

2) (lodge) einquartieren [Soldaten]

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['kwo:tə] 1. noun
1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) das Viertel

2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) der Vierteldollar

3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) das Viertel

4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) die Gegend

5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) die Schonung

6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) das Hinterviertel

7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) das erste/dritte Mondviertel

8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) das Spielviertel

9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) das Viertel
2. verb
1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) vierteln

2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) vierteilen

3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) einquartieren

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3. adverb
(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.)
4. noun
(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) die Vierteljahresschrift

- quarters
- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters
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quar·ter

[ˈkwɔ:təʳ, AM ˈkwɔ:rt̬ɚ]

I. n

1. (one fourth) Viertel nt

the bottle was a \quarter full es war noch ein Viertel in der Flasche

for a \quarter of the price [or for \quarter the price] zu einem Viertel des Preises

a \quarter [of a pound] of tea ein Viertel[pfund] Tee

three \quarters drei Viertel

to divide sth into \quarters etw in vier Teile teilen

2. (time) Viertel nt

a \quarter of a century ein Vierteljahrhundert nt

a \quarter of an hour eine Viertelstunde

an hour and a \quarter eineinviertel Stunden

a \quarter to [or AM of] /past [or AM after] three Viertel vor/nach drei

3. (1/4 of year) Quartal nt; AM (school term) Quartal nt

paid by the \quarter vierteljährlich bezahlt

4. (1/4 of a game) Viertel nt

5. AM (25 cents) Vierteldollar m

▪ \quarters pl ein Spiel, bei dem ein Vierteldollar in ein Glas Bier geschnippt wird

6. (area) Gegend f; (neighbourhood) Viertel nt, Quartier nt SCHWEIZ, Grätz[e]l nt ÖSTERR

7. (unspecified place) Seite f; (place) Stelle f

help came from a totally unexpected \quarter Hilfe kam von völlig unerwarteter Seite

in certain \quarters in gewissen Kreisen

from high \quarters von höherer Stelle

8. (mercy) Gnade f kein pl, Erbarmen nt kein pl

to ask/cry for \quarter um Gnade bitten/flehen

no \quarter was asked for and none given es wurde auf beiden Seiten schonungslos gekämpft

to give \quarter Erbarmen haben

9. (lodgings)

▪ \quarters pl Wohnung f; MIL Quartier nt, Unterkunft f

married \quarters Familienunterkunft f

servants' \quarters Dienstbotenwohnung f

to be confined to \quarters MIL Stubenarrest haben

10. (area of compass) [Himmels]richtung f

from the north/west \quarter aus nördlicher/westlicher Richtung

11. NAUT (part of ship)

on the port \quarter backbord

on the starboard \quarter steuerbord

12.

▶ at close \quarters with sb in jds Nähe

they fought at close \quarters sie kämpften Mann gegen Mann

II. vt

1. (cut into four)

▪ to \quarter sth etw vierteln

▪ to \quarter sb HIST jdn vierteilen

2. (give housing)

▪ to \quarter sb somewhere jdn irgendwo unterbringen

▪ to be \quartered with sb bei jdm untergebracht [o einquartiert] werden

▪ to \quarter oneself on sb sich akk bei jdm einquartieren

III. adj inv Viertel-

\quarter hour Viertelstunde f

\quarter pound Viertelpfund nt

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['kwɔːtə(r)]
1. n

1) (= fourth part) Viertel nt

to divide sth into quarters — etw in vier Teile teilen

the bottle was a quarter/three-quarters full — die Flasche war zu einem Viertel/zu drei Vierteln gefüllt, die Flasche war viertel/drei viertel voll

a quarter (of a pound) of tea — ein Viertel(pfund) Tee

a mile and a quarter — eineinviertel Meilen

a quarter of a mile —

it was a quarter as big as the other one — es war ein Viertel so groß wie das andere

for a quarter (of) the price, for quarter the price — zu einem Viertel des Preises

2) (in expressions of time) Viertel nt

a quarter of an hour — eine Viertelstunde

a quarter to seven, a quarter of seven (US) — (ein) Viertel vor sieben, drei viertel sieben (dial)

a quarter past six, a quarter after six (US) — (ein) Viertel nach sechs, viertel sieben (dial)

it's just on the quarter — es ist gerade Viertel

the clock strikes the quarters — die Uhr schlägt alle Viertelstunde

the clock has just struck the quarter — die Uhr hat eben Viertel or die Viertelstunde geschlagen

an hour and a quarter — eineinviertel Stunden, fünf viertel Stunden

3) (= fourth of year) Vierteljahr nt, Quartal nt

paid by the quarter — vierteljährlich bezahlt

a quarter's rent — die Miete für ein Quartal

4) (US) Vierteldollar m, 25-Cent-Stück nt

5) (= district in town) Viertel nt

6)

(= area) he has travelled in every quarter of the globe — er hat schon alle Ecken der Welt bereist

they came from all quarters of the earth — sie kamen aus allen Teilen der Welt

in these quarters — in dieser Gegend

7) (= direction) (Himmels)richtung f

they came from all quarters — sie kamen aus allen Himmelsrichtungen

8) (NAUT: direction of wind) Richtung f

what quarter is the wind in? — aus welcher Richtung kommt der Wind?

9) (= side) Seite f; (= place) Stelle f

he won't get help from that quarter — von dieser Seite wird er keine Hilfe bekommen

in high quarters — höheren Orts

in various quarters — an verschiedenen Stellen

at close quarters — in der Nähe

they were unaccustomed to fighting at close quarters — sie waren nicht an den Nahkampf gewöhnt

10) pl (= lodgings) Quartier nt (ALSO MIL), Unterkunft f

to take up one's quarters (Mil) — sein Quartier beziehen

to be confined to quarters (Mil) — Stubenarrest haben

11) (NAUT for battle) Posten m

to take up one's quarters — Posten beziehen

12) (NAUT: part of ship) Achterschiff nt

on the port quarter — backbord

on the starboard quarter — steuerbord

13) (= mercy in battle) Schonung f, Pardon m

to give quarter — Schonung or Pardon gewähren

he gave no quarter — er kannte kein Pardon

no quarter was asked for and none given — es wurde auf beiden Seiten schonungslos gekämpft

14) (HER) Wappenfeld nt

15) (of moon) Viertel nt

16) (SPORT of match) (Spiel)viertel nt

17) (MEASURE) ≈ Viertelzentner m

2. adj
Viertel-
quarter pound/mile — Viertelpfund nt/-meile f

the/a quarter part — das/ein Viertel

3. vt

1) (= cut into four) vierteln; beef, horse (in vier Teile) zerlegen; traitor's body vierteilen

2) (= lodge) unterbringen, einquartieren (ALSO MIL) (on bei)

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quarter [ˈkwɔː(r)tə(r)]

A s

1. Viertel n, vierter Teil:

quarter of a century Vierteljahrhundert n;

for a quarter (of) the price zu einem Viertel des Preises;

not a quarter as good as nicht annähernd so gut wie;

the stadium was only a quarter full das Stadion war nur zu einem Viertel gefüllt

2. US oder Can Vierteldollar m (= 25 Cents)

3. auch quarter of an hour Viertelstunde f:

three quarters of an hour Dreiviertelstunde f;

(a) quarter to (US a. of) six (ein) Viertel vor sechs, drei Viertel sechs;

(a) quarter past (US a. after) six (ein) Viertel nach sechs, Viertel sieben;

the clock strikes the quarters die Uhr schlägt viertelstündlich

4. auch quarter of the year Vierteljahr n, Quartal n:

by the quarter vierteljährlich, quartalsweise

5. ASTRON (Mond)Viertel n

6. besonders US

a) UNIV (Studien)Quartal n

b) SCHULE Viertel n des Schuljahres

7. SPORT (Spiel)Viertel n

8. Viertelpfund n (0,113 kg)

9. besonders SPORT Viertelmeile f

10. Quarter n:

a) Br 28 lb. = 12,7 kg, US 25 lb. =11,34 kg (Handelsgewicht)

b) Br = 2,91 hl (Hohlmaß)

11. SCHIFF

a) Kardinalpunkt m, Haupthimmelsrichtung f (des Kompasses)

b) Viertelstrich m (des Kompasses = 2° 49’)

12. (Himmels-, Wind) Richtung f:

what quarter is the wind in? woher oder von welcher Seite weht oder kommt der Wind? (a. fig)

13. Gegend f, Teil m (eines Landes etc):

from all quarters von überall(her), aus allen (Himmels)Richtungen ( → A 14);

in this quarter hierzulande, in dieser Gegend; → close quarters

14. Stelle f, Seite f, Quelle f:

higher quarters höhere Stellen;

in the highest quarters an höchster Stelle;

in the proper quarter bei der zuständigen Stelle;

in Government quarters in Regierungskreisen;

from all quarters von allen Seiten ( → A 13);

from official quarters von amtlicher Seite; → informed 1

15. (Stadt)Viertel n, (-)Bezirk m:

poor quarter Armenviertel;

residential quarter Wohnbezirk

16. meist pl MIL Quartier n, (Truppen)Unterkunft f:

be confined to quarters Stubenarrest haben;

take up (one’s) quarters Quartier beziehen

17. meist pl Quartier n, Unterkunft f, Wohnung f, Logis n:

have free quarters umsonst wohnen, freie Wohnung haben

18. besonders MIL Pardon m, Schonung f:

ask for quarter um Schonung bitten;

give quarter Pardon geben oder gewähren

19. ( besonders Hinter)Viertel n (eines Schlachttiers), Kruppe f (eines Pferdes)

20. Seitenteil m/n, Fersenleder n (am Schuh)

21. SCHIFF Achterschiff n

22. SCHIFF Posten m:

beat to quarters die Mannschaft auf ihre Posten rufen

23. SCHIFF Raharm m

24. Heraldik: Quartier n, (Wappen)Feld n

25. ARCH, TECH Stollenholz n, Vierpass m

B v/t

1. etwas in vier Teile teilen, vierteln

2. aufteilen, zerstückeln

3. HIST jemanden vierteilen

4. jemanden beherbergen

5. MIL einquartieren (on, upon bei), Truppen unterbringen:

quartered in barracks kaserniert;

be quartered at ( oder in) in Garnison liegen in (dat);

quarter o.s. on sb allg sich bei jemandem einquartieren

6. Heraldik: ein Wappenschild vieren

C v/i

1. wohnen, leben

2. einquartiert sein, Quartier haben ( beide:

at in dat, bei)

3. umherstreifen (Jagdhunde)

4. SCHIFF mit Backstagswind segeln

q. abk

1. quart (Trocken- und Flüssigkeitsmaßeinheit)

2. quarter

3. quarterly

4. quasi

5. query

6. question

7. quintal (Gewichtseinheit)

qr. abk quarter (quarterly)

qu. abk

1. quart (Maßeinheit)

2. quarter (quarterly)

3. queen

4. query

5. question

quar. abk quarter (quarterly)

quart. abk quarter (quarterly)

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1. noun
1) Viertel, das

a or one quarter of — ein Viertel (+ Gen.)

divide/cut something into quarters — etwas in vier Teile teilen/schneiden; etwas vierteln

six and a quarter — sechseinviertel

an hour and a quarter — eineinviertel Stunden

a quarter [of a pound] of cheese — ein Viertel[pfund] Käse

a quarter of a mile/an hour — eine Viertelmeile/-stunde

2) (of year) Quartal, das; Vierteljahr, das

3) (point of time)

[a] quarter to/past six — Viertel vor/nach sechs; drei Viertel sechs/Viertel sieben (landsch.)

there are buses at quarter to and quarter past [the hour] — es fahren Busse um Viertel vor und Viertel nach jeder vollen Stunde

4) (direction) Richtung, die

blow from all quarters — [Wind:] aus allen Richtungen wehen

5) (source of supply or help) Seite, die

6) (area of town) [Stadt]viertel, das; Quartier, das

in some quarters — (fig.) in gewissen Kreisen

7) in pl. (lodgings) Quartier, das (bes. Milit.); Unterkunft, die

8) (Brit.): (measure) (of volume) Quarter, der; (of weight) ≈ Viertelzentner, der

9) (Amer.) (school term) Viertelschuljahr, das; (university term) halbes Semester

10) (Astron.) Viertel, das

11) (mercy)

give no quarter to somebody — jemandem keinen Pardon (veralt.) gewähren od. geben

12) (Amer.): (amount, coin) Vierteldollar, der; 25-Cent-Stück, das
2. transitive verb
1) (divide) vierteln; durch vier teilen [Zahl, Summe]

2) (lodge) einquartieren [Soldaten]

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(year) n.

Quartal -e n. n.

Gegend -en f.

Quartier -e n.

Viertel - n. v.

einquartieren v.

English-german dictionary > quarter
18 front

noun

1) (the part of anything (intended to be) nearest the person who sees it; usually the most important part of anything: the front of the house; the front of the picture; (also adjective) the front page.) parte delantera, primera

2) (the foremost part of anything in the direction in which it moves: the front of the ship; (also adjective) the front seat of the bus.) parte delantera

3) (the part of a city or town that faces the sea: We walked along the (sea) front.) paseo marítimo

4) ((in war) the line of soliers nearest the enemy: They are sending more soldiers to the front.) frente

5) (a boundary separating two masses of air of different temperatures: A cold front is approaching from the Atlantic.) frente

6) (an outward appearance: He put on a brave front.) apariencia

7) (a name sometimes given to a political movement: the Popular Front for Liberation.) frente

•

- frontage
- frontal
- at the front of
- in front of
- in front

front¹ adj

1. de delante / delantero

children shouldn't sit in the front seat los niños no deben ocupar el asiento delantero

2. primero

we sat in the front row nos pusimos en primera fila

the front page of the paper la primera página del diario

front² n

1. parte delantera

the front of the car was crushed in the accident la parte delantera del coche quedó aplastada en el accidente

2. frente

come to the front of the class ven al frente de la clase

he sits at the front se sienta delante

3. principio

the front of the queue el principio de la cola

write your name at the front of the book escribe tu nombre al principio del libro

4. fachada principal

the front of the town hall la fachada del ayuntamiento

in front of delante de

I parked the car in front of the school aparqué el coche delante del colegio

front

tr[frʌnt]

noun

1 (forward part) parte nombre femenino delantera, frente nombre masculino

■ she prefers to sit at the front of the class prefiere sentarse en las primeras filas de la clase

■ there are trees at the front of the house hay árboles en la parte de delante de la casa

■ he wants to sit in the front of the car quiere sentarse en la parte delantera del coche

■ I want you to turn to the front of your books quiero que vayáis al principio del libro

2 (of shirt etc) pechera

3 SMALLMETEOROLOGY/SMALL frente nombre masculino

4 (facade) fachada

■ the front of the building is very ornate la fachada del edificio es muy ornamentada

5 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL frente nombre masculino

■ he was sent to the front lo mandaron al frente

6 (promenade) paseo marítimo

■ let's go for a walk along the front vamos al dar una vuelta por el paseo marítimo

7 figurative use (illegal business etc) tapadera

■ the bar was a front for drug deals el bar servía de tapadera para el tráfico de drogas

8 figurative use (outward appearance) apariencia; (pretence) fachada

■ his offhandedness is just a front su brusquedad es pura fachada

9 (specific field of activity) asunto, terreno

■ what's happening on the domestic front? ¿qué pasa en el terreno nacional?

adjective

1 delantero,-a, de delante

■ front seat asiento delantero

■ we sat in the front row nos sentamos en la primera fila

intransitive verb

1 (face) dar (on/onto, a)

■ the hotel fronts onto the lake el hotel da al lago

transitive verb

1 (lead, head) encabezar

■ the organization is fronted by an ex-policeman la organización está encabezada por un ex policía

2 (present) presentar

■ Tom Jenkins is going to front "News Today' Tom Jenkins presentará "News Today"

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

at the front delante, por delante

■ this dress does up at the front este vestido se abrocha por delante

in front (of) delante (de)

out front (in theatre) entre el público

to put on a bold front hacer de tripas corazón

up front (in advance) por adelantado

front door puerta principal

front garden jardín nombre masculino pequeño en la parte de delante

front line (of fighting) frente nombre masculino 2 (vanguard) vanguardia

front man hombre nombre masculino al frente

front page primera plana, portada

front room salón nombre masculino

front tooth incisivo

front wheel rueda delantera, rueda de delante

the front bench SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL las dos primeras filas de escaños ocupadas por miembros del gobierno y de la oposición

front ['frʌnt] vi

1) face: dar, estar orientado

the house fronts north: la casa da al norte

2) : servir de pantalla

he fronts for his boss: sirve de pantalla para su jefe

front adj

: delantero, de adelante, primero

the front row: la primera fila

front n

1) : frente m, parte f de adelante, delantera f

the front of the class: el frente de la clase

at the front of the train: en la parte delantera del tren

2) area, zone: frente m, zona f

the Eastern front: el frente oriental

on the educational front: en el frente de la enseñanza

3) facade: fachada f (de un edificio o una persona)

4) : frente m (en meteorología)

front

adj.

• anterior adj.

• delantero, -a adj.

• primero, -a adj.

adv.

• frente adv.

n.

• cabeza s.f.

• cara s.f.

• delantera s.f.

• fachada s.f.

• frente s.f.

• parte delantera s.f.

• pechera s.f.

• portada s.f.

• principio s.m.

• testa s.f.

v.

• afrontar v.

I frʌnt
noun

1)

a) ( of building) frente m, fachada f; ( of dress) delantera f

the skirt fastens at the front — la falda se abrocha por delante or (esp AmL) por adelante

b) ( forward part) frente m, parte f delantera or de delante or (esp AmL) de adelante

he was called to the front of the class — lo hicieron pasar al frente de la clase

2) (in phrases)

in front — (as adv) delante, adelante (esp AmL)

Midnight Orchid is out in front — Midnight Orchid va en cabeza or lleva la delantera

in front of somebody/something — delante or (esp AmL) adelante de alguien/algo; ( facing) enfrente de alguien/algo

we've got a big task in front of us — tenemos una gran tarea por delante

3) (Meteo, Mil, Pol) frente m

progress was made on all fronts — hubo avances en todos los frentes

there is good news on the job front — hay noticias alentadoras en el plano laboral

4)

a) ( outward show) fachada f

b) ( for illegal activity) pantalla f

c) (of organization, party) (AmE) cabeza f visible

5) ( overlooking sea) paseo m marítimo, malecón m (AmL), rambla f (RPl)

II

adjective ( at front) <seat/wheel/leg> delantero, de delante or (esp AmL) de adelante

the front cover — la portada

the front door — la puerta de (la) calle

the front yard o (BrE) garden — el jardín del frente

a seat in the front row a front-row seat — un asiento en primera fila; see also front bench, front page

III

transitive verb (present, head) \<\<campaign\>\> dirigir*; \<\<group\>\> liderar; \<\<show\>\> presentar

[frʌnt]
1. N

1) (=exterior) [of house, building] fachada f ; [of shirt, dress] pechera f ; [of book] (=cover) portada f

• it fastens at the front — se abrocha por delante

• back to front — al revés

• her dress had ripped down the front — el vestido se le había roto por delante

you've spilled food all down your front — te has derramado comida por toda la pechera

2) (=forepart) [of stage, desk, building] parte f de delante, parte f delantera; [of train, bus] parte f delantera; [of queue] principio m

• there's a dedication at the front of the book — hay una dedicatoria al principio del libro

there are still some seats left at the front — todavía quedan asientos delante

he sat at the front of the train — se sentó en la parte delantera del tren

he sat at the front of the class — se sentó en la primera fila de la clase

at the front of the line or queue — al principio de la cola

• I want to sit in the front — quiero sentarme delante

• he laid the baby on its front — puso al bebé boca abajo

• the car's out front — (US) el coche está delante or enfrente de la casa

3)

• in front — delante

to send sb on in front — enviar a algn por delante

the car in front — el coche de delante

• to be in front — (gen) ir primero, ir delante; (in race) ir a la cabeza, llevar la delantera; (in scoring) llevar (la) ventaja

• in front of — delante de

don't argue in front of the children — no discutas delante de los niños

a car was parked in front of the house — había un coche aparcado delante de la casa

she sat down in front of her mirror — se sentó delante del espejo, se sentó frente al espejo

4) (Met) frente m

• cold/ warm front — (Met) frente m frío/cálido

5) (Mil, Pol) frente m

he fought at the front during the War — luchó en el frente durante la guerra

• we must present a united front — debemos parecer un frente unido

6) (Brit) (=promenade) paseo m marítimo; (=beach) playa f

7) (=area of activity) materia f

is there any news on the wages front? — ¿se sabe algo nuevo en materia de salarios?

we have made progress on a variety of fronts — hemos avanzado en varios campos or varias esferas

• on all fronts — en todos los frentes

• the government's failings on the home or domestic front — las deficiencias del gobierno a nivel nacional

8) (=show)

it's all just a front with him — lo suyo no es más que una fachada or no son más que apariencias

• he kept up a brave front to the world — delante de todos ponía buena cara

9) * (=cover-up) fachada f, tapadera f

• to be a front for sth — servir de fachada or tapadera para algo

2. ADJ

1) (=foremost) [wheel, leg] delantero, de delante, de adelante (LAm)

I was in the front seat — yo estaba en el asiento delantero or de delante or (LAm) de adelante

if we run, we can get a front seat — si corremos, podemos pillar un asiento en la parte delantera or la parte de delante or (LAm) la parte de adelante

he's in the front garden — está en el jardín de delante de la casa

2) (Phon) [vowel] frontal

3. VI

1)

• to front onto sth — [house, window] dar a algo

2)

• to front for sth — servir de fachada or tapadera para algo

4. VT

1) (=head) [+ organization] estar al frente de, liderar

2) [+ TV show] presentar

3) [+ band, group] estar al frente de, ser el cantante de

4) frm (=face) dar a

the house fronts the river — la casa da al río

5.

CPD

front benches NPL (Brit) —

the front benches — (=seats) la primera fila de escaños de cada lado del parlamento ocupada por miembros del gobierno y de la oposición ; (=people) miembros del gobierno o de la oposición

front crawl N — (Swimming) crol m

front desk N — (US) recepción f (de un hotel)

front door N — puerta f principal

front end N — [of vehicle] parte f delantera

front line N — (Mil) primera línea f

front man N — (for activity) testaferro m ; [of band, group] líder m ; (TV) presentador m

front organization N — organización f fachada

front page N — (Press) primera plana f

front room N — (Brit) (=living room) salón m

front row N — primera fila f

front runner N — (in race) corredor(a) m / f que va en cabeza; (in election) favorito(-a) m / f

front tooth N — incisivo m, paleta * f

front view N —

the front view of the hotel is very impressive — el frente del hotel or la parte de delante del hotel es impresionante
FRONT BENCH El término genérico front bench se usa para referirse a los escaños situados en primera fila a ambos lados del Presidente ( Speaker) de la Cámara de los Comunes del Parlamento británico. Dichos escaños son ocupados por los parlamentarios que son miembros del gobierno a un lado y por los del gobierno en la sombra ( shadow cabinet) al otro y, por esta razón, se les conoce como frontbenchers.

See:

see cultural note BACKBENCHER in backbencher

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I [frʌnt]
noun

1)

a) ( of building) frente m, fachada f; ( of dress) delantera f

the skirt fastens at the front — la falda se abrocha por delante or (esp AmL) por adelante

b) ( forward part) frente m, parte f delantera or de delante or (esp AmL) de adelante

he was called to the front of the class — lo hicieron pasar al frente de la clase

2) (in phrases)

in front — (as adv) delante, adelante (esp AmL)

Midnight Orchid is out in front — Midnight Orchid va en cabeza or lleva la delantera

in front of somebody/something — delante or (esp AmL) adelante de alguien/algo; ( facing) enfrente de alguien/algo

we've got a big task in front of us — tenemos una gran tarea por delante

3) (Meteo, Mil, Pol) frente m

progress was made on all fronts — hubo avances en todos los frentes

there is good news on the job front — hay noticias alentadoras en el plano laboral

4)

a) ( outward show) fachada f

b) ( for illegal activity) pantalla f

c) (of organization, party) (AmE) cabeza f visible

5) ( overlooking sea) paseo m marítimo, malecón m (AmL), rambla f (RPl)

II

adjective ( at front) <seat/wheel/leg> delantero, de delante or (esp AmL) de adelante

the front cover — la portada

the front door — la puerta de (la) calle

the front yard o (BrE) garden — el jardín del frente

a seat in the front row a front-row seat — un asiento en primera fila; see also front bench, front page

III

transitive verb (present, head) \<\<campaign\>\> dirigir*; \<\<group\>\> liderar; \<\<show\>\> presentar

English-spanish dictionary > front
19 release

I [rɪ'liːs]
nome

1) (liberation) rilascio m., liberazione f.

on his release from prison — alla sua scarcerazione

2) fig. (relief) sollievo m., liberazione f.

3) mil. (of missile) lancio m.; (of bomb) sganciamento m.

4) tecn. (of mechanism) sgancio m.

5) giorn. (announcement) comunicato m. (stampa)

6) cinem. (making publicly available) distribuzione f.

the film is now on general release — il film è ora in tutte le sale

7) (film, video, record) novità f.

8) (discharge form) congedo m.
II [rɪ'liːs]
verbo transitivo

1) (set free) rilasciare, mettere in libertà [hostage, prisoner]; liberare [accident victim, animal]

2) fig.

to release sb. from — sciogliere qcn. da [promise, obligation]

3) tecn. sganciare [catch, clasp]; fot. aprire [ shutter]; aut. togliere [ handbrake]

4) (shoot) scoccare [ arrow]; mil. sganciare [ bomb]; lanciare [ missile]

5) (let go of) lasciare, mollare [object, hand]

to release one's grip of sth. — lasciare qcs., allentare la presa su qcs

6) giorn. diffondere, rendere pubblico [news, statement]; pubblicare [photo, picture]

7) cinem. fare uscire, distribuire [ film]; mus. fare uscire, lanciare [video, record]

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[rə'li:s] 1. verb
1) (to set free; to allow to leave: He was released from prison yesterday; I am willing to release him from his promise to me.) liberare, rilasciare

2) (to stop holding etc; to allow to move, fall etc: He released (his hold on) the rope.) lasciare, allentare

3) (to move (a catch, brake etc) which prevents something else from moving, operating etc: He released the handbrake and drove off.) allentare, sbloccare

4) (to allow (news etc) to be made known publicly: The list of winners has just been released.) (rendere pubblico)

5) (to offer (a film, record etc) to the general public: Their latest record will be released next week.) (mettere sul mercato)
2. noun
1) (the act of releasing or being released: After his release, the prisoner returned to his home town; the release of a new film; ( also adjective) the release catch.) rilascio, liberazione

2) (something that is released: This record is their latest release; The Government issued a press release (= a statement giving information about something, sent or given to newspapers, reporters etc).) pubblicazione; comunicato

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release /rɪˈli:s/
n.

1 [uc] rilascio; liberazione; (med.) dimissione ( di un paziente): the hostage's release, il rilascio dell'ostaggio; release from prison, scarcerazione: He committed a robbery one week after his release from prison, ha commesso una rapina una settimana dopo essere uscito di prigione

2 rilascio; emissione ( di gas, ecc.): the release of toxic substances, il rilascio di sostanze tossiche; the release of waste products into the environment, il rilascio di scorie nell'ambiente

3 [u] diffusione: the release of secret documents, la divulgazione di documenti segreti; the release of a photofit by the police, la diffusione di un photofit da parte della polizia

4 album (o film, ecc.) appena uscito: Their latest release is already number one in the charts, il loro ultimo album è già in testa alle classifiche; You can find all the new releases on this DVD rental site, puoi trovare tutti i film appena usciti su questo sito di noleggio DVD online

5 [u] uscita (di film, disco, ecc.): The release of the film has been pushed back by six months, l'uscita del film è stata rimandata di sei mesi; The band embarked on a tour to promote the release of their album, il gruppo è partito per una tournée per promuovere l'uscita del loro ultimo album

6 [cu] liberazione (fig.); sollievo: a feeling of release, un senso di sollievo

7 [uc] allentamento ( della presa, ecc.); il lasciar andare: a release of tension, un allentamento della tensione

8 (cinem.) produzione: a Warner Bros release, una produzione della Warner Bros

9 [uc] (leg.) abbandono ( di un diritto); cessione ( di beni); concessione, rilascio ( di diritti ad altri)

10 [u] liberazione ( da un obbligo); esonero ( dal servizio); esenzione ( fiscale, ecc.); remissione ( di un debito)

11 [u] (aeron., mil.) sgancio ( di bombe); lancio ( di missili)

12 (mecc.) sbloccaggio; scatto: the release of a spring, lo scatto di una molla

13 (mecc.) dispositivo di sgancio

14 (fotogr.) scatto

15 (fig.) sfogo; scoppio (fig.): a release of pent-up anger, uno sfogo d'ira repressa

16 (comput.) versione ( di un programma); rilascio ( inizio della disponibilità di un programma sul mercato): release candidate ► RC, def. 4; release notes, note di rilascio; note sulla versione

17 ( sport) lancio ( di un attrezzo)

18 ( sport) congedo, permesso di trasferimento ( di un giocatore)

19 ( sci) apertura ( di un attacco): release setting screw, vite per regolare l'apertura dell'attacco

20 (leg., naut.) dissequestro

● (leg.) release from seizure, dissequestro □ (mecc.) release lever, leva di sbloccaggio □ the release of goods from customs, lo svincolo di merci dalla dogana □ release of a mortgage, estinzione di un'ipoteca □ (leg.) release of right of action, rinuncia all'azione in giudizio □ (leg.) release on bail, concessione della libertà provvisoria su cauzione □ (fotogr.) release trigger, levetta dello scatto; scatto □ press release, comunicato stampa □ ( di un film) on (general) release, nelle sale cinematografiche: The film goes on general release in the UK on August 31st, il film esce nelle sale cinematografiche del Regno Unito il 31 agosto □ (farm.) time-release capsule, capsula a rilascio lento.
♦ (to) release /rɪˈli:s/
v. t.

1 liberare; rilasciare; (med.) dimettere ( un paziente): to release a prisoner [a hostage], rilasciare un prigioniero [un ostaggio]; to release sb. from a promise, liberare (o sciogliere) q. da una promessa; to release goods from customs, svincolare merci dalla dogana

2 allentare; lasciare: to release one's hold, mollare la presa

3 emettere ( gas, ecc.); sprigionare: Poisonous chemicals were released into the atmosphere, sostanze chimiche tossiche sono state sprigionate nell'atmosfera; Crude oil released into the sea killed tens of thousands of seabirds, il petrolio greggio riversato nel mare ha ucciso decine di migliaia di uccelli marini

4 (aeron. mil.) sganciare ( bombe); lanciare ( missili)

5 scaricare (fig.); sfogare: to release pent-up anger, scaricare l'ira repressa

6 rendere noto: Further information will be released shortly, ulteriori informazioni verranno rese note entro breve; The results of the survey will be released next month, i risultati del sondaggio saranno pubblicati il mese prossimo

7 fare uscire ( un film, un album, un DVD, ecc.): They've just released their first single, è appena uscito il loro primo single; They want to release the film in time for the Christmas period, vogliono che il film esca in tempo per il periodo natalizio

8 (leg.) prosciogliere ( un imputato); liberare, esonerare ( da un obbligo)

9 (leg.) cedere ( una proprietà, un diritto); consegnare ( beni, chiavi, documenti, ecc.); abbandonare, rinunciare a ( un diritto); rimettere, condonare ( un debito)

10 (econ., market.) immettere ( prodotti) sul mercato; mettere in commercio

11 (mecc.) sbloccare; sganciare

12 far scattare: to release a spring, fare scattare una molla

13 (autom.) togliere: to release the handbrake, togliere il freno a mano; to release the clutch, lasciare (lentamente) il pedale della frizione

14 (comput.) rilasciare ( rendere disponibile un programma sul mercato): released version, versione rilasciata

15 ( sport) congedare, dare a ( un giocatore) il permesso di trasferirsi

16 ( sci) aprire ( un attacco dello sci)

17 ( tiro con l'arco) scoccare: to release an arrow, scoccare una freccia

● (leg.) to release st. from seizure, dissequestrare qc.

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I [rɪ'liːs]
nome

1) (liberation) rilascio m., liberazione f.

on his release from prison — alla sua scarcerazione

2) fig. (relief) sollievo m., liberazione f.

3) mil. (of missile) lancio m.; (of bomb) sganciamento m.

4) tecn. (of mechanism) sgancio m.

5) giorn. (announcement) comunicato m. (stampa)

6) cinem. (making publicly available) distribuzione f.

the film is now on general release — il film è ora in tutte le sale

7) (film, video, record) novità f.

8) (discharge form) congedo m.
II [rɪ'liːs]
verbo transitivo

1) (set free) rilasciare, mettere in libertà [hostage, prisoner]; liberare [accident victim, animal]

2) fig.

to release sb. from — sciogliere qcn. da [promise, obligation]

3) tecn. sganciare [catch, clasp]; fot. aprire [ shutter]; aut. togliere [ handbrake]

4) (shoot) scoccare [ arrow]; mil. sganciare [ bomb]; lanciare [ missile]

5) (let go of) lasciare, mollare [object, hand]

to release one's grip of sth. — lasciare qcs., allentare la presa su qcs

6) giorn. diffondere, rendere pubblico [news, statement]; pubblicare [photo, picture]

7) cinem. fare uscire, distribuire [ film]; mus. fare uscire, lanciare [video, record]

English-Italian dictionary > release
20 bite

1. transitive verb,
bit, bitten beißen; (sting) [Moskito usw.:] stechen

bite one's nails — an den Nägeln kauen; (fig.) wie auf Kohlen sitzen

bite one's lip — (lit. or fig.) sich (Dat.) auf die Lippen beißen

he won't bite you — (fig. coll.) er wird dich schon nicht beißen

bite the hand that feeds one — (fig.) sich [seinem Gönner gegenüber] undankbar zeigen

bite the dust — (fig.) daran glauben müssen (ugs.)

what's biting or bitten you? — (fig. coll.) was ist mit dir los?; was hast du denn?
2. intransitive verb,
bit, bitten

1) beißen; (sting) stechen; [Rad:] fassen, greifen; [Schraube:] fassen; (take bait, lit. or fig.) anbeißen

2) (have an effect) sich auswirken; greifen
3. noun
1) (act) Biss, der; (piece) Bissen, der; (wound) Bisswunde, die; (by mosquito etc.) Stich, der

he took a bite of the apple — er biss in den Apfel

can I have a bite? — darf ich mal [ab]beißen?

2) (taking of bait) [An]beißen, das

I haven't had a bite all day — es hat den ganzen Tag noch keiner angebissen

3) (food) Happen, der; Bissen, der

I haven't had a bite [to eat] since breakfast — ich habe seit dem Frühstück nichts mehr gegessen

have a bite to eat — eine Kleinigkeit essen

4) (incisiveness) Bissigkeit, die; Schärfe, die

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/84648/bite_off">bite off

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1. past tense - bit; verb
(to seize, grasp or tear (something) with the teeth or jaws: The dog bit his leg; He was bitten by a mosquito.) bißen
2. noun
1) (an act of biting or the piece or place bitten: a bite from the apple; a mosquito bite.) der Biß

2) (the nibble of a fish on the end of one's line: I've been fishing for hours without a bite.) das Anbeißen

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- biting
- bite the dust
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bite

[baɪt]

I. n

1. (using teeth) Biss m; of an insect Stich m

\bite mark Bisswunde f

snake/dog \bite Schlangen-/Hundebiss m

to give sb a \bite jdn beißen

to have a \bite to eat ( fam) eine Kleinigkeit [o fam einen Happen] essen

to take a \bite of a pizza von einer Pizza abbeißen; ( fig: portion)

the legal costs took a big \bite out of their money ein großer Teil ihres Geldes ging für die Rechtskosten drauf fam

2. ( fig: sharpness) Biss m fig fam, Schärfe f fig

to give sth more \bite report, critique etw schärfer formulieren

to have [real] \bite [echten] Biss haben fam

3. (fish) Anbeißen nt

at last I've got a \bite endlich hat etwas angebissen

4. no pl (pungency) Schärfe f

5.

▶ another [or a second] [or a double] \bite of the cherry esp BRIT eine zweite Chance

II. vt

<bit, bitten>

1. (cut with teeth)

▪ to \bite sb jdn beißen; insect jdn stechen

to \bite one's lips sich dat auf die Lippen beißen; ( fig) sich dat das Lachen verbeißen

to \bite one's nails an seinen Nägeln kauen

2. (grip road)

to \bite the road tyres greifen

3. (affect people)

▪ to \bite sth sich akk auf etw akk auswirken

the laws \bite him hard die Gesetze treffen ihn hart

4.

▶ to \bite the bullet in den sauren Apfel beißen

▶ to be badly bitten by sth von etw dat schwer erwischt worden sein fam

the racing bug bit him badly das Rennfieber hat ihn schwer mitgenommen

▶ what's biting you? ( fam) was ist mit dir los?

▶ to \bite the dust ( esp hum: crash) stürzen; (die) ins Gras beißen sl; ( fig) scheitern

▶ to \bite the hand that feeds one die Hand beißen, die einen füttert

▶ \bite me! AM ( vulg) leck mich am Arsch! derb

▶ to \bite one's tongue sich dat auf die Zunge beißen

III. vi

<bit, bitten>

1. (with teeth) dog, snake beißen; insect stechen

just go and ask her — she won't \bite ( hum) frag sie mal — sie beißt [dich] schon nicht

▪ to \bite into sth in etw akk beißen

2. ( also fig: take bait) anbeißen

to \bite at bait anbeißen a. fig

3. (grip road)

these tyres are biting very well diese Reifen haben ein sehr griffiges Profil

4. (affect adversely) einschneidende Wirkung haben

the recession was beginning to \bite die Rezession machte sich langsam bemerkbar

5. (reduce)

▪ to \bite into sth etw reduzieren

her job began to \bite into her free time ihr Job nahm immer mehr ihrer Freizeit in Anspruch

6. (attack)

▪ to \bite into sth:

the rope bit into his flesh das Seil schnitt in sein Fleisch ein; ( fig)

the cold began to \bite into their bones die Kälte begann ihnen in die Knochen zu kriechen

7.

▶ once bitten, twice shy ( prov) ein gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer prov

▶ that \bites! ( fam) so ein Mist! fam

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[baɪt] vb: pret bit, ptp bitten
1. n

1) Biss m

in two bites — mit zwei Bissen

he took a bite ( out) of the apple — er biss in den Apfel

to get a second or another bite at the cherry (fig) — eine zweite Chance bekommen

2) (= wound etc) (= dog, snake, flea bite etc) Biss m; (= insect bite) Stich m; (= love bite) (Knutsch)fleck m (inf)

3) (FISHING)

I think I've got a bite — ich glaube, es hat einer angebissen

4) (of food) Happen m

there's not a bite to eat —

come and have a bite — komm und iss 'ne Kleinigkeit

do you fancy a bite (to eat)? — möchten Sie etwas essen?

5)

there's a bite in the air — es ist beißend kalt

the bite of the wind — der beißend kalte Wind

6)

(of file, saw) the file has lost its bite — die Feile ist stumpf geworden

these screws don't have enough bite — diese Schrauben greifen or fassen nicht richtig

7) (of sauce etc) Schärfe f

2. vt

1) (person, dog) beißen; (insect) stechen

to bite one's nails — an seinen Nägeln kauen

to bite one's tongue/lip (lit, fig) — sich (dat)

the trapeze artist bites the rope between her teeth — die Trapezkünstlerin hält das Seil mit den Zähnen fest

don't worry, he won't bite you (fig inf) — keine Angst, er wird dich schon nicht beißen (inf)

to bite the dust (inf) — dran glauben müssen (inf)

he had been bitten by the travel/music bug — ihn hatte das Reisefieber/das Musikfieber erwischt (inf)

once bitten twice shy (Prov) — (ein) gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer (Prov)

to bite the hand that feeds you (prov) — sich (dat) ins eigene Fleisch schneiden

what's biting you? (fig inf) — was ist mit dir los? (inf), was hast du denn?

2) (cold, frost, wind) schneiden in (+dat)

3) (file, saw) schneiden in (+acc); (acid) ätzen

4) (inf

= swindle) I've been bitten — ich bin reingelegt worden (inf)

3. vi

1) (dog etc) beißen; (insects) stechen

2) (fish fig inf) anbeißen

3) (cold, frost, wind) beißen, schneiden

4) (wheels) fassen, greifen; (saw, anchor) fassen; (screw) greifen

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bite [baıt]

A v/t prät bit [bıt], pperf bitten [ˈbıtn], obs bit

1. beißen:

a dog bit her (on the) leg ein Hund biss sie ins Bein;

bite the hand that feeds one Gutes mit Schlechtem vergelten;

bite one’s nails

a) an den Nägeln kauen,

b) fig nervös oder unruhig sein;

bite the dust (US a. ground) umg

a) ins Gras beißen,

b) abgeschmettert werden (Plan etc),

c) dran glauben müssen (getrunken werden, ausrangiert werden);

what’s biting you? umg was ist mit dir los?;

I’ve been bitten before ich bin ein gebranntes Kind;

bite back sich eine Äußerung etc verkneifen;

bite off abbeißen;

bite off more than one can chew umg sich zu viel zumuten, sich übernehmen; → bitten B, bullet, head Bes Redew, lip A 1, tongue A 1

2. beißen, stechen (Insekt)

3. a) beißen in (dat):

the smoke bit our eyes der Rauch beizte uns die Augen

b) jemandem schneiden in (akk):

the wind was biting his face

4. schneiden in (akk) (Säge)

5. CHEM ätzen, zerfressen, angreifen

6. fig (nur passiv) angreifen, in Mitleidenschaft ziehen:

badly bitten schwer mitgenommen

7. the biter bit der betrogene Betrüger;

it was a case of the biter bit er etc wurde mit seinen eigenen Waffen geschlagen

B v/i

1. (zu)beißen:

bite into

a) (hinein)beißen in (akk), anbeißen,

b) → A 4, A 5;

sth to bite on

a) etwas zum Beißen,

b) fig etwas Konkretes;

come on, I don’t bite ich beiß schon nicht!; → bullet

2. anbeißen (auch fig), schnappen (at nach) (Fisch)

3. beißen, stechen (Insekt)

4. beißen (Rauch, Gewürz etc), schneiden (Wind, Kälte etc)

5. fassen, greifen (Rad, Schraube etc)

6. fig beißend oder verletzend sein

7. a) sich (besonders negativ) auswirken (Maßnahme)

b) greifen (Sanktionen etc)

C s

1. Beißen n, Biss m:

he took a bite out of the apple er biss in den Apfel;

be given two bites of ( oder at) the cherry Br umg eine zweite Chance bekommen;

put the bite on sb US sl jemanden unter Druck setzen

2. Biss m, Stich m (eines Insekts)

3. Biss(wunde) m(f)

4. auch bite to eat Bissen m, Happen m (a. weitS. Imbiss od Nahrung):

I haven’t had a bite to eat all day ich hab den ganzen Tag noch nichts gegessen

5. (An)Beißen n (der Fische):

he hasn’t had ( oder got) a single bite yet bei ihm hat noch kein einziger Fisch angebissen

6. Fassen n, Greifen n (von Rädern, Schrauben etc):

these screws have plenty of bite diese Schrauben fassen oder greifen sehr gut;

sth has lost its bite fig etwas greift nicht mehr

7. CHEM Beizen n, Ätzen n

8. Schärfe f (eines Gewürzes etc)

9. fig

a) Bissigkeit f, Schärfe f

b) Würze f, Geist m

c) SPORT Biss m

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1. transitive verb,
bit, bitten beißen; (sting) [Moskito usw.:] stechen

bite one's nails — an den Nägeln kauen; (fig.) wie auf Kohlen sitzen

bite one's lip — (lit. or fig.) sich (Dat.) auf die Lippen beißen

he won't bite you — (fig. coll.) er wird dich schon nicht beißen

bite the hand that feeds one — (fig.) sich [seinem Gönner gegenüber] undankbar zeigen

bite the dust — (fig.) daran glauben müssen (ugs.)

what's biting or bitten you? — (fig. coll.) was ist mit dir los?; was hast du denn?
2. intransitive verb,
bit, bitten

1) beißen; (sting) stechen; [Rad:] fassen, greifen; [Schraube:] fassen; (take bait, lit. or fig.) anbeißen

2) (have an effect) sich auswirken; greifen
3. noun
1) (act) Biss, der; (piece) Bissen, der; (wound) Bisswunde, die; (by mosquito etc.) Stich, der

he took a bite of the apple — er biss in den Apfel

can I have a bite? — darf ich mal [ab]beißen?

2) (taking of bait) [An]beißen, das

I haven't had a bite all day — es hat den ganzen Tag noch keiner angebissen

3) (food) Happen, der; Bissen, der

I haven't had a bite [to eat] since breakfast — ich habe seit dem Frühstück nichts mehr gegessen

have a bite to eat — eine Kleinigkeit essen

4) (incisiveness) Bissigkeit, die; Schärfe, die

Phrasal Verbs:

- bite off

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(snack) n.

Happen - m. n.

Beißen -ereien n.

Biss -e m.

Bissen - m.

Stich -e (Mücken-) m. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: bit, bitten)

= beißen v.

(§ p.,pp.: biß, gebissen)

schneiden v.

(§ p.,pp.: schnitt, geschnitten)

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