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1. transitive verb,2) (be able to distinguish)know the difference between right and wrong — den Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse kennen
he wouldn't know the difference — er wüsste den Unterschied nicht
3) (be aware of) wissen; kennen [Person]I know who she is — ich weiß, wer sie ist
I know for a fact that... — ich weiß ganz bestimmt, dass...
know somebody/something to be... — wissen, dass jemand/etwas... ist
that's/that might be worth knowing — das ist gut/wäre wichtig zu wissen
he doesn't want to know — er will nichts davon wissen od. hören
I know what — ich weiß was (ugs.)
you know something or what? — weißt du was?
you never know — man kann nie wissen (ugs.)
somebody has [never] been known to do something — jemand hat bekanntlich [noch nie] etwas getan
don't I know it! — (coll.) das weiß ich nur zu gut
what do you know [about that]? — (coll.): (that is surprising) was sagst du dazu?
somebody is not to know — (is not to be told) jemand soll nichts wissen (about, of von); (has no way of learning) jemand kann nicht wissen
not know what hit one — (fig.) gar nicht begreifen, was geschehen ist
that's all you know [about it] — das glaubst du vielleicht
know different or otherwise — es besser wissen
know what's what — wissen, wie es in der Welt zugeht
do you know,... — stell dir [mal] vor,...
4) (have understanding of) können [ABC, Einmaleins, Deutsch usw.]; beherrschen [Grundlagen, Regeln]; sich auskennen mit [Gerät, Verfahren, Gesetz]know how to mend fuses — wissen, wie man Sicherungen repariert
5) (be acquainted with) kennenwe have known each other for years — wir kennen uns [schon] seit Jahren
you know what he/it is — (is like) du kennst ihn ja/du weißt ja, wie es ist
6) (have experience of) erleben; erfahren2. nounknow what it is to be hungry — wissen, was es heißt, Hunger zu haben
(coll.)Phrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/88563/know_about">know about- know of* * *[nəu]past tense - knew; verb1) (to be aware of or to have been informed about: He knows everything; I know he is at home because his car is in the drive; He knows all about it; I know of no reason why you cannot go.) wissen2) (to have learned and to remember: He knows a lot of poetry.) kennen3) (to be aware of the identity of; to be friendly with: I know Mrs Smith - she lives near me.) kennen4) (to (be able to) recognize or identify: You would hardly know her now - she has become very thin; He knows a good car when he sees one.) erkennen•- knowing- knowingly
- know-all
- know-how
- in the know
- know backwards
- know better
- know how to
- know the ropes* * *[nəʊ, AM noʊ]<knew, known>1. (have information/knowledge)▪ to \know sth etw wissen; facts, results etw kennenshe \knows all the names of them sie kennt all ihre Namendoes anyone \know the answer? weiß jemand die Antwort?do you \know...? weißt du/wissen Sie...?do you \know the time/where the post office is? können Sie mir bitte sagen, wie spät es ist/wo die Post ist?do you \know the words to this song? kennst du den Text von diesem Lied?he really \knows particle physics in Teilchenphysik kennt er sich wirklich gut ausI \know no fear ich habe vor nichts AngstI \know what I am talking about ich weiß, wovon ich redehow was I to \know it'd be snowing in June! wer ahnt denn schon, dass es im Juni schneien würde!that's worth \knowing das ist gut zu wissenthat might be worth \knowing das wäre gut zu wissenthat's what I like to \know too das würde ich auch gerne wissen!— don't I \know it! — wem sagst du das!before you \know where you are ehe man sich versiehtfor all I \know soweit ich weißthey might have even cancelled the project for all I \know vielleicht haben sie das Projekt ja sogar ganz eingestellt — weiß man's! famI knew it! wusste ich's doch! fam... and you \know it... und das weißt du auch; ( fam)... I \know what... ich weiß wasbut she's not to \know aber sie soll nichts davon erfahrenGod only \knows what'll happen next! weiß der Himmel, was als Nächstes passiert! sl▪ to \know [that]/if/how/what/when/why... wissen, dass/ob/wie/was/wann/warum...▪ to \know sb/sth to be/do sth wissen, dass jd/etw etw ist/tutthe police \know him to be a cocaine dealer die Polizei weiß, dass er mit Kokain handelt▪ to \know how to do sth wissen, wie man etw machtto \know how to drive a car Auto fahren können▪ to \know sth about sth/sb etw über etw/jdn wissento \know the alphabet/English das Alphabet/Englisch könnendo you \know any Norwegian? können Sie ein bisschen Norwegisch?to \know sth by heart etw auswendig könnento \know what one is doing wissen, was man tutto let sb \know sth jdn etw wissen lassen2. (be certain)to not \know which way to turn nicht wissen, was man machen sollto not \know whether to laugh or cry nicht wissen, ob man lachen oder weinen sollto \know for a fact that... ganz sicher wissen, dass...3. (be acquainted with)▪ to \know sb jdn kennen\knowing Sarah [or if I \know Sarah], she'll have done a good job so wie ich Sarah kenne, hat sie ihre Sache bestimmt gut gemachtwe've \known each other for years now wir kennen uns schon seit Jahrenshe \knows Paris well sie kennt sich in Paris gut aussurely you \know me better than that! du solltest mich eigentlich besser kennen!you \know what it's like du weißt ja, wie das [so] istwe all knew her as a kind and understanding colleague uns allen war sie als liebenswerte und einfühlsame Kollegin bekanntI'm sure you all \know the new officer by reputation sicherlich haben Sie alle schon mal von dem neuen Offizier gehörtto \know sb by name/by sight/personally jdn dem Namen nach/vom Sehen/persönlich kennento get to \know sb jdn kennenlernento get to \know each other sich akk kennenlernento [not] \know sb to speak to jdn [nicht] näher kennen▪ to \know sth etw verstehendo you \know what I mean? verstehst du, was ich meine?if you \know what I mean wenn du verstehst, was ich meine5. (experience)I've never \known her [to] cry ich habe sie noch nie weinen sehen6. (recognize)▪ to \know sb/sth jdn/etw erkennenI \know a goodbye when I hear one ich hab' schon verstanden, dass du dich von mir trennen willst! famI \know a good thing when I see it ich merke gleich, wenn was gut istwe all \know him as ‘Curly’ wir alle kennen ihn als ‚Curly‘this is the end of world as we \know it das ist das Ende der Welt, so wie wir sie kennenthese chocolate bars are \known as something else in the US diese Schokoladenriegel laufen in den USA unter einem anderen NamenI knew her for a liar the minute I saw her ich habe vom ersten Augenblick an gewusst, dass sie eine Lügnerin istto \know sb by his/her voice/walk jdn an seiner Stimme/seinem Gang erkennensb wouldn't \know sth if he/she bumped into it [or if he/she fell over it] [or if it hit him/her in the face] jd würde etw akk nicht mal erkennen, wenn es vor ihm/ihr stehen würde7. (be able to differentiate)▪ to \know sth/sb from sth/sb etw/jdn von etw/jdm unterscheiden könnenAna wouldn't \know a greyhound from a collie Ana kann einen Windhund nicht von einem Collie unterscheidenyou wouldn't \know him from his brother man kann ihn und seinen Bruder nicht unterscheiden!don't worry, she wouldn't \know the difference keine Angst, sie wird den Unterschied [gar] nicht merkento \know right from wrong Gut und Böse unterscheiden können▪ it is \known that... es ist bekannt, dass...to make sth \known etw bekanntmachenshe's never been \known to laugh at his jokes sie hat bekanntlich noch nie über seine Witze gelachtthis substance is \known to cause skin problems es ist bekannt, dass diese Substanz Hautirritationen hervorruftthis substance has been \known to cause skin problems diese Substanz hat in einzelnen Fällen zu Hautirritationen geführtTerry is also \known as ‘The Muscleman’ Terry kennt man auch unter dem Namen ‚der Muskelmann‘9.▶ to \know no bounds keine Grenzen kennen▶ to not \know what hit one nicht wissen, wie einem geschieht▶ not if I \know it nicht mit mir!▶ to \know one's own mind wissen, was man will▶ to \know one's place wissen, wo man steht▶ to \know the score wissen, was gespielt wird▶ to \know a thing or two ( pej fam: be sexually experienced) sich akk [mit Männern/Frauen] auskennen<knew, known>1. (have knowledge) [Bescheid] wissenask Kate, she's sure to \know frag Kate, sie weiß es bestimmtI think she \knows ich glaube, sie weiß Bescheidwhere did he go? — I wouldn't [or don't] \know, I was not to \know until years later das sollte ich erst Jahre später erfahren, wo ist er hingegangen? — keine Ahnungare you going to university? — I don't \know yet willst du studieren? — ich weiß [es] noch nichtyou never \know man kann nie wissenas [or so] far as I \know so viel [o weit] ich weißhow am I to \know? woher soll ich das wissen?who \knows? wer weiß?how should I \know? wie soll ich das wissen?I \know! jetzt weiß ich!she didn't want to \know sie wollte nichts davon wissenjust let me \know ok? sag' mir einfach Bescheid, ok?“I don't \know,” he said, “why can't you ever be on time?” „ich begreife das einfach nicht“, sagte er, „warum kannst du nie pünktlich sein?“3. (said to agree with sb)I \know ich weißthe weather's been so good lately — I \know, isn't it wonderful! das Wetter war in letzter Zeit wirklich schön — ja, herrlich, nicht wahr?she's such a fool, don't you \know! sie ist so unglaublich dumm!5. (conversation filler)give him the red box, you \know, the one with the.... gib ihm die rote Kiste, du weißt schon, die mit den...he's so boring and, you \know, sort of spooky er ist so langweilig und, na ja, irgendwie unheimlichhe asked me, you \know weißt du, er hat mich halt gefragt6.▶ to \know better:you ought to \know better du solltest es eigentlich besser wissenhe said he loved me but I \know better er sagte, dass er mich liebt, aber ich weiß, dass es nicht stimmt▶ to \know better than:she's old enough to \know better than to run out into the traffic sie ist alt genug, um zu wissen, dass man nicht einfach auf die Straße läuft▶ to not \know any better es nicht anders kennenIII. NOUNto be in the \know [about sth] [über etw akk] im Bilde sein [o Bescheid wissen]* * *[nəʊ] vb: pret knew, ptp known1. TRANSITIVE VERB1) = have knowledge about wissen; answer, facts, dates, details, results etc kennen, wissen; French, English etc könnenhe knew her to be guilty — er wusste, dass sie schuldig war
to know what one is talking about — wissen, wovon man redet
to know one's own mind — wissen, was man will
she knows all the answers — sie weiß Bescheid, sie kennt sich aus; (pej) sie weiß immer alles besser
he thinks he knows all the answers or everything —
that's what I'd like to know ( too) — das möchte ich auch wissen
that might be worth knowing — es könnte interessant sein, das zu wissen
I've been a fool and don't I know it! (inf) — ich sehs ja ein, ich war doof (inf), ich war vielleicht doof (inf)
she's angry! – don't I know it! (inf) — sie ist wütend! – wem sagst du das! (inf)
2) = be acquainted with people, places, book, author kennenI know Bavaria well — ich kenne Bayern gut, ich kenne mich gut in Bayern aus
do you know him to speak to? —
we all know her as the headmistress/a generous person — wir kennen Sie alle als die Schulleiterin/einen großzügigen Menschen
if I know John, he'll already be there — wie ich John kenne, ist er schon da
3) = recognize erkennento know sb by his voice/walk etc — jdn an der Stimme/am Gang etc erkennen
he knows a good thing when he sees it — er weiß, was gut ist
he knows a bargain/good manuscript when he sees one — er weiß, was ein guter Kauf/ein gutes Manuskript ist
this is the end of the welfare system as we know it — das ist das Ende des uns bekannten Wohlfahrtssystems
4) = be able to distinguish unterscheiden könnendon't you know your right from your left? — können Sie rechts und links nicht unterscheiden?
do you know the difference between...? —
to know the difference between right and wrong, to know right from wrong — den Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse kennen, Gut und Böse unterscheiden können
he doesn't know one end of a horse/hammer from the other — er hat keine Ahnung von Pferden/keine Ahnung, was ein Hammer ist (inf)
5) = experience erlebenI've never known him (to) smile — ich habe ihn noch nie lächeln sehen, ich habe es noch nie erlebt, dass er lächelt
have you ever known me (to) tell a lie? — haben Sie mich jemals lügen hören?
have you ever known such a thing to happen before? — haben Sie je schon so etwas erlebt?, ist Ihnen so etwas schon einmal vorgekommen?
2. INTRANSITIVE VERBwissenwho knows? — wer weiß?, weiß ichs?
as far as I know — soviel ich weiß, meines Wissens
the channel was rough, as I well know or as well I know! — die Überfahrt war stürmisch, das kann ich dir sagen
3. SET STRUCTURES__diams; to know that... wissen, dass...Note that while in English that can be omitted, in German dass must be used to introduce the next sentence.when I saw the ambulance, I knew (that) something was wrong — als ich den Krankenwagen sah, wusste ich, dass etwas nicht stimmte __diams; to know why... wissen, warum...
he didn't know why — er wusste nicht, warum
I don't know why you think it's so funny — ich weiß nicht, was du daran so komisch findest
to know how to do sth (in theory) — wissen, wie man etw macht; (in practice) etw tun können
I know how you feel — ich weiß, wie Sie sich fühlen
you don't know how good it is to see you again — Sie wissen gar nicht, wie sehr ich mich freue, Sie wiederzusehen
I know better than that — ich bin ja nicht ganz dumm
I know better than to say something like that —
he knows better than to eat into the profits — er ist nicht so dumm, den Gewinn anzugreifen
he/you ought to have known better — das war dumm (von ihm/dir)
he ought to have or should have known better than to do that — es war dumm von ihm, das zu tun
he says he didn't do it, but I know better — er sagt, er war es nicht, aber ich weiß, dass das nicht stimmt
OK, you know best — o.k., Sie müssens wissen
to get to know sth (methods, techniques, style, pronunciation etc) — etw lernen; habits, faults, shortcuts etc etw herausfinden
he soon let me know what he thought of it —
when can you let me know? — wann können Sie es mich wissen lassen?, wann können Sie mir Bescheid sagen?
you know, we could/there is... — weißt du, wir könnten/da ist...
he gave it away, you know — er hat es nämlich weggegeben
it's raining, you know —
then there was this man, you know, and... — und da war dieser Mann, nicht (wahr), und...
wear the black dress, you know, the one with the red belt —
it's long and purple and, you know, sort of crinkly — es ist lang und lila und, na ja, so kraus
(if you) know what I mean — du weißt schon __diams; you never know man kann nie wissen
it was nothing to do with me, I'll have you know! — es hatte nichts mit mir zu tun, damit du es weißt! __diams; there's no knowing (inf) das kann keiner sagen, das weiß niemand
there's no knowing what he'll do — man weiß nie, was er noch tut __diams; what do you know! (inf) sieh mal einer an!
what do you know! I've just seen her! (inf) — stellen Sie sich vor, ich habe sie eben gesehen __diams; to be known → also known
it is (well) known that... —
is he/it known here? — ist er/das hier bekannt?, kennt man ihn/das hier?
he is known to have been here — man weiß, dass er hier war
she wishes to be known as Mrs White — sie möchte Frau White genannt werden → also known __diams; to make sb/sth known jdn/etw bekannt machen
to make it known that... — bekannt geben, dass...
to make one's presence known — sich melden (to bei) __diams; to become known bekannt werden
4. NOUN__diams; to be in the know inf eingeweiht sein, im Bild sein (inf), Bescheid wissen (inf)the people in the know say... — Leute, die darüber Bescheid wissen, sagen..., die Fachleute sagen...
5. PHRASAL VERBS* * *know [nəʊ]A v/t prät knew [njuː; US besonders nuː], pperf known [nəʊn]1. allg wissen:he knows what to do er weiß, was zu tun ist;I don’t know how to thank you ich weiß nicht, wie ich Ihnen danken soll;know all about it genau Bescheid wissen;don’t I know it!a) und ob ich das weiß!,b) als ob ich das nicht wüsste!;I would have you know that … ich möchte Ihnen klarmachen, dass …;I have never known him to lie meines Wissens hat er noch nie gelogen;I don’t know much about football ich versteh nicht viel von Fußball;what do you know! umg na so was!;2. a) können:b) know how to do sth etwas tun können:do you know how to do it? weißt du, wie man das macht?, kannst du das?;he knows how to treat children er versteht mit Kindern umzugehen;do you know how to drive a car? können Sie Auto fahren?;he doesn’t know how to lose er kann nicht verlieren3. kennen:do you know this place? kennen Sie sich hier aus?b) mit einem Roman etc vertraut sein:c) bekannt sein mit:I have known him (for) five years ich kenne ihn (schon) seit fünf Jahren;4. erfahren, erleben:he has known better days er hat schon bessere Tage gesehen;I have known it to happen ich habe das schon erlebt5. a) (wieder)erkennen (by an dat):I would know him anywhere ich würde ihn überall erkennen;before you know where you are im Handumdrehen;I don’t know whether I will know him again ich weiß nicht, ob ich ihn wiedererkennen werdeb) unterscheiden (können):know apart auseinanderhalten;know one from the other einen vom anderen unterscheiden können, die beiden auseinanderhalten könnenB v/i wissen (of von, um), im Bilde sein oder Bescheid wissen ( about über akk), Kenntnis haben ( about von):I know of sb who … ich weiß oder kenne jemanden, der …;I know better! so dumm bin ich nicht!;you ought to know better (than that) das sollten Sie besser wissen, so dumm werden Sie doch nicht sein;know better than to do sth sich davor hüten, etwas zu tun;he ought to know better than to go swimming after a big meal er sollte so viel Verstand haben zu wissen, dass man nach einer ausgiebigen Mahlzeit nicht baden geht;not that I know of nicht dass ich wüsste;you know wissen Sie;this isn’t the Ritz, you know wir sind hier nicht im Ritz!;you never know man kann nie wissen;I’ll let you know ich geb dir Bescheid* * *1. transitive verb,3) (be aware of) wissen; kennen [Person]I know who she is — ich weiß, wer sie ist
I know for a fact that... — ich weiß ganz bestimmt, dass...
it is known that... — man weiß, dass...; es ist bekannt, dass...
know somebody/something to be... — wissen, dass jemand/etwas... ist
that's/that might be worth knowing — das ist gut/wäre wichtig zu wissen
he doesn't want to know — er will nichts davon wissen od. hören
I know what — ich weiß was (ugs.)
you know — (coll.): (as reminder) weißt du [noch]
you know something or what? — weißt du was?
you never know — man kann nie wissen (ugs.)
somebody has [never] been known to do something — jemand hat bekanntlich [noch nie] etwas getan
don't I know it! — (coll.) das weiß ich nur zu gut
what do you know [about that]? — (coll.): (that is surprising) was sagst du dazu?
somebody is not to know — (is not to be told) jemand soll nichts wissen (about, of von); (has no way of learning) jemand kann nicht wissen
not know what hit one — (fig.) gar nicht begreifen, was geschehen ist
that's all you know [about it] — das glaubst du vielleicht
know different or otherwise — es besser wissen
know what's what — wissen, wie es in der Welt zugeht
do you know,... — stell dir [mal] vor,...
4) (have understanding of) können [ABC, Einmaleins, Deutsch usw.]; beherrschen [Grundlagen, Regeln]; sich auskennen mit [Gerät, Verfahren, Gesetz]know how to mend fuses — wissen, wie man Sicherungen repariert
5) (be acquainted with) kennenwe have known each other for years — wir kennen uns [schon] seit Jahren
you know what he/it is — (is like) du kennst ihn ja/du weißt ja, wie es ist
6) (have experience of) erleben; erfahren2. nounknow what it is to be hungry — wissen, was es heißt, Hunger zu haben
(coll.)Phrasal Verbs:- know of* * *v.(§ p.,p.p.: knew, known)= kennen v.(§ p.,pp.: kannte, gekannt)wissen v.(§ p.,pp.: wußte, gewußt) -
2 know
nəupast tense - knew; verb1) (to be aware of or to have been informed about: He knows everything; I know he is at home because his car is in the drive; He knows all about it; I know of no reason why you cannot go.) saber, conocer2) (to have learned and to remember: He knows a lot of poetry.) saber, conocer3) (to be aware of the identity of; to be friendly with: I know Mrs Smith - she lives near me.) conocer4) (to (be able to) recognize or identify: You would hardly know her now - she has become very thin; He knows a good car when he sees one.) reconocer•- knowing- knowingly
- know-all
- know-how
- in the know
- know backwards
- know better
- know how to
- know the ropes
know vb1. saberdo you know what time it is? ¿sabes qué hora es?2. conocerdo you know Madrid? ¿conoces Madrid?tr[nəʊ]1 (be acquainted with) conocer■ do you know Colin? conoces a Colin?■ this building is known as "La Pedrera' este edificio se conoce como "La Pedrera"■ their terrorist activities were known to the police la policía tenía conocimiento de sus actividades terroristas2 (recognize) reconocer3 (have knowledge of) saber■ do you know English? ¿sabes inglés?■ do you know where the station is? ¿sabe dónde está la estación?\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLI know! ¡lo sé!, ¡ya lo sé!who knows? ¿quién sabe?as far as I know que yo sepafor all I know ¡vete a saber!■ he could be dead for all I know podría estar muerto, ¡vete a saber!don't I know it! ¿y me lo dices a mí?, ¡ni que lo digas!how should I know? ¿yo qué sé?if only I'd known! ¡haberlo sabido!not that I know of que yo sepa, noto know apart saber distinguirto know... from... distinguir entre... y...you know what? ¿sabes qué?you never know nunca se sabeI know what! ¡ya lo tengo!I might've known debí imaginármeloto be in the know estar enterado,-ato get to know somebody (llegar a) conocer a alguienyou know best tú sabes mejor que yo, sabes lo que más te convieneto know better tener más juicio■ you ought to know better at your age! ¡a tu edad deberías saber comportarte mejor!to know by sight conocer de vistato know how to do something saber hacer algoto know what one's talking about hablar con conocimiento de causato make oneself known presentarse, darse a conocerdon't know (in survey) persona que no sabe, no contesta1) : saberhe knows the answer: sabe la respuesta2) : conocer (a una persona, un lugar)do you know Julia?: ¿conoces a Julia?3) recognize: reconocer4) discern, distinguish: distinguir, discernir5)to know how to : saberI don't know how to dance: no sé bailarknow vi: saberv.(§ p.,p.p.: knew, known) = conocer v.(§pres: conozco, conoces...)• reconocer v.(§pres: reconozco, reconoces...)• saber v.(§pres: sé, sabes...) subj: sep-pret: sup-fut/c: sabr-•)
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1. nəʊ1)a) (have knowledge of, be aware of) saber*I don't know his name/how old he is — no sé cómo se llama/cuántos años tiene
to know something ABOUT something — saber* algo de algo
not to know the first thing about something — no saber* nada or no tener* ni idea de algo
how was I to know that... ? — ¿cómo iba yo a saber que... ?
I don't know that I agree/that I'll be able to come — no sé si estoy de acuerdo/si podré ir
I'll have you know that... — has de saber que..., para que sepas,...
you know what he's like — ya sabes cómo es (él), ya lo conoces
before I knew where I was, it was ten o'clock — cuando quise darme cuenta, eran las diez
it is well known that... — todo el mundo sabe que...
it soon became known that... — pronto se supo que...
to be known to + INF: he's known to be dangerous se sabe que es peligroso; I know that for a fact me consta que es así; to let somebody know something decirle* algo a alguien, hacerle* saber or comunicarle* algo a alguien (frml); ( warn) avisarle algo a alguien; let me know how much it's going to cost dime cuánto va a costar; he let it be known that... dio a entender que...; to make something known to somebody hacerle* saber algo a alguien; without our knowing it sin saberlo nosotros, sin que lo supiéramos; there's no knowing what he might do quién sabe qué hará; do you know what! ¿sabes qué?; I know what: let's go skating! tengo una idea: vayamos a patinar!; wouldn't you know it: it's starting to rain! no te digo, se ha puesto a llover!; not to know which way o where to turn no saber* qué hacer; to know something backwards: she knows her part backwards — se sabe el papel al dedillo or al revés y al derecho
b) ( have practical understanding of) \<\<French/shorthand\>\> saber*c) (have skill, ability)to know how to + INF — saber* + inf
2)a) ( be acquainted with) \<\<person/place\>\> conocer*how well do you know her? — ¿la conoces mucho or bien?
I only know her by name — la conozco or (AmL tb) la ubico sólo de nombre
you know me/him: ever the optimist — ya me/lo conoces: siempre tan optimista
to get to know somebody: how did they get to know each other? ¿cómo se conocieron?; I got to know him better/quite well llegué a conocerlo mejor/bastante bien; to get to know something \<\<subject/job\>\> familiarizarse* con algo; we knew her as Mrs Balfour — para nosotros era la Sra Balfour
he has known poverty/success — ha conocido la pobreza/el éxito
he knows no fear — no sabe lo que es or no conoce el miedo
c) ( be restricted by) (liter) tener*3)a) (recognize, identify) reconocer*to know something/somebody BY something — reconocer* algo/a alguien por algo
b) ( distinguish)to know something/somebody FROM something/somebody — distinguir* algo/a alguien de algo/alguien
I don't know one from the other — no los distingo, no distingo al uno del otro
4) (see, experience) (only in perfect tenses)
2.
vi saber*what happened? - nobody knows — ¿qué pasó? - no se sabe
how do you know? — ¿cómo lo sabes?
I won't argue: you know best — no voy a discutir: tú sabrás
I know! — ya sé!, tengo una idea!
the government didn't want to know — el gobierno se desentendió completamente or no quiso saber nada
I'm not stupid, you know! — oye, que no soy tonto ¿eh? or ¿sabes?
to know ABOUT something/somebody: he knows about computers sabe or entiende de computadoras; did you know about John? ¿sabías lo de John?, ¿estabas enterado de lo de John?; can I invite him? - I don't know about that, we'll have to see ¿lo puedo invitar? - no sé, veremos; to get to know about something enterarse de algo; to know OF something/somebody: she knew of their activities tenía conocimiento or estaba enterada de sus actividades; not that I know of que yo sepa, no; do you know of a good carpenter? ¿conoces a or sabes de algún carpintero bueno?; I don't actually know her, I know of her — no la conozco personalmente, sólo de oídas
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[nǝʊ] (pt knew) (pp known)to be in the know — estar* enterado
1. TRANSITIVE VERBLook up set combinations such as know the ropes, know one's stuff, know sth backward at the other word.1) (=be aware of)a) [+ facts, dates etc] saberto know the difference between... — saber la diferencia entre...
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she knows a lot about chemistry — sabe mucho de químicaI know nothing about it, I don't know anything about it — no sé nada de eso
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one minute you're leaving school, then before you know it, you've got a family to support — dejas el colegio y al minuto siguiente, antes de darte cuenta, tienes una familia que mantenerto know why/when/where/if — saber por qué/cuándo/dónde/si
do you know how he did that? — ¿sabes cómo lo hizo?
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I'll or I'd have you know that... — que sepas que..., para que te enteres,...•
you haven't time, as well he knew — no tienes tiempo, como él bien sabíayou know as well as I do that... — sabes tan bien como yo que...
I know what I said — ya sé qué or lo que dije
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I don't know whether or not you've heard, but... — no sé si has oído o no pero...- know what's whatI knew it! — ¡lo sabía!
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that's all you know! * — ¡y más que podría yo contarte!•
don't I know it! — ¡a mí me lo vas a contar!"she's furious" - "don't I know it?" — -está furiosa -¡a mí me lo vas a contar!
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how was I to know that...? — ¿cómo iba yo a saber que...?•
I should have known you'd mess things up! — debería haberme figurado or imaginado que ibas a estropear las cosas•
do you know what, I think she did it! — ¿sabes una cosa? creo que lo hizo ellaI know what, let's drop in on Daphne! — ¡ya sé! ¡vamos a pasarnos por casa de Daphne!
you know what you can do with it! * — ¡mételo por donde te quepa! **
(well,) what do you know! * — ¿qué te parece?, ¡fíjate!, ¡mira nomás! (LAm)
what does he know about dictionaries! — ¡qué sabrá él de diccionarios!
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Peter, wouldn't you know it, can't come! — Peter, como era de esperar, no puede venird)to know to do sth >: does he know to feed the rabbits? * — ¿sabe que tiene que dar de comer a los conejos?
2) (=be acquainted with) [+ person, place] conocer; [+ subject] saberdo you know him? — ¿lo conoces?
to know one's classics/linguistic theory — saberse los clásicos/la teoría lingüística
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most of us know him only as a comedian — la mayoría de nosotros lo conocemos solo como comediante•
don't you know me better than that! — ¿o es que no me conoces?, ¡como si no me conocieras!•
to know sb by sight/name — conocer a algn de vista/de nombre•
she knew him for a liar and a cheat — sabía que era un mentiroso y un tramposo•
they know each other from university — se conocen de la universidad•
if I know him, he'll say no — me apuesto a que dice que no•
I've never known him to smile — nunca lo he visto sonreír•
I don't know him to speak to — no lo conozco personalmente4) (=understand)I don't know how you can say that — no sé or no entiendo cómo puedes decir eso
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you know what I mean — ya me entiendes, ya sabes lo que quiero decir•
I know the problem! — conozco el problemaI know the problems that arise when... — sé los problemas que surgen cuando...
5) (=recognize) reconocer•
I knew him by his voice — le reconocí por la voz•
to know right from wrong — saber distinguir el bien del mal6) (=be certain)I don't know if or that it's a very good idea — no sé si es una buena idea, no estoy seguro de que sea una buena idea
7) †† (sexually)to get to know sb (llegar a) conocer a algn to get to know sthto let sb know...as you get to know the piece better... — cuando conoces mejor la pieza..., cuando estás más familiarizado con la pieza...
2. INTRANSITIVE VERB1) (gen) saberyes, I know — si, ya lo sé
he thinks he's going to get the job, but I know better — cree que va a conseguir el trabajo, pero yo sé mejor lo que cabe esperar
you ought to know better than to... — ya deberías saber que no se puede...
Mary knows better than to risk upsetting me — Mary sabe demasiado bien que no le conviene que me enfade
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how should I know? — ¿cómo iba yo a saberlo?•
I know, let's... — ya sé, vamos a...•
there's no (way of) knowing — no hay manera de saberlo•
afterwards they just don't want to know — (in relationships) después "si te he visto no me acuerdo"; (in business) después no quieren saber nada del asunto•
who knows? — ¿quién sabe?•
"was she annoyed about it?" - "I wouldn't know" — -¿se enfadó por eso? -¿y yo que sé?•
it's not easy, you know — no es fácil, sabesall 2., 4) to know aboutyou know, I think I'm beginning to like Richard — ¿sabes? creo que me está empezando a gustar Richard
to know about sth/sb: did you know about Paul? — ¿te has enterado de or sabes lo de Paul?
I didn't know about the accident — no me había enterado de lo del accidente, no sabía nada de lo del accidente
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"you must be delighted!" - "I don't know about that" — ¡debes estar encantado! -no sé qué decirte"you're a genius!" - "oh, I don't know about that" — -¡eres un genio! -hombre, no sé qué decirte
"I'm taking tomorrow off" - "I don't know about that!" — -mañana me tomo el día libre -no sé, habrá que ver
to get to know about sth enterarse de algo to know of (=be acquainted with) conocer•
I don't know about you, but I think it's terrible — a ti no sé, pero a mí me parece terribleI know of no reason why he should have committed suicide — que yo sepa no tenía razones para suicidarse
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the first I knew of it was when Pete told me — lo primero que oí or supe del asunto fue lo que me dijo Peteto let sb know•
not that I know of — que yo sepa, nowe'll let you know — ya te diremos lo que sea, ya te avisaremos
why didn't you let me know? — ¿por qué no me lo dijiste?
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to be in the know * — (=well-informed) estar enterado; (=privy to sth) estar al tanto or al corriente* * *
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1. [nəʊ]1)a) (have knowledge of, be aware of) saber*I don't know his name/how old he is — no sé cómo se llama/cuántos años tiene
to know something ABOUT something — saber* algo de algo
not to know the first thing about something — no saber* nada or no tener* ni idea de algo
how was I to know that... ? — ¿cómo iba yo a saber que... ?
I don't know that I agree/that I'll be able to come — no sé si estoy de acuerdo/si podré ir
I'll have you know that... — has de saber que..., para que sepas,...
you know what he's like — ya sabes cómo es (él), ya lo conoces
before I knew where I was, it was ten o'clock — cuando quise darme cuenta, eran las diez
it is well known that... — todo el mundo sabe que...
it soon became known that... — pronto se supo que...
to be known to + INF: he's known to be dangerous se sabe que es peligroso; I know that for a fact me consta que es así; to let somebody know something decirle* algo a alguien, hacerle* saber or comunicarle* algo a alguien (frml); ( warn) avisarle algo a alguien; let me know how much it's going to cost dime cuánto va a costar; he let it be known that... dio a entender que...; to make something known to somebody hacerle* saber algo a alguien; without our knowing it sin saberlo nosotros, sin que lo supiéramos; there's no knowing what he might do quién sabe qué hará; do you know what! ¿sabes qué?; I know what: let's go skating! tengo una idea: vayamos a patinar!; wouldn't you know it: it's starting to rain! no te digo, se ha puesto a llover!; not to know which way o where to turn no saber* qué hacer; to know something backwards: she knows her part backwards — se sabe el papel al dedillo or al revés y al derecho
b) ( have practical understanding of) \<\<French/shorthand\>\> saber*c) (have skill, ability)to know how to + INF — saber* + inf
2)a) ( be acquainted with) \<\<person/place\>\> conocer*how well do you know her? — ¿la conoces mucho or bien?
I only know her by name — la conozco or (AmL tb) la ubico sólo de nombre
you know me/him: ever the optimist — ya me/lo conoces: siempre tan optimista
to get to know somebody: how did they get to know each other? ¿cómo se conocieron?; I got to know him better/quite well llegué a conocerlo mejor/bastante bien; to get to know something \<\<subject/job\>\> familiarizarse* con algo; we knew her as Mrs Balfour — para nosotros era la Sra Balfour
he has known poverty/success — ha conocido la pobreza/el éxito
he knows no fear — no sabe lo que es or no conoce el miedo
c) ( be restricted by) (liter) tener*3)a) (recognize, identify) reconocer*to know something/somebody BY something — reconocer* algo/a alguien por algo
b) ( distinguish)to know something/somebody FROM something/somebody — distinguir* algo/a alguien de algo/alguien
I don't know one from the other — no los distingo, no distingo al uno del otro
4) (see, experience) (only in perfect tenses)
2.
vi saber*what happened? - nobody knows — ¿qué pasó? - no se sabe
how do you know? — ¿cómo lo sabes?
I won't argue: you know best — no voy a discutir: tú sabrás
I know! — ya sé!, tengo una idea!
the government didn't want to know — el gobierno se desentendió completamente or no quiso saber nada
I'm not stupid, you know! — oye, que no soy tonto ¿eh? or ¿sabes?
to know ABOUT something/somebody: he knows about computers sabe or entiende de computadoras; did you know about John? ¿sabías lo de John?, ¿estabas enterado de lo de John?; can I invite him? - I don't know about that, we'll have to see ¿lo puedo invitar? - no sé, veremos; to get to know about something enterarse de algo; to know OF something/somebody: she knew of their activities tenía conocimiento or estaba enterada de sus actividades; not that I know of que yo sepa, no; do you know of a good carpenter? ¿conoces a or sabes de algún carpintero bueno?; I don't actually know her, I know of her — no la conozco personalmente, sólo de oídas
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1. adverb1) (all around) rings[her]um; (here and there) überallstrewn/littered about all over the room — überall im Zimmer verstreut
2) (near)there was nobody about — es war niemand da
3)be about to do something — gerade etwas tun wollen
4) (active)be up and about — auf sein (ugs.)
5) (approximately) ungefähr[at] about 5 p.m. — ungefähr um od. gegen 17 Uhr
about turn!, (Amer.) about face! — (Mil.) kehrt!
7)2. preposition[turn and] turn about — (in rotation) abwechselnd
1) (all around) um [... herum]there was litter lying about the park/streets — überall im Park/auf den Straßen lag der Abfall herum
2) (with)have something about one — etwas [bei sich] haben
3) (concerning) über (+ Akk.)an argument/a question about something — Streit wegen etwas/eine Frage zu etwas
talk/laugh about something — über etwas (Akk.) sprechen/lachen
4) (occupied with)be quick/brief about it — beeil dich!; (in speaking) fasse dich kurz!
while you're about it — da Sie gerade dabei sind
* * *1. preposition 2. preposition, adverb1) ((sometimes round about) near (in place, time, size etc): about five miles away; (round) about six o'clock; just about big enough.) ungefähr3) (in or on some part (of a place etc): You'll find him somewhere about (the office).) irgendwo in...4) (around or surrounding: She wore a coat about her shoulders; He lay with his clothes scattered about.) um3. adverb- academic.ru/115262/be_about_to">be about to* * *[əˈbaʊt]I. prepshe had some misgivings \about the talk sie hatte wegen des Gesprächs Bedenkenbe quick \about it! beeil dich [damit]!, mach schnell!anxiety \about the future Angst f vor der Zukunft, Zukunftsangst fa book/movie/programme \about sth/sb ein Buch/ein Film/eine Sendung über etw/jdnwhat's that book \about? worum geht es in dem Buch?the movie is \about the American Civil War der Film handelt vom Amerikanischen Bürgerkriegto have a discussion \about how/who/why... darüber diskutieren, wie/wer/warum...to have a phobia \about spiders eine Spinnenphobie habento be sure [or certain] /unsure [or uncertain] \about sth sich dat einer S. gen sicher/unsicher seinhe was still unsure \about what he should do er war sich noch immer nicht sicher, was er tun solltewe are now certain \about our decision to move wir haben uns jetzt endgültig entschlossen umzuziehento ask sb \about sth/sb jdn nach etw/jdm fragento care \about sth/sb sich akk für etw/jdn interessierenI don't care \about your opinion! deine Meinung interessiert mich nicht!to dream \about sth/sb von etw/jdm träumenshe always dreams \about winning the lottery sie träumt immer davon, im Lotto zu gewinnento talk \about sth über etw akk sprechenall \about sb/sth alles über jdn/etwhe taught us all \about biology wir haben von ihm alles über Biologie gelerntit's all \about having fun es geht einfach nur darum, Spaß zu habento do something \about sth etwas gegen etw akk unternehmenwill you please do something \about the leaky tap? kümmerst du dich bitte mal um den tropfenden Wasserhahn?I can't do anything \about it ich kann nichts dagegen machento do little/much/nothing \about sth wenig/viel/nichts gegen etw akk tunthere's nothing we can do \about it dagegen können wir nichts machento do nothing \about a problem ein Problem nicht anpacken, nicht gegen ein Problem vorgehenhe takes little notice of the world \about him er nimmt von seiner Umgebung kaum Notizto put one's arms \about sb jdn umarmento wander \about the house im Haus herumlaufento look \about the room sich akk im Zimmer umsehen5. (expressing location)do you have a pen \about you[r person]? haben Sie einen Kugelschreiber dabei?what exactly didn't you like \about the play? was genau hat dir an der Aufführung nicht gefallen?there is a deep sadness \about him ihn umgibt eine tiefe Melancholiehe has a way \about him that I don't like er hat etwas an sich, das mir nicht gefälltthere's something strange \about him er hat etwas Merkwürdiges an sich7. (aimed at)▪ to be \about doing sth beabsichtigen [o darauf abzielen], etw zu tunthe takeover was not \about getting rid of competition die Übernahme sollte nicht die Konkurrenz ausschalten; BRIT ( fam)to be \about it gerade dabei seincould you make me some coffee too while you're \about it? wo Sie gerade dabei sind, könnten Sie mir auch einen Kaffee machen?9.how shall go \about solving this problem? wie sollen wir dieses Problem angehen?how do you go \about getting a fishing licence here? was muss man tun, wenn man hier einen Angelschein erwerben will?▶ how \about sth/sb? wie wäre es mit jdm/etw?how \about a cup of tea? wie wäre es mit einer Tasse Tee?▶ what \about it? was ist damit?is that your car? — yes, what \about it? ist das da Ihr Auto? — ja, was ist damit?▶ and what \about us? und was ist mit uns?▶ what \about your job? wie läuft es bei der Arbeit?▶ what \about going [or a trip] to the zoo? wie wäre es mit einem Besuch im Zoo?1. (approximately) ungefährhe's \about six feet tall er ist ungefähr 1,80 m groß\about eight [o'clock] [so] gegen acht [Uhr]\about two days/months ago vor etwa zwei Tagen/Monaten2. (almost) fastI've had just \about enough from you! ich habe allmählich genug von dir!that's just \about the limit! das ist ja so ziemlich das Letzte!3. (barely)we just \about made it wir haben es gerade noch [so] geschaffthe earns just \about enough to live on er verdient gerade mal genug zum Lebendon't leave things \about on the floor lass nichts auf dem Boden herumliegensome people were standing \about ein paar Leute standen so herumthere's a lot of flu \about at the moment im Moment geht die Grippe umto move \about herumlaufen, umherlaufenstop moving \about! bleib doch mal [ruhig] stehen!is Cathy \about? ist Cathy hier irgendwo?she must be \about somewhere sie muss hier irgendwo seinhave you seen Peter \about? hast du Peter irgendwo gesehen?there was nobody \about es war keiner dato turn sth \about etw herumdrehen7. (intending)▪ to be \about to do sth im Begriff sein [o gerade vorhaben], etw zu tunshe was [just] \about to leave when Mark arrived sie wollte gerade gehen, als Mark kamhe was \about to burst into tears er wäre fast in Tränen ausgebrochenwe're just \about to have supper wir wollen gerade zu Abend essenI'm not \about to beg for his apology ich werde ihn bestimmt nicht um eine Entschuldigung bitten8.▶ that's \about all [or it] das wär'sanything else? — no, that's \about it for now wünschen Sie noch etwas? — nein, das wäre erst einmal alles [o das wär's fürs Erste]* * *[ə'baʊt]1. advto run/walk about — herum- or umherrennen/-gehen
there was nobody about who could help — es war niemand in der Nähe, der hätte helfen können
at night when there's nobody about — nachts, wenn niemand unterwegs ist
where is he/it? – he's/it's about somewhere — wo ist er/es? – (er/es ist) irgendwo in der Nähe
See:2)to be about to — im Begriff sein zu; ( esp US inf
he's about to start school —
we are about to run out of coffee — uns geht demnächst der Kaffee aus, wir haben bald keinen Kaffee mehr
are you about to tell me...? — willst du mir etwa erzählen...?
3) (= approximately) ungefähr, (so) um... (herum)he's about 40 —
about 2 o'clock — ungefähr or so um 2 Uhr
he is about the same, doctor — sein Zustand hat sich kaum geändert, Herr Doktor
that's about it — das ist so ziemlich alles, das wärs (so ziemlich) (inf)
I've had about enough (of this nonsense) — jetzt reicht es mir aber allmählich (mit diesem Unsinn)
he was about dead from exhaustion — er war halb tot vor Erschöpfung
See:→ just, round, time2. prep1) (esp Brit) um (... herum); (= in) in (+dat) (... herum)to sit about the house —
there's something about him/about the way he speaks — er/seine Art zu reden hat so etwas an sich
while you're about it —
and be quick about it! — und beeil dich damit!, aber ein bisschen dalli! (inf)
2) (= concerning) über (+acc)he knows about it — er weiß darüber Bescheid, er weiß davon
what's it all about? — worum or um was (inf) handelt es sich or geht es (eigentlich)?
he's promised to do something about it — er hat versprochen, (in der Sache) etwas zu unternehmen
how or what about me? — und ich, was ist mit mir? (inf)
how or what about it/going to the cinema? —
(yes,) what about it/him? —
he doesn't know what he's about — er weiß nicht, was er (eigentlich) tut
* * *about [əˈbaʊt]A adv1. umher, (rings-, rund)herum, in der Runde:all about überall;a long way about ein großer Umweg;the wrong way about falsch herum;three miles about drei Meilen im Umkreis2. ungefähr, etwa, nahezu:it’s about time that … es ist an der Zeit, dass …; es wird langsam Zeit, dass …;and about time, about time too es wurde aber auch langsam Zeit;it’s about right umg es kommt so ungefähr hin;3. (halb) herum, in der entgegengesetzten Richtung:he was about to go out, when … er wollte gerade ausgehen, als …;5. in der Nähe, da:there are a lot of colds about at the moment zurzeit sind viele erkältetB präp1. besonders Br um, um … herum2. (irgendwo) herum in (dat):wander about the streets in den Straßen herumwandern3. bei, auf (dat), an (dat), um:have you got any money about you? haben Sie Geld bei sich?;there is nothing about him an ihm ist nichts Besonderes;have sth about one etwas an sich haben;he had a gun hidden about his person er hatte eine Pistole in seiner Kleidung versteckt4. um, gegen, etwa:about my height ungefähr meine Größe;about this time (etwa oder ungefähr) um diese Zeit;about noon um die Mittagszeit, gegen Mittag5. über (akk):what is it (all) about? worum handelt es sich (eigentlich)?6. beschäftigt mit:what are you about?a) was machst du da?,b) was hast du vor?;and while you’re about it und wenn du schon dabei bist* * *1. adverb1) (all around) rings[her]um; (here and there) überallstrewn/littered about all over the room — überall im Zimmer verstreut
2) (near)be about — da sein; hier sein
3)4) (active)be up and about — auf sein (ugs.)
5) (approximately) ungefähr[at] about 5 p.m. — ungefähr um od. gegen 17 Uhr
6) (round) herum; rum (ugs.)about turn!, (Amer.) about face! — (Mil.) kehrt!
7)2. preposition[turn and] turn about — (in rotation) abwechselnd
1) (all around) um [... herum]there was litter lying about the park/streets — überall im Park/auf den Straßen lag der Abfall herum
2) (with)have something about one — etwas [bei sich] haben
3) (concerning) über (+ Akk.)an argument/a question about something — Streit wegen etwas/eine Frage zu etwas
talk/laugh about something — über etwas (Akk.) sprechen/lachen
be quick/brief about it — beeil dich!; (in speaking) fasse dich kurz!
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know [nəʊ]connaître ⇒ 1 (a)-(c), 1 (g) savoir ⇒ 1 (c), 2 reconnaître ⇒ 1 (e) distinguer ⇒ 1 (f) discerner ⇒ 1 (f) considérer ⇒ 1 (i)∎ to know sb by sight/by reputation connaître qn de vue/de réputation;∎ we've known each other for years ça fait des années que nous nous connaissons;∎ I don't know him to speak to je ne le connais pas assez pour lui parler;∎ I know him to say hello to nous nous saluons;∎ when I first knew her quand j'ai fait sa connaissance;∎ knowing him, he'll still be in bed tel que je le connais, il sera encore au lit;∎ you'll like her once you get to know her better elle vous plaira une fois que vous la connaîtrez mieux;∎ I'd like to get to know him better j'aimerais bien le connaître mieux∎ I know Budapest well je connais bien Budapest(c) (fact, information)∎ do you know her phone number? vous connaissez son numéro de téléphone?;∎ it'll be easier once you get to know the system ce sera plus facile une fois que tu te seras familiarisé avec le système;∎ civilization as we know it la civilisation telle que nous la connaissons;∎ how was I to know she wouldn't come? comment aurais-je pu savoir ou deviner qu'elle ne viendrait pas?;∎ I know for a fact that he's lying je sais pertinemment qu'il ment;∎ she is known to be a keen photographer on sait qu'elle aime beaucoup la photographie;∎ he let it be known that he was available il a fait savoir qu'il était disponible;∎ I don't know that it's the best solution je ne suis pas certain ou sûr que ce soit la meilleure solution;∎ you don't know or you'll never know how glad I am that it's over tu ne peux pas savoir combien ou à quel point je suis content que ce soit terminé;∎ she thinks she knows all the answers elle croit tout savoir;∎ she didn't quite know what to say elle ne savait trop que dire;∎ I know what I'm talking about je sais de quoi je parle;∎ I'll let you know how it turns out je te dirai comment ça s'est passé;∎ any problems, let me know au moindre problème, n'hésitez pas;∎ do you know anything about him that could help us? est-ce que vous savez quelque chose à son sujet qui pourrait nous aider?;∎ do you know anything about physics? est-ce que tu connais quelque chose en physique?;∎ she knows a lot about politics elle s'y connaît en politique;∎ she doesn't know what fear is elle ne sait pas ce que c'est que d'avoir peur;∎ there's no knowing how he'll react on ne peut pas savoir comment il réagira;∎ familiar she knows a thing or two about business elle s'y connaît en affaires□ ;∎ she knows her own mind elle sait ce qu'elle veut;∎ familiar it's not an easy job - don't I know it! ce n'est pas un travail facile - à qui le dis-tu!;∎ familiar wouldn't you know it! comme par hasard!;∎ you know what I mean tu vois ce que je veux dire;∎ familiar he was just sort of lying there, know what I mean? il était allongé là, tu vois;∎ familiar well, what do you know! ça alors!, ça par exemple!;∎ what do YOU know? qu'est-ce que tu en sais?;∎ very familiar you know what you can do with it! tu sais où tu peux te le mettre!;∎ familiar God or Heaven knows why! Dieu sait pourquoi!(d) (language, skill)∎ he knows French il comprend le français;∎ I know a few words of Welsh je connais quelques mots de gallois;∎ she really knows her job/subject elle connaît son boulot/sujet;∎ to know how to do sth savoir faire qch;∎ does he know how to cook? sait-il cuisiner?;∎ they knew how to make cars in those days! en ce temps-là, les voitures, c'était du solide!(e) (recognize) reconnaître;∎ I knew her the moment I saw her je l'ai reconnue dès que je l'ai vue;∎ I'd know him anywhere je le reconnaîtrais n'importe où;∎ I knew her by her walk je l'ai reconnue à son allure ou à sa démarche;∎ the town centre has changed so much you wouldn't know it le centre-ville a tellement changé que vous auriez du mal à le reconnaître;∎ she knows a bargain when she sees one elle sait reconnaître une bonne affaire;∎ he wouldn't know a good novel if it hit him il est tout à fait incapable de reconnaître un bon roman(f) (distinguish) distinguer, discerner;∎ she doesn't know right from wrong elle ne sait pas discerner le bien du mal ou faire la différence entre le bien et le mal;∎ familiar he doesn't know one end of a car from another il n'y connaît absolument rien en voitures□(g) (experience) connaître;∎ I've known poverty/failure j'ai connu la pauvreté/l'échec;∎ I've never known anything like it je n'ai jamais rien vu de semblable;∎ I have never known him tell a lie à ce que je sache, il n'a jamais menti;∎ I've never known him (to) be this late je ne l'ai jamais vu être aussi en retard;∎ it has been known (to happen) c'est une chose qu'on a vue se produire, ça s'est vu;∎ such coincidences have been known de telles coïncidences se sont déjà vues(h) (nickname, call)∎ Ian White, known as "Chalky" Ian White, connu sous le nom de "Chalky";∎ they're known as June bugs in America on les appelle des "June bugs" en Amérique∎ she's known as one of our finest singers elle est considérée comme l'une de nos meilleures chanteusessavoir;∎ who knows? qui sait?;∎ familiar I wouldn't know je ne saurais dire□ ;∎ I don't want to know je ne veux pas le savoir;∎ when I mentioned that he just didn't want to know quand j'ai mentionné ça, il n'a rien voulu savoir;∎ you never know on ne sait jamais;∎ he might or should have known better ce n'était pas très sage de sa part;∎ he's old enough to know better à son âge, il devrait être plus raisonnable;∎ you can't blame him, he doesn't know any better on ne peut pas lui en vouloir, il ne se rend pas compte;∎ he always thinks he knows best il croit toujours avoir raison;∎ Mother knows best maman sait de quoi elle parle;∎ to know about sth être au courant de qch;∎ I've known about it for a week je le sais ou je suis au courant depuis une semaine;∎ do you know about the new arrangements? est-ce que vous êtes au courant ou avez-vous entendu parler des nouvelles dispositions?;∎ he knows about cars il s'y connaît en voitures;∎ I don't know about that (I'm not certain) je n'en suis pas sûr;∎ I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted toi, je ne sais pas, mais moi, je suis épuisé;∎ to know of sb/sth avoir entendu parler de qn/qch;∎ do you know her? - well, I know of her est-ce que tu la connais? - non, mais j'ai entendu parler d'elle;∎ do you know of a good bookshop? vous connaissez une bonne librairie?;∎ not that I know (of) pas que je sache;∎ have they got much money? - not that I know of ont-ils beaucoup d'argent? - pas que je sache;∎ it's just so difficult - oh, I know c'est tellement difficile - oh, je sais;∎ it's difficult, I know, but not impossible c'est difficile, je sais, mais pas impossible;∎ what's his name? - I don't know comment s'appelle-t-il? - je ne sais pas;∎ are you going to accept? - I don't know tu vas accepter? - je ne sais pas3 noun∎ to be in the know être au courant□(pour) autant que je sache;∎ not as far as I know pas que je sache;∎ as far as I know, he lives in London autant que je sache, il vit à Londres∎ I was right, you know j'avais raison, tu sais∎ he was just, you know, a bit boring il était juste un peu ennuyeux, si tu vois ce que je veux dire∎ it was that blonde woman, you know, the one with the dog c'était la femme blonde, tu sais, celle avec le chien∎ you know, sometimes I wonder why I do this tu sais, parfois je me demande pourquoi je fais ça -
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1 ( have knowledge of) connaître [person, place, characteristics, name, taste, opinion, result, figures, value, rules, decision, situation, system, way] ; savoir, connaître [answer, language, reason, truth, words] ; he knows everything/something il sait tout/quelque chose ; to know sb by name/sight/reputation connaître qn de nom/vue/réputation ; you know Frank, he's always late tu connais Frank, il est toujours en retard ; to know sth by heart savoir or connaître qch par cœur ; to know how to do savoir faire ; ( stressing method) savoir comment faire ; I know how to swim je sais nager ; she knows how to improve it/use it elle sait comment l'améliorer/l'utiliser ; he certainly knows how to upset people/make a mess iron pour contrarier les gens/faire du désordre, il s'y connaît ○ ; to know that… savoir que… ; to know for certain ou for sure that… savoir avec certitude que… ; I wasn't to know that je ne pouvais pas savoir que ; to know who/when savoir qui/quand ; to know why/whether savoir pourquoi/si ; to know what love is savoir ce que c'est que l'amour ; you know what children are/she is tu sais comment sont les enfants/elle est ; to know sb/sth as connaître qn/qch sous le nom de ; Edward, better known as Ted Edward, plus connu sous le nom de Ted ; Virginia known as Ginny to her friends Virginia ou Ginny pour ses amis ; I know him for ou to be a liar je sais que c'est un menteur ; to let it be known ou to make it known that faire savoir que ; to have known sb/sth to do avoir déjà vu qn/ qch faire ; I've never known him to lose his temper je ne l'ai jamais vu se mettre en colère ; it has been known to snow there il est arrivé qu'il neige ici ; if I know you/him tel que je te/le connais ; he is known to the police il est connu de la police ; just how well did you know the accused? iron dans quelle mesure connaissiez-vous ou ne connaissiez-vous pas l'inculpé? ; I know all about redundancy! je sais ce que c'est que le chômage! ; as you well know comme tu le sais bien ; as well she knows elle le sait parfaitement ; (do) you know something?, do you know what? tu sais quoi? ; there's no knowing how/whether on ne peut pas savoir comment/si ; to know one's way home connaître le chemin pour rentrer chez soi ; to know one's way around fig savoir se débrouiller ; to know one's way around a town bien connaître une ville ; to know one's way around a computer/an engine savoir se débrouiller avec les ordinateurs/les moteurs ; I know that for a fact j'en suis absolument sûr ; I know what! you could… j'ai une idée! tu pourrais… ; he knows all/nothing about it il est/il n'est pas au courant ; maybe you know something I don't peut-être que tu sais quelque chose que je ne sais pas ;2 ( feel certain) être sûr ; he's dead, I know it il est mort, j'en suis sûr ; I knew it! j'en étais sûr! ; to know that… être sûr que… ; I know my key is here somewhere je suis sûr que ma clé est quelque part par ici ; I don't know that we can je ne suis pas sûr que nous le puissions ; I don't know that I want to go really je ne suis pas vraiment sûr d'avoir envie d'y aller ; I don't know that opening the window/taking medicine will make much difference je ne pense pas que le fait d'ouvrir la fenêtre/de prendre des médicaments puisse changer quelque chose ;3 ( realize) se rendre compte ; to know to do savoir qu'il faut faire ; does he know to switch off the light? sait-il qu'il faut éteindre? ; do you know how expensive that is? tu te rends compte combien ça coûte? ; she doesn't know just how lucky she's been elle ne se rend pas compte de la chance qu'elle a eue ; you don't know how pleased I am tu ne peux pas savoir comme je suis content ; she's attractive and doesn't she know it! elle est séduisante et elle le sait! ; don't I know it! ne m'en parle pas! ;4 ( recognize) reconnaître (by à ; from de) ; I hardly knew him je l'ai à peine reconnu ; I know her by her walk je la reconnais à sa démarche ; she doesn't know a peach from a plum! elle ne sait pas reconnaître une pêche d'une prune! ; only their parents know one from the other il n'y a que leurs parents qui sachent les distinguer ; she knows a bargain when she sees one elle sait repérer les bonnes affaires ;5 ( acknowledge) to be known for sth être connu pour qch ; to be known for doing être connu pour faire ; he's known for providing a good service il est connu pour offrir un bon service ;6 ( experience) connaître [joy, sadness, love] ; you have to know sorrow to know what happiness is il faut avoir connu le chagrin pour savoir ce qu'est le bonheur ;7 ‡ Bible connaître†.1 ( have knowledge) savoir ; as you know comme vous le savez ; you'll know next time tu le sauras pour la prochaine fois ; I wouldn't know je ne saurais dire ; to know about ( have information) être au courant de [event] ; ( have skill) s'y connaître en [computing, engines] ; he knows about such things il s'y connaît ; to know of ( from experience) connaître ; ( from information) avoir entendu parler de ; do you know of a short cut? est-ce que tu connais un raccourci? ; I know of somebody who… j'ai entendu parler de quelqu'un qui… ; not that I know of pas que je sache ; to let sb know of ou about tenir qn au courant de [plans, arrangement, job] ; we'll let you know nous vous tiendrons au courant ; how should I know ○ ! comment veux-tu que je sache! ; if you must know si tu veux tout savoir ; wouldn't you like ou love to know t'aimerais bien le savoir ○ ; if you drop it on your foot, you'll know about it ○ si tu le laisses tomber sur ton pied, tu vas le sentir passer ○ ; if the brakes fail, you'll know about it si les freins lâchent tu t'en rendras compte ; if I were angry with you, you'd know about it si j'étais fâché contre toi, je te le ferais savoir ; I'd ou I'll have you know ○ je te signale ○ ; you know better than to argue with him tu as mieux à faire que de te disputer avec lui ; you left her alone? you ought to have known better tu l'as laissée seule? tu n'aurais pas dû ; he says he came home early but I know better il dit qu'il est rentré tôt mais je n'en crois rien ; they don't know any better c'est un manque d'éducation ; they don't know any better, you do! eux ils ne savent peut-être pas, mais toi tu n'as aucune excuse! ;2 ( feel certain) ‘he won't win’-‘oh I don't know’ ‘il ne va pas gagner’-‘oh je n'en suis pas si sûr’ ; ‘I'll take the morning off’-‘I don't know about that! ’ ‘je vais prendre ma matinée’-‘c'est ce que vous croyez?’ ; ‘is it useful?’-‘I don't know about useful, but it was cheap’ ‘c'est utile?’-‘je ne sais pas si c'est utile mais ce n'était pas cher’ ; I don't know about you but… je ne sais ce que tu en penses, mais… ; I don't know! look at this mess! non mais ○, regarde un peu ce fouillis!it takes one to know one qui se ressemble s'assemble ; not to know what to do with oneself ne pas savoir quoi faire de son temps ; not to know where ou which way to turn fig ne pas savoir à quel saint se vouer ; not to know where to put oneself ne pas savoir où se mettre ; not to know whether one is coming or going ne plus savoir ce qu'on fait ; it's not what you know but who you know ce qui compte ce n'est pas d'avoir des connaissances mais des relations ; to be in the know ○ être bien informé, être à la coule ◑ ; to be in the know about sth ○ être au courant de qch ; I know my place hum je sais que je ne compte pas ; well what do you know! iron en voilà une surprise! iron. -
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know [nəʊ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━4. noun5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = have knowledge of) connaître• to know the results/the truth connaître les résultats/la vérité• I know the problem! je connais le problème !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► savoir can often also be used.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• to know the difference between connaître or savoir la différence entre━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. ( = be acquainted with) [+ person, place] connaître• do you know Paris? connaissez-vous Paris ?c. ( = recognize) reconnaître• I know real expertise when I see it! je sais reconnaître un spécialiste quand j'en vois un !d. ( = be certain) I don't know that it's made things any easier je ne suis pas sûr que ça ait simplifié les choses• (do) you know what, I think she did it! (inf) tu sais quoi (inf), je pense que c'est elle qui a fait ça !• she's furious! -- don't I know it! (inf) elle est furieuse ! -- à qui le dis-tu !• who knows? qui sait ?• is she nice? -- I wouldn't know (inf) est-ce qu'elle est gentille ? -- je ne sais pas• how should I know? comment veux-tu que je sache ?► to know sth about sth/sb• to know a lot about sth/sb en savoir long sur qch/qn• I know nothing about it je ne sais rien à ce sujet► to know about sth/sb• do you know about Paul? tu es au courant pour Paul ?• so you're satisfied? -- I don't know about that alors tu es satisfait ? -- pas vraiment• I'm not going to school tomorrow -- I don't know about that! (inf) je ne vais pas à l'école demain -- c'est ce qu'on va voir !► to know of ( = be acquainted with) connaître ; ( = be aware of) savoir ; ( = learn about) apprendre ; ( = have heard of) avoir entendu parler de• do you know of a good hairdresser? connaissez-vous un bon coiffeur ?• is he married? -- not that I know of il est marié ? -- pas que je sache• I know of you through your sister j'ai entendu parler de vous par votre sœur► to know sb/sth from sb/sth ( = distinguish) savoir faire la différence entre qn/qch et qn/qch• he doesn't know good wine from cheap plonk (inf) il ne sait pas faire la différence entre un bon vin et une piquette (inf)► to know sb/sth + infinitive• well, it has been known to happen enfin, ça c'est déjà vu► to know better• he says he didn't do it but I know better il dit qu'il ne l'a pas fait mais je ne suis pas dupe► to know best• well, you know best! c'est toi qui sais !• mother knows best! maman a toujours raison !► to get to know [+ person] faire plus ample connaissance avec• I'd like to get to know you better j'aimerais faire plus ample connaissance avec vous► to let sb know• if you can't come, please let me know préviens-moi si tu ne peux pas venir► to let sb know sth dire qch à qn• let me know if I can help si je peux me rendre utile, dites-le-moi4. noun5. compounds* * *[nəʊ] 1.1) ( have knowledge of) connaître [person, place, name, opinion, result, value, rules, situation, system, way]; savoir, connaître [answer, language, reason, truth, words]to know somebody by name/sight — connaître quelqu'un de nom/vue
to know something by heart — savoir or connaître quelque chose par cœur
to know how to do — savoir faire; ( stressing method) savoir comment faire
to know that... — savoir que...
to know for certain ou for sure that — savoir avec certitude que
I wasn't to know that... — je ne pouvais pas savoir que...
to know somebody/something as — connaître quelqu'un/quelque chose sous le nom de
to let it be known ou to make it known that — faire savoir que
to have known somebody/something to do — avoir déjà vu quelqu'un/quelque chose faire
(do) you know something? —
2) ( feel certain) être sûr3) ( realize) se rendre compte5) ( acknowledge)to be known for something/for doing — être connu pour quelque chose/pour faire
6) ( experience) connaître2.1) ( have knowledge) savoirto know about — ( have information) être au courant de [event]; ( have skill) s'y connaître en [computing, engines]
to know of — ( from experience) connaître; ( from information) avoir entendu parler de
to let somebody know of ou about — tenir quelqu'un au courant de
how should I know! — (colloq) comment veux-tu que je sache!
2) ( feel certain)‘he won't win’ - ‘oh I don't know’ — ‘il ne va pas gagner’ - ‘oh je n'en suis pas si sûr’
‘I'll take the morning off’ - ‘I don't know about that!’ — ‘je vais prendre ma matinée’ - ‘c'est ce que vous croyez (colloq)!’
I don't know about you but... — je ne sais pas ce que tu en penses, mais...
••not to know where ou which way to turn — fig ne pas savoir à quel saint se vouer
to be in the know — (colloq) être bien informé
to be in the know about something — (colloq) être au courant de quelque chose
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1. II am not guessing, I know это не догадки, я это точно знаю; as far as I know насколько мне известно /я знаю/; he may be a robber for all I know почем я знаю /откуда мне знать/, он может быть и грабитель; as everyone knows как [всем] известно; how do /should/ I know? откуда мне знать?; let me know дайте мне знать2. IIknow in some manner you know best тебе лучше знать || she knows better than to spend all her money at once она не настолько глупа, чтобы сразу истратить все свой деньги; god [only] knows why одному богу известно почему3. III1) know smth. know a foreign language (a lot of English, the facts of the case, one's business, one's profession, etc.) знать иностранный язык и т. д., he knows only English and French он знает только английский и французский, он владеет только английским языком и французским; know literature (poetry, the law, banking, etc.) разбираться в литературе и т. д., know a poem (one's lesson, one's part, smb.'s name, the way, the number, etc.) знать /помнить/ стихотворение и т. д.; know the area (the country, the place, etc.) знать данный район и т. д., ориентироваться в данной местности и т. д., know smb.'s faults (smb.'s habits, smb.'s character, smb.'s peculiarities, one's duties, etc.) знать чьи-л. недостатки и т. д., иметь представление о чьих-л. недостатках и т. д.; he knows more than he says он знает больше, чем говорит; certain things which you cannot but know некоторые обстоятельства, которых вы не можете не знать; he doesn't seem to know the value of time он, по-видимому, не умеет ценить время; he doesn't know his own mind он сам не знает, чего он хочет; don't I know it! мне ли этого не знать!2) know smth. know fear (misery, poverty and sorrow, life, etc.) испытать /познать/ страх и т. д., he knows no defeat он не знает поражений; he has never known trouble у него никогда не было неприятностей, ему неведомы неприятности; he has known better days он знавал /видел/ лучшие времена; his zeal knows no bounds его усердие не имеет границ3) know smb. know this man (this actress, the mayor, a very good lawyer, etc.) знать этого человека и т. д., быть знакомым с этим человеком и т. д.; I should like to know Mr. Hill я бы хотел познакомиться с мистером Хиллом; when I first knew him когда я впервые узнал его /познакомился с ним/; you two ought to know one another вы должны подружиться друг с другом4) know smb., smth. I didn't know you when you came forward я не узнал тебя, когда ты вышел вперед; he knows a good horse (a good drama, a good actor, etc.) он большей знаток лошадей и т. д.; he knows a good thing when he sees it он понимает толк в вещах4. IV1) know smth. in some manner know smth. positively (perfectly well, thoroughly, through and through, a little, insufficiently, superficially, officially, personally, intuitively, etc.) знать что-л. определенно и т. д., hardly /scarcely/ know smth. почти не иметь представления о чем-л.; when you get to know it better когда вы с этим получше познакомитесь2) know smb. in some manner know smb. intimately (personally, slightly, only casually, etc.) близко и т. д. знать кого-л., быть близко и т. д. знакомым с кем-л.; get /come/ to know smb. better узнать кого-л. лучше; it happened that they knew each other well оказалось, что они хорошо знали друг друга; know smb. for (at) some time have you known him long? вы его давно знаете?; вы давно с ним знакомы?3) know smb., smth. in some manner know smb., smth. easily (with difficulty, etc.) узнавать кого-л., что-л. сразу и т. д.; know smb., smth. at some time know smb., smth. at once (immediately, instantly, again, etc.) узнать кого-л., что-л. тотчас же и т. д.; know smb., smth. at some place you are just like your father, I'd know you anywhere ты очень похож на отца, я узнал бы тебя при встрече5. VIIknow smb. to be smth. know him to be a gentleman (her to be a liar, him to be a poet, this man to be one of their accomplices, etc.) знать его как порядочного человека и т. д., know him to be honest (the judge to be just, herself to be pretty, etc.) знать, что он честен / что он честный человек/ и т. д., know smb. do smth. know educated people make this mistake (a man die of love, etc.) знать случаи, когда и образованные люди делают такую ошибку и т. д.; I have never known him tell a lie я не припомню такого случая, чтобы он соврал; I have never known that man smile я никогда не видел, чтобы этот человек улыбался6. XIbe known wait until all the facts in the case are known подождите, пока [не] станут известны /[не] выяснятся/ все обстоятельства дела; everything gets known все выходит наружу, утаить ничего нельзя; I don't want it known я не хочу, чтобы это получило огласку; be known in some manner this is well (widely, generally, etc.) known это хорошо и т. д. известно; the name is little known here это имя здесь мало кто знает; be known to smb. he is known to the police он у полиции на заметке; be known as smb. he is known as a successful architect его считают преуспевающим архитектором; be known to be smb. he is known to be a good fellow говорят, что он хороший малый; be known to have some quality he is known to be generous (to be obstinate, etc.) он прославился своей щедростью и т. д.; be known to do smth. he had never been known to laugh никто никогда не видел, чтобы он смеялся, его смеха никто никогда не слышал7. XIIIknow how to do smth. know how to make cakes (how to play chess, how to manage a horse, how to drive a car, how to read, how to write, how to speak, etc.) уметь печь пироги и т. д., do you know how to go there alone? ты один найдешь туда дорогу?; know what (whether) to do I don't know what to say я не знаю, что сказать; I don't know whether to go or not я не знаю know идти или нет8. XVIknow about /of/ smb., smth. know about the man (of his presence, about the trouble, about the matter, of the engagement, etc.) знать об этом человеке и т. д.; I know about it я в курсе дела; I'll let you know about it later on я тебе сообщу /дам знать/ об этом позже; how did they come to know of it? каким образом это стало им известно?; this is the best method I know of это лучший из известных мне методов; has Smith been ill? - Not that I know of Смит болел? - Насколько я знаю /мне известно/ - нет; know of a good watchmaker ( of any good doctor near here, of any teacher who would suit me, etc.) знать хорошего часовщика и т. д.9. XVIII|| make oneself known представиться кому-л.; why don't you make yourself known to him? a) почему бы тебе не познакомиться с ним?; б) почему бы тебе не открыться ему?10. XXI11) know smth. about /of/ smth., smb. know everything ( all, most, a little, etc.) about /of/ smth., smb. знать все и т. д. о чем-л., о ком-л.; I know nothing about him у меня нет никаких сведений о нем; do you know anything about astronomy? вы что-нибудь понимаете в астрономии?; know smth. from /by/ smth. know smth. from history знать что-л. из истории; know smth. by /from/ experience знать что-л. по опыту; know smb. by smth. know smb. by name (by reputation, by his articles, etc.) знать кого-л. по имени и т. д.; do you know him by sight? вы его знаете в лицо?; know smth. against smb. know some facts against him иметь кое-какие факты, говорящие против него || know smth. by heart знать что-л. наизусть; know smth. for a fact знать точно что-л.2) know smb. by (from, at, etc.) smth. know one's brother by his voice (the man by the scar, him by his walk, a policeman by the clothes he wears, etc.) узнать своего брата по голосу и т. д.; I knew him from the photograph я его узнал по фотографии; she knew him at a distance она узнала /признала/ его издалека; know smb., smth. from smb., smth. know a friend from a foe (a fool from a wise man, the one from the other, the swallow from a house martin, right from wrong, good from evil, one tune from another, etc.) отличать друга от врага и т. д., you wouldn't know him from an Englishman его не отличишь от настоящего англичанина; know smb. for smb. know him for an American (for a German, for a sportsman, etc.) узнавать в нем американца и т. д.; I wonder how you were able to know him for a doctor удивляюсь, как вам удалось определить, что он врач11. XXIV1know smb. as smb. know smb. as a great lawyer (as a man of ability, as a poor man, etc.) знать кого-л. как крупного юриста и т. д.12. XXVknow that... (where..., who..., etc.) know that you were coming today (that you are busy, (that) you would help me if you could, (that) it is going to rain, (that) he was here, where he was, who did it, who Napoleon was, who's who on the screen, what he is talking about, etc.) знать, что вы сегодня приезжаете и т. д.; know what's what знать, что к чему; you know how it is знаешь, как это бывает; I don't know that he understands much about it не думаю /сомневаюсь/, чтобы он в этом что-л. понимал; heaven knows when I shall be back кто его знает, когда я вернусь; let me know if you change your mind если передумаете, дайте мне знать /сообщите мне/; there is no knowing what it may lead to (how she will act, when we shall meet again, etc.) нельзя сказать, к чему это может привести и т. д.13. XXVIknow smb. since I've known her since I was a child я знаю ее с детства -
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I 1. [nəʊ]1) (have knowledge of) conoscere [person, place, situation, system]; sapere, conoscere [answer, language, name, reason, truth, way]to know sb. by name, sight — conoscere qcn. di nome, di vista
to know sth. by heart — sapere qcs. a memoria
to know how to do — sapere fare; (stressing method) sapere come fare
to know that... — sapere che...
to know sb., sth. as — conoscere qcn., qcs. come
to let it be known o to make it known that fare sapere che; it has been known to snow there hanno detto che lì nevica; if I know him se lo conosco; he is known to the police è conosciuto dalla polizia; as you well know come ben sai; (do) you know something? do you know what? (ma lo) sai? there's no knowing whether non si può sapere se; to know one's way around fig. sapersi togliere dagli impicci; to know one's way around a town sapersi orientare in una città; to know one's way around a computer sapersela cavare con i computer; I know what! you could... ho un'idea! potresti...; he knows nothing about it — non ne sa niente
2) (feel certain) essere sicuro, sapere3) (realize) rendersi conto4) (recognize) riconoscere (by, from da)"you are a stupid" "it takes one to know one" — "sei uno stupido" "tra stupidi ci si riconosce"
to be known for sth., for doing — essere conosciuto per qcs., per fare
6) (experience) conoscere [sadness, love]2.1) (have knowledge) sapere, conoscereto know about — (have information) essere al corrente di [ event]; (have skill) conoscere [computing, engines]
to know of — (from experience) conoscere; (from information) avere sentito parlare di
to let sb. know of o about mettere qcn. a conoscenza di [ plans]; we'll let you know vi faremo sapere; how should I know! come faccio a saperlo! if you must know se proprio vuoi saperlo; if I were angry with you, you'd know about it se fossi arrabbiato con te, te ne accorgeresti; you know better than to argue with him hai di meglio da fare che metterti a discutere con lui; you ought to have known better non avresti dovuto farlo; he says he came home early but I know better — dice che è arrivato a casa presto ma conoscendolo non ci credo
"he won't win" - "oh I don't know" — "non vincerà" - "non ne sono sicuro"
"I'll take the morning off" - "I don't know about that!" — "mi prenderò mezza giornata" - "non ne sarei così sicuro!"
I don't know about you but... — non so cosa ne pensi, ma
••II [nəʊ]not to know where o which way to turn non sapere da che parte voltarsi; not to know whether one is coming or going — non sapere più che cosa si sta facendo
to be in the know (about sth.) — colloq. essere al corrente (di qcs.)
* * *[nəu]past tense - knew; verb1) (to be aware of or to have been informed about: He knows everything; I know he is at home because his car is in the drive; He knows all about it; I know of no reason why you cannot go.) sapere2) (to have learned and to remember: He knows a lot of poetry.) conoscere3) (to be aware of the identity of; to be friendly with: I know Mrs Smith - she lives near me.) conoscere4) (to (be able to) recognize or identify: You would hardly know her now - she has become very thin; He knows a good car when he sees one.) riconoscere•- knowing- knowingly
- know-all
- know-how
- in the know
- know backwards
- know better
- know how to
- know the ropes* * *know /nəʊ/n.– (nella loc. fam.) in the know, al corrente; bene informato; addentro nella faccenda.♦ (to) know /nəʊ/A v. t.1 conoscere; sapere: to know languages, conoscere (o sapere) le lingue; Do you know German?, conosci (o sai) il tedesco?; to know the answer, conoscere (o sapere) la risposta; to know a subject, conoscere un argomento; to know one's job, conoscere il proprio mestiere; to know the time, sapere che ora è; conoscere l'ora; to know all the facts, conoscere (o essere a conoscenza di, sapere) tutti i fatti; to know damn well, sapere benissimo; Do you know his address?, conosci (o sai) il suo indirizzo?; Everybody knows that, lo sanno tutti; How do you know?, come lo sai?; come fai a saperlo?; I'll let you know, te lo farò sapere; I know he is a good boy, so che è un bravo ragazzo; Do you know how much it costs?, sai quanto costa?; I don't know when she's arriving, non so quando arriverà; I know what I'm doing, so quello che faccio; I know you won't disappoint me, so che non mi deluderai; I knew ( that) he would say that, sapevo che avrebbe detto così; to get to know, imparare a conoscere; conoscere meglio (o più a fondo); venire a sapere; I know how it works, so come funziona; He is known to be in favour of it, è noto (o risaputo) che lui è favorevole; His dog has been known to attack strangers, si sa che il suo cane ha assalito gente che non conosceva2 conoscere: Do you know his wife [this book]?, conosci sua moglie [questo libro]?; the world as we know it, il mondo così come lo conosciamo; We've known each other for years, ci conosciamo da anni3 riconoscere: I'd know him anywhere, lo riconoscerei dovunque (o fra mille); I know a good athlete when I see one, so riconoscere un buon atleta4 capire; rendersi conto: I knew at once something was wrong, capii subito che c'era qualcosa che non andava5 conoscere; sperimentare; fare esperienza di: I have known better days, ho conosciuto giorni migliori; He has known poverty, ha conosciuto la miseria6 – to know how, sapere; essere capace di: Do you know how to open this box?, sai aprire (o sei capace di aprire, sai come si apre) questa scatola?; I would do it if I knew how ( o if I knew the way), lo farei se sapessi come si fa (o se ne fossi capace)7 (saper) distinguere: to know right from wrong, distinguere tra il bene e il male (o la ragione dal torto)B v. i.sapere di; conoscere; essere informato di; essere a conoscenza di; avere notizia di; aver sentito parlare di: I know of a few cases like this one, so di alcuni casi come questo; I know of her, but I've never met her, ne ho sentito parlare, ma non l'ho mai incontrata; Do you know of any reason why he should have done it?, hai qualche idea del perché l'abbia fatto?; not that I know of, che io sappia no; non che io sappia; non mi risulta● to know again, riconoscere □ (fam.) to know all the answers, sapere tutto; saperla lunga; essere un sapientone □ to know all there is to know about st., sapere tutto su qc. □ to know apart, saper distinguere ( tra due) □ (fam.) to know st. backwards, conoscere qc. alla perfezione (o a menadito) □ to know best, sapere ciò che è meglio; essere il miglior giudice □ to know better, sapere che le cose stanno altrimenti (o che non è così); ( anche) avere più buon senso (o criterio), aver imparato la lezione: If I didn't know better, I'd say that…, se non sapessi che le cose stanno altrimenti, direi che…; You should have known better, avresti dovuto usare un po' più di buon senso; I'll know better next time, la prossima volta saprò come comportarmi; la prossima volta me ne guarderò bene; to know better than that, sapere che non è così; sapere che non si deve fare qc.; to know better than to do st., non essere così sciocco (o sprovveduto) da fare qc.; avere abbastanza criterio (o buon senso) da non fare qc.; sapere che non si deve fare qc.; not to know any better, non avere buon senso; essere uno sprovveduto; non sapere quello che si fa (per ignoranza, immaturità, ecc.) □ to know one's business, conoscere il proprio mestiere; sapere il fatto proprio □ to know st. by heart, sapere qc. a memoria □ to know sb. by name [by sight], conoscere q. di nome [di vista] □ to know different, sapere che non è così (o che le cose non stanno così); scoprire che non è così □ not to know the first thing about st., non sapere niente di qc.; non intendersene affatto di qc.; essere ignorantissimo di qc. □ to know sb. for, conoscere q. come: I know him for a very approachable man, lo conosco come una persona molto disponibile □ to know for a fact that…, sapere per certo (o con certezza) che… □ (fam. USA) not to know from st., non intendersene di qc.; non sapere niente di qc. □ (fam. USA) not to know from nothing ( about), non sapere (o capire) niente (di); non intendersi minimamente (di) □ (fam.) not to know sb. from Adam, non avere mai visto né conosciuto q.; non sapere che faccia ha q. □ (fam. GB) to know how many beans make five, sapere il fatto proprio; essere sveglio □ to know st. inside out, conoscere a fondo qc. □ to know st. like the back of one's hand, conoscere qc. come le proprie tasche □ to know one's own mind, sapere quel che si vuole □ to know no bounds, non conoscere limiti □ to know oneself, conoscere se stesso; conoscersi: I know myself, io mi conosco; io so come son fatto; Know thyself!, conosci te stesso! □ (fam.) to know one's onions, sapere il fatto proprio □ to know otherwise = to know different ► sopra □ to know one's place, saper stare al proprio posto □ to know the ropes, essere pratico di qc.; sapere come funziona qc. □ (fam.) to know one's stuff, sapere il fatto proprio □ (fam.) to know a thing or two, saperne qualcosa; intendersene; saperla lunga (su qc.) □ to know one's way around, conoscere la strada; sapersi orientare; (fig.) sapere come muoversi □ to know what it is like to…, sapere per esperienza personale cosa significhi… □ (fam.) to know what's what, sapere il fatto proprio □ (volg.) You know what you can do with it!, sai cosa puoi farci? □ not to know what to do with oneself, non sapere cosa fare; non sapere comportarsi □ (fam.) not to know what hit one, avere una brutta sopresa; restarci secco (fam.); ( anche) morire senza nemmeno accorgersene □ (fam. USA) to know where it's at, conoscere il mondo; saperla lunga □ (fam. USA) to know where sb. is coming from, sapere come ragiona q. □ not to know where (o which way) to look, non sapere dove guardare ( dall'imbarazzo); non sapere dove andare a nascondersi □ (fig.) not to know which way to turn, non sapere a che santo votarsi; non sapere dove sbattere la testa □ to know who's who, conoscere tutti ( in un posto); ( anche) sapere vita, morte e miracoli di tutti □ as far as I know, per quel che ne so; che io sappia □ As if I didn't know him!, come se non lo conoscessi! □ to be known as, essere considerato; aver fama di essere; ( anche) esser noto come, essere conosciuto col nome di: He is known as a good pianist, è considerato un bravo pianista; He's known as The Captain, è noto come ‘il Capitano’ □ (fam.) before you know where you are, prima che tu possa dire ‘beh’; in men che non si dica □ to do all one knows, fare tutto il possibile; fare del proprio meglio □ Don't I know it!, se lo so!; a chi lo dici! □ I don't know that…, non sono sicuro di…; non so se… □ for all I know, per quanto (o quel che) ne so □ for reasons best known to himself, per un motivo noto solo a lui (o che sa solo lui) □ God (o Goodness, heaven) knows, Dio sa; ( anche escl.) lo sa Dio (o Iddio, il Cielo) □ How should I know?, come faccio a saperlo?; che vuoi che ne sappia io? □ How was I to know?, come potevo saperlo?; come potevo immaginare? □ I'll have you know that…, sappi che…; per tua informazione…; o per tua norma e regola… □ I knew it!, lo sapevo!; me l'aspettavo! □ (fam.) I know what, ho un'idea; so io che cosa fare □ to let it be known, far sapere; rendere noto □ to make oneself known, farsi un nome, farsi conoscere □ (form.) to make oneself known to sb., presentarsi a q. □ to make it known that…, rendere noto che… □ She's very pretty and doesn't she know it!, è molto bella, e sa di esserlo □ You don't know how, non sai (o non puoi immaginare) quanto □ (fam.) not to want to know, disinteressarsi di qc.; ignorare qc.; infischiarsene □ (fam.) What do you know ( about that)!, senti senti!; ma pensa un po'! □ Wouldn't you ( just) know?, lo sapevo io!; ci mancava questa! □ Wouldn't you like to know?, ti piacerebbe saperlo, eh! □ (fam.) you know (o, antiq., don't you know), sai ( come inter.) □ (fam.) You know what (o something)?, sai che ti dico?; sai una cosa? □ You never know, non si sa mai □ You never know your luck!, non si sa mai!; magari succede; può anche andare bene!* * *I 1. [nəʊ]1) (have knowledge of) conoscere [person, place, situation, system]; sapere, conoscere [answer, language, name, reason, truth, way]to know sb. by name, sight — conoscere qcn. di nome, di vista
to know sth. by heart — sapere qcs. a memoria
to know how to do — sapere fare; (stressing method) sapere come fare
to know that... — sapere che...
to know sb., sth. as — conoscere qcn., qcs. come
to let it be known o to make it known that fare sapere che; it has been known to snow there hanno detto che lì nevica; if I know him se lo conosco; he is known to the police è conosciuto dalla polizia; as you well know come ben sai; (do) you know something? do you know what? (ma lo) sai? there's no knowing whether non si può sapere se; to know one's way around fig. sapersi togliere dagli impicci; to know one's way around a town sapersi orientare in una città; to know one's way around a computer sapersela cavare con i computer; I know what! you could... ho un'idea! potresti...; he knows nothing about it — non ne sa niente
2) (feel certain) essere sicuro, sapere3) (realize) rendersi conto4) (recognize) riconoscere (by, from da)"you are a stupid" "it takes one to know one" — "sei uno stupido" "tra stupidi ci si riconosce"
to be known for sth., for doing — essere conosciuto per qcs., per fare
6) (experience) conoscere [sadness, love]2.1) (have knowledge) sapere, conoscereto know about — (have information) essere al corrente di [ event]; (have skill) conoscere [computing, engines]
to know of — (from experience) conoscere; (from information) avere sentito parlare di
to let sb. know of o about mettere qcn. a conoscenza di [ plans]; we'll let you know vi faremo sapere; how should I know! come faccio a saperlo! if you must know se proprio vuoi saperlo; if I were angry with you, you'd know about it se fossi arrabbiato con te, te ne accorgeresti; you know better than to argue with him hai di meglio da fare che metterti a discutere con lui; you ought to have known better non avresti dovuto farlo; he says he came home early but I know better — dice che è arrivato a casa presto ma conoscendolo non ci credo
"he won't win" - "oh I don't know" — "non vincerà" - "non ne sono sicuro"
"I'll take the morning off" - "I don't know about that!" — "mi prenderò mezza giornata" - "non ne sarei così sicuro!"
I don't know about you but... — non so cosa ne pensi, ma
••II [nəʊ]not to know where o which way to turn non sapere da che parte voltarsi; not to know whether one is coming or going — non sapere più che cosa si sta facendo
to be in the know (about sth.) — colloq. essere al corrente (di qcs.)
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I. 1. зная, познавам, запознат съм с, осведомен съм по, разбирам от
I wouldn't KNOW не знам, не мога да кажа
as far as/for al! I KNOW доколкото зная
to get/come to KNOW запознавам се с, опознавам, научавам се
there is no KNOWing човек не знае, не може да се каже (how, why)
2. зная от опит/какво е
to KNOW hunger зная какво е глад, гладувал съм
he has never KNOW n sickness не знае какво е болеет, никога не е боледувал
3. познавам, разпознавам, различавам (by по)
I wouldn't KNOW her from Adam/from a crow нe бих могъл да я (раз) позная
I knew him for a Frenchman познах, че с французин
you wouldn't KNOW him from an Englishman не бихте казали, че не е англичанин
he KNOWs a good thing when he sees it той разбира от хубаво
4. зная, умея, мога
to KNOW how to read/swim, etc. зная да чета/плувам и пр.
all I KNOW (how) колкото мога, с всички сили
5. посещавам, спохождам, общувам, имам работа с
he is not a man to KNOW не e човек, с когото да имаш работа, не е цвете за мйрисане
6. ост. имам полови сношения с
to KNOW one's way about/the time of day/a thing or two/what o'clock it is разбирам и аз от нещо, не съм съвсем загубен, пачигъоз съм
to KNOW what one is about зная какво правя/искам, действувам разумно
to KNOW better ставам по-предпазлив/разумен, вече знам, все пак съм по-умен
IKNOW better than that знам, че не е така, не съм толкова глупав, на друг ги разправяй
to KNOW better than to гледам да не. не съм толкова глупав да, достатъчно съм благоразумен да не
you ought to KNOW better than to би трябвало да знаеш, че не бива да
to KNOW one's own business знам си работата
before you KNOW where yon are докато се усстиш/разбереш какво става
don't I KNOW it на мен ли гй разправяш, знам аз
not if I KNOW it за нищо на света
that's all you KNOW (about it) ирон. много (ги) разбираш ти
what do you KNOW! ами! нима! не думай! как ти се вижда тая работа! know about чнам/осведомен съм за. в течение съм на, узнавам
I don't KNOW about that не съм сигурен
what do you KNOW about that? ам. какво ще кажеш за това? представяш ли си? know of знам/чувал съм за
not that I KNOW of доколкото знам, не
II. n to be in the-ризг. знам, в течение съм (about на), посветен съм (about в)* * *{nоu} v (knew {nju:}, known {noun}) 1. зная, поэнавам, запоз(2) {nоu} n: to be in the - ризг. знам, в течение съм (about на)* * *умея; разпознавам; зная; знам;* * *1. all i know (how) колкото мога, с всички сили 2. as far as/for al! i know доколкото зная 3. before you know where yon are докато се усстиш/разбереш какво става 4. don't i know it на мен ли гй разправяш, знам аз 5. he has never know n sickness не знае какво е болеет, никога не е боледувал 6. he is not a man to know не e човек, с когото да имаш работа, не е цвете за мйрисане 7. he knows a good thing when he sees it той разбира от хубаво 8. i don't know about that не съм сигурен 9. i knew him for a frenchman познах, че с французин 10. i wouldn't know her from adam/from a crow нe бих могъл да я (раз) позная 11. i wouldn't know не знам, не мога да кажа 12. i. зная, познавам, запознат съм с, осведомен съм по, разбирам от 13. ii. n to be in the-ризг. знам, в течение съм (about на), посветен съм (about в) 14. iknow better than that знам, че не е така, не съм толкова глупав, на друг ги разправяй 15. not if i know it за нищо на света 16. not that i know of доколкото знам, не 17. that's all you know (about it) ирон. много (ги) разбираш ти 18. there is no knowing човек не знае, не може да се каже (how, why) 19. to get/come to know запознавам се с, опознавам, научавам се 20. to know better than to гледам да не. не съм толкова глупав да, достатъчно съм благоразумен да не 21. to know better ставам по-предпазлив/разумен, вече знам, все пак съм по-умен 22. to know how to read/swim, etc. зная да чета/плувам и пр 23. to know hunger зная какво е глад, гладувал съм 24. to know one's own business знам си работата 25. to know one's way about/the time of day/a thing or two/what o'clock it is разбирам и аз от нещо, не съм съвсем загубен, пачигъоз съм 26. to know what one is about зная какво правя/искам, действувам разумно 27. what do you know about that? ам. какво ще кажеш за това? представяш ли си? know of знам/чувал съм за 28. what do you know! ами! нима! не думай! как ти се вижда тая работа! know about чнам/осведомен съм за. в течение съм на, узнавам 29. you ought to know better than to би трябвало да знаеш, че не бива да 30. you wouldn't know him from an englishman не бихте казали, че не е англичанин 31. зная от опит/какво е 32. зная, умея, мога 33. ост. имам полови сношения с 34. познавам, разпознавам, различавам (by по) 35. посещавам, спохождам, общувам, имам работа с* * *know [nou] v ( knew [nju:], known [noun]) 1. зная, познавам, запознат съм с, осведомен съм върху, разбирам от; to \know by name ( sight) зная по име (вид); to \know what's what зная, в течение съм, посветен съм; to be \known as ( to be) известен съм като; as far as I \know, for all I \know доколкото зная; had I \known да (ако) знаех; how do I \know? отде да зная? to get ( come) to \know запознавам се с, опознавам; научавам се; to let s.o. \know съобщавам, известявам някому, уведомявам (of); 2. зная от опит, зная какво е; to \know misery зная какво е мизерия; I have \known it (to) happen това е нещо, което съм виждал да става; 3. познавам, разпознавам, различавам; to \know by познавам по; to \know good from evil различавам доброто от злото; he \knows a good thing when he sees it той разбира от хубаво; 4. зная, умея, мога; to \know how to read зная да чета; all one \knows докъдето може, с всички сили; he doesn't \know A from B той е кръгла нула (пълен глупак); 5. посещавам, спохождам, навестявам; имам работа; they live next door but we don't \know them те са ни съседи, но не общуваме с тях; he is not a man to \know не е човек, с когото да имаш работа; не е цвете за мирисане; 6. ост. познавам; имам полови сношения с; • not to \know whether one is coming or going объркан съм; to \know s.th. backwards ( inside out) познавам нещо като дланта си (перфектно); to \know how many beans make five ( black from white, a hawk from a handsaw, chalk from cheese, o.'s way about, what's what) разбирам и аз от нещо, и аз поназнайвам, не съм съвсем загубен; that's all you \know! ирон. много (ги) разбираш ти! I \know better ( than that) зная, че не е така, не съм толкова глупав; разправяй ги другиму; to \know better than to... не съм толкова глупав, че да...; to \know o.'s onions зная си (разбирам си от) работата; to \know o.'s own mind зная какво искам; имам твърдо мнение; to \know the time of day ( a thing or two) зная къде зимуват раците; to \know what one is about зная какво правя (искам), действам разумно; before you \know where you are веднага, докато разбереш какво става, докато се усетиш; God ( goodness, Lord, the Lord) \knows! кой знае! Бог знае! well, I don't \know! я виж ти! какво нещо! (възклицание, изразяващо учудване); what do you \know ( about that)? разг. какво ще кажеш за това? представяш ли си? not if I \know it! за нищо на света! not to \know one is born разг. широко ми е около врата, всичко ми е на тепсия; to be in the \know разг. осведомен съм, запознат съм, в течение съм на, разполагам с поверителна информация; -
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[nəʊ] knew vb: pt known pp1. vt1) (facts, dates) sapereto know that... — sapere che...
he knows all the answers — sa rispondere a tutte le domande, pej sa sempre tutto
it soon became known that... — si è presto venuto a sapere che...
2) (be acquainted with: person, place, author, subject) conoscereto know sb by sight/by name — conoscere qn di vista/di nome
to get to know sb — (gradually) conoscere meglio qn, (for the first time) conoscere qn
to make o.s. known to sb — presentarsi a qn
he is known as X — è conosciuto con or sotto il nome di X
3) (recognize) riconoscereto know the difference between... — saper distinguere fra...
2. vias far as I know... — che io sappia..., per quanto ne so io...
no, not that I know of — no, che io sappia
it's not easy, you know — non è facile, sai
yes, I know — sì, lo so
you ought to know better (than to...) — dovresti saperlo da solo (che non è il caso di...)
she says she didn't do it, but I know better — ha detto che non è stata lei, ma a me non la fa
he doesn't know any better — non ha criterio or giudizio
(well,) what do you know! fam — chi l'avrebbe mai detto!
to know about or of sth — essere a conoscenza di qc
to know about or of sb — aver sentito parlare di qn
how many "don't knows" are there? — quanti sono gli incerti?
3. nto be in the know fam — essere al corrente, essere beninformato (-a)
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1. [nəʋ] nзнание2. [nəʋ] v (knew; known)to be in the know - разг. быть в курсе дела
1. знать, иметь понятие или представление; быть в курсе делаto know smb.'s peculiarities [smb.'s habits, smb.'s character, oneself] - знать чьи-л. особенности [чьи-л. привычки, чей-л. характер, самого себя]
to know positively that - быть уверенным в том, что; знать наверняка, что
to know all about smth. - знать всё о чём-л.; быть полностью в курсе дела относительно чего-л.
to know of smb. who will do the work - знать человека, который может выполнить эту работу
to know smth. against smb. - знать что-л. компрометирующее кого-л.
I do not know how it was done - понятия не имею, как это сделали /это было сделано/
the place is known to me alone - это место известно мне одному /только мне/
I don't know if you'll like it - не знаю, понравится ли вам это
I don't know whether he is here - мне неизвестно /я не знаю/, здесь ли он
how do I know? - откуда мне знать?
how did you come to know of it? - как получилось, что вы об этом узнали?
as far as I know - насколько мне известно /я знаю/
to make smth. known to smb. - довести что-л. до чьего-л. сведения
Heaven only knows! - одному небу /богу/ известно!
let me know - сообщите мне, дайте мне знать
let me know when [where, how] it happened - поставьте меня в известность (о том), когда [где, как] это случилось
not that I know of it - мне об этом ничего не известно, у меня об этом нет никаких сведений
2. знать, обладать знаниями, разбираться, быть сведущим (в чём-л., в какой-л. области)a man who knows - знающий /сведущий/ человек
to know smth. thoroughly [superficially, insufficiently] - знать что-л. глубоко [поверхностно, недостаточно]
to know one's lesson [one's part, the multiplication tables] - знать урок [свою роль, таблицу умножения]
to know the law - быть сведущим в вопросах права, знать законы
to know music [poetry] - понимать музыку [поэзию], разбираться в музыке [поэзии]
to know smth. by heart - знать что-л. наизусть
to know smth. by /from/ experience [hearsay] - знать что-л. по опыту [понаслышке]
I am not guessing, I know - я не гадаю, я знаю
father knows best - отец знает (как надо поступать) лучше нас; ≅ надо слушаться отца
3. уметь, знать (как сделать что-л.); обладать умениемto know how to play chess [to read, to swim, to behave] - уметь играть в шахматы [читать, плавать, вести себя]
he would do it if he knew how - он бы сделал это, если бы умел
all one knows - всё, что умеешь /можешь/
4. осознавать, пониматьthe summer was gone before I knew - не успел я оглянуться, как лето прошло
he doesn't know his own mind - он сам не знает, чего хочет
we know a soldier by the clothes he wears - мы узнаём военнослужащего по одежде
5. испытать, пережитьto know poverty [sorrow] - знать нужду [горе]
6. 1) быть знакомым (с кем-л.); знать (кого-л.); познакомиться (с кем-л.)to know smb. intimately [officially] - быть в близких [официальных] отношениях с кем-л.
to know smb. personally - быть лично знакомым с кем-л.
to know smb. from a photograph - знать кого-л. по фотографии
to get to know smb. better - ближе познакомиться с кем-л.
to make oneself known to smb. - представиться кому-л.
2) обыкн. pass быть известнымhe is known to the police - полиции он известен, он в полиции на учёте
the drug is commercially known as... - это лекарство продаётся под названием...
3) обыкн. pass пользоваться известностьюto become known - становиться известным; приобретать известность
he is known as a successful lawyer - он пользуется репутацией преуспевающего юриста
known to the world, internationally known - известный всему миру, пользующийся мировой известностью
7. 1) узнавать, опознаватьto know smb. by his voice [by his walk] - узнать кого-л. по голосу [по походке]
to know smb. at a distance - узнать кого-л. на расстоянии
2) отличать, различатьto know a friend from a foe [good from evil] - отличать друга от врага [добро от зла]
to know a good thing when one sees it - понимать, что хорошо и что плохо, разбираться в чём-л.
8. библ. познать ( женщину)♢
what do you know? - а) что нового?; как дела?; б) да что вы!; нет, вы видали такое! ( выражает удивление)you know, don't you know? - видишь ли, (ты) знаешь, понимаешь ли, (ты) понимаешь?
you know who did it! - представь себе, кто это сделал!
I want to know! - да ну; неужели!, не может быть!
what do you know (about that)! - никогда бы не подумал!, удивительно!, удивительное дело!
to know what's what - понимать что к чему; разбираться в чём-л.
to know a thing or two - кое в чём разбираться, знать что к чему
to know better than that, to know better than do smth. - быть не настолько глупым, чтобы сделать что-л.
to know how many beans make five - знать в чём-л. толк, знать что к чему; быть себе на уме
not to know B from a bull's foot - ни аза не знать /не понимать/; не разбираться в элементарных вещах
before you know where you are - ≅ в два счёта; и ахнуть не успел
for all I know - может быть, почём знать, кто его знает
to know the time of day - а) быть настороже /наготове, начеку/; б) = to know the ropes
to know the ropes, to know one's way about - быть искушённым (в чём-л.); знать все ходы и выходы
not to know enough to come in out of the rain - амер. плохо соображать, не отличаться смекалкой; быть тупицей
to know one's stuff, to know one's onions - ≅ знать что-л. назубок
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1: he is in the know საქმის კურსშია / საქმის ვითარება იცის2 (knew, known) ცოდნა (იცის)●●I wouldn't know him from Adam თვალით არ მინახავს // პირველად ვხედავ3 (knew, known) ცნობა (იცნობს)let me know მაცნობე! / შემატყობინე4 (knew, known) გარჩევა (გაარჩევს)he knows about wine ღვინოებს კარგად არჩევს // ღვინისა ესმის●●let me know შემატყობინე!I know his sort მაგისთანებს / მაგნაირებს ვიცნობif you know what I mean თუ ხვდებით, რისი თქმაც მინდაI know that he loves me ვიცი, რომ ვუყვარვარI know why it happened ვიცი, ეს რატომაც მოხდაto know better than; you ought to know better than to go out without an overcoat on such a frosty day იმდენი უნდა გესმოდეს, რომ ასეთ ყინვაში უპალტოოდ არ გახვიდეhe says he didn't do it, but I know better ამბობს არ ჩამიდენიაო, მაგრამ მე ხომ ვიციas to me I know nothing about it რაც შემეხება მე, ამის შესახებ არაფერი ვიციhe appeared not to know about it როგორც ჩანს / ეტყობა, არაფერი იცოდაhe was all agog to know what had happened ერთი სული ჰქონდა, გაეგო რა მოხდაI knew it all along თავიდანვე / იმთავითვე ვიცოდიit appeared that nobody knew about it აღმოჩნდა, რომ ამის შესახებ არავინ იცოდაhe swore by all he knew ვინც კი ჰყავდა, ყველა დაიფიცაI wish I knew ნეტავი, ვიცოდეI wish I had known ნეტავი, მცოდნოდაwe knew each other intimately ერთმანეთს ახლოს / კარგად ვიცნობდითI took it for granted that you knew it დარწმუნებული ვიყავი, რომ შენ ეს იცოდიI came the moment I knew როგორც კი გავიგე, მაშინვე მოვედი -
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to set aboutcomeçar, tomar providências, iniciar. he doesn’t know how to set about it / ele não sabe como começá-lo. -
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prendre [pʀɑ̃dʀ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 58━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque prendre fait partie d'une locution comme prendre en photo, prendre en charge, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <• avec lui, il faut en prendre et en laisser you can't believe half of what he says• tiens, prends ce marteau here, use this hammer• si tu sors, prends ton parapluie if you go out, take your umbrella• j'ai pris l'avion/le train de 4 heures I caught the 4 o'clock plane/trainc. ( = s'emparer de, surprendre) [+ poisson, voleur] to catch• se faire prendre [voleur] to be caught• qu'est-ce qui te prend ? (inf) what's the matter with you?• ça te prend souvent ? (inf) are you often like this?• je vous y prends ! caught you!d. ( = duper) to take ine. ( = manger, boire) [+ aliment, boisson] to have ; [+ médicament] to take• prenez-vous du sucre ? do you take sugar?• est-ce que vous prendrez du café ? would you like some coffee?f. ( = acheter) [+ billet, essence] to get ; ( = réserver) [+ couchette, place] to book• peux-tu me prendre du pain ? can you get me some bread?g. ( = accepter) [+ client, locataire] to take ; [+ passager] to pick uph. ( = noter) [+ renseignement, adresse, nom, rendez-vous] to write down ; [+ mesures, température, empreintes] to takei. ( = adopter) [+ air, ton] to put on ; [+ décision, risque, mesure] to takej. ( = acquérir) prendre de l'autorité to gain authorityk. ( = faire payer) to charge• qu'est-ce qu'on a pris ! (reproches) we really got it in the neck! (inf) ; (averse) we got drenched!m. ( = réagir à) [+ nouvelle] to taken. ( = manier) [+ personne] to handle ; [+ problème] to deal witho. (locutions)► prendre qn/qch pour ( = considérer comme) to take sb/sth for ; ( = utiliser comme) to take sb/sth as• pour qui me prenez-vous ? what do you take me for?• prendre qch pour cible to make sth a target► prendre sur soi ( = se maîtriser) to grin and bear it ; ( = assumer) to take responsibility• savoir prendre sur soi to keep a grip on o.s.2. <a. ( = durcir) [ciment, pâte, crème] to setb. ( = réussir) [mouvement, mode] to catch onc. ( = commencer à brûler) [feu] to take ; (accidentellement) to start ; [allumette] to light ; [bois] to catch fired. ( = passer) to go3. <a. ( = se considérer)• pour qui se prend-il ? who does he think he is?• se prendre au sérieux to take o.s. seriouslyb. ( = accrocher, coincer) to catchc. (locutions)► s'en prendre à ( = passer sa colère sur) to take it out on ; ( = blâmer) to put the blame on ; ( = attaquer) to attack* * *pʀɑ̃dʀ
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1) ( saisir) to takeprendre un vase sur l'étagère/dans le placard — to take a vase off the shelf/out of the cupboard
2) (se donner, acquérir)prendre un accent — ( involontairement) to pick up an accent; ( volontairement) to put on an accent
prendre une habitude — to develop ou pick up a habit
3) ( dérober) to takeon m'a pris tous mes bijoux — I had all my jewellery GB ou jewelry US stolen
4) ( apporter) to bring5) ( emporter) to take6) ( retirer)7) ( consommer) to have [boisson, aliment, repas]; to take [médicament, drogue]aller prendre un café/une bière — to go for a coffee/a beer
je prends des calmants depuis la guerre — I've been on tranquillizers [BrE] since the war
8) ( s'accorder) to takeje vais prendre mon mercredi — (colloq) I'm going to take Wednesday off
9) ( choisir) to take [objet]; to choose [sujet, question]prendre quelqu'un pour époux/épouse — to take somebody to be one's husband/wife
10) ( faire payer) to chargeil prend 15% au passage — (colloq) he takes a cut of 15%
11) ( nécessiter) to take [temps]; ( user) to take up [espace, temps]12) (acheter, réserver, louer) to get [aliments, essence, place]13) ( embaucher) ( durablement) to take [somebody] on [employé, assistant, apprenti]; ( pour une mission) to engage [personne]prendre un avocat/guide — to engage a lawyer/guide
14) ( accueillir) to takeprendre un client — [taxi] to pick up a customer
15) ( ramasser au passage) to pick up [personne, pain, clé, journal, ticket]16) ( emmener) to take [personne]je peux te prendre — ( en voiture) I can give you a lift
17) ( attraper) to catch [personne, animal]je vous y prends! — (colloq) caught you!
on ne m'y prendra plus! — (colloq) ( à faire) you won't catch me doing that again!; ( à croire) I won't be taken in (colloq) again!
je ne me suis pas laissé prendre — ( tromper) I wasn't going to be taken in (colloq)
18) (colloq) ( assaillir)ça te/leur prend souvent? — are you/they often like this?
19) ( captiver) to involve [spectateur, lecteur]être pris par un livre/film — to get involved in a book/film
20) ( subir) to get [gifle, coup de soleil, décharge, contravention]; to catch [rhume]21) ( utiliser) to take [autobus, métro, train, ferry, autoroute]22) ( envisager) to takeprenons par exemple Nina — take Nina, for example
23) ( considérer) to takepour qui me prends-tu? — ( grossière erreur) what do you take me for?; ( manque de respect) who do you think you're talking to?
excusez-moi, je vous ai pris pour quelqu'un d'autre — I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else
24) ( traiter) to handle25) ( mesurer) to take [mensurations, température, tension, pouls]26) ( noter) to take down27) ( apprendre)où a-t-il pris qu'ils allaient divorcer? — where did he get the idea they were going to get divorced?
28) ( accepter) to take29) ( endosser) to take over [direction, pouvoir]; to assume [contrôle, poste]prendre sur soi de faire — to take it upon oneself to do, to undertake to do
30) ( accumuler) to put on [poids]; to gain [avance]31) ( contracter) to take on [bail]; to take [emploi]32) ( défier) to take [somebody] on [concurrent]33) ( conquérir) Armée to take, to seize [ville, forteresse]; to capture [navire, tank]; Jeux to take [pièce, carte]
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verbe intransitif1) ( aller)prendre à gauche/vers le nord — to go left/north
2) ( s'enflammer) [feu, bois, mèche] to catch; [incendie] to break out3) ( se solidifier) [gelée, flan, glace, ciment, plâtre, colle] to set; [blancs d'œufs] to stiffen; [mayonnaise] to thicken4) ( réussir) [grève, innovation] to be a success; [idée, mode] to catch on; [teinture, bouture, vaccination, greffe] to take; [leçon] to sink in5) ( prélever)6) ( se contraindre)7) (colloq) ( être cru)ça ne prend pas! — it won't wash (colloq) ou work!
8) (colloq) ( subir)
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se prendre verbe pronominal1) (devoir être saisi, consommé, mesuré)2) ( pouvoir être acquis)3) ( se tenir l'un l'autre)4) ( se coincer)5) (colloq) ( recevoir)6) ( commencer)7) ( se considérer)8)s'en prendre à — ( par des reproches ou des critiques) to attack [personne, presse, parti]; ( pour passer sa colère) to take it out on [personne]; ( agresser verbalement ou physiquement) to go for [personne]; ( blâmer) to blame [personne, groupe, institution]
9) ( se comporter)savoir s'y prendre avec — to have a way with [enfants, femmes, vieux]; to know how to handle [employés, élèves]
10) ( agir)elle s'y prend bien/mal — she goes about it the right/wrong way
••* * *pʀɑ̃dʀ1. vt1) (= saisir) to take2) (= se procurer) to getJ'ai pris du lait en rentrant. — I got some milk on the way home.
J'ai pris des places pour le concert. — I got some tickets for the concert.
3) (= aller chercher) to get, to fetch Grande-Bretagne, [passager] to pick uppasser prendre — to pick up, to go and fetch
Je passerai te prendre. — I'll come and pick you up., I'll come and fetch you.
Je dois passer prendre Richard. — I have to pick Richard up., I have to go and fetch Richard.
4) [train, bus] to takeNous avons pris le train de huit heures. — We took the eight o'clock train.
Je prends toujours le train pour aller à Paris. — I always go to Paris by train., I always take the train when I go to Paris.
5) (= prélever) [pourcentage, argent] to take off6) (= acquérir) [du poids] to put on, to gainprendre goût à qch — to develop a taste for sth, to acquire a taste for sth
7) (= adopter) [voix, ton] to put on8) (= attraper) [malfaiteur, poisson] to catch9) [personnel] to take on, [locataire] to take in10) (= s'y prendre avec) [enfant, problème] to handleprendre sur soi de faire qch — to take it upon o.s. to do sth
prendre sa source [rivière] — to rise, to have its source
être pris à partie par qn (= interpellé par qn) — to be taken to task by sb
être violemment pris à partie par qn (= molesté par qn) — to be violently set upon by sb
2. vi1) [liquide, ciment] to set2) [greffe, vaccin] to take3) [ruse] to be successful4) [feu] to go, [incendie] to start, [allumette] to light5) (= se diriger)Prenez à gauche en arrivant au rond-point. — Turn left at the roundabout.
6) * (= être preneur)* * *prendre verb table: prendreA vtr1 ( saisir) to take; prendre un vase sur l'étagère/dans le placard to take a vase off the shelf/out of the cupboard; prendre le bras de son mari to take one's husband's arm; prendre qn par la taille ( des deux mains) to take sb by the waist; ( d'un bras) to put one's arm around sb's waist; puis-je prendre votre manteau? may I take your coat?; prenez donc une chaise do have ou take a seat; ⇒ clique, courage, jambe;2 (se donner, acquérir) prendre un air/une expression to put on an air/an expression; prendre le nom de son mari to take one's husband's name; prendre une identité to assume an identity; prendre un accent ( involontairement) to pick up an accent; ( volontairement) to put on an accent; prendre une habitude to develop ou pick up a habit; prendre une voix grave to adopt a solemn tone; prendre un rôle to assume a role; ta remarque prend tout son sens you comment begins to make sense; prendre une nuance to take on a particular nuance;3 ( dérober) to take; prendre de l'argent dans la caisse/à ses parents to take money from the till GB ou cash register/from one's parents; on m'a pris tous mes bijoux I had all my jewellery GB ou jewelry US stolen; il m'a pris ma petite amie he stole my girlfriend; la guerre leur a pris deux fils they lost two sons in the war; la guerre leur a pris tout ce qui leur était cher the war robbed them of all they held most dear;4 ( apporter) to bring; n'oublie pas de prendre des bottes don't forget to bring boots; je n'ai pas pris assez d'argent I haven't brought enough money;5 ( emporter) to take; j'ai pris ton parapluie I took your umbrella; ne prends rien sans demander don't take anything without asking; prends ton écharpe, il fait froid take your scarf, it's cold;6 ( retirer) prendre de l'argent au distributeur to get some money out of the cash dispenser; prendre de l'eau au puits to get water from the well; prendre quelques livres à la bibliothèque to get a few books out of the library;7 ( consommer) to have [boisson, aliment, repas]; to take [médicament, drogue]; vous prendrez bien quelque chose/un peu de gâteau? won't you have something to eat or drink/some cake?; je vais prendre du poisson I'll have fish; mais tu n'as rien pris! you've hardly taken any!; aller prendre un café/une bière to go for a coffee/a beer; je prends des calmants depuis la guerre I've been on tranquillizersGB since the war; le médecin me fait prendre des antibiotiques the doctor has put me on antibiotics; je ne prends jamais d'alcool/de drogue I never touch alcohol/take drugs;8 ( s'accorder) to take; prendre un congé to take a vacation; je vais prendre mon mercredi○ I'm going to take Wednesday off; ⇒ temps;9 ( choisir) to take [objet]; to choose [sujet, question]; prendre la rouge/le moins cher des deux/la chambre double to take the red one/the cheaper one/the double room; j'ai pris la question sur Zola I chose the question on Zola; la romancière a pris comme sujet une histoire vraie the writer based her novel on a true story; prendre qn pour époux/épouse to take sb to be one's husband/wife;10 ( faire payer) to charge; elle prend combien de l'heure/pour une coupe? how much does she charge an hour/for a cut?; on m'a pris très cher I was charged a lot; il prend 15% au passage he takes a cut of 15%;11 ( nécessiter) to take [temps]; ( user) to take up [espace, temps]; le voyage m'a pris moins de deux heures the trip took me less than two hours; tes livres prennent trop de place your books take up too much room; mes enfants me prennent tout mon temps/toute mon énergie my children take up all my time/all my energy;12 (acheter, réserver, louer) to get [aliments, essence, place]; prends aussi du jambon get some ham too; j'ai pris deux places pour ce soir I've got two tickets for tonight; prendre une chambre en ville to get a room in town; j'en prendrai un kilo I'll have a kilo;13 ( embaucher) ( durablement) to take [sb] on [employé, assistant, apprenti]; ( pour une mission) to engage [personne]; ils ne m'ont pas pris they didn't take me on; prendre qn comme nourrice to take sb on as a nanny; prendre un avocat/guide to engage a lawyer/guide; être pris chez or par Hachette to get a job with Hachette; prendre une maîtresse to take a mistress;14 ( accueillir) to take; ils ont pris la petite chez eux they took the little girl in; l'école n'a pas voulu la prendre the school wouldn't take her; ce train ne prend pas de voyageurs this train doesn't take passengers; prendre un client [taxi] to pick up a customer; [prostituée] to pick up a client; [coiffeur] to take a customer; prendre un patient [médecin] to see a patient; prendre un nouveau patient [médecin, dentiste] to take on a new patient; prendre un élève [professeur] to take on a student;15 ( ramasser au passage) to pick up [personne, pain, clé, journal, ticket]; je passe te prendre à midi I'll come and pick you up at 12; prendre un auto-stoppeur to pick up a hitchhiker; prendre les enfants à l'école to collect the children from school;16 ( emmener) to take [personne]; je prends les enfants cet après-midi I'll take the children this afternoon; je peux te prendre ( en voiture) I can give you a lift;17 ( attraper) to catch [personne, animal]; elle s'est fait prendre en train de voler she got caught stealing; prendre un papillon avec ses doigts to pick up a butterfly; prendre un papillon entre ses mains to cup a butterfly in one's hands; je vous y prends○! caught you!; on ne m'y prendra plus○! I won't be taken in○ again!; se laisser prendre par un attrape-nigauds/une histoire to fall for a trick/a story; je ne me suis pas laissé prendre ( tromper) I wasn't going to be taken in○; se laisser prendre dans une bagarre to get drawn into a fight; se faire prendre par l'ennemi to be captured by the enemy; prendre un poisson to catch a fish; ⇒ flagrant, sac, taureau, vinaigre;18 ( assaillir) une douleur le prit he felt a sudden pain; qu'est-ce qui te prend○? what's the matter with you?; ça te/leur prend souvent○? are you/they often like this? ça te prend souvent de gueuler○ comme ça? do you often yell○ like that?;19 ( captiver) to involve [spectateur, lecteur]; être pris par un livre/film to be involved in a book/film;20 ( subir) to get [gifle, coup de soleil, décharge, contravention]; to catch [rhume]; j'ai pris le marteau sur le pied the hammer hit me on the foot; qu'est-ce qu'ils ont pris○! (coups, défaite) what a beating○ they got!; ( reproches) what a telling-off○ they got!; prendre une quinte de toux to have a coughing fit;21 Transp ( utiliser) to take [autobus, métro, train, ferry, autoroute]; prendre le train/la voiture/l'avion to take the train/the car/the plane; prendre le or un taxi to take a taxi; il a pris l'avion pour aller à Bruxelles he went to Brussels by air; je ne prends plus la voiture pour aller à Paris I've given up driving to Paris; s'il fait beau, je prendrai la bicyclette if the weather's nice, I'll cycle; en général je prends mon vélo pour aller travailler I usually cycle to work;22 ( envisager) to take; prenons par exemple Nina take Nina, for example; si je prends une langue comme le chinois/un pays comme la Chine if we take a language like Chinese/a country like China; à tout prendre all in all;23 ( considérer) to take; ne le prends pas mal don't take it the wrong way; il a plutôt bien pris ta remarque he took your comment rather well; il me prend pour un imbécile he takes me for a fool; pour qui me prends-tu? ( grossière erreur) what do you take me for?; ( manque de respect) who do you think you're talking to?; tu me prends pour ton esclave? I'm not your slave, you know!; excusez-moi, je vous ai pris pour quelqu'un d'autre I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else; ⇒ argent, canard, vessie;24 ( traiter) to handle; il est très gentil quand on sait le prendre he's very nice when you know how to handle him; savoir prendre son enfant to know how to handle one's child; on ne sait jamais par où la prendre○ you never know how to handle her;25 ( mesurer) to take [mensurations, température, tension, pouls]; je vais prendre votre pointure let me measure your foot;26 ( noter) to take down; je vais prendre votre adresse let me just take down your address; il s'est enfui mais j'ai pris le numéro de sa voiture he drove off but I took down his registration GB ou license US number;27 ( apprendre) prendre que to get the idea (that); où a-t-il pris qu'ils allaient divorcer? where did he get the idea they were going to get divorced?;28 ( accepter) to take; prendre les cartes de crédit to take credit cards; il a refusé de prendre l'argent he refused to take the money; il faut prendre les gens comme ils sont you must take people as you find them; prendre les choses comme elles sont to take things as they come; à 1 500, je prends, mais pas plus at 1,500, I'll take it, but that's my best offer;29 ( endosser) to take over [direction, pouvoir]; to assume [contrôle, poste]; je prends ça sur moi I'll see to it; prendre sur soi de faire to take it upon oneself to do, to undertake to do; elle a pris sur elle de leur parler/de leur cacher la vérité she took it upon herself to talk to them/to hide the truth from them; je prends sur moi tes dépenses I'll cover your expenses;30 ( accumuler) to put on [poids]; to gain [avance]; prendre trois minutes (d'avance) to gain three minutes; prendre des forces to build up one's strength;32 ( défier) to take [sb] on [concurrent]; je prends le gagnant/le perdant I'll take on the winner/the loser;33 ( conquérir) Mil to take, to seize [ville, forteresse]; to capture [navire, tank]; Jeux to take [pièce, carte];34 ( posséder sexuellement) to take [femme].B vi1 ( aller) prendre à gauche/vers le nord to go left/north; prenez tout droit keep straight on; prendre à travers champs to strike out GB ou head off across the fields; prendre au plus court to take the shortest route; prendre par le littoral to follow the coast;2 ( s'enflammer) [feu, bois, mèche] to catch; [incendie] to break out;3 ( se solidifier) [gelée, flan, glace, ciment, plâtre, colle] to set; [blancs d'œufs] to stiffen; [mayonnaise] to thicken;4 ( réussir) [grève, innovation] to be a success; [idée, mode] to catch on; [teinture, bouture, vaccination, greffe] to take; [leçon] to sink in;5 ( prélever) prendre sur ses économies pour entretenir un neveu to draw on one's savings to support a nephew; prendre sur son temps libre pour traduire un roman to translate a novel in one's spare time;6 ( se contraindre) prendre sur soi to take a hold on oneself; prendre sur soi pour faire to make oneself do; prendre sur soi pour ne pas faire to keep oneself from doing; j'ai pris sur moi pour les écouter I made myself listen to them; j'ai pris sur moi pour ne pas les insulter I kept myself from insulting them;7 ○( être cru) ça ne prend pas! it won't wash○ ou work!; ton explication ne prendra pas avec moi that explanation won't wash with me○;8 ○( subir) prendre pour qn to take the rap○ for sb; c'est toujours moi qui prends! I'm always the one who gets it in the neck○!; tu vas prendre! you'll catch it○!; il en a pris pour 20 ans he got 20 years.C se prendre vpr1 (devoir être saisi, consommé, mesuré) un marteau se prend par le manche you hold a hammer by the handle; les pâtes ne se prennent pas avec les doigts you don't eat pasta with your fingers; en Chine le thé se prend sans sucre in China they don't put sugar in their tea; la vitamine C se prend de préférence le matin vitamin C is best taken in the morning; la température se prend le matin your temperature should be taken in the morning;2 (pouvoir être acquis, conquis, utilisé, attrapé) les mauvaises habitudes se prennent vite bad habits are easily picked up; le roi ne se prend jamais ( aux échecs) the king can't be taken; un avion ne se prend pas sans réservation you can't take a plane without making reservation;3 ( s'attraper) se prendre le pied gauche avec la main droite to take one's left foot in one's right hand; certains singes se prennent aux arbres avec leur queue some monkeys can swing from trees by their tails;4 ( se tenir l'un l'autre) se prendre par la taille to hold each other around the waist;5 ( se coincer) se prendre les doigts dans la porte to catch one's fingers in the door; mon écharpe s'est prise dans les rayons my scarf got caught in the spokes;6 ○( recevoir) il s'est pris quinze jours de prison/une gifle he got two weeks in prison/a smack in the face; tu vas te prendre l'étagère sur la tête the shelf is going to come down on your head; je me suis pris une averse I got caught in a shower;7 ( commencer) se prendre à faire to find oneself doing; elle s'est prise à aimer she found herself falling in love; se prendre de sympathie pour qn to take to sb;8 ( se considérer) elle se prend pour un génie she thinks she's a genius; il se prend pour James Dean he fancies himself as James Dean; pour qui est-ce que tu te prends? who do you think you are?; ⇒ Dieu;9 ( agresser) s'en prendre à qn ( par des reproches ou des coups) to set about sb; ( pour passer sa colère) to take it out on sb; s'en prendre à qch ( habituellement) to carry on about sth; ( à l'occasion) to lay into sth;10 ( se comporter) savoir s'y prendre avec to have a way with [enfants, femmes, vieux]; to know how to handle [employés, élèves];11 ( agir) il faut s'y prendre à l'avance pour avoir des places you have to book ahead to get seats; tu t'y es pris trop tard you left it too late (pour faire to do); il s'y est pris à plusieurs fois he tried several times; ils s'y sont pris à trois contre lui it was three against one; on s'y est pris à trois pour faire it took the three of us to do; regarde comment elle s'y prend look how she's doing it; elle s'y prend bien/mal she sets ou goes about it the right/wrong way; j'aime bien ta façon de t'y prendre I like the way you go about it; comment vas-tu t'y prendre? how will you go about it?; comment vas-tu t'y prendre pour les convaincre? how will you go about convincing them?c'est toujours ça de pris○ that's something at least; il y a à prendre et à laisser it's like the curate's egg; c'est à prendre ou à laisser take it or leave it; tel est pris qui croyait prendre the tables are turned; bien m'en a pris○ it was a good job○; mal m'en a pris○ it was a mistake.[prɑ̃dr] verbe transitifA.[SAISIR, ACQUÉRIR]1. [saisir] to takela chatte prend ses chatons par la peau du cou the cat picks up her kittens by the scruff of the neckprenez cette médaille qui vous est offerte par tous vos collègues accept this medal as a gift from all your colleaguesprendre un siège to take a seat, to sit down2. [emporter - lunettes, document, en-cas] to takeinutile de prendre un parapluie there's no need to take ou no need for an umbrella[emmener] to take (along)(passer) prendre quelqu'un: je suis passé la prendre chez elle à midi I picked her up at ou collected her from her home at midday3. [trouver] to getoù as-tu pris cette idée/cette citation/ces manières? where did you get that idea/this quotation/those manners?4. [se procurer]5. [acheter - nourriture, billet de loterie] to get, to buy ; [ - abonnement, assurance] to take out (separable)[réserver - chambre d'hôtel, place de spectacle] to bookj'ai pris des artichauts pour ce soir I've got ou bought some artichokes for tonightje vais vous prendre un petit poulet aujourd'hui I'll have ou take a small chicken today6. [demander - argent] to chargeje prends une commission de 3 % I take a 3% commissionmon coiffeur ne prend pas cher (familier) my hairdresser isn't too expensive ou doesn't charge too muchelle l'a réparé sans rien nous prendre she fixed it free of charge ou without charging us (anything) for it7. [retirer]prendre de l'argent sur son compte to withdraw money from one's account, to take money out of one's accountB.[AVOIR RECOURS À, SE SERVIR DE]1. [utiliser - outil] to useprends un marteau, ce sera plus facile use a hammer, you'll find it's easierje peux prendre ta voiture? can I take ou borrow your car?2. [consommer - nourriture] to eat ; [ - boisson] to drink, to have ; [ - médicament] to take ; [ - sucre] to takequ'est-ce que tu prends? what would you like to drink, what will it be?à prendre matin, midi et soir to be taken three times a day[comme ingrédient] to takeprendre l'avion to take the plane, to flyprendre le bateau to take the boat, to sail, to go by boatprendre le bus/le train to take the bus/train, to go by bus/train5. [louer]6. [suivre - voie] to takej'ai pris un sens interdit I drove ou went down a one-way streetC.[PRENDRE POSSESSION DE, CONTRÔLER]2. [voler] to takeprendre une citation dans un livre [sans permission] to lift ou to poach a quotation from a bookelle m'a pris mon idée/petit ami she stole my idea/boyfriendpousse-toi, tu prends toute la place move up, you're taking up all the spaceça prend du temps de chercher un appartement it takes time to find a flat, flat-hunting is time-consuming4. [envahir - suj: malaise, rage] to come over (inseparable) ; [ - suj: peur] to seize, to take hold ofl'envie le ou lui prit d'aller nager he felt like going for a swimqu'est-ce qui te prend? what's wrong with ou what's the matter with ou what's come over you?qu'est-ce qui le ou lui prend de ne pas répondre? why on earth isn't he answering?quand ça le ou lui prend, il casse tout (familier) when he gets into this state, he just smashes everything in sightil est rentré chez lui et bien/mal lui en a pris he went home and it was just as well he did/, but he'd have done better to stay where he was5. [surprendre - voleur, tricheur] to catchsi tu veux le voir, il faut le prendre au saut du lit if you want to see him, you must catch him as he gets upje t'y prends, petit galopin! caught ou got you, you little rascal!7. SPORTa. [pendant la course] he moved into second placeb. [à l'arrivée] he came in secondD.[ADMETTRE, RECEVOIR]1. [recevoir]le docteur ne pourra pas vous prendre avant demain the doctor won't be able to see you before tomorrowaprès 22 heures, nous ne prenons plus de clients after 10 pm, we don't let anymore customers in2. [cours] to take[engager - employé, candidat] to take on (separable)nous ne prenons pas les cartes de crédit/les bagages en cabine we don't take credit cards/cabin baggageprendre un comptable to take on ou to hire an accountant4. [acquérir, gagner]prendre de l'avance/du retard to be earlier/later than scheduledquand le gâteau commence à prendre une jolie couleur dorée when the cake starts to take on a nice golden colour[terminaison] to take5. [subir] to geta. (familier) [coups, reproches] she got the worst ou took the brunt of itb. [éclaboussures] she got most ou the worst of ita. [averse] we got soaked ou drenched!b. [réprimande] we got a real dressing down!c. [critique] we got panned!d. [défaite] we got thrashed!c'est toujours les mêmes qui prennent! (familier) they always pick on the same ones, it's always the same ones who get it in the neck!E.[CONSIDÉRER DE TELLE MANIÈRE]1. [accepter] to takebien/mal prendre quelque chose to take something well/badly[interpréter]ne prends pas ça pour toi [ne te sens pas visé] don't take it personallyprendre quelque chose en bien/en mal to take something as a compliment/badlyprenons un exemple let's take ou consider an exampleprendre quelque chose/quelqu'un poura. [par méprise] to mistake something/somebody forb. [volontairement] to take something/somebody for, to consider something/somebody to bepour qui me prenez-vous? what do you take me for?, who do you think I am?prendre quelque chose/quelqu'un comme to take something/somebody asà tout prendre all in all, by and large, all things consideredF.[ENREGISTRER]1. [consigner - notes] to take ou to write down (separable) ; [ - empreintes, mesures, température, tension] to take2. PHOTOGRAPHIEprendre quelque chose/quelqu'un (en photo) to take a picture ou photo ou photograph of something/somebodyG.[DÉCIDER DE, ADOPTER]prendre un jour de congé to take ou to have the day off2. [s'engager dans - mesure, risque] to takea. [généralement] to make a decisionb. [après avoir hésité] to make up one's mind, to come to a decisionprendre la décision de to make up one's mind to, to decide toprendre l'initiative de faire quelque chose to take the initiative in doing something, to take it upon oneself to do somethingils n'ont pris que les 20 premiers they only took ou selected the top 20il y a à prendre et à laisser dans son livre his book is a bit of a curate's egg (UK) ou is good in partsj'ai un appel pour toi, tu le prends? I've got a call for you, will you take it?————————[prɑ̃dr] verbe intransitif1. [se fixer durablement - végétal] to take (root) ; [ - bouture, greffe, vaccin] to take ; [ - mode, slogan] to catch onça ne prendra pas avec elle [mensonge] it won't work with her, she won't be taken in2. [durcir - crème, ciment, colle] to set ; [ - lac, étang] to freeze (over) ; [ - mayonnaise] to thicken3. [passer]prends à gauche [tourne à gauche] turn leftprendre à travers bois/champs to cut through the woods/fieldsje n'arrive pas à faire prendre le feu/les brindilles I can't get the fire going/the twigs to catch5. MUSIQUE & THÉÂTREprenons avant la sixième mesure/à la scène 2 let's take it from just before bar six/from scene 2————————prendre sur verbe plus préposition1. [entamer] to use (some of)je ne prendrai pas sur mon week-end pour finir le travail! I'm not going to give up ou to sacrifice part of my weekend to finish the job!2. (locution)————————se prendre verbe pronominal (emploi passif)————————se prendre verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)————————se prendre verbe pronominal intransitifto get caught ou trappedle foulard s'est pris dans la portière the scarf got caught ou shut in the door————————se prendre verbe pronominal transitif1. [se coincer]attention, tu vas te prendre les doigts dans la charnière! careful, you'll trap your fingers ou get your fingers caught in the hinge!2. (familier) [choisir]————————se prendre à verbe pronominal plus préposition1. [se laisser aller à]2. (locution)il faut s'y prendre deux mois à l'avance pour avoir des places you have to book two months in advance to be sure of getting seatselle s'y est prise à trois fois pour faire démarrer la tondeuse she made three attempts before the lawn mower would starts'y prendre bien/mal: s'y prendre bien/mal avec quelqu'un to handle somebody the right/wrong wayelle s'y prend bien ou sait s'y prendre avec les enfants she's good with childrenje n'arrive pas à repasser le col — c'est parce que tu t'y prends mal I can't iron the collar properly — that's because you're going about it the wrong way ou doing it wrong————————se prendre de verbe pronominal plus prépositionse prendre d'amitié pour quelqu'un to grow fond of somebody, to feel a growing affection for somebody————————se prendre pour verbe pronominal plus prépositionil ne se prend pas pour rien ou pour n'importe qui he thinks he's God's gift to humanitytu te prends pour qui pour me parler sur ce ton? who do you think you are, talking to me like that?————————s'en prendre à verbe pronominal plus prépositions'en prendre à quelqu'un/quelque chosea. 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go [gəʊ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━2. modal verb4. noun5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = move) aller• where are you going? où allez-vous ?• there he goes! le voilà !• you can go next allez-y(, je vous en prie) !► to go + preposition• the train goes at 90km/h le train roule à 90 km/h• where do we go from here? qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant ?• to go to France/to London aller en France/à Londres• to go up the hill monter la colline► to go + -ing• to go swimming (aller) nager► go and...• go and get me it! va me le chercher !• now you've gone and broken it! (inf) ça y est, tu l'as cassé !• when does the train go? quand part le train ?• after a week all our money had gone en l'espace d'une semaine, nous avions dépensé tout notre argent• he'll have to go [employee] on ne peut pas le garder• there goes my chance of promotion! je peux faire une croix sur ma promotion !• going, going, gone! une fois, deux fois, trois fois, adjugé, vendu !► to let sb go ( = allow to leave) laisser partir qn ; ( = make redundant) se séparer de qn ; ( = stop gripping) lâcher qn• let go! lâchez !• to let go of sth/sb lâcher qch/qn• eventually parents have to let go of their children tôt ou tard, les parents doivent laisser leurs enfants voler de leurs propres ailes► to let sth goc. ( = start) [car, machine] démarrer ; ( = function) [machine, watch, car] marcher• how do you make this go? comment est-ce que ça marche ?• to be going [machine, engine] être en marche► to get going [person] ( = leave)• once he gets going... une fois lancé...• to get things going activer les choses► to keep going ( = continue) [person] continuer ; [business] se maintenir• the police signalled her to stop but she kept going la police lui a fait signe de s'arrêter mais elle a continué son chemin• a cup of coffee is enough to keep her going all morning elle réussit à tenir toute la matinée avec un caféd. ( = begin) there he goes again! le voilà qui recommence !• here goes! (inf) allez, on y va !e. ( = progress) aller, marcher• how's it going? (comment) ça va ?• all went well for him until... tout s'est bien passé pour lui jusqu'au moment où...• add the sugar, stirring as you go ajoutez le sucre, en remuant au fur et à mesuref. ( = turn out) [events] se passer• how did your holiday go? comment se sont passées tes vacances ?• that's the way things go, I'm afraid c'est malheureux mais c'est comme çag. ( = become) devenir• have you gone mad? tu es devenu fou ?h. ( = fail) [fuse] sauter ; [bulb] griller ; [material] être usé ; [sight] baisser ; [strength] manqueri. ( = be sold) how much do you think the house will go for? combien crois-tu que la maison va être vendue ?• it went for $550 c'est parti à 550 dollarsj. ( = be given) [prize, reward, inheritance] revenir (to à)k. ( = be accepted) the story goes that... le bruit court que...l. ( = apply) that goes for you too c'est valable pour toi aussi• that goes for me too ( = I agree with that) je suis aussi de cet avis• as far as your suggestion goes... pour ce qui est de ta suggestion...• this explanation is fine, as far as it goes cette explication vaut ce qu'elle vautm. ( = available) are there any jobs going? y a-t-il des postes vacants ?• is there any coffee going? est-ce qu'il y a du café ?n. [tune] the tune goes like this voici l'airo. ( = make sound or movement) faire ; [bell, clock] sonnerp. ( = serve) the money will go to compensate the victims cet argent servira à dédommager les victimes► as... go• he's not bad, as estate agents go il n'est pas mauvais pour un agent immobilier2. modal verb► to be going to + infinitive allera. ( = travel) [+ distance] faireb. ( = make sound) faire• he went "psst" « psst » fit-il4. noun(plural goes)a. ( = motion) (inf) it's all go! ça n'arrête pas !• at one or a go d'un seul coup► to have a go ( = try) essayerc. ( = success) to make a go of sth réussir qch5. compounds• to give sb the go-ahead (to do) (inf) donner le feu vert à qn (pour faire) ► go-between noun intermédiaire mf► go-karting noun = go-carting► go abouta. allerb. [rumour] courira. [+ task, duties] he went about the task methodically il s'y est pris de façon méthodique• how does one go about getting seats? comment fait-on pour avoir des places ?( = cross) traverser• she went across to Mrs. Smith's elle est allée en face chez Mme Smith[+ river, road] traverser( = follow) suivre ; ( = attack) attaquer• go after him! suivez-le !a. ( = prove hostile to) [vote, judgement, decision] être défavorable àb. ( = oppose) aller à l'encontre de• conditions which went against national interests des conditions qui allaient à l'encontre des intérêts nationaux• it goes against my principles c'est contre mes principes► go ahead intransitive verb passer devant ; [event] avoir (bien) lieu ; [work] avancer• go ahead! allez-y !• why don't you go along too? pourquoi n'iriez-vous pas aussi ?• I can't go along with that at all je ne suis pas du tout d'accord là-dessus► go around intransitive verba. = go about ; go roundb. what goes around comes around tout finit par se payer► go away intransitive verb partir ; (on holiday) partir (en vacances) ; [pain] disparaître• we need to go away and think about this nous devons prendre le temps d'y réfléchir► go back intransitive verba. ( = return) retourner• it's getting dark, shall we go back? il commence à faire nuit, on rentre ?b. ( = retreat) reculerd. ( = revert) revenir (to à)e. ( = extend) s'étendre• the cave goes back 300 metres la grotte fait 300 mètres de long► go back on inseparable transitive verb[+ decision, promise] revenir sur( = happen earlier)[person] passer ; [period of time] (se) passerb. ( = be swallowed) it went down the wrong way j'ai (or il a etc) avalé de traversc. ( = be accepted) I wonder how that will go down with her parents je me demande comment ses parents vont prendre ça• to go down well/badly être bien/mal accueillid. [value, price, standards] baissere. ( = be relegated) être reléguéf. [stage curtain] tomber ; [theatre lights] s'éteindreg. ( = go as far as) allerh. [balloon, tyre] se dégonfler• my ankle's OK, the swelling has gone down ma cheville va bien, elle a désenflé► go down as inseparable transitive verb( = be regarded as) être considéré comme ; ( = be remembered as) passer à la postérité comme• the victory will go down as one of the highlights of the year cette victoire restera dans les mémoires comme l'un des grands moments de l'année► go down with (inf) inseparable transitive verb[+ illness] attrapera. ( = attack) attaquerc. ( = strive for) essayer d'avoir ; ( = choose) choisir• the theory has a lot going for it cette théorie a de nombreux mérites► go forward intransitive verba. ( = move ahead) avancer ; [economy] progresserb. ( = take place) avoir lieuc. ( = continue) maintenir• if they go forward with these proposals s'ils maintiennent ces propositions► go in intransitive verba. ( = enter) entrerb. ( = attack) attaquera. [+ examination] se présenter à ; [+ position, job] poser sa candidature à ; [+ competition, race] prendre part àb. [+ sport] pratiquer ; [+ hobby] se livrer à ; [+ style] affectionner ; [+ medicine, accounting, politics] faire• he doesn't go in for reading much il n'aime pas beaucoup lire► go into inseparable transitive verba. [+ profession, field] he doesn't want to go into industry il ne veut pas travailler dans l'industrieb. ( = embark on) [+ explanation] se lancer dansc. ( = investigate) étudierd. ( = be devoted to) être investi dansa. ( = leave) partirb. [alarm clock] sonner ; [alarm] se déclencherc. [light, radio, TV] s'éteindre ; [heating] s'arrêtere. [event] se passer• I used to like him, but I've gone off him lately je l'aimais bien mais depuis un certain temps il m'agace► go off with inseparable transitive verb partir aveca. ( = proceed on one's way) (without stopping) poursuivre son chemin ; (after stopping) continuer sa route ; (by car) reprendre la route• go on trying! essaie encore !• go on! continuez !• if you go on doing that, you'll get into trouble si tu continues, tu vas avoir des ennuis• don't go on about it! ça va, j'ai compris !• she's always going on at him about doing up the kitchen elle n'arrête pas de le harceler pour qu'il refasse la cuisinee. ( = proceed) passer• he went on to say that... puis il a dit que...• he retired from football and went on to become a journalist il a abandonné le football et est devenu journaliste• how long has this been going on? depuis combien de temps est-ce que ça dure ?• what's going on here? qu'est-ce qui se passe ici ?• as the day went on he became more and more anxious au fil des heures, il devenait de plus en plus inquiet• what a way to go on! en voilà des manières !i. ( = progress) [person, patient] aller• how is he going on? comment va-t-il ?( = be guided by) we don't have much to go on yet nous n'avons pas beaucoup d'indices pour l'instant► go on for inseparable transitive verba. ( = leave) sortirb. [fire, light] s'éteindrec. ( = travel) aller (to à)d. [sea] se retirer ; [tide] descendref. [invitation] être envoyé ; [radio programme, TV programme] être diffusé• an appeal has gone out for people to give blood un appel a été lancé pour encourager les dons de sanga. ( = cross) allerb. ( = be overturned) se retournera. ( = examine) [+ accounts, report] vérifierb. ( = review) [+ speech] revoir ; [+ facts, points] récapituler• let's go over the facts again récapitulons les faits► go over to inseparable transitive verb passer àa. ( = turn) tournerc. ( = be sufficient) suffire (pour tout le monde)d. ( = circulate) [document, story] circuler• there's a rumour going round that... le bruit court que...e. = go about► go through( = be agreed) [proposal] être accepté ; [business deal] être conclua. ( = suffer, endure) endurerb. ( = examine) [+ list] examiner ; [+ book] parcourir ; [+ mail] regarder ; [+ subject, plan] étudier ; [+ one's pockets] fouiller dans• I went through my drawers looking for a pair of socks j'ai cherché une paire de chaussettes dans mes tiroirsc. ( = use up) [+ money] dépenser ; ( = wear out) userd. ( = carry out) [+ routine, course of study] suivre ; [+ formalities] accomplir ; [+ apprenticeship] faire► go through with inseparable transitive verb( = persist with) [+ plan, threat] mettre à exécution• in the end she couldn't go through with it en fin de compte elle n'a pas pu le faire► go together intransitive verb[colours, flavours] aller (bien) ensemble ; [events, conditions, ideas] aller de paira. ( = sink) [ship, person] coulerb. ( = fail) [person, business] faire faillite► go upa. monter[+ hill] gravira. [circumstances, event, conditions] aller (de pair) avec• mothers feed their children and go without themselves les mères nourrissent leurs enfants et se privent elles-mêmes de tout* * *[gəʊ] 1.1) (move, travel) aller ( from de; to à, en)to go to Wales/to California — aller au Pays de Galles/en Californie
to go to town/to the country — aller en ville/à la campagne
to go up/down/across — monter/descendre/traverser
to go by bus/train — voyager en bus/train
to go by ou past — [person, vehicle] passer
there he goes again! — ( that's him again) le revoilà!; fig ( he's starting again) le voilà qui recommence!
where do we go from here? — fig et maintenant qu'est-ce qu'on fait?
2) (on specific errand, activity) allerto go on a journey/on holiday — partir en voyage/en vacances
3) ( attend) allerto go to school/work — aller à l'école/au travail
5) ( depart) partir7) ( disappear) partir8) (be sent, transmitted)9) ( become)to go mad — devenir fou/folle
10) ( change over to new system)to go Labour — Politics [country, constituency] voter travailliste
11) (be, remain)12) (weaken, become impaired)13) ( of time)14) ( be got rid of)six down and four to go! — six de faits, et encore quatre à faire!
15) (operate, function) [vehicle, machine, clock] marcher, fonctionnerto set [something] going — mettre [quelque chose] en marche
to get going — [engine, machine] se mettre en marche; fig [business] démarrer
to keep going — [person, business, machine] se maintenir
16) ( start)here goes! —
once he gets going, he never stops — une fois lancé, il n'arrête pas
17) ( lead) aller, conduire (to à)the road goes down/goes up — la route descend/monte
18) ( extend in depth or scope)a hundred pounds doesn't go far these days — on ne va pas loin avec cent livres sterling de nos jours
you can make £5 go a long way — on peut faire beaucoup de choses avec 5 livres sterling
19) (belong, be placed) aller20) ( fit) gen rentrer22) ( be accepted)23) ( be about to)24) ( happen)how's it going? — (colloq)
how are things going? — comment ça va? (colloq)
how goes it? — hum comment ça va? (colloq)
25) ( be on average)it's old, as Australian towns go — c'est une ville assez vieille pour une ville australienne
it wasn't a bad party, as parties go — c'était une soirée plutôt réussie par rapport à la moyenne
26) ( be sold)the house went for over £100,000 — la maison a été vendue à plus de 100000 livres
‘going, going, gone!’ — ‘une fois, deux fois, trois fois, adjugé!’
27) ( be on offer)I'll have some coffee, if there's any going — je prendrai bien un café, s'il y en a
28) ( contribute)29) ( be given) [award, prize] aller (to à); [estate, inheritance, title] passer (to à)30) ( emphatic use)then he had to go and lose his wallet — comme s'il ne manquait plus que ça, il a perdu son portefeuille
31) ( of money) (be spent, used up)32) (make sound, perform action or movement) gen faire; [bell, alarm] sonnerthe cat went ‘miaow’ — le chat a fait ‘miaou’
33) (resort to, have recourse to)to go to war — [country] entrer en guerre; [soldier] partir à la guerre
to go to law GB ou to the law US — aller en justice
34) (break, collapse etc) [roof] s'effondrer; [cable, rope] se rompre; [light bulb] griller35) ( take one's turn)you go next — c'est ton tour après, c'est à toi après
36) ( be in harmony)37) ( in takeaway)2. 3.whose go is it? — gen à qui le tour?; ( in game) à qui de jouer?
2) (colloq) ( energy)to be full of go —
•Phrasal Verbs:- go about- go after- go ahead- go along- go at- go away- go back- go below- go by- go down- go for- go in- go into- go off- go on- go on at- go out- go over- go round- go under- go up- go with••all systems are go! — Aerospace tout est paré pour le lancement!
he's all go! — (colloq) il n'arrête pas!
that's how it goes! —
there you go! — (colloq) voilà!
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16 set
[set] 1. present participle - setting; verb1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) pôr2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) pôr3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) pôr4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) dar5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) pôr6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) pôr-se7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) endurecer8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) pôr9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) pentear10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) encastoar11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) endireitar2. adjective1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) prescrito2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) decidido3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) deliberado4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) fixo5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) fixo6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) engastado3. noun1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) colecção2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) aparelho3) (a group of people: the musical set.) conjunto4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) penteado5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) cenário6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) set•- setting- setback
- set phrase
- set-square
- setting-lotion
- set-to
- set-up
- all set
- set about
- set someone against someone
- set against someone
- set someone against
- set against
- set aside
- set back
- set down
- set in
- set off
- set something or someone on someone
- set on someone
- set something or someone on
- set on
- set out
- set to
- set up
- set up camp
- set up house
- set up shop
- set upon* * *[set] n 1 jogo, grupo, conjunto, coleção, série. 2 sociedade, facção. 3 grupo, círculo. 4 conjunto de piadas e estórias no espetáculo de um comediante. 5 Theat, Cin cenário. 6 Radio aparelho, receptor, emissor. 7 porte, posição, forma, ajuste. 8 direção, tendência, curso, rumo. 9 inclinação, deslocação. 10 planta, muda, rebento. 11 fruta recentemente formada da flor. 12 solidificação, endurecimento. 13 Tennis set: série de seis pontos. 14 ato de amarrar (de um cão de caça). 15 ninhada de ovos. 16 trava de serra. 17 última demão de reboque. • vt+vi (ps, pp set) 1 pôr, colocar, localizar, assentar, adaptar, plantar. 2 ajustar, endireitar. 3 regular, acertar. 4 fixar, estabelecer, definir. 5 determinar. 6 apontar, designar. 7 marcar, fixar. 8 dar (exemplo). 9 ligar, firmar. 10 ficar firme, solidificar, coalhar, endurecer, pegar (cimento). 11 montar, engastar. 12 adornar, ornamentar. 13 descer, pôr-se (sol), baixar (maré). 14 chocar, pôr para chocar, colocar ovos para chocar. 15 amarrar (cão de caça). 16 cair, assentar-se, adaptar-se, servir (vestido). 17 tender, dirigir-se, rumar, soprar, vir de (vento). 18 começar a mover-se, pôr-se em movimento. 19 aplicar-se. 20 formar fruta. 21 adaptar. 22 pôr em música, compor. 23 Typogr compor. 24 afiar, assentar (corte de faca, etc.). 25 reduzir (osso deslocado). 26 meter velas. • adj 1 fixado, estabelecido, predeterminado, prescrito. 2 fixo, rígido, imóvel, estacionário. 3 obstinado, aferrado. 4 firme, duro, endurecido. 5 decidido. it was set before him foi apresentado a ele. my set purpose minha firme intenção. to set about começar, tomar providências, iniciar. he doesn’t know how to set about it / ele não sabe como começá-lo. to set apart pôr de lado, reservar. to set a poem to music pôr versos em música. to set aside desprezar, pôr de lado. to set at defiance desafiar. to set back atrasar (relógio), retroceder, impedir, parar. to set behind colocar atrás, descuidar. to set by reservar, separar para uso no futuro. to set down depositar, descer, registrar. to set eyes on something ver, perceber, notar alguma coisa. to set fire to pôr fogo em, acender. to set forth mostrar, demonstrar, anunciar, levantar, partir. to set forward promover, ajudar, continuar, viajar, partir, sair de viagem. to set free liberar. to set in começar, iniciar. a heavy storm set in / caiu um forte temporal. to set in motion pôr em movimento. to set in order arrumar, pôr em ordem. to set off against destacar-se de. to set on incitar, instigar, atacar. to set one’s hand to meter mãos à obra. to set out plantar, enfeitar, adornar, demonstrar, delimitar, exibir, partir, levantar, levantar-se, pôr-se a caminho. to set pen to paper começar a escrever. to set right corrigir. to set someone up as judge arvorar-se em juiz. to set to começar a brigar. to set to work começar a trabalhar, fazer trabalhar. to set up levantar, montar, comprar, iniciar (negócio), fundar, instalar, auxiliar, ajudar, soltar (grito), estabelecer, instituir, estabelecer-se, tornar-se independente. he set up for himself / ele começou a trabalhar por conta própria. to set up a reserve instituir um fundo de reserva. to set up in print compor, tipografar. with set teeth com os dentes cerrados. -
17 saber
m.knowledge.El saber es un tesoro Knowledge is priceless.v.1 to know.ya lo sé I knowde haberlo sabido (antes) o si lo llego a saber, me quedo en casa if I'd known, I'd have stayed at homehacer saber algo a alguien to inform somebody of something, to tell somebody somethingpara que lo sepas, somos amigos we're friends, for your informationEllos saben de eso They know about that.Ellos saben la información They know the information.2 to learn, to find out (enterarse de).lo supe ayer I found out yesterday¿sabes algo de Juan?, ¿qué sabes de Juan? have you had any news from o heard from Juan?3 to know about (entender de).sabe mucha física he knows a lot about physics4 to taste.saber bien/mal to taste good/badsaber a cuernos o rayos (informal figurative) to taste disgusting o revoltingle supo mal (figurative) it upset o annoyed him (le enfadó)Esto sabe bien This tastes good.5 to know how to, to know, to know to.Ellos saben pintar They know how to paint.* * *Present Indicativesé, sabes, sabe, sabemos, sabéis, saben.Past IndicativeFuture IndicativeConditionalPresent SubjunctiveImperfect SubjunctiveFuture SubjunctiveImperative* * *1. verb1) to know2) can3) learn•- a saber- saber a 2. noun m.* * *1. VT1) (=tener conocimiento de)a) [+ dato, información] to knowsin saberlo yo — without my knowledge, without me knowing
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hacer saber algo a algn — to inform sb of sth, let sb know about sthquiero hacerle saber que... — I would like to inform o advise you that...
el motivo de esta carta es hacerle saber que... — I am writing to inform o advise you that...
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a saber — namelydos planetas, a saber, Venus y la Tierra — two planets, namely Venus and Earth
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demasiado bien sé que... — I know only too well that...¡no lo sabes bien! — * not half! *
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cualquiera sabe si... — it's anybody's guess whether...•
¡de haberlo sabido! — if only I'd known!•
lo dudo, pero nunca se sabe — I doubt it, but you never know•
para que lo sepas — let me tell you, for your information•
que yo sepa — as far as I know•
¡ quién sabe! — who knows!¿quién sabe? — who knows?, who can tell?, who's to say?
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¡si lo sabré yo! — I should know!•
tú sabrás (lo que haces) — I suppose you know (what you're doing)¿tú qué sabes? — what do you know about it?
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¡ vete a saber! — God knows!¡vete a saber de dónde ha venido! — goodness only knows where he came from!
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ya lo sabía yo — I thought as muchBriján•
¡yo qué sé!, ¡qué sé yo! — how should I know!, search me! *2) (=enterarse de) to find outen cuanto lo supimos fuimos a ayudarle — as soon as we found out, we went to help him
cuando lo supe — when I heard o found out about it
3) (=tener noticias) to hear4) (=tener destreza en)¿sabes ruso? — do you speak Russian?, can you speak Russian?
no sé nada de cocina — I don't know anything about cookery, I know nothing about cookery
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saber hacer algo, sabe cuidar de sí mismo — he can take care of himself, he knows how to take care of himself¿sabes nadar? — can you swim?
¿sabes ir? — do you know the way?
5) LAmno sabe venir por aquí — he doesn't usually come this way, he's not in the habit of coming along here
2. VI1) (=tener conocimiento)•
saber de algo — to know of sthhace mucho que no sabemos de ella — it's quite a while since we heard from her, we haven't had any news from her for quite a while
2) (=estar enterado) to knowcostó muy caro, ¿sabe usted? — it was very expensive, you know
un 5% no sabe, no contesta — there were 5% "don't knows"
3) (=tener sabor) to taste•
saber a — to taste ofsaberle mal a algn —
me supo muy mal lo que hicieron — I didn't like what they did, I wasn't pleased o didn't feel good about what they did
no me sabe mal que un amigo me gaste bromas — I don't mind a friend playing jokes on me, it doesn't bother me having a friend play jokes on me
3.See:SABER Por regla general, si saber va seguido de un infinitivo, se traduce por can cuando indica una habilidad permanente y por know how cuando se trata de la capacidad de resolver un problema concreto. La construcción correspondiente habrá de ser can + ((INFINITIVO)) {sin} to {o} know how + ((INFINITIVO)) {con} to: Jaime sabe tocar el piano Jaime can play the piano ¿Sabes cambiar una rueda? Do you know how to change a wheel? Hay que tener en cuenta que know (sin how) nunca puede ir seguido directamente de un infinitivo en inglés. Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada* * *Imasculino knowledgeII 1.verbo transitivo1)a) <nombre/dirección/canción> to knowasí que or conque ya lo sabes — so now you know
para que lo sepas, yo no miento — (fam) for your information, I don't tell lies
cállate ¿tú qué sabes? — shut up! what do you know about it?
yo qué sé dónde está! — how (on earth) should I know where he/it is! (colloq)
no se sabe si... — they don't know if...
¿a que no sabes qué? — (fam) you'll never guess what
hacerle saber algo a alguien — (frml) to inform somebody of something
b) ( darse cuenta de) to know2) ( ser capaz de)saber + inf — to know how to + inf
¿sabes nadar/escribir a máquina? — can you swim/type?, do you know how to swim/type?
sabe defenderse — she knows how to o she can look after herself
3) ( enterarse) to find outsi es así, pronto se va a saber — if that's the case, we'll know o find out soon enough
cómo iba yo a saber que...! — how was I to know that...!
¿se puede saber por qué? — may I ask why?
¿y tú dónde estabas, si se puede saber? — and where were you, I'd like to know?
4)2.a saber — (frml) namely
saber vi1)a) ( tener conocimiento) to knowvete tú/vaya usted a saber — but who knows
¿quién sabe? — who knows?
saber de algo/alguien — to know of something/somebody
b) (tener noticias, enterarse)saber de alguien/algo: no sé nada de ella desde hace más de un mes I haven't heard from her for over a month; yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radio; no quiero saber de él — I want nothing to do with him
2)a) ( tener sabor) (+ compl) to tastesabe dulce/bien/amargo — it tastes sweet/nice/bitter
b) ( causar cierta impresión)3.saberle mal/bien a alguien: no le supo nada bien que ella bailara con otro he wasn't at all pleased that she danced with someone else; me sabe mal tener que decírselo — I don't like having to tell him
saberse v pron (enf) <lección/poema> to knowsabérselas todas — (fam) to know every trick in the book (colloq)
* * *Imasculino knowledgeII 1.verbo transitivo1)a) <nombre/dirección/canción> to knowasí que or conque ya lo sabes — so now you know
para que lo sepas, yo no miento — (fam) for your information, I don't tell lies
cállate ¿tú qué sabes? — shut up! what do you know about it?
yo qué sé dónde está! — how (on earth) should I know where he/it is! (colloq)
no se sabe si... — they don't know if...
¿a que no sabes qué? — (fam) you'll never guess what
hacerle saber algo a alguien — (frml) to inform somebody of something
b) ( darse cuenta de) to know2) ( ser capaz de)saber + inf — to know how to + inf
¿sabes nadar/escribir a máquina? — can you swim/type?, do you know how to swim/type?
sabe defenderse — she knows how to o she can look after herself
3) ( enterarse) to find outsi es así, pronto se va a saber — if that's the case, we'll know o find out soon enough
cómo iba yo a saber que...! — how was I to know that...!
¿se puede saber por qué? — may I ask why?
¿y tú dónde estabas, si se puede saber? — and where were you, I'd like to know?
4)2.a saber — (frml) namely
saber vi1)a) ( tener conocimiento) to knowvete tú/vaya usted a saber — but who knows
¿quién sabe? — who knows?
saber de algo/alguien — to know of something/somebody
b) (tener noticias, enterarse)saber de alguien/algo: no sé nada de ella desde hace más de un mes I haven't heard from her for over a month; yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radio; no quiero saber de él — I want nothing to do with him
2)a) ( tener sabor) (+ compl) to tastesabe dulce/bien/amargo — it tastes sweet/nice/bitter
b) ( causar cierta impresión)3.saberle mal/bien a alguien: no le supo nada bien que ella bailara con otro he wasn't at all pleased that she danced with someone else; me sabe mal tener que decírselo — I don't like having to tell him
saberse v pron (enf) <lección/poema> to knowsabérselas todas — (fam) to know every trick in the book (colloq)
* * *saber11 = learning.Ex: It is the responsibility of educators to stretch their student's intellects, hone their skills of intuitive judgment and synthesis, and build a love of learning that will sustain them beyond the level of formal education.
* ansia de saber = thirst for knowledge.* a + Posesivo + saber = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge.* a + Posesivo + saber y entender = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge and belief.* cúmulo de saber = knowledge repository, repository of knowledge.* hasta donde + Pronombre + saber = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge.* institución del saber = institution of learning.* no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato.* por el bien del saber = for knowledge's sake.* por el mero hecho de saber = for knowledge's sake.* rama del saber = branch of learning.* saber escuchar = listening capacity.saber22 = know, learn, find out.Ex: However, in general, it is unreasonable to expect a user to know the ISBN of a book.
Ex: 'I'd be disappointed to learn that my boss or subordinates -- or peers for that matter -- told tales out of school about me to others'.Ex: For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.* a saber = namely, viz, to wit.* capacidad de saber leer y escribir = literacy skills.* curioso por saber = interrogator.* de quién sabe dónde = out of the woodwork.* hacer saber = let + Nombre + know, let + it be known.* hacer saber la intención de uno = announce + intention.* nada sabe mejor que sentirse delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels.* no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.* no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.* no saber cómo explicarlo = be at a loss to explain it.* no saber cómo seguir = be stuck, get + stuck.* no saber de = have + no understanding of.* no saber dónde meterse de vergüenza = squirm with + embarrassment.* no saber expresarse bien = inarticulateness.* no saber más por ello = be none the wiser.* no saber qué contestar = stump.* no saber qué decir = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.* no saber qué hacer = be at a loss, get out of + Posesivo + depth, be on the horns of a dilemma, be at a nonplus.* no saber qué hacer a continuación = draw + a blank, be stuck, get + stuck.* no saber qué hacer con = be at sixes and sevens with.* no saber qué más hacer = be at + Posesivo + wit's end.* no saberse cuándo = there + be + no telling when.* no se sabe todavía = the jury is still out (on).* nunca se sabe... = one never knows....* persona que sabe contar anécdotas = raconteur.* por lo que yo sé = to the best of my knowledge.* quedar mucho por saber = there + be + a great deal yet to be learned, there + be + still a great deal to be learned.* que sabe lo que = who knows what.* ¿quién sabe? = who knows?.* quién sabe lo que = who knows what.* quién sabe qué = who knows what.* saber a ciencia cierta = know for + certain, know for + sure, know for + a fact.* saber a ciencia cierta que = know + for a fact that.* saber argumentar Algo convincentemente = make + a business case.* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.* saber con certeza = know for + certain, know for + sure, know for + a fact.* saber contestar muy bien = be not at a loss for words.* saber cúal es la verdad = discern + the truth.* saber de algún modo = know + on some grounds.* saber de buena boca = have + it on good word.* saber de buena tinta = have + it on good word.* saber defenderse = hold + Posesivo + own.* saber de lo que Uno estar hablando = know + Posesivo + stuff.* saber de seguro = know for + certain, know for + sure, know for + a fact.* saber escuchar = listening skills.* saber hacer = savoir faire.* saber hacer cuentas = be numerate.* saber interiormente = know + underneath.* saber leer y escribir = be literate.* saberlo todo = be omniscient.* saberse Algo al dedillo = know + Nombre + inside-out, learn + Nombre + inside-out.* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.* sabiendo diferenciar entre lo que vale y lo que no = discriminatingly.* sabiendo que = on the understanding that.* salir de quién sabe dónde = come out of + the woodwork.* ser una incógnita = be anyone's guess.* sin saberlo = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.* sin saber qué decir = nonplussed [nonplused].* un no sé qué = a je ne sais quoi.* y Dios sabe qué más = and Heaven knows what else.saber33 = taste.Ex: Professional skills are enhanced by the opportunity which IFLA provides to taste the cultures of other countries in a very accessible (dare I say privileged?) way.
* saber a = reek of.* * *knowledgeun compendio del saber humano a compendium of human knowledgeuna persona de gran saber a person of great learningel saber no ocupa lugar one can never know too muchvtA1 ‹nombre/dirección/chiste/canción› to know(ya) lo sé, pero aun así … I know, but even so …quizás sea así, no lo sé that might be the case, I don't knowasí que or conque ya lo sabes so now you know¡no le habrás dicho nada de aquello que tú sabes! you didn't tell him anything about you know what, did you?no sabía que tenía or tuviera hijos I didn't know he had (any) children¿sabes lo que me dijo? do you know what he said to me?¿sabes lo que te digo? ¡que me tienes harta! you know something? I'm fed up with you!para que lo sepas, yo no miento ( fam); for your information, I don't tell lieses tan latoso … — ¡si lo sabré yo! he's such a nuisance — don't I know it!cállate ¿tú qué sabes? shut up! what do you know about it?¡yo qué sé dónde está tu diccionario! how (on earth) should I know where your dictionary is! ( colloq)no se sabe si se salvará they don't know if he'll pull throughno sabía dónde meterme I didn't know where to put myselfno supe qué decir I didn't know what to saymira, no sé qué decirte look, I really don't know what to sayno lo saben a ciencia cierta they don't know for certain¿a que no sabes a quién vi? ( fam); I bet you don't know who I saw ( colloq), you'll never guess who I sawquién or cualquiera sabe dónde estará goodness only knows where it isle salió con no sé qué historias ( fam); he came out with some story or othertiene un no sé qué que la hace muy atractiva she has a certain something that makes her very attractiveese hombre tiene un no sé qué que me cae mal there's something about that man I don't likeme da no sé qué tener que decirte esto I feel very awkward about having to say this to youya no viven allí, que yo sepa as far as I know, they don't live there anymore¿tiene antecedentes? — que yo sepa no does she have any previous convictions? — not that I know of—¿quién es ése? —quiso saber who's that? he wanted to knowsé muy poco de ese tema I know very little about the subjectsabe mucho sobre la segunda guerra mundial he knows a lot about the Second World War2por la presente deseo hacerle saber que … ( Corresp) I am pleased to advise you o to be able to inform you that …la directiva hace saber a los señores socios que … the board wishes to inform members o advises members that …3 (darse cuenta) to know¡tú no sabes lo que es esto! you can't imagine what it's like!está furiosa, no sabes lo que te espera she's furious, you don't know what you're in forperdónalos Señor, porque no saben lo que hacen ( Bib) forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they doB (ser capaz de) saber + INF:¿sabes nadar/cocinar/escribir a máquina? can you swim/cook/type?ya sabe leer y escribir she can already read and writesabe escuchar she's a good listenerno saben perder they're bad losersno sabe tratar con la gente he doesn't know how to deal with peopleno te preocupes, ella sabe defenderse don't worry, she knows how to o she can look after herselfeste niño no sabe estarse quieto this child is incapable of keeping still o just can't keep stillClo forman cuatro países, a saber: Suecia, Noruega, Dinamarca y Finlandia it is made up of four countries, namely Sweden, Norway, Denmark and FinlandD (enterarse) to find outno lo supimos hasta ayer we didn't find out until yesterdaylo supe por mi hermana I found out about it through my sister, I heard about it o ( frml) learned of it through my sistersi es así, pronto se va a saber if that's the case, we'll know soon enough¡si yo lo hubiera sabido antes! if I had only known before!¿que qué me dijo de ti? ¡no quieras saberlo! what did she say about you? don't ask! o you wouldn't want to know!¿se puede saber qué estabas haciendo allí? would you mind telling me what you were doing there?¿y tú dónde estabas, si se puede saber? and where were you, I'd like to know?■ saberviA1 to know¿crees que vendrá? — supongo que sí, aunque con ella nunca se sabe do you think she'll come? — I suppose so, although you never know o you can never tell with herdice que ella se lo dio, vete tú/vaya usted a saber he says she gave it to him, but who knowsno puede ser verdad — ¿quién sabe? a lo mejor sí it can't be true — who knows, it could beparece incapaz de eso, pero nunca se sabe or cualquiera sabe he doesn't seem capable of such a thing, but you never knowél que sabe, sabe ( fr hecha); it's easy when you know how2 saber DE algo/algn to know (of) sth/sbyo sé de un sitio donde te lo pueden arreglar I know (of) a place where you can get it fixed¿sabes de alguien que haya estado allí? do you know (of) anyone who's been there?3 (tener noticias) saber DE algn:no sé nada de ella desde hace más de un mes I haven't heard from her for over a monthno quiero saber nada más de él I want nothing more to do with himB (enterarse) saber DE algo:yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radiosi llegas a saber de una cámara barata, avísame if you hear of a cheap camera, let me knowA (tener sabor) (+ compl) to tastesabe muy dulce/bien/amargo it tastes very sweet/nice/bittersaber A algo to taste OF sthsabe a ajo/almendra it tastes of garlic/almonds, it has a garlicky/almondy tasteesta sopa no sabe a nada this soup doesn't taste of anything o has no taste to itsabe a quemado/podrido it tastes burnt/rottentenía tanta hambre que el arroz me supo a gloria I was so hungry the rice tasted deliciousB(causar cierta impresión): saberle mal/bien a algn: no le supo nada bien que ella bailara con otro he wasn't at all pleased that she danced with someone elseme sabe mal tener que decirle que no otra vez I don't like having to say no to him again, I feel bad having to say no to him again■ sabersese sabe todo el cuento de memoria he knows the whole story off by heartse sabe los nombres de todos los jugadores del equipo he knows the names of every player in the teamsabérselas todas ( fam): este niño se las sabe todas this child knows every trick in the book ( colloq)se cree que se las sabe todas she thinks she has all the answersse sabe atractiva she knows she's attractive* * *
saber 1 sustantivo masculino
knowledge;
saber 2 ( conjugate saber) verbo transitivo
1
no lo sé I don't know;
no sé cómo se llama I don't know his name;
¡yo qué sé! how (on earth) should I know! (colloq);
que yo sepa as far as I know;
saber algo de algo to know sth about sth;
sé muy poco de ese tema I know very little about the subject;
no sabe lo que dice he doesn't know what he's talking about
sin que lo supiéramos without our knowing;
¡si yo lo hubiera sabido antes! if I had only known before!;
¡cómo iba yo a saber que …! how was I to know that …!
2 ( ser capaz de):
¿sabes nadar? can you swim?, do you know how to swim?;
sabe escuchar she's a good listener;
sabe hablar varios idiomas she can speak several languages
verbo intransitivo
◊ ¿quién sabe? who knows?;
saber de algo/algn to know of sth/sb;
yo sé de un lugar donde te lo pueden arreglar I know of a place where you can get it fixedb) (tener noticias, enterarse):
yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radio
◊ sabe dulce/bien it tastes sweet/nice;
saber a algo to taste of sth;
no sabe a nada it doesn't taste of anything;
sabe a podrido it tastes rottenb) ( causar cierta impresión): me sabe mal or no me sabe bien tener que decírselo I don't like having to tell him
saberse verbo pronominal ( enf) ‹lección/poema› to know
saber sustantivo masculino knowledge, learning, information
saber
I verbo transitivo
1 (una cosa) to know: no sé su dirección, I don't know her address
para que lo sepas, for your information
que yo sepa, as far as I know
2 (hacer algo) to know how to: no sabe nadar, he can't swim
3 (capacidad, destreza) sabe dibujar muy bien, he knows how to draw really well
4 (comportarse, reaccionar) can: no sabe aguantar una broma, she can't take a joke
no sabe perder, he's a bad loser
5 (tener conocimientos elevados sobre una materia) sabe mucho de música, she knows a lot about music
6 (enterarse) to learn, find out: lo llamé en cuanto lo supe, I called him as soon as I heard about it
7 (estar informado) sabía que te ibas a retrasar, he knew that you were going to be late
8 (imaginar) no sabes qué frío hacía, you can't imagine how cold it was
II verbo intransitivo
1 (sobre una materia) to know [de, of]: sé de un restaurante buenísimo, I know of a very good restaurant
2 (tener noticias) (de alguien por él mismo) to hear from sb
(de alguien por otros) to have news of sb
(de un asunto) to hear about sthg
3 (tener sabor) to taste [a, of]: este guiso sabe a quemado, this stew tastes burnt
4 (producir agrado o desagrado) to like, please: me supo mal que no viniera, it upset me that he didn't come
♦ Locuciones: el saber no ocupa lugar, you can never learn too much
me ha sabido a poco, I couldn't get enough of it
quién sabe, who knows
vas a saber lo que es bueno, I'll show you what's what
vete a saber, God knows
a saber, namely
' saber' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atenerse
- ávida
- ávido
- básica
- básico
- carta
- cojear
- combinar
- comparecencia
- conjugar
- consuelo
- convenir
- cuerno
- dedillo
- demonio
- desconocer
- diferenciar
- economía
- entender
- estimable
- estribar
- eufórica
- eufórico
- gloria
- impresión
- latín
- morbosa
- morboso
- puesta
- puesto
- relacionarse
- sable
- si
- terrena
- terreno
- tinta
- bien
- ciencia
- conocer
- conocimiento
- deber
- derecho
- experiencia
- feo
- hallar
- llegar
- lo
- mal
- memoria
- porqué
English:
acquaint
- aware
- can
- certain
- curious
- flounder
- fortuneteller
- guess
- hand
- hear
- horrify
- know
- learning
- namely
- nice
- pat
- pride
- should
- taste
- tell
- truck
- understand
- unknowingly
- wisdom
- able
- appreciation
- authority
- claim
- copy
- early
- funny
- heart
- knowledge
- let
- priority
- realize
- reassuring
- right
- saber
- sabre
- score
- skill
- stump
- suppose
- viz
- way
* * *♦ nmknowledge;Formalel saber no ocupa lugar you can never know too much♦ vt1. [conocer] to know;ya lo sé I know;no lo sé I don't know;yo no sabía nada de eso I didn't know anything about that;no sabía que eras médico I didn't know you were a doctor;ya sé lo que vas a decir I know what you're going to say;de haberlo sabido (antes) o [m5]si lo llego a saber, me quedo en casa if I'd known, I'd have stayed at home;hacer saber algo a alguien to inform sb of sth, to tell sb sth;para que lo sepas, somos amigos we're friends, for your information;¿sabes qué (te digo)?, que no me arrepiento you know what, I don't regret it;si lo sabré yo, que tengo cuatro hijos you're telling me! I've got four children!;sin yo saberlo, sin saberlo yo without my knowledge;Figno sabía dónde meterme I didn't know where to put myself, I wanted to crawl under a rock;no sabe lo que (se) hace she doesn't know what she's doing;no sabe lo que tiene he doesn't realize just how lucky he is;Famte ha llamado un tal Antonio no sé cuántos there was a call for you from Antonio something or other;no sé qué decir I don't know what to say;¡qué sé yo!, ¡y yo qué sé! how should I know!;¡qué sé yo la de veces que me caí de la bici! heaven knows how many times I fell off my bike!;Irónicocomo te pille vas a saber lo que es bueno just wait till I get my hands on you!;Irónicocuando hagas la mili sabrás lo que es bueno you'll be in for a nasty surprise when you do your military service;tener un no sé qué to have a certain something;Famy no sé qué y no sé cuántos and so on and so forth¿sabes cocinar? can you cook?;no sé nadar I can't swim, I don't know how to swim;sabe hablar inglés/montar en bici she can speak English/ride a bike;sabe perder he's a good loser;su problema es que no saben beber [beben demasiado] their problem is they don't know when to stop drinking3. [enterarse de] to learn, to find out;lo supe ayer/por los periódicos I found (it) out yesterday/in the papers;supe la noticia demasiado tarde I only heard the news when it was too late;¿sabes algo de Juan?, ¿qué sabes de Juan? have you had any news from o heard from Juan?;¿sabes algo de cuándo será el examen? have you heard anything about when the exam's going to be?4. [entender de] to know about;sabe mucha física he knows a lot about physics♦ visabe mucho a cebolla it has a very strong taste of onions, it tastes very strongly of onions;esto no sabe a nada this has no taste to it, this doesn't taste of anything;saber bien/mal to taste good/bad;¡qué bien sabe este pan! this bread's really tasty!, this bread tastes really good!;esta agua sabe this water has a funny taste;Famme sabe mal mentirle I feel bad about lying to him;Famsaber a cuerno quemado o [m5]a rayos: sus comentarios me supieron a cuerno quemado o [m5] a rayos I thought his comments were really off3. [tener conocimiento] to know;no sé de qué me hablas I don't know what you're talking about;sé de una tienda que vende discos de vinilo I know of a shop that sells vinyl records;que yo sepa as far as I know;¡quién sabe!, ¡vete (tú) a saber!, ¡vaya usted a saber! who knows!;pues, sabes, a mí no me importaría I wouldn't mind, you know;es vecino mío, ¿sabes? he's my neighbour, you know;Méx Fam¡sepa Pancha!, ¡sepa la bola! who knows?¿tú sabes de mecánica? do you know (anything) about mechanics?;ése sí que sabe he's a canny oneno sé de él desde hace meses I haven't heard (anything) from him for months;saber de algo to learn of sth;supe de su muerte por los periódicos I learnt of her death in the papers;no quiero saber (nada) de ti I don't want to have anything to do with youeste postre me ha sabido a poco I could have done with the dessert being a bit bigger;las vacaciones me han sabido a muy poco my holidays weren't nearly long enough, I could have done with my holidays being a lot longer* * *I v/t1 know;hacer saber algo a alguien let s.o. know sth;¿cómo lo sabes? how do you know?;¡si lo sabré yo! don’t I know it!;¡para que lo sepas! so there!;sabérselas todas fam know every trick in the book:saber hacer algo know how to do sth, be able to do sth;sé nadar/leer I can swim/read;saber alemán know German3 ( enterarse) find out;lo supe ayer I found out yesterdayII v/i1 know (de about);¡vete a saber!, ¡vaya usted a saber! heaven knows;¡quién sabe! who knows!;¡qué sé yo! who knows?;que yo sepa as far as I know;no que yo sepa not as far as I know;hace mucho que no sé de ella I haven’t heard from her for a long timeme sabe a quemado it tastes burnt to me;las vacaciones me han sabido a poco my vacation went much too quickly;me sabe mal fig it upsets meIII m knowledge, learningIV:a saber namely* * *saber {71} vt1) : to know2) : to know how to, to be able tosabe tocar el violín: she can play the violin3) : to learn, to find out4)a saber : to wit, namelysaber vi1) : to know, to suppose2) : to be informedsupimos del desastre: we heard about the disaster3) : to tasteesto no sabe bien: this doesn't taste right4)saber a : to taste likesabe a naranja: it tastes like orange* * *saber vb¿alguien sabe lo que ha pasado? does anyone know what happened?¿sabes cocinar? can you cook?cuando supe que era su cumpleaños... when I found out it was her birthday...6. (tener sabor) to tastevete a saber goodness knows / it's anyone's guess¡yo qué sé! how should I know? -
18 verstehen
(unreg.)I vt/i1. understand; (erkennen, einsehen) see; falsch verstehen misunderstand, get s.th. oder s.o. wrong; fig. auch take s.th. in bad part (Am. the wrong way); verstehen Sie mich recht! don’t get me wrong; wenn ich recht / Sie recht verstehe if I’ve got it right / if I understood you correctly; verstehe ich recht? erstaunt: did I hear right?; ich verstehe kein einziges Wort I can’t understand a word oder thing (you’re etc. saying); sie tut so, als verstehe sie nicht umg. she’s pretending not to understand; jemandem zu verstehen geben, dass... give s.o. to understand that...; wollen Sie mir damit zu verstehen geben, dass...? am I to understand (from this) that...?; verstehen Sie? do you see (what I mean)?; ich verstehe! I see, I understand; ich verstehe vollkommen I fully understand, I understand perfectly; verstanden? (do you) understand?; haben Sie mich verstanden? bes. drohend: do you read me?; habe schon verstanden! umg. okay, I get it; bei Kritik: point taken; was verstehen Sie unter...? what do you understand (meinen: auch mean) by...?; das ist nicht wörtlich zu verstehen that’s not meant ( oder not to be taken) literally; wie soll ich das verstehen? how am I supposed to take that?, what are you getting at?; das ist als Spaß / Drohung etc. zu verstehen that’s meant to be ( oder meant as) a joke / threat etc.; Bahnhof 23. (Fremdsprache) know; ich verstehe ein bisschen Französisch, kann es aber nicht sprechen I can understand a bit of French (Am. a little French) but I can’t speak it4. (auslegen) interpret; (auffassen) take; ich habe das so verstanden, dass... I took it to mean that...5. (sich mit etw. auskennen) know about s.th.; er versteht etwas davon he knows a thing or two about it; er versteht gar nichts davon he doesn’t know the first thing about it; was verstehst du schon davon? what do you know about it?6. es verstehen zu (+ Inf.) know how to (+ Inf.) er versteht es, mit Kindern umzugehen he has a way with children; er versteht es nicht besser he doesn’t know any more about it; Handwerk, Sache etc.II v/refl1. understand each other2. emotional: sich gut verstehen get on (Am. along) well (with each other); sich mit jemandem gut verstehen get (Am. along) on (well) with s.o.; wir verstehen uns einfach nicht we just don’t get on (Am. along)3. sich verstehen auf (+ Akk) (etw.) know (how to do), ( auch sich gut verstehen auf +Akk) be good at; stärker: be a dab (Am. an old) hand at; (Menschen, Tiere etc.) have a way with; sich aufs Dichten verstehen be good at writing poetry4. sich verstehen als see o.s. as; als was versteht er sich? what does he see himself as?; das versteht sich ( doch) von selbst that goes without saying5. WIRTS.: die Preise verstehen sich ab Werk / ohne Mehrwertsteuer etc. the prices are ex works (Am. are factory-gate) / exclusive of VAT etc.* * *to savvy; to understand; to see; to make out; to get; to realize; to catch; to comprehend; to catch on;sich verstehen(verständlich sein) to understand each other* * *ver|ste|hen ptp versta\#nden irreg [fɛɐ'ʃtandn]1. vti1) (= begreifen) to understand; (= einsehen) to see, to understandjdn/etw falsch or nicht recht verstéhen — to misunderstand sb/sth
versteh mich recht — don't misunderstand me, don't get me wrong
wenn ich recht verstehe... — if I understand correctly...
jdm zu verstéhen geben, dass... — to give sb to understand that...
ich gab ihm meinen Standpunkt zu verstéhen — I intimated my point of view to him
ein verstéhender Blick — a knowing look
See:→ Bahnhof, Spaß2) (= hören) to hear, to understandSee:→ Wort2. vt1) (= können, beherrschen) to know; Sprache to understand, to knowes verstéhen, etw zu tun — to know how to do sth
es mit Kindern verstéhen — to be good with children, to have a way with children
es mit seinen Kollegen verstéhen — to know how to get on (Brit) or along with one's colleagues
etwas/nichts von etw verstéhen — to know something/nothing about sth
etw machen, so gut man es versteht — to do sth to the best of one's ability, to do sth as well as one can
See:→ Handwerk2) (= auslegen) to understand, to interpret, to seeverstéhen — to understand sth by sth
wie soll ich das verstéhen? — how am I supposed to take that?
das ist bildlich or nicht wörtlich zu verstéhen — that isn't to be taken literally
3. vr1) (= kommunizieren können) to understand each other2) (= miteinander auskommen) to get on (Brit) or along (with each other or together)sich mit jdm verstéhen — to get on (Brit) or along with sb
3) (= klar sein) to go without sayingversteht sich! (inf) — of course!, naturally!
4)5)(= können)
verstéhen — to be (an) expert at sth, to be a dab hand at sth (Brit inf), to be very good at sth6)die Preise verstéhen sich einschließlich Lieferung — prices are inclusive of delivery
* * *1) (understand; to be aware of: I appreciate your difficulties but I cannot help.) appreciate2) (to understand: I didn't get the point of his story.) get3) (to understand: She didn't see the point of the joke.) see4) (to see or know the meaning of (something): I can't understand his absence; Speak slowly to foreigners so that they'll understand you.) understand* * *ver·ste·hen< verstand verstanden>I. vt▪ jdn/etw \verstehen to hear [or understand] sb/sthich verstehe nicht, was da gesagt wird I can't make out what's being saidich kann Sie nicht [gut] \verstehen I don't understand [very well] what you're saying2. (begreifen)▪ etw \verstehen to understand sth[ist das] verstanden? [is that] understood?, [do you] understand?haben Sie das jetzt endlich verstanden? have you finally got it now?▪ \verstehen, dass/warum/was/wie... to understand [that]/why/what/how...jdm etw zu \verstehen geben to give sb to [or to make sb] understand sthsie gab ihm ihren Unmut deutlich zu \verstehen she clearly showed him her displeasurewillst du mir damit zu \verstehen geben, dass...? am I to understand from this that...?▪ jdn \verstehen to understand sbversteh mich recht don't misunderstand me, don't get me wrongjdn falsch \verstehen to misunderstand sb▪ etw \verstehen to understand sth▪ \verstehen, dass... to understand [or see] [that]...5. (können, beherrschen)▪ etw \verstehen to understand sthich verstehe genügend Französisch, um mich in Paris zu verständigen I know enough French to make myself understood in Pariser macht die Arbeit, so gut er es eben versteht he does the job as well as he can▪ es \verstehen, etw zu tun to know how to do sthdu verstehst es wirklich meisterhaft, im unpassendsten Moment zu kommen you're an absolute genius at [or you have an amazing knack of] turning up at the most inconvenient momentes mit Kindern/Tieren \verstehen to have a way with children/animals6. (auslegen)▪ etw irgendwie \verstehen to take sth somehowdieser Satz ist wörtlich zu \verstehen this sentence is to be taken literallymeiner Meinung nach ist diese Textstelle anders zu \verstehen I believe this passage has a different meaning [or interpretation]wie darf [o soll] ich das \verstehen? how am I to interpret that?, what am I supposed to make of that?darf ich unter dieser Bemerkung \verstehen, dass...? am I to understand by this remark that...?unter diesem schwammigen Begriff kann man vieles \verstehen this woolly concept can be interpreted in a number of waysII. vr\verstehen wir uns? do we understand each other?2. (auskommen)sie \verstehen sich prächtig they get along with each other like a house on firealle Preise \verstehen sich inklusive Mehrwertsteuer all prices are inclusive of VATversteht sich! (fam) of course!das versteht sich von selbst that goes without sayingIII. vi1. (hören) to understand2. (begreifen) to understand, to seesie warf ihm einen \verstehenden Blick zu she gave him a knowing lookwenn ich recht verstehe... if I understand correctly...ich verstehe I seeverstehst du? you know [or see]?verstanden? [do you] understand?, understood?, you got it? fam* * *1.unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) (wahrnehmen) understand; make outer war am Telefon gut/schlecht/kaum zu verstehen — it was easy/difficult/barely possible to understand or make out what he was saying on the telephone
2) auch itr. (begreifen, interpretieren) understandich verstehe — I understand; I see
wir verstehen uns schon — we understand each other; we see eye to eye
du bleibst hier, verstehst du! — you stay here, understand!
das ist in dem Sinne od. so zu verstehen, dass... — it is supposed to mean that...
wie soll ich das verstehen? — how am I to interpret that?; what am I supposed to make of that?
jemanden/etwas falsch verstehen — misunderstand somebody/something
versteh mich bitte richtig od. nicht falsch — please don't misunderstand me or get me wrong
etwas unter etwas (Dat.) verstehen — understand something by something
jemanden/sich als etwas verstehen — see somebody/oneself as something; consider somebody/oneself to be something; s. auch Spaß 2)
3) (beherrschen, wissen)2.es verstehen, etwas zu tun — know how to do something
1)das versteht sich [von selbst] — that goes without saying
3) (Kaufmannsspr.): (gemeint sein)4)sich auf Pferde/Autos usw. (Akk.) verstehen — know what one is doing with horses/cars; know all about horses/cars
* * *verstehen (irr)A. v/t & v/i1. understand; (erkennen, einsehen) see;falsch verstehen misunderstand, get sth oder sb wrong; fig auch take sth in bad part (US the wrong way);verstehen Sie mich recht! don’t get me wrong;wenn ich recht/Sie recht verstehe if I’ve got it right/if I understood you correctly;verstehe ich recht? erstaunt: did I hear right?;sie tut so, als verstehe sie nicht umg she’s pretending not to understand;jemandem zu verstehen geben, dass … give sb to understand that …;wollen Sie mir damit zu verstehen geben, dass …? am I to understand (from this) that …?;verstehen Sie? do you see (what I mean)?;ich verstehe! I see, I understand;ich verstehe vollkommen I fully understand, I understand perfectly;verstanden? (do you) understand?;haben Sie mich verstanden? besonders drohend: do you read me?;was verstehen Sie unter …? what do you understand (meinen: auch mean) by …?;das ist nicht wörtlich zu verstehen that’s not meant ( oder not to be taken) literally;wie soll ich das verstehen? how am I supposed to take that?, what are you getting at?;das ist als Spaß/Drohung etc2. (hören können) hear;verstehen Sie mich? Funkverkehr: do you read me?3. (Fremdsprache) know;ich verstehe ein bisschen Französisch, kann es aber nicht sprechen I can understand a bit of French (US a little French) but I can’t speak itich habe das so verstanden, dass … I took it to mean that …er versteht etwas davon he knows a thing or two about it;er versteht gar nichts davon he doesn’t know the first thing about it;was verstehst du schon davon? what do you know about it?6.er versteht es, mit Kindern umzugehen he has a way with children;B. v/r1. understand each other2. emotional:sich gut verstehen get on (US along) well (with each other);sich mit jemandem gut verstehen get (US along) on (well) with sb;wir verstehen uns einfach nicht we just don’t get on (US along)3.sich gut verstehen auf +akk) be good at; stärker: be a dab (US an old) hand at; (Menschen, Tiere etc) have a way with;sich aufs Dichten verstehen be good at writing poetry4.sich verstehen als see o.s. as;als was versteht er sich? what does he see himself as?;das versteht sich (doch) von selbst that goes without saying5. WIRTSCH:die Preise verstehen sich ab Werk/ohne Mehrwertsteuer etc the prices are ex works (US are factory-gate)/exclusive of VAT etc* * *1.unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) (wahrnehmen) understand; make outer war am Telefon gut/schlecht/kaum zu verstehen — it was easy/difficult/barely possible to understand or make out what he was saying on the telephone
2) auch itr. (begreifen, interpretieren) understandich verstehe — I understand; I see
wir verstehen uns schon — we understand each other; we see eye to eye
du bleibst hier, verstehst du! — you stay here, understand!
das ist in dem Sinne od. so zu verstehen, dass... — it is supposed to mean that...
wie soll ich das verstehen? — how am I to interpret that?; what am I supposed to make of that?
jemanden/etwas falsch verstehen — misunderstand somebody/something
versteh mich bitte richtig od. nicht falsch — please don't misunderstand me or get me wrong
etwas unter etwas (Dat.) verstehen — understand something by something
jemanden/sich als etwas verstehen — see somebody/oneself as something; consider somebody/oneself to be something; s. auch Spaß 2)
3) (beherrschen, wissen)2.es verstehen, etwas zu tun — know how to do something
1)das versteht sich [von selbst] — that goes without saying
3) (Kaufmannsspr.): (gemeint sein)4)sich auf Pferde/Autos usw. (Akk.) verstehen — know what one is doing with horses/cars; know all about horses/cars
* * *n.understanding n. -
19 sollen
Modalv.; soll, sollte, hat sollen1. bei Aufgabe, Verpflichtungen etc.: be to, be supposed to; Mutti sagt, du sollst nach Hause kommen mum (Am. mom) says you’re to come home; er soll mich anrufen he’s to ring me up, tell him to ring me up; ich soll erst abwaschen I have to ( oder I should) do the dishes first; sie soll sich schonen she’s (supposed) to take it easy; ich soll dir ausrichten, dass... I’m to tell you that...; ich soll dir schöne Grüße von ihm bestellen he sends his regards, he asked me to give you his regards; du solltest längst im Bett sein you were supposed to be ( oder should have been) in bed long ago; er sollte um zwei hier sein he was supposed to be ( oder should have been) here at two; er sollte Arzt werden he was supposed to become a doctor, the idea was that he should (Am. auch would) become a doctor2. in Fragen: soll ich mitkommen? shall I come too?, do you want me to come?; ich könnte freinehmen - soll ich? umg. I could take time off - shall I? ( oder do you think I should?)3. befehlend: du sollst ihn in Ruhe lassen! leave him alone!; wie oft soll ich dir das noch sagen? how many times do I have to tell you?; du sollst nicht alles anfassen! don’t ( oder you mustn’t) touch everything!; du sollst nicht töten BIBL. thou shalt not kill4. bei Gedanken, Beabsichtigtem: hier soll eine Turnhalle gebaut werden a gymnasium ( oder gym umg.) is to be built here, there are plans to build a gymnasium ( oder gym umg.) here; er soll morgen ankommen he’s due ( oder supposed) to arrive tomorrow; das Buch soll Ihnen dabei helfen the book is designed to help you with this; meine Kinder sollen es einmal besser haben I want my children to be better off (than I was); es soll nicht wieder vorkommen it won’t happen again5. bei unbestätigten Gerüchten etc.: be supposed to, be said to; sie soll sehr reich sein she’s supposed ( oder said) to be very rich, they say she’s very rich; er soll es versteckt haben he’s supposed ( oder said) to have hidden it, they say he’s hidden it; er soll eine Autorität auf dem Gebiet sein auch apparently he’s quite an expert on the subject6. bei einer bestimmten Vorstellung: was soll das sein? what’s that supposed to be?; es sollte ein Geschenk werden it was supposed ( oder meant) to be a present; es sollte ein Witz sein it was meant to be ( oder as) a joke; soll das ein Witz sein? umg., ungehalten: is this some sort of joke?; wozu soll das gut sein? umg. what’s that in aid of?7. bei Anweisung, Drohung, Herausforderung etc.: dann soll er’s ( von mir aus) haben umg. then he shall have it (for all I care); er soll alles haben, was er will he’s to ( oder he shall) have whatever he wants, let him have anything he wants; das soll uns nicht stören we won’t let that bother us; niemand soll sagen, dass... I don’t want it to be said that..., never let it be said that...; der soll nur kommen! umg. just let him come!; soll er es doch versuchen! umg. just let him try!; das sollst du mir büßen! umg. I’ll make you pay for that; das soll dir noch Leid tun you’ll be sorry for this; das soll mir mal einer nachmachen! umg. I’d like to see anyone do better8. im Konjunktiv, bei Ratschlag, Vorwurf etc.: should, ought to; du solltest es mal sehen you should ( oder ought to) see it; du hättest es sehen sollen you should ( oder ought to) have seen it; man hätte es ihm sagen sollen he ought to ( oder should) have been told; das hättest du sagen sollen you should ( oder ought to) have said so ( oder said that); ich hätte es wissen sollen I should have known; du solltest lieber nach Hause gehen I think you’d better ( oder you ought to) go home; sie sagte, ich sollte erst zu Ende studieren she said I should ( oder I ought to, I was to) finish (Am. get) my degree first; so sollte es sein this is how it should ( oder ought to) be; so sollte das Wetter immer sein! the weather should always be like this; warum sollte ich ( auch)? why should I?, I don’t see why I should9. bei Unentschlossenheit: was soll ich tun? what shall ( oder should) I do?; verzweifelt: auch what am I supposed to do?; er wusste nicht, was er machen sollte he didn’t know what to do; sie wussten nicht, ob sie lachen oder weinen sollten they didn’t know whether to laugh or cry; was soll ich sagen? what can I say?; ratlos: what am I (supposed) to say?; ich weiß nicht, was ich dir raten soll I don’t know what to suggest10. bei einer Möglichkeit: falls er kommen sollte if he should come, in case he comes; falls es irgendwelche Probleme geben sollte if there should be ( oder are) any problems; sollte es nicht klappen, dann... if it all goes wrong, (then)...; sollte er es gewesen sein? could it have been him?; man sollte annehmen,... you would think...11. bei Bestimmung, Schicksal: be to; er sollte den Prozess gewinnen he was to win the case; sie sollte eine berühmte Sängerin werden she was (destined) to become a famous singer; es hat nicht sein sollen oder umg. sollen sein it wasn’t meant to be; ein Jahr sollte verstreichen, bis it was to be another year before, a whole year was to pass before; es sollte alles anders kommen things were to turn out quite differently; er wusste nicht, dass er nie wiederkommen sollte he didn’t know that he would never return ( oder that he was never to return)—v/i; soll, sollte, hat gesollt; umg.1. (irgendwohin müssen) be (supposed) to go; wo soll das hin? where’s it supposed to go?, where do you want me etc. to put it?; du sollst sofort zum Chef you are to go to (see) the boss right away2. was soll das? (was bedeutet das?) what’s all this about?; (wozu soll es nützen?) what’s that for?; verärgert: what’s the idea?, what are you playing at?, Am. auch what are you up to?; was soll der Quatsch oder Scheiß? what’s all this nonsense?; was soll ich damit? what am I supposed to do with it?; was soll ich hier? can somebody tell me what I’m supposed to be doing here?; soll er doch! let him; (es ist mir egal) see if I care; was soll’s? so what?, who cares?* * *must; shall; to be due to; to have to; should; ought to* * *sọl|len ['zɔlən]1. HILFSVERBpret so\#llte, ['zɔltə] ptp so\#llen1)Befehl, Verpflichtung, Plan
was soll ich/er tun? — what shall or should I/should he do?kannst du mir helfen? – klar, was soll ich tun? — can you help me? – of course, what shall I do?
soll ich dir mal sagen, wie...? — shall or will I tell you how...?
soll ich (gehen/singen)? – ja, du sollst (gehen/singen) — shall I (go/sing)? – yes, do
du weißt, dass du das nicht tun sollst — you know that you're not supposed to do that
er weiß nicht, was er tun soll — he doesn't know what to do
sie sagte ihm, er solle draußen warten — she told him (that he was) to wait outside
er wurde wütend, weil er draußen warten sollte — he was livid that he had to wait outside
sie sagte mir, was ich tun sollte/was ich alles tun soll — she told me what to do or what I should do/everything I should do
was ich (nicht) alles tun/wissen soll! — the things I'm meant or supposed to do/know!
und da soll man nicht böse werden/nicht lachen! — and then they expect you/me etc not to get cross/not to laugh
niemand soll sagen, dass... — let no-one say that...
ich soll Ihnen sagen, dass... — I've been asked to tell you that...
das Haus soll nächste Woche gestrichen werden —
2)was sollte ich/er deiner Meinung nach tun? — what do you think I/he should do or ought to do?so etwas sollte man nicht tun — one shouldn't do that, one oughtn't to do that (esp Brit)
er hätte (gehen/singen) sollen — he should have (gone/sung)
du solltest lieber etwas früher kommen/zu Hause bleiben — it would be better if you came early/stayed at home
3)sollte das passieren,... — if that should happen..., should that happen...sollte ich unrecht haben, tut es mir leid — I'm sorry if I am wrong
4) Vermutung, Erwartung to be supposed or meant toer soll heute kommen — he should come today, he is supposed or meant to come today
sie soll krank/verheiratet sein — apparently she's ill/married
5)= können, mögen
gut, Sie sollen recht haben! — all right, have it your own way (inf), all right, whatever you sayman sollte glauben, dass... — you would think that...
6)er sollte sie nie wiedersehen — he was never to see her againJahre sollten vergehen, bevor... — years were to pass before...
es sollte nicht lange dauern, bis... — it was not to be long until...
2. INTRANSITIVES VERB pret so\#llte['zɔltə] ptp geso\#llt [gə'zɔlt] (= bewirken, bedeuten in Fragen)was solls! (inf) — what the hell! (inf)
was soll der Quatsch or Mist? (inf) — what's this stupid nonsense? (inf)
3. TRANSITIVES VERB pret so\#llte['zɔltə] ptp geso\#llt [gə'zɔlt]das sollst/solltest du nicht — you shouldn't do that
* * *(used in questions, the answer to which requires a decision: Shall I tell him, or shan't I?; Shall we go now?) shall* * *sol·len[ˈzɔlən]I. AUXILIARVERB1.< sollen>im Präsens (Befehl, Verpflichtung)▪ jd soll etw tun sb is to do sthsie soll am Tag zwei Tabletten einnehmen she's to [or she must] take two pills a dayer soll sofort kommen he is to come immediatelyich soll Ihnen sagen, dass... I am [or I've been asked] to tell you that...ich soll dir schöne Grüße von Richard bestellen Richard asked me to give you his best wishes[sagen Sie ihr,] sie soll hereinkommen tell her to come indu sollst sofort damit aufhören! you're to stop that at once!du sollst das lassen! stop it [or that]!du weißt, dass du das nicht tun sollst! you know that you shouldn't do that!du sollst herkommen, habe ich gesagt! I said [you should] come here!2.< sollen>im Präsens (eigentlich müssen)▪ jd soll etw tun sb is [supposed [or meant]] to do sthich soll morgen einen Bericht abgeben, aber er ist noch nicht fertig I'm supposed to hand in a report tomorrow, but it's not yet finishedwas ich [nicht] alles tun/wissen soll! the things I'm meant [or supposed] to do/know!3.< sollte>in der Vergangenheit (Verpflichtung)▪ jd sollte etw tun sb was [supposed [or meant]] to do sthsie sollte gestern zum Arzt gehen she was [supposed] to go to the doctor yesterdaysolltest du nicht bei ihr anrufen? weren't you supposed to ring her?du solltest ihn gestern anrufen you were meant to phone him yesterdaywie sollte ich das wissen? how was I to know that?er ärgerte sich, weil er draußen warten sollte he was annoyed because he was to wait outside4.<sollte, sollen>im Präsens, Konditional II, in der Vergangenheit (Absicht, Wunsch)so soll[te] es sein that's how it should bedas soll[te] dich nicht stören don't let it bother youdu sollst dein Geld zurückbekommen you shall get your money backdu sollst dich ganz wie zu Hause fühlen! [just] make yourself at home!es soll nicht wieder vorkommen! it won't [or shan't] happen again!niemand soll sagen, dass... let no one say that..., no one shall say that...wozu soll denn das gut sein? what's the good of that?das soll sie erst mal tun! just let her try!mir soll es gleich sein it's all the same to meder soll [mir] nur kommen! just let him come!das sollte ein Witz sein that was meant to be a joke5.< sollen>im Präsens (etw ist geplant)▪ jd/etw soll etw tun sb/sth is to do sthich soll die Stelle übernehmen I am to take over the jobhier soll ein Einkaufszentrum entstehen an arcade is to be built heredas Zimmer soll nächste Woche gestrichen werden the room [is meant] to be painted next week6.< sollen>im Präsens (bei Ratlosigkeit)▪ was soll ich/er tun? what shall [or should] I/he do?, what am I/is he to do?; (was ist geplant a.) what am I/is he meant to do?kannst du mir helfen? — natürlich, was soll ich tun? can you help me? — of course, what shall I do?soll ich dir helfen? shall [or can] I help you?soll ich dir noch etwas Wein nachschenken? shall [or can] I give you some more wine?was \sollen wir machen? what shall we do?was soll ich nur machen? what am I to do?was soll man da machen? what is one to do?, what shall I/we do?was soll nur aus ihm werden? what is to become of him?ich weiß nicht, was ich machen soll I don't know what I should do [or what to do]sie weiß nicht, wie sie das Problem lösen soll she doesn't know how to solve the problemman hat mir gesagt, ich soll Sie fragen I was told to ask you▪ jd sollte etw tun sb should [or ought to] do sthda solltest du mitfahren! you ought to come along!das solltest du unbedingt sehen! you have to see this!, come and look at this!du solltest dich schämen! you should [or ought to] be ashamed [of yourself]so etwas sollte man nicht tun one shouldn't do thatmit deiner Erkältung solltest du besser zu Hause bleiben with your cold you had better stay at homedu solltest lieber etwas früher kommen it would be better if you came earlywas sollte ich deiner Meinung nach tun? what do you think I should [or ought to] do?▪ jd hätte etw tun \sollen sb should have done sthdu hättest dort hingehen \sollen you should have gone theredu hättest sie anrufen \sollen you should have phoned herdu hättest ihr das nicht erzählen \sollen you shouldn't have told her thatdas hättest du sehen \sollen! you should have seen it!das hätte er nicht sagen \sollen he shouldn't have said thatdas hättest du besser nicht tun \sollen it would have been better if you hadn't done thatdas hätte nicht vorkommen \sollen it should not have [or ought not to have] happenedwas hätte ich tun \sollen? what should I [or ought I to] have done?9.< sollte>in der Vergangenheit (schicksalhaft)▪ jd/etw sollte etw sein/tun sb/sth was to be/do sthsie sollten Rom nie erreichen they were never to reach Romees sollte ganz anders kommen things were to turn out quite differentlydieser Schicksalsschlag sollte nicht der letzte sein this stroke of fate was not to be the lastes sollten viele Jahre vergehen, bevor... many years were to pass before...es sollte nicht lange dauern, bis... it was not to be long until...es hat nicht sein \sollen, es hat nicht \sollen sein it was not to bees hat nicht sein \sollen, dass die beiden sich je wiedertreffen the two were destined never to meet again10.< sollen>im Präsens (angeblich)▪ jd/etw soll etw sein/tun sb/sth is supposed to be/do sthsie soll sehr reich sein she is supposed [or said] to be very richsie soll heute kommen she's supposed to come todayer soll eine Gehaltserhöhung bekommen he's supposed to be getting a pay risesie soll geheiratet haben I've heard she has got marriedder Sommer soll heiß werden they say we're going to have a hot summersoll das [schon] alles [gewesen] sein? is that [supposed to be] all?so etwas soll es geben these things happendas soll vorkommen things like that can happendas soll gar nicht so einfach sein they say it's not that easywas soll das heißen? what's that supposed to mean?, what are you/is he/she etc. getting at?was soll dieses Bild darstellen? what is this picture supposed [or meant] to represent?wer soll das sein? who's that [supposed [or meant] to be]?sollte das möglich sein? is that [or can that be] possible?sollte sie mich belogen haben? does that mean [or are you saying] [that] she lied to me?sollte ich mich so getäuscht haben? could I have been so wrong?man sollte glauben, dass... you would think that...▪ sollte jd etw tun,... should sb do sth,...sollte sie anrufen,..., falls sie anrufen sollte,... should she ring up,...sollte das passieren,... if that should happen,..., should that happen,...wenn du sie sehen solltest, sag ihr bitte... if you should see her, please tell her...sollte es regnen, [dann] bleibe ich zu Hause if it should rain, I will stay at homesollte ich einen Fehler gemacht haben, tut es mir leid if [or should] I have made a mistake, I'm sorryich werde es versuchen, und sollte ich auch verlieren I'll try, even though I may lose1.<sollte, gesollt>soll ich? — ja, du sollst! should I? — yes, you should!soll er reinkommen? — ja, er soll should he come in? — yes, he shoulddu sollst sofort nach Hause you should go home at oncedu solltest jetzt ins Bett you should go to bed nowimmer soll ich! it's always me [who has to do it]!und warum soll ich das? and why am I to do that?was man nicht alles soll! the things one has to do!, the things you're meant to!sie hätte eigentlich in die Schule gesollt she should have gone to schooldas hast du nicht gesollt you shouldn't have done that2.<sollte, gesollt>was soll der Blödsinn? what's all this nonsense about?was soll das? what's that supposed to mean?; (warum denn das?) what's that for?was soll ich dort? what would I do there?soll er doch! (fam) [just] let him/her!* * *1.unregelmäßiges Modalverb; 2. Part. sollen1) (bei Aufforderung, Anweisung, Auftrag)was soll ich als nächstes tun? — what shall I do next?; what do you want me to do next?
[sagen Sie ihm,] er soll hereinkommen — tell him to come in
ich soll dir schöne Grüße von Herrn Meier bestellen — Herr Meier asked me to give you or sends his best wishes
2) (bei Wunsch, Absicht, Vorhaben)du sollst alles haben, was du brauchst — you shall have everything you require
man soll so etwas nicht unterschätzen — it's not to be taken or it shouldn't be taken so lightly
5) häufig im Konjunktiv II (Erwartung, Wünschenswertes ausdrückend)6) (jemandem beschieden sein)es hat nicht sein sollen od. nicht sollen sein — it was not to be
7) im Konjunktiv II (eine Möglichkeit ausdrückend)wenn du ihn sehen solltest, sage ihm bitte... — if you should see him, please tell him...
8) im Präsens (sich für die Wahrheit nicht verbürgend)das Restaurant soll sehr teuer sein — the restaurant is supposed or said to be very expensive
9) im Konjunktiv II (Zweifel ausdrückend)10) (können)mir soll es gleich sein — it's all the same to me; it doesn't matter to me
2.man sollte glauben, dass... — you would think that...
transitives, intransitives Verb* * *sollen1 v/mod; soll, sollte, hat sollen1. bei Aufgabe, Verpflichtungen etc: be to, be supposed to;Mutti sagt, du sollst nach Hause kommen mum (US mom) says you’re to come home;er soll mich anrufen he’s to ring me up, tell him to ring me up;ich soll erst abwaschen I have to ( oder I should) do the dishes first;sie soll sich schonen she’s (supposed) to take it easy;ich soll dir ausrichten, dass … I’m to tell you that …;ich soll dir schöne Grüße von ihm bestellen he sends his regards, he asked me to give you his regards;du solltest längst im Bett sein you were supposed to be ( oder should have been) in bed long ago;er sollte um zwei hier sein he was supposed to be ( oder should have been) here at two;er sollte Arzt werden he was supposed to become a doctor, the idea was that he should (US auch would) become a doctor2. in Fragen:soll ich mitkommen? shall I come too?, do you want me to come?;ich könnte freinehmen - soll ich? umg I could take time off - shall I? ( oder do you think I should?)3. befehlend:du sollst ihn in Ruhe lassen! leave him alone!;wie oft soll ich dir das noch sagen? how many times do I have to tell you?;du sollst nicht alles anfassen! don’t ( oder you mustn’t) touch everything!;du sollst nicht töten BIBEL thou shalt not kill4. bei Gedanken, Beabsichtigtem:hier soll eine Turnhalle gebaut werden a gymnasium ( oder gym umg) is to be built here, there are plans to build a gymnasium ( oder gym umg) here;er soll morgen ankommen he’s due ( oder supposed) to arrive tomorrow;das Buch soll Ihnen dabei helfen the book is designed to help you with this;meine Kinder sollen es einmal besser haben I want my children to be better off (than I was);es soll nicht wieder vorkommen it won’t happen again5. bei unbestätigten Gerüchten etc: be supposed to, be said to;sie soll sehr reich sein she’s supposed ( oder said) to be very rich, they say she’s very rich;er soll es versteckt haben he’s supposed ( oder said) to have hidden it, they say he’s hidden it;er soll eine Autorität auf dem Gebiet sein auch apparently he’s quite an expert on the subjectwas soll das sein? what’s that supposed to be?;es sollte ein Geschenk werden it was supposed ( oder meant) to be a present;es sollte ein Witz sein it was meant to be ( oder as) a joke;wozu soll das gut sein? umg what’s that in aid of?7. bei Anweisung, Drohung, Herausforderung etc:dann soll er’s (von mir aus) haben umg then he shall have it (for all I care);er soll alles haben, was er will he’s to ( oder he shall) have whatever he wants, let him have anything he wants;das soll uns nicht stören we won’t let that bother us;niemand soll sagen, dass … I don’t want it to be said that …, never let it be said that …;der soll nur kommen! umg just let him come!;soll er es doch versuchen! umg just let him try!;das sollst du mir büßen! umg I’ll make you pay for that;das soll dir noch leidtun you’ll be sorry for this;das soll mir mal einer nachmachen! umg I’d like to see anyone do better8. im Konjunktiv, bei Ratschlag, Vorwurf etc: should, ought to;du solltest es mal sehen you should ( oder ought to) see it;du hättest es sehen sollen you should ( oder ought to) have seen it;man hätte es ihm sagen sollen he ought to ( oder should) have been told;ich hätte es wissen sollen I should have known;du solltest lieber nach Hause gehen I think you’d better ( oder you ought to) go home;sie sagte, ich sollte erst zu Ende studieren she said I should ( oder I ought to, I was to) finish (US get) my degree first;so sollte es sein this is how it should ( oder ought to) be;so sollte das Wetter immer sein! the weather should always be like this;warum sollte ich (auch)? why should I?, I don’t see why I shoulder wusste nicht, was er machen sollte he didn’t know what to do;sie wussten nicht, ob sie lachen oder weinen sollten they didn’t know whether to laugh or cry;was soll ich sagen? what can I say?; ratlos: what am I (supposed) to say?;ich weiß nicht, was ich dir raten soll I don’t know what to suggestfalls er kommen sollte if he should come, in case he comes;falls es irgendwelche Probleme geben sollte if there should be ( oder are) any problems;sollte es nicht klappen, dann … if it all goes wrong, (then) …;sollte er es gewesen sein? could it have been him?;man sollte annehmen, … you would think …11. bei Bestimmung, Schicksal: be to;er sollte den Prozess gewinnen he was to win the case;sie sollte eine berühmte Sängerin werden she was (destined) to become a famous singer;es hat nicht sein sollen oder umgsollen sein it wasn’t meant to be;ein Jahr sollte verstreichen, bis it was to be another year before, a whole year was to pass before;es sollte alles anders kommen things were to turn out quite differently;er wusste nicht, dass er nie wiederkommen sollte he didn’t know that he would never return ( oder that he was never to return)sollen2 v/i; soll, sollte, hat gesollt; umg1. (irgendwohin müssen) be (supposed) to go;wo soll das hin? where’s it supposed to go?, where do you want me etc to put it?;du sollst sofort zum Chef you are to go to (see) the boss right away2.was soll das? (was bedeutet das?) what’s all this about?; (wozu soll es nützen?) what’s that for?; verärgert: what’s the idea?, what are you playing at?, US auch what are you up to?;Scheiß? what’s all this nonsense?;was soll ich damit? what am I supposed to do with it?;was soll ich hier? can somebody tell me what I’m supposed to be doing here?;soll er doch! let him; (es ist mir egal) see if I care;was soll’s? so what?, who cares?* * *1.unregelmäßiges Modalverb; 2. Part. sollen1) (bei Aufforderung, Anweisung, Auftrag)was soll ich als nächstes tun? — what shall I do next?; what do you want me to do next?
[sagen Sie ihm,] er soll hereinkommen — tell him to come in
ich soll dir schöne Grüße von Herrn Meier bestellen — Herr Meier asked me to give you or sends his best wishes
2) (bei Wunsch, Absicht, Vorhaben)du sollst alles haben, was du brauchst — you shall have everything you require
man soll so etwas nicht unterschätzen — it's not to be taken or it shouldn't be taken so lightly
5) häufig im Konjunktiv II (Erwartung, Wünschenswertes ausdrückend)6) (jemandem beschieden sein)es hat nicht sein sollen od. nicht sollen sein — it was not to be
7) im Konjunktiv II (eine Möglichkeit ausdrückend)wenn du ihn sehen solltest, sage ihm bitte... — if you should see him, please tell him...
8) im Präsens (sich für die Wahrheit nicht verbürgend)das Restaurant soll sehr teuer sein — the restaurant is supposed or said to be very expensive
9) im Konjunktiv II (Zweifel ausdrückend)10) (können)mir soll es gleich sein — it's all the same to me; it doesn't matter to me
2.man sollte glauben, dass... — you would think that...
transitives, intransitives Verb* * *v.(§ p.,pp.: sollte, gesollt)= ought aux.should modal -
20 Ahnung
f1. (Vorgefühl) presentiment; schlimm: auch foreboding; (Vermutung) suspicion, hunch; ich habe so eine Ahnung I have a kind of hunch, I have a funny feeling; meine Ahnung hat nicht getrogen my hunch was right2. (Vorstellung) idea ( von of); eine schwache Ahnung a rough idea; hast du eine Ahnung, was das kostet? do you have any idea how much that costs?; keine Ahnung! no idea; ich habe keine blasse / nicht die geringste oder leiseste etc. Ahnung davon I haven’t the faintest ( oder foggiest) idea / a clue umg.; er hat davon oder von Tuten und Blasen keine Ahnung umg. he doesn’t know the first thing about it allg., he doesn’t have a (bloody) clue; hast du eine Ahnung! that’s what you think* * *die Ahnunghunch; intuition; foreboding; presentiment; intuitiveness; notion* * *Ah|nung ['aːnʊŋ]f -, -en2) (= Vorstellung, Wissen) idea; (= Vermutung) suspicion, huncheine Áhnung von etw vermitteln — to give an idea of sth
keine Áhnung! (inf) — no idea! (inf), I haven't a clue! (inf)
er hat keine blasse or nicht die geringste Áhnung — he hasn't a clue or the foggiest (inf), he hasn't the faintest idea (inf)
hast du eine Áhnung, wo er sein könnte? — have you any or an idea where he could be?
hast du eine Áhnung! (iro inf) — a (fat) lot you know (about it)! (inf), that's what YOU know (about it)!
* * *die1) (a feeling that something bad is going to happen: He has a strange foreboding that he will die young.) foreboding2) (a slight idea or suspicion (about something that is happening): I had no inkling of what was going on until she told me all about it.) inkling3) (an idea or belief based on one's feelings or suspicions rather than on clear evidence: I have a hunch he'll be late.) hunch* * *Ah·nung<-, -en>f1. (Vorgefühl) foreboding, premonition\Ahnungen haben to have premonitionses ist eher so eine \Ahnung it's more of a hunch [than anything] fam3. (Idee) ideakeine \Ahnung haben to have no ideakeine blasse [o nicht die geringste] \Ahnung haben (fam) to not have the faintest idea [or clue] famhast du/haben Sie eine \Ahnung, warum/was/wohin...? (fam) do you know why/what/where...?\Ahnung/keine \Ahnung [von etw] haben to understand/to not understand [sth]man merkt gleich, dass sie \Ahnung hat you can see straight away that she knows what she's talking aboutkeine \Ahnung haben, wie... to not have an idea how...* * *die; Ahnung, Ahnungen1) presentiment; premonitioneine Ahnung haben, dass... — have a feeling or hunch that...
2) (Befürchtung) foreboding3) (ugs.): (Kenntnisse) knowledgevon etwas [viel] Ahnung haben — know [a lot] about something
keine Ahnung! — [I've] no idea; haven't a clue
haben Sie eine Ahnung, wer/wie...? — have you any idea who/how...?
* * *Ahnung fich habe so eine Ahnung I have a kind of hunch, I have a funny feeling;meine Ahnung hat nicht getrogen my hunch was right2. (Vorstellung) idea (von of);eine schwache Ahnung a rough idea;hast du eine Ahnung, was das kostet? do you have any idea how much that costs?;keine Ahnung! no idea;ich habe keine blasse/nicht die geringste oderleiseste etcvon Tuten und Blasen keine Ahnung umg he doesn’t know the first thing about it allg, he doesn’t have a (bloody) clue;hast du eine Ahnung! that’s what you think* * *die; Ahnung, Ahnungen1) presentiment; premonitioneine Ahnung haben, dass... — have a feeling or hunch that...
2) (Befürchtung) foreboding3) (ugs.): (Kenntnisse) knowledgevon etwas [viel] Ahnung haben — know [a lot] about something
keine Ahnung! — [I've] no idea; haven't a clue
haben Sie eine Ahnung, wer/wie...? — have you any idea who/how...?
* * *-en f.apprehension n.hunch n.(§ pl.: hunches)intuitiveness n.
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