he's a very slow worker

1 slow, easygoing, poky, slow-witted.

2 slow, not very fast, slow moving.

slowly, slow.

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► adjetivo

1 slow

► adverbio lento

1 slowly

► adverbio

1 slowly

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1) slow

2) dull

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ADJ [ritmo, movimiento, caída] slow; [tráfico, película] slow, slow-moving

ADV slowly

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- ta adjetivo

a) <proceso/trabajador/vehículo> slow; <compás/ritmo> slow; <película/argumento> slow-moving, slow; < estudiante> slow, slow-witted

b) (Coc)

adverbio slowly

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= slow [slower -comp., slowest -sup.], slowly, time-consuming [time consuming], sluggish.

Ex. International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.

Ex. However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.

Ex. International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.

Ex. Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.

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* actuar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.

* avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.

* cámara lenta = slow motion.

* cocer a fuego lento = simmer.

* combustión lenta = smouldering combustion.

* comenzar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.

* deportista lento pero seguro = plodder.

* empezar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.

* hervir a fuego lento = simmer.

* lento y pesado = plodding.

* olla de cocción lenta = crockpot.

* reaccionar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.

* responder lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.

* ser lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.

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- ta adjetivo

a) <proceso/trabajador/vehículo> slow; <compás/ritmo> slow; <película/argumento> slow-moving, slow; < estudiante> slow, slow-witted

b) (Coc)

adverbio slowly

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1 ‹proceso/trabajador/vehículo› slow

un lento crecimiento económico a slow o sluggish rate of economic growth

movimientos lentos slow movements

sufrió una muerte lenta she suffered a slow o lingering death

2 ‹compás/ritmo› slow

3 ‹película/argumento› slow-moving, slow

4 ‹estudiante› slow, slow-witted

eres muy lento you're very slow (on the uptake)

1 ‹combustión›

una mecha de combustión lenta a slow-burning o slow fuse

2 ( Coc):

cocinar a fuego lento cook over a low heat

hervir a fuego lento simmer gently

‹andar/conducir› slowly; ‹hablar› slowly

¡qué lento pasa el tiempo! time is going so slowly!

prefiero ir lento pero seguro I prefer to go slowly and be safe

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◊ -ta adjetivo

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♦ adj

1. [pausado] slow;

es muy lento trabajando he's a very slow worker;

una película lenta a slow movie o Br film;

¡qué lentas pasan las horas! time is passing so slowly!;

lento, pero seguro slow but sure;

ser más lento que un desfile de cojos o [m5] que el caballo del malo to be a real Br slowcoach o US slowpoke

2. [con poca intensidad]

3. Mús lento

♦ nm

♦ adv

1. [pausadamente] slowly;

trabaja muy lento he's a very slow worker;

lento, pero seguro slowly but surely

2. Mús lento

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adj slow;

a fuego lento on a low heat

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lento adv

despacio: slowly

lento, -ta adj

1) : slow

2) : slow-witted, dull

♦ lentamente adv

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lento¹ adj slow

lento² adv slowly

1 very.

muy bueno/cerca very good/near

es muy hombre he's very manly, he's a real man

muy de mañana very early in the morning

¡muy bien! OK!, all right!; (vale) very good!, well done! (qué bien)

eso es muy de ella that's just like her

eso es muy de los americanos that's typically American

¡el muy fresco! the cheeky devil!

¡la muy tonta! the silly idiot!

Muy Sr. mío dear Sir

te cuidarás muy mucho de hacerlo just make absolutely sure you don't do it

2 too (demasiado).

no cabe ahí, es muy grande it won't fit in there, it's too big

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► adverbio

1 very

■ es muy difícil it's very difficult

■ se levantó muy temprano he got up very early

■ lo has hecho muy bien you've done it very well

■ es un trabajador muy bueno he's a very good worker

■ el muy tonto se cree que no lo he visto the idiot thinks I haven't seen him

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muy de mañana very early in the morning

muy señor mío (en carta) Dear Sir

ser muy hombre/mujer familiar to be a real man/woman

por muy... no matter how..., however...

■ por muy astuto que sea no nos podrá engañar now matter how crafty he is he won't be able to con us

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1) very

2) quite

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1. ADJ

1) (=mucho) very

2) (=demasiado) too

3) [con participio] greatly, highly

SF † (=lengua) tongue; (=boca) trap **, mouth

- achantar la muy

- irse de la muy

- largar por la muy

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a) very

b) ( demasiado) too

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= highly, very, eminent + Nombre, deeply, expansively, darn.

Ex. Even for those items that are designated relevant some may be judged to be highly relevant, whilst others may be regarded as partially relevant or only marginally relevant.

Ex. I have been very embarrassed at their embarrassment at the kinds of subject headings used.

Ex. 'I think it makes eminent sense, for the reasons I've outlined,' he said and started toward the door.

Ex. I have found in reading extracts from Scott's diary of his trip to the South Pole that pupils interrupted all the time to ask questions, until the final entries were reached, when everyone went very quiet, moved deeply by Scott's words and unwilling to bruise the emotion they felt.

Ex. Their survey is expansively scripted and probes for a variety of information from the interviewee = Su encuesta está muy detallada y obtiene una gran variedad de información de los encuestados.

Ex. However, as someone else said, people are pretty darn sensitive about terrorism, and the days of left-luggage may be over.

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* acento muy pronunciado = heavy accent.

* algo muy agradable de oír = music to + Posesivo + ears.

* algo muy diferente de = a far cry from.

* algo muy difícil = a tough sell.

* algo muy distinto de = a far cry from.

* algo ya muy conocido y usado = old nag.

* andar (muy) apurado de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.

* andar (muy) apurado de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar (muy) corto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.

* andar (muy) corto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.

* andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar (muy) falto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.

* andar (muy) falto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* apuntar muy alto = reach for + the stars, shoot for + the stars.

* a un precio muy razonable = at a very reasonable cost, at a very reasonable cost, at very reasonable cost.

* avanzar muy despacio = creep, creep along.

* como muy tarde = at the latest.

* con las manos muy largas = light-fingered.

* con lazos muy estrechos = close-knit.

* con medios muy escasos = on a shoestring (budget).

* con medios muy exiguos = on a shoestring (budget).

* con muy poca antelación = at (a) very short notice.

* con muy poca anticipación = at (a) very short notice.

* con muy poca frecuencia = all too seldom.

* con muy pocas excepciones = with a few exceptions.

* con muy pocos medios = on a shoestring (budget).

* con un plazo de tiempo muy corto = at (a) very short notice.

* curva muy abierta = sweeping curve.

* curva muy cerrada = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.

* curva muy pronunciada = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.

* de forma muy similar a = in much the same way as.

* de muy lejos = from afar.

* de ritmo muy acelerado = hard-driving.

* desde muy antiguo = since olden times.

* desde muy lejos = from afar.

* de un modo muy general = crudely, crudely.

* encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.

* en muy poco tiempo = before long.

* en un pasado muy lejano = in the dim and distant past.

* estar muy acostumbrado a = be all too familiar with.

* estar muy agradecido a = be indebted to.

* estar muy alejado de = be a long way from.

* estar muy arraigado en = be well embedded in.

* estar muy bajo = be way down.

* estar muy cerca de = be one step away from, be steps away from, come + very close to.

* estar muy convencido de = have + strong feelings about.

* estar muy emocionado con/por = be excited about.

* estar muy lejano = be far off.

* estar muy lejos = be far off.

* estar muy por delante de = be way out ahead of.

* estar muy por delante de su tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time.

* estar muy separado = set + far apart.

* estar muy usado = be well thumbed.

* evaluar muy positivamente según unos criterios establecido = rate + Nombre + high on + criteria.

* gente muy trabajadora = hard-working people.

* haber de muy diversos tipos = come in + all/many (sorts of) shapes and sizes.

* hablar muy bien de = rant and rave.

* hacer Algo muy bien = do + an excellent job of.

* hasta hace muy poco = up until recently.

* ignorancia es muy atrevida, la = ignorance is very daring.

* ir muy atrasado = be way behind schedule.

* ir muy por detrás de = be far behind.

* llegar muy lejos = go + a long way, come + a long way.

* lo que es muy importante = importantly.

* muy abreviado = highly-abbreviated.

* muy activo = afire.

* muy a diferencia de = in marked contrast to/with.

* muy + Adjetivo = extremely + Adjetivo, grossly + Adjetivo, rather + Adjetivo, severely + Adjetivo, tightly + Adjetivo, wildly + Adjetivo, extraordinarily + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, ludicrously + Adjetivo, seriously + Adjetivo, disappointingly + Adjetivo, not least + Adjetivo, heavily + Adjetivo, much + Adjetivo, mighty + Adjetivo, prohibitively + Adjetivo, sorely + Adjetivo, supremely + Adjetivo, vastly + Adjetivo, vitally + Adjetivo, immensely + Adjetivo, hugely + Adjetivo, significantly + Adjetivo, most + Adjetivo, impressively + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo.

* muy + Adjetivo/Adverbio = quite + Adjetivo/Adverbio.

* muy + Adjetivo/Participio = keenly + Adjetivo/Participio.

* muy admirado = much-admired.

* muy + Adverbio = ever so + Adverbio.

* muy agustito = snugly.

* muy alejado de = a long way removed from.

* muy al principio = in very early days, at the very outset.

* muy amado = much-loved.

* muy a menudo = more often than not, very often, most often than not.

* muy antiguo = centuries-old.

* muy anunciado = well-publicised [well-publicized, -USA].

* muy apartado de = a long way removed from.

* muy a + Posesivo + pesar = to + Posesivo + chagrin.

* muy apreciado = highly appreciated, long-revered.

* muy apreciado desde hace tiempo = long-revered.

* muy arraigado = deep-rooted, well established, long-established.

* muy a tiempo = in good time.

* muy atrás = far behind.

* muy atrasado = in the backwoods.

* muy avanzado = well-developed, well-advanced.

* muy beneficioso = high-payoff.

* muy bien = nicely.

* ¡muy bien! = the way to go!.

* muy bien cuidado = well-kept.

* muy bien pagado = highly paid.

* muy bien + podría + Verbo = might + well + Verbo.

* muy bien + puede + Verbo = may well + Verbo.

* muy bien remunerado = highly paid.

* muy bien tramado = carefully crafted.

* muy bien urdido = carefully crafted.

* muy caliente = piping hot, baking hot.

* muy cambiado = much-changed, much-changed.

* muy caro = high priced [high-priced].

* muy cerca = close-by.

* muy claramente = in no uncertain terms.

* muy completo = populated.

* muy concurrido = well-used [well used], well attended [well-attended].

* muy condicionado = well-conditioned.

* muy condimentado = spicy [spicier -comp., spiciest -sup.].

* muy conseguido = slick, licked, well-crafted.

* muy criticado = much-criticised [much-criticized, USA].

* muy crítico = highly critical.

* muy custodiado = heavily guarded.

* muy de cerca = not far behind.

* muy desarrollado = well-developed.

* muy despacio = very slowly.

* muy de tarde en tarde = once in a blue moon.

* muy diferente de = far different... from, in marked contrast to/with.

* muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.

* muy dispuesto a = all ready to.

* muy divulgado = well-publicised [well-publicized, -USA].

* muy documentado = well-informed.

* muy duro = as hard as nails.

* muy eficaz = powerful.

* muy endeudado = heavily indebted.

* muy escandaloso = highly visible.

* muy especializado = highly specialised.

* muy estimado = highly regarded, highly esteemed, highly reputed.

* muy estrecho = poky [pokier -comp., pokiest -sup.].

* muy estructurado = highly-structured.

* muy extendido = commonly-held, widely held.

* muy famoso = highly acclaimed, widely acclaimed, well-acclaimed.

* muy frecuentado = heavily used.

* muy frecuentemente = so often, most often than not.

* muy frecuente y rápido = rapid-fire.

* muy gastado = worn-out.

* muy generalizado = commonly-held, widely held.

* muy grande = big time.

* muy iluminado = brightly illuminated.

* muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.

* muy informado = well-informed.

* muy leído = widely-read.

* muy lejano = far off.

* muy lejos = far away, far off.

* muy lejos de = a long way from, a long way removed from.

* muy lejos de conseguir = a long way toward.

* muy lentamente = very slowly.

* muy lluvioso = rain-soaked.

* muy logrado = slickly produced.

* muy mal tiempo = severe weather.

* muy mayor = over the hill.

* muy moderno = trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.].

* muy motivado = highly-motivated.

* muy necesario = much needed [much-needed], long overdue.

* muy nervioso = in a state of agitation, highly-strung.

* muy nervioso, histérico = high-strung.

* muy notorio = highly visible.

* muy parecido a = much like.

* muy + Participio = badly + Participio.

* muy + Participio Pasado = widely + Participio Pasado, extensively + Participio Pasado.

* muy peculiar = highly distinctive.

* muy pertinente para = central to.

* muy poblado = heavily populated.

* muy poco = minimally.

* muy polémico = highly controversial.

* muy popular = widely-read, highly popular.

* muy por delante de = far ahead of.

* muy por detrás = far behind.

* muy por el contrario = in marked contrast.

* muy por encima de = far beyond.

* muy por encima de todo = over and above all.

* muy posiblemente = for all you know, for all we know.

* muy practicado = much practised.

* muy preciado = much prized, highly prized.

* muy preciso = much needed [much-needed].

* muy probablemente = most likely, most probably.

* muy pronto = before long, pretty soon.

* muy propio = highly distinctive.

* muy provechoso = high-payoff.

* muy pulido = licked, slick.

* muy querido = much-loved.

* muy rápidamente = like a house on fire, in short order.

* muy rara vez = all too seldom, all too seldom, once in a blue moon.

* muy recomendado = highly recommended.

* muy reconocido = highly regarded, highly esteemed, highly reputed.

* muy resistente = heavy-duty.

* muy respetado = highly regarded, highly esteemed, highly reputed, widely-respected.

* muy sazonado = spicy [spicier -comp., spiciest -sup.].

* muy similar a = much like.

* muy sistemático = highly-structured.

* muy solicitado = in great demand.

* muy trabajado = well-crafted.

* muy trabajador = committed.

* muy unido = close-knit, tight-knit, closely knit, well-connected, tightly knit.

* muy usado = shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.], high-use, well-used [well used], well-worn, well-worn, heavily used, much-used.

* muy útil = highly valuable.

* muy valioso = highly valuable, highly prized.

* muy valorado = highly valued, highly appreciated.

* muy venerado = long-revered.

* muy venerado desde hace tiempo = long-revered.

* muy vigilado = heavily guarded.

* no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.

* no estar muy lejos de = be just one step away from.

* nombre muy conocido = household name, household word.

* no muy bien informado = not-too-well-informed.

* no muy despierto = slow.

* no muy lejos = within easy travelling distance, not far behind, not far off, not far away, not far, not too far.

* no tener que ir muy lejos = not have to look far.

* pasarlo muy mal = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* persona muy trabajadora = hard-working person.

* poner un precio a Algo muy alto = overprice.

* por muy + Adjetivo + be = Adjetivo + though + Nombre + be.

* por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* por muy extraño que parezca = strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough.

* por muy increíble que parezca = incredible though it may seem, incredibly, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy mentira que parezca = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, strangely enough, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.

* posibilidades muy variadas = rich possibilities.

* puede muy bien ser = could well be.

* puede muy bien ser que = it may well be that.

* regla muy precisa = finely graduated scale.

* repasar Algo muy detenidamente = go over + Nombre + with a fine toothcomb.

* sangre muy diluida = thin blood.

* sentido muy desarrollado de su propio territorio = territoriality.

* ser algo muy claro = be a dead giveaway.

* ser algo muy fácil de conseguir = be there for the taking.

* ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.

* ser algo muy obvio = be a dead giveaway.

* ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo muy revelador = be a giveaway.

* ser muy aconsejable que = be well advised to.

* ser muy amigo de = be pally with.

* ser muy antiguo = go back + a long way.

* ser muy buena señal = bode + well.

* ser muy conocido por = be well known for.

* ser muy diferente de = be quite apart from.

* ser muy difícil, no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.

* ser muy escaso = be at a premium.

* ser muy gracioso = be a right laugh.

* ser muy melindroso = be picky.

* ser muy necesario = be long overdue.

* ser muy particular = be picky.

* ser muy poco probable = be remote.

* ser muy popular = have + mass appeal.

* ser muy probable = chances + be.

* ser muy prometedor = promise + great possibilities, bode + well.

* ser muy provechoso = pay off + handsomely.

* ser muy quisquilloso = be picky.

* ser muy rápido = be quick off + Posesivo + feet.

* ser muy revelador = speak + volumes, be an eye-opener.

* ser muy superior a los demás = be way above all the others.

* ser muy superior a los otros = be way above all the others.

* ser muy usado = be heavily used.

* servir muy bien = take + Nombre + a long way.

* tejido muy delicado = gossamer.

* tener algo muy vivo en la mente de uno = be strong in + mind.

* tener muy mala cara = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tenerse muy en cuenta por = carry + weight with.

* tener un día muy largo = have + a long day.

* tiempo muy malo = severe weather.

* una probabilidad muy alta = a sporting chance.

* venir muy bien = fit + the bill.

* verse muy afectado por = have + a high stake in.

* vigilar Algo muy de cerca = keep + a watchful eye.

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a) very

b) ( demasiado) too

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1 very

muy poca gente very few people

soy muy consciente de mis limitaciones I'm very o acutely aware of my limitations

es muy trabajador he's a very hard worker, he works very hard

son muy amigos they're great friends

está muy bien escrito it's extremely o very well written

su carne es muy apreciada its meat is highly prized

muy admirado much admired

muy respetado highly respected

muy bien, sigamos adelante OK o fine, let's go on

muy bien, si eso es lo que tú quieres very well, if that's what you want

estoy muy, pero muy disgustado I'm very, very upset

es un gesto muy suyo it's a typical gesture of his

ella es muy de criticar a los demás she's very fond of criticizing others

por muy cansado que estés however o no matter how tired you are

¿sabes lo que hizo el muy sinvergüenza? do you know what he did, the swine?

2 (demasiado) too

te ha quedado muy dulce it's rather o too sweet

no me gusta sentarme muy adelante I don't like sitting too near the front/too far forward

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a) very;

◊ muy poca gente very few people;

b) ( demasiado) too;

◊ quedó muy dulce it's rather o too sweet

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muy adv

1. [en alto grado] very;

muy bueno/cerca very good/near;

estoy muy cansado I'm very tired;

es muy hombre he's very manly, he's a real man;

muy de mañana very early in the morning;

¡muy bien! [vale] OK!, all right!;

eso es muy de ella that's just like her;

eso es muy de los americanos that's typically American;

¡el muy fresco! the cheeky devil!;

¡la muy tonta! the silly idiot!;

me gusta muy mucho I really, really like it;

te cuidarás muy mucho de hacerlo just make absolutely sure you don't do it

2. [demasiado] too;

no cabe ahí, es muy grande it won't fit in there, it's too big;

ahora ya es muy tarde it's too late now

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1 very;

muy valorado highly valued;

Muy Señor mío Dear Sir

2 ( demasiado) too

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muy adv

1) : very, quite

es muy inteligente: she's very intelligent

muy bien: very well, fine

eso es muy americano: that's typically American

2) : too

es muy grande para él: it's too big for him

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muy adv very

1. mit hohem Tempo: quick; Auto, Läufer etc.: fast; Puls, Bewegung: quick, rapid; Bewegung, Fortschritt etc. auch: swift; ein Bußgeld für zu schnelles Fahren a fine for speeding; schneller werden get faster; Zug etc.: pick up speed; schnelle Bedienung fast ( oder quick, prompt) service; Person: quick waiter ( oder waitress)

2. (sofortig) Erwiderung, Maßnahme: prompt, speedy; in schneller Folge in quick ( oder rapid) succession; auf schnellstem Wege as quickly as possible, by the quickest possible means; eine schnelle Entscheidung treffen make a quick decision; eine schnelle Entscheidung treffen müssen auch: have to make up one’s mind fast; das erfordert schnelles Handeln that calls for swift ( oder immediate) action

3. WIRTS., Verkauf: quick; schneller Umsatz quick returns, fast turnover

4. (rasch und flüchtig) quick; ein schneller Blick a quick ( oder fleeting) glance

5. (geistig fix) quick, fast; er ist nicht gerade der Schnellste iro. he’s not exactly quick on the uptake; Brüter, Truppe 1

II Adv. quickly, fast; rapidly; promptly etc.; siehe I; schnell denken do some quick thinking; schnell handeln act fast ( oder without delay); ( mach) schnell! umg. hurry up!, get a move on!, step on it!; nicht so schnell! umg. not so fast!, hang on!; das geht schnell it doesn’t ( oder won’t) take long; das geht nicht so schnell it can’t be done that quickly, it takes time; das ist schnell gegangen! that was quick!; schneller ging es nicht I etc. couldn’t do it any faster; schneller geht’s bei mir nicht I can’t do it any faster (than this), I’m doing my best; das geht mir zu schnell things are happening too fast for me ( oder for my liking); (ich komme nicht mit) I can’t keep up; ich gehe mal oder eben schnell zum Bäcker I’m just going to pop round to the baker’s (Am. zip out to the bakery); ich muss schnell noch aufs Klo umg. I must just pay a quick visit, Am. I have to visit the men’s etc. room; komm schnell! come quick(ly)!; schnell reich werden get rich quick; so schnell wie möglich as quickly as possible; er begreift schnell he’s quick (on the uptake); sie lernt unheimlich schnell she picks things up amazingly quickly; sie hat schnell und richtig reagiert her reaction was really fast and right on; er liest schnell he’s a fast reader; sein Atem ging schnell he was breathing fast; sprich nicht so schnell! don’t talk so fast, slow down; wir wurden schnell bedient the service was fast, we got served fast; schnell wirkend Medikament, Gift: fast-acting; das werden wir ganz schnell haben we’ll have that (done) in no time; sie ist schnell verärgert / beleidigt she is easily annoyed / she’s quick to take offen|ce (Am. -se); wie heißt er schnell noch? umg. what’s his name again?; sag mal schnell,... umg. tell me quickly,...; nachmachen 1

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fast (Adj.); rapid (Adj.); pronto (Adj.); quick (Adj.); speedy (Adj.); swift (Adj.); apace (Adj.); nippy (Adj.); expeditious (Adj.); snappy (Adj.); spanking (Adj.)

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1. adj

2. adv

1) (= mit hoher Geschwindigkeit) quickly, fast

2) (= zügig) arbeiten, handeln, durchführen, erwärmen fast, quickly

3)

4)

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1) (eagerly; quickly: The thieves were hotly pursued by the police.) hotly

2) (quick-moving: a fast car.) fast

3) (quick: a fast worker.) fast

4) (quickly: She speaks so fast I can't understand her.) fast

5) (done, said, finished etc in a short time: a quick trip into town.) quick

6) (moving, or able to move, with speed: He's a very quick walker; I made a grab at the dog, but it was too quick for me.) quick

7) (doing something, able to do something, or done, without delay; prompt; lively: He is always quick to help; a quick answer; He's very quick at arithmetic.) quick

8) quickly

9) (quickly: quick-frozen food.) quick

10) rapidly

11) (quick; fast: He made some rapid calculations; He looked feverish and had a rapid pulse.) rapid

12) (done, made etc quickly: a snap decision.) snap

13) (done, carried out etc quickly: a speedy answer.) speedy

14) speedily

15) swiftly

16) (fast or quick: a swift horse; Our methods are swift and efficient; a swift-footed animal.) swift

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I. adj

1. TRANSP (eine hohe Geschwindigkeit erreichend) fast

2. (zügig) prompt, rapid

3. attr (baldig) swift, speedy

ein \schneller Abschluss a swift end

eine \schnelle Genesung a speedy recovery

eine \schnelle Mark machen (fam) to make a fast buck fam

ein \schneller Tod a quick death

II. adv

1. (mit hoher Geschwindigkeit) fast

\schnell/ \schneller fahren to drive fast/faster

2. (zügig) quickly

\schnell trocknend quick-drying

\schnell verderblich highly perishable

\schnell verkäuflich HANDEL fast-selling

\schnell verschleißend TECH fast-wearing

\schnell gehen to be done quickly

geht das \schnell/wie \schnell geht das? will it take long/how long will it take?

\schnell machen to hurry up

nicht so \schnell! not so fast!, slow down!

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Adjektiv quick <journey, decision, service, etc.>; fast <car, skis, road, track, etc.>; quick, rapid, swift < progress>; quick, swift <movement, blow, action>

adverbial quickly; <drive, move, etc.> fast, quickly; < spread> quickly, rapidly; (bald) soon <sold, past, etc.>

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A. adj

1. mit hohem Tempo: quick; Auto, Läufer etc: fast; Puls, Bewegung: quick, rapid; Bewegung, Fortschritt etc auch: swift;

ein Bußgeld für zu schnelles Fahren a fine for speeding;

schneller werden get faster; Zug etc: pick up speed;

schnelle Bedienung fast ( oder quick, prompt) service; Person: quick waiter ( oder waitress)

2. (sofortig) Erwiderung, Maßnahme: prompt, speedy;

in schneller Folge in quick ( oder rapid) succession;

auf schnellstem Wege as quickly as possible, by the quickest possible means;

eine schnelle Entscheidung treffen make a quick decision;

eine schnelle Entscheidung treffen müssen auch: have to make up one’s mind fast;

das erfordert schnelles Handeln that calls for swift ( oder immediate) action

3. WIRTSCH, Verkauf: quick;

schneller Umsatz quick returns, fast turnover

4. (rasch und flüchtig) quick;

ein schneller Blick a quick ( oder fleeting) glance

5. (geistig fix) quick, fast;

er ist nicht gerade der Schnellste iron he’s not exactly quick on the uptake; → Brüter, Truppe 1

B. adv quickly, fast; rapidly; promptly etc; → A;

schnell denken do some quick thinking;

schnell handeln act fast ( oder without delay);

(mach) schnell! umg hurry up!, get a move on!, step on it!;

nicht so schnell! umg not so fast!, hang on!;

das geht schnell it doesn’t ( oder won’t) take long;

das geht nicht so schnell it can’t be done that quickly, it takes time;

das ist schnell gegangen! that was quick!;

schneller ging es nicht I etc couldn’t do it any faster;

schneller geht’s bei mir nicht I can’t do it any faster (than this), I’m doing my best;

das geht mir zu schnell things are happening too fast for me ( oder for my liking); (ich komme nicht mit) I can’t keep up;

ich gehe mal oder

eben schnell zum Bäcker I’m just going to pop round to the baker’s (US zip out to the bakery);

ich muss schnell noch aufs Klo umg I must just pay a quick visit, US I have to visit the men’s etc room;

komm schnell! come quick(ly)!;

schnell reich werden get rich quick;

so schnell wie möglich as quickly as possible;

er begreift schnell he’s quick (on the uptake);

sie lernt unheimlich schnell she picks things up amazingly quickly;

sie hat schnell und richtig reagiert her reaction was really fast and right on;

er liest schnell he’s a fast reader;

sein Atem ging schnell he was breathing fast;

sprich nicht so schnell! don’t talk so fast, slow down;

wir wurden schnell bedient the service was fast, we got served fast;

schnell wirkend Medikament, Gift: fast-acting;

das werden wir ganz schnell haben we’ll have that (done) in no time;

sie ist schnell verärgert/beleidigt she is easily annoyed/she’s quick to take offence (US -se);

wie heißt er schnell noch? umg what’s his name again?;

sag mal schnell, … umg tell me quickly, …; → nachmachen 1

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Adjektiv quick <journey, decision, service, etc.>; fast <car, skis, road, track, etc.>; quick, rapid, swift < progress>; quick, swift <movement, blow, action>

adverbial quickly; <drive, move, etc.> fast, quickly; < spread> quickly, rapidly; (bald) soon <sold, past, etc.>

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fast adj.

quick adj.

rapid adj.

speedy adj.

swift adj. adv.

apace adv.

fast adv.

quickly adv.

rapidly adv.

speedily adv.

swiftly adv.

1 loose, non tight, not tight, slack.

2 lax, relaxed.

3 loose, droopy, flabby, limp.

4 loose, not firm, waggly.

5 lazy, slothful.

6 unconvincing.

1 lazy person, deadbeat.

2 characterless person, sop, namby-pamby.

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► adjetivo

1 (suelto) loose; (no tensado) slack

2 (débil) weak

■ soplarán vientos flojos del nordeste there will be light northeasterly winds

3 (perezoso) lazy, idle

4 (mediocre) poor

■ es un estudiante flojo he's a poor student

■ una colecta floja a poor collection

5 (poco activo) slack, slow

■ por la mañana trabajamos pero la tarde fue muy floja we worked hard in the morning, but the afternoon was very slack

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 lazybones, idler

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estar flojo,-a en algo to be weak at something

me la trae floja argot I couldn't give a toss

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1) loose

2) weak

3) limp

4) lazy

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1) [nudo, tuerca] loose; [cable, cuerda] slack

- me la trae floja

2) (=débil) [persona] weak; [viento] light

3) (=mediocre) [trabajo, actuación] poor, feeble; [estudiante, equipo] weak, poor

4) [té, vino] weak

5) [demanda, mercado] slack

6) (=holgazán) lazy, idle

7) LAm (=cobarde) cowardly

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- ja adjetivo

1)

a) <nudo/tornillo/vendaje> loose; < cuerda> slack

b) ( débil) weak

c) < vientos> light

d) <café/té> weak

2) ( mediocre) <trabajo/examen> poor; <película/vino> second-rate; < estudiante> poor

3) (Com, Econ) slack

4) < persona> (fam) ( perezoso) lazy

- ja masculino, femenino

a) (fam) ( perezoso) lazybones (colloq)

b) (Col fam) ( cobarde) coward

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= slacker, feeble, wobbly [wobblier -comp., wobbliest -sup.], lazybones, layabout, lazy [lazier -comp., laziest -sup.].

Ex. The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.

Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

Ex. The conference had a wobbly start in 1997 but has since grown increasingly stronger and has had its best ever year with over 650 attendees.

Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.

Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.

Ex. It is most likely to occur when a supervisor is careless or lazy about the rating or does not know the worker well.

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* andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope.

* caminar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope, walk + the tight wire.

* cuerda floja = tightrope [tight-rope].

* traérsela floja a Alguien = not give a shit.

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- ja adjetivo

1)

a) <nudo/tornillo/vendaje> loose; < cuerda> slack

b) ( débil) weak

c) < vientos> light

d) <café/té> weak

2) ( mediocre) <trabajo/examen> poor; <película/vino> second-rate; < estudiante> poor

3) (Com, Econ) slack

4) < persona> (fam) ( perezoso) lazy

- ja masculino, femenino

a) (fam) ( perezoso) lazybones (colloq)

b) (Col fam) ( cobarde) coward

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1 ‹nudo/tornillo/vendaje› loose

la cuerda está floja the rope is slack

haces el punto muy flojo you knit very loosely

me la trae floja ( vulg); I couldn't give a damn (sl), I couldn't give a shit o ( BrE) a toss ( vulg)

2 (débil) weak

3 ‹vientos› light

soplarán vientos flojos del sur there will be light, southerly winds

4 ‹café/té› weak

B (mediocre) ‹trabajo/examen› poor; ‹película› second-rate; ‹estudiante› poor

está flojo en física he's weak at physics

hizo un examen muy flojo he did a very poor exam

su expediente académico es flojo his academic record is poor

este vino es muy flojo this wine is very poor quality o is second-rate

C ( Com, Econ) slack

el mercado estuvo flojo the market was slack

D ‹persona›

1 ( fam) (perezoso) lazy

no terminó la carrera por flojo he didn't finish his degree because he was so lazy

2 ( Col fam) (cobarde) cowardly

1 ( fam) (perezoso) lazybones ( colloq), lazy toad ( colloq hum)

2 ( Col fam) (cobarde) coward

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◊ -ja adjetivo

a) ‹nudo/tornillo/vendaje› loose;

b) ( débil) weak

c) ‹ vientos› light

d) ‹café/té› weak

◊ está flojo en física he's weak in (AmE) o (BrE) at physics

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♦ adj

1. [suelto] loose;

esta falda me queda floja this skirt is too loose for me

2. [débil] [persona] weak;

3. [sin calidad, aptitudes] poor;

una obra muy floja a very poorly written play;

estar flojo en algo to be poor o weak at sth;

el pianista ha estado un poco flojo hoy the pianist has been a bit off form today;

tuvo una floja actuación he gave a poor performance;

tus notas son muy flojas your Br marks o US grades are very poor

4. [mercado, negocio] slack;

las ventas están muy flojas sales are very slack

5. Comp

me la trae floja Br I couldn't give a toss, US I couldn't give a rat's ass

♦ nm,f

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1 lazada loose;

me la trae floja pop I couldn’t give a damn fam

2 café, argumento weak; vino without any body

3 COM actividad slack

4 novela etc weak, poor; redacción, montaje slack, sloppy

5 L.Am. ( perezoso) lazy

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flojo, -ja adj

1) suelto: loose, slack

2) : weak, poor

está flojo en las ciencias: he's weak in science

3) perezoso: lazy

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flojo adj

1. (poco fuerte, débil) weak

2. (malo) poor / bad [comp. worse; superl. worst]

3. (viento) light

4. (tornillo, nudo) loose

5. (goma, cuerda) slack

rapide [ʀapid]

1. adjective

   a. fast ; [intervention, visite, fortune, recette, mouvement, coup d'œil, esprit] quick ; [pouls, rythme, respiration] fast ; [poison] fast-acting ; [accord] swift

• décision trop rapide hasty decision

• faire un calcul rapide to do a quick calculation

• c'est rapide à faire (plat) it's very quick to make

• rapide comme une flèche or l'éclair incredibly fast

• il est rapide à la course he's a fast runner

• c'est une rapide (qui agit vite) she's a fast worker ; (qui comprend vite) she's quick on the uptake

• ce n'est pas un rapide he's a bit slow

   b. [pente, descente] steep

2. masculine noun

   a. ( = train) express

• le rapide Paris-Nice the Paris-Nice express

   b. [de cours d'eau] rapids

• descendre des rapides en kayak to canoe down some rapids

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1) ( qui se déplace très vite) fast

2) ( qui coule vite) [rivière, eau] fast-flowing; [courant] strong

3) ( fortement incliné) [pente, descente] steep

4) ( fait en peu de temps) [progrès, transformation, vieillissement] rapid; [moyen, victoire] quick; [livraison, succès, aggravation] quick, rapid; [réaction, intervention] quick, swift; [réponse, décision] prompt; [service] quick, speedy

5) ( au rythme soutenu) [mouvement, geste] quick; [allure] quick, rapid; [course] fast; [rythme, pouls] fast, rapid; [musique, danse] fast

6) ( qui agit vite) [personne, esprit] quick

nom masculin

1) ( cours d'eau) rapids (pl)

2) Chemin de Fer express

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1. adj

1) (= véloce) fast

2) (développement, croissance) rapid

3) (= superficiel) quick

4) (intelligence) quick

2. nm

1) (= train) express train

2) [cours d'eau] rapids pl

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rapide

A adj

1 ( qui se déplace très vite) fast; le plus rapide the fastest; le moins rapide the slowest; être rapide à la course to be a fast runner;

2 ( qui coule vite) [rivière, eau] fast-flowing; [courant] strong;

3 ( fortement incliné) [pente, descente] steep;

4 ( fait en peu de temps) [progrès, développement, disparition, transformation, vieillissement] rapid; [moyen, victoire] quick; [livraison, succès, amélioration, aggravation] quick, rapid; [réaction, intervention] quick, swift; [réponse, décision] prompt; [service] quick, speedy; jeter un coup d'œil rapide à sa montre to take a quick look at ou to glance at one's watch; une rapide montée du chômage a rapid rise in unemployment; avec une machine c'est rapide with a machine it's quick; je vais y aller en avion, c'est plus rapide I'm going by plane ou I'm flying, it's quicker;

5 ( au rythme soutenu) [mouvement, geste] quick; [allure] quick, rapid; [course] fast; [rythme, respiration, pouls] fast, rapid; [musique, danse] fast; sa respiration était rapide, il avait une respiration rapide he was breathing rapidly; il a un pouls trop rapide his pulse is too fast;

6 ( qui agit vite) [personne, esprit] quick; à effet rapide [médicament, substance] quick-acting, fast-acting.

B nmf être un rapide (pour penser, comprendre) to be a quick thinker; ( pour agir) to have quick reactions.

C nm

1 ( cours d'eau) rapids (pl); descendre un rapide to shoot the rapids;

2 Rail express; le rapide Paris-Maubeuge the Paris-Maubeuge express.

être rapide comme l'éclair to be as quick as lightning.

[rapid] adjectif

1. [véhicule, sportif] fast

[cheval] fast

[courant] fast flowing

2. [esprit, intelligence, travail] quick

[progrès, réaction] rapid

3. [rythme] quick, fast

4. [court, sommaire] quick

5. [hâtif - jugement, décision] hurried, hasty

6. [facile - recette] quick

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[rapid] nom masculin et féminin

(familier) [personne qui comprend vite]

ce n'est pas un rapide he's a bit slow on the uptake

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[rapid] nom masculin

1. [cours d'eau] rapid

2. [train] express (train), fast train

1. quick; 2. fast; 3. rapid; 4. swift; 5. speedy; 6. prompt

Русское прилагательное быстрый употребляется во многих ситуациях и характеризует как само движение, так и период времени, затрачиваемый для чего-либо, и характер самого действия. В английском языке все эти аспекты различаются и передаются разными словами.

1. quick — быстрый, скорый, незамедлительный (характеризует не столько темп движения или действия, сколько их безотлагательность и кратковременность; нередко подразумевает готовность к действию): a quick mind — живой ум; a quick eye (ear) — острый глаз (слух); а quick answer — быстрый ответ; a quick look (step) — быстрый взгляд (шаг); quick service — быстрое обслуживание/немедленное обслуживание; quick hands — проворные руки; quick in one's movements — быстрый в движениях; with a quick movement — быстрым движением; to be quick in actions — быть проворным/быть шустрым; to be quick in gripping/the idea — быстро схватывать идею; to be quick to find it out — быстро выяснить что-то; to be quick to do smth — быстро сделать что-либо/немедля сделать что-либо; to be quick to learn (to understand) — быстро схватывать (понимать) The medicine has a quick effect. — Лекарство быстро действует/Лекарство быстро помогает. You are too quick for me. — Вы говорите слишком быстро, и я не успеваю за вами. Be quick! — Поторапливайся!/Скорее!/Не медли! She is quick at languages. — Она быстро усваивает языки. Не is quick at games. — Он быстр в игре. She is quick in answering. — Она находчива в ответах./Она сообразительна в ответах. Boys are quick at such things. — Мальчики обычно сообразительны в таких вопросах. The boys were quick with their fists. — Мальчики быстро пустили в ход кулаки./Мальчики не медля пустили в ход кулаки. Не was quick with an emphatic refusal. — Он тотчас же категорически отказал. Не wanted to catch me, but 1 was too quick for him. — Он хотел меня поймать, но я оказался проворнее его. Не is quick for his weight (his age). — Он подвижен несмотря на свой вес (на свой возраст). Не is quick to take alarm. — Он легко поддается панике. Не is quick to take offence. — Он легко обижается./Он обидчив. Не was quick lo take the opportunity. — Он не медля воспользовался такой возможиостью./Он сейчас же воспользовался такой возможностью./Он не замедлил воспользоваться такой возможностью. Be slow to promise, but quick to perform. — He давши слова крепись, а давши — держись.

2. fast — быстрый, скорый (прилагательное fast чаще сочетается с существительными, обозначающими движущиеся объекты): а fast train — скорый поезд; a fast boat — скоростной катер; a fast car — скоростная машина; a fast horse — быстрый конь, а fast tank — быстроходный танк Не is a fast worker (reader). — Он быстро работает (читает). Не is a fast runner. — Он быстро бегает. Go faster! — Иди быстрее. The watch is 10 minutes fast. — Часы спешат на десять минут.

3. rapid — быстрый, скорый (в отличие от fast прилагательное rapid характеризует само действие; rapid нередко предполагает завершение действия в очень небольшой период времени или неожиданно быстрый темп развития действия): rapid movement — быстрое движение; rapid growth — быстрый рост; rapid progress — быстрое продвижение вперед/быстрый прогресс/быстрoe развитие; rapid recovery — быстрое выздоровление; rapid thinking — быстрая сообразительность/быстрый ум; rapid gait — торопливая походка/быстрые шаги; rapid thinker — быстро соображающий человек; rapid stream — бурный поток; rapid river — быстрая река/бурная река; rapid events — быстрая смена событий; rapid analysis — экспресс-анализ; rapid heart — учащенное сердцебиение/тахикардия; to take a rapid glance — бросить беглый взгляд/взглянуть мельком It was a rapid journey. — Это было короткое путешествие./Это путешествие быстро закончилось. Не is a rapid worker. — Он быстро работает./Он проворный работник. They asked questions in a rapid succession. — Они задавали один вопрос за другим. The school promises a rapid result in learning languages. — Обещают, что в этой школе ученики быстро овладеют языками.

4. swift — быстрый, скорый ( прилагательное характеризует само движение): swift glance — быстрый взгляд; swift car — скоростной автомобиль; а swift running river — быстротекущая река; swift in his movements — быстрый в движениях; swift of foot — быстроногий; as swift as an arrow — быстрый как стрела/с быстротой молнии/молниеносно She is a swift runner. — Она быстро бегает. Не gave them a swift reply. — Он им быстро ответил./Он ответил им не задумываясь. She made a swift movement and was gone. — Она сделала быстрое движение и убежала.

5. speedy — быстрый, скорый, проворный, прыткий, незамедлительный, безотлагательный ( происходящий за очень небольшой период времени): a speedy growth — быстрый рост; speedy hands — проворные руки; speedy gallop — быстрый галоп; speedy reply — быстрый ответ; speedy progress — быстрое развитие We all wish you a speedy recovery. — Мы все желаем вам побыстрее поправиться./Мы все желаем вам скорейшего выздоровления. That was a speedy work. — Эта быстро сделанная работа./На эту работу ушло немного времени. Не is a speedy worker. — Он проворный работник./Он все делает быстро./Он все делает в темпе. They provide the speediest service in town. — Они обеспечивают в городе самое быстрое обслуживание,

6. prompt —быстрый, проворный, немедленный, незамедлительный (то, что не занимает большого времени, делается не откладывая): prompt actions — немедленные действия; prompt decisions — быстрые решения; prompt cash — расчет немедленно наличными; prompt payment — немедленный платеж/своевременная уплата; to be prompt to carry (out) an order— быстро выполнить приказание; to be prompt in action/to act — действовать быстро/действовать без промедления; to give a prompt answer — ответить немедленно The service here is very prompt. — Здесь быстро обслуживают. We would appreciate a prompt reply. — Мы будем благодарны, если вы незамедлительно ответите. Не wrote a prompt answer to my letter. — Он не замедлил с ответом на мое письмо. Prompt payment of bills helps to make a good credit history. — Своевременная оплата счетов способствует созданию хорошей кредитной истории ( в банке). This worker is always prompt in his duties. — Этот работник всегда быстро

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a negative suffix to verbs, not;

era útmakligt, at it is not unmeet that.

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á, prep., often used elliptically, or even adverbially, [Goth. ana; Engl. on; Germ. an. In the Scandinavian idioms the liquid n is absorbed. In English the same has been supposed to happen in adverbial phrases, e. g. ‘along, away, abroad, afoot, again, agate, ahead, aloft, alone, askew, aside, astray, awry,’ etc. It is indeed true that the Ormulum in its northern dialect freq. uses o, even in common phrases, such as ‘o boke, o land, o life, o slæpe, o strande, o write, o naht, o loft,’ etc., v. the glossary; and we may compare on foot and afoot, on sleep (Engl. Vers. of Bible) and asleep; A. S. a-butan and on-butan (about); agen and ongean (again, against); on bæc, aback; on life, alive; on middan, amid. But it is more than likely that in the expressions quoted above, as well as in numberless others, as well in old as in modern English, the English a- as well as the o- of the Ormulum and the modern Scottish and north of England o- are in reality remains of this very á pronounced au or ow, which was brought by the Scandinavian settlers into the north of England. In the struggle for supremacy between the English dialects after the Conquest, the Scandinavian form á or a won the day in many cases to the exclusion of the Anglo-Saxon on. Some of these adverbs have representatives only in the Scandinavian tongues, not in Anglo-Saxon; see below, with dat. B. II, C. VII; with acc. C. I. and VI. The prep. á denotes the surface or outside; í and ór the inside; at, til, and frá, nearness measured to or from an object: á thus answers to the Gr. επί; the Lat. in includes á and i together.]

With dat. and acc.: in the first case with the notion of remaining on a place, answering to Lat. in with abl.; in the last with the notion of motion to the place, = Lat. in with acc.

WITH DAT.

A. Loc.

I. generally on, upon; á gólfi, on the floor, Nj. 2; á hendi, on the hand (of a ring), 48, 225; á palli, 50; á steini, 108; á vegg, 115; á sjá ok á landi, on sea and land. In some instances the distinction between d and i is loose and wavering, but in most cases common sense and usage decide; thus ‘á bók’ merely denotes the letters, the penmanship, ‘í’ the contents of a book; mod. usage, however, prefers ‘í,’ lesa í bók, but stafr á bók. Old writers on the other hand; á bókum Enskum, in English books, Landn. 24, but í Aldafars bók, 23 (in the book De Mensurâ Temporum, by Bede), cp. Grág. i. 76, where á is a false reading instead of at; á bréfi, the contents of a letter: of clothing or arms, mítr á höfði, sverð á hlið, mitre on head, sword on side, Fms. i. 266, viii. 404; hafa lykil á sér, on one’s person, 655 xxvii. 22; möttull á tyglum, a mantle hanging on (i. e. fastened by) laces, Fms. vii. 201: á þingi means to be present at a meeting; í þingi, to abide within a jurisdiction; á himni, á jörðu, on (Engl. in) heaven and earth, e. g. in the Lord’s Prayer, but í helviti, in hell; á Gimli, Edda (of a heavenly abode); á báti, á skipi denote crew and cargo, ‘í’ the timber or materials of which a ship is built, Eg. 385; vera í stafni á skipi, 177: á skógi, to be abroad in a wood (of a hunter, robber, deer); but to be situated (a house), at work (to fell timber), í skógi, 573, Fs. 5, Fms. iii. 122, viii. 31, xi. 1, Glúm. 330, Landn. 173; á mörkinni, Fms. i. 8, but í mörk, of a farm; á firðinum means lying in a firth, of ships or islands (on the surface of the water), þær eyjar liggja á Breiðafirði, Ld. 36; but í firði, living in a district named Firth; á landi, Nj. 98, Fms. xi. 386.

II. á is commonly used in connection with the pr. names or countries terminating in ‘land,’ Engl. in, á Englandi, Írlandi, Skotlandi, Bretlandi, Saxlandi, Vindlandi, Vínlandi, Grænalandi, Íslandi, Hálogalandi, Rogalandi, Jótlandi, Frakklandi, Hjaltlandi, Jamtalandi, Hvítramannalandi, Norðrlöndum, etc., vide Landn. and the index to Fms. xii. In old writers í is here very rare, in modern authors more frequent; taste and the context in many instances decide. An Icelander would now say, speaking of the queen or king, ‘á Englandi,’ ruling over, but to live ‘í Englandi,’ or ‘á Englandi;’ the rule in the last case not being quite fixed.

2. in connection with other names of countries: á Mæri, Vörs, Ögðum, Fjölum, all districts of Norway, v. Landn.; á Mýrum (in Icel.), á Finnmörk, Landn., á Fjóni (a Danish island); but í Danmörk, Svíþjóð (á Svíþjóðu is poët., Gs. 13).

3. before Icel. farms denoting open and elevated slopes and spaces (not too high, because then ‘at’ must be used), such as ‘staðr, völlr, ból, hjalli, bakki, heimr, eyri,’ etc.; á Veggjum, Landn. 69; á Hólmlátri, id.: those ending in ‘-staðr,’ á Geirmundarstöðum, Þórisstöðum, Jarðlangsstöðum…, Landn.: ‘-völlr,’ á Möðruvöllum: á Fitjum (the farm) í Storð (the island), í Fenhring (the island) á Aski (the farm), Landn., Eg.: ‘-nes’ sometimes takes á, sometimes í (in mod. usage always ‘í’), á Nesi, Eb. 14, or í Krossnesi, 30; in the last case the notion of island, νησος, prevails: so also, ‘fjörðr,’ as, þeir börðust á Vigrafirði (of a fight o n the ice), Landn. 101, but orusta í Hafrsfirði, 122: with ‘-bær,’ á is used in the sense of a farm or estate, hón sa á e-m bæ mikit hús ok fagrt, Edda 22; ‘í bæ’ means within doors, of the buildings: with ‘Bær’ as pr. name Landn. uses ‘í,’ 71, 160, 257, 309, 332.

4. denoting on or just above; of the sun, when the time is fixed by regarding the sun in connection with points in the horizon, a standing phrase in Icel.; sól á gjáhamri, when the sun is on the crag of the Rift, Grág. i. 26, cp. Glúm. 387; so, brú á á, a bridge on a river, Fms. viii. 179, Hrafn. 20; taka hús á e-m, to surprise one, to take the house over his head, Fms. i. 11.

III. á is sometimes used in old writers where we should now expect an acc., esp. in the phrase, leggja sverði (or the like) á e-m, or á e-m miðjum, to stab, Eg. 216, Gísl. 106, Band. 14; þá stakk Starkaðr sprotanum á konungi, then Starkad stabbed the king with the wand, Fas. iii. 34; bíta á kampi (vör), to bite the lips, as a token of pain or emotion, Nj. 209, 68; taka á e-u, to touch a thing, lay hold of it, v. taka; fá á e-u, id. (poët.); leggja hendr á (better at) síðum, in wrestling, Fms. x. 331; koma á úvart á e-m, to come on one unawares, ix. 407 (rare).

B. TEMP. of a particular point or period of time, at, on, in:

I. gener. denoting during, in the course of; á nótt, degi, nætrþeli …, Bs. i. 139; or spec. adding a pron. or an adject., á næsta sumri, the next summer; á því ári, þingi, misseri, hausti, vári, sumri …, during, in that year …, Bs. i. 679, etc.; á þrem sumrum, in the course of three summers, Grág. i. 218; á þrem várum, Fms. ii. 114; á hálfs mánaðar fresti, within half a month’s delay, Nj. 99; á tvítugs, sextugs … aldri, á barns, gamals aldri, etc., at the age of …, v. aldr: á dögum e-s, in the days of, in his reign or time, Landn. 24, Hrafn. 3, Fms. ix. 229.

II. used of a fixed recurrent period or season; á várum, sumrum, haustum, vetrum, á kveldum, every spring, summer …, in the evenings, Eg. 711, Fms. i. 23, 25, vi. 394, Landn. 292: with the numeral adverbs, cp. Lat. ter in anno, um sinn á mánuði, ári, once a month, once a year, where the Engl. a is not the article but the preposition, Grág. i. 89.

III. of duration; á degi, during a whole day, Fms. v. 48; á sjau nóttum, Bárð. 166; á því meli, during that time, in the meantime, Grág. i. 259.

IV. connected with the seasons (á vetri, sumri, vári, hausti), ‘á’ denotes the next preceding season, the last winter, summer, autumn, Eb. 40, 238, Ld. 206: in such instances ‘á’ denotes the past, ‘at’ the future, ‘í’ the present; thus í vetri in old writers means this winter; á vetri, last winter; at vetri, next winter, Eb. 68 (in a verse), etc.

C. In various other relations, more or less metaphorically, on, upon, in, to, with, towards, against:

I. denoting object, in respect of, against, almost periphrastically; dvelja á náðum e-s, under one’s protection, Fms. i. 74; hafa metnað á e-u, to be proud of, to take pride in a thing, 127.

2. denoting a personal relation, in; bæta e-t á e-m, to make amends, i. e. to one personally; misgöra e-t á e-m, to inflict wrong on one; hafa elsku (hatr) á e-m, to bear love ( hatred) to one, Fms. ix. 242; hefna sín á e-m, to take revenge on one’s person, on anyone; rjúfa sætt á e-m, to break truce on the person of any one, to offend against his person, Nj. 103; hafa sár á sér, 101; sjá á e-m, to read on or in one’s face; sér hann á hverjum manni hvárt til þín er vel eðr illa, 106; var þat brátt auðséð á hennar högum, at …, it could soon be seen in all her doings, that …, Ld. 22.

3. also generally to shew signs of a thing; sýna fáleika á sér, to shew marks of displeasure, Nj. 14, Fs. 14; taka vel, illa, lítt, á e-u, to take a thing well, ill, or indifferently, id.; finna á sér, to feel in oneself; fann lítt á honum, hvárt …, it could hardly be seen in his face, whether …, Eb. 42; líkindi eru á, it is likely, Ld. 172; göra kost á e-u, to give a choice, chance of it, 178; eiga vald á e-u, to have power over …, Nj. 10.

II. denoting encumbrance, duty, liability; er fimtardómsmál á þeim, to be subject to …, Nj. 231; the phrase, hafa e-t á hendi, or vera á hendi e-m, on one’s hands, of work or duty to be done; eindagi á fé, term, pay day, Grág. i. 140; ómagi (skylda, afvinna) á fé, of a burden or encumbrance, D. I. and Grág. in several passages.

III. with a personal pronoun, sér, mér, honum …, denoting personal appearance, temper, character, look, or the like; vera þungr, léttr … á sér, to be heavy or light, either bodily or mentally; þungr á sér, corpulent, Sturl. i. 112; kátr ok léttr á sér, of a gay and light temper, Fms. x. 152; þat bragð hafði hann á sér, he looked as if, … the expression of his face was as though …, Ld., cp. the mod. phrase, hafa á sér svip, bragð, æði, sið, of one’s manner or personal appearance, to bear oneself as, or the like; skjótr (seinn) á fæti, speedy ( slow) of foot, Nj. 258.

IV. as a periphrasis of the possessive pronoun connected with the limbs or parts of the body. In common Icel. such phrases as my hands, eyes, head … are hardly ever used, but höfuð, eyru, hár, nef, munnr, hendr, fætr … á mér; so ‘í’ is used of the internal parts, e. g. hjarta, bein … í mér; the eyes are regarded as inside the body, augun í honum: also without the possessive pronoun, or as a periphrasis for a genitive, brjóstið á e-m, one’s breast, Nj. 95, Edda 15; súrnar í augum, it smarts in my eyes, my eyes smart, Nj. 202; kviðinn á sér, its belly, 655 xxx. 5, Fms. vi. 350; hendr á henni, her hands, Gísl. (in a verse); í vörunum á honum, on his lips, Band. 14; ristin á honum, his step, Fms. viii. 141; harðr í tungu, sharp of tongue, Hallfred (Fs. 114); kalt (heitt) á fingrum, höndum, fótum …, cold ( warm) in the fingers, hands, feet …, i. e. with cold fingers, etc.; cp. also the phrase, verða vísa (orð) á munni, of extemporising verses or speeches, freq. in the Sagas; fastr á fótum, fast by the leg, of a bondsman, Nj. 27: of the whole body, díla fundu þeir á honum, 209. The pers. pron. is used only in solemn style (poetry, hymns, the Bible), and perhaps only when influenced by foreign languages, e. g. mitt hjarta hví svo hryggist þú, as a translation of ‘warumb betrübst du dich mein Herz?’ the famous hymn by Hans Sachs; instead of the popular hjartað í mér, Sl. 43, 44: hjartað mitt is only used as a term of endearment, as by a husband to his wife, parents to their child, or the like, in a metaphorical sense; the heart proper is ‘í mér,’ not ‘mitt.’

2. of other things, and as a periphrasis of a genitive, of a part belonging to the whole, e. g. dyrr á husi = húsdyrr, at the house-doors; turn á kirkju = kirkju turn; stafn, skutr, segl, árar … á skipi, the stem, stern, sail … of a ship, Fms. ix. 135; blöð á lauk, á tré …, leaves of a leek, of a tree …, Fas. i. 469; egg á sverði = sverðs egg; stafr á bók; kjölr á bók, and in endless other instances.

V. denoting instrumentality, by, on, or a-, by means of; afla fjár á hólmgöngum, to make money a-duelling, by means of duels, Eg. 498; á verkum sínum, to subsist on one’s own work, Njarð. 366: as a law term, sekjast á e-ju, to be convicted upon …, Grág. i. 123; sekst maðr þar á sínu eigini ( a man is guilty in re sua), ef hann tekr af þeim manni er heimild ( possessio) hefir til, ii. 191; falla á verkum sínum, to be killed flagranti delicto, v. above; fella e-n á bragði, by a sleight in wrestling; komast undan á flótta, to escape by flight, Eg. 11; á hlaupi, by one’s feet, by speed, Hkr. ii. 168; lifa á e-u, to feed on; bergja á e-u, to taste of a thing; svala sér á e-u, to quench the thirst on.

VI. with subst. numerals; á þriðja tigi manna, up to thirty, i. e. from about twenty to thirty, Ld. 194; á öðru hundraði skipa, from one to two hundred sail strong, Fms. x. 126; á níunda tigi, between eighty and ninety years of age, Eg. 764, v. above: used as prep., á hendi, on one’s hand, i. e. bound to do it, v. hönd.

VII. in more or less adverbial phrases it may often be translated in Engl. by a participle and a- prefixed; á lopti, aloft; á floti, afloat; á lífi, alive; á verðgangi, a-begging; á brautu, away; á baki, a-back, behind, past; á milli, a-tween; á laun, alone, secretly; á launungu, id.; á móti, against; á enda, at an end, gone; á huldu, hidden; fara á hæli, to go a-heel, i. e. backwards, Fms. vii. 70;—but in many cases these phrases are transl. by the Engl. partic. with a, which is then perh. a mere prefix, not a prep., á flugi, a-flying in the air, Nj. 79; vera á gangi, a-going; á ferli, to be about; á leiki, a-playing, Fms. i. 78; á sundi, a-swimming, ii. 27; á verði, a-watching, x. 201; á hrakningi, a-wandering; á reiki, a-wavering; á skjálfi, a-shivering; á-hleri, a-listening; á tali, a-talking, Ísl. ii. 200; á hlaupi, a-running, Hkr. ii. 268; á verki, a-working; á veiðum, a-hunting; á fiski, a-fishing; á beit, grazing: and as a law term it even means in flagranti, N. G. L. i. 348.

VIII. used absolutely without a case in reference to the air or the weather, where ‘á’ is almost redundant; þoka var á mikil, a thick fog came on, Nj. 267; niðamyrkr var á, pitch darkness came on, Eg. 210; allhvast á norðan, a very strong breeze from the north, Fms. ix. 20; þá var á norðrænt, a north wind came on, 42, Ld. 56; hvaðan sem á er, from whatever point the wind is; var á hríð veðrs, a snow storm came on, Nj. 282; görði á regn, rain came on, Fms. vi. 394, xi. 35, Ld. 156.

WITH ACC.

A. Loc.

I. denoting simple direction towards, esp. connected with verbs of motion, going, or the like; hann gékk á bergsnös, Eg. 389; á hamar, Fas. ii. 517.

2. in phrases denoting direction; liggja á útborða, lying on the outside of the ship, Eg. 354; á annat borð skipinu, Fms. vii. 260; á bæði borð, on both sides of the ship, Nj. 124, Ld. 56; á tvær hliðar, on both sides, Fms. v. 73. Ísl. ii. 159; á hlið, sidewards; út á hlið, Nj. 262, Edda 44; á aðra hönd henni, Nj. 50, Ld. 46; höggva á tvær hendr, to hew or strike right and left, Ísl. ii. 368, Fas. i. 384, Fms. viii. 363, x. 383.

3. upp á, upon; hann tók augu Þjaza ok kastaði upp á himin, Edda 47: with verbs denoting to look, see, horfa, sjá, líta, etc.; hann rak skygnur á land, he cast glances towards the land, Ld. 154.

II. denoting direction with or without the idea of arriving:

1. with verbs denoting to aim at; of a blow or thrust, stefna á fótinn, Nj. 84; spjótið stefnir á hann miðjan, 205: of the wind, gékk veðrit á vestr, the wind veered to west, Fms. ix. 28; sigla á haf, to stand out to sea, Hkr. i. 146, Fms. i. 39: with ‘út’ added, Eg. 390, Fms. x. 349.

2. conveying the notion of arriving, or the intervening space being traversed; spjótið kom á miðjan skjöldinn, Eg. 379, Nj. 96, 97; langt upp á land, far up inland, Hkr. i. 146: to reach, taka ofan á belti, of the long locks of a woman, to reach down to the belt, Nj. 2; ofan á bringu, 48; á þa ofan, 91.

III. without reference to the space traversed, connected with verbs denoting to go, turn, come, ride, sail, throw, or the like, motion of every kind; hann kastar honum á völlinn, he flings him down, Nj. 91; hlaupa á skip sitt, to leap on board his ship, 43; á hest, to mount quickly, Edda 75; á lend hestinum, Nj. 91; hann gengr á sáðland sitt, he walks on to his fields, 82: on, upon, komast á fætr, to get upon one’s legs, 92; ganga á land, to go a-shore, Fms. i. 40; ganga á þing, vii. 242, Grág. (often); á skóg, á merkr ok skóga, into a wood, Fb. i. 134, 257, Fms. xi. 118, Eg. 577, Nj. 130; fara á Finnmörk, to go travelling in Finmark, Fms. i. 8; koma, fara á bæ, to arrive at the farm-house; koma á veginn, Eg. 578; stíga á bát, skip, to go on board, 158; hann gékk upp á borg, he went up to the burg (castle), 717; en er þeir komu á loptriðið, 236; hrinda skipum á vatn, to float the ships down into the water, Fms. i. 58; reka austr á haf, to drift eastwards on the sea, x. 145; ríða ofan á, to ride down or over, Nj. 82.

IV. in some cases the acc. is used where the dat. would be used, esp. with verbs denoting to see or hear, in such phrases as, þeir sá boða mikinn inn á fjörðinn, they saw great breakers away up in the bight of the firth, the acc. being due perhaps to a motion or direction of the eye or ear towards the object, Nj. 124; sá þeir fólkit á land, they saw the people in the direction of land, Fas. ii. 517: in phrases denoting to be placed, to sit, to be seated, the seat or bench is freq. in the acc. where the dat. would now be used; konungr var þar á land upp, the king was then up the country, the spectator or narrator is conceived as looking from the shore or sea-side, Nj. 46; sitja á miðjan bekk, to be seated on the middle bench, 50; skyldi konungs sæti vera á þann bekk … annat öndvegi var á hinn úæðra pall; hann setti konungs hásæti á miðjan þverpall, Fms. vi. 439, 440, cp. Fagrsk. l. c., Sturl. iii. 182; eru víða fjallbygðir upp á mörkina, in the mark or forest, Eg. 58; var þar mörk mikil á land upp, 229; mannsafnaðr er á land upp (viewed from the sea), Ld. 76; stóll var settr á mótið, Fas. i. 58; beiða fars á skip, to beg a passage, Grág. i. 90.

V. denoting parts of the body; bíta e-n á barka, to bite one in the throat, Ísl. ii. 447; skera á háls, to cut the throat of any one, Nj. 156; brjóta e-n á háls, to break any one’s neck; brjóta e-n á bak, to break any one’s back, Fms. vii. 119; kalinn á kné, frozen to the knees with cold, Hm. 3.

VI. denoting round; láta reipi á háls hesti, round his horse’s neck, 623. 33; leggja söðul á hest, Nj. 83; and ellipt., leggja á, to saddle; breiða feld á hofuð sér, to wrap a cloak over his head, 164; reyta á sik mosa, to gather moss to cover oneself with, 267; spenna hring á hönd, á fingr, Eg. 300.

VII. denoting a burden; stela mat á tvá hesta, hey á fimtán hesta, i. e. a two, a fifteen horse load, Nj. 74: metaph., kjósa feigð á menn, to choose death upon them, i. e. doom them to death, Edda 22.

B. TEMP.

I. of a period of time, at, to; á morgun, to-morrow (í morgun now means the past morning, the morning of to-day), Ísl. ii. 333.

II. if connected with the word day, ‘á’ is now used before a fixed or marked day, a day of the week, a feast day, or the like; á Laugardag, á Sunnudag …, on Saturday, Sunday, the Old Engl. a-Sunday, a-Monday, etc.; á Jóladaginn, Páskadaginn, on Yule and Easter-day; but in old writers more often used ellipt. Sunnudaginn, Jóladaginn …, by dropping the prep. ‘á,’ Fms. viii. 397, Grág. i. 18.

III. connected with ‘dagr’ with the definite article suffixed, ‘á’ denotes a fixed, recurring period or season, in; á daginn, during the day-time, every day in turn, Grett. 91 A.

IV. connected with ‘evening, morning, the seasons,’ with the article; á kveldit, every evening, Ld. 14; á sumarit, every summer, Vd. 128, where the new Ed. Fs. 51 reads sumrum; á haust, every autumn, Eg. 741 (perh. a misprint instead of á haustin or á haustum); á vetrinn, in the winter time, 710; á várit, every spring, Gþl. 347; the sing., however, is very rare in such cases, the old as well as mod. usage prefers the plur.; á nætrnar, by night, Nj. 210; á várin, Eg. 710; á sumrin, haustin, á morgnana, in the morning (á morgin, sing., means to-morrow); á kveldin, in the evening, only ‘dagr’ is used in sing., v. above (á daginn, not á dagana); but elliptically and by dropping the article, Icelanders say, kveld og morgna, nótt og dag, vetr sumar vor og haust, in the same sense as those above mentioned.

V. denoting duration, the article is dropped in the negative phrase, aldri á sinn dag, never during one’s life; aldri á mína daga, never in my life, Bjarn. 8, where a possess. pron. is put between noun and prep., but this phrase is very rare. Such phrases as, á þann dag, that day, and á þenna dag, Stj. 12, 655 xxx. 2. 20, are unclassical.

VI. á dag without article can only be used in a distributive sense, e. g. tvisvar á dag, twice a-day; this use is at present freq. in Icel., yet instances from old writers are not on record.

VII. denoting a movement onward in time, such as, liðið á nótt, dag, kveld, morgun, sumar, vetr, vár, haust (or nóttina, daginn …), jól, páska, föstu, or the like, far on in the night, day …, Edda 33; er á leið vetrinn, when the winter was well on, as the winter wore on, Nj. 126; cp. áliðinn: also in the phrase, hniginn á inn efra aldr, well stricken in years, Ld. 68.

C. Metaph. and in various relations:

I. somewhat metaphorically, denoting an act only (not the place); fara á fund, á vit e-s, to call for one, Eg. 140; koma á ræðu við e-n, to come to a parley with, to speak, 173; ganga á tal, Nj. 103; skora á hólm, to challenge to a duel on an island; koma á grið, to enter into a service, to be domiciled, Grág. i. 151; fara á veiðar, to go a-hunting, Fms. i. 8.

β. generally denoting on, upon, in, to; bjóða vöxtu á féit, to offer interest on the money, Grág. i. 198; ganga á berhögg, to come to blows, v. berhögg; fá á e-n, to make an impression upon one, Nj. 79; ganga á vápn e-s, to throw oneself on an enemy’s weapon, meet him face to face, Rd. 310; ganga á lagið, to press on up the spear-shaft after it has passed through one so as to get near one’s foe, i. e. to avail oneself of the last chance; bera fé á e-n, to bribe, Nj. 62; bera öl á e-n, to make drunk, Fas. i. 13; snúinn á e-t, inclined to, Fms. x. 142; sammælast á e-t, to agree upon, Nj. 86; sættast, verða sáttr á e-t, in the same sense, to come to an agreement, settlement, or atonement, 78, Edda 15, Eb. 288, Ld. 50, Fms. i. 279; ganga á mála, to serve for pay as a soldier, Nj. 121; ganga á vald e-s, to put oneself in his power, 267; ganga á sætt, to break an agreement; vega á veittar trygðir, to break truce, Grág. ii. 169.

II. denoting in regard to, in respect to:

1. of colour, complexion, the hue of the hair, or the like; hvítr, jarpr, dökkr … á hár, having white, brown, or dark … hair, Ísl. ii. 190, Nj. 39; svartr á brún ok brá, dark of brow and eyebrow; dökkr á hörund, id., etc.

2. denoting skill, dexterity; hagr á tré, a good carpenter; hagr á járn, málm, smíðar …, an expert worker in iron, metals …, Eg. 4; fimr á boga, good at the bow: also used of mastership in science or arts, meistari á hörpuslátt, a master in striking the harp, Fas. iii. 220; fræðimaðr á kvæði, knowing many poems by heart, Fms. vi. 391; fræðimaðr á landnámssögur ok forna fræði, a learned scholar in histories and antiquities (of Are Frode), Ísl. ii. 189; mikill á íþrótt, skilful in an art, Edda (pref.) 148; but dat. in the phrase, kunna (vel) á skíðum, to be a cunning skater, Fms. i. 9, vii. 120.

3. denoting dimensions; á hæð, lengd, breidd, dýpt …, in the heighth, length, breadth, depth …, Eg. 277; á hvern veg, on each side, Edda 41 (square miles); á annan veg, on the one side, Grág. i. 89.

β. the phrase, á sik, in regard to oneself, vel (illa) á sik kominn, of a fine ( ugly) appearance, Ld. 100, Fas. iii. 74.

III. denoting instrumentality; bjargast á sínar hendr, to live on the work of one’s own hands, (á sínar spýtur is a mod. phrase in the same sense); (vega) á skálir, pundara, to weigh in scales, Grág. ii. 370; at hann hefði tvá pundara, ok hefði á hinn meira keypt en á hinn minna selt, of a man using two scales, a big one for buying and a little one for selling, Sturl. i. 91; á sinn kostnað, at one’s own expense; nefna e-n á nafn, by name, Grág. i. 17, etc. The Icel. also say, spinna á rokk, snældu, to spin on or with a rock or distaff; mala á kvern, to grind in a ‘querne,’ where Edda 73 uses dat.; esp. of musical instruments, syngja, leika á hljóðfæri, hörpu, gígju …; in the old usage, leika hörpu …, Stj. 458.

IV. denoting the manner or way of doing:

1. á þessa lund, in this wise, Grág. ii. 22; á marga vega, á alla, ymsa vega, in many, all, respects, Fms. i. 114; á sitt hóf, in its turn, respectively, Ld. 136, where the context shews that the expression answers to the Lat. mutatis mutandis; á Þýðersku, after German fashion, Sks. 288.

2. esp. of language; mæla, rita á e-a tungu, to speak, write in a tongue; á Írsku, in Irish, Ld. 76; Norrænu, in Norse, Eb. 330, Vm. 35; a Danska tungu, in Danish, i. e. Scandinavian, Norse, or Icelandic, Grág. i. 18; á Vára tungu, i. e. in Icelandic, 181; rita á Norræna tungu, to write in Norse, Hkr. (pref.), Bs. i. 59:—at present, dat. is sometimes used.

3. in some phrases the acc. is used instead of the dat.; hann sýndi á sik mikit gaman, Fms. x. 329; hann lét ekki á sik finna, he shewed no sign of motion, Nj. 111; skaltú önga fáleika á þik gera (Cod. Kalf.), 14.

V. used in a distributive sense; skal mörk kaupa gæzlu á kú, eðr oxa fim vetra gamlan, a mark for every cow, Grág. i. 147; alin á hvert hross, 442; á mann, per man (now freq.): cp. also á dag above, lit. B.

VI. connected with nouns,

1. prepositional; á hendr (with dat.), against; á hæla, at heel, close behind; á bak, at back, i. e. past, after; á vit (with gen.), towards.

2. adverbially; á braut, away, abroad; á víxl, in turns; á mis, amiss; á víð ok dreif, a-wide and a-drift, i. e. dispersedly.

3. used almost redundantly before the following prep.; á eptir, after, behind; á undan, in front of; á meðal, á milli, among; á mót, against; á við, about, alike; á frá (cp. Swed. ifrån), from (rare); á fyrir = fyrir, Haustl. 1; á hjá, beside (rare); á fram, a-head, forwards; á samt, together; ávalt = of allt, always: following a prep., upp á, upon; niðr á, down upon; ofan á, eptir á, post eventum, (temp.) á eptir is loc., id., etc.

VII. connected with many transitive verbs, answering to the Lat. ad- or in-, in composition, in many cases periphrastically for an objective case. The prep. generally follows after the verb, instead of being prefixed to it as in Lat., and answers to the Engl. on, to; heita kalla, hrópa á, to call on; heyra, hlusta, hlyða á, to hearken to, listen to; hyggja, hugsa á, to think on; minna á, to remind; sjá, líta, horfa, stara, mæna, glápa, koma auga … á, to look on; girnast á, to wish for; trúa á, to believe on; skora á, to call on any one to come out, challenge; kæra á, to accuse; heilsa á, to greet; herja, ganga, ríða, hlaupa, ráða … á, to fall on, attack, cp. ágangr, áreið, áhlaup; ljúga á, to tell lies of, to slander; telja á, to carp at; ausa, tala, hella, kasta, verpa … á, to pour, throw on; ríða, bera, dreifa á, to sprinkle on; vanta, skorta á, to fall short of; ala á, to plead, beg; leggja á, to throw a spell on, lay a saddle on; hætta á, to venture on; gizka á, to guess at; kveða á, to fix on, etc.: in a reciprocal sense, haldast á, of mutual strife; sendast á, to exchange presents; skrifast á, to correspond (mod.); kallast á, to shout mutually; standast á, to coincide, so as to be just opposite one another, etc.

f. [Lat. aqua; Goth. ahva; Hel. aha; A. S. eâ; O. H. G. aha, owa; cp. Germ. ach and aue; Fr. eau, eaux; Engl. Ax-, Ex-, etc., in names of places; Swed.-Dan. å; the Scandinavians absorb the hu, so that only a single vowel or diphthong remains of the whole word]:—a river. The old form in nom. dat. acc. sing. is , v. the introduction to A, page 1, Bs. i. 333 sq., where ́n, ́ (acc.), and ́na; so also Greg. 677; the old fragm. of Grág. ii. 222, 223, new Ed. In the Kb. of the Edda the old form occurs twice, viz. page 75, ́na (acc.), (but two lines below, ána), í ́nni (dat.) The old form also repeatedly occurs in the Kb. and Sb. of the Grág., e. g. ii. 266, 267: gen. sing. ár; nom. pl. ár, gen. á contracted, dat. ám, obsolete form ́m; Edda 43, Eg. 80, 99, 133, 185: proverbs, at ósi skal á stemma, answering to the Lat. principiis obsta, Edda 60; hér kemr á til sæfar, here the river runs into the sea, metaph. = this is the very end, seems to have been a favourite ending of old poems; it is recorded in the Húsdrápa and the Norðsetadrápa, v. Edda 96, Skálda 198; cp. the common saying, oil vötn renna til sævar, ‘all waters run into the sea.’ Rivers with glacier water are in Icel. called Hvítá, White river, or Jökulsá: Hitá, Hot river, from a hot spring, opp. to Kaldá, v. Landn.: others take a name from the fish in them, as Laxá, Lax or Salmon river (freq.); Örriða á, etc.: a tributary river is þverá, etc.: ár in the Njála often means the great rivers Ölfusá and Þjórsá in the south of Iceland. Áin helga, a river in Sweden, Hkr. ii: á is also suffixed to the names of foreign rivers, Tempsá = Thames; Dóná, Danube (Germ. Don-au), (mod.), etc. Vide Edda (Gl.) 116, 117, containing the names of over a hundred North-English and Scottish rivers.

COMPDS: áráll, árbakki, árbrot, ardjúp, árfarvegr, árfors, árgljúfr, árhlutr, ármegin, árminni, ármót, áróss, árreki, árstraumr, árströnd, árvað, árvegr, árvöxtr.

vite [vit]

   a. [rouler, marcher] fast ; [progresser, avancer, travailler, se passer] quickly

• ça s'est passé si vite it happened so quickly

• il travaille vite et bien he works quickly and well

• vous avez fait vite pour venir it didn't take you long to get here

• fais vite ! be quick about it!

• eh, pas si vite ! hey, hold on a minute!

• et plus vite que ça ! and get a move on! (inf)

• le temps passe vite time flies

• la police est allée vite en besogne the police didn't waste any time

• vous allez un peu vite en besogne not so fast!

• aller plus vite que la musique to jump the gun

• c'est vite dit (inf) it's easily said

• j'aurais plus vite fait de l'écrire moi-même it would have been quicker if I'd written it myself

► vite fait (inf)

elle s'est tirée vite fait she was off like a shot (inf)

• il faut que tu termines ça, vite fait you need to get that finished pretty damn quick (inf)

• on prend une bière, mais vite fait we'll have a beer, but just a quick one (inf)

• il l'a terminé vite fait, bien fait he finished it nice and quickly (inf)

• il l'a peint vite fait, bien fait he gave it a quick lick of paint

   b. ( = bientôt) soon

• elle sera vite guérie she'll soon be better

• il a eu vite fait de découvrir que... he soon discovered that...

• ce sera vite fait it won't take long

• on a vite fait de dire que... it's easy to say that...

   c. ( = immédiatement) quick

• lève-toi vite ! get up quick!

• va vite voir ! quick, go and see!

• au plus vite as quickly as possible

• il faut le prévenir au plus vite he must be warned as soon as possible

• faites-moi ça, et vite ! hurry up and do it!

• vite ! un médecin quick, get a doctor!

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1) ( rapidement) quickly

2) ( peu après le début) soon

3) ( hâtivement)

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1) (= rapidement) quickly, fast