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  • 41 fallar

    v.
    1 to get wrong (equivocar) (respuesta).
    2 to pass sentence on.
    3 to fail.
    este truco nunca falla this trick never fails
    me fallaron los frenos my brakes didn't work
    El chico falló de nuevo The boy failed again.
    El chico falló la prueba The boy failed the test.
    El chico le falló a Ricardo The boy failed Richard.
    Mi plan falló My plan failed.
    4 to give way.
    5 to miss.
    El misil falló el blanco The missile missed the target.
    6 to resolve, to judge, to rule.
    Ricardo falló el caso Richard judged the case.
    7 to fail on, to crash on.
    Me falla el sistema The system fails on me.
    * * *
    1 DERECHO to pass sentence, pass judgement
    2 (premio) to award a prize
    1 DERECHO to pass, pronounce
    2 (premio) to award
    ————————
    1 (fracasar, no funcionar) to fail
    2 (puntería) to miss; (plan) to go wrong
    3 (ceder) to give way, collapse
    1 (en naipes) to trump
    * * *
    verb
    2) miss
    3) rule
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) [freno] to fail; [plan] to fail, go wrong; [cuerda] to break, give way; [motor] to misfire

    si le das un caramelo se calla, no falla nunca — if you give him a sweet he'll shut up, it never fails

    no falla, ya has vuelto a llegar tarde — * I knew it, you're late again

    2) (=defraudar)

    fallar a algn — to let sb down, fail sb

    mañana hay reunión, no me falles — there's a meeting tomorrow, don't let me down

    3) (Jur) to pass judgment

    fallar a favor/en contra de algn — to rule in favour of/against sb, find for/against sb

    4) (Naipes) to trump
    2. VT
    1) (=errar)
    2) (Jur) to deliver judgment in
    3) [+ premio] to award
    4) (Naipes) to trump
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) juez/jurado

    fallar a or en favor/en contra de alguien — to rule in favor* of/against somebody

    2)
    a) frenos/memoria to fail; planes to go wrong

    otra vez llegas tarde nunca falla! — you're late again, typical!; (+ me/te/le etc)

    a ti te falla/a él le falla — (AmL) (fam) you've/he's got a screw loose (colloq)

    b) persona (+ me/te/le etc) to let... down
    2.
    fallar vt
    1) < caso> to pronounce judgment in; < premio> to award; < concurso> to decide the result of
    2) ( errar) to miss
    * * *
    = fail, falter, misfire, derail, crash, backfire, come + unstuck.
    Ex. This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.
    Ex. The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.
    Ex. While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.
    Ex. When organizational communication works well, every ofther facet of management is enhanced; if it derails, other aspects of directing falter as well = Cuando la comunicación dentro de una organización funciona bien, las demás facetas de la gestión mejoran; no obstante, si falla, los otros aspectos de la dirección flaquean también.
    Ex. Our computer crashed, the motherboard died, taking along with her the hard drive.
    Ex. While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.
    Ex. Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.
    ----
    * no falla = reliable.
    * sin fallar = without fail.
    * si no + Pronombre + fallar la memoria = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) juez/jurado

    fallar a or en favor/en contra de alguien — to rule in favor* of/against somebody

    2)
    a) frenos/memoria to fail; planes to go wrong

    otra vez llegas tarde nunca falla! — you're late again, typical!; (+ me/te/le etc)

    a ti te falla/a él le falla — (AmL) (fam) you've/he's got a screw loose (colloq)

    b) persona (+ me/te/le etc) to let... down
    2.
    fallar vt
    1) < caso> to pronounce judgment in; < premio> to award; < concurso> to decide the result of
    2) ( errar) to miss
    * * *
    = fail, falter, misfire, derail, crash, backfire, come + unstuck.

    Ex: This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.

    Ex: The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.
    Ex: While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.
    Ex: When organizational communication works well, every ofther facet of management is enhanced; if it derails, other aspects of directing falter as well = Cuando la comunicación dentro de una organización funciona bien, las demás facetas de la gestión mejoran; no obstante, si falla, los otros aspectos de la dirección flaquean también.
    Ex: Our computer crashed, the motherboard died, taking along with her the hard drive.
    Ex: While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.
    Ex: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.
    * no falla = reliable.
    * sin fallar = without fail.
    * si no + Pronombre + fallar la memoria = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.

    * * *
    fallar [A1 ]
    vi
    A
    (dictaminar) «juez/jurado»: fallar a or en favor de algn to rule in favor* of sb, to find for sb
    fallar en contra de algn to rule o find against sb
    B
    1 «frenos/memoria» to fail; «planes» to go wrong
    algo falló y se estrellaron something went wrong and they crashed
    (+ me/te/le etc): le falló el corazón his heart failed
    si los cálculos no me fallan if my calculations are right
    si la memoria no me falla if my memory serves me well
    le falló la puntería his aim was poor
    me falló el instinto my instinct failed me
    a ti te falla/a él le falla ( fam); you've/he's got a screw loose ( colloq)
    2 «persona» (+ me/te/le etc) to let … down
    nos fallaron dos personas two people let us down
    C (en naipes) to trump, ruff
    ■ fallar
    vt
    A ‹caso› to pronounce judgment in; ‹premio› to award; ‹concurso› to decide the result of
    B (errar) to miss
    fallé el disparo y di en el árbol I missed and hit the tree
    * * *

     

    fallar ( conjugate fallar) verbo intransitivo
    1 [juez/jurado] fallar a or en favor/en contra de algn to rule in favor( conjugate favor) of/against sb
    2
    a) [frenos/memoria] to fail;

    [ planes] to go wrong;

    le falló la puntería he missed;
    a ti te falla (AmL) (fam) you've a screw loose (colloq)
    b) [ persona] (+ me/te/le etc) to let … down

    verbo transitivo ( errar) to miss;

    fallar 1
    I vi Jur to rule
    II vtr (un premio) to award
    fallar 2 verbo intransitivo
    1 to fail: le falló la memoria, his memory failed
    2 (decepcionar) to disappoint: no nos falles, don't let us down

    ' fallar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estrellarse
    - pifiar
    English:
    adrift
    - cert
    - conk out
    - crash
    - fail
    - find
    - flub
    - fluff
    - founder
    - give out
    - go
    - inch
    - misfire
    - miss
    - unstuck
    - break
    - let
    - malfunction
    - rule
    - wrong
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [equivocar] [respuesta] to get wrong;
    [tiro] to miss
    2. [sentenciar] to pass sentence on;
    [premio] to award
    ♦ vi
    1. [equivocarse] to get it wrong;
    [no acertar] to miss;
    sin fallar without fail;
    este truco nunca falla this trick never fails;
    ¡no falla, en cuanto salimos se pone a llover! it never fails, whenever we go out, it starts raining!;
    si la memoria no me falla if my memory serves me correctly;
    Fam Hum
    fallar más que una escopeta de feria: esta impresora falla más que una escopeta de feria this printer is a heap of junk
    2. [fracasar, flaquear] to fail;
    [no funcionar] to stop working; [plan] to go wrong;
    me fallaron los frenos my brakes didn't work;
    falló el suministro eléctrico there was a power cut;
    nos fallaron las previsiones our forecasts were out
    3. [decepcionar]
    fallarle a alguien to let sb down;
    contigo somos cuatro, no nos falles there'll be four of us if you come, don't let us down
    4. [quebrarse, ceder] to give way;
    el cable falló the cable broke o snapped
    5. [sentenciar]
    fallar a favor/en contra de alguien to find in favour of/against sb
    6. [en juegos de cartas] to trump
    * * *
    I v/i
    1 fail
    2 (no acertar) miss
    3 de sistema etc go wrong
    4 JUR find ( en favor de for;
    en contra de against)
    5
    :
    fallar a alguien let s.o. down
    II v/t
    1 JUR pronounce judg(e)ment in
    2 pregunta get wrong
    3
    :
    * * *
    fallar vi
    1) fracasar: to fail, to go wrong
    2) : to rule (in a court of law)
    fallar vt
    1) errar: to miss (a target)
    2) : to pronounce judgment on
    * * *
    fallar vb
    1. (un tiro) to miss
    2. (una pregunta) to get wrong
    3. (defraudar) to let down [pt. & pp. let]
    4. (no funcionar) to be wrong
    5. (perder resistencia) to go / to fail
    me fallaron las piernas my legs went / my legs failed me
    le falla la memoria his memory is going / his memory is failing

    Spanish-English dictionary > fallar

  • 42 cargarse

    1 (llenarse) to load oneself (de, with)
    2 (el cielo) to get cloudy, become overcast
    3 ELECTRICIDAD to become charged
    5 familiar (destrozar) to smash, ruin
    6 familiar (matar) to knock off
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=llenarse)

    cargarse de — [+ fruta, dinero] to be full of, loaded with; [+ culpa, responsabilidad] to take

    2) * (=destruir) [+ jarrón, juguete] to smash, break; [+ esperanzas, vida] to ruin

    ¡te lo has cargado! — * you've gone and knackered it *

    3) [aire, ambiente]
    4) [cielo] to become overcast
    5) (Elec) to become charged
    6) * (=hartarse)
    7) * (=enfadarse) to get annoyed
    8) Esp
    *

    cargarse a algn — (=suspender) to fail sb; (=matar) to bump sb off *, do sb in **; (=eliminar) to get rid of sb, remove sb

    9)

    cargársela — * to get into hot water *, get it in the neck *

    te la vas a cargar — you're in for it *, you've had it *

    * * *

    ■cargarse verbo reflexivo
    1 familiar (estropear) to smash, ruin: se cargó el ordenador, she broke the computer
    2 familiar (asesinar) to kill
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar cargársela, to get it
    ' cargarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ventilarse
    - cargar
    English:
    do in
    - zap
    - debt
    * * *
    vpr
    1. Fam [romper] to break;
    se cargó el jarrón she broke the vase;
    se cargó la empresa he ruined the company;
    con ese horrible edificio se han cargado el paisaje they've ruined o spoilt the landscape with that horrible building
    2. Fam [suspender] to fail;
    el profesor se cargó a la mitad de la clase the teacher failed half the class
    3. Fam [matar] [persona] to bump off;
    [animal] to kill
    4. Fam [eliminar, prescindir de] to get rid of;
    se han cargado a nuestro representante they've got rid of our representative
    5. [por olor] to get stuffy;
    [por humo] to get smoky
    6. [colmarse]
    cargarse de to be loaded down with;
    cargarse de deudas to get up to one's neck in debt;
    se cargó de hijos she had a lot of children;
    los ojos se le cargaban de lágrimas his eyes filled with tears;
    se cargó de responsabilidades she took on a lot of responsibilities
    7. Esp Fam
    ¡te la vas a cargarse! you're in for it!;
    si no me lo devuelves, te la vas a cargarse if you don't give it back to me, there'll be trouble
    8. [parte del cuerpo]
    se me han cargado las piernas my legs are tired;
    se me ha cargado la cabeza con tanto ruido my head's throbbing from all this noise
    9. Elec to charge;
    aún no se ha cargado la batería the battery still hasn't charged
    10. Meteo to cloud over;
    el cielo se cargó desde primeras horas de la mañana the sky o it clouded over very early in the morning
    11. Méx Fam [matar] to rub out, to do in
    12. RP Fam [intentar seducir]
    Pedro se (la) carga a María Br Pedro is trying to get off with Maria, US Pedro is hitting on Maria
    * * *
    v/r
    1 con peso, responsabilidad weigh o.s. down
    2 fam ( matar) bump off fam
    3 fam ( romper) wreck fam
    4 INFOR load
    * * *
    1. (romper, estropear) to break [pt. broke; pp. broken] / to wreck
    2. (matar) to kill
    3. (suspender) to fail

    Spanish-English dictionary > cargarse

  • 43 MUNDR

    (gen. -ar), m. the sum which the bridegroom had to pay for his bride, and which after the wedding became her own property.
    * * *
    m., gen. mundar, dat. mundi; [cp. O. H. G. munt, whence low Lat. mundium = tutelage in the old Teut. laws; women are said to live ‘sub mundio’ of their parents and husbands, Du Cange, s. v.; cp. also Germ. vor-mund = a guardian, and mündling = a minor or a person living under tutelage; perh. akin to mund ( hand), as hand and authority are kindred notions. So in Lat. phrases, in manu parentis, manumissio, etc., used of minors, slaves. In Norse the word is used in a special sense.]
    B. In the ancient laws and customs matrimony was a bargain (brúð-kaup), hence the phrase to buy a wife, kaupa konu; the wooing was often performed by a deputy, and at the espousals (festar) a sum was agreed on, which the bridegroom was to pay for his bride. This sum was called mundr; and this transaction between the damsel’s father or guardian and the other party was called mundar-mál or mund-mál, e. g. Nj. ch. 2, Mörðr (the father) svarar, hugsað hefi ek kostinn, hón (i. e. my daughter, the damsel) skal hafa sextigi hundraða, ok skal aukask þriðjungi í þínum garði: hence the phrases, kaupa mey mundi, to buy a maid by mund; mey mundi keypt; gjalda mund, Skv. 1. 30, Fm. 41, N. G. L. i. 27, 48, Am. 93, and passim. No marriage was lawful without the payment of mund, for even if the wedding had been lawfully performed, without such previous payment of mund the sons of such a wedlock were illegitimate, and were called hornung (q. v.),—hann kallaði ykkr frillu-sonu,—Hárekr sagði at þeir mundi vitni til fá at móðir þeirra var mundi keypt, Eg. 40; the least amount of mund in Norway was twelve ounces, called the poor man’s mund (öreiga mundr), N. G. L. i. 27, 54; in Iceland it was a mark, sá maðr er eigi arfgengr er móðir hans er eigi mundi keypt, mörk eða meira fé, Grág. (Kb.) i. 222. On the wedding night the stipulated mund became the wife’s personal property, and thus bears some resemblance to the ‘morning-gift’ (morgun-gjöf) of the later legislation; þá er hjú koma í eina sæing, at þá er konu heimill mundr sinn ok svá vextir af fé því öllu er henni er mælt í mundar-málum, Grág. i. 370. The wife herself or her parents might, in case of divorce after misconduct, call on the husband to pay up the mund and the heiman-fylgja (q. v.) of which he had the charge, Grág. Festaþ. ch. 51; ella mun ek láta nefna mér vátta nú þegar, ok segja skilit við þik, ok mun ek láta föður minn heimta mund minn ok heiman-fylgju, Gísl. 16 (p. 32 in Mr. Dasent’s Gisli the Outlaw), cp. also Yngl. S. ch. 17; nefndi Mörðr (the father) sér vátta, ok lýsti fésök á hendr Rúti (the husband) um fémál dóttur sinnar ok taldi níutigi hundraða fjár, lýsti hann til gjalda ok útgreiðslu, Nj. 15 and Dasent’s Burnt Njal (l. c.), the Sagas passim, at abo Grág., esp. the section Festaþ. ch. vii. sqq. The mundr therefore was different to the dowry (heiman-fylgja), and has nothing answering to it in the modern law, nor perhaps in the old Greek or Roman customs; hence Tacitus speaks of it as something strange, dotem non uxor marito, sed maritus uxori affert. Germ. ch. 18. On the other hand, the Teutonic rites of marriage call to mind the ancient patriarchal times as described in Gen. xxiv and xxix. The etymological connection between mundium = tutelage and the Norse word is not altogether clear. In modern Icelandic usage heiman-mundr is erroneouslv used instead of heiman-fylgja, q. v.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > MUNDR

  • 44 Curr, John

    [br]
    b. 1756 Kyo, near Lanchester, or in Greenside, near Ryton-on-Tyne, Durham, England
    d. 27 January 1823 Sheffield, England
    [br]
    English coal-mine manager and engineer, inventor of flanged, cast-iron plate rails.
    [br]
    The son of a "coal viewer", Curr was brought up in the West Durham colliery district. In 1777 he went to the Duke of Norfolk's collieries at Sheffield, where in 1880 he was appointed Superintendent. There coal was conveyed underground in baskets on sledges: Curr replaced the wicker sledges with wheeled corves, i.e. small four-wheeled wooden wagons, running on "rail-roads" with cast-iron rails and hauled from the coal-face to the shaft bottom by horses. The rails employed hitherto had usually consisted of plates of iron, the flange being on the wheels of the wagon. Curr's new design involved flanges on the rails which guided the vehicles, the wheels of which were unflanged and could run on any hard surface. He appears to have left no precise record of the date that he did this, and surviving records have been interpreted as implying various dates between 1776 and 1787. In 1787 John Buddle paid tribute to the efficiency of the rails of Curr's type, which were first used for surface transport by Joseph Butler in 1788 at his iron furnace at Wingerworth near Chesterfield: their use was then promoted widely by Benjamin Outram, and they were adopted in many other English mines. They proved serviceable until the advent of locomotives demanded different rails.
    In 1788 Curr also developed a system for drawing a full corve up a mine shaft while lowering an empty one, with guides to separate them. At the surface the corves were automatically emptied by tipplers. Four years later he was awarded a patent for using double ropes for lifting heavier loads. As the weight of the rope itself became a considerable problem with the increasing depth of the shafts, Curr invented the flat hemp rope, patented in 1798, which consisted of several small round ropes stitched together and lapped upon itself in winding. It acted as a counterbalance and led to a reduction in the time and cost of hoisting: at the beginning of a run the loaded rope began to coil upon a small diameter, gradually increasing, while the unloaded rope began to coil off a large diameter, gradually decreasing.
    Curr's book The Coal Viewer (1797) is the earliest-known engineering work on railway track and it also contains the most elaborate description of a Newcomen pumping engine, at the highest state of its development. He became an acknowledged expert on construction of Newcomen-type atmospheric engines, and in 1792 he established a foundry to make parts for railways and engines.
    Because of the poor financial results of the Duke of Norfolk's collieries at the end of the century, Curr was dismissed in 1801 despite numerous inventions and improvements which he had introduced. After his dismissal, six more of his patents were concerned with rope-making: the one he gained in 1813 referred to the application of flat ropes to horse-gins and perpendicular drum-shafts of steam engines. Curr also introduced the use of inclined planes, where a descending train of full corves pulled up an empty one, and he was one of the pioneers employing fixed steam engines for hauling. He may have resided in France for some time before his death.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1788. British patent no. 1,660 (guides in mine shafts).
    1789. An Account of tin Improved Method of Drawing Coals and Extracting Ores, etc., from Mines, Newcastle upon Tyne.
    1797. The Coal Viewer and Engine Builder's Practical Companion; reprinted with five plates and an introduction by Charles E.Lee, 1970, London: Frank Cass, and New York: Augustus M.Kelley.
    1798. British patent no. 2,270 (flat hemp ropes).
    Further Reading
    F.Bland, 1930–1, "John Curr, originator of iron tram roads", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 11:121–30.
    R.A.Mott, 1969, Tramroads of the eighteenth century and their originator: John Curr', Transactions of the Newcomen Society 42:1–23 (includes corrections to Fred Bland's earlier paper).
    Charles E.Lee, 1970, introduction to John Curr, The Coal Viewer and Engine Builder's Practical Companion, London: Frank Cass, pp. 1–4; orig. pub. 1797, Sheffield (contains the most comprehensive biographical information).
    R.Galloway, 1898, Annals of Coalmining, Vol. I, London; reprinted 1971, London (provides a detailed account of Curr's technological alterations).
    WK / PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Curr, John

  • 45 Lever, William Hesketh

    [br]
    b. 19 September 1851 Bolton, Lancashire, England
    d. 7 May 1925 Hampstead, London, England
    [br]
    English manufacturer of soap.
    [br]
    William Hesketh Lever was the son of the retail grocer James Lever, who built up the large wholesale firm of Lever \& Co. in the north-west of England. William entered the firm at the age of 19 as a commercial traveller, and in the course of his work studied the techniques of manufacture and the quality of commercial soaps available at the time. He decided that he would concentrate on the production of a soap that was not evil-smelling, would lather easily and be attractively packaged. In 1884 he produced Sunlight Soap, which became the trade mark for Lever \& Co. He had each tablet wrapped, partly to protect the soap from oxygenization and thus prevent it from becoming rancid, and partly to display his brand name as a form of advertising. In 1885 he raised a large capital sum, purchased the Soap Factory in Warrington of Winser \& Co., and began manufacture. His product contained oils from copra, palm and cotton blended with tallow and resin, and its quality was carefully monitored during production. In a short time it was in great demand and began to replace the previously available alternatives of home-made soap and poor-quality, unpleasant-smelling bars.
    It soon became necessary to expand the firm's premises, and in 1887 Lever purchased fifty-six acres of land upon which he set up a new centre of manufacture. This was in the Wirral in Cheshire, near the banks of the River Mersey. Production at the new factory, which was called Port Sunlight, began in January 1889. Lever introduced a number of technical improvements in the production process, including the heating systems and the recovery of glycerine (which could later be sold) from the boiling process.
    Like Sir Titus Salt of Saltaire before him, Lever believed it to be in the interest of the firm to house his workers in a high standard of building and comfort close to the factory.
    By the early twentieth century he had created Port Sunlight Village, one of the earliest and certainly the most impressive housing estates, for his employees. Architecturally the estate is highly successful, being built from a variety of natural materials and vernacular styles by a number of distinguished architects, so preventing an overall architectural monotony. The comprehensive estate comprises, in addition to the factory and houses, a church, an art gallery, schools, a cottage hospital, library, bank, fire station, post office and shops, as well as an inn and working men's institute, both of which were later additions. In 1894 Lever \& Co. went public and soon was amalgamated with other soap firms. It was at its most successful high point by 1910.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    First Viscount Leverhulme of the Western Isles.
    Further Reading
    1985, Dictionary of Business Biography. Butterworth.
    Ian Campbell Bradley, 1987, Enlightened Entrepreneurs, London: Weidenfeld \& Nicolson.
    DY

    Biographical history of technology > Lever, William Hesketh

  • 46 Raky, Anton

    [br]
    b. 5 January 1868 Seelenberg, Taunus, Germany
    d. 22 August 1943 Berlin, Germany
    [br]
    German inventor of rapid percussion drilling, entrepreneur in the exploration business.
    [br]
    While apprenticed at the drilling company of E. Przibilla, Raky already called attention by his reflections towards developing drilling methods and improving tools. Working as a drilling engineer in Alsace, he was extraordinarily successful in applying an entire new hydraulic boring system in which the rod was directly connected to the chisel. This apparatus, driven by steam, allowed extremely rapid percussions with very low lift.
    With some improvements, his boring rig drilled deep holes at high speed and at least doubled the efficiency of the methods hitherto used. His machine, which was also more reliable, was secured by a patent in 1895. With borrowed capital, he founded the Internationale Bohrgesellschaft in Strasbourg in the same year, and he began a career in the international exploration business that was unequalled as well as breathtaking. Until 1907 the total depth of the drillings carried out by the company was 1,000 km.
    Raky's rapid drilling was unrivalled and predominant until improved rotary drilling took over. His commercial sense in exploiting the technical advantages of his invention by combining drilling with producing the devices in his own factory at Erkelenz, which later became the headquarters of the company, and in speculating on the concessions for the explored deposits made him by far superior to all of his competitors, who were provoked into contests which they generally lost. His flourishing company carried out drilling in many parts of the world; he became the initiator of the Romanian oil industry and his extraordinary activities in exploring potash and coal deposits in different parts of Germany, especially in the Ruhr district, provoked the government in 1905 into stopping granting claims to private companies. Two years later, he was forced to withdraw from his holding company because of his restless and eccentric character. He turned to Russia and, during the First World War, he was responsible for the reconstruction of the destroyed Romanian oilfields. Thereafter, partly financed by mining companies, he continued explorations in several European countries, and in Germany he was pioneering again with exploring oilfields, iron ore and lignite deposits which later grew in economic value. Similar to Glenck a generation before, he was a daring entrepreneur who took many risks and opened new avenues of exploration, and he was constantly having to cope with a weak financial position, selling concessions and shares, most of them to Preussag and Wintershall; however, this could not prevent his business from collapse in 1932. He finally gave up drilling in 1936 and died a poor man.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Dr-Ing. (Hon.) Bergakademie Clausthal 1921.
    Further Reading
    G.P.R.Martin, 1967, "Hundert Jahre Anton Raky", Erdöl-Erdgas-Zeitschrift, 83:416–24 (a detailed description).
    D.Hoffmann, 1959, 150 Jahre Tiefbohrungen in Deutschland, Vienna and Hamburg: 32– 4 (an evaluation of his technologial developments).
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  • 47 Sopwith, Sir Thomas (Tommy) Octave Murdoch

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 18 January 1888 London, England
    d. 27 January 1989 Stockbridge, Hampshire, England
    [br]
    English aeronautical engineer and industrialist.
    [br]
    Son of a successful mining engineer, Sopwith did not shine at school and, having been turned down by the Royal Navy as a result, attended an engineering college. His first interest was motor cars and, while still in his teens, he set up a business in London with a friend in order to sell them; he also took part in races and rallies.
    Sopwith's interest in aviation came initially through ballooning, and in 1906 he purchased his own balloon. Four years later, inspired by the recent flights across the Channel to France and after a joy-ride at Brooklands, he bought an Avis monoplane, followed by a larger biplane, and taught himself to fly. He was awarded the Royal Aero Society's Aviator Certificate No. 31 on 21 November 1910, and he quickly distinguished himself in flying competitions on both sides of the Atlantic and started his own flying school. In his races he was ably supported by his friend Fred Sigrist, a former motor engineer. Among the people Sopwith taught to fly were an Australian, Harry Hawker, and Major Hugh Trenchard, who later became the "father" of the RAF.
    In 1912, depressed by the poor quality of the aircraft on trial for the British Army, Sopwith, in conjunction with Hawker and Sigrist, bought a skating rink in Kingston-upon-Thames and, assisted by Fred Sigrist, started to design and build his first aircraft, the Sopwith Hybrid. He sold this to the Royal Navy in 1913, and the following year his aviation manufacturing company became the Sopwith Aviation Company Ltd. That year a seaplane version of his Sopwith Tabloid won the Schneider Trophy in the second running of this speed competition. During 1914–18, Sopwith concentrated on producing fighters (or "scouts" as they were then called), with the Pup, the Camel, the 1½ Strutter, the Snipe and the Sopwith Triplane proving among the best in the war. He also pioneered several ideas to make flying easier for the pilot, and in 1915 he patented his adjustable tailplane and his 1 ½ Strutter was the first aircraft to be fitted with air brakes. During the four years of the First World War, Sopwith Aviation designed thirty-two different aircraft types and produced over 16,000 aircraft.
    The end of the First World War brought recession to the aircraft industry and in 1920 Sopwith, like many others, put his company into receivership; none the less, he immediately launched a new, smaller company with Hawker, Sigrist and V.W.Eyre, which they called the H.G. Hawker Engineering Company Ltd to avoid any confusion with the former company. He began by producing cars and motor cycles under licence, but was determined to resume aircraft production. He suffered an early blow with the death of Hawker in an air crash in 1921, but soon began supplying aircraft to the Royal Air Force again. In this he was much helped by taking on a new designer, Sydney Camm, in 1923, and during the next decade they produced a number of military aircraft types, of which the Hart light bomber and the Fury fighter, the first to exceed 200 mph (322 km/h), were the best known. In the mid-1930s Sopwith began to build a large aviation empire, acquiring first the Gloster Aircraft Company and then, in quick succession, Armstrong-Whitworth, Armstrong-Siddeley Motors Ltd and its aero-engine counterpart, and A.V.Roe, which produced Avro aircraft. Under the umbrella of the Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Company (set up in 1935) these companies produced a series of outstanding aircraft, ranging from the Hawker Hurricane, through the Avro Lancaster to the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first in-service jet aircraft, and the Hawker Typhoon, Tempest and Hunter. When Sopwith retired as Chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group in 1963 at the age of 75, a prototype jump-jet (the P-1127) was being tested, later to become the Harrier, a for cry from the fragile biplanes of 1910.
    Sopwith also had a passion for yachting and came close to wresting the America's Cup from the USA in 1934 when sailing his yacht Endeavour, which incorporated a number of features years ahead of their time; his greatest regret was that he failed in his attempts to win this famous yachting trophy for Britain. After his retirement as Chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group, he remained on the Board until 1978. The British aviation industry had been nationalized in April 1977, and Hawker Siddeley's aircraft interests merged with the British Aircraft Corporation to become British Aerospace (BAe). Nevertheless, by then the Group had built up a wide range of companies in the field of mechanical and electrical engineering, and its board conferred on Sopwith the title Founder and Life President.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1953. CBE 1918.
    Bibliography
    1961, "My first ten years in aviation", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (April) (a very informative and amusing paper).
    Further Reading
    A.Bramson, 1990, Pure Luck: The Authorized Biography of Sir Thomas Sopwith, 1888– 1989, Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens.
    B.Robertson, 1970, Sopwith. The Man and His Aircraft, London (a detailed publication giving plans of all the Sopwith aircraft).
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  • 48 Taylor, Frederick Winslow

    [br]
    b. 20 March 1856 Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA
    d. 21 March 1915 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    [br]
    American mechanical engineer and pioneer of scientific management.
    [br]
    Frederick W.Taylor received his early education from his mother, followed by some years of schooling in France and Germany. Then in 1872 he entered Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, to prepare for Harvard Law School, as it was intended that he should follow his father's profession. However, in 1874 he had to abandon his studies because of poor eyesight, and he began an apprenticeship at a pump-manufacturing works in Philadelphia learning the trades of pattern-maker and machinist. On its completion in 1878 he joined the Midvale Steel Company, at first as a labourer but then as Shop Clerk and Foreman, finally becoming Chief Engineer in 1884. At the same time he was able to resume study in the evenings at the Stevens Institute of Technology, and in 1883 he obtained the degree of Mechanical Engineer (ME). He also found time to take part in amateur sport and in 1881 he won the tennis doubles championship of the United States.
    It was while with the Midvale Steel Company that Taylor began the systematic study of workshop management, and the application of his techniques produced significant increases in the company's output and productivity. In 1890 he became Manager of a company operating large paper mills in Maine and Wisconsin, until 1893 when he set up on his own account as a consulting engineer specializing in management organization. In 1898 he was retained exclusively by the Bethlehem Steel Company, and there continued his work on the metal-cutting process that he had started at Midvale. In collaboration with J.Maunsel White (1856–1912) he developed high-speed tool steels and their heat treatment which increased cutting capacity by up to 300 per cent. He resigned from the Bethlehem Steel Company in 1901 and devoted the remainder of his life to expounding the principles of scientific management which became known as "Taylorism". The Society to Promote the Science of Management was established in 1911, renamed the Taylor Society after his death. He was an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and was its President in 1906; his presidential address "On the Art of Cutting Metals" was reprinted in book form.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Paris Exposition Gold Medal 1900. Franklin Institute Elliott Cresson Gold Medal 1900. President, American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1906. Hon. ScD, University of Pennsylvania 1906. Hon. LLD, Hobart College 1912.
    Bibliography
    F.W.Taylor was the author of about 100 patents, several papers to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, On the Art of Cutting Metals (1907, New York) and The Principles of Scientific Management (1911, New York) and, with S.E.Thompson, 1905 A Treatise on Concrete, New York, and Concrete Costs, 1912, New York.
    Further Reading
    The standard biography is Frank B.Copley, 1923, Frederick W.Taylor, Father of Scientific Management, New York (reprinted 1969, New York) and there have been numerous commentaries on his work: see, for example, Daniel Nelson, 1980, Frederick W.Taylor and the Rise of Scientific Management, Madison, Wis.
    RTS

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  • 49 קומץ

    קוֹמֶץ, קֹמֶץm. (b. h.; קָמַץ) bending the three middle fingers over the hollow of the hand; (with מלא, or sub. מלא) grab, handful, contrad. to חוֹפֶן. Ber.3b אין הק׳ משביעוכ׳ one grab cannot satisfy a lion. Gen. R. s. 20 ק׳ עפרוכ׳ is not the handful of dust of the ground of which thou hast been made, booty in thy possession (which thou must give back to the earth)? Ib. s. 90 אין בה ק׳ ק׳ there would not be a handful for each person; Yalk. ib. 148 אינן מספיקין מק׳ ק׳; a. e.Esp. the handful of the meal offering which the priest takes to be put on the altar (Lev. 6:8). Men.III, 2 נתערב קוּמְצָהּ בק׳וכ׳ if the handful of one meal offering became mixed up with that of another meal offering. Ib. 3 ק׳ שנתערבוכ׳ if a ḳomets became mixed up with a meal offering from which no ḳomets was yet taken. Y.Shek.VI, end, 50b בקְמְצוֹ של כהן measured by the officiating priests handful; בק׳ של בעלים by the owners handful. Koh. R. to IV, 6 חביב עלי מלא קמצו של עניוכ׳ the handful of the poor mans offering is more precious to me than the fistfuls of the high priests frankincense; a. fr.Pl. קְמָצִים, קְמָצִין, קוּמְצִין. Gen. R. s. 5 חפנו … שמונה ק׳ Moses one fistful contained eight ordinary handfuls. Y. Shek. l. c. (ed. Zyt. קומצין); a. fr.

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  • 50 קמץ

    קוֹמֶץ, קֹמֶץm. (b. h.; קָמַץ) bending the three middle fingers over the hollow of the hand; (with מלא, or sub. מלא) grab, handful, contrad. to חוֹפֶן. Ber.3b אין הק׳ משביעוכ׳ one grab cannot satisfy a lion. Gen. R. s. 20 ק׳ עפרוכ׳ is not the handful of dust of the ground of which thou hast been made, booty in thy possession (which thou must give back to the earth)? Ib. s. 90 אין בה ק׳ ק׳ there would not be a handful for each person; Yalk. ib. 148 אינן מספיקין מק׳ ק׳; a. e.Esp. the handful of the meal offering which the priest takes to be put on the altar (Lev. 6:8). Men.III, 2 נתערב קוּמְצָהּ בק׳וכ׳ if the handful of one meal offering became mixed up with that of another meal offering. Ib. 3 ק׳ שנתערבוכ׳ if a ḳomets became mixed up with a meal offering from which no ḳomets was yet taken. Y.Shek.VI, end, 50b בקְמְצוֹ של כהן measured by the officiating priests handful; בק׳ של בעלים by the owners handful. Koh. R. to IV, 6 חביב עלי מלא קמצו של עניוכ׳ the handful of the poor mans offering is more precious to me than the fistfuls of the high priests frankincense; a. fr.Pl. קְמָצִים, קְמָצִין, קוּמְצִין. Gen. R. s. 5 חפנו … שמונה ק׳ Moses one fistful contained eight ordinary handfuls. Y. Shek. l. c. (ed. Zyt. קומצין); a. fr.

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  • 51 קוֹמֶץ

    קוֹמֶץ, קֹמֶץm. (b. h.; קָמַץ) bending the three middle fingers over the hollow of the hand; (with מלא, or sub. מלא) grab, handful, contrad. to חוֹפֶן. Ber.3b אין הק׳ משביעוכ׳ one grab cannot satisfy a lion. Gen. R. s. 20 ק׳ עפרוכ׳ is not the handful of dust of the ground of which thou hast been made, booty in thy possession (which thou must give back to the earth)? Ib. s. 90 אין בה ק׳ ק׳ there would not be a handful for each person; Yalk. ib. 148 אינן מספיקין מק׳ ק׳; a. e.Esp. the handful of the meal offering which the priest takes to be put on the altar (Lev. 6:8). Men.III, 2 נתערב קוּמְצָהּ בק׳וכ׳ if the handful of one meal offering became mixed up with that of another meal offering. Ib. 3 ק׳ שנתערבוכ׳ if a ḳomets became mixed up with a meal offering from which no ḳomets was yet taken. Y.Shek.VI, end, 50b בקְמְצוֹ של כהן measured by the officiating priests handful; בק׳ של בעלים by the owners handful. Koh. R. to IV, 6 חביב עלי מלא קמצו של עניוכ׳ the handful of the poor mans offering is more precious to me than the fistfuls of the high priests frankincense; a. fr.Pl. קְמָצִים, קְמָצִין, קוּמְצִין. Gen. R. s. 5 חפנו … שמונה ק׳ Moses one fistful contained eight ordinary handfuls. Y. Shek. l. c. (ed. Zyt. קומצין); a. fr.

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  • 52 קֹמֶץ

    קוֹמֶץ, קֹמֶץm. (b. h.; קָמַץ) bending the three middle fingers over the hollow of the hand; (with מלא, or sub. מלא) grab, handful, contrad. to חוֹפֶן. Ber.3b אין הק׳ משביעוכ׳ one grab cannot satisfy a lion. Gen. R. s. 20 ק׳ עפרוכ׳ is not the handful of dust of the ground of which thou hast been made, booty in thy possession (which thou must give back to the earth)? Ib. s. 90 אין בה ק׳ ק׳ there would not be a handful for each person; Yalk. ib. 148 אינן מספיקין מק׳ ק׳; a. e.Esp. the handful of the meal offering which the priest takes to be put on the altar (Lev. 6:8). Men.III, 2 נתערב קוּמְצָהּ בק׳וכ׳ if the handful of one meal offering became mixed up with that of another meal offering. Ib. 3 ק׳ שנתערבוכ׳ if a ḳomets became mixed up with a meal offering from which no ḳomets was yet taken. Y.Shek.VI, end, 50b בקְמְצוֹ של כהן measured by the officiating priests handful; בק׳ של בעלים by the owners handful. Koh. R. to IV, 6 חביב עלי מלא קמצו של עניוכ׳ the handful of the poor mans offering is more precious to me than the fistfuls of the high priests frankincense; a. fr.Pl. קְמָצִים, קְמָצִין, קוּמְצִין. Gen. R. s. 5 חפנו … שמונה ק׳ Moses one fistful contained eight ordinary handfuls. Y. Shek. l. c. (ed. Zyt. קומצין); a. fr.

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  • 53 faint

    feɪnt
    1. сущ. обморок to fall into a faint ≈ падать в обморок dead faint ≈ полная потеря сознания, глубокий обморок Syn: swoon
    1., syncope
    2. прил.
    1) слабый, ослабевший;
    вялый He was exceedingly faint with the bruises he had received. ≈ После драки он совершенно ослаб. Syn: sluggish, feeble
    2) тусклый;
    нечеткий, расплывчатый;
    бледный;
    незначительный, слабый и т. п. (недостаточный для физического или умственного восприятия) faint sound ≈ слабый, едва различимый звук There was a faint smell of gas. ≈ Чувствовался легкий запах газа. Her cries grew fainter. ≈ Ее крики становились все тише и тише. A star of the sixth magnitude is the faintest visible to the naked eye. ≈ Звезда шестой величины едва видима невооруженным глазом. a faint smile ≈ слабая улыбка not the faintest hope ≈ ни малейшей надежды Syn: dim
    1., dull
    1., insufficient, deficient
    3) чувствующий головокружение, слабость Glasses of water were given to those who felt faint. ≈ Стакан воды давали тем, кто чувствовал слабость. Syn: dizzy
    1.
    4) уст. несмелый, робкий Syn: cowardly
    1.
    5) гнетущий, тяжелый( об атмосфере) Syn: oppressive
    3. гл.
    1) падать в обморок (from, with) This poor old man has fainted from hunger: pick him up and when he wakes, feed him. ≈ Этот старик потерял сознание от голода, когда он очнется, накормите его. Syn: swoon
    2., black out, pass out Ant: revive, come to
    2) уст.;
    поэт. слабеть, ослабевать
    3) уст.;
    поэт. терять мужество
    4) редк. тускнеть, блекнуть Syn: fade
    3., die away
    5) редк. подавлять, угнетать;
    ослаблять Syn: depress, enfeeble, weaken обморок - a dead * глубокий обморок, полная потеря сознания - to be in a * быть в обмороке - to fall down in a * падать в обморок слабый, ослабевший - his breathing became *er его дыхание становилось слабее - my heart felt * within me у меня сердце замерло - he was * with hunger and cold он совсем ослабел от голода и холода испытывающий слабость, головокружение и т. п. - to feel * чувствовать дурноту /слабость/ слабый, тусклый;
    неотчетливый, неясный - a * tinge of pink розоватый оттенок - * colour тусклый /бледный/ цвет - * sound слабый /неясный/ звук - * odour неуловимый запах - * resemblance слабое сходство - to have a * idea of smth. иметь смутное представление о чем-л. - to have not the *est idea of smth. не иметь ни малейшего представления о чем-л. - * traces of smth. еле заметные следы чего-л. - a * show of resistance сопротивление только для вида - * efforts слабые усилия - not the *est hope ни малейшей надежды - not the *est chance никакой возможности - * reflections смутные воспоминания( устаревшее) робкий - * heart never won fair lady робость мешает успеху (устаревшее) (американизм) расслабляющий, угнетающий - the * atmosphere of a tropical port духота тропического порта ослабевать (от усталости, голода и т. п.) падать в обморок, терять сознание (тж. * away) терять мужество, падать духом( редкое) тускнеть, бледнеть( о красках и т. п.) faint недостаточный, незначительный, слабый;
    not the faintest hope ни малейшей надежды ~ неясный ~ обморок, потеря сознания;
    dead faint полная потеря сознания, глубокий обморок ~ обморочный, близкий к обмороку;
    to feel faint чувствовать дурноту ~ приторный, тошнотворный;
    faint heart never won fair lady посл. = сробел - пропал;
    робость мешает успеху ~ слабеть;
    падать в обморок ~ слабый, слабеющий;
    вялый ~ слабый ~ уст., поэт. терять мужество ~ тусклый, неотчетливый;
    бледный;
    faint sound слабый, едва различимый звук feint: feint =faint ~ приторный, тошнотворный;
    faint heart never won fair lady посл. = сробел - пропал;
    робость мешает успеху ~ тусклый, неотчетливый;
    бледный;
    faint sound слабый, едва различимый звук ~ обморочный, близкий к обмороку;
    to feel faint чувствовать дурноту faint недостаточный, незначительный, слабый;
    not the faintest hope ни малейшей надежды

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > faint

  • 54 sell oneself


    1) разг. заниматься саморекламой;
    уметь подать себя;
    завоевывать авторитет If you want to advance in the world of business, you have to know how to sell yourself. ≈ Если Вы хотите продвинуться в сфере бизнеса, Вы должны уметь прорекламировать себя.
    2) продавать себя, продаваться( обыкн. о женщинах) She became so poor that she was forced to sell herself for a living. ≈ Она оказалась в такой бедности, что была вынуждена продавать себя, чтобы заработать на жизнь.

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > sell oneself

  • 55 sleeper

    ˈsli:pə I сущ.
    1) коварная поправка( к какому-л. законопроекту)
    2) закон, который "проспали" II сущ.
    1) спящий человек;
    тот, кто спит light( heavy) sleeper ≈ спящий чутко (крепко)
    2) соня а) тот, кто очень любит спать;
    тот, кто очень долго спит б) некоторые виды животных и птиц, так названные из-за неактивного образа жизни Syn: dormouse
    3) а) = sleeping-car б) спальное место (в вагоне)
    4) нечто, неожиданно получившее широкое признание (напр., премьера какого-л. спектакля, малоизвестный спортсмен, выигравший у фаворита состязаний) That low-budget film became the summer's sleeper. ≈ Этот малобюджетный фильм стал настоящей сенсацией летнего кинопроката.
    5) амер. залежавшийся товар
    6) обыкн. мн. детская пижама Syn: sleeping-dress
    7) ж.-д. шпала спящиий - a bad (a good, a heavy, a light) * человек, который спит плохо (хорошо, крепко, чутко) - a poor * человек, страдающий бессонницей соня пижама детский ночной комбинезон что-либо, неожиданно получившее широкое признание (книга, метод, технология и т. п.) - the play was the * of the season неожиданно эта пьеса стала гвоздем сезона - I think he is a * and will win the championship мне кажется, у него есть невыявленные возможности и он еще станет чемпионом животное, впадающее в спячку (зоология) соня (Muscardinae fam.) (разговорное) успокаивающее средство;
    снотворное( железнодорожное) спальный вагон( железнодорожное) шпала (строительство) лежень( морское) слиперс (профессионализм) "крот", агент разведки, создавший себе легальное положения в другой стране (в порядке подготовки к выполнению важного задания) ~ спящий;
    light (heavy) sleeper спящий чутко (крепко) sleeper = sleepingcar ~ (обыкн. pl) детская пижама ~ амер. залежавшийся товар ~ нечто, неожиданно получившее широкое признание (напр., лошадь, неожиданно пришедшая первой на скачках, неожиданно нашумевшая книга, кинокартина и т. п.) ~ соня ~ спальное место( в вагоне) ~ спящий;
    light (heavy) sleeper спящий чутко (крепко) ~ ж.-д. шпала sleeper = sleepingcar sleepingcar: sleepingcar спальный вагон

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  • 56 sell oneself

    sell oneself а) coll. заниматься саморекламой; уметь подать себя; завоёвы-вать авторитет If you want to advance in the world of business, you have toknow how to sell yourself. б) продавать себя, продаваться (обыкн. о женщинах)She became so poor that she was forced to sell herself for a living.

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > sell oneself

  • 57 Д-1

    ДА И. coord Conj)
    1. (connective) used to connect two successive words, phrases, or clauses
    and
    (when connecting negated units) and did not (was not etc)...either
    nor... (Атуева:) А вот вам Нелькин дался! Вы бы его в свете посмотрели, так, думаю, другое бы сказали. Ведь это просто срамота! Вот вчера выхлопотала ему приглашение у княгини - стащила на бал. Приехал. Что ж вы думаете? Залез в угол, да и торчит там... (Сухово-Кобылин 2). (A.:) You and your Nelkin! You'd change your mind about him if you saw him in society. He is positively a disgrace! Why, only yesterday I got him an invitation from the countess. I dragged him to the ball-and what do you think? He slunk into a corner and crouched there... (2a).
    ...(Юра) даже не смотрел в сторону мясного, да и выпивкой не очень интересовался, а только рубал свои апельсинчики так, что за ушами трещало (Аксенов 1). Yura...hadn't even looked at the meat dish and wasn't even interested in the drinks, either, but was only digging into his oranges, wolfing them down (1a).
    2. (connective) used to indicate the unexpected nature of the action that follows
    and (then)
    and end up (doing sth.) (in limited contexts) and in the end.
    «Купит вот тот каналья повар... кота, обдерет его да и подает на стол вместо зайца» (Гоголь 3). That scoundrel of а cook they have...he'd buy a cat, skin it and then serve it up in place of а hare" (3d).
    Олег готовился, готовился к экзаменам, да и провалился. Oleg studied intensely for his exams and ended up failing them.
    (Когда) понадобилось написать бумагу в полицию, он взял лист бумаги, перо, думал, думал, да и послал за писарем (Гончаров 1)....(When) he had to write to the police, he took a sheet of paper and pen, spent a long time thinking over it, and in the end sent for a clerk (1a).
    3. (connective) (used to introduce a clause, phrase etc whose information adds to, and is usu. more important than, the information in the preceding statement) and furthermore: (and) besides
    (and) anyway (and) after all moreover and indeed and what's more.
    Близился полдень, и пахарь уже настораживал слух в сторону дома, что вот-вот жена его должна позвать обедать, да и быкам пора передохнуть (Искандер 4). It was getting near noon, and the plowman had an ear cocked toward the house: any minute now his wife would be calling him to dinner, and besides it was time to rest the oxen (4a).
    Обыватели не только ценили такую ровность характера, но даже усматривали в ней признаки доблести да и нельзя было не ценить... (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). The citizens of our town not only appreciated such a steadfastness of disposition, but even seemed to discern in it unmistakable signs of heroism. Besides, it was quite impossible not to appreciate it... (2a).
    Что сталось с старухой и с бедным слепым - не знаю. Да и какое дело мне до радостей и бедствий человеческих... (Лермонтов 1). I've no idea what became of the old woman and the poor blind boy. And anyway, the joys and tribulations of mankind are of no concern to me... (lc).
    ...Он решил, что детям будет полезно послушать рассказы о его подвигах, да и не каждый день к ним заворачивает такой гость, как Сандро из Чегема (Искандер 3)....He decided that the children would profit by hearing tales of his feats, after all, it wasn't every day that they had a guest like Sandro of Chegem (3a).
    4. (contrastive) used to connect contrasting clauses or parts of a sentence
    and (but, yet) even.
    «Один там только есть порядочный человек: прокурор да и тот, если сказать правду, свинья» (Гоголь 3). There's only one decent man among them, the public prosecutor, and even he, to tell the truth, is a dirty swine" (3a).

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  • 58 Д-108

    КАКОЕ (ЧТО ЗА) ДЕЛО кому (до кого-чего) coll VP subj. with быть» these forms only var. with что за is usu. pres fixed WO
    sth. has absolutely no bearing on s.o. 's life or affairs, and s.o. is entirely unconcerned about and indifferent to it: какое X-y дело до Y-a? - what has thing Y (it) got to do with X?
    what business is it of XV? what does X care (about Y)? Y is (that's) no concern of X's thing Y is of no concern to X why should it concern X? what's it to X?
    ii кому какое дело до Y-a? - who cares about Y? (Михаил:) Рабочие каждый праздник бьют друг друга по зубам, - какое нам до этого дело? (Горький 1). (М.:) Every holiday the workers go around bashing each other on the jaw - what's it got to do with us? (1b).
    «Хорошо, смейтесь, да ведь государство погибнет без правительства». - «А мне что за дело!» (Герцен 3). "All right: laugh, but the State will perish, you know, without a government." "And what business is that of mine?" (3a).
    Какое ему было дело до этого дурацкого портфеля, до этого брошенного родителями мальчишки, племянника жены... (Айтматов 1). What did he care about a stupid briefcase, about his wife's nephew, a kid abandoned by his parents... (1b).
    Что сталось с старухой и с бедным слепым - не знаю. Да и какое дело мне до радостей и бедствий человеческих... (Лермонтов 1). I've по idea what became of the old woman and the poor blind boy. And anyway, the joys and tribulations of mankind are of no concern to me... (1 c).
    ... Во всём виновата Зоя... если бы не она, я бы и думать не стал об этом проклятом Дне убийств. Какое мне дело до него? (Аржак 1)....It was all Zoya's fault. If it hadn't been for her I wouldn't have given that damned Murder Day a second thought. Why should it concern me? (1a).
    И какое им (этой гордой знати) дело, есть ли ум под нумерованной фуражкой и сердце под толстой шинелью?» (Лермонтов 1). "What is it to them (these haughty aristocrats) if there is an intellect under a numbered cap and a heart beneath a thick greatcoat?" (1b).
    Кому какое дело, привет- ливая или огрызающаяся улыбка играет у него на устах? (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). Who cares whether the smile that plays on his lips is kindly or caustic? (2a).

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  • 59 Н-11

    НАДО ЖЕ! ВЕДЬ НАДО ЖЕ! (ВЕДЬ) ЭТО ЖЕ НАДО! НАДО ЖЕ ТАК! all coll Interj these forms only fixed WO
    used to express surprise, disbelief, displeasure etc
    what do you know!
    wouldn't you know (it)! good heavens! well, I'll be! you don't say! well, fancy that! (just) think of it! who would have guessed (thought it)! (in limited contexts) what will they think of next! of all people! just my luck!
    (Себейкин:) Есть (водка)? (Вася:) Да что ты, полно! (Се-бейкин:) Надо же! Водка осталась! Когда это такое было-то! (Рощин 2). (S.:) Is there any (vodka) left? (V.:) Cmon, there's plenty! IS.:) What do you know' There's vodka left! When has that ever happened before? (2a).
    Взглянув на него (дядю Сандро), я почувствовал, что он мне порядочно надоел... И надо же -старый черт почуял дуновение моего робкого бунта (Искандер 4). Looking at him (Uncle Sandro), I became aware that I was good and sick of him.... Wouldn't you know-the old devil got wind of my timid rebellion (4a).
    А вы-то сами откуда?» - «С Улейкона», - ответили они. «Ну, братцы», - только и сказал я. С Улейкона пожаловали, надо же! (Аксенов 1). "But now where are you from?" "Uleikon," they answered. "Well, brothers," was all I said. A visit from Uleikon-well I'll be! (1a).
    «Неужели до драки доходит?» - простодушно удивился Тэдди. «А ты думал! Напишут на тебя похвальную статью, что ты-де проникнут национальным самосознанием, идешь искать критика, а он уже с компанией - и все молодые, задорные крепыши, дети президента...» - «Надо же», - сказал Тэдди сочувственно (Стругацкие 1). "Does it really come to blows?" asked Teddy innocently. "What did you think happens? They give you a good review, they say you're chock full of national self-awareness. You go to find the critic and he's already got his friends with him, and they're all hot-tempered musclemen, Sons of the President." "You don't say," sympathized Teddy (1a).
    Надо же, - говорил мальчик, - я тогда был такой маленький, что бедной маме (оленихе) приходилось на колени становиться, чтобы я доставал до вымени» (Искандер 5). "Think of it," the boy would say, "I was so little then that poor Mama (Deer) had to kneel down for me to reach her udder" (5a).
    «У меня зубы хорошие, фарфоровые, с меня Аркаша Глотов за них четыре сотни содрал...» Я смотрел на него с любопытством: надо же, всегда был такой запуганный, а тут размахался! (Войнович 6). "I have good porcelain teeth.Arkasha Glotov charged me four hundred rubles for them..." I looked at him with curiosity. Who would have thought it? He had always been so timid, yet here he was strutting, and clicking his teeth! (6a).
    Надо же! За арестантом, который тянет голодовку почти два месяца, нужен глаз да глаз: «склонен к побегу» (Марченко 2). What will they think of next! A prisoner who maintains a hunger strike for nearly two months must be closely watched, as he displays "tendencies to try to escape" (2a)
    Конечно, мысль мелькала у нее и раньше, но - не убедительно. Кто ее в этой мысли убедил: Мансуров-Курильский! Надо же?! (Залыгин 1). Of course this thought had occurred to her before, but it hadn't seemed very convincing. And now who had convinced her of it but Mansurov-Kurilsky! Of all people! (1a).
    Ирина:) Понимаете, мы договорились с ним встретиться сегодня в двенадцать часов у Главпочтамта. И надо же: как раз сегодня у нас сочинение (Вампилов 5). (I.:) You see, we agreed to meet at noon today by the main post office. And just my luck, today we had an essay to write (5a).

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  • 60 да и

    • ДА И...
    [coord conj]
    =====
    1. [connective]
    ⇒ used to connect two successive words, phrases, or clauses:
    - and;
    - [when connecting negated units] and did not <was not etc>...either;
    - nor...
         ♦ [Атуева:] А вот вам Нелькин дался! Вы бы его в свете посмотрели, так, думаю, другое бы сказали. Ведь это просто срамота! Вот вчера выхлопотала ему приглашение у княгини - стащила на бал. Приехал. Что ж вы думаете? Залез в угол, да и торчит там... (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [A.:] You and your Nelkin! You'd change your mind about him if you saw him in society. He is positively a disgrace! Why, only yesterday I got him an invitation from the countess. I dragged him to the ball-and what do you think? He slunk into a comer and crouched there... (2a).
         ♦...[Юра] даже не смотрел в сторону мясного, да и выпивкой не очень интересовался, а только рубал свои апельсинчики так, что за ушами трещало (Аксенов 1). Yura...hadn't even looked at the meat dish and wasn't even interested in the drinks, either, but was only digging into his oranges, wolfing them down (1a).
    2. [connective]
    ⇒ used to indicate the unexpected nature of the action that follows:
    - and end up (doing sth.);
    - [in limited contexts] and in the end.
         ♦ "Купит вот тот каналья повар... кота, обдерёт его да и подаёт на стол вместо зайца" (Гоголь 3). "That scoundrel of a cook they have...he'd buy a cat, skin it and then serve it up in place of a hare" (3d)
         ♦ Олег готовился, готовился к экзаменам, да и провалился. Oleg studied intensely for his exams and ended up failing them.
         ♦...[ Когда] понадобилось написать бумагу в полицию, он взял лист бумаги, перо, думал, думал, да и послал за писарем (Гончаров 1)....[When] he had to write to the police, he took a sheet of paper and pen, spent a long time thinking over it, and in the end sent for a clerk (1a).
    3. [connective]
    ⇒ (used to introduce a clause, phrase etc whose information adds to, and is usu. more important than, the information in the preceding statement) and furthermore:
    - and whatfe more.
         ♦ Близился полдень, и пахарь уже настораживал слух в сторону дома, что вот-вот жена его должна позвать обедать, да и быкам пора передохнуть (Искандер 4). It was getting near noon, and the plowman had an ear cocked toward the house: any minute now his wife would be calling him to dinner, and besides it was time to rest the oxen (4a).
         ♦ Обыватели не только ценили такую ровность характера, но даже усматривали в ней признаки доблести; да и нельзя было не ценить... (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). The citizens of our town not only appreciated such a steadfastness of disposition, but even seemed to discern in it unmistakable signs of heroism. Besides, it was quite impossible not to appreciate it... (2a).
         ♦ Что сталось с старухой и с бедным слепым - не знаю. Да и какое дело мне до радостей и бедствий человеческих... (Лермонтов 1). I've no idea what became of the old woman and the poor blind boy. And anyway, the joys and tribulations of mankind are of no concern to me... (lc).
         ♦...Он решил, что детям будет полезно послушать рассказы о его подвигах, да и не каждый день к ним заворачивает такой гость, как Сандро из Чегема (Искандер 3)....He decided that the children would profit by hearing tales of his feats; after all, it wasn't every day that they had a guest like Sandro of Chegem (3a).
    4. [contrastive]
    ⇒ used to connect contrasting clauses or parts of a sentence:
    - and <but, yet> even.
         ♦ "Один там только есть порядочный человек: прокурор; да и тот, если сказать правду, свинья" (Гоголь 3). "There's only one decent man among them, the public prosecutor, and even he, to tell the truth, is a dirty swine" (3a).

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